Fawwaz Najib Traboulsi

Historian · Political Scientist · Editor · Translator

Date of Birth
10 January 1941
Nationality
Lebanese
Status
Married, one child
Mother Tongue
Arabic
Languages
Reading, writing and speaking in English and French
01

Education

3 entries
1993
Doctorat en Histoire, Université de Paris VIII, Paris.
1987
Diplôme des Études Approfondies, Université de Paris VIII, Paris.
1965
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Public Administration, The American University of Beirut.
02

Professional Activities & Academic Service

2 entries
1997–2008
Associate Professor, History and Political Science, Lebanese American University, Beirut.
2009–2022
Associate Professor, American University of Beirut.
03

Courses Taught

26 entries

Political Science / International Relations

  • Introduction to Political Science
  • Lebanese Politics and Administration
  • Middle East Governments and Politics
  • Senior Study graduation seminar for the BA degree
  • Arab Political Thought
  • Government and Politics in Lebanon
  • The Lebanese Civil War
  • Sects, Sectarianism and Secularism in Lebanon
  • Who Rules Lebanon?
  • Democratization in the Arab World
  • Palestine 1948
  • Current Developments in the Middle East Peace Process
  • Theories of Colonialism, Imperialism and Post-colonialism
  • The Iraq War
  • Globalization

History

  • Europe and the Middle East in the 19th and 20th Centuries
  • History of Modern Lebanon
  • Revolution in Modern History
  • History of the Arabs

Cultural Studies

  • Cultural Studies I, II and III

Comparative Literature

  • Representations of Identity and Violence in Contemporary Arab Art and Literature
  • Culture and Politics

Sociology

  • Social Inequalities
  • Social Classes in Lebanon
  • The Sociology of Karl Marx
  • Consumerism
04

Journalism

6 entries
2012–2022
Editor in Chief, Bidayat, cultural quarterly, Beirut.
2006–2007
2009–2014
Op-ed and Columnist, Assafir daily.
1989–1992
Co-editor (with Joseph Samaha), Zawâyah, bimestrial review, Paris.
1987–1992
Contributing Editor, Al-Karmil, cultural quarterly, Nicosia / Paris.
1982–1985
Editor, Bayrût al-Masâ', weekly, Beirut.
1973–1981
Editor, Al-Hurriyyah, weekly, Beirut.
05

Publishing

1 entry
1964–1973
Editor and translator, Dâr al-Talî`ah publishing house, Beirut.
06

Academic Service & Fellowships

12 entries
2022–2023
Visiting Fellow, Academy of International Affairs, Bonn, Germany.
Oct 2007 –
Jul 2008
Visiting Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Institute of Advanced Study, Berlin, Germany.
Spring
2006–2007
Visiting Professor in Middle East Studies, Middle East Institute, Columbia University in New York, New York.
Spring
2004–2005
Visiting Professor in Middle East Studies, Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University in New York, New York.
30 Apr –
9 May 2004
Visiting Professor, American University in Cairo, Department of Political Science, Cairo.
2001–2006
Member, Regional Advisory Panel on the Middle East and North Africa, Social Science Research Council, New York.
2001–2002
Visiting Professor, Faculté Jean Monnet, Université Paris Sud (XI), Sceaux.
1999–2001
Chairperson, Social Sciences and Education Division, Lebanese American University, Beirut.
10–25 Sep
1998
Tutor, Summer Academy on Crisis and Memory, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin – Orient Institute, Orient Institute, Beirut.
Nov 1997
Visiting Professor, the Advanced Studies Center, The International Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
1995–1997
Research Fellow, Center for Behavioral Research (Mellon Foundation Grant), American University of Beirut.
1992–1993
Senior Associate Member, Middle East Center, St. Antony's College, Oxford University.
07

Authored Book — English

1 entry
2007
A History of Modern Lebanon, Pluto Press, London. 
08

Authored Books — Arabic

29 entries

English titles are translations; the Arabic original follows in parentheses.

Sole-authored

2025
Letters and Lines (حروف وخطوط), Al-Mutawassit, Milan. 
2023
The Time of the New Left: Portrait of the Boy in Red (زمن اليسار الجديد: صورة الفتى بالأحمر), Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut. 
2018
Sykes-Picot-Balfour: Beyond the Maps (سايكس - بيكو - بلفور: ما وراء الخرائط), Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut. 
2016
The Blood of Brothers: Violence in Civil Wars (دم الأخوين: العنف في الحروب الأهلية), Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut. 
2015
South Yemen under Left Rule: A Personal Testimony (جنوب اليمن في حكم اليسار: شهادة شخصية), in conversation with Bushra al-Maqtari, Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut. 
2015
Social Classes and Political Power in Lebanon (الطبقات الاجتماعية والسلطة السياسية في لبنان), Dar al-Saqi, Beirut. 
2014
Revolutions without Revolutionaries: The Fates of the Arab Spring (ثورات بلا ثوار: مآلات الربيع العربي), Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut. 
2013
Silk and Iron: From Mount Lebanon to the Suez Canal (حرير وحديد: من جبل لبنان إلى قناة السويس), Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut. 
2012
Democracy Is Revolution (الديموقراطية ثورة), Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut. 
2012
Wednesday Talks (أحاديث الأربعاء), Dar al-Farabi / Kitab al-Safir, Beirut. 
2009
From Other Angles (من زوايا أخرى), Dar al-Farabi, Beirut. 
2008
A History of Modern Lebanon (تاريخ لبنان الحديث: من الإمارة إلى اتفاق الطائف), Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut; 6th printing, 2023. 
2006
Fairouz and the Rahbanis: The Theater of the Stranger, the Treasure, and the Miracle (فيروز والرحابنة: مسرح الغريب والكنز والأعجوبة), Dar Riyad El-Rayyes, Beirut. 
2004
If You Want to Love: Writings on Popular Culture (إن كان بدك تعشق: كتابات في الثقافة الشعبية), Dar al-Kunuz al-Adabiyya, Beirut; new edition, Al-Mutawassit, Milan, 2019. 
2004
O Moon of Mashghara: Patronage, Economy, and Sectarian Balance (يا قمر مشغرة: المحسوبية، الاقتصاد، التوازن الطائفي), Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut. 
2002
Against the Flow: Miscellaneous Writings (عكس السير: كتابات مختلفة), Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut. 
2000
The Promises of Aden: Yemeni Travels (وعود عدن: رحلات يمنية), Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut. 
1999
Connections without Linkage: Michel Chiha and Lebanese Ideology (صلات بلا وصل: ميشال شيحا والإيديولوجيا اللبنانية), Dar Riyad El-Rayyes, Beirut. 
1997
Portrait of the Boy in Red: Days in Peace and War (صورة الفتى بالأحمر: أيام في السلم والحرب), Dar Riyad El-Rayyes, Beirut. 
1987
Guernica-Beirut: Art and Life between Picasso's Mural and an Arab City at War (غيرنيكا - بيروت: الفن والحياة بين جدارية لبيكاسو ومدينة عربية في الحرب), Al-Karmel / Arab Institute for Research and Publishing, Beirut / Nicosia. 
1985
Marxism and Some of Our Arab Questions (الماركسية وبعض قضايانا العربية), Beirut al-Masa', Beirut. 
1984
About a Hope with No Cure: Diaries of the Siege of Beirut, 1982 (عن أمل لا شفاء منه: يوميات حصار بيروت 1982), Arab Research Foundation, revised edition: Dar Riyad El-Rayyes, Beirut. 
1978
The National and Democratic Question of Lebanon (قضية لبنان الوطنية والديموقراطية), Dar al-Tali'a, Beirut. 
1972
Dhofar: Testimonies from the Time of Revolution (ظفار: شهادات من زمن الثورة), Socialist Stories (series); new edition, Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut, 2004. 

