CONFERENCES
1. Conference: “Iraqi Studies: Past, Present, and
Future“, Columbia University, New York, 28-29 February 2020
2. 7e Colloque annuel du Cercle des Chercheurs
sur le Moyen-Orient (CCMO) : "Images et imaginaires au Moyen-Orient et en
Afrique du Nord", Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers, 2 mars 2020
3.
Graduate
Student Conference of the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African
Studies, Columbia University, 5-6 March 2020
4. Workshop "Mapping
Tunisia in Mediterranean Studies: Approaches to Research and Professional
Development in the Humanities and Social Sciences", Center for Middle
Eastern Studies Harvard University, Tunis, 9-10 March 2020
5. Workshop: "The Latin Qur'an, 1143-1500: Translation, Transmission,
Interpretation," Université de Nantes, 9-11 March 2020
6. Conference: "The Muslim Memories of Europe: Circulation and Politics
of Remembrance", Centre d'Histoire de Sciences Po, Paris, 27 March 2020
7. 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, PA, 27-28 March 2020
8. First Conference on
"Healthcare Communications in the Middle East", Weill Cornell
Medicine, Doha, 27-28 March 2020
9. 2nd Mid-Atlantic
Ottoman Studies Workshop on "Global Ottoman Empire", Hagop Kevorkian
Center for the Near Eastern Studie, New York University, 27-29 March 2020
10. Annual Conference of the
"Midwest Association for Middle East and Islamic Studies (MAMEIS)" on
the Theme "Division and Unity in the Middle East and Islamic World",
Wayne State University, Detroit, 3 April 2020
11. 11th Western
Ottomanists' Workshop, California State University Sacramento, 10-11 April 2020
12. International Conference:
"Hermeneutics of Quranic Norm Change", University of Erlangen, 15-16
April 2020
13. 4th Graduate
Congress for Modern Turkish Studies, Istanbul, 16-17 April 2020
14. 16th Convention
of the "Great Lakes Ottomanist Workshop", Institute of Islamic
Studies, McGill University, Montreal, 25-26 April 2020
15. 4th Annual
International Conference on Social Sciences on "Identity, Economics and
Politics", Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, 16-18 April 2020
- 2nd
International Congress on “Women and Politics in a Global World” (Focus
onTurkey), Altinbas University, 17-18 April 2020
- Conference:
"The Basic Social Effects on the Problems of Muslim Societies",
18-19 April 2020, Sakarya University, Turkey
- 5th
Annual Student Symposium on Gulf Studies (SSGS) on “Asia and the Gulf
States; Growing Interactions“, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, 19
April 2020
19. Second ArabicSpeech Meeting,
Doha, 20-21 April 2020
20. 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
21.
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
- International
Conference of the EU – Middle East Jean Monnet Network (EUMENIA) on “EU –
Middle East Relations“, University of Jordan, Amman, 21 April 2020
- 4th AEGIS Thematic Conference on “Africa in the Indian
Ocean“ (Interconnetions with Middle East), ISCTE-University Institute of
Lisbon, 23-24 April 2020
24. Interdisciplinary Graduate
Conference: "Decolonial Histories: Imperialism, Resistance, and
Liberation", Stony Brook University, New York, 24 April 2020
25. 3rd
"Islamicate Digital Humanities Conference" of the "Islamicate
Digital Humanities Network (IDHN)", 29 April 2020
- 35th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference:
“Theorizing Gender and Sexuality in the Historic and Contemporary Middle
East”, University of Chicago, 1-3 May 2020
27. Spring Workshop:
"Public Scholarship of Religion in an Age of Hypermediation",
Boulder, Colorado, 6-10 May 2020
28. 8th Annual
Research Seminar, Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London, 8
May 2020
29. 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
30.
