Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World
| Established | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Director | Dr. Elisabeth Kendall |
| Co-Directors |
Prof. Hoda Elsadda (Manchester) |
| Location | Edinburgh, Durham, and Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Affiliations |
University of Edinburgh University of Durham University of Manchester |
| Website | http://www.casaw.ac.uk/ |
Prof. Hoda Elsadda (Manchester)
Prof. Anoush Ehteshami (Durham)
The Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) (Arabic: مركز الدراسات المتقدمة للعالم العربي) is a government funded, research based initiative which claims to be at the forefront of UK expertise in the Arab World.
CASAW is the result of a UK government initiative to build crucial expertise on the Arab World based on a knowledge of the Arabic language coupled with advanced research methods skills in the social and political sciences, arts and humanities.
The Centre is a collaborative initiative between the Universities of Edinburgh, Durham, and Manchester, and is funded by the joint government research councils, with an initial grant of £5 million. CASAW is one of the five inter-instituitional Centres of Excellence set up as part of the ESRC, AHRC, SFC and HEFCE's Language Based Area Studies Initiative.[1] CASAW brings together some 50 full-time members of staff and postdoctoral fellows drawn from a variety of departments in the arts, humanities and social and political sciences, all working on areas directly related to the Arabic speaking world.
CASAW's aim is to "serve national strategic interests by safeguarding the future health of Arab World expertise in the UK, training the next generation of academics and providing a vital flow of expertise to sustain the needs of the public and private sectors"
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