BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e9796b9c-839c-4170-88fa-6d01bdabd567@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261015T121545Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T160000 SUMMARY:Comrades Estranged: Labor and Citizenship in the Twentieth-Centur y Persian Gulf DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Middle East Studies is proud to host Profes sor Alex Boodrookas\, author of Comrades Estranged: Labor and Citizenshi p in the Twentieth-Century Persian Gulf. In 1975\, Kuwaiti workers orche strated arguably the most powerful citizen-led movement for noncitizen r ights in the history of the Persian Gulf. Their efforts built on decades of wide-ranging struggle over the meanings and outlines of citizenship. During the twentieth century\, anti-colonial nationalists\, pro-democra cy reformers\, feminists\, and labor organizers joined forces to fight f or a more equitable citizenship regime. In so doing\, they won a remarka ble series of victories: political independence\, constitutional rights\ , and oil nationalization\, reshaping not just Kuwait\, but the global p etroleum order. Comrades Estranged reframes the history of labor activis m\, citizenship\, and decolonization in Persian Gulf by centering the hi story of social movements—especially organized labor. Alex Boodrookas tr aces how workers and their allies shaped the world-historic transformati ons witnessed across the region: the consolidation of British sovereignt y\, formation of autocratic states\, inrush of hydrocarbon wealth\, onse t of decolonization\, and rise of both mass migration and mass politics. But unions failed to incorporate noncitizens into their movement\, and as Boodrookas argues\, this fatally undermined the movements' strength. The contradictions of nationalist and internationalist visions proved in surmountable. Comrades Estranged thus sheds light on both the power\, an d the limits\, of citizenship and the nation-state as the framework for political action. We hope you will join the Institute for Middle East St udies\, Professor Alex Boodrookas\, and discussant Professor Attiya Ahma d\, for this conversation about labor relations and citizenship in the t wentieth century Persian Gulf region. All are welcome to attend this eve nt in-person or online. Speakers: Alex Boodrookas\, Ph.D.\, is an associ ate professor in the Department of History at Metropolitan State Univers ity of Denver. He teaches World History since 1500\, Modern Middle East and History of Islam. His areas of expertise are in labor\, migration\, politics and the Persian Gulf. Boodrookas’ teaching interest involve how ordinary people and mass popular movements have transformed global poli tics\, the economy\, everyday life and ideas of justice\, equality and m orality. He has had the opportunity to present at numerous conferences s uch as the Middle Eastern Studies Association Conference\, the Eurasian Connections Conference and the Gulf Studies Symposium. Additionally\, he is currently working on a book that compasses citizenship and political protest in the Persian Gulf\, with a focus on Kuwait. Boodrookas receiv ed his Ph.D. in History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and his m aster’s in Near Eastern Studies from New York University. He received hi s bachelor’s in History and American Studies from George Washington Univ ersity. Dr. Attiya Ahmad is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and I nternational Affairs. Broadly conceived\, her research focuses on the ge ndered interrelation of Islamic reform movements and political economic processes spanning the Middle East and South Asia\, in particular the gr eater Arabian Peninsula/Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean regions. Dr. Ahmad is currently examining the development of global halal tourism networks .\n\nMore info: https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/comrades-estranged-labor- and-citizenship-in-the-twentieth-century-persian-gulf\n\nhttps://findloc al.community/event/e9796b9c-839c-4170-88fa-6d01bdabd567 LOCATION:George Washington University\, Washington\, DC URL:https://findlocal.community/event/e9796b9c-839c-4170-88fa-6d01bdabd56 7 STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR