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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · 10d

خصّص/ي 5 دقائق وشارك/ي في الاستبيان!

بمشاركتك تساهم/ين في:
الكشف عن أبرز التحديات التعليمية والمادية التي يعاني منها الاساتذة نتيجة تفاقم الأزمة الإقتصادية والإجتماعية في لبنان.

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · 21d

في إطار المؤتمر الوطني لإعداد خطة طوارئ دامجة للإعاقة، يؤكد فادي حلبي عبر صوت لبنان: وضعنا خطة طوارئ تحمي ذوي الإعاقة من تداعيات الظروف الأمنية الاستثنائية:

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Sep 5

Cyrine Saab, our researcher at the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS), shares her experience winning the First Prize in the Outstanding Research on Development (ORD) category of the Global Development Award Competition in 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0x4bVppgJI

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Aug 18

How can we address climate change adaptation in education during a time of complex organisational crisis?

Takeaways from ‘Decolonisation, climate and conflict’ @realcentre.bsky.social ’s 10th anniversary conference on 12 June 2025.

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The role of education in decolonisation, climate and conflict: A call to action

This blog post provides key takeaways and insights from the panel discussion on ‘Decolonisation, climate and conflict’ at the REAL Centre’s 10th anniversary conference held on 12 June 2025.

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Jul 1

تقرير جديد يرسم صورة قاتمة لانهيار التعليم في لبنان بين 2011-2025، مع تراجع التعليم الرسمي إلى 22%، انهيار المهني والجامعي، تسرب آلاف التلامذة، وتفشي التعاقد والهشاشة بين 65 ألف معلم ومعلمة، رغم مليارات الدعم، ما يكشف إخفاقًا بنيويًا يتطلب إصلاحًا جذريًا.

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Jun 18

Last chance to register!

Join us at the conference Politics of Knowledge, Power, and the Struggle for Academic Futures as we examine education in times of war, displacement, and inequality.

June 19–20
On site & Online

https://shorturl.at/JmQny
#RefugeeWeek #AcademicFutures

Politics of Knowledge, Power, and the Struggle for Academic Futures: Higher Education and Schooling Amidst War and Displacement - CLS

19-20 June 2025 (In person in Cambridge, UK, and Beirut, Lebanon (hybrid) Venues UK: Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Site, 5 Cranmer Road, Cambridge, CB3 9BL, UK Lebanon: Crowne Plaza Hamra Main Street, Beirut, Lebanon Please register: – Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7gDLUcwQRdetgWxYR9b3gw – On-site: Please send an email to [email protected] and mention “On-site UK”…

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Jun 18

انضموا إلينا في مؤتمر "سياسات المعرفة والسلطة والنضال من اجل مستقبل أكاديمي: التعليم العالي والمدرسي في ظل الحرب والتهجير

١٩-٢٠ يونيو
حضوريا وعبر الإنترنت في المملكة المتحدة ولبنان

للتسجيل الآن:
https://shorturl.at/VujsE

#AcademicFutures #مستقبل_أكاديمي #RefugeeWeek

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Jun 12

هذا الحدث هو جزء من المؤتمر سياسات المعرفة والسلطة والنضال من اجل مستقبل أكاديمي
19 و 20 تموز (حضوريًا وعن بعد)

سجلوا الآن:
https://shorturl.at/CMkkS

#AcademicFutures #مستقبل_أكاديمي #RefugeeWeek

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Jun 12

This event is part of the upcoming conference, "Politics of Knowledge, Power, and the Struggle for Academic Futures.”
June 19 - 20 Online and On-site in Beirut and Cambridge

Register now:
https://shorturl.at/RqLmd

#RefugeeWeek #AcademicFutures

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Jun 6

هل أنت/ِ من طلاب الشهادة الثانوية في لبنان؟
ندعوك للمشاركة في استبيان قصير (٤ دقائق) لفهم واقعكم وتحدياتكم في تقديم الإمتحانات الرسمية وسط الأزمات المتواصلة.

رابط الاستبيان:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/stonl1

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Jun 5

هل أنت/ِ من طلاب الشهادة الثانوية في لبنان؟
ندعوك للمشاركة في استبيان قصير (٤ دقائق) لفهم واقعكم وتحدياتكم في تقديم الإمتحانات الرسمية وسط الأزمات المتواصلة.

رابط الاستبيان:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/stonl1

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Jun 4

طلاب الترمينال في لبنان: نريد ان نسمع منكم!
شاركوا في هذا الاستبيان القصير (٤ دقايق) لنفهم تحدياتكم بالإمتحانات الرسمية وسط الأزمات المتراكمة

رابط الاستبيان:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/stonl1

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Jun 3

طلاب الترمينال في لبنان: نريد ان نسمع منكم!
شاركوا في هذا الاستبيان القصير (٤ دقايق) لنفهم تحدياتكم بالإمتحانات الرسمية وسط الأزمات المتراكمة

رابط الاستبيان:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/stonl1

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Jun 2

هل يمكن إصلاح تعليم اللاجئين دون تفكيك أسسه الاستعمارية؟

انضموا إلى زينة زكريا، فرانسين مناسي، أميرة أحمد، تكلهايمنوت ولدميخائيل وسرين صعب
١٩–٢٠ حزيران
https://shorturl.at/yBLoH

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Jun 2

Can refugee education truly be transformed without decolonizing the foundations of aid & knowledge production?

