Roundtable discussion: how to incorporate BDS principles in our academic work

Wednesday, March 11, 5-7PM

Tilley 303

What is the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement? In the face of Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians, how can we incorporate BDS in our academic work? How have academics and students campaigned for BDS in other contexts?

Join us for a roundtable discussion featuring professors and students from the University of Brunswick and St. Thomas University, with the special participation of long-time Palestine solidarity activist and author Mostafa Henaway, from Concordia University in Montreal.

Moderator: Matt Sears (Department of Historical Studies)

Speakers:

Mostafa Henaway (Geography, Concordia)
Shaun Narine (Political Science, St. Thomas)
Sarah Durham (Biological Sciences, UNB-Saint John)
Viqar Husain (Mathematics and Statistics, UNB-Fredericton)
Hassan Mehmood (Student Organizing Collective, UNB)

This event is organized by UNB’s Department of Historical Studies, with the support of the Department of English