CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS
1. ONLINE Lecture: “Communal Representation, Imperial Deliberation and the Question of Democracy within the Late-Ottoman Parliament” by Elke Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 13 December 2021, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm CET
2. ONLINE Webinar: “New Media and Revolution: Resistance and Dissent in Pre-uprising Syria” by Billie Jeanne Brownlee (University of Exeter), London Middle East Institute, 14 December 2021, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT
3. ONLINE Conférence Euromed-IHEDN : « Religieux sur la scène sociale politique égyptienne actuelle » avec Lamiss Azab, Paris, 14 décembre 2021 à 19:00 h CET
4. ONLINE Webinar: “Libya’s Upcoming Elections and Prospects for Democratic Transition”, Arab Center Washington DC, 16 December 2021, 10:00 am - 11:30 am ET
5. ONLINE Webinar: “Urban Water Scarcity: From Nature to Politics” by Lama El-Hatow (John Hopkins University) CEDEJ, 16 December 2021, 2:30 pm CET
6. ONLINE Conference: “Citizenship, Sectarianism and Belonging (Focus MENA)”, University of Lancaster, 16-17 December 2021
7. Forum on “New Approaches toward a Scientific National Narrative for Palestine and Its Region”, Palestine Ministry of Culture, Cairo, 17-19 December 2021
8. International Workshop: “The World since World War II (Focus Middle East)”, St Aloysius College, Mangalore, India, 7-9 January 2022
9. ONLINE Conférence-débat autour de l’ouvrage de Daniel Rivet « Henry de Castries (1850-1927). Du Faubourg Saint-Germain au Maroc, un aristocrate islamophile en République », EHESS, IISMM, Paris, 13 janvier 2022, 10:00 - 12:00 h CET
10. Workshop of the Mediterranean Seminar: “Sacred Space(s),” Fresno, California, 11-12 February 2022
11. Second International Congress: “Dynamics of South-South Relations. Permanence and Evolution of the Political Alliances of the Global South (1810-2022)”, Autonomous University of Madrid, 22-23 February 2022
12. Conference: “From Enemies to Allies? Turkish-Russian Relations”, Institute of East European History and Institut für Islamisch-Theologische Studien, University of Vienna, 11 March 2022
13. Conference for Graduate Students in Western Universities, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, 26-28 March 2022
14. Conference of the Maghreb Review and the Maghreb Studies Association: “Empire in the Middle East and the Maghreb: The Shaping of Hopes and Perspectives”, Oxford, 28-29 March 2022
15. International Conference: “Iraq Twenty Years After the US Invasion: Memory Politics, Governance and Protests”, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, 29-31 March 2023
16. Conference: “Forms and Functions of Islamic Philosophy”, Bard College, New York, 31 March – 1 April 2021
17. Roundtable Workshop: “The Arab-majority and Muslim-majority Worlds in/and Contemporary Decolonisation Debates”, University of Edinburgh, 5-6 April 2022
18. ONLINE Symposium: “Reimagining Sephardic Studies: Provocations from Outside the Fold”, Columbia University – UCLA, 1 May 2022
19. Med Sem Spring 2022 Workshop: “Crisis and Displacement” (Focus Mediterranean Region, North Africa), Rutgers University, Newark, 6-7 May 2022
20. Session on “Negotiating Religion, Gender, and Travel in the (Arabic) Medieval Mediterranean” during the “57th International Congress on Medieval Studies”, Western Michigan University, 9-14 May 2021
21. Conference: “The Sages of Egypt: Their Works and Activity from the 17th to the Mid-19th Centuries”, Schocken Institute, Jerusalem, 7 June 2022
22. Conference on “Social Justice in Multicultural Settings”, Arab Academic College, Haifa, 7-9 June 2022
23. Conference: “Canon or Code? Standardising and Transmitting Islamic Law”, Bergen, 16-18 June 2022
24. Workshop on “Purity, Pollution, Purification and Defilement in the Premodern Mediterranean”, Haifa University and Tel Aviv University, 28-30 June 2022
25. BRISMES 2022 Conference: “Exploring and Contesting the (Re)production of Coloniality in the Middle East: Borders, Transnationalism, and Resistance”, MECACS, University St Andrews, 4-6 July 2022
26. Conference: “What Makes a Pilgram a Pilgram? Conceptualising Pilgrims and Pilgrimage, c. 300-1600?” (Focus Muslim Pilgrims), Manchester Metropolitan University, 13-14 July 2022
27. Workshop: “Arab-Soviet Internationalism – Socialist Internationalism, International Organizations and the Politics of Revolution in the 20th and 21st Centuries”, Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin, 13-15 Juli 2022
28. HYBRID 12th Annual Gulf Research Meeting, Gulf Research Center Cambridge, UK, 14-16 July 2022
29. 20th ISA World Congress of Sociology: “Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies”, Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022
30. “34. Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT) / 34th German Oriental Congress” Combined with the “28th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)”, Free University Berlin, 12-17 September 2022
31. « Forum Insaniyyat Tunis » – Forum international des sciences humaines et sociales, Université de la Manouba (UMA), Tunis, 20-24 Septembre 2022
32. 32e édition du Festival International de Géographie de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Thème "Déserts", 30 septembre – 2 octobre 2022
POSITIONS
33. Three Positions for Research Associates/PhD Candidates, Center for Interdisciplinary Peace and Conflict Research (INTERACT), Freie Universität Berlin
34. Full Professorship (W3) for Jewish Religion and Philosophy, University of Potsdam
35. Senior Lecturer at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna
36. Several Full-time Open-rank Faculty Positions, Department of Comparative Literature, Koç University, Istanbul
37. Appel à projets 2022 pour Etudiant.e.s. de Master, Doctorant.e.s, Post-doctorant.e.s, Chercheur.e.s, Centre Jacques-Berque pour les études en Sciences Humaines et Sociales (CJB), Maroc, Mauritanie, Maghreb
38. Interdisciplinary Scholar of Places, Movement and Cultural Practices Professor (Tenure Track / Open Rank), New York University Abu Dhabi
39. Visiting Assistant Professor in Jewish Studies, Western Kentucky University
40. Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
41. Assistant Professor of Islamic Art History, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
42. Assistant Professor in History of the Pre-1500 Islamicate World, Central Washington University
43. Postdoctoral Research Associate on Contemporary Politics at the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, NES, Princeton University
44. Stephen H. Hoffman Professorship in Modern Hebrew Language and Literature, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
45. Visiting Fellowships for Harvard Law School’s Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, 2022–2023
46. Perilman Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University
47. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Byzantine Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
OTHER INFORMATION
