CURRICULUM VITAE

Riccardo BOCCO
Né à Turin (Italie) le 5 avril 1957
Nationalités : italienne et suisse
Langues : italien (langue maternelle), français et anglais (très bonnes connaissances : écrit,lu et parlé), arabe et espagnol (bonnes connaissances : lu et parlé).
Etat civil : divorcé, un enfant
Position et adresse professionnelle :Professeur de sociologie politique au Département d’Anthropologie et de Sociologie
IHEID – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
P.O. Box 136 – 1201 Genève 21 (Suisse)tél. 0041-22-9084502 (direct) – mobile : 079-7951439
e.mail : riccardo.bocco@graduateinstitute.chsite web : en construction
1 - Etudes et Diplômes- 1971-1976 : Lycée ‘Valsalice’, Turin, maturité classique.
- 1976-1978 : Université de Turin, Faculté de Droit.
- 1978-1983 : Université de Turin, Faculté des Lettres, docteur en anthropologie culturelle.
Tesi di Laurea sous la direction de la Prof. V. Maher: I Bani Sakhr: analisi del sistema
economico di una tribù beduina della Giordania, 346pp., note: 110/110 cum laude (membres
du jury: Prof. A. Antoniotto et P. Matthey).
- 1983-85 : Diplôme en études du développement, IUED, Genève.
- 1988: Certificate of Modern Standard Arabic (middle-advanced level), International
Language Institute, Cairo (Egypt).
- 1987-95 : Paris, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques,thèse de doctorat en sciences politiques, sous la direction du Prof. R. Léveau : Etat et tribus
bédouines en Jordanie, 1920-1990. Les Huwaytat : territoire, changement économique,identité politique, 554pp. Mention : très honorable avec félicitations du jury à l’unanimité(jury : Prof. A. Bourgey, R. Ilbert, J. Métral, J.-L. Maurer et Gh. Salameh).

2 - Emplois
2.1 - Postes occupés à l’IUED/IHEID :- 1985-1991 : Assistant (50%) en sociologie politique.
- 1991-94 :Chargé d’enseignement et de recherche.
- 1994-2003 : Chargé de cours (en congé de 1995 à 1999).
- 2001-03 :Directeur adjoint chargé de la recherche.
- depuis octobre 2003 : Professeur de sociologie politique.
- 2008-2012 : Directeur des études de master.

2.2 - Postes occupés à l’extérieur :1985-1989 : chercheur à l’IRMAC (Institut de recherche sur le monde arabe contemporain), Maison
de l’Orient, Université de Lyon II.
1989-1994 : chercheur au Laboratoire du CNRS-GREMMO (Groupe de recherches et d’études sur laMéditerranée et le Moyen-Orient), Maison de l’Orient, Université Lyon II.
1989-90 et 1990-91 : Maître de conférences invité à l’EHESS (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales), Paris.
1995-99 : directeur du CERMOC (Centre d’études et de recherches sur le Moyen-Orient
contemporain) à Amman (Jordanie).

3 – Activités d’enseignement (depuis 1999)
A l’IUED/IHEID
1999-2006 : Responsable du cours de tronc commun Sociologie politique du développement, MDEV1.
1999-2002 : séminaire MDEV (avec M.-R. Djalili) Réformes économiques et libéralisation politique au
Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient.
2001-2004 : Séminaire des doctorants en études du développement (avec Y. Droz et F. Reysoo).
2002-2004 : (avec A. Monsutti et G. Chatelard) séminaire MDEV Conflits et développement : del’urgence à la réconciliation.
2005-06 : (avec M. Brunner) atelier de recherche appliquée MDEV Aide humanitaire et monitoringdes conditions de vie des populations civiles dans les contextes de conflit armé.
2005-09 : (avec Th. Paffenholz) séminaire MDEV La coopération internationale entre conflits et paix.
2007-10 : Séminaire de méthodologie pour les mémorants du MDEV.
2007-13 : (avec G. Carbonnier) cours MDEV Sociologie politique du développement et économie
politique de la coopération internationale.
2010-11: séminaire MIA2 State-building and the Politics of International Aid in the Post-Colonial
Globalized South.
2011-2016: séminaire ANSO3 Power, State and Violence.
2011-2017: séminaire MDEV (avec G. Carbonnnier) Conflict and Development.
2012-2015: cours MIA Sociology of International Affairs.
2014-2017: ANSO Seminar Violence, Memory and Cinema: Comparative Perspectives between Latin
America and the Middle East.

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Master en études de développement
Master en affaires internationales
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Master an anthropologie et sociologie
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2016-2022 Fall: ANSO Seminar Screening the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Competing andComplementary Narratives through Cinematic Representations.
2017-2022: ANSO Seminar Dealing with the Past and Transitional Justice: Comparative perspectives.
2018-2020 Spring: MDEV compulsory course Power, State and Violence for the ‘Power, Conflict andDevelopment’ Track
2018-2021: MIA Seminar (with J. Austin) Visual Archives of Violence.
2021: ANSO Seminar (with B. Farraj) Life behind bars: Comparative Perspectives on carcerality in
Latin America and the Middle East.

DESS MAMMC « Mondes Arabes, mondes musulmans contemporains (2002-07)
Membre fondateur du DESS romand en partenariat entre l’IUED, l’UNIL (Faculté des Sciences
Sociales et Politiques) et l’UNIGE (Département d’études islamiques et arabes, Faculté des Lettres),sous l’égide de la CUSO.
Séminaires dispensés :2002-05 : Conflits armés, réfugiés et déplacés : les enjeux de la reconstruction au Moyen-Orient.
2005-07: Conflict, Peace-building and the role of Humanitarian Aid: The Israeli Palestinian conflict asa case-study.

IMAS (International Master in Advanced Studies, IHEID)
9-20.8.2007: Hanoï (Vietnam), module on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Development Studies andIntroduction to the Political Sociology of Development.
9-20.8.2008 : Bamako (Mali), conférence d’ouverture Dealing with past : la coopérationinternationale et les programmes de réconciliation et construction de la paix, et module sur
Sociologie politique de la globalisation.
23.8-5.9.2010 : Lima (Pérou), co-responsable (avec F. Réategui) du module Memoria, olvido yreparaciones in contextos post-conflictuales.
2-12.9.2011 : Lima (Pérou), co-responsable (avec F. Réategui et E. Toche) du module Memoria,
olvido y reconstruction social in contextos de post-dictadura.

Workshop of Young Scholars from the Global South, IHEID
5-9.11.2007: Geneva, 3rd Workshop of Young Scholars from the Global South, co-organised with G.
Balachandran, C. Dupont et J.-L. Maurer. Public conference on: Development Studies:contemporary issues at stake.
19-23.10.2009: Geneva, 4th Workshop of Young Scholars from the Global South, co-organised with G.
Balachandran, Th. Biersteker and J.-L. Maurer. Public conference on Conflict transformation andPeace-building: a critical perspective.
4-8.10.2010: Geneva, 5th Workshop of Young Scholars from the Global South, co-organised with G.
Balachandran, Th. Biersteker and J.-L. Maurer. Public conference on Governmentality andDevelopment: Rethinking the approach of Michel Foucault.
26.11-3.12.2011: Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Gadja Madah University, 6th Workshop of Young Scholars
from the Global South, co-organised with G. Balachandran, Th. Biersteker and J.-L. Maurer.
11-18.8.2012: Accra (Ghana), Institute of African Studies, Legon University, 7th Workshop of Young
Scholars from the Global South, co-organised with G. Balachandran, G. Austin and J.-L. Maurer.
1-8.12.2013: Mexico City, Colegio de Mexico, 8th Workshop of Young Scholars from the Global South,
co-organised with G. Balachandran, and J.-L. Maurer.

Séminaires dispensés à l’extérieur en qualité de maître de conférences/professeur invité :3

1989-90 printemps : EHESS, Paris, séminaire Anthropologie politique des relations tribus-Etats au
Moyen-Orient.
1990-91 printemps : EHESS, Paris, séminaire Historiographie locale et coloniale au Proche-Orient :les représentations du pouvoir politique en Jordanie.
9-14.03.1997, Napoli (Italia), Istituto Universitario Orientale, ciclo di conferenze su: Il processo dipace in Medio Oriente: derive israeliane e palestinesi.
24-30.05.1999, Bologna (Italia), Facoltà di Scienze Politiche et Centro Studi Cabral, ciclo diconferenze su: Regime e istituzioni statali in Giordania: l’eredità di re Hussein.
1-10.6.1999: Università di Forlì-Bologna (Italia), Facoltà di Scienze Politiche e Relazioni
internazionali, ciclo di conferenze su: Economia politica dei processi di democratizzazione nel
Vicino Oriente: un bilancio degli anni 1990.
2000 Printemps : Université de Bologne (Italia), Faculté des sciences politique, seminario di 28h, Il
conflitto israelo-palestinese e il processo di pace nel Vicino Oriente.
2001/2002/2003 Février: Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia (Italia), Master Europeo ‘Mediazione
Inter-mediterranea’, modulo di 8h. su Conflitti, rifugiati e aiuto umanitario in Medio Oriente.
2005 Printemps : Professeur invité à l’EHESS, Paris. Cycle de six conférences L’action humanitairedes Nations Unies en Palestine et au Moyen-Orient.
2014-2022 Giugno: Professore invitato all’Università di Pavia, Collegio Santa Caterina, Master inInternational Cooperation and Development (MICAD), chaque année un module de 12h. sur
Authoritarianism, Political Transitions and Development in Latin America, the Middle East andAfrica.
2016/2017/2018 December: Visiting Professor at the University of Bethlehem (Palestine), MICAD,
12-hour module on: Peacebuilding and Development; and Dealing with the Past in the Middle East:
Comparative perspectives.

4 - Formation continue et Ecoles d’été : cours dispensés
Années 1990
Participation à (et/ou co-organisation de) plusieurs sessions, en français ou en anglais, destinées à
des fonctionnaires d’organisations internationales, ONG ou administrations nationales d’Europe,d’Afrique et du Moyen-Orient, autour d’un thème principal Economie politique des programmes dedéveloppement en milieu rural au Moyen-Orient :1989 et 1990: ICRA (International Center for Development Oriented Research in Agriculture),
Wageningen (Hollande).
1991 : CIDES, Lyon (France).
1992 et 1993 : Académie Internationale de l’Environnement et PNUE (Programme des NationsUnies pour l’Environnement), Genève (Suisse).
1994 : Ecole Nationale d’Economie Appliquée de Dakar et Université de St Louis (Sénégal).
1996 : Centre culturel français à Amman (Jordanie), organisation d’un module de formation pour lesguides touristiques jordaniens.

Années 2000
Décembre 2000 et 2001: Spiez (Suisse), Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons,module de 4 h. Qualitative Research Methods for Interviews.
Janvier 2001/2002/2003: IDHA (International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance), Genève, 4hour module Armed Conflicts and Models of Transition towards Sustainable Development.
Mars 2002: GCSP (Geneva Centre for Security Policy), Genève, 6th European Training Course in
Security Policy (ETCSP), half-day course From the Oslo Peace Process to the Second Intifada.

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Mars 2004 : UNIGE, organisation d’un module de 3 jours Le Moyen-Orient arabe, destiné à desreprésentants du DFAE, du CICR, d’ONG et médias suisses.
Mai 2004: UNIGE, Faculté de Médecine et IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students’
Associations), half-day module Iraqi and Palestinian Refugees in the Near East: Humanitarian
Issues.
Mars 2006: GCSP, Geneva, 7th ETCSP, half-day module Israeli-Palestinian Political Relations: which
Prospects for Peace and Stability?
Mars 2007: GCSP, Geneva, 8th ETCSP, half-day module The Hamas Government and the perspectives ofcivil war in the OPT.
26.9.2007: Lyon, Institut de Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale, conférence Le conflit israélopalestinien et les impasses du processus de paix.
5-9.5.2008: IHEID, one-week Training Course on Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
co-organized with C. Mahon, Ch. Golay and HURIDOCS, Geneva. One-day course Monitoring anddata collection in the field.
27.6.2008: IHEID, Summer Program on International Affairs and Multilateral Governance, half-day
module The UN and the Refugees in the Middle East.
1.7.2008: IHEID, Programme de formation en gouvernance internationale pour des diplomates de laRépublique de Guinée, demi-journée de cours Les acteurs de la coopération internationale audéveloppement.
11-15.5.2009: IHEID, one-week Training Course on Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, co-organized with C. Mahon, Ch. Golay and HURIDOCS. One-day course on Monitoring anddata collection in the field.
16.11.2009: Genève, PIAH (Programme inter-facultaire en action humanitaire), 4-hour module
Causes et dynamiques du conflit israélo-palestinien, 1948-2009.
30.3.2010: Université de Genève, Programme de formation continue ‘Monde arabo-musulman :langue, culture, sociétés’ (module 6 – Regards sur le Moyen-Orient contemporain). Half-day
module Le conflit israélo-palestinien et la question des réfugiés.
24.6.2010: IHEID, Summer Program on International Affairs and Multilateral Governance, half-day
course Challenges in Global Migration: the issue of Palestinian Refugees.
11.2.2011: IHEID, Executive Master in International Negotiation and Policy-Making (Module 2:
Policy Analyses and Decision-Making), half-day course Civil society Organizations andInternational Donors in Conflict and Post-Conflict Contexts.
12.5.2011: ADH (Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights), Geneva, Training
Course on Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights half day course Monitoring ESC rights
and data collection in the field.
16.6.2011: IHEID, Summer Program on International Affairs and Multilateral Governance, half-day
course The Palestinian Refugees, the UN and the Peace Process 60 years later.
30.6.2011: GCSP, Geneva, 10th Strategic Planning and Analysis Seminar - Middle East, half-day
course The Security Policy Context: a General View.
17.11.2011: GCSP, Geneva, Training Course on Global Challenges: Leadership and Cooperation inComplex Environments, lecture The Role of the Military in the MENA Region.
25.4.2012: EPFL, Lausanne, course Migrations and forced displacements in the Middle East.
8.5.2012: GCSP, Geneva, two courses on: “Regime Challenges in the Middle East” and “The newgeopolitics of the Middle East” for the training course on: ‘New Issues in Security’.
10.5.2012: ADH, Geneva, course on: “Monitoring ESC rights and data collection in the field”, for the‘Training Course on Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’.
26.5.2012: ADH and GCSP, Geneva, course on: “International Aid and Development in Transition
Contexts” for the training course on ‘From Civil Protest to Change: Transition and Stability’.

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13.6.2012: GCSP, Geneva, course on Recovery: critical challenges for the training course ‘New Issues
in Security’ (week 9: State-building and Peace-building).
20.6.2012: IHEID, half-day course on The Palestinian Refugees for the Summer Program on
International Affairs and Multilateral Governance.
22.11.2012: GCSP, Geneva, 13th Strategic Planning and Analysis Seminar ‘The Situation in the
Eastern Mediterranean Area’. Half day course on Egypt: Security and Political Islam.
11.03.2013: GCSP, Geneva, 17th European Training Course on ‘European Security in a Global
Context’. Half day course on Political and Security Issues of the Post-Arab Spring: a general
overview.
4.06.2013: GCSP, Geneva, 14th New Issues in Security Course, half-day course on: The New Strategic
Configuration of the Middle East and North Africa.
3.7.2013: IHEID, Summer Program on International Affairs and Multilateral Governance, half-day
course Challenges in Global Migration: the issue of the Palestinian Refugees.
8-12.7.2013: University of Prague, Summer School on ‘New Development Cooperation’, 8-hourmodule Armed Conflicts, Development and Peacebuilding.
10.3.2014: GCSP, Geneva, European Training Course on Security Policy, half-day course on Europe,
the Middle East and North Africa: Prospects for effective cooperation.
3.6.2014: GCSP, Geneva, 15th New Issues in Security Course: Emerging Challenges, half-day courseon The US, Europe and the Middle East.
11.7.2014: IHEID, Geneva, Summer School on International Affairs and Multilateral Governance.
Half-day course on Syrian and Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon.
23.10.2014: GCSP, Geneva, 16th Annual Middle East and North Africa Training Course on New Issues
in Security, Half-day course on Regional Dynamics of Humanitarian Aid and International Politics.
21.4.2015: GCSP, Geneva, 29th International Training Course in Security Policy. Half-day course on
Europe and its Engagement with the Middle East and North Africa: Opportunities and Challenges.
19.5.2015: GCSP, Geneva, 16th New Issues in Security Course ‘Mapping the Contemporary Security
Environment to meet future challenges’. Half-day course on The Arab Spring and its aftermath.
8.7.2015: IHEID, Summer School on International Affairs and Multilateral Governance, half-day
course on The Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon.
8.10.2015: GCSP, Geneva, Course on ‘Engaging with non-State Armed Groups’. Panel discussion on:
From the PLO Experience to Tackling ISIS and Beyond.
8.7.2016: IHEID, Geneva, Summer School on International Affairs and Multilateral Governance, halfday course Refugees from Syria and Iraq in the Near East.
19.7.2016: University of Koç, Istanbul, MiReKoç International Summer School on ‘Forced Migration:
Old Phenomenon, New Challenges’. Half-day module on The UN and the Palestinians in the Near
East.
12.7.2017: IHEID, Geneva, Summer School on International Affairs, Trade and Multilateral
Governance, half-day course on Refugees from Syria and Iraq in the Near East.
26.11.2018: Genève, IHEID Executive Education, round table with G. Moraes Da Silva, C. Dupont, R.
Bocco, moderated by G. Mallard, on ‘Populisms: a Phoenix rising from the Ashes!’ (93mn.)4
29-30.4.2019 : Lausanne, Haute Ecole Pédagogique, cours de formation pour les professeursd’histoire des collèges sur ‘1948 : aux origines du problè me des ré fugié s palestiniens’.
Présentation : Le Sionisme, l'Occident et la création de l'Etat d'Israël. (63mn.)

4Tous les éléments surlignés en jaune sont disponibles en mp4 ou en mp3 (et bientôt) sur mon site web.

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5 – Activités de recherche
Thèmes de recherche et disciplines
Cinq thèmes de recherche principaux contribuent à définir (en ordre successif) mon parcours
depuis le début des années 1980 :- Les relations entre tribalisme, ethnicité, communautarisme et politiques de développement
dans les processus de construction étatique et nationale au Proche-Orient au XXe siècle (enJordanie en particulier) ;- Les pratiques de développement comme champ d’analyse politique des relations entre
sociétés et Etats, en particulier dans les régions de steppe du Proche-Orient ;- L’impact et le monitoring de l’aide humanitaire et au développement sur les populations
civiles (en particulier les réfugiées et déplacés), géré par les institutions locales, étatiques etinternationales préposées à la réalisation de programmes d’assistance et de réhabilitation,
dans les contextes de conflit armé (Territoires palestiniens en particulier).
- Les recompositions sociopolitiques qui suivent les ruptures provoquées par les conflits
armés, avec une attention particulière aux programmes et modèles de construction de lapaix et de réconciliation promus par la coopération internationale au niveau des sociétés
civiles (Proche Orient et Amérique Latine).
- Le rôle des artistes et des réalisateurs de films (en tant qu’acteurs sociaux), dans la(re)construction des mémoires collectives au Proche Orient et en Amérique Latine.
Au niveau de l’approche disciplinaire, mon parcours de formation, de recherche et d’enseignement,
m’a progressivement amené à essayer de trouver les complémentarités méthodologiques entre lesquestions de l’anthropologie, de l’histoire, de la sociologie et de la science politique, plus récemmentdes ‘Film Studies’, et à tester empiriquement la pertinence de concepts et outils d’analyse construits
au croisement de disciplines différentes.
Recherches de terraina) De 1981 à 1984, principal terrain d’enquête la Jordanie. Entre 1981 et 1983, plus de 14 mois dansle nord-est du royaume hachémite et dans le sud de la Syrie, pour la Tesi di Laurea. En 1984-85,
dans le cadre des programmes de recherche de l’IRMAC (Université Lyon II), 4 mois en Jordanie et
en Syrie.
b) De 1986 à 1993, pour la recherche de doctorat, plusieurs séjours dans le sud de la Jordanie etdans le Sinaï en Egypte, pour une durée globale de plus de 28 mois.
c) De 1995 à 1999, projets de recherche sur l’aide humanitaire aux réfugiés en Palestine et dans lescamps de réfugiés en Jordanie.
d) De 2001 à 2007, enquêtes en partenariat avec des organisations internationales sur le rôle etl’impact de l’aide humanitaire dans les contextes de conflit et post-conflit, ont été effectuées enPalestine, en Jordanie, en Syrie et au Liban.
e) Septembre 2013-août 2014, année sabbatique : séjours en Argentine, Chili, Liban et Palestine.
f) Juillet-août 2015 : cinq semaines en Jordanie et trois semaines au Liban.
g) Depuis 1980, plusieurs missions au Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Emirats Arabes Unies, Jordanie,
Maroc, Tunisie, Egypte, Turquie, Syrie, Liban, Palestine et Israël.
Recherches aux archives

7Dans le cadre du doctorat, trois mois à Londres, aux archives du Public Record Office (Colonial andForeign Office) relatifs à la période mandataire anglaise en Jordanie et au St. Anton’y College(Oxford) pour consulter les archives privées des fonctionnaires coloniaux. A Paris, les archives du
CHEAM (Centre de Hautes Etudes sur l’Asie Moderne) relatifs à l’administration coloniale française
au Proche-Orient.
Financement des recherchesa) Pour la période 1981-1993, les recherches en Jordanie et aux archives coloniales de Londres ont
reçu le soutien financier du Laboratorio per l’Ecologia del Quaternario, Università di Firenze;
IUED, Genève; Institut de Recherche sur le monde arabe contemporain (Université Lyon II);
Laboratoire GREMMO-CNRS, UA 913 et RCP 624 du CNRS (Maison de l’Orient, Lyon); Ministère
des affaires étrangères français; Laboratoire URBAMA-CNRS de l’Université de Tours; IEPFondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris.
b) De 1995 à 1999, les programmes de recherche que j’ai dirigés (voir infra) ont reçu l’appui
financier de la DDC (Suisse), de la Commission européenne, du Ministère des Affaires étrangères
suédoises, de la Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, des Services culturels de l’Ambassade française àAmman, ainsi que de l’Ambassade de Belgique, d’Espagne et de Grande-Bretagne.
c) De 2001 à 2007, les projets de recherche dirigés (voir infra) en partenariat avec des organisations
internationales ont été financés par l’UNRWA, l’UNDP, l’UNICEF, l’OMS, l’OCHA, le WEP-FAO,
UNFPA, DCAF, la DDC et l’Aide humanitaire suisse, ainsi que par deux ONG, OXFAM (UK) et
Panorama.
d) Pendant l’année sabbatique 2013-14, les missions au Chili et en Argentine (4 mois) ont été
financées par le CCDP-IHEID ; celle au Liban (3 mois) par l’Ambassade suisse à Beyrouth et parl’IFPO (Institut Français du Proche-Orient) ; celle en Palestine-Israël (2 mois) par le CCDP-IHEID
et l’IFPO. Le montant total des fonds obtenus s’est élevé à CHF 16'000 environ.
e) Au printemps 2015, obtention d’un fonds de CHF 15'000.- par le FNS pour le projet Violence,
Mémoire et Cinéma, ainsi que CHF 9000.- par la HEAD et le CCDP pour l’organisation d’un colloqueinternational sur la problématique susmentionnée.
f) 2017-2021 : obtention d’un projet FNS (en collaboration avec A. Leander, K. Krause et J. Austin)sur Violence Prevention (VIPRE): Towards a Material-Semiotic Approach to the Prevention of Violent
Human Rights Abuses, financé pour 48 months avec un budget de CHF 1,070,688. Le projet a
premis aussi le financement de 3 doctorants et d’un post-doc. Ma contribution au projet était
focalisée sur Expériences carcérales, torture et cinéma.
Direction du Centre d’études et de recherches sur le Moyen-Orient contemporain (CERMOC)
à Amman, Jordanie
Entre juillet 1995 et octobre 1999, j’ai été en congé de l’IUED pour diriger le CERMOC. Le travail àAmman s’est développé à travers la réalisation d’activités scientifiques et de programmes derecherche, ainsi que par les tâches de responsabilité et de gestion administrative du centre. On peut
retenir cinq axes de travail principaux :a) Mise sur pied d’un programme de recherche sur Les réfugiés palestiniens et l’UNRWA à Gaza,dans la West Bank et en Jordanie.
La recherche a été focalisée sur deux thèmes principaux : d’une part, l’analyse des activités del’agence onusienne, ses expériences dans la gestion des réfugiés et des programmes d’assistanceréalisé au cours des 50 ans de son existence ; d’autre part, sur les réfugiés dans les camps et leschangements sociaux intervenus auprès des communautés résidentes, notamment leur situation
dans le cadre du processus de paix. Recrutement de dix chercheurs (arabes et européens), tous
doctorants. Au cours des trois années du projet, organisation de trois ateliers thématiques qui

8ont permis de réunir l’ensemble de l’équipe des chercheurs et plusieurs experts extérieurs pourapprofondir les débats autour des thèmes centraux de la recherche (cf. dans la rubrique‘Publication’, Rapports non publiés : R. Bocco 1997, 1998 et 1999), ainsi qu’un colloque declôture pour présenter les résultats du programme. Le montant de fonds levés pourl’organisation du programme s’est élevé à 320'000.- euros environs.
b) Programme de valorisation de la recherche, à travers un projet de colloque et d’ouvragecollectif sur l’histoire sociopolitique de la Jordanie au cours des 50 ans de son indépendance(1946-1996).
Le colloque, axé au niveau macro-politique, privilégiant les approches de l’économie politique etdes relations internationales, a été organisé en juin 1997 à l’Institut du Monde Arabe à Paris. Il aété précédé par plusieurs séminaires hebdomadaires préaratoires. L’ouvrage collectif, axé auniveau micro-politique et privilégiant les approches de l’anthropologie et de la sociologie
politique, fait suite à la tenue d’un séminaire bi-mensuel qui a réuni au cours de l’année 1998 etdurant le premier semestre 1999, les spécialistes des thèmes identifiés, a été publié aux Editions
Autrement en 2002. Le programme a reçu un soutien financier d’environ 37'000 euros.
c) Lancement et codirection scientifique du bulletin scientifique bilingue (anglais-arabe)« Jordanies »Il s’est agi d’un bulletin de diffusion d’informations sur la recherche et la documentation ensciences sociales. Pour la publication du bulletin et les frais de son équipe éditoriale etadministrative il a été possible de lever environ 13'000 euros en trois ans.
d) Suivi du travail des jeunes chercheurs et accueil de chercheurs confirmés.
Au cours des quatre ans en poste à Amman, accueil d’une moyenne de trente jeunes chercheurs
et personnalités scientifiques par an.
e) Gestion du centre et relations publiques.
Partage des responsabilités administratives avec une secrétaire comptable et le directeur
général du CERMOC à Beyrouth ; responsabilité du personnel en poste à Amman (8administratifs et une moyenne de 15 chercheurs par an), ainsi que la majorité des relations
publiques, surtout avec les bailleurs de fonds pour la réalisation des différents programmes derecherche.
La fonction de directeur adjoint chargé de la recherche à l’IUED
Entre janvier 2001 à décembre 2003, trois axes principaux de travail :a. Le programme de doctorat : projet de réforme et adoption d’un nouveau règlement d’études en
octobre 2002. Création d’un poste à temps partiel d’un responsable du programme doctoral,enquête auprès des doctorants inscrits. L’étude, disponible depuis 2003, permet de dresser unbilan de 8 ans du programme doctoral à l’IUED.
b. La coordination administrative des projets collectifs de recherche. Entre janvier 2001 etdécembre 2003, sept équipes d’enseignants et chercheurs de l’IUED ont obtenu des fonds pourréaliser des programmes collectifs de recherche, dont les financements du NCCR-FNS suisse, du
RUIG genevois ou de la DDC à Berne.
c. Le suivi des activités à la Bibliothèque et du Service des Publications. En collaboration avec les
responsables administratifs des deux services, la gestion du personnel, les coopérations
institutionnelles et les politiques de publications.
Recherches appliquées et en partenariat avec des organisations internationalesa) The Palestinian Public Perceptions Reports (PPPR)

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Entre l’hiver 2000-01, soit quelques mois après le début de la deuxième Intifada dans lesTerritoires Palestiniens Occupés (TPO), et décembre 2007, responsabilité d’un mandat
initialement contracté avec l’Aide humanitaire suisse et la DDC, ensuite développé avec plusieurs
agences onusiennes (PNUD, OCHA, UNRWA, PAM-FAO, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO), le DFAE à Berne etle DCAF à Genève.
L’objectif du mandat était la mise en place d’un système de monitoring des conditions de vie dela population civile palestinienne et de l’impact de l’aide internationale. La production régulière
de rapports -rédigés en anglais à partir d’enquêtes (quantitatives) réalisées par sondage, àl’échelle nationale et en partenariat avec des institutions locales- a fourni aux agences d’aideinternationale travaillant dans les TPO une série de données pour l’élaboration des politiquesd’urgence à réaliser. Le mode d’élaboration participative des questionnaires d’enquête a constitué
une plate-forme de discussions et d’échanges réguliers parmi les divers acteurs locaux etinternationaux actifs dans les TPO.
Avec un rythme de parution régulière -dix volumes entre 2001 et 2007- les PPPR offrent unebase de données pour analyser les évolutions sur sept ans des conditions de vie d’une société qui
vit sous occupation militaire et dans un contexte de conflit armé. Les données sur la situation del’emploi et du marché du travail, la pauvreté, l’aide alimentaire et les stratégies d’adaptation,l’accès à l’éducation et aux services de santé, mais aussi la situation des femmes et des enfants,ainsi que des réfugiés enregistrés auprès de l’UNRWA, constituent autant d’éléments qui
permettent également d’étudier les réponses des agences d’aide à la situation sur le terrain.
La réalisation des PPPR a demandé la mise en place d’une équipe de chercheursinternationaux, basés en Suisse, en Belgique, dans les TPO et en Jordanie, spécialistes des divers
sujets analysés dans chaque rapport. L’Unité de recherche sur la Palestine (URP) a été créée en
2002 à l’IUED pour gérer les mandats, dont les financements ont atteint un budget total d’environ
CHF 750'000.Entre 2001 et 2007, j’ai supervisé et/ou coécrit dix PPPR. Deux autres rapports portant plus
spécifiquement sur les questions politiques et de sécurité, ont été effectués sur mandat du DFAE
et du DCAF. Tous les rapports sont disponibles sur le site web et imprimés en format livre.
b) The UNRWA Near East Project
A l’été 2004, l’Unité de Recherche sur la Palestine a reçu un mandat portant sur les conditions
socio-économiques des 4'350'000 réfugiés palestiniens résidant dans les cinq régions (fields)
administrées par l’agence onusienne (Jordanie, Syrie, Liban, Gaza et Cisjordanie), ainsi que sur lesservices dispensés aux réfugiés enregistrés. L’objectif du mandat était de fournir une base dedonnées scientifique à l’UNRWA et de doter les responsables onusiens d’instruments qualifiéspour la décision.
L’enjeu de la recherche a été la fois scientifique et opérationnel, notamment le partenariat avec
les fonctionnaires onusiens –palestiniens et internationaux. C’était en tout cas la première fois
que l’UNRWA entreprenait une enquête sur ses « clients » dans les cinq fields à la fois, afin d’avoir
une « photographie » de la situation d’ensemble et des données scientifiques pouvant appuyerl’élaboration de politiques.
Plus de 11'000 questionnaires ont été administrés par 450 enquêteurs ; quatre centres derecherche spécialisés, publics et privés, ont été contractés pour mener à bien les sondages dansles divers ‘fields de l’UNRWA. Une équipe de quarante personnes environ, basée à Amman etcoordonnée par le représentant de l’IUED dans la région, a saisi les données pendant trois mois.
Une équipe d’une dizaine de personnes, à Genève, a codé et standardisé les données permettant lacréation de la base de données.

10Une équipe de 15 auteurs, des universitaires internationaux et du Proche-Orient, a collaboré
avec une commission de l’UNRWA à l’interprétation des données issues de l’enquête. Plusieurs
présentations intermédiaires ont eu lieu pendant trois ans de travail. Le travail de coordination
du processus que j’ai assuré a demandé une importante disponibilité, y compris une présence surle terrain d’environ 25 semaines par année.
Le produit final du travail, achevé en décembre 2007, comporte :- 11 rapports thématiques (en anglais et en arabe, chaque version d’environ 750 pp.) : Objectives
and methodology ; Socio-economic conditions ; Labour Market ; Poverty ; Coping Strategies ;Relief and Social Services ; Micro-finance programs ; Health ; Education ; Youth ; Women ;Housing and Habitat. Les rapports décrivent les conditions socio-économiques des réfugiés
enregistrés et les services dispensés par l’UNRWA en Cisjordanie, à Gaza, en Jordanie, au Liban eten Syrie- Une base de données informatisée permettant à l’UNRWA de mettre à jour et poursuivre
l’analyse.
- Un set de cartes permettant de repérer la distribution géographique des réfugiés palestiniens
dans les cinq ‘fields’, ainsi qu’une série de cartes thématiques.
- Un rapport de synthèse environ (120 pp.) publié en anglais et arabe.
- Le projet a été financé à hauteur d’environ US$ 1'250'000.c) Le ‘Sommet des Deux Rives’C’est à la suite de la visite du Président E. Macron à Berne en décembre 2018, que la -Suisse s’est
engagé dans un partenariat avec la France pour le monitoring du processus de dialogue entre lesorganisations de la société civile des pays de la Méditerranée occidentale (France, Espagne,
Portugal, Italie, Malte, Maroc, Tunisie, Libye, Algérie).
Le projet, conduit en partenariat avec l’Università della Svizzera Italiana, a comporté du côté del’IHEID, la création d’un groupe de trois chercheurs associés au CCDP (S. Belhadj, I. Saïd et R.
Benkirane) avec qui nous avons suivi -entre février et juin- les réunions préparatoires du Sommet
qui se sont tenues dans les divers pays susmentionnés.
Le projet a reçu un soutien financier du DFAE à hauteur d’environ CHF 90'000.
Un rapport soumis au DFAE pendant l’été 2019 a clôturé des travaux.
d) Revisiting Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation in an Age of Uncertainty
Initié en 2020 en collaboration avec S. Belhadj et I. Saïd (chercheurs associés au CCDP), le projet aconnu des ‘soubresauts’ dûs à la pandémie… mais il a pu continuer malgré les difficultés. Conçu
après l’expérience de consultation effectuées en 2019 pour le ‘Sommet des Deux Rives’, l’objectif duprojet a visé la confrontation entre les logiques néolibérales des bailleurs de fonds européens en
matière de commerce et sécurité et les logiques visant la promotion de la démocratie et des droits
de l’homme dans les pays du pourtour méditerranéens.
Soutenu à hauteur de CHF 31'000 par le DFAE, l’Institut européen de Florence et l’IHEID, le projet adébouché sur un colloque en début juillet 2022 réunissant des responsables de l’Union europénne,dont ECHO, de l’administration fédérale suisse, ainsi que des chercheurs de pays arabes enparticulier.
e) UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees: strategic perspective for 2023-2028
Un projet de six mois (janvier-juin 2022) portant sur l’élaboration de perspectives stratégiquespour le plan 2023-28 a comporté la création d’une équipe de 8 chercheurs (sous ma codirection
avec F. Frölich), spécialisés dans quatre thématiques principales :- Les conditions socio-économiques des réfugiés palestiniens enregistrés dans les cinq fields
où opère l’agence onusienne, à savoir Cisjordanie, Gaza, Jordanie, Syrie et Liban ;11Les nouvelles dynamiques migratoires des réfugiés palestiniens entre les cinq fields duProche-Orient et vers l’Europe ;- La situation sécuritaire à l’intérieur des 59 camps de l’agence onusienne ;- Les avancées du droit international et le renouvellement de la réflexion sur la protection
des réfugiés.
Les résultats des recherches ont été présentées à un atelier organisé à la fin du mois de mai 2022.
Le projet a reçu un soutien financier d’environ US$ 104'000.-

Violence, mémoire et cinéma
Depuis septembre 2012, et surtout pendant mon année sabbatique en 2013-2014, jai mis sur pieds
un nouveau projet de recherche comparatiste entre Amérique Latine (Argentine et Chili) et Proche
Orient (Liban et Palestine), à savoir des contextes de conflit et de transition (post-guerre civile etpost-dictature) permettant d’explorer le rôle critique des artistes -et des réalisateurs de films enparticulier- dans les processus de (re)construction de la mémoire collective pendant et après lespériodes de violence.
Après un colloque organisé au printemps 2015 avec le Département du Cinéma du réel (HEAD,
Genève) qui a permis de réunir pendant trois jours plusieurs chercheurs et réalisateurs d’Amérique
Latine et du Proche Orient que j’avais rencontrés pendant mon année sabbatique, mes activités liées
au projet se sont orientées en plusieurs directions :Enseignement
A partir du semestre d’automne 2014, j’ai progressivement développé des séminaires centrés sur la
problématique du projet. Dans chaque séminaire, le matériel pédagogique comportait, outre lestextes, des matériaux audio-visuels (documentaires et fictions) mis à dispositions des étudiants àtravers un site vimeo créé ad hoc. (Voire l’annexe 4 pour des exemples de séminaires).
Grâce à un parténariat avec le Festival Filmar en America Latina, pendant deux ans, plusieursétudiants ont pu travailler comme stagiaires dans l’organisation du festival et produire ensuite destravaux de goupe sur une ethnographie de scène festivalière. Parallèlement, un parténariat avec laRadio-Télévision Suisse Romande a permis aux étudiants d’accéder aux archives de la RTS particulièrement riches sur l’Argentine et le Chili- afin de produire des travaux de groupe. Deux
papiers de séminaire ont d’ailleurs été postés sur le site web de la RTS.
Dans la même veine, mon implication dans le Festival annuel du film palestinien de Genève, pendant
4 ans, les étudiants ont pu accéder aux ‘coulisses’ du festival, pour interviewer réalisateurs, acteurs
et producteurs invités à Genève, ce qui a étoffé la qualité des papiers de séminaire produits.
Enfin, le FIFOG (Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève) a été un partenaire régulier pourl’accueil de mes étudiants, mais aussi pour l’organisation de séances de projection suivies de débats
publiques.
Organisation / participation à des comités de programmation de festivals
CINE@IHEID
C’est à partir du printemps 2014, et jusqu’à l’automne 2019, que j’ai pu organiser avec J. Côté,
directrice de la communication et des relations publiques à l’IHEID, l’initiative Ciné@iheid, à savoir
des cycles sémestriels de projections suivies de débats à l’institut, le plus souvent en coopération
avec Ciné-ONU, IOM, UNHCR, Human Rights Watch, Filmar en America Latina, FIFOG, FIFDH(Festival international de films de droits de l’homme), ainsi que des membres du staff académiquede l’institut.
Principales interventions :12

14.05.2014: Twelve Years a Slave by Steve McQueen, en collaboration avec Ciné ONU, modération dudébat avec M. Ould Mohamedou.
Septembre-novembre 2015, trilogie de films sur les ‘Transitions’:- 22 Septembre : The Square by J. Noujaim, moderation du débat avec F. Hawana (IHEID) sur leprintemps arabe en Egypte. (40mn.)- 22 Octobre : No by P. Larrain – débat avec Marta Mauras Perez (ambassadrice du Chile à l’ONU
Genève) sur la transition démocratique au Chili.
- 23 Novembre: No End in Sight by Ch. Ferguson, moderation du débat avec M. Ould Mohammedou
et D. Sylvan (IHEID) sur la politique américaine en Iraq depuis 2002 et la chute de Saddam
Hussein.
Mars-Mai 2018, Genève, Paroles de bourreau, organisation d’une trilogie de films-débats encollaboration avec le Département de Droit UNIGE, le Festival Histoire et Cité, l’Académie de droit
international humanitaire et des droits humains et le FIFDH :- The look of silence de J. Oppenheimer, modération du débat sur le génocide en Indonésie
avec J. Austin et P. Spyer (IHEID).
- Duch, le maître des forges de l’enfer de R. Panh modération du débat sur le génocide desKhmers Rouges au Cambodge, avec S. Garibian (UNIGE), F. Sironi (Université Vincennes àSaint-Denis) et D. Scalia (Université Libre de Bruxelles).
- La jeune fille et la mort de R. Polanski débat sur les relations bourreaux-victimes au Chili,
modéré par S. Garibian, avec V. Wagner (UNIGE) et R. Bocco.
29.11.2016: 3000 Nights by May Masri, en collaboration avec le Festival PFC’E, débat sur lesprisonnières palestiniennes dans les geôles israéliennes, modération du débat avec la réalisatrice, S.
Béchara et M. Schick (Amnesty International, Berne). (70mn.)
6.12.2016: The Golden Dream by Diego Quemada-Diez, en collaboration avec l’IOM, moderation dudébat sur lers migrations en Amérique centrale, avec R. Sanchez (IHEID).
9.05.2017: Shadow World by Johan Grimonprez, en collaboration avec le ‘Small Arms Survey’,modération du débat sur le commerce mondial des armes, avec K. Krause (IHEID).
19.10.2017: Buton de nacre by P. Guzman, en collaboration avec le festival Filmar en America Latina,
moderation du débat sur les disparitions forcées au Chili, avec S. Garibian (UNIGE)
5.12.2017 : Lost in Lebanon by Sophia et Georgia Scott, en collaboration avec l’IOM, débat sur lesmigrants syriens avec les réalisatrices.
8.11.2018 : Foxtrot by S. Ma’oz, en collaboration avec le FIFDH, débat sur l’occupation israélienne
modéré par L. Ballin avec F. Nordmann (ancien ambassadeur suisse), R. Roth (UNIGE) et R. Bocco.
(50mn.)
9.03.2019: Rethinking Radicalisation by Dan Davies, modération du débat avec Barbara Affolter
Gómez (Senior Conflict & Human Rights Advisor, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation),et M. Ould Mohamedou (IHEID). (57mn.)
PFC’E / PALESTINE : FILMER C’EST EXISTER
C’est à partir du printemps 2015 et jusqu’en décembre 2018 que j’ai intégré le comité deprogrammation des Rencontres cinématographiques de Genève Palestine : Filmer c’est exister(PFC’E).
Principales interventions :29.11.2015 : modération de la table ronde Une nouvelle génération de réalisateurs palestiniens :projets collectifs, productions indépendantes, avec R. Masharawi, M. Alayan, R. Maqdisi, N. Awwad, A.
Arasoughly (90mn.)

1330.11.2015, projection du film The Wanted 18 by A. Shomali, en collaboration avec l’IHEID-CCDP etmodération du débat avec le réalisateur et A. Tartir. (45mn.)
26.11.2016: Les réalisateurs palestiniens d’Israël, modération de la table ronde avec U. Tabari et A.
Ashkar.
26.11.2017: Comment les cinéastes palestinien-ne-s restituent une histoire saccagée ? Modération dela table ronde avec Kh. Habashneh, K. Al-Zubaidi, N. Hajjaj, A. Shehadeh, M. Yaqubi et R. Duzdar
30.11.2018: projection du film The truth lost at sea by R. Audeh sur la Flottilla de Gaza etmoderation du débat sur la couverture médiatique du conflit israélo-palestinien avec le réalisateuret L. Léma (Le Temps). (41mn.)
29.11.2018: projection du film Broken by M. Alatar et moderation du débat sur l’application du droit
international à l’égard d’Israël, avec le réalisateur, S. Ziegler (producteur du film) et Carolin
Alvermann (juriste internationale). (50mn.)
PARTICIPATION A/ORGANISATION D’AUTRES TABLES RONDES A LA SUITE DE PROJECTIONS
28.05.2009, Ferney-Voltaire, table ronde organisée par l’Association France-Palestine Solidarité
autour du film La terre parle arabe de M. Gargour, en présence de la réalisatrice, M. Sibony(Union Française Juive pour la Paix, Paris) et R. Bocco.
28.02.2011, Geneva, IHEID, CCDP-IMAS, modération de la table ronde Impunité : quel genre deguerre existe-t-il en Colombie?, avec P. Gaeta, F. Réategui, J. Lozano. (à la suite de la projection dufilm Impunity de J. Lozano)26.04.2012, IHEID et FIFOG, projection du film La chambre noire (2004) de H. Benjelloun etmodération de la table ronde sur Mémoires et politiques de réconciliation : que peut faire le cinéma?,avec le réalisateur et M. Sebbar (Secrétaire général du Conseil National des Droits de l’homme,
Maroc).

