01 MAR 2011 16:30 Lecture
Patricia García (Ph.D. scholar in comparative literature in Dublin City University)
“Networks, Concrete Islands and Non-Places: Urban Tropes of the Contemporary Fantastic”
Irwin Hall, Beirut campus, LAU
Organized by LAU’s Comparative Literature Program
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01 MAR 2011 18:00 Séminaire
“Archéologie funéraire au Liban Séminaire 2″
H. Genz, H. Sader, Z. Fani
Conférences et séminaires organisés par l’Université Libanaise
Le département Archéologie et histoire de l’Antiquité
IFPO
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01 MAR 2011 19:00 Lecture
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Freitag (Zentrum Moderner Orient Berlin)
“Late Ottoman Jeddah: a precarious cosmopolitanism?”
OIB
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03 MAR 2011 17:30 Lecture
Francesco Dal Co (Professor of Architectural History at the University Institute of Architecture in Venice)
“Carlo Scarpa: A Master Behind the Times”
Beirut campus, LAU
Organized by LAU’s School of Architecture and Design – Department of Architecture and Interior Design
In collaboration with the Italian Culture Institute (Beirut), Italian Embassy (Beirut), Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and MAXXI Museum (Rome)
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03-10 MAR 2011 Exhibition
“Retrospective Exhibition”
Hicham Bekdash (painter)
Cultural Forum/Al Moltaqa, BAU
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03-25 MAR 2011 Exhibition
“Carlo Scarpa: The Inhabiting Space, Selected Drawings 1931–1963″
Beirut campus, LAU
Organized by LAU’s School of Architecture and Design – Department of Architecture and Interior Design
In collaboration with the Italian Culture Institute (Beirut), Italian Embassy (Beirut), Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and MAXXI Museum (Rome)
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03-31 MAR 2011 Exhibition
“hamra modern”
Richard Pelgrim (architect)
Cafe de Prague, Makdissi st.
In collaboration with the Neighborhood Initiative, AUB
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06 MAR 2011 Event
“Women Praying Together for the Well-being of their Families”
National Evangelical Church, Downtown Beirut
Organized by LAU’s Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World
In collaboration with:
The National Evangelical Church
The Greek Orthodox Church
The Catholic Church (Afro-Asian Migration Center)
Middle East Council of Churches
Lebanese Emigration Research Center – Notre Dame University
Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center
Fathers & Sons for Citizenship
World Vision Lebanon
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07 MAR 2011 12:00 Lecture
Samar Moujaes, Ph.D
“Ernest Renan and the ‘Clash of Civilizations’”
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: LAU’s School of Arts and Sciences – Department of Humanities
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07 MAR 2011 18:30 Débat
“La Renaissance culturelle Arabe revisitée: Une nouvelle Nahda est-elle possible?”
Pascal Cherki (Marie du 14ème arrondissement Conseiller de Paris)
Marie-Thérése Ataallah (Adjointe au Maire chargée du développment social)
Lieu: Bibliothèque Orientale
Un événement présenté par: Bibliothèque Orientale
En collaboration avec:
Le Club Libanais du Livre
Les Amis de la Bibliothèque Orientale de Beyrouth
Mairie du 14ème arrondissement
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07 MAR 2011 19:30 Lecture
“Israeli Apartheid, Colonialism & the Means of Resistance”
Salim Vally “Israeli Apartheid and the Global BDS Campaign”
Rania Masri “Anti-Normalization: A Lebanon Perspective”
Moderated by Hazem Jamjoum (IAW Organizing Committee)
West Hall, AUB
The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
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08-30 MAR 2011 Exhibition
“Exhibition of Revolutionary Posters”
Teh Marbouta Café, Hamra
Featuring the work of Nidal al-Khairy, Hafez Omar, Eric Ruin, and others
The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
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08 MAR 2011 Film+Talk
“Finding Zabel Yesayan”
Talin Suciyan (co-director)
Haigazian University
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08 MAR 2011 11:00 Lecture&Exhibition
Mona Trad Dabaji (artist)
Lecture on Middle Eastern women
Mark Hachem Gallery
On the occassion of International Women’s Day
In collaboration with Les Amis du Portugal
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08 MAR 2011 18:30 Lecture
Dr. Fadia Kiwan (director of the department of political science at St. Joseph University)
Lecture on International Women’s Day
Near the Mar Elias Church, Antelias
As part of the Lebanese Book Fair
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08 MAR 2011 19:00 Lecture
Prof. Dr. Alexander Flores (University of Applied Sciences in Bremen)
“Secularism and Islam: problem and perspectives”
OIB
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08 MAR 2011 20:30 Lecture
“Why We Struggle: Towards a Just Society”
Leila Khaled “Towards a Truly Liberated Society”
Hana Ibrahim “Iraq: Women on the Front Lines of Anti-Imperial Resistance”
Moderated by Sara Abou Ghazal (Nasawiya)
Issam Fares Hall, AUB
The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
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09 MAR 2011 12:00 Talk
Dr. Omnia Marzouk (activist for multiculturalism, tolerance and building a better world)
“Multiculturalism, Tolerance and Building a Better World”
Beirut campus, LAU
The event is co-sponsored by LAU’s Social Sciences Department and the Institute for Women’s Studies of in the Arab World (ISWAW)
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09 MAR 2011 13:00 Lecture
“Resisting Israeli Apartheid: Academic Boycott and Popular Mobilization”
Salim Vally “the Academic Boycott of Israel”
Razan Zuaytar “Means of anti-Colonial Resistance”
Lebanese University, al-Hadath
The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
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09 MAR 2011 13:00 Event
“Speakers’ Corner”
Theme: With respect to the recent Arab revolutions and regime changes, will the “Domino Effect” reach the Lebanese political scene?
