EURAMES Info Service 41/2014

EURAMES Info Service 41/2014


Dear Madame, dear Sir, dear colleague and friend,

Please find below the following announcements:

CONFERENCES

1. International Conference:  "Bodies in Motion: Middle East Migrations",  North
Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, 20-22 March 2015

2. International Conference: "Intertwined Elements in Arabic Literature: Classical,
Modern and Popular", Tel Aviv University, 24-25 March 2015

3. Conference: "Charity in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions", Saint Louis
University, St. Louis, MO, 26-27 March 2015

4. Conference: "Regional Integration vs. National Disintegration in the Post-Arab
Spring Middle East and North Africa", Nottingham Trent University, UK, 9 April 2015 

5. Second Annual Conference of British Association for Islamic Studies, London,
13-15 April 2015 
 
6. Interdisciplinary Conference:  "Unsettling Colonial Modernity: Islamicate
Contexts in Focus", University of Alberta, Canada, 24-25 April 2015 

7. Conference "The Arab Spring in a Global Context", University of Iowa, Iowa City,
30 April-1 May 2015 

8. International Congress: "Prophet Muhammad's Representation in Art", Zahedan,
Iran, 6-7 May 2015 

9. Workshop: "Minorities and Popular Culture in Modern Middle East", SOAS, London,
12 June 2015

10. 49th Annual Meeting of the  Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Denver,
Colorado, 21-24 November 2015


POSITIONS

11. Assistant Professor of History, Gulf University for Science and Technology,
Humanities and Social Sciences (GUST), University Kuwait

12. Ten Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Research Program "Art Histories and
Aesthetic Practices" (2015/2016), Berlin


OTHER INFORMATION

13. Grants for Students Working on: "Constitutional Politics in Turkey" in Berlin
and Ankara

14. Internships at the Regional Office Palestine of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

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Guenter Meyer, Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz,
Germany

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CONFERENCES

1. International Conference:  "Bodies in Motion: Middle East Migrations",  North
Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, 20-22 March 2015

This conference seeks to enrich scholarly narratives of migration by reflecting upon
bodies in movement and the lived experiences of men and women who have migrated
from, to, and in what came to be called the Middle East. The Moise A. Khayrallah
Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies welcomes paper proposals that address the ways
migration redraws notions of gender and bodily comportment that men and women act
out in new settings, the attempts of states and other powers to discipline and
control the bodies of moving people, and the impact of migration on bodies and mind.
Some of the papers will be selected for subsequent publication in Mashriq & Mahjar:
Journal of Middle East Migration Studies.

Deadline for proposals: 30 November 2014. Information akhater@ncsu.edu.

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2. International Conference: "Intertwined Elements in Arabic Literature: Classical,
Modern and Popular", Tel Aviv University, 24-25 March 2015

The conference will deal with the variety of narrative and linguistic elements of
Arabic literature in its evolution from classical to contemporary forms. The
official conference languages are English and Arabic. 

Deadline for abstracts in English or Arabic: 1 December 2014. Information
http://humanities.tau.ac.il/arabic_eng/ index.php/conference.

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3. Conference: "Charity in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions", Saint Louis
University, St. Louis, MO, 26-27 March 2015

 One of the challenges to intercultural understanding is the lack of common
categories that can be used in identifying and interpreting cultural commonalities
and differences. The Center for Intercultural Studies seeks to encourage reflection
on such categories by focusing on the ideas and practices of charity in Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam in the modern era. 

Deadline for proposals: 10 December 2014. Information: 
https://www.slu.edu/center-for-intercultural-studies-home/conferences

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4. Conference: "Regional Integration vs. National Disintegration in the Post-Arab
Spring Middle East and North Africa", Nottingham Trent University, UK, 9 April 2015 

This interdisciplinary conference is aimed at a broad audience of academics,
practitioners and students interested in the contemporary MENA. The conference will
explore the processes of change currently shaping the MENA. This conference aims to
draw together research from different fields (including International Relations,
International Political Economy, Middle Eastern Studies, History, Business and Law)
in order to explore how far the changes shaping the MENA are leading to the region's
polarisation between states that are integrating politically and economically with
each other on the one hand, and states that are disintegrating internally on the
other. 

Deadline for abstracts 1 February 2015. Information
www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/research/groups/22/home.aspx/group/
156381/overview/middle_east_and_north_africa,

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5. Second Annual Conference of British Association for Islamic Studies, London,
13-15 April 2015 

Papers and panels are invited on any aspect or sub-discipline of Islamic Studies. 
Islamic Studies is broadly understood, to include all aspects of the study of Islam
and Muslims, past and present, in both Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority contexts.

 Deadline for abstracts 1 December 2014. Information contexts
www.brais.ac.uk/annual-conference/2015-call-for-papers

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6. Interdisciplinary Conference:  "Unsettling Colonial Modernity: Islamicate
Contexts in Focus", University of Alberta, Canada, 24-25 April 2015 

The organizing committee of this interdisciplinary conference invites contributions
to the current rethinking of post-19th century identity formations and
sociopolitical transmutations in Islamicate contexts (both national and diasporic)
vis-à-vis the colonial project of modernity. 