19.4.2013, Genève, IHEID-CCDP avec le FIFOG, projection du film Massaker et atelier
Mémoires de la violence, violences des mémoires : la mise en récit documentaire des mémoires
des bourreaux au Liban, avec le réalisateur L. Slim (UMAM, Beyrouth).
25.3.2015, Genève, IHEID-CCDP avec le FIFOG, projection du film Would you have Sex with an Arab?
de Y. Zauberman, et modération du débat avec M. Avis et I. Sa’id (IHEID) sur les relations israélopalestiniennes en Israél.
12.3.2018 : Genève, FIFDH (Festival du film et forum international sur les droits humains), avantpremière du film documentaire Et Israël fut…, débat avec le réalisateur R. Wyder, modération L.
Léma.
19.4.2018: IHEID, Salah, un Kabyle de Palestine de T. Houchi projection organisée par la Migration
Initiative and la Student Initiative on Asia, avec le FIFOG, débat avec le réalisateur.
25.5.2018: Sierre, Château Mercier, ‘Rencontres Orient-Occident’, table ronde avec Romed Wyder,autour du film Et Israël fut…
27.3.2019: Université de Fribourg, Département de droit, cycle ‘Le droit dans le ciné ma’, tableronde avec S. Besson (Université de Fribourg) sur le film Wajib de Annemarie Jacir'.
9.12.2020: Table-ronde organisée par Amnesty International Suisse autour du film The
Occupation of the American Mind, avec C. Schayegh (IHEID) et L. Tournès (UNIGE) (86mn.)
3.03.2022: projection du film Elles les (in)visibles de M. Griffiths, et participation à la table ronde
modérée par V. Santos Rodriguez (IHEID) sur les migrantes illégales à Genève, avec la réalisatrice
et Dalia Zein (IHEID). (64mn.)

14Conférences et séminaires
6-7.04.2013, Boston University, The Right of Return Conference. Lecture on Collective Memory andDreams of Return: A Journey through Documentary Films Portraying Palestinian Refugees. (24mn.)
7.12.2013 : Mexico City, Colegio de Mexico, Violencia, Memoria y Cine : Argentina y Chile despues las
dictaduras (en espanol) (26mn.)
8.04.2014, Beyrouth, Institut Français du Proche Orient (IFPO). Conférence : Mémoires de la violence,violence des mémoires. Cinéma, conflits et transitions politiques.
23.04.2014, Beirut, American University, Issam Fares Institute. Lecture: Violence, Torture andCinema: from the Middle East to Latin America and back.
14.08.2014, Ramallah, University of Birzeit, Department of Cultural Studies. Lecture: Screening
Palestinian Contemporary History: issues at stake
11-13.2.2015, Genève, IHEID et HEAD (Département ‘Cinéma du réel’) atelier sur Violence, Mémoireet Cinéma : perspectives comparées entre Amérique Latine et Moyen-Orient, coorganisé avec J.
Andermann (Université de Zürich) et J. Perret (HEAD), financé par le FNS.
28-30.05.2015, Marburg (Germany), Philipps Universität, symposium ‘Spectres of Justice. The
Aesthetics of Dealing with Violent Pasts’. Paper: Screening Enforced Disappearences. Cinema in theabsence of Transitional Justice in Lebanon.
24-26.09.2015, Athens, symposium ‘Palestine and Self-Determnation beyond National Frames:
Emerging Politics, Culture and Claims’, organized by the University of Exeter (UK), SOAS
(University of London) and The Gerda Henkel Stiftung. Paper: Screening Palestinian Refugeehood:(un)censored Narratives through Cinematic Representations.
14-15.01.2016, Genève, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, colloque ‘Normer l’oubli’. Communication : Contre
l’oubli : cinéma et disparitions forcées au Liban.
21-22.10.2016, Geneva, IHEID, Workshop ‘Images of Exception / Exceptional Images’ organized by
P. Spyer. Paper presented (with M. Pellegrini): Tora Bora Palestinians: tunnels, borders and cinema
in Gaza.
28.2.2017, Genève, HEAD, Département Cinéma du réel, matinée conférence-débat (avec G. Zalapì)sur Mémoires, violences et cinéma : perspectives esthétiques et sociologiques dans le cadre dusé minaire de J. Perret 'Esthé tique du ciné ma : histoires du ciné ma du reel'.
27-28.9.2017: Geneva, Pierre Du Bois Annual Conference: Elusive State-Building. The Middle Eastand North Africa. Paper presented: Cinema, Nation- and State-building. Audiovisual Archives in
Israel-Palestine.
16.1.2018, Genève, HEAD, Département Cinéma du réel, matinée conférence-débat (avec G. Zalapì)sur Documentaires, images et spectateurs : image-témoignage et image-preuve dans le cadre dusé minaire de J. Perret 'Esthé tique du ciné ma : histoires du ciné ma du reel'.
27-28.4.2018, Genève, UNIMAIL, ‘Rencontres anthropo-sociologiques genevoises’. Communication :Violence, mémoires et cinéma.
1-3.4.2019: American University of Beirut, Symposium ‘City Debates: Urban Recovery(s):Intersecting Displacement and Reconstruction’. Paper presented: The Cinematic Representationsof Palestinian Refugee Camps: Jordan and the West Bank as case studies.
17.5.2019: Firenze, Italy, MiddleEastNow Film Festival. Conférence : Sionismo, Anti-Sionismo e
Anti-Semitismo : riflessioni critiche sui dibattiti attuali.
14-15.6.2019 : Geneva, Swiss Society for Latin American Studies, Symposium Polarizations in
Latin America, Conférence sur le film Fiestapatria de Luis Vera (Chile, 2007).

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16-26.8.2018, Lugano, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Middle East and Mediterranean (MEM)
Summer Summit, 5-day stream on ‘The Middle East Mediterranean Region: Narratives,
Representations and Images’:- One morning class on "Narrating the Middle East Mediterranean Region", with S. Naef and
F. Frediani- One afternoon master-class with film director M. Khleifi on Cinema, Memories, Identities:
Audio-Visual Archives in Israel/Palestine.
- Organization and moderation of one morning panel on Violence, Memory and Cinema in the
MEM Region: Focus on Serbia and Croatia post-civil war movies, with J. Basic, G. Zalapı̀, and
I. Blumi.
- Organization and moderation of an afternoon debate on Narratives: Past and Present
through Cinema and Photography, with Gh. Sayegh and J. Fassl.
2017-2021: obtention d’un projet FNS (en collaboration avec A. Leander, K. Krause et J. Austin) sur
Violence Prevention (VIPRE) : Towards a Material-Semiotic Approach to the Prevention of Violent
Human Rights Abuses, financé pour 48 months avec un budget de CHF 1,070,688. Le projet a premis
aussi le financement de 3 doctorants et d’un post-doc. Ma contribution au projet était focalisée surExpériences carcérales, torture et cinéma.
Projets en cours
En 2021, le CCDP a signé un contrat de collaboration avec UMAM Documentation and ResearchCentre, basé à Beyrouth, portant sur des initiatives communes en matière de recherche. Grâce à un
financement allemand, il a été possible de financer deux doctorants de l’institut pour le lancement etle suivi de la MENA Prison Forum Initiative (https://menaprisonforum.org/ ) qui étudie lesconditions carcérales dans les pays du Moyen-Orient et d’Afrique du Nord. Dans ce cadre, et en codirection avec M. Borgmann (directrice de UMAM D&R), je pilote actuellement un cycle de 9 films
dont les projections sont prévues entre mai 2022 et février 2023. Chaque film est suivi d’un débat ;les projections sont en présentiel et en ligne, diffusées en sept pays, en collaboration avec desFestival de films dans la reégion MENA et en Suisse, voire en parténariat avec des organisations
locales de droits de l’homme.
En 2023, sur mandat de la Ville de Genève et d’une série d’associations chiliennes en Suisse, je
coordonnerai un cycle de films qui commémoreront le 50eme du coup d’état au Chili. Le projections,suivies de débats, sont prévues entre le printemps et l’automne de l’année prochaine. Cela
impliquera également une mission à Santiago au mois de décabre 2022.
Publications relatives aux recherches sur le cinéma
En preparation (pour la retraite…) Bocco. R. (ed.) Screening the Issraeli-Palestinian Conflict:
competing and complementary cinematic narratives.
2022a (forthcoming), BOCCO, R., “Zionism, Anti-Zionism and the West: historical debates andcinematic narratives”, in: in: Bocco, R. and Saïd, I. (eds.) De-/Colonizing the Palestine Question.
Geneva, The Graduate Institute, e-book series
2022b (forthcoming), BOCCO, R., “Palestinian Cinema: Memory, Resistance and Aesthetic
Creativity”, in: Bocco, R. and Saïd, I. (eds.) De-/Colonizing the Palestine Question. Geneva, The
Graduate Institute, e-book series
2020a, BOCCO, R., « Le Sionisme, l'Occident et la cré ation de l'Etat israé lien : histoire et ciné ma », in :1948 : aux origines du problèmes des réfugiés palestiniens, J.-B. Clerc et B. Fournier (eds.), Lausanne,
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2020b, BOCCO, R., "E Israele fu?": Sionismo e Occidente fra storia e cinema, in : Palestinesi, Binni, L.,
Bocco, R., Dahmash, W.(eds.), Special issue of the Journal "Il Ponte" (Florence), LXXVI, 1, pp. 299319.
2018, BOCCO, R, PELLEGRINI, M, ‘Contre l’oubli : cinéma et disparitions forces au Liban (19902015)’, in Normer l’oubli, Negri, V, Schulte-Tenckhoff, I (eds.), Paris, Editions IRJS (Institut derecherches juridiques de la Sorbonne), pp. 275-308.
2013 décembre, BOCCO, R., ‘L’autre 11 septembre… Cinéma et mémoires de la dictature au Chili’, in :L’ENA hors les murs, n°432, pp. 57-60.
Participation a des documentaires
La possibilité de coopérer avec des réalisateurs -comme interviweé ou conseiller scientifique- m’aaussi permis de mieux comprendre les mécanismes de la production et les enjeux dans l’editing desdocumentaires, autrement dit la construction des ‘narratives’.
2.06.2004 : interview dans L’UNRWA e i profughi palestinesi (54mn.), réalisé par A. Grossi produit
par la TSI 15.
2008 : Mémoire vivante de l’IUED – Interview de R. Bocco réalisée par Alice Sala (Institutd’ethnologie, Université de Neuchâtel) (116mn.)
2017-2018 : conseiller scientifique pour Broken. A Palestinian Journey through International Law,réalisé par Mohammad Alatar, produit par Advocacy Productions (52mn.)
12.03.2019 : interview dans Et Israël fut…(52mn.), réalisé par R. Wyder, co-produit par la RTS et etHistoire TV (France), avant-première au FIFDH, Genève.
2019-2020 : conseiller scientifique pour The American Colony : une utopie à Jérusalem, réalisé par
Rémi Borgeaud, produit par la RTS. (53mn.)
18.12.2020 : interview dans Israël-Palestine : un Suisse dans la tourmente, réalisé par X. Nicol et A.-F.
Widmann, produit par ‘Temps Présent’, RTS 1. (52mn.)
Contributions aux médiasTELEVISION
15.04.2010 : TSR 1, émission ‘Tard pour bar’, Tel Aviv, Israël et le cinéma. Table ronde avec Lionel
Baier (directeur de l’ECAL, Lausanne), J.-G. Sonner et Th. Vallotton (étudiants à l’ECAL),
Véronique Hayoun (Cercle Martin Buber, Genève), R. Bocco, modérée par Michel Zendali(57mn.)
RADIO
30.08.2011 : RSR 1, émission ‘Histoire Vivante’, Des pionniers aux vétérans : Israël et son cinéma,
interview de J. Mouriquand. (25mn.)
24.11.2014 : RTS Espace 2, émission ‘Babylone’, Palestine: Filmer c’est exister, interview de N.
Duparc et N. Ypsilantis (53mn.) https://pages.rts.ch/espace-2/programmes/babylone/6289656babylone-du-24-11-2014.html
5.12.2014 : RTS 1, émission 'Histoire Vivante', La loi et le droit, interview de J. Mouriquand (surl’occupation israélienne et le rôle des juges militaires dans le film The Law in These Parts deRa’anan Alexandrowicz) (56mn.)
24.11.2015 : Radio Cité, émission ‘Cité culture’, Palestine : filmer c’est exister, interview de Y.
Bellini. (9mn.)
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25.11.2015 : RTS Espace 2, émission ‘Babylone’, La Palestine, dos au mur et caméra au poing,
interview de N. Ypsilantis et N. Duparc. (53mn.)
21.11.2016 : Radio Cité, émission ‘Cité Culture’, Palestine Filmer c’est exister edition 2016,
interview de Y. Bellini.
23.11.2017 : Radio Cité, Genève, Espace Culture, L’édition 2017 des rencontres cinématographiques
Palestine : Filmer c’est exister, interview de Y. Bellini. (7mn.)
27.5.2020 : Radio Wombat (Firenze), émission ‘Buongiorno Palestina’, Il cinema palestinese.
(86mn.)PRESSE ECRITE
22.11.2016 : Le Courrier, Le fardeau des Palestiniens d’Israël, interview de Ch. Koessler.
2016 novembre : La Cité (Genève), Le cinéma palestinien à cœur ouvert, interview de R. Thorstein
October 2018 : Global Challenges (IHEID), Between Security and Apartheid: Cinematic
Representation of the West Bank Wall.

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Direction d’ouvrages
2022a (forthcoming) BOCCO, R. and SAÏD, I. (eds.) De-/Colonizing the Palestine Question. Geneva,
The Graduate Institute, e-book series, 562pp.
2022b (forthcoming) BOCCO, R. and FRÖLICH, F. (eds.), UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees:
Critical Perspectives for a Strategic Vision. Geneva, The Graduate Institute, CCDP, 145pp.
2020 BINNI, L., BOCCO, R., DAHMASH, W.(eds.), Palestinesi. Special issue of the Journal "Il Ponte"(Florence), LXXVI, 1, 398 pp.
2016 BENKIRANE, R., BOCCO, R. et GERMOND, C. (eds.), Religion et État : logiques de lasécularisation et de la citoyenneté en islam. Numéro spécial de la revue ‘Maghreb-Machreq’ (Paris),
n°224-225, 156pp.
2012, BOCCO, R., BOZARSLAN, H., SLUGLETT, P., TEJEL, J. (eds.). Writing the Modern History of Irak.
Historiographical and Political Challenges. Singapore, World Scientific Publ, 800pp.
2009a, BIGO, D., BOCCO, R. et PIERMAY, J.-L. (eds.), Frontières, marquages et disputes, numéro
spécial de « Culture et Conflits » (Paris), n° 73, printemps, 144pp.
2009b, BOCCO, R. and TAKKENBERG, L. (eds.), UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees 60 years later.
Special double issue of ‘Refugee Survey Quarterly’ (Oxford University Press), vol. 28, n°2-3,434pp.
2008, BOCCO, R. et MEIER, D. (eds.), La Palestine et les conflits du Moyen-Orient. Numéro spécial dela revue « A contrario », vol. 5, n°2, 208pp.
2005, R. BOCCO et D. MEIER (eds.), Frontières au Moyen-Orient. Numéro spécial de la revue « A
contrario », vol. 3, n°2, 177pp.
2001, BOCCO, R. et CHATELARD, G. (eds.), Jordanie. Le royaume frontière, Paris, Editions Autrement,
245pp.
1998, BOCCO, R. et BEN SAAD-MARAQA, A., Guide des centres de recherche et documentation ensciences sociales en Jordanie, Amman, CERMOC, 149pp. (en français et en arabe).

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1997, BOCCO, R., DESTREMAU, B. et HANNOYER, J. (eds.), Palestine, Palestiniens : territoire national,
espaces communautaires. Amman et Beyrouth, CERMOC, 416pp.
1995, BOCCO, R. et VELUD, Ch. (eds.), Tribus, tribalismes et Etats au Moyen-Orient. Numéro spécial
de la revue Monde Arabe Maghreb-Machrek, n°147. Paris, La Documentation Française.
1994, BOCCO, R. et DJALILI, M.-R. (eds.), Moyen-Orient : migrations, démocratisation, médiations.
Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, et Genève, IUHEI, 405pp.
1993, BOCCO, R., JAUBERT, R. et METRAL, F. (eds.), Steppes d’Arabies. Etats, pasteurs, agriculteurs etcommerçants : le devenir des zones sèches. Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, et Genève,
collection Cahiers de l’IUED n°23, 403pp.
Articles2022a (forthcoming), BOCCO, R. and SAÏD, I. “Introduction: Rethinking the ‘Palestine -Question’”, in:Bocco, R. and Saïd, I. (eds.) De-/Colonizing the Palestine Question. Geneva, The Graduate Institute, ebook series
2022b (forthcoming), BOCCO, R., “Zionism, Anti-Zionism and the West: historical debates andcinematic narratives”, in: in: Bocco, R. and Saïd, I. (eds.) De-/Colonizing the Palestine Question.
Geneva, The Graduate Institute, e-book series
2022c (forthcoming), BOCCO, R., “Palestinian Cinema: Memory, Resistance and Aesthetic Creativity”,
in: Bocco, R. and Saïd, I. (eds.) De-/Colonizing the Palestine Question. Geneva, The Graduate Institute,e-book series
2022d (forthcoming), BOCCO, R. and FRÖLICH, F., “Introduction: Rethinking UNRWA’s role in the
Near East”, in: Bocco, R. and Frölich, F. (eds.) UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees: Critical
Perspectives for a Strategic Vision. Geneva, The Graduate Institute, CCDP.
2020a, BOCCO, R., « Le Sionisme, l'Occident et la cré ation de l'Etat israé lien : histoire et ciné ma », in :1948 : aux origines du problèmes des réfugiés palestiniens, J.-B. Clerc et B. Fournier (eds.), Lausanne,
Editions HEP, pp. 16-32.
2020b, BOCCO, R., "E Israele fu?": Sionismo e Occidente fra storia e cinema, in : Palestinesi, Binni, L.,
Bocco, R., Dahmash, W.(eds.), Special issue of the Journal "Il Ponte" (Florence), LXXVI, 1, pp. 299319.
2018, BOCCO, R, PELLEGRINI, M, ‘Contre l’oubli : cinéma et disparitions forces au Liban (19902015)’, in Normer l’oubli, Negri, V, Schulte-Tenckhoff, I (eds.), Paris, Editions IRJS (Institut derecherches juridiques de la Sorbonne), pp. 275-308.
2017, AUSTIN, J, BOCCO, R, 2017, ‘Becoming a Torturer: Towards a Global Ergonomics of Care’,
International Review of the Red Cross, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-30.
doi:10.1017/S1816383117000261
2016, BENKIRANE, R., BOCCO, R., GERMOND, C. “Introduction : cinq ans après les révolutionssociales, des thèmes inscrits dans la longue durée”, Religion et État: logiques de la sécularisation etde la citoyenneté en islam. Numéro spécial de Maghreb-Machreq (Paris), n°224-225, pp. 5-12.
2015, AL HUSSEINI, J. et BOCCO, R., “Siyâsa al-musa’ida al-insâniyâh wa-l-laji’ûn al filistiniyûn”, Allaji’ûn al-filistiniyûn fî-l-Mashriq al-‘arabî, Beirut, Al Markaz al-‘arabî al-abhâth wa dirâsa al-siyâsât(Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies), pp. 253-287.
2013a, BOCCO, R. « L’autre 11 septembre… Cinéma et mémoires de la dictature au Chili », L’ENA
hors les murs, n°432, décembre, pp. 57-60.
2013b, BOCCO, R., JUTERSONKE, O. et STUCKI, Ph. « La Suisse », Traité des Relations Internationales,
Th. Balzac et F. Ramel (eds.), Paris, Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, pp.

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2012, BOCCO, R. & TEJEL, J., « Inroduction », Writing the Modern History of Irak. Historiographicaland Political Challenges, J. Tejel, P. Sluglett, R. Bocco & H. Bozarslan (eds.). Singapore, World
Scientific Publications, pp. 10-18.
2011, BOCCO, R., « Pratiques des lieux, logiques des pouvoirs : une lecture foucauldienne desespaces israélo-palestiniens », A l’Ombre du Mur. Israéliens et Palestiniens entre séparation et
occupation, S. Latte Abdallah et C. Parizot (eds.), Arles, Actes Sud, pp. 283-304.
2010a, BOCCO, R. “Al-Unrwa wa-l-laji’ûn al-filistiniyûn: tarikh mutadakhul”, Idâfât (The Arab
Journal of Sociology), vol. pp. 141-168.
2010b, AL HUSSEINI, J. and BOCCO, R., “Dynamics of humanitarian aid, local and international
politics: the Palestine refugees as a case study”, Palestinian Refugees. Identity, Space and Place inthe Levant, A. Knudsen & S. Hanafi (eds.), London, Routledge, pp. 128-146.
2009a, BIGO, D., BOCCO, R. et PIERMAY, J.-L., « Logiques de marquage : murs et disputes
frontalières », Cultures et Conflits, n°73, printemps, pp. 1-7.
2009b, BOCCO, R., HARRISON, P. et OESCH, L., « Recovery », Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: a Lexicon, V.
Chétail (ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 268-278.
2009c, BOCCO, R., HARRISON, P. et OESCH, L., « Relèvement », Lexique de la consolidation de la paix,
V. Chetail (ed.), Bruxelles, Bruylant, pp. 399-413.
2009d, BOCCO, R., « UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees: a history within History », Refugee Survey
Quarterly, vol. 28, n°2-3, pp. 229-252.
2009e, AL HUSSEINI, J. & BOCCO, R., « The Status of the Palestinian Refugees in the Near East: theRight of Return and UNRWA in perspective », Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 28, n°2-3, pp. 260-285.
2008a, BOCCO, R. et MANSOURI, W., “Aide internationale et processus de paix : le cas palestinien,
1994-2006”, A contrario, vol. 5, n°2, pp. 6-22.
2008b, AL-HUSSEINI, J. et BOCCO, R., “Les négociations israélo-palestiniennes de juillet 2000 àCamp David : reflets du processus d’Oslo », Relations Internationales (Paris et Genève), n°136,
pp.51-72.
2007a, BIANCHI, S. et BOCCO, R., “Le trasformazioni politiche di Hamas: da movimento sociale a
attore istituzionale (1967-2006)”, Hamas alla prova del governo. La Palestina sull’orlo della
guerra civile, M. Emiliani (ed.), Bologna Casa Editirice Il Ponte, 2007, pp. 7-29.
2007b, BIANCHI, S. et BOCCO, R., “Hamas al governo, tensioni intra-palestinesi e tensioniinternazionali: preludi a una guerra civile? (marzo 2006-giugno 2007)” Hamas alla prova delgoverno. La Palestina sull’orlo della guerra civile, M. Emiliani (ed.), Bologna Casa Editrice Il Ponte,
2007, pp. 30-54.
2006a, BOCCO, R. « The settlement of Pastoral Nomads in the Arab Middle East: Internationalorganizations and trends in Development Policies, 1950-1990 », Nomadic Societies in the Middle
East and North Africa. Entering the 21st century, D. Chatty (ed.). Leiden, Brill, pp. 302-334.
2006b, BOCCO, R., « Mesurer la fièvre palestinienne. Notes sur une expérience de monitoring desconditions de vie de la population civile palestinienne pendant la deuxième Intifada, 20002006 », Annuaire Suisse des Politiques de Développement, vol. 25, n°2, octobre, pp. 79-94.
2005a, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., DANEELS, I., HUSSEINI, J., LAPEYRE, F., RABAH, J., « Les
Palestiniens des Territoires occupés face aux stratégies israéliennes d’insécurisation », Palestine :mémoire et perspectives, B. Khader (ed.), numéro spécial de la revue Alternatives Sud, vol. 12, n°1,
Louvain-la-Neuve, pp.135-162.
2005b, BOCCO, R. et MEIER, Daniel, « Penser la notion de frontière au Moyen-Orient », Frontières au
Moyen-Orient. Numéro spécial de la revue « A contrario », vol. 3, n°2, pp. 3-10.

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2003a, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., DANEELS, I., LAPEYRE, F., RABAH, J., « Les conditions de vie de lapopulation civile dans les Territoires palestiniens occupés : de mal en pis », Israéliens et
Palestiniens : la guerre en partage, A. Dieckhoff et R. Léveau (eds.), Paris, Balland, pp.205-226.
2003b, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., DANEELS, I., LAPEYRE, F., RABAH, J., « Les Territoires palestiniens
occupés en 2002 : crise économique et paupérisation », Afrique du Nord et Moyen-Orient : espaces
et conflits, R. Léveau (ed.), Paris, La Documentation Française, pp. 117-132.
2001, BOCCO, R. et CHATELARD, G., “Comment peut-on être bédouin ?”, R. Bocco et G. Chatelard(eds.), Jordanie. Le royaume frontière, Paris, Editions Autrement, pp. 60-77.
2000, BOCCO, R., “International organizations and the settlement of nomads in the Arab Middle East,
1950-1990”, The transformation of nomadic society in the Arab East, M. Mundy and B. Musallam(eds.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 197-217.
1998a BOCCO, R. et JAUBERT, R., “The reintroduction of Traditional Dryland Resource Management
Systems in Syria: constructions or reality?”, Population and Environment in Arid Regions, J. Clarke &D. Noin (eds.), Man and Biosphere series vol. 19, Paris, UNESCO, pp.177-193.
1998b, AUGE’, J.-Ch., BOCCO, R. et DUCLOS, L.-J., “Les élections du 4 novembre 1997 en Jordanie :contexte et prétextes d’une normalisation politique”, Monde Arabe Maghreb-Machrek, n°160, pp.
30-50.
1997a, BOCCO, R., “Lo sviluppo delle zone aride e semi-aride nel Machrek arabo: ricerca, ideologia edecisione politica”, Il Contributo Italiano alla costruzione dello spazio mediterraneo, B. Amoroso(ed.), Roma, CNEL et Edizioni Lavoro, pp. 177-196.
1997b, BOCCO, R., DESTREMAU, B. et HANNOYER, J., « Les mouvements palestiniens : territoire
national et espaces communautaires », Palestine, Palestiniens : territoire national, espaces
communautaires R. Bocco, B. Destremau et J. Hannoyer (eds.). Amman et Beyrouth, CERMOC, pp.
11-17.
1997c, BOCCO, R. et HANNOYER J., « L’UNRWA, les réfugiés palestiniens et le processus de paix :perspectives de recherche », Palestine, Palestiniens : territoire national, espaces communautaires, R.
Bocco, B. Destremau, et J. Hannoyer, (eds.). Amman et Beyrouth, CERMOC, pp. 103-112.
1995a, BOCCO, R., «‘Asabiyât tribales et Etats au Moyen-Orient : confrontations et connivences»,
Monde Arabe Maghreb-Machrek, n°147. Paris, La Documentation Française, pp. 3-12.
1995b, BOCCO, R. et TELL, T., « Frontières, tribus et Etats en Jordanie orientale à l’époque duMandat », Monde Arabe Maghreb-Machrek, n°147. Paris, La Documentation Française, pp. 26-47.
1994a, BOCCO, R. et TELL, T., "The Pax Britannica in the Steppe: British Tribal Policy in Transjordan,
1921-1939", Village, Steppe and State: the Social Origins of Modern Jordan, E. Rogan and T. Tell
(eds.), London, Tauris, pp. 108-127.
1994b, BOCCO, R. et JAUBERT, R., "Le retour des Bédouins?, Courrier de l'UNESCO, novembre, pp. 1720.
1994c, BOCCO, R., « Migrations, démocratisation, médiations : enjeux locaux et internationaux au
Moyen-Orient », Moyen-Orient : migrations, démocratisation, médiations, R. Bocco et M.-R. Djalili,(eds.), Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, collection IUHEI, pp. 9-32.
1993a, BOCCO, R., "Sviluppo e democrazia: considerazioni politiche sulla necessità di nuovi modellidi cooperazione nel bacino mediterraneo", Il Mediterraneo da mosaico a regione, Roma, Consiglio
Nazionale dell'Economia e del Lavoro, pp. 160-164.
1993b, BOCCO, R., « De la sécurité politique à l’autonomie alimentaire dans les steppes : experts
internationaux et programmes de développement (1950-1990)», Steppes d’Arabies. Etats, pasteurs,
agriculteurs et commerçants : le devenir des zones sèches, R. Bocco, R. Jaubert et F. Métral (eds.),
Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, et Genève, collection Cahiers de l’IUED n°23, pp. 326-360.

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1993c, BOCCO, R., « Politiques de développement et sous-développement des analyses sociopolitiques », Steppes d’Arabies. Etats, pasteurs, agriculteurs et commerçants : le devenir des zones
sèches, R. Bocco, R. Jaubert, et F. Métral (eds.), Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, et Genève,
collection Cahiers de l’IUED n°23, pp. 388-395.
1992, BOCCO, R., J.-B. MEYER et K. RAJ, Science and technology cooperation between Europe and theArab World. Copenhagen, Center for Southern European and Mediterranean Studies, Roskilde
University, Research Paper n°2, 34 pp.
1990a, BOCCO, R., "La sédentarisation des pasteurs nomades : les experts internationaux face à laquestion bédouine au Moyen-Orient arabe (1950-1970)", Les sociétés pastorales : analyse critiqueet histoire des doctrines, F. Pouillon et E. Bernus (eds.), Paris, ORSTOM, Cahiers des Sciences
Humaines, pp. 97-117.
1990b, BOCCO, R., "Ingénieurs-agronomes et politiques de développement dans les steppes du sud
jordanien (1960-1985)", Bâtisseurs et Bureaucrates : ingénieurs et sociétés au Maghreb et au
Moyen-Orient, E. Longuenesse (ed.), Lyon, Maison de l'Orient, Collection Etudes sur le Monde
Arabe n°4, pp. 255-280.
1989a, BOCCO, R., "Espaces étatiques et espaces tribaux dans le sud jordanien : législation foncière
et redéfinition des liens sociaux", Monde Arabe Maghreb-Machrek, n°123, janv.-mars, pp. 144-163.
1989b, BOCCO, R., "Rethinking segmentary lineage theory in Southern Jordan: logics of land divisionand redistribution among the Huwaytat", BRISMES Proceedings, Oxford, British Society for Middle
Eastern Studies, pp. 4-14.
1989c, BOCCO, R., "L'Etat producteur d'identités locales : lois électorales et tribus bédouines en
Jordanie", Le nomade, l'oasis et la ville, J. Bisson (ed.), Tours, URBAMA, pp. 271-288.
1989d, JACOB, J.-P., BROKENSHA, D. et BOCCO, R., Anthropologie du Développement. Bibliographie
sélective commentée. Genève, IUED, Collection Itinéraires n°37, 75pp.
1988a, BOCCO, R., "L'Etat contourné en Lybie : tribalisme, clientélisme et révolution dans uneéconomie pétrolière", Genève-Afrique, vol. XXVI, n°2, pp. 133-143.
1988b, BOCCO, R. et OHANESSIAN, A., "A propos du mythe de fondation de la tribu bédouine desHuwaytat", Mémoire de soie. Costumes et parures de Palestine et Jordanie, Paris, Institut du Monde
Arabe-EDIFRA, pp. 72-82.
1987, BOCCO, R., "La notion de dirah chez les tribus bédouines en Jordanie : le cas des Bani Sakhr",
Terroirs et sociétés au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient, B. Cannon (ed.), Lyon, Maison de l'Orient,Collection Etudes sur le Monde Arabe n°2, pp. 195-215.
1986, BOCCO, R., "Petites villes et citadinité en Jordanie : quelques pistes de réflexion sur
l'urbanisation en zone pastorale", Petites villes et villes moyennes au monde arabe, P. Signoles (ed.),Tours, URBAMA, pp. 167-185.
1984, BOCCO, R., "I Bani Sakhr: cenni storici su una tribù beduina della Giordania", Studi perl'Ecologia del Quaternario (Firenze), vol. 6, pp. 93-102.
1983, BOCCO, R., "Società et architettura: il cuore dell'Islam", in: Archeologia Viva (Firenze) n°10,
nov., pp. 54-64.

Rapports d’expertise publiés
2015 BOCCO, R., Promoting Access for a Sustainable Future. Offering Support to Gaza Residents
through the Project of Gisha (Legal Centre for Freedom of Movement). Zürich, The Drosos
Foundation, 56pp.
2014a, BOCCO, R. and BELHADJ, S., Middle East. Regional Perspectives for the White Paper on
Peacebuilding. Geneva and New York, UN Peacebuilding Commission, 8pp.

222014b, BELHADJ, S. and BOCCO, R., North Africa. Regional Perspectives for the White Paper on
Peacebuilding. Geneva and New York, UN Peacebuilding Commission, 8pp.
2012, BOCCO, R., Les projets soutenus par la Ville de Genève en Israël et dans les Territoires
palestiniens, Genève, Délégation Genève Ville Solidaire, 40pp., octobre (online).
2010, BOCCO, R. & TAIANA, P., The German Peace Civil Service (ZFD) in Israel and Palestine.
Evaluation Report for the BMZ, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bonn and IHEID-CCDP, Geneva,
88pp.
2007, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., HUSSEINI, J., LAPEYRE, F., ZUREIK, E., The Living Conditions of thePalestine Refugees registered with UNRWA in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Gaza
Strip and the West Bank. Jerusalem, UNRWA, Geneva, IUED and Louvain-la-Neuve, UCL.
2006a, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., HUSSEINI, J., ABU-L-HAJJ, T., KHALIDI, A., DE MARTINO, L.,
LAPEYRE, F. Palestinian Public Perceptions on Their Living Conditions. The Role of International
Aid during the Second Intifada (August 2005-March 2006), Geneva, IUED and DCAF (The Centre
for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces); Jerusalem, SDC (Swiss Development Cooperation),
UNRWA, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO, OCHA, Report X, November, 134 pp.
2006b, BOCCO, R., DE MARTINO, L., FRIEDRICH, R., HUSSEINI, J., LUETHOLD, A., Politics, Security
and the Barrier. Palestinian Public Perceptions. Geneva, IUED and DCAF; Berne, DFAE, Centred’Analyses et Prévisions, Nov., 64pp.
2006c, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., DANEELS, I., DE MARTINO, L., HUSSEINI, J., LAPEYRE, F.,
Palestinian Public Perceptions on Their Living Conditions. The Role of International Aid during theSecond Intifada (November 2004-July 2005), a study funded by the SDC, UNDP, UNICEF, UNOCHA,UNRWA, WFP, WHO and DCAF. Geneva, IUED, Report IX, February, 170 pp.
2005a, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., DANEELS, I., HUSSEINI, J., LAPEYRE, F. et RABAH, J., Palestinian
Public Perceptions On Their Living Conditions. The Role of International and Local Aid during theSecond Intifada (March-October 2004), a study funded by the SDC, UNDP, UNICEF, UNOCHA,UNRWA, WFP, WHO, PANORAMA. Geneva, IUED, Report VIII, June, 301pp.
2005b, BOCCO, R., DE MARTINO, L., LUETHOLD, A., Palestinian Public Perceptions of Security Sector
Governance. Geneva, IUED and DCAF, 15 pp.
2004, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., DANEELS, I., HUSSEINI, J., LAPEYRE, F. et RABAH, J., Palestinian
Public Perceptions On Their Living Conditions. The Role of International and Local Aid during theSecond Intifada (August 2003-February 2004), a study funded by the SDC, UNDP, UNICEF, UNOCHA,UNRWA, WFP, WHO, PANORAMA. Geneva, IUED, Report VII, September, 339pp.
2003, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., DANEELS, I., HUSSEINI, J., LAPEYRE, F. et RABAH, J., Palestinian
Public Perceptions On Their Living Conditions. The Role of International and Local Aid During theSecond Intifada (January-July 2003), a study funded by the SDC, UNDP, UNICEF, UNRWA, WFP.
Geneva, IUED, Report VI, October, 226pp.
2002a, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., DANEELS, I. LAPEYRE, F. et RABAH, J., Palestinian Public
Perceptions On Their Living Conditions. The Role of International and Local Aid During the Second
Intifada (July-Nov. 2002), a study funded by the SDC, UNDP, UNICEF, UNRWA, WFP. Geneva, IUED,
Report V, December, 232pp.
2002b, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., DANEELS, I. et RABAH, J., An Overview of Palestinian Public
Assessment of its Needs and Conditions following the recent Israeli Military Operations in the WestBank (March-April 2002), a study funded by the SDC. Geneva, IUED, Report IV, April, 52pp.
2001a, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., DANEELS, I. et RABAH, J., Palestinian Public Perceptions on Their
Living Conditions. The Role of International and Local aid During the Second Intifada in the WestBank and the Gaza Strip (July-October 2001), a study funded by the SDC, UNRWA and WFP. Geneva,

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2001b, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., RABAH, J., International and Local Aid during the Second Intifada.
An Analysis of Palestinian Public Opinion in the West Bank and Gaza (February-June 2001), a study
funded by the SDC. Geneva, IUED, Report II, July, 157pp.
2001c, BOCCO, R., BRUNNER, M., RABAH, J., International and Local Aid during the Second Intifada.
An Analysis of Palestinian Public Opinion in the West Bank and Gaza (October 2000-January 2001), a
study funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation. Geneva (SDC). IUED, Geneva, Report I,
March, 95pp.
BOCCO, R., FAHNDRICH, H., KILPATRICK, H., 1993, Les études sur l'Afrique du Nord et l'Asie de l'Ouest
en Suisse : état des lieux et plaidoyer pour une approche area-study. Berne, Conseil Suisse de la
Science, Collection FER-Détection avancée en politique de la recherche n°135, 172pp.

Rapports d’expertise non publiés
2020, BOCCO, R., AL HUSSEINI, J., Scenarios for the Swiss Development Cooperation and
Humanitarian Aid's Funding to the West Bank and Gaza, 2021-2024. Bern, Swiss Federal Ministry ofForeign Affairs, 32pp.
2019a, BOCCO, R., UNRWA and the future Swiss Policy towards the Palestinian Refugees. Position
paper commissioned by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, January, 15pp.
2019b, BOAS, E., BELHADJ, S., BENKIRANE, R., BOCCO, R., SAÏD, I., Le Sommet des Deux Rives / The
Summit of the Two Shores. A report commissioned by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the
Swiss Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the preparatory meetings in Malta, Tunis, Rabat andMontpellier, June 2019, 31 p.
2005, BOCCO, R., DEL GROSSO, A. et KLINKHAMMER, R., Evaluation of the Department of Politics,
Institutions and History of the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bologna (Italy),commissioned by the European Union, May, 30pp. + 20pp. Annexes.
2002, BOCCO, R. et TAHA, R., Overview on conceptual and training backup available in the UN system. A
study for the Relief and Social Services Department, commissioned by the UNRWA Headquarters(Amman) and funded by the Humanitarian Aid Department of the Swiss Federal Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, October, 161pp.
2000a, BOCCO, R., I rifugiati palestinesi in Giordania, rapporto di sintesi per l’Ufficio del Primo
Ministro, Roma, Palazzo Chigi, 14pp.
2000b, BOCCO, R., UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees in Jordan, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip,
Swiss Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid Office, Bern, 16 pp.

Rapports de recherche non publiés
1999, BOCCO, R. (ed.), UNRWA between Humanitarian Aid and Development, Proceedings of the 911.10.1998 Workshop held in Amman, CERMOC, 218pp.
1998, BOCCO, R. (ed.), Oral History and Popular Memory among Palestinian Refugees, Proceedings ofthe 25-27.8.1997 Workshop held in Amman, CERMOC, 262pp.
1997, BOCCO, R. (ed.), UNRWA: a history within History, Proceedings of the 20-22.12.1996
Workshop held in Amman, CERMOC, 316pp.

Compte-rendus, préfaces et bibliographies
2000, BOCCO, R., “A Bibliographic Note: Social Sciences and Bedouin Societies in the Arabian
Peninsula and the Near East, 1962-1992”, The transformation of nomadic society in the Arab East,24

M. Mundy & B. Musallam (eds.), Cambridge University Press, pp.220-225.
1999, BOCCO, R., Préface au livre Antonin Jaussen. Sciences sociales occidentales et patrimoine arabe,sous la dir de. G. Chatelard et M. Tarawneh. Amman, CERMOC.
1997, BOCCO, R., “Politique et histoire de développement en Jordanie”, Jordanies (Amman), vol. 2,
n°4, pp. 88-94.
1996, BOCCO, R. et JABER, H., “Les camps de réfugiés palestiniens en Jordanie : travaux disponibles
et accès aux sources documentaires”, Jordanies (Amman), vol. 1, n°1, pp. 101-107.
1991, BOCCO, R. et NAIR, Sh., "Istituzioni economiche islamiche in Medio Oriente e Asia del sud-est:
glossario", Islam et Finanza. Religione musulmana e sistema bancario nel sudest asiatico, M. Ariff(ed.), Torino, Edizioni Fondazione Agnelli, pp. 251-283.
1990b, BOCCO, R., Compte-rendu: D. Schroeter, Merchants of Essaouira. Urban society andimperialism in South-Western Morocco, 1844-1886, Cambridge University Press, in: Cahiersd'Etudes Africaines, vol. XXX, n°119, pp. 378-379.
1985, BOCCO, R., "Nomadismo pastorale e società beduina in Arabia Saudita: un orientamento
bibliografico (1960-1985)”, Studi per l'Ecologia del Quaternario, vol. 7, pp. 203-208.
1984, BOCCO, R., "Nomadismo pastorale e società beduina in Giordania: un orientamento
bibliografico", Studi per l'Ecologia del Quaternario, vol. 6, pp. 129-134.

7 - Peer-Review Evaluations
2016

Peer review of the book Development: The Rebalancing of Economic Powers for Palgrave
Macmillan, London.
Peer review A quoi servent les dirigeants palestiniens ? pour Les Cahiers du CERI, Sciencespo,
Paris,

2015

Janvier-Mars : Gaza, évaluation des projets financés par la Fondation Drosos (Zürich) enIsraël/Palestine.
FNS, evaluation of the project 10001A_163486 - The Logic of Relatedness in Conditions ofForced Migration: Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon.
Prince Claus Fund, Amsterdam, evaluation of a conference project to be held in Cambodia on
Living Arts in Post-Conflict Contexts.
Peer-review: article UNRWA at Sixty-Five: Blurring the Lines Between Humanitarianism andPolitics, for Refugee Survey Quarterly
FNS, evaluation of the project 100013_149370 – The Ending of Tribal Warfare: Constellations
and Processes of Pacification in Comparative Perspective.
Peer-review : livre, Entre Etat, Nation et Diaspora : les Palestiniens face à la paix, Karthala
Editions, Paris.
Peer-Review: article Experts’ role in modern politics: knowledge claims of political threat, risk,
costs and benefits, for International Political Sociology.
Peer-Review: article Social exclusion of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, for Refugee Studies
Quarterly
Peer-review: book From Relief and Works to Human Development: UNRWA and Palestinian
Refugees after 60 Years, for Routledge Publishers, Middle East Politics Series.
Peer-review: article Les féminismes en Israël/Palestine: de la diversité des mouvements defemmes aux frontières de la sororité, pour Revue Tiers Monde (IEDES, Paris).

2014
2013
2011

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Peer-review: Governance of the Palestinian Refugee Camps in the Arab East, for the Issam
Fares Institute Publications, American University of Beirut.
Peer-review: article Iraqi Refugees in Jordan: A Global Burden, An International Responsibility,
for Refugee Survey Quarterly.
Projet de recherche FNS (n° 20100901), From the Nile Valley to the Swamps of Palestine,from Migration to Besiegement: A Social History of Jisr al-Zarqa in the Shadow of the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict.

2009

Peer-review: book Lessons in post-war reconstruction: case-studies from Lebanon in theaftermath of the 2006 war, for Routlege Publishers (London).
Peer-review: article Relations of Power in Palestinian Non-governmental Organizations, forInternational Political Sociology.
Peer-review: article Tribesmen in Uniform? The Social Origins of the Jordanian Military, forInternational Journal of Middle East Studies.
Projet FNS (n°PBSKP1-123483) Boundaryscapes. Ecological planning and Human
Reconciliation in Landscapes of conflict.
Peer-review: article Alla ricerca di un nuovo spazio politico: la violenza in Iraq, pour la revue
Ricerche di Storia Politica (Il Mulino, Bologna).
Peer-review: article Exploring the Functions of Civil Society in Peace-building: The Case of theIsraeli-Palestinian Conflict, for Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Projet de recherche FNS (n°100012_124735) : Militantismes partisans au Maroc.
Projet de recherche Mobilités, frontières, identités dans l’espace israélo-palestinien, pour le‘Programme jeunes chercheurs’ de l’ANR (Agence nationale de la recherche), Paris.
Peer review: livre Aiding Israel: International Assistance to the Palestinians since Oslo, forRoutledge Publishers, London

2008

2007

8 - Conférences, communications à des colloques internationaux
et participations à des tables rondes
5.04.1983, Damas (Syrie), Institut Français d’Etudes Arabes Conférence : Sédentarisation, économie
de contrebande et réseaux sociaux chez les al Khrayshah (Bani Sakhr) en Jordanie.
24-28.02.1984, Amman (Jordanie), Royal Scientific Society, « Anthropology in Jordan: State of theArt », symposium organized by the University of Jordan and the Ministry of Culture. Paper
presented: The Bedouin of Jordan: on the use of a social category.
16.05.1984, Lyon (France), Maison de l’Orient, colloque ‘Structures foncières au Moyen-Orient et au
Maghreb’, organisé par l’IRMAC-CNRS et l’Université de l’Utah (USA). Communication : La notion
de territoire chez les tribus bédouines en Jordanie : le cas des Bani Sakhr.
22-27.11.1985, New Orleans (USA), MESA (Middle East Studies Association of North America).
Paper presented: Bedouin Strategies versus Settlement Policies: the Project of al-Jafr in Southern
Jordan.
29-30.05.1986, Firenze (Italia), Società Italiana di Antropologia e di Etnologia. Conferenza: Le teorie
dell’azione in antropologia politica nel contesto medio-orientale.
22-25.04.1987, Irbid (Jordan), Yarmouk University, Institute of Anthropology and Archeology,
symposium: ‘Pastoral society in Arabia and Bilad esh-Sham’. Paper presented: On the notion oftribe: anthropological approaches and methodological issues.

