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» Wednesday 10th December 2008, NDU, Lebanon
Diaspora and Homeland Development:
LERC signs cooperation agreement with Relief International. Read more

» Thursday 20th November 2008, Beirut
LERC Participates in the Pecha Kucha Night: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Design. Read more

» Saturday, 11th October 2008, Al Hayat
The Lebanese Greek Orthodox Community in Australia: 1880 Onwards A Lecture at the Lebanese Emigration Research Center, Notre Dame University-Louaizé. Read more

» Wednesday, 8th October 2008, LERC, NDU
The Lebanese Greek Orthodox Community in Australia: 1880 Onwards A Lecture at the Lebanese Emigration Research Center, Notre Dame University-Louaizé. Read more

» Monday, 6th October 2008, Beirut, Lebanon
LERC participates in the National Day of Cyprus at the Hotel Phoenicia, Beirut. Read more

» Monday, 6th October 2008, Baabda, Lebanon
LERC’s Liaison Officer for Latin America, Mr. Roberto Khatlab, presented his books on Lebanese migration to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman. Read more

» Wednesday, 1st October 2008, Beirut, Lebanon
LERC participates in Nigeria’s Independence Day Celebration at the Coral Beach Hotel, Beirut. Read more

» Saturday, 27th September 2008, Dbaye, Lebanon
LERC Director Acknowledged for Her Work on the Maronites of Cyprus. Read more

» Friday, 19th September 2008, NDU, Lebanon
Visit of Mr. Jean-Pierre Katrib from “Now Lebanon”. Read more

» Monday, 15th September 2008, Dbaye, Lebanon
LERC attends the National Day of Mexico. Read more

» 9th till 12th September 2008, Bilbao, Spain
Director Hourani attended the Fifth IMISCOE Annual Conference. Read more

» Friday, 5th September 2008, NDU, Lebanon
Invitation to a lecture at LERC on October 8, 2008. Read more

» Friday, 29th August 2008, Daily Star
Center seeks help studying emigration. Read more

» Friday, 29th August 2008, NDU, Lebanon
Call for unpaid INTERNSHIP Opportunities. Read more

» Thursday, 28th August, 2008,LERC, NDU
LERC Kicks Off Internal Summer Activities. Read more

» Tuesday, 12th August, 2008,Beirut
LERC attends the inauguration of Curaçao Square in Verdun. Read more

» Monday, 11th August, 2008, LERC, NDU
Professor Diava Stasiulis of Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Visits LERC. Read more

» Thursday, 7th August, 2008, Dbaye, Lebanon
LERC participates in a conference entitled Role of the Lebanese Woman in the Diaspora, organized by the Committee of Women of Lebanese Descent in the World Lebanese Cultural Union (WLCU), at Le Royal Hotel, Dbaye. Read more

» Tuesday, 5th August, 2008, Beirut, Lebanon
LERC participates in the Global Lebanese Business Leaders Conference, organized by the Young Entrepreneurs Program BADER at the Phoenicia Hotel. Read more

» 28th July to 2nd August 2008, Beirut, Lebanon
The Lebanese Community in Nigeria: The Glue that Bonds the two Countries LERC attends Nigeria Week in Lebanon. Read more

» Friday 11th July 2008, Beirut, Lebanon
LERC Associate Researcher Dr. Salwa Karam talks in a conference on Gender and Emigration in Lebanon at Le Meridien Commodore. Read more

» 7th to 18th July 2008, Florence, Italy
LERC participated in the person of Ms. Basma Abdel Khalek in the IV CARIM Summer School on Euro-Mediterranean Migration and Development Read more

» 3rd to 20th July 2008, Sydney, Australia
LERC Director Guita Hourani Visits Australia, to Promote NDU and LERC. Read more
Artist Maurice Salamé presents LERC with one of his paintings. Read more

» Thursday, 19th June, Municipal Palace, Jounieh, Lebanon
LERC Participated in Uruguay's National Day Read more

» Wednesday, 11th June 2008, Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon
LERC Participates in the National Conference on Electoral Law Read more

» Monday, 2nd June 2008, L'Orient le Jour
Le LERC, centre de recherche de la NDU sur l’émigration libanaise Read more

» Thursday, 1st May 2008, George Zeenny Studio, Beirut, Lebanon
"Migration Seasons From/To Lebanon" Exhibition by Dr. Georges Zeenny Read more

» 24 to 29th April 2008, NDU, Beirut, Lebanon
IMISCOE Intensive Training: Migration & Development: Methodology of Research.

