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267 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe NYUAD Institute is a center of advanced research, scholarly and creative activity, and public workshops. Institute programs facilitate discussion between academics, students, professionals, and leaders from the UAE and from around the world.
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Decoding Mars with the "Hope" Probe: Uncovering the Red Planet's Secrets of Life
March 09, 2023 14:52 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBThis talk will examine the question of whether life existed on Mars and its transformation from a warm, wet planet to a cold, dry desert world. The speaker will discuss the Emirates Mars Mission, also known as the "Hope" probe, which is providing insight into the surface and atmospheric processes of Mars. The Mars research group at NYU Abu Dhabi's Center for Space Science is analyzing data from the probe to uncover answers to questions about Mars and its potential for life. The speaker will p...
Can We Cure Aging?
March 09, 2023 14:28 - 52 minutes - 59.8 MBRecent research has yielded a much better understanding of how aging happens and how it leads to the ills of old age. There is now a lot of interest in tackling human aging to prevent, delay, or compress the unhealthy period at the end of life. In laboratory animals it turns out to be possible to target aging with diet and with existing drugs to promote better health in late life. So, what if getting old did not mean getting frail and ill? Speakers Linda Partridge DBE, FRS, FRSE, FMedSci, Pr...
The Voyage of the Crooked: A Connected History of the Gulf and Indian Ocean
March 09, 2023 13:37 - 59 minutes - 67.9 MBThis talk charts out an oceanic microhistory, grounded in the voyages of the dhow called The Crooked from the port of Kuwait, captained by the Nakhoda ‘Abdulmajeed Al-Failakawi. It anchors itself in Al-Failakawi’s logbook and looks out from the deck of the dhow onto a world of texts, letters, accounts, and other writings by Nakhodas. From these writings we can gather histories that have been scattered along the coasts of Arabia, South Asia, and East Africa, and we can gain a sharper sense of ...
The Cairo Genizah as a Treasury of Arabic Literature
March 09, 2023 13:37 - 1 hour - 98.1 MBThe Cairo Genizah is a collection of Jewish manuscripts from the Middle Ages found in an ancient synagogue in Al-Fustat, Egypt. It is a valuable resource for understanding the history, culture, and everyday life of Jews in the medieval Islamic world. Recently, it has been recognized for its significance in the study of Arabic literature and culture, as Jews in the Genizah also wrote and copied poetry in Arabic for both sacred and leisurely purposes. This panel discusses the Genizah Collection...
Narratives of the Moriscos’ Expulsion in Spanish and Arab Thought (English)
February 22, 2023 16:05 - 45 minutes - 52.2 MBThis talk analyzes the different representations of the Moriscos’ history in Spanish and Arab thought from the early modern era to today. First, it examines the evolution of the presence of this history in the literature and historic texts of the Spanish golden age (XVIe-XVIIe centuries). Secondly, it studies Spanish and Arab treatment of the subject in the XVIIIe and XIXe centuries, which means through the newspapers, writings of a historical nature, travel literature, novels, plays, etc. Th...
Narratives of the Moriscos’ Expulsion in Spanish and Arab Thought (Arabic)
February 22, 2023 15:53 - 45 minutes - 52.4 MBنحاول من خلال هذه المحاضرة تحليل مُختلف التمثلات الإسبانية والعربية للتاريخ الموريسكي منذ بداية الفترة الحديثة إلى اليوم. بدايةً، سنحاول البحث في تطور حضور هذا التاريخ في النصوص الأدبية والإخبارية الإسبانية للعصر الذهبي (القرنين 16 و 17). ثانياً، سندرس التناول الإسباني والعربي للمسألة في القرنين الثامن عشر والتاسع عشر، أي من خلال النصوص ذات الطبيعة التاريخية، الجرائد، أدب الرحلة، الروايات والمسرحيات. ثالثاً، سنبحث في التمثل العربي التاريخي والأدبي المعاصر للتاريخ الموريسكي وكيف تطور كمّاً ونو...
