Category: Past Events
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Re-Imagining Citizenship Inaugural Annual Conference: Citizenship, Nation Building, and Inclusion in a Context of Endemic Crisis
The inaugural conference series on re-imagining citizenship in the Arab world successfully brought together researchers, scholars, civil society organizations, activists, and graduate students to discuss and explore innovative ideas and research on citizenship in the MENA region. This event focused on developing constructive ideas that fostered nation-building strategies contributing to unity and peace, promoting the…
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High-Level Advocacy Event on the Participation of Women in Upcoming Municipal Elections in Lebanon
On April 19, 2023, the Embassies of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, alongside the Asfari Institute, held a High-Level Advocacy Event in Lebanon to promote women’s participation in municipal elections. The event, involving ambassadors, UN agencies, and CSOs, addressed challenges and recommendations for women candidates.
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Fantasmic Objects: On the Possibilities of Art Anthropology
Fantasmic Objects: Art and Sociality from Lebanon, 1920-1950, is the product of thirty years of research that Scheid did between 1993 and 2022. It’s a book that explores the history of art in a place that is often considered to lack art; she wanted to be attentive to the practice of “no art”.
