Jusur 2004 Conference Program: Limits of the Frontier
Tentative program.
Published: Thursday, February 26, 2004
Wednesday, April 7 (10-4) Kerckhoff Grand Salon
Panel 1 : Imperial Borders and Discourses of Civilization
- Straughn: Managing the Border of Dar al-Islam: Archaeology and the Islamic Landscape in the Jund Qinassrin, North Syria
- Huffaker: Representations of Ahmed Urabi in the British Press, 1881-82: Discourses of Imperialism and the Boundaries of Civilization
Panel 2 : Border Formation among Nation States
- Atmaca: The Shaykh Ubeydullah Uprising in Hakkari Province , 1880
- Ali: Comparing the "Northern Areas" of Pakistan with Azad Kashmir
- Ozcan: Border Issues and Foreign Policy in Iraq
Panel 3 : Social Boundaries
- Brame: Servants or Saints: A Paradox of Identity and Representation in the Discourse of the Zerzaya of Fez
- Hallak: Spatial Boundaries and Privacy Patterns in Homes of Middle-Class Shaamy Immigrants in Montreal
- Wagner: Situating Moroccan Tour Guides in the International Linguistic Market
Panel 4 : Modern Political /Religious Movements
- Johnson: Lebanon 's Hizbullah and the Rhetorical Weapons of a Transformed Resistance
- Mousa: Construction of the Public Sphere: An Act of Devotion ( Morocco and Sudan )
Thursday, April 8 (1-4) Kerckhoff Grand Salon
Panel 5 : Artistic Boundaries and Art in Borderland Communities
- Ulaby: Arab Language Music Videos and the Mediation of Identity
- Zona: Visual Representation of a Hunting Scene in Medieval Central Asia and Iran
Invited Speaker
- Doris Bittar: Middle Eastern American Art
(6-8pm) Fowler Museum Courtyard
- Musical Performance: Naser Musa and Souhail Kaspar, UCLA Near Eastern Ensemble
- Reception
