dimanche 31 janvier 2021

EURAMES Info Service 05/2021

 CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS

 

1.    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

 

2.    ONLINE Seminar: "The Bitter Harvest of Lebanon’s Sectarian Politics", Arab Center Washington DC, 2 February 2021, 10:00 am - 11:30 am ET

 

3.    Conférence EN LIGNE 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

 

4.    ONLINE Webinaire Livres & MAM avec Laure Guirguis (University d´Aarhus) :  « The Arab Lefts. Histories and Legacies, 1950s-1970s », 2 février 2021, 13 h - 14 h

 

5.    ONLINE Book Introduction: “Moroccan Cinema Uncut: Decentred Voices, Transnational Perspectives", SOAS Middle East Institute, 2 February 2021, 5:30 pm - 7.00 pm GMT

 

6.    ONLINE RomanIslam Lecture Series: Prof. Paul M. Cobb (University of Pennsyvania): "The Delegation of Diplomacy in the 'Abbasid Caliphate: The Case of Abulabaz”, Transcultural Studies, University of Hamburg, 3 February 2021, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm CET

 

7.    ONLINE Seminar by 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

 

8.    ONLINE Seminar: "The History of the Arabic Book: A New Chapter", IAS, Princeton, 3 February 2021, 12:00 pm ET

 

9.    ONLINE Book Talk by Emily Drumst on the Iraqi Poet Nazik al-Mata´ika: "Revolt Against the Sun", Centre for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 3 February 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

 

10.  ONLINE Seminar on "Electrical Palestine: Capital and Technology from Empire to Nation", Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, 3 February 2021, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST

 

11.  ONLINE International Conference: "COVID-19 and ICT-Enabled Education", Ibn Zohr University, Morocco, 3-4 February 2021

 

12.  ONLINE Lectures at the Center for Jewish Studies, Fordham University, New York, 3 February - 5 May 2021

 

13.  Séminaire EN LIGNE en études politiques : "Tisser le temps politique au Maroc", Casablanca, 4 février 2021, 16h-18h30

 

14.  ONLINE Panel Discussion with Judith Surkis '92: "Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930", Pembroke Centre & Centre for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 5 February 2021, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST

 

15.  ONLINE Lecture by Prof. Aili Mari Tripp (University of Wisconsin): "Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women's Rights", SOAS, London Middle East Institute, 9 February 2021, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT

 

16.  ONLINE Seminar: "Understanding the Development of Complex Societies in Lebanon during the Early Bronze Age", Council for British Research in the Levant, 17 February 2021, 16.00-17.15 GMT

 

17.  ONLINE Seminar: "LGBTQ in Iran", SOAS, London Middle East Institute and Roya Arab, 18 February 2021, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm GMT

 

18.  ONLINE Lecture by Prof. Abbas Amanat (Yale University): "Kings and Clerics in Modern Iranian History", Department of Middle East Studies, USC, 13 March 2021, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm PST

 

19.  ONLINE 6th Annual Conference on Shi´i Studies, Islamic College, London, 13 March 2021

 

20.  ONLINE Conference "Trans/Formations in Arabic Literary Theory: Prospects and Limits", Columbia University, Preliminary Discussion: 19 March 2021, 10:00 am EST; First Session: 14-17 June 2021; Second Session: 14-17 October 2021

 

21.  ONLINE Conference: “The Tudeh Party of Iran at 80: A Critical Re-Appraisal and Re-Evaluation”, School of History and Institute for Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews, 29 March – 1 April 2021

 

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

 

23.  ONLINE Workshop on "What Does Decolonizing Kurdish Studies Mean?”, Middle East Studies at Yale University and Brown University, 9 April 2021

 

24.  ONLINE Conference "Migrant Belongings: Digital Practices and the Everyday", Utrecht University, 21-23 April 2021

 

25.  ONLINE International Conference on “New Political Generations in the Arab World”, Working Group “Monde arabe en mouvement", GT4 - AISLF, 16 May 2021

 

26.  ONLINE Conference: “Iran and Global Decolonization”, University of Pennsylvania and University of California Los Angeles, 20-21 May 2021

 

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

 

28.  Conferénce EN LIGNE : « Les sociétés maghrébines et du Moyen-Orient à l’épreuve de la pandémie de la COVID-19 », GT4- Monde arabe en mouvement – Association internationale des sociologues de langue (AISLF), 21- 22 Mai 2021

 

29.  ONLINE 7th International Graduate Conference on "Materiality In the Eastern Mediterranean World", Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS), Central European University (Vienna/Budapest), 28-29 May 2021

 

30.  ONLINE 54th Seminar for Arabian Studies, International Association for the Study of Arabia (IASA), Casa Arabe, Cordoba, Summer 2021 (Date to be Announced)

 

31.  Workshop and Publication of the Economic Research Forum on "Mitigation and Adaptation to Impact of Climate Change in MENA Countries", June 2021 (Date to be Announced)

 

