Events

The Lebanese Center for Human Rights and the Anti-Racism Movement are pleased to invite you to a press conference entitled: WORLD REFUGEE DAY Violations against refugees in Lebanon should end! On Friday June 21 at 5:00 pm At Nasawiya Since Lebanon did not ratify the 1951 convention on the refugees status, refugees from Iraq, Sudan, and other countries are treated in Lebanon as illegal migrants, prevented from working, circulating freely and sometimes arrested and tortured. World refugee day is an occasion for the refugees re-voice their issues, claim their rights and find means for our...

  Lebanese Association for History (LAH)   Teaching and Learning the civil war   In collaboration with   Centre for Lebanese Studies, The Finnish Institute in the Middle East Open Society Foundation Education The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies at the American University of Beirut   18-19 June 2013 8.30 am -3:00 pm at The American University of Beirut West Hall Simultaneous translation is provided Places are limited and are booked on first basis by sending an email to info@lebanesestudies.com   For further information please contact 01 741684. Please find attached the programme in...

Lebanese Association for History (LAH)   Teaching and Learning the civil war In collaboration with   Centre for Lebanese Studies, The Finnish Institute in the Middle East Open Society Foundation Education The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies at the American University of Beirut    18-19 June 2013 8.30 am -3:00 pm at The American University of Beirut West Hall   Simultaneous translation is provided Places are limited and are booked on first basis by sending an email to info@lebanesestudies.com   For further information please contact 01 741684.   Please find attached the programme in...

منتدى إنسان يدعوكم للمشاركة في جلسة حوارية مع مركز الديمقراطية المستدامة للتعريف عن النشاطات الشبابية للمركز و نشاطات نادي المواطنة و السلام - الشويفات من عمر 13-19 سنة مركز منتدى إنسان، مدخل الشويفات الشمالي، بناية حسيب الريشاني Join us this Saturday at Muntada Insan and meet SDC (Sustainable Democracy Center) team to know more about their activities for the youth about peace, democracy, human rights, and much more... because change begins with everyone of us!

AltCity is happy to be co-organizing, with MAP, the second public discussion on Peace Journalism! We're excited about this one because MAP has invited a very special guest in the field: Steven Youngblood, professor of peace journalism in the US, and the Director of the Center for Global Peace Journalism, at Park University. Our guest will be sharing his insights and experiences with the teaching and practice of peace journalism in different parts of the world; the role it plays in elections; the US perspective on Lebanese media; and the Lebanese perspective on US coverage of Lebanese news. As...

The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship is honored to invite you to its inaugural two-day conference on Thursday and Friday May 23-24, 2013 / 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at the American Unversity of Beirut, College Hall, B1 Auditorium. The conference is held in partnership with the Arab Studies Consortium (Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, Arab Studies Institute at George Mason University) and Legal Agenda Beirut. This inaugural conference aims to commerce a rigorous engagement with matters of civic participation and citizenship, to interrogate the impact of...

Haqqi Alayyi & People's Health Movement invite you to ... "Amandla - Health Now !" ------------------------ A conference & discussion about local & global health system. w/ Pr. David Sanders [ People’s Health Movement, University of the Western Cape-South Africa ] Program includes 2 interventions: - Lebanese health system ( situation / solutions), presented by Haqqi Alayyi. - Global health system & alternative systems of health care, by Professor David Sanders. ( http://www.phmovement.org/en/node/6249 ) Followed by an open discussion. + ( drinks & bites ) ------------------------------...

يسر مؤسسة أديان- قسم الدراسات في التلاقي الثقافي- إعلان بدء المحور الثالث من التنشئة في "الأديان والشأن العام في لبنان" بعنوان: الدين والشأن العامّ وتاريخ لبنان الحديث، حيث سنتناول المواضيع التالية: الدين والسياسة والقانون (المواطنة والطائفيّة؛ التيّارات الدينيّة السياسيّة؛ الدين والقانون: الأحوال الشخصيّة والقانون المدنيّ) – تاريخ لبنان الحديث (الإمارة والمتصرفيّة؛ تاريخ الجمهوريّة اللبنانيّة ودستورها؛ ذاكرة الحرب الأهليّة) – مشغل تحليل المسائل الدينيّة المعاصرة. يحصل المشاركون على إفادةٍ خاصّةٍ بهذا المحور في ختام التنشئة.   - الزمان والمكان الثلاثاء، من الساعة 7.00 وحتّى 8.30 مساءً، عند...

Message for Lebanese NGOs: Dear colleagues, Hope that this new year brings closer the social justice that you are all working so hard to attain. This is a reminder that the deadline to register your organizations and activities in the World Social Forum (WSF) is at the end of January. (www.fsm2013.org/en) The 2013 WSF is taking place in Tunis from the 26-30th of March. This global event is an open meeting place for reflective thinking, democratic debate of ideas, formulation of proposals, free exchange of experiences and interlinking for effective action, by groups and movements of civil...

AUB’s Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies  and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs cordially invite you to the book launch of  Rethinking Education for Social Cohesion: International Case Studies Editor: Maha Shuayb (2012) Palgrave Macmillan  The book is the product of a conference organized by the Centre for Lebanese Studies, University of Oxford and hosted by the Issam Fares Institute that took place at the AUB in October 2009. There will be a panel and open discussion with: Dr Maha Shuayb, Director of Centre for Lebanese Studies...

The purpose of the conference The purpose of the conference, Financial secrecy, society and vested interests, is to facilitate and accelerate an international and interdisciplinary approach in order to discuss important questions such as: What are the negative impacts of secrecy and information asymmetry on the global economy and sustainable development? Why are efforts to deal with secrecy and anonymity met with resistance? What reforms are reasonable and achievable? The conference is based on the understanding of the following: Global financial integration has developed much faster...

