Rete Eco - Open letter to INoGS from international academics

Details: Written by PACBI, INoGS conference; Category: Europa, USA etc....; Published: 17 June 2016

PACBI, 23-05-2016

This letter was sent to the organizers of the INoGS conference on May, 3, 2016.

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Dear Colleagues,

As a group of scholars, we are deeply concerned that the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INoGS) is lending its name and reputation to Israel’s occupation and ongoing colonization of Palestine by holding its annual conference, scheduled for June 26-29, at the Mt. Scopus campus of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Israel’s actions against the Palestinian people – from the Nakba to the ongoing displacement of Palestinians from their lands, and from repeated military offensives against Gaza to the ongoing blockade – are increasingly being viewed through lenses of ethnic cleansing and genocide linked to settler colonialism. It is therefore shocking that INoGS plans to hold its 2016 Global Conference at the Mt. Scopus campus of the Hebrew University that is partially built on stolen Palestinian land in occupied East Jerusalem. Additionally, the conference is sponsored by five Israeli academic institutions, including the Hebrew University, which have been deeply complicit in Israel’s decades-long oppression of Palestinians.

Billing the conference as held in 'Jerusalem, Israel’ demonstrates that INoGS is turning a blind eye to Israel’s illegal annexation of the city, condemned unanimously by the international community, and to the ongoing campaign of dispossession against indigenous Palestinians as Israel seeks to erase their historic and diverse presence in the city through plunder and expulsion.

The significance of all this cannot be lost on genocide scholars.

The call for this conference has been issued while Israel’s state terrorism is being exposed to the world. Israeli police, military and fundamentalist settler lynch mobs have been savagely attacking Palestinian protestors and committing crimes with impunity.

New repressive and discriminatory Israeli laws and a dominant culture of racism and intolerance have created a culture of impunity, with Israel’s occupation forces now adopting a shoot-to-kill policy against Palestinian child and youth protesters in situations where they pose no serious threat. For further background information, please consult the original statement issued by PACBI.

We urgently call on InoGS to act in a principled way by cancelling the Jerusalem venue for their conference and transferring it to a location in another country.

We furthermore urge scholars and professionals to reflect upon the ethical and legal implications of participating in a conference, organized by complicit institutions and taking place in a colony on occupied land and to boycott this event, should it go ahead under these circumstances.

'Never again’ means never again for everyone.

