Events

The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service in collaboration with Justice Without Frontierswould like to invite you to a session by Maitre Brigitte Chelebian to know more about: "Women's Access to Justice" Project International Conventions on Women Rights Women rights in Family Status Law in Lebanon Difficulties and challenges that women face in accessing justice On July 9, 2014 at 12:00pm in Auditorium A, West Hall, American University of Beirut If interested to attend, send your details (name, contact number) to ccecs@aub.edu.lb [facebook event]

The United Nations in the Arab World Program & The Human Rights Research Project coridally invite you to a lecture by Mr. John Pace. John Pace is an international civil servant of long standing in the United Nations. He served as Secretary to the Commission on Human Rights from 1978 to 1994, and was the Coordinator of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna. He has headed the Special Procedures and Technical Cooperation Programmes and has led fact-finding missions for the Commission in several countries. He was Chief of the Human Rights Component of the UN Mission in Iraq, and...

Due to the lack of appropriate public space, Beirut dwellers lay claim today to a number of open areas in the city, the uses of which are akin to ‘public’ spaces – they are accessed freely and allow for an unconfined range of social activities. This lecture advocates learning from the public by observing several left- over spaces in the city, in order to understand them as public, multicultural, socially just, and open. By focusing on the seafront area of Dalieh in Rawche, the lecture attempts to abandon the modern notion of public space and open new possibilities for understanding public...

Wael Gamal is an Egyptian economic journalist, columnist, and researcher. He has more than 18 years of experience in journalism with local and international media including CNBC, BBC Arabic Service, and Thomson Reuters. He contributed to the launch of  Al Shorouk, a daily Egyptian newspaper, in 2009 as its economic editor, before becoming its managing editor in 2010. He has studied Political Sciences in Cairo University and Finance and Investment in Middlesex University in London. Ziad Abdel Samad is the Executive Director of the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) which brings together 30...

Institut français du Proche-OrientSyrie - Liban - Jordanie - Irak - T. PalestiniensObservatoire urbain du Proche-OrientSéminaire La fin des « anciens loyers » : vers une réforme historique ?  Bruno MarotDoctorant à l’Université McGill (Canada)Chercheur associé à l’IEP Paris Discutant : Hisham AshkarArchitecte et urbaniste, doctorant à Hafencity Universität – Hambourg (Allemagne) Séminaire en langue françaiseMercredi 23 avril 2014 à 18hIfpo – Bâtiment G – 1er étageEspace des Lettres - Rue de Damas - BeyrouthTél  01.420 291/293

This event is brought to you by the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies at AUB. The lecture is based on a project that compares Latin America and the Middle East by exploring the role of documentary and fiction films in reconstructing collective identities in the wake of armed conflicts and political transitions. Dr. Riccardo Bocco is a Professor of Political Sociology at the Anthropology and Sociology Department of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies...

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs cordially invites you to a presentation:  "Arab States and UN Human Rights Mechanisms" by Fateh Azzam Director of Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship and Senior Public Policy Fellow at IFI Wednesday, April 16, 2014 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm  Issam Fares Institute (Green Oval), Auditorium – AUB   The presentation will offer an analysis of Arab engagement with UN human rights mechanisms from 2005-2012. It summarizes issues raised by states and NGOs, and assesses the recommendations of the human rights treaty bodies, and...

Hunger can be eliminated in our lifetimes. CCECS in collaboration with the Lebanese Food Bank invites you to an introductory session to know more about the "Not to waste food" program. Date: Wednesday April 2, 2014Time: 12:00 - 1:00pmLocation: Auditorium B, West Hall The Lebanese Food Bank is a non-profit organization established by a group of Lebanese businessmen to eliminate hunger in all Lebanon by establishing partnerships and cooperation with all those who are concerned. If you are interested to attend, send your details (name, major and contact number) to ccecs@aub.edu.lb.For more info...

The Lebanese Economic Association invites you to the closing event of its project:  “Know, React, Engage" A Public Discussion on Socio-Economic Rights in Lebanon”   Tuesday, March 25, 2014 between 5:30 and 8:00 pm Metro Al Madina- Hamra Agenda: 5:30- 5:40 Welcoming Address 5:40- 6:00 Screening of Project Videos (project trailer) 6:00- 8:00 Discussion on Socio-Economic Rights in Lebanon   Speakers: Youth Unemployment and Cost of Living: - Dr. Sami Atallah, Executive Director, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies Education and Working Women: - Ms. Sawsan Masri, Project Coordinator, International...

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs invites you to: Protecting Syrian Refugees: Laws, Policies and Global Responsibility-Sharing The International Human Rights Clinical Program at the Boston University School of Law is completing a two-year research project focusing on the legal issues and problems that are creating barriers to relief and protection for refugees fleeing Syria. This project focuses on the international and regional legal instruments that govern the rights of and obligations towards this refugee flow in the most-affected states: Lebanon, Jordan...

