King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies
This is a summary page about the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS) by the King Faisal Foundation. For the latest and most detailed information, please visit the official website of the KFCRIS (kfcris.com/en)
ABOUT KFCRIS
Vision
To be a wellspring of academic, intellectual, and cultural knowledge for humanity
Message
To enrich the local and global academic and cultural scenes with original research, excellent resources, and unique experiences
Values
To disseminate knowledge, facilitate academic research, and preserve our human heritage
IN THE WORDS OF PRINCE TURKI ALFAISAL
King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies
IN THE WORDS OF PRINCE TURKI ALFAISAL
King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies
The Center works to enrich these different fields
Research
At the end of 2022, the Center’s Research Department hosted
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Research Programs
Visiting Fellowship Program
The Center’s Visiting Fellowship Program was established in 1999/2000 with the aim to help facilitate research projects of professional and doctoral scholars from both inside and outside the Kingdom.
Over the past two decades, the Center has accepted over 500 Visiting Fellows from more than 50 countries.
Visiting Fellowship Program
Publications
Research Papers
Books
The Library
Faisal Family Archives
Prince Saud documentary
The Archives also helps KFCRIS produce audiovisual contents focused on King Faisal and his family. A recent example is a 4-hour documentary on late Prince Saud AlFaisal (1940–2015), the Saudi Kingdom’s Foreign Minister between 1975 and 2015, which was aired by MBC in 2019. It reveals the life of late Prince Saud through interviews with around 40 individuals who know Prince very well, such as his brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, close friends, colleagues, and diplomatic counterparts including James Baker, Amr Moussa, Nabil Elaraby, Amine Gemayel, and Salam Fayyad, as well as many incumbent and previous foreign ministers of other GCC states and the Secretary-Generals of the GCC.
Al-Faisal Museum for Arab-Islamic Art
Al-Faisal Museum for Arab-Islamic Art showcases collections owned and preserved by KFCRIS. The Museum preserves human heritage and enriches academic and cultural scenes by providing its visitors with a space and resources to find inspiration, delve into the past, and broaden their horizons, as well as encouraging a dialogue between scholars, intellectuals, artists, designers, and anyone with an inquisitive mind.
Permanent Gallery
Online Exhibition “Wahj: Adornment of the Page”
Permanent Gallery
Exhibition “Asfār: Treasures of King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies”
Online Exhibition “Wahj: Adornment of the Page”
Events
Born a King
This is a summary page about the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS) by the King Faisal Foundation. For the latest and most detailed information, please visit the official website of the KFCRIS (kfcris.com/en)