between West Hall and Ada Dodge Hall area, AUB
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09 MAR 2011 17:00 Conférence
Pr Atsushi Okuda (Keio University)
“النظام الامبراطوري الياباني من وجهة النظى الدينية”
Lieu: Campus des sciences sociales, USJ
Un événement présenté par:
Centre académique japonais
Faculté des sciences religieuses
3ème anniversaire du Centre Académique Japonais
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09 MAR 2011 17:30 Lecture
“Israeli Foreign Policy: An Agent of Empire”
Hana Ibrahim “Israel’s Role in the U.S. Occupation of Iraq”
Fabio Bosco “Israel’s Role in the Pillage of Latin America”
Moderated by Hana Suleiman (Palestinian Cultural Club – LAU)
Irwin Hall, Beirut campus, LAU
The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
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10 MAR 2011 12:00 Lecture
Rosemary Sayigh
“Too Many Enemies, The Palestinian Experience in Lebanon”
Moderated by Sawsan Abdel Rahim (AUB Faculty of Health Sciences)
College Hall, AUB
The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
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10 MAR 2011 16:00 Lecture
Dr. Sam Potolicchio (professor of American politics & public affairs and research methods at Georgetown University)
“The United States: The Economic Model of Religion and Politics”
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: LAU’s School of Arts and Sciences – Department of Humanities
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10 MAR 2011 18:00 Lecture
“The Destruction of Palestinian Refugee Camps: An Ongoing Nakba”
Abu Ali Hasan “Destruction of Camps in Lebanon”
Kamel Mohanna “The Destruction of Tal al-Za’tar: an Eyewitness Account”
Ismail Shaikh Hassan “Campaign to Support Nahr el Bared”
Nawal Hassan “Nahr el Bared: An Ongoing Nakba”
Moderated by Abdel Malik Succarie (Lebanese Committee to Enforce the Boycott Law)
Beirut Theatre, Ain El Mreisseh – Beirut
The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
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10 MAR 2011 20:30 Film+Discussion
“Kingdom of Women”
Followed by discussion with the director: Dahna Abu Rahmeh
Beirut Theatre, Ain El Mreisseh – Beirut
The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
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11 MAR 2011 10:00 Event
The Hakawati Visits Shatila: Story-telling and Children’s Activities
Children and Youth Center, Shatila Refugee Camp
The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
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11 MAR 2011 16:00 Lecture
“Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Arab Civil Society: Colonial Infiltration vs. Bolstering Popular Struggle”
Mayssun Succarie “The Changing Dictionary of Arab Popular Movements”
Razan Zuaytar “The Threat of a Good Example: A Jordanian Experience”
Kamal Sheiya “Lebanese NGOs vs. Lebanese Civil Society”
Arab Palestinian Center, Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
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11 MAR 2011 17:00 Débat
Rencontre-Débat avec Son Excellence, Monsieur İnan Özyıldız, Ambassadeur de Turquie au Liban
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par: Département d’histoire
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12 MAR 2011 19:00 Concert
“A Tribute to the Squares of Liberation”
Abu Arab, Amal Kaawash, Firqet Oshaq al-Aqsa, and others
Babel Theater, Hamra, Beirut
The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
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13 MAR 2011 14:00 Lecture
“Workers’ Rights in Lebanon”
Rami Zurayk “Agricultural Workers in a Neoliberal Lebanon”
Sohail Natour “Palestinian Refugees and the Right to Work”
Samer al-Ashqar “Campaigns for Palestinian Workers’ Rights”
Speaker from African Workers’ Union “The Experience of Migrant Workers in Lebanon”
Moderated by Adib Bou Habib (Lebanese Monitor for Worker and Employee Rights)
Toufic Tabbara Center, Sanayeh, Beirut
The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
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15 MAR 2011 19:00 Lecture
Prof. Dr. Ahmad Hutait (Islamic University in Lebanon)
“Ibn Taymiyya wa-l-tasawwuf al-falsafi”
OIB
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17 MAR 2011 16:30 Conférence
Georgi Mikhailovitch Grechko (cosmonaut)
“First in space: celebrating the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s Flight”
Campus des sciences et technologies, USJ
Un événement présenté par: Faculté des sciences
En collaboration avec: Centre culturel Russe
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17 MAR 2011 17:00 Conférence
Prof. Florent Garnier (Vice-Doyen, Directeur de l’Ecole Doctorale, Faculté de Droit et de Science Politique, Université d’Auvergne Clermont 1)
“L’histoire du patrimoine culturel- Des monuments historiques au patrimoine immatériel”
Campus des sciences sociales, USJ
Un événement présenté par: Centre d’études des droits du monde arabe
En collaboration avec: Faculté de droit et des sciences politiques
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17 MAR 2011 19:00 Lecture
Prof. Dr. Rachid Ouaissa (ZNMS Marburg)
“Les partis islamistes modérés future partenaire de l’Union européenne?”
