| 1 December 2006 | Issue 5/2006-2007 | Merry Christmas and Happy New Year | ARCHIVE |
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Dated Events | |
| Friday 1,
1:00 pm The "Run for AIDS" event this year will be held under the motto: "Spread the Message ... Not the Virus". The run, throughout the AUB campus, will be followed by the human AIDS ribbon on the Green Oval. Saturday 2, 5:00 pm - Assembly Hall Memorial celebrating of the life of Nicola Ziadeh (1907-2006). Speakers: President John Waterbury, H.E. Dr. Tareq Mitri, Dr. Adnan Bakheet, Dr. Mohammad Kajji, Dr. Samir Seikaly, Dr. Wajeeh Kawtharani, Dr. Anis Sayegh, Mr. Henri Zoghaib, and Dr. Michel Jeha (master of ceremonies). All are welcome. Sunday 3, 9:30 am -1:00 pm - AUB Museum On the occasion of the AUB Museum renovation, the Committee of the Children's Program is organizing the activity: "Phoenicians: Travellers and Merchants". Program: Guided Tour of the Museum, Educational Games, Break and Snack, Building a Clay Phoenician Ship. Age: 7 - 13 years. Price: 15,000 L.L. Registration: Tel: 01-350000 ext: 2662. Alpha subscribers: 03-791313 ext. 2662. MTC touch: 03-13132662. Organized by Society of the Friends of the Museum. Monday 4, 12:00 noon - Assembly Hall Founders' Day Ceremony. (See box). Monday 4, 3:30 pm - West Hall, Bathish Auditorium General Meeting of the Women's League. The program includes a performance by Dr. Robert Betts with the Balamand Choir, in the spirit of the Christmas season. Coffee and tea will be served after the meeting. Come with your friend. Monday 4, 6:00 pm - West Hall Exhibition opening and book launch of Moore photo Collection. (See box). Tuesday 5, 5:00 pm - West Hall, Aud. B Lecture by Dr. Sirene Harb: "Writing and Identity in Suheir Hammad's Born Palestinian, Born Black". Organized by CASAR. Tuesday 5, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall Annual HIV/AIDS Fundraising and Awareness concert by Arthur Satyan and his band. Tenor saxophone: Hratch Kassis; Bass: Abboud Saadi; Drums: Fouad Afra. Tickets on sale in AUB West Hall and in the lower campus. Proceeds from this event will go towards the HIV/AIDS fund at AUBMC. Organized by the Standing Committee on Reproductive health and AIDS (SCORA), part of the Lebanese Medical Student International Committee (LeMSIC). Tuesday, 5, 5:30 pm - Issam Fares Hall Conference: "Arab Presence in South America: The contribution of Arab culture and immigration to the construction of the social and cultural identity of South American countries" (See below). Wednesday 6, 4:00 pm -6:00 pm - College Hall, Auditorium B1. Seminar: "Comsol Multiphysics" by Dr. Tamer Elnady, Head of the Sound and Vibration Lab, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo and Vice President, Elnady Company for Engineering and Agencies. Organized by Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS) and the Computational Science Group (CSG) of Arts and Sciences. COMSOL Multiphysics software consists of finite-element based programs for simulating applications in Physics and Engineering. Saturday 9, 8:00 pm - Assembly Hall Charity Christmas Carols. Choir from International College and AUB. Tickets: LL 10,000 available at Visitors' Bureau (AUB) ext. 2678/2679, and International College (I.C.), first come, first seated. All proceeds go to Ayadina Center for fine and performing arts, providing free, high-quality experiences in theater, music, dance, and painting to underprivileged children. Hot chocolate and cookies for everyone, after the concert. Wednesday 13, 6:00 pm - West Hall Second AUB Book Club meeting of the year, with a discussion of the book "Persepolis" Part I by Marjane Setrapi and a lecture by Henry Matthews: "History of Lebanese Comic Books -- Lessons Learned". Matthews will also talk about his forthcoming book: "History of Bissat El-Reeh comics (1962-65, 1968, 1970)." Wednesday 13, 7:30 pm - Assembly Hall Concert under the direction of Prof. Robert B. Betts. The Choir will be assisted by instrumentalists from the Lebanese National Symphony, and soloists. Reem Deeb, Maureen O'Day Nicolas, soprani, Rony Maamari, tenor, and Roy Saab, baritone. Organized by University of Balamand Choir. All are welcome. Thursday 14, 5:00 pm - College Hall, Aud. B1 Lecture by Dr. Juan Cole: "Neocons vs. Arabists: How Internal Rivalries in the Bush Administration Ruined Iraq". Organized by CASAR. Sunday and Monday, 17 and 18, 8:00 pm precisely - Assembly Hall Christmas Concert by the AUB Choir and Choral Society. Featuring music of the Italian Renaissance, 20th Century Russia and Mexico, and favorite carols of the season with the National Orchestra Christmas Brass. All Are Welcome. Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 Christmas holiday. Monday January 1st and Tuesday 2 New year and Al Adha holiday. |
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Celebrate AUB's 140th Anniversary | |
| Founders'
