CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS
1.
ONLINE Conference on "The GCC Economies in the Wake of COVID19:
Charting the Road to Recovery and Resilience", Economic Research Forum
(ERF), Date to be Announced Later
2.
ONLINE Journée d’étude « L’Égypte dix ans après :
confrontation et hybridation des modèles », Centre Jacques Berque, Rabat,
25 janvier 2021, 10h à 18h
3.
ONLINE Lecture by Zeynep Kaya (SOAS): "Mapping Kurdistan:
Territory, Self-Determination and Nationalism", SOAS Middle East
Institute, 26 January 2021, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT
4.
ONLINE Conference on "Digital Hadith Studies", Islamicate
Digital Humanities Network (IDHN), 27 January 2021, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm CET
5.
ONLINE National Conference on "Rahma and Karuna - Compassion as
Common Ground for Building Understanding between Islam and Buddhism",
International Islamic University Malaysia, 27 January 2021, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
(GMT+8)
6.
ONLINE Lecture by Hedayat Heikal: "Constitutionalism in the Middle
East and the Question of Democracy", Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
(ZMO), Berlin, 28 January 2021, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm CET
7.
ONLINE Book Introduction: "Islamic Interpretive Tradition and
Gender Justice", McGill University Press and Theology Department of
Fordham University, 30 January 2021, 12:00 pm EST
8.
ONLINE Book Presentation by Mona Abaza (AUC): "Cairo Collages.
Everyday Life after the Event", Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 1
February 2021, 5:00 pm
9.
ONLINE Seminar: "The Bitter Harvest of Lebanon’s Sectarian
Politics", Arab Center Washington DC, 2 February 2021, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
ET
10.
ONLINE Conférence du groupe d’Études Iraniennes de
l’IREMAM par Marie-Pierre Oulié : « La Littérature persane dans le cinéma d’auteur
iranien. L’univers poétique d’Abolfazl Jalili, cinéaste iranien », 2
février 2021, 10h
11.
ONLINE Book Introduction: “Moroccan Cinema Uncut: Decentred Voices,
Transnational Perspectives", SOAS Middle East Institute, 2 February 2021,
5:30 pm - 7.00 pm GMT
12.
ONLINE Seminar: "The History of the Arabic Book: A New
Chapter", KITAB Project of the European Research Council, 3 February 2021,
12:00 pm ET
13. ONLINE Seminar: Dr Ibtisam Al-Wahaibi
(Sultan Qaboos University): “Autoethnography of Camels in Oman”, Middle East
and North Africa Centre, Sussex, 3 February 2021, 12:30 pm - 14:00 pm GMT
14.
ONLINE séminaire « N.Ex.T (Normes, Exceptions,
Transgressions. Dialogue interdisciplinaire) », Séminaire du Département
des Études arabes, Université de Lyon 2, 3 février, 24 février, 10 mars, 31
mars, 14 avril 2021, 18:00-19:30 h
15.
ONLINE Webinaire Livre & MAM (Mondes arabes et
musulmans), Youssef El Chazli (Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Boston) :
« Devenir révolutionnaire à Alexandrie. Contribution à une sociologie historique
de surgissement révolutionnaire », IREMAM, 4 février 2021, de 14h à 15h
16.
ONLINE Lecture: "Numerals and Their Alternatives in the Middle East
and Europe: A Reckoning", Aga Khan University, London, 4 February 2021,
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm GMT
17.
ONLINE Seminar by Aili Mari Tripp (University of Wisconsin):
"Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women's Rights", SOAS
Middle East Institute, 9 February 2021, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT
18.
ONLINE Seminar: "The European Qur’ān: The Qur’ān in European Religious
and Cultural History", Project of the European Research Council, 10
February 2021, 12:00 pm ET
19.
ONLINE Workshop: “Realising Understanding: Language in Cross-cultural
Migration/Integration and Secular-Religious Contexts (Focus: Interaction
between European and Islamicate Cultures) ”, Freie Universität Berlin, 18
February 2021, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
20.
ONLINE Conversation: "Refugees in Middle Eastern History / The
Middle East in Refugee History, 1918–39" with Dr. Benjamin Thomas White
and Dr. Laura Robson, Institute for Middle East Studies, George Washington
University, 18 February 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
21. ONLINE International Conference
"Migrating World: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Migration and
Integration", London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, 20-21 February
2021
22.
ONLINE Lecture by Nilay Özok-Gündoğan: "A Gordian Knot in the
Ottoman East: Kurdish Nobility, the Ottoman State, and the Question of Fiscal
Autonomy in the Long Nineteenth Century", Middle East Studies Program,
UW-Madison, 22 February 2021, 12:00 pm CST
23.
ONLINE Seminar: Dr Mezna Qato (University of Cambridge): "Crucibles
of Exile: Palestinian Education and the Politics of Regeneration,
1948-1967", Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, 24 February
2021, 5 pm - 6 pm GMT
24.
ONLINE Book Presentation by Arash Azizi: "The Shadow Commander:
Soleimani, the U.S., and Iran’s Global Ambitions", Iranian Studies
Initiative at New York University, 1 March 2021, 12:30 pm ET
25.
