The Middle Eastern Studies Division at the School of Arts and Sciences (American University in Dubai) is holding its second MEST Forum of the semester, a panel discussion and book signing for Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at AUD, Dr. Nadia Wardeh’s The Problematic of Turath in Contemporary Arab Thought: A Study of Adonis and Hasan Hanafi.
Dr. Nadia Wardeh’s book focuses on the question of turath (heritage) as tackled by contemporary Arab thinkers since 1967, in particular the Islamic-modernist scholar Hasan Hanafi and the secular-modernist poet and cultural critic Adonis.Their positions are described in the light of their intellectual and ideological backgrounds, and analyzed in view of their primary texts. The study concludes that their “imagined” visions of turath are remnants of the colonial period and colonialist system of knowledge, and opens the door to the re-thinking of turath on the basis of a post-colonialist/post-orientalist approach.
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Venue: Student Center building, room C 227 (American University in Dubai)
Program
5:30 – 6:00 p.m.: Reception-Dinner
6:00 – 6:40 p.m.: Panel Discussion featuring Dr. Nadia Wardeh (author),
Dr. Pamela Chrabieh and Dr. Sandra K. Alexander
6:40 – 7:00 p.m.: Q&A session
7:00 – 7:15 p.m.: Students’ Feedback Forms
7:15 – 7:30 p.m.: Book signing with Dr. Nadia Wardeh
Further information: http://www.aud.edu/…/c…/mest-forum-dr-nadia-wardeh-on-turath
Dr. Pamela Chrabieh 