CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS
1. ONLINE Book Discussion: “The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province” by Ümit Kurt, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 29 November 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
2. ONLINE Business Meeting: “Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS)”, Open to the Public, 29 November 2021, 9:00 am - 11:00 am EST
- ONLINE Session on “Transformation and Development Uncertainty in a Region of Stark Divisions”, ERF, Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 29 November 2021, 4:00 pm EET
4. ONLINE CARPO Research Forum: “Road to World Cup 2022 – Deconstructing the Multidimensional Nature of Sport Politics in the Gulf Monarchies”, Bonn, 30 November 2021, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm CET
5. ONLINE Conference: “Minorities and Diasporas in Turkey: Public Images and Issues in Education”, Sapienza University of Rome, 30 November 2021, 2:00 pm CET
6. ONLINE Webinaire : « En quête de statut: Circulations transnationales et vies d’exil des Soudanais.es en Égypte » par Pauline Brücker (Post doctorante), CEDEJ, Le Caire, 30 novembre 2021, 16:00 h EET
7. ONLINE Lecture: “A Critical Rereading of Oman’s Labour and Development Story” by Crystal A. Ennis (Leiden University), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 30 November 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm CET
8. ONLINE Book Introduction: “Cleft Capitalism: The Social Origins of Failed Market Making in Egypt”, Amr Adly (American University in Cairo), London Middle East Institute, SOAS, 30 November 2021, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm GMT
9. ONLINE Vortrag: „Sulaimān al-Bārūnī (1870-1940) und die libyschen Berber zwischen Nationen und Imperien“ von Henning Sievert (Universität Heidelberg), 30. November 2021, 18:00 Uhr CET
10. ONLINE Séance des doctorants : « Histoire et anthropologie des sociétés musulmanes : cultures matérielles et pratiques dévotionnelle en Asie du sud et au-delà » — EHESS, Aubervilliers, 1 décembre 2021, 10:00 h - 13:00 h CET
11. ONLINE Book Talk: “The Better Story: Queer Affects from the Middle East” by Dina Georgis (University of Toronto), Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1 December 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:00pm ET
12. HYBRID Séminaire : « Parcours anthropologiques dans le monde arabe », séance Mahmoud Hussein : « Lire le Coran aujourd’hui » — EHESS, Campus Condorcet Aubervilliers, 1 décembre 2021, 12:30 h CET
13. ONLINE Introduction of the “Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures Open Access Series” and Launch of “A Handbook and Reader of Ottoman Arabic”, Open Book Publishers, 1 December 2021, 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm GMT
14. ONLINE Webinar: “Women of the Arabian Gulf: Tokens of Modernity, Symbols of Piety, or Victims of Patriarchy?” by Dr Hasnaa Mokhtar (Rutgers University), Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series, University of Manchester, 1 December 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm GMT
15. ONLINE Webinar: “Water, Politics and Security in the Nile Basin: What’s Next for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Negotiations?”, Bonn Water Network, 1 December 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm CET
16. ONLINE Symposium: “From Representation to Inspiration: The Ottoman Empire in the 18th Century”, Ankara, 1-2 December 2021
17. ONLINE Webinar: “Middle East and North Africa: The Changes for a New Beginning”, Middle East Political and Economic Institute (MEPEI), Bucharest, 2 December 2021, 9:00 am - 7:00 pm EET
18. ONLINE Webinar: “Palestine Is Throwing a Party and the Whole World Is Invited: Capital and State Building in the West Bank” with Kareem Rabie, Institute for Middle East Studies, 2 December 2021, 12:00 pm EST
- ONLINE Webinar: “Lebanon: On the Brink of a New Civil War?” by Dr Joseph Bahout (American University of Beirut), Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 2 December 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm SGT
20. HYBRID Journées d’études : « Courants anti-intellectualistes en islam » — MMSH Aix-en-Provence, 2-3 décembre 2021
21. HYBRID “3rd Annual Islamic Philosophy Conference of the American Society of Islamic Philosophy & Theology”, Harvard and Brandeis Universities, 3-5 December 2021
22. HYBRID Conference: “Studying Social Classes in Egypt”, CEDEJ, Cairo, 5 December 2021
23. ONLINE Conference: “Ties of Kinship and the Early Islamic Empire”, Leiden University, 6-8 December 2021
24. ONLINE MSG Annual Lecture: “Great Powers and the Middle East: The Twenty Years Shift” by Prof. Sir Lawrence Freedman, Middle East Study Group (MESG), University of Hull, 8 December 2021, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm CET
25. ONLINE Lecture: “Memories of Murder: The Munich Olympics Terror Attack Fifty Years On” by David Clay Large (San Francisco), Chair for Jewish History and Culture, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 8 December 2021, 7:00 pm CET
26. ONLINE Book Launch: “A Companion to Early Modern Istanbul”, Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative at NYU, 10 December 2021, 12:00 pm EST
27. ONLINE Lecture: “New Media and Revolution: Resistance and Dissent in Pre-uprising Syria” by Billie Jeanne Brownlee (University of Exeter), London Middle East Institute, 14 December 2021, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT
28. ONLINE Conference: “European Muslim Eco Lab (EMEL)”, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, 18 December 2021, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm CET
29. ONLINE Conference: “Migration Methodologies: Challenges, Innovations and Conceptual Implications for Asian Migrations”, National University of Singapore, 20-21 January 2022
30. Mediterranean Seminar Workshop on “Sacred Space(s)”, Fresno State University, 11-12 February 2022
31. Workshop: “Utopias in the Middle East and Beyond”, Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS), Royal Holloway University of London, February 2022
32. International Conference: “Silk Roads by Land and Sea”, GUtech German University of Technology, Muscat, 9-12 March 2022
33. Two Panels about Islamicate Issues at the “International Congress for Medieval Studies”, Western Michigan University, 9-14 March 2022
34. International Graduate Workshop: “The Quotidian and the Divine: Gendered Economies of Monasticism in Christian Anatolia (16th-19th Century)”, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 17-18 March 2022
35. International Conference: “Body, Medicine, and Feminism: The Life and Work of Nawal El Saadawi”, Duke University, 21-22 March 2022
36. Workshop: “COVID-19 and Migrants in the Globalized World (Focus on MENA and Asia Region)”, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, 27 March 2022
37. International Conference: “The Global 1922: New Critical Reflections”, King’s College London, 31 March 2022
38. Workshop: “The Arab-majority and Muslim-majority Worlds in/and Contemporary Decolonisation Debates”, University of Edinburgh, 5-6 April 2022
39. HYBRID “15th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies”, Center for European & Mediterranean Affairs (CEMA), Athens, 11-14 April 2022
40. HYBRID International Conference Afro-Iberia: “Africans and Maghrebis in the Iberian Peninsula (1850-1975)”, Institució Milà I Fontanals, CSIC, Barcelona, 29-30 April 2022
