MBI Al Jaber Foundation Projects:
The Seminar for Arabian Studies (SAS)
The 2006 Seminar was recently held at the British Museum. Once again the MBI Al Jaber Foundation was the major sponsor and once again, the Seminar was an international success.
The Seminar has been running for over 30 years and attracts participants from all over the world. Over three days, papers on all aspects of pre-modern Arabia are presented, and the latest research on the region debated. The resulting proceedings are published, providing an indispensable resource for all scholars interested in the Arabian peninsula.
Seminar for Arabian Studies 2005 - Facts and Figures
- 150 participants from 13 + countries (e.g. Japan, US, Saudi, UAE, Yemen, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, India etc, etc)
- 35 papers given over three days.
- Largest and most important yearly academic meeting on Arabian history archaeology in the world.
- Proceedings of the SAS circulation is increasing, published every year on time and it is the key forum for new academic work.
- Visits from numerous ambassadors and cultural attaches now standard.
- Two Saudi students funded to visit directly by MBI money. The SAS hope to continue such visits where they think they will help a young worthy scholar from Arabia who would not otherwise be able to attend.
- The rest of the funding is put towards editing and production of the Proceedings of the SAS.
