Lecture 'Disrupting the Narrative on Palestine'

For whom
Alumni , Business , Press , Employees , Private individuals , Students
When
06-05-2026 from 18:00 to 20:00
Where
Theaterzaal Viernulvier, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23, 9000 Ghent
Language
English
Organizer
Department of Languages and Cultures - Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
Contact
lisa.franke@ugent.be
Website
https://www.middleeast.ugent.be/en/prof-dr-ilan-pappe-palestine-talks-spring-2026-06-05/

Lecture by Professor Ilan Pappé on Palestine, exploring how language and narratives shape media, politics, and struggles for freedom.

This lecture will discuss the power of vocabularies and language in the struggle for freedom in Palestine. It will outline the challenges as well as the possible ways of dealing with them, when facing the media coverage and political attitude to Palestine in general and the Gaza genocide in particular.

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