IUAES, Commission on Anthropology of the Middle East
Identity, Separation, and Belonging
September 6-8th, 2023, I. F. E. A., Istanbul
Dear Colleagues,
The Commission of Anthropology of the Middle East will hold its annual Conference Identity, Separation and Belonging in September.
Please send the title of the paper you would like to propose to the convenor (see below), or to Farniyaz Zaker (farniyaz.zaker@googlemail.com), or Soheila Shahshahani (soheilairan@gmail.com) by June 30th. We expect to receive your abstracts (150-250 words) by July 15th. The CFPs of most of our panels have already reached us, so we ask all Convenors who have not yet sent their CFPs, to please send them immediately.
Best Regards, S.Shahshahani
The Title of our Panels are:
1. Changing Gender Roles in the Middle East (Convenor: Soraya Tremayne) soraya.tremayne@anthro.ox.ac.uk
2. Local Interpretations of Global Innovations (Convenor: Christian Bromberger) brombergerchristian8@gmail.com
3. Urban Displacement: Space, Place, and Belonging in “Cities of Refuge” (Convenor: Are John Knudsen) Are.knudsen@cmi.no
4. The Middle Eastern Diaspora in East Asia (Convenor: Sachiko Hosoya) sachikohpowell@yahoo.co.jp
5. Remigration in the ME (Convenor: Danila Mayer) danila.mayer@hotmail.com
6. Women and Violence (Convenor: Esther Hertzog) bental4@gmail.com
7. Polygamy, Religion, and Gender in Central Asia: Social and Economic Implications (Rano Turaeva) r.turaeva@gmail.com
8. Consequences of Environmental Crises in the ME (Convenor: Sahar Faequi) s.faeghi@gmail.com
9. Camels, Horses, and Cars: Means of Transportation or Status Symbols (Convenors: Mary Hegland & AbdolReza Hosseini)
mhegland@scu.edu, abdr.hosseini@gmail.com
10. Religious Charisma in ME and its Diaspora (Convenors: Liza Dumovich & Gisele Fonseca Chagas)
giselechagas@id.uff.br, lizadumovich@gmail.com
11. “The Seven Sleepers/Ashabe al Kahaf” in the Mediterranean and Silk-Road Areas (Convenor: Anna Tozzi) anna_tozzi@hotmail.com
12. Gift-Giving (Convenor: Anne Betteridge) anneb@arizona.edu
13. Visual Anthropology in the ME (Convenor: Nacim Pak-Shirazi) Nacim.Pak-Shiraz@ed.ac.uk
14. Conditions of Exercise of Social Sciences in the ME (Convenor: Mehrdad Arabestani) m.arabestani@ut.ac.ir
15. Ethnohistory of the ME (Convenor: Fakhri Haghani) the.fakhri@gmail.com
16. Research in Progress (Convenor: Soheila Shahshahani)