41. ONLINE Conference: “Islamic Perspectives on Exotheology”, 10-11 May 2022
42. Conference: “Jewish Questions and the Global South: Between Sovereignty and Human Right”, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 16-18 May 2022
43. 24th Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 25-28 May 2022
44. Conference: “Muslim Societies and Peacebuilding in Africa”, Al-Hokama Center for Peace Research, Rabat, 26-28 May 2022
45. Conference on “Social Justice in Multicultural Settings”, Arab Academic College, Haifa, 7-9 June 2022
46. XV Conference of the Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO): “Explaining Crisis beyond Chaos: Middle East and North Africa in Global Change”, University of Naples “L'Orientale”, 22-24 June 2022
47. International Conference ““Ruling the Waves”: Transnational Radio Broadcasting in the Middle East and the Mediterranean between Production and Reception”, 1920-1970, German Historical Institute, etc., Rome, 22-24 June 2022
48. Conference: “Unfreedom in the Premodern World: Comparative Perspectives on Slavery, Servitude & Captivity”, Trinity College Dublin, 23-24 June 2022
49. Panel on “Between Memory and Historiography: The Crusades in Modern Arab Scholarship”, 10th International Conference of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (SSCLE), University of London, 27 June - 1 July 2022
50. Panel on “Borders”, Northern Network for the Study of the Crusades, International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 4-7 July 2022
51. Eighth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, University of Marburg, 4-9 July 2022
52. Conference: “What Makes a Pilgram a Pilgram? Conceptualising Pilgrims and Pilgrimage, c. 300-1600?” (Focus Muslim Pilgrims), Manchester Metropolitan University, 13-14 July 2022
53. Workshop: “Arab-Soviet Internationalism – Socialist Internationalism, International Organizations and the Politics of Revolution in the 20th and 21st Centuries”, Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin, 13-15 Juli 2022
54. Conferences of the Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies (ARAM) on Melkite Christianity, the Aramaeans, and the Decapolis at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, July 2022
55. International Conference on “The Theory and Practice of Rebellion in the Early Islamicate World” (7th-10th Century CE)”, Hamburg University, 22-24 September 2022
POSITIONS
56. Resident Fellowships (Post Doc, 1-12 Months in 2022) at the “RomanIslam Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies”, University of Hamburg
- PhD Student Position (36 Months) in the Project “Digital Edition of Sources on Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomacy (1500-1918)”, Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies, Vienna
- Research Assistant (Fixed-term Contract) in “Archive Archaeology: Preserving and Sharing Syria’s Cultural Heritage through Harald Ingholt’s Digital Archives”, Aarhus University, Denmark
59. Lecturer in Modern Middle East History since 1750, University of Edinburgh
60. Assistant/Associate Professor of Middle East History before 1800, The American University in Cairo
61. Postdoctoral Fellowships for Historical Studies of the Pre-modern Mediterranean in Haifa and Israel, Haifa, 2022-2024
62. Postdoctoral Research Associate (12 Months) for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies in the 19th-21st Century, Princeton University
63. Visiting Assistant Professor Middle East/Islamic History, Colby College, Waterville, ME
- American Druze Foundation Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies, Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Washington DC
65. Assistant Professor of Modern Persian Literature and Culture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
66. Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship (2 Years), Northwestern University, Evanston
67. Visiting Assistant Professor in Middle East/Islamic History, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
- Assistant Professor of Modern Iberian and North African Studies, Tulane University, Louisiana
69. Assistant Professor in the History of the British Empire (19th-20th Centuries), Focus Middle East, University of South Florida, Tampa
70. Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
71. Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University
72. Assistant Professor, History of the Islamic World, Central Connecticut State University
73. Visiting Professor in Palestinian Studies, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University
74. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI
OTHER INFORMATION
75. Seventh Round of the BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World
76. Atelier d’écriture doctoral et post-doctoral : « Travaux en cours sur le Maghreb », MMSH d’Aix-en-Provence les 26 janvier et 29 juin 2022
77. “Moving Biography Summer School”, Orient-Institut Beirut with American University of Beirut and Global (De)Centre, Beirut, 1-8 June 2022
78. Intensive Course: “A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Environmental Studies in Pre-Modern Egypt”, University of Marburg, 4-6 July 2022
79. Islamic Studies MA and Dual Degree MA in Islamic Studies and Muslim Cultures at Columbia University (New York) and Aga Khan University (London)
80. Articles for Journal “BOAS_insights #2” (“Bonn Oriental and Asian Studies insights”)
81. Articles for New Journal “Forum Islamic-Theological Studies”
82. Articles for New Journal “Protest” (Brill)
83. Chapters for Edited Book on “Israeli Speculative Fiction”
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CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS
1. ONLINE Book Discussion: “The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province” by Ümit Kurt, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 29 November
2021, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
The Armenians of Aintab draws on primary sources from Armenian, Ottoman, Turkish, British, and French
archives, as well as memoirs, personal papers, oral accounts, and newly discovered property-liquidation
records. Together they provide an invaluable account of genocide at ground level.
Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2021/mit-kurt-armenians-aintab-economics-genocide-ottoman-province
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2. ONLINE Business Meeting: “Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS)”,
Open to the Public, 29 November 2021, 9:00 am - 11:00 am EST
The AGAPS will hold its annual business meeting during the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) conference. The meeting is open to the public and will be followed at 11:30 am EST by a screening and discussion of the short film Al Sit.
Information about all AGAPS-sponsored events at MESA: https://agaps.org/agapsatmesa
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3. ONLINE Session on “Transformation and Development Uncertainty in a Region of Stark Divisions”, ERF, Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 29 November 2021, 4:00 pm EET
This series of consultations will inform the preparation of the 2021/2022 Human Development Report, starting
a conversation on the themes of the report, seeking input and advice from thematic and regional experts.
