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2007 Program
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18
1:00PM-2:00PM
Music Performance (Palais 517C) Michael Frishkopf
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18
4:00PM-5:00PM
Dance (Palais 517C) Beauty & Love: Ottoman Poetry on Stage
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18
2:00PM-4:00PM
(NP23) Health Discourse II: Reproductive Health
Chair: Alan Mikhail, UC Berkeley
Thomas Eich, University of Bochum
Abortion after Rape in Islamic Law: A Historical Perspective
Angel M. Foster, Ibis Reproductive Health
The Internet and Intra-Generational Exchange: Improving Sources of Sexual and Reproductive Health Information in Tunisia, Jordan and Palestine
L. L. Wynn, Macquarie University
Reproductive Health Technologies and Cyber Fatwas
(NP33) The Question of Algeria
Chair: William A Lawrence, State Department
Carine Bourget, University of Arizona
Remembering Colonial Algeria in an Algerian Childhood
Jacob A. Mundy, Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies, U of Exeter
Pyrrhic Victory? Assessing Algeria's Counter-Terror Strategy (1992-2000)
Lawrence McMahon, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The Mosque and the Charcuterie: Muslims, Pork, and Social Distance in Colonial Algeria
Ryme Seferdjeli, University of Ottawa
Women Moudjahidate as Viewed by the Moudjahidine during the Algerian Decolonisation-War
(NP41) Islamic Thought Past and Present
Chair: Shaun E. Marmon, Princeton University
Maryam Moazzen, University of Toronto
Correspondences between the Visible (Mulk) and Invisible (Malakut) Worlds as Described by Haydar Amuli
Shafique Virani, University of Toronto
Pythagoras, Polygons and the Islamic Profession of Faith: A Cosmic Cipher in Islamic Thought
Elizabeth Alexandrin, University of Manitoba
Al-Mu'ayyad fi al-Din al-Shirazi's Concept of the Qa'im: A Commentary on the “Khutbat al-Bayan”?
Simonetta Calderini, Roehampton University, London
A Queen, a Hujja, in Front of Whom the Majority of Slaves are Humbled. Female Spiritual Authority in Islam: The Case of Queen Arwa (1045-1138) of Yemen
Daniella Talmon-Heller, Ben-Gurion U of the Negev
Repentance and Charity in Medieval Islamic Thought and Practice
(NP55) Living Under Occupation, Palestine
Chair: Nubar Hovsepian, Chapman U
Amy Wanounou, York University
Palestinian Women between the Two Intifadas
Neve Gordon, Ben-Gurion University
From Colonization to Separation: Exploring the Structure of Israel's Occupation
Zeynep Baser, Middle East Technical University
Israeli Security Discourses Reconsidered: The Closure System in the West Bank
Taroob R. Boulos, University of Michigan
While Waiting for The Dream: Palestinian Women Bear Witness to Their Detention Experiences
(NP62) South Arabia and the Gulf
Chair: Jacqueline Armijo, Zayed University
Charles Schmitz, Towson University
Post-Petroleum Yemen: Chaos and Collapse or Relief from the Curse of Oil?
