Identity, Separation, and Belonging

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Commission of Anthropology of the Middle East (IUAES)

Identity, Separation, and Belonging

September 6-8^th, 2023, I. F. E. A., Istanbul

Programme:

1.     Changing Gender Roles in the Middle East (Convenor: Soraya Tremayne)

2.     Local Interpretations of Global Innovations (Convenor: Christian Bromberger)

3.     Urban Displacement: Space, Place, and Belonging in “Cities of Refuge” (Convenor: Are John Knudsen)

4.     The Middle Eastern Diaspora in East Asia (Convenor: Sachiko Hosoya)

5.     Remigration in the ME (Convenor: Danila Mayer)

6.     Women and Violence (Convenor: Esther Herzgog)

7.     Polygamy, Religion, and Gender in Central Asia: Social and Economic Implications (Rano Turaeva)

8.     Consequences of Environmental Crises in the ME (Convenor: Sahar Faequi)

9.     Camels, Horses, and Cars: Means of Transportation or Status Symbols (Convenors: Mary Hegland & AbdolReza Hosseini)

10. Religious Charisma in ME and its Diaspora (Convenors: Liza Dumovich & Gisele Fonseca Chagas)

11. “The Seven Sleepers/Ashabe al Kahaf” in the Mediterranean and Silk-Road    Areas (Convenor: Anna Tozzi)

12. Gift-Giving (Convenor: Anne Betteridge)

13. Visual Anthropology in the ME (Convenor: Nacim Pak-Shirazi)

14. Conditions of Exercise of Social Sciences in the ME (Convenor: Mehrdad Arabestani)

15. Ethnohistory of the ME (Convenor: Fakhri Haghani)

16. Research in Progress (Convenor: Soheila Shahshahani)