Information and registration: https://mailchi.mp/erf.org.eg/webinar_2021-1391025?e=b6c891c6c3
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4. ONLINE CARPO Research Forum: “Road to World Cup 2022 – Deconstructing the Multidimensional Nature of Sport Politics in the Gulf Monarchies”, Bonn, 30 November 2021, 2:00 pm -
4:30 pm CET
The Forum wants to shed more light on the multidimensional role sport plays in the Gulf region by highlighting
obstacles and grievances but also chances and opportunities of future social and political developments.
Themes include sport’s impact on national identifications, culture, women empowerment, lifestyle and activism among others.
Information and registration: https://carpo-bonn.org/en/road-to-world-cup-2022-deconstructing-the-multidimensional-nature-of-sport-politics-in-gulf-monarchies/
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5. ONLINE Conference: “Minorities and Diasporas in Turkey: Public Images and Issues in Education”, Sapienza University of Rome, 30 November 2021, 2:00 pm CET
Deadline for registration: 28 November 2021. Information and program: https://networks.hnet.org/node/11419/discussions/9119305/reminder-online-conference-minorities-and-diasporas-turkey-public
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6. ONLINE Webinaire : « En quête de statut: Circulations transnationales et vies d’exil des Soudanais.es en Égypte » par Pauline Brücker (Post doctorante), CEDEJ, Le Caire, 30 novembre
2021, 16:00 h EET
Inscription: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfa6OoUhdxT1e9eG7mjYdWfrJj7jxxjaSX1WdpVXRbbbYBvw/viewform
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7. ONLINE Lecture: “A Critical Rereading of Oman’s Labour and Development Story” by Crystal
A. Ennis (Leiden University), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 30 November 2021, 5:00
pm - 6:30 pm CET
Using labour as a lens allows us to build our understanding of development trajectories, the human impact
of Oman’s embeddedness in global markets, the changing nature of work and workers, and the production
of difference, regulation, and governance over time.
Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/a-critical-rereading-of-omans-labour-and-development-story
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8. ONLINE Book Introduction: “Cleft Capitalism: The Social Origins of Failed Market Making in
Egypt”, Amr Adly (American University in Cairo), London Middle East Institute, SOAS, 30 November 2021, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm GMT
After more than four decades of economic reform, the Egyptian economy still fails to meet popular expectations for inclusive growth, better standards of living, and high-quality employment. While many analysts point
to cronyism and corruption, Amr Adly finds the root causes of this stagnation in the underlying social and
political conditions of economic development.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/30nov2021-cleft-capitalism-the-social-origins-of-failed-market-making-in-egypt.html
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9. ONLINE Vortrag: „Sulaimān al-Bārūnī (1870-1940) und die libyschen Berber zwischen Nationen und Imperien“ von Henning Sievert (Universität Heidelberg), 30. November 2021, 18:00
Uhr CET
Sulaiman al-Baruni wird als Mudschahid im antikolonialen Kampf gegen Italien und als Mitbegründer der
ersten arabischen Republik beschrieben. Manche Kolonialbeamten sahen in ihm dagegen einen Emir der
Nafusa-Berber. Der Vortrag zeigt, wie Baruni sich zwischen mehreren Imperien und Nationalprojekten bewegte.
Information and registration: https://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/fileadmin/Pictures/Events/2021/Jewish__Kurdish_and_Amazigh_Life_-_Poster_-_FINAL.pdf
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10. ONLINE Séance des doctorants : « Histoire et anthropologie des sociétés musulmanes : cultures matérielles et pratiques dévotionnelle en Asie du sud et au-delà » — EHESS, Aubervilliers, 1 décembre 2021, 10:00 h - 13:00 h CET
Information et inscription : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/56615
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11. ONLINE Book Talk: “The Better Story: Queer Affects from the Middle East” by Dina Georgis
(University of Toronto), Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1
December 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:00pm ET
Georgis turns to story as a method for thinking about how those affected by colonial traumas and losses
narrate their survival. Her method in the concept of the “better story” offers an emotional lens through which
to think about how the past is narrated and how collective histories and identities are shaped by and are a
response to difficult and traumatic experiences.
Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2021/dina-georgis-better-story
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12. HYBRID Séminaire : « Parcours anthropologiques dans le monde arabe », séance Mahmoud
Hussein : « Lire le Coran aujourd’hui » — EHESS, Campus Condorcet Aubervilliers, 1 décembre 2021, 12:30 h CET
Information et inscription : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/56598
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13. ONLINE Introduction of the “Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures Open Access Series”
and Launch of “A Handbook and Reader of Ottoman Arabic”, Open Book Publishers, 1 December 2021, 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm GMT
This volume is the first linguistic work to focus exclusively on varieties of Christian, Jewish and Muslim Arabic
in the Ottoman Empire of the 15th to the 20th centuries, and present Ottoman Arabic material in a didactic
and easily accessible way. Split into a Handbook and a Reader section, the book provides a historical introduction to Ottoman literacy, translation studies, vernacularisation processes, language policy and linguistic
pluralism.
Information and registration: https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4KlVCw4oQ3W4-
JC2XjlyyQ
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14. ONLINE Webinar: “Women of the Arabian Gulf: Tokens of Modernity, Symbols of Piety, or
Victims of Patriarchy?” by Dr Hasnaa Mokhtar (Rutgers University), Arabic and Middle Eastern
Studies Lecture Series, University of Manchester, 1 December 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm GMT
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94322283750
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15. ONLINE Webinar: “Water, Politics and Security in the Nile Basin: What’s Next for the Grand
Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Negotiations?”, Bonn Water Network, 1 December 2021, 5:00 pm
- 6:30 pm CET
This webinar will bring together renowned experts in hydro-diplomacy in the Nile basin to present their insights on the decade-long dispute around the GERD and its link to historical hydro-political trajectories in the
basin, and explore the common ground for resolving the dispute.
Information and registration: https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=ezs426oj-gn81ck6b-6te
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16. ONLINE Symposium: “From Representation to Inspiration: The Ottoman Empire in the 18th
Century”, Ankara, 1-2 December 2021
Inspired by the painting “View of Ankara”, academic lectures will enlighten the different aspects of the painting (social life, women, trade and transportation) and give a general insight on the illustrated historical time
period. The symposium will pave the way for the new discussions, studies and collaborations.
