ShareKUWAIT: The Center for Historical Studies at the College of Arts organized its inaugural conference with the theme “The Age of Interdisciplinary Studies: New Approaches, Theories and Approaches to the Study of History, Politics and Literature in Kuwaiti Society.” The event took place on Tuesday and Wednesday at the conference hall in Sabah Al-Salem University City.
The conference aimed to highlight recent advancements in academic studies across literary, social and scientific fields, focusing on the study of Kuwaiti society. Against the backdrop of significant developments in historical, literary and political studies related to Kuwait, the conference made a direct contribution to showcasing these emerging theories and approaches within the scientific community. Its goal was to strengthen scientific research pathways and foster knowledge exchange among various scientific and academic disciplines.
Dr Khaled Al-Batini, President of the Center for Historical Studies, delivered the opening speech, followed by Dr Abdullah Al-Jasmi, Assistant Dean for Planning, Consulting and Training, who spoke on behalf of Prof Dr Abdul Mohsen Al-Madaj, Acting Dean of the College of Arts.
The first day featured a keynote lecture by Mansour Bu Khamseen. The initial session, titled “The Historical Development of the Urban Environment in Kuwait”, included presentations by Dr Abdullah Al-Najdi on the Construction Council and the Kuwaiti government from 1952 to 1963, Dr Dalal Al-Sayer on “Building the Pan Arab Dream: The Arab Engineer and the Building of Kuwait’s Architectural Modernism”, and Dr Abdulmuttalib Al-Balam on the architectural perspective of the Old Kuwait plan.
The second session, “Historical Studies in the Light of New Approaches, Approaches, and Theories”, comprised presentations by Dr Talal Al-Rushoud on the intellectual class in Kuwait in 1950, Dr Issa Dashti on the role of Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah in supporting the British during the First World War, Dr Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Habib on “The Roots of the Division of Shiite Societies in Kuwait: Causes and Consequences (1908-1925),” and Dr Munther Al-Sabbagh on Japanese companies in Kuwait during the period between World War I and II.
