CONFERENCES
1. The Mediterranean Seminar Winter Workshop, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 3-5 March 2016
2. 2nd Annual International Conference: "China in the Middle East: Neoliberalism with Chinese Characteristics and Political Transformations in the Middle East", Doha, Qatar, 23-24 March 2016
3. Conference: "Migration Crisis? What Crisis? Why Crisis? Thinking, Framing, and Theorizing Mass Mobility in a Globalized Age", Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, 31 March - 1 April 2016
4. Graduate Student Symposium: “’Jazīrat al-Maghrib’: North Africa as an Island", Princeton University, New Jersey, 2 April 2016
5. Third Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS), University of London, 11-12 April 2016
6. 2nd Global Meeting on "Slavery: Past, Present and Future", Prague, Czech Republic, 2-4 May 2016
7. 3rd Global Meeting on "Sacred Journeys: Pilgrimages in the 21st Century", Prague, Czech Republic, 2-4 May 2016
8. 2nd International Conference on Shi'i Studies, London, 7-8 May 2016
9. Interdisciplinary Symposium: "Listening In: Sonic Interventions in the Middle East and North Africa", Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 13 May 2016
10. Conference: "Mediterranean Crossroads: Spanish-Maghribi Relations in Past and Present", American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), Tangier, Morocco, 14-15 May 2016
11. Conference: "Shia Minorities in the Contemporary World: Migration, Transnationalism and Multilocality", University of Chester, UK, 20-21 May 2016
12. Third Annual Social Science Conference: "Inequality and Marginality in Local, Regional and Global Contexts", Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, 21-23 May 2016
13. Conference: "Architecture, Democracy and Emotions since 1945", Center for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, 25-27 May 2016
14. Second Turkish American Studies Symposium, Istanbul, 3-4 June 2016
15. International Conference: "´ILM: Science, Religion, and Art in Islam", Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture, University of Adelaide, Australia, 21-23 July 2016
16. World Conference: "Dialogue among Civilizations", Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 7-9 September 2016
POSITIONS
17. Postdoctoral and Doctoral Positions for Research on “Empires of Memory: The Cultural Politics of Historicity in Former Habsburg and Ottoman Cities”, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany
18. Faculty Position in Migration Studies, Koç University, Istanbul
19. Positions in North America
OTHER INFORMATION
20. Ten Postdoctoral Fellowships within the Research Program "Art Histories and Aesthetic Practices" for 2016/2017, Berlin
21. Sixth Annual Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Award in Palestine Studies, Center for Palestine Studies, Columbia University, New York
22. Research Grants by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Herndon, VA
23. IAPSS Winter School: "The Middle East at a Crossroads", Marrakech, 27 February - 5 March 2016
24. Critical Muslim Studies Summer School: "Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies", Granada, Spain, 23 May - 3 June 2016
25. Articles on "Water Security/Sovereignty in the Middle East and North Africa" for Journal "Middle East Law and Governance" (MELG)
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CONFERENCES
1. The Mediterranean Seminar Winter Workshop, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 3-5 March 2016
Papers are invited on “Subterfuge and Deception in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean,” construed either literally or figuratively in any relevant discipline, especially comparative or interdisciplinary work that uses the Mediterranean as a frame of analysis. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies will generously cover travel and lodging expenses for presenters.
Deadline for abstracts: 21 November 2015. Information: http://humweb.ucsc.edu/mediterraneanseminar/news/index.php?id=536
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2. 2nd Annual International Conference: "China in the Middle East: Neoliberalism with Chinese Characteristics and Political Transformations in the Middle East", Doha, Qatar, 23-24 March 2016
The conference will examine social, political and economic relations between China and Middle Eastern states and societies in the context of the neoliberal economy. The conference proceedings will be published in the "Sociology of Islam Journal" (Brill).
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2015. Information: http://iismm.hypotheses.org/23424
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3. Conference: "Migration Crisis? What Crisis? Why Crisis? Thinking, Framing, and Theorizing Mass Mobility in a Globalized Age", Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, 31 March - 1 April 2016
The conference will examine the nature of the "crisis" and the response to refugee movements in the oceans north of Australia as well as the Mediterranean and Balkan overland routes into the European Union.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2015. Information: www.rit.edu/cla/conable/call-papers
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4. Graduate Student Symposium: “’Jazīrat al-Maghrib’: North Africa as an Island", Princeton University, New Jersey, 2 April 2016
The interdisciplinary symposium will bring together graduate students and scholars in North African Studies to explore the ‘island’ as an analytical category in our field.
