Lund Academics for Palestine

International Law, Genocide and the War on Palestine
Panel talk 3 November in Lund: www.lu.se/evenemang/international-law-genocide-and-war-palestine

”Stoppa Israel från att ta Västbanken” DEBATT. Risken är överhängande att folkmordet på palestinierna sprids till Västbanken. Våldet har ökat och hela området riskerar att annekteras av Israel, skriver Helena Lindholm och Nina Gren.

Nina Gren & Helena Lindholm:
“Stop Israel from taking over the West Bank”

www.svd.se/a/5E9w9K/stoppa-israel-fran-att-ta-over-vastbanken-skriver-debattorer

Screenshot from the website of the European Declaration

EUROPEAN DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION
Faculty and staff in European higher education and research declare their conscientious objection to collaborating with Israeli institutions complicit in severe violations of international law. To sign, visit uppsaladeclaration.se/european-dec...

No academia as usual during Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine. Please read, sign and share: uppsaladeclaration.se/european-dec...
#FreePalestine

Sluta samarbeta med universitet som är delaktiga i krigsbrott | Tidningen Curie Bryt tystnaden och värna den akademiska friheten. Vi uppmanar ledare för svenska lärosäten att agera enligt sina egna etiska principer och ta ställning mot folkmordshandlingar i Gaza och angrepp på de...

”Stop cooperating with universities involved in war crimes” (sluta samarbeta med universitet som är delaktiga i krigsbrott), by eight researchers and academic leaders at Swedish higher education institutions:
www.tidningencurie.se/debatt/sluta...

LUAP’s weekly meetings -
every Thursday at 12.15

The first meeting after the summer is 28 August. Want more information about where and how we meet? Write a message or email us at lundacademics@proton.me
Join us! New people are always welcome!
Artwork by Patrick Carroll.
#FreePalestine

Roots of destruction: exploring the genocide-ecocide nexus through the destruction of olive trees in occupied Palestine and Rojava Ecological degradation not only affects local and global environments but also threatens the cultural survival of affected societies, exemplifying the phenomenon known as the genocide–ecocide nexus...

Just published:
“Roots of destruction: exploring the genocide-ecocide nexus through the destruction of olive trees in occupied Palestine and Rojava”
by @pinardinch.bsky.social
Full text on: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A screenshot of an article. The text (in Swedish) - Sverige, Gaza och folkrätten.

”Sverige, Gaza och folkrätten” (Sweden, Gaza, and International Law) by Markus Gunneflo:
artikel14.se/sverige-gaza...

If you have questions, contact us on se.anthology@proton.me

Schedule. 4 July 2025: deadline for abstracts. 14 July: decision communicated to all authors. 14 september: deadline for submission of full manuscript.

Abstract deadline 4 July 2025. QR code to the adress https://tally.so/r/nrWOBo

Student anthology project. Abstract submission deadline and schedule.

Did you miss this the first time around?
Call for papers - Are you or do you know a student who has written (or is writing) an academic work on Palestine? Submit an abstract of your text via the Tally form (post 2) or contact us by email (post 4). Deadline 4 July!
All the best,
The anthology team

RSF fördömer gripandet av två franska journalister ombord på Madleen - Reportrar utan gränser Reportrar utan gränser (RSF) fördömer starkt gripandet av de franska journalisterna Yanis Mhamdi från det oberoende mediebolaget Blast och Omar Faiad, reporter på Al Jazeera. Båda befann sig ombord på...

Journalisterna Yanis Mhamdi (Blast) och Omar Faiad (Al Jazeera) var ombord på fartyget Madleen – samma som Greta Thunberg – när israelisk militär bordade det på internationellt vatten. Att gripa journalister så är olagligt. RSF fördömer gripandet. www.reportrarutangranser.se/rsf-fordomer...

Signatories 2009–2016.

#uppsaladeclaration now has more than 2,000 signatories. We refuse to collaborate with Israeli institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of international law. Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se

A conference schedule with a black X crossing out the content.

