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Under the Supervision of a Committee Consisted of Dr. Raed Bader as the Head of Committee Dr. Roger Heacock and Dr. Abdel Rahman Ibrahim, Fatima Itawi Defended her Thesis entitled ” China, Russia, and the Iranian Nuclear Program”
Under the Supervision of a Committee Consisted of Dr. Walid al Shurafa as the Head of Committee Dr. Wadad Albarghouthi and Dr. Ahmad Musleh, Maher Derawi Defended his Thesis entitled ” The Role of U.S Media in the Making of U.S Foreign Policy: Al Hurra Channel Model”
Dr. Asem Khalil presented a paper in a conference organized by Faculty of Law of the Al-Quds University on May 8th, 2011, entitled: “Beyond the Written Constitution: Constitutional Crisis of, and the Institutional Deadlock in, the Palestinian Political System as entrenched in the Basic Law.”
Birzeit University granted the honorary doctorate for the year 2011 to: Dr. Walid Khalidi, Mohammad Masrouji, and Mohammad Emran Bamia.
The IALIIS hosted Prof. Barbar Harrell-Bond Oxford University, and Oroub El-Abed-SOASUniversity, to run a roundtable meeting covering the case of Refugees in Egypt and Refugee Convention.
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies (IALIIS) hosted Dr. Rashid al-Khalidi on Monday 13 June, 2011 within the “Psychological, Social and Existential Dimensions of Refugee Life” as part of summer school.
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies (IALIIS) hosted Dr. Rashid al-Khalidi on Saturday 11 June, 2011 as part of “Peace Studies and Conflict resolutions course”.
Dr. Khalidi discussed the current Arab revolutions, which represent a new era of the Arab political life, and constituted new possibilities Arabs have not witnessed for a very long time. Led to the overthrown of the dictatorial regimes in Arab countries.
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International studies hosted Dr. Ruba Salih- SOAS University, and Dr. Sophie Richter-Devroe, University of Exeter, in a roundtable discussion presenting the preliminary results and findings of an ongoing research dealing with the Reconciling “Integration” and the Right of Return: Rethinking Palestinian Refugeehood.
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies (IALIIS), as part of the activities of the 2nd week, 11-15 June 2011, of its summer course, hosted two guest speakers addressing issues concerning Palestinian refugees, and the opportunities that might emerge for the benefits of Palestinians due to the Arab revolutions.