07-09 JAN 2014 Workshop
“Analysis”
Professors Tony Carbery and Jim Wright (University of Edinburgh)
College Hall, AUB
Department of Mathematics
Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences
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08 JAN 2014 18:00 Lecture and film screening
“Dirty Wars: Exposing America’s Covert Global Killing Machine”
Jeremy Scahill (journalist)
Charles W. Hostler Student Center Auditorium, AUB
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs
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10 JAN 2014 Panel discussion
“Lebanon’s Foreign Relations in Light of the Arab Uprisings”
Haigazian University
Political Science Department
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14 JAN 2014 18:00 Conférence
“Les aires commerciales : nouveaux espaces publics beyrouthins”
Liliane Barakat (Professeur, Université Saint Joseph)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut français
IFPO
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14-20 JAN 2014 Photography Exhibition
“Travel Notes” by Dr. Abdallah Sfeir
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Graphic Design
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16 JAN 2014 Lecture
“Civil Society Organizations: Lessons Learnt from their Merits and Demerits”
Mohamad Barakat (Secretary General of Arab Charity Society and Honorary President of the National Council of Social Services in Lebanon)
Beirut Arab University
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16 JAN 2014 12:00 Lecture & Workshop
“Atmospheres”
Roberto Gobbo (architect)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Architecture and Interior Design
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16 JAN 2014 18:00 Conférence
“L’État libanais : le grand absent des politiques de l’habitat ?”
Guillaume Boudisseau (Consultant, Ramco Real Estate Advisers)
Mona Fawaz (Associate Professor, American University of Beirut)
Ghassan Moukheiber (Député, membre de la Commission des lois)
Caecilia Pieri (Responsable de l’Observatoire urbain , Ifpo)
Amphithéâtre de l’Institut français du Liban
IFPO
Cycle : « Liban, quel État, pour quelle(s) citoyenneté(s) ? »
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19 JAN 2014 15:00 Panel discussion
“American University of Beirut: From “The Arab Cold War” to the Arab Revolts”
Hosted by President Peter Dorman
Speakers:
Samir Seikaly (Professor, Department of History, American University of Beirut)
Michael Hudson (Director, Middle East Institute and Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore, Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University)
Eugene L. Rogan (University lecturer, Modern History of the Middle East; Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford University)
Elizabeth F. Thompson (Associate Professor, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia)
West Hall, AUB
In memory of Malcolm Kerr, AUB President (1982-1984)
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20-22 JAN 2014 Lecture
“Conics, Quaternion algebras and Rational points on Conic Bundles”
Alexei Skorobogatov (Imperial College, UK)
College Hall, AUB
Department of Mathematics
Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences
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20 JAN 2014 16:00 Lecture
“The Politics of Education Reform Policies in Lebanon Post Taif”
Dr. Maya Shuayb (St Antony’s College, University of Oxford)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Education
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20 JAN 2014 18:00 Conférence
“Ai-je raconté autre chose que ma vie ?”
Hassan Daoud (Écrivain libanais)
Nasawiya cafe, Beirut,
IFPO
Cycle de conférences les lundis littéraires de l’Ifpo
Expérience de l’écriture et écriture de l’expérience
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21 JAN 2014 18:00 Conférence
“Histoire de la girafe en terre d’Islam”
Thierry Buquet (Ingénieur de recherche CNRS/ Ifpo)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut français
IFPO
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22 JAN 2014 11:00 Presentation and panel discussion
“The Nexus Approach: The Road to Water, Energy and Food Security in the Arab World?”
Holger Hoff (Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden)
Rabi Mohtar (Texas AM University, USA)
Ralf Klingbeil (ESCWA)
Nadim Farajalla (IFI, AUB)
College Hall, AUB
Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World Program at IFI
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22 JAN 2014 16:00 Seminar
“Dispersive blow-up for Schrödinger type equations”
Professor Jean-Claude Saut (Laboratoire de Mathématiques d’Orsay, Université Paris-Sud Orsay, France)
College Hall, AUB
Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences
Department of Mathematics
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22 JAN 2014 17:00 Séminaire
“Le sac de Kisrwān, contexte politique”
Antoine Doumit & Élias Kattar (Université Libanaise)
IFPO
Séminaire « Conflits de sources, sources de conflits »
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23 JAN 2014 Lecture
“The British Response to the Armenian Massacres of 1914-1923″
Katia Peltekian
Haigazian University
On the occasion of the publication of “The Times of the Armenian Genocide: Reports in the British Press”
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28 JAN 2014 18:00 Film Screening
“NOT WHO WE ARE”
a documentary film by Carol Mansur about the lives of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon
OIB
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28 JAN 2014 18:00 Conférence
“Tyr el-Bass : problèmes d’archéologie et d’architecture”
Hany Kahwagi-Janho (USEK – Architecte/restaurateur – Docteur en archéologie romaine)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut français
IFPO
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29 JAN – 26 FEB 2014 Exhibition
“The Young Phoenician Man of Carthage”
Post Hall, Archaeological Museum, AUB
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29 JAN 2014 13:00 Lecture
“Lost in Transformation? The US government’s foreign policy towards the MENA”
Alan Makovsky (Political analyst)
Klaus Linsenmeier (Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America)
Dr. Michael Werz (Center for American Progress)
Moderator: Dr. Waleed Hazbun. Director Center for Arab and Middle East
West Hall, AUB
Department of Political Studies and Public Administration
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29 JAN 2014 15:00 Seminar
“Multidisciplinary Approach for Investigating the Complex Epidemiology of Phytoplasmal Diseases”
Dr. Fabio Quaglino (Molecular Geneticist, University Degli Studi de Milano)
FAFS, AUB
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29 JAN 2014 18:00 Lecture
“Cruz y Ortiz – Projects and Works”
Antonio Ortiz (architect)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Architecture and Interior Design
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29 JAN 2014 20:00 Concert
“Starry Night”
Quatuor Musique Del Tempo
Assembly Hall, AUB
Zaki Nassif Program Music Festival “In Celebration of a Musical Legacy”
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30 JAN 2014 16:00 Lecture
“Bkhsūs el-karāmeh: Understanding Dignity in Political Struggle in Lebanon and Beyond”
Sami Hermez (Visiting Scholar in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University)
College Hall, AUB
Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies
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31 JAN 2014 12:00 Lecture
“The Struggle for Iraq’s Future: How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy”
Zaid al-Ali (AUB-FM)
Regional External Programs (REP) Building, AUB
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs
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31 JAN 2014 12:30 Lecture
“Lessons from the Fruit Fly Drosophila Melanogaster: From Development to Cancer”
Dr. Margret Shirinian (AUB-FM)
DTS, AUB
Basic Medical Science Department
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