SHIUR at oxford university with oxmend

February 25, 2025 | Oxford university- Northern Oxford OX2/Location upon confirmation of attendance

Since October 7, 2023, the ascendancy of dogma and ideology regarding the Israeli-Palestinian question is just the tip of a larger iceberg that has threatened critical thinking and democratic structures across different disciplines and communities. Global incidents of hate, violence, totalitarian thinking, and anti-humanist trends have become commonplace in spaces where you would never suspect them.

How can we contend with this ideological turn? What tools can we employ to subvert dogmatic thinking? How can we obtain new perspectives if we are constrained by old ideas?

Can the ancient practice of critical engagement and creative interpretation with texts offer a tool in breaking out of ideological thinking? How does this look in the 21st century? What new and revolutionary ideas and worldviews can emerge?

Join SHIUR founder Micki Weinberg for an evening exploring this topic and more in an evening of interactive multi-text based discousre.

Space limited. Please register here to receive confirmation and more information.

OxMEND is a new initiative in Oxford for Middle Eastern Narratives and Discourse. We aim to represent the diverse cultures, beliefs and identities of the Middle East to all members of the university, promoting our core beliefs of freedom, justice, security, and sovereignty for all peoples. 

Learn more about OxMEND:

Facebook @oxfordmend - https://www.facebook.com/share/14qXuNFrTy/

Twitter @OxfordMEND - https://x.com/OxfordMEND

Instagram @ox.mend - https://www.instagram.com/ox.mend?igsh=MW9tM3IycHY0NTd1eg%3D%3D

Our poster is in conversation with El Lissitzky's Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge (1919)