2619-21.11.1987, Paris (France), colloque d’inauguration de l’IMA (Institut du Monde Arabe).
Communication : Espaces étatiques et espaces tribaux en Jordanie : législation foncière etredéfinition des liens sociaux.
21-23.09.1988, Tours (France), URBAMA, colloque ‘Le nomade et la ville’. Présentation : Nomades etsédentaires au Moyen-Orient : démographie, catégorisations sociales, étatiques et sociologiques.
24.03.1989, Lyon (France), Maison de l’Orient, colloque ‘Les récits de fondation dans le mondearabe contemporain’. Communication : La descendance et l’alliance : aspects socio-politiques desrécits de fondation au Moyen-Orient.
10-13.07.1989, Durham (UK), BRISMES (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies). Paper
presented: Rethinking segmentary lineage theory in Jordan: logics of land division and distribution
among the Huwaytat.
9-11.07.1990, Paris (France), AFEMAM (Association Française d’Etudes sur le Monde Arabe etMusulman). Communication : L’Etat producteur d’identités locales: les législations électorales en
Jordanie, 1929-1989.
2.10.1990, Amman (Jordanie), CERMOC. Conférence : Nationalismes, tribalismes et idéologies
islamistes en confrontation : la crise du Golfe et ses retombées en Jordanie.
10-13.04.1991, Paris (France), IMA, colloque ‘Devenir des steppes d’Arabie et du Bilad ash-Sham’.
Communication : Tribalisme et développement en Jordanie : les élections parlementaires de 1989.
16.12.1991, Roma (Italie), Consiglio Nazionale dell’Economia e del Lavoro, simposio ‘Primo
rapporto sul Mediterraneo’. Conferenza: Sviluppo e democrazia: considerazioni politiche sulla
necessità di nuovi modelli di cooperazione nel Mediterraneo.
23-24.01.1992, Berlin (Allemagne), Freie Universität, Institut für Geographische Wissenschaften.
Lecture: National and local political identities in the 1990 Gulf crisis: borders’ issues and tribal
political allegiances between Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
15-16.10.1992, Genève, IUED, colloque ‘Perspectives de la recherche en Suisse sur le Moyen-Orient
et l’Afrique du Nord’. Communication : Conflits armés et réfugiés, médiateurs sociaux et niveaux demédiation : éléments d’une problématique.
26.05.1993, Oxford, Middle East Centre, ‘Seminar on Jordanian Studies’. Paper presented: The
politics of historiography in Jordan during the 1980s.
11.12.1993, Berne, Conseil Suisse de la Science, workshop ‘La formation et la recherché sur l’Afriquedu Nord et le Moyen-Orient dans les Universités suisses’. Communication : Les études sur le MoyenOrient en Suisse : enjeux internationaux.
24-27.10.1994, Amman, ‘Conference on population and environment in arid regions’, organized by
the IUSSP and UNESCO. Paper presented (with R. Jaubert): The reintroduction of traditional
dryland resource management systems: a critical analysis of the Hima projects in Syria.
21-23.06.1995, Amman, ‘After Oslo: Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian Relations and the future’,
conference organized by International Institute of Strategic Studies (London). Paper presented:
Overlapping and conflicting identities in Jordan: tribalism, nationalism, pan-arabism.
3-4.09.1996, Deir al Qamar (Liban), colloque ‘Pouvoirs locaux au Proche Orient : institutions et
acteurs’, organisé par l’Université de Saint-Joseph (Beyrouth), Communication : Gestion municipale
et ‘asabiyât tribales dans le sud jordanien.
10-11.10.1996, Lausanne (Suisse), colloque de la SSMOCI (Société Suisse Moyen-Orient et
Civilisation Islamique), Communication : Construction étatique et communautarismes en Jordanie :processus de paix et stéréotypes médiatiques.
19-21.09.1997, Lund (Suède), symposium ‘The Peace Process and Future Visions of the Middle East’.
Paper presented (with J. Al-Husseini): UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees in the Near East.

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23-24.03.1998, Warwick University (UK), symposium ‘The Palestinian Refugee Problem: what role
for the International Community?’. Paper presented: The United Nations and the Palestinian
refugees: international law and resettlement options.
14-16.05.1998, Genève (Suisse), Centre International de Conférences : ‘La Palestine entre sionisme
et israélisme’. Communication : Identité palestinienne et réfugiés en Jordanie : entre droit au retour
et options de réinstallation.
14.04.2000, Pavia (Italie), Facoltà di Scienze Politiche. Conferenza: Il processo di pace in Medio
Oriente: un bilancio di dieci anni.
23.05.2001, Oxford (UK), Refugee Studies Centre. Conference: International and Local Research
Trends in Social Sciences in Conflict Contexts: the case of Palestine during the Second Intifada.
28.11.2001, Washington, American Anthropological Association, discussant for the panel: Children
and Adolescents in Palestinian Refugee Camps.
29.11.2001, Washington, Migration Policy Institute, workshop ‘Living with the effects of prolonged
conflict and forced migration’. Paper presented : International Aid and Policy Options in Palestine.
17-19.12.2001, Genève, séminaire romand de 3ème cycle en Sciences politiques (UNIL, UNIGE,UNINE) sous l’égide la CUSO, ‘Les relations israélo-palestiniennes et la transition vers la paix’.
Demi-journée de cours sur Les réfugiés palestiniens et la question du Droit au retour.
28.02.2002, Berne, Centre for Peace Building, Annual KOFF Conference on ‘Peace-building afterwar’. Paper presented: Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation: challenges forreconstruction and reconciliation in post-conflict contexts.
10.05.2002, Université de Genève, Faculté des Lettres, table ronde ‘Imbrications politico-religieuses
du conflit israélo-palestinien : regards croisés sur l’actualité’. Communication : Le Droit au retour,
les réfugiés palestiniens et Israël.
24.08.2002, Morat (Suisse) Expo.2002, rencontre entre ambassadeurs de Suisse et représentants dela société civile sur ‘La diplomatie et autres formes de promotion de la paix’, organisé par la Swiss
Peace Foundation et le Centre d’analyse et prospectives du Département Fédéral des Affaires
Etrangères. Conférence : La promotion de la paix au Proche-Orient dans le contexte d’une
radicalisation croissante.
21-22.11.2002, IUED, colloque en coopération avec l’IRD (Paris) ‘Le développement par laconnaissance’. Paper presented: Monitoring local living conditions and the impact of Aid: The
Occupied Palestinian Territories as a case study.
16.01.2003, Faculté des Sciences Sociales et Politiques, UNIL, table ronde avec R. Léveau et M.
Benani-Chraïbi : Vers une nouvelle guerre en Irak ?
4.05.2003, Salon du Livre de Genève, table ronde organisée par ‘Le Temps’ : Le monde arabe entre
dictatures et ingérences étrangères, avec H. Abidi et Y. Besson.
20.11.2003, Musée du CICR, Genève, modérateur de la table ronde Les médias dans le conflit israélopalestinien.
7-8.06.2004, Genève: International conference organized by the SDC and UNRWA on ‘Meeting the
Humanitarian Needs of the Palestine Refugees in the Near East’. Paper presented: The evolutionof the socio-economic living conditions of the civilian population in the OPT during the Second
Intifada.
16-20.06.2004, Barcelona (Spain): International Symposium ‘Conflicts: Prevention, Resolution,
Reconciliation’, organized by the Spanish Committee of the UNHCR. Paper presented: Monitoring
systems for the Living Conditions of the Civilian Populations in Conflict Contexts: criticalperspectives.

2826-29.08.2004, Oxford, Nuffield College, Expert Meeting on the ‘Palestinian Diaspora and researchcooperation’. Paper presented: Monitoring the living conditions of the civilian population in theWest Bank and the Gaza Strip.
6.10.2005, Genève, table ronde organisée par Le Temps au CAC Voltaire ‘L’Initiative de Genève : laSuisse, une nouvelle politique internationale ?’, avec Y. Besson (Université de Fribourg) et N. Lang
(DFAE, Berne).
28.03.2006, Université de Fribourg (Suisse), table ronde L’humanitaire : une affaire d’Etat?,organisée par l’Institut du Fédéralisme et Caritas, animée par P. Rothenbühler (rédacteur enchef au Matin), avec Ch. Keckeis (chef d’Etat Major, Armée suisse), T. Frisch (DDC, chef du corps
suisse d’aide humanitaire), J. Krummenacher (directeur, Caritas Suisse), Ch. Captier (directeur,
MSF, Suisse).
6-7.09.2007, Amman (Jordan), Institut Français du Proche-Orient, colloque : ‘Villes et identité
nationale en Jordanie’. Communication : L’Etat et les tribus dans le Royaume Hachémite (19201990).
10-11.09.2007, Bergen (Norway) Christian Michelsen Institute, Symposium ‘From Exodus to
Exile: Palestinian lives in the Levant’. Paper (with J. al-Husseini): The Legal Status of Palestinian
Refugees in the Near East: Formal Aspects and Perceptions.
15.11.2007, Geneva, IUED-SSRC (Social Sciences Research Council, New York) Workshop‘International Collaboration in the Social Sciences: Research and Development Agendas, Funding
Policies and Partnerships’. Paper presented (with F. Froehlich): The IUED-SDC-UN project inPalestine (2001-2007).
31.01-2.02.2008, Tanger (Maroc), colloque ‘Vivre et tracer les frontières dans les mondes
contemporains’. Président de séance et discussant de l’atelier Formes et régimes de séparation(Allemagne, Israël-Palestine, Irlande du Nord)’.
12-14.04.2008, Amman (Jordanie), Institut Français du Proche Orient, colloque du programme derecherche : ‘TANMIA – Le ‘développement’ : fabrique de l’action publique dans le monde arabe’.
Direction et synthèse de l’atelier Histoire et histoires du développement.
16-17.05.2008, Genève, IHEID, colloque de la Revue Relations internationales : ‘Les négociations
internationales depuis 1945’. Communication (avec J. Al-Husseini) : Les négociations israélopalestiniennes de juillet 2000 à Camp David : reflets du Processus d’Oslo?.
25.08.2008, Berne, Conférence annuelle des ambassadeurs suisses, commentaire à la présentationde la Conseillère Fédérale M. Calmy-Rey L’ouverture par le dialogue : lignes directrices d’unepolitique étrangère active.
6-8.11.2008, Geneva, IHEID, paper of introduction to the International Conference on Writing theHistory of Iraq: Historiographical and Political Challenges.
15-16.06.2009, Aix-en-Provence, MMSH (Maison de la Méditerranée et des Sciences de l’Homme),
Approaching the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Through Cross-Border Relations, discussant andsynthesis of the 2-day workshop.
19.06.2009, Roma, Istituto di Affari Internazionali, workshop ‘The Nexus between the EU, Civil
Society and Conflict in the European Neighbourhood’, discussant of the panel Civil Society andConflicts in Israel-Palestine and Western Sahara.
12-14.11.2009, Aix-en-Provence, MMSH, colloque ‘Limites et frontières des espaces israéliens etpalestiniens’, discutant et synthèse du panel Institutions et séparations.
15.12.2009, IHEID, table ronde La création unilatérale d’un Etat palestinien est-elle envisageable ?,avec M. Kohen.

298.04.2010, Università di Ravenna (Italie), half-day conference and debate with I. Pappé (Universityof Exeter, UK) et R. Salih (SOAS, London), Palestina-Israele: rileggere il passato per capire il
presente.
27.04.2010, La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Maison de l’Europe, Conférence : Israël-Palestine : la paix au
centre de tout débat.
21-22.06.2010, Beirut, Issam Fares Institute, American University of Beirut, Workshop ‘The Quest
for Peace in Middle East: Interrogating expertise, anthropologizing moral imperatives andnormative empires’. Paper: International Aid Policies’ repercussions on local, private research
institutions in the Near East.
1.09.2010, Lima (Pérou), Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. Conferencia : La situaciòn juridica
de los refugiados palestinos en el Medio Oriente.
2.09.2010, Lima (Pérou), DESCO (Centro de estudios y promocion del désarrollo), Lecture:
International Donors and Civil Society Peacebuilding Programs in Israel and Palestine: Aiding dedemocratization processes.
25.11.2010, Geneva, IHEID, News Briefing Series conference: Three T(w)o Tango: Peace Politics andCivil Societies in Israel and Palestine 2009-10.
29.11.2010, University of Zürich, Museum of Ethnology. Lecture: ‘Rethinking internationalorganizations role between local and international politics: UNRWA and the Palestinian refugees as acase-study.
16-19.02.2011, Aix-en-Provence, MMSH, colloque ‘Palestiniens et Israéliens deux décennies après
Oslo. Anatomie, vécus et mouvements d'une séparation’. Discutant du panel : Vivre et percevoir lesautres frontières.
3.03.2011, Geneva, Librairie Arabe, table ronde Transitions attendues ou inattendues dans le mondearabe?, avec M. El Khoury et G. Russell.
30.03.2011, Genève, UNIGE et Amnesty International, table ronde Droit international et Territoires
palestiniens occupés, modérée M. Schick (Amesty International Suisse), avec M. Kohen (IHEID), J.M. Muret (Peace Watch Suisse) R. Bocco (113mn.).
31.03.2011, Geneva, IHEID, table ronde Les révolutions historiques au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique duNord, avec M.-M. Ould Mohammedou, M.-R. Djalili, J. Tejel.
13.04.2011, Geneva, IHEID-CCDP, modérateur table ronde Guantanamo Bay : from Bush to Obama’s
Era, avec A. Bianchi et R. Kassem.
19.04.2011, Geneva, IHEID, table ronde Ruralité, urbanité et violence au Moyen-Orient, J. Tejel(Kurdistan), A. Monsutti (Afghanistan), R. Bocco (Jordanie).
29.04.2011, Genève, GCSP, one day round table on International Engagement with the Middle Eastand North Africa.
9.05.2011, Genève, Centre Catholique International, table ronde Réflexions sur la situation actuelle
au Moyen-Orient : défis et espoirs de démocratisation pour les peuples, avec R. Wehrli et O.
Poquillon.
12.05.2011, Annemasse, Université Ouvrière. Conférence : La réconciliation intra-palestinienne et leDroit au retour des réfugiés.
7.06.2011, Geneva, International Trade Centre, conference on ‘The Arab Spring: Developmental andEconomic Impacts and Implications for Technical Assistance’. Lecture: International ODA, Europe
and the Arab World: a critical political economy approach. (21mn.)
22.06.2011, Geneva, IHEID, Summer Lecture: The Arab Spring and its Aftermath.
7.09.2011, Lima (Pérou), Pontificia Universidad Catòlica del Peru. Lecture: From the Arab Spring to30

the Palestinian State declaration at the UN.
8.09.2011, Lima (Pérou), DESCO (Centro de estudios y promocion del désarrollo). Conferencia :Transiciones a la democracia o falsas liberalizaciones politicas en el mundo arabe : el papel de losactores locales e internacionales.
26.10.2011, Neuchâtel, Maison de l’Europe, Conférence : La répression en Syrie : logiques du régime.
31.10.2011, Geneva, 2nd Ministerial Review Conference of the Geneva Declaration on Armed
Violence and Development. Paper presented: European and US aid to the Arab regimes, 1990-2010:
market liberalization and support to authoritarianism or promotion of democracy?
3.11.2011, Lyon, Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen, Université de Lyon II, cycle ‘Le voyage dessavoirs’. Conférence : Le printemps arabe et le conflit israélo-palestinien. (118mn.)
18.11.2011, Chambéry, Association France-Palestine Solidarités, Conférence : Le droit international
bafoué ? Les réfugiés palestiniens et le processus de paix.
22.11.2011, Marseille, MUCEM (Musée de Civilisations pour l’Europe et la Méditerranée), Cycle deconférences ‘Questions de mémoires, questions de frontières’, table ronde Israël/Palestine, récits
de frontières, modérée par Th. Fabre, avec S. Latte Abdallah et C. Parizot et R. Bocco. (extrait
14mn.)
30.11.2011, Yogyakarta (Indonesia), University of Gadjah Mada, Graduate School, Global South
Workshop, public lecture: Aid Policies and International Dimensions of the Arab Springs.
25.01.2012, Università di Pavia, Collegio Santa Caterina da Siena, Lecture for the Ceremony of
Diplomas’ Award (16th edition of the MICAD): The Arab Springs and the political economy ofinternational aid in the Mediterranean Basin. (43mn.)
19.03.2012, Geneva, Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, round table
Reparations Programs after Conflicts. Theory meets Practice, with N. Wuehler et L. Boisson-deChazournes.
15.05.2012, IHEID, Centre d’études asiatiques, table ronde ‘Procès Khmer Rouge : justice pour lesvictimes?’, avec A. Werner et A. Tioulong. Communication : La justice transitionnelle en perspective.
22.05.2012, IHEID, round table Civil Society and the Arab Springs: What’s next after the Revolutions?
with M. Ould Mohammedou and Th. Paffenholz.
17.08.2012, Accra (Ghana), University of Legon, Global South Workshop, public lecture Dealing With
the Past in Transition and Post-conflict Contexts: Memory and Oblivion.
21.09.2012, Genève, Palais des Nations, Round table ‘Placing inclusiveness in the heart of peacebuilding? Comparative perspectives on limits and opportunities’. Paper presented: Exclusive
inclusiveness in the Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace-building Processes.
27-28.09.2012, IHEID, colloque ‘Sous le développement, le genre’, modération du panel Des champsd’étude sous le prisme du genre.
30.10.2012, Beyrouth, Salon du Livre, ‘(Re)construire le jour d’après’, table ronde organisée par la
Fondation Samir Kassir. Communication : (re)Penser la notion de réconciliation au Proche-Orient.
2.12.2012, Lausanne, Collectif Urgences Palestine Vaud. Conférence : Israël/Palestine. Le droit au
retour des réfugiés dans le contexte politique actuel.
4.12.2012, Genève, IHEID, Round Table on: The Crisis in Syria: What the Future Holds? With M. Ould
Mohammedou et J. Tejel.
27.03.2013, Milano, ISPI (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale), Round table The US andthe Middle East: a New Global Engagement?

3122-24.04.2013, Geneva, International Conference Centre, 10th International Security Forum, panel‘Managing Transitions in the Middle East and North Africa’. Paper: Meta-narratives and Political
Symbolisms of the Arab Springs.
1.05.2013, Geneva, GCSP-IHEID, round table What Role for Civil Society in Political Transitions?, with
M. Ould Mohammedou et Th. Paffenholz.
8.05.2013, Université de Neuchâtel, Département de Géographie. Conférence : Un provisoire qui dure
: l’UNRWA, les réfugiés palestiniens et le Droit au retour.
6-8.06.2013, Genève, IHEID, colloque ‘Religion et Etat : logiques de la sécularisation et de lacitoyenneté en islam’. Communication : Les politiques d’aide de l’UE à l’épreuve des printemps
arabes.
27-28.02.2014, Genève, IHEID et UNIGE, colloque ‘La crise au Proche Orient, les réfugiés et laSuisse’. Président du panel : Equilibres communautaires et déplacements de populations : acteurs
locaux, régionaux et internationaux.
12.03.2014, Genève, IHEID, table ronde pour la sortie du Traité de Relations Internationales(SciencesPo, Paris), présentation du chapitre : ‘La Suisse’.
2.05.2014, Lausanne, Swiss Program for Research on Global Issues for Development, Aula IDHEAP,
round table ‘Academic Freedom in conflict-torn societies’, organized by the FNS project: Fostering
pluralistic memories and collective resilience in fragile transitional justice processes.
4.05.2014, Genève, Salon du Livre, table ronde Regards Suisses sur le Moyen-Orient, avec M. Kilani et
B. Challand.
20.11.2014, Geneva, IHEID, Geneva United Nations Peace Week. Lecture: Hamas, Israel and theSummer 2014 War. (70mn.)
8-9.12.2014, Geneva, World Council of Churches, symposium ‘From the Nakba to the Kairos
Palestine Document: from Despair to Hope’. Paper presented: The Palestinian Refugees: who
represents them?
30.04.2015, Genève, IHEID et HD (Humanitarian Dialogue), modération du débat avec M. Monçef
Marzouki, ancien président tunisien sur Les transitions démocratiques dans le monde arabe : défis
et perspectives.
7.05.2015, Nyon, Salle du Conseil communal. Conférence : Exode et expulsions : la tragédie desréfugiés palestiniens.
13.11.2015, Geneva, IHEID, Lunch briefing moderation Palestine Refugees: Priorities and Challenges,
P. Kräenbühl, UNRWA Commissioner General.
3.12.2015, Genève, CICR, table ronde ‘Lutter contre la torture : qui sont les tortionnaires?’, modéréepar S. Barbey (CICR), avec F. Sironi (Université Vincennes à Saint-Denis), P. Bouvier (CICR), R.
Bocco. (extrait 12mn.)
7-8.12.2015, Genève, IHEID, colloque de la chaire Yves Oltramare ‘Des Empires aux Etats-Nations :religion et citoyenneté en Méditerranée orientale (19e-21e siècles). Présentation : Citoyennetés
palestiniennes fragmentées : entre exils et diasporas.
23.11.2016, Saint Gallen, University Rectorate, NODE Workshop ‘Humanitarian Relief and the ICRC’.
Paper: Development, Armed Conflicts and Humanitarianism in the Middle East.
23.2.2017, Genève, Association Genève-Asie, Conférence : La Palestine. De la guerre de 1948 àl’actualité : perspectives locales et régionales.
12.4.2017 : Genève, IHEID-CCDP, modération de la table ronde Raqqa, capital of the Islamic State:
Political change in a Syrian agricultural town, avec M. Ababsa (IFPO, Amman).
28.10.2017, Amman, Columbia Global Centers, Special Balfour Centenary Workshop on: ‘Where Now

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for the Palestinian Right of Return: Theoretical Right or Concrete Objectives?’. Paper presented:
Palestinian Refugee Youth and the Right of Return.
4-5.12.2017, Geneva, IHEID, Colloque annuel de la Chaire Yves Oltramare : ‘Fait religieux, faitéconomique’. Président du panel : Des religions de marché ?
6.2.2018, Genève, UNIGE, table ronde organisée par la Fondation Surgir (Lausanne) : Vers unerésolution du conflit israélo-palestinien par la réconciliation, avec M. Ben-Rafael, M. Saadeh, O.
Bronchtein, modération : L. Bézaguet.
19.3.2018: Genève, CCDP-IHEID, ‘Rethinking the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Implications of theApartheid Lens’, modération du débat avec V. Tilley et R. Roth. (110mn.)
29.4.2018 : Genève, Salon du Livre, ‘Représentations des conflits dans le Monde Arabe’, intervention
à la table ronde avec S. Naef et N. Appelt.
14.5.2018 : Lugano, Université de la Suisse italienne, ‘Middle East and Mediterranean Free Thinkink
Platform’ Seminars. Lecture on : I rifugiati palestinesi : 70 anni di storia.
12.7.2018: Genève, IHEID-CCDP, Bedouin Communities and Israeli Policies in the Naqab and the
Jordan Valley, moderation of the debate with Kh. Ammour and A. Jaber.
12.1.2019: Bern, Policy Workshop organized by the Swiss Ministry of Federal Affairs on ‘UNRWA’
and the future Swiss Policy towards the Palestinian Refugees’. Paper presented: UNRWA’s Future
and the Palestinians’ Right to Compensation.
16.4.2019 : Geneva, IHEID, Lunch Brief, lecture with C. Schayegh on The Israeli Elections: A First
Analysis. (60mn.)
25.5.2019 : Sierre, Château Mercier, Rencontres Orient-Occident, organisateur et modérateur de latable ronde "L'Europe face aux 'crises migratoires' en Mé diterrané e", avec C. Abu Sa’da (SOS
Méditerranée, Genève), Ch. Heller (Forensic Oceanography, London), L. Orlando (Sindaco diPalermo, Italia). (116mn.)
7.12.2020: Amman, ARDD, (Jordan), online conference, The US Elections: Impact on the Question ofPalestine and the Palestinian Refugees. (80mn.)
9.12.2020: Genève, Amnesty International UNIGE et FFIPP (Educational Network for Human Rights
in Palestine/Israel), débat autour du film The Occupation of the American Mind by L. Alper and J.
Earp, avec L. Tournès (UNIGE), C. Schayegh (IHEID) et R. Bocco, (85mn.)
25.3.2021: Geneva, IHEID, Lunch Brief, lecture with C. Schayegh on The Israeli Elections: A First
Analysis. (63mn.)
2021: Geneva, United Nations Human Rights Council, special online session co-organized by the
NGO Protection on the Report A life exposed: Military Invasions of Palestinian homes in the West
Bank, moderated by V. Todeschini (international Commission of Jurists), with Z. Stahl (Yesh Din), A.
Gvaryahu (Breaking the Silence), Dana Moss (Physicians for Human Rights Israel), R. Bocco as
discussant (85mn.)

9 - Organisation d’ateliers et colloques
24.3.1989 (avec A. Ohanessian) workshop Les récits de fondation dans le monde arabe contemporain: mémoire sociale, enjeux politiques et stratégies de légitimation, à la Maison de l’Orient, Universitéde Lyon II, financée par la Maison de l’Orient et le CNRS.
10-13.4.1991 (avec J. Hannoyer, R. Jaubert et F. Métral) colloque Le devenir des steppes d’Arabie etdu Bilad ash-Sham, à l’Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA), Paris, co-financé par l’IMS, l’IUED,
l’Université de Yarmouk (Jordanie), l’ICARDA (Syrie), la Fondation Ford, la Maison de l’Orient de
Lyon, le Ministère Français de la Recherche et de la Technologie.

3315-16.10.1992 (avec M. R. Djalili, H. Fähndrich et H. Kilpatrick) colloque Perspectives de la rechercheen Suisse sur le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique du Nord, à l’IUED, Genève, co-financé par l’IUED, l’IUHEI, leCentre de Recherche sur l’Asie Moderne, la Fondation Eckenstein, Pro Helvetia, l’ASSHS, la Société
Suisse Moyen-Orient et Civilisation Islamique et le FNS.
2-3.2.1996 (avec B. Destremau et J. Hannoyer), colloque Les mouvements palestiniens : territoire
national et espaces communautaires, Amman, Orchid Hotel, co-financé par la Délégation de laCommission Européenne à Amman et par les Services Culturels de l’Ambassade de France àAmman.
4-7.07.1996, Aix-En-Provence (France), colloque annuel de l’AFEMAM, organisation du panel La
construction nationale jordanienne, 1946-1996 : stéréotypes et approches critiques.
24-25.6.1997 (avec T. Tell), colloque Politique et Etat en Jordanie, 1946-1996, à l’Institut du Monde
Arabe à Paris, co-financé par l’IMA et les Services Culturels de l’Ambassade de France à Amman.
2-3.12.1998, organisation du panel Palestinian Identity, Refugees and UNRWA: changing politicalcontexts and issues, MESA Annual Meeting, Chicago, financé par le Bureau de la Direction dudéveloppement et de la coopération suisse à Jérusalem.
31.8-2.9.1999, colloque UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees in Jordan, Gaza and the West Bank, Mer
Morte (Jordanie) Mövenpick Hotel, co-financé par la DDC, la Commission européenne et leMinistère des affaires étrangères suédois.
2-5.10.2003, Expert Forum ‘Housing and Property Restitution and Durable Solutions forPalestinian Refugees’, co-organisé avec BADIL (Bethlehem), dans le cadre d’une série de cinq
séminaires financés par la Division Politique IV du DFAE sur Promotion of a Right-based
Approach to the Palestinian Refugee Question.
Novembre 2003-février 2004, Les relations entre la Suisse, L’Afrique du Sud et Israël, coorganisation d’un cycle de 5 tables rondes à l’IUED et à l’UNIGE en collaboration avec le CETIM(Centre Europe-Tiers Monde, Genève).
27-28.11.2006 (avec D. Meier et S. Naef) colloque Le Moyen-Orient : de conflits en conflits, à l’IUED,
Genève, financé par la CUSO, l’IUED, l’IUHEI et la Faculté des Lettres, UNIGE.
15-16.11.2007 (avec S. Shami) colloque International Collaboration in the Social Sciences: Researchand Development Agendas, Funding Policies and Partnerships à l’IUED, Genève, financé par le
SSRC (Social Sciences Research Council, New York), la KFPE (Berne), l’IUED et l’IUHEI.
6-8.11.2008 (avec J. Tejel) colloque Writing the History of Irak: Historiographical and Political
Challenges, organisé avec la SSMOCI (The Swiss Society for Middle East Studies) et financé par
l’ASSHS, le FNS, l’Union Pétrolière Suisse et la Herta Henckel Stiftung.
18.3.2010, Geneva, CCDP-IHEID round table organized in cooperation with the NCCI (NGOCoordination Committee for Iraq) The Future of Iraq: Challenges and Perspectives after theElections.
19-21.3.2010, Genève, IHEID, 4ème colloque du programme de recherche TANMIA–Le‘développement’ : fabrique de l’action publique dans le monde arabe, co-organisé avec l’Institut
Français du Proche Orient, Amman et Beyrouth et financé par l’ANR (Paris).
18-20.4.2012 (avec Th. Paffenholz, M. Ould Mohammedou et B. Challand) Amman, symposium ArabSpring: Challenges during Political Transitions and Comparative Lessons for Civil Societies in the
Middle East and North Africa, co-organised with and funded by the Friedrich Hebert Stiftung, GCSP
(Geneva) and the Arab Reform Initiative.
9-10.2.2013 (avec Th. Paffenholz, M. Ould Mohammedou et B. Challand) Cairo, symposium ‘Civil
Societies in Transition: Facing Current Challenges in Tunisia and Egypt’, co-organised with andfunded by the GCSP (Geneva) and the American University in Cairo.

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6-8.6.2013, Genève, IHEID, (avec R. Benkirane), colloque Religion et Etat : logiques de lasécularisation et de la citoyenneté en islam, financé par le FNS, le GCSP et le Centre Jacques Berque,
Rabat.
13.6.2013, Genève, IHEID, avec DCI (Defence for Children Inernational), half-day workshop on The
situation of the Palestinian Children in the Israeli Military Detention System.
16.5.2015, Geneva, IHEID-UNIGE, Rencontres ‘Histoire et Cité : construire la paix’. Round-table
Unmaking Peacemaking: Expert Politics and the Middle East, avec H. Al Namla, G. Mallard et M.
Turner (Kenyion Institute, Jerusalem)
19.11.2015, Geneva, UN Peace Week, moderation of the debate Torture and Repression in the Arab
Republics with J. Sassoon (Georgetown University, Washington)

10 - Evaluations / Consultations
2022
2020
2019
2019
2016

Février-Juin : UNRWA
Avril-Juin : Rapport et organisation d’un séminaire avec DDC Jérusalem
Février-Juin : Sommet des Deux Rives
Janvier : Rapport pour le Départment Fedéral des Affaires Etrangères, Berne.
Février : Fondation Drosos (Zürich), organisation d’un séminaire de trois jours pour ladefinition des programmes du Département Lévant pour la période 2016-2020.
2015 Janvier-Mars : Gaza, evaluation des projets financés par la Fondation Drosos (Zürich) enIsraël/Palestine.
2012 Juillet-Septembre : évaluation des projets financés par la Délégation Genève Ville Solidaireen Israël et en Palestine (mandat de la Ville de Genève).
2010 January-July: Evaluation of the German Civil Service projects in Israel/Palestine for the BMZ(Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development), Bonn, Germany.
2005 Evaluation of the ‘Dipartimento di Politica, Istituzioni et Storia’, Faculté de Science Politique,
Université de Bologne (Italie). Evaluation effectuée avec Prof. A.-M. Lazzarino Del Grosso et
L. Klinkhammer pour le compte de l’Union Européenne.
2000 Note sur La question des réfugiés palestiniens au Proche-Orient et la position du gouvernement
italien, Bureau du premier ministre, Palazzo Chigi (Roma).
1992-95 collaborations avec le Consiglio Nazionale dell’ Economia e del Lavoro (CNEL, Rome) dansle cadre de trois rapports sur Flux migratoires et économies en Méditerranée, coordonnés par
B. Amoroso et publiés entre 1992 et 1996 ;
1992-94 collaborations avec l’Office Suisse d’Aide aux Réfugiés (Lausanne) et Caritas (Genève) surles questions relatives aux politiques d’accueil des réfugiés originaires du Moyen-Orient.
1991-94 Rapports de synthèse sur Le processus de paix au Moyen-Orient entre Jordanie, ANP/OLP etIsraël, pour la St-Galler Stiftung für Internationale Studien (Saint-Gall, Suisse).
1991-92 Rapport sur Les études sur le Moyen-Orient dans les universités suisses pour le Conseil Suissede la Science (Berne), dans le cadre d’un contrat avec la SSMOCI (Société Suisse MoyenOrient et Civilisation Islamique).

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11 - Participation à des comités éditoriaux- Membre de l’Advisory Board du SSRC (Social Science Research Council, New York) pour leMoyen-Orient et l’Afrique du Nord (2001-2007).
- Co-editor (with K. Krause) of the series ‘Conflict, Development and Peace-building’ at Routledge,
London (depuis mars 2010).
- Membre du conseil scientifique de la revue « Maghreb-Machrek », Paris, Institut Choiseul pour la
Politique internationale et la Géoéconomie (2002-2018).
- Member of the advisory board of the Research Yearbook on Palestine published by the Qattan
Centre for Educational Research and Development (QCERD), Ramallah (since June 2016).
- Membre du comité scientifique de la revue « A contrario », Lausanne et Genève (2003-2011).
- Membre du conseil scientifique de la revue "Regards" de l'Université Saint-Joseph, Beyrouth(depuis novembre 2018)12 - Participation à des commissions académiques de nomination
A l’IHEID pour les postes de professeur en :- Anthropologie et santé internationale (2006) ;- Politique internationale (2007) ;- Droit international de l’environnement (2008)- Droit international, migrations et réfugiés (2008) ;- Migrations internationales (2009)- Politique comparée (2010)- Religion et politique (2011)- Economie politique comparative/internationale (2015)- Droit international (2019)- Global Governance and Multilateralism (2022)
A l’extérieur :Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgique), Faculté de Science politique, professeur en‘Etudes sur le Monde Arabe contemporain’ (2018).
American University of Beirut, Department of Sociology, membre externe de la commission denomination pour un poste de professeur en Sociologie (2011).
Yarmouk University (Jordan) Department of Anthropology, membre externe de la commission denomination pour un poste de professeur en anthropologie (2012).
Université de Laval (Québec, Canada), Département de Science politique, chaire en ‘Diplomatie etsécurité internationales’ (2014).
Université de Neuchâtel, Institut d’Ethnologie, membre externe de la commission pour un poste deprofesseur-e extraordinaire en ethnologie à 80% (2015).

12 - Responsabilités administrativesa) Directeur des etudes de master à l’IHEID (2008-2012)b) Membre de la Commission des oppositions (depuis 2008)b) Membre du Steering Committee du Centre on Conflict, Development and Peace-building, IHEID(depuis février 2008).
c) Membre du Steering Committee du Program on Global Migrations (depuis novembre 2012)36d) Membre du comité directeur du CERAH (Centre d’études et de recherches en action
humanitaire), Genève (de janvier 2012 à décembre 2015).
e) Membre du Steering Committee du Albert Hirschmann Centre on Democracy (depuis janvier
2019)f) Commissions :- pour l’admission au programme de master et de doctorat MDEV (depuis 2007).
- pour la réforme du MDEV (2008-09).
- pour la sélection des candidats aux programmes d’échange (2009-2012).
- pour l’admission au doctorat IUED (2001-2007)- pour l’admission au DESS-MAMMC (2003-2007)- pour la création de la nouvelle unité académique d’anthropologie et sociologie (2010)- pour l’admission au programme de master et de doctorat – Dépt. ANSO (depuis 2011).
- commission des oppositions (depuis 2008).

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ANNEX I
Directions de thèses / HDR / membre de jurys (59)Directions et codirections de thèses de doctorat à l’IUED/IHEIDMEIER Daniel, Formes et frontières identitaires dans le Liban de l’après-guerre civile (1989-2005). Lesunions matrimoniales entre Libanais et Palestiniens, DODEV7, nov. 2006, 345pp.
DIEYE Cheikh Tidiane, Les trajectoires de la corruption bureaucratique au Sénégal. Le cas desdouanes, co-dir. G. Blundo (EHESS, Marseille), DODEV, mars 2008, 331pp.
VARUTTI Marzia, Which Museums for what China? Museums, Objects and the Politics ofRepresentation in the post-Maoïst transition (1976-2007), co-dir. A. Kernen (UNIL), DODEV, juin
2008, 262pp.
OESCH Lucas, Gouverner le provisoire. Le dispositif d’aménagement urbain des camps de réfugiés
palestiniens et des quartiers informels à Amman, DODEV, sept. 2012, 314pp.
DAOUDI Hana’, Donors in the Palestinian State Formation Process: Stifling Sovereignty Through Trade
Policy-Making, DODEV, oct. 2012, 493 pp.
BIANCHI Sergio, Governing symbolic production, imposing hegemonic representation(s): the role ofPalestinian NGOs in Lebanon (2005-2010), DODEV, June 2013, 237pp.
SCHENKEL Sonja, Creative Change: Researching Values through Collaborative Design, DODEV, Febr.
2014, 345pp.
DUCLOS Diane, Vivre ici, dans l’ailleurs. Artistes irakiens, exil et cosmopolitisme, DODEV, févr. 2014,
278pp.
COMATY Lyna, Trapped in Permanent Liminality: the issue of the disappeared in Post-Taïf Lebanon,
DODEV, Febr. 2014, 386pp.
YOUNES Anna Esther, Race, Colonialism and the Figure of the Jew in a New Germany, co-dir. J. Butler(Berkeley University), DODEV, Nov. 2015, 253pp.
HAWANA Farrah, The Historical Transformation of Military-Society Relations and Legitimacy within
the 1952 Free Officers’ Regime: Implications in Light of the 2011 Egyptian Uprising, co-dir. K. Krause,
IR/PS, Febr. 2016, 599pp.
AL NAMLA Hazem, Reflections on the Process of Constructing Civil Space in Colonial Time: the case of
the West Bank in Palestine/Israel, DODEV, Sept. 2016, 312pp.
FIORONI Claudie, The Politics of Neoliberal Policies in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Labour,
Managers and Employees in the Phosphate Industry, ANSO, Dec. 2016, 357pp.
SAWAF Zina, Encountering the State: Women and Intimate Lives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ANSO, Dec.
2016, 214pp.
SAID Ibrahim, Politics of Life in a Colonial Space: an extended case-study of East Jerusalem, ANSO,
2017, 251pp.
AUSTIN Jonathan Luke, Small Worlds of Violence. A Global Grammar for Torture, co-dir. K. Krause,
IR/SP, Feb. 2017, 512pp.
KASSEM Susann, The Global North in the South of Lebanon: The Practices of the United Nations
Interim Force in Lebanon, ANSO, Nov. 2017, 252pp.
AWAD Salameh Rami, Life, Love and Death in a Settler Colonial Order. Palestinians’ Lived Experiences,
ANSO, Febr. 2018, 240pp.
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PERAZZONE Stephanie, Congo: A State Ecosystem, co-dir. K. Krause, Sept. 2018, 400pp.
AVIS Maya, Between Recognition and Refusal: Encountering Law through Bedouin Land Rights in
Palestine/Israel, co-dir. G. Mallard, ANSO, pp.
En cours:
FARRAJ Basil Abdelrazaq, Torture, Violence and Confrontation: Palestinian Political Prisoners in the
Post-Oslo Era, ANSO. (to be defended on June 27, 2022)
ANABTAWI Khaled, Shaping and Re-shaping of Sectarianism in a Settler-Colonial Context: The
Intersection of Identity and Space Producing in Shefa-A'mr (a Palestinian Town in Israel), co-dir. M.
Ould Mohammedou, ANSO. (to be defended in late Fall 2023)
REICHHOLD Urban, The Logic of Restraint: Understanding the Dynamics of De-escalation in Civil War,co-dir. K. Krause, IR/SP.
AHMED Youssef, A History of Modern Islamism: A Comparative Historical Study on the Evolution of the
Projects of the Muslim Brotherhood and Ennahda Movement, co-dir. M. Ould Mohammedou, IHP.
ARAJ
TAMIMI
Izzeddine,
Sperm
SmugglingoutofIsraeli
Prisons:
Reproduction and Negotiating the Future in a Settler Colonial Order, co-dir. I. Pike, ANSO.
Membre de jury de thèses de doctorat à l’IUHEI/IHEID
AL-HUSSEINI Jalal, Les dimensions politiques de l’assistance humanitaire. L’Office des Secours etTravaux des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés de Palestine au Proche-Orient, dir. M.-R. Djalili, HPI,
March 2003, 536 pp.
DE CROUSAZ Pascal, La voie vers Oslo. Etats, sociétés civiles et début de résolution du conflit israéloarabe, dir. M.R. Djalili, HPI, Jan. 2004. 761 pp.
SCHWARZ Rolf, Rule, Revenue and Representation: Oil and State Formation in the Middle East andNorth Africa, dir. K. Krause, IR/SP, Oct. 2006, 338 pp.
DORNSCHNEIDER Stephanie, (Not)Killing in the Name of Islam: A computational Analysis of theReasoning Processes Underlying Political Violence and Non-Violent Activity in Egypt and Germany,
dir. D. Sylvan, IR/SP, Sept. 2012, 402pp.
HUG Vincent, The Role of Personal Relationships in Peacebuilding Interventions, dir. G. Carbonnier and
Th. Paffenholz, DODEV, Oct. 2015, 381pp.
En cours:
JABER ‘Atwa, Remembering a Fading Past: The Israeli Occupation of the Jordan Valley Re-examined
Through Oral History, dir. M. Ould Mohammedou, IHP.
KOSTRZ Marie Pauline, The contribution of population moves' collective emotions to regime durability
and instability: the Syrian case (1963-2020), dir. A. Leander, IR/SP.
Codirection de thèses à l’extérieur :MAFFI Irène, La politique des objets. Discours et pratiques du patrimoine dans la construction del’identité jordanienne, co-dir. avec M. Kilani, UNIL, Faculté des SSP, Mai 2003, 497pp.
KOSMATOPOULOS Nikolas, Pacifying Lebanon. Violence, Power and Expertise in the Middle East, codir. avec Sh. Randeria, Department of Socio-Cultural Anthropology, University of Zürich, March
2012, 310pp.
SBEIH Sbeih, La ‘professionnalisation’ des ONGs en Palestine: entre pressions des bailleurs de fonds etlogiques d’engagement, co-dir. avec E. Longuenesse, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-enYvelines, Paris, Juin 2014, 633pp.

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MEUR Elisabeth, Les émotions en politique étrangère. Etude de l’influence du ressentiment sur lasécuritisation libano-syrienne, co-dir. avec M. Balzacq-Braspenning, Université de Namur(Belgique), Département de sciences politiques, Oct. 2014, 539pp.
Membre de jurys de thèse à l’extérieur :FARAH Randa, Popular Memory and Reconstructions of Palestinian Identity in al-Baqa’a Refugee
Camp, Jordan, dir. S. Philpott, University of Toronto, Department of Anthropology, Febr. 1999,
385pp.
DROZ-VINCENT Philippe, Les notables urbains au Levant. Etudes à partir du cas syrien et jordanien,
dir. G. Kepel et Gh. Salameh, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, Oct. 1999, 569 pp.
STORACI Roberto, La Giordania e la questione palestinese, dir. M.A. Di Casola, Université de Pavie(Italie), Faculté de Sciences Politiques, Mai 2000, 331pp.
CHATELARD Géraldine, Briser la mosaïque : lien social et identités collectives chez les Chrétiens deMadaba, Jordanie, dir. L. Valensi, EHESS (Paris), Jan. 2000, 445pp.
IBRAGHITH Safwat, La question de l’indemnisation dans le problème des réfugiés palestiniens, dir. P.
Bringuier, Université de Montpellier I, Faculté de Droit, juin 2001, 393pp.
LARZILLIERE Pénèlope, Lutte nationale et constructions identitaires. L’expérience des jeunes
Palestiniens et Palestiniennes, dir. F. Khosrokhavar, EHESS (Paris), Nov. 2002, 483 pp.
VAN AKEN Mauro, Facing Home. Palestinian Belonging in a Valley of Doubt, dir. W. Van Beek,
University of Utrecht (Holland), Department of Anthropology, Oct. 2003, 298 pp.
CHALLAND Benoît, The Power to Promote and to exclude: External Support for Palestinian Civil
Society, dir. Ph. Schmitter, European University Institute (Florence), Department of Political andSocial Sciences, Juin 2005, 377 pp.
SANTORO Simona, ‘We are the Peace Process’. Oslo Implementation and Israeli-Palestinian Joint
Committees from 1994 to 2001, dir. Th. Risse, European University Institute (Florence), Dept. of
Political and Social Sciences, Juillet 2005, 312 pp.
PIRINOLI-OUATTARA Christine, Jeux et enjeux de mémoire à Gaza durant le Processus d’Oslo, dir. M.
Kilani, UNIL, Faculté des SSP, Oct. 2005, 385 pp.
LEGRAND Vincent, La décision jordanienne de désengagement de Cisjordanie (1988). Contribution àl’étude de prise de décision en politique étrangère, dir. B. Khader, Université Catholique de Louvainla-Neuve, Faculté des sciences économiques, politiques et sociales, Nov. 2005, 791 pp.
BISSON Vincent, Dynamiques comparées de l’urbanisation en milieu rural (Mauritanie, Tunisie etJordanie), 367 pp., dir. P. Signoles, Université de Tours, Département de Géographie, Déc. 2005,
367 pp.
SAMY Shahira, The Politics of Reparations in the case of Palestinian Refugees: a Comparative
Approach, dir. M. Dumper, Department of Politics, University of Exeter (U.K.), Sept. 2006, 238pp.
ABUSAIF Atef, The impact of the European Union Aid in the Stateness of the Palestinian Polity, dir. Ph.
Schmitter, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, (Florence),
Nov. 2007, 379pp.
COIGNET Gildas, Espaces publics et identité nationale, da la capitale arabe moderne à la métropole
mondialisée : les hybridations complexes de la spatialité de ‘Amman (Jordanie), dir. M. Davie,
Département de Géographie, Université Sorbonne (Paris IV), Oct. 2008, 696 pp.
FURNISS Philip Jamie, People Out of Place: Development and Cairo’s Garbage Collectors, dir. Nandini
Gooptu, Department of International Development, Oxford University, Febr. 2012, 272pp.

