CONFERENCES
1.
POSTPONED: Workshop on "Pension
Reform in the Middle East and North Africa", German Development Institute,
Bonn, 27 August 2020
2. POSTPONED: 5th Arabic Natural Language
Processing Workshop (WANLP 2020), Barcelona, 13-18 September 2020
3. POSTPONED:
Fourth “European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies“
(Turkologentag 2020), University of Mainz, 16-18 September 2020
4. International
Seminar: "Anti-Migration Politics and Islamic Ethics: Nationalism,
Discrimination, Securitization and Vulnerable Groups", Research Center for
Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha,
20-22 September 2020 (or online)
5. International
Symposium: “On the Boundaries of Here and Now“, Department of Asian and North
African Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 1–2 October 2020
6. 4th
International Conference: “MediterráneoS 2020”, Madrid, 14-16 October 2020
7. 2nd
Annual Armenian International Congress on Oriental Studies, Yerevan, 23-24
October 2020
8. 5th
Annual Conference of the Gulf Studies Center on "Social Change in the Gulf
Societies in 21st Century", Qatar University, 11-12 November
2020
9. 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
10. 4th
Workshop on "Security & Stability in the Mediterranean and the Middle
East", Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens, 19-21
November 2020
11. Annual
Meeting of the “International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA 2020)“,
Boston, MA, 20-23 November 2020
12. Conférence
internationale « Islam et Pudeur », Université Catholique de Louvain,
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique, 3-4 décembre 2020
13. 3rd ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and
Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian National University, Canberra, 8-10
December 2020
14. Conference:
"Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond. Al-Ṣafadī and His
Pairs", Ca' Foscari University, Venice, 10-12 December 2020
15. Conference:
“The Middle East c.1960-1980. Global and Transnational Perspectives“, St
Antony’s College, University of Oxford, 5 March 2021
16. Conference: “Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle
East – The Silk Roads and Beyond”, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
8-10 April 2021
17. Symposium on "Alanya and Alaaddin Keykubat on the Eve
of 800th Year of Conquest", Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat
University, 21-22 April 2021
18. International
Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī Symposium, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, 20-22 May
2021
19. Maghreb Review and Maghreb Studies Association Conference:
"Empires in the Middle East and the Maghreb: The Shaping of Hopes and
Perspectives", Oxford, 13-14 September 2021
POSITIONS
20. PhD Position in Sociology/Gender Studies on Islamic
Veiling, University of Lausanne
21. Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science for Research on
"Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns", Norwegian University of Science
and Technology, Trondheim
22. Research Assistant in Peace and Conflict Research (Focus
Syria), Uppsala University, Sweden
23. Research Assistant in Peace and Conflict Research (Focus
Sudan), Uppsala University, Sweden
24. Research Associate / Fellow in Forced Marriage and Modern
Slavery, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of
Nottingham
25. PhD
Candidate in “Socially Engaged Art and State Transformation in Lebanon and
Palestine/West Bank,“ University of Amsterdam
26. Associate
Professor and/or Full Professor in Political Science, University of Copenhagen
27. Two Lecturers in Middle East/South Asia Studies, University
of California Davis
28. Lecturer in Turkish Language, University of California Los
Angeles
OTHER INFORMATION
29. Research Grants of the Association for the Study of the
Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)
30. Awards and Prices of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies
Association (OTSA) for 2020
31. Best
Article Award in Kurdish Political Studies, University of Central Florida (UCF)
32. Price
of the Middle East Medievalists (MEM) for the Best Dissertation on the Medieval
Middle East (500-1500 CE)
33. MENACS Online Workshop for PhD Candidates Working on
MENA-related Topics, 29 June 2020, 2.00-5.00pm
34. Online Summer School: "The Middle East in Global
Politics", SOAS University of London, 29 June - 10 July 2020
35. Research Project on "Post-Corona: Transformative
Landscapes and Shifting Priorities (Focus on MENA)", Cordoba Foundation
and Egyptian Institute for Studies
