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Panel Discussion with the HRF’s Winter Writing Retreat Participants

The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World is excited to host a panel discussion showcasing the work of its inaugural Winter Writing Retreat participants.

This event will take place on January 23 at the NYUAD campus at 5pm and will feature presentations by eight senior scholars from a diverse range of fields, including Anthropology, Cultural Studies, History, Literature, and Middle Eastern Studies. Representing institutions in Germany, Austria, the UK, and the US, these scholars are engaging with innovative research projects that deepen our understanding of the Arab world.

About the Retreat:

Held from January 6–24, 2025, the Winter Writing Retreat aims to foster a community of scholars from around the world and help advance research in all areas of the Humanities related to the study of the Arab world. During their residency, scholars work on book chapters or articles, participate in group events, and engage with NYUAD faculty in one-on-one meetings based on common research interests.

Participants and Their Projects:

  • James Allinson (University of Edinburgh), The Making of Fossil Sovereignty

  • Sebastian Günther (University of Goettingen), Legacies of Early Islamic Educational Thought (8th-11th Century CE)

  • Magdalena Moorthy-Kloss (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient / Austrian Academy of Sciences), Famines, slavery and plantation labour in 1940s South Yemen

  • Mohammed Muharram (University of Bremen), Yemen-Gulf Maritime Connections from a Blue Humanities Perspective with more Focus on the United Arab Emirates

  • Mona Oraby (Howard University), Back to Kemet: Black America and the Allure of Afrocentrism

  • Vaughn Rasberry (Stanford University), The African Mediterranean: Language, Diaspora, and the Literary Imagination

  • Zekeria Ahmed Salem (Northwestern University), Islamic Knowledge Unbound Mauritania and the Making of Islamic Knowledge Authority

  • Nükhet Varlik (Rutgers University – Newark), From Pluralism to Professionalism in Ottoman Medicine, 1350 to 1650

The panel is open to the NYUAD community and by invitation. Please register below.

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