Graduate studies committee
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- Bu səhifədəki naviqasiya:
- Non-Academic Staff Sibai, Barea Administrative Assistant Research Affiliates
- C. TEACHING Number of Graduating Majors
- Student Enrollment in Courses
- Number of Credit Hours Offered
- D. RESEARCH Hazbun, Waleed Please refer to the Department of PSPA. El-Bizri, Nader
- OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Hazbun, Waleed Please refer to the Department of PSPA. El-Bizri, Nader
- PUBLICATIONS Hazbun, Waleed Please refer to the Department of PSPA. Khalidi, Tarif
- Waleed Hazbun Director DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS
- PERSONNEL Faculty Members
- Research Assistants
- Graduate Assistants
B. PERSONNEL
Waleed Hazbun (PSPA) Chair Nader El-Bizri (CVSP), Program Coordinator for Islamic Studies Samer Frangie (PSPA) Tariq Tell (PSPA) Lyall Armstrong (History/Archeology) Alexis Wick (History/Archeology) Sylvain Perdigon (SOAM) Nadya Sbaiti (CAMES/SOAM) Sonja Mejcher-Atassi (English) Aliya Saidi (CAMES), non-voting member
Sibai, Barea Administrative Assistant
Gorman, Henry; PhD Candidate; Vanderbilt University Nazha, Nabil; PhD Candidate; University of Illinois at Chicago Rihan, Carl; PhD Candidate; Sciences Po Paris Almuedo-Castillo, Ana; PhD Candidate; University of Exeter Hartman, Michelle; Associate Professor; McGill University Limberg, Michael; PhD Candidate; University of Connecticut Dolerud, Magnus; Doctoral Fellow; University of Bergen Sayed, Linda; Visiting Assistant Professor; New York University Joy, Jack; PhD Candidate; SOAS London Arsan, Andrew; University Lecturer; University of Cambridge Sharp, Deen; PhD Candidate; City University in New York Mazzola, Francisco; Doctoral Candidate; King’s College London Khayyat, Yasmine; Assistant Professor; Rutgers University Ferguson, Susanna; PhD Student; Columbia University Oliver, Dominique; PhD Candidate; SOAS, London Calabrese, Erminia Chiara; Post-doctoral Researcher; Université Aix-Provence Atwood, Blake; Assistant Professor; University of Texas at Austin Fabiunke, Ines; PhD Candidate; University of Leipzig Tinas, Murat; PhD Candidate; Middle East Technical University Scott, Emily; PhD Candidate; University of Toronto Elhalaby, Esmat; PhD Candidate; Rice University Marzano, Arturo; Assistant Professor; University of Pisa Jebari, Idriss; DPhil Candidate; University of Oxford
Graduates ISLM 4
D. RESEARCH Hazbun, Waleed Please refer to the Department of PSPA. El-Bizri, Nader Please refer to the Civilization Studies Program. Sbaiti, Nadya
Kozah, Mario 1. Awarded second Qatar National Research Fund (Qatar Foundation) grant in four years in collaboration with Qatar University. Project title: “A Preliminary Syriac, Aramaic and Arabic lexical and toponymical survey of Beth Qatraye.” Project duration: 3 years. Project number: NPRP9-002-6-001. Grant amount: $899,733. 2. Proof reading first QNRF project’s third publication: Kozah, M., Abu-Husayn, A., Mourad, S., Dadisho‘ Qatraya’s Compendious Commentary on the Paradise of the Egyptian Fathers in Garshuni. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, forthcoming 2016.
Hazbun, Waleed Please refer to the Department of PSPA. El-Bizri, Nader Please refer to the Civilization Studies Program. Sbaiti, Nadya
Kozah, Mario 1. Coordinator of AFL classes at CAMES Fall 2015. Conducted placement interviews and reviewed placement tests. 2. Invited to give a talk by CAMES Majalis in Islamic Studies delivered on 13 April 2016 entitled: “Abu Rayhan al- Biruni (d. 1048), a selective bio-bibliographical investigation of his scholarly method through the literary filter of a number of his prefaces.” 3. Invited to give a talk as part of the AUB-Exeter panels held at AUB on 4-5 April 2016 delivered on 5 April 2016 entitled: “The Maritime Journey of Catholicos Giwargis I (d. 680) to Eastern Arabia.” 4. Invited to chair a panel in the international and interdisciplinary conference of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) entitled “Insatiable Appetite: Food as a Cultural Signifier” held at AUB 12-14 May 2016. Panel session title: “Intoxication” held on 13 May 2016. 5. Invited to give a seminar session on Syriac Christianity and Islam in the M.A. program in Islamic Studies at CAMES as part of the Islamic Civilizations course (ISLM 302) Fall 2015. 6. Invited to give a guest lecture on Syriac language and literature in the Minor in Semitic Studies at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages as part of the Introduction to Semitic Studies course (ARAB 222) Spring 2015. 7. Developed and taught a course for the Islamic Studies MA in CAMES entitled “Christian-Muslim Encounters” (ISLM 341/ARAB248).
Hazbun, Waleed Please refer to the Department of PSPA. Khalidi, Tarif An Anthology of Arabic Literature: From the Classical to the Modern. Edinburgh University Press, 2016. El-Bizri, Nader Please refer to the Civilization Studies Program. Kozah, Mario The Birth of Indology as an Islamic Science. Al-Bīrūnī’s Treatise on Yoga Psychology. Leiden: Brill, 2016. ISBN: 9789004290297. Kozah, M., Abu-Husayn, A., Al-Murikhi, S. S., Al Thani, H., (eds.), An Anthology of Syriac Writers from Qatar in the Seventh Century. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2015. ISBN: 9781463205478. Kozah, M., (ed.), Jawdat Haydar’s Poetic Legacy: Issues of Modernity, Belonging, Language and Transcendence. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 2016. ISBN: 9781443888981. “On Anis Frayha”, in Nadia El-Cheikh, Lina Choueiri, Bilal Orfali (eds.), The American University of Beirut: A Century and a Half. Beirut: American University of Beirut Press, 2016. “The Syriac Writers of Qatar in the Seventh Century CE: an Overview of the Current State of Studies”, in H. Teule, E. Keser-Kayaalp, K. Akalın, N. Doru, and M. S. Toprak (eds.), Syriac in its Multi-Cultural Context. Eastern Christian Studies; Louvain: Peeters, 2015.
