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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

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 · 06/12/2025

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.

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

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.

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

The next book in our "MfP Recommended Read" series is Nur Masalha's Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History. This fast-paced history moves from the bronze age to the present to demonstrate that Palestine has always existed.

Background of a keffiyeh pattern. On the center top, MfP Recommended Read. On the center middle, book cover of Nur Masalha's Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History

Background of a keffiyeh pattern. On the top left, MfP Recommended Read. On the bottom left, book cover of Nur Masalha's Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History. On the right five bullet points: 1. Provides overview of Palestinian history from the Bronze Age to the Present. 2. Demonstrates that Palestine has a long history that predates modern nationalisms. 3. Challenges the Zionist narrative that Palestine never existed or is a Western invention. 4. The chapter on Medieval Palestine are perfect for introducing Palestine to the Medieval Studies classroom. 5. Contrasts Palestine's pluralistic history to Zionism as a settler-colonial movement.

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The Urgency of Palestine for Premodern Critical Race Studies By Nora Galland, Katherine Gillen, Margo Hendricks, and Anna-Claire Simpson medium.com/@acmrs/the-u...

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The Urgency of Palestine for Premodern Critical Race Studies

By Nora Galland, Katherine Gillen, Margo Hendricks, and Anna-Claire Simpson

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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.

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Let's build pressure AND community. Let's start with stickers! Make your own Free Palestine stickers, stick them everywhere, give them out, show the people around you that they're not alone in caring. www.youtube.com/shorts/0QNtR... welcometonanas.com/how-to-make-...

image of a wooden floor board with home made stickers. The stickers include the flag of Palestine with the words Free Palestine, a half circle watermelon, a circle with half the circle as the Palestinian flag and half the circle a watermelon.

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

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.

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

We are gearing up for new actions because we understand that our collective efforts make a difference. If you're interested in joining us, you can do so 👇

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Interested in joining MfP? Fill out our intake form! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Medievalists for Palestine Intake Form

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

We continue to demand divestment because we understand that intense pressure from all our communities makes a difference. We specifically ask for divestment of these companies 👇

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Just a reminder of who we are and what we stand for!

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Our vision statement: (1/7) MfP is a non-hierarchical, leaderless collection of early period scholars advocating for Palestinian liberation who form autonomous affinity groups according to interest in specific types of action.

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Please help a Black trans comrade who has been targeted and fined for Pro-Palestine speech chuffed.org/project/1455...

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

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 · 30/07/2025

"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!

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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 · 11/06/2025

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...

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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 · 11/06/2025

It's that time of year! On top of these benefits, your membership dues likely go toward the Medieval Academy of America's investments in industries of death and destruction. DISCLOSE, DIVEST, WE WILL NOT STOP! WE WILL NOT REST!

Screenshot from the Medieval Academy of America's email to members reminding them to renew their membership by June 30

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

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.

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

@medievalacademy.bsky.social only cares about freedom of speech in a performative way. Look at this letter they sent out to their membership about freedom of speech in higher education. Yet, they called the cops on an autonomous group-we don't claim this action!-peacefully protesting the MAA.

Screenshot from a letter that the Medieval Academy of America sent to the President and Provost of Columbia University and shared with its membership. The letter claims that the MAA "decr[ies] the extreme punitive actions taken by Columbia University" and that it cannot condone violating students' and instructors' freedom of speech and civic rights" among other things. There is text added by Medievalists for Palestine above the screenshot that reads "Not the MAA virtue signaling about repressing political speech ..."

The image shows people on Harvard University's campus and a police car with a cop inside. There is text added that continues the previous image's critique: "...when they literally called the cops on pro-Palestine expression at their own meeting."

The image highlights one of the protest banners hanging outside of window of a building on Harvard's campus. The banner reads "MAA/Harvard Divest Now!" The text added around the image reads "Fuck your strongly worded letter" and "Divest now."

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Jonathan Hsy 許維成 @jonathanhsy.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

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

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Israel has killed 500 Gazans since Wednesday. If you're doing business as usual, you're part of the problem. It's not too late to walk out of the #MAA2025, disrupt business as usual, demand divestment, join us for OAMS, organize for Palestine. @medievalacademy.bsky.social DIVEST NOW #MedievalSky

Image of the door of a Harvard building with a big banner--white background, red and black words--that reads Hey Hey Hey MAA / How many Gazans / Did U Kill 2Day?

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

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.

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

This is tomorrow. Sign up today!

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

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

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

‼️ Please support Dr. Steven Thrasher, a beloved workshops4gaza teacher who put their body on the line during Northwestern's Palestine solidarity encampment and is being punished by its administration for it.

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

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.

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

today!! it's so important to also support workshops4sudan in this moment. as recent reporting shows, the zionist states are contemplating forcibly removing Palestinians to Sudan, whose people are undergoing the world’s largest displacement and humanitarian crisis. apnews.com/article/isra...

