CIVILIZATION SEQUENCE PROGRAM

 

 

PUBLICATION record

 

Al-Bagdadi, N. 2001. Print, script and free-thinking in Arabic letters of the 19th century: The case of al-Shidyaq. al-Abhath 48–49 (2000–2001): 99–122.

 

Arabi, O. 2001. Studies in Modern Islamic Law and Jurisprudence. The Hague/London/Boston: Kluwer Law International.

 

. 2002. Beyond power: Neo-Shafi`ism or the Islamic constructive metaphor in Egypt’s high constitutional court policy. Arab Law Quarterly (London).

 

Hoffmann, R. J. 2001. The God of love and the God of apathy: Proclus’ influence on the Johannine pattern in the theology of John of Damascus. Studia Patristica 7: 9–25.

 

. 2002. Christianity and truth: Towards a periodical concept of doctrine. Quodlibet (Spring 2002): 102–123.

 

Jarrar, M. 2001. Berättande, död och minne: ‘Bāb al-Shams’ ett epos om medvetandet och motståndslitteraturen, tr. into Swedish by Gabriella Husaini. Naqd [Tidsskrift for Mellemøstens litteratur, Københavns Universitet] 3: 71–81.

 

. 2002. A narration of ‘Deterritorialization’: Emil Habibi’s Pessoptimist. Middle Eastern Literatures 5:1 (2002): 15–28.

 

. 2002. Displaced Palestinians, religious confrontation, and the ‘re-production’ of space in three contemporary novels. Religion Between Violence and Reconciliation, ed. Thomas Scheffler, Beiruter Texte und Studien 76, 217–27. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.

 

. 2002. Some aspects of Imami influence on early Zaydite theology. Islamstudien Ohne Ende. Festschrift für Werner Ende zum 65. Geburstag, eds. Rainer Brunner, Monika Gronke, Jens Peter Laut and Ulrich Rebstock, 201–223. Deutsche Morgenlndische Gesellschaft, Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.

 

Jarrar, M., and S. Günther. 2003. Gulam Halil und das Kitab Sharh as-sunna. Erste Ergebnisse einer Studie zum Konservatismus Hanbalitischer Fkrbungim 3./9. Jahrhundert. ZDMG 153 (i): 1–26.

 

Shehadeh, L. 2001. The changing status of women in Middle Eastern societies. The Near East School of Theology: Theological Review XXII (2).

 

. 2003. The Idea of Women under Fundamentalist Islam. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida.

 

Smith, R. S. 2002. Rule-by-records and rule-by reports: complementary aspects of the British imperial rule of law. In Law and Anthropology, ed. Martha Mundy, Chapter 25, 635–658. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Press.

 

. 2003. The historiography of Indian society. In The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, vol. 1, ed. Veena Das, 99–113. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

 

Smith, R. S., and M. Mundy. 2003. Al-mahr zaytuna: Property and family in the hills facing Palestine (1880–1940). In Family history in the Middle East: Household, property and gender, ed. Beshara Doumani, 119–150. New York: State University of New York Press.

 

Wrisley, D. 2002. Narrating and performing the saintly in romance: Philippe de Remi's La Manekine. In Essays on the Poetic and Legal Writings of Philippe De Remy and His Son Phiilippe De Beaumanoir of Thirteenth-Century France (Studies in French Civilization, Vol 21), ed. Sarah-Grace Heller, Michelle Reichert, and Robert Berchmans. Lewiston, NY:  Mellon Press.

 

 

 

Abstracts, Conferences, and Proceedings

 

Al-Bagdadi, N., and A. Al-Azmeh. The Proceedings of the first conference on Le Regard dans la Civilisation Arabe Classique/Mapping the Gaze in Classical Arab Civilisation. La Maison des Sciences de l'Homme.

 

Arabi, O. 2002. The sacred and the judge: Theology and the Egyptian judiciary. Paper delivered at the Mediterranean Meeting, Florence, March 20–24, 2002.

 

Bornedal, P. 2001. A desire for reason. Paper presented at the SPEP (Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy), conference, Groucher College, Baltimore, United States, October 2001.

 

. 2001. The Origin of Language in Analytic Philosophy. Paper presented at the MLA (Modern Language Association of America) conference, New Orleans, United States, December 2001.

 

. 2002. The Pleasure of Resistance—On the Theory of Pleasure in Nietzsche Paper presented for the Nietzsche Society, at the SPEP conference. Loyola University, Chicago, United States. October, 2002.

