Professors

Dr. Walid Dakroub

  • Rank
    Assistant Professor
  • Degree
    PhD
  • Specialization
    Fine Arts
  • Major
    Performing Arts & Scenography
  • Research Field
    Scenography – Theater – Puppetry – Visuals in Theater

Born in Beirut, in 1975

 

Scientific Qualifications

  • PhD in Fine Arts/Theatrical Art from Russian State Institute of Performing Arts in 2005.
  • Master in Theatrical Design/Scenography from Russian State Institute of Performing Arts in 1997.

Professional Career

  • Lecturer at the Deanship of the Faculty of Pedagogy of the Lebanese University since 2000 and in the Department of Art Education until 2002.
  • Lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture (Branch 1) in 2005.
  • Head of the Department of Theatre, Film & Television at the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture – Branch 1 between 2017-2021.
  • Head of the Theater Department at the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture – Branch 1 since 2023.
  • Coordinator of the Master in Scenography at the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture between 2013-2015.
  • Representative of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Architecture in the university council since 2021.
  • Member of the admission committee for the entrance competition for directing and scenography of the puppet theater at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in 2017.
  • Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the American University for Culture & Education between 2013-2014.
  • Author of artworks winning local and international awards.
  • Participated in local and international conferences and workshops, and author of a number of research papers on theater, scenography and puppet theatre.