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EURAMES Info Service 10/2020


CONFERENCES

  1. Workshop: "Western Intervention in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: Political Containment, Neoliberalism, and Imperial Legacies", University of Oxford, 10-11 March 2020

  1. International Workshop: "Media Representations of Law and Justice: Middle Eastern Perspectives", Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Leipzig, 12–13 March 2020

  1. Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies, Aga Khan University, London, 6-7 April 2020

  1. International Congress: “The Decade of Mutations in Tunisia (2010 – 2020): Think the Societal Dynamics in Tunisia“, University of Tunis, 10-11 April 2020

  1. International Conference: “Hermeneutics of Quranic Norm Change“, University of Erlangen, 15-16 April 2020

  1. 4th Annual International Conference on Social Sciences: “Identity, Economics and Politics”, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, 16-18 April 2020

  1. 2nd International Congress on “Women and Politics in a Global World”, Altinbas University, Istanbul, 17-18 April 2020

  1. Inaugural Middle East Conference: “Ideas Towards New Agendas”, Middle Eastern Studies Department (MESD), Hamad Bin Khalifa University Doha, 20-21 April 2020

  1. Journée d’études inaugurale de l’Association française d’études sur Israël, « Israël contemporain : enjeux et grands débats » CERI-Sciences Po, Paris, 22 avril 2020

  1. Workshop: "Ibadi Manuscripts in European and North American Libraries," Lviv, Ukraine, 24-25 April 2020

  1. 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

  1. Conference: "Islamic Tradition(s) and the Challenges of European Modernity in the Balkans", Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 7 May 2020

  1. Conference: “Migration via the Sea or Desert: Recourse to Religious Figures in the Migratory Dynamics of Africa”, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, 7-8 May 2020

  1. Workshop: “Diasporas, Charity and the Construction of Belonging: a Connected History of Practices of ‘Goodwill’ in Egypt during the Imperial Age (19th – 20th Centuries)“, Institut français d’archéologie orientale, Cairo, 19-20 May 2020

  1. Conference of the Jewish-Muslim Research Network: “Beyond Jewish-Muslim Relations”, University of Manchester, 19-20 May 2020

  1. 42nd Annual Conference of Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University of Marburg, 26-28 May 2020

  1. Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, University of Gibraltar, 27-30 May 2020

  1. Workshop: "One Hundred Years of Family Law Reform in Parliament, in Court, and on Screen", Aga Khan University, London, 28-29 May 2020

  1.  8th International Conference of the National Records and Archives Authority of the Sultanate of Oman (NRAA): “Omani-German Relations during the 19th and 20th Centuries”, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, 5-6 June 2020

  1. Conference: “Discursive Challenges: Power, State Legitimacy and Counter-narratives in the Arab World”, Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS), Durham University, 9-11 June 2020

  1. Workshop: "Jews and Whiteness in Colonial Spaces", SOAS Centre for Jewish Studies, London, 10-11 June 2020

  1. Workshop: "Travelling Practices and the Emergence of Tourism in the Middle East (16th-20th Centuries)", University of Vienna, 12-13 June 2020

  1. Workshop: “Teaching Israel and/in the Middle East,” Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 14-18 June 2020

  1. 20th International Conference on Migration: "The Multicultural Condition", University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, 18-19 June 2020

  1. International Research Conference: “Palestine as Epistemic Site: Knowledge Production beyond Fragmentation“, University of Vienna, 24–26 June 2020

  1. International Doctoral Conference in Religious Studies: “Resistance to Order and Authority in Religion“, Central European University, Budapest, 25-27 June 2020

  1. Conference: “Thinking about Violence in Africa through Women’s Experiences: Vulnerability & Subversion,“ Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin, 29-30 June 2020

  1. Workshop of the Economic Research Forum: “The Micro-Level Analysis of the Impact of Violent Conflict on Lives and Livelihoods in the MENA Region“, June 2020 (TBD)

  1. 8th Annual Contemporary Fiqhī Issues Workshop: “The Regulation of Purity (Ṭahāra) and Impurity (Najāsāt) in Islam: Practical, Socio-Ethical and Theological Implications”, Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, 2-3 July 2020

  1. 7th Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Centre for Visual Arts and Research, Nicosia, 2-4 July 2020

  1. 16th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society: “The Arts and Archaeology of Funerary Cultures in Islam”, Sapienza University, Rome, 2-4 July 2020

  1. 15th International Congress of Ottoman Social and Economic History (ICOSEH), University of Zagreb, 13-17 July 2020

  1. Workshop: “Social Remittances and Social Change: Links between Home and Host Communities in the Gulf” during the 11th Annual Gulf Research Meeting (GRM), Cambridge, 21-23 July 2020

  1. Workshop 8: “Saudi Youth ‘Policy Relevance’: Dilemmas, Challenges, Opportunities“ during the 11th Annual Gulf Research Meeting (GRM), Cambridge, 21-23 July 2020

  1. Middle East Mediterranean (MEM) Summer Summit, Lugano, 20-30 August 2020

  1. Conference: “Ideas in Motion: Arabia in Late Antiquity,“ Leiden University and King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, Leiden, 26-27 August 2020

  1. International Research Conference: “The Work of the Joint Distribution Committee and other International Jewish Organizations in Islamic Countries”, Jerusalem, 1-2 September 2020

  1. Workshop: “Trembling and Inundation: Natural Disasters in the History and Culture of West Asia and North Africa”, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, 8 September 2020

  1. International Conference: “Sovereignty, Legitimacy and Authority in Twelver Shia Islam: Clerics and the State, Past and Present”, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) Berlin, 10-11 September 2020

  1. International Conference: “New Perspectives on Middle East Migrations“, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 11-13 September 2020

  1. Conference: “Arabic-Script Manuscripts in Africa”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, 13-16 September 2020

  1. Meeting of the European Network for the Study of Islam and Esotericism (ENSIE): “Islamic Esotericism in Global Contexts”, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 24-26 September 2020

  1. International Conference: “Occupied Istanbul: Urban Politics, Culture, and Society, 1918-1923”, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 25-27 September 2020

