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The Lebanese Diaspora
 JUNE 28-29, 2001 • BEIRUT, LEBANON


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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
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.
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
Patricia Nabti
Chair: T. Batrouney
  12:00-12:30
Orme-Gray H.
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.
Sarah Gualtieri
Chair: S. Baroudi
Lynching of Nicholas Romey: Lebanese Immigration & Racial Inbetweenness in Jim Crow South 12:30-1:00
Faculty Lounge
Denise Rowley
Chair: T. Batrouney
Footprints on the Mountains: Tracking a Hidden Heritage 1:00-1:30
Orme-Gray H.
Fawzi Salloukh
Chair: S. Baroudy
Immigration to Africa and Between its States (in Arabic) 1:00-1:30
Faculty Lounge
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
Souha Tarraf
Chair: K. Chemayel
Lebanese Migrants in West Africa (in French) 3:00-3:30
Orme-Gray H.
Evelyn Shakir
Chair: S. Poynting
Imagined Homeland: Lebanese Identity in American Literature 3:00-3:30
Faculty Lounge
Nancy & Joseph Jabbra
Chair: K. Chemayel
Kinship & Transnational Links in the Lebanese Diaspora 3:30-4:00
Orme-Gray H.
Eugene Sensenig Dabbous
Chair: S. Poynting
Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Middle Eastern Communities, Elites and Integration 3:30-4:00
Faculty Lounge
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
Boutros Labaki
Chair: F. Trabulsi
Lebanese Immigration After the Civil War 5:00-5:30
Orme-Gray H.
Bassam Hashem
Chair: N. Jaber
Syrian Workers in Lebanon (in Arabic) 5:00-5:30
Faculty Lounge
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.
Michael Kennedy
Chair: Saadi Nikro
Sydney's Lebanese Community: A Soft Target for Policing 9:30-10:00
Faculty Lounge
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
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
Latif Abou El Hson
Chair: S. Nikro
Resurgence of Ethonational Identity of Third Generation Lebanese Immigrants 12:00-12:30
Orme-Gray H.
Amel Saleebe Malek
Chair: N. Jabbra
Post War Returnees and Integration 11:30-12:00
Faculty Lounge
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.
Farry Matthew
Chair: A. Mansour
Shifting Identities Among Second & Third Generation Living in New Zealand 3:30-4:00
Orme-Gray H.
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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