dimanche 29 novembre 2015

EURAMES Info Service 43/2015

CONFERENCES
 
1. Conference: "Constructions of Terrorism Conference", University of California,
Santa Barbara, 3-4 December 2015
 
2. International Conference: “Anti-Muslim Racism and Anti-Islamic Hostility in
Germany and Europe – Problem-Situation, Solution Approaches, and
Counter-Strategies”, Institute of Islamic Theology, Osnabrueck University,
Germany, 14 – 16 January 2016
 
3. Panel: "Faces of Displacement. Constructions of the Self and Discourses about
Refugee-ness across the Mediterranean Region", Conference of the Italian Society for
Middle Eastern Studies, Catania, 17-19 March 2016
 
4. Third Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS),
London, 11-12 April 2016
 
5. International Conference: "Borders and Beyond in the Middle East since 1914:
Legacies, Changes, Continuities", York St John University, UK, 17-18 June 2016
 
6. International Conference: “Interfaith Love: Love, Sex and Marriage in the
Islamicate World”, Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society,
Leiden, 22-24 June 2016 
 
7. International Conference: "Resistance & Empire: New Approaches and Comparisons",
University of Lisbon, 26-29 June 2016
 
8. 43rd International Conference on the History and Cultural Heritage of the
Aramaeans, ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, University of Oxford, 4-6
July 2016
 
9. 44th International Conference: “the Ancient Churches of the Levant”, ARAM Society
for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, University of Oxford, 18-20 July 2016
 
10. Conference: “Islam in International Affairs: Politics and Paradigms”, European
International Studies Association’s (EISA), Yaşar University, Izmir, Turkey, 7-10
September 2016
 
11. Tenth Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies: "Formation of Middle Eastern
Subjectivities – Cultural Heritage, Global Structures and Local Practices",
University of Southern Denmark, 22-24 September 2016
 
 
POSITIONS
 
12. Research Assistant in the DFG-research Project "Diversity, Power, and Justice:
Transcultural Perspectives", University of Kassel
 
13. W3-Professorship in Oriental Studies (Arabic and Islamic Studies),
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
 
14. Positions in the USA
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
15. 12-Day Course on Shi'a Studies, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom,
Iran, 1 March 2016
 
16. CrossCulture Internships, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa),
Stuttgart, Germany
 
17. Three LSE Middle East Centre Emirates Master's Scholarship 2016/17
 
18. Call for Applicants and Scholarships for a Doctoral Program "The Asian Sphere",
University of Haifa and the Hebrew University
 
19. Funded PhD Studentships Commencing Sept. 2016, School of Politics, International
Studies & Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast 
 
20. Intensive Arabic Summer Program at the American University of Sharjah, UAE, 7
June - 18 July 2016
 
21. 2-year Interdisciplinary MA in Middle East Studies, University of Oslo, Norway
 
22. M.A. in Middle East and Islamic Studies at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
 
23. Call for ERF Research Proposals on "Household Asset Inequality in the Arab
Countries, Iran and Turkey"
 
24. Articles on “Houses of Horrors: Ethiopian Female Domestic Workers in the Middle
East and Gulf States” for International Journal "African and Black Diaspora"
 
25. Articles on "Local Politics in Contemporary Middle Eastern and North African
Countries: Spaces of Political Continuity or Change?" for Special Issue of the
"Journal of International Mediterranean Studies (REIM)"

26. Advertisement: Spring and Summer Arabic Language Courses in Amman 2016
 
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CONFERENCES
 
1. Conference: "Constructions of Terrorism Conference", University of California,
Santa Barbara, 3-4 December 2015
 
The conference will debate and discuss how terrorism and acts of terrorism are
understood and explained. There will be interdisciplinary contributions
investigating how states and societies construct understandings and categories of
terrorism and extremism. 
 
Information and program: www.orfaleacenter.ucsb.edu/news/event/419.
 
 
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2. International Conference: “Anti-Muslim Racism and Anti-Islamic Hostility in
Germany and Europe – Problem-Situation, Solution Approaches, and
Counter-Strategies”, Institute of Islamic Theology, Osnabrueck University,
Germany, 14 – 16 January 2016
 
This conference aims to provide information about anti-Muslim racism and its threat
for Europe and Germany. It focuses on anti-Islamic hospitality ranging from
anti-Muslim racism within the German society to counter-strategies, anti-Islamic
tendencies in schools, the refugee situation, anti-Muslim racism according to
gender, safety discourses, and finally Islam in the media.
 
