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1) Subject: Middle East Conference
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Date: 22 Feb 1999
From: Dwight Reynolds <dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Middle East Conference
THE MIDDLE EAST: ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES
An interdisciplinary conference
MARCH 27, 1999
Sponsored by the Humanities Research Institute (Irvine),
the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (San Diego),
the University of California Office of the President--
Office of Research, & the Interdisciplinary Humanities
Center (University of California, Santa Barbara)
hosted by
the Islamic & Near Eastern Studies Program at the
University of California, Santa Barbara
at the
Interdiscplinary Humanities Center (UCSB)
THE MIDDLE EAST: ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES is an interdisciplinary
conference convened with two primary goals:
(1) To bring together scholars whose research and/or teaching deals with
the Middle East but who are often separated within the larger field of
Middle Eastern Studies by divisions in historical periodization
(Ancient Near East, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern) or
traditional disciplinary boundaries (Political Science, History, Religious
Studies, and so forth).
(2) To provide a context for faculty/scholars to discuss the potential for
collaborative research & funding proposals, coordinating teaching programs
among different campuses, sharing research resources and teaching
materials, coordinating the training of graduate students, and other
issues of mutual concern.
With an eye towards these twin objectives, the conference has been
organized into two different types of sessions: "roundtables" for the
presentation of research papers and "working groups" convened for open
discussion of areas of potential collaboration.
Although the presenters are drawn primarily from the campuses of the
University of California and the California State University systems, the
conference is open and free of charge to all faculty, students and the
general public. Even the parking is free!
A preliminary program is included below. Further details about the
conference, the program, participants, local hotels, directions and so
forth will be posted soon on the conference website at:
http://www.gisp.ucsb.edu/mideastcon
Additional queries can be addressed to Dwight Reynolds, Chair, Islamic &
Near Eastern Studies, UCSB: dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu
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Dwight F. Reynolds
Chair, Islamic & Near Eastern Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Office: (805) 893-7143 Department: (805) 893-7136
FAX: (805) 893-2059 Email: dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
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Friday, March 26:
Arrival/Hotel Check-in
Evening event 7 PM:
Documentary Film: "Four Women of Egypt"
Multicultural Center Theater, UCSB
Saturday, March 27:
7:30-8:00 Registration/Coffee service
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, UCSB
6th floor, Humanities & Social Sciences Building
8:00-8:30 Welcome & Orientation/McCune Conference Room IHC
8:30 -- 10:30 ROUNDTABLES SESSION ONE
Roundtable 1: MIDDLE EASTERN LITERATURES
Anne Kilmer (UC Berkeley):
"Weaving Textual Patterns: Symmetry in Akkadian Poetry"
Margaret Larkin (UC Berkeley):
"Pre-Modern Vernacular Arabic Poetry: The Voice of the People?"
Richard Hecht (UC Santa Barbara):
"The Arab-Israeli Conflict in Contemporary Hebrew Literature"
Salaam Yousif (CSU San Bernardino):
"Literary Responses to the Gulf War: Voices in the Wilderness"
Roundtable #2: RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM
Ali Gheissari (U of San Diego):
"Ideological Orientations of Reformist Tracts in late Qajar and
early Pahlavi Iran"
Kazem Alamdari (CSU Los Angeles):
"The Trend Toward Democracy in Iran"
Abdullahi Ali Ibrahim (U of Missouri-Columbia):
"Interviewing Hasan al-Turabi: The Fundamentalist Writes Back"
[Additional Participant TBA]
Roundtable #3: RELIGION AND SOCIETY
Michael Cooperson (UCLA):
"Social Space and Religious Authority in 3rd/9th century Baghdad"
Claudia Rapp (UCLA);
"Jews and Muslims in Medieval Constantinople"
Hussein Ziai (UCLA):
"Exploring the Idea `Sameness of Being and Knowing' in Selected
Persian and
Arabic Texts of Islamic Philosophy"
Juan Campo (UCSB):
"Transnational Pilgrimages and Post-Colonial States: the Modern
Hajj and
Hindu Yatras"
Roundtable #4: WOMEN AND AUTHORITY
Christine Thomas (UCSB):
"Female Synagogue Leaders in Ancient Anatolia: A Historical Record at
Karamlidika"
Nikki Keddi (UCLA):
"Empathy Versus Criticism: Dilemmas of Scholars of Muslim Women and
Other
Sensitive Topics"
Nayereh Tohidi (CSU Northridge):
"The Paradoxical Interaction between Islamism and Feminism in the
Islamic
Republic"
Nancy Gallagher (UCSB):
"Gender, Culture and Health in the Middle East"
10:30 -- 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 -- 12:30 WORKING GROUPS SESSION ONE:
(1) CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY & THE MIDDLE EAST: Convener Lynn Roller (UC Davis)
This group will focus on the interaction of Greek and Roman
cultures with those of the eastern Mediterranean, from the pre-Christian
through the Christian eras. Discussion topics will include inter-
disciplinary methodologies, potential intercampus cooperation, and the
possibility of establishing on-going symposia or conferences, and
coordinating teaching and graduate student training.
