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EURAMES Info Service 14/2017

CONFERENCES
 
1. International Workshop: "Refugee Transfers in the Euro-Arab Mediterranean Zone",
Lebanese American University, Byblos, 10-12 April 2017
 
2. International Symposium: "Avicenna Reloaded. Analyzing a Muslim Polymath from a
Present View", Osnabrück University, 12-13 May 2017 
 
3. Symposium: "Field as Archive/Archive as Field: Architectural Insights from
Contemporary Turkey", Bartlett School of Architecture, London, 19 May 2017 
 
4. Conference: "The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Muslim-Christian
Interchange", Princeton University, NJ, 19-20 May 2017 
 
5. International Workshop: "Postcolonial Legacies, Scholarly Mobility and Research
Capacity Building", Orient-Institut Beirut, 15-16 June 2017
 
6. 4th International Conference on Eurasian Politics and Society: "Civilisation and
World Politics", Istanbul, 1-2 July 2017
 
7. Deuxième Congrès du GIS Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans, Paris, 5-8 juillet 2017
 
8. International Symposium: "Imaging a 'Middle East'", Institute for Cultural
Inquiry, Berlin, 6-7 July 2017 
 
9. Conference: "Speech and Space: Discursive Environments across Non-Arab Islam",
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 7-9 September 2017
 
10. Workshop: "The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Turkey", Bahçeşehir
Üniversitesi, Istanbul, 28-30 September 2017 
 
11. Conference: "Path of Men. Portrait of a Literature: Life Stories in Arab Writing
before the 10th Century AD", Institut Francais du Proche-Orient, Hammamet, 4-6
October 2017 
 
12. Colloque international : » Patrimoines en péril : Action publique et politiques
de préservation au Maghreb », Institut de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain,
Tunis, 13-14 octobre 2017 
 
13. Colloque: « Traditions poétiques, narratives et sapientiales arabes : De l'usage
du dialecte et d'autres formes dites « populaires » », Université Ibn Tofail-
Kénitra, Maroc, 2-3 novembre 2017
 
14. Conference: "1917-2017: The Russian Revolution and the (Post-)Ottoman World",
Center for Modern Turkish Studies, Istanbul Şehir University, 3-5 November 2017
 
15. International Symposium: "The Global Power of Private Museums: Arts and Publics
- States and Markets", Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin, 16-18 November 2017 
 
16. Conference: "Cultures of Occupation: Establishing a Transnational Dialogue",
University of Nottingham, 12-14 January 2018 
 
17. International  Conference: "Religious Conversion and the Political Sphere: New
Approaches (Antiquity-Early Modern Times)", Université Paris-Est Créteil, 24-26
January 2018 
 
POSITIONS
 
18. Senior Research Fellow / Research Fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global
and Area Studies, Hamburg
 
19. Lecturer in Islamic Art and Architecture, University of Oxford 
 
20. Fully-funded PhD Position on Syrian Refugee Crisis & Education, University of
Birmingham
 
21. His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Professorship of Modern Arabic Studies,
University of Cambridge 
 
22. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Rank of Associate Professor or
Professor in Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
 
23. Assistant Professor of Persian Literature and Digital Humanities, University of
Maryland
 
24. Chair in Islamic Studies (Ottoman History and Culture) Brandeis University,
Waltham, MA 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
25. Research Scholarships: "Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements"
 
26. Expert Meeting for an Exchange of Experiences to Develop a Concept on "Studying
as a Refugee" for Universities in Jordan, GIZ, Berlin, 19 April 2017
 
27. Summer School: "Religion in the World: Beyond the Secular Paradigm", Utrecht
University, Netherlands, 3-7 July 2017 
 
28. Small Grants Program: "Youth" and "Urban Spatial Inequalities", Arab Council for
the Social Sciences 
 
29. Articles on "Infrastructure" for the Online Journal "Middle East - Topics &
Arguments"
 
30. Articles on "The History of Books and Collections through Manuscript Notes" for
the "Journal of Islamic Manuscripts"
 
31. Launch of the First Volume of the "Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies
Association"
 
 
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Best regards,
 
Guenter Meyer, Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz
 
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CONFERENCES
 
1. International Workshop: "Refugee Transfers in the Euro-Arab Mediterranean Zone",
Lebanese American University, Byblos, 10-12 April 2017
 
We seek in both historical and contemporary perspectives to shed light on refugees
as knowledge transmitters who channel social, cultural and political "remittances".
 
Program and information:
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/md/transculturality/flyerfinal.pdf
 
 
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2. International Symposium: "Avicenna Reloaded. Analyzing a Muslim Polymath from a
Present View", Osnabrück University, 12-13 May 2017 
 
Panels cover: Avicenna and Medicine; Avicenna's Philosophy and the Reception of
Avicenna. 
 
Deadline for registration: 30 April 2017. Information:
http://www.islamische-theologie.uni-osnabrueck.de/fileadmin/documents/public/Plakate_Brosch%C3%BCren/Brosch%C3%BCrenentwurf_Avicenna_Reloaded_3-Seitig.pdf

 
 
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3. Symposium: "Field as Archive/Archive as Field: Architectural Insights from
Contemporary Turkey", Bartlett School of Architecture, London, 19 May 2017 
 
This symposium aims to open a discussion on the ways in which architectural
researchers' experiences during fieldwork and/or archival work shape architectural
history and theory, with a specific focus here on recent and ongoing research in
Turkey. 
 
Deadline for registration: 25 April 2017. Information:
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/field-as-archive-archive-as-field-architectural-insights-from-contemporary-turkey-tickets-32921488057

 
 
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4. Conference: "The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Muslim-Christian
Interchange", Princeton University, NJ, 19-20 May 2017 
 
Topics of inquire include Islamic law and sumptuary production, Christian
manuscripts and metalwork, patronage and royal studies, identity and gender studies,
and cultural and political history. 
 
Information:
https://ica.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Medieval-Iberian-Save-the-Date-HORIZONTAL-V2.jpg

 
 
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5. International Workshop: "Postcolonial Legacies, Scholarly Mobility and Research
Capacity Building", Orient-Institut Beirut, 15-16 June 2017
 
We explore the dimensions of knowledge production, with a regional focus on Africa
and the Middle East, including the Gulf. Convenors: Daniele Cantini (Orient-Institut
Beirut), Lama Kabbanji (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement).
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2017. Information:
http://www.orient-institut.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Scholarly_mobility_workshop_call_for_papers.pdf
 
 
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6. 4th International Conference on Eurasian Politics and Society: "Civilisation and
World Politics", Istanbul, 1-2 July 2017
 
Papers are invited on Turkic Countries, Geopolitics, Globalisation, Islamic
Movements, Migration, Terrorism in Eurasia, etc.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2017. Information:
http://eurasianpoliticsandsociety.org/call-for-papers
 
 
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7. Deuxième Congrès du GIS Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans, Paris, 5-8 juillet 2017
 
Les inscriptions sont ouvertes au 15 mai 2017. Programme:
http://majlis-remomm.fr/programme
 
 
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8. International Symposium: "Imaging a 'Middle East'", Institute for Cultural
Inquiry, Berlin, 6-7 July 2017 
 
This symposium examines the continued seductiveness that Orientalism seems to hold
over the production of images of the contemporary 'Middle East', both inside and
outside of the region.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 23 April 2017. Information:
http://www.ici-berlin.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CFP_Imaging_ME_full-version.pdf

 
 
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9. Conference: "Speech and Space: Discursive Environments across Non-Arab Islam",
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 7-9 September 2017
 
Deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2017. Information:

 
 
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10. Workshop: "The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Turkey", Bahçeşehir
Üniversitesi, Istanbul, 28-30 September 2017 
 
This workshop is a cooperation between the Department of Sociology at Bahçeşehir
Üniversitesi and the Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies at
PhilippsUniversität Marburg.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2017. Information:
https://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1460/files/2017/03/CfP_Workshop_Politics-of-Culture_Istanbul.pdf
 
 
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11. Conference: "Path of Men. Portrait of a Literature: Life Stories in Arab Writing
before the 10th Century AD", Institut Francais du Proche-Orient, Hammamet, 4-6
October 2017 
 
The objective of this conference is to examine, from a literary perspective, the
biographical story in classical Arabic sources. The conference is part of the GenèR
programme at Ifpo "Genesis and Evolution of the Arabic Literary Narrative: New
Perspectives" and of the recently concluded ESCIMED seminar "Biography and
Autobiography: Rethinking Short Time in the Islamic World".
 
Deadline for abstracts: 19 May 2017. Information: http://www.ifporient.org/en/node/1897
 
 
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12. Colloque international : » Patrimoines en péril : Action publique et politiques
de préservation au Maghreb », Institut de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain,
Tunis, 13-14 octobre 2017 
 
Cette rencontre interdisciplinaire a pour objectif de mettre en lumière et d'ouvrir
le débat sur les politiques et les processus de patrimonialisation dans les villes
maghrébines.
 
Date limite : 22 mai 2017. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/26847 
 
 
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13. Colloque: « Traditions poétiques, narratives et sapientiales arabes : De l'usage
du dialecte et d'autres formes dites « populaires » », Université Ibn Tofail-
Kénitra, Maroc, 2-3 novembre 2017
 
Langues du colloque : français, arabe, anglais. 
 
Date limite pour les résumés : 10 Avril, 2017. Information:
http://www.inalco.fr/appel-communication/traditions-poetiques-narratives-sapientiales-arabes-usage-dialecte-autres-formes
 
 
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14. Conference: "1917-2017: The Russian Revolution and the (Post-)Ottoman World",
Center for Modern Turkish Studies, Istanbul Şehir University, 3-5 November 2017
 
This conference aims at an investigation of the influence of the Russian Revolution
over the then-emerging post-Ottoman world, which covers an area, including but not
limited to, the Balkans, the Black Sea basin, the Caucasus, modern Turkey, and the
MENA region.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 10 May 2017. Information: http://cemts.sehir.edu.tr/1917
 
 
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15. International Symposium: "The Global Power of Private Museums: Arts and Publics
- States and Markets", Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin, 16-18 November 2017 
 
Participants will be exploring the background, mechanisms and consequences of a
phenomenon that may be referred to as the "global power of private museums". 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2017. Information:
http://www.eume-berlin.de/en/calendar/details/the-global-power-of-private-museums-arts-and-publics-states-and-markets.html

 
 
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16. Conference: "Cultures of Occupation: Establishing a Transnational Dialogue",
University of Nottingham, 12-14 January 2018 
 
The aim of this conference is to bring scholars from a range of disciplines,
backgrounds, and countries together to explore the fundamental question of "how does
'foreign occupation' (broadly defined) influence cultural expression?".
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 May 2017. Information:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/fac-arts/humanities/history/cotca-conference-2018/cotca-conference-2018.aspx
 
 
 
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17. International Conference: "Religious Conversion and the Political Sphere: New
Approaches (Antiquity-Early Modern Times)", Université Paris-Est Créteil, 24-26
January 2018 
 
We invite proposals for papers based on the various aspects of religious conversion
connected to the political sphere, especially in connection with political
construction and conversion of public spaces. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 30 May 2017. Information:
https://pocram.hypotheses.org/rencontres/conversion_et_espace_politique 
 
 
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POSITIONS
 
18. Senior Research Fellow / Research Fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global
and Area Studies, Hamburg
 
Your profile: Doctorate in political science, economics, or a cognate discipline;
profound knowledge of political, economic, and/or social developments in countries
of Africa, Asia, Middle East. 
 
Deadline for application: 31 May 2017. Information:
http://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/vacancies
 
 
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19. Lecturer in Islamic Art and Architecture, University of Oxford 
 
We are seeking a Departmental Lecturer for 12 months from October 2017. You must
hold a relevant postgraduate qualification in a subject related to Islamic art and
architecture, preferably with a specialisation in the central Arab lands between c.
650 and 1200 CE.
 
Deadline for application: 21 April 2017. Information:
http://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=128011

 
 
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20. Fully-funded PhD Position on Syrian Refugee Crisis & Education, University of
Birmingham
 
This project will examine the current situation facing Syrian refugees as they aim
to enter higher education, navigating a range of complicated and often contradictory
systems at the local, national and international levels at the nexus of immigration,
asylum policies and education policies.
 
Deadline for applications: 28 April 2017. Information:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AYM111/phd-studentship-syrian-refugees-and-higher-education/

 
 
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21. His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Professorship of Modern Arabic Studies,
University of Cambridge 
 
Candidates will hold a PhD or equivalent postgraduate qualification. An outstanding
research record of international stature in the study of the modern Arab world,
including but not limited to history, politics, or culture and society is desired. 
 
Deadline for application: 28 April 2017. Information:
http://www.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/files/sultanqaboos.pdf 
 
 
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22. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Rank of Associate Professor or
Professor in Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
 
The ideal candidate must provide leadership in ensuring the highest quality of the
academic programs and must have a doctorate degree with a professorship title in the
field of Islamic studies from an accredited and high-profile academic institution.
 
Position will be open until filled. Information:
http://www.hbku.edu.qa/en/content/associate-dean-academic-affairs
 
 
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23. Assistant Professor of Persian Literature and Digital Humanities, University of
Maryland
 
Experience in scholarship and teaching in the areas of Comparative Literature,
Islamicate Sexualities, and Persian Digital Humanities are preferred. 
 
Deadline for application: 1 May 2017. Information: https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/50664
 
 
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24. Chair in Islamic Studies (Ottoman History and Culture), Brandeis University,
Waltham, MA 
 
 Deadline for application: 21 September 2017. Information:
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9011 
 
 
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OTHER INFORMATION

25. Research Scholarships: "Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements"
 
The special programme is aimed at researchers who, with an eye to current
developments, are examining the emergence of political movements in the Islamic
world at the national and/or transnational level. Applications for up to 24 months
can be made directly by Postdocs or scholars with Post Doctoral Lecture
Qualification.
 
Deadline for application: 24 May 2017. Information:
http://www.fundit.fr/en/calls/research-scholarships-islam-modern-nation-state-and-transnational-movements?utm_content=bufferf2a6b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 
 
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26. Expert Meeting for an Exchange of Experiences to Develop a Concept on "Studying
as a Refugee" for Universities in Jordan, GIZ, Berlin, 19 April 2017
 
Information and program:
http://dafg.eu/fileadmin/dafg/17-04-19_GIZ_Weiter_Panel_Discussion_Einladung/InvitationExpertMeetingGIZ_19042017.pdf
 
 
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27. Summer School: "Religion in the World: Beyond the Secular Paradigm", Utrecht
University, Netherlands, 3-7 July 2017 
 
We will discuss the tension between religious identities and the modern state, and
other recent controversies about religious diversity, as well as recent scholarly
approaches to the study of 'religion' from a material and corporeal perspective.
Experts of various religious traditions will offer you a broad overview of the
history and current situation of religion in the West.
 
Deadline for registration: 1 June 2017. Information:
http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/culture/religion-in-the-world-beyond-the-secular-paradigm

 
 
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28. Small Grants Program: "Youth" and "Urban Spatial Inequalities", Arab Council for
the Social Sciences 
 
This funding opportunity aims to support scholars and professionals in the Arab
region undertaking five kinds of activities: conference presentations, internships,
pilot studies, dissemination events, and organizing workshops. Applicants must be
citizens of an Arab League member state or nationals of an Arab country. Applicants
must hold at least a Master's degree.
 
Deadline for application: 5 May 2017. Information: http://www.theacss.org/pages/sgp
 
 
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29. Articles on "Infrastructure" for the Online Journal "Middle East - Topics &
Arguments"
 
For this issue, we are looking for submissions that not only interrogate
infrastructural networks as spatial arrangements that lay out social organization,
but also look back into the temporality of infrastructures: histories of colonialism
and imperialism that once shaped Middle Eastern and North African societies and the
post/neo-colonial continuations of material networks that facilitate and control
communities.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2017. Information:
http://meta-journal.net/announcement/view/17 
 
 
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30. Articles on "The History of Books and Collections through Manuscript Notes" for
the "Journal of Islamic Manuscripts"
 
Information: Boris Liebrenz -  and
http://www.brill.com/journal-islamic-manuscripts
 
 
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31. Launch of the First Volume of the "Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies
Association"
 
Potential English and Arabic contributions to JIQSA should be sent to the editors. 
 
Information:
https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/launch-journal-of-the-international-quranic-studies-associationvol-1-2016/

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