CONFERENCES
1. 7e
Colloque annuel du Cercle des Chercheurs sur le Moyen-Orient (CCMO) :
« Images et imaginaires au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord »,
Hôtel de Ville de Paris et EHESS (Campus Condorcet), 23-24 janvier 2020
2.
Symposium:
“Revolutions: Moments and Movements in Historical Perspective”, Seton Hall
University, South Orange, NJ, 6-7
February 2020
3.
3rd Annual Conference of
the Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies: “Urban Islam: Muslim Minorities,
Identity and Tradition in West Asian, South Asian, and African Cities”,
University of London, 19 February 2020
4.
International Conference:
"Language as a Bridge of Intercultural Communication", Faculty of
Languages (Al-Alsun), Luxor University, 3-5 March 2020
5.
Seventh Annual
Workshop of “New Directions in Palestinian Studies: Who Owns Palestine?” Brown
University, Rhode Island, 6-7 March 2020
6.
Conference: “Acts of Excommunication
in the Late Antique and Early Islamicate Middle East”, University of Leiden,
12-13 March 2020
7.
Global Conference on Women and
Gender: “Gender, Politics and Everyday Life: Power, Resistance and
Representation”, Christopher Newport University, 19-21 March 2020
8.
International
Seminar: “Persian-Arabic Poetics and South Asian Literatures: Readings
Recoveries and Re-orientations”, Comparative Literature Association of India,
Patna, 20-23 March 2020
9.
Section on "Security
Studies" during the "Third International Research Conference of the
American University in the Emirates", Dubai, 25-26 March 2020
10.
Conference: "The Influence of
Islam in Politics and Society: Civic Engagement, Social Inclusion and Political
Participation", American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies
(ACSIS), Villanova University, 27-28 March 2020
11.
Shi’i Studies
Symposium: “‘But by the Love You Bear My Kin’: Devotion (Walāya) and Shiʿi
Islam”, University of Chicago, 3-4 April 2020
12.
International
Colloquium: “Semiotics in Algerian Academia: State of the Art and Prospects”,
Université Mohamed Khider Biskra, 12-13 April 2020
13.
Conference: "From Sectarianism
to De-sectarianisation – Reimagining Sectarianism, Geopolitics and the State in
the Contemporary Middle East", Lancaster University, 16-17 April 2020
14.
9th Annual Graduate
Student Conference on "Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship (Focus Middle
East)", John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 17-18 April 2020
15.
EU-Middle East
Jean Monnet Network (EUMENIA) Conference on EU Middle East Relations,
University of Jordan, Amman, 21 April 2020
16.
Graduate Student Workshop on
"Religion, Law, and Politics in the Middle East", Syracuse
University, 23 April 2020
17.
International Conference:
"Middle Eastern Studies: Conflicts and Struggles of the Contemporary
Period", Altınbaş University, Istanbul, 14-15 May 2020
18.
Workshop on “Islam, Muslims, and
Qualitative Inquiry“ during the “16th International
Congress of Qualitative Inquiry“, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 22
May 2020
19.
Conference:
"Turning Points: Interpreting the Past, Explaining the Present and
Imagining the Future", Athens, Greece, 22-23 May 2020
20.
The Migration
Conference 2020, South East European University, Tetovo, North Macedonia, 2-5
June 2020
21.
6th Conference on
"China and the Middle East and North Africa", Necmettin Erbakan
University, Konya, 4-5 June 2020
22.
1st Annual Conference on
Mediterranean Studies: “Renewable Energy and the Environment: Social, Political
and Economic Dimensions", Yaşar University Center for Mediterranean
Studies, Izmir, 4-5 June 2020
23.
Interdisciplinary Workshop: “Making
Sense of Climate Change – Models, Cosmologies and Practices from North Africa
and the Middle East", Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 8-9 June
2020
24.
Conference on Gender & Women's
Studies 2020: “Removing Structural Barriers to Gender Equality and Women’s
Empowerment”, National University of Singapore, 15-16 June 2020
25.
20th International
Conference of Migration: "The Multicultural Condition", University of
Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, 18-19 June 2020
26.
7th Regional Conference
of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), University of World Economy and
Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 25-28 June 2020
27.