36. Articles for "YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies"
37. Articles
for the “Journal for the Advancement of Developing Economies (JADE)“
38. Country
Studies from the MENA Region on “Global Perspectives on Family and COVID-19“
for Special Issue of “Journal of Comparative Family Studies“ (University of
Toronto Press)
39. Articles
on "Poetized Love: Affects, Gender and Society" for Special Issue of
"Anthropology of the Middle East"
40. Articles
for Book on "The Effects of Pandemics on Religious History" (Focus
Islamic and Jewish History) Edited by Global Center for Religious Research
41. Chapters for Edited Book on "Music and Society of
Modern Iran" (Ilex, Harvard University Press)
42. Chapters for Edited Book on "Rebel Governance in the
MENA"
43. New Series of Blogs on the Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on
the MENA Region, Middle East and North Africa Centre at Sussex (MENACS)
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CONFERENCES
1. POSTPONED:
Workshop on "Pension Reform in the Middle East and North Africa",
German Development Institute, Bonn, 27 August 2020
The workshop will
discuss the origins of pension schemes in the MENA region, understand their
trajectories, identify options of systemic and parametric pension reforms and
explore the complex politics behind them. The workshop has been postponed until
28-29
January 2021.
Information: https://www.die-gdi.de/veranstaltungen/details/pension-reform-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-1/
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2. POSTPONED: 5th
Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop (WANLP 2020), Barcelona, 13-18
September 2020
The workshop has been
postponed to 1 December 2020 due to the corona crisis. The deadline for papers
has been extended to 1 September 2020.
Information: https://sites.google.com/view/wanlp-2020 and https://sites.google.com/view/nadi-shared-task
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3.
POSTPONED: Fourth “European
Convention on Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies“ (Turkologentag 2020),
University of Mainz, 16-18 September 2020
The conference is organized by the
Society for Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies (GTOT) in co-operation with the
Chair of Turcology of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and addresses the
domains of language, literature, history, culture, society, politics, and
philology of the Turks and the Turkic peoples. Due to the Corona crisis the
conference has been postponed until 24-26 March 2021.
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4.
International Seminar:
"Anti-Migration Politics and Islamic Ethics: Nationalism, Discrimination,
Securitization and Vulnerable Groups", Research Center for Islamic
Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, 20-22
September 2020 (or online)
This seminar aims to explore the
current growing hostilities towards migrants, asylum seekers and refugees
around the world from the perspectives of Islamic ethical principles, legal and
political challenges. Papers should have some empirical content and analysis
along with reflections on Islamic ethical principles.
Deadline
for abstracts extended to 10 June 2020. Information: https://www.cilecenter.org/resources/news/call-papers-anti-migration-politics-islamic-ethics-nationalism-discrimination
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5.
International Symposium: “On the
Boundaries of Here and Now“, Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca’
Foscari University of Venice, 1–2 October 2020
This symposium aims to reflect on
and contribute to the methodological lenses introduced by the recent
scholarship and is an attempt to develop a critical understanding of the
disputed spaces in Eurasia. Simultaneously, it seeks to investigate how
boundaries are negotiated, (re-)made, resisted and/or unmade within spaces of
cultural (re)production in the contemporary world, where, for instance, a
populist wave of nationalist ideologies fuels tensions and conflicts globally.
Information: https://www.unive.it/data/agenda/4/36815?fbclid=IwAR1LV8MeRWzC8bms9IU3-cTr7yXv2n50q6UL5_I_x1RhJ1DSSfQ7UK730w0
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6.
4th International
Conference: “MediterráneoS 2020”, Madrid, 14-16 October 2020
Papers will present research works
on the transfer of knowledge from the study of educational systems to the
transmission of ideas, texts, artistic techniques or work methodologies,
utensils, legends, ceremonies, and its Greco-Roman, Jewish, Arab and Near
Eastern influences.
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7.
