CONFERENCES
1. 19th International Conference of Migration:
"Mapping the Nation", 27-28 June 2019, Dudelange/Luxembourg
2. Lawforms Workshop 2019: “Manuals, Stylebooks, and
Formularies for Persianate Legal Documents”, Exeter, 8-10 July 2019
3. 53rd Seminar for Arabian Studies, University of
Leiden, 11-13 July 2019
4. 11th Conference of the Nordic Society for Middle
Eastern Studies: "Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the Middle
East", University of Helsinki, 14-16 August 2019
5. Mediterranean Seminar’s Spring Meeting on the Subject of
“Violence”, University of Toronto, 4-5 October 2019
6.
26th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies
Association (DAVO) combined with the Conference of the Section for Islam
Studies of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG), Hamburg, 3-5
October 2019
7. Doctoral Workshop in Late- and Post-Ottoman Studies:
“Values and Status Negotiation: Media in the Middle East and North Africa”,
University of Basel, 18-19 October 2019
8. Colloque : "Dynamique des langues, des discours et
des cultures en contexte méditerranéen", Tlemcen, 11-12 novembre 2019
9. Conference: "About Life Paths that Call to Writing in
the Modern Arab World", University of Lille, 20-21 November 2019
10. Conference on "Acts of Excommunication in the Late
Antique and Early Islamicate Middle East", Leiden University, 12-13 March
2020
11. 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied
Anthropology: “Cultural Citizenship and Diversity in Complex Societies”,
Albuquerque, 17-21 March 2020
12. Conference: "Representing Disembarkation: Migrations,
Arrivals, Territories", Procida, Naples, 27-29 April 2020
13. 24th Conference of the “Comité International des
Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes”, Thessaloniki, 23-27 June 2020
14. Fourth European
Convention on Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies (“Turkologentag”), Mainz,
16-18 September 2020
POSITIONS
15. Research
Associate for a Doctoral Position in Jewish Studies with a Focus on Sephardic
Judaism in the Middle Ages and the Modern Era, University of Halle-Wittenberg
16. Associate
Professorship (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) in Middle Eastern Studies, University
of Groningen, The Netherlands
17. Visiting Professorship, Kuwait Program, School of
International Affairs at Sciences Po, Paris
18.
Research
Assistant, Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis, Rabat
19.
Humanities Multi-Year Research Fellowships for the
Study of the Arab World, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)
20. Senior
Research Fellow, MENA Peace and Security Program, Emirates Diplomatic Academy,
Abu Dhabi
21. Faculty
Positions in the Human Rights Graduate Program, Doha Institute
22. Assistant
Professor (Tenure-Track) in Ottoman History, University of California, Los
Angeles
23. Lecturer
in Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
OTHER
INFORMATION
24. Richard
Gillespie Mediterranean Prize of the Journal "Mediterranean Politics"
for the Best Research Article on the Contemporary Social and Political Dynamics
of the Mediterranean Region
25. Grants
for Research in Byzantine, Ottoman, Atatürk and Republican-Era Studies,
Istanbul Research Institute
26. Master
of Science: "Economics of the Middle East (EMEA)", University of
Marburg
27. Appel
à projets scientifiques 2020, L'Institut français d'archéologie orientale
(Ifao) du Caire
28. Summer
School on "Politics, Islam and Government in Iran", Regional Studies
Committee of Iranian Political Science Association (IPSA), Tehran, 27 July – 7
August 2019
29. Summer Course: "Islamicate Digital Humanities for
Scholars in Manuscript Studies", University of Hamburg, 14-18 August 2019
30. Academic
Learning Tour of Iran, Hikmat International Institute, 7-21 September 2019
31. Third Annual Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 11
October 2019
32. Articles for the First Issue of the Journal “Modern Islamic
Studies” on “Islam and/or Tradition? Traditional Islam and Islamic Traditions
in the Eastern Europe”
33. Articles
for "Zeitschrift für Recht & Islam / Journal of Law & Islam"
34. Articles
on "The State of Islam amidst the Growth of the European Far-Right"
for Special Issue of "Islamic Perspective Journal"
35. Articles
for Journal "Contemporary Arab Affairs (CAA)"
36. Contributions
to Edited Volume on "Islam and Humour"
37. Contributions
to Edited Volume on "Egypt in Focus: Creativity in Adversarial
Contexts"
38. Proposals for New Book Series "A Modern History of
Politics and Violence" with Focus on the MENA Region (Bloomsbury)
39. Online Resource: "Embedding Conquest: Naturalising
Muslim Rule in the Early Islamic Empire (600-1000)", Leiden University
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of Mainz
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CONFERENCES
1. 19th
International Conference of Migration: "Mapping the Nation", 27-28
June 2019, Dudelange/ Luxembourg
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2.
