EURAMES Info Service 01/2023

Dear Colleague, Please find below the following announcements: CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS 1. ONLINE Lecture "Kemeré Duzgı – The Protector of Dersim: Sacred Place Cults in Kurdish Alevism" by Dr. Ahmet Kerim Gültekin (Freie Universität Berlin), Asien-Afrika-Institut, Hamburg University, 11 January 2023, 18.15-20:00 CET 2. HYBRIDE Rencontres & débats : "Quel avenir pour les Kurdes ?", Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 11 janvier 2023, 19h 3. ONLINE Webinar "A New State of Mind: The Learning State", Economic Research Forum, Cairo, 12 January 2023, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm 4. HYBRIDE Conférence publique "La traite des esclaves : une anthropologie historique de l'esclavage au Maroc" avec Professeur Rahal Boubrik (Université Mohammed V), Centre Jacques Berque, 16 janvier 2023, 17h - 19h 5. HYBRID Lecture „The Dialectics of Cooptation and Resistance: A Comparative Look at Sharīʿa Courts and Ecclesiastical Courts in Israel as Spaces of Identity and Action " by Prof. Dr. Ido Shahar (University of Haifa), University of Göttingen, 17 January 2023, 6:15 pm CET 6. ONLINE Webinar "Making and Unmaking Community: Urban Life in Persianate Rajasthan" with Elizabeth Thelen (University of Exeter), British Institute for Persian Studies, 18 January 2023, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm UK Time 7. HYBRIDE Atelier-rencontre avec Pierre Lory autour de l’ouvrage de Michel Dousse "La figure d’Abraham dans la Bible et le Coran", IISMM, Paris, 19 janvier 2023, 10h-12h 8. ONLINE Webinar "The Findings of the 2022 Arab Opinion Index", Arab Center Washington DC, 19 January 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm ET 9. ONLINE Lecture Series "The Ottoman Constitutional Revolution in Post-Imperial Turkish Historiography" by Veronika Hager, Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 23 January 2023, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm 10. HYBRIDE Séminaire de recherche « Islams et musulmans de France: nouveaux terrains, approches et paradigmes », MMSH/IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence, 25 janvier 2023, 11h-13h 11. ONLINE Lecture "(Un)Knowing Toxicity: Waste, Value, and Indeterminacy in Beirut’s Coastal Landfills" by Hanna Baumann (UCL), Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 26 January 2023, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm 12. ONLINE IDHN Conference on "Shīʿī Ḥadīth and Legal Studies: Digital Perspectives", Georgetown University, 26 January 2023, 9:00 am CT 13. HYBRIDE Atelier-rencontre avec Christian Jambet autour de son ouvrage "Le Philosophe et son guide. Mullâ Sadrâ et la religion philosophique", IISMM, Paris, 26 janvier 2023, 10h-12h 14. HYBRIDE Séminaire "Droit et développement historique de la charia en islam", Christian Müller (CNRS, IRHT), Paris, 9 février 2023, 10h-12 h 15. HYBRIDE Séminaire "Les mobilités entre Venise et l'Empire ottoman dans la seconde moitié du XVe siècle : des déplacements humains aux adaptations du cadre légal", Pauline Guena (CNRS, UMR 7303 Telemme), Sorbonne, Paris, 13 février 2023, 17h-19h 16. HYBRIDE Séminaire "Normes partagées ou infrastructures en conflit ? À la recherche d’une bonne « formule » pour aborder les ambiguïtés dans les relations entre chrétiens et musulmans dans l'espace méditerranéen médiéval", Daniel König (University Konstanz), Sorbonne, Paris, 27 Mars 2023, 17h19h 17. Workshop “British Legacy in Palestine”, Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London, 31 March 2023 18. HYBRID International Conference “Transnational Solidarity Amongst (Settler) Colonised People: Palestine and Beyond”, European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter, Exeter, 3-4 April 2023 19. HYBRID "9th Annual Graduate Student Research Seminar", Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS University of London, 11-12 May 2023 20. AIMS Conference "Remade by War: New Perspectives on Postwar North Africa", Centre d'Etudes Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT), Tunis, 11-12 May 2023 21. International Conference "ImagiNation.s: Reconfigurations of National Imaginaries in the Cultural Production of Contemporary Maghreb", Université Internationale de Rabat, 18 May 2023 22. International Conference "Audio/Vision/Culture – New Perspectives on Turkish German Cinema", Freie Universität Berlin, 25-27 May 2023 23. International Workshop "Muslim Minorities and Questions of Secularity in China and Beyond", Leipzig University, 9-10 June 2023 24. HYBRIDE Séminaire "Autour de la question de compétence : principes et pratiques des relations judiciaires entre Byzantins, Génois et Vénitiens (XIIIe-XVe siècle)", Romain Goudjil (UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée), Sorbonne, Paris, 19 juin 2023, 17h-19h 25. « 52nd-54th Conferences of the Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies”, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 5-15 July 2023 26. Conference "Early Modern Ottoman Studies (EMOS)", Hacettepe University & Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, 12-15 July 2023 27. Workshop "Trajectories of Slavery in Islamicate Societies", Bern, Switzerland, 30 August – 1 September 2023 28. International Conference & Practice