Gulf Conference
Gulf conference
Gulf conference
The Centre for Gulf Studies hosts the world's longest-running conference series on the Gulf region and Arabian Peninsula, begun in 1979, at which PhD students, emerging scholars and established researchers present their research findings.
34th Exeter Gulf Conference - 27-28 June 2024
"Life Worlds of Energy and Environment in the Gulf "
You can view the programme below and download the programme to view speaker abstracts.
27th June 2024
9:00 – 10:00, Conference Registration & Coffee
10:00 – 11:45, Panel 1A – Chair: Kanwal Hameed
- Pascal Menoret, University of Oxford (UK), “Pipeline Protest and the Political Imagination”
- Faezeh Ghasemi, Independent Researcher & Journalist (Iran), “An Examination of Labor Strikes of Iran’s Oil Industry in the 2020s”
- Kaveh Ehsani, De Paul University (USA), “Oil Capitalism and the Right to the City of Iran”
12:00 – 13:00, Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:45, Panel 1B – Chair: Marc Valeri
- Anna Oustry, Sciences Po (France), “Strategic Labour Market Reforms and Green Energy Transition in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)”
- Amir Imani, Independent Researcher (Iran), “Balancing Act: Unravelling the Environmental. Consequences of Sanctions on Iran’s Energy Industry and the Pursuit of Sustainable Oil Extraction Technologies”
- Ismail Numan Telci, Sakarya University (Turkey), “Renewable Energy Transition in the Gulf: Challenges and Prospects in a Fossil-Fuel Dominant Region”
14:45 – 15:00, Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:45, Panel 1C – Chair: Adam Hanieh
- Wang Danyu, Shanghai International Studies University (China), “The Impact of Oil spills on Daily Life in the Gulf: From the Perspective of Marine Environment”
- Noor AlShaikh, Bahrain & Alaa AlSheabi, UCL (UK), “Sacrifice Zones on Oil Frontiers: Indigenous Struggles for Environmental Justice in the Bahraini Villages of Sitra and Ma’ameer”
17:00– 18:30, Keynote – Chair: Laleh Khalili
- Gökçe Günel, Rice University (USA), A Hydrogen Hub
19:00, Conference dinner
28th June 2024
10:30 – 12:00, Panel 2A – Chair: Claire Beaugrand
- Scott Erich, Virginia (USA), “The Oil Age from the Deck of a Fishing Boat”
- Natalie Koch, Syracuse University (USA), “Green nationalism from above: Authoritarian state power and the greening of UAE nationalism”
12:00 – 13:00, Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:45, Panel 2B – Chair: Sabiha Allouche
- Marwa Koheji, New York University Abu Dhabi (UAE), “Air-conditioning and the Sensing of an Oil Modernity in Bahrain”
- Florence Wolstenholme, QMUL (UK), “’Just a real estate project?’: The role of the built environment in constituting ‘offshore’ Dubai”
- Natasha Iskander, NYU (USA), “Concrete Futures in the Gulf and Beyond”
14:45 – 15:00, Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30, Panel 2C – Chair: Allan Hassanian
- Maia Holtermann-Entwistle & Sharri Plonski, QMUL (UK), “’If Africa loses, we all lose’: Racial genealogies in the UAE’s green development projects in Africa”
- Arbella Bet-Shlimon, University of Washington (USA), “Producing a Crisis, c. 1961: Iraqi and Kuwaiti Sovereignties, Extraction, and the Environment”
16:45 – 18:00, Conference closing (Wine Reception)
Find details of past conferences below.
