This Conference takes place at Boston University in the Department of Foreign Languages & Literature (Conference Room at 152 Bay State Road, Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies & Civilizations).

Schedule

9-9:15 Opening remarks

SESSION I THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

9:15-9:45 "The Sultan's German Daughter: Salamah Sa'id's Memoir of Zanzibar
and Germany"
Shakir Mustafa, Boston University

10-10:30 "Gaze Reversed: The Travels of Mahdi Hasan Khan in England (1888)"
Omar Khalidi, MIT

10:45-11 Break

11-11:30 "In the Footsteps of the Emperor: The Travelogue of Haji Pirzadah
Na'ini to Europe (1885)"
Naghmeh Sohrabi, Brandeis University

11:45-12:15 "The Importance of Place of Origin: Traveling between Iran and India in the early 19th century"
Mana Kia, Harvard University

12:30-2 Lunch break

SESSION II THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

2-2:30 "A Time of Education: Atiya Fyzee in Europe (1906-1907)"
Sunil Sharma, Boston University

2:45-3:15 Halide Edib, A Turkish Nationalist in India (1935)"
Roberta Micallef, Boston University

3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-4:15 "How Distant is Gurbet?: Refik Halit's Representation of the Other in Exile Stories"
Hakan Karateke, Harvard University

4:30-5 Concluding remarks