List of Edward Said memorial lectures explained

Since Edward Said's death in 2003, several institutions have instituted annual lecture series in his memory, including Columbia University,^[1] University of Warwick, Princeton University, University of Adelaide,^[2] The American University in Cairo, London Review of Books, the Barenboim-Said Akademie and Palestine Center, with such notables speaking as Daniel Barenboim, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Marina Warner and Cornel West.

Columbia University

• 2005 Daniel Barenboim: Wagner, Israel and Palestine ^[3]
• 2006 Frank Kermode: Living On the Hyphen: Yeats, Anglo-Irish Poet^[4]
• 2007 David Bromwich: Moral Imagination^[5]
• 2008 Adonis: A Reading and a Recital^[6]
• 2009 Noam Chomsky: The Unipolar Moment and the Culture of Imperialism^[7]
• 2011 Ahdaf Soueif: Notes from the Egyptian Revolution ^[8]
• 2012 W. J. T. Mitchell: Seeing Madness: Insanity, Media, and Visual Culture^[9]
• 2013 Raja Shehadeh: Is There a Language of Peace? Palestine Today and the Categorization of Domination^[10]
• 2014 Richard Falk: The Palestinian Future After Gaza^[11]
• 2015 Declan Kiberd: The Future of the Past: Revival Ireland 1891-1922^[12]
• 2017 Catherine Hall: Imaginative Geographies of the Black/White Atlantic^[13]

University of Warwick

• 2004 Tim Brennan: The Politics of Belief^[14]
• 2005 Tariq Ali: Palestine & The Western Liberal Conscience
• 2006 Ahdaf Soueif: The Heart of the Matter: Palestine in the World Today
• 2007 Gilbert Achcar: Orientalism in Reverse: Post 1979 Trends in French Orientalism
• 2008 Declan Kiberd: Edward Said and the Everyday
• 2010 Eyal Weizman: Spatial Politics in Israel and Palestine
• 2011 Mourid Barghouti
• 2012 Benita Parry: What’s Left in Postcolonial Studies?
• 2013 Samir Amin: The Implosion of the Contemporary System: A Challenge for the Societies of the South
• 2014 Joe Cleary
• 2015 Ilan Pappe
• 2016 Karima Bennoune
• 2017 Rafeef Ziadah

Princeton University

• 2004 Mustafa Barghouti: Prospects for Peace: The Vital Role of Civil Society in Bringing Democracy, Justice, and Prosperity to Palestine and Israel^[15]
• 2005 Judith Butler: Forgotten Histories of Post-Zionism: Universalism, Judaism, and the Messianic
• 2006 Azmi Bishara: War, Occupation and Democracy: US Strategy in the Middle East
• 2007 Tanya Reinhart: The Spirit of Struggle
• 2008 Karen AbuZayd: Palestine Refugees: Exile, Isolation and Prospects^[16]
• 2009 Amira Hass: One Occupation, Two Governments:The Onslaught On Gaza And The Palestinian Internal Rift^[17]
• 2010 Noam Chomsky: "I Am Kinda": Reflections on the Culture of Imperialism^[18]
• 2012 Mahmood Mamdani: “Settler Colonialism: Then and Now”^[19]
• 2014 Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University, and United Nations Special Rapporteur, "On the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967” ^[20]
• 2015 Tariq Ali, journalist, author and filmmaker
• 2016 Jaqueline Rose, Professor of Humanities at the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities in London
• 2017 Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies and chair of the Department of History at Columbia University

University of Adelaide

• 2005 Robert Fisk^[21]
• 2006 Tanya Reinhart: In memory of Edward Said^[22]
• 2007 Ghada Karmi: Israel’S Dilemma in Palestine: Origins and Solutions^[23]
• 2008 Sara Roy: The Impossible Union of Arab and Jew: Reflections on Dissent, Remembrance and Redemption ^[24]
• 2009 Saree Makdisi: From Occupation to Reconciliation^[25]
• 2010 Tariq Ali
• 2011 Noam Chomsky
• 2012 Ilan Pappe
• 2013 Mustafa Barghouthi
• 2014 John Pilger
• 2016 John Dugard