Information and registration: https://vekam.ku.edu.tr/en/events/fromrepresentationtoinspiration/
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17. ONLINE Webinar: “Middle East and North Africa: The Changes for a New Beginning”, Middle
East Political and Economic Institute (MEPEI), Bucharest, 2 December 2021, 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
EET
The Conference will address the new transformations at the global level, the reverberations of a large-scale
crisis in Afghanistan, energy and geopolitical influence for global, regional, and emergent players, the economic setbacks in the Middle East, with an accent on the crisis in Lebanon, economic resilience under the
sanctions’ regime, assessing the case of Iran, and the engagement of the European Union with the Middle
East and North Africa region.
Information and registration: https://mepei.com/international-conference-middle-east-and-north-africa-thechanges-for-a-new-beginning/
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18. ONLINE Webinar: “Palestine Is Throwing a Party and the Whole World Is Invited: Capital and
State Building in the West Bank” with Kareem Rabie, Institute for Middle East Studies, 2 December 2021, 12:00 pm EST
In 2008, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad invited international investors to the first-ever Palestine
Investment Conference, which was designed to jump-start the process of integrating Palestine into the global
economy. This investment-based policy has maintained the status quo of occupation.
Information and registration: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/09/16/screen-shotsstate-violence-on-camera-in-israel-and-palestine-with-rebecca-stein-and-imani-cheers
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19. ONLINE Webinar: “Lebanon: On the Brink of a New Civil War?” by Dr Joseph Bahout (American University of Beirut), Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 2 December
2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm SGT
The panel will explore the drivers of the ongoing Lebanese crisis, the consequences for the country and for
the region as well. It will tackle the question of sectarian politics in Lebanon and the influence of Hizballah in
the current situation, alongside identifying the role of external powers in preventing the collapse of Lebanon.
Information and registration: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/event/lebanon-on-the-brink-of-a-new-civil-war/
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20. HYBRID Journées d’études : « Courants anti-intellectualistes en islam » — MMSH Aix-en-Provence, 2-3 décembre 2021
Information, programme et inscription : https://iremam.cnrs.fr/fr/journees-detudes-courants-anti-intellectualistes-en-islam
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21. HYBRID “3rd Annual Islamic Philosophy Conference of the American Society of Islamic Philosophy & Theology”, Harvard and Brandeis Universities, 3-5 December 2021
The aim of the conference is to promote the study of Islamic Philosophy, broadly conceived, in its historical
and contemporary context.
Information: https://asipt.org/conferences/
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22. HYBRID Conference: “Studying Social Classes in Egypt”, CEDEJ, Cairo, 5 December 2021
The morning session (9am-1pm) will be about “Traditions of Social Class Research”. The afternoon (2-4:30
pm) will host a session around the work and life of Prof. Mona Abaza, sociologist and AUC colleague, who
passed away last July. The hosting network includes CEDEJ, OIB, the Sociology Unit of AUC, CARAM of
Ghent University, SCM of the University of Halle, and the Department of Social Anthropology of the University
of Oslo.
Information and registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScIj5kDRwcRM8sMx7j7eogTUelrEb1wgmm4gHcDneb7M-57Kg/viewform
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23. ONLINE Conference: “Ties of Kinship and the Early Islamic Empire”, Leiden University, 6-8
December 2021
The speakers investigated the social, political, administrative, religious, and economic ties that sustained
strategies and mechanics of protection and dependency in the early Islamic empire, contributing to shaping
imperial rule under the Umayyads and the Abbasids.
Information and registration: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2021/12/ties-of-kinship-and-theearly-islamic-empire
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24. ONLINE MSG Annual Lecture: “Great Powers and the Middle East: The Twenty Years Shift” by
Prof. Sir Lawrence Freedman, Middle East Study Group (MESG), University of Hull, 8 December
2021, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm CET
This lecture will address the reasons for the declining interest of Western powers in the Middle East and the
growing Russian role, and consider their implications in the light of the region's continuing instability.
Information and registration: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8332035760999046157
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25. ONLINE Lecture: “Memories of Murder: The Munich Olympics Terror Attack Fifty Years On”
by David Clay Large (San Francisco), Chair for Jewish History and Culture, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 8 December 2021, 7:00 pm CET
After briefly revisiting the geopolitical context of the Palestinian “Black September” attack this lecture will
focus on the manifold legacies of the “Munich Massacre” as they have played out over the past half-century.
Information and registration: https://www.jgk.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/termine/maier2/index.html
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26. ONLINE Book Launch: “A Companion to Early Modern Istanbul”, Ottoman and Turkish Studies
Initiative at NYU, 10 December 2021, 12:00 pm EST
This edited book (Brill, 2021) is the first collective effort to explore Istanbul, capital of the vast polyglot, multiethnic, and multireligious Ottoman Empire and home to one of the world’s largest and most diverse urban
populations, as an early modern metropolis. This event brings together the editors, as well as a number of
contributors, of the volume to discuss also the field of urban studies within Ottoman history.
Information and registration: https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpd6vqToqHNbAfK8D5pKY8SSht99dPKx-
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27. ONLINE Lecture: “New Media and Revolution: Resistance and Dissent in Pre-uprising Syria”
by Billie Jeanne Brownlee (University of Exeter), London Middle East Institute, 14 December
2021, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT
To refute the idea that the population of Syria was largely apathetic and apolitical prior to the uprising, Brownlee explains that social media and technology created camouflaged geographies and spaces where individuals could protest without being detected.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/14dec2021-new-media-and-revolution-resistance-and-dissent-in-pre-uprising-syria.html
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28. ONLINE Conference: “European Muslim Eco Lab (EMEL)”, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna,
18 December 2021, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm CET
Climate change is a growing global challenge. Muslim communities have reacted to this and initiated projects
for more environmental awareness; research investigates issues of climate change that affect Muslims in
different contexts. To promote these developments and to facilitate synergies, the organizers are initiating a
biennial meeting to present current projects and organizations and to discuss research desiderata.
