EURAMES Info Service 46/2020

 CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS

 

1.    ONLINE International Conference: "Social Change in the Gulf Societies in the 21^st Century", Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, 15 - 19 November 2020, 09:00 - 12:00 (Qatar Time)

 

2.    ONLINE Webinar Series "COVID-19 and Muslim Religiosity", Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, George Mason University, 17 November 2020 - 12:00 PM EDT

 

3.    ONLINE Colloque « L'eau dans le monde iranien : usages, partages, représentations de la Préhistoire à nos jours », Groupe d'études iraniennes de l'IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence, 17-18 novembre 2020

 

4.    ONLINE Conference of the "Islamicate Digital Humanities Network", Georgetown University, 18 November 2020, 10.00 am - 12.30 pm EDT

 

5.    ONLINE Seminar "Cultural Studies; Policy and Practice: Towards a Reformist Approach to Strategic Communications (Focus Tunisia and Lebanon)", Centre for Global Media and Communications, SOAS, 18 November 2020, 3.00 pm - 5 pm, GMT

 

6.    ONLINE Discussion on "Italy's Sea: Empire and Nation in the Mediterranean (1895-1945)", UC Berkeley, 19 November 2020, 12 pm - 1pm, PT

 

7.    ONLINE "Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies", George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 20 November 2020, 9:30 am - 5:30 pm ETZ

 

8.    ONLINE: International Conference "Mapping South-South Connections: Networks, Alliances and New Actors on the International Scene during the Decolonization Process and Cold War in Latin America, Asia and Africa (1810-1990)", Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, 21-22 November 2020

 

9.    Webinar “China’s Engagement and Relations with Iran” by Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University), SOAS, 24 November 2020, 5:30-7:00 pm GMT

 

10.  ONLINE Panel discussion : "Un partenariat d'égal à égal ou un "projet colonialiste" - Les projets d'accords d'association entre l'Union Européenne et les États du Maghreb", Deutsch-Maghrebinische Gesellschaft et Gustav-Stresemann-Institut, Bonn, 25 novembre 2020 à 19h00

 

11.  ONLINE Symposium: "The Idea of Iran: Iran in Transition to a New World Order", Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS, 28 November 2020, 11.45 am - 7.15 pm, GMT

 

12.  ONLINE Seminarr: “Germany and Israel: Whitewashing and Statebuilding” by Daniel Marwecki (Hong Kong University), SOAS, 1 December 2020, 5:30 – 7:00 pm, GMT

 

13.  ONLINE Seminar: "Rethinking Tradition in the Middle East: Islamic and Jewish Perspectives", Rutgers University, 1 December 2020, 10.30 am - 11.30 am, EST

 

14.  ONLINE 2020 Conference of the European Network for the Study of Islam and Esotericism (ENSIE): “Islamic Esotericism in Global Contexts”, 3-5 December, 2020

 

15.  ONLINE: International Conference on Gender Studies: "Mapping Gender", Cambridge, UK, 5-6 December 2020

 

16.  ONLINE: "Fourth International Conference on Israel and Judaism Studies", Organized by “Israiliyat: Journal of Israeli and Judaic Studies”, 7-10 December 2020

 

17.  ONLINE Workshop: "Environmental History of the Ottoman Empire", Orient-Institut Beirut, 10-11 December 2020,

 

18.  ONLINE: Interdisciplinary Conference on "Living in the End Times: Utopian and Dystopian Representations of Pandemics in Fiction, Film and Culture", Cappadocia University, Turkey, 14-15 January 2021

 

19.  ONLINE: 18^th Annual Islamicate Graduate Students Association Conference on “What Does Race Have to Do with Religion? Racialization and Worldwide Islam”, UNC-Duke, 20-21 February 2020

 

20.  Symposium: "Ottoman Ego-Documents", Istanbul Medeniyet University, 7-9 April 2021

 

21.  14^th Annual Conference of the Michigan State University Muslim Studies on "Global Islamophobia and the News Media, Entertainment Media, and Social Media", East Lansing, MI, 8-9 April 2021

 

22. Conference: "Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East: The Silk Roads and Beyond", University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 8-10 April 2021

 

