03 MAY 2011 09:00 Panel Discussion
“Turkey’s Relations with a Changing Arab World ”
Mövenpick Hotel & Resort, Beirut
Hosted by the Carnegie Middle East Center
This event is in partnership with the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation
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03 MAY 2011 18:00 Lecture
Mark Wigley (architect, writer and critic)
“Utzon’s Wings: The Mythology of the Global Architect”
Architecture Lecture Hall, AUB
Department of Architecture and Design
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03 MAY 2011 18:00 Panel Discussion
“Social and Digital Media, Changing Politics, Revolutionizing Media Education”
Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, AUB
WAAAUB
On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day
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03 MAY 2011 18:00 Lecture
Margaret Litvin (Assistant Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at Boston University)
“2001-2011: A Decade of Arab Performance Under American Eyes”
West Hall, AUB
Sponsor: The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research, AUB
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03 MAY 2011 18:00 Séminaire
“Archéologie funéraire du Liban: Séminaire 4″
Rita Balech (UL) : « Les hypogées hellénistiques, romains et byzantins de la Béqaa centrale et méridionale »
Nada Helou (UL) : « L’identification de la chapelle annexe de Maad d’après son iconographie »
Hassan Badawi (UL) : « Tombes rupestres de Adloun »
Bibliothèque d’Archéologie, IFPO
Conférences et séminaires organisés par l’Université Libanaise
Le département Archéologie et histoire de l’Antiquité
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04 MAY 2011 16:00 Panel Discussion
“The Need for Inclusive Growth: The IMF Economic Outlook for the MENA Region”
Speakers:
Eric Mottu (IMF), Simon Neaime (AUB), Lahcen Achy (CMEC)
Carnegie Middle East Center
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04 MAY 2011 16:00 Lecture
Beatriz Colomina (Professor of Architecture, Princeton University)
“Blurred Visions: Architectures of Surveillance from Mies to SANAA”
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: LAU’s School of Architecture and Design – Department of Architecture and Interior Design
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04 MAY 2011 19:00 Conférence
Samir Khalil Samir, sj. (Professeur d’islamologie et de théologie orientale au Pontificio Istituto Orientale de Rome – Fondateur du CEDRAC)
“Marie dans l’Islam”
Amphithéâtre Gulbenkian, Campus des sciences sociales, USJ
Un événement présenté par :
CEDRAC (Centre de Documentation et de Recherches Arabes Chrétiennes)
Faculté des sciences religieuses
“XIe mois de l’Orient Chrétien: Marie dans la tradition religieuse du Moyen-Orient”
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04 MAY 2011 19:30 Event
“When a White Dove Soars…”
West Hall, AUB
Insight and Children of Adam student clubs
to support Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
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04-06 MAY 2011 International Conference
“Shakespeare’s Imagined Orient”
AUB
Organized by the Department of English at AUB, in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), the Office of the Provost and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR)
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05 MAY 2011 17:00 Lecture
Saad Andari (Vice Governor of the Central Bank and Ali Termos, Assistant Professor, OSB)
“Lebanese Public Debt and Monetary Policy”
Maamari Auditorium, OSB, AUB
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05 MAY 2011 17:00 Lecture
Alex Baladi (comic artist) and Isabelle Nouzha (experimental filmmaker)
“Frankenstein encore et toujours”
Architecture Lecture Hall, AUB
Department of Architecture and Design
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06 MAY 2011 08:00 Seminar
“Air quality in Beirut”
West Hall, AUB
The National Council for Scientific Research, Beirut Municipality, AUB and the University of Saint Joseph
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06 MAY 2011 12:00 Seminar
“The Effect of Diglossia on Vocabulary Acquisition in Arabic of Lebanese Bilingual Students in a Private School”
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: LAU’s School of Arts and Sciences – Department of Education
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06 MAY 2011 17:00 Rencontre
Rencontre-débat avec S.E. M. Wu Zexian, Ambassadeur de la République Populaire de Chine au Liban
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par : Département d’histoire
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06 MAY 2011 18:00 Lecture
Pierre Hebert (artist) on live animation practices
Architecture Lecture Hall, AUB
Department of Architecture and Design
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06-27 MAY 2011 Exposition
“La Bible, patrimoine de l’humanité”
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par : Faculté des sciences religieuses
