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The Center for Arab & Middle Eastern Studies
American University of Beirut
Invites you to a hybrid lecture

The Effects of the 1979 Revolution on the Practice of Faith: How to Discuss Religion in Iran Today?
By 
Fariba Adelkhah
CERI, Sciences Po Paris

April 23, 2025

Flyer ​and YouTube​



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The Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Media Studies
The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies 
American University of Beirut

Invite you to a book talk and tribute 

Nabil Dajani, Emeritus Professor, AUB
Before I Forget: My Life and Involvement with Concerns of the American University of Beirut

Speakers:
Fadlo Khuri, President, AUB
Nabil Dajani, Emeritus Professor, AUB
Sari Hanafi, Professor, SOAM | Director, CAMES 
Blake Atwood, Associate Professor | Chair, SOAM
May Farah, Assistant Professor, SOAM | Director, Media Studies
Imad Baalbaky, Senior Vice President for Advancement and Business Development, AUB
Maysaa Kobrosly, Administrative Officer, SOAM

Discussant:
Munir Bashshur, Emeritus Professor, AUB

April 9, 2024



​​The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES)
Critical Approaches of Development
American University of Beirut
and
Metropolis Cinema

Invite you to the screening of

Nujum al-Nahar (Stars in Broad Daylight) (1988)
Written and directed by Ossama Mohammed

Thursday, February 27 at 7 pm
Metropolis Cinema, Mar Mikhael

The screening will be followed by a discussion between the director Ossama Mohammed and Akram Zaatari.

Flyer​​


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The Center for Arab & Middle Eastern Studies
American University of Beirut
Invites you to a hybrid lecture

The Gaza Genocide: Where the European Left and Right Converge

François Burgat
Emeritus Research Director, CNRS (IREMAN Aix-en-Provence)

Thursday February 13, 2025
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The Center for Arab & Middle Eastern Studies
The Palestine Land Studies Center
American University of Beirut

Cordially invite you to a hybrid lecture
Transformations in Post-War Liberalism:
Zionism and the Restoration of Colonial Liberalism

Speaker 
Mohammad Fadel​
Professor of Law, University of Toronto 

​Discussants 
Zeina Jallad
Prof. of International Law and Director, Palestine Land Studies Center (AUB)

Ardi Imseis
Associate Professor of Law, Queen's University​

Moderator
Sari Hanafi
CAMES Director

February 12, 2025



​​​Panel Dis​cussion

​مركز الدر​​​​اس​​​​ات العر​بية ودراس​​ات الشرق الأوسط

مقاربا​​ت​​​​ نقدية لبرنامج التنمية

الجامعة الأمي​​ركية في بيروت

يدعوكم ل​حضور ندوة 

سوريا بعد الأسد: حوار مع ياسين الحاج صالح​

​من السلسلة

بعد السقوط: تأملات حول المج​​​تمع في سوريا ما بعد الأسد

(حضورياً و أونلاين)

الأثنين ​​3 شباط/فبراير، 2025

Flyer ​&YouTube


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​​Panel Dis​cussion

​​​ الندوة الأولى من سلسلة 

​​التحول الديمقراطي في سوريا: الآفاق والمخاطر
(حضورياً و أونلاين)

​​​ما بعد الأسد

​​​مخاضات الانتقال السياسي في سوريا
المت​حدثون​

​​سمير سعيفان، مدير "مركز حرمون للدراسات المعاصرة"، مستشار وخبير اقتصادي سوري

​​لؤي صافي، أستاذ العلوم السياسية والفكر الإسلامي، جامعة حمد بن خليفة، وزميل غير مقيم في معهد السياسة والتفاهم الاجتماعي وزميل في مركز التفاهم الإسلامي المسيحي في جامعة جورج تاون في واشنطن  

عالية منصور، كاتبة وناشطة سياسية سورية لبنانية​​

يدي​رالندوة

ساري حنفي – مركز ا​​لدراسات العربية ودراسات الشرق الأوسط، الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت

المحور الأول: حول سياق​​ الانتصار العسكري ضد نظام الأسد

المحور الثاني: ما هي الإشارا​ت الإيجابية والسلبية في أداء القيادة السياسية والعسكرية الجديدة وخاصة أداء هيئة تحرير الشام

المحور الثالث: ما هي أكبر التحديات الت​ي تواجه القيادة الجديدة في انتقال سلمي لسوريا موحدة مدنية وديمقراطية

2024الأربعاء 18 كانون الأول /ديسمبر​

Flyer ​& YouTube​ ​​


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​​Book Launch and Discussion

Sumud: Birth, Oral History and Persistence in Palestine
by 
Livia Wick, Associate Professor of Anthropology, AUB
 
Commentators
Lamia Moghnieh, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen
Sara Mourad, Assistant Professor of Media Studies, AUB

