EURAMES Info Service 12/2017

CONFERENCES
 
1. International Conference: "Spatial Thought in Islamicate Societies, 1000-1600:
The Politics of Genre, Image, and Text", Tübingen, 30 March - 1 April 2017
 
2. Workshop: “Eternal World and God’s Free Will in Islam – A Diachronic
Perspective”, Yale University, New Haven, USA, 31 March - 1 April 2017
 
3. Conference: “Regional (Dis)order in the Middle East: Historical Legacies and
Current Shifts”, New-Med Research Network, Bologna, 11 April 2017 
 
4. Muslim Studies Program Tenth Annual Conference: "Islam, Muslims, and US
Politics", Michigan State University, East Lansing, 12-14 April 2017
 
5. Conference: “’Ignorance’ and the Middle East: Deconstructing the Present through
its Past”, New-Med Research Network, Bologna, 12 April 2017 
 
6. Postgraduate Workshop: “Producing Knowledge on Islam in Europe: Epistemology,
Methodology, Reflexivity”, Cambridge Muslims in Europe Postgraduate Forum,
Cambridge, 25 April 2017 
 
7. Rencontre nationale : «Cultures et langues», Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences
Humaines  Mohammadia, Tunesi, 25 Avril 2017
 
8. 39th Annual Conference in Cambridge, Middle East Librarians Committee, Cambridge,
3-5 July 2017 
 
9. Seminar: "Intercultural Relations in Arts and Cultural Management Higher
Education", Zurich University of the Arts, 6-7 July 2017 
 
10. 2nd Forum of Researchers in Islamic Contexts, University of Lisbon, 28-29
September 2017 
 
11. Workshop: “The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Turkey”, Bahçeşehir
University, Istanbul, 28-30 September 2017
 
12. Colloque International : « Patrimoines en péril : Action publique et politiques
de préservation au Maghreb », Tunis, 13-14 Octobre 2017
 
13. Workshop: “The Politics of Distribution: Migrant Labour, Development and
Religious Aid in Asia”, University of Singapore, 16-17 November 2017 
 
 
POSITIONS
 
14. Two Research Assistants (Postdoc) for Research on Large-scale Displacements of
Cultural Assets from Antiquity to the 20th Century (Focus Arabic, Turkish),
Technische Universität Berlin
 
15. W2 Professorship for Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of
Erlangen-Nuremberg
 
16. University Lectureship in Islamic History (Before 1500), Leiden University 
 
17. Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History/Political Science, Rhode Island
College
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
18. 10-Week-Course “Persian Calligraphy, Nasta’liq Script”, London Middle East
Institute, 24 April - 26 June 2017 
 
19. SAWA Museum Academy, Sharjah, UAE, 17-27 September 2017
 
20. Prix Michel Seurat 2017
 
21. Syrian Studies Association Prizes for Outstanding Book and Article on Syria 
 
22. Seminar: " The Origins of al-Andalus: Conquest, Islamization and Arabization",
Casa Arabe, Cordoba, 17-22 July 2017
 
23. Articles on “Secularization of Science and Mind in the Writings of Said Nursi”
for Special Issue of “Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic
Thought and Civilization"
 
24. Articles for Edited Book on “Commoning the City: Comparative Perspectives from
Istanbul and Beyond”
 
25. Articles for "Canadian Journal for Middle East Studies (CJMES)"
 
 
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CONFERENCES
 
1. International Conference: "Spatial Thought in Islamicate Societies, 1000-1600:
The Politics of Genre, Image, and Text", Tübingen, 30 March - 1 April 2017
 
Convenors: Kurt Franz (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen), Zayde Antrim (Trinity
College, Hartford, Conn.),  Jean-Charles Ducène (École Pratique des Hautes Études,
Paris)
 
Information and program:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/172770/conference-spatial-thought-islamicate-societies-1000%E2%80%931600
 
 
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2. Workshop: “Eternal World and God’s Free Will in Islam – A Diachronic
Perspective”, Yale University, New Haven, USA, 31 March - 1 April 2017
 
This workshop will focus on thinkers who write after al-Ghazali’s landmark criticism
of Avicenna’s position on the subject and go from there into the 20th century.
 
Information: http://cmes.macmillan.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Eternity0331.pdf
 
 
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3. Conference: “Regional (Dis)order in the Middle East: Historical Legacies and
Current Shifts”, New-Med Research Network, Bologna, 11 April 2017 
 
Sessions are on Terms and Concepts in Historical Perspective; Regional Order,
Borders, and the Frailty of Authority; The Role of International and Regional
Actors. 
 
Information: www.iai.it/sites/default/files/newmed_170411-jhu.pdf 
 
 
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4. Muslim Studies Program Tenth Annual Conference: "Islam, Muslims, and US
Politics", Michigan State University, East Lansing, 12-14 April 2017
 
Information:
http://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/other-do-not-delete/events/?department=11  
 
 
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5. Conference: “’Ignorance’ and the Middle East: Deconstructing the Present through
its Past”, New-Med Research Network, Bologna, 12 April 2017 
 
Three internationally renowned scholars of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean affairs
will shed light on some of the main root causes of the challenges currently
affecting the Middle East from the perspective of a specific thematic issue:
“Ignorance”. 
 
Information: www.iai.it/en/eventi/ignorance-and-middle-east 
 
 
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6. Postgraduate Workshop: “Producing Knowledge on Islam in Europe: Epistemology,
Methodology, Reflexivity”, Cambridge Muslims in Europe Postgraduate Forum,
Cambridge, 25 April 2017 
 
This workshop addresses the related themes of epistemology, methodology, and
reflexivity, which have frequently arisen when problematizing our respective
productions of academic knowledge, such as the multiple forms of insider-outsider
negotiation for both Muslim and non-Muslim researchers, various issues of access,
trust and representation, and the politicization of the Muslim subject in a
security-saturated cultural context.
 
Information:
www.eventbrite.com/e/producing-knowledge-on-islam-in-europe-tickets-32317669018 
 
 
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7. Rencontre nationale : «Cultures et langues», Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences
Humaines  Mohammadia, Tunesi, 25 Avril 2017
 
Le Laboratoire : Interculturalité, Communication et Modernité organise la rencontre;
la Culture dans son concept très large englobe de nombreux sous-composants tels que
les religions, les traditions, les valeurs, les langues, etc.
 
Information : Said El-Maghrebi saidelmaghrebi@gmail.com 
 
 
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8. 39th Annual Conference in Cambridge, Middle East Librarians Committee, Cambridge,
3-5 July 2017 
 
Papers will be presented in the following categories: Cataloguing policies and
practices; History of libraries & collections; Collection management;  Manuscripts,
rare books and documents: describing, cataloguing, preserving them; Electronic
resources and digitization projects; Middle Eastern librarianship past, present,
future; Middle Eastern librarianship in the prism of politics.
 
Information:
www.melcominternational.org/wp-content/content/docs/MI_2017_CIRCULAR_2_WEB.pdf 
 
 
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9. Seminar: "Intercultural Relations in Arts and Cultural Management Higher
Education", Zurich University of the Arts, 6-7 July 2017 
 
This seminar, organized by the international and interdisciplinary network Brokering
Intercultural Exchange, will explore how historical, institutional and social
assumptions and traditions of arts and cultural management are exchanged and
reproduced through the intercultural exchanges that take place in arts and cultural
management training and education.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 28 April 2017. Information:
https://managingculture.net/2017/02/07/call-for-papers/ 
 
 
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10. 2nd Forum of Researchers in Islamic Contexts, University of Lisbon, 28-29
September 2017 
 
Islam is repeatedly projected, directly or indirectly, to the center of political
and societal debates in Europe. The Forum is intended to give an account of the
diversity of these contexts and their themes, in a meeting of scholars who reflect
and problematize about issues related to the Islamic contexts through researches
carried out in Portugal or in other contexts.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 2 May 2017. Information:
https://armacad.info/confcfp-ii-forum-of-researchers-in-islamic-contexts-28-29-september-2017-nova-university-of-lisbon-portugal
 
 
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11. Workshop: “The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Turkey”, Bahçeşehir
University, Istanbul, 28-30 September 2017
 
The purpose of this workshop will be to investigate contemporary (counter)hegemonic
discourses on culture in Turkish society. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2017.
Information: www.uni-marburg.de/cnms/aktuelles/news/2017-cfp-politics-culture-turkey

 
 
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12. Colloque International : « Patrimoines en péril : Action publique et politiques
de préservation au Maghreb », Tunis, 13-14 Octobre 2017
 
Cette rencontre s'intéressera donc aux politiques et aux processus de la
patrimonialisation à l'aune de l'internationalisation des villes maghrébines, en
réinterrogeant l'action publique, tout en prenant en compte les outils, les acteurs
ainsi que les enjeux du classement et de la préservation du patrimoine architectural
et urbain.
 
Propositions de communication avant le 22 mai 2017. Information :
www.idemec.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article1178&lang=fr 
 
 
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13. Workshop: “The Politics of Distribution: Migrant Labour, Development and
Religious Aid in Asia”, University of Singapore, 16-17 November 2017 
 
This workshop aims to bring together scholars and practitioners who are not only
critically engaged with the politics of distributive practices, but who are
specifically interested in exploring a politics of distribution that is grounded in
and emerges out of practices in Asia. We therefore invite papers embedded in
empirical case studies.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 2 June 2017. Information:
https://ari.nus.edu.sg/Event/Detail/f3f0722f-8b9f-4bd6-9414-57662eb74901 
 
 
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POSITIONS
 
14. Two Research Assistants (Postdoc) for Research on Large-scale Displacements of
Cultural Assets from Antiquity to the 20th Century (Focus Arabic, Turkish),
Technische Universität Berlin
 
Applications from art history, history, archeology, area studies, literature,
cultural studies, or ethnology are welcome; depending on research focus, candidates
from the legal sciences, sociology, or other related fields will also be considered.
(1 Sept. 2017 - 31 Aug. 2020)
 
Deadline for application: 21 April 2017. Information:
https://tub.stellenticket.de/de/offers/33306/  
 
 
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15. W2 Professorship for Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of
Erlangen-Nuremberg
 
The professorship will be established to coincide with the creation of the new
‘Standards of Decision-Making Across Cultures’ elite degree programme within the
Elite Network of Bavaria. Candidates should have a doctoral degree in Philosophy,
Sociology, Cultural Studies or Asian Studies and additional academic
qualifications.
 
Deadline for application: 14 April 2017. Information:
www.fau.eu/university/careers-at-fau/professorships/ 
 
 
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16. University Lectureship in Islamic History (Before 1500), Leiden University 
 
A PhD degree in the history of Muslim societies before 1500 CE, specialist knowledge
of Arabic primary sources, including manuscripts and documentary sources such as
papyri, inscriptions, etc; and advanced proficiency in Classical Arabic are desired.

 
Deadline for application: 31 March 2017. Information:
http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/wetenschappelijke-functies/17-067.html
 
 
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17. Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History/Political Science, Rhode Island
College
 
Ph.D. in History or Political Science and college level teaching experience are
required as well as research specialization in Middle Eastern History and/or
Political Science with a focus on the region. 
 
Position is open until filled. Information: https://employment.ric.edu/postings/2856
 
 
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OTHER INFORMATION
 
18. 10-Week-Course “Persian Calligraphy, Nasta’liq Script”, London Middle East
Institute, 24 April - 26 June 2017 
 
This course is suitable for all levels, from beginners to advanced. Although,
previous knowledge of Persian language is not necessary for beginners, familiarity
with the alphabets is an advantage. 
 
Deadline for early-bird registration: 17 April 2017. Information:
http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=442d3b1e538ac8e44cafc2b70&id=7c88d265da&e=fb237b1077
 
 
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19. SAWA Museum Academy, Sharjah, UAE, 17-27 September 2017
 
This is a capacity building program for current and future museum personnel in the
Arab countries and in Germany and the West.
 
Deadline for application: 13 May 2017. Information:
www.goethe.de/ins/ae/en/kul/sup/sma.html 
 
 
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20. Prix Michel Seurat 2017
 
D’un montant de 15 000 € en 2017, le Prix est ouvert aux titulaires d’un master 2 ou
d’un diplôme équivalent, âgés de moins de 35 ans révolus et sans condition de
nationalité, de toutes disciplines, travaillant sur les sociétés contemporaines du
Proche-Orient et/ou du Maghreb. Il a pour vocation d’aider un jeune chercheur à
multiplier les enquêtes sur le terrain, dans le cadre de la préparation de sa
thèse.
 
Date limite de dépôt des candidatures : 15 avril 2017. Information :
https://iismm.hypotheses.org/26615 
 
 
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21. Syrian Studies Association Prizes for Outstanding Book and Article on Syria 
 
In order to promote and highlight excellence in research, the Syrian Studies
Association awards annual prizes for the best writing on Bilad al-Sham until 1918
and on Syria in the period following. In order to be considered for the prize,
candidates must join the association. 
 
Deadline for submissions: 15 July 2017. Information: www.ou.edu/ssa/prizes.htm
 
 
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22. Seminar: " The Origins of al-Andalus: Conquest, Islamization and Arabization",
Casa Arabe, Cordoba, 17-22 July 2017
 
The course will focus on the processes that led to the formation of al-Andalus as an
Islamic society and explore issues related to the sources at our disposal to
reconstruct such processes (including literary sources, archaeology and numismatics)
and the debates regarding their interpretation.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2017. Information:
http://en.casaarabe.es/event/the-origins-of-al-andalus-conquest-islamization-and-arabization

 
 
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23. Articles on “Secularization of Science and Mind in the Writings of Said Nursi”
for Special Issue of “Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic
Thought and Civilization"
 
Articles may be broadly conceptual or focused on a particular aspect of Nursian
epistemological discourse. We welcome a thematically diverse range of papers,
leading out from the conceptual core.
 
Deadline for papers: 1 June 2017. Information:
www.nursisociety.org/al-shajarah-call-for-papers.html 
 
 
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24. Articles for Edited Book on “Commoning the City: Comparative Perspectives from
Istanbul and Beyond”
 
This volume will explore the extent to which urban life forms created through
commoning challenge capitalist social relationships. Editors Güldem Baykal
Büyüksaraç & Derya Özkan.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2017. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/172141/call-chapters-commoning-city-comparative-perspectives-istanbul

 
 
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25. Articles for "Canadian Journal for Middle East Studies (CJMES)"
 
CJMES calls for articles from a broad array of disciplines including political
science, sociology, anthropology, literature studies, cultural studies, media
studies, linguistics, history, and economics. We encourage articles that embed the
concept of radicalism in a broader context of oppression, social inequality, thus
expanding the narrow focus of class and including parallel factors such as gender or
ethnicity. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 30 March 2017. Information:
https://cjmes.scholasticahq.com/post/53-call-for-submissions-the-canadian-journal-for-middle-east-studies