CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS
1.
ONLINE
Seminar "Unleashing a New Way of Warfare: How Turkey's Drones and Air
Defense Systems Won the War for Tripoli", Middle East Institute,
Washington D.C., 23 November 2020, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, EST
2.
ONLINE
Book Presentation: "Embattled Dreamlands. The Politics of Contesting
Armenian, Turkish and Kurdish Memory" by David Leupold, Leibniz Zentrum
Moderner Orient (ZMO), 23 November 2020, 5:00-6:30 pm, CET
3.
ONLINE
Book Presentation "Forgiveness Work: Mercy, Law, and Victims' Rights in
Iran", Centre on Conflict, Rights and Justice, SOAS, London, 24 November
2020, 4:00-5:30 pm, GMT
4.
ONLINE
Seminar "China’s Engagement and Relations with Iran", Middle East
Institute and Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS, London, 24 November 2020, 5:00-7:00
pm, GMT
5.
ONLINE
Seminar "Afghanistan in Southwest Asia: The Search for Peace,
Reconciliation and Security”, Strategic Group, Oxford University, 24 November
2020, 7:00 pm, GMT
6.
ONLINE
Lecture "The Revival of Twelver Shi’i Tafsīr in Early Modern and Modern
Times: Three Case Studies", Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 25
November 2020, 2:00-4:00 pm, GMT
7.
ONLINE
Event "Arming the War in Yemen", Department of Politics and
International Studies, SOAS, London, 25 November 2020, 3:00-4.30 pm, GMT
8.
ONLINE Events of the Middle East & North Africa Centre at Sussex
(MENACS), 25 November - 11 December 2020
9.
ONLINE
Book Launch on "Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads",
Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 26 November 2020,
4:00-5:30 pm, SGT
10. ONLINE Symposium "The Idea of Iran: Iran
in Transition to a New World Order", Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS,
London, 28 November 2020, 11:45 am – 7:15 pm, GMT
11. ONLINE Discussion on Book Lunch "The
Politics of Mass Violence in the Middle East" by Laura Robson, Penn State
University, 1 December 2020, 12:00 pm, EST
12. ONLINE Research Panel "Black Saints,
Turkish Enemies: Slavery, Captivity, and Salvation in the Atlantic
Mediterranean,” Mediterranean Studies Group, University of Colorado, 2 December
2020, 11:30 am, MST
13. ONLINE Webinar Series "COVID-19 and
Muslim Religiosity", Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies,
George Mason University, 2 December 2020, 1:00 pm, EDT
14. ONLINE Lectures on the "Ottoman and
Post-Ottoman Worlds", University of California Humanities Research
Institute, 3 – 10 December 2020
15. ONLINE: International eConference on Interreligious Dialogue,
Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR), 4 – 6 December 2020
16. ONLINE "4th International
Conference on Israel and Judaism Studies in Turkey", Organized by
"Israiliyat: Journal of Israeli and Judaic Studies", 7 – 10 December
2020
17. ONLINE Symposium: "British Muslims and
Covid-19: Impacts, Experiences and Responses", Muslims in Britain Research
Network, 8 December 2020, 1:00-5:00 pm, GMT
18.
ONLINE Séminaire RTP ICC : « Francité sur les bords :
l’identité française, pluralité, et les communautés musulmanes et catholiques
», cadre du séminaire « Actualités de la recherche sur les mondes musulmans »,
IISMM, Paris, 10 décembre 2020, 16h-18h
19. ONLINE Seminar "Iran Reframed: Anxieties
of Power in the Islamic Republic", Middle East Institute, SOAS,
London, 15 December 2020, 5.30 pm-7.00 pm, GMT
20.
ONLINE: International Conference on "10 Years On: The People &
The Protests", Project SEPAD, Lancaster University, UK, 17-18 December
2020
21. ONLINE 2nd Global Inclusive
Interdisciplinary Conference on "Violence", Lisbon, Portugal, 14-15
March 2021
22.
