CONFERENCES 1. Conference: "Arab Traditions of Anti-Sectarianism", Rice University, Houston, 1-2 December 2017 2. Conference: "Pluralism in Emergenc(i)es: Movement, Space, and Religious Difference", Columbia Global Centers, Amman, 6-7 December 2017 3. Conference: "Appropriations, Representations, Productions: Engagements with 'Nature' in the MENA Region from the 19th Century till Today", Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 25-26 January 2018 4. Conference and Graduate Workshop: "The Persianate World and Central Eurasia", Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 21-24 February 2018 5. Conference: "Islam in the Post-Obama Era", American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS), Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 23-24 March 2018 6. Conference: "The Caspian Sea in the History of Early Modern and Modern Eurasia", Yale University, New Haven, CT, 6-8 April 2018 7. 2nd International Conference: "Servants' Past (in Colonial South Asia Compared with the Ottoman Empire)", Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 11-13 April 2018 8. IX Islamic Law and Society Conference, International Society of Islamic Legal Studies, Helsinki & Tampere, Finland, 6-9 June 2018 9. Fifth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Ghent University, Belgium, 5-7 July 2018 POSITIONS 10. James A. Bellamy Professorship in Pre-Modern Arabic Culture, Department of Near Eastern Studies (NES), University of Michigan 11. Assistant Professor of Middle East Politics, Department of Government of Claremont McKenna College, near Los Angeles 12. Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Islamic Studies, Stanford University, CA 13. Assistant Professor of Medieval or Early Modern Mediterranean History, Kalamazoo College, Michigan, USA 14. Post-doc to Analyze Medieval Arabic / Persian Historical Materials on China and its Neighboring Areas, Nanjing University, China OTHER INFORMATION 15. Brill's Middle East and Islamic Studies Early-Career Paper Prize 2017 16. Articles on "Women, Work and Management in the Middle East" for Journal "Gender in Management" 17. Articles for "Journal of Safavid Studies" 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 in co-operation with University of Sharjah/UAE ____________________ CONFERENCES 1. Conference: "Arab Traditions of Anti-Sectarianism", Rice University, Houston, 1-2 December 2017 This conference seeks to bring together scholars whose work reflects on different facets of Arab anti-sectarianism. How did Arab political, revolutionary, and intellectual movements, parties, and figures challenge and contest sectarianism? Etc. Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2017. Information: http://antisectarianismconference.blogs.rice.edu/ _____________ 2. Conference: "Pluralism in Emergenc(i)es: Movement, Space, and Religious Difference", Columbia Global Centers, Amman, 6-7 December 2017 The conference seeks to examine the historical, social, and religious underpinnings of the so-called migrant and refugee crisis in the MENA region in order to position this moment as a state of emergence, rather than a state of emergency. Deadline for abstracts: 16 July 2017. Information: http://ircpl.org/call-for-papers-pluralism-in-emergencies-movement-space-and-religious-difference/ _____________ 3. Conference: "Appropriations, Representations, Productions: Engagements with 'Nature' in the MENA Region from the 19th Century till Today", Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 25-26 January 2018 How have shifts in legal, political and economic regimes, technological innovations, but also new conceptual frameworks such as environmentalism, affected the ways in which 'nature' has been produced, represented, appropriated and used? Do we see a continuous development towards increasing enclosure, control, and commodification - or are there marked ruptures, resistant practices and antidromic tendencies as well? Etc. Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2017. Information: http://www.zmo.de/Ausschreibungen/calls%20for%20papers/CfP_AppropriationRepresentationsProductions.pdf _____________ 4. Conference and Graduate Workshop "The Persianate World and Central Eurasia", Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 21-24 February 2018 The workshop will include panels and discussions on conducting both field and archival research methods, publication strategies and relationships with publishers, networking among scholars in the region, and grant writing and funding opportunities. Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2017. Information: http://www.iranian-persiangulf.org/symposia-persica _____________ 5. Conference: "Islam in the Post-Obama Era", American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS), Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 23-24 March 2018 Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2017. Information: http://acsis.us/index.html or contact Natan J. DeLong-Bas: delongba@bc.edu _____________ 6. Conference: "The Caspian Sea in the History of Early Modern and Modern Eurasia", Yale University, New Haven, CT, 6-8 April 2018 The Program in Iranian Studies welcomes submissions for a workshop to explore the dimensions of the Caspian Sea as a geographical frame for historical study. It asks whether the Caspian functions as a conceptual framework for various forms of exchange in commerce, diplomacy, political culture, forces of dissent and revolutionary movements, movements of peoples, material culture, art, and literature as well as ecology, disease, navigation and maritime culture. Deadline for abstracts: 15 August 2017. Information: Lora LeMosy: lora.lemosy@yale.edu _____________ 7. 