Ελληνική Επιστημονική Εταιρεία Σπουδών Μέσης Ανατολής: EURAMES Info Service 06/2021

CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS

1. ONLINE Séminaire : Jean-Baptiste Pesquet, "De l’engagement des jihadistes syriens au Liban aux jeunes français suivis par la justice pour radicalisation : notes de terrain pour une anthropologie des engagement radicaux", IISMM, Paris, 8 février 2021, 17:00-19:00 h CET

2. 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

3. ONLINE Book Launch: "The Weaponized Camera in the Middle East: Videography, Aesthetics, and Politics in Israel and Palestine", University of San Francisco, 9 February 2021, 5:30 pm PST

4. 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 EST

5. ONLINE Lecture by Miriam Shefer Mossensohn (Tel Aviv University): "Medical Reform and Jewish Reform: Two Ottoman-Jewish Physicians Around 1700", SOAS, School of History, Religions & Philosophiesm 10 February 2021, 6:00 pm - 7.00 pm GMT

6. ONLINE Talk by Scott Lucas: “The Search for Qur’anic Laws: Insights from a Yemeni Qur’an Commentary Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, 12 February 2021, 3:00 pm MST

7. ONLINE Seminaire Taher Labadi (Iremam/LEST): « Palestine: des savoirs économiques (dé)coloniaux ? », Paris, 12 février 2021, 15-17h CET

8. ONLINE Conference on "Libyan Revolution: The 10th Anniversary", National Council on US-Libya Relations and Top Experts on Libya, 17 February 2021, 2:00 pm ET

9. ONLINE Lecture by Tareq Tell (AUB): "Debating Representation and Democracy in Early-independent Jordan", HISDEBAB Project, Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG), Mainz, 18 February 2021, 15:00 h (CET)

10. ONLINE: 18^th Annual Islamicate Graduate Students Association Conference on “What Does Race Have to Do with Religion? Racialization and Worldwide Islam”, UNC-Duke, 20-21 February 2020

11. ONLINE Lecture by Max Weiss: "Cultural History and/as Intellectual History in Baʿthist Syria", UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, 23 February 2021, 3:00 pm PT

12. ONLINE Annual Conference: “Meeting the Future Together: Opportunities and Challenges for the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 23-25 February 2021

13. PhD Workshop: “Unthought Perspectives in the Study of Turkish Islam: Methodology and Research Prospects”, École pratique des hautes études and École des hautes études en sciences sociales (Date to be announced)

14. ONLINE Workshop: "The Making of Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa: Objects, Images, Spaces", UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, Part 1: 5 March 2021, 9:00 am PT; Part 2: 12 March 2021, 2:00 pm PT

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

16. HYBRID "14^th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies", Center for European & Mediterranean Affairs (CEMA), 29 March - 1 April 2021, Athens, Greece

17. ONLINE 4^th International Conference on "Arabs' and Muslims' History of Sciences: Scientific Legacy and its Contemporary Impacts", University of Sharjah, UAE, 4-6 April 2021

18. Symposium: "Ottoman Ego-Documents", Istanbul Medeniyet University, 7-9 April 2021

19. 14^th Annual Conference of the Michigan State University Muslim Studies on "Global Islamophobia and the News Media, Entertainment Media, and Social Media", East Lansing, MI, 8-9 April 2021

Conference: "Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East: The Silk Roads and Beyond", University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 8-10 April 2021

21. ONLINE Workshop: "Archival Methods and Global Palestine in the 1960s and 1970s", Roskilde University, Denmark, 16-17 April 2021

22. ONLINE Symposium on “Iran and Global Decolonization”, University of Pennsylvania and the University of California Los Angeles, 20-21 May 2021

23. Workshop on "Mitigation and Adaptation to Impact of Climate Change in the MENA Region", Economic Research Forum (ERF), June 2021

24. 21^st International Conference of Migration: "Border Thinking", Alpen-Adria-University of Klagenfurt, Austria, 17-18 June 2021

25. International Conference of the British Association of Teachers of Arabic: "Teaching, Research and Scholarship Excellence in Arabic Language, Culture, Literature, Linguistics and Translation", University of Leeds, 24-25 June 2021

26. Journée d’études : « Rire en Égypte : l’humour dans la poésie dialectale égyptienne », INALCO-CERMOM, Paris, 2 juillet 2021

27. ONLINE "The Migration Conference 2021", Ming-Ai Institute, London, 6-10 July 2021

28. ONLINE Panel on "What Does Diaspora Mean in the 21^st Century" during the "12^th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 12)", Kyoto, 24-27 August 2021

29. Panel on "European Islam and the Emergence of New Religious and Political Authorities between the Local Dimension and Transnationalities" during the "Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion", Münster, 30 August - 2 September 2021

30. Workshop and Publication: "Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750). A Thesaurus under Discussion", University Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7 September 2021

31. 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

32. ONLINE Workshop: "Rewiring the House of God: Religious Self-World Relations in the Digital Environment (Including Islam)", Universities of Birmingham, Graz and Erfurt, 15-17 September 2021

33. 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

34. ONLINE International Conference on “Canon and Censorship in the Islamic Intellectual and Theological History”, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 8-10 October 2021

35. Workshop: “Expectations of Justice and Political Power in the Islamicate World (ca. 600-1500 CE), Leiden University, 27-29 October 2021

36. Panel on “Confessional Frontiers in the Islamicate Mediterranean" during the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montréal , 28-31 October 2021

37. Roundtable on “The State of Middle Eastern and North African Humor Studies: Past, Presents, Horizons”, during the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montréal , 28-31 October 2021

38. Panel on “Crime in the Archives”, during the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montréal , 28-31 October 2021

39. Colloque : « La guerre du Rif (1921-1926) : nouvelles approches (France, Espagne, Maroc) », Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme (MMSH) et de Sciences-Po Aix, à Aix-en-Provence, 17-19 novembre 2021

40. Conference on "The Visual Culture of Mosques", King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), Dahran, 23-25 November 2021

41. Panel on "Multilingualism in the Global Mediterranean" during the Annual Conference of the Modern Language Association (MLA), Washington DC, 6-9 January 2022

42. Journée d’études : « Articuler l’histoire sociale et environmental : Proche-Orient, Maghreb, Afrique, XIX^e-XXI^e siècles », Aix-en-Provence, 20 mai 2022 (date à confirmer)

43. 20^th ISA World Congress of Sociology on "Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies", Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022

44. "34. Deutscher Orientalistentag / 34^th German Oriental Congress" Combined with the "28^th International Congress of the German Middle Eastern Studies Association (DAVO)", Berlin, 11-17 September 2022

6^th World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES-6), University of La Manouba, Tunis, 19-23 September 2022

POSITIONS

46. Post-doctoral Position (Kurdish Studies) and Doctoral Position (Berber/Amazigh Studies), Heidelberg University

47. Post-doctoral Research Fellow (3 Years, Focus "Age & Generation" in Historical Iran), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin

48. Academic Coordinator for Joint Project on Democratic Impulses in North Africa and the Middle East since the 19th Century, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin

49. Post-doctoral Researcher on the “European Qur’an”, Université de Nantes

50. Lecturer in the History of the Middle East, SOAS University of London

51. Four Postdoctoral Fellowships in Middle East History, Tel Aviv University

52. Associate Director, Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Stanford University

53. Instructional Professor (Open Rank) in Persian, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago

54. Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History, Norwich University, Vermont

OTHER INFORMATION

55. Appel à Candidatures 2021: Prix Michel Seurat, Sociétés contemporaines du Proche-Orient et du Maghreb

56. MA Dual Degree in Islamic Studies and Muslim Cultures at Columbia (New York) and Aga Khan University (London)

57. ONLINE Short Course: “Water Governance: Concepts, Policy and Practice”, Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 28 & 30 April 2021, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm GMT

58. Summer Programme: "Gender in Muslim Contexts", Aga Khan University London, 28 June - 6 July 2021

59. École doctorale : « Les usages du Coran dans les sociétés musulmanes contemporaines », IRMC, Tunis, 14-18 juin 2021

60. Persian Language Summer School, ASPIRANTUM, Yerevan, Armenia, 4 July – 28 August 2021

61. MIDA/ENIS Summer School: "Spoken Images of/in Islam:Languages and Translations in Texts and Images", Università degli Studi di Catania, Sicily, New Dates: 5–9 July 2021

62. Articles for “Diyâr. Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies“

63. Articles by Young Scholars of Ottoman and Turkish History for "Essays in History" - An Open Access Journal for Emerging Hstorians (Vol. 54), University of Virginia

64. Articles on “Muslim Women and Gender at the Margins” for Special Issue of “Religions”

65. Articles on "Geopolitical Shifts and Ethnic Conflicts: The Transnational Kurdish Conflict in the Contemporary Middle East" for Special Issue of the “International Journal of Conflict and Violence"

66. Contributions for "The IASA Bulletin" of the International Association for the Study of Arabia (Spring 2021)

67. Chapters for the Edited Volume "Marxism in Muslim Contexts: Communist Organizing, Socialist Movement, and Religious Response"

68. New Entries in the "Mediterranean Syllabi Index" on Migrants and Borders in the Western Mediterranean

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CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS

Information : https://enseignements.ehess.fr/2020-2021/ue/1051

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2. 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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3. ONLINE Book Launch: "The Weaponized Camera in the Middle East: Videography, Aesthetics, and Politics in Israel and Palestine", University of San Francisco, 9 February 2021, 5:30 pm PST

Drawing on unprecedented access to the video archives of B'Tselem, an Israeli NGO that distributes cameras to Palestinians living in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, the author Liat Berdugo lays out an argument for a visual studies approach to videographic evidence in Israel/Palestine.