42nd
Annual Conference of Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University
of Marburg, 26-28 May 2020
31. 46th Annual
Meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society on "Francophone
Borderlands", Buffalo, New York, 28-31 May 2020
32. Keyman Annual Conference on
Turkey: “Queer Conditions/Kuir Haller: Social and Political Change in an Age of
Authoritarianism“, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 29-30 May 2020
33. 6th Student
Conference on “Global Histories“, Humboldt University and Freie Universtität
Berlin, 22-23 May 2020
34. International Conference:
“Religion and Culture in Conflict and Peace: Impact in Reconciliation and
Peacebuilding”, University of Winchester, 2-3 June 2020
35.
13th Tunis Exchange: "Meet Key Leaders Across
Tunisia", Tunis, 7-14 June 2020
36.
Conference: “Discursive Challenges: Power, State Legitimacy and
Counter-narratives in the Arab World”, Durham University, 9-11 June 2020
37.
Symposium: “Making Home Away: Displacement, Migration, and Resettlement”,
University of Reading, 12 June 2020
38. Conference: "Global Cities: Middle Eastern
Metropoles 2020", University of London, 17-19 June 2020
39. Interdisciplinary Colloquium
for (Post)doctoral Students on "Postcolonial and Gender Studies",
University of Trier, 18-19 June 2020
40. 4th International Conference on Kurdish
Studies, University of Exeter, 18-20 June 2020
41. Annual Conference on “Egypt`s Future Outlook: The
Search for New Balances“, Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and
Political Science (BAEPS), British University in Egypt, Cairo, 24 June 2020
- Workshop on “Colonial Concentration Camps:
Imperial Origins and Global Legacies“ (Including MENA), Monash University
Prato, 29 June – 1 July 2020
43.
Session 82 "Social control, Resistances and Sensing the Cities in
the Maghreb Region" during the Conference "Sensing the City",
University of Antwerp, Belgium, 6-8 July 2020
44.
4th Australasian Conference on Islam: “Muslim Youth in the
West: Social, Religious, Political Challenges and Opportunities”, Deakin
University, Melbourne, 9-10 July 2020
- 54th Seminar for Arabian
Studies of the "International Association for the Study of Arabia
(IASA)", Casa Arabe, Cordoba, 15-18 July 2020
46. 51st International Conference of the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on “The
Aramaeans B.C.: History, Literature, and Archaeology“, Oriental Institute,
Oxford University, 20-22 July 2020
47. Conference on “New Perspectives
on Middle East Migrations”, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 11-13
September 2020
48.
Annual
Conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington, DC, 10-13
October 2020
49. Conference of the Social
Science History Association on "Politics, Society, and the Economy: the
Past and Today", Washington, D.C., 19-22 November 2020
50. 7th International
Conference of the International Iranian Economic Association on Iran's Economy,
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, 15-17 December 2020
51. Conference: "Knowledge
Systems and Ottoman-European Encounters: Spatial and Social Dynamics",
University of Zurich, 21-23 January 2021
POSITIONS
52. Two
PhD Positions (Research Associates, 65%) in the Research Group "Coerced
Circulation of Knowledge", Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies,
University of Bonn
53. Research
Fellowship in the Study of the Islamic World, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
54. Tenure-track Lecturer Position in Arabic Literature,
University of Haifa
55. Faculty Position in Islamic History, Habib
University, Karachi
56. Assistant Professor of Human Rights in the
Middle East & North Africa, University of Arizona
57. Lecturer in Sociology of Islam and
Muslim Societies, Australian National University, College of Arts
and Social Sciences
OTHER
INFORMATION
58. Full PhD Scholarship (Fees and
Maintenance) in Any Area of Law, Politics, or International Relations, Dublin
City University
59.
