CONFERENCES
- International Conference:
"Historicity and Islamicity: Perceptions of Early Islamic History in
Contemporary Muslim Thought", Institute for the Study of Islamic
Culture and Religion, Goethe University in Frankfurt a.M., 12-14 December
2019
- Workshop: "God's Justice
and Animal Welfare", Department for Islamic-Religious Studies,
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 13-14 December 2019
- International Symposium:
“Political Economy of Sanctions”, Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-Studien
(CNMS), Philipps-Universität Marburg, 13-14 December 2019
- International Workshop: “Nature
and the Supernatural in Ottoman Culture”, Istanbul, 14-15 December 2019
- International Workshop:
“Multilateral Dynamics between the Middle East and Asia in the Mongol
Era”, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 15 December 2019
- Conference: „The Intercultural
Roots Early Scholasticism: Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Latin“, London, 23-24 January
2020
- Conference: “Protests, Power,
and Prayer: Intersection of Activism, Culture, and Religion”, Religion
Graduate Students Association, University of Florida, 21-22 February 2020
- 17th Annual Duke-UNC
Conference: “Who Speaks for Islam? Approaches to Authority within the
Academy and Beyond”, University of North Carolina, 29 February 2020
- Spring Meeting of the Southeast
Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society: “Islam and Law,” Emory
University, Atlanta, 6-8 March 2020
- Workshop: "Western Intervention
in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: Political Containment, Neoliberalism,
and Imperial Legacies", University of Oxford, 10-11 March 2020
- International Workshop:
"Media Representations of Law and Justice: Middle Eastern
Perspectives", Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Leipzig,
12–13 March 2020
- Conference: "Mare Nostrum:
The Mediterranean Basin as Wellspring of Human Endeavor", St. John
Fisher College, Rochester, New York, 13-14 March 2020
- 35th Annual Conference of the American
Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS) on “The Influence of
Islam in Politics and Society: Civic Engagement, Social Inclusion and
Political Participation”, Villanova University (Pennsylvania), 27-28 March
2020
- Annual Conference of the
British Association for Islamic Studies, Aga Khan University, London, 6-7
April 2020
- 2nd International
Congress on “Women and Politics in a Global World”, Altinbas University,
Istanbul, 17-18 April 2020
- Inaugural Middle East Conference: “Ideas Towards New
Agendas”, Middle Eastern Studies Department (MESD), Hamad Bin Khalifa
University Doha, 20-21 April 2020
- Graduate Student Workshop on Religion, Law, and
Politics in the Middle East, Syracuse University, 23 April 2020
- Workshop: "The Visibility
of Strangers. Diasporas, Urban Spaces, and Material Pluralism in the
Mediterranean Space", Cagliari, Italy, 29-30 April 2020
- 35th Annual Middle
East History and Theory Conference: “Theorizing Gender and Sexuality in
the Historic and Contemporary Middle East”, University of Chicago, 1-3 May
2020
- Conference: “Migration via the
Sea or Desert: Recourse to Religious Figures in the Migratory Dynamics of
Africa”, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, 7-8 May
2020
- Conference of the Jewish-Muslim
Research Network: “Beyond Jewish-Muslim Relations”, University of
Manchester, 19-20 May 2020
- 42nd Annual
Conference of Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University of
Marburg, 26-28 May 2020
- Congress of the Mediterranean
Studies Association, University of Gibraltar, 27-30 May 2020
- 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
- Conference: “Discursive Challenges:
Power, State Legitimacy and Counter-narratives in the Arab World”,
Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS), Durham
University, 9-11 June 2020
- Workshop "Travelling
Practices and the Emergence of Tourism in the Middle East (16th-20th
Centuries)", University of Vienna, 12-13 June 2020
- 20th International
Conference on Migration: "The Multicultural Condition",
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten,
18-19 June 2020
- Seventh Conference of the
School of Mamluk Studies, Centre for Visual Arts and Research, Nicosia,
2-4 July 2020
- 15th International
Congress of Ottoman Social and Economic History (ICOSEH), University of
Zagreb, 13-17 July 2020
- Conference: “Ideas in Motion:
Arabia in Late Antiquity,“ Leiden University and King
Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, Leiden, 26-27 August 2020
- Section on “(Geo)Political
Transformations in the Mediterranean”, during the “Conference of the
European Consortium of Political Research (ecpr)”, University of
Innsbruck, 26-28 August 2020
- Session: "Ottoman Cultural
Mobilities: 19th Century Modes of Travel, Collecting and
Display", within the International Conference of European Urban
Historians Network, Antwerp, 2-5 September 2020
- Conference: “Arabic-Script
Manuscripts in Africa”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, 13-16
September 2020
- International
Conference of The Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII): “From
Ancient to Modern: The Current State of Research on Iraq“, Washington, DC,
9 October 2020
- Conference: "Rethinking
Narratives of China and the Middle East: The Silk Roads and Beyond",
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 8-10 April 2021
- 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
- 2 Doctoral and 6
Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Program “4A Laboratory: Art
Histories, Archaeologies, Anthropologies, Aesthetics“, Berlin, Academic
Year 2020/2021
- PhD Position for Research
Project "Bibliotheca Arabica: On the Production, Transmission, and
Reception of Arabic Literatures”, Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften,
Leipzig
- Assistant Professor in
Political History (Focus Middle East/Mediterranean), Universiteit Utrecht
- Doctoral Research Fellowship in
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Department of Culture Studies and
Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
- Research Associate for Project:
“Computational
Study of Culture: Cultural Analytics for Modern Arab and Islamic Studies",
Doha Institute
- Fellowships of the Academic
Research Institute in Iraq (TARII) for Research on Iraq
- Digital Collections
Archivist, Libraries & Learning Technologies, American University
Cairo
- Director, Middle Easter Studies
Center (MESC), American University Cairo
- Tenure-Track Position (Open
Rank) in the Environmental History of the Mediterranean, University of
Haifa
- Postes de
Doctorant.e/Post-doctorant.e, Centre Jacques Berque pour les Etudes en
Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Rabat
- Faculty Positions in the Sociology and Anthropology
Program, School of Social Sciences & Humanities, Doha Institute for
Graduate Studies
- Faculty Leave Fellowship for
Scholars of the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa, Crown Center
for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
- Assistant Professor in Global
Public History (Focus on the Islamic World since 1800), York University,
Ontario, Canada
- Assistant Professor of History
of the Circum-Mediterranean/Islamic World before 1500, Western New England
University
- Postdoctoral Fellowships in
Migration Studies, Center for International Studies, Cornell University
- Bita Daryabari Assistant or
Associate Professor of Iranian Studies, Department of Near Eastern
Studies, Berkeley
- Assistant Professor in
Religious Studies, with Expertise in Islamic Studies and Classical Arabic
Traditions, Arizona State University
OTHER INFORMATION
- Ph.D. Research Grant at the
Orient-Institut in Istanbul for 2020
- Middle East and North Africa
Mobility Grants for Young Researchers / bourses de mobilité pour jeunes
chercheurs, Centre Francais d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales
- Richard Gillespie Mediterranean Prize for
Early Career Researchers
- MA Islamic Intellectual History
(1 Year), MA Islamic Intellectual History & Intensive Language (2
Years), SOAS University of London
- Spring School of the Innovative
Training Network “Mediating Islam in the Digital Age” (MIDA) and the
European Network for Islamic Studies (ENIS) on "Contesting Authority:
Knowledge, Power and Expressions of Selfhood", Catania, Italy, 2-8
March 2020
- Intensive Course of
“Contemporary Iranian Studies”, University of Religions and Denominations
(URD), 4-14 March 2020
- Critical Muslim Studies Summer
School, Granada, 15-20 June 2020
- Appel à dossier de la revue
« Les Cahiers de Tunisie »
62. Appel à
contribution pour le MIDÉO 36 (2021) : « Iğtihād et taqlīd dans
l’islam sunnite et šīʿite »
- 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"
- Publications for the
"Occasional Paper Series of the Center for International and Regional
Studies (CIRS)", Georgetown University in Qatar
- New "Journal of Material
Cultures in the Muslim World"
- Chapters for the New
“Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism: Groups, Perspectives and New Debates” (Routledge)
- Chapters for Edited Book on
„Perspectives on Academic Persian“ in the Springer Language Policy Series
- Monographs for Series
"Routledge Studies in Islam and Human Rights"
- New Book Series “Gulf Studies”
by Gulf Studies Center (GSC), Qatar University, in Collaboration with
“Springer Nature”
- Chapters for Edited Book on
“Amazigh Cinema” (Palgrave’s Arab Cinema Series)
- Introducing New
Podcast: "DAWLA: New Histories of the Medieval Middle East",
Research on Historiography of 15th Century Egypt and Syria,
Ghent University
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Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, in cooperation with the University of
Sharjah/UAE
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CONFERENCES
- International Conference:
"Historicity and Islamicity: Perceptions of Early Islamic History in
Contemporary Muslim Thought", Institute for the Study of Islamic
Culture and Religion, Goethe University in Frankfurt a.M., 12-14 December
2019
Our
conference attempts to shed light on the contemporary Muslim perceptions and
perspectives on the early history of Islam. It will first address the
mechanisms of construction of ‘early Islamic history’ and its use in the
processes of identity building among Muslims and, in a next stept, the critical
and revisionist approaches to history developed by Muslim scholars.
