02 OCT 2013 12:00 Seminar
“Legislation enforcement of the waterpipe tobacco industry: A qualitative analysis of the London experience”
Dr. Mohammed Jawad (clinician and research fellow at Imperial College School of Public Health, London)
Van Dyck Hall, AUB
FHS Seminar
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02 OCT 2013 16:00 Seminar
“Unimodularity of Roots of Period Polynomials of Hecke Eigenforms”
Wissam Raji (Department of Mathematics, AUB)
College Hall, AUB
Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences and Department of Mathematics
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02 OCT 2013 16:00 Seminar
“Sources of Air Pollution in Beirut: For Better or For Worse”
Prof. Najat A. Saliba
Chemistry Building, AUB
Chemistry Department
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07-31 OCT 2013 Exhibition
“AUB Student Magazines: 1898-1946″
Jafet Library, AUB
The AUB Archives and Special Collections
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07 OCT 2013 15:30 Lecture
“Health Promotion and Health Maintenance Across the Life Span”
Mary Bakelian Arevian, RN, BSN, MPH
West Hall, AUB
Women’s League
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07 OCT 2013 19:00 Event
“Remembering Lebanese Poet Abdallah Ghanem”
Beirut campus, LAU
The Center for Lebanese Heritage
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08 OCT 2013 18:00 Event
Randa Khalidi read from and discuss her mother’s “Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist: The Life and Activism of Anbara Salam Khalidi”
Host: Mishka Mojabber Mourani
West Hall, AUB
The University for Seniors
“Meet the Author” evening
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08 OCT 2013 18:30 Séminaire de l’Observatoire Urbain
“Ambivalences de la politique urbaine de l’AKP : le cas des espaces publics à Istanbul”
Yoann Morvan (Chercheur associé à l’IFEA, Institut français d’Études anatoliennes, co-responsable de l’Observatoire urbain d’Istanbul)
Discutante : Caecilia Pieri (responsable de l’Observatoire urbain)
IFPO
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09 OCT 2013 12:00 Seminar
“Sexual Minority Populations in Beirut: HIV Risk Behavior and HIV Testing”
Presented by
Glenn Wagner, PhD (Senior Behavioral Scientist at the RAND Corporation, US)
Johnny Tohme, Simon Nehme and Rabih Maher (Marsa Sexual Health Center, Beirut)
Van Dyck Hall, AUB
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09 OCT 2013 16:00 Seminar
“Determining group structure from the sets of character degrees”
Kamal Aziziheris (Department of Mathematics, AUB)
College Hall, AUB
Centre for Advanced Mathematical Sciences and Department of Mathematics
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09 OCT 2013 16:00 Seminar
“Where the parts is greater than the whole”
Dr. Pierre Karam
Chemistry Building, AUB
Chemistry Department
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09 OCT 2013 18:30 Exhibition and presentation
“Awarded Projects in MACAM (Modern and Contemporary Art Museum) Design competition by Spring 2013 Vertical Studio”
Architecture and Design Lobby, AUB
Department of Architecture and Design
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10 OCT 2013 13:00 Conference
“The Legacy of Edward Said”
Participants:
Elias Khoury (Lebanese novelist, playwright, critic and prominent public intellectual)
Fawwaz Traboulsi (Associate Professor of political science and history at LAU and AUB)
Samir Khalaf (Professor of Sociology at AUB)
Jean Said-Makdisi (Writer, Researcher, and Former Professor of English and Cultural Studies at BUC (now LAU))
Vijay Prashad (the Edward Said Chair of American Studies at AUB)
Syrine Hout (Professor of English at AUB)
College Hall, AUB
CASAR, CAMES, IFI, AHI, AMPL, Department of English and the Office of the Provost
This event is in memory of the 10th year passing of the late Arab and Palestinian Intellectual, Edward Said.