BRISMES Annual Conference 2020:
"Knowledge, Power and Middle Eastern Studies", University of Kent,
Canterbury, 29 June – 1 July 2020
28.
10th
International Conference on "Crusading Encounters", Royal Holloway,
University of London, 29 June – 3 July 2020
29.
Panel 113 on "Histories and
Horizons of Life Forms in the Middle East" during the Conference of the
European Association of Social Anthropologists (easa): "New
Anthropological Horizons in and beyond Europe" in Lisbon, 21-24 July 2020
30.
International Conference:
"Ideas in Motion: Arabia in Late Antiquity", Leiden University and
King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, 26-27 August 2020
31.
Conference on "Cultural
Migrations", Sichuan University, Chengdu, 28-30 August 2020
32.
Conference: "New Perspectives
on Middle East Migrations", North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 11-13
September 2020
33.
Conference: “Islam,
Peace, and Justice”, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, Canada, 21-22 September 2020
34.
Interdisciplinary Seminar:
"Transnational Refugee Practices and Discourses: Berlin, Istanbul, and the
Urban Assemblages in Between", German Studies Association Meetings,
Washington, DC, 1-4 October 2020
35.
Panel on "Political, Social and
Religious Change in the Pre-Modern Islamic Maghrib” during MESA Conference,
Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020
36.
Panel on "Towards a History of
the Circle in the Middle East” during MESA Conference, Washington, DC, 10-13
October 2020
37.
International Conference: "Musical
Sources and Theories from Ancient Greece to the Ottoman Period",
Ruhr-University Bochum, 19-21 November 2020
POSITIONS
38. Professor (W3) for Iranian Studies, Center for Near
and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS), Universität Marburg
39.
"Global Professorship
2020" at UK-Universities for Scholars in Humanities and Social Sciences
Based Abroad
40.
Assistant Professor in Middle
Eastern Diasporic Literatures and Cultures, York University
41.
1-2 Year Visiting Professorship,
Scientific Advisor to the Kuwait Chair, Sciences Po, Paris
42.
Three-month
Internship, Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis, Rabat
43.
Assistant Professor in Comparative
Politics/Middle East/North Africa, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University
44.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in North
African Studies, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University (2020-2021
Academic Year)
45.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern
Middle East Studies, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University (2020-2021
Academic Year)
46.
Senior
Lecturer in Politics and International Relations of the Arabic Speaking Middle
East, Australian National University
OTHER
INFORMATION
47.
MA & PhD Scholarships at the
Central European University, Department of History, Vienna
48.
PhD Scholarship in Islamic &
Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) at the University of Edinburgh
49.
GTOT Grant for Innovative Projects
by Young Scholars – Funding Period: 2020, Society for Turkic, Ottoman and
Turkish Studies
50. Prix
de thèse Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans 2020
51.
Undergraduate Writing Competition:
“Muslim Intellectual Life in 2nd Century Hijri/8th Century CE Baghdad”
52.
Course: “Palestine Refugees and
International Law“, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, 13-14 March 2020
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CONFERENCES
1. 7e Colloque annuel du Cercle des Chercheurs sur le
Moyen-Orient (CCMO) : « Images et imaginaires au Moyen-Orient et en
Afrique du Nord », Hôtel de Ville de Paris et EHESS (Campus Condorcet),
23-24 janvier 2020
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2.
Symposium:
“Revolutions: Moments and Movements in Historical Perspective”, Seton Hall
University, South Orange, NJ, 6-7 February 2020
The symposium will consider
revolutions broadly in their social, cultural, and intellectual origins and
ramifications, examining the interactions of ideologies, structures, pivotal
moments, and social and political movements. The committee particularly
encourages proposals that address the following topics: Revolutionary ideas and
ideologies; Social and political conditions as preconditions for revolt; etc.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8378/discussions/5117948/cfp-revolutions-moments-and-movements-historical-perspective
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3.
3rd Annual Conference of
the Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies: “Urban Islam: Muslim Minorities,
Identity and Tradition in West Asian, South Asian, and African Cities”,
University of London, 19 February 2020
The conference will focus on all
Muslim communities, including Sunni, Shiite, Sufi, those of sub-denominations
and of different schools of thought, jurisprudence and theology; and adherents
of Muslim movements having a prominent communal identity and living as
minorities in Islamic cities.