(2) UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM IN ISLAMIC STUDIES--COURSES AND MATERIALS:
Convener Juan Campo (UCSB)
An interdisciplinary workshop concerned with the development and
role of Islamic Studies in the undergraduate curriculum. Participants
will share their knowledge about the history and future prospects of
Islamic Studies on their individual campuses, as well as discuss
successful and not-so-successful approaches, courses and readings. Among
the questions to be raised: What are the key issues that need to be
addressed? What changes are occurring? How essential is the Middle East
to undergraduate Islami c Studies courses? How are Muslim voices
recognized and accommodated? Participants should bring sampe syllabi to
discuss and distribute to seminar participants.
(2) ANDALUSIAN/MEDIEVAL IBERIAN STUDIES: Convener Dwight Reynolds (UCSB)
This session is divided into two parts: First, two 15-minute research
presentations, followed by discussion of the papers; then an open
discussion on the status of Andalusian/Medieval Iberian Studies in the
University of California and CSU systems. Papers:
James Monroe (UC Berkeley):
"Doubling and Duplicity in the <Maqamat al-luzumiyya>
by al-Saraqusti"
Samuel Armistead (UC Davis):
"Near Eastern and Balkan Elements in Judeo-Spanish Narrative Poetry"
(4) GENDER AND CITIZENSHIP IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES
This session is divided into two parts: First, a 30-minute report
from members of the current Humanities Research Institute (UC Irvine)
residency research group "Gender and Citizenship in Muslim Communities"
including Suad Joseph (UC Davis), Kristy Bright (UC Santa Cruz), Islah
Jad (Bir Zeit University), Sondra Hale (UCLA), and Jasamin Rostam (UCLA).
The remaining hour will be devoted to a working group entitled: "Women and
Gender in the Middle East"
12:30 -- 1:30 LUNCH
1:30 -- 3:30 ROUNDTABLES SESSION TWO:
Roundtable #5: COLONIALISM AND NATIONALISM
Hasan Kayali (UC San Diego):
"Bridging Historiographies: End of Empire, Independence Movements, and
Political Identities in Anatolia and Syria"
Afaf Marsot (UCLA):
"Progress and Colonialism"
Daniel Schroeter (UC Irvine):
"Jews, Arabs and Colonialism"
Sherifa Zuhur (CSU Sacramento/American University of Cairo):
"Situating Neonationalism in Contemporary Egypt"
Roundtable #6: ANCIENT NEAR EAST
Stuart Smith (UCSB):
"The Price of Immortality: Gender and Burial in New Kingdom Egypt"
Amanda Podany (Cal Poly Pomona):
"The Role of Royalty in Legal Contracts from late Bronze Age
Syria"
Lynn Roller (UC Davis):
"The Religious Character of Central Anatolia: Continuity and Change"
[Additional participant TBA]
Roundtable #7: MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC
Scott Marcus (UCSB):
"Them, Those and Us: Documenting Three Musical/Cultural Mizmar
(folk oboe)
Traditions in Present-day Egypt"
Benjamin Brinner (UC Berkeley):
"Arab Musicians in Israel and the West Bank: Contrasting Musical
Competences
and Interactions"
Ali Jihad Racy (UCLA):
Title TBA
Dwight Reynolds (UCSB):
"Towards a Musical History of the Muwashshahat in the Mashriq"
Roundtable #8: RELIGION, LAW AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Leslie Peirce (UC Berkeley):
"A Child Marriage in Trouble: Dispute Resolution in 16th-century
Ottoman
Aintab"
Stephen Humphreys (UCSB):
"The Rise of the Arab Elite in Umayyad Syria"
Barbara Metcalf (UC Davis):
"Finding a Metanarrative for the Tablighi Jamaat: A 20th-century
Apolitical
Pietist Movement"
Laura Nader (UC Berkeley):
Title TBA
3:30 -- 4:00 COFFEE BREAK
4:00 -- 5:30 WORKING GROUPS SESSION TWO:
(5) IRAN SINCE THE REVOLUTION: Co-conveners John Foran (UCSB) & Ali
Gheissari (USD)
An open discussion of all aspects of social, political and cultural
change in Iran over the two decades since the revolution.
(6) TEACHING MIDDLE EASTERN LANGUAGES: Convener Nabil Abdelfattah (UC
Berkeley)
This session will include one opening presentation by Nabil
Abdelfattah entitled "Teaching Modern Middle Eastern Languages in the
University of California," followed by a general discussion on the status
of Middle Eastern Language instruction in the UC s ystem.
(7) ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES: Convener W. Randall Garr (UCSB)
This session will include one opening presentation by Antonio Loprieno
(UCLA) followed by a general discussion of the status of Ancient Near
Eastern studies with the UC and CSU systems.
Antonio Loprieno (UCLA):
"The Ancient Near East in the UC System: Challenges and Hopes"
(8) MIDDLE EAST MEDIEVALISTS: Convener Stephen Humphreys (UCSB)
An open discussion of the topics and issues in medieval Middle
Eastern Studies and an exploration of potential areas for colloboration in
research, coordination of teaching programs, and sharing resources.
5:00 -- 5:15 BREAK
5:15 -- 6:00 PLENARY SESSION:
Guest Speaker: Lynne Withey, Associate Director
University of California Press
Closing Remarks: Dwight Reynolds (UCSB)
6:15 -- 7:45 DINNER
8:00 -- 10:00 CONCERT: UCSB MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE
Multicultural Center Theater
A lively program of Arab, Armenian, Greek, Sephardic Jewish,
Persian and Turkish music and dance.
SUNDAY, MARCH 28: DEPARTURE
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