jeudi 30 janvier 2020

«Από το Βυζάντιο στους Οθωμανούς. Η Μακεδονία σε μετάβαση μέσα από τα έγγραφα της μονής Βατοπεδίου» (1377-1500), Αθήνα 24 .2. 2020

εκδήλωση του Ινστιτούτου Ιστορικών Ερευνών /ΕΙΕ, 
με αφορμή την έκδοση του τόμου Actes de Vatopédi IIIde 1377 à 1500Archives de lAthos 23, επ. J. LefortVKravariCh. GirosK. SmyrlisR. Estangüi Gómez (Παρίσι, 2019) 
με θέμα,
 «Από το Βυζάντιο στους Οθωμανούς. Η Μακεδονία σε μετάβαση μέσα από τα έγγραφα της μονής Βατοπεδίου» (1377-1500)
 η οποία θα πραγματοποιηθεί τη 
Δευτέρα, 24 Φεβρουαρίου 2020, ώρα 18:00 
στο Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Αμφιθέατρο «Λεωνίδας Ζέρβας».

Ινστιτούτο Ιστορικών Ερευνών
Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών
Βασ. Κωνσταντίνου 48, 116 35 Αθήνα
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η-διεύθυνσηiie@eie.gr

Institute of Historical Research
National Hellenic Research Foundation
48, Vassileos Constantinou Av., 116 35 Athens-Greece
Tel.: +30210 7273619  
Fax: +30210 7273629
e-mail: iie@eie.gr

samedi 25 janvier 2020

EURAMES Info Service 04/2020


CONFERENCES

1.    International Workshop: "Dialogues in the Late Medieval Mediterranean: Methodological Encounters and (Dis)Encounters”, Casa Árabe, Madrid, 27 January 2020

2.    Conference: “Iraqi Studies: Past, Present, and Future“, Columbia University, New York, 28-29 February 2020

3.    Graduate Student Conference of the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, Columbia University, 5-6 March 2020

4.    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, PA, 27-28 March 2020

5.    First Conference on "Healthcare Communications in the Middle East", Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, 27-28 March 2020

6.    Second Mid-Atlantic Ottoman Studies Workshop on "Global Ottoman Empire", Hagop Kevorkian Center for the Near Eastern Studie, New York University, 27-29 March 2020

7.    11th Western Ottomanists' Workshop, California State University, Sacramento, 10-11 April 2020

8.    4th Annual International Conference on Social Sciences on "Identity, Economics and Politics", Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, 16-18 April 2020

  1. 2nd International Congress on “Women and Politics in a Global World” (Focus onTurkey), Altinbas University, 17-18 April 2020

  1. Conference: "The Basic Social Effects on the Problems of Muslim Societies", 18-19 April 2020, Sakarya University, Turkey

  1. 5th Annual Student Symposium on Gulf Studies (SSGS) on “Asia and the Gulf States; Growing Interactions“, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, 19 April 2020

12.  2nd  ArabicSpeech Meeting, Doha, 20-21 April 2020

13.  International Symposium: "'The National Sovereignty and Representation' on the Centenary of the Inauguration of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey", Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, 20-21 April 2020

14.  Conference: "Navigating the Non/Confessional in University Islamic Studies", Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham in Partnership with MBRN, 20-22 April 2020

  1. International Conference of the EU – Middle East Jean Monnet Network (EUMENIA) on “EU – Middle East Relations“, University of Jordan, Amman, 21 April 2020

  1. 4th AEGIS Thematic Conference on “Africa in the Indian Ocean“ (Interconnetions with Middle East), ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, 23-24 April 2020

17.  Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference: "Decolonial Histories: Imperialism, Resistance, and Liberation", Stony Brook University, New York, 24 April 2020

  1. 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

19.  Spring Workshop: "Public Scholarship of Religion in an Age of Hypermediation", Boulder, Colorado, 6-10 May 2020

20.  Academic Roundtable: “Jerusalem in Memory and Eschatology: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visions of the Past and Future of Jerusalem”, Swedish Theological Institute, Jerusalem, 25-28 May 2020

21.  42nd Annual Conference of Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University of Marburg, 26-28 May 2020

22.  46th Annual Meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society on "Francophone Borderlands", Buffalo, New York, 28-31 May 2020

