35th Annual Gulf Conference
Temporality and Aesthetics in the Arabian Peninsula
Programme now available
A Centre for Gulf Studies conference | |
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Date | 7 - 8 July 2025 |
Time | Event spans several days |
Place | Reed Hall |
Provider | Centre for Gulf Studies |
Organizer | Laleh Khalili |
Event details
Centre for Gulf Studies
35th Exeter Gulf Conference
Temporality and Aesthetics in the Arabian Peninsula
7- 8 July 2025
Monday 7th July 2025
9:00 – 9:30, Conference Registration, Tea & Coffee
9:30 – 9:45, Welcome Address (Laleh Khalili, University of Exeter)
9:45 – 11: 15, Aesthetic and Symbolic Urban Transformation
- Roberto Fabbri, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi
Transient / Concrete - Noor Hussain, Georgetown University in Qatar
Between Palace and Petals: The National Museum of Qatar and the Architecture of Nationhood
11:15 – 11:45, Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:00, Temporalities of Oil
- Ritika Lal, New York University
Specters on the Horizon: Reading Changing Saudi Landscapes through Cities of Salt (1984) and The Others (2009) - Samuel Martin, University of Cambridge
De-Fossilizing Narrative: Sedimented Histories in Raja Alem’s Tawq al-Hamam (2010)
13:00 – 14:00, Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:15, Visuality and Media Scapes
- Ali Alsayegh, independent researcher
The Aesthetics of Sadri Hybrid Media: Ideological Maintenance in a Time of Political Pause - Zoe Hurley, American University of Sharjah
Temporality and Aesthetics of Gulf Social Media Scapes: A Dubai Case Study
15:15 – 15:45, Coffee Break
15:45– 17:00, Tropes and Imaginaries in Cultural Production
- Chandni Sai Ganesh, University of Sussex
Authenticity and the Mallu Shawarma: An Inquiry into the Lived Experiences of Keralites in the Gulf - Leili Sreberny-Mohammadi, London School of Economics
Critical Difference, Critical Distance: Iranian Art in the Emirati Art World
Tuesday 8th July 2025
9:00 – 9:30, Tea & Coffee
9:30 – 11:00, Transience and Homemaking in Migrants’ Lives
- Nadeen Dakkak, University of Exeter
Oil Modernity, Migration and Women’s Time in the Desert Writings of Hanan Al-Shaykh - Saad Latif, New York University
My Mother: Community, Belonging, and the Aesthetics of Migrant Life during Saudi Arabia’s Oil Boom - Neha Vora, American University of Sharjah
Multispecies Ecologies of Homemaking in the UAE
11:00 – 11:30, Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:45, Image-Making Politics and Aesthetic Regimes
- Maryam Almutawa, University of Exeter
The Influence of Western Museum Paradigms on the Heritage Production in Qatar - Ada Petiwala, American University of Beirut
A Millennial Moment: Bhakti Visuality and Gulf Aesthetics at the BAPS Hindu Mandir, Abu Dhabi
12:45 – 14:00, Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30, Tribute to Professor Sulayman Khalaf (1946-2023)
Location:
Reed Hall