Academic censorship on Palestine even extends to discussing Palestinian dance – Mondoweiss

In the spring of 2024, half a year after Israel’s escalation of its genocide of the Palestinian people, I received an invitation from an old colleague to submit an article for a special issue of The Journal of Somaesthetics. The issue’s theme, according to the call for papers, was “Eros and Thanatos,” including “how the art form serves as a vehicle for expressing the themes of mortality, loss, and transformation.” This immediately reminded me of Palestine, specifically a…