Workshops and Conferences
April 6 / 7, 2011
"Youth, Sexuality and Self-Expression in the Arab World"
IFI's
Youth in the Arab World and the
Goethe-Institut Lebanon held a 2-day inter-disciplinary conference that explored and examined the factors that define sexuality amongst youth in the Arab world.
Films were also screened as part of the conference.
December 11 / 12, 2009
"Cultural Practices of Arab Youth"
A 2-day workshop that focused on research findings to be published in the
Lebanese Association of Women Researchers,
Bahithat's 14th annual book, in collaboration with
Ford Foundation Cairo and
Heinrich Böll Foundation.
October 15 - 17, 2009
"Education for Social Cohesion in Lebanon"
IFI's
Youth in the Arab World program hosted the
Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) at AUB for its annual international conference focusing on the role of education and fostering social cohesion in Lebanon.
January 13 / 14, 2009
Studying Youth in the Arab World
IFI and the
Goethe Institute (Lebanon) joined forces to bring regional and international youth sector researchers together for this inaugural annual seminar.
With a long-standing tradition of social research to draw on, IFI and Goethe brought together individuals and institutions in the fields of policy-making, civil society, the corporate world and scholarship to assess and propose research priorities, and to explore how research can influence policy.
Lectures and Open Panel Discussions
November 18, 2011
IFI and UNICEF Regional Office launched
"A Generation on the Move: Insights into the Conditions, Aspirations and Activism of Arab Youth".
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October 28, 2011
"The Politics and Identities of the Asian Youth Movements in 1970s and 1980s Britain", with Anandi Ramamurthy,
Senior Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire.
March 3, 2011
"The Making and Unmaking of Uprisings: Reflections on Youth–Generated Media", with Joe F. Khalil,
Visiting Assistant Professor at Northwestern University, Qatar.
January 21, 2011
"Tunisians on Tunisia: Students and Professionals reflect on their National Transformation", with Tunisian students at AUB and Hedi Larbi,
respected Beirut-based Tunisian economist
November 4, 2010
"Inside the Views of Young Arabs: what the Silatech Index tells us about the future of the region", with Mohamed Younis,
Senior Analyst at Gallup and Silatech Index-Arab Youth Polling team.