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10 OCT 2013 17:00 Conference
“Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA): An Overview on the petroleum sector in Lebanon”
Presenters are the LPA Board Members:
Assem Abou Ibrahim (President, Head of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment Department)
Nasser Hoteit (Head of Technical and Engineering Department)
Gaby Daaboul (Head of Legal Department)
Wissam Chbat (Head of Geology and Geophysics Department)
Wissam Zahabi (Head of Finance and Economics Department)
Walid Nasr (Head of Strategic Planning Department)
“AUB education and research programs related to the gas and oil sector”
Makram Suidan (Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture)
Bechtel Engineering Building, AUB
The Munib and Angela Masri Institute for Energy and Natural Resources and the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
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11 OCT 2013 Lecture
“40 Years of Practice in Architecture- an Interactive Conference”
Nabil Azar (engineer)
Debbieh Campus, BAU
Faculty of Architectural Engineering
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11 OCT 2013 13:00 Seminar
“The New American Normal: Crisis, Debt, Austerity, and Profit”
Professor Alexander Barder (Political Studies)
Professor Hossein Radmard (Economics)
moderated by Professor Lisa Armstrong (CASAR)
West Hall, AUB
CASAR
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14 OCT 2013 18:00 Lecture
“Civil Society After Saddam: Oil Unions and Democracy in Iraq”
Dr Benjamin Isakhan (Australian Research Council Discovery (DECRA) Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Citizenship and Globalization, and Convenor of the Australian Middle East Research Forum at Deakin University, Australia)
West Hall, AUB
Centre for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies
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16 OCT 2013 18:00 Conférence
“Monde arabe et révolutions : la démocratie impossible ?”
Nicolas Dot-Pouillard (chercheur Ifpo)
Vincent Geisser (chercheur CNRS/Ifpo)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut français
Cycle de conférences « Les rendez-vous de l’Ifpo »
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18 OCT 2013 20:00 Concert
“Patience Prescribed (Wasafouli Al Sabr)”
Charbel Rouhana
Assembly Hall, AUB
The Zaki Nassif Music Program Festival “In Celebration of a Musical Legacy”
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22 OCT 2013 16:00 Workshop
“Work Life Balance”
facilitated by Grace Khleif (“Blossom Into Life” Coaching Services)
West Hall, AUB
Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service in collaboration with the AUB Wellness Program, and Women in Action for Development
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22 OCT 2013 17:00 Debate
“Ta3a Ne7ké: Green Fashion”
West Hall, AUB
Nature Conservation Center
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22 OCT 2013 17:30 Lecture
“Baroque Monsters”
Matteo El Khodr (countertenor singer)
West Hall, AUB
The University for Seniors
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22 OCT 2013 18:00 Public research seminar
“Political Protestantism and autocracy: Kaiser Wilhelm II’s encounter with Ottoman Islam”
Dr. Thomas Scheffler (OIB research associate)
OIB
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22 OCT 2013 18:00 Conférence
“Le patrimoine religieux de l’Arménie Médiévale (avec projections et chants liturgiques)”
Animé par :
Noura Farra Haddad
Lévon Nordiguian
Yervant Kéchichian et Maria Hovsepian
Un événement présenté par : Bibliothèque Orientale, Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines, USJ
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23 OCT 2013 15:00 Séminaire
“Beyrouth, entre mondialisation et crise syrienne”
« Beyrouth, une ville mondialisée ou une banlieue du Golfe ? »
Charles Abdallah (Délégation Européenne au Liban)
« La crise syrienne révèle les faiblesses de Beyrouth »
Fabrice Balanche (Université Lyon 2)
« Impact de la crise syrienne sur l’économie libanaise »
Nassib Ghobril (Byblos Bank – Beyrouth)
« La situation des réfugiés Syriens au Liban »
Dana Sleiman et Dominique Tohmé (UNHCR – Beyrouth)
« Le désengagement des acteurs publics face à l’urgence de la crise syrienne »
Nizar Hariri (Université Saint Joseph)
« Les retombées du conflit syrien sur le tourisme au Liban »
Liliane Buccianti-Barakat (Université Saint Joseph)
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines
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23 OCT 2013 16:00 Seminar
“The Chemical Basis of Injury and Therapy in Vascular Disease”
Prof. Kamal Badr (Faculty of Medicine)
Chemistry Building, AUB
Chemistry Department
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24 OCT 2013 12:00 Lecture
“Some work”
Josemaria de Churtichaga (architect)
Byblos campus, LAU
The Department of Architecture and Interior Design
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24 OCT 2013 13:00 Lecture
“The United Nations in Lebanon: Resolution 1701 and the Impact of Crises in the Region”
Derek Plumbly (United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon)
West Hall, AUB
