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Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

Conferences

Since 2015, the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies (NC State University) has hosted multiple conferences to discuss relevant news and information about Middle East and North African Migration Studies.

Locating Palestine in the Arab Americas

This workshop co-organized by The Middle East and North Africa Centre at the University of Sussex, the Centro de Estudios Árabes at the University of Chile, and the Khayrallah Center at North Carolina State University seeks to locate Palestine in the Arab Americas.

September 13-16, 2024

Middle East Migration Studies: Taking Stock, Plotting New Paths

The Khayrallah Center, in conjunction with the editors of the Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies will host a workshop that seeks to offer critical reflections on the core debates and methodologies of MENA migration studies and open up new avenues for research.

May 15-17, 2024
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New Perspectives on Middle East Migrations

The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies (NC State University) hosted an international conference titled New Perspectives on Middle East Migrations at North Carolina State University.

July 11 -12, 2022
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New Perspectives on Middle East Migrations

The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies (NC State University) hosted an international conference titled New Perspectives on Middle East Migrations at North Carolina State University.

September 11-13, 2020‌
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Middle Eastern Diasporas and Food

The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies (NC State University) and Center for Regional Food Studies (University of Arizona) hosted an international conference titled From “Mjaddarah” to “Fatti de Luxe:” Food and Middle Eastern Diasporas at North Carolina State University. This conference was partially funded by Empire Eats.

April 5-7, 2018
A time of crisis

A Time of Crisis

The Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies hosted an international scholarly conference on Middle East and North African migration titled A Time of Crisis. The conference was held at North Carolina State University.

April 21-22, 2017‌
Bodies in motion

Bodies in Motion: Middle East Migrations

The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies hosted an international conference titled Bodies in Motion at North Carolina State University. This conference was intended to enrich scholarly narratives of migration by reflecting upon bodies in movement and the lived experiences of men and women who have migrated from, to, and in what came to be called the Middle East.

March 20-21, 2015‌

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