The Doha Institute for Graduate Studies is a higher education institute in Doha , Qatar . Its first student enrollment was in the 2015/2016 academic year. The Doha Institute is intended as a graduate studies academy; students enrolled in its programs are eligible to receive master's degrees in a variety of fields related to the social sciences and humanities.
17-568: The Doha Institute was born of an initiative of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies , also located in Doha. The ACRPS announced the formal launch of the Doha Institute in 2014 According to its own website, the Doha Institute will be divided into a number of administrative teaching units: a School of Social Sciences and Humanities; a School of Public Administration and Development Economics; and
34-564: A Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies. In addition, the Doha Institute includes the Doha Dictionary of the Arabic Language, an initiative aimed at creating an accessible dictionary of Arabic root words which also traces the etymology of Arabic root words over two thousand years of history. One of the institute's stated aims is to enhance and encourage the use of the Arabic language as
51-462: A medium for academic instruction. The Doha Institute enrolled its first class of students in the autumn/fall semester of 2015. 25°23′11.8″N 51°29′0.9″E / 25.386611°N 51.483583°E / 25.386611; 51.483583 This Qatar school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies ( ACRPS )
68-651: Is a French communist party leader and journalist . He is the former editor of Le Monde Diplomatique . He writes articles mainly on the Islamic world and the Arab world . Alongside his career, he is a Palestinian nationalist activist. Alain Gresh was raised in Cairo, Egypt. At the age of 14, he moved to Paris to study mathematics and Arabic . As soon as he arrived in France, he joined
85-568: Is an Arab research institute with particular interest in the social sciences, applied social sciences, regional history and geostrategic affairs. To this effect, the ACRPS coordinates and develops research, publications, projects and events on issues and challenges relevant to the Arab world. The ACRPS primarily conducts its work in Arabic but publishes in both Arabic and English. The ACRPS was established in 2010 and
102-767: Is based in Al Daayen , Qatar with a second office in Beirut, Lebanon. It is overseen by an executive board composed of Arab academics and intellectuals. The general director of the ACRPS is the Palestinian academic and politician Azmi Bishara . The ACRPS hosts a number of projects and programs including the Arab Opinion Index, the Arab Prize on Social Sciences and Humanities, the Tarjuman Book Translation Unit, and
119-646: Is generally held every March and addresses two research themes. Past themes were: “From Hampered Growth to Sustainable Development: Which Socio-economic Policies for Arab Countries?” and “Identity and Language in the Arab Homeland” (2012); and "The Dialectic of Social Integration and the Building of Nation and State in the Arab Homeland" and the "Definition of Justice in the Arab Homeland today" (2013). The Annual Conference of Strategic and Policy Studies Research Centers in
136-859: The French Communist Party youth. After graduating from high school, he became the leader of the French communist youth. In 1978, he became secretary general of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Havana . He was later named in charge of the French Communist Party foreign policy department. He continued studying the Near East in college, and wrote his PhD dissertation on the Palestinian Liberation Organization ( PLO ). In 2007, he admitted he had regular meeting with leaders of
153-604: The Soviet Union . Gresh claims he created the first pro-Palestinian Organization in France after Moscow decided to change its foreign policy. He was editor of Le Monde diplomatique , and retired at end of 2015. He then cofounded the website Orient XXI . His biological father was Henri Curiel , an Italian Jew and communist activist who later became an Egyptian citizen. After being exiled from Egypt in 1950 because of his communist activities, Curiel settled in France. In English: In French: This article about
170-553: The ACRPS Policy Analysis Unit. In addition a number of publications are made available electronically on the ACRPS website. These include select works from Omran and Tabayyun , policy analyses, case analyses, book reviews, assessment reports, and commentaries. The ACRPS organizes two annual conferences which attract Arab researchers from across the region. The Annual Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities
187-537: The ACRPS established the Arab Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities. The results of this annual program are announced at the Annual Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities whereby prizes are awarded to both established scholars and young researchers. The aim of the Book Translation Unit at the ACRPS is to make accessible to Arab researchers, high-quality contemporary works by non-Arab writers in
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#1732868816626204-865: The Arab world brings together centers of research, policy studies, and strategic analysis in the Arab region. It is normally held in December of each year. Past themes of this conference were: “The Arab revolutions and geostrategic changes” (2012) and “The Cause of Palestine and the Future of the Palestinian National Movement” (2013). In addition to the Annual Conferences, the ACRPS holds other conferences, symposia and lectures on various topics. Alain Gresh Alain Gresh (born 1948 in Cairo , Egypt )
221-458: The Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. In 2011, the Arab Opinion Index (AOI) was launched by the ACRPS. The project conducts polls in Arab countries in order to gauge public opinion on political, social and cultural issues. The aim of the AOI is to “annually and systematically measure Arab public opinion on a variety of issues of interest to the Arab masses.” In an effort to encourage Arab scholarship,
238-665: The Meaning of Palestine by Alain Gresh , Stay Human by Vittorio Arrigoni , and Civil Society by Azmi Bishara . Omran and Tabayyun are quarterly peer-reviewed journals, the former focused on the social sciences and the humanities more broadly, and the latter on thought, philosophy and cultural and literary criticism. Siyasat Arabia is published bi-monthly and is focused on political science, international relations and policy studies. It aims to make such analyses accessible to non-specialist audiences and contribute to public debate in Arab countries. Its contributions are primarily written by
255-645: The School of Social Sciences and Humanities, the School of Public Administration and Policy, and the Doha Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language. The ACRPS will also be located on the DI campus. The ACRPS publishes books and three Arabic academic periodicals, Omran , Tabayyun and Siyasat Arabia . Printed book titles include: The Sectarian Question and the Problem of Minorities by Burhan Ghalioun , Reflections on
272-447: The fields of economics, sociology, political science, management, culture and art. Translated works include Fanon: The Postcolonial Imagination by Nigel Gibson and Confronting Culture: Sociological Vistas by John Hughson and David Inglis. In late 2013, the ACRPs announced the establishment of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI), an academic institute for postgraduate studies in
289-408: The social sciences, humanities and public administration. The DI is expected to be operational in the fall of 2015. According to the DI website, the institute “strives to prepare and qualify a select and competitively admitted body of students as capable academicians in advancing knowledge and public administration, and as professional leaders in the academic and executive fields”. The DI will include
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