Day Ceremony Monday, December 4, 2006 12:00 noon, at Assembly Hall The Speaker will be Dr. Marwan Muasher His talk will be entitled "Is There Hope For The Arab Center? " This is the celebration of the 140th anniversary of the founding of the University on December 3, 1866. The program will include the announcement of the winner of the Founders' Day Student Essay Contest. The theme of the contest this year is AUB IN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL CRISES: WHAT IS ITS ROLE? |
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Get Organized to get Ahead! Get the AUB Planner 2006-2007 | |
| Get the new AUB planner. It
runs from October 2006 to December 2007 and is packed with useful
info. Contact Ibrahim Khoury at: ifkhoury@aub.edu.lb
for further information. Contents The AUB Planner includes the AUB mission statement, words of the Alma Mater, the University Calendar, essential University telephone numbers, monthly planners for 2006 and 2007, an address section, semester schedule, world time, Hejira calendar, addresses of alumni branches around the world and a small building-coded map of the University. Specifications The AUB Planner is 8.5 x 16.5 cm in size. It comes in six different cover designs: creative, or plain leatherette in black, blue, green, havana or tan embossed with the AUB logo. Where to buy it Buy the AUB Planner from the AUB Bookstore or order it from the Supply Department. |
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Off Campus | |
| Continuing
until Sunday, December 17, 9 am - 7 pm Photo exhibition "Amrik - Arab presence in South America" presented by the Embassy of Brazil at Robert Mouawad Private Museum (formerly Palais Pharaon) Army Road, Zokak El-Blat, Beirut, Lebanon. Tel: (01) 980 970. www.rmpm.info or www.amrik.com.br Amrik is how the first Arab immigrants used to call America. "Amrik - Arab presence in South America" is a photo exhibition that shows emotional images taken by twenty-three South-American photographers in various countries of that region. It is a symbolic mosaic of the encounter of the Arab and the South-American peoples, which contributed to shape the social and cultural identity of the South American countries. The exhibition presents a glimpse of Arab immigration to South America and shows how much the peoples of that region are the reflection of the coexistence of multiple cultures. It shows also how the Arab peoples, especially the Lebanese, are so close to them and have so profoundly influenced the peoples of South America. Wednesday Dec. 6, 1:00 pm - Crown Plaza Hotel Christmas Luncheon. Organized by Women's League. December 9 - December 24 , BIEL, Downtown Beirut 50th International Arab Book Exhibition 2006-2007. Contacts: BIEL telephone: 01(9611)-995555, fax: 01(9611)-994555, e-mail: info@bielcenter.com or Arab Cultural Club: 01(9611)-345948, 01(9611)-354330, Fax: 01(9611)-351847. Monday 11 - 7:00 pm - Great Hall of Balamand Abbey Concert under the direction of Prof. Robert B. Betts. The Choir will be assisted by instrumentalists from the Lebanese National Symphony, and soloists, Reem Deeb, Maureen O'Day Nicolas, soprani, Rony Maamari, tenor, and Roy Saab, baritone. Organized by University of Balamand Choir. All are welcome. Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 December-Gefinor Ratona Hotel, Clemenceau Street The 12th Consecutive Diplomatic Bazaar. The Grand Opening will take place on December 12 at 4:00 pm. The Diplomatic Bazaar will continue until December 13 between 10:00 -18:00 and it will be open to the public. Organized by the US Embassy. Thursday 14, 5:00 pm - Near East School of Theology Lecture by Dr. Dima Dabbous-Sensenig, Director, Institute for Women's Studies, LAU: Challenging Interpretations of Muslim Scriptures; Gender on al-Jazeera's Religious programming. All are welcome. |
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AUB Community Service Projects for Fall 2006 | |
| International and local NGOs
based in Lebanon need student volunteers to help with current social
projects ranging from human rights, good governance, the elderly,
the handicapped and social development. Students are encouraged to apply for one of these NGOs by filling the online application at: http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~websao/csp/ apply/vol_application.htm Please indicate which NGO you have chosen. For further information contact cc01@aub.edu.lb |
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The Moore Collection Photo Exhibition | |
| An exhibition of the entire
Franklin T. Moore Photographic Collection, dating from 1892 to 1902,
will open in West Hall on Monday, December 4, 2006 at 6:00 pm and
will be marking AUB's 140th year. The exhibition will run from December 5 to December 15, 2006. Opening hours will be: Monday through Friday, 10:00 am t0 7:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Dr. Moore began photographing the campus in 1892, as it was in those years. He showed the upper campus buildings in various stages of completion: Dodge Hall before the addition of its extension, the Lee Observatory in its lonely seaside location, the Assembly Hall before Post Hall was built (1897). His camera captured the vast size of the new campus, the undeveloped northeastern mountains, the unpaved Bliss Street, the illustrated history of growth that intrigues and attracts for its beauty and because of the changes which have taken place over the last one hundred years. |