 

. 2003. A Silent World—On the Question of Reality in Nietzsche Paper presented at the ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) conference, Cal State San Marcos, San Diego, United States, April, 2003.

 

. 2003. Three Objections to the Neo-Pragmatism of Stanley Fish. Paper presented at the ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) conference, Cal State San Marcos, San Diego, United States, April, 2003.

 

Mallette, K. 2002. Michele Amari, Sicilian. Conference paper presented at the Modern Language Association Annual Meeting.

 

Pinto, K. 2003. Form and function: The Mediterranean in the medieval Islamic cartographic imagination. Mediterranean Studies: Identities and Tensions, AUB, Beirut, June 2003.

 

. 2003. Surat Bahr al-Rum [Picture of the Sea of Byzantium]: Possible meanings underlying the forms used to depict the Mediterranean in Muslim maps. In The Cartography of the Mediterranean World, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on the History of Cartography (Athens, 11–16 July 1999), National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, 2003.

 

Shehadeh, L. 2002. Asad bin Jibra’il Rustum Mja’is. NDU Spirit 24:31–35.

 

Wrisley, D. 2002. The fall of Constantinople (1453) and oriental history at the court of Burgundy. Paper presented at Sawyer Mellon Seminar on Islam, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA, May 2002.

 

 

 

concerts, exhibitions, and theater productions

 

Abdunnur, S. 2002. Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Designer and assistant producer.

 

. 2003. Starter of Wars. An original play production. Author, director, producer, and designer, International Lysistrata Project (as protest against the advent of war).

 

. 2003. Godot. A one act black comedy, coauthor, producer and designer.

 

Deeb, R. 2001. Guest soprano soloist. Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra, USJ, Christmas 2001.

 

. 2001. Solo voice recital for the AUB Alumni of Bekaa Branch, Zahle.

 

. 2002. Guest soprano soloist with Notre Dame University Choir in the performances of Fall and Spring concerts to include Charpentier’s Te Deum and Beethoven’s Fantasie.

 

. 2002. Soprano soloist in the Fall and Spring concerts of the AUB Choir in the performances of Saint-Saen’s Oratorio De Noel and Britten’s Te Deum.

 

Hassan, H. 2002. Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Assistant director.

 

. 2003. Georges Feydau’s Hotel Paradiso. Assistant director and actor in the spring major theater production.

 

. 2003. Godot. A one act black comedy, coauthor, director, and actor.

 

Karam, H. 2001. Painting exhibition. One woman show, Galerie Janine Rbeiz, Raoucheh.

 

. 2002. Creative artists from the Orient. Collective exhibitions by painters from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Iraq, UNESCO, Beirut.

 

. 2002. First symposium for Lebanese artists. Collective exhibitions. NDU, Deir El Kamar.

 

Kurani, D. 2002. Collective Art Show. AUB Alumni Association Mount Lebanon Branch, La Collina Club, Rabiyeh.

 

. 2002. Current Academic Artists Show. Mounted in UNESCO Palace foyer during the Conference of the Arab Organization for Administrative Planning, organized by World of Art Gallery, Ramlet el Baida.

 

. 2002. Deir el Kamar Artist’s Day Show. Collective exhibition organized by the Deir el Kamar Festival Cultural Committee.

 

. 2002. Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Producer and co-designer. Also, composed, executed, and recorded original music for Bergomask Dance in the production, AUB.

 

. 2003. Hotel Paradiso, by G. Feydeau and M. Desvalliers. Designed and executed the sets and produced the play.

 

Meers, P. 2001. Chantons Noël! Conductor of AUB Choir and Orchestra in Saint-Saëns’ Oratoria de Noël and French-language choral works in celebration of the francophone year in Lebanon.

 

. 2001. Patapan. Original composition for two treble voices, piano, flute and percussion. Revised for Francophone Holiday Concert, Dec. 2001.

 

. 2002. Hidden Musical Treasures. Conductor of AUB Choir and Choral Society in a concert of English and American choral works a cappella and accompanied by organ and piano, including Britten’s Te Deum in C.

 

. 2002. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day. Original composition and arrangement for unaccompanied, mixed voices, for anniversary of Laura Bustany Hall and AUB Choir spring concert.

 

. 2002. Ye spotted snakes. Original composition for two treble voices and piano, for AUB production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

 

Muraywed, A. 2001. Atiaf Arabia. Ceramic and paper artwork, exhibition of Arab women artist work, UNESCO Beirut, Lebanon.

 

. 2001. Ceramic Creative Jewelry, Qawaf Gallery; Allepo, Syria.

