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A distribution of: CentralAsia-L - Announcement List for Central Asian Studies


CONF.- Islam: The Public and Private Spheres, New School Univ., New York

Please do not reply to this email.  Instead, please send inquiries to
socres@newschool.edu or call 212.229.2488.


You are cordially invited to attend:

Islam: The Public and Private Spheres
A Social Research Conference at New School University
December 5-7, 2002
Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, New York City

The distinction between public and private is one of society's most crucial 
and contested issues. Islam, the world's most populous religion, is also, at 
least in the West, perhaps the most misunderstood.  This conference explores 
the diversity of Islamic societies worldwide, probing their varying 
conceptions of privacy as a way of illuminating how these societies resemble 
and differ from each other and from our own, at a time when this 
understanding is of critical importance.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5
Session 1: Keynote Address
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Understandings of public and private in Islamic societies.
Speaker: Mohsen Kadivar

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6
Session 2: Islamic Law: Boundaries and Rights: Case Studies
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
How are questions of boundaries and rights negotiated in states governed by 
Sharia?  How do these negotiations compare with those in predominantly 
Muslim states governed by civil law, or possibly Islamic communities in the 
diaspora?
Speakers: Baber Johansen, Brinkley Messick, Roy Mottahedeh, Frank E. Vogel
Moderator: Talal Asad

Session 3: Individual, Family, Community and State: Case Studies
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
What is the concept of the individual?  How are distinctions between public 
and private articulated within and across the boundaries of individual, 
family, community and state?
Speakers: Juan Cole, Nilufer Gole, Mehrangiz Kar, Saba Mahmood
Moderator: Leila Ahmed

Conference Reception 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Session 4: Media and Information: Case Studies
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Who determines what and how information is made public?  What is the role of 
the media in civil society and its impact on privacy?
Speakers: Geneive Abdo, Jon Anderson, Hafez al-Mirazi, Hassan Mneimneh
Moderator: Kian Tajbakhsh

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7
Session 5: Representations of Privacy in Literature and Film: Case Studies
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
How are the concepts of privacy and the private sphere interpreted and 
represented in literature and film?  Art imitating life/life imitating art?
Speakers: Hamid Dabashi, Assia Djebar, Azar Nafisi, Orhan Pamuk
Moderator: Farhad Kazemi

Session 6: Film Screening and Discussion
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
WAITING (Iran, 1975), A film by Amir Naderi
The film will be followed by a discussion between Mr. Naderi and Hamid 
Dabashi focusing on how privacy is represented in this and other of his films.
Moderator: Hamid Dabashi

For more information or to register, visit our conference website at 
www.socres.org/islam, call 212.229.2488, or email socres@newschool.edu.  
Admission is $30 or $7 for each individual session.  Full-time students with 
valid ID admitted free.



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