Waste Siege: The Life of Infrastructure in Palestine
February 22, 2023 15:35 - 39 minutes - 45 MBSophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins traces Palestinians’ experiences of waste to explore what their improvisations for mitigating the effects of what she calls a “waste siege” can tell us about Palestinians’ approaches to time and collectivity today. She describes a series of conditions: from smelling wastes to negotiating military infrastructures, from biopolitical forms of colonial rule to experiences of governmental abandonment, from obvious targets of resistance to confusion over responsibility ...
The Arrival of Late Modernism in Dubai
February 14, 2023 16:21 - 38 minutes - 44.4 MB“Old” and “new” Dubai represent the city’s dual cosmopolitan context. The almost drastic stylistic evolution from “old” Dubai’s areesh, coral stone, and palm frond houses to “new” clean-cut whitewashed modernist buildings highlights a significant polar shift from tradition to modernism, not only as a mode of building, but also as a way of life. To understand architecture in Dubai in relation to the International Modern Movement, reflections on the context are essential: why was modernism intr...
The (Impossible) Decolonization of the Western Museum
February 14, 2023 13:50 - 36 minutes - 41.3 MBFor decades now, the “universal museum,” an institution invented in Western Europe, has been challenged, and its decolonization has become a subject of debate within the institution itself. Yet, Françoise Vergès argues that the decolonization of the Western museum is impossible if we adopt Frantz Fanon’s remark that "Decolonization is a program of absolute disorder” (1961). In this conversation, Vergès retraces the connection between collecting and colonialism, explores the capacity of neolib...
Love’s Grammar
February 14, 2023 13:29 - 37 minutes - 42.9 MBYasmine Seale presents The Dove’s Necklace, a fascinating text on the nature of love from 11th-century Cordoba, and reads from her translation in progress. A masterpiece of Arabic prose and poetry, a jewel of observation, and a window into the intimate life of Muslim Spain, The Dove’s Necklace was composed by the young Ibn Hazm before he became the towering jurist and theologian we know today. Though he later renounced the work, it was to have a deep and lasting influence on the literature of...
Tenth Anniversary of the Higgs Boson Discovery
January 05, 2023 14:32 - 1 hour - 79.5 MBJuly 4, 2012 marked the discovery of the Higgs Boson (also known as the "God Particle") after its prediction almost 50 years prior. With a ten-year retrospective, this talk tells the inside story of one of the most significant discoveries made by humanity ever. What is the Higgs Boson, and what is its role in our existence? How do we search for the smallest particle with a giant machine? And where do we go from here? Speaker Eilam Gross, Professor of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Photography as a Visual Record: Past, Present, Future
December 05, 2022 15:19 - 59 minutes - 67.7 MBPublished on the occasion of the UAE's 50th anniversary, 50U tells the story of the UAE in 50 portraits of people, plants and places. Acclaimed royal photographer Ramesh Shukla, who took some of the most iconic photographs of the union of the seven emirates in the 1970s, and contemporary photographer Charlie Koolhaas, who was commissioned to shoot a photo essay for 50U, discuss the role of photography as a visual record, especially in the context of this book which straddles past, present and...
Speaking English: Staging the Dialectics of Identity, Culture and Survival
November 15, 2022 15:34 - 40 minutes - 46.4 MBThe wildly successful world premiere of Iranian-American Sanaz Toossi’s award-winning play and production English (2022) captivated audiences who had never before seen their story captured in live performance. Set in a TOEFL classroom in Karaj, Iran in 2008, English occurs during a period of political transformation resulting in travel restrictions and family separations. The play focuses on the many personal, cultural and political questions raised by “foreign” language acquisition that are ...
Extremism: A Philosophical Analysis
November 15, 2022 14:46 - 49 minutes - 56.2 MBWe live in a world in which extremism is said to be on the rise. The 20th century was scarred by extremist movements and ideologies, and extremism continues to be a problem in the 21st century. But what exactly is extremism, and what is wrong with it? Martin Luther King Jr. famously asked whether we will be extremists for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice. Is there such a thing as "good" extremism or is extremism always a bad thing? Speaker Quassim Cassam, Profess...
Making Decisions in a World of Uncertainty
November 10, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBPandemic, war, rising oil prices, food shortages, … there is no uncertainty about how uncertain these times are. Yet, we have to make decisions at all scales—from individuals trying to decide how to financially invest to policy-makers trying to curb epidemics with sound public health interventions. Faced with many decision-making complexities, we look to technology with its promise of data-driven insights and artificial intelligence to come to our aid. This talk examines how prescriptive anal...
