01 JUN 2011 16:30 Lecture and open discussion
“Translating Science into Effective Tobacco Control Policies: Three perspectives”
Speakers:
Greg Connolly (Harvard School of Public Health)
Richard Daynard (Northeastern University School of Law)
Auditorium A, West Hall, AUB
The Tobacco Control Research Group and Issam Fares Institute
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01 JUN 2011 17:00 Lecture
Selcuk Esenbel (Bogazici University, Istanbul)
“The Transnational and World Power: Imperial Japan’s Global Claim to Asia and the World of Islam”
Auditorium B, West Hall, AUB
Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Department of History and Archaeology and CAMES
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01 JUN 2011 18:00 Séminaire de recherche
Chantal Verdeil (Maître de conférence en histoire (INALCO))
“Les écoles dans le Bilād al-Shām, fin XVIIIe-début XIXe siècle”
IFPO
Le département scientifique des études contemporaines
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01 JUN 2011 20:00 Concert
“Concert for two pianos”
Stephan Moller, Zina Asfour and Mohammad Othman Sidiq
Assembly Hall, AUB
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02-03 JUN 2011 International Conference
“Cross-Cultural Education”
Notre Dame University, Adyan Foundation
in collaboration with
Anna Lindh Foundation,
UN Alliance of Civilizations,
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
02 JUN
Abu Khater Hall, NDU
Panel 1: THE ARAB UPRISING: CHANGE OR CHALLENGE FOR DIVERSITY?
Panel Chair: Dr. Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous
Ms.Magda Zaki (Egypt) “The Arabs’ Spring”
Prof. Fadi Daou (Lebanon) “The Arab uprisings and the new challenges for social and cross-cultural cohesion”
Dr. Martin Beck (Jordan/Germany) “European Foreign Policies Towards the Middle East Revisited”
Prof. Farag Elkamel (Egypt) “Media and the Egyptian revolution”
Panel 2: DIVERSITY, INTERCULTURAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Panel Chair: Dr. Nayla Tabbara
Prof. Fr. Jamal Khader (Palestine) “Teaching Christians about Islam and Muslims about Christianity – The Vision and Experience of Bethlehem University”
Prof. Martin Tamcke (Germany) “Interreligious Interaction on the Path to Transculturality”
Prof. Stephan Schreiner (Germany/Switzerland) “The Concept of Trialogue of Cultures – Remarks on inter-cultural education”
Prof. Antoine Messarra (Lebanon) “Explaining religious diversity but beyond diversity (Lecture in Arabic: شرح التنوع الديني… في ابعد من التنوع )”
Panel 3: EDUCATION ON CROSS CULTURAL DIVERSITY: MUTUAL CHALLENGES
Panel Chair: Dr. Carol-Ann Goff Kfouri
Mr.Miguel Silva (Portugal) “Intercultural competences to engage in global citizenship”
Dr. Mazin Motabagani (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) “Necessity of introducing European and American Studies in Arab Universities to foster intercultural dialogue (Lecture in Arabic ضرورة إنشاء الدراسات الأوروبية والأمريكية في الجامعات العربية لتعزيز التواصل الثقافي)”
Dr.Suzanne Albanus and Miriam Khalil (United Arab Emirates) “Perspectives on the challenges of cross-cultural education in the GCC. A case study of the American University in Dubai”
Ms. Zeynep Tugce Cifcibasi (Turkey) “International and multicultural vision in academic education”
03 JUN
Friends Hall, NDU
Panel 4: CROSS CULTURAL EDUCATION AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES (METHODOLOGY, HISTORY, IDENTITY, PERCEPTION)
Panel Chair: Dr. Edward Alam
Dr. Fr. Georges Antaby (Lebanon) “Cross Cultural Education and Methodological Challenges: An inclusive and dynamic reality”
Prof. Gennaro Auletta (Italy) “An emerging cross disciplinary research strategy”
Dr. Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous (Austria/Lebanon) “The theory and praxis of Western research methods in the MENA region”
Mr. Martin Dougiamas (Australia) “E-learning as a model space for Cross-Cultural Education: the example of Moodle (Video-Conference)
Panel 5: CROSS CULTURAL EDUCATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF TEACHER AND LEARNER ROLES
Panel Chair: Dr. Konrad Pedziwiatr
Prof. Naji Oueijan (Lebanon) “Managing Cultural Diversity: The Role of a Teacher”
Dr. Zeinab Abou Samak (Jordan) “Teachers as change agents of multicultural education”
Dr. Patrick Gibbons (Ireland) “Cross cultural education and the transformation of teacher & learner roles: the NOHA experience”
Ms. Hebatallah Zohni (Egypt) “Learning from our learners”
Panel 6′: TOOLS FOR CROSS CULTURAL EDUCATION
Panel Chair: Mr. Miguel Silva
Ms. Naima Bouchema (Algeria/Egypt) “The culture of peace in education Textbooks (Lecture in Arabicثقافة السلام في الكتب الدراسية )”
Ms. Rina Viers (France) “Teaching the common origin of the alphabets as an educational purpose for the people of the Mediterranean”
Ms. Nadezhda Savova (Bulgaria) “Bread: bridging resources for ecological and art based development in informal and formal cross-cultural education”
Panel 7′: MANAGING GLOBAL AND LOCAL DIVERSITY
Panel Chair: Fr. Dr. Jamal Khader
Ms. Gizel Hindi (Lebanon) “Globalization and Identities”
Dr. Konrad Pędziwiatr (Poland) “European Muslims and the Transformations of the Multicultural Regimes”
Ms. Christine Loy (Germany) “Intercultural Education in German Higher Education”
Mr. Christian Van Kerckhove (Belgium) “What about me? Managing diversity in a Faculty of Social Work and Welfare Studies”
03 JUN
Abu Khater Hall, NDU
Panel 4′: INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND EDUCATION ON RELIGIONS
Panel Chair: Fr. Jean Jacques Perennès
Prof. Fr. Robert Christian (Italy) “Know thy enemy or love thy neighbor? A proposal for interreligious education by both”
Dr. Joseph Yacoub (Lebanon) “A Spiritual Perception on Multicultural Education”
Ms. Farah Charif D’ouezzan (Morocco) “Teaching religions in a cross cultural environment”
Dr. Fr. Akram Khoury (Lebanon) “A spiritual interreligious dialogue”
Panel 5′: THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
Panel Chair: Prof. Fadi Daou
Prof. Mohammed Issam Eido (Syria) “Illumination Philosophy as a resource for mutual understanding: a study of the literature of Jalaluddin Rumi and Fariduddin Attar(Lecture in Arabic حكمة الإشراق كمصدر للمعرفة المتبادلة : دراسة في أدبيات جلال الدين الرومي وفريد الدين عطار )”
Dr. Fr. Roger Chikri (Lebanon) “Christological sources for catholic leaders in the task of cross-cultural education”
Ms. Sandra Lenke (Germany) “The methods of comparative theology-Goals and Challenges”
Dr. Claire Henderson Davis (United Kingdom) “Connecting Religion & Society in the work of Charles Davis & Ali Shariati”
Panel 6: DIVERSITY, EDUCATION AND PEACE BUILDING
Panel Chair: Dr. Martin Beck
Mr. Barry Van Driel (Netherlands) “Intercultural Education: Lessons learned, controversies and best practices”
Fr. Jean Jacques Pérennès (Egypt) “The mutual perception of Christians and Muslims: From a controversial to a confident and respectful relationship”
Dr. Armando Bernardini (Italy) “Role of schools in raising children and acceptance of the other”
Dr. Ziad Fahed (Lebanon) “Cross Cultural Education and its challenges among the Lebanese post war generations: A case study from Notre Dame University, Lebanon”
Panel 7: CIVIL SOCIETY: SPACE OF CROSS-CULTURAL AND NON FORMAL EDUCATION
Panel Chair: Dr. Ziad Fahed
Ms. Tihomira Trifonova (Bulgaria) “The educational power of civil society”
Mr.Bernard Abrignani (France) “Intercultural Learning an essential Key for the EuroMed Youth Cooperation”
Mr.Garba Diallo (Denmark) “The Danish Folkehojskole as a Space for Cross Cultural Fertilization”
Ms.Eva Vens (Belgium) “Passages: using life stories about celebrating rites of passage as recognition between different groups”
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04 JUN 2011 19:00 Concert
“CTI Cantores” choir concert
directed by Vartan Agopian
Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, AUB
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04 JUN 2011 20:00 Concert
Octavian Gheorghiu (clarinet) and Remus Henning (organ)
Assembly Hall, AUB
The Romanian Embassy in coordination with the Office of Communications
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08 JUN 2011 21:00 Concert
“Tribute to Sabah: Rima Khcheich and Oriental Ensemble”
Assembly Hall, AUB
Samir Kassir Foundation in coordination with the Office of Communications
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09 JUN 2011 16:00 Lecture
Professor Willy Jansen (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
“Why Do We Still Need Women Studies?”