2nd Annual Armenian
International Congress on Oriental Studies, Yerevan, 23-24 October 2020
We invite papers on the Middle East
from the ancient times to the present day, including religious studies,
geography, anthropology, political science, literary studies, linguistics,
philosophy, art history, and media studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8378/discussions/5891148/cfp-second-annual-armenian-international-congress-oriental
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8.
5th Annual Conference of
the Gulf Studies Center on "Social Change in the Gulf Societies in 21st
Century", Qatar University, 11-12 November 2020
The workshop will address
significant questions such as: what was the extent of the relationship between
Nazi genocide and colonialism? What were potential ways in which European
colonialism could have fed back into Europe throughout World War II? Etc.
Information: http://www.qu.edu.qa/research/gulfstudies-center/events/Social-Change-in-the-Gulf-Societies-in-the-21st-Century
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9.
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
The conference
will explore current research from historical as well as contemporary
perspectives, ranging from radical schemes to give land exclusively to
"the tiller", to other practices and measures such as the
establishment of cooperatives, as well as educational and organizational transformations
targeting rural and peasant populations.
Deadline for application extended to 15 June
2020.
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10.
4th Workshop on
"Security & Stability in the Mediterranean and the Middle East",
Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens, 19-21 November 2020
Topics include: Security in the
Mediterranean and the Broader Middle East; Migration, Refugee Crisis and Human
Security in the Mediterranean and the Middle East; The Present and Future of
Euro-Mediterranean relations.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2020. Information: http://idos.gr/4th-workshop-on-security-amp-stability-in-the-mediterranean-and-the-middle-east-call-for-papers-amp-panels/?lang=en
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11.
Annual Meeting of the “International
Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA 2020)“, Boston, MA, 20-23 November 2020
Program Units include: The Qur’an:
Manuscripts and Textual Criticism; Linguistic, Literary, and Thematic
Perspectives on the Qur`anic Corpus; The Societal Qur`an; Qur`anic Studies:
Methodology and Hermeneutics; etc.
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12. Conférence internationale « Islam et Pudeur »,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique, 3-4 décembre 2020
La conférence
se centrera sur le thème de la pudeur (hayâ’) dans l’Islam, ses conceptions,
ses réceptions et ses perceptions dans le monde musulman et le monde
occidental. Comment comprendre les tensions majeures qui surviennent
aujourd’hui sans une compréhension plus précise et mieux ancrée de la tradition
islamique et de ses contextes?
Date limite pour la soumission des résumés : 1er
juin 2020. Information: Dr. Ayang Utriza Yakin ayang.walad@uclouvain.be
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13. 3rd
ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”,
Australian National University, Canberra, 8-10 December 2020
Forms
of human movement including global immigration, asylum-seeking, climate
migration, and the internal migration accompanying mass urbanisation, have
radically altered religious cultures around the world, especially in the
Asia-Pacific region. The aim of this conference is to explore the various
phenomena related to religion and migration; the political and social
transitions impacting upon the transnational religiosity of contemporary
communities.
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14.
Conference: "Authors as Readers
in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond. Al-Ṣafadī and His Pairs", Ca' Foscari
University, Venice, 10-12 December 2020
At the end of a research project on
al-Ṣafadī’s working method, his scholarly network, his habits as a reader and
as a scholar in the extremely rich context of the beginning of the Mamluk
period the conference will broaden the scope by confronting these results to
other situations: other authors, other periods, other places.
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15.
Conference: “The Middle East
c.1960-1980. Global and Transnational Perspectives“, St Antony’s College,
University of Oxford, 5 March 2021
The Conference will look at the ways
in which events in the Middle East were shaped by global and transnational
contexts and, in turn, the impact events in the region exercised on other parts
of the world.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 July 2020. Information: https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/centre/news/call-papers-middle-east-c1960-1980-global-and-transnational-perspectives-5-march-2021
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16. Conference:
“Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East – The Silk Roads and Beyond”,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 8-10 April 2021
Papers will examine the relationship between China and the Middle East,
both ancient and modern, and incorporate additional regions, such as Europe,
Central Asia, or South/Southeast Asia.
