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Call for Papers: Panel - Middle East Studies in the Post September 11 Era
45th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association Conference
MESA 2011
December 1-4, 2011 Washington DC
http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/
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We are in the process of organizing a panel entitled: Middle East Studies in the Post September 11 Era. The panel is intended as a contemporary exploration of Edward Said’s thesis, first laid out in Orientalism, that Middle Eastern Studies produces not value-free knowledge but policy-oriented knowledge and, moreover, is tied to the culture of colonialism. In the post September 11 era, we have witnessed an increasing tendency to build closer, more explicit and more multifaceted relationship between universities and the state, which in the case of Middle East Studies may be approached as “Neo-Orientalism.” Several examples may be identified within US academic study of the Middle East and Islam, especially where the field is most connected to the work of think-tanks, governmental and non-governmental organizations.
We are seeking submissions related to Neo-Orientalism and Middle East Studies in the Post-September 11 Era. Possible areas of research and study include but are not limited to:
Orientalism, Neo-Orientalism and Middle East Studies
Middle East Studies, Think-Tanks and NGOs
"Moderate" Islam and Neo-Orientalism
Orientalism, Neo-Orientalism, and C. Wright Mills’ conception of the sociological imagination
The Role of Semi-governmental organizations such as NED, NDI, the Woodrow Wilson Center and others in financing Middle East and Islamic Studies
Comparisons of Orientalism and Neo-Orientalism across US and European Academic cultures, or elsewhere
The Role of the State in Middle East Studies in the Post-September 11 era,
Deadline: January 30, 2011
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