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 ___________________________________

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HYBRID CONFERENCE: Occupied Istanbul: Urban Politics, Culture and Society, 1918-1923 | Thursday 30th June - Saturday 2nd July Scholars will discuss how the occupation of Istanbul a century ago impacted issues as diverse as politics, policing, music, archaeology, commerce, fashion, the press, labour, infrastructure, justice, and housing. Registration and schedule: https://biaa.ac.uk/events/occupied-istanbul/ This conference is a partnership between the American Research Institute in Turkey - ARIT, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Department of History, the British Institute At Ankara, IFEA (Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes), and SALT Online Research.

Αραβικές Πέμπτες: 5.5.2022, Ο ελληνισμός στον αραβικό κόσμο. Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ, ώρα 2μμ ακριβώς

Κύκλος διαλέξεων της Κοσμητείας της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του ΕΚΠΑ Γνωριμία με τον αραβικό πολιτισμό έξι διαλέξεις πολιτιστικής συμβίωσης Πέμπτη 5.5.2022, αίθουσα 209 της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής, ώρα 14:00-15:00 ΟΜΙΛΗΤΗΣ:Άγγελος Νταλαχάνης, κύριος ερευνητής CNRS (Γαλλία) ΘΕΜΑ ΔΙΑΛΕΞΗΣ: Έλληνες στον αραβικό κόσμο (19ος-20ος αι). Μεθοδολογικές προκλήσεις και προοπτικές της ιστορικής έρευνας

Mohammad ben Salmane. L'Orient-Le Jour 25.1.2022

 

Quand on évoque le nom de Mohammad ben Salmane (MBS), le prince héritier d’Arabie saoudite, on pense tout de suite à l’assassinat du journaliste Jamal Khashoggi, à la purge du Ritz-Carlton, à la prise en otage de Saad Hariri ou encore à la guerre au Yémen. Le dauphin a réussi l’exploit de se construire, en seulement quelques années, l’image d’un dirigeant autoritaire, versatile, caractériel et sanguinaire. Et cette étiquette risque de lui coller encore longtemps à la peau.

Regarder sa politique à travers ce seul prisme serait pourtant une erreur. Parce que dans le même temps, MBS est en train de révolutionner le royaume wahhabite. A tous les niveaux et pas seulement pour le meilleur.
Son Arabie est un régime autoritaire, ultra-nationaliste, dans lequel il concentre tous les pouvoirs et où aucune voix critique n’est tolérée. La révolution est politique, mais certainement pas démocratique, le prince ayant mis fin au partage du pouvoir entre les grandes familles et, dans une moindre mesure, à l’influence conséquente des dignitaires religieux. Symbole de cette évolution, la mise au pas, depuis 2016, de la puissante police religieuse (Moutawaa), chargée de faire respecter la loi islamique de manière stricte dans la sphère publique. 
 
En 2016, MBS a fait un pari audacieux. Celui de préparer son pays à l’après-pétrole et de le moderniser pour répondre aux aspirations d’une jeunesse qui représente 60% de la population. Sur le plan économique, le pari est encore loin d’être réussi, le royaume étant encore largement dépendant du prix du baril. Mais sur le plan sociétal, la révolution est en cours.

Dans l’Arabie de MBS, les femmes ont davantage de droits, les cinémas ont rouvert, les possibilités de divertissement ont été démultipliées. Il est désormais possible d’assister aux concerts de certaines des plus grandes stars internationales ou même à une course de Formule Un. On pourrait arguer que tout cela n’est qu’un vernis superficiel qui ne suffit pas à cacher le caractère profondément conservateur du royaume wahhabite. Mais ce serait passer à côté de la dynamique en cours. D’une part, les transformations, inégales, sont parfois profondes et ne peuvent être écartées d’un revers de main. Seuls 35 % des jeunes Saoudiens considèrent par exemple leur foi comme l’élément « le plus important » de leur identité. D’autre part, dans le quotidien de la population, vivre dans une Arabie qui prend Dubaï pour modèle n’est tout de même pas la même chose que de vivre dans un régime ultra-conservateur où tout, ou presque, est considéré comme haram.

Anthony SAMRANI

Αχαιμενίδες και ελληνικό στοιχείο στην Κεντρική Ασία. Διάλεξη στα ελληνικά, στην Αθήνα, 1.2.2022

 Κύκλος Σεμιναρίων ΤΕΡΑ 2022

Ινστιτούτο Ιστορικών Ερευνών 

01.02.2022

 

«The Achaemenid contribution to the formation of Hellenistic Central Asia»    

Μιχάλης Ηλιάκης, Αρχαίος Ιστορικός, Ακαδημαϊκός Συντονιστής HerMar Iran - Εξωτερικός Συνεργάτης ΙΙΕ/ΕΙΕ

Ώρα: 17:00 // Διαδικτυακή Διάλεξη

Πρόσκληση: invitation_ Iliakis_GR.pdf

 

Η διάλεξη θα δοθεί στα ελληνικά

 

Σύνδεσμος εγγραφής και παρακολούθησης: 

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h3rdV8TZTkSPItLrCkCKIA

 

 

 

SGRA Seminar Series 2022 

The Institute of Historical Research

01.02.2022

 

«The Achaemenid contribution to the formation of Hellenistic Central Asia»    

Michael Iliakis, Ancient Historian, Academic Coordinator HerMar Iran - External Collaborator IHR/NHRF

Time: 17:00 // Online seminar 

Invitation: invitation_ Iliakis_ENG.pdf

 

The lecture will be delivered in Greek

 

Registration and Invitation link: 

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h3rdV8TZTkSPItLrCkCKIA

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EURAMES Info Service 04/2022

CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS

 

1.    ONLINE Presentation of the Book “Global South Scholars in the Western Academy: Harnessing Unique Experiences, Knowledges, and Positionality in the Third Space” by the Editors Dr Staci B. Martin and Deepra Dandekar, PhD., Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 24 January 2022, 3:00 pm CET

 

2.    National Dialogue on “The Social Protection System in Tunisia”, Economic Research Forum (ERF), Cairo, 24-25 January 2022, 4:00 pm TRT

 

3.    ONLINE Webinar: “Iran-Europe Dynamics and the JCPOA Negotiations”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 25 January 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm SGT

 

4.    ONLINE Lecture: “Medinas of the Maghreb and the Concept of Islamic City: Between Texts and Models” by Amine Kasmi (University of Tlemcen), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 25 January 2022, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EST

 

5.    ONLINE Seminar by Şevket Pamuk on “Monetary and Financial History since the Ottoman Era”, History Foundation of Turkey, 26 January 2022, 7:00 pm TRT

 

6.    ONLINE International Conference: “Media Aesthetics of Occidentalism”, Centre for Near and Middle East Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, 26-28 January 2022

 

7.    ONLINE Webinar: “Israel’s Continuing Policy of Palestinian Dispossession: From Sheikh Jarrah to Al-Naqab”, Arab Center Washington DC, 27 January 2022, 10:00 am ET

 

8.    ONLINE Book Discussion: “Routledge Handbook on China-Middle East Relations”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 27 January 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm SGT

 

9.    ONLINE Lecture ““Saladin, we have returned!” General Henri Gouraud and the Memory and Legacy of the Crusades in the Muslim Near East” by Prof. Dr. Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway, University of London-UK), University of Marburg, Germany, 27 January 2022, 5:00 pm CET

