CONFERENCES
1. 3rd International Conference on
"Citizenship Education: the Challenges of Reacting to Global
Changes", Hassan II University of Casablanca, 15-16 April 2019
2. 24th International Joint World Cultural Tourism
Conference on “Tourism: Building the Future”, Chiang Mai (Thailand), 25-27 May
2019
3. 4th Annual International Conference on “History
and Diplomacy (Focus Global South)”, John Moores University, Liverpool, 31 May
2019
4. 6th International Conference on "Eurasian
Politics & Society," Lisbon, 4-5 July 2019
5. Seminar for Arabian Studies, University of Leiden, 11-13
July 2019
6. Panel on "Islam and Capitalism in Malaysia, Singapore,
and Indonesia" for EuroSEAS Conference, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
10-13 September 2019
7. Session 44 on "The Unseen IR: Islam and the Study of
the 'International'" at the 13th Pan-European Conference on International
Relations, University of Sofia, Bulgaria, 11-14 September 2019
8. Cultures and Societies Inclusive Interdisciplinary
Conference on "Borders and Walls", Vienna, 12-13 October 2019
9. Conference on “Negotiating Displacement: New Perspectives
and Connections in War, Migration and Refugee Studies”, NIOD Institute for War,
Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Amsterdam, 8-9 December 2019
10. Workshop on "Women and Gender in the Premodern
Mediterranean" during the18th Berkshire Conference on the "History of
Women, Genders, and Sexualities", 21-23 May 2020, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore
POSITIONS
11. Research Scholar in History of the Premodern Arabic World,
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
12. PhD Student in Political Science, Leibnitz-Zentrum
Moderner Orient, Berlin
13. PhD Scholarship in Religious Studies,
University of Copenhagen
14. Postdoctoral Researcher in Algerian Culture and History,
University of Helsinki
15. Six Early Stage Researcher Positions,
University of Aberdeen
16. Branch Director, American Research Institute in Turkey,
Istanbul
17. Dean of the College of Sciences, University
of Sharjah, UAE
18. Visiting Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Wellesley College,
Wellesley, MA
19. Instructor in Arabic, Temple University, Philadelphia
20. Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern
Languages and Literatures in Arabic, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg,
VA
21. Full-time Faculty Position in Arabic Language
and Culture, National Chengchi University, Taipei
OTHER
INFORMATION
22. Workshop on "Violence and Ideology"
within the DAAD Project "Violence, Forced Migration and Exile: Trauma in
the Arab World and Germany", Munich, 1-3 March 2019
23. New Programmes: MA Islamic Intellectual
History (1 year), MA Islamic Intellectual History & Intensive Language (2
years), SOAS, University of London
24. International Politics Summer School (Focus
Middle East and North Africa), St Antony's College, Oxford, 4-17 August 2019
25. Islamic Studies Summer Courses, American
University, Cairo
26. Articles for "Mathal: Journal of Islamic
and Middle Eastern Multidisciplinary Studies (IMEMS)"
27. Articles for "Journal of Comparative
Studies"
28. Articles on "Early Egyptian/Coptic
Christianity" for Double Issue of "The Journal of Religious and
Theological Information"
29. Articles for Edited Book on
"Statelessness and Governance"
30. Articles for Edited Book on "Sex in the
Middle East and North Africa"
31. Articles for "Handbook of Contemporary
Islam" (Springer)
32. NGOabroad: Volunteers for Aid Programs in the Middle East
or North Africa
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CONFERENCES
1.
3rd
International Conference on "Citizenship Education: the Challenges of
Reacting to Global Changes", Hassan II University of Casablanca, 15-16
April 2019
Conference participants will reflect on (i)
effective ways to empower young people to become responsible global citizens,
and (ii) how to influence governments to promote citizenship education and
training.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2019.
Information: https://bit.ly/2X5JOQw.
Contact: Prof. Said Zaidoune (zaidoune44@yahoo.co.uk)
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2.
24th
International Joint World Cultural Tourism Conference on “Tourism: Building the
Future”, Chiang Mai (Thailand), 25-27 May 2019
The Conference will focus on a broad range of topics related to education
and research in culture/heritage and tourism/hospitality. The Conference
organizers invite papers, abstracts and presentation proposals relevant to
culture and tourism as well as hospitality management, including cross-cultural
studies in tourism, emerging issues in education and training, studies and case
studies on tourism development/management/administration, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 25 April 2019.
Information: http://www.worldculturaltourismassociation.org/
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3.
4th
Annual International Conference on “History and Diplomacy (Focus Global
South)”, John Moores University, Liverpool, 31 May 2019
The organisers are particularly
interested in papers which analyse events during the Cold War from the
perspective of countries considered to be part of the ‘global south’. This
includes ideology in the global south, social, political and ethnic tensions
within newly independent countries, and how events in these nations impacted
the nature of the East-West conflict.
