Former names | The Lebanese in North Carolina Project |
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Type | Research Institute |
Established | 2010 |
Founder | Moise Khayrallah |
Parent institution | College of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Affiliation | North Carolina State University |
Director | Akram Khater |
Location | Raleigh , North Carolina |
Website | http://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/ |
The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies is a public history and research center in the North Carolina State University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Its mission is to support the production and dissemination of knowledge about the Lebanese Diaspora in the US and throughout the world. Founded in 2010, the center is located in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1]
The Center supports a digital archive of material about the Lebanese Diaspora,[2] collects oral histories, produced the PBS documentary Cedars in the Pines: The Lebanese in North Carolina (2012), and collaborated with the North Carolina Museum of Art to produce the Cedars in the Pines museum exhibition documenting the history of the Lebanese-American community in North Carolina.[3][4][5] The Center has also developed a K-12 curriculum and publishes the peer-reviewed journal Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East Migration Studies.[6][7]