Mini-Symposium: “Benjamin in Palestine: Memory, Politics, Violence”
Description
Two 30 minute talks:
- Sami Khatib (AUB) "On Violence: Benjamin and Beyond"
- Jens Hanssen (NMC/History) “Palestinian Nachträglichkeit: Walter Benjamin reads Mahmoud Darwish”
Film screening (70 minutes):
- “Recollection” by Kamal Aljafari (2015) followed by
- 20 minute reflections by Dr. Nasrin Himada (Art Metropole, Toronto)