lundi 2 octobre 2017

EURAMES Info Service 39/2017

CONFERENCES
 
1. International Conference on Gender and Politics: "Women and Politics in an Age of
Uncertainty: The Road to Sustainable Democracy and Democratization", Ibn Zohr
University, Ouarzazate, Morocco, 24-26 October 2017
 
2. BRISMES Conference: "New Approaches to Studying the Middle East", King's College
London, 25-28 June 2018
 
3. Symposium: "Arab Migration to Latin America: Migratory Dynamics and their Impact
on Societies", 56th International Congress of Americanists, University of Salamanca,
Spain, 15-20 July 2018
 
4. Interdisciplinary Panel for Refugee Research: "New Lives in New Worlds - Refugees
from the MENA Region in Their New Environments", World Congress for Middle Eastern
Studies (WOCMES), Seville, 16-22 July 2018
 
 
POSITIONS
 
5. Sheikh Zayid Chair of Islamic and Arabic Studies, American University of Beirut
 
6. Alfred H. Howell Endowed Chair, One-year Visiting Professorship 2018-2019,
Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut
 
7. Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Archaeology, Department of History and
Archaeology, American University of Beirut
 
8. Lecturer/Assistant Teaching Professor in Arabic, Pennsylvania State University
 
9. Advanced Associate/Full Professor Position in Ottoman History, University of
Texas, Austin 
 
10. Assistant Professor in Ottoman History, New York University
 
11. Assistant Professor in Religion and Critical Thought, Princeton University
 
12. Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies (Focus on Iran), Johns Hopkins
University
 
13. Librarian, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Emory University
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
14. Three Research Internship Positions (2017-2018), Centre for Mediterranean,
Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), Athens, Greece
 
15. Visiting Fellowship at the TürkeiEuropaZentrum, Hamburg 
 
16. Grants from the "Endangered Archives Programme" of the British Library 
 
17. Visiting Scholar Grants, Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, Raleigh
 
18. Summer Institute Workshop: "Political Economy of the Middle East", George Mason
University, June 2018
 
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Best regards,
 Guenter Meyer, Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz
in cooperation with the University of Sharjah/UAE
 
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CONFERENCES
 
1. International Conference on Gender and Politics: "Women and Politics in an Age of
Uncertainty: The Road to Sustainable Democracy and Democratization", Ibn Zohr
University, Ouarzazate, Morocco, 24-26 October 2017
 
Information: http://www.icgp.fpo.ma/program_sc.php   
  
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2. BRISMES Conference: "New Approaches to Studying the Middle East", King's College
London, 25-28 June 2018
 
The organizers encourage proposals that take up the theme in original ways,
exploring not only new approaches, but bringing different new approaches into
dialogue with each other, including across disciplines and across regions. In
addition, proposals on any topic related to Middle Eastern Studies are invited,
regardless of their fit with the conference's main theme.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2017. Information:
http://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/call-for-papers/ 
  
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3. Symposium: "Arab Migration to Latin America: Migratory Dynamics and their Impact
on Societies", 56th International Congress of Americanists, University of Salamanca,
Spain, 15-20 July 2018
 
Proposals are invited that include theoretical and methodological reflections, and /
or case studies related to some of the following questions of analysis: causes and
dynamics of the population movements from Arab countries towards Latin America; Arab
diasporas in Latin America; transnational activism of Arab communities based in
Latin America; elites of Arab origin and political participation in Latin American
countries; Arab migration and its cultural influence in Latin America.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 20 October 2017. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/node/8382/discussions/317804/cfp-conference-arab-migration-latin-america-migratory-dynamics-and;
http://ica2018.es/home/ 
  
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4. Interdisciplinary Panel for Refugee Research: "New Lives in New Worlds - Refugees
from the MENA Region in Their New Environments", World Congress for Middle Eastern
Studies (WOCMES), Seville, 16-22 July 2018
 
Organizer: Katharina Kilian-Yasin, Pforzheim University (Germany). The papers should
investigate the changes that individuals, groups, and societies undergo in this
situation of forced migration, shedding light on the implications of the specific
situation of refugees from the MENA region, on coping strategies, challenges,
problems and future perspectives. The papers should address socio-cultural,
psychological, legal, political, educational etc. issues in the field of refugees
from the MENA region with diverse methodological approaches.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2017. Information and contact:
. 
Information on WOCMES: http://wocmes2018seville.org/web/index.php/en/
  
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POSITIONS
 
5. Sheikh Zayid Chair of Islamic and Arabic Studies, American University of Beirut
 
Candidates are required to have made distinguished contributions in one or more
fields of Islamic Studies. Priority will be given to specialists in Islamic
jurisprudence, Prophetic tradition, speculative theology (kalam), Qur'anic studies,
and Islam and Muslims in the modern and contemporary world.
 
Deadline for application: 15 November 2017. Information:
http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/academic-employment.aspx 
  
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6. Alfred H. Howell Endowed Chair, One-year Visiting Professorship 2018-2019,
Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut
 
The applicant will be a recognized senior academic specializing in Modern Middle
Eastern History and/or Islamic History. This position is also open for senior
archaeologists.
 
