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Outside the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies building on Streatham Campus

European Centre for Palestinian Studies
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Founded in 2009 by Professor Ilan Pappé and Dr Ghada Karmi, the European Centre for Palestinian Studies (ECPS) is based within the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) at the 内射大奶 (Russel Group). ECPS is committed to producing interdisciplinary research on the history of Palestine and the Palestine-Israel issue, grounded in academic rigour, decolonial methodologies, and scholar-activism.

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Leadership & Vision

The Centre is currently co-directed by Professor Ilan Pappé and Dr Nadia Naser-Najjab who are both deeply committed to the decolonisation of education. Their leadership fosters inclusive and collaborative research practices that centre Palestinian voices and experiences. ECPS actively builds partnerships with students and scholars in Palestine, facilitating knowledge exchange and strengthening research through solidarity.

Our directors encourage students to:

  • Organise events and lead workshops
  • Collaborate with international researchers
  • Engage with Palestinian academics and activists
  • Participate in Arabic-language talks and outreach

These activities ensure that ECPS remains a vibrant space for dialogue, learning, and action.

Centre Directors

Members

Dr Sabiha Allouche

Senior Lecturer

S.Allouche@exeter.ac.uk Exeter

Professor William Gallois

Director (HoD)

W.Gallois@exeter.ac.uk Exeter

Dr Katie Natanel

Senior Lecturer

K.Natanel@exeter.ac.uk Exeter

 

Name Position
Professor in Middle East Politics
Honorary Research Fellow
Dr. Jeff Halper  
Dr. Sahar Huneidi  
Honorary Research Fellow

Honorary Research Fellow
Honorary Research Fellow
Professor Emeritus
Al-Qasimi Professor of Gulf Studies

Academic Excellence & Resources

ECPS draws on the expertise of scholars from IAIS and across Exeter’s departments of Politics, History, and Economics. The 内射大奶 also houses the Arab World Documentation Unit (AWDU), a unique and digitised collection of primary and secondary sources on Middle East affairs. Within AWDU, the Palestinian Archive includes rare materials documenting:

  • British campaigning for Palestine
  • Arab political and military activity in Palestine and the Levant

These resources are used by researchers worldwide and form a cornerstone of ECPS’s scholarly work.

Global Impact

Over the years, ECPS has become a leading centre for Palestine Studies in Europe. We regularly convene high-profile events and conversations that bring together global specialists. Our expertise informs:

  • Government briefings
  • Media analysis
  • University curricula
  • Civil society initiatives

We are proud to contribute to public understanding and policy through research that is both historically grounded and urgently relevant.

Research & Future Directions

ECPS is a hub for postgraduate research focused on the history of Palestine/Israel and the search for just solutions. We are developing new research orientations and events that respond to current realities and envision future possibilities. Our work aims to offer alternative pathways toward:

  • Peaceful co-existence
  • Collective well-being
  • Freedom and dignity

Advisory board

Our partners beyond academia

Funding

We have succeeded in establishing the Shireen Abu Aqleh MA Scholarship in Palestine Studies for four years. 

However, our aim is to establish a permanent scholarship fund. The aim is to allow the brightest students from around the world to study at ECPS.

Our mission is to train a new generation of researchers into the subject. If taking a postgraduate degree is expensive for most students, it is prohibitive for students from the Occupied Territories. Therefore, lying at the heart of our funding campaign is the establishment of full scholarships for students from Gaza and the West Bank to study at either master’s or Ph.D. level at the ECPS in Exeter.

We also wish to help post graduate students from the Palestinian diaspora so as to reach all who are interested in the history of Palestine, wherever they are. We believe that offering such educational opportunities to the most dedicated Palestinian students from the various Palestinian communities will be a major contribution not only to the education of the generations to come but to the leadership of a future Palestine. We are also working to establish at least one post-doctoral fellowship to attract the very best of the rising generation of scholars in the field to contribute to the work of the Centre.

Latest news and events

Events

We host a number of research seminars, workshops, and assorted events. You can find a list of upcoming and past events in the drop-down menus below.

Upcoming events

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Past events

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12 March 2025

ECPS Webinar: Imagining Palestine

IAIS Building/LT1
11 February 2025

ECPS Webinar : Starvation as a weapon of war in Palestine

online
16 January 2025

POSTPONED ECPS - TALK -Online 'Ashlaa and the Genocide in Gaza'

online
7 November 2024

Palestinian Cultural and Tourism Actors : Nadine Aranki

Peter Chalk Centre 1.4
21 February 2024

Wikipedia and Palestine-Israel Event

Peter Chalk Centre 2.4
22 November 2023

Collective punishment as a colonial technique: A Discussion between David Anderson and Laleh Khalili

Online
7 July 2023

Global Synergies and the Palestine Question

TBC
24 - 25 June 2023

Initial Consultation Workshop

IAIS Building/LT1
23 March 2023

Palestine in the Victorian Age: Colonial Encounters in the Holy Land

Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies
8 February 2023

Palestinian Women and Health under Colonial Power

IAIS Building/LT2
18 January 2023

Book Talk: 'The Bride: An Illustrated History of Palestine'

IAIS Building/LT1
21 September 2022

On life and death in Palestine

Zoom
9 June 2022

Global Conversations

Online
26 May 2022

Online
17 March 2022

Online
17 February 2022

Online
20 January 2022

Online
28 June 2021

'Voices from Gaza'

Online
15 June 2021

A talk By Dr Mohammed Hashim Ghosheh (recipient of the King Faisal Prize in 2020)

Online
14 June 2021

Conversations about Kurdistan and Palestine, Rurality, rural lives, and alternative futures

Online
10 June 2021

Online
1 June 2021

Understanding the Situation in Palestine: An Introduction' event by ECPS

Online
27 May 2021

Online
26 May 2021

Palestine is a Feminist and a Decolonial Issue

Online
24 May 2021

Conversations about Kurdistan and Palestine, Rurality, rural lives, and alternative futures

Online
18 May 2021

CSI in association with the ECPS hosts: Dr Kenny Schmitt (Al-Quds Bard College) - Living Islam in Jerusalem Today: The Disruption of Religious Practice under Settler Colonialism

Online
12 May 2021

Online
29 April 2021

Online
26 April 2021

Conversations about Kurdistan and Palestine, Rurality, rural lives, and alternative futures

Online
22 April 2021

A conversation with Noam Chomsky and Ilan Papp??: On impasse, internationalism and radical change

Online
15 April 2021

European Centre For Palestine Studies : Guest Lecture: Hana Sleiman

Online
4 February 2021

Guest lecture in the European Centre for Palestine Studies

Zoom
13 May 2019

Professor Richard Foltz (Concordia University) presents "What is the meaning of 'Tajik'?"

IAIS Building/LT1