CONFERENCES
1. Conference: “Women, Empowerment, Citizenship and Development", School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, Manchester University, 28-29 January 2016
2. Symposium: “The Idea of Iran: Renewal in the Age of Post-Mongol Prestige”, SOAS, University of London, 20 February 2016
3. Conference: "101 Years of Research in the Oasis of Bukhara - Looking Forward to New Venues", Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 11 March 2016
4. Conference: “Avenues of Social and Political Change: Five Years of Contention in the Middle East and North Africa“, City University of New York, 8 April 2016
5. Workshop: “Rethinking the Mediterranean”, École française d’Athènes (EFA), Athens, 9-13 May 2016
6. Conference: “China and the Arabs”, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, 21-22 May 2016
7. Session at the Royal Geographic Society Annual Conference: “Sacred Stuff: Material Culture and the Geography of Religion”, London, 30 August - 2 September 2016
8. Panels at the 59th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA), Washington, DC, 1-3 December 2016
9. Conference: “Mutual Imaginings of Europe and the Middle East (800-1700)”, Barnard College, New York, 3 December 2016
10. Conference: “Contesting Jewish Loyalties: The First World War and Beyond“, Centre for German-Jewish Studies, Berlin, 15-17 December 2016
11. Conference: “Outcast Voices: Reflections on the Marginalized, the Exiled and the Secondary in Classical and Modern Arabic Culture”, University of Haifa, Israel, 10-12 January 2017
12. Panel: “Anthropologists between the Middle East and Europe: War, Crises, Refugees, Migration and Islamophobia (AMCE)”, Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) 2016, Location and Date to be Announced.
OTHER INFORMATION
13. Internship Opportunities at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD), Berlin
14. Modern Turkish Studies Summer School: “Society, Politics and Economy in Modern Turkey”, Maltepe University, Istanbul & Bodrum, 5-16 June 2016
15. Doctoral Dissertation Summer Workshop: “Researching Lebanon”, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 13-24 June 2016
16. Summer Seminar: “Transcending Boundaries: The Ottoman Empire, Europe and the Mediterranean World, 1500-1800“, Washington, DC, 20 June - 15 July 2016
17. Summer School: “Government and Politics of the Middle East and Arabic Language”, London Middle East Institute, 20 June - 21 July 2016
18. The Seventh Tunis Exchange, Mideastwire.com, 13-20 March 2016
19. MA in “Iranian Studies”, University of Tehran
20. Proposals on “The Horse in the Arabian Peninsula” for a Special Issue of “Arabian Humanities”
21. Articles for New Journal “Shii Studies Review”
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CONFERENCES
1. Conference: “Women, Empowerment, Citizenship and Development", School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, Manchester University, 28-29 January 2016
Postgraduate candidates are invited to submit proposals/papers addressing modes of gender and sexuality in and around the Middle East and North Africa, as they are manifested in political, social, economic, educational, literary and artistic contexts. Please send your papers/proposal and a 50-word biographical statement to sarah.tafakori@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk.
Deadline for submission: 23 January 2016. Information: http://www.casaw.ac.uk/news-events/women-empowerment-citizenship-and-development-28-29-january-2016/
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2. Symposium: “The Idea of Iran: Renewal in the Age of Post-Mongol Prestige”, SOAS, University of London, 20 February 2016
This symposium explores the cultural complexities of reinventing the idea of Iran during the period of extreme political decentralization, focusing on aspects of cultural longevity and fluid transformations in light of the competing cultural, political, and religious aspirations in the post-Mongol world.
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3. Conference: "101 Years of Research in the Oasis of Bukhara - Looking Forward to New Venues", Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 11 March 2016
The conference seeks to address the interplay and entanglement of the political, geographical, climatic, and economic factors in the history of the Oasis of Bukhara, within the contexts of the larger empires. Geo-sciences and history are connected on the ground with archaeology. The aim is to develop a new dynamic historical model on historical, political, and economic system of the oasis.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2016. Information:
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4. Conference: “Avenues of Social and Political Change: Five Years of Contention in the Middle East and North Africa“, City University of New York, 8 April 2016
Five years after the eruption of mass protests across North Africa and the Middle East, citizens of these countries now live under contrasting conditions. This conference will explore current possibilities that have been opened up through and in the aftermath of the grassroots uprisings that have swept through the region since 2011 and the sustained struggles for these arenas as well as the counter-efforts that have attempted to constrain and constrict them.
