EURAMES Info Service 09/2019
Dear Colleague,
Please find below the following announcements:
CONFERENCES
1.
Conference on
"The International Politics of Middle East Migration”, University of
Birmingham, 7-8 March 2019
2.
Conference on
"The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: The Birth of the Modern Nation",
London Middle East Institute, 27-28 March 2019
3.
Conference on
"Claiming and Making Muslim Worlds: Across and Between the Local and the
Global", Leibnitz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 3-5 April 2019
4.
Conference on
"Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval World (1150–1550) – Including
Arab-Islamic Geography", University of Tübingen, 11-12 April 2019
5.
Conference on
"A Century of Human Displacement and Dispossession: Europe and the Middle
East, 1919-2019", American University of Beirut, 14-15 May 2019
6.
Conference on
"Basic Concepts and Categories of Jewish Thought: Sources and
Contexts", Department of Jewish Culture, Saint-Petersburg State
University, 29-31 May 2019
7.
3rd International Kurdish Studies Conference on “Shifting Dynamics of the
Kurdistan Question in a Changing Middle East”, Middlesex University, London,
25-26 June 2019
8.
Workshop on “Alternative Archives in
Muslim Asia”, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 5-6 July 2019
9.
Conference on
“Religion and Conflict in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods",
Nottingham Trent University, 9-11 July 2019
10.
International
Brainstorming Meeting on "Bodies Matter: Death and Shiite Muslim
Migrants", Swansea University, 12 July 2019
11.
Workshop on “European
Responses to the Decay of the Rule of Law and Human Rights Protections in
Turkey: Exceptional or Symptomatic?”, Freie Universität Berlin, 29-30 August
2019
12.
Conference on “Sufism and the Body”,
University of Utrecht, 12-13 September 2019
13.
Dean Hopper
Conference on "Refugees, Citizenship, and Belonging: Towards a History of
the Present", Drew University, Madison, 20-21 September 2019
14.
AGYA
Conference on “Destruction/Re-Construction: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on
Cultural Heritage in Conflict”, Beirut, 30 September-2 October 2019
15.
20th Annual Conference of the "Central Eurasian Studies Society
(CESS)", George Washington University, Washington D.C., 10-13 October 2019
16.
Conference
on "The Global Syrian Refugee Crisis: Health and Socioeconomic Perspectives,
Challenges and Opportunities", Gaziantep University, 14-18 October 2019
17.
Workshop: “Beyond Crisis: The Course of
People and Water in Egypt’s Political Ecology”, Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung /
Social Justice Platform, Cairo, October 2019
18.
Travel
Grants for the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of the Middle
East and Africa (ASMEA), Washington D.C., 31 October–2 November 2019
19.
9th Conference on "Translation Studies and the Translation of the Holy
Qur`an", Al Kindi Center for Translation and Training, University of
Marrakech, 20-21 November 2019
20.
Conference on “The Aftermath of the
First World War: Humanitarianism in the Mediterranean”, University of Milan,
3-4 December 2019
21.
Conference
on "Immortality of the Soul in Islam and Christianity", Islamic
Sciences and Culture Academy (ISCA), Tehran, 4-5 March 2020
POSITIONS
22.
W1-Professor of Turkish Studies,
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
23.
Research Fellowship: Politics and
Security, Bussola Institute, Brussels
24.
Research Fellowship: Economics and
Technology, Bussola Institute, Brussels
25.
Research Fellowship: Society and Culture,
Bussola Institute, Brussels
26.
Postdoc
Research Associate, Orient-Institut Istanbul
27.
Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs, University of Sharjah
28.
Hamad
bin Khalifa Endowed Chair in Islamic Art, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond
OTHER
INFORMATION
29.
Fellowships for Visiting Scholars,
Orient-Institut, Beirut
30.
Workshop on
“Constitutional Law and Political Structure of the Islamic Republic of Iran”,
Tehran, 29 April-3 May 2019
31.
Summer School
on “Identity in the Middle East and North Africa: Actors, Strategies and
Dynamics”, Torino, 17-21 June 2019
32.
Summer
School on ‘The Middle East in Global Politics’, London School of Economics and
Political Science, 17 June–5 July 2019
33.
Summer School on
“The Middle East in Global Politics”, SOAS, 1–19 July 2019
34.
Articles
for “Geopolitics Quarterly” in Persian and English
35.
Articles
on “Transnational American Studies within the Post-Arab Spring Context” for
Special Issue of the "Journal of Transnational American Studies
(JTAS)"
36.
Articles
for the Journal of “Turkish Review of Communication (TURCOM)”
37.
Articles on
"Critical Reflections on Contemporary Muslim Thought and Human
Rights" for "Journal of Contemporary Poetics"
38.
Contributions
for "Hamsa. Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies"
39.
Contributions
sur “L’intégration des organisations islamistes au jeu politique en question(s)”
pour journal "L’Année du Maghreb"
40.
Contributions
sur “Demain, le printemps: Pratiques d’imagination et d’anticipation dans le
monde arabe” pour un numéro d’Horizons Maghrébins
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Guenter Meyer
Center for Research on the Arab
World (CERAW), University of Mainz, in cooperation of the University of Sharjah/UAE
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CONFERENCES
1. Conference on
"The International Politics of Middle East Migration”, University of
Birmingham, 7-8 March 2019
The conference features panelists discussing refugee,
migration, and diaspora politics across the Middle East, and draws from both
local and international perspectives. The keynote address, "Syria: From
Refuge to Refugee State,” will be given by Professor Dawn Chatty (University of
Oxford).
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2. Conference on
"The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: The Birth of the Modern Nation",
London Middle East Institute, 27-28 March 2019
The Egyptian independence movement in 1919 led to the
recognition of Egyptian sovereignty in 1922, an Egyptian constitution in 1923,
and Saad Zaghloul’s appointment as the first prime minister of a government
elected by suffrage in 1924. The conference will include presentations by
Egyptian and international historians on the causes and events of the
revolution.
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3. Conference on
"Claiming and Making Muslim Worlds: Across and Between the Local and the
Global", Leibnitz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 3-5 April 2019
The conference marks the completion of ZMO’s
twelve-year research program "Muslim Worlds – Worlds of Islam?
Conceptions, Practices, and Crises of the Global".
See program at http://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/2019/Conferences/ConferenceProgramme_ClaimingAndMakingMuslimWorlds_Final.pdf. Contact: MuslimWorlds2019@zmo.de
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4. Conference on
"Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval World (1150–1550) – Including
Arab-Islamic Geography", University of Tübingen, 11-12 April 2019
The comparative perspective is intended to capture
traditional peculiarities as well as transcultural exchange processes between
the Arab-Muslim and the Latin-Christian world.
See program at https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3543039/geography-and-religious-knowledge-medieval-world-1150%E2%80%931550
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5. Conference on
"A Century of Human Displacement and Dispossession: Europe and the Middle
East, 1919-2019", American University of Beirut, 14-15 May 2019
The conference committee welcomes proposals across
disciplines of migration studies, refugee studies, history, politics,
sociology, anthropology and other relevant scholarly fields.
Deadline for abstracts: 7 March 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/call-papers-century-human-displacement-and-dispossession-1919-2019
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6. Conference on
"Basic Concepts and Categories of Jewish Thought: Sources and
Contexts", Department of Jewish Culture, Saint-Petersburg State
University, 29-31 May 2019
Conference sessions will include discussions on basic
concepts, categories and formation of the intellectual vocabulary of the Jewish
thought in early period (Biblical and Post-Biblical era), and in later periods
(medieval Jewish philosophy, Kabbalah, Hasidism, early modern and contemporary
Jewish Philosophy).
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/9782/discussions/3536572/cfp-international-conference-basic-concepts-and-categories-jewish
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7. 3rd International Kurdish
Studies Conference on “Shifting Dynamics of the Kurdistan Question in a
Changing Middle East”, Middlesex University, London, 25-26 June 2019
This conference aims to bring together researchers
from a range of disciplines working on Kurdish history, politics, culture,
gender, minority rights and diaspora to examine the ongoing political, social
and cultural developments in the lives of the Kurds and Kurdistan.
Deadline
for abstracts: 15 March 2019. Information: https://www.academia.edu/38176936/3rd_INTERNATIONAL_KURDISH_STUDIES_CONFERENCE_-_Shifting_Dynamics_of_the_Kurdistan_Question_in_a_Changing_Middle_East_
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8. Workshop on “Alternative Archives in
Muslim Asia”, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 5-6 July 2019
In hidden corners of now-minority Muslim communities,
traces of old textual circulations remain. Many sources survive in
non-traditional archives, where the apparatus for accessing them is often
poorly developed. This workshop aims to build a network of scholarship and
archival practice that accelerates the recovery of these texts, rebuilds their
trans-national context, and brings their stories of neglected Islamic
traditions to life.
Deadline
for abstracts: 7 March 2019.
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9. Conference on
“Religion and Conflict in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods",
Nottingham Trent University, 9-11 July 2019
The conference will incorporate a broad chronological
spectrum from medieval to early modern with a view to developing current
research, sharing techniques, investigating new approaches and enhancing study
in the wider field.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2019. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-religion-and-conflict-in-the-medieval-and-early-modern-periods-9-11-july-nottingham?e=82aeb6c61d Contact: Amy.Fuller@ntu.ac.uk
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10. International
Brainstorming Meeting on "Bodies Matter: Death and Shiite Muslim
Migrants", Swansea University, 12 July 2019
The aim is to bring together scholars of different
fields in social and human sciences, NGOs and GOs, policymakers, journalists,
and religious leaders to discuss how Shiite Muslim migrants (including refugees
and asylum-seekers) deal with the phenomenon of death, and how the host countries,
their governments and institutions, and consequently local communities respond
to this.
Deadline for abstracts: 25 March 2019.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3646579/bodies-matter-death-and-shiite-muslim-migrants
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11. Workshop on
“European Responses to the Decay of the Rule of Law and Human Rights Protections
in Turkey: Exceptional or Symptomatic?”, Freie Universität Berlin, 29-30 August
2019
We particularly encourage proposals that offer a
comparative analysis of the responses of European institutions to the other
states exhibiting similar tendencies and/or a comparative analysis of the
European institutional responses with the responses of other intergovernmental
organs such as the United Nations bodies.
Deadline for abstracts: 29 March 2019. Information: http://www.jura.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/einrichtungen/oeffentliches-recht/lehrende/austh/informationen/Call-of-Papers-_Demir-Guersel_.html
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12. Conference on “Sufism and the Body”,
University of Utrecht, 12-13 September 2019
Drawing on recent literature regarding sensation,
embodiment, and the material turn in the study of religion, this conference assesses
the role of the human body in Sufism. It attempts to bridge the gap between the
study of the spiritual and corporeal in Sufism by focusing on the place of the
body in Sufi thought, practice, literature, and art.
Deadline
for abstracts: 1 May 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3786519/sufism-and-body-international-conference-university-utrecht-12
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13. Dean Hopper
Conference on "Refugees, Citizenship, and Belonging: Towards a History of
the Present", Drew University, Madison, 20-21 September 2019
The Conference will place the current “refugee crisis”
in cultural, historical and political context. We invite papers engaging with
the intellectual and cultural history of the “refugee,” and related topics like
home, statelessness, and extraterritoriality.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2019.
