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2008 Program
Session VI
Monday, November 24
8:30am-10:30am
(NP12) Royalty in the Middle East
Chair: Pardis Minuchehr, U of Pennsylvania
Brian Ulrich, Colgate U–Eastern Arabia in the Sassanid Period: New Perspectives
Rafi W. Mottahedeh, U of Chicago–The Timar and Mülk: Terminologies, Legalese, and Feudalism in Literature on the 15th and 16th Centuries
Emily Burnham, New York U–Alexander and Al-Andalus in the Medieval Islamic Geographical Imagination
Hazel Antaramian-Hofman, CSU, Fresno–The Royal Portrait of King Gagik-Abas, Queen Goranduxt, and Princess Marem: What Was Its Purpose?
Patrick Wing, U of Redlands–The Construction of Royal Authority in the Post-Mongol Middle East
(NP30) Self, Space, and Identity in Modern Arabic Poetry
Chair: Adel S. Gamal, U of Arizona
Ahmed Achrati, U of Illinois at Chicago–Oral Poetry and Resistance to Colonialism in Algeria: Mohamed Belkheir, the Bard of the Revolt of Ouled Sid Cheikh in 1871
Hamad Obaid Alajmi, Indiana U Bloomington–Nostalgic Chronotypes: Al-Andalus in Modern Arabic Poetry
Asaad Al-Saleh, U of Arkansas–Revisiting Mustafa Al-Rafii: The Battle between the Old and New of the Arabic Revival
Samy S. Swayd, San Diego State U–Transportable and Transformative Identities: The Case of the Poet Hussein Muhanna
(NP34) Women’s Movements and Activism
Chair: June-Ann Greeley, Sacred Heart U
Doris H. Gray, Florida State U–Contemporary Women’s Activism in Algeria
Marie Grace Brown, U of Pennsylvania–Dressing the Nation: The Tobe and Women’s Activism in Northern Sudan
Brian Mello, Muhlenberg Col–Norm Cascades and Domestic Politics: The Turkish Ratification of CEDAW
(NP38) Nationalism in the Middle East
Chair: Kevin W. Gray, Marist Col/Laval U
Aryo Makko Demir, Stockholm U–Intellectual Awakening, Political Activism, Social Revolution: Aspects of Assyrian Nationalism
Randy Rembrandt–Vatan: The Making of an Ottoman Homeland
Orhan Tekelioglu, Izmir U of Economics–“One Turkey,” Two Alternatives? The Top-Rated Serial of Samanyolu TV (STV) Takes Up the Eastern Question of Turkey
Nefertiti Amer, UCLA–Dinshway: The Creation of an Egyptian National Myth
Mikiya Koyagi, U of Texas at Austin–The Trans-Iranian Railway and Iranian Nationalism in the Early Twentieth Century
(NP39) British Colonialism in the Middle East
Chair: Cynthia Metcalf, Manhattanville Col
Jeffery W. Dyer, Boston Col–Desert Saints or Lions without Teeth?: British Portrayals of Bedouin Masculinity in 19th Century Arabian Peninsula
Richard Cahill, Berea Col–“Black and Tans” in Palestine?
