CONFERENCES
1. 16th
International Congress of Turkish Art (ICTA), Hacettepe University, Ankara, 3-5
October 2019
2. 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
3. 26th
Symposium of the Sociedad Española de Estudios Árabes, Seville, 4-6 October 2019
4. Conference:
"Words Laying Down the Law: Translating Arabic Legal Discourse", Aga
Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London, 7-8
October 2019
5. Workshop:
"Borders, Mobilities, and State Formation in the Middle East, 1920-1945",
University of Neuchâtel, 10-11 October 2019
6. Conference:
“Questioning the Mediterranean: (Self-)Representations from the Southern Shore
in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries”,
Orient-Institut Beirut, 10-12 October 2019
7. 20th Annual
Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), Washington, D.C., 10-13
October 2019
8. New-Med
Conference on “Cultural Heritage and Illicit Trafficking in a Fragmented Middle
East”, University of Turin, 17 October 2019
9. Workshop:
"Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiographies", Aga Khan Centre,
London, 17-19 October 2019
10. Conference
of the Economic Research Forum (ERF): "The Egyptian Labor Market: A Focus
on Gender and Economic Vulnerability", Cairo, 27-28 October 2019
11. Workshop
"Conflict, Governance and Post-Conflict Economic Agenda", ERF in
Collaboration with the Institute of Financial Economics, American University in
Beirut, 20-21 November 2019
12. Conference:
"The GCC at Cross-Roads: Responding to New Economic Order
Conference", ERF and GCC Economic Research Initiative (GCCeRI), Muscat,
8-10 December 2019
13. Conference
"Visible and Invisible Borders between Christians and Muslims in the Early
Modern World”, Central European University, Budapest, 10-11 January 2020
14. Workshop:
"God's Justice and Animal Welfare", Department for Islamic-Religious
Studies, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 13-14 December 2019
15. Workshop:
“Dialogues in the Late Medieval Mediterranean: Methodological Encounters and
(Dis)Encounters”, Casa Árabe, Madrid, 27 January 2020
16. Graduate
Student Workshop: "Turning Points: The Middle East and Balkans,
1918-1923", UC Berkeley, 6-8 February 2020
17. Centre for
Islamic and West Asian Studies 3rd Annual Conference: “Urban Islam: Muslim
Mi-norities, Identity and Tradition in West Asian, South Asian, and African
Cities”, University of London, 19 February 2020
18. Panel on
"Beur Fractured Identities in the French Cultural Space" at the 51st
Convention of NeMLA, Boston, 5-8 March 2020
19. Spring
Meeting of the Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society:
“Islam and Law,” Emory University, Atlanta, 6-8 March 2020
20. Conference:
"Mare Nostrum: The Mediterranean Basin as Wellspring of Human
Endeavor", St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York, 13-14 March 2020
21. Panel on
"Emergent Genres and Forms: Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East after
the Second Intifada" during the Annual Meeting of the American Comparative
Literature Association, Chicago, 19-22 March 2020
22. Workshop:
"The Visibility of Strangers. Diasporas, Urban Spaces, and Material
Pluralism in the Mediterranean Space", Cagliari, Italy, 29-30 April 2020
23. Conference
of the Jewish-Muslim Research Network: “Beyond Jewish-Muslim Relations”,
University of Manchester, 19-20 May 2020
24. Congress of
the Mediterranean Studies Association, University of Gibraltar, 27-30 May 2020
25. 8th International Conference of the National
Records and Archives Authority of the Sultanate of Oman (NRAA): “Omani-German
Relations during the 19th and 20th Centuries”, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, 5-6
June 2020
26. Workshop
"Travelling Practices and the Emergence of Tourism in the Middle East
(16th-20th Centuries)", University of Vienna, 12-13 June 2020
27. 15th
International Congress of Ottoman Social and Economic History (ICOSEH),
University of Zagreb, 13-17 July 2020
28. 4th ISA
Forum of Sociology: “Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment,
Inequalities, Intersectionality,” Porto Alegre, Brazil, 14-18 July 2020
29. 20th ISA
World Congress of Sociology on "Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of
New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies", Melbourne,
Australia, 24-30 July 2022
POSITIONS
30. Professorship
for Turkish Studies (W2), Department of Turkish Studies, University
Duisburg-Essen
31. Research
Group Leader for Project "Grammars of Dependency", Bonn Center for
Dependency and Slavery Studies, University of Bonn
32. Research
Group Leader for Project "Gender (and Intersectionality)", Bonn
Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, University of Bonn
33. PhD
Fellowship for Research on "The Lifetimes of Epidemics in Europe and the
Middle East", Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages,
University of Oslo
34. Two Research
Internship Positions (2019-2020), Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and
Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), University of Peloponnese
35. Sir William
Luce Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Scholar Working on the Gulf Region and Sudan,
Durham University
36. Tenured
Professor in Ethnic Studies and/or Studies of Islam in America, Havard
University
37. Many Long-
and Short-Term Fellowships in Different Fields of Study for 2020-2021, W.F.
