Timetable: Int. Conference: Europe and Palestine

Published Date: 06 Mar 2014

The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), in partnership with the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, is hosting a one-day conference on Europe and Palestine. The exciting event will bring together a number of leading experts from around the world.

Europe is the historical backdrop for the creation of the state of Israel and subsequent Palestinian nakba (’catastrophe’). However with the United States now playing the dominant role on the question of Palestine, Europe’s position, influence and room for manoeuvre has attracted less attention. It is also a decade since the formation of the Quartet in which Europe has been a less than effective partner.

This conference will present a wide-ranging appraisal of Europe’s involvement in Palestine and its possible future roles. It will provide historical context of Europe’s connection with Palestine, its current position on key issue and how the EU could emerge as a more significant player in any future resolution to the conflict.

Date: Thursday 13 March 2014.

Time: 10.00 – 19.00

Venue: The Boardroom, University of Westminster, 309 Regent StreetLondon W1B 2HW.

Nearest Station Oxford Circus.

Full Time Table below:




Opening Session 9:45 AM- 10:15 AM Chair (Nasim Ahmed)	Mr. Mohamed Hamed
	Dr Dibyesh Anand

Session One 10:15-11:30 AM Chair ( Dr Abdelwahab El-Affendi)	.Professor Rosemary Hollis
	Britain and the Palestine Question: Evolution of Conceptual Framing
	.Bishop Riah
	The Role of Christians in the Restoration of Jews to Palestine and How Christian Europe is Failing to Protect Palestinian Christians.
Break 11:30-12:15 PM
Session Two 12:15 PM-1:15 PM Chair ( Dr Maria Holt)	.Professor Michelle Pace
	EU Governance Practices and the Israeli Palestine Conflict
	.Dr Dimitris Bouris
	EU and State-Building in Palestine After Oslo
Lunch 1:15 - 2:00 PM
Session Three 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Chair ()	.Dr Federica Bicchi
	The EU Policy Towards 1967 Borders: From Jerusalem to the Guidelines
	.Dr Phyllis Starkey
	Is the EU in Danger of Trading Away Peace
Break 3:00 PM-3:15PM
Session Four 3:15 PM- 4:30 PM Chair ()	.Andrea Dessi
	Reviewing the Effectiveness of the Quartet and the EU’s Role Therein

	Palestinian Resistance in the Eyes of Western Academia
	.Dr Adeeb Ziadeh An Assessment of EU’s Underlying Logic of its Policy in Palestine

BREAK FOR KEYNOTE SPEECH
Session Five 5:00 PM- 6:30 PM Chair ()	*.Professor Norman Finkelstein*
	Keynote Speech
	Will take place in Fyvie Hall, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW

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