Intractable State Formation Projects: Israel and Palestine in a Comparative Regional Perspective

Developments in Palestine between 1905 and 1948 can be analysed with reference to increasing tensions between two different colonial pacts emerging in the same territory. One was between Britain and the Palestinians, the other was between Britain and the Zionist movement.In this seminar, the dual process of state formation in the Levant is compared with other processes of state formation in the region at the same time, in particular with settler colonialism in Algeria and with the kinds of colonial pacts that evolved in other states formed in the former Ottoman Arab area (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq).SpeakersFredrik Engelstad, Professor Emeritus, University of Oslo and Institute for Social ResearchLars Mjøset, Professor Emeritus, University of OsloAndrew Bennet, Professor, Georgetown UniversityNils Butenschön, Professor, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of OsloRania Maktabi, Associate Professor, Østfold University CollegeThe panel discussion will be moderated by Kristian Berg Harpviken, Research Professor, PRIOThis event was co-hosted by the PRIO Middle East Centre and Institute for Social Research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.