ONLINE Lecture Series: "Global 1979 Iranian Revolution: The Limits
of Global History", Iranian Studies Initiative at New York University,
Hagop Kevorkian Center, Part 1: 15 March; Part 2: 29 March; Part 3: 26 April
2021; 2:00 pm ET
26. ONLINE Lecture by Marwa Shalaby: "The
Adverse Effects of the Pandemic on MENA Research", Middle East Studies
Program, UW-Madison, 29 March 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST
27.
Conference: "Governance of Public Policies During
and After Conflicts in the Middle East", Doha Institute for Graduate
Studies, 4-5 April 2021
28.
ONLINE 4th International Conference on
"Arabs' and Muslims' History of Sciences: Scientific Legacy and its
Contemporary Impacts", University of Sharjah, 4-6 April 2021
29. Symposium:
"Ottoman Ego-Documents", Istanbul Medeniyet University, 7-9 April 2021
30.
ONLINE Panel on "Representing Islands and Water
in the Early Modern Period (Focus Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean)"
during the 67th Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of
America, Dublin, 7-10 April 2021
31.
ONLINE Doctoral Workshop of the "Italian Society
for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO)", Bologna, 20-21 April 2021
32.
ONLINE International Conference: “New Political
Generations in the Arab World”, Working Group “Monde arabe en mouvement” of the
“Association internationale des sociologues de langue française”, 16 May 2021
33.
ONLINE Conference "Travel and Archaeology in
Ottoman Greece in the Age of Revolution c.1800–1832", Athens, 17-18 May
2021
34.
ONLINE/Hybrid: International Conference on "The
Fragility of Global Migration", DGS Section “Migration and Ethnic
Minorities” and Center of Methods in Social Sciences, University of Göttingen,
20-21 May 2021
35.
27th Annual Conference of the Economic
Research Forum (ERF): "External Shocks in the MENA Region: From Resilience
to Change", Egypt, June 2021 (Date to be Confirmed)
36. ONLINE Workshop on "Fiscal
Sustainability in the MENA Region in Light of the Covid-19 Crisis",
Economic Research Forum (ERF), July 2021
37.
ONLINE: Conference "Pre-modern Comparative Literary Practice in the
Multilingual Islamic World(s)", University of Oxford, 23-24 July 2021
38.
Five Conferences of the “ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian
Studies”, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, July 2021 and 2022
39.
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
40.
Workshop on “Lived Citizenship, Uprising and
Migration: Everyday Politics, Imaginaries and Contestation", Max Planck
Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (MPI-MMG)/ SOAS/AUC,
Berlin, 30 September – 1 October 2021
41.
Panel on "Political, Social and Religious Change in the Premodern
(before 19th Century) Islamic Maghrib" for the Annual
Conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montreal, 28-31
October 2021
42.
Colloque « La guerre du Rif (1921-1926) : nouvelles
approches (France, Espagne, Maroc) », MMSH, Aix-en-Provence, 17-19 novembre
2021
43.
Conference on "The Visual Culture of
Mosques", King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), Dahran, 23-25
November 2021
44.
International Conference: "Arabic Historiography,
Narratives of Order, and Discourses of Sovereignty in Late Medieval Egypt and
Syria" (ERC Project, Gent University, 2017-21), Cairo, 28-30 November 2021
45.
Panel on "The Black Mediterranean", Conference of the Modern
Language Association of Amerika (MLA), Washington DC, 6-9 January 2022
POSITIONS
46. Postdoctoral Position (Kurdish Studies) and
Doctoral Position (Berber/Amazigh Studies), Heidelberg University
47. Professorship in Postcolonial/Colonial
Studies Maghreb (W1 Tenure Track to W2), University of Marburg
48. PhD Studentship
'Slavery in the Pre-Modern Turko-Persian World', University of St Andrews and University of Bonn
49.
Arcapita Visiting Professor Modern Arab Studies, Middle East Institute,
Columbia University
OTHER INFORMATION
50. Fully-funded
Scholarship for M.A. in History with Additional Training in Eastern
Mediterranean Studies or Jewish Studies etc. at the Central European
University, Vienna
51.
Appel à projets 2021 « Islam, religion et société
(en France) » du ministère de l'intérieur, Paris
52. Jafar and Shokoh
Farzaneh Prize for Best Article on Persian Literature, University of Oklahoma
53. Articles on "New Media and National
Identity" for Special Issue of the "Journal of Arab & Muslim
Media Research"
54. Articles on
"Islamic Theologies of Disasters: Between Science, Religion and
Messianism" for Special Issue of Journal "MIDEO" 38 (2023)
55. Articles on “Agricultural and Food Dilemmas
in Times of Crisis” for Special Issue of “The Canadian Journal of Development
Studies (CJDS)”
56. Chapters for Edited Book on "Living
with Tourism: Paradoxes, Empowerment and Future Directions (Focus MENA
Region)"
57. Chapters for Edited Book on "Media and
Terror"
58. Books for New Series "Unsettling
Colonialism in Our Times" (I.B.Tauris)
59.
New Website Launched: "Digital Ottoman Studies Platform"
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
information 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
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CONFERENCES
/ ONLINE EVENTS
1.