Information: https://ceas.sas.upenn.edu/news/call-papers-rethinking-narratives-china-and-middle-east
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17.
Symposium on
"Alanya and Alaaddin Keykubat on the Eve of 800th Year of
Conquest", Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, 21-22 April 2021
The symposium
will focus on Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat and the history of Alanya during
Seljukid, Ottoman and Republican periods.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2020.
Information: https://selcuklu.alanya.edu.tr/ctrcms/media/61/tmp//2020_05_11_alanya_sempozyum_call_for_papers_EN.pdf
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18.
International Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī
Symposium, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, 20-22 May 2021
Topics include: • Linguistics •
Logic • Tafsīr • Astronomy • Mathematics • Medicine • Geography • Philosophy •
Illuminationism • Sufism • Kalām • Music • Ethics and Political Theory •
Shīrāzī in Manuscripts and Book Culture Studies • Commentaries (Shurūḥ, ḥawāshī,
taʻlīqāt) • Scholarly Networks and Ijāzatnāmas • Urban Studies; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 May 2020.
Information: http://kutbuddinsirazi.cumhuriyet.edu.tr/en/index.php
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19.
Maghreb Review
and Maghreb Studies Association Conference: "Empires in the Middle East
and the Maghreb: The Shaping of Hopes and Perspectives", Oxford, 13-14
September 2021
Besides the
European powers that established their colonial hegemony in the MENA region,
the conference will also deal with the influence of countries, such as the
United States of America and Germany, which extended their influence through
diplomacy, financial and military aid, and education.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2021.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6160235/empire-middle-east-and-maghreb-shaping-hopes-and-perspectives
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POSITIONS
20.
PhD Position
in Sociology/Gender Studies on Islamic Veiling, University of Lausanne
This study is
entitled "Shaping the legal consciousness of intersectional subjects:
accommodating, negotiating and contesting regulations on Islamic veiling in
France, Switzerland and the U.K.". Qualifications: MA in Social Sciences
and/or gender studies; practical experience with qualitative research methods
and analysis; good knowledge of and/or proficiency in German; working language
will be English or French.
Deadline for applications: 15 June 2020.
Information: https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?career_ns=job_listing&company=universitdP&navBarLevel=JOB_SEARCH&rcm_site_locale=en_US&career_job_req_id=15924&selected_lang=en_US&jobAlertController_jobAlertId=&jobAlertController_jobAlertName=&_s.crb=pGq9/kxpCpVQSXzT9gc+nfcNy8Y=
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21.
Postdoctoral
Fellow in Political Science for Research on "Anatomy of Resistance
Campaigns", Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
The project
aims to understand how organizational networks in resistance movements (violent
and nonviolent) influence the prospects of sustainable democratization.
Deadline for applications: 31 Mai 2020.
Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/185244/postdoctoral-fellow-in-political-science
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22.
Research
Assistant in Peace and Conflict Research (Focus Syria), Uppsala University,
Sweden
Duties: Work
in the projects "Mapping Violence
in Syria" and "Cultural Violence and Civilian Casualties: Spatial and
temporal analysis of social disintegration in Syria, 2014-17".
Requirements: MA in Peace and Conflict studies or equivalent subject, very good
knowledge of Arabic, English and of the conflict/s/ in Syria, experience of
data collection work in the field of conflict studies.
Deadline for applications: 29 May 2020.
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23.
Research
Assistant in Peace and Conflict Research (Focus Sudan), Uppsala University,
Sweden
Duties: Work
within the project "Who targets the peacekeepers? New data and procedures
to track perpetrators of violence against peacekeepers". Requirements: MA
in Peace and Conflict studies or equivalent subject; experience in research on
peacekeeping and/or either of the empirical cases (Mali and Sudan); fluency in
French or Arabic.
Deadline for applications: 29 May 2020.
Information: https://socioloxy.com/research-assistant-in-peace-and-conflict-research,i6743.html
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24.
Research
Associate / Fellow in Forced Marriage and Modern Slavery, Department of
Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
The recent PhD
graduate will survey and analyse international and domestic on forced marriage
from around the world and will build a new global database of law, policy, and
practice relating to forced marriage. Applications are welcome from across the
globe and different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs.
Deadline for applications: 8 June 2020.
Information: https://socioloxy.com/research-associate-fellow-in-forced-marriage-and-modern-slavery,i6796.html
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25.
PhD Candidate in “Socially Engaged
Art and State Transformation in Lebanon and Palestine/West Bank,“ University of
Amsterdam
The successful applicant must have a
relevant Master’s degree in the Humanities or Social Sciences or the Arts,
completed no later than 31 August 2020; outstanding research qualities;
excellent spoken Arabic; excellent written and spoken English.
Deadline for applications: 31 May 2020. Information: https://socioloxy.com/phd-position-in-socially-engaged-art-and-state-transformation-in-lebanon-and-palestine-west-bank,i6651.html
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26.
Associate Professor and/or Full
Professor in Political Science, University of Copenhagen
Candidates are invited within the
field of International Relations including, but not limited to security
studies, gender, diplomacy, war, post-colonialism, international political
sociology and political economy.
Deadline for applications: 10 June 2020. Information: https://socioloxy.com/professorship-of-international-relations,i6621.html
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27.
Two Lecturers
in Middle East/South Asia Studies, University of California Davis
Demonstrated
experience in teaching and advanced degree in the specific language or related
discipline is desirable.
Deadline for applications: 1 May and 22 May
2020. Information: https://socioloxy.com/lecturer-in-middle-east-south-asia-studies,i6763.html
and https://socioloxy.com/lecturer-in-middle-east-south-asia-languages,i6739.html
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28. Lecturer in Turkish Language, University of California Los Angeles
The candidate
must have experience teaching Turkish language courses at the university level.
A Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages or related field is required.
Deadline for applications: 1 June 2020.
Information: https://socioloxy.com/lecturer-in-turkish-language,i6731.html
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OTHER INFORMATION
29. Research Grants of the Association for the Study of the
Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)
Grants of up
to $2500 will be awarded to successful applicants with topics that relate to
one of the five qualifying subject areas: Minorities and Women, Military
History, Governance and Economy, Faith, and Iran.
Deadline for application: 30 May 2020.
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30. Awards and Prices of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies
Association (OTSA) for 2020
The deadlines
for application for the undergraduate and graduate student awards of the
Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (OTSA) as well as for the Redhouse
Prize for Best Progress in Turkish and for the AATT Ottoman Turkish Translation
Award have been extended until 30 June 2020.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/6165024/otsa-2020-awards-and-prizes-new-deadline
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31.
Best Article Award in Kurdish
Political Studies, University of Central Florida (UCF)
For this award cycle, articles
published in English in peer-reviewed journals in 2019 will be considered. The
award is open to all disciplines under social sciences and humanities. The
primary author of the article needs to be an untenured scholar at the time of
the publication. The winner will be awarded $500.
Deadline for (self-) nominations: 3 July 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/6127501/call-submissions-best-award-kurdish-political-studies
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32.
Price of the Middle East
Medievalists (MEM) for the Best Dissertation on the Medieval Middle East
(500-1500 CE)
Dissertations filed and defended
between 1 July 2018 and 31 May 2020 will be eligible for this year’s prize. It
will be awarded during the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies
Association in Washington, DC in October 2020.
Deadline for application: 1 June 2020. Information: https://www.middleeastmedievalists.com/mem-awards-prizes/mem-best-dissertation-prize/
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33.
MENACS Online
Workshop for PhD Candidates Working on MENA-related Topics, 29 June 2020,
2.00-5.00pm
In this
workshop the presentations should be 5-10 minutes and will be followed by a
short Q&A session and feedback from a panel of multidisciplinary experts in
the MENACS Committee.
Deadline for registration: 25 June 2020.
Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejyFTkSqLOPLpAdGdZIIX3-LUiRMiG6-ndb7jLPHb2gHGWYQ/viewform
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34.