Moderator
Elizabeth Saleh, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, AUB

April 25, 2024

Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, AUB 
Arab Oral History Archive
Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES)

Flyer​​


​Book Launch and Debate

Tripoli, une ville dans la marge: luttes et quête de justice
(Tripoli, a City in the Margin: Struggles and Quest for Justice)

by

Marie Kortam - Ifpo
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Discussants

Khaled Ziyadeh | Cultural historian & Director, Arab Center for Research and Studies, Beirut 
Nizar Saghieh | Lawyer, researcher and defender, co-founder of Legal Agenda
Rana Sukarieh | Assistant Professor of Sociology, AUB

Moderated by

Sari Hanafi | Professor of Sociology, AUB

Tuesday 23 April, 2024

The Center for Arab & Middle Eastern Studies, AUB
Ifpo - Institut français du Proche-Orient

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​​Book Discussion

Studying Islam in the Arab World: The Rupture Between Religion and the Social Sciences 
by
Sari Hanafi, Professor of Sociology, AUB

Panel
Aziza Hibri, Professor Emerita at the T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond 
Mohamad Hashas, Assistant Professor, University of Rome Tor Vergata & Lecturer, Luiss University of Rome
Bashar Haydar, Professor of Philosophy and Mohammad Atallah Chair of Ethics, AUB

Moderated by 
Enass Khansa, Chair, Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages, AUB

April 18, 2024
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​Lecture and Discussion
 
​Rabat School: A Different Reading of Contemporary Arab Thought
 
Mohammed Hashas
Rome Tor Vergata University, and Luiss University of Rome 
 
Discussants
Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, Professor of Philosophy, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Bashshar Haydar, Professor of Philosophy and Mohammad Atallah Chair of Ethics
 
Moderated by
Sari Hanafi - American University of Beirut
 
Wednesday 17 April, 2024

​The Center for Arab & Middle Eastern Studies
The Mohammad Atallah Chair in Ethics



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Event - Palestine Week
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في إطار أسبوع فلسطين (4-8 آذار)​
يتشرف
مركز الدراسات العربية ودراسات الشرق الأوسط، الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت (AUB)
و
جامعة المقاصد في بيروت (MUB)
بدعوتكم لندوة حوارية حضورية وأونلاين 
حول
الحريات الأكاديمية تحت النار بينما تحترق غزة
مع
ساري حنفي، مدير مركز الدراسات العربية ودراسات الشرق الأوسط، AUB
أنا يونس، باحثة أنثروبولوجية، جامعة أمستردام
رنا سكرية، أستاذة علم الاجتماع، AUB
يدير الجلسة
حسان الغزيزي، رئيس جامعة المقاصد في بيروت

الاربعاء 6 آذار/مارس 2024



Event - Palestine Week

في إطار أسبوع فلسطين (4-8 آذار)
يتشرف
مركز الدراسات العربية ودراسات الشرق الأوسط، الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت
يتشرف بدعوتكم لندوة حوارية حضورية وأونلاين 
حول
حرية الصحافة في زمن الإبادة
مع
ندى عبد الصمد، صحفية سابقة في BBC 
إيلي براخيا، صحفي في الجزيرة
شذى حنايشة، صحفية من جنين وطالبة ماجستير (AUB)
نور سليمان، صحفية في درج
تدير الجلسة
سارة مراد، أستاذة الإعلام في الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت

الاثنين 4 آذار/مارس 2024
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Flyer & YouTube​​


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​​Book Talk

Imprisoned! Voices and Images from Confinement Landscapes in Palestine

Gary Fields
University of California, San Diego

November 28, 2023

Palestine Land Studies Center
Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management
Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies
Beirut Urban Lab


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​​​Panel

Al-Aqsa Tsunami: Politics, Ethics and Regional Implications
In Solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian People

Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs
Mohammad Atallah Chair in Ethics
Palestine Land Studies Center
With
Palestine Cultural Club
Insight Club 

American University of Beirut

October 23, 2023


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Lecture 

A Tale of Two Colleges
by
Selim Deringil
Emeritus Professor, Boğaziçi University

Co-organized with the Department of Political Studies and Public Administration

March 14, 2023



​​Lecture

Rome's approach to Syria, in the 21st Century
by
Johannes Waardenburg
University of Milan

Co-organized with the Department of History and Archaeology
March 13, 2023


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​​​Panel

Mapping the Production of Knowledge on Women and Gender in the Arab Region 

Co-organized by

The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies
The Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies
The UC Davis Arabic Region Consortium

February 20, 2023

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Lecture

Policies and Politics of Migration in Europe: 
Refugees and Challenges of Multiculturalism in Europe
by
Konrad Pędziwiatr
Cracow University of Economics

Co-organized with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies
February 8, 2023
​​Flyer​