 

10.  ONLINE Roundtable: “Turkish Television Explained: Domestic Priorities – Global Impacts”, Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative at NYU (OTS-NYU), 28 January 2022, 12:00 pm EST

 

11.  ONLINE Webinar: “Climate Change and Displacement: Experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East” hosted by Nadje Al-Ali, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 28 January 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

 

12.  Colloque : « Le Qāḍī Abū Bakr Ibn al‑ʿArabī (m. 543/1148) : Parcours, héritage et transmission » à l’occasion du 900e anniversaire de son décès, Centre Jaques-Berque, Rabat, 28 et 29 janvier 2021

 

13.  ONLINE Webinaire : « Le marché du livre arabe traduit en français depuis 2011 » par Richar Jaquemond, Atelier de recherche du CEDEJ, Paris, 1 février 2022, 16h00 CET

 

14.  ONLINE Conversation on “Making the Gulf: Regulating Movements and Politics” by Natasha Iskander and Arang Keshavarzian, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, 2 February 2022, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm EST

 

15.  ONLINE FIFA World Cup 2022 Panel: “Who Belongs to a Country? National Representation and Identity at the FIFA World Cup 2022”, Georgetown University Qatar, 2 February 2022, 6:00 pm AST

 

16.  HYBRID Lecture “The Metaphysical Dimension of the Prophet in Avicenna’s Thought” by Dr. Meryem Sebti (CNRS, Paris) in the “Islamic History and Thought Lecture Series”, Aga Khan Centre, London, 3 February 2022, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm GMT

 

17.  ONLINE Webinar on the Book of Sa'ed Atshan on “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique” Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 4 February 2022, 01:00 pm - 02:00 pm EST

 

18.  ONLINE Virtual Coffee Morning for Early Career Researchers on “Social Policy in the MENA”, United Nations University, Maastricht, Netherlands, 9 February 2021, 11:00 am CET

 

19.  ONLINE Webinar on the Book of Gil Hochberg on “Becoming Palestine: Toward an Archival Imagination of the Future”, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 10 February 2022, 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm EST

 

20.  ONLINE Lecture by Rema Hammami on “GBV Humanitarianism in Gaza: Gender Violence and the Geopolitics of Humanitarian Care and Immiseration”, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 15 February 2022, 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm EST

 

21.  ONLINE Lecture: “Hunger, Heresy and Rebellion in ʿAbbasid Arabia” by Peter Webb (Universiteit Leiden), University of Hamburg, 15 February 2022, 4:00 - 5:30 pm CET

 

22.  ONLINE Webinar: “From Compilation to Indexing: Tracing the Practice of Early Modern Orientalist Scholarship” by Paul Babinski (University of Copenhagen), School of Historical Studies, IAS, 16 February 2022, 12:00 pm ET

 

23.  ONLINE Conference: “The Concept of Protology/Cosmology and the Concept of Eschatology in Judaism, Christianity and Islam” in the Series “Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses” (KCID), Bavarian Research Center for Interreligious Discourses (BaFID), Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 16-17 February, 2:00 pm CET

 

24.  ONLINE Lecture on “Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization Beyond Partition” by Leila H. Farsakh (University of Massachusetts Boston), SOAS, 22 February 2022, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT

 

25.  ONLINE Lecture: “The Politics of Jihad in Early Crusading Period among the Turkmen and Kurds” by Prof. Dr. Taef El-Azhari (Helwan University), University of Marburg, Germany, 24 February 2022, 5:00 pm CET

 

26.  ONLINE Seminar on “The Cunning of Gender Violence: Geopolitics and Feminism”, by Hammami, Abu-Lughod and Shalhoub-Kevorkina, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 25 February 2022, 12:00 pm - 01:30 pm EST

 

27.  ONLINE Webinar: “Visions of Beirut: The Urban Life of Media Infrastructure” with Hatim El-Hibri and Will Youmans, Institute for Middle East Studies, George Washington University, 3 March 2022, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST

 

28.  ONLINE Webinar: “The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs” by Marc David Baer (LSE), London Middle East Institute, SOAS, 8 March 2022, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT

 

29.  HYBRID International Conference: “Silk Roads by Land and Sea”, GUtech German University of Technology, Muscat, 9-12 March 2022

 

30.  ONLINE Two Panels about Islamicate Issues at the “International Congress for Medieval Studies”, Western Michigan University, 9-14 March 2022

 

31.  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

 

32.  International Conference: “Body, Medicine, and Feminism: The Life and Work of Nawal El Saadawi”, Duke University, 21-22 March 2022

 

33.  Workshop: “COVID-19 and Migrants in the Globalized World (Focus on MENA and Asia Region)”, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, 27 March 2022

 

34.  International Conference: “The Global 1922: New Critical Reflections”, King’s College London, 31 March 2022

 

35.  Workshop: “Continuity and Change Throughout the Ottoman Longue Durée”, Third Annual Mid-Atlantic Ottomanists Workshop (MAOW), University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, USA, 1-3 April 2022.

 

36.  HYBRID Event: “8th Annual Centre for Palestine Studies Research Seminar”, SOAS, University of London, 4 May 2022

 

37.  ONLINE Workshop: “The Dynamics of Political Contention under Authoritarianism Regimes”, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program, University of Alberta, 19-20 May 2022

 

38.  Conference on “Minorities in the Maghrib,” Organised by the Centre for Maghrib Studies, Djerba Island, Tunisia, 20-22 May 2022

 

39.  Workshop: “The Arab-majority and Muslim-majority Worlds in/and Contemporary Decolonisation Debates”, University of Edinburgh, 5-6 April 2022

 

40.  HYBRID “15th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies”, Center for European & Mediterranean Affairs (CEMA), Athens, 11-14 April 2022

 

41.  HYBRID International Conference Afro-Iberia: “Africans and Maghrebis in the Iberian Peninsula (1850-1975)”, Institució Milà I Fontanals, CSIC, Barcelona, 29-30 April 2022

 

42.  ONLINE Conference: “Islamic Perspectives on Exotheology”, Zayed University, 10-11 May 2022

 

43.  Conference: “Jewish Questions and the Global South: Between Sovereignty and Human Right”, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 16-18 May 2022

 

44.  24th Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 25-28 May 2022

 

45.  Conference: “Muslim Societies and Peacebuilding in Africa”, Al-Hokama Center for Peace Research, Rabat, 26-28 May 2022

 

46.  Panel on “Liberalism and Islam in Contemporary Global Literature”, Conference of the British Association of Islam Studies (BRAIS), University of Edinburgh, 6-7 June 2022

 

47.  Conference on “Social Justice in Multicultural Settings”, Arab Academic College, Haifa, 7-9 June 2022

 

48.  APSA MENA Workshop for Early-Career Scholars: “Studying Public Opinion in the Contemporary Middle East: Challenges, Opportunities and Best Practices”, University of Jordan, Amman, 12-17 June 2022

 

49.  ONLINE Workshop on “Roads to Peace? Infrastructures, Peace, and Conflict (Including Middle East)”, Swansea University, 14-15 June 2022

 

50.  HYBRID Conference: “Mercenaries and Crusaders (1202-1480s)”, University of Debrecen, Hungary, 22-24 June 2022

 

51.  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

 

52.  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

 

