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| The conference will take place at the Lebanese
American University's Beirut campus, June 28 - July 1, 2001. Papers will
be presented during the first two days. The weekend of June 30 - July 1
will be open for sightseeing activities and tours organized by LAU. For more information or questions please send e-mail to diaspora@lau.edu.lb. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: |
| July 28, 2001 | |||
| Program | Speakers | Topic | Time & Place |
| Conference Opening | -Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs
HE Mahmoud Hammoud -LAU Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Nabeel Haidar -Dr. Paul Tabar |
9:30-10:30 Gulbenkian Theater |
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| Lebanese Diaspora: A Theoretical Approach | Dr. Michael Humphrey Chair: Collins |
Lebanese Identitites Between Cities, Nations and Transnations | 10:00-10:30 Orme-Gray Hall |
| Dr. Saadi Nikro Chair: Collins |
Writing the Lebanese Diaspora | 10:30-11:00 Orme-Gray H. |
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| Morning Tea | 11:00-11:30 | ||
| Histories of Immigration | Najwa Nasr Chair: T. Batrouney |
A Journey of Survival: Early Lebanese Migration to the U.S. | 11:30-12:00 Orme-Gray H. |
| Alberto Farhat Chair: S. Baroudi |
Lebanese Migrant Adaptation in Brazilian Society (in Arabic) | 12:00-12:30 Faculty Lounge |
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| Patricia Nabti Chair: T. Batrouney |
12:00-12:30 Orme-Gray H. |
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| Anne Mansour Chair: T. Batrouney |
The Stories Jiddi Didn't Tell: Syrian-Lebanese Immigrants in Australia (1880-1947) | 12:30-1:00 Orme-Gray H. |
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| Sarah Gualtieri Chair: S. Baroudi |
Lynching of Nicholas Romey: Lebanese Immigration & Racial Inbetweenness in Jim Crow South | 12:30-1:00 Faculty Lounge |
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| Denise Rowley Chair: T. Batrouney |
Footprints on the Mountains: Tracking a Hidden Heritage | 1:00-1:30 Orme-Gray H. |
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| Fawzi Salloukh Chair: S. Baroudy |
Immigration to Africa and Between its States (in Arabic) | 1:00-1:30 Faculty Lounge |
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| Lunch Break | 1:30-2:30 | ||
| Ethnicities, Communities and Identities | Salma Kojok Chair: K. Chemayel |
Migration, Family Networks & Commercial Strategies: Lebanese in Cote d'Ivoire (in French) | 2:30-3:00 Orme-Gray H. |
| Mara Leichtam Chair: S. Poynting |
Beyond Sectarianism: Lebanese Ethnic Identity in Senegal | 2:30-3:00 Faculty Lounge |
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| Souha Tarraf Chair: K. Chemayel |
Lebanese Migrants in West Africa (in French) | 3:00-3:30 Orme-Gray H. |
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| Evelyn Shakir Chair: S. Poynting |
Imagined Homeland: Lebanese Identity in American Literature | 3:00-3:30 Faculty Lounge |
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| Nancy & Joseph Jabbra Chair: K. Chemayel |
Kinship & Transnational Links in the Lebanese Diaspora | 3:30-4:00 Orme-Gray H. |
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| Eugene Sensenig Dabbous Chair: S. Poynting |
Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Middle Eastern Communities, Elites and Integration | 3:30-4:00 Faculty Lounge |
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| Afternoon Tea Break | 4:00-4:30 | ||
| Migrants in Lebanon | Ray Jureidini Chair: F. Trabulsi |
International Conventions and the Rights of Foreign Labour in Lebanon | 4:30-5:00 Orme-Gray H. |
| Deirdre Evans-Pritchards Chair: N. Jaber |
Sri Lankan Community in Lebanon | 4:30-5:00 Faculty Lounge |
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| Boutros Labaki Chair: F. Trabulsi |
Lebanese Immigration After the Civil War | 5:00-5:30 Orme-Gray H. |
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| Bassam Hashem Chair: N. Jaber |
Syrian Workers in Lebanon (in Arabic) | 5:00-5:30 Faculty Lounge |
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| July 29, 2001 | |||
| Lebanese Diaspora and Racism | Jock Collins Chair: M. Humphrey |
The Lebanese Diaspora in Multicultural Australia | 9:00-9:30 Orme-Gray H. |
| Scott Poynting Chair: M. Humphrey |
Caught Between Two Cultures: Second Generation Lebanese Immigrant Youth in Sydney | 9:30-10:00 Orme-Gray H. |
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| Michael Kennedy Chair: Saadi Nikro |
Sydney's Lebanese Community: A Soft Target for Policing | 9:30-10:00 Faculty Lounge |
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| Lebanese Diaspora and Cultural Transformations | Paul Tabar Chair: M. Humphrey |
Ashura and Migrancy in Australia | 10:00-10:30 Orme-Gray H. |
| Morning Tea | 10:30-11:00 | ||
| Lebanese Diaspora and Cultural Transformations | Paula Abood Chair: S. Nikro |
Performative Identities: Gender, Race and Subversion | 11:00-11:30 Orme-Gray H. |
| Alissar Chidiac Chair: N. Jabbra |
Wattan Project: Heritage of Arabic-Speaking Australians | 11:00-11:30 Faculty Lounge |
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| Globalization and Lebanese Diaspora | Munzir Jaber Chair: K. Chemayel |
Configuration of Family Relations Between Bint Jbail and Detroit (in Arabic) | 11:30-12:00 Orme-Gray H. |
| Josie Legal Chair: N. Jabbra |
Transnationalism and Family Rituals of Lebanese Shiites in Montreal | 12:00-12:30 Faculty Lounge |
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| Latif Abou El Hson Chair: S. Nikro |
Resurgence of Ethonational Identity of Third Generation Lebanese Immigrants | 12:00-12:30 Orme-Gray H. |
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| Amel Saleebe Malek Chair: N. Jabbra |
Post War Returnees and Integration | 11:30-12:00 Faculty Lounge |
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| Lebanese Politics in the Diaspora | Khalil Chemayel Chair: F. Trabulsi |
The Role of Lebanese Migrants in the Lebanese Public Life | 12:30-1:00 Orme-Gray H. |
| Migrants in Lebanon | Doha Sarraf Chair: N. Jabbra |
Settlement of Migrant Families Returning to Lebanon | 12:30-1:00 Faculty Lounge |
| Lunch Break | 1:00-2:30 | ||
| Ethnicities, Communities and Identities | Dr. Trevor Betrouney Chair: A. Mansour |
Lebanese Australians: Return Visits to Lebanon and Issues of Identity | 2:30-3:00 Orme-Gray H. |
| Nabila Jaber Chair: A. Mansour |
Diaspora, Ethnicities and Multiculturalism | 3:00-3:30 Orme-Gray H. |
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| Farry Matthew Chair: A. Mansour |
Shifting Identities Among Second & Third Generation Living in New Zealand | 3:30-4:00 Orme-Gray H. |
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| Afternoon Tea | 4:00-4:30 | ||
| Chair: Anne Mansour | Brian Abboud Chair: F. Trabulsi |
Lebanese in Canada: Racism and Immigration Policies | 4:30-5:00 Orme-Gray H. |
| Concluding Session | Chair: F. Trabulsi | Next Conference & Bidding Farewell | 4:30-5:00 Orme-Gray H. |
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