Information and program:
www.islamische-theologie.uni-osnabrueck.de/fileadmin/documents/public/Tagung_-_Antimuslimischer_Rassismus_Stand_-_Flyer.pdf

 
 
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3. Panel: "Faces of Displacement. Constructions of the Self and Discourses about
Refugee-ness across the Mediterranean Region", Conference of the Italian Society for
Middle Eastern Studies, Catania, 17-19 March 2016
 
This panel aims at exploring different constructions of the self adopted by
displaced people from Middle Eastern countries in the Mediterranean region. In order
to understand how people ‘play’ with markers and labels imposed on them, the panel
will also explore the role of morality and technologies of the self in the
refugee-ness.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2015. Information:
www.sesamoitalia.it/?page_id=527
 
 
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4. Third Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS),
London, 11-12 April 2016
 
The organizers invite proposals for panels or individual papers on any aspect of
Islamic studies, broadly understood to include both Muslim-majority and
Muslim-minority contexts as well as historical, textual, and contemporary
anthropological and sociological approaches.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2015. Information:
www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-conference-2016/brais-2016-call-for-papers.
 
 
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5. International Conference: "Borders and Beyond in the Middle East since 1914:
Legacies, Changes, Continuities", York St John University, UK, 17-18 June 2016
 
This conference will examine the effects of World War 1 and the post-war settlement
in the Middle East, especially those which are still felt today e.g. state borders,
migrations, secular and religious ideologies and movements, and struggles over
power.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 23 January 2015. Information:
http://greatwar.modhist.ox.ac.uk/?p=2064.
 
 
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6. International Conference: “Interfaith Love: Love, Sex and Marriage in the
Islamicate World”, Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society,
Leiden, 22-24 June 2016 
 
This international conference seeks to explore, through a diachronic,
interdisciplinary and comparative approach, how interfaith love is perceived and
represented in historical, religious, legal, literary and artistic sources, both
Islamic and non-Islamic.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2015. Information:
http://humweb.ucsc.edu/mediterraneanseminar/news/index.php?id=523 
 
 
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7. International Conference: "Resistance & Empire: New Approaches and Comparisons",
University of Lisbon, 26-29 June 2016
 
The conference invites students of French, British, Portuguese, German, and other
European colonialisms to analytically address the multiple expressions of
"resistance" in colonial history by engaging with empirical material and theoretical
explorations. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2015. Information:
www.ics.ul.pt/rdonweb-recursos/events/2015-12/2015-12-31.pdf 
 
 
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8. 43rd International Conference on the History and Cultural Heritage of the
Aramaeans, ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, University of Oxford, 4-6
July 2016
 
Deadline for abstracts: mid-January 2016. Information:
www.iranicaonline.org/app/webroot/uploads/files/News_docs/Forthcoming-Conferences.pdf
 
 
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9. 44th International Conference: “the Ancient Churches of the Levant”, ARAM Society
for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, University of Oxford, 18-20 July 2016
 
Deadline for abstracts: mid-January 2016. Information:
www.iranicaonline.org/app/webroot/uploads/files/News_docs/Forthcoming-Conferences.pdf
 
 
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10. Conference: “Islam in International Affairs: Politics and Paradigms”, European
International Studies Association’s (EISA), Yaşar University, Izmir, Turkey, 7-10
September 2016
 
The section seeks to explore theoretical approaches and empirical experiences of the
Islamic civilization by referring to both classical and modern sources, the
worldview of prominent thinkers, statecraft experiences, current transnational
movements, and case studies on the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) phenomenon.
 
Deadline for proposals: 8 January 2016. Information:
www.coiris.org/islam-in-international-affairs-politics-and-paradigms/.
 
 
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11. Tenth Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies: "Formation of Middle Eastern
Subjectivities – Cultural Heritage, Global Structures and Local Practices",
University of Southern Denmark, 22-24 September 2016
 
Papers and roundtables on all topics within the field of Middle East and Islamic
studies are welcome. 
 
Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2016. Information: 
www.sdu.dk/Om_SDU/Institutter_centre/C_Mellemoest or http://thenordicsociety.se
 
 
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POSITIONS
 
12. Research Assistant in the DFG-research Project "Diversity, Power, and Justice:
Transcultural Perspectives", University of Kassel
 
The Research Assistant (EG 13 TV-H) will conduct independent research within the
sub-project "Justice and the Critique of Occidentalism within Contemporary Political
Theory in the Maghreb" with the objective of graduating with a PhD. The applicant
has completed a Masters degree in the field of Political Sciences or Philosophy with
a major focus on Arabo-Islamic Philosophy. A very good command of Arabic, French and
English or German is required.  Commencement of job: 1 January 2016. 
 
Deadline for application: 14 December 2015. Information:
www.uni-kassel.de/intranet/aktuelles/stellenangebote/stellenausschreibung-details/tx_ukstellenausschreibung/27009.html
 
 
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13. W3-Professorship in Oriental Studies (Arabic and Islamic Studies),
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
 
The expected focus of research and teaching activities is the early modern and
modern developments of the culture, history, and religion of the Arab and Islamic
worlds, combined with experience in working with sociological and anthropological
approaches to these fields. Several years of study and research experience in Arab
countries and/or other countries of the Islamic world, as well as a second regional
field of specialization, are equally desirable. The appointment begins April 1,
2016.
 
Deadline for application: 2 January 2016. Information:
www.stellenwerk-bochum.de/jobs-finden/hochschulinterne-angebote/details/anzeige/bo-2015-11-10-14.html
 
 
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14. Positions in the USA:
 
a) Distinguished Visiting Professor of Israeli Studies, United States Naval Academy
- www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52138
 
b) Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies of the Middle East and North Africa,
University of Arizona - www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52130
 
c) Director and Professor at the School of International Letters and Cultures,
Arizona State University - https://silc.asu.edu/people/employment-opportunites 
 
d) Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and/or South Asian Cinema, University of
Virginia -
https://jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1448786198404
 
 
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OTHER INFORMATION
 
15. 12-Day Course on Shi'a Studies, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom,
Iran, 1 March 2016
 
This program is a one-week workshop plus a 5-day religious and cultural tour in Qom,
Isfahan and Tehran. All faculty and graduate students in related fields are invited
to apply. The English workshop entails an introduction to Shi'a History and
Theology, as well as Shiite rituals and ceremonies in the contemporary Iran. 
 
For information contact  
 
 
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16. CrossCulture Internships, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa),
Stuttgart, Germany
 
These internships will last at least 8 weeks. They give young people from Germany
and Islamic countries the opportunity to gain diverse experience abroad in the
context of their working environment and to act as multipliers in their home
countries.
 
Deadline for application: 6 December 2016. Information:
www.ifa.de/en/funding/crossculture-internships/programme-information.html
 
 
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17. Three LSE Middle East Centre Emirates Master's Scholarship 2016/17
 
The LSE Middle East Centre Emirates Scholarship offers financial support for
students from Arab states studying for a Master’s degree at LSE and who intend to
focus their studies on the Middle East. The scholarship has a value of £30,000 which
will cover full tuition fees with the remainder available to support living expenses
in London. 
 
Deadline for applications: 29 April 2016. Information:
www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/scholarships/Masters/apply.aspx?utm_source=Mailing+List&utm_campaign=e976985226-Masters+2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_79ca332e34-e976985226-318654609
 
 
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18. Call for Applicants and Scholarships for a Doctoral Program "The Asian Sphere",
University of Haifa and the Hebrew University
 
The Asian Sphere offers a unique opportunity for outstanding candidates, at the MA
and PhD level, to enroll in a multidisciplinary and inter-university graduate
program that deals with the Asian continent.  Subject Fields: Asian Studies, Islamic
and Middle Eastern Studies, Art History, Archaeology, Geography, Political Science,
International Relations, Cultural Studies, History, Religious Studies, Philosophy,
Anthropology, Sociology, Economics, and more.
 
Deadline for application: 31 January 2016. Information: http://asian-sphere.huji.ac.il
 
 
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19. Funded PhD Studentships Commencing Sept. 2016, School of Politics, International
Studies & Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast 
 
The School is announcing more than 50 funding opportunities for PhD students
beginning September 2016. We welcome student proposals in a wide range of scholarly
areas. 
 
Information:
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofPoliticsInternationalStudiesandPhilosophy/Studywithus/PostgraduateResearchDegrees/PostgraduateResearchFunding/
 
 
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20. Intensive Arabic Summer Program at the American University of Sharjah, UAE, 7
June - 18 July 2016
 
We offer an accredited American-style education grounded in the Gulf Arab culture.
All programs are co-educational, with English as the language of instruction.
 
Deadline for application: 5 March 2016. Information:
www.aus.edu/info/200176/international_study_and_exchange/553/study_abroad_at_aus
 
 
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21. 2-year Interdisciplinary MA in Middle East Studies, University of Oslo, Norway
 
The program, which is taught in English, offers students the opportunity to expand
their overall competence in contemporary Middle East studies while developing a more
specific research focus within the fields of politics, social, religious and
cultural affairs, anthropology, history, language and literature. The program
emphasises comparative and theory-oriented approaches as well as the active use of
written and oral sources in the main languages of the region.
 
Information:
www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/center/islamic-and-middle-east-studies/studies/
 
 
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22. M.A. in Middle East and Islamic Studies at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
 
The aim of this degree program is to reposition the study of the Middle East and
Islam within a global context to help students better analyze particular issues in
light of current events and shifting historical paradigms. The program’s core
classes provide a solid background in both fields of study; however students can
choose to focus their coursework on either Middle East Studies or Islamic Studies. 

 
Deadline for applications for the Fall/Spring 2016-2017 academic year: 15 February
2016. Information: http://meis.gmu.edu/ 
 
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23. Call for ERF Research Proposals on "Household Asset Inequality in the Arab
Countries, Iran and Turkey"
 
ERF invites innovative proposals focusing on asset inequality along with its policy
recommendations in the Arab countries, Iran and Turkey. A broad set of physical and
financial assets can be considered, including land, housing and the full range of
financial wealth. 
 
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2015. Information:
www.erf.org.eg/cms.php?id=events_details&news_id=269 
 
 
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24. Articles on “Houses of Horrors: Ethiopian Female Domestic Workers in the Middle
East and Gulf States” for International Journal "African and Black Diaspora"
 
Contributors should explore the routes of human trafficking and smuggling, the
situational vulnerability of female domestic workers, the exploitative nature of
work and condition of work, with a particular reference of Ethiopian female domestic
workers in the globalizing cities of the Middle East and Gulf States. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2016. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/97822/%E2%80%9Chouses-horrors%E2%80%9D-ethiopian-female-domestic-workers-middle-east

 
 
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25. Articles on "Local Politics in Contemporary Middle Eastern and North African
Countries: Spaces of Political Continuity or Change?" for Special Issue of the
"Journal of International Mediterranean Studies (REIM)"
 
This special issue aims to explore the MENA countries and their societies by
analysing the interconnections between territory, politics and governance at the
local level (small and mid-sized cities, rural areas, villages, and peripheral
regions) and from a historical perspective. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2016. Information:
http://tallerteim.com/content/call-papers
 
 
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26. Advertisement: Spring and Summer Arabic Language Courses in Amman 2016
 
The Sijal Institute invites applications for its Arabic language courses. Courses
include classes in colloquial Arabic and in MSA. Sijal is located in Amman's Rainbow
Street neighborhood and hosts a range of cultural events in addition to offering
Arabic instruction. 
 
For further information, including program dates, please visit www.sijal.org.

mercredi 25 novembre 2015

Αραβικός κόσμος, ο γνωστός άγνωστος, 27 και 28 Νοεμβρίου, Αθήνα


Αραβικός κόσμος, ο γνωστός άγνωστος

Λόγος, τέχνη, μουσική, θρησκείες, συναντήσεις, πολιτισμός


Οι εκδόσεις Μαΐστρος για τα 15 χρόνια λειτουργίας τους
 και το Αίτιον σάς καλούν 

την Παρασκευή 27 και το Σάββατο 28 Νοεμβρίου, στις 19:30
στο Αίτιον / Πολυχώρος, 
Τζιραίων 8 (Στάση Μετρό Ακρόπολη)

σε μια μαγευτική συνάντηση με τον αραβικό κόσμο.


ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ

Παρασκευή 27 Νοεμβρίου, ώρα 19:30

Ποίηση και λογοτεχνία

Ελένη Κονδύλη
Αραβολόγος, Καθηγήτρια Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών
Η αραβική πεζογραφία του 20ού αιώνα


Ελένη Καπετανάκη
Μεταφράστρια από τα Αραβικά
Η πίστη της Ανατολής στην αραβική πεζογραφία

Ρόνι Μπου Σάμπα
Αραβολόγος, Φιλόλογος, Θεολόγος, Δάσκαλος Αραβικής
Μεταξύ θάλασσας και ερήμου: Η αραβική ποίηση στην Ελλάδα

Συντονίζει ο Άγγελος Καλογερόπουλος, Δρ. Φιλολογίας, ποιητής.

Σάββατο 28 Νοεμβρίου, ώρα 19:30

Στο μεταίχμιο θρησκειών και πολιτισμών

Γρηγόρης Στουρνάρας
Δρ. Πολεοδομίας-Χωροταξίας Ε.Μ.Π. / 
Αρχαιολόγος, Επιστημονικός Υπεύθυνος στο ΚΔΒΜ1 ΑΚΑΔΗΜΙΑ Λόγου & Τέχνης
Χριστιανικές κοινότητες στον αναδυόμενο πρώιμο ισλαμικό κόσμο

Ηλίας Μαλεβίτης
Υπ. Δρ. Ισλαμικής Ιστορίας, SOASΠανεπιστήμιο του Λονδίνου
Η ανάδυση του Ισλάμ στην Ύστερη Αρχαιότητα

Εύη Βουλγαράκη-Πισίνα
Δρ. Θεολογίας, ΑΠΘ [Ιεραποστολική | Διαθρησκειακός Διάλογος], Διευθύντρια Παραγωγής των εκδόσεων Μαΐστρος
Μια πολυδύναμη γειτνίαση

Συντονίζει η Μαρία Πισίνα, φιλόλογος.

Στο πλαίσιο των εκδηλώσεων θα απαγγελθεί αραβική ποίηση από τη θεατρική ομάδα«Νομάδες» (Γιάννης Σιούτης, Κωνσταντίνα Γιασεμίδου).

Τραγούδια από την αραβική μουσική παράδοση θα ερμηνεύσει η Lamia Bedioui.

Η Λουκία Κωνσταντάτου θα συνοδεύσει τις απαγγελίες και το τραγούδι με το κανονάκι. 

Θα εκτεθούν τα πρωτότυπα έργα της Εύης Βουλγαράκη-Πισίνα που κοσμούν την έκδοση του Γιάχια Χάκι, Το Καντήλι της Ουμ Χάσιμ

ΕΙΣΟΔΟΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΗ

lundi 16 novembre 2015

ΕURAMES Info Service 41/2015


CONFERENCES
 
1. The Mediterranean Seminar Winter Workshop, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 3-5 March 2016
 
2. 2nd Annual International Conference: "China in the Middle East: Neoliberalism with Chinese Characteristics and Political Transformations in the Middle East", Doha, Qatar, 23-24 March 2016 
 
3. Conference: "Migration Crisis? What Crisis? Why Crisis? Thinking, Framing, and Theorizing Mass Mobility in a Globalized Age", Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, 31 March - 1 April 2016
 
4. Graduate Student Symposium: “’Jazīrat al-Maghrib’: North Africa as an Island", Princeton University, New Jersey, 2 April 2016
 
5. Third Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS), University of London, 11-12 April 2016 
 
6. 2nd Global Meeting on "Slavery: Past, Present and Future", Prague, Czech Republic, 2-4 May 2016 
 
7. 3rd Global Meeting on "Sacred Journeys: Pilgrimages in the 21st Century", Prague, Czech Republic, 2-4 May 2016
 
8. 2nd International Conference on Shi'i Studies, London, 7-8 May 2016  
 
9. Interdisciplinary Symposium: "Listening In: Sonic Interventions in the Middle East and North Africa", Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 13 May 2016  
 
10. Conference:  "Mediterranean Crossroads: Spanish-Maghribi Relations in Past and Present", American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), Tangier, Morocco, 14-15 May 2016
 
11. Conference: "Shia Minorities in the Contemporary World: Migration, Transnationalism and Multilocality", University of Chester, UK, 20-21 May 2016 
 
