CONFERENCES
1. Conference:
"Grand Strategy: Mapping the Contemporary Middle East", SGIA, Durham
University, 4-5 September 2019
2. Conference: “Regime-Critical Media and Arab Diaspora: Challenges and
Opportunities post-Arab Spring”, University of Copenhagen, 5-6 September 2019
3. 26th
International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)
Combined with the Conference of the Section for Islam Studies of the Deutsche
Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG), Hamburg, 3-5 October 2019
4. International
Workshop: "Theological, Legal and Political Responses to Salafism",
Charles University, Prague, 15 November 2019
5. Workshop
on “Climate Justice and Migration: Mobility, Development and Displacement in
the Global South”, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 26-27 November 2019
6. Conference:
"Narrative and Ethics: The Morals of the Qurʾanic Stories and
Beyond", The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE),
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, 27-29 January 2020
7. 7th Annual Workshop of New Directions in
Palestine Studies: “Who Owns Palestine?”, Brown University, 6-7 March 2020
8. 13th
Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 6-9 April 2020,
Athens, Greece
9. International
Conference “Crossroads: European Cultural Diplomacy and Eastern Christianity in
Syria and Palestine: A Connected History in Late Ottoman Times and the British
Mandate”, Thessaloniki, 14-15 May 2020
10. International Workshop: “Crime and its Investigation in
Imperial Contexts: Africa and the Middle East”, Ben Gurion University of the
Negev, 1-2 June 2020
11. 24th
Conference of the Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes,
Thessaloniki, 23-27 June 2020
12.
7th
Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies Centre for Visual Arts and Research,
Nicosia, 2-4 July 2020
13. 4th
European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies
("Turkologentag"), University of Mainz, 16-18 September 2020
POSITIONS
14. Research
Fellowship in the Study of the Islamic World, University of Oxford
15. Assistant Professor of History (c.950 – c.1250), Durham
University
16. Visiting
Professorship, Kuwait Program, School of International Affairs at Sciences Po,
Paris
17. Humanities
Multi-Year Research Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World, New York
University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)
18. Assistant
Professor (Tenure-Track) in Ottoman History, University of California, Los
Angeles
19. Five
Full-time Positions as Research Associate and Visiting Faculty for Women's
Studies in Religion Program 2020-21, Harvard Divinity School
20. Tenure-Track
Position in Comparative Politics of the Middle East, Colorado College
21. Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Social Sciences with
a Focus on Muslim Societies, Stanford University
22. Assistant or Associate Professor of Iranian Studies,
University of California, Berkeley
23. Position in Assyrian Studies, University of California,
Berkeley
24. Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Modern Middle East
History, Yale University
25. Junior Chair (Tenure-Track) in Iranian Studies, University
of Southern California
26. Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in the Study of Islam in
Africa, University of Chicago
27. Part-Time Position, Gender Studies with a Focus on South
Asia, Columbia University
OTHER
INFORMATION
28. Nominations for MESA Undergraduate Education Award
29. Richard Gillespie Mediterranean Prize of the Journal
"Mediterranean Politics" for the Best Research Article on the
Contemporary Social and Political Dynamics of the Mediterranean Region
30. Graduate Student Article Prize of Women Historians of the
Middle East
31. Articles
on “The State of Islam amidst the Growth of the European Far-Right” for Special
Issue of “Islamic Perspective Journal”
32. Articles for the First Issue of the Journal "Modern
Islamic Studies" on "Islam and/or Tradition? Traditional Islam and Islamic Traditions in the Eastern Europe"
33. Articles
for "Zeitschrift für Recht & Islam / Journal of Law & Islam"
34. Articles
for Journal "Contemporary Arab Affairs (CAA)"
35. Articles
for Edited Book on "New Arab Atheism"
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CONFERENCES
1. Conference: "Grand Strategy:
Mapping the Contemporary Middle East", SGIA, Durham University, 4-5
September 2019
This
conference will map the historic and conceptual underpinnings of Grand Strategy
as it has developed across the contemporary Middle East, drawing on the
disciplines of diplomatic history, international relations, foreign policy
decision-making, political economy and area studies.
Conference
attendance is free, but registration is necessary.
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2. Conference: “Regime-Critical
Media and Arab Diaspora: Challenges and Opportunities post-Arab Spring”,
University of Copenhagen, 5-6 September 2019
The overall
questions are: how do regime-critical media produced for the Middle Eastern or
North-African audiences meet new challenges and opportunities? How do Middle
Eastern and North-African diaspora groups mobilize politically and engage in
transnational political activities? How does the audiences’ use of
regime-critical media influences political action formation in diaspora?
