The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World is pleased to host a panel discussion showcasing the work of participants in the second Research Writing Workshop .
This event will take place on January 21 at the NYUAD campus at 5pm and will feature presentations by twelve scholars from a diverse range of disciplines, including Anthropology, Political Theory, History, Literature and Music. Hailing from institutions in Europe, the United States and the region, these scholars are developing innovative research projects that deepen our understanding of the Arab world.
About the Retreat:
Held from January 12-23, 2026, the Research Writing Workshop aims to foster a community of scholars from around the world and help advance research in all areas of the Humanities related to the study of the Arab world. During their residency, scholars work on book chapters or articles, participate in group events, and engage with NYUAD faculty in one-on-one meetings based on common research interests.
Participants and Their Projects:
Yousuf Al-Bulushi (University of California, Irvine), Frontline Thinking: An Intellectual History of the Dar es Salaam School
Meghaa Ballakrishnen (University of Rochester), Abstracting the Desert, Abstracting the Sea: Nasreen Mohamedi and the Arab Landscape
Ada Barbaro (Sapienza University of Rome), Transmuting Reality as a Means of Expressing Socio-Cultural Demands. Towards a Teratology of Contemporary Arabic Fiction: Two Case Studies
Magnus Bernhardsson (Williams College), History Be Dammed: The Promise and Peril of Big Dams in the Middle East, Asia and Africa
Federica Bueti (Piet Zwart Institute), A Map of Wounds (A Poem in Multiple Voices): The Long Poem as Counter-Archive
Elizabeth Derderian (Crown Center, Brandeis), Arresting Objects: The Politics of Partage
Nell Gabiam (Iowa State University), Enduring Nakba: Palestinians after the War in Syria
Mayte Green (Rutgers University-Newark), Mediterranean Displacements: Morisco Migrations in the Sixteenth Century
Mohammed Hashas (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Rabat School: Thinking from the Edge of the Arab-Islamic Worlds
Insia Malik (NYU), The Trans-Arab Production of Arab Idol: At the Juncture of Lebanon, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia
Mina Monier (MF Vitenskapelig Hoyskole), The Asʿadic Archive: Codicological Craft at the Cultural Crossroads of Medieval Cairo
Anna Ziajka Stanton (Penn State University), Imagining Cedars: Cedrus libani and the Making of the Anthropocene
The panel is open to the NYUAD community and by invitation. RSVP for the panel and/or request a 1–1 meeting with a visiting scholar using the form below.