Omar Sirri (SOAS), To Perform a Paradox: Checkpoints and Political Authority in Baghdad Tuesday 28 November 2023, 17:00 UTC For the better and worse part of two decades, checkpoints have been an inescapable imposition in and on Baghdad. These installations …
AGAPS is proud to announce its planned activities for this year’s Middle East Studies Association (MESA) conference to take place from 2-5 Nov. 2023 at the Montreal Convention Center. AGAPS Business Meeting (open to public)Thursday, November 2 from 12:30-2:30PM (EST) …
Anthropologist and historian Daniel Martin Varisco will discuss his new book, a survey of indigenous knowledge of seasonal, astronomical, and agricultural information in almanacs and folklore of the Arabian Gulf. The book extensively analyzes traditional information based on local almanacs, …
Book Talk Feb 22: Seasonal Knowledge and the Almanac Tradition in the Arab Gulf Read more »
The event will be held on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 5:30pm GST in the NYU Abu Dhabi Humanities Building, room 007 (A6-007) and broadcast via Zoom. The Office of Inclusion and Equity presents Neha Vora, associate professor of Anthropology at Lafayette College. Vora will …
“Teach for Arabia”: A Conversation with Neha Vora Read more »
Wednesday 08 December 2021 4:00pm to 5:30pm (on Zoom) Hosted by the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science Kuwait’s nationality and citizenship rules have been contentious since the country’s independence in 1961. The rightful …
Seen But Not Heard: Youth Citizenship Identities and Participation in Kuwait Read more »