The NYUAD Literature and Creative Writing Program and its members host a variety of events each year, including lectures, movie screenings, workshops and discussions. Often in collaboration with other departments, the events aim in involve the NYUAD community, and when possible, reach out to a wider Abu Dhabi community.
January 19, 2021 | 'The End of the Western Model’
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April 10, 2021 |
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November 21, 2020 | Wail HassanDiscussion of the translation of Thou Shalt not Speak My Language
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November 23, 2020 | Ananya Kabir and Ari Gautier, 'Retrieving creole Indias: from the novel ‘Le thinnai’ to the platform, ‘le thinnai kreyol’Le thinnai kreyol is a participatory dialogue between Ananya Kabir and Ari Gautier that considers encounters in the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and resulting kreyolites: oceans, ships, slavery, foods, furniture, languages. |
Feb 25 to Feb 27, 2020 | Hay Festival Events at NYUAD
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February 26, 2020 | Frank Fehrenbach (University of Hamburg): "Leonardo da Vinci’s Natural Theory of Images"(co-sponsored with Art and Art History, History)
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February 18, 2020 | Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate and Distinguished Writer in Residence at NYUAD
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February 5, 2020 | Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Michigan State University): Generous Thinking: Argumentation and Collaboration |
September 28, 2019 | Ongoing | Writers Reading SeriesDuring the spring 2019 semester, we continue with the Writers Reading Series, where writers from the NYUAD Creative Writing Program read from their work, with Q&A sessions to follow each reading.
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October 5, 2019 | Ongoing | Writers Reading Serieswith Ella Shohat |
October 5, 2019 | Alumni Panel hosted in collaboration with the CDC
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November 2, 2019 | Ongoing | Writers Reading Serieswith Abishek Majumdar |
November 10, 2019 | Open Studios |
November 12, 2019 | Han BOHAN Bo (韩博) is the author of several poetry collections including [‘BorrowDeepHeart’] and[‘A Banquet of Knots’]. In 1998 he won the Li-An Liu poetry prize for the volume [‘Transmission for Ten Years’]. His short stories have been published in a number of literary journals, including Jin Tian. A playwright as well as stage director, in 1999 he founded the Ewood Drama Studio; he directed the 2008 Mecooon Film Festival in Shanghai. Currently, Han is the editor-in-chief of MG Magazine, a travel culture magazine. |
November 16, 2019 | Book reading/Conversation “Connecting Asia” (Carlo Pizzati)
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November 18, 2019 | The Art of Translation, the Business of Translation
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November 18, 2019 | Faculty Publications Reading
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November 24, 2019 | Hekayah FestivalJoey Bui performs for Hekayah and read from her book Lucky Ticket. |
November 26, 2019 | Reading/Joey Bui - Lucky Ticket |
November 30, 2019 | Ongoing | Writers Reading Serieswith Bob Stam |