# Raouf Abbas

Raouf Abbas Hamed (Arabic: رؤوف عباس) (24 August 1939 – 26 June 2008) was an Egyptian historian and a professor of modern history at Cairo University, until his death in 2008. He served as the president of the Egyptian Society of Historical Studies. He filled various senior academic positions, most of which in the Cairo University.

## Academic career
### Academic positions

* Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, from September 1, 1996 – 1999.
* Visiting Full-time Professor, Department of Arabic Studies, The American University in Cairo, September 1992 - August 1996.
* Professor of Modern History, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, from December 30, 1981, to present.
* Chairman, History Department, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, from April 1982 to April 1988.
* Associate Professor of Modern History, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, from January 1, 1977, to December 29, 1981.
* Seconded to Qatar University, October 1974 - August 1978.
* Lecturer, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, from June 16, 1971, to December 31, 1976.
* Assistant, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, from November 21, 1967, to June 15, 1971.

### Academic activities

* Visiting fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, April 1972 - January 1973; May - September 1977.
* Visiting fellow, Institute for the Study of languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University for Foreign Studies, February - September 1973; July - September 1987; October 1989 - September 1990.
* Visiting professor, Sorbonne University, Paris IV, February 1980.
* Visiting professor, Essen, Kiel, Hamburg and Freiburg Universities, Germany, November - December 1982.
* Part-time lecturer, CASA, The American University in Cairo, 1983 - 1991.
* Lecture Tour in United States organized by MESA, covered UCLA, USCLA, SCULA, Stanford University, Georgia State University, Mills College (November 1990).
* Organized and chaired six symposiums and conferences in Cairo and Ain Shams Universities, Egypt, 1978 - 1993.
* Chairman, Historical Studies Unit, Center of Political and Strategic Studies, Al-Ahram Organization, Cairo, since February 1980.
* Member, The Permanent Academic Committee of History, Supreme Council of the Egyptian Universities, since October 1985.
* Member, History Committee, The Supreme Council of Culture, Egypt, Since 1991.
* President, The Egyptian Historical Studies Association, since April 1999.
* Editor in chief, Ruzname, Annual Bulletin of the Egyptian National Archives, Cairo 2003 to present.

### Honors

* Holder of Science and Arts Decoration, First class, Awarded by the President of Egypt, February 1983.
* State Prize of Distinguished Academic Achievement in Social Science, Egypt, June 2000.

### Symposiums and conferences

* International Conference on Orientalism, Oriental Society of Japan, Tokyo, January 1973.
* Symposium on Methodology in History, Sorbonne University, February 1980.
* Symposium on the Euro-Arab dialogue, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Bonn, April 1982.
* Workshop on the History of Traditions in the Middle East, Wissenschaft Kolleg Zu Berlin, April 1986.
* Symposium on Urbanization in Islam, Oriental Studies Institute, Tokyo University, October 1989.
* Special Guest Scholar, The 1990 MESA Annual Meeting, San-Antonio, Texas, November 1990.
* Symposium on "The Middle Eastern Economy in a Prospect of Peace", European Parliament, Strasbourg, June 1994.
* Xe Réunion des Chercheurs sur le Monde, Arabe et Musulman, Afemam & Eurames, Aix-en-Provence, July 1996
* Conference on Archives and the Metropolis, Institute of Historical Research, Centre of Metropolitan History, University of London, July 1996
* Symposium on Mediterranean Cities, Municipality of Rome, Rome, November 1996.
* Panel on Abu-Qeir, History & Archeology, The Egyptian Academy, Rome, February 2002.
* Symposium on the Archival Sources of Arab History, Centre for Documentation & History, Abu-Dhabi, UAE, March 2002.
* Round table on Private Papers as a Source of Arab Contemporary History, Institut de Monde Arabe, Paris, March 2004.
* Round table on Iraq, The Royal Institute of Religious Studies, Amman, Jourdan, January 2005.
* Round table on Private Papers, The Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, March 2006
* International Conference on 1956 year of Crises, Hungary and Suez, Munk Centre For International Studies At Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada, September 27–30, 2006.