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December 15, 2014: Abstracts of about 400 words in Arabic or English

January 10, 2015: Abstract decisions announced

April 30, 2015: Full papers for those interested in submitting their papers for publication

Abstracts in either English or Arabic of about 400 words, outlining the question or argument to be

explored, should be sent to Dr. Ramez Maluf at media.religion@balamand.edu.lb. Full panels will

also be considered.

Registration Fee: $180 - paid during Registration on May 5 or 6, 2015

$80 graduate students

Limited funds are available to assist with accommodation or registration.

Participants will be the guests of the University during lunch and coffee breaks, and visitors from

abroad will have the opportunity to visit the ancient city of Byblos, as well as the Lebanese capital,

Beirut.

Participants at the conference will have a variety of choices for accommodation near the Balamand

campus. As the conference date approaches, specific locations and rates will be posted.

The University of Balamand is a private university founded by the Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV of

Antioch in 1988 that adopts a non-denominational approach to education and admission policy. Its

beautiful main campus, set on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean in the northern Koura region, is

the largest contiguous campus in Lebanon. The University has other campus in Lebanon, including

one in Sin el Feel, which houses the majority of the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, another

neighboring Saint George Hospital in Ashrafieh, which houses the faculty for medicine and medical

sciences, and a third in Souk el Gharb.