53.  Conference: “Unfreedom in the Premodern World: Comparative Perspectives on Slavery, Servitude & Captivity”, Trinity College Dublin, 23-24 June 2022

 

54.  HYBRID 10th International Conference of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (SSCLE) on “Crusading Encounters”, University of London, 27 June - 1 July 2022

 

55.  HYBRID Conference: “2nd Annual International Conference of the British Association of Teachers of Arabic (BATA)”, University of Westminster, 30 June - 1 July 2022

 

56.  Panel on “Borders”, Northern Network for the Study of the Crusades, International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 4-7 July 2022

 

57.  Eighth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, University of Marburg, 4-9 July 2022

 

58.  Conference: “What Makes a Pilgram a Pilgram? Conceptualising Pilgrims and Pilgrimage, c. 300-1600?” (Focus Muslim Pilgrims), Manchester Metropolitan University, 13-14 July 2022

 

59.  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 July 2022

 

60.  Three 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

 

61.  “Twelfth Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies” by the “Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSMES)” on “The Middle East in Myth and Reality”, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 22-24 September 2022

 

62.  International Conference on “The Theory and Practice of Rebellion in the Early Islamicate World” (7th-10th Century CE)”, Hamburg University, 22-24 September 2022

 

63.  Conference: “Balance of Justice in the Ottoman Empire. Non-Muslims as Agents in an Islamic Imperial Legal Context”, Sabancı University, Istanbul, 13-15 October 2022

 

64.  56th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), Denver, Colorado, 1-4 December 2022

 

65.  Conference: “Screening Crime in the Arab World”, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, 4-6 May 2023

 

POSITIONS

 

66.  International Fellowships for Excellent Researchers from the Humanities, Cultural Studies and the Social Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Essen University, Germany

 

67.  2 Junior Postdoctoral Fellows, 2 Postdoctoral Fellows, 2 Senior Fellows, 2 Doctoral Fellows, 2 Short Term Fellows for Research at the Cluster of Excellence “Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery”

 

68.  Two PhD Positions (2+2 Years) in Digital Islamic History, University of Hamburg

 

69.  Assistant Professor for Contemporary Politics and Modern History of the Middle East, Radboud University, the Netherlands

 

70.  Doctoral Student in History of Religions Specialising in Islamology (Fully-funded up to 4 Years), Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Sweden

 

71.  Postdoctoral Position (2 Years) for Research on “Prisca Alchimia. The Beginnings of Arabic Alchemy in the East (8th-10th Centuries) and its Transmission to al-Andalus and to the Latin World”, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

 

72.  Doctoral Research Fellowship (3 Years) in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oslo, Norway

 

73.  Two Visiting Fellowships, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

 

74.  Postdoctoral Fellowships for Historical Studies of the Pre-modern Mediterranean in Haifa and Israel, Haifa, 2022-2024

 

75.  Wissenschaftl. MitarbeiterIn (3 Jahre) in Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft, Dienstort Kairo, Orient-Institut Beirut

 

76.  Visiting Professor in Palestinian Studies, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University

 

77.  Senior Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor of Islamic Governance, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

 

78.  Fellowships of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDF) in the JDC Archives in New York or Jerusalem

 

79.  Visiting Assistant Professor (1 Year) of History with Specialisation in the Middle East, Nazareth College, Rochester, New York

 

80.  Postdoctoral Joint Fellowship in Israel and Middle Eastern Studies, American University, Washington DC

 

81.  Visiting Assistant Professor Islamic Art (2 Years), Washington and Lee University, Virginia

 

82.  Postdoctoral Fellows/Research Associates (2 Years) for Research Project on “Interactive Histories, Co-Produced Communities: Judaism, Christianity and Islam”, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, and University of Bern

 

83.  Darwish Visiting Professor (1 Year) In Palestinian Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI

 

84.  Postdoctoral Research Associate in Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI

 

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

85.  Research Award for Scientific Studies on Ankara and Its Environs, Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research Center

 

86.  Funding of a Research Project on “Towards a Fairer and More Anti-discriminatory Support for International Relocation in North-South Contexts” by Martin Roth Initiative, Goethe Institut and Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

 

87.  Scholarships for Research on “Borders, Migration and Knowledge” by Ph.D. Students Worldwide, Zeit-Foundation

 

88.  ONLINE Course: “The Eighth Yemen Exchange”, Sana’a Center and The Exchange Foundation, 28 February - 11 March 2022, Monday - Friday, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm AST

 

89.  École doctorale : « Concurrences et cohabitations des religiosités u Maghreb et en Afrique de l’Ouest : des terrains de comparaisons ? », Tunis, 23-27 mai 2022

 

90.  CEST Summer School “Cultural Exchange and Heritage (Related to Turkey)", University of Vienna, 11-22 July 2022

 

91.  ONLINE Summer Course “Introduction to Arabic Manuscript Studies”, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, Collegdevielle, MN, 13-24 June 2022

 

92.  Summer Course for College and University Educators on “Middle Eastern Christianity: A Historic and Living Tradition”, Bradley University, Preoria IL, 5-25 June 2022

 

93.  Intensive Course: “A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Environmental Studies in Pre-Modern Egypt”, University of Marburg, 4-6 July 2022

 

94.     Islamic Studies MA and Dual Degree MA in “Islamic Studies and Muslim Cultures” at Columbia University (New York) and Aga Khan University (London)

 

95.     Articles on “The Western Mediterranean and Relations Between Religious Communities In All Area” for Special Issue of the Journal “Maghreb Review”

 

96.     Articles for Journal “BOAS_insights #2” (“Bonn Oriental and Asian Studies Insights”)

 

97.     Articles for New Journal “Forum Islamic-Theological Studies”

 

