ردا على غياب التغطية الكافية للأثر الإنساني الناجم عن العدوان الإسرائيلي المستمر على لبنان، والذي دمر مجتمعات بأكملها والبنية التحتية المدنية، يقوم مركز الدراسات اللبنانية بنشر تحديثات دورية لتسليط الضوء على التكلفة البشرية الحقيقية لهذا العدوان استنادا الى مصادر موثوقة.
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In response to the lack of adequate coverage of the humanitarian toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon, which have decimated entire communities and civilian infrastructure, the Centre for Lebanese Studies is publishing regular updates to highlight the true human cost of these assaults based on reliable sources.
Read articleThe ongoing crises and events that have shaken our world have underscored the profound impact of humanitarian disasters and armed conflicts on persons with disabilities. These events often lead to the loss of livelihoods, disrupted access to essential services, and a lack of accessible displacement shelters. These challenges are just a fraction of the many…
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In response to the lack of adequate coverage of the humanitarian toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon, which have decimated entire communities and civilian infrastructure, the Centre for Lebanese Studies is publishing regular updates to highlight the true human cost of these assaults based on reliable sources. Download the full report here.
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ردا على غياب التغطية الكافية للأثر الإنساني الناجم عن العدوان الإسرائيلي المستمر على لبنان، والذي دمر مجتمعات بأكملها والبنية التحتية المدنية، يقوم مركز الدراسات اللبنانية بنشر تحديثات دورية لتسليط الضوء على التكلفة البشرية الحقيقية لهذا العدوان استنادا الى مصادر موثوقة. تحميل التقرير كاملا هنا
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ردا على غياب التغطية الكافية للأثر الإنساني الناجم عن العدوان الإسرائيلي المستمر على لبنان، والذي دمر مجتمعات بأكملها والبنية التحتية المدنية، يقوم مركز الدراسات اللبنانية بنشر تحديثات دورية لتسليط الضوء على التكلفة البشرية الحقيقية لهذا العدوان استنادا الى مصادر موثوقة. تحميل التقرير كاملا هنا
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In response to the lack of adequate coverage of the humanitarian toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon, which have decimated entire communities and civilian infrastructure, the Centre for Lebanese Studies is publishing regular updates to highlight the true human cost of these assaults based on reliable sources. Download the full report here.
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ردا على غياب التغطية الكافية للأثر الإنساني الناجم عن العدوان الإسرائيلي المستمر على لبنان، والذي دمر مجتمعات بأكملها والبنية التحتية المدنية، يقوم مركز الدراسات اللبنانية بنشر تحديثات دورية لتسليط الضوء على التكلفة البشرية الحقيقية لهذا العدوان استنادا الى مصادر موثوقة. تحميل التقرير كاملا هنا
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In response to the lack of adequate coverage of the humanitarian toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon, which have decimated entire communities and civilian infrastructure, the Centre for Lebanese Studies is publishing regular updates to highlight the true human cost of these assaults based on reliable sources. Download the full report here.
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In response to the lack of adequate coverage of the humanitarian toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon, which have decimated entire communities and civilian infrastructure, the Centre for Lebanese Studies is publishing regular updates to highlight the true human cost of these assaults based on reliable sources. Download the full report here.
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ردا على غياب التغطية الكافية للأثر الإنساني الناجم عن العدوان الإسرائيلي المستمر على لبنان، والذي دمر مجتمعات بأكملها والبنية التحتية المدنية، يقوم مركز الدراسات اللبنانية بنشر تحديثات دورية لتسليط الضوء على التكلفة البشرية الحقيقية لهذا العدوان استنادا الى مصادر موثوقة. تحميل التقرير كاملا هنا
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In response to the lack of adequate coverage of the humanitarian toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon, which have decimated entire communities and civilian infrastructure, the Centre for Lebanese Studies is publishing regular updates to highlight the true human cost of these assaults based on reliable sources. Download the full report here.
