Join us as we interview James Wright professor and professor of Middle Eastern studies Dr. Tarek El-Ariss on our afikra Conversations series.
Date: Tuesday, October 26
Time: 12PM NYC | 5PM London | 7PM Beirut | 8PM Abu Dhabi
Hosted By: Mikey Muhanna (afikra)
Bio: Tarek El-Ariss is the James Wright Professor at Dartmouth College and Guggenheim Fellow 2021-22. Trained in philosophy, comparative literature, and visual and cultural studies, he works across disciplines and languages to examine notions of the subject, community, and modernity in Arabic culture, literature, and art. His research interests include new media and cyber culture; literary theory and digital humanities; Nahda and modernity studies; travel writing and the war novel; sci-fi and utopia studies; 18th- and 19th-century French philosophy and literature; and gender and sexuality studies. He is author of “Trials of Arab Modernity: Literary Affects and the New Political” and “Leaks, "Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age”, and editor of the MLA anthology, “The Arab Renaissance: A Bilingual Anthology of the Nahda.”
This event is being videotaped for subsequent broadcast on the library website and other media. The audience is encouraged to offer comments and raise questions during the formal question and answer period, but please be advised that your voice and image may be recorded and later broadcast as part of this event. By participating in the question and answer period you are consenting to the possible reproduction and transmission of your remarks.