Deserts have long acted as spaces of political tension and asymmetrical power, functioning as testing grounds for nuclear weapons, zones of indefinite detention and death, spaces of ecological disaster, and sites of geopolitical threat. The desert today continues to evoke problematic imaginaries..
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Call for Papers: Gulf Studies Symposium (18 October 2018)
The Center for Gulf Studies at the American University of Kuwait will hold its fourth Gulf Studies Symposium (GSS) on 15-17 March 2019. The GSS is a meeting of worldwide Gulf scholars and researchers held biennially in Kuwait. Each symposium..
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Symposium: Mobilities and Materialities of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula (American University of Kuwait, 17-19 March)
The Center for Gulf Studies at the American University of Kuwait will hold its third Gulf Studies Symposium (GSS) on 17-19 March 2017. The GSS is a meeting of worldwide Gulf scholars and researchers held biennially in Kuwait. Each symposium ..
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Symposium Announcement: Innovative Perspectives on Arab Film and Visual Culture (Santa Cruz, 25-26 October)
Innovative Perspectives on Arab Film and Visual Culture
October 25 – 26, 2013
Digital Arts Research Center (DARC)
UC Santa CruzFor more information, visit: http://unfixed.ucsc.edu
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Symposium Report: 'Gulf Cities: Space, Society, Culture'
From 22-24 March 2013 the Center for Gulf Studies (CGS) at the American University of Kuwait held a three-day Gulf Studies Symposium on the theme "Gulf Cities: Space, Society, Culture." The symposium br..