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)