EURAMES Info Service 45/2015

CONFERENCES
 
1. International Seminar:  "Islamic Mysticism", Department of Islamic Studies &
Welayat Foundation, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 13-15 February 2016
 
2. Panel: "Responses to Euro-Med Conflict and Migration: Towards a Holistic
Approach",  SeSaMO Conference, Catania, 17-19 March 2016
 
3. Conference: “Migrants: Communities, Borders, Memories, Conflicts”, Italian
Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMo), University of Catania, Italy, 17-19
March 2016
 
4. Conference: “Refugee Families and Politics in Fortress Europe”, Institute of
Sociology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, 3-4 June 2016 
 
5. Conference: “Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence,
Convergence and Competing Futures”, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics,
University of California-Berkeley, 24-26 June 2016
 
6. 50th Seminar for Arabian Studies, British Foundation for the Study of Arabia,
British Museum, London, 29-31 July 2016
 
7. Conference: “Dislocations and Cultural Conflicts: Migrations, Diaspora,
Terrorism, Borders (MDTB)”, Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies (CCCS), Skopje,
Republic of Macedonia, 1-3 September 2016
 
8. Co-International Relations and Islamic Studies Research Cohort’s Section at the
European International Studies Association’s (EISA) Conference: “Islam in
International Affairs: Politics and Paradigms”, Yaşar University, Izmir, Turkey,
7-10 September 2016

 
POSITIONS
  
9. Positions in the USA
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
10. 2-Year-Interdisciplinary MA in Middle East Studies, University of Oslo, Norway 
 
11. IPS Program for Arab Countries, German Bundestag, Berlin, 1-30 September 2016
 
12. 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships, Humboldt University Berlin 
 
13. Postdoctoral Fellowship: “Confessional Dynamics in Islamic Legal Thought and
Practice in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-18th Centuries”, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
 
14. Postdocs, PhD and Visiting PhD Fellowships, History of the Mongol Empire
(including the Middle East), Hebrew University of Jerusalem
 
15. Call for Papers for Inaugural Issue of “New Trends in Social and Liberal
Sciences” (NTSLS) 
 
16. Articles on "Political Humour in the Arab Uprisings" for Edited Book
 
17. Articles on “Women’s Movements, Power, and the State” for Issue of “Encounters –
An International Journal for the Study of Culture and Society”
 
________________
 
If you want to distribute an announcement via DAVO-Info-Service (about 1500
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, Centre  for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz

____________________
 

CONFERENCES
 

1. International Seminar on "Islamic Mysticism", Department of Islamic Studies &
Welayat Foundation, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 13-15 February 2016
 
The aim of the international conference is to provide a platform to academics and
research scholars to discuss, reflect and disseminate researches on various topics
related to Islamic mysticism with a special focus on the mystical personality of a
contemporary Iranian mystic late Allama Syed Abul Hasan Hafezian (R.A.).
 
Information: www.islamicmysticismconference.com/CallForPaperEng.aspx 
 
 
______________
 
 
2. Panel: "Responses to Euro-Med Conflict and Migration: Towards a Holistic
Approach",  SeSaMO Conference, Catania, 17-19 March 2016
 
This panel aims to isolate the main drivers of specific conflicts in the MENA region
such as Syria and Libya, identify any linkages between them, and put forward
relevant policy-relevant solutions which address the generally unmanaged or
emergency responses to mass migration in the Euro-Med arena.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 1 January 2016. Information: www.sesamoitalia.it/?page_id=455
 
 
______________
 
 
3. Conference: “Migrants: Communities, Borders, Memories, Conflicts”, Italian
Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMo), University of Catania, Italy, 17-19
March 2016
 
The conference puts the spotlight on migration meant as a general phenomenon that
has affected Muslim-majority societies across history and can be approached from
different disciplinary perspectives. Scholars are invited to present panels and
papers dealing with the conference theme from different perspectives.
 
