Events

 forumZFD and the Center for Applied Research in Education at the Notre Dame University -Louaize are pleased to invite you to a public seminar entitled "The Power of Remembrance :memory and learning from the past in Lebanon". This event will take place on Tuesday November,24,2015 from 9:00 am till 11:00 am at the Friends Hall,Notre Dame University -Main Campus,Zouk Mosbeh.  The research team will present the main findings of their study which investigates the use of memory by political parties in Lebanon in th political and educational domains.

 forumZFD and the Center for Applied Research in Education at the Notre Dame University -Louaize are pleased to invite you to a public seminar entitled "The Power of Remembrance :Political Parties, memory and learning from the past in Lebanon". This event will take place on Tuesday November,24,2015 from 9:00 am till 11:00 am at the Friends Hall,Notre Dame University -Main Campus,Zouk Mosbeh.  The research team will present the main findings of their study which investigates the use of memory by political parties in Lebanon in the political and educational domains.

France Volontaires is organizing at the French Institute, Damascus Street, on November 12th on “Volunteerism and citizenship for the protection of the environment in Lebanon”. The conference will be in French. Info and subscriptions: ev.liban@france-volontaires.org 76 311 479 Subscription is mandatory before 9 novembre

The Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) in collaboration with the Lebanese American University (LAU) and the Centre for International Teacher Education in South Africa (CITE)    cordially invites to an open seminar    Teacher Education in Lebanon and South Africa: Current approaches and challenges   1st of October 2015   Lebanese American University, Beirut Irwin Hall Auditorium 8.30 am to 1.30 pm    Event is English. Unfortunately simultaneous translation is UNAVAILABLE.    Registration at 8am For registration please send an email to   rbahous@lau.edu.lb or call: Tel. 00 961 1 786456 (ext. 1116...

أمام الانتماءات المتضاربة، كيف لمكونات المواطنة أن تكون هوية جامعة ؟Face aux appartenances conflictuelles, comment les composantes de la citoyenneté pourraient-elles devenir une identité fédératrice?In face of the conflicting belongings, how could the components of citizenship be a uniting identity?   Where does national belonging stands in respect of political, religious, communitary and cultural ones?Is there still a way for a citizenship identity?How could it emerge, based on equality in people's rights and duties, and how could it become a reconcialing plateform among all identities? This...

The French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) and Lebanon Support, With the support of WAFAW, Cordially invite you to a talk on: Uprisings in the Arab world: the consecration of counterrevolutions? By:Frédéric Vairel,associate professor of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, and co-author of Soulèvements et recompositions politiques dans le monde arabe, PUM, 2014. With discussant:Mariam Younes, PhD candidate, University of Roskilde in Denmark Introduction by:Vincent Geisser, (IFPO/CNRS/WAFAW), “The revolution has just started” During the 2011 popular uprisings, the same thing did...

himaya, local NGO founded in 2009, whose mission is to promote an environment suitable for the development of the child, and ensure a global protection of children in Lebanon via fighting and preventing all types of abuse, is proud to invite you to its first annual symposium; Under the Patronage of Mrs. Lama Tammam Salam: "Building and strengthening resilience in child protection: A multisectorial approach" Meet us on Friday June 12 and Saturday June 13 at The Faculty of Medical Science at 8:30 am! We'll be sharing the 2 day Program soon so stay tuned! For more info : himaya@himaya.org 71-802...

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a talk on: Bordering the Middle East: concepts and challenges By:Daniel Meier,political scientist. He is a research fellow at CNRS, Grenoble, affiliated with the Euborderscapes programme. A former Senior Associate Member at St Antony’s College in Oxford, he also taught at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. His publications focus on Lebanese-Palestinian relationships, border issues, and politics in the Middle East. His forthcoming book is titled Shaping Lebanon’s Borderlands: Armed Resistance and International Intervention in South Lebanon (IB Tauris)...

The Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World Program at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) cordially invites you to The launching of: The Way Forward to Safeguard Water in Lebanon: National Water Integrity Risk Assessment Report With an opening statement byH.E. Arthur Nazarian,Minister of Energy and Water, Lebanon Follow link for agendahttps://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Documents/events/2014-2015/20150515_Water_Re…;

The French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) and Lebanon Support Cordially invite you to a talk on: Trajectories of young Arab and European Islamists: the inevitable jihadist radicalisation? By: Mr Mohamed-Ali Adraoui is a political and social scientist working on contemporary International Relations, the Islamic World, Political Islam and Salafist currents. He completed his PhD in Sciences Po Paris in November 2011. His dissertation, “Beyond Discourse, Salafism in France, Socialization or Rupture of a Social Phenomenon?”, is an analysis of the emergence of a new face of Islam in France...

