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Prof. Georges Kattoura

Deanship

Born in Tebnine, 1945

Scientific Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Tübingen in Germany in 1977;
Diploma in Philosophy from the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Lebanese University in 1971;
Bachelor in Philosophy from the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Lebanese University in 1970.

Professional Career

Lecturer at the Lebanese University since 1977 between the Faculty of Pedagogy, the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences, the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture and the Faculty of Information;
Holder of the rank of Professor in 1987;
Dean of the Faculty of Information of the Lebanese University between 2001 and 2009;
Director of the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences (Branch 5) of the Lebanese University between 1990 and 1999 and Head of the Department of Philosophy for several years;
Head of the doctoral committee at the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences of the Lebanese University, and supervised dozens of PhD dissertations and master theses in the field of philosophy between Lebanon and France;
Former lecturer at the American University of Beirut (AUB);
Worked at the Arab Development Institute – Beirut;
Member of the editorial board of "al-Baheth" magazine between 1980 and 1983;
He worked in the field of translation, and translated to Arabic a number of the most important books, including "Cultural Globalization", "The Sociology of Intellectuals", "The Enlightenment Controversy".
Author of large number of published articles;
Honored by the National Center for Translation in the translator's day activities in 2018.