Deadline for abstracts: 4 December 2021. Information: Dr. Ursula Fatima Kowanda-Yassin, f.kowanda-yassin@sfu.ac.at
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29. ONLINE Conference: “Migration Methodologies: Challenges, Innovations and Conceptual Implications for Asian Migrations”, National University of Singapore, 20-21 January 2022
Papers will focus on innovative methodological approaches while drawing on substantive findings relevant to
“Asian migrations” (broadly defined to refer to migration flows within, as well as in and out of Asia) in order to
grapple with the challenges and possibilities in conducting migration research.
Information: https://ari.nus.edu.sg/events/mime/
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30. Mediterranean Seminar Workshop on “Sacred Space(s)”, Fresno State University, 11-12 February 2022
This workshop will explore how sacred spaces of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam helped shape, and were
shaped by, inter-communal dynamics in the Mediterranean – including the Near East and North Africam, the
Black Sea and Central Asia, and the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean – from prehistory to the modern
era.
Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-sacred-spaces-winter-2022-mediterranean-seminar-workshop-11-12-february-fresno-924964?e=82aeb6c61d
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31. Workshop: “Utopias in the Middle East and Beyond”, Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS), Royal Holloway University of London, February 2022
Organised by Simon Wolfgang Fuchs (Freiburg) and Thomas Pierret (Aix-en-Provence). Scholars are invited
with various disciplinary backgrounds to take stock of the many utopias that have shaped (or, at least, strove
to shape) the Middle East and adjacent regions throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
Information: https://utopiasinthemiddleeast.wordpress.com
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32. International Conference: “Silk Roads by Land and Sea”, GUtech German University of Technology, Muscat, 9-12 March 2022
The conference will be organised by the RIO Research Centre Indian Ocean (www.rio-heritage.org). It seeks
to contribute to the emerging field of “mobility studies”, shedding new light on the overland and sea networks
stretching from the Eastern Mediterranean and East Africa to East Asia from the earliest times to the present
day.
Information: http://silkroads.rio-heritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/210729_Call-for-Papers_v2.pdf
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33. Two Panels about Islamicate Issues at the “International Congress for Medieval Studies”,
Western Michigan University, 9-14 March 2022
Panel 1: “Sociability between Justice and Tyranny” – considering Islamicate ambivalences toward sociability
and despotism.
Panel 2: “Medieval Islamicate Paratexts in Contexts” – exploring the nature of the paratext in the lettered
traditions of the medieval Islamicate world and ask how developments in textual technology are understood
and valorized.
Information: https://icms.confex.com/icms/2022am/cfp.cgi
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34. International Graduate Workshop: “The Quotidian and the Divine: Gendered Economies of
Monasticism in Christian Anatolia (16th-19th Century)”, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 17-
18 March 2022
Questions to be answered: How was monastic life represented by the church, by laypeople, and by the Ottoman state? What did daily life in the monastery entail? How did the practices of monasticism change over
time? What was the relationship between spiritual, material, sexual and economic conditions in monasteries?How did monks and nuns represent their work and networks as communal?
Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/8772990/call-papers-quotidian-and-divine-gendered-economies-monasticism
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35. International Conference: “Body, Medicine, and Feminism: The Life and Work of Nawal El
Saadawi”, Duke University, 21-22 March 2022
Papers will focus on the role of the body and medicine in Dr. El Saadawi’s oeuvre while other papers will be
dedicated to the spirit of her work and thought. A special issue of the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies
will be devoted to the memory of Dr. El Saadawi.
Information: https://middleeaststudies.duke.edu/call-papers-nawal-conference-2022
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36. Workshop: “COVID-19 and Migrants in the Globalized World (Focus on MENA and Asia Region)”, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, 27 March 2022
This workshop engages with the broader questions related to COVID-19 and international migration such as
migrant deaths, healthcare, repatriation, remittances, return migration, migrant families, livelihood, and other
related issues.
Information: Dr Md Mizanur Rahman mizan@qu.edu.qa
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37. International Conference: “The Global 1922: New Critical Reflections”, King’s College London,
31 March 2022
Using the Greek-Turkish war as a starting point, the conference aims to place the events that followed the
armistice of 1918 in a broader international and transnational context and, conversely, use this wider frame
to better understand the transformations on a local level.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/7713581/cfp-global-1922
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38. Workshop: “The Arab-majority and Muslim-majority Worlds in/and Contemporary Decolonisation Debates”, University of Edinburgh, 5-6 April 2022
This workshop seeks to specifically think the decolonising movement and an engagement with it from the
histories, experiences, perspectives, traditions, and problematics of the Arab-majority and Muslim-majority
worlds (broadly defined) as a contribution toward growing decolonial scholarship and movement.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2021. Information: http://theacss.org/pages/fora-and-debates/1425/call-for-papers_the-arab-majority-and-muslim-majority-worlds-in-and-contemporary-decolonisation-debates
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39. HYBRID “15th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies”, Center for European & Mediterranean Affairs (CEMA), Athens, 11-14 April 2022
Information: https://www.atiner.gr/mediterranean
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40. HYBRID International Conference Afro-Iberia: “Africans and Maghrebis in the Iberian Peninsula (1850-1975)”, Institució Milà I Fontanals, CSIC, Barcelona, 29-30 April 2022
The conference will explore the social and cultural interventions of Africans and Maghrebis residing in the
Iberian Peninsula between 1850 and 1975. The final goal is to collect specific data on the reality and consequences of African and Maghrebian people settled in the Iberian Peninsula during this period.
Deadline for abstracts in Catalan, English, Portuguese or Spanish: 11 January 2022.
