CONFERENCES
1.
CANCELLED: 42nd
Annual Conference of Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University
of Marburg, 26-28 May 2020
2.
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
- 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
- International
Conference: “New Perspectives on Middle East Migrations“, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, 11-13 September 2020
- Conference:
“Arabic-Script Manuscripts in Africa”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina,
Alexandria, 13-16 September 2020
- 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
- International
Conference: “Occupied Istanbul: Urban Politics, Culture, and Society,
1918-1923”, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 25-27 September 2020
8.
CANCELLED: 27th
International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO),
University of Osnabrück, 24-26 September 2020
- Conference: “North
Africa in 2020 – Current Challenges and Opportunities, Dominating
Narratives, and New Perspectives”, King’s College London, 6 October 2020
- 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
- 54th
Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington
DC, 10-13 October 2020
- Journée
d’étude : « Travail et travailleur·se·s au Maghreb (XIXe-XXIe
s.) », IDHES, Paris Nanterre, 20 octobre 2020
13. Conference:
“Land to the Tiller?” Hopes and Ruins of Agrarian Reform in Africa, Asia and
the Middle East, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 12-13 November 2020
- 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
- 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
- Symposium on
"The Body at Work: Gender, Labour, Migration", University of
London, Paris, 20 November 2020
- Conference
Examining Design, Planning & Construction in the Modern World: “Dubai
2020: Rapid Cities – Responsive Architectures“, American University in
Dubai, 22-24 November 2020
- Conférence international : "Islam et pudeur", Université
Catholique de Louvain, Belgique, 3-4 décembre 2020
- Conference:
“Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond. Al-Safadī and His
Pairs”, Venice, 10-12 December 2020
- International
Symposium: “Foreign Images and Practices of Bibliotherapy: From ‘The
Arabian Nights’ to ‘Manga’, University of Strasbourg, 27-29 January 2021
21. 2nd
Biennial Symposium "Connectivity Across Borders: Global Borderlands in
Historical & Modern Perspective", Texas A&M University-San
Antonio, 26-27 March 2021
- Conference:
"Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East: The Silk Roads
and Beyond", University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 8-10 April
2021
- 20th
ISA World Congress of Sociology on "Resurgent Authoritarianism:
Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and
Economies", Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022
- 6th
World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES-6), University of La Manouba, Tunis, 19-23 September 2022
POSITIONS
25. Doctoral
Scholarship (36 Months) for Research Project "Historicity of Democracy in
the Arab World", Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient / Institut française du
Proche-Orient, Amman
26. Egypt
Researcher for Investigating Human Rights Abuses in Egypt, Democracy for the
Arab World Now ("DAWN"), Washington DC
OTHER INFORMATION
27. Research
Grants for the Program Strategy of the Palestine Museum, Birzeit
28. Eight Fully
Funded Scholarships for PhD Program in "Global History of Empires",
Universities of Turin, Moscow and St. Petersburg
- Book Award
Competition 2020 of the Association for Middle East Women's Studies
(AMEWS)
- MA Islamic
Intellectual History (1 Year) + MA Islamic Intellectual History &
Intensive Language (2 Years), SOAS, University of London
31. Free Online Course “The Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction”
Relaunched by the University of Edinburgh (Beginning 11 May 2020)
32. CANCELLED:
Summer School of Arabic and Kurdish Dialects, French National Institute for
Oriental Languages and Civilisations (Inalco), Paris, 2 June – 10 July 2020
- Summer School “The
Middle East in Global Politics”, SOAS, University of London, 29 June - 17
July 2020
34. Summer
Course: "Romanization and Islamization in the Western Mediterranean",
Casa Árabe in Cooperation with University of Hamburg, Cordoba, 23-28 July 2020
- 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
36. Studies and
Observations for Online Collection of on "Corona Crisis: Local
Perspectives of a Global Challenge", Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)
37. Policy Papers
on the Impacts of Covid-19, Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis
- Articles on "Visibility
of Religious Difference in Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean“ for
“Hamsa: Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies”
39. Articles on
"Water, Power, and Politics. An Environmental History" for Special
Issue of Journal “Contemporanea. Rivista di storia dell'800 e del '900”
40. Articles on
"Media, Accountability and Dissent in the Middle East and North
Africa" for Special Issue of the "Journal for International
Press/Politics"
- Articles on “The
Politics of Religious Dissent” for Special Issue of “International Journal
of Religion”
42. Articles on
“Constructing Islam: Politization of Muslim Identity in the Contemporary World“
for Special Issue of “Islamology – Journal for Studies of Islam and Muslim
Societies”
- Articles on
"Religious Transformation in the Middle East – Spirituality,
Religious Doubt, and Non-religion" for Special Edition of Journal
"Religions"
44. Articles for
“CyberOrient – Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East and Islamic World”
- New "Journal
of Material Cultures in the Muslim World"
46. Articles for
Edited Book on "Middle Eastern Gothics"
47. Monographs
for Book Series "Routledge Studies in Islam and Human Rights"
- New Book
Series on “SOAS Palestine Studies“ with I.B.Tauris
- Publications for
the "Occasional Paper Series of the Center for International and
Regional Studies (CIRS)", Georgetown University in Qatar
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CONFERENCES
1.
CANCELLED: 42nd
Annual Conference of Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University
of Marburg, 26-28 May 2020
The Conference had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19
crisis. The next conference of MELCom International in 2021 will be announced
as soon as possible.
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2.
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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
Information:
https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/01/10/middle-east-migrations-new-perspectives
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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8.
CANCELLED: 27th
International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO),
University of Osnabrück, 24-26 September 2020
The Congress had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis.
The next DAVO Congress in 2021 will soon be announced.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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13. Conference:
“Land to the Tiller?” Hopes and Ruins of Agrarian Reform in Africa, Asia and
the Middle East, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 12-13 November 2020
This conference revisits practices and models of agrarian
reform and revolution that have been promoted across the Middle East, Africa
and Asia in the 20th and 21st centuries. It will explore
current research from historical as well as contemporary perspectives.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2020.
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- 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.
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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- 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.
https://www.americananthro.org/AttendEvents/landing.aspx?ItemNumber=14722&navItemNumber=566&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4uudxfKS6QIVhYKyCh13oA8AEAAYASAAEgLqLvD_BwE
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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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21. 2nd
Biennial Symposium "Connectivity Across Borders: Global Borderlands in
Historical & Modern Perspective", Texas A&M University-San
Antonio, 26-27 March 2021
We welcome proposals dealing with the role of borders and
borderlands in shaping global narratives of connectivity across time and place.
Deadline for
abstracts: 15 September 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/04/23/cfp-global-borders-borderlands-symposium
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- 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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- 20th ISA World Congress of Sociology on "Resurgent
Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics,
and Economies", Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022
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- 6th World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies
(WOCMES-6), University of La Manouba, Tunis, 19-23
September 2022
Mind this date!
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STELLENANGEBOTE / POSITIONS
25. Doctoral
Scholarship (36 Months) for Research Project "Historicity of Democracy in
the Arab World", Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient /Institut française du
Proche-Orient, Amman
The profile sought is that of a doctoral student at the start
of his/her dissertation, working on the theme of the historicity of democracy
in the Middle East from a historical, sociological, anthropological or
political science perspective. Excellent language skills in Arabic and English
are required. Knowledge of German or French is valued.
New deadline
for application: 30 May 2020.
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26. Egypt
Researcher for Investigating Human Rights Abuses in Egypt, Democracy for the
Arab World Now ("DAWN"), Washington DC
Qualifications: Advanced (graduate) degree in international
relations, journalism, law, social sciences, or commensurate experience;
minimum four years of relevant experience in the Middle East and North Africa
as journalist, field-based researcher, investigator, academic, or attorney on
issues related to human rights.
Deadline for
applications: 15 May 2020. Information: https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=egypt%20researcher&l=Washington%2C%20DC&vjk=746c4f44f7cf1418
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OTHER INFORMATION
27. Research
Grants for the Program Strategy of the Palestine Museum, Birzeit
Themes include: Art History in Palestine from the 19th
Century until Late-20th Century; The Palestinian Coast: From the late Ottoman
Period until the Present; History of Printing in Jerusalam; New Perspectives on
Contemporary Palestinian Culture.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2020.
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28. Eight Fully
Funded Scholarships for PhD Program in "Global History of Empires", Universities
of Turin, Moscow and St. Petersburg
This program provides educational and research environment
for dissertation research in the fields of early modern, modern, and
contemporary history, with particular attention to its global dimension. Each scholarship
is 17.500 Euros per year.
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- Book Award
Competition 2020 of 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.
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- 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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31. Free Online Course “The Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction”
Relaunched by the University of Edinburgh (Beginning 11 May 2020)
With contributions
from renowned experts, this five-week course explores some of the diverse roles
the Sharia and Islamic law have played in Muslim life, both historically and
today. Students can learn in their own time, at their own pace.
