EURAMES Info Service 04/2016

CONFERENCES
 
1. Conference: "Islam and Peaceful Relations", Muslims in Britain Research Network
(MBRN), Coventry UK, 5 April 2016
 
2. Conference: “The Great War in the Middle East 1911-23”, Royal Military Academy
Sandhurst & Oxford University, Sandhurst, UK, 20-21 April 2016 
 
3. Workshop: “The Bible in Arabic in the 19th Century: What Challenges for
Christianity and Islam in the Middle East Societies since 1865?”, CNRS-GSRL, Paris,
26 May 2016
 
4. Workshop: “Security and Stability in the Mediterranean and the Middle East”,
Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens, 26-28 May 2016
 
5. Symposium: “What would Prophet Muhammad do? Exploring the Meaning and Application
of Human Dignity in Islam”, Imam Hasan Centre, Sydney, Australia, 16-17 July 2016
 
6. Conference: “Rethinking Israel: Borders, Boundaries and Cultures”, European
Association of Israel Studies (EAIS), London, 4-6 September 2016
 
7. Global Islamic Economies and Markets Conference, QASD International, London, 11
September 2016
 
8. Conference: “The ‘Dangerous Classes’ in the Middle East and North Africa”,
University of Oxford, 26 January 2017
 
9. Conference: “Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Reformation Era”, Verein für
Reformationsgeschichte & Society for Reformation Research, Nuremberg, Germany, 19-21
July 2017
 
 
POSITIONS
 
10. W3 Professorship for Economics: Economy and Society of the Middle East,
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
 
11. PhD Position: “Study of Religion”, University of Leipzig, Germany
 
12. 12 Research Fellows for the Research Partnership “The Maghreb in Transition.
Media, Knowledge & Power in Morocco and Tunisia”, German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD)
 
13. Positions in the USA
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
14. Summer Academy: “Reconfiguring the (Non-)Political. Performing and Narrating
Change and Continuity”, Tunis, 28 August - 4 September 2016
 
15. Three-Month Full-Time Internships, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP),
Berlin 
 
16. Funding Programme for Persecuted Researchers, Philipp Schwartz Initiative,
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
 
17. Articles for Issue of "Journal of Yeni Türkiye" Devoted to the Middle East
 
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CONFERENCES
 
1. Conference: "Islam and Peaceful Relations", Muslims in Britain Research Network
(MBRN), Coventry UK, 5 April 2016
 
This conference will uncover Islamic theological traditions around peacebuilding,
historical precedents of peaceful existence with Muslims and contemporary lived
experiences of intra-faith and inter-cultural dialogue, improved societal
understanding of difference and peaceful relations. It will move the debate beyond
simplistic ‘good and bad’, ‘us and them’ binaries to more complex discussions that
consider the impact of diverse social factors including, gender, class, economy and
geography.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2016. Information:
www.mbrn.org.uk/cfp-islam-and-peaceful-relations/ 
 
 
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2. Conference: “The Great War in the Middle East 1911-23”, Royal Military Academy
Sandhurst & Oxford University, Sandhurst, UK, 20-21 April 2016 
 
The aim is to widen discussion from the European experience of 1914-18, relating the
Great War to the broader period of conflict that affected the Ottoman Empire from
1911 to 1923. 
 
Information:
www.centenarynews.com/article/the-great-war-in-the-middle-east---sandhurst-conference-april-2016
 
 
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3. Workshop: “The Bible in Arabic in the 19th Century: What Challenges for
Christianity and Islam in the Middle East Societies since 1865?”, CNRS-GSRL, Paris,
26 May 2016
 
This International Workshop primarily intended to bring together researchers from
all disciplines, who worked on the Middle East in a perspective linking the history,
sociology and anthropology to this translation of the Bible into Arabic. We strongly
encourage junior researchers to apply.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 29 February 2016. Information:
www.infoclio.ch/fr/cfp-bible-arabic-nineteenth-century-what-challenges-christianity-and-islam-middle-east-societies
 
 
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4. Workshop: “Security and Stability in the Mediterranean and the Middle East”,
Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens, 26-28 May 2016
 
The general topics of the workshop may include the following: security in the
Mediterranean and the Broader Middle East: problems and prospects of the South,
migration and human security in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and the
present and future of Euro-Mediterranean relations. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 20 March 2016. Information: http://idos.gr/med-security/
 
 
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5. Symposium: “What would Prophet Muhammad do? Exploring the Meaning and Application
of Human Dignity in Islam”, Imam Hasan Centre, Sydney, Australia, 16-17 July 2016
 
The symposium does not restrict discourses and models to be exclusively associated
with Prophet Muhammad – it welcomes all types of knowledge-bases in a
multi-disciplinary setting.  It aims to set a viable historical context in which
experts can discuss the issue of human dignity. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 20 March 2016. Information:
www.imamhasancentre.com.au/conferences/
 
 
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6. Conference: “Rethinking Israel: Borders, Boundaries and Cultures”, European
Association of Israel Studies (EAIS), London, 4-6 September 2016
 
The aim of the conference is to bring together international scholars from a variety
of disciplines who are engaged in research in any aspect of Israel studies –
including Politics, Literature, Security, Social Studies, History, Economics, Law,
Language, Culture, Film, Music and Art. The EAIS will offer a limited number of
travel and accommodation stipends.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2016. Information: www.israelstudies.eu/Diary/23
 
 
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7. Global Islamic Economies and Markets Conference, QASD International, London, 11
September 2016
 
Recent years have witnessed remarkable developments in economies and markets
described as Islamic economies and markets either because they belong to Muslim
States or due to the fact that they are created outside the Muslim world and
basically attempt to comply with Islamic law. The conference is set to expound the
course and trends of developments in these economies and markets. Proposals are
invited. 
 
