Programm des 21. DAVO-Kongresses, 25.- 27. Sept. 2014 in Köln Program of the 21th DAVO-Congress, 25 – 27 Sept. 2014 in Cologne (Stand 30.08.2014 /Version 30 Aug. 2014) Donnerstag / Thursday, 25. September 11.00 – 13.00: DAVO Mitgliederversammlung mit Verleihung des DAVO-Dissertationspreises / General Meeting of DAVO Members, Presentation of DAVO Dissertation Award 13.00 – 14.00: Mittagspause / Lunch Break 14.00 – 16.00: Panels A 1) Psychologies, Politics and Narratives of Trauma: Comparative Perspectives (Part I) Chair: Stephan Milich (Köln): - Barbara Hofner (Köln): Perspektiven auf psychische Folgen von Traumatisierung und Flüchtlings- situation in Jordanien und benachbarten Ländern: Ein Bericht vom 3. Jordanischen Psychiatrie- kongress Juni 2014 in Amman - Stephan Milich (Köln): Re-enacting the Unforgettable: Ways of Voicing Trauma in Contemporary Arabic Literature - Isabel Knoerrich (München): Tunisia´s Political Traumas: Case Study and Classification A2) Between Neoliberalism and Revolution: Mapping Current Gentrification in the MENA City Chair: Yannick Sudermann (Edinburgh) - Rayya El Zein (New York): Hip hop and Gentrification: Ramallah’s Rap Scene and “Resistance” - Jonas Margraff (Mainz): Neoliberal Urbanization in “Greater Manama”: The Case of Heritage Preservation in Muharraq - Marieke Krijnen / Christiaan De Beukelaer (Ghent): Capital, State and Conflict: The Various Drivers of Diverse Gentrification Processes in Beirut, Lebanon. - Yannick Sudermann (Edinburgh): Debating Gentrification under Neoliberal Authoritarianism – Evidence from Pre-war Damascus A3) Moving Ties across the Middle East: University Students’ Modes of Mobility Chair: Ala Al-Hamarneh (Mainz) / Daniele Cantini (Halle) - Ala Al-Hamarneh (Mainz): Students’ Mobility between Forced Migration and Employability – the Case of the Palestinian and Syrian Students at the University of Sharjah - Manja Stephan-Emmrich (Berlin): Study to Work, Work to Study – Tajik Students’ Mobility and Networks in the Arab World and Beyond - Daniele Cantini (Halle): South-south Student Mobility; Egyptian Private Universities in a Highly Mobile Regional Market - Annemarie Profanter (Bozen): Saudi Student Mobility: On the Journey to a Knowledge Economy A4) Geschichte und Anthropologie im Libanon Chair: Birgit Schäbler (Erfurt) / Discussant: Mara Albrecht (Erfurt) - Anne Lohss (Erfurt): Konfessionalistische Identitäten in libanesischen Geschichtsbüchern (1932- 1990) - Robert Willecke (Erfurt): Lebenswelten, Integration und Identität eingebürgerter Palästinenser im Libanon (1948 bis heute) - Lennard Schlöffel (Erfurt): Libanesische Wahlen: Zur Geschichte des Wahlrechts im Libanon - Farah Sadeq (Erfurt): Hisbollah – the New Generation 16.00 – 16.30: Kaffeepause / Coffee Break 16.30 – 18.00 Panels B1) Psychologies, Politics and Narratives of Trauma: Comparative Perspectives (Part II) Chair: Stephan Milich (Köln): - Katharina Kretzschmar (Berlin): Identitäten im Konflikt – Identitätskonstrukte und Selbstbild pa- lästinensischer und palästinensisch-israelischer Studierender und Absolventen in Deutschland - Anne Rohrbach (Bremen): „The Empire plays back“: Playback-Theater als Ausdruck des kulturel- len Widerstandes in den besetzten palästinensischen Gebieten - Swetlana Czerwonnaja (Torun): Die Muslim-Tatarische Krim vor der Realität der russischen Ok- kupation 2014 B2) Umwälzungen und Zusammenbruch der staatlichen und gesellschaftlichen Strukturen in Syri- en / Upheaval and Collaps of Governmental and Social Structures in Syria Chair: Huda Zein (Köln): - Huda Zein (Köln): Die syrische Gesellschaft im Existenzkampf: Zwischen Widerstand und Zerfall - Abdulhakim Khatib (Frankfurt): Political Instrumentalisation of Islam in a State Crisis: The Case of Syria - Viola Raheb (Wien): Schulbuchrevisionen: Spiegelbild der Konfliktparteien in Syrien B3) Islamwissenschaft / Islamic Studies Chair: Irene Weipert-Fenner (Marburg) - Thomas Würtz (Bern): Koranübersetzungen und theologische Fragen - Tahere Matejko (Köln): Āḫūndzādas Werk Maktūbāt im Kontext des qāğārischen Reformdiskur- ses B4) Turkey and the Arab Spring Chair: Ibrahim Natil (Dublin) - Ayman Talal Yousef (Jenin): The Paradox of Turkish-Israeli Relations during the Arab Spring: Entanglement of Geostrategic Considerations and Neoliberal Economic Factors - Ibrahim Natil (Dublin): Turkish International NGOs and the Arab Spring - Janet Kursawe (Duisburg) / Nora Stein (Hamburg): Agents of Change? Conceptualizing Contem- porary Forms, Demands and Concerns of Women’s Participation in the Gezi Park Protests in Tur- key B5) Nationalism and Symbolic Politics in Lebanon Chair: Birgit Schäbler (Erfurt) - Samer El-Karanshawy (Doha): Subverting Two Marginalities: Jaʿfar al-Muhājir, Lebanese Shīʿīsm and Reinventing ʿĀmilite Proto-Nationalism - Mara Albracht (Erfurt): War of Symbols – Glorification of