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ردا على غياب التغطية الكافية للأثر الإنساني الناجم عن العدوان الإسرائيلي المستمر على لبنان، والذي دمر مجتمعات بأكملها والبنية التحتية المدنية، يقوم مركز الدراسات اللبنانية بنشر تحديثات دورية لتسليط الضوء على التكلفة البشرية الحقيقية لهذا العدوان استنادا الى مصادر موثوقة. تحميل التقرير كاملا هنا
Read articleDate: Monday, March 31, 2025 Location: University of Cambridge, UK / Hybrid Covers: local transportation within the UK and catering during the time of the event Open to PhD students in the UK Event Organizer: Cyrine Saab Keynote speaker: Dr. Lakshmi Priya Rajendran Mentors: Dr. Hilde Refstie, Dr. Jáfia Naftali Câmara, Dr. Nidal Sleiman, Giada…
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In response to the lack of adequate coverage of the humanitarian toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon, which have decimated entire communities and civilian infrastructure, the Centre for Lebanese Studies is publishing regular updates to highlight the true human cost of these assaults based on reliable sources. Download the full report here.
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ردا على غياب التغطية الكافية للأثر الإنساني الناجم عن العدوان الإسرائيلي المستمر على لبنان، والذي دمر مجتمعات بأكملها والبنية التحتية المدنية، يقوم مركز الدراسات اللبنانية بنشر تحديثات دورية لتسليط الضوء على التكلفة البشرية الحقيقية لهذا العدوان استنادا الى مصادر موثوقة. تحميل التقرير كاملا هنا
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ردا على غياب التغطية الكافية للأثر الإنساني الناجم عن العدوان الإسرائيلي المستمر على لبنان، والذي دمر مجتمعات بأكملها والبنية التحتية المدنية، يقوم مركز الدراسات اللبنانية بنشر تحديثات دورية لتسليط الضوء على التكلفة البشرية الحقيقية لهذا العدوان استنادا الى مصادر موثوقة. تحميل التقرير كاملا هنا
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In response to the lack of adequate coverage of the humanitarian toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon, which have decimated entire communities and civilian infrastructure, the Centre for Lebanese Studies is publishing regular updates to highlight the true human cost of these assaults based on reliable sources. Download the full report here.
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In response to the lack of adequate coverage of the humanitarian toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon, which have decimated entire communities and civilian infrastructure, the Centre for Lebanese Studies is publishing regular updates to highlight the true human cost of these assaults based on reliable sources. Download the full report here.
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ردا على غياب التغطية الكافية للأثر الإنساني الناجم عن العدوان الإسرائيلي المستمر على لبنان، والذي دمر مجتمعات بأكملها والبنية التحتية المدنية، يقوم مركز الدراسات اللبنانية بنشر تحديثات دورية لتسليط الضوء على التكلفة البشرية الحقيقية لهذا العدوان استنادا الى مصادر موثوقة. تحميل التقرير كاملا هنا
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We are proud to present this exceptional collection of artworks, generously donated by prominent artists from Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, in honour of the 40th anniversary of the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS). Curated by Amale Khlat, this selection reflects the diverse beauty and profound resilience of artists from our region over half a century…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies is proud to announce this call for papers to be published in a special issue of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) with guest editors Maha Shuayb, Mai Abu Moghli and Jafia Camara and under the title: Lifelong learning in emergencies: Pushing the epistemological boundaries We invite academics and practitioners in the field…
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يستقبل مركز الدراسات اللبنانية طلبات الباحثين/ات الزملاء/الزميلات وذلك لطلاب الدكتوراه وحاملي/ات شهادة الدكتوراه في العلوم الإنسانية او الإجتماعية مع التركيز على موضوع التعليم. نستقبل الطلبات باللغتين العربية أو الإنجلزية. تمتد فترة البحث من اذار/مارس ٢٠٢٣ لغاية اذار/مارس ٢٠٢٤. هذه المنحة مفتوحة لباحثي/ات الدكتوراه وحاملي/ات شهادة الدكتوراه وذلك لتغطية نفقات البحث بدءًا من البحث الأولي، الإستفتاءات،…