The Anis Makdisi Program in Literature cordially invites you to a lecture by Malek Sharif The State and the CityUncovering the early history of the municipality of Beirut AUB, Bldg. 37 (behind the Lee Observatory), Thursday March 13, 2014 (5:00pm) The standard literature on the Ottoman Tanzimat period largely ignores or barely touches on the provincial urban institutions. They ignore the formative years of the municipalities in the provinces and the laws by which they were constituted. Consequently they date the foundation of municipalities at a later period of time. They also tend to...

Three active campaigns organizing around sexuality in India have gained international attention. First, the long-term campaigns against honor killing in rural North India have finally reached the Indian national stage. Second, the spontaneous and to many surprising upsurge of young women's and men's protest against the Delhi gang rape of a woman on December 16, 2012 continues to galvanize protests and legal changes. Third, the immediate reaction to the Supreme Court's decision to reinstate section 377 of the Indian penal code, a British-era law that makes gay sex illegal, that was overturned...

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, and the Center for American Studies and Research   Cordially invite you to a lecture and book launch 'Gender and Neoliberalism: The All India Democratic Women's Association and Globalization Politics' byDr. Elisabeth Armstrong Thursday, March 6th, 2014 | 1:00 - 3:30 pm Building 37 CASAR (Behind the Old Observatory) - AUB In 1991, structural adjustments began in earnest in India. The nation’s leaders reduced social spending and dismantled protections and supports for...

الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت قسم العلوم الاجتماعية ومركز الدراسات اللبنانية يسره دعوتكم لحضور بنى الحراك المدني في سوريا قبل وخلال الانتفاضة Civil society in Syria before and during the uprising   سيكون النقاش باللغة العربية مع  حسان عباس Discussion initiated in Arabic by Hassan Abbas باحث واستاذ في المعهد الفرنسي للشرق الأدنى / Researcher and Professor in IFPO    و محمد العطار Mohamed Attar كاتب ومسرحي / Writer and Drama practitioner   [facebook event]

IFI lecture: "Domestic Violence in Lebanon" Moderator: Dina Kiwan Panelists:  Charbel Nahas -  Jaqueline Hajjar - Rihab - Lydia Farah    Women around the world suffer from domestic violence, including marital rape and assault, and given the highly sensitive nature of this issue, its scale is difficult to ascertain. In December 1999 the United Nations designated November 25th as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in order to raise awareness of the problem, which is why the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs is holding a panel...

برنامج التنشئة على: الأديان والشأن العام في لبنان يقدّم قسم الدراسات في التلاقي الثقافي في مؤسّسة أديان، برنامجاً أكاديميًّا من عشرة أشهر باللغة العربية بعنوان "الأديان والشأن العام في لبنان"، وذلك مع كبار المتخصّصين، بهدف تعزيز فهم المسائل الدينيّة والعلاقات بين الأديان وموقعها في المجال العام وبخاصةٍ في الإطار اللبناني.    من يستطيع أن يتسجّل؟ هذا البرنامج موجّه إلى طلّاب الجامعات والمهنيّين من مختلف الأعمار والاختصاصات.   لماذا هو قيمة مضافة؟ يكتسب المتابع لهذا البرنامج المقوّمات الضروريّة للوعي والحضور الفعّال والإيجابيّ ضمن مجتمع مختلط ومتنوّع دينيًّا، فتكون قيمة مضافة له في حياته...

في شباط ٢٠١١ انطلقت مظاهرات "إسقاط النظام الطائفي" وجمعت عشرات الآلاف من المطالبين/ات بالدولة العلمانية الديمقراطية والعدالة الإجتماعية والمساواة. ماذا تعلمنا من هذه الحركة؟ أين أخطأت وأين أصابت؟ ما الذي نتج عنها من خبرات ومجموعات وتحركات؟ ندعوكم إلى نقاش مفتوح حول هذه الأسئلة مع الناشطين جنيد سري الدين وهاشم عدنان يوم الخميس ٥ أيلول في مقر نسوية في مار مخايل. https://www.facebook.com/events/421326697971238

ندعوكم إلى نقاش مفتوح مع الناشطين تميم عبدو ونبيل عبدو و الصحافية كارول كرباج وناشطين/ات آخرين/ات حول الوضع الإجتماعي والإقتصادي لمدينة طرابلس وباب التبانة وجبل محسن في ظل الصراعات السياسية الطائفية وحالات العنف الأخيرة التي طالت منطقة الشمال. الثلاثاء الساعة ٧ مساءً في مقر نسوية في مار مخايل.

Anti Racism Movement will be hosting an info session on discrimination and racism among children at schools and in other circles. The session will be led by Mathilde Coussy, INSAN school coordinator. She will be speaking to us about difference problems and issues faced by foreign children at schools in Lebanon, and how they have tried to work them out as they occurred. She will be giving special focus to the latest issues arising with regards to Syrian children integrating in schools here. We will then open up the discussion for any questions, ideas or initiatives proposed.

In light of the hard humanitarian situation of many of the people in Tripoli, and in accordance with its continuous efforts to mitigate this situation on families and especially children, UTOPIA is organizing a Ramadan Relief Campaign, "لوّن بعطاءك", whereby donations will be collected to go for providing one food portion for each family for the price of only $20.   We are glad to recieve your donations in one of the 3 methods mentioned in the poster !   Thank you for your generosity and Ramadan Karim !