Full citation for reading: Anastasia Kavada, ‘Project Democracy in Protest Camps: Caring, the Commons and Feminist Democratic Theory’, in _Feminism and Protest Camps: Entanglements, Critiques and Re-Imaginings_, eds. Catherine Eschle and Alison Bartlett (Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2023), 176-194.

What is “care” good for, and how best to apprehend it as a scholarly category? The “Care” Series gathers scholars of any discipline who are interested in reading and thinking about “care” together. Each session, we gather to discuss a short reading with the help of a local expert.

3pm – Palestine from Antiquity to Medieval Times
5pm – Palestine in the Modern Age

Panellists:
Dr Mohammad Shtayyeh
Dr Husam Zomlot
Dr Adel Manna
Dr Ayman Yousef
Dr Ghattas Sayej
Dr Hamdan Taha    
Dr Iman Saca
Dr Issam Halayqa
Dr Issam Nassar
Dr Mahmoud Hawari
Dr Mitri Al-Raheb
Dr Montaser Jarrar

Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan

How should Muslims address moral arguments to non-Muslims? If there is no moral knowledge outside revelation, then it seems such arguments, which are saliently addressed by Muslims to non-Muslim interlocutors on topics including justice for Palestine, anti-Muslim prejudice, and many other issues, must be something other than good faith appeals to reason. This has disturbing implications for co-operation in pursuit of justice along religious lines.

This lecture will be delivered by Professor Megan Ming Francis, author of the award winning book, Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State (2014).