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COEXISTENCE AND SOLIDARITY IN TIMES OF WAR

International Conference in OIB & UOB, 24-27 November 2021

Orient-Institut Beirut & University of Balamand

November, 24 to November 27, 2021

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COEXISTENCE AND SOLIDARITY IN TIMES OF WAR
Dynamics of Rapprochement and Non-Violence in Lebanon during the Civil War (1975-1990)

 

Application deadline: 31 October 2021

More Informations:     https://www.uni-muenster.de/CRS/

 

Program:

Wednesday, Nov 24, 2021 (OIB - Beirut)

Public Research Seminar at the OIB on Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 06.00 PM, following distancing rules. Please bring your masks.

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Live Streaming via StarLeaf

 

6:00 – 6:30 pm
Birgit SCHÄBLER
Souad A. SLIM
Assaad Elias KATTAN
Welcome and Introduction

6:30 – 8:00 pm
Opening lecture
Georges CORM

Response
Birgit SCHÄBLER

Thursday, Nov 25, 2021 (OIB – Beirut)

Panel I: Introductory Session

9:30 – 10:45 am
Chairperson: Thomas Würtz

Souad SLIM
Different Ways of Resistance to War: From Tradition to Culture


Liliane KFOURY
Who Are Those Peace Makers? Description of the Sample


10:45 – 11:15 am, Coffee Break

 

Panel II: Political Session

11:15 am – 12.30 pm
Chairperson: Assaad Elias KATTAN
 

Sami OFEISH
Cause of the Lebanese Civil War: Where Does Sectarianism Fit?


Saher KAMMOUN
Coexistence vs. Citizenship during the Lebanese Civil War


12:30 – 2:30 pm, Lunch

 


Panel III: Non-Violence Session

 

2:30 – 3:30 pm
Chairperson: Khaled BITAR
 

Makram OUEISS
A Mapping of Civil Society’s Approaches to Reconciliation during the Lebanese Civil War
 

Elias AL HALABI
Mitigation Processes of the Violent Protracted Conflict: The Lebanese Experience in the Civil War
 


3:30 – 4.00 pm, Coffee Break

 

4:00 – 5:00 pm

 

Carla EDDÉ
Dialogs in Lebanese Society during the Civil War


6:00 pm
Dinner
(Transport to Balamand)

Friday, Nov 26, 2021 (Balamand)

Panel IV: Religious Session

9:00 – 10:45 am
Chairperson Elias AL HALABI


Fr Porphyrios GEORGI
The Orthodox Church of Antioch during The Civil War in Lebanon


Georges DIB

حركة الشبيبة الأرتوذكسيّة إبّان الحرب: من العمل الإجتماعيّ إلى المواطنة


Yara Khoury
Youakim Moubarak: Efforts for Peace and Disappointments

 

10:45 – 11:15 am, Coffee Break


Panel V: Social Session

11:15 am – 1:00 pm
Chairperson: Viola RAHEB

 

George BERBARI

الدفاع المدنيّ أو المسلّح إبّان الحرب: من الإسعاف إلى العبور

 

Maha KAYYA

جمعيّات لبنانيّة في زمن الحرب: ديناميّات تواصل، شهادات واقعيّة وقراءة في تطوّر مفهوم الخدمة الإجتماعيّة ما بين الأهليّ و المدنيّ

 

Marlène HAYDAR

اﻟﻤﺮأة ﻓﻲ زﻣﻦ اﻟﺤﺮب: ﺗﺨﻂ ٍّ ﻟﻌﺎدات وﻛﺴﺮ ﻟﻘﯿﻮد


1:00 – 2:45 pm, Lunch

2:45 – 4:00 pm

Florian JÄCKEL
«We and What’s on Us»: Construction of Group and Responsibility during and after the Lebanese civil War

 

Khaled AL BITAR
Social Capital during the Lebanese Civil War – Trust and Solidarity


4:00 – 4:30 pm, coffee break


Panel VI: Education and Economy Session

4:30 – 5:45 pm
Chairperson: Elie DANNAOUI


Boutros LABAKI
Economic Issues: Ways of Peace or War?


Samer ANNOUS
Education and Resilience during the Lebanese Civil War


6:30 pm
Dinner

Saturday, Nov 27, 2021 (Balamand)


Panel VII: Memory Session


9:00 – 10:15 am
Chairperson Maha KAYYAL


Mounzer JABER

 

ﻋﯿﻦ إﺑﻞ وﺑﻨﺖ ﺟﺒﯿﻞ: بين الاحتراب الطارئ والتسالم الثابت

Rashid DERBASS

 

ﺧﺒﺮة اﻟﺮاﺑﻄﺔ اﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﯿّﺔ ﻓﻲ طﺮاﺑﻠﺲ ﻣﻊ اﻟﺤﺮﻛﺔ اﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﯿّﺔ ﻓﻲ أﻧﻄﻠﯿﺎس


10.15 – 10:30 am, Coffee Break

10:30 am – 12:15 pm

 

Viola RAHEB
Homogeneity and/or heterogeneity: The “image” of the Palestinian (s) in Testimonies from the Lebanese War


Norman Saadi NIKRO
Bearing Witness: Telling and Listening between Generations


Thomas WÜRTZ
The Interlocking of German and Middle Eastern Memory Culture: Examples from the Work with Fugitives in Germany


12:15 – 12:30 pm, Coffee Break


Panel VIII: Closing Session

 

12:30 – 1:15 pm

 

Rose-Marie ZALZAL
Nizar SAGHIEH

 


1.15 – 2.15 pm, Lunch

 

2.30 pm
Visit to TRIPOLI

 

6:00 pm
(Departure to BEIRUT)


 

(The program is provisional. Changes are possible)

 

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