Abu Dhabi, UAE: 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.

This month, 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: nyuad.nyu.edu/en/events/2023/february/drug-discovery-and-therapeutics.html

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

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About The NYU Abu Dhabi Institute

Established in 2008, The NYU Abu Dhabi Institute is a center of advanced research, scholarly, and creative activity for Abu Dhabi, the UAE, and the world. Its academic conferences serve as a scholarly platform for NYU Abu Dhabi faculty, and faculty across the global network, to discuss and showcase their innovative research and creative activity. Its diverse public program of talks, panel discussions, film screenings, and exhibitions feature scholars, researchers, policy makers, and thought leaders who present topics of local and global significance. From its inception, The Institute has hosted more than 1300 academic conferences and public events, and welcomed over 1000 speakers from around the world.

About NYU Abu Dhabi

NYU Abu Dhabi is the first comprehensive liberal arts and research campus in the Middle East to be operated abroad by a major American research university. NYU Abu Dhabi has integrated a highly selective undergraduate curriculum across the disciplines with a world center for advanced research and scholarship. The university enables its students in the sciences, engineering, social sciences, humanities, and arts to succeed in an increasingly interdependent world and advance cooperation and progress on humanity’s shared challenges. NYU Abu Dhabi’s high-achieving students have come from over 120 countries and speak over 115 languages. Together, NYU's campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai form the backbone of a unique global university, giving faculty and students opportunities to experience varied learning environments and immersion in other cultures at one or more of the numerous study-abroad sites NYU maintains on six continents.