Visiting Scholar Opportunities
The GSC regularly hosts visiting scholars. We can serve as a local affiliate for fellowships and grant, also for research students. We offer shared office space, library and campus access, networking assistance, etc. In return, we request that the visiting scholar help serve on the Center’s committee (arranging talks, events, grant applications, etc.) and give a research talk.
For more information, please contact:
Check visa requirements: https://evisa.moi.gov.kw/evisa/home_e.do
Present Visiting Scholar
Present Research Fellow
Who Has Visited Us?
Past Visiting Scholars
- Prof. Jean-Pierre Thibaut is Professor of developmental psychology at the University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France. "Cultural differences in cognition in the domain of language and analogical reasoning. (October 1 2022 - May 31 2023)
- Mrs Gunda Kinzl (Vienna University, 2022): "The Arabic dialect(s) of the Rashayda."
- Dr. Emily Goshey (2020): “The role of faith and religion in social movements.”
- Dr. Robert Riggs (University of Bridgeport, Spring semester of the 2019): “The integration of Shi’a communities in Kuwait.”
- Dr. Hirotake Ishiguro (Kobe University, 2019-2020): “Social Accountability and Consensus Building in the Era of Reforms: The Dynamics of the Informal Decision-Making in the GCC States.”
- Dr. Norman Lewis (Fulbright Scholar, Florida State University, 2017/18): “Advancing Data Journalism in Kuwait.”
- Dr. Nele Lenze (National University of Singapore, 2017/18): "Politics and Digital Literature in the Middle East: Perspectives on Online Text and Context."
- Mr. Alex Boodrookas (New York University 2017/18): "History of the Arabian Gulf"
- Mr. Daniel Tavana (Princeton University, 2017/18): "Domestic Politics in the Middle East"
- Dr. Zoltan Pall (National University of Singapore, 2016/17): “Kuwaiti Salafism and its Growing Influence in the Levant.”
Visa Regulations
Nationals of 53 countries can buy their visa online here:
The others can get a visa through the hotel they stay in (once they have booked their room) or through GUST.
Your passport must be valid at least 6 months.
The 53 countries are:
The United States of America - The United Kingdom - France - Italy - Germany - Canada - Australia - New Zealand - Japan - Netherlands - Belgium - Luxembourg - Switzerland - Austria - Sweden - Norway - Denmark - Portugal - Greece - Ireland - Finland - Spain - Monaco - Vatican -Iceland - Andorra - San Marino – Liechtenstein - Brunei - Singapore - Malaysia - Hong Kong - South Korea - Bhutan - Poland - Georgia - Ukraine - Slovenia - Estonia - Czech - Turkey - Bulgaria - Romania - Cyprus - Serbia - Slovakia - Cambodia - Latvia- Laos - Lithuania - Malta – Croatia - Hungary.
