CONFERENCES 1. Conference: "Gender and Muslim Spaces: Community and Academic Perspectives", Muslims in Britain Research Network, University of Leeds, 29 March 2017 2. First International Conference on Current Trends in the Middle East, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 3-5 April 2017 3. Conference: "Militarism & Migration", University of California, San Diego, 21-23 April 2017 4. Conference: "Understanding Turkey: Vision, Revision, and the Future", Stanford University, California, 28-29 April 2017 5. Conference: "Pleasure, Providence and Purity: An International Conference on Food and Drink in Islamic Societies and Cultures", Centre for the Study of Islamic Culture, Chinese University of Hong Kong, End of April 2017 6. Workshop: "Recovering the Middle East in/from International Relations" as Part of the 4th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), Cardiff, 7-10 June 2017 7. Conference: "The Religious and Ethnic Future of Europe", Åbo Akademi University, Turku/Åbo, Finland, 12-13 June 2017 8. Workshop: "Islamists and Local Politics", Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS), University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 13-14 June 2017 9. Workshop: "Muslim Secularities: Explorations into Concepts of Distinction and Practices of Differentiation", Leipzig University, 18-20 June 2017 10. Conference of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion: "Religion, Cooperation and Conflict in Diverse Societies", Lausanne, Switzerland, 4-7 July 2017 11. 8th Annual Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, 1-4 August 2017 12. Panel: "Seeking God: The Cultural Expression of the Believer's Relationship to the Divine", International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), Krakow, 10-12 August 2017 13. Session: "Arabs and Arab Americans" at the American Sociological Association's 112th Annual Meeting, Montréal, Quebec, 12-15 August 2017 14. Panel: "Reconsidering 'Transit Migration': Techniques, Subjects and Spaces of Governing Mobile Populations", at the11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Barcelona, 13-16 September 2017 15. Conference: "Religion and Public Discourse in an Age of Transition", Bahá'í Studies Group, American Academy of Religion, Boston, MA, 18-21 November 2017 POSITIONS 16. Four Scholarships for Guest Doctoral Students in the Fields of Sociology, Religious Studies, History, Philosophy or Theology, University of Erfurt 17. W2-Professorship "Arabic Linguistics and Translation Studies", University of Leipzig 18. Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg 19. Researcher at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg 20. Pears Foundation PhD Scholarships at the Middle East and North Africa Centre, University of Sussex (MENACS) 21. Middle East Research Fellowship Program, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA 22. Mellon-Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Revolutions, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 23. Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern History, Seton Hall University, New Jersey 24. Glassman Holland Fellowship, Albright Institute, Jerusalem OTHER INFORMATION 25. 1-3 Doctoral Studentship Positions in Political Science, University of Gothenburg 26. Short Course: "Persian Calligraphy, Nasta'liq Script", London Middle East Institute, 16 January - 27 March 2017 27. Faculty Fellowship: The Summer Institute for Israel Studies, 20 June - 2 July 2017 at Brandeis and 3-12 July 2017 in Israel 28. Master's Program in Middle Eastern Studies, Stockholm University 29. Articles for META (Middle East - Topics & Arguments) Issue on "Youth" 30. Articles on: "The World and the Arab Spring: How International Community Responded to Popular Uprisings in the Middle East" for Edited Book 31. Articles on "Secularization of Science and Mind in the Writings of Said Nursi" for "Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization" 32. Articles on the "Sufi Community(s) of the Qur'an" for Edited Book on "Communities of the Qur'an" __________________ 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, University of Mainz ____________________ CONFERENCES 1. Conference: "Gender and Muslim Spaces: Community and Academic Perspectives", Muslims in Britain Research Network, University of Leeds, 29 March 2017 The question of gender inclusion among British Muslims is currently a high profile debate. This conference aims to unpack the many facets of this debate from a range of methodological, theoretical and community perspectives. Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2017. Information: http://middleorient.com/?p=7960 _____________ 2. First International Conference on Current Trends in the Middle East, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 3-5 April 2017 The current situation in the Middle East needs to be discussed from different perspectives. In order to understand current trends, scholars from all over the world need to sit together and share their viewpoints on how these events have happened and to what extend it will change the current structure of the society. Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2017. Information: www.islamic.utm.my/icctme2017/ _____________ 3. Conference: "Militarism & Migration", University of California, San Diego, 21-23 April 2017 We invite works that especially center migrant and refugee perspectives and epistemologies, as well as feminist reflections and engagements with militarization and its aftermaths. Deadline for abstracts: 13 January 2017. Information: https://militarismandmigration.wordpress.com/ _____________ 4. Conference: "Understanding Turkey: Vision, Revision, and the Future", Stanford University, California, 28-29 April 2017 Our aim is to assemble a diverse group of scholars, working across the humanities and the social sciences, who are undertaking research within a broad definition of Turkish Studies. The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies will cover the travel and lodging expenses for the paper presenters. Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2017. Information: Dr. Burcak Keskin-Kozat at burcak@stanford.edu _____________ 5. Conference: "Pleasure, Providence and Purity: An International Conference on Food and Drink in Islamic Societies and Cultures", Centre for the Study of Islamic Culture, Chinese University of Hong Kong, End of April 2017 This two-day conference aims to examine the complexity and diversity of attitudes and practices related to food and drink among Muslims in various parts of the Islamic world and beyond. Deadline for abstracts: 3 February 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/156460/cfp-pleasure-providence-and-purity-international-conference-food _____________ 6. Workshop: "Recovering the Middle East in/from International Relations" as Part of the 4th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), Cardiff, 7-10 June 2017 The workshop aims to address the unstable relationship between IR and the Middle East by examining relevant conceptual and methodological issues. It will provide a platform to discuss the ways in which Middle Eastern intellectuals, social movements and scholars themselves approach the questions of international relations, and examine how we can reshape IR's engagement with the Middle East. Deadline for abstracts: 30 December 2016. Information: http://eisa-net.org/sitecore/content/be-bruga/eisa/events/ewis.aspx _____________ 7. Conference: "The Religious and Ethnic Future of Europe", Åbo Akademi University, Turku/Åbo, Finland, 12-13 June 2017 Europe is undergoing significant demographic changes due to an aging population and increased immigration. This expert symposium will gather internationally leading experts to discuss the cultural, ethnic and religious aspects of this ongoing demographic shift. Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2016. Information: www.abo.fi/refe/ _____________ 8. Workshop: "Islamists and Local Politics", Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS), University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 13-14 June 2017 Papers are invited which explore questions related to Islamist politics at the local level, particularly in areas outside of urban core areas. Deadline for proposals: 8 January 2017. Information: http://pomeps.org/2016/09/14/call-for-proposals-islamists-and-local-politics/ _____________ 9. Workshop: "Muslim Secularities: Explorations into Concepts of Distinction and Practices of Differentiation", Leipzig University, 18-20 June 2017 We call for papers delineating concepts and practices of distinction and differentiation (and/or their undoing) within Islamicate social and historical contexts, the conditions of their emergence, and the socio-economic, doctrinal, and political conflicts that have sustained them. We will cover travel and accommodation for the selected participants. Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2017. Information: www.multiple-secularities.de/ _____________ 10. Conference: "Religion, Cooperation and Conflict in Diverse Societies", International Society for the Sociology of Religion, Lausanne, Switzerland, 4-7 July 2017 This conference analyzes the multiple ways in which religion may contribute to fostering cooperation and conflict in diverse societies. Deadline for abstracts: 10 January 2017. Information: http://wp.unil.ch/issr2017conference _____________ 11. 8th Annual Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, 1-4 August 2017 The objective of the Gulf Research Meeting is to provide an academic environment to foster Gulf studies and to encourage scholarly and academic exchange among those researching or interested in current developments that are defining the Gulf region and its constituent societies. Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2017. Information: http://grm.grc.net/upload2017/GRM%202017%20call%20for%20papers%20poster.pdf _____________ 12. Panel: "Seeking God: The Cultural Expression of the Believer's Relationship to the Divine", International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), Krakow, 10-12 August 2017 We are seeking conference papers that explore the nature of Middle East people's efforts to cultivate a meaningful relationship with God. Papers that focus on religious practices and piety among members of any of the faith groups of the Middle East will be considered. Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2017. Information: Kim Shively at shively@kutztown.edu _____________ 13. Session: "Arabs and Arab Americans" at the American Sociological Association's 112th Annual Meeting, Montréal, Quebec, 12-15 August 2017 The theme for the conference, "Culture, Inequalities, and Social Inclusion across the Globe," fits all too well with renewed concerns for Arab and Arab American communities. The session will aim to reflect the theme of the conference as a whole, but papers may address any issue relevant to the study of Arabs and Arab Americans. Deadline for abstracts: 11 January 2017. Information: www.asanet.org/annual-meeting/2017-annual-meeting/ _____________ 14. Panel: "Reconsidering 'Transit Migration': Techniques, Subjects and Spaces of Governing Mobile Populations", at the11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Barcelona, 13-16 September 2017 The aim of this section is to reconsider the conceptual and methodological tools utilized to examine 'transit migration'. Starting from critical research on transit migration, we argue that transit mobility and its governance rest on more complex and multifaceted categories, techniques, spaces and subjects of power than has been examined so far. Information: www.paneuropeanconference.org/2017/section.php?s=148&utm _____________ 15. Conference: "Religion and Public Discourse in an Age of Transition", Bahá'í Studies Group, American Academy of Religion, Boston, MA, 18-21 November 2017 The purpose of this panel is to make a fresh contribution to the growing, inter-disciplinary body of academic literature by examining the participation of the Baha'i community in the life of society. Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/156369/cfp-religion-and-public-discourse-age-transition _____________ POSITIONS 16. Four Scholarships for Guest Doctoral Students in Sociology, Religious Studies, History, Philosophy or Theology, University of Erfurt The scholarships start on 1 April and 1 October 2017 and are granted for either 6 or 12 months. Requirements are: knowledge of German, English and other relevant languages; acceptance for the position of doctoral candidate at another university and secured funding of the PhD project from another source; cooperation within in the interdisciplinary context of the Max Weber Center and in particular the Kolleg Research Group. Deadline for application: 18 December 2016. Information: www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/public-docs/Max-Weber-Kolleg/6-pdfs/kfg/kfg-research-program-2014_17-eng.pdf _____________ 17. W2-Professorship in "Arabic Linguistics and Translation Studies", University of Leipzig The future holder of the position will be responsible for research and teaching at the Oriental Institute of Leipzig University in the field of Arabic language, as well as in Arabic Linguistics and Translation Studies in socio- and cross-cultural contexts. Deadline for application: 25 January 2017. Information: www.orient.uni-leipzig.de/aktuelles/newsdetails/artikel/7/w2-professorship-arabic-linguistics-and-translation-studies-university-of-leipzig/ _____________ 18. Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg The PostDoc is open to candidates who have received a PhD in political science or related field. You need to have high competence on local governance, and, in particular, the Middle East, North Africa or Sub-Saharan Africa. Deadline for application: 16 January 2017. Information: www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/announcements-in-the-job-application-portal/?languageId=0&disableRedirect=true&id=19144&Dnr=804985&Type=E _____________ 19. Researcher at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg As a researcher you are expected to conduct research with a focus on the main questions of the research program in collaboration with Professor Ellen Lust. You should have a PhD in political science or related field. Deadline for application: 16 January 2017. Information: www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/announcements-in-the-job-application-portal/?languageId=0&disableRedirect=true&id=19144&Dnr=805013&Type=E _____________ 20. Pears Foundation PhD Scholarships at the Middle East and North Africa Centre, University of Sussex (MENACS) These scholarships provide full funding for UK/EU or International students whose research falls into one of the Centre's main areas of study: Middle Eastern, Israeli and North African Studies. There are no restrictions as to time period or subject area. Deadline for application: 26 January 2017. Information: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/fees-and-scholarships/scholarships/view/710 _____________ 21. Middle East Research Fellowship Program, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA The Middle East Initiative Research Fellowship Program offers one year fellowships for researchers at the pre-doctoral, post-doctoral and junior faculty level for research related to Middle Eastern governance and public policy. All fellowships carry a stipend. Eligible candidates include advanced doctoral candidates, recent recipients of a PhD or equivalent degree, and untenured faculty members. Deadline for application: 15 January 2017. Information: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/project/64/middle_east_initiative.html?page_id=525 _____________ 22. Mellon-Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Revolutions, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts The Seminar invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship for 2017-2018. The theme for this seminar is "Misplaced Dreams and Forgotten Revolutions: Conceptualizing Twentieth Century Revolutions in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East." All candidates must have received their PhD after June 30, 2013 and must have finished all requirements for the PhD by September 1, 2017. Deadline for application: 15 January 2017. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/8688 _____________ 23. Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern History, Seton Hall University, New Jersey PhD is required; teaching experience and publications focusing on the period since 1800 are advantageous. Deadline for application: 1 January 2017. Information: http://jobs.shu.edu/mob/cw/en-us/job/492696/assistant-professor-history _____________ 24. Glassman Holland Fellowship, Albright Institute, Jerusalem The three-month Glassman Holland Fellowship is open to all European post-doctoral researchers who are permanently resident in Europe. The fellowship award is $12,000, covering room and half-board at the institute plus stipend. Deadline for application: 15 January 2017. Information: www.aiar.org/fellowships/ _____________ OTHER INFORMATION 25. 1-3 Doctoral Studentship Positions in Political Science, University of Gothenburg We are particularly interested in candidates who have a record of accomplishments in one or more of the following areas: (1) comparative democratization (2) governance and development. We are also particularly interested in candidates who have (1) regional expertise, most importantly from the MENA, Africa and/or other regions and/or (2) research methods Deadline for application: 7 February 2017. Information: www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/announcements-in-the-job-application-portal/?languageId=0&disableRedirect=true&id=19144&Dnr=809314&Type=E _____________ 26. Short Course: "Persian Calligraphy, Nasta'liq Script", London Middle East Institute, 16 January - 27 March 2017 This ten-week course is suitable for all levels, from beginners to advanced. Although, previous knowledge of Persian language is not necessary for beginners, familiarity with the alphabets is an advantage. This is an exercise-based course on the writing techniques of the Nasta'liq script which is constantly engaged with Persian language and literature. You will also learn about the theory and history of Islamic calligraphy. Deadline for early-bird registration: 9 January 2017. Information: http://soas.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=442d3b1e538ac8e44cafc2b70&id=f4e937df77&e=fb237b1077 _____________ 27. Faculty Fellowship: The Summer Institute for Israel Studies, 20 June - 2 July 2017 at Brandeis and 3-12 July 2017 in Israel The Institute begins with a two-week multidisciplinary seminar taught by world-class faculty from Israel and the U.S., during which fellows create a syllabus to teach at their home institution. The program continues in Israel with a 10-day study tour of Israel, where fellows meet with leading personalities in public life, the academy and the arts. Deadline for application: 2 January 2017. Information: www.brandeis.edu/israelcenter/siis _____________ 28. Master's Program in Middle Eastern Studies, Stockholm University This is a two-year interdisciplinary program that provides deepened knowledge of the languages and cultures of the Middle East and North Africa, as well as area studies as a scientific discipline. Bachelor's degree within the main field of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, or equivalent, and knowledge of English are required. Deadline for application: 15 January 2017. Information: www.su.se/asia/english/middle-eastern-cultures-and-languages/courses-and-programmes/master-s-programme-in-middle-eastern-studies _____________ 29. Articles for META (Middle East - Topics & Arguments) Issue on "Youth" We call for articles from a broad array of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, political science, literature studies, cultural studies, media studies, history and economics, which critically engage with concepts of youth related to the MENA region, or which present new empirical findings. Deadline for abstracts: 20 December 2016. Information: submissions9@metajournal.net _____________ 30. Articles on: "The World and the Arab Spring: How International Community Responded to Popular Uprisings in the Middle East" for Edited Book The book seeks to investigate how different actors of international community approached the Arab Spring process within the context of a foreign policy analysis. Ideally, the proposed chapter will, relying on a foreign policy analysis approach in terms of methodology, investigate how the relevant political actor evaluated the Arab Spring process in different stages. Information: Dr. Cenap Cakmak cenapcakmak@yahoo.com _____________ 31. Articles on "Secularization of Science and Mind in the Writings of Said Nursi" for "Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization" Articles may be broadly conceptual or focused on a particular aspect of Nursian epistemological discourse. Information: www.nursisociety.org/al-shajarah-call-for-papers.html _____________ 32. Articles on the "Sufi Community(s) of the Qur'an" for Edited Book on "Communities of the Qur'an" The chapter may examine one or more 'Sufi community(s)' and how the Qur'an text or experience specifically gives its members meaning, vitality, purpose, etc. The editors are Emran El-Badawi and Paula Sanders, to be published by OneWorld. Deadline for the article: 30 May 2017. Information: eelbadaw@central.uh.edu
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