Conference Programme
 
Day 1: Thursday, 10th May 2012
Venue: Quaid-e-Azam Auditorium, Faisal Masjid Campus (IIUI)
Inaugural Session
 
Guests to be seated    9:40 a.m.
Recitation of Holy Quran    10:00 a.m.
Opening remarks by Dr. Munazza Yaqoob    10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Address by Professor Dr. Samina Qadir (Vice Chancellor FJWU)    10:05 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Address by Vice President (A &F) Prof. Dr. Sahibzada Sajid-ur-Rehman    10:10 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Welcome address by Prof. Fateh Muhammad Malik(Rector, IIUI)    10:15 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Plenary Session : HEC    10:20 a.m.– 10:35 a.m.
Dr. Bob Jenson’s Opening Remarks (via Skype)    10:35 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
 
Tea break: 10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Session I: 11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Session Chair: Mr. Agha Nasir
 
Dr. Munazza Yaqoob & Ms. Sofia Hussain 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Narrative and Female Cognition:  A study of Contemporary Fiction in English by Pakistani Women Authors
Ms. Katrina Hussain 11:30 a.m.– 11:45 a.m. The Role of Women in Media
Susie Abdou

 

11:45 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. Middle Eastern Women, Feminism & Film
Jennifer Lee (via Skype) 12:00 p.m. – 12: 15 p.m. Feminist: Stories from Women's Liberation
Ms. Farah Hussain 12: 15 p.m.– 12:30 p.m. Women and Media
Question – Answer Session 12:30 p.m.  – 1 :00 p.m.  
 
Lunch break: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Session II: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Session Chair: Mr. Athar Waqar Azeem
 
Ms. Maria Kari 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Muslims in Main Stream Canadian Media
Mr. Junaid Ahmad 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. The Islam Industry in America: Neo – Orientalism in Popular and Academic Discourse
Ms. Fouzia Shahid 2:30 p.m.– 2:45 p.m.  
Dr. Humaira Ahmad 2:45 p.m..– 3:00 p.m. Negotiating Identities from Invisible to Visible: Tale Telling on Pakistani Television Drama 
Ms. Farida Hafeez 3:00 p.m.– 3:15 p.m. Women and Media
Question – Answer Session 3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.pm  
 
Day 2: Friday, 11th May 2012
Venue: New Auditorium, Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi
Opening Session
 
Guests to be seated 9:15 a.m.
Recitation of Holy Quran 9:30 a.m.
Welcome address by Dr. Sarwet Rasul 9:35 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Opening remarks by Professor Dr. Samina Amin Qadir (VC FJWU) 9:40 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
HEC 9:45 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Plenary Session: Dr. Shamim Zaydi(Fantasized Portrayal of Pakistani Women in Urdu Digests) 9:50 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
 
Tea break: 10: 15 a.m. – 10: 40 a.m.
Paper Presentations Session: 10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Dr. Zaitoon Begum (Director, Female Campus, IIUI)
 
Dr. Sarwet Rasul 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Illusion and Reality: Pictographic Representation of Women in Urdu Popular Fiction
Ms. Narjis Zaidi 11:00 a.m. -11:15 a.m. Women and Media
Dr. Rakhshanda Parween 11:15 a.m.– 11:30 a.m. Women and Media
Dr. Fauzia Janjua 11:30 a.m.– 11:45 a.m. Words of Dramatic Representation: Symbols of Cultural Unconscious
Ms. Nicole Tavares 11:45 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. Machinima: Constructing Identity in Virtual Space
Dr. Saiyma Aslam 12:00 p.m.- 12:15 p.m. Media Representations of Pakistani Women: Towards a televisualist feminist ethnography
Question – Answer Session 12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.  
 
Closing Ceremony: 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
 
Recitation of the Holy Quran 12: 30 p.m. – 12:35 p.m. 
Conference Summary by IIUI Representative 12: 35 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.  
Conference Recommendation by FJWU Representative 12:45 p.m.  – 12: 50 p.m. 
Vote of Thanks  12: 50 p.m.  – 12: 55 p.m. 
Certificate Distribution by Professor Dr. Samina Amin Qadir, Vice Chancellor FJWU 12: 55p.m.  – 01: 00 p.m. 
Group Photograph of Guests and Presenters 1: 00 p.m.   
 
Lunch (for Guests, Faculty and Organizers): 01: 00 p.m.