23.  International Conference of the British Association of Teachers of Arabic: "Teaching, Research and Scholarship Excellence in Arabic Language, Culture, Literature, Linguistics and Translation", University of Leeds, 24-25 June 2021

 

24.  ONLINE Papers on "What Does Diaspora Mean in the 21^st Century" during the "12^th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 12)", Kyoto, 24-27 August 2021

 

25.  Maghreb Review and Maghreb Studies Association Conference: “Empires in the Middle East and the Maghreb: The Shaping of Hopes and Perspectives”, Oxford, 13-14 September 2021

 

26.  Conference on "The Visual Culture of Mosques", King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), Dahran, 23-25 November 2021

 

27.  20^th ISA World Congress of Sociology on "Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies", Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022

 

28.  "34. Deutscher Orientalistentag / 34^th German Oriental Congress" Combined with the "28^th International Congress of the German Middle Eastern Studies Association (DAVO)", Berlin, 11-17 September 2022

 

29. 6^th World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES-6), University of La Manouba, Tunis, 19-23 September 2022

 

 

POSITIONS

 

30.  Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2 Years) for Project "Warnings from the Archive: A Century of British Intervention in the Middle East", University of Exeter

 

31.  PhD Position (4 Years) for Research on Muslim Interreligious Encounters in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean, University of Groningen

 

32.  Assistant or Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

 

33.  Two Positions in International Relations at Assistant or Associate Professor Levels, American University in Cairo

 

34.  Full Time Faculty Position in Sociology, American University in Cairo

 

35.  Postdoctoral Associate, Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, Boston University

 

36.  The Qatar Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

 

37.  American Druze Foundation (ADF) Fellowship, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

 

38.  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)

 

39.  Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies (2021-2022), Columbia University and Fordham University

 

40.  Assistant Professor for Late Antiquity and/or Early Islam, University of Toronto Scarborough

 

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

41.  2021-22 Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards from the American Center for Research (ACOR), Jordan

 

42.  ONLINE Course on "Religious Cultural Heritage: Concepts and Issues in the Modern Middle East", Institute of Muslim Civilisation, Aga Khan University, London, 11 & 18 December 2020

 

43.  ONLINE Course on "Bridging the Great Divide: The Jewish-Muslim Encounter", Woolf Institute, Cambridge, 11 January - 25 April 2021

 

44.  Articles for “Diyâr. Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies“

 

45. Articles on "Religious Transformation in the Middle East – Spirituality, Religious Doubt, and Non-religion" for Special Edition of Journal "Religions"

 

46.  Articles on “Israel Studies as a Global Discipline” for a Special Issue of the “Journal of Israeli History”

 

47.  Articles on "Majority versus Proportionality? Trajectories of Electoral Reform in the Mediterranean since the 1990s" for Special Issue of the "Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (ZfVP) / Comparative Governance and Politics"

 

48.  Articles on "Migration, Human Trafficking and Displacement in the Horn of Africa" for Special Issue of "African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal" (Routledge)

 

49.  Articles on “Power(s) in Palestine” for Special Issue of “Confluences Méditerranée”

 

50.  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)

 

51.  Articles from Scholars of the Middle East and North Africa for "Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES)"

 

52.  Chapters for Edited Book on "Living with Tourism: Paradoxes, Empowerment and Future Directions (Focus MENA Region)"

 

53.  Chapters for Edited Volume on "The Gendered Arab"

 

54.  Chapters for Edited Volume on "New Methods in the Study of Islam"

 

55. ONLINE Dossier on Media and Corona in the Arab World by the "Arab-European Association for Media and Communication Researchers (AREACORE)"

56.  New Research Platform and Online Journal: “Manazir – Swiss Platform for the Study of Visual Arts, Architecture and Heritage in the MENA Region”

 

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CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS

 

1.    ONLINE International Conference: "Social Change in the Gulf Societies in the 21^st Century", Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, 15 - 19 November 2020, 09:00 - 12:00 (Qatar Time)

 

The conference aims to explore how economic transformation, educational reforms, social media, rapid urbanization, and growing expatriate population have brought about deep changes in the Gulf societies.

