Palestine/Israel Old and New Histories of a Contested Geography

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Joel Gordon
Jemima de Souza Alves

Abstract

This is a revised version of a talk presented at the International Relations Research Center (NUPRI), University of São Paulo, on March 16, 2026. I would like to thank my hosts, Rafael Duarte Villa and Isabella Soma de Castro, who moderated the talk and the lively discussion that followed. I would also like to thank Christina de Queiroz and Javier Amadeo of the Edward Said Chair at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), who encouraged me to submit this paper.

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Contemporary Criticism

Author Biographies

Joel Gordon, University of Arkansas

Professor of History and former Director of Middle East Studies at the University of Arkansas, USA. He recently completed a term as Editor of the International Journal of Middle East Studies. E-mail: joelg@uark.edu. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4564-3109.

Jemima de Souza Alves, Universidade de São Paulo

Pós-doutoranda no Departamento de Letras Orientais (USP), doutora em Letras pelo programa de Letras Estrangeiras e Tradução da Universidade de São Paulo e foi pesquisadora afiliada à Universidade de Nova York, sob a supervisão do professor e escritor iraquiano Sinan Antoon. É mestre em Estudos Judaicos e Árabes (FFLCH-USP). É pesquisadora e membro do grupo Tarjama — Escola de Tradutores de Literatura Moderna (USP). Realizou residência no Programa América Latina no Translation House Looren (Suíça), com o projeto de tradução de Sifr Al-Ikhtifah (O livro do desaparecimento), da escritora palestina Ibtisam Azem, para a Editora Tabla. Traduziu grandes nomes da literatura árabe como Hanan Al-Shaykh, Sinan Antoon e Jokha Al-Harthi. 

How to Cite

Palestine/Israel: Old and New Histories of a Contested Geography. EXILIUM Journal of Contemporary Studies, [S. l.], v. 7, n. 12, p. 8–33, 2026. DOI: 10.34024/bszw3c20. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/exilium/article/view/22531. Acesso em: 24 sep. 2026.

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