International Conference

Gender, Social Sciences and Humanities: New Directions in Scholarship

13-15 January 2016

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Day 1: Wednesday- January 13, 2016

WHAT / WHEN / WHERE
Check-In & Registration / 2:00-3:00pm / [In front of] New Auditorium
Opening Ceremony / 3:00-5:30pm / New Auditorium
Guests to be Seated / 3:00-3:20
Recitation of Holy Quran / 3:20-3:25
Conference Introduction by Conference Coordinator, Dr. Sarwet Rasul / 3:25-3:35
Welcome Address by Prof. Dr. Samina AminQadir, Vice Chancellor, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan / 3:35-3:45
Welcome address by Dr. Kamran Ali Asdar, Director, South Asian Institute, University of Texas, AustinUSA / 3:45-3:55
Address by Guest of Honor / 3:55-4:05
Address by the Chief Guest / 4:05-4:15
Vote of Thanks / 4:15- 4:20
Refreshment / 04:20-4:45 / New Auditorium
Opening Key Note Session / 4:45- 5:30 / New Auditorium
“Mercy is as Mercy Does: Reading and Writing as a Novelist”
Sorayya Khan
Sorayya Khan is the author of three novels,City of Spies(2015),Five Queen's Road(2009), andNoor(2003). Her work has appeared inThe Kenyon Review,North American Review, andJournal of Narrative Politics, among others. She is the recipient of a Fulbright award andMalahat ReviewNovella Prize, andCity of Spieswas the 2015 winner of the Best International Fiction Book at theSharjahBook Fair
Musical Evening & Dinner / 6:00-8:00pm / Old Library Extension

Day 2: Thursday- January 14, 2016

WHAT / WHEN / WHERE
Session I- Gender Representation in Media, Language & Culture / 09:30-10:50 / Old Library Extension
Session Discussant: Prof. Dr. Paula Newberg, Department of Government, Fellow of Charles N. Wilson Chair in Pakistan Studies, UT Austin
  1. The Love Triangle Reconsidered: Reading “Saheli” - Dr. Kamran Ali Asdar, Associate Professor, Director, South Asia Institute, Dept. of Anthropology UT Austin
  2. Gendered Perspective on Cinematic Scopophilia: Analyzing Pakistani Item Songs - Sarah Akhter Hashmi, Lecturer & Shazia Hashmat, Incharge Dept. of Communication and Media Studies, Fatima Jinnah Women University

  1. Gender Sensibilities and Pakistani Cyberspace: A Socio-semiotic Analysis of Web comics - Dr. SarwetRasul, Incharge Dept. of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University
  2. Using Paremiology for Reconstructing Cultural and Social Reality: A Study of Gender Related Proverbs – Prof .Dr. SaiqaImtiazAsif, Department of English, BahauddinZakariya University, Multan

Discussion (10:50-11:10)
Refreshment / 11:10-11:20 / Old Library Extension
SIMULTANEOUS POSTER PRESENTATIONS
WHAT / WHEN / WHERE
Session II- Education ‘in’ ‘on’ & ‘for’ Gender / 11:20-12:40 / Old Library Extension
Session Discussant: Dr. Pauline Turner Strong, Director, Humanities, Institute Dept. of Anthropology, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, UT Austin
  1. Current approaches to representation of Gender – Dr. Pauline Turner Strong, Director, Humanities, Institute Dept. Of Anthropology, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, UT Austin
  2. Role of Akhuwat Foundation (An Islamic Microfinance institution) in Empowering its female borrowers - HumairaZulfiqar, Lecturer, Dept. of Gender Studies, Fatima Jinnah Women University

  1. Collaborating online international learning-expanding the opportunities of women in academia –MinnaJ. Holopainen, Lecturer AY-A, Communication Studies, San José State University
  2. Motivation to Volunteer: Exploring Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions for Active Volunteers in Rawalpindi and Islamabad - Dr. SajidaNaz, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University

Discussion(12:40-01:00)
Lunch / 01:00-02:00 / Old Library Extension
WHAT / WHEN / WHERE
Session III- Debating Equity & Equality / 02:00-03:00 / Old Library Extension
Session Discussant: Dr. Robert Oppenheim, Associate Professor, Director Center for East Asian Studies, Department of Asian Studies, Department of Anthropology, UT Austin
  1. Issues, possibilities and complexities of considering men’s and masculinity studies within women’s study curricula – Prof. Dr. Jason Laker, Department of Counselor Education, San José State University
  2. Islamic Feminism: A claim against misogynist interpretation - Prof. Dr. RiffatHaqque, Chairperson/Director Department of Gender Studies. AllamaIqbal Open University, Islamabad

