Dr Mariam Ibrahim Al-Mulla Department of Humanities/History Program CAS- University P.O Box: 2713 - State of Qatar [email protected]

EDUCATION

2013 Ph.D.in Philosophy, University of Leeds, UK. 2007 MA in Art History &Museums, University of Aberystwyth, UK. 1998 B.A.in History, University of Qatar.

LANGUAGES

 English / Excellent in speaking, reading& writing.

 Arabic/Mother tongue, Excellent in speaking, reading & writing.

TEACHING & ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Agu 2014- Coordinator-History Program & Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Sciences, Qatar University

Feb 2014- Assistant Professor, History Program, College of Arts & Sciences, Qatar University

EMPLOYEMENT & EXPERINCSES

Apr-Sep 1998 Curator at the Department of Museums and Archaeology in Qatar

Sep 1998-2001 Director of Qatar National

2001-2002 Curator at the Orientalist Museum, National Council for Culture, Art & Heritage, Qatar

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2002-2003 Public Relations Department, National Council for Culture, Art & Heritage, Qatar

2003-2005 Curator and Member of the Project Group for the Costume and Textile Museum

CONSULTANCY WORK

Freelance Consultation for Media Museum ‘Majlis’ at Northwestern University Qatar.

FUNDS & PRIZES

2015 Winner of the National Prize of Education Excellence Day, Organized by the Supreme Education Council in Qatar

2015 PI, Internal Grant Research “Private Museums verses National Museums, Qatar University

2015 PI, Research ‘Qatar’s in the Ancient Maps’, EUROP, Qatar Research Found, Qatar Foundation

2015 PI, NPRP, ‘National Museums and the Public Imagination: A Longitudinal Study of the ’, Qatar Research Found, Qatar Foundation

2014 PI, Research ‘the Story of Stamps” “EUROP”, founded by Qatar Research Found, Qatar Foundation

2014 PI, Interdisciplinary Research, Center for Advanced Materials (CAM), ‘Archaeological Coins from Al-Zubara: analytical, Historical & Scientific Study’, founded by Center for Humanities &Social Sciences, Art & Science College, Qatar University

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES & MEMBERSHIPS

2015 Co-organized Workshop the Archaeology of Migrations, at WAC-8, will be held in Kyoto, Japan, 28 August to 2 September 2016.

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2015 Head, Faculties & Students Activities Committee, History Program, CAS, Qatar University

2015 Head, Capstone Committee, History Program, CAS, Qatar University

2015 Funder & Leader of ‘Qatari Voices: Oral History Research Group’, under supervision of Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), CAS, Qatar University 2015 Organized & Delivered a workshop on ‘Utilization of the blackboard in Exams, Quizzes and essays’ in the First-Year Focus at OFED, Qatar University.

2015 Organized, One day Symposium Oral History: Importance and Challenges in Constructing Cohesive History, Monday, 16th, 2015, Qatar University

2014 Present Co-Founder and Member of Heritage Studies Minor Program, CAS, Qatar University (Includes Museums, Archaeology & Tourism)

2014 Developer of the Collaboration Plan between Humanities Department at Qatar University & The Cultural Village Katara.

2014 Organized & Delivered a full-day Workshop in Understanding and Presenting Qatar History for the Qatar Tourism Authority Tour Guide Training Programme, Held at Stenden University Qatar, 7 April.

2014 Organized & Delivered a full-day Lecture & Workshop on Museum Operations for the 2nd Year Tourism Students Taking Tourism Industry Operation Mangement, Held at Stenden University Qatar, 15th of May

2014 Co- Or gani zed wi t h Northwestern University & University of North Georgia-Dahlonega wo rks hop at th e A nn ual Con fere nce “ Gulf Research Meeting” at Cambridge University, August, Cambridge, UK.

