Gender in the Medieval Islamicate World (Seventh through Fifteenth Centuries)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Lisa Nielson

Organizer Affiliation

Case Western Reserve Univ.

Presider Name

Lisa Nielson

Paper Title 1

Experts in Intimacy: Women Advising in Love, Sex and Relationship in Medieval Arabic Literature

Presenter 1 Name

Pernilla Myrne

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Göteborgs Univ.

Paper Title 2

Are Houris Heavenly Concubines?

Presenter 2 Name

Nerina Rustomji

Presenter 2 Affiliation

St. John's Univ.

Paper Title 3

Growing Out of One's Gender: "Beardless Boys" and the Gendered Dynamics of Aging

Presenter 3 Name

Ahmed Ragab

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Harvard Divinity School

Start Date

11-5-2013 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 2355

Description

Definition of gender roles in the medieval Islamicate world was, at times, complex and subtle; relating more to social status, dress and performance than biological sex or sexual preference. This panel will focus on questions related to gender in literature, religious texts, and the intersection of culture and science in the Islamicate world between the 7th and 15th centuries.

- L. Nielson