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AnisEl-MakdisiProgramforLiteratureattheAmericanUniversityofBeirut and TheInstituteofLebaneseThought

atNotreDameUniversity

Present

TheInternationalConferenceon

ThePhilosophyofAmeenRihani

AmeenRihanibyMoustaphaFarroukh,1938,watercoloronbeigepaper,14x20cm,RihaniMuseum,Freike

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ConferenceProgram

DayOne:Wednesday,November23,2016NotreDameUniversity,ZoukMosbeh,AbuKhaterAuditorium

1:30-2:00: ConferenceRegistration

2:00-2:30:OpeningSession NDUAddress: ReverendFatherWalidMoussa,President

AUBAddress: Prof.NaderEl-Bizri,DirectoroftheAnisMakdisiProgramin Literature,andProf.ofPhilosophyatAUBInstituteofLebaneseThought(ILT)Address:

Dr.SalmaAbdallah,memberoftheILTAdvisoryBoard,andAssoc.Prof.ofArabicLiteratureatNDU

2:30-4:00 FirstSession: SpiritualRunways&ReligiousCriticisminRihani’sPhilosophy

Moderator: Prof.NaderEl-Bizri,Prof.ofPhilosophy,AUBParticipants: Prof.Wafa’Cha’rani:TheTendencytoLiberatetheHumanSpirit Prof.SuadHakim:AmeenRihaniBeforeaSufiMirror Dr.NailaAbiNader:ManifestationsofCriticalThought: TheModelofReligiousCriticismDiscussion

4:00-4:20 CoffeeBreak

4:20-5:20 SecondSession: RihanitheVisionary:East-WestDimensionsandthePhilosophyofFreedomand DemocracyinRihani’sThought

Moderator:Prof.GeorgeLabaki,memberoftheILTAdvisoryBoard,andProf.of PoliticalScienceatNDU

Participants: Prof.MariaNikolaeva:PhilosophyofEast&WestinRihani’sJuhan Prof.BatoulYahfoufi:PhilosophicalConfigurationinTheBookof KhalidandtheQuestionoftheRelationship betweenEastandWest Mr.SuheilMatar:Rihani’sPhilosophyofFreedomandDemocracy

Discussion

PresentingModerator:Dr.NadaSaadSaber,DirectorofthePublicRelationsOfficeandCultural Affairs,NotreDameUniversity.

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DayTwo:Thursday,November24,2016–140thAnniversaryofRihani’sBirthNotreDameUniversity,ZoukMosbeh,AbuKhaterAuditorium

9:00-10:30ThirdSession: ThePhilosophyofIdealismandtheRelationshipBetweenthePoetandthe PhilosopherAccordingtoAmeenRihani Moderator: Prof.Moh.AliEl-Oraiby,PresidentoftheLebaneseAssociationof Philosophy Participants: Dr.ChadiRahme:RihaniandtheGermanPhilosophyofIdealism Dr.MayaEl-Hage:ThePhilosophyofIdealismintwotexts:“Inthe SpringofDespair”and“TheMostExaltedProphet” Prof.Moh.Chayya:PoetryandPhilosophyAccordingtoRihani Discussion10:30-12:00 FourthSession: TheImageofPhilosophy&thePhilosophyoftheLandinRihani’sWritings Moderator: Prof.KamalAbouChedid,DeanoftheFacultyofHumanities NotreDameUniversity(NDU) Participants: Prof.Moh.AliEl-Oraiby,ImageofPhilosophyinRihani’sWritings Dr.GeorgeYaraq,LandandtheLebaneseLandinRihani’sThought, InOrdertoClarifytheLebaneseLandmarks Discussion12:00-12:20 CoffeeBreak12:20-1:50FifthSession:AmeenRihani–PhilosophicalandSpiritualPerspectives Moderator: Prof.EdwardAlam,Chairholder,BenedictXVIEndowedChairof Religious,Cultural,andPhilosophicalStudies FacultyofHumanities,NotreDameUniversity Louaize,NDU Participants: Prof.JadHatem:LaCompositionduNomdeDieudans LeLivredeKhaled

Dr.JoeYaacoub:Metamorphoses:aPhilosophical-Spiritual PerspectiveonAmeenF.Rihani

Dr.SavoKaram:Rihani’sAnimism Discussion 1:50-3:00 Lunch Break

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3:00-4:30 Sixth Session: Modern Civilization: A Vision, a Point of View, and a Criticism Moderator: Prof. MouchirAoun:Prof.ofPhilosophyattheLebaneseUniversity Participants: Prof.AsmaChamliHalwani:Rihani,theVisionary:Modern CivilizationandWhereDoWeStand Mr.ToddFine: AmeenRihani's"BuluLand":PrimitiveImaginings andtheCritiqueofCivilization

