International Conference
Gender, Social Sciences and Humanities: New Directions in Scholarship
13-15 January 2016
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Day 1: Wednesday- January 13, 2016
WHAT
Check-In & Registration
Opening Ceremony
WHEN
2:00-3:00pm
3:00-5:30pm
WHERE
[In front of] New Auditorium
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 Amin Qadir, 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, Austin USA
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
Opening Key Note Session
04:20-4:45
4:45- 5:30
New Auditorium
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),
and Noor (2003). Her work has appeared in The Kenyon Review, North American Review, and Journal of
Narrative Politics, among others. She is the recipient of a Fulbright award and Malahat Review Novella
Prize, and City of Spies was the 2015 winner of the Best International Fiction Book at the Sharjah Book 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,
09:30-10:50
Old Library Extension
Language & Culture
Session Discussant: Prof. Dr. Paula Newberg, Department of Government, Fellow of Charles N. Wilson Chair in
Pakistan Studies, UT Austin
a. The Love Triangle Reconsidered: Reading “Saheli” - Dr. Kamran Ali Asdar, Associate Professor, Director,
South Asia Institute, Dept. of Anthropology UT Austin
b. 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
c. Gender Sensibilities and Pakistani Cyberspace: A Socio-semiotic Analysis of Web comics - Dr. Sarwet
Rasul, Incharge Dept. of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University
d. Using Paremiology for Reconstructing Cultural and Social Reality: A Study of Gender Related Proverbs –
Prof .Dr. Saiqa Imtiaz Asif, Department of English, Bahauddin Zakariya 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’
11:20-12:40
Old Library Extension
Gender
Session Discussant: Dr. Pauline Turner Strong, Director, Humanities, Institute Dept. of Anthropology, Center for
Women’s and Gender Studies, UT Austin
a. 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
b. Role of Akhuwat Foundation (An Islamic Microfinance institution) in Empowering its female borrowers Humaira Zulfiqar, Lecturer, Dept. of Gender Studies, Fatima Jinnah Women University
c. Collaborating online international learning-expanding the opportunities of women in academia – Minna
J. Holopainen, Lecturer AY-A, Communication Studies, San José State University
d. Motivation to Volunteer: Exploring Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions for Active Volunteers in
Rawalpindi and Islamabad - Dr. Sajida Naz, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences, Fatima
Jinnah Women University
Discussion(12:40-01:00)
Lunch
WHAT
Session III- Debating Equity & Equality
01:00-02:00
WHEN
02:00-03:00
Old Library Extension
WHERE
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
a. 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
b. Islamic Feminism: A claim against misogynist interpretation - Prof. Dr. Riffat Haqque,
Chairperson/Director Department of Gender Studies. Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad
c. Unheard Voices: Women and Sufi Music - Najam-us-Sahar, Lecturer, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences &
Raheela Mushtaq, Lecturer, Dept. of Fine Arts, Fatima Jinnah Women University
Discussion(03:00-03:15)
WHAT
WHEN
WHERE
Session IV- Gender Policies & Politics:
03:15-04:15
Old Library Extension
Local & Global
Session Discussant: Dr. Barbara Harlow, Professor Department of English, UT Austin
a. Women Participation in Policy Making: A case study of Pakistan - Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja, Assistant
b.
c.
Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, Deputy Director. BS Program, National Defense University,
Islamabad
Bureaucracies of exclusion: Gender and Development Labor – Dr. Heather Hindman, Associate
Professor, Department of Asian Studies, Department of Anthropology, UT Austin
Determinants of Political Behavior in Pakistan: A Gender Based Analysis - Azhar Shahbaz 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 &
09:30-10:50
Old Library Extension
Vulnerabilities
Session Discussant: Dr. Kamran Ali Asdar, Associate Professor, Director, South Asia Institute, Dept. of
Anthropology UT Austin
a. Deep state dilemmas: Sorayya Khan’s city of spice and Ishtiyaq Shukri’s I See You – Dr. Barbara Harlow,
Professor Department of English, UT Austin
b. Gender, Social Sciences and Humanities: The Inseparable Triad - Dr. Anoosh Khan, Head, Department of
Gender Studies, University of Peshawar
c. Issues Among Married Couples Living Apart due to Male Spouse Migration, A Gender Based Study –
Syeda Fizzah Z. Gardezi, Assistant Manager, Women Institute for Leadership & Learning (WILL), Lahore
College For Women University, (LCWU), Lahore.
d. The Politics and Poetics of Pakistani Feminism- Dr. Snehal Shingavi, 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 Imtiaz Asif, Department of English, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
a. Gender Pay Gap among Employees of Private Organizations of Lahore – Samina Riaz, Lecturer,
Department of Gender and Development Studies, Lahore College for Women University,
b. 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
3:15-3:25
Jinnah Women University
Views of Dr. Kamran Ali Asdar, Director, South Asia Institute,
3:25-3:35
University of Texas Austin USA
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 Thanks by Conference Coordinator, Dr. Sarwet Rasul
4:10-4:20
Refreshment
4:20-4:45