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14. AGYA
Conference on “Destruction/Re-Construction: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cultural
Heritage in Conflict”, Beirut, 30 September – 2 October 2019
The conference aims at discussing
the cycle of the creation and decay of architectural heritage, thereby
investigating, inter alia, (i.) the historical, philosophical, and social
implications of destruction and (re-)construction, (ii.) the effects of
destruction and (re-)construction on individual and collective psychology, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March
2019. Information: http://agya.info/upcoming-events/?tx_calendarize_calendar%5Bindex%5D=123&cHash=4179390015de6dee62615657d5f74a13
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15. 20th Annual Conference of
the "Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS)", George Washington
University, Washington D.C., 10-13 October 2019
The conference concentrates on
the five post-Soviet states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
and Uzbekistan), as well as Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Xinjiang, and Mongolia.
Deadline for abstracts: 21 March 2019. Information: https://www.centraleurasia.org/conferences/annual/
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16. Conference
on "The Global Syrian Refugee Crisis: Health and Socioeconomic
Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities", Gaziantep University, 14-18
October 2019
The
conference seeks to promote a better understanding of the effects of forced
migration, displacement and socioeconomic deterioration on physical and mental
health as well as social behaviour. It aims to build links and promote
partnerships between researchers, governmental and non-governmental
organisations and stakeholders in Turkey, the MENA region and their
counterparts in countries with Syrian refugees.
Deadline
for abstracts: 1 April 2019. Information: https://www.syrianrefugeeconference.com/
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17. Workshop: “Beyond Crisis: The Course of
People and Water in Egypt’s Political Ecology”, Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung /
Social Justice Platform, Cairo, October 2019
We
are seeking contributions that establish clear connections between water and national
political economy, social rights, authoritarian regimes, political ecology,
global economic relationships, developmental agendas, and finally environmental
justice. We ultimately seek to elucidate the political and economic
relationships that help reproduce historical inequalities with respect to water
in Egypt, and then propose interventions for alternative governance.
Deadline
for abstracts: 31 March 2019. Information: https://sjplatform.org/call-for-abstracts/?lang=en
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18. Travel
Grants for the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of the Middle
East and Africa (ASMEA), Washington D.C., 31 October – 2 November 2019
Grants up to $750 are offered to scholars of the
Middle East and of Africa focused on the world of Islam, Islamism, and related
issues on the continent.
Deadline for applications: 15
April 2019. Information: https://asmea.nonprofitcms.org/c/conferences/8/pages/travelgrant
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19. 9th Conference on
"Translation Studies and the Translation of the Holy Qur`an", Al
Kindi Center for Translation and Training, University of Marrakech, 20-21
November 2019
The aim of the conference is to
re-raise the problem of translating the meanings of the Holy Qur’an in the
light of modern theories and techniques.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March
2019. Information: http://en.takc.org/2018/11/11/the-sixth-conference-on-translating-the-meanings-of-the-holy-quran-under-the-theme-translation-studies-and-the-translation-of-the-holy-quran-in-honour-of-professor-mohammed-didaoui/
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20. Conference on “The Aftermath of the
First World War: Humanitarianism in the Mediterranean”, University of Milan,
3-4 December 2019
The
conference proposes a dual shift of perspective: thematic and geographical. On
the one hand, it focuses on international relief and rehabilitation programs
during and in the aftermath of war. On the other hand, the conference
specifically concerns the Mediterranean area thereby shifting our attention
away from the well-studied Northern European and Transatlantic region.
Deadline
for abstracts: 8 April 2019.
Call
for Papers: http://dhi-roma.it/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf-dateien/Stellenausschreibungen_Call_for_Papers/Call_for_Papers_Humanitarianism_postwar_mediterranean_def.pdf
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21. Conference
on "Immortality of the Soul in Islam and Christianity", Islamic
Sciences and Culture Academy (ISCA), Tehran, 4-5 March 2020
Topics of interest: the concept
of death; the concept of immortality; the criteria of personal identity; etc.
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POSITIONS
22. W1-Professor of Turkish Studies,
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
The Institute is interested in
candidates with a strong record in research and teaching related to early
modern and modern developments in the Ottoman Empire and/or Turkey. Knowledge
of Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian will be particularly welcome.
Deadline
for applications: 31 March 2019.
Information:
https://www.euraxess.de/de/node/380075
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23. Research Fellowship: Politics and
Security, Bussola Institute, Brussels
Applicants
should hold a PhD and have 5 to 7 years of research and/or academic experience
with a focus on the politics, security, international relations of the Middle
East with a particular focus on the Gulf states. Excellent language skills in
English are essential while a working knowledge of Arabic and French is
desirable.
Information: https://www.bussolainstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Research-Fellow-Politics-and-Security-002.pdf
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24. Research Fellowship: Economics and
Technology, Bussola Institute, Brussels
Applicants
should hold a PhD and have 5 to 7 years of research and/or academic experience
with a focus on the economics, political economy, and technology of the Middle
East with a particular focus on the Gulf states. Excellent language skills in
English are essential while a working knowledge of Arabic and French is
desirable.
Information: https://www.bussolainstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Research-Fellow-Economics-and-Technology-003.pdf
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25. Research Fellowship: Society and
Culture, Bussola Institute, Brussels
Applicants
should hold a PhD and have 5 to 7 years of research and/or academic experience
with a focus on the social and cultural field of the Middle East with a
particular focus on the Gulf states. Excellent language skills in English are
essential while a working knowledge of Arabic and French is desirable.
Information: https://www.bussolainstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Research-Fellow-Society-and-Culture-003.pdf
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26. Postdoc
Research Associate, Orient-Institut Istanbul
Applicants interested in issues
of Sociology of Medicine, Medicine, Science and Technology Studies,
Ethnomusicology or Cultural Anthropology/Cultural Studies (with a focus on
religious topics) in Iran or Pakistan are especially encouraged to apply.
Candidates have to be willing and able to conduct ethnographic fieldwork in
Iran. Academic Turkish and English skills are required, Persian is preferable.
Deadline
for applications: 18 March 2019. Contact for Religious Studies: PD Dr. Rober
Langer (langer@oiist.org); for Human, Medicine and Society Dr. Melike Şahinol (sahinol@oiist.org)
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27. Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs, University of Sharjah
Qualification: ability to work
and communicate in Arabic and English; academic rank of full professor at a
renowned academic institution; knowledge and experience in an academic setting,
including curriculum and instruction, research and scholarly activity,
accreditation, admissions and financial aid, and academic support services;
etc.
Screening will begin on 16 March
2019.
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28. Hamad
bin Khalifa Endowed Chair in Islamic Art, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond
Scholars in Islamic art from any time period
or geographic area are invited to apply. Prominent scholars whose research
focuses on contemporary Islamic art will be strongly considered. This is a fixed-term appointment limited to a tenure of 9
months.
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OTHER
INFORMATION
29. Fellowships for Visiting Scholars,
Orient-Institut, Beirut
The Orient-Institut Beirut awards 3-month
fellowships to established scholars who have attained distinction in their
fields and wish to make use of the facilities of the OIB to work on an article,
research paper, or book free from other academic obligations.
Applications are accepted by 1 April and 1
October of each year but should be submitted at least six months prior to the
proposed stay in Beirut.
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30. Workshop on
“Constitutional Law and Political Structure of the Islamic Republic of Iran”,
Tehran, 29 April-3 May 2019
Scholarships
available. Further Information to be announced.
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31. Summer School
on “Identity in the Middle East and North Africa: Actors, Strategies and
Dynamics”, Torino, 17-21 June 2019
The summer school critically unpacks identity and its
politicization, exploring the role they have had across time and space to read
and represent regional political and social events. Identity is thus used to
frame relevant topic such as class, the status of minorities, State formation,
sectarianism, language, and gender issues, among others.
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32. Summer
School on ‘The Middle East in Global Politics’, London School of Economics and
Political Science, 17 June–5 July 2019
The course covers the history and
politics of the Middle East since 1918 through twelve lectures dedicated to
each of the main regional powers and to aspects of the region’s politics such
as political Islam, nationalism, conflicts, the Arab Springs, etc.
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33. Summer School on
“The Middle East in Global Politics”, SOAS, 1–19 July 2019
This module will place the modern
Middle East in its global context without losing sight of local and regional
dynamics, cultures, and political traditions. We will explore histories of
empire and decolonization, alongside themes of hegemony and resistance,
conflict and cooperation, identity and foreign policy.
Deadline
for applications: 31 March 2019.
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34. Articles
for “Geopolitics Quarterly” in Persian and English
This journal considers academic
papers that lie within geopolitics and political geography disciplines.
Academic papers in international relations, political sciences, political
economy, strategic sciences, international law and political sociology and
other disciplines with geopolitical approach are also considered.
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35. Articles
on “Transnational American Studies within the Post-Arab Spring Context” for
Special Issue of the "Journal of Transnational American Studies
(JTAS)"
Papers are invited on: The
post-Arab Spring dynamics and its impact on American Studies as a field of
study and its teaching outside the US. The racialization of Islam within a
continuum of imperialism and fight for civil rights and liberation. How Arabs,
Americans, African Americans and other groups construct national and
transnational identities in light of local, regional, and global bio- and
geo-politics, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 May
2019. Contact: arabspringtas@gmail.com
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36. Articles
for the Journal of “Turkish Review of Communication (TURCOM)”
Each issue features reports of
original investigation, presenting the latest developments in theory and
methodology of media and communication studies in English or Turkish.
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37. Articles on
"Critical Reflections on Contemporary Muslim Thought and Human
Rights" for "Journal of Contemporary Poetics"
The Journal invites scholars
working in the fields of history, cultural studies, political science,
psychology, religious studies, critical theory, film and media studies,
literature and languages, postcolonial studies, and law to present fresh
insights into the debate.
Deadline for full papers: 7 April 2019.
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38. Contributions
for "Hamsa. Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies"
The main aim is to create a
virtual multi-disciplinary space in which all perspectives of the History,
Language and Literature of Jews and Muslims can converge, as well as themes on
Judaism and Islam in general. There is a special focus on Iberian Muslims and
Jews and their Diaspora, entraining a comparative analysis of
historiographical, philosophical, anthropological and sociological discourses.
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39. Contributions
sur “L’intégration des organisations islamistes au jeu politique en
question(s)” pour journal "L’Année du Maghreb"
Nous encourageons des contributions permettant
de nourrir le débat théorique et conceptuel autour de la question de la
modération et d’analyser, à travers des approches empiriques et localisées, les
stratégies et les dynamiques islamistes dans les champs politiques en Afrique
du Nord.
Date limite de soumission
des résumés: 15 mars 2019.
Information: https://journals.openedition.org/anneemaghreb/4342
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40. Contributions
sur “Demain, le printemps : Pratiques d’imagination et d’anticipation dans le
monde arabe” pour un numéro d’Horizons Maghrébins
Ce numéro invite des
contributions relevant de différentes disciplines des sciences sociales
(anthropologie, sociologie, géographie) fondées sur des recherches
ethnographiques approfondies et ancrées dans une compréhension fine des
contextes locaux.
Date limite de soumission des résumés: 15 mars 2019.
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EURAMES Info Service 10/2019
Dear Colleague,
Please find below the following announcements:
CONFERENCES
1.
Economic
Research Forum’s (ERF) Annual Conference on "Knowledge, Research Networks,
and Development Policy," Kuwait City, 10-12 March 2019
2.
Workshop on “Health, Magic a Stars,” St
Cross College (Oxford), 29 March 2019
3.
Conference on “Claiming and Making
Muslim World: Across and Between the Local and the Global,” Leibniz-Zentrum
Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 3-5 April 2019
4.
Workshop on
“Islamic Reform and Modernity”, Islamic University of Applied Sciences
Rotterdam, 23-24 April 2019
5.
Workshop: “12th Tunis
Exchange: Meet Key Leaders Across Tunisia”, 9-16 June 2019
6.
Conference: “Seminar for Arabian
Studies,” University of Leiden, 11-13 July 2019
7.
Workshop on “Cinema and the City,”
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 12-13 September 2019
8.
Workshop on “Synopses and Lists”, LMU
Munich, 7-11 October 2019
9.
Conference on “Ethno-Religious Conflict
and Economic Development: Is there a Correlation?”, New York City, 29-31
October 2019
10. Workshop:
“Beyond Crisis: The Course of People and Water in Egypt’s Political Ecology”,
Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung / Social Justice Platform, Cairo, October 2019
11. First Biennial Conference on “Contemporary Iranian
Studies”, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, 10-11 November 2019
12. Panel on “Faithful Geographies: Religion, Power, and Spaces
of Social Change” at the American Anthropological Association Meeting,
Vancouver, 20-23 November 2019
13. Workshop: „Multilateral Dynamics between the Middle East
and Asia in the Mongol Era“, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 15 December 2019
14. Panel on “Poetics and Politics of Defeat: Reconfiguring the
Human after the Arab Spring,” Global Arab and Arab American MLA Forum, Seattle,
9-12 January 2020
15. Panel on „Orientalism, Philology, World Literature,” Global
Arab and Arab American MLA Forum, Seattle, 9-12 January 2020
16. International Conference: "Immortality of the Soul in
Islam and Christianity", Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy (ISCA),
Iran, 4-5 March 2020
POSITIONS
17. W1-Professor of Turkish Studies, Institute for Oriental and
Islamic Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
18. PhD
Student in Political Science/IR/Middle East Studies/Intelligence Studies,
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin
19. Research
Associate on Jewish Moralistic Writing, University of Hamburg
20. Postdoctoral
Research Fellowship, Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic
Diversity, Göttingen
21. Assistant
or Associate Professor in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies, Aarhus
University
22. Research
Assistant for “Palmyra Portrait Project”, Aarhus University Denmark
23. Postdoctoral Researcher in Algerian Culture and History,
University of Helsinki
24. Co-Director
for Engagement, Civil-Military Relations in Arab States, Carnegie Middle East
Center, Beirut
25. Commissioning
Editor, Civil-Military Relations in Arab States, Carnegie Middle East Center,
Beirut
26. Bourse post-doctorale dans le
domaine des études contemporaines, Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo),
Amman
27. Postdoctoral Associate on Contemporary Islam in Africa,
University of Florida, Gainesville
28. Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton
University
29. Visiting Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics,
University of Utah
30. Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic, Kenyon College,
Central Ohio
31. Lecturer
in Global Kurdish Studies, School of International Service, American
University, Washington D.C.
OTHER
INFORMATION
32. Middle East and North Africa Mobility Grants for Young Researchers
from Switzerland and Arab Countries
33. École thématique: “Mobilité et
religions en Afrique méditerranéenne (Antiquité – Temps présent)”, Rabat, 10-13
juin 2019
34. Articles for the Journal “Turkish Review of Communication
(TURCOM)”
35. Articles on "Critical Reflections on Contemporary
Muslim Thought and Human Rights" for "Journal of Contemporary
Poetics"
36. Articles on "Arab Women's Travel Writings, or Travel
Writings by Arab Women" for Special Issue of a Journal
37. Contributions for an Edited Book on "Geo-political
Conflict in Emergent Genres and Forms: Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East
after the Second Intifada"
38. Articles for “Lamma: A Journal of Libyan Studies” on
“Migration, Trafficking, and Libya”
39. Contribution pour le MIDÉO 36
(2021): “Iǧtihād et taqlīd dans l’islam sunnite et šīʿite”
40. Articles for Edited Volume on Sayed Hussain Alatas's
Thought, Ideas and Social Theory
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you want to distribute an announcement via DAVO-Info-Service (about 1300 recipients)
and EURAMES Info Service (more than 6000 recipients, only English and French
announcements), please apply the usual format of the text with no more than 50
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address.
Best regards
Guenter Meyer
Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, in
cooperation with the University of Sharjah/UAE
____________________
CONFERENCES
1.
Economic Research Forum’s (ERF) Annual Conference on
"Knowledge, Research Networks, and Development Policy," Kuwait City,
10-12 March 2019
The plenary sessions are going to address the
following issues: Knowledge, Economic Research Networks and Development Policy;
The Role of Knowledge in the Process of Innovation in the New Global Economy,
and Job-creating Growth in the Emerging Global Economy.
See program at: http://erf.org.eg/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Annual-Conference-Agenda-final-version.pdf
_____________________________________
2.
Workshop
on “Health, Magic and Stars,” St Cross College (Oxford), 29 March 2019
This workshop is to celebrate the career of Professor
Emilie Savage-Smith and her outstanding contribution to the history of science
in Islam.
See program at: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-health-magic-and-stars-29-march-oxford?e=82aeb6c61d
_____________________________________
3.
Conference
on “Claiming and Making Muslim World: Across and Between the Local and the
Global,” Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 3-5 April 2019
Panellists at the conference present their
perspectives on the study of predominantly Muslim societies of Asia and Africa,
as well as regional interconnections. Scholars specifically address the notion
of Claiming and Making Muslim Worlds, exploring religious affiliations and
practices, extending to social, economic and cultural modalities of life.
See program at: http://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/2019/Conferences/ConferenceProgramme_ClaimingAndMakingMuslimWorlds_Final.pdf
_____________________________________
4.
Workshop
on “Islamic Reform and Modernity”, Islamic University of Applied Sciences
Rotterdam, 23-24 April 2019
Questions to be answered: What do we mean by
Islamic reform (Islah) and Renewal (Tajdid) in Islamic Thought? Is Islamic
reform mandatory or a choice? What are the fields required to be reformed for
Islamic Revival? Is Islamic renaissance possible in 21st century? Etc.
Deadline for abstracts:
11 March 2019. Information: https://www.iur.nl/2019/02/07/call-for-papers-workshop-islamic-reform-and-modernity/
_____________________________________
5.
Workshop:
“12th Tunis Exchange: Meet Key Leaders Across Tunisia”, 9-16 June 2019
Academics working on the region, foreign
diplomats, NGO practitioners, researchers, analysts and journalists are invited
to participate. This Exchange will be held in Association with the Democracy
and Governance Program at Georgetown University and will engage participants
from around the world in a multifaceted discussion of some of the key issues
facing Tunisia and the wider region.
Registration deadline I: 15 April /
Registration II: 15 May 2019.
Information: https://thebeirutexchange.com/the-tunis-exchange/
_____________________________________
6.
Conference:
“Seminar for Arabian Studies,” University of Leiden, 11-13 July 2019
The Seminar is the only annual international
forum for the presentation of the latest academic research on the Arabian
Peninsula. The subjects covered include archaeology, history, epigraphy,
languages, literature, art, culture, ethnography, geography, etc. from the
earliest times to the present day or, in the case of political and social
history, to the end of the Ottoman Empire.
Deadline for abstracts (poster submissions): 30
April 2019.
Information: https://mailchi.mp/d889a7589033/seminar-for-arabian-studies-2018-registration-now-open-1737253?e=18cf0337f7
_____________________________________
7.
Workshop
on “Cinema and the City,” Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 12-13
September 2019
One of the main objectives of the workshop is
to examine urban life (and spaces), cultural and social histories of cities
(possibly in different regions) using the trope of the cinematic lens. The
various contributions can examine how the cinematic lenses of
selected films have depicted the various social
and spatial transformations of historical Arab, African or South Asian urban
areas.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 March 2019.
Information: http://www.zmo.de/Ausschreibungen/calls%20for%20papers/CfP%20-%20Cinema%20and%20the%20City.pdf
_____________________________________
8.
Workshop
on “Synopses and Lists”, LMU Munich, 7-11 October 2019
Applications are welcome from both senior and
junior postdoc researchers of all disciplines dealing with the following
questions: What is the role of synopses and lists in constructing a particular
vision of the world and in providing meaningful record of it? What types of
synopses and lists exist? Etc.
Deadline for applications: 31 March 2019. Information: https://www.en.cas.uni-muenchen.de/research_focus/textual_practices/announcement/index.html
_____________________________________
9. Conference on “Ethno-Religious Conflict
and Economic Development: Is there a Correlation?”, New York City, 29-31
October 2019
The conference intends to
provide a pluri-disciplinary platform to explore whether there is a correlation
between ethno-religious conflict or violence and economic growth as well as the
direction of the correlation. University scholars, researchers, policy makers,
think tanks, and the business community are invited to submit abstracts and /
or full papers of their quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods research.
Deadline for abstracts: 18 July 2019.
_____________________________________
10. Workshop: “Beyond Crisis: The Course of
People and Water in Egypt’s Political Ecology”, Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung /
Social Justice Platform, Cairo, October 2019
We
are seeking contributions that establish clear connections between water and
national political economy, social rights, authoritarian regimes, political
ecology, global economic relationships, developmental agendas, and finally
environmental justice. We ultimately seek to elucidate the political and
economic relationships that help reproduce historical inequalities with respect
to water in Egypt, and then propose interventions for alternative governance.
Deadline
for abstracts: 31 March 2019. Information: https://sjplatform.org/call-for-abstracts/?lang=en
_____________________________________
11. First Biennial
Conference on “Contemporary Iranian Studies”, Faculty of World Studies,
University of Tehran, 10-11 November 2019
The themes include but are not limited to
contemporary history, sociology, political science, religions and theology,
art, international relations, new media and communication studies, and diaspora
studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 June 2019.
Information: https://iranianstudies.ut.ac.ir
_____________________________________
12. Panel on
“Faithful Geographies: Religion, Power, and Spaces of Social Change” at the
American Anthropological Association Meeting, Vancouver, 20-23 November 2019
We welcome papers that give insight into how
religion influences the way that spaces are imagined and contested with or
against neoliberal, post-colonial, or imperial regimes, giving rise to
alternative ways of imaging personhood, subjectivity, family, rights, capital,
communication, pedagogy, and exchange.
Please send your abstract to
alisa.perkins@wmich.edu by 25 March 2019.
_____________________________________
13. Workshop:
„Multilateral Dynamics between the Middle East and Asia in the Mongol Era“,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 15 December 2019
The workshop explores the interconnectivities
between Asia (Central, East, Southeast, South and North) and the Middle East
(including Greater Iran, Anatolia, Syria and Egypt, Yemen, al-Hijaz) in the
Mongol period (13th-15th centuries). We especially welcome studies focusing on
one text, object or media as an arena of cross-cultural connections as well as
papers dealing with specific cross-Asian networks (commercial, religious,
scientific).
Deadline for abstracts: 11 March 2019.
Information: http://mongol.huji.ac.il/news-and-activities/cfp-multilateral-dynamics-between-middle-east-and-asia-mongol-era
_____________________________________
14. Panel on
“Poetics and Politics of Defeat: Reconfiguring the Human after the Arab
Spring,” Global Arab and Arab American MLA Forum, Seattle, 9-12 January 2020
The panel reconsiders representations of the
human / inhuman / posthuman in relation to the Arab Spring and its aftermath.
Papers are welcome on Arab literary and cultural responses to defeat.
Please send a 200 word abstract and CV to Ala
A. Alryyes (alryyes@alum.mit.edu) and
Rasha Chatta (rc49@soas.ac.uk) by 29 March
2019.