Summer School Languages Program:
Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, and Persian, Ibn Haldun University
Süleymaniye Complex, Istanbul, 8 June - 24 July 2020
60. Articles
and Papers on "Religious Transformations in the Arab World - Spirituality,
Religious Doubt, and Non-Religion", for Special Issue of the Journal
“Religion” and for Panel at MESA, Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020
- Contributions to Journal
“Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World“, Volume
38, 2021
62. Invitation for New Members of the "Arab-German
Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA)"
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 für Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, in
cooperation with the Univerversiy of Sharjah/UAE
____________________
CONFERENCES
1. Conference:
“Iraqi Studies: Past, Present, and Future“, Columbia University, New York,
28-29 February 2020
_____________________________________
2. 7e Colloque annuel du Cercle des Chercheurs
sur le Moyen-Orient (CCMO) : "Images et imaginaires au Moyen-Orient et en
Afrique du Nord", Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers, 2 mars 2020
_____________________________________
3.
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.
_____________________________________
4. Workshop "Mapping Tunisia in Mediterranean
Studies: Approaches to Research and Professional Development in the Humanities
and Social Sciences", Center for Middle Eastern Studies Harvard
University, Tunis, 9-10 March 2020
The first day will include
talks and discussions around the field of Mediterranean Studies, with a
specific focus on Tunisia. The second-day sessions of this workshop will be
dedicated to methodology of research and professional development in the
scholarly field of Mediterranean Humanities.
Deadline for application: 28 February 2020.
Information and program: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-mapping-tunisia-in-mediterranean-studies-tunis-9-10-march?e=82aeb6c61d
_____________________________________
5. Workshop:
"The Latin Qur'an, 1143-1500: Translation, Transmission,
Interpretation," Université de Nantes, 9-11 March 2020
This workshop will examine the range
of medieval Latin transmission of the Qur’an and reaction to the Qur’an by
concentrating on the manuscript traditions of medieval Qur’an translations and
anti-Islamic polemics in Latin.
Information and program: https://www.univ-nantes.fr/colloques-journees-d-etude-seminaires/workshop-the-latin-qur-an-1143-1500-translation-transmission-interpretation-2553383.kjsp
_____________________________________
6. Conference:
"The Muslim Memories of Europe: Circulation and Politics of
Remembrance", Centre d'Histoire de Sciences Po, Paris, 27 March 2020
This conference co-organized examines
the mobilization of an increasingly insistent and intransigent memory that
refers to the so-called 'Christian roots of Europe.' The conference also
focuses on collective initiatives that discuss the plurality of national and
European memories, and the different political strategies leading to their
affirmation. Etc.
See program at: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5886468/muslim-memories-europe-circulation-and-politics-remembrance
_____________________________________
7. 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, PA, 27-28 March 2020
The conference puts particular
emphasis on socio-political dimensions of Islam and covers a vast range of
topics and areas from Sufism, the so-called apolitical dimension of the faith
to economic and financial aspects of Islam, both in Muslim and non-Muslim
societies.
_____________________________________
8.
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.
Information: http://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/event/hc/overview
_____________________________________
9. 2nd 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. Submissions are from history, literary studies,
manuscript studies, art & architectural history.
_____________________________________
10. Annual Conference of the "Midwest Association for
Middle East and Islamic Studies (MAMEIS)" on the Theme "Division and
Unity in the Middle East and Islamic World", Wayne State University,
Detroit, 3 April 2020
We are soliciting new research on
any topic in Middle East and Islamic Studies, but especially encourage
abstracts that align with our conference theme.This conference explores the
twin themes of unity and division from both political and social angles. What
do efforts to establish unity look like in the region today and what forms have
they taken in the past? Etc.
Extended
deadline for abstracts: 9 March 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5902631/call-paper-midwest-association-middle-east-and-islamic-studies
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11.
11th Western Ottomanists'
Workshop, California State University Sacramento, 10-11 April 2020
Scholars and graduate students
interested in Ottoman studies will present work in progress, and engage in
broad dialogue with colleagues in different fields and disciplines.
