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2/2/09

SLU Global Studies Prof Giving Talk On 'Why Palestine Matters So Much'

CANTON - St. Lawrence University Associate Professor of Global Studies John Collins will give a talk, titled "Settler Colonialism and Its Discontents: Why Palestine Matters So Much," on Tuesday, February 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Eben Holden. The event, part of the Contemporary Issues Forum, is open to the public, free of charge.

With Palestine as a primary example, Collins will focus on the turbulent period that has been called "the long 1960s" to explore the relationship between settler-colonial projects and the specific forms of radical opposition they inevitably produce.

Collins' book Occupied By Memory: The Intifada Generation and the Palestinian State of Emergency (NYU Press, 2004), based on field research in Balata Refugee Camp, explores the relationship between nationalism, memory and generational identity in the context of the first Palestinian intifada. He is also the co-editor, with Ross Glover, of Collateral Language: A User's Guide to America's New War (NYU Press, 2002), a collection of essays critically interrogating the rhetoric used to justify U.S. military action after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Collins earned his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota, where he was a MacArthur Scholar.

The Contemporary Issues Forum brings experts and participants in the making of news to campus throughout the academic year.

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