Information and registration: https://app.gopassage.com/events/liat-berdugo/

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4. ONLINE Séminar: "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 EST

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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The lecture will focus on wo Jewish physicians of the Ottoman period. The lecture will investigate the mind-set of two rather conservative and cautious scholars who, on the threshold of modernity, advocated profound changes along two axes, the Jewish-communal and medical-universal realms.

Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/religions-and-philosophies/events/jews-and-health-tradition-history-and-practice/10feb2021-medical-reform-and-jewish-reform-two-ottoman-jewish-physicians-around-1700.html

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6. ONLINE Talk by Scott Lucas: “The Search for Qur’anic Laws: Insights from a Yemeni Qur’an Commentary Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, 12 February 2021, 3:00 pm MST

The goal of this talk is to introduce the insights of a Yemeni-Zaydi scholar, Muhammad b. al-Hadi (d. 1320), found in his unpublished commentary, “The Garden and the Pool”. This talk will show how Ibn al-Hadi identified legal passages in the Qur'an and linked them to the vast discourse of Islamic law. It will also provide reflections upon the significance of Qur'anic laws for Muslims in the 21^st century.

Information: https://cmes.arizona.edu/colloquium/spring21/lucas

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7. ONLINE Seminaire Taher Labadi (Iremam/LEST): « Palestine: des savoirs économiques (dé)coloniaux ? », Paris, 12 février 2021, 15-17h CET

Information : https://enseignements.ehess.fr/2020-2021/ue/673;

registration : https://listsem.ehess.fr/courses/673/requests/new

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8. ONLINE Conference on "Libyan Revolution: The 10th Anniversary", National Council on US-Libya Relations and Top Experts on Libya, 17 February 2021, 2:00 pm ET

The experts will examine what went wrong during the last ten years. What can be learned from the demise of the Libyan Revolution? How can the lessons help Libyans come to terms today, and how can their experience inform other conflicts?

Information and program: https://9019dc52-82fd-4525-a89a-85c9639353fe.usrfiles.com/ugd/9019dc_de83cd68c8774abe80323fe83286a702.pdf. Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CrObXPrkSGCzrtCdJQFW9w

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This lecture is a part of the online series HISDEMAB (The Historicity of Democracy in the Arab and Muslim World) of Leibniz-ZMO Berlin, Leibniz-ZZF Potsdam, Leibniz-IEG, IFPO Amman, and the Université de la Manouba.

Information and registration: https://hisdemab.hypotheses.org/seminarprogramme

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10. ONLINE: 18^th Annual Islamicate Graduate Students Association Conference on “What Does Race Have to Do with Religion? Racialization and Worldwide Islam”, UNC-Duke, 20-21 February 2020

We are seeking submissions from fields inclusive of, but not limited to: Religious Studies, Political Science, Sociology, History, Art History, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Philosophy, Asian Studies, African American Studies, Geography, Women and Gender Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, American Studies, and African Studies.

Information: https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/41830/Call-for-Papers-What-Does-Race-Have-to-Do-with-Religion-Racialization-and-Worldwide-Islam

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11. ONLINE Lecture by Max Weiss: "Cultural History and/as Intellectual History in Baʿthist Syria", UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, 23 February 2021, 3:00 pm PT

Starting with the relationship between aesthetics and politics in the making of contemporary Syria the lecture will reflect on the relationship between cultural history and intellectual history in general, both through and beyond the case of Baʿthist Syria.

Information and registration: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/01/08/cultural-history-and-as-intellectual-history-in-bathist-syria

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12. ONLINE Annual Conference: “Meeting the Future Together: Opportunities and Challenges for the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 23-25 February 2021

The Conference will present panel discussions with experts and policymakers on trade, technology and education. This enables us to identify potential growth areas, future opportunities, understand how robust these sectors are and their pivotal role in paving the way for both regions to achieve their strategic priorities.