En collaboration avec : La Société Biblique du Liban
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07 MAY 2011 09:00 Séminaire
P. Aziz Hallak, s.j.
“‘Ilm el Kalam et le dialogue avec les autres religions”
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par :
Faculté des sciences religieuses
Institut d’études islamo-chrétiennes
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09 MAY 2011 09:00 Séminaire
“Séminaire doctoral de l’Ifpo, Département des études contemporaines”
Marie Bonte (étudiante en Master de géographie à l’ENS Lyon) “Les espaces et les pratiques nocturnes à Gemmayzé”
Discutant: Nicolas Puig (anthropologue à l’IRD)
Samer Ghamroun (doctorant à l’Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique de l’ENS Cachan) “Quelle justice des mineurs dans un contexte de pluralisme judiciaire ? Le juge des enfants au Liban, entre normes sociales communautaires et normes juridiques étatiques”
Discutant: Élisabeth Longuenesse (sociologue, directrice des études contemporaines de l’IFPO-Beyrouth)
IFPO
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09 MAY 2011 12:00 Concert
Russian Concert
Byblos campus, LAU
Organizer: LAU’s School of Arts and Sciences – Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (Byblos)
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09 MAY 2011 18:00 Lecture
William Degenaro & Margaret Williard-Traub (University of Michigan- Dearborn)
“Beirut and Dearborn: Collaboration and Cross-Cultural Academic Literarcies”
West Hall, AUB
The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research
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10 MAY 2011 19:00 Concert
Russian Folk Troup
Assembly Hall, AUB
Russian Cultural Center in Beirut in coordination with the Office of Communications
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10-13 MAY 2011 Cycle de conférences
“Cycle de conférences de Henry Laurens, Professeur au Collège de France”
organisé par :
Le Département d’Histoire de la Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines de l’USJ,
La Mission culturelle française au Liban, et l’Institut Français du Proche-Orient
10 MAY 18:30
« RENAN ET LA PHÉNICIE »
Centre Culturel Français
11 MAY 15:00
« LES RAPPORTS ENTRE MÉTROPOLE ET COLONIE »
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
11 MAY 18:30
« LA GUERRE FROIDE EN MÉDITERRANÉE – LE CAS DE LA PALESTINE »
Bâtiment A, 6e étage, salle Joseph Zaarour, USJ
12 MAY 18:30
« A LA RECHERCHE DE LA CHOSE FRANCO-ARABE »
IFPO
13 MAY 15:00
« COMMENT AFFRONTER LE PASSE »
Centre Culturel Français
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11 MAY 2011 19:00 Conférence
Mahmoud Zibawi (Historien de l’art et enseignant à la Faculté des sciences religieuses – USJ)
“Marie dans l’iconographie orientale”
Amphithéâtre Gulbenkian, Campus des sciences sociales, USJ
Un événement présenté par :
CEDRAC (Centre de Documentation et de Recherches Arabes Chrétiennes)
Faculté des sciences religieuses
“XIe mois de l’Orient Chrétien: Marie dans la tradition religieuse du Moyen-Orient”
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12-13 MAY 2011 10:00-16:00 Animal art exhibition
“Celebrating Life”
Paintings and installation by Dr. Layla Azem
Rima Hourani Exhibition Hall, Byblos campus, LAU
Organizer: LAU’s Institute for Peace and Justice Education in association with Beirut for Ethical Treatment of Animals (BETA)
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12 MAY 2011 18:00 Lecture
Michael J. Miles (composer and producer, clawhammer banjo player)
“50 Years of American Music: 1925 – 1975″
College Hall, AUB
The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research
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12-14 MAY 2011 Conference
“The Metaphysics of Evolutionary Naturalism”
Maamari Auditorium, OSB, AUB
Department of Philosophy
12 MAY
Muhammad Ali Khalidi (York University) “Naturalizing Kinds: Taxonomy in the Natural and Social Sciences”
Paul Horwich (NYU) “Naturalism, Language, and Metaphilosophy”
Daniel Dennett (Tufts) “Reasons and Having Reasons: Anthropocentrism and Explanation”
13 MAY
David Papineau (Kings College) “Intentionality and Cognitive Design”
Ruth Millikan (Connecticut) “Biological Purposes, Human Purposes, Crossing Purposes”
Peter Railton (Michigan) “Toward a Unified Theory of Rationality in Belief, Desire, and Action”
Alex Rosenberg (Duke) “Disillusioned Naturalism”
14 MAY
Ellen Fridland (Berlin School of Mind and Brain) “Cognition and Skill Learning: Making a Way Through the Wilderness”
Tim Crane (Cambridge) “The Disinterested Search for Truth: a Naturalistic Perspective”
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13 MAY-12 JUN 2011 Exhibition
“MONOPOLIS – A House of Cards” by Souheil Sleiman
THE HANGAR, Haret Hreik, Beirut
May 19, at 8:30pm performance by Tania El Khoury
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13-20 MAY 2011 17:30-20:30 Art exhibition
“Simply Zen II” by Zein Shweiry
Riyad Nassar Library, Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: LAU’s School of Arts and Sciences – Department of Humanities (Beirut)