Conference
attendance is free, but registration is necessary. Deadline for registration
extended to 31 August 2019. Information: https://ccrs.ku.dk/calendar/2019/regime-critical-media-and-arab-diaspora/
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3. 26th International
Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) Combined with the
Conference of the Section for Islam Studies of the Deutsche Morgenländische
Gesellschaft (DMG), Hamburg, 3-5 October 2019
Registration
for participation is possible until the start of the conference and onsite.
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4. International Workshop:
"Theological, Legal and Political Responses to Salafism", Charles
University, Prague, 15 November 2019
This workshop
will focus upon wider religious, cultural and political strategies in facing
the Salafi proselytising in EU, the Balkans, Maghreb, Indonesia and beyond. The
aim is to map places of contention between global Salafism and local
institutions and traditions, to identify actors that formulate responses and to
explore concrete ways in which states, religious, educational and cultural
institutions, civic and Islamic groups develop strategies to counter or deal
with the Salafi ideological pressure and influence.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 September 2019. Information:
https://kbv.ff.cuni.cz/cs/2019/07/18/theological-legal-and-political-responses-to-salafism-call-for-participation/
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5. Workshop on “Climate Justice and
Migration: Mobility, Development and Displacement in the Global South”,
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 26-27 November 2019
Country-based
studies from urban and/or rural localities and regions in Asia, Africa and the
Middle East are welcome; so too are alternative framings that allow for the
study of connections, networks and pathways of mobility that go beyond the
borders of nation-states.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2019.
Information: https://www.zmo.de/Ausschreibungen/calls%20for%20papers/CfP_Workshop_Climate%20justice%20and%20migration_2019.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3wQAjLDeEX-WhrXBJjmTtW5_NrMmzvnPzYrIFbtky6cvV-V9JVhlEZRew
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6. Conference: "Narrative and
Ethics: The Morals of the Qurʾanic Stories and Beyond", Research Center
for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha,
27-29 January 2020
This conference aims at calling the
attention to the narratives of the Quran and their rich potential as sources of
moral orientation and ethical reasoning. The ethical study of the qurʾanic
narratives is per se an interreligious and interdisciplinary enterprise. The
ethical study of the religious narrative is not only useful for the moral
theory, but for several growing fields, like psychotherapy, bioethics and
environmental ethics, not to mention education and pastoral care.
Deadline for
abstracts: 29 August 2019. Information: https://www.cilecenter.org/resources/news/deadline-extended-call-research-papers-narrative-and-ethics-morals-quranic-stories
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7. 7th
Annual Workshop of New Directions in Palestine Studies: “Who Owns Palestine?”,
Brown University, 6-7 March 2020
This workshop invites papers on the past, present, and future
of ownership and on what it means to “own” Palestine. On the material level,
the use and distribution of immovable property in the context of gender,
generation, and class relations pre-date colonial rule and structure the
different struggles against settler colonialism. Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 4 November 2019.
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8. 13th Annual International
Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 6-9 April 2020, Athens, Greece
The aim of the conference is to
bring together academics and researchers from all areas of Mediterranean
Studies, such as history, arts, archaeology, philosophy, culture, sociology,
politics, international relations, economics, business, sports, environment and
ecology, etc.
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9. International Conference “Crossroads:
European Cultural Diplomacy and Eastern Christianity in Syria and Palestine: A
Connected History in Late Ottoman Times and the British Mandate”, Thessaloniki,
14-15 May 2020
The conference
aims to define and analyze how cultural diplomacy was deployed by the European
powers in interwar Palestine and Syria. It questions how these policies
impacted the cultural identification of indigenous Christians in a comparison
with their fellow Palestinian and Syrian compatriots. This conference will
focus on attempts at ideological and political domination by multiple actors,
each with a diversity of diplomatic and cultural ends.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4316854/european-cultural-diplomacy-and-eastern-christianity-late
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10. International
Workshop: “Crime and its Investigation in Imperial Contexts: Africa and the
Middle East”, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 1-2 June 2020
We invite scholars working on
colonial and non-colonial empires in Africa and the Middle East, including the
Ottoman, Safavid and Qajar Empires, to submit relevant proposals for an
international workshop on the subject. We are interested in papers examining
the world of the criminals, surveillance of criminals, witness interrogations,
the use of forensic science, psychological aspects of crime investigations,
etc, from the 18th through the 20th century.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2019. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4277737/crime-and-its-investigation-imperial-contexts-africa-and-middle
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11. 24th Conference of the
Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes, Thessaloniki, 23-27
June 2020
The aim is to
provide a platform of a high scholarly level, which will promote the knowledge
and sustain the memory of Ottoman history. The organizers encourage panels and
individual papers on the following topics: the Ottoman Empire in the Age of
Revolutions; Sources: New Interpretations and Approaches; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2019. Information:
https://www.univie.ac.at/ciepo/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CIEPO24_1st_Circular.pdf
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12. 7th
Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Centre for Visual Arts and
Research, Nicosia, 2-4 July 2020
We welcome papers on issues such as the impact of
the late Crusades and Papal policies on relations between the Mamluk Sultanate
and Cyprus or Latin Europe more generally; Mamluk-Byzantine relations; Islamic
concepts of imperial and international law (dār al-ḥarb and beyond); European
trade and diplomacy; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 31
October 2019. Information: http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference.html
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13. 4th European Convention
on Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies ("Turkologentag"), University
of Mainz, 16-18 September 2020
We are inviting proposals for papers
in the domains of language, literature, history, culture, society, politics,
and philology of the Turks and the Turkic peoples. Conference languages are
English, German, and Turkish.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April
2020. Information:
http://www.turkologentag-2020.de/Call_for_Papers.html
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POSITIONS
14. Research Fellowship in the Study of
the Islamic World, 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.
Deadline for applications: 28 August 2019. Information:
https://www.oxcis.ac.uk/sites/www.oxcis.ac.uk/files/inline-files/190718_fullad_research_fellow.pdf
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15. Assistant
Professor of History (c.950 –c.1250), Durham University
Applicants
must demonstrate research excellence in the field of history c. 950 – c. 1250,
with the ability to teach our students to an exceptional standard and to fully
engage in the services, citizenship and values of the University.
Deadline for applications: 31 October 2019. Information:
https://www.dur.ac.uk/jobs/recruitment/vacancies/hist20-3/?utm_source=misc?utm_campaign=arc2019
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16. Visiting Professorship, Kuwait
Program, School of International Affairs at Sciences Po, Paris
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.
Deadline for
applications: 1 September 2019.
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17. Humanities Multi-Year Research
Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World, New York University Abu Dhabi
(NYUAD)
The program
aims in particular to build a center of outstanding research capacity in areas
of the Humanities that are relevant for the study of the Arabic world. Eligible
candidates for the senior fellowships have an outstanding scholarly
accomplishment. Mid-career scholars with strong publication records and
exceptional scholarly promise may be considered in this category. Eligible
candidates for the research fellowships are intended especially for young
scholars who wish to turn their doctoral dissertations into book manuscripts.
Deadline for applications: 1 September 2019. Information:
https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/centers-labs-and-projects/humanities-research-fellowship-program.html
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18. 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.
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19. Five Full-time Positions as Research
Associate and Visiting Faculty for Women's Studies in Religion Program 2020-21,
Harvard Divinity School
Proposals for book-length research
projects utilizing both religion and gender as central categories of analysis
and focusing on any religion are welcomed. Applicants must have received their
PhD by 1 October 2019.
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20. Tenure-Track Position in Comparative
Politics of the Middle East, Colorado College
The position
requires expertise in the Middle East and North Africa, broadly defined.
Crucial to the position is potential for, and commitment to, excellence in
scholarship as well as in teaching at a liberal arts institution.
Deadline for
applications: 15 September 2019. Information: https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000491966-01
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21. Assistant
Professor (Tenure-Track) in Social Sciences with a Focus on Muslim Societies,
Stanford University
Stanford University invites applications for a
tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position focused on the culture,
economics or politics of Muslim societies. We especially welcome applications
from scholars who are studying Muslim societies in Iran and Central Asia, as
well as South, Southeast and East Asia.
Deadline for applications: 25 October 2019. Information:
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14164
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22. Assistant or
Associate Professor of Iranian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Applications are encouraged from
scholars with rigorous training in the languages and cultures (textual and/or
material) of Iran (broadly defined) and with a research specialization within
the period from antiquity to the advent of Islam. Preference will be given to
individuals whose research has strong philological and/or material cultural
foundations.
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23.
Position
in Assyrian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Applications are encouraged from
scholars with rigorous training in any period of Assyrian culture, art, or
language (including, but not limited to, ancient Assyria, Syriac studies,
Neo-Aramaic, and modern Assyrian diaspora). Preference will be given to
individuals whose research has strong foundations in philology, art history, or
material culture studies. Those in the field of Diaspora Studies are also
encouraged to apply.
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24. Assistant/Associate/Full
Professor in Modern Middle East History, Yale University
The successful candidate may be
appointed at the rank of full or associate professor with tenure, or at the
rank of untenured assistant professor, beginning on 1 July 2020. Applications
are invited from senior scholars who have demonstrated exceptional scholarship
and teaching as well as leadership in their field. Applications are also
invited from early-career historians with strong potential for achievement in
scholarship and undergraduate and graduate teaching.