Information: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/event/middle-east-institute-annual-conference-2021/

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13. PhD Workshop: “Unthought Perspectives in the Study of Turkish Islam: Methodology and Research Prospects”, École pratique des hautes études and École des hautes études en sciences sociales (Date to be Announced)

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

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

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14. ONLINE Workshop: "The Making of Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa: Objects, Images, Spaces", UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, Part 1: 5 March 2021, 9:00 am PT; Part 2: 12 March 2021, 2:00 pm PT

This two-part workshop addresses minorities and minority-formation in the art, architecture, and urbanism of the Middle East and North Africa through time. A major goal is to consider the role of visual, spatial, and material cultures in mediating minor cultural formations. Another aim is to recognize the complex, varied terrain of interactions between minorities and majority cultures: to emphasize instances of transfer, exchange, and participation that challenge the binary of assimilation and opposition.

Information and registration: Part 1 https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/01/08/the-making-of-minorities-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-objects-images-spaces-part-1;

Part 2 https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/01/08/the-making-of-minorities-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-objects-images-spaces-part-2

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15. ONLINE Discussion "Trans/Formations in Arabic Literary Theory: Prospects and Limits", Columbia University, 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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16. HYBRID "14^th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies", Center for European & Mediterranean Affairs (CEMA), 29 March - 1 April 2021, Athens, Greece

We will accept both remote (online or pre-recorded) and onsite presentations.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2021. Information: https://www.atiner.gr/mediterranean

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17. ONLINE 4^th International Conference on "Arabs' and Muslims' History of Sciences: Scientific Legacy and its Contemporary Impacts", University of Sharjah, UAE, 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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18. 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 advisedb 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 writ-ten in Ottoman Turkish.

Information: https://benanlatilari.medeniyet.edu.tr/en/symposium/home-page-sempozyum

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19. 14^th Annual Conference of the Michigan State University Muslim Studies on "Global Islamophobia and the News Media, Entertainment Media, and Social Media", East Lansing, MI, 8-9 April 2021

Panelists from computer science, sociology, anthropology, religious studies, political science, communication, media studies, and psychology are invited to present their research on Islamophobia in the news media, entertainment media, and on social media.

Information: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/conference/ (select "2021")

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Conference: "Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East: The Silk Roads and Beyond", University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 8-10 April 2021

The conference examines the relationship between China and the Middle East, both ancient and modern. Papers that incorporate additional regions, such as Europe, Central Asia, or South/Southeast Asia are also encouraged, provided they are also incorporate both China and a country in the Middle East, broadly construed.

Information: mec-conference@sas.upenn.edu

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21. ONLINE Workshop: "Archival Methods and Global Palestine in the 1960s and 1970s", Roskilde University, Denmark, 16-17 April 2021

How can scholars, activists, and artists research, teach, write, and archive the history of the Palestinian revolution in a way that does justice to its global entanglements with other anti-colonial movements and in a way that recognizes the role of Palestinians in globalizing their revolution?

Information: https://ruc.dk/en/workshop-archival-methods-and-global-palestine-1960s-and-1970s

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22. ONLINE Symposium on “Iran and Global Decolonization”, University of Pennsylvania and the 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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23. Workshop on "Mitigation and Adaptation to Impact of Climate Change in the MENA Region", Economic Research Forum (ERF), June 2021

Topics include: The effects of climate change on economic activity, productivity and economic growth; What are the defining characteristics, country specific climate challenges? What adaptation measures/ policies are planned? How does climate change (gradual and extreme events) affect individual and household income/employment by sector/industry? Etc.

Information: https://mailchi.mp/erf.org.eg/call-for-proposals_climate_change?e=b6c891c6c3

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24. 21^st International Conference of Migration: "Border Thinking", Alpen-Adria-University of Klagenfurt, Austria, 17-18 June 2021

In respect to migration very different forms of borders develop their impact. In the dynamic process, social, political, and cultural factors become visible, within which specific social practices are manifest. The conference seeks to investigate these aspects with reference to the debates on decolonizing, utilizing the method of border thinking, a critical thinking about borders anchored in epistemic disobedience.

Information: https://www.cdmh.lu/resources/pdf/_base_4/1402574270138-21IMK_CFP_border_thinking_English.pdf

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25. International Conference of the British Association of Teachers of Arabic: "Teaching, Research and Scholarship Excellence in Arabic Language, Culture, Literature, Linguistics and Translation", University of Leeds, 24-25 June 2021

The Conference offers a platform for teachers, students and research scholars of Arabic language, culture, literature, linguistics and translation, to exchange ideas, share good practice and disseminate their scholarship and research to a wider audience.

