The Druze in their Adopted Lands
The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at Georgetown University, in partnership with the American Druze Foundation (ADF) and the Department of History and Archeology at the American University of Beirut, are pleased to present an international conference which brings together leading researchers who have contributed to the field of Middle Eastern Studies with particular reference to the Druze.
The conference will focus exclusively on the political, social and cultural evolution and/ or political role of the Druze both in their countries of origin as well as in the diaspora. This two-day conference will be held at Georgetown University on April 14th and April 15th 2023.
Schedule
Friday, April 14
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Registration
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Opening Lecture: Druze Migrants, Near and Far Hawran and the Druze Towns, Villages and Families
6:15 pm – 7:30 pm: The Druze Diaspora in Times of Crisis
8:00 pm: Dinner
Saturday, April 15
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Registration and Breakfast
9:30 am -10:45 am: Druze Generational Bonds across Space and Boundaries
11:00 pm – 12:15 pm: Druze Resistance, Assimilation, Occupation and the Land
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm: The Druze and the Christians, a Tale of Mount Lebanon and the Diaspora
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm: Lunch
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Druze Feminism and the Development of Identity
4:45 pm – 6:00 pm: Pioneering Druze Woman
6:00 pm: Closing Remarks
Friday Sessions
Opening Lecture: Druze Migrants, Near and Far Hawran and the Druze Towns, Villages and Families
Speaker:
Michael Provence
Druze migrants, near and far Hawran and the Druze towns, villages and families
The Druze Diaspora in Times of Crisis
Speakers:
Benan Grams
Cholera and Ottoman Modernization
Graham Pitts
The Druze Mahjar and Remittances: A Bulwark during Crisis?
Saturday Sessions
Druze Generational Bonds across Space and Boundaries
Speakers:
Natalie Eid
Druze Afterlives: Between Bodies and Borders
Malek Rasamny
Reincarnation amongst the Druze of Lebanon and the Global Diaspora: Communal Memory, Imagined Kinship and Discursive Battleground
Druze Resistance, Assimilation, Occupation and the Land
Speakers:
Yusri Khaizarn
Neither Israelization nor Zionization: New Trends amongst the Druze on the Golan in the Wake of the Popular Uprisings in Syria
Lindsey Pullum
The Golan Heights: An Adopted Land?
The Druze and the Christians, a Tale of Mount Lebanon and the Diaspora
Speakers:
Charles Hayek
A Delayed Family Reunion: Examining the History of the Lebanese Diaspora through the story of a family of emigrants
Dima de Clerck
Crossed representations of Druze and Christians in Southern Mount Lebanon, as a result of the Lebanese War (1975-1990)
Druze Feminism and the Development of Identity
Speakers:
Lama Karame
The Druze Personal Status Law in Lebanon: Developing Deference to the State?
Chad Radwan
Revisiting and Revising: A Reflection on Fundamental Aspects of Druze Identity in North America
Deena Ziad Naime
Sobhiyat W Zyarat: Generations of Druze Feminism Through Shared Spaces, Emotional Intimacy, and Care (Work)
Pioneering Druze Woman
Speakers:
Fikri Cicek
War and Peace: Sitt Nasab and the Early Modern Druze Matriarchy in Times of Crisis
Ellen Fleischmann
Nejla Abu Izzeddin: Unofficial Ambassador from the Arab World to the US
Makram Rabah
Salwa Lucky Roosevelt: The Southern “Gal” from Mount Lebanon