  1. Unheard Voices: Women and Sufi Music - Najam-us-Sahar, Lecturer, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences & RaheelaMushtaq, Lecturer, Dept. of Fine Arts, Fatima Jinnah Women University

Discussion(03:00-03:15)
WHAT / WHEN / WHERE
Session IV- Gender Policies & Politics:
Local & Global / 03:15-04:15 / Old Library Extension
Session Discussant: Dr. Barbara Harlow, Professor Department of English, UT Austin
  1. Women Participation in Policy Making: A case study of Pakistan - Dr. Asma ShakirKhawaja, Assistant Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, Deputy Director. BS Program, National Defense University, Islamabad

  1. Bureaucracies of exclusion: Gender and Development Labor – Dr. Heather Hindman, Associate Professor, Department of Asian Studies, Department of Anthropology, UT Austin
  2. Determinants of Political Behavior in Pakistan: A Gender Based Analysis - AzharShahbaz Khan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Defense and Diplomatic Studies Fatima Jinnah Women University

Discussion(04:15-04:30)

Day 3: Friday- January 15, 2016

WHAT / WHEN / WHERE
Session I- Cultural Diversity & Vulnerabilities / 09:30-10:50 / Old Library Extension
Session Discussant: Dr. Kamran Ali Asdar, Associate Professor, Director, South Asia Institute, Dept. of Anthropology UT Austin
  1. Deep state dilemmas: Sorayya Khan’s city of spice and IshtiyaqShukri’s I See You – Dr. Barbara Harlow, Professor Department of English, UT Austin
  2. Gender, Social Sciences and Humanities: The Inseparable Triad - Dr. Anoosh Khan, Head, Department of Gender Studies, University of Peshawar

  1. Issues Among Married Couples Living Apart due to Male Spouse Migration, A Gender Based Study –SyedaFizzah Z. Gardezi, Assistant Manager, Women Institute for Leadership & Learning (WILL), Lahore College For Women University, (LCWU), Lahore.
  2. The Politics and Poetics of Pakistani Feminism-Dr. SnehalShingavi, Associate professor, Center for Asian American Studies UT Austin

Discussion(10:50-11:10)
Refreshment / 11:10-12:10 / Old Library Extension
WHAT / WHEN / WHERE
Session II- Gender & Economics / 11:30-12:30 / Old Library Extension
Session Discussant: Prof. Dr. Saiqa ImtiazAsif, Department of English, BahauddinZakariya University, Multan
  1. Gender Pay Gap among Employees of Private Organizations of Lahore –SaminaRiaz, Lecturer, Department of Gender and Development Studies, Lahore College for Women University,

  1. Feudal property or Capitalist Commodity: The presentence of Patriarchy – Prof. Dr. Robert Jensen, Professor School of Journalism, Moody College of Communication, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies UT Austin

Discussion(12:10-12:30)
Lunch & Prayer Break / 12:30-2:00 / Old Library Extension
Closing Key Note Session / 2:00-3:00 / New Auditorium
“Communicating Gender in Global Development”
Dr. Karin Wilkins
Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies,
Department of Radio, Television & Film
Center for Women & Gender Studies, University of Texas, Austin
CLOSING CEREMONY
Friday- January 15, 2016
Venue: New Auditorium
2:45-4:45pm
Guests to be seated / 2:45-3:00
Recitation of Holy Quran / 3:00-3:05
Comments from the Participants / 3:05-3:15
Views of Prof. Dr. Samina Amin Qadir, Vice Chancellor Fatima Jinnah Women University / 3:15-3:25
Views of Dr. Kamran Ali Asdar, Director, South Asia Institute, University of Texas Austin USA / 3:25-3:35
Address by Guest of Honor / 3:35-3:45
Address by the Chief Guest / 3:45-4:00
Souvenir Distribution / 4:00-4:10
Vote of Thanksby Conference Coordinator, Dr. SarwetRasul / 4:10-4:20
Refreshment / 4:20-4:45