30/01/2011
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Alexandria
The world has witnessed an unprecedented popular action in the streets of Egypt, led by Egypt’s youth with their justified demands for more freedom, more democracy, lower prices for necessities and more employment opportunities. Youth demanded immediate and far-reaching changes. This was met by violent conflicts with the police, who were routed.
21/01/2011
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Paris
As Chairman of the Executive Council of the World Digital Library (WDL), Serageldin convened with the members of the Council for a meeting held in Paris on 21 January 2011.
18/01/2011
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Washington DC
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS), in Washington DC, has selected Ismail Serageldin to be the 2011 recipient of their most prestigious award: the Public Welfare Medal. The award goes to Serageldin in high regard of his attempts to combat hunger in developing countries, and in recognition of his tireless efforts to re-establish the importance of science in the Arab and Muslim world.
10/01/2011
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Alexandria
As part of the Al-Masry Al-Youm’s Green Profile series, in which prominent figures are interviewed on pressing environmental issues, Hoda Baraka, editor of the newspaper’s environment page, spoke to Ismail Serageldin about increasing concerns over water availability and management.
03/01/2011
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Paris
Elected by the fifty-two professors of Collège de France and officially appointed by President Sarkozy, as Professor to the International Chair Savoirs contre pauvreté (Knowledge Against Poverty), for the academic year 2010-2011, Serageldin gave his inaugural lecture to a very large audience last November, and returns this week to Collège de France to give a course of lectures over the month of January.
22/12/2010
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Gothenburg
The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg has elected Ismail Serageldin to be a Foreign Member of the Society. Established in 1778 in Gothenburg, Sweden, The Royal Society’s primary mission is to promote scientific research and support higher education
08/12/2010
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Alexandria
As a board member of the Suzanne Mubarak Women‘s International Peace Movement. (SMWIPM), Ismail Serageldin is invited to take part in the Luxor International Forum End Human Trafficking Now: Enforcing the UN Protocol, which is organized by End Human Trafficking Now!(EHTN!) and United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking(UN.GIFT)...
04/12/2010
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Accra
In a grand ceremony held in the State House, Accra, Ghana’s Excellence Awards Foundation awarded Serageldin the Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize. The celebration was attended by HE President John Atta Mills of Ghana, HE Vice President John Dramani Mahama, and HRH Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, King of Ashanti, the biggest tribe in Ghana.
18/11/2010
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Paris
As Professor to the International Chair Savoirs contre pauvreté (Knowledge Against Poverty), at Collège de France, Paris, Serageldin gave his inaugural lecture on Thursday, 18 November. Drawing large audience, the lecture held in the amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre was very well-received, and another hall was opened to accommodate the large numbers.
05/11/2010
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Paris
Serageldin met today with the jury committee members of the Chirac Foundation to select a winner for the Chirac Foundation Prize for the Prevention of Conflicts.
27/10/2010
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Chicago
Knowledge Beyond Books: the Case of the New Library of Alexandria is the title of the lecture that Ismail Serageldin will be giving today at the University of Chicago, at 4:30 pm (CDT).
21/10/2010
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Alexandria
Ismail Serageldin has finally written up a first version of his extremely well-received lecture delivered at the NSF on September 21, 2010. Earlier versions had been delivered as lectures at Harvard (2009) and then at the Supreme Council of Culture in Egypt (February 7, 2010) and then at the Egyptian Academy of Science, as the special Okasha lecture in Cairo (1st of July 2010)
20/10/2010
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Alexandria
The Cairo Salon TV Show, presented by Ismail Serageldin, devotes an episode to Animation Films. The first part will be aired on Channel One on Friday, 22 October 2010, at 8:30 pm.
04/10/2010
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Kyoto
Always a valuable member of the Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum Annual Meetings, Serageldin this year chaired a plenary session on Food, Nutrition and Population. At special adjunct sessions, Serageldin also lent effective contribution as rapporteur to the plenary meetings held on Adaptation to the Natural and Social Impacts of Regional Climate Change.
23/09/2010
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Gothenburg
At the Gothenburg Book Fair, which this year focused on Africa, Serageldin gave a lecture presenting the role of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in reviving the essence of its ancient counterpart by acting as a modern day centre for scholarship, culture and free speech, and as a platform for dialogue between cultures and peoples.
21/09/2010
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Washington DC
The National Science Foundation (NSF) advisory committee for International Science and Engineering, of which Serageldin is a member, convened this week for a two-day meeting. At the end of the conference, Serageldin gave a distinguished lecture to the NSF members and the public on The Seven Pillars of the New Knowledge Revolution...
09/09/2010
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Paris
The President of the Republic of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, issued a decree on 7 September 2010, appointing Serageldin in Collège de France, as Professor to the International Chair Savoirs contre pauvreté (Knowledge Against Poverty), for the academic year 2010-2011.
04/09/2010
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Stockholm
Serageldin was invited to be the first speaker at the 1st Global Water Partnership (GWP) Annual Lecture at the closing session of the 2010 Consulting Partners Meeting of the GWP, held on the theme of Exploring the Role of Water Security in Regional Economic Development.
13/08/2010
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Gothenburg
At the World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, in a session tackling the transition from classical censorship to restriction of freedom of access on the Internet, Serageldin gave a keynote speech about the evolution of censorship in a digital age.