European Centre for Palestinian Studies (ECPS)

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The European Centre for Palestinian Studies (ECPS) was founded in 2009 in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) at Exeter University (Russell Group). It is dedicated to producing interdisciplinary on the history of Palestine and the Palestine/Israel conflict.

ECPS draws upon the expertise of a distinguished group of scholars in Middle Eastern Studies, both from IAIS and from three of Exeter’s departments: Politics, History and Economics. Exeter University also houses a unique collection of primary and secondary resources on Middle East Affairs, now mostly digitised. This is the Arab World Documentation Collection built up over years of dedicated faculty research into the politics and history of the Middle East. It is utilised by scholars from all over the world.

In just 3 years, ECPS has laid down a firm foundation to become a global centre for research into the truth about the history of Palestine and the Palestine/Israel question.

As part of this project, ECPS is currently working to establish a first-class e-journal in Palestine Studies; to develop additional forward-thinking curricula for Palestine Studies worldwide; and to establish at least one post-doctoral fellowship to attract the very best of the rising generation of scholars in the field to contribute to the work of the Centre.

ECPS immediate aim is to establish a scholarship fund. The aim is to allow the brightest students from around the world to study at ECPS.

The field of Palestine Studies is still underdeveloped and what is needed now is the training of a new generation of researchers into the subject. If taking a postgraduate degree is expensive for most students it is prohibitive for students from the Occupied Territories. Therefore, at the centre of this campaign is the funding of full scholarships for students from Gaza and the West Bank to study at either Master’s or Ph.D. level.

Members also wish to help postgraduate students from the Palestinian diaspora so as to reach all who are interested in the history of Palestine wherever they are. They believe that offering such educational opportunities to the most dedicated Palestinian students from the various Palestinian communities will be a major contribution not only to the education of the generations to come but to the leadership of a future Palestine.

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University of Exeter
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