CONFERENCES
1.
Mediterranean
Seminar Winter Workshop on "Turning Points", Princeton University,
1-2 March 2019
2.
Session on
"Asia, the Middle East and North Africa" in the International
Conference: "The Rise of Asia in Global History and Perspective",
Paris and Le Havre, 13-15 March 2019
3.
Conference:
"The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: The Birth of the Modern Nation",
SOAS University of London, 27 March 2019
4.
Conference:
“Borders and Emigration”, Catholic Institute of Toulouse, France, 28-29 March
2019
5.
Workshop:
"Sovereign Institutions and Migration in South Asia", Radboud
University Nijmegen, 3 April 2019
6.
Fourth Biennial
Conference on Iranian Studies, Symposia Iranica, St John's College, 9-10 April
2019
7.
Conference:
"World History Theory and Practice Conference: Migrants and
Refugees", St. John`s University, 23 April 2019
8.
International
Conference on Mobile Identities 2019: "The Mediterranean Crossings:
Border-Crossing, Representations, and Estrangement on the Sea Shores",
Universitaire Ait Melloul, 24-25 April 2019
9.
Fourth Arabic
Program Symposium: "Arabic Heritage Education: Pedagogy, Challenges and
Prospects", Georgetown University in Qatar, 24-25 April 2019
10.
Annual
Conference on Shi`i Studies, Islamic College, London, 27-28 April 2019
11.
Conference:
"The Mediterranean: Past, Present, and Future", University of
Wisconsin, 3-5 May 2019
12.
Sixth Conference
of the "International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA)", Centre
for Iranian Studies, SOAS, London, 16-17 May 2019
13.
“China and the
Middle East and North Africa Conference”, Northwest University, Xi’an, China,
16-18 May 2019
14.
Annual
International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, University of
Crete, Greece, 29 May - 1 June 2019
15.
Annual
Conference of the "Middle East and Islamic Studies Association of Israel
(MEISAI)", Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 30 May 2019
16.
Conference:
"Pilgrimage and the Senses", University of Oxford, 7 June 2019
17.
International
Conference: "The Near Eastern Saddle Period: The Formation of Modern
Concepts in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian", University of Bern,
Switzerland, 12-14 June 2019
18.
Workshop:
“Currents and Currency: Cultural Circulations in the Mediterranean and Beyond”,
Koç University, Turkey, 13-15 June 2019
19.
"The
Problem of Piracy: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Plunder by Sea across the
World from the Ancient to the Modern", University of Strathclyde, 24-26
June 2019
20.
Conference:
"Transcultural Interplay through Art and Social Life: Iranian Diaspora in
Europe and beyond", Paderborn, 25-27 June 2019
21.
Conference:
"Museums in Arabia", King`s College, London, 26-28 June 2019
22.
International
Workshop: “Gender, Fashion, and Embodiment in Islam”, University of Hamburg, 29-30
June 2019
23.
Seminar for “Arabian
Studies”, British Foundation for the Study of Arabia (BFSA), University of
Leiden, 11-13 July 2019
24.
International
Conference on "Immigration in the History of the Yishuv and Israel",
Institute for the History of the German Jews, Hamburg, 15-17 July 2019
25.
Annual Symposium
on “Medieval and Renaissance Studies”, Saint Louis University, 17-19 June 2019
26.
Workshop on
“Towards Sustainable Consumption and Production in the Gulf”, during the 10th
Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, 15-18 July 2019
27.
Workshop on
“Re-engaging with the Gulf Modernist City: Heritage and Repurposing Practice”,
during the 10th Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, 15-18 July 2019
28.
Session on “The
Repression of Middle East & Muslim Societies” during the Annual Meeting of
the American Sociological Association (ASA), New York, 10-13 August 2019
29.
Nordic
Conference on Middle Eastern Studies: “Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the
Middle East”, Helsinki, Finland, 14–16 August 2019
30.