Deadline for abstracts: 29 March 2019.
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4.
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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5.
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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6.
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.
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7.
Session
44 on "The Unseen IR: Islam and the Study of the 'International'" at
the 13th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, University of
Sofia, Bulgaria, 11-14 September 2019
Papers are invited on: the Seen and Unseen in
Islamic International Relations Theory - Islam and International Relations -
Islam and Foreign Policy Analysis - Islam and Diplomacy - the Visual in the
International Relations of Islamic Countries, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2019.
Information: https://coiris.net/2018/12/20/the-unseen-ir-islam-and-the-study-of-the-international/
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8.
Cultures
and Societies Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference on "Borders and
Walls", Vienna, 12-13 October 2019
The conference considers the development of
borders and walls over time, the forces that influenced their creation in the
past and affect border creation and maintenance today, including walls between
Morocco and Spain, West Sahara, Palestine, the border between Israel and Egypt,
etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 12 April 2019.
Information: http://www.progressiveconnexions.net/interdisciplinary-projects/cultures-and-societies/borders-and-walls/conferences/
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9.
Conference
on “Negotiating Displacement: New Perspectives and Connections in War,
Migration and Refugee Studies”, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide
Studies, Amsterdam, 8-9 December 2019
This
conference aims at connecting research on war, mass violence and genocide with
migration studies. The conference’s guiding question is how displacement has
been negotiated with regard to trajectories and status by individuals and
groups from the First World War to the present in a global perspective.
Deadline for abstracts: 14 April 2019.
Information: https://www.niod.nl/nl/nieuws/call-papers-negotiating-displacement
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10. Workshop on
"Women and Gender in the Premodern Mediterranean" during the 18th
Berkshire Conference on the "History of Women, Genders, and
Sexualities", 21-23 May 2020, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
The workshop aims to facilitate a comparative
discussion on women from different social, religious, and geographical contexts
of the Mediterranean world. Scholars whose work focuses on Christian, Jewish,
or Muslim women, across social hierarchies, and geographical locations are most
welcome.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 March 2019.
Information: https://berksconference.org/big-berks/2020-berkshire-conference/call-for-papers/.
Contact: alexandra.guerson@utoronto.ca
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POSITIONS
11. Research
Scholar in the History of the Premodern Arabic World, Max Planck Institute for
the History of Science, Berlin
Junior
and senior scholars with excellent knowledge of classical Arabic, and with
suitable experience in the history of science, history of philosophy, history
of medicine, or other relevant fields are invited to apply. Candidates should
hold a doctorate in one of the above-mentioned fields and have at least two
years of postdoctoral experience at the time the position begins (PhD awarded
in 2017 or earlier).
Deadline for applications: 31 March 2019.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58265
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12. PhD
Student in Political Science, 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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13. PhD
Scholarship in Religious Studies, University of Copenhagen
The PhD candidate will employ
qualitative research methods, such as semi-structured interviews and textual
analysis. Project descriptions need to show awareness of the relevant research
literature, provide a suitable theoretical framework, and convincingly show the
methodological and practical feasibility of the imagined PhD project.
Applicants need to hold a two-year master’s degree (120 ECTS) or the
equivalent.
Deadline for applications: 4 March 2019.
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14. Postdoctoral Researcher
in Algerian Culture and History, University of Helsinki
An appointee to the position must
hold a doctoral degree in a field relevant to the project (such as history,
cultural studies, political science, language, or anthropology). The project necessitates
fluency in French and English, ideally also familiarity with Arabic.
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2019.
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15. Six
Early Stage Researcher Positions, University of Aberdeen
Applicants from across the social
sciences and humanities, including anthropology, cultural and literary studies,
education, history, legal theory and socio-legal studies, philosophy, politics,
religious studies, sociology, and theology are welcomed. Themes include:
'Radicalisation', 'Extremism' and the Role of 'Civil Society'; Conceptualizing
Secularism, Post-Secularism and Religion Itself; The Politics of 'Religious
Pluralism', etc.
Deadline for applications: 5
March 2019.
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16. Branch
Director, American Research Institute in Turkey, Istanbul
Potential candidates should possess
excellent spoken and written ability in English, and good communication skills
in Turkish to facilitate interaction with scholars and bureaucracies; computer
literacy with an emphasis on database management, social media, and website
design skills; experience in financial accounting; and ongoing research
interests in Turkey. A Ph.D. in some field of Turkish Studies is preferred.
Deadline for applications: 15 April 2019.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58280
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17. Dean
of the College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, UAE
Requirements: PhD from a
recognized university, rank of professor in one of the college specializations,
proficiency in English and Arabic writing and speaking, etc. The new dean is
expected to join the college at the beginning of the academic year 2019/2020.
Review of applications will begin
on 1 March 2019.
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18. Visiting
Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
The Lectureship invites applicants
trained in any relevant discipline (for example, Religious Studies, Middle
Eastern Studies, History, Philosophy and Theology, Anthropology). Areas of
specialization may include any field within Islamic studies, including ethics,
modern and contemporary thought and practice, religion and politics, gender
studies, scripture and interpretation.
Deadline for applications: The search
committee will begin its review on 1 March 2019; the position will remain open
until filled. Information: https://career.wellesley.edu/postings/2701
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19. Instructor in
Arabic, Temple University, Philadelphia
The position requires native or
near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic, a graduate degree in a field
related to second or foreign language teaching, and at least two years of
college-level experience teaching Arabic and an interest in and ability to
teach a survey course on modern Arabic literature in translation.
Deadline for applications: 1 April 2019.
Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/60407
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20. 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.
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21. Full-time
Faculty Position in Arabic Language and Culture, National Chengchi University,
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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OTHER
INFORMATION
22. Workshop
on "Violence and Ideology" within the DAAD Project "Violence,
Forced Migration and Exile: Trauma in the Arab World and Germany", Munich,
1-3 March 2019
This seminar explores the
different dimensions of violence through the matrix of ideology as the relationship
that generates the opposition of visible and invisible violence (subjective and
objective). It as well engages with more recent critical scholarship on
discourses of tolerance and human rights as proposed solutions to subjective
violence.
Deadline for registration: 26
February 2019. Information: https://www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosaminstitut/veranstaltungen/workshop-violence-and-ideology/index.html
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23. New
Programmes: MA Islamic Intellectual History (1 year), MA Islamic Intellectual
History & Intensive Language (2 years), SOAS, University of London
Based at the School of History,
Religions and Philosophies, this is a programme on historical Islamic studies,
which offers in-depth study of the intellectual, religious and cultural history
of the Islamic world, past and present, and of wider socio-political contexts.
Intensive language programmes include Arabic, Persian, Turkish, South East
Asian Languages and Swahili.
Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/religions-and-philosophies/programmes/ma-islamic-intellectual-history/;
Contact: Dr Ayman Shihadeh (a.shihadeh@soas.ac.uk)
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24. 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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25. Islamic Studies Summer Courses, American
University, Cairo
The general program (16 June-12
July) covers Qur'an, Hadith, Islamic Law, and Sufism while the Islamic Law
program (14 July-8 August) covers origins, cases, criminal law, and
post-colonial law.
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26. Articles
for "Mathal: Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Multidisciplinary
Studies (IMEMS)"
Mathal provides an intellectual
platform for scholars of Islamic thought and Islamic societies throughout
history and throughout the world. The Open Access journal publishes research
papers in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, abstract sciences,
and practiced sciences (law, medicine, engineering) in English, Arabic, Hebrew,
French, Persian, Spanish, Turkish, and Urdu.
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27. Articles
for "Journal of Comparative Studies"
This is a peer-reviewed
multidisciplinary journal that promotes a broad conception of cultural studies in
the field of humanities and social sciences, dealing with issues of regional,
national, international and global significance applying comparative
methodology on all aspects of culture, including comparative cultural studies
and comparative literature, identity, cultural citizenship, migration,
post-colonial criticism, consumer cultures.
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28. Articles
on "Early Egyptian/Coptic Christianity" for Double Issue of "The
Journal of Religious and Theological Information"
Papers are invited on (a)
Coptic/religious languages and (b) Literature/Bible Translations and other
studies.
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29. Articles
for Edited Book on "Statelessness and Governance"
This volume will explore how
statelessness affects policy in local, national, regional, and global
structures, as well as how civil society approaches statelessness within these
spaces. Proposals are welcome from anthropology, development, economics,
geography, law, philosophy, politics, sociology, etc. Contributions will
include a diverse range of geographic locations and perspectives.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April
2019.
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30. Articles
for Edited Book on "Sex in the Middle East and North Africa"
The book examines the
complexities surrounding normative, non-normative, and illicit sexual behaviors
and relationships, including non-heterosexual women and men, individuals whose
bodies and lives reject binary gender categories, people who have premarital
and extramarital relationships, and those who engage in remunerative or
transactional sex.
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31. Articles
for "Handbook of Contemporary Islam" (Springer)
We are looking for authors who
can contribute critical literature reviews on trans-national movements
including: Taghlibi Jamaat, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hizbut Tahrir, and others.
Potential authors should be able to write about the movement transnational and
just not in one or two countries.
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32. 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.
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