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2008 Program
Session V
Sunday, November 23
4:30pm-6:30pm
(NP04) New Perspectives on the Early Modern
Chair: Colin Paul Mitchell, Dalhousie U
Ali Bakr Hassan, Brown U–A Turning Point in Bridging Intellectual Gaps Between the West and Middle East in Early Modern Europe
Emire Cihan Muslu, U of Texas at Dallas–The Road to Peace: Ottoman-Mamluk Treaty in 1491
Nabil I. Matar, Florida Inst of Technology–The Maritime Decline of the Maghrib in the Early Modern Period
Stephen Cory, Cleveland State U–Recovering Al-Andalus: A Sixteenth Century Plan for a Joint English-Moroccan Invasion of Spain
(NP07) Contemporary Ethnography from the Middle East
Chair: Izabella Lecka, Warsaw U
Sami Hermez, Princeton U–Why We Kill: Lebanese Fighters in Everyday Life
Kate McClellan, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor–Artful Marketing: The Aesthetics and Captivation of Marketplace Display in Damascus, Syria
Laila Azem, U of Muenster, Germany–A ‘Society of Wives Without Husbands’
Dana Hercbergs, U of Pennsylvania–Teenage Culture and Identities of Place, Nationality, and Religion in Jerusalem/al-Quds
Farha Ghannam, Swarthmore Col–Death Without Notice: The Meaning of Good Endings in Urban Egypt
(NP08) Islamicization in Egypt and Turkey
Chair: Lois A. Aroian, Independent Scholar
Hayal Akarsu, New York U–Ottomanism in the “Globalized World”: Transnational Muslim Identities and Formation of a Global Ummah in the Recent Turkish TV Program, “Ramadanization of the World”
Hazem Kandil, UCLA–Limits of Counter-Hegemonic Strategies: The Case of Islamization in Egypt, 1982-2007
Kurtulus Cengiz, Abant Izzet Baysal U–Religion, Industrialization and Social Change in Turkey: The Concept of Calvinist Islam, an Oxymoron?
Samuel Harris, Georgetown U–Amr Khaled’s Life Makers and the New Social Contract in Egypt
(NP18) Cinematic Overtones
Chair: Florence Martin, Goucher Col
Sibel Erol, New York U–The Examination of Masculinity in the Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Kimberly W. Segall, Seattle Pacific U–Melancholic Cinematics: Transnational Loss and Identity in the Film Persepolis
Hajer Ben Gouider Trabelsi, U of Montréal–Averroesian Lines of Flight: A Reading of Youssef Chahine's Alternative Community in Destiny (1997)
(NP28) Migratory Narratives
Chair: Tarek El-Ariss, New York U
Ikram Masmoudi, Middlebury Col–Literary Reflections of Iraqis in European Exile
Carol Fadda-Conrey, Syracuse U–Which Way Home, Jack: Authenticating Identities in Arab-American Return Narratives
Adem Gunaydin, Middle East Technical U–The Return and Resettlement of the Relocated Armenians (1918-1920)
Keith P. Feldman, U of Washington–“The (Connecting) Link Between”: Towards a Theory of the Arab Diaspora
Mitra M. Abbaspour, CUNY Graduate Center–We’ve Come a Long Way Baby: Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives and Diaspora Identity as Institution
(NP45) Arab-American Political Engagement
Chair: Andrea L. Stanton, New York U
Saeed A. Khan, Wayne State U–The 2006 Lebanon War and the Emergence of New Constructions of Arab Nationalism & Identity among Lebanese Americans in Metropolitan Detroit
Ihsan Alkhatib, Wayne State U–Arab-American Political Participation: Role of Country of Origin and Religious Affiliation in Explaining Voting, Campaign Contributions and Contacting Government Officials
(NP47) Jordan, Still at the Crossroads
Chair: Dana Olwan, Queen's U
Avshalom Rubin, U of Chicago–A Very Narrow Bridge: Israel, Jordan and Arab Summitry, 1964-1965
Amal A. Kandeel, Cairo U/Georgetown U–The US-Market-Oriented Qualifying Industrial Zones in Jordan: Socioeconomic Realities and Scope of Benefits
Victoria Mason, Lancaster U–Jordan on a Tightrope: The Impact of the 2003 Occupation of Iraq on the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Zaid Eyadat, U of Jordan–Explaining Political Liberalization in Jordan
(NP54) Islam and Secularism in Turkey
Chair: Sarah Fischer, American U
Amelie Barras, London Schl of Economics–Re-Inventing Secularities
Itir Bagdadi, Izmir U of Economics and Ozlem Tur, Middle East Technical U–From Emancipation to the Headscarf Protests: The History of the Divided Turkish Women’s Rights Movement
