UA MENA Graduate Student Organization
The 8th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern Studies
Popular Cultures of the Middle East
April 16-18, 2008
Schedule:
Wednesday April 16, 2008
10:00-10:45am Welcome Bagel & Coffee
CMES Lobby, Marshall Building Room 470
12:00-1:30pm Interpreting Islam
Location: Louise Marshall Building Room 479
Rachael Eggebeen: Salman Rushdie and the Case for Apostasy
Julie Claypool: Quranic Sura 4.34
Laticette Price
Sadam Issa
2:15-3:15pm Strategies of Reform in Arabic Linguistics
Location: Louise Marshall Building Room 479
Keri Miller: Arabic and Turkish Contact: Historical versus Contemporary Perspectives
Maisa Taha: Linguistic Deployment: The Militarization of Arabic and the American Academy
Moh'd Taqfiq Bataineh: Arabic Language Policy and Planning
7:00pm Socialize with the NES grads
Thursday April 17, 2008
11:00-12:00pm The Interrogation of Urban Identity
Location: Louise Marshall Building Room 479
Shireen Keyl: The Iranian Mosque and Space: Politicized, Commercialized, and Sexualized
Tyler Brand: Renouncing Beirut: Reconstruction and the Heart of a City
Nancy Demerdash: Demystifying the Suq: Neocolonialism and Liminality in the Ville Nouvelle of Marrakech
1:00-2:30pm Historical, Political and Economical Topics in Near Eastern Studies
Location: Louise F. Marshall Building Room 490
Menahem Merhavi: A Two-Edged Sword: Iranian Studies and Iranian Intelligentsia in the 20th Century
Mary Zeng: Turkey's Role in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Sarah Slye: Caucasian Ties to the Near East
Jennifer Pashley: Zionist Settler Colonialism During the British Mandate Period in Palestine (1920-1947)
3:00-4:00pm Expressions of Resistance
Location: Louise F. Marshall Building Room 490
Antonella Cassia: Online Voices of Diaspora: A Compared Analysis of the Use of Blogs Among the Muslim Communities Living in Europe
Evan Murphy: Challenging the State: Blogs and the Human Rights Debate in Egypt
Sanam Zahir: The Nationalist Discourse in Persian Rap
5:00-7:00pm Key Note by Mark Levine, PhD and Book Signing
Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Religion and Rebellion Among Contemporary Youth in the Muslim World
7:30 Catered Dinner
Friday April 18, 2008
11:00-12:00pm Articulated Gendered Space
Location: TBA
Danielle van Dobben
Hikmet Kocamaner: Conversations Across the Bosphorus: The Poetics and Politics of Depicting Another Culture
Nicole Khoury
1:00-2:00pm Negotation of Autonomy and Subjugation
Location: Louise F. Marshall Building Room 490
Tamara Drenttel
Jessica Reuther: Seeking Alternative Authority: The "Second Abolitions" and Appeals to French Colonial Authorities in Algeria for Freedom (1880-1906)
Amy Lewis: Gender, Liberalization, and Social Movements in Iran
3:30-5:00pm Myth and Representation in Literature
Location: Louise F. Marshall Building Room 490
Mehrak Kamali: A Socio-Cultural Justification of the Success of the Morning After
Julie Ellison: Representations of the Western "Other" in Persian Literature
Jason Hushuor: The Emergence of Superhero in Middle Eastern Literature
Fattaneh Bolourieh: Rostam as a Superhero
7:00 127 Band
Location: Behind the Student Union Stage 2
Mountain Ave. and 2nd Street
