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Muslim Networks:
Medium, Methodology & Metaphor

An International Conference
March 30-31, 2001
240 Franklin Center, Duke University

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Friday, March 30 9:00-10:30 How are Muslim Networks Transformed Into Social Movements?
Chair, miriam cooke (Asian & African Lang. & Lit., Duke Univ.)

"Patronage and Resistance in the Pakistan Movement"
David Gilmartin (History, North Carolina State University)
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"The Mosque Network and the Making of the Iranian Revolution of 1979"
Charlie Kurzman (Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
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10:45-12:45 Do Computer-mediated Networks Promote Change or Underscore Continuity? How Is Their Function Authorized by Scriptural/ Textual Content?
Chair, Rick Colby (Religion, Duke University)

"Islamic Inter-connectivity in a Virtual World: E-jihad, E-ijtihad and Online fatwas"
Gary Bunt (Religion, University of Wales at Lampeter)
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"The Mediation of Islamic Textual Authority, from Print/Lithography to Internet"
Carl Ernst (Religion, UNC-CH)

1-2.30

Lunch
2.30- 4:45 Are Muslim Networks Old Power Groups Repackaged or Marginal Interests Newly Empowered?
Chair, Stephen Sheehi

"Changing Nature of Muslim Networks in Post-Apartheid South Africa"
Rashied Omar (Imam of the Claremont Main Road Mosque, Cape Town)
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"The Islamic Salon"
Samia Serageldin (Asian & African Languages & Literature, Duke University)

"Aisha Manoubiya: Women and Maraboutism in 20th North Africa"
Hedia Khadhdhar (French Literature, Universite de Tunis I)

5:00-6:15Roundtable Discussion
Rich Martin (Religion, Emory University) Moderator

Saturday, March 31 9.30-11:30 How Have Postcoloniality and New Media Developments Challenged Muslim Norms, Values and Notions of Authority?
Chair, Jamillah Karim (Religion, Duke University)

"Reconfiguring Networks, Audiences, & Authority: 'Traditional' Islamic Learning in a New World"
Qasim Zaman (Religion, Brown University)
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"The Digital Divide within Islam: Reinforcing Orthodoxy or Limiting its Appeal?"
Bruce Lawrence (Religion, Duke University)
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11:45-1:00 BROADCAST FROM AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO: "Islamic Feminist Networks Workshop"
Chair, Mona Abaza, (Sociology)
Heba Raouf
Amani Saleh, Director of Women and Islamic Civilization
Hoda el-Sadda, Director of Women and Memory
Shirin Adel, M.A. student writing on Islamic Feminism
Dina al-Khawaga, Researcher CEDEJ
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2:15-4.30 Workshop on Aesthetic Projections of Muslim Networks

"Aesthetic Synthesis and Contemporary Islamic Architectural Ornament"
Jay Bonner (U.S. artist, New Mexico)
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"The Artist and Globalization"
Judy Ernst (U.S. artist, North Carolina)
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4:45-6:00 Roundtable Discussion
Nadia Yaqub (Asian Studies, UNC-CH), moderator
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Duke University | Asian & African Languages & Literature | Dept. of Religion
Franklin Center | International Studies
Location: http://www.duke.edu/web/muslimnets/csmn_conf1.html
Last updated: Sept. 2002
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christof.galli@duke.edu