Co-authored

2025
The Emergence of Greater Lebanon, 1920 (نشوء لبنان الكبير 1920), Dar Riyad El-Rayyes, Beirut. 
2019
George al-Batal: I Am the Only Communist (جورج البطل: أنا الشيوعي الوحيد), Dar al-Mada, Baghdad / Beirut / Damascus. 
1995
The Unknown Works of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq (الأعمال المجهولة لأحمد فارس الشدياق), ed. with Aziz al-Azmeh, Dar Riyad El-Rayyes, Beirut / London. 
1969
Socialist Action and the Contradictions of the Lebanese Situation (العمل الاشتراكي وتناقضات الوضع اللبناني), with the Socialist Lebanon study circle, Dar al-Tali'a, Beirut. 

Edited

2007–2008
Issa Iskandar al-Ma'louf, History of Eastern Families (تاريخ الأسر الشرقية), 7 vols, critical edition by Fawwaz Traboulsi, Riyad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut. 
09

Translated Books

2 entries
2023
A Guerra Civil no Líbano (1975–1990), translated by Fabio Busco, Editora Sundermann, São Paulo. 
2017
Soie et Fer du Mont Liban au Canal de Suez, traduit par Nathalie Bontemps et Marianne Babut, Actes-Sud / Sindbad, L'Orient des Livres, Paris. 
10

Translations into Arabic

16 entries

Original author first; the Arabic title of the translation follows in parentheses.

2025
John Berger, The Fertile Eyes: Writings on Literature and Art (العيون الخصبة: كتابات في الأدب والفن), Dar al-Mada, Baghdad / Beirut / Damascus. 
2024
Etel Adnan, On Love and Language (في الحب واللغة), Riad El-Rayyes Books, Beirut. 
2018
Antonio Gramsci, On Italian National Unity (في الوحدة القومية الإيطالية), Al-Mutawassit, Milan. 
2015
Edward Said, On Late Style: Music and Literature Against the Grain (عن الأسلوب المتأخر: موسيقى وأدب عكس التيار), Dar al-Adab, Beirut. 
2005
Edward Said, Humanism and Democratic Criticism (الأنسنية والنقد الديموقراطي), Dar al-Adab, Beirut. 
2000
Edward Said, Out of Place (خارج المكان), Dar al-Adab, Beirut. 
1995
Yiannis Ritsos, Greeknesses (Ellinika) (إغريقيات), Dar al-Mada. 
1990
John Berger, Ways of Seeing (وجهات في النظر), Center for Socialist Studies and Research in the Arab World, Damascus. 
1979
Vladimir Lenin, The Development of Capitalism in Russia (تطور الرأسمالية في روسيا), Dar al-Tali'a, Beirut; new edition, Dar al-Mada, 2026. 
1978
Alexandra Kollontai, The Emancipation of the Working Woman (تحرر المرأة العاملة), co-translated with Talal al-Husseini, Dar al-Tali'a lil-Tiba'a wa-l-Nashr, Beirut. 
1972
Ernesto Che Guevara, Che Guevara's Bolivian Diary (يوميات غيفارا في بوليفيا), Dar al-Tali'a, Beirut. 
1971
Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, Preobrazhensky, Che Guevara, Ernest Mandel et al., The Transition to Socialism (مرحلة الانتقال إلى الاشتراكية), Dar al-Tali'a, Beirut. 
1971
Antonio Gramsci, Problems of Historical Materialism (قضايا المادية التاريخية), Dar al-Tali'a, Beirut; new edition, Al-Mutawassit, Milan, 2018. 
1969
Isaac Deutscher, Stalin (ستالين), Dar al-Tali'a, Beirut; new edition, Maktabat Diwan, Cairo, 2025. 
1966
John Reed, Ten Days That Shook the World (عشرة أيام هزت العالم), Dar al-Tali'a, Beirut; new edition, Al-Mutawassit, Milan, 2018. 
1966
Charles Bettelheim et al., Building Socialism in China (بناء الاشتراكية في الصين), Dar al-Tali'a, Beirut. 
11

Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation

1 entry
Dec 1993
Identités et solidarités croisées dans les conflits du Liban contemporain, Doctorate Thesis in History, Université Paris VIII, under the direction of Professor Jacques Couland.
12