Irwin Hall, Beirut campus, LAU
LAU’s Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World and The Netherlands Institute for Academic Studies in Damascus
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15 JUN 2011 19:00 conférence
Mme Sylvia Chiffoleau (chercheur CNRS – Ifpo – Beyrouth)
“Le religieux saisi par le politique: la gestion coloniale du pèlerinage à La Mecque”
la salle “Joseph Zaarour” au 6ème étage du bâtiment des sciences humaines
Le Centre d’études et d’interprétation du fait religieux (CEDIFR) de la Faculté des sciences religieuses de l’Université Saint-Joseph organise sa cinquième conférence qui aura lieu
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16 JUN 2011 18:00 Séminaire de recherche
Amanda Dias (Sociologue, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin)
“Une étude comparative d’un camp de réfugiés palestiniens au Liban et une favela carioca au Brésil”
Discutants :
Daniel Meier (politologue, chercheur au CEMAM)
Marie Kortam (sociologue, post doctorante Université de Paris VII)
IFPO
Le département scientifique des études contemporaines
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16 JUN 2011 18:00 Lecture
Dr. Hassan Ramadan, a well-known physician and discerning traveler
“Cairo: a great city of the world”
West Hall, Bathish Auditorium, AUB
The AUB University for Seniors
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16 JUN 2011 20:00 Concert
Piano recital by Philippe El Hage
Assembly Hall, AUB
Kulturzentrum – Jounieh in coordination with the Office of Communications
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21 JUN 2011 18:00 Public Presentation and Discussion
“Global Prayers – Redemption and Liberation in the City Signifying Spaces – Staging the Religious in the City”
Works by Surabhi Sharma, Gilles Aubry, Anne Huffschmid, Paola Yacoub and others of the Global Prayers Project
Moderator: Anbara Abu Ayyas (Heinrich-Böll Foundation Beirut)
THE HANGAR /UMAM
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22 JUN 2011 16:00 Discussion
“Reshaping Libya: How to End the Conflict and Rebuild the State?”
Mahmoud Shammam (the spokesperson of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) and a Carnegie Middle East Center Advisory Council Member)
Moderator: Marwan Muasher (Carnegie’s vice-president for studies and former deputy prime minister of Jordan)
Carnegie Middle East Center
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22 JUN 2011 17:30 Lecture
Arda Arsenian Ekmekji (Dean of Arts and Sciences, Haigazian University)
“Armenia Through the Ages”
the Archeological Museum, AUB
The Society of the Friends of the AUB Museum
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23 JUN 2011 17:30 Conférence
Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet (Directeur de Recherches au CNRS)
“Les inscriptions bilingues phénico-grecques : Fonctions et modalités du bilinguisme”
IFPO
Le Département scientifique Archéologie et Histoire de l’antiquité
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23 JUN 2011 18:00 Exhibition Opening
“Decade of Research and Writing: AUB Book Exhibition”
Jafet Library, AUB for two months
The Office of the Provost
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23 JUN 2011 18:30 Lecture
Professor Owen Gingerich (AUB honorary degree recipient 2011 and professor emeritus of astronomy and the history of science at Harvard University)
“‘Galileo’s Telescope and the Birth of Modern Astronomy”
Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, AUB
The Physics Department
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24 JUN 2011 18:00 Conférence
“La Sécurité Sociale entre réalité et solutions”
Un événement présenté par :Centre d’études des droits du monde arabe
En collaboration avec :Faculté de droit et des sciences politiques
Amphithéâtre Gulbenkian, Campus des sciences sociales, USJ
Président de séance: Professeur Georges Kadige (Directeur du CEDROMA, Ancien Président de la Caisse nationale de Sécurité Sociale)
Dr. Mohammad Karaki (Directeur général de la Caisse nationale de Sécurité Sociale) “La Sécurité Sociale face aux défis”
M. Nehmat Frem (Président de l’Association des Industriels libanais) “La logistique requise pour une Sécurité Sociale modèle”
M. Ghassan Ghosn (Président de la Confédération générale des travailleurs) “Le Droit à la Sécurité Sociale”
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