CONFERENCES 1. International Conference: "Spatial Thought in Islamicate Societies, 1000-1600: The Politics of Genre, Image, and Text", University of Tübingen, 30 March - 1 April 2017 2. Research Colloquium: "Arabic Popular Culture", Department of Arabic Studies, Bamberg University, 5-6 May 2017 3. Workshop: "Deconstructing Unitary Statehood: Hybrid Governance in Comparative Perspective (Focus MENA Region)", Island of Procida (Naples), 5-6 May 2017 4. Fourth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, American University of Beirut, 11-13 May 2017 5. International Symposium: "Avicenna Reloaded - Analyzing a Muslim Polymath from a Present View", Institute of Islamic Theology (IIT), Osnabrück University, Germany, 12-13 May 2017 6. International Workshop: "Civic Activism and Protest Culture in the Black Sea of Cultures", New Europe College, Bucharest, 22-23 June 2017 7. Panel on "Political Economy of State Transformations in Greece, Turkey and Eastern Mediterranean Region", 8th Annual Conference of the "International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE)", Berlin School of Economics and Law, 13-15 September 2017 8. Conference: "Second Forum of Researchers in Islamic Contexts", NOVA University of Lisbon, 28-29 September 2017 9. International Conference: "Popular Culture between Site and Flow", Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 28-30 September 2017 1o. Panel on "Muslims and the City", 46th Annual Conference of the North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies, Boston, 29 September 2017 11. Panel on "Knowledge Production in Islamic Communities", Annual Meeting of the "American Anthropological Association", Washington, DC, 29 November - 3 December 2017 12. Panel on "Israeli Minorities and Democracy", Annual Conference of the "Association for Jewish Studies", Washington, DC, 17-19 December 2017 POSITIONS 13. PhD and Post-Doc Scholarships, Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, Bonn 14. Doctoral Scholarships in Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg University 15. Lecturer in the History of the Modern Middle East, King's College London 16. Three-year PhD Scholarship for Research on "Late Antiquity and Early Islam", University of Groningen 17. Postdoc Position, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 18. 2 Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), Lisbon, Portugal 19. One-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship position, Narrative Politics in International Relations, Central European University, Budapest 20. Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Middle Eastern of North African History, Bowdoin College, Maine OTHER INFORMATION 21. Summer School: "Kinship and Politics. Undoing the Boundaries", Bielefeld University, 2-7 July 2017 22. Summer School: "De-constructing Narratives, Imaginaries and Representations", University of Turin, 3-7 July 2017 23. Summer School: "The Middle East in Global Politics", SOAS University of London, 3-21 July 2017 24. Summer School for Teachers: "Understanding and Teaching about Islam", Dar al-Islam, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 9-22 July 2017 25. Summer School: "Gender, Conflict and the Middle East", SOAS University of London, 24 July - 11 August 2017 26. Summer Arabic and North African Studies in Al Ahawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco 27. ICSOR Grants for Residence in Rome for Researchers with Projects in Sociology of Religion 28. Articles on "Before Archaeology. The Meaning of the Past in Classical and Pre-modern Islamic Thought" for Volume of the "Atlas of the Ancient Near East Project" If you want to distribute an announcement via DAVO-Info-Service (about 1500 recipients) and EURAMES Info Service (more than 6000 recipients, only English and French announcements), please apply the usual format of the text with no more than 50 words and no attachment. Please send only the most important information to davo@geo.uni-mainz.de and refer to further details with a link to the respective website or an email address. Best regards, Guenter Meyer, Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz ____________________ CONFERENCES 1. International Conference: "Spatial Thought in Islamicate Societies, 1000-1600: The Politics of Genre, Image, and Text", University of Tübingen, 30 March - 1 April 2017 How have place and space been conceived by writers and mapmakers in the Islamicate parts of the world? Questioning established notions of genre, the conference explores the ways how spatial thought was entangled with political, religious, cultural, and intellectual history. The aim is to envisage a diversely linked spatial history, with new relevance for the study of Islamicate societies. Information: www.spatial-thought.uni-tuebingen.de/ _____________ 2. Research Colloquium: "Arabic Popular Culture", Department of Arabic Studies, Bamberg University, 5-6 May 2017 The colloquium addresses academics working on Arabic popular culture. Languages of discussion are German, Arabic, and English. Deadline for abstracts: 20 March 2017. Information: http://bit.ly/2mSCDfw _____________ 3. Workshop: "Deconstructing Unitary Statehood: Hybrid Governance in Comparative Perspective (Focus MENA Region)", Island of Procida (Naples), 5-6 May 2017 Deadline for abstracts: 17 March 2017. Information: gc.giuliacimini@gmail.com _____________ 4. Fourth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, American University of Beirut, 11-13 May 2017 The first day of the conference will be themed. In consideration of the quincentennial of the fall of the Mamluk sultanate of Cairo in 1517, the theme of this part of the conference will be "Time." The following two days will be structured in panels that focus on many aspects of the intellectual, political, social, economic, and artistic life of the Mamluk period. Preliminary conference schedule: http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference.html Registration: https://fasstore.aub.edu.lb/conference-school-mamluk-studies _____________ 5. International Symposium: "Avicenna Reloaded - Analyzing a Muslim Polymath from a Present View", Institute of Islamic Theology (IIT), Osnabrück University, Germany, 12-13 