  1. Conference: “North Africa in 2020 – Current Challenges and Opportunities, Dominating Narratives, and New Perspectives”, King’s College London, 6 October 2020

  1. International Conference of the Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII): “From Ancient to Modern: The Current State of Research on Iraq“, Washington, DC, 9 October 2020

  1. 54th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington DC, 10-13 October 2020

  1. Journée d’étude : « Travail et travailleur·se·s au Maghreb (XIXe-XXIe s.) », IDHES, Paris Nanterre, 20 octobre 2020

  1. International Conference: “Culture Made in Arabia: The Arabian Peninsula as a New Major Player on the Arab Cultural Scene“, CEFAS / Sorbonne Abu Dhabi / New York University Abu Dhabi, 31 October – 1 November 2020

  1. Colloque : « La place des Lumières dans les pays arabo et/ou musulmans : pour une nouvelle approche des liens Orient/Occident », Institut Supérieur des sciences humaines, Tunis, 18-20 novembre 2020

  1. Panel on “Borders, Bodies and Ethics: Transnational Religious Networks in the Middle East” during the "American Anthropological Association Meeting", St. Louis, MO, 18-22 November 2020

  1. Symposium on "The Body at Work: Gender, Labour, Migration", University of London, Paris, 20 November 2020

  1. Conference Examining Design, Planning & Construction in the Modern World: “Dubai 2020: Rapid Cities – Responsive Architectures“, American University in Dubai, 22-24 November 2020

  1. Conférence international : "Islam et pudeur", Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique, 3-4 décembre 2020

  1. Conference: “Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond. Al-Safadī and His Pairs”, Venice, 10-12 December 2020

  1. International Symposium: “Foreign Images and Practices of Bibliotherapy: from ‘The Arabian Nights’ to ‘Manga’, University of Strasbourg, 27-29 January 2021

  1. Conference: "Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East: The Silk Roads and Beyond", University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 8-10 April 2021

  1. 20th ISA World Congress of Sociology on "Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies", Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022


POSITIONS

  1. Software Developer for Arabic Literature Project, University of Muenster

  1. Research Fellowship, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

  1. Postdoctoral Research and Outreach Associate in Islamic Art, Aesthetics and/or Material Culture, Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge

  1. Dean for Communication College and Dean for Law Colledge, University of Sharjah, UAE

  1. Fellowships of the Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII) for Research on Iraq

  1. Visiting Assistant Professor in African or Middle Eastern History, Loyola Marymount University

  1. Fellowship Program to Support Emerging Displaced Scholars (Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences), Columbia University, Global Center, Amman

  1. Co-editor-in-chief for “The Journal of North African Studies”


OTHER INFORMATION

  1. Zahid Ali Fellowship 2020, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London

  1. Book Award Competition 2020, the Association for Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS)

  1. MA Islamic Intellectual History (1 Year), MA Islamic Intellectual History & Intensive Language (2 Years), SOAS, University of London

  1. Projets 2020 de recherche « Islam, religion et société (sur l’islam de France) », BCC – DLPAJ,  ministère de l’intérieur

  1. Intensive Summer Course in Modern Standard Arabic, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, 29 May – 24 July 2020

  1. Summer School of Arabic and Kurdish Dialects, French National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations (Inalco), Paris, 2 June – 10 July 2020

  1. Summer School “The Middle East in Global Politics”, SOAS, University of London, 29 June - 17 July 2020

  1. Intensive Seminar: “Venice, Cyprus and Trade with the Mamlukes“, Nicosia, 29 June – 1 July 2020

  1. Albright Institute Summer Study Program: “Archaeological and Historical Introduction to Israel, Palestine and Jordan from Antiquity through the Middle Ages”, 1-22 August 2020

  1. Munich-Berlin Middle East Summer School (MEIA): “Politics, Economies, and Societies of a Changing Middle East“, 3-21 August 2020

  1. Summer School: "Cultural Encounters and Ibadi Theological Developments" and Workshop: "Assessing the Study of Early Ibadi Sources: Methodologies, Developments and Perspectives", University of Tuebingen, 7-11 September 2020

  1. Articles on "Visibility of Religious Difference in Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean“ for “Hamsa: Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies”

  1. Articles on “The Politics of Religious Dissent” for Special Issue of New “International Journal of Religion”

  1. Articles on "Religious Transformation in the Middle East - Spirituality, Religious Doubt, and Non-religion" for Special Edition of Journal "Religions"

  1. Publications for the "Occasional Paper Series of the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS)", Georgetown University in Qatar

  1. New "Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World"

  1. Chapters for Edited Book on "Diasporic Political Communication: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives" (Focus Middle East)

  1. Chapters for the New “Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism: Groups, Perspectives and New Debates” (Routledge)

  1. New Book Series on “SOAS Palestine Studies“ with I.B.Tauris

  1. New Book Series “Gulf Studies” by Gulf Studies Center (GSC), Qatar University, in Collaboration with “Springer Nature”


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CONFERENCES

  1. Workshop: "Western Intervention in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: Political Containment, Neoliberalism, and Imperial Legacies", University of Oxford, 10-11 March 2020

This workshop will situate current military and development interventions into a larger context and debate about (neo)colonialism, governance, the state, sovereignty, and to encourage a systematic treatment of the historical continuities and ruptures between the present and the explicitly imperial political contexts of the early twentieth century.

Information: https://www.area-studies.ox.ac.uk/article/call-for-papers-western-intervention-in-the-wake-of-the-arab-uprisings-political-containment

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  1. International Workshop: "Media Representations of Law and Justice: Middle Eastern Perspectives", Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Leipzig, 12–13 March 2020

Contributions will analyse Arabic-language cinematic and television formats screening legal system in either contemporary or historical perspective and papers on legal dramas from neighboring countries in the ‘Greater Middle East’, as well as comparative studies to allow for broader transnational perspectives.