A case of the Palestinian exception at Lund University: a letter from the research group Anti-Racism and Academic Freedom.
Shared with permission at
www.luap.se/articles/a-case-of-the-palestinian-exception-at-lu

#ThePalestinianException #FreePalestine #LundUniversity

Poster with the face and body of speaker Jonathan Michanek, spokesperson Ship to Gaza. THE ATTACK ON CONSCIENCE Organised by: Lund Academics for Palestine Palestinagruppen i Lund Solidarity Rising Ship to Gaza LECTURE & DIALOGUE JUNE 2 KL 17:30 OSTROM, THE JOSEPHSON BUILDING AT LUCSUS BISKOPSGATAN 5, LUND

Ship to Gaza is coming to Lund! Don't miss the chance to hear and talk with spokesperson Jonathan Michaneck about the attack on the ship Consience.

Organised by LUAP, Palestinagruppen i Lund, Solidarity Rising, and Ship to Gaza.
Monday 2 June, 17.30 @ LUCSUS, Biskopsgatan 5, Lund.

Screenshots of Uppsala University’s website. The text “statement by the board of Uppsala University on the situation in Gaza.” A photo of the chair of the board of Uppsala University.

Do you work at Lund University?
Did you see Uppsala University's statement for actions against genocide and wished that LU would also take a stand against genocide?
Write us a message, and we’ll share the link collecting signatures to urge LU to do the same.

White background, red text saying: If you have questions, contact us at se.anthology@proton.me

White background, black text saying: Our plan. 5000 words maximum per chapter, excluding references. Each chapter will be peer-reviewed. Published digitally, with physical option to explore depending on demand and capability. Aim for publication in spring or summer 2026.

White background. Black text Saying About the project. We are a team of volunteer academics who are working on an edited book featuring academic writing on Palestine by students of universities. Our purpose is to make this time specific knowledge available to the public and to help students engage in economic publishing. Send in your abstract to tally.so/r/nrWOBo.

White background. Red text saying: call for paper. Are you 1. a student at a Swedish university who 2. is writing or have written a thesis or paper 3. exploring topics related to Palestine?

Call for papers
Are you a student or do you know a student who has written/is writing an academic work on Palestine? Contact us on se.anthology@proton.me!
Further info below.

The anthology team 
 
Long, Emma, Karin & Mia

This is important and significant but Uppsala University, and all higher education institutions in Sweden, should also cut ties to Israeli institutions. Israeli academia is embedded and complicit in apartheid and genocide.

List of signatories

#uppsaladeclaration now has more than 1,300 signatories. We refuse to collaborate with Israeli state institutions complicit in human rights violations including illegal occupation, apartheid, and genocide. Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se

Screenshot displaying signatories 1019–1026

#uppsaladeclaration now has more than 1,000 signatories. We refuse to collaborate with Israeli state institutions complicit in human rights violations including illegal occupation, apartheid, and genocide. Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se

Statement by the Board of Uppsala University on the situation in Gaza - Uppsala University

"the University Board of Uppsala University has called on the Swedish government to explicitly condemn Israel’s actions, to immediately resume its funding of UNRWA, and to actively work within the EU to take all available measures [...]to prevent a genocide in Gaza."

www.uu.se/en/news/2025...

The text Decoloniality Dialogues: A workshop series. Kick off event. A map of united states with superimposed photos of politicans.

Decoloniality Dialogues: A Workshop Series
27 May at 17, in Malmö

The kick-off event featues a screening of the documentary 'The Occupation of the American Mind' and a panel discussion with Shora Esmailian and Ingrid Altamirano, moderated by Vasna Ramasar.

Read more: www.luap.se/activities/d...

Professorer och forskare i Lund och Malmö kräver Israelbojkott ”Många säger att de inte vågar vara med”

www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-05-15/p...

Interview with @ninya2025.bsky.social & @nphellstrom.bsky.social about
#uppsaladeclaration that have reached ~800 signatures

Uppsala Declaration of Conscientious Objection

Faculty & staff in Swedish higher education and research - declare your conscientious objection to collaborate with Israeli institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide & other violations of international law

uppsaladeclaration.se

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