EURAMES Info Service 17/2015

CONFERENCES
 
1. Conference:  "Jihadist Insurgency", Department of War Studies, King's College,
London, 28-29 May 2015  
 
2. Workshop: "Minorities and Popular Culture in Modern Middle East: Representation
and Participation", SOAS, London, 12 -13 June 2015  
 
3. Conference: “Islam and World Peace: Perspectives from African Muslim Nonviolence
Traditions”, Columbia University, 11-13 September 2015
 
4. Symposium: "Islamophobia and Surveillance: Genealogies of a Global Order", Edge
Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire UK, 25 September 2015
 
5. Muslim South Asia Graduate Conference 2015, SOAS, London, 9-10 October 2015
 
6. Conference: "Contending Religions, Identities and Space - Living Together in
Contemporary Africa and Europe", University of Macerata, Italy, 12-13 November 2015
 
7. AATP Workshop: "Multiliteracies: Language, Culture, Communication and Technology
in Today's Persian Classroom", MESA, Denver, 21 November 2015 
 
8. Conference: “Ocean of Law: Intermixed Legal Systems across the Indian Ocean
World, 1550-1950”, Leiden University, 7-9 December 2015 
 
9. Ninth Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 21-24 March 2016,
Athens, Greece  
                

 POSITIONS
 
10. Research Associate for Project “Contemporary Bioethics and the History of the
Unborn in Islam”, University of Hamburg 
 
11. Postdoctoral Scholarship in the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion,
Hamburg University  
 
12. Deux postes de chercheur post-doctorant en sciences politiques/relations
internationales/économie politique/sociologie du Monde Arabe, Centre national de la
recherche scientifique, Aix-en-Provence/Paris
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
13. Library Archival Research Fellowship at the Archives of Jafet Library, American
University of Beirut, 15 June - 21 August 2015   
 
14. Training Course: "Research in Arabic-based Area Studies”, SOAS, London, 6 July
2015 
 
15. Articles on "New Research on Historical and Contemporary Dress in the Middle
East and Asia" for Journal "Ars Orientalis"


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CONFERENCES
 
1. Conference:  "Jihadist Insurgency", Department of War Studies, King's College,
London, 28-29 May 2015  X 
 
This two day conference brings together experts from around the world to discuss and
explore the phenomenon of insurgency movements that are utilizing the concept of
jihad to guide and justify their actions and objectives.  
 
Information and program:  http://trendsinstitution.org/?p=1160

 
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2. Workshop: "Minorities and Popular Culture in Modern Middle East: Representation
and Participation", SOAS, London, 12 -13 June 2015 
 
This workshop aims at exploring the contribution of all religious and ethnic
minorities to the popular culture industries and how popular culture products have
represented minorities and dealt with the minority question in modern Middle East
during the twentieth century and at present. 
 
Deadline for registration: 1 June 2015. Information and program:
www.soas.ac.uk/cclps/events/12jun2015-minorities-and-popular-culture-in-modern-middle-east-representation-and-participation.html
 
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3. Conference: “Islam and World Peace: Perspectives from African Muslim Nonviolence
Traditions”, Columbia University, 11-13 September 2015
 
Nowadays Islam is a growing source of suspicion and hostility in many societies
which is why it is urgent to learn from the legacies and teachings of nonviolent
Muslim leaders. The conference invites students of religion and Islam around the
world to engage in the genesis, diffusion and teachings of Islamic nonviolence
traditions of Sufi leaders and their interpretation of the concept of Jihad.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 May 2015. Information: www.islampeaceconference.com
 
 
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4. Symposium: "Islamophobia and Surveillance: Genealogies of a Global Order", Edge
Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire UK, 25 September 2015
 
This symposium is concerned with the genealogies of this relationship in political
thought and praxis. Why, when and where did the Islamophobic surveillance imperative
emerge? And how did it evolve into such a powerful element in apparatuses of global
and local State power?
 
Deadline for abstracts:  30 June 2015. Information:
www.edgehill.ac.uk/history/islamophobia-and-surveillance-genealogies-of-a-global-order/
 
 
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5. Muslim South Asia Graduate Conference 2015, SOAS, London, 9-10 October 2015
 
The conference aims to connect early career scholars and academics researching
Muslim societies in South Asia and their diasporic communities, across disciplines
and time periods. Our goal is to provide a platform for scholarly exchange and to
showcase new and innovative thinking in this field.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2015. Information:
www.soas.ac.uk/south-asia-institute/musa/events/09oct2015-muslim-south-asia-graduate-conference-2015.html
 
 
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6. Conference: "Contending Religions, Identities and Space - Living Together in
Contemporary Africa and Europe", University of Macerata, Italy, 12-13 November 2015
 
The ultimate aim of this conference is to investigate if and to what extent
challenges posed by religious discourses in Europe and the Middle East occurred also
in African societies and polities, defying dominant representations of Europe's
uniqueness.
 