The United Nations in the Arab World Program at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs
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24 OCT 2013 14:00 Conference
“Germany after the Elections”
Prof. Theodor Hanf (Visiting Professor for Comparative Politics in PSPA at AUB)
Peter Rimmele (Head of the Rule of Law Programme MENA, Konrad Adenauer Foundation)
Dr. Bente Scheller (Director Middle East office Beirut, Heinrich Böll Foundation)
Achim Vogt (Country Director Lebanon office, Friedrich Ebert Foundation)
Moderator: Dr. Danyel Reiche (Assistant Professor for Comparative Politics in PSPA at AUB)
Nicely Hall, AUB
The Department of Political Studies and Public Administration
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25 OCT 2013 10:00 Presentation
“Causal Performativity and Four Definitions of Social Entrepreneurship”
Dr. Alessandro Lanteri
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, AUB
OSB Research Seminar Presentation
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25 OCT 2013 12:30 Lecture
“Prevent and Treat Breast Cancer: The Role of Nutrition”
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at AUB in collaboration with the International Breast Cancer and Nutrition (IBCN), USA
Charles W. Hostler Student Center Auditorium, AUB
Session 1 – Role of Nutrition in the Prevention of Breast Cancer
Panel:
Dr. Nahla Hwalla (Dean FAFS, AUB)
Dr. Bassem Saab (Family physician, AUB-MC)
Speaker:
Mrs. Laila Ajam (Guest Speaker)
Mrs. Jana Jabbour (Dietitian, The Department of Clinical Nutrition, AUB-MC)
Session 2 – Role of Nutrition in the Treatment of Breast Cancer
Panel:
Mrs. Abir Barhoumi (Dietitian- The Department of Clinical Nutrition, AUB-MC)
Dr. Hiba Othman (Family physician, AUB-MC)
Speaker:
Mrs. Mirna Huballah (Activist in breast cancer)
Mrs. Marwa Hassan (Dietitian- The Department of Clinical Nutrition, AUB-MC)
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25 OCT 2013 17:30 Lecture
“From Ivory Tower to Battlefield: Two Ethnographic accounts of the Syrian Revolt in the city of Aleppo”
Karam Nachar (Syrian Historian, PhD candidate at Princeton Univ.)
Fouad M. Fouad, MD (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB)
College Hall, AUB
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies
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28 OCT 2013 09:00 Lecture
“Integrated Management of Almond witches broom (AlmWB) phytoplasma”
Agriculture, Room 205, AUB
FAFS and the Ministry of Agriculture
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29 OCT 2013 Discussion
“The Socioeconomic Impact of the Syrian Crisis and Alternative Existing Scenarios”
Rabie Nasser (SCPR)
Zaki Mehchy (SCPR)
Yezid Sayigh (Carnegie)
Carnegie Middle East Center
Syrian Center for Policy Research
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29 OCT 2013 15:00 Lecture
“The Media Between Reality and Hope”
Walid Abboud (journalist)
Beirut Campus, BAU
The Faculty of Arts
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29 OCT 2013 18:00 Conférence
“Et maintenant, on va où ? Les Alaouites de Syrie à la croisée des destins”
Bruno Paoli (Directeur du département des études arabes, médiévales et modernes)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut Français du Liban
Cycle de conférences « Les rendez-vous de l’Ifpo »
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30 OCT 2013 16:00 Lecture
“Linear Algebra over Arbitrary Commutative Rings”
Nazih Nahlus (AUB)
College Hall, AUB
The Centre For Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS) and the Department of Mathematics
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30 OCT 2013 16:00 Seminar
“Powering the Planet Via Photocatalysis”
Professor Rony Khnayzer (Lebanese American University)
Chemistry Building, AUB
The Chemistry Department
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30 OCT 2013 17:30 Lecture
“Les grandes collections et leur contribution à la naissance des musées”
Nohad Shoucair (Historien de l’Art)
Archaeological Museum, AUB
The Society of the Friends of the AUB Museum
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30 OCT 2013 18:00 Film and discussion
“NOT WHO WE ARE” by Carol Mansour
A documentary about the lives of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon
West Hall, AUB
Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS)
As part of the Syrian Relief Project at AUB
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31 OCT – 30 NOV 2013 Exhibition
“Cezar Nasr Collections: archival documents and books”
Jafet Library, AUB
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31 OCT 2013 12:00 Lecture
“Lebanon Economic Monitor: The Brunt of the Syrian Conflict”
West Hall, AUB
Economics department
The launch of the World Bank’s Lebanon Economic Monitor (LEM) – Fall 2013 issue
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31 OCT 2013 17:00 Lecture
“The Problem of Scale in the Interpretation of Representations of Cell Structure”
Barend Vlaardingerbroek (SMEC and Department of Education, AUB)
Neil Taylor and Colin Bale (University of New England, Australia)
Biology, 004, AUB
Science and Mathematics Education Center (SMEC), the Biology Department and the Education Forum
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