Jean-Pierre Filiu | A Historian in Gaza
Sun 23 Nov 2025 | 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land’s people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024.
When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances unimaginably different from his many past visits since 1980: only a limited number of convoys were allowed into the Strip, and he was one of the few humanitarians able to enter, this time by night. He remained inside for 33 days, and emerged determined to bear witness to the devastation.
Join Jean Pierre Filiu, whose book A Historian in Gaza is soon to be published, and hear him share his deep knowledge of the place and its people.
In conversation with Stephen Cherry.
Venue: Cambridge Union Library
Duration: 1 hour
Tickets available soon.
Author Biography
Chair Biography
Stephen Cherry is Dean of Chapel at King’s College Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of the College and Director of Studies in Theology. A priest in the Church of England, Stephen was previously Director of Ministry the Diocese of Durham and a Residentiary Canon of Durham Cathedral. Before that he was a parish priest in Loughborough for 12 years. Stephen has written a number of books in recent years including Unforgivable? Exploring the Limits of Forgiveness (2024) and Healing Agony: Reimagining Forgiveness (2012). He has a PhD and first degree in theology and a BSc in Psychology. He has a practical interest in inter-faith relations.