_____________________________________
12. International Conference: "Hermeneutics of
Quranic Norm Change", University of Erlangen, 15-16 April 2020
_____________________________________
13. 4th Graduate Congress for Modern Turkish
Studies, Istanbul, 16-17 April 2020
The
main goal of the congress is to provide a platform for participants who are
interested in studying in this field and provide them network opportunities. We
are welcoming papers which analyse the experiences of social, political,
economic and modernization process in the last two centuries in Turkey and her
surroundings.
Deadline for
abstracts: 10 March 2020. Information: http://sehir.edu.tr/cemts; English version: https://www.sehir.edu.tr/en/events/modern-turkiye-calismalari-lisansustu-kongresi-4
_____________________________________
14. 16th Convention of the "Great Lakes
Ottomanist Workshop", Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University,
Montreal, 25-26 April 2020
See
program and abstracts at
_____________________________________
15. 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.
_____________________________________
- 2nd International Congress on
“Women and Politics in a Global World” (Focus onTurkey), Altinbas
University, 17-18 April 2020
The place
and significance of women within the spheres of family, law, science, art,
politics, culture and socio-economy throughout the ages will be assessed in
context of interdisciplinary studies involving women in throughout Turkey and
the world.
_____________________________________
- Conference: "The Basic
Social Effects on the Problems of Muslim Societies", Sakarya
University, Turkey, 18-19 April 2020
The conference will
present civilizational and native thoughts and solving styles to the social
problems of Muslim societies and will present new movements of thought and
institutional models to the Muslim world as alternative approach.
_____________________________________
- 5th Annual Student
Symposium on Gulf Studies (SSGS) on “Asia and the Gulf States; Growing
Interactions“, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, 19 April 2020
The major themes of the Forum are
political relations, economic relations and development, social and cultural
interactions. The aim of is to provide a platform for undergraduate students,
post-graduate students, PhD students/candidates, and post-doctorates who have
graduated within the last two years to share their research.
_____________________________________
19. Second ArabicSpeech Meeting, Doha, 20-21 April 2020
ArabicSpeech is
concerned with technologies in speech and language processing. Our focus will
be Arabic language, both standard and dialectal. This annual meeting provides a
forum for researchers and practitioners from the industry to share and discuss
their ongoing work.
_____________________________________
20.
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.
Information: https://hacibayram.edu.tr/web/egemenlik2020duyuruen
_____________________________________
21.
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.
Information: http://www.mbrn.org.uk/call-for-papers-navigating-the-non-confessional-in-university-islamic-studies/
_____________________________________
- International Conference of the
EU – Middle East Jean Monnet Network (EUMENIA) on “EU – Middle East
Relations“, University of Jordan, Amman, 21 April 2020
This conference will involve 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, including the
study of the Middle East in European Universities and of Europe in Middle
Eastern Universities; EU-Middle East relations, including relations between
individual Middle Eastern Countries and the EU or EU member states; etc.
Information: http://eumenia.eu/2019/12/call-for-papers-eumenia-conference-on-eu-middle-east-relations-21-april-2020/
_____________________________________
- 4th AEGIS
Thematic Conference on “Africa in the Indian Ocean“ (Interconnetions with
Middle East), ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, 23-24 April 2020
The conference will
consist of interdisciplinary thematic panels focusing on the interconnections
between Horn of Africa & Eastern Africa societies and the Middle East
countries, with a special focus on the challenges of recent geopolitical,
religious and economic ties between these regions.
_____________________________________
24.
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.
_____________________________________
25. 3rd "Islamicate Digital Humanities
Conference" of the "Islamicate Digital Humanities Network
(IDHN)", 29 April 2020
We are
calling for contributions from both members and guests employing digital
methods in their research within the Islamicate Studies and related fields in
the Humanities, as well as from our colleagues in Linguistics and Computer
Science.
To
contribute, send an email to info@idhn.org
with the title and a description of your presentation. Information: https://idhn.org/conferences and join
the network at https://idhn.org/contact.