Lawforms
Workshop 2019: “Manuals, Stylebooks, and Formularies for Persianate Legal
Documents”, Exeter, 8-10 July 2019
This is a
project team-centred event, but we have space for a few more people; if
you can read Persian, and would like to read manuals for fun, do get in
touch!
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3. 53rd
Seminar for Arabian Studies, University of Leiden, 11-13 July 2019
This annual international
forum presents the latest academic research on the Arabian Peninsula. The
subjects covered include archaeology, history, epigraphy, languages,
literature, art, culture, ethnography, geography, etc. from the earliest times
to the present day or, in the case of political and social history, to the end
of the Ottoman Empire.
Registration and information: https://mailchi.mp/aec71079c6db/bfsa-bulletin-call-for-contributions-1815833?e=18cf0337f7
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4. 11th
Conference of the Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies: "Breaking and
Creating Boundaries in the Middle East", University of Helsinki, 14-16
August 2019
The NSMES
conference will include almost 50 panels and roundtables on physical
boundaries, identity, religion, gender, immigration, minorities and many other
phenomena. We invite the audience to register to the triannual Nordic
conference on Middle Eastern studies.
Deadline for registration: 5 August 2019. Information:
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/breaking-and-creating-boundaries-in-the-middle-east/registration
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5. Mediterranean
Seminar’s Spring Meeting on the Subject of “Violence”, University of Toronto,
4-5 October 2019
Papers and round-table participants from history, art history, religious
studies, literary and cultural studies, anthropology or any relevant Humanities
and Social Sciences discipline are welcome. For the workshop, we invite
abstracts on any aspect of interfaith or intrafaith violence in the premodern
Mediterranean and on literary and artistic representations of such violence.
Papers with a comparative approach are particularly welcome.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2019. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-violence-fall-2019-mediterranean-seminar-workshop-4-5-october-toronto
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6. 26th International Congress of the German Middle
East Studies Association (DAVO) combined with the Conference of the Section for
Islam Studies of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG), Hamburg, 3-5
October 2019
The deadline for abstracts of papers and panels
has been extended until 30 June 2019. Please send your abstracts to the
Secretary General of the Congress, amke.dietert@googlemail.com. Further information: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/en/voror/veranstaltungen/2019-davokongress.html
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7. Doctoral
Workshop in Late- and Post-Ottoman Studies: “Values and Status Negotiation:
Media in the Middle East and North Africa”, University of Basel, 18-19 October
2019
In this
workshop, students will engage with understandings of the media in the Middle
East from the perspective of the role media plays in society, and the position
it commands in relation to power. We seek applicants whose work sets out to
discover how these are understood, rationalized, exercised, negotiated and
found appropriate and useful within different social milieux.
Deadline for applications: 2 August 2019.
Information: https://nahoststudien.philhist.unibas.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/nahoststudien/CfA_MUBIT_2019_Media_in_the_Middle_East_and_North_Africa.pdf
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8. Colloque : "Dynamique des langues, des discours et des cultures en
contexte méditerranéen", Tlemcen, 11-12 novembre 2019
Les contributions s'inscriront dans les axes et sous axes suivants :
Productions artistiques et diversité des représentations - Rive Sud / Rive
Nord; la mer Méditerranée dans les textes littéraires; le métissage et ses
paradoxes dans l'Histoire culturelle de la Méditerranée - altérité et discours
de la différenciation; les migrants et la Méditerranée dans les arts
(littérature, cinéma, peinture).
Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2019.