Section on
" Interdisciplinary Study of Religions" at the 2019 Annual Conference
of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Amsterdam, 24-26
October 2019
31.
International
Conference: "Digital Archiving in the Arab World", Abu Dhabi, 26-27
October 2019
32.
Colloque
international : "Cinéma et littérature en Egypte L’adaptation : moments
clés dans une histoire commune", réseau de chercheurs Amoun, 16-18
novembre 2019
POSITIONS
33.
Eight PhD
Scholarships in Cultural Studies at the International Graduate Centre for the
Study of Culture (GCSC), University of Giessen, Germany
34.
Professorship
(Tenure Track) for the History and Culture of Islam in the Eastern
Mediterranean (W 1), University of Mainz
35.
Full
Professorship for “Islamic Intellectual History of the Post-Classical Period
(1200-1800)” (W3), Humboldt-University Berlin
36.
Full
Professorship for “Comparative Theology from an Islamic Perspective” (W3),
Humboldt-University Berlin
37.
PhD Position on
Islamic Law, Contemporary Islamic Law in Muslim States and Islamic Family Law,
Maastricht University
38.
Assistant
Professor of Byzantine Studies, Central European University
39.
Assistant,
Associate and Full Professors in Various Disciplines, Hamad Bin Khalifa
University (HBKU), Doha
40.
Assistant
Professor in Islamic Studies, University of Alberta
41.
Research
Fellowships in the 2019-2020 Program of the Middle East Initiative at the
Harvard Kennedy School
42.
Postdoctoral
Research Associate in Contemporary Politics in the Arab World, Princeton
University
43.
Assistant
Professor in Comparative Politics/Middle East/North Africa, Virginia Tech
44.
Postdoctoral
Fellow in Levantine Studies, Rice University
45.
Assistant
Professor of Health Studies in the Middle East and North Africa, University of
Arizona
46.
Visiting
Assistant Professor in Iranian Studies, Brown University
47.
Full-Time
Continuing Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Arabic, College of the Holy
Cross
OTHER INFORMATION
48.
Intensive Course
on Shia Studies, Mashhad, Iran, 22-28 February 2019
49.
Doctoral Spring
School 2019: "Patronage and Clientelism in the Muslim world”, Granada,
18-22 March 2019
50.
Arabic Summer
Program at McGill University, Montreal, 7 June - 2 August 2019
51.
Transregional
Academy: "Minor/Small Literature(s): Perspectives on World Literature from
Elsewhere", Forum Transregionale Studien and Max Weber Stiftung, Berlin,
10-20 July 2019
52.
Articles on
"Ghosts of Empire: Persistence and Claims of Ottomanness in Post-Ottoman
Spaces" for Special Issue of "Revue des mondes musulmans et de la
Méditerranée"
53.
Articles on
""Place-making": Negotiating Urban Identities in the Middle
East" for Special Issue of the Peer-reviewed Journal "Urban
Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic
Development" (UAS)
54.
Articles on
"Contacts" for Special Issue of the Peer-reviewed Online Journal
"Middle East - Topics & Arguments, META #13"
55.
Articles on
"Arab Diaspora Literature Then and Now", for Special Issue of Journal
"Humanities"
56.
Appel à
candidatures Prix de thèse 2019
57.
Visiting Scholar
Grants to Use the Archives at the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora
Studies
58.
Byzantine
Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship 2019-20, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
59.
Funding
Opportunities for 2019-2020 and Research Awards by the "Council of British
Research in the Levant"
60.
Teach English or
Music in the Palestinian Refugee Camps of Lebanon, 1 July - 10 August 2019
61.
6000 images
archéologiques de la Syrie en libre accès
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CONFERENCES
1. Mediterranean
Seminar Winter Workshop on "Turning Points", Princeton University,
1-2 March 2019
_____________________________________
2. Session on
"Asia, the Middle East and North Africa" in the International Conference:
"The Rise of Asia in Global History and Perspective", Paris and Le
Havre, 13-15 March 2019
The questions of world order based on peace, justice
and non-violence are chosen to be the main subject of presentation and
discussion of this multidisciplinary conference.
