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EURAMES Info-Service 48/2019

CONFERENCES

1.    Conference: “Inequality Trends around the Mediterranean”, Economic Research Forum, Cairo, 5 December 2019

2.    Conference: "India's Emerging Relations with West Asian Countries (Middle East)", Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 27-28 January 2020

3.    Symposium: "Revolutions: Moments and Movements in Historical Perspective", Department of History, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, 6-7 February 2020

4.    Graduate Student Conference of the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, Columbia University, 5-6 March 2020

5.    First Conference on "Healthcare Communications in the Middle East", Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, 27-28 March 2020

6.    Second Mid-Atlantic Ottoman Studies Workshop on "Global Ottoman Empire," Hagop Kevorkian Center for the Near Eastern Studie, New York University, 27-29 March 2020

7.    11th Western Ottomanists' Workshop, California State University Sacramento, 10-11 April 2020

8.    4th Annual International Conference on Social Sciences on "Identity, Economics and Politics", Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, 16-18 April 2020

9.    International Symposium: "'The National Sovereignty and Representation' on the Centenary of the Inauguration of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey", Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, 20-21 April 2020

10.  Conference: "Navigating the Non/Confessional in University Islamic Studies", Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham in partnership with MBRN, 20-22 April 2020

11.  Graduate Student Workshop on "Religion, Law, and Politics in the Middle East", Syracuse University, NY, 23 April 2020

12.  Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference: "Decolonial Histories: Imperialism, Resistance, and Liberation", Stony Brook University, New York, 24 April 2020

13.  Spring Workshop: "Public Scholarship of Religion in an Age of Hypermediation", Boulder, Colorado, 6-10 May 2020

14.  Conference of the Jewish-Muslim Research Network: "Beyond 'Jewish-Muslim Relations'", University of Manchester, 19-20 May 2020

15.  Academic Roundtable: “Jerusalem in Memory and Eschatology: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visions of the Past and Future of Jerusalem”, Swedish Theological Institute, Jerusalem, 25-28 May 2020

16.  42nd Annual Conference of Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University of Marburg, 26-28 May 2020

17.  46th Annual Meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society on "Francophone Borderlands", Buffalo, New York, 28-31 May 2020

18.  International Conference: “Religion and Culture in Conflict and Peace: Impact in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding”, University of Winchester, 2-3 June 2020

19.  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

20.  Conference: “Discursive Challenges: Power, State Legitimacy and Counter-narratives in the Arab World”, Durham University, 9-11 June 2020

21.  Symposium: “Making Home Away: Displacement, Migration, and Resettlement”, University of Reading, 12 June 2020

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

23.  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

24.  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

25.  Annual Conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020

26.  Seventh International Conference of the International Iranian Economic Association on Iran's Economy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, 15-17 December 2020

27.  Conference: "Knowledge Systems and Ottoman-European Encounters: Spatial and Social Dynamics" 21-23 January 2021, University of Zurich


POSITIONS

28.  W3-Professorship in Slavery and Dependency Studies, University of Bonn

29.  Three Vacancies in the Project '"Source of Life: Water Management in the Premodern Middle East (7th-15th century)", Radboud University Nijmegen

30.  Postdoctoral Position in Political Science, Quantitative Methods, Lund University

31.  Professorship in Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

32.  Faculty Position in Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

33.  Multiple Faculty Positions in Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

34.  Ph.D. Research Grant Announcement 2020, Orient-Institut Istanbul

35.  Open Rank Professor in Political Science with Specialization in International Relations, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

36.  Open Rank Professor in Political Science with Specialization in Comparative Politics, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

37.  Assistant or Associate Professor Comparative Literature, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

38.  Assistant Professor in Islamicate South Asian Studies, Columbia University

39.  Graduate Research Fellowship at the Center for Jewish History, New York

40.  Assistant Professor for International Affairs and Global Studies, New School, New York

41.  Postdoctoral Fellowship in North African Studies, Yale University

42.  Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Middle East Studies, Yale University

