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2007 Program
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19
11:00AM-1:00PM
(NP02) Classical Arabic Genres and Styles II
Chair: Sebastian Günther, University of Toronto
Clarissa C. Burt, US Naval Academy
Unwelcome Truths: Arab Women and the Unspeakable
Samuel England, University of California, Berkeley
From a Rhetorical Obscene to a Theory of the Obscene
Gabriel Said Reynolds, Notre Dame University
The Male is Unlike the Female: On the Quranic Narrative of Mary's Birth
(NP05) Film and Politics
Chair: Paul J. Kaldjian, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Suzanne Gauch, Temple University
Human Rights, Cultural Politics, and Recent Tunisian Film
Brian T. Edwards, Northwestern University
Moroccan Cinema in the Age of Circulation
Suncem Kocer, Indiana University
Politicizing the Daily: Documentary Film-making as a New Space for Kurds in Turkey
Savas Arslan, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
Politics and Society in Contemporary Cinema in Turkey
(NP38) Diasporas, Immigrants and Refugees I
Chair: Berna Turam, Hampshire College
Marlies Casier, Ghent University
Putting Turkey's Kurds on Europe's Agenda: Investigating the Transnational Political Practices of Turkey's Kurdish Immigrants
Anita Fábos, University of East London
Resisting 'Blackness': Transnational Sudanese Women and Islamic Cultural Space in the Diaspora
Alberto Biancoli, European Masters Human Rights
Fleeing Iraq and the Denied Right to Seek Asylum: Defining International Refugee Policies on the Current Iraqi Refugee Crisis
Maria del Mar Logrono Narvona, University of California, Santa Barbara
The 'Woman Question' in the Arab Immigrant Press in Argentina during the 1920s
Rasta Daei, University of Waterloo
The Iranian Diaspora: Political Attitudes and American Foreign Policy
(NP45) Ottoman Provincial Administration
Chair: Metin Atmaca, University of Texas at Austin
Mostafa Minawi, New York University
The Mental Geography of an Ottoman-Syrian Official
Charles L. Wilkins, Wake Forest University
Self-Fashioning in Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Aleppo: The Career of Mustafa Efendi Tahazada (d. 1680)
Ali Yaycioglu, Harvard University
Intihab: Communal Participation and Election Practices in the Ottoman Provincial Politics (18th Century)
Robert Zens, La Moyne College
Ottoman Foreign Policy and the Ayanlik, 1750-1815
(NP66) Turkey's Relations with Greece and Israel
Chair: Tozun Bahcheli, King's University College, University of Western Ontario
Evan Liaras, MIT
Latin Greece and Praetorian Turkey: Two Modernization Paths in Civil-Military Relations
Sultan Tepe, University of Illinois at Chicago and Roni Baum, Zionist Studies Seminary
Religious Beliefs, Social Networks, Political Outcomes: A Comparative Look at Religious Party-Sponsored Civil Society Groups in Israel and Turkey
Ayhan M. Akman, Sabanci University
Religious Activism and Civil Society in Greece
presenter
Yusuf Sarfati, Ohio State University
Is There a Relationship between State Religious Education and Religiopolitical Parties? Comparing Israel and Turkey
Zacharias H. Tzimitras, Istanbul Bilgi University
Europeanisation and Nationalism in the Turkish-Greek Rapprochement: Identity Considerations and Foreign Policy Implications
(P002) Press, Politics and Culture in Iran, 1907-2007
Organized by Camron Michael Amin and Negin Nabavi
Chair/Discussant: Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, University of Toronto
Negin Nabavi, Montclair State University
Cartoons, Public Opinion and the Satirical Press in Constitutional Iran
Camron Michael Amin, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Public Diplomacy in Iranian Press and Radio, 1939-1953
Liora Hendelman-Baavur, Tel Aviv University
Iranian Press Presents: Zan-i Ruz and the Ayatollah of Fariman
Hossein Shahidi, American University of Beirut
Sharq and the 2006 Lebanon War
(P007) Manuals, Geographic Encyclopedias, Literature, Reading Notes: Supplementary Sources for the Study of Mamluk History
Organized by Amalia Levanoni
Chair: Michael Winter, Tel Aviv University
Michael Winter, Tel Aviv University
Egyptian-Ethiopian Relations in Mamluk Historiography
Li Guo, University of Notre Dame
Historical Manuals in Verse: Ibn Daniyal's List of Judges and Its Later Adaptations
Amalia Levanoni, University of Haifa
Water Supply Systems in Mamluk Historiography: The Case of Cairo
(P020) Gulf Security in Historical Perspective
Organized by Matteo Legrenzi
Chair: Hasan M. Al-Naboodah, UAE U
Discussant: Gregory Gause, University of Vermont
Fred H. Lawson, Mills College
Security Implications of Preferential Trading Arrangements in the Gulf
Matteo Legrenzi, University of Ottawa
NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative in the Gulf: Who is Doing Whom a Favor?