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4.
International Conference:
"Language as a Bridge of Intercultural Communication", Faculty of
Languages (Al-Alsun), Luxor University, 3-5 March 2020
The conference aims to provide
modern studies in the fields of linguistic studies and intercultural
communication as a basis in today's business world. It also seeks to address the
studies of the analysis of Arabic discourse and studies of non-Arabic speakers,
as well as the comparative studies between Arabic and other languages.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4531399/die-sprache-als-br%C3%BCcke-der-interkulturellen-kommunikation (English text at
the end)
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5.
Seventh Annual Workshop of “New Directions in
Palestinian Studies: Who Owns Palestine?” Brown University, Rhode Island, 6-7
March 2020
The workshop
will creatively engage with questions about ownership. The workshop format
facilitates intellectual exchange via pre-circulated papers, brief
presentations, and extended discussions in panels.
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6.
Conference: “Acts of Excommunication
in the Late Antique and Early Islamicate Middle East”, University of Leiden,
12-13 March 2020
This conference aims to bring
together both senior and junior scholars to present research which illuminates
the dynamics implicit in the act of excommunication and associated practices:
ostracism, anathema, and other forms of religio-social exclusion, among the
major religious communities of the Islamicate world, 600-1200 CE: including
various Christian and Jewish denominations, Sunni, Shiʿi, ‘Khārijī’ and other
groups within Islam; Zoroastrians and other relevant groups.
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7.
Global Conference on Women and
Gender: “Gender, Politics and Everyday Life: Power, Resistance and
Representation”, Christopher Newport University, 19-21 March 2020
This interdisciplinary conference
brings together participants from all academic fields to engage in wide-ranging
conversations on gender and politics around the world. We encourage an
expansive understanding of political action and expression, inspired by Carol
Hanisch’s essay, “The Personal is Political,” which sees all relationships of
power as political and connects women’s experiences, self-expression, and
values to their lives as political actors and subjects.
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8.
International
Seminar: “Persian-Arabic Poetics and South Asian Literatures: Readings
Recoveries and Re-orientations”, Comparative Literature Association of India,
Patna, 20-23 March 2020
We look forward to a fruitful
exchange of ideas that will unpack the relations between the mainstream and
margins, great and little traditions, major and minor languages within South
Asia. The very idea of the ‘literary’ here is open to question as the subject
proposed covers both the written and the oral, the philosophical and religious,
the narrative and the performative.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5412876/international-seminar-be-organized-comparative-literature
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9.
Section on "Security
Studies" during the "Third International Research Conference of the
American University in the Emirates", Dubai, 25-26 March 2020
Papers on hybrid threats, emerging
and disruptive technologies, security challenges in the MENA, and foreign
policy studies of the Arabian Gulf are encouraged for submission. Other
security related proposals are likewise welcome.
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10.
Conference: "The Influence of
Islam in Politics and Society: Civic Engagement, Social Inclusion and Political
Participation", American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies
(ACSIS), Villanova University, 27-28 March 2020
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11.
Shi’i Studies
Symposium: “‘But by the Love You Bear My Kin’: Devotion (Walāya) and Shiʿi
Islam”, University of Chicago, 3-4 April 2020
This conference will be centred on
the theme of walāya—the call of devotion to the Ahl
al-Bayt that is at the core of Shiʿi beliefs. One unifying theme of the symposia
of the past few years has been the institutional development of Shiʿi Islam, as
we have considered the authority of the Imams, the development of centers of
learning, Shiʿism and governance, and dynamics of sectarianism in Islam.
Information: https://voices.uchicago.edu/shiistudies/3-2/
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12.
International
Colloquium: “Semiotics in Algerian Academia: State of the Art and Prospects”,
Université Mohamed Khider Biskra, 12-13 April 2020
The colloquium will attempt to
sketch an historical overview of semiotics in Algerian academia. It also
intends to outline an overview of the scientific activity that has led to
diverse and rich scientific production. An appraisal of this scientific
production is an academic necessity. The colloquium will attempt to inventory
and review the different training and research activities closely related to
semiotics in the Arabic, French, and English languages such as master’s theses,
doctoral dissertations, etc.
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13.
