jeudi 30 mai 2019

Le "tirailleur sénégalais", διάλεξη στην Αθήνα


Διάλεξη
Kathleen Gyssels
Καθηγήτρια Μεταποικιακών Σπουδών Πανεπιστημίου Αμβέρσας (Βέλγιο)
(Postcolonial Studies on Francophone World, University of Antwerp)


"Le "tirailleur sénégalais"
dans la littérature francophone des Antilles"


Παρασκευή, 31 Μαΐου 2019, ώρα 1 μμ, 
αμφιθέατρο 436, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή, Πανεπιστημιούπολη Ζωγράφου

          στα πλαίσια του μαθήματος
           ‘Γαλλόφωνη λογοτεχνία του αραβικού κόσμου’
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lundi 27 mai 2019

EURAMES Info Service 21/2019


CONFERENCES

1.    11th Conference of the Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies: "Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the Middle East", University of Helsinki, 14-16 August 2019

2.    Open panel on "US Encounters with the Maghreb and the Mashreq: Inclusions, Interactions, and Turn Aways," SDS Foreign Languages and Literatures, Ragusa, 26-28 September 2019.

3.    Second Conference of the Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS) on "Islam and Society: Challenges and Prospects", Western Sydney University, 30 September - 1 October 2019

4.    Journée d'études : "Trajectoires militaires à travers les décolonisations Moyen-Orient, Asie, Afrique XXème siècle", Aix-en-Provence, 3 octobre 2019

5.    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

6.    Workshop: “Beyond ‘Sectarianism‘? Towards an Alternative Understanding of Identity Politics and Communal Antagonism”, University of Cambridge, 24-25 October 2019

7.    First Biennial "Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies", Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, 10-11 November 2019

8.    Colloque : "Dynamique des langues, des discours et des cultures en contexte méditerranéen", Tlemcen, 11-12 novembre 2019

9.    Conference: "About Life Paths that Call to Writing in the Modern Arab World", University of Lille, 20-21 November 2019

10.  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

11.  Colloque : "Humour et politique dans l'espace arabe de la Nahda à aujourd'hui", Nancy, 5-6 décembre 2019

12.  Conference: "Representing Disembarkation: Migrations, Arrivals, Territories", Procida, Naples, 27-29 April 2020


POSITIONS

13.  6 Postdoctoral and 1 PhD Research positions, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin

14.  Visiting Professorship, Kuwait Program, School of International Affairs at Sciences Po, Paris, Spring 2020

15.  PhD Studentship: Project: “Creating an Alternative Umma: Clerical Authority and Religio-Political Mobilisation in Transnational Shii Islam”, University of Birmingham

16.  Associate Professorship in Arab and Islamic Studies, Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University

17.  Two Lecturers/Assistant Professors in Turkish Linguistics and in Modern Turkish Literature, University of Cyprus

18.  Three Home-Based Experts for Socioeconomic Study on Libya, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

19.  Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Ottoman History, University of California, Los Angeles

20.  Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville


OTHER INFORMATION

21.  Short-Term Research Grants, Center for Islam in the Contemporary World, Shenandoah University

22.  Grant for Academic Study Related to Yemen, British-Yemeni Society

23.  Master of Science: "Economics of the Middle East (EMEA)", University of Marburg

24.  MA in Applied Islamic Ethics, College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

25.  Summer School on "Post-Oil Economy - Debating and Working on Current Challenges in an International Environment", Baku, Azerbaijan, 4-6 August 2019

26.  Summer Course: “Islamicate Digital Humanities for Scholars in Manuscript Studies”, University of Hamburg, 14-18 August 2019

27.  Appel à projets scientifiques 2020, L'Institut français d'archéologie orientale (Ifao) du Caire

28.  Articles for "Geopolitics Quarterly" in Persian and English

29.  Articles for Journal "Contemporary Arab Affairs (CAA)"

30.  Contributions to Edited Book: "Egypt in Focus: Creativity in Adversarial Contexts"

31.  2019 Prize for Best Article, Contemporary Levant

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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.    11th Conference of the Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies: "Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the Middle East", University of Helsinki, 14-16 August 2019

The NSMES conference will include almost 50 panels and roundtables on physical boundaries, identity, religion, gender, immigration, minorities and many other phenomena. We invite the audience to register to the triannual Nordic conference on Middle Eastern studies.

Deadline for registration: 5 August 2019.

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2.    Open Panel on "US Encounters with the Maghreb and the Mashreq: Inclusions, Interactions, and Turn Aways," SDS Foreign Languages and Literatures, Ragusa, 26-28 September 2019.

This panel aims at exploring US encounters, engagements, and (failed) interactions with North Africa and the Middle East through a variety of lenses, including ethnographic, cultural, and historical.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2019. Contact: lisa.marchi@unitn.it

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3.    Second Conference of the Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS) on "Islam and Society: Challenges and Prospects", Western Sydney University, 30 September - 1 October 2019

The conference will bring together scholars from law, politics, sociology, religious studies, geography, philosophy and theology. It will feature international and local keynotes who are leading scholars in their fields.

Deadline for abstracts: 14 June 2019. Contact: Professor Linda Briskman (l.briskman@westernsydney.edu.au)

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4.    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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5.    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.



