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EURAMES Info Service 53/2018



CONFERENCES

1.    International Conference: "Untangling Popular Power: Rhetoric, Faith, and Social Order in the Middle East," Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life and Columbia Global Center Amman, Jordan, 2-3 March 2019

2.    Fourth Georgetown-Qatar Arabic Program Symposium: "Arabic Heritage Education: Pedagogy, Challenges, and Prospects", Doha, 24-25 April 2019

3.    International Conference on Mobile Identities 2019: "The Mediterranean Crossings: Border-crossing, Representations, and Estrangement on the Sea Shores", Universitaire Ait Melloul, Morocco, 24-25 April 2019

4.    Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, University of Crete, Greece, 29 May - 1 June 2019

5.    Sixth International Graduate Conference on "Cultural Entanglement, Transfer and Contention in Mediterranean Communities", Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS), Budapest, 30 May - 1 June 2019

6.    International Conference on Ιbadi Studies 2019: "Ibadism and the Study of Islam: A view from the edge", Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto, 17-19 June 2019

7.    19th International Migration Conference "Mapping the Nation", Centre de Documentation sur les Migrations Humaines CDMH, Dudelange/Luxembourg, 27- 28 June 2019 

8.       Qur’an Conference of the International Qur´anic Studies Association on "Reading the Qur’an in the Context of Empire", University of New England, Tangier, Morocco, 25-26 July 2019

9.    Panel: "Beyond ‘Minorities’, Beyond Millet: Non (Sunni-)Muslim Groups and the Ottoman State in the “Post-Classical Age”, during the MESA Meeting in New Orleans, 14-17 November 2019

10.   Colloque international du réseau de chercheurs Amoun : « Cinéma et littérature en Egypte - L’adaptation : moments clés dans une histoire commune », Université du Caire, 16-18 novembre 2019

11.  Conference: “The Ties that Bind: Mechanisms and Structures of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire", Leiden University, 2-6 December 2019

12.  Conference: "Multilateral Dynamics between the Middle East and Asia: Current and Historical Perspectives", University of Haifa, 16-18 December 2019


POSITIONS

13.  Visiting Fellow in Comparative Religion, Clare Hall, Cambridge University

14.  Visiting Fellowships at Harvard Law School's Islamic Legal Studies Program: "Law and Social Change" for 2019–2020 Academic Year

15.  Assistant or Associate Professor at the Department of History at the American University in Cairo



OTHER INFORMATION

16.  PhD Research Grants of the Orient-Institut Istanbul

17.  German Parliamentary Scholarship for Young Arab Graduates in Berlin, 1-30 September 2019

18.  Undergraduate/Graduate Studies and Research on Islamic Studies & Christian-Muslim Relations, University of Edinburgh

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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


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CONFERENCES

1.    International Conference: "Untangling Popular Power: Rhetoric, Faith, and Social Order in the Middle East," Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life and Columbia Global Center Amman, Jordan, 2-3 March 2019

This forum aims to explore the extent to which recently emerging populisms in the contemporary Middle East are illustrative of a new historical trend, and/or the extent to which they are a continuation of the diverse strategies for the mobilization of peoples that were deployed during international anti-colonial projects and civil rights movements.

Deadline for final papers: 15 January 2018. Information:
https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/news/call-papers-untangling-popular-power-rhetoric-faith-and-social-order-middle-east-march-2-3

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2.    Fourth Georgetown-Qatar Arabic Program Symposium: "Arabic Heritage Education: Pedagogy, Challenges, and Prospects", Doha, 24-25 April 2019

This symposium seeks to address significant aspects of heritage Arabic education. It aspires to provide a platform for sharing and discussing key issues in this field. Participants are expected to share their research on heritage Arabic education, whether in the Arab world or elsewhere. Free accommodation for international participants.