Chapters in Edited Volumes

8 entries
2019
“Edward Said in Translation: The Personal and the Academic”, in In the Shoes of the Other. Interdisciplinary Studies in Translation, Samia Mehrez (ed.), Al-Kutub Khan, Cairo, pp. 321–332. 
2016
“Ahmad Fares al-Shidyaq: In Quest of Another Modernity”, in Jens Hanssen & Max Weiss (eds.), Arabic Thought Beyond the Liberal Age. Towards an Intellectual History of the Nahda, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 175–186. 
2010
« Les guerres libanaises : sur la nécessité de se souvenir et le besoin de l'oubli », in Mémoires de Guerres au Liban (1975–1990), Sindbad / Actes Sud, Paris, pp. 591–598. 
2007
“An Arab Perspective on the ‘New Middle East’”, in Inside Lebanon. Journey to a Shattered Land with Noam and Carol Chomsky, Assaf Kfoury (ed.), The Monthly Review Press, pp. 165–169. 
2001
“De la Suisse d'Orient au Hanoi du monde arabe : Beyrouth, brève historique d'une représentation”, in Jad Tabet (ed.), Beyrouth, La Brûlure des rêves, Éditions Autrement, Collection Monde, no. 127, Paris, September 2001, pp. 28–41. 
1999
“Ahmad Fâris al-Chidyâq”, in Farouk Mardam Bey (ed.), Grandes figures du Liban contemporain, Paris.
1999
« Société violente ou système de guerre ? », in Jean Hannoyer (ed.), Guerres civiles : Économies de la violence, dimensions de la civilité, Karthala-CERMOC, Paris, pp. 139–150.
1998
Entries on Lebanon and South Yemen in Bruno Étienne & Mustafa Khayyati (eds.), Dictionnaire politique du monde arabe contemporain, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris.
13

Selected Chapters in Conference Proceedings

6 entries
2004
“The Lebanese System Revisited”, in The Lebanese System: A Critical Reassessment, Chibli Mallat (ed.), Center for Behavioral Research and the Chiha Foundation, Beirut. 
2002
“Fâris al-Shidyâq and his perception of the European”, in Bernard Heyberger & Carsten-Michael Walbiner (eds.), Les Européens vus par les Libanais à l'époque ottomane, Orient Institute, Berlin-Beirut.
2001
“Crisis and Memory in the Theater of the Rahbani Brothers and Fayruz”, in Angelika Neuwirth & Andreas Pflitsch (eds.), Crisis and Memory in Islamic Societies, Beirut, Ergon Verlag Würzburg in Kommission. 
1994
« Quel rôle pour le Liban sur l'échiquier régional ? », in Reconstruire le Liban : espoirs et réalités, French Senate, Paris, September 1994, pp. 25–34. 
1990
« Les transformations des structures tribales depuis l'indépendance du Yémen du Sud », in J. Couland & B. Destremau (eds.), Cahiers du GREMAMO, no. 10, Paris, pp. 125–143. 
1989
« La problématique en débat : État / société civile », in J. Couland & F. Traboulsi (eds.), Les apports du philosophe Mahdî `Amil, Cahiers du GREMAMO, no. 6, Paris, pp. 25–34.
14

Papers in Refereed Journals

4 entries
Dec 2005
“Public Spheres and Urban Space: A Critical Comparative Approach”, New Political Science, Volume 27, no. 4, pp. 529–541. 
2004
« L'économie politique des milices : le phénomène mafieux », Naqd, no. 19/20, Automne–Hiver 2004, pp. 169–202.
Jul–Dec
1993
« De la violence : fonctions et rituels », Peuples Méditerranéens, Paris, no. 64–65, pp. 57–86.
Spring
1992
“Lebanon in the Middle East Peace Talks: Player or Bargaining Card?”, The Oxford International Review, vol. III, pp. 19–21. 
15

