Category: Event Coverage, Videos

Title: Palestine, Palestinians, Denialism, and the Question of Genocide

Ussama Makdisi Lecturing at Georgetown University

Palestine, Palestinians, Denialism, and the Question of Genocide

ACMCU, in partnership with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the African Studies Program, hosted a conversation with University of California Berkeley Professor of Middle East History and Chancellor’s Chair Dr. Ussama Makdisi on April 30, 2024. Dr. Makdisi was previously Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University in Houston. He is the author of Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World (University of California Press, 2019) and Faith Misplaced: the Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations, 1820-2001 (Public Affairs, 2010).

Event Video

Dr. John L. Esposito and Dr. Nader Hashemi

ACMCU Honors the life and legacy of Distinguished University Professor and Founding Director Dr. John L. Esposito as this year's recipient of the annual Building Bridges Awards. ACMCU hosts distinguished…

ACMCU Honors the Life, Career, and Legacy of ACMCU Founding Director and Distinguished University Professor John L. Esposito. This video was co-produced and narrated by John's wife Jean Esposito and…

Dr. Tareq Baconi and Dr. Nader Hashemi at Georgetown University

ACMCU, CCAS, and The African Studies Program of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service welcomed Dr. Tareq Baconi from Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network to give a lecture on the…