Frederico Velez, Zayed University
Abu Dhabi: Great Britain and the Crisis over Jurisdiction, 1959-1960
Benjamin N. Smith, Florida International University
Who's Afraid of Persian Gulf Investors? Dubai Ports World and the Cultural Economy of the Middle East
(P001) Personal Historiography, Mythic Narratives: Contemporary Persian Literature and the Official Discourse
Organized by Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami
Chair/Discussant: Michael Beard, University of North Dakota
Faridoun Farrokh, Texas A&M International University
The Emergence of the Salon-Society Discourse and the Fiction of Ali Dashti
Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami, New York University
Who Writes Iran?: Counter-Narratives and the Transition from Personal to Collective Historiography in Contemporary Fiction
Shouleh Vatanbadi, New York University
Stories beyond History: Translations beyond Nation
M.R. Ghanoonparvar, University of Texas at Austin
The True History of the Iran-Iraq War
(P011) Creating a Paradoxical Political Class: Islamist Parties and Women's Activism
Organized by Stacey Philbrick Yadav
Chair/Discussant: Jillian Schwedler, University of Massachusetts
Janine Clark, University of Guelph, Canada and Amy E. Young, Gettysburg College
Islamists and Shifts in Family Law in Morocco and Jordan
Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University and Safinaz El Tarouty, British University in Egypt
Women's Electoral Participation in Egyptian Parliamentary Elections
Marion Boulby, Trent University
Islamist Women and Politics of Palestine
Stacey Philbrick Yadav, University of Pennsylvania
Veiled Expectations: Islahi Women's Activisms in Yemen
(P029) Specters of Turkish Modernity
Organized by Nergis Erturk and Ozge Serin
Chair: Ozge Serin, Columbia University
Rabia Harmansah, U of Pittsburgh
Mystical Aspects of “Disenchantment” in Turkey: Uncanny Roots of the Secular Republic in Bektashi Imaginations
Meltem Ahiska, Bogazici University
The Missing Archives: Occidentalism and Registers of Truth in Turkey
Nergis Erturk, Binghamton University, SUNY
Specters of a Reformed Alphabet
Ozge Serin, Columbia University
The Uncanny Remains of the Turkish Hunger Strike 2000-2007: Bodies without Interiority and Temporality without Presence
(P030) Religious Conversion and Communal Identity in the Medieval Middle East
Organized by Tamer el-Leithy
Chair: Maryann Shenoda, Harvard University
Discussant: Tamer el-Leithy, Harvard Society of Fellows
Maryann Shenoda, Harvard University
Veiling Dhimmi: Coptic Representations of Dhimmi Status in Fatimid Egypt
Tamer el-Leithy, Harvard Society of Fellows
Coptic Martyrdom and Apostasy in the Age of Mass Conversion
Marina Rustow, Emory University
Religious Conversion in Medieval Egypt and Syria: Evidence from the Geniza
Marc Baer, University of California, Irvine
Hunting for Converts: Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV and Religious Conversion in the 17th Century
(P031) Divergence or Convergence? The European Union and the United States Security Policies in the Middle East and North Africa
Organized by Francesco Cavatorta and Vincent Durac
This double session will be held from 11:00am to 4:00pm, with a break for lunch.
Chair: Vincent Durac, U College Dublin
Discussant: Francesco Cavatorta, Dublin City U
Yahia H. Zoubir, Euromed Marsellie, Ecole de Management and Hakim Darbouche, U of Liverpool
The Algerian Crisis in European and US Foreign Policies: ‘Venus and Mars’ or ‘the Gods’ Helplessness?
Breig T. Powel, U of Exeter
Convergence or Conflict of Interest? The US, the EU and Tunisia
Sami Zemni, U of Ghent and Koenraad Bogaert, U of Ghent
The Islamist Question in Morocco: The Global Embeddedness and Impact of
International Governmental and
Non-Governmental Networks
Maura Conway, Dublin City U, Ireland
A Comparative Analysis of Online
Representations of the US & EU by Political Violence Groups in the Middle East
(P032) Evolution and Impact of Modern and Ancient Identities in the Middle East: Assyrians, Land, Identity, and the Modern Nation State
Organized by Waleeta Canon
Chair: Hannibal Travis, Florida International University
Waleeta Canon, Assyria Foundation
Nationalism, Land, and Identity: Iraqi Assyrians in an Era of Plurinationalism
Shamiran Mako, Wilfred Laurier University
Cultural Genocide and the State of Assyrian Christians in Iraq: Demographic Manipulations, Acculturation, and Assimilation
Aryo Makko Demir, Stockholm University
International Diplomacy during the
