dimanche 25 octobre 2020

EURAMES Info Service 43/2020

 CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS

 

1.    ONLINE Seminar: "Civil Society in Algeria: The Hirak, Non-violence and Youth Activism for Democracy", SOAS, University of London, 27 October 2020, 5:30 pm - 7.00 pm GMT

 

2.    ONLINE Webinar of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies, Fall 2020 Events, 30 October – 4 December 2020

 

3.    ONLINE: "Al Salon" Discussion Series on "Exile and Revolution Movement (in the Arab Region)", North-Africa West-Asia Artists, Activities and Researchers Alliance (NAWARA), Berlin, November 2020 - February 2021

 

4.    ONLINE Seminar: "China Straddling the Persian Gulf", SOAS, University of London, 3 November 2020, 5:30 pm - 7.00 pm GMT

 

5.    ONLINE Events of the Middle East & North Africa Centre at Sussex (MENACS), 5 November - 11 December 2020

 

6.    ONLINE Webinar Series "COVID-19 and Muslim Religiosity", Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, George Mason University, November- December 2020

 

7.    ONLINE Event: "Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum", SOAS, University of London, 10-11 November 2020

 

8.    ONLINE Conference of the Islamicate Digital Humanisties Network, Georgetown University, 18 November 2020, 10.00 am - 12.30 pm EDT

 

9.    ONLINE Colloquium "Oman Studies in Germany: New Research in Archaeology, History and Social Anthropology", Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Ruhr University Bochum, 30 November 2020, 13.00 - 17:45 h CET

 

10.  ONLINE: International eConference on Interreligious Dialogue, Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR), 4-6 December 2020

 

11.  ONLINE Symposium: "British Muslims and Covid-19: Impacts, Experiences and Responses", Muslims in Britain Research Network, 8 December 2020

 

12.  ONLINE: International Conference on "10 Years On: The People & The Protests", Project SEPAD, Lancaster University, UK, 17-18 December 2020

 

13.  2nd Global Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference on "Violence", Lisbon, Portugal, 14-15 March 2021

 

14.  ONLINE Seminar on "National and Regional Dimension of Mediterranean Studies" at the Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, 8-11 April 2021

 

15.  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

 

16.  Maghreb/Afrique subsaharienne : « L’Afrique dans les sciences humaines et sociales : regards croisés et approches méthodologiques », Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Juin 2021

 

17.  Conference of the Red Sea Project X: “Red Sea Horizons, Edges and Transitions”, University of Crete, Rethymno Greece, 16-19 June 2021

 

18.  "4th Congress of Studies on the Middle East and Muslim Worlds", Aix-en-Provence, 28-30 June 2021

 

19.  Mediterranean Studies Symposium, Ortigia, Italy, 1-4 July 2021

 

20.  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

 

21.  3rd ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian National University, Canberra, 8-10 December 2021

 

22.  PhD Workshop on "Unthought Perspectives in the Study of Turkish Islam: Methodology and Research Prospects”, Center for Turkish, Ottoman, Balkan, and Central Asian Studies, Paris (Date to be announced in 2021)

 

 

POSITIONS

 

23.  Postdoc Resident Fellowship (1-12 Months), RomanIslam Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies, Hamburg University

 

24.  Two Doctoral Positions for the Research Project "Ottoman Afterlife in Jordan and Iraq. Politics of Remembering and Forgetting in New Arab States (1920-1958)", University of Basel

 

25.  Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2 Years) for Project "Warnings from the Archive: A Century of British Intervention in the Middle East", University of Exeter

 

26.  Head Librarian of the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

 

27.  Director of the American Language Center & Arabic Language Institute in Fez, Morocco

 

28.  Ehsan Yarshater-PHF Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2021-2022, Yale Program in Iranian Studies

 

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

 

30.  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)

 

31.  Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Palestine and Palestinian Studies, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University

 

32.  Assistant Professor in International Studies (Focus Middle East), School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver

 

33.  Canada Research Chair (Tier 2), History of the Modern Middle East, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

 

