Workshop Program
Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 211
FRIDAY, APRIL 29 | DAY 1
Public Lecture—3:30-4:45
Arabia in the World: Why Global History Matters
Toby C. Jones (History, Rutgers University)
Introduction by Rosie Bsheer (History, Yale University)
Session I—5:00-5:50
Paper: Quartermasters of Capital
Laleh Khalili (SOAS, University of London)
Discussant 1: Gavriel Cutipa Zorn (American Studies, Yale University
Discussant 2: Rosie Bsheer (History, Yale University)
Session II—5:50-6:40
Paper: The Land-Water Nexus: In the History and Urban Planning of Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Steven C. Caton (Anthropology, Harvard University)
Discussant 1: John Willis (History, University of Colorado, Boulder)
Discussant 2: Neha Vora (Anthropology, Lafayette College)
SATURDAY, APRIL 30 | DAY 2
Session I—9:30-10:20
Paper: “Mixed” Meanings: Co-education, Feminisms, and Negotiations of Qatari National Femininity in Education City
Neha Vora (Anthropology, Lafayette College)
Discussant 1: Attiya Ahmad (Anthropology, George Washington University)
Discussant 2: Pascal Menoret (Anthropology, Brandeis University)
Session II—10:20-11:10
Paper: The Imperial Liberal University: The Making of an US Enclave in Abu Dhabi
Pascal Menoret (Anthropology, Brandeis University)
Discussant 1: Laleh Khalili (SOAS, University of London)
Discussant 2: Todd Reisz (Architecture, Yale University)
COFFEE BREAK
Session III—11:20-12:10
Paper: State Making and Its Discontents: Political Mobilizations and Regional Rivalries in Cold War Saudi Arabia
Rosie Bsheer (History, Yale University)
Discussant 1: Pascal Menoret (Anthropology, Brandeis University)
Discussant 2: Toby C. Jones (History, Rutgers University)
LUNCH BREAK
Session IV—1:30-2:10
Paper: The Spoils of War: Halal Tourism Aspirations and Material Counterpoints
Attiya Ahmad (Anthropology, George Washington University)
Discussant 1: Zainab Saleh (Anthropology, Haverford College)
Discussant 2: John Willis (History, University of Colorado, Boulder)
Session V—2:10-3:00
Paper: Fun at the Fair: Building Dubai’s Rashid Hospital
Todd Reisz (Architecture, Yale University)
Discussant 1: Neha Vora (Anthropology, Lafayette College)
Discussant 2: Attiya Ahmad (Anthropology, George Washington University)
COFFEE BREAK
Session VI—3:20-4:10
Paper: Exile and the Ethics of Translation: Muhammad al-Zubayri and the Promise of Pakistan
John Willis (History, University of Colorado, Boulder)
Discussant 1: Rohit De (History, Yale University)
Discussant 2: Sultan Alamer (Political Science, George Washington University)
Session VII—4:10-5:00
Paper: Assimilative Wahhabism: How Did the Saudi State Institutionalize Wahhabism in Its Nation-Building Process?
Sultan Alamer (Political Science, George Washington University)
Discussant 1: Steven C. Caton (Anthropology, Harvard University)
Discussant 2: Tyler Conklin (History, Yale University)