12. Third Annual Social Science Conference: "Inequality and Marginality in Local, Regional and Global Contexts", Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, 21-23 May 2016
 
13. Conference: "Architecture, Democracy and Emotions since 1945", Center for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, 25-27 May 2016
 
14. Second Turkish American Studies Symposium, Istanbul, 3-4 June 2016
 
15. International Conference: "´ILM: Science, Religion, and Art in Islam", Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture, University of Adelaide, Australia, 21-23 July 2016
 
16. World Conference: "Dialogue among Civilizations", Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 7-9 September 2016
 
 
POSITIONS
 
17. Postdoctoral and Doctoral Positions for Research on “Empires of Memory: The Cultural Politics of Historicity in Former Habsburg and Ottoman Cities”, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany  
 
18. Faculty Position in Migration Studies, Koç University, Istanbul
 
19. Positions in North America  
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
20. Ten Postdoctoral Fellowships within the Research Program "Art Histories and Aesthetic Practices" for 2016/2017, Berlin  
 
21. Sixth Annual Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Award in Palestine Studies, Center for Palestine Studies, Columbia University, New York
 
22. Research Grants by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Herndon, VA 
 
23. IAPSS Winter School: "The Middle East at a Crossroads", Marrakech, 27 February - 5 March 2016
 
24. Critical Muslim Studies Summer School: "Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies", Granada, Spain, 23 May - 3 June 2016
 
25. Articles on "Water Security/Sovereignty in the Middle East and North Africa" for Journal "Middle East Law and Governance" (MELG)
 
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Best regards,

Guenter Meyer, Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, Germany

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CONFERENCES
 
1. The Mediterranean Seminar Winter Workshop, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 3-5 March 2016
 
Papers are invited on “Subterfuge and Deception in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean,” construed either literally or figuratively in any relevant discipline, especially comparative or interdisciplinary work that uses the Mediterranean as a frame of analysis. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies will generously cover travel and lodging expenses for presenters.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 21 November 2015. Information: http://humweb.ucsc.edu/mediterraneanseminar/news/index.php?id=536 
 
 
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2. 2nd Annual International Conference: "China in the Middle East: Neoliberalism with Chinese Characteristics and Political Transformations in the Middle East", Doha, Qatar, 23-24 March 2016 
 
The conference will examine social, political and economic relations between China and Middle Eastern states and societies in the context of the neoliberal economy. The conference proceedings will be published in the "Sociology of Islam Journal" (Brill).
 
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2015. Information: http://iismm.hypotheses.org/23424
 
 
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3. Conference: "Migration Crisis? What Crisis? Why Crisis? Thinking, Framing, and Theorizing Mass Mobility in a Globalized Age", Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, 31 March - 1 April 2016
 
The conference will examine the nature of the "crisis" and the response to refugee movements in the oceans north of Australia as well as the Mediterranean and Balkan overland routes into the European Union. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2015. Information: www.rit.edu/cla/conable/call-papers
 
 
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4. Graduate Student Symposium: “’Jazīrat al-Maghrib’: North Africa as an Island", Princeton University, New Jersey, 2 April 2016
 
The interdisciplinary symposium will bring together graduate students and scholars in North African Studies to explore the ‘island’ as an analytical category in our field. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 12 December 2015. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/94282/call-papers-symposium-“jazīrat-al-maghrib”-north-africa-island
 
 
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5. Third Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS), University of London, 11-12 April 2016 
 
The organisers invite proposals for panels or individual papers on any aspect or sub-discipline of Islamic Studies which is broadly understood to include both Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority contexts as well as historical, textual, contemporary anthropological and sociological approaches.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2015. Information: www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais2016 
 
 
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6. 2nd Global Meeting on "Slavery: Past, Present and Future", Prague, Czech Republic, 2-4 May 2016 
 
Papers are invited on Eritrean and other sub-Saharan Africans fleeing to Israel and trafficked and exploited in the Sinai; Syrian refugees in Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon; migrant workers from Southeast Asia and other countries who flock to the oil rich Gulf States for work; etc.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 4 December 2015. Information: www.inter-disciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/slavery-past-present-and-future/research-streams/slavery-past-present-future/call-for-presentations/
 