32.  Conference: "The Study of Islam and Muslims in the Shadow of the ‘War on Terror’: Complexity, Reflexivity and Decolonising Methodologies", Alwaleed Centre, Edinburgh, 8 June 2021

 

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

 

34.  ONLINE Special Panel on "Religion and International Studies: An Outdated Topic or a Topic in Fruition?" during the "International Conference of the British International Studies Association [BISA]", 21-23 June 2021

 

35.  Workshop “Nature and Political Order(s): Exploring Environmental Politics, Climate Futures, and Decarbonisation in the Middle East”, during the "8th European Workshops in International Studies", University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, 30 June – 3 July 2021

 

36.  Colloque annuel du Cercle des Chercheurs sur le Moyen-Orient (CCMO) : « Espace public / Espace(s) privé(s) à la lumière des ‘printemps arabes’ », Paris, Juillet 2021

 

37.  Maghreb Review and Maghreb Studies Association Conference: "Empires in the Middle East and the Maghreb: The Shaping of Hopes and Perspectives", Oxford, 13-14 September 2021

 

38.  International Colloquium: "Itinerant Prophets – Rewritings, Appropriations and Metamorphoses of Prophetic Figures in the Religious, Literary and Historiographical Texts of Pre-modern Islam", Paris, 16-18 Septembre 2021

 

39.  27th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO), Institute for Islamic Theology, University of Osnabrück, 16-18 September 2021

 

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

 

41.  International Workshop: "Religion as an Object of Historical and Social Scientific Study: Global Perspectives (Including Middle East)", University of Leipzig, 4-5 November 2021

 

42.  HYBRID Ninth Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art: "The Environment and Ecology in Islamic Art and Culture", Doha, 7-8 November 2021

 

43.  Conference: "Islamic and Jewish Studies around the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Ignaz Goldziher and his Correspondents", University of Göttingen, 12-13 November 2021

 

44.  3rd ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian National University, Canberra, December 2021

 

45.  Conference: "Ties of Kinship and the Early Islamic Empire (622-1500 CE)", Leiden, 6-8 December 2021

 

POSITIONS

 

46.  W1 Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor) with a W2 Tenure Track for “Islamic Philosophy”, Centre for Islamic Theology (CIT), University of Münster

 

47.  Post-doctoral Researcher for Project “The European Qur’ān: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion (1150-1850)”, University of Nantes

 

48.  Post-Doctoral Fellowship (History, Arabic, Islam Studies) in the Program "ReLRace - Religions, Lignages et ‘Race’”, Le Mans University

 

49.  Two-Year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo

 

50.  Professor in Social Research and Public Policy, New York University Abu Dhabi Division of Social Science

 

51.  Professor in Political Science, New York University Abu Dhabi Division of Social Science

 

52.  Tenure Track Position in Mediterranean History, Haifa Center for Mediterranean History, University of Haifa

 

53.  Fellowships in Judaica 2021-2022, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University

 

54.  Tenure-track Assistant Professor for International Affairs Programm, Lafayette College, Easton, PA

 

55.  Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies, Rice University

 

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

56.  UK-German Funding Initiative in the Humanities incl. Law and Linguistics (DFG, German Research Foundation)

 

57.  Online 4-Week Course: "Christian-Muslim Relations", School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, Commencing 15 February 2021

 

58.  ONLINE Course: "The Qur’an in Muslim Practice", Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London, 27 February, and 6, 13 & 20 March 2021, 10:30 am-12:30 pm GMT

 

59.  ONLINE Course: "Manuscripts in Arabic Script: Introduction to Codicology", Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London, 23-24 April 2021, 11:00 am - 15:00 pm GMT

 

60.  Spring School on “Spoken Images of/in Islam: Languages and Translations in Texts and Images”, Innovative Training Network “Mediating Islam in the Digital Age” (MIDA) and European Network for Islamic Studies (ENIS), Catania (Sicily), 5 – 9 July 2021

 

61.  ONLINE or IN-CLASS: "Ottoman Turkish Summer School":  Intensive Instruction in Ottoman Turkish for International Students and Professionals, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, 5 July - 27 August 2021

 

62.  Articles on “MENA Migrants and Diasporas in 21st-Century Media” for Special Issue of “Mashriq wa Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies”

 

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

 

64.  Articles on "Contesting Boundaries and Producing the Norm: Gender-related Issues in Islamic Theory and Practice" for Special Issue of "Islamology – Journal for Studies of Islam and Muslim Societies"

 

65.  Articles for Edited Volume on “Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and Archaeology”

 

66.  Articles for "Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World", Harvard University (Vol. 39, 2022)

 

67.  Articles for Journal "Waikato Islamic Studies Review", University of Waikato, New Zealand

 

68.  Chapters for Book on "Branding the Middle East", Edited by Steffen Wippel

 

69.  Chapters for Edited Book on "Muslims and Societies in Africa" (Including Arab Muslims of North Africa), University of Abuja

 

70.  Chapters for Edited Book on "Übersetzerforschung in der Türkei II" for Series "Germanistik in der Türkei"

 

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Guenter Meyer

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

 

 

 

CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS

 

1.    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 neighbour-hood.