Conference: "From Sectarianism
to De-sectarianisation – Reimagining Sectarianism, Geopolitics and the State in
the Contemporary Middle East", Lancaster University, 16-17 April 2020
The conference will reflect on
sectarianism, 'proxies', the struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and
broader questions about identities, geopolitics, economics and social factors
in the contemporary Middle East.
Information: https://www.sepad.org.uk/announcement/sepad-conference-2020-from-sectarianism-to-de-sectarianization
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14.
9th Annual Graduate
Student Conference on "Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship (Focus Middle
East)", John Hopkins University, Baltimore,
MD, 17-18
April 2020
We invite submissions that consider
how the politics of exclusion are mediated by state strategies of retrenchment
and entrenchment. What connections can we draw between governance strategies of
retrenchment and entrenchment? Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 14 February
2020. Information: https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/ric/2019/12/13/call-for-papers-ric-annual-graduate-student-conference-april-17-18-2020/
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15.
EU-Middle
East Jean Monnet Network (EUMENIA) Conference on EU Middle East Relations,
University of Jordan, Amman, 21 April 2020
This interdisciplinary
conference will involve different fields and sub-fields, including Middle
Eastern Studies, European Studies, History, Sociology, Anthropology, Geography,
Economics, Law and Political Science. Topics include pedagogical issues such as
the decolonisation of the curricula and the decentring agenda; EU-Middle East
relations; etc.
Information: http://eumenia.eu/2019/12/call-for-papers-eumenia-conference-on-eu-middle-east-relations-21-april-2020/
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16.
Graduate Student Workshop on
"Religion, Law, and Politics in the Middle East", Syracuse
University, 23 April 2020
The workshop will address the
historical and contemporary interactions between religious, legal and political
institutions in the Middle East and North Africa region. Topics include
state-religion relations, secularism, religious movements, religious law and
courts, religious authority, social movements, political violence,
democratization, political parties, gender, etc.
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17.
International Conference:
"Middle Eastern Studies: Conflicts and Struggles of the Contemporary
Period", Altınbaş University, Istanbul, 14-15 May 2020
The conference includes themes on Security;
Cooperation; Ethnic and religious conflicts/struggles; Migration ; Refugees;
Violence ; Islamist movements and organizations; Impact of new technologies on
conflicts and struggles; Political and social movements; Foreign policies
towards the Middle East and North Africa.
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18.
Workshop on “Islam, Muslims, and
Qualitative Inquiry“ during the “16th International
Congress of Qualitative Inquiry“, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 22
May 2020
The objective of this special interest
group is to critically examine past and current qualitative methods of research
regarding Islam and Muslims and strive towards practices that empower from
within and benefit society as a whole.
Deadline for registration: 1 March 2020. Information: https://icqi.org/islam-muslims-and-qualitative-inquiry/
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19.
Conference: "Turning Points: Interpreting the
Past, Explaining the Present and Imagining the Future", Athens, Greece,
22-23 May 2020
The conference
attempts to gather together and expand the research conducted on turning points
in our key study years – 1918, 1948, 1968, 1978 and 2018. Themes include: --The
birth of the State of Israel (1948) - - Dream? Survivor? Ruler? Interpreting
Israel's key roles in the global arena; --The New Arab Protests (2018-19) --
the so-called New Arab Spring: roots, impact and future developments; etc.
Information: https://turningpoints.lcir.co.uk/
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20.
Migration
Conference 2020, South East European University, Tetovo, North Macedonia, 2-5
June 2020
The conference is organised in thematic streams of parallel sessions focusing on migration,
migrant populations, diasporas, migration policies, labour migrations,
refugees, economic impacts, remittances as well as non-migrants and the wider
impact of human mobility on sending, transit and receiving societies.
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21.
6th Conference on
"China and the Middle East and North Africa", Necmettin Erbakan
University, Konya, 4-5 June 2020
Themes include: China and the MENA Region,
US-China Conflict in the MENA, China’s Foreign Policy toward Middle East/West
Asia, the Belt and Road Initiative, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 17 April 2020. Information: http://symposium.erbakan.edu.tr/cmena/en/s/453/0
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22.
