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(2608) Egyptian Economic
History in Light of Two Recent
Works, A Glimpse at Future
Possibilities
Organized by Peter Gran
Discussant: Robert Vitalis, U of
Pennsylvania
Roger Owen, Harvard U–Archives as
Problems/Archives as Answers: Some
Questions about Archival Research in
and on Egypt
Nelly Hanna, American U in Cairo–
Guilds and the Early Modern Economy
Stephanie Boyle, Northeastern U–
Egyptian Economic History and World
History Interchange
Peter Gran, Temple U–The Apparent
Linkage of the Study of Egyptian
Economic History to the Development
Revolution (1945-1970s)-Two Examples
(2636) State and Tribe in the
Middle East: In Memory of
Joseph Kostiner
Organized by Yoav Alon
Chair/Discussant: James Piscatori,
Durham U
Yoav Alon, Tel Aviv U–Mithqal Pasha
Al-Fayiz: A Modern Jordanian Shaykh
Toby Dodge, London School of
Economics and Political Science–
Examining (Neo) Colonial Tribal Policies
in Iraq; 1920-1932 and 2003-2011
Joshua Goodman, Tel Aviv U–State and
Tribesmen in Sinai: Integration and
Reaction
Emanuel Marx, Tel Aviv–Tribe and
State: The Case of the Bedouin of Mount
Sinai (Egypt)
4:30-6:30PM Friday December 2
A-ME
(2642) Anthropological
Approaches to Gender, War &
Displacement in the Middle East
Organized by Nadje Al-Ali
Sponsored by
Association for
Middle East Women’s Studies
Chair: Nadje Al-Ali, SOAS, U of London
Discussant: Frances S. Hasso, Duke U
Sondra Hale, UCLA–Gendering Sudan’s
Conflict Zones: Is There an “Aftermath”
for Women?
Sophie Richter-Devroe, U of
Exeter–Between ‘Normality’ and
‘Normalisation’: Palestinian Women’s
Everyday Resistance
Katherine Natanel, SOAS, U of London–
“The Privilege to Feel It When We Want
To”: Gender and Political Apathy in Israel
Ayse Gul Altinay, Sabanci U–
Transversal Politics, Consciousness-
Raising and Violence against Women:
Grassroots Theorizing for a Feminist
Continuum of Nonviolence in Turkey’s
Southeast
Ruba Salih, SOAS, U of London –Palestinian
Women and Intergenerational
Narratives on Displacement and Return
Roundtable
(2655) Instructional
Technology: Materials and
Methods for Turkish and the
Turkic Languages
Organized by Sylvia W. Önder
Sponsored by
American Association of
Teachers of Turkic Languages
Chair: Erika H. Gilson, Princeton U
Francois Victor Tochon, U of
Wisconsin-Madison
Mukaddes Sahin, U of Wisconsin-
Madison
Feride Hatiboglu, U of Pennsylvania
Sylvia W. Önder, Georgetown U
(2656) Public Health, Wellness,
and the Emerging Nation-State
Organized by Emine O. Evered
Chair: Omer Turan, Middle East
Technical U
Discussant: Nukhet Varlik, Rutgers U
Kyle T. Evered, Michigan State U–
Population, Killer Mosquitoes, and
the Expansion of Governance: An
Examination of Kemalist Public Health
Emine O. Evered, Michigan State U–
Controlling Syphilis in Early Republican
Turkey: From Morality to Regimes of
Information and Enforcement
Beverly (Levine) Tsacoyianis, Washington
U in St. Louis–Mental Illness and
the Plural Medical Marketplace in Syria,
1922-1956
David Baylis, Michigan State U–Uneven
Geographies of “Organic” Agriculture
in Turkey: Landscape, Livelihoods, and
Well-Being
(2682) Theorizing the
Palestinian Colonial:
Segregation and Subjects
Organized by Rochelle A. Davis
Sponsored by
Palestinian American Research Center
and
Mada Al-Carmel
(Arab Center for Applied Social Research)
Chair: Penny Johnson, Birzeit U
Discussant: Jennifer Olmsted, Drew U
Penny Johnson, Birzeit U–“Strange to
Palestinian Society”: Young People’s
Talk about Urfi Marriage, Moral Dangers
and the Colonial Present
Aitemad Muhanna, SOAS, U of London–
Israeli Spatial Control, Women’s
Reliance on Humanitarian Aid and the
Distortion of Gendered Subjects in Gaza
Lena Meari, UC Davis–Re-Structuring
the Self and Politics: The Experience
of Palestinian Political Activists under
Interrogation
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