 

Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/cairo-collages

 

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2.    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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3.    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, 10 h

 

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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4.    ONLINE Webinaire Livres & MAM avec Laure Guirguis (University d´Aarhus) :  « The Arab Lefts. Histories and Legacies, 1950s-1970s », 2 février 2021, 13 h - 14 h

 

Cet ouvrage collectif explore les histoires entremêlées des mouvements de gauche au Maghreb et au Machreq durant les « longues années soixante ». Grâce à de nouvelles approches transnationales et générationnelles, il ouvre de nouvelles perspectives de recherche sur la Guerre Froide et les luttes d’émancipation nationale.

 

Information : https://iremam.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article7038

 

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5.    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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6.    ONLINE RomanIslam Lecture Series: Prof. Paul M. Cobb (University of Pennsylvania): "The Delegation of Diplomacy in the 'Abbasid Caliphate: The Case of Abulabaz”, Transcultural Studies, University of Hamburg, 3 February 2021, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm CET

 

The well-known story of Abulabaz, the elephant that Charlemagne requested from Harun al-Rashid, provides an ideal example with which to think about diplomacy at a time of political fragmentation. In particular, the event demonstrates the continuity of classical Roman diplomatic concepts and expectations.

 

Please confirm your participation by 2 February 2021 to romanislam@uni-hamburg.de. Information: https://attachment.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/8b856123/Invitation---Diplomacy-in-Political-Fragmentation.pdf

 

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7.    ONLINE Seminar by 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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8.    ONLINE Seminar: "The History of the Arabic Book: A New Chapter", IAS, Princeton, 3 February 2021, 12:00 pm ET

 

Mathew Barber, Lorenz Nigst, Sarah Bowen Savant, and Peter Verkinderen will present the KITAB project – a collaboration between historians and computer scientists. 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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9.    ONLINE Book Talk by Emily Drumst on the Iraqi Poet Nazik al-Mata´ika: "Revolt Against the Sun", Centre for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 3 February 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

 

Featuring a comprehensive historical and critical introduction, this bilingual reader reveals how one woman transformed the landscape of modern Arabic literature and culture in the twentieth century.

 

Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2021/emily-drumsta-book-talk-revolt-against-sun

 

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10.  ONLINE Seminar on "Electrical Palestine: Capital and Technology from Empire to Nation", Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, 3 February 2021, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST

 

Fredrik Meiton will chart a story of rapid and uneven development that was greatly influenced by the electric grid and set the stage for the conflict between Arabs and Jews. The grid shaped relations among the Zionists, Palestinians, and British rulers — and anticipated the outcome of Jewish statehood and Palestinian statelessness in 1948.

 

Information and registration: https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OG31MC_vSh-Wu-U97V1-fA

 

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11.  ONLINE International Conference: "COVID-19 and ICT-Enabled Education", Ibn Zohr University, Morocco, 3-4 February 2021

 

The conference aims to promote a national, regional and a global reflection on the future orientations of Education and the implications of the considerable acceleration of the digitization of education, especially during and after COVID-19.

 

Information: https://www.facebook.com/ICT-Enabled-Education-107404544492866

 

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12.  ONLINE Lectures at the Center for Jewish Studies, Fordham University, New York, 3 February - 5 May 2021

 

Topics include: “Learn Talmud Like an Artist” (Jacqueline Nicholls); “Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context” (Golan Y. Moskowitz); “Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe” (Ephraim Shoham-Steiner); “Multiple Identity Politics: The Passing Narratives of Dahn Ben-Amotz” (Roy Holler); “The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity” (Eva Mroczek); “The Land of Israel or Syria Palestina: Reconceptualization of Territory in Rabbinic Literature” (Hanan Mazeh); etc.

 

Information and registration: https://jewishstudies.ace.fordham.edu/events/

 

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13.  ONLINE Séminaire en études politiques : "Tisser le temps politique au Maroc", Casablanca, 4 février 2021, 16h-18h30

 

Béatrice Hibou et Mohamed Tozy présenteront leur dernier ouvrage. Les auteurs reviendront principalement sur leurs principes méthodologiques et sur leurs choix scientifiques pour traiter une question classique en sociologie historique et comparée du politique : celle des transformations de l’État et des modes de gouvernement.

 

Veuillez vous inscrire ici pour recevoir le lien de participation https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrf-igrzspG9ETv1aVkoDprBUerP4eKmwq

 

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14.  ONLINE Panel Discussion with Judith Surkis '92: "Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930", Pembroke Centre & Centre for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 5 February 2021, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST

 

In her book, which won the Association of Middle East Women’s Studies 2020 book prize, Surkis traces how colonial authorities constructed Muslim legal difference and used it to deny Algerian Muslims full citizenship.

 

Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2021/sex-law-and-sovereignty-french-algeria

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15.  ONLINE Lecture by Prof. Aili Mari Tripp (University of Wisconsin): "Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women's Rights", SOAS, London Middle East Institute, 9 February 2021, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT

 

The book author 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#reg

 

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16.  ONLINE Seminar: "Understanding the Development of Complex Societies in Lebanon during the Early Bronze Age", Council for British Research in the Levant, 17 February 2021, 16.00-17.15 GMT

 

Dr Kamal Badreshany will discuss ceramic and architectural evidence from recently excavated sites in the region to assess the economic underpinnings of EBA communities. He will examine the distribution of EBA settlement in coastal Lebanon with a view to understanding the underlying logic.

 

Information and registration: http://cbrl.ac.uk/event/understanding-the-development-of-complex-societies-in-lebanon-during-the-early-bronze-age

 

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17.  ONLINE Seminar: "LGBTQ in Iran", SOAS, London Middle East Institute and Roya Arab, 18 February 2021, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm GMT

 

This seminar is an introductory session with three Iranian academics providing an overview of their research into the Iranian LGBTQ community.

 

Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/18feb2021-lgbtq-in-iran.html#reg

 

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18.  ONLINE Lecture by Prof. Abbas Amanat (Yale University): "Kings and Clerics in Modern Iranian History", Department of Middle East Studies, USC, 13 March 2021, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm PST

 

This is a part of the Iranian Studies Initiative Annual Distinguished Lecture Series arranged by the USC Department of Middle East Studies.

 

Information and registration: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yCHea1iwRly2ToYcyGp27g

 

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19.  ONLINE 6th Annual Conference on Shi´i Studies, Islamic College, London, 13 March 2021

 

This conference provides a broad platform for scholars in Shi´i studies to share their latest research on any aspect of Shi´i studies.

 

Information: https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/publications/shiistudies/conference/

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20.  ONLINE Conference "Trans/Formations in Arabic Literary Theory: Prospects and Limits", Columbia University, Preliminary Discussion: 19 March 2021, 10:00 am EST; First Session: 14-17 June 2021; Second Session: 14-17 October 2021

 

We invite scholars to explore a plethora of thematic issues tied to the challenges of mapping, reconstructing, and studying varied sets of Arabic literary theoretical frameworks with the aim of identifying cross-temporal and trans-local conceptualizations and terms for a genealogy of Arabic literary theory.

 

Information: https://icls.columbia.edu/news/cfp-transformations-of-arabic-literary-theory/

 

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21.  ONLINE Conference: “The Tudeh Party of Iran at 80: A Critical Re-Appraisal and Re-Evaluation”, School of History and Institute for Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews, 29 March – 1 April 2021

 

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

 

Information: bit.ly/3iD8idy. Contact: tudehconference2021@gmail.com

 

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

 

Papers will examine the relationship between China and the Middle East, both ancient and modern, and incorporate additional regions, such as Europe, Central Asia, or South/Southeast Asia.

 

Information: https://ceas.sas.upenn.edu/news/call-papers-rethinking-narratives-china-and-middle-east

 

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23.  ONLINE Workshop on "What Does Decolonizing Kurdish Studies Mean?”, Middle East Studies at Yale University and Brown University, 9 April 2021

 

Proposal should engage with the themes of decolonizing epistemologies and methodologies and its implications in the field of Kurdish studies. We welcome novel approaches, creative strategies, and emerging scholarship informed by first-hand data that brings in “the Kurdish voice and perspective” into discussion.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2021. Information: https://cmes.macmillan.yale.edu/events/decolonizing-kurdish-studies-initiative

 

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24.  ONLINE Conference "Migrant Belongings: Digital Practices and the Everyday", Utrecht University, 21-23 April 2021

 

Contribution are welcome that engages with questions about how technology and social media usages mediate contemporary migration experiences, not only within media and communication studies but also in anthropology, postcolonial studies, gender studies, race studies, psychology, law, visual studies, conflict studies, criminology, sociology, critical theory, political theory and international relations.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2021. Information: http://connectingeuropeproject.eu/home/conference/

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25.  ONLINE International Conference on “New Political Generations in the Arab World”, Working Group “Monde arabe en mouvement", GT4-AISLF, 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 best papers will be considered for publication. The conference is in Arabic, English and French.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 7 February 2021. Information: https://sites.google.com/view/newarabpoliticalgeneration/home

 

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26.  ONLINE Conference: “Iran and Global Decolonization”, University of Pennsylvania and University of California, Los Angeles, 20-21 May 2021

 

The symposium invites scholars whose work investigates Iran’s experiences with colonialism and decolonization from a multiplicity of perspectives – including race and ethnicity; foreign relations; intellectual history; social and economic networks; as well as cultural studies – to answer questions such as: What role did decolonization play in Iran’s interactions with the Global South? How did Iran respond to decolonization movements? Etc.

 

Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/11/30/iran-and-global-decolonization-call-for-papers

 

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

 

Topics include: • Linguistics • Logic • Tafsīr • Astronomy • Mathematics • Medicine • Geography • Philosophy • Illuminationism • Sufism • Kalām • Music • Ethics and Political Theory • Shīrāzī in Manuscripts and Book Culture Studies • Commentaries (Shurūḥ, ḥawāshī, taʻlīqāt) • Scholarly Networks and Ijāzatnāmas • Urban Studies; etc.

 

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

 

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28.  Conferénce EN LIGNE : « Les sociétés maghrébines et du Moyen-Orient à l’épreuve de la pandémie de la COVID-19 », GT4 - Monde arabe en mouvement – Association internationale des sociologues de langue (AISLF), 21- 22 Mai 2021

 

Trois grandes questions orienteront la rencontre : 1- Comment la Covid-19 a affecté les sociétés, les groupes et les individus ? 2- Quelles sont les réponses institutionnelles et des collectifs à cette pandémie ? 3- Quels sont les enseignements que nous pourrions en tirer en tant que sociétés, groupes sociaux et individus ? En arabe et en français.

 

Date limite de soumission : 14 février 2021. Information : https://www.aislf.org/GT04-covid-19

 

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29.  ONLINE 7th International Graduate Conference on "Materiality In the Eastern Mediterranean World", Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS), Central European University (Vienna/Budapest), 28-29 May 2021

 

We welcome approaches that focus on the relations between humans and their physical surroundings, the way they understand, perceive, and use them. Moreover, in turning towards the material, the conference intends to explore connections and entanglements between human/non-human, spiritual/physical, and phenomenological/epistemological.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 5 April 2021. Information: https://cems.ceu.edu/cems-graduate-conference-2021

 

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30.  ONLINE 54th Seminar for Arabian Studies, International Association for the Study of Arabia (IASA), Casa Arabe, Cordoba, Summer 2021 (Date to be Announced)

 

This is the only international forum that meets annually for the presentation of the latest academic research in the humanities on the Arabian Peninsula from the earliest times to the present day or, in the case of political and social history, to the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922).

 

Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2021. Information: https://mailchi.mp/d561f3a9ad87/reminder-call-for-papers-2021-seminar-for-arabian-studies?e=18cf0337f7

 

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31.  Workshop and Publication of the Economic Research Forum on "Mitigation and Adaptation to Impact of Climate Change in MENA Countries", June 2021 (Date to be Announced)

 

The MENA countries are particularly vulnerable to climate change disasters and their consequences, their heavy dependence on natural capital and the environment for survival and prosperity, and the limited adaptive capacities of these countries to environmental shocks. Proposals can be cross-country or focused on a single country.

 

Information: https://erf.org.eg/call-for-proposals-mitigation-and-adaptation-to-impact-of-climate-change-in-the-mena-region/

 

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32.  Conference: "The Study of Islam and Muslims in the Shadow of the ‘War on Terror’: Complexity, Reflexivity and Decolonising Methodologies", Alwaleed Centre, Edinburgh, 8 June 2021

 

This conference aims to explore how the "Decolonising the Curriculum Movement (DCM)" at British Universities could enable research and teaching staff to tackle and transcend the dynamics present in the study of Muslims and Islam within any discipline in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 7 February 2021. Information: https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/alwaleed/conference-june-2021

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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34.  ONLINE Special Panel on "Religion and International Studies: An Outdated Topic or a Topic in Fruition?" during the "International Conference of the British International Studies Association [BISA]", 21-23 June 2021

 

We welcome submissions from politics, religious studies, anthropology, sociology, security studies, geopolitics, area studies, and related fields on any country or region. Our working group seeks to bring together scholars working in this field to examine all aspects of the crossroad of religion and international studies.

 

Information: https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers and www.hahellyer.com/RAISCall

 

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35.  Workshop “Nature and Political Order(s): Exploring Environmental Politics, Climate Futures, and Decarbonisation in the Middle East”, during the "8th European Workshops in International Studies", University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, 30 June – 3 July 2021

 

Workshop Convenors: Cemal Burak Tansel (University of Sheffield) & Jan Wilkens (University of Hamburg). MENA constitutes a crucial mobilisation space in which assumptions about energy transition, resource exploitation and contesting notions of just futures shape political struggles. This workshop seeks to advance theoretical debates in IR, IPE and environmental and climate research by focusing on the politics in the region.

 

Contact: jan.wilkens@uni-hamburg.de. Information: https://eisa-net.org/ewis-2021/

 

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36.  Colloque annuel du Cercle des Chercheurs sur le Moyen-Orient (CCMO) : « Espace public / Espace(s) privé(s) à la lumière des ‘printemps arabes’ », Paris, Juillet 2021

 

Les communications s'organiseront autour de quatre axes transversaux : 1/ Espace public / Espaces privés : une frontière historique et épistémologique ? - 2/ Politiques de contrôle des espaces. - 3/ Pratiques et représentations des espaces. - 4/ Espaces diasporiques et transnationaux « à distance ».

 

Les propositions de contributions en anglais ou français doivent être envoyées avant le 15 février 2021. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/51176

 

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37.  Maghreb Review and Maghreb Studies Association Conference: "Empires in the Middle East and the Maghreb: The Shaping of Hopes and Perspectives", Oxford, 13-14 September 2021

 

Besides the European powers that established their colonial hegemony in the MENA region, the conference will also deal with the influence of countries, such as the United States of America and Germany, which extended their influence through diplomacy, financial and military aid, and education.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6160235/empire-middle-east-and-maghreb-shaping-hopes-and-perspectives

 

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38.  International Colloquium: "Itinerant Prophets – Rewritings, Appropriations and Metamorphoses of Prophetic Figures in the Religious, Literary and Historiographical Texts of Pre-modern Islam", Paris, 16-18 Septembre 2021

 

This colloquium will seek to grasp the itinerant figures: the prophets of the pre-modern Arab world, between Judaism, Christianity and Islam, between sacred model and familiar figure of popular literature, between mythical authority and historical hero. It will welcome proposals devoted to Islamic Studies, literary or historiographical approaches, as well as those that explore the continuities and discontinuities between these different fields.

 

Deadline for abstracts in French, English or Arabic: 26 March 2021. Information: https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1460/files/2021/01/LES-PROPHETES-ITINERANTS-Appel-a-contributions.pdf

 

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39.  27th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO), Institute for Islamic Theology, University of Osnabrück, 16-18 September 2021

 

Papers are invited from scholars of all relevant disciplines in social sciences and humanities who are engaged in research on the contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and the entire Islamic World and its relations to other regions.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2021.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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41.  International Workshop: "Religion as an Object of Historical and Social Scientific Study: Global Perspectives (Including Middle East)", University of Leipzig, 4-5 November 2021

 

We are especially interested in the global presence and characteristics of religion as an object of study in the History of Religion; Comparative Religious Studies; Sociology; Anthropology and Political Science (excluding Theology and Philosophy). Central questions concern the place, status and history of research on religion in these disciplines.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2021. Information: https://multiple-secularities.de/events/event/religion-as-an-object-of-historical-and-social-scientific-study-global-perspectives/

 

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42.  HYBRID Ninth Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art: "The Environment and Ecology in Islamic Art and Culture", Doha, 7-8 November 2021

 

The symposium considers how an ecological art history can examine objects, materials, and the built environment through the lens of Islamic culture. It also seeks to push beyond binaries of human/non-human and culture/nature in which the human and the cultural are privileged over other species and the natural world.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 20 February 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6868865/call-papers-due-feb-20-2021-environment-and-ecology-islamic-art

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43.  Conference: "Islamic and Jewish Studies around the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Ignaz Goldziher and his Correspondents", University of Göttingen, 12-13 November 2021

 

The conference will focus on the correspondence between Ignaz Goldziher and preserved in the Oriental Collection of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, addressing aspects of the history of the discipline as seen through the letters. Papers examining specific aspects of Goldziher’s contributions to Islamic and Jewish studies from a wider history of science point of view are also welcome.

 

Information: https://albert.ias.edu/handle/20.500.12111/7927 and https://albert.ias.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.12111/7927/Goldziher%20at%20100%20CALL%20FOR%20ABSTRACTS.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y

 

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44.  3rd ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian National University, Canberra, December 2021

 

Forms of human movement including global immigration, asylum-seeking, climate migration, and the internal migration accompanying mass urbanisation, have radically altered religious cultures around the world, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of this conference is to explore the various phenomena related to religion and migration; the political and social transitions impacting upon the transnational religiosity of contemporary communities.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 21 May 2021.

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

 

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45.  Conference: "Ties of Kinship and the Early Islamic Empire (622-1500 CE)", Leiden, 6-8 December 2021

 

We are interested in exploring how and when the language of kinship was implemented as a persuasive device, an operative category, and a problem-solving mechanism in premodern Islamic(ate) societies.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2021. Information: https://emco.hcommons.org/events/event/call-for-papers-ties-of-kinship-and-the-early-islamic-empire/

 

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POSITIONS

 

46.  W1 Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor) with a W2 Tenure Track for “Islamic Philosophy”, Centre for Islamic Theology (CIT), University of Münster

 

The candidate must hold a university degree in Islamic theology or Islamic studies, pedagogical aptitude and special ability at pursuing advanced, independent research which is substantiated by a subject-relevant, above-average doctoral degree. Research and teaching experience in the field of Islamic philosophy with a focus on Islamic ethics and very good, subject-specific Arabic skills should be proven.

 

Deadline for applications: 19 February 2021. Information: https://universitoxy.com/juniorprofessur-fuer-islamische-philosophie,i10659.html

 

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47.  Post-doctoral Researcher for Project “The European Qur’ān: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion (1150-1850)”, University of Nantes

 

Each candidate should propose an original, innovative research project on an important aspect of the role played by the Qur’ān in Medieval and Early Modern European culture and should be fluent in English and French and have strong skills in other languages appropriate to their research topics.

 

Deadline for applications: 31 March 2021. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/postdoc-european-qurn-nantes?e=82aeb6c61d

 

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48.  Post-Doctoral Fellowship (History, Arabic, Islam Studies) in the Program "ReLRace - Religions, Lignages et ‘Race’”, Le Mans University

 

Qualifications: PhD in history (preferably) but also sociology, anthropology, Arabic philology; proficiency in Classical Arabic; good knowledge of ancient and contemporary Muslim sources; French and English fluent.

 

Deadline for applications: 5 January 2022.  Information: https://relrace.hypotheses.org/post-doctoral-fellowship-2

 

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49.  Two-Year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo

 

The postdoctoral position will be associated with the Work Package on Middle Eastern futurisms (such as Gulf, Arab, Iranian, Turkish). The Postdoctoral Fellow (PD) can hold a PhD in any relevant arts and humanities or social science discipline (including artistic research), and they can conduct research on any kind of media, including film, visual arts, literature, video games, as long as these can be considered a part of Middle Eastern futurisms.

 

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2021. Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/195901/postdoctoral-research-fellowship-at-the-department-of-culture-studies-and-oriental-languages

 

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50.  Professor in Social Research and Public Policy, New York University Abu Dhabi Division of Social Science

 

This position requires a Ph.D. in Anthropology, Demography, Sociology, Development Studies, Gender Studies, Public Policy, Economics, Education, Environmental Studies, History, Political Economy, or Political Science. Candidates should have a strong record of scholarship and teaching, and have the ability to lead high-quality research with special attention to public policy.

 

Review of application will start 1 February 2021. Information: https://socioloxy.com/professor-in-social-research-and-public-policy,i7992.html

 

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51.  Professor in Political Science, New York University Abu Dhabi Division of Social Science

 

This position requires a Ph.D. in Political Science. We seek individuals who have, or have the potential to develop, a strong record of scholarship and have the ability to develop and lead high-quality research.

Review of applications will start 1 February 2021. Information: https://socioloxy.com/professor-in-political-science,i7991.html

 

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52.  Tenure Track Position in Mediterranean History, Haifa Center for Mediterranean History, University of Haifa

 

We encourage applications from candidates with distinct interests in medieval and/or early modern Mediterranean history and with proven academic excellence in their fields of expertise, together with an extensive background in Mediterranean studies, and a fully-developed Mediterraneanist approach guiding their research. The candidate should be firmly rooted within the historical discipline, with openness to other fields of knowledge in the social sciences.

 

Deadline for applications: 31 July 2021. Information: https://hcmh.haifa.ac.il/index.php/opportunities-for-researchers/tenure-track-positions

 

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53.  Fellowships in Judaica 2021-2022, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University

 

The fellowships will be available exclusively to recent Ph.D. recipients working on topics in Jewish Studies dealing with the medieval period (600 – 1600 CE).

 

Deadline for applications extended: 8 February 2021. Information: http://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/harry-starr-fellowship-in-judaica/

 

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54.  Tenure-track Assistant Professor for International Affairs Programm, Lafayette College, Easton, PA

 

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a relevant social science (such as Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Urban Studies, Area Studies, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies). Preferred areas of specialization are migration, development, post-colonialism and/or critical race theory.

 

Review of applications will begin 17 February 2021. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/82243

 

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55.  Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies, Rice University

 

Scholars from all fields of Jewish Studies will be considered, but the Program is particularly interested in scholars specializing in modern Jewish thought, non-European Jewish cultures and histories, migration and diaspora, and ethics.

 

Deadline for applications: 15 February 2021. Information: https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/25341

 

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OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

56.  UK-German Funding Initiative in the Humanities incl. Law and Linguistics (DFG, German Research Foundation)

The scheme will provide funding for integrated UK-German academic research of the highest quality. The duration of the projects will normally be three years. The UK component may seek up to £350,000.

 

Deadline for applications: 24 February 2021. Information: https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/ausschreibungen/info_wissenschaft_20_84/index.html

 

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57.  Online 4-Week Course: "Christian-Muslim Relations", School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, Commencing 15 February 2021

 

You’ll explore some of the key historical moments, compare the teachings of both the Bible and the Qur’an, will learn about the everlasting theological debates that concern the study, and will also decipher how politics and societies have been directly impacted by Christian-Muslim relations.

 

Information: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/christian-muslim-relations.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5myqlYXPPM

 

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58.  ONLINE Course: "The Qur’an in Muslim Practice", Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London, 27 February, and 6, 13 & 20 March 2021, 10:30 am-12:30 pm GMT

 

How do Muslims use the Qur’an? The course attempts to answer this question by exploring the use of the Qur’an in various Muslim contexts, both religious and social.

 

Information and program: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-quran-in-muslim-practice-short-course-tickets-131459271219

 

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59.  ONLINE Course: "Manuscripts in Arabic Script: Introduction to Codicology", Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London, 23-24 April 2021, 11:00 am - 15:00 pm GMT

 

This introductory course is intended for students, researchers and librarians who are working in the field of manuscript studies. The lecturers will cover a wide range of aspects for those who are acquiring basic knowledge in this field.

 

Information: https://www.aku.edu/events/pages/event-detail.aspx?EventID=1652&Title=Manuscripts%20in%20Arabic%20Script:%20Introduction%20to%20Codicology

 

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60.  Spring School on “Spoken Images of/in Islam: Languages and Translations in Texts and Images”, Innovative Training Network “Mediating Islam in the Digital Age” (MIDA) and European Network for Islamic Studies (ENIS), Catania (Sicily), 5 – 9 July 2021

 

The main objective is to investigate the image–text relations in Muslim traditions by applying to different genres of images and texts and by thinking about how they are affected by translation or interpretation. The Summer School will bring together advanced academics and lecturers from different disciplines with doctoral and MA students.

 

Deadline for application: 1 April 2021. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/49942

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61.  ONLINE or IN-CLASS: "Ottoman Turkish Summer School":  Intensive Instruction in Ottoman Turkish for International Students and Professionals, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, 5 July –

27 August 2021

 

The summer school is designed to comprise co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as seminars by top scholars on Turkish history, politics, literature, and art; cultural events, and, field trips to historical sites and archives.

 

Deadline for applications: 29 May 2021. Information: https://oss.ihu.edu.tr/languages-program/

 

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62.  Articles on “MENA Migrants and Diasporas in 21st-Century Media” for Special Issue of “Mashriq wa Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies”

 

This special issue seeks scholarly contributions that engage with questions related to the main theme 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 articles: 15 March 2021.

Information: https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/announcement/view/23

 

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

 

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

 

Deadline for submissions: 10 April 2021.

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

 

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64.  Articles on "Contesting Boundaries and Producing the Norm: Gender-related Issues in Islamic Theory and Practice" for Special Issue of "Islamology – Journal for Studies of Islam and Muslim Societies"

 

Major social, economic, political transformations of the last decades have strongly affected both Muslim majority and Muslim minority countries, bringing issues related to gender and sexuality to the forefront. These transformations that have fundamentally altered the previously dominant role division between men and women.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2021. Information: http://islamology.in/journal/announcement/view/20?fbclid=IwAR0K9JyCZYR5c76Tn4cjbOuRGqfhoubwwfKVIJTG3DkjW6PpvYpoRjU31cg

 

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65.  Articles for Edited Volume on “Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and Archaeology”

 

An international round table organized on 4 and 5 May 2019 at the University of Salahaddin (Erbil, Iraq) highlighted the interest for a collective work that will address the question of Christianity in Iraq at the turn of Islam. Les Presses de l’Ifpo is now calling for papers related to this theme. Convenors: Kinga Dévényi (Budapest), Sebastian Günther (Göttingen), Sabine Schmidtke (Princeton).

 

Deadline for articles in French, English or Arabic: 28 February 2021. Information: https://www.ifporient.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Christianity_in_Iraq_at_the_turn_of_Islam_Call_for_Papers.pdf

 

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66.  Articles for "Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World", Harvard University (Vol. 39, 2022)

 

Muqarnas publishes articles on art, architectural history, and archaeology, as well as all aspects of Islamic visual and material cultures, historical and contemporary. Full-length articles are accompanied by shorter submissions grouped under a separate section titled “Notes and Sources,” for which we particularly welcome studies that introduce textual and visual primary sources.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2021. Information: https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/muqarnas

 

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67.  Articles for Journal "Waikato Islamic Studies Review", University of Waikato, New Zealand

 

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

 

Information: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/UWISG/review

 

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68.  Chapters for Book on "Branding the Middle East", Edited by Steffen Wippel

 

The book will cover consumer brands, place brands and personal brands. Especially studies on branding of commodities and personalities and contributions on regional areas such as the Levant, the Maghreb and peripheral areas will be accepted.

 

Contact with author until 28 February 2021. Information: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348805638_CfP_Edited_volume_Branding_the_Middle_East_edited_by_Steffen_Wippel

 

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69.  Chapters for Edited Book on "Muslims and Societies in Africa" (Including Arab Muslims of North Africa), University of Abuja

 

To what extent has the Muslim life been resilient or influenced by colonialism and globalisation? What is the extent of conformism or dissonance from the various constructs that determine Muslim identity. How does being a Muslim matter in the social, political and economic spheres of African societies.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 10 April 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7149932/muslims-and-societies-africa

 

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70.  Chapters for Edited Book on "Übersetzerforschung in der Türkei II" for Series "Germanistik in der Türkei"

 

In the chapters the life and / or works of translators who translate from Turkish to a foreign language or from a foreign language to Turkish are discussed.

 

Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7175074/cfp-%C3%BCbersetzerforschung-der-t%C3%BCrkei-ii

 

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