Information: https://tinyurl.com/vbqxrvo

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  1. Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies, Aga Khan University, London, 6-7 April 2020

The conference will include include papers from the disciplines of Art, Architecture and Material Culture in the Muslim world; Diversity within Islam and Islamic Studies; Economy, Marketing and Finance; Education; Gender Studies; Hadith Studies; History, Intellectual History, History of Science; Interreligious Relations; Law; Literature, Media and Cultural Studies including Postcolonial Studies; etc.

Registration at http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-2020/brais-2020-conference-registration

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  1. International Congress: “The Decade of Mutations in Tunisia (2010 – 2020): Think the Societal Dynamics in Tunisia“, University of Tunis, 10-11 April 2020

The congress will focus on the following themes: The historical context, since 2009; 2010 the socio-econo-mic crisis paroxysm; experiencing freedom since 2010; social dynamics: classes, casts and categories involved; role and weight of the civil society; the phenomenon of legal emigration (brain drain) and of clandestine one (jobless youngsters); etc.

Information:  http://www.ismt.rnu.tn/2019/12/25/call-for-papers-the-university-of-tunis-organizes-the-international-congress/

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  1. International Conference: “Hermeneutics of Quranic Norm Change“, University of Erlangen, 15-16 April 2020

See program at https://www.dirs.phil.fau.de/files/2020/01/Korankonferenz_4S_web.pdf. For registration contact Hadil Lababidi (hadil.lababidi@fau.de).

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  1. 4th Annual International Conference on Social Sciences: “Identity, Economics and Politics”, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, 16-18 April 2020

The conference addresses issues related to the concept of identity from a multidisciplinary perspective. Scholars of economics, political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, humanities and arts, law are welcome.

Information: http://www.aicss.yildiz.edu.tr/

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  1. 2nd International Congress on “Women and Politics in a Global World”, Altinbas University, Istanbul, 17-18 April 2020

The conference will assess the place and significance of women within the spheres of family, law, science, art, politics, culture and socio-economy throughout the ages in context of interdisciplinary studies involving women in throughout Turkey and the world.

Information: http://www.altinbas.edu.tr/wpgw/en/

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  1. Inaugural Middle East Conference: “Ideas Towards New Agendas”, Middle Eastern Studies Department (MESD), Hamad Bin Khalifa University Doha, 20-21 April 2020

The conference aims at developing a new, more constructive agenda for Middle East studies which recognizes the region’s evolving characteristics and challenges, but also sees these in the wider context of international dynamics and interactions.

Information: https://www.hbku.edu.qa/en/mec

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  1. Journée d’études inaugurale de l’Association française d’études sur Israël, « Israël contemporain : enjeux et grands débats » CERI-Sciences Po, Paris, 22 avril 2020

La rencontre et le débat scientifique entre chercheur-se-s inscrit-e-s dans différents domaines disciplinaires, s’intéressant tou-te-s à Israël et à l’espace israélo-palestinien.

Information : http://iremam.cnrs.fr/IMG/pdf/aac-je-afeil.pdf

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  1. Workshop: "Ibadi Manuscripts in European and North American Libraries," Lviv, Ukraine, 24-25 April 2020

This workshop aims to investigate critically the histories and politics of these collections, with special attention to their acquisition and subsequent use by scholars from both outside and inside Ibadi communities.

Information: https://ibadistudies.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/lviv_ibadi_mss_cfp_2020.pdf

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  1. 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

The conference will study the Middle East from the sixth century c.e. to the present day. 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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  1. Conference: "Islamic Tradition(s) and the Challenges of European Modernity in the Balkans", Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 7 May 2020

Balkan and particularly Bosnian Muslims have long and complex experiences with social and political modernisation in secular states. The workshop will discuss challenges, modalities and limits of modernisation of religious discourse, theological thought, as well as institutional governance and consequences of religious pluralisation the development of localised Islamic traditions.

Information: http://cgs.flu.cas.cz/en/akce-konference-a-seminare/call-for-papers-conference-islamic-traditions-and-the-challenges-of-european-modernity-in-the-balkans2

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  1. Conference: “Migration via the Sea or Desert: Recourse to Religious Figures in the Migratory Dynamics of Africa”, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, 7-8 May 2020

This conference intends to open a scientific dialogue to discuss the place of the religious in migratory dynamics. The conference’s anchoring point is the illegal migration from Africa towards Europe and Middle East. Papers will also deal with the link between religious and all other forms of human mobility within the African continental space or from it to other destinations.

Information: https://calenda.org/673554

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  1. Workshop: “Diasporas, Charity and the Construction of Belonging: a Connected History of Practices of ‘Goodwill’ in Egypt during the Imperial Age (19th – 20th Centuries)“, Institut français d’archéologie orientale, Cairo, 19-20 May 2020

The workshop aims to investigate the role of charity in the fabric of transnational belonging to demonstrate, on the one hand, how approaching ‘charity’ can assist in the renewal of the social history of diasporic groups in contemporary Egypt and, on the other, to encourage reflection on the connections between diasporas and homelands, and on the diasporic perspective between imperial centers and peripheries.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5800154/extended-deadline-diasporas-charity-and-construction-belonging

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  1. Conference of the Jewish-Muslim Research Network: “Beyond Jewish-Muslim Relations”, University of Manchester, 19-20 May 2020

Scholars of Jewish and Muslim histories, cultures, politics and theologies will share comparative, transnational, and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of these topics as they relate to and come into contact with one another.

Information: https://jmrn.co.uk/conference2020/

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  1. 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/wp-content/content/docs/MI_2020_CIRCUL_1_EN.pdf

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  1. Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, University of Gibraltar, 27-30 May 2020

The Congress will deal with all subjects related to the Mediterranean region and Mediterranean cultures around the world from all historical periods.

Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-mediterranean-studies-association-27-30-may-gibraltar?e=82aeb6c61d

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  1. Workshop: "One Hundred Years of Family Law Reform in Parliament, in Court, and on Screen", Aga Khan University, London, 28-29 May 2020

On the Centennial of Law 25 of 1920, the workshop considers the past one hundred years of family law reform in Egypt (and beyond) from the vantage point of the relations between governance and popular culture. The aim is to explore how changes in the social practices related to the family are functions of legislative interventions, court decisions, and expectations generated in popular culture.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2020.
Information: https://www.aku.edu/govprogramme/conferences/Pages/home.aspx

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  1.  8th International Conference of the National Records and Archives Authority of the Sultanate of Oman (NRAA): “Omani-German Relations during the 19th and 20th Centuries”, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, 5-6 June 2020

The scholarly conference will focus on the Omani-German relations since the arrival of the Germans in East Africa and the Gulf, as well as the German role in historical, economic, social and cultural studies of Oman. The conference, organized in cooperation with Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Humboldt University of Berlin, Free University of Berlin and Oman Studies Centre in Germany, aims at bringing together scholars from Oman, Germany and other countries.

Information: https://nraa.gov.om/the-eighth-international-conference-omani-german-relations-during-the-19th-and-20th-centuries/?lang=en

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  1. Conference: “Discursive Challenges: Power, State Legitimacy and Counter-Narratives in the Arab World”, Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS), Durham University, 9-11 June 2020

The aim of this conference is to understand the dynamics of the protests gripping so many states and communities in the Arab region and also the current challenges to regime legitimacy – traditionally held by a strong central authority – in the MENA region.

Information: https://www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/about/news/?itemno=40154

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  1. Workshop: "Jews and Whiteness in Colonial Spaces", SOAS Centre for Jewish Studies, London, 10-11 June 2020

The workshop will bring together scholars who work on Jews and race in colonial and post-colonial spaces to reflect on the framework of whiteness, its explanatory potential, and its limitations.

Deadline for abstracts: 26 March 2020. Information: http://soas.ac.uk/jewishstudies/events/10jun2020-jews-and-whiteness-in-colonial-spaces---call-for-papers.html

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  1. Workshop: "Travelling Practices and the Emergence of Tourism in the Middle East (16th-20th Centuries)", University of Vienna, 12-13 June 2020

This workshop will analyze travel literature (travelogues and guidebooks) with regard to the practices, patterns and significations of travel. In shifting the focus to routine and mundane aspects of travelling, it will serve to place travel narratives in a relational framework combining basic questions of infrastructure and transportation with the movements and pathways of individual travellers.

Information: https://travelmena.univie.ac.at

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  1. Workshop: “Teaching Israel and/in the Middle East,” Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 14-18 June 2020

The workshop focuses on best practices to teach about the history, culture and politics of the State of Israel and its political role in the Middle East since 1948 to the present. For this purpose, the workshop will discuss the teaching of current and future challenges of Israel and the region: Israel’s society and political system, Israeli foreign policy, an modern international relations of the Middle East.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5678737/teaching-israel-andin-middle-east

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  1. 20th International Conference on Migration: "The Multicultural Condition", University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, 18-19 June 2020

The conference will discuss the bases and critiques of multiculturalism and analyze the relation of multiculturalism to competing concepts, in particular transnationality, integration and diversity.

Information: http://web.fhnw.ch/plattformen/migrationskonf?set_language=en

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  1. International Research Conference: “Palestine as Epistemic Site: Knowledge Production beyond Fragmentation“, University of Vienna, 24–26 June 2020

This conference aims at uncovering new terrains for critical anthropological inquiry beyond the socio-eco-nomic and territorial fragmentation of Palestinian communities.

Information: https://ksa.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/i_ksa/PDFs/CfP/Call_for_participation_Palestine-compressed.pdf

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  1. International Doctoral Conference in Religious Studies: “Resistance to Order and Authority in Religion“, Central European University, Budapest, 25-27 June 2020

The conference invites contributions studying the conceptualization, management and instrumentalization of religious ideas and beliefs with regard to past and contemporary resistance movements.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2020.
Information: https://religion.ceu.edu/crs-elte-masaryk-phd-conference-25-27-june-2020

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  1. Conference: “Thinking about Violence in Africa through Women’s Experiences: Vulnerability & Subversion,“ Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin, 29-30 June 2020

The aim is to outline different experiences of violence (symbolic, social, domestic, epistemic, political or sexual) as well as to explore how they can be transformed, appropriated and reversed. Young researchers (PhD students, postdoctoral scholars) will share their ideas from various disciplines (anthropology, film studies, gender studies, history, literary studies, psychology, sociology, etc.).

Information: https://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1460/files/2020/01/Junges-Forum_CfP_fr_en_final.pdf

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  1. Workshop of the Economic Research Forum: “The Micro-Level Analysis of the Impact of Violent Conflict on Lives and Livelihoods in the MENA Region“, June 2020 (TBD)

The workshop will address the impact of conflict, insecurity and fragility on people (especially women and children) and the impact of women on peace building.

Information: http://erf.org.eg/2020/01/08/call-for-proposals-the-micro-level-analysis-of-the-impact-of-violent-conflict-on-lives-and-livelihoods-in-the-mena-region/

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  1. 8th Annual Contemporary Fiqhī Issues Workshop: “The Regulation of Purity (Ṭahāra) and Impurity (Najāsāt) in Islam: Practical, Socio-Ethical and Theological Implications”, Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, 2-3 July 2020

Papers are invited to historical studies regarding rulings of im/purity, their textual origins, social contexts and processes of codification into Islamic jurisprudence; critical analysis of textual and theological foundations used to derive, or assumed as a result of, rulings about im/purity; (re)assessing potential developments in jurisprudential and theological approaches; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 March 2020. Information: https://www.almahdi.edu/call-for-papers-the-regulation-of-purity-ṭahara-and-impurity-najasat-in-islam-practical-socio-ethical-and-theological-implications/

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  1. 7th Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Centre for Visual Arts and Research, Nicosia, 2-4 July 2020

The conference will be preceded by a three-day (29 June – 1 July 2020) intensive course on Venetian sources concerning trade in Mamluk territories and Cyprusy. The first day of the conference will focus on Mamluk-Cypriot relations in a wider Euro-Mediterranean perspective under the title “Commerce and Crusade: The Mamluk Empire and Cyprus in a Euro-Mediterranean Perspective.” The following two days of the conference will be structured in panels, which may focus on any aspect of the intellectual, political, social, economic, and artistic life of the Mamluk period.

