04 SEP-23 OCT 2014 Exhibition
“VIDEO FORECAST: A Selection of Video Art from Central Asia”
Byblos Bank Art Gallery, AUB
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08 SEP 2014 09:00 Panel discussion
“The People Want to Overthrow Which Regime?”
Adib Nehme (Regional Advisor – ESCWA)
Fawwaz Traboulsi (American University of Beirut)
Tareq Tell (American University of Beirut)
Ziad Abdel Samad (Arab NGO Network for Development)
Rami Khouri (Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs)
IFI Auditorium, AUB
IFI
Arab NGO Network for Development
A book launch and panel discussion on Adib Nehme’s latest book , The Neopatrimonial State and the Arab Spring
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11 SEP 2014 17:00 Lecture
“Dialectics between Suspicion and Trust”
Ray Brassier (American University of Beirut)
Building 37, AUB
OIB
Forum Transregionale Studien
International Summer Academy “Language, Science and Aesthetics – Articulations of Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Modern Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia”
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11 SEP 2014 18:00 Conférence exposition
“Contribution de la coopération polonaise à la conservation du patrimoine libanais”
<Table ronde>
Introduction: Pr. Eberhard Kienle (Directeur de l’Institut français du Proche-Orient)
“Entre Chhim et Jiyeh ; conservateurs polonais dans le contexte des projets archéologiques polono-libanais 1996-2014″
Pr. Tomasz Waliszewski (Centre polonais d’archéologie méditerranéenne de l’Université de Varsovie)
“Selected issues in conservation of wall paintings in Lebanon”
Pr. Krzysztof Chmielewski (Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw)
“Education in restoration – art and science”
Pr. Jacek Martusewicz (Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw)
Institut français du Liban
IFPO
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12-13 SEP 2014 Conference
“HSON Research Conference and Chartering Ceremony: Advancing the nursing research agenda in Lebanon”
Hisham Jaroudi Auditorium, AUB
The Rafic Hariri School of Nursing (HSON)
Chi Iota Honor Society at AUB
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
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12 SEP 2014 11:00 Lecture
“Surviving and Serving under Occupation in Jerusalem: The Case of Al-Makassed Hospital”
Dr. Rafiq Husseini (Director of Al-Makassed Hospital, Jerusalem)
IFI Auditorium, AUB
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs
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12 SEP 2014 12:30 Seminar
“High Throughput Screens Identify Major Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression”
Dr. Ihab Younis (Senior Research Investigator, University of Pennsylvania)
DTS, AUB
Basic Medical Science Departments
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12 SEP 2014 17:00 Lecture
“Reading Paratexts: The significance of textual frames”
Hans Harder (University of Heidelberg)
OIB
Forum Transregionale Studien
International Summer Academy “Language, Science and Aesthetics – Articulations of Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Modern Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia”
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13 SEP 2014 11:30 Lecture
“Ontological-Epistemological Renewals within the Dialectics of Tradition and Modernity? Critical reflections on methodology in the field of ‘Arabic sciences and philosophy’”
Nader el-Bizri (American University of Beirut)
OIB
Forum Transregionale Studien
International Summer Academy “Language, Science and Aesthetics – Articulations of Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Modern Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia”
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15 SEP 2014 17:00 Lecture
“Dhawq ‐ On the aesthetics of incorporation and the importance of a linguistic approach”
Kirsten Scheid (American University of Beirut)
OIB
Forum Transregionale Studien
International Summer Academy “Language, Science and Aesthetics – Articulations of Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Modern Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia”
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16 SEP 2014 17:00 Lecture
“From the Religious to the Aesthetic Image – or the struggle over art that offends”
Monica Juneja (University of Heidelberg)
OIB
Forum Transregionale Studien
International Summer Academy “Language, Science and Aesthetics – Articulations of Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Modern Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia”