98.     Chapters for Edited Book on “Building Social Cohesion through Interreligious Dialogue”

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CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS 1. ONLINE Presentation of the Book “Global South Scholars in the Western Academy: Harnessing Unique Experiences, Knowledges, and Positionality in the Third Space” by the Editors Dr Staci B. Martin and Deepra Dandekar, PhD., Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 24 January 2022, 3:00 pm CET The book identifies the unique position that scholars have come to adopt "in-between" North and South and theorizes this positionality as a "third space", carved out by academics negotiating personal, professional, and cultural belonging. This liminal subject position, enriched by experiences of migration, racialization, poverty, and difference, is shown to drive knowledge-production and justice-orientated approaches in the academy. Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Inhalte/Veranstaltungen/2022/ZMO_15_Plakat_Einzelveranstaltung_297x420_RZ.pdf ____________________________________ 2. National Dialogue on “The Social Protection System in Tunisia”, Economic Research Forum (ERF), Cairo, 24-25 January 2022, 4:00 pm TRT Experts, civil society representatives and policy makers will discuss the main challenges of the current social protection system in general and more specifically regarding health insurance and outcomes, social protection extension strategies for informal workers, wages, and determine the main priorities in terms of reforms for a more inclusive social protection system in Tunisia. Information and registration: https://erf.org.eg/events/national-dialogue-on-the-social-protection-system-intunisia/ ____________________________________ 3. ONLINE Webinar: “Iran-Europe Dynamics and the JCPOA Negotiations”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 25 January 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm SGT Since the start of the Iranian nuclear controversy, the EU has been steadfastly mediating between Iran and the US, an effort that has continued till today. We seek to find answers to questions such as EU’s motivation behind its central role in the nuclear negotiations, the nature of Iran-EU relations and what does the EU foresee Iran’s role in the Middle East to be. Information and registration: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/event/iran-europe-dynamics-and-the-jcpoa-negotiations/ ____________________________________ 4. ONLINE Lecture: “Medinas of the Maghreb and the Concept of Islamic City: Between Texts and Models” by Amine Kasmi (University of Tlemcen), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 25 January 2022, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EST The purpose of this lecture is to confront various theoretical conceptions of this issue in order to trace morphological and landscape characteristics of Maghrebi medinas. Information and registration: https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/MaghrebiMedinas ____________________________________ 5. ONLINE Seminar by Şevket Pamuk on “Monetary and Financial History since the Ottoman Era”, History Foundation of Turkey, 26 January 2022, 7:00 pm TRT This is a part of a new series of seminars on the history of Turkey from Empire to Republic. The seminars will cover a wide range of topics on Turkey’s political, social, economic, and cultural history. The series aims to provide historical background and to highlight the role of its imperial heritage in understanding the pressing issues of contemporary Turkey. Information and registration: https://tarihvakfi.org.tr/etkinlikler/etkinlik/history-seminars/ ____________________________________ 6. ONLINE International Conference: “Media Aesthetics of Occidentalism”, Centre for Near and Middle East Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, 26-28 January 2022 The conference pursues the central question: “How do media aesthetic qualities contribute to the constitution of Occidentalist discourses?” Program and registration : https://www.online.uni-marburg.de/okzidentalismus/index.php/programm/ ____________________________________ 7. ONLINE Webinar: “Israel’s Continuing Policy of Palestinian Dispossession: From Sheikh Jarrah to Al-Naqab”, Arab Center Washington DC, 27 January 2022, 10:00 am ET Experts will discuss the volatile situation in the Naqab in the context of Israel’s ongoing policy of displacement and dispossession against Palestinians. They will address the significance and legal status of the Naqab area, the growing and unified Palestinian mobilization against Israeli oppression, the role of the international political community, and the importance of voices from the Bedouin community and accurate media reporting. Information and registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5116427104890/WN_UVT2RHeCS7mGmY9E-JT1rQ ____________________________________ 8. ONLINE Book Discussion: “Routledge Handbook on China-Middle East Relations”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 27 January 2022, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm SGT China’s growing Middle East presence affects intra-regional development, trade, security and diplomacy. It is the biggest source of foreign direct investment into the region and the largest trading partner for most Middle Eastern states. This portends a larger role in political and security-related affairs as the value of Chinese assets, combined with a growing expatriate population in the region, demands a more proactive role in contributing to regional order. Information and registration: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/event/book-discussion-routledge-handbook-on-chinamiddle-east-relations/ ____________________________________ 9. ONLINE Lecture ““Saladin, we have returned!” General Henri Gouraud and the Memory and Legacy of the Crusades in the Muslim Near East” by Prof. Dr. Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway, University of London-UK), University of Marburg, Germany, 27 January 2022, 5:00 pm CET This is part of the Lecture Series “Rethinking Memory and Historiography of the Crusades in the Middle East”. Moderator: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Fuess (University of Marburg). Organised by Dr. Ahmed M. Sheir. Information and registration: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w00onNuGTJiDFSoQ3gfE1cBsJF7zINd- /view?usp=sharing ____________________________________ 10. ONLINE Roundtable: “Turkish Television Explained: Domestic Priorities – Global Impacts”, Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative at NYU (OTS-NYU), 28 January 2022, 12:00 pm EST This interdisciplinary roundtable on Turkish television will explore the multifaceted influence these shows have both in Turkey and across the globe. Information and registration: https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAod-GqqDgoGNUXLWtKOQeaUq0WCMAFLmyq ____________________________________ 11. ONLINE Webinar: “Climate Change and Displacement: Experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East” hosted by Nadje Al-Ali, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 28 January 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST This discussion focuses on the experiences of migrants, exploring how climate change and environmental hazards exacerbate existing vulnerabilities and affect patterns of migration and the challenges that migrants face negotiating these, with a particular focus on the experiences of women. Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2021/climate-change-and-displacement ____________________________________ 12. Colloque : « Le Qāḍī Abū Bakr Ibn al‑ʿArabī (m. 543/1148) : Parcours, héritage et transmission » à l’occasion du 900e anniversaire de son décès, Centre Jaques-Berque, Rabat, 28 et 29 janvier 2021 Ce colloque international a pour objectif de dresser un bilan de la recherche académique réalisée sur la figure, l’œuvre et la postérité d’un des savants les plus influents de l’Occident Musulman. En effet, depuis près de cent vingt-cinq ans, les nombreux travaux d’édition et études thématiques autour de son œuvre se sont succédé à un rythme effréné, traduisant un fort intérêt des chercheurs pour cette figure riche et complexe du Ve/ XIe siècle. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2021/10/colloque-internationnal-janvier-2022.pdf ____________________________________ 13. ONLINE Webinaire : « Le marché du livre arabe traduit en français depuis 2011 » par Richar Jaquemond, Atelier de recherche du CEDEJ, Paris, 1 février 2022, 16h00 CET Comment les évolutions en cours dans l’espace littéraire arabe depuis une vingtaine d’années se donnentelles à voir dans le marché de la littérature arabe traduite en français? Quels effets ont eu les printemps arabes et les crises et conflits qui les ont suivis sur l’exportation de cette production littéraire? Comment ces circuits d’exportation sont-ils affectés par les transformations du marché international de la littérature? Information et inscription : http://cedej-eg.org/index.php/2022/01/20/atelier-de-recherche-le-marche-du-livrearabe-traduit-en-francais-depuis-2011-1-fevrier-a-16h00/ ____________________________________ 14. ONLINE Conversation on “Making the Gulf: Regulating Movements and Politics” by Natasha Iskander and Arang Keshavarzian, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, 2 February 2022, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm EST The two speakers will explore the strategies deployed in the Gulf to regulate mobility, especially the mobility of labor, and the ways those strategies enact power relations in the region and beyond. Information and registration: https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1Yysy0wRSbmsDlqcRhFJdA ____________________________________ 15. ONLINE FIFA World Cup 2022 Panel: “Who Belongs to a Country? National Representation and Identity at the FIFA World Cup 2022”, Georgetown University Qatar, 2 February 2022, 6:00 pm AST While a vast majority of France’s winning World Cup squad in 2018 was immigrants, many players born in France represented other countries such as Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia. However, in the Qatar national team that won the 2019 AFC Asian Championship, most players were born and raised in the country, many of them being the sons of immigrants. Listen to discussions about national teams and the national identity of players. Information: https://cirs.qatar.georgetown.edu/research/research-initiatives/building-legacy-qatar-fifa-worldcup-2022/. Registration: https://georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qz2XzUMrSouTUYuN3velOQ ____________________________________ 16. HYBRID Lecture “The Metaphysical Dimension of the Prophet in Avicenna’s Thought” by Dr. Meryem Sebti (CNRS, Paris) in the “Islamic History and Thought Lecture Series”, Aga Khan Centre, London, 3 February 2022, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm GMT The prophet has a major metaphysical function. This is a fundamental thesis of Avicenna’s prophetology, and one of the main theses that will be explored in this lecture. Discussants are Dr Toby Mayer are Dr Fârès Gillon (Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK). Information and registration: https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/metaphysical-dimension-prophet-avicenna-sthought?utm_source=hnet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IHTLS ____________________________________ 17. ONLINE Webinar on the Book of Sa'ed Atshan on “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique” Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 4 February 2022, 01:00 pm - 02:00 pm EST The author asks how transnational progressive social movements can balance struggles for liberation along more than one axis. He explores critical junctures in the history of Palestinian LGBTQ activism, revealing the queer Palestinian spirit of agency, defiance, and creativity, in the face of daunting pressures and forces working to constrict it. Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2021/book-talk-saed-atshan-empire-ofcritique ____________________________________ 18. ONLINE Virtual Coffee Morning for Early Career Researchers on “Social Policy in the MENA”, United Nations University, Maastricht, Netherlands, 9 February 2021, 11:00 am CET Are you an ECR working on social policy in the MENA and like to connect to other researchers? We would like to invite you to a virtual coffee morning organised by the ECR representatives at the MENA SP Network. Information and registration: https://bath-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwocu2srj0sHdMImVeG4hFZGEYNl9IjjnCa ____________________________________ 19. ONLINE Webinar on the Book of Gil Hochberg on “Becoming Palestine: Toward an Archival Imagination of the Future”, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 10 February 2022, 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm EST The author examines how contemporary Palestinian artists, filmmakers, dancers, and activists use the archive in order to radically imagine Palestine’s future. She shows how artists reimagine the archive, approaching it not through the desire to unearth hidden knowledge, but to sever the identification of the archive with the past. Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2022/gil-hochberg-becoming-palestine ____________________________________ 20. ONLINE Lecture by Rema Hammami on “GBV Humanitarianism in Gaza: Gender Violence and the Geopolitics of Humanitarian Care and Immiseration”, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 15 February 2022, 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm EST Under siege and international sanctions, while enduring massive and recurrent Israeli military aggression, since 2008 Gazans have become subject to a powerful assemblage of humanitarian actors and aid flows that have instantiated the prevention and treatment of gender-based violence (GBV) as the exclusive gender concern in Gazan society. Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2022/rema-hammami-gbv-humanitarianism-gaza ____________________________________ 21. ONLINE Lecture: “Hunger, Heresy and Rebellion in ʿAbbasid Arabia” by Peter Webb (Universiteit Leiden), University of Hamburg, 15 February 2022, 4:00 - 5:30 pm CET This is a part of the lecture series: "Rethinking Social Contention: Rebellion, Banditry and Martyrdom in the Pre-Modern Islamicate World" hosted by the Emmy Noether Research Group "Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period (SCORE)". Information and registration: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score/news/2021-12-lectureseries.html ____________________________________ 22. ONLINE Webinar: “From Compilation to Indexing: Tracing the Practice of Early Modern Orientalist Scholarship” by Paul Babinski (University of Copenhagen), School of Historical Studies, IAS, 16 February 2022, 12:00 pm ET This talk will trace that history in the early modern period, giving an overview of the conventions of orientalist annotation and focusing on a comparison between manuscripts from the two premier Western European Arabists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, respectively: Jacob Golius and Johann Jacob Reiske. Information and registration: https://theias.