2014 Co-Organized One Day Symposium for the Celebration of the National Day “Jassim the Leader”, Qatar University

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MEMBERSHIP

2015 Member, Women's Research Committee, Center for Humanities and

Social Sciences, CAS, Qatar University

2015 Member, Advisory Committee, Academic Hub, CAS, Qatar University

2015 Member, Recruitment Committee, History Program, CAS, Qatar University

2015 Member, Annual History Conference Committee, History Program, CAS, Qatar University

2015 Member, Interdisciplinary Gulf Identity and Culture Research Cluster, Gulf Studies Center, CAS, Qatar University

2014 Present Member, Middle East Studies Association of North America, U.S.A (MESA)

2014 Present Member, European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)

2014 Present Member, Curriculum Committee, History Program, CAS, Qatar University

2014 Present Member, Online Course Policy, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Qatar University

2014 Member, Recruitment Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University

2014 Member, Research Committee & Symposiums, History Program, CAS, Qatar University

2014 Member, Students Affairs & Exams Committee, History Program, CAS, Qatar University

2014 Member, History Study Plane, History Program, CAS, Qatar

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University

2014 Member, Program Outcome Committee, History Program, CAS, Qatar University

2011 Present Member of Advisory Board Germany-Qatari Association

2010-2012 Member, UK Museums and Galleries History Group

2010-2012 Member, USA Museums Association

2008-2011 Member, UK Museums Association

2008-2009 Member, International Museums Organization ICOM, UNESCO

2002-2005 Member, Qatari Theatre Group

CHAIRS

2015 Chaired, Panel at the International Symposium on Teaching History in Universities Visions, Approaches, and Themes, 25-26 November, Department of Humanities, Qatar University.

2015 Chaired, Symposium of Community and Economy in Qatar During Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries: Taking Archaeological Artifacts as Evidences, May

2014 Chaired, Panel at the International Conference “Ca mb ri dge in Qatar: Pers pec tive s on Mid dle E ast Stu die s ”, Qatar Uni ver sity

2014 Chaired, Panel at the International Conference “Interdisciplinarity History: An Old Method in a New World Context”, First Annual History Conference, March, Qatar University

2012 Chaired, Panel at the Conference “Cultural Heritage Discussion” at University of Leeds, UK

PUBLICATIONS

RESEARCH PROJECT

2015 Organized Research Team in Collaboration with Emiri Diwan & Co- 5

Authored Research of Qatar History from 1820-1971 for Qatar T.V

BOOKS

2015 Representing the Nation, Edited Pamela Erskine-Loftus Mariam I. Al- Mulla & Victoria Hightower, Routledge Press.

PEER- REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS

2016 Museums in Qatar: Educational Role in Twenty-First Century, e-Journal, CHNT 20, in http://www.chnt.at/the-museum-of- islamic-art-qatar-constructing-a-museum-minded-community.

2015 The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha: Constructing a Museum Minded Community in Qatar, Co-authored with Karen Exell in Museums in Arabia, edited by Karen Exell and SarinaWakefield, Ashgate Press.

2014 Collecting the Collection for Qatar National Museum: Changing Qatari’s Attitudes and Practices, published in Museums and the Material World: Collecting the Arabian Peninsula, edited by Pamela Erskine-Loftus, Museumsetc Press

2013 The Development of the First Qatar National Museum, in Cultural Heritage in the Arabian Peninsula edited by Trinidad Rico and Karen Exell, Ashgate Press.

2011 Museums in Qatar: Creating Narratives at a Time of Global Unease, in Reimagining Museums: Practice in the Arabian Peninsula, edited book by Pamela Erskine-Loftus

2009 Application of Textiles in Art Work: Interview with Qatari artist Yousef Ahmed, published in Art Fist Classics, http://www.artfist.org/2012/02/interview-with-yousef-ahmed.html

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PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCES

2016 The Narrative of Archaeology and Cultural Materials in Qatar, will be presented at the 14th Annual International Conference on History & Archaeology: From Ancient to Modern, 27-30 June 2016, Athens, Greece

2016 ‘Globalisation’ Politicizing Qatari Heritage, will be presented in at the International Conference Inheriting the City: Advancing Understandings of Urban Heritage to be held in Taipei, Taiwan from 31 March to 4 April 2016.

2016 Qatari Women as Example of Continuance Significant Participation in the Sustainable Development, will be presented at Women Conference, Georgetown University, Qatar, 20-21 March, Qatar Foundation

2016 Investing in Research: Investigating Qatar’s Global Policy During the period of Sheikh Ahmed bin Ali through Stamps, ARC’16 Annual Conference, Poster Presentation, March 22-23, Qatar Foundation

2016 Slaves in Arabian Gulf: Un Highlighted Social History ‘Mshierb Museum as Case Study’, will be presented at the 3ed Annual History Conference, Humanities Department, Qatar University, 15-17 March 2016

2016 Political Triggers Around the Creation of the First National Museum in Qatar, Northwestern University, Qatar, 16 February.

