The Forced Migration and Refugee Unit (FMRU) at the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies (IALIIS), in collaboration with the Tawasol forum, which is funded by the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), conducted a public lecture on Saturday June 15th 2013, on the “Palestinian Refugee Problem.” The lecture targeted the foreigner students who are studying Arabic at Birzeit University, and was presented by Dr. Rana Barakat, the assistant professor at the department of history at BZU.

 
Dr. Magid Shihade published a new article in the international journal of peace studies, entitled “On the Difficulty in Predicting and Understanding the Arab Spring: Orientalism, Euro-Centrism, and Modernity”

 
On Saturday December 15, 2012 the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies hosted Dr. Khaldoun Bshara, Director of RIWAQ Center, for a public lecture on “Poetics and Politics of Spatial Practices in the Palestinian Refugee Camps”.

 
On Thursday December 13th, The Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organized a symposium entitled: “The European Union: History, Law and Institutions”. This event is based on a course offered this semester by IALIIS.

 
 
On Tuesday December 12, 2012 the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies held a public lecture on “Palestine as a Non-Member State at the UN: The Importance and Consequences”, which included both Dr. Asem Khalil, Dean of the faculty of Law and Public Administration  and Dr. Husam Zumlot, Professor of Strategic Studies at the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies.

 
On Thursday 05/12/2013, the Student Debate Forum in coordination with the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute for International Studies and the Central Elections Committee conducted the 13th debate of its serial debates under the title of “The Central Elections Committee Independent it its work?”

 
 
The Ibrahim Abu-lughod Institute of International Studies at Birzeit University held on the 7th of June 2014, a workshop entitled: “EU: Between Common Policies and International System.”
This event is based on a course offered this semester by IALIIS “The European Union: Unique Phenomenon or Relevant Model”. Twelve students gave presentations on their papers related to the topic of the European Union.