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VERMAELEN Annemie, Transforming the Jordan Rift Valley: Turning the Wadi Araba into a
Governable Space, dir. S. Zemni and Ch. Parker, Department of Conflict and Development Studies,
University of Ghent (Belgium) Febr. 2014, 160pp.
TARTIR Alaa, Criminalising Resistance, Entrenching Neoliberalism: The Fayyadist Paradigm in
Occupied Palestine, dir. M. Kaldor, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department
of International Development, March 2015, 236pp.
MONTERDE Oscar Mateo, El impacto humanitario en los territorios ocupados de Gaza y Cisjordania.
El programa de socorro y servicios sociales de la UNRWA, dir. Antoni Segura i Mas, Universitat deBarcelona, Facultat de Geografia i Historia, Jan. 2016, 373pp.
UNDERHILL Helen, Art school, art world, art circuit: an ethnography of contemporary visual art
education and production in two Palestinian locations, dir. Stephen Hugues, University of London,
School of Oriental and African Studies, June 2018, 257pp.
DE DONATO Anita, Spring Water: the Lifeblood of the Village of Wadi Fukin (West Bank), dir. M. Van
Aken and B. Casciarri, these de doctorat en anthropologie en co-tutelle entre l’Università di Milano
Bicocca et l’Université Paris VIII, Vincennes-Saint-Denis, October 2018, 470pp.
LEHEC Clémence, Une géographie expérimentale de l'art aux frontières. Filmer les graffitis du camp deréfugiés palestiniens de Dheisheh, UNIGE, Faculté des Sciences de la socié té , gé ographie etenvironnement, co-dir. 2019, pp.
HDR (Habilitation à diriger des recherches)
PARIZOT Cédric, Israël/Palestine : un Anti Atlas, Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme,
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Annexe II
Direction de mémoires de master / membre de jury
Direction de mémoires de master (140)
TAVERNA Claudia, Les mouvements de paix de femmes : une comparaison entre Israël, Palestine et
Afrique du Sud, MDEV8, 2000, 106pp.
MAIGA IBRAHIM Soumaïla, L’Etat, la décentralisation et la chefferie traditionnelle au Niger : une
logique de centralisation, MDEV, 2001, 93pp.
PERRIN Simon, Les entrepreneurs marocains : affirmation d’un nouveau rôle social et politique face au
Makhzen? MDEV, 2002, 123pp.
MARTINEZ Monica, La médiation dans une situation de développement : l’émergence d’ONGs et depasseurs culturels à Kuna Yala, Panama, 1980-2000, MDEV, 2002, 93pp.
BASCONES Magaly, Les Droits de l’homme et la coopération internationale dans le Pérou des années
1990 : réflexions autour d’un mythe, MDEV, 2002, 79pp.
PERACINO Claire, Médias et démocratie : la presse écrite dans le processus de démocratisation en
Jordanie, MDEV, 2002, 75pp.
CARON Emilie, L’indemnisation des victimes de mines anti-personnel. Le FIPOL comme modèle pour lesindustries d’armement, MDEV, 2002, 70pp.
MAWAZINI Fyras, Islam, gouvernance et opposition en Arabie Saoudite, MDEV, 2002, 93pp.
GILBRIN Marie, L’impact de la violence chez les enfants palestiniens : stratégies d’intervention face à ladeuxième intifada, MDEV, 2003, 89pp.
HALASZ Anita, Représentations et réalités du conflit israélo-palestinien à travers l’analyse de deux
documentaires (Route 181 et Promises), MDEV, 2003, 107 pp.
SAMAWI Hiba, Domestic Eco-Tourism in Jordan, DESS-MAMMC9, 2004, 76 pp.
MAGDALENA Laura, Du rapatriement volontaire au retour négocié : l’expérience des Guatémaltèques
réfugiés au Mexique, MDEV, 2005, 82 pp.
AL SHIKAKI Ahmed, Reconstructing Iraq: Challenges and Strategies, co-dir. A. Monsutti, MDEV, 2005,
89 pp.
SANDOZ Jean-Christophe, L’aide comme vecteur de construction de la paix : un mélange de genrescompatible ?, co-dir. A. Monsutti, MDEV, 2005, 123 pp.
GUILLOT Vanessa, Les ONG de Women Advocacy en République Islamique de Mauritanie, DESSMAMMC, 2005, 112 pp.
RICHARD Anne-Marguerite, La lutte contre le VIH/Sida au Liban : quel rôle pour l’UNESCO ? DESSMAMMC, 2005, 72 pp.
BINOIS Jean-Marc et CONVERSET Emilie, La ‘zakat’ au Soudan : une alternative islamique à l’aidehumanitaire extérieure, DESS-MAMMC, 2005, 143 pp.
FELLAHI Akim, La diffusion de l’Initiative de Genève dans la presse palestinienne : les exemples d’AlQuds et d’Al-Ayyam, DESS-MAMMC, 2005, 98 pp.
BOULIFA Nadia et CALVE’ Céline, L’urgence alimentaire en territoires palestiniens occupés de 2000 à
2005. Evaluation des politiques du Programme alimentaire mondial : le difficile continuum entre
l’urgence et le développement, DESS-MAMMC, 2005, 132 pp.
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Master en études du développement.
DESS Mondes arabes, mondes musulmans contemporains (co-organisé par l’IUED, l’Unité d’arabe de l’Universitéde Genève et Faculté des Sciences sociales et politiques de l’Université de Lausanne).

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BISAZ Arianna, The UNDP in Yemen. Participatory Observation of an Outcome Evaluation Exercise,
DESS-MAMMC, 2005, 108 pp.
KAPLOUN Claire, La construction d’une identité palestinienne au sein de la quatrième génération deréfugiés. Le Chatila Youth Centre à Beyrouth, DESS-MAMMC, 2005, 89 pp.
AGBODJAN Edoé, Microfinance, confiance, reconstruction post-conflit : pour une recherche de leursinterdépendances. Regards sur la reconstruction du Rwanda depuis 1994, co-dir. J.-M. Servet, MDEV,
2006, 98 pp.
OESCH Lucas, La gestion des camps de réfugiés palestiniens à Amman. Entre changement et continuité,
MDEV, 2006, 66 pp.
MOHAMMEDI Myriam, La violence des colons ou la négation de l’Autre. Les communautés
palestiniennes du sud d’Hébron comme étude de cas, DESS-MAMMC, 2006, 55 pp.
HORN Birgitte, Refugees, Asylum-seekers and Immigrants in an urban setting in the South. A study ofSomali and Sudanese coping strategies in Cairo, DESS-MAMMC, 2006, 74 pp.
JIMENEZ Adriana, Myths and Realities of the Healthcare Workers Migration. The Commonwealth
Caribbean Countries Case, MDEV, 2007, 99pp.
BEAUQUIS John, Comment reconstruire un ‘soi’ et un ‘nous’ après la violence ? Sociologie des victimes
du conflit irakien réfugiées au Liban, DESS/MAMMC, 2007, 106pp.
DRIFI Maria, Pertinence du choix d’une résistance non-violente palestinienne face à l’occupation
israélienne : le Holy Land Trust comme étude de cas, DESS/MAMMC, 2007, 49pp.
AL AMINE Laïla, L’UNRWA et les approches participatives dans les camps de réfugiés palestiniens de
Neirab et Ain al-Tal (Syria), DESS/MAMMC, 2007, 101pp.
TURHANI Rudina, Pour une historicité de la formation étatique albanaise, effet de gouvernementalités
multiples, MDEV, 2008, 107pp.
DUCLOS Diane, Les réseaux migratoires des intellectuels et artistes irakiens en exil, MDEV, 2008,
67pp.
BIANCHI Sergio, Promoting the Right of Return: Patterns of political interaction among Palestinians
refugees in Lebanon (1994-2006), MDEV, 2008, 107pp.
SERAFIM Marta, Le droit international confronté aux acteurs armés non-étatiques : le cas duHezbollah, MDEV, 2008, 58pp.
DUCLOS Marie, Christianisme et construction de la paix. Le rôle du Conseil Oecuménique des Eglises
dans le conflit israélo-palestinien, 1948-2002, MDEV, 2008, 79pp.
MORIZZO Karla, From one great disaster to another. What the new Relief and Development
Mechanisms have to offer with the Recovery Approach, MDEV, 2008, 77pp.
MARULLAZ Marie, Les mythes de l’enfant soldat : enjeux de déconstruction. Dialogue entre littératuresen sciences sociales et romanesques, MAI10, 2008, 84pp.
AL ABASSI Safia, Lorsque les organismes de microcrédit promettent l’empowerment aux femmes
jordaniennes : acteurs, enjeux, perspectives, DESS/MAMMC, 2008, 146pp.
MANSOURI Wassila, L’Autorité palestinienne et l’aide internationale : crises, enjeux et perspectives(1994-2007), DESS/MAMMC, 2008, 94pp.
GROBET Anne, L’évolution d’un mouvement islamiste : les Frères musulmans syriens, une étude de cas,
DESS/MAMMC, 2008, 67pp.
GROSS Dinah, Working as a Muslim in Great Britain. Perceived discriminations, legal issues andcommunity action, DESS/MAMMC, 2008, 122pp.
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REYES Sofia, Les défis de l’Union européenne dans la construction d’initiatives civiles de paix en
Colombie. Le cas du ‘Laboratoire de paix’ du Magdalena Medio, MDEV, 2009, 74pp.
DAVILA Andrea, Le lien sécurité et développement dans les missions intégrées des Nations Unies. Le
cas du programme DDR en Haïti entre la MINUSTAH et le PNUD, MDEV, 2009, 58pp.
SAVOY-TORBEH Yazan, Stratégies d’adaptation et aide humanitaire des réfugiés irakiens en Syrie. Le
cas des Chrétiens d’Irak à Jaramana (Damas), MDEV, 2009, 71pp.
ILIAS Fouad, The Evolving Patterns of Lebanese Politics in Post-Syria Lebanon. The perceptions ofHizballah among Members of the Free Patriotic Movement, MDEV, 2009, 65pp.
MEJRI Marine, Asymétrie de pouvoir et gestion des ressources hydriques. Mécanismes de consolidation
du statu quo issu d’Oslo et ressources en eau des Territoires Palestiniens sous régime d’occupation(1995-2009), MDEV, 2009, 83pp.
COMATY Lyna, Adaptation locale d’une politique globale dans la réforme de l’autoritarisme marocain :le cas de l’Instance Equité et Réconciliation, MDEV, 2009, 93pp.
MICHELET Sophie, La ‘Nouvelle Histoire’ israélienne et le Processus d’Oslo : un rendez-vous manqué?,
MDEV, 2009, 101 pp.
TAIANA Paola, La résistance civile palestinienne contre l’occupation israélienne en Cisjordanie
pendant l’Intifada al-Aqsa, MDEV, 2009, 202 pp.
RUNGULE Zane, The Impact of the European Union Assistance to Georgia on Conflict Resolution inSouth Ossetia/Georgia, MDEV, 2009, 49pp.
DIENG Aboubakry, Gouvernance locale dans un contexte de conflit : rôle et responsabilités des éluslocaux. Cas de la communauté rurale de Boutoupa Camara Kounda, IMAS, 2009, 68 pp.
DAHAN-SCHLONSKY Shirine, Les programmes d’éducation et de protection de la petite enfance :réduction ou reproduction des inégalités?, MDEV, 2010, 59pp.
FIORONI Claudie, Société civile et évolution de l’autoritarisme en Syrie : le cas du Syria Trust forDevelopment, MDEV, 2010, 99 pp.
GALLEA Thibault, La gestion des mémoires collectives de la guerre dans le Liban contemporain. Uneapproche par la catégorie des ‘zu’amâ’, MDEV, 2010, 57 pp.
MEIER Camille, Le néo-libéralisme dans une armée de milice : les Forces de Défense Israéliennes (19912006), MDEV, 2010, 69 pp.
MOUTON Alain, Evolution du ‘champ humanitaire’ et positionnement des acteurs : le cas de Médecinssans Frontières, MAI, 2010, 79 pp.
MUKADAM Shirine, The contribution of Education to Post-Conflict Peace-building: the case of postApartheid South Africa, MAI, 2010, 110 pp.
NOWAK Matthias, The Politics of Violence: State Discourse on Violence in El Salvador, 2003-2009,
MDEV, 2010, 91 pp.
STAHL Franziska, Security Sector Reform in Somalia. Contrasting International and Local Approaches
to Security and Justice Service Delivery, MAI, 2010, 80 pp.
UWAMAHORO Bonaventure, Coopération internationale au développement et reconstruction du‘capital social’ après le génocide au Rwanda. La contribution du programme UBUDEHE de laCommission européenne, MDEV, 2010, pp. 67 pp.
WILHELM Gabrielle, More than just a game. Sport for Development and Peace: Political and Sociohistorical Aspects, MDEV, 2010, 82 pp.
LACROIX Pauline, Les ONG internationales face à la question des relocalisations au Laos, MAI, 2010,
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AEBERLI Annina, Decentralization Hybridized. A Western Concept of State on its way through thelocal context in South Sudan, MDEV, 2011, 103 pp.
ANTREASYAN Anaïs, Le gaz de la discorde. Les découvertes de gaz au large de Gaza et d’Israël, 20002011, MDEV, 2011, 84 pp.
DESIDERI Cristiana, Local Peacebuilding NGOs in a Situation of protracted conflict. The case of theMoro conflict in the Southern Philippines, MDEV, 2011, 93 pp.
IMESCH Miriam, The Hilltop Settlers. The Construction of Identity Among Radical Second-Generation
Settlers in the West Bank, MIA, 2011, 55 pp.
PIGNI Sybilla, Civil Society and Peacebuilding in Nepal, 2005-2011, MDEV, 2011, 111 pp.
PITTET Alexandra, La commémoration du génocide au Rwanda. Le rôle de l’Eglise catholique dans leprocessus de réconciliation, MDEV, 2011, 90 pp.
SAPARAMADU Chamindry, Politics of Majoritarianism: Exploring Dilemmas for State Reforms in PostCivil War in Sri Lanka, MDEV, 2011, 85 pp.
VON ARX, Rahel, Unconditional Hospitality to every refugee? Socio-political Dynamics of Hosting
Refugees in Nimba County, Liberia, MIA, 2011, 71 pp.
ASMAR Eric, Retweeting Revolutions: Transnational Cooperation Among Social Movements Using
Information and Communications Technology, MDEV, 2012, 50pp.
BEERLI Monique, Solidarity Intervention: an ethnography of non-violent transnational contention in
the West Bank, MDEV, 2012, 107pp.
ERNI Fiorella, Tired of Being a Refugee. Changing Patterns of Social Identification among PalestinianChildren and Young People of the Fourth Refugee Generation in Southern Lebanon, MDEV, 2012,
115pp.
GYENEY Michelle, Good Intentions? US Foreign Policy, US ‘AID’ and the Palestinian Youth, MDEV,
2012, 80pp.
JAMBERS Anaël, Presence Evangelism in the ‘Land of the Pure’. A Case Study of the Role of Spirituality
in Development Practices, MDEV, 2012, 66pp.
ROSSI Igor, Rethinking Transnational Environmental NGOs and their role in Development. A politicalsociology framework for analysis, MDEV, 2012, 92pp.
ACKER Margo, Dealing with the Past of the Anni di Piombo : Political Violence and Reconciliation in
Post-World War II Italy, MIA, 2012, 67pp.
GALLO Sara, Reconciliation in El Salvador and Guatemala. Rising from a sea of inequality andindifference, MIA, 2012, 59pp.
MAHENDRAN Natasha, Civil Society Activism against disappearances in Sri Lanka, MIA, 2012, 57pp.
PREMCHANDER Saumya, The Politics of Subjects and the Public Distribution System in India, MIA,
2012, 56pp.
SCUTEA Oana, The Role of Education in addressing contemporary history. A Case-study of postCommunist Rumania, MIA, 2012, 78pp.
DARBELLAY Noëlle, Fragile Peace: Peacebuilding Efforts in Post-Conflict Côte d‘Ivoire. An Analysis of
the Role of Civil Society Organizations, MDEV, 2013, 94pp.
RENEVEY Noemi, New Media & the Arab Uprisings: The Role of Tunisian Activists in Shaping theTransition’s Outcome, MDEV, 2013, 116 pp.
RENNER Simone, Counterbalancing Exclusion in Geneva: implementing humanitarian protection
within the restrictive asylum system, MDEV, 2013, 111pp.
SAAD NAGUI Yosra, Security Sector Reform and Developmen : the case of Egypt, MDEV, 2013, 84pp.

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SAMAWI Michael, ‘The Masked City of Culture’. A Jordanian’s Work of Art and the Search for
Freedom…, ANSO, 2013, 58pp.
THORENS Isaline, Mariage civil et communautarisme au Liban. Entre réforme et révolution, MAI,
2013, 87pp.
TONNE Christin, Social Movements and the News Media: Discursive Constructions of the Occupy
Movement, MDEV, 2013, 103pp.
ZUERCHER Charlie-Jil, Like Cousins Overstaying Their Welcome: The Socio-Economic Impact of Urban
Syrian Refugees in Jordan on the local population, MDEV, 2013, 74pp.
DE LUTZ Marie, The photograph as agent of change: ‘Kenya Burning’ and the collective memory of
post-election violence, ANSO, 2014, 121pp.
MENEGUELLO Laìs, The shadows of Nakba: An inquiry of collective memory among Palestinian
refugees in Brazil, ANSO, 2014, 84pp.
MERZ Géraldine, Memoria Historica in El Salvador and beyond. The Exploration of a Dynamic
Memoryscape, ANSO, 2014, 80pp.
KRUKAR Emma, Identity and Gender Role Negotiation in Recent Algerian Beur Films in France, MIA,
2014, 125pp.
GONCALVES-DIAS Jean-Marc, The Cracks in the Past: Memorialization, Memorials and Transitional
Justice in Timor-Leste, MDEV, 2014, pp. 54pp.
BRUNNER Stefan, The Relationship of Formal Policy and Daily Practice in the EcumenicalAccompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI): An Ethnographic View, MIA, 2014, 104pp.
MOKRANI Samir, La tribu est devenue virtuelle. Discours, pratiques culturelles et identités collectives
sur les forums internet tribaux : les ‘Awāliq de Shabwa, Yémen, ANSO, 2014, 101pp.
XAVIER BEIRAO Mariana, Between the Cease- and Crossfire: Behind the Scenes of Violent
Performances of Brazilian Police, MDEV, 2014, 86pp.
BANGERT Renée, Accountability and Coordination Conundrums: Gaps in Refugee Protection in Jordan,
MIA, 2015, 61pp.
CORNELISSEN Leonoor, Mainstreamed or Messy? Police Handling of Gender-based Violence in Kenya,
MDEV, 2015, 90pp.
DODD Savannah, (Re)Producing Jews: Process of Jewish American Identity Construction on TaglitBirthright Israel, ANSO, 2015, 79pp.
FRUTIG Sabine, Past and Present: The Interrelation of Displacement and State-building in Iraq andIraqi Kurdistan, MDEV, 2015, 95pp.
HAYES Sarah, Dismantling the humanitarian fortress: presence, access and risk in the Syria Response,
ANSO, 2015, 71pp.
HEMFREY FOLLIN Louise, Identity in Rebellion. Trauma and Identity presented by Second Generation
by Palestinian Film directors from Israel and Jerusalem, MIA, 2015, 103pp.
MARTY Samira, The Female Face of Resistance: Violence in Everyday Life of Guatemalan Indigenous
Activists, ANSO, 2015, 78pp.
PEREIRA DE ALBA Ana Cecilia, ‘I am a Warrior’. Women, Prison and Stigma in Mexico City, co-dir. O.
Jutersonke MDEV, 2015, 90pp.
GIANARIS Kristen, The Language of the People: Spaces in Words, ANSO, 2016, 47pp.
KIM Sojung, In the Shadows of Two Koreas: Silenced memories and Narratives of North Korean
Migrants. ‘Bukhan Gohyang Saram’ in South Korea, ANSO, 2016, 104pp.
NYFFELER Monika, La dança do Passinho comme expression artistique: des favelas à la ‘conquête’ de46

nouveaux territoires urbains, MDEV, 2016, 102pp.
SAKAI Marina, Politics behind Post-Genocide Rwanda: Understanding International Involvement in theTransitional Justice Endeavour of Gacaca, MIA, 2016, 79pp.
THAKUR Rishav Kumar, Travels Through the Everyday to Gondogul and Back Again: a Study of
Shifting Meanings in Bodoland, Assam, co-dir. G. Balachandran, MDEV, 2016, 77pp.
EL ANSARY Hannah, Artivists and Their Decolonial Hammers. An aesthetic analysis for smashingborders and reshaping the Narrative of Migration through Engaged Art, MDEV, 2017, 85pp.
BAUMGARTNER Luisa, Unjust Justice: An Elephant in the Room ? Transitional Justice in Ivory Coast,
ANSO, 2017, 94pp.
FARRAJ Basil, Locating Violence in Places of Memory: The Necropolitical Between the Violent Past and
the Post-Dictatorship Present in Chile, ANSO, 2017, 116pp.
BOILLAT Justine, The Political Implications of Educating Syria’s Next Generation. Refugee Educationin Lebanon and the Role of Syrian Civil Society, MIA, 2017, 84pp.
GALINDO VILLARREAL Juliana, The Development Program with a Territorial-based Approach in
Colombia: An Agonistic Multi-level Political Reconciliation Analysis, MDEV, 2018, 171pp.
KEVORKIAN Patyl, Constructing Bourj Hammoud, Beyrouth (Lebanon). Exploring the Identity of a City
built by refugees, MDEV, 2018, 78pp.
KIDERLIN Nina, « He knew he was photographed ». The Depiction of War Crimes through Images andTheir Integrity, as Evidence in Syria War Crimes’ Trials in Germany, and during the Nuremberg
Trials, MDEV, 2018, 63pp.
MA Monica, Ethnic Identity in Social Movements and Conflict: a case study of Kurdish-Syrian Youth,
MDEV, 2018, 53pp.
PERRENOUD, Chloé, « On ne sait jamais de quoi sera fait hier ». Mémoire collective, archives et justicetransitionnelle dans l’audiovisuel cambodgien, ANSO, 2018, 87pp.
SCHMID, Annina, « Patriarchy will leave, we will remain ». Feminist Activism during Times of
Heightened Securitization of Public Protests in Turkey, ANSO, 2018, 90pp.
KLEIN Kristin, Syrian-Armenians in the Republic of Armenia: A Diaspora of Diaspora, MDEV, 2019,
102pp.
GICHINI, Danson, Family Reunification in Switzerland - To What Extent Do Restrictive Family
Reunification Policies Affect the Integration of Temporarily-Admitted Refugees into Host Societies?
MIA, 2019, 64pp.
CISNEROS AVILA Daniela, The Politics of Victimhood after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission:
The Case of Reparations in Peru, IR/SP, 2019, pp.
WILKINSON Oriana, Documentaries for Peace: The Role of Film Directors in the Construction of theSocial Fabric in Post-Havana Agreement Colombia, MIA, 2019, pp.
PETRALIA CAMASSA Paolo, Fighting Cosa Nostra in Italy, 1962 - 2019. Men of Honor, Magistrates andCivil Society, MIA, 2019, pp.
JABER ‘Atwa, Disrupted Past, Suspended Present: Colonialism, Displacement, and Resilience in the
Jordan Valley, the Case of Al Jiftlik, MDEV, 2019, pp.
COLINAS PEREIRA Boris, Construction de l'ordre et formation du désordre : de la paix hybride à lapaix libérale, codir. J.-F. Bayart, ANSO, 2019, pp.
SANCHEZ FERNANDEZ Melba, Searching for Truth: Nexus between Enforced Disappearances,
Exhumation of Bodies, and Transitional Justice in Mexico, ANSO, 2019, pp.
NECHAEVA Valeria, Embodied Trauma: A Case-Study of Non-Verbal Therapies and Collective Memory
in Israel, ANSO, 2019, pp.

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PARROTTA Yaël, Redefining Humanitarianism in the Making: Grassroots/Volunteer Organizations in
Samos (Greece), MIA, 2020, 69pp.
ORTEGA FRANCOLI Africa, The Post-Conflict Paradigm in the Basque Country: Reconciliation andMemory, MIA, 2020, 82pp.
SPANO Maria Consolata, Undocumented Migration to Europe: A Contemporary Cinematic
Representation of the Politics of Border Controls and Its Effects on Undocumented Migrants, MIA,
2020, 99pp.
GRIFFITHS Maevia, Bridging the Visuals and Social Science Research Gap through Film. A Visual
Insight into the Stories of Four ‘Undocumented’ Women in Geneva (52pp.) And the Documentary Elles,les (in)visibles (74mn.), MDEV, 2021.
PRAGA GUERRO Irène, Writing Border Violence in Valeria Luiselli’s Tell Me How It Ends and Behrouz
Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountains, dir. V. Wagner, Master in Comparative Literature, UNIGE,
2021, 72pp.
GAGNON Catherine, Youth Participation in Global Policy Dialogues on Migration, MDEV, 2022, 79pp.
DHERE Mukhta, Reinterpreting Hydro-social Cohesion in Crisis: The Case of Water User Associations inNorthwestern Syria, MIA, 2022, 72pp.
En cours :AMRI, Intidhar, Syrian Refugee Women in Lebanon MIA, 2022
HALABI, Fares, Governance in North-West Syria, MIA, 2022
Deuxième lecteur de mémoires de master (74)
ANSELMO Florence, L’eau : un enjeu stratégique au cœur du conflit israélo-palestinien, dir. M.-R.
Djalili, UNIL, Faculté des SSP, 1999, 118 pp.
NAEF Amélie, Les Touaregs déplacés au Mali : stratégies d’interventions humanitaires, dir. L. Monnier,
MDEV, 62pp.
IELMOLI Sabrina, Coopération au développement et aide humanitaire : esquisse d’une relation
problématique et analyse du modus vivendi au sein de l’Union européenne, dir. Ph. Braillard, UNIGE,
Institut Européen, 2000, 137pp.
MAZARIEGOS Rina, Post-conflicto y Movimiento social en Guatemala, dir. Ch. Coméliau, MDEV, 2001,
70pp.
GROULEAU Haude, Les ONGs palestiniennes en Cisjordanie et dans la Bande de Gaza : avant et après
Oslo, dir. M.-R. Djalili, IUHEI, 2001, 85pp.
ROCHAT Jonathan, Gaza : entre lieu et espace de fictions, dir. M. Benani-Chraïbi, UNIL, Faculté des
SSP, 2001, 64pp.
FARHAN Karim, Le dilemme identitaire en Irak, dir. M. Benani-Chraïbi, UNIL, Faculté des SSP, 2003,
62pp.
NDUWAYEZU Emmanuel, La paix dans le conflit comme facteur de développement humain durable. Le
cas de la ‘Commission Vérité et Réconciliation’ en Afrique du Sud, dir. L. Monnier, MDEV, 2004, 91pp.
ISSAKA M. A., Entre tradition et modernité : les éléments d’approche socio-anthropologique de laviolence armée à Brazzaville, entre 1992 et 1997, dir. Y. Droz, MDEV, 2004, 74pp.
KURTI Denis, Stratégies d’urgence et intégration des réfugiés : le cas de l’Albanie post-totalitaire (lacrise de 1999), dir. M.-R. Djalili, MDEV, 2004, 77pp.

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PALANDRANI Sergio, Les colonies israéliennes de Cisjordanie. Démographie, structuration territoriale
et facteurs de localisation au moyen du SIG, dir. E. Piguet, Institut de Géographie, Université deNeuchâtel, 2005, 195 pp.
HASSAN Marian, La rupture dans la rupture. Grossesses entre des clôtures : quelles mesures enPalestine en droits à la santé de la reproduction? dir. F. Reysoo, MDEV, 2006, 65 pp.
SUARD Myriam, Les jeunes palestiniennes dans le camp de Neirab (Syrie): paradoxe entre éducation,
ambitions et règles sociales, co-dir. avec S. Naef, Département d’Arabe, Faculté des Lettres, UNIGE,
2006, 117 pp.
CAPOCCHI Cecilia, PALISAD (Palestinian-Israeli Academic Dialogue): un tentativo di narrazione
comune, dir. B. Arcidiacono, IUHEI, 2006, 65 pp.
BUEHLER Christian, Les réfugiés palestiniens, leurs documents d’identité et le Droit au retour, dir. P.
Sciarini, Département de Science politique, UNIGE, 2007, 87pp.
HENRICSON-BELL Olaf, The Economic, social and Cultural Rights Special Rapporteurs of the UN
Human Rights Council: the state of the Art, MAI, dir. A. Clapham, 2008, 76 pp.
GHOSN Michèle, Identité et patrimoine au Liban : enjeux, stratégies et mécanismes de mise en oeuvred'un projet de restauration à Saïda, DESS/MAMMC, dir. D. Meier, 2008, 48pp.
ELMI ELABE Abdoulkader, La problématique des réfugiés en République de Djibouti : comment
concilier l’impératif humanitaire et la question sécuritaire? PIAH11, dir. F. Piguet, 2008, 42 pp.
AIDARA Rockaya, Darfour : les implications politiques et économiques d’un conflit de longue durée.
Analyse du discours des médias de 2003 à 2007, dir. F. Piguet, MDEV, 2009, 60 pp.
MATASCI Valentina, L’eau source de paix? Une analyse de la coopération israélo-palestinienne en
matière d’eau, à travers l’approche ‘Environmental Peacebuilding’, dir. R. Jaubert, MDEV, 2009, 83
pp.
YAKOB, Kameran, Le fédéralisme asymétrique en Irak : une solution pour la survie du Gouvernement
régional du Kurdistan? dir. K. Krause, MDEV, 2009, 123 pp.
HEE PARK, Seon, The 1951 Convention: the definition of refugee and its impact on children affected byarmed conflicts, dir. V. Chetail, MDEV, 2009, 62 pp.
BENAMORY Fayed Jocelyn, Assistance humanitaire, violences et tentatives d’instauration de paix en
Somalie (1992-2007), dir. F. Piguet, MDEV, 2009, 59pp.
JADALLAH Murad, L’aide humanitaire dans les Territoires Palestiniens Occupés (TPO). Le cas de laBande de Gaza après la victoire du Hamas en 2006, PIAH, dir. L. De Martino, 2009, 66 pp.
HAMILTON-SMALL Alexandra, What Protection for Internally Displaced Persons? An Overview andAnalysis of protection for IDPs, PIAH, dir. F. Piguet, 2009, 54 pp.
NDIAYE Fatima, Genre et microfinance dans la coopération internationale au développement.
Pratiques à l'OIT depuis 2000, dir. J.-L. Arcand, MDEV, 2010, 32pp.
THIBAULT Romain, Réflexions sur les catégories de la violence politique au prisme d’un cas philippin :les Citizen Armed Force Geographical Units, dir. J.-L.Maurer, MDEV, 2010, 62 pp.
SEGURA GOMEZ Leyri, The Role of Volunteer and Technical Communities in Humanitarian Response.
Experiences from the Haïti January 2010 Earthquake, dir. G. Carbonnier, MDEV, 2011, 76 pp.
SCHULKE Laura, Arrest Warrants and the Search for Peace in the case study of Darfur, dir. P. Gaeta,
MIS International Law, 2011, 72 pp.
TRINCIA Chiara, The Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Domestic Law at a crossroads, dir. P. Gaeta, MIS
International Law, 2011, 54 pp.
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BELLEBNA Mehdi, Guerres et construction de l’Etat. Trajectoires du pouvoir en Somalie, dir. Th.
Paffenholz (dir.), MDEV, 2011, 36 pp.
VUILLE Nathalie, Analyse du secteur oléicole en Cisjordanie : potentiels et limites, dir. R. Jaubert,
MDEV, 2012, 69 pp.
GAUTHIER Adriella, The Evolution of Palestinian Identity and Nationalism. Unexpected Sources ofResistance, dir. F. Reysoo, MDEV, 2012, 103pp.
XIAOMEI Zou, Local-level Interorganizational Processes in Protracted Refugee Situations. The Case of
the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh, dir. A. Monsutti, MDEV, 2012, 82pp.
SARGENT Jesse, Indigenizing the Christian ‘Other’. Culture and Accommodation in Japan's Early
Christian Century, 1540-1600, L. Xiang (dir.), MIH, 2012, 66 pp.
CHOWDARI Mehak, Trajectory of Modern Terrorism in South Asia: Assessing the Experience of India,
Pakistan and Afghanistan, dir. M. Ould Mohammedou, MIA, 2012, 117pp.
CAICEDO CHAVEZ Maria Camila, Urban Integration and socio-economic survival strategies of theAfro-Colombian internally displaced persons in Bogota, Colombia, dir. Ch. Gironde, MDEV, 2012,
104pp.
WALTON Maryam, The Dynamics of Re-writing Iraki History, dir. F. Reysoo, MDEV, 2013, 61pp.
MARIN HERNANDEZ Karen, Brothers on the Road. Violence, invisibility and the advocacy of the priest
Alejandro Solalinde for the human rights of migrants in transit through Mexico, dir. A. Monsutti,
ANSO, 2013, 54pp.
KALAPI Dhruti, Hybrid Terrorist Communication Networks, dir. M. Ould Mohammedou, ANSO, 2013,
49pp.
SCHAFFNER Laurent, La diaspora tunisienne de Suisse dans la transition tunisienne, dir. M. Ould
Mohammedou, MIA, 2014, 101pp.
OMAROVA Sofya, Lieux de mémoire: Rethinking Kazakh National Identity in the Post-Soviet Era
Monuments in Almaty and Astana, dir. A. Monsutti, MIA, 2015, 83pp.
ABU SALIM Dorgham, Crossing the Line: Freedom of Movement and the Rafah Crossing Point(Gaza/Egypt), dir. M. Kohen (dir.), MIA, 2015, 91pp.
AVIS Maya, Objects of Stabilisation. How Maps and Photographs are utilized in the Context of theStruggle for the Naqab-Negev, dir. G. Mallard, ANSO, 2015, 107pp.
BARBEZAT, Laura, Militarisation des activités du Haut-Commissariat pour les Réfugiés (HCR) et
protection physique des personnes déplacées. Exemple d’un comportement pathologique du HCR, dir.
O. Jutersonke, MIA, 2015, 116pp.
DONATZ Jakob, Settling the Dowry, Expelling the Bride: Colonialism and Settler-Colonialism in the
Israeli-Palestinian History, dir. J. Tejel, MIA, 2015, 79pp.
PETERHANS Linda, Patrimoine et développement urbain au Caire. Etude anthropologique de laréappropriation de l’espace au Caire fatimide : continuités sociales et dynamiques controversées surla rue Al Mu’izz li-din Allah, dir. A. Monsutti, MDEV, 2015, 95pp.
SEGUIN Leila, La musique : thérapie de l’exil ? Identité et inclusion culturelle des artistes réfugiés à
Londres à travers la pratique musicale, dir. Ch. Verschuur, 2015, 99pp.
THEVOZ Indra, A Mural of History and Memory: Exploring El Salvador’s Civil War, Sites of Memory andMemoria Historica, dir. D. Rodogno, MHI12 2015, 99pp.
VALDES SALAS, The Limits of Liberal State-Building: Conceptualising a post-Weberian State in
Guatemala, dir. O. Jutersonke, MDEV, 2015, 53pp.
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FRIEDEN Nathalie, K.I.T. Group’s Integration in the Middle East: Optimization of Intercultural
Communication and Relationships, dir. L. Adkins, HES-SO Valais, School of Management andTourism, Sierre, B.A. thesis in Tourism, 2015, 95 pp.
PELLEGRINI Milena, Regards vers le ‘Sud’ et vers l’Est’: les festivals de films comme épicentres
politiques. Les cas du Festival international de films de Fribourg et de Visions du Réel à Nyon, dir. I.
Milbert, MDEV, 2016, 152pp.
AMISI MUTAMBALA Dieudonné, La prise en compte par les acteurs humanitaires de la mémoire despopulations affectées par des conflits violents, dir. E.Meur, MAS dissertation in Humanitarian Action,
CERAH, Genève, 2016, 36pp.
AL FAKIH Calina, Recreational Options for Western Expatriates in Saudi Arabia, dir. L. Adkins, HES-SO
Valais, School of Management and Tourism, Sierre, B.A. thesis in Tourism, 2016, 61pp.
RHYN Larissa, Social Reintegration in Colombia. An Exploratory Study on Mechanisms Fostering
Interaction Between Ex-Combatants and Recipient Communities in Bogota, dir. O. Jütersonke, MIA,
2017, 120pp.
BIELING Mona, Education in Israel. The School System as a Tool to Control the Arab Minority, dir. M.
Ould Mohammedou, MIH, 2017, 70pp.
GE Yingxue, Us, You or Them? An Analysis of China’s Refugee Policy, dir. S. Rho, MIR, 2017, 96pp.
PITTMAN Sarah, "Yippee ki yay mo-" An analysis of the evolution of the presentation of terrorism andcounterterrorism in Hollywood film (1970-2016), dir. M. Ould Mohammedou, MIA, 2017, 120pp.
PLATO Alon, ‘Against Mass Immigration’. The Dicourses of Stakeholders Behind the Success of the2014 Swiss Migration Quota Referendum, dir. V. Chetail, MIA, 2017, 95pp.
MAIGA Nana Mariam, A Tale of Two Worlds. The Developed and the Developing : Eternal State-buiding
and Norm-Implementation in Post-Colonial Africa, dir. M. Ould Mohammedou, MDEV, 2018, 73pp.
SCHMUTZ Timrah Meirav, Rethinking ‘Foreign Fighting’. The Unexplored Case of Israel’s Lone
Soldiers, dir. M. Ould Mohammedou, MIA, 2018, 97pp.
PELUCCHI Silvia, Dignity’s Ransom. A Study on Motives. dir. M. Ould Mohammedou, MDEV, 2018,
94pp.
CHOI Sung Hun, The Suvival Dilemma of ‘Infidels’: Copts’ Perceptions of Social Relations between
Muslims and Christians in Egypt, dir. J. Hahnimaki, MIA, 2018, 119pp.
ERICKSON Elise, Making Space for Creative Movement: Dance as a multidimensional tool for
Development and Peacebuilding, dir. Ch.Gironde, MDEV, 2018, 91pp.
HOLESEK Christina, Tanzania's Refugee Policy and its Implications on Urban Refugees in Dar es
Salaam, dir. A, Russell, MDEV, 2018, 78pp.
NAÏMEH Georges, The 2018 Lebanese Elections and its Implications on the National and International
Political Scene, dir. C. Schayegh, 2019, IHP, 73pp.
BERMAKI, Iman, Terrorism Discourse in the Post-9/11 Political Series: A Study of the (Mis-)
Representations of Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists in Homeland and Beyond, dir. M. Ould
Mohamedou, MDEV, 2020, 58pp.
SKAFF Nadine, Messy Masculinities: Memory and Military Masculinity during the Lebanese Civil
War, dir. F. Reysoo, MDEV, 2021, 84pp.
GRANGE Maeva Céline, A "Paradoxical" Encounter: Swiss Development Cooperation and the Arts, dir.
O. Jütersonke, MDEV, 2021, 84pp.
EL OUASSINI, Zineb, The Foreign Policy of the UAE in the ‘Post-Zayed Era’. Humanitarian Logistics asa Foreign policy instrument in the United Arab Emirates, dir. G. Carbonnier, MIA, 2021, 62pp.

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SCHAUB, Antoine, La coopération au développement et militaire de la Suisse au Kosovo : analyse derécits politiques, dir. O. Jütersonke, MDEV, 2022, 59pp.
En cours :PANESE Elio, Ch.Heller (dir.), 2022

Direction /participation a des jurys de diplômes de recherche IUEDHAMMEL Roland, Politiques de développement pastoral au Sahel. Les ambitions de développement dela coopération internationale et la dynamique du système pastoral nigérien, dir. D. Fino, 2006, 212
pp.
MAZARIEGOS Rina, Militancia y violencia: las organizaciones de derechos humanos in Guatemala, codir. L. Monnier, 2007, 84pp.

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ANNEX III – MEDIA 13
Sur le conflit israélo-palestinien
TELEVISION
1.12.2003: RAI News 24, TG sera, L’iniziativa di Ginevra e il processo di pace israelo-palestinese,interview de S. Benna.
8.12.2003: RAI News 24, émission ‘Next’, La situazione irakena e il conflitto israelo-palestinese,table ronde.
21.11.2006: TSI 1, TG 20h00, Violenza e programmi di aiuto nel campo della malattia mentale aGaza, intervista di G. Fontana.
7.02.2007: RSI 1, TG 20h00, L’Arabia Saudita e la guerra civile in Palestina, interview de B.
Bernaschina.
31.07.2008 : RTS, TJ 12h45, E. Olmert et le changement politique en Israël, interview de A. Arnaud.
7.02.2012 : France 24 TJ 21h00, Fatah-Hamas: la fragile rapprochement, interview de J. Peyron.
https://www.france24.com/fr/20120207-fragile-rapprochement-fatah-hamas-abbas-mechaalpalestinien-qatar-emir-cisjordanie-gaza
16.11.2012 : RTS 1 TJ 20h00, Escalation della violenza fra Gaza e Israele (5mn.),
https://www.rsi.ch/ricerca/?q=bocco
11.12.2012 : Léman Bleu (Genève), émission 'Face à face', La Palestine à l'ONU : un certificat denaissance?, interview de D. Palma. https://www.lemanbleu.ch/fr/Emissions/59786-Face-aFace-02-01-2013.html (26mn.)
31.07.2013 : TSR 1, TJ 19h30, Les Etats-Unis tentent de trouver un accord de paix entre Israéliens et
Palestiniens,
interviewdeL.
Burkhalter.
https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/-/video/?urn=urn:rts:video:5106371
14.08.2013 : RTS 1, TJ 19h30, Les violences en Egypte / La reprise des pourparlers de paix entreIsraël et la Palestine, interview de M. Nedir.
24.06.2014 : RTS 1, TJ 19h30, Enlèvements en Cisjordanie : Israël punit les Palestiniens, interview de
M. Allgower. https://avisdexperts.ch/videos/view/2832
20.07.2014 : RTS 1, TJ 19h30, Gaza : les explications, interview de O. Dominik. (3.30mn.)
24.07.2014 : TSI, TJ 20h00, La situazione a Gaza, interview de A. Caldelari.
https://www.rsi.ch/la1/programmi/informazione/telegiornale/Telegiornale-1394143.html
1.08.2014 : France 24, TJ 21h00, La situation à Gaza.
1.08.2014 : France 24 News 20h30, Israel and Hamas: where to? interview by F. Pickard
3.08.2014 : RTS 1, TJ 19h30, La situation à Gaza, interview de A. Wuthrich.
6.11.2014 : France 24 News 21h00, Jerusalem: how to ease tensions, interview by F. Pickard. (10mn.)
7.12.2014 : RTS 1, émission 'Faut pas croire', Israël : vers une radicalisation religieuse? interview de
A. Bachofner à M.-R. Guedj (Grand Rabbin, Genève) et R. Bocco. (16mn.)
11.12.2014 : TSI 1, TG 20h00, Palestina: svolta europea?, intervista di M. Cattaneo.
https://www.rsi.ch/la1/programmi/informazione/telegiornale/Telegiornale-3193768.html
14.05.2018 : TSI 1, Telegiornale 20h00: L’ambasciata USA a Gerusalemme e la rabbia dei
Palestinesi:
ilcommento,
intervista
diA.
Chiara13

Les interviews surlignées en jaune seront bientôt disponibles en mp4, en mp3 ou en pdf sur mon site web enconstruction.

