Shohini Chaudhuri

"Genocide does not happen without mass participation: a population that supports it, enables it or looks away. That is part of its tragedy. Almost no nation that has committed genocide understood, in real time, what it was doing. The story is always the same: self-defense, inevitability, the targets brought it on themselves". Our CEO, Yuli Novak, op-ed on realizing it is our genocide >> theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

They were at the negotiating table before bombs started dropping

"I don't know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn't make sense." ~ David Lynch

We are outraged by the detention of booksellers Mahmoud Muna and Ahmad Muna by the Israeli authorities and demand their immediate release. We are in solidarity with our colleagues and condemn this ongoing repression.

I will never understand how some people think the guy who is actively working to dismantle democracy in America will somehow pursue democracy in Iran.

Join our Q&A with Oscar-winning director Gavin Hood for a screening of his 2019 film Official Secrets. The film, about illegal spying in the run-up to the Iraq War, was inspired by an exposé by journalist and current Essex lecturer @martinbright. brnw.ch/21wQdRm

We want as many people around the world to see Mazen's testimony & heroic campaigning, as well as Mariam Hallaq & Mansour Omari's testimonies, so here's our film, #Syria's Disappeared, free to watch in any country. Rest in peace #Mazen. Justice is coming. vimeo.com/209543741/fb3b…

Incredible piece of writing by Zaher Omareen on his return to Syria: ‘I am the son of Hama. I say it now in a louder voice. I never before dared to do so’.

It seems that HTS has just prohibited its members from interfering in women’s outfits & looks “including asking them to cover up”! The statement also confirms that personal freedom is a guaranteed right! I am astonished. #Syria

I have been receiving disturbing reports of alleged administrative harassment and persecution of members of the Palestine Solidarity Society at the @Uni_of_Essex for exercising their right to freedom of expression and association. 1/

'Spatial Awareness: A LiFTS Postgraduate Roundtable' invites postgraduate students to share their insights on the theme “Spatial Awareness” in relation to elements of their distinct research projects. @EssexPostgrads 📅6th November 🕓4pm-5.30pm 📍Zoom 🔗essex-university.zoom.us/j/97805443592

The @LemkinInstitute reminds the world that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu @IsraeliPM is a genocidaire. Israel is a genocidal state supported by a genocidal society. This means that the genocidal killing of Palestinian and now Lebanese people will continue to spread. It will not stop on its own. The world has a responsibility to protect life, including Arab life. Walking out of Netanyahu’s speech at the @UN is not enough. There must be action. The USA @POTUS is particularly to blame for this horrific state of affairs. It must act immediately and effectively to stop Israel. And it must stop with the pretense. The world knows exactly what is going on.

This is pretty simple. If you don't want someone to do something, you don't give them the means to do it. One must therefore conclude the US government does not object to what Israel has been doing for the past year.

569 people killed in the last two days in Lebanon as Israel continues with impunity. Of those killed by US-backed Israel are 50 children. This comes as the death toll of Israel’s war for ethnoreligous supremacy surpasses 42,000 confirmed kills in Palestine and Lebanon.

Insightful interview calling out Israel's pager and walkie talkie attacks in Lebanon as acts of terrorism, while much of the Western press covers them as a technological "marvel" or going after terrorists.

Read Professor Shohini Chaudhuri's essay in the latest issue of Index on Censorship's magazine, where she explores the innovative ways in which Iranian directors are circumventing censorship and pushing against enforced boundaries: indexoncensorship.org/2024/09/irania… @shohini2016 #Iran

Iranian filmmakers pull it out of the bag ⁦@shohini2016⁩ of ⁦@Uni_of_Essex⁩ writes for ⁦@IndexCensorship⁩ indexoncensorship.org/2024/09/irania…

Tonight! Join us @ColoursHoxton for the screening of Jafar Panahi's critically-acclaimed film 3 Faces (2018) followed by a panel on cinema and censorship in #Iran with Professor Shohini Chaudhuri and writer/editor @HalasaMalu: eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrating-… @shohini2016

LiFTS Professor Shohini Chaudhuri joins a panel discussion about cinema and censorship in Iran, as part of this night of Iranian culture and protest. Featuring Toomaj Salehi's music and a screening of Jafar Panahi's film 3 Faces. 17th Sept @colourshoxton eventbrite.co.uk/e/939458384317…

Join us for an evening celebrating Iranian resistance @ColoursHoxton with @HalasaMalu, author of @SaqiBooks Woman, Life, Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran'& Professor Shohini Chaudhuri @shohini2016 Tuesday 17 Sept, 6pm 🔗tinyurl.com/1r4nn