02-05 JUN 2014 Exhibition
“AUB Student Handwritten Magazines (1899-1933)”
West Hall, AUB
President’s Club
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03 JUN 2014 18:00 Conférence
“Bagdad, métropole du monde arabo-musulman médiéval”
Vanessa Van Renterghem (Chercheur, Ifpo)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut Français du Liban
Cycle de conférences « Les Rendez-vous de l’Ifpo »
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04-06 JUN 2014 Conference
“Takaful 2014 – Fourth Annual Conference on Arab Philanthropy and Civic Engagement”
Venues: AUB (June 4-5) and UOB (June 6) campuses
The conference will host sessions on:
• Reconciliation Interventions of Civil Society in Conflict and Post-Conflict Environments
• Service Learning and its Role in Civic Engagement
• Social Entrepreneurship and Employment – Financial and Academic Models
• The Role of the Non-Profit Sector in Egypt’s Transition
• The Unfolding Transitions and Challenges to Arab Civil Society Role
• E-Volunteering and Social Capital
• Communal and Faith Based Organizations and Philanthropy
• Research Methodologies, Tools and Approaches to Better Understand Civic Engagement
• Advocacy Strategies and Civil Society Role in Public Policy
And panels on:
• Humanitarian Crisis Interventions
• Good Practices and Innovations in Civic Engagement
• Promoting Responsible Business in the Arab Region
• Case Studies of University Civic Engagement
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05 JUN 2014 Discussion
“The Syrian Presidential Elections: A Non-Turning Point”
Noah Bonsey (International Crisis Group)
Lina Khatib (Carnegie)
Yezid Sayigh (Carnegie)
Carnegie Middle East Center
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07-08 JUN 2014 Screening
“IFI Open Archives Day: Palestinian Oral History Archive”
The Palestinian Oral History Archive is a database of oral history interviews with Palestinian elders, and with select groups in the camps around Lebanon.
Jafet Library AUB
IFI, AUB Libraries, Arab Resource Center for the Popular Arts (AL-JANA), and the Nakba Archive
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09 JUN 2014 12:30 Discussion
“Manufactured Crisis: The Secret History of the Iranian Nuclear Scare”
Gareth Porter (journalist, historian, author, and policy analyst on U.S. foreign and military policy)
IFI Building, AUB
IFI
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10 JUN 2014 12:00 Lecture
“Non-functional Features In Service Selection”
Dr. Joyce El-Haddad (Assistant Professor in LAMSADE laboratory at the Paris Dauphine University in France)
Byblos campus, LAU
Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
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10 JUN 2014 18:00 Public research seminar
“The religions of Armenians in Lebanon: Current situation and future prospects”
Dr. Irina du Quenoy (Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs)
OIB
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11 JUN 2014 18:00 Séminaire
“Traduction et adaptation au théâtre : éléments du processus de création
L’exemple d’Al-fīl yā malik al-zamān de Sa‘d Allāh Wannūs à Chatila”
Najla Nakhlé-Cerruti (Doctorante, Ifpo)
IFPO
Cinquième séance du séminaire Ta‘rīb et taġrīb – Questions de traduction et de réécriture organisé par Claire Savina (Paris IV, doctorante Ifpo) et Peter Hill (Oxford University, doctorant associé Ifpo pour le DEAMM).
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11 JUN 2014 18:00 Public event
“Khalil Sarkis and his wife Louise, née Boustani, at the Orient-Institut Beirut – The restoration of two portraits by Khalil Saleeby (1870-1928) ”
Cornelia Rüth (conservation expert)
OIB
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12 JUN 2014 Discussion
“Citizenship and Social Justice: Exploring New Frontiers”
Jihad Azour, Ziad Bahaeddine, Moncef Cheikh-Rouhou, Abdallah Al-Dardari, Rabiha Diab, Abdel Karim Al-Eryani, Ridha Saidi, Maha Yahya
Carnegie Middle East Center
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12 JUN 2014 20:30 Concert
“Al Farah Choir Chants for Peace”
Assembly Hall, AUB
Zaki Nassif Program Music Festival “In celebration of a Musical Legacy”
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12-14 JUN 2014 Exhibition
“METAMORPHOSIS”
Alumni Graphic Design Exhibition
Beirut campus, LAU
Design Department and the Alumni Relations Office
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13-14 JUN 2014 Conférence
“Qu’est-ce que l’acte de croire ? Rituels religieux au Liban entre partage et cloisonnement communautaire”
Pr Albert Piette
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par :
Centre d’Étude et d’Interprétation du Fait Religieux
Faculté des sciences religieuses
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13 JUN 2014 12:00 Lecture
“Systematic Country Diagnostics: The World Bank’s response to social justice demands in the Middle East?”
