ICSZ supports the development of Critical Zionism Studies with resources for academics and activists. The Institute’s work includes fellowships, collaborations, conferences, and publications that expand the reach of research.
First Sources
Oral histories of Palestinian revolutionaries and cadres of the 1950s-70s, materials within The Palestinian Revolution syllabus. Source: Nabulsi, K., and Takriti., A.R., The Palestinian Revolution, 2016. https://learnpalestine.qeh.ox.ac.uk. (Accessed/Posted May 15, 2026)
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#StudentIntifada:
New writing on JCSZ’s blog Thawra ثورة, on the meaning & experience of the encampments, organizing, and building resistive knowledge.
Nakba & Expansionism
On Nakba Day, May 15, 2026, we revisit the role of Zionism as a transnational regime. Writing on Rasmea Odeh’s imprisonment, sexual abuse, and deportation from Israel and her later deportation from the United States, Eman Ghanayem writes that these interconnected regimes “subjected Odeh to a colonial loop of displacement—a global cycle of removals.”
Eman Ghanayem, “Colonial Loops of Displacement in the United States and Israel: The Case of Rasmea Odeh.” Women’s Studies Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 3/4.
Resources for Anti-Zionist Study
Fall 2025
A guide to ICSZ’s growing collection of
research & teaching supports,
for campuses and communities.
Calls for Proposals & Participation
- CFP: JCSZ 2026 General Issue (May 1, 2026)
- Zionist Hate Mail Archive (Ongoing)
- Workgroup: Zionism & Race (Ongoing)
Journal for the
Critical Study of Zionism
With this second, 2025 issue of JCSZ, we commemorate a half century of history since UNGA Resolution 3379 and take up and reexamine its importance, historical legacies, and contemporary political relevance.
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Unpacking Zionism
Podcast
In Flames: APA Resolution with Barry Trachtenberg, Lara Sheehi, & Jordan Dunn
Lara Sheehi: is a Research Fellow at the University of South Africa’s Institute for Social and Health Sciences, a…
In Flames: On Anti-Anti-Zionism with Sean Malloy & Emmaia Gelman
Episode’s resources: https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/stop-calling-right-wing-criticism-of-israel-anti-zionism/ In Flames: On Anti-Anti-Zionism with Sean Malloy & | RSS.com Transcript to be published soon.
Empire’s Laboratory: الأرض اللي بطعمي The land that feeds
In this episode, Alex and Lara talk with Danya Nadar about the ways Zionism is implicated in the ongoing…
Empire’s Laboratory: Palestine has always been a global phenomenon
Nadim Bawalsa is a historian of modern Palestine and the author of Transnational Palestine: Migration and the Right of…
In Flames: On Iran and Intersectional Anti-Imperialism with Manijeh Moradian
Episode’s resources: Iran and the US Anti-War Movement https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/25872/Iran-and-the-US-Anti-War-Movement Iran in Crisis: Seven Essays on the Obstacles to Freedom…
Introducing: In Flames
Introducing a new series of podcast shorts: In Flames. Episodes are anti-Zionist hot takes on what’s happening right now.…
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