May 2017 Conference tracks include Avicenna-related research from the fields of philosophy, theology, medicine, psychology, astronomy and natural science. Deadline for registration: 30 April 2017. Information: http://www.islamische-theologie.uni-osnabrueck.de/fileadmin/documents/public/Plakate_Brosch%C3%BCren/Symposiumsplakat_-_Ibn_Sina.pdf _____________ 6. International Workshop: "Civic Activism and Protest Culture in the Black Sea of Cultures", New Europe College, Bucharest, 22-23 June 2017 The organizers invite scholars working on relevant topics to submit their proposals for a presentation during our workshop. They can relate both to more theoretical questions and to case studies relevant for the wider Black Sea area. Deadline for proposals: 15 April 2017. Information: www.nec.ro/data/pdfs/news/PoM_Worskhop_2017.pdf _____________ 7. Panel on "Political Economy of State Transformations in Greece, Turkey and Eastern Mediterranean Region" at the 8th Annual Conference of the "International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE)", Berlin School of Economics and Law, 13-15 September 2017 The call for papers aims to gather contributions examining topics including the following: whether the recent developments should be considered as 'crisis in neoliberalism' or a 'crisis of neoliberalism', the authoritarian turn in Turkey and/or the emergence of a neo-fascist political right in Greece, etc. Deadline for abstracts: 1 April 2017. Information: http://iippe.org/wp/?p=3065; Galip Yalman yalman@metu.edu.tr _____________ 8. Conference: "Second Forum of Researchers in Islamic Contexts", NOVA University of Lisbon, 28-29 September 2017 Islam is projected to the center of political and societal debates in Europe, as a metonymy that is useful for fueling the political agenda of the day. The Forum will give an account of the diversity of these contexts and their themes through researches carried out in Portugal or in other contexts. Deadline for abstracts in Portuguese or English: 2 May 2017. Information: neci.cria@gmail.com _____________ 9. International Conference: "Popular Culture between Site and Flow", Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 28-30 September 2017 In what ways can or should the idea of popular culture as the site or terrain of social struggle be adapted to account for the significant patterns of contemporary movement of MENA peoples? Or alternatively, in what ways are the spectacular demographic flows towards, through, and away from the region leading to the fetishization of movement, hybridity, and exchange in MENA cultural production? Etc. Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2017. Information: https://menapoptbilisi.wordpress.com/ _____________ 10. Panel on "Muslims and the City", 46th Annual Conference of the North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies, Boston, 29 September 2017 We invite a diverse range of papers from professors and advanced Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences. Deadline for abstracts: 20 March 2017. Information: http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=e18f4f6553&e=82aeb6c61d _____________ 11. Panel on "Knowledge Production in Islamic Communities", Annual Meeting of the "American Anthropological Association", Washington, DC, 29 November - 3 December 2017 Deadline for abstracts: 10 April 2017. Information: Matthew Steele msteele@fas.harvard.edu _____________ 12. Panel on "Israeli Minorities and Democracy", Annual Conference of the "Association for Jewish Studies", Washington, DC, 17-19 December 2017 Deadline for abstracts: 4 May 2017. Information: www.ajsnet.org/conference-call-for-papers-2017.htm#division _____________ POSITIONS 13. PhD and Post-Doc Scholarships, Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, Bonn The ASK is seeking to recruit three doctoral students and three junior fellows for a period of six to twelve months with a prospective start date of October 2017. Applicants should have a high level of proficiency in spoken and written English. Deadline for application: 15 May 2017. Information: www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/mamluk-events/ask-call-for-applications-2017-18.pdf _____________ 14. Doctoral Scholarships in Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg University The Graduate Programme of the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" welcomes applications for up to six doctoral scholarships beginning in the winter semester 2017/18. Applicants are expected to propose a doctoral project with a strong affiliation to one of the research areas. They must hold an M.A. or equivalent in a discipline of the humanities or social sciences with an above-average grade and provide proof of advanced language skills in English. Deadline for application: 15 March 2017. Information: www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/studies/graduate-programme-for-transcultural-studies/application.html _____________ 15. Lecturer in the History of the Modern Middle East, King's College London The successful candidate will have trained in some aspect of the modern or contemporary history of the region. The candidate will be skilled in the use of a regional language, and offer some geographic breadth to our current expertise. S/he will teach and supervise BA students and contribute to the full range of the Department's clearly defined activities in postgraduate teaching and PhD supervision, research, and administration Deadline for application: 9 April 2017. Information: www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=75326 _____________ 16. Three-year PhD Scholarship for Research on "Late Antiquity and Early Islam", University of Groningen The PhD student is expected to have graduated with excellent results in a research-based MA thesis in Theology/Religious Studies, History, Islamic Studies or another relevant discipline; to have an advanced level of Arabic or other relevant linguistic skills, so as to be able to read primary sources; to be fluent in English (both oral and written); etc. Deadline for application: 2 April 2017. Information: www.rug.nl/education/phd-programmes/phd-scholarship-programme/phd-scholarships?details=00347-02S0005CFP _____________ 17. Postdoc Position, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Applicants must hold a PhD, and they must have documented research qualifications within the study of religion in the Middle East. The postdoc position is not tied to a specific, ongoing research project. Preferred start up is early autumn 2017. Deadline for application: 29 March 2017. Information: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/135324/postdoc-position-at-the-department-of-philosophy-and-religious-studies _____________ 18. 