Center for Arts and Humanities - Mellon Grant

16/03/2026

Jafet Library Open Hours:
During these challenging times, the Jafet Library remains open to support your studying, research, and quiet work spaces. 💙

🕒 Opening Hours

◾ Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
◾ Saturday & Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

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👉 Visit the AUB University Libraries Opening Hours webpage: https://www.aub.edu.lb/Libraries/Pages/Hours.aspx

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18/02/2026

Please join us tomorrow, Feb. 19, at 3 pm in West Hall for this intriguing talk by Cambridge professor Sura Qadiri on frienship, text, and textiles. Sura is coming to American University of Beirut - Department of English Faculty of Arts and Sciences at AUB American University of Beirut (AUB) thanks to the Global Humanities Network!

16/01/2026

It’s today! Please join us at 6 pm for a talk by Ahmad Salah on the Archive of Modern Architecture in Syria

28/11/2025

AUB students in the arts and humanities rock

24/11/2025

Spread the word and join us on Dec. 4 for Susan Abraham’s talk on Writing Diaspora!

Join us as Susan Abraham explores the intersection of Moriscos, Spanish Culture, and Islam in her presentation: "Writing Diaspora."

📅Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 | 3:00 PM
📍AUB - Auditorium B, West Hall
🎤Susan Abraham, PhD

Check out this event and stay updated on future talks by clicking on this link
🔗https://l.aub.edu/KvGRZ

27/10/2025

Spread the word and join us!

Join Us for a book talk with Sonia Faleiro (co-editor), in collaboration with Palestine Land Studies Center and Center for Arts and Humanities - Mellon Grant at American University of Beirut (AUB)

Gaza: The Story of a Genocide

Date and Time: Tuesday November 4 at 6:00 PM

Location: Basile Antoine Meguerdiche Conference Hall, Issam Fares Institute main auditorium, AUB

In conversation with:
Maryam Iqbal, Seteney Shami, Ghassan Abu-Sittah

This event is open to the public
The proceedings of the book will go to UNRWA

More Info: https://beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2070/

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI)

27/10/2025

Shakespeare in Arabic
Georgina Van Welie introduces “Hob wa harb” a daring bilingual reinterpretation of “Troilus and Cressida”

Invited to the American University of Beirut (AUB), Georgina Van Welie participated in a reading and roundtable discussion of

17/10/2025

Alf mabrouk to our colleague Octavian Esanu, AUB Art Galleries and Collections, for his new book, Mimesis, Expression, Construction, which invites us to travel back in time with him to Frederic Jameson’s famed seminars at Duke!

Explore Mimesis, Expression, Construction, a rare transcript of Fredric Jameson’s legendary 2003 seminar at Duke University, edited by Octavian Esanu. Presen...

06/10/2025

Don’t miss this great chance to see Rania Stephan’s feature film The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (2011) on Oct. 17! Rania teaches at American University of Beirut - Department of English Faculty of Arts and Sciences at AUB

DIVAS: From Oum Koulthoum to Dalida Conceived by Institut du monde arabe (IMA) 17 October 2025 to 11 January 2026 Special Exhibitions Hall, B2 The Sursock Museum is pleased to present “DIVAS: From Oum Koulthoum to Dalida”, an exhibition conceived by the Institut du monde arabe, opening Friday 17...

04/10/2025

Join us for Meeting Points: Shakespeare & Arabic, a talk with theatre-maker Georgina Van Welie. She will discuss her English-and-Arabic bilingual adaptation of Troilus and Cressida and share her journey of bridging cultures through Shakespeare. The event will include a special screening of a short film from the project’s first phase, produced at Columbia University’s Paris Center. The talk will be moderated by Lucien Bourjeily and will take place in Auditorium A, West Hall, on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.

24/05/2025