Information: https://britisharabicteaching.org/bata-conference-24-25-june-2021

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26. Journée d’études : « Rire en Égypte : l’humour dans la poésie dialectale égyptienne », INALCO-CERMOM, Paris, 2 juillet 2021

Cette journée d’études se propose de mener des réflexions sur le rire dans la poésie dialectale égyptienne et d’examiner dans quelle mesure cette poésie véhiculait les divers aspects de l’humour et de l’ironie. Nous espérons ainsi retracer l’historique du poème dialectal égyptien depuis qu’il a commencé à prendre forme en passant du zajal dont le chef de fil est le poète Bayram al-Tūnisī, à sa forme poétique, et d’une critique sociale simple et directe aux vastes horizons poétiques et lyriques.

Information : http://www.inalco.fr/appel-communication/appel-communication-journee-etudes-rire-egypte-humour-poesie-dialectale

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27. ONLINE "The Migration Conference 2021", Ming-Ai Institute, London, 6-10 July 2021

The conference will focus on migration, migrant populations, diasporas, migration policies, labour migrations, refugees, migration theory, data and methods, COVID-19 impact, health and human mobility, migration history, economic impacts, remittances as well as non-migrants and the wider impact of human mobility on sending, transit and receiving societies.

Special panel on "Migration and Religion" see https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7092977/cfp-migration-and-religion-migration-conference-2021; Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2021. Information: https://www.migrationconference.net/

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28. ONLINE Panel on "What Does Diaspora Mean in the 21^st Century" during the "12^th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 12)", Kyoto, 24-27 August 2021

The conference will explore the meaning of diaspora in the 21^st century. The diasporic discourse is at risk of becoming teleological as a means of articulation, and, thereby, masking the very real struggles that may only eventually produce collectiveness. Or, does this disavow any room for dynamics within diasporic studies? The globalisation also brings with it a whole new set of parameters for perspectives on belonging.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6752090/icas-conference-diaspora-call-papers

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29. Panel on "European Islam and the Emergence of New Religious and Political Authorities between the Local Dimension and Transnationalities" during the "Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion", Münster, 30 August - 2 September 2021

The papers, with sociological, anthropological, theological and historical approaches, discuss how new forms of authority undermine the traditional ones and redefine the transnational ties between Islamic communities in Europe and Islamic countries which through various mechanisms influence the construction of European Islam.

Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2021. Information: Dr. Minoo Mirshahvalad (University of Turin), mmirshahvalad2@gmail.com

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30. Workshop and Publication: "Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750). A Thesaurus under Discussion", University Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7 September 2021

To achieve a comprehensive understanding of the relations between Christianity and Islam, the conference will especially discuss the following specific terms: Orient - Occident, Morgenland - Abendland, Doğu-Batı - Coexistence, Convivencia - Hybridity - Border-Frontier, Center - Periphery, Holy Land - Reconquista, Rückeroberung, Fetih.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 April 2021. Information: https://is-le.eu/calls/islamic-legacy-narratives-east-west-south-north-of-the-mediterranean-1350-1750-a-thesaurus-under-discussion/

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31. 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

Papers should deal with various aspects of the question of how colonial rule, and its demise, has shaped the perceptions of one another held by the colonial powers and the colonised peoples of the MENA region, including debates and conflicts that came to the fore in the post-colonial period. The conference will be in English or French. Papers will be published in "The Maghreb Review".

Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2021. Information: maghreb@maghrebreview.com

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32. ONLINE Workshop: "Rewiring the House of God: Religious Self-World Relations in the Digital Environment (Including Islam)", Universities of Birmingham, Graz and Erfurt, 15-17 September 2021

The workshop will examine the mutually transformative relationship between digital technologies and contemporary modes of religiosity.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2021. Information: https://www.uni-erfurt.de/en/max-weber-kolleg/kolleg/recent-news/translate-to-english-veranstaltungen/eventdetail/rewiring-the-house-of-god-religious-self-world-relations-in-the-digital-environment

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33. 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 is 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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34. ONLINE International Conference on “Canon and Censorship in the Islamic Intellectual and Theological History”, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 8-10 October 2021

Muslim societies and theologies did not witness the emergence of a single institution that establishes a binding canon for everyone who adheres to Islam. Instead, the constitutional positions are (re)negotiated constantly in a scholarly discourse. Against this backdrop, the conference focuses on the question of how certain texts and positions evolve to a canon while others get lost in time.