 

Information and registration: https://www.qu.edu.qa/events/The-5th-Annual-International-Conference-of-Gulf-Studies-Center-at-Qatar-University-%E2%80%93-Social-Change-in-the-Gulf-Societies-in-the-21st-Century

 

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2.    ONLINE Webinar Series "COVID-19 and Muslim Religiosity", Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, George Mason University, 17 November 2020 - 12:00 PM EDT

 

Günhan Börekçi (Central European University), "Long before COVID-19: The Socio-economic Effects of Contagious Diseases and Epidemics in the Ottoman World (1500-1800)." This lecture will discuss the question of how millions of Muslim and non-Muslim people once lived in the Ottoman Empire had experienced the outbreaks of various contagious diseases between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries.

 

Information: https://islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/events/11063.

For previous sessions see https://vimeo.com/islamicstudies/

 

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3.    ONLINE Colloque « L'eau dans le monde iranien : usages, partages, représentations de la Préhistoire à nos jours », Groupe d'études iraniennes de l'IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence, 17-18 novembre 2020

 

Organisé par Camille Rhoné-Quer (MCF AMU/IREMAM), Jean-François Coulais (PR ENSA Paris Malaquais), Homa Lessan Pezechki (PR AMU/IREMAM) et Mattéo Coq (doctorant AMU/IREMAM).

 

Information, programme et inscription : https://iremam.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article7005&lang=fr

 

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4.    ONLINE Conference of the "Islamicate Digital Humanities Network", Georgetown University, 18 November 2020, 10.00 am - 12.30 pm EDT

 

- Opening words; Irene Kirchner (Georgetown University)

- Handwritten-Text-Recognition for Arabic Script: A Case Study in Ottoman Turkish; Suphan Kirmizialtin (NYU Abu Dhabi)

- When Digital Forms of Information Become a Reliable Source of Academic Research; Sofia Tsourlaki (SOAS University of London)

- The #AmericasMuslimsMap: Using Digital Visualization to Help Expand our Notion of "Global Islam"; Ken Chitwood (Freie Universität Berlin)

- A Comparative Quantitative Analysis of the Concept of "Love" in Hafez's Ghazals and Shakespeare's Sonnets; Mehdy Sedaghat Payam and Marjan Moosavi (University of Maryland)

 

Registration: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/92629137582

 

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5.    ONLINE Webinar "Cultural Studies; Policy and Practice: Towards a Reformist Approach to Strategic Communications (Focus Tunisia and Lebanon)", Centre for Global Media and Communications, SOAS, 18 November 2020, 3.00 pm - 5 pm, GMT

 

Dr. Dounia Mahlouly (SOAS) addresses the role of communication practices and community-owned media infrastructures in processes of collective resilience, drawing on the case study of an EU-funded initiative designed to support community resilience through media capacity in Tunisia and Lebanon.

 

Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/events/2020/18nov2020-cultural-studies-policy-and-practice-towards-a-reformist-approach-to-strategic-communicati.html

 

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6.    ONLINE Discussion on "Italy's Sea: Empire and Nation in the Mediterranean (1895-1945)", UC Berkeley, 19 November 2020, 12 pm - 1pm, PT

 

Discussion with author Valerie McGuire (University of St Andrews) on her forthcoming book, which takes a critical approach to the concept of the Mediterranean in the period of Italian expansion and examines how Italians navigated issues of race, nation and migration as well as transnational questions about sovereignty, identity, and national belonging which were created by the decline and collapse of the Ottoman empire in North Africa, the Balkans, and the eastern Mediterranean, or Levant.

 

Information and registration: https://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/ies/event_ID=http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/sn/ies?event_ID=136092&date=2020-11-19&filter=Target/Open%20To%20Audiences&filtersel=

 

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7.    ONLINE "Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies", George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 20 November 2020, 9:30 am - 5:30 pm ETZ

 

At the Colloquium, the accepted students will present their book reviews in pre-organized panels lasting 20 minutes, and then discuss their reviews with leading scholars in the field.

 

Information, program and registration: https://islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/events/11028

 

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8.    ONLINE: International Conference "Mapping South-South Connections: Networks, Alliances and New Actors on the International Scene during the Decolonization Process and Cold War in Latin America, Asia and Africa (1810-1990)", Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, 21-22 November 2020

This conference explores historical, political and cultural connections between Latin America, Asia and Africa during the decolonization process and the Cold War from an interdisciplinary perspective. The conference is organized by Allameh Tabataba'i University (Iran) in collaboration with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).

