Mrs. Nicole TAMBOURGI HATEM
Faculty of Humanities
Institute for Theater, Audiovisual and Cinematic Studies
Lecturer
(+961) 1 421 000 ext nicole.hatem@usj.edu.lb
• Obtained his Lebanese Baccalaureate in 1975 (good-14th grade in the general ranking) • Began, in 1975, studies in Letters (at the School of Letters) and Political Science (at the USJ) • Interrupted his studies of Letters due to the closure of the School of Letters (due to the war) • Obtained from USJ a Bachelor's degree in political science (with honors, first in class), in 1977, then a Master's degree, in 1979 • Began, in 1977, teaching French and history-geography in schools (l'Athénée de Beirut and Saint-Joseph de l'Apparition which lasted 6 years) • Passed the Foreign Affairs exam and was appointed diplomat 12 years later • Began studying philosophy at USJ in 1985 and obtained a bachelor's degree, a master's degree and a DEA in this discipline • Presented her resignation from Foreign Affairs to devote herself to her teaching of philosophy at the USJ where she was placed in 1993; Since then, she has been head of the Philosophy Department several times. • In 1996, she married the philosopher Jad Hatem
Highest degree : DEA in Philosophy - Saint Joseph University of Beirut
+ Education
| Degrees | University | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | Saint Joseph University of Beirut | Lebanon | 1993 |
| Philosophy | Saint Joseph University of Beirut | Lebanon | 1992 |
| Philosophy | Saint Joseph University of Beirut | Lebanon | 1986 |
| political sciences | Saint Joseph University of Beirut | Lebanon | 1986 |
| political sciences | Saint Joseph University of Beirut | Lebanon | 1977 |
+ Teaching at USJ
-Thinking about ethics: the foundations
-Violence: moral and political questions
-Introduction to philosophy: existence
-Philosophical approach to theater and cinema
-Philosophical anthropology: the self, time, history
-The question of God
-Machiavelli: revolutionary political thought
-Epistemology of the human sciences
+ Expertise field
Art, Humanities, Religious Sciences
+ Research topics
-philosophy of existence
-moral and political philosophy
-philosophy and literature
-philosophy and cinema
-French phenomenology
+ Publications and communications
Charles Morgan in Kierkegaard's mirror, Beirut, Saër el Machrek, 2024
-Polyphony and existential thought in Uncertain Glory by Joan Sales, Beirut, Saër el Machrek, 2024
- Eric Rohmer, Graham Greene and Pascal's bet, Paris, ed. of the Swan, 2016
- “The shared secret”, in J.-F. Lavigne (dir.), Michel Henry. Thought about life and contemporary culture, Paris, Beauchesne, 2006
- “Michel Henry, reader of Kierkegaard’s Concept of Anxiety”, Revue de philosophie de la France et de l’étranger, n° 3/2001