Palestinian Studies is an important and rapidly growing interdisciplinary field that focuses on Palestine and Palestinians. Studying and understanding Palestinian history, culture, politics, and society in historic Palestine as well as in the Palestinian diaspora has become more urgent than ever given the recent developments in Palestine and Israel. In the past decade, initiatives at North American universities, such as Columbia University’s Center for Palestine Studies and Brown University’s New Directions in Palestinian Studies, have created important spaces for the free and open discussion and study of Palestine and Palestinians. The Princeton Palestinian Studies Colloquium (PPSC) aims to provide opportunities at Princeton University for learning about, analyzing, and discussing Palestine and Palestinians. Through a series of lectures and events over the course of the academic year 2024-25 the colloquium introduces Princeton students and faculty to the diversity and strength of this thriving field of scholarly inquiry. The goal is to showcase and interrogate the newest scholarship in the field at a high academic level. 

The areas of Palestinian Studies the colloquium plans to explore include: social, economic, cultural, and political history; Palestinian political thought; international law and Palestine, ethnographies of Palestinian life in Palestine/Israel and in the Palestinian diaspora; the status quo on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank; the relevance of Palestinian Studies for other contexts including African American Studies and Native American and Indigenous Studies; Palestinian cultural production in Arabic and other languages.

The Latest information about our events will be posted on this page.

Co - Sponsors

Near Eastern Studies

Humanities Council

Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies

Comparative Literature

African American Studies

Contributions to and/or sponsorship of any event does not constitute departmental or institutional endorsement of the specific program, speakers or views presented.