CONFERENCES
1. Colloque : "L'organisation du culte musulman en France dans une perspective comparative", CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, Research Center on Droit, Religion, Entreprise et Société, 27-28 septembre 2017
2. The Erbil-Sulaymaniyah Exchange, 29 October - 4 November 2017
3. Annual Liberal Arts Conference: "Local Dreams, Global Visions: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives", Texas A&M at Qatar, 4-6 February 2018
4. Workshop: “After the Conquest: Converging Approaches to the Study of the Iberian Reconquista”, University of Cambridge, 12-14 February 2018
5. Conference for Arab Doctoral Students Based in the West, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, Qatar, 24-26 March 2018
6. Panel: “Mediterranean Geography, Mediterranean Poetics”, at the Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA), University of California, Los Angeles, 29 March - 1 April 2018
7. Fifth Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS), Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS), University of Exeter, 9-11 April 2018
8. Conference: “Orientalism, Neo-Orientalism and Post-Orientalism in African, Middle East, Latin and Central American, Asian/Chinese Studies”, Center for Global Studies, Shanghai University, 17-18 May 2018
9. Session: "Gender and Authoritarianism in the MENA Region", ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada, 15-21 July 2018
10. Session: "Migration, Gender and Precarity: New Migratory Flows in the MENA Region", ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada, 15-21 July 2018
11. Session: "Kowledge and Revolution (Focus on the Arab Spring)", ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada, 15-21 July 2018
12. Workshop Leaders for American Political Science Association’s MENA Workshop 2018
POSITIONS
13. 10 Fellowships for Experienced Researchers, Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt
14. Senior Lectureship or Readership in Arabic, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
15. Assistant Professor of Modern Arabic Literatures and Cultures, University of Colorado at Boulder
16. Research Associate and Visiting Faculty in Women's Studies and Religion for 2018-19, Havard Divinity School
17. Tenure-Track Position in History of the Modern Muslim World/Middle East (post-1500), University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
18. Tenure-track Teacher and Scholar for Pre-Modern Middle Eastern Cultures and Civilizations, Columbia University, New York
19. Faculty Position in World Literature (Focus Middle East), Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
20. Assistant- or Associate-Level Faculty Position in Islam and the Arts, Stanford University
21. Open Rank Faculty Position in Anthropology of Islam and Muslim Societies, Stanford University
22. Zahedi Family Fellowship, Stanford University
OTHER INFORMATION
23. Iran Heritage Foundation’s Programme of Grants for the Year 2018
24. Articles on "Cultural Changes in Egypt at the Turn of the Millennium" for Special Issue of "CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture"
25. Contact of the Arab Center Washington DC with Arab Graduate Students in North America/Europe
26. Call for New Members for the "Global Young Academy"
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CONFERENCES
1. Colloque : "L'organisation du culte musulman en France dans une perspective comparative", CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, Research Center on Droit, Religion, Entreprise et Société, 27-28 septembre 2017
Information et programme :
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2. The Erbil-Sulaymaniyah Exchange, 29 October - 4 November 2017
This conference is co-hosted by the French Association Noria and Mideastwire.com. Participants from around the world will listen and engage local politicians, civil society figures and analysts. The aim is to provide direct and intensive insight from several differing perspectives into Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Iraqi Kurdistan in general, as well as disputed areas between the Islamic State, Erbil and Baghdad.
Deadline for application: 30 September 2017. Information: https://thebeirutexchange.com/erbil-exchange/
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3. Annual Liberal Arts Conference: "Local Dreams, Global Visions: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives", Texas A&M at Qatar, 4-6 February 2018
Papers are welcome from politics, linguistics, anthropology, history, philosophy, religion, law, cultural studies etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2017. Information: www.qatar.tamu.edu/programs/liberal-arts/conferences%20
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4. Workshop: “After the Conquest: Converging Approaches to the Study of the Iberian Reconquista”, University of Cambridge, 12-14 February 2018
The two-day gathering will bring together a variety of archaeologists, historians and art historians to discuss different types of evidence, approaches and methodologies, during the different stages of the Christian conquests of Islamic Spain.