1st Annual Conference on
Mediterranean Studies: “Renewable Energy and the Environment: Social, Political
and Economic Dimensions", Yaşar University Center for Mediterranean
Studies, Izmir, 4-5 June 2020
The multidisciplinary conference is
organized to encourage critical reflection around the encounters of overlapping
energy and environment crisis in the Mediterranean Basin from economical,
political and social perspectives.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2020.
Information: https://cms.yasar.edu.tr/720-2/
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23.
Interdisciplinary Workshop: “Making
Sense of Climate Change – Models, Cosmologies and Practices from North Africa
and the Middle East", Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 8-9 June
2020
Scholars from humanities, social
sciences and Middle Eastern studies will explore the issues connected to
climate change in this region. For example: Which political, economic or
environmental consequences does, or will, global warming have in the region?
How is the issue discussed in the region at different scales? Which demands and
positions are articulated? Which forms of resistance and contestation are
emerging. Etc.
Information: https://www.zmo.de / http://www.evifa.de/v2/de/news/meldungen/making-sense-of-climate-change-models-cosmologies-and-practices-from-north-africa-and-the-middle-east
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24.
Conference on Gender & Women's
Studies 2020: “Removing Structural Barriers to Gender Equality and Women’s
Empowerment”, National University of Singapore, 15-16 June 2020
Key questions are: What are the
strategies to involve men, women and LGBT community members to achieve Gender
equity? How about eliminating violence about women? Are we satisfied with the
progress of women’s rights in every field? How to build a equal and just
society involving different and diversified members of the community?
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25.
20th International
Conference of Migration: "The Multicultural Condition", University of
Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, 18-19 June 2020
The basis for the debate in this
conference should be the assumption of a "multicultural condition", a
specific multicultural mode of existence, deeply inscribed into societies and
decisively determines life praxis in modern societies.
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26.
7th Regional Conference
of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), University of World Economy and
Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 25-28 June 2020
Central Eurasia
encompasses Central Asia, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet, Mongolia,
Siberia, Inner Asia, the Black Sea region, the Volga region, and East and
Central Europe. Practitioners and scholars in all fields with an interest in
this region are encouraged to participate.
Deadline for abstracts: 29 February 2020.
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27.
BRISMES Annual Conference 2020:
"Knowledge, Power and Middle Eastern Studies", University of Kent,
Canterbury, 29 June – 1 July 2020
Papers will reflect on the concept
of decoloniality and practice of decolonization of knowledge and pedagogy in
relation to the study and teaching of the Middle East. In addition, the
conference will deal with any topic related to the Middle East and North
Africa, Panels/roundtables in non-English languages spoken in the Middle East
region will also be presented.
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28.
10th International Conference on
"Crusading Encounters", Royal Holloway, University of London, 29 June
– 3 July 2020
Themes will
include: Interactions (real or imagined) between crusaders and indigenous
peoples; - Crusading archaeology; - Impact of crusading on the environment or
natural world; - Intellectual influences of crusading on medicine, science,
culture, language/literature; - Intermarriage, travel and/or communication
between peoples, borders, languages; - Encounters with the crusading past.
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29.
Panel 113 on "Histories and
Horizons of Life Forms in the Middle East" during the Conference of the
European Association of Social Anthropologists (easa): "New
Anthropological Horizons in and beyond Europe" in Lisbon, 21-24 July 2020
Global trade routes, animal
mobilities, germs, toxicity and environmental troubles have produced new
life-forms associations and rearranged ecologies in unforeseeable ways. With
these issues in purview, we invite papers on human and non-human ecologies and
relationality in Middle East anthropology.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 January
2020. Information:
https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2020/p/8518
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30.
International Conference: "Ideas
in Motion: Arabia in Late Antiquity", Leiden University and King Faisal
Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, Leiden, 26-27 August 2020
The conference will address key
themes in religious, intellectual, and cultural history in Arabia in the period
between 570-1000 AD. Central topics include: transmission of ideas and texts;
religious and philosophical doctrines and beliefs in Arabia; devotional piety
and theology; the Qurʾan, its history, and intellectual debates surrounding the
text; etc. Participants' full travel and accommodation costs will be covered by
the conference organisers.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8330/discussions/5527016/call-papers-ideas-motion-arabia-late-antiquity-leiden-university. Contact: a.bdaiwi@hum.leidenuniv.nl
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31.