Information: http://www.fabula.org/actualites/dynamique-des-langues-des-discours-et-des-c%20ultures-en-contexte-mediterraneen-dyladicmed_89745.php
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9. Conference:
"About Life Paths that Call to Writing in the Modern Arab World",
University of Lille, 20-21 November 2019
How do different paths of life, in the modern
Arab world, act as a catalyst for writing? Three axes of communication are
proposed: "Custodial paths and writings in the modern Arab world",
"Life paths of foreigners in Arab countries: the end of the travel story
and of post-orientalism?", and "Arab life paths in foreign Arab
countries: the writings of new exiles in the Arab world".
Deadline for abstracts:
15 July 2019. Information: https://colloquecestrajectoires.univ-lille.fr/en/static5/call-for-papers
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10. Conference on
"Acts of Excommunication" in the Late Antique and Early Islamicate Middle
East", Leiden University, 12-13 March 2020
This workshop
aims to explore acts of excommunication as social and political as well as
religious practice, with important implications for activities in local
communities, but also for interactions with wider society and with governing
authorities within the early Islamic empire.
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11. 80th
Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology: “Cultural Citizenship
and Diversity in Complex Societies”, Albuquerque, 17-21 March 2020
The SfAA
Annual Meeting provides an invaluable opportunity for scholars, practicing
social scientists, and students from a variety of disciplines and organizations
to discuss their work and brainstorm for the future. The Society is a
multi-disciplinary association that focuses on problem definition and
resolution. We welcome abstracts (sessions, papers and posters) from all
disciplines.
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12. Conference:
"Representing Disembarkation: Migrations, Arrivals, Territories",
Procida, Naples, 27-29 April 2020
While mainly addressing the representation of
disembarkation, arrival, and embarkation in literary writing, we welcome papers
from law studies, politics and international relations, anthropology and
history linking the figurative to wider political and legal entanglements
surrounding experiences of disembarkation on the coastlines of Europe and
beyond.
Deadline
for abstracts: 1 September 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3936040/representing-disembarkation-migrations-arrivals-territories
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13. 24th
Conference of the Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes,
Thessaloniki, 23-27 June 2020
The aim is to provide a platform of a high
scholarly level, which will promote the knowledge and sustain the memory of
Ottoman history. The organizers encourage panels and individual papers that
fall under the following topics: the
Ottoman Empire in the Age of Revolutions; Sources: New interpretations and
approaches; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 October
2019. Information:https://www.univie.ac.at/ciepo/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CIEPO24_1st_Circular.pdf
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14.
Fourth
European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies (“Turkologentag”),
Mainz, 16-18 September 2020
We are inviting proposals for
papers in the domains of language, literature, history, culture, society,
politics, and philology of the Turks and the Turkic peoples. Conference
languages are English, German, and Turkish.
Deadline
for abstracts: 15 April 2020. Information: http://www.turkologentag-2020.de/Call_for_Papers.html
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POSITIONS
15. Research Associate for a Doctoral
Position in Jewish Studies with a Focus on Sephardic Judaism in the Middle Ages
and the Modern Era, University of Halle-Wittenberg
Requirements:
MA in Jewish Studies or another field of Oriental Studies; knowledge of
rabbinic Judaism, Hebrew (Arabic and modern Hebrew desirable) and proficiency
in spoken and written English.
Deadline for applications: 19 July 2019. Information:
http://www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Ausschr/19_751.pdf
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16. Associate Professorship (Full-Time,
Tenure-Track) in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Groningen, The
Netherlands
We are looking
for candidates with expertise in a range of Middle East related fields,
preferably: Politics in the contemporary Middle East; Cultural & literary
aspects of the Middle East; The Arab world in relation to Israel, the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict and/or the Gulf region.
Deadline for applications: 27 June 2019. Information: https://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S00073ZP
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17. Visiting
Professorship, Kuwait Program, School of International Affairs at Sciences Po,
Paris
Starting end
of January 2020, 5-month contract; open to full-time faculty members of
professorial rank at their home institution. Seeking experts on Middle East or
Gulf Region in political economy, human development, urbanism, environment,
legislative cycles or health.
Deadline for
applications: 1 September 2019. Information: https://www.sciencespo.fr/kuwait-program/associated-researchers/
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18. Research
Assistant, Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis, Rabat
Duration: 6
months. Requirements: at least
five years of academic experience in the field of social sciences; at least
three years of experience in a research institution, or a similar institution;
proficient in both Arabic and English writing, reading and speaking. Being
fluent in French as well is preferable; etc.