Dr.DoumitSalameh:Rihani’sCriticismoftheWestRevisited Discussion4:30-4:50 CoffeeBreak4:50-5:50 SeventhSession: RationalismandSocialEvolutioninRihani’sThought Moderator: Prof.Ma’anBouSaber:DeanoftheFacultyofLawandPolitical Science,NDU

Participants: Mr.AntoineMoukarzel:RationalisminRihani’sPhilosophyandthe influenceofDescartes’SystemandKant’s Criticism Dr.SalmaAbdallah:ThePhilosophyofSocialEvolutionandSpiritual ProgressinRihani’snovel:TheLilyofEl-Ghor Dr.TagharideBaydoun:ReformandProgressinRihani’sPhilosophy

DiscussionReminder:

• PleaseberemindedthattheOpeningSessionatAUBwillstartat9:00amsharp.• Makesuretoarriveandparkyourcaraheadoftime.• PleasebringyourConferencefileswithyoutogetherwithyourpersonaltags.

Thankyou.

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DayThree:Friday,November25,2016AmericanUniversityofBeirut,CollegeHall,ConferenceRoomB1

9:00-9:20: OpeningSession AUBAddress: Prof.NaderEl-Bizri AddressoftheInstituteofLebaneseThought:Prof.GeorgeLabaki,Advisory BoardmemberofILT,andProf.ofPoliticalScience,NDU

9:20-10:50 EighthSession: PantheisminRihani’sPhilosophy Moderator: Dr.HayatElEidBualwan,Prof.ofCulturalStudies,AUB Participants: Prof.VictorEl-Kik:PantheisminRihani’sThought Prof.NajiOueijan:PantheisminRihani’sNaturePoetry Dr.NatalieKhouriGharibe:AxisofPantheisminRihani’sPhilosophy Discussion

10:50-11:10 CoffeeBreak

11:10-12:40 NinthSession: ThePhilosophyofNationalCommitment Moderator: Prof.WajihFanous,Prof.ofComparativeLiterature,theLebanese UniversityandtheIslamicUniversity Participants: Prof.Nassif‘Azzi:TheQuestionofArabisminRihani’sPhilosophy AStudyinHisContemporaryThought Dr.AliHamiye:TheNationalistTrendintheRihaniDiscourse Dr.YoussefK.El-Hage:ThePhilosophyofNationalCommitment AccordingtoRihani Discussion

12:40-1:30 Lunch Break 1:30-3:00 TenthSession: ThePhilosophyoftheGreatCityandWesternCivilization Moderator: Prof.LatifZaitouni,Prof.ofModernArabicLiterature,the LebaneseAmericanUniversity(LAU) Participants: Prof.KhanjarHamiye:Rihani’sGreatCityinComparisonwith Al-Farabi’sVirtualCityandPlato’sRepublic Prof.DarejanGardavadze:TowardsaPhilosophicApproachtothe CityofBeirut basedonAmeenRihani’s InnovationofTheGreatCity

Prof.PaulJahshan:AmeenRihani&thePhysiognomiesofCapitalism Discussion

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3:00-3:20 CoffeeBreak3:20-4:50 EleventhSession: RihaniBetweentheNationalTendencyandtheHumanitarianInclination Moderator: Prof.WaddahNasr:Prof.ofPhilosophy,AUB

Participants:Mr.FrancescoMedici:Juhan’sJihadandtheBlondeBeast AmeenRihanibetweenIslamicDoctrineand NietzscheanPerspective

Prof.NijmehHajjar:APioneeringPhilosophyofModernArab Humanism:Rihani’sVisionofUniversalPeace andHumanRights

Prof.AhmadShboul:TheQuestionof"Identity"inRihani'sThought

Discussion

4:50-5:45 Closure:- Conclusionofpresentedpapers:

Dr.HayatEl-EidBualuan,Prof.ofHistoryandHistoricalThought,AUB- Closingquestionsandremarksfromtheaudience.

AcknowledgmentThe Instituteof LebaneseThought and theDepartmentofPhilosophy,Religious andCivilizationStudies atNDU,incollaborationwiththeAnisMakdisiProgramforLiteratureatAUB,wouldliketoextendtheirutmostgratitudeforallparticipantsinTheInternationalConferenceonThePhilosophyofAmeenRihanicomingfrom Australia, The Republic of Georgia, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Russia, and U.S.A., to give theirpresentationseitherinArabic,inEnglish,orFrenchduringtheConferencedaysandevents.TheConferenceorganizers are also ardent in recognizing the efforts of every participating scholar to review his/her finalpaper and get it ready for publicationwithin the conference proceedings that shall be out of the printingpress in the springof 2017. Special thanks go simultaneously to all thosewhogave their time and effort,during awhole year, tomake this Conference a real successful experience. Among those areMs.PaulineNohra,theCoordinatorofILT,andmembersoftheOrganizingCommittee,namely:Prof.GeorgeLabaki,Dr.SalmaAbdallah,Dr.ChadiRahme,Mr.AntoineMoukarzelandMr.TonyNasrallah.