Conference on "Cultural
Migrations", Sichuan University, Chengdu, 28-30 August 2020
Cultural migration includes the
import of cultural products and the whole content as well as the migration of
real people who bring with them their culture. Submissions on the following
topics are especially welcome: case studies in migration of literary
institutions, systems, contexts, genres; studies in the cultural aspects,
consequences, impacts of migration; migration as a topic of cultural discourse;
etc.
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32.
Conference: "New Perspectives
on Middle East Migrations", North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 11-13
September 2020
Themes may include:
Race, whiteness, and Middle Eastern migration; Sexuality and migration; Youth,
childhood, generational change and movement; Environmental perspectives on
movement; Law and movement; Narratives of migration in literature, cinema, and
ego-documents; Geospatial perspectives on migrant networks; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 3 April 2020.
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33.
Conference: “Islam,
Peace, and Justice”, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, Canada, 21-22 September 2020
Papers are invited
that challenge stereotypes about Muslims, their relationship with cultural and
religious pluralism, and the connection between Islam and violent extremism. We
are looking for critical articulations of how Islam and Muslims draw on
faith-inspired principles and energies to fostering resilient cultures of peace
and justice.
Deadline for abstracts: 6 April 2020. Information:
Christopher Hrynkow (chrynkow@stmcollege.ca)
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34.
Interdisciplinary Seminar:
"Transnational Refugee Practices and Discourses: Berlin, Istanbul, and the
Urban Assemblages in Between", German Studies Association Meetings,
Washington, DC, 1-4 October 2020
Scholars are invited
from anthropology, cultural studies, history, legal studies, literature
studies, political science, and sociology. Papers should focus on how refugees
in Berlin and Istanbul, as well as those on migration routes linking the two
cities, impact and are impacted by political debates within Europe and between
Europe and the MENA region in relation to South–North migration.
Deadline for abstracts: 27 January 2020.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5697397/transnational-refugee-practices-and-discourses-berlin-istanbul
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35.
Panel on "Political, Social and
Religious Change in the Pre-Modern Islamic Maghrib” during MESA Conference,
Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020
Deadline for abstracts: 18 February 2020.
Please contact panel organizer Stephen Cory, Cleveland State University (s.cory@csuohio.edu)
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36.
Panel on "Towards a History of
the Circle in the Middle East” during MESA Conference, Washington, DC, 10-13
October 2020
This panel considers the multitude
of ways in which circles have provided an intellectual infrastructure for ideas
and practices of knowledge-making, craft, and spirituality. Approaching them as
such, circles become simultaneously tools of investigation as much as objects
of inquiry in their own right. We welcome submissions on any time period and
regions of the Middle East broadly defined.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 February 2020. Information: https://www.academia.edu/41628058/Call_for_Participation_Towards_a_History_of_the_Circle_in_the_Middle_East_Middle_East_Studies_Association_MESA_Panel
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37.
International Conference:
"Musical Sources and Theories from Ancient Greece to the Ottoman
Period", Ruhr-University Bochum, 19-21 November 2020
Papers will focus on
Arabic, Persian and Byzantine music theory, instruments and ways of
transmission, with their roots in Ancient Greece and an outlook onto Ottoman
and Safavid music. We encourage especially early career researchers to send
their proposals.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2020.
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POSITIONS
38.
Professor (W3) for Iranian Studies,
Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS), Universität Marburg
We expect an emphasis on modern Iran
and a research focus in one of the following areas: literature, media, or
language; society and history; shia, religious minorities, or gender.
Experience in the successful acquisition of third-party funds is required.
Deadline for
applications: 31 January 2020.
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39.
"Global Professorship
2020" at UK-Universities for Scholars in Humanities and Social Sciences
Based Abroad
This program provides mid-career to
senior scholars, who are currently employed outside the UK, with the
opportunity to be based for four years in the UK and make a contribution to UK
research and higher education.
Deadline for applications: 19
February 2019.
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40.
Assistant Professor in Middle
Eastern Diasporic Literatures and Cultures, York University
We are particularly interested in
candidates who engage this field from a variety of global perspectives that may
include North America, with demonstrated expertise in theoretical and critical
paradigms in Postcolonial and/or World Literature.
