Event

History of Palestinian Women Through Film and Photography

  • Speaker  Mahasen Nasser Eldin and Dr. Mariam Karim

  • Location

    Webex

  • Topic(s)
    Humanities
  • Type(s)
    Free of charge, Lectures and seminars, Virtual event

‘The Question of Palestine’ seminar series

Following up on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East/SWANA region, the Center for Contemporary and Digital History presents an online seminar series on “The Question of Palestine”.

In this series, we invite academics and subject matter experts to present their research and work which speaks on the historical context of the conflict in the region and its implications on the different practices from migration studies to cultural heritage, archival practices, filmmaking, feminist theory and data visualization.

Session 3 – History of Palestinian Women Through Film and Photography

Speaker: Mahasen Nasser Eldin and Dr. Mariam Karim

Chair: assist .prof. Frédéric Clavert & Dr. Myriam Dalal

Moderator: Dr. Myriam Piguet.

Mahasen Nasser-Eldin is a Palestinian filmmaker and film researcher. Her work is focused on creating representations of history that resonate today. She is particularly interested in resurrecting silenced histories or characters from Palestine’s past. She completed a Master’s degree in Cinematographic Studies at Goldsmiths College in London and a Master’s in Arab Studies at Georgetown University in Washington and is currently pursuing her PhD at De Montfort University in the UK. Nasser Eldin is a professor of cinematic production and audiovisual culture at Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem. Her PhD is titled: Modern Palestinian Women under the British Mandate: Interpreting History Through Film.

Mariam Karim is a Global Postdoctoral Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University in Qatar, and the Founder of Nasawiyyah: Arab Media History. She is a member of the Steering Council of the Archives & Digital Media Lab where she also serves as a Feminist Histories & Archival Fellow. Karim completed her PhD at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information (iSchool) and the Women and Gender Studies Institute (WGSI). Her research agenda explores Arab Feminist Media from the 20th century. She situates contemporary uses of digital media through historical inquiry and studies Arabic mass-media in the context of media imperialism and colonialism. To do this, she follows Arab women’s expansive mass-media practices, contributions, and ideas from the 20th century as central points of reference.

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