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Doha
A collection of newly published books and monographs by faculty at Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) was celebrated at a special event with students, faculty, and staff in attendance.
Some seven authored and four edited books, as well as two monographs, were produced by the NU-Q faculty and staff in the last academic year ranging from scholarly non-fiction studies to works of fiction.
The event, hosted by the NU-Q Library and Academic Affairs, was moderated by Senior Associate Dean Hariclea Zengos and featured a panel discussion with the faculty and a reception following.
In introductory remarks, NU-Q Dean and CEO Everette E Dennis noted the “permanence and portability of the book, the oldest continuing communication medium or platform”, adding that the publications reflected “remarkable productivity and output by a faculty of 38 persons.”
In addition to the panel, there were book displays and a video presentation on each of the publications.
The books covered a range of subjects, including: media issues and biases; the relationship between culture, time and politics in the Arab world; the digital evolution in advertising across the MENA region, mobile digital disruption in the Gulf, animation, Sufi literature in West Africa; the role of intellectuals within contemporary Arab discourse; and a novel on the secret life of Van Gogh’s physician.
Two monographs were also published by NU-Q on Arab identities and images in film and the latest variation of the school’s annual media use project, a longitudinal study.
Jairo Lugo-Ocando, director of executive and graduate education and professor, discussed his two most recent books: Crime Statistics in the News: Journalism, Numbers and Social Deviation and Poor News: Poverty, Politics and Ideology in the British Press. The first, he said, “deals with the way journalists engage with numbers to construct arguments on crime in their stories, and how they use these numbers to legitimatise or question arguments in that context”, while the second “analyses how journalists report on poverty and social exclusion by questioning the idea that journalists are watchdogs to power.”
Zachary Wright, associate professor, who with Amir Sayed and Rudolph Ware co-authored, The Jihad of the Pen; Sufi Literature in West Africa explained that the book “tries to shine a spotlight on the scholarly production of West African Muslim scholars in the last two centuries to show how their ideas were shared and that they were part of a larger intellectual discourse.”
Ilhem Allagui, associate professor, authored Advertising in MENA Goes Digital, which explores the evolution of advertising practices as agencies adopt a more digitalised approach distinct from more traditional outreach efforts of social media and the web.
As an expert in contemporary Middle Eastern Studies, Professor Khaled al Hroub authored The Anxious Intellectual that examines “the role of Arab intellectuals in today’s world.”
Sam Meekings, assistant professor, wrote The Afterlives of Doctor Gachet, a novel that uncovers the story behind a painting by Vincent van Gogh of his personal doctor, Paul Gachet.
Several edited books also recognized at the event included Associate Professor Joe Khalil’s Culture, Time and Publics in the Arab World: Media, Public Space and Temporality, which provides readers with a new way of exploring and understanding Arab culture and society through the analysis of real-life occurrences that shape Arab societal structures and experiences. Animation by Scott Curtis, associate professor, looks at the history of animation in the US from its beginnings to the present day.
Doha
A collection of newly published books and monographs by faculty at Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) was celebrated at a special event with students, faculty, and staff in attendance.
Some seven authored and four edited books, as well as two monographs, were produced by the NU-Q faculty and staff in the last academic year ranging from scholarly non-fiction studies to works of fiction.
The event, hosted by the NU-Q Library and Academic Affairs, was moderated by Senior Associate Dean Hariclea Zengos and featured a panel discussion with the faculty and a reception following.
In introductory remarks, NU-Q Dean and CEO Everette E Dennis noted the “permanence and portability of the book, the oldest continuing communication medium or platform”, adding that the publications reflected “remarkable productivity and output by a faculty of 38 persons.”
In addition to the panel, there were book displays and a video presentation on each of the publications.
The books covered a range of subjects, including: media issues and biases; the relationship between culture, time and politics in the Arab world; the digital evolution in advertising across the MENA region, mobile digital disruption in the Gulf, animation, Sufi literature in West Africa; the role of intellectuals within contemporary Arab discourse; and a novel on the secret life of Van Gogh’s physician.
Two monographs were also published by NU-Q on Arab identities and images in film and the latest variation of the school’s annual media use project, a longitudinal study.
Jairo Lugo-Ocando, director of executive and graduate education and professor, discussed his two most recent books: Crime Statistics in the News: Journalism, Numbers and Social Deviation and Poor News: Poverty, Politics and Ideology in the British Press. The first, he said, “deals with the way journalists engage with numbers to construct arguments on crime in their stories, and how they use these numbers to legitimatise or question arguments in that context”, while the second “analyses how journalists report on poverty and social exclusion by questioning the idea that journalists are watchdogs to power.”
Zachary Wright, associate professor, who with Amir Sayed and Rudolph Ware co-authored, The Jihad of the Pen; Sufi Literature in West Africa explained that the book “tries to shine a spotlight on the scholarly production of West African Muslim scholars in the last two centuries to show how their ideas were shared and that they were part of a larger intellectual discourse.”
Ilhem Allagui, associate professor, authored Advertising in MENA Goes Digital, which explores the evolution of advertising practices as agencies adopt a more digitalised approach distinct from more traditional outreach efforts of social media and the web.
As an expert in contemporary Middle Eastern Studies, Professor Khaled al Hroub authored The Anxious Intellectual that examines “the role of Arab intellectuals in today’s world.”
Sam Meekings, assistant professor, wrote The Afterlives of Doctor Gachet, a novel that uncovers the story behind a painting by Vincent van Gogh of his personal doctor, Paul Gachet.
Several edited books also recognized at the event included Associate Professor Joe Khalil’s Culture, Time and Publics in the Arab World: Media, Public Space and Temporality, which provides readers with a new way of exploring and understanding Arab culture and society through the analysis of real-life occurrences that shape Arab societal structures and experiences. Animation by Scott Curtis, associate professor, looks at the history of animation in the US from its beginnings to the present day.
