EURAMES Info Service 29/2016, and deadline!!!!

 
Dear colleagues,

Please note that 31 July 2016 is the deadline for the registration of your
participation in the 23rd International Congress of the German Middle East Studies
Association (DAVO) in Tuebingen (6-8 October 2016). There is an additional
late-registration fee after 1 August 2016. Download of the registration form:
http://davo2016.org/registration/
 
You will find the following announcements below:
 
 CONFERENCES
 
1. International Conference: "Geographies of Arab and Muslim Identity through the
Eyes of Travelers", Bucharest, 15-16 September 2016
 
2. Symposium: "Art and Ideology in the Twelfth-Century Western Mediterranean", Bard
Graduate Center, New York City, 14 October 2016
 
3. Conference: "China-Arabia, Encounters and Engagements", National University of
Singapore, 15-16 December 2016
 
4. International Conference: "Youth and the Mediterranean: Exploring New Approaches
to Dialogue and Cooperation", Rome, January 2017
 
5. Conference: "Mediterranean Cultures and Societies Knowledge, Health and Tourism",
 Faro, Portugal, 4-5 May 2017
 
6. International Conference: "Heroism as a Global Phenomenon in Popular Culture",
Freiburg, Germany, 28-30 September 2017
 
 
POSITIONS
  
7. 12 PhD & 1 Postdoc Position, Graduate School Global Intellectual History, Freie
Universitaet Berlin
 
8. SSRC Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship & Global Summer Semester
Residency at the University of Goettingen
 
9. Research Assistant on the Oil and the Middle East Program of the Oxford Institute
for Energy Studies
 
10. Opening for a Middle East Analyst at Oxford Analytica
 
11. Research Assistant/Associate in Sociology and Anthropology, Doha Institute for
Graduate Studies
 
12. Finance Administrator: Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty, Beirut 
 
13. Assistant Professor of International Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Studies outside of North America and Europe, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
 
14. Assistant/Associate Professor for Islam and Gender in the Social Sciences,
Stanford University
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
15. Master in Middle Eastern Studies, ASERI-Graduate School of Economics and
International Relations, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan 
 
16. Summer School:  "Mediterranean Circulation", Università degli Studi di Napoli
'L'Orientale', Naples, 26 Sept - 1 October 2016
 
17. Articles on "Bringing the Nation Back in. Plural National Identifications in the
Contemporary Arabian Peninsula" for Special Issue of Arabian Humanities (No. 9)
 
18. Articles on "Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Mysticisms" for Journal "English
Language Notes" (Winter 2018)
 
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Best regards,
 
Guenter Meyer, Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz
 
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CONFERENCES
 
1. International Conference: "Geographies of Arab and Muslim Identity through the
Eyes of Travelers", Bucharest, 15-16 September 2016
 
This conference is held on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Arabic Department
at Bucharest University. 
 
Information:
http://www.academia.edu/3826752/Call_for_papers_Romano-Arabica_XVIII_-_Geographies_of_Arab_and_Muslim_identity_through_the_eyes_of_travelers
 
 
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2. Symposium: "Art and Ideology in the Twelfth-Century Western Mediterranean," Bard
Graduate Center, New York City, 14 October 2016
 
The symposium will consider art and ideology in the Western Mediterranean as an
integrated region where culture and religio-political ideologies cut across the
geographic, ethnic, and religious lines that are so often used to divide it.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 29 July 2016. Information:
http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=a5a2286f1b&e=82aeb6c61d
 
 
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3. Conference: "China-Arabia, Encounters and Engagements", National University of
Singapore, 15-16 December 2016
 
Paper proposals on all aspects of China-Arabia relations, from the distant past,
through the present and into the future are invited from all disciplines and topics.

 
Deadline for abstracts:  19 August 2016. Information:
https://ari.nus.edu.sg/Event/Detail/fa7f6be3-f3f6-4f2a-bb2f-813704d58782
 
 
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4. International Conference: "Youth and the Mediterranean: Exploring New Approaches
to Dialogue and Cooperation", Rome, January 2017
 
The New-Med Research Network provides a platform for 8 young professionals from MENA
countries to present their ideas to the debates about conflict, security and
radicalization.  Travel costs and accommodation will be covered.
 
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2016. Information:
http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=c6c6e5061b&e=82aeb6c61d
 
 
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5. Conference: "Mediterranean Cultures and Societies Knowledge, Health and Tourism",
 Faro, Portugal, 4-5 May 2017
 
The aim of this conference is to increase awareness about the Mediterranean as a
departure and arrival point for the construction of a pluralistic society, starting
from a great variety of cultures, societies and ways of life. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2016. Information:
http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=e573ae2598&e=82aeb6c61d
 
 
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6. International Conference: "Heroism as a Global Phenomenon in Popular Culture",
Freiburg, Germany, 28-30 September 2017
 
This multidisciplinary conference aims to highlight the complex processes of
creation, marketing, consumption, and impact, of globalized hero narratives, as well
as the numerous cultural flows of exchange that have made them possible since the
end of World War II. Case studies can focus on situations in Europe, North America,
Africa, and Asia.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2016. Information:
http://www.sfb948.uni-freiburg.de/aktuell/calls/call-for-papers-heroism-as-a-global-phenomenon-in-popular-culture/?page=1

 
 
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POSITIONS
 
7. 12 PhD & 1 Postdoc Position, Graduate School Global Intellectual History, Freie
Universitaet Berlin
 
Successful candidates will develop a PhD dissertation/postdoc project in the field
of global intellectual history (18th to 20th century) and contribute to the
activities of the program in the form of seminars, workshops and summer schools.
 
