06 JAN 2015 18:00 Séminaire
“D’une ville à l’autre… Mobilités interurbaines « de crise » au Proche-Orient”
Lucas Oesch (Chercheur invité à l’Université de Manchester / Chercheur associé à l’Ifpo)
IFPO
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08 JAN 2015 12:00 Lecture
“Marketing Utopia: The Pragmatic Realities of the Islamic State (ISIL)”
Peter Harling (Regional Analyst and Former Advisor to the Special Envoy to Syria)
IFI Auditorium, AUB
IFI
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13 JAN 2015 17:30 Lecture
“Gender and Armed Conflict”
Dr. Carol Mann (Franco-British social anthropologist, art historian writer and novelist)
Beirut campus, LAU
Organizer:
Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World
Department of Social Sciences
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13 JAN 2015 18:00 Conférence
“Hannâ Dyâb d’Alep un Ottoman (chrétien) ordinaire et son voyage autour de la Méditerranée (1707-1709)”
Bernard Heyberger (Directeur d’études – École des hautes études en sciences sociales – Paris)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut français du Liban
IFPO
Les Rendez-vous de l’Ifpo
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14-17 JAN 2015 International Forum
“Food Fabrication: Culinary practices and food politics in the Arab world”
Jointly organized by the Orient-Institut Beirut and Goethe-Institut Beirut
14 JAN
Venue: Goethe-Institut
Photo Exhibition
“FOOD FOR THOUGHT”
Marwan A. Tahtah (Photographer)
15 JAN
Venue: Goethe-Institut
“Drink, Meals and Social Boundaries in the Middle East”
Sami Zubaida (Birkbeck, University of London)
“Halal-food in Supermarkets: Between profit and social distinction”
Enrica Audano (University of Leipzig)
“How to Eat When You Got Taste: Observations from Berlin and Beirut”
Miriam Stock (Orient-Institut Beirut)
“The Story of Fava Beans Cultivation and Foul Midamis Fabrication in Egypt”
Malak Rouchdy (American University of Cairo)
“From Farmer to Table: Souk el Tayeb”
Kamal Mouzawak, Zeinab Kashmar, Abu Rabih (Souk el Tayeb)
“The Mediterranean between Global and Local”
Remo Ciucciomei (IMC Liban – CCPB Certification)
<Discussion about Food Safety>
Moderator: Patricia Khoder (Journalist)
Panelists:
H.E. Wael Abou Faour (Minister of Health, Republic of Lebanon)
Musa Freiji (Poultry specialist and Tanmia founder)
Nada Nehme (Consumers Lebanon Association)
Mmohammad Fawaz (United Management Bureau, Quality Management Institute)
<Film>
“Warsheh”
by Lucile Garcon and Rami Zurayk
Syrian women migrant farmworkers in Bekaa, Lebanon
16 JAN
Venue: AltCity
“Bread, Freedom and Social Justice: The politics of food in Egypt during revolutionary times”
Hala Barakat (Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, Right to Food Subunit)
“Free Trade, Food Sovereignty and Security. Can they co-exist?”
Ali Darwish (The Green Line)
“Dynamics of the Nutrition Transition in Countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region”
Lara Nasreddine (American University of Beirut)
“Fats: The good, the bad and the ugly”
Randa Fahd (Nutritionist and TV-host “Eat right”)
“Soup for Syria: From Slow Food to Humanitarian Engagement”
Barbara Massaad (Chef, Writer and Photographer)
<Discussion about “Who has power over food?”>
Moderator: Rami Zurayk (American University of Beirut)
Panelists:
Ray Bush (University of Leeds)
Mariam Jaja (Arab Network for Food Sovereignty)
Issa Halabi (Farmer and Entrepreneur from Jordan)
Maurice Saade (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
<Film>
“Fellahin”
by Habib Ayeb and Ray Bush
Small farmers and the Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings
<Live Cook Show>
Joe Barza (Chef, TV Personality and Culinary Consultant)
“Salad Berghoul with Chicken”
17 JAN
Venue: OIB/City of Beirut
“Culinary Mapping”
Food Discovering Tours in the city
“Beirut’s Landscapes of Taste ”
Interactive Presentation and Degustation at the OIB
“Molecular Food” (Live Demonstration)
Blends Food Company
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14 JAN 2015 17:30 Lecture
“Epigraphic evidences of a Christian community south of Arabia in the 5th century”
Professeur Frédéric Imbert (Département des Etudes Moyen – Orientales, Université Aix – Marseille)
Post Hall, Archaeological Museum, AUB
Society of the Friends of the Museum
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14 JAN 2015 18:00 Table ronde
“Tripoli, un patrimoine urbain en question”
Mousbah Rajab (Professeur, Chef du Département d’Urbanisme de l’Institut des Beaux-arts, Université libanaise)
Yasmine Makaroun Bou Assaf (Architecte du patrimoine. Chef du département Architecture, Centre de Restauration et de Conservation, Université Libanaise)
Joumana Chahal-Timery (Chercheur, service Patrimoines et Inventaire, Région Ile de France. Présidente de l ‘Association pour la Sauvegarde du Patrimoine de Tripoli)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut français du Liban
IFPO
Observatoire urbain
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16 JAN 2015 12:00 Lecture
“Economic Justice in Lebanon: The Role of the UNDP”
Dr. Hassan Krayem (governance portfolio manager of the UNDP)
Haigazian University
Faculty of Business Administration & Economics