 

Information & program: https://southsouthconnections.atu.ac.ir

 

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9.    ONLINE Seminar “China’s Engagement and Relations with Iran” by Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University), SOAS, 24 November 2020, 5:30-7:00 pm GMT

 

Anoush Ehteshami is Professor of International Relations in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University. His talk will explore the development of Sino-Iranian relations since the 1990s.

 

Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/24nov2020-chinas-engagement-and-relations-with-iran.html

 

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10.  ONLINE Panel discussion : "Un partenariat d'égal à égal ou un "projet colonialiste" - Les projets d'accords d'association entre l'Union Européenne et les États du Maghreb", Deutsch-Maghrebinische Gesellschaft et Gustav-Stresemann-Institut, Bonn, 25 novembre 2020 à 19h00

 

La soirée donnera des informations sur les différentes positions concernant les accords prévus et mènera une discussion sur les buts et intérêts des partenaires en question.

 

Information et inscription : https://www.dmag-bonn.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/InvitationMaghreb_251120.pdf

 

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11.  ONLINE Symposium: "The Idea of Iran: Iran in Transition to a New World Order", Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS, 28 November 2020, 11.45 am - 7.15 pm, GMT

 

What does the Idea of Iran mean in the 18^th century? Can we discern the ways that contemporaries viewed their environment; what was the view of outsiders, and how does modern scholarship define the distinctive aspects of the period? These are some of the questions to be explored in this complex and difficult period from which Iran emerged with a curtailed presence in the new world order.

 

Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei-cis/events/idea-of-iran/28nov2020-the-idea-of-iran-iran-in-transition-to-a-new-world-order.html

 

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12.  ONLINE Seminar: “Germany and Israel: Whitewashing and Statebuilding” by Daniel Marwecki (Hong Kong University), SOAS, 1 December 2020, 5:30 – 7:00 pm, GMT

 

Daniel Marwecki’s pathbreaking analysis deconstructs the myths surrounding the odd alliance between Israel and post-war Federal Germany. Thorough archival research shows how German policymakers often had disingenuous, cynical or even partly antisemitic motivations, seeking to whitewash their Nazi past by supporting the new Israeli state. This is the true context of West Germany’s crucial backing of Israel in the 1950s and ’60s.

 

Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/01dec2020-germany-and-israel-whitewashing-and-statebuilding.html

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13.  ONLINE Seminar: "Rethinking Tradition in the Middle East: Islamic and Jewish Perspectives", Rutgers University, 1 December 2020, 10.30 am - 11.30 am, EST

 

In the 10^th-century Middle East, two scriptural religions developed-for the first time-theoretical perspectives on the late antique legal traditions that they had inherited. Written in Arabic, these novel sacred histories penned by Muslim and Jewish theologian-jurists sought to clarify their religious legal systems and to resolve conflicting and discursive legal sources.

 

Information and registration: https://bildnercenter.rutgers.edu/campus-programs/faculty-seminars

 

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14.  ONLINE 2020 Conference of the European Network for the Study of Islam and Esotericism (ENSIE): “Islamic Esotericism in Global Contexts”, 3-5 December, 2020

 

The conference examines Islam and esotericism, from Sufism and dreams to sorcery and magic, in al-Andalus, the historical and contemporary Middle East, Africa, and the West.

 

Program at: http://ensie.site/2020conference.html

Free registration at: https://doodle.com/poll/ahvdmz9airifz933

 

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15.  ONLINE: International Conference on Gender Studies: "Mapping Gender", Cambridge, UK, 5-6 December 2020

 

The conference seeks to explore the past and current status of gender identity around the world, to examine the ways in which society is shaped by gender and to situate gender in relation to the full scope of human affairs. Online participation is available. Presented papers will be published in a post-conference volume.

 

Information: https://genderstudies.lcir.co.uk/home/

 

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16.  ONLINE: "Fourth International Conference on Israel and Judaism Studies", Organized by “Israiliyat: Journal of Israeli and Judaic Studies”, 7-10 December 2020

 

The Conference is to present new methods of assessing Jewish identity and to identify patterns of Jewish engagement. It seeks to address the following questions: Can we define one Jewish identity? If so, from what does it derive? What are the expressions of this identity according to different regions today? How has the Jewish identity been assessed in the past vs. the present by different scholars?

