Emilie RIZK RIZK

Emilie RIZK RIZK

Instructor

Faculty of Humanities – Chargé de Cours

+961 (1) 421 000 emilie.rizk1@usj.edu.lb


-Emilie Rizk, date of birth 19/11/1974, married to Sami Rizk and mother of 4 children. emilie.rizk1@usj.edu.lb
-Degree in Law and Masters Degree in History and International Relations.
-Lecturer at the Department of History and International Relations at Saint Joseph University.
-Agricultural operator and manager of a table grapes agricultural property in Nasrieh in East-Bekaa.                           
-Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Association “Restaurants du Cœur”.
-Experience in the field of social activities at Rizk Hospital, “Notre-Dame de Jamhour” school and “Hôtel-Dieu de France” Hospital.


                                                                                                        


Teaching at USJ

“Diplomatie sanitaire, histoire et enjeux”

Areas of expertise

Art, Humanities, Religious Sciences

Research themes

The resistance of Beirut hospitals during the Lebanese War.
-  The resilience of Achrafieh hospitals on August 4th, 2020.
-  The history of epidemics.
-  International health conferences and the first international healthcare institutions. 
-  The World Health Organization. 
-  The Red Cross, the Geneva Conventions.
-  The challenges of the coronavirus.

Publications and communications

-Speaker at the conference “The Lebanese War revisited” at the Center for Studies on the Modern Arab World (U.S.J) - October 2018.

- Author of the article “The Survival of Health Establishments during the Lebanese War». The case of Rizk Hospital” in the magazine “Confluences Méditerranée” – April 2020.