Deadline for abstracts depends on the panel. Information:
www.sesamoitalia.it/?page_id=455
 
 
______________
 
 
4. Conference: “Refugee Families and Politics in Fortress Europe”, Institute of
Sociology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, 3-4 June 2016 
 
We seek proposals on refugees, asylum-seekers, forced migration and experiences of
the third-country nationals in the EU, specifically inviting researchers, activists
and governmental representatives to a round table and panel discussions.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2016. Information:
www.transfam.socjologia.uj.edu.pl/documents/32445283/107292427/CFP%20Troubling%20Times%20for%20Europe_%20Families_Migration%20and%20Politics_1711%20%281%29.pdf

 
 
______________
 
 
5. Conference: “Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence,
Convergence and Competing Futures”, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics,
University of California-Berkeley, 24-26 June 2016
 
The conference aims to (re-)examine the key axioms and moral claims of Islamic
economy both in theory and as practiced; explore the economic, social and political
dynamics underpinning the various sectors, scales and sites of the Islamic economy;
and interrogate the extent to which the Islamic economy provides a substantive
alternative to mainstream economic activity with a special emphasis on the Islamic
finance sector.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 18 January 2016. Information:
https://sase.org/2016---berkeley/mini-conferences_fr_232.html#MC8
 
 
 ______________
 
 
6. 50th Seminar for Arabian Studies, British Foundation for the Study of Arabia,
British Museum, London, 29-31 July 2016
 
This seminar is the only international forum that meets annually for the
presentation of the latest academic research in the humanities on the Arabian
Peninsula from the earliest times to the present day or, in the case of political
and social history, to the end of the Ottoman Empire. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2016. Information:
www.thebfsa.org/content/about-the-seminar
 
 
 ______________
 
 
7. Conference: “Dislocations and Cultural Conflicts: Migrations, Diaspora,
Terrorism, Borders (MDTB)”, Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies (CCCS), Skopje,
Republic of Macedonia, 1-3 September 2016
 
This conference aims at creating a platform that will unite the research conducted
by economists, lawyers, political scientists, historians, anthropologists,
sociologists, and social psychologists, as well as researchers from the domains of
cultural studies, literary theory, media and communication studies, the arts, all
with the common goal of examining closely the effect that migrations exert on
beliefs, customs, everyday practices, institutions, policies, laws.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2016. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/99861/call-papers-cccs-2016-conference-dislocations-and-cultural

 
 
 ______________
 
 
8. Co-International Relations and Islamic Studies Research Cohort’s Section at the
European International Studies Association’s (EISA) Conference: “Islam in
International Affairs: Politics and Paradigms”, Yaşar University, Izmir, Turkey,
7-10 September 2016
 
The section presents Islamic contributions to international affairs and to the field
of International Relations. It seeks to explore theoretical approaches and empirical
experiences of the Islamic civilization by referring to both classical and modern
sources, the worldview of prominent thinkers, statecraft experiences, current
transnational movements, and case studies on the Islamic State phenomenon.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 8 January 2016. Information:
www.coiris.org/islam-in-international-affairs-politics-and-paradigms/
 
 

 POSITIONS
 
9. Positions in the USA: 
 
a) Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University -
www.vcujobs.com/postings/48138 
 
b) Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University -
https://jobs.princeton.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=67571
 
c) Assistant or Associate Professor of International Affairs, Sweet Briar College,
VA - http://sbc.edu/human-resources/open-positions#internationalaffairs 
 
 
______________
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
10. 2-Year-Interdisciplinary MA in Middle East Studies, University of Oslo, Norway 
 
The program offers students the opportunity to expand their overall competence in
contemporary Middle East studies while developing a more specific research focus
within the fields of politics, social, religious and cultural affairs, anthropology,
history, language and literature. The program emphasises comparative and
theory-oriented approaches as well as the active use of written and oral sources in
the main languages of the region.
 
