Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia

Date: 
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location: 
Virtual
United States

The Middle East Center at UPenn will be hosting Dr. Rosie Bsheer in conversation with Professor Robert Vitalis. They will be lecturing and conversing on the politics and history of Saudi Arabia.

Bsheer is a historian of the modern Middle East. Her teaching and research interests center on Arab intellectual and social movements, petro-capitalism and state formation, and the production of historical knowledge and commemorative spaces. She is the author of Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia (Stanford University Press, October 2020).

Categories
Event Type: 
Webinar
Topic: 
International Trade
Topic: 
Governance
Topic: 
International Studies
Topic: 
Cultural Awareness
Topic: 
International Relations
Topic: 
Foreign Policy/Diplomacy
Global Region: 
Saudi Arabian