ONLINE Conference on "The GCC Economies in the
Wake of COVID19: Charting the Road to Recovery and Resilience", Economic
Research Forum (ERF), Date to be Announced Later
The objective of the conference is to discuss the economic impact of
COVID-19 on the GCC countries, identify the lessons learned from this pandemic,
and explore policy responses that would improve the efficiency and resilience
of the GCC economies going forward.
Deadline for abstracts extended to: 27
January 2021. Information: https://mailchi.mp/erf.org.eg/call-for-proposals_gcc-1390349?e=b6c891c6c3
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2.
ONLINE Journée d’étude « L’Égypte dix ans après :
confrontation et hybridation des modèles », Centre Jacques Berque, Rabat,
25 janvier 2021, 10h à 18h
Cette journée d’étude mettra l’accent sur la confrontation
de différents modèles : modèle néo-libéral ou modèle de l’État social nassérien
; modèlesmodèles « turcs » ou « algériens » d’intégration ou d’un mélange de
cooptation et d’exclusion des islamistes ; modèles
révolutionnaires français, russe, iranien ou tunisien ; notion d’un « État
civil » défini par une double opposition aux régimes
militairesmilitaires et aux républiques islamiques.
Information et
programme : https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/3753/files/2021/01/Programme_Journee-etude-Egypte_Tarica_25-01-2021.pdf
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3.
ONLINE Lecture by Zeynep Kaya (SOAS): "Mapping
Kurdistan: Territory, Self-Determination and Nationalism", SOAS Middle
East Institute, 26 January 2021, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT
Zeynep Kaya builds on her book to show how a focus on
self-determination, territorial identity and international norms help analyse
how imaginations of homelands have been socially, politically and historically
constructed as opposed to their perception of being natural, perennial or
intrinsic.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/26jan2021-mapping-kurdistan-territory-self-determination-and-nationalism.html
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4.
ONLINE Conference on "Digital Hadith
Studies", Islamicate Digital Humanities Network (IDHN), 27 January 2021,
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm CET
This conference is dedicated to the creative and innovative solutions
that scholars are currently developing in order to allow the automated analysis
of Hadith literature.
Program and abstracts: https://idhn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IDHNOnlineConference_DigitalHadith_Abstracts-6.pdf; registration: registra-tion@idhn.org
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5.
ONLINE National Conference on "Rahma and Karuna -
Compassion as Common Ground for Building Understanding between Islam and
Buddhism", International Islamic University Malaysia, 27 January 2021,
9:30 am - 4:00 pm (GMT+8)
Registeration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVpwHoAe3Vd08o70jFdXyh7OJq-j6IrOEGlSCyyyIgmj_wFA/viewform
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6.
ONLINE Lecture by Hedayat Heikal:
"Constitutionalism in the Middle East and the Question of Democracy",
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 28 January 2021, 3:00 pm - 4:30
pm CET
This is part of the "The Historicity of Democracy Seminar",
organized within the framework of the HISDEMAB international and collaborative
research programme of the Leibniz-Association (ZMO-ZZF-IEG) in collaboration
with IFPO and Manouba University.
Please register at HISDEMAB@gmail.com.
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7.
ONLINE Book Introduction: "Islamic Interpretive
Tradition and Gender Justice", McGill University Press and Theology
Department of Fordham University, 30 January 2021, 12:00 pm EST
Speakers are Amira Abou Taleb (University of Helsinki), Amina Inloes
(Islamic College, London), Sarah ElTantawi (Fordham University), Yasmin Amin
(Exeter University), and Hoda El-Saadi (AUC); discussant Kathryn Kueny (Fordham
University).
Access to zoom meeting https://fordham.zoom.us/j/82757414650#success
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8.
ONLINE Book Presentation by Mona Abaza (AUC):
"Cairo Collages. Everyday Life after the Event", Leibniz-Zentrum
Moderner Orient, Berlin, 1 February 2021, 5:00 pm
In Cairo collages, the large-scale political, economic, and social
changes in Egypt brought on by the 2011 revolution are set against the
declining fortunes of a single apartment building in a specific Cairo
neighbourhood.
Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/cairo-collages
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9.
ONLINE Seminar: "The Bitter Harvest of Lebanon’s
Sectarian Politics", Arab Center Washington DC, 2 February 2021, 10:00 am
- 11:30 am ET
Speakers will discuss the serious problems inherent in Lebanon’s
politics and will consider the chances for a breakthrough from the current
stalemate, including the prospects for compromise. They will explore how
political paralysis affects the country’s economy and development.
Information and registration: http://arabcenterdc.org/events/the-bitter-harvest-of-lebanons-sectarian-politics/
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10.
ONLINE Conférence du groupe d’Études Iraniennes de
l’IREMAM par Marie-Pierre Oulié : « La Littérature persane dans le cinéma
d’auteur iranien. L’univers poétique d’Abolfazl Jalili, cinéaste
iranien », 2 février 2021, 10h
Avec Seyedvahid Yaghoubi, Docteur en littérature
française et comparée, spécialiste des questions culturelles, artistiqueset
cinématographiques au Centre Franco-Iranien.
Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/51523
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11.