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3. Conference:
"The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: The Birth of the Modern Nation",
SOAS University of London, 27 March 2019
The conference aims at those with an interest in the
post Ottoman period in the region, British Egyptian relations, modern Egyptian
history, and developments in Egypt over the last hundred years, including
historians, students, politicians and government, diplomacy and the general
public. It will seek to throw new light on the events of 1919 and their impact
on Egypt, Sudan, Britain, and the wider world.
_____________________________________
4. Conference:
“Borders and Emigration”, Catholic Institute of Toulouse, France, 28-29 March
2019
At a political level, the question of borders lies at
the centre of the foundation of every country and state. With the emergence of
nation states, borders have become geographic and physical.As for religion,
history shows us that the influence of belief systems on borders is vital.
Every religion which aims to be universal seeks to broaden its territory.
Deadline for abstracts: 11 January 2019. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/38276
(in French, English and Arabic)
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5. Workshop:
"Sovereign Institutions and Migration in South Asia", Radboud
University Nijmegen, 3 April 2019
This one-day workshop seeks to juxtapose land-based
sovereign institutions with the various kinds of movement that occurred
throughout the Indian Ocean during the 18th and 19th centuries. Through the
discussion of migration over these centuries, we hope to assess the influence
of these governing bodies over local communities, as well as the agency that
local communities had in dictating their own mobilities.
_____________________________________
6. Fourth Biennial
Conference on Iranian Studies, Symposia Iranica, St John's College, 9-10 April
2019
We welcome proposals that engage with any aspect of
Iranian studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Deadline for abstracts: 13 January 2019. Information: http://symposia-iranica.com/cfp/
_____________________________________
7. Conference:
"World History Theory and Practice Conference: Migrants and
Refugees", St. John`s University, 23 April 2019
We aim to put into conversation traditional topics
covering the movement of people with more recent envi-ronmentally and
ideologically oriented interests in
the migration of crops, diseases, ideas, and other non-human forces.
Presentations on refugee flows—one of the twenty-first century’s pressing
concerns—are especially welcome.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3180979/st-john%E2%80%99s-university-world-history-theory-and-practice
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8. International
Conference on Mobile Identities 2019: "The Mediterranean Crossings:
Border-Crossing, Representations, and Estrangement on the Sea Shores",
Universitaire Ait Melloul, 24-25 April 2019
This conference seeks to invite contributors from all
sorts of discipline to discuss the questions of crossing the Mediterranean and
what this process entails for the migrants, politicians, NGOs, economists,
geopoliticians, sociologists, social politics, and social work.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2019. Information: http://clas-lab.com/
_____________________________________
9. Fourth Arabic
Program Symposium: "Arabic Heritage Education: Pedagogy, Challenges and
Prospects", Georgetown University in Qatar, 24-25 April 2019
This symposium seeks to address significant aspects of
heritage Arabic education. It aspires to provide a platform for sharing and
discussing key issues in this field. Given the recent recognition of this
separate track in Arabic learning, much needs to be done in terms of research,
course preparation, and material development.
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10. Annual
Conference on Shi`i Studies, Islamic College, London, 27-28 April 2019
This conference will provide a broad platform for scholars
in Shi`i studies to share their latest research.
_____________________________________
11. Conference:
"The Mediterranean: Past, Present, and Future", University of Wisconsin,
3-5 May 2019
The focus of the conference is on the role that the
historical Mediterranean has, and continues to have, on contemporary society.
The conference is being developed out of, and in response to, questions and
prob-lems that emerged during a research and teaching symposium hosted by the
National Endowment for the Humanities in the summer of 2018.
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12. Sixth Conference
of the "International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA)", Centre
for Iranian Studies, SOAS, London, 16-17 May 2019
The proposed topics may be in any field of economics,
economic history and political economy. The Program Committee welcomes both
empirical and theoretical papers that use quantitative or analytical narrative
methods.