Information: https://www.imf.csic.es/files/ficheros/seminarios/2021/Call-Conference-Afro-Iberia-2022.pdf
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41. ONLINE Conference: “Islamic Perspectives on Exotheology”, 10-11 May 2022
Organised by Shoaib Ahmed Malik, Zayed University and Jörg Matthias Determann, Virginia Commonwealth
University, etc.. Questions to be asked: Are extraterrestrials even metaphysically or hermeneutically possible
in Islamic thought? If extraterrestrials exist, how would this impact Islamic jurisprudence and/or ethics? What
philosophical implications could there be for Muslims if extraterrestrial life exists? Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2021. Information: https://www.academia.edu/51090491/Call_for_papers_Islamic_Perspectives_on_Exotheology
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42. Conference: “Jewish Questions and the Global South: Between Sovereignty and Human
Right”, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 16-18 May 2022
The conference discusses continuations from interwar judicial and political debates on minority rights to postwar aspirations for independence. It historicizes the Jewish experience between empire and the post colony
along the following guiding questions: How were early quests for post-imperial self-determination reflected in
Jewish political debates? Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/8795716/jewish-questions-and-global-south-between-sovereignty-and-human
43. 24th Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Universidade
Nova de Lisboa, 25-28 May 2022
Proposals are invited for individual paper, panel discussions, and complete sessions on all subjects related
to the Mediterranean region and Mediterranean cultures around the world from all historical periods. The
official language of the Congress is English, but we also welcome complete sessions in any Mediterranean
language.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2022. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-mediterranean-studies-association-25-28-may-lisbon?e=82aeb6c61d
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44. Conference: “Muslim Societies and Peacebuilding in Africa”, Al-Hokama Center for Peace Research, Rabat, 26-28 May 2022
Papers are invited on the following themes: The meanings of peace in Africa; Sufi actors and peace building;
Civil and communal strife; Islamic conceptions of peace and war; Modern conflicts in the name of Islam;
Salafism: between conflict and peace; Cases from North Africa; Overcoming conflicts; Peacekeepers and
peace keeping; Etc.
Information: https://sites.duke.edu/researchafrica/files/2021/09/Peace-in-Africa-Conference-Call-1-1.pdf
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45. Conference on “Social Justice in Multicultural Settings”, Arab Academic College, Haifa, 7-9
June 2022
Conference sessions will explore the relationship between social justice and multiculturalism, especially as
they are related to education. In Israel with four major religions, teachers, educators, academic researchers
and policy makers live social justice issues every day. Presenters from around the world will bring experiences from their cultural contexts.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2021. Information: http://sjms2022.arabcol.net/sjms2022arabcol/
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46. XV Conference of the Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO): “Explaining Crisis
beyond Chaos: Middle East and North Africa in Global Change”, University of Naples “L'Orientale”, 22-24 June 2022
The conference intends to reflect on the several dimensions and interrelations of the crises of the modern
and contemporary Middle East and North Africa, involving both collective and individual aspects, as well as
all spheres of life, be they political, social, economic, cultural or environmental.
Deadline for panels: 23 December 2021. Information: http://www.sesamoitalia.it/xv-convegno-sesamo-napoli-2022/
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47. International Conference ““Ruling the Waves”: Transnational Radio Broadcasting in the Middle East and the Mediterranean between Production and Reception”, 1920-1970, German Historical Institute, etc., Rome, 22-24 June 2022
The conference re-examines the history and experiences of transnational radio broadcasting by analyzing its
production, reception, and impact in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean regions between the early 1920s
and 1970.
Information: http://dhi-roma.it/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf-dateien/Veranstaltungsprogramme/2021/CfP_Ruling-the-Waves_20220622-24.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2bQcjUNGKGsOu0qF-fd_IDj4aAVZWDx1qFQC82MQySyfyRJ7RbaTb2PxQ
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48. Conference: “Unfreedom in the Premodern World: Comparative Perspectives on Slavery, Servitude & Captivity”, Trinity College Dublin, 23-24 June 2022
Papers will explore any aspect of the history of unfreedom, slavery, servitude or captivity in the period before
1492. Papers are welcome from any academic discipline and with any geographical focus. Interdisciplinary
papers and studies of regions outside of Western Europe are particularly encouraged.
Deadline for abstracts: 17 December 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8330/discussions/9058439/unfreedom-premodern-world-comparative-perspectives-slavery
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49. Panel on “Between Memory and Historiography: The Crusades in Modern Arab Scholarship”,
10th International Conference of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East
(SSCLE), University of London, 27 June - 1 July 2022
Papers are sought on the historiography and memory of the crusades in modern Arabic academic historical
scholarship, specifically concerned with the modern Arab historiography of the crusades in the Levant, Egypt
and the Eastern Mediterranean region in general. Accepted papers will form a core of an edited book that will
be submitted to one of the outstanding series on the crusading studies.
Information: Ahmed M. Sheir (University of Marburg) ahmed.sheir@staff.uni-marburg.de;
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzbvnp2tybjVP4pIuw_2_5lCLxh2xPlF/view
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50. Panel on “Borders”, Northern Network for the Study of the Crusades, International Medieval
Congress, Leeds, 4-7 July 2022
Medievalists of all fields will present papers on the theory and practice of borders in all of their variety as they
relate to the history of the crusades and associated fields of enquiry.
Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-borders-47-july-leeds?e=82aeb6c61d
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51. Eighth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, University of Marburg, 4-9 July 2022
The themed portion of the conference on 7July will be “Environment and Nature in the Mamluk Sultanate”.
We welcome papers related to land use, hydrology and irrigation, disease and famine, flora and fauna, crops
and food, and anything related to these topics.
Information: https://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference.html
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52. Conference: “What Makes a Pilgram a Pilgram? Conceptualising Pilgrims and Pilgrimage, c.
300-1600?” (Focus Muslim Pilgrims), Manchester Metropolitan University, 13-14 July 2022
Conference themes: Varieties and definitions of Medieval Pilgrimage; All ‘pilgrimage’ traditions including Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, and Pagan; Terminologies (past and present) used to describe Medieval Pilgrims; Comparative approaches to Medieval pilgrimage; Anthropological and interdisciplinary approaches to
Medieval pilgrimage.
