EURAMES Info Service 20/2016

CONFERENCES

1. Workshop: "Islam, Urban Life and the Production of (Moral) Norms", Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 26-27 May 2016

2. Workshop: “Abraham Ibn Ezra, a Twelfth-Century Polymath who Straddled Arabic, Hebrew and Latin Culture”, Institut d'Etudes Avancées, Paris, 22 June 2016

3. Conference: “The East & Europe”, University of Amsterdam, 24-25 June 2016

4. Conference: “Rethinking Media through the Middle East”, American University of Beirut, 12-13 January 2017

5. International Workshop: "Authority in Islam: Dialectics of Fragmentation & Plurality in Muslim Eurasia", Indiana University, Bloomington, 24-25 March 2017

POSITIONS

6. PhD Position Political Geographies of Infrastructure and the Global South, Department of International Relations and International Organizations, University of Groningen

7. Two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Gulf Studies, Centre for Gulf Studies, IAIS, University of Exeter

8. University Lectureship in Classical Arabic Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge

OTHER INFORMATION

9. BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize 2017 for the Best English-language Doctoral Thesis on the Study of Islam and the Muslim World, Past and Present

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CONFERENCES

1. Workshop: "Islam, Urban Life and the Production of (Moral) Norms", Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 26-27 May 2016

This workshop is focusing on the ways in which Islam as a public force shapes urban space and is shaped by the livelihood of Muslims.

For registration contact Abdoulaye.Sounaye@zmo.de. Information and program: http://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/2016/einzelveranstaltungen/Workshop%20-%20Islam,%20Urban%20Life%20and%20the%20Production%20of%20(Moral)%20Norms_OnlineVersion.pdf

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2. Workshop: “Abraham Ibn Ezra, a Twelfth-Century Polymath who Straddled Arabic, Hebrew and Latin Culture”, Institut d'Etudes Avancées, Paris, 22 June 2016

The conference attempts to approach Abraham Ibn Ezra from a hitherto neglected aspect, i.e. from a multi-cultural perspective. This will provide an opportunity to connect French and foreign scholars.

Information: http://www.paris-iea.fr/en/events/abraham-ibn-ezra-un-savant-a-la-croisee-des-cultures-arabe-hebraique-et-latine-du-xiie-siecle-2

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3. Conference: “The East & Europe”, University of Amsterdam, 24-25 June 2016

Through critical, multidisciplinary, diachronic and comparative approaches this conference intends to explore the dynamics between the two geographical and conceptual constructs: ‘the East’, whether identified with Byzantium, Islam, Eastern Christianity, Asia, or other characteristics, and ‘Europe’, as the perceived counterpart of the variously defined ‘easts’ or as in itself the embodiment of western cultures’ self-ideal?

Information: http://artes.uva.nl/news-and-events/events/events/events/content-3/folder-2/conferences/2016/06/the-east--europe.html

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4. Conference: “Rethinking Media through the Middle East”, American University of Beirut, 12-13 January 2017

The conference asks how the Middle East might serve to disrupt, interrupt, subvert, challenge, or transform our understanding of what media are and do. We are especially interested in papers that shift our focus to south-south comparisons and relationships or that challenge how we theorize US and European media.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2016. Information: /src/compose.php?send_to=mediastudies@aub.edu.lb 

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5. International Workshop: "Authority in Islam: Dialectics of Fragmentation & Plurality in Muslim Eurasia", Indiana University, Bloomington, 24-25 March 2017

The workshop is part of an ambitious long-term initiative that aims to assess and analyze the causes, spectrum, and consequences of (seemingly) increasingly diverse, decentralized and disjointed practices of religious authority in Muslim societies, both regionally and comparatively.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2016. Information: https://authorityinislamblog.wordpress.com/contact/

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POSITIONS

  

6. PhD Position Political Geographies of Infrastructure and the Global South, Department of International Relations and International Organizations, University of Groningen

Invited are applications for one 4-year PhD position. Proposals are encouraged that  investigate emerging political geographies around infrastructure and take sites in Africa as starting point in which actors from Brazil or Latin America more broadly, the Gulf Monarchies, or China are engaged.

Deadline for application: 9 June 2016. More information: http://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/job-opportunities/overview?details=00347-02S0004YCP

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7. Two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Gulf Studies, Centre for Gulf Studies, IAIS, University of Exeter

The Centre for Gulf Studies is seeking to recruit two full-time postdoctoral research fellowships (for 2 years) whose area(s) of specialisation fit(s) and complement(s) the research interests of our academics. Salary: circa £33,574 per annum subject to knowledge, skills and experience.

Application deadline: 16 June 2016. Information and details: http://bit.ly/1rU1fTJ

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8. University Lectureship in Classical Arabic Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge

The lecturer will be required to deliver lectures, hold classes and give seminars in Classical Arabic Studies, and to supervise graduate and undergraduate dissertations. The position is to begin 1 September 2016. This appointment is fixed term for one year.

Deadline for application: 12 June 2016. Information: http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/faculty/jobs/classical_arabic-lecturer

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OTHER INFORMATION

9. BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize 2017 for the Best English-language Doctoral Thesis on the Study of Islam and the Muslim World, Past and Present

Applicants can be based in any country, and manuscripts will be assessed on the basis of scholarly quality and originality. The award includes publication of the winning manuscript and a prize of £1,000.

Submission deadline: 1 September 2016. Information: http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize