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L E C T U R E S [select list] 

National University of Singapore, Middle East Institute (May 2016) 
The Middle East Peace Process After the Arab Uprisings

Yale University 
(April 2016)
From Occupation to Warfare: How Israel Expanded its Right to Use Force and Diminished Protections of Civilians


Ohio University, Baker Peace Studies Center and the Contemporary History Institute (March 2016)
History, War, and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East 

Jerusalem/Birzeit/Nazareth (December 2015)
 
Alternative Strategies for Realizing Justice in Palestine 
(Presenter & Member of Organizing Committee) 

Cornell University School of Law (November 2015) 
Beyond Survival: Livelihood Strategies for Refugees in the Middle East

​Law for Black Lives  (August 2015)
Global Solidarity: Struggles Against Racism & Police/State Violence Around the World

Al Sijal Institute (Amman, July 2015) 
BDS at 10: Notes from the United States

American University in Beirut (July 2015)
Refugees and Migrants-Lebanon Workshop
(Organizer & Co-Coordinator of ASI's Refugees and Migrants Project)

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (June 2015) 
The Colonial Politics of Civility: Implications of the Steven Salaita Case for Indigenous Studies and Beyond

Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (April 2015)
War on Gaza in the Age of Human Rights 

Cal State Fullerton (March 2015) 
President’s Day Celebration of International Women’s Day 
Gender and the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Hawai'i Speaking Tour (November 2014)
Spotlight on Gaza: Contexts and Ethical Responses

City Club of Cleveland (November 2014)
Operation Protective Edge: Gaza in Context 

University of Chicago (November 2014) 
Operation Protective Edge: Gaza in Context 

George Mason University (October 2014)
Operation Protective Edge: Legal and Political Implications of ICC Prosecution

UCLA Law School (October 2014) 
Whiteness as Property: A Twenty Year Appraisal 
Contemporary Civil Rights Debates

Rachel Corrie Foundation PeaceWorks 2014 Keynote With Angela Davis
Yet Again As Captives: Mass Incarceration in the U.S. and Palestine 

Vienna + 20 Program, Rutgers University (October 2013) 
Development, Democracy, Human Rights & The Arab Uprisings

Junior International Scholars’ Association Conference (February 2013) 
New Imminence in the Age of Obama: The Impact of Targeted Killings on the Law of Self-Defense

American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt (November 2012)
The Death of the Two-State Solution 

American Society of International Law Mid-Year Research Forum, Athens, GA (October 2012)
US v. ICRC: Customary International Humanitarian Law and Universal Jurisdiction 

Palestine Center, Intern Lecture Series, Washington, D.C. (July 2012) 
Palestinian Politics: Representation and Accountability

Columbia University, Palestine & Law Series, The State Question, Panel II (April 2012) 
Self-determination and statehood in International Law

Briefing for the UN Israel/Palestine Working Group, New York, (February 2012) 
Presentation of BADIL’s Submission to the 80th Session of the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 

American University Law School, Founders’ Symposium, Washington, D.C. (February 2012) 
Immunity, Accountability, and the Arab Uprisings

Middle East Studies Association, Washington, D.C. (December 2011) 
The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination: Decentralized Leadership and International Solidarity

Blueprint for Accountability: Gaza, Goldstone, and the Crisis of Impunity (May 2011) 
Roundtable discussion about the enduring relevance of Goldstone and the quest for accountability

Stanford University Law School, Stanford, California (March 2011) 
Debate on the Goldstone Report featuring discussant Justice Richard Goldstone

UC Hastings Law School, San Francisco, California (March 2011) 
Constructing the Prototypical Terrorist in America: Arab, Muslim, and Palestinian

University of Toronto Law School, Toronto, Canada (February 2011) 
Is it Wrong or Illegal? Situating the Gaza Blockade Between International Law and the UN Response

MUWATIN: Palestinian Institute for Democracy, Ramallah, Palestine (October 2010) 
Palestinians in the US, Politics of Exclusion, and Activism 

American University in Beirut, UN in the Middle East Research Initiative (Ocotber 2010) 
Is it Wrong or Illegal? Situating the Gaza Blockade Between International Law and the UN Response

Ruwad Stakeholder Meeting on Arbitrary Detention in Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon (May 2010) 
Habeas Corpus: Origins and use on behalf of African slaves, alleged terrorists, and Iraqi refugees

Interfaith Peace Builders  Grassroots Advocacy Training-DC keynote speaker (March 2010)
Grassroots Lobbying on the Middle East: Iran, Syria, and Palestine

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee-MA keynote speaker (May 2009) 
Grassroots Activism, International Solidarity, and Community Empowerment 

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Conference, Georgetown University, Annual Symposium (April 2009) 
International Law, Congress, and Palestine

U.S. House of Representatives (April 2009)
Congressional Briefing on Findings and Recommendations from Operation Cast Lead

McGill University, Montreal (November 2008) 
International Law and Israeli Apartheid

Left Forum, New York (March 2007)  
Hamas’ Electoral Victory: Political Cost-Analysis for Arab World and Palestinian Nation  

New York University (November 2006)  
Gaza’s humanitarian crisis looming in the shadow of Israel’s war on Lebanon

University of New Mexico Law School (November 2006) 
Competing Narratives and the Impact on a Negotiated settlement: Israel’s quest for Peace and Security 1948-Present and Palestinian Human Rights

Johns Hopkins University, SAIS (October 2006) 
Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations in Context

United National International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People, Geneva (September 2006)
US-based efforts to confront Israeli Apartheid

La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley (March 2006) 
Israeli war crimes in U.S. courts: ATCA suits against Moshe Ya’alon and Avi Dichter

Middle East Studies Association Conference (November 2005)
Non-State Parties in International Criminal Tribunals: A case-study of Palestinian Refugees from Jenin Refugee Camp

National tour following NLG Gaza fact-finding delegation 2009 (International Law & Gaza)
Washington DC @ George Washington University (February 2009)
Washington, DC @ Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown (March 2009) 
Berkeley Law School, UC Berkeley (March 2009) 
San Francisco State University (March 2009)  
South Bay Mobilization, San Jose (March 2009)  
San Diego public library (March 2009) 
University of California at Los Angeles (March 2009) 
Anaheim, California (March 2009), see here
Washington, DC @ Busboys and Poets (April 2009), see here 
Case Western University (April 2009)  
Oberlin College (April 2009) 
Arab American Community Center: Youngstown, Ohio (April 2009) 
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (April 2009) 
University of Nebraska, Omaha (April 2009) 
Dana College, Nebraska (April 2009) 
Denver, Colorado (April 2009) 
Boulder, Colorado (April 2009) 
Pheonix, Arizona (June 2009)  
Albuquerque, New Mexico (June 2009) 
Houston, Texas (June 2009) 

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