48. SWP Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German Institute for International and Security Affairs): “Rectification of False Reports about Our Senior Fellow Dr. Isabelle Werenfels”
49. Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Award in Palestine Studies 2022-2023, Center for Palestine Studies, Columbia University
50. Fellowship Applications 2022-23 at the Center for Arabic Study Abroad, University of Arizona, MENAS
51. Six Archive Fellowships of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) 2022 in New York or Jerusalem
52. Summer School for Doctoral Students on “The Qur`an in Inter-Christian Polemic”, Nantes, 13-17 June 2022
53. Articles on “Israel-Turkey Relations in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape” for Special Issue of Journal “Israel Affairs”
54. Articles on “Transnational Consumption and International Distribution of Turkish TV Series in the New Global Televisual Landscape” for Special Issue of “The International Communication Gazette”
55. Articles on “The Western Mediterranean and Relations Between Religious Communities In All Area” for Special Issue of the Journal “Maghreb Review”
56. Articles on “Libya(s) in the Making” for Special Issue of the Journal “L´Année du Maghreb”
57. Articles on “Sufism in the Modern World” for Special Issue of the Journal “Religions” (A&HCI)
58. Articles for Edited Book on “Levantines of the Ottoman World: Communities, Identities, and Cultures”
59. Chapters for Edited Book on “Art against Authoritarianism: Aesthetic Activism in Post-Arab Spring Middle East and North Africa” (IB Tauris)
60. Chapters for Edited Book on “Sociolinguistic Approaches to Arabic and Spanish in Contact”, DePauw University
61. Proposals for New Book Series “Mediterranean Counterpoints”, Malta University Press and Berghahn Publishers
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CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS 1. ONLINE Lecture: “Communal Representation, Imperial Deliberation and the Question of Democracy within the Late-Ottoman Parliament” by Elke Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 13 December 2021, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm CET 2. ONLINE Webinar: “New Media and Revolution: Resistance and Dissent in Pre-uprising Syria” by Billie Jeanne Brownlee (University of Exeter), London Middle East Institute, 14 December 2021, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT 3. ONLINE Conférence Euromed-IHEDN : « Religieux sur la scène sociale politique égyptienne actuelle » avec Lamiss Azab, Paris, 14 décembre 2021 à 19:00 h CET 4. ONLINE Webinar: “Libya’s Upcoming Elections and Prospects for Democratic Transition”, Arab Center Washington DC, 16 December 2021, 10:00 am - 11:30 am ET 5. ONLINE Webinar: “Urban Water Scarcity: From Nature to Politics” by Lama El-Hatow (John Hopkins University) CEDEJ, 16 December 2021, 2:30 pm CET 6. ONLINE Conference: “Citizenship, Sectarianism and Belonging (Focus MENA)”, University of Lancaster, 16-17 December 2021 7. Forum on “New Approaches toward a Scientific National Narrative for Palestine and Its Region”, Palestine Ministry of Culture, Cairo, 17-19 December 2021 8. International Workshop: “The World since World War II (Focus Middle East)”, St Aloysius College, Mangalore, India, 7-9 January 2022 9. ONLINE Conférence-débat autour de l’ouvrage de Daniel Rivet « Henry de Castries (1850-1927). Du Faubourg Saint-Germain au Maroc, un aristocrate islamophile en République », EHESS, IISMM, Paris, 13 janvier 2022, 10:00 - 12:00 h CET 10. Workshop of the Mediterranean Seminar: “Sacred Space(s),” Fresno, California, 11-12 February 2022 11. Second International Congress: “Dynamics of South-South Relations. Permanence and Evolution of the Political Alliances of the Global South (1810-2022)”, Autonomous University of Madrid, 22-23 February 2022 12. Conference: “From Enemies to Allies? Turkish-Russian Relations”, Institute of East European History and Institut für Islamisch-Theologische Studien, University of Vienna, 11 March 2022 13. Conference for Graduate Students in Western Universities, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, 26-28 March 2022 14. Conference of the Maghreb Review and the Maghreb Studies Association: “Empire in the Middle East and the Maghreb: The Shaping of Hopes and Perspectives”, Oxford, 28-29 March 2022 15. International Conference: “Iraq Twenty Years After the US Invasion: Memory Politics, Governance and Protests”, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, 29-31 March 2023 16. Conference: “Forms and Functions of Islamic Philosophy”, Bard College, New York, 31 March - 1 April 2021 17. Roundtable Workshop: “The Arab-majority and Muslim-majority Worlds in/and Contemporary Decolonisation Debates”, University of Edinburgh, 5-6 April 2022 18. ONLINE Symposium: “Reimagining Sephardic Studies: Provocations from Outside the Fold”, Columbia University – UCLA, 1 May 2022 19. Med Sem Spring 2022 Workshop: “Crisis and Displacement” (Focus Mediterranean Region, North Africa), Rutgers University, Newark, 6-7 May 2022 20. Session on “Negotiating Religion, Gender, and Travel in the (Arabic) Medieval Mediterranean” during the “57th International Congress on Medieval Studies”, Western Michigan University, 9-14 May 2021 21. Conference: “The Sages of Egypt: Their Works and Activity from the 17th to the Mid-19th Centuries”, Schocken Institute, Jerusalem, 7 June 2022 22. Conference on “Social Justice in Multicultural Settings”, Arab Academic College, Haifa, 7-9 June 2022 23. Conference: “Canon or Code? Standardising and Transmitting Islamic Law”, Bergen, 16-18 June 2022 24. Workshop on “Purity, Pollution, Purification and Defilement in the Premodern Mediterranean”, Haifa University and Tel Aviv University, 28-30 June 2022 25. BRISMES 2022 Conference: “Exploring and Contesting the (Re)production of Coloniality in the Middle East: Borders, Transnationalism, and Resistance”, MECACS, University St Andrews, 4-6 July 2022 26. Conference: “What Makes a Pilgram a Pilgram? Conceptualising Pilgrims and Pilgrimage, c. 300- 1600?” (Focus Muslim Pilgrims), Manchester Metropolitan University, 13-14 July 2022 27. Workshop: “Arab-Soviet Internationalism – Socialist Internationalism, International Organizations and the Politics of Revolution in the 20th and 21st Centuries”, Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin, 13- 15 Juli 2022 28. HYBRID 12th Annual Gulf Research Meeting, Gulf Research Center Cambridge, UK, 14-16 July 2022 29. 20th ISA World Congress of Sociology: “Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies”, Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022 30. “34. Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT) / 34th German Oriental Congress” Combined with the “28th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)”, Free University Berlin, 12-17 September 2022 31. « Forum Insaniyyat Tunis » – Forum international des sciences humaines et sociales, Université de la Manouba (UMA), Tunis, 20-24 Septembre 2022 32. 