CONFERENCES 1. Colloque : « La culture populaire au Moyen-Orient : Approches franco-japonaises croisées », EHESS Paris, 27-28 mars 2017 2. Conference: "Gender and Muslim Spaces: Community and Academic Perspectives"; Muslims in Britain Research Network, Leeds, UK, 29 March 2017 3. Conference: "American and Muslim Worlds: Ca. 1500-1900", University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 30 March - 1 April 2017 4. Workshop: "Concepts that Matter! Terminologies of Women and Gender in Transnational Perspective", University of Zurich, Switzerland, 7-8 April 2017 5. Conference: "Regional (Dis)Order in the Middle East: Historical Legacies and Current Shifts", John Hopkins University SAIS Europe, Bologna, 11 April 2017 6. Conference: "Harmonization of Civil Law and Islamic Law", National University of Malaysia, Pulau Langkawi, 29 April 2017 7. Conference: "Migration and Transcultural Memory in the 21st Century", University of Leeds, UK, 3 May 2017 8. Conference: "Sufi Cultural Heritage. A Transcultural Dialogue with Critical and Alternative Cultural Traditions", Karachi, Pakistan, 5-7 May 2017 9. Workshop: "Identity in International Relations: Methods of Interpretation and Critique", SOAS, University of London, 17-18 June 2017 10. Ninth Tunis Exchange with a Two-day Conference Led by Human Rights Watch (HRW), 1-8 July 2017 11. Seminar for Arabian Studies, British Museum, London, 4-6 August 2017 12. Conference: "The Modern State and Religious 'Dissent'", Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 25-26 September 2017 13. Workshop: "Colonialism and Education in a Comparative Perspective: Analyzing Gendered Civilizing Missions (ca. 1850-1970)", European University Institute, Florence, 26 October 2017 14. Conference: "Chronologics: Periodization in a Global Context", Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin, 7-9 December 2017 15. Symposium: "Ottoman Sufism: Scholars, Works, and Problems", Istanbul, 9-10 December 2017 16. 35th Annual Conference of the "Association of Global South Studies", Marrackech, Morocco, 14-16 December 2017 POSITIONS 17. 5 Post-Doctoral Positions: "Rethinking the Mediterranean", Aix-Marseille Université 18. Assistant/Associate Professor in Islamic Finance, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar 19. Head of the "Borders and Sovereignty Unit", Van Leer Jerusalem Institute 20. Chair in Israel Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts OTHER INFORMATION 21. Grants for Research Scholarships and Research Projects Provided by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung on "Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements" 22. Intensive Workshop: "Introduction to Data Analysis for the Social Sciences", Beirut, 22-26 May 2017 23. Summer School: "De-Constructing Narratives, Imaginaries and Representations", University of Turin, 3-7 July 2017 24. Course: "The Origins of al-Andalus: Conquest, Islamization and Arabization", Casa Árabe - CSIC, Cordoba, 17-22 July 2017 25. A.H. Morton Scholarship for Doctoral Research in Classical Persian Studies 26. Gibb Centenary Scholarship in Middle Eastern Studies 27. HOPES Call for Proposals for Short Projects Targeting Syrian Refugees in Higher Education in Syria's Neighbouring Countries 28. Stage intensif de langue arabe, option recherche sciences humaines et sociales, Tunis, 19 juin - 15 juillet 2017 29. Articles for "Hamsa. Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies" 30. Chapters on "State, Religion and Muslims. Between Discrimination and Protection at the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Levels" for Edited Book 31. Articles on "Rebel Yalla: Cultural Convergence in Western and Middle Eastern Literature and Culture" for Edited Book 32. Articles on "The Politics of Boycotts" for Journal "Radical History Review" 33. Articles on "Media, Identity, and Online Communities in a Changing Arab World" for Special Issue of "New Media and Society" 34. Articles on All Aspects of Middle Eastern Studies for Journal "Orientalia Parthenopea" 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. Colloque : « La culture populaire au Moyen-Orient : Approches franco-japonaises croisées », EHESS Paris, 27-28 mars 2017 Information et programme : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2017/03/Affiche-programme_Colloque-franco-japonais.pdf _____________ 2. Conference: "Gender and Muslim Spaces: Community and Academic Perspectives"; Muslims in Britain Research Network, Leeds, UK, 29 March 2017 The question of gender inclusion among British Muslims is currently a high profile debate. This conference aims to unpack the many facets of this debate from a range of methodological, theoretical and community perspectives. Information: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and-muslim-spaces-community-and-academic-perspectives-tickets-31672947639 _____________ 3. Conference: "American and Muslim Worlds: Ca. 1500-1900", University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 30 March - 1 April 2017 The conference is free and open to the public but registration is required. Information: www.mceas.org/americanandmuslimworlds/ _____________ 4. Workshop: "Concepts that Matter! Terminologies of Women and Gender in Transnational Perspective", University of Zurich, Switzerland, 7-8 April 2017 The aim of this workshop is to look specifically at the critical potential of terminologies of women and gender in research in and on the Arab region. Deadline for registration: 25 March 2017. Information: www.aoi.uzh.ch/de/genderstudies/aktuell/International-Workshop.html _____________ 5. Conference: "Regional (Dis)Order in the Middle East: Historical Legacies and Current Shifts", John Hopkins University SAIS Europe, Bologna, 11 April 2017 Information: http://news.iai.it/wb.php?p=1t1/1si/rs/9zv/t3/rs _____________ 6. Conference: "Harmonization of Civil Law and Islamic Law", National University of Malaysia, Pulau Langkawi, 29 April 2017 Sub-themes are family law, commercial law, property law, criminal law, administrative and constitutional law, child law and other related themes. Deadline for abstracts: 24 March 2017. Information: http://ukmsyariah.org/en/ _____________ 7. Conference: "Migration and Transcultural Memory in the 21st Century", University of Leeds, UK, 3 May 2017 The overall aim of this conference is to define the specificity of transcultural migrant memory against other forms of traumatic memory prevailing within specific national contexts, or on the transnational stage. Information: https://memorymigrationconf17.wordpress.com/ _____________ 8. Conference: "Sufi Cultural Heritage. A Transcultural Dialogue with Critical and Alternative Cultural Traditions", Karachi, Pakistan, 5-7 May 2017 The wide range of conference themes covers anthropology, sociology, ethnomusicology, South Asian Studies, Asian Studies, musicology, history, Language and Literature, Folklore, Religious/Mystical Studies and Muslim cultures, peace studies, countering-terrorism, cultural policy etc. Deadline for abstracts: 28 March 2017. Information: rafique_anthro@hotmail.com _____________ 9. Workshop: "Identity in International Relations: Methods of Interpretation and Critique", SOAS, University of London, 17-18 June 2017 The workshop will follow the annual BISA conference. Proposals are invited on research techniques that open up identity claims, processes of identification and their impact in world politics, and that enable a critical look at the politics of 'identity'. Information: www.interpretivism.org/. Contact: interpretivismbisa@gmail.com _____________ 10. Ninth Tunis Exchange with a Two-day Conference Led by Human Rights Watch (HRW), 1-8 July 2017 Country experts for Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Libya - joined by HRW senior staff - will conduct discussions on key issues facing each country, as well as some of the broader human rights challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Deadline for application: 1 April 2017. Information: www.thebeirutexchange.com/index.php/tunis _____________ 11. Seminar for Arabian Studies, British Museum, London, 4-6 August 2017 The Seminar will present the latest academic research on the Arabian Peninsula in the fields of archaeology, history, epigraphy, languages, literature, art, culture, ethnography, geography, etc. from the earliest times to the present day or, in the case of political and social history, to the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922). Deadline for registration: 30 June 2017. Information: www.thebfsa.org/seminar/ _____________ 12. Conference: "The Modern State and Religious 'Dissent'", Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 25-26 September 2017 The conference will discuss the origins and contemporary predicaments of the religious sphere, its relation to the political sphere, and possible institutional arrangements capable of recognizing new developments in the post-secular age. Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/171301/modern-state-and-religious-%E2%80%9Cdissent%E2%80%9D _____________ 13. Workshop: "Colonialism and Education in a Comparative Perspective: Analyzing Gendered Civilizing Missions (ca. 1850-1970)", European University Institute, Florence, 26 October 2017 Apart from historians working on 'overseas' European colonies, we also strongly encourage scholars of the European land empires and other colonial/imperial political constellations to apply. Deadline for abstracts: 20 April 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/20292/discussions/171752/workshop-%E2%80%98colonialism-and-education-comparative-perspective _____________ 14. Conference: "Chronologics: Periodization in a Global Context", Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin, 7-9 December 2017 The conference aims to show where and how periodisation reveals clear cultural, social, and national leanings and predispositions. Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2017. Information: www.forum-transregionale-studien.de/fileadmin/bilder/Forum/Jahreskonferenz_2017/CfA_AC_2017_Chronologies.pdf _____________ 15. Symposium: "Ottoman Sufism: Scholars, Works, and Problems", Istanbul, 9-10 December 2017 This symposium focuses on the Ottoman period of Sufi history and aims to open up new viewpoints to the present scholarship. Languages: Turkish, English and Arabic. Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2017. Information: www.isar.org.tr/en/announcements-news/ottoman-sufism-scholars-works-and-problems _____________ 16. 35th Annual Conference of the "Association of Global South Studies", Marrackech, Morocco, 14-16 December 2017 The conference is jointly hosted by Georgia College and State University and University Hassan II, Casablanca. Papers should reflect on interactions affecting the Global South. We welcome papers from multidisciplinary perspectives in the humanities and the social sciences, examining historic or contemporary events. Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2017. Information: www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1960407 _____________ POSITIONS 17. 5 Post-Doctoral Positions: "Rethinking the Mediterranean", Aix-Marseille Université The Unit of Excellence "Social Sciences and Humanities at the heart of multidisciplinary research for the Mediterranean" is calling for applicants for post-doctoral positions, for a duration of one year renewable once starting 1st October 2017. The applicants must have obtained their PhD in a foreign university. Deadline for application: 6 April 2017. Information: http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=165a368d83&e=82aeb6c61d _____________ 18. Assistant/Associate Professor in Islamic Finance, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar The candidate must be able to teach and conduct research in financial analysis, with applications in Islamic financial institutions. The successful candidate is expected to join by the beginning of the 2017-2018 academic year. Position will be open until filled. Information: https://hbku.wufoo.eu/forms/career-opportunity-college-of-islamic-studies/ _____________ 19. Head of the "Borders and Sovereignty Unit", Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Requirements: PhD in the humanities or the social sciences, academic background in Middle East studies or Arabic and proficiency in Hebrew. Deadline for application: 30 May 2017. Information: www.vanleer.org.il/en/content/seeking-head-academic-unit-van-leer-jerusalem-institute _____________ 20. Chair in Israel Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts The successful candidate should have a strong record of publication in the history, politics, culture, or society of modern Israel. Broad familiarity with Middle East Studies and/or Judaic Studies is desirable; knowledge of modern Hebrew is required. Deadline for application: 15 April 2017. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/8935 _____________ OTHER INFORMATION 21. Grants for Research Scholarships and Research Projects Provided by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung on "Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements" The special programme takes a look at the dynamics between Islamic teachings, Islamism, nationalism and transnational orientations and environments. Deadline for application: 24 May 2017. Information: www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/special_programme_islam _____________ 22. Intensive Workshop: "Introduction to Data Analysis for the Social Sciences", Beirut, 22-26 May 2017 The workshop is designed for students who need a grounded introduction to quantitative data methods for use in their research. Applicants must be citizens of an Arab League member state and must be enrolled in a Master's or PhD program in the social sciences (including anthropology, demography, economics, education, political science, psychology and sociology) at a university in the Arab region. Expenses of the participants will be covered. Deadline for application: 10 April 2017. Information: khoury@theacss.org _____________ 23. Summer School: "De-Constructing Narratives, Imaginaries and Representations", University of Turin, 3-7 July 2017 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: www.to-asia.it/to-mideast/ _____________ 24. Course: "The Origins of al-Andalus: Conquest, Islamization and Arabization", Casa Árabe - CSIC, Cordoba, 17-22 July 2017 Intensive text-oriented summer course (37h) directed at university students and scholars who want to become familiar with the most relevant issues related to the history of al-Andalus. This year the course focuses on the processes that led to the formation of al-Andalus as an Islamic society. Deadline for application: 31 March 2017. Information: http://en.casaarabe.es/event/the-origins-of-al-andalus-conquest-islamization-and-arabization _____________ 25. A.H. Morton Scholarship for Doctoral Research in Classical Persian Studies The award (£3,000) and can be applied up to the final completion of a course of doctoral study at a British university, including for an approved period of study abroad. Deadline for application: 30 April 2017. Information: www.gibbtrust.org/Scholarship.html _____________ 26. Gibb Centenary Scholarship in Middle Eastern Studies Postgraduate students at an advanced stage of their doctoral research in any area of Middle Eastern Studies (7th century to 1918), and who are studying in a British university, are eligible to apply for scholarship of up to £2,000. Deadline for application: 30 April 2017. Information: www.gibbtrust.org/Scholarship.html _____________ 27. HOPES Call for Proposals for Short Projects Targeting Syrian Refugees in Higher Education in Syria's Neighbouring Countries The project HOPES (Higher and Further Education Opportunities and Perspectives for Syrians), implemented by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the British Council, Campus France and EP-Nuffic, is inviting proposals to support innovative education initiatives and short-term projects targeting refugees from Syria and vulnerable host communities across Egypt, Northern Iraq (KRI), Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey which are implemented by local and regional institutions, if necessary together with European partners. Deadline for proposals: 1 May 2017. Information: www.hopes-madad.org/ _____________ 28. Stage intensif de langue arabe, option recherche sciences humaines et sociales, Tunis, 19 juin - 15 juillet 2017 Ce stage est organisé par l'IRMC en partenariat avec l'INALCO, le lycée Pierre Mendes France et l'Université de La Manouba. Il s'adresse à des étudiants (masterisants et doctorants) et aux jeunes chercheurs sur le monde arabe. Renvoyer avant le 30 mars 2017. Information: direction@irmcmaghreb.org _____________ 29. Articles for "Hamsa. Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies" Proposals offering original analysis on the broad subject of Judaic and Islamic studies are welcome. Deadline for proposals: 15 October 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/171789/call-papers-hamsa-journal-judaic-and-islamic-studies-n%C2%BA-4-2017 _____________ 30. Chapters on "State, Religion and Muslims. Between Discrimination and Protection at the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Levels" for Edited Book The editors Dr. Melek Saral and Dr. Serif Onur Bahcecik are looking for articles on discrimination against and protection of Muslims in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA. Topics for each chapter are: Education, Employment, Exercise of Religion, State Relations with Religious Communities, Hate Crime and Hate Speech. Deadline for proposals: 7 April 2017. Information: https://goo.gl/sE9bj7 _____________ 31. Articles on "Rebel Yalla: Cultural Convergence in Western and Middle Eastern Literature and Culture" for Edited Book Contributions are invited on popular culture, including film, television, music, new media, literature, theater, or everyday material culture (such as sports and fashion). Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/171279/rebel-yalla-cultural-convergence-western-and-middle-eastern _____________ 32. Articles on "The Politics of Boycotts" for Journal "Radical History Review" This issue seeks to contribute historical depth and comparative breadth to recent discussions around the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign in support of Palestine. Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2017. Information: www.radicalhistoryreview.org/call-for-papers/ _____________ 33. Articles on "Media, Identity, and Online Communities in a Changing Arab World" for Special Issue of "New Media and Society" This special issue will examine the role of new media in the construction of online communities in the Arab world: What characterizes the online users' communities? What are their motivations? How do they perceive the role of news websites' commenting functions in promoting political engagement? Co-edited by Aziz Douai, Eid Mohamed, and Adel Iskandar. Deadline for abstracts: 25 March 2017. Information: tiproject@dohainstitute.edu.qa _____________ 34. Articles on All Aspects of Middle Eastern Studies for Journal "Orientalia Parthenopea" Articles, including review articles on scholarly books, are welcome in Italian, English, French and German. Deadline for articles: 31 August 2017. Information: www.orientaliaparthenopeaedizioni.com/home.htm
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EURAMES Info Service 11/2017
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