2016 Reclaiming and Interpreting History and Heritage through Recreation of Souq Wagif, will be presented at the Liberal Art International Conference: Crossing Disciplines, Crossing Borders, January 31st-February 2nd 2016 at Texas A & M University, Qatar

2015 Between Modernity and Globalization: Politicians as Narrators, in 3rd Annual International Conference on Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCS 2015) 23– 24 November 2015, Singapore

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2015 The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar: Constructing a Museum Minded-

Community, in Conference on Cultural Heritage and New

Technologies, 2-4 November 2015, Vienna, Austria

2015 Reconstruction of Qatari Heritage and Museuming it: Simulacra and Simulation, in 21st annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists 2-5 September 2015, Glasgow, UK

2015 Copy Right of Documenting Oral History: Between Narrators and Historians, in Oral History: Importance and Challenges in Constructing Cohesive History 16th of November, 2015, Qatar University. Qatar 2015 Vanishing History: An Overview of the Economic and Social History of Qatar During the First World War, in The Great War and Its Legacy In Central Europe and the Middle East, March 2015, Qatar University. Qatar

2014 Qatari Social and Economic History from Ancient time to the Discovery of Oil, One day symposium at Al-Bayan Secondary School, Qatar

2014 A Narrative of Collecting Cultural Materials, in Interdisciplinary History: An Old Method in a New World Context, March, Qatar University, Qatar

2013 Souq Wagif: Gigantic Simulacrum Blends the Past with the Present, in The Past for Sale, April 2013, USA

2013 The Impact of Rhetoric of Globalisation and Modernity in Reconstructing Heritage in Qatar, in Issues of Heritage Practices in the Gulf, in World Archaeology Congress, January, Jordan

2012 The Architecture of the Museum of Islamic Art: Simulacra and Simulation In the Seminar for Arabian Studies Conference at the , July, UK

2011 The Development of New Architectural Language of Museums in Qatar, at the Discussion of Doha’s Development Event organized by Qtel, February, Qatar

2011 Changing the Concept of National Heritage, at Cultural Heritage Discussion at University of Leeds, UK

2011 New Curatorial Philosophy in Qatar, case study: The Exhibition “Beyond Boundaries: Islamic Art Across Cultures”, at Museums and Galleries 8

Conference, August, University of Leeds, UK.

2010 The Narrative of Constructing a Heritage in Qatar, in the Annual Conference of Post- Graduate in Leeds, August, UK

2010 Heritage in Qatar; An example of Culturally-led Economic Regeneration, in the Annual Conference of Museums and Galleries History Group at, Leeds City Museum. UK

2009 The History of Museums in Qatar and the Recent Inauguration of the Museum of Islamic Art’, February, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Wales, UK

2008 The Development of Museums in Qatar, at the University of Leeds’ annual Post-Graduate Symposium, May, UK

2007 Representative Objects: An Interpretation of Islamic Civilisation through Cultural Materials, at University of Wales Aberystwyth, March, Wales, UK

2006 Presentation of Costumes and Textiles in Museums and the Interpretation of National Identity, at Ceredigion Museum, October, Wales, UK

2006 Museum Heritage in Qatar between Twenty and Twenty-First Centuries, at University of Wales, April, Wales, UK

2000 Qatar National Museum Curatorial Work, at the UNISCO conference, The Conference on Arabic World Museums Curatorial Practice, June, Jordan

1999 Costumes and Textiles and the Presentation of National Identity, at Qatari Cultural Exhibition, May, Tokyo, Japan

NON-ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES, EXHIBITIONS

LOCAL EXHIBITIONS

2013 Organizer & Participant at Qatar National Day Celebration

2005 Participated in the Organization of the First Arabian Gulf

Countries disabled Theatre in Qatar

2004 Participated in the first disabled Qatari Festival.

2003-2005 Organized and supervised a Qatari Traditional Village in the first, second and third ‘Doha Cultural Festival’ 9

2003-2005 Participated in the Qatari Environmental Festival with the Association of Friends of the Environment Centre 2002 Supervised Family Activities Village in the ‘ Second

Doha Summer Festival’

2002 Organized and supervised Children’s’ Creative Village in the ‘First Doha Eid Festival’

2000 Organizer, Exhibition of Qatar National Museum for the Trade and

Economic Conference

OVERSEAS EXHIBITIONS

2004 Organized & Participated with the Qatari Theatre Group and Friends of the

Environment Centre in the first Qatari disabled play in Tunisia

2003 Organized with the Qatar Petroleum Company a Traditional Costume Show

at Qatari Cultural Week at OPIC Annual Meeting in Korea

2002 Organized with the Qatar Petroleum Company a Demonstration of Heritage

and Traditional Activities and Traditional Costumes at Qatari Cultural Week

at OPIC Conference in Venezuela

2001 Organized an Exhibition of Qatari Ethnography Artifacts and Traditional

Costume Show at Qatari Cultural and Tourism Week in Lebanon

2001 Represented the project of the Museum of Islamic Art at the World

Museums Conference in Paris

1999, 2001 &2003

Supervised the Qatari Women participants and the Qatari Wing in the

National Traditional and Heritage Saudi Festival Al-Janadria 1999 Represented Qatar National Museum in the Qatari Cultural Exhibition in Japan

