FIGHS Event Series: Writing and Publishing Gulf History and Heritage

 

 

This event celebrates the publication of Stanford University Press’s 200th book in Middle East Studies and highlights the press’s unique strength in the burgeoning field of Gulf Studies.  The event will feature a moderated conversation between SUP’s Middle East Editor, Kate Wahl, and two SUP authors: Farah al-Nakib, author of Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life » , and Todd Reisz, author of Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai ».  The conversation will explore the role of university presses in fostering academic communities and critical scholarship, the relationship between urban studies and architecture, and the role of heritage studies in Gulf and Middle East Studies.

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Date

Tue May 17th 2022, 4:00 - 5:30pm

 

Event Website

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Event Sponsors

Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies
History Department
Program on Urban Studies

 

Location

Encina Commons
615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305
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