Organizers:
Prof. Dr. Armina Omerika, Dr. Soumaya Louhichi-Güzel.
See program
at https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/82093441/ContentPage_82093441
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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.
See program at https://www.dirs.phil.fau.eu/files/2019/11/Gods-Justice-and-Animal-Welfare_Program.pdf
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- International Symposium:
“Political Economy of Sanctions”, Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-Studien
(CNMS), Philipps-Universität Marburg, 13-14 December 2019
Organiser:
Prof. Mohammad R. Farzanegan (Economy of the Near and Middle East).
______________________________________
- International Workshop: “Nature
and the Supernatural in Ottoman Culture”, Istanbul, 14-15 December 2019
See program at https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/5533934/international-workshop-nature-and-supernatural-ottoman-culture
______________________________________
- International Workshop:
“Multilateral Dynamics between the Middle East and Asia in the Mongol
Era”, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 15 December 2019
See
program at http://mongol.huji.ac.il/news-and-activities/multilateral-dynamics-between-middle-east-and-asia-mongol-era-15122019
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- Conference: „The Intercultural
Roots Early Scholasticism: Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Latin“, London, 23-24
January 2020
Registration
closes 9 January 2020. See program at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-intercultural-roots-early-scholasticism-greek-hebrew-arabic-latin-tickets-80013698125
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- Conference: “Protests, Power,
and Prayer: Intersection of Activism, Culture, and Religion”, Religion
Graduate Students Association, University of Florida, 21-22 February 2020
Contributors frame their papers primarily in response to the questions:
In what ways are religious practices and/or beliefs deployed within various
socio-cultural protests? How and why do certain individuals or groups engage in
activism? To what degree are religiously motivated protests
effective/ineffective?
_____________________________________
- 17th Annual Duke-UNC
Conference: “Who Speaks for Islam? Approaches to Authority within the
Academy and Beyond”, University of North Carolina, 29 February 2020
The
conference will interrogate questions of authority and power. Potential topics
include, but are not limited, to the following: Who gets to speak for Islam and
Muslims? What landscape of authority exist in the Islamicate World? For example
what geographies constitute the Islamicate world? Etc.
Information: https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/40033
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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
The meeting
will 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.
_____________________________________
- Workshop: "Western
Intervention in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: Political Containment,
Neoliberalism, and Imperial Legacies", University of Oxford, 10-11
March 2020
This workshop will situate current military and development
interventions into a larger context and debate about (neo)colonialism,
governance, the state, sovereignty, and to encourage a systematic treatment of
the historical continuities and ruptures between the present and the explicitly
imperial political contexts of the early twentieth century.
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- International Workshop:
"Media Representations of Law and Justice: Middle Eastern
Perspectives", Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Leipzig,
12–13 March 2020
We invite contributions on Arabic-language cinematic and television
formats screening legal system in either contemporary or historical perspective
and papers on legal dramas from neighboring countries in the ‘Greater Middle
East’, as well as comparative studies to allow for broader transnational
perspectives.
Deadline for abstracts: 8 January 2020. Information: https://tinyurl.com/vbqxrvo
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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.
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- 35th Annual Conference of the American
Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS) on “The Influence of
Islam in Politics and Society: Civic Engagement, Social Inclusion and Political
Participation”, Villanova University (Pennsylvania), 27-28 March 2020
The conference puts particular emphasis on
socio-political dimensions of Islam and covers a vast range of topics and areas
from Sufism, the so-called apolitical dimension of the faith to economic and
financial aspects of Islam, both in Muslim and non-Muslim societies.
Deadline for abstracts: 24 January 2020.
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- Annual Conference of the
British Association for Islamic Studies, Aga Khan University, London, 6-7
April 2020
The will include include papers from the disciplines of Art,
Architecture and Material Culture in the Muslim world; Diversity within Islam and
Islamic Studies; Economy, Marketing and Finance; Education; Gender Studies;
Hadith Studies; History, Intellectual History, History of Science;
Interreligious Relations; Law; Literature, Media and Cultural Studies including
Postcolonial Studies; etc.
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- 2nd International
Congress on “Women and Politics in a Global World”, Altinbas University,
Istanbul, 17-18 April 2020
The conference will
assess the place and significance of women within the spheres of family, law,
science, art, politics, culture and socio-economy throughout the ages in
context of interdisciplinary studies involving women in throughout Turkey and
the world.
Deadline for abstracts: 27 December 2019.
Information: http://www.altinbas.edu.tr/wpgw/en/
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- Inaugural Middle East Conference: “Ideas Towards New
Agendas”, Middle Eastern Studies Department (MESD), Hamad Bin Khalifa
University Doha, 20-21 April 2020
The conference aims at developing a new,
more constructive agenda for Middle East studies which recognizes the region’s
evolving characteristics and challenges, but also sees these in the wider
context of international dynamics and interactions. We encourage participants
to re-think and re-imagine the epistemologies, directions and agendas of our
field.
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- Graduate Student Workshop on Religion, Law, and Politics
in the Middle East, Syracuse University, 23 April 2020
The
workshop will serve as avenue for advanced graduate students (ABDs) to meet and
share their work-in-progress and receive extensive feedback on their
dissertation projects from a panel of interdisciplinary experts. The workshop
welcomes research conducted on a broad range of topics that addresses the
historical and contemporary interactions between religious, legal and political
institutions in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Deadline
for abstracts: 15 December 2019.
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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 range
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 Ottoman Empire on urban pluralism.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4339606/visibility-strangers-diasporas-urban-spaces-and-material
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- 35th Annual Middle
East History and Theory Conference: “Theorizing Gender and Sexuality in
the Historic and Contemporary Middle East”, University of Chicago, 1-3 May
2020
Proposals are invited on the Middle East and spanning the sixth century
c.e. to the present day. Topics include history, political science,
anthropology, religious studies, geography, literary studies, philosophy, art
history, and media studies.
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- Conference: “Migration via the
Sea or Desert: Recourse to Religious Figures in the Migratory Dynamics of
Africa”, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, 7-8 May
2020
This
conference intends to open a scientific dialogue to discuss the place of the
religious in migratory dynamics. The conference’s anchoring point is the
illegal migration from Africa towards Europe and Middle East. Papers will also
deal with the link between religious and all other forms of human mobility
within the African continental space or from it to other destinations.
Information:
https://calenda.org/673554
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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 will share
comparative, transnational, and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of
these topics as they relate to and come into contact with one another.
Information: https://jmrn.co.uk/conference2020/
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- 42nd Annual
Conference of Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University of
Marburg, 26-28 May 2020
The
local convenor will be Dr Susanne Saker. Papers are invited on: Librarianship,
collection development and acquisition policies of Middle Eastern collections
as sources for area studies; Cataloguing policies and practices; Current issues
in information studies on the Middle East, etc. An excursion will also take
place on 29 May.
Deadline
for abstracts and pre-registration: 17 January 2020.
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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.
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- Conference: “Discursive
Challenges: Power, State Legitimacy and Counter-narratives in the Arab
World”, Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS), Durham
University, 9-11 June 2020
The aim of this conference is to understand the dynamics of the protests
gripping so many states and communities in the Arab region and also the current
challenges to regime legitimacy – traditionally held by a strong central
authority – in the MENA region.
