Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara City College
721 Cliff Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93109
805-965-0581
~ Fourth Annual IQSA Conference ~
"Harem: Perception and Reality of Life in Ottoman and Qajar Courts"
Conference Site: SBCC West Campus, Fé Bland Forum, Business/Communications Building
Conference Date: Friday July 23 and Saturday July 24, 2004
Registration: July 23 9:00 am to 9:45
Conference Start: July 23 10:00 am Conference End: July 24 5:00 pm
Conference Program for Friday July 23rd and Saturday July 24th
Friday July 23rd
Registration and Book tables: 9:00 - 9:45
10 a.m. -- Greeting by President Romo and Welcome of Participants
10:10 am -- Opening Remarks: Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar, Conference Chair; President, IQSA
10:20 a.m. -- Fawzia Rosina Al-Rawi: Polygyny, the Harem and the Hijab in the Koran, the Sunna and under Islamic Rule
11:10 a.m. -- Guity Nashat: Gender Roles and the Position of Women in Qajar Persia ***
11:45 a.m. -- Walk across campus from the West side to the East side of campus for lunch
12 - 1pm Lunch for all conference participants
1:15 p.m. -- Alev Lytle Croutier: The Harem in the Orientalist's Mind
2:00 p.m. -- Tania Kamal-Eldin: Hollywood Harems: Visions of Harems in Tinsel Town
2:45 p.m. -- 3: 10 Coffee Break
3:15 p.m. -- Nadine Sultana: Structure of the Ottoman Harem and Personal Recollections of Life in the Harem
4:00 p.m. -- Sonia Tamar Seeman: Roma (Gypsy) Professional Entertainers in 19th century Ottoman Empire
4:45 pm -- 5:15 Questions and Answers from Panelists
End of Friday session
Evening Free
*** Paper read by proxy
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Saturday July 24th
9:00 - 9:45 Book tables; Registration, Coffee
10:00 a.m. -- Introduction Ferydoun Barjesteh, VP of IQSA
10:10 a.m. -- M.M. Eskandari-Qajar: On Harems Actual and Ideal
11: 00 a.m. -- Bahram Osqueezadeh: Qajar Era Court Music
12 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch / Buffet provided
1:15 p.m. -- Jackson Armstrong-Ingram: The Shah, the Skirt, and the Ballet: A Ménage a Trois, or Just Ill-Founded Gossip?
2:00 p.m. -- Alexandra King: Dance at the Qajar Court
2:45 - 3:10 pm -- Coffee Break
3:10 pm -- Lydia Susan Khan: Beautiful, but Bunk: The Harem in Art
4:00 pm -- Niloufar Kasra: The Harems of Fath Ali Shah and Nasser-ed-Din Shah Qajar ***
4:45 - 5: 15 p.m. Panel discussion on Harem in Qajar Era and Conclusion of Conference
*** Paper read by proxy
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5:30:00-7:30 p.m. Dinner for Conference Participants and Guests at Endless Summer Restaurant, Harbor Marina, Santa Barbara (across from College)
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Concert and Dance Performance, Fé Bland Forum, SBCC
8:00 -10:00pm -- Dance and Music Performance: -- Alexandra King and dancers; Alaleh Mohajerani and dancers, Bahram Osqueezadeh and musicians