Doaa Adel Kandil, Helwan U-Egypt–Zefta: The Forgotten Republic
Nurfadzilah Yahaya, Princeton U–British Colonial Law and the Hadhrami Diaspora
Zeinab A. Abul-Magd, Oberlin Col–A Lady and the Rebels: Empire and Revolt in Upper Egypt, 1860s
(NP43) Social Movements and Mobilization
Chair: Barbara Degorge, S. P. Jain Center for Management, Dubai
Joseph W. Roberts, Roger Williams U–Social Movements in the Middle East as a Rentier Phenomenon
Fernando Carvajal, U of Exeter–Political Mobilization in Revolutionary Upper Yemen, 1961-1978
Kristian Alexander, U of Utah–Revolutionary Turmoil and the Potential for Revolution: Comparing Iran and Saudi Arabia
Helga Baumgarten, Birzeit U–Muslim Brothers, Authoritarian Governments and the Quest for Democratic Transformation: The Case of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority Controlled by Fatah, 2004-2008
Suha Hindiyeh-Mani, Birzeit U–Palestinian NGOs in a Changing Environment
(NP52) Power and Influence in the New Arab Media
Chair: Ahmed E. Souaiaia, U of Iowa
Kristin Shamas, U of Oklahoma–Connectivity and Political Violence: Information Communication Technology Use in Beirut, July 2006 to August 2007
Courtney C. Radsch, American U–From Pipedreams to Pragmatism: The Evolution of the Egyptian Blogosphere
Yael Warshel, UC San Diego–It’s All About “Tom and Jerry,” Amr Khaled and “Iqra,” Not Hamas’ Mickey Mouse: Palestinian Children’s Television Viewing Habits and Their Parents’ Related Preferences
Marwa Abdel Samei, Northeastern U–The Rafah Crossing: Nationalism vs. Regionalism in Arab Media
Anne Marie Baylouny, Naval Postgraduate Schl–Pride and Participation: Emotions and Voice in Hizbullah’s Television
(P009) The Aesthetics of Irony and Modern Persian Literature
Organized by M.R. Ghanoonparvar
Chair/Discussant: Michael Beard, U of North Dakota
Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami, New York U–The Voice of Ironic Non-Discursivity in Bahram Sadeqi’s Action-Packed
Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, U of Maryland–Parody, Dramatic Irony and the Mock Epic in Classical and Modernist Persian Poetry: A Study of Obeid and Akhavan
Faridoun Farrokh, Texas A&M International U–Jamalzadeh and Equivocal Irony: Subversive Norms in The Lunatic Asylum
M.R. Ghanoonparvar, U of Texas at Austin–Dramatic Irony in Modern Persian Plays
(P018) Shi’i Clerical Families
Organized by Elvire Corboz
Chair/Discussant: Juan Cole, U of Michigan
Raffaele Mauriello, U of Rome–The Alids as an “Ethnic Group”: The Emergence of a Pre-Modern Globalized Identity
Rodger Shanahan, Lowy Inst for International Policy–From Tyre to Tehran - Transnational Links Within Traditional Lebanese Shi’a Families
Elvire Corboz, U of Oxford–The al-Khoei Foundation and the Transnational Institutionalisation of a Clerical Family
Laurence Louër, Centre for International Studies & Research (CERI)–The Shiraziyyin: Religious Factionalism and Political Activism
David Siddhartha Patel, Cornell U–The Last Gasp of the Iraqi Opposition: The Sadriyyun and the 1999 Uprisings
(P021) Dynasticism without Monarchy: Succession Politics in Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Yemen
Organized by Jason Brownlee
Chair: Jillian Schwedler, U of Massachusetts, Amherst
Discussant: Lisa Anderson, American U in Cairo
Jason Brownlee, U of Texas at Austin–Gamal Mubarak’s Asymptotic Route to the Presidency
Dirk Vandewalle, Dartmouth Col–Formal versus Informal Politics in Libya: The Problem of Succession
Joshua Stacher, Kent State U–Succession of the Weak? Hereditary Succession in Syria
Gregory D. Johnsen, Princeton U–Inheriting the Republic: Hereditary Succession in Yemen
(P028) America’s Middle East: Cultural Enunciations
