Event Highlight

The War in Israel and Gaza: Constructive Campus Conversations

Posted Dec 15 2023

Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo of SIPA joined Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU’s National Security Project, and Amaney Jamal, dean of Princeton’s SPIA, for a University of Maryland webinar on “The War in Israel and Gaza: Constructive Campus Conversations.” The event, part of UM's Sadat Forum, was moderated by Professor Shibley Telhami.

Panelists discussed the vacuum on campuses around teaching courses related to the Arab-Israeli conflict as well as the self-censoring beyond universities on this issue. Yari-Milo called out university Middle East departments for creating a “cohort of like-minded scholars” that leads to “teaching a reductionist narrative” on the conflict.

“We have a lot of work to do ... this is a moment for us to work on how we do better for our community.”

– Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo 

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