23.  Keyman Annual Conference on Turkey: “Queer Conditions/Kuir Haller: Social and Political Change in an Age of Authoritarianism“, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 29-30 May 2020

24.  6th Student Conference on “Global Histories“, Humboldt University and Freie Universtität Berlin, 22-23 May 2020

25.  International Conference: “Religion and Culture in Conflict and Peace: Impact in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding”, University of Winchester, 2-3 June 2020

26.  Conference: “Discursive Challenges: Power, State Legitimacy and Counter-narratives in the Arab World”, Durham University, 9-11 June 2020

27.  Symposium: “Making Home Away: Displacement, Migration, and Resettlement”, University of Reading, 12 June 2020

28.  Conference: "Global Cities: Middle Eastern Metropoles 2020", University of London, 17-19 June 2020

29.  4th International Conference on Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter, 18-20 June 2020

30.  Annual Conference on “Egypt`s Future Outlook: The Search for New Balances“, Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Political Science (BAEPS),  British University in Egypt, Cairo, 24 June 2020

  1. Workshop on “Colonial Concentration Camps: Imperial Origins and Global Legacies“ (Including MENA), Monash University Prato, 29 June – 1 July 2020

32.  4th Australasian Conference on Islam: “Muslim Youth in the West: Social, Religious, Political Challenges and Opportunities”, Deakin University, Melbourne, 9-10 July 2020

33.  51st International Conference of the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on “The Aramaeans B.C.: History, Literature, and Archaeology“, Oriental Institute, Oxford University, 20-22 July 2020

34.  Three Panels on the MENA Region during the “XVII International Congress of the Latin American Association”, Universidad San Francisco de Quito Ecuador, 29 July – 1 August 2020

35.  Conference on “New Perspectives on Middle East Migrations”, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 11-13 September 2020

36.  Annual Conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020

37.  7th International Conference of the International Iranian Economic Association on Iran's Economy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, 15-17 December 2020

38.  Conference: "Knowledge Systems and Ottoman-European Encounters: Spatial and Social Dynamics", University of Zurich, 21-23 January 2021


POSITIONS

39.  Two PhD Positions (Research Associates, 65%) in the Research Group "Coerced Circulation of Knowledge", Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, University of Bonn

40.  Lecturer/Associate Professor in Social and Cultural Geography, University College London

41.  Research Fellowship in the Study of the Islamic World, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

42.  Teaching Associate Professorship in Arabic, Aarhus University

43.  Tenure-track Lecturer Position in Arabic Literature, University of Haifa

44.  Assistant or Associate Professor in Comparative Literature, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

45.  Faculty Position in Islamic History, Habib University, Karachi

46.  Postdoctoral or More Senior Researcher on Contemporary Politics in the Arab World, Princeton University

47.  Graduate Research Fellowship at the Center for Jewish History, New York

48.  Postdoctoral Fellowship in North African Studies, Yale University

49.  Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Middle East Studies, Yale University

50.   Assistant Professor of Human Rights in the Middle East & North Africa, University of Arizona

51.  Lecturer in Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies, Australian National University, College of Arts and Social Sciences


OTHER INFORMATION

52.  Faculty Fellowship: The Summer Institute for Israel Studies, 10-21 June 2020 at Brandeis and 22 June – 1 July 2020 in Israel

53.  Türkiye Scholarships 2020

54.  Research Travel Grants: Rubenstein Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

55.  Training School: “Islamic Heritage in Europe“, Palermo, 28-29 May 2020

56.  Summer School Languages Program: Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, and Persian, Ibn Khaldun University Süleymaniye Complex, Istanbul, 8 June – 24 July 2020

57.  Articles and Papers on "Religious Transformations in the Arab World – Spirituality, Religious Doubt, and Non-Religion", for Special Issue of the Journal “Religion” and for Panel at MESA, Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020

  1. Chapters for Edited Book on “Water, Energy, and Environment in Eurasia”, Cappadocia University Press

  1. Contributions to Journal “Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World“, Volume 38, 2021


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CONFERENCES

1.    International Workshop: "Dialogues in the Late Medieval Mediterranean: Methodological Encounters and (Dis)Encounters”, Casa Árabe, Madrid, 27 January 2020

The main goal is to analyse the Islamic cultural legacy in a comprehensive approach, from the multidisciplinary fields of History of Art, Architecture, History, Literature, Archaeology, Philosophy and History of Religions.


