Salah ABOUJAOUDE s.j.

Faculté des sciences religieuses – Professeur

Organisation centrale – Professeur

Bureau du recteur – Professeur

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 5901 salah.aboujaoude@usj.edu.lb

As First Vice-Rector, I participate in several commissions and councils that are responsible for the smooth running of the university and its strategy. As Dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies, I perform the usual duties of this position and teach courses on confessionalism, democracy and religions, the state in Islam, and church and state. I also supervise doctoral students and master's students.

Education

Diplôme	Université	Pays	Année
Phd in cultures and societies in the Arab and Muslim world	Université de Bordeaux-Montaigne	France	2003
Phd in Religious Studies	Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth	Lebanon	2003
DEA in language and thought in the medieval and contemporary Arab and Muslim world	Université de Bordeaux-Montaigne	France	2000
Master in Theology	Centre Sèvres – Facultés jésuites de Paris	France	1998
Bachelor in Philosophy	Centre Sèvres – Facultés jésuites de Paris	France	1994
Bachelor in Theology	Centre Sèvres – Facultés jésuites de Paris	France	1994

Teaching at USJ

Confessionalism,democracy and religions, the state in Islam, as well as church and state.<o:p></o:p>

University teaching outside USJ

Professional experience outside USJ

Professional experience	Organisation	Start date	End date
Dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies	Université Saint-Joseph	03/09/2021
First Vice-Rector	Université Saint-Joseph	03/09/2020
Director of the Institute of Oriental Letters	Université Saint-Joseph	03/09/2012	31/08/2022
Director	Dar el-Machreq House of Edition	01/09/2008	31/08/2020

Areas of expertise

Art, Humanities, Religious Sciences

Research themes

Confessionalismin Lebanon - Democracy and religions - National life - The State in Islam -Church and State - Concepts of political action in Lebanon.<o:p></o:p>

Publications and communications

- The barren years. TheAmbitions of a Democratic Transformation in Lebanon and the Arab World, Darel-Machreq, Beirut, 2018.<o:p></o:p>- TheLost State. The Conditions for Democratic Transformation in Lebanon and theArab World, Dar el-Machreq, Beirut, 2023.<o:p></o:p>- TheNational Identity of Lebanon: Its Confessional Evolution and its Problems, Darel-Machreq, 2008.<o:p></o:p>- TheBirth of Democracy in Lebanon and the Middle East, Dar el-Machreq, 2014.<o:p></o:p>- Le Liban en Turbulence, Dar el-Machreq, 2024.<o:p></o:p>