 

Information: http://israiliyat.com/en/pub/page/8782

 

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17.  ONLINE Workshop: "Environmental History of the Ottoman Empire", Orient-Institut Beirut, 10-11 December 2020,

 

Organised by Fatih Ermiş, the workshop is open to all researchers who show interest in the Ottoman environmental history and to all subfields of the Ottoman studies, especially historians, geographers, theologians, natural scientists, sociologists, political scientists, botanists and zoologists.

 

Information, program and registration: https://www.orient-institut.org/events/event-details/environmental-history-of-the-ottoman-empire/

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18.  ONLINE: Interdisciplinary Conference on "Living in the End Times: Utopian and Dystopian Representations of Pandemics in Fiction, Film and Culture", Cappadocia University, Turkey, 14-15 January 2021

 

Topics: Plague, pandemic & epidemic representations in fiction & films; Apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic/pandemic fiction; Pandemic politics & praxis; Capitalism and biopolitics; Constructions of post-pandemic worlds; Post-humanism/post-anthropocentrism and multispecies interactions: etc.

 

Information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/living-in-the-end-times-utopian-and-dystopian-representations-of-pandemics-tickets-117170820077

 

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19.  ONLINE: 18^th Annual Islamicate Graduate Students Association Conference on “What Does Race Have to Do with Religion? Racialization and Worldwide Islam”, UNC-Duke, 20-21 February 2020

 

We are seeking submissions from fields inclusive of, but not limited to: Religious Studies, Political Science, Sociology, History, Art History, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Philosophy, Asian Studies, African American Studies, Geography, Women and Gender Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, American Studies, and African Studies.

 

Information: https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/41830/Call-for-Papers-What-Does-Race-Have-to-Do-with-Religion-Racialization-and-Worldwide-Islam

 

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20.  Symposium: "Ottoman Ego-Documents", Istanbul Medeniyet University, 7-9 April 2021

 

The symposium will be in English and Turkish. The texts belonging to pre-Tanzimat period are particularly advisedb to present. The primary sources used in the presentations can be in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian or any other languages spoken/written in Ottoman territories. The main focus would be on the texts writ-ten in Ottoman Turkish.

 

Information: https://benanlatilari.medeniyet.edu.tr/en

 

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21.  14^th Annual Conference of the Michigan State University Muslim Studies on "Global Islamophobia and the News Media, Entertainment Media, and Social Media", East Lansing, MI, 8-9 April 2021

 

Panelists from computer science, sociology, anthropology, religious studies, political science, communication, media studies, and psychology are invited to present their research on Islamophobia in the news media, entertainment media, and on social media.

 

Information: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/conference/ (select "2021")

 

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22. 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.

 

Information: mec-conference@sas.upenn.edu

 

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23.  International Conference of the British Association of Teachers of Arabic: "Teaching, Research and Scholarship Excellence in Arabic Language, Culture, Literature, Linguistics and Translation", University of Leeds, 24-25 June 2021

 

The Conference offers a platform for teachers, students and research scholars of Arabic language, culture, literature, linguistics and translation, to exchange ideas, share good practice and disseminate their scholarship and research to a wider audience.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2021. Information: https://britisharabicteaching.org/bata-conference-24-25-june-2021

 

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24.  ONLINE Papers on "What Does Diaspora Mean in the 21^st Century" during the "12^th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 12)", Kyoto, 24-27 August 2021

 

The conference will explore the meaning of diaspora in the 21^st century. The diasporic discourse is at risk of becoming teleological as a means of articulation, and, thereby, masking the very real struggles that may only eventually produce collectiveness. Or, does this disavow any room for dynamics within diasporic studies? The globalisation also brings with it a whole new set of parameters for perspectives on belonging.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 11 December 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6752090/icas-conference-diaspora-call-papers

 

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25.  Maghreb Review and Maghreb Studies Association Conference: “Empires in the Middle East and the Maghreb: The Shaping of Hopes and Perspectives”, Oxford, 13-14 September 2021

 

Papers should deal with various aspects of the question of how colonial rule, and its demise, has shaped the perceptions of one another held by the colonial powers and the colonised peoples of the MENA region, including debates and conflicts that came to the fore in the post-colonial period. The conference will be in English or French. Papers will be published in "The Maghreb Review".

