CONFERENCES
1. Online
Meeting: “Islamicate Digital Humanities”, Islamicate Digital Humanities Network
(IDHN), 6 November 2019
2.
Conference
“Regaining Lost Knowledge – Connecting Research at Home and in Exile” of the
Network “Academics in Solidarity”, Freie Universita Berlin, 21-22 November 2019
3.
Panel on
“Geo-ethnographic Research in the Indian Ocean” during the Conference
“Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future”, British
Museum, SOAS, London, 4-7 June 2020
4.
Colloque
international : "Les représentations paysagères dans les littératures du
monde arabe et du Proche-Orient", INALCO-CERMOM, Paris, 5-6 juin 2020
5.
Conference: "Global Cities:
Middle Eastern Metropoles 2020", University of London, 17-19 June 2020
6. 7th
Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies Centre for Visual Arts and Research,
Nicosia, 2-4 July 2020
7. 51st
International Conference of the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on
"The Cultural Heritage of the Aramaeans B.C.: History, Literature, and
Archaeology", Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 20-22 July 2020
8. 52nd
International Conference of the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on
"The Decapolis: History and Archaeology", Oriental Institute,
University of Oxford, 27-29 July 2020
9.
Panel on
"Cultural Heritage Eco-systems in the MENA Region: Actors, Networks and
Future Agendas" for the Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage
Studies Futures, University College London, 26-30 August 2020
POSITIONS
10.
Research
Fellowships in Global History, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Summer
Term 2020
11.
Tenure-track
Professorship in Turkic Languages and Literatures from Early Modern to Present
Time, University of Vienna and Austrian Academy of Sciences
12.
CAORC Humanities
Fellow / Coordinator at CEMAT, Tunis
13.
Tenure-track
Assistant Professor in History of the Islamic World before 1800, GENESEO, State
University of New York
14.
Tenure-track
Assistant Professor in Studies on Islam prior to 1800, Columbia University,
Department of Religion
15.
Assistant
Professor in Global Race/Ethnicity and Inequality (Focus Middle East),
University of California, Santa Barbara
16.
Assistant
Professor in the History of the Islamic World, University of Texas at San
Antonio
17.
Tenure-track
Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Stetson University, DeLand, FL
18.
Assistant
Professor of Comparative Literature and Arabic, Pennsylvania State University
19. Fung
Global Fellows Program on "Thinking Globally" for Scholars Residing
Outside of the USA, Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton
20. One-Year
Postdoctoral Fellowships on "Migration and the Humanities",
2020-2021, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University
21. Assistant
Professor (Tenure-Track) in the Social Sciences with a Focus on Muslim
Societies, Stanford
22. Tenure-Track
Assistant Professor in the History of the Medieval Mediterranean World,
Department of History, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
OTHER INFORMATION
23. Call
for Projects in the Priority Program "Transottomanica: Eastern
European-Ottoman-Persian Mobility Dynamics" for 2020-2023
24. Arabic
Culture and Language Program at Bar-Ilan University, 23 December 2019 – 9
January 2020
25.
Persian Language
Winter School, ASPIRANTUM-School of Languages and Cultures, Yerevan, Armenia,
1-21 December 2019
26. Articles
on “Political Economy of Research in Social Sciences in the Arab World” for
Special Issue of the Journal "Civil Society Review"
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CONFERENCES
1. Online Meeting: “Islamicate
Digital Humanities”, Islamicate Digital Humanities Network (IDHN), 6 November
2019
We are calling for contributions from both members and guests
employing digital methods in their research within the Islamicate Studies and
Linguistics. To contribute, send an email to info@idhn.org with the title and a
description of your presentation. We encourage submissions from those in Graduate
School or beyond.
For more information, see www.idhn.org/membersmeeting
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2.
Conference “Regaining Lost Knowledge – Connecting
Research at Home and in Exile” of the Network “Academics in Solidarity”, Freie
Universita Berlin, 21-22 November 2019
More than 80
displaced and endangered scholars will present their research to a wider
community in order to bring them together with established scholars and mentors
and expand their professional and academic networks. The conference will also
promote the exchange among key stakeholders representing support programs for
at-risk scholars, research funding organizations, expert community and AiS
partner institutions in Germany, Lebanon and Jordan.
Provisional
program at http://www.academicsinsolidarity.net. Registration at emil.bauer@fu-berlin.de
by 31 October 2019.
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3.
Panel on “Geo-ethnographic Research in the Indian
Ocean” during the Conference “Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past,
Present and Future”, British Museum, SOAS, London, 4-7 June 2020
Convenors:
Veronika Cummings (University of Mainz), Franziska Fay (Goethe University
Frankfurt). This panel focuses on the potential and limitations of
geo-ethnographic research in the Indian Ocean region. We seek to explore
geographers' and anthropologists' methodological use of (visual) research tools
like photography or mapping to engage with concepts like mobility, belonging,
or identity.
Deadline for
abstracts: 8 January 2020. Information:
https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/rai2020/p/8294#
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4.