_____________________________________
13. “China and the
Middle East and North Africa Conference”, Northwest University, Xi’an, China,
16-18 May 2019
Topics include the Political Economy of the Middle
East, Environmental Issues, Social Movements, Religion and Politics, Gender
Issues in the Middle East, etc.
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14. Annual
International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, University of
Crete, Greece, 29 May - 1 June 2019
Individual papers, panel discussions, and complete
sessions on all subjects related to the Mediterranean region and Mediterranean
cultures around the world from all historical periods are invited.
_____________________________________
15. Annual
Conference of the "Middle East and Islamic Studies Association of Israel
(MEISAI)", Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 30 May 2019
Scholars from all areas of study of the Middle East,
Islam and Middle Eastern languages, with no limitation concerning discipline,
period or sub-region, are welcome to send proposals.
Deadline for abstracts: 24 February 2019. Information:
https://www.meisai.org.il/en/
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16. Conference:
"Pilgrimage and the Senses", University of Oxford, 7 June 2019
This interdisciplinary conference hosted at the
University of Oxford aims to shed light on how sensory perception shapes and is
shaped by the experience of pilgrimage across cultures, faith traditions, and
throughout history.
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17. International
Conference: "The Near Eastern Saddle Period: The Formation of Modern
Concepts in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian", University of Bern,
Switzerland, June 12–14, 2019
We are especially interested in papers0 combining case
studies of modern religious, social and political concepts in Arabic, Turkish,
and Persian with theoretical considerations related to the Near Eastern saddle
period (1860-1940).
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18. Workshop:
“Currents and Currency: Cultural Circulations in the Mediterranean and Beyond”,
Koç University, Turkey, 13-15 June 2019
The conference aims to bring together cultural works
that constitute alternative archives of the Mediterranean in order to reassess
the current geographical divides that shape typical understandings of the
Mediterranean and beyond.
____________________________________
19. "The
Problem of Piracy: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Plunder by Sea across the
World from the Ancient to the Modern", University of Strathclyde, 24-26
June 2019
This three-day conference seeks to address these and
other “problems” of piracy by bringing together a wide range of postgraduate,
early career, and senior researchers who study any aspect of piracy and
maritime predation across various chronological, geographical, and disciplinary
barriers.
_____________________________________
20. Conference:
"Transcultural Interplay through Art and Social Life: Iranian Diaspora in
Europe and beyond", Paderborn, 25-27 June 2019
The conference plans to deepen the notion of the
Transcultural in relation to ‘Iranian’ artistic matters. Emphasis is put on
investigations into the richness and complexity of artistic expression and the
reciprocal effects and correlations that can be observed between the arts and
in social life generally.
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21. Conference:
"Museums in Arabia", King`s College, London, 26-28 June 2019
The conference will explore the regional and
international actors who are actively involved in producing and challenging
cultural formations and systems of knowledge production in and on the Gulf. We
encourage both critical analyses and case-studies that examine how the actions
of individuals and institutions are connected in the broader social, economic
and political landscape of the Arabian Peninsula.
_____________________________________
22. International
Workshop: “Gender, Fashion, and Embodiment in Islam”, University of Hamburg,
29-30 June 2019
We want to compare the dynamics in the so-called
“Islamic center” (the Arabian Peninsula) with developments in the so called
“Muslim Periphery". The workshop aims to problematize the discursive and
lived interactions between gender, fashion, spirituality, religion, class, and
ethnicity.
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23. „Seminar for Arabian
Studies”, British Foundation for the Study of Arabia (BFSA), University of
Leiden, 11-13 July 2019
The Seminar for Arabian Studies is the only
international forum that meets annually for the presentation of the latest
academic research in the humanities on the Arabian Peninsula from the earliest
times to the present day or, in the case of political and social history, to
the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922).