Deadline for abstracts: 17 December 2021. Information: https://adterramsanctam.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/pilgrimage-conference-cfp.pdf
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53. Workshop: “Arab-Soviet Internationalism – Socialist Internationalism, International Organizations and the Politics of Revolution in the 20th and 21st Centuries”, Forum Transregionale
Studien, Berlin, 13-15 Juli 2022
The workshop will brings together expertise from various historical schools and social science disciplines to
richly-differentiated landscapes of Arab-Soviet and post-Soviet relations, and build hypotheses on and from
traditional narratives about “the” Socialist-Arab alliances in the 20th century, as well as any enduring impact
on current affairs.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2021. Information: https://www.dhi-moskau.org/fileadmin/user_upload/DHI_Moskau/pdf/Institut/CfP-WS_Arab-Soviet_Internationalism.pdf
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54. Conferences of the Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies (ARAM) on Melkite Christianity, the Aramaeans, and the Decapolis at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, July
2022
1. “Melkite Christianity (the Patriarchates of Antioch, Jerusalem and Alexandria) and the Archaeology of Byzantine Monasteries and Churches in the Levant”, 11-13 July 2022
2. “The Aramaeans B.C.: History, Literature, and Archaeology”, 14-16 July 2022
3. “The Decapolis: History and Archaeology”, 25-27 July 2022
Information: aram@orinst.ox.ac.u
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55. International Conference on “The Theory and Practice of Rebellion in the Early Islamicate
World” (7th-10th Century CE)”, Hamburg University, 22-24 September 2022
The conference is organized by the research group “Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period
(SCORE)”. Papers are invited that discuss rebellion in the early Islamicate world from theoretical and/or
source-based perspectives – especially papers which apply methods and insights from other fields to the
study of rebellion in this period. Expenses will be covered for accepted speakers.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2022. Information: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score/news/2021-11-23-cfp.html
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POSITIONS
56. Resident Fellowships (Post Doc, 1-12 Months in 2022) at the “RomanIslam Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies”, University of Hamburg
Fellowships are available for scholars who have completed their doctoral degree and established an independent research profile. Applicants should be engaged in a research project related to the Center’s interests
in Romanization and Islamication in the period and area in question.
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2021. Information: https://www.romanislam.uni-hamburg.de/documents/cffellows-2022.pdf
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57. PhD Student Position (36 Months) in the Project “Digital Edition of Sources on Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomacy (1500-1918)”, Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies, Vienna
Your profile: Completed studies in history; Experience in archive work, especially with handwritten early modern sources; Working experience with TRANSKRIBUS, TEI and other editing tools are advantageous; Flexibility, communication skills, creativity, team spirit.
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2021. Information: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Jobs/I.H.B/IHB136DOC121_e.pdf
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58. Research Assistant (Fixed-term Contract) in “Archive Archaeology: Preserving and Sharing
Syria’s Cultural Heritage through Harald Ingholt’s Digital Archives”, Aarhus University, Denmark
Qualifications: Master’s degree in classical archaeology; familiarity with the extensive research on Palmyrene
funerary sculpture and the work undertaken within the framework of the Palmyra Portrait Project; professional
level of English (spoken and written); reading skills in French, German and Italian; etc.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2021. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62360
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59. Lecturer in Modern Middle East History since 1750, University of Edinburgh
Qualification: A PhD or equivalent qualification on any aspect of modern Middle Eastern history. Evidence of
expertise in any aspect of modern Middle Eastern history. Portfolio of internationally excellent research.
Teaching and assessment experience at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Deadline for applications: 3 December 2021. Information: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/requisitions/preview/2452/?keyword=lecturer+in+middle+eastern
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60. Assistant/Associate Professor of Middle East History before 1800, The American University in
Cairo
Applicants must have a PhD in Islamic History, Middle East History, Arabic Studies, or a related discipline
from a reputable university by 1 September 2022, preferably with a record of an active research agenda and
teaching experience.
Deadline for applications: 31 December 2021. Information: https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/412799/assistantassociate-professor-of-middle-east-history?fbclid=IwAR2vQNzbDCe192l_XJXeTF-3ZvKimGLR2o9dupxJic5-V5l-UTqfYUHLjwc
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61. Postdoctoral Fellowships for Historical Studies of the Pre-modern Mediterranean in Haifa and
Israel, Haifa, 2022-2024
Candidates are invited who demonstrate academic excellence in their respective fields of expertise, together
with an extensive background in Mediterranean studies.
Deadline for applications: 15 February 2022. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/211124-
post-docs-the-haifa-center-for-mediterranean-history-hcmh?e=82aeb6c61d
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62. Postdoctoral Research Associate (12 Months) for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies in the 19th21st Century, Princeton University
The goal of the program is to support outstanding scholars of Iran and the wider Persianate world at an early
stage of their careers and thus to strengthen the field of Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies in the United States
and abroad.
Deadline for application: 10 December 2021. Information: https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=22703
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63. Visiting Assistant Professor Middle East/Islamic History, Colby College, Waterville, ME
We are searching for candidates with great potential to be innovative, effective, and inclusive teachers of
history who may be willing to make use of resources made available by the Colby Museum of Art, Special
Collections, and the Mule Works Innovation Lab.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2021. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/95988
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64. American Druze Foundation Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies, Georgetown University
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Washington DC
The purpose of the ADF Fellowship is to promote research on the Druze and Arab minorities with a concentration in the political, economic, and social history of the Druze. The ADF Fellowship supports academic
research in the disciplines of history, political science, sociology, economics, anthropology, and archaeology.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2021. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/95441
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65. Assistant Professor of Modern Persian Literature and Culture, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver
Requirements: Ph.D. in modern Persian Literature; ability to teach courses in English about modern Persian
Literature in English Translation, History of Modern Persian Literature, Modern Persian Society and Culture
through Literature and Film, and/or Iranian Cinema. Applicants are expected to have native or near native
proficiency in Persian,
Deadline for applications: 3 December 2021. Information: https://asia.ubc.ca/job-opportunities/copy-2/
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66. Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship (2 Years), Northwestern University,
Evanston
We welcome and encourage applications from early career scholars whose work focuses on nondominant
and underrepresented groups including but not limited to religious, ethnic, and LBGTQ minorities and otherwise marginalized groups. Scholars in all branches of the Social Sciences and Humanities may apply.
Deadline for applications: 13 January 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/8661283/call-applications-keyman-modern-turkish-studies-postdoctoral#reply-8748717
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67. Visiting Assistant Professor in Middle East/Islamic History, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
We are searching for candidates with great potential to be innovative, effective, and inclusive teachers of
history who may be willing to make use of resources made available by the Colby Museum of Art, Special
Collections, and the Mule Works Innovation Lab.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2021. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/95988
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68. Assistant Professor of Modern Iberian and North African Studies, Tulane University, Louisiana
We seek applicants whose work engages twentieth- or twenty-first-century literary and cultural production in
Spain and North Africa. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate
courses in Spanish and English.
