Eman Abdelhadi is a scholar, organizer and writer based in Chicago. She is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago. Her research has been cited by NPR, the Washington Post, the Associated Press, and other outlets. She co-wrote the revolutionary sci-fi novel Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune 2052-2072 (Common Notions Press 2022), and she writes a regular column on Palestine and politics for In These Times Magazine.

She is a long-time organizer in the movement for Palestinian liberation and is currently active through Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine at UChicago. She helped found the group Sociologists for Palestine, a group organizing within the American Sociological Association (ASA) to advance a resolution supporting a just peace in Israel-Palestine and has also been involved with the Uncommitted National Movement.

She will hold two events on campus:

February 6, 2025 | 6:00-8:00 p.m. | Ford Alumni Center Ballroom

“Palestine and the Future of US Campus Activism”

Food and Refreshments Provided. Please RSVP here: tinyurl.com/emanabdelhadi

February 7, 2025 |12:00-1:15 p.m. | via zoom

Impossible Futures: Why Women Leave American Muslim Communities