Ελληνική Επιστημονική Εταιρεία Σπουδών Μέσης Ανατολής: EURAMES Info Service 41/2020

CONFERENCES

1. ONLINE: 54^th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA 2020), 5-17 October 2020

2. ONLINE Debate Series: "Those Who Do not Learn from the Past are Condemned to Repeat it: Europe’s Role in Post-COVID MENA", Friedrich Ebert Foundation and German Development Institute, 13 October 2020,15:00-16:30 CEST

3. ONLINE Panels and Papers Related to "Ottoman and Turkish Studies" during the MESA Meeting, 14-17 October 2020

4. ONLINE Conference “Protracted Displacement: Hopes, Perspectives, and Solutions? Governance – Social Dimension – Academia (Focus Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Palestine)”, Academics in Solidarity (AiS), etc., 19-20 October, 3 and 17 November 2020

5. ONLINE Discussion on "Global Uprising: The Protracted Present of Uprising", Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, NYU, 20 October 2020, 6:30 pm EST

6. ONLINE Workshop "Arab Countries and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact, Implications, and Future Prospects", Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA), Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin, 20-22 October 2020

7. VISIOCONFÉRENCE "Journée d’étude internationale Sahara Occidental - Recherches en cours de doctorants et post-doctorants", L’Observatoire universitaire international OUISO, 12 novembre 2020, 14h à 19h30

8. ONLINE: "4^th Annual Late Antique, Islamic, and Byzantine Studies Conference", University of Edinburgh, 19-21 November 2020

9. ONLINE: Annual Meeting of the “International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA 2020)“, Boston, MA, 30 November – 3 December and 7-10 December 2020

10. Conférence internationale « Islam et Pudeur », Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique, 3-4 décembre 2020

11. Conference: "Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond. Al-Ṣafadī and His Pairs", Ca' Foscari University, Venice, 10-12 December 2020

12. ONLINE Conference: “The Tudeh Party of Iran at 80: A Critical Re-Appraisal and Re-Evaluation”, School of History and Institute for Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews, Week Commencing 29 March 2021

13. Conference: “Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East – The Silk Roads and Beyond”, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 8-10 April 2021

14. International Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī Symposium, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, 20-22 May 2021

15. International Conference: "Musical Sources and Theories from Ancient Greece to the Ottoman Period", Ruhr-University Bochum, 10-12 June 2021

16. 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

17. 27^th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO), Institute for Islamic Theology, University of Osnabrück, 16-18 September 2021

18. Third NEHT Workshop on "Environmental Histories of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman World: The Anthropocene: From Empire to Nation-States", University of Vienna, 16-18 September 2021

19. 3^rd ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian National University, Canberra, December 2021

20. Call for Participation: Workshops on "Research Ethics in MENA", Middle East Institute at Columbia University

POSITIONS

21. Two PhD Positions (4 Years) in Middle Eastern Studies for Research Project "Ottoman Afterlife in Jordan and Iraq. Politics of Remembering and Forgetting in New Arab States (1920-1958)", University of Basel

22. Post-doctoral Researcher in 15^th-century Arabic Historiography, Ghent University

23. Postdoctoral Research Associate (12 Months) for Iran and the Persian Gulf Studies (19^th - 21^st Century), Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University

24. Assistant Professor of Arabic Language und Cultural Studies, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

OTHER INFORMATION

25. Scholarships for Visiting the German Bundestag for Highly Motivated Graduates from the Arab Region, Berlin, 1-30 September 2021

26. 20 Fellowships at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem

27. 2020 Lebanese Studies Association Book Award

28. ONLINE Course: "Islam and Creativity", Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisation, Aga Khan University, 12-14 October 2020, 15:00 - 17:00 CEST

29. New International Peer-reviewed Journal "Misriqiyā " on African-Egyptian Studies

30. Articles on “Feminist Political Economy in the Arab Region” for a Special Issue of the Journal “Al-Raida”

31. Articles for "Al Noor", the Undergraduate Middle Eastern Studies Journal of Boston College

32. Articles on "Governing and Living Amid COVID-19 in the MENA" for Special Issue of the Jounal "Middle East Law and Governance"

33. Articles on "Theoretical an Experimental Issues in Arabic Linguistics" for Special Issue of "Al-Karmil: Studies in Arabic Language and Literature", Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Haifa

34. Articles on Islam in the Widest Sense for Journal “Waikato Islamic Studies Review“, University of Waikato, New Zealand

35. Book Proposals for a New Academic Book Series: "Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World" (I.B.Tauris)

36. “H-Migration Reviews”: New Online Publication Series Dedicated to Reviews of the Latest Work in the History and Study of Migration

If you want to distribute an announcement via DAVO-Info-Service (about 1300 recipients) and EURAMES Info Service (more than 6000 recipients, only English and French announcements), please apply the usual format of the text with no more than 50 words and no attachment. Please send only the most important in-formation to davo@geo.uni-mainz.de and refer to further details with a link to the respective website or an email address.

