04 FEB 2013 15:30 Lecture
“Bringing Compassion to Life: Caritas Lebanon”
Rev. Simon Faddoul (Ed.D, President of Caritas Lebanon)
West Hall, AUB
The Women’s League
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05 FEB 2013 12:30 Lecture
“Capturing the Cost of Carbon Capture: The Opportunities”
Dr. Rajab Khalilpour (University of Sydney)
ELH, AUB
The Chemical Engineering Program
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05 FEB 2013 18:00 Lecture
“Lawfare and Armed Conflict: Comparing Israeli and US Targeted Killing Policies and Challenges against Them”
Professor Lisa Hajjar
Building 37, AUB
IFI and CASAR
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05 FEB 2013 18:00 Seminar
“Mecca in Literary Garb: The novel “Tawq al-hamâm” by Raja Alem”
Dr. Hartmut Faehndrich
OIB
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06 FEB 2013 18:00 Lecture
“The Libyan Revolution: Causes and Prospects”
Yousef Sawani (Professor of Political Science from the University of Tripoli and General Director of Center for Arab Unity Studies)
T-Marbouta Cafe, Hamra
SAMS, AUB
the Monthly Sociology Cafe
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07 FEB 2013 17:30 Conférence
“La steppe syrienne au IIIe millénaire”
Frank Braemer (CNRS, Université de Nice)
Bernard Geyer (CNRS, Université Lyon 2)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut français du Liban
IFPO
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07 FEB 2013 18:30 Conférence
“Les Frères Musulmans, d’Al-Bannâ à Sayyid Quṭb”
Dr. Saïd Abdul Rahman (Professeur d’histoire, Université libanaise et Ifpo)
Discutant : Dr Maher Charif (Ifpo)
IFPO
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08 FEB 2013 Lecture
“The Lebanese Spring and the Possibility to Renew it”
Samir Franjieh (former MP)
Tripoli Campus, BAU
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08 FEB 2013 12:30 Lecture
“Widespread microRNA repression by Myc contributes to tumorigenesis”
Jalal Kazan (MS Student in Physiology)
DTS, AUB
Basic medical sciences departments
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08 FEB 2013 17:00 Lecture
“Rapid Health Transitions in Lebanon”
Dr. Ali Mokdad
Van Dyck Amphitheater, AUB
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11 FEB 2013 16:00 Panel Discussion
“Will Lebanon transit to a fully-fledged Democracy? Economic and Political Perspectives”
West Hall, AUB
The Institute of Financial Economics and IFI
Samir Makdisi (moderator) “Lebanon and the transitions to democracy in the Arab region”
Fadia Kiwan “The rationale for Lebanon’s consociational model: an evaluation”
Youssef El Khalil “Drivers for reform in Lebanon, political, economic and regional/international dimensions”
George Corm “Sustained move to a fully-fledged democracy? Obstacles and required conditions”
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11 FEB 2013 18:30 Lecture
“Environmental aesthetics of Arab-Islamic domestic architecture: Fifth dimension”
Subhi Al-Azzawi (AA Dipl, PhD (UCL), ARB Architect, England)
Architecture Lecture Hall, AUB
Department of Architecture & Design
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12 FEB 2013 12:30 Lecture
“Exploring the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine: Perspectives from the Global South”
Dr. Rama Mani
College Hall, AUB
UN in the Arab World Program at IFI
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12 FEB 2013 18:00 Lecture
“Invisible and Proxy Detention in Counterinsurgencies: Khiam and Salt Pit”
Dr. Laleh Khalili
Building 37, AUB
CASAR & CAMES
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12 FEB 2013 18:00 Séminaire
“Droit, justice et société dans les pays arabes: Autour des travaux d’al-Mufakkira al-Qanuniyya”
Nizar Saghieh (avocat)
Samer Ghamroun (doctorant en sciences politiques)
IFPO
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13 FEB 2013 12:30 Lecture
“Laser Based Optical Measurement of Temperature from focused Ultrasound”
Dr. Ghanem Oweis (Mechanical Engineering, AUB)
Engineering Lecture Hall, AUB
The Graduate Seminar Series
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13 FEB 2013 16:00 Lecture
“Molecular Design and Ordering Effects in Low Band-Gap Polymers for Efficient Transistors and Solar Cells”
Prof. Pierre M. Beaujuge (KAUST, KSA)
Chemistry, Room 101, AUB
The Chemistry Department
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13 FEB 2013 18:00 Séminaire
“Comment al-Khalil inventa au VIIIe siècle le premier grand dictionnaire alphabétique de l’humanité”
Joseph Dichy (professeur à l’Université Lyon 2)
IFPO
Organisation : Centre Louis Pouzet (USJ), IFPO
Cinquième séance du Séminaire d’études arabes, médiévales et modernes
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15 FEB 2013 12:30 Lecture
