Events

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...

Come and celebrate the International Volunteer Day (Dec, 5th, 2014) at USJ Beirut (Medical Campus, Damascus St) from 2.00 to 7.00. France Volontaires is pleased to invite you to an afternoon to celebrate volunteerism in Lebanon and create links between volunteers and NGO's. There will be stands of NGO's, a free training for the persons in charge of the volunteers in the NGO's and a round table on "what are the prospects and opportunities to host national or international volunteers in your NGO's".   PLease confirm if you wish to attend one of the event or the whole afternoon : ev.liban@france...

The conference will provide a platform for students in Lebanon and Egypt to share their civic engagement projects with the intent to inform and empower one another, to brainstorm more effective means of engaging with communities, to bring community engagement to the forefront of higher education in the Arab world, and to lobby for civic engagement requirements for education. The event is co-hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) at AUB and the American University in Cairo (AUC) and is part of an already established 5 year partnership between the universities...

معهد عصام فارس للسياسات العامة والشؤون الدولية الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت  يدعوكم لندوة حول من حالة الثورة الى بناء الدولة: تعثر الإنتقال في ليبيا د. طارق متري مدير المعهد والممثل الخاص للأمين العام للأمم المتحدة في ليبيا - سابقا الأربعاء ١٩ تشرين الثاني ٢٠١٤ | ٤:٠٠ - ٥:٣٠ مساءً  مبنى معهد عصام فارس، قاعة المحاضرات الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت  https://www.facebook.com/events/749343851822093/  

The Refugee Research and Policy in the Arab World Program at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) cordially invites you to a Seminar and Book Launch: "UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees: From Relief and Works to Human Development"Edited by Sari Hanafi, Leila Hilal, and Lex Takkenberg Speakers:Sari Hanafi, Professor of Sociology, American University of Beirut  Lance Bartholomeusz, Legal Adviser and Director of the Dept of Legal Affairs, UNRWA  Filippo Grandi, IFI Senior Research Fellow Nasser Yassin, IFI Director of Research  Note: Event will be in English...

 الزميلات والزملاء الأعزاء في إطار لقاءاتنا الشهرية من برنامج "لقاءات"، يسرّنا في "تجمّع الباحثات اللبنانيات" دعوتكم إلى لقائنا الثاني  لدورة 2014-2015؛ وفيه نستضيف الباحثة آيات نورالدين في عرض حول:   الأزياء النسائية في الجنوب اللبناني: ناقِل لأية ثقافة؟   المكان: مقرّ التجمّع: رمل الظريف، شارع توفيق طبارة، مركز توفيق طبارة، الطابق الثاني. الزمان: نهار الخميس الواقع فيه  13 تشرين الثاني 2014، ما بين الساعة السادسة والثامنة. حضوركم  يُسعدنا  لجنة تنسيق اللقاء 

المؤسسة اللبنانية للسلم الأهلي الدائم الموضوع: دعوة الى ندوة - السبت 8/11/2014 الساعة 10:30 – 13:00 صباحاً يسر المؤسسة اللبنانية للسلم الأهلي الدائم دعوتكم للمشاركة في ندوة تُعقد حول موضوع: المسؤولون والمواطنون سوا بيلاقوا الحل: لنتواصل ونحلاّ Lets Communicate: let’s solve it! وذلك السبت 8/11/2014 الساعة 10،30 الى 13،00 صباحاً في مطعم بيبلوس بالاس ، جبيل *** جدول الاعمال السبت8/11/2014 يتحدث في اللقاء كل من النواب سيمون ابي رميا ووليد الخوري والوزيرة أليس شبطيني يختم اللقاء بحفل غذاء بدعوة من المنظمين

The Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World Program at theIssam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) cordially invites you to a lecture with Ivonne A-Baki, Secretary of State for Yasuni-ITT Initiative, Republic of Ecuador. Ivonne A-Baki is a diplomat, politician, peace negotiator, humanist, and artist. Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, of Lebanese parents, H.E A-Baki was instrumental in helping Ecuador and Peru reach a peace agreement on October 26, 1998. Minister of Foreign Trade from 2003 to 2005, she helped advance regional integration projects in Latin...