title: EMERGING FIELDS OF STUDIES IN DIASPORA
abstract: The concept of Diaspora did not figure in the social sciences until the late 1960s. The word originated from Greek. The term earlier referred mainly to the Jewish experience. It primarily referred to the expulsion of Jewish people from their homeland to Babylonia and to the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple. In a way, the term conveyed a sense of loss implying that the Jewish population was dispersed with their loss of territory. However, the concept has also been used in a positive sense 