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Trinity establishes Al Maktoum Centre for Middle Eastern Studies

  • 01-08-2019 12:52pm
    #1
    the culture of deference
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭


    Trinity college management should hang their heads in shame. How can they recognise LGBT and then make a deal with these warlords.


    As an alumni all I can say is shame on you



    Provost of Trinity, Dr Patrick Prendergast, said:
    This generous gift from the Al Maktoum Foundation comes at a vital moment in the history of Trinity College’s relationship with the Middle East, its peoples and its cultures. Continuing a long-established tradition of Middle Eastern studies in the history of Trinity College, this generous gift comes at a time when society in Ireland must seize the opportunity to enhance the role which all can play in a pluralistic society. Societal challenges created by multiculturalism also present unique opportunities for engagement and enrichment.


    A strategic alliance has been established between Trinity College Dublin and the Al Maktoum College of Higher Education to enhance the development of Middle Eastern Studies in Ireland, and globally, through the establishment of a new Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Trinity.


    Article 354 of the Federal Penal Code of UAE states: "Whoever commits rape on a female or sodomy with a male shall be punished by death."

    Article 177 of the Penal Code of Dubai imposes imprisonment of up to 10 years on consensual sodomy.


    Mohammed bin Nukhaira Al Dhahiri, Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Auqaf stated, "There will be no room for homosexual and queer acts in the UAE. Our society does not accept queer behaviour, either in word or in action"


    https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/trinity-establishes-al-maktoum-centre-for-middle-eastern-studies/


Comments

  • #2
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    Do you believe there should be no African Studies departments?

    No Russian Studies?

    What about Eastern European Studies?

    I'm obviously no fan of the strict anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and policies in those countries but to ban all studies which involve those countries is completely contrary to the spirit of academia.


  • #3
    the culture of deference
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭the culture of deference


    baby and crumble wrote: »

    I'm obviously no fan of the strict anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and policies


    You class death as a strict anti LGBT policy


    Saudi Arabia executed 5 gay men in April 2019



    UAE figure cannot be verified even with amnesty, they started executions again in 2017


  • #4
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    the culture of deference wrote: »
    You class death as a strict anti LGBT policy


    Saudi Arabia executed 5 gay men in April 2019



    UAE figure cannot be verified even with amnesty, they started executions again in 2017

    Tbh yes death is kinda the strictest anti-LGBT policy is.

    My point is that restricting the academic study of culture is not the way to oppose anti-LGBT sentiment. If that were the case we wouldn’t study any Irish culture or history before 1993. Or the UK before 1969. Or anything pre-Stonewall.


  • #5
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,690 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    The issue is maybe not whether TCD should engage in Middle Eastern studies, but whether it should accept sponsorship from the Al-Maktoum Foundation.


  • #6
    the culture of deference
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭the culture of deference


    Peregrinus wrote: »
    The issue is maybe not whether TCD should engage in Middle Eastern studies, but whether it should accept sponsorship from the Al-Maktoum Foundation.




    There is no justification for accepting sponsorship from the Al-Maktoum Foundation.


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