_____________________________________
15. Panel on
„Orientalism, Philology, World Literature,” Global Arab and Arab American MLA
Forum, Seattle, 9-12 January 2020
The panel explores the origins of “World Literature”
in colonial history, and develops new, decolonizing critical methodologies for
a worlded literary studies. Papers welcome on any author, genre, period, field,
region, tradition, etc.
Please send a 200 word abstract and CV to Karim
Mattar (karim.mattar@colorado.edu)
and Ahmed Idrissi Alami (aidrissi@purdue.edu)
by 29 March 2019.
_____________________________________
16. International
Conference: "Immortality of the Soul in Islam and Christianity",
Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy (ISCA), Iran, 4-5 March 2020
Topics of interest: the concept of death; the
concept of immortality; the criteria of personal identity; life after death.
_____________________________________
POSITIONS
17. W1-Professor
of Turkish Studies, Institute for Oriental and Islamic Studies, Ruhr-Universität
Bochum
Competitive candidates will have a PhD
dissertation demonstrating outstanding knowledge and expertise in Turkish
Studies or related disciplines (e.g. Middle Eastern or Islamic Studies) as well
as an excellent command of modern Turkish. Candidates with a strong record in
research and teaching related to early modern and modern developments in the
Ottoman Empire and/or Turkey as well as knowledge of Ottoman Turkish, Arabic
and Persian will be most welcome.
Deadline for applications: 31 March 2019.
Information: Marita Schmeink (marita.schmeink@ruhr-uni-bochum.de)
_____________________________________
18. PhD Student in Political
Science/IR/Middle East Studies/Intelligence Studies, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner
Orient (ZMO), Berlin
Within
the research project “Learning Intelligence: The Exchange of Secret Service
Knowledge between Germany and the Arab Middle East 1960-2010.” Essential
Requirements: Master’s degree in politics, international relations or related
social sciences; excellent Arabic and German reading skills.
Deadline
for applications: 15 March 2019.
Information:http://www.zmo.de/Ausschreibungen/Research%20Positions/Phd%20Advert%20Hoffmann%202019.pdf
_____________________________________
19. Research Associate on Jewish Moralistic
Writings, University of Hamburg
Topic:
“Jewish
Moralistic Writings (Musar) of the Early Modern Period:1600-1800.”
Requirements: Master’s degree in a relevant field, excellent knowledge of
English as well as an additional language relevant for the intended individual
research project (Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Yiddish, or Judea-Arabic).
Deadline
for applications: 20 March 2019.
_____________________________________
20. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship,
Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen
Within
the research group “Empires of Memory: The Cultural Politics of Historicity in
Former Habsburg and Ottoman Cities.” We welcome applicants from a plethora of
fields in the social sciences and humanities whose research foci include
Istanbul, Budapest, Thessaloniki and/or Sarajevo.
Deadline
for applications: 12 April 2019.
Information:
http://www.mmg.mpg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Stellen/2019-02_MPIEmpiresofMemory_Postdoc.pdf
_____________________________________
21. Assistant or Associate Professor in
Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies, Aarhus University
Requirements:
PhD degree in theology or related fields, thorough knowledge of
historical-critical and contextual approaches to the exegesis and theology of
the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, knowledge of human and social science fields
which are relevant to Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, knowledge of sources
and cultures in the Ancient Near East, adjacent to Ancient Israel and Judah
etc.
Deadline
for applications: 4 April 2019.
_____________________________________
22. Research Assistant for Palmyra Portrait
Project, Aarhus University Denmark
Within
the “Palmyra Portrait Project.” Requirements: Master’s degree in classical
Archaeology or a related discipline, familiarity with Palmyrene portraiture and
sculpture, a professional level of English (spoken and written).
Deadline
for applications: 22 March 2019.
_____________________________________
23. Postdoctoral
Researcher in Algerian Culture and History, University of Helsinki
An appointee must hold a doctoral degree in
history, cultural studies, political science, language, or anthropology. The
project necessitates fluency in French, and ideally also familiarity with
Arabic, etc.
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2019.
_____________________________________
24. Co-Director for Engagement,
Civil-Military Relations in Arab States, Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut
The
successful applicant must have an MA or higher in a relevant discipline, at
least five years of practical experience in a related field, fluency in Arabic
and English, and be able to travel frequently.
Deadline
for applications: 29 March 2019.
_____________________________________
25. Commissioning Editor, Civil-Military
Relations in Arab States, Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut
The successful applicant should have native
English and preferably also be bilingual or at least strongly proficient in
Arabic. The position will also be responsible for overseeing manuscripts
through production. The ideal candidate should have relevant experience and a
background in security/defense affairs.
Deadline
for applications: 31 March 2019.
_____________________________________
26. Bourse post-doctorale dans le domaine des études contemporaines,
Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo), Amman
Sujet: "Les
différentes facettes de la politique turque actuelle en Jordanie."
Critères d’éligibilité : Être ressortissant d’un pays de l’Union européenne et
résider en France. Les dossiers peuvent être
rédigés en français ou en anglaise.
Deadline
for applications: 30 March 2019.
Information: http://www.ifporient.org/appel-candidature-bourse-postdoc-etudes-contemporaines-30-03-2019/
_____________________________________
27. Postdoctoral
Associate on Contemporary Islam in Africa, University of Florida, Gainesville
Applicants
in the humanities and social sciences are welcome to apply. The final candidate
must have a PhD in hand by 1 July 2019. This position
is responsible for organizing workshops; teaching one semester-long
undergraduate class; and pursuing a program of independent scholarship related
to Islam in Africa in global context.
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2019.
Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/60177
_____________________________________
28. Center for
Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University
This twelve-months position will focus on the
culture, history, politics, economics or religion of Iran and the Persian Gulf
region in the 19th - 21st century, with preference for the cultural aspects of
the above, starting in September 2019.
Deadline for applications: 31 March 2019.
Information:https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=10521
Information:https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=10521
_____________________________________
29. Visiting
Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics, University of Utah
This is a one-year position in Comparative
Politics (regional area of focus is open). This appointment begins 12 August
2019. Candidates must have a PhD in political science or a related field
in-hand by the time of appointment.
Deadline for applications: 22 March 2019.
Information: https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/87200
_____________________________________
30. Visiting
Assistant Professor of Arabic, Kenyon College, Central Ohio
The successful candidate will have native or
near-native proficiency in Arabic and a demonstrable record of teaching
excellence in Arabic as a second language. Field of specialization open.
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2019.
_____________________________________
31. Lecturer in Global Kurdish Studies,
School of International Service, American University, Washington D.C.
We are seeking candidates at all career stages who
have a PhD specializing in one of the following thematic areas: Kurdish
history, culture, politics, and international relations; Peaceful coexistence
between the global Kurdish community and other states and peoples; Cooperation
and conflict resolution within the global Kurdish community. This
appointment is a 9-month term position with successive renewable re-appointment
for additional one-year term.
Deadline
for applications: The search committee
will begin its review on 1 April 2019; the position will remain open until
filled. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/60489
_____________________________________
OTHER
INFORMATION
32. Middle East
and North Africa Mobility Grants for Young Researchers from Switzerland and
Arab Countries
The aim of this call for projects is to fund
research stays between Switzerland and the following countries: Egypt, Lebanon,
Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.
Deadline
for applications: End of December 2019.
Information: http://cefas.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article672&lang=fr
_____________________________________
33. École thématique: “Mobilité et religions en Afrique méditerranéenne
(Antiquité – Temps présent)”, Rabat, 10-13 juin 2019
La formation offerte
dans le cadre de cette rencontre est ainsi ouverte aux doctorants et jeunes
docteurs en sciences humaines et sociales, dont le champ d’étude s’étend du
Maghreb à l’Égypte.
_____________________________________
34. Articles for
the Journal “Turkish Review of Communication (TURCOM)”
Each issue features reports of original
investigation, presenting the latest developments in theory and methodology of
media and communication studies in English or Turkish.
_____________________________________
35. Articles on
"Critical Reflections on Contemporary Muslim Thought and Human
Rights" for "Journal of Contemporary Poetics"
The Journal invites scholars working in the
fields of history, cultural studies, political science, psychology, religious
studies, critical theory, film and media studies, literature and languages,
postcolonial studies, and law to present fresh insights into the debate.
Deadline for full papers: 7 April 2019.
_____________________________________
36. Articles on
"Arab Women's Travel Writings, or Travel Writings by Arab Women" for
Special Issue of a Journal
Interested scholars are invited to send
proposals for original scholarly papers, not previously published, about travel
writings by Arab women as well as papers about travel, or the theme of travel,
in Arab Women's writings.
Contact:
Dr.
Nawar Al-Hassan Golley, Prof. in Literary Theory and Gender and Women's
Studies, American University of Sharjah (nhgolley@aus.edu)
_____________________________________
37. Contributions
for an Edited Book on "Geo-political Conflict in Emergent Genres and
Forms: Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East after the Second Intifada"
This collection addresses how genre and form
work to illuminate and redescribe conflict in the context of Israel and
Palestine but also how depicting conflict impacts aesthetic and formal
strategies of representation more widely. How cultural texts might use and
challenge narrative and formal conventions in order to offer alternatives to
mainstream historical, political, and cultural discourses?
Deadline for abstracts: 31 May 2019. Contact:
Dr Ned Curthoys (ned.curthoys@uwa.edu.au)
_____________________________________
38. Articles for
“Lamma: A Journal of Libyan Studies” on “Migration, Trafficking, and Libya”
Papers which address under-researched,
misunderstood, or overlooked aspects and intersections of migration, borders,
and movement within, throughout, and across the Libyan space are particularly
welcome. We are keen on papers which are based in recent fieldwork, which bring
new historical material to bear on understanding migration and Libya, or which
bring new critical theoretical perspectives to the field.
Deadline for full papers: 1 May 2019.
_____________________________________
39. Contribution pour le MIDÉO 36 (2021): “Iǧtihād et taqlīd dans l’islam
sunnite et šīʿite”
Les propositions
d’article doivent être soumises pour évaluation avant le 15 janvier 2020.
Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/36891
_____________________________________
40. Articles for
Edited Volume on Sayed Hussain Alatas's Thought, Ideas and Social Theory
The book is planned to be published by Brill in
2021. If you are interested in being part of this international project,
contact Dr. Seyed Javad Miri, Head of the Department of Sociology of Religion,
Tehran, at seyedjavad@hotmail.com
_____________________________________
EURAMES Info Service 11/2019
Dear Colleague,
Please find below the following announcements:
CONFERENCES
1.
Conference on
"The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: The Birth of the Modern Nation",
SOAS, University of London, 27-28 March 2019
2.
6th International
Conference of the International Iranian Economic Association, University of
Naples “L’Orientale”, 16-17 May 2019
3.
5th Conference on
“China and the Middle East and North Africa”, Shanghai University, 17-18 May
2019
4.
International
Conference on “Philosophy in the Abrahamic Traditions: Intellect, Experience
and More” of the Aquinas and ’The Arabs’ International Working Group,
Università di Pisa, 22-25 May 2019
5.
3rd Kurdish Studies
Conference: “Shifting Dynamics of the Kurdish Cause in a Changing Middle East”,
Middlesex University, 25-26 June 2019
6.
Panel on
"Zones of Theory in the Study of Yemen" during the 2019 Exeter Gulf
Conference, University of Exeter, 1-2 July 2019
7.
International
Kurdish Studies Conference on “New Perspectives in Kurdish Studies”, Northeastern
Illinois University and Zahra Institute, Chicago, 24-25 July 2019
8.
Workshop on
"Mosques, Families and Islamic Law", Göteborg, 21-23 August 2019
9.
26th International
Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO), Combined with
the Section of Islamic Studies of the DMG: "History, Politics and Culture
in Middle East and North Africa", University of Hamburg, 3-5 October 2019
10. 2nd
Global
Conference on “Freedom of Speech: An Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference”,
Progressive Connexions Network, Vienna, 12-13 October 2019
11. Panel on MUSLIMS IN AMERICA during the Conference: „SAMLA
91: Languages: Power, Identity, Relationships“, Atlanta, 8-10 November 2019
12. 5th
Annual European Symposium on Turkey: „The Concept of Culture and its
Politicization in Turkey and the Diaspora“, University of Vienna, 29-30
November 2019
13. International Conference of the Association for Middle East
Women’s Studies (AMEWS) on “Women and Gender Studies in the Middle East”,
Beirut, 6-10 March 2021
POSITIONS
14. Two PhD Positions, Amsterdam School for Regional and
Transnational and European Studies
15. Postdoctoral Researchers for Project: “The European
Qur’an: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion (1150-1850)”, Université de Nantes, Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Università di Napoli l’Orientale,
University of Kent or University of Amsterdam
16. PhD Candidates Related to “Migration and the Family in
Morocco”, University of Leiden
17. Senior
Research Fellowship at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of
Oxford
18. Two
Research Fellowships at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of
Oxford
19. Research Assistant on “Middle
Eastern Students in the Eastern Bloc”, Orient-Institut
Beirut
20. Assistant
or Associate Professor at the Department of History, American University in
Cairo
21. Visiting
Assistant Professor of the History of the Modern Middle East, Western
Washington University
22. Visiting
Assistant Professor of the History of the Middle East, William & Mary
OTHER INFORMATION
23. Prize
for Best Article, Council for British Research in the Levant
24. Nominations
for Book Awards and other Awards of the Middle Studies Association (MESA) 2019
25. New International
MA Program: "Middle Eastern Encounters", University of Haifa
26. Summer
Arabic Programs, American University in Beirut, 19 June - 7 August 2019
27. Summer
Courses on "General Islamic Studies" (16 June -12 July 2019) and
"Islamic Law" (14 July - 8 August 2019), American University in Cairo
28. Summer
Courses in Modern Standard Arabic, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane
29. Summer
Abroad Program: ‘'Art Treasures of Konya: Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture
II’’, Necmettin Erbakan University, 1-26 July 2019
30. Sommer
School on „Identity in the Middle East and North Africa: Actors, Strategies and
Dynamics”, University of Turin, 17-21 June
31. Contributions
to Edited Volume on "Slavery in the Middle East and North Africa in the
19th and 20th Centuries"
32. Articles
on “Islamic Studies and Social Sciences” for Special Issue of "Al-Manhaj:
A Journal of Multidisciplinary Research"
33. Articles
for "Eurasian Research Journal (ERJ)" with a Focus on Turkic-Speaking
Countries
34. Call for
Membership in the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA)
If
you want to distribute an announcement via DAVO-Info-Service (about 1300 recipients)
and EURAMES Info Service (more than 6000 recipients, only English and French
announcements), please apply the usual format of the text with no more than 50
words and no attachment. Please send only the most important information to davo@geo.uni-mainz.de and
refer to further details with a link to the respective website or an email
address.
Best regards,
Guenter Meyer,
Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, in
cooperation with the University of Sharjah/UAE
____________________
CONFERENCES
1.
Conference on
"The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: The Birth of the Modern Nation",
SOAS, University of London, 27-28 March 2019
The conference will include presentations on
the causes and events of the revolution and on themes which may include: Egypt
in the wider context of post Ottoman political development in the Arab World;
the role of women in the Independence Movement; the impact on Egyptian Society,
on minorities and on the Sudan, etc.
_____________________________________
2.
6th
International Conference of the International Iranian Economic Association,
University of Naples “L’Orientale”, 16-17 May 2019
The purpose of this conference is to showcase
the best current research on Iran’s economy and to generate information and
encouragement for future high-quality research in this area.
_____________________________________
3.
5th Conference
on “China and the Middle East and North Africa”, Shanghai University,
17-18 May 2019
We invite submissions on: Political Economy of
the Middle East, Gender Issues in the Middle East, Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict, China’s Foreign Policy Toward Middle East/West Asia, The Belt and
Road Initiative, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2019.
Information: tugrulkeskin@t.shu.edu.cn
_____________________________________
4.
International
Conference on “Philosophy in the Abrahamic Traditions: Intellect, Experience
and More” of the Aquinas and ’The Arabs’ International Working Group,
Università di Pisa, 22-25 May 2019
See program at http://richardctaylor.info/aaiwg/2019-2/pisa/
_____________________________________
5.
3rd Kurdish Studies
Conference: “Shifting Dynamics of the Kurdish Cause in a Changing Middle East”,
Middlesex University, 25-26 June 2019
This
interdisciplinary conference aims to bring together researchers from a range of
disciplines working on Kurdish history, politics, culture, gender, minority
rights and diaspora to examine the ongoing political, social and cultural developments
in the lives of the Kurds and Kurdistan.
Information: https://www.menalib.de/en/event/dritte-internationale-konferenz-fuer-kurdische-studien/
_____________________________________
6.
Panel on
"Zones of Theory in the Study of Yemen" during the Exeter Gulf
Conference, University of Exeter, 1-2 July 2019
Once a metonym for tribalism, Yemen is now a
privileged zone of theorizing for security and strategy studies. This
conference invites participants to reflect on what is overlooked by thinking of
Yemen solely in terms of insecurity and to consider how we can re-engage the
scholarly diversity of Yemen studies in times of war and revolution.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2019.
Information: https://bit.ly/2E63j3S
_____________________________________
7.
International
Kurdish Studies Conference on “New Perspectives in Kurdish Studies”,
Northeastern Illinois University and Zahra Institute, Chicago, 24-25 July 2019
Of particular interest are such topics as
literature, nationalism, religious minorities, political ideologies, memory and
violence, language contact and language standardization, and diasporic
cultures.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 April 2019.
Information: mlc-kurdish@neiu.edu
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8.
Workshop on
"Mosques, Families and Islamic Law", Göteborg, 21-23 August 2019
We invite scholars in the Nordic countries (and
beyond) working in the intersection of mosques, family and Islamic law. How are
Muslims in mosques (and beyond) articulating their legal, ethical and normative
identities? What kind of institutions are being build? How do the courts and
the legal systems in general approach and address these issues?
Deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2019.
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9.
26th
International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO),
Combined with the Section of Islamic Studies of the DMG: "History,
Politics and Culture in Middle East and North Africa", University of
Hamburg, 3-5 October 2019
The organizers of the Congress call upon
scholars of all relevant disciplines in Social Sciences and Humanities, who are
engaged in research on the contemporary Middle East and its relations to other
regions. The conference’s understanding of the Middle East comprises all
countries of the Middle East, North Africa and the entire Islamic World.
Deadline for proposals of open panels to be
announced worldwide: 31 March 2019.
Contact for submissions: Amke Dietert (amke.dietert@googlemail.com).
Information: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/en/voror/veranstaltungen/2019-davokongress.html
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10. 2nd
Global Conference on “Freedom of Speech: An Inclusive
Interdisciplinary Conference”, Progressive Connexions Network, Vienna, 12-13
October 2019
How free is speech in today’s world –
restrictions on free speech across countries, regions and between regimes and
forms of government. Where and how is the news media under attack, and
what are the implications of these attacks for the media’s freedom? How do
these attacks threaten political diversity, stifle political debate, and
undermine democratic systems of governance?
Deadline for abstracts: 12 April 2019.
Information: www.progressiveconnexions.net/interdisciplinary-projects/human-rights/freedom-of-speech/conferences/
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11. Panel on “Muslims in America” during the Conference: „SAMLA
91: Languages: Power, Identity, Relationships“, Atlanta, 8-10 November 2019
This panel
intends to examine the works of Muslim American poets, novelists, playwrights,
jazz musicians, punks, hip hop artists, mipsters, filmmakers, and visual
artists, through the lens of polylingualism. Panelists are asked to consider
how these writers and artists employ different languages in their articulation
of assimilation, alterity, dissent, and transgression.
Contact:
Mahwash Shoaib (mahwashshoaib@hotmail.com)
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12. 5th
Annual European Symposium on Turkey: „The Concept of Culture and its
Politicization in Turkey and the Diaspora“, University of Vienna, 29-30
November 2019
The meeting will investigate and discuss the
various forms of “cultural engineering” through history, the different
discourses on culture and the numerous practices of articulating, performing
and producing culture as well as cultural identities/resources – be it in line
with or against the cultural policy of the state. Turkey’s official cultural
policies aimed at Turkish citizens living abroad will also be a focus of the
symposium.
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13. International Conference of the Association for Middle East
Women’s Studies (AMEWS) on “Women and Gender Studies in the Middle East”,
Beirut, 6-10 March 2021
The conference will be held in partnership with
the American University of Beirut and Lebanese American University. The
call is open to topics on gender and women’s studies in the social sciences and
humanities: politics, economics, history, sexualities, culture, arts, digital
humanities etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2019. Contact:
Angie Abdelmonem (angie.abdelmonem@asu.edu)
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POSITIONS
14. Two PhD Positions, Amsterdam School for Regional and
Transnational and European Studies
Project: “The Muslim Individual in Imperial and Soviet Russia.” The
successful applicants must have a completed MA degree in history, anthropology,
visual studies or philology; a thorough command of English and Russian; for PhD
Project I: knowledge of Tatar, Arabic or Persian is required; for PhD Project
II: demonstrable experience with the visual analysis.
Deadline
for applications: 28 April 2019.
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15. Postdoctoral
Researchers for Project: “The European
Qur’an: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion (1150-1850)”, Université de Nantes, Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Università di Napoli l’Orientale,
University of Kent or University of Amsterdam
Qualifications:
Applicants should have a PhD in a discipline in the humanities by the time of
application, or at least strong assurance that they will obtain the PhD by
August 2019. Candidates should be fluent in English and have strong skills in
other languages appropriate to their research topics.
Deadline
for applications: 1 May 2019.
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16. PhD
Candidates Related to “Migration and the Family in
Morocco”, University of Leiden
Requirements:
master’s degree in law and/or social sciences or humanities; demonstrated
interest in migration and the Middle East and North Africa region; good command
of Arabic and/or French is desirable.
Deadline
for applications: 18 March 2019.
Information:
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies/2019/q1/19-043-6033-phd-candidates-migration-and-the-family-in-morocco
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17. Senior
Research Fellowship at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of
Oxford
The
successful candidate will be engaged in research and publication in any area of
the arts, humanities or social sciences which contributes to a more informed
understanding of the Islamic world - its history, economics, politics, culture,
civilisation and contemporary life. The fellowship is for a three-year
renewable period, and may be extended.
Deadline
for applications: 15 April 2019.
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18. Two
Research Fellowships at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of
Oxford
The
fellowships are tenable from October 2019 for a three-year period. The
successful candidates will be engaged in research and publication in any area
of the arts, humanities or social sciences which contributes to a more informed
understanding of the Islamic world – its history, economics, politics, culture,
civilisation and contemporary life.
Deadline
for applications: 15 April 2019.
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19. Research Assistant on “Middle
Eastern Students in the Eastern Bloc”, Orient-Institut
Beirut
New project on “Relations in the Ideoscape:
Middle Eastern Students in the Eastern Bloc (1950s to 1991).” Successful
applicant is expected to take office on 1 April 2019. Prerequisites: Doctorate
in Middle Eastern Studies or Islamic studies, very good knowledge of Arabic,
language of the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, English and German, etc.
Information:
https://www.orient-institut.org/main/announcement-detail/job-vacancy-research-assistant/
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20. Assistant
or Associate Professor at the Department of History, American University in
Cairo
This
is a five-year position, beginning fall 2019. All specializations and areas of
study are welcome. The successful candidate must have a PhD in hand by the
start of the appointment. The department is eager to review the applications of
individuals with a strong research program and demonstrated commitment to
teaching.
Deadline
for application: 15 March 2019.
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21. Visiting
Assistant Professor of the History of the Modern Middle East, Western
Washington University
One-year Visiting
Instructor/Assistant Professor of History beginning on 16 September 2019,
through 15 June 2020. The position is open to historians of the Middle
East. Qualifications: ABD in History or related field, by 15 September 2019.
Application review begins 15 April 2019; position is open
until filled.
Information: http://employment.wwu.edu/cw/en-us/job/496597/visiting-assistant-professor-of-the-history-of-the-modern-middle-east
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22. Visiting
Assistant Professor of the History of the Middle East, William & Mary
One-year,
non-tenure-track Visiting Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern History that
will begin 10 August 2019. Specialization is open. The successful
applicant will be expected to be an effective teacher and will have a 3-3
teaching load, including broad surveys of pre-Modern and Modern Middle Eastern
history, and intermediate/advanced undergraduate courses in Middle Eastern
history. A PhD is required by the time of appointment.
Application review begins 28 March 2019; position is open
until filled.
Information: https://jobs.wm.edu/postings/34843
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OTHER
INFORMATION
23. Prize for Best Article, Council for British Research in the
Levant
The award recognises excellent
research and scholarship that engages with current and emerging issues in the
Levant that advances our understanding of the region. We are looking for
original unpublished articles from scholars in different stages of their
careers and from different disciplines: anthropology, sociology, politics,
religion and theology, language and linguistics cultural studies, etc.
Deadline for full articles: 1
July 2019.
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24. Nominations
for Book Awards and other Awards of the Middle Studies Association (MESA) 2019
The
MESA Awards annually recognizes outstanding contributions in scholarly
achievement, mentoring of students and faculty, service to the profession,
innovations in undergraduate education and teaching, and academic freedom.
Deadline
of nominations: 1 April 2019. Information: https://mesana.org/awards
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25. New International
MA Program: "Middle Eastern Encounters", University of Haifa
The
newly launched one-year program offers opportunities for close cultural
encounters in the rich and dynamic setting of the City of Haifa, and aims to
provide instruction, training, and first-hand acquaintance with Middle Eastern
affairs.
Application
is now open: http://ipme.haifa.ac.il/index.php/en/
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26. Summer
Arabic Programs, American University in Beirut, 19 June - 7 August 2019
The
CAMES Arabic summer programs give students at all levels the opportunity to
engage with the language and culture both inside and outside the classroom.
Deadline
for applications: 29 March 2019.
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27. Summer
Courses on "General Islamic Studies" (16 June -12 July 2019) and
"Islamic Law" (14 July - 8 August 2019), American University in Cairo
Topics
covered in "General Islamic Studies": Hadith, Islamic Law, Sufism.
Topics in "Islamic Law": Early Islamic Law, Case Law, Criminal Law
and Colonialism, Islamic Law in the Modern Period.
Deadline
for applications: 1 April 2019. Information: https://www.cairosummerinstitute.com/
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28. Summer
Courses in Modern Standard Arabic, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane
Two
semesters in eight weeks: 30 May-28 June 2019 (Session 1), 2-26 July 2019
(Session 2). Scholarships available.
Application
deadline: 24 May 2019. Information: http://www.aui.ma/aranas/
Contact:
arabic@aui.ma
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29. Summer
Abroad Program: ‘'Art Treasures of Konya: Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture
II’’, Necmettin Erbakan University, 1-26 July 2019
This
unique cultural program purpose is the study of medieval Anatolian art and
architecture by focusing on the spectacular examples of medieval Islamic art
and architecture of Konya on site. The course will combine lectures and many
field trips to monuments and museums in Konya, taking full advantage of the
opportunity to study art in context.
Deadline
for application: 7 June 2019.
Information:
http://sempozyum.konya.edu.tr/arthistory/en/anasayfa
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30. Sommer
School on „Identity in the Middle East and North Africa: Actors, Strategies and
Dynamics”, University of Turin, 17-21 June
The summer school critically
unpacks identity and its politicization, exploring the role they have had
across time and space to read and represent regional political and social
events. The objective is to offer useful tools of analysis to better understand the
complexity of the Middle East and, at the same time, to facilitate explanations
away from oversimplifications.
Deadline
for applications: 20 May 2019. Information: http://www.to-asia.it/to-mideast/
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31. Contributions
to Edited Volume on "Slavery in the Middle East and North Africa in the
19th and 20th Centuries"
The
volume will be edited by Janet Afary and Eric Massie. Articles are invited on:
The social construction of mastery and slavery in slaveholding-enslaved
relationships; The gendered experience of slavery and use and abuse of the
enslaved’s sexuality; The familial and social lives of enslaved persons;
Theorizations about the enslaved’s vulnerability in Middle Eastern and Islamic
contexts, etc.
Deadline
for abstracts: 15 March 2019. Information: emassie@ucsb.edu
_____________________________________
32. Articles
on “Islamic Studies and Social Sciences” for Special Issue of "Al-Manhaj:
A Journal of Multidisciplinary Research"
Al-Manhaj
focuses on publishing theoretical, empirical as well as review articles and
perspective, commentary and opinion articles.
Deadline
for abstracts: 30 April 2019. Contact: crp@ium.edu.mv
_____________________________________
33. Articles
for "Eurasian Research Journal (ERJ)" with a Focus on Turkic-Speaking
Countries
ERJ
concentrates on contemporary research related to economics, finance, energy,
transportation, international relations and other interdisciplinary social
sciences in the Eurasian region that covers the territory from the Balkans to
Mongolia with particular focus on Turkic-speaking countries.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3705188/call-paper-eurasian-research-journal
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34. Call
for Membership in the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities
(AGYA)
AGYA
promotes research cooperation among outstanding early-career researchers from
all disciplines who are affiliated with a research institution in Germany or
any Arab country. The academy supports innovative interdisciplinary projects by
its members in various fields of research, science policy and education.
Deadline
for Application: 24 March 2019. Information: http://agya.info/cfm2019/
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EURAMES Info Service 13/2019
Dear Colleague,
The deadline for proposals for open panels at the 26th
International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) in
Hamburg on 3-5 October 2019 has been extended until 30 April 2019.
If you are interested
in organizing a panel for this congress and look for paper presenters, you are
invited to send the title and summary (up to 300 words) to the General
Secretary of the congress, Amke Dietert (amke.dietert@googlemail.com). The call
for papers for open panels will then be forwarded via EURAMES and
DAVO-Info-Service and the DMG mailing list to more than 6000 scholars who
should send their paper proposals directly to the organizer of the specific
panel until 15 May 2019.
Please find below the following announcements:
CONFERENCES
1.
Conference on "Claiming and Making Muslim Worlds: Across
and Between the Local and the Global", Leibnitz Zentrum Moderner Orient
(ZMO), Berlin, 3-5 April 2019
2. Journée
d'études turques, Inalco, Paris, 5 avril 2019
3.
Conference on "Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval
World (1150-1550) – Including Arab-Islamic Geography", University of
Tübingen, 11-12 April 2019
4. Conference:
„The Idea of Iran: The Second Safavid Century”, SOAS, London, 11-12 May 2019
5.
Journées de la Halqa: “Dynamiques des identités musulmanes et arabes“, Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme,
Aix-en-Provence, 6-7 juin 2019
6. International Conference: "Berber
(Amazigh) cinema as a communication space. The mise-en-scène", INALCO,
Paris, 11 June 2019
7.
Conference on "Sufism and the Body", University of Utrecht,
12-13 September 2019
8.
Conference on "Refugees, Citizenship, and Belonging: Towards a
History of the Present", Drew University, Madison, 20-21 September 2019
9.
Conference: “Narrative Forms and
Co-Production in Arab Cinemas”, Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, 2-4 October
2019
10. Journée d’études: “Trajectoires militaires à travers les
décolonisations Moyen-Orient, Asie, Afrique XXème siècle”, Aix-en-Provence, 3
octobre 2019
11.
4th Dubai – International
Conference on Social Science & Humanities (ICSSH), Dubai, 7-8 October 2019
12. Conference: “Words Laying Down the Law: Translating Arabic
Legal Discourse”, Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim
Civilisations, London, 7-8 October 2019
13. Conference
on “Digital Archiving in the Arab World”, Abu Dhabi, 26-27 October 2019
14. Travel Grants for the Annual Conference of
the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA), Washington
D.C., 31 October – 2 November 2019
15. Colloque "Altérités et
résistances au prisme du genre en Méditerranée“, Aix-en-Provence, 7-9 novembre
2019
16.
Colloque:
"Dynamique des langues, des discours et des cultures en contexte
méditerranéen", Tlemcen, 11-12 novembre 2019
17. Conference on "The Aftermath of the
First World War: Humanitarianism in the Mediterranean", University of
Milan, 3-4 December 2019
18.
Colloque: “Humour
et politique dans l’espace arabe de la Nahda à aujourd’hui”, Nancy, 5-6
décembre 2019
19. Conference: „About Life Paths that Call to Writing in the
Modern Arab World”, University of Lille, 20-21 November 2019
20. Conference on „Culture and Conflict in Palestine/Israel”,
University of Florida, 1-3 February 2020
21. Conference:
“Representing Disembarkation: Migrations, Arrivals,
Territories", Procida, Naples, 27-29 April 2020
POSITIONS
22. Two Doctoral and Six Postdoctoral
Fellowships, Museums of Islamic Art and Byzantine Art, Berlin, etc.
23. Fellowship
in Cultural and Religious History of Muslims and Christians in the Iberian
Peninsula and/or the Maghreb (9th-16th Centuries),
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
24. Lecturer in History of the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula,
University of Exeter
25. Two
Lecturers/Assistant Professors in Turkish Linguistics and Modern Turkish
Literature, University of Cyprus
26. Two Fully-Funded MA Fellowships, Syrian
Oral History Project, Stockton University, New Jersey
OTHER INFORMATION
27. "Research and
Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)", Funding Opportunities by the European
Commission
28. Grant for Academic Study
Related to Yemen, British-Yemeni Society
29. 2019 Prize for Best Article, Contemporary Levant
30. Appel à projets
scientifiques 2020, L'Institut français d'archéologie orientale (Ifao) du Caire
31. Free 5-week Online Course on "The
Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction", Alwaleed Centre, University of
Edinburgh
32. Summer School on "Identity in the
Middle East and North Africa: Actors, Strategies and Dynamics", Torino,
17-21 June 2019
33. Stage intensif de
langue arabe, option recherche sciences humaines et sociales, Tunis, 24 juin –
19 juillet 2019
34. Summer School on
"Post-Oil Economy – Debating and
Working on Current Challenges in an International Environment", Baku,
Azerbaijan, 4-6 August 2019
35. Articles for
"Geopolitics Quarterly" in Persian and English
36. Articles on "Transnational
American Studies within the Post-Arab Spring Context" for Special Issue of
the "Journal of Transnational American Studies (JTAS)"
37. Articles on "Critical
Reflections on Contemporary Muslim Thought and Human Rights" for
"Journal of Contemporary Poetics"
38. Contributions to "Hamsa. Journal of
Judaic and Islamic Studies"
39. Contributions to “Lamma: A Journal of Libyan Studies”
40. Articles on “Portraits/Auto-portraits in the Artistic
Practices of the Mediterranean Region: an Overlooked Site?” for the Journal:
“Regards – revue des arts du spectacle”
41. Articles on “Ijtihad and Taqlid in Sunni and Shi’i Islam”
for MIDEO Journal
42. Articles for Journal "Contemporary
Arab Affairs (CAA)"
43. Contributions to Edited Book: “Egypt in Focus: Creativity
in Adversarial Contexts”
44. Chapter Contributions to Edited Book on “Schools and
National Identities in French-speaking Africa: Political Choices, Means of
Transmission, and Appropriation”
45. New Publishing House "Falschrum
Books": Crowdfunding for "To a Syrian Prisoner of Conscience"
If
you want to distribute an announcement via DAVO-Info-Service (about 1300
recipients) and EURAMES Info Service (more than 6000 recipients, only English
and French announcements), please apply the usual format of the text with no
more than 50 words and no attachment. Please send only the most important
information to davo@geo.uni-mainz.de and
refer to further details with a link to the respective website or an email
address.
Best regards,
Guenter Meyer, Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University
of Mainz, in cooperation with the University of Sharjah/UAE
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CONFERENCES
1.
Conference on "Claiming and Making Muslim Worlds: Across
and Between the Local and the Global", Leibnitz Zentrum Moderner Orient
(ZMO), Berlin, 3-5 April 2019
The conference
marks the completion of ZMO's twelve-year research program "Muslim Worlds
- Worlds of Islam? Conceptions, Practices, and Crises of the Global".
See program at http://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/2019/Conferences/ConferenceProgramme_ClaimingAndMakingMuslimWorlds_Final.pdf Contact: MuslimWorlds2019@zmo.de
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2. Journée
d'études turques, Inalco, Paris, 5 avril 2019
Trois thématiques seront abordées: la littérature et le contemporain; le
religieux et le laïc et l'espace des migrants. La projection du film Safînat
al-hubb (Love Boat), suivie d'un débat clôturera la journée.
_____________________________________
3.
Conference on "Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval
World (1150-1550) – Including Arab-Islamic Geography", University of
Tübingen, 11-12 April 2019
The comparative perspective is
intended to capture traditional peculiarities as well as transcultural exchange
processes between the Arab-Muslim and the Latin-Christian world.
See program at
_____________________________________
4. Conference:
„The Idea of Iran: The Second Safavid Century”, SOAS, London, 11-12 May 2019
What does the Idea of Iran mean in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries? Can we discern the ways that contemporaries viewed their traditions
and their environment (natural or built); what was the view of outsiders, and
how does modern scholarship define the distinctive aspects of the period?
See program at https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cis/events/idea-of-iran/11may2019-the-idea-of-iran-the-second-safavid-century.html
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5.
Journées de la Halqa: “Dynamiques des identités musulmanes et arabes“, Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme,
Aix-en-Provence, 6-7 juin 2019
Le choix de cette approche pour les journées
annuelles de la Halqa invite
les jeunes chercheuses et chercheurs à appréhender l’intérêt de la notion
«identités». Il s’agit d’aller à l’encontre d’une utilisation décriée pour son
essentialisation. Quelles capacités heuristiques cette notion contient-elle
pour penser et travailler les mondes arabes et musulmans? Quelles
déconstructions suggère-t-elle? Quels outils méthodologiques peut-on proposer
pour la travailler?
Deadline for abstracts: 7 April 2019. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/41432
_____________________________________
6. International Conference: "Berber
(Amazigh) Cinema as a Communication Space. The mise-en-scène", INALCO,
Paris, 11 June 2019
This meeting aims to identify and analyze the elements of the mise-en-scène
of Amazigh films (images, colors, framing, sound and other audiovisual
elements), to try to understand how the films reach (or try to reach) their
narrative purpose through its audio-visual elements and composition.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2019.
Information: http://www.inalco.fr/appel-communication/cinema-berbere-amazigh-seconde-journee-etudes (French);
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7.
Conference on "Sufism and the Body", University of Utrecht,
12-13 September 2019
Drawing on recent literature
regarding sensation, embodiment, and the material turn in the study of
religion, this conference assesses the role of the human body in Sufism. It
attempts to bridge the gap between the study of the spiritual and corporeal in
Sufism by focusing on the place of the body in Sufi thought, practice,
literature, and art.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 May
2019.
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8.
Conference on "Refugees, Citizenship, and Belonging: Towards a History
of the Present", Drew University, Madison, 20-21 September 2019
The conference will place the
current "refugee crisis" in cultural, historical and political
context. We invite papers engaging with the intellectual and cultural history
of the "refugee," and related topics like home, statelessness, and
extraterritoriality.
Deadline for abstracts: 15
April 2019.
Information: http://drewhistory.org/news/dean-hopper-2019/
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9.
Conference: “Narrative Forms and
Co-Production in Arab Cinemas”, Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, 2-4 October
2019
Participants can choose one or
more topics among following: popular reception of co-produced films; Arab
cinemas and international festivals; politics of local film festivals; film
genres in co-produced cinemas; state censorship and foreign expectations;
auteur films and the co-production system; narrative norms and margins of
creation, etc.
Deadline
for abstracts: 15 April 2019. Information: https://calenda.org/581235?lang=en
_____________________________________
10. Journée d’études: “Trajectoires
militaires à travers les décolonisations Moyen-Orient, Asie, Afrique XXème
siècle”, Aix-en-Provence, 3 octobre 2019
L’objectif de cette journée
est de faire discuter des chercheurs travaillant sur des aires différentes afin
de faire émerger des points de convergence ou de contraste et d’élargir les
horizons, tout en restant attaché à l’ancrage de la réflexion dans des réalités
locales complexes. Les propositions de communication portant sur des aspects
méthodologiques de la recherche et/ou sur des espaces hors de l’Empire français
seront donc particulièrement appréciées.
Deadline
for applications: 1 June 2019.
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11.
4th Dubai – International
Conference on Social Science & Humanities (ICSSH), Dubai, 7-8 October 2019
The conference focuses on recent research trends in social sciences in
order to develop a deeper understanding of arts, culture, language, religion,
commerce, governance and society; solutions for challenges in academics and
practice ideas for cleaner, healthier and sustainable society and environment;
changes and evolution in mass media, digital media, journalism and
entertainment; etc. First timers as well as seasoned academics are invited to
submit their work.
Deadline
for abstracts: 15 May 2019.
_____________________________________
12. Conference: “Words Laying Down the Law: Translating Arabic
Legal Discourse”, Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim
Civilisations, London, 7-8 October 2019
The conference aims to set up a framework for
exploring the effects of the moment of translation on how law is applied and
understood in Arabic and/or by Arabic speakers. Scholars in the disciplines
legal anthropology, law and comparative law, legal pragmatics, sociolinguistics
and discourse analysis, politics and translation studies are invited to submit
their works.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 May 2019.
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13. Conference
on “Digital Archiving in the Arab World”, Abu Dhabi, 26-27 October 2019
The
conference’s aim is to provide an exploratory gateway of the fast-growing
interdisciplinary field of digital archiving in the Arab world. The conference
committee invites all practitioners to present their work to regarding the
following themes: management and analysis of big data in the Arab World,
manuscripts; rare books and endangered documents in the Arab World; digital
libraries in the Arab World, etc.
Deadline
for abstracts: 30 April 2019.
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14. Travel Grants for the Annual Conference of
the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA), Washington
D.C., 31 October – 2 November 2019
Grants up to $750 are offered to
scholars of the Middle East and of Africa focused on the world of Islam,
Islamism, and related issues on the continent.
Deadline for applications: 15
April 2019. Information:
_____________________________________
15. Colloque "Altérités et résistances
au prisme du genre en Méditerranée“, Aix-en-Provence, 7-9 novembre 2019
Ce colloque qui s’appuiera
sur une approche pluridisciplinaire, des démarches diachroniques et
comparatives, propose d’identifier et d’analyser les cadres propices aux changements
et aux aménagements des normes de genre et leurs effets en termes d’adaptation,
de résistances et d’évitement dans l’ensemble des contextes sociaux du bassin
méditerranéen.
Deadline
for abstracts: 15 April 2019.
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16. Colloque: "Dynamique des langues, des
discours et des cultures en contexte méditerranéen", Tlemcen, 11-12
novembre 2019
Les
contributions s’inscriront dans les axes et sous axes suivants: Productions
artistiques et diversité des représentations – Rive Sud / Rive Nord; la mer
Méditerranée dans les textes littéraires; le métissage et ses paradoxes dans
l’Histoire culturelle de la Méditerranée - altérité et discours de la
différenciation; les migrants et la Méditerranée dans les arts (littérature,
cinéma, peinture).
Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2019.
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17. Conference on "The Aftermath of the First
World War: Humanitarianism in the Mediterranean", University of Milan, 3-4
December 2019
The conference proposes a dual
shift of perspective: thematic and geographical. On the one hand, it focuses on
international relief and rehabilitation programs during and in the aftermath of
war. On the other hand, the conference specifically concerns the Mediterranean
area thereby shifting our attention away from the well-studied Northern
European and Transatlantic region.
Deadline for abstracts: 8
April 2019. Information: http://dhi-roma.it/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf-dateien/Stellenausschreibungen_Call_for_Papers/Call_for_Papers_Humanitarianism_postwar_mediterranean_def.pdf
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18. Colloque: “Humour et politique dans l’espace arabe de
la Nahda à aujourd’hui”, Nancy, 5-6 décembre 2019
Le colloque a pour ambition de mettre en lumière le
rôle de l’humour en politique dans le monde arabe. Seront envisagés, au travers
de divers types de méthodologies, trois axes majeurs: Humour de la politique et
du politique, Humour et engagement politique, Langue humour et politique.
Deadline
for abstracts: 30 May 2019.
Information:
https://crem.univ-lorraine.fr/humour-et-politique-dans-lespace-arabe-de-la-nahda-aujourdhui
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19. Conference: „About Life Paths that Call to Writing in the
Modern Arab World”, University of Lille, 20-21 November 2019
How
do different paths of life, in the modern Arab world, act as a catalyst for
writing? Three axes of communication are proposed: “Custodial paths and
writings in the modern Arab world”, “Life paths of foreigners in Arab
countries: the end of the travel story and of post-orientalism?”, and “Arab
life paths in foreign Arab countries: the writings of new exiles in the Arab
world”.
Deadline
for abstracts: 15 July 2019.
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20. Conference on „Culture and Conflict in Palestine/Israel”,
University of Florida, 1-3 February 2020
The conference brings together scholars from
the social sciences and the humanities who examine culture as a field of social
and political conflicts in the Palestinian-Israeli context. Papers accepted to
the conference should investigate cases in which specific arenas of cultural
production or consumption became political battlegrounds. These arenas could
include art, literature, cinema, theatre, music, dance, sports, and other
fields.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 April 2019.
Information: https://soccrim.clas.ufl.edu/2019/01/23/call-for-papers/
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21. Conference:
“Representing Disembarkation: Migrations, Arrivals,
Territories", Procida, Naples, 27-29 April 2020
While mainly addressing the
representation of disembarkation, arrival, and embarkation in literary writing,
we welcome papers from law studies, politics and international relations,
anthropology and history linking the figurative to wider political and legal
entanglements surrounding experiences of disembarkation on the coastlines of
Europe and beyond.
Deadline for abstracts: 1
September 2019.
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POSITIONS
22. Two Doctoral and Six Postdoctoral
Fellowships, the Museums of Islamic Art and Byzantine Ar, Berlin, etc.
Applications from all regions and
from Art History, Aesthetics, Archaeology, Anthropology/Ethnology, History and
neighbouring fields dealing with artefacts, artistic production, material
culture, and aesthetic practices relating to objects, images, languages and
architectures are welcome.
Deadline for applications: 15
April 2019.
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23. Fellowship
in Cultural and Religious History of Muslims and Christians in the Iberian
Peninsula and/or the Maghreb (9th-16th Centuries),
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Two
post-doctoral researches on any topic relating to pre-modern
Iberian Peninsula and/or the Maghreb are to be sponsored. The research area
includes expressions of masculine identity and the relationality of gender in
medieval Islamic texts; the relation between gender and religious identity and
alterity; Mudejar religiosity, etc. Requirements: PhD or equivalent.
Deadline
for applications: 30 April 2019.
Information:
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/389511
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24. Lecturer in History of the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula,
University of Exeter
Requirements: a PhD or equivalent in Middle East Studies, History, Politics, Sociology,
Anthropology, Gender Studies, Critical Studies or related fields; a strong
record in attracting funding for research. Highly desirable are experience of
field work in the Gulf and/or the Arabian Peninsula and linguistic proficiency
and/or other relevant languages.
Deadline for applications: 3
April 2019.Information: https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=536337OBXo&WVID=3817591jNg&LANG=USA
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25. Two
Lecturers/Assistant Professors in Turkish Linguistics and in Modern Turkish
Literature, University of Cyprus
Sufficient
knowledge of Greek and Turkish is required. Other requirements for appointment
depend on academic rank and include prior academic experience, research record
and scientific contributions, involvement in teaching and in the development of
high quality undergraduate and graduate curricula.
Deadline
for applications: 10 June 2019. Applications to be submitted at https://applications.ucy.ac.cy/recruitment.
Information: www.ucy.ac.cy/acad.staff.procedures
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26. Two Fully-Funded MA Fellowships, Syrian
Oral History Project, Stockton University, New Jersey
The Arab-speaking MA students
will enroll in graduate courses and independent studies at Stockton University,
and they will travel to Europe during breaks and in the summer to conduct
interviews and collect oral histories from Syrian refugees. The MA fellowship
consists of a two-year package, including full tuition and fees remission, a
stipend of $1,000 each month, and $3,000 for travel each year.
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OTHER INFORMATION
27. "Research and
Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)", Funding Opportunities by the European
Commission
The RISE scheme
promotes international and cross-sector collaboration through exchanging
research and innovation staff and sharing knowledge and ideas from research to
market (and vice-versa).
Deadline for
applications: 2 April 2019. Information: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/msca-rise-2019.html
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28. Grant for Academic Study
Related to Yemen, British-Yemeni Society
Applications for
this £500 grant are invited from anyone carrying out research in, or on Yemen,
at a British or Yemeni University. Applicants' nationality is irrelevant.
Applications may be made to assist with study in any subject or field, so long
as it is concerned with Yemen, and is for a specific qualification (e.g. BA,
MA, PhD etc.).
Deadline for
applications: 31 May 2019. Information:
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29. 2019 Prize for Best Article, Contemporary Levant
The award recognises excellent
research and scholarship that engages with current and emerging issues in the
Levant. We are looking for original unpublished articles from scholars in
different stages of their careers and from different disciplines: anthropology,
sociology, politics, religion and theology, language and linguistics cultural
studies, modern history, social geography, media, film studies and literature.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 July
2019.
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30. Appel à projets
scientifiques 2020, L'Institut français d'archéologie orientale (Ifao) du Caire
Il
s'adresse à tout chercheur, français ou étranger, qui souhaite développer des
recherches dans les domaines de compétence de l'Ifao, couvrant l'histoire de
l'Égypte, de la Préhistoire à l'époque contemporaine.
Deadline for applications: 1
July 2019. Information: http://www.ifao.egnet.net/actualites/#178
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31. Free 5-week Online Course on "The
Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction", Alwaleed Centre, University of
Edinburgh
Delivered via the FutureLearn
platform, this ground-breaking course will explore some of the diverse roles
that the Sharia and Islamic law have played in Muslim life, both historically
and today, encouraging students to think critically about the nature of
religious law and its many manifestations.
Starting on 6 May 2019,
prospective students can now sign-up and watch the trailer via the course
homepage: www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-introduction-to-the-sharia-and-islamic-law
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32. Summer School on "Identity in the
Middle East and North Africa: Actors, Strategies and Dynamics", Torino,
17-21 June 2019
The summer school critically
unpacks identity and its politicization, exploring the role they have had
across time and space to read and represent regional political and social
events. Identity is thus used to frame relevant topic such as class, the status
of minorities, State formation, sectarianism, language, and gender issues,
among others.
Deadline for applications: 20
May 2019. Information: http://www.to-asia.it/to-mideast/
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33. Stage intensif de
langue arabe, option recherche sciences humaines et sociales, Tunis, 24 juin –
19 juillet 2019
Il
s'adresse à des étudiants (masterisants et doctorants) et aux chercheurs sur le
monde arabe. Outre l'apprentissage de la langue arabe, il propose des
orientations linguistiques plus spécifiques aux recherches en SHS (enquêtes,
terrains, questionnaires, travail statistique, entretiens, retours d'enquêtes,
exploitation d'une documentation spécifique, lecture de la presse.).
Deadline for applications: 30
April 2019. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/41627
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34. Summer School on
"Post-Oil Economy – Debating and Working on Current Challenges in an
International Environment", Baku, Azerbaijan, 4-6 August 2019
The registration
process is now open to students (undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate) from
all academic backgrounds and with an interest in sustainability and development
issues, wanting to gain scientific, as well as intercultural skills. DAAD Go
East Scholarships are available for students enrolled in a German University.
Deadline for
applications: 2 June 2019.
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35. Articles for
"Geopolitics Quarterly" in Persian and English
This journal
considers academic papers that lie within geopolitics and political geography
disciplines. Academic papers in international relations, political sciences,
political economy, strategic sciences, international law and political
sociology and other disciplines with geopolitical approach are also considered.
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36. Articles on
"Transnational American Studies within the Post-Arab Spring Context"
for Special Issue of the "Journal of Transnational American Studies
(JTAS)"
Papers are
invited on: The post-Arab Spring dynamics and its impact on American Studies as
a field of study and its teaching outside the US. The racialization of Islam
within a continuum of imperialism and fight for civil rights and liberation.
How Arabs, Americans, African Americans and other groups construct national and
transnational identities in light of local, regional, and global bio- and
geo-politics, etc.
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37. Articles on "Critical
Reflections on Contemporary Muslim Thought and Human Rights" for
"Journal of Contemporary Poetics"
The journal
invites scholars working in the fields of history, cultural studies, political
science, psychology, religious studies, critical theory, film and media
studies, literature and languages, postcolonial studies, and law to present
fresh insights into the debate.
Deadline for
full papers: 7 April 2019.
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38. Contributions to "Hamsa. Journal of
Judaic and Islamic Studies"
The main aim is to create a virtual
multi-disciplinary space in which all perspectives of the History, Language and
Literature of Jews and Muslims can converge, as well as themes on Judaism and
Islam in general. There is a special focus on Iberian Muslims and Jews and
their Diaspora, entraining a comparative analysis of historiographical,
philosophical, anthropological and sociological discourses.
Deadline for papers: 30 April
2019. Information: https://calenda.org/498690
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39. Contributions to “Lamma: A Journal of Libyan Studies”
For this issue of Lamma, we aim to bring
together scholars who work on understanding, analyzing, comparing, or theorizing
migration, smuggling, and trafficking into, across, and out of Libya. Papers
which address under-researched, misunderstood, or overlooked aspects and
intersections of migration, borders, and movement within, throughout, and
across the Libyan space are particularly welcome.
Deadline for full papers: 1
May 2019. Information: https://lammajournal.com/2019/01/17/call-for-papers-migration-trafficking-and-libya/
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40. Articles on
“Portraits/Auto-portraits in the Artistic Practices of the Mediterranean
Region: an Overlooked Site?” for the Journal: “Regards – revue des arts du
spectacle”
We aim to address the question
of the pertinence of the portrait and the auto-portrait in the socio-cultural
and political contexts of a specific artistic practice, within the Arab
countries and, by extension, the countries of the Mediterranean as primary
sites of analysis. What roles do those pictural conventions play in Memory
Studies of societies going through crisis? What does it reveal of the role and
place of the artist within his/her own society?
Deadline for full papers: 15
April 2019. Information: https://calenda.org/534740
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41. Articles on “Ijtihad and Taqlid in Sunni and Shi’i Islam”
for MIDEO Journal
This issue will explore various,
yet related concepts. We will highlight theological discourses arguing for
their legitimacy, refutation, as well as those that explore their articulation.
Beyond the rivalry between these two approaches, it will be necessary to see if
there exists a continuum between them, and that although
their perspectives are competing and partisan, they are in fact not
incompatible.
Deadline for full papers: 15 January 2020. Information: https://www.ideo-cairo.org/en/2018/11/iǧtihad-and-taqlid-in-sunni-and-siʿi-islam/
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42. Articles for Journal "Contemporary
Arab Affairs (CAA)"
The editors of this peer-reviewed
journal published by the Centre for Arab Unity Studies and University of
California Press, invite authors to submit original multidisciplinary articles
on the Arab World (5,000-7,000 words) to the editor at caa@caus.org.lb.
Deadline for manuscripts: 31
December 2019. Information: http://caa.ucpress.edu/content/submit
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43. Contributions to Edited Book: “Egypt in Focus: Creativity
in Adversarial Contexts”
The current socio-political situation in Egypt
raises fundamental questions about the state of the arts and the future of
literature and culture in the country. This special volume examines the complex
paradoxical predicament of a seemingly irrepressible expressive context under
the thralls of an imposed gloomy hush. It also addresses how individuals and
institutions navigate the inflicted muteness through different strategies.
Deadline for full papers: 1 August 2019. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2019/02/07/special-issue-of-the-journal-of-the-african-literature-association
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44. Chapter Contributions to Edited Book on “Schools and
National Identities in French-speaking Africa: Political Choices, Means of
Transmission, and Appropriation”
The volume will be published
by Routledge in the Series “Perspectives on Education in Africa” in 2020.
Deadline for abstracts: 4 May
2019. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/41709
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45. New Publishing House "Falschrum
Books": Crowdfunding for "To a Syrian Prisoner of Conscience"
DAVO-member Stefan Maneval has
recently founded the not-for-profit publishing house "Falschrum
Books" committed to the idea of connecting visual artists and authors from
different parts of the world and bringing the Arab-speaking world closer to
Western audiences. The first publication, Gregory Carlock's "To a Syrian
Prisoner of Conscience", is funded with a crowdfunding campaign on
Kickstarter.
you can read more, and support
Falschrum by buying a signed copy of the book in advance.
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