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17-28 SEP 2014 Exhibition
“A Manifesto of the Space-Realist Metaphysical Portrait”
By Dr. Ali T. Haidar
West Hall, AUB
Italian Cultural Institute in Lebanon
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17 SEP 2014 17:00 Panel discussion
“Post-war Gaza”
Panelists:
Rami Khouri
Mariam Al Bassam
Helmi Moussa
Issam Fares Center Auditorium, Sin el Fil, Beirut
Issam Fares Center for Lebanon
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18 SEP 2014 16:00 Seminar
“Academic Freedom: The Case of Steven Salaita”
Speaker: Dr. Arianne Shahvisi (Department of Philosophy, AUB)
Moderator: Dr. Jad Chaaban (AUB Faculty United)
Charles W. Hostler Student Center Auditorium, AUB
AUB Faculty United
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18 SEP 2014 17:00 Lecture
“Modernity and Misplacement: A curious history of anachronism”
Bodhisattva Kar (University of Cape Town)
Building 37, AUB
OIB
Forum Transregionale Studien
International Summer Academy “Language, Science and Aesthetics – Articulations of Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Modern Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia”
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18 SEP 2014 17:30 Seminar
“The Gaza War Experience: Science and Advocacy”
Paola Manduca, PhD (Professor of Genetics; President, New Weapons Research Group)
Swee Ang, MSc., FRCS (Consultant Trauma and Orthopedic Surgeon; Founder and Patron, Medical Aid for Palestinians)
Moderated by: Ghassan Abu-Sitta, MBchB, FRCS (Head, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, AUBMC)
Van Dyck Hall, AUB
Faculty of Health Sciences
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18 SEP 2014 18:30 Lecture
“Dissolution of Empire in the Middle East, 1918-1923: Historical contingencies vs. historiographical certainties”
Dr. Hassan Kayali (University of California, San Diego)
West Hall, AUB
Department of History and Archaeology
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19 SEP 2014 10:00 Debate
“Prospects for peace in a troubled region”
Panelists:
HE Angelina Eichhorst (Ambassador of the European Union to Lebanon)
Rami G. Khouri (Director of AUB’s Issam Fares Institute)
Jean-Paul Chami (Director of Peace Labz)
HE Homer A. Mavrommatis (Ambassador of Cyprus to Lebanon)
Moderated by Michael Hudson (Professor of Arab Studies, Emeritus, Georgetown University)
IFI Auditorium, AUB
AUB (PSPA, CAMES and IFI)
Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon
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22-29 SEP 2014 Conférence et exposition
“Too young to wed”
par Stephanie Sinclair
Campus des sciences sociales, USJ
Un événement présenté par : Institut des sciences politiques
En collaboration avec :
Ambassade du Canada
L’Orient-Le Jour
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22 SEP 2014 17:30 Lecture
“The Other Architecture: A Sustainable Paradigm: Geometry, Vernacular Architecture & Hassan Fathy”
Prof. Salma Samar Damluji
Building 37, AUB
Anis Makdisi Program in Literature
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22 SEP 2014 18:00 Lecture
“Blending Through Experimentation”
Benedetta Tagliabue (architect, Miralles Tagliabue EMBT)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Architecture & Interior Design
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23 SEP 2014 15:15 Discussion
“Academic Labor and the Politics of Intellectual Dissent”
Prof. David Lloyd (University of California, Riverside)
Building 37, AUB
CASAR
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24 SEP 2014 Discussion
“A Strategy for Fighting the Islamic State”
Sarkis Naoum (Annahar)
Lina Khatib (Carnegie)
Yezid Sayigh (Carnegie)
Carnegie Middle East Center
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24 SEP 2014 12:00 Lecture
“Islam, Human Rights and the Possibility of Reasonable Pluralism: A case from the Tunisian constitution”
Dr. Zaid Eyadat (Dean of the School of International Studies and Political Science at the University of Jordan)
IFI Auditorium, AUB
IFI
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25-26 SEP 2014 Colloque international
“The Political Economy of Regime Transformation and Collective Action in the Middle East”
Organisé par l’Ifpo, en colloration avec le CERI/Sciences-Po Paris
et avec le soutien du projet européen WAFAW, le Fonds d’Alembert et le Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore
Venue: Institut Français du Liban
25 SEP
<The Transformation of Political Regimes>
“The Transformation of the Rentier Welfare State in the Gulf Monarchies”
Laurence Louër (CERI, Sciences-Po Paris)
“Revolution and Counter-Revolution: What is Being Transformed?”
