dimanche 27 septembre 2020

EURAMES Info Service 39/2020

 CONFERENCES

 

1.    ONLINE Debate Series: "Economic Reforms as an Opportunity: A Post-COVID Social Contract for the Region?" Friedrich Ebert Foundation and German Development Institute, 29 September 2020, 15:00-16:30 CEST

 

2.    ONLINE: Annual Conference Webinar Series of the Economic Research Forum (ERF) on Sustainable Development Goals in the MENA Region, 29 September 2020, 2:00-3:00 pm GMT

 

3.    ONLINE: 14th International Conference on "Sustainable Development", Laurentian University, Toronto, 6-7 October 2020

 

4.    ONLINE Workshop: "The Visibility of The Visibility of Strangers. Diasporas, Urban Spaces, and Material Pluralism in the Mediterranean", U Marie Curie MedRoute Project, 7-8 October 2020

 

5.    ONLINE Webinar of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies, Fall 2020 Events, 16 October - 4 December 2020

 

6.    ONLINE: Workshop "Being ‘Here’, Researching ‘There’: Reflecting on Temporal and Spatial Remoteness in Ethnography", Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 3-4 December 2020

 

7.    ONLINE: International eConference on Interreligious Dialogue, Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR), 4-6 December 2020

 

8.    ONLINE: "Second Annual Islamic Philosophy Conference", American Society of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Harvard University, 5-6 December 2020

 

9.    ONLINE Symposium: "British Muslims and Covid-19: Impacts, Experiences and Responses", Muslims in Britain Research Network, 8 December 2020

 

10.  ONLINE: International Conference on "10 Years On: The People & The Protests", Project SEPAD, Lancaster University, UK, 17-18 December 2020

 

11.  13th International Conference of the Tunisian-Mediterranean Association for Historical, Social and Economic Studies on “Crimes, Felonies and Repression in History“, Beja, Tunisia, 17-19 December 2020

 

12.  Conference: “The Middle East c. 1960-1980 – Global and Transnational Perspectives“, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, 5 March 2021

 

13.  2nd Global Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference on "Violence", Lisbon, Portugal, 14-15 March 2021

 

14.  5th Conference of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS): “Interrogating the Social Sciences in the Vortex of Crises: Waves of Discontent and Demands for Change", Beirut, 21-23 May 2021

 

15.  Maghreb/Afrique subsaharienne : « L’Afrique dans les sciences humaines et sociales : regards croisés et approches méthodologiques », Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Juin 2021

 

16.  "4th Congress of Studies on the Middle East and Muslim Worlds", Aix-en-Provence, 28-30 June 2021

 

17.  3rd Workshop of the Network for the Study of Environmental History of Turkey on “Environmental Histories of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman World - The Anthropocene: From Empire to Nation-States,” University of Vienna, 16-18 September 2021

 

18.  3rd ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian National University, Canberra, 8-10 December 2021

 

 

POSITIONS

 

19.  Professor (W3) of Human Geography with Specialisation in Economic Geography and Globalisation Research, University of Münster, Germany

 

20.  Postdoc Resident Fellowship (1-12 Months), RomanIslam Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies, Hamburg University

 

21.  Head Librarian of the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

 

22.  British Academy Postdoc Fellowships (3 Years) for Outstanding Early Career Researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences

 

23.  Professor of Islamic Studies, Lund University

 

24.  5 Fellowships (4 Months) for Researchers in the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group "Aesthetics & Cultural Practice", Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM), Tunis

 

25.  Fellowships for Postdoctoral Research Associates and Early-career Scholars from Outside of the USA, Program "Sustainable Futures", Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (2021-22)

 

26.  Up to 40 Scholarships (3 or 6 Months) for Historical Research on Near Eastern Civilizations and the Islamic World, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton University

 

27.  Up to 40 Residential Fellowships at the National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Dakota

 

28.  New Executive Director of Al-Bustan Centre of Culture, Philadelphia

 

29.  Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Palestine and Palestinian Studies, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University

 

30.  Assistant Professor of Arabic, Hamilton College, New York

 

