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3rd International Conference on Women’s Studies

“Gender at the Crossroads: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives”

20- 22 April 2009

Eastern Mediterranean University

Center for Women’s Studies

Famagusta, North Cyprus

 

Monday, 20 April 2009

 

 

Blue Hall

12:30- 13:30

Registration

Participants need to register to get their conference bags, at the BEA entrance Hall which is next to Blue Hall at EMU Campus

13:30-13:50

Mini Concert

Aslı Giray & Dilshad Asadova

Welcome Speech

Assist. Prof. Dr. Nurten Kara (Conference Chair)

Opening Speech

EMU President Prof.Dr.Ufuk Taneri

14:00- 15:00

Keynote Speech

Prof. Dr. Sue Thornham, from Sussex University

 What if I had been the Hero? On feminism, film, and writing.

COFFEE BREAK

Monday, 20 April 2009

15:15

17:00

Hall BEA5

Hall BEA4

 Hall BEA3

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Moderator: Fatma Güven

Moderator: Suzanne Dyson

Moderator: Jacqueline Fewkes

Barbara Bagilhole: UK

‘Dilemmas for Feminist Methodology: Intersectionality to the Rescue?’

Christina Marie Stoltz: Kyrgyzstan

“Fate for Sale”: Mark(et)ing Domestic Violence in Central Asia

Jacqueline Fewkes: USA

A ‘Women’s Space’ at the Indian Ocean Crossroads: Women’s Mosques in the Maldives

Griet Vandermassen: Belgium

Evolutionary Gender Studies – A New Paradigm

Sylvie Lausberg: Belgium

Project for Educating to Citizenship by Respecting Gender- and Cultural Identity

Deborah Kala Perkins: USA

A New Universal Culture

 

Feryal Çubukçu: Turkey Cinderalla at the University

Suzanne Dyson: Australia

Fair Game: Tackling Violence Against Women in Australian Football 

Nadja Furlan: Slovenia

Gender Religious Policy in a Globalised World: Perspectives from the Field of Christian Feminist Theology

Cate Morriss: Australia

Pacific Women, Pacific Plan: Is the Pacific Islands Forum Stepping up the Pace with a Gendered Approach to Regional Development?

Mohammadreza Iravani & Jafar Ebrahimi  : Iran

The Role of Women in Development of Iran

Patricia Delaney
and Carey Kaplan: USA

Gender on the Border: Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy and the Life History of Gender Studies at Roman Catholic College in the United States

Burçin Çakır: USA

Gender, Empire and Women’s Travel Writing  

Riitta Vanhatalo & Pekka Isotalus: Finland

Networking Women in the Rural Areas of Finland

Farah Asna Ashari: Iran

The Flow of Iranian Women’s Life: A historical-demographic study

         

 


 

 

Tuesday, 21 April 2009

 

Hall BEA5

Hall BEA4

 Hall BEA3

09:15-10:45

Session 4

Session 5

Session 6

Moderator: Lori Brown

Moderator: Fran Hassencahl

Moderator: Daniela Francesca

Tülen Saner & Şerife Zihni Eyüpoğlu: North Cyprus

Job Satisfaction: Does Gender Make a Difference

Alicia Gauch: USA

Motherhood: Challenging Feminism as a Feminist Challenge

Maria João Cunha: Portugal

Female body representations in Portuguese popular media

Debora Zuin: Scotland

Still Sitting on the Bosses’ Lap? Reflections on Definitions and the Present State of the Gendered Occupation of Secretarial Work

Doğuş Derya: Cyprus

Effects of Turkish Nationalism on the Representations of Motherhood and the Construction of Female Subjectivity in the Turkish Cypriot Society

Raziye Nevzat Yaver: North Cyprus

Signs and Semiotics of Gender in Cyprus: The Representation of the Female Body in Holiday Brochures

