EURAMES Info Service 19/2016

CONFERENCES

1. Conference: “Iraqi-German Academic Cooperation Network (IG-CON) Annual
Network-Conference”, Universities of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bamberg, Würzburg, 18-20 May
2016

2. Third Congress of the History of Medicine: “Prevention, Nutrition and Herbal
Medicine - Consulting Arabic-Islamic Heritage”, Istanbul, 23 May 2016

3. International Conference: "American Foreign Policy and the Middle East", Maltepe
University, Istanbul, 24-25 May 2016

4. International Conference: "Trans-L-Encounters: Religious Education and Islamic
Popular Culture in Asia and the Middle East", University of Marburg, 26-28 May 2016

5. Kurdish Migration Conference, Middlesex University, 27 May 2016

6. Fifth International Bara Gali Conference: "The Dynamics of Change in the
Pakistan-Afghanistan Region: Politics on Borderland", University of Peshawar, 29-31
August 2016

7. Conference: “EU, Croatia, and Role of Turkey in the Balkans: Continuities and
Change”, Institute for European and Globalisation Studies, Zagreb, 29 September
2016

8. Colloque : « Quelles ambiances urbaines dans les oasis du sud de la Méditerranée?
», Tunis, 17-18 Octobre 2016

9. International Workshop: “Représentations spatiales de la péninsule Arabique”,
University of Paris, 20-22 October 2016

10. Conference: “Heidegger in the Islamicate World”, University of Bern,
Switzerland, 2-4 November 2016

11. Conference: “In Search of Wisdom: Knowledge Spaces and Networks across the
Mediterranean Sea”, University of Madrid, 2-4 November 2016

12. Workshop: “The Avant-garde and its Networks: Surrealism in Paris, North Africa
and the Middle East from the 1930s”, Orient-Institut Beirut, 14-15 November 2016

13. Third MENASP Network Conference: "A New Social Contract for MENA Countries:
Experiences from Development and Social Policies", Bonn, 5-6 December 2016

14. Article for Edited Book and Workshop on “Transcultural Identity Constructions in
a Changing Arab World”, 15 January 2017, Doha


POSITIONS

15. Three Research Associates Focusing on "Stories of Survival, Recovering the
Connected Histories of Eastern Christianity in the Early Modern World", Oxford
University

16. Two Lecturers in International Relations, University of Edinburgh

17. Two PhD Studentships in Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law Within and
Beyond the Contemporary West, University of Aberdeen

18. Yarshater Lectureship in Avestan and Pahlavi Languages, University of Toronto


OTHER INFORMATION

19. Teaching English in the Palestinian Refugee Camps of Lebanon this Summer

20. Autumn School: “Reading Fatwas”, Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, University of Bonn,
8-12 August 2016

21. Articles on "Iconography" for International Peer-reviewed Open Access Journal
"Middle East - Topics and Arguments" (META)

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CONFERENCES

1. Conference: “Iraqi-German Academic Cooperation Network (IG-CON) Annual
Network-Conference”, Universities of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bamberg, Würzburg, 18-20 May
2016

The purpose of this gathering of official delegations from all of the IG-CON member
universities and invited guests from other Iraqi and German universities is
inter-university networking and initiation of new projects on academic exchange,
teaching and research among German and Iraqi universities.

Information:  www.cis.fau.de “Upcoming events”.

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2. Third Congress of the History of Medicine: “Prevention, Nutrition and Herbal
Medicine - Consulting Arabic-Islamic Heritage”, Istanbul, 23 May 2016

The conference will take place at the Topkapı Campus of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet
Vakıf Universitisi. Information: www.ibtav.org/iii-congress-of-history-of-medicine/

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3. International Conference: "American Foreign Policy and the Middle East", Maltepe
University, Istanbul, 24-25 May 2016

The conference aims to investigate and examine the emergence, development and
transformation of American Foreign Policy towards the Middle East from the 1940s to
the present time.

Information and conference program:
http://sociologyofturkey.blogspot.de/2016/05/international-conference-american.html

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4. International Conference: "Trans-L-Encounters: Religious Education and Islamic
Popular Culture in Asia and the Middle East", University of Marburg, 26-28 May 2016

This conference of the Research Network Re-Configuration aims to take a closer look
at the transregional and translocal developments in Asia and the MENA, specifically
focusing on the interrelated phenomena of religious education and Islamic popular
culture.