Workshop: "Memory as a Resource in Conflict Transformation: The Role of Media and Journalists in Peacebuilding", Bogotá, Colombia, 20-21 September 2023 29. International Workshop “Positionality in the Study of Islamic Theology”, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology and Freie Universitaet Amsterdam, September 2023 30. “Annual Conference of Ibn Khaldon Center on Interdisciplinary Research”, Qatar University, 30 September 2023 31. Symposium "The Western Mediterranean and the Global Middle Ages", The American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain, UCLA, Los Angeles, 20-21 October 2023 32. Workshop “Legacy of the British Mandate in Palestine”, SOAS, University of London, 28 November 2023 POSITIONS 33. Cluster of Excellence for Doctoral Researchers: "Contestations of the Liberal Script" (SCRIPTS), Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies (BGTS) 34. 12 PhD Positions in Islamic Studies, Stockholm University and other Swedish Universities 35. Associate Professorship in Islamic Studies and Law, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford 36. Four Fellowships (2 Years) for Advanced Studies on "Slavery, Ethnicity and Race in the Mediterranean. Ideas and Attitudes from Homer to Columbus," 2020 Fondazione 1563, Turin 37. Four Scholarships for Nationals of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE for International Master Programme in Urban Studies: 2 Year Study in Brussels, Vienna, Copenhagen and Madrid 38. PhD Research Grants for 2023/2024, Orient-Institut Istanbul 39. Assistant/Associate Professor of History, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI), Qatar 40. Lecturer, Non-Tenure Track, International Studies (Focus Middle East/North Africa), University of Florida OTHER INFORMATION 41. ONLINE Virtual Winter School on “Islam and Armed Conflict Ethics”, Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar, 18-19 January 2023 42. Spring School 2023 of the European Network for Islamic Studies (ENIS): "Shifting Boundaries in Muslim Worlds", University of Catania, Sicily, 13-16 June 2023 43. Award for a European Ph.D. Thesis in Iranian Studies 44. Ibrahim Dakkak Award for Outstanding Essay on Jerusalem 45. 2nd Annual Khamseen Graduate Student Presentation Award for Islamic Art 46. Chapters for the "The Palgrave Handbook of Arab Film and Media" 47. Articles on "Child and Youth Migrants in Middle East and North African History" for Special Issue of "Mashriq & Mahjar", Editors Dr. Ella Fratantuono and Dr. Lucia Carminati 48. Articles for "L’Année du Maghreb", New Section: “Issues and Debates” 49. Articles for New "Journal of Religious Minorities under Muslim Rule" (Brill) 50. Contributions sur « Occuper l’espace public autour de la Méditerranée. Perspectives croisées sur les rapports de pouvoir et les espaces urbains » pour "Revue Genre, Sexualité et Société" 51. New Series "Studies in Pre-Modern Arab History and East-West Encounters" Edited by Ahmed M. A. Sheir and Amar S. Baadj, Published by TRIVENT Publishing If you want to distribute an announcement via DAVO-Info-Service (about 1300 recipients) and EURAMES Info Service (more than 6000 recipients, only English and French announcements), please apply the usual format of the text with no more than 50 words and no attachment. Please send only the most important information to davo@geo.uni-mainz.de and refer to further details with a link to the respective website or an email address. Best regards, Guenter Meyer, Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz ___________________________________ CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS 1. ONLINE Lecture "Kemeré Duzgı – The Protector of Dersim: Sacred Place Cults in Kurdish Alevism" by Dr. Ahmet Kerim Gültekin (Freie Universität Berlin), Asien-Afrika-Institut, Hamburg University, 11 January 2023, 18.15-20:00 CET Information and registration: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/tuerkeieuropa/veranstaltungen/aktuelle-veran%20staltungen.html ___________________________________ 2. HYBRIDE Rencontres & débats : "Quel avenir pour les Kurdes ?", Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 11 janvier 2023, 19h Comment expliquer la montée de la violence à l’égard des Kurdes ? Quelle est l'histoire de ce peuple, et quelles sont ses revendications ? Quel avenir au Moyen Orient ? Information et inscription : https://www.imarabe.org/fr/rencontres-debats/quel-avenir-pour-les-kurdes ___________________________________ 3. ONLINE Webinar "A New State of Mind: The Learning State", Economic Research Forum, Cairo, 12 January 2023, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Heightened uncertainty, today, puts heavy demands on the state: to inform and coordinate individual action during a pandemic; to sustain economic production through unprecedented cyclical swings; to protect the most vulnerable from poverty; to dial back the rapid losses in schooling and ramp up the capacity of health systems. Transparency and accountability are essential for a “learning state.” Information and registration: https://erf.org.eg/events/seminar-on-a-new-state-of-mind-the-learning-state/ ___________________________________ 4. HYBRIDE Conférence publique "La traite des esclaves : une anthropologie historique de l'esclavage au Maroc" avec