BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's\, Middle Eastern Program presents Sa'e d Atshan \;from Swarthmore College.Palestinians in the Occupied Palest inian Territories (the West Bank and Gaza Strip) are among the highest rec ipients of per capita international humanitarian aid in the world. This ta lk will examine the enduring nature of Western aid to Palestine and how Pa lestinians endure their lives as humanitarian subjects. This reveals the p aradoxes of humanitarianism in both facilitating and subverting colonial p rocesses.Sa'ed Atshan is associate professor of peace and conflict studies and anthropology and chair of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studie s at Swarthmore College. He has previously served as an associate professo r of anthropology at Emory University\; as a visiting assistant professor of anthropology and senior research scholar at the University of Californi a\, Berkeley\; and as a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University's Watson I nstitute for International Studies. Atshan earned a Ph.D. in anthropology and Middle Eastern studies and an M.A. in social anthropology from Harvard University\, an M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School\, and a B.A. from Swarthmore College. Atshan is the author of “Queer Palestine and the Empir e of Critique” (Stanford University Press\, 2020)\, coauthor (with Kathari na Galor) of “The Moral Triangle: Germans\, Israelis\, Palestinians” (Duke University Press\, 2020)\, and coeditor (with Galor) of “Reel Gender: Pal estinian and Israeli Cinema” (Bloomsbury\, 2022). \;  \;Speaker op inions and statements are their own and do not imply endorsement by the ME SP\, Syracuse University\, or its constituent schools and colleges. DTEND:20250304T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T182141Z DTSTART:20250304T210000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Enduring Humanitarianism in the Palestinian Territories UID:RFCALITEM639141061017358200 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Moynihan Institute's\, Middle Eastern Prog ram presents Sa'ed Atshan \;from Swarthmore College.< br>

Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (the West B ank and Gaza Strip) are among the highest recipients of per capita interna tional humanitarian aid in the world. This talk will examine the enduring nature of Western aid to Palestine and how Palestinians endure their lives as humanitarian subjects. This reveals the paradoxes of humanitarianism i n both facilitating and subverting colonial processes.

Sa'ed Atshan i s associate professor of peace and conflict studies and anthropology and c hair of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at Swarthmore College . He has previously served as an associate professor of anthropology at Em ory University\; as a visiting assistant professor of anthropology and sen ior research scholar at the University of California\, Berkeley\; and as a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for Internatio nal Studies.

Atshan earned a Ph.D. in anthropology and Middle Eastern studies and an M.A. in social anthropology from Harvard Uni versity\, an M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School\, and a B.A. from Swar thmore College. Atshan is the author of “Queer Palestine and the Em pire of Critique” (Stanford University Press\, 2020)\, coauthor (with Katharina Galor) of “The Moral Triangle: Germans\, Israelis\, Pale stinians” (Duke University Press\, 2020)\, and coeditor (with Galor) of “Reel Gender: Palestinian and Israeli Cinema” (Bloomsbury\, 2022). \;  \;

S peaker opinions and statements are their own and do not imply endorsement by the MESP\, Syracuse University\, or its constituent schools and college s.

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