31/05/2010 |
Lebanon will host the 2010 Meeting of the Scientific Board of Oasis
70 scholars, professors and religious leaders, from all over the world will debate on
“Education between Faith and Culture: Christian and Muslim Experiences in Dialogue”
Conference venue:
Foyer Notre Dame du Mont / Sayyidat al-Jabal
Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family
Jounieh
http://www.nddm.org/
The annual meeting of the Scientific Board of Oasis, the International Foundation established in 2004 by Cardinal Angelo Scola, the Patriarch of Venice, and present in many parts of the world thanks to its international network, will take place in Beirut on the coming 21st of June.
The mission of the Oasis Foundation is the promotion of mutual knowledge and understanding between Christians and Muslims.
The theme chosen for the 2010 meeting is the natural development of the debates, exchanges and researches of the previous years: Venice 2009 (Interpreting traditions in the age of métissage), Amman 2008 (Religious Freedom: An asset for every society) Venice 2007 (The métissage), Cairo 2006 (Fundamental Rights and Democracies), Venice 2005 (Unity in diversity).
Oasis runs different instruments: a biannual and plurilingual magazine, a monthly newsletter, two series of books, a website....
For more information please refer to www.oasiscenter.eu and the attached file.
The programme of the meeting
Monday June 21
Morning session (9.30-13.15)
9.30-9.40: Welcome address - Dr. Martino Diez, Director of Research – Oasis Foundation
9.40-10.00: Opening address - H.B. Em. Card. Nasrallah Sfeïr, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites
Interventions:
10.00-10.20: H.Em. Card. Angelo Scola, Education as Paideia: A Proposal for our Time
10.20-10.40: H.E. Minister Tareq Mitri, Education and Interreligious Dialogue.
10.40-11.10: Prof. Robert W. Hefner, Madrassas : The Test of Modernity
11.10-11.30: Break
11.30-11.50: Prof. Sheykh Ridwan al-Sayyed, Ulema Training: Continuity and Reform
11.50-12.10: Prof. Sheykh Hani Fahs, Knowledge, Wisdom and Education - a Shiite Perspective
12.15-13.15: Discussion
13.30-14.30: Buffet
Afternoon session (15.00-18.30)
15.00-15.20: H.Em. Card. Jean-Louis Tauran, Christians and Muslims facing the Educative Challenge
15.20-15.40: Prof. Hicham Nashabe, Sunnite Educational Institutions in Lebanon: The Makassed
15.40-16.00: Prof. Antoine Messarra, Education between Communitarism and National Identity Building
16.00-16.20: Break
16.20-16.40: Prof. F. Selim Daccache sj, The Lebanese Educative System
16.40-17.00: Rev. F. Marwan Tabet ml, Catholic Schools in the Middle East
17.00-17.20: Prof. Mohammed Samaha, Shiite Educative Institutions in Lebanon
17.30-18.30: Discussion
Keynote speakers (in alphabetical order):
Ridwan al-Sayyed, Professor of Islamic Studies at the Lebanese University, former Co-editor of the journal al-Ijtihad
Selim Daccache, Dean of the Faculty of Religious Sciences – University Saint-Joseph of Beirut
Hani Fahs, Member of the High Shiite Council of Lebanon
Robert W. Hefner, Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA) at Boston University
Antoine Messarra, Member of the Lebanese Constitutional Council
Hicham Nachabe, President of the Lebanese Islamic University al-Makassed
Mohammed Samaha, General Secretary – the League for the Islamic Religious Teaching
Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice, President of the Oasis International Foundation
Tareq Mitri, Minister of Information - Lebanon, Former Visiting Lecturer – Harvard Divinity School
Marwan Tabet, General Secretary of the Catholic Schools in Lebanon
Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
Notes:
Please confirm your partecipation by email (oasis@fondazioneoasis.org) supplying your name and the name of your journal by the coming 15th of June.
For more details, please contact Mrs. Maria Laura Conte, mlconte@patriarcatovenezia.it, tel +39 347 1589822.
Press Release
Monday June 21st Program
Morning session (9.30-13.15)
9.30-9.40: Welcome address - Dr. Martino Diez, Director of Research – Oasis Foundation
9.40-10.00: Opening address - H.B. Em. Card. Nasrallah Sfeïr, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites
Interventions:
10.00-10.20: H.Em. Card. Angelo Scola, Education as Paideia: A Proposal for our Time
10.20-10.40: H.E. Minister Tareq Mitri, Education and Interreligious Dialogue
10.40-11.10: Prof. Robert W. Hefner, Madrassas : The Test of Modernity
11.10-11.30: Break
11.30-11.50: Prof. Sheykh Ridwan al-Sayyed, Ulema Training: Continuity and Reform
11.50-12.10: Prof. Sheykh Hani Fahs, Knowledge, Wisdom and Education - a Shiite Perspective
12.15-13.15: Discussion
13.30-14.30: Buffet
Afternoon session (15.00-18.30)
15.00-15.20: H.Em. Card. Jean-Louis Tauran, Christians and Muslims facing the Educative Challenge
15.20-15.40: Prof. Hicham Nashabe, Sunnite Educational Institutions in Lebanon: The Makassed
15.40-16.00: Prof. Antoine Messarra, Education between Communitarism and National Identity Building
16.00-16.20: Break
16.20-16.40: Prof. F. Selim Daccache sj, The Lebanese Educative System
16.40-17.00: Rev. F. Marwan Tabet ml, Catholic Schools in the Middle East
17.00-17.20: Prof. Mohammed Samaha, Shiite Educative Institutions in Lebanon
17.30-18.30: Discussion
Conference Venue:
Foyer Notre Dame du Mont / Sayyidat al-Jabal (Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family)
Jounieh, www.nddm.org
