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This session aims to provide an informal space for discussing the relationship of (in)visible identification (as women, men, LGBT, queer) to the types of political action possible. As such, we aim to discuss how visibility functions politically in Beirut, and how does its gendered manifestation shape the ways in which we choose our political strategies and do politics. To facilitate the discussion, we will touch upon themes such as “coming out”, as well as parts of the “identity politics” versus “queer politics” debate. We’ll do so through reflecting upon the politics of local civil society...

هل تريد مدينتك أن تصبح مكانا أفضل؟ هل تتخيل بلدتك مع حدائق خضراء، وشواطئ عامة، و نقل عام ،وأرصفة وساحات عامة ...؟ هل تريد أن تلعب دورا فاعلا وقياديا في حملات ضغط ومناصرة للمساهمة في تغيير المدن اللبنانية الى مدن حاضنة لمواطنيها؟ انضم إلينا الان ! في مشروع " مجالاات عامة، للحياة العامة "، الذي يهدف إلى تدريب الشباب ليتمكنوا من قيادة حملات تساهم في تغيير السياسات تجاه المساحات العامة(الحيز) والمساحات الخضراء يقسم المشروع الى مرحلتين، المرحلة الأولى إعداد الشباب المبدع من خلال تدريبهم على ورش عمل كالتواصل الفعّال (8 أيام)، مجموعة التركيز (2 أيام)، ورشة عمل الضغط والمناصرة (5 أيام). المرحلة...

TATHMEER - an Empowerment Foundation is pleased to announce the scheduling of its June "Introduction to Preventive Health Care" workshops & cooking demonstrations which will start on Thursday June 27, 2013 (refer to attached program). This is our commitment to building the capacity of all Civil Society Actors as striving individuals and agents of positive change! Based on the requests and feedback of TATHMEER previous workshops' participants, two options are made available now, as follows: Session 1 (common to both Options): Thursday June 27 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.   - OPTION 1 - 3 sessions...

Only 1,000 Days remains to finish the work of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which will lay the foundation for a new development agenda. The MDGs stand for a world of prosperity, equity, freedom, dignity and peace – as embodied in the Millennium Declaration The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) invites you to attend a session about UN and the Millennium Development Goals by UNDP Country Director Mr. Lucy Renda. Date: June 26, 2013 Time: 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm Location: West Hall, Auditorium B For more information, contact CCECS on 4430/1 or at ccecs@aub.edu.lb

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...

CMCS Lebanon invites NGOs to attend“Project Management for NGOs”Training WorkshopMay 20th-22nd, 2013 Facilitated by: Afif Tabsh, PMP®, CBAP®Consultant - Professional Services at CMCS LebanonAmbassador for Peace at Universal Peace FederationCo-Founder & President at Alumni UNESCOGlobal Shaper at World Economic ForumCo-Founder & President at Aie Serve  Who Should Attend? NGO’s Board Members & Founders, NGO Consultants, Program Managers/Coordinator/ Assistants, General/ Grant Coordinators, Team/ Committee/ Task-force leaders. Learning Outcomes:•         Understand the difference between NGO...

"Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. - Unknown" Aie Serve brings you yet another workshop "Team Building & Management"! Trainer: Ms. Tala Samadi Date: Thursday, May 16th, 2013 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 Venue: Aie Serve Headquarters - Al Zarif - Toufic Tabbara Center - 4th floor. If you're interested in attending, kindly fill the form below before Monday May 13th. Registration Form: Link

  Healing Our Ancestral Past  For A Better Future   A two-day workshop exploring, honouring, and healing connections between our past, present and future   with   Mark Wentworth & Filipe De Moura     At the Silk Museum, Bsous     Saturday 20th - Sunday 21st April, 2013     Time: 10 am - 6 pm     “In every nation there are wounds to heal   In every community there is work to be done   And in every heart there is the power to do it.”   Marianne Williamson    All those who have gone before us play a part in making us who we are today. Deep in our subconscious we carry the collective story of...

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...

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...

Invitation   The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) is pleased to invite you to the   Workshop entitled   « Media Relations & Capacity Building Training for Civil Society Organizations »   On 12th December 2012  from 9am - 2pm (registration before 7th December) The workshop will be held in Arabic *** Invitation   Le Centre Libanais des Droits Humains (CLDH) a l’honneur de vous inviter à un   Atelier intitulé   « Relations avec les Médias & Renforcement des Capacités des Organisations de la Société Civile »   Le 12 Décembre 2012 de 9h - 14h (inscription avant le 7...

The John Smith Memorial Trust a non-profit organisation in London is currently recruiting Fellows for both its 2012 and 2013 Fellowship Programmes ‘Building a Rule of Law Leadership Network in the Middle East’. The Programme is sponsored by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.The JSMT Rule of Law Fellowship is designed for outstanding individuals who are already leaders in their country and have been change agents in their field. Selection to the Fellowship is competitive and requires each applicant to outline an intended Action Plan, how they believe they will put into practice the...

The Centre for Lebanese Studies, at St Antony’s College, Oxford University and the Lebanese Association for Educational Studies, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies at the American University of Beirut, cordially invite you to attend a workshop on the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot experience in adopting a Historical Thinking approach to learning and teaching history in a context of conflicting and controversial historical narratives. The workshop also aims to examine Historical Thinking as an approach for the learning and teaching of history in...

The Centre for Lebanese Studies, at St Antony’s College, Oxford University and the Lebanese Association for Educational Studies, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies at the American University of Beirut, cordially invite you to attend a workshop on the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot experience in adopting a Historical Thinking approach to learning and teaching history in a context of conflicting and controversial historical narratives. The workshop also aims to examine Historical Thinking as an approach for the learning and teaching of history in...

تتشرف حياة حرة بلا تدخين، إندي أكت  بدعم من  فريق البحث للحد من التدخين-الجامعة الامركية في بيروت بدعوتكم للعمل معا لإنشاء " الهيئة المدنية لرقابة تطبيق قانون الحد من التدخين في لبنان" وذلك يوم الثلاثاء الواقع في 19 حزيران 2012 في حرم الجامعة الامريكية  في قاعة الوست هول – القاعة A   برنامج اللقاء الوقت النشاط 9:00- 9:15 موجز حول قانون منع التدخين     9:15-9:45 موجز حول فكرة هيئة رقابة قانون التدخين عرض مسودة  هيئة رقابة تطبيق قانون منع التدخين 9:45-10:45 عمل مجموعات 1: مناقشة المسودة المقترحة وتعديلها الاستفادة من تجارب المشاركين 10:45-11:00 استراحة 11:00...

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...

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...

American University of Beirut, The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs And Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies Cordially invites you to a lecture and open discussion with Francois Burgat, Director of the French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) Political Islam through Arab revolutions Tuesday, March 27. 5:00–6:30 pm Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, AUB   Dr. Francois Burgat is a political scientist and senior researcher at Centre National du Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Currently based in Beyrouth, Burgat is the Director of the French Institute...

International Symposium:  The Arab Uprisings:Sociological Perspectives and Geographical Comparisons -- 20th and 21th of March 2012   Venue: Auditorium A, West Hall, American University of Beirut   Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies (SOAM) - American University of Beirut (AUB) Lebanese Sociological Association (LSA) Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (Lebanon) International Sociological Association (ISA) Qatar University     Organizing Committee: Sari Hanafi (SAOM-AUB), Chebib Diab (LSA), Michael Burawoy (ISA), Samir Farah (FES).   Open to Public Languages: Arabic and English...