EURAMES Info Service 48/2016

CONFERENCES
 
1. International Workshop: "Left-wing Trends in the Arab World (1948-1979): Bringing
the Transnational Back in", Orient-Institut Beirut, 12-13 December 2016
 
2. International Colloquium: "Inhabited Space in the Dâr al-Islâm", Université Paris
1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 15-17 December 2016
 
3. International Symposium: "Crossing Boundaries: Youth, Migration and Development",
Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, 2-3 March 2017
 
4. Conference: “Understanding ISIL/ISIS”, Victoria University, Wellington, New
Zealand, 11 March 2017 
 
5. Workshop: "The British Empire and the Turkish Republic in the 1920s and 30s",
Churchill College Cambridge, 31 March - 1 April 2017
 
6. 32nd Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference, University of Chicago, 5-6
May 2017 
 
7. 3rd International Conference on Shi'i Studies, Islamic College, London, 6-7 May
2017
 
8. Conference: “Small Mediterranean Spaces: Islands, Presìdi and Enclave.
Territorial Control in the Mediterranean Geopolitics of the Modern Age (16th - first
half of 19th c.)”, Centre de la Méditerranée Moderne et Contemporaine, Nice, France,
1-2 June 2017
 
9. 17th International Conference on Migration: "Migration and Belonging", University
of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, 22-24 June 2017
 
10. Thematic Session: "Love Thy Neighbour? The Roles of Christianity in Shaping
Attitudes and Policies to Muslim Immigrants in Europe" at the "34th Conference of
the International Society for the Sociology of Religion", Lausanne, 4-7 July 2017
 
11. Conference: “Making Space in the Maghrib”, American Institute for Maghrib
Studies, Tunisia, 8-9 July 2017 
 
12. 51st Seminar for Arabian Studies, British Museum, London, 4-6 August 2017 
 
13. Panel: "Unravelling Contemporary Settler-Colonial Relations: Realities,
Knowledge and Decolonisation" at the "11th Pan-European Conference on International
Relations", Barcelona, 13-16 September 2017
 
14. Panel: "Reassessing Religion in the Gulf" at the "Annual Meeting of the German
Association for the Study of Religions (DVRW)", Philipps-Universität Marburg, 13-16
September 2017
 
15. 11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations: "The Politics of
International Studies in an Age of Crises", Barcelona, 13-16 September 2017
 
16. Section: “Islam in World Affairs: Politics and Paradigms” at the "11th
Pan-European Conference on International Relations", European International Studies
Association, Barcelona, 13-16 September 2017
 
 
POSITIONS
 
17. Two PhD Positions Arabic Studies and New Testament Studies, University of Leipzig
 
18. Full-time, Open-rank Position on the Professorial Scale in Journalism, Doha
Institute for Graduate Studies  
 
19. Three Open-rank Positions on the Professorial Scale at Zayed University, Campus
Abu Dhabi-Dubai
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
20. Summer School: "Social Justice: A Normative Foundation for Social Work?",
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, 6-9 June
2017
 
21. NEH Summer Institute for College and University Teachers: "Islam in Asia:
Traditions and Transformation", Honolulu, Hawaii, 12 June - 7 July 2017 
 
22. PhD Studentships at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry
University, UK
 
23. Articles for Journal "Cyber Orient"

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Guenter Meyer, Zentrum fuer Forschung zur Arabischen Welt, Universitaet Mainz
 
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KONFERENZEN/CONFERENCES
 
1. International Workshop: "Left-wing Trends in the Arab World (1948-1979): Bringing
the Transnational Back in", Orient-Institut Beirut, 12-13 December 2016
 
Information: www.orient-institut.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ARALABSTRACTS.pdf
 
 
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2. International Colloquium: "Inhabited Space in the Dâr al-Islâm", Université Paris
1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 15-17 December 2016
 
 The colloquium is organized by Prof. Alastair Northedge, Dr Sterenn Le Maguer and
Apolline Vernet.
 
Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/154062/upcoming-conference-inhabited-space-dâr-al-islâm-paris-inha-15

 
 
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3. International Symposium: "Crossing Boundaries: Youth, Migration and Development",
Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, 2-3 March 2017
 
The symposium is seeking contributions in English, French or Arabic around the
following themes: Refugees/Migrants and Fundamental Rights; Are Development Policies
Failing the Youth? Left Behind: Single Parent Households as Result of Migration;
Gender in the Development Discourse; Youth and Sexuality; Youth, Education, and
Employment.
 
Deadline for submissions: 10 January 2017. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/155328/cfp-crossing-boundaries-youth-migration-and-development
 
 
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4. Conference: “Understanding ISIL/ISIS”, Victoria University, Wellington, New
Zealand, 11 March 2017 
 
This interdisciplinary workshop attempts to look beyond popular hysteria to consider
the significance of the Islamic State for the Middle East, for the Islamic world,
for Russia, and/or for the Western powers. The event will be free and open to the
public. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 6 February 2017. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/155932/conference-theme-understanding-isilisis-cfp
 
 
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5. Workshop: "The British Empire and the Turkish Republic in the 1920s and 30s",
Churchill College Cambridge, 31 March - 1 April 2017
 
Themes: The Turkish War of Independence, the Çanak Crisis and Occupation of
Istanbul; the Treaty of Lausanne; the End of the Caliphate in Turkey and the British
Empire; Turkey in British Middle Eastern Policy; Secularism, the Women’s Movement,
and Ataturk’s Reforms; the Mosul Dispute; Kurdish Nationalism in Turkey and Iraq.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 7 January 2017. Information:
https://fromenemiestoallies.com/workshop-2/ 
 
 
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6. 32nd Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference, University of Chicago, 5-6
May 2017 
 
This year’s conference has the broad theme of “Center and Periphery,” which raises a
number of possible issues: How are center and periphery defined? How is the
hierarchy of center and periphery maintained through economic, political and social
power? In what ways do shifting fortunes upset that hierarchy for individuals,
communities, and nations? Etc.  
 
Deadline for abstracts: 10 February 2017. Information: mehatconference@gmail.com
 
 
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7. 3rd International Conference on Shi'i Studies, Islamic College, London, 6-7 May
2017
 
This conference will provide a broad platform for scholars in Shi‘i studies to
present their latest research. Papers are welcome on any aspect of Shi‘i studies.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2017. Information:
www.islamic-college.ac.uk/publications/shiistudies/ 
 
 
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8. Conference: “Small Mediterranean Spaces: Islands, Presìdi and Enclave.
Territorial Control in the Mediterranean Geopolitics of the Modern Age (16th - first
half of 19th c.)”, Centre de la Méditerranée Moderne et Contemporaine, Nice, France,
1-2 June 2017
 
The workshop’s purpose goes beyond the mere juxtaposition of micro-histories: it
aims at reconstructing a whole scenario, in which these small entities help
outlining a history of the Mediterranean in which such small territories are not
only included, but also assessed for their past importance.  
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2017. Information:
http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=f4374ad9c2&e=82aeb6c61d
 
 
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9. 17th International Conference on Migration: "Migration and Belonging", 
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, 22-24 June
2017
 
Through the multiple lenses of a range of disciplines, researchers will describe and
analyze what significance is ascribed to social, cultural, religious and political
(multiple) forms and types of belonging in the context of migration, how forms of
belonging change within the process of migration, and what influence this has on
social relations and central features of identification in the destination
countries.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2016. Information:
http://web.fhnw.ch/plattformen/migrationskonf/konferenzen/call-for-papers-1/copy_of_call-for-papers

 
 
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10. Thematic Session: "Love Thy Neighbour? The Roles of Christianity in Shaping
Attitudes and Policies to Muslim Immigrants in Europe" at the "34th Conference of
the International Society for the Sociology of Religion", Lausanne, 4-7 July 2017
 
Contributions with various methods that address the roles that Christianity has in
shaping and justifying attitudes to Muslim refugees and immigrants and policies on
immigration from Muslim majority countries are invited. Convener: Professor Torkel
Brekke, University of Oslo (mailto:torkel@prio.org).
 
