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Legacy Institute Centers

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al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art

al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art is a research center and archive dedicated  to the interdisciplinary study of the visual arts of the Arab world, covering the period from 1850-1995. Through a range of activities that include translations, publications, fellowships, research projects, conferences, and a lecture series, as well as the construction of a unique open-access archive, al Mawrid is a major resource for scholars, independent researchers, and for educational and art institutions. Digitized primary documents from the Arab Art Archive are available through the NYU Special Collections online repository and finding aid system.

Principal Investigator:
Salwa Mikdadi
Co-Principal Investigators: Shamoon Zamir, May Al-Dabbagh
Program: Art and Art History, History, Arab Crossroads Studies
Division: Arts and Humanities

Humanities Research Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World

The NYUAD Institute has embarked on a multi-year research fellowship program in the Humanities. This program aims to help create an energetic, multi-faceted research environment for the Humanities and the study of the Arab world at NYUAD's campus.

Principal Investigator: Nathalie Peutz
Co-PI: Erin Pettigrew
Program: Anthropology, Arab Crossroads Studies, Arab Music Studies, Arabic, Art and Art History, Literature and Creative Writing, Philosophy, Psychology
Division: Arts and Humanities, Social Science

Library of Arabic Literature

The Library of Arabic Literature (LAL) makes available Arabic editions and English translations of significant works of Arabic literature, with an emphasis on the seventh to nineteenth centuries. The Library of Arabic Literature thus includes texts from the pre-Islamic era to the cusp of the modern period, and encompasses a wide range of genres, including poetry, poetics, fiction, religion, philosophy, law, science, travel writing, history, and historiography.

Principal Investigator: Philip Kennedy
Center Manager: Amani Al-Zoubi
Division: Arts and Humanities

Center for Stability, Instability, and Turbulence

Instability of dynamics flows and their transition to turbulence are widespread phenomena in engineering, computer science, geophysics, biophysics, and the natural environment. The Center's interdisciplinary research develops novel enabling technology to deal with this phenomena.

Principal Investigator: Nader Masmoudi 
Co-PIs: Tej-eddine Ghoul, Francesco Paparella  
Program: Mathematics    
Division: Science