Mark Gasiorowski, Louisiana State University
The New Assertiveness in Iran's Foreign Policy
Abdel Razzaq Takriti, U of Oxford
External Forces and the Dhofar Conflict
Emile El-Hokayem, Stimson Center
Iran-Arab Gulf States Relations in Light of the Iranian Nuclear Program
Frauke Heard-Bey, Centre for Documentation and Research
Ballot Boxes and Other Democratic Process in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
(P052) Revisiting Political Participation in the Arab Word
Organized by Manal Jamal
Chair: Tarik Yousef, Dubai School of Government
Ellen Lust-Okar, Yale University
Competitive Clientelism: Understanding Electoral Politics in the MENA
Mona El-Ghobashy, Barnard College
Why Do Opposition Parties Participate in Limited Elections?
Amaney A. Jamal, Princeton University
The Crisis of State Legitimacy and Its Effects on Political Engagement in the Arab World
Manal Jamal, Dubai School of Government
Civil Society Participation and the Primacy of Political Institutions
(P062) Before Nationalism: Land and Loyalty in the Middle East, Part II
Organized by Steve Tamari
Chair: Thabit Abdullah, York University
Discussant: Karl Barbir, Siena College
Anne Troadec, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Paris)
Creating an Islamic Space: Baybars' Politics in Bilad al-Sham (658/1260-676/1277)
Steve Tamari, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Bilad al-Shamism or Territorial Consciousness in Ottoman Syria
Dyala Hamzah, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
Misr, Kinanatu-allah fi ardih or: Early 19th-Century Egypt (Re)Invented
Sahar Bazzaz, College of the Holy Cross
Salwat al-Anfas and the Topography of 'Baraka' in 19th Century Fez
(P089) Shifting Forms, Translating Codes: Language, Text and Identity in Ottoman Bosnia
Organized by Selma Zecevic
Chair/Discussant: Asim Zubcevic, Leiden University
Andras J. Riedlmayer, Harvard University
Conversion Stories, Tales of Viziers, and Ribald Anecdotes: Multiple Layers of Narrative and Language in a Bosnian Manuscript
Snjezana Buzov, Ohio State University
The Oral Storytelling Brought To a Standstill in Mecmuas
Ahmed Zildzic, University of California, Berkeley
The Phenomenon of Textual Production in Persian Language in Ottoman Bosnia
Amila Buturovic, York University
Carved in the Stone: Individuality and Collectivity in Epigraphic Text
Selma Zecevic, York University
From Muftis to Dragomans: Interpreting and Editing Ottoman-Bosnian Fatwas in the Turkish Chancellery of the Dubrovnik Republic
(P097) Rethinking Modernity in Late Ottoman Palestine
Organized by Awad Halabi
Chair: Issa J. Boullata, McGill University
Discussant: Gudrun Kraemer, Free University of Berlin
Johann Büssow, Free University, Berlin
Class and Experiences of Modernity in the District of Jerusalem, 1872-1918
Michelle Campos, University of Florida
Making Citizens, Contesting Citizenship in Late Ottoman Palestine
Awad Halabi, Wright State University
The Prophet Moses Festival: A Modern Celebration in Late Ottoman Jerusalem, 1850-1914
DOUBLE SESSION--First Part, "Liberty, Equality, and Islam" ( 8:30-10:30am)
(P104) Secularism, Gender, and Islam
Organized by Ellen McLarney
Chair: Ellen McLarney, Duke University
Discussant: Suad Joseph, University of California, Davis
Mervat F. Hatem, Howard University
How the Occident Meets the Orient on Gender in the Discourse on the War on Terrorism
Laura Bier, Georgia Tech
Recasting Secularism: Personal Status Debates in Nasser’s Egypt
Banu Gokariksel, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Public Space, the Headscarf Ban and Muslim Women's Activism in Istanbul
Janice Boddy, University of Toronto
Why Do They Cling to Superstition?: British Images of Islam and Women's Culture in Colonial Sudan
Sherifa Zuhur, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College
Strategy in the Battles over Her: Islamism and Secularism
(P107) Cultural Encounters in Arabic Literature: Past and Present
Organized by Suha Kudsieh
Chair: Suha Kudsieh, University of Toronto
Discussant: Dalia Eltayeb, University of Toronto
Raghad Al-Hussamy, Indiana University
Europe as Utopia in Fransis Marrash's Rihlat Baris
Jokha Mohammed Alharthi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
The Reception of the Other in Ibn Fadhlan's Journey
Frode Saugestad, SOAS, U of London
Violence and Dialogism in Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North
