Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics

PJA

  • Stellungnahme des Vereins palästinensischer und jüdischer Akademiker*innen (PJA) zur Absage der Veranstaltung mit Francesca Albanese und an der Universität Bern.

    Der Verein palästinensischer und jüdischer Akademiker*innen (PJA) vertritt jüdische und palästinensische Wissenschaftler*innen im deutschprachigen Raum. PJA ist zutiefst besorgt über die Entscheidung der Universität Bern, der für den 30.06.2025 geplanten Veranstaltung von Amnesty International mit Francesca Albanese, Völkerrechtswissenschaftlerin und UN-Sonderberichterstatterin für die besetzten palästinensischen Gebiete, und Generalsekretärin von Amnesty International, Agnès Calamard die Raumzusage zu Continue reading

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  • University and Scholasticide: From Complicity to Solidarity

    📍 Spore Initiative, Hermannstr. 86, 12051 Berlin📅 Sunday, 20 July 2025🕒 10:00–18:30 University and Scholasticide: From Complicity to Solidarity First Annual Conference of The Palestinian and Jewish Academics (PJA) hosted by Spore Initiative For adults, in English This conference seeks to explore the concept of scholasticide as a critical lens through which to understand the ongoing situation in Palestine Continue reading

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  • In the Press: German-Israeli Staatsräson Under Fire — PJA Members Speak Out

    In a recent feature in French cultural weekly Télérama, several members of the Palestinian and Jewish Academics (PJA) collective are profiled for their stance against Germany’s silencing of dissent on Palestine. The article highlights how Germany’s memory politics, shaped by the Holocaust, has led to severe repression of pro-Palestinian expression — from cultural institutions to Continue reading

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  • Die zersplitterte Ökumene: Kolonialismus, Zionismus und die andauernde Nakba

    Ein Gespräch mit Professor Ussama Makdisi Anlässlich des 77. Jahrestages der Nakba, der „Katastrophe“ (auf arabisch) von Massenvertreibungen, Enteignungen und ethnischen Säuberungen von Palästinenser*innen im Jahr 1948, sprach der Verein palästinensischer und jüdischer Akademiker*innen (PJA) mit Ussama Makdisi, Professor für Geschichte, Chancellor- und May-Ziadeh-Lehrstuhlinhaber für palästinensische und arabische Studien an der University of California Berkeley, Continue reading

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  • The Shattered Ecumene: Colonialism, Zionism, and the Ongoing Nakba. A Conversation with Professor Ussama Makdisi

    Ussama Makdisi was recently in Berlin where he gave an interview to members of the Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics (PJA). To mark 77 years since the Nakba—Arabic for “catastrophe”—which refers to the mass displacement, dispossession, and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948, PJA spoke with Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History, Chancellor’s Chair, and May Ziadeh Continue reading

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  • Event: Benefit concert for Gaza

    Make Freedom Ring presents a benefit concert in partnership with medico international, fundraising for the provision of emergency aid in Gaza. The concert will feature performances by Michael Barenboim, Raúl da Costa, Ibrahim Alshaikh, Bowrain and more as well as speeches by members of the Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics. In collaboration with PJA members Continue reading

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  • Event: Collaboration and Solidarity in Complicit Times

    PJA member Marc Siegel participated on May 13, 2025 in the roundtable discussion of the department colloquium at the Institute for European Ethnology at Humboldt University, Berlin, on the panel “Collaboration and Solidarity in Complicit Times” Link here Continue reading

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  • Open Letter to President Steinmeier: No Celebration Amid Atrocity

    On 12 May 2025, the Allianz für Kritische und Solidarische Wissenschaft (KriSol), alongside numerous civil society organizations including the Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics (PJA), issued an open letter to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The letter calls on him to cancel his planned state visit to Israel, marking the 60th anniversary of German-Israeli relations, Continue reading

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  • Press: Scholasticide in Gaza

    Coverage in nd of the Academia Under Attack conference which took place in Hamburg with the participation of PJA members Laila Prager and Michael Barenboim https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1190545.bildung-im-gaza-krieg-kaum-noch-unterricht-dafuer-scholastizid-im-gaza-krieg.html Continue reading

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  • Event: Academia under Attack

    PJA members Michael Barenboim and Laila Prager will be taking part in Academia Under Attack Konferenz für Wissenschaftsfreiheit und internationale Solidarität 12./13. April 2025, Universität Hamburg For more information see https://academia-under-attack.org Continue reading

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