Events and activities

Reconciling “Integration” and the Right of Return. Rethinking Palestinian Refugeehood

 

The research project investigates Palestinian refugees’ imaginaries, practices and attitudes towards the right of return in Lebanon, Jordan and the West Bank. The research departs from classic scholarly approaches to the concept of “return” to show how refugees in their everyday practices and lived experiences strategies reconcile “integration” in the host country with return. 

Speakers: 
Dr. Ruba Salih
SOAS University. Dr. Sophie Richter-Devroe
University of Exeter.
Date: 
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 12

The Cessation Clause under the 1951 Refugee Convention: The Uganda Style, by Barbara Harrell-Bond. Empathy for Palestinians with Egyptian Travel Documents?, by Oroub El-Abed.

 

Prof. Harrell explained the two ways in which refugee status under the 1951 Refugee Convention can be ended. The first is in a refugee re-avails him or herself of the protection of his country of origin; the second is when refugees of a particular nationality are deemed no longer in need of international protection because of the 'ceased circumstances’ in their country of origin.

Speakers: 
Barbara Harell-Bond from Oxford University and Oroub El-Abed from SOAS University
Date: 
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 12

The Exodus of Iraqi Jews 1950-1952

 

The Forced Migration and Refugee Unit at IALIIS hosted Dr. Abbas Shiblak, an expert on the refugee issue, for a roundtable discussion on 'The Exodus of Iraqi Jews 1950-1952’. The roundtable discussion was chaired by Dr. Majid Shihade and was attended  by faculty members and M.A students of International Studies at Birzeit University .  

Shiblak presented the Iraqi Jewish community, their movement to and from Iraq, and their contribution to the formation of modern Iraq as well as the Iraqi’s Jewish community early encounters with the Zionist movement.

Speakers: 
Dr. Abbas Shiblak
Date: 
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 12

Arab Expatriates in the US, Assimilation and Integration

 

IALIIS hosted Professor Naseer Aruri for a roundtable discussion on 'The United States of America and the Vital Political Center: The Role of Intellectuals in the affairs of the Arab Communities’ The roundtable discussion was chaired by Professor Roger Heacock.

Dr. Aruri stressed that the argument of non-assimilation of the various American ethnicities is feeble and ill-founded as the reality of the American society proves to be cohesive and coherent within the framework of the vital political center.

Speakers: 
Dr. Naseer Aruri
Date: 
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 11

Israel’s Deportation Policy

IALIIS hosted Dr. Cordula Droege, a legal adviser in the legal division of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Mr. Shawan Jabarin from Al-Haq's General Director; and Dr. Yaser Ammouri from the Faculty of Law and Public Administration at Birzeit University, for a roundtable discussion on Israel’s policy of deporting Palestinian nationals and particularly the recent deportation orders against members of Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) from East Jerusalem.

Speakers: 
Cordula Droege
Shawan Jabarin
Yaser Ammouri and Asem Khalil (discussant and Chair)
Date: 
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 11

Israel Shahak: An Exceptional Universal Humanist, an Unwavering Critic of Jewish-Zionist Hypocrisy

 

In cooperation with Birzeit’s program of Israeli Studies, Dr. Nakhleh presented his latest book entitled Israel Shahak: An exceptional universal humanist, an unwavering critic of Jewish-Zionist hypocrisy.

Speakers: 
Dr. Khaleel Nakhleh
Date: 
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 11

Dependent Neo-Liberalism: Gulf Economic Power in the Mashriq

 

Dr. Hannes Baumann from King’s College examined how Gulf corporations are restructuring Arab economies around a nexus of finance and real estate. The lecture built on Adam Hanieh's work on Gulf capital to show how 'dependent neoliberalism’ was constructed in Lebanon and how this analysis can be extended to other countries in the Mashriq.

Speakers: 
Dr. Hannes Baumann
Date: 
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 11

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