Weekly Research Seminar Series - Nobel Prize Winners in Literature, Peace, and Economics

This week, Middlesex University Dubai's Souq Economics - Center for Economics Research will be organizing a special Research Seminar on 'Nobel Prize Winners'. Professor Ajit Karnik, Head, Souq Economics will be leading the seminar along with Dr. Louise Edensor and Ms. Mahine Rizvi Ahmad. 

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Wednesday Research Seminar Series       

We are pleased to invite you to our Wednesday Research Seminar. It will be held online on 15th February from 4pm via Microsoft team platform. Wednesday Research Seminar Series was launched in 2008 and has featured more than 330 presentations to date. The seminars provide a forum for researchers to share their work. Presenters include faculty from Middlesex University Dubai and other universities in the United Arab Emirates, as well as researchers from other global institutions. Prof. Ajit, Dr. Louise, and Mahine will deliver seminar on:       

“Nobel Prize Winners in Literature, Peace, and Economics”   

Souq Economics - Center for Economics Research

https://www.mdx.ac.ae/souq-economics-center-for-economics-research 
 

Summary of the Seminar        

Nobel Prize in Literature

Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for ‘the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory’. In her own words, she explains how she is ‘trying to be inside … To be there at that very instant, without spilling over into the before or after. To be in the pure immanence of a moment’. Her writing is heralded as a body of work that pushes back against the enduring restraints of class domination, to represent the working classes from within and unashamedly. Louise Edensor will share extracts from her writings to showcase this unique perspective.

Nobel Peace Prize

Attacks on press freedom, violation of civil rights and persecution of journalists and human rights activists has increased globally. Freedom of expression is a key human right. Nobel Peace Prize laureates like Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov have been awarded the Peace Prize “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace” and Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.” Mahine Rizvi Ahmad will share insights on the Nobel Peace Prize and those laureates who exemplify this struggle. 

Nobel Prize in Economics

Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig were awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics for their research on banks and financial crises. Unless one has avoided the modern banking system completely – whether as depositors or as borrowers – we have all benefitted from the contributions of the Laureates. Ajit Karnik will talk about the contributions of the Nobel Laureates and how their work has been influential in managing the problems faced by economies during the recession of 2008 and the COVID pandemic. 

Look forward to seeing you at the seminar!