This course examines the dimensions of art in education (schools and universities), in public life (museums and archeological sites), and in the market of cultural property (exhibitions, galleries, auctions). Students will examine a collection of art works from the artistic Lebanese heritage published by the Institute of History.

This course studies the political thought in the Arab world since the period of Renaissance. It considers the papers of the first reformists, those of the contemporary Islamists and tries to reveal the causes of the conflict between the Shiites and the Sunnites in the context of the Arab Spring.

This course shows what really distinguishes history as a scientific discipline by giving equal consideration to both its theoretical foundations and to its practices. Students look at the historic genres which prevail in Europe and in America, and examines the historiographical trends which are apparent in Lebanon and in the bordering countries.

This course approaches, in a critical and analytical way, the themes of Lebanese contemporary history since the establishment of the Emirate of Chehabs until the Doha Agreement. The content of the course is based mainly on primary sources: diplomatic documents, archives of various institutions, manuscripts, periodicals, memoirs, etc.

This course deals with several keys issues in Lebanon, such as: sustainable development, demography, labor and problems related to it, massive urbanization, emigration, the decline of political parties and the trade unions, etc.