I designed this syllabus in November and December 2023 for The Palestine Seminar, which I had proposed in spring 2023. The webpage for The Palestine Seminar includes many resources, including recordings of five conversation panels and the “Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine” conference held on 28 February 2024. My initial goal for The Palestine Seminar was to give a platform to Palestinian artists and intellectuals working in Palestine but with limited opportunities to work or share their work outside of a permanent crisis mode produced by the myriad forms of violence attached to Israeli colonization. This violence regularly reaches university campuses and touches every dimension of life. October 7 shifted the syllabus focus as it shifted the world. The syllabus is idiosyncratic in the sense that it is largely composed of English-language sources and represents my intellectual and pedagogical interests at this historical moment. I encourage people to use it as an educational resource and to take what they like for their own teaching.
Frances S. Hasso 