COSV is pleased to invite you to “Think Globally, Act Locally” seminar. The workshop will take place within the framework of the “CleanEnerTec” project - Towards Clean Energy Technologies and Innovative Environmental Solutions in Lebanon funded by the EUROPEAN UNION and developed by 2 main partners: the Italian organization COSV and the Lebanese Association ALMEE. Please find here the workshop AGENDA:  http://goo.gl/enidg The seminar will develop a discussion on policies instruments for the development of renewable and clean energies at municipal level. Presentation, analysis and evaluation...

  Media & Money Unconference @ AltCity, Beirut - Sat Sept 29th Please join us for a 1-day practical “unconference” on how to make money through media! As part of AltCity’s fall events, we're organizing a BarCamp on Media & Money on Saturday September 29, 10am - 5pm. It is open to anyone interested in learning about how to make money through media...with all the wonders and benefits and challenges that come from running a media-related business in Lebanon! How can media startups in Lebanon benefit from new trends and opportunities to monetize content and develop revenue streams? How can we...

دعوة إلى المؤتمر الدولي الثاني"قصتنا قصة: السياسة في أدب الأطفال "16-17 حزيران 2012 يضم المؤتمر نخبة من أدباء ورسامي أدب الأطفال من لبنان:دافيد حبشي- جنى طرابلسي- حسان زهر الدين- سماح ادريسسوريا: بيان الصفديفلسطين:دنيس أسعدمصر: غادة الزياتالأردن: فلورا مجدلاوي الكويت:علي عاشورايران: ليلي يزديالسويد:أولف نلسونالمكسيك: أمبر باستبريطانيا : أنا برانيناالنروج : ليز مانوكيالبرازيل: تاينيز سوراس OUR 2 Day ProgramOUR PROGRAM:DAY1Saturday, June 16, 20129.00-10.00 : Opening10.00-12.00: First session: Political Attitudes & Values in Children’s BooksParticipants: Jana Traboulsi (Lebanon)Flora Majdalawi...

تحت شعار "انا كمان بصّوت...القانون لازم يحميني"تنظّم جمعية حلم "اليوم العالمي لمناهضة رهاب المثلية ورهاب المتحولات والمتحولين جنسياً ومتغيّري النوع الاجتماعي" لهذا العام.بهذه المناسبة، ندعوكم صديقاتنا واصدقاءنا، ناشطين وناشطات، جمعيات وأفراد، للتضامن معنا في هذا اليوم، الذي سيسلط الضوء على جميع أنواع العنف و التمييز والإقصاء الذي يتعرض له المثليون/ات، ثنائيو/ات الميول الجنسية ومتغيرّو النوع الاجتماعي والمتحولون/ات جنسياً في المجتمع اللبناني. المجتمع الذي يُعرف بأنه "منفتح" و "مثقف".يقولون أن القانون يجرمنا، عاداتنا وتقاليدنا توصمنا، الدين يُكَفِّرُنا، المجتمع يقصينا ويهمشنا .... ونحن نقول بأن...

Mustafa Barghouthi, Keynote SpeakerPalestine and the Arab Uprisings: Repercussions and ReassessmentDate: Thursday, 31 May, 2012Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pmVenue: Habib Aziz Maamari Auditorium, Olayan School of Business (OSB), AUB Arab Uprisings Symposium: Critically Assessing the Changing Landscape of Power and Players Mustafa Barghouthi a nominee of the Nobel Peace Prize is a member of the Palestinian parliament; former Minister of Information under the 2007 National Unity Government; 2005 presidential candidate; General Secretary of the ,Palestinian National Initiative; physician; social political...

International SeminarApril – September 2012 CRA'P seminars 2012 ARTWORKS & LANDMARKSContemporary Arts Practice & ContextsThe Seminar artworks & landmarks intends to approach the cross-disciplinary / inter-media practices of contemporary artworks, with the intention to breakdown boundaries and to emphasize and interrogate its cultural rather than its disciplinary contexts. Artworks & Landmarks are the two main subjects that inform and frame the activities, discourse and development of the Seminar. The overall objective of this seminar is to question and expand the notion of contemporary art...

On the occaison of the release of Judge John Qazzi's book "A Trip of a Lifetime to Nationality", and the reopening of the debate on women's right to grant Nationality to their Children. The Legal Agenda Women's Nationality Right Campaign KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation Organization Cordially invite you to the conference under the title: "The Judge and Women's Right to Nationality". Speakers include Judge John Qazzi, Mrs. Saadah Allaw (Assafir Journalist), Mrs. Lina Abu Habib (Women's Nationality Right Campaign) and Mrs. Zoya Rouhana (Kafa 'Enough' Violence & Exploitation). The debate...

International Colloquium Organized by the Faculty of Business and Commercial Sciences at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Jointly with the Arab Society of Faculties of Business, Economic and Political Sciences   Date: April 2 and 3, 2012 [Official opening session on April 2, 2012 at 10:00 am] Place: John-Paul II Amphitheater - USEK Main Campus * Early Bird untill February 3, 2012 For registration please visit www.usekic2012.com

The Legal Agenda A non-profit research organization, registered under the number 2360 on 22-12-2009 Cordially invites you to a seminar entitled “Out of Order Judicial Committees: Denying Access to Justice to Vulnerable Social Groups” Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 18:00 “Université pour Tous” building, 107 Saint Joseph University street (Entrance through the Saint Joseph Church parking) In the context of monitoring judicial work, the Legal Agenda will examine the blockage of several Judicial Committees, some of which have been inoperative since their creation. This is the case of the “Committee...