Conference Schedule

THURSDAY APRIL 28 

 

6:00pm

Stiles College

FUGITIVE : : GROUNDS
A collaborative & interactive art installation

With Leslie Gross-Wyrtzen & Heather Parrish

Introduction by Jill Jarvis

Open to the Yale community

7:00pm-8:00pm

Informal welcome reception

For Desert Futures conference participants

FRIDAY APRIL 29

 

9:00am-3:00pm

HQ 134

Graduate Student Colloquium

Organized by Doyle Calhoun & Walid Bouchakour

Breakfast, coffee, & lunch for conference participants

4:00-6:00pm

HQ L02

Desert Futures Opening Symposium

Screening of At(h)ome in conversation with filmmaker Elisabeth Leuvrey, Samia Henni & Jill Jarvis

Open to the public

6:00pm

HQ Courtyard

Reception

Open to the public

SATURDAY APRIL 30

Workshop registration |Workshop will be held in HQ 134

9:30am

Breakfast for conference participants 

10:00am-12:00pm

Desert Futures Workshop Session 1 | ‘EMPTINESS & FULLNESS’

Facilitator: Jill Jarvis (Yale University)

·      Brahim El Guabli (Williams College)

·      Rosario Hubert (Trinity College)

·      Francisco Robles (University of Notre Dame)

12:00pm-1:00pm

Lunch break

1:00pm-3:30pm

Desert Futures Workshop Session 2 | ‘RADIANCE & RESONANCE’

Facilitator: Doyle Calhoun (Yale University)

·      Roxanne Panchasi (Simon Fraser University)

·      Samia Henni (Cornell University)

·      Martin Camps (University of the Pacific)

·      Jill Jarvis (Yale University)

3:30pm-4:00

Coffee break

4:00pm

HQ L01

143 Rue du désert 

Film screening and roundtable with filmmaker Hassen Ferhani & Argyro Nicolaou

Open to the public

6:30pm

Dinner for workshop participants and invited guests

SUNDAY MAY 1

Workshop registration |Workshop will be held in HQ 134

9:30am 

Breakfast for conference participants 

10:00am–12:00pm

Desert Future Workshop Session 3 | ‘STATES & TIMES’

Facilitator: Jonathan Wyrtzen (Yale University)

·      Eda Pepi (Yale University)

·      Alice Wilson (University of Sussex)

·      Vivian Solana (Carleton University)

12:00pm–1:00pm

Lunch break

1:00pm–3:00pm

Desert Futures Workshop  Session 4 | ‘BORDERS & PROXIMITIES’

Facilitator: Imane Terhmina (Cornell University)

·      Teresa Villa Ignacio (Stonehill College)

·      Leslie Gross-Wyrtzen (Yale University)

·      Farid Matuk (University of Arizona)

3:00pm–3:30pm

Coffee break

3:30pm-5:00pm

Closing roundtable

5:30pm

Informal dinner & departures