The American University in Cairo

• 2005 David Damrosch: Secular Criticism Meets the World: The Challenge of World Literature Today^[26]
• 2006 Barbara Harlow: Resistance literature revisited: From Basra to Guantànamo^[27]
• 2007 Cornel West: The Vocation of a Democratic Individual^[28]
• 2008 Terry Eagleton: Terror and Tragedy^[29]
• 2009 : Contrapuntal Intellectual: Edward Said and Music^[28]
• 2010 Judith Butler: "What Shall We Do Without Exile?" Edward Said and Mahmoud Darwish Addressing the Future^[30]
• 2011 John Carlos Rowe : "American Orientalism After Edward Said"^[31]
• 2012 Michael Wood: Literature, Cinema and the Taste of Knowledge
• 2013 Saree Makdisi: Occidentalism: Making England Western^[32]
• 2014 Marina Warner: Ways of Dwelling: Edward Said and the Travelling Text^[33]
• 2015 Lila Abu-Lughod: A Settler-Colonialism of Her Own: Imagining Palestine’s Alternatives
• 2016 Souleymane Bachir Diagne: Reflections on Philosophy in Africa
• 2017 Ussama Makdisi: Anti-Sectarianism in the Modern Arab World^[34]
• 2018 Robert Young: Said’s Late Style -- A Palestinian Aesthetic
• 2019 Wadie Edward Said: Edward Said: Teachings, Familial and Otherwise
• 2022 (March) Raja Shehadeh: The Peregrinations of Memory: The Case of Palestine
• 2022 (November) Noam Chomsky: Global Realignments and the Prospects for a Livable World

The Jerusalem Fund

• 2008 Avi Shlaim and Ali Abunimah: Palestinians and Israelis: Two states or one state?^[35]
• 2009 Richard Falk: Imagining Israel-Palestine Peace: Why International Law Matters^[36]
• 2010 Rashid Khalidi The Palestine Question and the U.S. Public Sphere ^[37]
• 2012 Sara Roy: A Deliberate Cruelty: Rendering Gaza Unviable^[38]
• 2013 Najla Said: Looking for Palestine^[39]
• 2014 Judith Butler^[40]
• 2015 Cornel West: The Legacy of Edward Said^[41]
• 2016 Wadie Said: The Terrorism Label: an Examination of American Criminal Prosecutions^[42]
• 2017 David Palumbo-Liu: Literature, Empathy, and Rights^[43]
• 2020 Daphne Muse "The Intersections of Our Resistance and the Legacies We Leave Future Generations"^[44]

London Review of Books

• 2010 Marina Warner: Oriental Masquerade: Fiction and Fantasy in the Wake of the Arabian Nights^[45]
• 2011 Rashid Khalidi: Human dignity in Jerusalem^[46]
• 2012 Ahdaf Soueif: Mina's Banner: Edward Said and the Egyptian Revolution^[47]
• 2013 Noam Chomsky: Violence & Dignity: Reflections on the Middle East^[48]
• 2014 Raja Shehadeh: Is There a Language of Peace?^[49]
• 2015 Daniel Barenboim: The Role of Music in Life^[50]
• 2016 Naomi Klein: Let them Drown - The Violence of Othering in a Warming World^[51]
• 2017 Mahmood Mamdani: Justice Not Revenge – Examining the Concept of Revolutionary Justice^[52]
• 2018 Amira Hass: The Preventable: Israeli Fantasies and Techniques of Population Expulsion^[53]
• 2019 Wadie Said, Susan M. Akram, Hassan Jabareen & Philippe Sands: Is Justice Still Possible? Palestine, International Law, and Public Discourse^[54]
• 2022 Abdulrazak Gurnah
• 2023 Francesca Albanese: Israel's Settler Colonialism: Law, Humanity, Empire^[55]

Barenboim-Said Akademie

In 2018, Mena Mark Hanna, dean of the Barenboim-Said Akademie, launched the Edward W. Said Days,^[56] a three-day interdisciplinary festival reflecting upon the legacy of Said's thought. Each festival is thematic and features three keynote speakers, an artistic exhibition, films, and guest musical artists.

