CONFERENCES 1. Conferences: “The Social Frontiers of Persian Learning”, University of California, Los Angeles, 5 February 2016 2. Conference: “Migration Crisis? What Crisis? Why Crisis? Thinking, Framing, and Theorizing Mass Mobility in a Globalized Age”, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, 31 March - 1 April 2016 3. Spring Workshop of the Mediterranean Seminar “Politics, Identity and Religion: Representation in the Mediterranean” and Colloquium “Pushing the Boundaries: Cultural, Religious & Geographic", Fresno State University, California, 8-9 April 2016 4. Conference: "The Matter of Resistance", University of Warwick, UK, 29 April 2016 5. Conference: “American Foreign Policy and the Middle East”, Maltepe University, Istanbul, 24-25 May 2016 6. Panel: "Oil and the Northern and Sub-Saharan African Cities", African Studies Association Biennial Conference, University of Cambridge, UK, 7-9 September 2016 7. International Workshop: “American-Israeli Relations through Multidisciplinary Lenses”, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 11-13 September 2016 8. MESA's 50th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 17-20 November 2016 9. Roundtables on “First World War in the Middle East”, MESA Annual Meeting, Boston, 17-20 November 2016 POSITIONS 10. 3 Positions as Editors / Research Associates in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin Philosophy, Thomas-Institute, University of Cologne 11. Departmental Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Oxford 12. Senior Research Fellow, Asia Programme, Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA), Abu Dhabi, UAE 13. Position in the USA OTHER INFORMATION 14. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Middle East Studies, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 15. Residential Fellowship, International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Herndon, VA 16. Post-Doc Fellowship, International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Herndon, VA 17. 2-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Arab American and/or Muslim American Studies, Northwestern University, IL 18. Annual Critical Muslim Studies Summer School: “Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies”, Granada, Spain, 23 May - 3 June 2016 19. Call for Book Chapters on “Gender and Youth Migration” 20. Articles on: "Muslim Women in Africa and the Diaspora: Past, Present and the Future" for Special Issue of "JENdA - A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies" 21. Articles on "Alternatives: Beyond the Grammar of the ‘War on Terror’” for Special Issue of “ReOrient: The Journal of Critical Muslim Studies” 22. Articles for "International Journal of Islamic Architecture" 23. Articles on: “Iranian Cosmopolitanism“ for Special Issue of “Journal of Comparative Islamic Studies” __________________ If you want to distribute an announcement via 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. All best wishes for the New Year! Guenter Meyer, Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz ____________________ CONFERENCES 1. Conferences: “The Social Frontiers of Persian Learning”, University of California, Los Angeles, 5 February 2016 This conference series aims to understand the reasons behind both the rapid expansion and contraction of Persian by identifying what functions the language was both able and unable to serve in an age of transformative Eurasian interactions. By identifying the geographical, social, and epistemological ‘frontiers’ of Persian, these Core conferences explore the limits of exchange, understanding, and affection between the diverse communities brought into contact by Persian. Information: www.1718.ucla.edu/events/social-frontiers/ ______________ 2. Conference: “Migration Crisis? What Crisis? Why Crisis? Thinking, Framing, and Theorizing Mass Mobility in a Globalized Age”, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, 31 March - 1 April 2016 The Conable Conference proposes to examine the nature of the “crisis,” the implications of framing migration as a “crisis,” and the history and present of “crisis” frameworks, management theories, and problem-solving. Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2016. Information: www.rit.edu/cla/conable/call-papers ______________ 3. Spring Workshop of the Mediterranean Seminar “Politics, Identity and Religion: Representation in the Mediterranean” and Colloquium “Pushing the Boundaries: Cultural, Religious & Geographic", Fresno State University, California, 8-9 April 2016 We seek papers for the workshop in any relevant discipline, especially comparative or interdisciplinary work that uses the Mediterranean as a frame of analysis. Deadline for proposals: 21 January 2016. Information: http://humweb.ucsc.edu/mediterraneanseminar/news/index.php?id=586 ______________ 4. Conference: "The Matter of Resistance", University of Warwick, UK, 29 April 2016 The conference seeks to provide an introduction to the appearances of "resistance" and "resistance studies" for a wide and diverse population, to question and develop basic understandings of resistant appearances specifically, and to present examples of such - like the Arab Spring, ISIS, Lebanon's #YouStink etc. Deadline for submissions: 20 January 2015. Information: www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/events/conference ______________ 5. Conference: “American Foreign Policy and the Middle East”, Maltepe University, Istanbul, 24-25 May 2016 The conference will examine the emergence, development and transformation of American Foreign Policy toward the Middle East since the 1940s and in doing so, it will examine Iranian, Turkish, Israeli and Arab perspectives. Deadline for proposals: 29 February 2016. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/94744/cfp-american-foreign-policy-and-middle-east-maltepe-university _______________ 6. Panel: "Oil and the Northern and Sub-Saharan African Cities", African Studies Association Biennial Conference, University of Cambridge, UK, 7-9 September 2016 The panel invites contributions focusing on various practices and processes set in motion by the presence of oil in Northern and Sub-Saharan African cities, from the fields of anthropology, social geography, architecture, urban studies and other related fields. Deadline for abstracts: 2 April 2016. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/103710/cfp-oil-and-african-city-asauk-biennial-conference-2016 _______________ 7. International Workshop: “American-Israeli Relations through Multidisciplinary Lenses”, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 11-13 September 2016 We welcome proposals from all disciplines and particularly encourage comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. Our intention is to publish an edited book based on the workshop papers. Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2016. Information: www.sussex.ac.uk/cgjs/newsandevents/news?id=33596 _______________ 8. MESA's 50th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 17-20 November 2016 Submissions may be in the form of pre-organized panels, pre-organized roundtables, or individual papers on Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab World from the seventh century to modern times. Deadline for abstracts: 16 February 2016. Information: http://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers.html _______________ 9. Roundtables on “First World War in the Middle East”, MESA Annual Meeting, Boston, 17-20 November 2016 Participants are invited for two roundtable sessions: a centennial discussion of “The 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreements and Their Legacy”, and a “State of the Field” discussion open to researchers approaching the war in new ways. Deadline for application: 30 January 2016. Information: Melanie Tanielian (meltan@umich.edu) or Stacy Fahrenthold (sfahrenthold@berkeley.edu) ______________ POSITIONS 10. 3 Positions as Editors / Research Associates in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin Philosophy, Thomas-Institute, University of Cologne Appointment requirements are: a university degree and PhD in a field related to the subject-matter of the edition project. Eligible candidates should demonstrate an excellent knowledge of either Arabic, Hebrew, or Latin, working knowledge of at least one of the other languages, and close familiarity with Medieval philosophy. Deadline for application: 15 February 2016. Information: www.thomasinstitut.uni-koeln.de/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/Research_Associates_Thomas_Institute.pdf ______________ 11. Departmental Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Oxford You will hold a relevant postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject, and be able to teach pre-modern Arabic primary sources. Ideally you will have some prior teaching experience; you will possess excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills, with a willingness to undertake administrative tasks. With a publication record appropriate to the stage of your career, you will be able to demonstrate advanced research experience in the field of Islamic Studies. Deadline for application: 5 February 2016. Information: www.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/academic/index/ac20009j/ ______________ 12. Senior Research Fellow, Asia Programme, Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA), Abu Dhabi, UAE EDA is looking for a Senior Research Fellow to set up and lead its Asia Programme. EDA is an autonomous UAE federal entity, established in 2014, tasked with becoming a recognised centre of excellence for diplomatic capacity development, research and thought leadership. Job Objective: Explore the prospects and policies for further strengthening relations between the UAE and a range of South, East and South East Asian countries. Applications will be considered from 3 January 2016 onwards. Information: http://eda.ac.ae/careers/eda-vacancies/item/256-senior-research-fellow-asia-programme ______________ 13. Position in the USA: a) Non-Tenure-Track Position in Islamic Political Thought & Islamic Studies, Boston College - www.bc.edu/schools/cas/polisci/employment.html ______________ OTHER INFORMATION 14. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Middle East Studies, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Fellows of the Institute for Middle East Studies (IMES may come from any discipline in the social sciences or humanities, as long as their primary substantive specialization is in the Middle East/North Africa (to include Iran and Turkey. The fellowship begins September 1, 2016 and the successful candidate can choose to extend the fellowship period to two full academic years (through May 31, 2018). The deadline to apply is January 31, 2016. Information: http://imes.elliott.gwu.edu/post-doctoral-research-fellows ______________ 15. Residential Fellowship, International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Herndon, VA The fellowship is starting on or after September 1, 2016, and ending by December 31, 2016. It provides the monthly stipend of $4,000. IIIT Residential Fellowship is ideal for a faculty member on sabbatical, a researcher working on a long-term project, or a researcher who has completed data collection and preliminary research and needs to write a paper, series of papers, or book chapter(s). Deadline for application: 15 January 2016. Information: http://iiit.org/Research/IIITResidentialFellowship/tabid/403/Default.aspx ______________ 16. Post-Doc Fellowship, International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Herndon, VA The fellowship is starting on or after March 01, 2016, and ending by December 31, 2016. It provides the monthly stipend of $3,500 and is ideal for a recent PhD graduate working on converting their dissertation into a book. Other projects may also be considered. Priority will be given to applicants who are willing to publish the book with IIIT. Deadline for application: 15 January 2016. Information: http://iiit.org/Research/ResearchGrants/IIITPostDocFellowship/tabid/405/Default.aspx ______________ 17. 2-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Arab American and/or Muslim American Studies, Northwestern University, IL Areas of specialization are open but preference will be given to scholars in American studies, critical ethnic studies, cultural studies, gender studies, literary studies, and/ or media studies. We seek a scholar whose research agenda is based in the United States but considers connections to other diasporic sites. Ph.D. is required by the start of the appointment. Preference will be given to candidates who have demonstrated experience working with diverse student communities. Deadline for application: 1 February 2016. Information: www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52387 ______________ 18. Annual Critical Muslim Studies Summer School: “Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies”, Granada, Spain, 23 May - 3 June 2016 Critical Muslim Studies is inspired by a need for opening up a space for intellectually rigorous and socially committed explorations between decolonial thinking and studies of Muslims, Islam and the Islamicate. It offers an opportunity to interpret and understand Muslim phenomena in ways that does not reproduce Eurocentrism, Islamophobia or takfiri exclusivism. Deadline for application: 5 February 2016. Information: www.dialogoglobal.com/granada/application.php ______________ 19. Call for Book Chapters on “Gender and Youth Migration” Young people migrate with their families or on their own for various reasons. However, their migration is often considered in migration discourse as part of a family unit thus erasing the particularities of their experiences and specificities of their challenges and opportunities. How females, males and transgender youth experience the journey, both domestic and international migration, is the focus of this collection. Any topic or thematic areas of interest are welcome. Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2016. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/104604/call-book-chapters-gender-and-youth-migration ______________ 20. Articles on: "Muslim Women in Africa and the Diaspora: Past, Present and the Future" for Special Issue of "JENdA - A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies" This issue aims at exploring the role played/ needed to be played by Muslim women in Africa and in the Diasporas in redefining themselves within Islamic yet contemporary contexts. Critical readings and analysis of the work of religious, social, educational grass root organizations to empower women are particularly welcomed. Deadline for papers: 31 January 2016. Information: www.africaknowledgeproject.org/index.php/jenda/announcement/view/107 ______________ 21. Articles on "Alternatives: Beyond the Grammar of the ‘War on Terror’” for Special Issue of “ReOrient: The Journal of Critical Muslim Studies” In this special themed issue, we want to move the focus away from the critique of the infelicities of the narratives on the ‘war on terror’ to an examination and exploration other possibilities that may form a plausible and persuasive counter narrative to a policy of a global never-ending war. Deadline for articles: 14 August 2016. Information: s.sayyid@leeds.ac.uk ______________ 22. Articles for "International Journal of Islamic Architecture" Articles are invited on "Design in Theory" focusing on the history, theory and critical analyses of architecture, urban planning and design and landscape architecture and on "Design in Practice" focusing on the practice of architecture, planning and landscape design as well as pedagogy. Deadline 1 March 2016: Information: www.intellectbooks.co.uk/MediaManager/File/IJIA(cfp)oct2014.pdf ______________ 23. Articles on: “Iranian Cosmopolitanism“ for Special Issue of “Journal of Comparative Islamic Studies” Contributions are invited that provide theoretical advancements in understanding textual, conceptual, historical and sociological contours of “Iranian Cosmopolitanism”. Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2016. Contact: Milad Odabaei and Christopher Cochrant milado@berkeley.edu Information: www.academia.edu/Documents/in/Iranian_History
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