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19.05.2018 : Al Jazeera Television (Arabic Channel), 'News', Le sommet de l’Organisation de laConférence Islamique à Istanbul et les enjeux de la protection des civils palestiniens, interview de A.
Nasr (18mn.)
30.03.2019 : France 24 TJ 13h00, Marche du retour à Gaza: les mesures adoptées par Israël posent
problème.
https://www.france24.com/fr/video/20190330-marche-retour-a-gaza-mesuresadoptees-israel-posent-probleme
14.11.2019 : France 24 News 20h00, Israel-Gaza Tensions. Truce Deal Reached after Two Days of
Intense Fighting. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7z8izs
6.06.2020 : RT France TJ 18h00, Le plan d'annexion israélien en Cisjordanie. (7mn.)
24.07.2020 : RT France TJ 20h00, Manifestation à Jérusalem (contre Netanyahou) (5mn.)
29.08.2020 : RT France TJ 20h00, La Cour Suprême israélienne ordonne la destruction d'une colonie.
(6mn.)
18.10.2020 : RT France TJ 21h00, Les Israéliens veulent aboutir au projet du Grand Israël.
10.02.2021 : France 24 TJ 22h00, Réconciliation palestinienne : pourparlers au Caire en vue desélections, https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7z8izs
24.03.2021 : France 24 News 21h30, Israel election: "We are probably heading to a fifth election",interview by M. Owen. (11mn.) https://www.france24.com/en/video/20210324-israel-electionwe-are-probably-heading-to-a-fifth-election
30.04.2021 : RT France TJ 19h30, Report des élections en Palestine : une déception pour les jeunes.
15.05.2021: Indus News (Pakistan) émission ‘Scope’, Does the West provide cover for Israeli
atrocities? Table ronde avec R. Falk (Princeton University), R. Bocco, modérée par Waqar Rizvi(17mn.)
20.05.2021 : RT France TJ 15h00, Conflit entre Israël et Palestine. Riccardo Bocco et Pierre Rehov
commentent la situation
28.09.2021 : RT France TJ 19h00, Cinq Palestiniens tués par l’armée israélienne pendant une‘opération’ (6mn.)
29.03.2022 : France 24 TJ 12h30 : Sommet ‘historique’ au Néguev. (8mn.)

RADIO
10.02.2003 : Radio Popolare (Bologna, Italie) émission ‘Politica Internazionale’, Aspettando laguerra in Irak: la situazione in Israele, Palestina e Giordania interview de R. Hanau-Santini.
23.03.2004 : Radio One FM (Genève), TJ 8h00, Les conséquences de l’assassinat de Cheikh Yassin à
Gaza sur les dynamiques du conflit israélo-palestinien.
30.01.2006 : RSI 114, Modem, Le elezioni in Palestina, tavola rotonda.
12.02.2006 : RSR 115, Forum, Les élections législatives en Palestine, interview de M. Gultaz.
18.03.2006 : RSR 1, Forum, La nomination du nouveau gouvernement palestinien, interview de D.
Duployer.
30.03.2006 : Radio ONE FM, RJ, Les élections législatives en Israël et les perspectives de paix.
7.04.2006 : RSR 1, Forum, L’UE et l’aide humanitaire en Palestine, interview de M. Gultaz.
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Radio Suisse Romande5410.04.2006 : Radio Vatican, Le Hamas et l’aide internationale en Palestine, interview de B. Salem.
29.06.2006 : RSR Espace 2, émission ‘Les temps qui courent’, Le mouvement palestinien Hamas,interview de M. Croubalian. (27mn.)
7.12.2006 : RSR Espace 2, émission ‘Les temps qui courent’, Les conflits au Moyen-Orient,interview de N. Duparc.
18.12.2006 : RSI 1, Modem, La guerra civile in Palestina?, table ronde modérée par S. Fusetti, avec
M. Paganoni (Università di Trieste), L. Morgantini (Parlamento europeo), R. Bocco (30mn.)
28.11.2007: RSI 1 Modem, La conferenza di Annapolis e la ripresa del processo di pace nel Vicino
Oriente, table ronde modérée par M. Bertelli, avec E. Ottolenghi (Director, Transnational
Institute, Bruxelles). R. Radaelli (Università Orientale di Napoli), R. Bocco (30mn.)
18.12.2007: RSI 1, Modem, La conferenza di Parigi e gli aiuti alla Palestina, table ronde modérée
par N. Luend.
25.01.2008 : WRS News, Gaza and the Egyptian Border, interview de A. Beaumont.
16.05.2008 : WRS, The 60th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel and the Palestinian
Nakba, interview de A. Beaumont.
20.06.2008 : RSI 1, Modem, La tregua a Gaza, table ronde animée par M. Bertelli.
21.06.2008 : WRS News, The Truce in Gaza, interview de L. Connor.
9.07.2008 : RSR, Géopolis, Palestine, société brisée, interview de J. Mouriquand. (53mn.)
15.09.2008 : RSR 1, Histoire Vivante, La Palestine et l’aide internationale : le rôle de la recherche ensciences sociales, interview de J. Mouriquand. (40mn.)
28.10.2008 : RSI 1, Modem, La resa di Tzipi Livni: non restano che le elezioni anticipate in Israele,tavola rotonda moderata da M. Bertelli.
23.12.2008 : RSI 1, Modem, La fine della tregua a Gaza, tavola rotonda moderata da M. Bertelli
12.02.2009: Radio Grenouille (Marseille), émission ‘Au rendez-vous de midi’ table ronde modérée
par Th. Fabre, avec D. Meier (A contrario, Lausanne) et R. Bocco (36mn.)
24.3.2009: WRS, émission ‘Your Space’, The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (52mn.)
19.01.2010 : RSI 1, Modem, Piombo Fuso: un anno dopo, tavola rotonda moderata da N. Luend.
29.03.2010 : RSI 1, Modem, La riunione della Lega degli Stati Arabi e l’occupazione israeliana a
Gerusalemme, table ronde modérée par N. Luend.
1.06.2010 : RSR, Forum, Israël à un tournant diplomatique?, interview de Ph. Revaz avec J.-P.
Chagnollaud (Université de Cergy Pontoise) et R. Bocco. (10mn.)
2.06.2010 : RSI 1, Modem, Attacco all’alba: il raid israeliano contro la flotta pacifista a Gaza, tableronde modérée par N. Luend.
23.07.2010 : RSR 1, Histoire vivante, La Guerre des Six Jours et la nouvelle donne au Proche-Orient,interview de J. Mouriquand.
19.01.2011 : Deutsche Welle, RJ 19h00, Tensions à la frontière entre Israël et Gaza, interview de C.
Leclerc.
15.02.2011 : RSI 1, Modem, Tutto intorno é cambiato. Se ne va il primo ministro palestinese, tableronde modérée par N. Luend.
16.02.2011 : RSR Espace 2, émission ‘A vue d’esprit’, L'apparition du mouvement palestinien,
interview de J. Mouriquand (29mn.)
17.02.2011 : RSR Espace 2, émission ‘A vue d’esprit’, La Palestine, terre d'ONG, interview de J.
Mouriquand (29mn.)
28.04.2011 : RSI 1, RG 8h00, L’accordo di riconciliazione Fatah-Hamas, interview de S. Piazza.

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19.09.2011 : RSR 1, Forum, Palestine, année zéro?, avec Denis Charbit (Open University, Tel Aviv), Y.
Besson (Université de Fribourg) et R. Bocco, modération de Ph. Revaz. (17mn.)
23.09.2011 : RSI 1, RG 18h30, Le vote à l'ONU relatif à la déclaration d'un Etat palestinien,
interview de L. Orelli.
26.09.2011 : RSI 1, Modem, Uno stato in Palestina. Tra diplomazia e realtà sul terreno, table ronde
avec S. Romano (ambassadeur italien) et R. Bocco, modérée par B. Müller. (30mn.)
18.12.2011 : RSR Espace 2, émission ‘Hautes Fréquences’, Le tombeau de la discorde, interview de
P.-Y. Moret. (13mn.)
23.01.2012 : France Culture, émission 'Plateformes : les sciences humaines', Table rondeIsraël/Palestine, récits de frontières, modérée par Th. Fabre (MUCEM, Marseille), avec S. LatteAbdallah et C. Parizot (IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence), r. Bocco (84mn.)
13.02.2012 : RSR 1, émission ‘Babylone’, Vers un printemps israélo-palestinien? interview de N.
Duparc à S. Latte-Abdallah et C. Parizot (IREMAM, Aix en Provence), R. Bocco (53mn.)
5.03.2012 : RSR 1, Forum, Le Lobby juif nuit-il au processus de paix israélo-palestinien? Avec F.
Encel et R. Bocco, modération de Ph. Revaz (12mn.)
19.03.2012 : RSR 1, émission ‘Un dromadaire sur l’épaule’, Gaza : une prison avec vue sur mer,interview de M. Croubalian. (53mn.)
4.07.2012: RSR 1, Forum, Pourquoi et par qui Arafat aurait-il été assassiné?, interview de Ph.
Revaz. (15mn.)
15.11.2012 : Canal 3 (Bienne) RJ 19h00, La Palestine à l’ONU, interview de J. Burgener.
15.11.2012 : RSI 1, RG 18h30, La Palestina all’ONU, interview de M. Cristini.
15.11.2012 : RSR 1, RG 6h00, La visite du Président palestinien à Berne, interview de E. Coquoz.
16.11.2012 : Canal 3 (Bienne) RJ du matin, Mahmoud Abbas à Berne, interview de A. Planinic.
16.11.2012 : RSI 1, Modem, Attacchi a Gaza e prospettive incerte all’ONU, table ronde modérée par
V. Moccetti.
15.11.2012 : TSI 1, TJ 20h00, L’opinione’, intervista di P. Bernaschina su Gaza-Israele.
19.11.2012 : WRS, News, Hope of truce dim as Gaza violence ramps up, interview de P. Forster.
23.07.2013 : RTS 1, Forum, Conflit israélo-palestinien: peut-on croire aux pourparlers de paix?,
interview de Ph. Revaz (13mn.) https://www.rts.ch/audio-podcast/2021/audio/conflit-israelopalestinien-peut-on-croire-aux-pourparlers-de-paix-25644403.html
29.07.2013 : RSI 1, RG 18h30, Premiata l’insistenza di Kerry : la ripresa dei negoziati di paceisraelo-palestinesi,
intervista
diA.
Bertellotti.
(3mn.)
https://www.rsi.ch/news/mondo/cronaca/Premiata-linsistenza-di-Kerry-17060.html
9.07.2014 : RADIO3i Ticino, RG 12h00, L’escalation della violenza a Gaza, interview de M. Pacella.
10.07.2014 : RTS 1, Journal du matin, L’engrenage de la violence en Israël et le Hamas palestinien,
interview de F. Pfiffer. https://avisdexperts.ch/videos/view/2874
26.07.2014 : RTS 1, Forum, La trêve prolongée de 4 heures à Gaza, interview de N. Ducommun(6mn.)
https://www.rts.ch/audio-podcast/2021/audio/treve-prolongee-de-4-heures-a-gaza25669714.html
1.08.2014 : RTS 1, Forum, La trêve humanitaire entre Israël et Hamas vole en éclat, interview de S.
Belzer (11mn.) https://pages.rts.ch/la-1ere/programmes/forum/6025918-forum-du-01-082014.html
14.10.2014 : Deutsche Welle, Au-delà de la paix entre Fatah et Hamas, interview de G. Henry.
https://www.dw.com/fr/au-del%C3%A0-de-la-paix-entre-fatah-et-hamas/a-17995683

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18.11.2014 : RSI 1, RG 18h30, Attentato a una sinagoga a Gerusalemme, interview de G. Limoncelli.
https://www.rsi.ch/news/mondo/Assalto-alla-sinagoga-3076432.html
17.12.2014 : TSI 1, RG 12h30, Ginevra: conferenza sulla Palestina, interview de A. Valenti.
https://www.rsi.ch/rete-uno/programmi/informazione/radiogiornale/Radiogiornale3216377.html
23.03.2015 : RTS 1, émission ‘En ligne directe’, Sanctionner Israël, seul moyen de relancer leprocessus de paix ?, interview de M. Balaman et T. Baril, avec J. Rubinfeld (ancien président duparlement juif européen), A. Marcovitch (RTS, Tel-Aviv) et R. Bocco (25mn.)
14.10.2015 : Yes FM (Genève), émission ‘L’invité de la rédaction’, Une situation toujours plus
tendue entre Israéliens et Palestiniens, interview de B. Rul.
15.10.2015 : RSI 1, Modem, Intifada all’arma bianca, tavola rotonda moderata da N. Luend, con B.
Berti, (Istituto per la sicurezza nazionale israeliana), A. Salah (Accademia di belle arti diGerusalemme), H. Gaber (ambasciatore ANP Italia), R. Bocco (30mn.) https://www.rsi.ch/reteuno/programmi/informazione/modem/Intifada-all%E2%80%99arma-bianca-6132862.html
22.05.2016 : RTS 1, Forum, Paris peut-il relancer le processus de paix israélo-palestinien? interview
de R. Malik (5mn.)
3.06.2016 : Sputnik News France, La conférence de Paris pourra-t-elle débloquer le conflit israélopalestinien?, interview de G. Nicolle. (8mn.)
10.06.2016 : Sputnik News France, L’attentat palestinien à Tel Aviv et les réactions israéliennes,
interview de G. Nicolle. (4mn.)
12.01.2017 : Sputnik News France, Jérusalem capitale israélienne?, interview de C. Ollivier.
21.01.2017 : RTS Info, Les colons en Cisjordanie : obstacle à la paix?, interview de J. Galeazzi.
23.01.2017 : Radio Vatican, Le Hamas au pouvoir depuis dix ans à Gaza, interview de M. Duhamel(8mn.)
21.06.2017 : France Culture, émission ‘Culture Monde’ Vivre en temps de guerre à Gaza :l’économie de survie à bout de souffle, interview de F. Delorme avec ‘Alaa Abu Sirah (Ambassade
de Palestine, Paris), M. Slitine (EHESS, Paris), R. Bocco (58mn.)
24.07.2017 : RTS, Forum, Israël cède sur les portiques, interview de S. Belzer (7mn.)
12.10.2017 : RTS, Forum, Paix inter-palestinienne, interview de Ch. Domenjoz et Ch. Favre (9mn.)
9.11.2017 : RSI, Rete 2, Attualità culturale, La Palestina, cento anni dopo Balfour, interview de M.
Pagani. (10mn.)
10.1.2018 : RTS, Espace 2, Versus-Penser, Jérusalem sous très haute tension, interview de N.
Duparc (36mn.)
7.10.2019 : RTS 1, émission ‘Tout un monde’, La Palestine est-elle encore une priorité des pays
arabes? (6mn.) https://www.rts.ch/audio-podcast/2021/audio/la-palestine-est-elle-encore-unepriorite-des-pays-arabes-25078301.html
4.02.2020 : RSI 1, émission Modem, Pax americana, tavola rotonda moderata da N. Luend, con M.
Giorgio (Il Manifesto, Gerusalemme) S. Della Pergola (Università ebraica, Gerusalemme), D.
Cassuto (ex-sindaco di Gerusalemme), H. Gaber (ambasciatore ANP, Italia) et R. Bocco (37mn.)
https://www.rsi.ch/rete-uno/programmi/informazione/modem/Pax-americana-12627039.html
15.9.2020 : RSI 1 émission Modem, Cominciamo da Abramo, tavola rotonda moderata da R. Porta,
con A. Perteghella (ISPI, Milano), S. Della Pergola (Università ebraica, Gerusalemme), H. Gaber(ambasciatore
ANP,
Italia)etR.
Bocco(37mn.)
https://www.rsi.ch/reteuno/programmi/informazione/modem/Cominciamo-da-Abramo-13324548.html
21.05.2021 : RTS ‘La Matinale’ : La trêve entre Israël et le Hamas (8mn.),

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PRESSE ECRITE
9.04.2002: Swissinfo, Quale giustizia per i Palestinesi?, intervista di D. Papacellahttps://www.swissinfo.ch/ita/quale-giustizia-per-i-palestinesi/2645326?utm_campaign=teaser-inchannel&utm_source=swissinfoch&utm_medium=display&utm_content=o10.02.2005 : Swissinfo, Swiss Diplomacy put to test in the Middle East, interview de F. Burnand,https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-diplomacy-put-to-the-test-in-middleeast/4354456?utm_campaign=teaser-inchannel&utm_source=swissinfoch&utm_medium=display&utm_content=o
23.01.2006 : La Tribune de Genève, Hamas : le triomphe annoncé des islamistes palestiniens,
interview de A. Allemand.
31.01.2006 : Le Courrier (Genève) et La Liberté (Fribourg), L’aide aux Palestiniens est menacée.
2006 Avril: Faut-il fermer le robinet de l’aide internationale? In : Bulletin de la Centrale Sanitaire
Suisse, n°134.
4.05.2006 : La Liberté/Le Courrier, L’aide humanitaire en Palestine : même avec un milliard de plus
ça ne changerait rien, interview de M. Goumaz.
2006 Juin: Mesurer la fièvre palestinienne, interview de A. Vos, in: Campus, n°81.
14.07.2006 : Neue Luzerner Zeitung, Generäle setzen Scharons Taktik fort, interview de A. Tunger.
18.12.2007 : Tribune de Genève, La Suisse augmente son aide aux Palestiniens, interview de G.
Kuhn.
7.01.2009 : Swissinfo, Que peuvent le monde et la Suisse pour Gaza ? interview de M.-A. Miserez
https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/que-peuvent-le-monde-et-la-suisse-pour-gaza-/7134702?utm_campaign=teaser-inchannel&utm_medium=display&utm_source=swissinfoch&utm_content=o10.02.2009,
TSR
Info,
Electionsisraéliennes,
interviewdeS.
Bourquin
https://www.rts.ch/info/monde/1027620-elections-israeliennes-lanalyse-dun-specialiste.html
17.09.2009 : Swissinfo, Middle East Experts detail two-State future, interview de D. Bechtel.
2009 Décembre : Voix d’Exil (trimestriel romand d’information sur l’asile), Pourquoi le conflit
israélo-palestinien produit si peu de réfugiés en Suisse? interview de H. Cher Hared.
29.09.2010: Swissinfo, UN backs critical report on Gaza flotilla raid, interview de S. Bradley.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/un-backs-critical-report-on-gaza-flotillaraid/28437826?utm_campaign=teaser-inchannel&utm_source=swissinfoch&utm_medium=display&utm_content=o
29.04.2011 : Swissinfo, La primavera araba riconcilia Fatah e Hamas, interview de L. Jorio.
17.05.2011 : ATS/SDA, Reconnaissance de l’Etat palestinien : la diplomatie en marche, interview de
F. Motta
28.07.2011 : Le Courrier, La Palestine deviendra-t-elle le 194e Etat membre des Nations Unies?,
interview de R. Armanios.
16.08.2011 : ATS/SDA, Adhésion des Palestiniens à l'ONU: une démarche tactique et risqué, interview
de J.-F. Schwab.
15.09.2011 : La Tribune de Genève, “Demain la Palestine?”, interview de A. Allemand.
17.09.2011 : Le Nouvelliste, La Palestine veut être un vrai pays, interview de Ch. Magarotto.
18.09.2011 : Le Matin dimanche, Les Palestiniens partent à la conquête des Nations Unies,
interview de M. Audétat5820.09.2011 : Corriere del Ticino, Palestina membro dell’ONU: ecco la vera posta in gioco, interview de
C. Silini
22.09.2011 : Le Matin, La Palestine rêve déjà d’être un état reconnu, interview de L. Molnar.
22.09.2011 : Le Figaro, Palestine: le Hamas ambigu face à la démarche d'Abbas, interview de L. Raim.
23.09.2011 : La Tribune de Genève (site web), Palestine à l'ONU : des enjeux cruciaux, interview de S.
Perroud.
2.11.2011: Le Courrier, La Palestine à l'Unesco : Un échec cinglant d’Israël et des USA, interview de
R. Armanios.
27.01.2012 : Le Monde, Une guerre de tranchée en vue au sein du Hamas? interview de A. Janier.
15.11.2012 : ATS/SDA, Mahmoud Abbas à Berne : la Suisse devrait soutenir la demandepalestinienne à l’ONU, interview de E. Clerc.
15.11.2012 : Tages Anzeiger / Basler Zeitung, Experte sieht Schweizer Nahost-Politik durch
Burkhalter gefährdet.
16.11.2012 : Le Courrier, “Abbas vient chercher à Berne le soutien de la Suisse”
18.11.2012 : Le Matin dimanche, Pourquoi Israël frappe maintenant, interview de M. Goumaz.
29.11.2012 : Le Matin, Arafat exhume, à la science de parler, interview de R. Michiels
24.03.2013 : Le Matin Dimanche, Le Printemps arabe a hanté le voyage d’Obama en Israël,interview de M. Audetat.
18.06.2013 : Le Temps, De plus en plus d’enfants palestiniens dans les prisons israéliennes,
interview de C. Vann.
11.07.2014 : Le Matin, Le Hamas veut rester en vie, interview de L. Molnar.
22.07.2014 : Le Temps, Pas de visite suisse auprès de l’armée israélienne, interview de Y. Pétignat.
3.08.2014 : Le Matin Dimanche, Israël ne dispose d’aucune stratégie à long terme, interview de M.
Audetat.
6.08.2014 : Le Courrier, La trêve politique est encore loin, interview de P.-A. Sieber et K. Packiry.
6.08.2014 : 20 Minuti (Ticino), Gaza. Israele evita la radice del problema: 47 anni di occupazione,
interview de D. Ornaghi.
31.10.2014 : La Liberté et Le Courrier, Situation sous haute tension à Jérusalem, interview de K.
Packiry.
2.12.2014 : Le Temps, L’école en feu à Jérusalem, une affaire suisse, interview de L. Lema.
15.12.2014 : Standard Newswire, Palestinian History of Dispossession is Focus of WCC Exhibition and
Conference.
29.01.2015 : Le Temps, Réconciliation palestinienne : la Suisse a un plan, interview de L. Lema.
1.04.2015 : Le Temps, Le monde selon Tony Blair, interview de L. Lema.
25.06.2015 : 20 Minuti (Ticino), Palestina contro Israele all’Aia: il punto cruciale sono le colonie,
interview de D. Ornaghi.
22.08.2015 : Le Temps, Quand Mahmoud Abbas froisse la Suisse, interview de L. Lema.
15.10.2015 : Le Matin, L’intifada des couteaux, interview de C. Favre.
16.10.2015 : Swissinfo, que reste-t-il de la solution à deux Etats?, interview de F. Burnand.
2.05.2016 : ATS, Suisse-Israël : Polémique, des parlementaires suisses visitent une colonie.
29.09.2016 : Le Matin, Peres, ce n’est pas Mandela, interview de R. Michiels.
25.07.2017 : Le Matin, Nouvelle spirale de violences ? Tensions à Jérusalem, interview de C. Favre.

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2017 Septembre : Bulletin de la Centrale Sanitaire Suisse Romande, Palestine : les impasses del’occupation militaire et de l’aide internationale, cahier n°10, p.1.
8.12.2017 : La Croix (France), Israël-Palestine : comment l'avenir peut-il s'écrire?, interview de D.
d'Alançon et M. Meunier.
2018 Mars : Globe (The Graduate Institute Review), Israël-Palestine : où va-t-on ?
1.04.2018 : Le Matin Dimanche, Le gouvernement israélien n’a pas un projet pour la paix, interview
de I. Radja.
26.11.2019 : L'Orient-Le Jour (Beyrouth), Israël franchit un nouveau cap dans sa guerre contre les
ONG. https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1196341/israel-franchit-un-nouveau-cap-dans-saguerre-contre-les-ong.html
22.02.2021 : Swissinfo, How the US could influence Swiss Policy in the Middle East, interview de G.
Wong Sak Hoi. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/what-impact-the-us-could-still-have-on-swisspolicy-in-the-middle-east/46381722?utm_campaign=teaser-inchannel&utm_source=swissinfoch&utm_content=o&utm_medium=display
18.05.2021 : RTS Info, La Suisse peu active pour aider à résoudre le conflit entre Israël et Gaza,
interview de M. Menichini https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/12207797-la-suisse-peu-active-pouraider-a-resoudre-le-conflit-entre-israel-et-gaza.html
25.05.2021: Le Courrier, Un cessez-le-feu sans solution, interview de Th. Jacolet.
1.6.2021 : Geneva Solutions, What’s Next for Israel and Palestine? Interview de Pip Cook.
28.9.2021 : Le Monde, Le terme “apartheid” permet de penser dans la durée l’asymétrie des relations
israélo-palestiniennes.

Sur les réfugiés palestiniens et l’UNRWA
2.09.1999 : Swissinfo, Réfugiés palestiniens : la Suisse finance un symposium international sur la
rivejordanienne
de
la
Mer
Morte,
interview
de
S.
Léger
https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9s-palestiniens---la--suisse-finance-unsymposium-international-sur-la-rive-jordanienne-de-la-mermorte/1353508?utm_campaign=teaser-inchannel&utm_medium=display&utm_source=swissinfoch&utm_content=o
8.10.2003 : Le Temps, Des juristes réunis à Genève au chevet des réfugiés palestiniens interview de
L. Lema.
8.02.2008 : Swissinfo, Les réfugiés palestiniens au Proche-Orient et le Droit au retour, interview de
A. Abdelli, (en arabe).
1.12.2012 : Le Courrier, Droit au retour, le tabou israélo-palestinien, interview de C. Zahnd.
23.12.2014 : Your Middle East, Palestinian human rights activist joins Israeli critics of UN agency forrefugees, interview by J. Wirtschafter. http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/culture/palestinianhuman-rights-activist-joins-israeli-critics-of-un-agency-for-refugees_28731
10.01.2015 : Jewish Journal.com, Palestinian Activist Critical of UNRWA, interview by J.
Wirtschafter.
1.2.2018 : Al Jazeera Television (Arabic Channel), 'Scenarios', UNRWA, the Palestinian Refugees
and US funding cuts, interview by Mohammad Krishan (52mn.)
15.5.2018: RSI, Rete 2, ‘Attualità Culturale’: I rifugiati palestinesi, intervista di Chiara Fanetti.
(9mn.)
17.05.2018 : Swissinfo, Les surprenants propos d’Ignazio Cassis sur l’UNRWA, interview de F.
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18.05.2018 : Swissinfo, Swiss President moves to calm Palestinian aid outcry, interview de F.
Burnandhttps://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/palestinian-refugees_foreign-minister-s-un-agencycomments-cause-outcry/44128512?utm_campaign=teaser-inchannel&utm_medium=display&utm_source=swissinfoch&utm_content=o
19.10.2018 : Le Courrier / La Liberté, La suspension d’un cours critiquée, interview de Selver
Kabalcaman.
31.07.2019 : Tribune de Genè ve, Avis de tempête sur l'agence pour les réfugiés palestiniens. Interview
de A. Allemand
https://www.tdg.ch/monde/proche-orient/avis-tempete-agence-refugiespalestiniens/story/21985014
4.08.2019 : 20 Minuten, Schweizer Hilfswerk-Chef soll seinen Posten räumen.
https://www.20min.ch/story/schweizer-hilfswerk-chef-soll-seinen-posten-raeumen139404248198
5.08.2019 : 20 Minuten, Hilfswerk-Chef Krähenbühl soll nach schwerer Kritik Posten räumen.
7.08.2019 : Tribune de Genè ve, Qu'attends-t-on pour faire partir Krähenbühl ?, interview de A.
Allemand7.11.2019 : 24 Heures, Pierre Krähenbühl s'est-il «laissé déborder par son entourage»? Interview de
Alain Jourdan https://www.24heures.ch/monde/pierre-kraehenbuehl-s-estil-laisse-deborderentourage/story/16821994
8.11.2019 : Tribune de Genè ve, Pierre Krähenbühl s'est-il laisser déborder par son entourage?,interview de A. Allemand. https://www.tdg.ch/monde/europe/pierre-kraehenbuehl-s-estil-laissedeborder-entourage/story/21281974
8.11.2019 : Aargauer Zeitung, Krähenbühl präsentiert sich als Opfer der Politik.
28.01.2021 : Global Geneva, Le droit au retour des réfugiés et déplacés palestiniens rend-il
impossible la paix entre Israéliens et Palestiniens? Interview de L. Ballin.
21.09.2021: Jadaliyyah, Quick Thoughts: Riccardo Bocco and Lex Takkenberg on UNRWA, interview
by M. Rabbani.

Sur l’Arabie Saoudite
20.06.2012: RSR Espace 2, ‘Babylone’, L’Arabie saoudite à l’épreuve du printemps arabe. Vers une
guerre (froide) du Golfe ? Interview de N. Duparc à D. Rigoulet-Roze (IRIS, Paris), K. E. Bitar (IRIS,
Paris), R. Bocco. (53mn.)
4.01.2016 : TSI 1, TJ 20h00, Riyad, con l’Iran voli sospesi, interview de R. Bagnato. (3mn.)
https://www.rsi.ch/news/mondo/Riyad-con-Iran-voli-sospesi-6672949.html
20.10.2018 : La Liberté, Une élimination rocambolesque (Jamal Kashoggi), interview de Th. Jacolet.
23.10.2018 : Le Courrier, Les Saoudiens pas encore inquiétés, interview de L. Rossier.

Sur l’Egypte
25.04.2006 : TSI 1, TJ 20h00, Gli attentati islamisti nel Sinai, interview de V. Szabo.
26.01.2011 : Canal 3 (Bienne), RJ 17h30, Les manifestations en Egypte : effet domino dusoulèvement tunisien?, interview de J. Favaretto.
27.01.2011 : Canal 3 (Bienne), RJ 17h30, Les affrontements en Egypte : le rôle de la police et del’armée, interview de J. Favaretto.
2.02.2011 : Le Courrier, La peur des Frères Musulman n’est pas fondée, interview de P.-A. Sieber

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2.02.2011 : RSI, Modem, Sognando l'Egitto, tavola rotonda condotta da M. Fusetti, con G. Porzio(Panorama, Cairo), E. Pierandrei (giornalista a La Repubblica) J. York (Internet & Society, Harvard) e
R. Bocco, (30mn.) https://www.rsi.ch/rete-uno/programmi/informazione/modem/Sognando-unaltro-Egitto-1881342.html
2.02.2011 : Canal 3 (Bienne), Radio journal 12h00, Le rôle de l’armée égyptienne dans les émeutes
du Caire, interview de J. Favaretto.
3.02.2011 : ATS/SDA16, Hosni Mubarak s’entête, interview de
13.02.2011 : Femina, (magazine suisse romand), Rénoncer aux vacances en Egypte?
13.02.2011 : RSI 1 RG 18h30, La situazione in Egitto, intervista di A. De Filippis,
https://www.rsi.ch/ricerca/?q=bocco
14.02.2011 : WRS News, Egypt shift to Democracy seen as enormous challenge, interview de P.
Forster.
16.02.2011 : Deutsche Welle, Radio-journal 19h00, Les évolutions en Egypte, interview de C.
Leclerc.
21.03.2011 : Le Figaro, Fouad II d’Egypte, le roi oublié. https://www.lefigaro.fr/monfigaro/2011/03/20/10001-20110320ARTFIG00166-fouad-ii-d-egypte-le-roi-oublie.php
5.08.2011 : Deutsche Welle, emission ‘L’arbre à palabre’, Bilan des révolutions en Tunisie et en Egypte
sept mois après la chute de Ben Ali et de Moubarak, table ronde modérée par G.I. Tounkara.
6.10.2011: L'Express-L'Impartial, La fin violente du traître El-Sadate, interview de Y. Hulmann
22.11.2011 : L’Express, La colère de retour place Tahrir, interview de Y. Hulmann.
3.02.2012 : Le Nouvelliste, l’Impartial, la Côte, Egypte : l’armée n’a plus intérêt à jouer un rôle
répressif, interview de Y. Hulmann.
25.06.2012 : Deutsche Welle, Le monde arabe félicite Morsi, prudence en Israël, interview de G. I.
Tounkara.
29.06.2012 : ATS/SDA, Egypte/Coptes - Avec l'avènement du Frère musulman Mohamed Morsi à latête de l'Etat en Egypte, la minorité chrétienne craint une dégradation de son statut, interview de
S. Donatsch.
29.08.2012 : Panorama, Morsi é saldamente al timone, rifugge l’estremismo e punta alla
riconciliazione nazionale, interview de F. Roiatti.
28.01.2013 : RSI 1, RG 12h30, La situazione in Egitto dopo gli scontri di Port Saïd, intervista di Ch.
Salvi.
18.04.2013 : La Voix de l’Amérique, Hosni Mubarak en prison malgré sa liberation par la justice,interview de J.R. Bion. https://www.voaafrique.com/a/moubarack-en-prison-malgre-saliberation-par-la-justice/1641832.html
4.07.2013 : RSI 1, RG 8h30, La destituzione del Presidente Morsi in Egitto, interview de
14.08.2013 : RTS 1, TJ 19h30, Les violences en Egypte / La reprise des pourparlers de paix entreIsraël et la Palestine, interview de M. Nedir.
14.08.2013 : TSI 1, TG 20h00, Le violenze in Egitto, interview de .
15.08.2013 : Le Matin, Etat d'urgence en Egypte : l'armée a perdu son rôle d'arbitre, interview de L.
Molnar.
16.08.2013 : Le Courrier, Une Egypte au bord de la guerre civile, interview de K. Packiry.

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6216.08.2013 : RSI 1, RG 8h00, L'opposizione liberale in Egitto e l’appoggio all’esercito, interview de
Ch. Savi.
20.08.2013 : Deutsche Welle, RJ, La répression s'abat sur les Frères musulmans, interview de I.
Tounkara.
22.08.2013 : Deutsche Welle, émission ‘L'arbre à palabres’, Egypte: équation à plusieurs inconnues,
table ronde moderée par I. Tounkara, avec Kader Aberrahim (CERI, Paris), H. Abidi (CERMAM,
Genève), Masri Feki (écrivain, Le Caire) et R. Bocco (25mn.)
22.08.2013 : RSI 1, Modem, Attacco chimico in Siria / Ritorno della vecchia guardia in Egitto, tavola
rotonda, moderata B. Muller, con L. Guazzone (Università La Sapienza, Roma), G. Grossi (RSI,
Lugano),A.
Hottinger(NZZ,
Zürich)etR.
Bocco(31mn.).
https://www.rsi.ch/news/svizzera/cronaca/Egitto-polarizzazioni-a-confronto-17325.html
17.01.2014 : RSI 1, Modem, Egitto, strada spianata per al-Sisi, tavola rotonda moderata da R. Minoli,
con G. Gervasio (British University, Cairo), A. Meringolo (Istituto Affari Internazionali, Roma) e G.
Mansour (Chiesa Copta ortodossa, Lugano) et R. Bocco. (31mn.) https://www.rsi.ch/reteuno/programmi/informazione/modem/Egitto-strada-spianata-per-Al-Sisi-109260.html
31.01.2014 : Deutsche Welle, émission ‘L’arbre à palabres’, Egypte: retour à la case depart?, tableronde modérée par F. Quenum, avec Masri Feki (écrivain, Le Caire), K. Bitar (IRIS, Paris) et R.
Bocco. (25mn.)

Sur les Emirats arabes du Golfe
21.04: TSR 1, TJ 12h45, Le Bahreïn accueille le Grand Prix de Formule 1 dans un contexteextrêmement tendu, interview de M. Allgöwer. https://avisdexperts.ch/videos/view/1215
23.06.2017 : RTS 1, Forum, Pas de sortie de crise en vue face au blocus du Qatar, interview de R.
Gueissaz à A. Ferat (RFI International) et R. Bocco (8mn.),
14.8.2020 : RSI 1 RG 7h00, Un accordo di pace storico. https://www.rsi.ch/ricerca/?q=Bocco
15.9.2020 : RSI 1 émission Modem, Cominciamo da Abramo, tavola rotonda moderata da R. Porta,
con A. Perteghella (ISPI, Milano), S. Della Pergola (Università ebraica, Gerusalemme) H. Gaber(ambasciatore
ANP,
Italia)etR.
Bocco(37mn.)
https://www.rsi.ch/reteuno/programmi/informazione/modem/Cominciamo-da-Abramo-13324548.html

Sur l’Irak
21.03.2003 : TSR 117, La guerre en Irak, émission spéciale, interview de D. Rhys.
21.03.2003 : TSR 1, TJ 1h45, Les USA et la guerre en Irak, interview de E. Mamarbachi à J. Marejko et
R. Bocco. (6mn.) https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/12h45/video/interview-de-jan-marejko-ecrivain-etjournaliste-et-de-ricardo-bocco-dir--adjoint-institut-universitaire-detudes-dudeveloppement?urn=urn:rts:video:560691
15.12.2003 : WRS18, Irak after the capture of Saddam Hussein, interview de I. Liebold.
14.04.2004 : RTBF (Bruxelles), émission ‘Face à la presse’, La politique américaine au MoyenOrient table ronde.
21.08.2009 : Le Temps, Doutes sur la sécurité en Irak, interview de A. Mounier-Kuhn.
19.06.2014 : Swissinfo, Fauteur de guerre en Irak, Washington a les clés de la paix, interview de F.
Burnand.
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63Sur l’Iran
30.3.2015, TSI, TG 20h00, Iran : La posta in gioco, https://www.rsi.ch/news/mondo/Nucleareiraniano-tempi-brevi-4192265.html
5.04.2015 : Le Matin Dimanche, C'est tout le Moyen-Orient qui est ébranlé par l'accord de Lausanne,interview de M. Audétat.
14.07.2015 : TSI 1, TG 20h00, L’accordo nucleare con l’Iran, interview de R. Bagliato.
https://www.rsi.ch/la1/programmi/informazione/telegiornale/14.07.2015-Accordo-nuclearelopinione-di-Riccardo-Bocco-5755012.html
4.01.2016 : TSI 1, TJ 20h00, La crisi fra Arabia Saudita e Iran, interview de R. Bagnato.
https://www.rsi.ch/la1/programmi/informazione/telegiornale/04.01.2016-Lanalisi-diRiccardo-Bocco-6674044.html

Sur la Jordanie
3.09.1999 : Jordan Television, Channel 2, émission ‘Encounters’, Social Sciences’ Research in
Jordan, interview by R. Khoury, (30mn.)
2.12.2001 : RSR, émission ‘Le meilleur du monde’, Jordanie : le royaume frontière, interview de L.
Méric (54mn.)
6.09.2006 : RSR, émission : ‘Un dromadaire sur l’épaule’, La Jordanie et ses Bédouins, interview de
V. Marty (58mn.)
14.11.2012 : France 24, émission ‘Focus’, Manifestation contre la hausse des prix du carburant en
Jordanie.
7.08.2017 : France 24 TJ 20h00, Tensions à Jérusalem : le roi de Jordanie rencontre Abbas à
Ramallah, interview de J. Fanciulli.

Sur le Liban
31.07.2010 : RSI 1, Radio-Journal 18h30, Bachar al Assad, Re Abdallah II in visita a Beirut,
interview de S. Piazza.
2.02.2011 : RSR Espace 2, émission ‘Babylone’, La fin de l'exception libanaise, interview de N.
Duparc et A. Chuin, avec G. Nasr, A. Liebich, R. Bocco . (49mn.)
31.10.2012: L’Orient-Le Jour, Reconstruire le jours d’après, interview de S. Noujeim.

Sur la Libye
22.02.2010 : Le Figaro, Lybie : un des otages suisses a été libéré, interview de.
26.02.2010 : WRS News, Khadhafi launches jihad against Switzerland, interview de .
22.02.2011 : Le Temps, La menace d'une division tribale en Libye, interview de C. Zünd.
22.03.2011 : Swissinfo, La Libia rischia la frammentazione territoriale, interview de L. Beti
https://www.swissinfo.ch/ita/-la-libia-rischia-la-frammentazione-territoriale/29802622?utm_campaign=teaser-inchannel&utm_source=swissinfoch&utm_medium=display&utm_content=o
23.03.2011 : Swissinfo, Es droht eine Spaltung Libyens.
26.04.2011 : Deutsche Welle, Radiojournal 19h00, Regards comparés sur les répressions en Syrie eten Lybie, interview de J.-M. Bos.

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30.08.2011: Le Matin, Qui veut du clan Kadhafi?, interview de M. Molnar,
21.10.2011 : Canal 3 (Bienne), Radio-journal 12h00, La Lybie après Kadhdhafi, interview de D.
Bolle.
6.05.2012 : Deutsche Welle, Le difficile désarmément des milices libyennes, interview de
G.I.Tounkara.
4.07 .2012: Popoli (mensuel gésuite italien), Libia: alle urne nell'incertezza, intervista di E. Casali.

Sur la Syrie
4.02.2011 : Le Temps, Bachar el-Assad sous la menace de Syriens en colère, interview de S. Bussard.
24.03.2011 : Le Temps, Deraa défie et fragilise le président syrien, interview de Ph. Bussard.
26.3.2011: RSI 1 TG 18h30, La situazione in Siria, intervista di A. Defilippis,
https://www.rsi.ch/ricerca/?q=bocco
23.04.2011 : RSI 1, RG 18h30, La repressione in Siria, interview de L. Orelli.
26.04.2011 : Deutsche Welle, Radio-journal 19h00, Regards comparés sur les répressions en Syrieet en Lybie, interview de J.-M. Bos.
7.06.2011 : TSR, emission ‘Infrarouge’, Syrie-Libye : deux poids, deux measures?, table ronde
modérée par E. Mamarbachi, avec Manon Schick (Amnesty International, Suisse), Jean-Souhaïl
Gowrié et Constantin Sayegh (Collectif des Syriens de Suisse), Kh. Sid Mohand (journaliste, Le
Monde), Shady Ammane et Wajd Zimmermann Sybaï (Collectif Jasmin, Suisse), Marwa Daoudy(université d’Oxford), R. Bocco (60mn.)
8.06.2011 : EURONEWS, TJ, Les émeutes en Syrie.
3.08.2011 : Le Matin, Damas continue de tuer librement, interview de L. Molnar.
4.08.2011: WRS, émission ‘Le National’, Geneva aid agencies denied access to Syria as bloodshed
continues, interview de L. Walton.
3.11.2011 : Deutsche Welle, Radiojournal 19h00, La Syrie toujours au point mort, interview de C.
Leclerc.
3.01.2012: WRS News, UN seen as powerless as Syrian violence escalates, interview by L. Walton.
7.02.2012 : TSR 1, TJ Midi, La situation en Syrie. (4mn.)
8.02.2012: Kuwait News Agency, Russian, Chinese Veto expected, violence will increase in Syria,
interview de T. Aboalenin.
9.02.2012 : RSI 1, émission ‘Modem’, Sangue siriano, table ronde modérée par M. Fusetti avec G.M. Cannatà (giornalista), Sh. Hamadi (scrittore), R. Bocco. (30mn.)
13.03.2012 : Canal 3 (Bienne), Syrie : une année après, interview de J. Burgener.
13.03.2012 : Le Matin, Syrie : des dizaines d’enfants massacrés, interview de L. Molnar.
10.04.2012 : RSI 1, Radiogiornale 12h30, Il piano di Kofi Annan in Siria, interview de M. Batti.
11.04.2012 : Deutsche Welle Radiojournal 19h00, Pourquoi la Chine soutient le Plan Annan?,interview de B. Barry.
29.06.2012: Swissinfo, Geneva hosts last-ditch Syria summit, interview de S. Bradley.
27.07.2012: WRS, Fears of ‘mass murder’ as troops advance on Aleppo, interview by P. Forster.
20.07.2012 : Tribune de Genève, Que racontent vraiment les vidéos amateurs de Syrie?, interview
de S. Perroud.
1.08.2012 : Panorama, Il piano B di Assad : uno stato alawita?, interview di G. Porzio.

