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December 12, 2012

CONF. Urban Violence in the Middle East (SOAS, Feb. 13-16)
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From: Rasmus Christian Elling <mail@rasmuselling.com>

CONFERENCE
Urban Violence in the Middle East: New Histories of Place and Event

SOAS, University of London, 13–16 February 2013
Venue: Room G2, SOAS Main Building

Conveners: Nelida Fuccaro (SOAS) and Rasmus Christian Elling
(SOAS/University of Copenhagen)

In spite of its relevance to contemporary events, the history of public
violence in Middle Eastern cities has not yet been the subject of
systematic academic debate. Building on a workshop held at the Zentrum
Moderner Orient Berlin in December 2011, this international conference
explores the violent histories of some of these cities from the 18th to the
late 20th centuries through a variety of actors, themes and historical
processes.

Covering the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, papers feature
crowds and elites; urban space, discipline, discourse and ritual
performance; empire, colonialism, war and revolution. Speakers include
established and young Middle Eastern historians, and a number of academics
specialising in other disciplines and regions in order to foster
comparative and interdisciplinary understandings of urban violence.

Admission is free, however, pre-registration is required. To register
please telephone +44 (0)20 7898 4330 or email lh2@soas.ac.uk.
For more information and provisional program:
http://www.soas.ac.uk/uvme/

KEYNOTE/PUBLIC LECTURE
"Fighting for Space: Theatres of Violence and Emerging Publics" by Prof.
Charles Tripp (SOAS)

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 5.30pm
Khalili Lecture Theatre
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

The talk will centre on struggles to control public space in the city and
seek to understand their significance for the emergence of an unruly,
plural public. Taking examples largely from recent political events in the
Middle East, it will look at the nature of the challenge to established
authority represented by people's efforts to define and to occupy public
space.

Rasmus Christian Elling (PhD)
Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen
mail@rasmuselling.com


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