26/06/2012
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Washington DC
At the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a gathering place for leading experts and scholars from around the world, Serageldin gave a speech entitled “Revolution and Rebirth: the View from Alexandria, Egypt”. He spoke about the role of the reborn Library of Alexandria in helping to promote the values of freedom that were at the heart of Egypt’s revolution, and about the challenges facing the Library in the Arab Spring.
25/06/2012
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Washington DC
With special focus on the importance of the gender agenda in the MENA region at this point in time, Serageldin spoke at the forum held at the World Bank by the Gender Economic Research and Policy Analysis (GERPA), entitled Changing Times, Emerging Issues on Gender Equality and Women''s Empowerment in MENA.
05/06/2012
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Washington DC
On the occasion of 150th anniversary of the birth of Jurji Zaidan, the Library of Congress and the Zaidan Foundation held an international conference, open to the public, entitled Jurji Zaidan: His Contributions to Modern Arab Thought and Literature.
23/05/2012
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Alexandria
Al-Hayat, one of the leading daily pan-Arab newspapers, carried the last two of the chapters of Ismail Serageldin’s essay on the Egyptian constitution on 2/3 of a page, in its issue of 23 May 2012.
02/05/2012
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
The American Society of Arts and Sciences has announced the election of Ismail Serageldin as one of its new members. The Academy honors excellence by electing to its membership scholars, artists, scientists, writers and philanthropic leaders of exceptional achievement.
22/04/2012
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Alexandria
In the Great Hall of the Library of Alexandria, Serageldin welcomed worldwide participants to the opening session of the BioVisionAlexandria (BVA) 2012. He introduced the eminent guests and speakers of the sixth international biennial conference: Didier Hoch, CEO, the World Life Sciences Forum, BioVision (France); Koji Omi, Founder and Chairman, Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum (Japan); Romain Murenzi, Executive Director, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World - TWAS (Italy); and Osama El-Fouly, Alexandria Governor (Egypt).
03/02/2012
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Alexandria
Ismail Serageldin and all the staff of the Library of Alexandria offer their condolences to the families of the young people who lost their lives in the tragic events of the football match in Port Said last week. The BA observes three days mourning and shares in the grief of all of Egypt over all the young lives lost.
12/01/2012
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Cairo
The January 6 edition of one of Egypt’s leading daily newspapers, Al-Masry Al-Youm, features an article by Ismail Serageldin titled “Different thinking for the new constitution”. The article covers six issues: Citizenship; Civil Society; Environment; Media; joint management of resources; and nuances in applying concepts. Follow Serageldin’s thoughts on Twitter on these issues.
26/12/2011
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Cairo
At an urgent meeting held at El-Sennary House, Dr. Mohammed El-Sharnoubi, Secretary General of Egypt’s Science Academy, the Institut d’Egypte, announced that Dr. Ibrahim Badran was chosen as the new President of the Academy, and Ismail Seragelin as the Vice President. Serageldin had up to now been a member of the Board of Directors.
30/10/2011
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Tilburg, The Netherlands
At the Nexus Institute in Tilburg, Serageldin addressed a large audience of intellectuals, artists, diplomats, politicians, and other decision-makers, with a lecture entitled “Knowledge and Memory in Alexandria. A Bridge between Islam and Europe”. The lecture was very well received and was followed by a question and answer session with the audience, moderated by Rob Riemen, Founder of the Nexus Institute.
23/10/2011
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Cairo
The BA and Al-Azhar co-organized today a seminar entitled “Cultural Consensus in Light of Al-Azhar Declaration” at the Al-Azhar International Conference Center, Cairo.
12/10/2011
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Geneva
At the two-day Conference on Copyright Documentation and Infrastructure organized by The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), on 13-14 October, Serageldin will deliver a keynote address entitled “Copyright Infrastructure: Enabling the Exercise of Rights and Facilitating the Public Interest”. The meeting is open to the general public and participants will include technology experts, policy developers and legal practitioners.
04/10/2011
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Kyoto
At the STS Forum Eighth Annual Meeting, Serageldin gave a plenary session speech on Food and Population, and also lead a discussion on Regional Climate Change Adaptation in Africa. Since the inauguration of the STS Forum in November 2004, an annual meeting is held on the first Sunday of October every year in Kyoto, Japan, gathering top policymakers, business leaders, scientists, researchers, media leaders and Nobel laureates from all over the world, to address science and technology issues in the 21st century.
14/09/2011
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Venice
Serageldin is invited to speak at the international conference “Improving the Capacity to Assess and to Adapt to Climate Change in Urban Coastal Regions”. Organized by the Venice Water Authority through Consorzio Venezia Nuova with the assistance of Thetis and the Sustainability Solution Institute at the University of California at San Diego, the event brings together experts from around the world to exchange knowledge and discuss the best methods to assess the impact of climate change on coastal urban regions and identify suitable adaptation measures for development.
14/09/2011
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Paris
Serageldin meets tomorrow, 15 September, with the jury committee members of the Chirac Foundation to select a winner for the Chirac Foundation Prize for the Prevention of Conflicts. The selection is to be made after meeting with a committee of experts who propose a list of individuals or institutions that have taken exemplary and urgent action towards prevention of clash in areas of potential conflict.
14/08/2011
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
At the World Library and Information congress held by The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) on “How to fix the World: Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression”, Serageldin gave a lecture entitled “In the Eye of the Storm: The Library of Alexandria and the Arab Spring”.
29/07/2011
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Alexandria
Follow Ismail Serageldin on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/I_serageldin
25/07/2011
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Cape Town
Serageldin followed a very busy schedule in South Africa this week. First on his agenda was a lecture on the morning of 22 July at the University of Johannesburg, “In conversation with Youth. The shape of tomorrow: the seven pillars of knowledge”.
23/07/2011
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Johannesburg
The Nelson Mandela Foundation invited Serageldin to present their Ninth Annual Lecture in Johannesburg . The aim of the lecture was to stimulate dialogue around a range of critical social justice issues. Previous speakers were Presidents Bill Clinton, Thabo Mbeki and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Nobel Laureates Desmond Tutu, Wangari Maathai, Kofi Anan and Muhammad Yunus.
14/07/2011
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Washington DC
Serageldin was invited to be this year’s speaker at the 2nd Annual Malthus Lecture. This is a lecture series organized once a year by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the U.S. Population Reference Bureau. The name of the series refers to the English scholar Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus, known for his theory published in the early 19th century that sooner or later population gets checked by famine and disease.