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Regular Members

  • Pr. Nidaa Abou Mrad: Professor of Musicology, Dean of the FMM, director of the Center for Research on Musical Traditions, Head of the Department of General Musicology of Traditions, and Editor-in-Chief of the Revue des traditions musicales, in addition to his status as Vice-rector for Academic Affairs and Research at the Antonine University (UA).
  • Father Dr. Toufic Maatouk: Assistant Professor of Music and Musicology, Head of the Department of European Art Music, Head of the Department of Music, Technology, and Media, in charge of curricular questions and in charge of quality and accreditation.
  • Dr. Hayaf Yassine: Assistant Professor of Music and Musicology, Head of the Department of Arab Art Music, and Dean’s Representative at North-Lebanon section of the Faculty of Music and Musicology (FMM).

Associate Researchers

  • Pr. Kifah Fakhoury, Secretary General of the Arab Academy of Music, Head of the Department of Music Education Sciences at FMM-UA, Editor-in-Chief of the Arab Journal of Music Education Sciences (AJMES), and Associate Researcher at CRTM-UA.
  • Dr. Bouchra Bechealany, Associate Professor of Music Education Sciences at the Faculty of Pedagogy of the Lebanese University, and Associate Researcher at CRTM-UA.
  • Dr. Feriel Bouhadiba, Musicologist, Lecturer at the Higher Institute of Music in Tunis and at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences in Tunis, member of the Research Laboratory in Culture, New Technologies and Development (University of Tunis), and Associate Researcher at CRTM-UA, responsible for research and publishing in the association "Concepts et Questions d'Avenir" (Tunisia).
  • Dr. Lamia Bouhadiba, PhD in Arts and Sciences of Art from the University of Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne, lawyer, member of the Research Laboratory in Culture, New Technologies and Development (University of Tunis), and Associate Researcher at CRTM-UA.
  • Dr Karine Abou Khaled, Assistant Professor in Medicine at Université Saint Joseph, Medical School - Beirut, Lebanon, Neurologist, Specialist in Epilepsy.
  • Father Dr Youssef Chédid, PhD in Musicology from Sorbonne University, and Associate Researcher at CRTM-UA.
  • Dr Amer Didi, Assistant Professor of Musicology at the American University in Sharjah (AUS), and Associate Researcher at CRTM-UA.
  • Dr. Sylvaine Leblond-Martin, PhD in Information and Communication Sciences, Composer, Musicology researcher, and Research engineer at University Paris 8 - MSH Paris Nord.
  • Dr. Lina Riachy, PhD in Psychology, and Lecturer at the FMM.

PhD Students

  • Ms. Nathalie Abou Jaoude, PhD student Sorbonne Université, Doctoral co-supervision within the framework of CRTM, and Head of the Department of Music Therapy at FMM-UA.
  • Ms.Carmen Saadé, PhD student Sorbonne Université, Doctoral co-supervision within the framework of CRTM, and Lecturer in Music Education Sciences at Lebanese International University (LIU).
  • Mr. Mikhael Hourani, PhD student Sorbonne Université, Doctoral co-supervision within the framework of CRTM, and Lecturer in Musicology at FMM-UA.

Research Teams

Four teams of researchers were formed in 2019-2020:

  • The transdisciplinary team in charge of the project (receiving joint support from CNRS-L and UA, GRP 2018-2020) of cognitive psychology and neuroscience of modal monodies, led by Pr. Nidaa Abou Mrad, with the participation of Dr. Karine Abou Khaled (USJ), Dr. Bouchra Béchéalany (UL), Dr. Lina Riachy (UA), Ms. Nathalie Abou Jaoudé (PhD student) and Ms. Carmen Saadé (PhD student).
  • The transdisciplinary team in charge of the project on digital and semiotic encoding of modal monodies (receiving joint support from CNRS-L and AU, GRP 2018-2020), set up with the TICKET laboratory, led by Dr. Talar Atéchian (TICKET), with the participation of Pr. Nidaa Abou Mrad and Dr. Sylvaine Leblond-Martin (Paris 8).
  • The research team in French-speaking musicology of the musical traditions of the Arab world, within the framework of the Épistemuse IRN; team leader: Pr. Nidaa Abou Mrad; full members: Fr. Dr Toufic Maatouk, Fr. Dr Youssef Chédid; associate members: Dr Fériel Bouhadiba (Tunisia), Dr Lamia Bouhadiba (Tunisia), Dr Lamia Bouhadiba , Dr Amer Didi; doctoral student : Mr. Mikhael Hourani (PhD student).
  • The research team in music education sciences, in charge of the editorial staff of Arab Journal of Music Education Sciences (AJMES): team leader: Pr. Kifah Fakhoury; full member: Dr Hayaf Yassine; associate member: Dr Bouchra Béchéalany (UL); editorial secretary of the AJME: Ms. Nathalie Abou Jaoudé (PhD student).

The research of these teams also involves researchers from various networks, especially those of the Institute for Research in Musicology (IReMus, UMR 8223), the Sorbonne University, and the Arab Academy of Music, as well as research assistants, doctoral students co-directed by members of the CRTM and TICKET.