BRISMES: Coffee Session On Us
For those of you lucky enough to be attending BRISMES this year, consider also joining us for a informal gathering to meet other scholars interested in the region.
Category: Events
Female Empowerment in the Gulf Arab Region: Saudi Arabia during (2005–2015) and Oman from 2004 to the present day
Date & Time: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 | 5:00 – 6:30 PM (UAE) |2:00 – 3:30 PM (UK)Location: Online | Language: EnglishRegistration Link: Click Here to Register This talk examines female empowerment in Gulf Arab states, focusing on Saudi Arabia …
Gender Attitudes and Trends over the Last Decade
Date & Time: Wednesday, January 28, 2026 | 5:00 – 6:30 PM (UAE) |1:00 – 2:30 PM (UK)Location: Online | Language: EnglishRegistration Link: Click Here to Register AbstractFemale labour force participation in MENA has been and continues to be quite …
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Saudi Women: From Where and Whither?
Dr Fowziyah Abu Khalid 17th Dec 2025, 1pm UK time/ 5pm UAE time The latest webinar from the series: Empowering Muslim Women in Scientific Research. Organized by the Universities of Sharjah & Manchester. Summary: Saudi women’s roles from restrictive visibility to …
Exeter’s Center for Gulf Studies Seminar
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@MESA Activities
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) …
Book Talk Feb 22: Seasonal Knowledge and the Almanac Tradition in the Arab Gulf
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, …
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“Teach for Arabia”: A Conversation with Neha Vora
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 …
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