Selected Articles & Essays

17 entries
19 Oct
2020
« Guide des révolutionnaires et des rebelles arabes », ARABORAMA, Paris. 
14 Feb
2017
« Ce n'est pas le multiconfessionnalisme, mais un système oligarchique qui gouverne le Liban », in Mediapart, par Joseph Confavreux et Amélie Poinssot. 
2011
“Revolutions Bring Down Ideas As Well!”, People's Power, the Arab World in Revolt, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Perspectives. 
2009
“Public Spheres and Urban Space: A Critical Comparative Approach”, in Publics, Politics and Participation. Locating the Public Sphere in the Middle East and North Africa, Seteney Shami (ed.), Social Science Research Council, New York, pp. 45–64. 
Winter
2003
“An Intelligent Man's Guide to Modern Arab Feminism”, Al-Raida, centenary issue, volume XX, no. 100, pp. 15–19. 
Jan 1997
« Une Suisse ‘phénicienne’ », L'Orient-Express, Beirut.
Jan 1997
« Socotra l'ensorcelleuse fait son entrée dans la modernité », L'Orient-Express, Beirut. 
Oct 1996
« Le pas de deux de l'émir Abdel-Kader et de Youssef Bey Karam », L'Orient-Express, Beirut, pp. 102–107.
Sep 1996
« La Dabké », L'Orient-Express, Beirut, pp. 44–49.
May 1996
« Un amour de soie », L'Orient-Express, Beirut, pp. 94–99.
Apr 1996
« Ahmad Fares al-Chidyaq : De la modernité en tant que femme », L'Orient-Express, Beirut, pp. 96–99.
Winter
1993
« Le phénomène Ziad Rahbani », Mediterraneans, no. 5, pp. 115–118.
Aug 1992
« Alerte en Irak : Ingérence humanitaire ou ‘logique de démembrement’ ? », Le Monde Diplomatique, pp. 1 and 22. 
Jul–Aug
1991
“Harvest of War”, Middle East Report, pp. 30–32.
Jan–Feb
1990
“Confessional Lines”, Middle East Report, pp. 9–10.
Sep–Oct
1988
“Beirut–Guernica: A City and A Painting”, Middle East Report, Special Supplement, no. 154, pp. 29–37. 
Sep–Oct
1969
“The Palestine Problem: Zionism and Imperialism in the Middle East”, The New Left Review, no. 57, pp. 53–90. 
16

Book Reviews

3 entries
2002
Meir Zamir, Lebanon's Quest. Review in MESA Bulletin, Muncie, Indiana (USA).
May–Jun
1994
Kanan Makiya, Cruelty and Silence. “On Being Silent — A Response to Kanan Makiya”, Middle East Report, no. 187–188, pp. 61–63. 
5 Apr
1991
“Fares al-Chidiaq : La jambe sur la jambe, Les tribulations d'un Arabe en Occident”, Le Monde, Paris.
17

Lectures, Panels & Workshops

75 entries

Events

27 Apr
2023
“Translating Politics into Art and Literature — A Conversation with Fawwaz Traboulsi”, with Leyla Dakhli and Jens Hanssen, Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICI), Berlin. 

Invited Keynote Speaker

19 Apr
2022
“Is social justice back?”, Mamdouha Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, Princeton University. 
14 Dec
2004
Alpha-Omega Alpha chapter, AUB Medical School, Annual Dinner, Beirut, Rotana-Gevinor Hotel. 

