dimanche 3 mai 2020

EURAMES Info Service 18/2020



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

  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

8.    CANCELLED: 27th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO), University of Osnabrück, 24-26 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

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

  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

21.  2nd Biennial Symposium "Connectivity Across Borders: Global Borderlands in Historical & Modern Perspective", Texas A&M University-San Antonio, 26-27 March 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

  1. 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

  1. Book Award Competition 2020 of 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

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

  1. 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

  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

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

  1. 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"

  1. 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”

  1. 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”

  1. 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"

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

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

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Best regards,

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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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  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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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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  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.

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.


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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.


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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.


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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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  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.


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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: 20 May 2020. Information: Ferhan Guloglu (ferhanguloglu@gmail.com);
 https://www.americananthro.org/AttendEvents/landing.aspx?ItemNumber=14722&navItemNumber=566&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4uudxfKS6QIVhYKyCh13oA8AEAAYASAAEgLqLvD_BwE

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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.

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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.

Deadline for 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.


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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.


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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.


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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


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  1. 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.


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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.

Deadline for applications: 4 June 2020. Information: https://t.co/UCALDJWX5T?amp=1

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  1. 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.

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.


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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.


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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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  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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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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


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  1. 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?

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

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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’?


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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.

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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.

Deadline for articles: 1 June 2020. Information: https://cyberorient.net

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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.


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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.


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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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  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. 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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