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Scholarships at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages | |
| The Department of Arabic and
Near Eastern Languages announces the institution of a limited number
of full scholarships, tenable at the Department, for holders of a
B.A. (or equivalent) who wish to pursue a graduate program leading
to the degree of MASTER (M.A.) in ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Scholarships are granted on a competitive basis. Interested applicants should apply through the Admissions' Office, American University of Beirut, http://www.aub.edu.lb/admit/. |
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Arab Presence in South America | |
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and the Embassy of Brazil in Lebanon in
collaboration with the Lebanese Emigration Research Center (LERC) present the conference: "Arab Presence in South America: The contribution of Arab culture and immigration to the construction of the social and cultural identity of South American countries" Tuesday, December 5, 5:30 pm - Issam Fares Hall Program 5:30-5:45 pm: Opening remarks: Mr. Ibrahim Khoury(AUB),HE Mr. Eduardo Seixas (Ambassador of Brazil), Ms. Guita Hourani (Associate Director of the Lebanese Emigration Research Center). 5:45-7:00 pm: Panel presentation: 7:00-7:30 pm: Question and answer period |
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The Writing Center is Open | |
| Get constructive support for
your writing projects at the Writing Center. West Hall 327 Monday-Friday 9 am-3 pm AUB extension 3157 writing@aub.edu.lb |
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Bargain Box | |
| Enjoy the New Year at the Bargain
Box!! Clothes, electrical equipment, household goods, books, toys, furniture and many other items. Proceeds support the Pediatric Department at AUBMC. Open 9:00 am-12:00 noon, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. Opposite the Medical Library. Ext. 6156. |
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Proceedings Volume of CASAR's conference is now available! |
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| The proceedings volume of "America
in the Middle East/The Middle East in America" conference is
now available at cost. The papers in this book represent a selection of those submitted by presenters at the first international conference sponsored by the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR) at AUB on December 18-21, 2005. For information about the procedure to purchase this book, please visit CASAR's website on this link: http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webcasar/ Conference/proceedingsvolume.html |
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University Archives Program | |
| http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webjafet/collections/specialcollections/University_Archives_Program.pdf You are kindly requested to provide the Archives Department with all the records, documents and items of archival nature which are related to our University. Contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at: specialcollections@aub.edu.lb or ext:2609/2610. |
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Did You Know! | |
| The first AUB Folk Dance Festival
was held on May 1, 1951 with fourteen groups and 250 dancers. The festival did not take place in the troubled years of 1958 and 1962. The Twelfth festival was held on Wednesday April 29, 1964. Sixteen groups participated and presented eight general dances of various countries and seven exhibition dances. The festival did not take place during 1973 and 1974 after all preparations had been completed. The long Lebanese war started in April 1975 forcing a suspension of two decades. Finally, the festival was resumed on May 14, 1995 when the Twenty-Second Folk Dance Festival was held with the theme: "Revival of a Glorious Tradition". |
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Credits | |
| The AUB Calendar is a semi-monthly
publication, issued by the Office of Information and Public Relations
and covering extra-curricular activities on AUB Campus. For information,
contact Mrs. Hassana Tabbara, Office of Information and Public Relations,
Ada Dodge Hall, ext. 2670, 2671, tel: 01-353228, fax: 01-363234, e-mail:information@aub.edu.lb or ifkhoury@aub.edu.lb or ht10@aub.edu.lb. Pick up your AUB Calendar at your Department or at the following locations: Office of Information and Public Relations, Post Office, AUH Coffee Shop, Alumni Club, AUB Museum, Faculty Lounge (Ada Dodge Hall), Visitors' Bureau and via E-mail. To subscribe, just send a message to: aub-calendar-request@aub.edu.lb with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message. You can also view it on the World Wide Web at the following URL: http://wwwlb.aub.edu.lb/~webinfo/calendar/ |
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