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Dr. Ibrahim Kawkabani

Branch 2
  • Rank
    Professor
  • Degree
    PhD
  • Specialization
    Archaeology
  • Major
    Archaeology and History of Art
  • Research Field
    Archaeology – Phoenician and Greek history in the city of Tyre – Ruins of Baalbek

Born in Bekaa, in 1938

 

Scientific Qualifications

  • PhD in Archaeology and History of Art from the University of Sorbonne Paris 1, in 1977.
  • Diploma in Philosophical Studies from the University of Saint Joseph in Beirut (USJ), in 1961.
  • Diploma in Archaeology from the Louvre Institute in Paris, 1961.

Professional Career

  • Teacher-researcher at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences (FLHS) of the Lebanese University (LU), in 1970.
  • Director of dissertations and theses at the FLHS and of the Doctoral School of Letters and Human and Social Sciences (DSLHSS) at the LU.
  • Archaeologist at the General Directorate of Antiquities of the Ministry of Culture in Lebanon.
  • Head of the excavation department at the General Directorate of Antiquities of the Lebanese Ministry of Culture, between 1974 and 1985.
  • Supervisor of archaeological excavations in Baalbek, Saida, Tyre and downtown Beirut, between 1976 and 1983.
  • Former member of the UNESCO Committee for the Memory of the World Program.
  • Head of the UNESCO delegation in Tyre - South Lebanon, in 1978.
  • International expert at ORDINEX.
  • Member of the Berlin Academy of Arts and Letters.
  • Member of the Asian Association in Paris.
  • Author of several books, studies and articles published in local and international scientific journals.