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2021. Information: maghreb@maghrebreview.com

 

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26. Conference on "The Visual Culture of Mosques", King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), Dahran, 23-25 November 2021

 

Architects, designers, archeologists, artists, writers, historians and curators are invited to present their original research, objects or insights about mosques and related cultural objects. Categories of submission include: Research papers; Models, objects; Posters; Audio-visual productions.

 

Deadline for submissions: 28 December 2020. Information: https://www.ithra.com/en/visual-culture-mosques

 

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27.  20^th ISA World Congress of Sociology on "Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies", Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022

 

Mind this date! Information: https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress

 

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28.  "34. Deutscher Orientalistentag / 34^th German Oriental Congress" Combined with the "28^th International Congress of the German Middle Eastern Studies Association (DAVO)", Berlin, 11-17 September 2022

 

Mind this date!

 

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29. 6^th World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES-6), University of La Manouba, Tunis, 19-23 September 2022

 

Mind this date!

 

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POSITIONS

 

 

30.  Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2 Years) for Project "Warnings from the Archive: A Century of British Intervention in the Middle East", University of Exeter

 

This is a systematic archive-based comparison of two official inquiries into British military intervention in Iraq: the Mesopotamia Commission (1917) and the Iraq Inquiry (2016). Qualification: PhD in a related field of study, including Political Science, International Relations and History; knowledge of the broad history of the British state and government with reference to imperial/foreign policy in the 20^th century; extensive archival experience; etc.

 

Deadline for applications: 19 November 2020. Information: https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=563699UG5t&WVID=3817591jNg&LANG=USA

 

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31.  PhD Position (4 Years) for Research on Muslim Interreligious Encounters in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean, University of Groningen

 

The PhD candidate is expected to have a thorough training in research skills, to be fluent in English (both oral and written) and be able to carry out research in one or more languages (such as Arabic and Spanish), etc.

 

Deadline for applications: 1 December 2020. Information: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S0007XJP&cat=phd

 

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32.  Assistant or Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

 

The candidate must have a PhD in Comparative Literature. Please note that the Ph.D. requirement must have been fulfilled by 1 September 2021. Preference will be given to female candidates with specializations in literary theory, approaches to World Literature and the new comparative literature, and with demonstrable expertise in Arabic literature and an Asian, African or Latin American literature.

 

Deadline for applications: 30 November 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/11/09/assistant-or-associate-professor-of-comparative-literature

33.  Two Positions in International Relations at Assistant or Associate Professor Levels, American University in Cairo

 

A PhD is required at the time of appointment. Successful candidates should have an ongoing research and publication program and teaching experience. In addition to research and teaching, responsibilities include service to the Department and the University.

 

Priority will be given to applications received by 15 December 2020. The position is open until filled. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/11/13/pols-international-relations

 

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34.  Full Time Faculty Position in Sociology, American University in Cairo

 

A PhD in sociology or a related discipline with the ability to teach and publish within the discipline of sociology. Commitment to teaching and engagement of students, as well as service to the university, particularly the sociology program and the department, are necessary, as well as an active research agenda.

 

Deadline for applications: 10 January 2021. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/11/13/full-time-faculty-position-in-sociology-fall-2021

 

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35.  Postdoctoral Associate, Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, Boston University

 

This fellowship is open to scholars in all fields of Jewish Studies; preference will be given to scholars who strengthen and/or complement the intellectual interests of Center-affiliated faculty. To that end we particularly encourage applications in the fields of Archaeology of the Southern Levant, Kabbalah and Hasidism, and Medieval to Modern Jewish Philosophy.

 

Deadline for applications: 15 January 2021. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60621

 

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36.  The Qatar Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

 

Applicants must have completed a PhD within the past five years; the PhD degree must be from a university in the United States; applicants will be assessed on the originality of their scholarship and the high quality of their academic record.

