<p> Globalizing Palestine: Birzeit University’s Digital Archive in an International Perspective – Towards a Chaotic Order The Birzeit University Digital Palestinian Archive at the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies (IALIIS) announces the holding of a two-day conference at Birzeit University entitled: “Globalizing Palestine: Birzeit University’s Archive in an International Perspective – Towards a Chaotic Order.”</p><p>Monday and Tuesday March 24-25, 2014</p><p>Simultaneous translation is available</p><p>Monday, March 24, 2014</p><p>Day One: PLACES</p><p>8:30 – 9:00 Registration</p><p>9:00-10:20 Conference Opening and Keynote Address</p><p>Moderator: to be determined</p><p>(10 minutes) Birzeit University: Words of Greeting. </p><p>(10 minutes) Abdul Karim Al-Barghouthi, Director, IALIIS: Words of Introduction. </p><p>(40 minutes) Ann Laura Stoler, keynote: Archiving Palestine: The Conceptual Power of Dissensus</p><p>(20 minutes) Open Discussion</p><p>10:20 – 10:35 Coffee Break</p><p>10:35-12:25 First Session: Fragments</p><p>Moderator: to be determined</p><p>20 Minutes Anoush Suni, The Ruin as Archive: Landscape and Memory in Anatolia. Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Hamed Salem, Pottery as a Source for the Ancient History of the Everyday Abstract(Arabic)</p><p>20 Minutes Carsten Walbiner, Faith in History: Archival Materials of the Near Eastern Christian Communities Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Salim Tamari, Memoirs and Biographies of Childhood in Palestine: Problems with Source Material Abstract(English)</p><p>30 Minutes Open Discussion</p><p>12:25-13:25 Lunch Break</p><p>13:25-15:15 Second Session: Regimes</p><p>Moderator: to be determined</p><p>20 Minutes Ronald Suny, “Rasekretevanie:” The Un-Secreting of Soviet Archives Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Daniel Lowe, The Colonial Archive in a Post-Colonial and Digital Age: Persian Gulf Records Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Alexis Wick, Ranke of the Arabs: Asad Rustum and the Making of Post- Ottoman History Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Roger Heacock, The Habsburg Dance of Death, 1916-1918: Foreign Ministry Documents as a Mask Abstract(English)</p><p>30 Minutes Open Discussion</p><p>15:15– 15:30 Coffee Break</p><p>15:30-17:20 Third Session: Words</p><p>Moderator: to be determined</p><p>20 Minutes Dorothy Sheridan, A Counter-Archive? Ideas for Palestine from the British- based “Mass Observation Project” Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Musa Sroor, Waqf Documents as a Source for the History of Jerusalem Abstract(Arabic)</p><p>20 Minutes Vincent Lemire and Falestin Naïli, Globalizing Jerusalem: For a Transnational, Open and Bottom-Up Database of Primary Archives </p><p>20 Minutes Emilio Dabed, The Archives of the Palestinian Legislative Council: Interplay of Shadows and Light</p><p>30 Minutes Open Discussion</p><p>Tuesday, March 25, 2014 </p><p>Day Two: TIMES</p><p>8:30 – 9:00 Registration</p><p>9:00-10:50 Fourth Session: Loss</p><p>Moderator: to be determined</p><p>20 Minutes Rana Barakat, Remembering Lifta or the Tensions of Oral Archiving Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Jihane Sfeir, The Online Archives of the Nakba: Between History and Memory Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Samih Shabib, Lost Documents of the PLO: The Fate of the Research Center Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Abeer Shaheen, The Iraqi Archive Between Dispersal and Fragmentation Abstract(English)</p><p>30 Minutes Open Discussion</p><p>10:50-11:05 Coffee Break</p><p>11:05-12:55 Fifth Session: Agency</p><p>Moderator: to be determined</p><p>20 Minutes Martin Bunton, How Mandatory? Records of British Rule in Palestine, 1917- 1948 Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Samih Hammoudeh, Documents of the Great Palestinian Revolt, 1936-1939: Family Papers Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Heidi Morrison, Past or Present? Towards an Oral History Archive of the Second Intifada Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Ilana Feldman, The Archive and the Work of the Present Abstract(English)</p><p>30 Minutes Open Discussion</p><p>12:55-14:00 Lunch Break</p><p>14:00-15:50 Sixth Session: Reflections</p><p>Moderator: to be determined</p><p>20 Minutes Rosemary Sayigh, Oral History and the Absence of State. (Via Skype) Abstract (English)</p><p>20 Minutes Adel Yahya, The Outcome of Palestinian Oral History Projects Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Sherna Gluck, Lessons from the California State University, Long Beach Virtual/Oral History Archive Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Marta Cariello, Digital Archives of Palestine: Desire and Anticipated Memories Abstract(English)</p><p>30 Minutes Open Discussion</p><p>15:50-16:05 Coffee Break</p><p>16:05-17:50 Seventh Session: Tomorrows</p><p>Moderator: to be determined 20 Minutes Adnan Yahya, Information Technology as Cultural Heritage Preservation Tool Abstract(English)</p><p>20 Minutes Saleh Abdel Jawad, Palestinian Archives: General Observations Abstract(Arabic)</p><p>20 Minutes Lourdes Habash & Raed Bader, Birzeit’s Digital Palestinian Archive: A Critical Appraisal Abstract(Arabic)</p><p>30 Minutes Open Discussion</p><p>15 Minutes Concluding Remarks</p>