Yours sincerely,

Nahla	Abdo	Professor	Carleton University
Rabab	Abdulhadi	Associate Professor	San Francisco State University
Gilbert	Achcar	Professor	SOAS University of London
Nadje	Al-Ali	Professor	SOAS University of London
Anaheed	Al-Hardan	Assistant Professor	American University of Beirut
Refaat	Alareer	Lecturer	Islamic University of Gaza
Hussein	Ali	Lecturer	American University of Cairo
Lori	Allen	Senior Lecturer	SOAS University of London
Francesco	Amoruso	PhD candidate	University of Exeter
Tim	Anderson	Senior Lecturer	University of Sydney
Anthony	Ashbolt	Senior Lecturer	University of Wollongong
Rand	Askalan	Assistant Professor	University of Toronto
Vincent	Astier	Lecturer	University College Dublin
Robert	Austin	Visiting Scholar	OPACS University of Sydney
Mona	Baker	Professor Emeritus	University of Manchester
Joanne	Barker	Professor	San Francisco State University
Micheline	Beaudry	Retired Professor	Université Laval
Roger	Beck	Professor Emeritus	University of Toronto
Jody	Berland	Professor	York University
Alvaro	Bianchi	Professor	Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Susan	Blackwell	Lecturer	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pablo	Blanco	Researcher	Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco
Malcolm	Blincow	Associate Professor (Emeritus)	York University Toronto
Samia	Botmeh	Assistant Professor	Birzeit University
James	Bowen	Professor	University College Cork
Carolina	Bracco	PhD candidate	University of Granada Argentina
Elaine	Bradley	PhD Candidate	Trinity College Dublin
Lara	Braitstein	Associate Professor	McGill University
Craig	Brandist	Professor/President	University of Sheffield/UCU
Eddie	Brennan	Lecturer	Dublin Institute of Technology
Haim	Bresheeth	Professorial Research Associate	SOAS University of London
David	Brophy	Lecturer	University of Sydney
Alexander	Brown	Research Assistant	University of Wollongong
Harry	Browne	Lecturer	Dublin Institute of Technology
Marcel	Brus	Professor	University of Groningen
Audrey	Bryan	Lecturer	Dublin City University
Ray	Bush	Professor	University of Leeds
James	Cairns	Associate Professor, SCE	Wilfrid Laurier University
Carolina	Cambre	Assistant Professor	Concordia University Montreal
Valentina	Capurri	Assistant Professor	Ryerson University
Rinella	Cere	Reader	Sheffield Hallam University
John	Chalcraft	Associate Professor	London School of Economics
Aziz	Choudry	Associate Professor	Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University
Allan	Christensen	Professor Emeritus	John Cabot University, Rome
Catherine	Cobham	Lecturer	St Andrews University
Peter	Collins	Senior Lecturer	St Mary's University College
David	Comedi	Professor	Universidad Nacional de Tucumán/CONICET
Lynn	Comerford	Professor	California State University
Jocelyne	Couture	Professor	Université du Québec à Montréal
Deborah	Cowen	Associate Professor	University of Toronto
Deborah	Cowen	Associate Professor	University of Toronto
Stef	Craps	Associate Professor	Ghent University
Don	Crewe	Senior lecturer	Leeds Beckett University
Ned	Curthoys	Senior Lecturer	The University of Western Australia
Frans	Daems	Professor Emeritus	University of Antwerp
Sam	Dally	Profesor	The University of Adelaide
Edwin	Daniel	Professor Emeritus	University of Alberta
Marta	Danieletto	Lecturer & Member of the Board	Universidad de Buenos Aires
Howard	Davidson	Associate Professor	University of Manitoba
Laurence	Davis	Lecturer	University College Cork
Chandler	Davis	Professor Emeritus	University of Toronto
Donagh	Davis	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Trinity College Dublin
Herman	De Ley	Professor Emeritus	Ghent University
Seamus	Deane	Professor Emeritus	University of Notre Dame, USA
Sharae	Deckard	Lecturer	University College Dublin
Maneesha	Deckha	Associate Professor	University of Victoria
Benjamin	deLee	Assistant Professor	SUNY Cortland
Wilfrid	Denis	Professor Emeritus	St. Thomas More College.
