EURAMES Info Service 41/2016

CONFERENCES
 
1. Ninth Biennial Conference on the Qur'an: "The Qur'an: Text, Society & Culture",
SOAS, London, 10-12 November 2016
 
2. International Conference: "The Mercantile Effect: On Art and Exchange in the
Islamicate World during the 17th-18th Centuries", Barenboim-Said Akademie, Berlin,
18-19 November 2016 
 
3. International Conference: "Turkey - Regional & International Implications",
European Centre for the Study of Extremism (EuroCSE), Cambridge, 7-8 December 2016
 
4. Conference: "The 'Dangerous Classes' in the Middle East and North Africa", St
Antony's College, University of Oxford, 26 January 2017
 
5. Workshop: "Regions, Networks, and Institutions in Mongol Eurasia: A Meso
Historical Analysis", Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 17-18 May 2017
 
6. Workshop: "Security & Stability in the Mediterranean and the Middle East",
Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens, 25-27 May 2017
 
7. Panel: "Migration and Belonging: Transnationalism and Translocational
Positionality in the Middle East" for BRISMES Conference: "Movement and Migration in
the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux", IMES, University of Edinburgh, 5-7 July
2017
 
8. 33rd German Oriental Studies Conference (DOT) / 24th International Congress of
the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO), University of Jena, 18-22
September 2017
 
 
POSITIONS
 
9. Assistant Professor in Modern Arabic Literature and Literary Theory, American
University of Beirut
 
10. Full-Time, One-Semester Assistant Professor in Modern Middle Eastern History,
Southern Connecticut State University
 
11. Two Carnegie Fellowships in Support of Arab-Region Social Science, University of
North Carolina 
 
12. Research Fellowships in the Humanities, New York University in Abu Dhabi
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
13. Articles on "Minority Rights and the New Migration" for special issue of
"Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe" 
 
14. New Blog "Subaltern States"
 
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CONFERENCES
 
1. Ninth Biennial Conference on the Qur'an: "The Qur'an: Text, Society & Culture",
SOAS, London, 10-12 November 2016
 
The conference series seeks to provide a forum for investigating the basic question:
how is the Qur'anic text read and interpreted? Our objective is to encompass a
global vision of current research trends, and to stimulate discussion, debate, and
research on all aspects of the Qur'anic text and its interpretation and translation.
No registration required. 
 
Information and program: www.soas.ac.uk/quran-2016/ 
 
 
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2. International Conference: "The Mercantile Effect: On Art and Exchange in the
Islamicate World during the 17th-18th Centuries", Barenboim-Said Akademie, Berlin,
18-19 November 2016 
 
From Agra to Aleppo, Cairo to Canton, Goa to Zanzibar; peoples as diverse as
Armenians, Chinese, Arabs, Persians and Europeans, traversed long distances moving
art things and their attendant ideas, ideals, and technologies. This conference will
explore the development of global trade routes and the emergence of new methods of
exchange. 
 
Information and registration: www.gingkolibrary.com 
 
 
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3. International Conference: "Turkey - Regional & International Implications",
European Centre for the Study of Extremism (EuroCSE), Cambridge, 7-8 December 2016
 
Topics include: the current Syrian refugee crisis and its possible implications on
Turkey; Turkey's evolving system of governance; the rise in terrorist activity and
in jihadist insurgents; the policy towards Turkey's minorities; and the
Turkish-Russian rapprochement.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2016. Information:
http://www.eurocse.org/upcoming-events.html
 
 
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4. Conference: "The 'Dangerous Classes' in the Middle East and North Africa", St
Antony's College, University of Oxford, 26 January 2017
 
Information, programme and registration:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-dangerous-classes-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-conference-tickets-28223362838

 
 
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5. Workshop: "Regions, Networks, and Institutions in Mongol Eurasia: A
Meso-Historical Analysis", Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 17-18 May 2017
 
We are looking for papers dealing with regions, networks and institutions in Mongol
Eurasia which are based on close reading in primary sources (literary,
archaeological, visual). The workshop aims at using the meso-history framework- the
one between micro and macro - for illuminating the meaning and characteristics of
the proto-globalization in Mongol Eurasia (13th-14th centuries).  
 
