01 OCT 2014 14:00 Lecture
“Washington tries to cope with a chaotic Middle East in a Changing Global Order”
Dr. Michael C. Hudson (Saif Ghobash Professor of Arab Studies and International Relations, Emeritus, Georgetown University)
IFI Building, AUB
IFI
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01 OCT 2014 15:30 Lecture
“SemIndex: Semantic-Aware Inverted Index”
Dr. Joe Tekli (Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Byblos campus, LAU
Organizer: School of Engineering
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01 OCT 2014 18:30 Conférence
“Le Temps des Humiliés. Pathologie des relations internationales”
Bertrand Badie (Professeur des universités en science politique à Sciences Po Paris)
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par :
Ecole Doctorale – Sciences de l’homme et de la société
Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines
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02-03 OCT 2014 Conference
“First International Conference and Exhibition on Efficient Building Design”
West Hall, AUB
Mechanical Engineering Department
Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources
ASHRAE
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02-10 OCT 2014 Exhibition
“Islamic Architecture in India”
Photographs by Benoy K. Behl
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer:
School of Architecture and Design
Institute of Islamic Art and Architecture
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02 OCT 2014 11:00 Lecture
“Photography as Propaganda: The War Photography of Khalil Raad in the Palestine/Sinai Front During WW1″
Salim Tamari (professor of sociology at Birzeit University)
Van Dyck Hall, AUB
IFI
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02 OCT 2014 16:30 Lecture
“The Restoration of the Tomb of Humayan”
Ratish Nanda (architect, conservation expert of Indian monuments of the Mughal period)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer:
School of Architecture and Design
Institute of Islamic Art and Architecture
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02 OCT 2014 17:30 Debate
“Ta3a Ne7ke: Did Hunting in Lebanon bring animals to extinction?’”
West Hall, AUB
AUB Nature Conservation Center
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03 OCT 2014 11:00 Conférence – débat
“Que vois-je? Réflexions sur la relation entre le cinéma et la réalité politique”
Rabih Haddad (Consultant en Communication numérique)
Campus des sciences sociales, USJ
Un événement présenté par : Institut des sciences politiques
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03 OCT 2014 12:00 Lecture
“Germany 2014 – 24 years After Reunification”
Dr. Thomas Krumm (Visiting Professor)
Ms. Ina Hoppe (representatives of the DAAD)
Byblos campus, LAU
Organizer:
Department of Social Sciences
Department of Humanitites
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
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07 OCT 2014 18:00 Conférence
“بُنية الديانات التوحيديّة وأساليب توظيفها في الميدان السياسيّ والحربيّ – نظرة تاريخيّة مقارنة ”
الوزير السابق الدكتور جورج قُرم
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par : Faculté des sciences religieuses
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08-14 OCT 2014 Photo-exhibition
“Mixed Feelings: Racism and ‘Othering’ in Lebanon from a Lebanese Perspective”
IFI building, AUB
IFI
Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship
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09-10 OCT 2014 Workshop
“Fundamentals of Technology Transfer”
College Hall, AUB
Office of Grants and Contracts
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09-11 OCT 2014 Workshop
“Beirut: Bodies in Public”
AUB and public spaces in Beirut
AUB
King’s College London
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09 OCT 2014 18:00 Séminaire
“Archéologie et iconographie du Proche-Orient ancien : quelques réflexions sur la production de documents figurés en Mésopotamie à la fin du IIIe millénaire av. J.-C.”
Barbara Couturaud (Docteur en Histoire et archéologie des mondes anciens, spécialiste de l’iconographie des sociétés du Proche-Orient au Bronze ancien.)
Salle de conférence, Institut français du Liban
IFPO
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13 OCT 2014 12:00 Panel discussion
“Intervention: Limits of U.S. Power?”