43.  Doctoral Fellowships in Israel Studies, Brandeis University


OTHER INFORMATION

44.  Faculty Fellowship: The Summer Institute for Israel Studies, 10-21 June 2020 at Brandeis and 22 June – 1 July 2020 in Israel

45.  Research Travel Grants: Rubenstein Library, Duke University, Durham, NC

46.  Prix de thèse Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans 2020

47.  Book Prize of the Mediterranean Seminar for the Best Book on the Mediterranean Region Published 2016-2019

48.  Richard Gillespie Mediterranean Prize for Early Career Researchers

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

50.  Summer School Languages Program: Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, and Persian, Ibn Haldun University Süleymaniye Complex, Istanbul, 8 June - 24 July 2020

51.  Articles on "Religion and Enlightenment" for Third Volume of "Falsafa - Yearbook for Islamic Philosophy of Religion"

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CONFERENCES

1.    Conference: „Inequality Trends around the Mediterranean”, Economic Research Forum, Cairo, 5 December 2019


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2.    Conference: "India's Emerging Relations with West Asian Countries (Middle East)", Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 27-28 January 2020

This International Seminar is an attempt to understand different aspects of Indo-West Asian relations and to analyse interconnections as well as prospects in strengthening socioeconomic ties with India. Accommodation and local hospitality will be provided to paper presenters.

Deadline for abstracts: 10 December 2019. Information: ascseminar@gmail.com

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3.    Symposium: "Revolutions: Moments and Movements in Historical Perspective", Department of History, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, 6-7 February 2020

Papers are invited on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and recent events, from the Arab Spring to the uprisings in Hong Kong

Extended deadline for abstracts: 2 December 2019. Information: Sean Harvey (sean.harvey@shu.edu)

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4.    Graduate Student Conference of the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, Columbia University, 5-6 March 2020

The conference brings together graduate students working on the social and intellectual traditions of those three regions related to political economy and social history; study of mysticism; devotional traditions; imperialism and colonialism; law and political structures; etc.


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5.    First Conference on "Healthcare Communications in the Middle East", Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, 27-28 March 2020

The conference will be valuable for clinicians, policy makers, allied health professionals, translators, and language specialists in the Middle East region, or international participants interested in delivering culturally sensitive care and forging international collaborations.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2019. Information: http://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/event/hc/overview

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6.    Second Mid-Atlantic Ottoman Studies Workshop on "Global Ottoman Empire", Hagop Kevorkian Center for the Near Eastern Studie, New York University, 27-29 March 2020

The workshop will emphasize the connectivity not only between the Ottoman Empire and the surrounding polities, but also among communities, individuals, and many other groups within and beyond its imperial boundaries. We encourage submissions from history, literary studies, manuscript studies, art & architectural history.


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7.    11th Western Ottomanists' Workshop, California State University Sacramento, 10-11 April 2020

Scholars and graduate students interested in Ottoman studies are invited to present work in progress, and engage in broad dialogue with colleagues in different fields and disciplines.

Deadline for abstracts: 13 January 2020.

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8.    4th Annual International Conference on Social Sciences on "Identity, Economics and Politics", Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, 16-18 April 2020

Scholars of Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Humanities and Arts, Law and any related issues are invited to analyse social identity issues at national and global scale, especially in economic, politic and social spheres, including economic decision-making processes, poverty, immigration, social exclusion, inequality, welfare state and social and political clashes among different identities.

Deadline for abstracts: 2 February 2020. Information: http://www.aicss.yildiz.edu.tr/

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9.    International Symposium: "'The National Sovereignty and Representation' on the Centenary of the Inauguration of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey", Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, 20-21 April 2020

The Symposium aims to present a scientific representation of the related developments in Turkey by focusing on the debates on global and local "democracy deficit", which directly concerns national sovereignty and representation. The accommodation of the paper presenters will be covered by the organizers.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2020.Information: https://hacibayram.edu.tr/web/egemenlik2020duyuruen

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10.  Conference: "Navigating the Non/Confessional in University Islamic Studies", Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham in partnership with MBRN, 20-22 April 2020

The conference will bring together scholars from across Europe working in different policy and educational settings to look at how Islamic education operates, and the implications of this for the transmission and representation of the Islamic tradition, as well as the teaching of Islam in universities.


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11.  Graduate Student Workshop on "Religion, Law, and Politics in the Middle East", Syracuse University, NY, 23 April 2020

The workshop welcomes research on the interactions between religious, legal and political institutions in the Middle East and North Africa. Topics include state-religion relations, secularism, religious movements, religious law and courts, religious authority, social movements, political violence, democratization, political parties, gender, sectarianism, colonialism, political systems, migration, and refugees. Airfare (up to $750), accommodation and most meals for participants will be covered.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2019. Information: SUMESPGradWorkshop@gmail.com

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12.  Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference: "Decolonial Histories: Imperialism, Resistance, and Liberation", Stony Brook University, New York, 24 April 2020

The conference will focus on the experiences and transnational connections of colonialism, decolonial resistance, liberation movements, and related subjects. Graduate students from across the world will engage with innovative scholarship from multiple disciplines, and receive feedback from fellow students as well as established scholars.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2020.

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13.  Spring Workshop: "Public Scholarship of Religion in an Age of Hypermediation", Boulder, Colorado, 6-10 May 2020

The present era has been said to be defined by “hypermediation” where the features of ubiquitous mediation have become the conditions of contemporary knowledge-building. This calls into question traditional approaches to public scholarship which conceive of it according to a “publication model”. Hypermediation means that this model is too simple and at least fails to account for the range of ways and locations that religion and knowledge of religion are produced today.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2020.

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14.  Conference of the Jewish-Muslim Research Network: "Beyond 'Jewish-Muslim Relations'", University of Manchester, 19-20 May 2020

This conference aims to understand interactions and relations between Jews and Muslims in a wide variety of contexts beyond this binary. We encourage papers which offer innovative theoretical, methodological and empirical contributions to the study of these topics and adopt a critical approach to the terminology of 'Jewish-Muslim relations'.

Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2019. Information: https://jmrn.co.uk/conference2020/

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15.  Academic Roundtable: “Jerusalem in Memory and Eschatology: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visions of the Past and Future of Jerusalem”, Swedish Theological Institute, Jerusalem, 25-28 May 2020

This conference invites to reflect on how Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions of the religiously remembered past and the religiously anticipated future shape understandings of Jerusalem within each tradition. It also aims to apply these reflections to an analysis of current views of Jerusalem within diverse religious traditions, through an investigation of how these sacred histories and eschatologies shape the way that Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities understand the significance of the complex and conflicted city of Jerusalem today.


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16.  42nd Annual Conference of Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University of Marburg, 26-28 May 2020

The local convenor will be Dr Susanne Saker. Papers are invited on: Librarianship, collection development and acquisition policies of Middle Eastern collections as sources for area studies; Cataloguing policies and practices; Current issues in information studies on the Middle East, etc. An excursion will also take place on 29 May.

Information: http://www.melcominternational.org/; Contact: melcomintl.secretary@gmail.com

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17.  46th Annual Meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society on "Francophone Borderlands", Buffalo, New York, 28-31 May 2020

Papers are invited to consider the peripheries of the French Empire ascentral to understanding the French colonial empire and the people who inhabit it, as well as the ways zones and points of contact are particularly revealing of imperial and colonial experiences. Proposals on other aspects of overseas France and its legacies will also be considered.


