Sherene Seikaly
@srseikaly.bsky.social
Historian. Editor, Journal of Palestine Studies, Jadaliyya
A piece I have worked on for nearly a decade is out. Kantousha and the PoxNotes on Accompaniment read.dukeupress.edu/public-cultu...
Kantousha and the Pox: Notes on Accompaniment
Abstract. This article reconstructs a1903 smallpox outbreak in Omdurman by following the life of a sixteen-year- old girl, Kantousha, whose illness sheds light on an expansive regime of colonial medic...
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We will win because history and the majority of historian are on our side. The Palestinian Historians Group respond to the @historians.org latest veto www.jadaliyya.com/Details/47115
We Refuse to be Silenced: The Palestinian Historians Group Responds to the AHA Council Vetoes
We, the Palestinian Historians Group, are outraged by the American Historical Association Council’s decision to veto two resolutions that members passed by 78 and 79 percent at the AHA Annual Business...
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I interviewed the brilliant historian and editor in chief of the Journal of Palestine studies @srseikaly.bsky.social on learning about Palestine, the intersectionality of the Palestinian cause, and how to combat a system trying to make you stupid. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
It Could Happen Here | iHeart
It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens,...
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Reflection by Asmaa Azaizeh from HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US Translated from the Arabic by @lenakt.bsky.social
Reflection
Yesterday, I handed all my poems to my publisher. I feel like I handed him my head
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In case you've been wondering about the moral and intellectual crisis in Holocaust studies, here's exhibit A. It also illustrates why we felt the need to found the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network: www.ghscn.org/home
The Holocaust Historian Defending Israel Against Charges of Genocide
How the war in Gaza is dividing scholars of Nazi Germany.
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The Israelis assassinated AJ journalists Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqa along with their team in Gaza after bombing an AJ tent in front of Al-Shifa hospital Absolute monsters www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israel murders four Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif
Al-Sharif was killed along with Mohammed Qreiqeh two cameramen in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.
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Their cruelty is beyond belief.
LA Public Press@lapublicpress.bsky.social · 12mo agoFederal agents use fake job offer, rental truck to trap day laborers in LA raid – a Penske rental truck became the centerpiece of a controversial Westlake Home Depot immigration sting that concealed immigration enforcement agents inside the vehicle. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/fede...
"The genocide has “killed my lungs.” This is how Samah al-Dahshan narrates losing her nine-year-old daughter Nasma." My latest editor's note for Journal of Palestine Studies @PalStudies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From the Editor
Published in Journal of Palestine Studies (Vol. 54, No. 2, 2025)
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Since the early 2010s, social media has been identified with protesters. In the early days, social media was an effective tool for activists to organize and communicate with one another and directly with the public, providing counternarratives to the ones laid out in popular coverage.
These editor's notes are my attempt to archive, to honor Palestinian life, and to grieve all the people we have lost in twenty months of genocide. Institute for Palestine Studies "Palestine is shrinking. Palestine is everywhere.” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From the Editor
Published in Journal of Palestine Studies (Vol. 54, No. 1, 2025)
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One of the highlights of this year was co-hosting a keynote lecture by the magnificent Sherene Seikaly, titled "Palestine as Paradigm." I am so honoured to be able to share it with you all. Take some time with it. Her message has never been more urgent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq0A...
Palestine as Paradigm: A Keynote Lecture by Sherene Seikaly | Long Arc of Fascism Conference
YouTube video by CCMS SFU
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A great reminder of Isreal's attempt to obscure genocide through pinkwashing thebaffler.com/latest/pinkw...
Pinkwashing the Timeline | Schuyler Mitchell
Pro-Israel propaganda is often ideologically indistinguishable from the hatred that flows from the American right.
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The Palestinians of the Gaza Strip teach us what it means to return against all odds
Jehad Abusalim@jehadabusalim.bsky.social · 2y agoGaza today, and for now, disrupts and defies the global agenda of rendering entire populations disposable and rightless. This was achieved through the resilience of an entire population that has endured months of displacement, starvation, disease, and bombardment.
Featuring JPS editor @srseikaly.bsky.social, issue co-editors @amahlbishara.bsky.social and Diana Allan, and authors Lina Abu Akleh, Ghousoon Bisharat, Sarah Ema Friedland, Anna Shah Hoque, Sherena Razek, @zidani.bsky.social, and yasmine eid-sabbagh!
"We feel that it is our responsibility as the largest North American organization of scholars of literature and language to protest and stand with our colleagues who are being murdered for their existence," said one organizer.
MLA Members for Palestine Protest Denial of BDS Vote at National Assembly | Common Dreams
"We feel that it is our responsibility as the largest North American organization of scholars of literature and language to protest and stand with our colleagues who are being murdered for their exist...
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Full article here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip from Oct 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture–recapture analysis
Our findings show an exceptionally high mortality rate in the Gaza Strip during the period studied. These results underscore the urgent need for interventions to prevent further loss of life and illuminate important patterns in the conduct of the war.
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Dylan Williams@dylanwilliams.bsky.social · 2y agoNEW: A study by Yale University and other institutions has found that the Gaza war death toll is likely 41% HIGHER than Palestinian health officials reported. It also found that over 59% of those killed were women, children and people over the age of 65. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
The US House has voted 243-140-1 to sanction anyone associated with the International Criminal Court's efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any "protected person" of the US and its allies — namely, Israel. 45 Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the bill.
$1,131,794,901 That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns. Well, the planet is burning. Don't let them look away.
Thanks to all who showed up to vote and especially to our wonderful speakers Sherene Seikaly @srseikaly.bsky.social, Paul Ortiz, Jr., Raz Segal, Van Gosse, and Barbara Weinstein! We must keep this momentum going. #AHA25
The Biden administration is attempting to foster a fake dispute over famine numbers in Gaza to obscure the reality of genocide. mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-...
The US is manufacturing doubt about Gaza’s famine
The Biden administration is attempting to foster a fake dispute over famine numbers in Gaza to obscure the reality of genocide.
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Full @democracynow.org interview with @srseikaly.bsky.social and Barbara Weinstein on the American Historical Society's vote at #AHA25 to adopt the Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza. The resolution passed in a landslide vote of 428–88 (4 abstentions). www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha...
American Historical Association Condemns Israel’s Scholasticide in Gaza
The American Historical Association, the oldest learned society in the United States, has adopted the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” condemning Israel’s “intentional effort to comprehen...
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Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! on the annual meeting of the AHA and its vote against scholasticide in Gaza. @srseikaly.bsky.social, Barbara Weinstein, and @quinnslobodian.com showing how we amplify our voices as historians on the most urgent issues. @weinstein www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha...
American Historical Association Condemns Israel’s Scholasticide in Gaza
The American Historical Association, the oldest learned society in the United States, has adopted the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” condemning Israel’s “intentional effort to comprehen...
democracynow.org
Today I am specially proud to be a historian. Two giants of my profession and dear friends, B. Weinstein and Sherene Seikaly @srseikaly.bsky.social speak in @democracynow.org about the AHA resolution against scholasticisde in Gaza, which passed by a landslide www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha...
American Historical Association Condemns Israel’s Scholasticide in Gaza
The American Historical Association, the oldest learned society in the United States, has adopted the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” condemning Israel’s “intentional effort to comprehen...
democracynow.org
The BBC is in civil war over Israel and Palestine. BBC journalists are in revolt over what they call "systematic Israeli propaganda" churned out by the Corporation. My exclusive investigative piece for @dropsitenews.com 👇 www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-...
The BBC's Civil War Over Gaza
The BBC is facing an internal revolt over its reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza. Owen Jones investigates.
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Starbucks workers AND Amazon workers are on nationwide strikes during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. I truly hope their bosses are sweating bullets :)
BREAKING: The Teamsters are dramatically escalating their strike and taking it to Amazon’s largest NYC warehouse. Beginning at midnight tonight they will picket the massive facility with 5,500 workers. JFK8 on Staten Island is the first unionized Amazon warehouse.
The key takeaway is that the world’s richest man got what he wanted; stripped our cancer funding for kids, killed reforms to bring down drugs prices and caps on investment in China. Trump on the other hand demanded a debt ceiling raise and got nothing.
📣TODAY at 12:15 PM at Garibaldi Statue! We call on our community & our allies to join us to picket NYU & demand that charges be dropped against the arrested faculty, PNG designations be lifted, cops removed from campus, & negotiations with students over disclosure & divestment commence in good faith
NYU Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine@nyufsjp.bsky.social · 2y ago📣 Calling all NYU community! Join us tomorrow, Wed., Dec. 18 at 12:15pm at Garibaldi Statue to picket NYU's police state! ✊🏽Drop the arrest charges ✊🏽Lift the PNG ✊🏽Disclose now ✊🏽Divest from genoicide ✊🏽Shut down NYU Tel Aviv Walking together to Bobst Library at 12:30pm!
