Saree Makdisi – Tolerance is a Graveyard, April 23, 1pm

Sydney Staff for BDS is pleased to host a talk by Saree Makdisi (UCLA).

Tolerance is a Graveyard: Palestine and the Culture of Denial

Time: April 23 1-2.30 pm (Sydney time)

Zoom registrationhttps://bit.ly/312SkmJ 

Saree Makdisi is Professor of English & Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles and a proponent of BDS, the campaign for justice for Palestinians through an end to Israeli apartheid. As well as his numerous works on literature and culture, Prof. Makdisi is author of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation. In this talk he will discuss the politics of Palestine liberation in the context of his forthcoming book, Tolerance is a Graveyard. The seminar is presented by Sydney Staff for BDS, a group of Sydney University staff members supporting the institutional academic boycott of Israeli universities. Everyone is welcome.