lundi 7 octobre 2019

EURAMES Info Service 40/2019


CONFERENCES

1.    Online Meeting: “Islamicate Digital Humanities”, Islamicate Digital Humanities Network (IDHN), 6 November 2019

2.    Conference “Regaining Lost Knowledge – Connecting Research at Home and in Exile” of the Network “Academics in Solidarity”, Freie Universita Berlin, 21-22 November 2019

3.    Panel on “Geo-ethnographic Research in the Indian Ocean” during the Conference “Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future”, British Museum, SOAS, London, 4-7 June 2020

4.    Colloque international : "Les représentations paysagères dans les littératures du monde arabe et du Proche-Orient", INALCO-CERMOM, Paris, 5-6 juin 2020

5.    Conference: "Global Cities: Middle Eastern Metropoles 2020", University of London, 17-19 June 2020

6.    7th Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies Centre for Visual Arts and Research, Nicosia, 2-4 July 2020

7.    51st International Conference of the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on "The Cultural Heritage of the Aramaeans B.C.: History, Literature, and Archaeology", Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 20-22 July 2020

8.    52nd  International Conference of the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on "The Decapolis: History and Archaeology", Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 27-29 July 2020

9.    Panel on "Cultural Heritage Eco-systems in the MENA Region: Actors, Networks and Future Agendas" for the Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies Futures, University College London, 26-30 August 2020


POSITIONS

10.  Research Fellowships in Global History, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Summer Term 2020

11.  Tenure-track Professorship in Turkic Languages and Literatures from Early Modern to Present Time, University of Vienna and Austrian Academy of Sciences

12.  CAORC Humanities Fellow / Coordinator at CEMAT, Tunis

13.  Tenure-track Assistant Professor in History of the Islamic World before 1800, GENESEO, State University of New York

14.  Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Studies on Islam prior to 1800, Columbia University, Department of Religion

15.  Assistant Professor in Global Race/Ethnicity and Inequality (Focus Middle East), University of California, Santa Barbara

16.  Assistant Professor in the History of the Islamic World, University of Texas at San Antonio

17.  Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Stetson University, DeLand, FL

18.  Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Arabic, Pennsylvania State University

19.  Fung Global Fellows Program on "Thinking Globally" for Scholars Residing Outside of the USA, Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton

20.  One-Year Postdoctoral Fellowships on "Migration and the Humanities", 2020-2021, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University

21.  Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in the Social Sciences with a Focus on Muslim Societies, Stanford

22.  Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the History of the Medieval Mediterranean World, Department of History, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee


OTHER INFORMATION

23.  Call for Projects in the Priority Program "Transottomanica: Eastern European-Ottoman-Persian Mobility Dynamics" for 2020-2023

24.  Arabic Culture and Language Program at Bar-Ilan University, 23 December 2019 – 9 January 2020

25.  Persian Language Winter School, ASPIRANTUM-School of Languages and Cultures, Yerevan, Armenia, 1-21 December 2019

26.  Articles on “Political Economy of Research in Social Sciences in the Arab World” for Special Issue of the Journal "Civil Society Review"


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

____________________


CONFERENCES

1.    Online Meeting: “Islamicate Digital Humanities”, Islamicate Digital Humanities Network (IDHN), 6 November 2019

We are calling for contributions from both members and guests employing digital methods in their research within the Islamicate Studies and Linguistics. To contribute, send an email to info@idhn.org with the title and a description of your presentation. We encourage submissions from those in Graduate School or beyond.

For more information, see www.idhn.org/membersmeeting

_____________________________________


2.    Conference “Regaining Lost Knowledge – Connecting Research at Home and in Exile” of the Network “Academics in Solidarity”, Freie Universita Berlin, 21-22 November 2019

More than 80 displaced and endangered scholars will present their research to a wider community in order to bring them together with established scholars and mentors and expand their professional and academic networks. The conference will also promote the exchange among key stakeholders representing support programs for at-risk scholars, research funding organizations, expert community and AiS partner institutions in Germany, Lebanon and Jordan.

Provisional program at http://www.academicsinsolidarity.net. Registration at emil.bauer@fu-berlin.de by 31 October 2019.

__________________________________________


3.    Panel on “Geo-ethnographic Research in the Indian Ocean” during the Conference “Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future”, British Museum, SOAS, London, 4-7 June 2020

Convenors: Veronika Cummings (University of Mainz), Franziska Fay (Goethe University Frankfurt). This panel focuses on the potential and limitations of geo-ethnographic research in the Indian Ocean region. We seek to explore geographers' and anthropologists' methodological use of (visual) research tools like photography or mapping to engage with concepts like mobility, belonging, or identity.