_____________________________________
- 35th Annual
Middle East History and Theory Conference: “Theorizing Gender and
Sexuality in the Historic and Contemporary Middle East”, University of
Chicago, 1-3 May 2020
Topics include history,
political science, anthropology, religious studies, geography, literary
studies, philosophy, art history, and media studies.
Information: https://mehat2020.wixsite.com/mehat
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27.
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.
_____________________________________
28. 8th Annual Research Seminar, Centre for
Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London, 8 May 2020
The seminar
provides a platform for PhD students working on Palestine or Palestine-related issues
to present their projects and discuss theoretical and research questions.
_____________________________________
29. 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 will 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.
_____________________________________
30.
42nd
Annual Conference of Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University
of Marburg, 26-28 May 2020
The local convenor is Dr Susanne
Saker. Papers focus 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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31.
46th Annual Meeting of
the French Colonial Historical Society on "Francophone Borderlands", Buffalo,
New York, 28-31 May 2020
Papers will 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.
_____________________________________
32. Keyman Annual Conference on Turkey: “Queer Conditions/Kuir
Haller: Social and Political Change in an Age of Authoritarianism“,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 29-30 May 2020
The aim is to
engage with the global debate taking place on
intersectionality by analyzing the role of gender identity and dynamics in
facilitating the reproduction of power structures, and in the mobilization of
historically marginalized groups seeking to expose, challenge, and ultimately
dismantle those structures.
_____________________________________
33. 6th Student Conference on “Global
Histories“, Humboldt University and Freie Universtität Berlin, 22-23 May 2020
This conference targets relations, flows
and actors that challenge the assumption of the nation state and calls
attention to the importance of transnational connections and their influence in
the past.
_____________________________________
34.
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 between theory, practice and
impact in religion, reconciliation and peacebuilding; etc.
_____________________________________
35.
13th
Tunis Exchange: "Meet Key Leaders Across Tunisia", Tunis, 7-14 June
2020
This
exchange will be held in association with Georgetown University's Democracy and
Governance Program and will engage participants from around the world in a
multifaceted discussion of some of the key issues facing Tunisia and the wider
region.
Registration
Deadline: 15 April 2020. Information: https://thebeirutexchange.com/the-tunis-exchange/
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36.
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.
_____________________________________
37.
Symposium: “Making Home Away: Displacement, Migration, and
Resettlement”, University of Reading, 12 June 2020
Funded by the
British Academy’s “Tackling the UKs International Challenges” grant scheme, the
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.
_____________________________________
38. 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.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4115179/cfp-global-cities-middle-eastern-metropoles-2020
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39. Interdisciplinary Colloquium for (Post)doctoral
Students on "Postcolonial and Gender Studies", University of Trier,
18-19 June 2020
The aim of
the colloquium is to offer the young researchers who work in these two fields a
platform for exchanging content and interdisciplinary networking.
Deadline for
abstracts: 10 March 2020.
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40. 4th
International Conference on Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter, 18-20 June
2020
Thematic areas include Kurdish literature,
women’s participation in politics, cultural production, history, political
international relations, governance, civil society, civil rights, diplomacy,
conflict and democratization, forced displacement, internal and external
interference, internal colonialization and rewriting Kurdish history.
_____________________________________
41. Annual
Conference on “Egypt`s Future Outlook: The Search for New Balances“, Faculty of
Business Administration, Economics and Political Science (BAEPS), British
University in Egypt, Cairo, 24 June 2020
Papers are invited on entrepreneurship,
economic development, socio-economic reforms, environmental economics,
political stabilization, foreign policy, and international relations in order
to evaluate the effectiveness of current reforms and to pave the way for new
policies that will facilitate the road to development.
Deadline for abstracts: 1
March 2020.