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYucuutqD8sH9Ej6uFuNoOS2u08trqw-8iO ____________________________________ 23. ONLINE Conference: “The Concept of Protology/Cosmology and the Concept of Eschatology in Judaism, Christianity and Islam” in the Series “Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses” (KCID), Bavarian Research Center for Interreligious Discourses (BaFID), Universität ErlangenNürnberg, 16-17 February, 2:00 pm CET Speakers on Protology/Cosmology: Prof. em. Dr. Philip Alexander and Prof. Dr. Daniel Langton, University of Manchester/UK, on Judaism; Prof. Dr. Dirk Ansorge, Frankfurt/Main, on Christianity; Prof. Dr. Mira Sievers, HU Berlin, on Islam. Speaker on Eschatology: Prof. em. Dr. Todd Lawson, University of Toronto/CA, on Islam; etc. Information and registration: https://www.bafid.fau.eu/research/conference-series-kcid/ ____________________________________ 24. ONLINE Lecture on “Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization Beyond Partition” by Leila H. Farsakh (University of Massachusetts Boston), SOAS, 22 February 2022, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT This groundbreaking book shows how notions of citizenship, sovereignty, and nationhood are being rethought within the broader context of decolonization. Bringing forth critical and multifaceted engagements with what modern Palestinian self-determination entails, this book sets the terms of debate for the future of Palestine beyond partition. Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/22feb2022-rethinking-statehood-inpalestine-self-determination-and-decolonization-beyond-partition.html ____________________________________ 25. ONLINE Lecture: “The Politics of Jihad in Early Crusading Period among the Turkmen and Kurds” by Prof. Dr. Taef El-Azhari (Helwan University), University of Marburg, Germany, 24 February 2022, 5:00 pm CET This is part of the Lecture Series “Rethinking Memory and Historiography of the Crusades in the Middle East”. Moderator: Prof. Dr. Umar Ryad (University of Leuven). Organised by Dr. Ahmed M. Sheir. Information and registration: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w00onNuGTJiDFSoQ3gfE1cBsJF7zINd- /view?usp=sharing ____________________________________ 26. ONLINE Seminar on “The Cunning of Gender Violence: Geopolitics and Feminism”, by Hammami, Abu-Lughod and Shalhoub-Kevorkina, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 25 February 2022, 12:00 pm - 01:30 pm EST This seminar is based on the findings of a three-year collaborative research project between feminist scholars of the Middle East and South Asia that explored these questions across a range of intersecting local, national, and global contexts, in the process uncovering the ways in which religion and racialized ethnicity, particularly “the Muslim question,” run deeply through the international governance structures of GBVAW, even when insistently disavowed. Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2022/gender-violence-geopolitics-andfeminism ____________________________________ 27. ONLINE Webinar: “Visions of Beirut: The Urban Life of Media Infrastructure” with Hatim ElHibri and Will Youmans, Institute for Middle East Studies, George Washington University, 3 March 2022, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST El-Hibri traces how the technologies and media infrastructure that visualize the city are used to consolidate or destabilize regimes of power. Outlining how Beirut’s urban space and public life intertwine with images and infrastructure, El-Hibri interrogates how media embody and exacerbate the region’s political fault lines. Information and registration: https://imes.elliott.gwu.edu/events/visions-of-beirut-the-urban-life-of-media-infrastructure-with-hatim-el-hibri-and-will-youmans/ ____________________________________ 28. ONLINE Webinar: “The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs” by Marc David Baer (LSE), London Middle East Institute, SOAS, 8 March 2022, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT Recounting the Ottomans’ remarkable rise from a frontier principality to a world empire, historian Baer traces their debts to their Turkish, Mongolian, Islamic, and Byzantine heritage. The Ottomans pioneered religious toleration even as they used religious conversion to integrate conquered peoples. But in the nineteenth century, they embraced exclusivity, leading to ethnic cleansing, genocide, and the empire’s demise after the First World War.  Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/08mar2022-the-ottomans-khans-caesars-and-caliphs.html ____________________________________ 29. HYBRID International Conference: “Silk Roads by Land and Sea”, GUtech German University of Technology, Muscat, 9-12 March 2022 The conference is 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://rio-heritage.org/event/international-conference-silk-roads-by-land-and-sea/ ____________________________________ 30. ONLINE 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://wmich.edu/medievalcongress ____________________________________ 31. 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? Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/8772990/call-papers-quotidian-anddivine-gendered-economies-monasticism ____________________________________ 32. 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 ____________________________________ 33. 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 ____________________________________ 34. 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://www.kcl.ac.uk/dsd/assets/cfp1922conf.pdf ____________________________________ 35. Workshop: “Continuity and Change Throughout the Ottoman Longue Durée”, Third Annual Mid-Atlantic Ottomanists Workshop (MAOW), University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, USA, 1-3 April 2022. Works in progress and early career scholars are especially welcomed. Regional participants prioritized. Abstracts are due 31 January 2022, submitted to naltikri@umw.edu. Information: https://maow.umwblogs.org/ ____________________________________ 36. HYBRID Event: “8th Annual Centre for Palestine Studies Research Seminar”, SOAS, University of London, 4 May 2022 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 abstracrts: 30 January 2022. Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem155780.html ____________________________________ 37. ONLINE Workshop: “The Dynamics of Political Contention under Authoritarianism Regimes”, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program, University of Alberta, 19-20 May 2022 The workshop will focus on questions such as: What forms does activism take in authoritarian countries? What strategies have proven more or less effective as activists seek public support for their causes, policy change, or more lasting effects, including political reform and even regime change? Deadline for abstracts: 7 February 2022. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/01/21/call-for-papers-the-dynamics-of-political-contention-under-authoritarianism-regimesworkshop ____________________________________ 38. Conference on “Minorities in the Maghrib,” Organised by the Centre for Maghrib Studies, Djerba Island, Tunisia, 20-22 May 2022 The axes of the conference revolve around the historical formation and development of minorities, and the process of “minoritizing” and marginalizing in the contemporary Maghrib. The projection of minorities in the future will also be a central concern. The organizing committee welcomes proposals that encompass all aspects of the minority question in the Maghrib. Deadline for abstracts extended to 1 February 2022. Information: http://centermaghribstudies.org/minoritiesin-the-maghrib-conference ____________________________________ 39. 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. Information: http://theacss.org/pages/fora-and-debates/1425/call-for-papers_the-arab-majority-and-muslimmajority-worlds-in-and-contemporary-decolonisation-debates ____________________________________ 40. 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 ____________________________________ 41. 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. Information: https://www.imf.csic.es/files/ficheros/seminarios/2021/Call-Conference-Afro-Iberia-2022.pdf ____________________________________ 42. ONLINE Conference: “Islamic Perspectives on Exotheology”, Zayed University, 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. Information: https://www.academia.edu/51090491/Call_for_papers_Islamic_Perspectives_on_Exotheology ____________________________________