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“Right Where We Belong”: How Refugee Teachers and Students Are Changing the Future of Education A book discussion By Prof. Sarah Dryden-Peterson Moderated by Centre Lebanese Studies Director, Dr. Maha Shuayb The webinar was held on November 3, 2022. For more info: About the book: In Right Where We Belong, Sarah Dryden-Peterson discovers that, where…
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Marking the 20th of June, the Centre for Lebanese Studies celebrates the World Refugee Day 2022 with a social media campaign and “Some of All – Youth in Amman” documentary screening in Jordan. The social media campaign covered various components of forced migration: Employment, Education, Protection Regimes, and asylum procedures… “Some of All – Youth…
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26 March 2022 Virtual Conference Overview of the Conference This conference engages with curriculum reform in the region with a social justice-oriented approach. This conference is part of CLS’s continued efforts to promote a dialogue on education, curriculum reform and social justice. The Curriculum Reform conference 2022 builds on the results of the CLS’s…
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CLS believes in co-creative spaces where educators can discuss, produce knowledge, and create strategies for change. The “Educators’ Hub for Expression and Change”, in collaboration with The Asfari Foundation, is an open platform for educators to raise their voices, to build their own education vision, and promote dialogue about the current challenges and difficulties they…
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In 2018, CLS was awarded the prestigious Lyle Spencer grant of 951,519 USD, to conduct a comparative and longitudinal study of refugee education. The study, “My future five years from now” examines and contrasts education programs and practices for refugees in Australia, Lebanon and Turkey over a five-year period (2018-2023).
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies and the Institute for Migration Studies, both at the Lebanese American University uncovered the 3 years research insights “From Education to Employment: Youth Trajectories in Jordan and Lebanon in the Context of Protracted Displacement”. The virtual panel explored some reflections from Jordan and Lebanon about the quality of education, education dropout rate, employability attainment, and the…
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Ethnographic research within migrant communities living in precarious conditions is mainly conducted by researchers from the Global North, or affiliated to research institutions located in the Global North. This raises additional and specific methodological challenges in terms of positionality and research ethics. These challenges manifest themselves in intertwined ways at various research stages, from the…
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How do racism, capitalism, and patriarchy shape humanitarian education aid? And what can be done about it? The Collective on Education, Decoloniality and Emergencies (CEDE!) first online conference opened the space to reflect on issues of power and justice within the field of Education in Emergencies. CEDE! believes that decades of policy and programming focused…
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The important question on research partnerships and agenda-setting and the challenges of sustaining a research network in the age of protracted displacement can make it challenging for academics to do reciprocal and impactful research..
Read articleMohammad Hammoud, Maha Shuayb, and Ola AlSamhoury This report is funded by the Spencer Foundation Executive Summary This report examines school, teacher, parent, and student readiness and challenges for the new school academic year (2021-2022). It aims to probe the challenges and prospects of returning to in-person and online schooling and the possible solutions…
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Deadline for submissions of abstracts: 31 October 2021
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June 20 is World Refugee Day, an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe.