(P006) Patrons, Architects, and Collectors of the Edge(s): “Local Otherness”, Self-Reinvention, and Cosmopolitanism in the Modern Middle East (1850-1914)
Organized by Mercedes Volait and Talinn Grigor
Chair: Mercedes Volait, IN VISU-CNRS, Institut national d’histoire de l’ar
Discussant: Sibel Zandi-Sayek, Col of William & Mary
Nebahat Avcioglu, Columbia U.–Le Hammam: The Hidden Iceberg of Baron Haussmann’s Paris
Adam Mestyan, Central European U–Decorating the Empire: The Case of Pietro Avoscani (1816-1890)
Talinn Grigor, Brandeis U/Getty Research Inst–Overturned Affects:The British Raj on Zoroastrian Temple Design
Deniz Turker, MIT–The Oriental Flâneur: Khalil Bey and the Cosmopolitan Experience
(P008-II) Creating Justice: Law and Court Procedure in the Ottoman Empire, Part II
Organized by Elyse Semerdjian and Bogac Ergene
Chair/Discussant: Kristen Stilt, Northwestern U
Bogac Ergene, U of Vermont–Ottoman Court between History and Anthropology: A Re-Evaluation of Ottoman Legal Practice with Reference to Eighteenth-Century Kastamonu Court Records
Najwa Al-Qattan, Loyola Marymount U–Qist: Justice or Installment? The Invention of a Mulberry-Flavored Legal Practice in Nineteenth Century Beirut
Elyse Semerdjian, Whitman Col–Making a Case: Public Morality and Community Justice in Ottoman Aleppo, Syria
Richard Wittmann, Harvard U–Choosing One’s Justice in 17th Century Istanbul: Armenians, Greeks and Jews before Qadi and Grand Vizier
Hülya Canbakal, Sabanci U–Between Law and Custom at the Court of Kayseri (~1650-1800): ‘Public’ Will and Opinion
Eyal Ginio, The Hebrew U of Jerusalem–Representations and the Use of Violence in Ottoman Courts: The Case of Eighteenth-Century Salonica
Yaron Ben-Naeh, The Hebrew U– Jews at the Kadi’s Court
(P051) Powers, Politics and Violences: The Legacies of Algeria’s ‘War on Terror’
Organized by Jacob A. Mundy
Chair: Jacob A. Mundy, Inst of Arab & Islamic Studies, U of Exeter
Discussant: Yahia H. Zoubir, Euromed Marseille, Ecole de Management
Miriam R. Lowi, The Col of New Jersey–Algeria after the Oil Shock: From Regime Crisis to Re-Equilibration
Cherif Dris, Algiers U– Algeria and Terrorism in the Sahel Region: Between Internal Responses and External Replies
Roman Hagelstein, Universitat Tuebingen–The Kabyle Black Spring: A Reassessment
Jeremy Keenan, Bristol U–The Dark Sahara: The Legacy of the GWOT’s (Global War on Terror’s) Saharan-Sahelian Front
Robert P. Parks, Centre d’Etudes Maghrebine en Algerie–Reconfiguring the Economy: Trabendo and State Authority in Western Algeria
(P066) Negotiating Community in the Arab Persian Gulf
Organized Laith Ulaby
Chair: Gwenn Okruhlik, Trinity U
Fahad A. Bishara, Duke U–Community, Courts and Commitment: Institutions and Economic Order in the Persian Gulf Pearling Industry, c. 1870-1940
Farah Al-Nakib, Schl of Oriental and African Studies–Acceptable Spaces: The (Trans)Formation of Kuwait’s Hadhar Community Outside the City
Laith Ulaby, UCLA–Music, Representation and Cultural Policy in the Arab Persian Gulf
Leila DeVriese, Hamline U–Cyber Activism in the Arab Gulf: A Reconfiguration of Public Discourses and Agendas on Social Justice
(P079) New Studies in Palestinian Society and Economy: A Panel in Honor of Rosemary and Yusif Sayigh (Note: this is a two-part panel that will run until 6:00pm)
Organized by Rochelle Davis, Georgetown U, Jennifer Olmsted, and Beshara Doumani
Part I
Chair: Roger Owen, Harvard U
Discussant: Jennifer Olmsted, Drew U
Leila Farsakh, U of Massachusetts, Boston– Revisiting the Palestinian Economy after 40 Years of Occupation: The Legacy of Yusif Sayigh’s Works
Basel Saleh, Radford U–An Analysis of the Palestinian Fiscal Situation: Challenges and Consequences
Samia Al-Botmeh, Birzeit U–Labour Market Gender-Differentiated Impact of Israeli Movement Restrictions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Part II
Chair: Julie Peteet, U of Louisville
Discussant: Beshara Doumani, UC Berkeley
Randa Farah, U of Western Ontario–Refugee Camps and the Shifting Political Landscape
Isabelle Humphries, St. Mary’s Col, U of Surrey, UK–Homeless in the Homeland: Survival Narratives of Internal Refugees under Military Rule in Nazareth 1948-1966