Al-bright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem
38. Commissioning
Editor, Civil-Military Relations in Arab States, Carnegie Middle East Centre,
Beirut
39. Assistant
Professor (Four-Year Position) in Sociology, American University Cairo
40. Tenure-Track
Position, (Open Rank) in the Environmental History of the Mediterranean,
University of Haifa
41. Two Year
Postdoctoral Fellowship for Young Scholar in Social Sciences or Law from
Out-side of North America, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
42. Assistant
Professor (Tenure-Track) in Ottoman History, University of California, Los
Angeles
43. One-semester,
Non-tenure Track Visiting Assistant Professor in the History of Islam in the
Early Modern and/or Modern World, Clark University, Massachusetts
44. Assistant
Professor, History of the Pre-modern and Early Modern Islamic World, Dartmouth
College
45. Assistant
Professor of Middle Eastern History, North Carolina State University
46. Tenure-track
Assistant Professor on the Culture, Economics or Politics of Muslim Societies
in Iran, Central/South/East Asia, Stanford University
47. Bita
Daryabari Assistant or Associate Professor of Iranian Studies, Department of
Near Eastern Studies, Berkeley
48. Assistant
Professor of Ottoman History, Binghamton University
OTHER INFORMATION
49. Course:
"Understanding Political Discourse: Methods and Practice with Reference to
the Middle East and North Africa", Aga Khan Centre, London, 7-9 November
2019
50. Grant to
Digitise Collections at Risk
51. Articles on
the Ottoman Monarchy for Edited Book on " Modernizing the Unmodern:
Europe’s Imperial Monarchies and their Path to Modernity in the 19th and 20th
Centuries"
52. Articles on
"Labors of Need: Lives of African and Asian Workers in the Middle
East" for Special Issue of "Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle
East and North African Migration Studies"
53. Articles on
"Sufism and Peace Studies" for the "Research Journal of
Philosophy and Practice"
54. Contributions
to Edited Book: “Moroccan Peregrinations: Construction, Transmission and Circulation
of Islamic Knowledge (18th-21st Centuries)"
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Sharjah/UAE
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CONFERENCES
- 16th
International Congress of Turkish Art (ICTA), Hacettepe University,
Ankara, 3-5 October 2019
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- 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
Registration
for participation is possible until the start of the conference and onsite.
The program
is available at: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/en/voror/veranstaltungen/2019-davokongress/05-programm.html
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- 26th
Symposium of the Sociedad Española de Estudios Árabes, Seville, 4-6
October 2019
See program
at: http://www.estudiosarabes.org/comunicados, Pdf directly: http://www.estudiosarabes.org/files/Programa%20XXVI%20Simposio%20de%20la%20SEEA.%20Sevilla_15_09_2019.pdf
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- Conference:
"Words Laying Down the Law: Translating Arabic Legal Discourse",
Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations,
London, 7-8 October 2019
The
conference will include historical perspectives from the 19th century’s legal
transition, theoretical per-spectives on translation and linguistics in
combination with law and politics, and applied perspectives on practicing and
teaching legal translation in different contexts.
See program
at https://networks.h-net.org/node/8378/discussions/4339233/conference-words-laying-down-law-translating-arabic-legal
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- Workshop:
"Borders, Mobilities, and State Formation in the Middle East,
1920-1945", University of Neuchâtel, 10-11 October 2019
BORDER
explores the social construction of international frontiers at the borderlands
located between Turkey, Syria, and Iraq in the interwar era. The project seeks
to provide a much more holistic yet finely-grained understanding of the
formation of the territorial states in the Middle East in the aftermath of the
First World War.
