Visual Culture(s) in the Gulf: An Introduction

In this seminar, Dr Nadia Mounajjed will provide an opportunity to discuss current research related to visual culture in the Gulf region, enabling exchange between staff and graduate students at LSE and with colleagues from further institutions and fields. Dr Mounajjed will examine the relatively nascent state of this discipline in the Gulf, its relationship to educational structures and to the socio-cultural context. Her seminar will also address the place of the Gulf in a globalized visual economy, reflecting on the narrow history of image production and knowledge production, as well as expected restrictions (or lack of) related to content, resources and methodology. Participants are encouraged to exchange thoughts based on personal practices, scholarly work, experiences and discuss the opportunities and limitations of doing research in this area of cultural studies.

Event Details

Speaker: Dr Nadia Mounajjed, LSE
Chair: Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, LSE 
Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Time: 16.30 - 18.00
Location: Clement House, Room 1.03, LSE

Speaker

Dr Nadia Mounajjed| joined the Middle East Centre as a Visiting Fellow in November 2012. Between 2007 and 2012, she worked as Assistant Professor of Architecture and Design at the American University of Sharjah, while serving as the research advisor to the Sharjah Art Foundation. Her research interest lies in body theory, the politics of space, visual culture in the Middle East and the Gulf region, with a special focus on Syria and the UAE.