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[Identification of item], Islamic and Arabian Development Studies records, University Archives, Duke University.
The Islamic and Arabian Development Studies records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1980, 1989, 1991, 2000 .
Processed by Archives Staff, November 2006
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, November 2006
Accessions 80-149, A89-0032, A89,-0069, A91-74, A2000-58 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
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The program was established in 1977 with funding from the Greater Charlotte Foundation. Later on, support was obtained from the government of Saudi Arabia, the Exxon Corporation, and other private and public bodies. The program became fully operational in the 1978-1979 academic year under the directorship of Ralph Braibanti. Studies focused primarily on the Arabian Peninsula and its social, economic, and political developments, and on the resurgence of Islam, with some attention also paid to Arabic archaeology, art, language, law and literature. Several conferences and trips were sponsored, and the program played a role in the visit of Queen Noor of Jordan to Duke in 1985. Funding for the program expired in August 1989, which was also the date of Dr. Braibanti's retirement from active teaching.
Collection contains primarily reports and other printed materials, along with conference programs, and a small amount of the Director's correspondence. Director's correspondence is closed until August 2014 by donor's request. Includes annual and triennial reports of the program, 1977-1988, covering faculty activities, curriculum development, lectures, travel reports, and other aspects of the program; a catalog of the Joseph J. Malone Collection on Arabian Affairs; reprints; newspaper clippings; and course syllabi and readings. Materials range in date from 1976-2000.
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