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- Conference:
“Questioning the Mediterranean: (Self-)Representations from the Southern
Shore in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries”, Orient-Institut Beirut, 10-12 October
2019
Throughout
the conference, we grasp the Mediterranean seascape as an experienced
territory, and analyse connectivities and dividing lines across the
Mediterranean.
Program and
information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-questioning-the-mediterranean-10-12-october-beirut?e=82aeb6c61d
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- 20th
Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS),
Washington, D.C., 10-13 October 2019
See program –
including 61 panels related to Islam – at https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/cess2019/#all
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- New-Med
Conference on “Cultural Heritage and Illicit Trafficking in a Fragmented
Middle East”, University of Turin, 17 October 2019
The meeting,
co-organized by profs. Lorenzo Kamel and Stefano de Martino, relies upon the
cooperation and support of the the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), the University of Turin’s Department of
Historical Studies, Compagnia di San Paolo, the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of
the United States, and The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
(OSCE).
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- Workshop:
"Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiographies", Aga Khan Centre,
London, 17-19 October 2019
This annual
exploratory and informal workshop offers the opportunity to reflect on
methodologies, research agendas, and case studies for investigating history
writing in Arabic in the Middle East and North Africa in any period from the
seventh century to the present.
Registration
and Program: https://networks.h-net.org/node/7801/discussions/4613292/workshop-arabic-pasts-histories-and-historiographies
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- Conference
of the Economic Research Forum (ERF): "The Egyptian Labor Market: A
Focus on Gender and Economic Vulnerability", Cairo, 27-28 October
2019
A new ERF
study investigates the evolution of Egypt’s labor market from 2012 to 2018,
with a focus on gender and economic vulnerability. The objective of the
conference is to provide a platform for disseminating the research findings and
the policy implications of the papers to the policymakers, academia, civil
society and to the business community.
Information: http://erf.org.eg/events/the-egyptian-labor-market-a-focus-on-gender-and-economic-vulnerability/
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- Workshop
"Conflict, Governance and Post-Conflict Economic Agenda", ERF in
Collaboration with the Institute of Financial Economics, American University
in Beirut, 20-21 November 2019
The workshop
aims to serve as a platform for presenting and discussing a six Arab country
case studies (including Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen) touching upon several
conflict related issues, and enable cross fertilization and networking with
international scholars and promote a multi-disciplinarily approach to
researching the conflict related issues.
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- Conference:
"The GCC at Cross-Roads: Responding to New Economic Order
Conference", ERF and GCC Economic Research Initiative (GCCeRI),
Muscat, 8-10 December 2019
This
conference is designed to be the major inaugural event of the GCCeRI. This new
institution will provide a platform for GCC researchers and policy makers to
discuss research and policy issues as well as regional and global developments;
and, disseminate research outcomes to the public through means of publications,
newsletters, conferences and workshops.
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- Conference
"Visible and Invisible Borders between Christians and Muslims in the
Early Modern World”, Central European University, Budapest, 10-11 January
2020
We aim to
create a network that will help to provide a comprehensive understanding of
past relations between Christianity and Islam in the European context through
the addressing of three main research problems: otherness, migration and
borders.
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- Workshop:
"God's Justice and Animal Welfare", Department for
Islamic-Religious Studies, Friedrich-Alexander University
Erlangen-Nürnberg, 13-14 December 2019
The junior
research group "Norm , Normativity and Norm Changes" is organizing
this workshop which aims to fathom the understanding of to what extent animals
are recipients of justice. Hereby, interdisciplinary approaches are used to
find answers to the research question. The workshop is open for interested
researchers and students. Registration is required.
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- Workshop:
“Dialogues in the Late Medieval Mediterranean: Methodological Encounters
and (Dis)Encounters”, Casa Árabe, Madrid, 27 January 2020
The aim of
this workshop is to create a network that will help to provide a comprehensive
understanding of past relations between Christianity and Islam in the European
context through the addressing of three main research problems: otherness,
migration and borders.
