Event overview
The Unit for Global Justice welcomes KCL PhD candidate Sari Arraf to present his comparative research on apartheid in South Africa and Palestine
Apartheid has recently become a main point of reference in public and legal discourses about Palestine. Today, more than ever before, activists and scholars are viewing Israel as an apartheid state, operating in a similar fashion to the former South African apartheid regime (1948-1994). But can the apartheid discourse, for all its redemptive potential, capture the complexity of Palestinian realities without falling into the trap of rigid legal definitions or isolated comparisons? Is it possible to pull out apartheid from its localised compartment and bring it into conversation with historical dynamics on the global stage? And if so, how would it align with other key concepts such as genocide, ethnic cleansing and settler-colonialism?
In this talk, we'll attempt to answer these questions by tracing the genealogy of apartheid in South Africa, its colonial legacy and the semantic mutations it underwent before re-emerging in the Palestinian context. We'll then reflect on the practical lessons that the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa offers us in the context of ongoing mobilisation for justice in Palestine.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 15 May 2024 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
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