34.  Assistant Professor, Late Antiquity and/or Early Islam, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada

 

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

35.  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

 

36.  2020 Lebanese Studies Association Book Award

 

37.  Prize for the Best First Book in Mediterranean Studies, Mediterranean Seminar/CU Mediterranean Studies Group

38.  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

 

39.  ONLINE: Introduction of Two MA Programs in Islamic Studies, Columbia University, New York, 18 November 2020, 11 am EST

 

40.  Articles on "Business People in War Times and Alternative Economies and Exchange during Armed Conflicts (in the MENA Region)" for Special Issue of "Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies"

 

41.  Articles on "Reclaiming Art in Urban Public Space in the MENA Region - Artistic Practices, Political Expression and Public Space Transformations" for Special Issue of "Manazir Journal" (Université de Genève)

 

42.  Articles on "Turkish-American Relations" for Special Issue of "Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies" (December 2020)

 

43.  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)

 

44.  Articles on "Islamic Theologies of Disasters: Between Science, Religion and Messianism" for Special Issue of "MIDEO" 38 (2023)

 

45.  Articles on "Historizing Islamophobia" for Special Issue of "Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam"

 

46.  Manuscripts for "Gulf Studies Books Series" by Springer Nature

 

47.  Chapters on "New Methods in the Study of Islam" for Special Volume of Brill`s "Supplements to Theory and Method in the Study of Religion"

 

48.  New Website "Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online", University of Michigan

 

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

 

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CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS

 

1.    ONLINE Seminar: "Civil Society in Algeria: The Hirak, Non-violence and Youth Activism for Democracy", SOAS, University of London, 27 October 2020, 5:30 pm - 7.00 pm GMT

 

This talk is by Jessica Ayesha Northey, Coventry University. On 22 February 2019, Algeria saw the emergence of a peaceful movement for democracy. Known as the hirak, weekly marches of millions led to President Bouteflika standing down. This continued until 2020 and the global COVID-19 pandemic. How did Algerians take on such a powerful regime, without violence, despite deep frustrations and a history of violent political change?

 

Information and registration (Zoom): https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/events/cme/27oct2020-civil-society-in-algeria-the-hirak-non-violence-and-youth-activism-for-democracy.html

 

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2.    ONLINE Webinar of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies, Fall 2020 Events, 30 October – 4 December 2020

 

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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3.    ONLINE: "Al Salon" Discussion Series on "Exile and Revolution Movement (in the Arab Region)", North-Africa West-Asia Artists, Activities and Researchers Alliance (NAWARA), Berlin, November 2020 - February 2021

 

Scholars and activists, along with two guest speakers for each circle, will reflect critically and collectively on ten years of revolutions in the Arab region. Applications are invited both for in-person participation for those based in Europe and for online participation as well. Travel expenses within Europe can be partially reimbursed.

 

Deadline for application for participation: 1 November 2020. Information: https://www.facebook.com/events/772682879983996. Contact: info@nawaraberlin.com

 

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4.    ONLINE Seminar: "China Straddling the Persian Gulf", SOAS, University of London, 3 November 2020, 5:30 pm - 7.00 pm GMT

 

This talk is by Jonathan Fulton (Zayed University, Abu Dhabi). China is a major economic actor in the Persian Gulf and its expansive Belt and Road Initiative ambitions add a strategic element. In an intensely competitive regional security environment, China has maintained an unusual approach, deepening ties with all Gulf states, perhaps best exemplified by its comprehensive strategic partnerships with Iran and its rivals Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

 

Information and registration (Zoom): https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/events/cme/03nov2020-china-straddling-the-persian-gulf.html

 

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5.    ONLINE Events of the Middle East & North Africa Centre at Sussex (MENACS), 5 November - 11 December 2020

 

5 November: Dr Naji Bakhti’s Book Launch: "Between Beirut and the Moon (2020)" - in conversation with a panel of experts on Levantine culture and literature.

 

25 November: Najda Makhlouf: "El Moudjahidate: Invisible to Visible: The Role and Memory of Women Anti-Colonial Resistance Fighters in Algeria" - in conversation with Prof Martin Evans about her Exhibition.