ONLINE Book Introduction: “Moroccan Cinema Uncut:
Decentred Voices, Transnational Perspectives", SOAS Middle East Institute,
2 February 2021, 5:30 pm - 7.00 pm GMT
The authors of this book - Will Higbee (University of Exeter), Florence
Martin (Goucher College), Jamal Bahmad (Mohammed V University) argue that
Moroccan cinema has de-orbited from Francophone cinema and Morocco's
postcolonial legacy to become a transnational cinema.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/02feb2021-moroccan-cinema-uncut-decentred-voices-transnational-perspectives.html
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12.
ONLINE Seminar: "The History of the Arabic Book:
A New Chapter", KITAB Project of the European Research Council, 3 February
2021, 12:00 pm ET
We have assembled a corpus of 1.7 billion words of Arabic texts, and are
seeking specifically to understand transmission practices (ca. 700-1500), with
a special focus on how authors recycled earlier works and how they cited their
predecessors.
Information and registration: https://theias.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RSCOK4wzTG2jtkvcwn3LNQ
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13. ONLINE Seminar: Dr Ibtisam Al-Wahaibi
(Sultan Qaboos University): “Autoethnography of Camels in Oman”, Middle East
and North Africa Centre, Sussex, 3 February 2021, 12:30 pm - 14:00 pm GMT
The research interests of the speaker address the Wahiba tribe in
northern Oman, and in particular in human-camel relations. She highlights
cultural process, protocols at camel racing specifically, and camel society in
general.
Zoom link: https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/98554763843
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14.
ONLINE séminaire « N.Ex.T (Normes, Exceptions,
Transgressions. Dialogue interdisciplinaire) », Séminaire du Département
des Études arabes, Université de Lyon 2, 3 février, 24 février, 10 mars, 31
mars, 14 avril 2021, 18:00-19:30 h
L'objectif du séminaire est d’interroger les rapports
entre normes, exceptions et transgressions à travers l'analyse de discours
normatifs, de pratiques sociétales et de leurs représentations dans différents
domaines, tels la littérature, l'histoire ainsi que dans tous les autres champs
disciplinaires des sciences humaines et sociales.
Information: https://langues.univ-lyon2.fr/presentation/actualites/seminaire-next
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15.
ONLINE Webinaire Livre & MAM (Mondes arabes et
musulmans), Youssef El Chazli (Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Boston) :
« Devenir révolutionnaire à Alexandrie. Contribution à une sociologie
historique de surgissement révolutionnaire », IREMAM, 4 février 2021, de
14h à 15h
Cette recherche se fonde sur l’étude des engagements de
révolutionnaires et de novices dans Alexandrie lors de la « révolution du 25
janvier 2011 ». Elle examine dans le détail les dilemmes pratiques et les
microdécisions qui, pouvant paraître au départ comme marginaux, finissent par
avoir des conséquences disproportionnées, mettant fin à un régime autoritaire
vieux de plusieurs décennies.
Information : https://iremam.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article7089&lang=fr
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16.
ONLINE Lecture: "Numerals and Their Alternatives
in the Middle East and Europe: A Reckoning", Aga Khan University, London,
4 February 2021, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm GMT
There is a common but mistaken belief that the history of numerical
notations is a unilinear progression from simple to advanced. Dr Stephen
Chrisomalis shows that these older notations were retained for centuries or
even millennia after the introduction of decimal place-value numerals for core
functions like arithmetic and writing on scientific instruments.
Information and registration: https://www.aku.edu/events/pages/event-detail.aspx?EventID=1640&Title=Numerals%20and%20Their%20Alternatives%20in%20the%20Middle%20East%20and%20Europe%3A%20A%20Reckoning
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17.
ONLINE Seminar by Aili Mari Tripp (University of
Wisconsin): "Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women's Rights",
SOAS Middle East Institute, 9 February 2021, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT
Aili Mari Tripp explains why autocratic leaders in Morocco, Tunisia and
Algeria embraced more extensive legal reforms of women's rights than their
Middle Eastern counterparts. The study challenges existing accounts that rely
primarily on religiosity to explain the adoption of women's rights in
Muslim-majority countries.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/09feb2021-seeking-legitimacy-why-arab-autocracies-adopt-womens-rights.html
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18.
ONLINE Seminar: "The European Qur’ān: The Qur’ān
in European Religious and Cultural History", Project of the European
Research Council, 10 February 2021, 12:00 pm ET
The team that leads the project will be dealing with various aspects of
the transmission, translation, uses and study of the Qur’ān in Europe, on the
role the Qur’ān played in debates about European cultural and religious
identities, and more broadly about the place of the Qur’ān in European culture.
Information and registration: https://theias.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b87bCUngQnK4ZPk0JZRLKw
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19.
ONLINE Workshop: “Realising Understanding: Language in
Cross-cultural Migration/Integration and Secular-Religious Contexts (Focus: Interaction
between European and Islamicate Cultures) ”, Freie Universität Berlin, 18
February 2021, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
The workshop will discuss the use of language in multi- and
cross-cultural contexts shaped by different linguistic and cultural backgrounds
of the communicating parties and analyze (mis-) understandings in the context
of migration and integration with the intention to identify factors that can
support genuine understanding.
Registration: housamedden.darwish@uni-leipzig.de; Information and program: https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/academicsinsolidarity/news/Realising-Workshop.html?fbclid=IwAR3uMlwcAk0frV4qP0VhOFOjtgnthcWbSvMj637X3Nou0n-gYOzHgO4N524
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20.
ONLINE Conversation: "Refugees in Middle Eastern
History / The Middle East in Refugee History, 1918–39" with Dr. Benjamin
Thomas White and Dr. Laura Robson, Institute for Middle East Studies, George
Washington University, 18 February 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
This conversation asks what role refugees played in Middle Eastern
history in the years when its modern states emerged—and what role the Middle
East has played in modern refugee history.
Information and registration: https://imes.elliott.gwu.edu/calendar_event/refugees-in-middle-eastern-history/
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21. ONLINE International Conference
"Migrating World: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Migration and
Integration", London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, 20-21 February
2021
The conference aims to bring together scholars from around the world to
exchange and share their ideas and research findings in all relevant aspects of
migration and integration. It will provide an effective interdisciplinary
platform to discuss the most recent innovations, trends as well as practical
challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of migration,
integration and cultural diversity.
Information: https://integration.lcir.co.uk/
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22.
ONLINE Lecture by Nilay Özok-Gündoğan: "A Gordian
Knot in the Ottoman East: Kurdish Nobility, the Ottoman State, and the Question
of Fiscal Autonomy in the Long Nineteenth Century", Middle East Studies
Program, UW-Madison, 22 February 2021, 12:00 pm CST
This talk discusses the making and the eventual dissolution of the
Kurdish nobility in the Ottoman realm with a specific focus on land ownership
and its transformation during the Ottoman reform era of Tanzimat in the
nineteenth century occupation.
Information and registration: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BczVtJjVSDWXZ1OA8-A1fw
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23.
ONLINE Seminar: Dr Mezna Qato (University of
Cambridge): "Crucibles of Exile: Palestinian Education and the Politics of
Regeneration, 1948-1967", Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, 24
February 2021, 5 pm - 6 pm GMT
The speaker is a social historian of the modern Middle East. She is
completing a book on the history of education for Palestinians, and co-convenes
the 'Archives of the Disappeared' Research Network at the Centre for Research
in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities at Cambridge.
Information and registration: https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/crucibles-of-exile-palestinian-education-and-the-politics-of-regeneration
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24.
ONLINE Book Presentation by Arash Azizi: "The
Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the U.S., and Iran’s Global Ambitions",
Iranian Studies Initiative at New York University, 1 March 2021, 12:30 pm ET
Qassem Soleimani was one of the most powerful men in Iran and the
military spearhead for Iranian foreign policy, enacting the wishes of the
country’s Supreme Leader in the region. He helped to establish the Islamic
Republic as a major force in the Middle East, with interventions in
Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
Information and registration: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/01/20/the-shadow-commander-soleimani-the-u.s.-and-irans-global-ambitions
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25.
ONLINE Lecture Series: "Global 1979 Iranian
Revolution: The Limits of Global History", Iranian Studies Initiative at
New York University, Hagop Kevorkian Center, Part 1: 15 March; Part 2: 29
March; Part 3: 26 April 2021; 2:00 pm ET
The lecture series explores the global processes which shaped the making
of the Iranian revolution. The invited speakers and discussants will highlight
the multiplicity of spaces of the revolution such as streets, schools, prisons,
personal lives, and histories such as the Cold War and Global 1960s and 70s.
Information and registration: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/01/20/global-1979-iranian-revolution-the-limits-of-global-history
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26. ONLINE Lecture by Marwa Shalaby: "The
Adverse Effects of the Pandemic on MENA Research", Middle East Studies
Program, UW-Madison, 29 March 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST
Shalaby will present the most recent findings of an online survey of
international and regional faculty working in the social sciences and
humanities. The talk will highlight the adverse effects of the pandemic on
scholars’ productivity and ability to conduct fieldwork.
Information and registration: https://mideast.wisc.edu/event/marwa-shalaby-pandemic-mena-research/
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27.
Conference: "Governance of Public Policies During
and After Conflicts in the Middle East", Doha Institute for Graduate
Studies, 4-5 April 2021
In times of large-scale armed conflicts or civil wars,
a national state apparatus may collapse, either completely or partially, and
the ability of its state agencies to provide services and implement public
policies may rapidly decline or simply come to a halt, even during an early, 'twilight
zone' stage. The main questions considered here are: how are public policies
made in times of war?
Deadline for
abstracts: 25 January 2021. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/12/21/conference-call-governance-of-public-policies-during-and-after-conflicts-in-the-middle-east
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28.
ONLINE 4th International Conference on
"Arabs' and Muslims' History of Sciences: Scientific Legacy and its
Contemporary Impacts", University of Sharjah, 4-6 April 2021
Scholars, researchers in higher educational
institutions and research centers, museums and heritage foundations, and
postgraduate students are cordially invited to submit their recent research
findings to be presented and published at this conference.
Information: https://www.sharjah.ac.ae/en/Media/Conferences/ICHS21/Pages/default.aspx
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29. Symposium:
"Ottoman Ego-Documents", Istanbul Medeniyet University, 7-9 April 2021
The symposium will be in English and Turkish. The
texts belonging to pre-Tanzimat period are particularly advised to present. The
primary sources used in the presentations can be in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic,
Persian or any other languages spoken/written in Ottoman territories. The main
focus would be on the texts written in Ottoman Turkish.
