2002 Conference, 27-28 Septemper

3rd International Conference:
SAGES, SHRINES, AND FESTIVALS: IMPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNAL IDENTITY

 

Panel I: Sacred Times and Spaces

Chair:
Ross E Dunn, San Diego State University (SDSU)

Papers:
1. Sabbath and Friday in Judaism and Islam
Mohamed Hawary, King Saud University, Riyadh 

2. Shrine Visitation among the Bohras of India and Pakistan
Ismail Poonawala, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

3. Rituals Reconstructed
Intisar Azzam, American University of Beirut 

4. Sacred Ground: Consecrating a Village Temple in the Spiti Valley
Lekshe Tsomo, University of San Diego (USD)

 

Panel II: MONUMENTS AND TEXTS

Chair:
Heidi E Rutz, Claremont McKenna College

Papers:
1. Jewish Sages, Shrines, and Festivals in Egypt
David G. Hirsch,University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

2. Jewish Shrines in Iraq
Eliezer Chammou, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

3. The Calligraphy of Shaykh Nasib Makarem
Samir Makarem, Baker College

Panel III: SAGES, SHRINES, AND STATES

Chair:
FaridAbdel Nour, San Diego State University (SDSU)

Papers:
1. The Imam as the Complete Sage: Shi'i, Isma'iIi and Druze Theories of the Embodiment of Universal Intellect
Paul Walker, University of Chicago 

2. Shrines and Druze Identity in Israel
Kais Firro, Middle Eastern History, University of Haifa 

3. Buildings beyond Borders: Hindu/Muslim Sufi Shrine Visitation in India
Aliaa El Sandouby, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

4. Saint or Suq?: Marabouts, Markets, and the Political Importance of Pilgrimage in Morocco
Michelle Rein, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

 

Panel IV: FEASTS AND FESTIVALS

Chair:
Rebecca E Moore, San Diego State University (SDSU)

Papers:
1. The Date Festival in Indio and the Arabian Nights Festival in Miami
Jonathan Friedlander, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) 

2. Latino Los Angeles: Salvadoran Identity and La Bajada
Jeanette Reedy Solano, California State University, Fullerton 

3. Devotion to St. Amico and the Italian "Other" in South Louisiana
Rodger M. Payne, Louisiana State University 

4. Eid a[ Adha and American Druzes in California
Randa Wahbe, Cypress College

 

Special Thanks:

The 3rd conference was made possible due to the generous support of UCLA, SDSU, Tarzana Surgery Center Inc., and others.

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