01 DEC 2014 15:00 Lecture
“A Catalyst for Socio-Economic Transformation: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy”
Dr. Aida Essaid (Director of the Information and Research Center – King Hussein Foundation, Jordan)
IFI Auditorium, AUB
IFI
Director’s Policy Series Lecture
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02 DEC 2014 14:00 Lecture
“Narratives Of Hope: Palestine in Literature”
Ibrahim Nasrallah (novelist, literary critic)
with
Tariq Mehmood (Assistant Professor at the AUB)
Rania Masri (Associate Director of the Asfari Institute)
Abo Gabi (singer)
Amal Kaawash (illustrator, vocalist and song writer)
Building 37, AUB
Arts and Humanities Initiative
Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship
English Department
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02 DEC 2014 14:00 Debate
“Jobs or Privileges in the Middle East and North Africa”
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, Maamari Auditorium, AUB
World Bank Group
HE Husni al-Sawwaf Endowed Chair in Business and Management
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02 DEC 2014 16:00 Discussion
“The Art of Diplomacy in the 21st Century: Contemporary Challenges to an Ancient Profession”
HE François Barras (Swiss Ambassador to Lebanon)
IFI Auditorium, AUB
IFI
“The Ambassador in the Academy” series
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02 DEC 2014 17:00 Talk
“Prostitution in Lebanon: What Male Buyers Say about Motives and Practices”
Ghada Jabbour (KAFA Organization)
West Hall, AUB
Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies Department
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02 DEC 2014 17:00 Symposium
“Nutrition and Exercise for Health: Emerging Updates”
Charles W. Hostler Student Center Auditorium, AUB
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Lebanese Academy for Nutrition and Dietetics
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02 DEC 2014 18:00 Public book presentation
“The taste of gentrification: Arab fast food in Berlin”
Dr. Miriam Stock (European University Viadrina)
OIB
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02 DEC 2014 19:30 Conférence
“اليهوديّة : بين عنف إلهيّ وسلام مسيحانيّ”
Soeur Tidola ABDOU
Campus de sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par : Faculté des sciences religieuses
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03 DEC 2014 14:00 Panel Discussion
“Lebanon: What are we eating? Ask the Ministers”
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, Maamari Auditorium, AUB
Leadership Club AUB
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03 DEC 2014 16:00 Seminar
“Introduction to phase tropical algebraic geometry and (co)amoebas”
Mounir Nisse (Korean Institute for Advanced Study, School of Mathematics)
College Hall, AUB
Centre For Advanced Mathematical Sciences
Department of Mathematics
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04 DEC 2014 15:00 Lecture
“EBOLA- the Bleeding Fever Virus- a Renewed Horror”
Prof. Iman Ghezzawi
Ali Rached Hall, BAU
Faculty of Medicine
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04 DEC 2014 18:00 Séminaire
“Architectures of Education in Kuwait: spaces, distribution and tectonics 1965-1980 ”
Roberto Fabbri (Architecte. Chercheur associé à l’American University of Kuwait)
Discutante : Claire Beaugrand (Docteur en relations internationales. Chercheur à l’Ifpo, Territoires palestiniens)
IFPO
Observatoire urbain du Proche-Orient. Séminaire
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04-05 DEC 2014 Colloque
“Penser Le Numérique”
4ème Colloque International de l’IESAV
Un événement présenté par : Institut d’études scéniques audiovisuelles et cinématographiques
En collaboration avec : Centre d’Études pour le Monde Arabe Moderne
Campus des sciences humaines, USJ
04 DEC
Conférence inaugurale:
“Le numérique , aux origines d’une renaissance arabe ?”
