Native sailing craft in the Gulf outside Basra, 1930s

Historiae.org is a direct outlet for historical research on topical issues in world politics. It has a special focus on political movements aimed at modifying or challenging existing state structures.

The site is maintained by Reidar Visser, research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and member of the Gulf Research Unit at the University of Oslo, with a background in history and comparative politics (University of Bergen) and a doctorate in Middle Eastern studies (University of Oxford). He can be contacted via e-mail.

Public lectures, past and upcoming

San Diego, CA, MESA 2010, 21 November 2010

Rome, Italian Senate/NATO parliamentary assembly, 27 June 2010

London, Royal Holloway College, 31 March 2010

London, British Academy, 17–19 March 2010

Washington, DC, Stimson Center/Russell Senate Office Building, 12 March 2010

Kuwait City, Eurogolfe Forum, 8 March 2010

Washington, DC, The Jamestown Foundation, 4 March 2010

Washington, DC, NDU, 8 December 2009

Boston, MA, MESA 2009, 21–24 November 2009

Bloomington, IN, Indiana University, 13 November 2009

Brussels, Palace of the Academies, 30 September–2 October 2009

London, British Academy, 2 June 2009

College Park, MD, University of Maryland, 2 May 2009

Paris, CERI, 27–29 April 2009

Kuwait City, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, 25 March 2009

Washington, DC, USIP, 3 March 2009

London, CISS, 19 February 2009

New York, ISA 2009, 16 February 2009

London, Chatham House, 10 February 2009

Annapolis, MD, US Naval Academy, 28 January 2009

Washington, DC, MESA 2008, 22–25 November 2008

Geneva, IHEID, 6 November 2008

Washington, DC, Georgetown University, 28 October 2008

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 23 May 2008

Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 24–26 April 2008

Washington, DC: USIP, 29 January 2008
Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 25 January 2008
Washington, DC: George Washington University, 15 January 2008
Ann Arbor, Mi.: University of Michigan, 13 January 2008
Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago, 11 January 2008
Washington, DC: The Jamestown Foundation, 5 December 2007
Montreal: MESA, 17 November 2007
Istanbul: TAARII & Hollings Center, 28 October 2007
Bristol: University of Bristol, 13 July 2007
Vienna: Kreisky Forum, 18 June 2007
Como, Italy: Landau Network, 24 November 2006
Washington, DC: USIP, 17 October 2006
Exeter: University of Exeter, 5 July 2006