Application review will begin on 1 December 2021. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/95803
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69. Assistant Professor in the History of the British Empire (19th-20th Centuries), Focus Middle
East, University of South Florida, Tampa
PhD in History or related discipline required. The successful candidate will be expected to teach upper and
lower division undergraduate courses as well as graduate seminars. The position requires an active research
agenda.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2021. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62126
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70. Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Preference will be given to candidates who display an academic engagement with the historical, political,
religious, and social issues surrounding the Jewish experience, Jewish-Christian relations, and/or JewishMuslim relations in their ancient, medieval, or modern contexts.
Deadline for application: 15 December 2021. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/11/23/isaac-swift-distinguished-professor-of-jewish-studies
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71. Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University
This is a tenure-track assistant professor position specializing in any aspect of Jewish history from the eighth
through the eighteenth centuries.
Deadline for applications: 1 January 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/98921
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72. Assistant Professor, History of the Islamic World, Central Connecticut State University
Qualifications: Ph.D. in history or a related field; a record of excellence or potential excellence in teaching,
research, service; demonstrated ability or promise of the ability to contribute to the B.A. and M.S. in International Studies, and the minor in Middle East Studies: proficiency in one or more of the major languages of the
Islamic World.
Deadline for application: 1 January 2022. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62483
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73. Visiting Professor in Palestinian Studies, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University
The position is designed for scholars at the full or associate professor level. Teaching experience and a
record of publication and professional service are desirable. Residence in the Providence area is required
for most of the duration of the appointment.
Deadline for application: 24 January 2022. Information: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/news/2021/darwishvisiting-professor-palestinian-studies
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74. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI
Applications are open to candidates from across the social sciences, who are conducting research related to
the Middle East and its diasporas on issues that can be understood in a comparative global context.
Deadline for application: 24 January 2022. Information. https://apply.interfolio.com/98927
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OTHER INFORMATION
75. Seventh Round of the BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World
The British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) and De Gruyter announce this international prize which
will be awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis or unpublished first monograph based on a doctoral
thesis on any aspect of the academic study of Islam and the Muslim world, past and present.
Deadline for applications: 7 January 2022. Information: http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize
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76. Atelier d’écriture doctoral et post-doctoral : « Travaux en cours sur le Maghreb », MMSH d’Aixen-Provence les 26 janvier et 29 juin 2022
Cet atelier d’écriture s’adresse aux doctorant·e·s et post-doctorant·e·s qui travaillent sur le Maghreb au sens
large (ou en relation avec l’espace maghrébin) et sur la base d’enquêtes en sciences humaines et sociales.
Il vise la production d’un texte scientifique inédit pour publication dans la section Varia de L’Année du
Maghreb (juin 2023).
Date de dépôt des candidatures: 3 décembre 2021. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2021/10/Appel-a%CC%80-participation-atelier-Travaux-en-cours-sur-le-Maghreb.pdf
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77. “Moving Biography Summer School”, Orient-Institut Beirut with American University of Beirut
and Global (De)Centre, Beirut, 1-8 June 2022
We invite doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to explore the various etymologies and connotations that the
term “biography” carries in different languages. The Summer School will focus on three main themes: questions of data, the act of creation, and the importance of the social and historical context of biographies.
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2021. Information: https://www.orient-institut.org/events/event-details/call-for-applications-moving-biography/
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78. Intensive Course: “A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Environmental Studies in Pre-Modern
Egypt”, University of Marburg, 4-6 July 2022
The course will be instructed by Ghislaine Alleaume, Allison Gascoigne, Nicolas Michel, and Yossef
Rapoport. It will include an introduction to archaeological methods in environmental history, historiography
and research methods for the environmental history of pre-modern Egypt, an introduction to GIS, and the
use of map resources generally.
Deadline for application: 31 January 2021. Information: https://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference.html
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79. Islamic Studies MA and Dual Degree MA in Islamic Studies and Muslim Cultures at Columbia
University (New York) and Aga Khan University (London)
The Islamic Studies Master’s Program focuses on the diverse regional histories, cultures, and social formations of Muslim communities around the world. Information: https://www.mei.columbia.edu/ma-program.
Information on the Dual Degree Program: https://www.mei.columbia.edu/dual-masters-degree.
Application deadline: 17 February 2022.
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80. Articles for Journal “BOAS_insights #2” (“Bonn Oriental and Asian Studies insights”)
The editors of this online, peer-reviewed and open-access journal call for submissions that cover a wide
range of subjects and a large geographical scope within Asian and Middle Eastern Area Studies. We encourage multi-disciplinary approaches that incorporate diverse perspectives and bridge deeply specialized fields.
Deadline for articles: 28 February 2022. Call for papers, recent issues and further information:
https://www.boas-insights.uni-bonn.de/en
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81. Articles for New Journal “Forum Islamic-Theological Studies”
Papers can be submitted in the following areas: Qur’anic Studies and Qur’anic exegesis (tafsīr); Hadith Studies; Sufism; Islamic Legal Theory and Hermeneutics (fiqh); Islamic Ethics; Islamic Philosophy; SystematicDiscursive Theology (kalām); Islamic Religious Education; Sociology of Religion on Muslims in Europe; Islam
and Pluralism, Islam in Europe; Interreligious Studies: etc.
Deadline for contributions: 1 March 2022. Information: https://www.uibk.ac.at/islam-theol/docs/call-for-papers_fits_de_en-002.pdf
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82. Articles for New Journal “Protest” (Brill)
“Protest” invites submissions that engage with the most recent theoretical, methodological, and empirical
advances in the study of protest. The journal serves as a platform that contributes to debates on “ruly” (topdown) and “unruly” (bottom-up) dynamics of change. It welcomes contributions about communities, people,
ideas, institutions, and processes, all within the context of protest.
Information: https://brill.com/view/journals/prot/prot-overview.xml?language=en
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83. Chapters for Edited Book on “Israeli Speculative Fiction”
This volume will examine, among others, Israeli Fantasy and Science Fiction, Israeli graphic novels, Israeli
depictions of zombies and vampires, Israeli speculative fiction that is not written in Hebrew in Israel, as well
as Israeli speculative literature written by Israeli expats abroad. The focus of this volume is on Israeli literature, though comparative analysis with cinematic texts would also be considered.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/8763455/israeli-speculative-fiction
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