Fall 2026
Global Narratives on Palestine
Dates: September 14, 2026 – December 23, 2026Day/Time: Monday; Wednesday 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM EDT
Level: 300-Level
Certificate: Global Humanities, Global Studies
Global Humanities certificate requirement: Global story- and history-telling (stories and storytelling traditions). Global thought (philosophical traditions).
Global Studies certificate requirement: Elective.
Instructor: Ibrahim Marazka, Al-Quds Bard College
The course interrogates narratives about Palestine from different places and positionalities. The question of Palestine is - for better or worse - a global issue, and over the decades much has been produced about it in different languages, geographies, disciplines and media (text, film, pictures, etc.) Some of these narratives are by Palestinians, others are not. Major narratives will be presented, and their interrogation will follow according to three main contexts: (1) their epistemic strengths and limitations, (2) their response to questions of justice and morality, and (3) their conceptions of liberation. By centering Palestine and interrogating the narratives about it, students will become familiar with the Question of Palestine, develop critical thinking skills in recognizing/understanding/analyzing narratives, develop understanding of global perspectives on a singular issue, probe and use interdisciplinary methods dealing with multi-medial materials. The NCC will be offered as a Global Humanities Certificate course that satisfies the requirement ‘Global Issue Centered Course.’
Credits: 4 US / 8 ECTS