CONFERENCES
1. International Conference: "The Pillars of Rule.
The Writ of Dynasties and Nation-States in the Middle East and South
Asia". University of Zurich, 31 January – 1 February 2019
2. International Conference: "The Middle East:
Thinking about and beyond Security and Stability", American University of
Beirut, 7-8 February 2019
3. Conference: "Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses: The Concept of
Person and the Concept of Sexuality in Judaism, Christianity and Islam",
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 13-15 February 2019
4. Workshop on “The Genealogy of Security in the Arab
Region”, Beirut, 9-10 April 2019 for Special Issue of “Beirut School of
Critical Security Studies”
5. 5th Annual Conference on Shi`I Studies, Islamic
College, London, 27-28 April 2019
6. Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference:
"Migration, Diaspora, and Movement of Peoples", University of
Chicago, 3-5 May 2019
7. Conference: "China and the Middle East and North
Africa", Shanghai University, 17-18 May 2019
8. Sixth Annual International Conference on Social
Sciences: “Migration in Morocco and Beyond:
9. Workshop on "Youth Politics in the Middle
East", Amman, 19-20 June 2019
10. 6th International Conference on "Eurasian
Politics & Society" Lisbon, Portugal, 4-5 July 2019
11. Seminar for Arabian Studies, University of Leiden,
11-13 July 2019
12. Biennial Conference of the International Qur'anic
Studies Association: "Reading the Qur’an in the Context of Empire",
University of New England, Tangier, 25-26 July 2019
13. International Conference: "World Literature
(Including Arabic etc.) and the Global South", University of Sydney,
Australia, 23-25 August 2019
14. Panel on “Negotiating Islam and Racial Logics in Global
Africana Contexts" at the Conference of the American Academy of Religion,
San Jose, California, November 2019
15. Panel on "Islam and Capitalism in Malaysia,
Singapore, and Indonesia" for EuroSEAS Conference, Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin, 10-13 September 2019
16. Panel: "Beyond Islamic Art: New Approaches to the
Material Culture of the Middle East", during the MESA Meeting in New
Orleans, 14-17 November 2019
POSITIONS
17. PhD Student in Political Science for Research on
"The Exchange of
Secret Service Knowledge between
Germany and the
Arab Middle East
1960-2010”, Leibnitz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
18. PhD Research Fellowship on "Biopolitics in the
Middle East", Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages,
University of Oslo
19. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on "Epidemics in
the Middle East", Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages,
University of Oslo
20. Postdoctoral Fellowship on the Economics of Conflict
at the "International Crisis Group" and “Empirical Studies of
Conflict Project”, Washington, DC
21. Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and
Literatures in Arabic, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
22. Mellon Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and
Women's and Gender Studies, Vanderbilt University, Nashville
23. Full-time Faculty Position in Arabic Language and
Culture, National Chengchi University in Taipei
24. Dean of the College of Sciences, University of
Sharjah, UAE
OTHER
INFORMATION
25. International Politics Summer School (Focus Middle
East and North Africa), St Antony's College, Oxford, 4-17 August 2019
26. Two AUC Summer Courses for Islamic Studies in Cairo
for Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate Students
27. Articles on "Early Egyptian/Coptic
Christianity" for Double Issue of "The Journal of Religious and Theological
Information" (Taylor & Francis/Routledge)
28. Articles on "Making Faces: Art &
Intersectionality in Iraqi Kurdistan" for "The Journal of
Intersectionality"
29. Research Articles, Review Articles and Book Reviews on
the Middle East for Special Issue of "Turkish Journal of History"
30. Articles on Book Project "Migration in Africa and
Beyond: Text and Contexts"
31. NGOabroad: Volunteers for Aid Programs in the Middle
East or North Africa
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CONFERENCES
1.
International Conference: "The Pillars of Rule.
The Writ of Dynasties and Nation-States in the Middle East and South
Asia". University of Zurich, 31 January – 1 February 2019
State and dynastic power are transformed in different
ways. These include key moments of political transition such as during
independence struggles, national referendums, or when new monarchs claim their
new crown. In this conference, participants will interrogate the social and
political implications of these shifting balances of power across both the
Middle East and South Asia.
See program at
https://www.aoi.uzh.ch/de/institut/events/conferences/pillarsofrules.html
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2.
International Conference: "The Middle East:
Thinking about and beyond Security and Stability", American University of
Beirut, 7-8 February 2019
See program at
https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/beirut_190207-08-programme.pdf
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3.
Conference: "Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses: The Concept of
Person and the Concept of Sexuality in Judaism, Christianity and Islam",
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 13-15 February 2019
See program at
https://www.kcid.fau.de/files/2019/01/KCID_Person_Sexuality_Folder_RZ_Freigabe_2.pdf
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4. Workshop on “The
Genealogy of Security in the Arab Region”, Beirut, 9-10 April 2019 for Special
Issue of “Beirut School of Critical Security Studies”
What kind of social groups or communities exist today
and how do they produce forms of security or stability in light of these
political dynamics? How are imaginaries such as Arab nationalist, Islamists,
‘Ottomanists’, various secular nationalist, socialists and others still shaping
the community? Etc. Submissions are welcome in Arabic, English and French.
Deadline for abstracts: 22 February 2019. Information:
Contact Bashir Saade bashir.saade@stir.ac.uk.
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5.
5th 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. Papers are welcome on
any aspect of Shi`i studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 3 February 2019. Information:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/publications/shiistudies/fifth-shii-conference/
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6.
Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference:
"Migration, Diaspora, and Movement of Peoples", University of
Chicago, 3-5 May 2019
The theme is intentionally broad to accommodate for
scholarship on a plethora of topics and time periods. Examples include: forced
and voluntary movements, labor and economic phenomena, diaspora studies, human
rights, and more.
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7.
Conference: "China and the Middle East and North
Africa", Shanghai University, 17-18 May 2019
We invite submissions on the following and related
topics: Political Economy of the Middle East; Nationalism and Nation-State;
Political Parties; Environmental Issues; Social Movements; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2019. Information:
http://chinaandthemiddleeast.blogspot.com/2018/11/conference-5th-china-and-middle-east.html
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8.
Sixth Annual International Conference on Social
Sciences: “Migration in Morocco and Beyond: From Local to Global Dynamics”, Al
Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, 25-26 May 2019
The organizers invite papers that address every aspect
of migration. Conference presentations can be delivered in Arabic, French or
English.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2019. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3514328/sixth-annual-international-conference-social-sciences-migration
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9.
Workshop on "Youth Politics in the Middle
East", Amman, 19-20 June 2019
This workshop aims to move beyond simplistic
descriptions of youth in the Middle East in favor of richer scholarship that
takes young people seriously as social actors, and explores how their cultural,
educational, economic, and local experiences intersect with politics and
political struggle. Papers will be published as an issue of the open access
POMEPS Studies series.
Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2019. Information:
https://pomeps.org/2018/12/10/call-for-proposals-june-2019-workshop-youth-politics-middle-east/?fbclid=IwAR168JBbAFOMNZE21bGcmH8rXVorcRkx9cnhcUxLgSN7Q0w28tEL-cAjxKE
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10.
6th International Conference on "Eurasian Politics
& Society" Lisbon, Portugal, 4-5 July 2019
Themes include: Turkey in Eurasia, Turkic Countries,
Geopolitics of Eurasia, Islamic Movements in Eurasia, Migration in Eurasia,
Terrorism and Eurasia, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 April 2019. Information:
http://eurasianpoliticsandsociety.org/
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11.
Seminar for Arabian Studies, University of Leiden,
11-13 July 2019
This international forum 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://mailchi.mp/01b457455b66/bfsa-bulletin-call-for-contributions-1658909?e=18cf0337f7
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12.
Biennial Conference of the International Qur'anic
Studies Association: "Reading the Qur’an in the Context of Empire",
University of New England, Tangier, 25-26 July 2019
The conference will unveil new research on the Qur’an,
and create a platform for connecting other religions to Qur’anic studies.
Further attention will be paid to the important contribution of North African
scholars to the emergence and flourishing of methods in the study of Qur’an,
tafsir and translation.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2018. Information:
https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/international-meeting-2019/
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13.
International Conference: "World Literature
(Including Arabic etc.) and the Global South", University of Sydney,
Australia, 23-25 August 2019
The conference will bring together writers and
academics and will engage with literary production on and from the Global South
in their own languages as well as in translation.
Deadline for abstracts: 11 February 2019. Information:
https://sydney.edu.au/arts/our-research/research-areas/language-and-culture/world-literatures-and-the-global-south.html
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14.
Panel on “Negotiating Islam and Racial Logics in
Global Africana Contexts" at the Conference of the American Academy of
Religion, San Jose, California, November 2019
This panel asks how religious and racial categories
are mutually constituted in translocal Africana Muslim communities influenced
by different processes of domination, colonization, and neoliberal reform.
Papers are invited on Africana Muslim communities in Europe and the Americas,
and Asian and Middle Eastern Muslim communities in Africa.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2019. Information:
wortmakt@wfu.edu
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15.
Panel on "Islam and Capitalism in Malaysia,
Singapore, and Indonesia" for EuroSEAS Conference, Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin, 10-13 September 2019
This panel invites presentations that deal with the
rising Islamic economies in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia and its complex
negotiation processes between religious and economic spheres. How are
production and consumption of halal products related to one another? What are
the interlinkages between the evolvement of spiritual economies and nation
state building?
Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2019. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3608273/cfp-islam-and-capitalism-malaysia-singapore-and-indonsia-panel
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16.
Panel: "Beyond Islamic Art: New Approaches to the
Material Culture of the Middle East", during the MESA Meeting in New
Orleans, 14-17 November 2019
In recent years, the disciplines of Islamic and Middle
Eastern studies have witnessed a growing interest in material culture. The aim
of this panel is to foster exchange between scholars working in this research
field and to reflect upon methodological challenges.
Please submit abstracts (300 to 400 words) to
stefan.maneval@orientphil.uni-halle.de by 10 February 2019. Information:
https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-participation
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POSITIONS
17.
PhD Student in Political Science for Research on
"The Exchange of
Secret Service Knowledge between
Germany and the
Arab Middle East
1960-2010”, Leibnitz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
The candidate
will be expected to carry out a comparative study between the East
German intelligence agency and one
Arab intelligence agency (Iraq,
Egypt, Yemen or
Syria), based on extensive
literature study, archival research and interviews in Europe and the US. Highly
proficient reading skills in German and Arabic are essential.
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2019. Information:
http://www.zmo.de/Ausschreibungen/Research%20Positions/Phd%20Advert%20Hoffmann%202019.pdf
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18.
PhD Research Fellowship on "Biopolitics in the
Middle East", Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages,
University of Oslo
The fellowship is part of the project "The
Lifetimes of Epidemics in Europe and the Middle East" which sets out to
analyze and understand the different temporalities of epidemics. Qualification
requirements: A Master's degree or
equivalent in Middle Eastern studies, medical humanities, cultural history,
history of science, historical International Relations or relevant fields.
Deadline for applications: 1 February 2019.
Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/161059/doctoral-research-fellowship
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19.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on "Epidemics in
the Middle East", Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages,
University of Oslo
The fellowship is part of the project "The
Lifetimes of Epidemics in Europe and the Middle East" which sets out to
analyze and understand the different temporalities of epidemics. Qualification
requirements: PhD or equivalent academic
qualifications in a field relevant to the project; specialisation in
language-based Middle Eastern studies; etc.
Deadline for applications: 1 February 2019.
Information:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/161101/post-doctoral-research-fellowship
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20.
Postdoctoral Fellowship on the Economics of Conflict
at the "International Crisis Group" and “Empirical Studies of
Conflict Project”, Washington, DC
The fellowship will entail policy research and
analysis, and engagement with policymakers and other conflict actors to
prevent, resolve or better manage deadly conflict; it also will involve
long-term empirical research on the economic and political drivers of conflicts
in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Deadline for application: 1 February 2019. Information:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are; contact Assistant Professor Tarek Ghani
(tghani@wustl.edu)
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21.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and
Literatures in Arabic, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
For this one-year position we are looking for a
professional, skilled language instructor with experience and competence in
teaching Modern Standard Arabic and at least one dialect. Master’s degree in
Arabic language, literature or culture is required.
Deadline for application: 15 March 2019. Information: https://jobs.wm.edu.
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22.
Mellon Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and
Women's and Gender Studies, Vanderbilt University, Nashville
This is a non-tenure-track position with a 3-year
appointment. We are seeking a scholar working on women and Judaism in global or
transnational contexts from a comparative perspective, in a range of fields
including, but not limited to, anthropology, religious studies, and political
science.
Review of applications will begin on 15 February 2019.
Information:
https://apply.interfolio.com/57501
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23.
Full-time Faculty Position in Arabic Language and
Culture, National Chengchi University in Taipei
Qualifications: Ph.D. in Arabic Linguistics; Arabic
Culture; Computer Science; Information and Communication Technology in
Learning; or relevant fields. Specialized writings and publications; research
achievements and cross-disciplinary research given high priority. Competence in
English-taught courses.
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2019.
Information: arabic@nccu.edu.tw
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24.
Dean of the College of Sciences, University of
Sharjah, UAE
The candidate will provide leadership at a critical
stage as the college expands its research and academic programs. The new dean
is expected to join the college at the beginning of the academic year
2019/2020.
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OTHER
INFORMATION
25.
International Politics Summer School (Focus Middle
East and North Africa), St Antony's College, Oxford, 4-17 August 2019
This year the focus will be on the international
relations of the region, with special attention to recent changes in the
structure and dynamics of inter-state politics.
The course is designed for postgraduate students, but will be accessible
to upper-level undergraduates and professionals as well.
Applications will be reviewed on a first come, first
served or rolling basis until 15 April 2019. Information:
https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/international-politics-summer-school
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26.
Two AUC Summer Courses for Islamic Studies in Cairo
for Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate Students
The general program (June 16 – July 12) covers Qur’an,
Hadith, Islamic Law, and Sufism while the Islamic Law program (July 14 – August
8) covers origins, cases, criminal law, and post-colonial law
Deadline for application: 15 April 2019. Information:
www.cairosummerinstitute.com
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27.
Articles on "Early Egyptian/Coptic
Christianity" for Double Issue of "The Journal of Religious and
Theological Information" (Taylor & Francis/Routledge)
Papers are invited on (a) Coptic/religious languages
and (b) Literature/Bible Translations and other studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2019. Contact
wjohnnso1@niu.edu
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28.
Articles on "Making Faces: Art &
Intersectionality in Iraqi Kurdistan" for "The Journal of
Intersectionality"
We welcome proposals on these topics: Characteristics,
applied or formalized styles, popular themes or subjects found in the work of
Kurdish artists; feminist perspectives and gendered analyses of or in relation
to Kurdish art; accounts or histories of fine arts associations, schools of
thought or notable teachers; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2019. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3606601/making-faces-art-intersectionality-iraqi-kurdistan-call-papers
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29.
Research Articles, Review Articles and Book Reviews on
the Middle East for Special Issue of "Turkish Journal of History"
The guest editor Philipp O. Amour welcomes high
quality original on any aspect of History and Middle East.
Deadline for submissions: 31 January 2019.
Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3417314/special-issue-middle-east
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30.
Articles on Book Project "Migration in Africa and
Beyond: Text and Contexts"
This volume proposes a body of interdisciplinary
essays which hope to approach migration by engaging its multifarious narratives
across cultural, literary, historical and the social sciences’ perspectives.
The ultimate projection is to demonstrate that migration is at the centre and
is central to twenty-first century inter and inter-group relations as well as
development discourses.
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31.
NGOabroad: Volunteers for Aid Programs in the Middle
East or North Africa
Volunteers are invited to participate in programs in
Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine and Morocco on helping in schools with
Syrian refugees, in a micro-finance program, in psycho-social peace building
and women’s or youth empowerment; agriculture; or education, etc. Seasoned professionals and students both
needed.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Information:
http://ngoabroad.com/MENA/
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