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14 MAY 2011 09:00 Séminaire
P. Aziz Hallak, s.j.
“Le rôle de la vie spirituelle dans la vie quotidienne contemporaine”
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par :
Faculté des sciences religieuses
Institut d’études islamo-chrétiennes
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16 MAY 2011 19:30 Concert
The AUB Choir and Choral Society, Ensemble Polyphonica and Members of the Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra
Assembly Hall, AUB
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16-27 MAY 2011 Talk and Exhibition
“LAU’s Traveling Studio in Berlin”
Byblos campus, LAU
Organizer: LAU’s School of Architecture and Design – Department of Architecture and Interior Design
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17-24 MAY 2011 10:00-17:00 Exhibition
“Twelve Weeks”
Jeronima Kastelik (architect)
Cultural Forum, BAU
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17 MAY 2011 17:00 Lecture
Youssef Choueiri (Reader in Islamic Studies at the University of Manchester, UK)
“Arab Democracy: Theoretical Models and Historical Narratives”
West Hall, AUB
SBS and PSPA
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17 MAY 2011 18:00 Concert
“Stringed Vibrations: The Banjo in Conversation with the Oud and Pipa”
Michael Miles (Banjo and Guitar)
Lara Molaeb (Piano)
Xiao Wakim (Chinese Pipa)
Ashraf El-Chouli (Oud)
6th and 7th Grade Musicians of the Wellspring Learning Community
Assembly Hall, AUB
CASAR, CAMES, FAAH, Global Voices and the Wellspring Learning Community
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18 MAY 2011 12:00 Lecture
Michelle Hartman (Ph.D., from McGill University, Canada)
“Limiting Translations: Politics, Practice and Lebanese Women’s Novels”
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: LAU’s School of Arts and Sciences – Department of Humanities
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18 MAY 2011 16:00 Panel Discussion
“Eyewitness to the Middle East Uprising”
Heba Morayef (researcher in the Middle East and North Africa division, HRW)
Sarah Leah Whitson (Middle East and North Africa Director for HRW)
Hostler Center Auditorium
Human Rights Watch, in partnership with Executive Magazine and in coordination with the Office of Communications
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18 MAY 2011 17:00 Séminaire de recherche
“Le camp n’est pas mort. Nahr el-Bared : le temps de la reconstruction”
Sari Hanafi (Associate Professor, Université américaine de Beyrouth)
Nicolas Puig (Anthropologue, Chercheur à l’IRD, CEMAM (USJ) et URMIS (Université Paris-Diderot))
IFPO, Département scientifique des études contemporaines
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18 MAY 2011 18:00 Lecture
Pablo Georgieff (COLOCO, Paris)
“Urban Project – Human Project”
Architecture Lecture Hall, AUB
Department of Architecture and Designs
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18 MAY 2011 19:00 Conférence
Dr Georges Sabra (Doyen du Near East School of Theology – Beyrouth)
“Marie dans la dévotion protestante (en arabe)”
Amphithéâtre Gulbenkian, Campus des sciences sociales, USJ
Un événement présenté par :
CEDRAC (Centre de Documentation et de Recherches Arabes Chrétiennes)
Faculté des sciences religieuses
“XIe mois de l’Orient Chrétien: Marie dans la tradition religieuse du Moyen-Orient”
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18-19 MAY 2011 Exhibition
“The Musical Instruments through the Ages”
Archeological Museum, AUB
Friends of the Museum
On the occasion of the International Museum Day
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18-20 MAY 2011 Exposition
“L’héritage de Darwin”
“Henri Fleisch, explorateur du Liban”
Musée de préhistoire libanaise, USJ
A l’occasion de la Journée Internationale des Musées
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19 MAY 2011 18:00 Lecture
Abdulhadi Khalaf (University of Lund, Sweden)
“Bahrain: An interrupted movement of political change”
Nicely Hall, AUB
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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19 MAY 2011 18:30 Conférence
M. Dominique BERGER (Maître de Conférences en Sciences de l’éducation, Co-directeur du Master «Education à la santé en milieu scolaire» Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1)
“Education à la santé en milieu scolaire, évolution et perspectives actuelles”
Amphitéâtre Pierre Y. AbouKhater, Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par : Faculté des sciences de l’éducation
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19 MAY 2011 20:00 Concert
Pipe Organ Concert by Christian Schmitt
