Studies, Publishing & Cultural Relations Department

The department of studies is considered one of the specialized departments which aims to activate the educational and cultural role of the center in the United Arab Emirates in particular, the Gulf Cooperation Council States, and all the Arab countries in a unique,  and innovated way.

This department aims to achieve its goals through the following sections:

Studies, Magazine & Publishing Section

This section is responsible for issuing The magazine “Afaaq Al - Thakafah wa Al Turath” (horizons of culture and heritage) which is a scientific quarterly periodical, it is interested in contemporary cultural and intellectual topics, and heritage. Its first issue was published in the beginning of 1992, and the number of issues till now is 57. On the one hand,  this magazine is distinguished by its profusion and seriousness of topics, and on the other hand by its comprehensiveness of various cultural and heritage aspects. It contains literary, scientific and philosophical articles as well as comparative studies and verified texts of heritage. It attracts great academic writers. The magazine deals with sensitive and contemporary topics. It has been able to make the heritage in the service of the present, presenting to Arab readers a vision of the future depending on cultural roots.

The scientific researches are the base of this section, within an annual plan determining a general framework of these researches and their numbers. These researches should be either original Arabic or translated from other languages. All researches, Arabic or translated, are characterized by their seriousness and objectiveness  and all of them whatever their nature and source, are subjected to the scientific assessment.

These researches are prepared either by researchers from the center or by external scholars. All this is done within the general framework of the plan  which was already drawn up to serve  the cultural mission of the center.

Cultural Activity & Documentation Section (Information Bank)

It oversees the issuing of Akhbar al Markaz  (News of the Center), a pamphlet concerns with the news of the center, issued every two months, as well as this section designs booklets that give information about the center and its mission.

This section also coordinates the scientific and cultural cooperation between the center and other bodies, and individuals inside and outside the country. It also follows up the scientific and cultural activities of the center by organizing participation in conferences, symposiums and lectures, activating the cultural  role of the center through participating in various cultural activities inside the country and abroad at local, regional, Arabic and international levels.

Foreign Cultural Relations and Agreements Unit

This unit concerns with developing and promoting relations with cultural establishments ,centers, universities, public and private libraries as well as academicians in the field of culture and science, exchanging experiences, books and periodicals, and cooperation in photographing, repairing and keeping manuscripts.

This unit is also responsible for the preparations in signing cultural agreements with specialized bodies, and follow up the execution of these agreements  according to the schedule laid down for them.