The American University of Beirut: Arab Nationalism and Liberal Education

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ABCFM. See American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions Abduh, Muhammad, 193n5 Abdulhamid II, 83–84, 210n135, 211n145 Abs, Yusuf, 82 absenteeism, 60 Abu-Chedid, Edma, 101, 115 Abu-Lughod, Lila, 107–108 academic culture, 32 academic freedom, 156–157 accreditation issues, 8 acculturation, 20 acting, 97–98, 100 activism: Arab education and, 6–17; compassionate, 110; political, 189–190; prohibition against, 146, 159, 164, 168; religion as activist pursuit, 64–65; student, 119–151, 157–158, 180–182, 190–192; women’s movement, 108 Ada Dodge Hall, Fig. 4, Fig. 7 Adams, Kathryn Newell, 112–113 Addams, Jane, 63 administration, 1–24, 59–60, 198n71 al-Afghani, Jamal al-Din, 193n5 Aflaq, Michel, 15 “Agitation” (Bliss), 36–37, 201n52 al-Ahliah, 95 ʾ Ajamy, Mary, 108 AJCW. See American Junior College for Women Akrawi, Matta, 126, 130 Akşin, Selçuk, 8 Alexander the Great, 81 Algeria Day, 163–164 Algeria Week, 164 Ali, Muhammad, 7 Al-Jihad Al-Islami (Islamic Jihad or Holy War), 186 American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions (ABCFM), 11, 35 American College for Girls, 211n7 American College for Girls at Constantinople (Constantinople Women’s College), 211n7 American education, 3–6, 29, 127 American idealism, 70 Americanism, 57, 88–89 American Junior College for Women (AJCW), 12, 93, 95, 117, 212n16 American man, 69; making, 68–73 American Museum of Natural History, 32 American Presbyterians, 11, 220n104 American Press, The, 201n67 American Protestantism, 5 American School for Girls (ASG), 93, 212n16 American University Hospital (AUH), 186, 229n16 American University in Cairo (AUC), 12, 220n104 American University of Beirut (AUB), 1–24; accreditation issues, 8; activist legacy, 190; administration, 21, 198n71; as American profitmaximizing institution, 179–180, 229n18; Athletic Department, 223n28; attacks against personnel, 188; campus, 193n9; chair in Arab history, 48; chair in Semitic philology, 48; character building, 56–118, 191–192; Civilization Sequence Program, 54, 194n20; coeducational program, 90–98; Collegiate Department, 21, 50–52; curricular program, 6, 27–35, 50; Department of Biblical Archaeology, 50; Department of Commerce, 50; Department of Psychology, 117; Department of Sociology, 117; deputy presidents, 185; Dorman on, 24; East Beirut campus, 185; faculty, 21, 48–50, 198n71; general education courses, 53–54; governmental control over, 8; greenhouse, 186; as “Guerrilla U,” 151–182; history of, 4–5, 193n9; liberal education system, 22, 183–192; Literary Department, 21; “making men” program, 56–58, 74–82; “making women” program, 109–110; mission of, 4–5; mission statement, 3, 184; motto, 24, 119; name change, 53; nationalization of, 194n21; outreach programs, 185; pedagogical development, 26–27; Index | THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT 242 post-1967 period, 167–180; pro-Arab moves, 137–138; rebuilding, 183–192; religious policy, 72–73; religious requirements, 4–5; religious training, 212n14; role of, 1–2; School of Agriculture, 159; School of Arts and Sciences, 21, 53–54, 91, 93, 100, 160, 165–166, 178; School of Commerce, 53–54, 127; School of Dentistry, 51–54, 91–92; School of Engineering and Architecture, 111, 162–163; School of Medicine, 91–92, 114, 116, 229n16; School of Nursing, 112; School of Pharmacy, 53–54, 91–92; School of Pre-Medicine, 53–54; School of Public Health, 185; Speaker’s Corner, 172; student occupation (1971), 177–178; student occupation (1974), 179; students, 17–21; Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, 189; as symbol of US intervention, 188; textbooks, 47; tuition increases, 179–180; as US government asset, 229n18; women’s education, 110–111; writings and writers, 21–24. See also Syrian Protestant College (SPC); specific buildings American Woman’s Board of Missions, 211n7 Amherst College, 3–4, 26–28, 30–32, 94 Amherst system, 51 “Analysis and Critique of AUB and the [F]orms of Education Present” course, 176 Anchor, 77 Anderson, Rufus, 35 ANM. See Arab Nationalist Movement Aquinas, St. Thomas, 194n20 Arab education, 6–17 Arab faculty, 48–50, 131 Arab history chair, 48 Arab history courses, 47, 122–123, 126 Arabic language and literature, 126–128, 201n67; doctoral programs in, 189; instruction in, 127, 130; language of instruction, 47, 127–128; marginalization of, 46–47 Arabic-language papers, 75 Arabic-language texts, 201n67 Arabic-speaking instructors, 127 Arab identity, 15, 121–129; of students, 20 Arab-Israeli conflict, 171–172, 175 Arab nationalism, 15–16, 48–49, 120–121, 196n52; activating, 140–150; protonationalism, 7; struggle for, 119–150; support for, 128–130, 133–138; al-ʾ Urwa al-Wuthqa articles calling for, 133–138; women and, 138–140 Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM), 129, 218n52...