Seminars

Arabic Studies

Year Founded 1977

Seminar # 559

StatusActive

The concerns of this seminar are interdisciplinary and humanistic. In addition to Arabic language and literature, the range of interests includes topics of significance for Islamic studies: religion, philosophy, science, law and history of the Muslim world, and modern social and cultural history. The seminar affords an opportunity to members and guest speakers to discuss research in progress. Because the members come from several disciplines, the substantive discussions draw upon various fields to expand the sources, help reformulate questions, and anticipate future publications.

Chair/s

Muhsin al-Musawi

Rapporteur/s

Ruwa Mohammed Alhayek

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Meeting Schedule

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Past Meetings

Scheduled

05
Dec

December 5, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

The Invention of Famine

Speaker/s

Timothy Mitchell, Columbia University

Scheduled

24
Oct

October 24, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

Melancholy Acts: Defeat and Cultural Critique in the Arab World

Speaker/s

Nouri Gana, UCLA

Scheduled

11
Apr

April 11, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Conceptualizations of ‘People’ and ‘Revolution’ From Marx, Sartre, and Rancière to Arab Fruit Vendors

Speaker/s

Rim Chakraoui, Lusail University

Scheduled

28
Mar

March 28, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

One Thousand and One Days: The Story of a Contemporary Scheherazade From a Creative Perspective

Speaker/s

Irene Lozano, Casa Árabe

Scheduled

01
Feb

February 1, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Late Style—a Palestinian Aesthetic?

Speaker/s

Robert JC Young, New York University

Scheduled

07
Dec

December 7, 20237:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Authority and Truth in Islamic Medicine

Speaker/s

Elaine van Dalen, Columbia University

Scheduled

26
Oct

October 26, 20237:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Other Places, Upside-Down Places: Narrating the Nakba (1948) From the Future

Speaker/s

Ada Barbaro, Sapienza University of Rome

Scheduled

22
Sep

September 22, 20237:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Worlding of Arabic Literature: Language, Affect, and the Ethics of Translatability

Speaker/s

Anna Ziajka Stanton, The Pennsylvania State University

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