Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon | 21 – 22 May 2026 Looking at the last two years in the land of Palestine, the Gaza genocide and the escalating colonial violence across the West Bank have been depicted as a continuation of decades-long Israeli policies and military strategies (Achcar, 2025), but also as a possible last […]
Researcher Annelien Groten, from CEI-Iscte, recently published an article in the Journal of Peasant Studies entitled “Fishing in Gaza: Between Cultural Endurance and Everyday Resistance”. The article explores the fishing sector and the life of fishing communities in the Gaza Strip before the genocide, analysing their rich culture, forms of organisation and the obstacles they […]
On 7 October, we mark two years since the beginning of the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
To mark this day, we will support and participate in the vigil organised by Estudantes pela Palestina on Tuesday 7 October at 14:30 in the Iscte courtyard.
The Centre for International Studies (CEI) and Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon are pleased to announce the launch of the Observatory for Palestine Studies (Observatório de Estudos da Palestina – OPal). OPal is the first academic initiative of its kind in the European Union dedicated to the interdisciplinary field […]