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Hanaa Sfeir

Hanaa SFEIR

Part-time professor | Faculty staff

E-mail : Hanaa.sfeir@ustpaul.ca

Phone : 438 507 9606

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Hanaa Sfeir holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary Religious Studies from the UniversitĂ© de Sherbrooke, a doctorate in Pharmacy, and a Master’s degree in Philosophy from the Lebanese University. She teaches part-time at the Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Human Sciences and Philosophy at ÎçŇąav in Ottawa. She is also a lecturer at the UniversitĂ© de Sherbrooke, where she is pursuing postdoctoral research. Her research focuses on the dialectic between unity and diversity, which she explores through philosophical, psychoanalytic, sociological, and theological approaches. She leads a wide range of projects that reflect the breadth of her interests: Islamophobia and cultural wars; resilience among youth placed in intermediate resources; the study of essential skills for fostering interprofessional collaboration in the fields of social services, education, and health; critical analysis of the Culture et citoyennetĂ© quĂ©bĂ©coises program; examination of Nicolas Berdiaeff’s personalist philosophy; francophone theology in Canada; the role of Catholic heritage in the collective imagination of Sherbrooke; cultural and religious cosmologies; the concept of the Trinity in philosophy and theology; the question of evil and suffering in counseling from both spiritual and psychoanalytic perspectives; issues of secularism and cultural diversity; as well as Quebec pilgrim studies.

She is a partner member of SoDRUS (Centre de recherche Société, Droit et Religions at the Université de Sherbrooke), a member of the Institute for Theological Study and Research in Interculturality, Migration and Mission (IERTIMM) in Quebec, a regular member of the Marie-Fitzbach Chair in Teaching Leadership in Pastoral and Social Ethics at Université Laval, a research member of the Quebec Network for Pilgrim Studies (RQÉP), a member of the Famille Godin Research Chair on the placement of children and youth in intermediate resources at the Université de Sherbrooke, a postdoctoral research member of the Research and Intervention Group on Social Adaptation in Childhood (GRISE) at Université de Sherbrooke, and a member of the editorial board of Histoire Engagée. Since 2025, she has also collaborated with the intellectual organization Taqueen Al-Fikr Al-Araby, founded in Egypt, which works toward reforming religious discourse and promoting intercultural dialogue. In this capacity, she regularly publishes articles and monthly columns on contemporary philosophical, social, and religious issues, and actively participates in conferences organized by the network.

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  • 2024: Ph.D. in Contemporary Religious Studies. University of Sherbrooke.
  • 2021: Master’s in Philosophy (equivalent to Bac+5). Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Department of Philosophy. Lebanese University (Lebanon).
  • 2011: Doctorate in Pharmacy. Faculty of Pharmacy. Lebanese University (Lebanon).