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Dr. Grace El-Homsy

Branch 2
grace.homsy@ul.edu.lb
  • Rank
    Professor
  • Degree
    PhD
  • Specialization
    History of Arts & Archeology
  • Major
    Pottery & Museums
  • Research Field
    Medieval and modern pottery: photos (Maurice Chehab), Saida (Al-Sandikli and College sites), Abu Al-Hassan Castle, Al-Attar Mosque – New Age pottery: Um Al-Amed site and Phoenician tombs in Beirut – Deir Harash Museum

Born in Baabda, 1968

 

Scientific Qualifications

  • PhD in History of Arts & Archeology from the French University of Poitiers in 2009.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in History of Arts & Archeology from the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences at the Lebanese University in 2002.
  • Diploma in Advanced Studies in Islamic-Christian Relations from Saint Joseph University of Beirut in 2000.
  • Diploma in Advanced Studies in the History of Medieval Civilization from the French University of Poitiers in 1999.
  • Bachelor in History of Arts & Archeology from the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences in 1993.

Professional Career

  • Lecturer at the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences in 2010.
  • Promoted to the rank of Professor in 2020.
  • Head of the Department of Arts & Archeology at the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences (Branch 2) between 2019-2023.
  • Representative of the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences (Branch 2) in the Council of Delegates / League of Full-Time Professors at the Lebanese University since 2020.
  • Member of the committee for selecting PhD dissertation projects at the Doctoral School of Literature, Humanities & Social Sciences since 2017.
  • Member of the University Committee in charge of developing archeology programs in the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences between 2020-2021.
  • Former lecturer at Saint Joseph University of Beirut and the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik.
  • Visiting professor at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) in France in April 2022.
  • Curator of the Museum of Archaeology at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik between 2010-2015.
  • Member of the steering committee of the Chair of Phoenician Studies at Saint Joseph University in Beirut since 2023.
  • Founding member of the Lebanese Archaeologists Association since 2024.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Department of Byzantine & Christian Arts in the Middle East / Louvre Museum - Paris since 2022.
  • Associate researcher at the Medieval & Modern Archeology Laboratory of the Mediterranean at Aix-Marseille University in France since 2010.
  • Researcher at the French Institute of the Near East (IFPO) in Lebanon since 2018.
  • Member of the Lebanese-British Friendship Society at the National Museum / Beirut since 2016.
  • Elected member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) 2010-2015.
  • Research assistant at the Archaeological Museum of AUB between 2009-2010.
  • Archaeologist at UNESCO/National Museum in Beirut between 1997-2000.
  • Author of research published worldwide on excavations, pottery, museums and the organization of antiquities exhibition.

 

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