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2.    Conference: “Iraqi Studies: Past, Present, and Future“, Columbia University, New York, 28-29 February 2020


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3.    Graduate Student Conference of the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, Columbia University, 5-6 March 2020

The conference brings together graduate students working on the social and intellectual traditions of those three regions related to political economy and social history; study of mysticism; devotional traditions; imperialism and colonialism; law and political structures; etc.


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4.    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, PA, 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 extended until 1 February 2020.

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5.    First Conference on "Healthcare Communications in the Middle East", Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, 27-28 March 2020

The conference will be valuable for clinicians, policy makers, allied health professionals, translators, and language specialists in the Middle East region, or international participants interested in delivering culturally sensitive care and forging international collaborations.


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6.    2nd Mid-Atlantic Ottoman Studies Workshop on "Global Ottoman Empire", Hagop Kevorkian Center for the Near Eastern Studie, New York University, 27-29 March 2020

The workshop will emphasize the connectivity not only between the Ottoman Empire and the surrounding polities, but also among communities, individuals, and many other groups within and beyond its imperial boundaries. Submissions are from history, literary studies, manuscript studies, art & architectural history.


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7.    11th Western Ottomanists' Workshop, California State University Sacramento, 10-11 April 2020

Scholars and graduate students interested in Ottoman studies will present work in progress, and engage in broad dialogue with colleagues in different fields and disciplines.


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8.    4th Annual International Conference on Social Sciences on "Identity, Economics and Politics", Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, 16-18 April 2020

Scholars of Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Humanities and Arts, Law and any related issues are invited to analyse social identity issues at national and global scale, especially in economic, politic and social spheres, including economic decision-making processes, poverty, immigration, social exclusion, inequality, welfare state and social and political clashes among different identities.

Deadline for abstracts: 2 February 2020. Information: http://www.aicss.yildiz.edu.tr/

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  1. 2nd International Congress on “Women and Politics in a Global World” (Focus onTurkey), Altinbas University, 17-18 April 2020

The place and significance of women within the spheres of family, law, science, art, politics, culture and socio-economy throughout the ages will be assessed in context of interdisciplinary studies involving women in throughout Turkey and the world.


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  1. Conference: "The Basic Social Effects on the Problems of Muslim Societies", 18-19 April 2020, Sakarya University, Turkey

The conference will present civilizational and native thoughts and solving styles to the social problems of Muslim societies and will present new movements of thought and institutional models to the Muslim world as alternative approach.

Information: Prof. Dr. Sami Sener, samis843@gmail.com

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  1. 5th Annual Student Symposium on Gulf Studies (SSGS) on “Asia and the Gulf States; Growing Interactions“, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, 19 April 2020

The major themes of the Forum are political relations, economic relations and development, social and cultural interactions. The aim of is to provide a platform for undergraduate students, post-graduate students, PhD students/candidates, and post-doctorates who have graduated within the last two years to share their research.

Deadline for abstracts: 16 February 2020. Information: GSEvents@qu.edu.qa

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12.  Second ArabicSpeech Meeting, Doha, 20-21 April 2020

ArabicSpeech is concerned with technologies in speech and language processing. Our focus will be Arabic language, both standard and dialectal. This annual meeting provides a forum for researchers and practitioners from the industry to share and discuss their ongoing work.

Deadline for abstracts and posters: 15 February 2020. Information: https://arabicspeech.org/static/data_resources/announcement/ArabicSpeechCall_2020.pdf

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13.  International Symposium: "'The National Sovereignty and Representation' on the Centenary of the Inauguration of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey", Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, 20-21 April 2020

The Symposium aims to present a scientific representation of the related developments in Turkey by focusing on the debates on global and local "democracy deficit", which directly concerns national sovereignty and representation.


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14.  Conference: "Navigating the Non/Confessional in University Islamic Studies", Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham in Partnership with MBRN, 20-22 April 2020

The conference will bring together scholars from across Europe working in different policy and educational settings to look at how Islamic education operates, and the implications of this for the transmission and representation of the Islamic tradition, as well as the teaching of Islam in universities.