Best regards,

Guenter Meyer, Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, in cooperation with the University of Sharjah

CONFERENCES

1. ONLINE: 54^th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA 2020), 5-17 October 2020

Information, program and registration: https://mailchi.mp/280aec0a4672/mesa-2020-starts-monday-important-details?e=6c5710e83c

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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 Ibrahim Saif (CEO, Jordan Strategy Forum / Former Minister for Planning and International Cooperation, Jordan), Dania Koleilat Khatib (Director, Research Center for Reconciliation and Peacebuilding, Lebanon) and Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff (EU Ambassador to the Palestinian Territories)

Information and registration: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/events/details/europes-role-in-post-covid-mena/

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3. ONLINE Panels and Papers Related to "Ottoman and Turkish Studies" during the MESA Meeting, 14-17 October 2020

The "Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association" has prepared this list at https://www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/news-and-events/

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The core goal of this conference is to not only analyze the situation but also shift the focus from an urgent humanitarian response to sustainable solutions in the host and in the home countries. This conference, is a multi-dimensional, interdisciplinary platform for discussion and dialogue.

Deadline for registration: 14 October 2020; Information and program: https://con-gressa.de/form/protracted-displacement/. Information: https://protracted-displacement.org/

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5. ONLINE Discussion on "Global Uprising: The Protracted Present of Uprising", Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, NYU, 20 October 2020, 6:30 pm EST

Participants are invited to register for an online discussion with Banu Bargu, Ghassan Hage, Alberto Toscano, and discussant Lisa Duggan. What are the concepts and political semantics we need to make sense of the last ten years of uprising? Can we think of the uprisings in temporal terms, can we go further and historicize them? Etc.

Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/10/07/global-uprising-the-protracted-present-of-uprising

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This book project and the workshop aim at analyzing the impact that the Coronavirus pandemic has had on Arab societies by questioning how the unprecedent and far-reaching crisis affected social, political, economic, and cultural life. The workshop is open to engaged listeners.

Deadline for registration: 18 October 2020. Information: https://tinyurl.com/y2ke5s8r

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Information et inscription : http://ouiso.recherche.parisdescartes.fr/fr/2020/10/07/journee-detude-internationale-visioconference-12-novembre/

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8. ONLINE: "4^th Annual Late Antique, Islamic, and Byzantine Studies Conference", University of Edinburgh, 19-21 November 2020

The conference focuses on disasters (natural, "manmade" or “supernatural”) that shape historical memory and our understanding of the past, concentrating on the problematic relations between catastrophes and memory in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine societies.

Information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/4th-annual-edinburgh-late-antique-islamic-and-byzantine-conference-tickets-117904135443

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9. ONLINE: Annual Meeting of the “International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA 2020)“, Boston, MA, 30 November – 3 December and 7-10 December 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.

Information: https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/call-for-papers-iqsa-annual-meeting-2020/

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10. 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?

Information: Dr. Ayang Utriza Yakin ayang.walad@uclouvain.be

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11. 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.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/user/login?destination=node/5782352

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12. ONLINE Conference: “The Tudeh Party of Iran at 80: A Critical Re-Appraisal and Re-Evaluation”, School of History and Institute for Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews, Week Commencing 29 March 2021

This conference seeks to explore the various dimensions of the Tudeh Party from its inception in 1941 to the present era. It aspires to focus on both the party’s political evolution through decades of upheaval in Iran and exile in Europe, as well as the impact of the Tudeh on the Iranian arts, literature and cultural scenes.

Deadline for abstracts: 4 December 2020. Information: bit.ly/3iD8idy; Submission form: https://bit.ly/36dBTry; Contact: tudehconference2021@gmail.com

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13. 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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14. 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.

Information: http://kutbuddinsirazi.cumhuriyet.edu.tr/en/index.php

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15. International Conference: "Musical Sources and Theories from Ancient Greece to the Ottoman Period", Ruhr-University Bochum, 10-12 June 2021

Papers will focus on Arabic, Persian and Byzantine music theory, instruments and ways of transmission, with their roots in Ancient Greece and an outlook onto Ottoman and Safavid music. Call for Papers closed. Guests are welcome!

Information: https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/orient/aktuelles/index.html

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16. 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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17. 27^th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO), Institute for Islamic Theology, University of Osnabrück, 16-18 September 2021

It was originally planned that this international congress should take place in September 2020 in the Institute for Islamic Theology at the University of Osnabrück, chaired by Prof. Dr. Bülent Uçar. This event had to be postponed by one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2021.

Information: https://www.irp-cms.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/events/27th_international_davo_congress.html

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18. Third NEHT Workshop on "Environmental Histories of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman World: The Anthropocene: From Empire to Nation-States", University of Vienna, 16-18 September 2021

The workshop will discuss the ways of integrating the concept of the Anthropocene into the field of Ottoman/post-Ottoman environmental history. It will open a space for analysing the role of human activities in transforming the Ottoman/post-Ottoman landscapes in the age of the Anthropocene.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 January 2020.

Information: https://orientalistik.univie.ac.at/en/disciplines/turkish-studies/events/neht-2021/

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19. 3^rd ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian National University, Canberra, December 2021

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.

Deadline for abstracts: 21 May 2021.

Information: https://hrc.cass.anu.edu.au/events/religion-and-migration-culture-and-policy-0

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20. Call for Participation: Workshops on "Research Ethics in MENA", Middle East Institute at Columbia University

Individuals are invited to participate in an interdisciplinary project exploring the ethical, political and economic challenges to conducting research responsibly in the Middle East and North Africa.

If you would like to learn more, or think you have something to contribute to the project please respond to the call for participation by 9 November 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/10/07/call-for-participation-workshops-of-research-ethics-in-mena

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POSITIONS

21. Two PhD Positions (4 Years) in Middle Eastern Studies for Research Project "Ottoman Afterlife in Jordan and Iraq. Politics of Remembering and Forgetting in New Arab States (1920-1958)", University of Basel

Requirements: MA in history and/or Middle Eastern studies; knowledge of English and Arabic (modern or Ottoman Turkish a plus), etc.

Deadline for applications: 30 October 2020. Information: https://en.academicpositions.ch/ad/university-of-basel/2020/two-phd-positions-in-near-and-middle-eastern-studies/147982?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=Job+alerts

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22. Post-doctoral Researcher in 15^th-century Arabic Historiography, Ghent University

The candidate should have a PhD in the ﬁeld of Arabic, Islamic Studies, (Middle East) History, Arabic Literature, Arabic Linguistics, or equivalent, and a promising track particularly regarding the historiography of al-Biqāʿī or Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, as demonstrated by relevant papers, publications, and conference participations.

Deadline for applications: 16 October 2020. Information: https://en.academicpositions.be/ad/ghent-university/2020/post-doctoral-researcher-in-arabic-historiography-16247-languages-and-cultures/148825?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=Job+alerts

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23. Postdoctoral Research Associate (12 Months) for Iran and the Persian Gulf Studies (19^th - 21^st Century), Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University

The goal of the program is to support outstanding scholars of Iran and the wider Persianate world at an early stage of their careers and thus to strengthen the field of Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies in the United States and abroad.

Deadline for applications: 18 December 2020.

Information: https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=17821

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24. Assistant Professor of Arabic Language und Cultural Studies, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

Candidates are invited to submit applications for a tenure-track position in Arabic language and cultural studies. Ph.D in Arabic Language and Literature, Middle Eastern Studies or a closely related field is required.

Deadline for applications: 1 November 2020. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/78584

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OTHER INFORMATION

25. Scholarships for Visiting the German Bundestag for Highly Motivated Graduates from the Arab Region, Berlin, 1-30 September 2021

The scholarship program is aimed at highly-qualified, committed, capable and talented young women and men from the Arab region who are interested in politics and wish to play an active role in shaping the democratic future of their country. Qualification: University degree, under the age of 35, good knowledge of German.

Deadline for applications: 15 November 2020.

Information: https://www.bundestag.de/en/europe/international/exchange/ips/arabian-250618

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26. 20 Fellowships at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem

Fellowships are 1-4 months and come with a stipend and room/board at the Albright. Fellowships are open to students and scholars in Near Eastern studies from prehistory through the Ottoman period, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, biblical studies, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology, religion, and related disciplines. All nationalities, and students and scholars at all levels, are eligible for at least some of the fellowships.

Deadline for application: 15 October 2020.

Information: https://mailchi.mp/aiar/apply-for-a-fellowship-at-the-albright-2324341?e=4b7f78b915

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27. 2020 Lebanese Studies Association Book Award

Books must be non-fiction scholarly monographs based on original research published in English between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019. Subject matter can be on any aspect of the territories, populations (including diasporic), society, and cultures of present-day Lebanon from ancient times to the present, and as addressed by the disciplines of history, anthropology, sociology, political science, literature, art, science, etc. Yet the purview of the work should be clearly that of a scholar of Lebanon.

Deadline for nominations: 1 November 2020. Information: https://lebanesestudies.org/call-for-nominations-2020-lebanese-studies-association-book-award/

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28. ONLINE Course: "Islam and Creativity", Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisation, Aga Khan University, 12-14 October 2020, 15:00 - 17:00 CEST

Gain analytical tools to understand contemporary creativity in relation to Islam. Participants will discuss Islamic discourse, ethics, aesthetics and creative processes in popular music, films, paintings and novels. The course will also discuss how artists push and cross boundaries in an increasingly entangled world.

Information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/islam-and-creativity-short-course-tickets-120411091817

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29. New International Peer-reviewed Journal "Misriqiyā " on African-Egyptian Studies

This journal publishes articles in the fields of anthropology, history, sociology, politics, geography, linguistics, literary and cultural studies and Basic Sciences. Miṣriqiyā is published in both print and online versions. It is published quarterly by the Faculty of Women, Ain Shams University, Cairo.

Submissions are accepted throughout the year. Information: https://misj.journals.ekb.eg/

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30. Articles on “Feminist Political Economy in the Arab Region” for a Special Issue of the Journal “Al-Raida”

This issue of Al-Raida asks what feminist political economy, or FPE, can contribute as a critical framework for analyzing, understanding, and challenging dominant socioeconomic and political systems in the Arab Region. With an emphasis on process, FPE examines the lived realities of social difference, and the constraints and pressures of the everyday under global capitalism.

Deadline for full-length article: 27 November 2020. Information: http://alraidajournal.com/index.php/ALRJ/announcement/view/5

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31. Articles for "Al Noor", the Undergraduate Middle Eastern Studies Journal of Boston College

Our aims: - Facilitate a nonpartisan, unbiased conversation within the Boston College community and beyond about the Middle East. - Provide a medium for students to publish research on the Middle East. - Promote diverse opinions and present a comprehensive view of the myriad of cultures, histories, and perspectives of the Middle East

Deadline for submissions: 11 October 2020. Information: https://www.bcalnoor.org/ and https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/09/10/al-noor-fall-2020

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32. Articles on "Governing and Living Amid COVID-19 in the MENA" for Special Issue of the Jounal "Middle East Law and Governance"

This special issue will take a broad look at how the MENA – the state, governments, and societies of the region -- are governing and/or living amid COVID-19. It encourages papers from a wide range of disciplines and methodological approaches in the social sciences and humanities.

Deadline for manuscripts: 1 December 2020. Information: https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/melg-overview.xml?contents=editorialContent-17621

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33. Articles on "Theoretical an Experimental Issues in Arabic Linguistics" for Special Issue of "Al-Karmil: Studies in Arabic Language and Literature", Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Haifa

Articles are invited on: Phonology and morphology; Grammar of Classical and Modern Standard Arabic; Semantics and pragmatics; Sociolinguistics; Psycholinguistics; Discourse analysis; Syntax of the Qurʾān, written in English or Arabic.

Deadline for submissions: 10 April 2021.

Information: http://alkarmil.haifa.ac.il/index.php/en/instruction-for-authors

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34. Articles on Islam in the Widest Sense for Journal “Waikato Islamic Studies Review“, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Submissions are invited on any topic or theme, including religion, philosophy, history, politics, sociology, culture, and law, within the broad field of studies on Islam and Muslim societies.

Information and past Journals: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/UWISG/review.shtml

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35. Book Proposals for a New Academic Book Series: "Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World" (I.B.Tauris)

The series welcomes proposals from scholars in Ottoman/Turkish Studies, Iranian Studies, Slavic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Mediterranean Studies, and disciplines of History, Political Science, Anthropology, Literature and Sociology, among others.

Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/10/07/call-for-book-proposals-armenians-in-the-modern-and-early-modern-world

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36. “H-Migration Reviews”: New Online Publication Series Dedicated to Reviews of the Latest Work in the History and Study of Migration

If you are interested in joining our reviewer pool, please send an email with your research interests and a brief overview of your qualifications to nbmiller@flagler.edu.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8382/discussions/6244998/launch-h-migration-series-h-net-reviews

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lundi 12 octobre 2020

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