Invited Lectures

28 Nov
2018
“Edward Said in Translation: The Personal and the Academic”, AUC Cairo. 
4 Mar
2016
“Talking about Revolutions”, Mamdouha Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, Princeton University. 
17–18 May
2013
“Revolutions as Critical Knowledge”, in The Arab Uprisings: Politics and Ethics in the Present, University of Chicago.
27–29 Mar
2009
“Family Genealogies: Science or Practical Illusion?”, AFWG Workshop, Cairo. 
6 May
2008
“Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq: An Arab Traveler in 19th Century Europe”, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin. 
16 Apr
2008
“The Production of Knowledge in the Arab World: A Critique of ‘Occidentalism'”, Europe in the Middle East – the Middle East in Europe Program, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin. 
26 Apr
2007
“The Political Economy of Militia Control during the Lebanese Wars, 1975–1990”, The Watson Institute for International Affairs, Brown University, Providence, RI. 
12 Apr
2007
“Hizbullah, Israel and Lebanon: The Summer War, 2006”, in A Bitter Harvest: Palestine, Israel and Lebanon 40 Years after 1967 lecture series, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
19 Feb
2007
“Lebanon Now”, Alwan for the Arts and the Beaver Group, New York.
5 Jan
2006
“Sectarianism, Mobilization and Pioneer Formation”, Social and Behavioral Sciences Dept., American University of Beirut, Monthly Sociology Café.
16 Sep
2005
“International Relations in an Uncertain Hegemonial World System”, Byblos Autumn School, LCPS, Heinrich Böll Foundation, et al.
19 Apr
2005
“Who Wants Democratization in the Arab World?”, The Emile Bustani Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston.
19 Feb
2005
“The Lebanese Civil War Thirty Years After”, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Department (MEALAC), Columbia University, New York.
5 May
2004
“Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq — The Other Nahda”, The American University in Cairo.
4 May
2004
“The Greater Middle East: What's in a Project?”, The American University in Cairo.
3 May
2004
“Orientalizing the Orientals — The Hidden Text of Edward Said”, The American University in Cairo.
20 Dec
2004
“Crisis and Memory in the Theatre of the Rahbani Brothers and Fayrouz”, Orient Institute, Beirut. 
20 Apr
1998
“What is it to be on the Left in Lebanon?”, Orient Institute, Beirut.
17 Nov
1997
“Theories and Practices of Religious Toleration / Intolerance — the Lebanese Case”, The International Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
10 Nov
1997
“Locations of the Public Intellectual”, New York University, New York.
Mar 1997
“Reflections on Culture and Folklore in Lebanon”, Cultural Studies Forum, A.U.B., Beirut. 
Mar 1997
“Critical Notes on the Reconstruction of Beirut”, The Middle East Institute, Washington.
12 Mar
1996
“Rethinking Confessionalism”, Centre for Behavioral Research, A.U.B., Beirut.

