{"id":55,"date":"2025-10-25T15:50:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T15:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/rebeizm\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:19:34","slug":"invited-talks-presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/rebeizm\/invited-talks-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Invited Talks &amp; Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Selected Invited Talks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>On the Middle East &amp; North Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The Iran War: Context &amp; Shockwaves.&#8221; Shippensburg University, March 2026.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGovernance in Africa: Challenges &amp; Opportunities in 2025.\u201d The Africa Center, January 2025. Webinar.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLebanon &amp; Hezbollah.\u201d Middle East in Crisis. International Law Association, Fordham Law School, October 2024.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTerrorism, Human Rights, and Violation of International Law in Gaza and Israel.\u201d Israel and Gaza Conflict: History &amp; Politics Behind the Crisis. Shippensburg University, November 2023.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHezbollah, Lebanon, and Northern Israel.\u201d War in the Middle East: What\u2019s Next for the World? The World Affairs Council of Harrisburg, October 2023. Webinar.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Beirut Barracks Bombing of 1983: The Stories that America Needs to Hear,\u201d Dickinson, September 2023.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Invisibility of the Arab American Community in the U.S. Census,\u201d Office of Management and Budget at The White House, July 2023. Online Listening Session.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLebanon \u2013 U.S. Relations: The Marines in Lebanon in 1958, 1982-1984,\u201d U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, June 2023.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHistory of Beirut 1982-1984.\u201d In collaboration with Provost Jim Breckenridge of the Army War College. Groundbreaking of the Beirut Peacekeepers Tower organized by the William R Gaines Jr. Veterans Memorial Park, Florida, March 2023.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTurmoil in Iran: Women Take to the Streets.\u201d The World Affairs Council of Harrisburg, October 2022. Webinar.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLebanon Under Siege: The Rise of Hezbollah State.\u201d 2022 International Peace Symposium. People Under Siege. Elizabethtown College, September 2022.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDefining the Conflict: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Greater Middle East.\u201d Online Roundtable on the Legacy of the Great War. Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum, February 2021. Online Seminar.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat Does It Mean to Be Arab-American?\u201d Popel Shaw Center for Race &amp;\u00a0 Ethnicity, Dickinson, April 2020.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHummus: A Political Dish.\u201d Seminar on Food Studies, Dickinson, March 2020.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOctober 17, 2019: The Birth of the Lebanese Nation?\u201d The United States Army War College, February 2020.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProtests Around the World: What is Next for the Arab World?\u201d Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, Dickinson, February 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>On Women\u2019s Rights <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(Keynote Speaker) &#8220;Middle Eastern Women in the U.S &#8211; Iran War,&#8221; International Women&#8217;s Conference &amp; Fashion Show, Central Penn College &amp; World Affairs Council of Harrisburg, March 2026.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cActivism and Self-Care.\u201d Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security, and Conflict Transformation, Fellowship Program, February 2025. Webinar.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGendering Civil War: Lebanese Women Writing the War,\u201d The Lebanese American University, Lebanon, June 2023.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWomen Facing Despotism &amp; Destruction.\u201d International Women\u2019s Conference &amp; Fashion Show, The Civic Club of Harrisburg &amp; the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg, March 2023.<\/li>\n<li>\u201dKnow Thy Neighbor: Incidents of Immigration and Hospitality in Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Chehade\u2019s <em>Loom \/ <\/em>Conna\u00eetre ses voisins: immigration et hospitalit\u00e9 dans le roman de Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Chehade <em>Loom.<\/em>\u201d Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse Jean Jaur\u00e8s, France, April 2022. Online Seminar.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Lebanese Civil War &amp; Francophone Women Writers.\u201d Shippensburg University, March 2022.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGender Representation in Nadine Labaki\u2019s <em>Caramel<\/em>.\u201d Fundamentals of Digital Film Production, Dickinson, April 2021.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Omniscient Narrator or the Voice of Reason in Chedid\u2019s Works.\u201d Juniata College, February 2021. Online Seminar.<\/li>\n<li>Toxic Masculinity as Political Strategy\u00a0: Trump\u2019s Influence from the Street to the Supreme Court\/\u201cLa Masculinit\u00e9 toxique comme strat\u00e9gie politique\u00a0: L\u2019influence de Trump de la rue jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la Cour Supr\u00eame,\u201d Le Droit international \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve de l\u2019administration Trump\u00a0: Bilan de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique au sein des instances internationales. Institut d\u2019Etudes de G\u00e9opolitique Appliqu\u00e9e, France, January 2021. Online Seminar.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDredging the Lower Levels of Higher Education: Perspectives of a Woman of Color.