"Buried in the Red Dirt" with Dr. Frances Hasso

Our October 11th colloquium featured Dr. Frances Hasso, who addressed the topic of "Researching Non-Archival and Rarely Asked Questions in Palestine" in relation to her book, Buried in the Red Dirt: Race, Reproduction, and Death in Modern Palestine. Given recent events, Dr. Hasso read an excerpt from the coda to her book by way of introduction. Discussion featured topics such as how to conduct oral history and the importance of engaging with knowledge passed down through generations, finding alternative archives as existing ones are actively being destroyed, and exploring themes of intimacy in a settler colonial setting. The discussion concluded with a discussion of futurisms in Palestine and what it means to talk about a future in the current context.