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Brown Bag Biography Talk

November 6, 2026 - November 6, 2025
Mānoa Campus, KUY 410

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Event Title: The Prison as a Space of Elimination: The Role of Israel's Carceral System in the Ongoing Gaza Genocide Speaker: Zarefah Baroud Organizing Entity: Center for Biographical Research Date + Time: Thursday November 6 2025 at 12PM to 1:15PM(HST) in Kuykendall 410 Cosponsors: Cosponsored by Peacebuilding LLC, the Center for Oral History, the School of Communication and Information, and the Departments of American Studies, English, Ethnic Studies, and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Short Description: Since the British Mandate for Palestine, the struggle of the Palestinian prisoner has always been central to the movement for Palestinian liberation. In this talk, we will discuss the ways in which Israel has historically operationalized carceral systems to advance the settler colonial elimination of the Palestinian people—from the formation of the state, to the current Gaza genocide. Speaker Bio: Dr. Zarefah Baroud is a lecturer at the University of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúÍøվʻi at ²ÑÄå²Ô´Ç²¹ and serves as the Digital Media Associate for American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). She earned her PhD from the University of Exeter’s European Centre for Palestine Studies, specializing in the application of carcerality under colonial and settler-colonial formations in Palestine. Alongside her academic and advocacy work, you can find Dr. Baroud's writing featured in Al Jazeera, Mondoweiss, Middle East Monitor, CounterPunch, The Palestine Chronicle, among other outlets.

Event Sponsor
Center for Biographical Research, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Center for Biographical Research, 8089563774, brownbag@hawaii.edu

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