31.  Canada Research Chair (Tier 2), History of the Modern Middle East, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

 

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

32.  Grabar Travel & Post-Doctoral Awards for Ph.D. Candidates and Post-doctoral Scholars in All Areas of the History of Islamic Art, Architecture and Archaeology

 

33.  Prize for the Best First Book in Mediterranean Studies, Mediterranean Seminar/CU Mediterranean Studies Group

 

34.  ONLINE Course: "Islam and Constitutions: The Law and Politics of Sharia Provisions", Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisation, Aga Khan University, London, 7, 14, 21 November 2020, 13:30-16:30 UK Time

 

35.  Articles on "Speaking the Unspeakable – The Attributes of God in Islamic Thought" for Edited Volume in the Series "Horizons of Islamic Philosophy of Religion"

 

36.  Articles on "Middle Eastern Science Fiction" for Special Issue of "Journal of Science Fiction"

 

37.  Articles on "Turkish-American Relations" for Special Issue of "Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies" (December 2020)

 

38.  Articles on "Legacies of 1922: Building and Rebuilding Borders, Identity and Belonging Since the Greco-Turkish War and Population Exchange" for Special Issue of the "Journal of Modern Greek Studies" (October 2022)

 

39.  Articles on "Islamic Theologies of Disasters: Between Science, Religion and Messianism" for Special Issue of "MIDEO" 38 (2023)

 

40.  Articles on “Queering Middle East Migrations” for Special Issue of “Mashriq & Mahjar: The Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies”

 

41.  Articles on "Regional Development and Policy in the EU Neighborhood Countries" for Special Issue of the Journal "Economies"

 

42.  Articles on "Historizing Islamophobia" for Special Issue of "Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam"

 

43.  Editors and Contributors on Middle Eastern, Persian and Iranian Studies for “The Digital Orientalist”

 

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Best regards,

 

Guenter Meyer, Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, in cooperation with the University of Sharjah

 

 

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CONFERENCES

 

1.    ONLINE Debate Series: "Economic Reforms as an Opportunity: A Post-COVID Social Contract for the Region?" Friedrich Ebert Foundation and German Development Institute, 29 September 2020, 15:00-16:30 CEST

 

This online debate is part of the series "Until Debt Tear Us Apart? International Cooperation and Socio-economic Justice in a Post-Covic19 MENA Region". Speakers are Mustapha Kamel Nabli (former Governor, Central Bank of Tunisia), Ayat Soliman (MENA Regional Director for Sustainable Development, World Bank) and Hans Frühauf (MENA Regional Director, GIZ).

 

Information and registration: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/events/details/a-post-covid-social-contract-for-the-mena-region/

 

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2.    ONLINE: Annual Conference Webinar Series of the Economic Research Forum (ERF) on Sustainable Development Goals in the MENA Region, 29 September 2020, 2:00-3:00 pm GMT

 

Presentation on: "Developing Countries’ Access to International Capital Markets: What Constraint MENA?" by Shereen Attia. The paper aims to explore why MENA has been unsuccessful in securing for itself a significant share of financial flows proportional to its size and the limited ability to tap the international capital markets more frequently relying heavily on other sources of finance.

Information and registration: https://mailchi.mp/erf.org.eg/invitation_erf26_annual_conference-1390093?e=b6c891c6c3

 

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3.    ONLINE: 14th International Conference on "Sustainable Development", Laurentian University, Toronto, 6-7 October 2020

 

Themes: 1. Development, 2. Economics, 3. Environment and Natural Resources, 4. Food and Agriculture, 5. Governance, 6. Health, 7. Information and Communication, 8. Science and technology, 9. Social policy, 10. Gender equality.

 

Last date to register: 30 September 2020.

Information: https://www.ontariointernational.org/icsdconference-a.htm

 

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4.    ONLINE Workshop: "The Visibility of The Visibility of Strangers. Diasporas, Urban Spaces, and Material Pluralism in the Mediterranean", U Marie Curie MedRoute Project, 7-8 October 2020

 

This is the final workshop of the project which has inquired about the phenomenon of cultural pluralism in early modern Mediterranean port cities. Through the employment of three identity markers (foodways, clothing, and language), MedRoute has intended to chart how differences in the political and physical environments affected the balance of acculturation in port-cities.