Information and program:
www.uni-marburg.de/cnms/forschung/re-konfigurationen/aktuelles/news/2016-05-trans-l-encounters

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5. Kurdish Migration Conference, Middlesex University, 27 May 2016

The conference aims to bring together researchers from multiple disciplines working
on Kurdish migration to exchange and share their research findings and experiences
about all aspects of migration in, from and to Kurdistan.

Information, program and registration:
www.eventbrite.com/e/kurdish-migration-conference-2016-from-subordination-to-transnational-mobilization-tickets-25405678067


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6. Fifth International Bara Gali Conference: "The Dynamics of Change in the
Pakistan-Afghanistan Region: Politics on Borderland", University of Peshawar, 29-31
August 2016

The conference will focus on a number of political concepts and predicates—the tribe
and the state, security and phenomenology, nomos and human rights, subjectivity and
discourse, and religiosity and egalitarianism.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 May 2016. For information contact Dr. Muhammad Zubair:
mzubairzaib@gmail.com


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7. Conference: “EU, Croatia, and Role of Turkey in the Balkans: Continuities and
Change”, Institute for European and Globalisation Studies, Zagreb, 29 September
2016

The conference consists of three working panels: EU, Turkey, and refugee crisis;
bilateral relations between Turkey and Croatia; regional focus on Balkan. The
articles of attendees of the conference will be announced in the magazine of
European Studies.

Deadline for abstracts: 26 June 2016. Information: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxrvZ0MXEFw5WnAxSHJvT0VFOS1LODJ5WHJtYUVqXzJ4WEQw/view?pref=2&pli=1


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8. Colloque : « Quelles ambiances urbaines dans les oasis du sud de la Méditerranée?
», Tunis, 17-18 Octobre 2016

Le colloque souhaite interroger l'urbanisation des oasis de la Méditerranée à
travers la question des ambiances afin de rendre compte d’un ensemble d’enjeux
touchant à la gouvernance urbaine contemporaine et aux conceptions actuelles de
l’aménagement des cités oasiennes.

Date limite de soumission des propositions : 20 juin 2016. Information:
http://calenda.org/365342


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9. International Workshop: “Représentations spatiales de la péninsule Arabique”,
University of Paris, 20-22 October 2016

This workshop aims to identify and analyze the different cultural and territorial
perceptions of the Arabian Peninsula in the European and Arab societies, the
imagination processes around this space and the possible interactions between
historical accounts and the redefinition of space from the 16th to the 21st century.
Topics included are geography, history, history of art, travellers’ accounts,
scientific mission reports, iconographic heritage.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 May 2016. Information:
www.univ-paris1.fr/fileadmin/Chaire_Dialogue/Appel-Logos_31mai.pdf

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10. Conference: “Heidegger in the Islamicate World”, University of Bern,
Switzerland, 2-4 November 2016

We invite senior researchers and junior scholars working on Heidegger reception in
the Islamicate world as well as recipients of Heidegger from the Islamicate world to
share and reflect perspectives related to the conference’s topic. For accepted
papers, accommodation will be provided and economy class travel costs can be covered
up to 1000 Sfr.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2016. Information:
www.hsozkult.de/event/id/termine-30611

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11. Conference: “In Search of Wisdom: Knowledge Spaces and Networks across the
Mediterranean Sea”, University of Madrid, 2-4 November 2016

The aim of this conference is to deepen into the various insights of the
construction of spaces and the production of works of art linked to sciences and
knowledge in the Middle Ages, throughout different geographical, cultural, and
social realms within the Mediterranean area.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2016. Information:
www.ucm.es/data/cont/media/www/pag-78218/Call_for_papers_X_Jornadas.pdf

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12. Workshop: “The Avant-garde and its Networks: Surrealism in Paris, North Africa
and the Middle East from the 1930s”, Orient-Institut Beirut, 14-15 November 2016

The aim of this workshop is to gather information about the networks and the
reception of Surrealism and thereby to approach its dissemination more
systematically. In addition to this structural dimension, the workshop will attempt
to look at the qualitative aspects of the movement’s literary and artistic
production and possible lineages.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2016. Information: 
www.orient-institut.org/index.php?id=44&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=eventDetail&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=404&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&cHash=33dbabf0e8f68b93d034d68368e5a429

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13. Third MENASP Network Conference: "A New Social Contract for MENA Countries:
Experiences from Development and Social Policies", Bonn, 5-6 December 2016

The conference is organized by the German Development Institute in co-operation with
the Institute for Policy Research (IPR), University of Bath. Papers in English and
French are welcome.

