The Arab Council for the Social Sciences
The Hanna Batatu Lecture Series Inaugural Lecture
Beirut, 14 October 2015, Gefinor Hotel
Schedule
Introductions and Lecture: 4:00 pm
- Welcome and introduction - Dr. Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (Chairman of the ACSS Board of Trustees)
- Remembering Hanna Batatu - Dr. Bassam Haddad (Board of Trustees Member)
- Introduction to the Inaugural Lecture and to Dr. Salim Tamari – Dr. Seteney Shami (Director-General, ACSS)
Lecture by Dr. Salim Tamari: 5:00 pm
- ''The 1908 Constitutional Revolution as a Critical Point in the History of the Levant (Bilad al Sham) : A Reading of the Problematics of Local History'' - Discussion / Q&A Session
Reception: 6:30 pm