ONLINE Symposium: “Muslim Philanthropy in a Canadian Context”,
University of Toronto, 27 March 2021
23.
ONLINE Seminar on "National and Regional Dimension of Mediterranean
Studies" at the Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature
Association, 8-11 April 2021
24.
ONLINE
International Conference: "The Fragility of Global Migration", Center
of Methods in Social Sciences, University of Göttingen, 20-21 May 2021
25. 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
26. Maghreb/Afrique subsaharienne : « L’Afrique
dans les sciences humaines et sociales : regards croisés et approches
méthodologiques », Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Juin 2021
27. Conference of the Red Sea Project X: “Red
Sea Horizons, Edges and Transitions”, University of Crete, Rethymno Greece,
16-19 June 2021
28. "4th Congress of Studies on the Middle East and Muslim
Worlds", Aix-en-Provence, 28-30 June 2021
29. Mediterranean Studies Symposium, Ortigia,
Italy, 1-4 July 2021
30.
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
31. 3rd ANU
Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian
National University, Canberra, 8-10 December 2021
32.
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)
POSITIONS
33.
Five Postdoctoral
Fellowships, Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin
34.
Postdoc Resident Fellowship (1-12 Months), RomanIslam Center for
Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies, Hamburg University
35. Doctoral Position in Global or Extra-European History (Middle
Eastern History), ETH Zürich
36. Full-time Faculty Position in Anthropology Fall
2021, American University in Cairo (AUC)
37. Assistant/Associate/Professor for the History
of the Middle East and the Islamic World, Furman University, Greenville, SC
38. Ehsan Yarshater-PHF Post-Doctoral
Fellowship, 2021-2022, Yale Program in Iranian Studies
39. Assistant Professor, Late Antiquity and/or
Early Islam, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada
OTHER INFORMATION
40. International Parliamentary Scholarship for
Young People from the Arab Region to Take Part in the Program in Berlin, 1-30
September 2021
41. Grant for a Visiting Research Fellowship in
Omani Studies (3 Months), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) Berlin
42.
MA Dual Degree in Islamic Studies and
Muslim Cultures at Columbia (New York) and Aga Khan University (London)
43. Fully Funded Scholarship for the Aga Khan /
Columbia University Dual Degree MA Student Fellowship
44. Prize for the Best
Doctoral Thesis on the Study of Islam and the Muslim World by the British Association of Islam Studies (BRAIS) and De
Gruyter
45. Prize for the Best First Book in Mediterranean Studies, Mediterranean
Seminar/CU Mediterranean Studies Group
46. Articles on “MENA Migrants and Diasporas in Twenty-First-Century Media”
for Special Issue of “Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North
African Migration Studies”
47.
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"
48. 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)
49.
Articles on "Islamic Theologies of Disasters: Between Science,
Religion and Messianism" for Special Issue of "MIDEO" 38 (2023)
50. Articles on "Historizing Islamophobia" for Special Issue of
"Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam"
51. 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"
52. Submissions for the New "Journal of
Islamic Law"
53. Results of "The 2019-2020 Arab Opinion
Index", Conducted by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha,
Qatar
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CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS
1.
ONLINE
Seminar "Unleashing a New Way of Warfare: How Turkey's Drones and Air
Defense Systems Won the War for Tripoli", Middle East Institute,
Washington D.C., 23 November 2020, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, EST
Jason
Pack (Deputy Director of the European Union Institute of Strategic Studies) and
Wolfgang Pusztal (Former Austrian Military Attache to Libya) will focus on:
What strategies and tactics did Turkey establish throughout its involvement?
Which modern military technologies helped shape the outcome of the War for
Tripoli? What are the next likely steps in the international community’s
mediation efforts in Libya?
Information
and registration: https://www.mei.edu/events/unleashing-new-way-warfare-how-turkeys-drones-and-air-defense-systems-won-war-tripoli
_______________________________________
2.
ONLINE
Book Presentation: "Embattled Dreamlands. The Politics of Contesting
Armenian, Turkish and Kurdish Memory" by David Leupold, Leibniz Zentrum
Moderner Orient (ZMO), 23 November 2020, 5:00-6:30 pm, CET
Based
on his fieldwork in Turkey and Armenia, the author examines how states work to
construct and monopolize collective memory by narrating, silencing, mapping and
performing the past, and how these narratives might help to contribute and
resolve present-day conflicts.
Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/embattled-dreamlands-the-politics-of-contesting-armenian-turkish-and-kurdish-memory
_______________________________________
3.
ONLINE
Book Presentation "Forgiveness Work: Mercy, Law, and Victims' Rights in
Iran", Centre on Conflict, Rights and Justice, SOAS, London, 24 November
2020, 4:00-5:30 pm, GMT
The
author Dr. Arzoo Osanloo (University of Washington) will introduce Iran’s
victim-centered criminal justice system through an examination of various
actors' roles in mediation and will further reflect on the relationship between
forbearance and rights in criminal justice.
Information
and registration: https://www.facebook.com/events/389671265707085/
_______________________________________
4.
ONLINE
Seminar "China’s Engagement and Relations with Iran", Middle East
Institute and Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS, London, 24 November 2020, 5:00-7:00
pm, GMT
Speaker:
Prof. Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University). The shared perception of the United
States as an intrusive Asian actor has been accelerated by the process of
‘systemic shift’, the surge in China’s thirst for Persian Gulf’s hydrocarbons,
Iran’s ‘Asianization’, the BRI’s ambitious drive to build a new Eurasian space,
and the sustained pressure of sanctions and economic isolation imposed on the
Islamic Republic.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/24nov2020-chinas-engagement-and-relations-with-iran.html
5.
ONLINE
Seminar "Afghanistan in Southwest Asia: The Search for Peace,
Reconciliation and Security”, Strategic Group, Oxford University, 24 November
2020, 7:00 pm, GMT
Speaker:
Professor Iftikhar Malik (Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Professor
of International History at Bath Spa University) is author of the book
"Pashtun Identity and Geopolitics of Southwest Asia: Pakistan and
Afghanistan since 9/11".
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6814007/seminar-afghanistan-oxford
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6.
ONLINE
Lecture "The Revival of Twelver Shi’i Tafsīr in Early Modern and Modern
Times: Three Case Studies", Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 25
November 2020, 2:00-4:00 pm, GMT
Speaker:
Dr Mathieu Terrier (CNRS, Paris). An impressive revival of the Imami Tafsīr can
be observed in the Ilkhanid period, and even more so during the Safavid era in
Iran, in the context of interfacing between Imami Shi’ism, Sufism and
philosophy. The lecture will illustrate the evolution of Imami Qur’anic
exegesis in its coherence and diversity.
Information and registration: https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/revival-twelver-shii-tafsir-early-modern-and-modern-times-three-case-studies
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7.
ONLINE
Event "Arming the War in Yemen", Department of Politics and
International Studies, SOAS, London, 25 November 2020, 3:00-4:30 pm, GMT
Prof.
Anna Stavriankis (University of Sussex) focuses on UK arms export policy as a
way into thinking about the insecurity generated by the war in Yemen. She will
outline the ways in which the UK state mobilises the practice of risk
assessment to facilitate arms exports through systematic humanitarian law
violations. She will also examine the curious absence of the war in Yemen in
scholarship on UK foreign policy.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/politics/events/departmental-seminars/25nov2020-arming-the-war-in-yemen.html
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8.
ONLINE Events of the Middle East & North Africa
Centre at Sussex (MENACS), 25 November –
11 December 2020
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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9.
ONLINE
Book Launch on "Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads",
Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 26 November 2020,
4:00-5:30 pm, SGT
Author:
David Rundell (former American diplomat, partner of "Arabia Analytica”,
Dubai). He argues that King Salman may have made Saudi Arabia less stable by
turning it into a country in which absolute political and military power have
been concentrated in the hands of one man, ruling over a young population that
aspires for greater transparency and accountability.
