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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-20thCenturies Sara Farhan (University of North British Columbia) – Heroic Argot: […]
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) Rehab Nazzal (Dar Al-Kalima University) and Norma Rantisi (Concordia University) -Bulldozer Colonial Planning, Campicide and Resistance in the Northern West Bank Tayri Paz […]
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: M. Moncef Khaddar (Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus) Elizabeth Bishop (International University of Iraq – Baghdad) Rabab Abdulhadi (San Francisco State University) Wojciech Forysinski (Eastern Mediterranean University, Northern Cyprus) […]
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: Survival, Resistance, […]
Moderator: Jenann Ismael (Johns Hopkins University) Sponsored by the University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work – In Memory of Dr. Jacqueline S. Ismael & Dr. Tareq Y. Ismael Richard Falk […]
Chair: Samir Abed Rabbo (Cambridge Center for Palestine Studies) Khalil Abu Shammala (Palestinian human rights activist, Gaza) Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid (Peer Review Board of The American Review of International Arbitration […]
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.) Multimedia artist Rehab Nazzal will be present for Q&A.(Refreshments will be served.) Dr. Nazzal’s photographic and video […]
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 Aburaddi (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) Mathilde Rouxel (Université Aix-Marseille) – A Look Back at Militant Films Thomas Richard (Boston University/Université de Paris 1) – Arab […]
Chair: Randi Deguilhem (CNRS, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille University): « Educational systems, literacy, publishing and emergence of feminisms in the late Ottoman empire » Nadia Al Bagdadi (Central European University, Vienna): « Educational systems, literacy, […]
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 […]
Sponsored by the University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work – In Memory of Dr. Jacqueline S. Ismael & Dr. Tareq Y. Ismael Gonzalo Fernández Parrilla is the author of […]
Terri Ginsberg
(Location to be announced)