Deadline for application: 15 September 2016. Information:
* http://www.global-history.de/gih/positions/predoc/index.html and
* http://www.global-history.de/gih/positions/postdoc/index.html
 
 
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8. SSRC Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship & Global Summer Semester
Residency at the University of Goettingen
 
The broad intellectual thrust of the fellowships will focus on the
reconceptualization of Asia as an interlinked historical and geographic formation
stretching from West Asia through Central Asia to East Asia.
 
Deadline for applications: 19 September 2016. Information: 
 http://inter-asia.cmail20.com/t/y-e-dkidkht-jujijhouu-h/
 
 
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9. Research Assistant on the Oil and the Middle East Program of the Oxford Institute
for Energy Studies
 
This is a full-time Grade 4 post from 1 October 2016 until 30 September 2017. The
post requires an excellent track record in economics and a strong interest in energy
issues in the Middle East, related but not limited to oil. 
 
Deadline for application: 27 July 2016. Information: anupama.sen@oxfordenergy.org.
 
 
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10. Opening for a Middle East Analyst at Oxford Analytica
 
This position will deliver authoritative analysis to clients in government, NGOs,
multinational corporations and the financial sector, focusing on developing the
firm's macro risk coverage of the Levant, Gulf, Iran and Iraq, providing
forward-looking qualitative analysis of the political, security and business risks
flowing from events in the region.
 
Deadline for application: 8 August 2016. Information:
http://www.oxan.com/about/careers/middle-east-analyst/
 
 
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11. Research Assistant/Associate in Sociology and Anthropology, Doha Institute for
Graduate Studies
 
The project, focusing on school experience, aspirations and achievement will create
the first ever longitudinal dataset not only in Qatar, but in the entire region.
 
Deadline for application: 22 August 2016. Information:
www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/En/Careers/Pages/Apply.aspx?&JobId=DIHR011
 
 
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12. Finance Administrator: Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty, Beirut 

The Finance Administrator will be responsible for the financial management of the
Foundation's project. We expect candidates to have solid professional and/or
academic knowledge in this field. Candidates have to be fluent in English and
Arabic, a certain command of German is appreciated. 

Deadline for application: 9 August 2016. Information:
 www.dropbox.com/s/9lrdmhmo96e7hgq/2016-07-15_JobOffer-Fin-Admin-Beirut-003.pdf?dl=0
 
 
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13. Assistant Professor of International Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Studies (outside of North America and Europe), Trinity College, Hartford,
Connecticut
 
Tenure-track position for an innovative scholar of transnationalism whose work
focuses on gender and sexuality, is informed by feminist and queer theory, and is
rigorously interdisciplinary in its approach to the world. 
 
Deadline for application: 15 October 2016. Information:
www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53148
 
 
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14. Assistant/Associate Professor for Islam and Gender in the Social Sciences,
Stanford University
 
A candidate with a focus on the Middle East and/or Southeast Asia is preferred. The
appointment can be in Anthropology, Communication, Political Science, or Sociology.
 
Deadline for application: 3 October 2016. Information:
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7445
 
 
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OTHER INFORMATION
 
15. Master in Middle Eastern Studies, ASERI-Graduate School of Economics and
International Relations, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan 
 
Applications are open for the one year intensive program starting January 2017, with
an international, high level, faculty. The program focuses on the contemporary
period, through a multi-disciplinary approach ranging over international relations,
geopolitics, security, economy and energy. 
 
Deadline for application: 13 October 2016. Information:
http://aseri.unicatt.it/aseri-master-in-middle-eastern-studies-overview-4195
 
 
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16. Summer School:  "Mediterranean Circulation", Università degli Studi di Napoli
'L'Orientale', Naples, 26 Sept - 1 October 2016
 
The Summer School offers a series of lectures on different aspects of "Circulations"
as: the routes of art, of aesthetic taste, of faith, of holiness; and the sea of
cultures. 
 
Deadline for application: 14 September 2016. Information:
http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=f5c34508cf&e=82aeb6c61d
 
 
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17. Articles on "Bringing the Nation Back in. Plural National Identifications in the
Contemporary Arabian Peninsula" for Special Issue of Arabian Humanities (No. 9)
 
This thematic issue deals with the transformation of national identifications in a
region characterized by many transnational mobilities and circulations, and at a
time - from the Gulf war till today - when these dynamics have intensified and are
now blurring or exacerbating feelings of belonging. 
 
Deadline for abstracts in English, French or Arabic: 15 September 2016.
Information: https://cy.revues.org/3022
 
 
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18. Articles on "Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Mysticisms" for Journal "English
Language Notes" (Winter 2018)
 
Contributions are invited on mystical practices and beliefs, mystical writings, the
culture of mysticism, and mystics themselves. We are especially interested in
contributions that address the ways in which the mystical traditions of one
monotheistic religion intersect with and/or speak to others. 
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2016.  Information:
http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=063718b209&e=82aeb6c61d