New Directions in the Study of the Arab World

The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World is pleased to announce the third Annual Graduate Student Research Workshop under the theme “New Directions in the Study of the Arab World”. The workshop includes twelve doctoral students from a variety of disciplines and a range of institutions paired with NYUAD faculty who will serve as discussants for each session.

The event will take place March 4-6, 2024 at the NYUAD campus and is convened by Erin Pettigrew (NYUAD) and Nathalie Peutz (NYUAD).

We look forward to welcoming the following graduate students and their projects to NYUAD:

• Ahmed AlMaazmi (Princeton University)

• Melek Chekili (University of Southern California)

• Alaa El-Shafei (Columbia University)

• Peter Habib (Emory University)

• Thayer Hastings (The Graduate Center, CUNY)

• Rebecca Irvine (The Graduate Center, CUNY)

• Noha Fikry (University of Toronto)

• Nura Sophia Liepsner (Princeton University)

• Shreya Parikh (UNC-Chapel Hill & Sciences Po, Paris)

• Jihan Shaarawi (UC Davis)

• Yahiya V U (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai)

• Jieying Zhang (Peking University)

In addition, there will be a lunch workshop on How to Pitch a Journal Article with Joel Gordon (editor of IJMES, Professor at the University of Arkansas) on Monday, March 4 at 12-1:45pm. Joel will also be available for individual consultations with faculty and research fellows focused on publishing in an academic journal (when to submit, how to - and how not to - craft that first spin-off from a dissertation, etc.) on March 4-5. Register here.

The event is hosted by the Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World in collaboration with the Arts & Humanities Division and the Arab Crossroads Studies Program. Open to NYUAD only.