[Anthropgrad] Professor Jeff Halper lecture
Pen Judd
penelope.judd at anu.edu.au
Tue Mar 17 09:37:08 EST 2009
*Professor Jeff Halper *(Anthropology, Ben Gurion University, Israel)
Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions *
“Human Rights and the Palestine-Israel Conflict: A Reframing?"
*Wednesday 18th March, 5.00pm*
Law Theatre, Australian National University
(Free of charge)
An Evening with Jeff Halper
Thursday 19th March, 7pm
China Plate Restaurant, Northbourne Ave
(nr. London Cct)
$35 ($28 concessions) incl. dinner
(Please book early. Call 0417 269 984 or 0434 047 179)
Jeff Halper visit is supported by
Australians for Justice and Peace in Palestine
*ICAHD* is a non-violent, direct-action group originally established to
oppose and resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the
Occupied Territories.
Jeff Halper was formerly Professor of Anthropology at the Israeli Ben
Gurion University. He is the Coordinator of ICAHD. He grew up in the US
and received his PhD in Cultural and Applied Anthropology from the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before moving to Israel in 1973.
Professor Halper’s academic work focuses on the history of Jerusalem in
the modern era, contemporary Israeli culture, nationalism and the Middle
East conflict. He is the author of /Obstacles to //Peace/, a resource
manual of articles and maps on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
published by ICAHD. His new book, /An Israeli in Palestine/, on his work
against the Occupation, is published by Pluto Press. He was nominated by
the American Friends Service Committee for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Penelope Judd
Assistant Administrator
Department of Anthropology
Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies
College of Asia and the Pacific
Australian National University, Canberra
Tel: intl + 61 + 2 + 61253149
Fax: intl + 61 + 2 + 61253023
Email: Penelope.Judd at anu.edu.au
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