Colloque international : "Les représentations
paysagères dans les littératures du monde arabe et du Proche-Orient",
INALCO-CERMOM, Paris, 5-6 juin 2020
Ce colloque a
donc pour ambition de rassembler des chercheurs en littérature arabe mais
également en littérature hébraïque, persane et turque d’époque médiévale et
moderne autour des thématiques suivantes : -- Paysage réel et/ou idéalisé; --
Les aspects liés à la subjectivité dans la description du paysage; --
Symbolisme de la nature et intertextualité large.
Date limite : 31
octobre 2019. Information:
http://www.inalco.fr/appel-communication/colloque-international-representations-paysageres-litteratures-monde-arabe
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5. Conference: "Global Cities: Middle Eastern
Metropoles 2020", University of London, 17-19 June 2020
In a context in which China finances the construction of the
"new Cairo" and the Abu Dhabi government employ the British architect
Foster and Partners to design Masdar City as global icon of sustainable design,
this conference queries the nature of the Islamic and Middle Eastern city in a
global context. What role does religion, culture and social and historical
traditions still play in the life and design of these cities? Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2019.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4115179/cfp-global-cities-middle-eastern-metropoles-2020
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6.
7th Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies
Centre for Visual Arts and Research, Nicosia, 2-4 July 2020
We welcome papers on issues such as the impact of the late
Crusades and Papal policies on relations between the Mamluk Sultanate and
Cyprus or Latin Europe more generally; Mamluk-Byzantine relations; Islamic concepts
of imperial and international law (dār al-ḥarb and beyond); European trade and
diplomacy; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2019. Information: http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference.html
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7.
51st International Conference of the ARAM Society
for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on "The Cultural Heritage of the Aramaeans
B.C.: History, Literature, and Archaeology", Oriental Institute, University
of Oxford, 20-22 July 2020
All papers given at the conference will be considered for
publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial
review.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2019. Information: aram@orinst.ox.ac.uk
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8.
52nd International Conference of the ARAM
Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on "The Decapolis: History and
Archaeology", Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 27-29 July 2020
All papers given at the conference will be considered for
publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial
review.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2019. Information: aram@orinst.ox.ac.uk
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9.
Panel on "Cultural Heritage Eco-systems in the
MENA Region: Actors, Networks and Future Agendas" for the Conference of
the Association of Critical Heritage Studies Futures, University College London,
26-30 August 2020
We invite paper
proposals that critically examine how various actors are engaged in shaping and
re-shaping heritage agendas, networks and institutionalised practices and
processes beyond those that are officially sanctioned by the state.
Deadline for abstracts: 11 October 2019. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4905508/cultural-heritage-eco-systems-mena-region-actors-networks-and
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POSITIONS
10. Research
Fellowships in Global History, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Summer
Term 2020
The fellowships
are open to postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines. Scholars who are
already advanced in their academic careers and have a strong international
track record are explicitly encouraged to apply. The duration of the fellowship
will be between one and three months.
Deadline for application: 30 November 2019. Information:
https://www.globalhist.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/events/fellowship_w192021/index.html
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11. Tenure-track
Professorship in Turkic Languages and Literatures from Early Modern to Present
Time, University of Vienna and Austrian Academy of Sciences
We expect the
successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German
sufficient for teaching in bachelor’s programmes and for participation in
university committees.
Deadline for application: 15 November 2019.
Information:
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Jobs/UNIWPHILKUOEAW_TT_Turk_E_0819.pdf
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12. CAORC Humanities
Fellow / Coordinator at CEMAT, Tunis
The successful
candidate will coordinate a new program at CEMAT that seeks to support the
field of modern art history and related cultural fields by building a network
of graduate students, academics, practitioners, and researchers. An interest in
the humanities in the Maghreb is a must and experience in working in
multi-linguistic and cultural settings a plus.
The search will remain open until the position is
filled. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/apply-caorc-humanities-fellowcoordinator-at-cemat-tunisia?e=82aeb6c61d
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13. Tenure-track
Assistant Professor in History of the Islamic World before 1800, GENESEO, State
University of New York
Required
qualifications: PhD in History conferred by August 2020; Expertise in pre-1800 Islamic
World history; Demonstrated potential
for excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level in history; etc.
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14. Tenure-track
Assistant Professor in Studies on Islam prior to 1800, Columbia University,
Department of Religion
We welcome
applicants whose research exhibits innovative approaches to the study of Islam,
as well as familiarity with broader debates in religious studies. Applicants
with interests in Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan and
coastal Africa are especially encouraged to apply.
Review of
applications will begin 25 October 2019 and will continue until the position is
filled. Information:
http://pa334.peopleadmin.com/postings/4231.
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15. Assistant
Professor in Global Race/Ethnicity and Inequality (Focus Middle East),
University of California, Santa Barbara
We invite
candidates with background in the social sciences, humanities, or
interdisciplinary fields, and emphasizes transregional or multiregional case
studies and approaches.
Deadline for
applications: 1 November 2019. Information: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF01608
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16. Assistant
Professor in the History of the Islamic World, University of Texas at San
Antonio
We seek
candidates whose research and teaching contribute to the department theme of
"Empires, States and Borders". Experience in digital humanities and
public history in especially welcomed.