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18.  International Conference: “Religion and Culture in Conflict and Peace: Impact in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding”, University of Winchester, 2-3 June 2020

The conference will take the outcomes of practical peacebuilding initiatives as a starting point from which to retrospectively analyse the complex factors, ideas, processes and dynamics which led to that point. An emphasis on impact can enable contributors to critically consider: the direct and indirect links (if any) between theory, practice and impact in religion, reconciliation and peacebuilding; the range and type of variables which might contribute to determining the outcome and impacts of projects; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2020. Information: https://www.winchesterpeaceconference.com/

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19.  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#

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20.  Conference: “Discursive Challenges: Power, State Legitimacy and Counter-narratives in the Arab World”, Durham University, 9-11 June 2020

The prime aim of this conference is to understand the dynamics of the protests gripping many states and communities in the Arab region and also the current challenges to regime legitimacy in the MENA region. We would like to explore how the sources of legitimacy multiplied and diversified following the erosion of state power across the region, and how new actors contributed to altering the nature and narrative of this legitimacy.

Deadline for abstracts: 17 January 2020.

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21.  Symposium: “Making Home Away: Displacement, Migration, and Resettlement”, University of Reading, 12 June 2020

Inviting academic, practical, political, and personal response to the many challenges faced by refugees in losing and making homes, this symposium intends to cultivate both renewed research efforts and policy action. Funded by the British Academy’s “Tackling the UKs International Challenges” grant scheme, this symposium will focus on the complex ways in which refugees move across regions and nations in pursuit of ‘home’, and asks how attention to refugee experiences might shape and enhance our understandings of migration.

Deadline for abstracts: 2 January 2020.

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22.  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.

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23.  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.

Information: aram@orinst.ox.ac.uk

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24.  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.

Information: aram@orinst.ox.ac.uk

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25.  Annual Conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020

MESA is primarily concerned with the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab World from the 7th century to modern times. Other regions including Spain, Southeastern Europe, China and the former Soviet Union, also are included for the periods in which these territories were parts of the Middle Eastern empires or under the influence of Middle Eastern civilization.

Deadline for abstracts: 18 February 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/

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26.  Seventh International Conference of the International Iranian Economic Association on Iran's Economy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, 15-17 December 2020

The proposed topics may be in any field of economics, economic history and political economy. The Program Committee welcomes both empirical and theoretical papers that use quantitative or analytical narrative methods.


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27.  Conference: "Knowledge Systems and Ottoman-European Encounters: Spatial and Social Dynamics" 21-23 January 2021, University of Zurich

The conference will focus on knowledge from or about the Ottoman Empire in the early modern period, addressing two questions: from a spatial perspective, how can the Ottoman Empire be included into a European history of knowledge? From a social viewpoint: how was knowledge inside or about the Ottoman Empire organized and what kind of social functions can there be distinguished?

Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2020.

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POSITIONS

28.  W3-Professorship in Slavery and Dependency Studies, University of Bonn

We are looking for applicants whose research focuses on forms of durable, asymmetrical individual, social and spatial dependencyin societies (before the 20th century). By this we mean dependencies which are primarily connected to labour (slavery, serfdom, debt bondage etc.) or linked to wider social dynamics (e. g. tribute, punishment, religion etc.)


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29.  Three Vacancies in the Project '"Source of Life: Water Management in the Premodern Middle East (7th-15th Century)", Radboud University Nijmegen

This project studies the interrelationship between water installations, governance, and legal and cultural frameworks in five Middle Eastern cities (Basra, Baghdad, Mosul, Damascus and Cairo) from the first Arab conquests to Ottoman rule (7th-15th c).

* A four-year PhD project: History of Middle Eastern Water Management, subproject 1, Cairo; full details: https://www.ru.nl/werken-bij/vacature/details-vacature/?recid=1069298&doel=embed&taal=nl

* A four-year PhD project: History of Middle Eastern Water Management, subproject 2, Damascus; full details: https://www.ru.nl/werken-bij/vacature/details-vacature/?recid=1069326&doel=embed&taal=nl

* A four-year postdoctoral project: History of Middle Eastern Water Management, subproject 3, Basra, Baghdad and Mosul; full details: https://www.ru.nl/werken-bij/vacature/details-vacature/?recid=1069343&doel=embed&taal=nl

Deadline for application: 9 January 2020. Information: Maaike van Berkel (m.vanberkel@let.ru.nl)

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30.  Postdoctoral Position in Political Science, Quantitative Methods, Lund University

The post-doctoral fellow will be expected to conduct survey experiments to assess the conditions under which legitimation and delegitimation practices succeed or fail in impacting legitimacy beliefs related to global governance institutions. The most important qualification for the position is the capacity to contribute to research using survey experimental methods. Experience of other relevant quantitative methods is an additional important qualification.

