EURAMES Info Service 43/2016

CONFERENCES
 
1. Conference: "Iranian Architects and Architecture: Transition from Traditional to
Postmodern", Iran Heritage Foundation, Asia House, London, 12 November 2016
 
2. International Workshop: "The Avant-Garde and Its Networks: Surrealism in Paris,
North Africa and the Middle East from the 1930s", Orient-Institut Beirut, 14-15
November 2016
 
3. Seminar: "Hispania, Al-Andalus and Spain/Portugal: Identity and Nationalism in
Medieval Iberia", Casa Árabe, Madrid, 14-15 November 2016
 
4. Conference: "Gender and Generation in the Aftermath of the Uprisings. Political
Visions, Desires, Movements in the Middle East and North Africa Today", SOAS,
University of London, 9-10 December 2016
 
5. 8th Tunis Exchange Conference (3-10 January 2017) and 16th Beirut Exchange
Conference (11-18 January 2017)
 
6. Academic Workshop: "Diasporas and Transitional Justice: Local, National, and
Global Dimensions" prior to ISA Baltimore, 21 February 2017, and Warwick University,
3 April 2017
 
7. Conference of the Asian Federation of Mediterranean Studies Institutes (AFOMEDI):
"Asian Perspectives of the Mediterranean Studies: Exchange and Dialogue", Busan
University of Foreign Studies, South Korea, 11 March 2017
 
8. International Conference: "Religion and the State", Tunis, 24-25 March 2017  
 
9. International Conference: "Before Orientalism: The 'Images' of Islam, 15th-17th
Centuries", Mediterranean Seminar, Madrid, 18-19 May 2017 
 
10. Annual International Graduate Student Conference: "Interdisciplinary Research in
Arabic and Islamic Studies", Yerevan State University, 28-29 June 2017
 
11. Conference: "From Scotland to the South of the Mediterranean. The Thought of
Adam Smith through Europe and Beyond," University of Palermo, Sicily, 6-7 July 2017 
 
12. Colloque international : appel à communication : "Genre, sexualité, et culture :
les enjeux de l'espace public  autour de la Méditerranée. Comparaison Union
Européenne / Maghreb", Casablanca, Maroc, 23-24 Novembre 2017 
 
13. Conference: "The Question of Borders among the Resident, the Passer-by and the
Intermediary", University of Balamand, Lebanon, 23-25 November 2017
 
 
POSITIONS
 
14. Research Position in Modern and Contemporary History of Iran, Oriental
Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha
 
15. Open Rank Position in the Field of Greater Mediterranean Literature and Culture,
Koç University, Istanbul
 
16. Tenure-Track Position in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, American University in Cairo
 
17. Assistant Professor Specializing in the Arts of the Islamic World, University of
California, Los Angeles 
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
19. Seminar: "One Land, Two Peoples and Three Religions", Galilee International
Management Institute, Nahalal, Israel, 28 December 2016 - 9 January 2017 
 
20. Summer Institute: "Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia: The Voices of Women in Literature,
Cinema and Other Arts since Independence", Oregon State University, 26 June - 14
July 2017

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CONFERENCES
 
1. Conference: "Iranian Architects and Architecture: Transition from Traditional to
Postmodern", Iran Heritage Foundation, Asia House, London, 12 November 2016
 
The purpose of the conference is to discuss and evaluate the overall shortcomings
and successes of modern architecture in Iran, as well as recognize the achievements
of Iranian architects and the works they have created.
 
Information: www.iranheritage.org/12Nov16/default.htm 
 
 
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2. International Workshop: "The Avant-Garde and Its Networks: Surrealism in Paris,
North Africa and the Middle East from the 1930s", Orient-Institut Beirut, 14-15
November 2016
 
The workshop seeks to shed light on Surrealism as a political, social, literary and
artistic phenomenon that migrated beyond Europe and was translated into different
contexts. It focuses on international networks between Paris, Beirut, Cairo, and
other cities from North Africa to Iran. The question of how the reception of
artistic and literary ideas and practices has affected the concepts of Surrealism is
also addressed.
 
