Practicing “Blickwechsel”: Entangled Perspectives on Theory, Arts and History in the Field of Arabic Literary Studies AGYA International Bilingual Summer School American University of Beirut September 22–24, 2017 as part of the summer school project “Arabische Philologien im Blickwechsel / نحو دراسات عربية برؤى متعددة” Organizers: Bilal Orfali (American University of Beirut / AGYA member) Barbara Winckler (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster / AGYA member) Christian Junge (Philipps-Universität Marburg) Guest Lecture نحو ربيع عربي لغوي Prof. Mahmoud al-Batal Date: Sunday, September 24, 2017
Practicing “Blickwechsel”: Entangled Perspectives on Theory, Arts and History in the Field of Arabic Literary Studies AGYA International Bilingual Summer School American University of Beirut September 22–24, 2017 as part of the summer school project “Arabische Philologien im Blickwechsel / نحو دراسات عربية برؤى متعددة” Title: بصرية القصيدة العربية الحديثة (بين بدر شاكر السياب ومحمد الماغوط) Date: Friday September 22, 2017 Keynote Lecture: Professor Charbel Dagher (Balamand University)
Arabic Department and Center for Arts and Humanities panel a book on "Arabic... this noble language" by Dr. Ramzi Baalbaki and Dr. Bilal Orfali - May 2, 2017 at AUB
Department of Arabic Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies Rumi, Sufism, and the Good Islam When the Local Goes National and Global by Jamal J Elias, University of Pennsylvania April 27, 2017
Arabic Department and Center for Arts and Humanities panel on Jawdat Fakherddine's poetry - April 25, 2017 at AUB
Department of Arabic lecture Ibrahim Nasrallah Writer in Residence April 20, 2017
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Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages and Center for Arts and Humanities (CAH) series of lectures by Waciny Al Araj on March 28, 29 and 31, 2017 (more on YouTube)
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages, Department of English and Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES) lecture "Arabic and Translation" Key Moments in Trans-Cultural Connection, by Dr. Roger Allen, March 30, 2017
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages and Anis Makdisi Program in Literature lecture "The Madhāhib of Modernity: Al-Shidyāq and Literary Politics," by Ziad Dallal, March 20, 2017
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages and the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Sufi Adab as Pedagogy: Shaykh - Murid Relationship Across the Ages By Alexander Kynsh, University of Michigan Feb. 27, 2017
The Center for Arts and Humanities and the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages held a seminar to discuss two published novels written by AUB students, Roua Seghaier and Amal Elbaba. The event was held under the theme “Qaadiroon wa bil ’Arabiyya’ (underlining the ability to write creatively in Arabic) to celebrate the students’ achievements, highlight the importance of knowledge creation in Arabic, and encourage Arabic creative writing at AUB. Feb. 15, 2017
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages and the Center for Arts and Humanities Lecture Innovation in Arabic Poetry in Eighteenth Century Bilad al Sham By Hilary Kilpatrick Feb. 1, 2017
Lecture “Adab in Its Own Terms: A Study of the Maqamat of Niqula al-Turk by Max Shmookler, Nov. 28, 2016
ندوة حول شعر تامر الملاط بمناسبة صدور ديوان تامر الملاط الشاعر والقاضي الجسور في كتابين عن دار البدائع "مخطوطة مجموعة قصائد وأشعار" و"ديوان تامر الملاط"، 4 تشرين الثاني 2016
Arabic Department and Center for Arts and Humanities Book Signing of 'Printed in Beirut' - October 26, 2016
FAS 150 Celebration Keynote Speech Bilal Orfali, "Liberal Arts and Sciences in a Changing Region: Challenges and Perspectives" - April 22, 2016