E-mail: nibras.chehayed@khk.uni-saarland.de
Initially trained as an architect at Damascus University, Nibras Chehayed later turned to philosophy, while also becoming involved in social and cultural projects. His work, situated at the intersection of theoretical reflection and lived experience, has centred on nihilism in both its political and existential forms, and on the ways it affects such fundamental realities as the world, time, death, and the body. His dissertation, defended at ENS-Ulm, examined the estrangement of the body through a reading of Nietzsche and Derrida. Since then, his research has become rooted in historical and geographical contexts shaped by oppression and war, bringing him into direct contact with extreme forms of violence: torture, enforced disappearance, dehumanisation, annihilation. This confrontation has given rise to an embodied philosophical approach that begins with the body in limit situations.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Chehayed, Nibras. “Between Derrida and Deleuze: Bodies Without Organs”. In Deleuze and Affect, edited by Donald Cross, 219–238. Edinburgh University Press, 2026.
- Chehayed, Nibras. “Habiter l’im-monde: Yarmouk, les 40 règles du siège”. In Il y a des villes dans nos vies, edited by Christian Ingrao and Felipe Martinez, 26–32. Léthé, 2024.
- Chehayed, Nibras, and Emma Aubin-Boltanski, eds. Mots de chair et de sang: Écrire le corps en Syrie (2011–2021). Presses de l’Ifpo, 2021.
- Chehayed, Nibras, ed. Images de chair et de sang: Penser le corps en Syrie (2011–2021). Presses de l’Ifpo, 2021.
- Chehayed, Nibras, and Guillaume de Vaulx. La Destructivité en œuvres. Presses de l’Ifpo, 2021.
- Chehayed, Nibras. Le Corps aux fils de l’écriture. Classiques Garnier, 2020.
CURE RESEARCH PROJECT
Painting Death as It Is: Toward a Phenomenology of Spectrality
CURE research project 2026/27