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How can we help researchers in Gaza?
What works?
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Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi
Practical information
The meeting will be recorded and published on the Academy's YouTube channel.
Contact person: Eva Halvorsen
Email: eva.halvorsen@dnva.no
How can researchers and the university sector best support researchers and universities in Gaza/Palestine in light of the open letter from the presidents of Gaza universities?
Practical information
The meeting will be recorded and published on the Academy's YouTube channel.
Contact person: Eva Halvorsen
Email: eva.halvorsen@dnva.no
Recognizing the systematic destruction of Gaza’s higher education during the ongoing war, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters will set up a 10:00 - 13:00 meeting on how scholars and institutions best can support our colleagues there.
Asking the questions “What works (best)?”, we will address both the current situation, and the challenges faced after the end of hostilities.
In the Norwegian context the question of academic boycott (or not) has figured prominently in the public debate. This is one of several possible actions, but to a certain degree this debate has been a question of yes or no, for or against different forms of boycott, and other means of engagement have perhaps received less attention. We will discuss a wide range of possible interventions and engagements that might support researchers and students in Gaza.
We have invited voices from Gaza, and we will hear from researchers who have supported Gaza through their own research, as well as educators who have brought students from Gaza to Norway.
Introduction and background
10:00
Welcome
President Annelin Eriksen,
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Moderator Hans Petter Graver
Chair, The Human Rights Committee, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
10:05
Report from Gaza
Dr. Ahmed Abu Shaban, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine at Al-Azhar University–Gaza, currently a visiting professor at the University of York, Canada.
Perspectives from conflict zones
10:25
Perspectives from a researcher from Gaza
Dr. Asmaa Abusamra, UiO, University College of Applied Sciences, Gaza and member of Global Young Academy
10:40
Learning points from Khartoum, Sudan
Salwa Suliman, Associate Professor UiB, member of The Young Academy of Norway
10:55
Experiences from the Scottish academy’s Gaza meeting
Eva-Maria Schnelten, International officer, The Royal Society of Edinburgh
11:10
Title TBD
Rawia Awadallah, SAR scholar from Gaza, visiting researcher at OsloMET
11:25
Coffee break
What have we done in Norway?
11:45
How we got the Palestinian medical students from Gaza to Norway
Anne Kveim Lie, Professor UiO
12:05
How to use your researcher voice?
Toufoul Abou-Hodeib, professor Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie, UiO
12:25
The NorPal consortium – a coordinated effort from Norwegian universities and colleges
Monica Rolfsen, NORPAL and Vice Chancellor NTNU
12:40
Sum-up and reflections
13:00
End of program
