The Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw, cordially invites to the international conference:
Father, theologian, warrior – male archetype in Muslim culture.
4-5.06.2019, the Kazimierz Palace, University of Warsaw
9.00 – 9.10 Opening speeches
Tuesday, June 4
Session I
9.10-9.30 prof. dr hab. M. Dziekan, University of Łódź
Nie tylko hurysy: wildan muchalladun w Koranie i muzułmańskiej literaturze
egzegetycznej
9.30-9.50 prof. dr hab. Katarzyna Pachniak, University of Warsaw
Pojęcie męskości w średniowiecznej etyce muzułmańskiej
9.50-10.10 dr hab. Barbara Ostafin, Jagiellonian University
Władca idealny według „Księgi o władzy”, pierwszej części Kitāb al-iqd al-farīd Ibn Abd Rabbihiego
10.10-10.40 discussion
10.40-11.00 coffee break
Session II
11.00-11.20 mgr Sebastian Żbik, University of Warsaw
Wzór muzułmańskiego władcy w Omanie. Wymagania wobec kandydata na imama w doktrynie ibadyckiej
11.20-11.40 Ayatollah dr. Ali H. Al-Hakim, Islamic College, IJCA, London
The Male-Female Relationship, and the Androcentric Standpoint
11.40-12.00 dr Arshad Munir, University of Gujarat
Am I Honest With You (Perception Of Uog Female About Man)
12.00-12.20 mgr Jacek Galewski, University of Warsaw
- E. Lawrence once again. Biography and the order of history.
12.20-12.40 dr Kamila Stanek, University of Warsaw
Językowy obraz męskości i mężczyzny w przysłowiach tureckich
12.40—13.10 discussion
13.10-14.30 lunch break
Session III
14.30-14.50 Matthew Ryan Sparks and Leen Barghouti, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Palestinian Masculinity in the Post-Oslo Era: A Critical Analysis
14.50-15.10 mgr Anna Banasiak, University of Warsaw
Show me your moustache and I’ll tell you who you are: The link between the Turkish men’s appearance and their worldview.
15.10-15.30 dr Jacob Kreis, Universität Berlin
The Sportsman: A New Muslim Male Archetype in the Colonial Period
15.30-15.50 dr Zuzanna Augustyniak, University of Warsaw
Mężczyzna etiopski – między chrześcijaństwem a islamem
15.50-16.10 discussion
Wednesday, June 5
Session IV
10.30-10.50 dr Piotr Bachtin, University of Warsaw
Mężczyźni w dziennikach pielgrzymkowych Iranek (1880-1901)
10.50-11.10 dr Marta Woźniak-Bobińska, University of Łódź
Asyryjscy/aramejscy mężczyźni w Szwecji i ich zmieniające się role w rodzinie i społeczeństwie
11.10-11.30 dr Georges Kass, University of Warsaw
الرجال قوامون على النساء
11.30 – 11.50 discussion
11.50-12.00 coffee break
Session V
12.00-12.20 prof. dr hab. Ewa Machut-Mendecka, University of Warsaw Arabski mężczyzna w pojęciu feministek
12.20-12.40 dr Magdalena Pinker, University of Warsaw
Beard and Masculinity in Islamic Art
12.40-13.00 mgr Aleksandra Szklarzewicz, Jagiellonian University
When a woman writes in a man’s voice; cross-gender narrative in Fātiḥa Muršīd’s novel ‘Al-Mulhimāt’.
13.00-13.20 dr Agnieszka Syliwoniuk-Wapowska, Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biala Podlaska
Siedmiu ojców narodu. Obrazy twórców Zjednoczonych Emiratów Arabskich w pamięci zbiorowej
13.20-13.40 dr Magdalena Ginter-Frołow, The Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw
Wizerunek proroka w malarstwie perskim – analiza ikonograficzna postaci na podstawie miniatur ze zbiorów polskich
13.40 – 14.00 discussion
14.00- 15.00 lunch break
Session VI
15.00-15.20 mgr Kamila Panek, University of Warsaw
صورة الرجل الحاكم في الشعر النبطي، مع استخدام التحليل المعرفي
15.40- 16.00 dr Aboulfazl Alishahi, Yasuj University
تکلیف الولی (الولد الاکبر) بقضاء الصلاه عن المیت فی فقه الامامیه
16.00- 16.20 Bendahoua Kheira, M’hamed Bougara University of Boumerdès
رجال الطوارق بالجزائر بين الحقيقة والأسطورة في المخيال الأنثوي
(مقاربة سيميائية أنثروبولوجية)
16.20- 16.40 dr Youcef Laieb, Emir Abdelkader University
الذكوري والنسوي، إشكالية الصراع والتنافس
في الأديان السماوية الثلاث
16.40- 17.00 Sajjad Al-Yasiri, Yanka Kupala University of Grodno
دور المرأة العربية في المجتمع من المنظور التاريخي
17.00-17.20 discussion
It is the role of the Arab and Muslim women that draws special attention as a topic analyzed and described widely, and seemingly „for ages and ages”, both in the common images of the culture and in the research on it. In the recent decades, this interest has been spurred even farther by gender studies. Regrettably, research on the role of men in the Arab and Muslim world is rare. It is safe to say that the research being carried out remains marginal. It is difficult to reconcile with the cultural and research neglect of the man’s role, especially as in consequence this may lead to the idea of gender equality, one of the most prominent among the ideas of the 20th and the 21st century, being pushed into the background. The crisis of masculinity is an often mentioned phenomenon of the Western culture. If we take into account the commonly-conceived concept of cultural diversity, is the same phenomenon present in the areas of the Arab and Muslim world as well?
The conference is intended as an attempt at filling up the gap. We invite to analyze the male figure on similar terms as in the case of a female. What is the man’s role in the Arab and Muslim culture and what is the frequently presented picture of masculinity? Is the widespread depiction of a man’s domination over a woman actually true? What is the language used to describe the Arab and the Muslim male, and what may be found out by means of the linguistic analysis? What are the man’s stereotypes that arise in the Muslim literature and in the literature of the West? We assume it is possible to bring out the facts about the man’s role in the Arab and Muslim world and avoid the duplication of clichés or vague conceptions.
The conference welcomes contributions dealing with such topics as:
– man in society, currently and in the historical perspective;
– man in the Muslim law;
– man in theology;
– man and human (rajul and insan);
– male roles in the family: father, brother, husband, son;
– male characters in literature;
– depiction of a man in the women’s writing;
– self-image of a man;
– man in the Islamic art;
– man and masculinity in language;
– man as a subject of queer studies.
We invite researchers involved in the studies of Islam in Arabic and Muslim countries: orientalists, anthropologists, archaeologists, sociologists, historians, literary scholars and linguists. It is encouraged for the contributions to be based as far as possible on sources in the original languages of the area of a given study. We are looking forward in anticipation to the submission of compelling scholarly works.
Date and place of the conference: June 4th and 5th, 2019, University of Warsaw.
Conference languages: Polish, English, Arabic.