Information: http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference.html

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  1. 16th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society: “The Arts and Archaeology of Funerary Cultures in Islam”, Sapienza University, Rome, 2-4 July 2020

The colloquium discusses Islamic funerary cultures through art history and archaeology as well as related disciplines and subfields.

Information: https://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1460/files/2020/01/2020_07_02-04-Funerary-Cultures-in-Islam_CFP.pdf

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  1. 15th International Congress of Ottoman Social and Economic History (ICOSEH), University of Zagreb, 13-17 July 2020

The Congress will address various aspects of the economic and social history of the Ottoman Empire as well as any aspects of the Ottomans and the Mediterranean and the Ottomans and Central Europe.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/4222924/icoseh-zagreb-2020-cfp

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  1. Workshop: “Social Remittances and Social Change: Links between Home and Host Communities in the Gulf” during the 11th Annual Gulf Research Meeting (GRM), Cambridge, 21-23 July 2020

The overall goal of this workshop is to advance the body of knowledge about the types, modes, and channels through which social remittances are transmitted and the impacts social remittances exert on social change in the home and/or host countries.

Information: http://gulfresearchmeeting.net/grm2020-call-for-papers/pdf/ws9.pdf

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  1. Workshop 8: “Saudi Youth ‘Policy Relevance’: Dilemmas, Challenges, Opportunities“ during the 11th Annual Gulf Research Meeting (GRM), Cambridge, 21-23 July 2020

The workshop focusses on dilemmas, challenges and opportunities present in the contemporary socio-economic, socio-political and cultural spheres as well as ways and means by which these can be addressed.

Workshop description: http://gulfresearchmeeting.net/grm2020-call-for-papers/pdf/ws8.pdf

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  1. Middle East Mediterranean (MEM) Summer Summit, Lugano, 20-30 August 2020

The Summit is designed as an intellectual and social exchange across borders, cultures and languages. The emphasis is on the need and ambition to pursue an incisive analysis and reflection on the complex challenges facing the extended Middle East Mediterranean region. It consists of a seminar (20-28 August) and a forum (29-30 August).

Closing date for application: 15 March 2020. Information: https://www.mem-summersummit.ch/

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  1. 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; etc.

Information: https://diwan.hypotheses.org/17079 and the English version of the Call for Papers: https://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/678/files/2019/12/call-.pdf

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  1. International Research Conference: “The Work of the Joint Distribution Committee and other International Jewish Organizations in Islamic Countries”, Jerusalem, 1-2 September 2020

Themes include: The role played by the JDC in the assistance to the region’s Jewish communities; the impact of colonialism and national movements on the work of JDC and other international Jewish organizations; etc.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/25688/discussions/5687266/cfp-work-joint-distribution-committee-and-other-international

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  1. Workshop: “Trembling and Inundation: Natural Disasters in the History and Culture of West Asia and North Africa”, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, 8 September 2020

What happens to our understandings of histories, societies and cultural production when human activity is interrupted by earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, droughts and plagues? What do these mighty forces, impacting on all, irrespective of social position, but experienced differently according to it, tell us about societies? This workshop is intended to facilitate intensive discussion with the aim of producing a published collection.

Deadline for abstracts: 19 March 2020. Information: https://sarahirving0.wixsite.com/tremblingsinundation

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  1. International Conference: “Sovereignty, Legitimacy and Authority in Twelver Shia Islam: Clerics and the State, Past and Present”, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) Berlin, 10-11 September 2020

This conference seeks to investigate clerical positions towards secular authority and power in different historical periods. The focus will be the Middle East, but a wider geographical perspective with contributions are also welcome on similar debates in South Asia and other parts of world where Shia clerics were or have become influential political actors.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2020. Information: https://alterumma.bham.ac.uk/activities/11/

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  1. International Conference: “New Perspectives on Middle East Migrations“, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 11-13 September 2020

Potential themes may include: race, whiteness, and Middle Eastern migration; gender, femininity, and masculinity; youth, childhood, generational change and movement; law and movement; narratives of migration in literature, cinema, and ego-documents; labor migration and the political economy of movement; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 3 April 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/01/10/middle-east-migrations-new-perspectives

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  1. Conference: “Arabic-Script Manuscripts in Africa”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, 13-16 September 2020

The conference will present original, current research on the Arabic-script manuscript cultures of North and Sub-Saharan Africa and the care and management of manuscript collections across the continent: historical traditions of Arabic-script Manuscripts in Africa; manuscripts libraries and manuscript heritage centres in Africa; African Arabic-script languages; cataloguing and publishing; preservation, conservation, and digitization; cultural property protection.

Information: http://asmiaconference.org/

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  1. Meeting of the European Network for the Study of Islam and Esotericism (ENSIE): “Islamic Esotericism in Global Contexts”, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 24-26 September 2020

The aim is to consider the relationship between Islam and esotericism, and Islamic esotericism, in a global context, shifting the emphasis not only from Western perspectives, but also being more inclusive of the experience of Islam beyond the Arabo-Persian domains.

Deadline for submissions: 1 May 2020. Information: http://ensie.site/conferences.html

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  1. International Conference: “Occupied Istanbul: Urban Politics, Culture, and Society, 1918-1923”, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 25-27 September 2020

The conference will focus on developments in the city of Istanbul and surrounding area: Politics and Administration; Trade, Taxation and Finance; Law and Policing; Religion and Inter-Communal Relations; Infrastructure and Urban Planning, Culture and the Arts, etc.