Deadline for abstracts: 17 January 2020.
Information: https://www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/about/news/?itemno=40154
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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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- 20th International
Conference on Migration: "The Multicultural Condition",
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten,
18-19 June 2020
The conference will discuss the bases and
critiques of multiculturalism and analyze the relation of multiculturalism to
competing concepts, in particular transnationality, integration and diversity.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2019.
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- Seventh Conference of the
School of Mamluk Studies, Centre for Visual Arts and Research, Nicosia,
2-4 July 2020
The
conference will be preceded by a three-day (29 June – 1 July 2020) intensive
course on Venetian sources concerning trade in Mamluk territories and Cyprus,
taught by Professor Benjamin Arbel, Tel Aviv University.
Information: http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference.html
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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.
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- Conference: “Ideas in Motion:
Arabia in Late Antiquity,“ Leiden University and King
Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, Leiden, 26-27 August 2020
The conference will address key themes in
religious, intellectual, and cultural history in Arabia in the period between
570-1000 AD. Central topics include: transmission of ideas and texts; religious
and philosophical doctrines and beliefs in Arabia; devotional piety and
theology; etc. Participants’ full travel and accommodation costs will be
covered by the conference organisers.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2020. Information: https://diwan.hypotheses.org/17079 or the English version of the Call for Papers: https://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/678/files/2019/12/call-.pdf
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- Section on “(Geo)Political
Transformations in the Mediterranean”, during the “Conference of the
European Consortium of Political Research (ecpr)”, University of
Innsbruck, 26-28 August 2020
We invite research on: What is specific to
the social movements in the Mediterranean? How are states responding to the
demands of such movements, e.g. in Algeria and Lebanon? Can we identify new
forms of ‘Mediterranean Islamism’? etc.
Deadline for panel proposals: 19 February
2020
https://ecpr.eu/Events/SectionDetails.aspx?SectionID=967&EventID=132
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- Session: "Ottoman Cultural
Mobilities: 19th Century Modes of Travel, Collecting and
Display", within the International Conference of European Urban
Historians Network, Antwerp, 2-5 September 2020
The session
focuses on the mobility and circulation of people and objects around Ottoman
and connected contexts; Ottoman encounters and exchanges en route; the journeys
of intellectuals, collections and archives in the late Ottoman Empire.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/7801/discussions/5071043/cfp-ottoman-cultural-mobilities-19th-century-modes-travel; and https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferences/eauh2020/
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- Conference: “Arabic-Script
Manuscripts in Africa”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, 13-16
September 2020
The conference will present original,
current research on the Arabic-script manuscript cultures of North and
Sub-Saharan Africa and the care and management of manuscript collections across
the continent: historical traditions of Arabic-script Manuscripts in Africa;
manuscripts libraries and manuscript heritage centres in Africa; African
Arabic-script languages; cataloguing and publishing; preservation,
conservation, and digitization; cultural property protection.
Registration and workshop application open
on 15 January 2020.
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- International
Conference of The Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII): “From
Ancient to Modern: The Current State of Research on Iraq“, Washington, DC,
9 October 2020
This conference will bring together
American, Iraqi, and international scholars to present their findings and
exchange their ideas in any subject area.
_____________________________________
- Conference: "Rethinking
Narratives of China and the Middle East: The Silk Roads and Beyond",
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 8-10 April 2021
The conference examines the relationship between China and the Middle
East, both ancient and modern. Papers that incorporate additional regions,
such as Europe, Central Asia, or South/Southeast Asia are also encouraged,
provided they are also incorporate both China and a country in the Middle East,
broadly construed.
_______________________________________
- 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
- 2 Doctoral and 6
Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Program “4A Laboratory: Art
Histories, Archaeologies, Anthropologies, Aesthetics“, Berlin, Academic
Year 2020/2021
Applications are welcome from all regions,
with various disciplinary formations, such as Art History, Aesthetics,
Archaeology, Anthropology/Ethnology, History and neighboring fields dealing
with artifacts, artistic production, material culture, and aesthetic practices
relating to objects, images, languages and architectures.
Deadline for applications: 30 January
2020. Information: https://www.khi.fi.it/de/aktuelles/call-for-papers-applications.php
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- PhD Position for Research
Project "Bibliotheca Arabica: On the Production, Transmission, and
Reception of Arabic Literatures”, Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften,
Leipzig
Requirements: An MA or equivalent degree in Islamic Studies, Arabic
philology or a cognate discipline; excellent knowledge of Arabic and preferably
one other primary language of the Islamicate world; experience in working with
Arabic manuscripts. Starting date 1 April 2020 for three years, with an option
of extension for another year.
Deadline for
application: 15 January 2020. Information: https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/ausschreibungen/stellenausschreibungen/bibliotheca_arabica.pdf/view
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- Assistant Professor in
Political History (Focus Middle East/Mediterranean), Universiteit Utrecht
Applicants specialised in modern or
contemporary European political history, ideally with a focus on the
relationship between gender and politics; the history of colonialism or
imperialism; Middle East; (post) colonial states.
Deadline for applications: 15 February
2020.
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- Doctoral Research Fellowship in
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Department of Culture Studies and
Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
The applicant is asked to propose a project that enters the discursive
field in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), with a particular
focus on modern Iran and its transnational encounters. The resulting
dissertation is expected to contribute to the field of gender studies as it
intersects with capital, race, class, culture, sexuality and/or knowledge via
the MENA region and through its geographic and symbolic location.
Application deadline: 12
January 2020. Information:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/178544/doctoral-research-fellowship-in-middle-eastern-and-islamic-studies
_____________________________________
- Research Associate for Project:
“Computational
Study of Culture: Cultural Analytics for Modern Arab and Islamic Studies",
Doha Institute
We invite applicants with a specialization
in literary, rhetorical, cultural, media or historical studies, especially in
research areas and technologies across the digital humanities domain, exploring
the critical and cultural significance of tools and methods in the context of
questions of East-West encounters, representation, culture and politics.
Applications will be reviewed until the
position is filled.
Information: http://www.theacss.org/pages/fora-and-debates/1029/-job-vacancy_research-associate-at-doha-institute
_____________________________________
- Fellowships of the Academic
Research Institute in Iraq (TARII) for Research on Iraq
Proposals are invited from U.S. scholars for feasible research on Iraq-related
topics to be conducted outside of Iraq and from post-doctoral and advanced
pre-doctoral Iraqi researchers living in Iraq for fellowships to conduct
research related to Iraq in any field of the humanities, social sciences, or
natural sciences.
Deadline for applications: 30 April 2020.
Information: https://www.tarii.org/fellowships
_____________________________________
- Digital Collections
Archivist, Libraries & Learning Technologies, American University
Cairo
The candidate must have
an ALA-accredited MLS, or an MA degree in history or related field with an
archival studies component; at least two years of experience in digital
archives work, including managing digitizing projects and working with digital
collection management software.
The position will remain open until
filled. Information: https://aucegypt.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp;jsessionid=F073E9643DCAF307668B185B372F08C8?JOBID=118777
_____________________________________
- Director, Middle Easter Studies
Center (MESC), American University Cairo
Requirements:
A PhD degree in a
discipline relevant to MESC's field of study. Candidates should have well
established and extended experience in policymaking and implementation related
to the Middle East. Candidates should have research and publications records
showing interest and contributions to the field of Middle East studies.
Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
_____________________________________
- 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
_____________________________________
- Postes de
Doctorant.e/Post-doctorant.e, Centre Jacques Berque pour les Etudes en
Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Rabat
CJB offer deux ou trois postes de
doctorant.e/post-doctorant.e pour une durée d’un an, renouvelables.
Date
limite d’envoi des candidatures : 15 décembre 2019. Information : http://www.cjb.ma/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Appel-%C3%A0-candidatures-CJB-2020.pdf
_____________________________________
- Faculty Positions in the Sociology
and Anthropology Program, School of Social Sciences & Humanities, Doha
Institute for Graduate Studies
We are seeking to appoint an assistant/associate professor in sociology.
The position requires proven experience in advanced quantitative research
methods (research and teaching). Candidates with specialization in any area of
sociology will be considered. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in sociology
or a relevant social science field. Knowledge of Arabic and ability to teach in
the Arabic language is essential.