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6.    Workshop: “Beyond ‘Sectarianism‘? Towards an Alternative Understanding of Identity Politics and Communal Antagonism”, University of Cambridge, 24-25 October 2019

This workshop will bring together scholars working on issues of individual and group identity in order to work towards building a common conceptual and theoretical tool kit for the study of intra-communal antagonism. Papers are welcomed from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, including those that focus on the conceptual, epistemological, ontological, and ethical implications of the term “sectarianism”.



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7.    First Biennial "Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies", Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, 10-11 November 2019

Panel proposals and abstracts related to all major fields of Iranian Studies. The themes include 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/?lang=en

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8.    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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9.    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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10.  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.

Deadline for abstracts: 12 June 2019. Information: https://cest2019.univie.ac.at

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11.  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.


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12.  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.



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POSITIONS

13.  6 Postdoctoral and 1 PhD Research positions, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin

Within the new research program "Thinking through Translocal Entanglements: Perspectives from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East" (2020-2024) candidates should pursue individual projects for 3-5 years in addition to contributing actively to the overall programme of the Centre. In addition to the disciplines already represented at ZMO, we encourage specialists from Political Science, Sociology, Cultural Geography, and Economic History/Economic Anthropology to apply.

Deadline for application: 2 June 2019. Information: https://www.zmo.de/forschung/ResearchProgramme2020-24.pdf.
Contact Dr. Silke Nagel (zmo@zmo.de)

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14.  Visiting Professorship, Kuwait Program, School of International Affairs at Sciences Po, Paris, Spring 2020

Starting end of January 2020, 5-month contract; open to full-time faculty members of professorial rank at their home institution. Seeking experts on Middle East or Gulf Region in political economy, human development, urbanism, environment, legislative cycles or health.

Application deadline: 1 September 2019.

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15.  PhD Studentship in the Project: “Creating an Alternative Umma: Clerical Authority and Religio-Political Mobilisation in Transnational Shii Islam”, University of Birmingham

The PhD student will work on the use of new media such as global satellite channels, based in the Middle East and in Europe, to articulate Shii communal identities in the public arena since 2003. Fluency in Arabic is required and a background in the relevant field of research with knowledge of Persian desirable.


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16.  Associate Professorship in Arab and Islamic Studies, Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University

We are looking for scholars with a strong research profile in the modern or contemporary Arab or Islamic world, and with a research record that includes research focusing on some aspect of Shia Islam in the Arab world. Research related to globalisation, transnationalism or transregionalism which includes aspects of Islam would also be an advantage.

Deadline for applications: 13 June 2019. Contact: Marianne Birn (mbb@cas.au.dk)

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17.  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.


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18.  Three Home-Based Experts for Socioeconomic Study on Libya, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA


19.  Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Ottoman History, University of California, Los Angeles

This position at the rank of assistant professor in 16th through mid-19th century Ottoman history will begin on 1 July 2020. All candidates should have completed their PhD in history no later than 30 June 2020.

Deadline for applications: 15 October 2019. Information: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF04522


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20.  Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

One-year, non-tenure-track lectureship, commencing 1 August 2019. The successful applicant will be able to teach World Civilization after 1500 and upper division courses in the area of specialty. Ph.D. in history or a related field must be in hand before the position begins.

Deadline for applications: 15 July 2019. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58500

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OTHER INFORMATION

21.  Short-Term Research Grants, Center for Islam in the Contemporary World, Shenandoah University

Applications are invited for short-term research grants for Summer and Fall 2020. Maximum amount for short-term research grant is $2,500 for faculty/post-doctoral applicants and $2,000 for graduate students. These grants are meant to support research and writing by individual scholars and advanced graduate students in the US and Canada. Grants could include funding for travel, research support, publication and dissemination of results.

Deadline for applications: 31 December 2019. Information: https://www.contemporaryislam.org/research-grants.html


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22.  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: http://b-ys.org.uk/activities/bys-academic-grant

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23.  Master of Science: "Economics of the Middle East (EMEA)", University of Marburg

The program offers a wide range of courses focusing on economic, social and geopolitical issues of the Middle East and North Africa region, which equips students with the theoretical and empirical knowledge necessary to start a professional or academic career in this growing field of study.

Deadline for application: 15 July 2019. Information: www.uni-marburg.de/emea

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24.  MA in Applied Islamic Ethics, College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha

The program addresses how Islam, as a world religion with a rich moral heritage, engages with and contributes to the global moral discourse. Its strong interdisciplinary character combines between in-depth knowledge of both theoretical and applied ethics rooted in the Islamic tradition.

Deadline for applications: 15 June 2019. Information: https://www.hbku.edu.qa/en/cis/ma-applied-islamic-ethics

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25.  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. Information: http://asoiu.edu.az/az/page/44-adnsu-yay-mektebi-2019

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26.  Summer Course: “Islamicate Digital Humanities for Scholars in Manuscript Studies”, University of Hamburg, 14-18 August 2019

This course is for graduate students and researchers who work with manuscript materials in Arabic script and want to learn how to apply digital technology in their research. It includes both theoretical and practical sessions on digital encoding and editing of manuscript texts, data annotation, search and visualization.

Deadline for applications: 24 June 2019. Information: https://www.cobhuni.uni-hamburg.de/en/news-and-events/summerschool19.html


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27.  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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28.  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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29.  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.

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30.  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.

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31.  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. Information: http://cbrl.ac.uk/news/item/name/call-for-papers-2019-prize-for-best-article

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