CONFERENCES
1.
ONLINE Debate Series: "Economic Reforms as an Opportunity: A
Post-COVID Social Contract for the Region?" Friedrich Ebert Foundation and
German Development Institute, 29 September 2020, 15:00-16:30 CEST
2.
ONLINE: Annual Conference Webinar Series of the Economic Research Forum
(ERF) on Sustainable Development Goals in the MENA Region, 29 September 2020,
2:00-3:00 pm GMT
3.
ONLINE:
14th International Conference on "Sustainable
Development", Laurentian University, Toronto, 6-7 October 2020
4.
ONLINE Workshop: "The Visibility of The Visibility of Strangers.
Diasporas, Urban Spaces, and Material Pluralism in the Mediterranean", U
Marie Curie MedRoute Project, 7-8 October 2020
5.
ONLINE Webinar of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies, Fall 2020 Events,
16 October - 4 December 2020
6.
ONLINE:
Workshop "Being ‘Here’, Researching ‘There’: Reflecting on Temporal and
Spatial Remoteness in Ethnography", Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient,
Berlin, 3-4 December 2020
7.
ONLINE:
International eConference on Interreligious Dialogue, Global Center for
Religious Research (GCRR), 4-6 December 2020
8.
ONLINE: "Second Annual Islamic Philosophy Conference",
American Society of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Harvard University, 5-6
December 2020
9.
ONLINE Symposium: "British Muslims and Covid-19: Impacts,
Experiences and Responses", Muslims in Britain Research Network, 8
December 2020
10.
ONLINE: International Conference on "10 Years On: The People &
The Protests", Project SEPAD, Lancaster University, UK, 17-18 December
2020
11. 13th International Conference of the
Tunisian-Mediterranean Association for Historical, Social and Economic Studies
on “Crimes, Felonies and Repression in History“, Beja, Tunisia, 17-19 December
2020
12. Conference: “The Middle East c. 1960-1980 –
Global and Transnational Perspectives“, St Antony’s College, University of
Oxford, 5 March 2021
13. 2nd Global Inclusive
Interdisciplinary Conference on "Violence", Lisbon, Portugal, 14-15
March 2021
14. 5th Conference of the Arab Council
for the Social Sciences (ACSS): “Interrogating the Social Sciences in the
Vortex of Crises: Waves of Discontent and Demands for Change", Beirut,
21-23 May 2021
15. Maghreb/Afrique subsaharienne : « L’Afrique
dans les sciences humaines et sociales : regards croisés et approches
méthodologiques », Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Juin 2021
16. "4th Congress of Studies on the Middle East and Muslim
Worlds", Aix-en-Provence, 28-30 June 2021
17.
3rd Workshop of the Network for the Study of Environmental
History of Turkey on “Environmental Histories of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman
World - The Anthropocene: From Empire to Nation-States,” University of Vienna,
16-18 September 2021
18. 3rd ANU
Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian
National University, Canberra, 8-10 December 2021
POSITIONS
19. Professor (W3) of Human Geography with
Specialisation in Economic Geography and Globalisation Research, University of
Münster, Germany
20.
Postdoc Resident Fellowship (1-12 Months), RomanIslam Center for
Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies, Hamburg University
21. Head Librarian of the Oriental Institute of
the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
22.
British Academy Postdoc Fellowships (3 Years) for Outstanding Early
Career Researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences
23. Professor of Islamic Studies, Lund University
24.
5 Fellowships (4 Months) for Researchers in the Interdisciplinary Fellow
Group "Aesthetics & Cultural Practice", Merian Centre for
Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM), Tunis
25. Fellowships for Postdoctoral Research
Associates and Early-career Scholars from Outside of the USA, Program
"Sustainable Futures", Princeton Institute for International and
Regional Studies (2021-22)
26.
Up to 40 Scholarships (3 or 6 Months) for Historical Research on Near
Eastern Civilizations and the Islamic World, Institute for Advanced Study
(IAS), Princeton University
27.
