Events and activities

Visiting professor offers lecture series on gender and security issues

 

As part of the "Advancing Research and Teaching in Political Economy in the oPt", visiting professor Marsha Henry, a professor in the Gender Institute and Deputy Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics, spoke at Birzeit University, in March 29-30, 2017, in lecture series by Ibrahim Abu Lughod Institute for International Studies and the Council for British Research in the Levant.  Henry’s talks tackled the issues of gender, security, militarization and qualitative methodologies. 

Speakers: 
Marsha Henry
Location: 
Birzeit University
Date: 
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 14

Russian Ambassador visits BZU, lectures students on Russian Policies

 

Birzeit University President Abdellatif Abuhijleh met on March 27, 2017 with the Ambassador of the Representative Office of the Russian Federation to Palestine Aydar Aganin. Both parties discussed where they can cooperate in academia, exchange and research.

Speakers: 
Russian Ambassador
Location: 
Birzeit University
Date: 
Monday, March 27, 2017 - 14

Jordanian Representative Expounds on Palestine-Jordan Ties

 

As part of its Diplomacy Meetings, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies, in cooperation with the Political Science Department, hosted the Jordanian Representative to Palestine Mr. Khalid Al-Shawbkah on Thursday, February 23, 2017, and organized a lecture on the Jordanian foreign policy and the Jordanian – Palestinian relations.

Speakers: 
Jordanian Representative to Palestine Mr. Khalid Al-Shawbkah
Location: 
Birzeit University
Date: 
Saturday, February 25, 2017 - 14

The European Union and the Arab Israeli Conflict

Dr. Gresh discussed European foreign policy regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1969 to the present. In particular, he pointed to drastic changes that took place in the Middle East and which reshaped European foreign policy towards the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Speakers: 
Dr. Alain Gresh
Date: 
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 11

The European Union: Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)

 

During his lecture, Dr. Abu Khalaf discussed what the common foreign and security policy is, its objectives and operations. And in the second part of the lecture he opened the floor for discussion with students regarding the 2009 annual report from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European  Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the  CFSP.

Speakers: 
Dr. Nayef Abu Khalaf
Date: 
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 11

European population crisis?

Dr. Hogan started withemphasizing that a high level in death rates and a low birth rate doesn’t lead to a high growth rate. Whereas in Europe we are confronted with a decline in the infant mortality rate and the survivorship is going  up, thus old people are living longer and this affects the population structure of Europe. He also remarks that eventually all the worlds’ population will age and this started in the developed countries and in the future Africa and Asia will experience this.

Speakers: 
Dr. Dennis Hogan
Date: 
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 11

Migration to Europe: between economics and politics

The title of the lecture is: “Migration to Europe: between economics and politics” Dr. Fargues began his lecture by defining migration as the crossing of a border, based on two criteria: migrants must be citizens of a "legal" nationality, and the country he/she seeks to migrate from is the country of birth. He likewise referred to the 1951 Geneva Convention defining a refugee as a person who fled the country of his nationality due to fear of persecution for political, racial or religious reasons; Dr.

Speakers: 
Dr. Philippe Fargues
Date: 
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 11

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