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(2750) Re-Envisioning Islam’s
Relationship to Authority,
Literature, the Public Sphere
and Politics
Organized by Mervat F. Hatem
Chair: Mervat F. Hatem, Howard U
Mervat F. Hatem, Howard U–
Literature, Gender and Nation Building
Dietrich Jung, U of Southern Denmark–
Arab, European, and Muslim Public
Spheres: Life and Work of Muhammad
Abduh in Global Perspective
Denise A. Spellberg, UT Austin–Thomas
Jefferson’s Qur’an: The Politics of
History and the Origins of the Political
Rights of Muslims in the Eighteenth-
Century United States
Anver Emon, U of Toronto–The Muslim
Guru: The Romantic Turn in the ‘Crisis
of Authority’
(2756) History of the Medieval
Islamic Book
Organized by A. Nazir Atassi
Sponsored by
Middle East Medievalists
Dagmar A. Riedel, Columbia U–Are
They Islamic, or What?: How to Think
about Manuscripts that Preserve Arabic
Literature in Persian Translation
A. Nazir Atassi, Louisiana Tech U–A
Social History of Ibn Saˋd’s Kitāb Al-
Ṭabaqāt Al-Kabīr
(2765) The Gulf across East and
West: Charting GCC and Iranian
Inter-Asian Relations
Organized by Matteo Legrenzi
Chair: Matteo Legrenzi, Ca’ Foscari U of
Venice
Fred H. Lawson, Mills Col–Deciphering
China’s Relations with the Gulf: Old
Assumptions, New Initiatives
Makio Yamada, U of Oxford–A “China
Model” for GCC Political Economy?
Naysan Rafati, U of Oxford–Closing the
Door, Opening the Window?: Trends and
Tensions in Iran’s Relations with the Far
East
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Christopher Davidson, Durham U–The
Persian Gulf and Pacific Asia
Patrick J. Conge, U of Arkansas–
Whither Politics?: Saudi Arabia, China
and the Business of Oil
(2776) Exploring Gender
Representation and Identity in
the Middle East
Organized by Roberta Micallef
Chair: Roberta Micallef, Boston U
Zjaleh Hajibashi, U of Virginia–The
Lens of Language: Telling Confines of
Persian Prison Memoirs
Roberta Micallef, Boston U–Blood and
Belonging: Leftovers of the Sword
John M. VanderLippe, New Schl for
Social Research and Pinar Batur, Vassar
Col–Symbol of a Life: Türkan Saylan,
Veiling and a Portrait of a Feminist
Intellectual in Turkey
Sandra G. Carter, Independent
Scholar–Women’s Representation in
Post-Independence Moroccan National
Cinema
(2794) The Ambiguity of Great
Expectations: Ethnographic
Approaches to Living a Life in
the Middle East
Organized by Samuli Schielke and
Paola Abenante
Chairs: Samuli Schielke, Zentrum
Moderner Orient, Berlin and Paola
Abenante, SMI U of Bergen
Discussant: Nefissa Naguib, Chr.
Michelsen Inst
Lucile Gruntz, EHESS–Bitterness
and Nostalgia in Cairo: Ambiguous
Narratives of Migration to the Gulf
Jessica Winegar, Northwestern
U–Sitting on Rusty Old Chairs or
Filling in Excel Spreadsheets: The
Lived Experience of Developmental
Modernism among Egypt’s Culture
Workers
Susanne Dahlgren, Helsinki Col for
Advanced Studies–Great Expectations:
Southern Yemeni Youth, Unemployment
and Marriage Crisis
Laura Menin, U of Milano-Bicocca–
Crafting Lives, Negotiating Ambivalence:
Young Women’s Romantic Imaginaries
and Social Change in Morocco
(2796) Comparative Approaches
to Modern Persian and Arabic
Literatures
Organized by Arta Khakpour and Amir
Moosavi
Chair/Discussant: M. Mehdi Khorrami,
New York U
Arta Khakpour, New York U–Imitation,
Independence, or Intertextuality?:
Rethinking the Nahda Paradigm in
Persian and Arabic
Somy Kim, UT Austin–Through the
Looking Glass: Negotiating Crisis in
Postwar Iranian and Lebanese Cinema
Amir Moosavi, NYU–Changing the
Poster on the Wall: The Evolving Face of
the Martyr in Arabic and Persian Novels
(2797) Local Governance and
State-Society Relations in
Morocco and Jordan
Organized by Sylvia I. Bergh
Chair: Janine A. Clark, U of Guelph
Eleanor Gao, U of Michigan–Do the
Buses Run on Time?: Local Government
and Public Goods Provision in Jordan
Janine A. Clark, U of Guelph–Municipal
Governments, Service Delivery and
Authoritarian Persistence
Sylvia I. Bergh, International Inst of
Social Studies, The Hague–The National
Human Development Initiative in
Morocco: Some Implications for Local
Governance
Yasmine Berriane, Zentrum Moderner
Orient–From NGO Leader to Council
Member?: Women and Local Politics in
Morocco