| Date: | August 06, 2012 | Time: | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | |
| Speaker(s): | Mr Baqer Salman Al-Najjar Professor of Sociology University of Bahrain |
Venue: | Middle East Institute (Seminar Room) Tower Block Level 2, Bukit Timah Campus National University of Singapore 469A Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259770 |
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In conjunction with his short trip to Singapore next week, we are honoured that Prof Baqer Al-Najjar has agreed to grace us with a Breaking News Session at MEI’s Seminar Room. We cordially invite all of you to share his first-hand latest insights and opinion about the crisis in Bahrain.
Occupation: Professor of Sociology, University of Bahrain.
Education: Ph.D in sociology, Durham University, UK, 1983.
Expertise: Civil society organizations and social developments in the Gulf region.
Experience: Research Coordinator – Kuwait (1978 – 1980), Professor of Sociology – Bahrain University (since 1984), Chairman of Social Sciences Department (1991-1995),
Dean – Faculty of Arts (1995-99), Member of Shura Consultative Council (2000-2002).
Publications:
• NGOs in the Arabian Gulf-Bahrain- Follow up Bureau (1988)
• Productivity in Industrial Sector in Bahrain – Centre for Research & Studies- Bahrain (1993)
• Sociology of Arabian Gulf. Beirut-kunoz Publishing House (1999)
• Women and Modernity in the Gulf – Beirut-Arab Cultural Centre (2000)
• Dream to Migrate to wealth: Foreign Labour in the Gulf – Beirut –Centre For Arab Unity Studies (2001)
• Society and Education in the Arabian Gulf – Beirut –Alsaqi Bookshop (2003)