 

. 2001. The Annual Exhibition of the Artists at the National Museum, Damascus, Syria.

 

. 2002. International Ceramic Salon Modern Ceramics, Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt.

 

. 2002. The Spring Art Salon. Directorate of Arts, Damascus, Syria.

 

. 2002. The Annual Exhibition of the Syrian Artists, National Museum, Damascus, Syria.

 

Saudi, M. 2001. Contemporary Art in Lebanon, Sursouk Museum, Beirut.

 

. 2001. Les Ateliers Arabs Exhibition. UNESCO, Beirut.

 

. 2001. Women Artists from the Mashrek Al-Arabi, UNESCO Palace, Beirut.

 

. 2002. Artsud. International exhibition, Paris, Palais des Congres, Paris.

 

. 2002. Sculptures and drawings. One Artist Retrospective Exhibition, Artspace, Amman, September 2002.

 

. 2003. Arab Artists Exhibition. Shoman Art Foundation, Darat Al Fonoon, Amman, May 2003.

 

Shebaya, P. 2002. Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Directed outdoor production, May 31–June 5, 2002.

 

. 2003. Hotel Paradiso. Director for the theatrical production, May 28 through June 1, 2003.

 

Sleiman, M. M. 2002. Exhibitions. A. Cherfan Fine Gallery, Downtown Beirut District.

 

. 2002. Exhibitions. Collective Expo, Beirut.

 

 

 

other activities

 

Al-Bagdadi, N. 2001. The other eye–sight and insight in Arabic classical dream literature. Lecture at the colloquium Le Regard dans la Civilisation Arabe Classique, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, September 2001.

 

. 2002. Mapping the Gaze: Can religions be ocularphobic? Lecture held at the Central European University, Budapest, May 18, 2002.

 

Arabi, O. 2002. Mediterranean judiciaries: Legal knowledge and practice among professionals of justice. Director, Workshop III, Third Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Florence, March 20–24, 2002.

 

Bornedal, P. 2002. Why the death drive?—On the paradoxes and ambiguities in Freud’s arguments for a death drive. Lecture given in the CS ‘brown bag forum,’ American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, April 2002.

 

Jarrar, M. 2001. Space in narrative, narrative space, or narrated spaciality. CS Brown-Bag Lecture Series, AUB, November 27, 2001.

 

. 2002. Images of Christ in the modern Arabic novel: The writer, the revolutionary and the immigrant. Paper read at a Colloquium on “Martyrdom and/in Modernity” at the Wissenschaftskoolleg [Institute for Advanced Studies], Berlin, June 5–9, 2002.

 

. 2002. The meanings of Jihad in Islam? Lecture given at the Near Eastern School of Theology, Beirut, April 18, 2002.

 

. 2003. Erinnerungsraeume des libanesischen Buergerkrieges. Autoren, Akteure und Revolutionaere. Lecture at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, June 10, 2003.

 

. 2003. Palestine in modern Arabic culture. Moderator and lecturer, DisOrientation. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Panel 22.03.2003.

 

Karam, H. 2002. The body language. Workshop, Mime Theater, Antwerpen, Belgium.

 

. 2002. Theater costume design. Seminar, Theater troop Sahara 93, Antwerpen, Belgium.

 

Mallette, K. 2002. Mediterranean studies: Identities and tensions. International conference at AUB organized by myself, Brian Catlos (University of California, Santa Cruz), and Mia Fuller (University of California, Berkeley).

 

Muraywed, A. 2001. Creative women in art. Lecture given at the Directorate of Art; Damascus, Syria, October 2001.

 

. 2001. History of ceramic. Lecture given at the French Cultural Center; Damascus, Syria, October 2001.

 

. 2002. Form and function in artistic ceramic. Lecture given at The International Ceramic Forum, Beirut. September 2002.

 

. 2003. History of ceramics in Mesopotamia. Lecture given at the Organization of the Lebanese Women Researchers, Beirut Lebanon, March 2003

 

Pinto, K. 2002. Capturing imagination: The Buja and Middle Eastern maps. Science and Humanities Circle, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Nov. 2002.

 

. 2002. Views from the edge. Festschrift presentation for Richard W. Bulliet, MESA Conference, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2002.

 

. 2003. Conflict and passion: The West in the Islamic imagination. Invited talk, Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, Jan. 2003.

 

. 2003. Islamic mapping. Invited talk, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, Jan. 2003.

 

Saudi, M. 2001. Sculpture as an endless research in form. Lecture in Arab Emirates University, UAE, Nov. 2001.