Şule Ergöl, Gülten Koç, Lale Taşkın& Kafiye Eroğlu: Turkey

Problems Faced by Women Who Work as Academicians, in their Work and Home Lives From the Perspective of Gender

Fran Hassencahl: USA

Separation and Individuation of Mothers and Daughters in Hollywood Films 

Daniela Francesca Virdis: Italy

Representing Female Clumsiness: The Figure of Susan in ABC’s Desperate Housewives

 Lori Brown: USA & Özlem Erdoğdu Erkarslan: Turkey

A Study of Women’s Shelters: Places of Transcendental Homelessness and Identity  

 

Nafia Akdeniz: North Cyprus

Where Do Babies Come From? Where Do They Go To? Maternal Body in the Reproductive Politics of ‘The Brave World’

Karolina Sznycer: Poland

Manipulation in the Construction of Gendered Identities and Discourses in Desperate Housewives

COFFEE BREAK

11:00

12:30

Hall BEA5

Hall BEA4

 Hall BEA3

Session 7

Session 8

Session 9

Moderator: Filiz Kardam

Moderator: Mesude Atay

Moderator: Hanife Aliefendioğlu

Sevinç Eryılmaz, Gökçeçiçek Ayata & Burcu Yesiladali: Turkey

Bir Yoksulluk ve Sosyal Dışlanma Örneği: Roman Kadınlar

Yu Bo: China

Research on Determinants of Androgyny in Female Undergraduates in China

Karen Gabriel: India

Globalization and the Changing Sexual Economies of Mainstream Bombay Cinema

Hatice Kurtuluş: Turkey

Toplumsal Cinsiyete Bağlı Olarak Göç ve Göçmenlik:  Türkiye’den Kuzey Kıbrıs’a Göçler

Zeynep Alat &Nehir Çabı: Turkey

Working in the Ivory Basement: Early Childhood Teacher Educators Rowing against Feminist Current

Einat Lachover: Israel

Media Representation of Women during War: The Case of Israel's Six-Day War

Semra Purkis: Turkey

Türkiye’den Kuzey Kıbrıs’a Son Göçlerde Kadın İşgücünün Göçmenlik Halleri

Lynette Hlongwane: South Africa

Race, Gender and Women’s Agency: The Role of American Women Missionaries in the Founding and Operation of Inanda Seminary African Girls School During the 19th Century 

Pembe Behçetoğulları & Hanife Aliefendioğlu:  North Cyprus

Missing Histories of Cyprus: War, Displacement and Women’s Narratives

Döndü Üçeçam & Hulusi Karagel: Turkey

 Türkiye’de Kadın İşgücü (2000)

Zeynep Alat & Serpil Alkış Turkey

Turning Little Red Riding Hood into a Girl Power Story

Aleksandra Petrovic: Serbia

Women’s history and women’s literature in Serbia in the context of Balkan multi-confessional and multi-cultural communities 

Osman Ürper: Turkey

(Slide Show)

 Portraits of Anatolian Women

Anadolu’dan Kadın Portreleri

Şengül Hablemitoğlu & Filiz Yıldırım: Turkey

Understanding Gender to Prevent Abuse and Trauma Depending on Violence: The Ecological Approach

Hamed Mousavinasab: North Cyprus

“One Million Signatures just for Equality” A Campaign from Iran


 

 

LUNCH BREAK

13:30- 15:00

Hall BEA5

Hall BEA4

 Hall BEA3

Session 10

Session 11

Session 12

Moderator: Gülcan Garip

Moderator: Mashoed Bailie

Moderator: Melek Atabey

Jessica J. Savage: USA

Eating Machines

Mashoed Bailie & Bekir Azgın: North Cyprus

Disturbing the Peace: Gender, Journalism and Democratic Communication in Cyprus

Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver
Ece Vitrinel & Ceren Sözeri: Turkey

Gözlemlerden eylemlere: Türkiye’de cinsiyetçi olmayan bir medyaya Doğru…

Gülcan Garip: UK

Perceived Sexual Scripts by University Students for Stable and Casual Heterosexual Encounters

