Dr. Sager presented Honorary Fellowship Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman of the Gulf Research Center, received an honorary fellowship from the Universita Ca’Foscari Venezia on May 23, 2011 during a ceremony at the university in Venice, Italy. The fellowship was bestowed to Dr. Sager by the Rector of the Ca’Foscari University, Prof. Carlo Carraro. In his laudatio, Prof. Matteo Legrenzi, Associate Professor for International Relations and Gulf Studies noted Dr. Sager’s philanthropic work for the promotion of Gulf studies and his overall contribution to the scholarly development of the discipline. As part of the ceremony, the Gulf Research Center and the Ca’Foscari University Foundation signed an agreement on long-term cooperation. Dr. Sager thanked the university for the honor and as part of the ceremony gave a lecture entitled: “The Arab Spring: What Role for Europe?”