Deadline for abstracts: 8 January 2020. Information: https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/rai2020/p/8294#

_______________________________________


4.    Colloque international : "Les représentations paysagères dans les littératures du monde arabe et du Proche-Orient", INALCO-CERMOM, Paris, 5-6 juin 2020

Ce colloque a donc pour ambition de rassembler des chercheurs en littérature arabe mais également en littérature hébraïque, persane et turque d’époque médiévale et moderne autour des thématiques suivantes : -- Paysage réel et/ou idéalisé; -- Les aspects liés à la subjectivité dans la description du paysage; -- Symbolisme de la nature et intertextualité large.

Date limite : 31 octobre 2019. Information: http://www.inalco.fr/appel-communication/colloque-international-representations-paysageres-litteratures-monde-arabe

_____________________________________


5.    Conference: "Global Cities: Middle Eastern Metropoles 2020", University of London, 17-19 June 2020

In a context in which China finances the construction of the "new Cairo" and the Abu Dhabi government employ the British architect Foster and Partners to design Masdar City as global icon of sustainable design, this conference queries the nature of the Islamic and Middle Eastern city in a global context. What role does religion, culture and social and historical traditions still play in the life and design of these cities? Etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2019.

_____________________________________


6.    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

_____________________________________


7.    51st International Conference of the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on "The Cultural Heritage of the Aramaeans B.C.: History, Literature, and Archaeology", Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 20-22 July 2020

All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial review.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2019. Information: aram@orinst.ox.ac.uk

_____________________________________


8.    52nd  International Conference of the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on "The Decapolis: History and Archaeology", Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 27-29 July 2020

All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial review.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2019. Information: aram@orinst.ox.ac.uk

_____________________________________


9.    Panel on "Cultural Heritage Eco-systems in the MENA Region: Actors, Networks and Future Agendas" for the Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies Futures, University College London, 26-30 August 2020

We invite paper proposals that critically examine how various actors are engaged in shaping and re-shaping heritage agendas, networks and institutionalised practices and processes beyond those that are officially sanctioned by the state.

Deadline for abstracts: 11 October 2019. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4905508/cultural-heritage-eco-systems-mena-region-actors-networks-and

____________________________________


POSITIONS

10.  Research Fellowships in Global History, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Summer Term 2020

The fellowships are open to postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines. Scholars who are already advanced in their academic careers and have a strong international track record are explicitly encouraged to apply. The duration of the fellowship will be between one and three months.

Deadline for application: 30 November 2019. Information: https://www.globalhist.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/events/fellowship_w192021/index.html


_____________________________________


11.  Tenure-track Professorship in Turkic Languages and Literatures from Early Modern to Present Time, University of Vienna and Austrian Academy of Sciences

We expect the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor’s programmes and for participation in university committees. 

Deadline for application: 15 November 2019. Information: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Jobs/UNIWPHILKUOEAW_TT_Turk_E_0819.pdf

____________________________________


12.  CAORC Humanities Fellow / Coordinator at CEMAT, Tunis

The successful candidate will coordinate a new program at CEMAT that seeks to support the field of modern art history and related cultural fields by building a network of graduate students, academics, practitioners, and researchers. An interest in the humanities in the Maghreb is a must and experience in working in multi-linguistic and cultural settings a plus.


_____________________________________


13.  Tenure-track Assistant Professor in History of the Islamic World before 1800, GENESEO, State University of New York

Required qualifications: PhD in History conferred by August 2020; Expertise in pre-1800 Islamic World history;  Demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level in history; etc.

Deadline for applications: 15 October 2019. Information: https://jobs.geneseo.edu/postings/2853

_____________________________________


14.  Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Studies on Islam prior to 1800, Columbia University, Department of Religion

We welcome applicants whose research exhibits innovative approaches to the study of Islam, as well as familiarity with broader debates in religious studies. Applicants with interests in Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan and coastal Africa are especially encouraged to apply.

Review of applications will begin 25 October 2019 and will continue until the position is filled. Information:
http://pa334.peopleadmin.com/postings/4231.

_____________________________________


15.  Assistant Professor in Global Race/Ethnicity and Inequality (Focus Middle East), University of California, Santa Barbara

We invite candidates with background in the social sciences, humanities, or interdisciplinary fields, and emphasizes transregional or multiregional case studies and approaches.

Deadline for applications: 1 November 2019. Information: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF01608

_______________________________________


16.  Assistant Professor in the History of the Islamic World, University of Texas at San Antonio

We seek candidates whose research and teaching contribute to the department theme of "Empires, States and Borders". Experience in digital humanities and public history in especially welcomed.