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2020.
_____________________________________
- Faculty Leave Fellowship for
Scholars of the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa, Crown Center
for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
The fellowship is open to all disciplines,
particularly politics, economics, history, religion, sociology, or anthropology
for the 2020-2021 academic year. Successful applicants must be tenure track or
tenured professors (or equivalent) with a well-established publication record.
Application Deadline: 1 January 2020. Information:
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15024
_____________________________________
- Assistant Professor in Global
Public History (Focus on the Islamic World since 1800), York University,
Ontario, Canada
Required qualifications include a completed PhD in History or a related
discipline, and an ongoing program of research in the area of specialization.
Candidates are expected to demonstrate excellence or the promise of excellence
in teaching and in scholarly research.
Deadline for applications: 25 January 2020.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59541
_____________________________________
- Assistant Professor of History
of the Circum-Mediterranean/Islamic World before 1500, Western New England
University
This can include classical and medieval Europe or the Islamic world. The
primary qualification for this position is excellence in teaching.
Deadline for applications: 15 December 2019.
_____________________________________
- Postdoctoral
Fellowships in Migration Studies, Center for International Studies,
Cornell University
Two
fellowships will be conferred to emerging scholars studying the movement of
people, plants, and/or animals. While in residence at Cornell, the Fellows will
work to generate new knowledge that addresses key themes and concerns. These
include but are not restricted to socio-environmental dynamics and complexity,
recognition of multiple spatiotemporal and hierarchical scales, and attention
to the roles of governance, democracy, and authority as they relate to the
subject of migrations.
Deadline for
applications: 15 January 2020. Information: https://einaudi.cornell.edu/migrations/call-postdoctoral-fellows
_____________________________________
- 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.
___________________________________
- Assistant Professor in
Religious Studies, with Expertise in Islamic Studies and Classical Arabic
Traditions, Arizona State University
The regional
area is open but candidates with expertise in the Middle East, North Africa,
and/or Asia are desired. The successful candidate will be a scholar of Islam
who can both fill our program’s gap in the study of the classical Islamic and
Arabic traditions, and add to our faculty’s expertise in the anthropology of
Islam and Islam in the contemporary world. While language competence in the
candidate’s geographical area of research is expected, they are required to
have mastery of classical Arabic.
Deadline for
applications: 19 January 2020.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59670
___________________________________
OTHER INFORMATION
- Ph.D. Research Grant at the
Orient-Institut in Istanbul for 2020
Field research in Istanbul for Ph.D. students not living in Turkey will
be supported. Grants are available for one of the research areas of the
Institute: - Musicological research on the Ottoman Empire and Turkey; -
Narrative sources on Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire; - Historic and
contemporary forms of religious expression in Anatolia since the 11th century;
- Sociolinguistics; - Human, medicine, and society; - Manuscript cultures of
the Ottoman Empire and Iran. The research grant consists of a monthly stipend
of € 1,100 for six months. Travel expenses will be reimbursed.
Deadline for applications: 5 January 2020. Information: https://www.oiist.org/en/stipendien/
___________________________________
- Middle East and North Africa
Mobility Grants for Young Researchers / bourses de mobilité pour jeunes
chercheurs, Centre Francais d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales
The aim of this call for projects is to fund
research stays between Switzerland and the following countries: Egypt, Lebanon,
Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.
Deadline
for applications: 31 December 2019.
_____________________________________
- Richard Gillespie Mediterranean Prize for
Early Career Researchers
Mediterranean
Politics is pleased
to announce the launch of this Prize for the best research article on the
contemporary social and political dynamics of the Mediterranean region
published in the Journal by an early career researcher. 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.
Information: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/journal-prize-richard-gillespie-mediterranean-prize/
___________________________________
- MA Islamic Intellectual History
(1 Year), MA Islamic Intellectual History & Intensive Language (2
Years), SOAS University of London
Based at the School of History, Religions
and Philosophies, this is a programme on historical Islamic studies, which
offers in-depth study of the intellectual, religious and cultural history of
the Islamic world, past and present, and of wider socio-political contexts.
Intensive language programmes include Arabic, Persian, Turkish, South East Asian
Languages and Swahili. Convenors: Dr James Caron (james.caron@soas.ac.uk) and Dr Ayman Shihadeh (a.shihadeh@soas.ac.uk)
Now open for applications. Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/religions-and-philosophies/programmes/ma-islamic-intellectual-history/; https://www.soas.ac.uk/religions-and-philosophies/programmes/ma-islamic-intellectual-history-intensive-language/
_____________________________________
- Spring School of the Innovative
Training Network “Mediating Islam in the Digital Age” (MIDA) and the
European Network for Islamic Studies (ENIS) on "Contesting Authority:
Knowledge, Power and Expressions of Selfhood", Catania, Italy, 2-8 March
2020
PhD candidates and advanced MA students are invited to participate. How
have technological revolutions informed the performance of selfhood (including
gender), the modes of engagement with society, and the political consequences
of shifting boundaries between public and private spheres? The school addresses
the construction and transformation of religious authority and religious
knowledge production, and concomitant questions of legitimacy, power and
discipline, under changing circumstances.
Deadline for applications: 25 December 2019.
___________________________________
- Intensive Course of
“Contemporary Iranian Studies”, University of Religions and Denominations
(URD), 4-14 March 2020
The program provides an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary platform
for the study of modern Iranian culture, politics, and society and includes
workshops and cultural tours in Qom, Isfahan, Shiraz and Tehran.
Registration deadline: 30 December 2019, Information: http://iranstudytours.com/special_courses/30
___________________________________
- Critical Muslim Studies Summer
School, Granada, 15-20 June 2020
The premier summer school on Islam and Decoloniality focuses on
approaches to the academic study of Islam which are both critical and
post-Orientalist. The program is geared towards advanced undergraduate and
postgraduate students; junior lecturers; as well as those working in the
government or civil society sectors who have a keen interest in the summer
school topics.
Deadline for applications: 1 February 2020. Information: http://www.dialogoglobal.com/granada/
_____________________________________
- Appel à dossier de la revue
« Les Cahiers de Tunisie »
La revue « Les Cahiers de
Tunisie » lance un appel à dossier et offre la possibilité de coordonner
un dossier thématique en collaboration avec les membres du comité de rédaction.
Le dossier thématique comprend entre
5 et 8 articles (en arabe, en français et en anglais), réunis à la suite d’un
appel à contribution.
_____________________________________
62. Appel à
contribution pour le MIDÉO 36 (2021) : « Iğtihād et taqlīd dans l’islam
sunnite et šīʿite »
Le dossier de ce MIDÉO se propose d’approfondir les deux logiques à
la lumière du patrimoine islamique. L’histoire de la pensée islamique montre
que l’on a établi en effet des distinctions entre les principes fondamentaux et
les branches du fiqh, que l’on a élaboré des relations avec des notions connexes, que l’on a
évalué de manière différente le taqlīd, ou encore établi des distinctions de degrés d’iǧtihād. Il s’agira par conséquent d’investir
ces différentes notions connexes.
_____________________________________
- 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.
_____________________________________
- Publications for the
"Occasional Paper Series of the Center for International and Regional
Studies (CIRS)", Georgetown University in Qatar
CIRS publishes original research on a range of issues related to the
Middle East, including international relations, political science, sociology,
and anthropology, among others. All CIRS papers are accessible, for free, in
print and electronic formats. Papers are distributed via online academic platforms
and search databases, making them widely cited.
_____________________________________
- New "Journal of Material
Cultures in the Muslim World"
The Journal aims to be a new reference for field archaeologists, (art)
historians, anthropologists, curators, and scholars and students of the
archeology, (art) history, architecture, anthropology and ethnography of the
Muslim world. Material culture includes not only artefacts, architectural
structures and monuments, but also crafts and archaeological field surveys.
Information: https://brill.com/page/mcmw
_____________________________________
- Chapters for the New
“Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism: Groups, Perspectives and New Debates” (Routledge)
The Handbook will provide an up-to-date picture of the most active
non-violent extremist groups in Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, the US and the
Middle East and discuss the ideological foundation of their ‘war of ideas’,
their claims and perspectives. Chapter proposals are invited about Islamist
extremism, feminist extremism etc.