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AP Exclusive: US and Israel look to Africa for moving Palestinians uprooted from Gaza

The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations to move Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Hey #MedievalSky, over a 100 of your peers have registered to the Open Access Medieval Studies conference. You can join too! This is the time to come and gather and be in solidarity. Take action! To view the schedule and register go: linktr.ee/mfp_lestine

Gray background with three boxes that simulate abstract paintings with the colors of the Palestinian Flag

OPEN ACCESS MEDIEVAL STUDIES
March 20-22
Medievalists for Palestine
Conference Registration Open
To view the schedule and register, visit: linktr.ee/mfp_lestine

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Different faces. Same crimes. Escalate Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigns now. #BDS

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

"I have been subjected to a vicious, coordinated, and dehumanizing doxxing campaign led by Columbia affiliates Shai Davidai and David Lederer who, among others, have labeled me a security threat and called for my deportation"

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

One more day, one more beautiful OAMS poster #MedievalSky and #AcademicSky The OAMS conference is coming up (March 20-22)! Let's envision a different academia. One that builds communities of trust to take action together! Registration and more goodies available at linktr.ee/mfp_lestine

Rights Side: Palestinian Flag from ceiling to floor

Left side: Medievalists for Palestine
OPEN ACCESS MEDEIVAL STUDIES CONFERENCE
March 20-22
Registration Open

To view the schedule and register, visit: Linktr.ee/mfp_lestine

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Hey #MedievalSky and #AcademicSky The Open Access Medieval Studies conference is coming up (March 20-22)! Come learn with us as we envision a different academia. One that builds communities of trust to take action together! Registration and more goodies available at linktr.ee/mfp_lestine

Left side: OPEN ACCESS MEDIEVAL STUDIES CONFERENCE
MARCJ 20-22
Registration now open
The Open Access Medieval Studies (OAMS) conference, hosted by Medievalists for Palestine, aims to facilitate the critical and explicit intersection of Palestinian liberation and medieval studies. The theme of this year's OAMS conference is liberation.

To view the schedule and register, visit: linktr.ee/mfp_lestine

Right side: Beautiful image of squiggly green lines that end in a red half circle that evokes the Palestinian flag.

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

#MedievalSky OAMS is happening! And we have some beautiful graphics! So watch us unveil a new one every day this week! Registration, Program, and more MfP goodies available here: linktr.ee/mfp_lestine

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Medievalists for Palestine Open Medieval Studies Conference, March 20-22, Registration Open, To view the program and register for the conference, visit linktr.ee/mfp_lestine

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

EXCITING NEWS 👏 Registration for the Open Access Medieval Studies Conference (Mar20-22) is now open! sites.google.com/view/open-ac...

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Open Access Medieval Studies Conference - Program

Thursday, March 20 Friday, March 21Saturday, March 22 fully online

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Announcing a very exciting collab w/you today w/Medievalists for Palestine (@mforpalestine.bsky.social). They will be holding a reading group on March 22, for Orisanmi Burton’s Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt. www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/tip...

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Tip of the Spear: A Reading Group — Workshops 4 Gaza

Step 1: Donate to Sameer Project here (sugg. donation $25). Step 2: Register for “Tip of the Spear: A Reading Group” here . Join Medievalists for Palestine for a reading group on Oris...

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Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Medievalists of Color is putting on some great workshops! Please Register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

A poster with purple and green bubbles announcing Hidden Curriculum Workshops. Image contains the following information and a QR code to register:

First half: Medievalists of Color
Hidden Curriculum Workshops
Medievalists of Color, an organization that represents the power of difference, is opening its yearly Hidden Curriculum Series to all interested participants!

As more and more academic organizations demonstrate a complete lack of care for their constituencies, academics must find new ways to create community, expose the hidden curriculum, and creatively share their research to each other.

Following the spirit of joy, solidarity, and liberation of Medievalists for Palestine (MfP), Medievalists of Color are opening up their hidden curriculum workshops to complement MfP’s fully online Open Access Medieval Studies conference (OAMS; March 20-22). Our aims are to demonstrate that a different future is possible, and we do not need to rely on white supremacist organizations to grow, share, and find academic joy!

Registration is Free

Second Half:
Schedule
Teaching Early Global Literatures and Cultures Q&A with Geraldine Heng
Geraldine Heng
Tuesday 11 March ••• 12:00 PM ET (9:00 AM Pacific)
Register here
Grant Writing for Mid-Career Scholars
Roger Martinez
Wednesday 12 March ••• 12:00 PM ET (9:00 AM Pacific)
Register here
Teaching World Literature
a Restorative Justice Approach
Nahir I. Otaño Gracia ••• Averie Basch
Thursday 13 March ••• 1:00 PM ET (10:00 AM Pacific)
Register here
Grant Writing for Graduate Students and Early-Career Scholars
Nicole Lopez-Jantzen
Friday 14 March ••• 3:00 PM ET (12:00 PM Pacific)
Register here

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 04/02/2025

This is incredibly cool to see, and I would love for earth/planetary/space science to build conferences like this that are explicitly liberatory, non-hierarchical, and accessible! It can be done!

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Jonathan Hsy 許維成 @jonathanhsy.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Extended CFP (now due Feb 14th) for “Liberation” open access conference! Not just for medievalists! #MedievalSky #ShakeRake #SkyStorians #AcademicSky

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Jonathan Hsy 許維成 @jonathanhsy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Abstracts for this “Liberation” CFP due tomorrow Feb 14th! Open access conference, not just for medievalists! #AcademicSky #SkyStorians

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