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Dr. Mohamad Shayya

Deanship
  • Rank
    Professor
  • Degree
    PhD
  • Specialization
    General Philosophy
  • Major
    Philosophical Literature
  • Research Field
    Philosophical Literature - Methodology of Thinking and Rules of Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences - Globalization - Secularism in the Arab National Project - Dialogue, Democracy, and Civil Society

Born in Aley, 1950

 

Scientific Qualifications

  • PhD/First Class in Philosophy from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in 1977.
  • Diploma in General Philosophy in English in 1973.
  • Teaching Bachelor Degree in General Philosophy in English from the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Lebanese University in 1972.

Professional Career

  • Lecturer at the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences (Branch 1) of the Lebanese University in 1977 and in Branch 4 in 1980.
  • Dean of the Institute of Social Sciences of the Lebanese University between 1996-2000.
  • Director of the Institute of Social Sciences (Branch 1) between 1988-1993.
  • Dean of the Faculty of Tourism & Hospitality Management between 2000-2005.
  • Coordinator of the Lebanese University Law Review Committee commissioned by the university council between 2002-2003.
  • Member of the Curriculum Modernization & Development Committees at the Institute of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management for several years.
  • Supervisor and rapporteur for PhD dissertations at the Doctoral School of Literature, Humanities & Social Sciences.
  • Visiting professor at a number of Arab, European and Asian universities.
  • Lecturer at the Command and Staff College of the Lebanese Army.
  • Founder of the project to shift from intensive tourism to eco-tourism in Lebanon based on his book "Eco-tourism in Lebanon - a field study" in 2004.
  • Contributed to the design and organization of tourism and hotel management teaching programs in a number of Arab institutes and universities.
  • Head of the Arab Thought Team at the Arab Development Institute / Beirut in 1987, 1988 and 1989.
  • Member of the Lebanese Writers Union and Assistant Secretary-General between 1990-1992.
  • Member of the Committee for the Reorganization of Higher Education in Lebanon in 2003.
  • Member of the Committee for the New Educational Structure in Lebanon / Educational Center for Research & Development in 1997.
  • Lecturer in a number of specialized conferences in Lebanon and in Arab and European countries.
  • Member of the Sheikh Zayed Translation Award Judging Committee in the UAE for the year 2014.
  • Editor-in-chief of the Lebanese "Al-Doha" magazine.
  • Author of publications and translated works and dozens of research papers published in specialized scientific journals.