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2019. Information:
https://www.thebfsa.org/the-2019-seminar/
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24. International
Conference on "Immigration in the History of the Yishuv and Israel",
Institute for the History of the German Jews, Hamburg, 15-17 July 2019
The aim of this international conference is to discuss
different aspects of the phenomenon of immigration, how it has shaped the
Israeli society, as well as perspectives and methods for studying the issue.
The conference will bring together scholars from various disciplinary
backgrounds who research immigration to Israel from any given country, both in
the pre-state period and in the modern state of Israel.
_____________________________________
25. Annual Symposium
on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Saint Louis University, 17-19 June 2019
We are especially interested in paper and panel
proposals that focus on science/medicine, economy, and religion, not only the
historical intricacies but also the interaction of these topics
methodologically.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2018. Information:
https://www.smrs-slu.org/
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26. Workshop on
“Towards Sustainable Consumption and Production in the Gulf”, during the 10th
Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, 15-18 July 2019
This workshop aims to address the current status,
progress, and prospective outlook of sustainable consumption and production in
GCC countries.
_____________________________________
27. Workshop on
“Re-engaging with the Gulf Modernist City: Heritage and Repurposing Practice”,
during the 10th Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, 15-18 July 2019
This workshop aims to address the current status,
progress, and prospective outlook of sustainable consumption and production in
GCC countries.
_____________________________________
28. Session on “The
Repression of Middle East & Muslim Societies” during the Annual Meeting of
the American Sociological Association (ASA), New York, 10-13 August 2019
This session invites papers that bring attention to
the repression of Muslim and Middle Eastern populations, as well as how these
populations are working to resist extremism in all its varied forms.
Deadline for abstracts: 9 January 2019. Contact: Dana
Moss, PhD, dmm209@pitt.edu; information: http://www.asanet.org/annual-meeting-2019
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29. Nordic
Conference on Middle Eastern Studies: “Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the
Middle East”, Helsinki, Finland, 14–16 August 2019
The Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSMES)
(http://nsmes.org/), the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Institute in
the Middle East (http://www.fime.fi/) are inviting panels and papers for this
multidisci-plinary conference. Fields: Middle Eastern history, anthropology,
religion, politics, sociology, language, and literature.
Deadline for abstracts for roundtables and
pre-organized panels 15 January 2019, for individual papers and posters 15
February 2019. Information: https://bit.ly/2P23vaC
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30. Section on
" Interdisciplinary Study of Religions" at the 2019 Annual Conference
of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Amsterdam,
24-26 October 2019
Commonly religions are understood to include ideas and
behaviors that engage super-human agency through diverse strands of human
culture from history to the present-day. This section seeks to establish and
highlight critical interdisciplinary insights that may be neglected by single
discipline studies of religions.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2019. Information:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SY4x9WFkoKzDEzJz1L38pOBv4l02uge_G-WBA8GTQOo/edit;
www.aisconference2019.nl
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31. International
Conference: "Digital Archiving in the Arab World", Abu Dhabi, 26-27
October 2019
This conference aims to inaugurate a series of
conferences – starting with Abu Dhabi in 2019 – as a formal endeavor to provide
a sustainable platform of knowledge exchange of the various topics regarding
Digital Archiving in the Arab World.
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32. Colloque
international : "Cinéma et littérature en Egypte L’adaptation : moments
clés dans une histoire commune", réseau de chercheurs Amoun, 16-18
novembre 2019
Ce premier colloque du réseau de chercheurs Amoun
envisage les rapports entre littérature et cinéma en Egypte en vue de produire
une histoire commune qui les réunit.
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POSITIONS
33. Eight PhD
Scholarships in Cultural Studies at the International Graduate Centre for the
Study of Culture (GCSC), University of Giessen, Germany
The GCSC encourages applications which make a
significant contribution to the study of culture in various historical
contexts, including contemporary phenomena. An international research
perspective, i.e. international study experience, is an advantage. Scholarships
are offered for one year with the possibility of two extensions, each of one
year.