\u201d Department of Women\u2019s, Gender and Sexuality Studies &amp; Women\u2019s and Gender Resource Center, Dickinson, April 2019.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA House Divided Cannot Stand: A Conflicted Mother-Daughter Relationship in Hyam Yared\u2019s <em>La Mal\u00e9diction.<\/em>\u201d The Lebanese American University, Lebanon, February 2019.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Story of Zahra.\u201d Middle Eastern Studies Program, Dickinson, February 2019.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRepresentations of the Female Body in Lebanese Francophone Literature.\u201d Lake Forest College, February 2018.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Inferiority, Impurity, and Illness of the Female Body in Hyam Yared\u2019s <em>La Mal\u00e9diction.<\/em>\u201d Dickinson, February 2018.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Curse of Femininity in Lebanon.\u201d Stetson University, February 2018.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTeaching French or My Colonial Language in the United States.\u201d Muskingum University, February 2017.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cExpressing the female self in French and Arabic war narratives from Algeria and Lebanon.\u201d University of South Florida, January 2016.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat I Wish I Had Known When I Started.\u201d The Faculty Center, Stony Brook University, February 2016.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDomestic Violence, Cyclic Poverty, Human Rights and Making a Difference.\u201d Panel based on the book and documentary \u2018<em>A Path Appears\u2019. <\/em>Jewish Foundation for the Education of Women Scholar, Stony Brook University, April 2015.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWork \u2013 Life Balance: Diverse Perspectives and Tips.\u201d Bowling Green State University, March 2014.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWomen\u2019s War Narratives from the Maghreb to the Mashreq.\u201d Loyola University Maryland, February 2013.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Feminine I in the Chaos of the Senses.\u201d Williams College, February 2012.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFrancophone Women Narrative Strategies in Postcolonial Algeria and Lebanon.\u201d Bowling Green State University, January 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Selected Conferences\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>On the Middle East &amp; North Africa\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cKilling Lebanon: Hezbollah\u2019s War on National Memories.\u201d Communities and Change: Seventh Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association, Newcastle University, UK, July 2023.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTeaching While Arab in the United States of America.\u201d Annual Conference Gender and Sexuality in the Neoliberal University: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Interdisciplinary Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster \u2013 De Montfort University \u2013 Leicester, UK, May 2021, Online Conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>On Women&#8217;s Rights\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">&#8220;Gendered Violence in MENA Region: Between State and Society,&#8221; Roundtable, Middle East Studies Association, November 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201cFrom Darkness to Spotlight: How Magical Realism brings Women out of Confinement and into the Light in Hyam Yared\u2019s <em>L\u2019Armoire des ombres.<\/em>\u201d Class, Confinement and Criminality in Contemporary Women\u2019s Writing. Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women\u2019s Writing, Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK, August 2020, Online Seminar.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cArab Women in Current Revolutions. Representations and Accomplishments.\u201d Bold Women. Wilson College Humanities Conference, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, February 2020.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Multiple Meanings of Flora\u2019s Femininity in <em>La Ma\u00eetresse du Notable<\/em>\u201d. (Post)colonialism in the Female Gaze. Northeast Modern Language Association, Washington DC, March 2019.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLe Grotesque, le Carnavalesque et l\u2019Absurde chez V\u00e9nus Khoury &#8211; Ghata\u201d. V\u00e9nus-Khoury Ghata\u00a0: Pour Un Dialogue Transculturel. Institut d\u2019Etudes Avanc\u00e9es, Paris, France, March 2017.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Disappearance of Women\u2019s Voices in Postcolonial Algeria. A Study of Wahiba Khiari\u2019s <em>Nos Silences.<\/em>\u201d Peace, War, and Literature. Ten Years of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize: A Literary Conference. Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, October 2015.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAlgerian and Lebanese women\u2019s voices in war time.\u201d Aesthetics and Catastrophe: Women\u2019s Transnational Narratives in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century. American Comparative Literature Association, Seattle, Washington, March 2015.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cZahra, A Masochist in Times of War\u201d. BDSM\/Kink\/Fetish Studies. Popular Culture Association \u2013 American Culture Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2014.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201c\u00c9crire l\u2019Urgence au F\u00e9minin au Liban.\u201d Narrative Matters: Life and Narrative, International Conference, American University of Paris, Paris, France, May \u2013 June 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected Invited Talks On the Middle East &amp; North Africa &#8220;The Iran War: Context &amp; Shockwaves.&#8221; Shippensburg University, March 2026. \u201cGovernance in Africa: Challenges &amp; Opportunities in 2025.\u201d The Africa Center, January 2025. Webinar. \u201cLebanon &amp; Hezbollah.\u201d Middle East in Crisis. 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