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18-02-2020

Times of Oman

Muscat: Since the dawn of the Blessed Renaissance of the Sultanate, late His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimour accorded due care and attention to the role science and knowledge plays in building civilisations and nations.

The tradition of establishment of academic chairs goes back to the era of Renaissance, in England in particular, wherein prominent figures of the society, senior politicians and noblemen offer prizes for significant scientific achievements.

Late His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimour established sixteen fellowship, professorship, and scholarship chairs in a number of universities worldwide. These chairs serve research in Arabic language, literature, culture, history, science and dialogue among religions and cultures and other areas.

Late His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimour’s chairs include:
“Sultan Qaboos bin Said chair for Arab and Islamic Studies” at Georgetown University in USA as the oldest one established in 1980;

“Sultan Qaboos Chair for Arabic Language” in 1993; “Sultan of Oman Chair in Arab and Islamic Studies” at the University of Melbourne Australia in 2003; “Sultan of Oman International Fellowship in Art and Islamic and Social Studies” at Oxford University, United Kingdom, in 2004; “His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professorship of Modern Arabic Studies” at University of Cambridge, UK in 2005; “Sultan Qaboos Chair for Arabic Language Studies” at Peking University, China in 2007; “Sultan of Oman Chair of Oriental Studies” at Leiden University, the Netherlands in 2008; “Sultan Qaboos Chair in Middle Eastern Studies” at The University of Tokyo, Japan in 2010; “Sultan Qaboos Professorship of Abrahamic Faiths and Shared Values” at University of Cambridge, UK in 2011; “Sultan Qaboos Chair in Middle Eastern Studies” at the College of William & Mary, USA in 2011; “Sultan of Oman Chair for International Relations” at Harvard University, USA in 1999; “Sultan Qaboos IT Chair” at University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan in 2004; “Oman IT Chair” at NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan in 2005; “His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Chair for Desert Agriculture” at Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain in 1994; “Sultan Qaboos Professorship of Quantitative Water Management” at Utrecht University, the Netherlands in 2005; and “Sultan Qaboos Fellowship for Mathematics” at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, UK in 2014.