Omani Studies Centre at Sultan Qaboos University
The Center aims to engage in science and culture and preserve the Omani identity, publish it, make it available to the learner and researcher by various means. it pays a high attention to conduct studies and research in social, economic, historical, development and other issues within the joint action system with the competent authorities. It is also working on activating its scientific position through holding many seminars, conferences and various events such as training courses, cultural lectures as well as printing cultural, scientific and intellectual versions, collect manuscripts and making available to the researchers. The Center is also keen to vary its participations (Internal and External), expand horizons of cooperation with researchers and students from inside and outside the Sultanate to achieve the goals of scientific and cultural communication. It works to strengthen and build bridges through continuous actual actions and activities. Omani Studies Center seeks to activate its scientific role through organizing a number of seminars and conferences that are exploring Omani historical, social, economic, literary and cultural status within the annual program which takes into account the diversity and innovation. The most important seminars are:
Activities | Targeted Category
| Year |
11th International Scientific Conference: "Literary and Linguistic Contemporary Movement in Oman" | Researchers and scholars who are interested from inside and outside the Sultanate. it was held in the Kingdom of Jordan | 2015 |
Seminar "Sheikh Hamoud bin Humaid Sawafi School: between past and present streaky bright as part of the revival of the biography of the eminent scientists and documenting their actions and save them for reference for future generations | Researchers and scholars who are interested. | 2015 |
Seminar on “Thinker Amrow AlNami and his relationship with Oman’s scientists“ to highlight the AlNami , his research, writings, and his relationship with Omanis scientists and thinkers. | Researchers and scholars who are interested. | 2014 |
The Center has a specialized library of studies and publications. It strives to collect Omani intellectual production, work to save them and make them available to researchers and scholars. The library contains several halls: Omani Books Hall, Theses Hall, Government Publications Hall, Manuscripts Hall, Researchers Hall and Digital Hall. Advantages of the library’s electronic contents can be found through computers distributed throughout the library which includes nearly (4000) books title on various topics and more than 2,300 theses of Omani university as well as publications issued by government and private institutions in the Sultanate and the Gulf countries. The library’s classification of its collections based on the classification of Congress, which is followed in the various university libraries.
The results expected through the implementation of the measure are:
1. Spread Oman culture, literature and raise the Omani Studies standing in the world.
2. Give a chance to those who are interested to see the Omani literature.
3. Held Seminars, conferences and events aimed to preserve Oman's national identity.
4. Existence of a research stocks on culture, literature and art in the center's library.
The financial support is provided by Sultan Qaboos University.