[Air-L] Deadline Extended: Arab Women, Media, and Sexuality conference

[Ebtihal Mahadeen]

**Apologies for cross-posting**

 Deadline Extension: April 14th

Arab Women, Media, and Sexuality Conference



The deadline to register for the Arab Women, Media, and Sexuality
conference, to take place in York on May 26th, 2012 has been extended to
April 14th. This international conference is hosted and organised by the
Centre for Women’s Studies at the University of York/UK. It investigates
the interdisciplinary study of sexuality, media, and gender from an Arab
perspective and the intersection between all three.

The conference will run concurrent panels according to the following
provisional programme:

Time

Activity

9:00 – 9:30

Registration, refreshments

9:30 – 9:45

Welcome and announcements



9:45 – 11:30



Panel 1:Cultural Products: TV and Talk Shows ( Treehouse)



Panel 2: On Veiling and Unveiling (Bowland Lecture Theatre)



11:30 – 11:55

Break: refreshments



 12:00 – 1:15



Panel 3: Cultural Products: Music, Novels, and Poetry (Treehouse)





Panel 4: Cultural Products: Advertisements and Drama (Bowland Lecture
Theatre)

1:20 – 2:15

Lunch in the Treehouse



2:20– 3:45



Panel 5: East – West (Treehouse)



Panel 6: Resistance (Bowland Lecture Theatre)



3:45 – 4:00

Break: refreshments



4:00 – 5:00



Panel 7: New Media (Bowland Lecture Theatre)



5:00 – 5:15

End remarks and thanks

5:15 – 6:30

Wine/juice reception in the Treehouse



The registration fee for Arab Women, Media, and Sexuality is £25, to
include documentation, refreshments, lunch, and the wine/juice reception at
the end of the day. Registration is extended until April 14th and is now
open on the following link: http://tinyurl.com/7c7neen . Queries should be
directed to Ebtihal Mahadeen im544 at york.ac.uk or Rachel Thwaites
ret508 at york.ac.uk.

We look forward to seeing you in York in May.