Deadline for
applications: 22 October 2019. Information: https://is-le.eu/workshop/dialogues-in-the-late-medieval-mediterranean-methodological-encounters-and-disencounters/
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- Graduate
Student Workshop: "Turning Points: The Middle East and Balkans,
1918-1923", UC Berkeley, 6-8 February 2020
Students
using all types of approaches are welcome to apply: legal, diplomatic, and
social/cultural history; domestic/regional, transnational and international
politics; economic and environmental.
Deadline for applications: 15
October 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/4727905/call-proposals-graduate-student-workshop-uc-berkeley-february
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- Centre
for Islamic and West Asian Studies 3rd Annual Conference: “Urban Islam:
Muslim Mi-norities, Identity and Tradition in West Asian, South Asian, and
African Cities”, University of London, 19 February 2020
We welcome
research that focuses on all Muslim communities, including Sunni, Shiite, Sufi,
those of sub-denominations and of different schools of thought, jurisprudence
and theology; and adherents of Muslim movements having a prominent communal
identity and living as minorities in Islamic cities.
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- Panel
on "Beur Fractured Identities in the French Cultural Space" at
the 51st Convention of NeMLA, Boston, 5-8 March 2020
This session
will discuss the complex identity formation of people from the Beur community
living in France through the study of contemporary Beur literature.
Deadline for
abstracts: 30 September 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/25688/discussions/4644079/call-papers-nemla-51st-convention-5-8-march-2020-boston
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- Spring
Meeting of the Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society:
“Islam and Law,” Emory University, Atlanta, 6-8 March 2020
We invite
paper abstracts from any discipline in the humanities or social sciences that
address any topic related to Islam and Law in the MENA region – for example:
Islam’s role in the historical, cultural, or theological origins of law and
law-making; Islam’s role in shaping law, legal institutions, and legal
processes; etc.
Deadline for
abstracts: 4 October 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/25688/discussions/4334771/sermeiss-spring-2020-islam-and-law-workshop-cfp-future-special
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- Conference:
"Mare Nostrum: The Mediterranean Basin as Wellspring of Human
Endeavor", St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York, 13-14 March
2020
This
conference will analyze the manifold dimensions of human endeavor centered
around the Mediterranean, defined as the region extending from the western
terminus of the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates Valley.
Deadline for
submissions: 1 February 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/7801/discussions/4766107/cfp-mare-nostrum-mediterranean-basin-wellspring-human-endeavor
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- Panel
on "Emergent Genres and Forms: Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East
after the Second Intifada" during the Annual Meeting of the American
Comparative Literature Association, Chicago, 19-22 March 2020
The
panel traces how aesthetic and formal
strategies are used to represent this geopolitical context to regional and
international audiences since the early 2000s. It asks how cultural texts use
and challenge narrative and formal conventions in order to offer alternatives
to mainstream historical, political, and cultural discourses.
Deadline for
abstracts: 23 September 2019. Information: https://www.acla.org/emergent-genres-and-forms-israel-palestine-and-middle-east-after-second-intifada
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- Workshop:
"The Visibility of Strangers. Diasporas, Urban Spaces, and Material
Pluralism in the Mediterranean Space", Cagliari, Italy, 29-30 April
2020
Papers are
invited from social analysis of diasporas to the anthropological approach to
foodways; from the economic inquire of foreigner lifestyle to the artistic
patronage of foreigner urban guilds - framed in the Mediterranean from the 17th
to the 19th century, especially related to the effects of the dissolution of
the Ot-toman Empire on urban pluralism.
Deadline for
abstracts: 30 September 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4339606/visibility-strangers-diasporas-urban-spaces-and-material
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- Conference
of the Jewish-Muslim Research Network: “Beyond Jewish-Muslim Relations”,
University of Manchester, 19-20 May 2020
Scholars of
Jewish and Muslim histories, cultures, politics and theologies are invited to
share comparative, transnational, and interdisciplinary approaches to the study
of these topics as they relate to and come into contact with one another.