 

Information and registration: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-the-visibility-of-the-visibility-of-strangers-diasporas-urban-spaces-and-material-pluralism-in-the-mediterranean?e=82aeb6c61d

 

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5.    ONLINE Webinar of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies, Fall 2020 Events, 16 October - 4 December 2020

 

16 October 2020: "Satan Conquered: The Iranian Revolution and its Demons" by Prof. Alireza Doostdar, University of Chicago

 

30 October 2020: "The Politicization of the Female Body in the Context of Sigheh Marriages", Prof. Claudia Yaghoobi, University of North Carolina

 

13 November 2020: "Hafiz and His Contemporaries: Time, Place, and Dialogue in the Post-Mongol Persian Ghazal" by Prof. Dominic Parviz Brookshaw, University of Oxford

 

4 December 2020: "Re-discovering a Literary Treasure: The Anvar-e Sohayli Written by Vaʿez Kashefi in Fifteenth-Century Herat" by Prof. Christine van Ruymbeke, University of Cambridge

 

Information and registration: https://iranianstudies.macmillan.yale.edu/calendar/upcoming-events

 

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6.    ONLINE: Workshop "Being ‘Here’, Researching ‘There’: Reflecting on Temporal and Spatial Remoteness in Ethnography", Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 3-4 December 2020

 

With this workshop, we wish to open up a space in which we can share different kinds of experience and strategies for working remotely. Which strategies work in which contexts, and which methodological, ethical or epistemological problems result from which (remote) access strategies to the field? We invite contributions from researchers and activist scholars who have been engaging especially in involuntary remote ethnographies.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2020. Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/CfP/CfP_Workshop_Remote_Ethnography_ZMO.pdf

 

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7.    ONLINE: International eConference on Interreligious Dialogue, Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR), 4-6 December 2020

 

The conference will bring together religion scholars, specialists, and practitioners of different faith traditions (from all over the world) to discuss the various complexities, problems, and solutions resulting from interreligious dialogue.

 

Information and registration: https://www.gcrr.org/2020interreligiousdialogue

 

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8.    ONLINE: "Second Annual Islamic Philosophy Conference", American Society of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Harvard University, 5-6 December 2020

 

The aim of the conference is to promote the study of Islamic Philosophy, broadly conceived, in its historical and contemporary context. We welcome panel proposals as well as individual proposals. Papers will be eligible for publication in the Journal of Islamic Philosophy.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2020. Information: https://asipt.org/conferences/conference-paper/

 

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9.    ONLINE Symposium: "British Muslims and Covid-19: Impacts, Experiences and Responses", Muslims in Britain Research Network, 8 December 2020

 

Papers are invited that explore any dimension of Muslim identity / lived experiences in relation to the pandemic, lockdown and subsequent socio-economic implications of Covid-19 in Britain.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2020. Information: https://www.mbrn.org.uk/call-for-papers-british-muslims-and-covid-19-impacts-experiences-and-responses/

 

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10.  ONLINE: International Conference on "10 Years On: The People & The Protests", Project SEPAD, Lancaster University, UK, 17-18 December 2020

 

The conference on the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Arab Uprisings seeks to reflect on the ways in which the uprisings have affected people and political projects across MENA and invites papers reflecting on: Popular protests; relations between rulers and ruled; resistance; gender and sexuality; sovereign power; spatial ordering; clientelism; sectarianism; de-sectarianisation; political economy; power sharing; urban politics; environmentalism; foreign policy making; etc.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2020.

Information: https://www.sepad.org.uk/event/conference-and-call-for-papers

 

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11.  13th International Conference of the Tunisian-Mediterranean Association for Historical, Social and Economic Studies on “Crimes, Felonies and Repression in History“, Beja, Tunisia, 17-19 December 2020

 

Main themes include: Origins of delinquency and crimes; Types and forms of delinquency and crime;  Types of offenders and criminals; Society's reactions to delinquency and crime. If the corona crisis persists, the congress will be postponed to the beginning of April 2021.