Information: istanbul19181923@biaa.ac.uk

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  1. Conference: “North Africa in 2020 – Current Challenges and Opportunities, Dominating Narratives, and New Perspectives”, King’s College London, 6 October 2020

We invite especially early career researchers and PhD students to present papers for panels on: - Political Islam Across North Africa: Withered to Irrelevance or Continuous Influencer? - Religious Voices and Peace: From Grassroots Peacebuilding Movements to Leading Religious Leaders and their Impact; - Trans-regional Threats and Challenges: Terrorism, Migration and Smuggling.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 April 2020. Information: menakcl2020@gmail.com

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  1. International Conference of the Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII): “From Ancient to Modern: The Current State of Research on Iraq“, Washington, DC, 9 October 2020

This conference will bring together American, Iraqi, and international scholars to present their findings and exchange their ideas in any subject area.

Information: https://www.tarii.org/conferences

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  1. 54th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington DC, 10-13 October 2020

This conference is primarily concerned with the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab world (and their diasporas) from the seventh century to modern times. Other regions, including Spain, Southeastern Europe, China and the former Soviet Union, also are included for the periods in which their territories were parts of the Middle Eastern empires or were under the influence of Middle Eastern civilization.

Information: https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers

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  1. Journée d’étude : « Travail et travailleur·se·s au Maghreb (XIXe-XXIe s.) », IDHES, Paris Nanterre, 20 octobre 2020

Que sait-on des mines et des mineurs au Maghreb ou des travailleurs du rail ? Comment les rapports de domination liés au genre, à la classe, à la race s’expriment-ils dans la sphère du travail ? Cette journée vise à comprendre les processus originaux de développement d’un salariat coexistant avec d’autres formes de travail tout au long de la période considérée.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 mars 2020. Information: https://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1460/files/2020/01/Appel-à-communication-Travail-et-travailleur.se_.s-au-Maghreb-XIXe-XXIe.pdf

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  1. International Conference: “Culture Made in Arabia: The Arabian Peninsula as a New Major Player on the Arab Cultural Scene“, CEFAS / Sorbonne Abu Dhabi / New York University Abu Dhabi, 31 October – 1 November 2020

This conference aims to stimulate discussion of the Arabian Peninsula as a new contender on the regional cultural scene, from state-led cultural policies to the development of a Khaleeji “pop culture”, understood both as commercial entertainment and as the grassroots cultural forms produced by local youth and by diverse migrant communities. Papers are welcome on all aspects of cultural production and policy in the Arabian Peninsula.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2020.
Information: http://iremam.cnrs.fr/IMG/pdf/culture_made_in_arabia-call.pdf

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  1. Colloque : « La place des Lumières dans les pays arabo et/ou musulmans : pour une nouvelle approche des liens Orient/Occident », Institut Supérieur des sciences humaines, Tunis, 18-20 novembre 2020

Les liens entre ce que l’on nomme les Lumières occidentales et le monde arabo-musulman ont donné lieu à plusieurs études ces dernières années. Les analyses sur la relation entre ces deux entités culturelles ont souvent été confinées à une réflexion sur l’orientalisme et sur le regard porté par les écrivains occidentaux sur le monde musulman.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2020. Information: http://ihrim.ens-lyon.fr/evenement/la-place-des-lumieres-dans-les-pays-arabo-et-ou-musulmans-pour-une-nouvelle

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  1. Panel on “Borders, Bodies and Ethics: Transnational Religious Networks in the Middle East” during the "American Anthropological Association Meeting", St. Louis, MO, 18-22 November 2020

This panel invites ethnographic and theoretical contributions engaging the question of religious networks in the Middle East whose “traditions” are shaped through historical and spatial interrelations.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2020. Information: Ferhan Guloglu (ferhanguloglu@gmail.com)

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  1. Symposium on "The Body at Work: Gender, Labour, Migration", University of London, Paris, 20 November 2020

Reflecting deep concerns with the reach of capital, in both its colonial and neo-colonial/global guises, the aim is to pose questions about how bodies are identified, exploited, and displaced across different regimes of labour. From sex work to construction, from agricultural day labour to domestic services.

Deadline for abstracts: 4 May 2020.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5952157/body-work-gender-labour-migration-le-corps-%C3%A0-la-besogne-genre

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  1. Conference Examining Design, Planning & Construction in the Modern World: “Dubai 2020: Rapid Cities – Responsive Architectures“, American University in Dubai, 22-24 November 2020

Seeking diverse perspectives on best practice design, construction and development models for cities and architecture the conference welcomes contributions from a range of disciplines: Urban Design, Architecture, Construction, Sustainability, Engineering, Housing, Public Health, Sociology, Transport, Business, Technology, History and Culture, Media.

Abstracts: 30 June 2020. Information: https://architecturemps.com/dubai-2020/

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  1. Conférence international : "Islam et pudeur", Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique, 3-4 décembre 2020

La conférence se saisira somme toute de la question suivante: comment une meilleure connaissance des traditions et de leur sens permettrait-elle de construire un dialogue des raisons plutôt qu’une disqualification mutuelle et abrupte des styles de vie ? Les communications sont souhaitées en français ou en anglais.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2020. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/46230

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  1. Conference: “Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond. Al-Safadī and His Pairs”, Venice, 10-12 December 2020

The conference will focus on authors as readers (What do they read? How do they read?); their methodology and working method; scholars’ library; readers’ digest and collections; and Al-Ṣafadī and his network.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2020. Information: https://diwan.hypotheses.org/18495

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  1. International Symposium: “Foreign Images and Practices of Bibliotherapy: From ‘The Arabian Nights’ to ‘Manga’, University of Strasbourg, 27-29 January 2021

The idea that books can cure is very popular in contemporary Western culture, where workshops of “bibliotherapy” and books aiming at strengthening mental health blossom. This new attitude is a turning point in the conception of literature’s role since 1950. The new set of images and practices connect literature not only to the aesthetic sphere, but also to everyday life.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2020. Information: https://www.fabula.org/actualites/bibliotherapies-d-ailleurs-des-mille-et-une-nuits-au-manga_94939.php

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  1. Conference: "Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East: The Silk Roads and Beyond", University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 8-10 April 2021

The conference examines the relationship between China and the Middle East, ​both ​ ancient and modern. Papers that incorporate additional regions, such as Europe, Central Asia, or South/Southeast Asia are also encouraged, provided they are also incorporate both China and a country in the Middle East, broadly construed.


