World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies

Barcelona, July 19th - 24th 2010

Panel

• ARAB FAMILY WORKING GROUP (AFWG) - 1/2: Conflict, Exclusion, Transnationalism and Arab Families (230)

  · Date: WED 21, 2.30-4.30 pm

  · Institution: The American University in Cairo (Egypt)

  · Organizer: Ibrahim Elnur

  · Language: English

• Chronotopes in Israeli and Palestinian Art (095)

  · Date: TUE 20, 11.30 am-1.30pm

  · Institution: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (USA)

  · Organizer: Yaron Shemer

  · Language: English

• Contemporary Fieldwork in the Middle East: Practices, Possibilities and Politics (300)

  · Date: THU 22, 9.00-11.00 am

  · Institution: University College Cork, UCC (Ireland)

  · Organizer: Vivian Ibrahim

  · Language: English

• Crises et Mouvements Socio-politiques dans le Monde Arabo-islamique Médiéval (261)

  · Date: WED 21, 5.00-7.00 pm

  · Institution: Université de Tunis (Tunisie)

  · Organizer: Radhi Daghfous

  · Language: Français

• Domestic Violence In The Middle East And North Africa: Prevalence, Public Health Impact, And Progress (388)

  · Date: THU 22, 5.00-7.00 pm

  · Institution: University of Minnesota Medical School (USA)

  · Organizer: Cari Jo Clark

  · Language: English

• EMPIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: ANTIQUITY TO THE BRITISH/FRENCH MANDATES - 1/4: Akkadian to Seleukid (024)

  · Date: MON 19, 2.30-4.30 pm

  · Institution: University of Connecticut (USA)

  · Organizer: Robin Adele Greeley

  · Language: English

• EMPIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: ANTIQUITY TO THE BRITISH/FRENCH MANDATES - 2/4: Sasanian to Byzantine (055)

  · Date: MON 19, 5.00-7.00 pm

  · Institution: University of Connecticut (USA)

  · Organizer: Robin Adele Greeley

• EMPIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: ANTIQUITY TO THE BRITISH/FRENCH MANDATES - 3/4: Umayyad to Mamluk (067)

  · Date: TUE 20, 9.00-11.00 am

  · Institution: University of Connecticut (USA)

  · Organizer: Robin Adele Greeley

  · Language: English

• EMPIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: ANTIQUITY TO THE BRITISH/FRENCH MANDATES - 4/4: Ottoman to Mandates (093)

  · Date: TUE 20, 11.30 am-1.30pm

  · Institution: University of Connecticut (USA)

  · Organizer: Robin Adele Greeley

  · Language: English

• Iraq in the 1990s: Cultural and Political Trends (054)

  · Date: MON 19, 5.00-7.00 pm

  · Institution: George Washington University (USA)

  · Organizer: Dina Rizk Khoury

  · Language: English

• Islam and Integration in Europe: The example of Austria (473)

  · Date: FRI 23, 2.30-4.30 pm

  · Institution: University of Vienna (Austria)

  · Organizer: Mag. Thomas Schmidinger

  · Language: English

• Media and Political Contestation in the Contemporary Arab World (341)

  · Date: THU 22, 2.30-4.30 pm

  · Institution: Muwatin, The Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy ( Palestine) and Chr. Michelsen Institute (Norway)

  · Organizer: Lena Jayyusi and Anne Sofie Roald

  · Language: English

• Microcosms and the Practices of the Local (116)

  · Date: TUE 20, 2.30-4.30 pm

  · Institution: Zentrum Moderner Orient Berlin: ZMO-BMBF (Germany)

  · Organizer: Nora Lafi

  · Language: English

• MIDDLE CLASS POLITICS AND THE POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS - 1/2: Middle Class Politics and the Politics of the Middle Class: A Perspective from Contemporary Egypt (352)

  · Date: THU 22, 2.30-4.30 pm

  · Institution: American University in Cairo (Egypt)

  · Organizer: Reem Saad

  · Language: English

• Re-reading Muslim Women's Representations - In Memory of Dr. Bourgault (327)

  · Date: THU 22, 11.30 am-1.30 pm

  · Institution: Baskent University (Turkey)

  · Organizer: Simten Cosar

  · Language: English

• RECONCEPTUALISING GENDER IN THE MIDDLE EAST - 1/3: Performing gender identities in the Middle East (121)

  · Date: TUE, 20 / 2.30 - 4.30 pm

  · Institution: PAIS, University of Warwick (UK)

  · Organizer: Nicola Pratt

  · Sponsored by: the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS)

  · Language: English

• RECONCEPTUALISING GENDER IN THE MIDDLE EAST - 2/3: Gendered Responses to Structural Transformations in the Middle East (142)

  · Date: TUE, 20 / 5-7 pm

  · Institution: PAIS, University of Warwick (UK)

  · Organizer: Nicola Pratt

  · Sponsored by: the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS)

  · Language: English

• RECONCEPTUALISING GENDER IN THE MIDDLE EAST -3/3: Constructing gender through state processes and political contestations (195)

  · Date: WED, 21 / 9 - 11 am

  · Institution: PAIS, University of Warwick (UK)

  · Organizer: Nicola Pratt

  · Sponsored by: the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS)

  · Language: English

• Social and economic impacts of the Algerian transitional economy (021)

  · Date: MON 19, 2.30-4.30 pm

  · Institution: Faculty of Economics, Tlemcen University (Algeria)

  · Organizer: Benhabib Abderrezak

  · Language: English/Français

• The Foreign Policies of the Gulf States: Regional Dynamics in the 21st Century (403)

  · Date: FRI 23, 9.00-11.00 am

  · Institution: University of Exeter (United Kingdom)

  · Organizer: Dr. Khalid Almezaini

  · Language: English

• The New Tax Regime in the 19th-Century Ottoman Empire: New Practices and Conflicts over the Assessment and Collection of Urban and Rural Taxes (182)

  · Date: WED 21, 9.00-11.00 am

  · Institution: Bogazici University of Istanbul (Turkey)

  · Organizer: Yucel Terzibasoglu

  · Language: English

• The system of relationships between the Maghreb and the Mashreq. The role of the ulema. Tarajim and rahalat as historical sources (393)

  · Date: THU 22, 5.00-7.00 pm

  · Institution: University of Palermo (Italy)

  · Organizer: Maria Grazia Sciortino

  · Language: English / Français

• "Transnational" Yemen: networks, exchanges and mobilities (434)

  · Date: FRI 23, 11.30 am-1.30 pm

  · Institution: Centre Français d'Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales (Yémen)

  · Organizer: Marine Poirier

  · Language: Français/Anglais

• Urban Landscapes in Middle Eastern Cinema: Entering the 21st Century (072)

  · Date: TUE 20, 9.00-11.00 am

  · Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)

  · Organizer: Alberto Elena

  · Language: English / Français

Paper

• Civil Society: a Cultural Instrument for Counter-Power? Rhetorics and Political Agency in Iran

  · Institution: University of Siena (Italy)

  · Organizer: Paola Rivetti

  · Language: English / Français

• Social Capital and Grass-roots Activity

  · Institution: Cairo University (Egypt)

  · Organizer: Amany Masod

  · Language: English

Poster

• 01-A propos de quatre Orchidées des Aurès (Algérie): Note préliminaire

  · Institution: Université de Batna

  · Organizer: Yassine Beghami

  · Language: Français