Waterford Public Library: Lecture: Syrian Lebanese Migration To The Americas

Press release from the Waterford Public Library:

April 29, 2022

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some two hundred thousand people departed from Mt. Lebanon to make their way to the New World. These men and women forged many different paths to social, cultural, and economic advancement through migration; the works of Khalil Gibran are just one example of the many legacies of this diaspora in contemporary American life.

This presentation will explore the history of the early Syrian-Lebanese communities in the Americas, contextualizing the migration process in the history of Mt. Lebanon and detailing some of the life trajectories of these migrants, including in southeastern Connecticut.

Registration is suggested by clicking here. Joseph Leidy is a Ph.D. candidate in modern Middle Eastern history at Brown University and a teaching fellow in Global Islamic Studies at Connecticut College. His research interests include the history of youth and childhood, Lebanon in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and Syrian-Lebanese migration.

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