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Lecture

From Foucault’s ‘Political Spirituality’ to Putnam’s ‘Decline of Community’:
Iran Four Decades After the Islamic Revolution

by
Abdolmohammad Kazemipur
University of Calgary
December 1, 2022


​​Lecture

The Rise of the Muslim Immigrant Question in the West:
A Glimpse into the New Debates, with a Focus on Muslims in Canada

by
Abdolmohammad Kazemipur
University of Calgary
November 30, 2022

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Lecture​​

Balance as Justice: 
Deconstruction of Premodern Ethics on the Basis of Ḳınālīzāde ʿAlī Çelebī’s Aḫlāḳ-ı ʿAlāʾī

by
Fatih Ermiş
Orient-Institut Beirut

Co-organized with the Mohammad Atallah Chair for Ethics
November 29, 2022


​​Book Launch and Debate

The Endurance of Palestinian Political Factions: 
An Everyday Perspective from Nahr el-Bared Camp

by
Perla Issa - Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS)

Discussants
Ismael Sheikh Hassan - Urbanist and Activist
Hala Abu-Zaki - Oxford Brookes University

Moderated by
Sari Hanafi - American University of Beirut
Nov 2, 2022


​​Lecture

Seeing through Erasing: 
Audiovisual Archaeology and Activation of Absent Images

by
Iris Fraueneder
University of Zurich & Collegium Helveticum

October 25, 2022
Co-orgnized with the Department of English
Moderated by 
Sonja Mejcher-Atassi - American University of Beirut


​​​Conference

​Labors of Love, Trials of Friendship: Challenges to the Modern Social Relation​

International Hybrid Conference organized by the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, in collaboration with the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB​) and Erfurt University
September 29 & 30, October 1, 2022​
​Flyer​​​​


​​Lecture

Social Love and the critical potential of people: 
When the social reality challenges the sociological imagination
by
Silvia Cataldi
Associate Professor of sociology, Sapienza University of Rome
Gennaro Iorio
Professor of sociology, University of Salerno
April 5, 2022

Organized by 
Center for Arab & Middle Eastern Studies at the American University of Beirut
Institute of Social Sciences at the Lebanese University
International Network for Arab Societies Study (INASS)
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​​محاضرة | Lecture
من تنظيم
 كرسي الشيخ زايد للدراسات العربية والاسلامية
قسم اللغة العربية و لغات الشرق الأدنى
مركز الدراسات العربية ودراسات الشرق الأوسط
في الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت

الاستشراق الايطالي من الفيلولوجيا الى البحث الاجتماعي
د. عقيل المرعي
أستاذ الدراسات العربية والاسلامية في جامعة​ سيانا في ايطاليا​
​March 21​, 2022
Flyer & YouTube​


​​Lecture
Millennial Muslims in the UAE: Thinking Critically about Islam after the Revival
by
Joud Alkorani
Assistant Professor of Islam Studies
Radboud University - The Netherlands
March 16, 2022


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Book launch & debate |  إطلاق كتاب وندوة
The Center for Arab & Middle Eastern Studies | مركز الدراسات العربية ودراسات الشرق الأوسط
with
Sheikh Zayed Chair for Arabic and Islamic Studies | كرسي الشيخ زايد للدراسات العربية والإسلامية
Mohammad Atallah Chair for Ethics | كرسي محمد عطا الله للأخلاق

Book launch: Sufism and Ethics in Islam | إطلاق كتاب: التصوف والأخلاق في الإسلام

With the editors | مع المحررين
Bilal Orfali- American University of Beirut
بلال الأرفه لي - الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت

Mohammed Rustom - Carleton University
محمد رستم - جامعة كارلتون

Atif Khalil- University of Lethbridge
عاطف خليل - جامعة ليثبريدج

Debate: Sufism and Ethics | ندوة و نقاش: التصوف والأخلاق
With the editors of Sufism and Ethics in Islam | مع محررو كتاب التصوف والأخلاق في الإسلام
Bilal Orfali | Mohammed Rustom | Atif Khalil 
بلال الأرفه لي | محمد رستم | عاطف خليل

Joined by | بمشاركة
Suad al-Hakim - Lebanese University
سعاد الحكيم- الجامعة اللبنانية 

Ghena Ismail - American University of Beirut
غنى إسماعيل - الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت

Moderated by: Bashshar Haydar - American University of Beirut
يديرالندوة والنقاش: بشار حيدر- الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت

Dec 1, 2021 | Flyer & YouTube


Book Launch:

Lifeworlds of Islam: The Pragmatics of a Religion
by
Mohammed Bamyeh - University of Pittsburgh

Discussants
Louay Safi - Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Sari Hanafi - American University of Beirut

Nov 24, 2021 | Flyer & YouTube​​

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​​Lecture:

Is rel​​igiosity necessarily moral? | هل التدين بالضرورة أخلاقي؟

Speakers / المتحدثان
Ahmad Z. Obiedat - Wake Forest University
أحمد زهاء الدين عبيدات - جامعة ويك فوريست

Riyad Al-Issa - Universiti Putra Malaysia
رياض العيسى - جامعة بوترا ماليزيا؟

Discussants / المناقشان
Ghina Ismail - American University of Beirut
غنى إسماعيل - الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت

Bashshar Haydar - American University of Beirut
بشار حيدر- الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت

Chaired by / يدير الجلسة
Sari Hanafi - American University of Beirut
ساري حنفي - الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت

October 6, 2021 | Flyer​ & YouTube


​​​​​​CAMES Lecture Series - Sprin​g 2021 - Program

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مناقشة كتاب
نحو إعادة بناء الدراسات الإسلامية
مع المحررين
رضوان السيد | ساري حنفي | بلال الأرفه لي​​
 الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت 
نقاش
باسم عيتاني - عميد كلية الدعوة الإسلامية | وجيه قانصوه - الجامعة اللبنانية 
تدير النقاش
 هبة خضر - الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت
​March 4, 2021 |YouTube Link

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محاضرة
مفهوم الدولة المدنية وتجاوز التقابل القطبي بين الدولة العلمانية والدولة الدينية
 حسام الدين درويش - جامعة لايبزك
نقاش
 بشار حيدر - الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت
March 18, 2021 |YouTube Link



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مناقشة كتاب - بالعربي 
وجوه عالقة للتحرر العربي
«Libérations arabes en souffrance» 
 (Le prix Phénix de littérature 2020)
مع المؤلف
أحمد بيضون - الجامعة اللبنانية
نقاش​
​​ باسكال لحود - نائب رئيس الجامعة الأنطونية في لبنان | نجو​ى بركات - روائية ​
April 19, 2021 | YouTube Link



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​Book discussion
Religion, Modernity, Globalisation: Nation-State to Market
With the author
François Gauthier - University of Fribourg
Discussants:
Hossein Radmard | Sari Hanafi 
American University of Beirut 
Moderator:
Hiba Khodr
American University of Beirut​
April 28, 2021 | ​YouTube Link


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CAMES Lecture Series - November 2020 - Program


*Lecture 1:  Tuesday, November 10, 7 p.m.
The Insomniac Feast: Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq's Literary Digest
Dr. Rana Issa, Department of English, AUB

 

*Lecture 2:  Wednesday, November 18, 7 p.m.

Video Dealers in Iran: The Labor of Informal Media Distribution

Dr. Blake Atwood, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, AUB

 

*​Lecture 3: Friday, November 27, 6 p.m.

Worlds in Motion: Al-Bustani's Arabic Encyclopedia (Da'irat al-Ma'arif) and the Global Production of Knowledge in the Late Ottoman Levant and Egypt (1870s-1900)

Dr. Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, Department of History and Archaeology, AUB

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​​CAMES Events 2019

LECTURE: Nazira Zeineddine:Pioneer of Islamic Feminism
Miriam Cooke
Duke University
Tuesday February 19, 2019 | 5.30pm | College Hall B1
Cosponsored by the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages and the Women and Gender Studies Initiative at AUB

​​​Professor Robert Carter
UCL Qatar
​Friday, February 22, 2019 | 5:00 PM | Auditorium B, West Hall

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: The Middle East in 1958: Reimagining a Revolutionary Year
March 22-23, 2019​

NTS: Anis Frayha: Personality of the Year 2019
The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (AUB) in collaboration with the Institute for Lebanese Thought (Notre Dame University) is organizing a series of academic panels and cultural events​ throughout 2019 in honour of the late Professor Anis Frayha (Syriac and Semitic Languages, AUB 1938-1967).

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​CAMES LECTURE SERI​ES  2019: Assembling the Middle East: Materiality, Ecology and Infrastructure

LECTURE 1: Maintenance, decay and deliberate debris: Implicating matter in contests over dwelling in Beirut
Samar Kanafani
American University of Beirut & Arab Council for Social Sciences 
Tuesday March 19th, 2019

LECTURE 2: Confessionalism and Urban Smellscapes: The Case of the Rum Orthodox in Beirut
Roxana Maria Aras
American University of Beirut & University of Michigan
Tuesday March 26th, 2019 

LECTURE 3: “Buying passports”: Becoming a European citizen in Cyprus
Theodoros Rakopoulos
University of Oslo 
Co-organized with SOAM, AUB
Wednesday April 3rd, 2019

LECTURE 4: The “Unliveable City”: materiality, politics and the everyday urban experience
Alice Stefanelli
Durham University
Co-organized with SOAM, AUB
Tuesday April 23rd, 2019​


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