!!!Deadline for Proposals: 20 June 2016: Contemporary Research on the Middle East and North Africa in Tuebingen on 6-8 October 2016

Final Call for Papers for the International DAVO Congress of Contemporary Research on the Middle East and North Africa in Tuebingen on 6-8 October 2016 -- Deadline for Proposals: 20 June 2016

Dear colleagues,

Please note that the deadline for submitting proposals of papers and panels to be presented during the International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) is approaching fast. For further information on this event see http://davo2016.org/

In addition to the general CfP, papers are also invited for the following open panels (see the complete announcement with the panel abstracts at http://davo2016.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Call-for-papers-for-open-panels.pdf). 

Please send your abstracts (up to 300 words) to the panel convener(s) and to Amke Dietert (amke.dietert@googlemail.com) before 17 June 2016 (Extended deadline!). Papers can be presented in English or German. Please fill in the form for contributions which is available on the Congress website at http://davo2016.org/registration

1) Current Re-Configurations of the Urban in the MENA Region

Organizers: Christian Steiner, Catholic University Eichstaett (Christian.steiner@ku.de) and Steffen Wippel, Philipps-University Marburg (steffen.wippel@uni-marburg.de), DAVO Working Group “Middle Eastern Economies”

2) Urban Policy Making and Implementation in the Arab World

Organizer: Mennatuallah Hendawy, Cairo (mennatuallah.hendawy@eng.asu.edu.eg)

3) Visions of the State: People’s Perception of State Responsibilities in the MENA Region and Beyond

Organizer: Tina Zintl, University of Tuebingen (tina.zintl@uni-tuebingen.de)

4) Arabellion: Social Change in the Context of Uprise and Violence

Organizer: Helmut Dietrich, Rabat (he.di@gmx.net)

5) Beyond Oil: The Politics of Energy in the MENA Region

Organizer: Marie Duboc, University of Tuebingen (marie.duboc@uni-tuebingen.de)

6) Social Movements on the "Move”: Lessons from South Africa for the Palestinian BDS Movement

Organizer: Sara El-Madani, University of Flensburg, sara.el-madani@uni-flensburg.de

7) Studying Palestine in Germany – an Inventory

Organizers: Sarah El Bulbeisi (sarah.elbulbeisi@gmail.com) and Amir Hamid (amirh@lmu.de) University of Munich

8) Women`s Rights in Iran: Flexibility in Religious Legal Opinions

Organisator: Golrang Khadivi, University of Hamburg (golrang.khadivi@gmail.com)

9) Ritual and Politics in Turkey

Organizer: Charlotte Joppien (charlottejoppien@hotmail.com)

10) It’s the economy, isn’t it??

Organizers: Sabine Hofmann, Freie Universität Berlin (shofmann@zedat.fu-berlin.de) and Marcus Loewe, German Development Institute Bonn (markus.loewe@die-gdi.de).

Best regards,

Prof. Dr. Guenter Meyer

Chairman of DAVO