Deadline for abstracts: 5 February 2016. Information: ascmenaconference@gmail.com
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5. Workshop: “Rethinking the Mediterranean”, École française d’Athènes (EFA), Athens, 9-13 May 2016
This workshop will take place within the framework of the international research network Ramsès. It offers an international framework for exchange and discussion of analytical and methodological issues on the Mediterranean. The aim is to question how researchers engage in a multifaceted approach of the Mediterranean, as a historical and geographical entity, as an object of historiography, and/or as an analytical category.
Deadline for proposals: 20 January 2016. Information: http://humweb.ucsc.edu/mediterraneanseminar/news/index.php?id=596
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6. Conference: “China and the Arabs”, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, 21-22 May 2016
The meeting will build on a series of ACRPS annual events that explore relations between Arab cultures and the wider world. Until very recently, Arab academics and policy makers had only a limited interest in China, in contrast to other “great powers” on the world stage. Yet, a complex set of factors has brought China to center stage in the Arab world.
Information: http://chinaandthemiddleeast.blogspot.com.tr/2016/01/cfp-china-and-arabs-organized-by-arab.html
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7. Session at the Royal Geographic Society Annual Conference: “Sacred Stuff: Material Culture and the Geography of Religion”, London, 30 August - 2 September 2016
We want to explore how material things offer alternative narratives about religious communities and what religion means to its adherents; how material objects are designed, created, appropriated or travel; what affects the decay, damage and necessary repair and maintenance of religious things have on religious engagements and experiences; what role material things play, and have played, in both the contemporary geographies and past histories of religious institutions.
Deadline for abstracts: 8 February 2016. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/106481/sacred-stuff-material-culture-and-geography-religion
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8. Panels at the 59th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA), Washington, DC, 1-3 December 2016
The first panel, “New Voices in the Study of Islam in Africa,” will consist of four papers and is open to any presenter on any topic connected to the study of Islam in Africa. ISITA is accepting proposals for the title and scope of a second pre-organized sponsored panel. Proposals should be related to the theme of Islam in Africa.
Deadline for abstracts: 22 February 2016. Information: www.africanstudies.org/annual-meetings
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9. Conference: “Mutual Imaginings of Europe and the Middle East (800-1700)”, Barnard College, New York, 3 December 2016
Bringing together art historians, literary scholars, historians, scholars of the history of science, and scholars of religious thought, this interdisciplinary conference will explore the real and imaginary cultural interchanges between Europe and the Middle East during their formative periods.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 April 2016. Information: http://humweb.ucsc.edu/mediterraneanseminar/news/index.php?id=597
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10. Conference: “Contesting Jewish Loyalties: The First World War and Beyond“, Centre for German-Jewish Studies, Berlin, 15-17 December 2016
The aim of this conference is to explore the multifaceted question of Jewish loyalties. Starting from the Dreyfus affair, we seek papers that consider the degree to which individual Jews and Jewish communities in Europe, the US and elsewhere engaged with the question of loyalty before, during and after the First World War, in a broad interdisciplinary and transnational context.
Deadline for abstracts: 26 February 2016. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/106192/contesting-jewish-loyalties-first-world-war-and-beyond
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11. Conference: “Outcast Voices: Reflections on the Marginalized, the Exiled and the Secondary in Classical and Modern Arabic Culture”, University of Haifa, Israel, 10-12 January 2017
The Department of Arabic Language and Literature seeks to encourage reflections on marginalized, exiled and secondary voices, persons, groups, thoughts, arts, language and trends in classical and modern Arabic culture.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2016. Information: http://arabic.haifa.ac.il/images/random/random_2016/Call_for_Papers_OUTCAST__VOICES_Jalal.Masud.pdf
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12. Panel: “Anthropologists between the Middle East and Europe: War, Crises, Refugees, Migration and Islamophobia (AMCE)”, Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) 2016, Location and Date to be Announced.
In this panel, we aim at engaging in constructive new thinking by understanding how anthropological investigations may impact and spark debate within the European public sphere, inspiring policy makers, faith communities, and media representatives.
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OTHER INFORMATION
13. Internship Opportunities at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD), Berlin
The ICD Internship Project’s main purpose is to enable students who need an internship as a compulsory part of their BA or graduate studies to engage in cultural diplomacy and in doing so, to further promote cultural diplomacy and multiculturalism worldwide. The ICD invites applications from individuals who are coming from the following fields: Global Governance, Communication, Political Science, Marketing & PR, International Affairs, Business Administration, Business & Economics, Event Management, Linguistics, Law Studies, Literature and the Arts, History, Media, Philosophy and Journalism.
