Friday, April 29 | Day 1
Session I
Quartermasters of Capital
Laleh Khalili
Session II
Assimilative Wahhabism: How Did the Saudi State Institutionalize Wahhabism in Its Nation-Building Process?
Sultan Alamer
Saturday, April 30 | Day 2
Session I
“Mixed” Meanings: Co-education, Feminisms, and Negotiations of Qatari National Femininity
Neha Vora
Session II
The Imperial Liberal University: The Making of an US Enclave in Abu Dhabi
Pascal Menoret
Session III
State Making and Its Discontents: Political Mobilizations and Regional Rivalries in Saudi Arabia
Rosie Bsheer
Session IV
The Spoils of War: Halal Tourism Aspirations and Material Counterpoints
Attiya Ahmad
Session V
Fun at the Fair: Building Dubai’s Rashid Hospital
Todd Reisz
Session VI
Exile and the Ethics of Translation: Muhammad al-Zubayri and the Promise of Pakistan
John M. Willis
Session VII
The Land-Water Nexus: In the History and Urban Planning of Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Steven C. Caton