Information: https://www.islamische-theologie.hu-berlin.de/de/copy_of_forschung/islamische-ideengeschichte-1200-1800/medien/call-canon-and-censorship-1.pdf

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35. Workshop: “Expectations of Justice and Political Power in the Islamicate World (ca. 600-1500 CE), Leiden University, 27-29 October 2021

Participants are asked to present a case study discussing how just rule was defined and what actions and reactions it precipitated in specific historical, geographical and cultural contexts (local, regional and imperial). How was just rule or, conversely, the abuse of political power understood and defined? What solutions were at hand to redress unjust rule or to institute just rule? Etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2021. Information: https://emco.hcommons.org/events/event/799/

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36. Panel on “Confessional Frontiers in the Islamicate Mediterranean" during the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montréal , 28-31 October 2021

The organisers Travis Bruce (McGill University) and Brian Catlos (University of Colorado Boulder) invite papers that examine the ambiguous nature of the boundaries between the religio-political spheres of Dar al-Islam, Byzantine Christendom, and Latin Christendom, whether in terms of politics, commerce, culture, or ideology in relation to the Islamicate Mediterranean in the period from about 800 to about 1600.

Deadline for abstracts: 12 February 2021. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-confessional-frontiers-in-the-islamicate-mediterranean-mesa-28-31-october-montreal?e=82aeb6c61d

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37. Roundtable on “The State of Middle Eastern and North African Humor Studies: Past, Presents, Horizons”, during the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montréal , 28-31 October 2021

This roundtable aims to showcase different disciplinary approaches to humor while paying special attention to areas for future academic production and collaboration surrounding the topic of humor in Middle East Studies, whether through conference meetings, digital projects, edited volumes, or journal special issues.

Deadline for abstracts: 12 February 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7206975/cfp-2021-middle-east-studies-association-annual-meeting

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38. Panel on “Crime in the Archives”, during the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montréal , 28-31 October 2021

This panel brings together disciplinary and methodological perspectives on crime in different historical periods and spaces across the Middle East. It understands crime as both a violation of a legal code and as individual or group practices that represent—or are represented as—disruptions to dominant social, economic, or political orders

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8378/discussions/7217929/soliciting-participants-mesa-panel-crime-archives

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39. Colloque : « La guerre du Rif (1921-1926) : nouvelles approches (France, Espagne, Maroc) », Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme (MMSH) et de Sciences-Po Aix, à Aix-en-Provence, 17-19 novembre 2021

Le colloque sera très attentif à mettre en relation des archivistes et des chercheurs venus des trois pays concernés par l’événement et travaillant dans des domaines différents (histoire militaire, histoire coloniale, histoire politique, histoire des relations internationales, liens entre histoire et mémoire, mais aussi anthropologie ou histoire de la santé…), rarement réunis lors de manifestations scientifiques.

Les propositions de communication (en français ou en anglais) sont à renvoyer avant le 30 avril 2021. Information : https://iremam.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article7085&lang=fr

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40. 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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41. Panel on "Multilingualism in the Global Mediterranean" during the Annual Conference of the Modern Language Association (MLA), Washington DC, 6-9 January 2022

Papers are invited on the interplay of Arabic and European languages in the literary and cultural production of the Mediterranean in light of the region's long-standing history of mobility, exchange, convergence.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2021. Information: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2022/webprogrampreliminary/Paper16093.html

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42. Journée d’études : « Articuler l’histoire sociale et environmental : Proche-Orient, Maghreb, Afrique, XIX^e-XXI^e siècles », Aix-en-Provence, 20 mai 2022 (date à confirmer)

Cette journée d’études a pour objectif de rassembler des historien-ne-s contemporanéistes spécialistes du Proche-Orient, du Maghreb et de l’Afrique travaillant dans une optique environnementale.

Date limit pour les propositions de communication : 30 avril 2021. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/51458

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43. 20^th ISA World Congress of Sociology on "Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies", Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022

Mind this date! Information: https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress

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44. "34. Deutscher Orientalistentag / 34^th German Oriental Congress" Combined with the "28^th International Congress of the German Middle Eastern Studies Association (DAVO)", Berlin, 11-17 September 2022

Mind this date!

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6^th World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES-6), University of La Manouba, Tunis, 19-23 September 2022

Mind this date!

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POSITIONS

46. Post-doctoral 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 re-quired (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. Post-doctoral Research Fellow (3 Years, Focus "Age & Generation" in Historical Iran), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin

The research unit "Age & Generation" studies processes of reshaping inter-generational relations. The candidates must hold a PhD in history, anthropology, sociology, area studies, or cognate disciplines. Applications should preferably have a historical perspective.

Deadline for applications: 15 February 2021. Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/Ausschreibung_Age_Gen_Postdoc_1.pdf

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48. Academic Coordinator for Joint Project on Democratic Impulses in North Africa and the Middle East since the 19th Century, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin

Requirements: Above-average degree results (MA or equivalent) in the humanities or social sciences, ideally relating to West or North Africa. Very good German and English language skills; French skills desirable. Experience in academic management.

Deadline for applications: 16 February 2021. Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/Ausschreibung_Academic-CoordinatorEZV_ZMO.pdf

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49. Post-doctoral Researcher on the “European Qur’an”, Université de Nantes

To join the project “The European Qur’an: Islamic Scripture and European Culture and Religion (1150-1850)”. Requirements: Applicants should have a PhD in a discipline in the humanities by the time of application, or at least strong assurance that they will obtain the PhD by August 2021. Candidates should be fluent in English and French and have strong skills in other languages appropriate to their research topics. Some knowledge of and experience in digital humanities (e.g., XML-TEI) is welcome.

Deadline for applications: 31 March 2021. Information: https://euqu.eu/research-opportunities/

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50. Lecturer in the History of the Middle East, SOAS University of London

The preferred candidate will be proficient in the regional languages relevant for their research, with a demonstrated openness to transnational and interdisciplinary approaches. We particularly welcome applicants working on histories of gender, migration, and the environment. The periodic focus is open.

Deadline for applications: 14 March 2021. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/51899

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51. Four Postdoctoral Fellowships in Middle East History, Tel Aviv University

The fellowships, $30,000 each, are available for the academic year of 2021-2022, with a possibility of a one-year renewal. Fellows will conduct their research under the supervision of a senior faculty member from Tel Aviv University.

Deadline for applications: 11 February 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6940474/postdoctoral-fellowships-2021-2022-zvi-yavetz-school-historical

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52. Associate Director, Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Stanford University

Requirements: PhD strongly preferred; ability to develop program partnerships and funding sources; excellent oral, written, and analytical skills, exhibiting fluency in area of specialization; ability to oversee and direct staff; basic knowledge of managing budgets and developing financial plans.

Information: https://careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/associate-director-abbasi-program-in-islamic-studies-11439

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53. Instructional Professor (Open Rank) in Persian, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago

Applicants should demonstrate previous language teaching experience at the college or post-secondary level. An M.A. degree is required. Candidates with specialized training in second language acquisition are especially encouraged to apply. 1 September 2021 is the start date.

Deadline for applications: 11 February 2021. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/01/11/instructor-professor-open-rank-in-persian

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54. Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History, Norwich University, Vermont

While a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching is essential, particularly the ability to conduct both in-person and virtual classrooms, Norwich University is committed to junior faculty developing scholarship through a supportive faculty development program. A Ph.D. is strongly preferred, though strong A.B.D. candidates will be considered. Candidates with additional specialties in African history, South Asian history, and/or the Islamic world are encouraged to apply.

Deadline for applications: 16 February 2021. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60709

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OTHER INFORMATION

55. Appel à Candidatures 2021: Prix Michel Seurat, Sociétés contemporaines du Proche-Orient et du Maghreb

Ce programme vise à aider financièrement chaque année (15 000 € en 2021) un jeune chercheur, ressortissant d’un pays européen ou d'un pays du Proche-Orient ou du Maghreb, contribuant ainsi à promouvoir connaissance réciproque et compréhension entre la société française et le monde arabe.

Date limite de dépôt des candidatures : 15 avril 2021. Information : prix.michel-seurat@cnrs.fr.

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56. MA Dual Degree in Islamic Studies and Muslim Cultures at Columbia (New York) and Aga Khan University (London)

Students focus on the critical academic study of Islamic religious and intellectual traditions and on the diverse regional histories, cultures, and social formations of Muslim communities. Students spend the first part in New York, and part two in London, and receive degrees from both institutions.

Deadline for admission: 11 February 2021. Information: https://www.mei.columbia.edu/dual-mastersdegree

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57. ONLINE Short Course: “Water Governance: Concepts, Policy and Practice”, Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 28 & 30 April 2021, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm GMT

This two-day online course will introduce participants to major themes and policy frameworks in water governance with a focus on experiences of community-based water management in the Global South. The course aims to equip participants with perspectives to inform practical engagements in the water sector.

Information: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/water-governance-concepts-policy-and-practice-short-course-tickets-137447512209

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58. Summer Programme: "Gender in Muslim Contexts", Aga Khan University London, 28 June - 6 July 2021

Run by leading experts on gender and Islam, the programme will bring together scholars and students from diverse backgrounds to discuss key issues in the study of gender in Muslim contexts.

Deadline for application: 16 April 2021. Information: https://www.aku.edu/ismc/study/Pages/summer-programme.aspx

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59. École doctorale : « Les usages du Coran dans les sociétés musulmanes contemporaines », IRMC, Tunis, 14-18 juin 2021

Cet atelier doctoral entend examiner les modalités de cette reconfiguration en étudiant les incidences et les recompositions induites par ces nouveaux usages du Coran dans les activités ordinaires des croyants, y compris l’éducation religieuse.

Les dossiers sont attendus avant le 15 février 2021. Information: https://calenda.org/830282?file=1

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60. Persian Language Summer School, ASPIRANTUM, Yerevan, Armenia, 4 July – 28 August 2021

The 8 weeks Persian language summer school offers 160 hours of intensive Persian language classes during 40 days of teaching (from Monday till Friday each week). Every day the participants will receive Persian language instruction for 4 hours as well as after class lectures and extra trainings.

Information: https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-summer-school-04-july-28-august-2021-yerevan-armenia

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61. MIDA/ENIS Summer School: "Spoken Images of/in Islam:Languages and Translations in Texts and Images", Università degli Studi di Catania, Sicily, New Dates: 5–9 July 2021

The main objective of this school 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.

Deadline for application: 1 April 2021. Information: http://iismm.ehess.fr/docannexe/file/2147/call_ed2021_06_11_20_final3.pdf

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62. Articles for “Diyâr. Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies“

Diyâr is a new, interdisciplinary and interregional academic journal concerned with research on Turkey, the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, Iran, Central Asia and the Caucasus. We accept articles of a variety of research topics and areas in the field of the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences written in German, English, and French.

Deadline for articles: 15 March 2021. Information: https://www.diyar.nomos.de/index.php?id=7418&L=1

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63. Articles by Young Scholars of Ottoman and Turkish History for "Essays in History" - An Open Access Journal for Emerging Hstorians (Vol. 54), University of Virginia

Essays in History welcomes submissions from graduate students, scholars who have received their PhD within the last five years, and accomplished undergraduates.

Deadline for abstracts: 2 April 2021. Information: https://www.essaysinhistory.com

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64. Articles on “Muslim Women and Gender at the Margins” for Special Issue of “Religions”

This Special Issue seeks to focus on the heterogeneity and multiply gendered ways of being Muslim by drawing attention to the subjectivities, performativity and experiences of those women who tend to be marginalized even within critical feminist scholarship on women and Islam.

Deadline for manuscripts: 1 December 2021. Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Muslim_women_margins

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65. Articles on "Geopolitical Shifts and Ethnic Conflicts: The Transnational Kurdish Conflict in the Contemporary Middle East" for Special Issue of the “International Journal of Conflict and Violence"

Topics include: The Kurdish conflict through the lens of the geopolitics of Kurdistan in past and present; The rise and transformation of modern Kurdish nationalism; Intra-Kurdish relations: political, military, economic, social (tribes, sects, NGOs, associations); Cross-border mobility of the Kurds: etc. Guest Editors are Gülistan Gürbey (Freie Universität Berlin) and Arzu Yilmaz (University of Hamburg)

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2021. Information: https://ekvv.uni-bielefeld.de/blog/ikgblog/resource/IJCV/CfP_2021-3_final.pdf

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66. Contributions for "The IASA Bulletin" of the International Association for the Study of Arabia (Spring 2021)

The IASA Bulletin compiles notices on research, publications, fieldwork, museum updates, societies, conferences and events in the Arabian Peninsula as well as feature articles and book reviews.

Deadline for contributions: 14 February 2021. Information: https://www.theiasa.com/publications/bulletin/

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67. Chapters for the Edited Volume "Marxism in Muslim Contexts: Communist Organizing, Socialist Movement, and Religious Response"

Proposals investigating Muslim responses to Marxism from historical, anthropological, literary, sociological, cultural, and religious perspectives are welcomed.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2021. Information: dwidmannabraham@ursinus.edu.

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68. New Entries in the "Mediterranean Syllabi Index" on Migrants and Borders in the Western Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Syllabi Index is an open-access resource for instructors developing or teaching undergraduate and graduate courses relating to Mediterranean Studies from Antiquity to the present. Latest entry: "The Western Mediterranean: The World’s Deadliest Border for Migrants and Refugees" [HIST 350-01, Upper-level undergraduate, Seminar, Remote, 2021] and "Histories of a Sea: Commerce, Culture and Material".

Information and download: http://www.mediterraneanseminar.org/syllabus

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samedi 6 février 2021

EURAMES Info Service 06/2021

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