Anne H Betteridge

Interests

Teaching

Ethnography of the Middle East, Iranian culture and society, Gender in Middle Eastern Societies

Research

Pilgrimage to Shi'i shrines, gender in Middle Eastern society, background and support for area studies in the US

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• Betteridge, A. H. (2009). Title VI and Foundation Support for Area Studies: Its History and Impacts. Michigan State University Press.
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  To appear in a book entitled Knowledge for the Nation's Global Future: Fifty Years of Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Programs for Language and International Expertise in the United States. I do not have an acceptance letter; this is an invited paper for an edited volume. ;
• Betteridge, A. H. (2014). "'Caught Among the Unbelievers: How Pilgrimage Shapes Iranians' Understandings of Sectarian Difference". In Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East, third ed.(pp 362-372). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
• Betteridge, A. H. (2010). Title VI and Foundation Support for Area Studies: Itws History and Impacts. Michigan State University Press.
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  invited paper for volume marking the 50th anniversary of Title VI legislation;Your Role: author;Full Citation: Anne H. Betteridge, "Title VI and Foundation Support for Area Studies: Its History and Impacts." In David S. Wiley and Robert S. Glew, eds. International and Language Education for a Global Future: Fifty Years of US Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Programs. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2010. ;

Journals/Publications

• Betteridge, A. H. (2013).

  Michael E. Bonine: Professor of Geography and of Near Eastern Studies

  . Iranian Studies, 46(6), 999-1001. doi:10.1080/00210862.2013.835123
• Betteridge, A. H. (2011).

  Ellen-Fairbanks Diggs Bodman 1924–2007

  . Review of Middle East studies. doi:10.1017/s2151348100002317
• Betteridge, A. H. (1995).

  In Memoriam

  . Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. doi:10.1017/s0026318400032570
• Betteridge, A. H. (1985).

  Gift Exchange in Iran: The Locus of Self-Identity in Social Interaction

  . Anthropological Quarterly. doi:10.2307/3318149
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  Social and personal relationships are defined through gift exchange. This paper is concerned with the extent to which gift giving in Iran can be viewed as a presentation ofself Formal gifts tend to be stereotyped, generalized currency in social exchange. Personal gifts more often reflect individuals'understanding ofthemselves. Selfhood may be expressed safely in theprotected realm of intimates, who include some immediate family members, close friends, saints and God. Men and women define themselves and their relations to others in the giving of gifts. The extent to which exchanging gifts reveals something of one's social identity or personal self accords with ways which giftgiving and presentation of self are regarded in a particular society. As Marcel Mauss (1967: 1) so carefully pointed out, theory such gifts are voluntary but in fact they are given and repaid under obligation; the nature of the obligation marks the particular social circumstances in which giving and receiving take place. In Iran many gifts tend to be sterotyped. Impersonal gifts serve as generalized currency in social exchange and do not reveal a great deal about an individual's notion of himself or herself or the donor's perception of the personality of the person to whom the gift is given. Instead, general social relationships and status positions are demonstrated. In the realm of intimates, who include some immediate family members, close friends, saints and God, gift-exchange takes on a personal quality and gifts may express the personality of the donor or recipient. Outside the restricted circle of intimacy, expressions of oneself are few and far between, lest an

Presentations

• Betteridge, A. H. (2009, 2009-09-01). The 1979 Revolution from an Anthropological Perspective. Mehrgan Foundation Annual Conference. San Diego, CA.
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  The Mehrgan Foundation is a community organization in San Diego, CA concerned to further understanding of Persian culture. ;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Community Outreach;
• Betteridge, A. H. (2008, 2008-04-01). 'Caught Among the Unbelievers': How Pilgrimage Shapes Shi'i Understandings of Sectarian Difference. Constructing Sectarianism in the Middle East and South Asia. University of California, Santa Barbara.
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  The paper presented was a substantial revision of my Fall 2007 MESA paper. ;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
• Betteridge, A. H. (2008, 2010-04-01). Crossing Boundaries: History and Impacts of Title VI. Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference. Washington, DC.
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  The paper discussed definitions of area as they relate to federal and foundation funding, included information on changes in funding to different areas over time, and discussed the relationship of federal and foundation funding for area studies, with an emphasis on Middle East studies. ;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
• Betteridge, A. H. (2007, 2007-09-01). Pilgrimage to the Shrines of Shiraz (in Persian). Mehregan Foundation annual conference. San Diego, CA.
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  The Mehregan Foundation is a community organization in San Diego, CA concerned to further understanding of Persian culture. ;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Community Outreach;
• Betteridge, A. H. (2007, 2007-11-01). “'Caught Among the Unbelievers': How Pilgraimage Shapes Shi'i Understandings of Sectarian Difference. MESA. MontrĂ©al, Canada.
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  Presented on the panel entitled, “People, Practices, and Meanings in Shi'i and Sufi Rituals, Part III: Negotiating Individual Meaning, Expression, and Practice in Specific Contexts” ;Submitted: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;

Others

• Betteridge, A. H. (2007). 'Caught Among the Unbelievers': How Pilgrimage Shapes Shi'i Understandings of Sectarian Difference.
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  ;Full Citation: as above;Status: Paper in Preparation;
• Betteridge, A. H. (2013, October). "Michael E. Bonine: Professor of Geography and of Near Eastern Studies". Iranian Studies. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00210862.2013.835123
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  obituary published in the journal Iranian Studies