Year | Title | Programme |
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2023 |
The 2023 Exeter Gulf Conference - 23-24 June 2023 |
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2022 |
The 2022 Exeter Gulf Conference (June) |
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2019 |
The 2019 Exeter Gulf Conference (July) "Zones of Theory in the Study of Yemen", convened by Ross Porter, Claire Beaugrand and Marc Valeri |
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2018 |
The 2018 Exeter Gulf Conference (July) "Beyond Oil, Sheikhs and Security: Plotting New Trajectories in Gulf Studies", convened by Claire Beaugrand, Marc Owen Jones, Ross Porter and Marc Valeri |
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2017 |
The 2017 Exeter Gulf Conference (July) "Hegemonic Boundaries and Asymmetric Power in the Gulf", convened by Marc Owen Jones, Ross Porter and Marc Valeri |
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2016 | The 2016 Exeter Gulf Conference (August) examining The Gulf and the Wider Middle East: Transnational Dynamics in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, convened by Marc Valeri, Enrica Fei, Niklas Haller and Gertjan Hoetjes. | Download programme |
2014 | The 2014 Exeter-Georgetown Gulf Conference (September) examining The Heritage Boom in the Gulf; Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, convened by Marc Valeri and Gerd Nonneman. | Download programme |
2012 | The 2012 Gulf Studies Conference (July), an interdisciplinary conference on the Gulf region (Arabia, Iran, Iraq), past and present, convened by James Onley. | View programme |
2011 | The 2011 Gulf Studies Conference (June–July), examining the aspirations and challenges facing the peoples of the Gulf, convened by James Onley. Followed after BRISMES 2011 at Exeter. | Download programme |
2010 | The 2010 Gulf Studies Conference (June–July), examining the challenge of identity in the 21st century Gulf, convened by Gerd Nonneman. | Download programme |
2008 | The 2008 Gulf Studies Conference (July), commemorating 30 years of Gulf Studies at Exeter, convened by James Onley. Download programme. | Download programmeDownload programmeDownload programmeDownload programmeDownload programmeDownload programmeDownload programmeDownload programmeDownload programme |
2007 | The 2007 Gulf Conference (July), examining the Gulf’s links with the Indian Ocean and Asia, convened by James Onley. | Download programme |
2006 | The Global Gulf (July), examining the Gulf’s connections with the wider world, convened by James Onley. | Download programme |
2002 | The Gulf and the World Trade Organisation (July), convened by Kamil Mahdi. | |
2001 | Globalisation and the Gulf (July), convened by Kamil Mahdi. | |
1999 |
Workshop on Gulf Studies (July), convened by Kamil Mahdi. |
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1998 |
Yemen: Challenge of Economic, Social and Democratic Development (April), convened by Kamil Mahdi. Resulting publication: Yemen into the Twenty First Century: Continuity and Change (Ithaca Press, 2006) edited by Kamil Mahdi, with Anna Würth and Helen Lackner. Human Development in the Arab Gulf (July), convened by Kamil Mahdi in cooperation with UNESCWA. |
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1997 | Frustrated Development: the Iraqi Economy in Peace and War (July), convened by Kamil Mahdi. Resulting publication: Iraq’s Economic Predicament (Ithaca Press, 2002) edited by Kamil Mahdi. | |
1996 |
Water and Arab Gulf Development (September), convened by Kamil Mahdi. Resulting publication: Water in the Arabian Peninsula: Problems and Policies (Ithaca Press, 2001) edited by Kamil Mahdi. |
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1995 | Higher Education in the Gulf: Problems and Prospects (July), convened by Ken Shaw. Resulting publication: Higher Education in the Gulf (University of Exeter Press, 1997) edited by Ken Shaw. | |
1993 | The Gulf and the Central Asian Republics (July), convened by Anoush Ehteshami. Resulting publication: From the Gulf to Central Asia: Players in the New Great Game (University of Exeter Press, 1994) edited by Anoush Ehteshami. | |
1990 | External Interests in the Arab Gulf (July), convened by Brian Pridham. Resulting publication: Global Interests in the Gulf (University of Exeter Press, 1992) edited by Charles E. Davies. | |
1989 | The Post War Arab Gulf (July), convened by Brian Pridham. Resulting publication: After the War: Iraq, Iran and the Arab Gulf (Carden, 1990), edited by Charles E. Davies. | |
1986 | The Gulf and the Arab World (July), convened by Brian Pridham. Resulting publication: The Arab Gulf and the Arab World (Croom Helm, 1988) edited by Brian Pridham. | |
1985 | Aspects of Oman (July), convened by Brian Pridham. Resulting publication: Oman: Economic, Social and Strategic Developments (Croom Helm, 1987) edited by Brian Pridham. | |
1984 | The Arab Gulf States and the West (July), convened by Brian Pridham. Resulting publication: The Arab Gulf and the West (Croom Helm, 1985) edited by Brian Pridham. | |
1983 | Contemporary Yemen (July), convened by Brian Pridham. Resulting publications: Contemporary Yemen: Politics and Historical Background (Croom Helm, 1984), and Economy, Society and Culture in Contemporary Yemen (Croom Helm, 1985), both edited by Brian Pridham. | |
1982 |
The Shatt al-Arab Dispute (July), convened by M.S. El Azhary. Resulting publication: The Iran-Iraq War: An Historical, Economic and Political Analysis (Croom Helm, 1984) edited by M.S. El Azhary. Oil Revenues and their Impact on Development in the Gulf States (October), convened by M.S. El Azhary. Resulting publication: The Impact of Oil Revenues on Arab Gulf Development (Croom Helm, 1984) edited by M.S. El Azhary. |
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1981 |
Iraq, the Contemporary State (July), convened by Tim Niblock. Resulting publication: Iraq: The Contemporary State (Croom Helm, 1982) edited by Tim Niblock. |
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1980 | State, Power and Economy in Saudi Arabia (July), convened by Tim Niblock. Resulting publication: State, Society and Economy in Saudi Arabia (Croom Helm, 1982) edited by Tim Niblock. | |
1979 | Inaugural Conference on Social and Economic Development in the Arab Gulf (July), convened by Tim Niblock. Resulting publication: Social and Economic Development in the Arab Gulf (Croom Helm, 1980) edited by Tim Niblock. |