Shayya,Mohammad

- Lebenese meeting of philosophy teachers, - Arab philosophy society, - Arab Sociology Society, - Lebanese union of writers, - Arab organization of translators

-ncurrently, teaching:, contmporary Lebanese and Arab Thought, Middle East cultures, Methodology, Directing Master and Ph.D theses, involved in achieving a major project about: "A comparative statistical study about the recent difficulties of philo.profession at Lebanese and Arab universities"

- the condition and future prospects of Philosophy. as a profession and a job, in Lebanon and Arab countries, - the interculuralism of ME cultures and religions, - Simplifying approaching philosophy

- 1973 master graduate on General philosophy - 1973-77 teacher vof philosophy at Secondary schools - Ph.d. on modern philosophy - 1977- full time assistant then full professor of philosophy at Lebanese University - Author and Translator( in Arabic and English) - Coordinator andco-author of the new curriculum of " philosophy and civilazation" branch of Lebanese Bac.(secondary degree)

Thomas C. Hilde

Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA), American Philosophical Association (APA), Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT), Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP), UNESCO Global Ethics Observatory

Pragmatic Cosmopolitanism: Reconstructing Institutions between Philosophy and Policy. Forthcoming., Editor, Pragmatism and Globalization (Rodopi), Editor, On Torture (Johns Hopkins University Press), Venezuela exchange project, Various papers and book chapters on philosophy and public policy

Philosophy, Public policy, International relations, Environmental ethics and policy, Development ethics and policy, Political theory, Globalization, Torture, Ethics, Human rights, Legitimacy, Accountability, Pragmatism, Democracy, Community, Travel

Tom Hilde teaches and writes in the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy. He is the editor of The Agrarian Roots of Pragmatism, and the forthcoming Pragmatism and Globalization (Rodopi) and On Torture, as well as a monograph on cosmopolitanism.