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By the Centre for Lebanese Studies and the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice Saturday 20th June 2020 is World Refugee Day. This year’s theme is “Every Action Counts”, highlighting refugees’ contributions to their societies, and the importance of creating a more just, equal, and inclusive world in which no one is left behind. The…
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CLS partners with international universities to mobilize understanding and boost civil responses to refugee crises. Back in 1648, a series of peace treaties ended an era of wars in Europe – which historians came to identify as the beginning of the modern system of sovereign states. However, a result of the foundation of those states,…
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CLS in partnership of a consortium with eight universities and research centers in Europe and Canada, have been awarded Horizon 2020 grant of 402,189 Euros: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Centre Population Europe, Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung (PE), Catholic University of Louvain, Martin Luther University of Halle Wittenberg, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Institutt…
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In Lebanon’s current sociopolitical climate, teachers and students are facing severe challenges both in and outside the classroom, which is putting the traditional teaching approach to the test. Lack of resources, electricity cuts, no internet or an expensive low-quality connection, and high students drop-out rates – particularly in public schools with second shifts to accommodate…
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About the study In 2018, CLS was awarded the prestigious Lyle Spencer grant of 951,519 USD, to conduct a comparative and longitudinal study of refugee education. The study, “My future five years from now” examines and contrasts education programs and practices for refugees in Australia, Lebanon and Turkey over a five-year period (2018-2023). These countries offer…
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Four staff members of the Centre for Lebanese Studies and one independent researcher attended a week long training on Regional Forced Migration at Moi University in Nairobi, Kenya during August 2019, organized by the Peace Institute. The training was an intensive introduction to refugee and forced displacement issues to a select group of scholars, practitioners…
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CLS launches an interdisciplinary study on refugee education and employment, and the links between the two. The Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) at LAU is not new to bringing the plight of refugee and underprivileged populations to the forefront of academic research in hope of understanding and producing more educated strategies for addressing the crisis. Most recently,…
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Background: Healing the Wounds of History (HWH) is a program by the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) launched in November 2011 to help healing the unresolved, deeper roots of violence unconsciously activated in the present from previous generations. The challenges faced by Lebanon and the region are self-evident where cycles of violence have played out repeatedly…
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A program hosted by NC State’s Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies is transforming the way Lebanese teachers educate students about their country’s history. The program, a collaboration with the Lebanese Association for History, brought teachers to campus last summer to learn about the latest scholarship on Lebanon and to master new, innovative tools to develop public history.…
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A two-week workshop from July 20 till August 03, 2019 at North Carolina State University entitled “History Education and the Use of Archives”. The workshop is followed by an educational exhibition in Lebanon during summer 2020. ONLINE APPLICATION DOWNLOAD APPLICATION
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The Lebanese Association for History in collaboration with the Centre for Lebanese Studies at the Lebanese American University invites you to participate in a training course that includes three workshops organized by history teachers in Lebanon which is part of the Educational Training Program for the Academic Year 2018-2019. The training course is funded by…
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Background: Healing the Wounds of History (HWH) is a program by the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) launched in November 2011 to help healing the unresolved, deeper roots of violence unconsciously activated in the present from previous generations. The challenges faced by Lebanon and the region are self-evident where cycles of violence have played out repeatedly…
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The Lebanese Association for History in collaboration with the Centre for Lebanese Studies at the Lebanese American University is organising a series of workshops divided into 3 modules entitled: “ICT (Information Communication and Technology), E-Learning and Digital Citizenship Workshop: How can History Teachers Use Technology in their Classrooms?”. This project is funded by the British…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies at the Lebanese American University in partnership with Oxford Brookes University- Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) organised a brainstorming session on Wednesday September 12, 2018 to establish a Hub on disability related issues in the MENA region- an initiative established by the above partners. The main objective of…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) at the Lebanese American University (LAU) has been awarded a grant of 59,995 Euros from HOPES (Higher and Further Education Opportunities and Perspectives for Syrians) for a project entitled “ Blended Learning Summer Schools for Teachers Working with Vulnerable Children”. This 12 months project is in partnership with University College…
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The Lebanese Association for History in collaboration with the Centre for Lebanese Studies at the Lebanese American University celebrated the closing ceremony for “How to Make our Students Young Historians?” program on the 5th of September 2018 at Crowne Plaza Beirut . This program was funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Lebanon. This…
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The Disability Hub is an initiative launched by CLS in partnership with Oxford Brookes University. The main objective of the Hub is to establish a research and advocacy group to advance the field of disability studies in the Middle East/MENA.