 
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7. 3rd Global Meeting on "Sacred Journeys: Pilgrimages in the 21st Century", Prague, Czech Republic, 2-4 May 2016
 
More than 330 million people embark on traditional pilgrimages in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, India, Japan, and Spain. The conference welcomes proposals for presentations by pilgrims, spiritual and religious leaders across denominations, theologians, atheists, humanists, philosophers, clinical practitioners, psychologists, historians, anthropologists, artists, educators, journalists, performers, musicians, lawmakers etc.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 4 December 2015. Information: www.inter-disciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/persons/sacred-journeys/call-for-presentations/
 
 
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8. 2nd International Conference on Shi'i Studies, London, 7-8 May 2016  
 
The Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies in conjunction with the Islamic College and the Institute of Islamic Studies invites abstracts on any aspect of Shi'i studies until 31 December 2015. Information: www.islamic-college.ac.uk/shiistudies
 
 
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9. Interdisciplinary Symposium: "Listening In: Sonic Interventions in the Middle East and North Africa", Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 13 May 2016  
 
At the historic five-year mark of unrest in the Middle East and North Africa region, this symposium tackles the intersections of culture, politics, and society from the unique perspective of performance and sound studies. 
 
Deadline for proposals: 4 December 2015. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/95364/cfp-listening-sonic-interventions-middle-east-and-north-africa
 
 
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10. Conference:  "Mediterranean Crossroads: Spanish-Maghribi Relations in Past and Present", American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), Tangier, Morocco, 14-15 May 2016
 
The aim of the conference is to reconceptualize the relations between North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula during the modern era (18th-21st century).Scholars from across the humanities and social sciences working on modern Spanish-Maghribi relations are encouraged to apply. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 10 January 2016. Information: http://aimsnorthafrica.org/AC/ac.cfm
 
 
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11. Conference: "Shia Minorities in the Contemporary World: Migration, Transnationalism and Multilocality", University of Chester, UK, 20-21 May 2016 
 
The conference will focus on Shia minorities in Europe, North and South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia, the Pacific Rim and East Asia that emerged out of migration from the Middle East and South Asia in the 20th and 21st centuries, in particular.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2015. Information: http://iismm.hypotheses.org/23793
 
 
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12. Third Annual Social Science Conference: "Inequality and Marginality in Local, Regional and Global Contexts", Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, 21-23 May 2016
 
The objective of the conference is to allow scholars to present empirical research and raise questions about the sources, manifestations, multiples dimensions and consequences associated with inequality and marginality in their various meanings. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2016. Information: http://armacad.info/a/the-third-annual-social-science-conference-at-al-akhawayn-university-21-22-and-23-may-2016-morocco
 
 
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13. Conference: "Architecture, Democracy and Emotions since 1945", Center for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, 25-27 May 2016
 
The organizers invite papers ranging from the architecture of parliament buildings to the interaction of state and citizens within the physical manifestations of expanding social welfare institutions or attempts at fashioning radically new living arrangements through squatting or communes. Papers dealing with the people's democracies and with democracies in newly decolonized states are most welcome.
 
Travel and accommodation expenses will be supported. Deadline for abstracts:  15 December 2015. Information: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/history-of-emotions/conferences/call-for-papers-architecture-democracy-and-emotions
 
 
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14. Second Turkish American Studies Symposium, Istanbul, 3-4 June 2016
 
The Cultural Studies Association of Turkey and the American Research Institute in Turkey are organizing a symposium that aims to examine the history, language, literature, and culture of the Turkish element in the United States of America. This includes coverage of immigrants of all ethnic backgrounds from the Ottoman Empire and their descendants, and all persons self-defined as Turks and their descendants. 
 
