We will also address the ethical framework for collaboration with third parties that the University of Amsterdam is now working on. 

First session 13.00-14.15: Roundtable: Palestine and the colonial construction of enmity. How to decolonise?

13.00-13.30 Lecture by Santiago Slabodsky: ‘Decolonizing Judaism: Palestine and the Colonial Fabrication of 'Eternal Enmities.’ (Santiago Slabodsky is the Florence and Robert Kaufman Chair in Jewish Studies at Hofstra University).   

13.30-14.15 Two responses and Q&A.

Responses by:

Liana Saif (production of religious categories in colonial context) (Uva, Religious studies)

Chiara de Cesari (The role of colonial archeology) (UvA, Global Arts and Culture)

Moderation: Jana Cattien

14.15-14.30 break

Second Session 14.30-16.00: BDS as a drive for an ethical framework for the university at a time of genocide; how can such a policy be made effective?

1. Jacob Engelberg (UvA) What is BDS/severing ties?
2. Yolande Jansen (UvA) The demand for BDS in the current context in the Netherlands.
3. Omar Barghouti UvA) What are conditions for an ethical policy for collaboration with third parties to work?

The rest of the meeting is for Q&A. Moderation: Sruti Bala