Dr.

Nesrine EL ABED

Assistant Professor
nelabed@uob.edu.bh
Office: +973-1743 8620

Areas of Expertise:

PhD in Fine Arts and Art Sciences in Paris1, Pantheon la Sorbonne (France)

Educational qualifications that combine aesthetics and art sciences, fine arts, contemporary art,
ceramic art, art and heritage, pedagogical art, history of art, artisanal innovation, traditional
industries, semiotics of communication–– Craftwork Innovation– Product Design – Photography

Received a PhD with a very honorable note with the praise of the Committee. This is critical in
enriching students' experience and understanding of specialization from their academic and
professional side.

Qualifications:

Graduated with distinction in Ph.D. in Fine Arts and Art Sciences and in a Diploma of In-Depth
Studies in Fine Arts and Art Sciences - Pantheon Sorbonne University, Paris 1.

PhD in Fine Arts and Art Sciences / Major: Fine Arts. Graduate school: Fine Arts, :2005-2013
Aesthetics and Art Sciences, University of Pantheon la Sorbonne, Paris1, France ● Distinction:
Summa cum laude distinction with jury’s congratulations ● Title of Works: Œuvre Monstre,
formless creation
Post-graduate Diploma in Plastic Arts and Art Sciences. Graduate school: Plastic :2004-2005
Arts, Aesthetics and Art Sciences, University of Pantheon la Sorbonne, Paris1, France ●
Distinction: Good

Bachelor’s Degree in Plastic Arts, specialty Ceramics Higher Institute of Fine Arts in :2000-2004
Sousse ● Distinction: Good

1993-2000: Baccalaureate (High School Diploma) in Experimental Sciences Tahar Sfar

Secondary School, Sousse

Experience:

Since 2019 Assistant professor of fine arts in the Department of Media, Tourism and Arts uob
and currently the Coordinator of the Fine Arts Program.

Assistant Professor, Department of

 , College of Arts, University of Bahrain OCT. 2019
 – present; Postgraduate Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, United
Kingdom, 2008
 Awards received include that for the completion of the “2008-09 programme for the induction of
postgraduates engaged in teaching and supporting learning” from Durham University, United
Kingdom; Young Scholar Representative (Bahrain) to Washington, D.C., 1997; Young Writers
Award, Emerson College, Boston, 1995
 Membership in scholarly organizations include the British Foundation for the Study of Arabia
(B.F.S.A.) and The Society for Arabian Studies (until it was merged with the Seminar for Arabian
Studies to form the British Foundation for the Study of Arabia)
 Participated in archaeological excavations: Early Dilmun “palace” (Site F6) on the island of Failaka
with the Danish Expedition from Moesgaard Museum, Denmark, Nov. 2008; Early Dilmun burial
mounds at Wadi al-Sail, Bahrain, with the Danish Expedition from Moesgaard Museum, Denmark,
Nov. 2007
Participated in scientific seminars and published scientific research in the field of arts

2017 International Colloquium (JEPTAV and the Unit of Research in Aesthetics and Arts Practices,
University of Sousse): AUGMENTED REALITY: EXPRESSIONS AND PERCEPTIONS. Title of the paper:
"Digital Artistic Creation: The Scientific Artist". 2016 Participation in the project of Bilingual Conceptual
Dictionary of Visual Arts (Unit of Research in Aesthetics and Arts Practices, University of Sousse) 2015
International Colloquium (JEPTAV and the Unit of Research in Aesthetics and Arts Practices): ANIMALITY
IN ARTS AND LITERATURE. Title of the paper: "Fantastic Figure: the Monster". 2014 Article: "Wild
Crosses in the Digital Space", Fekriya Magazine, edition 14. 2011 Invited speaker at the convention on
communication «Arts and New Technologies», Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Sousse, Tunisia. Title of
the paper: "Self-portrait, the Monster Figure between the Organic and the Digital"