OIB
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17 MAR 2011 19:30 Event
“United We Celebrate, Divided we Fall”
Screening of “Hyphen Islam Christianity” documentary by Nada Raphael
Q&A with debate (3 or 4 panelists)
Fayha Choir live
Beirut campus, LAU
In collaboration with the Safadi Foundation
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18-31 MAR 2011 Exhibition
“Unveiling the Truth”
Chucrallah Fattouh (painter and sculptor)
Matossian Gallery, Haigazian University Art Center
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19 MAR 2011 19:30 Projection d’un film
“Hyphen Islam Christianity” (Un documentaire de Nada Raphaël)
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par:
Faculté des sciences religieuses
Institut d’études islamo-chrétiennes
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21 MAR 2011 Lecture
Georgi Mikhailovitch Grechko (cosmonaut)
“First in space: celebrating the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s Flight”
West Hall, AUB
In collaboration with the Russian Cultural Center in Beirut
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21 MAR 2011 18:00 Séminaire
“L’internationalisme sanitaire entre Orient et Occident (XIXe – XXe siècles)”
Sylvia Chiffoleau (Historienne, chercheur au CNRS, Ifpo)
Discutantes:
Livia Wick (Professeur assistante d’anthropologie à l’Université américaine de Beyrouth)
Rouham Yamout (Médecin, chercheur à la Faculté des Sciences médicales de l’Université américaine de Beyrouth)
IFPO
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22 MAR 2011 17:15 Presentation
Dr. May Chidiac (founder and president of the Foundation-Media Institute)
“Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Media Industry”
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: LAU’s School of Arts and Sciences
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22 MAR 2011 18:00 Séminaire
“Archéologie funéraire Séminaire 3: Mourir à Cyrrhus”
Jeanine Abdulmassih (AUB) “Les nécropoles de Cyrrhus : état de la question”
Frédéric Alpi (Ifpo Beyrouth) et Zeina Fani (UL) “Stèles funéraires inscrites et sculptées”
Mathilde Gelin (Ifpo Damas) “Les inhumations du secteur de la citadelle”
Ifpo – rdc Pavillon I – Bibliothèque d’Archéologie
Conférences et séminaires organisés par l’Université Libanaise
Le département Archéologie et histoire de l’Antiquité
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24 MAR 2011 Seminar
“Children at Risk in Lebanon”
Opening Address: Dr. Arda Ekmekji (Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences)
Presenters:
Sanaa Awada (Higher Council of Childhood in Lebanon)
Soha Bsat Boustani (UNICEF)
Dr. Rula Khouri (Head of the Department of Sociology at St. Joseph University)
Venue: Haigazian University
Organizer: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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28 MAR 2011 16:00 Panel discussion
“The Democratic Changes in the Region in Light of the Arab Intifadat”
Panelists: Drs. Fadia Kiwan and Fawwaz Trabulsi
Moderator: Dr. Bassel Salloukh
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: LAU’s Retirees’ Circle
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30 MAR 2011 12:00 Event
“Speakers’ Corner”
Theme: Imagine the confessional system did collapse, what is the alternative model for Lebanon?
between West Hall and Ada Dodge Hall area, AUB
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30 MAR 2011 18:30 Lecture
Edouard Francois (architect)
“Green Architecture”
Charles W. Hostler Student Center Auditorium, AUB
Organizer: Department of Architecture and Design, AUB
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31 MAR 2011 18:00 Séminaire
Anne-Marie Eddé (IRHT-CNRS, Paris)
“La justice de Barqûq (1382-1399): Discours sur la légitimité d’un sultan mamelouk”
Bibliothèque Orientale, USJ
Un événement présenté par:
Bibliothèque Orientale
Centre Louis Pouzet d’étude des civilisations anciennes et médiévales
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31 MAR 2011 18:30 Séminaire
Pr Michel SCHEUER s.j.
“Bologne 1088, 1988, 1999… Quelle harmonisation de l’enseignement supérieur?”
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par:
Chaire Louis D. Institut de France d’anthropologie interculturelle
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31 MAR-01 APR 2011 Séminaire
“Séminaire International de Génie parasismique: Risque, conception, renforcement et normalisation”
Campus des sciences et technologies, USJ
Un événement présenté par:
École supérieure d’ingénieurs de Beyrouth
En collaboration avec :
Association française du génie parasismique (AFPS)
Conseil national de la recherche scientiἀque libanais (CNRS-L)
Ordre des ingénieurs et architectes de Beyrouth (OEA)
UNESCO
Union internationale des ingénieurs et des scientifiques utilisant la langue française (UISF)
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