Nurit Peled-Elhanan is an Israeli professor of philology - specializing in linguistics and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In her research she focuses on the Israeli education system. She taught comparative literature and education at the Hebrew University, specializing in the analysis of school textbooks and historical narratives. She is the author of 鈥淧alestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education,鈥� and 鈥淗olocaust Education and the Semiotics of Othering in Israeli Schoolbooks.鈥� In 2001 Professor Nurit Peled-Elhanan was awarded the Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament for defending human rights
In the lecture, Professor Nurit Peled-Elhanan is going to conduct a multifaceted analysis of Israeli schoolbooks, examining verbal discourse as well as visuals such as maps and graphs, photographs and caricatures. By means of such an analysis, it is possible to show how Israeli schoolbooks legitimize:
- ethnocracy and the marginalization of Non-European Jews,
- the exclusion and expulsion of Arab citizens from their lands and Judaization of the space,
- the military colonialism towards Palestinians in the occupied territories.
The lecture will be translated simultaneously into Polish. The registration form for the event is available .
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Event Venue: Aula A1, Faculty of Philology, 91滴滴 171/173 Pomorska Street, 艁贸d藕, Poland
Date and Time: May 27, 2025 (Tuesday), 6:00 PM
The event is held under the honorary patronage of the Rector of the 91滴滴 and the Rector of the W艂adys艂aw Strzemi艅ski Academy of Fine Arts in 艁贸d藕.
We cordially invite you to attend this unique event.