French
Arabic
Elie YAZBEK
Professor
Directeur - Ecole doctorale des sciences de l'hommes et de la société - Doctoral School of Human and Social Sciences
School of Social Work
Faculty of Humanities
Institute of Theater, Audiovisual and Cinematic Studies
Institute of Oriental Studies
+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
| Degree | University | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctorat | Université de la Sorbonne nouvelle (Paris III) | France | 2008 |
| D.E.A | Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth | Liban | 2003 |
| Maitrise | Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth | Liban | 1998 |
| Diplôme | Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth | Liban | 1993 |
Research themes
lebanese cinema, theory of cinema, science fiction, super heros
Publications and communications
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Créer encore : la vie
artistique 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
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Cinema and Soufi : The
silence by Mohsen Makhbalbaf, conference, Open
Success symposium, University of Graz, Autriche, May 2023
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Le cinéma libanais : entre l’Histoire, la mémoire et
l’identité, Chaire Roger ODIN (ED 267), Sorbonne nouvelle, January 2022
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La censure
cinématographique au Liban : une histoire mouvementée, in Darkness,
Censure et Cinéma : Orient, Ed. Lettmotif, 2022
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L’Expérience théâtrale et thérapeutique de Zeina
Daccache dans les prisons libanaises, in Incertains Regards, Presses Universitaires de
Provence, Aix Marseille Université, Trimestre 4, 2021
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Is superman a God? in Journal of Religion, Film,
and Media, issue 6: Science Fiction and Religion, Universities of
Graz, Hull, Lausanne, Marburg, Munich, and Villanova, Ed. Schuren, May 2020