Deadline for abstracts: 25 November 2016. Information:
http://mongol.huji.ac.il/news-and-activities/cfp-meso-historical-analysis-regions-networks-and-institutions

 
 
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6. Workshop: "Security & Stability in the Mediterranean and the Middle East",
Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens, 25-27 May 2017
 
There is a need to go beyond conventional understandings of security with the
objective of helping to solve the ongoing political conflicts in the
Euro-Mediterranean region and of bringing peace and stability to the region.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 16 January 2017. Information: http://idos.gr/679/?lang=en 
 
 
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7. Panel: "Migration and Belonging: Transnationalism and Translocational
Positionality in the Middle East" for BRISMES Conference: "Movement and Migration in
the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux", IMES, University of Edinburgh, 5-7 July
2017
 
At a time when mass migration within and from the Middle East and North Africa is
dominating global debate, this conference will provide a forum for informed
discussion, including insights into the historical background, current context, as
well as the challenges posed by the present situation and possible future
directions.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 27 January 2017. Information: Gennaro
Errichiello (g.errichiello@lboro.ac.uk) and www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/cfp2017 
 
 
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8. 33rd German Oriental Studies Conference (DOT) / 24th International Congress of
the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO), University of Jena, 18-22
September 2017
 
The range of disciplines encompasses the Ancient and Modern Middle East, including
North Africa, as well as all of Asia, with particular emphasis on Central, South and
South East Asia.
 
Deadline for abstracts: January 2017. Information: www.dot2017.de/en/ 
 
 
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STELLENANGEBOTE / POSITIONS
 
9. Assistant Professor in Modern Arabic Literature and Literary Theory, American
University of Beirut
 
The position is to begin 15 August 2017. Applicants should be well versed in both
Arab and Western classical heritages, including Western literary theory. A reading
knowledge of French and/or German is highly desirable.
 
Deadline for application: 31 October 2016. Information:
www.aub.edu.lb/fas/fas_home/academic-employment/Pages/academic_positions.aspx#7 
 
 
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10. Full-Time, One-Semester Assistant Professor in Modern Middle Eastern History,
Southern Connecticut State University
 
Proficiency in a language such as Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish required. The
courses include one section of World Civilization II, 1500-present; two sections of
Modern Middle East at the general education level; and one upper division topics
course such as the Ottoman Empire, the Arab-Israeli Conflict, or Gender and Islam. 
 
Review will begin on 15 October 2016. Information: Dr. Katherine Hermes:
hermesk@ccsu.edu.
 
 
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11. Two Carnegie Fellowships in Support of Arab-Region Social Science, University of
North Carolina 
 
Applications are invited from social scientists affiliated with universities in the
Arab world for semester-long fellowships in Fall 2017. Early-career scholars,
including advanced doctoral candidates or faculty members within five years of their
Ph.D., may be given preference.
 
Deadline for application: 4 January 2017. Information:
http://mideast.unc.edu/jobs/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-carnegie-fellowships-in-support-of-arab-region-social-science/
 
 
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12. Research Fellowships in the Humanities, New York University in Abu Dhabi
 
The Institute hosts up to two senior fellows and up to four junior fellows related
to Arab culture, especially in History, Literature, Philosophy, the Arab Crossroads
program, and Museum Studies. Start 1 February 2017. 
 
Deadline for application: 1 November 2016. Information:
http://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/nyuad-institute/institute-research/research-fellowships-in-the-humanities.html

 
 
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OTHER INFORMATION
 
 
13. Articles on "Minority Rights and the New Migration" for special issue of
"Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe" 
 
The following specific topics could be addressed: Differential state recognition of
"minority rights" for different types of ethnic/linguistic/cultural minorities; the
policy implications of the "new migration" serving to reinforce long-existing urban
ethnic concentrations in certain neighbourhoods, and possibly to develop new
concentrations; Multiculturalism/ethnic pluralism policies in Europe compared to
primarily immigrant-origin countries with diverse populations (including indigenous)
beyond Europe; etc.
 
Deadline for submissions: 15 November 2016. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/148464/call-papers-minority-rights-and-new-migration
 
 
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14. New Blog "Subaltern States"
 
This blog is about the domestic politics of states around the world from comparative
politics or international studies perspectives.  It centers on case study analysis
using qualitative, culturalist, historicist, political-sociological, and/or
interpretive approaches. "Subaltern" refers to brief analyses and commentaries that
address the less powerful or marginalized of states, peoples, movements, or ideas
within their domestic or regional contexts, or within the international system. The
latest article focuses on "Times of Tumult: Discussing Islam and Feminism".
 
Information: www.e-ir.info/category/blogs/subaltern-states/. Contact with blog
curator at pjwoods@ufl.edu