- Public
- Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium
Israel’s War Against Coexistence in the Middle East: Will Genocide Succeed?
- Date
- 2026/07/05(Sun) 16:00-18:00
- Venue
- Online
- On-site/Online
- Online
- Language
- English
Events
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has been compounded by its invasion of Lebanon. Its apparent weaponization of Lebanon’s religious diversity ultimately underscores its own commitment to its prevailing ideology as a Jewish state committed to subjugating its regional environment, from the occupied Palestinian territories, to the Syrian Golan Heights and beyond, and to southern Lebanon. While Israel displaces and destroys, many Lebanese and Palestinians continue to defend their indigenous pluralism. What is at stake in this unfolding war is the future of the Middle East: either domination over a vibrant, multi-religious world, or defiance of this world in the face of those who seek its destruction.
Registration
- Please register in advance (you will receive a Zoom link at the email address you registered).
Registration form
Programs
| 2026/07/05 | ||
| 16:00 - 16:10 | Opening | Moderator: Hidemitsu Kuroki(ILCAA) |
| 16:10 - 17:00 | Israel’s War Against Coexistence in the Middle East: Will Genocide Succeed? | Ussama Makdisi(University of California Berkeley) |
| 17:00 - 17:10 | Comments | Hiroki Okazaki(Asia University) |
| 17:10 - 17:50 | Q&A, Discussion | |
| 17:50 - 18:00 | Closing | |
- Organized by
- Core Project “Field Archiving of Memory: Dynamics of Cooperation within the Islamic Society", ILCAA, TUFS
Contact
- meis[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp
Notes
Speakers:
Dr. Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. His publications include Faith Misplaced: the Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations, 1820-2001 (2010) and Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World (2019).
Dr. Hiroki Okazaki specializes in modern Arab political thought and contemporary Syrian cultural studies. He is serving as the supervising translator for the forthcoming book Age of Coexistence by Usama Makdisi (Hosei University Press).