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Dr. Nada Mouawad

Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century French Literature, Culture, and Media

Dbayeh, Beirut, Lebanin

Areas of Specialization

Primary: Twentieth- and twenty-first-century French literature and culture; French theatre and dramatic arts; French cinema and media.

Additional competence: Medieval French literature (courtly love); autobiography and autofiction; digital humanities and AI in the humanities; Francophone and comparative literature; plurilingualism, translation, and language and identity.

Education

Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR), in preparation  —  Université Lyon III, France                                                                                                                        2022–

Ph.D., French Language and Literature (Linguistics)  —  Université Lyon III, France 2004

Dissertation: “Cross-linguistic influence between Arabic and French.”

Master, French Language and Literature  —  Université Lyon III, France                   2000

B.A., French Language and Literature  —  Lebanese University, Fanar                       1999

French and Lebanese Baccalaureate  —  Sainte Famille Française                               1993

Academic Appointments

Senior Lecturer in French  —  Saint Joseph University (USJ), Beirut               2012–present

French literature and language; Literature and Arts; Translation; Linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, semiotics); Arabic for media; research methodology.

Senior Lecturer, Literature and Linguistics  —  Lebanese University                 2007–2017

Senior Lecturer  —  Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (USEK)                             2005–2017

Linguistics; theatre, acting and play analysis; research methodology.

Lecturer in French Literature and Theatre  —  Lycée Franco-Libanais              2007–2016

Taught the French national curriculum (Baccalauréat français) in literature — from the medieval period to the contemporary, centred on the French literary canon — together with theatre and dramatic arts.

Senior Lecturer, French (FLE)  —  American University of Lebanon                  2004–2012

Full intermediate and advanced French language sequence (equivalent to third- and fourth-semester college French).

Teacher and Language Coordinator  —  Collège de la Sagesse, St Jean-Maron   2002–2007

Publications (selected)

•    “L’amour au Moyen Âge,” in Les multiples visages de l’amour (conference proceedings), Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut, 2023.

•    “Disorder of Languages or Disorder of Cultures?,” Proceedings of the International Conference, Université Jean Moulin Lyon III / Garnier-Flammarion, 2012.

•    “FFL, FLS or FOS?,” Proceedings of the International Conference, Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (USEK), 2008.

•    “M. Bobble, the French Prophet,” Proceedings of the International Conference, Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (USEK), 2007.

Public writing: regular cultural contributor to L’Orient-Le Jour and Al Mashrek Online.

Selected Invited Talks and Conference Papers

•    “Philosophy and Poetry in Islamic Contexts,” FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany           2026

•    “History on Screen: Tensions and Dialogues in North African Cinemas”                        2025

•    “Conflict of Languages in Modern Lebanese Literature,” colloquium A New Babel: Multilingualism, Translingualism and Translation, Università di Verona                         2025

•    “Language and Identity: Orient and Occident in the Novels of Amin Maalouf,” Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier                                                                                           2025

•    “The Revolution in the Poetry of Maurice Awwad,” Lebanese Book Festival, Antelias     2025

•    “AI and Creative Writing,” University of Balamand                                                     2024

•    “The Era of the Parahuman,” 15th Research Day, Université Saint-Joseph                      2024

•    Guest Speaker, University of Notre Dame (USA): “Multilingualism and Cultures” and “Memory of the Civil War in Franco-Lebanese Literature”                                           2024

•    “Screening Lebanese War Crime,” colloquium Screening Crime in the Arab Worlds (USJ, with Université Paris Nanterre, INALCO, AUF)                                                          2023

•    “Love in the Middle Ages,” colloquium The Multiple Faces of Love, Université Saint-Joseph                                                                                                                             2023

•    ERASMUS+ lecturing residency, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: “Memory of the Lebanese Civil War in Franco-Lebanese Literature”                                                                           2022

•    “The New Autobiography,” Catholic University of Lyon                                              2017

•    “Theatre and Revolution in the Arab World,” US Embassy Beirut and USEK                 2017

•    “History of the Lebanese War in Modern Literature,” Aarhus University, Denmark         2014

Editorial and Administrative Leadership

•    Editor-in-Chief, academic journal Hawliat, Université Saint-Joseph.

•    Academic Officer, Ph.D. programs, Université Saint-Joseph.

•    Founder and Coordinator, University Diploma in Arabic Script Writing, USJ (2021).

•    Founder and Coordinator, University Diploma in Investigative Journalism, USJ.

•    Consultant, government project on cultural strategies for the Arabic language, Saudi Arabia (2023–2024).

Graduate Supervision and Examining

•    Co-supervisor, Ph.D. (Linguistics).

•    Mentor, M.A. thesis (“Linguistic Fields and Theatre”).

•    Jury member, M.A. and Ph.D. defenses; adviser and mentor, B.A. students.

Media and Public Engagement

•    Producer and presenter of educational television programs, Al Jadeed TV and SAT-7 (2016–2021).

•    Anchor, educational radio program “Kalam Tarbawi,” Voice of All Lebanon (2016–2021).

•    Trainer, SAT-7 Academy: creating educational content.

•    Organizer of film screenings and director dialogues (e.g., Still Burning by Georges Hachem).

Service and Professional Activities

•    Organizing committee, “Francophone Identity at USJ” (2025).

•    Organizer, international creative-writing workshop with FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, University of Bonn, KAAD and the Saba Zreik Foundation (2025).

•    Organizer, international symposium with Jagiellonian University, Poland: “Languages and the Challenges of Interculturality” (2023).

•    Organizer, Media Day at USJ, with CREA (2023).

•    Board member, UPEL (Union for the Protection of Children in Lebanon); support to women’s-rights NGOs and cultural associations.

Languages and Digital Competencies

Languages: Arabic (native); French (native/near-native); English (professional).

Digital: Moodle, Canvas, Microsoft Teams, Turnitin, Zotero; generative-AI tools; Microsoft Office.

References