The Queen's community is remembering Elia Zureik, an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology, who died Sunday, Jan. 15, aged 84.   

Dr. Zureik was born in Akka, Palestine in 1939, moving to the U.S. and receiving a BA in Political Science from San Francisco 카지노게임사이트, an MA in Sociology from Simon Fraser 카지노게임사이트, and a PhD in Political Sociology from Essex 카지노게임사이트 in the UK. He was Professor of Sociology at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 카지노게임사이트 from 1971 until his retirement in 2005, and won the Research Prize for Excellence in Research. Between 2014-16 he was Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar. 

Dr. Zureik is remembered as an energetic and committed colleague and teacher, and a prolific author of numerous books and articles, including The Palestinians in Israel: A Study in Internal Colonialism (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979), Palestinian Refugees and the Peace Process (1996), and Israel카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Colonial Project in Palestine: Brutal Pursuit (Routledge, 2016); a co-editor of Sociology of the Palestinians (St. Martin카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Press, 1980), Public Opinion and the Palestine Question (St. Martin카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Press, 1987), and Surveillance and Control in Israel/Palestine: Population, Territory and Power (Routledge, 2011). Along with his highly influential work on Palestine, Dr. Zureik was a major figure in the Sociology of Information and Communication Technologies, including work on surveillance, co-editing Global Surveillance and Policing: Borders, Security and Identity (Willan Publishing, 2005) and Surveillance, The Globalization of Personal Data: International Comparisons (McGill-Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 카지노게임사이트 Press, 2008).

In addition to his intellectual work, Dr. Zureik was a member of the Palestinian delegation to the Refugee Working Group of the Multilateral Talks of the Middle East peace process since 1992, and served as a consultant for the Canadian Government, UNESCO, the UN on the Question of Palestine, the Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science, and the Ontario Human Rights Commission; he was a Board of Trustees카지노 게임 컬렉션�member of Shaml, the Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Center in Ramallah; he received the Palestine National Award in Sociology; he was appointed by the Sharjah Women카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Higher College of Technology as the first holder of the UNESCO Chair in Applied Research in Education in early 2005.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Elia was really the first person who befriended me when I came to the department in 1990. I learned a lot from him about the Middle East of course but also about how universities really work. He also seemed to take great delight in making me laugh during 카지노 게임 컬렉션�serious카지노 게임 컬렉션� department meetings. I think in part he enjoyed it because he knew he could do it so easily,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Vince Sacco, Emeritus Professor in the Sociology Department. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Elia was one of a kind and the impact he had on people and the influence he had on scholarly work in his areas of interest will continue to be felt for a very long time. He will be missed.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Emeritus Professor David Lyon says: 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I've been thinking more about my relationship with Elia over many years and I'm so thankful for what he meant to me. We began corresponding almost 40 years ago (1984) and I can't recall if he wrote to me or vice-versa. But we discussed the social origins and impacts of 카지노 게임 컬렉션�new카지노 게임 컬렉션� technologies that were emerging from communication and computing techniques. I didn't imagine then that we'd be colleagues one day, but that's what happened at Queen's, where we began working together in earnest, first in SCIT (Studies in Communication and Information Technologies, a seminar program he카지노 게임 컬렉션�d been catalysing for a number of years) and then in the Surveillance Project from 1999, which would become the Surveillance Studies Centre in 2009. And of course, we dreamed up and hosted what was probably one of the very first international research seminars in Surveillance Studies, back in 1993. At the same time, of course, we often spoke of Palestine and the Palestinians, and I learned much from him, which also led eventually to my visiting Israel and the West Bank 카지노 게임 컬렉션� now several times. This included teaching where Elia had once taught, on sabbatical, at Bir Zeit 카지노게임사이트 in Ramallah. So, I owe Elia a lot, both in terms of his scholarly example 카지노 게임 컬렉션� including the massive headache of the nine-country international survey on surveillance and privacy, a decade ago 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and his personal and political commitment to Palestine. I valued him as a friend, colleague and mentor. I've said a lot more in the chapter that will appear from Bloomsbury in July this year. The  is Decolonizing the Study of Palestine: Indigenous Perspectives and Settler Colonialism after Elia Zureik.카지노 게임 컬렉션�  

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I remember Elia as very direct, thoughtful and quick with a laugh,카지노 게임 컬렉션� adds Professor Annette Burfoot, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�and I remain impressed by the extent of respect for Elia and his scholarship.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 

"Elia and Mary were the first people I met on arriving at Queen's for my job interview, taking me out to dinner, and I was quickly introduced to a fantastic sense of humour, fierce intelligence, and wry commentary concerning the realities of academic life. He was a huge presence, an outstanding mentor, and will be greatly missed,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Professor Martin Hand, current Head of the Sociology Department.      

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Elia Zureik was an important colleague in my career, taking it upon himself to provide me with initial mentorship upon my arrival, and continued insights even after he retired. His style of a bark far out of proportion to his bite, a sense of humour that made everything seem absurd, and a vault of disciplinary knowledge that shamed the rest of us, made regular visits to Elia's office must-be- experienced events. He was easily one of the most interesting people I have ever met. His life story was fascinating and his ability to share it with others unparalleled. Elia also had a work ethic that was quite remarkable. Even as recently as the semester that was prematurely ended by the first arrival of COVID, Elia was teaching a graduate class in the department and banging on my door to make sure I was doing my job properly, all with a mischievous twinkle in his eye,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Professor Stephen Baron.           

카지노 게임 컬렉션�My memories of Dr. Elia Zureik go back 37 years. During my undergraduate degree, I worked as a research assistant to Professors Zureik and Sacco on a study of computer-related crime. A year later, I worked again for Professor Zureik, this time on a project coding data on conflicts and injuries in the West Bank and Gaza. I hold onto a treasured, signed copy of his book, The Palestinians in Israel: A Study in Internal Colonialism, Elia gave me as a gift years ago. More than a decade later, I returned to Queen's as a faculty member and Elia became my senior colleague and mentor down the hall. He had integrity and cared deeply for the Sociology Department, program and graduate students. I'm grateful to have known him,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Fiona Kay, Professor of Sociology.