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Students in International Studies program Participate in a Training Course entitled “Historiography of Land Property”

  Eight students from the master’s program in International Studies participated in the training course organized by Muwatin on the 22nd-23rd of April, about the Historiography of Land Property in Palestine. The course concentrated on the regulations that ruled and organized land property since the late Ottoman rule, and during the British mandate. It explained the transformation of the regulations that connect the authority, and the people with the land.

A lecture about Palestinian Migrants in Ramallah, by: Dr. Majid Shihade

  Dr. Shihade gave alecture about his recent research paper  which looks into the situation of Palestinian migrants in the RamaIlah area. It will examend  the question of Palestinians who migrate to the Ramallah area for work, and what issues they face here, and how would this research complicate further the question of the Palestinian migration and refugees. He spoke about the changes that have impacted the Ramallah area since the 1990s, and how these changes have impacted Palestinian migrants who came to the Rammallah area to work.

The FMRU hosted Roula El-Rifai to speake about IDRC Policies and Projects on Refugees

 
 
Roula El-Rifai a Senior Program Specialist, Middle East Unit at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) presented an overview of the IDRC focus on Palestinian Refugees and the Middle East peace process. She mentioned the importance of policy papers versus research projects. She further stated that the key research projects are concentrated on compensation, absorption of Palestinian refugees and public opinion.

Roundtable about Israel's decision to deport members of the Palestinian Legislative Council from East Jerusalem

 
 
On 20 September 2010, The Forced Migration Refugees Unit (FMRU) at the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies (IALIIS) organized a Roundtable in which the Legal Advisor at the Red Cross, Dr. Cordula Droege, Al-Haq General Director Mr. Shahwan Jabareen, and Dr. Yaser Ammouri from the Faculty of Law and Public Administration at BZU have participated.

The FMRU organized a lecture entitled: “Are Palestinian Refugees Stateless? An International Law Perspective”

 
 
The FMRU hosted a lecture by Professor John B. Quigley, President’s Club Professor of Law at the Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University. The Title of the lecture was “Are Palestinian Refugees Stateless? An International Law Perspective.”

Birzeit University hosted Dr. David Malone, the President of IDRC

 
Dr. Malone gave a lecture on Thursday 7th of April, 2011, entitled “The Evolving Concepts of Development”.
He emphasized that progress in development of various sectors has been made, although there are concerns in terms of quality, which can be due to several hindering factors especially the growth in population.
Then Dr. Malone presented two successful cases which are Japan and China, concentrating on the elements of their success such as defining their national priorities, and partly focusing on one or two main sectors.