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies at the Lebanese American University in collaboration with The Lebanese Association for History hosted a four-day training workshop between August 27 and 31, 2018 that was full of teamwork and fruitful interaction within the educational development program “Enhancing the Skills of History Teachers in Lebanon”. The program is considered as…
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“When I grow up, I want to be a doctor,” scribbled 13-year old Roqaya on a whiteboard next to the Safadi Fine Arts Building. In another context, this would not have been as significant since international law – which stipulates that all children have a legal right to free and compulsory primary education, and access…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies and the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Institute for International and Comparative Education (IICE) have been jointly awarded a $461,981 grant from the Dubai Cares Evidence for Education in Emergencies (E-Cubed) Research Envelope. The purpose of this study is to gain an in depth understanding of the ways in which private entities…
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“A Day in My Life” event was organised by the Centre for Lebanese Studies at the Lebanese American University – LAU on Wednesday June 20, 2018 to launch Refugee Access to Education Campaign. Over 60 children from private schools and Syrian refugees from Jusoor – Syrians Forward Together (جسور سوريا) and Alphabet for Alternative Education…
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The Centre for Lebanese (CLS) research into the school experience of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon shows major shortcomings in the public sector which are affecting the learning experiences of all children in Lebanon including Lebanese. Prior to the Syrian crisis less than 30% of the Lebanese student population was enrolled in public schools due to the poor quality of teaching and learning. CLS numerous studies also highlight the dangers of segregating Syrian and Lebanese children on social cohesion between the two communities. To find out more about our research findings read our research and watch the two videos
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Half of the over one million Syrian refugees in Lebanon are children. Under international law, all children in Lebanon – including Syrian refugees – have a legal right to free and compulsory primary education, and access to secondary education without discrimination. Not only are hundreds of thousands of Syrian children not receiving an education in…
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LAU’s Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) and the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Institute for International and Comparative Education (IICE) have been jointly awarded a $461,981 grant from the Dubai Cares Evidence for Education in Emergencies (E-Cubed) Research Envelope. The title of the project is Promising Partnership Models for Education in Emergencies: A Global-Local Analysis. It aims to…
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“Healing the Wounds of History” program conducted the workshop entitled “HWH Module 2:2018” for health counselors from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) and participants from different background who are seeking inner peace was held on the 3rd , 4th , 5th of May 2018 at the Riviera Hotel Beirut. One of the…
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Healing the Wounds of History celebrated the Day of the Annunciation on the 9th of April, 2018. For many years, we have celebrated the Annunciation Day with the “Together around our Lady Mary” in the Garden of the Forgiveness outside the Nourieh Chapel. A Chapel to remind us of the miracles of The Virgin Mary in…
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The first meeting for Spencer Project was divided into two sessions: The first session took place from March 20 till March 22, 2018 and the second session took place on April 03 and 04, 2018 at the Lebanese American University. The first session brought together the core team of the project. During the meeting, the…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies at LAU receives the prestigious Lyle Spencer research grant to conduct a study into refugee education. According to some estimates, Syrian refugee children now account for more than half of the pupils enrolled in Lebanese public schools. And while Lebanon is by far the country most affected by the headwinds…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies at the Lebanese American University in collaboration with Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina University organized a workshop on ” Using Archives in Teaching the History of the Lebanese Diaspora” on Saturday March 03, 2018 at the Lebanese American University. The workshop was facilitated by…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies at the Lebanese American University and the UCL Institute of Education, University College London organized “A Consultation Workshop on Teaching Professional Development (TPD) through Technology” on Saturday, February 24, 2018, at Sonbola Learning Centre in Anjar from 10:00 a.m. till 02:00 p.m. This consultation meeting informed the process of developing…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies at the Lebanese American University and the University College London School of Education organized a consultation workshop on “Community Research Methodology and MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)” on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Beirut from 10:00 a.m. till 01:30 p.m. The workshop brought together researchers, institutions and…