 

Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-crimes-felonies-and-repression-in-history-17-19-december-beja-tunisia?e=82aeb6c61d

 

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12.  Conference: “The Middle East c. 1960-1980 – Global and Transnational Perspectives“, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, 5 March 2021

 

This conference aims to reconfigure the history of the Middle East in these decades no longer as an agglomeration of discrete episodes but as a single, integrated phenomenon with its own dynamic and logic. It will look at the ways in which events in the Middle East were shaped by global and transnational contexts and, in turn, the impact events in the region exercised on other parts of the world.

 

Information: https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/centre/news/call-papers-middle-east-c1960-1980-global-and-transnational-perspectives-5-march-2021

 

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13.  2nd Global Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference on "Violence", Lisbon, Portugal, 14-15 March 2021

 

Themes: - Violence and Gender, - Media Portrayals of Violence, - Gender Differentiation; can Women be Terrorists? - State-Sanctioned Violence (War, Genocide, Torture, Capital Punishment, etc.), - How Culture Encourages / Discourages Violence, - Ecological and Environmental Violence, - Violence and Reconciliation Practices, etc.

 

Information: https://www.progressiveconnexions.net/interdisciplinary-projects/evil/violence/conferences/

 

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14.  5th Conference of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS): “Interrogating the Social Sciences in the Vortex of Crises: Waves of Discontent and Demands for Change", Beirut, 21-23 May 2021

 

The conference is open to papers from all social science and allied disciplines and to scholars from the Arab region and the rest of the world. The conference will be organized around the following four major axes: Inequality and Resistance; The State and Risk Society; Infrastructure and Survival; Global, Regional and National Ecologies.

 

Information: http://www.theacss.org/pages/fifth-conference

 

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15.  Maghreb/Afrique subsaharienne : « L’Afrique dans les sciences humaines et sociales : regards croisés et approches méthodologiques », Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Juin 2021

 

Destinée aux doctorants en sciences sociale inscrits dans une université ou rattachés à un laboratoire situé dans un pays d’Afrique du Nord ou d’Afrique sub-saharienne, elle a pour objectif d’apporter un soutien méthodologique tout en stimulant la coopération scientifique entre l’Afrique de l’Ouest, l’Afrique du Nord et l’Europe.

 

Date limite d`envoi : 1 Novembre 2020. Information : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QsKCYy-Rq_BvgNNyGuswv5l8qgbDkZST/view?fbclid=IwAR3fVlHYk1EuudYDRbCtuUhPJ7Knppq4wXKKYD1e8BdU1bZ1Q4DWlszYgFY

 

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16.  "4th Congress of Studies on the Middle East and Muslim Worlds", Aix-en-Provence, 28-30 June 2021

 

This event is organized by GIS Moyen Orient et mondes musulmans (MOMM) in collaboration with IREMAM, IDEMEC, CHERPA, IMAF, and SEMOMM. The themes fall under anthropology, archaeology and history of art, law, economics, geography, history, islamology and religious sciences, linguistics, literature, philosophy, sociology, political science, in a global or regional perspective. As in previous years, the congress is an invitation to move beyond disciplinary and institutional compartmentalization, by bringing together contributors from diverse backgrounds, working in France and around the world.

 

Information: http://majlis-remomm.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Appel_4e%CC%80meCongre%CC%80s_en.pdf

 

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17.  3rd Workshop of the Network for the Study of Environmental History of Turkey on “Environmental Histories of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman World - The Anthropocene: From Empire to Nation-States,” University of Vienna, 16-18 September 2021

 

Topics include: The Anthropocene within the context of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman world; Urban and rural environmental history; Histories of water, soil, forests and mines; History of medicine, health and disease; Environmental histories of gender, labour and inequality; Environmental histories of wars, armed conflicts and violence; Ecology and Ottoman/Turkish literature; etc.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 1 January 2021. Information: https://orientalistik.univie.ac.at/en/disciplines/turkish-studies/events/neht-2021

 

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18.  3rd ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian National University, Canberra, 8-10 December 2021

 