Yves GONZALEZ DE QUIJANO (Université Lyon 2, France)
<Philo Web>
“Une Philosophie du Web”
Tatiana MENASSA (étudiante, USJ, CEMAM, Web Science, Liban)
“The rise of collective intelligence: the crisis of the Occident from Heidegger to Google”
Harry HALPIN (Chercheur, World Wide Web Consortium, USA)
“L’ingénierie philosophique de Carnap à Berners-Lee”
Alexandre MONNIN (Chercheur, Inria et Ministère de la Culture, France)
“Le numérique comme outil de sociabilité”
Driss ABLALI (Professeur, Université de Lorraine, France)
05 DEC
<Art et éducation numérique>
“Des usages aux représentations du numérique chez les étudiants algériens”
Hadj MILIANI (Professeur, Université de Mostaganem, Algérie)
“La société béninoise et le numérique : enjeux et défis”
Ascension BOGNIAHO (Professeur, ISMA, Bénin)
“Le cinéma numérique , une nouvelle renaissance”
Elie YAZBEK (Maître de conférence, Université Saint-Joseph, IESAV, Liban)
<Cultures numériques>
“Penser le numérique dans la lignée de Shakespeare, de Macbeth à La Tempête”
Eliane CHIRON (Professeur Emérite, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
“L’inversion des cycles de production : Création d ‘audience et financement de la musique , de l’édition et de l’audiovisuel”
Cyril HADJI-THOMAS (C.E.O. de Keeward, Liban)
“Enjeux de l’art numérique : Histoire et nouvelle esthétique”
Ricardo MBARKHO (Professeur, Université de Balamand ALBA, Liban)
<Société numérique>
“Cyberguerre et Cybercriminalité: Les deux faces d’une même pièce ?”
Stéphane BAZAN (Enseignant, Université Saint-Joseph, IESAV, Liban)
“Lebanon ‘s Strategic Option for a better Internet Governance”
Nabil BUKHALID (Président d’Internet Society, Lebanon Chapter, Liban)
“La Cyberguerre au Proche -Orient”
Sabrine SAAD (Etudiante, USJ, CEMAM, Web Science, Liban)
“Les origines d’un emploi intensif de la technologie numérique : le cas de la guerre en Irak de 2003″
Alain ZIND (étudiant, Paris 8 Vincenne Saint-Denis, France)
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05 DEC 2014 16:00 Conférence
“Insatisfaction au travail et taux de roulement élevé chez les infirmières et gestionnaires en soins infirmiers : comment interpréter et remédier à ces problématiques”
Mme Marie Alderson, inf.PhD
Campus de sciences médicales et infirmières, USJ
Un événement présenté par : Faculté des sciences infirmières
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05 DEC 2014 18:00 Discussion
“Art in the Middle East in the 1960s”
Sonja Attasi
Octavian Esanu
Rico Franses
David Kurani
Cesar Nammour
AUB Byblos Bank Art Gallery
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05-06 DEC 2014 Conference
“3rd Global Conference on Public Policy and Administration in the Middle East”
Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and Administration (AMEPPA)
IFI building, AUB
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05-06 DEC 2014 Conference
“Public Health in Contexts of Uncertainty”
Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS)
West Hall, AUB
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08 DEC 2014 Lecture
“Food Safety in Lebanon: Trends and Challenges”
Dr. Hussein F. Hassan (Assistant Professor of Food Science & Technology at the Lebanese American University)
Haigazian University
UNESCO-Club
Nutrition Department
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08 DEC 2014 12:00 Lecture
“Wildlife Photography and Conservation”
Michel Zoghzoghi (photographer)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: School of Architecture and Design
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08 DEC 2014 15:00 Panel
“The Notion of Islamic State in the Middle East”
Panelist:
Mr. Peter Harling (International Crisis Group)
Dr. Vahid Behmardi (Department of Humanities)
Dr. Selim Deringil (Department of Humanities)
Moderator: Dr. Sami E. Baroudi (Department of Social Sciences)
Beirut/Byblos campus, LAU
Organizer:
Department of Social Sciences
Department of Humanities
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08 DEC 2014 17:30 Lecture
“Rock Stardom and Listening”
David Shumway (Professor of English, and Literary and Cultural Studies at Carnegie Mellon University)
Building 37, AUB
CASAR
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08-09 DEC 2014 18:00 Lecture
“New York, Rio, Tokyo… Or Any Other Place Around that Magical Big City Sound”