The Legacy of Al-Andalus: Material and Textual Sources
November 10, 2022 16:55 - 57 minutes - 65.9 MBFor almost eight centuries the Arabs dominated much of the territory of the Iberian Peninsula (711-1492 C.E.). They called that region al-Andalus and, although its territorial extension varied over the years, Arabic was its predominant language and Islam its majoritarian religion. Until the beginning of the 17th century, numerous Muslims or people of Muslim origin continued to reside in Spain. Likewise, material and textual legacy still remain and its knowledge is essential to writing the his...
Plagued Legacies: Rethinking Black Death Narratives
November 10, 2022 16:52 - 50 minutes - 57.5 MBThis talk addresses the lasting legacies of past plagues, in particular the Black Death, because they continue to shape the way we think about new pandemics. We must recognize pandemics as long-term processes and shift our focus beyond epidemic episodes of disruption to better understand how past societies learned to live with diseases. The talk also highlights persistent problems related to pandemics, such as European exceptionalism, triumphalism, and epidemiological orientalism that are not...
How the Muslims of Canton Saved China in 1582
November 10, 2022 16:49 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBTraveling from Canton to Lisbon and back via Aden and Jiddah, Hormuz and the Straights of Malaka, this talk connects China, India, and the Philippines and the 16th century Indian Ocean in a tale of espionage, adventure, war and religion. Speaker Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, Professor of History, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, NYU
Legacies of Violence
November 10, 2022 16:45 - 52 minutes - 60.6 MBRecent research in the social sciences suggests that families’ past experiences of violence –notably, war and displacement – shape descendants’ preferences and behaviors for generations and influence economic, political, and social decisions within these families over decades and, at times, centuries. This talk provides an overview of the cutting-edge research on the legacies of violence and describes what we know about the intergenerational effects of violence and the social processes by whi...
Prophet Muhammad's Timeless Gifts to Humanity
November 10, 2022 16:44 - 46 minutes - 53.3 MBProphet Muhammad has made a prodigious impact on the history of the world and continues to impact the contemporary world. How exactly did he manage to make a difference, and why are his enlightening teachings still germane today? In answering these questions, this talk counteracts the centuries-long Christian polemics demonizing the prophet. It offers a rare sociological overview of his life and enduring legacy and makes the case for Prophet Muhammad’s role as a “liberator” of human beings wh...
No Choice but to Keep Creating Futures: The Frontier of Climate Change
October 13, 2022 11:50 - 45 minutes - 52.5 MBClimate change is here—but it looks nothing like in the movies. Across the planet, the people most affected by natural disasters are somehow still living their lives, experiencing joy while undergoing hardship, thinking up new solutions for our warming world. In Lebanon, an unprecedented economic collapse is wreaking tragedy upon the country, but also bringing around a fervent enthusiasm to innovate, to reinvent, to rebuild our home differently. What does it mean to be human in an age of extr...
‘50U’: An Intimate Portrait of the UAE
October 13, 2022 11:50 - 46 minutes - 53.5 MBPublished in the year of the 50th anniversary of the confederation of the United Arab Emirates, 50U paints an intimate picture of life in the Emirates through the memories, hopes, and ambitions of its inhabitants. Factual accounts of the UAE’s history are told alongside human stories that are the result of extensive interviews with the young nation’s residents and visitors. In this conversation, the team who is behind this book shares their deeper insight on the book and its disseminating jou...
The Future of Humans and AI
October 13, 2022 11:50 - 44 minutes - 50.9 MBCurrent advances in AI are phenomenal. However, we are still in the beginning of the AI “Industrial Revolution.” We are creating the steam engines of AI that will become the airplanes of the future. Natural Language Processing has become indistinguishable from human speech, art creation has surpassed some of the most advanced artists, protein folding, a 50-year-old problem, has been solved, and many more achievements in AI indicate which way the arrow of progress is pointing towards. What wil...
