LAWHA International Conference Orient-Institut Beirut, 3-5 June 2024 LAWHA’s international conference “Artistic Hubs in and of the Arab Region” starts from the perception that Beirut of the 1950s to 1970s is often referred to as the Arab capital of culture,...
The conference on »Harmful Entanglements« aims to answer to the unacknowledged conditions of entanglement’s conceptual ubiquity, or, with other words, its own ‘entanglement’ in a particular political context. Arguably, the study of and the various approaches to entanglements are products...
Conference organized by the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan Chair for Arabic and Islamic Studies and the Department of Fine Arts and Art History (FAAH) at the American University of Beirut Beirut, 11 May 2024, AUB College Hall B1 Conference...
Osman, Ashraf. ‘The Rise of the Sursock Museum: The Power of the Image to Create an Image of Power’. A Driving Force. On the Rhetoric of Images and Power, 22 December 2023. https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-771-5/017. Find Ashraf Osman’s article on the Sursock...
In-Person, Wednesday 14 February, 16:30-18:00, Hilton Chicago – Lower Level – Salon C-1 Affiliated Society or Committee Name: Association of Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran and Turkey Chair: Nadia von Maltzahn This session aims to analyze the...
AWARE Archives of Women Artists Research & Exhibitions published an entry on Yvette Achkar in late 2023, written by Nadia von Maltzahn: https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/yvette-achkar/ Thank you to everyone who has shared information on Yvette Achkar and images of her works, in...
Diana Jeha has joined the LAWHA team as a research assistant in October 2023. Diana is a Lebanese visual artist and art historian, holding a PhD in History of Art from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik/Lebanon and a masters degree...
Ashraf Osman is participating in the 5th Postgraduate International Conference “A Driving Force: On the Rhetoric of Images and Power” held at Cà Foscari University of Venice from 4 to 6 October 2023. Virtual participation is possible on this link:...
LAWHA is excited to share with you the launch of two podcast series coming out of the Moving Biography Summer School. Moving Biography was a summer school organised by LAWHA/OIB, the American University of Beirut and the Global (De)Centre in...
This workshop aims at examining the role of cultural clubs and centres in promoting visual arts in Lebanon. Among the first cultural clubs in Lebanon was the Cultural Ligue in Tripoli (est. in 1943), followed by the Arab Cultural Club in Beirut...
