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Sofia University in Bulgaria Awards Honorary Doctorate to BA Director

Sofia University in Bulgaria held an award ceremony to celebrate awarding  Dr. Ismail Serageldin, the Director of the BA, its honorary doctorate, as well as the Saint Kliment Ohridski Medal of Honor. Dr. Serageldin was invited by the university rector to give a lecture titled “The Use and ...

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Disaster Management Planning in Libraries, Museums, and Archives

The Disaster Management Planning in Libraries, Museums, and Archives Conference was held at the BA on 23 and 24 October. The conference was organized by the BA under the theme “Our Heritage at Risk: Challenges and Responses” and mainly focused on disaster management and cultural heritage in the ...

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EOL Receives One Million Dollar Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)

The Smithsonian Institution has announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the International Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Project, a project in which the BA is an integral partner, a one million dollar grant. The grant aims to establish a cooperation between EOL, IBM, and ...

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BA Manuscript Museum Visits 57357 Hospital

In light of its adoption and implementation of the Art Therapy initiative, the BA Manuscript Museum organized a visit to the Children's Cancer Hospital 57357 on 25 October. The visit aimed to conduct a workshop the hospital, titled “Get to Know the Ancient Library of Alexandria”. The workshop ...

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BA Organizes the 2016 Hassan Fathi Award Ceremony

The BA is organizing the the award ceremony of the 2016 Hassan Fathi Award for Architecture, which is set to take place on Wednesday, 2 November 2016. The BA will also inaugurate the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President’s Medals Award Exhibition 2015 alongside the award ceremony. ...

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