The event, taking place from April 23 to 25, will be held under the theme ‘Decolonization and the Right to the Future: Palestine’. The inauguration will be on Thursday, April 23, at 7 PM, with a lecture by the Chilean-Palestinian philosopher Rodrigo Karmy, titled ‘The Second Coming. Zionist Eschatology and Palestinian Resistance’, at the Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences of the University of Valencia, as part of the programming of the Lluís Vives European School of Thought of the UV.

The conference, which requires registration, will span three days with a program combining analysis panels, debates, artistic activities, and participation spaces. The main objective is to place the Palestinian cause at the center of contemporary reflections on internationalist resistance and decolonization processes.

Organized by the University Network for Palestine nodes of the University of Valencia and the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the conference is supported by the UNESCO Chair of the UV and various vice-rectorates of the institution. This is the first time that Valencia hosts this state-level meeting, whose inaugural edition took place in Barcelona in November 2024.

As a prelude to the inauguration, on the morning of Thursday, April 23, an artistic performance will be held at the Faculty of Social Sciences, where a commemorative mural will be painted with the participation of several secondary schools from Valencia. On Friday, April 24, the conference will continue at the same center with four analysis panels dedicated to addressing different dimensions of the Palestinian struggle and its global connections.

The event will gather more than twenty local and international specialists, including philosopher Rodrigo Karmy, Mexican philosopher Katya Colmenares, writer and politician Juan Bordera, and Palestinian artist Shaima Hamad.

Additionally, this week's cultural agenda at the University of Valencia also includes the participation of journalist Pilar Bonet, who will analyze international geopolitics and Russia's role in the contemporary global context. Bonet, a historical correspondent in Moscow, will offer two lectures at the Faculty of Geography and History on Thursday, April 23, and Friday, April 24, organized by the Alfons Cucó Chair of the UV, the Faculty of Geography and History, and the University Culture Service, with the collaboration of the Generalitat Valenciana.