At the American University of Beirut, the Global Humanities Initiative is housed in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Part of AUB since its founding in 1866, FAS aspires to be at the heart of free inquiry in the Middle East and to serve the peoples of Lebanon, the region and the wider world through excellence in teaching, research, and creative endeavour. FAS also houses the Centre for Arts and Humanities, the AUB Theatre Initiative, and departments offering MA programs in Anthropology, Arabic, Archaeology, Art History and Curating, English, History, and Philosophy, and PhD programs in Arabic language and literature and in Arab and Middle Eastern History. Comparative and intercultural research and artistic practice characterizes the diverse international faculty’s work and teaching and will inform AUB’s developing role as the Arab world’s global university, with the inauguration of twin campuses in the Mediterranean and the Arabian Gulf.
