Colloquium 2016
Publication of Abstracts
2016
Colloquium Schedule – April 9
8:30 – 9 AM
Registration
9 AM – 9:20 AM
Welcome and Introduction
(Saeed Saigol Auditorium)
9:30 – 11:00 AM
Session 1
Panel A: Gender in the City
(Auditorium 3)
Faculty Discussant: Dr. Nida Kirmani, Assistant Professor, Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Title |
Name |
Institutional Affiliation |
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Insecure Masculinities: Drugs, Religion and Violence in a Basti in Lahore |
Mehlab Jameel |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
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The Lahore Metro Bus: Theorizing Global Cities and Locating Gender |
Mariam Sheherbano Khan |
Beaconhouse National University |
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Life Cycle Experiences of Trans-Individuals in Lahore |
Muhammad Faraz |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
Panel B: Gender and Literary Representations
(Auditorium 4)
Faculty Discussant: Dr. Maryam Wasif Khan, Assistant Professor, Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Title |
Name |
Institutional Affiliation |
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Being The Immigrant: The Transnational Female In South Asian Fiction |
Seerat Fatima |
Beaconhouse National University |
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Feminist Existentialism: A Case Study of Kamila Shamsi’s Burnt Shadows andBapsi Sidhwa’s The Bride |
Saad ul Hassan and Muhammad Hassan Qadeer Butt |
Government College Lahore |
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Expression of marginalized feminine sentimentality and sexuality in literary works |
Maham Jamal |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
11:00 – 11:30 AM
Tea Break
11:30 – 1 PM
Session 2
Panel A: Gender and Legal Imaginations
(Auditorium 3)
Faculty Discussant: Sadaf Aziz, Assistant Professor, Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law
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Title |
Name |
Institutional Affiliation |
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Recovery and Restoration Act; the patriarchal creation of the Indian and Pakistani states |
Syed Ali Mehdi Zaidi |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
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Ali Muhammad v Ali Muhammad: locating the law’s point of view |
Sana Naeem |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
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The issue of inheritance for the transgender community in Pakistan |
Ali Rafi |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
Panel B: Locating Psychology in the Study of Gender
(Auditorium 4)
Faculty Discussant: Dr. Kaveri Qureshi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Oxford University
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Title |
Name |
Institutional Affiliation |
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Gender Differences in the Fear of Crime and Precautionary Behaviors |
Taskeen Mansoor |
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi |
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Invisible scars are not a crime: Comparison of domestic violence laws in Pakistan |
Naima Qamar |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
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Role of Parenting in Emotional Development of Adolescents |
Fariha Aftab and Taskeen Mansoor |
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi |
1-2 PM
Lunch Break
2 – 3:30 PM
Session 3
Panel A: Gender and the Sacred
(Auditorium 3)
Faculty Discussant: Dr. Amen Jaffer, Assistant Professor, Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Title |
Name |
Institutional Affiliation |
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Bibi Pak Daman: A Feminized Spatial Study |
ShahBano Ali Khan |
Beaconhouse National University |
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The Shahadat of Karbala: Zainab Binte Ali, Gender and Witnessing |
Syeda Mehr Mustafa |
Beaconhouse National University |
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Ismaili Perceptions of Women’s Emancipation: Past and Present |
Mustafa Kamal |
Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (ISMC) |
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Multiculturalism and Feminism: |
Madiha Nadeem |
Lahore College for Women University |
Panel B: Gender, Labor, and the Household
(Auditorium 4)
Faculty Discussant: Dr. Ayaz Qureshi, Assistant Professor, Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Title |
Name |
Institutional Affiliation |
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Gender, Domestic Work, and Informal Credit |
Hasan Shahid |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
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Analysis of the Collective Action of All Pakistan Lady Health Workers Welfare Association in Light of Competing Theoretical Frameworks |
Maha Salman |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
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Conceptualizing Women’s Empowerment |
Manal Shekhani and Mahnoor Bawaney |
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi |
3:30 – 4:00
Tea Break
4:00 – 5:30
Session 4
Panel A: Representing Gendered Worlds
(Auditorium 3)
Faculty Discussant: Dr. Maryam Wasif Khan, Assistant Professor, Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Title |
Name |
Institutional Affiliation |
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Examining Public Response on Social Media to Sharmeen Obaid Chinnoy’s Documentary, A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness |
Sara Ayaz Butt |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
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Writing Selves: Urdu Women’s Digests in Twentieth-Century Pakistan |
Noor Shahzad |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
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The actor, the dancer, the joker and the prostitute: The Creation and use of the Stage Show form in Pakistan |
Shehzad Ghias |
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Panel B: Gender, Violence, and Policy
(Auditorium 4)
Faculty Discussant: Dr. Tania Saeed, Assistant Professor, Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Title |
Name |
Institutional Affiliation |
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Project Dareecha: Creating Awareness About the Legal Rights of Working Women |
Anusha Fatima, Fatin Nawaz, Hasan Naqvi |
Habib University |
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Combating Violence against Women in Pakistan through Application of CEDAW |
Maria Khan |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
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Justice Served? Has the Pakistani Response to Rape been sufficient |
Faraz Ahmed Sheikh and Syed Waqar Alam |
Lahore University of Management Sciences |
5:30 – 6 PM
Tea Break
7:00- 8:30 PM
Film Screening
A Girl in the River
(Saeed Saigol Auditorium)
With Special Guest Saba Qaiser (featured in film)
Discussion led by Aimen Bucha, Hadi Hussain, Sonia Qadir, and Sarah Suhail