Paper Presentations

2015
Profanter, A. (2015, January). A filmic adventure: Women in polygynous marriages in Oman. Paper presented at SeSaMO, Conference of the Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Venice, Italy.

2014
Profanter, A. (2014, September). Saudi student mobility: On the journey to a knowledge economy. Paper presented at the 21st International DAVO Congress of Contemporary Research on the Middle East, Köln, Germany.

Profanter, A. (2014, July). Intimate spaces: gendered enclosures here and there. Paper presented at Corpus Intra Muros: An artistic and scientific project, Bruneck, Italy.

Profanter, A. (2014, July). A gendered perspective on the relationship between female identity and traditional marital arrangement in the Arab world. Paper presented at the International Conference on Identity Studies. Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Vienna, Austria.

Profanter, A. (2014, July). Achievements and challenges in the educational realm in Saudi Arabia. Paper presented online at the AIIC 2014, 2nd Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference, Azores Island, Portugal.

2013
Profanter, A. (2013, November). The Awakening of an Arab Giant: Education in Saudi Arabia. Workshop on Ethnographic approaches to private higher education or rethinking politics of higher education in the Arab world and in Central Asia, at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Invited.

Wallnöfer, G., Baur, S., Profanter, A., & Kofler, D. (2013, October). Die Lehrerbildung in Italien: Eine Zwischenbilanz der Reform der Reform. Paper presented at the Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Forschung und Entwicklung im Bildungswesen (ÖFEB). Bildung im Zeitalter der Individualisierung. Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Austria.
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Profanter, A. (2013, Oktober). Tradition and Modernity – A Global Shaking of Muslim Family Traditions? Paper presented at the Intercultural Horizons 2013 Conference: Intercultural Competence – Key to the New Multicultural Societies of the Globalized World. The International Center for Intercultural Exchange, Siena, Italy.
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Profanter, A. (2013, September). Celebrating Difference: In Search of Paradigms Addressing Barriers to Transnational Migration. Paper presented at SeSaMO Conference, Società per gli Studi sul Medio Oriente, University of Pavia, Italy.
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Profanter, A. (2013, March). “A woman’s place is in the home!” Really? Shifting familial and marital traditions in Oman. Paper presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Women and Media: Realities and Challenges. The Women Research and Studies Center, College of Social Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait.

2012

Profanter, A., Agostini, E., & Lintner, C. (2012, September). Migration und Haushalt im Spannungsfeld zwischen Tradition und Moderne: Wer sind die neuen Frauen hinterm Herd? Poster presented at the 2. Jahrestagung Migrations- und Integrationsforschung in Österreich, Wien, Österreich.

Profanter, A. (2012, May). Multiculturalism in Daily Life: A Best Practice Model for Northern Italy. Paper presented at the Multiculturalism: Theories & Practice. International Conference 2012, Cardiff, UK.
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Profanter, A., Lintner, C., & Agostini, E. (2012, May). Developing intercultural practices in everyday life. Paper presented at the conference Living together ‚in‘ diversity. National societies in the multicultural age, Central European University Budapest, Hungary.

Profanter, A., Lintner, C., & Agostini, E. (2012, May). Female Migrants between immigration policies and the private household. Paper presented at the conference Living together ‚in‘ diversity. National societies in the multicultural age, Central European University Budapest, Hungary.

2011

Profanter, A. (2011, December). Polygyny in Modern Oman. Paper presented at the University Cattolica of Milano.

Profanter, A., & Cate, S. R. (2011, October). Live, Love and Laugh! Shifting Muslim Perspectives surrounding Familial and Marital Traditions in the Arabian Gulf. Paper presented at the 1st Conference on Trends in Higher Education in the Muslim World: Film and Media Analysis, Brixen, Italy.

Profanter, A., & Cate, S. R., Nederveen, A. (2011, October). Understanding Islam: A Prerequisite for Integration of Muslim Immigrants into South Tyrol and the Region. Documentary Film, Premiere at the 1st Conference on Trends in Higher Education in the Muslim World: Film and Media Analysis, Brixen, Italy.

Owtram, F., & Profanter, A. (2011, June/July). Aspects of the Omani Rentier State 1970–2010: Gender Relations in Dhofar. Paper presented at the “2011 Gulf Studies Conference. Aspirations and Challenges in the Gulf”, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.

Profanter, A., & Lintner, C. (2011, March). Convivere vicini, essere lontani. Un’analisi critica sulla convivenza multiculturale quotidiana in Alto Adige all’esempio di Fortezza. Paper presented at the XIV SIU-Società italiana degli urbanisti conference “Abitare l’Italia: Territori, Economie, Diseguaglianze”, Turin, Italy.

Profanter, A., & Lintner, C. (2011, February). Sustainable intercultural integration in local communities: a pioneer project on intercultural education. Paper presented at the 3rd World Conference on Educational Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.

Profanter, A., & Cate, S. R. (2011, February). Embraced or embargoed: special ability and needs issues in the Arabian Gulf. Paper presented at the 3rd World Conference on Educational Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.

Profanter, A. (2011, February). The Middle East at a crossroad: An educational revolution. Paper presented at the 3rd World Conference on Educational Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.

