Call for Applications: Graduate Student Workshop, New Directions in the Study of the Arab World | AMCA | Association for Modern + Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran + Turkey

March 6-9, 2022

The NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute invites applications for its first Graduate Student Workshop to be hosted in spring 2022 at NYU Abu Dhabi.

The Institute welcomes applications from international doctoral students with the opportunity to present and thoroughly discuss their PhD projects related to the Arab world that are currently in the writing stage.

Applications are encouraged for projects that range broadly across the arts, humanities, and social sciences related to the study of the Arab world, broadly defined, its rich literature and history, its cultural and artistic heritage, and its manifold connections with other cultures.

The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program will cover travel costs to and from Abu Dhabi, accommodation, and meals during the three-day workshop.

Conveners:

• Nathalie Peutz, associate professor of Arab Crossroads Studies and Anthropology, NYU Abu Dhabi Global network associate professor of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, NYU
• Erin Pettigrew, assistant professor of History and Arab Crossroads, NYU Abu Dhabi; global network assistant professor of History, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU

Application deadline: December 10, 2021

Project selection by January 10, 2022