 

Deadline for applications: 1 December 2020. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/78670

 

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37.  American Druze Foundation (ADF) Fellowship, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

 

The fellowship will be awarded to a doctoral graduate (Ph.D.) from an accredited university or granting institution. The fellowship is based on an international competition. Applicants must have a record of relevant research in the disciplines of history, political science, sociology, economics, anthropology, and archaeology. Applicants will be assessed on the originality of their scholarship and the high quality of their academic record.

 

Deadline for applications: 1 December 2020. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/78701

 

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38.  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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39.  Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies (2021-2022), Columbia University and Fordham University

 

Requirements are a Ph.D. granted between 1 June 2017 and 30 June 2021 and an excellent command of Hebrew. Fellows will be expected to be in residence between 15 August 2021 and 31 May 2022, teach one undergraduate course per semester, give one public lecture and a faculty seminar during their fellowship period, and participate in the intellectual life of the two institutions.

 

Deadline for application: 31 December 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6451643/featured-job-rabin-shvidler-joint-postdoctoral-fellowship

 

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40.  Assistant Professor for Late Antiquity and/or Early Islam, University of Toronto Scarborough

 

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Classics, Middle East Studies, History, Religion, Art History, Archeology, or another, closely related discipline. They must demonstrate a record of excellence in research and teaching in the field of Late Antique studies and/or the study of early Islam both conceptually and methodologically.

 

Deadline for application: 30 November 2020. Information: https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Assistant-Professor-Late-Antiquity-andor-Early-Islam-ON/541785217/

 

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41.  2021-22 Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards from the American Center for Research (ACOR), Jordan

 

ACOR promotes study, teaching, and increased knowledge of ancient and Middle Eastern studies with Jordan as a focus. We encourage you to share these opportunities widely with your networks.

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2021. Information: https://orcfellowships.smapply.org/

 

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42.  ONLINE Course on "Religious Cultural Heritage: Concepts and Issues in the Modern Middle East", Institute of Muslim Civilisation, Aga Khan University, London, 11 & 18 December 2020

 

This is an introductory course on the theme of religious cultural heritage (RCH) in the Middle East. It aims to contextualise RCH as the living cultural heritage of its community of users. In addition, the course attempts to present RCH as a contemporary construct of its socio-political and religious context through its connections to ethnicity, gender, nationalism, as much as religion.

 

Information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/religious-cultural-heritage-concepts-and-issues-in-the-modern-middle-east-tickets-125137001139

 

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43.  ONLINE Course on "Bridging the Great Divide: The Jewish-Muslim Encounter", Woolf Institute, Cambridge, 11 January - 25 April 2021

 

Despite their closeness in belief and practice, today, Jewish-Muslim interactions are often the source of intense religious conflict. This course will explore the history, culture and theology of Muslims and Jews, reflecting both on similarities and differences as well as discussing the major challenges.

 

Deadline for application: 13 December 2020.

Information: https://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/study/online-courses/bridging-the-great-divide-the-jewish-muslim-encounter

 

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44.  Articles for “Diyâr. Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies“

 

Diyâr is a new, interdisciplinary and interregional academic journal concerned with research on Turkey, the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, Iran, Central Asia and the Caucasus. We accept articles of a variety of research topics and areas in the field of the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences written in German, English, and French.

 

Deadline for articles: 15 March 2021. Information: https://www.diyar.nomos.de/index.php?id=7418&L=1

 

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45. Articles on "Religious Transformation in the Middle East – Spirituality, Religious Doubt, and Non-religion" for Special Edition of Journal "Religions"

 

This Special Issue looks 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. It aims at collecting case studies that offer carefully contextualized explorations, grounded in theoretically informed analyses.

 

Deadline for manuscripts: 1 December 2020.

Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Religious_Arab

 

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46.  Articles on “Israel Studies as a Global Discipline” for a Special Issue of the “Journal of Israeli History”

 

In addition to critical explorations of more established regional clusters (like the UK), the special issue will emphasize emerging and less-explored scholarly writing on Zionism and Israel, whether in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, East Asia, South Asia, Africa or Latin America.

 

Deadline for submissions: 15 December 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/6166222/pdf

 

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47.  Articles on "Majority versus Proportionality? Trajectories of Electoral Reform in the Mediterranean since the 1990s" for Special Issue of the "Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (ZfVP) / Comparative Governance and Politics"

Articles should analyze electoral system reforms in the Mediterranean region under the aspect of improving governability or increasing proportionality of representation. How is this dilemma addressed in the Mediterranean region?