2nd International Conference: "Servants' Past (in Colonial South Asia Compared with the Ottoman Empire)", Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 11-13 April 2018 The conference will also explore comparative similarities and specificities in domestic work across diverse imperial, colonial and postcolonial settings. The temporal range will include the early modern and modern periods (sixteenth century to the contemporary). Travel and accommodation will be covered. Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2017. Information: http://www.zmo.de/Ausschreibungen/calls%20for%20papers/Domestic_Servants_FinalCFP_2ndConferenceBerlin.pdf _____________ 8. IX Islamic Law and Society Conference, International Society of Islamic Legal Studies, Helsinki & Tampere, Finland, 6-9 June 2018 The conference will be divided into two parts. In the first, which will take place in Helsinki, a keynote address and an invited panel of five speakers will present on "Islamic Law and the Relationship between Ruler and Ruled." The second part, which will take place in Tampere over two-and-a-half days, will consist of presentations; preference is given to discussions based on primary text analysis or fieldwork. Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2017. Information: http://www.isils.net/conferences _____________ 9. Fifth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Ghent University, Belgium, 5-7 July 2018 The conference will be preceded by a three-day intensive course on Digital Islamic (Mamluk) Humanities. The first day of the conference will deal with Historiography/Adab, followed by two days with pre-organized panels. Deadline for paper proposals: 31 October 2017. Information: http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/school-of-mamluk-studies.html _____________ POSITIONS 10. James A. Bellamy Professorship in Pre-Modern Arabic Culture, Department of Near Eastern Studies (NES), University of Michigan Candidates must hold a Ph.D. at the time of the appointment, and have native or near-native proficiency in English and Arabic. It is expected that they will have experience in curriculum development and will be committed to maintaining and enhancing the long-standing excellence of Arabic Studies at the University. Deadline for application: 15 October 2017. Information: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55131 _____________ 11. Assistant Professor of Middle East Politics, Department of Government of Claremont McKenna College, near Los Angeles The tenure-track position is beginning 1 July 2018. A qualified candidate, with PhD in hand or a nearly completed doctoral dissertation, would have research experience on the domestic politics or policy of one or more Middle Eastern countries. Deadline for application: 1 August 2017. Information: https://webapps.cmc.edu/jobs/faculty/faculty_opening_detail.php?PostingID=16021 _____________ 12. Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Islamic Studies, Stanford University, CA The successful applicant must demonstrate substantial evidence of creativity and excellence in research and scholarship as well as a commitment to excellence in teaching and advising students at both graduate and undergraduate levels. PhD required.The term of appointment would begin September 1, 2018 or as soon as practicable thereafter. Deadline for application: 15 September 2017. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/42228 _____________ 13. Assistant Professor of Medieval or Early Modern Mediterranean History, Kalamazoo College, Michigan, USA Starting in September 2018, the successful candidate will be expected to offer introductory and upper-division undergraduate courses on the Mediterranean, Europe, and the Islamic world. Ph.D. or evidence of imminent completion is required. Deadline for application: 16 October 2017. Information: http://www.kzoo.edu/search/index.php?dept=history/ _____________ 14. Post-doc to Analyze Medieval Arabic / Persian Historical Materials on China and its Neighboring Areas, Nanjing University, China The project will fund three to four months to work in Nanjing University. The qualified international scholars may speak English and should have a good knowledge of Arabic / Persian languages. Information: Professor Hua Tao mailto:huat@nju.edu.cn _____________ OTHER INFORMATION 15. Brill's Middle East and Islamic Studies Early-Career Paper Prize 2017 The Paper Prize is open to students who are currently registered for doctoral research at a higher education institution, or have obtained their doctoral degree after 1 September 2014. Deadline for submissions: 1 October 2017. Information: http://www.brill.com/brills-middle-east-and-islamic-studies-early-career-paper-prize-2017 _____________ 16. Articles on "Women, Work and Management in the Middle East" for Journal "Gender in Management" Guest Editors: Jenny K Rodriguez (University of Manchester), Maranda Ridgway (Nottingham Trent University), Linzi Kemp (American University of Sharjah). The special issue has the aims to expand discussions about women at work in the Middle East and to identify avenues for future research themes, building up on work developed in the past decade about women in the Middle East. Deadline for manuscripts: 30 November 2017. Information: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=7347 _____________ 17. Articles for "Journal of Safavid Studies" This academic journal is published by the Safavid Studies Center, University of Isfahan, Iran. The journal welcomes all articles that are related to any aspect of Safavid Studies. This journal aims to provide a scholarly platform for critical and informed articles with a historical approach. Information: http://ssj.ui.ac.ir/
mardi 18 juillet 2017
EURAMES Info Service 28/2017
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