Deadline for abstracts : 30 October 2017. Information: http://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-after-the-conquest-converging-approaches-to-the-study-of-the-iberian-reconquista-12-14?e=82aeb6c61d
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5. Conference for Arab Doctoral Students Based in the West, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, Qatar, 24-26 March 2018
The meeting will provide Arab doctoral students in the social sciences and humanities based at Western universities an open space to present papers rooted in their graduate studies. This novel conference will give the participants the chance to benefit from discussions with their peers and with established Arab academics.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2017. Information: www.dohainstitute.org/en/News/Pages/ACRPS_Conference_for_Arab_Doctoral_Students_Based_in_the_West.aspx
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6. Panel: “Mediterranean Geography, Mediterranean Poetics”, at the Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA), University of California, Los Angeles, 29 March - 1 April 2018
Papers are invited that explore the relationship between Mediterranean geography and ecology on the one hand, and Mediterranean poetics on the other - from the Mediterranean of antiquity to the contemporary period.
Deadline for abstracts: 21 September 2017. Information: www.acla.org/seminar/mediterranean-geography-mediterranean-poetics
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7. Fifth Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS), Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS), University of Exeter, 9-11 April 2018
Islamic Studies is broadly understood to include both Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority contexts as well as historical, textual, and contemporary anthropological and sociological approaches.
Deadline for abstracts: 3 December 2017. Information: www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-conference-2018
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8. Conference: “Orientalism, Neo-Orientalism and Post-Orientalism in African, Middle East, Latin and Central American, Asian/Chinese Studies”, Center for Global Studies, Shanghai University, 17-18 May 2018
On the occasion of the 15th Anniversary of Memory of Edward Said (1935-2003) and 40th Anniversary of His Book (1978).
Deadline for abstracts: 29 February 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/22055/discussions/229960/cfp-orientalism-neo-orientalism-and-post-orientalism-african
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9. Session: "Gender and Authoritarianism in the MENA Region", ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada, 15-21 July 2018
This session invites papers dwelling upon these deepening inequalities in the MENA region societies from an intersectional approach with particular emphasis on gender and authoritarianism. We welcome papers from Turkey, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia etc. focusing on gender and authoritarianism in the MENA region.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2017. Information: www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/
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10. Session: "Migration, Gender and Precarity: New Migratory Flows in the MENA Region", ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada, 15-21 July 2018
Migration is the most critical phenomenon of the MENA region societies especially after the Syrian Civil War in 2011. The societies that were influenced most from this migration flows are Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq. The flux of people contributed further to the precarious conditions of the masses.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2017. Information: www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/
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11. Sessowledge and Revolution (Focus on the Arab Spring)", ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada, 15-21 July 2018
The session offers reflections on the Arab revolutions as contestations of power, violence and injustice, but also as expressions and producers of knowledge. Apart from the question as to whether the uprisings of 2011 have political accomplishment or not, we propose to explore their roots in and consequences for Arab social science knowledge.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2017. Information: www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/
________. Workshop Leaders for American Political Science Association’s MENA Workshop 2018
The primary goal of APSA’s MENA Workshops is to foster collaboration between political scientists in the Middle East with those based in the US/Europe.
Deadline for proposals: 29 October 2017. Information: http://web.apsanet.org/mena/
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STELLENANGEBOTE / POSITIONS
13. 10 Fellowships for Experienced Researchers, Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt
The fellowships will be awarded to experienced researchers who are conducting advanced interdisciplinary research in cultural and social studies. The fellowships will be awarded from 1 September 2018 until 31 August 2019.
Deadline for application: 1 October 2017. Information: www.uni-erfurt.de/max-weber-kolleg/forschungsgruppen-und-stellen/forschungsgruppen-am-max-weber-kolleg/mwk-fellows/call-application/
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14. Senior Lectureship or Readership in Arabic, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
The position will start 1 January 2018. Applicants should possess native or near-native language skills in Arabic and English and will be expected to demonstrate the ability to attract grant funding and lead high quality externally funded research projects.
Deadline for application: 21 September 2017. Information: Catherine Cobham arabhod@st-andrews.ac.uk
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15. Assistant Professor of Modern Arabic Literatures and Cultures, University of Colorado at Boulder
Candidates should have a PhD in Arabic literature or a related field, as well as a minimum of one year of research experience in one or more of the following areas: Arabic fiction, drama/theatre, film, poetry.
Deadline for application: 1 November 2017. Information: http://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/job-modern-arabic-university-of-colorado-at-boulder?e=82aeb6c61d
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16. Research Associate and Visiting Faculty in Women's Studies and Religion for 2018-19, Havard Divinity School
Proposals for book-length research projects utilizing both religion and gender as central categories of analysis and focusing on any religion are welcome. Applicants must have received a PhD by October 1, 2017.
Deadline for application: 1 October 2017. Information: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/apply
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17. Tenure-Track Position in History of the Modern Muslim World/Middle East (post-1500), University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
Position begins in Fall 2018. We are looking for a scholar-teacher who is committed to excellence in undergraduate teaching and who can demonstrate scholarly productivity and promise for ongoing research in their field. Ph.D. in History or a related field required or alternatively, ABD candidates will be considered. All applicants must have demonstrable skills necessary for excellence in teaching.
Deadline for application: 16 October 2017. Information: www.Click2apply.net/txx7sr4dht7tz2tc
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18. Tenure-track Teacher and Scholar for Pre-Modern Middle Eastern Cultures and Civilizations, Columbia University, New York
Candidates should demonstrate a broad interest in the history, cultures, and/or literatures of the Middle East and related regions; discipline and geographic area of specialization are open. PhD required.
Deadline for application: 1 October 2017. Information: https://careers.barnard.edu/postings/3023
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19. Faculty Position in World Literature (Focus Middle East), Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
This is a full-time, tenure-track position beginning in Fall 2018. Candidates will have a PhD in English, Literature, or Comparative Literature with a regional specialization including, but not limited to African, Caribbean, Latin American, Middle Eastern, Oceanic, or South/South East Asian literary traditions by the date of appointment.
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20. Assistant- or Associate-Level Faculty Position in Islam and the Arts, Stanford University
Applicants should focus on Islamic religious arts and performance; non-religious artistic and literary productions of the diverse cultures of Islamic societies; and scholar/artist practitioners.
Deadline for application: 2 October 2017. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9281
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21. Open Rank Faculty Position in Anthropology of Islam and Muslim Societies, Stanford University
The successful candidate will be appointed in the Anthropology Department and is also expected to contribute to the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies’ curricular and outreach efforts.
Deadline for application: 3 November 2017. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9609
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22. Zahedi Family Fellowship, Stanford University
This is a twelve-week residential fellowship focusing on the new Zahedi Archive. The fellowship is open to scholars working on the modern history of Iran, particularly the period of 1941 to 1979. Preference will be given to scholars who have worked on aspects of modern Iranian foreign policy, history, and culture. Fluency in Persian is required.
Deadline for application: 20 October 2017. Information: http://web.stanford.edu/~rparhad/zahedifellowship.fb
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OTHER INFORMATION
23. Iran Heritage Foundation’s Programme of Grants for the Year 2018
The Iran Heritage Foundation is a non-political UK-registered charity to promote Iranian cultural heritage. Grants are offered for work with (i) Academic Research and Activities, and (ii) Contemporary Art, Exhibition and Culture. Only activities connected with Iran or Iranian cultural heritage will be considered.
Deadline for application: 31 October 2017. Information: www.iranheritage.org/grants.html
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24. Articles on "Cultural Changes in Egypt at the Turn of the Millennium" for Special Issue of "CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture"
We seek original papers of literary and cultural studies as well as related fields such as gender studies, visual studies in film, digital and print media. Comparative and transdisciplinary approaches are encouraged.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 December 2017. Information: www.academia.edu/34481483/C4P_Cultural_Changes_Egypt
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25. Contact of the Arab Center Washington DC with Arab Graduate Students in North America/Europe
The Arab Center Washington seeks information from Arab graduate students who study in North America/Europe and are interested in future networking, grants, and conference opportunities.
If you are interested in such opportunities, fill in the survey at https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0feuf687qg5V1Fr
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26. Call for New Members for the "Global Young Academy"
The call is open to early-career scientists from all research disciplines. We especially encourage applications from women scientists, scholars in the social sciences, arts and humanities as well as researchers working in government, industry, and non-governmental sectors. The majority of the GYA’s members are aged 30-40 and the typical period from completion of a PhD or similar degree is 3-10 years.
Deadline for application: 24 September 2017. Information: https://globalyoungacademy.net/call-for-new-members/
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