Following the final recommendations of the CAMES program review, in 2016-17 CAMES will formally add MEST 300 “Making of the Modern Middle East” to the catalogue and make it along with MEST 301, required for the MEST MA program. Working with the AUB 150 office, CAMES has helped plan the AUB presence at the 2016 MESA meeting that will co-host the largest AUB reception at MESA we have ever held. The current CAMES director announced in the Spring 2016 his intention to step down following the completion of the CAMES program reviews. Thus in 2016-17 CAMES will have a new full-time or interim director operating under a new full-time or interim FAS Dean who will appoint the new CAMES director. Dr. Tarif Khalidi, the Shaykh Zayid Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, will be on unpaid leave in 2016-17 and has announced his retirement. The new CAMES Director and FAS Dean will need to decide about commencing a search for a replacement. In addition, Dr. Rosemary Sayigh announced she will not be teaching in the Fall 2016 and may slow down or possibly retire from teaching. The CAMES Director and Steering Committee will need to assess the program’s future needs. Dr. Mario Kozah’s two year appointment as a visiting professor will come to an end thus CAMES will likely wish to offer that he return to serving as Lecturer in CAMES. Moreover, CAMES and the FAS Dean, possibly in consultation with the Arabic Department, may wish to recruit or appoint a program coordinator for the CAMES AFL and Summer Arabic Programs. In 2016-17 CAMES will continue to offering up to 5 incoming MEST MA students 4 semesters of GA funding at the level of at least 3 credits per semester. With the expectation of extra funds available due to the unpaid leave of the Shaykh Zayid Professor, we are currently offering 6 credit GAships per semester, but this might not be sustainable beyond 2015-16. Moreover, providing funding for ISLM students will be critical for attracting students. This funding might be sought from the recently established (but yet to be opened) Farouk K. Jabre Center for Arabic and Islamic Science and Philosophy. The addition of Dr. Ahmad Dallal to teaching faculty will add a number of courses to the ISLM program help increase its profile and potential. Another major might include offering January term or Summer term courses on contemporary politics and society. CAMES also plans to consider offering tuition waivers for non-Arabic speaking AUB faculty to take Arabic classes as auditors at the Summer Arabic programs and/or the courses during the year. We hope the new FAS Dean will support this idea in the service of faculty retention. Waleed Hazbun Director DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Undergraduate program: This Year (2015-16) the enrollment of undergraduate students was similar to that of last year’s, with a total of 200 undergraduate chemistry students Offerings of more lecture sections and laboratory sessions were implemented in order to accommodate the vast number of students. Similarly, many laboratory sessions were made available in morning sessions in addition to the afternoon ones we have always offered. The renovation of the teaching laboratories, i.e.; replacing existing Bunsen burners with heating mantles and replacing the building’s electricity transformer, are in progress. Some changes have been implemented in the undergraduate curriculum. The minor in chemistry requirements has been changed and will be effective in September 2016. Students who intend to minor in chemistry should complete the following requirements: CHEM 201(3). One lab course from the following: CHEM 201L(1) or CHEM 203 (2) or CHEM 209(2) or CHEM 210(2). A minimum of 12 credits from courses selected from at least 3 of the 4 divisions: A: CHEM 215(3); CHEM 219(3); CHEM 234 (3). I: CHEM 228(3); CHEM 229(3). O: CHEM 207(4); CHEM 208(3); CHEM 211(3); CHM 212(3). P: CHEM 217(3); CHM 218(3); PHYS 212(3); [CHEM 204(2) and MECH 310(3)]. Typical choices of minor courses for science majors would be as follows: Biology: 201, 201L/210, 211, 212, 215, 228 (16/17). Physics: 201, 201L/209/210, PHYS 212, 215/217, 208/211/212/228 (16/17). Geology: 201, 201L/209, 208, 215, 228, 229 (16/17). Chemical Engineering: 201, 201L/209, 207, 219, (204 and MECH 310) (16/17). Our Chemistry students have been finding difficulty in Chem 217/218 as they are not taking Math 202 before taking Chem 217/218. A change in the curriculum will be implemented, whereby Math 202 will become a co-requisite or pre-requisite for both Chem 217 and Chem 218 starting September 1 2016. Graduate program: for the MS with emphasis on one of the four following disciplines: Analytical; Inorganic; Organic; Physical. The number of graduate students has been holding steady, at around twenty students in total. The proposal to reinstate the PhD program in the department has been reviewed by the University Board of Graduate studies. The department is currently working on a revised draft to be sent to external reviewers. Other developments: Some minor renovation (electricity outlets and refurbishing cabinets) has been implemented in all research labs. Most of the faculty members received research grants from various internal external funding agencies (URB, KS, Masri Institute, Farouk Jabr, LNCSR, etc). This year the Department welcomed three distinguished speakers: Prof. Hashim El-Hashimi (Duke University); Prof. Tobin Marks (Northwestern University); and Prof. Mustafa El-Sayed (Georgia Tech), in addition to many speakers from the AUB medical school, as well as the chemistry and biology departments. An online TA evaluation has been implemented online with the help of OIRA.
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