43. 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. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/8795716/jewish-questions-and-globalsouth-between-sovereignty-and-human ____________________________________ 44. 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 ____________________________________ 45. Conference: “Muslim Societies and Peacebuilding in Africa”, Al-Hokama Center for Peace Research, Rabat, 26-28 May 2022 The conference will focus 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 ____________________________________ 46. Panel on “Liberalism and Islam in Contemporary Global Literature”, Conference of the British Association of Islam Studies (BRAIS), University of Edinburgh, 6-7 June 2022 Topics include: “Every day Islam” in Literature; Liberalism and Orientalism; The relation between piety and its performance in Muslim everyday life in literature; Neo-Orientalism in global literature; Muslim identity politics and liberalism in western spaces. Deadline for abstracts: 28 January 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/9554601/liberalism-and-islam-contemporary-global-literature-brais ____________________________________ 47. 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. Information: http://sjms2022.arabcol.net/sjms2022arabcol/ ____________________________________ 48. APSA MENA Workshop for Early-Career Scholars: “Studying Public Opinion in the Contemporary Middle East: Challenges, Opportunities and Best Practices”, University of Jordan, Amman, 12-17 June 2022 The workshop will discuss the growing body of research that use surveys, experiments, and/or focus groups to understand what MENA populations think and want on a wide range of issues, from gender to conflict to religion to democracy. The workshop will spotlight growing areas of MENA public opinion research, such as attitudes toward gender rights, rebel governance, and more. Application deadline: 13 February 2022. Information: https://web.apsanet.org/mena/2022- workshops/?fbclid=IwAR0ibUfhYWVlxNE-8OSw28iw75O_zr6sjB2o2tKnIvRi3KbiDKkcV64kYyY ____________________________________ 49. ONLINE Workshop on “Roads to Peace? Infrastructures, Peace, and Conflict (Including Middle East)”, Swansea University, 14-15 June 2022 Historians, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, geographers, and scholars from other interested disciplines are invited to reflect on peace, conflict, and infrastructure (understood as socio-technical systems for the provision of mobility, communication, power, health, and hygiene) from a historical perspective (modern and premodern, micro and macro, local and global). Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/9558611/roads-peace-infrastructures-peace-and-conflict ____________________________________ 50. HYBRID Conference: “Mercenaries and Crusaders (1202-1480s)”, University of Debrecen, Hungary, 22-24 June 2022 Panels and papers are welcome on the topics: Mercenaries in the Holy Land; Mercenaries in Byzantine Armies; Mercenaries in the Crusades against the Ottomans; Crusades in the Holy Land, the Baltics, the Iberian Peninsula; against the Ottomans; Crusades against Christians; Perception of Mercenaries in Narrative Literature; etc. Extended deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2022. Information: https://mercenariesandcrusaders.com/?page_id=51 ____________________________________ 51. 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. Information: http://www.sesamoitalia.it/xv-convegno-sesamo-napoli-2022/ ____________________________________ 52. 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 ____________________________________ 53. 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. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8330/discussions/9058439/unfreedom-premodern-world-comparative-perspectives-slavery ____________________________________ 54. HYBRID 10th International Conference of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (SSCLE) on “Crusading Encounters”, University of London, 27 June - 1 July 2022 Themes will include: Interactions (real or imagined) between crusaders and indigenous peoples; Crusading archaeology; Impact of crusading on the environment or natural world; Intellectual influences of crusading on medicine, science, culture, language/literature; Intermarriage, travel and/or communication between peoples, borders, languages; Encounters with the crusading past; etc. Information: http://www.sscleconference.com/call-for-papers.html ____________________________________ 55. HYBRID Conference: “2nd Annual International Conference of the British Association of Teachers of Arabic (BATA)”, University of Westminster, 30 June - 1 July 2022 The Conference is designed to offer a platform for teachers, students and research scholars of Arabic language, culture, literature, linguistics and translation, to exchange ideas, share good practice and disseminate their scholarship and research to a wider audience. Key themes are: 1. Teaching Arabic and Culture; 2. Arabic Translation; 3. Arabic Literature and Literary Criticism; 4. Arabic Linguistics. Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2022. Information: https://britisharabicteaching.org/bata-conference-2022 ____________________________________ 56. 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 ____________________________________ 57. 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”. Papers will focus on 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 ____________________________________ 58. 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. Information: https://adterramsanctam.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/pilgrimage-conference-cfp.pdf ____________________________________ 59. 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 July 2022 The workshop will bring 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. Information: https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-114230?language=en ____________________________________ 60. Three 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 ____________________________________ 61. “Twelfth Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies” by the “Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSMES)” on “The Middle East in Myth and Reality”, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 22-24 September 2022 Paper proposals are encouraged to explore and discuss social, political, geographical, historical and religious myths and realities from all fields and disciplines of the Middle Eastern studies, including the following fields: Middle Eastern history, anthropology, archaeology, religion, politics, sociology, language, and literature. Papers on other relevant themes pertinent to current Middle Eastern Studies are also welcome. Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2022. Information: https://vigdis.hi.is/en/events/nsmes-conference-2022/ ____________________________________ 62. 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 ____________________________________ 63. Conference: “Balance of Justice in the Ottoman Empire. Non-Muslims as Agents in an Islamic Imperial Legal Context”, Sabancı University, Istanbul, 13-15 October 2022 Focusing on the period from the early modern to the modern era papers are invited on the followind questions: How can we reveal non-Muslims’ agency in the Ottoman legal context? What notions and practices of institutionalization, authority, and coercion did non-Muslims have? And what new, dynamic models can we develop in their place to better understand the varying ways non-Muslims participated in Ottoman society? Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2022. Information: https://www.ottolegal.net/thebalanceofjustice ____________________________________ 64. 56th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), Denver, Colorado, 1-4 December 2022 MESA’s purview is primarily the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab World (and their diasporas) from the seventh century to modern times. Other regions, including Spain, Southeastern Europe, China and the former Soviet Union, also are included for the periods in which their territories were parts of the Middle Eastern empires. Deadline for abstracts: 17 February 2022. Information: https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers ____________________________________ 65. Conference: “Screening Crime in the Arab World”, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, 4-6 May 2023 This conference will focus on Arab crime films and TV series from the beginning of Arab cinema to the present. The aim of the conference to read them in their historical contexts of production and reception and to reflect on the multiple dimensions – narrative, cultural, social, legal, political, etc. – of crime and, where appropriate, of criminal investigations in Arab movies/shows. Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2022. Information: https://bit.ly/3IawbGk _________________________________________ POSITIONS 66. International Fellowships for Excellent Researchers from the Humanities, Cultural Studies and the Social Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Essen University, Germany The research should focus on literary and cultural sociology, cultural science studies, science communication or public humanities in addition to research concerned with cultures of communication and political participation. Innovative research questions, concepts and methods in connection with theories of philology, cultural studies and the social sciences are welcome. Deadline for applications: 28 February 2022. Information: https://www.kulturwissenschaften.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/call-international-fellowships-v.pdf __________________________________ 67. 2 Junior Postdoctoral Fellows, 2 Postdoctoral Fellows, 2 Senior Fellows, 2 Doctoral Fellows, 2 Short Term Fellows for Research at the Cluster of Excellence “Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery” We invite excellent international scholars whose research focuses on various forms of strong asymmetrical dependency and slavery across all historical periods before the 20th century, and all cultural contexts. Deadline for applications: 15 March 2022. Information: https://www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/en/academicprograms/heinz-heinen-fellowship-program __________________________________ 68. Two PhD Positions (2+2 Years) in Digital Islamic History, University of Hamburg The PhD students will work on one of the case studies of the project: “The Evolution of Islamic Societies (c.600-1600 CE): Algorithmic Analysis into Social History”. Applicants must have a M.A. in Islamic or Middle Eastern Studies or another relevant field, excellent classical Arabic reading skills, a good grasp of pre-modern Islamic history and some prior experience working with pre-modern Arabic sources. Deadline for application: 31 March 2022. Information: https://tinyurl.com/PhD01; https://tinyurl.com/PhD02. Contact: maxim.romanov@uni-hamburg.de __________________________________ 69. Assistant Professor for Contemporary Politics and Modern History of the Middle East, Radboud University, the Netherlands Applicants should be experts in the modern history and politics of the Middle East, its global networks, and the role of Muslim actors within the contemporary political sphere. Deadline for application: 24 January 2022. Information: https://www.ru.nl/werken-bij/vacature/details-vacature/?recid=1180515&doel=embed&taal=nl __________________________________ 70. Doctoral Student in History of Religions Specialising in Islamology (Fully-funded up to 4 Years), Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Sweden Deadline for applications: 15 February 2022 . Information: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:463766/type:job/where:4/apply:1. Please contact Prf. Oliver Scharbrodt O.Scharbrodt@bham.ac.uk. __________________________________ 71. Postdoctoral Position (2 Years) for Research on “Prisca Alchimia. The Beginnings of Arabic Alchemy in the East (8th-10th Centuries) and its Transmission to al-Andalus and to the Latin World”, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Qualifications: PhD in Islamic Studies, in Middle Eastern Studies, or related fields, granted within the last 6 years (i.e. after 1/7/2016); an excellent command of Classical Arabic; excellent skills in codicology, Arabic paleography, and manuscript tradition studies; a first-rate track record and research experience; etc. Deadline for applications: 28 February 2022. Information: sebastien.moureau@uclouvain.be __________________________________ 72. Doctoral Research Fellowship (3 Years) in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oslo, Norway The doctoral project, designed by the applicant, is expected to explore the relationship between cultural production and social changes in the Middle East and beyond. Qualification: Master's degree in Middle Eastern studies, comparative literature, or other related fields; Fluent oral and written communication skills in English, fluency in Arabic; Competency in other Middle Eastern Language. Deadline for application: 28 February 2022. Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/availablejobs/job/215412/doctoral-research-fellowship-in-middle-eastern-studies __________________________________ 73. Two Visiting Fellowships, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies The fellowships are offered to support research in any area of the arts, humanities, or social sciences that has relevance to the study of Islam or the Muslim world, and carry a supplementary stipend of £5000. Applicants would normally be established academics but scholars at the postdoctoral level are also eligible. Deadline for applications: 28 January 2022. Information: https://www.oxcis.ac.uk/visiting-fellowships __________________________________ 74. 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 ____________________________________ 75. Wissenschaftl. MitarbeiterIn (3 Jahre) in Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft, Dienstort Kairo, OrientInstitut Beirut Voraussetzungen: MA-Abschluss oder BA-Abschluss und fortgeschrittenes MA-Studium in den Fächern Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft oder verwandten Fächern der Nahost-Studien; Sprachkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift in Deutsch, Arabisch und Englisch; Bereitschaft zu Dienstreisen. Bewerbungsschluss: 15. Februar 2022. Informationen: https: https://