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  1. International Conference of the EU – Middle East Jean Monnet Network (EUMENIA) on “EU – Middle East Relations“, University of Jordan, Amman, 21 April 2020

This conference will involve Middle Eastern Studies, European Studies, History, Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Economics, Law and Political Science. Topics include: Pedagogical issues such as the decolonisation of the curricula and the decentring agenda, including the study of the Middle East in European Universities and of Europe in Middle Eastern Universities; EU-Middle East relations, including relations between individual Middle Eastern Countries and the EU or EU member states; etc.


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  1. 4th AEGIS Thematic Conference on “Africa in the Indian Ocean“ (Interconnetions with Middle East), ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, 23-24 April 2020

The conference will consist of interdisciplinary thematic panels focusing on the interconnections between Horn of Africa & Eastern Africa societies and the Middle East countries, with a special focus on the challenges of recent geopolitical, religious and economic ties between these regions.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2020. Information: https://gulfstreams.cei.iscte-iul.pt/

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17.  Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference: "Decolonial Histories: Imperialism, Resistance, and Liberation", Stony Brook University, New York, 24 April 2020

The conference will focus on the experiences and transnational connections of colonialism, decolonial resistance, liberation movements, and related subjects. Graduate students from across the world will engage with innovative scholarship from multiple disciplines, and receive feedback from fellow students as well as established scholars.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2020.

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  1. 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

Topics include history, political science, anthropology, religious studies, geography, literary studies, philosophy, art history, and media studies.

Deadline for abstracts: 7 February 2020. Information: https://mehat2020.wixsite.com/mehat

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19.  Spring Workshop: "Public Scholarship of Religion in an Age of Hypermediation", Boulder, Colorado, 6-10 May 2020

The present era has been said to be defined by “hypermediation” where the features of ubiquitous mediation have become the conditions of contemporary knowledge-building. This calls into question traditional approaches to public scholarship which conceive of it according to a “publication model”. Hypermediation means that this model is too simple and at least fails to account for the range of ways and locations that religion and knowledge of religion are produced today.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2020.

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20.  Academic Roundtable: “Jerusalem in Memory and Eschatology: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visions of the Past and Future of Jerusalem”, Swedish Theological Institute, Jerusalem, 25-28 May 2020

This conference will reflect on how Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions of the religiously remembered past and the religiously anticipated future shape understandings of Jerusalem within each tradition. It also aims to apply these reflections to an analysis of current views of Jerusalem within diverse religious traditions, through an investigation of how these sacred histories and eschatologies shape the way that Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities understand the significance of the complex and conflicted city of Jerusalem today.


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21.  42nd Annual Conference of Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University of Marburg, 26-28 May 2020

The local convenor is Dr Susanne Saker. Papers focus 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.

Information: http://www.melcominternational.org/. Contact: melcomintl.secretary@gmail.com

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22.  46th Annual Meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society on "Francophone Borderlands", Buffalo, New York, 28-31 May 2020

Papers will consider the peripheries of the French Empire ascentral to understanding the French colonial empire and the people who inhabit it, as well as the ways zones and points of contact are particularly revealing of imperial and colonial experiences.


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23.  Keyman Annual Conference on Turkey: “Queer Conditions/Kuir Haller: Social and Political Change in an Age of Authoritarianism“, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 29-30 May 2020

The aim is to engage with the global debate taking place on intersectionality by analyzing the role of gender identity and dynamics in facilitating the reproduction of power structures, and in the mobilization of historically marginalized groups seeking to expose, challenge, and ultimately dismantle those structures.


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24.  6th Student Conference on “Global Histories“, Humboldt University and Freie Universtität Berlin, 22-23 May 2020

This conference targets relations, flows and actors that challenge the assumption of the nation state and calls attention to the importance of transnational connections and their influence in the past. Some financial support for transport is availble to participants.

Deadline for abstracts: 3 February 2020.