____________________________________
34. Professorship
(Tenure Track) for the History and Culture of Islam in the Eastern
Mediterranean (W 1), University of Mainz
The junior professor should represent the entire field
in research and teaching. Knowledge of Arabic is re-quired, that of Ottoman
Turkish is also desirable. The candidate should either possess or be willing to
develop a research focus on gender relations and roles from a historical
perspective. Competencies in the field of visual and material culture are
preferable.
Deadline for applications: 27 December 2018. Information:
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/354794
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35. Full
Professorship for “Islamic Intellectual History of the Post-Classical Period
(1200-1800)” (W3), Humboldt-University Berlin
Position is starting 1st October 2019 and initially
limited to a 5-year contract. The successful candidate will focus on the
significance of the post-classical intellectual history in his or her research
and teaching, especially in the areas of Kalām, philosophy and mysticism, with
a special emphasis on different doctrinal currents (especially Sunna and Shia).
_____________________________________
36. Full Professorship
for “Comparative Theology from an Islamic Perspective” (W3),
Humboldt-University Berlin
Position is starting 1st October 2019 and initially
limited to a 5-year contract. The successful candidate will focus on the
relationship between Muslim religiosity and other religious communities and
worldviews in his or her research and teaching. He or she will undertake
research in entangled history, particularly with respect to Judaism,
Christianity and Islam, and will compare the interaction of actors of various
religious origins with regard to religious doctrine and practice.
_____________________________________
37. PhD Position on
Islamic Law, Contemporary Islamic Law in Muslim States and Islamic Family Law,
Maastricht University
PhD researchers participate in the Maastricht
University Graduate School of Law. They will prepare a PhD thesis in English or
Dutch within the Faculty of Law’s research programme. Supervision will be
provided by Prof. Susan Rutten, Professor of Islamic Family Law in a European
Context.
_____________________________________
38. Assistant
Professor of Byzantine Studies, Central European University
The successful candidate will be an outstanding
researcher and teacher in the field of Byzantine Studies, with the ability to
teach subjects and supervise theses at the MA and PhD levels in a broad
chronological range from ca. 500 to 1500, or even beyond. The successful
candidate must have a PhD in a field relevant for Byzantine Studies.
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2019. Information:
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58010
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39. Assistant,
Associate and Full Professors in Various Disciplines, Hamad Bin Khalifa
University (HBKU), Doha
Job Purpose: To conduct teaching, research and service
so as to contribute to HBKU becoming a world-class research university.
No deadline for application. Information:
https://hbku.edu.qa/en/careers/assistant-professor;
https://hbku.edu.qa/en/careers/associate-professor; https://hbku.edu.qa/en/careers/professor
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40. Assistant
Professor in Islamic Studies, University of Alberta
The Faculty of Arts invites applications for a
full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Islamic
Studies, with a starting date of July 1, 2019. Applicants must hold a PhD in a
humanities or social science discipline with a research focus on Islamic
Studies, or have a strong expectation of completing such a PhD before July 1,
2019.
Review of applications start on 2 January 2019. Information:
https://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/A107337623/
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41. Research
Fellowships in the 2019-2020 Program of the Middle East Initiative at the
Harvard Kennedy School
These one-year fellowships are available for
researchers at the pre-doctoral, post-doctoral and junior faculty level for
research related to Middle Eastern governance and public policy. All
fellowships carry a stipend. Citizens of all countries are invited to apply.
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42. Postdoctoral
Research Associate in Contemporary Politics in the Arab World, Princeton
University
Applicants can be from the disciplines of history,
politics, economics and international relations. The appointment will be for
the year, September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020. Candidates must hold the
Ph.D.
_____________________________________
43. Assistant
Professor in Comparative Politics/Middle East/North Africa, Virginia Tech
Candidates must have a research focus that involves
comparative political analysis in the MENA region and demonstrated excellence
in research. They also must have evidence of teaching effectiveness to meet the
Department’s key teaching needs in its B.A. and M.A. programs. Teaching
requirements for this position will be four courses a year. A PhD in Political
Science or a closely related field is required by the time of appointment.
