EURAMES Info Service 28/2017

CONFERENCES
 
1. Conference: "Arab Traditions of Anti-Sectarianism", Rice University, Houston, 1-2
December 2017 
 
2. Conference:  "Pluralism in Emergenc(i)es: Movement, Space, and Religious
Difference", Columbia Global Centers, Amman, 6-7 December 2017
 
3. Conference: "Appropriations, Representations, Productions: Engagements with
'Nature' in the MENA Region from the 19th Century till Today", Zentrum Moderner
Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 25-26 January 2018
 
4. Conference and Graduate Workshop: "The Persianate World and Central Eurasia",
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 21-24 February 2018
 
5. Conference: "Islam in the Post-Obama Era", American Council for the Study of
Islamic Societies (ACSIS), Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 23-24 March 2018 
 
6. Conference: "The Caspian Sea in the History of Early Modern and Modern Eurasia",
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 6-8 April 2018
 
7. 2nd International Conference: "Servants' Past (in Colonial South Asia Compared
with the Ottoman Empire)", Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 11-13 April 2018
 
8. IX Islamic Law and Society Conference, International Society of Islamic Legal
Studies, Helsinki & Tampere, Finland, 6-9 June 2018   
 
9. Fifth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Ghent University, Belgium, 5-7
July 2018
 
 
POSITIONS
 
10. James A. Bellamy Professorship in Pre-Modern Arabic Culture, Department of Near
Eastern Studies (NES), University of Michigan
 
11. Assistant Professor of Middle East Politics, Department of Government of
Claremont McKenna College, near Los Angeles
 
12. Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Islamic Studies, Stanford University, CA 
 
13. Assistant Professor of Medieval or Early Modern Mediterranean History, Kalamazoo
College, Michigan, USA
 
14. Post-doc to Analyze Medieval Arabic / Persian Historical Materials on China and
its Neighboring Areas, Nanjing University, China
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
15. Brill's Middle East and Islamic Studies Early-Career Paper Prize 2017  
 
16. Articles on "Women, Work and Management in the Middle East" for Journal "Gender
in Management"
 
17. Articles for "Journal of Safavid Studies"
 
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CONFERENCES
 
1. Conference: "Arab Traditions of Anti-Sectarianism", Rice University, Houston, 1-2
December 2017 
 
This conference seeks to bring together scholars whose work reflects on different
facets of Arab anti-sectarianism. How did Arab political, revolutionary, and
intellectual movements, parties, and figures challenge and contest
sectarianism? Etc. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2017. Information:
http://antisectarianismconference.blogs.rice.edu/ 
 
 
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2. Conference:  "Pluralism in Emergenc(i)es: Movement, Space, and Religious
Difference", Columbia Global Centers, Amman, 6-7 December 2017
 
The conference seeks to examine the historical, social, and religious underpinnings
of the so-called migrant and refugee crisis in the MENA region in order to position
this moment as a state of emergence, rather than a state of emergency. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 16 July 2017. Information:
http://ircpl.org/call-for-papers-pluralism-in-emergencies-movement-space-and-religious-difference/
 
 
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3. Conference: "Appropriations, Representations, Productions: Engagements with
'Nature' in the MENA Region from the 19th Century till Today", Zentrum Moderner
Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 25-26 January 2018
 
How have shifts in legal, political and economic regimes, technological innovations,
but also new conceptual frameworks such as environmentalism, affected the ways in
which 'nature' has been produced, represented, appropriated and used? Do we see a
continuous development towards increasing enclosure, control, and commodification -
or are there marked ruptures, resistant practices and antidromic tendencies as well?
Etc. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2017.  Information:
http://www.zmo.de/Ausschreibungen/calls%20for%20papers/CfP_AppropriationRepresentationsProductions.pdf

 
 
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4. Conference and Graduate Workshop "The Persianate World and Central Eurasia",
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 21-24 February 2018
 
The workshop will include panels and discussions on conducting both field and
archival research methods, publication strategies and relationships with publishers,
networking among scholars in the region, and grant writing and funding
opportunities.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2017.  Information:
http://www.iranian-persiangulf.org/symposia-persica
 
 
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5. Conference: "Islam in the Post-Obama Era", American Council for the Study of
Islamic Societies (ACSIS), Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 23-24 March 2018 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2017.  Information: http://acsis.us/index.html or
contact Natan J. DeLong-Bas: delongba@bc.edu
 
 
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6. Conference: "The Caspian Sea in the History of Early Modern and Modern Eurasia",
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 6-8 April 2018
 
The Program in Iranian Studies welcomes submissions for a workshop to explore the
dimensions of the Caspian Sea as a geographical frame for historical study. It asks
whether the Caspian functions as a conceptual framework for various forms of
exchange in commerce, diplomacy, political culture, forces of dissent and
revolutionary movements, movements of peoples, material culture, art, and literature
as well as ecology, disease, navigation and maritime culture. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 August 2017. Information: Lora LeMosy: lora.lemosy@yale.edu
 