Deadline for abstracts of papers or posters: 30 November 2014. Information
http://ucmconf.com/call-for-papers/

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7. Conference "The Arab Spring in a Global Context", University of Iowa, Iowa City,
30 April-1 May 2015 

The conference is also open to representatives of NGOs, governments, and think
tanks. The aim is to facilitate the sharing of ideas and to contribute to building a
body of knowledge on this topic representing the broadest range of perspectives
possible. 

Deadline for submitting paper abstracts is 30 November 2014. Information:
http://international.uiowa.edu/ faculty/arab-spring-global-context.

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8. International Congress: "Prophet Muhammad's Representation in Art", Zahedan,
Iran, 6-7 May 2015 

Sub-topics of the Conference: Muhammad's Representation in Art: Painting,
Illustration, Sculpture, Calligraphy, Art decorative, Dramatic Art, Handicrafts;
Representation of the names, titles and characters of Prophet Muhammad in Artworks;
Reflect of word and morality of Prophet Muhammad in Art, Literature and Mysticism.

Deadline for registration:  4 February 2015. Information
http://seminars.usb.ac.ir/icmra

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9. Workshop: "Minorities and Popular Culture in Modern Middle East", SOAS, London,
12 June 2015

The Workshop is organized by the Woolf Institute, Cambridge & the Centre for
Cultural Literary and Postcolonial Studies, SOAS, University of London. It aims at
exploring the contribution of all religious and ethnic minorities to the popular
culture industries and how popular culture products have represented minorities and
dealt with the minority question in modern Middle East during the twentieth century
and at present. The workshop hopes to examine national, regional, and cross-regional
case studies covering the area from Iran to Morocco, from Turkey to Sudan and
beyond. Comparative and diasporic studies are particularly welcome.

Deadline for abstracts: 22 December 2014. Information
www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/news/detail.asp?ItemID=848 

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10. 49th Annual Meeting of the  Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Denver,
Colorado, 21-24 November 2015

MESA is primarily concerned with the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan,
Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab World 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 or were under the influence of Middle
Eastern civilization. Comparative work is encouraged.

Deadline for Panels, roundtables, individual papers: 13  February 2015. Information
http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/annual-meeting/call-for-papers.html

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POSITIONS

11. Assistant Professor of History, Gulf University for Science and Technology,
Humanities and Social Sciences (GUST), University Kuwait

GUST seeks to appoint a dynamic, creative and experienced individual as Assistant
Professor of History. The ideal candidate will have a research interest in
non-Western history and demonstrate interest in teaching a variety of introductory
courses, in particular the world history survey. Preference will be given to
candidates with a specialty in the history of East Asia, South Asia, Latin America
and the Middle East. Successful candidates must be able to articulate a research
agenda, have an emerging record of publications, and demonstrate commitments to
instructional excellence and departmental service. 

Review of applications begins 1 December 2014. Information CASHR@gust.edu.kw.

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12. Ten Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Research Program "Art Histories and
Aesthetic Practices" (2015/2016), Berlin

The research program is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and
Research as a project at the "Forum Transregionale Studien". 
Art Histories and Aesthetic Practices is a research program which questions and
transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries of art history in a transcultural,
global horizon. By creating a space of dialogue for scholars from all continents and
regions, it aims to discuss the potentials and contours of a plural history of art.
It especially invites scholars from Islamic, Asian, African, Australian, European
art histories and those of the Americas to join the program, but also addresses
neighboring disciplines such as Archaeology and other fields dealing with the
history of visual cultures.

Closing date 12 January 2014. Information:
www.art-histories.de/en/call-for-applications.html

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OTHER INFORMATION

13. Grants for Students Working on: "Constitutional Politics in Turkey" in Berlin
and Ankara
 
Funded by Stiftung Mercator the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Bilkent
Üniversitesi in Ankara invite applications from researchers (PhD-Students,
Post-Doctoral Students, MA-Students completing their studies) who work on this topic
and want to gain the opportunity to cooperate and exchange ideas with other
researchers from different backgrounds. We provide financial support and
institutional infrastructure at venues in Berlin and Ankara, as well as membership
in the research laboratory "Constitutional Politics in Turkey".

More Information
https://www.sowi.hu-berlin.de/lehrbereiche/osteuropa/forschung/forschungsprojekte/mercator_ausf

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14. Internships at the Regional Office Palestine of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

Internships are offered to students interested in Palestine, Jordan and Middle East
politics and in the activities of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, 
a leftist political foundation, to gain practical experience in an interesting
working environment and to implement her/his own small (research-) project
(optional). The duration of an internship should be three months. 

Requirements: B.A. - Interest in approaches and projects of Regional Office
Palestine (e.g. social justice, emancipatory education, alternatives to aid
dependency) - Interest in socio-political issues - Commitment to political and
social ideals of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung - Knowledge of political context of
Palestine / Jordan is an asset - Fluency in written German and English, Arabic is an
asset.

Information: www.rosalux.de/news/40867/internships-at-regional-office-palestine.html