Review of application with begin on 14 October 2019. Information: https://jobs.utsa.edu/postings/14008

________________________________________


17.  Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Stetson University, DeLand, FL

The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in Islamic studies by September 2020 and should be conversant both with the historical development of Islam and the modern manifestations of Islam.

Review of applications will begin 28 October 2019, and continue until the position is filled. Information: Dr. Mitchell Reddish, mreddish@stetson.edu

____________________________________________


18.  Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Arabic, Pennsylvania State University

Requirements: PhD in hand by date of appointment, in Comparative Literature, Arabic, or related field; native or near-native ability in Arabic and English; relevant research achievements or evidence of relevant research promise; appropriate teaching experience.

Deadline for application: 1 November 2019. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59149

____________________________________


19.  Fung Global Fellows Program on "Thinking Globally" for Scholars Residing Outside of the USA, Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton

Criteria for the one-year fellowship include the strength of the candidate's research projects, the relationship of those projects to the program's theme, the candidate's previous scholarly work, the candidate's ability to contribute to the intellectual life and intellectual exchange of the program.

Deadline for applications: 15 November 2019.

_____________________________________


20.  One-Year Postdoctoral Fellowships on "Migration and the Humanities", 2020-2021, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University

We welcome applications from scholars in all fields whose work innovatively engages with migration and the humanities.

Deadline for applications: 15 November 2019.

_____________________________________


21.  Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in the Social Sciences with a Focus on Muslim Societies, Stanford

We especially welcome applications from scholars who are studying Muslim societies in Iran and Central Asia, as well as South, Southeast and East Asia, focusing on culture, economics or politics.

Deadline for applications: 25 October 2019. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14164

_____________________________________


22.  Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the History of the Medieval Mediterranean World, Department of History, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee

We are particularly interested in candidates whose teaching and research interests are trans-regional/cultural and interdisciplinary in nature and could contribute to the history of medicine and/or science; migration or frontier studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies; or digital history.

Deadline for applications: 7 October 2019. Information: https://jobs.rhodes.edu/postings/3349

_____________________________________


23.  Assistant Professor of Ottoman History, Binghamton University

The Department of History invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in early modern Ottoman history (c. 1300-1800) beginning in Fall 2020. We seek applications from candidates whose research is grounded in Ottoman sources and archival materials, and especially encourage applications from scholars who take a trans-regional or trans-imperial perspective that incorporates the diverse religious groups, ethnicities, and regions that constitute the Ottoman world.

Deadline for applications: 15 October 2019.

_____________________________________


OTHER INFORMATION

24.  Call for Projects in the Priority Program "Transottomanica: Eastern European-Ottoman-Persian Mobility Dynamics" for 2020-2023

The program will focus on the "Transottoman" ties and communication practices which emerged as a consequence of mobility between these dominions between the 16th and the 19th centuries and which have not previously become visible in studies of individual regions or bilateral relations. Non-German nationals can apply, but need an affiliation with a university or research institution in Germany.

Deadline for applications: 31 December 2019.

_____________________________________


25.  Arabic Culture and Language Program at Bar-Ilan University, 23 December 2019 – 9 January 2020

The program includes three weeks (five days per week) of intensive classwork in the Arabic language. In addition, excursions are arranged in order to experience first-hand local customs, culture and culinary delights through direct interaction with Arab hosts in their homes within the local villages.


_____________________________________


26.  Persian Language Winter School, ASPIRANTUM-School of Languages and Cultures, Yerevan, Armenia, 1-21 December 2019

The winter school offers participants to master skills in written and oral modern Persian, reading and interpreting Persian texts from different periods as well as rapidly deepening their knowledge in colloquial Persian. 60 hours of intensive Persian language classes during 15 days of teaching.

Deadline for application:  15 October 2019. Information: https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-winter-school-01-dec-21-dec-2019-yerevan-armenia

_____________________________________


27.  Articles on “Political Economy of Research in Social Sciences in the Arab World” for Special Issue of the Journal "Civil Society Review"

Issue edited by: Dr. Candice Raymond, Dr. Sbeih Sbeih, and Dr. Marie-Noëlle Abi Yaghi. Main themes: Institutional configurations and actors’ rationale in the Arab world: How are political economies of research in social sciences organised? - Research agendas, methods and paradigms: the constrained choices of research. - Researchers’ trajectories in the Arab world: functions, carriers, value.


_____________________________________


Aucun commentaire:

Enregistrer un commentaire