CAIRO PAPERS SYMPOSIUM: From Modernism to Neo-Liberalism: Transformations in Middle Eastern Urban Landscapes

PROGRAM

Blue Room, American University in Cairo

Saturday, May 14, 2005

9:30 -10:00 Coffee

10:00-10:10 Welcome
Ann Lesch, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, AUC

10:10-10:20 Symposium Thematic Introduction
Martina Rieker, Assistant Professor, Department of History, AUC
& Coordinator, Shehr Comparative Urban Landscapes Network

10:20-11:50 Session I

Khaled Adham, United Arab Emirates University
Urban Boundaries and New Spaces of Capital in Cairo.

Rula Sadiq, American University of Sharjah
Dazzling Dubai: The “Invisible” Hand of Global Competitiveness

11:50-12:00 Break

12:00- 1:30 Session II

Maha Yahya, American University of Beirut
Spectacular Beirut.

Yasser Elsheshtawi, United Arab Emirates University
Reversing Influences, Linked Cities: Changing Urban Landscapes of Dubai and Cairo.

1:30- 2:30 Lunch

2:30-4:00 Session III

Sandrine Gamblin, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris Centre d’Etudes et de Documentation économique et juridique (CEDEJ)
Shaping the City for the Other: Tourism Development, Heritage Management and the Urban Fabric in Luxor.

Rami Daher, Jordan University of Science & Technology
Neo-Liberalism, Glocalization, & Urban Restructuring in Jordan and Lebanon: Swift Urban Heritage Donor Recipes and Quartering Urban Space.

4:00-4:15: Tea Break

4:15-6:15 Session IV
Dina Hishmat, Al-Ahram
From the City as a Vertigo to the Fragmented Metropolis: The Representation
of the City of Cairo in Contemporary Egyptian Novels and Short Stories.

Samia Mehrez, American University in Cairo
From the hara to the 'imara: Emerging Spatial Meataphors in the Literary Production of Contemporary Cairo.

Huda Lutfi, American University in Cairo
Exploring the Visual Archeology of Contemporary Cairo.

DESCRIPTION | PROGRAM | ABSTRACTS