2023 Edward Said Memorial Lecture - In Conversation with Dr. Wadie Said

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of Palestinian scholar, literary critic, and political activist Edward Said. The Jerusalem Fund and Palestine Center are proud to host their annual memorial lecture, honoring the legacy of the Professor Said, and the indelible marks he left.

We are honored to host Dr. Wadie Said, Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Boulder. He will reflect on the multifaceted aspects of Edward Said's life and legacy and delve into his father’s tireless efforts in raising awareness of the Palestinian cause.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Wadie Said is a Professor of Law at University of Colorado Boulder. Prof. Said most recently was a faculty member at the University of South Carolina School of Law. He has also served as a visiting professor in the Law and Society Program at the University of California Santa Barbara, and as an assistant federal public defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Florida, where he represented one of the defendants in U.S. v. Al-Arian, a complex terrorism conspiracy case.

Professor Said’s scholarship analyzes the challenges and human rights implications of criminal prosecution and immigration enforcement in several areas of law that touch on national security and foreign policy. His book, Crimes of Terror: The Legal and Political Implications of Federal Terrorism Prosecutions, the first comprehensive legal analysis of the criminal terrorist prosecution in the United States, was published by Oxford University Press in 2015. He teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, immigration law, and seminars on international human rights law and counterterrorism.

Professor Said is a graduate of Princeton University and the Columbia University School of Law, where he served as an articles editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review.