Featured Event

Cities and circulations: Challenging theoretical frameworks in Gulf histories and geographies

Workshop

19 November 2023 at 13:30 pm- 17:30pm
Kuwait University - Al-Shadadiya Campus
Administration Building G20

Cities and circulations: Challenging theoretical frameworks in Gulf histories and geographies | Workshop

Featured Speakers

Shaikha Al-Mubaraki
Asseel Al-Ragam
Chantal Verdeil
Eric Verdeil
Hélène Thiollet
Talal Al-Rashoud
Mae Al-Ansari
Hend F. Alawadhi
Benyameen Ghareeb
Dhari Alrasheed
Ali AlYousefi
Sarah Malek
Mohammad al-Habib
Asaiel Alsaeed

Join us as we challenge established theoretical frameworks in Gulf histories and geographies. Our workshop explores the complexities of historical and contemporary Gulf societies, transcending dichotomies and embracing cross-regional perspectives.

November 19th, 2023

Kuwait University - Al-Shadadiya Campus
Administration Building G20
13:30 - 17:30

Talks

Shaikha Al-Mubaraki | KU

Talking across research sites, periods and disciplines Curators'

13:40

Opening Remarks

Asseel Al-Ragam | KU | SciencesPo

Agents of Change: Legacies, Encounters, and Urban Development in Twentieth Century Kuwait

13:45

Chantal Verdeil | INALCO

History of Education in the Middle East: An Overview

14:00

Eric Verdeil | SciencesPo

Planning Histories in the Arab World

14:15

Helene Thiollet | CNRS SciencesPo

Migrants, States and Cities: Cosmopolitanism in Exclusionary Contents

14:30

Panel Discussion

Moderators

14:45

Talal Al-Rashoud
Mae Al-Ansari

Participants

Hend F. Alawadhi
Dhari Alrasheed
Sarah Malek
Asaiel Alsaeed
Benyameen Ghareeb
Ali AlYousefi
Mohammad al-Habib

Closing Remarks

17:15

Mae Al-Ansari | KU