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20 JAN 2015 17:00 Table ronde et Signature
“Le Patriarcat d’Antioche et l’Eglise Maronite: Des origines au synode de 1736″
Professeur Georges Kadige
Avec :
Professeur Salim Daccache, sj (Recteur de l’USJ)
S.E. Mgr Paul Rouhana (Vicaire patriarcal du Vicariat maronite de Sarba-Kesrouan)
Campus de l’innovation et du sport, USJ
Un événement présenté par : Centre d’études des droits du monde arabe
En collaboration avec : Centre de Recherches et de Publications de l’Orient Chrétien
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20 JAN 2015 18:00 Public research seminar
“Christians in the city: Aleppo in Ottoman times”
Prof. Dr. Bernard Heyberger (Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
OIB
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22-23 JAN 2015 Colloque
“Une Université Jésuite au Liban et au Moyen-Orient”
Colloque international à l’occasion des 140 ans de l’Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
Campus de des sciences humaines, USJ
Un événement présenté par : Rectorat
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22 JAN 2015 12:00 Lecture
“Compassionate Communalism: Welfare and Sectarianism in Lebanon”
Melani Cammett (Professor of Government, Harvard University)
IFI Auditorium, AUB
IFI
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23 JAN 2015 12:30 Seminar
“A p75 Neurotrophin Receptor Signaling Cascade Activates Small GTPases to Regulate Cytoskeletal Dynamics”
Dr. Michele Zeinieh (McGill University)
Diana Tamari Sabbagh Building, AUB
Basic Medical Science Departments
Research Seminar and Journal Club Series
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27 JAN 2015 18:00 Conférence
“Islamisme et nationalisme : l’exemple du Mouvement du Jihad islamique en Palestine (MJIP)”
Nicolas Dot-Pouillard (Chercheur à l’Ifpo)
Salle de conférence de l’Institut français du Liban
IFPO
Les Rendez-vous de l’Ifpo
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29 JAN 2015 Discussion
“Transitions and Security in North Africa: External and Internal Factors”
Laryssa Chomiak (director of the Centre d’Etudes Maghrébines à Tunis)
Robert Parks (founding director of the Centre d’Études Maghrébines en Algérie)
Frederic Wehrey (Carnegie)
Moderator: Yezid Sayigh (Carnegie)
Carnegie Middle East Center
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29 JAN – 14 FEB 2015 Exhibition
“Identity, ‘Race’ and Family in Lebanon”
Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship in collaboration with the “The Mixed Feelings” project
Artscape, Hamra, Beirut
29 JAN 19:00 Talk
Marta Bogdanska and Nisreen Kaj (project team)
Rania Masri (Associate Director at Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship)
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29-31 JAN 2015 Event
“Multi History, Multi Memory – Wars of Others?”
Place: West Hall, AUB
Organized by:
Sustainable Democracy Center (SDC)
In partnership with
Alter Natives
Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship
Contents: Exhibition, film-screening and debate, workshop etc.
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30 JAN 2015 16:00 Lecture
“Enhancing Partnerships: Nurses Protecting Health and Working for Peace”
Dr. Naeema Al-Gasseer (WHO Representative for Sudan)
Hisham Jaroudi Auditorium, HSON, AUB
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30-31 JAN 2015 Workshop
“The Arab World in the Wake of the Uprisings: Transition to Democracy vs Regeneration of Autocracy”
Venue: College Hall, AUB
Organizer: Institute of Financial Economics
30 JAN
Session 1: The Arab Uprisings – A regional assessment
“Deconstructing the Transition: Underlying Factors”
Ibrahim Elbadawi (Center for Global Development, Washington DC)
“Whither the Uprisings: Progress vs. Retrogression”
Abdelwahab El-Affendi (Westminster University, London)
Session 2: Whither the Initial Uprisings? Contrasting the Tunisian and Egyptian Trajectories in the Post uprisings Phase
“Tunisia: Moving Forward”
Mongi Boughzala (Al Manar University, Tunis)
Saoussen Benromdhane (University of La Manouba, Tunis)
“Egypt: a Struggling Transition”
Noha El-Mikawy (Ford Foundation, Cairo)
Mohammad Mohieddin (Doha International Family Institute, Doha)
Session 3: Painful Transitions
“Syria and its Tragic Protracted Civil Conflict”
Raed Safadi (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris)
Simon Neaime (American University of Beirut)
“Sudan: A Dismembered State Navigating through Uncertainties”
Atta El Battahani (University of Khartoum, Sudan)
31 JAN
Session 4: Halted/Trapped Democracies
“Lebanon – the Legacy of Sectarianism and the Transition to a Fully-fledged Democracy ”
Samir Makdisi (American University of Beirut)
Youssef El Khalil (American University of Beirut)
“Kuwait: the Illusive Democracy?”
Atif Kubursi (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)
Ibrahim Elbadawi (Center for Global Development, Washington DC)
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31 JAN – 01 FEB 2015 Conference
“Armenian Genocide Centennial: Addressing the Implications”
Haigazian University
in collaboration with
The Armenian Genocide 100th Anniversary Commemoration Lebanon Committee
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