The Annual Ato Quayson Lecture in DTS: No Human Being can Exist: Palestine and the Culture of Denial

The Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies is pleased to invite you to the Annual Ato Quayson Lecture in DTS on March 20, 2025, at 4 pm.

The Annual Ato Quayson Lecture recognizes the bold and pioneering work of the founding director of the Centre, Professor Ato Quayson. This lecture provides a special opportunity for both students and scholars to listen and engage with a scholar of great distinction in the field of diaspora and transnationalism.

This year, the Centre welcomes Saree Makdisi, Professor and Chair of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. His teaching and research reside at the intersection of several different fields, including British Romanticism, imperial culture, colonial and postcolonial theory and criticism, and the cultures of urban modernity, particularly the revision and contestation of charged urban spaces, including London, Beirut and Jerusalem. Professor Makdisi is of Palestinian and Lebanese descent. He also writes on contemporary Arab politics and culture and is a co-host of the podcast “Makdisi Street”.

Please be sure to register as registration will be required to attend the event.