Brief Bio
1. Personal Information
E-mail: belushi@squ.edu.om
belushi@hotmail.com
Academic Rank: Associate Professor
Department: Archaeology
Specialization: Archaeology
Minor specialization: Archaeological Heritage
Management
Address: Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts & Social Sciences. P.O Box 42 Alkhoud. 123. Sultanate of
Oman.
2. Employment History
Place of Work (Institution)
Year
Occupation
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
2016-present
Director, Omani Studies Center
Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts
2013-present
Associate Professor
and Social Sciences, Oman
Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts
2010-2013
Assistant Dean for Postgraduate Studies
and Social Sciences, Oman
and Research
Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts
2008-2010
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies
and Social Sciences, Oman
Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts
2006-2008
Head of Archaeology Department
and Social Sciences, Deparment of
Archaeology, Oman
Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts
2004-2013
Assistant Professor
and Social Sciences, Department of
Archaeology, Oman
Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts
1999-2001
Assistant Lecturer
and Social Sciences, Department of
Archaeology, Oman
3. Education and Qualifications
3- 1 Qualifications
Year
Qualification
Institution
2005
Ph.D. in Archaeological Heritage
University of Birmingham, Institute of
Management in Ancient History and
Archaeology and Antiquity, School of
Archaeology. Specialization:
Historical Studies, UK.
Archaeological Resource Management.
University of Liverpool, School of
1999
M.A. in Archaeology
Archaeology, Classics and Oriental
Studies, UK.
Sultan Qaboos University, Department of
1992
BSc. In Earth Sciences
Earth Sciences, College of Science, Sultan
Qaboos University, Oman
3-2 Courses Taught
Level
M.A.
ARCH6090: Museums
Name: Dr. Mohammed Ali K. Al-Belushi
ARCH6040: Archaeological Heritage Managment and Tourism
M.A.
ARCH4100: Archaeological Texts in English
ARCH3221: Management of Heritage and Archaeology
ARCH2020: Environmental Archaeology
ARCH1551: Management of the Archaeological Heritage in Oman
ARCH1540: Natural and Cultural Heritage of Oman
ARCH1535: Omani Towns through their Cultural Remains
ARCH1140: Introduction to Archaeology
B.A.
B.A.
B.A.
B.A.
B.A.
B.A.
B.A.
B.A.
ARCH1120: Principles of Archaeology
4. Research
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4-1 Research Interests
Archaeology of Oman
Archaeological Heritage Management
Museum Studies
Archaeology of Arabian Peninsula
Ethnoarchaeological Studies
Architectural Heritage of Oman
Cultural/ Archaeological Tourism
Caves of Oman
Archaeological Legislation
Relationship between Archaeology and Development
Defense heritage sites
Intangible Heritage
4-2 Papers (5 most important or recent papers)
Al-Belushi, M. A. K. 2015. Archaeology and development in the GCC states. Journal of Arabian Studies: Arabia,
the Gulf, and the Red Sea, 5(1): 37-66.
Al-Belushi, M. A. K. 2014. Characteristics of Oman's archaeological resources: A review of management
prospects. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 25: 121-137.
Al-Belushi, M. A. K. 2014. Archaeological legislation in the Sultanate of Oman. International Journal of Heritage
Studies, 20(1): 36–53.
Al-Belushi, M. A. K. 2012. A proposed national archaeological database of Oman. Adumatu, 26: 7-18.
Al-Belushi, M. A. K. 2008. Managing Oman's archaeological resource: historical perspectives. Public Archaeology,
7(3): 149-173.
4-3 Conferences (5 most important or recent conferences)
Al-Jahwari, N.; Douglas, K.; Al-Belushi, M. 2016. Umm an-Nar settlement at Dahwa: Interaction between Inland
and Coastal Regions in Northern Oman. 2nd meeting on archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula, Territories, space
organization, mobility and interactions in the Arabian Peninsula, 14-15/2/2016, CEFAX/LabEx DynamiTe,
National Concil for Culture, Arts and Letters, National Library of Kuwait, Kuwait.
