{"id":12777,"date":"2025-12-22T19:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/material-from-the-annual-lecture-in-memory-of-nicos-poulantzas-entitled-teaching-history-to-read-fazal-sheikhs-trilogy-of-erasure\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T13:58:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:58:52","slug":"material-from-the-annual-lecture-in-memory-of-nicos-poulantzas-entitled-teaching-history-to-read-fazal-sheikhs-trilogy-of-erasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/en\/material-from-the-annual-lecture-in-memory-of-nicos-poulantzas-entitled-teaching-history-to-read-fazal-sheikhs-trilogy-of-erasure\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights from the Annual Lecture in Memory of Nicos Poulantzas | Teaching History to Read: Fazal Sheikh\u2019s Trilogy of Erasure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>With great success, the Institute\u2019s Annual Lecture in memory of Nicos Poulantzas was held on Friday, 19 December 2025, in the Auditorium of the Goethe Institute, with the main speaker being Princeton professor Eduardo Cadava. <\/p>\n<p>Analyzing Fazal Sheikh\u2019s multi-volume photographic work, he traced aspects of the Israel\u2013Palestine conflict and highlighted practices of erasing Palestinians\u2019 memory from their own land.<\/p>\n<p>Photography does not merely identify the dead; it does not allow them to become anonymous or to be forgotten. It also becomes a medium that teaches history how to read. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">See photos from the lecture:<\/p><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"12681\" src=\"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0817-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0817-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0817-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0817-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0817-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0817-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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src=\"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0388-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0388-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0388-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0388-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0388-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0388-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/&#x399;&#x39D;&#x3A0;-18-&#x39F;&#x3BC;&#x3B9;&#x3BB;&#x3AF;&#x3B5;&#x3C2;-50-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12684\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0959-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0959-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0959-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0959-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0959-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LIER0959-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/&#x399;&#x39D;&#x3A0;-18-&#x39F;&#x3BC;&#x3B9;&#x3BB;&#x3AF;&#x3B5;&#x3C2;-63-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12686\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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src=\"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/&#x399;&#x39D;&#x3A0;-18-&#x39F;&#x3BC;&#x3B9;&#x3BB;&#x3AF;&#x3B5;&#x3C2;-59-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12689\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/&#x399;&#x39D;&#x3A0;-18-&#x39F;&#x3BC;&#x3B9;&#x3BB;&#x3AF;&#x3B5;&#x3C2;-69-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12690\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/&#x399;&#x39D;&#x3A0;-18-&#x39F;&#x3BC;&#x3B9;&#x3BB;&#x3AF;&#x3B5;&#x3C2;-73-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12691\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/poulantzas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/&#x399;&#x39D;&#x3A0;-18-&#x39F;&#x3BC;&#x3B9;&#x3BB;&#x3AF;&#x3B5;&#x3C2;-81-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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