What we do

The Philip A. Salem Academy for Lebanese Heritage is an interdepartmental unit within the Lebanese American University. It is charged with the collection and documentation of tangible and intangible materials related to Lebanon’s heritage.

The Academy constantly seeks the counsel and experience of experts in different disciplines. To that end it created from the outset an Advisory Council and it plans to establish an Academic Council. For the time being an Academic Committee provides advice on acquisitions of heritage materials.

The Academy’s director, Henri Zoghaib, works in conjunction with these parties toward the set goals.

Advisory Council members:

• Salwa Siniora Baasiri
• Zeinat Bitar
• Hareth Boustani
• Elham Kallab Bsat
• Ghaleb Ghanem
• Abbas Halabi
• Antoine Khoury Harb
• Fadia Kiwan
• Mansour Labaki
• Antoine Messarra
• Wajih Nahlé
• Alexandre Najjar
• Najwa Nasr

Academic Committee members:

• Chawki Chamoun
• Joseph Khalifé
• Toni Lahoud
• Maurice Maalouf
• Christian Oussi
• Elise Salem

The Philip A. Salem Academy for Lebanese Heritage relies on personal contributions from people who want to perpetuate the legacy of their assets — printed materials, out-of-print books and periodicals, personal belongings of Lebanese writers, traditional items, etc. The Academy is funded by LAU as well as private donations from different sources.

The Academy hopes its Heritage Magazine will become a repository of research studies. It encourages students and researchers to delve into topics related to Lebanese heritage in different areas.