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(2740) The International<br />
Community and the Horn <strong>of</strong><br />
Africa<br />
Organized by Charles Dunbar<br />
Chair: James Bishop, Independent<br />
Consultant<br />
Discussant: Mark N. Katz, George Mason U<br />
Charles Dunbar, Boston U–The United<br />
Nations in the Horn <strong>of</strong> Africa<br />
David Shinn, George <strong>Washington</strong> U–<br />
China and the Horn <strong>of</strong> Africa<br />
Mark Asquino, U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
State–The International Community and<br />
the Horn <strong>of</strong> Africa: Many Actors, Future<br />
Dilemmas<br />
Mike Woldemariam, Princeton U–<br />
The African Union in the Horn <strong>of</strong><br />
Africa: Current Limitations and Future<br />
Possibilities<br />
A-ME<br />
(2806) Constituting Subjects:<br />
Subjectivity and Subject-<br />
Making in the Anthropology <strong>of</strong><br />
the MENA Region<br />
Organized by Sherine M. Hafez<br />
Chair: Ahmed Kanna, U <strong>of</strong> the Pacific<br />
Discussant: Suad Joseph, UC Davis<br />
Katherine P. Ewing, U <strong>of</strong> Wisconsin-<br />
Madison–Muslim Sexual Subjectivities:<br />
The Ethical Politics <strong>of</strong> Consistency,<br />
Authenticity, and the Secret<br />
Arzoo Osanloo, U <strong>of</strong> <strong>Washington</strong>–<br />
Subjectivities and State Formations in<br />
Post-Revolutionary Iran<br />
Sherine M. Hafez, UC Riverside–<br />
Unmapping the “Religious Subject”: The<br />
Heterogeneity <strong>of</strong> Desire in Women’s<br />
Islamic Movements in Egypt<br />
Banu Gokariksel, UNC Chapel Hill and<br />
Anna Secor, U <strong>of</strong> Kentucky –Producing<br />
Pious Subjects and Bodies: The Ethics <strong>of</strong><br />
Consuming Veiling-Fashion in Turkey<br />
Khaled Furani, Tel-Aviv U–Palestinian<br />
Subjectivities in Anthropology<br />
8:30-10:30AM Friday December 2<br />
(2818) Religious Authority in<br />
the Medieval Islamic World<br />
Organized by Rubina Salikuddin<br />
Jennifer Gordon, Harvard U–Obeying<br />
Those in Authority: Determining<br />
Spiritual Power in Medieval Baghdad<br />
Rubina Salikuddin, Harvard U–<br />
Religious Authority and the Timurid<br />
Shrine<br />
Mustafa Banister, U <strong>of</strong> Toronto–<br />
Revisiting Abbasid Authority in Mamluk<br />
Cairo<br />
Roundtable<br />
(2820) What Does it Mean to<br />
Study Muslims?: Challenges and<br />
Opportunities <strong>of</strong> a Prospering<br />
Research Field<br />
Organized by Riem Spielhaus<br />
Chair: Thijl Sunier, VU U Amsterdam<br />
Göran Larsson, U <strong>of</strong> Gothenburg/ U <strong>of</strong><br />
Nebraska/Lund U<br />
Mona Hassan, Duke U<br />
Juliane Hammer, UNC Chapel Hill<br />
Naika Foroutan, Humboldt U Berlin<br />
Riem Spielhaus, CEIT - U <strong>of</strong> Copenhagen<br />
(2831) Religious Reform and<br />
“Modern” Religion in Late 19th<br />
Century Ottoman Empire and<br />
Iran<br />
Organized by A. Holly Shissler<br />
Chair: Monica Ringer, Amherst Col<br />
A. Holly Shissler, U <strong>of</strong> Chicago–Religion<br />
and the Modern Man: Ahmet Midhat<br />
Efendi and the Newspaper Tercüman-i<br />
Hakikat<br />
Ercument Asil, U <strong>of</strong> Chicago–Imagining<br />
Religion in Ottoman Popular Scientific<br />
Journals: The Example <strong>of</strong> Şemsettin<br />
Sami’s Hafta<br />
Monica Ringer, Amherst Col–Kay<br />
Khosrow Shahrokh: Rational Religion as<br />
a Path to Secularism and Citizenship<br />
Ayshe Polat, U <strong>of</strong> Chicago–Teaching<br />
How to Think: Sheikh Al-Islam Mustafa<br />
Sabri Efendi’s Engagement in Debates on<br />
Islam<br />
(2840) Dissenting Voices:<br />
Mapping and Remapping the<br />
Tunisian Revolution<br />
Organized by Lamia Ben Youssef<br />
Zayzafoon<br />
Chair: Douja Mamelouk, Georgetown U<br />
Discussant: Mounira Maya Charrad, UT<br />
Austin<br />
Lamia Ben Youssef Zayzafoon, U<br />
<strong>of</strong> Alabama at Birmingham–Gender,<br />
Cyberculture and the Postcolonial<br />
Habitus during the Tunisian Revolution<br />
Nouri Gana, UCLA–Rapping and<br />
Remapping the Tunisian Revolution<br />
Douja Mamelouk, Georgetown U–The<br />
Changing Face <strong>of</strong> Tunisian Masculinity:<br />
From Fear to Dignity<br />
Feriel Bouhafa, Georgetown U–Breaking<br />
Public Consensus: The Case <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Tunisian Revolution<br />
(2889) Urbanism and<br />
Urbanization in the <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>East</strong><br />
Chair: Hengameh Fouladvand, Center<br />
for Iranian Modern Arts<br />
Ferhan Guloglu, Columbia U–<br />
Construction <strong>of</strong> a New City in People’s<br />
Minds<br />
Joomi Lee, UT Austin–Urban Politics <strong>of</strong><br />
the Bouregreg Project: The Integration<br />
<strong>of</strong> Rabat-Salé and Morocco’s Monarchial<br />
State<br />
Bessma Momani, U <strong>of</strong> Waterloo and<br />
Luna Khirfan, U <strong>of</strong> Waterloo–Jordan’s<br />
New Urban Landscape: Inclusive Urban<br />
Planning or Democratic Deficit?<br />
Dr. Samia Rab, American U <strong>of</strong> Sharjah–<br />
Seascape Urbanism in Al Khalij<br />
David Siddhartha Patel, Cornell U–<br />
Islam and the Spatial Ordering <strong>of</strong> Urban<br />
Violence in Iraq<br />
(2893) On the Margin <strong>of</strong> the<br />
State: Alternative Nationalism<br />
Chair: Spencer Segalla, U <strong>of</strong> Tampa<br />
Matthew Hal Ellis, Princeton U–Power,<br />
Piety, and Political Identity at the<br />
Margins: The Case <strong>of</strong> the Sanusiyya<br />
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