Panelists:
Vijay Prashad (IFI Senior Research Fellow)
Lisa Hajjar (Edward Said Chair of American Studies, CASAR)
Moderator: Karim Makdisi (Associate Professor of International Politics, AUB)
IFI Auditorium, AUB
IFI
CASAR
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14 OCT 2014 09:15 Workshop
“Addressing Linguistic and Cultural Challenges in Translation”
with lectures by
Dr. Mona Baker (professor of Translation Studies at the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester, UK)
Dr. Talal Wehbe (professor of linguistics, research methodology, and translation)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Humanities
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15-18 OCT 2014 16:30 Lecture and workshop
“Anamorphic Self-Portrait”
Guest speaker: István Oroscz (Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Graphic Design
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17 OCT 2014 17:00 Conférence
“Identité Constitutionnelle Et Globalisation”
S. E. M. Laszlo Trocsanyi (Ministre hongrois de la justice)
Campus des sciences sociales, USJ
Un événement présenté par : Faculté de droit et des sciences politiques
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18 OCT 2014 09:00 Symposium
“Patient Affairs and Patient Satisfaction: Sharing Our Experiences”
West Hall, AUB
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20-21 OCT 2014 Studio Exhibition
“Architecture and the City”
Byblos campus, LAU
Organizer: School of Architecture and Design
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20 OCT 2014 09:15 Panel discussion
“Drought Policy, Governance, and Management Systems in the MENA Region”
Speakers:
Fidele Byiringiro (Economics Affairs Officer, Sustainable Development and Productivity Division – ESCWA)
Manfred Lange (Director, The Energy, Environment, and Water Research Center – Cyprus Institute)
Mouncef Rekaya (Hydrologist, and Ex-Director General, Water Resources Department at the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture – Tunisia)
Nadim Farajalla (Program Research Director, IFI’s Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World Program and Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences – American University of Beirut )
IFI Auditorium, AUB
Climate Change and Environment Program, IFI
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20 OCT 2014 16:00 Lecture
“Education for Sustainable development”
Nicole Eid Abuhaydar (Unite Lebanon Youth Project)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Education
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21 OCT 2014 14:00 Lecture
“Inclusion through Segregation? The Paradox of Gender-Segregation in Iran”
Nazanin Shahrokni (Visiting Assistant Professor, SOAM)
West Hall, AUB
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies (SOAM)
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22 OCT 2014 17:30 Lecture
“Tell Burak: A Phoenician City of the Kingdom of Sidon”
Professor Helen Sader (Archaeology Department)
Post Hall, Archaeological Museum, AUB
Society of The Friends of The Museum
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22 OCT 2014 17:30 Lecture
“Protecting Secular Space: The role of Tunisian civil society post-2011″
Abdel-Basset Ben Hassen (President of the Arab Institute for Human Rights, Tunisia)
College Hall, AUB
Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship
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22 OCT 2014 18:00 Conférence
“المشفى كظاهرة ولدت في الشرق المسيحي ”
Dr Antoine Courban
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par :
Centre de Recherches et de Publications de l’Orient Chrétien
Faculté des sciences religieuses
Institut de lettres orientales
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23 OCT 2014 17:00 Presentation
“The Governance of Political Corporate Social Responsibility”
Bobby Banerjee (Professor, Cass Business School)
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, Maamari Auditorium, AUB
Kamal Shair Responsible Leadership Chair
Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative
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24 OCT 2014 09:00 Seminar
“Housing Policies, Rent Control, and Property Taxation in Lebanon: Towards a Socially Just Model of Urban Development”
IFI Auditorium, AUB
IFI
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
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24 OCT 2014 18:30 Lecture
“Sometimes a Mirage Reveals to be an Oasis”
Joana Hadjithomas
Khalil Joreige
Architecture Lecture Hall, AUB
Department of Architecture and Design
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27 OCT 2014 14:00 Talk
“South-South narratives of enlightenment, hope and resistance: Reflections on the Afro-Asian Writer’s Association”
Tariq Mehmood (writer and film-maker, AHI fellow, AUB)
Building 37, AUB
Arts and Humanities Initiative
Department of English
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28 OCT 2014 18:00 Conférence
“Le religieux, le narratif et le littéraire. Le statut du récit aux débuts de l’Islam”
Iyas Hassan (Agrégé d’arabe – chercheur à l’Ifpo)
Salle de conférence, Institut français du Liban
IFPO
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28 OCT 2014 18:30 Lecture
“Is Guantanamo Bay a war crime?”
James Connell
Building 37, AUB
CASAR
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29 OCT 2014 16:00 Panel
“Wadih el Safi: Voice, Music and Lyrics”
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Humanities
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29 OCT 2014 17:30 Panel discussion
“The Art of Arabic Letters: The Calligraphic Paintings of Samir Sayegh”
Panelists:
Samir Sayegh (Poet, Painter/Calligraphist, Critic)
Abdo Wazen (Poet, Critic, Journalist)
Nader El-Bizri (Academician)
College Hall, AUB
Anis Makdisi Program in Literature
CAMES
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29 OCT 2014 18:00 Seminar
“Rent control and eviction policy”
IFI Auditorium, AUB
IFI
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31 OCT 2014 18:30 Lecture / Performance
“Two-Headed Imagomancy”
Iman Raad (artist, graphic designer)
Shahrzad Changalvaee (artist, graphic designer)
Architecture Lecture Hall, AUB
Department of Architecture and Design
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