The Institute for Migration Studies (IMS) at Lebanese American University (LAU), in partnership with the Centre for Intercultural Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, is organizing a conference on the “relationships between Diaspora communities and their ‘homelands’ and their impact on the state, national identities, peace and conflict”. Scholars and researchers from various social science disciplines are encouraged to participate in this event by presenting papers on their latest research on these topics.