'Monarchies of Extraction: The Gulf States in the Global Food System'
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
- Venue
- Main Building, SOAS
- Room
- R101
- Event type
- Seminar
About this event
In a region known for its export of oil, Monarchies of Extraction explores how the Gulf states are simultaneously defined by the importation of food.
Charting the economics and politics of the Gulf through an examination of its food system, Christian Henderson demonstrates how these states constitute a distinct social metabolism. The Gulf states represent 'inverted farms', where the import of prodigious quantities of agricultural commodities has enabled these economies to overcome their lack of arable land. This phenomenon reveals the extreme imbalance of patterns of consumption and development within the food system of the Middle East and North Africa.
Registration
This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Seating is allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that food and drink is not permitted in R101.
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About the speaker
Christian Henderson is an assistant professor at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies at Leiden University, Netherlands. His research focuses on the agrarian political economy and the political ecology of the Middle East and North Africa. His work has previously been published in Antipode, Globalizations, New Political Economy, Journal of Peasant Studies and Environment and Planning A.
Chair
Adam Hanieh (Director of the SOAS Middle East Institute, MBI Jaber Chair of Middle East Studies and Professor in the Development Studies Department).
