01 FEB 2012 18:30 Séminaire
Terence Kleven (Professeur au Central College, Iowa, USA et chercheur Fullbright Fellow au Centre Louis Pouzet)
“Alfarabi’s introduction to the Five Rational Arts: Scientific Demonstration, Dialectic, Sophistry, Rhetoric and Poetry”
Bibliothèque Orientale, USJ
Séminaire commun d’études médiévales (Ifpo, Centre Louis Pouzet, Université Saint-Joseph)
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02 FEB 2012 11:00 Roundtable Discussion
“Arab Uprisings”
Dr. Rosita Di Peri (University of Turin, Italy)
Dr. Habib Malik (Humanities, LAU)
Dr. Walid Mubarak (Social Sciences, LAU)
Dr. Makram Ouaiss (Social Sciences, LAU)
Dr. Marwan Rowayheb (Social Sciences, LAU)
Mr. Elie Samia (Social Sciences, LAU)
Dr. Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss (Social Sciences, LAU)
Moderator: Dr. Tamirace Fakhoury (Social Sciences, LAU)
Byblos campus / Beirut campus (videoconference), LAU
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02 FEB 2012 17:00 Séminaire
Marta Tawil Kuri (Chercheuse au Centre d’études internationales d’El Colegio de Mexico)
“La politique étrangère syrienne”
Modérateur: Vincent Geisser (Chercheur à l’Ifpo)
IFPO
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08 FEB 2012 15:30 Lecture
Georges Ghanem (editor-in-chief and news anchor at LBC)
“The Arab Spring and the Lebanese Model”
Beirut campus, LAU
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08 FEB 2012 18:30 Séminaire
Christian Sahner (Princeton University, USA)
“The Christian Martyrs of the Early Islamic Period: “Sectarianism” Between Memory and History”
IFPO
Séminaire commun d’études médiévales (Ifpo, Centre Louis Pouzet, Université Saint-Joseph)
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10 FEB 2012 12:30 Lecture
Dr. Danielle Badro (Pediatrics, AUB)
“Transcriptome Analysis in the Mouse Wt1 Knockout and Characterization of the Phf19 Polycomb as an Early Inducer of Renal Branching”
DTS, AUB
Organizer: Basic medical sciences departments and the Department of Biology
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13 FEB 2012 15:30 Lecture
Kathy Dorman
“Memories of Life in Luxor, Egypt”
West Hall, AUB
Organizer: The Women’s League (AUB)
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14 FEB 2012 18:00 Conférence
“La question des salaires : une question sociale entre économie et politique”
Jad Chaabane (Professeur d’économie à l’Université américaine de Beyrouth)
Adib Bou Habib (Secrétaire général de la Fédération des travailleurs de l’imprimerie)
Modérateur: Karam Karam (chercheur associé à l’Ifpo)
Salle de conférences de l’Institut Français du Liban
Organisation : Département scientifique des études contemporaines de l’Ifpo
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14 FEB 2012 19:00 Lecture
Dr. Hartmut Fähndrich (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
“The Desert as Man’s Destiny. The novels of Ibrahim al-Koni”
OIB
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15 FEB 2012 13:30 Lecture
Dr. Jihad Ezzeddine (the Consultant Gynecologist and Obstetrician)
“Cervical Cancer”
BAU
The Administration of Public Relations in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine
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15 FEB 2012 17:00 Séminaire
“Cartographier le partage social de l’espace urbain au Moyen Âge : Bagdad, Le Caire, Damas”
Mathieu Eychenne (IFPO)
Vanessa Van Renterghem (IFPO)
IFPO
Séminaire: Histoire urbaine du Proche-Orient médiéval et moderne
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15 FEB 2012 17:30 Conférence
“Quatrième anniversaire du Centre académique japonais”
Prof. Fumiya HIRATAKA (Keio University)
“The New “Japanese Studies” in Theory and Practice”
Prof. Kimio UNO (Keio University)
“Changing Role of Universities and the Tasks before Us”
Campus des sciences sociales, USJ
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15 FEB 2012 18:00 Lecture
Dr. Jean-Yves Beziau (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
“New perspectives on the square of opposition”
College Hall, AUB
Organizer: Centre for Advanced Mathematical Sciences and the Department of Philosophy (AUB)
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16 FEB 2012 17:00 Séminaire
“Des prohibitions internationales comme ressource politique dans le mandat français”
Philippe Bourmaud (Maître de conférences à l’Université Lyon 3)
Discutante: Sylvia Chiffoleau (chercheur CNRS/IFPO)
IFPO
Séminaire: Histoire urbaine du Proche-Orient médiéval et moderne
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16 FEB 2012 15:00 Lecture
Dr. Renato Maluf
“Public policies and institutional framework for food and nutrition sovereignty and security: the Brazilian experience”
FAFS, AUB
IGESP, FAFS and IFI
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16 FEB 2012 18:00 Lecture
Lisa Suheir Majaj (poet, writer, scholer)
“Diasporan Geographies: Poems and Comments on Arab American Literature”
West Hall, AUB
CASAR and the English Department
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16 FEB 2012 18:30 Conférence
Dr Radwan EL SAYED
“L’apport culturel de l’Islam à la civalisation universelle”
Campus des sciences médicales et infirmières, USJ
Un événement présenté par: Faculté de médecine
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16 FEB 2012 18:30 Panel discussion
“Situating the Practice: Art and Value”
West Hall, AUB
The Department of Fine Arts and Art History
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17 FEB 2012 12:30 Lecture
Elia Habre (Biology Department, AUB)
“Epithelial Cell Polarity and Cell Junctions: Guardians Against Breast Cancer?”
