Public Defence in Contemporary Art, MFA Abdullah Qureshi
MFA Abdullah Qureshi defend their thesis: "Mythological Migrations: Imagining Queer Muslim Utopias—Artistic and Curatorial Strategies of Collaboration, Collective Resistance, and Coalition Building" on December 4th, 2025, at 16:00 in lecture hall A2, Undergraduate Centre, in Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art and Media.
Please see the event's webpage for further information.
Defence announcement
Title of the thesis: Mythological Migrations: Imagining Queer Muslim Utopias—Artistic and Curatorial Strategies of Collaboration, Collective Resistance, and Coalition Building
Mythological Migrations: Imagining Queer Muslim Utopias—Artistic and Curatorial Strategies of Collaboration, Collective Resistance, and Coalition-Building is a multidisciplinary doctoral project that explores queer identity, resistance, and community in Muslim migratory contexts through contemporary art. Against the backdrop of rising Islamophobia, racism, anti-immigrant sentiments, homophobia, and transphobia in the west over the past twenty-five years, the research draws on transnational feminist and queer intersectional scholarship to consider specific artistic and curatorial practices, offering critical reflections on queer, Muslim, racialized, and migratory discourses.
Keywords: Contemporary Art, Queer Migration, Critical Race, and Islamophobia
Info
Thesis defender: Abdullah Qureshi
Opponent: Prof. Gayatri Gopinath, New York University, USA
Custos: Prof. Mira Kallio-Tavin,Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Thesis available for public display 7 days prior to the defence at Aaltodoc.
Contact information:
Abdullah Qureshi
maq.39k@gmail.com
www.abdullahqureshi.org
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