CONFERENCES
1. 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
2.
42nd Annual Conference of
Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University of Marburg, 26-28 May
2020
3. 46th Annual Meeting of the French Colonial
Historical Society on "Francophone Borderlands", Buffalo, New York,
28-31 May 2020
4. 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
5.
International Conference: “Religion
and Culture in Conflict and Peace: Impact in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding”,
University of Winchester, 2-3 June 2020
6.
13th
Tunis Exchange: "Meet Key Leaders Across Tunisia", Tunis, 7-14 June
2020
7.
Conference:
“Discursive Challenges: Power, State Legitimacy and Counter-narratives in the
Arab World”, Durham University, 9-11 June 2020
8.
Symposium:
“Making Home Away: Displacement, Migration, and Resettlement”, University of
Reading, 12 June 2020
9.
Conference: "Global
Cities: Middle Eastern Metropoles 2020", University of London, 17-19 June
2020
10. Interdisciplinary Colloquium for (Post)doctoral
Students on "Postcolonial and Gender Studies", University of Trier,
18-19 June 2020
11. 4th
International Conference on Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter, 18-20 June
2020
12. 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
14.
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
15.
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
17. 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
18. Conference on “New Perspectives on Middle East
Migrations”, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 11-13 September 2020
19.
Annual Conference of the Middle East
Studies Association (MESA), Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020
20. Undergraduate Research Workshop during the Annual
Meeting of MESA, Washington, DC, 10 October 2020
21. 21st Annual Conference of the Central
Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), Ohio State University, Columbus, 15-18 October
2020
22. International Seminar: "End-of-Life Care and the
Islamic Moral Tradition", Research Center for Islamic Legislation and
Ethics (CILE), Doha, 20-22 October 2020
23. Panel on "Patronage and Dependency in Islamic
Ethics of Care: Ethnographic Inquiries in the Middle East and Africa"
during the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, St.
Louis, 18-22 November 2020
24. 4th Edinburgh International Graduate
Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies on "Catastrophes
and Memory (500-1500 CE)", 19-20 November 2020
25. Conference of the Social Science History Association
on "Politics, Society, and the Economy: the Past and Today",
Washington, D.C., 19-22 November 2020
26. 7th International Conference of the
International Iranian Economic Association on Iran's Economy, Hamad Bin Khalifa
University, Doha, 15-17 December 2020
27. Conference: "Knowledge Systems and
Ottoman-European Encounters: Spatial and Social Dynamics", University of
Zurich, 21-23 January 2021
POSITIONS
28. Research Assistant for Three-years Doctoral Research
Project "The Historicity of Democracy in the Arab and Muslim World",
Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz
29. Research
Fellowship in the Study of the Islamic World, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
30. Tenure-track Lecturer Position in Arabic Literature,
University of Haifa
31. Faculty Position in Islamic History, Habib
University, Karachi
32. Assistant Professor of Human Rights in the
Middle East & North Africa, University of Arizona
OTHER
INFORMATION
33. MESA Board Protests against Durham University`s
Violation of the Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression of BRISMES Members
Concerning Their Opinion on BDS
34. Full PhD Scholarship (Fees and
Maintenance) in any Area of Law, Politics, or International Relations, Dublin
City University
35. Two CESS Awards for Books on the "History and the
Humanities" and on "Social Sciences" in Central Asia, Including
Iran, Afghanistan, Black Sea Region
36. Nominations for Various MESA Book Awards
37. New Masters Program in "Islam and
Christian-Muslim Relations", School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh
38.
Summer School Languages Program:
Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, and Persian, Ibn Haldun University
Süleymaniye Complex, Istanbul, 8 June - 24 July 2020
39. TOMidEast Summer School: "Understanding the
Middle East: Dis(order) in the Middle East: Space, Power and Politics ",
University of Torino, 22-27 June 2020
40. Summer School on "Philology and Manuscripts from
the Muslim World", Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and
Society (LUCIS), 24 August - 4 September 2020
41. 3rd Intensive Course "Ottoman Palaeography
and Diplomatics", Institute for Islamic Studies, University of Heidelberg,
28 September - 9 October 2020
42. Articles on "The Politics of Religious Dissent
(Focus on Islam)" for Special Issues of the "International Journal of
Religion"
43. 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
44. Chapters for Book on "Diasporic Political Communication:
Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives" (Focus Middle East Diasporas)
45. Chapters on Social Problems in Countries of the MENA
Region for "The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems"
46. Chapters on Countries in the MENA Region for
"Elgar's Handbook of Global Aging and Welfare Challenges"
47. Two New Resources by H-Net for Scholars Affected by
the Coronavirus
48. 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 for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, in
cooperation with the University of Sharjah/UAE
____________________
CONFERENCES
1. 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.
_____________________________________
2.
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
_____________________________________
3.
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.
_____________________________________
4. 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.
_____________________________________
5.
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.
_____________________________________
6.
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/
_____________________________________
7.
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.
_____________________________________
8.
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.
_____________________________________
9. 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
_____________________________________
10. 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.
_____________________________________
11. 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.
_____________________________________
12. 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.
_____________________________________
- 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.“
_____________________________________
14.
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
_____________________________________
15.
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
Information: https://mailchi.mp/3c625180ed77/seminar-for-arabian-studies-2020-call-for-papers-4803397?e=18cf0337f7
_____________________________________
17. 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
_____________________________________
18. 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.
____________________________________
19.
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/
_____________________________________
20. Undergraduate Research Workshop during the Annual
Meeting of MESA, Washington, DC, 10 October 2020
The workshop
is an opportunity for students in any academic discipline with a focus on the
Middle East to present their research to other students and to get feedback and
research advice from faculty facilitators.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2020. Information:
https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/undergraduate-workshop
_____________________________________
21. 21st Annual Conference of the Central
Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), Ohio State University, Columbus, 15-18 October
2020
Papers are
also welcome for Iran, Afghanistan and the Black Sea region.
Deadline for
abstracts (extended): 30 April 2020.
_____________________________________
22. International Seminar: "End-of-Life Care and the
Islamic Moral Tradition", Research Center for Islamic Legislation and
Ethics (CILE), Doha, 20-22 October 2020
This seminar
aims to critically address the key EoLC ethical questions, by engaging a wide
range of scholarly disciplines, including those within the field of Islamic
studies (e.g., Theology, Philosophy, Jurisprudence & Legal Theory, Sufism,
and Adab) in addition to other disciplines like social sciences and legal
studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2020. Information:
https://www.cilecenter.org/resources/news/call-research-papers-end-life-care-eolc-and-islamic-moral-tradition
_____________________________________
23. Panel on "Patronage and Dependency in Islamic
Ethics of Care: Ethnographic Inquiries in the Middle East and Africa"
during the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, St.
Louis, 18-22 November 2020
This panel
examines lived relations of patronage and dependency within Muslim-majority
communities and the religious idioms and ethics within which they are
articulated.
Deadline for abstracts: 23 March 2020. Contact:
Caity Bolton (cbolton@gradcenter.cuny.edu)
_____________________________________
24. 4th Edinburgh International Graduate
Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies on "Catastrophes
and Memory (500-1500 CE)", 19-20 November 2020
This
conference focuses on the problematic relations between catastrophes and memory
in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine societies. Memory plays a crucial role
in the way events are perceived, understood and narrated by different groups
and elites: locals might see the conquest of their city as a catastrophe, while
the conquerors portray the same as glorious or divinely inspired.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2020.
_____________________________________
25. 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.
Information: http://ssha2020.ssha.org
_____________________________________
26. 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
_____________________________________
27. 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?
_____________________________________
POSITIONS
28. Research Assistant for Three-years Doctoral Research
Project "The Historicity of Democracy in the Arab and Muslim World",
Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz
Requirements:
Master degree in History or a related discipline (Islamic Studies, Political
Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology or a neighbouring discipline) with a focus on
the modern history of the MENA; excellent command of Arabic, English, and
German (for non-German speaking applicants: Certificate of sufficient German
skills or a strategy to improve them).