The review of applications will
begin 15 October 2019, and continue until the position is filled. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/66542
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25. Junior Chair
(Tenure-Track) in Iranian Studies, University of Southern California
We are looking for a specialist of
modern Iran with a social science orientation. Applicants with training in
anthropology, sociology, political economy, environmental studies, urban
studies, or geography will be considered. Applicants must have received their
Ph.D. by 15 August 2020, the start date of the position.
Review of complete applications will begin on 15 September 2019. Information:
https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/farhang-foundation-junior-chair-in-iranian-studies/1209/12723560
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26. Assistant/Associate/Full
Professor in the Study of Islam in Africa, University of Chicago
We are particularly interested in
candidates with scholarly expertise in Islamic religious thought and practice
in Africa who are also deeply engaged in one or more of the following areas of
inquiry: interactions between Islam and other African religious traditions
(such as Ifá or Christianity) or between different Islamic traditions (Sufism,
Salafism, Shi'ism, Ahmadiyya, etc); poetic, literary, and artistic expression;
race and ethnicity; gender; colonialism and post-colonialism; and
globalization.
Review of applications will begin on
15 September 2019 and continue until all positions are filled or the search is
closed. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/66490
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27. Part-Time
Position, Gender Studies with a Focus on South Asia, Columbia University
The Columbia University invites
applications for a part-time position from scholars working on gender issues in
South Asia in any field – history, anthropology, public health, religion,
literature and the arts, etc. This is an adjunct appointment for up to two
terms, beginning in Spring 2020, or Fall 2020 (one class per term, up to two
terms). Interested candidates must hold a PhD at the time of appointment.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2019. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58857
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OTHER INFORMATION
28. Nominations
for MESA Undergraduate Education Award
The Award recognizes outstanding
scholarship on teaching or other material contributions to undergraduate
education in Middle East Studies. Nominators should explicitly state how the
nominee's contributions help educators master the craft of teaching Middle East
Studies to undergraduates or adds new dimensions to how Middle East Studies is
taught to undergraduates.
Deadline for Nominations: 31 August 2019. Information: https://mesana.org/awards/category/mesa-undergraduate-education-award/ug-ed-award-nomination-guidelines
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29. Richard
Gillespie Mediterranean Prize of the Journal "Mediterranean Politics"
for the Best Research Article on the Contemporary Social and Political Dynamics
of the Mediterranean Region
We welcome contributions on politics
and international relations as well as economics, human geography, sociology,
anthropology and other relevant disciplines in the humanities and social
sciences.
Deadline for submissions: 31
December 2019. Information: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/journal-prize-richard-gillespie-mediterranean-prize/
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30. Graduate
Student Article Prize of Women Historians of the Middle East
WHOME announces its annual prize for
the best article about Middle Eastern history written by a female identifying
graduate student (Masters or PhD). The award aims to bring attention to the
innovative scholarship women are producing in the field. The nominee must not
have been awarded a Doctorate prior to 1 January 2019.
Deadline for applications: 6 September 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/4326542/whome-graduate-student-article-prize-call-applications-and
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31. Articles on “The State of Islam
amidst the Growth of the European Far-Right” for Special Issue of “Islamic
Perspective Journal”
Deadline extended until 15 September
2019. Information: Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. (dbyrd@olivetcollege.edu)
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32. Articles on "Islam
and/or Tradition? Traditional Islam and Islamic Traditions in the Eastern Europe" for the First Issue of the Journal
"Modern Islamic Studies" on
Taken in a broad geographical sense,
we are seeking for the papers addressing history and modernity of Muslims in
the area from Balkans and Crimea on the South, Baltia on the North and Caucasus
on the East, where indigenous Muslim population and traditions are represented.
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33. Articles for "Zeitschrift für
Recht & Islam / Journal of Law & Islam"
The peer
reviewed Journal covers theoretical legal debate as well as the practical
application of both secular and Islamic laws. It considers the historical
development as well as the interaction of "secular" and Islamic laws
in different contexts, and covers key phenomena affecting academic discourse,
legislation and legal practice in the relevant states. Languages: German,
English or French.
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34. 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.
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35. Articles for Edited Book on
"New Arab Atheism"
Atheism in the
Arab world became known to a wider public in the last decades. Esp., New
Atheism inspired by Atheism of Dawkins et al. is influential among Arab
Atheists today. This volume intends to open up a new field of research. Editors
Rüdiger Lohlker and Tamara Abu-Hamdeh (both Oriental Institute, University of
Vienna, Austria).
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