Deadline for abstracts: 12 December 2015. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/94282/call-papers-symposium-“jazīrat-al-maghrib”-north-africa-island
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5. Third Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS), University of London, 11-12 April 2016
The organisers invite proposals for panels or individual papers on any aspect or sub-discipline of Islamic Studies which is broadly understood to include both Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority contexts as well as historical, textual, contemporary anthropological and sociological approaches.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2015. Information: www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais2016
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6. 2nd Global Meeting on "Slavery: Past, Present and Future", Prague, Czech Republic, 2-4 May 2016
Papers are invited on Eritrean and other sub-Saharan Africans fleeing to Israel and trafficked and exploited in the Sinai; Syrian refugees in Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon; migrant workers from Southeast Asia and other countries who flock to the oil rich Gulf States for work; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 4 December 2015. Information: www.inter-disciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/slavery-past-present-and-future/research-streams/slavery-past-present-future/call-for-presentations/
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7. 3rd Global Meeting on "Sacred Journeys: Pilgrimages in the 21st Century", Prague, Czech Republic, 2-4 May 2016
More than 330 million people embark on traditional pilgrimages in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, India, Japan, and Spain. The conference welcomes proposals for presentations by pilgrims, spiritual and religious leaders across denominations, theologians, atheists, humanists, philosophers, clinical practitioners, psychologists, historians, anthropologists, artists, educators, journalists, performers, musicians, lawmakers etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 4 December 2015. Information: www.inter-disciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/persons/sacred-journeys/call-for-presentations/
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8. 2nd International Conference on Shi'i Studies, London, 7-8 May 2016
The Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies in conjunction with the Islamic College and the Institute of Islamic Studies invites abstracts on any aspect of Shi'i studies until 31 December 2015. Information: www.islamic-college.ac.uk/shiistudies
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9. Interdisciplinary Symposium: "Listening In: Sonic Interventions in the Middle East and North Africa", Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 13 May 2016
At the historic five-year mark of unrest in the Middle East and North Africa region, this symposium tackles the intersections of culture, politics, and society from the unique perspective of performance and sound studies.
Deadline for proposals: 4 December 2015. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/95364/cfp-listening-sonic-interventions-middle-east-and-north-africa
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10. Conference: "Mediterranean Crossroads: Spanish-Maghribi Relations in Past and Present", American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), Tangier, Morocco, 14-15 May 2016
The aim of the conference is to reconceptualize the relations between North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula during the modern era (18th-21st century).Scholars from across the humanities and social sciences working on modern Spanish-Maghribi relations are encouraged to apply.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 January 2016. Information: http://aimsnorthafrica.org/AC/ac.cfm
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11. Conference: "Shia Minorities in the Contemporary World: Migration, Transnationalism and Multilocality", University of Chester, UK, 20-21 May 2016
The conference will focus on Shia minorities in Europe, North and South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia, the Pacific Rim and East Asia that emerged out of migration from the Middle East and South Asia in the 20th and 21st centuries, in particular.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2015. Information: http://iismm.hypotheses.org/23793
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12. Third Annual Social Science Conference: "Inequality and Marginality in Local, Regional and Global Contexts", Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, 21-23 May 2016
The objective of the conference is to allow scholars to present empirical research and raise questions about the sources, manifestations, multiples dimensions and consequences associated with inequality and marginality in their various meanings.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2016. Information: http://armacad.info/a/the-third-annual-social-science-conference-at-al-akhawayn-university-21-22-and-23-may-2016-morocco
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13. Conference: "Architecture, Democracy and Emotions since 1945", Center for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, 25-27 May 2016
The organizers invite papers ranging from the architecture of parliament buildings to the interaction of state and citizens within the physical manifestations of expanding social welfare institutions or attempts at fashioning radically new living arrangements through squatting or communes. Papers dealing with the people's democracies and with democracies in newly decolonized states are most welcome.
Travel and accommodation expenses will be supported. Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2015. Information: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/history-of-emotions/conferences/call-for-papers-architecture-democracy-and-emotions
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14. Second Turkish American Studies Symposium, Istanbul, 3-4 June 2016
The Cultural Studies Association of Turkey and the American Research Institute in Turkey are organizing a symposium that aims to examine the history, language, literature, and culture of the Turkish element in the United States of America. This includes coverage of immigrants of all ethnic backgrounds from the Ottoman Empire and their descendants, and all persons self-defined as Turks and their descendants.
Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2015. Information: www.kulturad.org/
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15. International Conference: "´ILM: Science, Religion, and Art in Islam", Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture, University of Adelaide, Australia, 21-23 July 2016
‘ILM conference presents an opportunity to examine the concept of "knowledge" in the Islamic culture. The conference will bring together scholars, artists, designers, curators, practitioners, and higher degree researchers across the fields of Islamic intellectual history, history and theory of Islamic art and architecture, history of Islamic science, and Islamic studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2015. Information: http://ilm-in-islam.org/
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16. World Conference: "Dialogue among Civilizations", Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 7-9 September 2016
The main focus of this series of conference meetings is placed on the complex relations between the EU, Asia, Africa and the Middle East observed and discussed on multidirectional level, as well as the multilateral relations between the Asian, African and Middle Eastern states.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/28655/discussions/91554/cfp-%E2%80%9Cdialogue-among-civilizations%E2%80%9D
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POSITIONS
17. Postdoctoral and Doctoral Positions for Research on “Empires of Memory: The Cultural Politics of Historicity in Former Habsburg and Ottoman Cities”, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany
Selected fellows from Anthropology, History, Sociology, Geography, Urban Studies, Art History and Comparative Literature will form part of a new, interdisciplinary research group under the direction of Jeremy Walton for a period of 5 years.
Deadline for applications: 31 December 2015. Positions will start on 1 May 2016. Information: www.mmg.mpg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Stellen/2015_Walton_Job_Posting.pdf
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18. Faculty Position in Migration Studies, Koç University, Istanbul
The position is starting in September 2016. We are especially interested in candidates, who hold PhDs in Political Science, International Relations, Sociology, Migration Studies, and Anthropology, but will also consider applicants from other disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.
Deadline for applications: 15 December 2015. Information: https://cssh.ku.edu.tr/sites/cssh.ku.edu.tr/files/Migration_Studies.pdf
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19. Positions in North America
a) Assistant Professor of International Studies, College of Charleston School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs – https://jobs.cofc.edu/postings/4375
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OTHER INFORMATION
20. Ten Postdoctoral Fellowships within the Research Program "Art Histories and Aesthetic Practices" for 2016/2017, Berlin
This research program questions and transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries of art history in a transcultural, global horizon. It especially invites scholars from Islamic, Asian, African, Australian, American and European art histories to join the program, but also addresses neighboring disciplines such as Archaeology and other fields dealing with the history of visual cultures.
Deadline for application: 15 January 2016. Information: www.art-histories.de/fileadmin/pdf/art-histories/ArtHistories-ApplicationCall-1617.pdf
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21. Sixth Annual Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Award in Palestine Studies, Center for Palestine Studies, Columbia University, New York
This post-doctoral fellowship seeks to foster innovative scholarship on issues related to Palestine and Palestinians. The award will support a scholar working on a book project in any field of the humanities or social sciences. The Fellow will spend one semester at Columbia University during the 2016-2017 academic year.
Application deadline: 15 February 2016. Information: www.columbia.edu/cu/palestine/about/fellowships.html
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22. Research Grants by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Herndon, VA
IIIT invites applications for short-term research grants (maximum $2,500) for Spring 2016. The grants are meant to support research and writing by individual scholars. Grants could include funding for travel, research support, publication and dissemination of results.
Deadline for application: 7 December 2015. Information: http://iiit.org/Research/ResearchGrants/CallforGrantApplications/tabid/400/Default.aspx
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23. IAPSS Winter School: "The Middle East at a Crossroads", Marrakech, 27 February - 5 March 2016
The Winter School will be held in cooperation with Takamul Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies and Research enabling all participants to dive into a program with various components: along lectures, seminars and workshops, also readings circles and working groups are going to be held. Next to the academic program, visits to the Old Medina and the hinterland as well as instutional visits are part of the program.
Deadline for application: 22 November 2015. Information: www.iapss.org/events/winter-school/winterschool2016/
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24. Critical Muslim Studies Summer School: "Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies", Granada, Spain, 23 May - 3 June 2016
The summer institute is open to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty as well as professionals and activists interested in any aspect of Critical Muslim Studies.
Application deadline: 5 February 2016. Information: www.dialogoglobal.com/granada
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25. Articles on "Water Security/Sovereignty in the Middle East and North Africa" for Journal "Middle East Law and Governance" (MELG)
MELG invites scholars to consider how water offers a fruitful analytic vehicle by which to reflect on and assess the governing processes and conditions between people, state agencies, and other institutions in the Middle East and North Africa.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2015. Information: http://iismm.hypotheses.org/23789