The aim of this conference is to explore the various phenomena related to religion and migration; the political and social transitions impacting upon the transnational religiosity of contemporary communities.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 21 May 2021. Information: https://hrc.cass.anu.edu.au/events/religion-and-migration-culture-and-policy-0#acton-tabs-link--tabs-0-middle-1

 

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POSITIONS

 

19.  Professor (W3) of Human Geography with Specialisation in Economic Geography and Globalisation Research, University of Münster, Germany

 

The prospective candidate must possess expertise in the study of translocal and global economies from critical and heterodox perspectives. We are particular interested in preferably neo-Marxist, post-colonial, feminist, New Materialism or assemblage approaches.

 

Deadline for applications: 25 October 2020. Information: https://universitoxy.com/professur-fuer-humangeographie-mit-schwerpunkt-wirtschaftsgeographie-und-globalisierungsforschung,i9839.html

 

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20.  Postdoc Resident Fellowship (1-12 Months), RomanIslam Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies, Hamburg University

 

Scholars are invited from a wide range of disciplines working on Romanization and Islamication in Late Antiquity with a focus but not exclusively on the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa during the first millennium CE. 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 are also welcome.

 

Deadline for applications: 30 November 2020. Information: https://www.romanislam.uni-hamburg.de/center/fellowship-program.html

 

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21.  Head Librarian of the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

 

Qualifications: Minimum B.A. degree, background or experience in library sciences strongly preferred; Fluency in written and spoken English; Knowledge of library systems and cataloguing; Knowledge of one or more of the languages, cultures, and histories related to the Oriental Institute’s sub-fields (Middle East, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, Central Asia) preferred.

 

Deadline for application: 8 November 2020. Information: http://www.orient.cas.cz/miranda2/m2/akce/aktuality/2020/Head-Librarian-Oriental-Institute-Library_Job-Announcement_Deadline-Nov-8TH.pdf

 

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22.  British Academy Postdoc Fellowships (3 Years) for Outstanding Early Career Researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences

 

Any nationals from the European Economic Area are eligible, regardless of where their doctorate was obtained. Eligible applicants are expected to be at an early stage of their career. This is defined as being within three years from the date of your successful Viva Voce examination.

 

Deadline for application: 14 October 2020.

Information: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships/

 

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23.  Professor of Islamic Studies, Lund University

 

Requirements: Experience of research focusing on both present-day and historical Islam; Arabic language skills; experience of having initiated and formulated strategically important research applications; experience of educational development that includes digital tools and teaching environments, etc.

 

Deadline for applications: 30 September 2020.

Information: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/type:job/jobID:334474/?where=26

 

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24.  5 Fellowships (4 Months) for Researchers in the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group "Aesthetics & Cultural Practice", Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM), Tunis

 

Researchers at all stages of their academic career in humanities and social sciences from all parts of the world are invited to apply.

 

Deadline for applications: 30 September 2020. Information: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/forschung/mecam/mecam-call-for-applications-ifg-aesthetics-and-cultural-practice.pdf

 

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25.  Fellowships for Postdoctoral Research Associates and Early-career Scholars from Outside of the USA, Program "Sustainable Futures", Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (2021-22)

 

We welcome applicants from all disciplinary and inter-disciplinary fields - humanities, social science, natural science, engineering, technology, law, architecture - to examine varied notions and workable practices of sustainability.

 

Deadline for applications: 16 November 2020. Information: https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/16742 and https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/16822

 

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26.  Up to 40 Scholarships (3 or 6 Months) for Historical Research on Near Eastern Civilizations and the Islamic World, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton University

 

Requirements: Substantial record of publications and a PhD awarded by no later than 31 December 2019.

 

Deadline for applications: 15 October 2020. Information: https://www.hs.ias.edu/mem_announcement

 

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27.  Up to 40 Residential Fellowships at the National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Dakota

 

Mid-career and senior scholars from all over the world are encouraged to apply. Emerging scholars with a strong record of peer-reviewed work may also apply. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects.

 

Deadline for applications: 8 October 2020.

