French
Arabic
Ghada SAYEGH(EL) RAHAL
Associate Professor
Institute of Theater, Audiovisual and Cinematic Studies
Directeur Laboratoire Littérature et arts
+961 (1) 421 000 ext 5360 ghada.sayegh@usj.edu.lb
Ghada Sayegh is associate professor at the Institute for Theater, Audiovisual and Cinematic studies, Saint Joseph University of Beirut. A member of the editorial board of the online cinema review Hors-Champ based in Montreal, she has written numerous articles on cinema and contemporary art in Lebanon.
Education
| Degree | University | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diplôme de docteur en Arts du spectacle: Cinéma | Université Paris-Nanterre (Paris 10) | France | 2014 |
| Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies, grade Master, Cinéma, audiovisuel, culture et société | Université Paris-Nanterre (Paris 10) | France | 2005 |
| Diplôme en études audiovisuelles | Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth | Lebanon | 1998 |
Teaching at USJ
Master
University teaching outside USJ
| University teaching outside USJ | Country | Institution | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invited lecturer, Master Cinéma, Histoire des formes et théorie des images, UFR PHILIA, Université Paris-Nanterre (Paris 10) | France | Université Paris-Nanterre (Paris 10) | 23/01/2023 | 27/01/2023 |
| Member of the jury, Chaghig Arzoumanian's thesis defense, «Des paysages urbains de Beyrouth aux espaces sans repères. Cartographie des représentations de l’espace et pratiques de mises en scène dans le cinéma libanais (1973-2020)», Université Paris 8 | France | Université Paris 8 Vicennes-Saint-Denis | 25/10/2022 | 25/10/2022 |
| This is not Beirut, Workshop in the frame of “This is Not Lebanon”, Festival for Visual Arts, Performance, Music and Talks, Mousonturm, Frankfurt | Germany | Mousonturm, Frankfurt | 23/08/2021 | 27/08/2021 |
| Workshop on contemporary artistic practices in Lebanon, Erasmus + Programme, Freie Universität Berlin | Germany | Freie Universitat Berlin | 09/07/2018 | 13/07/2018 |
| Workshop on contemporary artistic practices in Lebanon, Aalto university School of Arts, Design and Architecture / Department of Film, Television and Scenography | Finland | Aalto university School of Arts, Design and Architecture / Department of Film, Television and Scenography | 22/03/2018 | 23/03/2018 |
| Workshop on contemporary artistic practices in Lebanon, Erasmus + Programme, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greece | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | 05/12/2016 | 09/12/2016 |
Professional experience outside USJ
| Professional experience | Organisation | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Member of the Jury, General Grants-Cinema, The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), 2022 | The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) | 03/10/2022 | 31/10/2022 |
| Member of the reading committee, General Grants-Cinema, The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), 2021 | The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) | 01/09/2021 | 30/09/2021 |
| Member of the reading committee, AFAC Documentary Program, The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), 2019 | The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) | 01/05/2019 | 31/05/2019 |
| Member of the reading committee, General Grants-Cinema, The Arab Fund For Arts and Culture (AFAC), 2016 | The Arab Fund For Arts and Culture (AFAC) | 01/09/2016 | 30/09/2016 |
Areas of expertise
Research themes
Cinema and contemporary art confronted with history
Artistic creation after the catastrophe
Archival images in cinema and contemporary art
Publications and communications
Hors Champ, January/February 2022
Co-direction of the issue Circuler dans les archives du cinéma: rencontres, gestes et affectivités / Introduction text, Correspondence Series,
Nour Ouayda and Ghada Sayegh
Correspondence Series
Images et lettres de poussière… Un jour sans lendemain de Mohamed Soueid
Ghada Sayegh and Mohamed Soueid
On Representing the War as Rupture: Jocelyne Saab and New Lebanese Cinema (1975-1990) / ReFocus : The Films of Jocelyne Saab, Juin 2021
Films, Artworks and Cultural Events for the Arab World
Edinburgh University Press
Edited by Mathilde Rouxel, Stefanie Van de Peer
Between images : here and elsewhere / Saradar Collection,
Commissioned text: http://www.saradarcollection.com/ContentFiles/1219PDFLink.pdf
Missing images – the hiatus / Image(s) manquante(s), entre-deux / On Photography in
Lebanon: Essays and Stories (Bilingual, English, French), Sept. 2018
KAPH Edition, Art Books from the Middle East, Beirut
Edited by Clémence Cottard Hachem & Nour Salamé