American University of Beirut

Center for Arts and Humanities | CAH

​A space for interdisciplinary research and teaching across the arts and humanities in the heart of Beirut

The Center for Arts and Humanities (CAH) at the American University of Beirut is a space for interdisciplinary research and teaching, which fosters new creative and scholarly initiatives. Drawing on its location in the Arab region, CAH is dedicated to nurturing and building academic and cultural exchange and collaboration between academics, writers, artists, and students. Through participating in the construction of a vibrant intellectual community that crosses disciplinary as well as geographical borders, CAH foregrounds the crucial importance of the arts and humanities for the imagination of more equitable, just, and sustainable futures at a time of increasingly narrowing horizons.

CAH is a member of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) and the Global Humanities Network (GHN).

 Zeina El Khalil, CAH artist in residence, 2019​


Morad Montazami, From the Annual Saleh Barakat Lecture organized by CAH in collaboration with FAAH-2025



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