_____________________________________
29. 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
_____________________________________
30. 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)
_____________________________________
31. 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
________________________________________
32. 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
____________________________________
OTHER
INFORMATION
33. MESA Board Protests against Durham University`s
Violation of the Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression of BRISMES Members
Concerning their Opinion on BDS
The Middle
East Studies Association of North America (MESA) expressed its grave concern at
Durham university's decision to withdraw administrative services from the
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) because of the vote by the
overwhelming majority of BRISMES members to support the resolution that calls
for the academic boycott of Israel.
____________________________________
34. 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
____________________________________
35. Two CESS Awards for Books on the "History and the
Humanities" and on "Social Sciences" in Central Asia, Including
Iran, Afghanistan, Black Sea Region
Books must
be scholarly monographs based on original research and published in English in
2019.
____________________________________
36. Nominations for Various MESA Book Awards
Nominations
can be made by the publisher or the author. Books must be non-fiction scholarly
monographs based on original research published in English between 1 April 2019
and 31 March 2020. Authors need not be members of MESA. Winners for each of the
awards receive $1000 and a certificate of award.
Deadline for nomination: 1 April 2020. Information:
https://mesana.org/awards/category/mesa-book-awards/mesa-book-awards-nomination-guidelines
____________________________________
37. New Masters Program in "Islam and
Christian-Muslim Relations", School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh
This is a
year-long, taught Masters which offers a rich and broad study of the Islamic
intellectual traditions of scripture, law, theology and philosophy in
conversation with Christian thought, ethics and political theology.
Program Website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/divinity/graduate-school/taught-programmes/islam-christian-muslim-relations
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38.
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.
_____________________________________
39. TOMidEast Summer School: "Understanding the
Middle East: Dis(order) in the Middle East: Space, Power and Politics ",
University of Torino, 22-27 June 2020
The aim is
to critically deconstruct the relationship between space and politics by
exploring the role they have played not only in redefining the boundaries of
sovereignty and power, but also of socio-cultural and economic identities and
assets.
_____________________________________
40. Summer School on "Philology and Manuscripts from
the Muslim World", Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and
Society (LUCIS), 24 August - 4 September 2020
With
lectures by experts, hands-on classes and much practice with manuscripts from
its famous oriental collection. The course is meant for graduate students and
researchers.
Deadline for application: 22 June 2020.
Information: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2020/08/lucis-summer-school-philology--manuscripts-from-the-muslim-world
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41. 3rd Intensive Course "Ottoman
Palaeography and Diplomatics", Institute for Islamic Studies, University
of Heidelberg, 28 September - 9 October 2020
The course
will enable the participants to read, date, and contextualise Ottoman documents
and other handwritten sources in a methodologically founded manner. The course
will be held in German and is free of charge.
Applications deadline: 15 May 2020. Information:
https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/philosophie/ori/islamwissenschaft/sommerkurs.html
_____________________________________
42. Articles on "The Politics of Religious Dissent
(Focus on Islam)" for Special Issues of the "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
abstracts: 30 April 2020. Information: https://ijor.tplondon.com/index.php/ijor/announcement
_____________________________________
43. 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.
_____________________________________
44. Chapters for Book on "Diasporic Political
Communication: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives" (Focus Middle East
Diasporas)
We invite
authors for theoretical chapters on Mediatisation, Diaspora, Multimodality,
Contentious Action Formation, and how each of these concepts relates to
political communication among (Middle East) diasporas. Empirically-based
chapters are also invited that examine Middle East diasporas, and how these
diasporas use traditional and (or) digital media to politically mobilise and
transnationally connect.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2020.
_____________________________________
45. Chapters on Social Problems in Countries of the MENA
Region for "The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems"
Deadline for abstracts: 30 March 2020.
_____________________________________
46. Chapters on Countries in the MENA Region for
"Elgar's Handbook of Global Aging and Welfare Challenges"
Deadline for abstracts: 20 March 2020.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6021935/handbook-global-aging-and-welfare-challenges
____________________________________
47. Two New Resources by H-Net for Scholars Affected by
the Coronavirus
A)
"Resources for Teaching Online" is designed to be a space where we
can share resources with each other about how to repurpose face-to-face course
materials in an online format.
B)
"Remote Conference Presentations" is a space created to give scholars
an opportunity to share papers or presentations that were intended for
now-canceled conferences.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6020592/two-new-resources-scholars-affected-coronavirus
_____________________________________
48. 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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