656.08.2012 : TSI 1, TG 20h00, Il commento sulla situazione in Siria e la fuga del Primo Ministro,
intervista di B. Bernaschina. (6mn.)
7.08.2012 : RSI 1, Radiogiornale 7h00, L’opinione (sulla defezione del primo ministro siriano),intervista di M. Fusetti.
16.08.2012 : La Regione Ticino, Brandelli di Siria, intervista di E. Ferrari.
10.09.2012 : RSI 1, émission ‘Modem’, Senza fine. Non si fermano le violenze in Siria, la comunitàinternazionale per ora resta a guardare, table ronde modérée par N. Luend, con L. Cremonese(giornalista), Sh. Hamady (scrittore), R. Bocco (30mn.)
8.11.2012 : Deutsche Welle, Assad résiste, la Ligue Arabe impuissante, Interview de G. I. Tounkara.
14.11.2012: WRS, Will Syria's new coalition get the help it needs?, interview by D. Goodman.
11.01.2013: WRS News, Russia and U.S. discuss Syria in Geneva, interview by D. Goodman.
26.03: RSI 1, Radiogiornale 18h30, Il conflitto siriano, la Lega araba e gli armamenti agli insorti,intervista di V. Piazza.
2.06.2013 : Le Matin Dimanche, Obama fera tout pour que le Sommet sur la Syrie ait lieu, interview
de E. Eckert.
3.06.2013 : ATS/SDA, Conférence de paix à Genève : complexe mais nécessaire.
4.06.2013 : CCTV (China Central Television), La préparation de la conférence Genève II sur la Syrie,interview
de
Xin
Liu.
https://tv.cctv.com/2013/09/12/VIDE1378942562762749.shtml?spm=C53156045404.P4HrRJ
64VBfu.0.0
4.06.2013 : XINHUA News, Une conférence réunissant tous les acteurs autour d'une même table devra
avoir lieur pour construire la paix en Syrie, interview de C. Fiankan-Bokonga.
5.06.2013 : RSI 1, émission ‘Modem’, Siria : la tomba dei diritti umani, tavola rotonda moderata da
P. Dell’Oca, con C. Del Ponte (Commissione d’inchiesta ONU sulla Siria), A. Bianchi (IHEID,
Genève), J. Bischoff (NZZ, Beirut), G. Micalessin (giornalista indipendente), et R. Bocco (30mn.)
https://www.rsi.ch/rete-uno/programmi/informazione/modem/Siria-sempre-peggio1882314.html
6.06.2013 : Deutsche Welle, Radiojournal 19h00, Du gaz sarin utilize par Bachar: et après?,interview de I. Tounkara.
22.08.2013 : RSI 1, émission ‘Modem’, Attacco chimico in Siria / Ritorno della vecchia guardia in
Egitto, tavola rotonda, moderata B. Muller, con L. Guazzone (Università La Sapienza, Roma), G.
Grossi (RSI, Lugano), A. Hottinger (NZZ, Zürich) et R. Bocco (31mn.).
https://www.rsi.ch/news/svizzera/cronaca/Egitto-polarizzazioni-a-confronto-17325.html
22.08.2013: Radio 3i (Ticino), News 18h30, La situazione in Siria, intervista di M. Pacella. (9mn.)
12.09.2013: CCTV (China Central Television), Evening News, The Russian-American Negotiations in
Geneva, interview de Xin Liu.
13.09.2013 : Canal 3 (Bienne), Radiojournal 17h30, Les négociations de Genève sur la Syrie,interview de J. Burgener.
2013 octobre : Kaële Magazine Annecy-Léman, Les pieds dans la boue syrienne, n°104, interview
de F. Franco, pp. 34-36.
19.01.2014 : RSI 1, Radiogiornale 12h30, La presenza dell’opposizione siriana a Montreux,interview de F. Cristini.
22.01.2014 : La Télé-Vaud Fribourg, TJ 12h30, Syrie : les attentes de la conférence Genève II,interview de N. Latif.

6622.01.2014: CRI English.com (China Radio International), China Stresses Political Solution to Syria
Crisis, interview de Su Yi.
23.01.2014: CCTV (China Central Television) News, Geneva II Negotiations, interview de Xin Liu
24.012014 : Canal 3 (Bienne), Radiojournal 12h30, Les pourparlers de Genève II débutent
concrètement aujourd'hui, interview de J. Burgener.
26.01.2014 : La Télé-Vaud Fribourg, émission ‘L'actualité du dimanche’, Syrie: les premiers résultats
de la Conférence Genève 2, interview de N. Latif (5mn.). https://latele.ch/emissions/lactu/l-actudu-26-01-14-18h35?s=1
27.012014 : TSI, TJ 20h00, Ginevra II : paralisi negoziale, interview de A. Caldelari.
27.01.2014 : Canal 3 (Bienne), Le magazine de la rédaction, interview de J. Burgener
28.01.2014 : Canal 3 (Bienne), Le magazine de la rédaction, interview de J. Burgener
29.01.2014 : Canal 3 (Bienne), Le magazine de la rédaction, interview de J. Burgener
30.01.2014 : Le Temps, La mission impossible de Lakhdar Brahimi, interview de S. Petite.
30.01.2014 : Canal 3 (Bienne), Le magazine de la rédaction, interview de J. Burgener
31.01.2014 : Canal 3 (Bienne), Le magazine de la rédaction, interview de J. Burgener
15.02.2014 : TSI 1, TJ 20h00, I negoziati di Ginevra sulla Siria, interview de A. Montemaggio.
20.07.2015 : TSI LA2, emission ‘60 Minuti’, Il califfato anno primo, débat modéré par D. Fabello,
avec A. Varvelli (ISPI, Milano), D. Quirico (La Stampa, Torino), C. Del Ponte (Commissione
inchiesta ONU sulla Siria), P. Regli (ex-capo dei servizi segreto svizzeri, Berna), M.-A. Simi
(GiornaledelPopolo,Lugano)etR.
Bocco.
https://www.rsi.ch/la2/programmi/informazione/60-minuti/Il-califfato-anno-primo5709850.html
10.09.2016: RTSI 1, TJ 20h00, Siria: intesa USA-Russia. L’analisi, interview de L. Triulzi
https://www.rsi.ch/news/mondo/Siria-intesa-USA-Russia-7996175.html
7.10.2016 : RSI 1, émission ‘Modem’, Aleppo Est, interview de B. Müller a Sh. Hamadi (scrittore), C.
Del Ponte (Commissione inchiesta ONU sulla Siria),P. Regli (ex-capo servizi segreti svizzeri), M.A.
Simi(giornalista)R.
Bocco(30mn.)
https://www.rsi.ch/reteuno/programmi/informazione/modem/Aleppo-Est-8024135.html
2017 Septembre : La Cité (Genève), L’éducation, un enjeu crucial pour les enfants syriens réfugiésau Liban, interview de J. Boillat.
23.03.2019 : RTS 1 TG 20h00, Analyse : le futur de Daech, https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/lactu-envideo/video/lavenir-de-daesh-linterview-de-riccardo-bocco-professeur-de-sociologie-politiquea-liheid?urn=urn:rts:video:10312561

Sur la Tunisie
21.01: Rouge FM, Radio-journal 19h00, Les émeutes en Tunisie: quelles répercussions dans le mondearabe?
5.08.2011 : Deutsche Welle, L’arbre à palabre, Bilan des révolutions en Tunisie et en Egypte sept moisaprès la chute de Ben Ali et de Moubarak, table ronde modérée par G.I. Tounkara, avec R. Sidaoui(Centre arabe de recherches et d'analyses politiques et sociales, Geneve), H. Hamami (Parti
Communiste Tunisien, Tunis) et R. Bocco. (25mn.)

67Sur le Yemen
30.3.2015 : Yemen sotto i bombardamenti, https://www.rsi.ch/play/tv/telegiornale/video/30-032015-yemen-lanalisi-del-prof--bocco?urn=urn:rsi:video:4198586

Sur les ‘Printemps arabes’
30.1.2011 : RSR 1, Forum, Soulèvements en Egypte, Israël tremble, avec D. Charbit (Open
University, Tel Aviv), Y. Besson (Université de Fribourg), R. Bocco, modération de Ph. Revaz.
(14mn.)
4.02.2011 : RSR 1, Forum, Le printemps arabe: questions d’auditeurs, avec P. De Crousaz, M.-R.
Djalili et R. Bocco, modération de Ph. Revaz. (30mn.)
14.02.2011 : RSR Espace 2, émission ‘A vue d’esprit’, L'élan démocratique au monde arabe,interview de J. Mouriquand (29mn.)
15.02.2011 : RSR Espace 2, émission ‘A vue d’esprit’, Des frontières incertaines au Moyen-Orient,interview de J. Mouriquand (29mn.)
27.02.2011 : RSR 1, émission ‘Hautes Fréquences’, Islam et pouvoir politique (7mn.)
15.04.2011 : RSR 1, Histoire Vivante, Violences politiques et révoltes populaires - Transitions dans lemonde arabe, interview de J. Leclerc. (60mn.)
12.06.2011 : RSI 1, Modem, Primavera araba. Un bilancio, tavola rotonda condotta da N. Luend,con J. Bischoff (NZZ, Beirut), C. Finazzi (giornalista indipendente) A. Tarquini (RSI, Tunisi), M.
Alloni (RSI, Cairo) et R. Bocco (30mn.) https://www.rsi.ch/ricerca/?q=bocco
20.07.2011 : RSR Espace 2, émission ‘Géopolis’, Israël face aux révolutions arabes, interview de J.
Mouriquand à J.-F. Daguzan, J. Tejel, R. Bocco (53mn.)
5.08.2011 : Deutsche Welle, L’arbre à palabre, Bilan des révolutions en Tunisie et en Egypte sept moisaprès la chute de Ben Ali et de Moubarak, table ronde modérée par G.I. Tounkara, avec R. Sidaoui(Centre arabe de recherches et d'analyses politiques et sociales, Geneve), H. Hamami (Parti
Communiste Tunisien, Tunis) et R. Bocco. (25mn.) Voir : Tunisie
17.08.2011 : Vanity Fair, Date un Mandela ai sogni degli Arabi, interview de F. Cotugno.
10.01.2012 : Canal 3 (Bienne), RJ 18h30, Bilan du printemps arabe une année après, interview de
A. Trichon.
20.11.2012: TSR 1, TJ 19h30, rubrique Nouvo, La guerre au Proche Orient se livre sur le terrainmais également sur internet, interview de Y. Gerber.
13.12.2012: Panorama, Il mondo nel 2013: Medio Oriente, interview de F. Roiatti.
1.02.2013 : Dukascopy TV, On the economic impact of the Arab Springs (part 1), interview by D.
McDermott. (5.20mn.)
4.02.2013 : Dukascopy TV, On the economic impact of the Arab Springs (part 2), interview by D.
McDermott. (9.30mn.)
2013 Mars : L’Accent multilatéral (magazine de la Confédération Suisse/DDC), Le multilateral àl’épreuve du printemps arabe, interview de M. Buehrer.
17.06.2013 : Le Courrier, La vision de l’islam qu’à l’Europe reste très orientaliste, interview de S.
Budasz.

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Sur la ‘Pax Americana’ et la politique de D. Trump au Moyen-Orient
13.11.2016 : RTS 1, émission ‘Forum’, Quel pourrait être l’impact de Trump au Moyen-Orient ?
Interview de M. Gultaz https://www.rts.ch/audio-podcast/2021/audio/quel-pourrait-etre-limpact-de-donald-trump-au-moyen-orient-25738659.html
12.1.2017 : Radio Sputnik France, News, Jérusalem capitale israélienne ?
1.02.2017 : Le Matin, Bombe symbolique, effet limité, interview de C. Favre.
6.12.2017 : RSI 1, Radiogiornale : La decisione di Trump su Gerusalemme, interview de S. Piazza.
https://www.rsi.ch/rete-uno/programmi/informazione/radiogiornale/Radiogiornale-sera9779689.html
7.12.2017 : Le Temps, Donald Trump, au risque de l’embrasement, interview de L. Lema.
9.12.2017: The Graduate Institute Weekly Newsletter, With Jerusalem, Trumps gets pyromaniac
9.12.2017 : La Liberté, C’est la théorie du chaos, interview de K. Packiry.
12.12.2017 : Il Quaderno.ch, La decisione di Trump rischia di fare giurisprudenza, interview de
L.Ballin.
14.05.2018 : TSI 1, TG 20h00: L’ambasciata USA a Gerusalemme e la rabbia dei Palestinesi,
intervista di A. Chiara
25.6.2019 : RSI 1, Radiogiornale, La conferenza di Manama e il piano economico di Trump per ilpiano di pace israelo-palesrtinese. (4mn.)
1.7.2019 : France 24 TJ 21h00, Plan de paix au Proche-Orient : Washington présente le voletéconomique.
1.07.2019: France 24 News 21h30, US Middle East Plan: US Launches $50 Billion Economic Plan
Formula for Peace.
28.01.2020 : France 24 TJ 20h30, Le plan de paix de Trump.
29.01.2020 : RTS 1, Forum, Donald Trump présente son plan de paix pour la Palestine et Israël
https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/forum/video/donald-trump-presente-son-plan-de-paix-pour-lapalestine-et-isral?urn=urn:rts:video:11051043
4.02.2020 : RSI 1, émission Modem, Pax americana, tavola rotonda moderata da N. Luend, con M.
Giorgio (Il Manifesto, Gerusalemme) S. Della Pergola (Università ebraica, Gerusalemme), D.
Cassuto (ex-sindaco di Gerusalemme), H. Gaber (ambasciatore ANP, Italia) et R. Bocco (37mn.)
https://www.rsi.ch/rete-uno/programmi/informazione/modem/Pax-americana-12627039.html
20.05.2020 : Albert Hirschmann Centre on Democracy, Commentary Series, The Pandemic, theAmerican Peace Plan and (what is left of) Palestine.
13.08.2020 : France 24 TJ 22h00, Israël-Emirats Arabes Unis: un accord de paix historique.
(4.30mn.)
9.09.2020 : France 24 TJ 22h00, L'accord Bahrein-Israël.
10.12.2020 : France 24 News 20h00, Israel and Morocco relations: Morocco joins other ArabNations normalizing ties.
10.12.2020 : France 24 TJ 20h30, Maroc-Israël : normalisation des relations.
29.03.2022 : France 24 News 13h00, Negev Summit : First Materialization of the Abraham Accords’

Sur la coopération internationale et la diplomatie suisse
9.08.2008 : Le Courrier / La Liberté, Bons offices suisses : missions risquées pour quel résultats?,
interview de M. Menichini.

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18.08.2010 : Swissinfo, Pakistan: l’aide forcément intéressée des Etats, interview de F. Burnand.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/pakistan--l-aide-forc%C3%A9ment-int%C3%A9ress%C3%A9edes-etats/24601012?utm_campaign=teaser-inchannel&utm_medium=display&utm_source=swissinfoch&utm_content=o
1.09.2011 : RSR 1, émission ‘Passé-Présent’, Les conférences des pays donateurs.
25.05.2016 : RSI 1, émission ‘Modem’, Vertice spuntato? Il summit umanitario di Istanbul, tavola
rotonda moderata da N. Luend, con G. Eminente (direttore MSF Italia), L. Zannier (segretario
generale dell'OSCE), F. Salomoni (Koç University, Turchia) et R. Bocco (38mn.)
https://www.rsi.ch/rete-uno/programmi/informazione/modem/Vertice-spuntato-7285319.html
8.11.2019 : Swissinfo, Red Sea Coral spotlights Swiss Science Diplomacy, interview de J. Crawford
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/rescuing-the-reefs-_red-sea-coral-spotlights-swiss--sciencediplomacy-/45340246?utm_campaign=teaser-inchannel&utm_medium=display&utm_source=swissinfoch&utm_content=o

Sur les attentats terroristes :3.05.2012 : Le Matin, Les Suisses, des cibles de choix, interview de B. Pillard
16.05.2014 : Le Matin, Un mémorial ou un parc à touristes?, interview de C. Favre
16.12.2014 : La Matin, Quand on est face à un loup solitaire, c’est qu’il est trop tard, interview de C.
Favre.

Sur l’Italie (de Berlusconi) :22.03.2011 : Le Matin, Silvio Berlusconi pose un lapin à la justice, interview de M. Molnar.
8.11.2011 : Rouge FM, Radiojournal 19h00, Italie : vers de nouvelles élections?, interview de D.
Rychner.
9.11.2011 : Le Matin, Cette fois, c’est fini pour Berlusconi, interview de L. Molnar.
11.11.2011 : Le Matin, Berlusconi a marqué la botte, interview de L. Molnar.
19.07.2014 : Le Matin, Berlusconi s'en tire bien, interview de C. Favre

Varia :
2009.11.30 : Radio Lac : La votation sur les minarets en Suisse.
8.06.2012 : Tribune de Genève, Les études internationales sous la loupe des experts, interview de S.
Davaris.
16.07.2012 : RSR 1, émission ‘Jamais sans mon loukoum’, Tapis volants et nomadisme au village dumonde, interview de L. Gabor et A. Merz
12.12.2016 : RTS 1 et 2, Le court du jour, émission Sauver la Planète : Génération de demain,interview de M. Robert-Charrue
13.1.2019 : Il Caffé (Locarno), La Croce Rossa dialoghi con i mercati, interview de
2.10.2019 : RSI, Rete 2, émission ‘Diderot’, Ghandi : 150 anni di non violenza, intervista di M.
Pagani (9mn.) https://www.rsi.ch/rete-due/programmi/cultura/diderot/Gandhi-150-anni-dinon-violenza-12148420.html

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Screening the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Competing
and Complementary Narratives through Cinematic Representations
ANSO096- Fall 2019- 6 ECTS
Course Description
A consistent body of knowledge about the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been
produced by several social science disciplines. However, to date, few attempts have been made tocombine that knowledge with the narratives produced on the conflict by films, both fictions anddocumentaries.
Audio-visual materials related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are ‘constructions’ andinterpretations of ‘realities’ at different levels, and constitute an important (memory anddocumentary) archive which can complement and accompany the work of research in human andsocial sciences.
This seminar will therefore aim at examining, in a socio-political and historical perspective, the roleof film directors –Israeli and Palestinian in particular- as artists and social actors, who contribute to(re)shape national and local narratives, in supporting or challenging official histories and collective
memories.
A selection of films produced over a time span of 15 years will be studied: from those related to theSecond Intifada (2000-2005) and its immediate aftermath, to those covering the ongoing conflict
during the past decade.
Interestingly, the Israeli and Palestinian cinematic narratives produced during these two periods
show important aspects of convergence and complementarity in addressing peace and conflict
dynamics in both societies. And gendering the approaches of film directors to the chosen movies’
topics will be part and parcel of the overall endeavour.

Syllabus
Since the late 1940s, a number of key events have kept feeding the Israeli and Palestinian official
national narratives in order to assert the respective claims to political legitimacy and/or
victimhood. On the Israelis’ side, the 1948 War, namely the ‘War of Independence’ fought in theimmediate aftermath of the British Mandate, materialized in the creation of the new Jewish State.
On the Palestinians’ side, the same war ushered into a Nakba, i.e. a ‘catastrophy’. Not only they lost
78% of their homeland to the new Israeli State, but the Nakba meant as well a huge population
displacement -the beginning of the Palestinian refugees’ plight-, the annexation of the West Bank by
Jordan and the Egyptian military administration over the Gaza Strip. By the early 1950s, the very
name of Palestine was erased from geographical maps…
Almost 20 years after the Nakba, the second Arab-Israeli conflict in 1967 materalized into the Naksa(i.e. the defeat). Among others, that meant a second refugee flow, and the Israeli military occupationof the West Bank and Gaza, an occupation which has been lasting until today. During the 1970s, theFedayyin (the Palestinian Freedom Fighters) of the PLO were among the symbols of a new form of‘international terrorism’ in the Cold War context.
In 2018, the Israelis celebrated the 70th anniversary of their State independence, while thePalestinians have been commemorating seven decades of the Nakba and more than half a century of
military occupation on 22% of historic Palestine. The past three right-wing Israeli governments

71under the premiership of B. Netanyahou have witnessed an increased militarization of the society
and the State; a radicalization of discriminatory policies towards the Palestinians in the Occupied
Territories, but in Israel as well; the military resistance of Hamas in Gaza has given way to threemajor wars in the Strip, with a catastrophic outcome for the local population; the fracture inside thePalestinian National Movement is unprecedented and the the horizon for a peaceful settlement to
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems more gloomy than ever.
During the seminar and in parallel to the reading of a number of texts, we will screen and analyze aselection of films produced over a time span of almost 15 years and related to a number oftransversal items from 2005 onwards.
The evolving political contexts of the past decade have contributed to shape, on the one side, thesubjectivities of the Jewish filmmakers in Israel and from the diaspora; on the other side, the samecontexts have also largely influenced the Palestinian film directors residing in Israel, in the WestBank and Gaza, or from the Palestinian diaspora in the Middle East, Europe and North America.
The filmic narratives produced during the past decade by Jewish (Israeli) and Palestinian film
directors are not always conflictive, actually they are often complementary in challenging thepolitical narratives about the past (the ‘official histories’) and the present (the media narratives),
put forward by their respective governments. Furthermore, many cinematic representations are
instrumental as well to ‘echo or give voice’ to the silenced memories of members of both the Israeli
and Palestinian national communities.
The social science literature related to the the ‘Peace Process’, to the ongoing military occupationand their consequences on both societies –on which the student will work- mirrors as well the filmic
representations in terms of complementarity of the Israeli and Palestinian narratives.
Finally, and through a bottom-up approach, the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, its pastevolutions, and its present dynamics also allow for reading a larger ‘globalized’ world. A world
entangled with crises linked to complex armed conflicts and their humanitarian pittfalls, with new
visions of security and surveillance embedded in neoliberal approaches which, among others, havecreated the bed for increased forms of exclusion, marginalization and poverty.
PART 1 – CINEMA, HISTORY AND POLITICS
Session 1 – 19th September
Introduction to the problematic of the seminar and its sessions
Readings:
BEININ, Joel and HAJJAR, Lisa, 2014, Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Washington,
MERIP, 14pp.
KIMMERLING, Baruch, 2001, « Building an Immigrant Settler State », in: The Invention and Decline of
Israeliness. State, Society and the Military. Berkeley, University of California Press, pp. 56-88.
Film :
Palestine : histoire d’une terre de S. Bitton et J.-M. Meurice, 1993, Partie 1 (1880-1950), 58mn.
Résumé : De la fin du XIXe siècle à 1950, l'histoire d'une terre, la Palestine où, en 1948, Israël a été
créé, une terre revendiquée par Israéliens et Palestiniens. Un récit historique à partir d'archives
rares.
Session 2 – 26th September
On Memory, History and Conflict through Cinema
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AL ZOBAIDI, Sobhi, 2009, “Memory, Documentary and History”, in: I would have smiled:
Photographing the Palestinian Refugee Experience, I. Nassar and R. Salti (eds.). Beirut, Institute ofPalestine Studies, pp. 101-119.
BELL, Duncan. 2009, « Introduction: Violence and Memory » in : Millennium, vol. 38, pp. 345-360.
KRASNY, Elke, 2014, “Memory”, in: Public Art Vienna, 2010-2013. Vienna, Verlag für Moderne Kunst,
pp. 15-19.
RICOEUR, Paul, 2011, « Memory-History-Forgetting », in : The Collective Memory Reader, J.K. Olick, V.
Vinitzky-Seroussi and D. Levy (eds.). Oxford University Press, pp. 475-480.
ROSENSTONE, Robert, 1995, « The Historical Film as Real History », in : Film Historia, vol. 5, n°1, pp.
5-23.
STAMBOLIYSKA, Rayna, “Our Otherness: Imagining Balkan and Mid-Eastern Identities”, in Open
Democracy.
Films:
Occupation 101 by Sufyan & Abdallah Omeish, 2006, 90mn.
Synopsis: A thought-provoking documentary film on the current and historical root causes of theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict, presenting a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths
surrounding the never-ending controversy and dispelling many of its long-perceived myths andmisconceptions. The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the United States in
the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. The rootsof the conflict are explained through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading Middle
East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and humanitarian workers whose
voices have too often been suppressed in American media outlets. The film covers a wide range of
topics -which include- the first wave of Jewish immigration from Europe in the 1880's, the 1920
tensions, the 1948 war, the 1967 war, the first Intifada of 1987, the Oslo Peace Process, Settlement
expansion, the role of the US Government, the second Intifada of 2000, the separation barrier andthe Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as well as many heart wrenching testimonials from victims ofthis tragedy.
Palestine: A People’s Record by Kays al Zobaidi, 1984, 110mn.
Synopsis: Explores Palestine in archive footage dating from 1917 to 1974, bringing together
valuable rare footage in an historic account of Palestinian nationhood. The archive material is in
itself remarkable and al Zobaidi's knowledgeable editing renders the film an enthralling visual andhistorical document.
The Oslo Diaries by Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan, 2018, 97mn.
Synopsis: in 1992, with Israeli-Palestinian relations at an all-time low and any communication
between the two sides punishable by jail time, a select group of Israelis and Palestinians gathered
secretly in Oslo for a series of clandestine meetings that would dramatically change the politicallandscape of the Middle East. Chronicling their journey towards peace, The Oslo Diaries features
rare, never-before-seen archival footage and diary entries of key negotiators on both sides,
providing an inside look at the immense pressure faced by the architects of what came to be
known as the Oslo Accords. A comprehensive, dramatic account of the negotiations, thisgeopolitical story draws on previously unseen footage shot from 1992 to 1995, as well as excerpts
from and re-creations based on the negotiators’ diaries, which are the only available accounts ofwhat happened behind closed doors. Many of those involved openly and emotionally recount thepolitical intrigue, fiery rhetoric, unlikely friendships and overwhelming desire for peace at theheart of the negotiations. This illuminating and poignant documentary sheds new light on these
secret talks, featuring exclusive interviews, including former Israeli president and foreign minister
Shimon Peres in the last recorded interview before his 2016 death. Spotlighting the very human73personalities behind this extraordinary peace process, The Oslo Diaries includes interviews withkey players on both sides, among them Ron Pundak, Abu Ala, Uri Savir, Hanan Ashrawi, Yossi
Beilin, Joel Singer, Daniel Kurtzer, Nabil Shaath, Dennis Ross and Saeb Erekat.
Session 3 – 3rd October (4.15-7.00pm)
How to ‘read’ a documentary
Screening in class of the movie:
The Gatekeepers (Israel Confidential) by Dror Moreh, 2013, 95mn.
Synopsis: For the first time ever, six former heads of the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret service agency,
agree to share their insights and reflect publicly on their actions and decisions. Intimatelyinterviewed, they shed light on the controversy surrounding the Occupation in the aftermath of
the Six Day War.
Followed by a lecture by Pierre-André Fink (IHEID) and a debate.
Session 4 – 10th October
On Palestinian cinema(s)Readings:
ALEXANDER, Livia (2005) “Is there a Palestinian cinema? The National and Transnational in
Palestinian Film Production”. In: Rebecca L. Stein & Ted Swedenburg (eds.). Palestine, Israel, and thePolitics of Popular Culture. Duke University Press.
BRESHEET, Haïm (2007) “The continuity of Trauma and Struggle. Recent Cinematic
Representations of the Nakba”. In: Aḥmad Saʿadī & Lila Abu-Lughod (eds.). Nakba: Palestine, 1948,
and the claims of memory. Cultures of history. New York, Columbia University Press.
DABASHI, Hamid (2006) “Introduction”. In: Dreams of a nation: on Palestinian cinema. London,
Verso. pp. 7–22.
DUBUISSON, François, 2015, « Le conflit israélo-palestinien : une saga cinématographique », in : Dudroit international au cinéma, Corten et F. Dubuisson (eds.). Paris, Editions Pedone, pp. 135-185.
GINSBERG, T., (2009) Review of “Palestinian Cinema (by N. Gertz and G. Khleifi)”, in: Middle East
Journal of Culture and Communication, vol. 2, pp. 315-321.
HEDGES, Inez (2015) “Performance Memory: The Nakba and the construction of identity inPalestinian film”. In: World Cinema and Cultural Memory. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 65–82.
TAWIL, Helga (2013) “Coming Into Being and Flowing Into Exile: History and Trends in Palestinian
Film-Making”. In: Nebula. 2 (2), 113–140.
Films:
Cinema Palestine, Tim Schwab, 2013, 78mn.
Synopsis: “What does it mean to be a Palestinian filmmaker in the context of national struggle?”
Cinema Palestine asks how “Palestinian cinema” has been understood by prominent directors.
Canadian filmmaker and academic Tim Schwab’s feature-length documentary explores the life andwork of several generations of Palestinian filmmakers. Cinema Palestine presents excerpts fromsignal works alongside in-depth interviews with directors living in the Middle East, Europe, orNorth America (including Hany Abu-Assad, Azza el-Hassan, Sobhi Zobaidi, Mai Masri, Tawfik Abu
Wael, Annemarie Jacir, and many more). Despite their diverse biographical experiences and theirvarying artistic or political concerns, are these filmmakers expressing a particular ‘national’
cinema?
Gaza 36mm, Khalil Al Mozayen, 2012, 52mn.

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Synopsis: In words and images, the film tells the story of cinema in Gaza since the 1940s. Its
subjects, including Palestinian directors Arab and Tarzan Nasser, bear witness to the influence ofIslamism on the gradual closure of all Gaza cinemas. It is a film not only about cinema in Gaza, butalso about Gaza itself, it is an act of resistance against the uniformity imposed by the Islamist
regime in power in Gaza.
Session 5 – 17th October (4.15-7.00pm)
On Israeli cinema(s)Readings:
BEN-ZVI-MORAD, Yaël, « Borders in Motion: the Evolution of the Portrayal of the Israeli Palestinian
Conflict in the Israeli Cinema », in : M. Talmon and Y. Peleg (eds.), Israeli Cinema. Identities in Motion.
Austin, Texas University Press, pp. 276-293.
MUNK, Yaël (2012) « Revisiting the Seventh’s Art Contribution to the Birth of the Israeli Nation », in: H-Net Reviews, 3pp.
NEWMAN SMULDERS, Kirkland (2013) "The Battle for Victimhood: Roles and Implications ofNarrating of Suffering in the Israeli-Palestinian Conlfict". In: Narrating conflict in the Middle East:
discourse, image and communications practices in Lebanon and Palestine. London, IBTauris.
SHOHAT, Ella (2010) Israeli cinema: East/West and the politics of representation. Library of modern
Middle East studies 78. [New ed.]. London, IB Tauris.
Films :
Une histoire du cinéma israélien de Raphaël Nadjari, 2009, 209mn. (Hebrew subt. Français)Résumé : la première partie (1932 - 1978) s'attache au mouvement sioniste et à l'existencemême d'un état en perpétuelle quête d'identité et de reconnaissance, la seconde période (1978 2007) présente un cinéma plus politique et plus polémique, reflet d'une société civile multiforme
et non consensuelle. Le documentaire contient d'innombrables extraits de films et d'entretiens
avec d'éminents spécialistes (réalisateurs, auteurs, écrivains, critiques, journalistes...).
On Israeli and Palestinian Cinema : 2011 video-conference by Ella SHOHAT and Rasha SALTI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikxZ_Yg2u_U&list=PLo50nocDy3TTusS4U07ZQ9UIQSE34EtZ
Session 6 – 24th OctoberPresentation of the topics for students’ papers
Readings: compulsory for all the students preparing their oral presentation and written works
BOCCO, Riccardo, FISCHER, Ulrich, WYDER, Romed, 2019, “Construire un récit historique sur leconflit israélo-palestinien ? Du film documentaire au web-documentaire », à paraître dansCinémAction, 10pp.
COWIE, Elizabeth, 2011, « Narrating the Real : The Fiction and the Nonfiction of Documentary
Storytelling », in: Recording Reality, Desiring the Real. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press,
pp.
PEREBOM, Maarten, 2011, History and Film. Moving Pictures and the Study of the Past. Boston,Prentice Hall.
oChapter 1 – Moving Pictures as a Historical ResourceoChapter 3 – The Sum of its parts: Understanding the MediumoChapter 4 – Assessing a Film’s Historical Account
JACQUINOT, Geneviève, 1994, “Le documentaire : une fiction (pas) comme les autres”, in: Cinémas:revue d’études cinématographiques, vol. 4, n°2, pp. 61-81.

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PART 2 – THE ROLE AND EVOLUTION OF ‘NATIONAL’ NARRATIVES AND PRACTICES
Session 7 – 31st October
Negotiating National Histories
Readings:
BROWN, Nathan (2006) "Contesting National Identity in Palestinian Education", in: Israeli andPalestinian Narratives of Conflict: History's Double Helix, R. I. Rotberg (ed.), Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, pp.
NAVEH, Eyal (2006) "The Dynamics of Identity Construction in Israel Through Education andHistory", in: Israeli and Palestinian Narratives of Conflict: History's Double Helix, R. I. Rotberg (ed.),Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pp.
FIERKE, K. M. (2008) "Review: Memory and Violence in Israel/Palestine", Human Rights and Human
Welfare 8, pp.33-42
HILAL, Jamil (2010) "Reflections on Contemporary Palestinian History", in: Across the Wall:
Narratives of Israeli-Palestinian History, I.Pappé, & J.Hilal (eds.), Library of Modern Middle East
Studies
HOVSEPIAN, Nubar (2013) "Review: Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in
Education by Peled El-Hanan", The Journal of Palestine Studies 42(3) pp.112-14.
Films:
Izkor. Slaves of Memory by Eyal Sivan, 1990, 97mn.
Synopsis: his documentary is a portrait of the Israeli society, thirty days in the life of a state thatlives to the rhythm of its memory. “Izkor” means "remember" in Hebrew and this film looks indepth at this imperative that is imposed on the children of Israel. In Israel during the month ofApril feast days and celebrations take place one after another. School children of all ages prepare
to pay tribute to their country's past. The collective memory becomes a terribly efficient tool forthe training of young minds. The author of the film is an Israeli. By going to rediscover the myths
and symbols that have contributed to the making of his own identity, as well as that of every
Israeli, he is bringing into play his own personal experience.
Memory of the Cactus: A Story of three Palestinian Villages, Hanna Musleh, 2008, 42mn.
Synopsis: Five decades ago, the three Palestinian villages of ‘Imwas, Yalo and Beit Nouba in the
Latroun enclave of the West Bank were razed to the ground after Israel occupied the territory.
Today, the residents of those villages remain displaced and barred from returning, while Israel
treats the land as if it were part of Israel and refuses to acknowledge the Palestinian history of thearea. Israeli citizens enjoy barbecues and picnics in the Jewish National Fund’s “Canada Park”,
oblivious to the crimes perpetrated in their names on that very land. Musleh’s documentary traces
the buried histories of these Palestinian villages through oral histories, archive film andphotography, and expert testimonies.
On the side of the road by Lia Tarachansky 2013, 83mn.
Synopsis: Former West Bank settler Lia Tarachansky looks at Israelis’ collective amnesia of thefateful events of 1948 when the state of Israel was born and most of the Palestinians became
refugees. She follows the transformation of Israeli veterans trying uncover their denial of the warthat changed the region forever. Tarachansky then turns the camera on herself and travels back to
her settlement where that historical erasure gave birth to a new generation, blind and isolated
from its surroundings. Attempting to shed a light on the country’s biggest taboo, she is met withoutrage and violence.
Zahra by Mohammad Bakri, 2009, 60mn.

76Synopsis: the film director narrates this personal documentary about his aunt Zahra Bakri. Mrs.
Bakri grew up in the Palestinian village of Al-Bane in the Galilee. Starting with her childhood, thefilm takes us on a journey through Palestine's turbulent history and chronicles the effects of these
unfolding events on Zahra's life. Through her story, we experience the violent events that lead tothe establishment of the state of Israel, the effect of life under martial law (1948-1966), and theradical transformation of Palestinian society from a majority to a disenfranchised minority.
Session 8 – 7th November
Rethinking the Past in a Tumultuous Present
Readings:
SVIRSKY, Marcelo & BEN-ARIE, Ronen (2018) "Settler Colonialism and the Logic of Double
Elimination", in: Interventions 0(0) pp.1-23.
SANTOS, Madalena (2013) "Relations of Ruling in the Colonial Present: An Intersectional View of theIsraeli Imaginary", Canadian Journal of Sociology, 38(4) pp. 509-532
RASTEGAR, Kamran, 2015, «The Time that is Lost: Cinematic Aporias of Palestine», in : Surviving
Images. Cinema, War and Cultural Memory in the Middle East. Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. 93122.
GORDON Neve (2019) "Review: Traces of Racial Exception: Racializing Israeli Settler Colonialism",
in: Irish Journal of Sociology 0(0) pp.1-4.
HOCHBERG, Gil (2015) "The (Soldier's) Gaze and the (Palestinian) Body: Power, Fantasy, and Desirein the Militarized Contact Zone", in: Visual Occupations: Violence and Visibility in a Conflict Zone.
Duke University Press.
Films:
1948: Creation and Catastrophe by Andy Trimlett and Ahlan Muhtased, 2017, 85mn.
Synopsis: Through riveting and moving personal recollections of both Palestinians and Israelis,
the film reveals the shocking events of the most pivotal year in the most controversial conflict inthe world. It tells the story of the establishment of Israel as seen through the eyes of the people
who lived it. It is simply not possible to make sense of what is happening in the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict today without an understanding of 1948. This documentary was the last chance for manyof its Israeli and Palestinian characters to narrate their first-hand accounts of the creation of astate and the expulsion of a nation.
Censored Voices by Mor Loushy, 2015, 87mn.
Synopsis: the film reveals audio-recorded, intimate conversations with Israeli soldiers fresh fromthe battlefield after Israel’s victory of 1967’s Six-Day War. These provocative tapes, censored until
now, are the core of the film about the tragic paradox of Zionism and the contradictions that arise
when a people seeking freedom turn occupier, when David becomes Goliath. As they wrestle withthe systemic excision of Palestinians, the dehumanizing nature of war, and echoes of the
Holocaust, we listen as these men, now almost 50 years older, hear the recordings for the firsttime, and the past erupts, presciently, into the present. As the film director put it: "Censored Voices
tells the painful story of the Israeli occupation at the historic moment that it began, it tells thestory of men at war who thought they were going to be defending their lives and their family's
lives, and instead come back as conquerors. Because the film is composed of secret conversations
that took place only a week after the war it provides a unique glimpse into these men at war.
These conversations are revealed in our film for the first time. These voices have never been heard
in Israel. They are very radical voices. The Israeli state had censored these conversations, so it also
tells the story of fear. We have, as a society, silenced and denied other voices. If only these77

conversations were to have gone public in the 1960s, maybe the Israeli realty would look different
today”.
The Iron Wall, Mohammed Alatar, 2006, 52mn.
Synopsis: In 1923, Vladmir Jabotinsky – father of the Zionist right – wrote: "Zionist colonization…
can proceed and develop only under the protection of a power that is independent of the native
population – behind an IRON WALL, which the native population cannot breach." From that day on,these words became the official and unspoken policy of the Zionist movement and, later, the Stateof Israel. Colonies, often referred to as "settlements," were used to solidify the Zionist foothold
throughout historic Palestine. Following the 1967 occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, morethan 200 settlements and outposts have been built in these territories, in violation of internationallaw. The film exposes this phenomenon and follows the timeline, size, and population of thesettlements, reveals how their construction has been a cornerstone of Israeli policy, anddemonstrates how the Wall secures them as permanent and irreversible facts on the ground. This
documentary warns that a contiguous and viable Palestinian state is becoming no longer possible,
and that the chances for a peaceful resolution of the conflict are slipping away. The documentaryfeatures interviews with prominent Israeli and Palestinian peace activists and political analysts :Jeff Halper, Akiva Eldar, Hind Khoury... Also included are interviews with Israeli settlers andsoldiers, and Palestinian farmers.
This is My Land by Tamara Erde, 2013, 89mn.
Synopsis: How do the Palestinian and Israeli (Arab and Jewish) education systems teach thehistory of their nations? The film follows several Israeli and Palestinian teachers over one
academic year. Through observing their exchanges and confrontations with students, debates withthe ministries curriculum, and its restrictions, the viewers obtain an intimate glimpse into the
profound and long lasting effect that the Israeli/Palestinian conflict transmits onto the next
generation. Through intimate portraits of history teachers and close observations of their pupils,
the film reveals the different approach of the two public education systems to teach the complex
and charged narrative of their country’s history. The chosen schools are set in locations thatemphasize the changing daily life of the conflict – in Jerusalem, The North of Israel, Nablus,
Ramallah and a colony. The film interweaves the stories of the teachers and their classes inparallel, constructing for the viewer the different and sometimes opposing universes of theteachers and their schools.
Session 9 – 14th April
Soldiering the Occupation
Readings:
GRASSIANI, Erella (2009) Chapter 4. Morality and Normalcy in A-Symmetrical Conflict: Distancing,
Denial and Moral Numbing among Israeli Conscripts in Everyday Practices ofOccupation, Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
GRASSIANI, Erella (2016) "When Soldiers Explain: Discursive Strategies Used by Israeli Conscripts
When Recounting Their Experiences in the Field", in: Violence Expressed: An AnthropologicalApproach, Six-Hohenbalchen, M. and Weiss, N. (eds.), London and New York: Routledge
SHARONI, Simona (2015) "Review: Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers andBureaucratic Torture". In: Journal of Palestine Studies, 44(3) pp. 67-68.
KUNTSMAN, Adi (2016) "Review: Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers andBureaucratic Torture". In: Journal of Middle East Women's Studies 12(2) pp.264-266.
KHALIDI, Muhammad Ali (2010) "The ‘Most Moral Army in the World’: The New "Ethical Code" ofthe Israeli Military and the War on Gaza”, in: Journal of Palestine Studies, 39(3) pp. 6-23.

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FELDMAN, Keith (2018) "Review of Smadar Lavie’s book: Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi
Single Mothers and Bureaucratic Torture", revised edition, University of Nebraska Press.
BREAKING THE SILENCE, Occupying Hebron: Soldiers' Testimonies from Hebron 2011-2017
Films:
Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz, 2017, 112mn.
Synopsis: Michael and Dafna Feldmann, an affluent Tel Aviv couple, learn that their son, Jonathan,a soldier, has died in the line of duty. The Israeli military authorities refuse to inform the
distraught parents where and how Jonathan died, or if his body had been recovered. Several hours
later, they are notified almost matter-of-factly that there has been a mix-up, and that it was someother Jonathan Feldman who has been killed. An angry Michael demands that the Israeli Defense
Forces (IDF) allow Jonathan to return home. The film then follows Jonathan's experiences during
his military service as one of four soldiers manning a desolate checkpoint under primitive
conditions. Late one night, the soldiers kill a group of four young Palestinians after they mistake abeer can that rolled out of the Palestinians' car for an explosive device. The soldiers arrange for abulldozer to bury the car with its deceased occupants inside, and are warned by a senior IDF
officer not to disclose this. Later, while Jonathan is being driven back to Tel Aviv, the military
vehicle in which he is riding on a narrow, rutted desert road swerves to avoid a camel and rolls
down an embankment. The final scenes follow Michael, Dafna and Alma, Jonathan's younger sister,
six months after his death.
Soldiers on the Roof by Esther Hertog, 2012, 80mn.
Synopsis: The center of many conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians, Hebron is a major holy
place to both Jews and Muslims where some 800 extremist Jewish settlers live in the midst of a
Palestinian population of over 120,000. For three years, Esther Hertog filmed from within thesettler community, capturing unique scenes of their real, sometimes surreal daily life. A character
driven documentary, the essential narrative of 'Soldier on the Roof' depicts the filmmaker’s
personal quest to understand the realities and motivations of Hebron's settlers.
The Alpha Diaries by Yaniv Berman, 2007, 69mn.
Synopsis: An unprecedented, groundbreaking, and voyeuristic look into military reserve life in
Israel, this film was shot over a 5-year period in director and reserve soldier Yaniv Berman's life. A
soldier in the Israeli army reserves, Alpha Company, Berman had unparalleled access and filmed
the soldiers as they went about their military service, day and night. Crossing over to thePalestinian border, the camera captured remarkably every movement of the soldiers from thefrenetic night-time house arrests to the quiet moments of self-reflection and despair. Capturing
the humiliation of both the Palestinians who are subject to the house arrests as well as the Israeli
soldiers who had to carry them out, this documentary is the unique story of those who, 30 days
every year, drop their normal lives and, under the guise of the olive-green uniform, perform thetoughest, most unsettling tasks in the heart of an urban Palestinian town. The camera penetrates
the steely barriers of the military barracks and gains fresh insight into the views of the soldiers
who speak frankly and uncompromisingly on a range of issues including the occupation, theconflict, and the Army. A sensitive exploration of the conflict done firsthand by an individual
caught in the midst of the action, Berman's film leaves us with no doubt that war leaves scars andvictims on both sides of the camp.
To See if I Am Smiling by Tamar Yarom, 2007, 59mn.
Synopsis: Six Israeli women give a personal account about their life in the Israeli Army, in the
Occupied Territories. A female point of view on the drama of an unending war, on the moral
challenges the soldiers faced at the encounter with the Palestinian population. The women lookback critically at the way they handled the power that was placed in their hands at the young ageof eighteen. Questions that were not dealt with during the service are raised today with great pain.

