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Department of Psychology "Renzo Canestrari"

Mental Health, Liberation and Decolonisation: Past, Present and Future

A seminar with Samah Jabr and Wael Garnaoui on psychiatry, migration and dignity in decolonial contexts followed by a discussion with experts from the Minguzzi Institute and the University of Bologna.

  • Date: 07 November 2025 from 16:00 to 18:30

  • Event location: Biblioteca Minguzzi-Gentili, via Sant’Isaia 90, 40123 Bologna, Italia

  • Access Details: Free admission

Programme

November 7th, 2025 – 16:00–18:30
Biblioteca Minguzzi-Gentili, Via Sant’Isaia 90, Bologna

16:00 – Introduction to the Seminar

Bruna Zani, President, Istituzione Minguzzi
Francesca Esposito, Department of Psychology “Renzo Canestrari”, University of Bologna

16:20 – Practising Psychiatry in Palestine: Beyond Symptom Relief Toward the Restoration of Dignity

Samah Jabr, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, writer, Associate Clinical Professor at the George Washington University, former Head of the Mental Health Unit within the Palestinian Ministry of Health

16:40 – The Fourth Age of Emigration: A Survey of Families of the Disappeared

Wael Garnaoui, clinical psychologist, PhD in Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology, Assistant Professor at the University of Sousse

17:00 – Discussion

With Lorenzo Betti and Chiara Bodini, CSI

Alia Jasim, psychiatrist

Luca Negrogno, sociologist, Istituzione Minguzzi

Maria Nolet, psychiatrist, AUSL Bologna

18:00 – Q&A with Participants

🗣️ Seminar language is in English and the materials will be available in Italian