EURAMES
Info Service 48/2018
Dear
Colleaguen
Please find below the following announcements:
CONFERENCES
1. Workshop: "The Hanafī
School: History, Transformations, and Future", NIAS, Amsterdam, 3-4 December
2018
2. International Conference:
"Hadith and Inner-Islamic Pluralism: The Origin and Development of the Prophetic
Tradition as a Trans-denominational Phenomenon", University of Tuebingen,
7-8 December 2018
3. Congress:
"The Maghrib in the Mashriq", Madrid, 20-21 December 2018
4. Conference: "World History
Theory and Practice Conference: Migrants and Refugees", St. John`s University,
23 April 2019
5. Conference: "The
Mediterranean: Past, Present, and Future", University of Wisconsin, 3-5
May 2019
6. Sixth Conference of International
Iranian Economic Association (IIEA), SOAS University of London, 16-17 May 2019
7. Panel on "Approaching the
Study of Muslim Debates: Reasoning, Relationality, and Frameworks for Disagreement"
at the "17th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study
of Religions (EASR)", University of Tartu, Estonia, 25-29 June 2019
8. International Conference for
Religious Sociology: "The Politics of Religion and Spirituality",
International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR), Universitat
Autonoma de Barcelona, 9-12 July 2019
9. Nordic Conference on Middle
Eastern Studies: “Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the Middle East”,
Helsinki, Finland, 14-16 August 2019
POSITIONS
10. Professorship (Tenure Track) for
the History and Culture of Islam in the Eastern Mediterranean (W 1), University
of Mainz
11. PhD Position (E 13 TV-L / 50%)
for Islam Studies, University of Bayreuth
12. University Assistant (post-doc)
at the Department of Islamic-Theological Studies, University of Vienna
13. (Senior) Research Associate on
Governance of Religious Diversity and Radicalisation, University of Bristol
14. Doctoral or Post-doctoral
Research Associate (12 months) for Project "Digital Health and
Self-Tracking in Turkey", Orient-Institut Istanbul
15. Assistant Professor in Islamic
Studies, University of Alberta
16. Lecturer in Arabic Language and
Middle Eastern Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University
17. Visiting Assistant Professor in
Iranian Studies, Brown University
OTHER
INFORMATION
18. Granada ENIS
Spring School 2019 on "Patronage and Clientelism in the Muslim World",
Granada, 18-22 March 2019
19. PhD Scholarship in Islamic &
Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh
20. Articles for Edited Book with
Brill on "Ḥadīth and Ethics: Concepts, Approaches and Theoretical Foundations"
21. New Arabian Peninsula Research
Resource Guides of the “Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies
(AGAPS)”
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Guenter Meyer, Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University
of Mainz in cooperation with the University of Sharjah/UAE
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CONFERENCES
1. Workshop: "The Hanafī School: History, Transformations, and
Future", NIAS, Amsterdam, 3-4 December 2018
This workshop explores how Ḥanafīs articulate a history of the school
and pinpoint milestones of its transformation under Muslim rule, with a special
emphasis on the madhhab as a fulcrum for Ḥanafī legal continuity.
Information:
https://nias.knaw.nl/events/the-%E1%B8%A5anafi-school-history-transformations-and-future/
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2. International Conference: "Hadith and Inner-Islamic Pluralism: The
Origin and Development of the Prophetic Tradition as a Trans-denominational
Phenomenon", University of Tuebingen, 7-8 December 2018
See program at https://bit.ly/2P4SVvO;
for registration contact hossam-mohammed-mohammed.ouf@student.uni-tuebingen.de
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3.
Congress: "The
Maghrib in the Mashriq", Madrid, 20-21 December 2018
The project AMOI is a project financed by the Spanish
Ministry of Education that aims at mapping the intellectual and cultural impact
of the Maghreb in the Islamic world at large.
Information and Program: http://cchs.csic.es/en/event/conference-maghrib-mashriq
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4. 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 environmentally 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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5. 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 problems
that emerged during a research and teaching symposium hosted by the National
Endowment for the Humanities in the summer of 2018.
Deadline for submissions: 15 February 2019. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-the-mediterranean-past-present-and-future-3-5-may-stevens-point-wi?e=82aeb6c61d
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6. Sixth Conference of International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA),
SOAS University of 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.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2019. Information: https://mailchi.mp/1c8bc21785e5/call-for-papers-international-iranian-economic-association-iiea-sixth-international-conference?e=66e25d39c7
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7. Panel on "Approaching the Study of Muslim Debates: Reasoning,
Relationality, and Frameworks for Disagreement" at the "17th Annual
Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR)",
University of Tartu, Estonia, 25-29 June 2019
This double panel will examine how the analytical concept of Islam as
discursive tradition has been used in research on debates inside Muslim
communities. It seeks to inquire into and highlight the distinctive contribution,
which studies drawing on this concept can make.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2018. Information: https://easr2019.org/call-for-individual-papers/;
Contact: Prof. Dr. Paula Schrode, paula.schrode@uni-bayreuth.de
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8. International Conference for Religious Sociology: "The Politics of
Religion and Spirituality", International Society for the Sociology of
Religion (ISSR), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 9-12 July 2019
The themes are core to the sociology of religion: religion and
international relations, identity-claims and nation-state sovereignty, debates
on sexual and reproductive rights, anti-Islam parties and new demands for
secularism, the role of religious values and influences in politics,
religiously motivated conflicts, religious extremism, and religion and the
refugees crisis.