 

30 November: Dr Anne Irfan (Oxford); "Researching Palestinian Refugee History” - in conversation with Dr Jacob Norris.

 

9 December: Sarah El Hamed (performance artist): "Cheikha Rimitti, the Iconic Mother of Raï and Her Legacy: Resistance Music, Rebels and the Breaking of Social Taboos in Algerian Society" - in conversation with Prof Martin Evans on Cheikha Rimitti and her iconic role in the long history of protest music in Algeria.

 

11 Dec.: Dr Francis Clark-Lowes, Book Presentation of Riad ElTaher’s "O Daughter of Babylon" - in conversation with Dr Ali Kassem.

 

Information and registration: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=menacs-events---autumn-2020---final.pdf&site=525

 

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6.    ONLINE Webinar Series "COVID-19 and Muslim Religiosity", Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, George Mason University, November - December 2020

 

4 November 2020 - 1:00 PM EDT: Anna Piela (Northwestern University) & Joanna Krotofil (Jagiellonian University), “I’ve discovered I love to pray alone”: Women’s approaches to practising Islam during the COVID-19 pandemic"

 

17 November 2020 - 12:00 PM EDT: Günhan Börekçi (Central European University), “Long before COVID-19: The Socio-Economic Effects of Contagious Diseases and Epidemics in the Ottoman World (1500-1800)”

 

2 December 2020 - 1:00 PM EDT: Nancy Khalil (University of Michigan), “US Imams and Efforts to Prevent a Professional Epidemic in a Pandemic”

 

Information: https://islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/events/11063. For previous sessions see https://vimeo.com/islamicstudies/

 

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7.    ONLINE Event: "Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum", SOAS, University of London, 10-11 November 2020

 

This Music Forum will be of interest to a broad audience, including musicologists, ethnomusicologists and other researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences. In addition, we welcome those working on other aspects of culture in this region (dance, visual arts, media, film, literature, etc.)

 

Information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/middle-east-central-asia-music-forum-soas-tickets-125682709367?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR3NVKWOnQfBlKzwljdBvS8uH4AD8nX8iiqHY50kCXAhvi2XhPM01o9XVL4

 

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8.    ONLINE Conference of the Islamicate Digital Humanisties Network, Georgetown University, 18 November 2020, 10.00 am - 12.30 pm EDT

 

10.20 am: "Handwritten-Text-Recognition for Arabic Script: A Case Study in Ottoman Turkish", Suphan Kirmizialtin (NYU Abu Dhabi)

 

10.50 am: "When digital forms of information become a reliable source of academic research", Sofia Tsourlaki (SOAS University of London)

 

11.20 am: "The #AmericasMuslimsMap: Using Digital Visualization to Help Expand our Notion of “Global Islam”, Ken Chitwood (Freie Universität Berlin)

 

11.50 am: "A Comparative Quantitative Analysis of the Concept of "Love" in Hafez's Ghazals and Shakespeare's Sonnets", Mehdy Sedaghat Payam and Marjan Moosavi (University of Maryland)

 

Link for Zoom: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/92629137582

 

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9.    ONLINE Colloquium "Oman Studies in Germany: New Research in Archaeology, History and Social Anthropology", Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Ruhr University Bochum, 30 November 2020, 13.00 - 17:45 h CET

 

Hosted by Prof. Johann Buessow, this colloquium will provide an overview about the German research in humanities and social sciences devoted to Oman.

 

To receive the program, follow the event and and join the discussion via Zoom contact adrian.bernhard@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

 

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10.  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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11.  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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12.  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.

