The Program in Middle East and North African Studies (MENA) will be holding its inaugural conference, “Theorizing Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa,” from October 21-24, 2015. During conference proceedings, national and international scholars will discuss scholarship of the modern Middle East, critiquing and expanding upon existing models in addition to proposing new approaches for understanding the rich and complex region through a wide variety of lenses and methodologies.
Session 5: Sovereignties
9:30 am- 11:00 am
McCormick Tribune Forum, 1870 Campus Drive
Panel Chair: Henri Lauzière, Assistant Professor of History and MENA, Northwestern
Andrea Stanton, University of Denver: “Rethinking Sovereignty through a Levantine Lens”
Alice Wilson, Durham University: “Remaking Sovereignty in the Sahara: People, Territory and State Power in the Western Sahara Conflict”
Plenary: Marwan Kraidy, University of Pennsylvania: “Burning Man and Laughing Cow: Theorizing the Arab Uprisings Through the Body”
11:00 am- 12:00 noon
McCormick Tribune Forum, 1870 Campus Drive
Introduction: Hamid Naficy, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Professor in Communication, Professor of Radio/Television/Film and MENA, Northwestern
Session 6: Margins and the Marginalized
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
McCormick Tribune Forum, 1870 Campus Drive
Panel Chair: Jessica Winegar, Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Chair, Associate Professor in Anthropology and MENA, Northwestern
Darryl Li, Yale University: “Mercenaries and Morality: Notes on Migrant Military Labor in the Trucial States”
Miriam Lowi, College of New Jersey: “Identity, Community, and the Foreigner in Gulf Oil Monarchies”
Plenary: Judith Tucker, Georgetown University: “Pirates and Power: Transformations on the Middle East Margins”
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
McCormick Tribune Forum, 1870 Campus Drive
Introduction: Carl Petry, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Professor in Middle East Studies, Professor of History and MENA, Northwestern
Closing Session:
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
McCormick Tribune Forum, 1870 Campus Drive
Remarks:
Daniel Linzer, Northwestern Provost
Henry Bienen, Northwestern President Emeritus
Plenary: Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah, Oxford University: “Gone with the Wind? Four Years After the Arab Spring”
Reception to Follow
Cost: free