Deadline for applications: 2 Deceber 2019.

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31.  Professorship in Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

The candidate will be expected to teach graduate courses at MA and PhD level, applying a range of methodologies for teaching and assessment, contribute to all levels of curriculum development in the area(s) of specialty. Has a PhD in (Intercultural) Communication, Discourse Analysis or any related field.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Information: https://socioloxy.com/professorship-in-humanities-and-social-sciences,i6124.html

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32.  Faculty Position in Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

The candidate needs to be fluent in English, and preferably a language or languages of the region. Has a PhD in (Intercultural) Communication, Discourse Analysis or any related field and is an active researcher with a strong record of peer-reviewed publications.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Information: https://socioloxy.com/faculty-positions-in-humanities-and-social-sciences,i6170.html

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33.  Multiple Faculty Positions in Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

Required qualifications: PhD or terminal degree from an accredited university in the fields of public policy analysis, policy evaluation and implementation, global public policy, or public management; evidence of proficiency and success in teaching, student supervision, and curriculum and program development.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Information: https://socioloxy.com/multiple-faculty-positions-in-public-policy,i6114.html

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34.  Ph.D. Research Grant Announcement 2020, Orient-Institut Istanbul

Grants are available to support research in the following research fields:
1. Musicological research on the Ottoman Empire and Turkey
2. Narrative sources on Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire
3. Historic and contemporary forms of religious expression in Anatolia since the 11th century
4. Sociolinguistics
5. Human, medicine, and society, in cooperation with ITAS at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
6. Manuscript cultures of the Ottoman Empire and Iran


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35.  Open Rank Professor in Political Science with Specialization in International Relations, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Required qualifications: successful candidates will have a Ph.D. in Political Science from an internationally recognized academic institution. Applicants should have a broad theoretical and methodological training in Political Science with preference given to candidates who can design and teach courses on International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, and International Organizations with a special focus on the Middle East and North Africa region. The candidate must have the ability to teach in Arabic.

Deadline for application 31 December 2019. Information: https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000513697-01

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36.  Open Rank Professor in Political Science with Specialization in Comparative Politics, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Required qualifications: successful candidates will have a Ph.D. in Political Science from an internationally recognized academic institution. Applicants should have a broad theoretical and methodological training in Political Science with preference given to candidates who can design and teach courses on Comparative Politics, Research Methods (qualitative and quantitative), Gender and Politics, and Political Economy with a special focus the Middle East and North Africa region. The candidate must have the ability to teach in Arabic.

Deadline for application 31 December 2019. Information: https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000513158-01

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37.  Assistant or Associate Professor Comparative Literature, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Qualifications and experience: PhD degree in Comparative Literature, with focus on the following areas: Literary Theory, Approaches to World Literature and the New Comparative Literature, Arabic Literature and an Asian, African or Latin American Literature. Excellent record of research and publication and a proven record of excellence in teaching, preferably at the graduate level. The ability to teach in both Arabic and English.

Deadline for application: 1 February 2020.

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38.  Assistant Professor in Islamicate South Asian Studies, Columbia University

Required qualifications: Applications from scholars working in Urdu and a second South Asian language are especially welcome. The successful candidate will be expected to sustain an active research and publication agenda, to teach both broad courses for undergraduates as well as graduate seminars, and to direct MA and PhD theses. The appointment will begin on 1 July 2020. The Ph.D. must be in hand by the appointment start date.