 Elisabetta Zurru: Italy

Fairy tales at the crossroads: Princesses’ awakening in Shrek the Third

Ceren Sözeri & Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver: Turkey

İnternet Medyasında Kadınların Temsil Biçimleri ve Kadın Çalışan Oranının Temsil Biçimleri ile İlişkisi

Türkan Uraz & Ceren Kürüm: North Cyprus

The Gendered Comeback Story of the Live-in Kitchen

Herlina Dyah Kuswanti: Indonesia

Work-Family Conflict, Social Support, and Organizational Support: An Investigation in Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Evren Barın Egrik: Turkey

Yeşilçam Sinemasında İdeal Olmayan Kadından İdeal Kadın İmajına Bir Mitosun Yolculuğu: “Küçük Hanımefendi”

Burkay Pasin: Turkey

Re-visiting the Turkish Hamam as a Gendered Heterotopia Through the Narratives of Female Western Travellers

Rumana Hashem: Bangladesh

Gendered Dynamics of conflcit: Analysing the Violence in the Ethno-Nationalist Conflict in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Melek Atabey: North Cyprus

Melekler ve Caniler: Türkiye’de Haberlerde bir Anlatı Olarak Annelik

 

Wednesday, 22 April 2009

09:00-10:30

Hall BEA5

Hall BEA4

 Hall BEA3

Session 13

Session 14

Session 15

 

Moderator: Elona Russi

Moderator: Ratna Noviani

Moderator: Sevin Uğural

Elona Rusi: Albania

The Role of States and Non-governmental Organisations in Combating Trafficking in Women for Sexual Exploitation: A Critical Appraisal

Steve Buckledee: Italy

The Female in the Femail of the Daily Mail

Violetta Khoreva: Finland

Power and Gender Equality: A New Look at the Gender Pay Gap

Tahereh Sadaat Hashemi: Iran

Factors & Motives in Human Trafficking (Emphasis on Central Asia)

Dilruba Çatalbaş Ürper: Turkey

Media’s Obsession with Body: Ageism and Gender Discrimination in Turkish Online Newspapers

Annemarie Westendorp: The Netherlands

Addressing gender equity issues in development work: Higher education and competence based learning for rural development professionals

Ceren Göynüklü Moral: North Cyprus

“Human Beings for Sale”: Trafficking in Women in North Cyprus

Ratna Noviani: Indonesia

Vengeance of the Killed Women: Representing Women’s Resistance in Indonesian Horror Movies

Firozeh Navabakbar : Iran

The Effects of Life Style and Attitude on Producing Handicrafts Among Knitters Women Tribes of Marandafzar Region Half Settled

Nurten Kara: North Cyprus

Press Coverage of Rape News: Is it about Crime or Victim?

İrem Bailie: North Cyprus

The Curse of Discursive Worlds: 'Reel-istic' Antagonism between Gender and Professional Identities of Women Journalists

Fatma Güven Lisaniler and Sevin Uğural: North Cyprus

Gender Wage gap in Public and Private Sector: A Case of North Cyprus


 

COFFEE BREAK

10:45-12:15

Hall BEA5

Hall BEA4

 Hall BEA3

Session 16

Session 17

Session 18

 

Moderator: Cristina Bonnet

Moderator: Cynthia Forson

Moderator: Emel Badur

Ahmad Yahya: Nigeria

Social and Institutional Problems Affecting Muslim Women Inheritance in Hausaland

Cynthia Forson: UK

Shifting Circles of Support - Organising and Reorganising Gendered Labour in Self-employment: an Intersectional Analysis

Gamze Turan: Turkey

Evli Kadının Soyadı (Alman ve İsviçre Medeni Kanunları ile Karşılaştırmalı bir Çalışma)

Halimah Awang, Rohana Jani: Malaysia

Women and Decision Making in the Home: Findings from a Nationwide Study in Malaysia

