Regarding geographic restrictions: For the purposes of the festival, the “Greater Spokane Metro Area” includes Spokane and Coeur d’Alene and environs (e.g., Colville, Elk, Mead, Harrison, Hayden, etc.) as well as the Tri-Cities and the Moscow/Pullman area. If you live in one of these areas and are unable to access this film, please email director@sajfs.org for help.
"Incitement" brings up complex and challenging issues related to Yigal Amir's radicalization and how his political beliefs and religious convictions converged in contributing to it. We were honored to welcome Dr. Rob Sauders of Eastern Washington University to discuss the film's portrayal of a critical moment in Israeli political history through the lens of his scholarship in the field of Middle East studies.
Dr. Rob Sauders is a professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Eastern Washington University, where his teaching focuses on the Middle East, Islam, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, transnational activism, peace-building, and geographic information systems (GIS). Dr. Sauders’ research explores the practical and theoretical complexities surrounding the direct and indirect participation of activists and networks in transnational social justice and human rights campaigns with a particular interest in how such actors can shape and influence conceptualizations and constructions of space and place within ethnic, national, religious, political, economic and environmental conflicts. Specifically, the focus of this research is on non-state actors who engage the political discourse from grassroots, social justice frameworks that cut across traditional ethnic, national and religious boundaries and, instead, emphasizes transnational spatial understandings rooted in solidarity and peacebuilding. Dr. Sauders received his Ph.D. in anthropology from American University in 2007. He currently serves as Vice President for Student Affairs at EWU.
Regarding geographic restrictions: For the purposes of the festival, the “Greater Spokane Metro Area” includes Spokane and Coeur d’Alene and environs (e.g., Colville, Elk, Mead, Harrison, Hayden, etc.) as well as the Tri-Cities and the Moscow/Pullman area. If you live in one of these areas and are unable to access this film, please email director@sajfs.org for help.
"Incitement" brings up complex and challenging issues related to Yigal Amir's radicalization and how his political beliefs and religious convictions converged in contributing to it. We were honored to welcome Dr. Rob Sauders of Eastern Washington University to discuss the film's portrayal of a critical moment in Israeli political history through the lens of his scholarship in the field of Middle East studies.
Dr. Rob Sauders is a professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Eastern Washington University, where his teaching focuses on the Middle East, Islam, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, transnational activism, peace-building, and geographic information systems (GIS). Dr. Sauders’ research explores the practical and theoretical complexities surrounding the direct and indirect participation of activists and networks in transnational social justice and human rights campaigns with a particular interest in how such actors can shape and influence conceptualizations and constructions of space and place within ethnic, national, religious, political, economic and environmental conflicts. Specifically, the focus of this research is on non-state actors who engage the political discourse from grassroots, social justice frameworks that cut across traditional ethnic, national and religious boundaries and, instead, emphasizes transnational spatial understandings rooted in solidarity and peacebuilding. Dr. Sauders received his Ph.D. in anthropology from American University in 2007. He currently serves as Vice President for Student Affairs at EWU.