Gulf Research Meeting
Dr. Rita Elizabeth Risser
Dr. Rita Elizabeth Risser (PhD McGill University) is an assistant professor in the Philosophy Department at United Arab Emirates University. Her research centers on political and ethical issues as they arise in the arts and architecture. Recently she was a visiting research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at The University of Edinburgh, where she researched the rise of an international art world on the Arab Peninsula. This research is forthcoming in Constellations: An International Journal on Critical and Democratic Theory. She is currently researching the intersection of aesthetic and political issues in the architecture of the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.