 
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7. 2nd International Conference: "Servants' Past (in Colonial South Asia Compared
with the Ottoman Empire)", Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 11-13 April 2018
 
The conference will also explore comparative similarities and specificities in
domestic work across diverse imperial, colonial and postcolonial settings. The
temporal range will include the early modern and modern periods (sixteenth century
to the contemporary). Travel and accommodation will be covered.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2017. Information:
http://www.zmo.de/Ausschreibungen/calls%20for%20papers/Domestic_Servants_FinalCFP_2ndConferenceBerlin.pdf
 
 
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8. IX Islamic Law and Society Conference, International Society of Islamic Legal
Studies, Helsinki & Tampere, Finland, 6-9 June 2018   
 
The conference will be divided into two parts. In the first, which will take place
in Helsinki, a keynote address and an invited panel of five speakers will present on
"Islamic Law and the Relationship between Ruler and Ruled."  The second part, which
will take place in Tampere over two-and-a-half days, will consist of presentations;
preference is given to discussions based on primary text analysis or fieldwork. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2017.  Information: http://www.isils.net/conferences
 
 
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9. Fifth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Ghent University, Belgium, 5-7
July 2018
 
The conference will be preceded by a three-day intensive course on Digital Islamic
(Mamluk) Humanities. The first day of the conference will deal with
Historiography/Adab, followed by two days with pre-organized panels.
 
Deadline for paper proposals: 31 October 2017. Information:
http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/school-of-mamluk-studies.html
 
 
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POSITIONS
 
10. James A. Bellamy Professorship in Pre-Modern Arabic Culture, Department of Near
Eastern Studies (NES), University of Michigan
 
Candidates must hold a Ph.D. at the time of the appointment, and have native or
near-native proficiency in English and Arabic. It is expected that they will have
experience in curriculum development and will be committed to maintaining and
enhancing the long-standing excellence of Arabic Studies at the University. 
 
Deadline for application: 15 October 2017. Information:
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55131
 
 
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11. Assistant Professor of Middle East Politics, Department of Government of
Claremont McKenna College, near Los Angeles
 
The tenure-track position is beginning 1 July 2018. A qualified candidate, with PhD
in hand or a nearly completed doctoral dissertation, would have research experience
on the domestic politics or policy of one or more Middle Eastern countries.
 
Deadline for application: 1 August 2017. Information:
https://webapps.cmc.edu/jobs/faculty/faculty_opening_detail.php?PostingID=16021
 
 
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12. Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Islamic Studies, Stanford University, CA 
 
The successful applicant must demonstrate substantial evidence of creativity and
excellence in research and scholarship as well as a commitment to excellence in
teaching and advising students at both graduate and undergraduate levels. PhD
required.The term of appointment would begin September 1, 2018 or as soon as
practicable thereafter. 
 
Deadline for application: 15 September 2017. Information:
https://apply.interfolio.com/42228
 
 
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13. Assistant Professor of Medieval or Early Modern Mediterranean History, Kalamazoo
College, Michigan, USA
 
Starting in September 2018, the successful candidate will be expected to offer
introductory and upper-division undergraduate courses on the Mediterranean, Europe,
and the Islamic world. Ph.D. or evidence of imminent completion is required.
 
Deadline for application: 16 October 2017. Information:
http://www.kzoo.edu/search/index.php?dept=history/
 
 
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14. Post-doc to Analyze Medieval Arabic / Persian Historical Materials on China and
its Neighboring Areas, Nanjing University, China
 
The project will fund three to four months to work in Nanjing University. The
qualified international scholars may speak English and should have a good knowledge
of Arabic / Persian languages. 
 
Information: Professor Hua Tao mailto:huat@nju.edu.cn
 
 
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OTHER INFORMATION
 
15. Brill's Middle East and Islamic Studies Early-Career Paper Prize 2017  
 
The Paper Prize is open to students who are currently registered for doctoral
research at a higher education institution, or have obtained their doctoral degree
after 1 September 2014.
 
Deadline for submissions: 1 October 2017. Information:
http://www.brill.com/brills-middle-east-and-islamic-studies-early-career-paper-prize-2017
 
 
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16. Articles on "Women, Work and Management in the Middle East" for Journal "Gender
in Management"
 
Guest Editors: Jenny K Rodriguez (University of Manchester), Maranda Ridgway
(Nottingham Trent University), Linzi Kemp (American University of Sharjah). The
special issue has the aims to expand discussions about women at work in the Middle
East and to identify avenues for future research themes, building up on work
developed in the past decade about women in the Middle East. 
 
Deadline for manuscripts: 30 November 2017. Information:
http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=7347
 
 
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17. Articles for "Journal of Safavid Studies"
 
This academic journal is published by the Safavid Studies Center, University of
Isfahan, Iran. The journal welcomes all articles that are related to any aspect of
Safavid Studies. This journal aims to provide a scholarly platform for critical and
informed articles with a historical approach. 
 
Information: http://ssj.ui.ac.ir/