29/05 & 30/05 – Cities and circulations: Challenging theorical frameworks in Gulf Studies and geographies

Organised by Asseel Al-Ragam, Hélène Thiollet, Eric Verdeil, and Chantal Verdeil, this conference revisits historical processes of knowledge production, immigration, and cultural exchange in colonial and post-colonial geographies of the Gulf. It also uncovers histories of community, migration, language/dialect, and hinterland denials in both the making of Gulf cities and the production of their histories. The aim is to foster novel investigations that question the positionality of different actors, that humanise the landscape, and that deconstruct persistent myths, material and immaterial structures, spaces and systems that limit a critical reading on the Gulf.

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