“Angiotensin II-Induced Mitochondrial Nox4 Is a Major Endogenous Source of Oxidative Stress in Kidney Tubular Cells”
Christelle Al Zaghrini (MS Student in Physiology)
DTS, AUB
Basic medical sciences departments
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15 FEB 2013 18:30 Lecture
“Tracing stories: Toward an open architecture”
Lina Ghotmeh (Ecole speciale d’architecture, Paris)
Architecture Lecture Hall, AUB
Department of Architecture & Design
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18 FEB 2013 18:00 Lecture
“Gibran Khalil Gibran and the Mystical Tradition”
Edward Alam (Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Notre Dame University)
Building 37, AUB
The Anis Makdisi Program in Literature
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19 FEB 2013 12:30 Lecture
“Specialized Tertiary Education: A handicap to GCC Petrochemical, Plastic and Chemical Industries Growth”
Hanna A. Saad
ELH, AUB
Masri Institute for Energy and Natural Resources
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19 FEB 2013 17:00 Lecture
“Protests and Politics in Jordan”
Tariq Tell
West Hall, AUB
CAMES and IFI
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19 FEB 2013 18:00 Conférence
“Liban: quelle politique scolaire ?”
Adnane El-Amine (professeur à l’Université Américaine de Beyrouth)
Mazen El-Khatib (conseiller auprès du ministre de l’Éducation)
Hana Gharib (président de la Ligue des enseignants des écoles publiques)
Présidence de séance: Maissam Nimer (doctorante en sociologie à l’Université de Versailles)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut français du Liban
IFPO
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20 FEB 2013 14:00 Lecture
“Atmospheric Particulate Matter and the Global Climate: the Effect of Brown Carbon”
Rawad Saleh (Carnegie Mellon University)
ELH, AUB
Mechanical Engineering Department
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20 FEB 2013 17:00 Presentation
“Current Economic Challenges Facing Lebanon”
Maura Connelly (U.S. Ambassador )
Beirut campus, LAU
The School of Business
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20 FEB 2013 18:00 Conférence
“La Palestine dans l’écriture historique arabe”
Maher Charif (chercheur à l’Ifpo)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut français du Liban
IFPO
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21 FEB 2013 16:00 Panel discussion
“Lebanon: After the Cedar Revolution”
Are Knudsen, Michael Young, Sari Hanafi and Nasser Yassin
College Hall, AUB
IFI
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22 FEB 2013 12:30 Lecture
“Oral Appliances as an Adjunct in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)”
Roula Tarabay (MS Student in Human Morphology)
DTS, AUB
Basic medical sciences departments
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22 FEB 2013 13:00 Lecture
“Social Movements, Social Networks, and the Metamorphosis of the Public Sphere: Lessons from the ‘Arab Spring’”
Armando Salvatore
College Hall, AUB
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies
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26 FEB 2013 17:00 Debate panel
“The Divine Hue and Baptism”
Panelists:
Bishop George Khodr (Metropolitan of Byblos and Botrys, Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon)
Sheikh Shafik Jaradi (Head of the Sapiential Knowledge Institute of Religious ad Philosophical Studies)
Assembly Hall, AUB
Anis Makdisi Program in Literature in association with The Sapiential Knowledge Institute
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28 FEB 2013 16:00 Seminar
“A Framework for Automated Distributed Implementation of Component-based Models”
Mohamad Jaber (Department of Computer Science)
College Hall, AUB
The Centre For Advanced Mathematical Sciences and the Department of Computer Science
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28 FEB 2013 17:00 Table ronde
“Où en est le mariage aujourd’hui ?”
S.E. Docteur Bahige Tabbara (ancien ministre de la Justice)
Madame Marie-Claude Najm Kobeh (Professeur à la Faculté de droit et des sciences politiques de l’USJ)
Madame Lara Karam Boustany (Professeur à la Faculté de droit et des sciences politiques de l’USJ)
Modérateur : Professeur Georges Kadige (Directeur du CEDROMA)
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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28 FEB 2013 18:00 Projection de film
“Open Shutters Irak”
Réal. Maysoon Pachachi
Salle de conférence de l’Institut Français du Liban
La projection sera suivie d’un débat avec la réalisatrice, animé par Caecilia Pieri (responsable de l’Observatoire urbain de l’Ifpo)
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