Information and registration: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/11/17/book-launch-vision-or-mirage-saudi-arabia-at-the-crossroads
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10. ONLINE Symposium "The Idea of Iran: Iran
in Transition to a New World Order", Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS,
London, 28 November 2020, 11:45 am – 7:15 pm, GMT
Convenors:
Charles Melville (University of Cambridge) and Sarah Stewart (SOAS). What does
the Idea of Iran mean in the 18th century? Can we discern the ways
that contemporaries viewed their traditions and their environment (natural or
built); what was the view of outsiders, and how does modern scholarship define
the distinctive aspects of the period?
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei-cis/events/idea-of-iran/28nov2020-the-idea-of-iran-iran-in-transition-to-a-new-world-order.html
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11. ONLINE Discussion on Book Lunch "The
Politics of Mass Violence in the Middle East" by Laura Robson, Penn State
University, 1 December 2020, 12:00 pm, EST
The
author uses a framework of mass violence – encompassing the concepts of
genocide, ethnic cleansing, forced migration, appropriation of resources, mass
deportation, and forcible denationalization – to explain the emergence of a
dystopian politics of identity across the Eastern Mediterranean in the modern
era and to illuminate the contemporary breakdown of the state from Syria to
Iraq to Israel. Discussants: Joel Beinin, Mustafa Aksakal, Dirk Moses, and
Laura Robson.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6800266/book-launch-politics-mass-violence-middle-east-laura-robson
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12. ONLINE Research Panel "Black Saints,
Turkish Enemies: Slavery, Captivity, and Salvation in the Atlantic
Mediterranean,” Mediterranean Studies Group, University of Colorado, 2 December
2020, 11:30 am, MST
Erin
Rowe (Johns Hopkins University) discusses early modern Spaniards’ thinking
about race, salvation, and different modalities of enslavement as the presence
of newly baptized black Africans introduced a third element to the
Christian-Islamic dyad.
Information and registration: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-black-saints-turkish-enemies-slavery-captivity-and-salvation-in-the-atlantic-mediterranean-erin-rowe-2-december-1130am-mst-zoom?e=82aeb6c61d
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13. ONLINE Webinar Series "COVID-19 and
Muslim Religiosity", Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies,
George Mason University, 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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14. ONLINE Lectures on the "Ottoman and
Post-Ottoman Worlds", University of California Humanities Research
Institute, 3 – 10 December 2020
3
Dec.: Mary Elston (Harvard Law School): “Heritage (Turāth) in Modern Egypt: From
Muḥammad ‘Abduh to Ali Gomaa”
10
Dec.: Ana Sekulic (European University Institute): "Bosnia between
Wilderness and Heavenly Gardens: The Making of Religious Belonging and
Landscape in the Ottoman Empire"
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15. 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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16. ONLINE "4th International
Conference on Israel and Judaism Studies in Turkey", Organized by
"Israiliyat: Journal of Israeli and Judaic Studies", 7-10 December
2020
The
Conference will address the following questions: Can we define one Jewish
identity? If so, from what does it derive? What are the expressions of this
identity according to different regions today? How has the Jewish identity been
assessed in the past vs. the present by different scholars? Etc.
Deadline for abstracts has been
extended to 3 December 2020. Information:
http://israiliyat.com/en/pub/page/8782
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17. ONLINE Symposium: "British Muslims and
Covid-19: Impacts, Experiences and Responses", Muslims in Britain Research
Network, 8 December 2020, 1:00-5:00 pm, GMT
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.
Information: https://www.mbrn.org.uk/call-for-papers-british-muslims-and-covid-19-impacts-experiences-and-responses/
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18.
ONLINE Séminaire RTP ICC : « Francité sur les bords :
l’identité française, pluralité, et les communautés musulmanes et catholiques
», cadre du séminaire « Actualités de la recherche sur les mondes musulmans »,
IISMM, Paris, 10 décembre 2020, 16h-18h
Avec Carol Ferrara (Assistant Professor, Emerson College)
et Discutante Françoise Lorcerie (Directrice de recherches au CNRS, IREMAM).