Review of applications start: 22 January 2019. Information:
https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/92715
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44. Postdoctoral
Fellow in Levantine Studies, Rice University
Applicants from any humanistic discipline or
interdiscipline including, but not limited to, art history, architecture,
geography, history, and/or literary studies, whose research and teaching
interests focus on issues related to the history and geography of Levant are
eligible to apply. The fellow should have experience working with geospatial
technologies and/or 3D modeling software. The fellow must have received a PhD
between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2019.
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45. Assistant
Professor of Health Studies in the Middle East and North Africa, University of
Arizona
This position requires a 2/2 teaching load,
maintenance of an active program of research and publication, and appropriate
service to the college, university, and profession. The successful candidate
will be well qualified to engage in undergraduate and graduate teaching;
conduct research in or centrally related to the Middle East and/or North
Africa; have potential for externally supported research; and have an interest
in participating in outreach activities.
Review of applications starts 21 January 2019. Information:
https://uacareers.com/postings/33768
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46. Visiting
Assistant Professor in Iranian Studies, Brown University
Middle East Studies invites applications for a
two-year position. The position is open to all disciplines in the humanities
and the social sciences and is designed for scholars at the Assistant Professor
level. Teaching experience and a record of publication and professional service
are desirable. Residence in the Providence area is required for most of the
duration of the appointment.
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47. Full-Time
Continuing Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Arabic, College of the Holy
Cross
The position is established for an initial term of
three academic years, beginning in Fall 2019, and the appointment holds the
rank of lecturer. The position will be reviewed for renewal in the second year
of the term. If the position is re-approved for another three years, the holder
of the position will be reviewed in the third year for reappointment. Candidates
must have native or near native proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic; a
master’s degree in Arabic language teaching.
Review of applications starts 1 February 2019. Information:
https://apply.interfolio.com/59022
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OTHER
INFORMATION
48. Intensive Course
on Shia Studies, Mashhad, Iran, 22-28 February 2019
Combining the classical Shi’ite thought and the
current political, social, and religious concerns of Shi’ite society in Iran,
this program aims to offer scholarly perspectives on challenging issues that
affect contemporary Iran. Language: English. Partial Scholarships: Available.
Contact: shiacourse@urd.ac.ir
Early registration deadline: 31 December 2018. Information:
http://shiacourse.urd.ac.ir
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49. Doctoral Spring
School 2019: "Patronage and Clientelism in the Muslim world”, Granada,
18-22 March 2019
We invite doctoral students and Early Stage
Researchers working on or being interested in aspects of pat-ronage and
clientelism in the Muslim world from different disciplines in humanities and
social sciences (his-tory, anthropology, sociology, economics, cultural
studies, political sciences, religious studies) to explore and present the
relevance of these concepts for their work.
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50. Arabic Summer
Program at McGill University, Montreal, 7 June - 2 August 2019
Intensive and immersive summer program open to
undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. 170 in-class hours, 67
hours of extra-curriculars. Levels from absolute beginner to higher
intermediate.
Deadline for registration: 1 March 2019. Information: https://www.mcgill.ca/arabic-summer
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51. Transregional
Academy: "Minor/Small Literature(s): Perspectives on World Literature from
Elsewhere", Forum Transregionale Studien and Max Weber Stiftung, Berlin,
10-20 July 2019
We will focus on the political/revolutionary potential
of literature in hegemonic struggles as well as the position and ambition of
small/minor literatures in the larger linguistic/regional projects, such as
Arabic literature in the diaspora.
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52. Articles on
"Ghosts of Empire: persistence and claims of Ottomanness in post-Ottoman
spaces" for special issue of "Revue des mondes musulmans et de la
Méditerranée"
Editors Philippe Bourmaud, Iyas Hassan et Aline
Schlaepfer. Proposals focusing on the press, memoirs and autobiographies
produced by Ottoman-born actors, as well as diplomatic archives are expected:
these sources illustrate references, concepts and procedural habits, linguistic
borrowings etc.