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- Congress
of the Mediterranean Studies Association, University of Gibraltar, 27-30
May 2020
We are now
accepting proposals for individual paper, panel discussions, and complete
sessions on all sub-jects related to the Mediterranean region and Mediterranean
cultures around the world from all historical periods. The official language of
the Congress is English, but we also welcome complete sessions in any
Mediterranean language.
Deadline for
abstracts: 1 February 2020. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-mediterranean-studies-association-27-30-may-gibraltar?e=82aeb6c61d
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- 8th International Conference of the
National Records and Archives Authority of the Sultanate of Oman (NRAA):
“Omani-German Relations during the 19th and 20th Centuries”,
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, 5-6 June 2020
The
scholarly conference will focus on the Omani-German relations since the arrival
of the Germans in East Africa and the Gulf, as well as the German role in
historical, economic, social and cultural studies of Oman. The conference,
organized in cooperation with Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Humboldt
University of Berlin, Free University of Berlin and Oman Studies Centre in
Germany, aims at bringing together scholars from Oman, Germany and other
countries.
Deadline for
abstracts: 16 September 2019. Information: https://nraa.gov.om/the-eighth-international-conference-omani-german-relations-during-the-19th-and-20th-centuries/?lang=en
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- Workshop
"Travelling Practices and the Emergence of Tourism in the Middle East
(16th-20th Centuries)", University of Vienna, 12-13 June 2020
This
workshop will analyze travel literature (travelogues and guidebooks) with
regard to the practices, patterns and significations of travel. In shifting the
focus to routine and mundane aspects of travelling, it will serve to place
travel narratives in a relational framework combining basic questions of
infrastructure and transportation with the movements and pathways of individual
travellers.
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- 15th
International Congress of Ottoman Social and Economic History (ICOSEH),
University of Zagreb, 13-17 July 2020
The
Executive Committee of ICOSEH and the Organizing Committee invite the
submission of abstracts of individual papers as well as pre-organized
panels/sessions and workshops. Papers are expected to address various aspects
of the economic and social history of the Ottoman Empire. We encourage panels
and workshops on any aspects of the Ottomans and the Mediterranean and the
Ottomans and Central Europe.
Deadline for
abstracts: 15 December 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/4222924/icoseh-zagreb-2020-cfp
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- 4th ISA
Forum of Sociology: “Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy,
Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality,” Porto Alegre, Brazil, 14-18
July 2020
The
environmental crisis and climate change are now a worrying reality. How can we
live together on a limited planet? Land and food have become again major
objects of struggles. Environmental and socio-territorial conflicts have
multiplied against extractivist industries. This Conference will provide
sociological analyses of these and other global challenges paying particular
attention to their interconnections and to possible solutions.
Deadline for
abstracts: 30 September 2019. Information: https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/forum/porto-alegre-2020
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- 20th
ISA World Congress of Sociology on "Resurgent Authoritarianism:
Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and
Economies", Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022
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POSITIONS
- Professorship
for Turkish Studies (W2), Department of Turkish Studies, University
Duisburg-Essen
Candidates
should have a PhD in the social or political sciences or in the humanities, and
a distinctive international profile in Turkish Studies. Expected is a
specialization in Gender Studies.
Desirable are research interests in cultural studies modes of enquiry
and pan-epochal approaches that will facilitate interdisciplinary cooperation
in the Turkish Department. Excellent knowledge of Turkish and English is
expected. Candidates without German language skills will be expected to learn
German (C1) within the first two years.
Deadline for
applications: 30 September 2019. Information: https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/turkistik/professorship_in_turkish_studies_ude.pdf
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- Research
Group Leader for Project "Grammars of Dependency", Bonn Center
for Dependency and Slavery Studies, University of Bonn
Application
deadline: 30 September 2019. Information: https://www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/en/career/career
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- Research
Group Leader for Project "Gender (and Intersectionality)", Bonn
Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, University of Bonn
Application
deadline: 30 September 2019. Information: https://www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/en/career/career
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- PhD
Fellowship for Research on "The Lifetimes of Epidemics in Europe and
the Middle East", Department of Culture Studies and Oriental
Languages, University of Oslo
This may
include topics related to scientific knowledge, medicine and public health,
interactions between pathogens and humans, political philosophy, and political
practice, as well as networks translating and transmitting such knowledge.
