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  • Archaeology and Geography
    On the final episode of series 1, we are joined by Dr Laura McAtackney from UCC Archaeology and Dr Patrick Bresnihan from Maynooth Geography. They talk to us about connections and similarities between Ireland/Northern Ireland and Palestine, colonialism, the Great Famine and the current forced starvation in Gaza, and the intersection between US-Israeli goods, Irish economics, neutrality, NATO and the Triple Lock. Hosted by Emer and Stephen, edited by Dawn.ReferencesBishara, Amahlhttps://as.tufts.edu/anthropology/people/faculty/amahl-bishara(She has worked a lot on Palestine and its perception, in the US, in particular. Laura attaches an interview Amahl did for easy access but there is a lot to read that can be accessed through her profile) https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/45069/Amahl-A-Bishara,-Crossing-a-Line-Laws,-Violence,-and-Roadblocks-to-Palestinian-Political-Expression-New-Texts-Out-NowBurgess, Mary. 2005. “Mapping the Narrow Ground: Geography, History and Partition”. Field Day Review (1): 120–131.Wind, Maya. 2024. Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. Verso Books.https://www.mayaywind.com/bookMarium Ali and Hanna Duggal, Here are the names of the journalists Israel killed in Gazahttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/11/here-are-the-names-of-the-journalists-israel-killed-in-gazaBana Abu Zuluf, Patrick Bresnihan and Rory Rowan, 'Decolonising Palestine and Unsettling Environmental Justice'https://www.rundale.org/2024/04/25/decolonising-palestine/Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie, From the Bog to the Cloudhttps://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/from-the-bog-to-the-cloudAnnual Doolough Famine Walkhttps://www.afri.ie/category/tag/famine-walk/Interview with Irish historian Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh about how Britain’s role in Ireland’s Great Famine paved the way for Israel’s manufactured starvation of Palestinians in Gaza todayhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DM4oOedssF8/
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  • Sociology
    On this week's episode we have Dr Su-Ming Khoo from Ollscoil na Gaillimhe and Dr David Landy from Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath. They talk to us about teaching activism, activist praxis, coloniality, trade unions and organising and human rights. Hosted by Emer and Stephen, edited by Dawn.References:Peter Beresford, The Antidote https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-antidoteSilke Roth and Clare Saunders, Organising for Change https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/organizing-for-changeSu recorded on 14/06/25David recorded on 08/07/25
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  • Solidarity and Complicity in the Academy
    On this week's episode we have Dr Eman Abboud from Trinity College Dublin and Dr Rita Sakr from Maynooth University. They talk about being Palestinian and Lebanese, coloniality and decolonial studies, activism and Eman's recent trip home to Palestine. Then Eman reads for us an excerpt from a famous Palestinian poem from 2002, 'A State of Siege' by Mahmoud Darwish. Hosted by Emer and Stephen, edited by Dawn.ReferencesSusan Abulhawa, Mornings in Jenin.Atef Abu Saif, Don't Look Left: A Diary of Genocide.Mosab Abu Toha, Forest of Noise.Selma Dabbagh, Out of it.Mahmud Darwish, In the Presence of Absence.Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa.Tahrir Hamdi, Imagining Palestine.Ghassan Kanafani, Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories.Achille Mbembe, Necropolitics.Adania Shibli, Minor Detail.Translation of 'A State of Siege' by Mahmoud Darwish: https://www.marxists.org/subject/art/literature/darwish/2002/siege.htm
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  • Law
    On this week's episode we have Dr Brendan C. Browne from Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath and Dr John Reynolds from Ollscoil Mhá Nuad. They talk to us about International Law and the lack of any law-in-action, the metaphorisation of the term decolonial, their experiences living and teaching in Palestine and much more. Hosted by Emer and Stephen, edited by Dawn.References:Daragh Cogley, 'Ireland’s Double Game: Anti-Colonial Rhetoric Meets Neoliberal Imperialism'https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/30/irelands-double-game-anti-colonial-rhetoric-meets-neoliberal-imperialism/Bana Abu Zuluf, 'Between political gaslighting and supply chains: Ireland is complicit in the Gaza genocide'https://rebelnews.ie/2025/06/05/between-political-gaslighting-and-supply-chains-ireland-is-complicit-in-the-gaza-genocide/The Ditchhttps://www.ontheditch.com/ This episode was recorded 17 June 2025.
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  • Journalism
    This week's episode has Dr Mike Berry from Cardiff University and Dr Henry Silke from Ollscoil Luimnigh talking about journalism, media studies and Bad News in relation to Palestine and other genocides. Hosted by Emer and Stephen and edited by Dawn.The interview was recorded on 20 May 2025.
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Series of roundtable interviews with academics about Palestine, genocides, coloniality and activism. To find out more about Academics for Palestine visit our website - https://academicsforpalestine.org/
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