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Medievalists for Palestine

@mforpalestine.bsky.social

MfP is a non-hierarchical, leaderless collection of early period scholars advocating for Palestinian liberation. For more info: https://linktr.ee/mfp_lestine

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Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The next book in our "MfP Recommended Read" series is Isabella Hammad's Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative" (Black Cat 2024). Recognizing the Stranger argues for the world of literature as a venue for thinking through the political fights of our time.

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Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The next book in our recommended reads is Colonizing Palestine by Areej Sabbagh-Khoury which shows how, in the decades before the Nakba of 1948, Zionists settlements, including "left-wing kibbutzim," were integral to the slow displacement of Palestinians.

Background of a keffiyeh pattern. On the center top, MfP Recommended Read. On the center bottom the book cover of Areej Sabbagh-Khoury's Colonizing Palestine: The Zionist Left and the Making of the Palestinian Nakba.Background of a keffiyeh pattern. On the left top, Why MfP Recommends It. On the left center, the book cover of Areej Sabbagh-Khoury's Colonizing Palestine: The Zionist Left and the Making of the Palestinian Nakba. On the right, the following bullet points: -Examines how Zionist settlers acquired and used land alongside and eventually in replacement of Indigenous Palestinians. -Illustrates that, while the Nakba was a violet event of displacement, it roots lie in policies of landholding under the British Mandate. -Challenges the belief that "Left" or "Liberal" Zionism was not complicit in Palestinian displacement. -Explores how the expansion of Zionist settlement, Left Zionism, and the Nakba are represented in historical memory.
Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The next book in our series is Ghassan Kanafani's The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine. In this work, the Palestinian political thinker Kanafani analyzes the Palestinian revolt against Zionism and British imperialism through a Marxist-Leninist framework.

Background of a keffiyeh pattern. On the center top, MfP Recommended Read. On the center bottom the book cover of Ghassan Kanafani's The Revolution of 1936-1930 in Palestine.Background of a keffiyeh pattern. On the left, the book cover of Ghassan Kanafani's The Revolution of 1936-1930 in Palestine. On the right, bullet points that say: -Examines the economic, political, and social landscape of British Mandatory Palestine in the decade before the Nakba. -Illustrates the roles of British imperialism and Zionism in disrupting Palestinian Society. -Challenges the narrative of an "Israel-Palestine Conflict" by presenting Zionism as a settler-colonial movement. -Places the Arab Revolt in its proper political context to challenge the myth that it was driven by antisemitism.
Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The 1st book in our "Recommended Read" series is Edward W. Said's The Question of Palestine. Written in 1979 and often considered a part of a trilogy alongside Orientalism and Covering Islam, it was one of the first major books to introduce the historical context of Zionism (1/3)

Background of a keffiyeh pattern with an image of the book cover of Edward W. Said's The Question of Palestine.Background of a keffiyeh pattern. On the left side an image of the book cover of Edward W. Said's The Question of Palestine. On the right side 4 bullets points that say: 1. One of the first major works in English written by a leading Palestinian American intellectual. 2. Analyzes Palestinian displacement, resistance, and self-determination. 3. Explains the nature of Zionism "from the standpoint of its victims." 4. Examines the relationship between Zionism, Western liberalism, and imperialism.
Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The 1st book in our "Recommended Read" series is Edward W. Said's The Question of Palestine. Written in 1979 and often considered a part of a trilogy alongside Orientalism and Covering Islam, it was one of the first major books to introduce the historical context of Zionism (1/3)

Background of a keffiyeh pattern with an image of the book cover of Edward W. Said's The Question of Palestine.Background of a keffiyeh pattern. On the left side an image of the book cover of Edward W. Said's The Question of Palestine. On the right side 4 bullets points that say: 1. One of the first major works in English written by a leading Palestinian American intellectual. 2. Analyzes Palestinian displacement, resistance, and self-determination. 3. Explains the nature of Zionism "from the standpoint of its victims." 4. Examines the relationship between Zionism, Western liberalism, and imperialism.
Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We've been asking the MAA to divest since 2024. Their response was to strip power from the advocacy committee, create extensive policies to control their advocacy and change their rules so that they "only consider requests" from current members and leadership of peer professional societies.

Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 2y ago

MfP urges @medievalacademy.bsky.social to divest. Read our open letter here tinyurl.com/ynxuk8b4

Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We've been asking the MAA to divest since 2024. Their response was to strip power from the advocacy committee, create extensive policies to control their advocacy and change their rules so that they "only consider requests" from current members and leadership of peer professional societies.

Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 2y ago

MfP urges @medievalacademy.bsky.social to divest. Read our open letter here tinyurl.com/ynxuk8b4

Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · last yr.

Liberal Zionists can't read the room, can they? Of course there are medievalists involved... As their colleagues (us!) call for an academic boycott of Israeli institutions, they're more than happy to be platformed by them. You can't "both-sides" your way out of a genocide.

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Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · last yr.

"Medieval studies need instead to move politically to a place of radicality, one that would, unlike liberalism, align itself coherently with the work of dismantling the violent and unjust structures in which we think, work, and live." Brilliant piece by Seeta Chaganti for Arthuriana's The So What!

IRRECOVERY — Arthuriana

Archival and critical projects referred to as ‘recovery’ allow scholars to make heard the voices of those historically inaudible and marginalized. When discourses of representation, centers and margin...

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Mondoweiss@mondoweiss.net · last yr.

Israel's attacks on the Madleen aid mission to Gaza and the repression of the anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles represent the same imperial logic: any challenge to injustice will be met with state violence. mondoweiss.net/2025/06/figh...

Fighting state violence from Gaza to Los Angeles

Israel’s attacks on the Madleen aid mission to Gaza and the repression of the anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles represent the same imperial logic: any challenge to injustice will be met with...

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Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · last yr.

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? 🧵 (1/3) - For its centennial, the MAA has spent the past two years soliciting member donations. After raising $417k, the Council decided to allocate 75% of unrestricted donations to the endowment. The MAA’s endowment is tied to the S&P 500 through exchange-traded funds.

Jonathan Hsy 許維成@jonathanhsy.bsky.social · 2y ago

These signs appeared yesterday denouncing MAA and Harvard and calling for them to divest from supporting genocide in Gaza! Stay vocal and hold our institutions accountable #MedievalSky #AcademicSky

Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey, hey, MAA, how many Gazans did you kill today? An autonomous group disrupted the Medieval Academy of America's conference at Harvard University today, dropping multiple banners and redecorating conference signage. #MedievalSky #AcademicSky

Six images of various banners protesting the Medieval Academy of America's support of genocide. The last image features a cop car, highlighting how the Academy called upon the police as a disproportionate response to this autonomous action.
Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 2y ago

If your first response is to call the cops, you're on the wrong side. Period. We also heard of some ruckus outside the plenary. Wonder what actions might be planed for the last day of the conference? #MAA2025 #MedievalSky #AcademicSky #MedievalAcademy

Picture of two women on their phones with their faces covered. In the middle of the image says: Here two members of Harvard's event staff calling the police after an autonomous group disrupted the MAA conference with banners and other activities. Their disproportionate response to this autonomous action shows how frightened they are and how powerful the movement for Palestinian liberation really is. The student intifada will not rest until Palestine is free! No peace until divestment.
Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey, hey, MAA, how many Gazans did you kill today? An autonomous group disrupted the Medieval Academy of America's conference at Harvard University today, dropping multiple banners and redecorating conference signage. #MedievalSky #AcademicSky

Six images of various banners protesting the Medieval Academy of America's support of genocide. The last image features a cop car, highlighting how the Academy called upon the police as a disproportionate response to this autonomous action.
Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey @medievalacademy.bsky.social, We heard you had some visitors and you called the cops on them. Your $ supports violence overseas, your policies support violence here. We expected nothing else, but we still hope you'll DIVEST NOW #MedievalAcademy #MedievalSky #AcademicSky

Medievalists for Palestine@mforpalestine.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey, hey, MAA, how many Gazans did you kill today? An autonomous group disrupted the Medieval Academy of America's conference at Harvard University today, dropping multiple banners and redecorating conference signage. #MedievalSky #AcademicSky

Six images of various banners protesting the Medieval Academy of America's support of genocide. The last image features a cop car, highlighting how the Academy called upon the police as a disproportionate response to this autonomous action.