Organized by Rebecca L. Stein
Chair: Robert Vitalis, U of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Melani McAlister, George Washington U
Amira Jarmakani, Georgia State U–In Love with a “Desert Rogue”: Reading Sheikh-Themed Romance Novels
Ted Swedenburg, U of Arkansas–Kufiyaspottings: Solidarity, Commerce, Banalization
Rebecca L. Stein, Duke U–Virtual Zion
Moustafa Bayoumi, Brooklyn Col CUNY–Race for Empire: Blacks and Arabs in Contemporary American Culture
Rochelle Davis, Georgetown U–US Military “Cultural Encounters” in Iraq
(P083) Diversity and Dissent in Islamic legal Interpretation
Organized by Intisar A. Rabb
Chair: Wolfhart P. Heinrichs, Harvard U
Ahmad Atif Ahmad, UC Santa Barbara–The Method and Juristic Project of Ibn ‘Abidin of Damascus (1784-1836)
Najam Haider, Georgetown U–The Specifics of Prayer: A Case Study in the Interplay of Exegesis and Ritual law in Imami Juristic Thought
Intisar A. Rabb, Princeton U–Legal Maxims and Hudud Laws: The Islamic Rule of Lenity
Kristen Stilt, Northwestern U–Islamic Legal Interpretation and the Case of the Dog
(P089) Actors and Agents in the Practice of Heritage Conservation in Jordan
Organized by Elena D. Corbett
Chair: Rami Farouk Daher, German Jordanian U
Erin H. Addison, Royal Botanic Gardens, Jordan–The Nature of Culture: The Disintegrating Landscape of Petra
Jennifer E. Jacobs, U of Pennsylvania–‘Replaying’ Traditions: The Changing Experiences of Turaath
Elena D. Corbett, U of Chicago–A Walk in the Park: Amman’s Public Space, Cultural Heritage and the Hashemite Nation
Rami Farouk Daher, German Jordanian U–Emerging Local Actors and the “Culture Industry” in Amman: Redefining Heritage and Rewriting the City
(P098) Religion and Secularism in Ottoman Peoples’ Constitutions and Law Making
Organized by Hasmik Khalapyan, Central European U, Budapest, Hungary
Chair/Discussant: Bedross Der Matossian, MIT
Fariba Zarinebaf-Shahr, UC Riverside–Alternative Modernities in Iran and the Ottoman Empire: From Ottomanism to Constitutionalism
Nobuyoshi Fujinami, U of Tokyo–The Patriarchal Crisis of 1910 and the Political Structure of Ottoman-Greeks
Masayuki Ueno, U of Tokyo–Social Aspect of the Armenian Millet Constitution and Lay-Clerical Relations
Hasmik Khalapyan, Central European U, Budapest, Hungary–The Making of Marriage Law among Ottoman Armenians, 1880-1914
(P125) Egyptian Modern: Norms, Forms, and Sources of the Social Environment
Organized by Alan Mikhail
Chair/Discussant: Omnia ElShakry, UC Davis
Amira Mittermaier, U of Toronto–An Anthropology of Reason: On Dreams in Modern Egypt
Mara Naaman, Williams Col–The New Bohemians: Egyptian Writing of the Nineties
Sherine Hamdy, Brown U–The Secularization of Death (paper to be read)
Alan Mikhail, Stanford U–(Early) Modern Archive Animals
(P145-I) North Africa: Politics, Region, and the Limits of Transformation, Part I
Organized by Yahia H. Zoubir, Euromed Marseille, Ecole de Management and Haizam Amirah-Fernandez
Chair: Haizam Amirah-Fernandez, Elcano Royal Inst
Discussant: John P. Entelis, Fordham U
Michael J. Willis, Oxford U, St. Antony’s Col–The Enigma of Reform in Morocco
Ronald Bruce St John, Independent Scholar–Libya: Recent Policy Initiatives
Noureddine Jebnoun, Georgetown U–The Tunisian Dilemma between Political Impasse and Security Reflexes
(RT015) Speaking Truth beyond the Tower: Academics of Islam Engaging in the Public Sphere
Organized by Shafique Virani
Chair: Shafique Virani, U of Toronto
Alan Godlas, U of Georgia
Daniel Martin Varisco, Hofstra U
Shafique Virani, U of Toronto
Carl W. Ernst, U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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