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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: Security Society in Gaza: Police Encounters under Egyptian Rule Tuesday, February 16, 2016 This talk explores the dynamics of policing and security in the Gaza Strip during the period of Egyptian Administration (1948-67). Drawing on a rich and detailed archive, it tracks a range of police encounters. Many such encounters were mundane, including investigation of petty crime. Many were evidently repressive, including the surveillance of political activity and speech. All were part of a broad security milieu that helped to define governance, political action, and life possibilities in Gaza in the years after the loss of Palestine. The analytic lens of “security society” illuminates how policing both operated as a mechanism of governance and control and provided opportunities for action and effect. Criminality, politics, and propriety were all matters of concern for the police and the Gazan public. Time: 6:30 pm EST/GMT-5 Location: Olin Humanities, Room 102 Sponsor: Anthropology Program; Human Rights Program; Middle Eastern Studies Program Contact: Laura Kunreuther. E-mail: [email protected]. Phone: 845-758-7215 If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://anthropology.bard.edu/events/