32e édition du Festival International de Géographie de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Thème "Déserts", 30 septembre – 2 octobre 2022 POSITIONS 33. Three Positions for Research Associates/PhD Candidates, Center for Interdisciplinary Peace and Conflict Research (INTERACT), Freie Universität Berlin 34. Full Professorship (W3) for Jewish Religion and Philosophy, University of Potsdam 35. Senior Lecturer at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna 36. Several Full-time Open-rank Faculty Positions, Department of Comparative Literature, Koç University, Istanbul 37. Appel à projets 2022 pour Etudiant.e.s. de Master, Doctorant.e.s, Post-doctorant.e.s, Chercheur.e.s, Centre Jacques-Berque pour les études en Sciences Humaines et Sociales (CJB), Maroc, Mauritanie, Maghreb 38. Interdisciplinary Scholar of Places, Movement and Cultural Practices Professor (Tenure Track / Open Rank), New York University Abu Dhabi 39. Visiting Assistant Professor in Jewish Studies, Western Kentucky University 40. Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 41. Assistant Professor of Islamic Art History, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 42. Assistant Professor in History of the Pre-1500 Islamicate World, Central Washington University 43. Postdoctoral Research Associate on Contemporary Politics at the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, NES, Princeton University 44. Stephen H. Hoffman Professorship in Modern Hebrew Language and Literature, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio 45. Visiting Fellowships for Harvard Law School’s Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, 2022–2023 46. Perilman Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University 47. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Byzantine Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana OTHER INFORMATION 48. SWP Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German Institute for International and Security Affairs): “Rectification of False Reports about Our Senior Fellow Dr. Isabelle Werenfels” 49. Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Award in Palestine Studies 2022-2023, Center for Palestine Studies, Columbia University 50. Fellowship Applications 2022-23 at the Center for Arabic Study Abroad, University of Arizona, MENAS 51. Six Archive Fellowships of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) 2022 in New York or Jerusalem 52. Summer School for Doctoral Students on “The Qur`an in Inter-Christian Polemic”, Nantes, 13-17 June 2022 53. Articles on “Israel-Turkey Relations in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape” for Special Issue of Journal “Israel Affairs” 54. Articles on “Transnational Consumption and International Distribution of Turkish TV Series in the New Global Televisual Landscape” for Special Issue of “The International Communication Gazette” 55. Articles on “The Western Mediterranean and Relations Between Religious Communities In All Area” for Special Issue of the Journal “Maghreb Review” 56. Articles on “Libya(s) in the Making” for Special Issue of the Journal “L´Année du Maghreb” 57. Articles on “Sufism in the Modern World” for Special Issue of the Journal “Religions” (A&HCI) 58. Articles for Edited Book on “Levantines of the Ottoman World: Communities, Identities, and Cultures” 59. Chapters for Edited Book on “Art against Authoritarianism: Aesthetic Activism in Post-Arab Spring Middle East and North Africa” (IB Tauris) 60. Chapters for Edited Book on “Sociolinguistic Approaches to Arabic and Spanish in Contact”, DePauw University 61. Proposals for New Book Series “Mediterranean Counterpoints”, Malta University Press and Berghahn Publishers If you want to distribute an announcement via DAVO-Info-Service (about 1300 recipients) and EURAMES Info Service (more than 6000 recipients, only English and French announcements), please apply the usual format of the text with no more than 50 words and no attachment. Please send only the most important information to davo@geo.uni-mainz.de and refer to further details with a link to the respective website or an email address. Best regards, Guenter Meyer, Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, in cooperation with the University of Sharjah __________________________________________ CONFERENCES / ONLINE EVENTS 1. ONLINE Lecture: “Communal Representation, Imperial Deliberation and the Question of Democracy within the Late-Ottoman Parliament” by Elke Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 13 December 2021, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm CET The lecture examines the example of the Armenian deputies in the first Ottoman parliament. Who were they? How were the deputies chosen and elected? Whom did they represent? What did representation mean to them and / or their communities? Were these topics debated? Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/communal-representation-imperial-deliberationand-the-question-of-democracy-within-the-late-ottoman-parliament ___________________________________ 2. ONLINE Webinar: “New Media and Revolution: Resistance and Dissent in Pre-uprising Syria” by Billie Jeanne Brownlee (University of Exeter), London Middle East Institute, 14 December 2021, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm GMT To refute the idea that the population of Syria was largely apathetic and apolitical prior to the uprising, Brownlee explains that social media and technology created camouflaged geographies and spaces where individuals could protest without being detected. He offers a refreshing insight into the way new media can facilitate a culture of resistance and dissent in authoritarian states. Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/14dec2021-new-media-and-revolution-resistance-and-dissent-in-pre-uprising-syria.html ___________________________________ 3. ONLINE Conférence Euromed-IHEDN : « Religieux sur la scène sociale politique égyptienne actuelle » avec Lamiss Azab, Paris, 14 décembre 2021 à 19:00 h CET Janvier 2011 et juin 2013, deux moments révolutionnaires cruciaux et atypiques dans l'histoire de l'Egypte contemporaine et qu'il nous faut encore analyser en détail pour mieux comprendre l'évolution de la place du religieux sur la scène politique et sociale égyptienne aujourd'hui. Information et inscription : http://www.euromed-ihedn.fr/files/21-12-14---Invitation-au-video-entretien-avecLamiss-AZAB.pdf ___________________________________ 4. ONLINE Webinar: “Libya’s Upcoming Elections and Prospects for Democratic Transition”, Arab Center Washington DC, 16 December 2021, 10:00 am - 11:30 am ET A panel of experts will consider questions about the situation in Libya: Do these elections present a window of opportunity to achieve significant positive change in a post-conflict Libya? What are the prospects for ending the violence and divisions and installing sustainable democratic and political institutions? Can the elections be truly transparent, democratic, and fair? Information and registration: https://arabcenterdc.org/event/libyas-upcoming-elections-and-prospects-fordemocratic-transition/ ___________________________________ 5. ONLINE Webinar: “Urban Water Scarcity: From Nature to Politics” by Lama El-Hatow (John Hopkins University) CEDEJ, 16 December 2021, 2:30 pm CET The event