17.13 What has been written by Lebanese and/or about Lebanon? Conferences
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This article is from the Lebanon FAQ, by Alaa Dakroub dakroub@leb.net with numerous contributions by others.
17.13 What has been written by Lebanese and/or about Lebanon? Conferences
In addition to an annual conference there are also workshops
and one day seminars.
Current Research on Lebanon
Oxford, September 1986.
Consensus and Conflict in Lebanon
Oxford, September 1987.
Politics and the Econony in Lebanon
Organised by the Centre for Lebanese Studies with the Centre
for Near and Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS. London, March
1988.
Rebuilding State and Society in Lebanon
Organised by the Centre for Lebanese Studies and the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in co-
operation with the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at
Harvard University. Boston, October 1988.
L'Avenir du Liban dans le Contexte Regional et International
Organised by the Centre for Lebanese Studies and the Centre
d'etudes de l'Orient Contemporain (Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris
III) and the Centre de Formation et de Perfectionnement des
Journalistes. Paris, May 1989.
Lebanese Emigration
This conference was organised by the Centre for Lebanese
Studies and held at St Hugh's College, Oxford, September
1989.
The Lebanese in Africa
This conference was organised by the Centre for Lebanese
Studies and held at the Middle East Centre, St Anthony's
College, Oxford, September 1990.
State and Society in Syria and Lebanon
1919-1991
Organised in co-operation with the Centre for Arabic and
Islamic Studies. Exeter, September 1991.
Peace-keeping, Water and Security in South Lebanon
Organised in co-operation with the Norwegian Institute of
International Affairs. London, October 1991.
The Reconstruction of Beirut
Organised by the Centre for Lebanese Studies. London, March
1992.
Parliamentary Elections in Lebanon
Organised by the Centre for Lebanese Studies, in co-operation
with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and the
International Peace Academy. Oxford, May 1992.
Lebanon in the 1950s
Organised by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University
of Texas, in co-operation with the Centre for Lebanese Studies.
Texas, September 1992.
Visiting Fellows
Professor Abdul Rahim Abu-Husayn, Dr Said Boumedouha, Dr
Carolyn Gates, Professor Irene Gendzier, Mr Fawaz Gerges, Dr
William Harris, Dr Kohei Hashimoto, Dr Michael Humphrey,
Mr Ignacio Klich, Professor Boutros Labaki, Mr R Rene
Laremont, Mr Michel Van Leeuw, Professor Neil Leighton, Dr
Mona Macsoud, Dr Fida Nasrallah, Professor Kamal Salibi,
Professor Radwan es-Sayyid, Dr Estela Valverde.
Archives and Library
The Centre possesses a body of archives and research material,
the most important of which are a collection of US government
documents on the 1958 crisis, collected by Dr Carolyn Gates; a
collection of material on the Civil War of 1975-6 collected by
Drs Ahmad Khalidi and Hussein Agha; a collection from the
Israel State archives; and a collection of newspapers on the
1982 Israeli invasion collected by the late Leigh Douglas.
A new book about islamic art and architecture has just been
published. It covers the era from 1250 to 1800, and examines work
in the area that extends from Morocco to India.
For the interested in the subject, the book is essential.
Title: The art and architecture of Islam 1250-1800
Author: S. Blair & J. Bloom
Publi: Yale University Press
Year: 1994
ISBN: 0 300 05888 8
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