2 Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), Lisbon, Portugal Desired qualifications: Promising research in the extended Western Saharan Region; relevant scientific publications after PhD; theoretical attention to questions of race, social status and "tribal" formations; language skills in English, Arabic, and French. Deadline for application: 20 March 2017. Information: http://cria.org.pt/wp/en/cria_capsahara_bpd_2017/ _____________ 19. One-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship position, Narrative Politics in International Relations, Central European University, Budapest Preference will be given to applicants with regional expertise in the European, post-Soviet or Middle East areas and a track record of fieldwork research. Deadline for application: 31 March 2017. Information: https://hro.ceu.edu/vacancies/one-year-post-doctoral-fellowship-position-in-narrative-politics-in-international-relation _____________ 20. Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Middle Eastern of North African History, Bowdoin College, Maine The History Department invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship to begin July 1, 2017. Sub-field open, but preference is given for candidates who can offer curricular coverage of the twentieth century. Applicants for this fellowship must have completed their Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 2014. Review of applications begins on 10 March 2017. Information: https://careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/3823 _____________ OTHER INFORMATION 21. Summer School: "Kinship and Politics. Undoing the Boundaries", Bielefeld University, 2-7 July 2017 The summer school will revolve around two core theoretical perspectives: (a): "kinship" and "family" as analytical categories and (b) uses of kinship in political practice. The panels aim at bridging critical historical epistemology and empirical case studies. Accommodation and travel costs of the participants will be covered. There are no fees for the summer school. Deadline for application: 1 April 2017. Information: http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(de)/ZIF/FG/2016Kinship/Events/07-02-Alber_Call_for_Papers.pdf _____________ 22. Summer School: "De-constructing Narratives, Imaginaries and Representations", University of Turin, 3-7 July 2017 A specific focus will be on the role of old and new media with the participation of communication's experts coming from the MENA region. The final objective is to offer useful theoretical tools and empirical evidence to understand the complexity of the current transformations and, at the same time, to re-open a discussion free from constraints and simplifications. Deadline for application: 26 May 2017. Information: http://www.to-asia.it/to-mideast/ _____________ 23. Summer School: "The Middle East in Global Politics", SOAS University of London, 3-21 July 2017 This course aims to place the modern Middle East in its international context, exploring histories of empire and decolonisation, hegemony and resistance, conflict and cooperation, as well as identity and foreign policy. Deadline for application: 24 May 2017. Information: www.soas.ac.uk/summerschool/subjects/politics/the-middle-east-in-global-politics/ _____________ 24. Summer School for Teachers: "Understanding and Teaching about Islam", Dar al-Islam, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 9-22 July 2017 We provide and discuss available resources and tools to help the participants in teaching about Islam more effectively. Institutes attendees include secondary school teachers from public, private and parochial institutions of North America. Deadline for application: 1 April 2017. Information: http://daralislam.org/programs/education/teachers-institutes.aspx _____________ 25. Summer School: "Gender, Conflict and the Middle East", SOAS University of London, 24 July - 11 August 2017 This course offers insight into key issues in the study of gender and conflict in the Middle East. The course provides a focus for students interested in women's studies, feminism, sexuality and gender, while also offering a gendered approach to the study of conflict in the Middle East. Deadline for application: 24 May 2017. Information: http://www.soas.ac.uk/summerschool/subjects/politics/gender-conflict-and-the-middle-east-summer-course/ _____________ 26. Summer Arabic and North African Studies in Al Ahawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco The Arabic and North African Studies program at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco is an intensive summer program that provides a wide range of opportunities to students from all over the world, at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels. Deadline for application: 15 April 2017. Information: www.aui.ma/en/arabic.html _____________ 27. ICSOR Grants for Residence in Rome for Researchers with Projects in Sociology of Religion The grants provide residence in Rome for the duration of a week or more to a maximum of two months. Deadline for applications: 30 March 2017. Information: www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imgen/411-fellow-icsor.pdf _____________ 28. Articles on "Before Archaeology. The Meaning of the Past in Classical and Pre-modern Islamic Thought" for Volume of the "Atlas of the Ancient Near East Project" This is a research program funded by Sapienza-University of Rome, aimed at the description, display and analysis of cultural heritage and landscapes in the ancient Near East. Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2017. Information: www.academia.edu/31426127/CALL_FOR_PAPERS
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