James	Deutsch	Assistant Professor	Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Agustín	Dib	Lecturer	Biblioteca e Centro de Pesquisa América do Sul-Países Árabes-África
James	Dickins	Professor	University of Leeds
Arif	Dirlik	Professor (retired)	Independent Scholar
Roger	Dittmann	Professor Emeritus	California State University
John	Docker	Honorary Professor, SOPHI	The University of Sydney
Federico	Donner	Assistant Professor	Universidad Nacional de Rosario
John	Dugard	Professor Emeritus	Leiden University
Peter	Eglin	Professor	Wilfrid Laurier University
Haidar	Eid	Associate Professor	Al-Aqsa University
Christo	El Morr	Assitant Professor	York University
Abaher	El Sakka	Professor	Birzeit University
Richard	Falk	Professor Emeritus	Princeton University
Kevin	Farrell	Lecturer	Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
Sue	Ferguson	Associate Professor	Wilfrid Laurier University
Mikael	Fernström	Lecturer	University of Limerick
Mike	FitzGibbon	Lecturer	University College Cork
Camilla	Fitzsimons	Lecturer	Maynooth University
Tony	Fluxman	Senior Lecturer	Rhodes University
Michael	Foley	Lecturer	Dublin Institute of Technology
Cynthia	Franklin	Professor	University of Hawai'i
Steven	Friedman	Director	Centre for the Study of Democracy (South Africa)
Daniela	Garofalo	Professor	University of Oklahoma
Emmaia	Gelman	PhD Candidate	American Studies, NYU
Terri	Ginsberg	Assistant Professor	The American University in Cairo
Chiara	Giubilaro	Postdoctoral Fellow	University of Milano-Bicocca
Kathy	Glavanis-Grantham	Lecturer (retired)	University College Cork
Kevin	Gould	Associate Professor	Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
Karen	Grainger	Principal Lecturer	Sheffield Hallam University
Oystein	Gronning	Board Member	International Architects Designers Planners for Social Responsibility
Wael	Hallaq	Professor	Columbia University
Iman	Hamdy	Assistant Professor	The American University in Cairo
Paul	Handford	Professor Emeritus	University of Western Ontario
Jeff	Handmaker	Senior Lecturer	Erasmus University Rotterdam
Pat	Hannon	Lecturer	Dublin Institute of Technology
Martin	Hanrahan	Lecturer	Dublin Institute of Technology
Githa	Hariharan	Visiting Professor	Goa University
Sumi	Hasegawa	Retired Faculty Lecturer	McGill University
Amir	Hassanpour	Associate Professor (retired)	University of Toronto
Kamel	Hawwash	Professor	University of Birmingham
Monica	Hendricks	Associate Professor	Rhodes University
Silke	Heumann	Assistant Professor	International Institute of Social Studies (Netherlands)
Cheryl	Higashida	Associate Professor	University of Colorado Boulder
Freya	Higgins-Desbiolles	Senior Lecturer	University of South Australia
Helen	Hintjens	Assistant Professor	International Institute of Social Studies (Netherlands)
Jane	Horgan	Professor	Dublin city university
Ivan	Huber	Professor Emeritus	Fairleigh Dickinson University NJ
David	Hughes	Research Lecturer	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Adrienne	Hurley	Associate Professor	McGill University
Mehdi	Husaini	Retired Lecturer	Teeside University
Mohammad	Hussein	PhD Candidate	University of New South Wales
Conleth	Hussey	Head of Department	University of Limerick
Mariya	Ivancheva	Postdoctoral Fellow	University College Dublin
Vashnaj	Jagarnath	Senior Lecturer	Rhode University South Africa
Amina	Jamal	Associate Professor	Ryerson University
Na'eem	Jeenah	Executive Director	Afro-Middle East Centre
Peter	Jones	Reader	Sheffield Hallam University
Virinder	Kalra	Senior Lecturer	University of Manchester
Michael	Kane	Lecturer	independent scholar
Ghada	Karmi	Research fellow	University of Exeter
J. Kēhaulani	Kauanui	Associate Professor	Wesleyan University
Gerry	Kearns	Professor	Maynooth University
Michael	Keefer	Professor Emeritus	University of Guelph
Jeremy	Keenan	Visiting Professor	Queen Mary University London
Paul	Kelemen	Honorary Research Fellow	University of Manchester
