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Chairman of the Gulf Research Center, Dr. Abdulaziz Sager The Opening Ceremony of the Gulf Research Meeting was held at Queen’s College Cambridge on July 7, 2010. The session began with an introduction by the Chairman of the Gulf Research Center, Abdulaziz Sager. In his address, he discussed the importance of facilitating research between the Gulf and the rest of world, while also remarking on the positive response and turnout for the first research meeting, especially from the Gulf Region. Dr. Sager indicated that in this first meeting, over 25% of applicants were based in or from the Gulf Region. In addition, submissions for papers came from all over the world. All of this indicated a strong interest in Gulf studies and it was encouraging to bring so many people together who shared such a common interest. Dr. Sager therefore expressed his desire to see the Meeting expand and continue on an annual basis. Following the Chairman’s address, Dr. Abdullah Baabood, the Director of the Gulf Research Centre Cambridge, addressed participants. Dr. Baabood discussed the relationship between the Gulf Research Centre and the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge, and how such a partnership formed the basis of the Gulf Research Meeting. He also praised the importance of the interaction of scholars focusing on Gulf relations. The Director for the Centre of Islamic Studies in Cambridge, Prof. Yasir Suleiman, spoke next and provided an insight into the founding of the GRM and the relationship between the Centre for Islamic Studies and the GRC. He reiterated the strong ties that the Gulf and Cambridge have, and the importance of establishing a research centre in Cambridge, in order to further strengthen those ties. Gulf Research Meeting – July 2010 13
14 The 2010 Gulf Research Meeting The Opening Ceremony for the 2010 Gulf Research Meeting Prof. Giles Kepel, the Chair of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Studies at the Institut d’ Etudes Politiques de Paris at Sciences Po, concluded the short welcoming remarks by speaking about the dedication and commitment that both the Gulf Research Center and Sciences Po have towards research and studies in the Gulf with the Kuwait Program at Sciences Po as a contributor to the Gulf Research Meeting. He also reiterated the importance of the event and the contributions it can make to the Gulf Region. The welcoming remarks were followed by two keynote addresses. Professor Dame Alison Richard, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge offered her views and ideas of the meeting and what it meant for the relationship between universities and academic excellence, and how both are instrumental in contributing to society. Professor Richard focused specifically on also the strong ties that Cambridge is building with the Gulf region and with such institutions as the UAE University, the Sultan Qaboos University and the King Abdullah University for Science and Techology (KAUST) in Saud Arabia. and how such
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