New Publication. Rethinking Education for Social Cohesion: International Case Studies. Editor: Maha Shuayb. Special launch price, order now and pay half price – £ 27.50 until February 2013. To order your copy at this special price, visit www.palgrave.com and quote discount code WSOCIAL2012a, or email order to [email protected] Alternatively use the PDF Order Form to…
Read articleProject Launch Invitation 26 September 2012 Under the Patronage of His Excellency Professor Hassan Diab Minister of Education and Higher Education The Ministry of Education and Higher Education Has the pleasure to invite you to the launching of The Citizenship Education Project Funded by the European Union On Wednesday September 26th, at 10:00am at the Ministry of Education…
Read article20 October 2012 College Hall, Auditorium B American University of Beirut Time: 8.30am – 2.30pm The Centre for Lebanese Studies, at St Antony’s College, Oxford University and the Lebanese Association for Educational Studies, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies at the American University of Beirut, cordially invite you to attend a…
Read articleDINNER LECTURE H.E. AMBASSADOR TOM FLETCHER THE SLOANE CLUB, 16th SEPTEMBER 2012 AT 7:30 PM Our guest of honour will be Ambassador Tom Fletcher, who is currently serving as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Lebanon. He will share his insights on the current situation in Lebanon, and offer his perspective on the conflict in Syria…
Read articleInspired by hearing of the success of the November 2011 HWH Conference in Lebanon, The Rwandan Government”s NURC (National Unity and Reconciliation Commission) invited many members of the HWH team, including Alexandra Asseily of the CLS, to go to Kigali in June for another 3-day Conference Workshop. This was funded by the GHFP and several Rwandan…
Read articleWorkshop Program 18-19th May 2012 Centre for Lebanese Studies – MEC/ St Antony’s College – Oxford University This workshop focuses on Lebanon’s contemporary borders/boundaries and their relationship with identity questions. It aims at studying three dimensions that ‘border studies’ used to separate for research purposes. First, the physical aspects of territorial delimitations and their implications…
Read articleThis book offers a critical analysis of the theories underpinning the current approaches and practices of social cohesion. The contributions examine the ethics and policy making of social cohesion, critiquing the nationalistic and economic driven objectives which dominate the field to propose a multi-dimensional approach underpinned by social justice and care. Exploring the challenges…
Read articleBuilding on the success of the Byblos conference a 3-day Constellation workshop was held at the Bsous Silk Museum on 29th-31st March 2012, facilitated by Gaye Donaldson and Matthew Pruen. Systemic Constellation Work is a practical and profound way of broadening the perspective of individuals and groups involved with conflict. It is best practiced in…
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In Sept 2012, the Centre for Lebanese Studies, the Institute for Education at University of London, Lebanese Association for Educational Studies (LAES) and Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) established a consortium and won the bid to implement a citizenship education reform initiated by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) and funded by the…
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