Deadline
for abstracts: 30 March 2020. Information: Dr Elisa Orofino (elisa.orofino@anglia.ac.uk)
_____________________________________
- Chapters for Edited Book on
„Perspectives on Academic Persian“ in the Springer Language Policy Series
Potential
themes include: The concept of Academic Persian; Persian Academic Skills;
Genres of Academic Persian; Challenges of Academic Persian; Pedagogical
Perspectives; Possible Research Areas! Evaluation and Assessment in Academic
Persian.
_____________________________________
- Monographs for Series
"Routledge Studies in Islam and Human Rights"
We invite scholarly monographs that examine the rich and complex
intellectual and institutional legacy of Islam relevant to human rights and
social (in)justice since the formative period of Islam (7th century
CE). The Series welcomes works dealing specifically with the topic of human rights
theories as well as discoveries that connect human rights to social issues,
institutions, themes, ideas, and events.
_____________________________________
- New Book Series “Gulf Studies”
by Gulf Studies Center (GSC), Qatar University, in Collaboration with
“Springer Nature”
The series takes an interdisciplinary approach to documenting the
changes taking place in the Gulf societies, and the evolving relationship
between the Gulf and the other regions. The series is dedicated to advancing a
non-Western perspective for studying societies in the Gulf, and their
interactions with the rest of the world.
_____________________________________
- Chapters for Edited Book on “Amazigh
Cinema” (Palgrave’s Arab Cinema Series)
The New York Forum of Amazigh Films (NYFAF) invites you to submit
proposals which will be workshopped in New York City on 22 May 2020. The book
aims to highlight research on the cinematic expression of self-identifying
Amazigh filmmakers and examine the contributions of Amazigh cinema to issues of
representation, identity, sustainability, and artistic labor.
Deadline for proposals: 16 December 2019.
_____________________________________
- Introducing New
Podcast: "DAWLA: New Histories of the Medieval Middle East",
Research on Historiography of 15th Century Egypt and Syria,
Ghent University
These episodes challenge the use of the
term "Mamluk Sultanate" to refer to the political formation which
dominated Egypt and Syria between 1250 and 1517. Instead, the authors argue for
the use of the term "Cairo Sultanate”.
Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/8330/discussions/5495579/introducing-dawla-new-histories-medieval-middle-east
1. Symposium: “Revolutions: Moments
and Movements in Historical Perspective”, Seton Hall University, 6-7 February
2020
2. 3rd Annual Conference of the Centre for
Islamic and West Asian Studies: “Urban Islam: Muslim Minorities, Identity and
Tradition in West Asian, South Asian, and African Cities”, University of
London, 19 February 2020
3. International Conference: "Language as a Bridge
of Intercultural Communication", Faculty of Languages (Al-Alsun), Luxor
University, 3-5 March 2020
4. Seventh Annual Workshop of
“New Directions in Palestinian Studies: Who Owns Palestine?” Brown University,
Rhode Island, 6-7 March 2020
5. Conference: “Acts of Excommunication in the Late
Antique and Early Islamicate Middle East”, University of Leiden, 12-13 March
2020
6. Global Conference on Women and Gender: “Gender,
Politics and Everyday Life: Power, Resistance and Representation”, Christopher
Newport University, 19-21 March 2020
7. International Seminar:
„Persian-Arabic Poetics and South Asian Literatures: Readings Recoveries and
Re-orientations”, Comparative Literature Association of India, Patna, 20-23
March 2020
8. Section on "Security Studies" during the
"Third International Research Conference of the American University in the
Emirates", Dubai, 25-26 March 2020
9. Conference: "The Influence of Islam in Politics
and Society: Civic Engagement, Social Inclusion and Political
Participation", American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies
(ACSIS), Villanova University, 27-28 March 2020
10. Shi’i Studies Symposium: “‘But by
the Love You Bear My Kin’: Devotion (Walāya) and Shiʿi Islam”, University of
Chicago, 3-4 April 2020
11. International Colloquium:
“Semiotics in Algerian Academia: State of the Art and Prospects”, Université
Mohamed Khider Biskra, 12-13 April 2020
12. Conference: "From Sectarianism to
De-sectarianisation - Reimagining Sectarianism, Geopolitics and the State in
the Contemporary Middle East", Lancaster University, 16-17 April 2020
13. 9th Annual Graduate Student Conference on
"Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship (Focus Middle East)", John
Hopkins University, 17-18 April 2020
14. EU-Middle East Jean Monnet
Network (EUMENIA) Conference on EU Middle East Relations, University of Jordan,
Amman
15. Graduate Student Workshop on "Religion, Law,
and Politics in the Middle East", Syracuse University, 23 April 2020
16. International Conference: "Middle Eastern
Studies: Conflicts and Struggles of the Contemporary Period", Altınbaş
University, Istanbul, 14-15 May 2020
17. Conference: "Turning
Points: Interpreting the Past, Explaining the Present and Imagining the
Future", Athens, Greece, 22-23 May 2020
18. The Migration Conference 2020,
South East European University, Tetovo, North Macedonia, 2-5 June 2020
19. Interdisciplinary Workshop: “Making Sense of Climate
Change – Models, Cosmologies and Practices from North Africa and the Middle
East", Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 8-9 June 2020
20. Conference on Gender & Women's Studies 2020:
“Removing Structural Barriers to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment”,
National University of Singapore, 15-16 June 2020
21. 20th International Conference of
Migration: "The Multicultural Condition", University of Applied
Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, 18-19 June 2020
22. BRISMES Annual Conference 2020: "Knowledge,
Power and Middle Eastern Studies", University of Kent, Canterbury, 29 June
– 1 July 2020
23. 10th
International Conference on "Crusading Encounters", Royal Holloway,
University of London, 29 June – 3 July 2020
24. Panel 113 on "Histories and Horizons of Life
Forms in the Middle East" during the Conference of the European
Association of Social Anthropologists (easa): "New Anthropological
Horizons in and beyond Europe" in Lisbon, 21-24 July 2020
25. International Conference: "Ideas in Motion:
Arabia in Late Antiquity", Leiden University and King Faisal Centre for
Research and Islamic Studies, 26-27 August 2020
26. Conference on "Cultural Migrations",
Sichuan University, Chengdu, 28-30 August 2020
POSITIONS
27.
Professor (W3) for Iranian Studies,
Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS), Universität Marburg
28.
5 Postdoctoral Fellowships in the
Research Program "Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe
(EUME)", Berlin
29.
5 Doctoral Researcher Positions on
"The Dynamics of Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy",
Humboldt-University Berlin
30.
Two Research Associates for the
Project "Romanization and Islamication in Late Antiquity - Transcultural
Processes on the Iberian Peninsula and in North Africa",
DFG-Forschungsgruppe, Universität Hamburg
31.
Postdoc Fellowships for the Project
“Romanization and Islamication in Late Antiquity on Iberian Peninsula and North
Africa”, Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies “RomanIslam”,
University Hamburg
32.
Associate Professor/Director of the
Peace Studies Graduate Program, American University of Rome
33.
"Global Professorship
2020" at UK-Universities for Scholars in Humanities and Social Sciences
Based Abroad
34.
Assistant Professor in Middle
Eastern Diasporic Literatures and Cultures, York University
35.
1-2 Year Visiting Professorship,
Scientific Advisor to the Kuwait Chair, Sciences Po, Paris
36.
Three-month
Internship, Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis, Rabat
37.
Assistant /
Associate / Full Professor in General Studies, King Fahd University of
Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
38.
Assistant or Associate Professor in
Modern Islam and Liberal Democracy, University of Virginia
39.
Professorship of Armenian History
and Civilization, Columbia University
40.
Two Doctoral Fellowships in Jewish
Studies & Israel Studies, University of Washington, Seattle
41.
Visiting
Assitant Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Dickinson
College
42.
Assistant Professor in Comparative
Politics/Middle East/North Africa, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University
43.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in North
African Studies, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University (2020-2021
Academic Year)
44.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern
Middle East Studies, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University (2020-2021
Academic Year)
45.
Two
Postdoctoral Fellowships (2020/21): “Borders and Boundaries in World Politics”,
University of Pennsylvania
OTHER
INFORMATION
46.
