Ithaca College

Understanding Sticks and Stones: Rhetoric and the Israel-Palestinian Conflict is taking place on Wednesday March 25, 2009 at 8pm in Willams 323.The event will mainly consist of a lecture presented by Middle East Scholar, Asaf Romirowsky, followed by a discussion about the content of the lecture.

This event is being held to help the IC student body better understand the nature and complexity of the conflict through the language that surrounds it. This lecture will do so by examining the role that rhetoric plays in debate or discussion of either side of the conflict and the weight that specific rhetoric holds. The event is free and open to the public.

Co-Sponsors: Student Alliance for Israel, IC Hillel, The David Project, Stand With Us, Department of Speech Communication, The Park School of Communication, The Department of Jewish Studies, The Department of Politics.