Welcome speech
By Alejandra Val Cubero (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Ellen Perrault, Dean, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary


By Alejandra Val Cubero (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Ellen Perrault, Dean, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary
By Ibrahim G. Aoudé (University of Hawai‘i)
Chair: Thabit A. J. Abdullah (York University) Alda Benjamen (University of Dayton) – The Bazaar of Alqosh in the 19th–mid-20th Centuries Sara Farhan (University of North British Columbia) – Heroic […]
Chair : Nada Shabout (University of North Texas) Dina Ramadan (Bard College/Center for Curatorial Studies) – When Genocide Is Not Academic Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert (Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana […]
Chair : Valentina Sommella (University of Perugia) Michele Brunelli (University of Bergamo) – Between History and Prospects: Anglo-Iranian Relations between Propaganda and Geopolitical Opportunities Nicola Melis (University of Cagliari) – […]
Chair: Isaías Barreñada (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, OUISO) Yahia Zoubir (Fudan University Scholar, Shanghai) – Prevention of Western Sahara from Exercising the Right to Self-Determination: The Negative Game of Western […]
Chair: Musa Sroor (Birzeit University) Musa Sroor (Birzeit University) – The Problematic of the Sacred and the Material in the Relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Waqf of Al-Aqsa […]
Chair : Norma M. Rantisi (Concordia University) Farbod Honarpisheh (Connecticut College) – From 1979, Parviz Kimiavi’s OK Mister: On the Comings and Goings of Oil Brokers, Orientalists, and Masses Rehab […]
Chair : Sherzad Ahmed Ameen Al-Najjar (University of Salahaddin – Erbil) Joseph Sassoon (Georgetown University) – Iraq’s Three Wars Kamal Abdullah Hassan (University of Sulaimani) – The Future of the […]
Chair: Terri Ginsberg (Rutgers University) Terri Ginsberg (Rutgers University) – Unspoken Zionism in Hollywood Films: Another Hermeneutics of Suspicion Chris Lippard (University of Utah) – Animals as Referents in some […]
Chair/Discussant: Ibrahim G. Aoudé (University of Hawai‘i) Víctor Luis Gutiérrez Castillo (University of Jaén) – The New Cooperation between the European Union and the Arab League Aims for a Rapprochement: […]
Chair: Tiffany Floyd (University of North Texas) Nada Shabout (University of North Texas) – New Narratives: Monumental Renovation and Cultural Consumption Tiffany Floyd (University of North Texas) – Legendary Baghdad: […]
Chair: Moncef Khaddar (Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus) Elizabeth Bishop (International University of Iraq – Baghdad) Emad Eldin A. Shahin (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar) Rabab Abdulhadi (San Francisco State […]
Chair : Claire Begbie (Concordia University) Fatima Bahja (University of Texas at Austin) – Instagram Cooking as Affective Practice: Globalizing the Arab Home through Mama’s Voice Pelle Valentin Olsen (University […]
Sponsored by the University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work – In Memory of Dr. Jacqueline S. Ismael & Dr. Tareq Y. Ismael (A light lunch will be provided to […]
Chair : Patricia Caillé (Université de Strasbourg) Azza Chaabouni (ISAMM – Université de la Manouba) – Création en mouvement: Trajectoires migratoires et pratiques cinématographiques au sein du collectif Rawiyat-SIF. Le […]
Chair and Discussant: Yousef Baker (California State University, Long Beach) Salam Mir (Independent Researcher) – Israel’s Genocide against Gaza Tahrir Hamdi (Arab Open University, Jordan) – Palestinian Sumud: From the […]
Moderator: Jenann Ismael (Johns Hopkins University) – CONFIRMED Sponsored by the University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work – In Memory of Dr. Jacqueline S. Ismael & Dr. Tareq Y. […]
Chair: Samir Abed Rabbo (Cambridge Center for Palestine Studies) Khalil Abu Shamala (Palestinian human rights activist, Gaza) Mona Ali Khalil (Harvard Law School) Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid (Cyrus R. Vance Center […]
Chair : Alejandra Val Cubero (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Elie Yazbek and Pamela Nassour (Université St-Joseph, Beyrouth) – Cinematic Migrations. Trajectories of Lebanese Filmmakers and Technicians between Lebanon, France, […]
Vibrations from Gaza / ذبذبات من غزة (Rehab Nazzal, Canada/Palestinian, 2023, 16 min.) preceded by Canada Park (Rehab Nazzal, Canada/Palestinian, 2015, 11 min.) Multimedia artist Rehab Nazzal will be present […]
Chair: Ali H. Musleh (University of California, Davis) Ferial Menaifi (Salah Boubnider University) – Gaza Under Fire, Algiers on the Diplomatic Front: Algeria’s Role in the Palestinian Resistance Post-October 2023 […]
Chair/participant: Naim Aburabbi (University of Colorado, Boulder) Ahlam Muhtaseb (California State University, San Bernardino) Gregory Gondwe (Harvard University)
Chair: Chris Lippard (University of Utah) Marianna Charountaki (University of Lincoln) – The Impact of Institutionalisation on Irregular Armies: The Case of the Peshmerga Forces in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq (KRI) […]
Chair: Thomas Richard (Boston University / Université de Paris 1) Stefanie Van de Peer (Trinity College Dublin) – “For the Self-Expression of the Arab Woman” (1978): A Feminist Cinematic Collaboration […]
Chair: Randi Deguilhem (CNRS, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille University) Nadia Al Bagdadi (Central European University, Vienna) Bettina Dennerlein (University of Zurich) Valentine Moghadam (Northeastern University, Boston)
Chair: Yahia Zoubir (Fudan University Scholar, Shanghai) Carlos Ruiz Miguel (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela) – The Economic Dimension of the Right to Self-determination: The Western Sahara Case Victoria Veguilla […]
Chair: Julia Choucair Vizoso (Arab Reform Initiative) Julia Choucair Vizoso (Arab Reform Initiative) – Seed Sovereignty as Arab Futurism Mariz Kelada (American University of Beirut) – Re-reading Arabic Sci-Fi Series […]
Terri Ginsberg
(Location to be announced)