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  1. 20th ISA World Congress of Sociology on "Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies", Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022

Mind this date! Information: https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress

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POSITIONS

  1. Software Developer for Arabic Literature Project, University of Muenster

Requirements: Completed university studies in computer science or related fields or a comparable qualification acquired in practice; willingness to acquire a minimal knowledge of the Arabic language; etc.

Deadline for applications: 22 March 2020. Information: https://www.uni-muenster.de/Rektorat/Stellen/ausschreibungen/st_20202502_sk3.html English text at the end)

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  1. Research Fellowship, 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 a three year period.

Deadline for applications: 24 March 2020. Information: http://www.oxcis.ac.uk/vacancies

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  1. Postdoctoral Research and Outreach Associate in Islamic Art, Aesthetics and/or Material Culture, Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge

The associate will be involved in researching Arabic and Persian manuscripts. Expert knowledge of the two languages and Islamic codicology are two essential requisites.

Deadline for applications: 19 April 2020.
Information: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/24783/?fbclid=IwAR1CrdaAHpweM6UtBhgHkQmwgymH-DFnBIfRRsxTFbvqLdwda5lkU_g22lM

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  1. Dean for Communication College and Dean for Law Colledge, University of Sharjah, UAE

- Dean of the College of Communication, information:
https://newhr.sharjah.ac.ae/en/Pages/DJobDetails.aspx?Jid=43&IsDean=Yes

- Dean of the College of Law, information:
https://newhr.sharjah.ac.ae/en/Pages/DJobDetails.aspx?Jid=68&IsDean=Yes

Applications as soon as possible.

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  1. Fellowships of the Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII) for Research on Iraq

Proposals are invited from U.S. scholars for feasible research on Iraq-related topics to be conducted outside of Iraq and from post-doctoral and advanced pre-doctoral Iraqi researchers living in Iraq for fellowships to conduct research related to Iraq in any field of the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences.

Deadline for applications: 30 April 2020. Information: https://www.tarii.org/fellowships

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  1. Visiting Assistant Professor in African or Middle Eastern History, Loyola Marymount University

The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses on "State, Society, and the Citizen in the Modern Middle East".

Deadline for applications: 20 March 2020. Information: https://jobs.lmu.edu/postings/44126

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  1. Fellowship Program to Support Emerging Displaced Scholars (Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences), Columbia University, Global Center, Amman

Eligible candidates have been forcibly uprooted from their home countries and respective academic institutions. They could be graduate students who have had their education disrupted or post-doctoral scholars in the early stages of their careers. Creative writers, artists, and curators may also apply.

Deadline for applications: 1 May 2020. Information: https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/fellowship-program-emerging-displaced-scholars?fbclid=IwAR0wAWVxs8iSSlh-r8asDdHjibNRGCMxUZGVW0T-1TLhOZ1FcwhiTK_fV40

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  1. Co-editor-in-chief for “The Journal of North African Studies”

Candidates must have breadth and depth in North African affairs/topics and must be affiliated with North American colleges/universities. We are seeking candidates in the humanities or social sciences, with a preference for the former.

Deadline for applications: 15 March 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/25688/discussions/5816555/call-applications-co-editor-chief-journal-north-african-studies

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OTHER INFORMATION

  1. Zahid Ali Fellowship 2020, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London

The Fellowship is awarded every 5 years to an internationally renowned scholar working in the field of Classical Arabic Literature who will use the award to publish research on a topic of relevance to Ismaili Studies.

Deadline for applications: 1 April 2020.
Information: https://iis.ac.uk/research/scholarship-programmes/zahid-ali-fellowship

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  1. Book Award Competition 2020, the Association for Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS)

Nominations are accepted for any book published in 2019 on women, gender, sexuality and feminism in the Middle East, North Africa, and among diasporic communities from the MENA.

Submission deadline: 15 May 2020. Information: https://amews.org/amews-book-award/

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  1. MA Islamic Intellectual History (1 Year), MA Islamic Intellectual History & Intensive Language (2 Years), SOAS, University of London

Based at the School of History, Religions and Philosophies, this is a programme on historical Islamic studies, which offers in-depth study of the intellectual, religious and cultural history of the Islamic world, past and present, and of wider socio-political contexts. Intensive language programmes include Arabic, Persian, Turkish, South East Asian Languages and Swahili.

Deadline for application: 15 May 2020. Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/religions-and-philosophies/programmes/ma-islamic-intellectual-history/; https://www.soas.ac.uk/religions-and-philosophies/programmes/ma-islamic-intellectual-history-intensive-language/

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  1. Projets 2020 de recherche « Islam, religion et société (sur l’islam de France) », BCC – DLPAJ,  ministère de l’intérieur

Les recherches soutenues éclaireront les dynamiques complexes que connaît cette religion et ses différentes expressions, dans le contexte contemporain, la diversité de ses courants, pratiques et discours, de sa composition et de ses recompositions.

La date limite de candidature est fixée au 16 mars 2020. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/45910

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  1. Intensive Summer Course in Modern Standard Arabic, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, 29 May – 24 July 2020

Participants will develop their Arabic language skills, learn about North Africa, and experience various aspects of Moroccan culture through club activities and field trips.

Deadline for application: 24 May 2020. Information: http://www.aui.ma/aranas/

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  1. Summer School of Arabic and Kurdish Dialects, French National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations (Inalco), Paris, 2 June – 10 July 2020

Come and develop your proficiency in one of the Arabic dialects people speak in the following countries: Morocco • Algeria • Libya • Egypt • Syria / Lebanon (Levantine). You can also learn Sorani or Kurmandji, the dialects of the Kurds in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran.

Information: http://www.inalco.fr/en/study/summer-school/arabic-dialects/kurdish

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  1. Summer School “The Middle East in Global Politics”, SOAS, University of London, 29 June - 17 July 2020

This module will help students place the modern Middle East in its global context, exploring histories of empire and decolonisation, alongside themes of hegemony and resistance, conflict and cooperation, identity and foreign policy.