Information: https://benanlatilari.medeniyet.edu.tr/en/symposium/home-page-sempozyum
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30.
ONLINE Panel on "Representing Islands and Water
in the Early Modern Period (Focus Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean)"
during the 67th Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of
America, Dublin, 7-10 April 2021
Topics will include: Questions around the notion of
insularity between the years 1400-1700; Urban space through chorographic
representations and urban views of island cities; The power relations between
the political powers seen through Early Modern cartography; etc.
Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6296056/reprensenting-islands-and-water-early-modern-period and https://rsa.confex.com/rsa/2021/cfp.cgi
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31.
ONLINE Doctoral Workshop of the "Italian Society
for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO)", Bologna, 20-21 April 2021
The workshop is open to PhD students in Italian
universities and working on research projects dealing with the MENA region and
the Muslim population in other countries. Italian PhD students working abroad
and foreign doctoral candidates enrolled in double-degree programmes between
foreign and Italian Universities are also encouraged to participate.
Information: http://www.sesamoitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Workshop-Dottorale-SeSaMO-2021-CfPs-It-En-Fr.pdf
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32.
ONLINE International Conference: “New Political
Generations in the Arab World”, Working Group “Monde arabe en mouvement” of the
“Association internationale des sociologues de langue française”, 16 May 2021
The conference will gather academics working on new political
generation(s) in the Arab world. Its aim is to critically assess the
construction of “political generation” in studies related to the Arab world.
The conference is trilingual (Arabic, English and French)
Deadline for abstracts: 7 February 2021. Information: https://sites.google.com/view/newarabpoliticalgeneration/home
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33.
ONLINE Conference "Travel and Archaeology in
Ottoman Greece in the Age of Revolution c.1800–1832", Athens, 17-18 May
2021
The conference will explore the perspectives of both
foreign travellers and local inhabitants in order to tease out diverse voices,
keeping a sharp focus on the effects of ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality,
social status and disability. We are particularly keen to include perspectives
from and about people of colour.
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34.
ONLINE/Hybrid: International Conference on "The
Fragility of Global Migration", DGS Section “Migration and Ethnic
Minorities” and Center of Methods in Social Sciences, University of Göttingen, 20-21
May 2021
We welcome presentations of research dealing with
contemporary or historical phenomena, or looking at them from a processual
perspective. We prefer papers that combine empirical and conceptual
considerations. Contributions from colleagues in the Global South are
encouraged.
Deadline for
abstracts: 31 January 2021. Information: https://soziologie.de/fileadmin/sektionen/migration-und-ethnische-minderheiten/cfp/CfP_Fragility_of_Global_Migration_Goettingen.pdf
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35.
27th Annual Conference of the Economic
Research Forum (ERF): "External Shocks in the MENA Region: From Resilience
to Change", Egypt, June 2021 (Date to be Confirmed)
World-renowned economists, social scientists and
policymakers will discuss the following questions: For how long and how deep
the impact of these unprecedented shocks is going to be? What will be the
medium and long run effect, especially with regards to SDGs? In addition, ERF
invites submissions from interested researchers on any topic within the area of
Development Economics or related fields.
Information: https://erf.org.eg/external-shocks-in-the-mena-region-from-resilience-to-change-2/
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36. ONLINE Workshop on "Fiscal Sustainability
in the MENA Region in Light of the Covid-19 Crisis", Economic Research
Forum (ERF), July 2021
The pandemic, coupled with further lows in oil prices, dealt a fierce
blow to the already-weakened economies of the region. In this context,
questions of fiscal sustainability come to the forefront and deserves
particular attention in the MENA region.
Deadline for abstracts: 26 February 2021. Information: https://erf.org.eg/call-for-proposals-fiscal-sustainability-in-the-mena-region-in-light-of-the-covid-19-crisis/
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37.
ONLINE: Conference "Pre-modern Comparative
Literary Practice in the Multilingual Islamic World(s)", University of
Oxford, 23-24 July 2021
The
premodern Islamic world was multilingual and multicultural, and by necessity
was continually engaged in comparative critical practices. Mapping the interconnected
trajectories of these practices, everywhere they arose between Urdu, Persian,
Turkish, Arabic, and other language traditions of Asia and Africa, is the aim
of this conference.
Information: https://www.occt.ox.ac.uk/pre-modern-comparative-literary-practice-multilingual-islamic-worlds
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38.
Five Conferences of the “ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian
Studies”, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, July 2021 and 2022
- 51st International Conference on “Melkite
Christianity (the Patriarchates of Antioch, Jerusalem and Alexandria) and the
Archaeology of Byzantine Monasteries and Churches in the Levant”, Oriental
Institute, University of Oxford, 12 – 14 July 2021
- 52nd International Conference on “The
Aramaeans B.C.: History, Literature, and Archaeology”, Oriental Institute,
University of Oxford, 15 – 17 July 2021
- 53rd International Conference on “The
Decapolis: History and Archaeology, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford,
19 – 21 July 2021
- 54th International Conference on “Syriac
Christianity”, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 11 – 13 July 2022
- 55th International Conference on “The
Antiochian-Jerusalemite (Syriac and Greek) Influence over the Armenian and
Georgian Churches“, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 14 – 15 July 2022
Registration and Information: aram@orinst.ox.ac.uk
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39.