Understanding Our Universe From 2 KM Underground
October 06, 2022 21:01 - 51 minutes - 94.4 MBBy going deep underground and creating ultra-clean conditions, it is possible to produce the lowest radioactivity laboratory in the world. There we can address very fundamental questions about our Universe: How does the Sun burn? What are the abundant dark matter particles in the spaces between the stars? What are the properties of neutrinos, elusive particles that are one of the fundamental building blocks of nature? How do these particles influence how our Universe evolves? This talk descri...
Global Water Security Challenges Threats And Solutions For A Thirsty Planet
June 15, 2022 06:59 - 1 hour - 94.2 MBEvery part of existence is fueled by water. It supports the most important industries in society including the energy sector, agriculture, and transportation. Water resources are under increasing strain as the world’s population rises and the economy grows, resulting in decreased river flows, the loss of lakes and wetlands, and declining ground-water levels. This panel explores the main threats to water security, shares insights, and identifies actions to tackle water-related security risks, ...
Sense and Intuition: A Conversation with Adonis
May 31, 2022 09:49 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBThis conversation with Adonis, the greatest living poet of the Arab world, focuses on questions regarding the intersection of visual art and poetry in theory and practice. This gathering is timed to coincide with the publication of a new English-language translation of a remarkable series of dialogues between Adonis and Syrian artist Fateh al-Moudarres (trans. Rula Baalbaki) hosted by Mouna Atassi in Damascus in 1998. There will be a screening of rare archival video footage from that dialogue...
The Role of Innovation in Scientific Research in the UAE
May 31, 2022 09:49 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBThis talk highlights the vital role of innovation in boosting and enhancing the mechanism of scientific research in the UAE from various areas, including entrepreneurship and start-ups. How can we convert research and development into applied commercial projects with potential profits? This would help all society members contribute toward scientific research through multiple approaches. Speakers H.E Hussain Almahmoudi, Chief Executive Officer, American University of Sharjah Enterprises; Chie...
Fear of Black Universe
May 31, 2022 09:49 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBGreat physics requires us to think outside the mainstream—to improvise and rely on intuition. This talk explores three principles that shape all theories of the universe—the principle of invariance, the quantum principle, and the principle of emergence—as well as some of physics' greatest mysteries, from what happened before the big bang to how the universe makes consciousness possible. Drawing on his experience as a Black physicist, Stephon Alexander makes a powerful case for diversifying ou...
Epigenetics: The Immortal Kiss of Our Grandparents
May 31, 2022 09:48 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBAs humans, we have evolved and survived because we are curious and critical thinkers. How do these traits shape our lives and science, and lead us to understand the world around us? Epigenetics, a new area of science, is the weaving of our genetics and environment that shape who we are. This talk explores the impact of trauma and war on our bodies and what we can do about it. Speakers Rana Dajani, Zuzana Simoniova Cmelikova International Scholar, University of Richmond; Rita Hauser Fellow, ...
Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China
May 31, 2022 09:48 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBIt is conventional wisdom that America and China are running a “superpower marathon” that may last a century. But the sharpest phase of that competition will be a decade-long sprint, and the moment of maximum danger could be just a few years away. America will still need a long-term strategy for competing with China. But first, it needs a near-term strategy for navigating the danger zone ahead. Speakers Michael Beckley, Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University; Author, “Unr...
Sites of Suffering and Trauma: What to Remember and What to Forget
May 31, 2022 09:46 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBThis conversation explores how communities connect with places of suffering, like former prisons that have been turned into museums—specifically Esma, the former clandestine center of Detention, Torture, and Extermination under Argentina’s Junta, and Robben Island, South Africa’s detention center for anti-Apartheid activists, including Nelson Mandela. How does this connection impact the development of local and international narratives? How does memory interlink with the social-economic uses ...
How Physics Answers Gauguin’s Questions About the Universe
May 31, 2022 09:45 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBIn a famous painting, Paul Gauguin posed three fundamental questions about our place in the Universe: “What are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?” A physicist interprets these questions as follows: “What are we made of? What happened early in the Universe? What is the future of the Universe?” Particle physicists are seeking scientific answers to these questions, in particular through experiments with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Researc...
User Interfaces for the Complexity of Nature
May 31, 2022 09:45 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBQuantum information theory has given us a new and interesting twist on the old problem of quantum gravity: the Universe as a Computation. As the computation proceeds, reality unfolds. Information theory allows us to study the behavior of a system without committing to a particular story about it, for example, the story of spacetime. We can go beyond the point where the old story is no longer useful. Information theory comes with a new style of stories about how the world works, stories of com...
The Steed, the Night and the Desert
May 31, 2022 09:44 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBWhy do many consider al-Mutannabi the first Arab poet? Why is his poetry still pulsing with life, modernity, uniqueness, and Arabness as if it was written in the recent past? This conversation discusses Dr. Ali bin Tamim's personal experience with al-Mutannabi and the reasons behind his interest of al-Mutannabi's poetry. This special talk includes readings of al-Mutannabi’s poetry and distribution of some publications from the Abu Dhabi Center for the Arabic Language. Simultaneous English In...
A Brief History Of The Universe
May 31, 2022 09:43 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBA roller coaster through cosmic time, this talk truncates the 13.7 billion years of life of our Universe into 60 minutes. Starting from a very hot cosmic soup, the Universe evolved from tiny initial perturbations to the large variety of structures we can observe today. The talk also explores the biggest mystery in modern physics: the dark side of the Universe. Speakers Andrea Valerio Macciò, Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the Center for Astro, Particle, and Planetary Physics,...
How Gen Z Can Get Stronger, Smarter, And Happier
December 08, 2021 07:24 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBRates of depression, anxiety, and self-harm are far higher for those in Gen Z (born after 1996) than any previous generation, including the Millennials. Employers report that Gen Z employees are often more fragile and lacking in life-skills. This talk explores three terrible ideas, interacting with new technology, that have weakened Gen Z, and discusses how young people can put themselves on a path to becoming stronger, smarter, and happier by rejecting these ideas and embracing ancient, time...
“Migrants Through Time”; An Insight Into The Female Diasporic Voice
December 08, 2021 07:23 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBThis talk discusses the role of place in diasporic literature and the universality of women's voices. Who can speak for whom? What role do distance and diasporic privilege play? Does nostalgia take on dangerous potential, and does it really matter if writing is about the confluence of one's imagination and memory? Speakers Saba Khan, Author, "Skyfall" (Bloomsbury, 2020); Instructor of Social Science, NYUAD Sabyn Javeri, Author, "Hijabistan" (Harper Collins, 2019); Senior Lecturer of Writing...
Pride & Future- Cultural Heritage In Afghanistan
December 08, 2021 07:22 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBWith the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan, many may remember the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001. Since then, Afghans in the culture sector have established many cultural heritage development initiatives, which highlight the country’s diverse regional identities. Although heritage might not seem to be the highest priority during times of uncertainty, in the past 20 years it has proven to be a basic need and an effective tool for peace and development. This conversation...
A Paper Trail Across The Lands Of Islam
December 08, 2021 07:22 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBPaper, perhaps the most common manufactured item in everyday use, was invented in China over 2,000 years ago. One thousand years later, Muslims learned of it after they conquered Central Asia in the early eighth century. They quickly carried it and the techniques of manufacturing it across Eurasia and Northern Africa to the shores of the Atlantic. There, some 1500 years after its invention, Europeans started using and manufacturing it themselves. This talk presents the largely-unknown history...
Five Days That Shaped The UAE
December 08, 2021 07:21 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBThe five days between November 28 and December 2, 1971 saw Abu Dhabi mark the fifth anniversary of Sheikh Zayed as Ruler, an invasion by Iran, and a never-to-be-forgotten appearance by the Star of the East herself—Umm Kulthum. This talk reflects on this period of celebration, turmoil, and anticipation. Speaker James Langton, Journalist, Writer & Editor In Collaboration with NYUAD Cultural Engagement - Student Life
A Map Of Many Cities; The Making Of Building Sharjah
December 08, 2021 07:21 - 1 hour - 74 MBThis talk explores the collaborative research efforts to produce “Building Sharjah,” the first book--not only in the UAE but in the region--to document the history of a Gulf city. The panelists share the driving force behind the book and describe the journey of documenting the rise of the city through stories from its citizens, residents, and immigrants. Speakers Todd Reisz, Author, "Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai" (Stanford University Press, 2020); Co-Editor, "Building Sharjah...
