CONFERENCES 1. International Conference on Gender and Politics: "Women and Politics in an Age of Uncertainty: The Road to Sustainable Democracy and Democratization", Ibn Zohr University, Ouarzazate, Morocco, 24-26 October 2017 2. BRISMES Conference: "New Approaches to Studying the Middle East", King's College London, 25-28 June 2018 3. Symposium: "Arab Migration to Latin America: Migratory Dynamics and their Impact on Societies", 56th International Congress of Americanists, University of Salamanca, Spain, 15-20 July 2018 4. Interdisciplinary Panel for Refugee Research: "New Lives in New Worlds - Refugees from the MENA Region in Their New Environments", World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), Seville, 16-22 July 2018 POSITIONS 5. Sheikh Zayid Chair of Islamic and Arabic Studies, American University of Beirut 6. Alfred H. Howell Endowed Chair, One-year Visiting Professorship 2018-2019, Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut 7. Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut 8. Lecturer/Assistant Teaching Professor in Arabic, Pennsylvania State University 9. Advanced Associate/Full Professor Position in Ottoman History, University of Texas, Austin 10. Assistant Professor in Ottoman History, New York University 11. Assistant Professor in Religion and Critical Thought, Princeton University 12. Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies (Focus on Iran), Johns Hopkins University 13. Librarian, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Emory University OTHER INFORMATION 14. Three Research Internship Positions (2017-2018), Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), Athens, Greece 15. Visiting Fellowship at the TürkeiEuropaZentrum, Hamburg 16. Grants from the "Endangered Archives Programme" of the British Library 17. Visiting Scholar Grants, Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, Raleigh 18. Summer Institute Workshop: "Political Economy of the Middle East", George Mason University, June 2018 If you want to distribute an announcement via DAVO-Info-Service (about 1400 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 cooperation with the University of Sharjah/UAE ____________________ CONFERENCES 1. International Conference on Gender and Politics: "Women and Politics in an Age of Uncertainty: The Road to Sustainable Democracy and Democratization", Ibn Zohr University, Ouarzazate, Morocco, 24-26 October 2017 Information: http://www.icgp.fpo.ma/program_sc.php _____________ 2. BRISMES Conference: "New Approaches to Studying the Middle East", King's College London, 25-28 June 2018 The organizers encourage proposals that take up the theme in original ways, exploring not only new approaches, but bringing different new approaches into dialogue with each other, including across disciplines and across regions. In addition, proposals on any topic related to Middle Eastern Studies are invited, regardless of their fit with the conference's main theme. Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2017. Information: http://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/call-for-papers/ _____________ 3. Symposium: "Arab Migration to Latin America: Migratory Dynamics and their Impact on Societies", 56th International Congress of Americanists, University of Salamanca, Spain, 15-20 July 2018 Proposals are invited that include theoretical and methodological reflections, and / or case studies related to some of the following questions of analysis: causes and dynamics of the population movements from Arab countries towards Latin America; Arab diasporas in Latin America; transnational activism of Arab communities based in Latin America; elites of Arab origin and political participation in Latin American countries; Arab migration and its cultural influence in Latin America. Deadline for abstracts: 20 October 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8382/discussions/317804/cfp-conference-arab-migration-latin-america-migratory-dynamics-and; http://ica2018.es/home/ _____________ 4. Interdisciplinary Panel for Refugee Research: "New Lives in New Worlds - Refugees from the MENA Region in Their New Environments", World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), Seville, 16-22 July 2018 Organizer: Katharina Kilian-Yasin, Pforzheim University (Germany). The papers should investigate the changes that individuals, groups, and societies undergo in this situation of forced migration, shedding light on the implications of the specific situation of refugees from the MENA region, on coping strategies, challenges, problems and future perspectives. The papers should address socio-cultural, psychological, legal, political, educational etc. issues in the field of refugees from the MENA region with diverse methodological approaches. Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2017. Information and contact: Katharina.kilian-yasin@hs-pforzheim.de. Information on WOCMES: http://wocmes2018seville.org/web/index.php/en/ _____________ POSITIONS 5. Sheikh Zayid Chair of Islamic and Arabic Studies, American University of Beirut Candidates are required to have made distinguished contributions in one or more fields of Islamic Studies. Priority will be given to specialists in Islamic jurisprudence, Prophetic tradition, speculative theology (kalam), Qur'anic studies, and Islam and Muslims in the modern and contemporary world. Deadline for application: 15 November 2017. Information: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/academic-employment.aspx _____________ 6. Alfred H. Howell Endowed Chair, One-year Visiting Professorship 2018-2019, Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut The applicant will be a recognized senior academic specializing in Modern Middle Eastern History and/or Islamic History. This position is also open for senior archaeologists. Deadline for application: 30 November 2017. Information: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/academic-employment.aspx _____________ 7. Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut The applicant will be a junior scholar specializing in a field(s), ideally with a Middle East emphasis, not currently covered by the department, including: the prehistory of the Ancient Near East/Eastern Mediterranean, Egyptology, Islamic archaeology, environmental archaeology, ethno-archaeology, heritage studies, and numismatics. Applicants who have experience in teaching archaeological methodology and theory are particularly welcome. Deadline for application: 30 November 2017. Information: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/academic-employment.aspx _____________ 8. Lecturer/Assistant Teaching Professor in Arabic, Pennsylvania State University Deadline for application: 1 December 2017. Information: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55621 _____________ 9. Advanced Associate/Full Professor Position in Ottoman History, University of Texas, Austin Applicants should have an outstanding record of publication and an established international reputation in the field. Applicants should also have documented evidence of teaching excellence. Deadline for application: 15 November 2017. Information: https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000388374-01 _____________ 10. Assistant Professor in Ottoman History, New York University Applicants' research may focus on any period or aspect of Ottoman history, but we are particularly interested in candidates specializing in the pre-1800 period. Applicants must have the Ph.D. in hand by the time of appointment and be prepared to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and to supervise doctoral dissertation research. Deadline for application: 31 October 2017. Information: http://careers.historians.org/jobs/10318561/assistant-professor-ottoman-history-departments-of-history-and-of-middle-eastern-and-islamic-studies _____________ 11. Assistant Professor in Religion and Critical Thought, Princeton University The candidate's area of expertise is open but we especially welcome candidates who complement the department's offerings in epistemology, ethics, religion and philosophy, social criticism, theology or theories of religion. Deadline for application: 1 November 2017. Information: https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=3782 _____________ 12. Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies (Focus on Iran), Johns Hopkins University Candidates who combine their work on Iran with an interest in international security, international law, conflict management, international development, foreign policy, or domestic politics are particularly encouraged to apply. Review of applications started on 1 October 2017. Information: SAISMESProfSearch@jhu.edu _____________ 13. Librarian, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Emory University Preferred Qualifications: Library experience as a Middle East and Islamic Studies Librarian; fluency in Arabic, with reading knowledge of Persian, etc. Information: https://web.library.emory.edu/documents/pa_Middle%20East%20and%20Islamic%20Studies%20Librarian%20.pdf _____________ OTHER INFORMATION 14. Three Research Internship Positions (2017-2018), Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), Athens, Greece The interns will be supervised by senior associates and will be dealing with the study and analysis of ongoing events. Applicants have to be either postgraduate students or hold a postgraduate degree. Deadline for application: 15 October 2017. Information: http://www.cemmis.edu.gr/index.php/en/publications/item/533-research-internship-positions-2017-2018 _____________ 15. Visiting Fellowship at the TürkeiEuropaZentrum, Hamburg This centre is a unique place for the study of contemporary Turkey with respect to interdisciplinary and critical research. In order to promote international academic exchange, it offers one visiting fellowship (one to three months) per year. Applications that expand current research focus of the centre (gender and politics, consumption and culture, environment and environmental humanities) are particularly welcome, however we also look forward to other interesting applications. Deadline for application: 1 December 2017. Information: http://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/tuerkeieuropa/projekte.html _____________ 16. Grants from the "Endangered Archives Programme" of the British Library The archival material (including rare printed books, newspapers and periodicals, audio and audio-visual materials, photographs and manuscripts) should relate to a 'pre-modern' period of a society's history (any period before industrialisation). It should be acutely threatened by a natural or man-made disaster and needs immediate action to safeguard it. Deadline for preliminary grant applications: 17 November 2017. Information: http://eap.bl.uk/ _____________ 17. Visiting Scholar Grants, Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, Raleigh Grants provide funding for researchers working on early Arab diaspora and migration to work at the Khayrallah Center for a period of 1 to 2 weeks. Researchers will have access to resources available at the Khayrallah Center's archive. Deadline for grants in Spring 2018: 1 January 2018. Information: http://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/apply-visiting-scholar-grants-khayrallah-center-for-lebanese-diaspora-studies-raleigh?e=82aeb6c61d _____________ 18. Summer Institute Workshop: "Political Economy of the Middle East", George Mason University, June 2018 The workshop is both to provide graduate level engagement and instruction as well as to connect doctoral students and independent researchers with mid-career and senior scholars working in the field of critical political economy. Deadline for abstracts: 12 October 2017. Information: http://www.politicaleconomyproject.org/pesi-2018.html ________________________________________
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EURAMES Info Service 39/2017
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