• 2018 "On Late Style": Teju Cole, Linda Hutcheon, Raja Shehadeh, and the Michelangelo String Quartet.^[57]
• 2019 "On Counterpoint": Michael Wood, Adania Shibli, Sa'ed Atshan, The Tallis Scholars, and Akinbode Akinbiyi.^[58]
• 2020 "Culture and Power" (postponed to 2021): Alex Ross, Elizabeth Wilson, Laleh Khalili, Elaine Mitchener, Gilbert Nouno, Michael Wendeberg, Jean Kalman, and Abdo Shanan.^[59]

Notes and References

1. Web site: About - The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. www.heymancenter.org. 29 May 2018.
2. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/esml/about/ About the Edward Said Memorial Lecture
3. Web site: Daniel Barenboim Discusses Music as a Bridge for Peace in the Middle East. Columbia University. 23 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719175235/http://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/get.php?vt=detail&id=1891&con=embedded&br=ais#. 2011-07-19. dead.
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726150138/http://www.heymancenter.org/Storage/kermode%208x11.pdf# . 2011-07-26 . dead.
5. Web site: By Semester - The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. www.heymancenter.org. 29 May 2018.
6. Web site: By Semester - The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. www.heymancenter.org. 29 May 2018.
7. Web site: Heyman Center for the Humanities. 29 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20091206181444/http://www.heymancenter.org/events.php?id=151#. 2009-12-06. dead.
8. Web site: The Center for Palestine Studies. Center for Palestine Studies - Columbia University. 29 May 2018.
9. Web site: The Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture. The Heyman Center. 11 February 2018.
10. Web site: The Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture. The Heyman Center. 11 February 2018.
11. Web site: The Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture. The Heyman Center. 11 February 2018.
12. Web site: The Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture. The Heyman Center. 11 February 2018.
13. Web site: The Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture. The Heyman Center. 11 February 2018.
14. Web site: Archive of Said Lectures. www2.warwick.ac.uk. 29 May 2018.
15. Web site: The Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia - Home. Princeton. University. www.princeton.edu. 29 May 2018.
16. Web site: Princeton University - U.N. official to speak on Palestinian refugees. 29 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170518031322/http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S20/99/12C90/. 18 May 2017. dead.
17. Web site: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. 29 May 2018.
18. Web site: Princeton University - Noam Chomsky to speak on 'culture of imperialism'. 29 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170517234634/http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/76/37C54/index.xml. 17 May 2017. dead.
19. Web site: Edward Said Memorial Lecture - Department of English. english.princeton.edu. 29 May 2018.
20. Web site: The Annual Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture - Department of English. english.princeton.edu. 29 May 2018.
21. Web site: Edward Said Memorial Lecture. www.adelaide.edu.au.
22. Web site: Edward Said Memorial Lecture. www.adelaide.edu.au. 29 May 2018.
23. Web site: Edward Said Memorial Lecture. www.adelaide.edu.au. 29 May 2018.
24. Web site: Edward Said Memorial Lecture. www.adelaide.edu.au. 29 May 2018.
25. Web site: Edward Said Memorial Lecture. www.adelaide.edu.au. 29 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160112185906/http://www.adelaide.edu.au/esml/. 12 January 2016. dead.
26. Web site: Al-Ahram Weekly - Books Supplement - Secular criticism meets the world. 29 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20091229122334/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/769/bo2.htm#. 2009-12-29. dead.
27. Web site: Al-Ahram Weekly - Culture - Resistance literature revisited: From Basra to Guantànamo. 29 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20090807044643/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/819/cu4.htm#. 2009-08-07. dead.
