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ABOUT
Theorist, choreographer, performer and composer, Adham Hafez writes on contemporary performance history outside of western paradigms, on choreographic systems, climate change, and postcolonial legacies. Currently a PhD candidate at New York University’s Performance Studies Department, Adham Hafez holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and Experimental Arts from SciencePo Paris, where he was mentored by renowned thinker Bruno Latour. Additionally, he also holds a second Master’s degree in choreography from Amsterdam University of the Arts, and a third Master’s degree in Philosophy from New York University. Adham Hafez founded Egypt’s first performance studies and choreography research platform, named HaRaKa (movement, in Arabic), and together with his colleagues they produce publications, pedagogic programs, international conferences, as well as create works on the lines of installation and choreography, for the past fifteen years. He publishes in Arabic, English and French, and is currently part of the editorial collective of Cairography Publication (Brussels) and Natya Publication (Montreal). His latest research looked at the history of the Suez Canal through the lens of the anthropocene, and currently he is writing on apocalyptic representations, pathogens, and nonhuman agents in Middle East politics.
Discipline
Art/Art History
Sub Areas
Colonialism
Cultural Studies
Queer/LGBT Studies
Environment
Theater
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Egypt
Mediterranean Countries
Specialties
Performance Studies, MENA Art History, Modernism,
Languages
Arabic (native)
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
German (intermediate)
Turkish (elementary)
Education
MPhil
| 2020
| MPhil in Performance
| New York University
MA
| 2015
| MA Political Science and Art
| SciencePo (Paris)
MA
| 2011
| MA Choreography
| Amsterdam University of the Arts
BA
| 2007
| BA English Literature
| Ain Shams University
Abstracts
Performing Dissent
Queeriya? The politics of queer Arab art in the diaspora, 2011-2021