Deadline for abstracts extended to 15 August 2016. Information:
www.die-gdi.de/veranstaltungen/a-new-social-contract-for-mena/


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14. Article for Edited Book and Workshop on “Transcultural Identity Constructions in
a Changing Arab World”, 15 January 2017, Doha

This edited book will offer a collection of fresh and critical essays that identify
and examine how new media, film and theatre, as well as literary and artistic forms
of expression inform and echo currents of transformation in the Arab world.

Abstract Submission Deadline:  15 September 2016. Information: 
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/124694/call-papers-chapter-abstracts-and-funded-workshop-doha


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POSITIONS

15. Three Research Associates Focusing on "Stories of Survival, Recovering the
Connected Histories of Eastern Christianity in the Early Modern World", Oxford
University

This is a new research project that will investigate the history of Eastern
Christianity during the 16th-18th centuries. The team will analyze a 'lost archive'
of literary, documentary, and printed sources in three continents, ten languages,
and dozens of archives to produce a new religious and social history of Eastern
Christianity in a global context. We are seeking three Research Associates with the
following specialisms: * a focus on ‘European Visions of the Christian East’ as
reflected in European-language sources (one post) * a focus on Arabic and/or Syriac
sources related to Eastern Christianity (two posts).

Deadline for applications: 1 June 2016. Information:
www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=123092


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16. Two Lecturers in International Relations, University of Edinburgh

While all sub-fields of International Relations will be considered, preference may
be given to those with research and teaching specialisms in International
Development with regional specialisms in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Closing date: 26 May 2016. Information:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANO176/lecturer-in-international-relations/

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17. Two PhD Studentships in Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law Within and
Beyond the Contemporary West, University of Aberdeen

The 3-year PhD studentships will start in September 2016 and include home/overseas
fees and a full stipend of £14,296 per annum. We welcome applicants from
anthropology, cultural and literary studies, history, legal theory and socio-legal
studies, philosophy, politics, religious studies, sociology and theology.

Deadline: 30 May 2016. Information: www.abdn.ac.uk/cisrul/studentships/

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18. Yarshater Lectureship in Avestan and Pahlavi Languages, University of Toronto

This appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, and
will begin on July 1, 2016 and end June 30, 2019, with the possibility of a renewal
for a further three years. The successful candidate will have an appropriate PhD by
the time of their appointment and will have teaching responsibilities at both the
undergraduate and graduate levels.

Review of applications will begin on 17 June 2016 until the position is filled.
Information: 
www.iranicaonline.org/app/webroot/uploads/files/News/Yarshater-Lectureship-in-Avestan-and-Pahlavi-Languages.pdf

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OTHER INFORMATION

19. Teaching English in the Palestinian Refugee Camps of Lebanon this Summer

“Learning for the Empowerment and Advancement of Palestinians (LEAP)” recruits
volunteers to provide English courses and recreational activities, while living and
working in the refugee camps of Lebanon. In turn, our volunteers learn about the
Palestinian refugee reality in general, but particularly in Lebanon where the
situation for Palestinian refugees is particularly dire, especially in recent years
due to the Syrian refugee crisis.

Deadline for application: 20 May 2016. Information:
www.leap-program.org/get-involved/apply-shine/

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20. Autumn School: “Reading Fatwas”, Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, University of Bonn,
8-12 August 2016

The purpose of this Fall School is to introduce participants to the methods,
sources, and lines of inquiry in studying medieval fatwas. Fatwas are an invaluable
window on legal institutions, conflict resolution on the local level, relations of
“state and society”, and local values and ethics.

Extended deadline for application:  30 May 30. Information:
www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/mamluk-events

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21. Articles on "Iconography" for International Peer-reviewed Open Access Journal
"Middle East - Topics and Arguments" (META)

Synchronistic studies of the combination of discrete elements in spatially and
temporally bounded areas such as these form one of the most adaptable approaches in
the field of Cultural Studies. The META issue “Iconography” aims to critically
engage with this approach and shed light on the underlying assumptions of a
“grammar” of a Language of Forms (Formensprache) and the interplay of visibility and
structure in representations produced in a given society.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2016. Information:
http://meta-journal.net/announcement/view/14