European Leo Baeck Institute Lecture Series 2015/16 - The Politics of Land. Archaeology, Architectur

European Leo Baeck Institute
Lecture Series London, 2015–16. The Politics of Land. Archaeology, Architecture and City Planning in Israel

A lecture series organised by the Leo
Baeck Institute London, in cooperation with the German Historical Institute London.

THE POLITICS OF LAND. ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE AND CITY PLANNING IN ISRAEL

This season’s theme intends to approach its broad subject via a spectrum of political, legal and cultural perspectives. We will examine more closely how the realities of ‘land’ or ‘territory’ impact on the daily lives of Israeli and foreign citizens living in the State of Israel, be they Israeli, Palestinian, Jewish, Muslim or Christian.

Please refer for more information on the lecture series to the leaflet on the following weblink: http://www.leobaeck.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploadsaug14onwards/2015/10/LBIF.2015.pdf

Dr Daniel Wildmann (Acting Director, Leo Baeck Institute London) has the pleasure in inviting you to the second lecture in the series:
Dr Thabet Abu Rass (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
Land, Power and Resistance in Israel: The Case of the Bedouins of the Negev
6.30pm, 3rd December 2015

In this lecture the state policies toward tens of thousands of the indigenous inhabitants of the Negev region in Israel who live in ‘unrecognized villages’, will be highlighted. Militarizing space to secure land has always been one of the means to control land. The Prawer Plan is the current attempt of displacing the Bedouins to finalize their land claims and urbanize them against their will. The landowners have tried all means of resistance including the legal and political ones, however, they didn't succeed. Therefore, they returned to their tribal roots in a last, but incredibly effective attempt to challenge the imminent confiscation of the lands of their ancestors.
Abu Rass is a political geographer and an expert in land and planning. He teaches courses at Ben Gurion University.
Admission is free but places are strictly limited and must be reserved in advance by contacting the Leo Baeck Institute, London (email info@leobaeck.co.uk or phone 020 7882 5690).

Programm Dates: European LBI Lecture Series
5th November 2015, 6.30pm
Prof Gunnar Lehmann (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
'Past and Politics in the Archaeology of Israel'
3rd December 2015, 6.30pm
Dr Thabet Abu Rass (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
'Land, Power and Resistance in Israel: The Case of the Bedouins of the Negev'
11th February 2016, 6.30pm
Prof Yfaat Weiss (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
'Political Sovereignty and Cultural Property: The Mount Scopus Enclave in Jerusalem'
14th April 2016, 6.30pm
Dr Wendy Pullan (University of Cambridge, UK)
'In the Shadow of the Wall: Icon and Identity in Jerusalem's Separation Barrier'
Contact
Leo Baeck Institute
2nd Floor, Arts Two Building
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS
info@leobaeck.co.uk
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7882 5690
Fax +44 (0) 20 7882 6901
http://www.leobaeck.co.uk

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