An agreement was signed in 1997 with the Oxford Centre
for Islamic Studies whereby KFAS agreed to establish and
endow The Kuwait International Programme for
Islamic Studies.
The revenue of the Endowment Fund is used to finance the
annual expenditures of the Programme which has two
components, the Kuwait Senior Fellowship and
the Kuwait Graduate Studentship
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The
Kuwait
Senior Fellowship – provides
a salary at the professorial level, including all
social security and pension costs, plus secretarial
and research support.
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Two
Kuwait Graduate Studentship
is to be used to encourage
those undertaking research degrees at
Oxford or engaged in
advanced study, teaching and research at
Oxford
by the provision of maintenance, travel grants and
research support together with, where appropriate,
tuition and other fees.
During the period 2002 - 2007,
KFAS funded the establishment of the Kuwait Library at
the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in
Oxford University.
The Kuwait Library has made
invaluable contributions to the Library resources at Oxford.
As a Library of international reputation the
Kuwait Library maintains a large collection of
books, journals and manuscripts, across a number of
disciplines, from classical works on the Quran to the
modern social sciences.
It contains a wide range of texts
on classical Islamic subjects, and on contemporary
Muslim societies in Asia, the Middle East, Africa,
Europe and the
Americas. These works
are in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay, Turkish, English
and other European languages.
About the
Oxford
Centre for Islamic Studies
The Oxford Centre for Islamic
Studies is a Recognised Independent Centre of the
University of Oxford. It was established in
1985 to encourage the scholarly study of Islam and the
Islamic world. HRH The Prince of Wales is the Patron of
the Centre, which is governed by a Board of Trustees
consisting of scholars and statesmen from different
parts of the world, alongside representatives of the
University
of Oxford.
The Centre provides a meeting
point for the Western and Islamic worlds of learning. At
Oxford, it contributes to the
multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary study of the
Islamic world. Beyond
Oxford, its role is strengthened
by a developing international network of academic
contacts. The work of the Centre has already attracted
global
attention and widespread support.
