dimanche 17 novembre 2013

Συνέδρια, ημερίδες, θέσεις εργασίας, υποτροφίες, πληροφορίες που ενδιαφέρουν την ΕΕΕΣΜΑ

EURAMES Info Service 43/13

CONFERENCES

1. International Workshop: “Towards New Migration Systems, Patterns and Policies in
Eurasia: The Case of Turkey and the Russian Federation”, University of Oxford, 25
November 2013

The workshop will be hosted by Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, (COMPAS),
the Turkish Migration Studies Group (TurkMiS), Ertegun House  and South East
European Studies (SEESOX), St Antony’s, all University of Oxford and will discuss in
general the causes and consequences of migration flows in Eurasia and in particular
the population movements between Turkey and Russia which in fact lead to a new
migration system within this region. There will be two panels and in total six
papers: Panel I: Migration in Eurasia: Past Trends, (Dis)continuities, Transition
and Change and Panel II: Migration in Eurasia: Turkish-Russian Migration System.

Contact franck.duvell@compas.ox.ac.uk. Information

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2. Post-Graduate Conference: "New Research in Language-Based Area Studies",
University of Manchester, 13-14 March 2014

The conference is organized by the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World
(CASAW) and other institutions. The aim of the conference is to explore new avenues
for researching the Arabic speaking world, China and Japan, and Eastern Europe and
Russia; to encourage comparative studies of these regions and countries; to
facilitate a cross-centre dialogue; and to offer a forum for postgraduates to
present their work to peers.

Papers on the following broad themes will be particularly welcome: 1. The global vs.
the local 2. Social imaginaries 3. Nation-building: continuities and discontinuities
4. Identity politics and the media 5. Language in use: discourses, narratives and
perspectives 6. The production, maintenance and transformation of power 7. Religion
as politics

Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be submitted by 1 December 2013 to

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3. Symposium: “Ways of Knowing: Asian and Middle Eastern Women in Photographs”,
Singapore, 28-29 March 2014

This symposium is organized by Nanyang Technological University and the Middle East
Institute, National University of Singapore, is a co-sponsor. Researchers from
different disciplines (anthropology, sociology, history, literature, cultural
studies, etc.) who use photographs (videos) of women as a research method are
invited  to meet and discuss their approaches as well as the results of their
research. The conference aims to bring together various perspectives in the social
and human sciences and in the humanities.
     
Deadline for abstracts: 2 December 2013. Information
   
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4. International Conference: "Ancient Arbela: Pre-Islamic History of Erbil", Erbil,
Iraq 7–10 April 2014

Organized by the Finnish Institute in the Middle East (FIME),  Institut français du
Proche-Orient – Erbil (IFPO) and  Department of Archaeology, Salahaddin University –
Hawler. Inspired by the increased archaeological activity in the Kurdistan Region of
Iraq, and in particular in Erbil, the conference aspires to bring together experts
of archaeology, Assyriology and ancient history to discuss the new findings that
have changed our perception of this age old city and its surroundings.

Deadline for abstracts 30 November 2013. Information

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5. Third Finnish Colloquium of Middle East and North African Studies:  “Concord,
Conflict and Co-existence: Religion and Society in the Middle East and North
Africa”, Turku, Finland, 5-7 June 2014.

Proposals are encouraged to explore present and past approaches to the main theme of
the conference from all fields and disciplines of the Middle East, North African and
Mediterranean studies. Proposals concerning other topics and themes in the different
fields of Middle East and North African Studies are also very welcome!

The deadline for abstracts is 30 November 2013. Information

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6. Annual Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES):
“The Middle East in Global Perspective: Interactions across Time and Space”,
University of Sussex, 16 - 18 June 2014

The conference organisers encourage submissions that highlight the connections
between the Middle East and other areas of the globe, as well as ties within the
region, be they between individual countries or between sub-regions, such as the
Mashreq, Maghreb, Levant, and Gulf. In addition, we are keen to welcome all scholars
whose work engages with the Middle East in a critical fashion, regardless of their
fit with various area studies approaches. Our aim is to encourage new dialogue
between scholars studying the Middle East on either side of the divide between area
studies and specific disciplines ranging from history to literary studies,
anthropology to international relations, and many shades in-between.