» Thursday, 17th April 2008, UNESCO Palace, Beirut, Lebanon
LERC participates in a Workshop in Beirut on "The Role of the Lebanese Emigrants
in the Development and Stability of Lebanon"

» Tuesday, 8th April 2008. LERC, NDU, Beirut, Lebanon
Cyprus Ambassador pays quick call to LERC

» Monday, 17th March, 2008, Beirut, Lebanon
Investiture Ceremony of Dr. Nassib Fawaz Founding President of LIBC

» Wednesday, 27th February, 2008, Assafir
حلقة تواصل حول قانون الانتخابات في جامعات لبنانية عدة

» Wednesday, 27th February, 2008, NDU, Beirut, Lebanon
LERC's local and international teams meet with NDU President and the VPRD

» Tuesday, 26th February, 2008, Almassira
الشباب اللبناني يهاجر مخلّفاً العازبات: ثلاث آلف طلب تأشيرة الى أميركا في شهرين

» 14 to 16th January 2008, LAU, Beirut, Lebanon
LERC represented by Guita Hourani at an international gender studies conference
held at the Lebanese American University, including a workshop on Women, Minorities and Migration 

» Friday, 14th December 2007, Beirut, Lebanon
Dunia Taan releases her new book on Lebanese in the Ivory Coast (1900-1986)
at the BIEL Arab Book Fair

» 12th -13th December 2007, Amman, Jordan
LERC Participates in the UN-ESCWA Expert Group Meeting on Partnerships and the Private Sector in Jordan.

» Saturday, 8th December 2007, Beirut, Lebanon
LERC attends event commemorating Lebanese emigrants to Mexico

» Friday, 14 November 2007, NDU, Beirut, Lebanon
Diaspora Literature: LERC renews its Literary Evenings with a reading of Jad El Hage's The MyrtleTree

» 7 to 9th November 2007, Lisbon, Portugal
LERC represented by Roberto Khatlab at The International and Interdisciplinary Congress on the Peninsular War (1807-1814) in Lisbon, speaking on historic Lebanon-Portugal-Brazil relations

» 23-25th October 2007, Cairo, Egypt
LERC sends paper to an international conference in Egypt under the patronage of the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program.

» 20-21 October 2007, Beirut, Lebanon
Launch of the Lebanese-Nigerian Friendship Association at UNESCO Building, Beirut.

» 4-6 October 2007, Tokyo, Japan
LERC Associate Director gives lectures at Institute in Tokyo.

» 6-9 September 2007, Sussex, U.K.
LERC Associate Director talks about Citizenship and Naturalization Laws in Lebanon at the 4th IMISCOE Conference at the University of Sussex, England.

» 27-28 August 2007, Brazil
LERC represented by Roberto Khatlab at the Brazil-Lebanon Academic Exchange Seminar.

» 10 August 2007, Baabdat, Lebanon
Mr. George Nabhan and family host a dinner for the new Ambassador of Nigeria, H.E. Hameed A. Opeloyeru, and his wife at the Colibri Hotel.

» August 2007, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
LERC’s team undergoes intense training in indexing for database.

» 12 July 2007. Poitiers, France
Memorandum of Understanding signed at Poitiers between LERC/NDU and Migrinter/Université de Poitiers.

» 28 June 2007, Beirut, Lebanon
LERC participates in a workshop on The Brain Drain Phenomenon and its Effect on the Economy and Development of Lebanon.

» 24-27 May 2007, LAU, Beirut
LERC’s Participation at conference on “Politics, Culture and Lebanese Diaspora”

» February 2007, Beirut, Lebanon
Al-Raida magazine Winter/Spring issue on Arab Diaspora Women was edited by Dr. Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous, an Adjunct Research Associate at LERC, and featured three articles on or by LERC. 

» 6 December 2006, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“Les Libanais au Brésil: une Trajectoire Réussie” Lecture by Dr. Oswaldo Truzzi, Auditorium - Pierre Abou Khater Hall - Notre Dame University - Zouk Mosbeh. 

» 5 December 2006, AUB, Beirut, Lebanon
LERC participated in a convention organized at the American University of Beirut in collaboration with the
Brazilian Embassy.

» 27 November 2006, Bkerké, Lebanon
LERC meets Maronite Patriarch Sfeir to present a copy of its study: The Impact of the Summer 2006 War on Migration in Lebanon: Emigration, Remigration, Evacuation and Return. 