Deadline for application: 30 November 2017.  Information:
http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/academic-employment.aspx 
 
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7. Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Archaeology, Department of History and
Archaeology, American University of Beirut
 
The applicant will be a junior scholar specializing in a field(s), ideally with a
Middle East emphasis, not currently covered by the department, including: the
prehistory of the Ancient Near East/Eastern Mediterranean, Egyptology, Islamic
archaeology, environmental archaeology, ethno-archaeology, heritage studies, and
numismatics. Applicants who have experience in teaching archaeological methodology
and theory are particularly welcome. 
 
Deadline for application: 30 November 2017.  Information:
http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/academic-employment.aspx 
 
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8. Lecturer/Assistant Teaching Professor in Arabic, Pennsylvania State University
 
Deadline for application: 1 December 2017. Information:
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55621 
 
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9. Advanced Associate/Full Professor Position in Ottoman History, University of
Texas, Austin 
 
Applicants should have an outstanding record of publication and an established
international reputation in the field.  Applicants should also have documented
evidence of teaching excellence.
 
Deadline for application: 15 November 2017. Information:
https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000388374-01 
 
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10. Assistant Professor in Ottoman History, New York University
 
Applicants' research may focus on any period or aspect of Ottoman history, but we
are particularly interested in candidates specializing in the pre-1800 period.
Applicants must have the Ph.D. in hand by the time of appointment and be prepared to
teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and to supervise doctoral
dissertation research.
 
Deadline for application: 31 October 2017. Information:
http://careers.historians.org/jobs/10318561/assistant-professor-ottoman-history-departments-of-history-and-of-middle-eastern-and-islamic-studies

  
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11. Assistant Professor in Religion and Critical Thought, Princeton University
 
The candidate's area of expertise is open but we especially welcome candidates who
complement the department's offerings in epistemology, ethics, religion and
philosophy, social criticism, theology or theories of religion.
 
Deadline for application: 1 November 2017. Information:
https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=3782
  
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12. Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies (Focus on Iran), Johns Hopkins
University
 
Candidates who combine their work on Iran with an interest in international
security, international law, conflict management, international development, foreign
policy, or domestic politics are particularly encouraged to apply. 
 
Review of applications started on 1 October 2017. Information:
 
  
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13. Librarian, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Emory University
 
Preferred Qualifications: Library experience as a Middle East and Islamic Studies
Librarian; fluency in Arabic, with reading knowledge of Persian, etc.
 
Information:
https://web.library.emory.edu/documents/pa_Middle%20East%20and%20Islamic%20Studies%20Librarian%20.pdf

  
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OTHER INFORMATION
 
14. Three Research Internship Positions (2017-2018), Centre for Mediterranean,
Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), Athens, Greece
 
The interns will be supervised by senior associates and will be dealing with the
study and analysis of ongoing events. Applicants have to be either postgraduate
students or hold a postgraduate degree.
 
Deadline for application: 15 October 2017. Information:
http://www.cemmis.edu.gr/index.php/en/publications/item/533-research-internship-positions-2017-2018
       
  
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15. Visiting Fellowship at the TürkeiEuropaZentrum, Hamburg 
 
This centre is a unique place for the study of contemporary Turkey with respect to
interdisciplinary and critical research. In order to promote international academic
exchange, it offers one visiting fellowship (one to three months) per year.
Applications that expand current research focus of the centre (gender and politics,
consumption and culture, environment and environmental humanities) are particularly
welcome, however we also look forward to other interesting applications.
 
Deadline for application: 1 December 2017. Information:
http://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/tuerkeieuropa/projekte.html 
  
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16. Grants from the "Endangered Archives Programme" of the British Library 
 
The archival material (including rare printed books, newspapers and periodicals,
audio and audio-visual materials, photographs and manuscripts) should relate to a
'pre-modern' period of a society's history (any period before industrialisation). It
should be acutely threatened by a natural or man-made disaster and needs immediate
action to safeguard it.
 
Deadline for preliminary grant applications: 17 November 2017. Information:
http://eap.bl.uk/
  
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17. Visiting Scholar Grants, Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, Raleigh
 
Grants provide funding for researchers working on early Arab diaspora and migration
to work at the Khayrallah Center for a period of 1 to 2 weeks. Researchers will have
access to resources available at the Khayrallah Center's archive. 
 
Deadline for grants in Spring 2018: 1 January 2018. Information:
http://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/apply-visiting-scholar-grants-khayrallah-center-for-lebanese-diaspora-studies-raleigh?e=82aeb6c61d

 
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18. Summer Institute Workshop: "Political Economy of the Middle East", George Mason
University, June 2018
 
The workshop is both to provide graduate level engagement and instruction as well as
to connect doctoral students and independent researchers with mid-career and senior
scholars working in the field of critical political economy.
 
Deadline for abstracts: 12 October 2017. Information:
http://www.politicaleconomyproject.org/pesi-2018.html 
 
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