MA & PhD Scholarships at the
Central European University, Department of History, Vienna
47.
PhD Scholarship in Islamic &
Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) at the University of Edinburgh
48.
Internship Opportunities at the
Berlin Global Voluntary Internship Project
49.
Training Program in "Writing
Policy Papers", Moroccan Institute for Policy Studies, Rabat, 16-17
January 2020
50.
Call for Submissions on
"Human-Animal Encounters in the Middle East" for Special Issue of
"Diyâr. Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies"
51. Appel
à contribution pour le MIDÈO 36 (2021) : «Iğtihād et taqlīd dans l’islam
sunnite et šīʿite»
52.
Chapter on the Middle East for
Edited Book on "International Response to Domestic Violence"
(Routledge)
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attachment. Please send only the most important information to davo@geo.uni-mainz.de and refer to further details with a
link to the respective website or an email address.
Best regards,
Guenter Meyer, Centre for Research on the Arab World
(CERAW), University of Mainz, in cooperation with the University of Sharjah
____________________
CONFERENCES
1. Symposium: “Revolutions:
Moments and Movements in Historical Perspective”, Seton Hall University, 6-7
February 2020
The symposium will consider
revolutions broadly in their social, cultural, and intellectual origins and
ramifications, examining the interactions of ideologies, structures, pivotal
moments, and social and political movements. The committee particularly
encourages proposals that address the following topics: Revolutionary ideas and
ideologies; Social and political conditions as preconditions for revolt; etc.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8378/discussions/5117948/cfp-revolutions-moments-and-movements-historical-perspective
_____________________________________
2.
3rd Annual Conference of
the Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies: “Urban Islam: Muslim Minorities,
Identity and Tradition in West Asian, South Asian, and African Cities”,
University of London, 19 February 2020
The conference will focus 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.
_____________________________________
3.
International Conference:
"Language as a Bridge of Intercultural Communication", Faculty of
Languages (Al-Alsun), Luxor University, 3-5 March 2020
The conference aims to provide modern studies in the fields of
linguistic studies and intercultural communication as a basis in today's
business world. It also seeks to address the studies of the analysis of Arabic
discourse and studies of non-Arabic speakers, as well as the comparative
studies between Arabic and other languages.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4531399/die-sprache-als-br%C3%BCcke-der-interkulturellen-kommunikation (English text at
the end)
_____________________________________
4. Seventh Annual
Workshop of “New Directions in Palestinian Studies: Who Owns Palestine?” Brown
University, Rhode Island, 6-7 March 2020
The workshop
will creatively engage with questions about ownership. The workshop format
facilitates intellectual exchange via pre-circulated papers, brief
presentations, and extended discussions in panels.
____________________________________
5.
Conference: “Acts of Excommunication
in the Late Antique and Early Islamicate Middle East”, University of Leiden,
12-13 March 2020
This conference aims to bring
together both senior and junior scholars to present research which illuminates
the dynamics implicit in the act of excommunication and associated practices:
ostracism, anathema, and other forms of religio-social exclusion, among the
major religious communities of the Islamicate world, 600-1200 CE: including
various Christian and Jewish denominations, Sunni, Shiʿi, ‘Khārijī’ and other
groups within Islam; Zoroastrians and other relevant groups.
_____________________________________
6.
Global Conference on Women and
Gender: “Gender, Politics and Everyday Life: Power, Resistance and
Representation”, Christopher Newport University, 19-21 March 2020
This interdisciplinary conference
brings together participants from all academic fields to engage in wide-ranging
conversations on gender and politics around the world. We encourage an
expansive understanding of political action and expression, inspired by Carol
Hanisch’s essay, “The Personal is Political,” which sees all relationships of
power as political and connects women’s experiences, self-expression, and
values to their lives as political actors and subjects.
_____________________________________
7.
International
Seminar: „Persian-Arabic Poetics and South Asian Literatures: Readings
Recoveries and Re-orientations”, Comparative Literature Association of India,
Patna, 20-23 March 2020
We look forward to a fruitful
exchange of ideas that will unpack the relations between the mainstream and
margins, great and little traditions, major and minor languages within South
Asia. The very idea of the ‘literary’ here is open to question as the subject
proposed covers both the written and the oral, the philosophical and religious,
the narrative and the performative.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 January 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5412876/international-seminar-be-organized-comparative-literature
_____________________________________
8.
Section on "Security
Studies" during the "Third International Research Conference of the
American University in the Emirates", Dubai, 25-26 March 2020
Papers on hybrid threats, emerging
and disruptive technologies, security challenges in the MENA, and foreign
policy studies of the Arabian Gulf are encouraged for submission. Other
security related proposals are likewise welcome.
_____________________________________
9.
Conference: "The Influence of
Islam in Politics and Society: Civic Engagement, Social Inclusion and Political
Participation", American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies
(ACSIS), Villanova University, 27-28 March 2020
_____________________________________
10.
Shi’i Studies
Symposium: “‘But by the Love You Bear My Kin’: Devotion (Walāya) and Shiʿi
Islam”, University of Chicago, 3-4 April 2020
This conference will be centred on
the theme of walāya—the call of devotion to the Ahl
al-Bayt that is at the core of Shiʿi beliefs. One unifying theme of the symposia
of the past few years has been the institutional development of Shiʿi Islam, as
we have considered the authority of the Imams, the development of centers of
learning, Shiʿism and governance, and dynamics of sectarianism in Islam.
Information: https://voices.uchicago.edu/shiistudies/3-2/
_____________________________________
11.
International
Colloquium: “Semiotics in Algerian Academia: State of the Art and Prospects”,
Université Mohamed Khider Biskra, 12-13 April 2020
The colloquium will attempt to
sketch an historical overview of semiotics in Algerian academia. It also
intends to outline an overview of the scientific activity that has led to
diverse and rich scientific production. An appraisal of this scientific
production is an academic necessity. The colloquium will attempt to inventory
and review the different training and research activities closely related to
semiotics in the Arabic, French, and English languages such as master’s theses,
doctoral dissertations, etc.
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12.
Conference: "From Sectarianism
to De-sectarianisation - Reimagining Sectarianism, Geopolitics and the State in
the Contemporary Middle East", Lancaster University, 16-17 April 2020
The conference will reflecting on
sectarianism, 'proxies', the struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and
broader questions about identities, geopolitics, economics and social factors
in the contemporary Middle East.
Information: https://www.sepad.org.uk/announcement/sepad-conference-2020-from-sectarianism-to-de-sectarianization
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13.
9th Annual Graduate
Student Conference on "Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship (Focus Middle
East)", John Hopkins University, 17-18 April 2020
We invite submissions that consider
how the politics of exclusion are mediated by state strategies of retrenchment
and entrenchment. What connections can we draw between governance strategies of
retrenchment and entrenchment? Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 14 February
2020. Information: https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/ric/2019/12/13/call-for-papers-ric-annual-graduate-student-conference-april-17-18-2020/
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14. EU-Middle East
Jean Monnet Network (EUMENIA) Conference on EU Middle East Relations,
University of Jordan, Amman
We particularly
encourage early career researchers and young scholars to submit an abstract.
This interdisciplinary conference will involve different fields and sub-fields,
including Middle Eastern Studies, European Studies, History, Sociology,
Anthropology, Geography, Economics, Law and Political Science. Suggested
topics: pedagogical issues such as the decolonisation of the curricula and the
decentring agenda; EU-Middle East relations; etc.
Deadline for abstracts:
15 January 2020. Information: http://eumenia.eu/2019/12/call-for-papers-eumenia-conference-on-eu-middle-east-relations-21-april-2020/
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15.
Graduate Student Workshop on
"Religion, Law, and Politics in the Middle East", Syracuse
University, 23 April 2020
The workshop welcomes research that
addresses the historical and contemporary interactions between religious, legal
and political institutions in the Middle East and North Africa region. Topics
include but are not limited to state-religion relations, secularism, religious
movements, religious law and courts, religious authority, social movements,
political violence, democratization, political parties, gender, etc. Airfare,
accommodation and most meals for participants will be covered.
Deadline extended until 31 December
2019.
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16.
