Past Events

 Al-Bustan is pleased to bring together visual artist Kevork Mourad and composer Kinan Abou-afach in a collaborative project of original compositions, a reflection on their memories of Damascus and its rich history.

A symposium jointly hosted by The African American Museum in Philadelphia, the Friends of Independence National Historical Park, Independence National Historical Park, The Library Company of Philadelphia and University of Delaware. Targeted towards K-12 educators in schools and other learning environments, this symposium encourages creative thinking beyond the traditional classroom setting. The focus will be on sharing multiple techniques to motivate students to understand and discuss complex historical events. Educators will have the opportunity to hear both from their peers as well as from specialists across the many disciplines that interact with history/social studies education.

One of the most influential English gardens of the twentieth century, Hidcote Manor Garden was the first garden taken on by the British National Trust, which spent millions of pounds on its restoration. The work included researching the original vision of the garden’s enigmatic creator, the American Lawrence Johnston. Glyn Jones, current head gardener at Hidcote, has made it a personal mission to discover as much as possible about Johnston to reveal how he set about creating a garden that has inspired designers all over the world.

Speaker Charles Edel of U.S. Naval War College holds a Ph.D. in History from Yale University. Awarded a Henry A. Luce Scholarship, he worked at Peking University’s Center for International and Strategic Studies, where he taught courses on American politics and foreign policy. Previously, he served as a political and counterterrorism analyst for the U.S. government, a research associate at the Council of Foreign Relations, and a history teacher at Middle College High School in New York.

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Club at Wharton, and the Arab and Middle Eastern student body, are pleased to welcome you to Wharton’s second annual MENA Business Conference taking place at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on Saturday, February 16, 2013.

Join California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom as he discusses his newly released book, Citizenville: Connecting People and Government in the Digital Age —a guide for how ordinary citizens can use technology and social media to transform American democracy.

Join GIC at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia as they welcome Richard Vague, President of the Governor’s Woods Foundation and Managing Partner, Gabriel Investments and Steve Clemons, Washington Editor-At-Large, the Atlantic and Senior Fellow at the American Strategy Forum at the New American Foundation, for a discussion on the findings from their recent paper, “How to Predict the Next Financial Crisis”.

A 2,000 year old mosaic, discovered in Lod, Israel, in 1996, will be exhibited in the Penn Museum as its final US destination. The mosaic, believed to have been commissioned by a Roman official around 300 CE, is one of the best-preserved ever found. It was discovered in 1996 during highway construction in Lod, and excavated fully in 2009 in three panels, which will be on display at the Penn Museum.

As the Year of the Dragon comes to a close, usher in the Year of the Snake with the second annual Flower Market. As is customary in Chinese tradition, households welcome in the New Year with fresh flowers, treats and lucky red keepsakes.