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Interview with Ghassan Hage

Professor Ghassan Hage on waiting as an analytical category in migration studies.

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Janne B. Bøe

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By Janne Bjorheim BøeUpdated: 05.07.2022 (First published: 22.03.2019)

Ghassan Hage is Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory at the University of Melbourne, Australia. The interview was done in connection with SKOK's WAIT project.

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Open seminar with Professor Ghassan Hage

Professor Ghassan Hage presents his paper "The patriarchal management of what to keep and what to give of oneself in the making of Lebanon’s diasporic modernity".

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The WAIT project uses theories of temporality and the concept of 'waitinghood' as tools for producing new and critical insights into the cultural conditions and implications of migration.
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On the specificity of Lebanese diasporic patriarchy

Questions regarding migration and patriarchy, in particular the Lebanese diaspora, were debated during Ghassan Hage's visit in Bergen.