will gather specialists from Egypt, France, and the United States to provide a multi-disciplinary discussion about one of the most pressing issues facing our cities today: How can cities minimize the impacts of water scarcity, and address water and sanitation issues with an integrated approach, in the context of unabated urbanization and inequality in many cities of the world? Information and registration: http://cedej-eg.org/index.php/2021/12/01/urban-water-scarcity-from-nature-topolitics-16-december-2021/ ___________________________________ 6. ONLINE Conference: “Citizenship, Sectarianism and Belonging (Focus MENA)”, University of Lancaster, 16-17 December 2021 The study of citizenship has received renewed attention in Middle East and North Africa studies across recent years. How do citizenship and nationalism interact in the Middle East, and to what effect? Information: https://www.sepad.org.uk/event/citizenship-sectarianism-and-belonging ___________________________________ 7. Forum on “New Approaches toward a Scientific National Narrative for Palestine and Its Region”, Palestine Ministry of Culture, Cairo, 17-19 December 2021 Topics include: re-interpreting excavations reports, epigraphical discoveries, antecedents, anthropological studies; historical depth of popular language and common heritage; place names and “sacred” places; re- search methods toward a new Palestinian historical school, a unified Palestine history across the depth of millennia; etc. Travel and accommodation costs are covered. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/8361992/palestine-new-approacheshistory-and-culture-palestine-and-its ___________________________________ 8. International Workshop: “The World since World War II (Focus Middle East)”, St Aloysius College, Mangalore, India, 7-9 January 2022 By the participation of international experts, this workshop will look from various fields at ‘The World since World War II’ aimed at benefiting undergraduate and postgraduate teachers/scholars of Social Sciences and Humanities belonging to the Asian region. This would help the teaching community to enlighten themselves and to form new syllabi and eventually help this knowledge percolate down the student community. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7491246/international-workshop- %E2%80%98-world-world-war-ii%E2%80%99 ___________________________________ 9. ONLINE Conférence-débat autour de l’ouvrage de Daniel Rivet « Henry de Castries (1850- 1927). Du Faubourg Saint-Germain au Maroc, un aristocrate islamophile en République », EHESS, IISMM, Paris, 13 janvier 2022, 10:00 - 12:00 h CET Tour à tour officier de bureau arabe dans le Sud-Ouest oranais de 1875 à 1882, conseiller général en Maineet-Loire de 1884 à 1914, colonel d’un régiment de la territoriale sur le front en 1914, conseiller historique du gouvernement chérifien après-guerre au Maroc, Henry de Castries échappe à toute catégorisation simpliste. Information et inscription : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/57099 ___________________________________ 10. Workshop of the Mediterranean Seminar: “Sacred Space(s),” Fresno, California, 11-12 February 2022 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam developed in the Mediterranean region. Religious and political elites supported or destroyed sacred spaces to enhance their own status and legitimacy. This workshop will explore how sacred spaces helped shape, and were shaped by, inter-communal dynamics in the Mediterranean from prehistory to the modern era. Deadline for registration: 1 February 2022. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-sacred-spaces-winter-2022-mediterranean-seminar-workshop-11-12-february-fresno?e=82aeb6c61d ___________________________________ 11. Second International Congress: “Dynamics of South-South Relations. Permanence and Evolution of the Political Alliances of the Global South (1810-2022)”, Autonomous University of Madrid, 22-23 February 2022 The objective of this Congress is to deepen understanding of the political, economic, and cultural ties established between the nations of the Global South by reflecting on the transformations, continuities and breaks that South-South ties have experienced from the decolonization processes to the present day. Information: https://redessursur.wordpress.com/2021/07/16/cfp-ii-congress-south-south ___________________________________ 12. Conference: “From Enemies to Allies? Turkish-Russian Relations”, Institute of East European History and Institut für Islamisch-Theologische Studien, University of Vienna, 11 March 2022 The conference focuses on historical and contemporary political, economic, religious, cultural and military relations between the Ottoman Empire or Turkey and Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union or the Russian Federation. Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2021. Information: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mueller w.mueller@univie.ac.at ___________________________________ 13. Conference for Graduate Students in Western Universities, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, 26-28 March 2022 The conference will provide Arab doctoral students and recent PhD graduates of the social sciences and humanities based at Western universities an open space to present papers rooted in their graduate studies. This unique conference will give the participants the chance to benefit from discussions with their peers and with established Arab academics. Information: https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/Events/Graduate-Students-in-Western-Universities-3rdRound-Upcoming/Pages/index.aspx ___________________________________ 14. Conference of the Maghreb Review and the Maghreb Studies Association: “Empire in the Middle East and the Maghreb: The Shaping of Hopes and Perspectives”, Oxford, 28-29 March 2022 The aim of this conference is to examine how European colonialism and great power rivalry in the Middle East and North Africa have shaped the perspectives of the peoples in these countries and their hopes for their future. Special significance should be given to the means by which Muslims affirmed in this period their attachment to Islamic norms and pride in Islamic civilisation. Deadline for abstracts: 30 December 2021. Information: https://www.maghrebreview.com/en/conferences.html ___________________________________ 15. International Conference: “Iraq Twenty Years After the US Invasion: Memory Politics, Governance and Protests”, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, 29-31 March 2023 The conference will shed new light on the main factors shaping Iraqi politics and society since the US invasion of 2003. It will take stock of the scholarship on Iraq’s modern history, post 2003 transformations and current developments, with a special focus on questions of govern ance, institutions, protest movements, and the politics of memory. Deadline for abstracts: 20 January 2022. Information: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/news/call-for-papers-iraq-conference-2023/ ___________________________________ 16. Conference: “Forms and Functions of Islamic Philosophy”, Bard College, New York, 31 March - 1 April 2021 The conference seeks to highlight how Islamic philosophy (falsafa/ḥikma) was practiced “in conversation”- between scholars, with various audiences, and with different disciplines, approaches, and rhetoric. Islamic philosophy was composed not only in traditional forms of treatises and commentaries, but also through narratives written in poetry and prose. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/8532192/cfp-forms-and-functions-islamic-philosophy ___________________________________ 17. Roundtable Workshop: “The Arab-majority and Muslim-majority Worlds in/and Contemporary Decolonisation Debates”, University of Edinburgh, 5-6 April 2022 This workshop seeks to specifically think through the decolonising movement and an engagement with it from the histories, experiences, perspectives, traditions, and problematics of the Arab-majority and Muslim-majority worlds (broadly defined) as a contribution toward growing decolonial scholarship and movement. Deadline für abstracts: 15 December 2021. Information: https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/call-papers-arabmajority-and-muslim-majority-worlds-inand-contemporary-decolonisation-debates ___________________________________ 18. ONLINE Symposium: “Reimagining Sephardic Studies: Provocations from Outside the Fold”, Columbia University – UCLA, 1 May 2022 Papers will answer the question: What is the relationship between Sephardic Studies and the emergence of Mizrahi critique in Israel and the Anglophone world? How have scholars invested in Sephardic or Mizrahi Studies related to Palestinian scholarship, and to issues of state violence? How might recent theories of racialization, capitalism, migration, and settler colonialism compel us to reframe the study of Jews in SWANA? Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/8969954/reimagining-sephardic-studies-provocations-outside-fold ___________________________________ 19. Med Sem Spring 2022 Workshop: “Crisis and Displacement” (Focus Mediterranean Region, North Africa), Rutgers University, Newark, 6-7 May 2022 We invite abstracts of in-progress drafts of articles or book/dissertation chapters on any subject (historical, cultural, literary, artistic, historiographical, sociological or anthropological) relating to issues of crisis (broadly construed) and displacement in the premodern or modern Mediterranean. Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2021. Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1wsu BMDc-Q5T4ID5n8noHItYzSCUhAl4l1mUtlZKzlaupkQ/viewform ___________________________________ 20. Session on “Negotiating Religion, Gender, and Travel in the (Arabic) Medieval Mediterranean” during the “57th International Congress on Medieval Studies”, Western Michigan University, 9-14 May 2021 People in the medieval Mediterranean were connected by networks of trade, family and knowledge. This panel aims to explore how Spanish, French, Arabic, and Italian authors imagined the people who lived these networks and their effects, including enslaved peoples, scholars and merchants. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-negotiating-religion-gender-and-travel-in-the-medieval-mediterranean-9-14-may-kalamazoo-online?e=82aeb6c61d ___________________________________ 21. Conference: “The Sages of Egypt: Their Works and Activity from the 17th to the Mid-19th Centuries”, Schocken Institute, Jerusalem, 7 June 2022 This conference tries to bring to light the works of rabbis in the fields of halacha, Jewish Though, Kabbalah, homiletics, and exegesis, and to illuminate the implications of these works for the cultural, social, and religious life of Egyptian Jews of the era. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/28655/discussions/8600019/cfp-sages-egypt-their-works-andactivity-17th-mid-19th-centuries ___________________________________ 22. Conference on “Social Justice in Multicultural Settings”, Arab Academic College, Haifa, 7-9 June 2022 Conference sessions will explore the relationship between social justice and multiculturalism, especially as they are related to education. In Israel with four major religions, teachers, educators, academic researchers and policy makers live social justice issues every day. Presenters from around the world will bring experiences from their cultural contexts. Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2021. Information: http://sjms2022.arabcol.net/sjms2022arabcol/
23. Conference: “Canon or Code? Standardising and Transmitting Islamic Law”, Bergen, 16-18 June 2022 Papers are invited for four thematic panels: 1) Courts as a Locus for Standardization; 2) Standardization of fiqh; 3) Transmission of Knowledge; and 4) Translation and Canonization. Deadline for abstracts: 10 January 2022. Information: https://www.uib.no/en/cancode/149132/canon-orcode-standardising-and-transmitting-islamic-law#conference-nbsp-description-and-nbsp-call-for-nbsp-papers-nbsp- ___________________________________ 24. Workshop on “Purity, Pollution, Purification and Defilement in the Premodern Mediterranean”, Haifa University and Tel Aviv University, 28-30 June 2022 Welcome are papers relating to the three Abrahamic religions as well as numerous pagan, local and heterodox cults and relating to the concepts of time, space and purity; to rituals and practice of purity; personhood and purity; the relationship between the personal and the communal in respect to im/purity; the transmission of beliefs, texts and practices across the multi-religious/ethnic region; purity and social hierarchies; medical discourses and purity; Im/purity and emotions. Deadline for abstracts 15 February 2022. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-puritypollution-purification-and-defilement-mediterranean-seminar-workshop-28-30-june-2022- haifa?e=82aeb6c61d ___________________________________ 25. BRISMES 2022 Conference: “Exploring and Contesting the (Re)production of Coloniality in the Middle East: Borders, Transnationalism, and Resistance”, MECACS, University St Andrews, 4-6 July 2022 With the global and historic calls for decolonisation, reparations, and justice increasingly being made and heard within the academy, this conference seeks to amplify and deepen the conversation on (de)coloniality within Middle East studies. Information: https://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference ___________________________________ 26. Conference: “What Makes a Pilgram a Pilgram? Conceptualising Pilgrims and Pilgrimage, c. 300-1600?” (Focus Muslim Pilgrims), Manchester Metropolitan University, 13-14 July 2022 Conference themes: Varieties and definitions of Medieval Pilgrimage; All ‘pilgrimage’ traditions including Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, and Pagan; Terminologies (past and present) used to describe Medieval Pilgrims; Comparative approaches to Medieval pilgrimage; Anthropological and interdisciplinary approaches to Medieval pilgrimage. Deadline for abstracts: 17 December 2021. Information: https://adterramsanctam.