Interwar Period: The Mosul Question
1924-25 and the League of Nations
Nineb Lamassu, Firodil Institute, UK
Assyrian-Kurdish Relations in Hakkari: A History of Coexistence and Calamity
(P043) Ottoman Justice in Historical Perspective
Organized by Linda T. Darling
Chair/Discussant: Baki Tezcan, University of California, Davis
Huseyin Yilmaz, Stanford University
Justice Advised, Justice Applied: The Controversy on Capital and Summary Punishments in the Ottoman Empire
Jens Hanssen, University of Toronto
Metamorphoses in Ottoman Art of Government
Fariba Zarinebaf-Shahr, University of Virginia
Ottoman Minorities Seeking Justice: Overlapping Legal Boundaries in 18th Century Istanbul
Linda T. Darling, University of Arizona
Westernization or Ottoman Modernization? The Tanzimat and the Circle of Justice
(P114-I) The Arab Literary Elite and the Predicament of the Nation-State, Part I
Organized by Muhsin J. al-Musawi and Moneera Al-Ghadeer
Chair: Moneera Al-Ghadeer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant: Elliott Colla, Brown University
Mary N. Layoun, U of Wisconsin-Madison
On the Fault Lines of National Narratives: Alternative Stories of Justice and Community
Muhsin J. al-Musawi, Columbia University
The Islamic Dynamic in Literary Production: The Sacred Critique of the Nation-State
Sinan Antoon, New York University
The Last Iraqi Communist: Sa'di Yusif on the Disintegration of Iraq
Tarek El-Ariss, New York University
A Hero Despite Himself: Muhammad Ali and the Egyptian Nation in al-Tahtawi's Takhlis al-Ibris fi Tarikh Baris
Christopher Stone, Hunter College, CUNY
Tawfiq al-Hakim, Yusuf al-Qaid and the Peasant as Egypt
(P128) Art Without History?: Evaluating 'Arab' Art
Organized by Nada Shabout and Dina Ramadan
This double session will be held from 11:00am to 4:00pm, with a break for lunch.
Chairs: Nada Shabout, University of North Texas and Silvia Naef, Université de Genève
Discussant: Shiva Balaghi, New York University
Dina Ramadan, Columbia University
Visualizing the Nahda: Egyptian Artists' Collectives and their Criticism during the Interwar Years
Sarah Rogers, MIT
Building a Market, Defining an Audience: Beirut's Gallery System, 1960s & 1970s
Katarzyna Pieprzak, Williams College
Art in the Streets: Modern Art, Museum Practice and the Urban Environment in Contemporary Morocco
Salwa Mikdadi, Independent Curator
Women and Institutionalization of Contemporary Art Practices in the Arab World
Rashad Salim, International Network of Contemporary Iraqi Artists
Rethinking 'the Contemporary' in Arab Art
Anneka Lenssen, MIT
London's Arab Renaissance c. 1975
Nadine Khalil, American U of Beirut
Lebanese Cultural Workers and Artists: Navigating the Arab Cultural Terrain in New York and Beirut
Caecilia Pieri, EHESS, Paris/Amman Ahlia University
Modernity and its Post in Constructing an Arab Capital: Baghdad's Urban Space, Contexts and Questions
(P141) Using Middle Eastern Film in the Classroom
Organized by Nadia Hlibka, MESA FilmFest Coordinator
Chair: Thomas B. Stevenson, Ohio University-
Zanesville
Thomas B. Stevenson, Ohio University-Zanesville
Media Literacy: Creating Context and Developing Visual Perceptivity
Elizabeth Bishop, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Using Arab Film in the Classroom
John Sinno, Arab Film Distribution
Marketing Middle Eastern Films in the US: A Distributors Point of View
Nitin Sawhney, Cytex and Salma Abu Ayyash
Bahlam fi Falistine: Dreaming in Palestine
Digital Storytelling Workshops for Palestinian Youth: A Collaborative Project in Palestinian Refugee Camps
Kendra Olson Hodgson, Media Education Foundation
Title TBA
(RT002) Internal Dynamics and Transformation in Contemporary Kurdistan
Organized by Nader Entessar
Chair: Nader Entessar, University of South Alabama
David Romano, Rhodes College
Michael M. Gunter, Tennessee Technological University
Mohammed M.A. Ahmed, Foundation for Kurdish Studies
Robert Olson, University of Kentucky
Aliza Marcus, Washington, DC
Nader Entessar, University of South Alabama
Aram Nigogosian, Bayside NY
(TC007) Cross-Regional Approaches to Middle East Studies: Constructing and Deconstructing a Region
Organized by Charles Kurzman
Session Leader: Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carl W. Ernst, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seteney Shami, Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
Cemil Aydin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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