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SELECTED MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

SHORT NEWSPAPER ARTICLES & Interviews

2015 Interview about Research Projects in Qatar University and the national Vision, Hiya & Huwa Magazin, 1 January

2015 Interview about What Does it Mean to Study Museums, Culture & Heritage for Qatar, Eyialna Magazin.

2011 Economic Impact in Museums Practice in Qatar, Al-Sharq, Qatar.

2011 The History of Qatar National Museum and its Acquisition, the Gulf Times.

2010 The MIA Mission throughout its Location, the Gulf Times

2010 The Museum Architecture, the Gulf Times.

2010 Politic and Museum-Minded Community, the Peninsula

2010 The MIA Mission throughout its Location, the Gulf Times

2007 Function and Definition of Museum, in Al-Raya

MEDIA APPEARANCE

2014 Radio Talk about Teaching Qatar History at Qatar University and its role in

Emphasizing National Identity among the New Generation, in November

2014 Radio Talk about the Development, Importance & Role of Museums in Qatar

& their enhancement of National Heritage and Identity, in Good Evening

Doha, April

2014 Radio Talk about the Importance & Role of the Celebration of the National

Day, in Good Evening Doha, December

2015 Talk about the National Prize in Education Excellence Day, Al-Sabah Rabah,

Al-Rayan T.V, February.

2015 Talk about the History & Future of Museums in Qatar, in Fai Al-Dhouha, Qatar 11

T.V, March

2015 Talk about the Qatar’s Cultural Heritage & Museums: History & Future, in Al-

Dana, Al-Rayyan T.V, April,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mwN_bL- 3M0

SELF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMES

2016 7 Habits of Highly Effective people, Qatar University, January 19, 2016 – January 21, 2016, Doha.

2015 Heritage Studies in the Muslim World, OFED, Qatar University, December, Doha.

2015 Most Important Changes in the Evaluation System, OFED, Qatar University, December, Doha.

2015 Assurance the Quality of Academic Programs Workshop, 21-22 October 2015, Dubai

2015 Profession Moralities and their Role in Continuance Improvement of the Organization’s achievement & Performance, 29 October, in Ministry of Labour & Social Affairs, Social Protection Department

2015 Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program), Social and Behavioral Research Investigators and Key Personal, Georgetown University, July 6, 2015 - July 9, 2015, Online training, Qatar.

2015 ACE Leadership Academy for Department Chairs, American Council on Education and Qatar University, January, Qatar.

2015 Using Blackboard in Developing online exams and evaluations, OFED, Qatar University, March, Doha.

2015 Camtasia Studio 8, OFED, Qatar University, May, Doha.

2015 Introduction to Blackboard Collaborate, OFED, Qatar University, May, Doha.

2015 Partners for developing Education, OFED, Qatar University, September, Doha.

2014 Hour of Power PD-a-Thon- Presentation, OFED, Qatar University, February, Doha.

2014 Using Blackboard in Developing online exams and evaluations, OFED, March, Doha.

2012 Assessing Students Work, University of Leeds, UK 12

2012 Recognizing & Developing Leadership Skills, University of Leeds, UK 2012 GHOST: L&T in Lectures, University of Leeds, UK 2012 Speed Reading (with mind mapping), University of Leeds, UK 2011 C2 Technology - PGR Conference, University of Leeds, UK 2011 B2 Relationships - PGR Conference, University of Leeds, UK 2010 The Final Stages of Your Research/Thesis, University of Leeds, UK 2009 Preparing for PGR Researcher of Year Competition, University of Leeds, UK 2009 Preparing for Your Transfer, University of Leeds, UK

2009 Arts/PVAC Networking, University of Leeds, UK

2008 Planning Your Personal T&D, University of Leeds, UK

2008 Make the Most of Your Research, University of Leeds, UK

2008 Preparing for Your Viva, University of Leeds, UK

2008 Time Management During Your Research Degree, University of Leeds, UK

2000 Develop Your Research Skills, University of Leeds, UK

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