Heritage Futures Oceans Of Connectivity
December 08, 2021 07:20 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBWestern paradigms of history about East and West, North and South, have enjoyed a privileged position in the global marketplace of ideas. However, the long-term rise of China and India, together with cultural discourses of regionalism in West Asia, Africa, and elsewhere, is fundamentally altering this situation. Non-Western countries are increasingly reconstructing their pasts, and their place in world history, to build their “imagined communities” of the future. This talk considers how, and ...
Space Exploration And Extraterrestrial Mining
December 08, 2021 07:19 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBAs population and pollution increase, humans are looking at high frontiers. Potential benefits of extraterrestrial mining are immense. For example, NASA has identified an asteroid, 16 Psyche, to be worth more than 10,000 quadrillion dollars, while the economy of our planet is about 80 trillion dollars. But there are also challenges, including: mining in Space (planets and asteroids); exploration, transport, manufacture, waste management of space; effects on humans; optimal design of tests; bi...
How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
December 08, 2021 07:17 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBTo develop fundamentally new laws of nature, theoretical physicists often rely on arguments from beauty. Simplicity and naturalness in particular have been strongly influential guides in the foundations of physics ever since the development of the standard model of particle physics. This talk demonstrates that arguments from beauty have led the field into a dead end and considers what can be done about it. Speaker Sabine Hossenfelder, Research Fellow, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studi...
Caste, Class And Race Writing, Rights And Violence
December 08, 2021 07:17 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBSujatha Gidla, the author of Ants Among Elephants:An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India, in conversation with Toral Gajarawala, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at NYU, about caste, class and race, and their relationship to rights, violence and writing. Speakers Sujatha Gidla, Author, "Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India" ( Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2017) In conversation with Toral Gajarawala, Associate Professo...
Natq A Live Audiovisual Essay About Impossible Speech
December 08, 2021 07:16 - 1 hour - 81.1 MBLawrence Abu Hamdan presents "Natq," a live audiovisual essay on the politics and possibilities of reincarnation. Through listening closely to “xenoglossy” (the impossible speech of reincarnated subjects), this performance explores a collectivity of lives who use reincarnation to negotiate their condition at the threshold of the law—people for whom injustices and violence have escaped the historical record due to colonial subjugation, corruption, rural lawlessness, and legal amnesty. In the p...
Improving Education for Refugee Children: Insights from Rigorous Research
July 05, 2021 04:03 - 1 hour - 79 MBBy the start of 2018, 25 million refugees fled across international borders to seek protection. Over half of these refugees are under the age of 18. Little rigorous evidence exists on strategies to promote refugee children’s academic learning and socio-emotional development. What role can universities play in helping to close this critical gap in evidence? This panel describes the state of education for refugee children broadly, zeros in on the conditions of refugee children in Lebanon and Ni...
Can We Predict Virus Emergence?
July 05, 2021 03:59 - 1 hour - 83 MBPredicting novel emerging viruses that could cause a pandemic is the ultimate challenge. But even at an epidemic scale, predicting new virus strains—such as influenza and now SARS-CoV-2—is of great public health relevance. This talk provides an overview of worldwide ongoing surveillance for emerging viruses and the ways novel technology can accelerate these efforts. This talk also addresses how immune status, respiratory tract location, and cell type can shape virus diversity, and how infecte...
The End of the Western Model
July 05, 2021 03:58 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBRecent earthquakes, ranging from Brexit and the election of Donald Trump to the pandemic, have terminated the role that the United States and its Western allies assumed after 1945 as political teachers and role models to the rest of the world. This talk discusses the likely consequences of this epochal transformation. Speakers Pankaj Mishra, Literary and Political Essayist; 2014 Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction; Author, "Age of Anger" (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2017) In Collaboration...
Making Social Spaces
July 05, 2021 03:56 - 1 hour - 83 MBHow do architectural design and users’ practices inform the creation of social space? In which spaces and through which modalities do people come together and “make” space in a city as diverse as Abu Dhabi? How are these processes approached by various disciplines—from architecture and urban design to the social sciences and the arts? This talk brings together scholars and practitioners to discuss urban planning, public spaces, and social and cultural practices in Abu Dhabi. Speakers Ji Youn...