Information: https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/become-a-fellow/

 

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28.  New Executive Director of Al-Bustan Centre of Culture, Philadelphia

 

Professional qualifications required: Fluency in Arabic; 7 to 10 years of senior non-profit management experience; demonstrated transparent and high integrity leadership; excellent writing, public speaking, and interpersonal communication skills; deep knowledge of Arab culture, arts, and history; experience in living or traveling in the Arab region.

Preferred start date: 1 October 2020. Information: https://www.albustanseeds.org/about/opportunities/

 

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29.  Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Palestine and Palestinian Studies, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University

 

The position is open to all the humanities and social science disciplines. Scholars who received PhDs within five years of the application deadline are eligible to apply. Residence in the Providence area is required for most of the one-year appointment.

 

Deadline for applications: 9 November 2020. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/78795

 

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30.  Assistant Professor of Arabic, Hamilton College, New York

 

Ph.D in Arabic Language and Literature, Middle Eastern Studies or a closely related field is required. Applicants should have native, or near-native, fluency in Arabic and preferably have a record of excellence in teaching Arabic language, as well as experience in building a successful language program.

 

Deadline for applications: 21 October 2020. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/78584

 

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31.  Canada Research Chair (Tier 2), History of the Modern Middle East, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

 

The Research Chair with a focus on the history of the modern Middle East, broadly construed both temporally and geographically, is intended for exceptional emerging scholars (i.e., candidates must have been active researchers in their field for fewer than 10 years from their degree at the time of nomination). The thematic focus is open.

 

Deadline for applications: 1 November 2020. Information: https://hist.air.arts.ubc.ca/canada-research-chair-tier-2-history-of-the-modern-middle-east/

 

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OTHER INFORMATION

 

32.  Grabar Travel & Post-Doctoral Awards for Ph.D. Candidates and Post-doctoral Scholars in All Areas of the History of Islamic Art, Architecture and Archaeology

 

The Travel Grant (700 US-$) is open to doctoral candidates who have been invited as participants in a scholarly conference or other professional meeting for the purpose of presenting papers. The Post-doctoral Fellowship (2000 US-$) is intended to spend up to two months as a research scholar at a university, museum, research institute or similar institution, or to support additional research to aid in preparing the dissertation for publication.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 15 November 2020. Information: https://www.historiansofislamicart.org/opportunities/hiaa-prizes/grabar-grants-and-fellowships

 

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33.  Prize for the Best First Book in Mediterranean Studies, Mediterranean Seminar/CU Mediterranean Studies Group

 

Eligible publications are dated 2016-2020. We are most interested in books that break new ground conceptually, are comparative and/or interdisciplinary, that emphasize the intercultural/interregional/inter-religious contact. Books from any period will be considered and are welcome from history, art and material culture, literary and cultural studies, anthropology, and sociology.

 

Deadline for proposals: 1 January 2021. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/enter-best-first-book-prize-in-mediterranean-studies-the-mediterranean-seminar?e=82aeb6c61d

 

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34.  ONLINE Course: "Islam and Constitutions: The Law and Politics of Sharia Provisions", Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisation, Aga Khan University, London, 7, 14, 21 November 2020, 13:30-16:30 UK Time

 

The course introduces participants to the conceptual foundations of constitutional law, the articulations of State-Islam relations in contemporary constitutions, and the various models of sharia provisions in a comparative perspective. A close up on the politics of sharia provisions will provide a useful case study. The course also provides practical training in handling constitutional provisions on sharia in different jurisdictions.

 

Information and registration: https://www.aku.edu/events/pages/event-detail.aspx?EventID=1520&Title=Islam%20and%20Constitutions.%C2%A0%20The%20Law%20and%20Politics%20of%20Sharia%20Provisions

 

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35.  Articles on "Speaking the Unspeakable – The Attributes of God in Islamic Thought" for Edited Volume in the Series "Horizons of Islamic Philosophy of Religion"

 

Topics include: doctrines of God’s attributes by various thinkers and thought schools; the ontological, epistemological and cosmological significance of the attributes; the political significance of particular attributes such as ʿadl; the influence of Jewish and Christian theologies; the actuality of the doctrine of God’s attributes for contemporary discourses.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2020. Information: https://www.uni-muenster.de/ZIT/Aktuelles/2020/callforpapers_speakingtheunspeakable___theattributesofgodinislamicthought.html

