100 years after... The BRITISH LEGACY in Palestine
Balfour and beyond

Half-day conference
THe American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem
THURSDAY 2ND NOV - 12 NOON - 4:30PM

12.15 Keynote: “Britain and Palestine: From Balfour to May”
Avi Shlaim (Oxford University, UK)

1.00 - 2:30pm
Roundtable 1: The Balfour Declaration: What Was Meant and How to Interpret it
Chair: Rema Hammami (Birzeit University, Palestine)
Steven Wagner (Brunel University, UK)
Salim Tamari (Institute of Palestine Studies, Palestine)
Roberto Mazza (University of Limerick, Ireland)

3.00-4.30pm
Roundtable 2: The Historical Legacy of the Balfour Declaration
Chair: Raja Shehadeh (Independent writer, Palestine)
Rana Barakat (Birzeit University, Palestine)
Jacob Norris (Sussex University, UK)
Lauren Banko (Manchester University, UK)