Robert	Kent	Professor	University of Windsor
Heba	Khalil	Teaching Assistant	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Amir	Khalil	Assistant professor	Birzeit University
Ruba	Khamam	Teaching Fellow	University of Leeds
Ayesha	Kidwai	Professor	Jawaharlal Nehru University
Savannah	Kilner	Doctoral candidate	University of California, Los Angeles
Ian	Kilroy	Lecturer	Dublin Institute of Technology
Gary	Kinsman	Professor Emeritus	Laurentian University
David	Klein	Professor	California State University, Northridge
Denis	Kosseim	Professor	CEGEP André-Laurendeau
Joel	Kovel	Professor of Social Studies (retired)	Bard College
Adi	Kuntsman	Lecturer	Manchester Metropolitan University
David	Landy	Assistant Professor	Trinity College Dublin
John	Lannon	Lecturer	University of Limerick
Prof. Smadar	Lavie	Scholar in Residence	University of California Berkeley
Clint	Le Bruyns	Director and Senior Lecturer	University of KwaZulu-Natal
Ronit	Lentin	Retired Associate Professor	Trinity College Dublin
Les	Levidow	Senior Research Fellow	Open University (UK)
Abby	Lippman	Professor Emerita	McGill University
Margaret	Little	Professor	Queen's University Belfast
Gabriel Fernando	López	Professor	Universidad de Buenos Aires
Sidney	Luckett	Research Associate	University of Cape Town
Rashmi	Luther	Retired Professor	Carleton university
Kathleen	Lynch	Professor of Equality Studies	University College Dublin
Jake	Lynch	Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies	University of Sydney
Sunaina	Maira	Professor	UC Davis
Lee	Maracle	Professor	University of Toronto
Sean	Marlow	Lecturer	Dublin City University
Mazen	Masri	Senior Lecturer	City University London
Chandana	Mathur	Lecturer	Maynooth University
Kamran	Matin	Senior Lecturer	Sussex University
Vivienne	Matthies-Boon	Assistant Professor	University of Amsterdam
Martin	McCabe	Lecturer	Dublin Institute of Technology
Conor	McCarthy	Lecturer	Maynooth University
Simon	McGuinness	Assistant Lecturer	Dublin Institute of Technology
Anne	Meneley	Professor	Trent University
Mahmood	Messkoub	Senior Lecturer	Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Mariano	Millán	Researcher	Conicet-IHAA Dr. Emilio Ravignani
Haideh	Moghissi	Professor Emerita	York University
Shahrzad	Mojab	Professor	University of Toronto
Tomás	Montero	Professor	Universidad Nacional de Lujan
Gwen	Moore	Lecturer	Mary Immaculate College
Marie	Moran	Lecturer	University College Dublin
Bill	Mullen	Professor	Purdue University
Julian	Murphet	Scientia Professor	University of New South Wales
Mary-Jo	Nadeau	Researcher and Independent Scholar	York University
Joanne	Naiman	Professor Emerita	Ryerson University
Rima	Najjar	Assistant Professor (retired)	Al-Quds University
Sadu	Nanjundiah	Professor	Central Connecticut State University
Nadia	Naser	Research Fellow	University of Exeter
Reginaldo	Nasser	Professor	Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo
Yousef	Nasser	Assistant Professor	Birzeit University
Féilim	Ó hAdhmaill	Lecturer	University College Cork
Brian	O' Boyle	Lecturer	National University of Ireland Galway
Tom	O'Connor	Lecturer	Cork Institute of Technology
Tom	O'Connor	Lecturer	Dublin Institute of Technology
Maureen	O'Connor	Lecturer in English	University College Cork
Hugh	O'Donnell	Head of Department	Dublin Institute of Technology
Jacqui	O'Riordan	Lecturer	University College Cork
Burkay	Ozturk	Lecturer	Texas State University
Patricia	Palulis	Associate Professor	University of Ottawa
David	Palumbo-Liu	Professor	Stanford University
María Gabriela	Paoletti	Profesora Titular	UTN-Faculdad Regional Mendoza
Ilan	Pappe	Professor	Exeter University
Julie	Pearn	Researcher	University of Sheffield
Héctor Aldo	Piccoli	Professor	Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Michael	Pierse	Lecturer	Queen's University Belfast
O. Luis	Pil Ojeda	Researcher	Universidad de Buenos Aires
John	Pinkerton	Professor	Queens University Belfast