Information: http://qasd.org.uk/Poster.pdf 
 
 
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8. Conference: “The ‘Dangerous Classes’ in the Middle East and North Africa”,
University of Oxford, 26 January 2017
 
This conference takes as its central theme the notion of the “dangerous classes” and
invites abstracts examining its explanatory power when applied to the Middle East
and North Africa in the period from around 1800 to the present.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2016. Information:
www.sant.ox.ac.uk/events/%E2%80%9Cdangerous-classes%E2%80%9D-middle-east-and-north-africa

 
 
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9. Conference: “Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Reformation Era”, Verein für
Reformationsgeschichte & Society for Reformation Research, Nuremberg, Germany, 19-21
July 2017
 
The two central questions of the conference are: 1. How did the interactions and
relationships of Christians, Jews, and Muslims change as a result of the
Reformation? 2. How was the Reformation socially and discursively influenced by the
religious pluralism that already existed with the presence of Judaism and Islam?
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2016. Information:
www.nuremberg2017.org/call-for-papers2.html 
 
 
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 POSITIONS
 
10. W3 Professorship for Economics: Economy and Society of the Middle East,
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
 
Prerequisites for the position are a university degree, university level teaching
experience, a doctoral degree, and additional academic qualifications. These should
be in the form of a “Habilitation” or equivalent academic publications. The
necessary qualifications may also have been acquired in a non-university context or
through a junior faculty position.
 
Deadline for application: 18 March 2016. Information:
www.fau.eu/university/careers-at-fau/
 
 
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11. PhD Position: “Study of Religion”, University of Leipzig, Germany
 
The position is starting in April 2016. Requirements: degree in Islamic Studies
and/or Sociology which is knowledgeable in the other subject as well, ability to
work independently, fluency in English, good knowledge of the debates within Islamic
studies and of the debates on secularization/secularism/secularity. Knowledge of one
of the languages spoken in the ‘Islamic world’ is desirable.
 
Deadline for application: 8 February 2016. Information:
www.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/cm/kuwi/2016/01/27/stellenausschreibung-job-offer/
 
 
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12. 12 Research Fellows for the Research Partnership “The Maghreb in Transition.
Media, Knowledge & Power in Morocco and Tunisia”, German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD)
 
In February 2016, “the Maghreb in Transition” recruits twelve research fellows
(ideally, four PhD students or Postdoctoral researchers from each country) into its
two years project. Requirements are, among others: academic  degree  in the
 humanities,  legal or  social sciences (Licence  or  Master), Postdoc  or  
enrolment   as   a   PhD-student   at  a   German,   Moroccan   or   Tunisian
 university, good  oral  and  written  skills  in English  or French.
 
Deadline for application: 15 February 2016.
Information: www.daad.de/miniwebs/ictunis/de/26163/index.html
 
 
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13. Position in the USA: 
 
a) Postdoctoral Associate for Pre-modern Middle East History, Florida State
University -
https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/109334/job-posting-pre-modern-middle-east-history-florida-state

 
 
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OTHER INFORMATION
 
14. Summer Academy: “Reconfiguring the (Non-)Political. Performing and Narrating
Change and Continuity”, Tunis, 28 August - 4 September 2016
 
The Summer Academy is designed to support scholarly networks and contribute to
closer ties between research activities in and outside Europe, the Middle East and
North Africa. It focuses on changing notions of ‘the political’ (in the broad sense
of the French term ‘le politique’), seeing it as part of transformative processes
and power struggles in the MENA region in recent years. 
 
Deadline for application: 29 February 2016. Information:
www.uni-marburg.de/cnms/forschung/re-konfigurationen/aktuelles/news/cfp-summeracademy-2016.pdf
 
 
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15. Three-Month Full-Time Internships, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP),
Berlin 
 
We are particularly interested in attracting young researchers in political science
and related social sciences (economics, law, administration, occasionally also
regional studies, ethnology, or journalism). For an internship you should have at
least the following qualifications: very good knowledge of English as well as
German, good end-user IT skills, interest in policy consultation and communication,
commitment, ambition, teamwork and social skills.
 
Deadline for application: 31 March 2016. Information:
www.swp-berlin.org/en/about-swp/jobs-internships/internships.html 
 
 
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16. Funding Programme for Persecuted Researchers, Philipp Schwartz Initiative,
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
 
With funding to start in summer 2016, the Philipp Schwartz Initiative will allow up
to 20 scientists and scholars who are under threat from political persecution to
continue their research at German universities and research institutions. 
 
Deadline for application: 31 March 2016. Information:
www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/21611250.html 
 
 
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17. Articles for Issue of "Journal of Yeni Türkiye" Devoted to the Middle East
 
We welcome papers based on original research on Middle East' history, history of
art, literature, culture, society, politics, international relations and economy.
Papers can be submitted in Turkish, English or Arabic.
 
Deadline for submission: 15 March 2016. Information: www.yeniturkiye.com/