Paper and panel submissions do not have to adhere to the central theme.  The
conference will also highlight the areas of research undertaken by various research
networks affiliated with BRISMES, including: - Critical Middle East Studies,
contact: Dr Jeroen Gunning (Durham); - Faith, Politics and Society, contact: Dr
Hilary Kalmbach (Sussex); - People Power and State Power: Religious and Political
Dialogue in the Middle East (run by CASAW, contact: Dr Ewan Stein (Edinburgh) or Dr
Frederic Volpi (St Andrews)

Deadline for proposals 5 December 2013. Information  www.brismes2014.co.uk

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7. International Conference: "Ottoman Pasts, Present Cities: Cosmopolitanism and
Transcultural Memories", Birkbeck College, University of London, 26-27 June 2014

Papers are inviting which explore all aspects of the ex-Ottoman city and its many
intercultural encounters, and whose approaches to these encounters may include, for
example: cultural history, city and architectural studies particularly in relation
to individual and transcultural memory; cultural studies  including literature,
autobiography and life-writing, the visual arts (photography, cinema, painting);
anthropology, Middle-Eastern and North African studies as well as the study of all
the Ottoman lands per se (including also the Balkans, Greece, Cyprus, Armenia,
Eastern Europe); Jewish studies, colonial and postcolonial  studies;
French/francophone and Italian studies (many ex-Ottoman cities had French or Italian
as their lingua franca).

Deadline for abstracts 1 January 2014. Information

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8. 10th Symposium of the Study Group for Mediterranean Music Studies: “Mysticism,
Magic, and the Supernatural in Mediterranean Music”, St John’s College, Cambridge,
27-29 June 2014

The ICTM study group Mediterranean Music Studies is seeking contributions from
ethnomusicology, music history, and other related fields that will highlight
significant aspects of the fascinating, and in some respects universal, relation
between music-making and esoteric practices.

Deadline for paper proposals 15 January 2014. Information

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9. Panel: „Aegyptiaca in Arabic Context - Pre-Modern Perceptions on Ancient Egypt’s
History, Civilization and Cultural Heritage”, World Congress for Middle Eastern
Studies (WOCMES), Ankara, 18-22 August 2014

For obvious reasons the medieval Egyptians, Arab pilgrims, and Muslim traders who
travelled throughout Egypt in the pre-modern Islamic period  were much more familiar
with Ancient Egypt’s ubiquitous material remains than their European contemporaries.
Egypt became the epitome of magic, marvels, and treasures. This panel focuses on
some of these Aegyptiaca in Arabic tradition by adopting an alternative perspective:
while leaving aside dichotomies such as ‘authentic’ vs. ‘erroneous’ interpretations
of Egyptian culture, the aim of this panel is to interpret the pre-modern Arab
perception of Ancient Egypt in the light of a long-lasting cultural tradition of
‘Egyptianizing’ in the sense of doing Egyptian.

This panel pursues an interdisciplinary approach and highly welcomes contributions
from scholars of disciplines such as Egyptology, Coptic, Ancient, Medieval and
Renaissance Studies. Please send your proposal (no more than 300 words) and your CV
to Isabel Toral-Niehoff (itoral@zedat.fu-berlin.de ) before 30 November 2013.
Information on WOCMES http://www.wocmes2014.org

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10. Panel:  «Les jeunes en milieu rural dans le monde arabe et musulman: opinions,
stratégies de vie, participations et préoccupations», World Congress of Middle East
Studies (WOCMES), Ankara, 18-22 août 2014

En rappelant le fait que le « Printemps arabe » a surgi d’une petite ville
tunisienne et que les mouvements d’indignés sont animés fondamentalement par les
jeunesses,dans ce panel on invite les chercheurs de divers horizons du monde arabe
et musulman à présenter des communications qui présentent les résultats de travaux
de recherche portant sur les attitudes (opinions politiques et valeurs), les
stratégies de vie (éducation, formation, profession, insertion économique
informelle, émigration, mariage, etc.) et les actions collectives (participation
dans les politiques publiques de développement local et agricole ou de revendication
de l’insertion dans ces politiques ou encore de contestation de ces mêmes
politiques) en milieu rural.

Organisateurs: Dr. Thierry Desrues, Dr. Abderrahim Bentaïbi, Prof. Noureddine Bahri.
Date limite de réception des résumés : 1er décembre 2013.  Contacts :

Information sur WOCMES http://www.wocmes2014.org/

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11. Conference: “Young Adults and Circulation of Cultural Products: Mediterranean
Perspectives”, University of Paris 3, 10-12 September 2014

The aim of this conference is to examine the relationship between young adults and
cultural products in a digital, globalised age. The focus will be on the logics and
the modes of production, distribution, circulation and consumption of cultural
products intended for young adults in the diversified geographical space of the
Mediterranean.