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14. Modern Turkish Studies Summer School: “Society, Politics and Economy in Modern Turkey”, Maltepe University, Istanbul & Bodrum, 5-16 June 2016
This program will be held in two parts; the first part is for policy makers, think-tank scholars, researchers, journalists, freelancers and others and will take place in Istanbul. The second part is for undergraduate and graduate students and will take place in Bodrum, Mugla. Everyone who would like to learn more about Modern Turkish Politics should participate; this is an ideal learning and exchange forum.
Deadline for application: 4 April 2016. Information: http://turkishstudies.maltepe.edu.tr/
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15. Doctoral Dissertation Summer Workshop: “Researching Lebanon”, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 13-24 June 2016
By bringing together PhD students of various disciplinary training and topical foci, this program creates a space to interrogate, modify, and develop critical approaches to the study of Lebanon. Central to this process is increasing students’ familiarity with the contours of knowledge production as well as field research in Lebanon.
Deadline for application: 15 February 2016. Information: www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/23504/call-for-applicants_doctoral-dissertation-summer-w
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16. Summer Seminar: “Transcending Boundaries: The Ottoman Empire, Europe and the Mediterranean World, 1500-1800“, Washington, DC, 20 June - 15 July 2016
This four-week seminar offers an opportunity to college and university professors (and two advanced graduate students) to integrate stimulating approaches toward Ottoman, Mediterranean and European history. Seminar participants who have broad research and teaching interests in comparative history will develop skills and knowledge that will enable them to integrate the Ottoman Empire into their projects and courses.
Deadline for application: 1 March 2016. Information: http://grants.smcm.edu/neh-summer-seminar-2016/
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17. Summer School: “Government and Politics of the Middle East and Arabic Language”, London Middle East Institute, 20 June - 21 July 2016
An intensive five-week summer school programme which includes a choice of courses from the following: Beginners Arabic (Level 1), Beginners Arabic (Level 2), Beginners Persian (Level 1), Government and Politics of the Middle East, Culture and Society in the Middle East.
Deadline for application: 24 May 2016. Information: www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/summerschool/government-and-politics/
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18. The Seventh Tunis Exchange, Mideastwire.com, 13-20 March 2016
As with our other exchanges, the seven-day program will engage participants in a multifaceted discussion of some of the key issues facing Tunisia and the wider region. The program specifically rests on two tracks.
Track 1: Academic Seminars. Participants will attend a series of lectures with leading academics and public intellectuals.
Track 2: Dialogue with Leaders. Participants will have the opportunity to meet, listen and engage leading social, political, religious and economic leaders from across the spectrum.
Deadline for application: 20 February 2016. Information: www.thebeirutexchange.com/index.php/tunis
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19. MA in “Iranian Studies”, University of Tehran
The Faculty of World Studies offers an academic program in Iranian studies to non-Iranian students. This full-time program is based on both intensive course-work and research. Those who can successfully meet all the requirements will receive an internationally-recognized degree of “Master of Arts in Iranian Studies”. The program starts every year in September, and continues for four successive semesters. Admission is given on the basis of high academic qualifications, with the minimum condition of holding a BA or BSc from a recognized university.
Deadline for application: 1 March 2016. Information: http://internationalstudiesandsociology.blogspot.com.tr/2016/01/ma-iranian-studies-university-of-tehran.html
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20. Proposals on “The Horse in the Arabian Peninsula” for a Special Issue of “Arabian Humanities”
This special issue is devoted to the significance of the horse and of horseback riding in Arabia from multiple perspectives, from its introduction, domestication and trade, to its many uses, the symbols it conveys and the resulting representations. It is therefore addressed to archaeologists, historians, archaeozoologists, rock art experts, as well as the disciplines that address the horse’s place and the practice of “furūsiyya” in modern society.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2016. Information: http://cy.revues.org/2010
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21. Articles for New Journal “Shii Studies Review”
The journal publishes peer-reviewed original studies, critical editions of classical and pre-modern texts, and book reviews on Shii law, ḥadīth, Qurʾānic exegesis, philosophy, kalām, ritual and practices, classical and contemporary literature, political thought, and other aspects of the history of Shiism. Its Executive Editors, Sabine Schmidtke and Hassan Ansari, are both resident scholars of Islamic Intellectual History at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, with a special focus on the study of Shii Islam.
The first issue is to be published in May 2017. Articles are to be sent to ssr@ias.edu.
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