Fall 2011

Six-week long study groups:
Readings in Fawaz Traboulsi’s “A History of Modern Lebanon”  with Johnny Rubeiz
The Art of Oriental Carpets with Hadi Maktabi
Capture a Memory/ Writers’ Workshop with Kathryn Dorman and Bert Hirschhorn
Introduction to Digital Photography with Mary McKone

Mini-courses:
Opera Appreciation with Lama Tayan
Understanding Biases in our Everyday Decision-Making with Riad Dimechkie

Series: "An Evening with the Prof"
Najat Saliba Associate Professor, Chemistry.  “Smoke we see and Smoke we do not see”
Omar Dewachi Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Population Health. “The Cost of War study: an international effort to calculate the effect of violence on well-being.”
Rami Khouri Director, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs. “The new Arab Revolt: its causes and consequences”
Rima Nakkash Assistant Professor,  “Health Promotion and Community Health.  Lebanon’s Landmark Tobacco Control Legislation:  An Insider’s View” 

Intergenerational Activity: Round Table discussion with AUB students on "New Social Media"

Spring 2011

Six-week long study groups
“A poem is a contraption made of words”: How does it work? with Bert Hirschhorn
History of Art in Lebanon with Cesar Nammour
Building Beirut: the Architectural History of the City Center with Sylvia Shorto

Mini-course
Four Great Chamber Music Works (How to Listen to Musical Compositions) with Akram Najjar –

Lecture Series
Great Cities of the World with Hassan Ramadan.
·    Barcelona, 19 May
·    Istanbul, 26 May
·    Bangkok, 2 June
·    Cairo, 9 June
 

Fall 2010

Six-week long study group
Six Great Classical Music Works with Mr. Akram Najjar

Mini-course
The Art of Oriental Carpets with Dr. Hadi Maktabi

Group to support Phd student Ms. Maria Bashshur Abunnasr
The Ras Beirut Oral History Project

Educational Trip
Exploring Old Houses in Damascus with Professor Sylvia Shorto

Healthy Aging (Public Lecture Series)
·    Optimal Aging. How to add life to years? Dr. Nabil Naja
·    Healthy Aging, Healthy Lives: a physical wellness guide to growing your health. Ms. Rana Jabbour
·    Good Nutrition for a Healthy Lifestyle. Ms. Sawsan Wazzan Jabri
·    How to find quality health Information for a healthier life? Ms. Aida Farha

Spring 2010

Six-week long study group
Building Beirut: the Architectural History of the City Center with Professor Sylvia Shorto
Making Friends with the Computer with AUB’s Academic Computing Center, Rayane Fayed, Rana Haddad, Hossein Hamam
Serenades: Video Trips into Classical Music with Mr. Akram Najjar