Upcoming Events
Exploring the Family Business Histories Spotlight Series: Stories from MENASA Family Businesses
Rania Labaki (EDHEC Business School) & Mai El-Kinawi (True North Consulting FZ-LLC)
Moving Pictures: Photography, Migration, and Archives Across Indian Ocean Worlds
Convened by Julia Stephens (Senior Humanities Research Fellow)
Jinns’ Eggs and Giants’ Bones: Translating the Marvels of Abū Ḥāmid al-Gharnāṭī’s Tuḥfat al-albāb wa-nukhbat al-aʿjāb
Chip Rossetti - Senior Research Fellow, Library of Arabic Literature
The Queen of Sorcerers and Thirteen Tales on Kingship, Magic and Love
Enass Khansa - Research Fellow, Library of Arabic Literature
Iraq and Gulf Relations: Art Patronage and Education Past and Present
Convened by Nada Shabout (Senior Humanities Research Fellow) & Salwa Mikdadi (al Mawrid)
Unlocking Archives with AI
Convened by Suphan Kirmizialtin (NYUAD) & David Wrisley (NYUAD)
Annual Graduate Student Research Workshop
’New Directions in the Study of the Arab World’
Istilham: An Aesthetics of Accessing the Past and the Future
Nada Shabout - Senior Humanities Research Fellow, NYUAD
Adab in Hebrew and (Judeo-)Arabic: Poetry, Philology, Theology
Convened by Nathaniel Miller (Humanities Research Fellow)
Geniza in the Gulf Exhibition
Curated by Nathaniel Miller (NYUAD), Benjamin Outhwaite (Cambridge) & Mohamed Ahmed (Trinity College Dublin)
Desperate Characters: Jamil Buthaynah and His Translator
David Larsen - Senior Research Fellow, Library of Arabic Literature
Gendered Capital: Tracing Janbai’s Indian Ocean Itineraries and Archival Legacies
Julia Stephens - Senior Humanities Research Fellow, NYUAD
Global Africa Meets Global Asia Workshop
Convened by David Ludden (NYU) & Shobana Shankar (Stony Brook University)
What we do.
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Research Seminar.
Fellows will participate in the bi-weekly Humanities Research Seminar. Through this seminar, fellows share their work in progress with their peers and faculty within the NYUAD community. In addition to presentations by fellows, the Seminar may feature presentations by NYUAD faculty, other NYU faculty who are in residence at NYUAD, UAE scholars, and other invited speakers.
Contact: Martin Klimke/Alexandra Sandu
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Research Workshop.
Fellows are invited to organize a 1-to-2-day (micro-)workshop on a topic related to their research and to invite participants from outside of the community, funded by the Institute. Typically, these workshops take place during a fellow’s second year. They include NYUAD faculty and other scholars, by invitation only. Other formats that include 19 Washington Square North, which may or may not require additional external funding, are also possible.
Contact: Martin Klimke/Alexandra Sandu
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Publication Workshop.
The first part of the workshop consists of a presentation on how to turn a dissertation into a manuscript (touching upon publishing in the arts and humanities, as well as how to write and submit an effective book proposal).
The second part of the workshop features individual consultations with faculty members and research fellows.
Contact: Martin Klimke/Alexandra Sandu
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Graduate Student Workshop.
International graduate students will be invited to apply to participate in a multiday workshop at NYUAD with the opportunity to present and discuss their PhD projects. Fellows are invited to attend and may be asked to serve as discussants on topics related to their field of research.
Contact: Erin Pettigrew/Nathalie Peutz
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Thematic Lecture Series Cluster.
Fellows are invited to co-organize a thematic lecture cluster together with a faculty member at NYUAD. Each cluster may consist of three online talks given by artists, scholars, and collaborators situated around the globe. Although fellows can take advantage of curating a thematic lecture cluster any time during their fellowship, we encourage junior fellows to do so in their first year as a form of preparation for their in-person workshop in year 2.
Contact: Erin Pettigrew/Nathalie Peutz
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Writing Group.
Fellows are invited to attend a once weekly writing group during which participants dedicate 3 solid hours to writing. Open to all fellows and faculty.
Every Monday | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Contact: Erin Pettigrew/Nathalie Peutz
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Reading Seminar.
Fellows are invited to attend a once monthly seminar discussion on a theme connected to the study of the Arab world broadly conceived and/or living, researching, and teaching in the region. This seminar will provide a space for fellows and faculty to come together to discuss a shared set of readings in a structured fashion. The readings may 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 theoretical significance.
This fall, the reading seminars will take place over lunch and will include:
February 3 | Everyday Life in the Spectacular City: Making Home in Dubai (Rana AlMutawa)
April 25 | Arabic Glitch: Technoculture, Data Bodies, and Archives (Laila Shereen Sakr)
Contact: Erin Pettigrew/Nathalie Peutz
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Professional Development.
Fellows are invited to give practice job talks, practice interviews, or to meet with HRF Co-PIs for review of teaching strategy, syllabi, and other professional development related activities as needed.
Contact: Erin Pettigrew/Nathalie Peutz
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Co-Curated Events with the Arab Crossroads Studies Program.
The Arab Crossroad Studies Program runs a lecture series convened by ACS faculty members to connect with locally-based scholars, scholars passing through the region, and/or scholars launching new publications. Fellows may be invited to discuss their research during this series and are welcome to attend ACS events.
Contact: Erin Pettigrew/Nathalie Peutz
Past Events
Call for Applications
Applications for our 2024 Graduate Student Research Workshop are now closed.