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The Lebanese Association for History (LAH) and the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) conducted three workshops for CERD as part of an exchange of expertise on January 25 and 26, 2018. This workshop was facilitated by Nayla Khodr Hamadeh, LAH President and Dr. Maha Shuayb, the Director of the Centre for Lebanese Studies. The workshop…
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Commissioned by ESCWA, this study addressed the gap in research about disability in the Arab region, and particularly the living conditions of persons with disability who live in institutions. With the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, effective 2006, a new understanding of disability has been adopted. Therefore, the study aimed to explain…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies conducted a participatory end-of-year evaluation of the 2016/2017 school year of Caritas Austria’s education programs in Lebanon and Jordan (RHEP in Lebanon – Regional Holistic Education Program, and CEP/RHEP in Jordan – Caritas Education Program). The purpose of the evaluation was to provide the basis for Caritas to make any…
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“Healing the Wounds of History” program conducted its first workshop for 2018 entitled “HWH Module 1: 2018”. Besides the regular module one which took place on the 16th , 17th, 18th of March in the silk Museum Bsous, HWH have trained a group of school counselors and health counselors from the Ministry of Education and…
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Dates: Thursday December 14 and Friday December 15, 2017 Location: UNESCO Beirut Office Under the Patronage of H.E. Dr. Marwan Hamadeh, the Minister of Education and Higher Education, the Teacher Education Research Group (TERG) organised the SDG4 Teacher Conference (Arab States) – Quality and Innovation in Teacher Professional Development: Issues and Challenges. TERG is a…
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The Power of Language, Small Shifts in Language, Big Shifts in Behavior by Alexandra Asseily Date: Saturday October 14, 2017 Time: 18:00- 19:30 Location: Beit Beirut The Role of Language in Peace Building Language is a potent force for positive change – from divisive authoritarian, bullying language to a cohesive, whole brain positive authority language.…
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Under the Patronage of the President of the Council of Ministers, His Excellency Mr. Saad Hariri, the Institute for Global Prosperity at University College London (UCL), in collaboration with the Faculty of Health and Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the Centre for Lebanese…
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The HWH Training Program Module 3, is the last part of 3 modules of training in Healing the Wounds of History. Date: November 17 till 19, 2017 Time: 09:00 am till 05:00 pm Location: Silk Museum, Bsous The objective is to create a community of change agents, field workers and practitioners, who, after appropriate…
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Talk by Professor Cathrine Brun- Director of the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) at Oxford Brookes University Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Location: Lebanese American University – Beirut Campus Humanitarianism in a Different Key? Principled Pragmatism for Long Term Refugee Crisis. Contemporary refugee movements have increased self-reflection among humanitarian actors operating in ‘non-traditional’ environments…
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Thursday November 30, 2017 Dr. Sarah El-Richani, CLS Visiting Fellow and Academic Visitor at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, convened the workshop “Communicating Contentious Politics” on 30 November, 2017 in Oxford. Eugene Rogan, Director of the Middle East Centre at St. Antony’s College, was at hand to warmly welcome participants to Oxford and give an…
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“Promoting Inclusive Society Through Empowering Youth” workshop was held on Thursday, August 16 and Monday, August 28, 2017 at the Unesco Beirut Office. The participants, who are graduate students in their early careers, were trained on the rights of the persons with disabilities (PWD’s), the concept of mainstreaming disability and the role of youth in it. In addition…
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Date: Thursday August 03 and Friday August 04, 2017 Location: Lebanese American University The Centre for Lebanese Studies at the Lebanese American University, the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, and the UCL Institute of Education hosted a two-day workshop on Community Researcher Training, Teacher Development and New Educational Technologies. This is the second of a series…
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In celebration of the Feast of the Annunciation in Lebanon, the only country in the world to have a joint Christian-Moslem national holiday, a meeting was held by the “Islamic-Christian Meeting around Our Lady Mary” and NGO “Healing the Wounds of History” on Sunday, 26 of March 2017, at The Garden of Forgiveness in Beirut.…