The review of applications will begin 1 January 2020; the position will remain open until filled.

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39.  Graduate Research Fellowship at the Center for Jewish History, New York

The Center offers ten-month fellowships to doctoral candidates to support original research using the collections of the Center's partners - American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.


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40.  Assistant Professor for International Affairs and Global Studies, New School, New York

The following fields are of particular interest: environmental studies, science and technology studies, legal studies and indigenous studies. Research areas of interest include global justice, sustainability, and digital technologies. A focus on the Global South would be preferred, particularly China and the Middle East region.

Deadline for applications: 1 December 2019. Information: https://careers.newschool.edu/postings/18340

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41.  Postdoctoral Fellowship in North African Studies, Yale University

Candidates must have research and teaching experience relevant to North Africa, including any period from early modern to contemporary (1500 - present). The Council invites applications from across the social sciences and humanities.

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2020. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/71069

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42.  Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Middle East Studies, Yale University

Candidates must have research and teaching experience relevant to the Modern Middle East, including any period from early modern to contemporary (1500 - present). The Council invites applications from across the social sciences and humanities with a focus on the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, or Turkey.

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2020. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/71070

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43.  Doctoral Fellowships in Israel Studies, Brandeis University

Full and partial fellowships supporting doctoral students whose research focuses on Israel. Candidates must be accepted into Brandeis University graduate school programs of Anthropology, History, Literature, Middle East Studies, Near Eastern & Judaic Studies, Politics or Sociology. Competitive living stipend with generous health care benefits. Renewable for up to five years.

Deadlines vary by department.

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OTHER INFORMATION

44.  Faculty Fellowship: The Summer Institute for Israel Studies, 10-21 June 2020 at Brandeis and 22 June – 1 July 2020 in Israel

Created to address the need for serious and nuanced study of Israel in the academy, the Summer Institute for Israel Studies is a rigorous program that equips faculty members to develop and teach courses about modern Israel in any discipline. Stipend of up to $2,500, plus group travel, accommodations and most meals provided.

Deadline for application: 31 January 2020. Information: www.brandeis.edu/israel-center/siis/index.html.

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45.  Research Travel Grants: Rubenstein Library, Duke University, Durham, NC

Anyone who wishes to use materials from the designated collections for historical research is eligible to apply, regardless of academic status. Grants of up to $1500 will be awarded and may be used for: transportation expenses.

Deadline for applications: 31 January 2020.

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46.  Prix de thèse Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans 2020

Sont éligibles des travaux soutenus en français ou en France entre le 1er septembre 2017 et le 31 décembre 2019, dans toutes les disciplines des lettres et sciences humaines et sociales.

Deadline for application: 10 janvier 2020. Information: prix.momm@gmail.com et direction.gis@ehess.fr

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47.  Book Prize of the Mediterranean Seminar for the Best Book on the Mediterranean Region Published 2016-2019

The winner will be announced on 1 May 2020 and, funding permitting, will be invited to present at the Mediterranean Seminar workshop in fall 2020. Funding permitting, the prize will include a cash honorarium.


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48.  Richard Gillespie Mediterranean Prize for Early Career Researchers

This Prize is for the best research article on the contemporary social and political dynamics of the Mediterranean region published in the Journal "Mediterranean Politics" by an early career researcher. 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.


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49.  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.

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50.  Summer School Languages Program: Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, and Persian, Ibn Haldun University Süleymaniye Complex, Istanbul, 8 June - 24 July 2020

Application deadline: 31 March 2020.

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51.  Articles on "Religion and Enlightenment" for Third Volume of "Falsafa - Yearbook for Islamic Philosophy of Religion"

Interdisciplinary and interreligious approaches will be explicitly welcomed for this volume. The question of Enlightenment and religion should be discussed, among other things, from an historical, aesthetic, phenomenological, epistemological and existential approach.

Deadline for abstracts: 10 December 2019.

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