Professeur Rahal Boubrik (Université Mohammed V), Centre Jacques Berque, 16 janvier 2023, 17h-19h Depuis le moyen âge, la traite des esclaves est au centre du commerce transsaharien caravanier entre le Maroc et le Soudan occidental. Néanmoins, cette pratique est une institution sociale plutôt qu’une entreprise économique. C’est à travers une relation tripartite (sociétés pillées, pillardes et acheteuses) que la reproduction des esclaves s’effectue. En visioconférence sur Zoom via le lien suivant, sans inscription : https://zoom.us/j/92413338283 ___________________________________ 5. HYBRID Lecture „The Dialectics of Cooptation and Resistance: A Comparative Look at Sharīʿa Courts and Ecclesiastical Courts in Israel as Spaces of Identity and Action " by Prof. Dr. Ido Shahar (University of Haifa), University of Göttingen, 17 January 2023, 6:15 pm CET Zoom Link: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/66879609243#success ___________________________________ 6. ONLINE Webinar "Making and Unmaking Community: Urban Life in Persianate Rajasthan" with Elizabeth Thelen (University of Exeter), British Institute for Persian Studies, 18 January 2023, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm UK Time How did diverse religious, occupational, and ethnic communities live side-by-side in precolonial Rajasthan’s cities? This talk presents several case studies from the city of Nagaur that show how people ranging from Sufi Shaikhs to cloth-dyers, and kings to cowherds understood and navigated social difference in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Register to attend at: https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/urban-life-in-persianate-rajasthan-thelen/ ___________________________________ 7. HYBRIDE Atelier-rencontre avec Pierre Lory autour de l’ouvrage de Michel Dousse "La figure d’Abraham dans la Bible et le Coran", IISMM, Paris, 19 janvier 2023, 10h-12h Michel Dousse nous offre une lecture renouvelée de la figure d’Abraham, plus précisément sur la portée des récits coraniques concernant le patriarche, mis en regard des textes de la Bible dans leurs interprétations juives et chrétiennes. Son originalité est d’ouvrir au lecteur francophone une réflexion dense et argumentée sur l’Abraham coranique. Information et inscription : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/74287 ___________________________________ 8. ONLINE Webinar "The Findings of the 2022 Arab Opinion Index", Arab Center Washington DC, 19 January 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm ET The 2022 Arab Opinion Index is based on findings from face-to-face interviews conducted between June and December 2022 with 33,300 individual respondents in 14 Arab countries. How do Arab citizens assess the economic and political conditions in their respective countries? Do Arab citizens yearn for democracy in the Arab world? How do Arab citizens assess threats to their respective countries? Etc. Information and registration: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ejl92vkm0144c3ba&oseq=&c=&ch= ___________________________________ 9. ONLINE Lecture Series "The Ottoman Constitutional Revolution in Post-Imperial Turkish Historiography" by Veronika Hager, Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 23 January 2023, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm The presentation gives an overview of how the Ottoman constitutional revolution of 1908 was represented in Turkish historiographical texts from the 1930s to the 1950s. It explores how late Ottoman constitutionalism and parliamentarism were evaluated and contextualized in the single-party and the multi-party era of the early Republic of Turkey. Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/the-ottoman-constitutional-revolution-in-post-imperial-turkish-historiography ___________________________________ 10. HYBRIDE Séminaire de recherche « Islams et musulmans de France: nouveaux terrains, approches et paradigmes », MMSH/IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence, 25 janvier 2023, 11h-13h Simona Tersigni (Université de Paris-Nanterre, SOPHIAPOL): « Islam(s) en/de France au prisme des travaux sur femmes et genre ». Loïc Le Pape (Université Paris 1, Sorbonne): « Étudier l'islam en France par celles et ceux qui y adhèrent. Retour sur la sociologie des conversions religieuses ». Information et inscription : https://iremam.cnrs.fr/fr/seminaire-de-recherche-islams-et-musulmans-de-francenouveaux-terrains-approches-et-paradigmes-0 ___________________________________ 11. ONLINE Lecture "(Un)Knowing Toxicity: Waste, Value, and Indeterminacy in Beirut’s Coastal Landfills" by Hanna Baumann (UCL), Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 26 January 2023, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Beirut’s coastline has become a dumping ground for unremediated waste. To examine the epistemological and representational challenges of waste, the talk engages with the work of a number of Lebanese artists who have produced work on waste along Beirut’s waterfront in recent years. Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/waste-value-and-indeterminacy-in-beiruts-coastal-landfills ___________________________________ 12. ONLINE IDHN Conference on "Shīʿī Ḥadīth and Legal Studies: Digital Perspectives", Georgetown University, 26 January 2023, 9:00 am CT Robert Gleave (University of Exeter) & Kumail Rajani (University of Exeter): "Twelver Usul Bibliography: Data Analysis." – Edmund Hayes (Radboud University, Nijmegen): "Tracking Epistolary Formulae Over Time: Comparing Digital Corpora and Physical Documents." – Mohammad Reza Mousavi (King’s College London) & Kaveh Ariyanpoo (Independent Researcher): "Searching for the Tenets of Ghuluww in al-Kāfī: A DataAnalytic Approach." Registration: https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtceGvrz4oGtDwK8hLb4ncVTuats8xVRyV. ___________________________________ 13. HYBRIDE Atelier-rencontre avec Christian Jambet autour de son ouvrage "Le Philosophe et son guide. Mullâ Sadrâ et la religion philosophique", IISMM, Paris, 26 janvier 2023, 10h-12h Mullâ Sadrâ pose la question de la guidance de la communauté des croyants : revient-elle au plus pieux qui suit l’enseignement du Coran à la lettre ou au philosophe qui, à la suite des Grecs et de Platon en particulier, vise au perfectionnement de l’âme humaine jusqu’à atteindre le bonheur par la connaissance de la vérité ? L’ascension de l’âme savante vers l’lntellect débouche sur la vraie révélation coranique. Information et inscription : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/72404 ___________________________________ 14. HYBRIDE Séminaire "Droit et développement historique de la charia en islam", Christian Müller (CNRS, IRHT), Paris, 9 février 2023, 10h-12 h Christian Müller est Directeur de recherche au CNRS, Responsable de la section arabe de l’Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes (IRHT). Inscription pour visioconférence : https://bbb.ehess.fr/b/fra-lzk-hvs-wue ___________________________________ 15. HYBRIDE Séminaire "Les mobilités entre Venise et l'Empire ottoman dans la seconde moitié du XVe siècle : des déplacements humains aux adaptations du cadre légal", Pauline Guena (CNRS, UMR 7303 Telemme), Sorbonne, Paris, 13 février 2023, 17h-19h Le séminaire « Méditerranée médiévale » réunit des chercheurs spécialistes des mondes grecs, latins et musulmans du Moyen Âge, dans une perspective d’étude des relations en Méditerranée et de comparatisme. À raison d’une séance par mois, il alterne des présentations de travaux en cours liés à l’actualité de la recherche, et des séances consacrées à la question de la construction de normes partagées en Méditerranée. Inscription : https://pantheonsorbonne.zoom.us/j/97713251308?pwd=ZDk5UkpyVWd5U1VqTjlVWWY2TEE 5QT09#success ___________________________________ 16. HYBRIDE Séminaire "Normes partagées ou infrastructures en conflit ? À la recherche d’une bonne « formule » pour aborder les ambiguïtés dans les relations entre chrétiens et musulmans dans l'espace méditerranéen médiéval", Daniel König (University Konstanz), Sorbonne, Paris, 27 Mars 2023, 17h-19h Le séminaire « Méditerranée médiévale » réunit des chercheurs spécialistes des mondes grecs, latins et musulmans du Moyen Âge, dans une perspective d’étude des relations en Méditerranée et de comparatisme. À raison d’une séance par mois, il alterne des présentations de travaux en cours liés à l’actualité de la recherche, et des séances consacrées à la question de la construction de normes partagées en Méditerranée. Inscription : https://pantheonsorbonne.zoom.us/j/97713251308?pwd=ZDk5UkpyVWd5U1VqTjlVWWY2TEE 5QT09#success ___________________________________ 17. Workshop “British Legacy in Palestine”, Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London, 31 March 2023 The workshop will bring together emerging researchers to examine the question of British “legacy” in Palestine/Israel to better understand the relationship between the Mandate and today. We want to explore the mindset of colonial officials, the imagination of their presence in the region, and their construction of a British legacy in Palestine. We look at the reception of this legacy by all engaged parties. Submission deadline: 20 January 2023. Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/call-papers-legacy-british-mandate-palestine ___________________________________ 18. HYBRID International Conference “Transnational Solidarity Amongst (Settler) Colonised People: Palestine and Beyond”, European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter, Exeter, 3-4 April 2023 Contributions are invited that look at different experiences of colonisation and resistance in the context of transnational solidarities. Papers can come from any disciplinary background, including non-academic ones. There are a limited number of accommodation grants available for presenters. Extended deadline for abstracts: 22 January 2023. Information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nDYcigt9OqNPM_YDWoivy3mR7r8v2vEPQHtd_64A1S s/edit?usp=sharing ___________________________________ 19. HYBRID "9th Annual Graduate Student Research Seminar", Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS University of London, 11-12 May 2023 This research seminar provides a critical platform for PhD students working on Palestine or Palestine-related issues to present their projects and discuss theoretical and research questions. We welcome a broad range of topics aiming at an inter-disciplinary dialogue across Palestine Studies. This is a unique opportunity to present PhD or Postdoctoral research in a supportive environment and receive feedback from others engaged in the field. Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2023. Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/call-papers-centr e-palestine-studies-9th-annual-graduate-student-research-seminar ___________________________________ 20. AIMS Conference "Remade by War: New Perspectives on Postwar North Africa", Centre d'Etudes Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT), Tunis, 11-12 May 2023 How were North Africa and its people transformed by World War II? How did the war shape the decolonization movements that intensified across North Africa after 1945? These are two of the questions this conference seeks to address. Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/25688/discussions/11 963653/cfp-remade-war-2023-aims-conference-tunis ___________________________________ 21. International Conference "ImagiNation.s: Reconfigurations of National Imaginaries in the Cultural Production of Contemporary Maghreb", Université Internationale de Rabat, 18 May 2023 What is the Maghreb today? How does it brand and “sell” itself in global cultural marketplaces? How are national identities and imaginaries dealt with in today’s North Africa? Which image(s) of themselves do North African countries explicitly sponsor or implicitly convey through cultural and artistic productions? How has the idea of the nation in the Maghreb changed through time and by which mechanisms of inclusion, exclusion, reconciliation, minoritization, racialization, etc.? Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcemen ts/12141948/imaginations-reconfigurations-national-imaginaries-cultural ___________________________________ 22. International Conference "Audio/Vision/Culture – New Perspectives on Turkish German Cinema", Freie Universität Berlin, 25-27 May 2023 The conference will gather the current state of research on Turkish German cinema and bring the different approaches into dialogue with each other. On the other hand, our aim is to look ahead and to test constructive approaches beyond old oppositions. Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2023. Information: https://www.sfb-affective-societies.de/teilprojekte/C/C06/conference/index.html ___________________________________ 23. International Workshop "Muslim Minorities and Questions of Secularity in China and Beyond", Leipzig University, 9-10 June 2023 This interdisciplinary workshop investigates the role of secularity – that is, conceptual distinctions and institutional differentiations between “religion” and its others – in the formation and normalization of Muslim minorities, with a focus on China. Papers should be based on empirical work. Deadline for abstracts: 16 January 2023. Information: https://www.multiple-secularities.de/events/event/callfor-papers-international-workshop-muslim-minorities-and-questions-of-secularity-in-china-and-beyond/ ___________________________________ 24. HYBRIDE Séminaire "Autour de la question de compétence : principes et pratiques des relations judiciaires entre Byzantins, Génois et Vénitiens (XIIIe-XVe siècle)", Romain Goudjil (UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée), Sorbonne, Paris, 19 juin 2023, 17h-19h Le séminaire « Méditerranée médiévale » réunit des chercheurs spécialistes des mondes grecs, latins et musulmans du Moyen Âge, dans une perspective d’étude des relations en Méditerranée et de comparatisme. À raison d’une séance par mois, il alterne des présentations de travaux en cours liés à l’actualité de la recherche, et des séances consacrées à la question de la construction de normes partagées en Méditerranée. Inscription : https://pantheonsorbonne.zoom.us/j/97713251308?pwd=ZDk5UkpyVWd5U1VqTjlVWWY2TEE 5QT09#success ___________________________________ 25. “52nd-54th Conferences of the Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies”, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 5-15 July 2023 - 52nd ARAM Conference: "The Aramaeans B.C.: History, Literature, and Archaeology", 5-7 July 2023 - 53rd ARAM Conference: "Syriac Christianity and the Archaeology of Syriac Monasteries and Churches in the Levant", 10-12 July 2023 - 54th ARAM Conference: "Melkite Christianity and the Archaeology of Byzantine Monasteries and Churches in the Levant", 13-15 July 2023 Information: https://www.aramsociety.org/conferences/forthcoming-conference/ ___________________________________ 26. Conference "Early Modern Ottoman Studies (EMOS)", Hacettepe University & Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, 12-15 July 2023 The conference invites researchers studying the early modern Ottoman lands, their surroundings and the Mediterranean world (between 1500 and 1800), including all fields of history and related fields of social sciences and humanities. Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/1 1409161/call-papers-early-modern-ottoman-studies-emos-%E2%80%93-conference-i ___________________________________ 27. Workshop "Trajectories of Slavery in Islamicate Societies", Bern, Switzerland, 30 August – 1 September 2023 The workshop convened jointly by the TraSIS project and the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS). What can one learn about slaveries and strong asymmetrical dependencies from legal sources, and the extent to which legal sources can shed light on the relevant social practices? How can intersectionality shed light on different forms of slavery? Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2023. Information: https://trasisblog.unibe.ch/?p=108 ___________________________________ 28. International Conference & Practice Workshop: "Memory as a Resource in Conflict Transformation: The Role of Media and Journalists in Peacebuilding", Bogotá, Colombia, 20-21 September 2023 How, and under what conditions, do which media and journalistic practices shape peacebuilding? Presentations are invited to compare different forms of journalistic practices and media-related peacebuilding efforts in various cases around the globe, and to examine hypotheses relating to different patterns of dealing with the past and their effects. Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2023. Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/Ausschreibun gen_2021/Call_for_Contributions_Media_and_Memory_2023.pdf __________________________________ 29. International Workshop “Positionality in the Study of Islamic Theology”, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology and Freie Universitaet Amsterdam, September 2023 The scope of the workshop encompasses both reflection upon the positionality of the researcher in their specific field of study, the place of researchers within the wider fields of Islamic theology and Islamic studies, as well as the wider discourse on disciplinary boundaries between Islamic theology and other fields of research and study. It includes history, literature, and anthropology etc. Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announceme nts/12159796/call-paper-international-conference-%E2%80%9Cpositionality-study __________________________________ 30. “Annual Conference of Ibn Khaldon Center on Interdisciplinary Research”, Qatar University, 30 September 2023 Themes include "Islamis Sciences and Natural Science". This theme seeks to create connections between natural knowledge and Islamic sciences, and to use Islamic text to frame related natural sciences’ topics. Integrating Islamic sciences with natural sciences can offer significant intellectual gains in terms of getting new perspectives and methodological insights. The Center will reimburse authors with accepted manuscripts for their travel expenses and accommodation. Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2023. Information: conf-IbnKhaldon@qa.edu.qu ___________________________________ 31. Symposium "The Western Mediterranean and the Global Middle Ages", The American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain, UCLA, Los Angeles, 20-21 October 2023 What sorts of alternative frameworks can enhance scholarly assessment of the intertwined histories of the individuals, groups, institutions, and political entities active within the Western Mediterranean and beyond? How can global approaches help scholars resist the deep-seated, largely Euro- or Christo-centric legacies that have long influenced work on the Iberian Peninsula, Maghreb, and broader Western-Mediterranean environment? Deadline for abstracts: 19 February 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-thewestern-mediterranean-and-the-global-middle-ages-20-21-october-los-angeles?e=82aeb6c61d ___________________________________ 32. Workshop “Legacy of the British Mandate in Palestine”, SOAS, University of London, 28 November 2023 This workshop will bring together emerging researchers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds to examine the question of British “legacy” in Palestine/Israel to better understand the relationship between the Mandate and today. To do this, we will encapsulate “the British Mandate in Palestine” as a reified concept, a discursive and/or material symbol, and focus on its creation, transit and reception today. Deadline for abstracts: 20 January 2023. Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/call-papers-legacy-british-mandate-palestine ___________________________________ POSITIONS 33. Cluster of Excellence for Doctoral Researchers: "Contestations of the Liberal Script" (SCRIPTS), Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies (BGTS) The BGTS offers a rigorous and dynamic English-language PhD programme for exceptionally talented and motivated graduate students in the field of global and transregional studies, bringing together a broad spectrum of disciplines and methodological approaches. Deadline for application: 28 February 2023. Information: https://www.scripts-berlin.eu/about-us/jobs-grants/anhaenge/221219_BGTS-2023_Pre-announcement.pdf ___________________________________ 34. 12 PhD Positions in Islamic Studies, Stockholm University and other Swedish Universities The doctoral students will be admitted within one of the following research subjects: Religious Studies, History of Religions, Subject Didactics and Systematic Theology. Information: https://lnu.se/en/research/PhD-studies/religion/graduate-school-in-islamic-studies/ ___________________________________ 35. Associate Professorship in Islamic Studies and Law, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford We are seeking an outstanding scholar and teacher who studies Islamic thought, literature and/or practice in the pre-modern period (up until c. 1800 CE), based on primary sources in Arabic and other languages if appropriate. The successful applicant will have strong expertise in Islamic law. In addition, the postholder will have further expertise in Sufism, the hadith literature or Shi'i Islam. Deadline for applications: 20 January 2023. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64756 __________________________________ 36. Four Fellowships (2 Years) for Advanced Studies on "Slavery, Ethnicity and Race in the Mediterranean. Ideas and Attitudes from Homer to Columbus," 2020 Fondazione 1563, Turin Candidates holding a doctorate in History or in any discipline in the Humanities are invited to propose projects dealing with any aspect of the cultural implications and consequences of enslavement for ideas and concepts of otherness, seen in terms that may be more easily categorized as racial or as ethnic depending on the discursive context. Deadline for application: 30 January 2023. Information: https://www.fondazione1563.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/THP-Call-for-applications-2022.pdf ___________________________________ 37. Four Scholarships for Nationals of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE for International Master Programme in Urban Studies: 2 Year Study in Brussels, Vienna, Copenhagen and Madrid The scholarships are supported by Erasmus Mundus. Qualification: BA degree in geography, planning, architecture, history, criminology, political science, sociology, demography, media & communication studies, cultural studies, or a similar discipline. Fluency in English is required. Deadline for application: 16 January 2023. Information: www.4CITIES.eu ___________________________________ 38. PhD Research Grants for 2023/2024, Orient-Institut Istanbul The purpose of the grants is to provide support for research in Turkey to PhD candidates not living in Turkey. If the fellowship is not, or only partially, spent in Istanbul, a close connection to the institute is required. Upon consultation this may also be arranged through supervision by members of the Orient-Institut’s Scientific Advisory Board or other scholars associated with the institute. Deadline for applications: 22 January 2023. Information: https://www.oiist.org/en/scholarship/ ___________________________________ 39. Assistant/Associate Professor of History, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI), Qatar Candidates are expected to have: Doctoral degree in History; experience in graduate student supervision, and with a good record of publications; be fluent in both Arabic and English. Deadline for application: 16 January 2023. Information: https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Careers/Pages/Apply.aspx?JobId=DIAC_2022_009 ___________________________________ 40. Lecturer, Non-Tenure Track, International Studies (Focus Middle East/North Africa), University of Florida Applicants should focus topically in the areas of global health, governance, civil society, data and public policy, sustainable development, or related subjects. Candidates without a doctoral degree should possess at least three years of experience in relevant employment, including international research groups, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations. Deadline for applications: 5 February 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcem ents/12159427/featured-job-lecturer-non-tenure-track-international-studies ___________________________________ OTHER INFORMATION 41. ONLINE Virtual Winter School on “Islam and Armed Conflict Ethics”, Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar, 18-19 January 2023 The Winter School will enable participants to consider the results and consequences of armed conflicts, including such topics as humane treatment, Islamic law and rules of engagement, child protection, detention of combatants, and refugee crises, as well as social, individual, and governmental responsibility. Deadline for registration: 15 January 2023. Information: https://www.cilecenter.org/activities/teaching-training/012023-cile-virtual-winter-school ___________________________________ 42. Spring School 2023 of the European Network for Islamic Studies (ENIS): "Shifting Boundaries in Muslim Worlds", University of Catania, Sicily, 13-16 June 2023 The study of Islam is unthinkable without taken into consideration the dynamics of boundaries. Be it the study of (historical or contemporary) state-formation, minority policies, discrimination or repression, the continuous dynamics and the crossing and redefinition of existing boundaries. We welcome work that critically engages with essentialist understandings of boundaries in a more conceptual sense. Deadline for applications: 28 February 2023. Information: https://www.ehess.fr/fr/appels-%C3%A9tudiants/enis-spring-school-2023 ___________________________________ 43. Award for a European Ph.D. Thesis in Iranian Studies The Societas Iranologica Europea (SIE) invites applications and nominations for the Fifth Round of the "European Award of Iranian Studies". With this Award the SIE recognizes outstanding theses in any field of Iranian Studies defended at European universities. The award is given every four years and conferred during the European Conference of Iranian Studies (ECIS). Deadline for nominations/applications: 15 January 2023. Information: https://www.societasiranologicaeu.org/ph-d-thesis-award/ ___________________________________ 44. Ibrahim Dakkak Award for Outstanding Essay on Jerusalem It is awarded to an outstanding submission/nomination (in English or Arabic) that addresses either contemporary or historical issues relating to Jerusalem. The author will be awarded a prize of U.S. $1,000, and the essay will be published in the Jerusalem Quarterly. Deadline for submissions: 15 January 2023. Information: https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/journals/jq/Ibrahim-Dakkak-Award ___________________________________ 45. 