The Centre for Gulf Studies

The Centre for Gulf Studies at IAIS, @UniofExeter, is very excited about a full schedule of virtual events in the coming academic year. To register, and see details for the events, please go to exeter.ac.uk/research/centr…

CGS Virtual Seminar Series next week hosts Dr Crystal Ennis (Leiden): "Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman," 24 February 17.00-18.30 London time. For details and to register please go to exeter.ac.uk/events/details…

Join us next week for Laure Assaf talking about Transient territories: Arab youth and the making of urban subjectivities in Abu Dhabi. February 17, 17:00-18:30 London time. For details and to register go to: exeter.ac.uk/events/details…

Join us for Dr Ahmed Al Maazmi's virtual CGS seminar, "Portuguese Black Serpents Meet Safavid Dragons: The Intellectual World of Indian Ocean Imperialism". Tuesday 10 Feb 2026, 17:00-18:30 London time. For details and to register: exeter.ac.uk/events/details…

Very excited about @marcowenjones presenting on "Dysinfluence: Transnational Deception Operations in the Middle East", Tuesday 3 February, 17:00-18:30 London time. For details and to register, please see exeter.ac.uk/events/details…

Elham Fakhro will speak at the CGS Virtual Seminar Series on her new book, The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization. Tuesday 20 Jan, 17.00-18.30 London time. For details and registration see: exeter.ac.uk/events/details…

Next Tuesday (13 Jan, 17-18.30 London time) Mona Damulji (UCSB) will present on "The Cultural Infrastructure of Oil in Iran and Iraq" to our virtual seminar series. For details and to register go to: exeter.ac.uk/events/details… The rest of the seminars are below:

Quinn Slobodian is up next in the CGS Virtual Seminar Series, discussing the Global History of Elon Musk. For details and to register see: exeter.ac.uk/events/details…

Check out all the recordings of our amazing presenters on the Centre for Gulf Studies Virtual Seminar Series: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Next Tuesday, the CGS virtual seminar series will host the amazing Toby Craig Jones who will speak about the USS Vincennes shooting down of Iran Air flight 655 in 1988. Details here: exeter.ac.uk/events/details… Also check out the whole exciting series here (exeter.ac.uk/research/centr…)

The Centre for Gulf Studies at IAIS, @UniofExeter, is very excited about a full schedule of virtual events in the coming academic year. To register, and see details for the events, please go to exeter.ac.uk/research/centr…

We are very excited to announce the 35th annual Exeter Gulf Conference on 7 and 8 July (only in personal; attendance free). Please see the programme (4 pages) here (exeter.ac.uk/events/details…):

On Friday, 2 May 14:00 (London time), Laleh Khalili will hold an information session about the new MA at the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, starting in September 2025. Registration link: eventbrite.co.uk/e/pgt-webinar-…

Our next virtual seminar presenter is the brilliant Julia Elyachar (Princeton) who will speak on Coloniality, Finance, and Embodied Sovereignty, drawing from her upcoming book. You can find out more and register here: exeter.ac.uk/events/details…

The Centre for Gulf Studies is excited to announce the call for papers for the 35th annual Gulf conference, to be held 7-8 July 2025 at Exeter. The theme this year is "Temporality and Aesthetics in the Arabian Peninsula". Find the call and links here: exeter.ac.uk/events/details…

We are immensely excited to host the next virtual seminar by Dr Talal al Rashoud (Kuwait) on "The Origins of Solidarity with Palestine in the Gulf, 1924-1948" Tuesday 11 March, 17:00-18:30. To register please go to the below link: exeter.ac.uk/events/details…

I cannot think of a more timely/urgent presentation than the one @minlayla77 (Nisrin Elamin) will be giving at the Centre for Gulf Studies virtual seminar series: "Gulf Capital, Deficient Deserts and Empire-making in central Sudan", 25 February. exeter.ac.uk/events/details…

In Autumn 2025, we will launch a new, innovative, MA programme in the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies. The MA aims to offer a new, critical approach to the study of energy, infrastructure and environment. You can find out more at exeter.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

Join virtually us on 11 Feb, 17-18:30 (UK time) for a conversation between @LalehKhalili and Arang Keshavarzian about his new book, Making Space for the Gulf: Histories of Regionalism and the Middle East. More info and event registration at this link: exeter.ac.uk/events/details…

We are super-excited about Dr Mikiya Koyagi (University of Texas) speaking to us about the various forms of mobility in Indo-Iranian borderlands. To see more info and register for the virtual seminar, please go to: exeter.ac.uk/events/details…