M. Moncef Khaddar: North Cyprus

‘State Feminism’ in the Middle East and North Africa: The case study of the role of the First Ladies in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia

Emel Badur: Turkey

Kadının Aile İçi Şiddete Karşı Korunması (Ailenin Korunmasına Dair Kanun ve İlgili Yönetmelik Kapsamında Bir İnceleme)

Sagit Arbel-Alon & Eudice Yodelevich: Israel

The firt Israli clinic for WSW

Indriaty Ismail, Anisah Zainal Abidin & Wan Fariza Alyati Wan Zakaria: Malaysia
Sisters in Islam: The Study on Their Thought and Methodological Interpretation of The Qur'an

Burcu Ertem: Turkey

Kadının Cinsel Dokunulmazlığının 5237 Sayılı TCK Kapsamında Korunması

Cristina Bonnet: USA

Becoming Human, Becoming Women: Strategies and New Subjectivities within the Tibetan Women’s Association

 Farideh Beykzadeh: Iran

Poverty and Social Exclusion

Mohammad Maghaminiya: Iran

Iran Aile Hukukunda Kadının Hak ve Yükümlülükleri

 

Social Program

Famagusta Sigh Seeing tour

Date:

20 April 2009

Time

 9:00 am

Bus:

Leaves from Salamis Hotel

Price:

free for all (by Minas Tour with a tourist guide)

Program

Old City of Famagusta

 

Welcome cocktail

Date:

Monday 20, April 2009

Time:

19:00 – 21:00

Venue:

EMU, Beach Club

Transportation:

included

Price:

free for participants and accompanying persons

Menu

4 kinds of snaks
Green Salad, cips, nuts
Meat Balls
Cheese rolls
Grilled Hellim
Chicken Doner Kebap
Beef Doner Kebap
unlimited drinks

 

Lefkosa and Girne Sight Seeing Tour

Date:

Wednesday, 22 April 2009

Program

12:30

Bus moves from EMU, Center for Women’s Studies Building to Girne

 

 

13:30

  • Kyrenia (Girne) city tour,
  • free time at  the Old Kyrenia Harbour, and
  • The Kyrenia Castle (visitors need to buy ticket)

 

16:00

Bus Moves for Bellapais

  • legendary ancient Abbey of Bellapais (visitors need to buy ticket, )
  • After enjoying the historical ambiance you may start your walk in and around the village.

 

17:00

Bus moves for the Capital city Nicosia (Lefkoşa),

 

 

17:30

City tour:

The Old City of Nicosia (Lefkoşa), city tour with a guide to the Old City which is fascinating, with narrow streets, carved balconies, inner yards with date trees, churches, mosques, inns and Byzantine arches:

  • Walls,
  • St. Sophia Cathedral (Selimiye Mosque)
  • Venice Column,
  • Lokmacı Border Gate,
  • Büyük Han (Big Inn) and Kumarcılar Han Kumarcılar Inn) which are magnificent examples of Ottoman architecture.

 

19:30

 Dinner Venue: Sedirhan ( inside the Ottoman Big Inn)

Sedirhan Dinner Menu

  • Grilled Hellim Cheese,
  • Traditional Meat stuffed cracked wheat balls,
  • Grills chicken/beef with rice and chips,
  • Salad
  • Yogurt
  • Water
  • Traditional Desert
  • 1 soft drink

 

21:00

Bus moves for Famagusta (Magusa), Salamis Hotel

Transportation:

included

Tourist Guide:

included

Price:

35 $ (or 55TL)  per person for all GCR2009 participants

Reservation:

 evren@minasturizm.com   Mr. Evren Tekeli from Minas Tour

 

Coffee Breaks during the Conference

Dates:

20-21-22 April 2009

Venue:

BEA Entrance Hall / Center for Women’s Studies

Price:

free for all

Menu

Tea, Coffee, pastry with olive, cheese and tahini (sesame seeds)

 

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