Information et inscription: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/50340
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19. ONLINE Seminar "Iran Reframed: Anxieties
of Power in the Islamic Republic", Middle East Institute, SOAS,
London, 15 December 2020, 5:30-7:00 pm, GMT
Over
ten years, the speaker Narges Bajoghli (Johns Hopkins University) who is also
author of the new book "Iran Reframed", met with men in Iran's
Revolutionary Guard, Ansar Hezbollah, and Basij paramilitary organizations to
investigate how their media producers developed strategies to court Iranian
youth. This book offers a multilayered story about what it means to be
pro-regime in the Islamic Republic, challenging everything we think we know about
Iran and revolution.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/15dec2020-iran-reframed-anxieties-of-power-in-the-islamic-republic.html
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20.
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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21. ONLINE 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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22.
ONLINE Symposium: “Muslim Philanthropy in a Canadian
Context”, University of Toronto, 27 March 2021
This
symposium addresses a simple, yet underexplored, question: How is Muslim
philanthropy developing in a secular liberal democracy such as Canada? The
symposium will be a pioneering event bringing together scholars from a variety
of disciplines and practitioners working in the non-profit/charitable sector.
Deadline for abstracts: 24 December 2020. Information:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JsKqeAMvTUuQN7RtVsVSEPPJaGxaHCpEvDKPihpEmi1UN0I2TUxKMVNMWE04MlI5MEg5S0xOUTBEQy4u
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23.
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.
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24.
ONLINE
International Conference: "The Fragility of Global Migration", Center
of Methods in Social Sciences, University of Göttingen, 20-21 May 2021
Papers
are invited on environmental disasters, unnatural catastrophes, and all sorts
of crises that lead to stalled and failed migration processes, and the
consequences in the migration between the Global North and the Global South,
including processes of refugee migration which are structurally fragile,
involving vulnerabilities, difficult encounters, and often overwhelming
economic, social, or legal hindrances.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January
2021. Information: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/50226.html?cid=25115
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25. 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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26. 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.
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27. 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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28. "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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29. 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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30.
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
31. 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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32.
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
33.
Five Postdoctoral
Fellowships, Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin
Applications are invited for the academic year 2020/21 for the research
program “Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe” (EUME). The
fellowships are intended primarily for scholars in the humanities and social
sciences who want to carry out their research projects in connection with the
Berlin program. Applicants should be at the postdoctoral level and should have
obtained their doctorate within the last seven years.
Deadline for applications: 6 January 2021. Information: https://www.eume-berlin.de/fileadmin/eume/pdf/ausschreibung/EUME_CfA_2021-22/EUME-2021-2022-CfA.pdf
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34.
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/documents/cffellows.pdf
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35. Doctoral Position in Global or Extra-European History (Middle
Eastern History), ETH Zürich
Requirements: M.A. (or an M.Phil.), background in 18th
to 20th century Global History; Imperial/Colonial History, Middle
Eastern History and related fields; proficiency in English. Preference will be
given to candidates who additionally master at least one non-European Language,
such as Arabic. Knowledge of German and/or French is a welcome asset, but not
mandatory.
Deadline
for applications: 25 November 2020. Information: https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/ifg/geschichte-der-modernen-welt/documents/2020-10-22_ETHZ_GMW_Open%20PhD%20Position.pdf
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36. Full-time Faculty Position in Anthropology Fall
2021, American University in Cairo (AUC)
The
AUC is seeking to recruit an Assistant Professor of Anthropology for a
four-year contract beginning Fall 2021. Requirements: A PhD in Cultural
Anthropology or Social Anthropology and a demonstrable ability to teach a broad
range of subjects within the discipline to both undergraduate and graduate
students. An active research and publication agenda, and a readiness to
undertake service to the program, department and university.
Priority will be given to
applications that are submitted by 20 December 2020. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60669
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37. Assistant/Associate/Professor for the History
of the Middle East and the Islamic World, Furman University, Greenville, SC
The
successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in hand by the start of appointment on 1
August 2021 and will be expected to be or become an excellent classroom
instructor and student mentor, establish and maintain an active scholarly
agenda. Etc.
