Middle Eastern Communities in Latin America
The objective of this symposium is to initiate a discussion at UCLA on multiple facets of Middle Eastern communities in Latin America with the objective of elaborating a broader research project.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
UCLA
Speakers:
- John Tofik Karam, DePaul University, “Another Arabesque: Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil”
- Camila Pastor, UCLA, “The Mashreq in Mexico: Making Class in the Postcolonial World”
- Christina E. Civantos, University of Miami, Between Argentines and Arabs: Argentine Orientalism, Arab Immigrants, and the Writing of Identity”
Cost: Free and open to the public
For more information please contact
Diliana Peregrina
Tel: (310) 825-4571
dperegri@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/lac/
Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies, Latin American Institute