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/11/12/cfp-electoral-reform-in-the-mediterranean-region

 

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48.  Articles on "Migration, Human Trafficking and Displacement in the Horn of Africa" for Special Issue of "African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal" (Routledge)

 

This issue seeks to shed light on the diverse dimensions of migration within the Horn of Africa and beyond in order to foster debates on migration and the ways in which local actors such as states, humanitarian agencies (NGO's), human traffickers and criminal organizations play an active role in migration, human trafficking and displacement of people from the Horn of Africa to Europe, the Gulf states and beyond.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6720437/migration-human-trafficking-and-displacement-horn-africa

 

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49.  Articles on “Power(s) in Palestine” for Special Issue of “Confluences Méditerranée”

 

This isssue will focus on the new sources, practices, and mechanisms of power(s) and their symbolic role and dimensions. The main themes will be: Institutional questions, political governance and partisan struggles; Palestinians on the international stage; Economic transformations and political power: new forms of domination.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2020.

Information: https://iremmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pouvoirs-en-Palestine-Powers-in-Palestine-Appel-a%CC%80-contributions-Call-for-papers-Confluences-Me%CC%81diterrane%CC%81e.pdf

 

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50.  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 expe-rience 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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51.  Articles from Scholars of the Middle East and North Africa for "Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES)"

 

The Digest's primary focus is on contemporary policy-relevant issues. DOMES primarily aims to receive submissions from disciplines in Social Sciences. Submissions for special issue are reviewed on a rolling basis.

 

Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/11/13/cfp-digest-of-middle-east-studies-domes

 

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52.  Chapters for Edited Book on "Living with Tourism: Paradoxes, Empowerment and Future Directions (Focus MENA Region)"

 

We seek proposals exploring tourism impacts, involvement, resilience, tensions and paradoxes on local communities and their hosting, production and consumption relationship practices revealed in the particularities of each touristic destination. We also invite proposals concerning broader discussions on future directions of tourism as a result of the unprecedented worldwide changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6769711/call-book-chapters-living-tourism-paradoxes-empowerment-and

 

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53.  Chapters for Edited Volume on "The Gendered Arab"

 

Topics include: The criteria of cisheteronormative masculinity in the Arab world; the unparalleled perceptions of the Arabian male figure in comparison to the traditional Non-Arab patriarchal archetype; conceptualizing the role of the domesticated Arab mother in terms of comparative individuality with the Western notion of motherness; etc.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2020.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6345674/gendered-arab

 

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54.  Chapters for Edited Volume on "New Methods in the Study of Islam"

 

Topics include: Method vs. Methodology in the Study of Islam; Existing Paradigms in Methodological Study of Islam; Decolonizing Methods/Methodologies in Islamic Studies; Easternism, Westernism and Centrality in Methods; Historicizing and Universalizing Methods in Islamic Studies: etc.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6334585/call-abstracts-new-methods-study-islam

 

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55.  ONLINE Dossier on Media and Corona in the Arab World by the "Arab-European Association for Media and Communication Researchers (AREACORE)"

 

COVID-19 has serious effects on media systems, journalism practices and freedom of expression in the MENA region. There are alarming trends in some countries which are monitored by AREACORE in English and Arabic, including movies dealing with the relation of media, journalism and Corona: The Moroccan Media in Times of Corona; Yemen & Corona: War x War; Media and Coronavirus Pandemic in Oman; The Jordanian Floyd; The Media and Corona in Egypt.

 

Information: http://www.areacore.org/dossier-media-corona

 

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56.  New Research Platform and Online Journal: “Manazir – Swiss Platform for the Study of Visual Arts, Architecture and Heritage in the MENA Region”

 

Manazir is oriented towards a diversity of transcultural and transdisciplinary “landscapes” and “points of views” and open to a multiplicity of themes, epochs and geographical areas. The Platform disseminates information regarding conferences, workshops, publications and exhibitions. Research results are also promoted through Manazir Journal, a peer-reviewed online journal that regularly publishes thematic issues in platinum open access.

 

Information: https://www.manazir.art/

 

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