The World Was Never Flat Travel Literature in Medieval Islam
Date: December 9, 2024
Time: 17:00
Venue: Garanti Cultural Centre, Uçaksavar Campus
Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah was appointed Minister of State for Defence Affairs in January 2016 and Deputy Prime Minister in November 2017. From 1987 to 1995, The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs was a fighter pilot in the Qatar Emiri Air Force. In 1995, he established the Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah Firm for Legal Consultations and Services, where he practiced law until 2008. In 2003, The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs was appointed President of the National Committee for Human Rights. In 2008, The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs held the post of Minister of State for International Cooperation. In 2009, he was appointed Acting Minister of Business and Commerce. In 2009, The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs became the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Qatar’s Stock Exchange. Between 2009 and 2012, he was the Vice-Chairman of Qatar Financial Centre Authority, and between 2009 and 2013, he was the Vice-Chairman of the Supreme Council for Information Technology and Communications. In 2011, He was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and a Member of the Council of Ministers. From 2013 to 2016, Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah was Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs has a BA in Aviation Studies from King Faisal Air Academy, a BA in Law from Beirut Arab University, an MA in Public Law from Cairo University and a PhD in Law from Cairo University.
Nov 15, 2024
Tales of Transmission: Scientific Exchanges in the Pre-Modern Period
Date: Friday, November 15
Time: 14:30
Venue: Rectorate Conference Hall
Jun 7, 2024
Global and Regional Challenges in the Middle East
Date: Friday, June 7
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Rectorate Conference Hall
Ortadoğu’da Küresel ve Bölgesel Meydan Okumalar
Tarih: 7 Haziran Cuma
Dec 3, 2020
The last quarter century of globalization has witnessed the largest reshuffle of global incomes since the Industrial revolution. The main factor behind the "reshuffle" was the rise of China, and to a slightly lesser extent, of all Asia.
Dec 3, 2020
The event we will hold with Branko Milanović, the new guest of Boğaziçi Lectures, will be on December 3, 2020 at 18:00. Click to register for the ev
May 20, 2020
Apr 6, 2020
Why do we tell and engage with (listen, read, watch, play) stories compulsively? In our world of usually unsparing evolutionary competition, good information matters for organisms of every kind.
