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 _____________ If you want to distribute an announcement via EURAMES Info Service (more than 6000 recipients, only English and French announcements), please apply the usual format of the text with no more than 50 words and no attachment. Please send only the most important information to davo@geo.uni-mainz.de and refer to further details with a link to the respective website or an email address. Best regards, Guenter Meyer, Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, Germany ____________________ 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. ______________ 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 ______________ 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 ______________ 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. ______________ 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. ______________ 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 ______________ 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 ______________ 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 ______________ 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 ______________ 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/. ______________ 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 ______________ 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 ______________ 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 ______________ 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 ______________ 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 shiacourse@urd.ac.ir ______________ 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 ______________ 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 ______________ 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 ______________ 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/ ______________ 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 ______________ 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/ ______________ 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/ ______________ 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 ______________ 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 ______________ 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 ______________ 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.
dimanche 29 novembre 2015
EURAMES Info Service 43/2015
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