EURAMES Info Service 34/2016

CONFERENCES

1. International Congress: "Islam in Plural. Thought, Faith and Society." Université
Catholique, Lyon, 6-9 September 2016
 
2. 7th Annual Conference of the Mid West History Association: "Mapping Migrations in
World History", Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, MN, 23-24 September 2016

3. Conference: "Fatimids and Umayyads: Competing Caliphates", Institute of Ismaili
Studies, London, 23-25 September 2016

4. Conference: "Left-wing Trends in the Arab World (1948-1979): Bringing the
Transnational Back in", Orient-Institut Beirut, 12-13 December 2016

5. International Conference: "Resistance(s): Between Theories and the Field", Free
University of Brussels, Belgium, 14-15 December 2016 
 
6. Poster Session during Conference: "The Globalization of Science in the Middle
East and North Africa, 18th-20th Centuries", College of the Holy Cross,
Massachusetts, 24-25 March 2017

7. Conference: "Jewish Women´s Cultural Capital under Islam", Israel Institute for
Advanced Studies, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 12-14 June 2017

8. Fifth European Congress on World and Global History "Ruptures, Empires,
Revolutions", Budapest, 29 August - 2 September 2017


POSITIONS
 
9. Postdoctoral Scholarships: Academy Scholars Program 2017-2018 of the Harvard
Academy for International and Area Studies
 
10. Three Fellowships Offered by the "University of Wisconsin-Madison Mellon
Postdoctoral Program" 
 
11. Research Assistant Vacancy at the  Middle East Centre and Department of Media &
Communications, London School for Economics

12.  Kuwait Programme Short-Term Visiting Research Fellowships, Middle East Centre,
London School of Economics

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CONFERENCES
 
1. International Congress: "Islam in Plural. Thought, Faith and Society." Université
Catholique, Lyon, 6-9 September 2016
 
Three main topics provide the structure of the congress: current developments in
geopolitics and economics, theological questions underlying interreligious
encounters, and sociological dimensions of intra-islamic pluralism particularly with
respect to the diverse challenges rising from modernity. 
 
Information: http://evenement.pluriel.fuce.eu/en-/; Contact: contact.pluriel@fuce.eu
 
 
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2. 7th Annual Conference of the Mid West History Association: "Mapping Migrations in
World History", Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, MN, 23-24 September 2016

For program (including North African and Muslim migration) and registration see
http://www.mwwha.org/conference-2016.html


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3. Conference: "Fatimids and Umayyads: Competing Caliphates", Institute of Ismaili
Studies, London, 23-25 September 2016

 The full program and the abstracts are available at
http://iis.ac.uk/sites/default/files/fatimids_and_umayyads_conference_0.pdf

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4. Conference: "Left-wing Trends in the Arab World (1948-1979): Bringing the
Transnational Back in", Orient-Institut Beirut, 12-13 December 2016

This conference is supported by the ERC Program "When Authoritarianism Fails in the
Arab World" (WAFAW). See the detailed program at
www.orient-institut.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ARAL_Programme_FINAL.pdf

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5. International Conference: "Resistance(s): Between Theories and the Field", Free
University of Brussels, Belgium, 14-15 December 2016 
 
We welcome empirically-grounded case studies as well as theoretical (and/or)
epistemological reflections on topics from mass public protests during the Arab
Springs to individual disobedience from whistle blowers and to resistance and social
change. Financial support is possible.
 
Deadline for abstracts in English or French: 15 October 2016. Information:
resistancesULB@gmail.com 
 
 
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6. Poster Session during Conference: "The Globalization of Science in the Middle
East and North Africa, 18th-20th Centuries", College of the Holy Cross,
Massachusetts, 24-25 March 2017

Conference participants will present papers, which consider the nature of encounters
between Islamic societies and the west as the balance of power between these regions
shifted in the favor of Europe, including the role of science in modernization and
development in the MENA region.

Deadline for abstracts of posters: 30 September 2016. Information:
https://networks.h-et.org/node/73374/announcements/140231/call-posters-poster-session-globalization-science-middle-east


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7. Conference: "Jewish Women´s Cultural Capital under Islam", Israel Institute for
Advanced Studies, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 12-14 June 2017
 
By examining the lives of Jewish women across the Muslim world from the Middle Ages
until the modern period, we will focus attention on varieties of women's cultural
capital and offer comparative perspectives.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 1 November 2016. Information:
http://ias.huji.ac.il/content/jewish-women%E2%80%99s-cultural-capital-under-islam
 
 
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8. Fifth European Congress on World and Global History "Ruptures, Empires,
Revolutions", Budapest, 29 August - 2 September 2017

On the occasion of the centennial of the Russian Revolution, the conference will
discuss the global context and repercussions of the revolution in particular while
debating the role of revolutions in global history in general. "Connected histories
of the Eastern Mediterranean and Arab world at large" will be one of the topics. 

Deadline for abstracts: 15 November 2016. Information:
http://research.uni-leipzig.de/eniugh/congress/

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STELLENANGEBOTE / POSITIONS
 
9. Postdoctoral Scholarships: Academy Scholars Program 2017-2018 of the Harvard
Academy for International and Area Studies
 
The program supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work
combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences (including history and law)
with a command of the language, history, or culture of non-Western countries or
regions. Their scholarship may elucidate domestic, comparative, or transnational
issues, past or present. 
 
Deadline for application: 1 October 2016. Information:
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53348
 
 
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10. Three Fellowships Offered by the "University of Wisconsin-Madison Mellon
Postdoctoral Program" 
 
The theme for 2017-2019 applicants is "Translation, Adaptation, Transplantation." We
seek applications from scholars across the humanities and humanistic social sciences
whose research addresses theories and practices of translation in intercultural and
transcultural contact zones and transnational circulations.
 
Deadline for application: 1 November 2016. Information:
http://humanities.wisc.edu/fellows/about-the-a-w-mellon-postoctoral-program/application-information
  
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11. Research Assistant Vacancy at the  Middle East Centre and Department of Media &
Communications, London School for Economics
The successful candidate will join a multi-country collaboration project with the
American University of Sharjah, 'Personalised Media and Participatory Culture'. The
project has field sites in Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia and the UAE. The candidate is
required to assist Dr Shakuntala Banaji in analysing, organising and disseminating
the research outputs.

Deadline for application:  2 September 2016. Information:
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=3d36dd6f1efd9e75e763f1bb9&id=87c9679dd9&e=2e4e4b53c8


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12.  Kuwait Programme Short-Term Visiting Research Fellowships, Middle East Centre,
London School of Economics

Applications are invited from GCC nationals who have a PhD or equivalent and wish to
develop their research capacity and output. Based in the Middle East Centre, the
fellowships will enable the successful candidates to pursue research relevant to the
Kuwait Programme for a period of up to three months.

Deadline for application:  5 September 2016. Information:
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=3d36dd6f1efd9e75e763f1bb9&id=87c9679dd9&e=2e4e4b53c8