DTS, AUB
Organizer: Basic medical sciences departments and the Department of Biology
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17 FEB 2012 16:00 Lecture
Dr. Nasrallah Nasrallah (Lebanese University, Tripoli)
“Isospin symmetry breaking and the netron-proton mass difference”
College Hall, AUB
Organizer: Centre for Advanced Mathematical Sciences (AUB)
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20 FEB 2012 11:00 Lecture
Dr. Indrek Kulaots (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)
“Structure and Properties of Various Carbon Origin Materials and their Application”
Rizk Conference Room (RCR), Bechtel, AUB
Organizer: The Chemical Engineering Program (AUB)
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20 FEB 2012 13:00 Lecture
“Organ Donation: Ethical and Religious Perspectives”
Sayyed Ali Faddlallah (President, Mabarrat Association)
Father Abdo Abou Kasem (Director of the Catholic Centre of Information)
AUBMC
The Ethics Matters Initiative of the Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Program (AUB)
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20 FEB 2012 16:00 Lecture
Dr. Samira Korfali (associate professor of chemistry at LAU)
“Assessment of Domestic Water Supplies: A case study of coastal sector of Beirut city”
Byblos campus / Beirut campus (videoconference), LAU
the Research Seminar and Journal Club Series, the Department of Natural Sciences
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20 FEB 2012 16:00 Lecture
Fawaz Traboulsi (writer, historian and journalist)
“Revolutions also Topple Ideas: How the Uprisings Shattered the Prevailing Political Constructs of the Arab World”
Van Dyck Amphitheater, AUB
Organizer: IFI (AUB)
The Arab Uprisings Lecture Series
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20 FEB 2012 18:30 Lecture
Nelida Nassar (art, design and culture critic)
“Architecture and Environmental Graphics: Texts and Contexts”
Architecture Lecture Hall, AUB
The Department of Architecture and Design
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21 FEB 2012 12:00 Lecture
Hugh Whittall (Director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, UK)
“Public Health: An Ethical Imperative?”
Van Dyck Auditorium, AUB
Organizer: Ethics Matters Initiative of the Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Program (AUB)
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21 FEB 2012 13:00 Lecture
Jared McCormick (Harvard University)
“The Mobility of Desire: Men, Movement, and Sexuality in Beirut”
Nicely Hall, AUB
Organizer: The Center for Behavioral Research (AUB)
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21 FEB 2012 17:00 Lecture
Michael Fakhri (
Assistant Professor, University of Oregon School of Law)
“Revolution and International Law: Can the UNDP be a Site of Reimagining the Future?”
West Hall, AUB
Organizer: IFI (AUB)
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21 FEB 2012 18:00 Conférence
Anis Chaaya (Chercheur à l’Ifpo)
“Le château Saint-Gilles de Tripoli : nouvelle lecture”
Salle de conférences de l’Institut Français du Liban
Archéologie et histoire de l’Antiquité, IFPO
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22 FEB 2012 16:00 Lecture
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani (Professor of Economics, Virginia Tech)
“Equality of Opportunity in Education in the Middle East and North Africa”
West Hall, AUB
Organizer: IFI (AUB)
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22 FEB 2012 19:00 Conférence
Messieurs Thibault Heimburger et Sébastien Cataldo (France)
“Le Linceul de Turin : Passion du Christ, Passion de l’Homme”
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par: Faculté des sciences religieuses
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23 FEB 2012 12:00 Lecture
Nader Kabbani (Director, Syrian Development Research Centre, Syria Trust for Development)
“Establishing a Non-Profit Research Center in Syria: Challenges, Successes, Lessons Learned… and Future Directions in Light of the Ongoing Crisis”
Van Dyck Amphitheater, AUB
Organizer: IFI
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23 FEB 2012 18:00 Lecture
Raafat Mounla (Senior Head of Marketing Department, Alfa Mobile Telecommunications)
“Evolution of Mobile Technology”
Mohammed Al-Hashimi (Senior Systems Engineer, CISCO Systems)
“The Cloud”
the Engineering Lecture Hall, AUB
Organizer: WAAAUB Engineering and Architecture Chapter
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24 FEB 2012 12:30 Lecture
Dr. Mirvat El-Sibai (LAU)
“Signaling stories in cancer cell metastasis: who is steering the wheel?”
DTS, AUB
Organizer: Basic medical sciences departments and the Department of Biology
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24 FEB 2012 17:00 Conférence
Henry Laurens (Professeur au Collège de France)
“L’orientalisme : un parcours historique”
Salle de conférences de l’Institut Français du Liban
Etudes contemporaines, IFPO
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27 FEB 2012 12:00 Lecture
Maria Hasberg
“Women’s Rights are Human Rights”
Beirut campus, LAU
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27 FEB 2012 13:00 Lecture
Dr. Ismail Sukarieh (Internal Medicine, AUBMC)
“Manufactured, Marketed, Materialistic Medicine”
AUBMC
The Ethics Matters Initiative of the Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Program (AUB)
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28 FEB 2012 18:00 Séminaire doctoral
Yves Mirman
“Les mobilisations sur la justice transitionnelle au Liban”
Discutant : Nizar Saghieh
IFPO
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28 FEB 2012 18:00 Lecture
Marwan Kraidy (University of Pennsylvania)
“Plato’s Digital Cave? The Arab Uprisings as Battles of Representation?”
West Hall, AUB
The Center for American Studies and Research (AUB)
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29 FEB 2012 12:00 Lecture
Michael Kouly (president of the Cambridge Institute for Global Leadership)
“Leading your life and mobilizing others”
Byblos campus, LAU
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29 FEB 2012 17:30 Lecture
Giovanni Curatola (Professor of Archaeology and History, University of Udine, Italy)
“The Presence of Islamic Art in Italy”
Archaeological Museum, AUB
The Society of the Friends of the AUB Museum
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