KAFA Research – The Portrayal of Women in History
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The Role of Women in Making History: Towards a Gender Lens
The Lebanese Association for History continued its work within the project “The Role of Women in Creating History/Towards a Gender Lens” through a new workshop that lasted for two days, on February 21 and 22. The workshop, which brought together 14 male and female teachers from both public and private secondary schools, focused on enhancing…
Her History is part of Our History
The first session of the “Her History is Our History” workshop brought together around 30 history teachers from both public and private high schools for an enriching educational experience. Over three days of dynamic activities, participants explored the noticeable absence of women in history curricula and discussed strategies to integrate women’s perspectives into classroom lessons—adding…
Academics for Lebanon
Three years of diligent work with a group of multi-disciplinary Lebanese academics by the Lebanese Association for History, in collaboration with the Swiss Embassy in Lebanon and Syria, culminated in the launch of a newly emerging working group ‘Academics for Lebanon’ on February 27, 2025, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in the Ain el-Mreisseh, Beirut.…
Teaching History in Lebanon: crises and solutions
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History Education at Wartime: Lebanon in Focus
By Nayla Khodr Hamadeh November 2024 Lebanese Association for History Since early September, Lebanon has borne witness to an escalation of war that has wreaked havoc across the country, leading to unprecedented levels of destruction and chaos. With over a million individuals uprooted from their homes and more than three thousand seven hundred lives tragically…
Eye on the Past- Eye on the Future
Capacity Building Program for fostering Historical Thinking and addressing Dealing with the Past in History Education
“9 days of training/4 workshops in addition to 4 remote sessions as part of the program ‘Eye on the Past, Eye on the Future’ presented by the Lebanese Association for History in partnership with Forumzfd (2023-2024). In the final workshop we aimed to enhance historical concepts among the participants, particularly the concept of historical significance,…
Member of Tamkeen training program visited the Lebanese Association for Lebanon
As part of the “Tamkin” training program organized by Citizens_and_Politics Association, a group of 24 trainees visited LAH office on Friday, August 23, 2024, where they got to know the Association and, under the facilitation of Dr. Amin Elias, worked on two stages of Lebanon’s contemporary history: The period between 1920 and 1975, where the…
“Competing and conflicting narratives” workshop
Within its efforts to delve into contested history and ways to address it in history education, LAH hosted Professor Chaden Hani in a workshop on ‘Competing and Conflicting Narratives’ regarding significant events that occurred during the civil war. The workshop provided an opportunity to discuss narratives surrounding the Black Saturday incident, which took place in…