Curriculum Vitae - Mitri Raheb

(with special emphasis on scientific achievements)

OFFICIAL POSITIONS

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

In the last 25 years, I was invitated to give lectures at many different universities, colleges and Seminaries, including:

Yale Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School, Princeton Theological Seminary, Wesley Theological Seminary, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Boston University School of Theology, Hartford Seminary, Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, Luther Seminary, Union Theological Seminary, Interdenominational Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Concordia College in Moorhead, Augsburg College in Minneapolis, St. Olaf College, The University of Oldenburg, Humboldt University in Berlin, University of Edinburgh, University of Bern, Yonsei University/ Sungkonghoe University in Seoul, American University in Beirut, Haigazian University in Beirut, University of Jordan in Amman, Dormtion Abbey in Jerusalem, Studium in Israel, and the Ecumenical Institute at Tantur.

I Spoke and lectured at: The American Academy of Religion, Society for Biblical Studies, National Prayer Breakfast, Noble Peace Prize Forum, Deutscher-Evangelischer Kirchentag, Katholiken Tag, Danish Kirchentag, Greenbelt Festival, Uppsala Festival of Theology, the Carter Center, National Press Club, DC., and at diverse local, national, regional as well as international gatherings in many countries including: China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Sweden, England, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Cyprus, Scotland, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Finland, France, Greece, USA, Jordan, and Israel. Annually, Dr. Raheb receives over 500 delegations and groups from different continents and countries.

REASERCH PROJECTS INITIATED, SUPERVISED OR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BY MITRI RAHEB

THEOLOGICAL, ACADEMIC AND OTHER COMMITTEES

I serve(d) on several Academic committees, including:

EDUCATION

2012       Sabbatical at Yale Divinity School

1995       Post Doctoral Research at Hartford Seminary, Overseas Ministries Study Center:

Research Enablement Program. “Contextualizing the Scripture: Towards a New Understanding of the Qur’an. An Arab-Christian Perspective.

1984 – 1988         Dept for Protestant Theology, Philipps University Marburg, Germany

Doctor of Theology, Dissertation title: “The Heritage of Reformation among the Palestinians. The History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan.”

1980-1984            Hermannsburg Mission Seminary

Protestant Theology

1968-1979            The Evangelical Lutheran School in Bethlehem  

Awards

2016       Olaf Palme Prize for “his innovative artistic education in film, art, and drama, Raheb has made it possible for young people to investigate their Palestinian identity, to nurture beauty, and to invest in a culture of life as tools for a creative resistance against suffocating confinement and towards nation building.” 

ORGANIZATIONS (CO-)FOUNDED BY MITRI RAHEB

The work of Dr. Raheb has received wide media attention from major international media outlets and networks including CNN, ABC, CBS, 60 Minutes, BBC, ARD, ZDF, DW, BR, Premiere, Raiuno, Stern, The Economist, Newsweek, and Vanity Fair.

He is married to Najwa Khoury and has two daughters, Dana & Tala. For more, www.mitriraheb.org