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
The workshop will discuss the ways of integrating the
concept of the Anthropocene into the field of Otto-man/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.
Information: https://orientalistik.univie.ac.at/en/disciplines/turkish-studies/events/neht-2021
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40.
Workshop on “Lived Citizenship, Uprising and
Migration: Everyday Politics, Imaginaries and Contestation", Max Planck
Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (MPI-MMG)/ SOAS/AUC,
Berlin, 30 September – 1 October 2021
The workshop invites contributions based on field
research in the Arab region or among Arab populations, virtually and across the
world. Through the theme of lived citizenship, it explores how people
experience and shape the everyday realities of socio-economic, political and
spatial governance, contestation and legitimation in the Arab region and along
journeys of migration.
Information: http://www.mmg.mpg.de/638078/2021-09-30-cfa-workshop-lived-citizenship
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41.
Panel on "Political, Social and Religious Change
in the Premodern (before 19th Century) Islamic Maghrib" for the
Annual Conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montreal,
28-31 October 2021
Please contact Stephen Cory (Cleveland State University) s.cory@csuohio.edu until 5 February 2021
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42.
Colloque « La guerre du Rif (1921-1926) : nouvelles
approches (France, Espagne, Maroc) », MMSH, Aix-en-Provence, 17-19 novembre
2021
Cent ans après cette bataille, ce colloque exploratoire entend
réunir une équipe internationale de chercheurs afin d’établir l’état des
sources et de l’art sur la guerre du Rif, de proposer de nouvelles analyses et
de lancer une dynamique de recherche autour des questions posées par
l’événement.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 avril 2021. Information: https://iremam.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article7085
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43.
Conference on "The Visual Culture of
Mosques", King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), Dahran, 23-25
November 2021
Architects, designers, archeologists, artists,
writers, historians and curators are invited to present their original
research, objects or insights about mosques and related cultural objects. Categories
of submission include: Research papers; Models, objects; Posters; Audio-visual
productions.
Information: https://www.ithra.com/en/visual-culture-mosques
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44.
International Conference: "Arabic Historiography,
Narratives of Order, and Discourses of Sovereignty in Late Medieval Egypt and
Syria" (ERC Project, Gent University, 2017-21), Cairo, 28-30 November 2021
Papers are invited on the Arabic historiographical
traditions of the 'Mamluk' Sultanate of Cairo (7th - 13th
centuries) that question the complex contextual, textual or semiotic layers
which connect texts of history in diverse ways to the social, cultural and
above all political environments of their production, reception and
circulation.
Deadline for
abstracts: 1 April 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8330/discussions/6971193/call-papers
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45.
Panel on "The Black Mediterranen",
Conference of the Modern Language Association of Amerika (MLA), Washington DC,
6-9 January 2022
The subordinations of racial disparity, conflict, and death are
persistent traits of the Mediterranean and its discursive existence. How have
scholars contributed to the theorization and characterization of the “Black
Mediterranean”?
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2021. Contact Yasser Elhariy (yasser.elhariry@dartmouth.edu). Information: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2022/webprogrampreliminary/Paper15858.html
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POSITIONS
46. Postdoctoral Position (Kurdish Studies) and
Doctoral Position (Berber/Amazigh Studies), Heidelberg University
We are looking for candidates with a background in Political Science /
Middle East Studies with a particular focus on modern Kurdish or Berber/Amazigh
politics. For the position as postdoctoral researcher, spoken and written
Kurdish is required; for the position as doctoral researcher, a Berber/Amazigh
language is required (knowledge of the neo-Tifinagh script is an advantage).
Deadline for applications: 15 February
2021. Information: https://adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FDB$.startup?MODUL=LS&M1=1&M2=0&M3=0&PRO=29731
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47. Professorship in Postcolonial/Colonial
Studies Maghreb (W1 Tenure Track to W2), University of Marburg
The research profile of the successful applicant in
history, social sciences or related fields contributes to the reassessment of
the colonial history and its lasting influence on social structures and
developments in the Maghreb region with a clear focus on theoretical,
methodological and historical aspects of postcolonial studies is expected.
Proficiency in French and familiarity with the specifics of the region are required,
advanced skills in Arabic are desirable.
Deadline for
applications: 29 January 2021. Information: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/universitaet/administration/verwaltung/dezernat2/personalabteilung/bewerber/stellen/professuren-stellen/final_prof-w1ttw2-postcolonial-studies-290121-engl.pdf
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48. PhD Studentship
'Slavery in the Pre-Modern Turko-Persian World'. University of St Andrews and University of Bonn
Applications are invited for a fully funded (fees and
maintenance) PhD studentship to support an exceptional student undertaking
doctoral research in this project on slavery from the rise of Islam to c. 1700
in Iran, Central Asia and pre-Ottoman Anatolia.
Deadline for
application: 31 January 2021. https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/postgraduate/scholarships/global-history/
49.
Arcapita Visiting Professor Modern Arab Studies,
Middle East Institute, Columbia University
This is a
one-semester position for the fall 2021 or spring 2022 semester. We are
interested in candidates whose field of research and teaching is in history,
culture, or social sciences of the modern Arab world.
Application
deadline: 21 April 2021. Information: https://pa334.peopleadmin.com/postings/6940
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OTHER INFORMATION
50. Fully-funded
Scholarship for M.A. in History with Additional Training in Eastern
Mediterranean Studies or Jewish Studies etc. at the Central European
University, Vienna
Both the one-year and the two-year MA programs have a
substantial research component, including a thesis project that allows students
to pursue their own research in close collaboration with leading historians in
their fields.
Deadline for
abstracts: 1 Feburary 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8378/discussions/6978637/cfa-gerd-bucerius-history-scholarship-fully-funded-ma-ceu
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51.
Appel à projets 2021 « Islam, religion et société
(en France) » du ministère de l'intérieur, Paris
Le ministère soutient la recherche et notamment les
jeunes chercheurs et post-doctorants dans les champs disciplinaires de
l'islamologie et des sciences humaines sur l’islam en France.
La date limite de candidature est fixée au 29 mars 2021
par : bureau-central-cultes@interieur.gouv.fr. Information : https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Publications/Cultes-et-laicite/Appels-a-projets-AAP-Islam-religion-et-societe.
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52. Jafar and Shokoh
Farzaneh Prize for Best Article on Persian Literature, University of Oklahoma
All relevant articles or book chapters published in
English or Persian in scholarly, peer-reviewed journals or edited volumes
between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2020 are eligible for consideration. The
winner will be invited to present a public lecture at the University of
Oklahoma.
Submissions
will be accepted until 30 April 2021. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/12/21/jafar-and-shokoh-farzaneh-prize-for-best-article-on-persian-literature
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53. Articles on "New Media and National
Identity" for Special Issue of the "Journal of Arab & Muslim
Media Research"
This special issue of JAMMR aims at enriching the debate on media,
identity and cultural formation. It seeks to critically address this
ever-growing area of enquiry and revisit the field from various theoretical and
empir-ical multi-disciplinary dimensions.
Deadline for abstracts: 25 January 2021. Information: https://www.intellectbooks.com/asset/54399/1/JAMMR_CFP_jan2021.pdf
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54. Articles on
"Islamic Theologies of Disasters: Between Science, Religion and
Messianism" for Special Issue of Journal "MIDEO" 38 (2023)
This issue is devoted: the Islamic theology of
catastrophes at different periods of history, in ancient, modern and
contemporary theological thought. See Call for Papers with many proposals of
themes.
Deadline for
paper: 30 June 2021.
Information: https://www.ideo-cairo.org/en/2020/07/call-for-papers-islamic-theologies-of-disasters/
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55. Articles on “Agricultural and Food Dilemmas
in Times of Crisis” for Special Issue of “The Canadian Journal of Development
Studies (CJDS)”
This call for articles addresses the question of “decision-making” in
agriculture and food from the perspective of “dilemmas.” This multifaceted
(technical, political, and ethical) issue is seldom addressed directly and is
often referred to using various terms (alternatives, arbitrations, choices,
disputes, etc.). Crises are particularly subject to dilemmas due to the
pressing need to take action but also due to increased societal expectations.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2021. Information: https://umr-developpement-societes.univ-paris1.fr/fileadmin/UMRDS/Actualites/CFA_Agricultural_and_Food_Dilemmas__shorter_English_version_-1.pdf
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56. Chapters for Edited Book on "Living
with Tourism: Paradoxes, Empowerment and Future Directions (Focus MENA Region)"
We seek proposals exploring tourism impacts, involvement, resilience,
tensions and paradoxes on local communities and their hosting, production and
consumption relationship practices revealed in the particularities of each
touristic destination. We also invite proposals concerning broader discussions
on future directions of tourism as a result of the unprecedented worldwide
changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6769711/call-book-chapters-living-tourism-paradoxes-empowerment-and
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57. Chapters for Edited Book on "Media and
Terror"
Contributions are invited from scholars in International Politics,
Security Studies, Terrorism and Counter-terrorism Studies, Media and
Communication Studies focussing on the challenges, difficulties and obstacles
of media coverage of terrorism and the established practices, including the use
of new media by terrorist groups and ways how to prevent their propaganda tools
in the different parts of the world - including the MENA region.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6952604/call-chapters-edited-book-media-and-terror-21st-century
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58. Books for New Series "Unsettling
Colonialism in Our Times" (I.B.Tauris)
This is the principal venue for research at the intersection of settler
colonialism studies, decolonization, and critiques of neoliberalism. . It
provides a framework for experts to deconstruct history and present
contemporary struggles for freedom and human rights in new ways. Series
editors: William Gallois (Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies) and Ilan Pappe
(Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies), both at the University
of Exeter.
Information: Contact Sophie Rudland sophie.rudland@bloomsbury.com
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59.
New Website Launched: "Digital Ottoman Studies
Platform"
This website is designed as a hub for digital projects, tools, events,
publications, and platforms to contribute to Digital Humanities from the
perspective of Ottoman and Turkish Studies.
Information: https://www.digitalottomanstudies.com/
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