A Life Between Scholarship and Resistance: Reflections on Edward Said’s Enduring Legacy – A Conversation with Prof. Wadie E. Said
UPDATE:
The Edward Said Memorial Lecture will continue as scheduled, via Zoom only. Twenty years since his passing, we still ask ourselves how Edward Said would lead the conversation on the latest challenges facing the Palestinian people. This week, many of us have repeated words to this effect.
We can think of no better time to have Professor Wadie E. Said, who will speak about two very important issues. The first, his father’s legacy and how it is just as relevant today. The second, Prof. Said will share his reflections as a legal scholar on the chilling effect on Palestine activism that has reached its peak in recent days.
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The Jerusalem Fund and Palestine Center cordially invite you to attend the 2023 Edward Said Memorial Lecture, featuring Prof. Wadie E. Said.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of Palestinian scholar, literary critic, and political activist Edward Said. The Jerusalem Fund and Palestine Center are honored to host their annual memorial lecture, celebrating the life, memory, and legacy of Professor Said, and the indelible marks he left. We are privileged to host Prof. Wadie E. Said, Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Boulder, who will reflect on the multifaceted aspects of Edward Said’s life and legacy, delving into his father’s unwavering commitment to justice, his lasting effect on subsequent generations of scholars and activists, and his tireless efforts in raising awareness of the Palestinian cause, and those of other marginalized groups, within the United States.
When: Tuesday, Oct 17, 2023 @ 6pm ET
Where: The Jerusalem Fund (2425 Virginia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037)
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This event will also be livestreamed on our YouTube and Facebook.
Registration required for in-person attendance.
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Dr. Wadie E. Said is a Professor of Law at University of Colorado Boulder. Prof. Said most recently was a faculty member at the University of South Carolina School of Law. He has also served as a visiting professor in the Law and Society Program at the University of California Santa Barbara, and as an assistant federal public defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Florida, where he represented one of the defendants in U.S. v. Al-Arian, a complex terrorism conspiracy case.
Professor Said’s scholarship analyzes the challenges and human rights implications of criminal prosecution and immigration enforcement in several areas of law that touch on national security and foreign policy. His book, Crimes of Terror: The Legal and Political Implications of Federal Terrorism Prosecutions, the first comprehensive legal analysis of the criminal terrorist prosecution in the United States, was published by Oxford University Press in 2015. He teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, immigration law, and seminars on international human rights law and counterterrorism.
Professor Said is a graduate of Princeton University and the Columbia University School of Law, where he served as an articles editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review.