Assembly Hall, AUB
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20 MAY 2011 15:00 Event
“International Biodiversity Day At AUB (IBDAA) 2011″
Lower campus facing FAFS, AUB
Ibsar in collaboration with OSB and under the patronage of UNDP
On the occasion of the International Biodiversity Day
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20 MAY 2011 17:00 Conférence
Rencontre-débat avec S.E. Madame Frances GUY, Ambassadrice du Royaume-Uni au Liban
Politique étrangère et diplomatie
Salle Joseph Zaarour, Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par : Département d’histoire
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20 MAY 2011 18:00 Conférence
Dr Lamya KHALIDI (Visiting Assistant Professor, AUB)
“La préhistoire de l’Arabie. Les sociétés complexes (7ème – 1er millénaires BC)”
Musée de préhistoire libanaise, USJ
Un événement présenté par :
Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines
Musée de préhistoire libanaise
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20 MAY 2011 18:00 Talk and Discussion
Basem L. Ra’ad (Professor of English and Cultural Studies)
“Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean”
West Hall, AUB
Anis Makdisi Program in Literature
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22 MAY 2011 19:00 Concert
Armenian Youth Choir and Orchestra (AYC)
Assembly Hall, AUB
Hamazkayin Regional Committee of Lebanon
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23 MAY 2011 16:30 Débat
“Francophonie et Monde Arabe”
Son Excellence Monsieur Jean-Pierre RAFFARIN (Ancien Premier Ministre, Vice-Président du Sénat, Représentant Personnel du Président de la République française pour la Francophonie)
Campus de l’innovation et du sport, USJ
Le Professeur René Chamussy s.j. (Recteur de l’USJ)
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24 MAY 2011 18:00 Lecture
William Nolan (Honors College at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa)
“You’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat Jaws and the New Hollywood”
West Hall, AUB
CASAR
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25 MAY 2011 19:00 Conférence
Cheikh Mohammed Nokari et Nagi Khoury (Secrétaires généraux de la rencontre islamo-chrétienne autour de La Vierge Marie)
“L’Annonciation, fête islamo-chrétienne au Liban”
Amphithéâtre Gulbenkian, Campus des sciences sociales, USJ
Un événement présenté par :
CEDRAC (Centre de Documentation et de Recherches Arabes Chrétiennes)
Faculté des sciences religieuses
“XIe mois de l’Orient Chrétien: Marie dans la tradition religieuse du Moyen-Orient”
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25 MAY 2011 20:00 Concert
Guitar concert by Maestro Giulio Tampalini
Assembly Hall, AUB
Italian Cultural Center in coordination with the Office of Communications
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26 MAY 2011 15:30 Lecture
Steve Niva (Evergreen State College)
“Counterinsurgency and Spatial Power: Lessons of Warfare and Occupation From Palestine to Iraq”
College Hall, AUB
PSPA and CAMES
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26 MAY 2011 20:00 Event
TEDxBeirutSalon’s first event
Beirut campus, LAU
Department of Humanities
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27-28 MAY 2011 Conférence
“Servir dans la joie… Accompagner pour le meilleur”
Maison Notre-Dame des Saints-Coeurs à Hadad (NDSC)
Un événement présenté par :
Faculté des sciences religieuses, USJ
Institut supérieur de sciences religieuses, USJ
En collaboration avec : Maison Notre-Dame des Saints-Coeurs à Hadad (NDSC)
27MAY
« LA PRISE EN CHARGE ET L’ENVIRONNEMENT DES MALADES D’ALZHEIMER »
M. Richard Tarrago de France (Psycho-gérontologue de l’Université de Montpellier)
Mme. Cécile Delamarre de France (Spécialiste de la prise en charge de malades atteints d’Alzheimer)
M. Jean-Paul Potvin (Ancien directeur d’une maison de retraite en Belgique)
M. Fernando Matos Simoes du Portugal (Administrateur du DeltaSleep)
28MAY
« ACCOMPAGNEMENT DES MOURANTS, DE LA VIE À LA VIE »
Pr. Michel Scheuer.s.j. (Directeur du Centre universitaire d’éthique de l’USJ, Président de la FUCE (Fédération des Universités Catholiques d’Europe et du Liban))
Dr. Marie Sylvie Richard (Médecin praticien à Jeanne Garnier et responsable de l’enseignement en soins palliatifs, Paris)
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28 MAY 2011 09:00 Workshop
Haas Mroue’s Creative Writing Workshop
Beirut campus, LAU
Department of Humanities
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29 MAY 2011 20:00 Concert
Piano concert by Patrick Fayad
Assembly Hall, AUB
Office of Communications
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