MESA ANNUAL MEETING November 22-25, 2008 Marriot Wardman Park, Washington, DC The following panels feature CMES graduate students, faculty, alumni, visiting fellows, and past affiliates and Harvard graduate students. Names are bolded for easy reference. For information on times and locations of these panels, visit http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/annual/program.htm Session I Saturday, November 22 5:00pm-7:00pm (P022) Discourses on Legal Traditions and Practices in Modern Morocco Organized by Etty Terem Chair/Discussant: Wilfrid J. Rollman, Wellesley College Wilfrid J. Rollman, Wellesley College–The Ministry of Complaints and the Administration of Justice in Pre-Colonial Morocco Etty Terem, Harvard University–The New Mi’yar of al-Wazzani: Asserting Maliki Legal Tradition in an Age of Reform Jessica Marglin, Princeton University–An Unheeded Discourse: French Ethnography and the Berber Dahir, 1915-1930 Brinkley Messick, Columbia University–The Maghrebi Method in Jurisprudence: Readings in Jacques Berque (P101) Ottoman Transformations through WWI and the End of Imperial World Order Organized by Halit Akarca and Cemil Aydin Chair: Yucel Yanikdag, University of Richmond Discussant: Howard Eissenstat, Seton Hall University Mustafa Aksakal, American University–The Meaning of Jihad in 1914 Halit Akarca, Princeton University–Clash of Legitimacies: Ottoman and Russian Empires in the First World War Cemil Aydin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte–Ottoman Transformations through WWI and the End of Imperial World Order Session II Sunday, November 23 8:30am-10:30am (P053) Slaves and Freedmen/Women in Nineteenth Century Egypt Organized by Kenneth M. Cuno Chair: Arthur Goldschmidt, Penn State University Discussant: Khaled Fahmy, New York University Emad Helal, Suez Canal University–Mohamed Ali’s First Army: The Trials of Building a Complete Slave Army 1820-1824 Kenneth M. Cuno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign–African Slaves in Nineteenth Century Rural Egypt: a Preliminary Assessment Terry Walz, American University in Cairo–Habashis, Sudanese, Barabra and Egyptians: Living Patterns in Nineteenth-Century Cairo as Shown in the 1847 Census Liat Kozma, Hebrew University–Black, Kinless and Hungry: Manumitted Female Slaves in Khedival Egypt Eve M. Troutt Powell, University of Pennsylvania–Slaves’ Bodies, Captured on Film: Photographing Sudanese Slaves in Egypt and Sudan (P129) Informality, Persistence, and Political Change in the Middle East Organized by Wendy Pearlman Chair: Steven Heydemann, US Institute of Peace Discussant: Tarek Masoud, Yale University Diane Singerman, American University–Informal Networks Revisited: The Normative Positioning of Informality and Questions of Efficacy in Collective Life Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University–Emigration as an Informal Political Mechanism: The Case of Lebanon Manal A. Jamal, James Madison University–Globalization, Migration and Tiered-Citizenship in the UAE Bassam Haddad, George Mason University–The Role of Informal State-Business Networks in Resilient Authoritarianism in Syria (P005) SERMEISS in the Field: Heritage and Identity from Casablanca to Cairo Organized by Lisa Pollard Sponsored by the Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Seminar Chair: Curtis R. Ryan, Appalachian State University Discussant: Lisa Pollard, University of North Carolina, Wilmington Robert Hunter, Indiana State University–Marketing Exotica: Edith Wharton and Tourism in French Morocco, 1917-1919 Donald M. Reid, Georgia State University–Hassan and Sami Gabra: The Politics of Egyptian Egyptology in the Semi-Colonial Age, 1922-56 James A. Miller, Clemson University–Being Out There: Directing CEMAT, 2003-2006 Caroline Williams, Independent Scholar–The Historic Cairo Restoration Program (HCRP): Recent Observations Session III Sunday, November 23 11:00am-1:00pm (NP32) Marriage and the Family: Case Studies Chair: Angel M. Foster, Ibis Reproductive Health Sara Pursley, CUNY Graduate Center–Family, Sexuality and the Uses of Time: The Iraqi Personal Status Law of 1959 Martin Latreille, Institute de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain–What If There Were No Lineages?: FBD and 'Close' Marriage in a Tunisian Peasant Community Heidi Morrison, UC Santa Barbara–The Race to Become an Adult versus the Child Entering the Psychological Family: Changing Notions of Childrearing and National Identity in Egypt, 1900- 1950 Bat-Zion Eraqi-Klorman, Open University of Israel–Jewish Polygamy in Yemen and in Palestine (P014) Café Riche: Reflections on 100 Years of a Modern Egyptian History Organized by Roger Owen Chair: Roger Owen, Harvard University Dina K. Hussein, Georgetown University–Reading Modernity through Café Riche (1908-): Serving Modernity, Catering to the Intellectuals and Closed to the