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19. Humanities Multi-Year
Research Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World, New York University Abu
Dhabi (NYUAD)
While open to
scholars working in all areas of the Humanities, the program aims in particular
to build a center of outstanding research capacity in areas of the Humanities
that are relevant for the study of the Arabic world. Eligible candidates for
the senior fellowships have an outstanding scholarly accomplishment. Mid-career
scholars with strong publication records and exceptional scholarly promise may
be considered in this category. Eligible candidates for the research
fellowships, which are intended especially for young scholars who wish to turn
their doctoral dissertations into book manuscripts publishable with major
academic presses, have received their PhD within the previous five years and
have a strong record of scholarly accomplishment.
Deadline for applications: 1 September
2019. Information: https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/centers-labs-and-projects/humanities-research-fellowship-program.html
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20. Senior Research Fellow, MENA Peace
and Security Program, Emirates Diplomatic Academy, Abu Dhabi
The EDA is recruiting a Senior
Research Fellow, with particular expertise in humanitarian aid and development
in the MENA region as well as interest and/or experience in stabilisation and
post conflict reconstruction. PhD is required.
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21. Faculty Positions in the Human
Rights Graduate Program, Doha Institute
Successful candidates will have a
doctorate in Law or Political Science and will be able to teach one or more of
the following subjects: Introduction to Human Rights, Public International Law,
Human Rights and Islamic Law, Human Rights in the Arab World, Critical
Approaches to Human Rights, and Comparative Constitutional Law, and must have
the ability to teach in Arabic. The appointment is scheduled for August 2020.
Review of applications will continue
until the position is filled.
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22. Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
in Ottoman History, University of California, Los Angeles
This position at the rank of assistant
professor in 16th through mid-19th century Ottoman history will begin on 1 July
2020. All candidates should have completed their PhD in history no later than
30 June 2020.
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23. Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern
History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
One-year, non-tenure-track
lectureship, commencing 1 August 2019. The successful applicant will be able to
teach World Civilization after 1500 and upper division courses in the area of
specialty. Ph.D. in history or a related field must be in hand before the
position begins.
Deadline for applications: 15 July
2019. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58500
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OTHER INFORMATION
24. Richard Gillespie Mediterranean
Prize of the Journal "Mediterranean Politics" for the Best Research
Article on the Contemporary Social and Political Dynamics of the Mediterranean
Region
We welcome contributions on politics
and international relations as well as economics, human geography, sociology,
anthropology and other relevant disciplines in the humanities and social
sciences.
Deadline for submissions: 31 December 2019. Information: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/journal-prize-richard-gillespie-mediterranean-prize/
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25.
Grants for Research in Byzantine, Ottoman, Atatürk and
Republican-Era Studies, Istanbul Research Institute
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1 Post-Doctoral Research and Writing Grant (TRY40.000)
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1 Research and Write-Up Grant for PhD Candidates (TRY30.000)
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5 Travel Grants (TRY5.000)
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5 Conference Grants (TRY5.000)
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26. Master of Science: "Economics
of the Middle East (EMEA)", University of Marburg
The program
offers a wide range of courses focusing on economic, social and geopolitical
issues of the Middle East and North Africa region, which equips students with
the theoretical and empirical knowledge necessary to start a professional or
academic career in this growing field of study.
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27. Appel à projets
scientifiques 2020, L'Institut français d'archéologie orientale (Ifao) du Caire
Il s'adresse à
tout chercheur, français ou étranger, qui souhaite développer des recherches
dans les domaines de compétence de l'Ifao, couvrant l'histoire de l'Égypte, de
la Préhistoire à l'époque contemporaine.
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28. Summer School on "Politics,
Islam and Government in Iran", Regional Studies Committee of Iranian
Political Science Association (IPSA), Tehran, 27 July – 7 August 2019
The school is planning to explore
Islam, politics and government in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The focus of
the courses is to portray and analyze the political power structure as well as
the influence of religion on the Islamic Republic ideology.
Deadline for registration: 7 July 2019.
