On November 28th, Prof. Ines Mzali from SolBridge International School of Business held a research seminar on the topic "Literary Reappropriations of Refugee Narratives." 

The talk offered insights into the role of legislative terminology in matters concerning refugee status and the ways in which the problems surrounding such terminologies are examined and brought into question by Omar el Akkad in his 2021 novel, What Strange Paradise. 

This is part of the Liberal Arts Research Seminar series (launched this semester). Some of the previous talks were: "The Rouran Avar Empire in Mongolia and the Silk Road by Prof. Andrew Shimunek on September 26; and "Poetry Reading and Talk" by Prof. Harold Y. Shim on October 31.