2nd Annual Khamseen Graduate Student Presentation Award for Islamic Art We invite PhD candidates to submit a polished script of ca. 2,000 words and an accompanying PowerPoint slide show for a 10-12 minute video presentation for the Award. The winning applicant will work with our team to revise and then record their presentation; the awardee also will receive a $500 honorarium upon their presentation’s launch on the Khamseen website. Deadline for applications: 1 March 2023. Information: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/khamseen/announcements /2022/2nd-annual-khamseen-graduate-student-presentation-award/ ___________________________________ 46. Chapters for the "The Palgrave Handbook of Arab Film and Media" This anthology is a reference book that brings together a rigorous and expansive study of the developments of roughly a century of cinema histories of this region including other media (radio, television musalsalat and other programs, music and internet). It spans a wide geographic and cultural range across Asia and Africa that includes immigrant, migrant and diasporic cultures, and bridges the 20th and 21st centuries. Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2023. Information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/273814852778897/posts/2270457429781286/?mibextid=6NoCDW ___________________________________ 47. Articles on "Child and Youth Migrants in Middle East and North African History" for Special Issue of "Mashriq & Mahjar", Editors Dr. Ella Fratantuono and Dr. Lucia Carminati Themes: Changing meanings of "childhood" and "youth"; Intra-regional mobility; Kinship and the family; Migrant racialization; Border control and state-building; Child and youth activism; Methodologies in migration studies; The making of social categories (e.g. citizen, migrant, refugee); Perspectives on agency, coercion, decision-making, and mobility; Effects of migration for children and youth; etc. Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2023. Information: https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/announcement/view/34 ___________________________________ 48. Articles for "L’Année du Maghreb", New Section: “Issues and Debates” The proposed themes, which are merely indicative, address current events and recent developments in the Maghreb countries. Contributors may also propose articles on other themes insofar as they deal with issues related to the socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics of the region. Deadline for abstracts: 20 January 2023. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/75968 ___________________________________ 49. Articles for New "Journal of Religious Minorities under Muslim Rule" (Brill) The journal covers a large temporal period, spanning from 7th century Arabia to 1922 (the end of Ottoman rule), in addition to a large geographic area from North Africa and al-Andalus in the West to Iran, etc. The focus includes minority-minority, minority-majority, and minority-state relations. Disciplines include history, religious studies, literature, legal studies, and archaeology. Information: https://brill.com/view/journals/rmmr/rmmr-overview.xml?tab_body=container-135910-item-1359 16&contents=ArtSub ___________________________________ 50. Contributions sur « Occuper l’espace public autour de la Méditerranée. Perspectives croisées sur les rapports de pouvoir et les espaces urbains » pour "Revue Genre, Sexualité et Société" Qui peut occuper l’espace public ? Et sous quelles conditions ? Ces questions se trouvent au cœur de travaux qui ont exploré, tant en Europe que dans la région que forment le nord de l’Afrique et le Proche Orient, la dimension genrée des espaces publics urbains. Propositions d’articles : 31 janvier 2023. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/74681 ___________________________________ 51. New Series "Studies in Pre-Modern Arab History and East-West Encounters" Edited by Ahmed M. A. Sheir and Amar S. Baadj, Published by TRIVENT Publishing Proposals are invited on: - The Arabs in Antiquity and their Relations with Surrounding Peoples and Cultures. - Arab and Muslim history from the Umayyad period up to the end of the Mamluk period. - Arab-Latin Encounters. - The Crusades. - Encounters between the Western Islamic lands and the Mashriq. - Encounters between Muslims and Christians in Al-Andalus and Sicily. - Modern Arab and Orientalist Scholarship on the Pre-Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa, etc. Information: https://trivent-publishing.eu/81-studies-in-pre-modern-arab-history ___________________________________