28. Web site: The American University in Cairo. The American University in Cairo. 29 May 2018.
29. Web site: Eagleton @ AUC. 10 November 2008. 29 May 2018.
30. Web site: "What Shall We Do Without Exile" Mahmoud Darwish and Edward Said Addressing the Future. AUC. 7 November 2010. 29 May 2018. YouTube.
31. Web site: American Orientalism After Edward Said by John Carlos Rowe. AUC. 2 January 2012. 29 May 2018. YouTube.
32. Web site: Occidentalism: Making England Western Edward Said Memorial Lecture by Saree Makdisi. The American University in Cairo. 12 February 2018.
33. Web site: Edward Said Memorial Lecture. Warner Lecture. The American University in Cairo. 12 February 2018.
34. Web site: Edward Said Memorial Lecture by Ussama Makdisi. The American University in Cairo. 12 February 2018.
35. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716065057/http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/a/GeneratePdfAction/url/h~ttp,!!www*thejerusalemfund*org!h~t!display!ContentDetails!i!2682!pid!897/filename/Palestinians%20and%20Israelis:%20Two.pdf# . 2011-07-16 . dead.
36. Web site: The Palestine Center Blog: VIDEO/TRANSCRIPT: Imagining Israel-Palestine Peace: Why International Law Matters . 2010-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091122092951/http://www.palestinecenterblog.org/2009/10/video-imagining-israel-palestine-peace.html# . 2009-11-22 . dead.
37. http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/display/ContentDetails/i/16422/pid/897 The 2010 Edward Said Memorial Lecture
38. Web site: 2012 Edward Said Memorial Lecture. 10 October 2012 . The Jerusalem Fund. 11 February 2018.
39. Web site: 2013 Edward Said Memorial Lecture. 2 October 2013 . The Jerusalem Fund. 11 February 2018.
40. Web site: The 2014 Edward Said Memorial Lecture with Dr. Judith Butler. 13 October 2014 . The Jerusalem Fund. 11 February 2018.
41. Web site: The 2015 Edward Said Memorial Lecture with Dr. Cornel West. October 2015 . The Jerusalem Fund. 11 February 2018.
42. Web site: 2016 Edward Said Memorial Lecture. The Jerusalem Fund. 11 February 2018.
43. Web site: 2017 Edward Said Memorial Lecture. 3 November 2017 . The Jerusalem Fund. 11 February 2018.
44. Web site: 2020 Edward Said Memorial Lecture with Daphne Muse . 14 October 2020 .
45. Web site: First annual Edward W Said lecture to take place in London. Palestine Telegraph. 23 May 2012. https://archive.today/20120906155233/http://www.paltelegraph.com/world/uk-news/5834-first-annual-edward-w-said-lecture-to-take-place-in-london#. 2012-09-06. dead.
46. Web site: Events – London Review of Books lectures. British Museum. 23 May 2012.
47. Web site: Ahdaf Soueif - Mina's Banner: Edward Said and the Egyptian Revolution. London Review of Books. 23 May 2012.
48. Web site: Chomsky . Noam . 18 March 2013 . Violence & Dignity: Reflections on the Middle East . . 29 March 2014 .
49. Web site: The 2014 Edward W. Said London Lecture: Is There a Language of Peace? . mosaicrooms.org . 3 November 2013 . 29 March 2014 .
50. Web site: Edward W. Said London Lecture 2015: Daniel Barenboim. The Mosaic Rooms. 11 February 2018.
51. Web site: Naomi Klein: Let them Drown - The Violence of Othering in a Warming World. 10 May 2016 . The Mosaic Rooms. 11 February 2018.
52. Web site: Edward W Said London Lecture 2017 - Mahmood Mamdani: Justice Not Revenge - Examining the Concept of Revolutionary Justice. 12 April 2017 . The Mosaic Rooms. 11 February 2018.
53. Web site: Edward W. Said London Lecture 2018. The Mosaic Rooms. 11 February 2018.
54. Web site: Edward W Said London Lecture . The Mosaic Room . 28 September 2023.
55. Web site: Edward W. Said London Lecture 2023: Francesca Albanese . The Mosaic Room . 28 September 2023.
56. News: Edward Said: a legacy of speaking truth to power. The Financial Times. 30 March 2018 . 30 March 2018.
57. Web site: Edward W. Said Days: On Late Style. The Boulez Saal. 9 October 2018.
58. Web site: Edward W. Said Days: On Counterpoint. The Boulez Saal. 14 December 2018.
59. Web site: Edward W. Said Days: Culture and Power. The Boulez Saal. 12 February 2020.