Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism in Israel and Palestine

This event occurred on:  Join us for a conversation between two academics and friends-one a committed Muslim and Palestinian activist and one an Orthodox Jew. 

• Khaled Furani is a professor of anthropology at Tel-Aviv University on the lands of al-Sheikh Muwannis. He researches language and literature, theology, secularism, sovereignty, Palestine, and the history of anthropology. For several years, he taught a seminar on "Reading Hannah Arendt for Anthropology." He co-edited, with Yara Sa'di-Ibraheem, Inside the Leviathan: Palestinian Experiences at Israeli Universities (in Arabic, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, 2022). 
• Shai Lavi is a Professor of Law and heads the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. He is also the co-director of the Minerva Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of End of Life, and until 2017 was also the founding director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics – both at Tel Aviv University. 

Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism in Israel and Palestine is one of the many compelling breakout sessions scheduled during the Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism. It provides an opportunity for a less formal conversation with the speakers from a talk held on the conference stage on Thursday, October 17, at noon, titled Can We Be Cosmopolitan Tribalists?

Learn more about the conference at hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.