Nizar F. Hermes, University of Toronto
The Orient's Medieval 'Orient(alism)': The Rihla of Sulayman al Tajer as a Case Study
(P109) Cultural Battlefields: European Competition and Local Innovations in the Middle Eastern Territories under British and French Influence, 1920-1946
Organized by Goetz Nordbruch
Chair: Peter Wien, University of Maryland
Jennifer Dueck, U of Oxford
Wielding Cultural Power: French and Anglo-Saxon Struggles for Hegemony in the Middle East
Manuela A. Williams, U of Strathclyde
The Quest for Independence and National Liberation: Fascist Propaganda, the Zionist Movement and Arab Nationalism in the 1930s
Matthew H. Ellis, Princeton University
Repackaging the Egyptian Monarchy: King Faruq in the Public Spotlight, 1936-39
Goetz Nordbruch, Humboldt University Berlin
Between Fascination and Alarm: Reactions to Nazi Germany in Lebanon and Syria under French Mandate Rule
(P116) Kurdish Culture and Society
Chair: Shayee H.A. Khanaka, UC Berkeley
Discussant: Charles G. MacDonald, Florida International University
Hashem Ahmadzadeh, Exeter U
Modernity and the Kurdish Novel
Diane E. King, University of Kentucky
Theorizing Patriliny and Masculinity
Partow Hooshmandrad, University of Kurdistan, Hawler
Sacred Musical Practice of the Kurdish Ahl-i Haqq of Guran
Jaffer Sheyolislami, Carleton University
Construction of Kurdish Identity as Mediated by Satellite Television and the Internet
Amir Hassanpour, U of Toronto
The Oral, Scribal, Print and Electronic Cultures of Kurdistan: The Antinomies of Capitalism and the Ongoing Communications Revolution
(P120-I) People, Practices, and Meanings in Shi'i and Sufi Rituals, Part I: Transporting and Transforming
Organized by Mary Elaine Hegland, Santa Clara University
This triple panel will be held from 11:00am to 7:00pm, with a break for lunch.
Chair: Margaret J. Rausch, University of Kansas
Peter Chelkowski, New York University
Tracing the Origins of the Caribbean Tadjah
Bridget Blomfield, University of Nebraska at Omaha
The Heart of Lament: Pakistani-American Muslim Women's Azadari Rituals
Catharina Raudvere, University of Copenhagen
Narration, Performance and Interpretation: Hymns and Muslim Identity among Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) in Sweden
Faegheh Shirazi, University of Texas at Austin
Current Propagation of Folk Medical Traditions from Early Shi'i Manuscripts
(P119) Ottoman Women's Movements and Print Cultures
Organized by Victoria Rowe
Chair: Sedef Arat-Koc, Ryerson University
Sima Aprahamian, Concordia University
From Ottomanism to Turkish Nationalism & Beyond: A Brief History of Women's Movement in Turkey
Hasmik Khalapyan, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
The Double Edges of Writing for Ottoman Armenian Women from Late 19th to Early 20th Centuries
Anastasia Falierou, French Inst. for Anatolian Studies in Istanbul
Moral Modernism and the New Eve: Discourse(s) on Woman in the Greek Orthodox Community (Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries)
Victoria Rowe, Chuo University
Gardens of Silihdar and Shirts of Flame: The Writings of Zabel Yesayian and Halide Edib Adivar
(P131) Caught between Allied and Axis: The Maghrib during the Second World War
Organized by Moshe Gershovich
Chair: Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, Tel Aviv University
Discussant: Susan G. Miller, Harvard U
Thomas DeGeorges, American University of Sharjah
Bitter Victory: French and Algerian Veterans Reflect on the Second World War
Moshe Gershovich, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Military Mobilization and Social Transformation: World War II and the Integration of the Middle Atlas within the Moroccan State
Lamia Ben Youssef Zayzafoon, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Between the Allies and the Axis: The Jew, the Arab as Native Other in the Battle of Tunisgrad
Daniel Zisenwine, Tel Aviv University
From Reform Calls to Demands for Independence: Moroccan Nationalist Politics during World War II
(TC002) The Translation Market: Opportunities, Challenges and Trends
Organized by Maggie Nassif
Session Leader: Maggie Nassif, Brigham Young University
Michael Beard, University of North Dakota
Shouleh Vatanbadi, New York University
Michelle Hartman, McGill University
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