Gerd Nonneman Explained

Gerd Nonneman (Temse, 16 May 1959) is a professor of international relations and Gulf studies at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University's campus in Qatar (GU-Q, also often referred to as SFS-Q), where he served as dean from 2011 to 2016.[1] Before joining Georgetown University, he held the Al-Qasimi Chair in Gulf Studies, and a chair in international relations and Middle East politics, at the University of Exeter. He is a former director of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) and of the Centre for Gulf Studies (CGS) at that university. He is also a former executive director of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES).[2]

Early life

Born in Flanders (Temse, 1959) and educated at Ghent University, Belgium in Oriental philology (Arabic) and, at postgraduate level, in development studies, Nonneman subsequently worked in the commercial sector in Iraq during the early 1980s. Returning to graduate studies in the UK in 1984, he obtained his PhD in politics at the University of Exeter, specialising in the politics of the Middle East. After teaching Middle East politics and political economy at Manchester and Exeter Universities, and a spell as visiting professor at the International University of Japan, he taught international relations and Middle East politics at Lancaster University from 1993 to 2007, at which point he returned to Exeter to take up the Al-Qasimi Chair in Gulf Studies, until his appointment as dean of Georgetown University's SFS-Qatar in 2011.[3]

He was a member of the UK's 2001 National Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) panel on Middle Eastern Studies, and served as executive director of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) between 1998 and 2002. He was associate fellow of the Middle East Programme at Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs) until 2012.[4] [5]

Other roles

Prof. Nonneman is co-editor of the Journal of Arabian Studies (Routledge), published in association with Georgetown University Qatar (GUQ) and the Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS).

He has acted as a consultant to or worked with a range of companies, national and international official institutions including the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, foreign ministries in Europe and the Middle East, the European Commission, and various NGOs – ranging from Amnesty International to the Bertelsmann Foundation. He has also been a regular media commentator on Middle Eastern and Gulf affairs, and has frequently acted as expert witness on human rights cases relating to the Middle East.[6]

Notable works

Recent works include: [7] [8] [9]

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Notable earlier works (books)

Notes and References

  1. New Dean Named at School of Foreign Service in Qatar. May 25, 2011. University of Georgetown. June 18, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110825103626/http://qatar.sfs.georgetown.edu/219975.html. August 25, 2011. Also see GUQ website at https://www.qatar.georgetown.edu/profile/gerd-nonneman Accessed January 16, 2019; and https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014Rr7kAAC/gerd-nonneman, accessed July 22, 2019.
  2. Web site: IAIS Staff. University of Exeter Faculty of Social Sciences. January 16, 2019.
  3. 'Gerd Nonneman, Professor Internationale Betrekkingen en Middenoostenpolitiek en Rector Universitaire Campus in Qatar', InfoTemse, no. 140, december 2011, p. 24 https://www.temse.be/index.php/downloads/cat_view/113-informatie/56-informatieblad?start=20
  4. Web site: Georgetown University Qatar. 2018-09-30. January 16, 2019.
  5. Web site: Global Georgetown - GUFaculty360. July 22, 2019.
  6. ^ 'Gerd Nonneman, Professor Internationale Betrekkingen en Middenoostenpolitiek en Rector Universitaire Campus in Qatar', InfoTemse, no. 140, december 2011, p. 24 https://www.temse.be/index.php/downloads/cat_view/113-informatie/56-informatieblad?start=20

    ^ "Georgetown University Qatar". Retrieved January 16, 2019.

  7. See Academia.edu listing https://sfs-georgetown.academia.edu/GerdNonneman
  8. Web site: ResearchGate. July 22, 2019.
  9. Web site: Georgetown University Faculty Directory . 2023-08-14 . gufaculty360.georgetown.edu.