9.00: Plenary No. 1: Jaakko Hameen Anttila
10.15: Coffee Break
10.45 – 12.45: Panel 1
1B Workers, Elites and Identity in Lebanon
1C Authoritarianism and Resistance in the Maghreb
1D Movement, Mobilities and Migration in Ottoman and Turkish Literatures
1E Political Agency and the Construction of Every-day Life in Israel and Palestine
1F The Refugee Crisis: Protection, Camp Borders and Rights
1G Egypt After the Revolution
1H Religion in the Middle East: Folk Traditions and Interfaith Dialogue
1I Authority always in Mutation: Performing Contestation in the Mediterranean
1J Jewish Migration and Identity
1K The Shahname and the Heroic Epic in Iran
13.45 – 15.45: Panel 2
2B Bodiless Heads; Chapter Four: Ideas in Flux | A Lecture Performace
2C Tunisia After the Revolution
2D European Responses to the Middle East Refugee Crisis
2E Rethinking Justice, Rights, Resistance and Solidarity in Israel-Palestine
2F Scotland’s Muslim Communities
2G Writing the Middle East into Settler Colonial Studies: A Transnational Perspective (Roundtable discussion)
2H From Migrants to Diaspora: Middle Eastern Communities in the West
2I Syria: The Dialectics of Meddling and Exodus
2J Nativists, Nations and Knowledge: Arab Agency in the Archaeology and Anthropology of pre-1948 Palestine
2K Control and Resistance in Jordan
16.15 – 18.15: Panel 3
3B Managing the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey
3C Authoritarianism and Resistance in Turkey
3D Citizenship in the Middle East: Dynamics of Exclusion and Inclusion
3E Perspectives on Gender in Displacement and Resistance
3F The Middle East after WWI
3G See Something, Say Something (Performance/Lecture)
3H Religion on the Move: Faith among Migrants of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman Middle East
3I Migrations in the Maghreb and in the Middle East: The Time of the Revolutions
3J Middle Eastern Christians in Diaspora: Dialectics of Integration
3K Movement and Interactions in the Modern Imperial History of the Middle East
3L New Directions in Safavid Studies
9: 00 – 11.00: Panel 4
4B Transformations within Islam
4C Palestine and Israel in the World: Diplomacy, Branding and Education
4D In-between Borders: Practices, Spatialities and Fragmented Politics
4E The Politics of Iran in the Middle East: Domestic affairs and foreign policy
4F Art, Architecture and Heritage in the Middle East
4G Movement and Migration in the Ottoman Empire I
4H Thinking about the Middle East through Movement
4I Migration in the Middle East: Perspectives from Saudi Arabia
4J Who To Be in Exile? Perspectives on Refugee Identity
4K Topologies of (Trans)Jordan: Governing Societal Movements 1921-2016
11.30 – 13.30: Panel 5
5B Migrant Identity Formation, Agency and Activism
5C Local and International Dimensions of the Syrian Civil War
5D The (Settler)Colonial Present in Palestine/Israel: Realities and Resistance
5E At the Edge of What? Borders, Territory, and Mobility in the Levant
5F Kurdish Identity, Mobilisation and State-Building
5G Movement and Migration in the Ottoman Empire II
5H Middle East Migration and Urban Development
5I Theoretical Approaches to Revolution and Reconciliation
5J Music and Movement in the Middle East
5K Differing Approaches to Understanding the Securitisation of MENA Migration in Europe
14.00 – 15.00: BRISMES AGM
15.00 – 17.00: Panel 6
6B A Life Abroad? Social Practices and Experiences of Migrants and Refugees in the Arab World
6C Sectarianism and Regime Trajectories after the Arab Uprisings
6D Transnational Solidarity Between Oppressed Groups: Emerging Avenues of Change for Status Quo Oppressive Politics
6E Internal Networks of Opposition and Opportunity in the Gulf
6F Migration in Fiction and Cultural Narratives
6G Education and Political Thought Within Islam
6H Palestinian Migration, Resistance and Rentierism
6I Cultural Connections and Transitions
6J The Mediterranean Rim Economies: Time for a Re-think
6K The Far-Reaching Influences of the Ottoman State
6L Differing Approaches to Understanding the Securitisation of MENA Migration in Europe II
17.30 – 18.30: Plenary No. 2: Laurie Brand
19.00 – 20.00: Conference Drinks Reception
9.00 – 11.00: Panel 7
7B For a Social History of Political Movements in Egypt: Theories and Practices since the 1970s
7C Culture Navigating Between East and West
7D Juxtaposing Identities: Migration, Minorities and Language
7E Transformation and Movement in the Literature of the Middle East
7F Yemen: Conflict, Identity and Change
7G Remaking a New Livelihood En Route, in the Camp and in Exile (1915-1955)
7H Demographic Imbalances in the Gulf States
7I Islamic Law and Intellectualism
7J Shaping the Middle East through Language: Cultural Narratives, Literature and Digital Media
7K The Struggle to Define a Nation: Rethinking Religious Nationalism in the Contemporary Islamic World
7L Political Islam: Modern Discourses I
11.30 – 13.30: Panel 8
8B The Discourse and Propaganda of ‘Islamic State’
8C Democracy, Authoritarianism and State Institutions in Egypt
8D Movement, Development and Intervention in the International Relations of the Middle East
8E Beyond Vulnerability: The Creative Use of Social Capital and Habitus Among Middle Eastern Immigrants and Refugees
8F The Politics of Drama, Culture and Tradition
8G Immigration, Identity and Security in Israel
8H Towards an Appropriate Pedagogy in the United Arab Emirates: Local vs. International Educational Models
8I Transottomanica: Eastern European-Ottoman-Persian Mobility Dynamics
8J Workers on the Move: Labour, Capital and the State in the Contemporary Middle East
8K Iranian Encounters with the Occident: Critical Perspectives on the Migration of Cultural and Intellectual Spheres
8L Political Islam: Modern Discourses II
Movement and Migration in the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux - July 5-7, 2017 The University
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BRISMES Conference 2017: Movement and Migration in the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux - July 5-7, 2017 The University of Edinburgh
Programme 2017
Wednesday 5 July
8.15: Tea/Coffee
1A Chronicles and Curation: Documenting Cultural Transitions in the Wider Middle East (Part 1)
12.45 – 13.45: Lunch
2A Chronicles and Curation: Documenting Cultural Transitions in the Wider Middle East (Part 2)
15.45 – 16.15: Coffee break
3A BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions): Palestine, Israel and Middle East Studie Roundtable Discussion)
19.30 – 22.00: Conference Dinner
Thursday 6 July
8.30: Tea/Coffee
4A A Gendered Approach to Employment of Syrian Refugees
11.00 – 11.30: Coffee Break
5A Iran in the World
13.30 – 15.00: Lunch
6A The Transformation of Syrian Communities through Expatriation: Continuity and Change
17.00 – 17.30: Coffee Break
Friday 7 July
8.30: Tea/Coffee
7A Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Integration, Education and Employment
11.00 – 11.30: Coffee Break
8A Forces for Change in the Post-Arab Spring Middle East
13.30: End