The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program invites faculty and research fellows to join its monthly reading seminar as well as weekly writing group sessions.
Reading Seminar | 12-1:30pm in-person (NYUAD campus)
The monthly reading seminar invites HRF fellows and NYUAD faculty to discuss a shared set of readings that relate to 1) the framing, challenges, and affordances of area studies (the conceptualization of “Arab Crossroads” or even “Global Crossroads” Studies, in particular); 2) new research on the Arab Gulf; and 3) new works of broader significance.
This month, the reading seminar will take place over lunch and will include:
February 23 | A Sea of Debt: Law and Economic Life in the Western Indian Ocean, 1780-1950 (Fahad Ahmad Bishara)
*All texts are available as e-books through the NYUAD Library.
Writing Group | 8-11am in-person (NYUAD campus)
The weekly writing group is held every Monday morning for fellows and faculty interested in blocking out the first three hours of their week for a period of uninterrupted writing. Come for a light breakfast and start your week focused on your writing goals.
Conveners: Erin Pettigrew and Nathalie Peutz
The reading seminar and writing group are open to the NYUAD community and by invitation. Registration has closed.