2010

Profanter, A., & Lintner, C. (2010, December). Investigation into Expatriate Acculturation into the Host Population of South Tyrol: A Pilot Project. Poster presented at the Conference “Migrationsforschung als Kritik? Ansprüche, Praxen, Reflexionen/ Research on Migration as Critique? Demands, Practices, Reflections”, Innsbruck.
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Profanter, A. (2010, July). The Balancing Act: STEM and WOMEN in the Khaleegy. Paper presented at the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), Barcelona.
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Profanter, A. (2010, July). Chair and Organizer of the international, interdisciplinary panel on “The Liminality of Gender Issues relating to Social Stability and Post-Oil Economies in the Gulf States” at the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), Barcelona.
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Profanter A. (2010, January). The Pivotal Role of Tertiary Education in the Middle East. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education. Hawaii International Conferences co-sponsored by California State University, East Bay, University of Louisvielle, Pepperdine University, New Horizons in Education Journal, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Profanter A. (2010, January). Higher Education at the Crossroads in the Arabian Gulf: The Expatriate Factor. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education. Hawaii International Conferences co-sponsored by California State University, East Bay, University of Louisvielle, Pepperdine University, New Horizons in Education Journal, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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2009

Profanter, A. (2009, September). The Expatriate Quandary Shaping Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. Paper presented at the ECER 2009, European Conference on Educational Research on Theory and Evidence in European Educational Research, Vienna.
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Profanter, A., & Cate, S. R. (2009, September). Muslim Female Education in the Arabian Gulf: Social Network Nodes and Cross-national Immigration in the EU. Paper presented at the ECER 2009, European Conference on Educational Research on Theory and Evidence in European Educational Research, Vienna.
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Profanter, A., & Cate, S. R. (2009, September). Divide, Diverge and Conquer within Context: An Investigation into the Evolution and Synthesis of Female Fashion and Social Representation in the Arabian Gulf. Paper presented at the 3rd Global Conference on Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging, Mansfield College, Oxford.
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Profanter, A., & Cate, S. R. (2009, July). Frontier Triptych: Saudi Arabia in Motion. Paper presented at the 2009 Annual Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies on Frontiers: Space, Separation and Contact in the Middle East. The University of Manchester, Manchester.
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Profanter, A. (2009, July). Desert Frontiers: Education & Space in the Arabian Peninsula. Paper presented at the 2009 Annual Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies on Frontiers: Space, Separation and Contact in the Middle East. The University of Manchester, Manchester.
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Profanter, A., & Cate, S. R. (2009, June). Higher Education on the Center Stage for Change in the Middle East. Paper presented at the 3rd Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2009 on Designing New Learning Contexts for a Globalising World. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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Profanter, A. (2009, June). Repulsive Recognition of the Less Accepted of their Own Society: Children and Youth with Special Abilities and Needs in Oman.Paper presented at the 3rd Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2009 on Designing New Learning Contexts for a Globalising World. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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2008

Profanter, A. (2008, May). Data Analysis Through SPSS–Applications in Educational Research. Paper presented at the First Annual Conference on New Horizons in Saudi Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Association of Language Teachers (KSAALT), Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Profanter, A., & Cate, S. R. (2008, March). “Think Globally, Act Locally”. Experiential Development of Leadership Skills Begins at Home. Paper presented at the 2008 Women as Global Leaders Conference. Zayed University. Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Profanter, A. (2008, February). To Beat or Not to Beat: Corporal Punishment in Pakistan’s Education System a Myth or Reality. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences (AABSS), Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Profanter, A., & Cate, S. R. (2008, February). Indigenously Polygynous or Multi-Culturally Monogamous. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences (AABSS), Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Profanter, A., Cate, S. R. (2008, February). Women’s Cultural Identity Crisis in the Arabian Gulf: the Re-evaluation of Self in Accordance with a Mass-Globalized Model. Paper presented at the 2008 Conference of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR), New Orleans.
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Profanter, A., & Cate, S. R. (2008, February). The C word – Female Circumcision and the Impact of Cross-Cultural Pollination regarding Sexual Responses and Expectations. Paper presented at the
2008 Conference of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR), New Orleans.
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2007

Profanter, A., & Cate, S. R. (2007, July). An Indigenous, Contemporary Adaptation of Polygyny in the Dhofar Region of Oman, Arabia. Paper presented at the 2007 Gulf Conference. Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, Exeter.
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Profanter, A., & Cate, S. R. (2007, June/July). Women’s Interpretations of Polgyny in Arabia. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference on Feminism and Popular Culture. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle.
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Profanter, A. (2007, June). An Educational Emergency has been Declared: Corporal Punishment and Its Impact on Children and Youth in Pakistan. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences. Hawaii International Conferences sponsored by University of Louisvielle-Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Profanter, A. (2007, June). These are the Ties that Bind: Bonds of Intellectual and Emotional Intimacy within Polygyny in Southern Oman. A Pilot Study.Paper presented at the 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences. Hawaii International Conferences sponsored by University of Louisvielle-Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Profanter, A. (2007, May). Physical Punishment as Cultural and Educational Process in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Paper presented at the International Education Conference 2007: Redesigning Pedagogy: Culture, Knowledge and Understanding. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University Singapore.
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Profanter, A. (2007, March). Manifestations of Traditional and Contemporary Cultural Processes of Polygyny in Oman, Arabia. Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Encounter and Experience: Cultures in Process. University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld.
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2006

Profanter, A. (2006, November). Physical Punishment of Children and Youth in Pakistan. Paper presented at the 7th Conference on Circular-Flows-Capillaries of World Culture, in Erlangen. Institute of Sociology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberg.
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Profanter, A., Cate, S. R. (2006, November). Social Practice of Polygamy in Dhofar, Oman. Paper presented at the 7th Conference on Circular-Flows-Capillaries of World Culture, in Erlangen. Institute of Sociology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberg.
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