Transcripts
The Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
>The future of the Palestinian refugees remains one of the key stumbling blocks to a peace deal in the Middle East. While the world's attention is focused once again on events in the Occupied Territories, it is the fate of the 'external' refugees which is emerging as the most complex challenge for Israel and the Palestinian leadership. Nowhere is this more evident than in Lebanon, one of the region's most fragile states. Based on recent fieldwork, this lecture will explore the situation of the refugees in Lebanon and consider the commonly raised options for resolution of this 60 year crisis.
Multiculturalism and the 'Islamic question'
>This presentation explores why Western multiculturalists find it hard to extend their famed 'recognition and tolerance' to embrace people from Islamic culture. It argues that this difficulty arises both from some enduring weaknesses in Multiculturalism itself and from some of the ways in which Islamic cultures are lived today.