Fawwaz Traboulsi (American University of Beirut)
<Collective Action and Institutions>
“Collective Action as an Instrument of Control ? The Case of Employment-focused Movements in Morocco”
Montserrat Emperador Badimon (Université Lumière-Lyon 2)
“Patronage et action collective : essai de lecture du conflit salarial chez Spinneys (Liban)”
Michele Scala (IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence)
“Le Comité de Coordination Syndicale au Liban, symptôme d’une radicalisation des luttes sociales ou simple conflit salarial?”
Marie-Noëlle AbiYaghi (Ifpo/ Lebanon Support, Beirut)
“Bloquer les phosphates! Nouvelles transactions politiques dans la région de Gafsa (Tunisie)”
Amin Allal (CNRS/CERAPS, Lille)
26 SEP
<Exploring Past Transformations>
“The Socio-Economic Bases of the Politics of Community and Citizenship”
Sami Zubaida (Birkbeck College, University of London)
“The Agrarian Crisis in Syria during the Fifties and the Sixties: Emergence of New Key Actors in the Political Field”
Matthieu Rey (Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore)
“The Politics and Economics of Regime Change in the Mashriq; Ottomans, Mandates, Revolutions”
Peter Sluglett (Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore)
“Rents and Royalty: Military Keynesiansims, Militarized Welfare and the Rentier State in Jordan”
Tareq Tell (American University of Beirut)
<Economies Reconfigured by War and Politics>
“Syria’s Economy at Times of War”
Jihad Yazigi (Syria Report, Beirut/ European Council on Foreign Relations, Brussels)
“Les transformations indirectes de la crise syrienne sur l’économie du Liban 2011-2013″
Boutros Labaki (Université libanaise, Beirut)
“Negotiating Redistribution Policies in the Course of Democratic Transitions”
Asya El-Meehy (ESCWA, Beirut/ University of California, Berkeley)
“Post-Revolutionary Orthodoxy?”
Eberhard Kienle (Ifpo, Beirut)
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25-26 SEP 2014 Symposium
“The Idea of Islam Today: Towards Non-Orientalist Genealogies”
West Hall, AUB
Arts and Humanities Initiative
Office of the Provost
Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
OIB
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25 SEP 2014 17:00 Lecture
“Machine Learning: An Overview and Applications”
Prof. Shady El Bassuoni (Department of Computer Science)
West Hall, AUB
Association for the Study of Mind (ASOM)
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28 SEP 2014 09:45 Symposium
“Israel’s War on Gaza: Political, Moral, and Legal Accountability”
The symposium will cover three main themes:
• The evolving role of the UN on the ground and in parallel with the politics of the UNSC
• The issue of moral and political accountability, particularly looking into the role of movements such as the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS), including an assessment of the role of international commissions
• An assessment of existing and new technical and legal questions raised by the current assault, and identifying courses of action for legal accountability
IFI Auditorium, AUB
IFI
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29 SEP 2014 16:00 Lecture
“Why is Critical Thinking the #1 Desired Skill Employers Look For?”
Dr. Ahmed Samarji (Victoria University in Melbourne)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Education
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29 SEP 2014 17:00 Table ronde
“Cohabitation et conflits dans le Bilâd al-Châm à l’époque ottomane: Musulmans et chrétiens à travers les écrits des chroniqueurs et des voyageurs”
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par :
Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines
Faculté des sciences religieuses
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29 SEP 2014 17:30 Lecture
“The Cultural Work of Recovering Palestine”
Joseph Massad (Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History, Columbia University)
College Hall, AUB
CAMES
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29 SEP 2014 18:30 Lecture
“The Paradox of Citizenship and Justice in Divided Societies: Lebanon, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and South Africa”
Lynn Staeheli (Professor of Human Geography at Durham University in the United Kingdom)
IFI Auditorium, AUB
IFI
Graduate Programs in Urban Planning, Policy and Design (MUPP-MUD)
“The Social Justice and the City Lecture Series for Fall 2014″
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