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Session 10 – 21st November
Non-Violent ResistanceReadings:
SCHOCK, Kurt (2013) "The practice and study of civil resistance", in: Journal of Peace Research, vol.
50(3), pp. 277-290.
AFSC Middle East Resource series (2005). "FACES OF HOPE A Campaign Supporting Nonviolent
Resistance and Refusal in Israel and Palestine" Palestinian Nonviolent Resistance to Occupation
Since 1967. in: Middle East Task Force.
CALABRESE, Cristiana (2013) "In God’s Name: Jewish Religious and Traditional Peace and Human
Rights Movements in Israel and in the Occupied Territories", in Quest. Issues in Contemporary
Jewish History. Journal of Fondazione CDEC,” n.5, pp.101-123.
GORDON, Uri (2010) "Against the Wall: Anarchist Mobilization in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict", inPeace History Society and Peace and Justice Studies Association, 35(3) pp.412-433.
Rijke, Alexandra & van Teeffelen, Toine (2014) "To Exist is to Resist: Sumud, Heroism, and theEveryday" Jerusalem Quarterly 59, pp.86-99.
Films:
5 Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi, 2011, 94mn.
Synopsis: Palestinian farm laborer Emad has five video cameras, and each of them tells a different
part of the story of his village's resistance to Israeli oppression. Emad lives in Bil'in, just west of
the city of Ramallah in the West Bank. Using the first camera, he recorded how the bulldozers
came to rip the olive trees out of the ground in 2005. Here, a wall was built directly through his
fellow villagers' land to separate the advancing Jewish settlements from the Palestinians. In thefirst days of resistance to the Jewish settlers and the ever-present Israeli soldiers, Emad's son
Gibreel was born. Scenes shift from the infant growing into a precocious preschooler to the many
peaceful acts of protest, and the steady progress of the construction of the dividing wall.
Sympathizers from all over the world, including from Israel, provide help as resistance develops,
but when the situation intensifies, people are arrested and villagers are killed. Emad keeps on
filming despite pleas from his wife, who fears reprisals. It makes for an intensely powerfulpersonal document about one village's struggle against violence and oppression.
In the Image: Palestinian Women Capture Occupation by Judith Montell and Emmy Sharlatt,2014, 60mn.
Synopsis: the focus is the award-winning Camera Project, created in 2007 by Jerusalem-based
human rights watchdog group B’Tselem, to provide Palestinians living in the West Bank or in the
Gaza Strip with inexpensive video cameras and the training to use them. The project aims toempower Palestinians to document human rights violations and to provide evidence both to the
public and to Israeli authorities. Cameras are an apt tool for this 25-year-old organization, sincethe Hebrew word B’tselem means “in the image of.” Camera Project footage from three Palestinian
women volunteers, together with the women’s discussion of their film work and their interactions
with Israeli settlers and authorities, are paced by black-and-white animated drawings. B’Tselem
staff offer commentary, including the film co-director’s daughter Jessica Montell, the executive
director for 12 years. Camera Project creator explains the impact of watching footage of settlers
harassing Palestinians. And B’Tselem spokesperson declares herself “all right” after being shot justabove the knee. In her hands: not a weapon, but a camera.
Naila and the Uprisings by Julia Bacha, 2017, 76mn.
Synopsis: When an uprising breaks out in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in 1987, a young
woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom. The film chronicles the80remarkable real-life journey of Naila Ayesh, a key figure in the First Intifada, which forced theworld to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time. Using evocative
animation, intimate interviews, and exclusive archival footage, this film tells the story themainstream media missed: of a courageous clandestine women’s movement at the head ofPalestinians’ struggle for freedom, bringing out of anonymity the courageous women activists
whose contributions and sacrifices changed history, but whose stories have remained untold untilnow.
The Wanted 18, Amer Shomaly, 2014, 75mn.
Synopsis: The first Intifada, 1987. Palestinian leaders urge communities to develop alternatives to
Israeli products. In response, a group of Palestinian activists start a collective dairy farm with 18
head of cattle. Once their “Intifada milk” gains popularity, the Israeli army orders the farm’s
closure, declaring the cows a threat to national security. The activists persevere, hiding the cows
in caves and continuing to produce Palestinian milk. This is the story of the most powerful army in
the Middle East chasing 18 cows.
PART 3 – LOVE: INSIDE AND BEYOND BORDERS
Session 11 – 28th November
Affective Relationships as tools of resistance and subversion
Readings:
FORTIER, Corinne, KREIL, Aymon, MAFFI, Irene (eds,), 2018, ‘Introduction’, in: Reinventing Love?
Gender, Intimacy and Romance in the Arab World. Bern, Peter Lang, pp. 9-32.
GASPAROTTO, Mariangela, 2018, “Practices of Love in Ramallah. Between Colonization, Norms andIndividualism”. in: Reinventing Love? Gender, Intimacy and Romance in the Arab World. Bern, Peter
Lang, pp. 71-90.
LATTE ABDALLAH, Stéphanie (2009) Fragile Intimacies: Marriage and Love in the PalestinianCamps of Jordan (1948-2001) Journal of Palestine Studies 38 (4) pp.47-62.
SALIH, Ruba, 2017, Bodies that Walk, Bodies that Talk, Bodies that Love: Palestinian Women
Refugees, Affectivity and the Politics of the Ordinary, Antipode, 49(3) pp.742-760.
STEPHAN, Rita, 2006, “Arab Women Writing Their Sexuality”, in: Hawwa, vol.4 (2-3) pp. 159-180.
Films:
Divine Intervention, Elia Suleiman, 2002, 92mn.
Synopsis: the film director uses a mixture of romantic comedy and quirky humor to shed light on
the problems of Palestinians. E.S. (Suleiman and his girlfriend Manal Khader), because they live inseparate cities, must meet near an Israeli checkpoint. The film is more than a series of usually
comic and poignant scenes in which Suleiman and others must confront any number of Israelinemeses.
Habibi Rasak Kharban by Susan Youssef, 2011, 78mn.
Synopsis: Habibi, based on the Arabic folkloric story of Layla and Qays (the Arabic Romeo andJuliet) is re-told, and filmed, in modern day Gaza. The subjects of this tragic romance are two
university students studying in the West Bank whose love story is abruptly interrupted after theirstudent visas are revoked by Israel and they are forced to return to their families in Gaza.
Desperate to be together, Qays requests to marry Layla but is refused by her middle-class family
who feel he is too poor to support her. Trapped between political oppression and a patriarchal
society, the young couple take matters into their own hands in order to be together.
The Olive Harvest by Elias Hanna, 2002, 83mn.

81Synopsis: Mazen has just finished serving a 15-year sentence in an Israeli prison for setting a fireon a Jewish settlement. His younger brother Taher brings him back to the Palestinian countryside
he loves so dearly. There is a large and festive party for Mazen, but he is no longer animated bypolitics whereas his brother is enraged over the checkpoints and the new settlements that are
being set up. Both men are unprepared for the conflict that will erupt between them from within
the Palestinian community. And since their parents are dead, they are all they have in the world.
Raeda, by far the most beautiful woman in the village, has never kissed a man and is quite unsure
about her emotions. She is close to her older sister who has disappointed her authoritarian father
by moving to the city. Knowing that his cancer is getting worse, he gets Mazen to promise that hewill look after the 200,000-year old olive tree which is sacred to him and other elders in thecommunity. On his death bed, the patriarch tries to exert his will over his daughter Raeda. The rift
between the father and the two brothers proves to be a very painful process for everyone.
Wajib by Annemarie Jacir, 2017, 97mn.
Synopsis: architect Shadi returns to Nazareth from Rome to help with preparations for theupcoming wedding of his sister Amal. Together with his divorced father Abu Shadi, a teacher, thetwo men drive around the city in an old Volvo, delivering invitations to all the people who must be
invited. The film’s title ‘Duty’, and part of the tension between father and son comes from what
this term really means. For the older man, the rituals of community are a duty to be performed inorder to maintain cohesion and not lose traditions. His son finds the whole process meaningless,and gets especially angry when his father insists on inviting an Israeli whose job clearly is to act asa spy for the government. Shadi quickly tires of the whole invitation delivery ceremony, in which
he’s shown off as a prize catch for families with eligible daughters, even though he lives with his
Palestinian girlfriend back in Rome. This too becomes a source of contention: Her father’s position
within the PLO makes her suspect, since Abu Shadi views the organization as an elitist club lacking
a real understanding of what life is like for Palestinians living in Israel.
Session 12 – 5th December
Falling in love with the ‘enemy’
Readings:
Yahya, Siham; Simon, Boag; Munshi, Anika & Litvak-Hirsch, Tal (2016) 'Sadly, Not all Love Affairs
are Meant to Be...' Attitudes Towards Interfaith Relationships in a Conflict Zone, in: Journal ofIntercultural Studies, 37(3) pp. 265-285.
RAZ, Yosef, (2002) "Homoland: Interracial Sex and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Israeli
Cinema", A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, 8(4) pp.553-579.
FOGIEL-BIJAUI, Silvie (2003) "Why Won't There Be Civil Marriage Any Time Soon in Israel? Or:
Personal Law -- The Silenced Issue of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict", Nashim: A Journal of Jewish
Women's Studies & Gender Issues 6 (Fall 5764) pp.28-34.
AL-SHAHHAM, Abdullah (1988) "A Portrait of the Israeli Woman as the Beloved: The WomanSoldier in the Poetry of Mahmud Darwish after the 1967 War", in: Bulletin of the British Society for
Middle Eastern Studies, 15(1/2) pp. 28-49.
FISHER, Ian (2017) "It's Complicated: The Path of an Israeli-Palestinian Love Story", New York Times
Films:
77 Steps, Ibtisam Mara’aneh, 2010, 56mn.
Synopsis: the film director, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, leaves her childhood village of Fureidis
for an urban existence in Israeli-Jewish Tel Aviv. Filming her daily life, she breaks all taboos andstarts dating Jonathan, a new immigrant from Canada. She also joins the Israeli Meretz party,82

dreaming of a future in politics. Life becomes increasingly untenable as Israel invades Gaza andJonathan’s Zionist grandfather arrives for a nostalgic visit to the kibbutz he helped establish. As
this intimate, raw, nuanced, and thought-provoking cinéma vérité film reminds us, love can’t
always conquer all.
Jaffa de Keren Yedaya, 2009, 102mn.
Synopsis: Jaffa is a mixed Arabic-Jewish seaside city near Tel Aviv, where Reuven Wolf has agarage for repairing cars. His wife Ossi, a vain, self-centered woman, just makes everybody's life
difficult. The couple's daughter, Mali Wolf, has secretly fallen in love with her childhood friend, theyoung Tawfik, a hard-working youth who has come as a helping hand to his Israeli-Arab father
Hassan, a long-time mechanic working for Reuven. Meanwhile, Reuven's son Meir resents working
in the garage and further resents the presence of Arab Palestinian Tawfik, and bullies him around.
In a most tragic night, everybody's life is changed. Meir and his mother have a grave argument andshe throws him out. Next morning, a crisis erupts between Meir and Tawfik with the latter fatally
injuring Meir in an unfortunate accident. This cancels the plan the already pregnant Mali and herlover Tawfik had made to elope. Although she decides to have an abortion so as not to have a baby
from her brother's killer, she eventually decides to keep the baby, concealing that the child is from
Tawfik, and the devastated Wolf family moves to Ramat Gan. The story picks up after 9 years,
when Tawfik is released from jail and Mali Wolf is torn between allegiance to her family who has
helped her raise the illegitimate child Shiran and her lover Tawfik.
Would you Have Sex With an Arab? by Yolande Zauberman, 2001, 85mn.
Synopsis: A journey through the night, from encounter to encounter, from the bars of Tel-Aviv tothe back-alleys of Jerusalem. We’re embarking on a magic carpet. Inside night-clubs people dance,laugh, have fun. Dawn breaks to the sound of an outdoor rave party. And finishes with anincredible kiss on the beach. A first kiss. Jews, Arabs, all citizens of a same country. Israel. With nowall to separate them. One Israeli out of five is Arab… However… a simple question is enough totake everyone by surprise. To some: "Would You Have Sex With an Arab?". To others: "Would You
Have Sex With An Israeli Jew?" They don’t expect that. Unsettled, they laugh, hesitate, improvise,
and are even surprised by their own reactions. Many hadn’t even thought about it. To be together?
An invisible barrier appears. But desire too. Maybe…
PART 4 – TOWARDS A ‘ONE’ OR A ‘TWO-STATE’ SOLUTION?
Session 13 – 12th December
Israeli and Palestinian options
Readings:
Bao,Hsiu-Ping (2018) "The One-State Solution: An Alternative Approach to the Israeli–Palestinian
Conflict?", Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, 12(3), pp. 328-341.
BEILIN, Yossi (2018) "Israel Faces Historic Decision as New Population Figures Emerge", in: AlMonitor, Accessed on: https://www.al-monitor.com/
BOULOS, Sonia () "The Nation State Law and the Internal Right to Self-Determination of Palestinian
Citizens of Israel",
HAWARI, Yara (2019) "Abbas and the Farce of Palestinian Democracy" Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian
Policy Network, Accessed on: https://al-shabaka.org/en/
MASRI, Mazen (2014) "The Two-State Model and Israeli Constitutionalism: Impact on thePalestinian Citizens of Israel", in: Journal of Palestine Studies, 44(4) pp. 1-18.
TARTIR, Alaa (2015) "Securitised Development and Palestinian Authoritarianism under
Fayyadism", in: Conflict, Security & Development, 15(5), pp. 479-502.

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WILDEMAN, Jeremy (2019) “Neoliberalism as Aid for the Settler Colonization of the Occupied
Palestinian Territories after Oslo”, in: Palestine and Rule of Power, A. Tartir and T. Seidel. (eds.),
pp.153-174.
Films:
Aid but no State. The EU’S role in the Middle East Conflict by Sabrina Dittus, 2015, 58mn.
Synopsis: Since the Oslo Accords of 1993 and 1995 over $ 25 billion in donor aid went toPalestine. This is, per capita, one of the highest levels of aid in the world. Officially the funds are
aimed towards the building of institutions of a future democratic, independent and viable
Palestinian State, existing side by side and in peace with Israel. This mantra has been stated inthousands of documents and brochures since 1993. Traditionally, the EU is the biggest donor to
the Palestinian territories. But after 20 years the results are disastrous. The prospect of a
Palestinian State is further away than ever, the situation in the Palestinian territories is in many
respects worse than before Oslo: The economic situation is difficult, a quarter of the population
lives in poverty, unemployment rate in the West Bank is at nearly 17%, in Gaza even at 43%, thehighest in the world. Only 18% of the West Bank are under Palestinian control. And the amount ofwater that Palestinians can drill from their own water resources today is less than 20 years ago.
Despite billions of dollars in donor aid that went into the water sector.
Etat Commun de Eyal Sivan, 2012, 123mn.
Synopsis : Au-delà de tout ce qui a pu être écrit, filmé, photographié sur le conflit IsraëloPalestinien, ce documentaire propose un dispositif original et inédit pour mettre en avant unconcept révolutionnaire. Vingt ans après les accords d’Oslo, « la solution des deux états » est dansl’impasse. Le concept d’État commun propose d’abandonner la notion de partition du territoire
pour embrasser celle du partage. Par le truchement du montage se concrétise une rencontre quele conflit empêche depuis si longtemps. Des juifs israéliens et des arabes palestiniens d’Israël, desterritoires occupés ou de la diaspora, des responsables politiques et des militants, des réfugiés etdes colons, des jeunes et des vieux, des universitaires et des artistes : des fils et des filles de cepays qui s’étend entre le Jourdain et la mer. Une conversation potentielle. L’un parle l’autre écoute.
Nation Estate, Larissa Sansour, 2012, 9mn.
Synopsis: The Nation Estate project consists of a 9-minute sci-fi short film and series offering aclinically dystopian, yet humorous approach to the deadlock in the Middle East. With its glossy
mixture of computer-generated imagery, live actors and an arabesque electronica soundtrack, theNation Estate film explores a vertical solution to Palestinian statehood. Palestinians have theirstate in the form of a single skyscraper: the Nation Estate. One colossal high-rise houses the entire
Palestinian population - now finally living the high life.
Roadmap to Apartheid by Ana Nogueira & Eron Davidson, 2012, 95mn.
Synopsis: Ana Nogueira is a white South African and Eron Davidson a Jewish Israeli. Drawing on
their first-hand knowledge of the issues, the producers take a close look at the apartheid
comparison often used to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Their film breaks down therhetorical analogy into a fact-based comparison, noting where the analogy is useful andappropriate, and where it is not. There are many lessons to draw from the South African
experience relevant to conflicts all over the world. This film is as much a historical document of
the rise and fall of apartheid, as it is a film about why many Palestinians feel they are living in anapartheid system today, and why an increasing number of people around the world agree withthem.
Session 14 – 19th December
Presentation of the intermediary papers by the groups

84General Resources on Israeli and Palestinian cinemas and filmmakers
Written:
ARMES, Roy, 2010, Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East. A Dictionary. Bloomington, Indiana
University Press.
ARMES, Roy, 2015, New Voices in Arab Cinema. Bloomington, Indiana University Press.
BRESHEET, Haïm and HAMMAMI, Haifa (eds.), 2006, The Conflict and Contemporary Visual Culture in
Palestine and Israel. Special double-issue, No. 80/81, Vol. 20, issue 3-4, of ‘Third Text’ (London,
Routledge)
BURRIS, Greg, 2019, The Palestinian Idea. Film, Media and the Radical Imagination. Philadelphia,
Temple University Press.
DABASHI, Hamid (ed.), 2003, Dreams of a Nation: on Palestinian Cinema. New York, Verso.
EUROMED AUDIOVISUAL, 2013, Country Profile : Palestine. Tunis.
GERTZ, Nurith and KHLEIFI, George, 2008, Palestinian Cinema. Landscape, Trauma and Memory.
Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press.
GINSBERG, Terri and LIPPARD, Chris, 2010, Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Toronto,
The Scarecrow Press.
HALBREICH-EUVRARD, Janine, et SHYMAN, Carol, 2015, Israéliens, Palestiniens. Les cinéastes
témoignent. Paris, Editions Riveneuve.
HILLAUER, Rebecca, 2005, Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. Cairo, The American Universityof Cairo Press.
SCHOUMANN, Hélène, 2012, Dictionnaire du cinema israélien. Paris, Editions Cosmopole.
SCHWEITZER, Ariel, 2013, Le nouveau cinema israélien. Liège, Editions Yellow Now.
SHAFIK, Viola, 2007, Arab Cinema. History and Cultural Identity. Cairo, American University Press.
SHOHAT, Ella, 2010, Israeli Cinema. East/West and the Politics of Representation. London, I.B. Tauris.
Audio-visual Websites :http://palestinefilmfoundation.org/index.asp
http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-filmdatabase/filmmakers?onpage=10&type=directors&page=27
THE QARQ (Quote, Argument, Relation, Question) MODEL
Students introducing the texts and the films for the debate during the seminar’s sessions will be
invited to :Quote – Cite a sentence or two from the text (and/or from the film) which reflects the authors’ mainargument(s).
Argument – synoptically present author’s argument in your own language. If relevant, mention
which thesis the author is defending and which one she is arguing against.
Relation – When possible, connect the argument of the text under discussion with those of the samesessions or texts previously discussed. Show how author’s argument supports or undermines
argument of other authors. Also, when pertinent, connect the argument of the texts with thediscourse/analysis provided in the film.
Question –frame a question about the position or consistency of the argument: a) e.g., an issue
which the author is silent about, and why this silence, and b) question about a dimension in the textthat may not be amply addressed. Ideally, question should be internal to the text.

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Dealing with the Past and Transitional Justice: Comparative Perspectives
ANSO086- Spring 2022- 6 ECTS

Course Description
The seminar aims at investigating through anthropological perspectives the aftermath of civil wars,
genocides and dictatorships. How the ‘nation’ can be rebuilt? What is the role of civil societies andState authorities in the process at the national and local levels? How the models of State-building
and reconciliation ‘exported’ by international donors help or hinder the transitions? Are they new
instruments of a neoliberal governmentality in the postcolonial world?
Actually, the instruments and practices of what has come to be known ‘Dealing with the Past’ (DWP)
and ‘Transitional Justice’ (TJ) have witnessed in past decades an important surge of South-South
cooperation with the UN as a ‘broker’. However, after the Latin America experiences during the1970s and 1980s, and in South Africa in the early 1990s, the legalistic models of TJ for DWP havebecome more and more part of the tools used by international donors for promoting a global‘neoliberal order’.
The approach will be geographically and thematically comparative: Asia (Cambodia), Latin America(Chili and Argentina) and the Middle East (Lebanon); two contexts of past dictatorships, one case of
genocide and one of post-civil war. Cinematic representations of different forms of transitional
justice, documentary films and fictions will be part and parcel of the pedagogical material for theseminar.
Finally, while a consistent bulk of studies has been produced by jurists, political scientists,
psychologists, and historians, the more recent critical contributions of anthropologists have helped
to shed light on how the ‘social pact’ can be renegotiated in the aftermath of traumatic events.

Syllabus
SESSION 1 - March 9th
Introduction to the problematics of the seminar (RB)a) Presentation of the seminar’s problematics and of the sessions’ contents.
b) Methods of work and evaluation
SESSION 2 – March 16th
‘How to read’ a Documentary Dealing with a Violent Past.
Invited Lecturer: Gabriella ZALAPÌ, writer and painter, founder of the project “Projections etparoles” for detainees in Geneva prisons.
Film:
NIGHT WILL FALL by Andre Singer, 2014, 75mn.
Synopsis: The film explores the importance of film as a new medium for documenting warfare; it
was just beginning to be used in 1944 and 1945, when the Allies liberated the prison, labor andextermination camps run by the Nazis and their allies in Germany and eastern Europe. This film
draws from historic footage for German Concentration Camps Factual Survey, a 1945 British
documentary, with recent interviews with survivors and liberators. The producers, editors andcameramen who produced the 1945 documentary are featured, and its long delay from release is
explored. As the film begins, British forces liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. They
took the camp commander, Josef Kramer, and the camp guards as POWs, later forcing them to aid inburial of the masses of dead, whose bodies had been left on the ground all around the camp. Other
camps are shown being liberated, including Auschwitz and Majdanek in Poland. The latter camps
are shown by footage shot by Soviet cameramen. When Westerners first saw such footage, they86

suspected that the Soviets had produced atrocity propaganda, as had been the case in someinstances. The Allies forced civilians from nearby towns and German servicemen to tour the camps,
in order to acknowledge what had taken place under their government and in their neighborhood.
They were forced to see the piles of persons who died from starvation, torture and disease; partiallyburned remains in the crematoria; gruesome displays, including shrunken skulls, and bales of hair,piles of clothing, children's toys, and eyeglasses.
Readings:
BLUM, Carolyn Patty, 2014, « Visions of Justice and Accountability: Transitional Justice and Film »,in: Transitional Justice, Culture and Society, C. Ramirez-Barat (ed.), New York, Social Science
Research Council, pp. 461-490.
VAN MUNSTER, Rens and SYLVEST, Casper, 2013, «Documenting International Relations:
Documentary Films and the Creative Arrangement of Perceptibility», in: International Studies
Perspectives, pp. 1-17.
SESSION 3 – March 23rd
Dealing with the Past. (RB)
Readings:
ASSMANN, Aleida, 2012, “To Remember or to Forget: Which Way Out of a Shared History ofViolence?”, in: Memory and Political Change, A. Assmann and L. Shortt (eds.), Basingstoke, Palgrave
Macmillan, pp. 53-71.
BUCKLEY-ZISTEL, Susanne et al, 2014a, “Transitional Justice Theories: An Introduction”, in:Susanne
Buckley-Zistel et al, Transitional Justice Theories. New York, Routledge, 2014: pp. 1-16.
BELL, Christine, 2009, « Transitional Justice, Interdisciplinarity and the State of the ‘Field’ or ‘NonField’ », in: The International Journal of Transitional Justice, Vol. 3, pp. 5–27.
NAGY, Rosemary, 2008, « Transitional Justice as a Global Project: Critical Reflections », in: Third
World Quarterly, Vol. 29, n°2, pp. 275-289.
SOREL, Jean-Marc, 2011, « Les tribunaux pénaux internationaux. Ombres et lumières d’une récente
grande ambition », in : Revue Tiers Monde, n°205, pp. 29-46.
SWISSPEACE, 2012, A Conceptual Framework for Dealing With The Past. Bern, 20pp.
TEITEL, Ruti G., 2003, « Transitional Justice Genealogy », in: Harvard Human Rights Journal, Vol.16,
SESSION 4 – March 30th
On Violence, Memory and History (RB)
Anthropology and Historical Political Sociology Perspectives.
Readings:
BELL, Duncan. 2009, « Introduction: Violence and Memory », in : Millennium, vol. 38, pp. 345-360.
CONNERTON, Paul, 2008, « Seven Types of Forgetting », in: Memory Studies, n°1, vol. 58, pp. 59-71.
DAVID, Lea, 2017, “Against Standardization of Memory”, in: Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 39, pp.296318.
KANSTEINER, Wulf, 2002, « Finding Meaning in Memory: A Methodological Critique of Collective
Memory Studies », in: History and Theory, vol. 41, n°2, pp. 179-197.
KILANI, Mondher, 2015, Anthropologie et Violence, texte présenté au colloque ‘Mémoire, Violence etCinéma’, Genève, IHEID-HEAD, février.
SESSION 5 – April 6th
The development of Transitional Justice in the Global South (RB)Truth Commissions: South Africa and Peru in comparative perspective.

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Readings:
BRANTS, Chrisje and KLEP, Katrien, 2013, « Transitional Justice: History-Telling, Collective
Memory and the Victim-Witness”, in: International Journal of Conflict and Violence, vol. 7, n°1, pp.3649.
BUCKLEY-ZISTEL, Susanne, 2014b, « Narrative truths: On the construction of the past in Truth
Commissions », in: Susanne Buckley-Zistel et al, Transitional Justice Theories. New York, Routledge,
pp. 144-162.
WEIFFEN, B., 2012, «From Domestic to International Instruments for Dealing with a Violent Past:
Causes, Concomitants and Consequences for Democratic Transitions », in: Memory and Political
Change, A. Assmann and L. Shortt (eds.), Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 89-108.
SESSION 6 – April 13th
Screening of a film on Chile followed by a class debate
THE JUDGE AND THE GENERAL by E. Farnsworth & P. Lanfranco, 2008, 83mn. (English subt.
Espanol)
Synopsis: When in 1998 Chilean judge Juan Guzmán was assigned the first criminal cases against thecountry's ex-dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, no one expected much. Guzmán had supported
Pinochet's 1973 coup — waged as an anti-Communist crusade — that left thedemocratically electedpresident, Salvador Allende, and thousands of others dead or "disappeared." The filmmakers trace
the judge's descent into what he calls "the abyss," where he uncovers the past — including his ownrole in the tragedy.
Readings:
HITE Katherine, COLLINS Cath and JOIGNANT Alfredo, 2013, « The Politics of Memory in Chile », in :The Politics of Memory in Chile : from Pinochet to Bachelet, K. Hite, C. Collins and A. Joignant (eds.),
Boulder, Lynne Rienner Publ., pp. 1-29.
EASTER HOLIDAYS: April 16 to 24th
SESSION 7 – April 27th
Dealing with the Past (Dictatorship) in Chile
Readings:
KLEP, Katrien, 2012, « Tracing collective memory: Chilean Truth Commissions and Memorial sites »,in : Memory Studies, vol. 5, n°3, pp. 259-269.
LIRA, Elizabeth, 2011, “Chile: Dilemmas of Memory”, in : F. Lessa and V. Druliolle, (eds.), 2011, The
Memory of State Terrorism in the Southern Cone. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 107-132.
ROS, Ana, 2012a, “Introduction” and Chapter 1, in: The Post-Dictatorship Generation in Argentina,
Chile and Uruguay. Collective Memory and Cultural Production. New York, Palgrave Macmillan,pp.124.
ROS, Ana, 2012b, “Collective Memory from Dictatorship to the Present”, in: The Post-Dictatorship
Generation in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Collective Memory and Cultural Production. New York,
Palgrave Macmillan, pp.108-118.
Films:PINOCHET ET SES TROIS GENERAUX de José-Maria Berzosa, 1977, 101mn. (Espanol, subt. French)
Résumé : En 1976, trois ans après le coup d'état armé contre le gouvernement d'Allende, José-Maria
Bersoza rencontre le général Pinochet en voyage et lui propose un entretien filmé sur sa vie et sa
pensée politique. Pinochet et trois de ses généraux confient leurs idées spontanément. Ils parlent
tranquillement de leurs goûts artistiques, de leurs idées politiques, de leur vie de famille. De ces
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des principaux dirigeants de la junte : leur goût de l’ordre, de l’efficacité, une sorte de «fascisme
ordinaire». En contrepoint, les familles des victimes et des disparus témoignent d’une autre réalité.
FIESTAPATRIA de L. Vera, 2007, 120 mn. (Espanol subt. English)
Synopsis: 'Fiestapatria' is a metaphor for the social and moral state of Chile, and provides
provocative testimony of a period that ranges from the military regime to the present day. The film
makes use of a gallery of representative characters from Chilean society to tell the story of two
families that get together in a country house to celebrate the National Holiday and the engagementof their children, Macarena and Álvaro. Just before the event comes to an eagerly-awaited happy
end, young Macarena discovers the family’s best kept secret.
SESSION 8 – May 4th
Dealing with the Past (Dictatorship) in Argentina
Readings:
CATOGGIO, Soledad Maria, 2010, « The Last Military Dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983): The
Mechanism of State Terrorism », in : Encyclopedia of Mass Violence, Paris, Sciencespo, 20pp.
CRENZEL, Emilio, 2008, “Argentina’s National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons:Contributions to Transitional Justice”, in: The International Journal of Transitional Justice, Vol. 2, pp.
173–191.
ROBBEN, Antonius, 2011, “Testimonies, Truths and Transitions of Justice in Argentina and Chile”,
in: A. Laban Hinton (ed.), Transitional Justice. Global Mechanisms and Local Realities after Genocideand Mass Violence. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, pp. 179-205.
ROBBEN, Antonius, 2012, “Silence, Denials and Confessions about State Terror by the Argentine
Military”, in: M. Six-Hohenbalken and N. Weiss (eds.), Violence Expressed: An AnthropologicalApproach. London, Routledge.
FALICOV Tamara, 2001, « Film production in Argentina under democracy, 1983-1989: ‘The Official
Story’ as an international film, in: Southern Quarterly, vol. 39 n°4, pp. 123-134.
GARIBIAN, Sévane, 2014a, “Ghosts also Die. Resisting Disappearance through the ‘Right to the Truth’
and the Juicios por la Verdad in Argentina” in: Journal of International Criminal Justice, pp.1-24.
Films:THE OFFICIAL STORY by Luis Puenzo, 1985, 104mn. (Espanol subt. English)
Synopsis: An Argentine teacher lives in blissful ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her country's
government. Over time, however, her students' rejection of the "official" versions of their history
leads her to question things herself. Suspecting that her adopted daughter may have been the childof a murdered political prisoner, she attempts to unearth the truth. But her investigation reveals
levels of political corruption so abhorrent that the illusions of her past life are irrevocably shattered.
CONFESIONES de Gualberto Ferrari, 2011, 89mn. (mp4 – Espanol subt. Français)Résumé : Enquête minutieuse au suspense et à la profondeur d’un roman policier sur l'une despages les plus sombres de l’Histoire argentine récente. Le réalisateur tisse habilement sa trame ensuivant deux personnages : Gustavo Scagliusi, un agent du Batallón 601, organisme suprême desServices de renseignement de l’État-major et principal acteur du terrorisme d’État de la fin desannées 70, et Ricardo Ragendorfer, ex-militant guérillero devenu journaliste spécialisé dans lescrimes de la répression militaire. Deux confessions en miroir qui évoquent les fantômes d’uneépoque et construisent une version intime et kaléidoscopique de la dictature.
EL PROCESO de Roman Lejtman, 2003, 55mn. (Espanol – subt. English)
Synopsis : Este documental es una pieza inédita e histórica, porque contiene imágenes y testimoniosde la dictadura nunca vistos en la Argentina. El Proceso es un trabajo periodístico que sirve para89

hacer memoria, enseñar a las nuevas generaciones y evitar, fundamentalmente, que la historia
vuelva a repetirse. El 24 de Marzo de 1976, un golpe de Estado terminó con el gobiernode Isabel
Perón. Las Fuerzas Armadas se hicieron cargo del poder e impusieron un plan sistemático deviolación de los derechos humanos.
SESSION 9 – May 11th
Dealing with the Past (Genocide) in Cambodia
Readings:
BEACHLER, Donald, 2014, « The Quest for Justice in Cambodia: Power, Politics, and the Khmer
Rouge Tribunal”, in: Genocide Studies and Prevention: an International Journal, vol. 8, n°2, pp. 67-80.
DEVRESSE, Marie-Sophie and SCALIA, Damien, 2016, “Hearing Tried People in International
Criminal Justice: Sympathy for the Devil?”, in: International Criminal Law Review, vol. 16, pp. 796825.
POIRIER, Brice, 2013, « The place and participation of the victims in Duch’s trial », in : Ch. Delage
and P. Goodrich (eds.), The Scene of the Mass Crime. History, Films and International Tribunals.
London, Routledge, pp.167-175.
ROUX, François, 2013, « Pleading guilty before the International Criminal Courts : the case of Duchbefore the Khmer Rouge Tribunal », in : Ch. Delage and P. Goodrich (eds.), The Scene of the Mass
Crime. History, Films and International Tribunals. London, Routledge, pp. 155-166.
SIRONI, Françoise, 2013, « The Psychological Evaluation of Duch, a criminal against Humanity in
Cambodia », in : Ch. Delage and P. Goodrich (eds.), The Scene of the Mass Crime. History, Films andInternational Tribunals. London, Routledge, pp. 131-154.
Films:
S 21: THE KHMER ROUGE KILLING MACHINE by Rithy Panh, 2002, 101 mn.
Synopsis: Vann Nath and Chum Mey, two survivors of the Khmer Rouges’ Tuol Sleng Prison, arereunited and revisit the former prison, now a museum in Phnom Penh. They meet their former
captors – guards, interrogators, a doctor and a photographer – many of whom were barely
teenagers during the Khmer Rouge era from 1975 to 1979. Their appearances are in stark contrast
to the two former prisoners, who are both elderly men. Vann Nath, who was made to paint portraits
of prisoners, has a full head of white hair. The guards and interrogators give a tour of the museum,re-enacting their treatment of the prisoners and daily regimens. They look over the prison's detailed
records, including photographs, to refresh their memories. At one point, Vann Nath directly
confrontshis former captors about their actions, but they counter that they themselves were also
victims, being little more than children at the time, and hold themselves blameless.
DUCH, LE MAITRE DES FORGES DE L’ENFER by Rithy Panh, 2011, 103 mn.
Synopsis: Between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge was responsible for the death of nearly2million people - a quarter of the Cambodia population. Kaing Guek Eav, known as , directed both
the M13 and S21 centers where tens of thousands of people were tortured and executed. He also isthe first Khmer Rouge leader to be brought before an international criminal justice court; he wasfound guilty and sentenced to 35 years in prison. Panh's film is likely one of the most elaborate
discussions with someone responsible for mass genocide. "Duch" describes a highly bureaucratic
apparatus of death, where testimonies culled from tortured prisoners are scrutinized, corrected,
and then sent to party headquarters to be examined by defense minister Son Sen and, occasionally,
by Pol Pot himself. The film is most telling when Duch holds up copies of his own handwritten lists
of slaughtered prisoners, revealing how an entire life was reduced by the Khmer regime into asingle stroke of ink.
KHMERS ROUGES, UNE SIMPLE QUESTION DE JUSTICE de R. Lainé et J. Reynaud, 2011, 90 mn.

90Synopsis : Mise en place par l’ONU, une mission d’enquête internationale menée par le juged’instruction Marcel Lemonde traque les responsables du génocide cambodgien. Objectif : lesdéférer devant un tribunal spécial. Mais la mission qui s'annonçait comme un parcours bien balisé
tourne au parcours du combattant. Grâce à une autorisation exceptionnelle, ce film suit cetteaventure unique qui conduira à un jugement historique.
SESSION 10 – May 18th
Dealing with the Past through Amnesia: The Case of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990)
Readings:
FREGONESE, S., 2009, “The urbicide of Beirut: Geopolitics and the built environment in the
Lebanese civil war (1975-1990)”, Political Geography, 28(2): 309-18.
HAUGBOLLE, S., 2011, The historiography and the memory of the Lebanese Civil War. In : Online
Encyclopedia of Mass Violence, Paris, Sciencespo, 14 pp.
NAGEL, C. R., 2002, “Reconstructing space, re-creating memory: Sectarian politics and urban
development in post-war Beirut”, Political Geography, 21(5): 717-25.
NAGLE, J., 2017, "Ghosts, Memory, and the Right to the Divided City: Resisting Amnesia in Beirut
City Centre", Antipode, 49(1): 149-168.
Films:AROUND THE PINK HOUSE by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, 1999, 92mn. Audio: Arabic
subt. English
Synopsis: Beirut is under reconstruction. A surprising pink palace is threatened of being destroyed
to be replaced by a commercial center. This ambitious project divides the neighborhood. As the
personal stories of those living in the pink house unveil, the wounds and dreams of a strange
postwar period appear.
SECTOR ZERO by Nadim Mishlawi, 2011, 70mn. Audio: Arabic subt. English
Summary: There is a notorious derelict district called Karantina on the outskirts of Beirut. A
massacre took place there during the Lebanese Civil War, in January 1976, and it then became an
empty space in the city's topography. This documentary essay explores the district's history bylooking at just a few buildings - a tannery, a slaughterhouse, a hospital and a nightclub called BO18 and uses it as a metaphor for the whole country's constitution. It combines contemporary andhistorical footage with soundscapes of music and noise, as well as the reflections of a psychiatrist, ajournalist, and the architect Bernard Khoury who thinks of the district as a laboratory for urban
development. Karantina becomes the terrain upon which the suppressed traumas and the collective
unconscious of Lebanon are concentrated.
WE WANT TO KNOW by C. Mansour, 2012, 42mn. Audio: Arabic subt. English
Synopsis: the documentary is the narration of journeys taken by Lebanese high school students
across the memory of the war in Lebanon (1975-1990) through the eyes of their parents,
grandparents, relatives, and neighbours. It is the uncovering of silences about what daily life waslike during periods of war, bombing, curfews, and kidnappings, and what it was like living under theconstant threat of death and loss. The documentary traces the stories of daily life during thecountry’s violent civil war through the recollections of four middle-aged characters (Iman, Widad,
Nadim, and Mona) who lived, lost, and struggled through it; a war that ended abruptly without
addressing its causes, results, and consequences. An entire generation, now in their 40s and 50s had
never spoken about the war to their children. For many, this was the first time the past is uncoveredand shared.
SESSION 11 – May 25th
Dealing with the ‘Missings’ during the Civil War in Lebanon
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BOCCO, Riccardo et PELLEGRINI, Milena, ‘Contre l’oubli : cinema et disparitions forcées au Liban(1990-2015)’, in Normer l’oubli, Negri, V, Schulte-Tenckhoff, I (eds), Paris, Editions IRJS (Institut derecherches juridiques de la Sorbonne), pp-275-308.
WESTMORELAND, Mark R., 2010, “Catastrophic Subjectivity: Representing Lebanon’s Undead”, in:
Alif, n°30, pp. 1-35.
ICTJ (International Centre for Transitional Justice), 2015, Living with the Shadows of the Past. Beirut,
January, 34pp.
Films:HERE AND MAY BE ELSEWHERE de Lamia Joreige, 2003, 54mn. Audio : Arabic subt. French.
Synopsis : Des centaines de personnes ont été portées disparues lors de la guerre civile au Liban.
Dans la plupart des cas les corps n’ont jamais été retrouvés et les circonstances autour de leursdisparitions restent incertaines. Lamia Joreige nous emmène à Beyrouth parmi les habitants à quielle pose une question : « Quelqu’un ici a-t-il été enlevé pendant la guerre ? » Son investigation lamène à travers les nombreux quartiers autour de la « ligne verte » qui divisait la ville d’est en ouest,
près des postes de contrôle des milices, lieux de nombreux enlèvements et crimes.
HERE COMES THE RAIN de B. Hojeij, 2010, 96mn. Audio : Arabic subt. English.
Synopsis : la fiction examine la situation des 'disparus' de la guerre civile lorsque l’un de cesderniers, Ramez, se retrouve libéré après 20 années de détention et projeté dans le monde actuel,avec toutes les conséquences et les bouleversements qu’implique 'l’après-retour'. En effet, la familleet le monde qu’il a quittés lors de son incarcération ont changé, évolué - d’où un décalage marqué
entre certains souvenirs figés dans le temps que Ramez a conservés et la réalité, difficile à assumer
pour ce dernier. Diminué physiquement et mentalement, il se retrouve face à sa femme qui a, tantbien que mal, élevé 20 ans durant leurs deux enfants. Des enfants qui ont entre-temps grandi et sontdevenus en âge de poser des questions, notamment vis-à-vis du retour de ce père qu’ils ne
connaissent pas. Le film s’intéresse également aux dommages irréparables provoqués par la guerre
civile. Le personnage de Nayfeh Najjar, inspiré de la vraie histoire d’une journaliste d’As-Safir dont
le fils a été kidnappé pendant la guerre, et celui de Zeinab, autre femme de disparu, fidèle à lamémoire de son mari, illustrent également les ravages causés par la guerre sur la vie des civils.
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by E. Raheb, 2012, 128mn. Audio: Arabic subt. English.
Synopsis: Two people marked by the civil war - a man and a woman, perpetrator and victim – form
the two opposing poles of this highly-charged film: Assaad Chaftari, a former senior intelligence
official of a right-wing Christian militia responsible for countless deaths, and Maryam Saiidi, themother of a communist partisan who went missing in 1982 at the age of 15. Both have gone against
the rule requiring silence on the war: In 2000, Chaftari publicly acknowledged his culpability andSaiidi speaks unflinchingly and loudly about the search for her son's whereabouts and her pain. The
dauntless filmmaker arranges for the two to meet. The confrontation throws open the question of
forgiveness and reconciliation. Apart from the individual aspect, light is also shed upon the social
dimension: Scenes featuring Chaftari's wife and son, his parents, the "Red Bishop" Haddad, a British
psychotherapist and her "Garden of Forgiveness," as well as Chaftari's former militia cohorts
hunting rabbits, and a silent former communist commander give an overall impression of Lebanesesociety. This is a cinematic statement against state-sanctioned collective forgetfulness.
SESSION 14 - May 27th
Presentations of groups’ works in class
Background Bibliography

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BRYSON, Anna, 2016, « Victims, Violence and Voice: Transitional Justice, Oral History and Dealing
with the Past », in: Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Vol. 39, pp.
BUDEN, Boris, 2011, “Truth and Reconciliation Are Not What We Really Need”, in: Experiments with
Truth, Documenta 11, Platform 2, 71, pp.
CANDAU, Joël, 2005, Anthropologie de la mémoire. Paris, Armand Colin.
CUTTER PATEL, Ana, DE GREIFF, Pablo and WALDORF, Lars (eds.), 2009, Disarming the Past:
Transitional Justice and Ex-combatants. New York, Social Sciences Research Council.
HAYNER, Patricia, 2011, Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocity, New York,
Routledge, 2nd edition, pp.1-26.
KROTOSZYNSKI M., 2016, “The Transitional Justice Models and the Justifications of Means of
Dealing with the Past”, in: Oñati Socio-legal Series, 6 (3), 584-606. Available at:
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2832294
LABAN HINTON, Alexander (ed.), 2011, Transitional Justice. Global Mechanisms and Local Realities
after Genocide and Mass Violence. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press.
LUNDY, Patricia, McGOVERN, Mark, 2008, « Whose Justice? Rethinking Transitional Justice from the
Bottom Up », in: Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 35, n°2, pp.
McEVOY, Kieran, McCONNACHIE, Kirsten, 2013, “Victims and Transitional Justice: Voice, Agency andBlame”, in: Social & Legal Studies, vol. pp.
McEVOY, Kiernan, McCONNACHIE, Kirsten, 2012, « Victimology in Transitional Justice: Victimhood,
Innocence and Hierarchy », in: European Journal of Criminology, n°9, pp. 527-538.
MADLINGOZI, Tshepo, 2010, «On Transitional Justice Entrepreneurs and the Production of Victims»,
in: Journal of Human Rights Practice, vol.2, n°2, pp. 208–228.
MALESEVIC, Sinisa, 2017, The Rise of Organised Brutality. A Historical Sociology of Violence.
Cambridge University Press.
OETTLER, Anika, 2017, Transitional Justice, Recognition, and Authoritative Power. Hamburg, GIGA
(German Institute of Global and Area Studies) Working Papers n°305.
RAMIREZ-BARAT, Clara and DUTHIE, Roger (eds.), 2017, Transitional Justice and Education. New
York, Social Sciences Research Council.
RAMIREZ-BARAT, Clara (ed.), 2014, Transitional Justice, Culture and Society. New York, Social
Sciences Research Council.
RUBLI, Sandra, 2012, Transitional Justice: Justice by Bureaucratic Means? Bern, Swisspeace.
STERN, Steve J., 2010, Reckoning with Pinochet. The Memory Question in Democratic Chile, 19892006. Durham and London, Duke University Press.
MINOW, Martha, 2002, Breaking the Cycles of Hatred: Memory, Law and Repair. Princeton University
Press.
SRIRAM, C. L., 2009, « Transitional Justice and the Liberal Peace », in: E. Newman, R. Paris, & O. P.
Richmond (eds.), New Perspectives on Liberal Peacebuilding. Tokyo, United Nations University Press,
pp. 112-129.