International Conference:
"Middle Eastern Studies: Conflicts and Struggles of the Contemporary
Period", Altınbaş University, Istanbul, 14-15 May 2020
Papers are welcomed on: Security;
Cooperation; Ethnic and religious conflicts/struggles; Migration ; Refugees;
Violence ; Islamist movements and organizations; Impact of new technologies on
conflicts and struggles; Political and social movements; Foreign policies
towards the Middle East and North Africa.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 January
2020. Information: http://www.icmesistanbul.com/
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17. Conference:
"Turning Points: Interpreting the Past, Explaining the Present and
Imagining the Future", Athens, Greece, 22-23 May 2020
The conference
attempts to gather together and expand the research conducted on turning points
in our key study years – 1918, 1948, 1968, 1978 and 2018. Themes include: --The
birth of the State of Israel (1948) - Dream? Survivor? Ruler? Interpreting
Israel's key roles in the global arena; --The New Arab Protests (2018-19) - the
so-called New Arab Spring: roots, impact and future developments; etc.
Information: https://turningpoints.lcir.co.uk/
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18.
The Migration
Conference 2020, South East European University, Tetovo, North Macedonia, 2-5
June 2020
The conference is organised in thematic streams of parallel sessions focusing on migration,
migrant populations, diasporas, migration policies, labour migrations,
refugees, economic impacts, remittances as well as non-migrants and the wider
impact of human mobility on sending, transit and receiving societies.
Deadline for
abstracts: 5 January 2020.
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19.
Interdisciplinary Workshop: “Making
Sense of Climate Change – Models, Cosmologies and Practices from North Africa
and the Middle East", Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 8-9 June
2020
Scholars from humanities, social
sciences and Middle Eastern studies will explore the issues connected to
climate change in this region. For example: Which political, economic or environmental
consequences does, or will, global warming have in the region? How is the issue
discussed in the region at different scales? Which demands and positions are
articulated? Which forms of resistance and contestation are emerging. Etc.
Information: https://www.zmo.de / http://www.evifa.de/v2/de/news/meldungen/making-sense-of-climate-change-models-cosmologies-and-practices-from-north-africa-and-the-middle-east
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20.
Conference on Gender & Women's
Studies 2020: “Removing Structural Barriers to Gender Equality and Women’s
Empowerment”, National University of Singapore, 15-16 June 2020
Key questions are: What are the
strategies to involve men, women and LGBT community members to achieve Gender
equity? How about eliminating violence about women? Are we satisfied with the
progress of women’s rights in every field? How to build a equal and just
society involving different and diversified members of the community?
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21.
20th International
Conference of Migration: "The Multicultural Condition", University of
Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, 18-19 June 2020
The basis for the debate in this
conference should be the assumption of a "multicultural condition", a
specific multicultural mode of existence, deeply inscribed into societies and
decisively determines life praxis in modern societies.
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22.
BRISMES Annual Conference 2020:
"Knowledge, Power and Middle Eastern Studies", University of Kent,
Canterbury, 29 June – 1 July 2020
The organizers invite participants
to reflect on the concept of decoloniality and practice of decolonization of
knowledge and pedagogy in relation to the study and teaching of the Middle
East. In addition, the conference will deal with any topic related to the
Middle East and North Africa, Panels/roundtables in non-English languages
spoken in the Middle East region will also be presented.
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23. 10th
International Conference on "Crusading Encounters", Royal Holloway,
University of London, 29 June – 3 July 2020
Themes will
include: Interactions (real or imagined)
between crusaders and indigenous peoples; - Crusading archaeology; - Impact of
crusading on the environment or natural world; - Intellectual influences of
crusading on medicine, science, culture, language/literature; - Intermarriage,
travel and/or communication between peoples, borders, languages; - Encounters
with the crusading past.
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24.
Panel 113 on "Histories and
Horizons of Life Forms in the Middle East" during the Conference of the
European Association of Social Anthropologists (easa): "New
Anthropological Horizons in and beyond Europe" in Lisbon, 21-24 July 2020
Global trade routes, animal
mobilities, germs, toxicity and environmental troubles have produced new
life-forms associations and rearranged ecologies in unforeseeable ways. With
these issues in purview, we invite papers on human and non-human ecologies and
relationality in Middle East anthropology.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 January
2020. Information:
https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2020/p/8518
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25.
International Conference: "Ideas
in Motion: Arabia in Late Antiquity", Leiden University and King Faisal
Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, 26-27 August 2020
The conference will address key
themes in religious, intellectual, and cultural history in Arabia in the period
between 570-1000 AD. Central topics include: transmission of ideas and texts;
religious and philosophical doctrines and beliefs in Arabia; devotional piety
and theology; the Qurʾan, its history, and intellectual debates surrounding the
text; etc. Participants' full travel and accommodation costs will be covered by
the conference organisers.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8330/discussions/5527016/call-papers-ideas-motion-arabia-late-antiquity-leiden-university
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26.
Conference on "Cultural
Migrations", Sichuan University, Chengdu, 28-30 August 2020
Cultural migration includes the
import of cultural products and the whole content as well as the migration of
real people who bring with them their culture. Submissions on the following
topics are especially welcome: case studies in migration of literary
institutions, systems, contexts, genres; studies in the cultural aspects,
consequences, impacts of migration; migration as a topic of cultural discourse;
etc.
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POSITIONS
27.
Professor (W3) for Iranian Studies,
Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS), Universität Marburg
We expect an emphasis on modern Iran
and a research focus in one of the following areas: literature, media, or
language; society and history; shia, religious minorities, or gender.
Experience in the successful acquisition of third-party funds is required.
Deadline for
applications: 31 January 2020.
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28.
5 Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Research
Program "Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe
(EUME)", Berlin
The fellowships start on 1 October
2020 and will end on 31 July 2021. Research fields: Travelling Traditions:
Comparative Perspectives on Near Eastern Literatures; Cities Compared: Urban
Change in the Mediterranean and Adjacent Regions; Tradition and the Critique of
Modernity: Secularism, Fundamentalism and Religion from Middle Eastern
Perspectives; Politics of Change, Archaeologies of the Present, and Processes
of Change in the Middle East.
Deadline for applications: 4 January
2020.
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29.
5 Doctoral Researcher Positions on
"The Dynamics of Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy",
Humboldt-University Berlin
Highly qualified MA graduates from
Political Science, Sociology, Demography, Public Policy or other related Social
Sciences who already have a high level of quantitative methods training are
invited to apply.
Deadline for applications: 7 January
2020.
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30.
Two Research Associates for the
Project "Romanization and Islamication in Late Antiquity - Transcultural
Processes on the Iberian Peninsula and in North Africa",
DFG-Forschungsgruppe, Universität Hamburg
Requirements: An excellent PhD
degree in a relevant field of Middle Eastern history and culture. Excellent
Arabic skills, experience with Arabic historical primary sources, excellent
knowledge of English and French, are required; etc.
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2020.
Information: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/uhh/stellenangebote/wissenschaftliches-personal/fakultaet-geisteswissenschaften/15-01-20-653-en.pdf
and https://www.uni-hamburg.de/uhh/stellenangebote/
wissenschaftliches-personal/fakultaet-geisteswissenschaften/15-01-20-654-en.pdf
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31.
Postdoc Fellowships for the Project “Romanization
and Islamication in Late Antiquity on Iberian Peninsula and North Africa”, Center
for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies “RomanIslam”, University
Hamburg
Duration between one and twelve
months. The first year theme is 'How to Govern? Administrative Divisions and
Structure'. Applicants
should be engaged in a research project in any relevant discipline that is
related to the Center’s interests. The Center also welcomes applications from
scholars working on comparative empire and transcultural studies in a broader
historical (or contemporary) perspective whose research has a strong focus on
theoretical and methodological issues.
Deadline for applications: 31
December 2019.
Information: https://www.hsozkult.de/grant/id/stipendien-19527
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32.
Associate Professor/Director of the
Peace Studies Graduate Program, American University of Rome
Core courses include Peace, Politics
and Religion; International Law; Political Economy of Peace and War; Political
Islam in context; etc. Required qualification: A Ph.D. in Peace Studies;
Connections with Roman and Italian institutions in the field of Peace Studies;
At least three years of teaching experience at the graduate level, preferably
at an American or American-style institution.
Deadline for applications: 30
December 2019.
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33.
