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Gender and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and S. Asia: Symposium at the U of I, Oct. 7-9 |
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by Scott Edwards
Email: scottisimo (nospam) hotmail.com (verified) |
24 Sep 2004
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Free and open to the public. Participate in discussions of global consequence without leaving C-U! Schedule below. Attend those of most interest to you. |
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004
7:30 p.m.: Keynote Lecture
"Family, Gender and State in the Middle East and South Asia"
Suad Joseph, Anthropology, University of California, Davis
Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center
919 West Illinois Street, Urbana
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Friday, Oct 8, 2004
All Friday sessions are in:
Room 405, Illini Union
1401 W. Green Street, Urbana
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon: Morning Session - Family Law in Colonial States & Non-States
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.:
"Women and Personal Status Law in Modern Iraqi Politics"
Juan Cole, History, University of Michigan
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"Family, Gender and Law in Jordan and Palestine"
Lynn Welchman, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.: Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon:
"Sharia Court Regulations in Late 19th c. Egypt: The Effect on Marital Relations"
Ken Cuno, History, UIUC
Comments & Discussion (Discussant: Marilyn Booth, Comparative Literature, UIUC)
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.: Afternoon Session - Social Change and Family Behavior
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.:
"The Limits of 'Middle East and North Africa' as a Category: Understanding Emerging Marital Relationships Among Egyptians and Emiratis"
Frances Hasso, Gender & Women’s Studies and Sociology, Oberlin College
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"Families on the move: The Changing Structure of Afghan Refugee Families"
Homa Hoodfar, Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.: coffee break
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.:
"The Uniform Civil Code, State, and the Women’s Movements in India: A Story of Betrayals"
Manisha Desai, Sociology, UIUC
Comments & Discussion (Discussant: Winnifred Poster, Sociology, UIUC)
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Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004
All Saturday sessions are in:
Room 405, Illini Union
1401 W. Green Street, Urbana
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon: Morning Session - Family Law in Multi-Religious States
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.:
"Family Laws and Economic Rights of Married Women in India"
Flavia Agnes, Advocate in the Family Court and High Court at Mumbai
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"Institutions and Women’s Rights: Religion, Family and the State in Turkey"
Zehra Arat, Political Science and Women’s Studies, Purchase College, SUNY
10:00 - 10:30 a.m: Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon:
"The Montheisms, Patriarchy and the Constitutional Right to Human Dignity in Israel"
Frances Raday, Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Comments & Discussion (Discussant: Tom Ginsburg, Law, UIUC)
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.: Afternoon Session – International Norms v. Local Values in Reform
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.:
"Straddling CEDAW and the MMA: Conflicting Visions of Women’s Rights in Contemporary Pakistan"
Anita Weiss, International Studies, University of Oregon
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"In the Aftermath of May 2003: Women’s Rights and the ‘Benefits’ of the ‘War on Terror’"
Zakia Salime, Sociology, UIUC
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.: Coffee Break
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.:
"Paradoxes of Constitutional Reform: Imagining Gender Equity for Bangladeshi Women"
Shelley Feldman, Development Sociology, Cornell University
Comments & Discussion (Discussant: Gale Summerfield, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, UIUC) |
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