May 15-17, 2024 – Middle East Migration Studies: Taking Stock, Plotting New Paths Workshop

Organizing partner(s) or institutions:

The Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

Scientific summary:

This workshop seeks to take stock of exciting developments in Middle East Migration Studies and to consider their potential for the larger, interdisciplinary field of MENA studies, but also to begin to clear paths as yet untaken. We seek papers that offer critical reflection on the core debates and methodologies of MENA migration studies, that sketch out new agendas, and that open up new avenues for research.

Date:

May 16–18, 2024

Location:

The Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Nature of the event:

This is a three-day conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, at NC State University meant to highlight up-and-coming scholars looking to rethink the “markedly staid notions of space and place” that have historically predominated in Middle East studies.

Language(s):

English

Summary and/or programme:

Selected papers will be solicited for a multi-author collection that will offer a critical introduction to MENA migration studies of relevance not just to scholars but also to those engaged in study of mobility, forced displacement, borderlands, and transnational and global connections. We welcome applications from scholars at all stages of their career in history, anthropology, sociology, geography, literary studies, and other disciplines. We particularly welcome proposals from early-career applicants and scholars working in the Global South.

Media (videoconference or podcast):

Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal for Middle East and North African Migration Studies

Name(s) of the organiser(s):

• Dr. Akram Khater
• Lindsey Waldenberg

Link:

https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/news/2024/03/25/middle-east-migration-studies-taking-stock-plotting-new-paths/