Program: www.orient-institut.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Workshop_Beirut.Surrealismys.pdf
 
 
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3. Seminar: "Hispania, Al-Andalus and Spain/Portugal: Identity and Nationalism in
Medieval Iberia", Casa Árabe, Madrid, 14-15 November 2016
 
Organized by Maribel Fierro (CSIC, Madrid) and Alejandro García-Sanjuán (University
of Huelva) and bringing together different scholarly sectors around the role played
by the Arab and Islamic cultural heritage in Iberian history.
 
Further information: www.casaarabe.es/eventos/index/cursos-y-seminarios and
mailto:orozco@casaarabe.es 
 
 
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4. Conference: "Gender and Generation in the Aftermath of the Uprisings. Political
Visions, Desires, Movements in the Middle East and North Africa Today", SOAS,
University of London, 9-10 December 2016
 
What do the present and future look like at a time when young people's visions for
social justice, their aspirations towards socio-economic mobility and their projects
of self-determination and liberation have been betrayed by increased precariousness,
violence and surveillance? This question will be approached from three crucial
angles: political movements, apathy and mobility; vocabularies of change and
affectivity; 'wired communities' and friendship.  
 
Pre-registration required. Information:
www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/events/09dec2016-gender-and-generation-in-the-aftermath-of-the-uprisings-political-visions-desires-movement.html
 
 
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5. 8th Tunis Exchange Conference (3-10 January 2017) and 16th Beirut Exchange
Conference (11-18 January 2017)
 
The Exchange is an effort by MideastWire and its partners to promote understanding
and academic enrichment through a variety of city-focused conferences. During their
stay students and professionals from around the globe engage directly with some of
the leading intellectuals, academics and political leaders in the country -
representing a variety of different viewpoints.
 
Deadline for application: 20 November 2016. Information: www.thebeirutexchange.com/
 
 
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6. Academic Workshop: "Diasporas and Transitional Justice: Local, National, and
Global Dimensions" prior to ISA Baltimore, 21 February 2017, and Warwick University,
3 April 2017
 
The workshop aims to explore the comparative dimension of diaspora mobilizations for
a wide range of transitional justice processes, and to analyze how diasporas'
embeddedness in different global locations impacts on such mobilizations in local,
national, and global politics. We are looking for papers from different world
regions, including the Middle East.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 20 November 2016. Information:
www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/researchcentres/cpd/diasporas/news/erc_diasporas_and_transitional_justice_workshop_advertizement.pdf
         
 
 
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7. Conference of the Asian Federation of Mediterranean Studies Institutes (AFOMEDI):
"Asian Perspectives of the Mediterranean Studies: Exchange and Dialogue", Busan
University of Foreign Studies, South Korea, 11 March 2017
 
This conference welcomes papers dealing with any aspects of disciplinary and
interdisciplinary engagements with the Mediterranean Studies and its Asian
perspectives, which will contribute to a scholarly discussion involving philosophy,
history, language, literature and culture, among other possibilities.
 
Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2017. Information: www.AFOMEDI.org 
 
 
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8. International Conference: "Religion and the State", Tunis, 24-25 March 2017  
 
The Arab Association of Constitutional Law with the support of Harvard Law
School's "Islamic Legal Studies Program" will hold this conference. Panels will
focus on Islam and the State, Islamic Constitutionalism, and Islam and Social
Cohesion.
 
Submission deadline: 18 November 2016. Information:
www.constitutionnet.org/event/call-papers-international-conference-religion-and-state

 
 
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9. International Conference: "Before Orientalism: The 'Images' of Islam, 15th-17th
Centuries", Mediterranean Seminar, Madrid, 18-19 May 2017 
 
The purpose of this conference is to analyse from a pluri-disciplinar perspective,
which conceptions or images of Islam were developed, from the end of the Middle Ages
to the decline of the Austria dynasty in the Iberian Peninsula and other
Mediterranean enclaves closely connected to the Hispanic Crown.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2017. Information:
http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=0a9848950e&e=82aeb6c61d
 
 
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10. Annual International Graduate Student Conference: "Interdisciplinary Research in
Arabic and Islamic Studies", Yerevan State University, 28-29 June 2017
 
Research papers are accepted on all aspects of Arabic and Islamic studies: Islamic
Studies (History, religion, politics) - Arabic Literature and Linguistics -History
of Arabic countries - Intercultural dialogue, etc.
 