Applicant should have a language-based regional expertise on one or more Middle
Eastern contexts. Historical projects using Turkish or Ottoman sources may be
given preference.
Deadline for
applications: 8 October 2019. Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/175200/doctoral-research-fellowship
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- Two
Research Internship Positions (2019-2020), Centre for Mediterranean,
Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), University of Peloponnese
The interns
will be supervised by senior associates and will be dealing with the study and
analysis of ongoing events. Applicants have to be at least graduate students in
a field related to the research focus of CEMMIS
Deadline for
applications: 30 September 2019. Information: http://cemmis.edu.gr/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=614:research-internship-positions-2019-2020&Itemid=153&lang=en
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- Sir
William Luce Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Scholar Working on the Gulf
Region and Sudan, Durham University
The
fellowship is awarded annually to a scholar at post-doctoral level, diplomat,
politician, or business executive. We invite research proposals that examine
historic aspects of Iran, the Gulf States, South Arabia and Sudan throwing
light on contemporary events.
Deadline for
applications: 11 October 2019. Information: https://www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/research/fellowships/
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- Tenured
Professor in Ethnic Studies and/or Studies of Islam in America, Havard
University
Qualification:
Doctoral degree and Intellectual leadership in the field; potential for
significant contributions to the Faculty, University, and wider scholarly
community; demonstrated excellence in teaching and mentoring; and experience
working with and teaching diverse students.
Deadline for
applications: 1 October 2019.
Information: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/9212
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- Many
Long- and Short-Term Fellowships in Different Fields of Study for
2020-2021, W.F. Al-bright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem
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- Commissioning
Editor, Civil-Military Relations in Arab States, Carnegie Middle East
Centre, Beirut
The Editor
will be responsible for seeking suitable authors, developing topics and
outlines, taking drafts through review, and making revisions. S/he should have
native-level English and preferably also be bilingual in Arabic. The position
may be held remotely, and candidates outside of Lebanon will be considered.
Deadline for
applications: 30 October 2019.
Information: https://carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com/jobs/1183765.html
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- Assistant
Professor (Four-Year Position) in Sociology, American University Cairo
Requirements:
A PhD in sociology or a related discipline with the ability to teach and
publish within the disci-pline of sociology. Commitment to teaching and
engagement of students, as well as service to the universi-ty, particularly the
sociology program and the department, are necessary, as well as an active
research agenda.
Deadline for
applications: 1 November 2019.
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- Tenure-Track
Position, (Open Rank) in the Environmental History of the Mediterranean,
University of Haifa
We are
looking for candidates with proven academic excellence in their respective
fields of expertise, together with an extensive background in Mediterranean
studies; a fully-developed Mediterraneanist approach guiding their research;
and proven interest in environmental issues in the history of the
Mediterranean. While the candidate should be firmly rooted within the
historical discipline, additional background in supporting social and natural
scientific fields, such as biology, geology, geography, ecology, etc., is a
distinct advantage.
Deadline for
applications: 31 December 2019. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58876
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- Two
Year Postdoctoral Fellowship for Young Scholar in Social Sciences or Law
from Out-side of North America, Harvard Academy for International and Area
Studies
Invited are
scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary
excellence in the social sciences or law with a command of the language and
history or culture of countries or regions outside of the United States or
Canada.
Deadline for
applications: 1 October 2019. Information: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58925
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- 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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- One-semester,
Non-tenure Track Visiting Assistant Professor in the History of Islam in
the Early Modern and/or Modern World, Clark University, Massachusetts
The position
is to begin in January 2020. We are seeking a candidate to teach three courses
on the history of Islam, including introductory surveys as well as advanced
courses in the candidate’s field of specialization. ABD or Ph.D. in History,
Islamic Studies, or a related field is required by the time of appointment.
Review of
applications will continue until the position is filled. Information: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58972
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- Assistant
Professor, History of the Pre-modern and Early Modern Islamic World,
Dartmouth College
We invite
applications from historians whose primary research fields are in any region or
any period prior to 1800. The successful candidate must show promise of
outstanding scholarly achievement and a commitment to classroom teaching at the
undergraduate level. Teaching assignments will involve introductory as well as
more specialized courses.