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Life Behind Bars: Comparative Perspectives on
Carcerality in Latin America and the Middle East
MINT 219 – Fall 2021- 6 ECTS
Course Description
This seminar aims to examine and theoretically engage with the shifts and changes that carceralpolicies have undergone over the years, and the ways in which prisoners, worldwide, respond toviolence and torture. Through engaging with an extensive array of theoretical and conceptual
formulations, along with written works by prisoners, the seminar will critically look at carceralrealities and policies in their global and present-day manifestations, with a particular focus on those
lived and experienced in Latin America and the Middle East.
The cinematic representations of carcerality through a selection of documentaries and fictions byfilm directors from the two main geographical areas considered will be center-stage. Actually, thefilm-makers’ work constitutes - besides its artistic contribution - a critical archive for the past andpresent memory of different forms of violence, whose relevance for researchers, policy-makers andhuman rights activists is not negligible.

SYLLABUS
Despite the various changes that modes of population control and subjugation have undergone over
the years, imprisonment remains a central tool used for dealing with, intimidating, and punishing
populations worldwide. Indeed, carceral policies have managed to shift the meanings and confinesof imprisonment and have ultimately led to the fortification of carceral realities. Carceral regimes
continue to devise ever-adapting means to subjugate populations; methods that include torture,violence, and the denial of rights. On the other hand, imprisoned populations have long beendevising means to counter the violence and torture to which they are subjected including attempts
to keep memory alive, utilizing their bodies as tools for resistance, alongside other creative
responses to captivity and to carceral policies.
Academic attention from numerous disciplines has increasingly been interested in examining
varying aspects of carcerality. This attention, however, is not solely academic as numerous audiovisual materials have long been produced to tackle carceral experiences in numerous parts of theworld, and are in and of themselves essential sources to be analyzed in order to form an adequate
understanding of carcerality. This seminar will therefore aim at examining, in a sociopolitical andhistorical perspective, various experiences of imprisonment and carcerality, particularly in Latin
America and the Middle East – two regions with unique historical and current trends of repression
and imprisonment – and the ways in which films contribute to our understanding of life behindbars, of torture, violence, resistance, and the construction of memory. In doing so, the seminar will
examine both the literature dealing with carceral experiences, theoretically and practically,
alongside a thorough examination of several films narrating carceral realities and violence.
Through extensive and critical engagement with themes related to global carcerality, students will
gain a deep understanding of ways in which various modes of violence and torture are put in place
to manage and punish populations. They will engage with theories and conceptual frameworks thatassist in understanding carcerality in its global and practical manifestations. Students will also gain
an understanding of the purposes and usages of modes carceral violence and torture, and will
engage with the vast array of responses that prisoners continue to devise to counter inflictedviolence. Additionally, the seminar aims towards developing an appreciation of, and a critical94

engagement with, cinematic, artistic productions, and prison literature and their role in bringing tolight carceral realities and countering their global rise.

PART 1
Session 1. September 23rd. Global Carcerality and Carceral States.
• Introduction: presentation of the seminar, themes and methods of work, course requirements
and final evaluation.
• Global Carcerality and Carceral States
READINGS:• Khalili, Laleh, 2013, Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies. California:
Stanford University Press. (Introduction, Chapters 2 & 3).
Session 2. September 30th. Theorizing Carceral Power and Violence.
READINGS:• Ghanim, Honaida, 2008, “Thanatopolitics: The Case of Colonial Occupation in Palestine.” In:
Thinking Palestine, Ronit Lentin (ed.). London: Zed Books, pp. 65 – 81.
• Mbembe, Achille, 2003, “Necropolitics.” In : Public Culture 15 (1): 11 – 40.
• Weheliye, Alexander, 2014, Habeas Viscus: Racializing Assemblages, Biopolitics, and Black
Feminist Theories of the Human. Durham: Duke University Press. (Introduction and Chapter 4).
• Foucault, Michel, 1995 Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Vintage Books: New York.
(Chapters 1 and 2).
• Rhodes, Lorna A., 2001, “Towards an Anthropology of Prisons.” In : Annual Review of
Anthropology 30: 65 – 83.
Further Readings:• Gilmore, Ruth-Wilson, 2007, Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing
California. Berkeley: University of California Press. (Introduction).
• Puar, Jasbir K., 2017, The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability. Durham: Duke University
Press. (Chapter 4).
Session 3. October 7th. On Memory, Prisons, Torture and Cinema.
READINGS:• Lesage, Julia, 2009, “Torture Documentaries.” In: Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, vol.
51. https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc51.2009/TortureDocumentaries/text.html [to viewthe images, please follow the article through this link: https://tinyurl.com/2n8hyjmc]• Cooke, Miriam, 2013, “Tadmor’s Ghosts.” In : Review of Middle East Studies 47 (1): 28 – 36.
• Rejali, Darius, 2012, “Movies of Modern Torture as Convenient Truths.” In: Screening Torture:
Media Representations of State Terror and Political Domination, Michael Flynn and Fabiola F.
Salek (eds.), New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 219 – 237.
• Lazrge, Marnia, 2012, “Doing Torture in Film: Confronting Ambiguity and Ambivalence.” In
Screening Torture: Media Representations of State Terror and Political Domination, Michael Flynn
and Fabiola F. Salek (eds.), New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 257 - 271.
• Said, Edward and Gillo Pontecorvo, 2002, “The Dictatorship of Truth: An Interview with Gillo
Pontecorvo.” In: Cinéaste 25(2): 24 – 25.
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LA BATAILLE D’ALGER / THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS by Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966, 120mn. Audio:
Arabic and French, subt. English.
Synopsis: Set during the Algerian fight for independence, the film depicts the battle for thecontrol over the capital of Algeria, Algiers, particularly of events taking place in the city’s
Casbah. The film depicts some of the violence and torture methods used by the French in theirfight against Algerian fighters, and in an attempt to squash their revolt.
LES ESCADRONS DE LA MORT. L’ECOLE FRANCAISE / DEATH SQUADS. THE FRENCH SCHOOL
by Marie-Monique Robin, 2003, 60mn. Audio: French, subt. English.
Synopsis: This documentary film tells the story of how the colonial French army taught tortureand interrogation techniques developed in colonial-occupation Algeria to other nation statesacross the world, most particularly in Latin America. It dwells on how films – most particularly
the Battle of Algiers – were used to train in torture techniques, and on the ways in which thedoctrine of ‘dirty war’ was developed and spread across the world. It features interviews with
first-hand participants (both trainers and trainees) in this process, and in-depth investigative
journalistic work.
SENTENCED / CONDENADOS by Carlos Martinez, 2013, 83mn. Audio: Espanol subt. English
Synopsis: the film is based on a true story. The 9th Unit was the jail where the military
dictatorship of General Videla concentrated thousands of political prisoners, pulling apart theirleaders into two Wards of Death, to kill them without trial. Not only the prisoners would be
murdered by the army, but also their relatives. Along this film there are many more thankidnappings and deaths, the fight for life and dignity is renewed day by day. The will, the wit andhumor were weapons of the resistance, beyond the limits of the human understanding.

Session 4. October 14th. How to Read a Documentary.
Guest Lecturer: Gabriella ZALAPI, writer and painter, founder of the project “Screenings and Words”
for detainees in Geneva prisons.
FILM:• HUNGER by Steve McQueen, 2008, 91mn. Audio: English.
Synopsis: In Northern Ireland’s Maze prison in 1981, twenty-seven-year-old Irish Republican
Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government’s refusal
to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. The film director dramatizes
prison existence and Sands’s final days in a way that is purely experiential, even abstract, a
succession of images full of both beauty and horror. Hunger is an unflinching, transcendent
depiction of what a human being is willing to endure to be heard.
Session 5. October 21st. On Law, Violence and the Carceral System (part 1).
READINGS:• Viterbo, Hedi, 2018, “Military Courts.” In : The ABC of the OPT, Orna Ben-Naftali, Michael Sfard
and Hedi Viterbo (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 264 – 276.
• Gregory, Derek. 2006. “The Black Flag: Guantanamo Bay and the Space of Exception.” In:
Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography 88 (4): 405 – 427.
• Further Reading:• Daniele, Luigi. 2017. “Enforcing Illegality: Israel’s Military Justice in the West Bank.” In:
Questions of International Law 44: 21-40.
FILMS:• THE LAW IN THESE PARTS by Ra’anan Alexandrowicz, 2011, 106mn. Audio: Hebrew, subt.
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Occupied Territories. Since Israel conquered the territories in the 1967 War, the Israeli Defense
Forces legal corps have created and implemented thousands of military orders and laws,
established military courts, sentenced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. This complex
system which is invisible to most Israelis is very present in Palestinian daily life and is unique inthe entire world. Till today, the IDF legal professionals face judicial and moral dilemmas as they
develop and uphold a system of long-term "rule by law" of an occupied population by an
occupying army, all under the supervision of the Israeli High Court of Justice. Why does Israel
invest so much into the legal infrastructure of the occupation? What is the rationale behind thework of the people charged with the developing and upholding the law in the Occupied
Territories? The film tries to answer these questions while also exploring the implications of thevery effort to document such a system.
o LA LOI ET LE DROIT, émission radio « Histoire vivante », interview de J. Mouriquand à R.
Bocco sur le film The Law in These Parts, 5.12.2014 (écouter le mp3 sur le site viméo duséminaire).
THE MAURITANIAN by Kevin Macdonald, 2021, 129mn. Audio: English.
Synopsis: based on the NY Times best-selling memoir "Guantánamo Diary" by Mohamedou Ould
Slahi, this is the inspiring true story of Slahi's fight for freedom after being detained andimprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years. Alone and afraid, Slahi finds allies
in defense attorney Nancy Hollander and her associate Teri Duncan who battle the U.S.
government in a fight for justice that tests their commitment to the law and their client at every
turn. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by a formidable militaryprosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch, uncovers shocking truths and ultimately proves that thehuman spirit cannot be locked up.
MY BROTHER’S KEEPER by Laurence Topham, 2021, 21mn. Audio: English.
Synopsis: Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a former Guantánamo detainee and Steve Wood, his American
guard, reunite in Mauritania 13 years after last seeing each other, rekindling an unlikely
relationship that profoundly changed their lives.
https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2021/mar/01/how-we-made-my-brotherskeeper-documentary (also available on the seminar’s video platform).

Session 6. October 28th. On Law, Violence, and the Carceral System (Part 2).
READINGS :• Hajjar, Lisa. 2005. Courting Conflict: The Israeli Military Court System in the West Bank and Gaza.
Berkeley: The University of California Press. (Introduction and Chapter 6).
• Pelleg-Srych, Tamar, 2011, “The Mysteries of Administrative Detention.” In: Threat: Palestinian
Political Prisoners in Israel, Abeer Baker and Anat Matar (eds.). London: Pluto Press, pp. 123135.
Further Reading:• Hajjar, Lisa, 2006, “International Humanitarian Law and Wars on Terror: A Comparative
Analysis of Israeli and American Doctrines and Policies,” in: Journal of Palestine Studies 36 (1):21-42.
FILMS:• THE ADVOCATE by Philippe Bellaiche and Rachel Leah Jones, 110mn. Audio: Arabic andHebrew, subt. English.
Synopsis: Lea Tsemel is Israel’s most prominent and controversial human rights lawyer. She
defends Palestinians and, for many years, was the only Jewish attorney willing to take onpolitical prisoners accused of having “blood on their hands”. Never afraid to fight, Lea is also not

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afraid to lose a battle. 99% of her clients get convicted. Yet she continues to demand a fair trial
for people classified by the state as “enemies.”
THE JUDGE by Erika Cohn, 2018, 76mn. Audio: Arabic subt. English.
Synopsis: When she was a young lawyer, Kholoud Al-Faqih walked into the office of Palestine’s
Chief Justice and announced she wanted to join the bench. He laughed at her. But just a few
years later, Kholoud became the first woman judge to be appointed to the Middle East’s Shari’a(Islamic law) courts. The movie offers a unique portrait of Judge Kholoud—her brave journey asa lawyer, her tireless fight for justice for women, and her drop-in visits with clients, friends, andfamily. With unparalleled access to the courts, the film presents an unfolding vérité legal drama,
with rare insight into both Islamic law and gendered justice. In the process, the film illuminates
some of the universal conflicts in the domestic life of Palestine—custody of children, divorce,abuse—while offering an unvarnished look at life for women and Shari’a.

Session 7. November 4th. Presentation of Topics for Final Projects.
(see below)
PART 2
Session 8. November 11th. Interrogation, Torture and Global Borrowings (Part 1).
READINGS:• Taussig, Michael, 1984, “Culture of Terror – Space of Death. Roger Casement’s Putumayo Report
and the Explanation of Torture.” In : Comparative Studies in Society and History 26 (3): 467 –497.
• Macias, Teresa, 2013, “‘Tortured Bodies’: The biopolitics of torture and truth in Chile,” in: The
International Journal of Human Rights 17 (1): 113-132.
Further Readings:• Daka, Walid, 2011. “Consciousness Molded or the re-identification of Torture.” In: Threat:
Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israel, edited by Abeer Baker and Anat Matar. London: Pluto
Press, pp. 234 – 254.
• Rejali, Darius, 2007, Torture and Democracy. Princeton University Press (Introduction).
• Lazreg, Marnia, 2008. Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad. Princeton
University Press. (Introduction).
• Scarry, Elaine, 1987, The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World. Oxford University
Press. (Introduction).
FILMS:• THE DARK SIDE OF THE WHITE LADY by Patricio Henríquez, 2007, 102mn. Audio: Spanish,
subt. English.
Synopsis: The Esmeralda is the jewel of the Chilean Navy. This superb four-mated schooner is
one of the world’s three tallest and longest sailing ships. But this gleaming façade hides another,much darker, story. In Valparaiso, its homeport, "The White Lady" is haunted by the painful
memory of the Pinochet dictatorship. At that time, the Esmeralda became a torture chamber. It
was not until 2004 that 115 survivors could testify in a national report on torture. Today,
Valparaiso remains a symbol. From its hills, no resident can ignore the ship’s presence. Sergio
Vuskovic, Maria-Eliana Comené, Monica Moreno and many others continue to demand that thenavy recognize the facts and hand over their tormentors to be judged.
• TADMOR by Monika Borgmann and Lokman Slim, 2007, 103mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English.
Synopsis: Amidst the popular uprising against the Syrian regime that began in 2011, a group of
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decide to testify publicly about the systematic torture and humiliation they experienced. To
reclaim and overcome this dark chapter in their lives, they rebuild Tadmor in an abandoned
school near Beirut. By playing the role of both "victim" and "victimizer," they will relive theirsurvival.
Session 9. November 18th. Interrogation, Torture and Global Borrowings (Part 2).
READINGS:• Hajjar, Lisa. 2019. “The Afterlives of Torture: The Global Implications of Reactionary US
Politics.” State Crime Journal 8 (2): 164 – 174.
• Khalili, Laleh. 2013. Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies. California:
Stanford University Press. (Chapter 4).
• Porter, Lizzie. 2017. “A Legacy of torture: Inside Lebanon’s Khiam Jail.” Al-Jazeera, August 14,
2017, https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/8/14/a-legacy-of-torture-inside-lebanonskhiam-jailFurther Readings:• Viterbo, Hedi. 2014. “Seeing Torture Anew: A Transnational Reconceptualization of State
Torture and Visual Evidence.” Stanford Journal of International Law 50 (2): 281-317.
• Mann, Itamar and Omer Shatz. 2010. “The Necessity Procedure: Laws of Torture in Israel and
Beyond, 1987-2009.” Unbound: Harvard Journal of the Legal left 6 (59): 59-110.
• Law in the Service of Man. 1985. Torture and Intimidation in the West Bank: The Case of AlFara’a Prison. Al-Haq: Ramallah.
FILMS:• GHOST HUNTING by Raed Andoni, 2016, 90mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. French.
Synopsis: As a result of being jailed in the Shin Bet’s Al-Mosccobiya interrogation cener at theage of 18, director Raed Andoni has fragments of memories he cannot determine as real or
imagined. In order to confront the ghosts that haunt him, Andoni decides to try to rebuild thatmysterious place. Responding to a job announcement seeking ex-inmates of Al-Masccobiya whohave experience in construction, architecture, painting, carpentry and acting, a large groupgathers in an empty yard near Ramallah. Together, they start a journey in which they rediscover
the shape of their old prison, try to face the consequences of being under absolute control, andattempt to re-enact a story that took place inside the center’s walls.
• KHIAM 2000-2007 by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, 2007, 105mn. Audio: Arabic, subt.
English.
Synopsis: in 1999, while South Lebanon was still occupied and no images of the detention campin Khiam were available, Hadjithomas and Joreige met six prisoners to discuss their experienceof detention, the relation they developed to art, in order to question the modes ofrepresentation. In May 2000, the camp of Khiam was liberated and turned into a museum.
During the July 2006 war, the camp was totally destroyed. Today, there is some talk of
rebuilding it exactly as it was. Eight years later, Hadjithomas and Joreige met again with thesame six prisoners to talk through the liberation and subsequent destruction of the camp. What
are the roles of memory, history, reconstitution, imagination and the power of the image? How
does one survive in the Khiam detention camp in southern Lebanon? Six former inmates speakout about what it was like, sleep, dream and think within the fur walls of an isolation cell,measuring 1.8 m by 80 cm, for six or ten years.

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READINGS:• Gó mez Barris, Macarena, 2009, Where Memory Dwells: Culture and State Violence in Chile.
Berkeley: University of California Press. (Chapter 2).
• Ros, Ana, 2012, The Post-Dictatorship Generation in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay: Collective
Memory and Cultural Production. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (Chapters 1 and 2).
Further Readings:• Lazzara, Michael. 2006. Chile in Transition. The Poetics and Politics of Memory. Florida: The
University Press of Florida.
• May Wahbe, Randa. 2020. “The Politics of Karameh: Palestinian Burial Rites Under the Gun.” In :Critique of Anthropology 40 (3): 323 – 340.
• Menin, Laura. 2019. “‘Descending into Hell’: Tazmamart, Civic Actvism and the Politics ofMemory in Contemporary Morocco.” In : Memory Studies 12 (3): 307 – 321.
FILMS:• SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by Eliane Raheb, 2012,133mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English.
Synopsis: Through the stories of Assaad Shaftari, a former high-ranking militia officer, andMaryam Saiidi, the mother of a missing communist fighter, the film digs into the Lebanese civil
war wounds and poses the question of whether or not redemption and forgiveness are possible.
• THE OFFICIAL STORY by Luis Puenzo, 1985, 104mn. Audio: Spanish, subt. English.
Synopsis: An Argentine teacher lives in blissful ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her
country's government. Over time, however, her students' rejection of the "official" versions of
their history leads her to question things herself. Suspecting that her adopted daughter may
have been the child of a murdered political prisoner, she attempts to unearth the truth. But her
investigation reveals levels of political corruption so abhorrent that the illusions of her past life
are irrevocably shattered.
• WAYNON? /VOID by Tarek Korkomaz, Zeina Makki, Jad Beyrouthy, Christelle Ighniades, Salim
Habr, Maria Abdel Karim, Naji Bechara, 2013, 78mn. Audio: Arabic subt. English.
Synopsis: Thousands of people who disappeared during the war in Lebanon and its aftermath
are still missing today. The government has done nothing to clarify the fate of the missing
persons, and the families are still waiting. Waynon is about six Lebanese women representing
three generations, each one still waiting for the man in her life who was kidnapped during the
Lebanese Civil War and is still missing.
Session 11. December 2nd. Race, Gender and Sexuality.
READINGS:• Razack, Sherene H. 2005. “How is White Supremacy Embodied? Sexualized Racial Violence at
Abu Ghraib.” In : Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 17 (2): 341 – 364.
• Abdo, Nahla, 2014, Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle within the
Israeli Prison System. London: Pluto Press. (Chapter 1).
• Jose-Kampfner, Cristina, 2013, “Las Mujeres Olvidadas: Women in Mexican Prisons.” In : Global
Lockdown: Race, Gender and the Prison-Industrial Complex, Julia Sudbury (ed.). New York:
Routledge, pp. 127 – 136.
Further Readings:• Micallef, Roberta. 2010. “Incarcerated Women, Honorable Women.” In : Policing and Prisons in
the Middle East, Laleh Khalili and Jillian Schwedler (eds.). London: Hurst, pp. 207 – 221.

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Giacaman, Rita, and Penny Johnson. 2013. ““Our Life in Prison”: The Triple Captivity of Wivesand Mothers of Palestinian Political Prisoners.” In : Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, 9 (3):54 – 80.
• Townsend, Brandi. 2019. “The Body and State Violence, from the Harrowing to the Mundane:
Chilean Women’s Oral Histories of the Augusto Pinochet Dictatorship (1973 – 1990).” In :Journal of Women’s History 31 (2): 33 – 56.
• Meari, Lena. 2015. “Resignifying ‘Sexual’ Colonial Power Techniques: The Experiences ofPalestinian Women Political Prisoners.” In : Rethinking Gender in Revolutions and Resistance:
Lessons from the Arab World, Maha El Said, Lena Meari and Nicola Pratt (eds.). London: Zed
Books, pp. 59 – 85.
FILMS:• 3000 NIGHTS by May Masri, 2015, 102mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English.
Synopsis: Layal, a young newlywed schoolteacher from Bethlehem is arrested after a speeding
Israeli military patrol gravely injures one of her students, provoking her teenage brother tothrow a Molotov cocktail at the jeep. Accused of helping him escape, she is incarcerated in an
Israeli prison where she discovers that she is pregnant. To her shock, her husband insists she
abort the child. She feels terrified and alone. With the help of the women around her, she learns
to stand up for herself and fight for her child. She is taken in chains to a military hospital where
she gives birth to a baby boy. The child transforms her life and gives her hope. The Palestinian
women prisoners go on hunger strike. The prison director threatens to take Layal’s child away if
she joins the strike. She is torn between her terror of losing her child and the difficult decision
she must make. In a moment of truth, she decides to join the strike. The guards are sent in totake the child away by force. Layal and the women barricade themselves inside their cells. The
soldiers attack them with clubs and teargas. Layal learns to fight back. She must stay strong forherself, her child, and the day they will be reunited.
• HERE COMES THE RAIN by Bahij Hojeij, 2010, 97mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English.
Synopsis: Kidnapped during the war, Ramez is suddenly released from prison after 20 years andreturns to his family profoundly changed. Unable to relate to them, he often wanders in thestreets of Beirut, where he meets a sad young woman whose husband was kidnapped undersimilar circumstances.
Session 12. December 9th. Life in Captivity: Prison Literature, Art and Creativity.
READINGS:• Gordon, Avery. 2008. “Methodologies of Imprisonment,” PMLA 123 (3): 651 – 658.
• Gó mez Barris, Macarena, 2009, Where Memory Dwells: Culture and State Violence in Chile.
Berkeley: University of California Press. (Chapter 3).
• Harlow, Barbara. 1992. Barred: Women, Writing, and Political Detention. Hanover, University
Press of New London. (Chapter 1).
Further Readings:• Cunha, Manuela. 2014. “The Ethnography of Prisons and Penal Confinement.” In : The Annual
Review of Anthropology 43: 217 – 233.
• Ben Jelloun, Tahar. 2006. This Blinding Absence of Light. London: Penguin Books.
• El Guabli, Brahim. 2014. “The “Hidden” Transcript of Resistance in Moroccan Tazmamart Prison
Writings.” In : The Arab Studies Journal 22 (1): 170 – 207.
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Crafting Resistance at the Modern Records Centre: photos at:https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/craftingresistance/p
hotos/• Crafting Resistance: The Art of Chilean Political Prisoners: https://vimeo.com/250500688
FILMS:• CRAYONS OF ASHKALAN by Layla Hotaït Salas, 2011, 55mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English.
Synopsis: Imagination and memory were survival tools for 15 year old Zuhdi Al Adawi,
imprisoned in 1975 in Israel’s Askalan prison. During his 15 years as a prisoner, Zuhdi
transformed his longing for his homeland and family into beautiful drawings he drew in secrecy.
In solidarity, his cellmates and their families smuggled in crayons for this young artist andsmuggled out more than 70 of his drawings drawn on pillowcases. These colourful drawings
come to life in surreal animation sequences integrated throughout this captivating experimental
documentary. The film’s dramatized prison scenes are re-enacted by the relatives of theimprisoned men, including Zuhdi’s former cellmate.
• 12 ANGRY LEBANESE by Zeina Daccahe, 2009, 78mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English.
Synopsis: For 15 months, 45 inmates worked together to present an adaptation of Reginald
Rose's famous stage play 12 Angry Men. The choice of play, which touches upon the themes offorgiveness, self-development, stigma and hope, was no accident. Daccache added monologues,
songs and dance routines created by the prisoners to the original text. A documentary that
includes rehearsals, drama therapy sessions and interviews, revealing the tremendous dignityand despair of the prisoners.
Session 13. December 16th. Confrontation and Resistance Strategies.
READINGS:• Meari, Lena. 2014. “Sumud: A Palestinian Philosophy of Confrontation in Colonial Prisons.” In :South Atlantic Quarterly, 113 (3): 547 – 578.
• Bargu, Banu. 2014. Starve and Immolate: The Politics of Human Weapons. New York: Columbia
University Press. (Introduction).
Further Readings:• Anderson, Patrick. 2004. “To lie down to death for days: The Turkish hunger strike, 2000-2003,”
In: Cultural Studies, 18 (6): 816 – 846.
• Coulthard, Glen Sean. 2014. Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition.
Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press. (Introduction).
• Farraj, Basil, 2016, How Palestinian Hunger Strikers Counter Israel’s Monopoly on Violence. Al
Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network. https://goo.gl/Xqr8Q2• Feldman. Allen. 1991. Formations of Violence: The Narrative of the Body and Political Terror in
Northern Ireland. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. (Chapter 5).
• Jewkes, Yvonne. 2013. “On Carceral Space and Agency.” In : Carceral Spaces: Mobility and Agency
in Imprisonment and Migrant Detention, Dominique Moran, Nick Gill, Deirdre Conlon (eds.).
Burlington: Ashgate, pp. 127-131.
• De Dardel, Julie. “Resisting ‘Bare Life’: Prisoners’ Agency in the New Prison Culture Era in
Colombia,” In : Carceral Spaces: Mobility and Agency in Imprisonment and Migrant Detention,
Dominique Moran, Nick Gill, Deirdre Conlon (eds.). Burlington: Ashgate, pp. 183-198.
FILMS:• HUNGER STRIKE by Ashraf Mashharawi, 2014, 47mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English.
Synopsis: The documentary is about the experiences of Israeli-held Palestinian politicalprisoners on an open hunger strike to obtain better detention conditions. Open hunger strikes

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have often been used in different parts of the world to draw attention to political andhumanitarian causes. By reconstructing Ayman Al Sharawna’s time in an Israeli jail, thedocumentary examines the strategic use of individual or group-initiated hunger strikes, what
motivates hunger strikers, their survival under sustained pressure, and the mistreatment ofdetainees. Interviewees include 1980s Irish hunger strikers Pat Shean and Brendan McFarlin,
Palestinian prisoners like Samer Al Issawi; plus doctors, lawyers and researchers specializing inhuman rights and prisoners’ conditions.
BONBONE by Rakan Mayasi, 2017, 15mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English.
Synopsis: It is thought that wars and conflicts conquer the essence of body and soul, like theheaving of waves on a rough sea. An imprisoned Palestinian from the resistance forces is serving
his time in an Israeli jail. Yearning to see his offspring, he contrives a plot with the help of his
spouse. Will his attempt pan out as planned? A true story of the sperm traffic from Israeli jails by
Palestinian inmates.
CASEROS. EN LA CARCEL by Julio Raffo, 2005, 73mn. Audio: Spanish, subt. English.
Synopsis: This film depicts the reconstruction of prisoners’ lives in the Argentinian prison‘Caseros.’ It documents their testimonies of life within the prison’s cells, and other locations of
the prison. The film was recorded, nearly in its entirety, in the prison site prior to its
demolishment.
CHRONICLE OF AN ESCAPE (aka BUENOS AIRES 1977) / CRONICA DE UNA FUGA by Adrian
Caetano, 2006, 103mn. Audio: Espanol subt. English.
Synopsis: Labeled a subversive by Argentina's oppressive military regime, soccer player Claudio
Tamburrini is kidnapped, blindfolded and taken to a secret prison. Left naked and handcuffed,
often tortured without mercy, Tamburrini endures days of pain and humiliation. Eventually heand three fellow prisoners, devise a plan to escape the prison, knowing that failure will likely
cost them their lives.

Session 14. December 23rd. Preliminary Presentation of Group Final Projects.
GUIDELINES FOR FINAL PAPERS
The idea is to engage with the assigned (and further/suggested) readings and movies discussed inclass in relation to the five topics presented below. Part of the task is to encourage you to search foracademic sources to supplement the arguments you make in the papers. One idea would beselecting a few themes running through/common to the movies and then link them to broader
arguments you are making as part of the final paper.
We encourage you to be creative in writing the paper: for instance, you could include snapshotsfrom the films either as part of an appendix you might want to design, or as part of the paper. This is
up to you as a group, and it is encouraged if it serves the broader arguments you are making in the
text. The papers should roughly be around 20 pages, submitted in « word.docx » format with a
2.5cm bottom and top margins and 3cm left and right margins. The font size should be 12 andplease use 1.5 spacing for your paragraphs. Please, also, include a table of contents and a cover pagethat includes the title of your paper and your names.
Note: there are multiple movies listed for each session, the minimum required is for you to refer toat least two movies, but you could refer and engage with all of them if it serves the arguments you
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Theme 1. Sexuality, Violence and the Carceral.
For this theme you could explore the following issues as portrayed by the films, as well as throughyour engagement with the readings. Other issues are welcome as well.
• Investigating the intersections of sexuality, gender, and violence in prisons.
• The experiences of female prisoners, and sexualized aspects of imprisonment.
• Torture and sexual violence.
• Gendered experiences of imprisonment.
• Depictions of sexuality and violence in films.
• The experiences of prisoners’ families, friends, and relatives.
FILMS:• 3000 Nights by Mai Masri, 2015, 102 mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English. (see above at session 11)
o Voir aussi l’interview de Maï Masri (Français/English) réalisée à l’IHEID dans le cadre duFestival PFC’E (Palestine : Filmer c’est exister), ainsi que le débat organisé par R. Bocco
avec Mmes Soha Béchara (ancienne détenue de la prison de Khiam, Liban) et Manon
Schick (directrice de Amnesty International, Berne). L’interview et le débat sontdisponibles sur la plateforme viméo du séminaire.
• SWEET COUNTRY by Michael Cacoyannis, 1987, 149mn. Audio: English.
Synopsis: Anna and Ben are settled in rural Chile in the early 1970's. They are very isolated, andtheir only real friends are two Chilean sisters, Eva and Monica. When Ben is stranded in Santiago
on the eve of the military takeover of 1973, Anna is livid...and this is made worse by the fact that
Eva, the ex-personal assistant to Allende's wife, has been arrested by the soldiers of the new
Pinochet regime and taken into custody where she is emotionally and sexually defiled. She isreleased, only to be further harassed by one of her arresting officers, Raoul, who poses as her
protector but wishes to rape her. Meanwhile, Anna becomes involved with a Canadian journalist
named Paul, who is compiling information for an extensive journalistic treatment of the coup.
Anna and Ben organize an escape for Eva, over the walls of a convent to the safety of anembassy.
• LA NOCHE DE LOS LAPICES / THE NIGHT OF THE PENCILS by Hector Olivera, 1986, 95mn.
Audio: Spanish, subt. English.
Synopsis: This film tells the true story of seven teenagers who agitated for reduced student bus
fares under two different regimes in Argentina, with tragic results. At first succeeding under thegovernment of Isabel Peron, their protests drew hostile attention from the military regime that
overthrew Peron. The ensuing crackdown on student social activists is demonstrated whenpolice break up a school dance wielding swords on horseback. Later, six students are kidnappedin the middle of the night, and the police deceitfully claim ignorance about their whereabouts.
Pablo, a seventh member of the group is later arrested and learns that they have been brutally
tortured and raped by the authorities. He survives to tell their story, but the six are never found,numbering among the hundreds of students who were kidnapped and are still missing.
Theme 2. Dealing with Imprisonment, Post-imprisonment and Violence.
For this theme you could explore the following issues as portrayed by the films, as well as throughyour engagement with the readings. Other issues are welcome as well.
• How do former prisoners deal with the memory and experience of violence, torture, andcaptivity?
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How are the experiences of imprisonment, violence, and post-imprisonment, depicted in films
and documentaries?
• The question of perpetrators, and torturers.
• Moving beyond prisons, and beyond imprisonment: what thoughts might you have on this,through and beyond the selected movies?).
FILMS:• C’EST EUX LES CHIENS de Hicham Lasri, 2014, 91mn. Audio : Arabe st. Français.
Synopsis : L’histoire de Majhoul, emprisonné en 1981 pendant les émeutes du pain au Maroc,
qui ressort, 30 ans plus tard, en plein printemps arabe. Une équipe de télévision publique, qui
réalise un reportage sur les mouvements sociaux au Maroc, décide de le suivre dans la recherchede son passé. Ulysse moderne, Majhoul nous entraîne dans une traversée de Casablanca, dansune société marocaine prise entre tradition et modernité. Odyssée urbaine et cavalcade effrénée,C’est eux les chiens nous raconte comment un perdant magnifique tente de regagner sa placeentre un passé contrarié et un présent difficile à décoder.
• CONFESSIONS / CONFESIONES by Gualberto Ferrari, 2011, 89mn. Audio: Espanol st. Français
Synopsis: Enquête minutieuse au suspense et à la profondeur d’un roman policier sur l'une despages les plus sombres de l’Histoire argentine récente. Le réalisateur tisse habilement sa trameen suivant deux personnages: Gustavo Scagliusi, un agent du Batallón 601, organisme suprême
des Services de renseignement de l’État-major et principal acteur du terrorisme d’État de la fin
des années 70, et Ricardo Ragendorfer, ex-militant guérillero devenu journaliste spécialisé dansles crimes de la répression militaire. Deux confessions en miroir qui évoquent les fantômesd’une époque et construisent une version intime et kaléidoscopique de la dictature.
• LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL by Sobhi al Zobaidi, 2001, 47mn. Audio: Arabic, subt.
English.
Synopsis: Since 1967, thousands of Palestinians have been incarcerated in Israeli prisons. Afterthe Oslo accords, some were released. These women and men had a difficult time readapting
after years of reclusion. Four men and four women share their difficulties with integration into a
new life, their traumas and the tensions that exist in their families within a new Palestiniansociety.
• MAFAK / SCREWDRIVER by Bassam Jarbawi, 2018, 108mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English.
Synopsis: Young Ziad is the star of the Al-Amari Refugee Camp basketball team in the Ramallahoutskirts of Palestine. When his best friend is shot and killed in crossfire, his teammates seek
revenge, with results that will impact Ziad’s life forever. Shot entirely on location in the WestBank with a largely Palestinian crew, the film follows Ziad as he returns home after 15 years in
an Israeli prison. Hailed as a hero, with high expectations to settle back quickly into work andlove, he is lost in a world he barely recognizes. Effectively capturing this unsettling inability to
distinguish reality from hallucination and the haunting of memory, Screwdriver immerses us in a
distinctly Palestinian story while addressing the universal trauma of reintegration afterincarceration.
• THE LONG NIGHT by Hatem Ali, 2009, 94mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English.
Synopsis: the fiction is amongst the boldest and most unique feature length dramas in theconditional oeuvre of Syrian cinema. Four prisoners are about to be released after serving 20
years as political detainees. About to return to society, they grapple with complications thathave developed in their absence: new towns, new ideologies but most of all, new family
dynamics. Questions arise as to what extent their political dissidence was worth theirseparations from families and the losses their loved ones have endured. While some stand fast
to their choices, others look to turn a new page. Made in 2009, the film is yet to be released in
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highly relevant today for its treatments of forced loyalty signatures, arbitrary judgements, andsystematic torture.
Theme 3. The Figure of the Disappeared, Struggles over Memory, and Carcerality
For this theme you could explore the following issues as portrayed by the films, as well as throughyour engagement with the readings (but also other issues are welcome as well) :• How is the figure of the disappeared dealt with, and depicted, in the selected documentaries?
• What present-day struggles over memory, and in relation to enforced disappearances, aretaking place in the Middle East and Latin America?
• How do enforced disappearances relate to broader carceral violence and torture?
• The question of women prisoners giving birth in prisons during Latin American dictatorships:
how is this represented and discussed?
FILMS:• ARGENTINE. LES 500 BEBES VOLES DE LA DICTATURE, de Alexandre Valenti, 2013, 93mn.
Audio : Français.
Synopsis : Durant les années noires de la dictature en Argentine, de 1976 à 1983, des militaires
au pouvoir séquestrent des femmes enceintes, les font accoucher dans des maternitésclandestines, les assassinent et s’approprient leurs bébés comme butin de guerre. 35 ans plus
tard, un procès emblématique s’ouvre à Buenos Aires, fruit de l'inlassable combat des grandsmères de la place de Mai. Elles ont réussi à retrouver 107 de ces enfants et continuent leurtraque.
• LANTERNS OF MEMORY by Jean Chamoun and Maï Masri, 2009, 52mn. Audio: Arabic, subt.
English.
Synopsis: this documentary explores the fate of the thousands of people who disappeared
during the Lebanese civil war. Through the story of Wadad Hilwani whose husband was
kidnapped in 1982, the film focuses on the struggle for truth and justice that continues until
today, almost thirty years after Wadad founded the Committee of the Families of the Missing
and Kidnapped in Lebanon.
• MALAKI. SCENT OF AN ANGEL by Khalil Dreifus Zaarour, 2010, 76 mn. Audio: Arabic, subt.
English.
Synopsis: the film focuses on families who have lost a loved one during and after the Lebanese
civil war. It examines the trauma of six different families and the pain of uncertainty. What
happened to their husbands and sons? Are they alive or dead? Beyond the political
implications, the film tells of broken family bonds, loss, doubt, expectation and the pain related
to their disappearance. The film plays on the notion of reality and fantasy blurred because thereality of the families is unbearable.
• MI VIDA CON CARLOS by German Berger-Hertz, 2009, 83mn. Audio: Espanol.
Synopsis : En 1973, el abogado y periodista Carlos Berger fue asesinado por el régimen de
Pinochet. En tres días, 75 presos políticos fueron «secuestrados, torturados y ejecutados y, en
muchos casos, sus cuerpos desaparecieron; como en el caso de mi padre». Germán Berger, elhijo, no ha sabido mucho de su padre, el cual murió antes de que él cumpliera un año de edad.
La familia sólo hablaba de Carlos como un icono político, nunca como persona, como un
hermano, un esposo o un humanista. Mi vida con Carlos es la búsqueda personal, por parte delhijo, de la memoria de su padre asesinado, revisando y revalorando la reciente historia y elpresente de Chile a través de las vidas de una familia concreta. Es la historia de un drama
familiar que refleja el drama de todo un país.
• CAUTIVA by Gaston Biraben, 2005, 113mn. Audio: Spanish, subt. English.

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Synopsis: in 1994 Argentina, Cristina Quadri, a teen from a well-to-do family, leads a charmed
life. But when she's summoned in front of a judge one day, she learns the shocking truth of her
real parents' disappearance during Argentina's "Dirty War" of the 1970s. Her actual name is
Sofía Lombardi, and now she must live with her real grandmother, a total stranger. With herlife forever changed, Cristina works to uncover the deceit that for years kept her from the truth.
Theme 4: Creativity and Confrontation Behind Bars.
For this theme you could explore the following issues as portrayed by the films, as well as throughyour engagement with the readings. Other issues are welcome as well.
• In which ways do prisoners confront and resist carceral authorities and policies? Whichmethods of confrontation are depicted in the documentaries? How do they relate to broader
struggles against the carceral system?
• What has been said and discussed academically about resistance practices (for instance,
hunger strikes)? How are resistance practices discussed in the academic literature? Are suchdiscussions adequate for our understanding of confrontation behind bars? What might
cinematic depictions add to this theme?
• What circulations of confrontation practices have taken place/take place across multiple
imprisonment locations? Can you see similarities amongst the selected films, and across time?
• What can be said about prison literature, writings, communication, and creative productions byprisoners as acts of confrontation? What do these written documents reveal about carceralrealities, and meanings/anticipations of freedom?
FILMS:• 12 ANGRY LEBANESE by Zeina Daccache, 2009, 78mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English. (see above
session 12)• THE EYES OF THE BIRDS / LES YEUX DES OISEAUX by Gabriel Auer, 1983, 80mn. Audio:
Français subt. English)
Synopsis: It’s Uruguay, 1980. In Montevideo’s Libertad (‘Freedom’) Prison, communist-red
clothing is banned on visitors and children’s pictures of birds are not allowed, either. Birds
symbolise flight and choice and freedom, and the military regime is not disposed to suchthinking. Libertad is a military prison full of political prisoners: Tupamaro leaders, union
organisers, teachers, academics and other opponents of the right-wing regime. The prison has
a deserved reputation for human rights abuses, including torture, and accordingly its inmates
and their families eagerly await an inspection by a Swiss delegation from the International
Committee of the Red Cross. But soon after its arrival, the delegation finds itself in a bind. It
has only just managed to gain entry to the prison after six long years of negotiation, and theleader of the team is aware that if the inspectors are too overtly critical of the prison, they will
never be allowed back and the human rights abuses will continue unabated. The team’s
concerns escalate when it learns that the supposedly confidential meetings that it is havingwith individual prisoners are being monitored and recorded. After the Red Cross delegatesleave, more bodies are carted away under the cover of night. It is a grim picture of a brutal
regime; anything of value to the prisoners is simply waiting to be crushed before their eyes.
The portrait painted of the Red Cross is barely more sympathetic; it is portrayed as pompous,inconsequential, out-of-touch and impotent. The prison itself is clean and orderly, with all the
bugging devices and cosy stairwells that an authoritarian regime could wish for, and with themost unlawful acts and excesses ordered or sanctioned by those in positions of power.
• SHAHERAZADE’S DIARY by Zeina Daccache, 2013, 80mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English.
Synopsis: The women inmates of Lebanon’s Baabda Prison relate their personal experiences
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staged inside an Arab women's prison. It was filmed during and after the ten-month 2012
drama therapy/theatre project in the prison. It features the women inmates. In the film, thewomen reveal stories of domestic violence, traumatic childhood, failed marriage, unhappyromance and deprivation of motherhood. The film follows the women as they rehearse for theshow and intermingles scenes from the live performance with testimonials and backstage
antics.
SCHEHERAZADE IN BAABDA by Zeina Daccache, 2012, 92mn. Audio: Arabic, subt. English.
Synopsis: Zeina Daccache develops social justice theatre projects with marginalized
communities through an organization she founded and runs, Catharsis - Lebanese Center for
Drama Therapy. Her work with prisoners has effectively motivated policychange. Daccache sets these productions in the actual prison spaces, inviting the audiences
into the world of the imprisoned. She also films a performance of each play and releases a dvd,
sharing the product publicly and broadening the reach of the work. At a women’s prison in
Baabda, she directed Scheherazade in Baabda, where she makes bold use of the prison space
as a part of the dialogue, blurring the divisions between insider and outsider, and obliging theaudience to consider “the prisoner” as relatable, present, and human. It denounces
antifeminist laws and social frameworks responsible for the imprisonment of many women.
By engaging with place and audience, her projects disrupt existing narratives of these sites
and of the people living there.

Theme 5. Circulation of Knowledge and Violent Practices: Israel, Latin America, and the USA.
For this theme you could explore the following issues as portrayed by the films, as well as throughyour engagement with the readings. Other issues are welcome as well.
• What can be said about the circulation of violent practices and carceral knowledges acrossborders?
• How have such circulations taken place, and in which ways did they assist in creating andfortifying carceral realities?
• The circulation of torture practices, and their cinematic depictions across geographicallocations.
• How do the movies ‘Death Squads’ and ‘The Battle of Algiers’ relate to one another in their
discussion of the circulation of violent practices?
• What does ‘the Lab’ show about the proliferation of transnational sharing of violent
technologies? How are ‘captive’ bodies presented and treated as part of this phenomenon?
FILMS:• DEATH SQUADS. THE FRENCH SCHOOL by Marie-Monique Robin, 2003, 60mn. Audio: French,
subt. English. (see above at session 3)• THE GATEKEEPERS by Dror Moreh, 2013, 95 mn. Audio: Hebrew, subt. English.
Synopsis: For the first time ever, six former heads of the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret service agency,
agree to share their insights and reflect publicly on their actions and decisions. Intimatelyinterviewed, they shed light on the controversy surrounding the Occupation in the aftermath of
the Six Day War.
• THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS by Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966, 120mn. (see above at session 3)• THE LAB by Yotam Feldman, 2013, 59mn. Audio: Hebrew, subt. French.
Synopsis: Since 9/11, the Israeli arms industries are doing bigger business than ever before.
Large Israeli companies develop and test the vessels of future warfare, which are then soldworldwide by private Israeli agents, who manipulate a network of Israeli politicians and army
commanders, while Israeli theoreticians explain to various foreign countries how to defeat civil
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Lab, which has transformed the Israeli military occupation of Gaza and the West Bank from aburden to a marketable, highly profitable, national asset.
TORTURE MADE IN USA by Marie-Monique Robin, 2009, 85mn. Audio: French.
Synopsis: This film shows how torture has become an instrument of American policy in its fightagainst ‘terrorism’ while raising questions over responsibility for war crimes.

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