Deadline for abstracts:  25 March 2017. Contact: graduateconferenceysu@gmail.com
 
 
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11. Conference: "From Scotland to the South of the Mediterranean. The Thought of
Adam Smith through Europe and Beyond," University of Palermo, Sicily, 6-7 July 2017 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 8 January 2017. Information:
www.unipa.it/dipartimenti/seas/SmithConference/ 
 
 
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12. Colloque international : appel à communication : "Genre, sexualité, et culture :
les enjeux de l'espace public  autour de la Méditerranée. Comparaison Union
Européenne / Maghreb", Casablanca, Maroc, 23-24 Novembre 2017 
 
A partir d'une approche comparative autour de la Méditerranée, ce colloque porte sur
la persistance des asymétries et des inégalités de genre (y compris en matière de
sexualité) et sur les controverses relatives à l'égalité de genre, au sein et entre
les sociétés européennes et les sociétés maghrébines.
 
Date limite de soumission : 28 février 2017. Information :
www.test-afs-socio.fr/drupal/node/4714
 
 
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13. Conference: "The Question of Borders among the Resident, the Passer-by and the
Intermediary", University of Balamand, Lebanon, 23-25 November 2017
 
Conference themes are borders as definitions, borders as legal entity, borders as
social entity, borders in systems and individuals, borders as belief systems,
borders in discourse, borders in literature and borders in arts. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2017. Information:
www.balamand.edu.lb/Academics/Faculties/FASS/NewsEvents/Documents/QuestionOfBorders/english.pdf

 
 
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POSITIONS
 
14. Research Position in Modern and Contemporary History of Iran, Oriental
Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha
 
The research focus implies history of pre-1979 Iran (i.e. from the early 16th
century). The candidates must hold a PhD degree in a relevant field and a working
knowledge of Persian language. The duration of the position is 3 years with the
possibility of extension. 
 
Deadline for application: 23 January 2017. Contact: mailto:zouplna@orient.cas.cz.
Information: www.orient.cas.cz/lide/kariera.html 
 
 
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15. Open Rank Position in the Field of Greater Mediterranean Literature and Culture,
Koç University, Istanbul
 
The position will start in September 2017. Junior appointments are at the level of
assistant professor and initially for a period of three years with opportunities for
renewal and advancement.
 
Deadline for application: 18 December 2016. Information:
http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=5b1bd3dd29&e=82aeb6c61d

 
 
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16. Tenure-Track Position in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, American University in Cairo
 
The position is to begin in Fall 2017. Applicants should enrich the regional focus
of the program and whose research and teaching engages with the Middle East and
North Africa and its diverse connections with sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, or Europe
and the Americas. Specific areas of interest include but are not limited to: STS,
art and visual anthropology, cultures of precarity and risk.
 
Priority will be given to applications received by 1 November 2016. Information:
www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53993 
 
 
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17. Assistant Professor Specializing in the Arts of the Islamic World, University of
California, Los Angeles 
 
The position is to start 1 July 2017. We seek a scholar whose work emphasizes
methodological innovation as well as connections between Islamic and other
traditions, and who is interested in cross-field collaboration within the department
and the university.
 
Application deadline: 15 December 2016. Information:
https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF02631
 
 
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OTHER INFORMATION
 
18. Seminar: "One Land, Two Peoples and Three Religions", Galilee International
Management Institute, Nahalal, Israel, 28 December 2016 - 9 January 2017 
 
This program focuses on the Jewish /Christian/Islamic religions, their roots in
Israel and their relationship in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
 
Information: www.galilcol.ac.il. Contact: mailto:info@galilcol.ac.il 
 
 
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19. Summer Institute: "Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia: The Voices of Women in Literature,
Cinema and Other Arts since Independence", Oregon State University, 26 June - 14
July 2017
 
This institute will shed light on the significance of North African artistic
expressions in the literary, visual and musical arts with origins in Berber, Arabic
and European idioms; expressions that have adapted to modernity, postcolonialism,
the reality of globalism and advances of social media. The institute will bring
together leading scholars in North African studies and 25 college and university
teachers wishing to expand their coursework or research on contemporary North
Africa.
 
Deadline for application: 1 March 2017. Information:
http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/centers-and-initiatives/neh-summer-institute-2017