Invited Participation in Conferences & Panels

27 Sep
2022
“Reading and Translating Gramsci in the 70s”, Symposium of the International Gramsci Society, Cagliari, Sardinia.
16–17 Feb
2011
“Does Guilt Matter?”, Guilt II conference, Käte Hamburger Institute, Bonn. 
18–19 Apr
2008
“Palestine and Lebanon: To Forget or Not to Forget”, in Trauma, Identity and Memory panel, BRISMES conference, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London University, London.
4 Apr
2008
“Do Collective Rights Contribute to Conflict Resolution? The Lebanese Case”, in Ethnonationalisms and State Building, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin. 
6–8 Mar
2008
“Ahmad Fares Shidyaq, Social and Political Critic and Reformer”, in The Work and Life of Ahmad Fares Shidyaq workshop, Europa im Nahen Osten / Der Nahe Osten in Europa, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin.
6–9 Sep
2007
“Saudi Expansion: The Lebanese Connection, 1924–1952”, in Kingdom Without Borders: Saudi Expansion in the World, King's College, London. 
2–4 Jul
2007
“Production of Knowledge in the Arab World: The Case of the Alexandria Charter”, in Production of Knowledge in the Arab World, High Council for Culture, Cairo & Birmingham University, UK, Cairo. 
25–26 May
2007
“Orientalizing the Orientals: The Second Message of Edward Said”, in Waiting for the Barbarians: A Tribute to Edward Said, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. 
12–14 Mar
2007
War, Imperialism and Resistance in West Asia conference, New Delhi.
22 Jan
2007
“The Israeli Summer War of 2006”, with Elias Khouri, Kevorkian Center, New York University, New York.
11 May
2006
“The Oligarchy and the City: A Historical Introduction”, in City Debates 2006, American University of Beirut.
16–18 Oct
2004
“The New Iraqi Flag: An Exercise in Identity Manipulation”, in Secularism, Religious Nationalism, and the State: Visual Practices in the Public Sphere in Comparative Perspective, Bilkent University, Ankara. 
29 May
2004
« La définition du terrorisme est-elle nécessaire ? », La Convention globale de l'ONU sur la lutte contre le terrorisme, Université de la Sagesse, Université Paris Sud, Centre d'Analyse sur les Différends et leurs Modes de Solution (CADMOS), Beirut.
25 Mar
2004
“The Socio-Economic Transformations in Lebanon after 1975”, in The Political Economy of Lebanon, Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES) and Economics Department, AUB.
24 Mar
2004
“Public Spheres and Urban Space: A Critical Comparative Approach”, in Urban Public Spheres and Public Spaces in the MENA Region, 5th Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (EUI), Florence. 
1 Nov
2003
“In Memoriam Edward Said — Readings and Music”, American University of Beirut.
13–14 Apr
2002
“For an Alternative Dialogue”, Dialogue Among Civilizations — New Challenges, The Polish Asia-Pacific Council, Warsaw, Poland.
2 Feb
2002
“The Dialogue Between Civilizations”, The Regional Meeting for the UNESCO Clubs in the Arab Countries, Beirut.
9–10 Nov
2001
“Defining the Problem: Dealing with the Legacy of War”, in National Reconciliation in Lebanon: An Evaluation, Center for Lebanese Studies, Beit Mery.
6–9 Nov
2001
“Stereotyping the Syrian in Lebanon”, in Arab Stereotyping, Lebanese American University, Beirut. 
18–19 May
2001
“The Lebanese System Revisited”, in The Lebanese System: A Critical Reassessment, Center for Behavioral Research and The Chiha Foundation, The American University of Beirut, Beirut. 
19–20 Nov
1999
“Is Social Justice a ‘Mirage'?”, in Civic Responsibility, Social Justice and Governance, LAU Byblos and Beirut.
1–3 Jul
1999
“Rethinking Beirut”, in Building City and Nation: Space, History, Memory and Identity, Center for Behavioral Studies, American University of Beirut, Beirut.
28 Sep
1999
“Negotiating Distances: Orientalism and Occidentalism from a Near Eastern and Far Eastern Perspective”, Orient Institute, Beirut.
27–29 Sep
1998
“Armed Forces and Society in the Middle East”, International Institute for Strategic Studies Conference, Beirut.
29 Jun –
2 Jul 1997
“Voyages to the East”, in For a Critical Culture: A Tribute to Edward Said, Centre for Behavioral Research (A.U.B.) / Masrah Bayrut.
5–7 Jun
1997
« Société violente ou système de guerre ? », in Économies de la violence et dimensions de la civilité, CERMOC, Beirut.
27 Feb –
3 Mar 1997
“Whose Security in the Arab World?”, in Challenges Facing the Arab World at the End of the 20th Century: A Global Agenda, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge.
19–21 Jan
1996
“The Ta'if Agreement and Electoral Reform”, in Lebanon: Electoral Systems, Electoral Reform Consultancy Services (U.K.) and Centre for Lebanese Studies, Oxford.
14–16 Nov
1995
“Alternative Projects for Economic Integration in the Arab World”, Third Congress of the Arab Society for Economic Research, Beirut.
19–21 Oct
1995
“Democracy and the New Geo-Political Realities in the Arab World”, in Reshaping the Agenda: US–Arab Relations — The Challenge of Participation, The Foundation on Democratization and Political Change in the Middle East, Washington. 
15–17 May
1995
“Revivalism, Religion, Nationality and Communalism in the Developing World”, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and the Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin.
24 Nov
1994
“The Role of War in State and Society Transformation — the Lebanese Case”, in War as a Source of State and Social Transformation in the Middle East, Social Science Research Council, Institut d'Études Politiques, Paris.
26–28 May
1994
“American–Arab Relations: A New Beginning?”, Foundation on Democratization and Political Change in the Middle East (FDPCME), Washington.
3–5 Jul
1992
Palestine in the Imagination, American Council for Palestine Affairs, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris.
21 Mar
1992
The Reconstruction of Beirut Central Business District, Centre for Lebanese Studies, London.
Mar 1987
International Congress of Intellectuals and Artists (50th anniversary, 1937–1987), Valencia, Spain.

