Panel “Gaza: Thinking and Acting in a Time of Genocide,” organized by the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, opens a space for reflecting on the role of the academic community when confronted with the genocide in Gaza and with the deepening (neo)colonial demarcations between the Global North and the Global South. At a moment when violence against Palestinian civilians is broadcast live through social media and television, while simultaneously becoming socially and politically normalized, the crucial question becomes not only what we know, but how, and about whom, we think.

From the perspective of the Balkans—a region marked by its own experiences of violence, ethnic cleansing, and genocide, and situated on the periphery of Europe—the participants will analyze the challenges of contemporary theoretical engagement with the tragic historical moment in which we live. Accordingly, this panel seeks to initiate a debate aimed at critically examining the mechanisms that reproduce hegemonic and colonial relations of power today, the theoretical resources that enable us to analyze the extreme violence we are witnessing, as well as the various constitutive elements of an ethical imperative of solidarity with the oppressed in a world where genocide is being normalized.

Participants in the event include: Ivan Ejub Kostić, Milan Urošević, Filip Balunović, Vera Mevorah, Marjan Ivković, Predrag Krstić, Adriana Zaharijević, Andrea Perunović, Aleksandra Knežević

This panel opens a series of lectures that the Institute will dedicate to critical reflection on the genocide in Gaza and on the historical, political, and social processes that shape the present and future of Palestine.