AGAPS Announcements
The Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS) invites recent PhD graduates to submit their dissertations for consideration for its 2022 Gwenn Okruhlik Dissertation Award. AGAPS wishes to recognize exceptional achievement in research and writing. We welcome dissertations from …
Call for Submissions: AGAPS Gwenn Okruhlik Dissertation Award 2022 Read more »
Liberalism and Its Paradoxes in the Arabian Peninsula, 27-28 June 2022 Work on the Arabian Peninsula remains largely insulated from pressing global debates around the resurgence of Keynesian economics, the global climate emergency, conservative ideology and popular protests. This year’s …
The MESA Global Academy is an interdisciplinary initiative of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) designed to sustain essential research collaborations and knowledge production among MENA-focused academics by providing competitive scholarships to displaced scholars from the MENA region currently …
2021 AGAPS Biennial Book Award Winner: Dr. Rosie Bsheer, Harvard University Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia Rosie Bsheer’s Archive Wars is a forceful and inspiring reminder of what superb and unflinching scholarship and writing can do. Based …
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 »
This year we are excited to be hosting a special screening of the acclaimed film Al Sit followed a moderated discussion with selected cast and crew. The event is open to the public and will take place 30 minutes after …
AGAPS Business Meeting (open to public) Monday, November 29 from 9:00-11:00 EST (6-8 am PST, 2-4 pm GMT). We are delighted to let you know that our annual Business meeting, scheduled for Monday, Nov 29 from 9:00-11:00 EST (2:00-4:00 pm GMT) will be open …
The NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute invites applications for its first Graduate Student Workshop to be hosted in spring 2022 at NYU Abu Dhabi. The Institute welcomes applications from international doctoral students with the opportunity to present and thoroughly discuss …
The Research Centre Indian Ocean – RIO, jointly with its partners, is organizing an International Conference on “The Silk Roads by Land and Sea”, at the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech). In one of its most basic aims, …