Mr. Till Schneider and Mr. Michael Shumacher (schneider+schumacher, German architecture firm)
08 DEC: Byblos campus, LAU
09 DEC: Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Architecture and Interior Design
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09-11 DEC 2014 Exhibition
“Syrian Protestant College (SPC) and WWI 1914-1918″
West Hall, AUB
Archives and Special Collections Department at Jafet
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09 DEC 2014 18:00 Conférence
“Le christianisme ancien dans le golfe Arabo-Persique à la lumière des découvertes archéologiques”
Julie Bonnéric (Docteure en archéologie médiévale, chercheure associée à l’Ifpo)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut français du Liban
IFPO
Les Rendez-vous de l’Ifpo
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09 DEC 2014 19:30 Screening
“Scheherazade’s Diary”
by director Zeina Daccache
about the women in the Baabda prison
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer:
Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World
Alumni Relations Office
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10 DEC 2014 10:30 Lecture
“Oum Kalthoum”
Elias Sahhab (journalist, music critic)
College Hall, AUB
University for Seniors
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11 DEC 2014 17:00 Panel Discussion
“Become Part of Your Media”
in cooperation with the citizen-based media institute Samar Media
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Institute for Media Training and Research
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11 DEC 2014 18:30 Conférence
“Les frontières au Moyen-Orient: entre légitimité et identité”
M. Daniel Meier (Ingénieur de recherche CNRS, Institut de Géographie Alpine (IGA)-Grenoble)
Campus de 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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15 DEC 2014 10:30 Lecture
“Africa in the Roman Literary Imagination”
Dr. Paolo Asso
Building 37, AUB
Civilization Studies Program
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15 DEC 2014 14:30 Lecture
“Tragedy and Resentment”
Dr. Ulrika Carlsson
Building 37, AUB
Civilization Studies Program
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15 DEC 2014 17:00 Lecture
“Saran Alexandrian and Lebanese Surrealism”
Catherine Hansen (Princeton University)
West Hall, AUB
Department of English
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16 DEC 2014 10:30 Lecture
“Accidental Accounts, Necessary Narratives: Sacred History and Sectarian Discourse in Classical Islam”
Dr. Hussein Abdulsater
Building 37, AUB
Civilization Studies Program
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16 DEC 2014 14:30 Lecture
“The Arab Nahda: Morality, Politics, and the Question of Language”
Dr. Nadia Bou Ali
Building 37, AUB
Civilization Studies Program
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16 DEC 2014 17:30 Forum
“The Case of Al-Asriyya School”
Dr. Rasha ElSaheli Elhage
West Hall, AUB
AUB Education Forum
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16 DEC 2014 18:00 Conférence
“Damas après Tamerlan”
Élodie Vigouroux (Historienne et archéologue, chercheure à l’Ifpo)
Institut français du Liban
IFPO
Les Rendez-vous de l’Ifpo
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17 DEC 2014 10:30 Lecture
“Hegel and the Challenge of Metaphysics for Political Thinking”
Dr. Eric Goodfield
Building 37, AUB
Civilization Studies Program
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17 DEC 2014 14:30 Lecture
“Luqmān Al-Ḥakīm and the Everyday Life of Tradition”
Dr. Dahlia Gubara
Building 37, AUB
Civilization Studies Program
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17 DEC 2014 16:00 Lecture
“Music Therapy”
Ms. April Centrone (executive director and co-founder of the New York Arabic Orchestra)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer: Department of Social Sciences
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17 DEC 2014 17:30 Lecture
“The Icon and the Iconoclasts: Umm Kulthum in the Egyptian Literature of Dissent”
Zeina G. Halabi (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
West Hall, AUB
Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies
Department of English
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