Violence and War in Lebanese Politi- cal Culture 18.30: Welcome Address Günter Meyer (Mainz), Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf (Köln) Key-Note Speech Guido Steinberg (Berlin): Power and Faith. Saudi Arabia, the Wahhabiya and the Salafists 20.00: Empfang / Reception Freitag / Friday, 26. September 8.30 – 10.30: Panels C1) Middle East Conflicts: Background and Chances for Solutions (Part I) Chair: Fawzy Naji (Hannover) Fawzy Naji (Hannover): Middle East Peace Process: One or Two-State Solution in the Historic Palestine? Ali Granmayeh (London): Sectarian Conflicts and Security Concerns in the Middle East. Hauke Feickert (Bonn): The New Iraq between Sovereignty and Iranian Influence C2) Economic Studies in the MENA Region Chair: Anja Zorob (Bochum) - David Ramin Jalilvand (Berlin): The Rentier State Approach: A Critique with Particular Refer- ence to the Case of Iran - Heiko Schuß (Kayseri): Attitudes of Customers towards Islamic Banks and the Problem of Shariʿa Arbitrage - Steffen Wippel (Odense): Transsahara Reloaded: Die aktuellen marokkanischen Wirtschaftsbezie- hungen mit dem subsaharischen Afrika C3) Migration, Labour and Religion in the Gulf States Chair: Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf / Michaela Pelican (Köln) - Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf / Michaela Pelican (Köln): Domestic Workers and the Sponsorship Sys- tem in the Arab Gulf States - Tamirace Fakhoury (Berkeley): Migration Governance in the Arab World: Drivers and Con- straints - Latifa Mattar (Paris): Naturalization in Bahrain: Political and Social Implications - Carmella Pfaffenbach / Veronika Deffner (Aachen): Learning from Oman? The Immigration So- ciety of Muscat between Segmentation and Toleration C4) Arab Perspectives on Israel (Part I) Chair: Johannes Becke (Oxford) / Discussant: Achim Rohde (Marburg) - Arik Rudnitzky (KAP Tel Aviv): Israel's Arab Minority Discourse on "a Jewish State" - Johannes Becke (Oxford): Hebrew in Beirut: Studying Israel in the Last Arab Frontline State - Hebatallah Taha (Oxford): Challenges and Opportunities in the Field of Israel Studies in Egypt 4 C5) Transformation of Religious Discourses in the Contemporary Islamic World (Part I) Chair: Johanna Pink (Freiburg) - Johanna Pink (Freiburg): Politikverweigerung als postislamistisches Paradigma. Die ägyptische Gamāʿa islāmiyya und die Abkehr von der Gewalt - Sebastian Elsässer (Kiel): „Let’s talk about sex?“ Die ägyptische Muslimbruderschaft und der Trend zur islamischen Sexual- und Beziehungsberatung - Rüdiger Braun (Erlangen): Würde und Defizienz - Intertextuell-dialogische Zugänge zum Adam- Mythos in der zeitgenössischen türkischen Theologie" 10.30 – 11.00: Kaffeepause / Coffee Break 11.00 – 13.00: Panels D1) Middle East Conflicts: Background and Chances for Solutions (Part II) Chair: Fawzy Naji (Hannover) - Elke Grawert (Bonn): Strategies to Stay in Power. A Comparison of the Conflict Systems in Syria and Sudan - Zeyneb Şahin Mencütek (Izmir): The “Rebirth” of a Dead Organization? Questioning the Role of the Arab League in the “Arab Uprisings” Process. - Fawzy Naji (Hannover): Who is Responsible for the Bloodshed in Syria? - René Rieger (Exeter): The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Saudi Arabia and the Arab Spring D2) Issues of Sustainable Economic Development in Iraq Chair: Şefik Alp Bahadir (Erlangen) / Discussant: Mohammed Al-Musawi (Baghdad) - Akrem Mohammed Aswed (Dohuk): Confessional Composition, Government Expenditure and In- come Level in Iraqi Governorates - Yelena Bondar (Erlangen): Main Obstacles to the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in Iraq - Manahel Mustafa A. H. Alomar (Baghdad): Problems of Iraqi Sea Transport at the Ports of Um Quasar and Khor Al-Zubair - Saladin O. B. Perababi (Erbil): The Horizons and Importance of the Marble Industry in the Kurdi- stan Region – Iraq (IKR) D3) Arab Perspectives on Israel (Part II) Chair: Johannes Becke (Oxford) - Menna Elabideen Abukhadra (Kairo): Modern Hebrew Poetry and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Sarah and Hagar as a Test - Katherine Maye-Saidi (Köln): The Depiction of the “Palestinian Issue” in Moroccan Textbooks D4) Transformation of Religious Discourses in the Contemporary Islamic World (Part II) Chair: Johanna Pink (Freiburg) - Karima El Ouazghari (Frankfurt): An-Nahdha’s Changing Vision of Citizenship: Between De- mocracy, Gender and Shariʾa - Menno Preuschaft (Münster): Religion, Plurality, and Identity: Inner-Islamic Implications of Saudi “National Dialogue” 13.00 – 14.00 Mittagspause / Lunch Break 14.00 – 16.00: Panels E1) Middle East Conflicts: Background and Chances for Solutions (Part III) Chair: Fawzy Naji (Hannover) - Isabel Knoerrich (München): Qatar and the Maghreb: What are the Goals of the Small Gulf State? - Ali Fathollah-Nejad