Following
are entries submitted by AIMES colleagues concerning their recent publications
and various activities, projects, and travels in which they’ve been involved.
BLAKE
DE MARIA
I rec'd a Hamad bin Khalifa
fellowship in Islamic Art with which to attend an int'l conference on Islamic
art, which will be held in Cordoba
in early November. Also my book, Becoming
Venetian: Immigrants and the Arts in Early Modern Venice will be released
by Yale University Press in the Spring. The focus is Venice
(obviously) but does deal with the Middle East
as well.
MARY
HEGLAND
Mary Elaine Hegland has recently
published several articles based on her research in Iran and Tajikistan, and
among Iranian senior citizens of the Santa Clara Valley: 2008,
"Modernization and Social Change: Impact on Iranian Elderly Social
Networks and Care Systems," Anthropology of the Middle East 2(2): 55-74,
with Zahra Sarraf, MD, Shiraz University, School of Medical Sciences, and
Mohammad Shahbazi, Jackson State University, School of Public Health; 2008,
“Esmat Khanum and a Life of Travail: 'God, You Yourself Help Me.'" Pp.
57-68, in Francis Trix, John Walbridge and Linda Walbridge, eds, Muslim Voices
and Lives in the Contemporary World. New York:
Palgrave Macmillan; 2008,” A Discourse of Complaint: Precursors to a Mass
Women's Movement in Tajikistan?"
L'HOMME, Pp. 47-65. Special issue on Gender Politics in Central Asia:
Historical Perspectives and Current Living Conditions of Women; 2009, “Losing,
Using, and Crafting Spaces for Aging: Iranian American Seniors in California's Santa
ClaraValley." Pp. 301-323, in The Cultural Context of Aging, Worldwide
Perspectives, Third Edition, ed. Jay Solokovsky. Westport,
CT: Bergin & Garvey; and 2009, “Educating
Young Women: Culture, Conflict, and New Identities in an IranianVillage.”
Iranian Studies, Journal of the International Society for Iranian Studies.
Special Issue on Gender and Sexuality 42(1):45-79. Hegland has also presented
her recent fieldwork in Iran in talks and conference papers: “Women and Power
in 'Aliabad’: Climbing out of Gender, Sexual, and Generational Hierarchies,”
and (in Persian) Tahavolaat-e ejtemaa’i dar Aliaabaad bein-e do doraan: Az
roostaa dar 1357 va 1358 taa shahr-e kuchak va markez-e edaari az 1384 taa 1389
(Social Change in Aliabad Between Two Periods: From Village in 1978 and 1979 to
Town and Administrational Center in 2003 to 2008), as part of the UCLA Middle
East Center’s Persian Bilingual Lecture Series, on Sunday, February 22 and
Wednesday, February 25, 2009; and “Marriage Modifications: Opportunities and
Challenges in an Iranian Village,” and “ Tahavolaat-e ejtemaa’i dar eztevaaj, arusi,
va khaanevaadeh: Aliaabaad bein-e do doraan” (Social Change in Weddings,
Marriage, and Families: Aliaabaad Between Two Periods) at the conference on
“The Politics of Marriage in Contemporary Iran,” held at the UCLA Gustav E. Von
Grunebaum Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Friday, October 23 and Sunday,
October 25, 2009.
MICHAEL
KEVANE
Michael Kevane (Economics) presented
a paper, “Macroeconomic issues confronting Sudan in the transition to 2011” to
a European Union Institute of Security Studies workshop, “The Future of Sudan”,
Paris, June 2009.Michael is also
running an occasional blog on Sudan,
at http://sudancommentary.blogspot.com/
FAYEQ OWEIS
In celebration of the "Arab Heritage Month" in San Francisco Bay Area
in October 2009, Fayeq Oweis (Modern Languages) received a Community Award from
the Arab Cultural and Community Center for his "Outstanding contributions
to enhancing the Arab Narrative." Additionally, he received a Certificate
of Recognition from the State of California
Senate for his "dedication to serving the Arab
American Community."
Also, Fayeq's book "Encyclopedia of Arab
American Artists. Artists of the American Mosaic" (Greenwood
Press, 2008) has won an Honorable-Mention Award in the Arab American Book Award
for 2009 given by the ArabAmericanNationalMuseum (AANM).
DAVID PINAULT
Pinault’s new book, Notes
From the Fortune-Telling Parrot: Islam and the Struggle for Religious Pluralism
in Pakistan, has been published by Equinox (London).
In May-June 2009, Pinault pursued two research projects in Yemen,
one with the Zaydi Shia population, the other with the Christian “house church”
community in Sanaa.
Recent articles:
David Pinault.“Wildlife Rescue in the Archipelago: The Work of ProFauna Indonesia.”Bali
Advertiser (Indonesia),
May 6-20, 2009, p.10.
David Pinault.“Zaynab bint ‘Ali,” in John L. Esposito, ed., The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World.New York: OxfordUniversity
Press, 2009.Vol.6, pp.47-48.
WILLIAM STOVER
Journal Articles
“Sovereignty over Jerusalem:
A Legal Solution to a Disputed Capital” with Marina Mankaryous, International
Journal on World Peace Volume XXV Number 4 (2008), pp. 113-134.
"A Turbulent Transition: The Army National Guard and
Army Reserve’s Movement to an Operational Reserve" (with Michael Lynch), Journal
of Political and Military Sociology Volume 36, Number 1 (2008). pp.
65-84.
Professional Activity
2009 “Information Technology and the Construction of Moral
Reasoning, Empathy, and Affect: Crossing Time, Space, and Attitudes” with Mali
Mann and Marina Mankaryous, presented to the International Conference on
Science in Society, Cambridge University, UK
Grants
Grant, Conflict Resolution
Simulation Middle East, Foundation for Global Community, Summer 2009, funding
for seven trips to the Middle East for the
study and practice of conflict resolution.
University Nominee, WISE Award
for Educational Innovation offered by Qatar Foundation, United Arab Emirates
(Summer 2009).
Grant, Jesuit Universities’
Humanitarian Action Network, Bannan Institute, (funded May 2009), to create a
simulation on the reaction to the Darfur crisis in the Sudan that will be shared with Jesuit
Universities in North America.