Deadline for
applications: 11 October 2019. Information: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58980
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- Assistant
Professor of Middle Eastern History, North Carolina State University
Minimum
Experience: PhD in Middle Eastern History or a relevant field in the Humanities
or Social Sciences, or ABD with confirmed plans to defend the dissertation
within the next year.
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- Tenure-track
Assistant Professor on the Culture, Economics or Politics of Muslim
Societies in Iran, Central/South/East Asia, Stanford University
Applications
from Anthropology, Communication, Economics, Political Science, or Sociology
are welcome from scholars who can contribute to the Abbasi Program in Islamic
Studies.
Deadline for
applications: 25 October 2019. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14164
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- Bita
Daryabari Assistant or Associate Professor of Iranian Studies, Department
of Near Eastern Studies, Berkeley
Applications
are encouraged from scholars with rigorous training in the languages and
cultures (textual and/or material) of Iran (broadly defined) and with a
research specialization within the period from antiquity to the advent of
Islam. Preference will be given to individuals whose research has strong
philological and/or material cultural foundations.
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- Assistant
Professor of Ottoman History, Binghamton University
The focus is
on early modern Ottoman history (c. 1300-1800). We seek candidates whose
research is grounded in Ottoman sources and archival materials, and especially
encourage applications from scholars who take a trans-regional or trans-imperial
perspective that incorporates the diverse religious groups, ethnicities, and
regions that constitute the Ottoman world.
Deadline for
applications: 15 October 2019. Information: https://binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp;jsessionid=AF2A8CBA49DC96D98FD705815A55F5FC?JOBID=113830
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OTHER INFORMATION
- Course:
"Understanding Political Discourse: Methods and Practice with
Reference to the Middle East and North Africa", Aga Khan Centre,
London, 7-9 November 2019
The course
explores major topics in the study of political discourse, both as the theories
and practices were developed in European and North American academia, and as
applied to Arabic and other languages in the Middle East and North Africa.
Knowledge of one or more Middle Eastern and North African languages (Arabic,
Berber, Kurdish, Hebrew, Armenian, Turkish, Farsi, etc.) required.
Booking as
soon as possible. Information: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-course-understanding-political-discourse-tickets-72396458757
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- Grant
to Digitise Collections at Risk
The
Endangered Archives Program seeks to preserve cultural heritage and make it
available to as wide an audience as possible. We fund digitisation projects to
record the content of archives, which can include rare printed sources,
manuscripts, visual materials, or audio recordings.
Deadline for
applications: 11 November 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/4733064/apply-grant-digitise-collections-risk
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- Articles
on the Ottoman Monarchy for Edited Book on " Modernizing the Unmodern:
Europe’s Imperial Monarchies and their Path to Modernity in the 19th and
20th Centuries"
This volume
wants to investigate how Europe’s various imperial monarchies – including the
Ottomans –
and their rulers responded to the challenges
of modernity.
Deadline for
abstracts: 1 October 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/4736564/contributions-ottoman-monarchy-solicited-edited-volume
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- Articles
on "Labors of Need: Lives of African and Asian Workers in the Middle
East" for Special Issue of "Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of
Middle East and North African Migration Studies"
Contributions
are invited from scholars working in the fields of history, area studies,
anthropology, sociology, geography, political economy, political science,
religious studies, cultural studies, and other cognate fields.
Deadline for
articles: 6 January 2020. Information: https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/index
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- Articles
on "Sufism and Peace Studies" for the "Research Journal of
Philosophy and Practice"
Research
scholars, authors are welcome for submitting their valuable research work
related to Sufi practice, philosophy and teaching of Sufi saints.
Deadline for
articles: 30 September 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4243789/cfp-sufism-and-peace-studies-research-journal-sufi-philosophy
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- Contributions
to Edited Book: “Moroccan Peregrinations: Construction, Transmission and
Circulation of Islamic Knowledge (18th-21st Centuries)"
The ambition
of this issue is to renew previous reflections by gathering multidisciplinary
studies that juxta-pose human and social sciences and Islamic studies, shed
light on unpublished sources and explore new fields. The volume will include
the following themes: contents, actors and the geography of knowledge;
knowledge policies, competing knowledge; Vintage Islam, New Age Islam.
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