Information:
http://www.ipsa.ir/content/2/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA/13763/Summer-school
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29. Summer Course:
"Islamicate Digital Humanities for Scholars in Manuscript Studies",
University of Hamburg, 14-18 August 2019
This course is for graduate students
and researchers who work with manuscript materials in Arabic script and want to
learn how to apply digital technology in their research. It includes both
theoretical and practical sessions on digital encoding and editing of manuscript
texts, data annotation, search and visualization.
Deadline for applications: 24 June
2019.
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30. Academic Learning Tour of Iran,
Hikmat International Institute, 7-21 September 2019
We invite professors, students, and
anyone else who want to explore Iran and learn more about Shiism and culture,
other religions and history of the country. Included are Iran's most important
tourist attractions in 6 major cities and the unique opportunity to experience
the Ashura festival at Yazd.
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31. Third Annual
Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies,
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 11 October 2019
The Colloquium invites advanced
graduate students in the social sciences and humanities to submit reviews on
noteworthy books published between 2017-2019 in the field of Islamic and Middle
Eastern studies.
Deadline for submissions: 1 July 2019.
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32. Articles for
the First Issue of the Journal “Modern Islamic Studies” on “Islam and/or
Tradition? Traditional Islam and Islamic Traditions in the Eastern Europe”
Taken in a broad geographical sense,
we are seeking for the papers addressing history and modernity of Muslims in
the area from Balkans and Crimea on the South, Baltia on the North and
Caucausus on the East, where indigenous Muslim popullation and traditions are
represented.
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33. Articles for "Zeitschrift für
Recht & Islam / Journal of Law & Islam"
The peer reviewed Journal covers
theoretical legal debate as well as the practical application of both secular
and Islamic laws. It considers the historical development as well as the interaction
of "secular" and Islamic laws in different contexts, and covers key
phenomena affecting academic discourse, legislation and legal practice in the
relevant states. Languages: German, English or French.
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34. Articles on "The State of Islam
amidst the Growth of the European Far-Right" for Special Issue of
"Islamic Perspective Journal"
Papers are invited on: The state of
Islam and Muslims in particular European countries; Critiques of anti-Muslim
and anti-Islam ideologies; Critiques of specific anti-immigrant and anti-Islam
thinkers as well as far-right political parties and nationalist
movements; The effects of such far-right movements on Muslim women,
children, and family life and on Muslims in the public sphere, civil society,
and in government positions; etc.
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35. Articles for Journal
"Contemporary Arab Affairs (CAA)"
The editors of this peer-reviewed
journal published by the Centre for Arab Unity Studies and University of
California Press, invite authors to submit original multidisciplinary articles
on the Arab World (5,000-7,000 words) to the editor at caa@caus.org.lb.
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36. Contributions to Edited Volume on
"Islam and Humour"
Contributions are invited on humour
in the lives of Muslims around the world; how Muslim comics use jokes to
counteract oppression; how Muslim comics use humour as a tool for social
integration into new communities; the role of humour in contemporary mass media
in Muslim countries; etc.
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37. Contributions to Edited Volume on
"Egypt in Focus: Creativity in Adversarial Contexts"
The current socio-political
situation in Egypt raises fundamental questions about the state of the arts and
the future of literature and culture in the country. This special volume
examines the complex paradoxical predicament of a seemingly irrepressible
expressive context under the thralls of an imposed gloomy hush. It also
addresses how individuals and institutions navigate the inflicted muteness
through different strategies.
Deadline for full papers: 1 August 2019. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2019/02/07/special-issue-of-the-journal-of-the-african-literature-association
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38. Proposals for
New Book Series "A Modern History of Politics and Violence" with
Focus on the MENA Region (Bloomsbury)
Proposals are invited on: Gender and
violence; The history of emotions and violence; Mass violence and
genocide; The history of terrorism; Transnationalism in relation to
political violence; Violence and revolutionary ideologies; Cultural
memory of violence; etc.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4205632/call-book-proposals-modern-history-politics-and-violence
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39. Online Resource:
"Embedding Conquest: Naturalising Muslim Rule in the Early Islamic Empire
(600-1000)", Leiden University
This blog of a
research project focuses on how the Islamic conquests were consolidated in the
diverse regions they reached. It is aimed at scholars and students and the
interested public.
See https://emco.hcommons.org/2019/05/30/the-governors-orders-part-one/
and links to many other themes.
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