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/pilgrimage-conference-cfp.pdf ___________________________________ 27. Workshop: “Arab-Soviet Internationalism – Socialist Internationalism, International Organizations and the Politics of Revolution in the 20th and 21st Centuries”, Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin, 13-15 Juli 2022 The workshop will brings together expertise from various historical schools and social science disciplines to richly-differentiated landscapes of Arab-Soviet and post-Soviet relations, and build hypotheses on and from traditional narratives about “the” Socialist-Arab alliances in the 20th century, as well as any enduring impact on current affairs. Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2021. Information: https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-114230?language=en ___________________________________ 28. HYBRID 12th Annual Gulf Research Meeting, Gulf Research Center Cambridge, UK, 14-16 July 2022 Scholars are invited to apply to direct a workshop focusing on political, economic, security or social issues related to the Gulf region. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/11/12/12th-annual-gulf-research-meeting-call-for-workshop-proposals ___________________________________ 29. 20th ISA World Congress of Sociology: “Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies”, Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022 This World Congress of Sociology will focus on how sociologists worldwide can (and do) contribute to the understanding of the resurgent authoritarianism and analyze the new entanglements of religions, politics, and economies. It will also focus on how sociologists engage (physically and critically) in the formidable social movements we are witnessing today in different parts of the world and in a renascent civil society. Information: https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress ___________________________________ 30. “34. Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT) / 34th German Oriental Congress” Combined with the “28,1h International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)”, Freie Universität Berlin, 12-17 September 2022 The DOT has been organised by the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG) since 1921 and takes place all 3-5 years. The 34th DOT marks the 100th anniversary. The 28th International Congress of DAVO is held under the umbrella of the DOT. The languages of the conference are German and English, papers in other languages are possible after consultation with the heads of the individual sections. Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2021. Information: https://dot2022.de/en/call-for-papers/ ___________________________________ 31. « Forum Insaniyyat Tunis » – Forum international des sciences humaines et sociales, Université de la Manouba (UMA), Tunis, 20-24 Septembre 2022 Ancrée dans le contexte que connaissent la Tunisie, le Maghreb et l’ensemble de la région (Moyen-Orient, Afrique, Europe), et en prise avec les défis urgents à relever ensemble, cette rencontre d’envergure contribuera à revaloriser le statut des sciences humaines et sociales dans l’enseignement et la recherché. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2021/09/Insaniyyat-CFP-FR-FINAL.pdf ___________________________________ 32. 32e édition du Festival International de Géographie de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Thème "Déserts", 30 septembre – 2 octobre 2022 Quels défis politiques, sociaux et techniques ont soulevé les conquêtes des déserts ? Qu’en est-il des conquêtes menées par les sociétés elles-mêmes originaires d’espaces désertiques ? Et aujourd’hui, au regard des nombreuses guerres plus ou moins asymétriques qui ont pour théâtre des déserts, y a-t-il une spécificité politique ou militaire de la relation entre ces régions et leurs extérieurs ? etc. L’appel à communications reste ouvert jusqu’au 23 janvier 2022. Information : https://www.fig.saint-die-desvosges.fr/images/00_Homepage/actu_2022/appel-2022.pdf ______________________________________ POSITIONS 33. Three Positions for Research Associates/PhD Candidates, Center for Interdisciplinary Peace and Conflict Research (INTERACT), Freie Universität Berlin The positions for the research groups “Radical Spaces”, “Transnational Conflicts” and “Blurring Boundaries” entail a three-year contract. The salary grade (TV-L 13, 65% part-time). Qualification: MA in political science, sociology, media and communication studies, Middle East Studies, international relations, peace and conflict studies, or a related field. Deadline for applications: Information: https://www.interact.fu-berlin.de/en/News/Promotionsstellen.html ___________________________________ 34. Full Professorship (W3) for Jewish Religion and Philosophy, University of Potsdam A habilitation or habilitation equivalent in Jewish religious philosophy and intellectual history, Jewish or Judaic studies is expected. Non-German speakers are expected to acquire a working knowledge of German within the first two years of their appointment. Deadline for applications: 31 December 2021. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62589 ___________________________________ 35. Senior Lecturer at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna Qualification: Diploma/MA in Turkish Studies, mastery of the Turkish language and competence in language teaching, skills in Ottoman Turkish and in the translation of literary texts are desirable, several years of teaching experience at institutions of post-secondary level education in the field of Turkish. Deadline for applications: 26 December 2021. Information: https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibung-flow?_flowExecutionKey=_c13FD3A8C-1FD1-AB9B-2C19- 7F9E75FCC992_k32F028DA-FA78-EF0A-BF9C-F1C03D9539BA&tid=88449.28 ___________________________________ 36. Several Full-time Open-rank Faculty Positions, Department of Comparative Literature, Koç University, Istanbul We are particularly interested in candidates with comparatist research profiles in the following areas: Early modern Turkish literature; Modern Turkish literature, preferably with a focus on gender; Turkish folk and popular literatures, period open. Deadline for applications: 29 December 2021. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/20440 ___________________________________ 37. Appel à projets 2022 pour Etudiant.e.s. de Master, Doctorant.e.s, Post-doctorant.e.s, Chercheur.e.s, Centre Jacques-Berque pour les études en Sciences Humaines et Sociales (CJB), Maroc, Mauritanie, Maghreb Le CJB finance chaque année un certain nombre de projets de recherche sur le Maroc, la Mauritanie et plus largement le Maghreb sur la longue période dans les disciplines suivantes : archéologie, histoire, sociologie, anthropologie, géographie, science politique, droit, sciences économiques. Date limite d’envoi des candidatures : 15 Décembre 2021. Information : https://www.cjb.ma/appels-a-projets/appel-a-projets-2022-etudiant-e-s-de-master-doctorant-e-s-post-doctorant-e-s-chercheur-e-s/ ___________________________________ 38. Interdisciplinary Scholar of Places, Movement and Cultural Practices Professor (Tenure Track / Open Rank), New York University Abu Dhabi We seek a scholar and educator focused on the Middle East, North Africa, or Indian Ocean world whose work and research reflect an interdisciplinary approach. Deadline for applications: 15 December 2021. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/91523 ___________________________________ 39. Visiting Assistant Professor in Jewish Studies, Western Kentucky University Candidates for the position must be ABD or have a recent PhD in Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, History, or a related field. This one-year appointment is potentially renewable for a second year. Information: https://careers.lasaweb.org/jobs/15837673/visiting-assistant-professor-of-jewish-studies-western-kentucky-university ___________________________________ 40. Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Preference will be given to candidates who display an academic engagement with the historical, political, religious, and social issues surrounding the Jewish experience, Jewish-Christian relations, and/or JewishMuslim relations in their ancient, medieval, or modern contexts. Deadline for application: 15 December 2021. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/11/23/isaac-swift-distinguished-professor-of-jewish-studies ___________________________________ 41. Assistant Professor of Islamic Art History, Pomona College, Claremont, CA The field of specialization is open and includes any area of Islamic art and architectural history from the early Islamic period to the present. Deadline for applications: 1 January 2022. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19323 ___________________________________ 42. Assistant Professor in History of the Pre-1500 Islamicate World, Central Washington University Qualifications: PhD in History with a specialization in pre-1500 Islamicate world history. Ability to teach crosslisted courses in Asian Studies, and/or Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Experience in teaching introductory world history, cross-cultural, or borderlands classes. Experience incorporating multicultural perspectives into teaching for 21st century leadership. Deadline for applications: 3 January 2022. Information: https://careers.cwu.edu/psc/careers/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_SCHJOB_FL&Action=U ___________________________________ 43. Postdoctoral Research Associate on Contemporary Politics at the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, NES, Princeton University Applicants can be from the disciplines of history, politics, economics and international relations. The appointment will be for the year, 1 September 2022 through 31 August 2023, with the possibility of renewal. Deadline for applications: 3 January 2022. Information: https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=23761 ___________________________________ 44. Stephen H. Hoffman Professorship in Modern Hebrew Language and Literature, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio A Ph.D. in Hebrew literature, Hebrew language, or comparative literature with a focus on Hebrew is required. Candidates should have a substantial publication record and a national reputation in the candidate’s area of scholarship. They should have demonstrated both an international reputation and continuing accomplishment in the profession, including a strong record of scholarly publications. Deadline for applications: 10 January 2022. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62604 ___________________________________ 45. Visiting Fellowships for Harvard Law School’s Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, 2022–2023 We are particularly interested in applicants whose work focuses on human rights, women's rights, children's rights, minority rights, animal welfare and rights, constitutional law, food law, environmental law and climate change in particular, migration and refugee studies, LGBTQ issues, and related areas. Dealine for applications: 15 January 2022. Information: https://plsmw.law.harvard.edu/fellowships/ ___________________________________ 46. Perilman Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University Applicants must have earned the PhD within the past 3 years. The Fellow will be expected to be in residence, to conduct research in Duke's library and archival collections, to participate actively in the intellectual life of the university, to teach three semester courses over two years. Deadline for applications: 15 January 2022. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19569 ___________________________________ 47. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Byzantine Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana This Fellowship is open to qualified applicants in all fields and sub-disciplines of Byzantine Studies, such as history (including its auxiliary disciplines), archaeology, art history, literature, theology, and liturgical studies, as well as the study of Byzantium’s interactions with neighboring cultures Deadline for applications: 1 February 2021. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/post-docbyzantine-studies-university-of-notre-dame?e=82aeb6c61d ______________________________________ SONSTIGE INFORMATIONEN / OTHER INFORMATION 48. SWP Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German Institute for International and Security Affairs): “Rectification of False Reports about Our Senior Fellow Dr. Isabelle Werenfels” In a widely circulated article on “A German Secret Service Report Reveals Berlin’s Ambitions in North Africa” by Tunisie-Telegraph.com it is claimed among others that Dr. Werenfels is an employee of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Germany (Bundesnachrichtendienst). All of the assertions and quotations in the initial articles are untrue. Dr. Werenfels is a respected scholar who has carried out research on the Maghreb states at the SWP since 2001. Further information: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/media/detail/rectification-of-false-reports-about-our-senior-fellow-dr-isabelle-werenfels ___________________________________ 49. Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Award in Palestine Studies 2022-2023, Center for Palestine Studies, Columbia University This year-long post-doctoral fellowship fosters ground-breaking scholarship on issues related to Palestine and Palestinians. The international competition is open to post-doctoral scholars who advance the production and circulation of knowledge on Palestinian history, culture, society, and politics through outstanding scholarship. The IAL Award carries a stipend of $52,000 for the academic year. Deadline for applications: 15 February 2022. Information: http://palestine.mei.columbia.edu/cps-ial ___________________________________ 50. Fellowship Applications 2022-23 at the Center for Arabic Study Abroad, University of Arizona, MENAS CASA offers advanced level training in Arabic language and culture to qualified American students at the American University in Cairo and Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and should have a minimum of 3 years of formal instruction in Arabic prior to joining CASA. Deadline for applications: 20 January 2022. Information: https://casa.sbs.arizona.edu/applying-casa-i-program ___________________________________ 51. Six Archive Fellowships of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) 2022 in New York or Jerusalem Research topics in the fields of twent
