Programming
Conferences and workshops
Arfara, K., D. Hudson, and K. Sadler Edepli (2025). “Watery Relations” workshop on integrating arts and science. Elements pod in The Anthropocene: Urbanism, the Environment, and Sustainability, Arts and Humanities Research Kitchens, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, and Kirsten Sadler Edepli Laboratory. NYUAD: 09 April.
Majithia, S. and D. Hudson (2024). “Unscreening Media: Towards Planetary Perspectives for Screen Studies in Times of Crises.” NYUAD Institute at 19 Washington Square North. New York University: 07–08 March.
Arfara, K., D. Hudson, and S. Majithia, (2023). “Elements in Relation,” a series of two workshops—“Energies, Elements, and Decolonialities” with Victoria Googasian, Trish Kahle, and Firat Oruc of the Energy Humanities at Georgetown University in Qatar in conversation with the Elements pod of the Anthropocene Research Kitchen at NYUAD, and “WE ARE OCEAN Arabian Gulf” with Anne-Marie Melster (ARTPORT making_waves) and John Burt (Biology). Elements pod in The Anthropocene: Urbanism, the Environment, and Sustainability, Arts and Humanities Research Kitchens. NYUAD: 04 December.
Arfara K., G. Jose, S. Majithia, and D. Hudson (2022). “Elements of the Anthropocene,” a symposium on arts and environmentalism. Elements pod in The Anthropocene: Urbanism, the Environment, and Sustainability, Arts and Humanities Research Kitchens. NYUAD: 07 June.
Rajagopal, A., D. Wrisley, D. Hudson, N. Fuccaro, and T. Gajarwala (2018–2020). Critical Humanities, talks by Arjun Appadurai (NYU), George Blaustein (University of Amsterdam), Kay Dickinson (Concordia University), Gareth Doherty (Harvard Graduate School of Design), Patrick Lichty (Zayed University), Laila Jreis Navarro (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez), Henning Trüper (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies), Lily Woodruff (Michigan State University), Siegfried Zielinski (Universität der Künste Berlin), and NYUAD faculty. Division of Arts and Humanities. NYUAD.
Yunis, A. and D. Hudson (2018). Film and Visual Media in the Gulf: Images, Infrastructures, and Institutions Connecting Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and the World. NYUAD: 28–30 October.
Bougdaeva, S., D. Hudson, L. Minsky, S. Majithia, and S. Odeh (2011–2012). Global Studies Colloquium, talks by Elizabeth Kassab (Freie Universität), Mervat Hatem (Howard University), and Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (UAE University) on the Arab World in a global context. Division of Social Sciences, Division of Arts and Humanities, and NYUAD Institute. NYUAD.
Online exhibitions
FLEFF: Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival
Hudson, D. and C.C. Pederson (2025). Art in Movement with panel discussion with artists Pat Badani, Millie Chen, Saba Khan, and Arzu Ozkal.
Hudson, D. and C.C. Pederson (2024). Sustained Turbulence with panel discussion with artists Armando Minjarez Monarrez and Dorit Naaman.
Hudson, D. and C.C. Pederson (2023). Polyphonic Communities with three panel discussions with members of Chambal Media (India), Participatory Media (Canada), and Tribesourcing Southwest Film (Navajo Nation/United States).
Hudson, D. and C.C. Pederson (2022). Mapping Entanglements with panel discussion with artists Yi Cui, Leslie García, Topiary Landberg, Liz Miller, and Dorit Naaman at festival’s opening.
Hudson, D. and C.C. Pederson (2021). Entangled Infiltrations with panel discussion with artists Derek Curry, Leslie García, Jennifer Gradecki, Adriana Knouf, Azalia Muchransyah, and Stephanie Rothenberg at festival’s opening. .
Hudson, D. and C.C. Pederson (2020). Radical Infiltrations.
Hudson, D. and C.C. Pederson (2019). Networked Disruptions.
Hudson, D. and C.C. Pederson (2018). Invisible Geographies.
Hudson, D. and C.C. Pederson (2016). Interface/Landscape.
Hudson, D. and C.C. Pederson (2015). Iterations as Habitats.
Hudson, D. and C.C. Pederson (2014). Viral Dissonance with jury of B. Fakhamzadeh and E. Cachucho. F
Hudson, D. (2012). Distributed Microtopias with jury of E. Aditjondro at EngageMedia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Hudson, D. and S. L. Tay (2011). Trafficked Identities in association with the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), Bangkok, Thailand.
Hudson, D. and S. L. Tay (2011). Digital Checkpoints with jury of C. Motta and S. Daniel.
Hudson, D. and S. L. Tay (2010). Map Open Space with jury of B. Fakhamzadeh, I. Farouk, and C. McPhee.
Hudson, D. and S. L. Tay (2009). sticky-content. Print catalogue: 18–21.
Hudson, D. and S. L. Tay (2008). ubuntu.kuqala. Print catalogue: 18–21.
Hudson, D. and S. L. Tay (2007). Undisclosed Recipients. Print catalogue: 17–20.
On-site exhibitions
Hudson, D., T. Sherwell, T. Geis, K. Arfara, and S. Majithia (2024). Elemental Relations at Personal Structures 2024, European Cultural Centre–Italy, Venice, Italy (20 April–24 November).
Hudson, D. (2019). Cinema Island by Marysia Lewandowska, video compiled of archival footage from British Petroleum films and Emirati home movies inside cinema pavilion by MMI Architects, originally curated by Hammad Nasar for Abu Dhabi Art 2018, Department of Culture and Tourism and NYUAD Art Gallery, Humanities Building and Conference Center Lobby, Abu Dhabi, UAE (06–24 November).
Hudson, D. (2018). Cinemas in the UAE | السينما في دولة الإمارات by Ammar Al Attar, exhibition of photography and artifacts from some of the earliest freestanding cinemas in the UAE, NYUAD Art Gallery’s Projects Space, Abu Dhabi, UAE (21 October–05 November).
Festival coordination
Films from the Gulf at the MESA Film Festival, presented by Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS) at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) annual meetings
virtual (Zoom) | 2024
Montréal (Québec), Canada | 2023
Denver (Colorado), United States | 2022
Montréal (Québec), Canada | 2021
Washington (DC), United States | 2020
New Orleans (Louisiana), United States | 2019
San Antonio (Texas), United States | 2018
Washington (DC), United States | 2017
Boston (Massachusetts), United States | 2016