Deadline for proposals: 10 January 2017. Information:
http://wp.unil.ch/issr2017conference/call-for-papers/ 
 
 
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11. Conference: “Making Space in the Maghrib”, American Institute for Maghrib
Studies, Tunisia, 8-9 July 2017 
 
The aim of this conference is to develop an interdisciplinary suite of papers
examining processes of space-making into, out of, and within northern Africa
(broadly defined) at various levels of analysis, throughout all historical periods,
and through multiple theoretical frameworks across the humanities and social
sciences.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2017. Information:
http://aimsnorthafrica.org/annual-conference/ 
 
 
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12. 51st Seminar for Arabian Studies, British Museum, London, 4-6 August 2017 
 
This international forum meets annually for the presentation of the latest academic
research in the humanities on the Arabian Peninsula from the earliest times to the
present day or, in the case of political and social history, to the end of the
Ottoman Empire (1922).
 
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2017. Information:
www.thebfsa.org/seminar/the-latest-seminar/ and contact seminar.arab@thebfsa.org 
 
 
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13. Panel: "Unravelling Contemporary Settler-Colonial Relations: Realities,
Knowledge and Decolonization" at the "11th Pan-European Conference on International
Relations", Barcelona, 13-16 September 2017
 
The panel is organized by Elian Weizman (CBRL) and Sharri Plonski (SOAS).
 
Deadline for abstracts: 10 February 2017. Information:
www.paneuropeanconference.org/2017/section.php?s=164 
 
 
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14. Panel: "Reassessing Religion in the Gulf" at the "Annual Meeting of the German
Association for the Study of Religions (DVRW)", Philipps-Universität Marburg, 13-16
September 2017
 
We welcome papers analyzing Islam or religious plurality in one of the Gulf states
as well as contributions focusing on the Khaleeji presence in other parts of the
World.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 19 December 2016. Information: Danijel Cubelic
(danijel.cubelic@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de)
 
 
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15. 11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations: "The Politics of
International Studies in an Age of Crises", Barcelona, 13-16 September 2017
 
Sections include: "International Migration and International Relations: Forced
Movements of People Across Borders", "Islam in World Affairs: Politics and
Paradigms", "Remote Interventionisms", "Politics of Global Economic Governance in
Times of Change", etc.
 
Deadline for paper, panel and roundtable submissions: 10 February 2017. Information:
www.paneuropeanconference.org/2017/ 
 
 
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16. Section: “Islam in World Affairs: Politics and Paradigms” at the "11th
Pan-European Conference on International Relations", European International Studies
Association, Barcelona, 13-16 September 2017
 
The section addresses the role of Islam in world affairs. It seeks to explore the
empirical experiences and ideational perspectives of the Islamic civilisation
on world affairs with regards to statecraft, governance, transnational movements,
Islamic State phenomenon, and Islamic contributions to the field of International
Relations. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 10 February 2017. Information: https://goo.gl/j9vyj2 
 
 
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STELLENANGEBOTE / POSITIONS
 
17. Wiss. MitarbeiterIn (PostDoc) für Erforschung des Salafismus in Deutschland,
Frankfurter Forschungszentrum Globaler Islam, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
 
Die auf drei Jahre befristete Stelle (100 %, E13) ist ab Beginn 2017 mit einer
Laufzeit von drei Jahren mit Option eines weiteren Jahres zu besetzen.
Voraussetzung: überdurchschnittliche Promotion in Ethnologie, Soziologie, Politik-,
Religions- oder Islamwissenschaft.
 
Bewerbungsschluss: 27. Dezember 2016.  Informationen:
http://www.ffgi.net/files/stelle-postdoc-loewe.pdf 
 
 
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18. Wiss. MitarbeiterIn im Bereich der Kultur-/Sozialgeographie/Politischen
Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen
 
Die Stelle ist ab 1. April 2017 befristet für zunächst 12 Monate am Lehrstuhl für
Kulturgeographie zu besetzen . Wir erwarten: Bezüge zur interdisziplinären Islam-,
Nahost- oder Migrationsforschung sowie Interesse an und grundlegende Kenntnisse der
neueren konzeptionellen Ansätze der Kultur-/Sozialgeographie und der Politischen
Geographie, einen sehr guten zur Promotion qualifizierenden Abschluss in
(Human-/Kultur-) Geographie bzw. einer benachbarten Sozial- oder Kulturwissenschaft,
gute Englischkenntnisse.
 