51. Six Archive Fellowships of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) 2022 in New York or Jerusalem Research topics in the fields of twentieth century Jewish history, modern history, social welfare, migration, and humanitarian assistance will be considered, as well as other areas of academic research covered in the JDC archival collections. Deadline for applications: 28 January 2022. Information: https://archives.jdc.org/about-us/fellowships-andgrants-general-information/ ___________________________________ 52. Summer School for Doctoral Students on “The Qur`an in Inter-Christian Polemic”, Nantes, 13- 17 June 2022 How have Christian authors in Europe used and appropriated the Qur’an? We are interested in how the Qur’an was used as a historical and linguistic archive, as a mine of heretical ideas and as a tool used in confessional rivalries. Deadline for proposals: 15 December 2021. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/summerschool-the-quran-in-inter-christian-polemic-nantes-13-17-june?e=82aeb6c61d ___________________________________ 53. Articles on “Israel-Turkey Relations in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape” for Special Issue of Journal “Israel Affairs” The special issue will explore the relations from different perspectives – economic, military, political, cultural, among others – as well as the relations between the Jews of Turkey and Israel and vice versa. Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2021. Information: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/israel-turkey-relations-geopolitical-landscape/?utm_source=TFO&utm_medium=cms&utm_campaign=JPG15743 ___________________________________ 54. Articles on “Transnational Consumption and International Distribution of Turkish TV Series in the New Global Televisual Landscape” for Special Issue of “The International Communication Gazette” Case studies are invited that treat Turkish TV series as transnational texts, consider the dislocations and discontinuities of media consumption across various cultural contexts, problematize current dynamics of reception between the local, national and global beyond the North-South dichotomy, and analyze audience engagement with Turkish TV productions. Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2021. Information: Yeşim Kaptan (ykaptan@kent.edu) ___________________________________ 55. Articles on “The Western Mediterranean and Relations Between Religious Communities In All Area” for Special Issue of the Journal “Maghreb Review” Topics could include: 1. The impact of the Arab-Islamic conquest on Christian and Jewish communities in the region. 2. Andalusia with Western Europe during the Umayyad Period 755-1031 and experiences of travel more broadly. 3. The attitudes of different medieval Muslim empires towards religious difference and minorities. 4. Commercial relations and litigation across religious lines in the medieval and early modern period. Etc. Deadline for submissions in English or French: 31 January 2022. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/call-for-articles-relations-between-religious-communities-maghreb-review?e=82aeb6c61d ___________________________________ 56. Articles on “Libya(s) in the Making” for Special Issue of the Journal “L´Année du Maghreb” This issue aims to interrogate both the changes most recently occurred in the country and the categories that have been used to analyze them from a long-term perspective, by questioning the relevance of most applied caesuras, traditionally articulated according to regime changes (i.e., the colonial period, the monarchy, the 1969 coup d’état, and the 2011 revolution). Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2021. Information: https://calenda.org/921244?lang=en ___________________________________ 57. Articles on “Sufism in the Modern World” for Special Issue of the Journal “Religions” (A&HCI) This issue analyzes various aspects of the presence of Sufism in the modern world. Scholars from different fields are invited to approach the topic from their own specialism or from an interdisciplinary perspective. The journal is indexed in the ATLA Religion Database and Web of Science. All articles are published online soon after their acceptance. Deadline for manuscript: 30 June 2022. Information : www.mdpi.com/si/97594. ___________________________________ 58. Articles for Edited Book on “Levantines of the Ottoman World: Communities, Identities, and Cultures” We welcome chapters that engage in current topics such as Levantine cosmopolitanism, hybridity, marginality, ambiguity, and transnationalism, but we also encourage submissions which critique the centrality of such terminology and theoretical frames in historical scholarship. Editors: Erik Blackthorne-O'Barr (Colombia University) and Burhan Çağlar (Sakarya University). Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2022. Information: https://levantinestudies.wixsite.com/book ___________________________________ 59. Chapters for Edited Book on “Art against Authoritarianism: Aesthetic Activism in Post-Arab Spring Middle East and North Africa” (IB Tauris) By analyzing a variety of art practices that are articulated with different collective struggles in the region, this book elucidates the vitality and creativity of anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian artistic production whose praxis is enmeshed with grassroots movements across MENA. Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/9267905/cfp-book-art-against-authoritarianism-aesthetic-activism-post ___________________________________ 60. Chapters for Edited Book on “Sociolinguistic Approaches to Arabic and Spanish in Contact”, DePauw University Submissions are invited with any sociolinguistic framework that looks at synchronic or diachronic contact situations, and particularly encourages research examining language and identity, language maintenance and loss, socio-phonetics, religion and language use, among many others. Deadline for abstracts: 7 February 2022. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/12/08/sociolinguistic-approaches-to-arabic-and-spanish-in-contact ___________________________________ 61. Proposals for New Book Series “Mediterranean Counterpoints”, Malta University Press and Berghahn Publishers Edited by Jessica Marglin (University of Southern California) and Naor Ben-Yehoyada (Columbia University), the series seeks to publish monographs and edited volumes on any humanistic or social scientific dimension of the Mediterranean. Deadline for proposals: 31 May 2022. Information: https://www.um.edu.mt/mup/bookseries/mediterraneancounterpoints ________________________________
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