Scholasticide in Palestine and the Responsibilities of Western Universities

Scholasticide in Palestine and the Responsibilities of Western Universities, taking place on Tuesday, 21 October 2025, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm in the MUSSI Seminar Room and online.

This event will bring together Maynooth researchers and international colleagues to reflect on the concept of ‘scholasticide’ and the nature and extent of the Israeli state’s perpetration of scholasticide against Palestinian scholars, students and sites of learning. The event will also address the role and responsibilities of western universities in response. We invite you to join us to discuss these crucial questions. 

Speakers:

·         Wesam Amer, Dean of the Faculty of Communication & Languages, Gaza University; and Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge. (Author of ‘Personal Reflections on Israel’s War on Education in Gaza’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 2025)

·         Maya Wind, President’s and Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Departments of Black Study and Media & Cultural Studies, University of California, Riverside. (Author of Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom, Verso, 2024)

·         Munir Nuseibah, Assistant Professor of Law, Al-Quds University; Director of the Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic; Director of the Community Action Center in Jerusalem

·         Bana Abu Zuluf, PhD Researcher, School of Law & Criminology, Maynooth University

·         Rania Muhareb, Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Irish Centre of Human Rights, University of Galway; and 2025 Palestine Health and Human Rights Postdoctoral Fellow, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University

·         John Reynolds, Associate Professor, School of Law & Criminology, Maynooth University

Register to join us in person or online:  bit.ly/3ITODt5

This event is hosted by MUSSI as part of Maynooth Research Week 2025.

For in person attendees, lunch and tea/coffee will be available before the event from 1pm onwards