Tahir Albakaa (born 1950 in Takir, Iraq) is an Iraqi historian who received his Master's degree and Ph.D in Modern History from Baghdad University.
Albakaa worked at Al-Mustansiriya University from 1983 to 2003 and is the former President of the University. In June 2004 he was chosen as a Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research for the Iraqi Interim Government. Albakaa was a member of the Iraqi National Assembly in 2005, and a member of the Iraqi Constitution Writing Committee.
In October 2005 he went to Harvard University as a visiting scholar, and then moved to Suffolk University in 2006.
He has published six books and sixty-five papers.
References
- Suffolk Journal online article Iraqi scholar finds safe haven
- UMass Boston International Conference on “Rebuilding Sustainable Communities in Iraq” communique
- Boston.com article Iraqs violent brain drain called a threat to future
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Categories:- 20th-century Iraqi historians
- Academic staff of Al-Mustansiriya University
- Presidents of Al-Mustansiriya University
- Living people
- 1950 births
- Academic staff of the University of Baghdad
- University of Baghdad alumni
- Harvard University staff
- Suffolk University faculty
- Iraqi expatriates in the United States
- 21st-century Iraqi historians