Information and free
registration: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-introduction-to-the-sharia-and-islamic-law
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32. CANCELLED: Summer
School of Arabic and Kurdish Dialects, French National Institute for Oriental
Languages and Civilisations (Inalco), Paris, 2 June – 10 July 2020
This summer course is
canceled in 2020. See you next year!
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- 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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34. Summer Course:
"Romanization and Islamization in the Western Mediterranean", Casa
Árabe in Cooperation with University of Hamburg, Cordoba, 23-28 July 2020
Intensive text-oriented summer course (34h) directed at
university students and scholars who – regardless of their specialization -
want to become familiar with the most relevant issues related to the history of
al-Andalus. This year, the course will focus on the processes of Romanization
and Islamization that led to the formation of the Western Mediterranean first
as a Roman and later on as an Islamic society.
Deadline for applications: 1 July 2020. Information: https://en.casaarabe.es/event/summer-course-romanization-and-islamization-in-the-western-mediterranean
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- 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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36. Studies and
Observation for Online Collection of on "Corona Crisis: Local Perspectives
of a Global Challenge", Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)
Scholars engaged in studies on the Middle East, North Africa
and the Muslim world are invited to publish their thoughts, observations, and
first reports on the impact of this crisis.
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37. Policy Papers
on the Impacts of Covid-19, Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis
We invite analytical articles in Arabic and English on the
impacts of Covid-19 virus, whether through analyzing government policies to
counter the pandemic or analyzing the potential effects of this pandemic on the
economy, politics and society. After the publication of the articles on
the institute's website and on social networks, we will share it with the
press, national and international research institutions.
Summaries
should be forwarded to contact@mipa.institute. Information: https://mipa.institute/publication-guidelines and https://mipa.institute/eng
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- 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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39. Articles on "Water,
Power, and Politics. An Environmental History" for Special Issue of
Journal “Contemporanea. Rivista di storia dell'800 e del '900”
Contemporanea invites environmental and water historians,
having different scientific backgrounds and cultural backgrounds, and using
multiple methodological approaches, to submit proposals on political and
institutional dimensions of the history of water in any geographical region
during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Deadline for
abstracts: 15 June 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6134174/deadline-postponed-june-15-2020-call-papers-special-issue-
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40. Articles on
"Media, Accountability and Dissent in the Middle East and North
Africa" for Special Issue of the "Journal for International
Press/Politics"
This issue aims to provide new research perspectives on the
momentous upheavals that took place in the Middle East and North Africa in the
past ten years by shedding light on the interactions between citizens, social
movements, and different types of media actors
Deadline for
manuscripts: 15 June 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/04/23/media-accountability-and-dissent-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa
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- Articles on “The
Politics of Religious Dissent” for Special Issue of “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?
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42. Articles on
“Constructing Islam: Politization of Muslim Identity in the Contemporary World“
for Special Issue of “Islamology – Journal for Studies of Islam and Muslim
Societies”
Authors are invited to examine the phenomenon of
politicization of Muslim identity: on the one hand, what image is being shaped
in different sectors of public space? and, on the other hand, how does the
Muslim community react to the set frames? In what cases and why does a certain
community position itself as ‘Muslim’?
Deadline for
abstracts: 1 June 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6074071/special-issue-constructing-islam-politization-muslim-identity
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- 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.
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44. Articles for
“CyberOrient – Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East and Islamic World”
The peer-reviewed and open-access journal of the American
Anthropological Association is devoted to research on the impact of cyberspace
and its representation on the Middle East, North Africa and wider Islamic world
in Asia.
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- 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.
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46. Articles for
Edited Book on "Middle Eastern Gothics"
The volume's focus is on Arabic, Persian, Turkish, or Hebrew
literary engagements with the Gothic but articles on minority literatures of
the Middle East, such as Armenian or Kurdish, are also welcomed.
Deadline for
abstracts: 1 June 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/04/28/middle-eastern-gothics-cfp-for-edited-volume
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47. Monographs
for Book Series "Routledge Studies in Islam and Human Rights"
Scholarly monographs are invited that examine the rich and
complex intellectual and institutional legacy of Islam relevant to human rights
and social (in)justice since the formative period of Islam (7th
century CE). The Series welcomes works dealing specifically with the topic of
human rights theories as well as discoveries that connect human rights to
social issues, institutions, themes, ideas, and events.
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- 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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- 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.
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