Deadline for applications: 1 February 2019. Information:
https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/10526
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53. Articles on
""Place-making": Negotiating Urban Identities in the Middle
East" for Special Issue of the Peer-reviewed Journal "Urban
Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic
Development" (UAS)
Contributions can explore the relationship between
place and identity-formation; sense of place; construction of social belonging
in urban communities; creation of gendered places; lines of inquiry inspired by
classical theories by Lefebvre, Foucault, de Certeau, Deleuze, Baudrillard
etc.; and other analyses - all within Middle Eastern urban context.
Deadline for manuscripts submission: 1 April 2019.
Information: Contact Marta Wieczorek: marta.wieczorek@zu.ac.ae; http://the-institute-ny.com/WEB%20PAGES/JOURNAL/infoforauthors.htm
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54. Articles on
"Contacts" for Special Issue of the Peer-reviewed Online Journal
"Middle East - Topics & Arguments, META #13"
Edited by Evgeniya Prusskaya and Vera Tsukanova.
Papers are invited on the MENA region concerning language contacts, interaction
of living and classical languages, impact of language contacts on different
aspects of culture, forms of colonial and post-colonial interaction,
instruments of cross-cultural exchange, transfer of the ideas and ideologies,
social network analysis.
The deadline for abstracts: 30 December 2018. Information: https://meta-journal.net/announcement/view/37
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55. Articles on
"Arab Diaspora Literature Then and Now", for Special Issue of Journal
"Humanities"
We seek contributions that interrogate the ways in
which contemporary Arab diaspora literature has stretched the concepts of
utopia/dystopia, humanities/urban and geography studies, and gender and LGBTQ
studies.
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56. Appel à
candidatures Prix de thèse 2019
Le GIS Moyen-Orient Mondes musulmans du CNRS et l’Institut
d’étude de l’islam et des sociétés du monde musulman (IISMM-UMS2000) organisent
en 2019 quatre prix de thèse ciblés ayant trait au Moyen-Orient et aux mondes
musulmans. Sont éligibles des travaux soutenus en français ou en France entre
le 31 décembre 2016 et le 31 décembre 2018, dans toutes les disciplines des
lettres et sciences humaines et sociales.
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57. Visiting Scholar
Grants to Use the Archives at the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora
Studies
Funding for researchers - at all levels of their
career from graduate students to senior scholars - working on early Arab
diaspora and migration to work at the Khayrallah Center for a period of 1 to 2
weeks.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no
deadline. Information: https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/awards/VisitingScholar.php
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58. Byzantine
Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship 2019-20, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
This fellowship is designed for junior scholars with a
completed doctorate whose research deals with Byzantine Studies om history
(including its auxiliary disciplines), archaeology, art history, literature,
theology, and liturgical studies, as well as the study of Byzantium’s
interactions with neighboring cultures.
Deadline for applications: 1 February 2019. Information:
https://apply.interfolio.com/57545
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59. Funding
Opportunities for 2019-2020 and Research Awards by the "Council of British
Research in the Levant"
CBRL offers research grants for fellowships, project
awards and travel grants.
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60. Teach English or
Music in the Palestinian Refugee Camps of Lebanon, 1 July - 10 August 2019
Learning for the Empowerment and Advancement of
Palestinians (LEAP) is an educational enrichment program dedicated to nurturing
the intellectual growth and creative curiosity of Palestinian refugee-youth in
Lebanon so they may become agents of change
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61. 6000 images
archéologiques de la Syrie en libre accès
Au cours de l’été 2018, l’Institut français du
Proche-Orient (Ifpo) a mis en ligne sur MédiHAL plus de 6000 images
archéologiques de la Syrie issues de ses fonds documentaires. Ce sont plus de
8500 images scientifiques qui sont aujourd’hui accessibles en libre accès dans
la collection de l’Ifpo.