Garry	Potter	Professor	Wilfrid Laurier University
Pablo	Pozzi	Professor	Universidad de Buenos Aires
Nicola	Pratt	Associate Professor	University of Warwick
Trevor	Purvis	Professor	Carleton University
Juan Carlos	Radovich	Professor	University of Buenos Aires
Najat	Rahman	Professor	University of Montreal
Aneil	Rallin	Associate Professor	Soka University of America
Diana	Ralph	Associate Professor (Retired)	Carleton University
Anandi	Ramamurthy	Reader in Postcolonial Culture	Sheffield Hallam University
Anita	Rapone	Professor Emerita	State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Leda	Raptis	Professor	Queen's University Belfast
Stuart	Rees	Professor Emeritus	University of Sydney
Timothy	Reiss	Professor Emeritus	New York University
John	Reynolds	Lecturer	Maynooth University
Ellen	Reynor	Lecturer	Dublin City University
Nick	Riemer	Senior Lecturer	University of Sydney
Paola	Rivetti	Lecturer	Dublin City University
Chris	Roberts	Professor	University of Manchester
Jim	Roche	Assistant Lecturer	Dublin Institute of Technology
Stephen	Rockel	Associate Professor	University of Toronto
Jonathan	Rosenhead	Emeritus Processor	London School of Economics
Reuben	Roth	Assistant Professor	Laurentian University
Sabby	Sagall	Senior Lecturer (retired)	University of East London
Steven	Salaita	Edward Said Chair of American Studies	American University of Beirut
Rami	Salameh	Lecturer	Birzeit University
Madalena	Santos	Research Assistant	Carleton University
Rosemary	Sayigh	Visiting Lecturer	American University of Beirut
Heike	Schotten	Associate Professor	University of Massachusetts Boston
Malini	Schueller	Professor	University of Florida
Richard	Seaford	Professor	University of Exeter
Alan	Sears	Professor, Sociology	Ryerson University
Simona	Sharoni	Professor	SUNY Plattsburgh
Fintan	Sheerin	Lecturer	Trinity College Dublin
David	Shorter	Professor	UCLA
Dina	Siddiqi	Professor	BRAC University, Dhaka
Jawed	Siddiqi	Emeritus Professor	Sheffield Hallam
David	Skinner	Professor of History	Santa Clara University
Peter	Slezak	Associate Professor	University of New South Wales
Ailbhe	Smyth	Senior Lecturer (retired)	University College Dublin
Rasha	Soliman	Teaching Fellow	University of Leeds
Lucia	Sorbera	Senior Lecturer	The University of Sydney
Lidon	Soriano	Professor	University of Valladolid
Laura	Sotelo	Adjunct Lecturer	Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Andrew	Stevens	Assistant Professor	University of Regina
Stephen	Stewart	Head of History Department	Mater Dei Institute / Dublin City University
Andy	Storey	College Lecturer	University College Dublin
Marcelo	Svirsky	Senior Lecturer	University of Wollongong
Vannina	Sztainbok	Lecturer	University of Toronto
Rabab	Tamish	Lecturer	Bethlehem University
Peter	Tansey	Lecturer	University College Dublin
Kevin	Taylor	Lecturer	Sheffield Hallam University
Andrea	Teti	Senior Lecturer	University of Aberdeen
Hanan	Toukan	Postdoctoral Fellow	Free University Berlin
Francesco	Vacchiano	Associate researcher	Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon
Salim	Vally	Professor	University of Johannesburg
Robert	Van Niekerk	Professor	Rhodes University
Jan	Van Peteghem	Visiting Professor	University of Leuven
Achin	Vanaik	Retired Professor	University of Delhi
Susan	Walsh	Lecturer	Sheffield Hallam University
Robert	Warrior	Professor	University of Illinois
Paul	Wessels	Senior Lecturer	Rhodes University
Laura	Westra	Emerita/Sessional	University of Windsor/ Law School
Jennifer	Wicke	Professor	University of Virginia
Craig	Willse	Assistant Professor	George Mason University
Nancy	Withington	Professor (retired)	Sant Barbara City College, Sierra College, American Riviera College
Brendan	Wood	Senior Lecturer	Sheffield Hallam University
Cynthia	Wright	Adjunct Faculty	York University
Federico	Zanettin	Associate Professor	University of Perugia

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