Recent Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Lectures etc... 1995 – Present

"Radical Islamist Sayyid Qutb's Early Discourse on Sufism: A Preliminary Examination." a lecture read at the University of Haifa's Conference on Islamic Fundamentalism and Sufism: Continuities and Confrontations Through Modernity and Globalization, Haifa, Israel, July 1-4, 2007.   "The Making of Radical Islamism and Global Jihad: The Sayyid Qutb Factor and Influence," a short paper read in The 2006 International Conference of the Institute of Humanities at Kyung hu University (titled Muslim Communities in Western Europe and the Middle East), Seoul, South Korea, December 2,2006.   "The Palestinian Diaspora in Latin America: The Formative Stages,'' a research paper presented at the Colombo-Arab and Arab-Latin American Cultural Encounter Convention, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 23 November 2006; and "Inherent Weakness in Palestinian-Israeli Relations and Palestinian and Arab Peaceful Intentions," a paper presented to the same convention, 24 November 2006.   Palestinian Diaspora in Latin America: The Formative Stages, 19th Century to Early 20th Century, By: Adnan A. Musallam, Ph.D. Associate Professor & Chairperson Department of Humanities, Bethlehem University Bethlehem, West Bank, PNA Palestine. Submitted to: La Fundacion Encuentro Cultural Colombo – Arab (Zuleima Slebi de Manzur, Presidenta Ejecutiva) see Appendix - Five Generations of Immigration to Latin America   "Arab Intellectuals and the Challenges of Western Civilization in the 20th Century: The Formative Cultural and Political Discourse of Sayyid Qutb,1933-1954," was read in the Arab American University of Jenin's Conference on Arab and Islamic Nationalist Thought and the Challenges of the Present, Ramallah, The West Bank 15 November 2006.   Academic Leadership Development for Deans and Department Chairs of Bethlehem University , March 21, 22 amd 23, 2006. Presented by Professor Andrew J. Winnick of California State University, Los Angeles and Odysseus Consulting Services of California in collaboration with Universita Catholico del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy.   Educators’ Forum on Education, Democracy, Identity and Conflict, July 4-15, 2005 Faculty of Eduction, Bethlehem University.  I presented a lecture, which was followed by group discussions, on “Highlights and Perspective: The Modern History of Palestine,” on Wednesday July 5th.   “Radical / Jihadist Islamism and Global Jihad, 1964 – Present: The Impact of Sayyid Qutb,”  in The Proceedings of the Third International Conference for Century 21 Middle Eastern and Islamic Civilization Project,  The Korea Research Foundation, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea, 26 March 2005, pp. 13 – 43.   Gave a general lecture on Palestine and the Palestinian – Israeli conflict in the Post-Arafat Era at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, South Korea on the 25th of March 2005.   I moderated a panel on the auto-biography of Bethlehem’s native Jabra Ibrahim Jabra as seen in his novel “The First Well” (al-Bi’r al-Ula) which was part of a scholarly conference on Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, 28-29 August 2004, which took place at Bethlehem University.   I participated in “Opening Horizons: A Dutch (IKU) Palestinian (AEI) Educators Seminar, 14 May, 2004.  I spoke on “Oral history and Self-Image of Palestinians in Palestinian Education: My Project with Bethlehem University History students”.   I gave a lecture to Dutch (IKU) College students, 5 May 2004, concerning the partition of Palestine, 1937-Present.   Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) and World Council of Churches (WCC), Urban Rural Mission; Workshop on Spiritual Approaches and Principles in Working with the Marginalized, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, 7 – 14 October, 2002. I gave a presentation on the Palestinian situation.   Seminar on “Eye-witness to Genocide: British, Danish and Italian Accounts of the Armenian Genocide”, Armenian Seminary Auditorium, Jerusalem, 13 June 2002. I presented a paper on the British account: “The Blue Book: The Viscount Bryce and Arnold Toynbee’s Report, 1916”.   The Fourth International Symposium for cooperation Among Historic Cities of the Mediterranean, March 1-3, 2000 Bethlehem, Palestine.  I presented a paper titled “The strangulation of Historic Cities:  The case of the Bethlehem Area, Palestine under Israeli Hegemony.”   Workshop on International Humanitarian Law, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education, 19, 20, 21 February 2000 in Ramallah, Palestine.   Bethlehem Memories 1937: A Utopian Solution to the Palestinian Problem.  The case of Anton Yaqub al-’Ama (Lama) and the Esperantine State or United Jordan.  A lecture given at Wi’am Palestinian Conflict Resolution Center, Bethlehem on 22 April 1999, also see the scout publication, Nusour al-Mahd (Eagles of the Nativity), 5 March 2006.   The Second Palestinian Geographical Conference, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, 26-28 April 1999 titled “The Palestinian State: Elements and Components”. I spoke on the Palestinian Declaration of State, 15 November 1988 and its significance to the newly emerging Palestinian state.   Philadelphia University, Jordan, Faculty of Arts.  4th International Conference, 4-6 May 1998, on Arab Culture and “Globalization”. I presented a paper on the historical roots of “Globalization” and its consequences on the Arab East. International Symposium, The Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church's International Center, Bethlehem, Oct. 1-8, 1995.  I presented a paper on the role of the Christian Arabs in the Modern History of the Middle East.   Conference on Future Palestinian-Egyptian Economic Relations, March 19-21, 1995, Cairo, Egypt, organized jointly by the Friedrich-Nauman-stiftung, the Center for Palestine Research Studies, Nablus, Ayn Shams University, Cairo, and Al-Ahram Economic Magazine.