This event has been jointly organised with LSE Cities.
In her new book Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life (Stanford University Press, 2016), Farah Al-Nakib argues that decades of urban planning, suburbanization, and privatization after the discovery of oil eroded a once open, tolerant society and gave rise to the insularity, xenophobia, and divisiveness that characterize Kuwaiti social relations today. However, as Al-Nakib will discuss in this talk, new social forces and youth-based movements are currently staking claims to the city and demanding a different kind of urban experience. Beyond simply reviving the declined urban center, their efforts have the potential to restore Kuwaiti society’s lost urbanity.
Philipp Rode from LSE Cities will be a respondent.
Event details
Speaker: Professor Farah Al-Nakib
Respondent: Philipp Rode, LSE Cities
Chair: Dr Courtney Freer, LSE Kuwait Programme
Date: Thursday 3 November 2016
Time: 18.00-19:30
Location: Room 9.04, 9th floor, Tower 2, Clement's Inn, LSE
Event Hashtag: #LSEKuwait
Attendance: This event is free and open to all, however registration is necessary. Registration is now closed.
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Speaker
Farah Al-Nakib is Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Center for Gulf Studies at the American University of Kuwait.