In partnership with University of Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle IRCAV LABEX ICC;
University Descartes Paris 5 - CERLIS LABEX ICCA; French Institute for the Near East
– Beyrouth; Institute for Research on Contemporary Maghreb – Tunis; University of
Malaga - Faculty of Communication; Panteion University of Social & Political
Sciences, Department of Communication, Media and Culture; Galatasaray University –
Istanbul.

Deadline for abstracts 6 January 2014. Information

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 POSITIONS

12. Assistant Professorship in Islam, Aarhus University, Denmark

The position is a three-year fixed-term appointment with the possibility of
re-appointment to the position of associate professor in Islam. The appointment
begins on 1 January 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter. We are interested in a
candidate with a strong research profile in the study of Islam. Documented insight
into formative Islam is important, and insight into  contemporary issues would be an
advantage, but not a prerequisite.

Applicants must have a doctoral degree or equivalent qualifications in a field
relevant to the described research area. Applicants must also document background in
the history of religion or similar disciplines, thorough knowledge of classic Arabic
etc. Non-Danish speaking applicants are expected to learn Danish to participate in
the daily administrative and academic business of the department within two years.

Deadline for application 19 December 2013. Information ls@hum.au.dk.

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13. Assistant Professor of History, Middle East and/or Africa Studies, Regis
University, Colorado

The Department of History and Politics invites applicants for a full-time,
tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor of History with an
expertise in historical perspectives on the peoples, cultures, geographies and
material cultures of the Middle East and/or Africa, to begin Fall 2014.

Deadline for application 25 November 2013. Information

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14. Four Researchers, Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo), Amman, Beirut and
Erbil

- 1 researcher for Ifpo research center (Contemporary Studies Departement) in Amman,
Jordan :

- 3 researchers for Ifpo research center (Arabic, Medieval and Modern Studies
Department) in Beirut, Lebanon (though the third one is likely to take place in
Erbil, Iraq) :
 1.
 2.
 3.

Positions will start by September 2014.

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OTHER INFORMATION

15. Call for Papers for new issue of Expressions maghrébines: "Women Writers from
Algeria. Fictions of Origin, Origins of Fiction / Écrivaines d’Algérie. Fictions de
l’origine, origines de la fiction"

This issue seeks to study the literary and aesthetic referents linked to painting,
photography, and film in the œuvre of women writers of Algerian origin. It will pay
particular attention to Algerian writers addressing the question of Algeria and
organized around the colonial-postcolonial debate and the political dialogue between
France and Algeria, so as to examine the common cultural and literary imaginary upon
which these writers draw.

Deadline for papers: 30 June 2014. Information http://www.ub.edu/cdona/em; Editorial
Board, Marta Segarra: expressions.maghrebines@ub.edu.

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16. First Website on Migration to the Gulf States: www.gulfmigration.eu

With more than 23 million third-country nationals, the states of the Gulf
Cooperation Council are the third largest destination of global migrants. The Gulf
Labour Markets and Migration (GLMM) programme is pleased to announce the first
website dedicated to migration to the Gulf States: www.gulfmigration.eu.

GLMM is an international independent, non-partisan, non-profit joint programme of
the Migration Policy Centre (MPC - Florence) and the Gulf Research Center (GRC -
Jeddah, Geneva, Cambridge, Tokyo). GLMM provides data, analyses, and recommendations
aiming at a better understanding and improved management of Gulf labour markets and
migration, engaging with and respecting the viewpoints of all stakeholders. GLMM
intends to become an indispensable tool for researchers, students, policymakers,
advocates, migrants in and nationals of GCC countries.

Responsible: Philippe Fargues (MPC Director) & Nasra Shah (Professor at Kuwait
University) -GLMM Scientific Directors- and Imco Brouwer (GRC) - GLMM Executive
Director; further information info.glmm@grc.net.

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18. Jadaliyya Launches "Critical Currents in Islam (CCI)" Page

Jadaliyya’s Critical Currents in Islam Page engages with a broad range of topics
related to Islam as it is interpreted, practiced, and contested in political,
cultural, and economic arenas throughout the world. The page is a place for fresh
and critical perspectives on many of the issues that have defined internal
discussions within Muslim majority societies and a space for highlighting new
directions and discussions. Comments and contributions are welcome at

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