Browse Exhibits (22 total)
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“Compendiums of Giving: Preserving Our Written Cultural Heritage”
The exhibit features 25 special collections, archives, and primary source documents which were donated to the AUB Libraries. The collections include personal papers, correspondence, photos, postcards, posters, and manuscripts of prominent personalities that cover diverse subjects like education, Arab nationalism, athletics, social service, urban planning, diplomacy, description and travel, Islamic Sciences, economics, and art. These collections support original research and turn AUB Libraries into a destination of choice and distinction for scholars interested in fresh grassroots look at our region.
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Early Arabic Printing in Europe: A Selection of Books (1514–1694)
The Arabs who established themselves in southern Spain introduced the art of paper making into Europe. Written evidence have shown that Arabs have known block printing in the early 16th century. The exhibition displays samples from the first Arabic Incunabula, as well as the early Arabic books printed in Italy (Rome), France, Dutch-Republic, Germany, and the United Kingdom. A Geographic Visualization and timeline are presented, as well as a comprehensive bibliography of the listed items along with a general bibliography on the topic.
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Fields of Vision and Mediations: Cinema and Political Posters
Posters are relatively cheap and powerful tools of communication, mass produced usually plastered around cities and can reach a wide audience through a combination of words, slogans and images. The exhibit “Fields of Vision and Meditation” intended to fuel a dialogue, a new way of looking and thinking about the Middle East. The posters, mainly cinema posters, displayed here serve as an entry point into rethinking mediating and representing our region in more accurate, heartfelt, and constructive ways than what we have witnessed in past.
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Dr. Constantine Zurayk: Knowledge at the Service of Life
Constantine Zurayk (1909-2000) was a prominent scholar, diplomat, and historian. He assumed various distinctive academic and administrative functions both in the regional and international arenas. The exhibit showcases documents, photos, and letters from Dr. Zurayk’ s collection that reflect the multi-faceted personality and rich life that he led and reflects aspects of the socio-cultural and political context of a formative period in Arab modern history. These valuable records constitute a wealth of material for all those interested in the intellectual and political history of the region.
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AUB and World War Two (1939-45)
This exhibit focuses on the American University of Beirut (AUB) during the period of the Second World War, 1939-1945, using archival material and photographs from our collections to provide some insights into the suffering, relief efforts, and transformation that the country and the University witnessed during this period. The exhibit is of importance to researchers in social service and the history of AUB and the region. It complements the exhibit on Syrian Protestant College and the Great War (1914-1918).
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Manoug’s Magic Lantern : Views onto Lebanon
Manoug Alemian (1918-1994) a talented Armenian photographer, worked in Lebanon (1936-1977) as the official photographer of the Ministry of Tourism and Baalbek Festival promoting the idea that Lebanon was the” Switzerland of the East”. The exhibit offers a rich and varied sampling from Manoug’s oeuvre, ranging across dates (1940s – 1970s), subjects (portraits, landscapes, festivals, crafts, etc.) and media (silver gelatin, color prints, negatives, and transparencies). The exhibit gives an overview of the socio-cultural history of Lebanon and the history of professional photography in the Middle East during the 20th century.
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المسيرة نحو الإبداع في الموسيقى لدى زكي ناصيف
بمناسبة مرور مائة عام على ولادة الفنان المبدع زكي ناصيف وإحتفالات الجامعة في عيدها المائة والخمسين، قامت مكتبة يافث التذكارية في العام 2016 بتكريم زكي ناصيف بإعداد معرض لمسيرته الفنية والابداعية بعنوان "مسيرة الإبداع في الموسيقى لدى زكي ناصيف"، نظراً لعمق انتمائه إلى الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت، وهي المنهل الذي استقى منه معارفه الموسيقية على أيدي أساتذته في المعهد الموسيقي للجامعة. وكانت عائلة زكي ناصيف متمثلة بالدكتور نبيل ناصيف رئيس برنامج الموسيقى في الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت، قد أهدت أوراقه ونوتاته الموسيقية في العام 2008 إلى مكتبة يافث التي تسعى إلى مساعدة الباحثين عبر إتاحة هذه الأوراق من أجل تطوير البحوث في مجال الموسيقى الشرقية
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AUB's Main Gate
The AUB Main Gate , built in 1902, first known as Gate House, is a building designed by a world-renowned architect, Edward Pearce Casey (1864–1940), who was responsible for the design of the Library of Congress Jefferson Building. The exhibit proposes to look at the history, planning, and initial function of the Main Gate building, the architect behind it, its evolution over time, and its impact on and integration into the life of AUB along several axes: security, community, possibility, struggle and hope.
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Comics: A Very Serious Matter!
Comics is currently considered, by many academics, a rich subject of research, worthy of studying across disciplines, and from a variety of perspectives. Advocates of the ninth art, both within and outside academia, believe that because comics shed light on many questions, concepts, ideas, historical periods, social and economic issues, and power relations, they are specially fit to support liberal arts curricula. In this exhibit, we focus on some questions relating to the perspective of Arab comics, digging into the wealth of material offered to us through our growing AUB University Library Comics collection.
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The Syrian Protestant College and the Great War (1914-18)
One of the most savage wars witnessed by humanity, the Great War, would ensue in 1914 raging for four years across several continents and would eventually annihilate millions of casualties. In this exhibit we try to display archival material that retrace this trajectory, showcasing photos, letters, reports, diaries, etc., which bear witness to the tragedies that occurred in Syria, to the hardships the College faced, to the flexibility, engagement, and vision of the College community, and to the influential role that the university was destined to play in the region.