Review of
application with begin on 14 October 2019. Information: https://jobs.utsa.edu/postings/14008
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17. Tenure-track
Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Stetson University, DeLand, FL
The successful
candidate must have a Ph.D. in Islamic studies by September 2020 and should be
conversant both with the historical development of Islam and the modern
manifestations of Islam.
Review of
applications will begin 28 October 2019, and continue until the position is
filled. Information: Dr. Mitchell Reddish, mreddish@stetson.edu
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18. Assistant
Professor of Comparative Literature and Arabic, Pennsylvania State University
Requirements:
PhD in hand by date of appointment, in Comparative Literature, Arabic, or
related field; native or near-native ability in Arabic and English; relevant
research achievements or evidence of relevant research promise; appropriate
teaching experience.
Deadline for application: 1 November 2019.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59149
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19.
Fung Global Fellows Program on "Thinking Globally"
for Scholars Residing Outside of the USA, Institute for International and
Regional Studies, Princeton
Criteria for the one-year fellowship include the strength of
the candidate's research projects, the relationship of those projects to the
program's theme, the candidate's previous scholarly work, the candidate's
ability to contribute to the intellectual life and intellectual exchange of the
program.
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2019.
Information: http://piirs.princeton.edu/funggfp/call-applications
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20.
One-Year Postdoctoral Fellowships on "Migration and the
Humanities", 2020-2021, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University
We welcome applications from scholars in all fields whose
work innovatively engages with migration and the humanities.
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2019.
Information: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/9077
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21.
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in the Social Sciences
with a Focus on Muslim Societies, Stanford
We especially welcome applications from scholars who are
studying Muslim societies in Iran and Central Asia, as well as South, Southeast
and East Asia, focusing on culture, economics or politics.
Deadline for applications: 25 October 2019. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14164
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22.
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the History of the
Medieval Mediterranean World, Department of History, Rhodes College, Memphis,
Tennessee
We are particularly interested in candidates whose teaching
and research interests are trans-regional/cultural and interdisciplinary in
nature and could contribute to the history of medicine and/or science;
migration or frontier studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Jewish, Islamic,
and Middle Eastern Studies; or digital history.
Deadline for applications: 7 October 2019. Information: https://jobs.rhodes.edu/postings/3349
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23.
Assistant Professor of Ottoman History, Binghamton University
The Department of History invites applications for a
tenure-track assistant professorship in early modern Ottoman history (c.
1300-1800) beginning in Fall 2020. We seek applications from candidates whose
research is grounded in Ottoman sources and archival materials, and especially
encourage applications from scholars who take a trans-regional or
trans-imperial perspective that incorporates the diverse religious groups,
ethnicities, and regions that constitute the Ottoman world.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2019.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58808
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OTHER INFORMATION
24.
Call for Projects in the Priority Program
"Transottomanica: Eastern European-Ottoman-Persian Mobility Dynamics"
for 2020-2023
The program will focus on the "Transottoman" ties
and communication practices which emerged as a consequence of mobility between
these dominions between the 16th and the 19th centuries
and which have not previously become visible in studies of individual regions
or bilateral relations. Non-German nationals can apply, but need an affiliation
with a university or research institution in Germany.
Deadline for applications: 31 December 2019.
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25.
Arabic Culture and Language Program at Bar-Ilan University,
23 December 2019 – 9 January 2020
The program includes three weeks (five days per week) of
intensive classwork in the Arabic language. In addition, excursions are
arranged in order to experience first-hand local customs, culture and culinary
delights through direct interaction with Arab hosts in their homes within the
local villages.
Deadline for
applications: 15 November 2019. Information: https://biuinternational.com/short-term-and-exchange/arabic-culture-language-winter-program/
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26. Persian Language
Winter School, ASPIRANTUM-School of Languages and Cultures, Yerevan, Armenia,
1-21 December 2019
The winter
school offers participants to master skills in written and oral modern Persian,
reading and interpreting Persian texts from different periods as well as
rapidly deepening their knowledge in colloquial Persian. 60 hours of intensive
Persian language classes during 15 days of teaching.
Deadline for
application: 15 October 2019. Information: https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-winter-school-01-dec-21-dec-2019-yerevan-armenia
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27.
Articles on “Political Economy of Research in Social Sciences
in the Arab World” for Special Issue of the Journal "Civil Society
Review"
Issue edited by: Dr. Candice Raymond, Dr. Sbeih Sbeih, and
Dr. Marie-Noëlle Abi Yaghi. Main themes: Institutional configurations and
actors’ rationale in the Arab world: How are political economies of research in
social sciences organised? - Research agendas, methods and paradigms: the
constrained choices of research. - Researchers’ trajectories in the Arab world:
functions, carriers, value.
Deadline for abstracts in Arabic, French or English: 15
November 2019. Information: https://civilsociety-centre.org/content/political-economy-research-social-sciences-arab-world-en-fr-ar?fbclid=IwAR1nfxKQK-igeYxAB9iNth6YvqOXbmQSp3yLSjbch9UJ9AWpqvwKifMel1o
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