Deadline for applications: 15
December 2020. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60686
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38. 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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39. 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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OTHER INFORMATION
40. International Parliamentary Scholarship for
Young People from the Arab Region to Take Part in the Program in Berlin, 1-30
September 2021
During
an intensive four-week programme, participants have the opportunity to gain
first-hand experience of the German parliamentary system and political decision
making processes. The programme is aimed at highly-qualified 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.
Deadline for application extended to
1 December 2020. Information: https://www.bundestag.de/en/europe/international/exchange/ips/arabian-250618
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41. Grant for a Visiting Research Fellowship in
Omani Studies (3 Months), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) Berlin
We
are seeking an outstanding postdoctoral scholar who is engaged in projects in
research fields related to Omani Studies.
Deadline for application extended to
6 January 2021. Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/CfP_TheOmanResearchGrant_ZMO_2021.pdf
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42. MA Dual Degree in Islamic Studies and
Muslim Cultures at Columbia (New York) and Aga Khan University (London)
Students
focus on the critical academic study of Islamic religious and intellectual
traditions and on the diverse regional histories, cultures, and social
formations of Muslim communities. Students spend the first part in New York,
and part two in London, and receive degrees from both institutions.
Deadline
for fall admission: 11 February 2021. Information: https://www.mei.columbia.edu/dual-masters-degree
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43. Fully Funded Scholarship for the Aga Khan /
Columbia University Dual Degree MA Student Fellowship
The
fellowship provides multi-year full funding support covering full tuition and a
stipend for living expenses. The fellowship will recognize and support an
outstanding student in carrying out innovative scholarship in Muslim and
Islamic studies.
Information: https://www.mei.columbia.edu/dual-degree-funding
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44.
Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis on the Study of Islam
and the Muslim World by the British Association of Islam Studies (BRAIS) and De Gruyter
This
international prize is awarded annually to the
best doctoral thesis or unpublished first monograph based on a doctoral thesis.
English-language submissions on any aspect of the academic study of Islam and
the Muslim world are accepted. The award
includes publication of the winning manuscript and a prize of £1,000.
Deadline for application: 31 December 2020. Information: http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize/2021
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45. 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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46. Articles on “MENA Migrants and Diasporas in Twenty-First-Century Media”
for Special Issue of “Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North
African Migration Studies”
This
special issue seeks scholarly contributions that engage questions relating to
the representation of contemporary diaspora and migration issues through
analyses of representations in local, national, or transnational contexts, both
in the Global North and South. We welcome topics including but not limited to
examinations of otherness, statelessness, self-representation, cultural
citizenship, diasporic activism, and aesthetics of representation.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2021. Information:
https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/announcement/view/23
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47.
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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48. 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
49.
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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50. 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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51. 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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52. Submissions for the New "Journal of
Islamic Law"
We
are inviting submissions in Islamic law, as well as for its dynamic forum
designed to feature scholarly responses, debates, or new developments in
Islamic law scholarship or at the intersection of Islamic law and data science.
Submissions may take many forms, including: Articles, Essays, Case Briefs,
Student Notes, Book Reviews, and Data Science Reviews.
Deadline for submissions: 30
November 2020. Information: https://journalofislamiclaw.com/current/about/submissions
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53. Results of "The 2019-2020 Arab Opinion
Index", Conducted by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha,
Qatar
The
latest study is based on the findings of face-to-face interviews conducted with
28,288 individual respondents in 13 Arab countries. Main sections are: Living
Conditions of Arab Citizens; Perceptions of State Institutions; The Arab
Public’s Attitudes toward Democracy; Religion and Religiosity in the Public
Sphere; Arab Public Opinion and Intra-Arab Relations; Arab Public Opinion
toward ISIL.
Information and download: http://arabcenterdc.org/survey/the-2019-2020-arab-opinion-index-main-results-in-brief/
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