The Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation (IHJR) on Palestinian refugees of 1948
The IHJR seeks to address unresolved historical injustices that underline ethnic and nationalist conflicts. The aim is to promote understanding by developing joint projects of historical and sociological research on different perspectives of contentious historical events among divided societies.
To know more, visit IHJR website: http://www.historyandreconciliation.org/.
After the Israeli Apartheid Week 2011 in which ISS took active part with a series of lectures and other events, a project aiming at undertaking a cultural reconciliation in Israel Palestine will be presented.
The Institute for Historical Justice will introduce and discuss an exceptional account of Palestinian refugees of 1948, “Zoom In: Palestinian Refugees of 1948, Remembrances,” in which six Israeli and Palestinian scholars analyze university student comments to archival photographs. This innovative account of Palestinian and Israeli students encounters with their common past takes the reader on a unique visual and historical journey.
“Zoom in” touches upon topics such as the Nakba, loss of homeland, internally displaced people, remembrances, collective identity, victimization from historical, sociological and anthropological perspectives.
Dr. Ihab Saloul, one of the co-authors of the publication “Zoom In: Palestinian Refugees of 1948, Remembrances” and Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Media Studies at Maastricht University
Catherine Cissé-van den Muijsenbergh, Executive Director of the IHJR,