Deadline for applications: 25
January 2020.
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41.
1-2 Year Visiting Professorship,
Scientific Advisor to the Kuwait Chair, Sciences Po, Paris
Starting September 2020, one or
two-years contract. We are seeking a scholar from the social sciences or
economics with a Middle East/Gulf focus. 50,000 euros in research funds each
year.
Deadline for applications: 30 January 2020. More information: https://www.sciencespo.fr/kuwait-program/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Call-for-Kuwait-Chair-at-Sciences-Po-2020.pdf
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42.
Three-month Internship, Moroccan Institute for Policy
Analysis, Rabat
Interns are
expected to help with the different activities that the institute organizes.
They are also required to assist in the different research projects that the
Institute conducts. Qualifications: A Master’s degree in political science,
economics, international relations, sociology, anthropology or other relevant
social sciences disciplines; Preference will be given to applicants who are
currently registered as doctoral students;
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43.
Assistant Professor in Comparative
Politics/Middle East/North Africa, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University
Required qualifications: A Ph.D. in
Political Science or a closely related field is required by the time of
appointment. Candidates must have a research focus that involves comparative
political analysis in the MENA region and demonstrated excellence in research.
Deadline for applications: 21
January 2020. Information: www.jobs.vt.edu,
Job No. 511605
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44.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in North
African Studies, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University (2020-2021
Academic Year)
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.
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45.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern
Middle East Studies, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University (2020-2021
Academic Year)
Candidates must have research and
teaching experience relevant to the Modern Middle East, including any period
from early modern to contemporary (1500 - present). Focus on the Levant, the
Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, or Turkey.
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46.
Senior
Lecturer in Politics and International Relations of the Arabic Speaking Middle
East, Australian National University
This position
requires active independent contribution to research, undergraduate and
graduate teaching and the supervision of research students. Knowledge and
research competency in Arabic language is desirable.This position requires
active independent contribution to research, undergraduate and graduate
teaching and the supervision of research students. Knowledge and research
competency in Arabic language is desirable.
Deadline for applications: 20 January 2020. Information: https://socioloxy.com/senior-lecturer-in-politics-and-international-relations-of-the-arabic-speaking-middle-east,i6247.html
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47.
MA & PhD Scholarships at the
Central European University, Department of History, Vienna
We have excellent resources for
Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, including language training in Ottoman,
Arabic, Turkish, and Persian. CEU offers MA & PhD scholarships to students
from all countries.
Deadline for applications: 30 January
2020.
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48.
PhD Scholarship in Islamic &
Middle Eastern Studies (IMES)at the University of Edinburgh
IMES invites applications for one
PhD scholarship in any area within its expertise. The scholarship will be
funded by IMES and will cover tuition fees for the PhD in Islamic and Middle
Eastern Studies.
Deadline for applications for the Scholarship and the PhD: 14 February
2020.
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49.
GTOT Grant for Innovative Projects
by Young Scholars – Funding Period: 2020, Society for Turkic, Ottoman and
Turkish Studies
All proposals aiming at supporting young
scholars and/or Turkology as a study program will be considered.
Extended deadline: 21 February 2020.
Information: http://www.gtot.org/news/gtot-call/?lang=en
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50. 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 abstracts: 20 Jan. 2020.
Information: https://www.ehess.fr/fr/appels-%C3%A9tudiants/prix-th%C3%A8se-moyen-orient-et-mondes-musulmans-2020
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51.
Undergraduate Writing Competition:
“Muslim Intellectual Life in 2nd Century Hijri/8th Century CE Baghdad”
Two top $10,000 prizes (one for
Arabic and another for English) will be awarded. The best Arabic and English
papers will be published. Competition Themes: Religion and Ethics; Natural
Sciences; Philosophy; Literature and Poetry; Architecture; Art and Music;
Calligraphy, The Art of Healing; Political Thought and Governance.
Deadline for papers: 30 June 2020. Information:
https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/undergraduate-essay-prize-muslim-intellectual-life-in-2nd8th-c-baghdad?e=82aeb6c61d
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52.
Course: “Palestine Refugees and
International Law“, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, 13-14 March 2020
The Course examines, within the human
rights framework, the policies and practices of Middle Eastern states as they
impinge upon Palestinian refugees.
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