Kaushik Basu (Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank)
Shantayanan Devarajan (Chief Economist for Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank)
Samir Makdisi (Professor of Economics and IFI Distinguished Senior Public Policy Fellow, AUB)
IFI Auditorium, AUB
IFI
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16-18 JUN 2014 Lecture
“Optimizing multi-threaded algorithms and code targeting hardware accelerators: data locality and parallelism overheads”
Drs. Marc Moreno Maza and Yuzhen Xie (the University of Western Ontario)
College Hall, AUB
Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS)
Department of Computer Science
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17 JUN 2014 Discussion
“Launching Event for the Arab Integration Report”
Fouad Sanioura, Rima Khalaf, Ezzedine Al Asbahi, Mahmoud Azab, Jihad Azour, Inaam Bayoud, Sami Brahem, Abdallah Al Dardari, Hani Fahs, Taher Kenan, Yezid Sayigh, Mohammed Tayyeb Al-Tizini, Maha Yahya, Haifa Zangana
Carnegie Middle East Center
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19 JUN 2014 14:00 Lecture
“From East to West: Trajectories in Architectural History”
Dr. May Farhat (AUB)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: School of Architecture and Design
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19 JUN 2014 18:30 Conférence
“Réponse de Yaḥyā b. ‘Adī à Ibn al- Warrāq. Une disputatio islamo-chrétienne du Xes”
Dr Efrem Baalbaki et Dr Nadine Abbas
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par :
Centre de Recherches et de Publications de l’Orient Chrétien (CERPOC)
Faculté des sciences religieuses
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20 JUN 2014 11:30 Lecture
“Turkish Feminist Playwriting and Feminist Theater Companies in Istanbul”
Dr. Fakiye Ozsoysal (Istanbul University)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Communication Arts
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20 JUN 2014 18:00 Activités culturelles
“Un avant-goût de la fête de la musique”
Animation musicale et exposition de livres et d’instruments de musique
Bibliothèque Orientale, USJ
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22 JUN 2014 19:00 Concert
“Beirut Chamber Choir”
Assembly Hall, AUB
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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23-25 JUN 2014 Conference
“Arab Countries in Transition: Gender Rights and Constitutional Reforms”
Organizer: the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World at the Lebanese American University,
in collaboration with the Women and Memory Forum in Egypt,
the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung – Rule of Law Program in the MENA region and
the Danish Center for Information on Gender, Equality and Diversity (KVINFO) in Denmark
Le Commodore Hotel in Hamr
23 JUN
Panel I: Women’s Political Participation During and After Arab Uprisings/Revolutions
Moderator: Mona Khalaf
1. Feminisms and Democratic Transitions: The Arab Spring in Comparative Perspective
- Valentine Moghadam
2. The Political Role of Women During the Arab Spring in Tunisia
- Lilia Labidi
حقوق النساء اليمنيات من وثيقة مخرجات مؤتمر الحوار الوطني إلى الدستور الجديد .3
- Mona Al-Mahakeri
4. Arab Women’s Political Activism: Testimonies
- Alia Ibrahim
Panel II: Women’s Equality in the New Egyptian Constitution: Challenges and Political Compromises
Moderator: Hoda Elsadda
1. Outreach and Political Lobbying for Feminist Demands in the Egyptian Constitution
- Salma Elnaqqash
2. Women’s Rights in the New Egyptian Constitution: After June 30
- Amr Mohamed
3. Egyptian Women Between Three Constitutions
- Moushira Khattab
4. Negotiating Gender Rights and Gender Relations in the Constitution-Making Processes in Egypt
- Naoko Kuwahara
Panel III: Gender and the Arab Uprisings/Revolutions
Moderator: Azza Charara Baydoun
1. Tunisia in Transition: Women in Limbo
- Abdelhamid Rhaiem
ملامح تمثلات المرأة في الثورة السورية .2
- Mayssoun Ali
إشكاليات الجسد والجندر والسلطة وتجلياتها في الثورات العربية .3
- Awatef Ketiti
4. Of Laws Tattooed in Flesh: Gendered Self-Expression through Spoken Word in Post- Revolutionary Tunisia
- Agatha Palma
24 JUN