Deadline for proposals: 14 July 2015. Information:
http://cirafrica.unimc.it/it/contending-religions/call-for-papers
 
 
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7. AATP Workshop (AATP): "Multiliteracies: Language, Culture, Communication and
Technology in Today's Persian Classroom", MESA, Denver, 21 November 2015 
 
The workshop of the American Association of Teachers of Persian aims to provide
teachers of Persian with cutting-edge research in the field of pedagogy and
includes a wide variety of topics such as innovative methods or techniques for
teaching the language and culture, corpus-based research, use of cutting-edge
technology, and web-based teaching materials. Both quantitative and qualitative
research is welcome.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 10 June 2015. Information  executive@aatpersian.org
 
 
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8. Conference: “Ocean of Law: Intermixed Legal Systems across the Indian Ocean
World, 1550-1950”, Leiden University, 7-9 December 2015 
 
This conference will address questions such as: how were legal systems formed
regionally through interactions between East Asia and the Middle East? To what
extent did law play a role in the shaping of societal, multi-cultural or maritime
settlements, and of empires and colonial states in general? 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 10 June 2015. Information
www.hum.leiden.edu/history/ocean-of-law/
 
 
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9. Ninth Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 21-24 March 2016,
Athens, Greece 
 
 Deadline for abstracts: 24 August 2015. Information: www.atiner.gr/mediterranean.htm
 
 
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 POSITIONS
 
10. Research Associate for Project “Contemporary Bioethics and the History of the
Unborn in Islam”, University of Hamburg 
 
The position will focus on the analysis of passages of Arabic Hadith- and
Quran-commentaries addressing pre-natal life for their citations-patterns within the
commentary literature including supervision of the data ingest (Scans, OCR, XML
etc.). Duration of the full position 1 Sept 2015 to 31 Aug 2020. 
 
Deadline for application: 17 June 2015. Information:
www.uni-hamburg.de/uhh/stellenangebote/wissenschaftliches-personal/aai-1-6-15_e.pdf
 
 
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11. Postdoctoral Scholarship in the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion,
Hamburg University  
 
The position will start 1 July 2015 for one year. Solid Hebrew, good or very good
knowledge of Arabic and a completed doctorate in the fields of Philosophy (history
of ideas), Jewish Studies, Islamic or Oriental Studies are required. 
 
Deadline for application: 10 June 2015. For information contact Prof. Dr. Giuseppe
Veltri: peshat@uni-hamburg.de
 
 
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12. Deux postes de chercheur post-doctorant en sciences politiques/relations
internationales/économie politique/sociologie du Monde Arabe, Centre national de la
recherche scientifique, Aix-en-Provence/Paris
 
Le premier des chercheurs sera affecté à l’Institut de recherches et d’études sur le
monde arabe et musulman. Le second chercheur sera affecté au Centre de recherches
internationales. Une préférence sera accordée aux candidats ayant une expérience de
terrain et qui sont opérationnels dans les langues de travail du programme
(français, arabe et anglais).
 
Commencement : 1 Septembre 2015 (pour une durée d’un an renouvelable une fois). 
Délai de candidature : 1 Juin 2015. Information :
www.wafaw.org/2015/05/call-for-applications-post-doctoral-positions/
 
 
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OTHER INFORMATION
 
13. Library Archival Research Fellowship at the Archives of Jafet Library, American
University of Beirut, 15 June - 21 August 2015   
 
The fellowship seeks to support the production of scholarly work around these
archives. The Research Fellow will be given access to the Library collections, as
well as a space to work, in addition to a stipend of 2,000 USD. For international
fellows, an additional stipend to cover the costs of travel will be provided. 
 
Deadline for submission: 31 May 2015. Information:
www.aub.edu.lb/ulibraries/Documents/20150513_library-research-fellowship.pdf
 
 
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14. Training Course: "Research in Arabic-based Area Studies”, SOAS, London, 6 July
2015 
 
The course is designed for MA areas studies, intensive Arabic language students and
first year PhD students intending to conduct research in the Arabic language. The
disciplined covered are language study, state-of-the-art library resources, history,
art and architecture, Islamic studies, and politics. Grants up to £250 are offered
to participants to cover travel and accommodation expenses.
 
Information: https://hefcetrainingcourse.wordpress.com/ 
 
 
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15. Articles on "New Research on Historical and Contemporary Dress in the Middle
East and Asia" for Journal "Ars Orientalis"

 Article proposals are due 1 August 2015. Information:
www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=222661

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