Arab Expatriates and Revolt in their Homeland

Date: 

Fri - Sat, Jun 28 to Jun 29, 10:00am - 1:10pm

Location: 

Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South Room 020, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and The Migration Policy Centre of the European University Institute are pleased to present an academic workshop

Arab Expatriates and Revolt in their Homeland

with

 

Ibrahim Awad, Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, The American University, Cairo
Egyptian Expatriates and the Egyptian Revolution

Jocelyne Cesari, Georgetown University; Harvard University
Beyond Emigration and Immigration: Transnational Networks of Egyptians and Tunisians and Their Political Influence on the Arab Transitions

Michael Collyer, University of Sussex, University of Washington
Algerian Expatriates and Their Homeland Politics

Leila Dakhli, IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence
Protest and the Web in Tunisia

Tamirace Fakhoury, Lebanese American University, Beirut
Arab Diasporas and Democratization

Philippe Fargues, Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence
A Framework of Interaction Between Migration and Revolt in Arab Countries

Sari Hanafi, American University of Beirut
Do Arab Scholarly Communities Abroad Contribute to Shaping Knowledge About Arab Democratic Transitions?

Thibaut Jaulin, Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence; CERI, Sciences Po, Paris
External Voting and Political Change in Tunisia

Roger Owen, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
Ex-Pats, Politics and the Home They Left

Paul Tabar, Institute for Migration Studies; Lebanese American University, Beirut
Lebanese in Australia and their impact on Lebanese politics

For more information including a detailed schedule, visit the conference website.

Contact: Elizabeth Flanagan
Sponsors: The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Migration Policy Centre of the European University Institute