 

Information: https://www.sepad.org.uk/event/conference-and-call-for-papers

 

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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.  ONLINE Seminar on "National and Regional Dimension of Mediterranean Studies" at the Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, 8-11 April 2021

 

This seminar engages with literary texts from diverse Mediterranean literary traditions, periods, and genres in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, while being theoretically aware of their potential to challenge canonical interpretations of critical artistic, political, religious, and linguistic issues relevant to their and/or other national traditions in the region.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2020. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-acla-2021-national-and-regional-dimension-of-mediterranean-studies-8-11-april-2021-virtual?e=82aeb6c61d

 

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15.  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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16.  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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17.  Conference of the Red Sea Project X: “Red Sea Horizons, Edges and Transitions”, University of Crete, Rethymno Greece, 16-19 June 2021

 

Papers will explore edges and transitions in the histories and material cultures of the Red Sea, or reflect on the historical horizons and invisible boundaries in Red Sea research. Themes include: Movement, dependencies, and enslaved lives across geographic and temporal borders; the medieval and early modern, with an emphasis on the Ottoman Red Sea; etc.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/6586815/call-papers-red-sea-project-x-red-sea-horizons-edges-and

 

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18.  "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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19.  Mediterranean Studies Symposium, Ortigia, Italy, 1-4 July 2021

 

Preferred attention will be given to proposals about Sicily but focus on other areas of the Mediterranean region will be gladly considered. Interdisciplinary approaches from humanities, social sciences, media studies, and other fields of study are pivotal. Any historical period of reference is welcome.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 29 November 2020. Information: https://www.cla.auburn.edu/international/programs-and-events/mediterranean-studies-symposium/

 

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20.  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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21.  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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22.  PhD Workshop on "Unthought Perspectives in the Study of Turkish Islam: Methodology and Research Prospects”, Center for Turkish, Ottoman, Balkan, and Central Asian Studies, Paris (Date in 2021 to be announced)

 

This workshop invites Master, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers who share a common object of study (i.e, the various aspects of Turkish Islam), to consider what remains unthought in their research projects.

 

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2021. Information: https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1460/files/2020/10/Unthought_Turkish_Islam_2021.pdf

 

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POSITIONS

 

23.  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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24.  Two Doctoral Positions for the Research Project "Ottoman Afterlife in Jordan and Iraq. Politics of Remembering and Forgetting in New Arab States (1920-1958)", University of Basel

 

Duration: 4 years (2021–2025). Requirements: MA in history and/or Middle Eastern studies; knowledge of English and Arabic (Modern or Ottoman Turkish a plus). The regional focus of the project is on Jordan and Iraq, however applications from candidates with an interest and/or expertise on the Bilad al-Sham are also welcome.

 

Deadline for applications: 30 October 2020. Information: https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/two-phd-positions-in-near-and-middle-eastern-studies/346485da-d576-4d20-b060-0bed76a75f32

 

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25.  Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2 Years) for Project "Warnings from the Archive: A Century of British Intervention in the Middle East", University of Exeter

 

This is a systematic archive-based comparison of two official inquiries into British military intervention in Iraq: the Mesopotamia Commission (1917) and the Iraq Inquiry (2016). Qualification: PhD in a related field of study, including Political Science, International Relations and History; knowledge of the broad history of the British state and government with reference to imperial/foreign policy in the 20th century; extensive archival experience; etc.

 

Deadline for applications: 19 November 2020. Information: https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=563699UG5t&WVID=3817591jNg&LANG=USA

 

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26.  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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27.  Director of the American Language Center & Arabic Language Institute in Fez, Morocco

 

The ideal candidate for should have a minimum of four years experience in international administration and supervisory experience, an MA or MS in TEFL or related degree, a minimum of intermediate Arabic; communicative level of French a plus, etc.

 

Deadline for applications: 1 November 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/09/29/director-american-language-center-arabic-language-institute-in-fez-morocco

 

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28.  Ehsan Yarshater-PHF Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2021-2022, Yale Program in Iranian Studies

 

The Associate in all fields of humanities and social, political and environmental sciences will teach one undergraduate seminar in the Fall or Spring semester, pursue their own research, and help to organize the activities of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies (YPIS). Post-doctoral Associates are expected to work collaboratively with the Council on Middle East Studies and be in residence from August 2021 to May 2022.