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25.  International Conference: “Religion and Culture in Conflict and Peace: Impact in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding”, University of Winchester, 2-3 June 2020

The conference will take the outcomes of practical peacebuilding initiatives as a starting point from which to retrospectively analyse the complex factors, ideas, processes and dynamics which led to that point. An emphasis on impact can enable contributors to critically consider the direct and indirect links between theory, practice and impact in religion, reconciliation and peacebuilding; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2020. Information: https://www.winchesterpeaceconference.com/

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26.  Conference: “Discursive Challenges: Power, State Legitimacy and Counter-narratives in the Arab World”, Durham University, 9-11 June 2020

The prime aim of this conference is to understand the dynamics of the protests gripping many states and communities in the Arab region and also the current challenges to regime legitimacy in the MENA region. We would like to explore how the sources of legitimacy multiplied and diversified following the erosion of state power across the region, and how new actors contributed to altering the nature and narrative of this legitimacy.


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27.  Symposium: “Making Home Away: Displacement, Migration, and Resettlement”, University of Reading, 12 June 2020

Funded by the British Academy’s “Tackling the UKs International Challenges” grant scheme, the symposium will focus on the complex ways in which refugees move across regions and nations in pursuit of ‘home’, and asks how attention to refugee experiences might shape and enhance our understandings of migration.


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28.  Conference: "Global Cities: Middle Eastern Metropoles 2020", University of London, 17-19 June 2020

In a context in which China finances the construction of the "New Cairo" and the Abu Dhabi government employ the British architect Foster and Partners to design Masdar City as global icon of sustainable design, this conference queries the nature of the Islamic and Middle Eastern city in a global context. What role does religion, culture and social and historical traditions still play in the life and design of these cities? Etc.


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29.  4th International Conference on Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter, 18-20 June 2020

Thematic areas include Kurdish literature, women’s participation in politics, cultural production, history, political international relations, governance, civil society, civil rights, diplomacy, conflict and democratization, forced displacement, internal and external interference, internal colonialization and rewriting Kurdish history.


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30.  Annual Conference on “Egypt`s Future Outlook: The Search for New Balances“, Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Political Science (BAEPS), British University in Egypt, Cairo, 24 June 2020


Papers are invited on entrepreneurship, economic development, socio-economic reforms, environmental economics, political stabilization, foreign policy, and international relations in order to evaluate the effectiveness of current reforms and to pave the way for new policies that will facilitate the road to development.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2020.

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  1. Workshop on “Colonial Concentration Camps: Imperial Origins and Global Legacies“ (Including MENA), Monash University Prato, 29 June – 1 July 2020

The workshop will study the history of concentration camps, from the American Civil War, to the settler conquests of the New World, to conflict in colonial Africa and Asia and the ongoing “War on Terror.“

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2020. Information: https://www.colonialcamps.network/

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32.  4th Australasian Conference on Islam: “Muslim Youth in the West: Social, Religious, Political Challenges and Opportunities”, Deakin University, Melbourne, 9-10 July 2020

This conference aims to explore the social, religious and political challenges affecting Muslim youth in Western societies and the ways in which Muslim youth have responded to these issues.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 March 2020. Information: cisac@csu.edu.au

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33.  51st International Conference of the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on “The Aramaeans B.C.: History, Literature, and Archaeology“, Oriental Institute, Oxford University, 20-22 July 2020

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2020.

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34.  Three Panels on the MENA Region during the “XVII International Congress of the Latin American Association”, Universidad San Francisco de Quito Ecuador, 29 July – 1 August 2020

11. Simposio: “Las relaciones internacionales en Medio Oriente y Norte de África: claves para entender la construcción en curso del nuevo sistema regional”. Coordinadores: Dr. César Castilla cesarc@uhemisferios.edu.ec; Mtra. Susana Mangana smangana@gmail.com

26. Simposio: “Las Relaciones América Latina-Medio Oriente: intercambios y  cooperación en la nueva coyuntura”. Coordinadores: Dr. Paulo Botta  jprbotta@hotmail.com; Dra. Alejandra Galindo alejandra.galindo@udem.edu

45. Simposio: “¿Una nueva ola contestataria en Oriente Medio? Protestas, resistencias y movimientos sociales emergentes en el mundo árabe-islámico actual”. Coordinadores: Dr. Juan José Vagni juanjovagni@hotmail.com; Dr. Sergio Moya Mena sergio.moya@ucr.ac.cr


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35.  Conference on “New Perspectives on Middle East Migrations”, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 11-13 September 2020

Papers are invited from history, anthropology, geography, and sociology to comparative literature and cultural studies, and from refugee studies to political economy and settler colonial studies.


