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Prof. Christiane Sfeir

Branch 2
christiane.sfeir@ul.edu.lb
  • Rank
    Professor
  • Degree
    PhD
  • Specialization
    Architecture
  • Major
    Historical, Political & Cultural Geography

Born in Achrafieh, 1960

 

Scientific Qualifications

  • PhD in Historical, Political & Cultural Geography from Paris-Sorbonne University, France in 2013;
  • Master in Landscape Design & Natural Sites from the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture of the Lebanese University in 2008;
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture from the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture of the Lebanese University in 1985.

Professional Career

  • Lecturer at the Faculty of Agronomy and the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture of the Lebanese in 2007;
  • Director of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture of the Lebanese since 2021;
  • Head of the Department of Architecture at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture (Branch 2) of the Lebanese University since 2017;
  • Head of the Department of Master in Landscape & Landscape Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture of the Lebanese University between 2012 and 2018;
  • Coordinator of the Masters of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture at the Lebanese University since 2011;
  • Member of the Center for Studies and Research Development and Planning (CERDA) of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture of the Lebanese University since 2009;
  • Supervisor and rapporteur of a number of PhD dissertations at the Doctoral School of Humanities & Social Sciences and the Doctoral School of Science & Technology of the Lebanese University in partnership with the University of Poitiers, Gustave Eiffel University and the Higher National School of Landscape (E.N.S.P.), Versailles;
  • Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Arts & Design at Notre Dame University (NDU) and the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at the American University of Technology (AUST);
  • Founder of APPEL (Pluri-disciplinary Landscape Workshop on Local Space), an annual academic studio focused on developing rural landscapes;
  • Author of the book "Religion and Geography in Beirut" in 2014 and co-author of "Landscapes and Images in Countries in Complex Crises" in 2019;
  • Author of dozens of published scholarly papers and articles focusing on the political landscape and religious geography.