Online Summer
School: "The Middle East in Global Politics", SOAS University of
London, 29 June – 10 July 2020
The summer
school will place the modern Middle East in its global context, without losing
sight of local and regional dynamics, cultures, and political traditions. It is
informed by critical engagement with international relations scholarship.
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35.
Research
Project on "Post-Corona: Transformative Landscapes and Shifting Priorities
(Focus on MENA)", Cordoba Foundation and Egyptian Institute for Studies
This call for
papers invites contributors from scholars, researchers, policymakers and
practitioners from a range of disciplinary perspectives. All papers will be
published after peer review and an international conference is planned on
"The Corona Pandemic: changes and transformations in geopolitics and
strategic developments impacting the MENA".
Deadline for abstracts: 5 June 2020.
Information: https://www.thecordobafoundation.com/news.php?id=1&art=199
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36. Articles for "YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies"
The
peer-reviewed, open access, international academic journal invites submissions
of original research articles, opinion pieces (Meclis), book and exhibition
reviews in Turkish or English, by researchers working on any period of the city
through the lens of history, history of art and architecture, archaeology,
sociology, anthropology, geography, urban planning, urban studies, and other
related disciplines in humanities or social sciences.
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37.
Articles for the “Journal for the
Advancement of Developing Economies (JADE)“
Articles are invited on Leadership
and policy; Business and economics; Agriculture and environment; Transformative
education; Technological advancement.
Deadline for manuscripts: 31 July 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6125726/journal-advancement-developing-economies-call-papers-2020
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38.
Country Studies from the MENA Region
on “Global Perspectives on Family and COVID-19“ for Special Issue of “Journal
of Comparative Family Studies“ (University of Toronto Press)
The articles should focus on the
changes and effects of COVID-19: Economic well-being; work/income; Education
and schooling; Family interaction, social distancing, and isolation; Mental
health and anxiety; Communication in community; Ethnic, cultural, and social
class variations.
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39.
Articles on "Poetized Love:
Affects, Gender and Society" for Special Issue of "Anthropology of
the Middle East"
This issue seeks to analyze love
poetry not from a literary or linguistic point of view but from an
anthropological point of view. What kind of gender relations are involved in
seductive and romantic encounters when women and men do not have the same
options to express their affection?
Deadline for abstracts: 1 July 2020.
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40.
Articles for Book on "The
Effects of Pandemics on Religious History" (Focus Islamic and Jewish
History) Edited by Global Center for Religious Research
We welcome both industry leaders and
scholars from any discipline related to religious studies, the natural or
social sciences, theology, and history. Proposals may include any topic related
to the impact of pandemics, diseases, or pestilence.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 July 2020. Information: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/42N4DTvxM?fbclid=IwAR0Ch2t9sSoakJaud98ysCdSAFDyOX7ia5Kij0muKg7_vLuEFn9UMUPPWZU#/main
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41.
Chapters for
Edited Book on "Music and Society of Modern Iran" (Ilex, Harvard
University Press)
Contributions
are invited on the topics of (1) the popular music of Tehran in the 1950s-70s
period, including performers like Mahvash, Aghasi and Soosan, (2)
pre-revolutionary pop, psychedelic or rock music, (3) post-revolutionary
Iranian pop music, and (4) post-revolutionary hip hop, rock, or alternative
music. Edited by Nahid Siamdoust and Houchang Chehabi.
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42. Chapters for Edited Book on "Rebel Governance in the
MENA"
This volume is
edited by the post-doc fellow Abdalhadi Alijla (Orient Institute Beirut). Its
aim is to explore varieties of topics related to rebel governance in the Middle
East, mainly in Syria, Yemen, Libya, Lebanon and Palestine.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 August 2020.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6156962/rebel-governance-middle-east
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43.
New Series of
Blogs on the Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the MENA Region, Middle East and
North Africa Centre at Sussex (MENACS)
The first article deals with "Palestine
under Lockdown: What`s New?"
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