Join Z. Zakharia, F. Menashy, A. Ahmad, T. Weldemichel, C. Saab & others
June 19–20
https://shorturl.at/EnvON

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · May 29

We just wrapped up our PhD retreat on Theorising in PhD Research at @camedfac.bsky.social
two days of powerful conversations on theory, lived experience & decolonising knowledge. Grateful to all who joined us!
@homertoncollege.bsky.social
@realcentre.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · May 27

25 years of Education in Emergencies—time for a reckoning?

Has it met children’s needs in crisis, or are we stuck in a broken aid system?

Share your thoughts and Join Faiza Hassan, Rouba Mhaissen & Mohammad Hammoud
on June 19–20
https://shorturl.at/tU3NB

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · May 26

بعد ٢٥ سنة على التعليم في الطوارئ—هل حان وقت المراجعة؟

هل لبّى حاجات الأطفال في الأزمات أم أنه نظام معطوب منذ البداية؟

انضموا إلى فايزة حسن، ربى محيسن، ومحمد حمود
١٩–٢٠ حزيران
https://shorturl.at/BFdW5

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Apr 16

How does legal status shape refugee children’s ability to learn in a new language? Based on experiences of Syrian refugee students in Lebanon, Türkiye & Australia, there is a need for holistic, policy-informed solutions — not one-size-fits-all fixes.

Determinants of refugee children’s language comprehension difficulties: Evidence from Lebanon, Türkiye and Australia - CLS

by Mohammad Hammoud, Ola Al Samhoury, Maha Shuayb & Maurice Crul This article examines the determinants of Syrian refugee students’ language comprehension difficulties in Lebanon, Türkiye and Australia, three host countries offering refugees different types of legal status (short-term, medium-term and long-term legal settlement). To understand the influence of legal status and its corresponding educational paradigm on the difficulties…

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Apr 10

How can we decolonize education in times of war and displacement?
Join Politics of Knowledge, Power & the Struggle for Academic Futures — Jun 19–20 in Cambridge and Beirut
Register now:

Politics of Knowledge, Power, and the Struggle for Academic Futures: Higher Education and Schooling Amidst War and Displacement - CLS

19-20 June 2025 (In person in Cambridge, UK, and Beirut, Lebanon (hybrid) Venues Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Site, 5 Cranmer Road, Cambridge, CB3 9BL, UK Beirut, Lebanon (Venue to be confirmed) Please register here. Organisers – Centre for Lebanese S...

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Apr 9

With over 43 million refugees worldwide, ensuring access to lifelong learning is more urgent than ever. Jáfia Câmara critically examines how education systems, shaped by colonial legacies and austerity, often reproduce exclusion.

Read the article here:

Towards critical, anti-colonial and anti-racist education in national and global contexts - CLS

The fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4) of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”. With over 122.6 million people worldwide forcibly displaced, and the number of refugees globally reaching 43.7 million by mid-2024, focusing on the importance of refugees accessing lifelong learning…

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Apr 7

قدّم/ي الآن على هذه الفرصة المميزة لتحسين مهارات تقديم الابحاث وتعزيز تأثير أعمالك البحثية!

الموعد النهائي للتقديم: 20 نيسان/أبريل!

للمزيد من المعلومات والتقديم، الرجاء زيارة الرابط التالي:
https://lebanesestudies.com/events/call-for-applications-presenting-research-to-external-audiences/

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Apr 7

Apply now for this amazing opportunity to refine your presentation skills and strengthen the impact of your academic work
Deadline 20 April!
More info and application here: https://lebanesestudies.com/events/call-for-applications-presenting-research-to-external-audiences/

Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Apr 2

This book critically unpacks how "vulnerability" is defined, used, and sometimes weaponized in asylum laws & policies
When does invoking "vulnerability" help & when does it harm?
A must-read for anyone working on migration, law, or humanitarianism:

Between Protection and Harm: Negotiated Vulnerabilities in Asylum Laws and Bureaucracies - CLS

Editors: Luc Leboeuf, Cathrine Brun, Hilde Lidén, Sabrina Marchetti, Delphine Nakache, Sylvie Sarolea This open access book dissects the current narratives of ‘vulnerability’ in asylum laws and policies, by unpacking the meanings, productions, and performances, of ‘vulnerability’ in different contexts, from countries of first asylum in the Global South to Europe and Canada. It discusses…

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · Mar 28

Jáfia Naftali Câmara explores what it means to practice ethical research beyond ticking boxes — centring the voices of young refugees navigating England’s education system.

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Relational ethics of care in research with young people: reflections from a study with young refugees and their families - CLS

This article presents reflections on research ethics beyond the boundaries of procedural requirements. It focuses on a doctoral study investigating how young refugees encountered England’s education system and discusses the relational ethics approach adopted throughout the research. A critical eth...

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