São Paulo – The Center for Arab Culture of Esporte Clube Sírio in São Paulo, Brazil, will host on Saturday (23) a lecture on Lebanon with Natalia Calfat, a PhD student in Political Science from the University of São Paulo (USP). The topic will be “Lebanese Politics: Origins and Developments of Confessionalism.” The lecture will start at 4 pm in Sala Palmira. Admission is free. Pictured, Beirut.
Calfat holds a master’s degree in Political Science from USP, and she was a visiting scholar at Harvard University. She’s a researcher in several groups, including USP’s Middle East and Muslim World Study Group. Her subjects of study include international politics and conflict analysis, terrorism, confessionalism and power sharing, post-colonialism in the Middle East, identity, religion, minority veto rights, Lebanon, and case studies. She’s cultural director of the Arab Culture Institute (Icarabe).
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