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36.  Annual Conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020

MESA is primarily concerned with the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab World from the 7th century to modern times. Other regions including Spain, Southeastern Europe, China and the former Soviet Union, also are included for the periods in which these territories were parts of the Middle Eastern empires or under the influence of Middle Eastern civilization.

Deadline for abstracts: 18 February 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/

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37.  7th International Conference of the International Iranian Economic Association on Iran's Economy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, 15-17 December 2020

The proposed topics may be in any field of economics, economic history and political economy. The Program Committee welcomes both empirical and theoretical papers that use quantitative or analytical narrative methods.


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38.  Conference: "Knowledge Systems and Ottoman-European Encounters: Spatial and Social Dynamics", University of Zurich, 21-23 January 2021

The conference will focus on knowledge from or about the Ottoman Empire in the early modern period, addressing two questions: from a spatial perspective, how can the Ottoman Empire be included into a European history of knowledge? From a social viewpoint: how was knowledge inside or about the Ottoman Empire organized and what kind of social functions can there be distinguished?

Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2020.

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POSITIONS

39.  Two PhD Positions (Research Associates, 65%) in the Research Group "Coerced Circulation of Knowledge", Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, University of Bonn

Applicants are required to have completed a university degree (Master) in history, cultural history, history of ideas or in a similar area of study relevant for the research group. The successful candidates will formulate independent projects within the Research Group.


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40.  Lecturer/Associate Professor in Social and Cultural Geography, University College London

Applicants are welcome with research interests in migration, gender and geographies of religion. The post will be aligned with the department’s Culture and Migration Research Group.

Deadline for applications: 2 February 2020.

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41.  Research Fellowship in the Study of the Islamic World, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

The successful candidate will be engaged in research and publication in any area of the arts, humanities or social sciences which contributes to a more informed understanding of the Islamic world – its history, economics, politics, culture, civilisation and contemporary life. The fellowship is tenable from October 2020 for three years.


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42.  Aarhus University - Teaching Associate Professorship in Arabic

The teaching associate professorship is a permanent position dedicated to full-time teaching, including professional development. The appointment begins on 1 September 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. Requirements: Master’s degree in teaching Arabic as a foreign language or in Arabic; fluency in Arabic; relevant experience of teaching MSA and Arabic dialects at all levels; experience in teaching in English or a Scandinavian language.

Deadline for applications: 19 February 2020. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59825

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43.  Tenure-track Lecturer Position in Arabic Literature, University of Haifa

Applications are invited for a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) position to begin October 2021. We welcome candidates specializing in either Modern Arabic Literature, or Classical Arabic Literature. While the language of instruction in the department is Arabic, candidates may teach in English or Hebrew in the first few years if they prefer.

Review of applications will begin on 1 April 2020.
Information: Dr. Ali Hussein (ahussein@univ.haifa.ac.il)

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44.  Assistant or Associate Professor in Comparative Literature, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Qualifications and experience: PhD degree in Comparative Literature, with focus on the following areas: Literary Theory, Approaches to World Literature and the New Comparative Literature, Arabic Literature and an Asian, African or Latin American Literature. Excellent record of research and publication and a proven record of excellence in teaching, preferably at the graduate level. The ability to teach in both Arabic and English.

Deadline for application: 1 February 2020.

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45.  Faculty Position in Islamic History, Habib University, Karachi

Specialization may be in any period or region of the Islamic world and/or Muslim communities elsewhere in the world including the Americas, Africa, and the Black Diaspora. The ability to teach Islamic Intellectual History in a comparative and global vein will be a plus. Depending on credentials and experience, candidates will be considered at the rank of Lecturer, Assistant Professor or Associate Professor as appropriate.

Deadline for applications: 16 April 2020. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59824

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46.  Postdoctoral or More Senior Researcher on Contemporary Politics in the Arab World, Princeton University

Applicants can be from the disciplines of history, politics, economics and international relations. The one-year appointment has an anticipated start date between September 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021

Deadline for application: 21 February 2020.

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47.  Graduate Research Fellowship at the Center for Jewish History, New York

The Center offers ten-month fellowships to doctoral candidates to support original research using the collections of the Center's partners: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.


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48.  Postdoctoral Fellowship in North African Studies, Yale University

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.