Bewerbungsschluss: 15. Februar 2022. Informationen: https: https://www.orient-institut.org/people/vacancies/wmoibkairo/ ____________________________________ 76. 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 ___________________________________ 77. Senior Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor of Islamic Governance, Universiti Brunei Darussalam Qualifications: Ph.D. in Islamic Studies (Governance, Politics and/or Public Policy), Political Islam, Islamic Law (Applied Shari'ah) or related field from a recognised university; Demonstrate outstanding record of research output, particularly on the conceptualisation and application of Shari'ah or policies within the context of Islamic or Muslim societies; Record of teaching excellence. Information: https://professorpositions.com/senior-assistant-professorassociate-professorprofessor-of-islamic-governance,i27359.html?key=3cfc7393fe33388f ___________________________________ 78. Fellowships of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDF) in the JDC Archives in New York or Jerusalem Fellowships will be awarded to senior scholars, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and independent researchers to conduct research in the JDC Archives. Research topics in the fields of twentieth century Jewish history, modern history, social welfare, migration, and humanitarian assistance will be considered, as well as other areas of academic research covered in the JDC archival collections. Deadline for applications: 28 January 2022. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/01/03/jdc-archives-fellowships ___________________________________ 79. Visiting Assistant Professor (1 Year) of History with Specialisation in the Middle East, Nazareth College, Rochester, New York Candidates must be either ABD or have a PhD in history or closely related field. The successful candidate will teach four courses per semester (two sections of introductory classes, survey classes and upper division classes in areas of specialization). Deadline for application: Open until filled. Information: https://jobs.naz.edu/postings/2779 ___________________________________ 80. Postdoctoral Joint Fellowship in Israel and Middle Eastern Studies, American University, Washington DC Qualifications: One fellow’s academic home must be in Israel, and one fellow’s academic home must be in another region in the Middle East. Applicants must have satisfactorily completed all requirements for the Ph.D. degree by July 2022. Deadline for applications: 15 February 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/100957 ___________________________________ 81. Visiting Assistant Professor Islamic Art (2 Years), Washington and Lee University, Virginia Qualification: PhD in Art History or Visual StudiesArea of specialization is open. This position carries a 6- course teaching load distributed over Fall and Winter terms (12 weeks each), and the University’s signature 4-week Spring Term. Deadline for applications: 1 February 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/101082 ___________________________________ 82. Postdoctoral Fellows/Research Associates (2 Years) for Research Project on “Interactive Histories, Co-Produced Communities: Judaism, Christianity and Islam”, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, and University of Bern Qualifications: PhD in a relevant field (History, Religion, Art History, Interreligious Studies, Theology, etc.); appropriate number of publications depending on the candidate’s experience; general interest in the historical relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims as manifest in the candidate’s track record; etc. Deadline for applications: 31 March 2022. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62832 ___________________________________ 83. Darwish Visiting Professor (1 Year) In Palestinian Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI We seek a candidate with an outstanding record of national and international scholarly achievement, a clear commitment to excellence by providing leadership in teaching and research toward building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment. Deadline for applications: 24 January 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/98523 ___________________________________ 84. 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 _________________________________________ OTHER INFORMATION 85. Research Award for Scientific Studies on Ankara and Its Environs, Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research Center Themes: The social, institutional and economic history; Cultural, social, geographical and environmental characteristics; Historical, cultural, literal, artistic and urban development; Diplomatic, cultural and economic relations with other cities and countries in history; Urban issues related to historical processes and practices in the field of law, medicine and education, etc. Deadline for application: 28 January 2022. Information: https://vekam.ku.edu.tr/en/vekam/researchawards/procedures-for-application/ ____________________________________ 86. Funding of a Research Project on “Towards a Fairer and More Anti-discriminatory Support for International Relocation in North-South Contexts” by Martin Roth Initiative, Goethe Institut and Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen How can the work and design of mobility, shelter, and relocation programmes be more sensitive to various challenges and make support, protection and cooperation as empowering and fair as possible? Deadline for applications: 15 February 2022. Information: https://www.ifa.de/fileadmin/Content/docs/organisation/stellenausschreibungen/Call_for_proposals_MRI_Jan_2022.pdf ____________________________________ 87. Scholarships for Research on “Borders, Migration and Knowledge” by Ph.D. Students Worldwide, Zeit-Foundation We invite applications from Ph.D. students worldwide studying borders and bordering phenomena in different regions of the world. Both empirical research based on extensive fieldwork and projects centered on theoretical reflection are eligible for support. Innovative and challenging research questions as well as comparative approaches are highly welcome. Deadline for applications: 1 March 2022. Information: https://beyondborders.zeit-stiftung.de/ ____________________________________ 88. ONLINE Course: “The Eighth Yemen Exchange”, Sana’a Center and The Exchange Foundation, 28 February - 11 March 2022, Monday - Friday, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm AST The intensive course is designed to provide unique access to information, perspectives, updates and analysis on Yemen for both those seeking to develop a working background on the country as well as those already thoroughly versed in its dynamics. Participants from around the world will listen to Yemeni analysts, academics, politicians, bureaucrats, business leaders and international experts to gain insight and rare first-hand knowledge about the country from a wide range of perspectives. Deadline for registration: 6 February 2022. Information: https://www.globalpoliticalexchange.org/ ____________________________________ 89. École doctorale : « Concurrences et cohabitations des religiosités u Maghreb et en Afrique de l’Ouest : des terrains de comparaisons ? », Tunis, 23-27 mai 2022 L'IRMC organise l'école doctorale en partenariat avec Amidex, Université Aix-Marseille, le Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative (LESC) et l'Institut d'ethnologie méditerranéenne, européenne et comparative (IDEMEC). Date limite de dépôt des candidatures : 10 mars 2022. Information : https://irmc.hypotheses.org/3333 ____________________________________ 90. CEST Summer School “Cultural Exchange and Heritage (Related to Turkey)", University of Vienna, 11-22 July 2022 The CEST Summer School is open to graduate students (enrolled in advanced MA and PhD programs) and early career scholars (within four years of receiving their PhD) in Turkey and Europe whose research interest is relevant to cultural exchange and heritage in the context of Turkey. Deadline for applications: 25 February 2022. Information: https://cest-graduateschool.univie.ac.at ____________________________________ 91. ONLINE Summer Course “Introduction to Arabic Manuscript Studies”, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, Collegdevielle, MN, 13-24 June 2022 For graduate students, advanced undergraduates, faculty, and independent scholars with a research interest in Arabic manuscripts. The program welcomes international applicants. Deadline for application: 1 March 2022. Information: https://hmml.org/programs/arabic-mss-studies/ ____________________________________ 92. Summer Course for College and University Educators on “Middle Eastern Christianity: A Historic and Living Tradition”, Bradley University, Preoria IL, 5-25 June 2022 This course will guide educators in developing curricula on Middle Eastern Christianity in its broadest senses. Participants will work with specialists from various humanistic disciplines who will share their expertise on religion, language, culture, and inter-religious dynamics in historical and contemporary contexts. The Institute includes educational visits to Arab Christian communities in central Illinois. Deadline for application: 1 March 2022. Information: https://bradley.edu/middle-east-christianity ____________________________________ 93. 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 ____________________________________ 94. 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. ____________________________________ 95. Articles on “The Western Mediterranean and Relations Between Religious Communities In All Area” for Special Issue of the Journal “Maghreb Review” Topics could include: 1. The impact of the Arab-Islamic conquest on Christian and Jewish communities in the region. 2. Andalusia with Western Europe during the Umayyad Period 755-1031 and experiences of travel more broadly. 3. The attitudes of different medieval Muslim empires towards religious difference and minorities. 4. Commercial relations and litigation across religious lines in the medieval and early modern period. Etc. Deadline for submissions in English or French: 31 January 2022. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/call-for-articles-relations-between-religious-communities-maghreb-review?e=82aeb6c61d ____________________________________ 96. 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 ____________________________________ 97. 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 ____________________________________ 98. Chapters for Edited Book on “Building Social Cohesion through Interreligious Dialogue” Articles are invited from intellectuals, religious scholars and leaders, faith practitioners, social scientists, educators, anthropologists, theologians, activists and others that are concerned with the issue of religious dialogue and social cohesion in a plural society. Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/9533466/call-book-chapters-interreligious-dialogue. 

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