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Communication and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster
Centre for Film and Media Studies, SOAS
The inauguration of the Arab Cultural Studies Group
Date: Friday 27th of May
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Venue: University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1
Room: 107
Nearest tube station: Oxford Circus
Rationale and Objectives
The Arab cultural studies group is a gathering of scholars sharing intellectual interest in Arab culture, media and society. Its members are all research active academics coming from different areas of research, including: anthropology, media studies, politics, sociology, gender studies, art criticism, cultural studies, migration studies and philosophy. The aim of the Arab cultural studies group is to create a transnational interdisciplinary public space that engages with, produces and disseminates academic work dealing with socio-cultural and political transformations taking place in the Arab world. We also see the group as a vehicle for the initiation of a critical and creative Arab cultural studies project.
Members of the group will meet twice a year either at the University of Westminster or at the School of Oriental and African Studies (when funding is available we wish to extend our meetings to the Arab region) where academic papers will be presented and future collaborative research discussed. We aim to open a dialogue and work closely with different universities in the Arab world. To cement the activities of the group and make them available to a transnational audience, an online platform will be created, which will provide space for publications and group discussions.
Programme:
6.00 pm: Introducing the project: Tarik Sabry, Dina Matar and Layal Ftouni
6.15 pm: Responding to new forms of Arab historicity: rethinking media, culture and society - Discussion
7.00 pm: Arab cultural studies group: setting the agenda and frames of work
8.00 pm: Reception
For further information, contact Dr Tarik Sabry ([log in to unmask])
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