Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

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Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
TitleLawrence D. Biele Chair in Law (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Global Chair in Law (Queen Mary University of London)
Academic background
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian is a feminist scholar whose work focuses on trauma, state crimes and criminology, surveillance, gender violence, law and society and genocide studies.

Palestinian feminist.[1][2] She is a professor who teaches in the departments of criminology and social work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Global Chair in Law - Queen Mary University of London
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Career

Shalhoub-Kevorkioan grew up in Haifa.[2] She received a Master of Arts degree in 1989 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1994, both from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2]

Shalhoub-Kevorkioan is the Lawrence D. Biele Chair in Law at Hebrew University of Jerusalem,[3] and the Global Chair in Law at Queen Mary University of London.[1]

War on Gaza

On March 12, 2024, Shalhoub-Kevorkian had been suspended from the Faculty of Law following her remarks on Israel's Channel 14 news, where she accused Israel of genocide in Gaza and cast doubt on reports of sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas on October 7.

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel argued that Shalhoub-Kevorkian's comments: "while contentious, are protected under the right to freedom of expression, rendering her suspension an intolerable infringement upon academic freedom and constitutional rights."[8] After Shalhoub-Kevorkian walked back her statements expressing doubts over the extent of Hamas' sexual assaults on October 7, the Hebrew University recanted her suspension.[9]

On April 18, 2024, Shalhoub-Kevorkian was arrested and released on bail the next day on charges related to her academic work. Police confiscated books and posters from her home and questioned her on previous academic publications. She was strip-searched and held in painful conditions without access to food, water, or medications. More than 100 colleagues among Hebrew University faculty signed a letter in support of Shalhoub-Kevorkian, criticizing the university, and describing the arrest as a political act against

freedom of expression. More than 250 faculty at Queen Mary University of London also signed a letter in support of Shalhoub-Kevorkian.[10]

Prizes and honors

Selected works

  • Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera (2019). Incarcerated Childhood and the Politics of Unchilding.
  • Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera (2015). Security Theology, Surveillance and the Politics of Fear. Cambridge University Press.
  • Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera (2009). Militarization and Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones in the Middle East: A Palestinian Case-Study. Cambridge University Press.

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