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2020. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/71069

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49.  Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Middle East Studies, Yale University

Candidates must have research and teaching experience relevant to the Modern Middle East, including any period from early modern to contemporary (1500 - present). The Council invites applications from across the social sciences and humanities with a focus on the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, or Turkey.

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2020. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/71070

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50.   Assistant Professor of Human Rights in the Middle East & North Africa, University of Arizona

Candidates will be expected to have a PhD in a field represented in the UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS); exceptional ABD applicants nearing completion will also be considered. The position has a preferred focus on Egypt, North Africa, or Turkey, although applications from specialists in any area of the Middle East and North Africa are welcome and will receive full consideration. This position requires the ability to design and teach undergraduate and graduate courses and mentor students; and occasional domestic and foreign travel for meetings, seminars, and conferences.

Deadline for applications: 15 April 2020. Infromation: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59822

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51.  Lecturer in Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies, Australian National University, College of Arts and Social Sciences

The appointee’s research profile should be rooted in sociological perspectives or political sociology on the religion and culture of Islam and Muslim societies. Research can focus on aspects of the global and complex majority Muslim societies and/or minority status of Muslims in various socio-political contexts.

Deadline for applications: 2 March 2020.

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OTHER INFORMATION

52.  Faculty Fellowship: The Summer Institute for Israel Studies, 10-21 June 2020 at Brandeis and 22 June – 1 July 2020 in Israel

Created to address the need for serious and nuanced study of Israel in the academy, the Summer Institute for Israel Studies is a rigorous program that equips faculty members to develop and teach courses about modern Israel in any discipline. Stipend of up to $2,500, plus group travel, accommodations and most meals provided.

Deadline for application: 31 January 2020. Information: www.brandeis.edu/israel-center/siis/index.html.

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53.  Türkiye Scholarships 2020

Türkiye Scholarships is a government-funded, competitive scholarship program, awarded to outstanding students and researchers to pursue full-time or short-term program at the top universities in Turkey. Türkiye Scholarships aims to build a network of future leaders committed to strengthening cooperation among countries and mutual understanding among societies.


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54.  Research Travel Grants: Rubenstein Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Anyone who wishes to use materials from the designated collections for historical research is eligible to apply, regardless of academic status. Grants of up to $1500 will be awarded and may be used for: transportation expenses.

Deadline for applications: 31 January 2020.

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55.  Training School: “Islamic Heritage in Europe“, Palermo, 28-29 May 2020

This is initiated by the project „Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750)“ in order to create a network that will 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: 7 February 2020.

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56.  Summer School Languages Program: Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, and Persian, Ibn Khaldun University Süleymaniye Complex, Istanbul, 8 June – 24 July 2020

This programme offers intensive language instruction for international students and professionals. This is a full Summer Term that over seven weeks offers twice the transferable credits as a regular 14-week semester. A wholly immersive experience is designed to comprise co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as conversation tables and study hours; seminars by top scholars on Turkish history, politics, literature, and art; cultural events, movie screenings, and field trips to historical sites and archives.

Application deadline: 31 March 2020.

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57.  Articles and Papers on "Religious Transformations in the Arab World - Spirituality, Religious Doubt, and Non-Religion", for Special Issue of the Journal “Religion” and for Panel at MESA, Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020

This special issue and the MESA panel look to compose a cross section of current work in social science, religious studies, and related fields on Islam/religion and non-religion in the Arab World.

Deadline for final article: 1 December 2020.
For panel at MESA contact Karin van Nieuwkerk (k.vannieuwkerk@ftr.ru.nl)

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  1. Chapters for Edited Book on “Water, Energy, and Environment in Eurasia”, Cappadocia University Press

Given the both academic and policy-related importance of this topic, we would like to invite scholarly contributions from the regional and international universities and research centers to our edited volume, which is to published in 2020.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2020.

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  1. Contributions to Journal “Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World“, Volume 38, 2021

Muqarnas is a scholarly journal that publishes articles on art and all aspects of Islamic visual and material cultures, historical and contemporary. Full-length articles are accompanied by shorter submissions grouped under a separate section titled “Notes and Sources,” for which we particularly welcome studies that introduce textual and visual primary sources.

Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2020.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/5595959/muqarnas-annual-visual-cultures-islamic-world-invites-submissions