Deadline for applications: 25 May 2020. Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/summerschool/subjects/the-middle-east-in-global-politics/

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  1. Intensive Seminar: “Venice, Cyprus and Trade with the Mamlukes“, Nicosia, 29 June – 1 July 2020

This course will survey a wide range of Venetian sources related to maritime trade in the Mamluk sultanate and to the role of Cyprus in this regard. It will be conducted by Professor Benjamin Arbel of Tel Aviv University.

Deadline for applications: 15 March 2020. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/seminar-venice-cyprus-and-trade-with-the-mamlukes-nicosia-29-june-1-july?e=82aeb6c61d

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  1. Albright Institute Summer Study Program: “Archaeological and Historical Introduction to Israel, Palestine and Jordan from Antiquity through the Middle Ages”, 1-22 August 2020

Participants visit more than seventy historic places, archaeological sites, and museums over a three-week expedition across the region. Students participate in researching and presenting topics on-site and interact with scholars across a wide array of fields. Open to: Undergraduate & Graduate Students; Postdocs; High School & College Instructors, in any subject-area.

Deadline to apply: March 15, 2020. Information: https://aiar.org/home/program/summer-study-program/

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  1. Munich-Berlin Middle East Summer School (MEIA): “Politics, Economies, and Societies of a Changing Middle East“, 3-21 August 2020

Advanced students and young professionals from various academic backgrounds are invited to participate in the program. Applicants should have a general interest in international affairs, economics, and societal developments and be willing to participate in an interdisciplinary and intercultural learning process.

Deadline for applications: 1 April 2020. Information: https://www.meia-misu.de/en/

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  1. Summer School: "Cultural Encounters and Ibadi Theological Developments" and Workshop: "Assessing the Study of Early Ibadi Sources: Methodologies, Developments and Perspectives", University of Tuebingen, 7-11 September 2020

The Summer School will focus on text studies (early sources) bearing on the emergence and early development of Ibadi theological thinking within the culturally and religiously multifaceted context and spectrum of Early Islam. The workshop is intended to pay tribute to the contribution which Professor van Ess made to research and study particularly on Early Ibadi sources.

Deadline for abstracts: 19 May 2020. Information: https://ibadistudies.org/index.php/summer-school/37-application-details-for-the-2nd-summer-school

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  1. Articles on "Visibility of Religious Difference in Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean“ for “Hamsa: Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies”

The goal of this volume is to show ways in which religion marked a perceptible difference in Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean.

Deadline for papers: 30 July 2020. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/call-for-articles-visibility-of-religious-difference-in-medieval-europe-and-the-mediterranean-hamsa-journal-of-judaic-and-islamic-studies?e=82aeb6c61d

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  1. Articles on “The Politics of Religious Dissent” for Special Issue of New “International Journal of Religion”

Three questions frame the topic in the special issue: - How do religious leaders respond to dissent within their faiths? - How does the state respond to religious dissent? - How do religions react to dissent from feminist and gay activists?

Deadline for manuscripts: 31 July 2020. Information: tsjhayn1@londonmet.ac.uk

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  1. Articles on "Religious Transformation in the Middle East - Spirituality, Religious Doubt, and Non-religion" for Special Edition of Journal "Religions"

This Special Issue looks 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. It aims at collecting case studies that offer carefully contextualized explorations, grounded in theoretically informed analyses.

Deadline for manuscripts: 1 December 2020.
Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Religious_Arab

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  1. Publications for the "Occasional Paper Series of the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS)", Georgetown University in Qatar

CIRS publishes original research on a range of issues related to the Middle East, including international relations, political science, sociology, and anthropology, among others. All CIRS papers are accessible, for free, in print and electronic formats. Papers are distributed via online academic platforms and search databases, making them widely cited.

Information: https://cirs.georgetown.edu/publications/submission-guidelines

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  1. New "Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World"

The Journal aims to be a new reference for field archaeologists, (art) historians, anthropologists, curators, and scholars and students of the archeology, (art) history, architecture, anthropology and ethnography of the Muslim world. Material culture includes not only artefacts, architectural structures and monuments, but also crafts and archaeological field surveys.

Information: https://brill.com/page/mcmw

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  1. Chapters for Edited Book on "Diasporic Political Communication: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives" (Focus Middle East)

We invite theoretical chapters Mediatisation, Diaspora, Multimodality, Contentious Action Formation, and how each of these concepts relates to political communication among diasporas; and empirically-based chapters that examine Middle East diasporas, and how they use traditional and digital media to politically mobilise and transnationally connect.

Abstract deadline: 15 April 2020.
Information: https://ccrs.ku.dk/research/centres-and-projects/mediatizeddiaspora/

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  1. Chapters for the New “Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism: Groups, Perspectives and New Debates” (Routledge)

The Handbook will provide an up-to-date picture of the most active non-violent extremist groups in Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, the US and the Middle East and discuss the ideological foundation of their ‘war of ideas’, their claims and perspectives. Chapter proposals are invited about Islamist extremism, feminist extremism etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 March 2020. Information: Dr Elisa Orofino (elisa.orofino@anglia.ac.uk)

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  1. New Book Series on “SOAS Palestine Studies“ with I.B.Tauris

The series aims to promote innovative research in the study of Palestine, Palestinians and the Israel-Palestine conflict all as a ‘crucial component’ of Middle Eastern and world politics. The first Western academic series entirely dedicated to this topic draws from history, politics, economics, media, social anthropology and development studies.

Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem145785.html

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  1. New Book Series “Gulf Studies” by Gulf Studies Center (GSC), Qatar University, in Collaboration with “Springer Nature”

The series takes an interdisciplinary approach to documenting the changes taking place in the Gulf societies, and the evolving relationship between the Gulf and the other regions. The series is dedicated to advancing a non-Western perspective for studying societies in the Gulf, and their interactions with the rest of the world.

Information: https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/13/11/2019/QU%E2%80%99s-GSC-establishes-book-series-on-%E2%80%98Gulf-Sudies%E2%80%99-with-Springer-Nature

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