2-0075 SHAPING HISTORIES, NATIONS, NATURES AND CULTURES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE GULF

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 12:00-13:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

Chair: Navid Fozi (Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore)

12:00

"Neo-Iranian Nationalism": Pre-Islamic Grandeur and Shi'I Eschatology In Contemporary Iranian Politics

Navid Fozi (Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore)

12:15

Negotiating Heritage and Identity: Cases From Arab Gulf Societies

el-Sayed el-Aswad ()

12:30

Culture Matters, but Which Culture? the Dilemma In Branding the Legacy of Dubai As a Tourist Destination

Akbar A Keshodkar (Zayed University)

12:45

Exploring Ngos' Role In the Production of Active Citizen-Subjects In Iran

Hosna Sheikholeslami (Yale University)

13:00

Conceptions of Nature In Iran: Science, Environmentalism, and the Nation

Satoshi Abe (University of Arizona)

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