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 Dr. Bassam Tibi
Senior Research Fellow, YIISA Dr. Bassam Tibi is a Professor of International Relations in Goettingen parallel to his position as a non-resident A.D. White Professor at Large at Cornell University. Born in Damascus he was educated in Islamic and Western schools until he completed his high school education there with the French Baccalaureat. In 1962 he moved to Germany to study Social Science, Philosophy and History at the Wolfgang von Goethe University of Frankfurt where he received his first Ph.D. in 1971. Among his academic teachers (Frankfurt School) were Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno, Jürgen Habermas and Iring Fetscher. Professor Tibi received his Dr. habil. (German Super PhD) from the University of Hamburg. Professor Tibi’s academic career began at the universities of Frankfurt and Heidelberg 1970 - 1973. Hereafter, Dr. Tibi was then appointed 1973 as Professor for International Relations at the University of Goettingen. In 1988 he was appointed Professor of Comparative Politics as successor of Stein Rokkan at the University of Bergen/Norway by a Royal resolution of King Olav IV. He established the Center of International Affairs of which Professor Tibi has been the Director ever since. At this center he established Islamology as a study of Islam and conflict in society and in international politics. |
