Schedule

Ethical Grounding, Theology, and Cultural Resistance
(9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)

8:00-8:30 a.m.

Coffee and Light Breakfast

8:30–9:00 a.m.

Welcome and Framing of the Day
Conference Organizing Committee

9:00–9:20 a.m.

Prayer/Litany for Nakba Day

9:20–10:30 a.m.
Opening Keynote Address
Carmen Lansdowne: “Sintering Solidarities: An Ethic of Care without Exception”

10:30–10:45 a.m.
Break

10:45—11:30 a.m.
Kairos Palestine II: A Moment of Truth – Faith in a Time of Genocide
A plenary session engaging the Kairos Palestine document as a theological and moral anchor for the conference, with reflections by Palestinian Christian leaders and facilitated discussion.

11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Multifaith responses to Kairos Palestine II

A panel with representatives from the Jewish, Muslim and Indigenous communities, responding to how they and members of their communities might respond to Kairos Palestine II.

12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lunch (on site)

1:30–2:45 p.m. Keynote Lecture
Sarojini Nadar
Chosenness and Sacred Violence: Reading Esther in Settler-Colonial Contexts

Lecture followed by moderated questions

2:45–3:00 p.m.
Break

3:00--4:00 p.m.
Panel: Art as Resistance
Palestinian and allied artists on music, poetry, visual art, and cultural survival under conditions of occupation and displacement

4:00—4:15 p.m. Plenary Closing for the Day
Key insights and questions to carry forward

4:15 – 5:30 p.m. Break

5:30 p.m.
Dinner

7:00—8:30 p.m.  (public event)
Keynote Address and Moderated Conversation: John Munayer and Samuel Munayer: “Palestinian Theology of Martyrdom”