"Global Professorship
2020" at UK-Universities for Scholars in Humanities and Social Sciences
Based Abroad
This program provides mid-career to
senior scholars, who are currently employed outside the UK, with the
opportunity to be based for four years in the UK and make a contribution to UK
research and higher education.
Deadline for applications: 19
February 2019.
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34.
Assistant Professor in Middle
Eastern Diasporic Literatures and Cultures, York University
We are particularly interested in
candidates who engage this field from a variety of global perspectives that may
include North America, with demonstrated expertise in theoretical and critical
paradigms in Postcolonial and/or World Literature.
Deadline for applications: 25
January 2020.
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35.
1-2 Year Visiting Professorship,
Scientific Advisor to the Kuwait Chair, Sciences Po, Paris
Starting September 2020, one or
two-years contract. We are seeking a scholar from the social sciences or
economics with a Middle East/Gulf focus. 50,000 euros in research funds each
year.
Deadline for applications: 30 January 2020. More information: https://www.sciencespo.fr/kuwait-program/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Call-for-Kuwait-Chair-at-Sciences-Po-2020.pdf
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36. Three-month
Internship, Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis, Rabat
Interns are expected
to help with the different activities that the institute organizes. They are
also required to assist in the different research projects that the Institute
conducts. Qualifications: A Master’s degree in political science, economics,
international relations, sociology, anthropology or other relevant social
sciences disciplines; Preference will be given to applicants who are currently
registered as doctoral students;
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37.
Assistant /
Associate / Full Professor in General Studies, King Fahd University of
Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Applications
are invited in the following areas: Cultural Anthropology, International
Relations, History, Psychology, Sociology, Public Policy. Requirements: PhD
from reputable institution, strong record of published research, experience in
supervising research of graduate students, relevant teaching experience at the
university level and have teaching and/or industrial experience in the
respective areas. Candidates with Middle East expertise and experience are
encouraged to apply.
Information: https://jobs.kfupm.edu.sa/postings/1342
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38.
Assistant or Associate Professor in
Modern Islam and Liberal Democracy, University of Virginia
We welcome candidates whose research
interests include religious, social, and political thought in the contemporary
Muslim world; Islam's interactions with various political economies and
cultures; and the relationships between Islam, politics, and democracy.
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39.
Professorship of Armenian History
and Civilization, Columbia University
The department seeks a candidate
with a distinguished record in Armenian Studies who will also contribute to the
larger intellectual mission of the department.
Review of applications will continue
until the position is filled.
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40.
Two Doctoral Fellowships in Jewish
Studies & Israel Studies, University of Washington, Seattle
The fellow may come from any
discipline but must specialize in the histories, cultures, societies,
literatures, languages, or politics of modern Israel or Israel/Palestine,
including in their local, regional, or transnational contexts. Applicants must
have received their Ph.D. (or foreign equivalent) within the past three years,
and no later than June 2020. Candidates from all U.S. and international
universities are welcome to apply for both fellowships.
Deadline for applications: 15
January 2020. Information: https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/hazel-d-cole-fellowship/
and https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/israel-studies/benaroya-postdoctoral-fellowship/
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41.
Visiting
Assitant Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Dickinson
College
International Studies, Middle East
Studies and Political Science at Dickinson College are seeking qualified
applicants for one two-year visiting assistant professor position in Middle
East and North African Politics beginning in academic year 2020-21. A completed
or nearly-completed Ph.D. in Political Science, International Relations, or
related discipline is required.
Application Review Begin Date: 15
January 2020. Information: https://jobs.dickinson.edu/postings/5294
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42.
Assistant Professor in Comparative
Politics/Middle East/North Africa, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University
Required qualifications: A Ph.D. in
Political Science or a closely related field is required by the time of
appointment. Candidates must have a research focus that involves comparative
political analysis in the MENA region and demonstrated excellence in research.
Deadline for applications: 21
January 2020. Information: www.jobs.vt.edu, Job No. 511605
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43.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in North
African Studies, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University (2020-2021
Academic Year)
Candidates must have research and
teaching experience relevant to North Africa, including any period from early
modern to contemporary (1500 - present). The Council invites applications from
across the social sciences and humanities.
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44.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern
Middle East Studies, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University (2020-2021
Academic Year)
Candidates must have research and
teaching experience relevant to the Modern Middle East, including any period
from early modern to contemporary (1500 - present). Focus on the Levant, the
Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, or Turkey.
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45.
Two
Postdoctoral Fellowships (2020/21): “Borders and Boundaries in World Politics”,
University of Pennsylvania
Both positions are one-year and
renewable. The Project is concerned with boundaries between organized human
communities, broadly understood. Applications are welcome from scholars who
have received their Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last two years (not
earlier than June 2018), or who expect to complete their degree by June 2020.
Deadline for
applications: 13 January 2020. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/71226
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OTHER
INFORMATION
46.
MA & PhD Scholarships at the
Central European University, Department of History, Vienna
We have excellent resources for
Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, including language training in Ottoman,
Arabic, Turkish, and Persian. CEU offers MA & PhD scholarships to students
from all countries.
Deadline for applications: 30
January 2020.
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47.
PhD Scholarship in Islamic &
Middle Eastern Studies (IMES)at the University of Edinburgh
IMES invites applications for one
PhD scholarship in any area within its expertise. The scholarship will be
funded by IMES and will cover tuition fees for the PhD in Islamic and Middle
Eastern Studies.
Deadline for applications for the Scholarship and the PhD: 14 February
2020.
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48.
Internship Opportunities at the
Berlin Global Voluntary Internship Project
It is the purpose of the program to
enable students to engage in cultural diplomacy and in doing so, to further
promote cultural diplomacy and multiculturalism worldwide. Applications are
invited from students from International Relations & Politics, Business
& Economics, History & Philosophy, etc. who need this internship as a
compulsory component of their academic studies or participants of the ERASMUS
program.
Information: http://www.berlinglobal.org/index.php?en_internship
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49.
Training Program in "Writing
Policy Papers", Moroccan Institute for Policy Studies, Rabat, 16-17
January 2020
This is a training program on skills
and techniques for writing policy-oriented papers as well as the writing style
adopted by international think tanks. University Professors, Motivated graduate
students (both MA and Doctoral students) and Professional journalists and civil
society activists with an interest in policy analysis are invited to apply.
Deadline for applications: 31
December 2019.
Information: https://mipa.institute/category/events-en/upcoming-events;
Contact: contact@mipa.institute
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50.
Call for Submissions on
"Human-Animal Encounters in the Middle East" for Special Issue of
"Diyâr. Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies"
Submissions should consider the
interplay between human and non-human animals and provide a lens to analyse the
Middle East in an innovative, creative, and not exclusively anthropocentric
way. We welcome contributions from political science, history, sociology,
anthropology, literary studies, religious studies, art history, psychology,
ecology that draw upon diverse theoretical and methodological approaches. To be
published 2021.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2019. Submission deadline: 30
October 2020. Further details: https://mea2019.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/k_mea2019/Cfp_Diyar_Special_Issue.pdf
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51. Appel à contribution pour le MIDÈO 36 (2021) : «Iğtihād
et taqlīd dans l’islam sunnite et šīʿite»
Le dossier de
ce MIDÉO se propose d’approfondir les deux logiques à la lumière du patrimoine
islamique. L’histoire de la pensée islamique montre que l’on a établi en effet
des distinctions entre les principes fondamentaux (uṣūl) et les branches du
fiqh(furūʿ), que l’on a élaboré des relations avec des notions connexes (iḫtilāf,
ittibāʿ,iǧmāʿ, tarǧīḥ), que l’on a évalué de manière différente taqlīd (ḥarām,
maḏmūm,mubāḥ), ou encore établi des distinctions de degrés d’iǧtihād.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January
2020. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/36891
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52.
Chapter on the Middle East for
Edited Book on "International Response to Domestic Violence"
(Routledge)
The editors Diana S. Peterson
(Arizona State University), Julie A. Schroeder (Jackson State University) and
Dongling Zhang, (Webster University) welcome any contribution which provides a
snapshot of the prevalence, extent, and nature of domestic violence in a
specific country or region.
Expressions of interest due by 15
January 2020.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5134734/call-chapters-international-response-domestic-violence
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