Conference on the Syrian Refugee Crisis The Institute for Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University is organizing, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a two-day conference on: The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Policies of Receiving Countries and Crisis Impact on Displaced Syrians and Receiving Societies Date: March 27-28, 2015 Venue: Lebanese American University - Beirut, Lebanon The Conference will be in both English and Arabic. Important Dates: Call for papers (Thursday 27, November 2014)Abstract due on January 10, 2015 (250-300 words)Decision on Abstracts by January 18...

The Lebanese Association for History, the Centre for LebaneseStudies, and the Department of History and Archeology at theAmerican University of Beirut cordially invite you to a lecture The Strife for the History Curriculum:The Case of Lebanon and England Presenters:Dr. Christine Counsell, University of CambridgeHistory Teachers as Curriculum Makers: the Shaping ofEngland's National Curriculum for History, 1991 to 2014 Dr. Simon Abdel Massih, Lebanese UniversityThe Making of the Lebanese History Curriculum in Lebanonduring the Transitional Period March 26 ,2015 from 4:00 to 6:00 pmCollege...

  The Centre for Lebanese Studies, The Carnegie Middle East Center, and  the Danish Institute in Damascus cordially invite to a one day conference entitled:   Youth Marginalization and Radicalization Amid the Syrian Crisis     EVENT DETAILS DATE Thursday, March 19, 2015 TIME 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. LOCATION Carnegie Middle East Center, Emir Bechir Street, Lazarieh Tower, Bldg. No. 2026 1210, 5th flr., Downtown Beirut SPEAKERS Mario Abou Zeid, Haneen Al Sayyed, Lars Erslev Andersen, Tobias Gemmerlie, Lina Khatib, Kamel Kosbar, Nizar Saghiyeh, Maha Shuayb CONTACT...

يدعوكم معهد عصام فارس للسياسات العامة والشؤون الدولية الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت  الى ندوة موضوعها الجمهوريّة ورئاستها: بين ممارسة الأمس والتطلّع إلى الغديلقيها فخامة الرئيس العماد ميشال سليمان https://www.facebook.com/events/865232730213626/ 

نقاش كبير يدور حول نضال المثليات و المثليين في العالم و حول الاسباب التي تمنع هذا النضال ان يجتمع في طريق واحد، متى بدات هذه الحركات تفترق و تتصادم؟ و ما هي الاسباب الرئيسية التي جعلت من هذا النضال منفصل؟ هل يرى الناشطين و الناشطات انه من الضروري ان يتوحد هذا النضال؟ تدعوكم جمعية موزاييك لحضور جلسة حوار لمناقشة هذه الاسباب و خاصة في ما يتعلق في التجربة اللبنانية، يدير هذه الجلسة شربل ميدع في مقر جمعية موزاييك يوم الخميس ٥ آذار/ مارس الساعة السادسة.رقم الهاتف : 01/395445العنوان : بيروت-بدارو- شارع سامي الصلح- بناية نادين غريب- الطابق الآول The world is currently witnessing a widespread...

MUPP-MUD City Debates 2015Other Gentrifications: Urban Change beyond the Core Architecture Lecture Hall, Department of Architecture and DesignAmerican University of BeirutThe Graduate Programs in Urban Planning, Policy and Design (MUPP-MUD)In collaboration with the AUB Neighborhood Initiative THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY, 4 MARCH 2015[INTRODUCTION COFFEE 4:00 - 4:30 PM] 4:30 - 5:00 PM OPENING SESSION• Dean Makram Suidan (Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut)• Robert Saliba (MUPP/MUD-ArD, American University of Beirut). Welcome...

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) cordially invites you to a panel discussion on: The Impact of the Syrian Crisis on Neighboring Countries with Dr. Şaban Kardaş, Dr. Ferhat Pirinççi and Mr. Oytun Orhan of the Middle East Strategic Research Center (ORSAM) – Turkey Dr. Şaban Kardaş is the President of ORSAM and Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations at TOBB University of Economics and Technology in Ankara. He is Assistant Editor to the quarterly journal ‘Perceptions’ and writes analyses for the German Marshal Fund's on Turkey...

خلال ال ٤ سنوات الماضية تفاقم القمع وتكاثرت الانتهاكات ضد المواطنين/ات في العالم العربي ، و لم يسلم من هذا القمع حتى الاطفال. و كما جرت العادة في مجتمعاتنا الذكورية ، اعتمد ذوي السلطة طرق خاصة لتخويف و قمع المرآة . ما هي انواع هذا القمع؟كيف قاومت المرآة في العالم العربي هذا القمع ؟ و هل هناك طرق حديثة مبتكرة ؟ في هذا الاطار تدعوكم /ن جمعية موزايك للمشاركة في مناقشة تدور حول هذه الاسئلة عن خصوصية القمع الموجه ضد النساء في زمن الثورات مع الناشطة الحقوقية النسوية جومانا مرعي  المكان : مقر جمعية موزايك - بدارو- شارع سامي الصلح -بناية الغريب - الطابق الأول   الزمان : يوم الخميس في ٢٢ كانون الثاني...