Abu Dhabi, UAE, February 1, 2023: The NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Institute has announced a series of in-person talks and conferences for its February lineup, which will offer attendees insights into a diverse range of topics including architecture, business, and the environment, among others.

 

The February lineup kicks off with a talk titled The Arrival of Late Modernism in Dubai, which is part of the 50U series, where speaker Maryam M. Ahli, architect and architectural historian, explores how old and new Dubai represent the city’s dual cosmopolitan context. The talk is open to the public and looks at the stylistic evolution from Dubai’s old areesh, coral stone, and palm frond houses to new modernist buildings. 

 

The lineup also includes a talk titled Narratives of the Moriscos’ Expulsion in Spanish and Arab Thought. In collaboration with Abu Dhabi Festival, this talk will analyze the different representations of the Moriscos’ history in Spanish and Arab thought from the early modern era to today. 

 

During February, The Institute has collaborated with key institutions in the UAE such as The UAE’s Ministry of Economy, The Center for Smart Engineering Materials, Abu Dhabi Festival, Alserkal Arts Foundation, Warehouse421, and the Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World, to name a few, to present a series of public discussions and conferences. 

Please see the full list of talks for the month of February below. For more information you can visit The Institute’s page. 

 

The Arrival of Late Modernism in Dubai

February 1, 2023, 6:30-8pm

NYU Abu Dhabi Campus, Conference Center

Speaker:  Maryam M. Ahli, architect & architectural Historian

 

Drug Discovery and Therapeutics Conference

February 6-8, 2023, 9am-5pm

NYUAD Campus (By invitation only)

See the full list of speakers and talks here 

 

Waste Siege: The Life of Infrastructure in Palestine 

February 6, 2023, 6.30-8pm

NYUAD Campus, Conference Center

Speakers: Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins, Director of Anthropology Program and Associate Professor of Anthropology, Bard College

 

MXenes: 2D Materials for the Future

February 8, 2023, 6:30-8pm

NYUAD Campus, Conference Center 

Speakers: Yury Gogotsi, Distinguished University; Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Professor and Director; A.J. Drexel, Nanomaterials Institute, Drexel University

 

What Should 6G Be?

February 13, 2023, 6:30-8pm

NYUAD Campus, Conference Center

Speakers: Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

 

Narratives of the Moriscos’ Expulsion in Spanish and Arab Thought 

February 15, 2023, 6:30-8pm

NYUAD Campus, Conference Center

Speakers: Houssem E. Chachia, Assistant Professor of Early Modern History, University of Tunis

 

Stepping Forward: Performance Research and Practice, Here 

February 16-19, 2023

NYUAD Campus (By invitation only)

Convened by: Joanna Settle, Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Social Impact; Arts Professor of Theater, NYUAD; Mays Albaik, Program Manager, Warehouse421; Nada Raza, Director, Alserkal Arts Foundation

 

Economic Development and Policy Research

February 20, 2023

NYUAD Campus (By invitation only)

Convened by: Yaw Nyarko, Professor of Economics and Director of NYU Africa House, NYU

 

The Voyage of the Crooked: A Connected History of the Gulf and Indian Ocean 

February 20, 2023, 6:30-8pm

NYUAD Campus, Conference Center

Speaker: Fahad Bishara, Associate Professor of History and Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies, University of Virginia

 

Can We Cure Aging? 

February 22, 2023, 6:30-8pm

NYUAD Campus, Conference Center

Speaker: Professor Dame Linda Partridge DBE, FRS, FRSE, FMedSci, Professorial Research Fellow, University College London

 

The Cairo Genizah as a Treasury of Arabic Literature 

February 27, 2023, 6:30-8pm

NYUAD Campus, Conference Center

Speakers: Mohamed Ahmed, Al Maktoum Associate Professor, Near & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College Dublin; Benjamin Outhwaite, Head of Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge University Library; Nathaniel Miller, Humanities Research Fellow for the Study of the Arab World, NYUAD