Masses Alia Mossallam, American University in Cairo–Making Sense of the 1960s: Riche as a Space for the Construction of an Alternative National Imagination in Egypt Yassmin Ahmed, American University in Cairo–Post-1990s Riche: A Story of Cultural Heritization Hoda Baraka, American University in Cairo and Mohamed Fahmy Menza, American University in Cairo–Downtown Cairo and Cafe Riche: The Sailing Vessel Lina Attalah, American University in Cairo–Remembering Riche: An Oral History Perspective (P016-I) Authoritarianism, Opposition and Elections in the Middle East, Part I: Electoral Authoritarianism in the Middle East Organized by Nathan J. Brown and Lisa Blaydes Chair: Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University Discussant: Samer Shehata, Georgetown University Lindsay Benstead, Princeton University–Legislative Representation as Bargaining in Multiple Arenas: How Incumbent Preferences Shape Member Behavior Nathan J. Brown, George Washington University–Elections without Democracy: Semiauthoritarianism and Voting in the Arab World Tarek Masoud, Harvard University–Why Do Important Social Movements Seek Representation in Powerless Legislatures? Ellen Lust-Okar, Yale University–The Impact of Elections on Social Organization in the MENA (P111) Arts of the Book in the Islamic World: Rethinking Categories Organized by Emine Fetvaci, Boston University Sponsored by the Historians of Islamic Art Association Chair: Persis Berlekamp, University of Chicago Christiane J. Gruber, Indiana University at Bloomington–Questioning the “Classical” in Persian Painting: Models and Problems of Definition Aysin Yoltar-Yildirum–Ottoman or Safavid: Examining Qurans Endowed by Selim II and Rustem Pasha Nina Ergin, Koc University–Rock Faces, Opium and Wine: The Consumption of Persian Manuscripts as a Category of Inquiry Session IV Sunday, November 23 2:00pm-4:00pm (P008) Creating Justice: Law and Court Procedure in the Ottoman Empire, Part I Organized by Elyse Semerdjian and Bogac Ergene Chair/Discussant: Kristen Stilt, Northwestern University Bogac Ergene, University of Vermont–Ottoman Court between History and Anthropology: A Re-Evaluation of Ottoman Legal Practice with Reference to Eighteenth-Century Kastamonu Court Records Najwa Al-Qattan, Loyola Marymount University–Qist: Justice or Installment? The Invention of a Mulberry-Flavored Legal Practice in Nineteenth Century Beirut Elyse Semerdjian, Whitman College–Making a Case: Public Morality and Community Justice in Ottoman Aleppo, Syria Richard Wittmann, Harvard University–Choosing One’s Justice in 17th Century Istanbul: Armenians, Greeks and Jews before Qadi and Grand Vizier Hülya Canbakal, Sabanci University–Between Law and Custom at the Court of Kayseri (~1650-1800): ‘Public’ Will and Opinion Eyal Ginio, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem–Representations and the Use of Violence in Ottoman Courts: The Case of Eighteenth-Century Salonica Yaron Ben-Naeh, The Hebrew University– Jews at the Kadi’s Court (P079) New Studies in Palestinian Society and Economy: A Panel in Honor of Rosemary and Yusif Sayigh (Note: this is a two-part panel that will run until 6:00pm) Organized by Rochelle Davis, Georgetown University, Jennifer Olmsted, and Beshara Doumani Sponsored by the Palestinian American Research Center Part I Chair: Roger Owen, Harvard University Discussant: Jennifer Olmsted, Drew University Leila Farsakh, University of Massachusetts, Boston– Revisiting the Palestinian Economy after 40 Years of Occupation: The Legacy of Yusif Sayigh’s Works Basel Saleh, Radford University–An Analysis of the Palestinian Fiscal Situation: Challenges and Consequences Samia Al-Botmeh, Birzeit University–Labour Market Gender-Differentiated Impact of Israeli Movement Restrictions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip Part II Chair: Julie Peteet, University of Louisville Discussant: Beshara Doumani, UC Berkeley Randa Farah, University of Western Ontario–Refugee Camps and the Shifting Political Landscape Isabelle Humphries, St. Mary’s College, University of Surrey, UK–Homeless in the Homeland: Survival Narratives of Internal Refugees under Military Rule in Nazareth 1948-1966 Diana Allan, Harvard University–“Nar Taht Al-Ramade” [Fire under Ash]: Remembering the Fall of Tel a’Zaatar (P087) Engendering Equality in the Ahmadinejad Era: The One Million Signatures Campaign Organized Hamideh Sedghi Chair: Hamideh Sedghi, Harvard University Discussant: Ali Akbar Mahdi, Ohio Wesleyan University Elham Gheytanchi, Santa Monica College– One Million Signatures Campaign: A New Strategy at the Right Time Ali Akbar Mahdi, Ohio Wesleyan University–Where Does the One Million Signatures Campaign Fit in the Iranian Women’s Movement? Sussan Tahmesbi, Independent Scholar–Building Alliances for Gender Equality in Iran: The Case of the One Million Signatures Campaign Hamideh