Up to 40 Residential Fellowships at the National Humanities Center,
Research Triangle Park, North Dakota
28. New Executive Director of Al-Bustan Centre of
Culture, Philadelphia
29. Post-Doctoral Research Associate in
Palestine and Palestinian Studies, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown
University
30. Assistant Professor of Arabic, Hamilton
College, New York
31. Canada Research Chair (Tier 2), History of
the Modern Middle East, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
OTHER INFORMATION
32. Grabar Travel & Post-Doctoral Awards
for Ph.D. Candidates and Post-doctoral Scholars in All Areas of the History of
Islamic Art, Architecture and Archaeology
33. Prize for the Best First Book in Mediterranean Studies, Mediterranean
Seminar/CU Mediterranean Studies Group
34. ONLINE Course: "Islam and
Constitutions: The Law and Politics of Sharia Provisions", Institute for
the Study of Muslim Civilisation, Aga Khan University, London, 7, 14, 21
November 2020, 13:30-16:30 UK Time
35.
Articles on "Speaking the Unspeakable – The Attributes of God in
Islamic Thought" for Edited Volume in the Series "Horizons of Islamic
Philosophy of Religion"
36. Articles on "Middle Eastern Science
Fiction" for Special Issue of "Journal of Science Fiction"
37.
Articles on "Turkish-American Relations" for Special Issue of
"Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies" (December 2020)
38.
Articles on "Legacies of 1922: Building and Rebuilding Borders,
Identity and Belonging Since the Greco-Turkish War and Population
Exchange" for Special Issue of the "Journal of Modern Greek
Studies" (October 2022)
39.
Articles on "Islamic Theologies of Disasters: Between Science,
Religion and Messianism" for Special Issue of "MIDEO" 38 (2023)
40. Articles on “Queering Middle East Migrations”
for Special Issue of “Mashriq & Mahjar: The Journal of Middle East and
North African Migration Studies”
41. Articles on "Regional Development and
Policy in the EU Neighborhood Countries" for Special Issue of the Journal
"Economies"
42. Articles on "Historizing Islamophobia" for Special Issue of
"Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam"
43. Editors and Contributors on Middle Eastern,
Persian and Iranian Studies for “The Digital Orientalist”
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CONFERENCES
1.
ONLINE Debate Series: "Economic Reforms as an
Opportunity: A Post-COVID Social Contract for the Region?" Friedrich Ebert
Foundation and German Development Institute, 29 September 2020, 15:00-16:30
CEST
This online debate is part of the series
"Until Debt Tear Us Apart? International Cooperation and Socio-economic
Justice in a Post-Covic19 MENA Region". Speakers are Mustapha Kamel Nabli
(former Governor, Central Bank of Tunisia), Ayat Soliman (MENA Regional
Director for Sustainable Development, World Bank) and Hans Frühauf (MENA
Regional Director, GIZ).
Information and registration: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/events/details/a-post-covid-social-contract-for-the-mena-region/
_______________________________________
2.
ONLINE: Annual Conference Webinar Series of the
Economic Research Forum (ERF) on Sustainable Development Goals in the MENA
Region, 29 September 2020, 2:00-3:00 pm GMT
Presentation on: "Developing Countries’
Access to International Capital Markets: What Constraint MENA?" by Shereen
Attia. The paper aims to explore why MENA has been unsuccessful in securing for
itself a significant share of financial flows proportional to its size and the
limited ability to tap the international capital markets more frequently
relying heavily on other sources of finance.
Information and registration: https://mailchi.mp/erf.org.eg/invitation_erf26_annual_conference-1390093?e=b6c891c6c3
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3.
ONLINE:
14th International Conference on "Sustainable
Development", Laurentian University, Toronto, 6-7 October 2020
Themes:
1. Development, 2. Economics, 3. Environment and Natural Resources, 4. Food and
Agriculture, 5. Governance, 6. Health, 7. Information and Communication, 8.
Science and technology, 9. Social policy, 10. Gender equality.
Last date to register: 30 September
2020.
Information: https://www.ontariointernational.org/icsdconference-a.htm
_______________________________________
4.
ONLINE Workshop: "The Visibility of The
Visibility of Strangers. Diasporas, Urban Spaces, and Material Pluralism in the
Mediterranean", U Marie Curie MedRoute Project, 7-8 October 2020
This is the final workshop of the project which
has inquired about the phenomenon of cultural pluralism in early modern
Mediterranean port cities. Through the employment of three identity markers
(foodways, clothing, and language), MedRoute has intended to chart how differences
in the political and physical environments affected the balance of
acculturation in port-cities.
Information and registration: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-the-visibility-of-the-visibility-of-strangers-diasporas-urban-spaces-and-material-pluralism-in-the-mediterranean?e=82aeb6c61d
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5.
ONLINE Webinar of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies,
Fall 2020 Events, 16 October - 4 December 2020
16 October 2020: "Satan Conquered: The
Iranian Revolution and its Demons" by Prof. Alireza Doostdar, University
of Chicago
30 October 2020: "The
Politicization of the Female Body in the Context of Sigheh Marriages",
Prof. Claudia Yaghoobi, University of North Carolina
13 November 2020: "Hafiz
and His Contemporaries: Time, Place, and Dialogue in the Post-Mongol Persian
Ghazal" by Prof. Dominic Parviz Brookshaw, University of Oxford
4 December 2020:
"Re-discovering a Literary Treasure: The Anvar-e Sohayli Written by Vaʿez
Kashefi in Fifteenth-Century Herat" by Prof. Christine van Ruymbeke,
University of Cambridge
Information and registration: https://iranianstudies.macmillan.yale.edu/calendar/upcoming-events
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6.
ONLINE:
Workshop "Being ‘Here’, Researching ‘There’: Reflecting on Temporal and
Spatial Remoteness in Ethnography", Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient,
Berlin, 3-4 December 2020
With this workshop, we wish to open up a space in which we can
share different kinds of experience and strategies for working remotely. Which
strategies work in which contexts, and which methodological, ethical or
epistemological problems result from which (remote) access strategies to the
field? We invite contributions from researchers and activist scholars who have
been engaging especially in involuntary remote ethnographies.
Deadline
for abstracts: 30 September 2020. Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/CfP/CfP_Workshop_Remote_Ethnography_ZMO.pdf
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7.
ONLINE:
International eConference on Interreligious Dialogue, Global Center for
Religious Research (GCRR), 4-6 December 2020
The conference will bring together
religion scholars, specialists, and practitioners of different faith traditions
(from all over the world) to discuss the various complexities, problems, and
solutions resulting from interreligious dialogue.
Information and registration: https://www.gcrr.org/2020interreligiousdialogue
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8.
ONLINE: "Second Annual Islamic Philosophy
Conference", American Society of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Harvard
University, 5-6 December 2020
The aim of the conference is to promote the
study of Islamic Philosophy, broadly conceived, in its historical and
contemporary context. We welcome panel proposals as well as individual
proposals. Papers will be eligible for publication in the Journal of Islamic
Philosophy.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2020. Information: https://asipt.org/conferences/conference-paper/
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9.
ONLINE Symposium: "British Muslims and Covid-19:
Impacts, Experiences and Responses", Muslims in Britain Research Network,
8 December 2020
Papers are invited that explore any dimension of
Muslim identity / lived experiences in relation to the pandemic, lockdown and
subsequent socio-economic implications of Covid-19 in Britain.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2020.
Information: https://www.mbrn.org.uk/call-for-papers-british-muslims-and-covid-19-impacts-experiences-and-responses/
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10.
ONLINE: International Conference on "10 Years On:
The People & The Protests", Project SEPAD, Lancaster University, UK,
17-18 December 2020
The conference on the 10th anniversary of the beginning of
the Arab Uprisings seeks to reflect on the ways in which the uprisings have
affected people and political projects across MENA and invites papers
reflecting on: Popular protests; relations between rulers and ruled; resistance;
gender and sexuality; sovereign power; spatial ordering; clientelism;
sectarianism; de-sectarianisation; political economy; power sharing; urban
politics; environmentalism; foreign policy making; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2020.
Information: https://www.sepad.org.uk/event/conference-and-call-for-papers
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11. 13th International Conference of the
Tunisian-Mediterranean Association for Historical, Social and Economic Studies
on “Crimes, Felonies and Repression in History“, Beja, Tunisia, 17-19 December
2020
Main
themes include: Origins of delinquency and crimes; Types and forms of
delinquency and crime; Types of
offenders and criminals; Society's reactions to delinquency and crime. If the
corona crisis persists, the congress will be postponed to the beginning of
April 2021.
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12. Conference: “The Middle East c. 1960-1980 –
Global and Transnational Perspectives“, St Antony’s College, University of
Oxford, 5 March 2021
This
conference aims to reconfigure the history of the Middle East in these decades
no longer as an agglomeration of discrete episodes but as a single, integrated
phenomenon with its own dynamic and logic. It 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.
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13. 2nd Global Inclusive
Interdisciplinary Conference on "Violence", Lisbon, Portugal, 14-15
March 2021
Themes:
- Violence and Gender, - Media Portrayals of Violence, - Gender
Differentiation; can Women be Terrorists? - State-Sanctioned Violence (War,
Genocide, Torture, Capital Punishment, etc.), - How Culture Encourages /
Discourages Violence, - Ecological and Environmental Violence, - Violence and
Reconciliation Practices, etc.
Information: https://www.progressiveconnexions.net/interdisciplinary-projects/evil/violence/conferences/
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14. 5th Conference of the Arab Council
for the Social Sciences (ACSS): “Interrogating the Social Sciences in the
Vortex of Crises: Waves of Discontent and Demands for Change", Beirut,
21-23 May 2021
The
conference is open to papers from all social science and allied disciplines and
to scholars from the Arab region and the rest of the world. The conference will
be organized around the following four major axes: Inequality and Resistance;
The State and Risk Society; Infrastructure and Survival; Global, Regional and
National Ecologies.
Information: http://www.theacss.org/pages/fifth-conference
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15. Maghreb/Afrique subsaharienne : « L’Afrique
dans les sciences humaines et sociales : regards croisés et approches
méthodologiques », Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Juin 2021
Destinée aux doctorants en sciences sociale
inscrits dans une université ou rattachés à un laboratoire situé dans un pays
d’Afrique du Nord ou d’Afrique sub-saharienne, elle a pour objectif d’apporter
un soutien méthodologique tout en stimulant la coopération scientifique entre
l’Afrique de l’Ouest, l’Afrique du Nord et l’Europe.
Date
limite d`envoi : 1 Novembre 2020. Information : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QsKCYy-Rq_BvgNNyGuswv5l8qgbDkZST/view?fbclid=IwAR3fVlHYk1EuudYDRbCtuUhPJ7Knppq4wXKKYD1e8BdU1bZ1Q4DWlszYgFY
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16. "4th Congress of Studies on the Middle East and Muslim
Worlds", Aix-en-Provence, 28-30 June 2021
This event is organized
by GIS Moyen Orient et mondes musulmans (MOMM) in collaboration with IREMAM,
IDEMEC, CHERPA, IMAF, and SEMOMM. The themes fall
under anthropology, archaeology and history of art, law, economics, geography,
history, islamology and religious sciences, linguistics, literature,
philosophy, sociology, political science, in a global or regional perspective.
As in previous years, the congress is an invitation to move beyond disciplinary
and institutional compartmentalization, by bringing together contributors from
diverse backgrounds, working in France and around the world.
Information: http://majlis-remomm.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Appel_4e%CC%80meCongre%CC%80s_en.pdf
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17.
3rd Workshop of the Network for the Study of Environmental
History of Turkey on “Environmental Histories of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman
World - The Anthropocene: From Empire to Nation-States,” University of Vienna,
16-18 September 2021
Topics include: The Anthropocene
within the context of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman world; Urban and rural
environmental history; Histories of water, soil, forests and mines; History of
medicine, health and disease; Environmental histories of gender, labour and
inequality; Environmental histories of wars, armed conflicts and violence;
Ecology and Ottoman/Turkish literature; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 January 2021. Information: https://orientalistik.univie.ac.at/en/disciplines/turkish-studies/events/neht-2021
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18. 3rd ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and
Policy”, Australian National University, Canberra, 8-10 December 2021
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.
Deadline for abstracts: 21 May 2021.
Information: https://hrc.cass.anu.edu.au/events/religion-and-migration-culture-and-policy-0#acton-tabs-link--tabs-0-middle-1
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POSITIONS
19. Professor (W3) of Human Geography with
Specialisation in Economic Geography and Globalisation Research, University of
Münster, Germany
The prospective candidate must
possess expertise in the study of translocal and global economies from critical
and heterodox perspectives. We are particular interested in preferably
neo-Marxist, post-colonial, feminist, New Materialism or assemblage approaches.
Deadline for applications: 25 October 2020.
Information: https://universitoxy.com/professur-fuer-humangeographie-mit-schwerpunkt-wirtschaftsgeographie-und-globalisierungsforschung,i9839.html
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20.
Postdoc Resident Fellowship (1-12 Months), RomanIslam Center for
Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies, Hamburg University
Scholars are invited from a
wide range of disciplines working on Romanization and Islamication in Late
Antiquity with a focus but not exclusively on the Iberian Peninsula and North
Africa during the first millennium CE. Scholars working on comparative empire
and transcultural studies in a broader historical (or contemporary) perspective
whose research has a strong focus on theoretical and methodological issues are
also welcome.
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2020.
Information: https://www.romanislam.uni-hamburg.de/center/fellowship-program.html
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21. Head Librarian of the Oriental Institute of
the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Qualifications: Minimum B.A. degree, background
or experience in library sciences strongly preferred; Fluency in written and
spoken English; Knowledge of library systems and cataloguing; Knowledge of one
or more of the languages, cultures, and histories related to the Oriental
Institute’s sub-fields (Middle East, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia,
Central Asia) preferred.
Deadline for application: 8 November 2020. Information: http://www.orient.cas.cz/miranda2/m2/akce/aktuality/2020/Head-Librarian-Oriental-Institute-Library_Job-Announcement_Deadline-Nov-8TH.pdf
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22.
British Academy Postdoc Fellowships (3 Years) for
Outstanding Early Career Researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Any nationals from the European Economic Area are eligible,
regardless of where their doctorate was obtained. Eligible applicants are
expected to be at an early stage of their career. This is defined as being
within three years from the date of your successful Viva Voce examination.
Deadline
for application: 14 October 2020.
Information:
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships/
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23. Professor of Islamic Studies, Lund University
Requirements:
Experience of research focusing on both present-day and historical Islam;
Arabic language skills; experience of having initiated and formulated
strategically important research applications; experience of educational
development that includes digital tools and teaching environments, etc.
Deadline for applications: 30
September 2020.
Information: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/type:job/jobID:334474/?where=26
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24.
5 Fellowships (4 Months) for Researchers in the
Interdisciplinary Fellow Group "Aesthetics & Cultural Practice",
Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM), Tunis
Researchers at all stages of their academic
career in humanities and social sciences from all parts of the world are
invited to apply.
Deadline for applications: 30 September 2020.
Information: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/forschung/mecam/mecam-call-for-applications-ifg-aesthetics-and-cultural-practice.pdf
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25. Fellowships for Postdoctoral Research
Associates and Early-career Scholars from Outside of the USA, Program
"Sustainable Futures", Princeton Institute for International and
Regional Studies (2021-22)
We
welcome applicants from all disciplinary and inter-disciplinary fields -
humanities, social science, natural science, engineering, technology, law,
architecture - to examine varied notions and workable practices of
sustainability.
Deadline for applications: 16
November 2020. Information: https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/16742 and https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/16822
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26.
Up to 40 Scholarships (3 or 6 Months) for Historical
Research on Near Eastern Civilizations and the Islamic World, Institute for
Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton University
Requirements: Substantial record of
publications and a PhD awarded by no later than 31 December 2019.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2020.
Information: https://www.hs.ias.edu/mem_announcement
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27.
Up to 40 Residential Fellowships at the National
Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Dakota
Mid-career and senior scholars from all
over the world are encouraged to apply. Emerging scholars with a strong record
of peer-reviewed work may also apply. In addition to scholars from all fields
of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social
sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in
humanistic projects.
Deadline for applications: 8 October 2020.
Information: https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/become-a-fellow/
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28. New Executive Director of Al-Bustan Centre of
Culture, Philadelphia
Professional
qualifications required: Fluency in Arabic; 7 to 10 years of senior non-profit
management experience; demonstrated transparent and high integrity leadership;
excellent writing, public speaking, and interpersonal communication skills;
deep knowledge of Arab culture, arts, and history; experience in living or
traveling in the Arab region.
Preferred start date: 1 October
2020. Information: https://www.albustanseeds.org/about/opportunities/
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29. Post-Doctoral Research Associate in
Palestine and Palestinian Studies, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown
University
The position is open to all the humanities and
social science disciplines. Scholars who received PhDs within five years of the
application deadline are eligible to apply. Residence in the Providence area is
required for most of the one-year appointment.
Deadline for applications: 9 November 2020. Information:
https://apply.interfolio.com/78795
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30. Assistant Professor of Arabic, Hamilton
College, New York
Ph.D in Arabic Language and Literature, Middle
Eastern Studies or a closely related field is required. Applicants should have
native, or near-native, fluency in Arabic and preferably have a record of
excellence in teaching Arabic language, as well as experience in building a
successful language program.
Deadline for applications: 21 October 2020. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/78584
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31. Canada Research Chair (Tier 2), History of
the Modern Middle East, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
The Research Chair with a focus on the history
of the modern Middle East, broadly construed both temporally and
geographically, is intended for exceptional emerging scholars (i.e., candidates
must have been active researchers in their field for fewer than 10 years from
their degree at the time of nomination). The thematic focus is open.
Deadline for applications: 1 November 2020. Information:
https://hist.air.arts.ubc.ca/canada-research-chair-tier-2-history-of-the-modern-middle-east/
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OTHER INFORMATION
32. Grabar Travel & Post-Doctoral Awards
for Ph.D. Candidates and Post-doctoral Scholars in All Areas of the History of
Islamic Art, Architecture and Archaeology
The Travel Grant (700 US-$) is open to doctoral
candidates who have been invited as participants in a scholarly conference or
other professional meeting for the purpose of presenting papers. The
Post-doctoral Fellowship (2000 US-$) is intended to spend up to two months as a
research scholar at a university, museum, research institute or similar
institution, or to support additional research to aid in preparing the
dissertation for publication.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 November 2020. Information: https://www.historiansofislamicart.org/opportunities/hiaa-prizes/grabar-grants-and-fellowships
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33. Prize for the Best First Book in Mediterranean Studies, Mediterranean
Seminar/CU Mediterranean Studies Group
Eligible publications
are dated 2016-2020. We are most interested in books that break new ground
conceptually, are comparative and/or interdisciplinary, that emphasize the
intercultural/interregional/inter-religious contact. Books from any period will
be considered and are welcome from history, art and material culture, literary
and cultural studies, anthropology, and sociology.
Deadline for proposals: 1 January 2021. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/enter-best-first-book-prize-in-mediterranean-studies-the-mediterranean-seminar?e=82aeb6c61d
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34. ONLINE Course: "Islam and
Constitutions: The Law and Politics of Sharia Provisions", Institute for
the Study of Muslim Civilisation, Aga Khan University, London, 7, 14, 21
November 2020, 13:30-16:30 UK Time
The course introduces participants to the
conceptual foundations of constitutional law, the articulations of State-Islam
relations in contemporary constitutions, and the various models of sharia
provisions in a comparative perspective. A close up on the politics of sharia
provisions will provide a useful case study. The course also provides practical
training in handling constitutional provisions on sharia in different
jurisdictions.
Information and registration: https://www.aku.edu/events/pages/event-detail.aspx?EventID=1520&Title=Islam%20and%20Constitutions.%C2%A0%20The%20Law%20and%20Politics%20of%20Sharia%20Provisions
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35.
Articles on "Speaking the Unspeakable – The Attributes of God in
Islamic Thought" for Edited Volume in the Series "Horizons of Islamic
Philosophy of Religion"
Topics include: doctrines of God’s attributes by
various thinkers and thought schools; the ontological, epistemological and
cosmological significance of the attributes; the political significance of
particular attributes such as ʿadl; the influence of Jewish and Christian
theologies; the actuality of the doctrine of God’s attributes for contemporary
discourses.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2020. Information: https://www.uni-muenster.de/ZIT/Aktuelles/2020/callforpapers_speakingtheunspeakable___theattributesofgodinislamicthought.html
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36. Articles on "Middle Eastern Science
Fiction" for Special Issue of "Journal of Science Fiction"
Topics include: Literary history of Middle
Eastern science fiction; Histories and/or critiques of colonization, imperialism,
dispossession, war; The connections between science fiction and religion;
Migration themes in Middle Eastern science fiction; Discussions of genocide and
apartheid; Political discourse surrounding Islamophobia: etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2020. Information: https://publish.lib.umd.edu/?journal=scifi&page=announcement&op=view&path%5B%5D=3
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37.
Articles on "Turkish-American Relations" for
Special Issue of "Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies" (December 2020)
Submissions on the historical background,
current status and future of the relations as well as the strategic, political,
and economic dimensions and bilateral, regional, and global reflections of the
relations are welcomed. As an interdisciplinary platform, the journal also
welcomes original research on the interconnected relationship between area
studies and international relations, sociology, global studies, etc.
Deadline for submissions: 1 November 2020.
Information: http://cjas.kapadokya.edu.tr/Anasayfa.Aspx
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38.
Articles on "Legacies of 1922: Building and
Rebuilding Borders, Identity and Belonging Since the Greco-Turkish War and
Population Exchange" for Special Issue of the "Journal of Modern
Greek Studies" (October 2022)
One hundred years after the Greco-Turkish
War, the internal and transnational displacements that it sparked, and the
state-sponsored Exchange into which it transformed, what lasting paradigms has
this experience bequeathed to cultural, material, social and political domains
of the Aegean and its diasporas, and how have subsequent experiences reshaped
the original paradigm?
Deadline for abstracts: 16 November 2020. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/6339773/cfp-update-legacies-1922-building-and-rebuilding-borders-identity
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39.
Articles on "Islamic Theologies of Disasters:
Between Science, Religion and Messianism" for Special Issue of
"MIDEO" 38 (2023)
This issue of MIDEO is devoted to the
Islamic theology of catastrophes at different periods of history, in ancient,
modern and contemporary theological thought.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2021.
Information: https://www.ideo-cairo.org/en/2020/07/call-for-papers-islamic-theologies-of-disasters/
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40. Articles on “Queering Middle East Migrations”
for Special Issue of “Mashriq & Mahjar: The Journal of Middle East and
North African Migration Studies”
We
look to papers that explore sexual desire and pleasure-seeking amongst
migrants, and the role these subjectivities play in decisions to migrate, and
in their “search for material and social advancement.” We also invite scholars
who investigate the intersections between sexualities and other social,
economic, religious, and racial identities.
Deadline for articles: 1 October
2020. Information: https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/announcement/view/20
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41. Articles on "Regional Development and
Policy in the EU Neighborhood Countries" for Special Issue of the Journal
"Economies"
This
issue of the open access journal seeks contributions that deal with aspects of
regional analysis, policy approaches, and institutional or organizational
questions in EU enlargement or neighborhood countries and their regions.
Deadline for manuscript submissions:
30 September 2020.
Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/economies/special_issues/regional_policy
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42. Articles on "Historizing Islamophobia" for Special Issue of
"Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam"
We seek articles that
present counter-hegemonic analyses, approaches and concepts, examining
Islamophobia as a longer and more complex phenomenon. We are especially
interested in papers which examine how settler-colonial projects against
Indigenous communities and colonized communities have informed Islamophobia
formations across varying national, social and political contexts.
Deadline for submissions: 20 February 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6142269/special-issue-%E2%80%9Chistorizing-islamophobia%E2%80%9D
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43. Editors and Contributors on Middle Eastern,
Persian and Iranian Studies for “The Digital Orientalist”
This
is the digital magazine and arm the “American Oriental Society”. Editors will
be expected to contribute 5-6 posts between September 2020 and June 2021. We
are also looking for people who contribute guest posts or series of guests
posts on the Digital Humanities in General, Islamic Studies, Syriac Studies
etc.
Information: https://digitalorientalist.com/2020/06/30/open-call-for-editors-and-contributiors/
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