Friday, January 9, 2004

2:30–4:30 p.m.

49. Empires at the Margin: Revisiting Violence in the Ottoman-Iranian Frontier, Albania, and Yemen
Omni Shoreham, Congressional A

Chair: Virginia H. Aksan, McMaster University
Papers:

Resisting Violence or Violent Resistance: Rethinking Violence in Late Ottoman Yemen and Albania
Isa Blumi, New York University

When the Umma Gone Astray: Religion and Rebellion in the Ottoman-Iranian Borderland
Sabri Ates, New York University

Leaving Only Question Marks: The Making and Unmaking of Yemeni Borderlands, 1918–34
John M. Willis, New York University
Comment: Virginia H. Aksan