Professors

Dr. Issam Obeid

  • Rank
    Assistant Professor
  • Degree
    PhD
  • Specialization
    Interior Architecture
  • Major
    Advertising Arts

Born in: Tripoli, 1969

 

Scientific Qualifications

  • PhD in Art & Art Sciences from the Doctoral School of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences at the Lebanese University in 2021;
  • Master in Interior Architecture from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in 1996;
  • Diploma in Advertising Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture at the Lebanese University in 2001.

Professional Career

  • Lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture (Branch 3) in 2004;
  • Director of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture (Branch 3) between 2018-2021 and as of March 2024;
  • Teaching Staff Representative at the Faculty Council of the FFAA between 2013-2017 and 2021-2024;
  • Head of the Department of Advertising, Graphic Arts & Visual Communication at the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture (Branch 3) between 2006-2013;
  • Member of the Bachelor and Master degree course description committee at the FFAA between 2007-2015;
  • Member of the Advertising Arts Curriculum Development Committee for the Bachelor's degree at the FFAA between 2007-2015;
  • Member of the committee for the development of the Bachelor and Master of Interior Architecture programs at the FFAA in 2008;
  • Coordinator of the scientific committee in charge of studying the curricula and preparing equations for the specialization of advertising arts and visual communication at the FFAA between 2010-2014;
  • Member of the Degree Classification Committee at the FFAA since 2023;
  • Secretary of the Research and Sustainable Development Center in Tripoli between 2010-2022;
  • Managing Editor of the Tripoli Research and Sustainable Development Center's peer-reviewed journal since 2013;
  • Author of papers published in Arabic in peer-reviewed journals related to Visionary Mirror and Image: Between the literary image and the artistic image; the image of desire towards the fulfillment of the perceived self; advertising visual discourse.