Join us today for our final event of the semester as we host Tareq Baconi for a book discussion of “Fire in Every Direction: A Memoir” 🗓️: 11/19/15 ⏰: 5PM 📍: 3335 Dwinelle (Level C), UCB 📚: Copies available for purchase 🔗: forms.gle/9BhnFr3W8io5... Cosponsors: CMES and GWS

11/13: “From Apartheid to Democracy” book talk feat. Sarah Leah Whitson in convo with Prof Wadie Said! 🗓️ 11/13/25 ⏰ 4:00-5:30PM 📍 297 Simon Hall UC Berkeley Law School 🔗 events.berkeley.edu/pasprogram/e... Cosponsors: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Henderson Center, & Global Democracy Commons

NOV 04: “Framing Genocide: Western Media and Political Discourse in Gaza” presented by Dr. #AssalRad 🗓️ Tuesday, November 04, 2025 ⏰ 5:00 - 6:30 PM 📍 3335 Dwinelle Hall (Level C), UC Berkeley 🔗 events.berkeley.edu/pasprogram/eve… Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Grateful to all those in attendance for our inaugural New Books in Palestinian Studies series featuring a discussion of “Parting Gifts of Empire: Palestine & India at the Dawn of Decolonization” by Dr. @esmat.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social

10/27: Book launch discussion of "Parting Gifts of Empire" by Dr. @esmat.bsky.social! 🗓️ MON 10/27/25 ⏰ 5-6:30 PM 📍 3335 Dwinelle (Level C) UC Berkeley 📚 Copies will be available 4 purchase This free & inperson event is Cosponsored by: History, CMES, & ISAS UCB Register: forms.gle/cXjFsJ8Lcg1n...

Structural racism — or the way systems like housing, education, employment and justice create racial disparities without overtly racist actors — is a concept that is often “deeply misunderstood,” according to Stephen Menendian at @obi-belonging.bsky.social. news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/14/w...

A full house at @palstudiesucb.bsky.social to hear Dr. Sherene Seikaly’s timely talk, “#Palestine is Here, Palestine is Everywhere.” We are grateful to our community members for braving the rain to attend this lecture!

10/13: "Palestine is Shrinking, Palestine is Everywhere" ft. Dr. Sherene Seikaly (UCSB)! 🗓️: Monday, October 13, 2025 ⏰: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM 📍: 3335 Dwinelle Hall (Level C) UC Berkeley Event co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Register: forms.gle/MvbdJqEh9RA2...