Rana Barakat

Rana Barakat is associate professor of history at Birzeit University in Palestine and director of the BZU Museum. Her research interests include the history and historiography of colonialism, nationalism, and cultures of resistance. Her book monograph titled "Lifta and Resisting the Museumification of Palestine: Indigenous History of the Nakba", is contracted with the University of North Carolina Press for the "Critical Indigeneities" series. The project advances an indigenous understanding of time, space, and memory in Palestine by focusing on the details of the people and place of Lifta village over time. Barakat also has a second book project in the works, "The Buraq Revolt: Constructing a History of Resistance in Palestine."  Her articles appear in Journal of Palestine Studies, Jerusalem Quarterly, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Contemporary Levant, and Settler Colonial Studies, along with other academic journals. In Spring 2019, she held the Arcapita Visiting Professor position at Columbia University.