Elie YAZBEK

École doctorale sciences de l'homme et de la société – Professeur

Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques – Professeur

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 5452 elie.yazbek@usj.edu.lb

Elie Yazbek is the director at the Doctoral school for human and social sciences (EDSHS) at Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon. He was director of the « Institute of theatrical, audiovisual and cinematographic studies» (IESAV) in the same university from 2011 till 2020.He is a professor and teaches multiple courses (directing, film theory…). He also directs seminars in Finland, France, Greece and is a guidance counselor at the Institut des métiers du cinéma (ISMA) in Benin, one the leading audiovisual institutes in Africa, where he teaches since 2011. He published essays, « Regards sur le cinéma libanais » and « Montage et idéologie dans le cinéma américain contemporain», edited several collective books, the last of them « Religion and Science Fiction » and « Creer apres la catastrophe », have several articles in Lebanese and international journals (Canada, France, Brazil, Spain, Finland…) and two plays (« Orage d’été » and « Les autres enfants de Dieu »).He is also a documentary filmmaker (“From Shade to light, The Pierre Abou Khater Story”, “Searching for Fouad Abi Abdallah”, “Silwan”. “Lebanese war never happened…).

Education

Diplôme	Université	Pays	Année
Doctorat en cinéma	Université Paris 3 Sorbonne nouvelle	France	2008
DEA en cinéma	Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth	Lebanon	2003

Teaching at USJ

Art of film<div>Directing 1</div><div>Directing 2</div><div>Adaptation</div><div>Theory of cinema</div><div>Theory of editing</div>

University teaching outside USJ

University teaching outside USJ	Pays	Institution	Start date	End date
teaching	Belgium	Erasmushogeschool Brussel - RITC School of Arts	14/11/2023	21/11/2023
teaching	France	Université Paris 3 Sorbonne nouvelle	16/01/2022	01/02/2022
teaching	France	Université Paris 1 Panthéon- Sorbonne	01/03/2020	07/03/2020
teaching and head of jury	France	Institut Supérieur des Métiers de l'Audiovisuel ISMA	01/01/2012	31/12/2020

Professional experience outside USJ

Professional experience	Organisation	Start date	End date
Directing	LBCI	01/01/2000	31/12/2002

Areas of expertise

Art, Humanities, Religious Sciences

Research themes

lebanese cinema, theory of cinema, science fiction, super heros

Publications and communications

-            Créer encore : la vieartistique au Liban après la catastrophe, in Créer après la catastrophe, (co-direction with Sylvie Dallet),Editions L’Harmattan, coll. Ethique de la création, June 2023<o:p></o:p>-            Cinema and Soufi : Thesilence by Mohsen Makhbalbaf, conference,  OpenSuccess symposium, University of Graz, Autriche, May 2023<o:p></o:p>-            Le cinéma libanais : entre l’Histoire, la mémoire etl’identité, Chaire Roger ODIN (ED 267), Sorbonne nouvelle, January 2022<o:p></o:p>-            La censurecinématographique au Liban : une histoire mouvementée, in Darkness,Censure et Cinéma : Orient, Ed. Lettmotif, 2022-            L’Expérience théâtrale et thérapeutique de ZeinaDaccache dans les prisons libanaises, in Incertains Regards, Presses Universitaires deProvence, Aix Marseille Université, Trimestre 4, 2021<o:p></o:p>-            Is superman a God? in Journal of Religion, Film,and Media, issue 6: Science Fiction and Religion, Universities ofGraz, Hull, Lausanne, Marburg, Munich, and Villanova, Ed. Schuren, May 2020<o:p></o:p>

Elie YAZBEK

École doctorale sciences de l'homme et de la société – Professeur

Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques – Professeur

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