Diana Allan, Harvard U–“Nar Taht Al-Ramade” [Fire under Ash]: Remembering the Fall of Tel a’Zaatar
Rosemary Sayigh, Independent Scholar–Palestinian Women Narrate Displacement: A Web-Based Voice Archive
(P105-II) Queering the Middle East: Globalizations, Contestations, and Resistances, Part II
Organized by Amal Amireh and Krisin Bergen
Chairs/Discussants: Kristin Bergen, Howard U and Amal Amireh, George Mason U
Mitra Rastegar, CUNY Graduate Center–Between Ahmadinejad and Stonewall: The Question of ‘Homosexuals’ in Iran
Eser Selen, Izmir U of Economics–Queer Turkey: Queer Performativity, Modernity and Islam in Contemporary Turkish Performance
Max Kramer, Columbia U–The Economy of Queer Sex in Francophone Maghrebian Literature as a Response to Western Identity Politics
Serkan Gorkemli, U of Connecticut–Queer In/Visibilities in Turkey in the Global Era
Clarissa C. Burt, US Naval Academy–Crossing the Line: From Women’s Parties to Lesbian Bashes in Fictional Saudi Arabia
Faegheh Shirazi, U of Texas at Austin–Sex Change in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Legal and Societal Concerns Facing the Gay, Lesbian, and Transsexual Community
Mehammed A. Mack, Columbia U–Beur is Beautiful: Urban Maghrebi Youth in France, the Kelma Organization, and the Browning of ‘Homosexuality’
Nadine Moawad, MEEM–Lesbian Activism in the Arab World
Natalie Kouri-Towe, U of Toronto–Queer Activism and the 2006 War in Lebanon
(P114) Politicization in Muslim Festive Culture: Commemorating the Prophet Muhammad, Imam Hussein, and Nasreddin Hodja
Organized by Hakki Gurkas
Chair; Hakki Gurkas, Kennesaw State U
Discussant: Janet Afary, Keddie-Balzan Fellow, UCLA
Sawsan Karimi, U of Bahrain–Death Rituals among Bahrainis
Hakki Gurkas, Kennesaw State U–Revitalization of Folk Islam in Festive Space: The Long Journey of Nasreddin Hodja from Central Asia to Anatolia
Philippe Bourmaud, ATER, Université Lyon 3–“If Someone Were to Forbid Schoolchildren in England frm Taking Part in Chistmas...”:The Political and Religious Dynamics of the Mawlid al-Nabawi in Mandatory Palestine
(P117) Armenians in the Arab World
Organized by Joseph A. Kechichian
Chair: Joseph A. Kechichian, Society for Armenian Studies
Bedross Der Matossian, Columbia U–Armenians in Mandatory Palestine (1918-1948)
Vahram Shemmassian, CSU, Northridge–Armenian-Arab Relations in Syria under Faisal, 1918-1920
Simon Payaslian, Boston U–The Armenian Community in Syria: Between Integration and Assimilation
(P132) Revising Islamic Legal Historiography
Organized Lena Salaymeh
Chair/Discussant: Ahmad Atif Ahmad, UC Santa Barbara
Amr Osman, Princeton U–Was Dawud al-Zahiri a Member of the Ahl al-Ra’y?
Behnam Sadeghi, Stanford U–On the Interplay between Laws and Their Reasons in a Legal Tradition
Ahmed El Shamsy, Harvard U–The Origins of Crypto-Shafi’ism among Malikis
Lena Salaymeh, UC Berkeley–Myths of ‘Islamic Law’ and False Origins
(P140) Moroccan Women and the Arts: Reframing Discourses
Organized by Mary Vogl
Chair: Sandra Carter, Penn State Harrisburg
Discussant: Evelyn A. Early, US Embassy, Morocco
Ahmed Idrissi Alami, Purdue U–Womanhood and the Construction of Domesticity in Tales of Fez
Lucy Melbourne, St. Augustine’s Col–Ego and Eros: Touria Ikbal and Contemporary Moroccan Women Poets
Safoi Babana-Hampton, Michigan State U–The Hybrid World of Sapho’s Fiction: The Impossible Portrait of a Judeo-Moroccan Woman as a Singer
Mary Vogl, Colorado State U–Women’s Place in the Critical Discourse on Contemporary Moroccan Art
(RT011) Confronting the Iraq Humanitarian Crisis: An NGO-Scholar Dialogue
Organized by Kathryn Libal and Scott Harding
Chair: Kathryn Libal, U of Connecticut
Elizabeth Campbell, Refugee Council USA
Nabil Al-Tikriti, U of Mary Washington
Eric Gustafson, Education for Peace in Iraq Center
Elizabeth Ferris, Brookings Institution
Scott Harding, U of Connecticut
(TC001) To Sell Or Not To Sell: An Ongoing Discussion on Politics of Translation
Organized by Maggie Nassif, Brigham Young U
Session Leader: Michael Beard, U of North Dakota
Erdag Göknar, Duke U
Mary Selden Evans, Syracuse U Press
Nadia Kholy, Cairo U
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