Bewerbungsschluss: 15. Januar 2017. Information:
http://vgdh.geographie.de/courses/friedrich-alexander-universitaet-erlangen-nuernberg-wissenschaftlicher-mitarbeiterin/
 
 
 
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19. Two PhD Positions Arabic Studies and New Testament Studies, University of Leipzig
 
These two PhD positions are part of a Junior Research Group (limited to 3 years,
salary according to TVL E13) at the Alexander von Humboldt Chair for Digital
Humanities and will start on 1 April 2017.
 
Deadline for application: 20 January 2017. Information:
www.orient.uni-leipzig.de/aktuelles/newsdetails/artikel/7/phd-position-arabic-and-islamic-studies-in-a-junior-research-group-at-the-alexander-von-humboldt-ch/
 
 
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20. Wiss. MitarbeiterIn für Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Outreach, Museum für
Islamische Kunst, Berlin
 
Aufgabe: Entwicklung einer Gesamtkonzeption für die Bildungs- und Vermittlungsarbeit
mit diversen Nutzergruppen und zur Entwicklung von Kommunikationsstrategien u.a.
über Social-Media, Online-Kommunikation usw. durch Kooperationen mit muslimischen
Ländern (Entgeltgruppe E 13 TVöD, Kennziffer: SMB-GD-32-2016)
 
Bewerbungsschluss: 19. Dezember 2016. Informationen: Frau Kropff (Tel.: 030 – 266 42
2200)
 
 
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21. Full-time, Open-rank Position on the Professorial Scale in Journalism, Doha
Institute for Graduate Studies  
 
The appointments will commence in September 2017. Candidates will have a Ph.D. in
Journalism or related field, an excellent research and publication record, and/or an
extensive professional experience in journalism.
 
Deadline for application: 31 January 2017. Information:
http://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/En/Careers/Pages/Apply.aspx?&JobId=DIAC020 
 
 
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22. Three Open-rank Positions on the Professorial Scale at Zayed University, Campus
Abu Dhabi-Dubai
 
A) Arabic Language, Literature, and Culture
 
B) History of the Middle East
 
C) International Relations with a background in the Arab Gulf/Middle East
 
Information: www.zu.ac.ae; click on ‘Employment’ to be directed to the recruitment
website.
 
 
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SONSTIGE INFORMATIONEN / OTHER INFORMATION
 
23. Summer School: "Social Justice: A Normative Foundation for Social Work?",
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, 6-9 June
2017
 
International participants 2017 will debate views about social justice, and develop
a broad perspective on social justice and social work, including generational
justice, family justice, cultural justice, and distributive justice.
 
Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2017. Information:
http://web.fhnw.ch/plattformen/hsa-summerschool/call-for-proposals
 
 
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24. NEH Summer Institute for College and University Teachers: "Islam in Asia:
Traditions and Transformation", Honolulu, Hawaii, 12 June - 7 July 2017 
 
The Institute will explore Islam as an evolving system of thought and practice in
South and Southeast Asia, including its impacts on social dynamics, the arts and
politics. Participants will receive a stipend of $3300.
 
Deadline for application: 1 March 2017. Information: www.asdp-islaminasia.org/ 
 
 
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25. PhD Studentships at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry
University, UK
 
Successful applicants will have a taught Masters degree in a relevant discipline,
involving a dissertation written in English in the relevant subject area; the
potential to engage in innovative research and to complete the PhD within a
three-year period of study; a minimum of English language proficiency. 
 
Deadline for application: 17 February 2017. Information:
www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-students/research-studentships/phd-proposals-for-the-centre-for-trust-peace-and-social-relations/
 
 
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26. Articles for Journal "Cyber Orient"
 
This issue aims to bring together the state of the art research dealing with the
multifaceted social, cultural, and political aspects of the internet and new media
in the Middle East.
 
Deadline for full papers: 30 March 2017. Information:
www.cyberorient.net/detail.do?articleId=3682