 

Deadline for application: 31 December 2020. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/79421

 

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29.  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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30.  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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31.  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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32.  Assistant Professor in International Studies (Focus Middle East), School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver

 

We invite applications from historians and anthropologists with expertise in colonialism, decolonization, and postcolonial legacies. We are particularly interested in scholars with expertise in the Middle East, South or Southeast Asia, or scholars with a global/comparative scope.

 

Deadline for applications: 29 October 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/10/01/assistant-professor-in-international-studies

 

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33.  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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34.  Assistant Professor, Late Antiquity and/or Early Islam, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada

 

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Classics, Middle East Studies, History, Religion, Art History, Archeology, or another, closely related discipline. They must demonstrate a record of excellence in research and teaching in the field of Late Antique studies and/or the study of early Islam both conceptually and methodologically.

 

Deadline for applications: 30 November 2020. Information: https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Assistant-Professor-Late-Antiquity-andor-Early-Islam-ON/541785217/

 

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35.  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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36.  2020 Lebanese Studies Association Book Award

 

Books must be non-fiction scholarly monographs based on original research published in English between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 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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37.  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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38.  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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39.  ONLINE: Introduction of Two MA Programs in Islamic Studies, Columbia University, New York, 18 November 2020, 11 am EST

 

These programs delve into the religious and intellectual traditions of Islam and the diverse regional histories, cultures, and social formations of Muslim societies around the world. A virtual open house will be held on 18 November.

 

Information: https://www.mei.columbia.edu/ma-programs

 

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40.  Articles on "Business People in War Times and Alternative Economies and Exchange during Armed Conflicts (in the MENA Region)" for Special Issue of "Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies"

 

Given that capital flight constitutes one of the most important dimensions of wars and conflicts and influences considerably the current course of the (post-) conflict processes, this special issue aims to analyze displaced business peoples' economic activities and their motivations in general for engagement in their places of origin and the host countries.

 

Deadline for full texts: 1 March 2021. Information: https://ormer.sakarya.edu.tr/4,3,,208,call_for_papers_in_turkish_journal_of_middle_eastern_studies.html

 

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41.  Articles on "Reclaiming Art in Urban Public Space in the MENA Region - Artistic Practices, Political Expression and Public Space Transformations" for Special Issue of "Manazir Journal" (Université de Genève)

 

This issue will examine how artistic practices and productions lead to the emergence of new definitions, limits and functions of public space, in its material, social, legal and political dimensions. It will explore existing tensions between the use of art as a means of reinventing or “re-publicizing” places.

 

Deadline for abstracts in English or French: 15 December 2020. Information: https://bop.unibe.ch/manazir/CFP

 

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42.  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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43.  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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44.  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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45.  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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46.  Manuscripts for "Gulf Studies Books Series" by Springer Nature

 

This series takes an interdisciplinary approach to documenting the changes taking place in the Gulf societies, and the evolving relationship between the Gulf and the other regions. The series is dedicated to advancing a non-Western perspectives for studying societies in the Gulf, and their interactions with the rest of the world.

Book manuscripts are invited to be published in this series. Information: https://www.academia.edu/43594143/Gulf_Studies_Book_Series_by_Springer_Nature

 

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47.  Chapters on "New Methods in the Study of Islam" for Special Volume of Brill`s "Supplements to Theory and Method in the Study of Religion"

 

This book offers a modest proposal to discover new methods, methodologies and approaches that can be applied, utilized and conceived in the study of Islam and Islamic Studies. The volume also seeks to show how such methods and approaches help us understand Islam’s relationship to other religious traditions.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6627636/reminder-call-abstract-new-methods-study-islam-dl-nov-30

 

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48.  New Website "Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online", University of Michigan

 

This is a free and open-access online platform of digital resources to aid the teaching of Islamic art, architecture, and visual culture. It provides original multimedia content developed by scholars from across the field of Islamic art, which is intended to aid educators in the creation of an interactive learning environment and to contribute to new ways of teaching in general, bringing new voices, perspectives, and materials into our classrooms.

 

Information: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/khamseen/

 

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