23rd International Congress of the German Middle East Studies

Call for Panels and Papers: 23rd International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association, University Tuebingen, 6-8 October 2016

The annual congress of DAVO is hosted by the  University of Tuebingen. It is organized by Prof. Dr. Oliver Schlumberger (Institute of Political Science) and Prof. Dr. Johann Buessow (Department for Oriental and Islamic Studies) with the support of Ms. Stephanie Wagner. The conference will take place in cooperation with theTuebingen Arabic Film Festival.

Scholars from all fields of the humanities and the social sciences dealing with the contemporary history, culture, society, politics and economics of the Middle East and the Islamic World are cordially invited to participate with panel presentations, papers and posters.

Panels may be offered with a closed selection of presentations or as an open forum for individual papers. Each presentation should not exceed 20 minutes, allowing 10 minutes for discussion. They can be held in German, but English is preferred.

Please note the following submission deadlines:

-       Open panels by 30 April 2016 (abstracts up to 100 words);

-       closed panels, individual papers and posters by 20 June 2016 (abstracts up to 300 words, see attached form and website).

-       Early registration of individual participants at a reduced fee until 31 July 2016 (see attached form and website).

Contact the General Secretary of the Congress, Amke Dietert (amke.dietert@googlemail.com); further information: http://davo2016.org/