 

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36.  Articles on "Middle Eastern Science Fiction" for Special Issue of "Journal of Science Fiction"

 

Topics include: Literary history of Middle Eastern science fiction; Histories and/or critiques of colonization, imperialism, dispossession, war; The connections between science fiction and religion; Migration themes in Middle Eastern science fiction; Discussions of genocide and apartheid; Political discourse surrounding Islamophobia: etc.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2020. Information: https://publish.lib.umd.edu/?journal=scifi&page=announcement&op=view&path%5B%5D=3

 

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37.  Articles on "Turkish-American Relations" for Special Issue of "Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies" (December 2020)

 

Submissions on the historical background, current status and future of the relations as well as the strategic, political, and economic dimensions and bilateral, regional, and global reflections of the relations are welcomed. As an interdisciplinary platform, the journal also welcomes original research on the interconnected relationship between area studies and international relations, sociology, global studies, etc.

 

Deadline for submissions: 1 November 2020. Information: http://cjas.kapadokya.edu.tr/Anasayfa.Aspx

 

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38.  Articles on "Legacies of 1922: Building and Rebuilding Borders, Identity and Belonging Since the Greco-Turkish War and Population Exchange" for Special Issue of the "Journal of Modern Greek Studies" (October 2022)

 

One hundred years after the Greco-Turkish War, the internal and transnational displacements that it sparked, and the state-sponsored Exchange into which it transformed, what lasting paradigms has this experience bequeathed to cultural, material, social and political domains of the Aegean and its diasporas, and how have subsequent experiences reshaped the original paradigm?

 

Deadline for abstracts: 16 November 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/6339773/cfp-update-legacies-1922-building-and-rebuilding-borders-identity

 

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39.  Articles on "Islamic Theologies of Disasters: Between Science, Religion and Messianism" for Special Issue of "MIDEO" 38 (2023)

 

This issue of MIDEO is devoted to the Islamic theology of catastrophes at different periods of history, in ancient, modern and contemporary theological thought.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2021.

Information: https://www.ideo-cairo.org/en/2020/07/call-for-papers-islamic-theologies-of-disasters/

 

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40.  Articles on “Queering Middle East Migrations” for Special Issue of “Mashriq & Mahjar: The Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies”

 

We look to papers that explore sexual desire and pleasure-seeking amongst migrants, and the role these subjectivities play in decisions to migrate, and in their “search for material and social advancement.” We also invite scholars who investigate the intersections between sexualities and other social, economic, religious, and racial identities.

 

Deadline for articles: 1 October 2020. Information: https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/announcement/view/20

 

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41.  Articles on "Regional Development and Policy in the EU Neighborhood Countries" for Special Issue of the Journal "Economies"

 

This issue of the open access journal seeks contributions that deal with aspects of regional analysis, policy approaches, and institutional or organizational questions in EU enlargement or neighborhood countries and their regions.

 

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2020.

Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/economies/special_issues/regional_policy

 

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42.  Articles on "Historizing Islamophobia" for Special Issue of "Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam"

 

We seek articles that present counter-hegemonic analyses, approaches and concepts, examining Islamophobia as a longer and more complex phenomenon. We are especially interested in papers which examine how settler-colonial projects against Indigenous communities and colonized communities have informed Islamophobia formations across varying national, social and political contexts.

 

Deadline for submissions: 20 February 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6142269/special-issue-%E2%80%9Chistorizing-islamophobia%E2%80%9D

 

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43.  Editors and Contributors on Middle Eastern, Persian and Iranian Studies for “The Digital Orientalist”

 

This is the digital magazine and arm the “American Oriental Society”. Editors will be expected to contribute 5-6 posts between September 2020 and June 2021. We are also looking for people who contribute guest posts or series of guests posts on the Digital Humanities in General, Islamic Studies, Syriac Studies etc.

 

Information: https://digitalorientalist.com/2020/06/30/open-call-for-editors-and-contributiors/

 

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