2026 Bowman Lecture: The History and Future of Palestine

Join the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy for the Annual Bowman Lecture with our guest speaker, Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University.

Khalidi will give a lecture on Palestinian experiences of, and resistance to, colonialism and imperialism. Khalidi will then be joined by Dima Khalidi for a conversation on the present state of and future possibilities for Palestine and Palestine advocacy in the U.S.

Register here.

Co-sponsored by the UIC Arab American Cultural Center, Global Middle East Studies minor and Social Justice Initiative.

A reception will follow the event.