Deadline for application (EU/EEA/Swiss Citizens): 1 March 2016. Information:
www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/center/islamic-and-middle-east-studies/studies/
 
 
11. IPS Program for Arab Countries, German Bundestag, Berlin, 1-30 September 2016
 
The Bundestag is offering a scholarship program for politically engaged young Arab
graduates who are interested in the German parliamentary system and play an active
role in promoting core democratic values in their home countries. The German
Bundestag offers the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the German
parliamentary system during an intensive four-week program. Accommodation will be
provided free of charge and the costs of travel to and from Berlin covered.
 
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2016. Information:
www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/bundestag/international/exchange/ips/arabian/250618
 
 
______________
 
 
12. 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships, Humboldt University Berlin 
 
As part of Sharon Macdonald’s Alexander von Humboldt Prize, two Postdoctoral
Fellowships are offered to work on one or other of the following
themes: “Transforming the Ethnographic” or “Representing Islam”. Fellowships are
available to begin as soon as possible and to run until 30 October 2020. 
 
Deadline for application: 8 January 2016. Information:
www.euroethno.hu-berlin.de/de/perspektiven/stellenangebote/2015-12-04-english 
 
 
______________
 
 
13. Postdoctoral Fellowship: “Confessional Dynamics in Islamic Legal Thought and
Practice in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-18th Centuries”, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
 
This fellowship is one of the positions associated with the ERC project entitled
“The Fashioning of a Sunni Orthodoxy and the Entangled Histories of Confession
Building in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-17th Centuries”. The applicant has a PhD degree
in history, Islamic Studies, or a related field, a good command of Ottoman Turkish
and Arabic, as well as written and spoken proficiency in English.
 
Deadline for application: 30 January 2016. Information: Dr. Derin Terzioglu
(derint@boun.edu.tr)
 
 
 ______________
 
 
14. Post-Docs, PhD and Visiting PhD fellowships, History of the Mongol Empire
(including the Middle East), Hebrew University of Jerusalem
 
The ERC  project “Mobility, Empire and Cross-Cultural Contacts in Mongol Eurasia” is
offering  Post-Docs, PhDs and Visiting PhD's fellowships for outstanding candidates
fluent in Chinese, Arabic and Persian (at least one of the above) and with a sound
knowledge of the history of the Mongol Empire. 
 
Deadline for application: 15 March 2016. Information:
http://mongol.huji.ac.il/fellowships-and-funding-opportunities
 
 
______________
 
 
15. Call for Papers for Inaugural Issue of “New Trends in Social and Liberal
Sciences” (NTSLS) 
 
NTSLS is a peer-reviewed, open access, academic e-journal which publishes original
research articles and book reviews and is expected to be released by January 31,
2016. While the NTSLS prioritizes and highly encourages article submissions in
interdisciplinary studies, we welcome submissions in every field of social and
liberal sciences. 
 
Information: www.ntscience.net/
 
 
 ______________
 
 
16. Articles on "Political Humor in the Arab Uprisings" for Edited Book
 
Based on a conference held at Cologne University, we are editing a book on the role
of political humor and satire in cultural and media production of the Arab
uprisings. In order to enlarge the regional scope, we invite further contributions
on the Arab Gulf States, the Maghreb and Iraq.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2016. Information: Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf
(s.damir-geilsdorf@uni-koeln.de), Dr. Stephan Milich (smilich@uni-koeln.de)
 
 
______________
 
 
17. Articles on “Women’s Movements, Power, and the State” for Issue of “Encounters –
An International Journal for the Study of Culture and Society”
 
Guest editor Susanne Kranz invites papers that examine the role of women’s movements
and their association with the state and other power structures. We encourage
interdisciplinary approaches that deal with issues of equality, gendered
state-building, state violence, citizenship, challenges to state power,
progress/failures of women’s movements, and other similarly related topics.
 
Deadline for submission: 15 April 2016. Information:
http://encounters.zu.ac.ae/papers.html