Sunday Morning Coffee
It’s been unseasonably cool so far this spring in Abu Dhabi, but yesterday it was hot: 99F. And this morning my iPhone tells me that the weather is about to turn … seasonable. For those of you who think in Celsius (something I haven’t yet learn to do...
First Day of Class
Tomorrow morning, I’ll be teaching my first class at NYU Abu Dhabi, in the first time slot of the new academic year. Yes, that’s right: on a Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. For those of you who don’t know, the work week runs Sunday to Thursday here in...Next Month Abu Dhabi
A month from today we’ll be touching down in Abu Dhabi — many bags in tow but hopefully not much baggage from New York — to begin a sojourn of at least a year. It’s hard to believe that three years of accelerating involvement with the NYUAD...J-Term, Day 1
Yesterday was the first day of my January Term class for NYU Abu Dhabi on the subject of “New York and Modernity.” For the next three weeks, I’ll be exploring this subject with students — five from NYUAD and one from NYUNYU — who hail...Steely Affability
Marhaba Week flashback: “Yet as the dinner wore on and jetlag took its toll, Cyrus Patell, a star literature professor from NYU New York, did just that, gliding between the tables armed with microphone and steely, talk-show affability.” I guess this...