Institute For Middle East Studies

8:30 - 9:00 Sign-In and Coffee 9:00 - 9:10 Welcoming Remarks Marc Lynch, The George Washington University 9:10 – 9:45 Introductory Remarks: ‘Refugees and Crisis in the Middle East: Research Agendas and Frameworks,’ Julie Peteet, University of Louisville 9:45 – 11:15 Panel I: State Responses to Refugee Flows & Displaced Populations Lamis Abdelaaty, University of California – Santa Cruz Elizabeth Ferris, Brookings Institution Rochelle Davis, Georgetown University 11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break 11:30 – 1:00 Panel II: Humanitarian Organizations & Responses to Refugee Crises Geraldine Chatelard, Institut Français du Proche-Orient Margot Ellis, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Hani Mowafi, Yale Medicine & Amnesty International Adrienne Fricke, University of California – Davis, Human Rights Initiative 1:00 – 2:00 Lunch 2:00 – 3:30 Panel III: Documenting the Experiences of Refugees and the Displaced Zainab Saleh, Haverford College Nell Gabiam, Iowa State University Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University