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- Workshop
on “Colonial Concentration Camps: Imperial Origins and Global Legacies“
(Including MENA), Monash University Prato, 29 June – 1 July 2020
The workshop will study the history of
concentration camps, from the American Civil War, to the settler conquests of
the New World, to conflict in colonial Africa and Asia and the ongoing “War on
Terror.“
_____________________________________
43.
Session 82
"Social control, Resistances and Sensing the Cities in the Maghreb
Region" during the Conference "Sensing the City", University of
Antwerp, Belgium, 6-8 July 2020
The session
will focus on the policing of urban populations through the governing through
sensory interventions.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2020. Information:
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferences/rc21-sensing-the-city/call-for-papers
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44.
4th
Australasian Conference on Islam: “Muslim Youth in the West: Social, Religious,
Political Challenges and Opportunities”, Deakin University, Melbourne, 9-10
July 2020
This conference
aims to explore the social, religious and political challenges affecting Muslim
youth in Western societies and the ways in which Muslim youth have responded to
these issues.
_____________________________________
- 54th Seminar for Arabian Studies of the
"International Association for the Study of Arabia (IASA)", Casa
Arabe, Cordoba, 15-18 July 2020
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February
2020. Information:
https://mailchi.mp/3c625180ed77/seminar-for-arabian-studies-2020-call-for-papers-4803397?e=18cf0337f7
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46. 51st
International Conference of the ARAM Society for
Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on “The Aramaeans B.C.: History,
Literature, and Archaeology“, Oriental Institute, Oxford University, 20-22 July
2020
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47. Conference on “New Perspectives on Middle East
Migrations”, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 11-13 September 2020
Papers are invited
from history, anthropology, geography, and
sociology to comparative literature and cultural studies, and from refugee
studies to political economy and settler colonial studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 3 April 2020.
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48.
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.
Information: https://mesana.org/
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49. Conference of the Social Science History Association
on "Politics, Society, and the Economy: the Past and Today",
Washington, D.C., 19-22 November 2020
The program committee seeks individual papers and panel proposals on all
aspects of social science history. We are especially interested in research
that makes imaginative use of historical data and tools from the social
sciences to analyze how politics, society, and the economy interact over time.
Etc.
Deadline for abstracts extended to 13 March 2020. Information: http://ssha2020.ssha.org
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50. 7th 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.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 May 2020. Information: http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/people-files/faculty/km418/IIEA/IIEA_2020_Conference/IIEA%202020%20Conference%20on%20the%20Iranian%20Economy%20-%20Call%20for%20Papers.pdf
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51. Conference: "Knowledge Systems and
Ottoman-European Encounters: Spatial and Social Dynamics", University of
Zurich, 21-23 January 2021
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?
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POSITIONS
52. Two
PhD Positions (Research Associates, 65%) in the Research Group "Coerced
Circulation of Knowledge", Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies,
University of Bonn
Applicants
are required to have completed a university degree (Master) in history,
cultural history, history of ideas or in a similar area of study relevant for
the research group. The successful candidates will formulate independent
projects within the Research Group.
Deadline for applications:
15 March 2020. Information:
https://www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/en/career/two-phd-positions-research-associates-65-research-group-coerced-circulation-of-knowledge
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53. Research
Fellowship in the Study of the Islamic World, Oxford Centre for Islamic
Studies
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. The fellowship is tenable from October 2020
for three years.
Deadline for applications:
24 March 2020. Information: https://www.oxcis.ac.uk/sites/www.oxcis.ac.uk/files/inline-files/Research%20Fellowship.pdf
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54. Tenure-track Lecturer Position in Arabic Literature,
University of Haifa
Applications
are invited for a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) position to
begin October 2021. We welcome candidates specializing in either Modern Arabic
Literature, or Classical Arabic Literature. While the language of instruction
in the department is Arabic, candidates may teach in English or Hebrew in the
first few years if they prefer.
Review of applications will
begin on 1 April 2020.
