[Bilimsel Haber] Conference: "State of the Art: Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa", Los Angeles, April 1-2, 2010

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Conference: "State of the Art: Anthropology of the Middle East and  
North Africa", Los Angeles, April 1-2, 2010

Co-organizers: Sherine Hafez, University of California, Riverside  
(sherine.hafez at ucr.edu); Susan Slyomovics, University of California,  
Los Angeles (ssly at anthro.ucla.edu).

The link between the ideology of power and knowledge production about  
the Middle East/North Africa is a potent, generative and creative one.  
Our conference aim is to tap the most recent contributions to the  
field of the anthropology of the region and to highlight collaborative  
research that recognizes the potential of ethnographic methodologies  
as a powerful catalyst for theoretical debate. We will examine a wide  
range of theoretical paradigms and methodological approaches that  
emerge at the intersection of scholarship and a larger discourse of  
power analytics. Suggested topics: Islam and secularism; colonialism  
and postcoloniality; problems of modernity and the limits of theory;  
gender and sexuality; media and globalization; nation building; war  
and occupation. Abstracts are invited for 20-minute papers.

Abstracts should be 250-word max. and sent to: CNES Program Director,  
Amy Bruinooge at abruin at international.ucla.edu.

Those whose papers are accepted will be notified no later than  
December 31, 2009. CNES covers participants' travel from any location  
in continental USA and Canada, accommodation for three nights (March  
31-April 2, 2010), and local meal expenses within university mandated  
limits and guidelines.

We plan to publish an edited volume with the papers from this  
conference and therefore request that participants present an original  
paper, a draft to be sent in by March 1, which we will email in  
advance to conference participants.

CFP deadline: Dec 1, 2009.