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Dr. Ḥassan Salameh-Sarkis

Branch 2
  • Rank
    Professor
  • Degree
    PhD
  • Specialization
    Letters & Human Sciences
  • Major
    History of Arts & Archeology
  • Research Field
    Archaeology – History of Art and Religions – Oriental Heritage

Born in Baalbek, 1942

 

Scientific Qualifications

  • State PhD in Letters & Human Sciences from Sorbonne University - Paris 1 in 1978;
  • Merit in the History of Arts & Archeology from Sorbonne University - Paris in 1969;
  • Bachelor of Arts from Sorbonne University - Paris in 1968.

Professional Career

  • Lecturer at the Department of Arts & Archeology at the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences of the Lebanese University in 1973;
  • Head of the Department of Arts & Archeology at the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences (Branch 2) between 1984-1985;
  • Head of several university committees responsible for modifying and developing archeology programs at the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences between 1994-2007;
  • Lecturer at the Faculty of Medical Sciences between 1985-1987;
  • Consultant delegated from the Lebanese University for Scientific and Computational Management for the library of the French Institute for Near Eastern Archeology between 1989-1992;
  • Consultant delegated from the Lebanese University to the University of Balamand to establish the Institute of History, Archeology & Oriental Heritage in 1991;
  • Lecturer in the departments of History, Geography, Archeology and History of Civilizations at the Arab University of Beirut, Saint Joseph University, and the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik;
  • Assistant Professor of Oriental Archeology at the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences in Sorbonne University - Paris between 1968-1969;
  • Archaeologist at the Directorate General of Antiquities of the Ministry of Culture in Lebanon between 1969-1975;
  • Member of the Reading Committee (Berytus) Journal of Archeology at the American University of Beirut in 1986;
  • Member of the Reading Committee in Syria (Journal of Oriental Art & Archeology/French Institute of Near Eastern Archeology) in 1992;
  • Member of the Committee for Reading the Bulletin of Lebanese Archeology & Architecture issued by the Directorate General of Antiquities in 1994;
  • Head of the Underground Studies and Research Group in Lebanon in 1993;
  • Author of several books and research publications specialized in archeology, art history and religions;

 

Passed away in October 2022.