Information: Dr. Ali Hussein (ahussein@univ.haifa.ac.il)
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55. Faculty Position in Islamic History, Habib
University, Karachi
Specialization may be in any period or region of the Islamic world
and/or Muslim communities elsewhere in the world including the Americas,
Africa, and the Black Diaspora. The ability to teach Islamic Intellectual
History in a comparative and global vein will be a plus. Depending on
credentials and experience, candidates will be considered at the rank of
Lecturer, Assistant Professor or Associate Professor as appropriate.
Deadline for applications: 16 April 2020. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59824
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56. Assistant Professor of Human Rights in the
Middle East & North Africa, University
of Arizona
Candidates
will be expected to have a PhD in a field represented in the UA College of Social
and Behavioral Sciences (SBS); exceptional ABD applicants nearing completion
will also be considered. The position has a preferred focus on Egypt, North
Africa, or Turkey, although applications from specialists in any area of the
Middle East and North Africa are welcome and will receive full consideration.
This position requires the ability to design and teach undergraduate and
graduate courses and mentor students; and occasional domestic and foreign
travel for meetings, seminars, and conferences.
Deadline for applications: 15 April 2020. Infromation: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59822
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57. Lecturer in Sociology of Islam and
Muslim Societies, Australian National University,
College of Arts and Social Sciences
The appointee’s research profile should be rooted in sociological
perspectives or political sociology on the religion and culture of Islam and
Muslim societies. Research can focus on aspects of the global and complex
majority Muslim societies and/or minority status of Muslims in various
socio-political contexts.
Deadline for applications: 2 March 2020.
Information: https://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/535130/lecturer-sociology-of-islam-and-muslim-societies
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OTHER
INFORMATION
58. Full PhD Scholarship (Fees and
Maintenance) in any Area of Law, Politics, or International Relations, Dublin
City University
Outstanding PhD candidates will be offered a fee
waiver and a tax-free scholarship of €16,000 per annum for four years. The
School operates a full-time four-year PhD programme with a range of taught
courses in the first year and further professional training offered in other
years. The school provides a supportive atmosphere for research postgraduates
with dedicated supervisory teams, weekly research seminars in both law and
politics, and opportunities to teach.
Deadline for
application: 29 March 2020. Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BYR192/phd-research-in-any-area-of-law-politics-or-international-relations
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59.
Summer
School Languages Program: Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, and Persian,
Ibn Haldun University Süleymaniye Complex, Istanbul, 8 June - 24 July 2020
This programme offers
intensive language instruction for international students and professionals. This is a full
Summer Term that over seven weeks offers twice the transferable credits as a
regular 14-week semester. A wholly immersive experience is
designed to comprise co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as
conversation tables and study hours; seminars by top scholars on Turkish
history, politics, literature, and art; cultural events, movie screenings, and
field trips to historical sites and archives.
Application deadline: 31 March 2020.
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60. Articles
and Papers on "Religious Transformations in the Arab World - Spirituality,
Religious Doubt, and Non-Religion", for Special Issue of the Journal
“Religion” and for Panel at MESA, Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020
This
special issue and the MESA panel look to compose a cross section of current
work in social science, religious studies, and related fields on Islam/religion
and non-religion in the Arab World.
Deadline for final article: 1 December
2020.
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- Contributions to Journal “Muqarnas:
An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World“, Volume 38, 2021
Muqarnas is a
scholarly journal that publishes articles on art and all aspects of Islamic
visual and material cultures, historical and contemporary. Full-length articles
are accompanied by shorter submissions grouped under a separate section titled
“Notes and Sources,” for which we particularly welcome studies that introduce
textual and visual primary sources.
Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2020.
Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/5595959/muqarnas-annual-visual-cultures-islamic-world-invites-submissions
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62. Invitation for New Members of the "Arab-German
Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA)"
Excellent
young scholars (3-10 years after PhD) from Germany and all Arab countries are invited
to apply for membership in AGYA.
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