Panel Chairs

27 May
2006
“Fi Shi ‘Amm Bisir”, Conference on Fayrouz and Ziad Rahbani, Anis Makdisi Program in Literature, American University of Beirut.
15–16 Dec
2004
Memoirs and Autobiography in the History of Palestine and the Arab World, Institute of Palestine Studies and Heinrich Böll Foundation, Beirut.
23 Oct
2004
The Beirut Conference on Public Spheres, Social Science Research Council and the American University of Beirut, Beirut.
27 May
2004
Violence in the Middle East, Lebanese American University, Beirut.
18 May
2004
City Debates — La Meen Bayrut? / Whose Beirut?, American University of Beirut.
5–7 Dec
2003
Sexuality in the Arab World — Historical, Literary and Socio-Psychological, Center for Behavioral Research (American University of Beirut) and the Middle East Center (St. Antony's College, Oxford), AUB.
23 Oct
2003
Models of Universities for the Arab World, AUB, Beirut.
28–29 Jun
2001
Lebanese Presence in the World, Center for Migration Studies, Lebanese American University.
24 Mar
1999
What New Electoral Law for Lebanon?, Lebanese American University, Beirut.
15–18 May
1998
50 Years: Nakbah and Resistance, Théâtre de Beyrouth, Beirut.
11–12 Jul
1997
Citizenship in Lebanon, Lebanese American University, Byblos.
15–18 Mar
1990
International Conference on Peace Building and Development in the Lebanon, The International Peace Research Institute (IPRA), UNESCO, Paris.
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Organization of Conferences & Workshops

7 entries
6–8 Mar
2008
The Work and Life of Ahmad Fares Shidyaq, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin.
22–24 Oct
2004
The Beirut Conference on Public Spheres, Social Science Research Council and the American University of Beirut, Beirut.
24–28 Mar
2004
Urban Public Spheres and Public Spaces in the MENA Region, 5th Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (EUI), Florence.
19–23 Mar
2003
Reconceptualizing Public Spheres in the MENA Region: New Publics and Spaces of Contestation, European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, 4th Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Florence and Montecatini Terme, Italy.
19–20 Nov
1999
Civic Responsibility, Social Justice and Governance, Lebanese American University and Villanova University, Beirut.
29 Jun –
2 Jul 1997
For a Critical Culture: A Tribute to Edward Said, Centre for Behavioral Research, American University of Beirut, Théâtre de Beyrouth, Beirut.
12–14 Nov
1989
With Jacques Couland, États et conflits sociaux dans les sociétés à solidarités plurielles : le cas du Liban, GREMAMO, Paris.
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Contributions to the Media

21 entries

Editorial

  • Guest Editor, Al-Raida, Beirut, special issue on “Feminizing Politics”, June 2001. 

Magazines

  • Middle East Report (MERIP), Washington (1990–2000).
  • Al-Raida, Beirut (1999– ).
  • The New Political Science, Boston.

Newspapers & Journals

  • L'Orient-le Jour
  • L'Orient-Express
  • The Daily Star
  • Al-Raida
  • Le Monde
  • Le Monde Diplomatique
  • Politis
  • Peuples Méditerranéens
  • Autrement
  • Revue d'Études Palestiniennes
  • Mediterraneans
  • Faradîs (Paris)
  • New Left Review (London)
  • Granta (Cambridge, U.K.)
  • Middle East Report (Washington)

Interviews

  • Il Manifesto, Le Monde, Mediapart, The Washington Post, The Real News Network, Reuters, UPI, AFP.

Radio

  • Interviews and participation in talk shows, interviews and panels on National Public Radio (Washington), Radio France Internationale, Radio Monte Carlo (Paris), and BBC (London).