Deadline for
abstracts: 16 December 2018. Information: https://www.sisr-issr.org/en/conferences/conference-2019
See list of open sessions: https://www.sisr-issr.org/en/conferences/sessions:
- Religious Minorities: Muslims in the West and Minorities in the
Islamic Societies
- The Religious Revival among Muslim and Christian immigrant communities
in Europe: postcolonial memories and imaginaries
- Criminalization of religion in contexts of authoritarian democracies:
a compared perspective from Latin America and the Middle-East
- The Religious Revival among Muslim and Christian immigrant communities
in Europe: postcolonial memories and imaginaries
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9. 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
multidisciplinary 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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POSITIONS
10. 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 required, 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.
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11. PhD Position (E 13 TV-L / 50%) for Islam Studies, University of Bayreuth
The successful candidate will work part time (until 30 September 2022)
in a research group addressing questions of religious difference, sectarianism
or sectarian indifference among Muslims in the European diaspora and in the
respective countries of origin. Especially welcomed are projects on Shiis or
Alevis, dealing with contemporary issues or topics of modern history, thereby
focusing either on the diaspora or on the Near and Middle East.
Deadline for
application: 17 December 2018. Information: https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-universitaet/stellenangebote/doktorandenstellen/KW-1/index.html
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12. University Assistant (post-doc) at the Department of Islamic-Theological
Studies, University of Vienna
Reference No. 9110. Job-Description: Participation in research, teaching
and administration at the Institute for lslamic-Theological Studies for four
years. Profile: PhD in lslamic studies, lslamic theology, legal science;
relevant knowledge of lslamic theology with a focus on Fiqh and Usul al-fiqh or
in a similar discipline.
For information contact Prof. Dr. Ebrahim Afsah: ebrahim.afsah@univie.ac.at.
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13. (Senior) Research Associate on Governance of Religious Diversity and Radicalisation,
University of Bristol
The successful candidate will have specialist knowledge in relation to
state-religion relations and/or governance of religious diversity and/or
religious radicalisation/preventing radicalisation; or in some related field up
to doctoral standard.
Deadline for
applications: 16 December 2018. For information contact Professor Tariq Modood:
t.modood@bristol.ac.uk
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14. Doctoral or Post-doctoral Research Associate (12 months) for Project
"Digital Health and Self-Tracking in Turkey", Orient-Institut
Istanbul
Applicants are expected to hold at least a masters degree, ideally in
social science or humanities and should be interested in topics of health or
medicine. Academic Turkish and English skills are required; German is
preferable.
Deadline for application: 15 December 2018. Information: https://www.oiist.org/offenestellen/
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15. 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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16. Lecturer in Arabic Language and Middle Eastern Studies, Virginia
Commonwealth University
The School of World Studies invites applications for a non-tenure-track
position at the instructor level. Requirements: PhD in hand by August 2019 in
Arabic studies or closely related field with preference given to specialists in
Arabic language acquisition, linguistics, applied linguistics, Teaching Arabic
as a Foreign Language, etc.
Deadline for applications: 10 January 2019. Information: https://www.vcujobs.com/postings/84511
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17. 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.
Review of
applications start 20 January 2019. Information: https://watson.brown.edu/mes/news/2018/visiting-assistant-professor-iranian-studies
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OTHER INFORMATION
18. Granada ENIS Spring School 2019 on "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 patronage and
clientelism in the Muslim world from different disciplines in humanities and
social sciences (history, anthropology, sociology, economics, cultural studies,
political sciences, religious studies) to explore and present the relevance of
these concepts for their work.
Deadline for
applications: 15 January 2019. Information: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/islamwissenschaft/aktuelles/nachrichten/granada-enis-spring-school-2019-on-patronage-and-clientelism-in-the-muslim-world
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19. PhD Scholarship in Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, University of
Edinburgh
The Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies is delighted to invite
applications for one PhD scholarship in any area within its expertise.The
scholarship will be funded by IMES and will cover tuition fees for the PhD in
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.
Deadline for applications: 12 December 2018. Information: https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/graduate-school/fees-and-funding/funding/phd-students/imes-phd-scholarship
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20. Articles for Edited Book with Brill on "Ḥadīth and Ethics:
Concepts, Approaches and Theoretical Foundations"
Full papers will be discussed in a seminar at the Research Center for
Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) in Doha, 7-5 May 2019 (travel expenses
will be covered).
Deadline for
proposals: 15 December 2018. For information contact Dr. Mutaz al-Khatib: malkhatib@hbku.edu.qa.
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21. New Arabian Peninsula Research Resource Guides of the “Association for
Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS)”
Current guides include Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the UAE and Yemen. Bahrain
and Saudi Arabia are forthcoming. Each guide contains valuable information
about resources available within each country for people conducting fieldwork,
including research centers, archives, libraries, museums, galleries, etc.
To get access to
these guides and benefit from other advantages for AGAPS members login at https://agaps.org/login/
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