Panel IV: No Public Space for Women?: Sexual Violence in Egypt, the Constructions of a Social Problem, Feminist Responses, and the Dynamics of Resistance in Egypt
Moderator: Diana Mukalled
1. Insights into Women’s Experiences in Public Space in Egypt
- Maissan Hassan
2. Current Discourses on Sexual Violence in Egypt
- Mozn Hassan
3. Psychological Consequences of Sexual Assaults on Women and the Discourse Problematic
- Kholoud Barakat
4. Survivors and not Victims: The Movement Against Public Sexual Violence and the Politics of Recognition
- Amal Elmohandes
Panel V: Islamic Law
Moderator: Makram Ouaiss
1. Women’s Constitutional Rights between Islamic Shari’a and Modernity
- Zahra’ Langhi
2. Le Combat des Femmes pour la Constitutionnalisation de l’égalité des Sexes du Maroc
- Nadia Nair
أبعاد التحول الديمقراطي بين تحديث النظام السياسي واتجاهات الثقافة التقليدية للمجتمع العربي .3
- Nabeel Ismael
4. The Algerian Women’s Movement: Struggles, Cooptation, and Islamism
- Rachid Tlemcani
Panel VI: Struggle for Democracy and Gender Rights in Documentary Films
Moderator: Ghida Anani
1. Documentary: “Reporting … A Revolution” – “خبر الثورة”
- Bassam Mortada
2. Documentary: “Not Who We Are” – “هيك مو نحنا”
- Carol Mansour
25 JUN
Panel VII: Legal Reforms and Changes Impacting Women in Lebanon
Moderator: Leila Azouri
1. A Lebanese Nongovernmental Organization Advocating Policy Change: The Case of CRTD-A in Lebanon
- Ghenwa El Jurdy
2. Family Violence Law
- Marie-Rose Zalzal
3. Personal Status Codes in Lebanon
- Manar Zaiter
4. Women’s Political Participation and the Quota System in Lebanon
- Marguerite Helou
Panel VIII: Legal Reforms and Changes Impacting Women in the MENA Region
Moderator: Nizar Saghieh
1. Crimes of Honor in Jordan
- Rana Husseini
العنف ضد المرأة مزايا التشريع واحباطات الواقع – حالة العراق .2
- Faheema Rzaij
3. Women Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
- Saada Allaw
4. The Woman in Egypt’s Penal Code – the Price for Protection
- Bahaa Ezzelarab
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24 JUN 2014 18:00 Conférence
“Qal‘at Doubiyé : archaïsme et modernité d’une forteresse du Sud-Liban ?”
Cyril Yovitchitch (Archéologue, Ifpo)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut Français du Liban
Cycle de conférences « Les Rendez-vous de l’Ifpo »
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25 JUN 2014 11:00 Lecture
“Apollo Syndrome: The Musician-Physician Connection”
Dr. Nancy Chedid (LAU)
Byblos campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Humanities
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25 JUN 2014 19:00 Concert
“Contemporary Music Concert”
Piano and Arrangements: Joelle Khoury
Saxophone: Jeremy Chapman
Vibraphone: Alain Huteau
West Hall, AUB
Department of Fine Arts and Art History
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25 JUN 2014 20:00 Concert
“A Violin and Piano concert”
Ihab Jamal (Violin)
and
Liana Harutyunyan(Piano)
Assembly Hall, AUB
Zaki Nassif Program for Music
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26 JUN 2014 08:30 Roundtable
“Gender Research in Iraq: Reality and Expectations”
Dr. Suad Joseph (Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies at the University of California, Davis)
Dr. Samira Atallah (Director of ESCWA Centre for Women)
Dr. Hoda El-Sadda (Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University and head of the Freedoms and Rights Committee in the Constituent Assembly, Egypt)
Dr. Noha Bayoumi (Professor at the Faculty of Arts at the Lebanese University)
Le Commodore Hotel, Hamra, Beirut
Organizer: Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World, LAU
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26 JUN 2014 18:00 Cycle thématique
“La décentralisation au Liban : une solution à la crise de l’État ?”
Avec la participation de :
Nouha Ghosseini (Présidente de la Fédération des communes du Chouf)
Karam Karam (Directeur de recherche au Common Space Initiative for Shared Knowledge and Consensus Building)
Myriam Catusse (Directrice du Département des Études contemporaines de l’Ifpo)
IFPO
Cycle : « Liban, quel État, pour quelle(s) citoyenneté(s) ? »
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