Deadline for proposals:  15 January 2015. Information: www.kulturad.org/
 
 
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15. International Conference: "´ILM: Science, Religion, and Art in Islam", Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture, University of Adelaide, Australia, 21-23 July 2016
 
‘ILM conference presents an opportunity to examine the concept of "knowledge" in the Islamic culture. The conference will bring together scholars, artists, designers, curators, practitioners, and higher degree researchers across the fields of Islamic intellectual history, history and theory of Islamic art and architecture, history of Islamic science, and Islamic studies.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2015. Information: http://ilm-in-islam.org/
 
 
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16. World Conference: "Dialogue among Civilizations", Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 7-9 September 2016
 
The main focus of this series of conference meetings is placed on the complex relations between the EU, Asia, Africa and the Middle East observed and discussed on multidirectional level, as well as the multilateral relations between the Asian, African and Middle Eastern states.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/28655/discussions/91554/cfp-%E2%80%9Cdialogue-among-civilizations%E2%80%9D 
 
 
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POSITIONS
 
17. Postdoctoral and Doctoral Positions for Research on “Empires of Memory: The Cultural Politics of Historicity in Former Habsburg and Ottoman Cities”, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany  
 
Selected fellows from Anthropology, History, Sociology, Geography, Urban Studies, Art History and Comparative Literature will form part of a new, interdisciplinary research group under the direction of Jeremy Walton for a period of 5 years.
 
Deadline for applications: 31 December 2015. Positions will start on 1 May 2016. Information: www.mmg.mpg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Stellen/2015_Walton_Job_Posting.pdf
 
 
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 18. Faculty Position in Migration Studies, Koç University, Istanbul
 
The position is starting in September 2016. We are especially interested in candidates, who hold PhDs in Political Science, International Relations, Sociology, Migration Studies, and Anthropology, but will also consider applicants from other disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.
 
Deadline for applications: 15 December 2015. Information: https://cssh.ku.edu.tr/sites/cssh.ku.edu.tr/files/Migration_Studies.pdf 
 
 
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19. Positions in North America  
 
a) Assistant Professor of International Studies, College of Charleston School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs – https://jobs.cofc.edu/postings/4375
 
 
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OTHER INFORMATION
 
20. Ten Postdoctoral Fellowships within the Research Program "Art Histories and Aesthetic Practices" for 2016/2017, Berlin  
 
This research program questions and transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries of art history in a transcultural, global horizon. It especially invites scholars from Islamic, Asian, African, Australian, American and European art histories to join the program, but also addresses neighboring disciplines such as Archaeology and other fields dealing with the history of visual cultures.
 
Deadline for application: 15 January 2016. Information: www.art-histories.de/fileadmin/pdf/art-histories/ArtHistories-ApplicationCall-1617.pdf
 
 
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21. Sixth Annual Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Award in Palestine Studies, Center for Palestine Studies, Columbia University, New York
 
This post-doctoral fellowship seeks to foster innovative scholarship on issues related to Palestine and Palestinians. The award will support a scholar working on a book project in any field of the humanities or social sciences. The Fellow will spend one semester at Columbia University during the 2016-2017 academic year.
 
Application deadline: 15 February 2016. Information: www.columbia.edu/cu/palestine/about/fellowships.html
 
 
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22. Research Grants by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Herndon, VA 
 
IIIT invites applications for short-term research grants (maximum $2,500) for Spring 2016. The grants are meant to support research and writing by individual scholars. Grants could include funding for travel, research support, publication and dissemination of results.
 
Deadline for application: 7 December 2015. Information: http://iiit.org/Research/ResearchGrants/CallforGrantApplications/tabid/400/Default.aspx
 
 
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23. IAPSS Winter School: "The Middle East at a Crossroads", Marrakech, 27 February - 5 March 2016
 
The Winter School will be held in cooperation with Takamul Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies and Research enabling all participants to dive into a program with various components: along lectures, seminars and workshops, also readings circles and working groups are going to be held. Next to the academic program, visits to the Old Medina and the hinterland as well as instutional visits are part of the program.
 
Deadline for application: 22 November 2015. Information: www.iapss.org/events/winter-school/winterschool2016/
 
 
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24. Critical Muslim Studies Summer School: "Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies", Granada, Spain, 23 May - 3 June 2016
 
The summer institute is open to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty as well as professionals and activists interested in any aspect of Critical Muslim Studies.  
 
Application deadline: 5 February 2016. Information: www.dialogoglobal.com/granada
 
 
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25. Articles on "Water Security/Sovereignty in the Middle East and North Africa" for Journal "Middle East Law and Governance" (MELG)
 
MELG invites scholars to consider how water offers a fruitful analytic vehicle by which to reflect on and assess the governing processes and conditions between people, state agencies, and other institutions in the Middle East and North Africa.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2015. Information: http://iismm.hypotheses.org/23789