مركز الملك فيصل للبحوث والدراسات الإسلامية
Dr. Mark C. Thompson has extensive work experience in the field of Islamic studies and Middle East studies. From 2017 to the present, they have been working as a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Socioeconomics Program at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. Prior to this, from 2012 to 2019, they held the position of Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM).
Dr. Mark C Thompson began their education by pursuing a Master of Arts degree in Applied Linguistics at the University of Wales, Cardiff from 1991 to 1992. After that, they attended the University of Exeter, obtaining a Master of Arts in Middle East Policy Studies from 2006 to 2007. Continuing their studies at the same university, they earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Gulf Studies / Saudi Studies, completing their Ph.D. from 2008 to 2012.
مركز الملك فيصل للبحوث والدراسات الإسلامية
أُنشئ مركز الملك فيصل للبحوث والدراسات الإسلامية سنة 1403هـ/ 1983م لمواصلة الرسالة النبيلة للملك فيصل بن عبدالعزيز رحمه الله (1906- 1975م) في نشر العلم والمعرفة بين المملكة وبقية دول العالم. ويعدُّ المركز منصة بحثٍ تجمع بين الباحثين والمؤسسات لحفظ العمل العلمي ونشره وإنتاجه، ويهدف إلى توسيع نطاق المؤلفات والبحوث الحالية؛ لتقديمها إلى صدارة المناقشات والمساهمات العلمية، واهتمامات المجتمعات الإسلامية في العلوم الإنسانية، والعلوم الاجتماعية، والفنون والآداب. الرؤية أن نكون نبعًا إنسانيًّا للمعرفة العلمية والفكرية والثقافية. الرسالة: إثراء المشهدين العلمي والثقافي محليًّا وعالميًّا ببحوث أصلية وموارد وخبرات فريدة. The King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS) was established in 1983 to continue the noble mission of the late King Faisal bin Abdulaziz (1906-1975) in transmitting knowledge between the Kingdom and the rest of the world. The Center serves as a platform for research bringing together researchers and institutions to preserve, publish, and produce scholastic work. The Center aims to expand the scope of existing literature and research so as to bring to the forefront of scholarly discussions the contributions and roles of Muslim societies in the humanities, the social sciences, literature, the and arts – historically, as well as today.