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Over the weekend of 24,25,26th March, 2017, with the facilitation of Alexandra Asseily, Psychotherapist and founder of Healing the Wounds of History and Mathew Pruen, Hoffman Institute Coach, a group of Syrian teachers, Lebanese coaches and healers, and a few who came specially from UK, gathered for another workshop of Healing the Wounds of History.…
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The challenges faced by Lebanon and the region are self-evident. Cycles of violence have played out repeatedly through the ages. All of this is well documented, but what is less obvious, is how the battles of the past can stay dormant within us from generation to generation, flaring up in moments of perceived threat. And…
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“Historians’ strategies for approaching evidence and exploring change and continuity” is the workshop that was organized by the Centre for Lebanese Studies in collaboration with the Lebanese Association for History. The workshop was facilitated by Bassel Akar, Maha Shuayb, Jihane Francis, and Amira Al Hariri. For two full days, participants experimented with the disciplinary approach…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies partnered with the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) to carry out research for the improvement of knowledge about life skills programs delivered in non-formal contexts to adolescent girls. As part of the wider research, CLS mapped ongoing life skills programs in Lebanon that target adolescent girls. The project was followed up by…
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The Case of History Education The Centre for Lebanese Studies conducted a regional study commissioned by the Arab Educational Information Network (Shamaa) entitled “Knowledge Production in Arab Countries: The Case of History Education.” This project included conducting descriptive and analytical studies and comparisons of articles published in Arabic educational periodicals, especially in comparison with international periodicals…
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The study commissioned by UNICEF, investigated the living conditions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. The study investigated existing resources and opportunities (education, health, social and economic), and assessed the overall well-being of young Palestinian refugees both from Syria and originally residing in Lebanon, in 8 Palestinian camps across Lebanon. This assessment contributed to existing surveys, which…
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The aim of the project was to examine how conceptions of citizenship change in contexts of significant political upheaval in Lebanon. This was led by the current CLS Fellow at St Anthony’s College, Oxford. The project’s two main objectives are understanding: i) the conditions and processes of change, and ii) the ‘actors’: who and how such…
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Module III, Year 3: Facilitated by Matthew Pruen and Alexandra Asseily Date: 18, 19, 20 November 2016 Location: Silk Musuem, Bsous The success of module III of year Three of the Healing the Wounds of History workshops conducted by Alexandra Asseily, Mathew Pruen, and assisted by Mirvat Bakkour, is a sign that we have a firm foothold…
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The project is part of a series of programs and activities organized by CLS to transform the teaching of history in Lebanon from a single narrative approach to a disciplinary one. Learning history as a discipline can foster dialogue, collaboration, informed decision-making and other necessary competencies for social cohesion, democracy and active citizenship. …
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“The Politics of Administrative Reform in Lebanon” focused on examining the process of administrative reforms and human resources management in public Lebanese institutions inside the parties and on the state level. This was done by investigating the reform strategies and agendas, initiatives and challenges of MP’s, deputies and ministers involved in administrative reforms. A desk…
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“Control Agencies and Reform Attempts in Lebanon” is a research conducted by CLS. The research looked into how administrative and human resources reforms are addressed by states agencies, namely the Central Inspection Board, Civil Service Board, General Disciplinary Council, Ministry of Finance, and the Court of Accounts. These institutions are the highest authorities responsible for personnel…
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The Centre for Lebanese Studies launched Henri Zoghaib’s English version of his book: Kahlil Gibran…People and Places on September 23, 2016 in Villa Audi, Ashrafeyeh, Beirut. The book was published by the Centre for Lebanese Studies.
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Event Details Wednesday 2nd November 2016, 9am – 3:30pm Dahrendorf room, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford To register, please contact [email protected] Programme (PDF) | Concept Note (PDF) Workshop Programme
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The Centre for the Lebanese Studies conducted a comparative study in Lebanon and Germany to examine the future prospects of Syrian refugee children who dropped-out of Lebanese public schools and the German schools. The study compared Germany’s and Lebanon education provisions for inclusion of Syrian refugee children in public schools, as well as dropout rates…
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