» 9 November 2006, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“The Impact of the Summer 2006 War on Migration in Lebanon: Emigration, Remigration, Evacuation, and Return” Panel discussion on the study authored by Guitra Hourani. 

» 12 October 2006, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“Financing Elections - What Role do Expatriates Play?” Lecture by Dr. Marcin Walecki, Senior Advisor for Political Finance, International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES). 

» 24 May 2006, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“Visualizing Lebanese Migration: Lebanese Postage Stamps as Political Messengers” Lecture by Mrs. Huda Taleb-Srage, researcher in postal history and philatelic iconography. 

» 5 April 2006, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“Transnational Lebanese Migration: Using Traditional, Alternative and Information Communication Technology (ICT)-Based Methodologies” Seminar presented, under the patronage of Ambassador A. K. Alli Assayouti of Nigeria, by LERC’s Associate Researchers Drs. Dunia Fayad Taan, Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous and Peter Adebayo, and Dr. Akram Khater, Director of Middle East Studies Program, North Carolina State University.

» 25 January 2006, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“Gibran Khalil Gibran: Poetry and Music Dedicated to World Peace in Eight Languages” Seminar presented by Jacky Karam, Hassan Lavassani, Dr. Ursula Assaf, Julnar Deaibess, Amanda Kaddissi, Gregory Kessel and Dr. Issam Hourani.

» 14 December 2005, LERC, NDU
Under the Auspices of P.M. Siniora: The Lebanese Migrants in Brazil: Exhibition and Book Signing

» 16 March 2005, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“Lebanon in the Conscience of the Lebanese in France” Lecture by TV Host and author Ricardo Karam. 

» 26 January 2005, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“The Creation of a Global Village: Over a Century of Emigrating from Bishmizzine” Lecture by anthropologist
Dr. Patricia Mihaly Nabti.

» 8 December 2004, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“Arabic Contributions Down Under: Zero to Zenith” Film showing presented by Ambassador Stephanie Shwabsky of Australia.

» 17 November 2004, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“The Last Migration: A Novel of Diaspora and Love” Lecture by Journalist and Novelist Jad El Hage.

» 11 November 2004, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“Migration Studies in France: Introducing MIGRINTER, Migrations Internationales, Espaces et Société”
Lecture by Dr. Mohamed Kamal Doraï. 

» 10 November 2004, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity: Canada's Role in Fighting them through Immigration Laws”
Lecture by Mr. Joseph G.B. Rikhof, Canadian Department of Justice.

» 20 October 2004, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“Asian & Middle Eastern Women in Vienna: An Oral History Approach” Lecture by Austrian historian Dr. Edith Binderhofer.

» 13 September 2004, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“The Lebanese Community of Mexico: Its Structure and Relations with Lebanon” Lecture under the patronage of Ambassador Arturo Puente of Mexico, presented by Mr. Tony Trabulse, Co-Founder & General Director of the Mexican-Lebanese Cultural Institute in Mexico. 

» 20-22 August 2004, Ehden/Zgharta, Lebanon
The Migration History Workshop Festival.

» 9 June 2004, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“What Race are the Arabs? Classification in the US Census Past and Present” Lecture by
Dr. Sarah Gualtieri of Loyola University, USA.

» 19 May 2004, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“Issues of Structure and Culture in Researching the Lebanese Transnational Family” Lecture by
Dr. Ghassan Hage of the University of Sydney, Australia.

» 21 April 2004, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“The Remittances of the Expatriates and the Lebanese Economy” Lecture by Mr. Nassib Ghobril, researcher at Saradar Investment House.

» 7 April 2004, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“Children of Lebanese Migrants in Australia: Issues and Challenges” Lecture by Dr. Rosemary Suliman, Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Sydney, Bankstown.

» 10 March 2004 , NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
“Wrapping Yourself in the Flag: Immigrant Patriotism in Times of Crisis” Seminar presented by Dr. Dima Dabbous-Sensenig, Professor of Media Studies at the Lebanese American University, and Dr. Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous, Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame University.

» 27 June 2003, NDU, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
Forum on Lebanese Emigration: Impact And Capitalization.

» May 2003, Beirut, Lebanon
Al-Raida magazine Spring-Summer issue on Non-Arab Women in the Arab World, edited by Dr. Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous, Adjunct Research Associate at LERC.