Labour history has long been framed through the ‘free/unfree’ divide. Moreover, slavery as well as wage labour, indentured work and convict labour, as well as other labour relations, have traditionally been studied in isolation from each other. In the …
Are the Eurosceptics taking over? Historical perspectives and future challenges facing the EU 27th November, 2023 – DHI Rome/Online The European Parliament elections are fast approaching, and for many, the future of Europe itself...
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 thi…
Paula Schnabel was an intern at MWF from August to September 2023. She has completed a BA in history and area studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. During her undergraduate studies she became interested into Indian culture and society and began le…
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.…
We are looking for a research assistant to assist LAWHA’s research team in preparing the Database and Digital Platform for publication, including digitisation and organisation of archival material, and data entry revolving around the trajectories…
On 16 August 2023, Berlin’s daily Tagesspiegel published an article by Nadia von Maltzahn on the reopening of the Sursock Museum. You can find the full article here, or read the print version below. Please note that the last image...
A public talk by Ashraf Osman, Pierre France and Nadia von Maltzahn in collaboration with the Sursock Museum The talk Chronologies and the Question of Periodization departs from the exhibition Beyond Ruptures, a Tentative Chronology which takes the for…
Decentering art and design history: research, practice, education University of Nicosia, 15-17 June 2023 The conference considers the development of art and design history in the Mediterranean region during the twentieth century. It focuses on how…
Das Blog bietet eine #KleineEdition der Dokumente aus der Sprachen- und Dialekterhebung, die zwischen 1806 und 1812 in Frankreich durchgeführt wurde. Die als Enquête Coquebert de Montbret bekannte Untersuchung hat eine große Anzahl an...
Nadia von Maltzahn. “Dear Tutu: a letter by Palestinian artist Vladimir Tamarion exile, friendship and globalisation”. static: thoughts and research from global dis:connect, Vol. 2, No. 1, May 2023ISSN: 2751-1626. In this article in the spe…
Thursday, 25 May 2023, 10am-12noon Orient-Institut Beirut, Library (Directions) LAWHA/OIB in collaboration with the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the Global (De)Centre is happy to invite you to join us for a public panel discussion on “Curati…
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