Al-Belushi, M. A. K. 2014. Accessibility to the historic defence sites of Oman for people with mobility
impairment: The cases of Nakhal, Al Hazm and Khasab fortifications. Presented in 'The 2nd Conference on
Defense Sites: Heritage and Future', Venice, Italy, and published in C.A. Brebbia and C. Clark (Eds) Defence Sites
iI: Heritage and Future. Wessex Institute of Technology Transactions on The Built Environment, Vol. 143: 295305. Southampton and Boston: WIT Press. ISBN: 978-1-84564-833-6.
Al-Belushi, M. A. K. 2013. The heritage prospective and urban expansion in capital cities: old defense sites in
Muscat, Oman. Presented in 'The 1st Conference on Defense Sites: Heritage and Future', Portsmouth, UK, and
published in C.A. Brebbia (Ed.) Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture XIII,
Wessex Institute of Technology Transactions on The Built Environment, Vol. 131: 551-562. Southampton and
Boston: WIT Press. ISSN 1743-3509 (on-line), doi:10.2495/STR130461.
Al-Belushi, M. A. K. 2009. Oman's Archaeological Heritage: A brief history of its management. In: Fred Scholz
(Ed.) Oman-Germany Cultural and Scientific Relations. Symposium Free University of Berlin. Berlin: Verlag Hans
Schiler. ISBN 978-3-89930-270-7. Pp. 27–38.
Al-Belushi, M. A. K. & ElMahi, A. T. 2009. Archaeological investigations in Shenah, Sultanate of Oman. Seminar
for Arabian Studies, British Museum, London, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 39: 31-42.
Al-Belushi, M. A. K. 2006. The development of archaeological resource management in Oman. International
Seminar on the Magan and Indus Civilization, 4-5 January 2006, Vadodara, India.
4-4 Thesis Supervision (5 most recent theses)
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Ph.D. Thesis: Historic Mosques of Muscat. By: Mediha Al-Jilassy, (2014-2016), Joint supervision with Professor
Ziad Al-Murabit, University of Tunisia.
6. Community Service
6-1 Community services
Committee for the establishemnt of the Omani Centre for Strategic Studies, 2015-2016.
Short-listing Committee for the Sultan Qaboos Prize for Culture, Arts and Literature, 2012.
Municipal Council, Member (representing the wilaya of Quriyat), 2010-2011.
The Technical Committee for the Study of Archaeological Affairs in the Sultanate, Diwan of Royal Court, 20082010.
Joint Committee between SQU and the Ministry of Education, 2009.
Committee Responsible for the Establishment of the National Museum, 2006-2009.
Coordinator of the joint research project Oasis Settlement in Oman between Sultan Qaboos University (Department
of Archaeology) and a number of German academic and research institutes (Oriental Seminar, University of
Tubingen; Institute of Urban Development, Stuttgart University; Institute for Plant Nutrition, Hohenheim
University; German Archaeological Institute, Berlin), (2006-2007).
6-2 Committee membership (5 main committees)
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Oman Studies, between 2007-2011, (Published by the Ministry of Heritage,
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman).
Directors of Research Centers and Chairs, SQU, 2016-present.
College Board, College of Arts and Social Sciences, 2005-present.
Department Board, Archaeology Department, 2005-present.
SQU Postgraduate Studies Council, 2010-2013.
SQU Research Council, 2010-2013.
The Scientific Committee, Third Symposium of Sultan Qaboos Academic Chairs, Organized by Sultan Qaboos
Higher Centre for Culture and Science. University of Tokyo: Japan, 02-03.10.2014.
Culture and Humanities Committee, Omani Research Council, 2011-present.
Research Committee, Omani Studies Centre, 2008-2010.
Joint Committee between SQU and the Ministry of Defence for Establishment of an MA Program in Strategic
Studies for National Security and Defence, 2010-2013.
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