Deadline for abstracts: 11 January 2019. Information: https://www.qatar.georgetown.edu/faculty/arabic-events

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3.    International Conference on Mobile Identities 2019: "The Mediterranean Crossings: Border-crossing, Representations, and Estrangement on the Sea Shores", Universitaire Ait Melloul, Morocco, 24-25 April 2019

This conference seeks to invite contributors from all sorts of discipline to discuss the questions of crossing the Mediterranean and what this process entails for the migrants, politicians, NGOs, economists, geopoliticians, sociologists, social politics, and social work.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2019. Information: http://clas-lab.com/

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4.    Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, University of Crete, Greece, 29 May - 1 June 2019

Individual papers, panel discussions, and complete sessions on all subjects related to the Mediterranean region and Mediterranean cultures around the world from all historical periods are invited.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2019. Information: https://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/call-for-papers-august-2018.html

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5.    Sixth International Graduate Conference on "Cultural Entanglement, Transfer and Contention in Mediterranean Communities", Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS), Budapest, 30 May - 1 June 2019

The aim of this conference is to work against the grain of disciplinary boundaries to better understand these processes of inheritance, transmission, and exchange both diachronically and synchronically. How were the cultures of Mediterranean communities particularized through accommodation to, modification of, and divergence from their shared pasts?

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2019. Information: https://cems.ceu.edu/cems-graduate-conference-2019

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6.    International Conference on Ιbadi Studies 2019: "Ibadism and the Study of Islam: A view from the edge", Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto, 17-19 June 2019

The Conference will locate the study of Ibadism interdisciplinarily as we examine how the spatial metaphor of center and edge, when applied to the study of Ibadism, can gesture to new research orientations in the field of Islamic studies.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2019.  Information: https://ibadistudies.org/index.php

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7.    19th International Migration Conference "Mapping the Nation", Centre de Documentation sur les Migrations Humaines CDMH, Dudelange/Luxembourg, 27- 28 June 2019 

We are looking for research paper presentations that seek to shed new light on the process of the cultural, social and economic conditions under which the nation and nation-state are constructed (anew) and reproduced in the context of migration.

Deadline for abstracts: 10 January 2019. Information: http://web.fhnw.ch/plattformen/migrationskonf?set_language=en

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8.    Qur’an Conference of the International Qur´anic Studies Association on "Reading the Qur’an in the Context of Empire", University of New England, Tangier, Morocco, 25-26 July 2019

We are particularly interested in papers about how rulers, politicians, religious figures and later colonial officers and European travelers contributed to the production, distribution and reception of Scriptures in general and the Qur’an in particular.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2019. Information: https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/international-meeting-2019/

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9.    Panel: "Beyond ‘Minorities’, Beyond Millet: Non (Sunni-)Muslim Groups and the Ottoman State in the “Post-Classical Age”, during the MESA Meeting in New Orleans, 14-17 November 2019

The panel aims to develop fresh and likewise philologically grounded perspectives on these communities, whose history in the Ottoman Empire is oftentimes misconstrued by outdated binaries, such as orthodoxy-heterodoxy, minority-majority, high-low-Islam etc.

Abstracts for papers may be sent to benjamin.weineck@uni-bayreuth.de until 1 February 2019

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10.  Colloque international du réseau de chercheurs Amoun : « Cinéma et littérature en Egypte - L’adaptation : moments clés dans une histoire commune », Université du Caire, 16-18 novembre 2019

Ce premier colloque du réseau de chercheurs Amoun envisage les rapports entre littérature et cinéma en Egypte en vue de produire une histoire commune qui les réunit.


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11.  Conference: “The Ties that Bind: Mechanisms and Structures of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire", Leiden University, 2-6 December 2019

In focusing on local and regional elites, we aim to understand how the authority and power of the caliphate was actualized within the daily lives of the empire’s inhabitants.


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12.  Conference: "Multilateral Dynamics between the Middle East and Asia: Current and Historical Perspectives", University of Haifa, 16-18 December 2019

We are interested in particular in the political, military, economic and cultural aspects of the relations, their determinants, undercurrents, and trajectories, as well as in other external players in the region.


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POSITIONS

13.  Visiting Fellow in Comparative Religion, Clare Hall, Cambridge University

The Fellow (at an early stage of the career) will pursue research into two or more faiths, or into a faith which is not the Fellow’s own, with a view to gaining a deeper understanding of religion in comparative context. The stipend for one year is £26,000 etc.

Deadline for application: 4 January 2019. Information: https://www.spaldingtrust.org.uk/files/inline-files/Advertisment_Spalding_2018.pdf

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14.  Visiting Fellowships at Harvard Law School's Islamic Legal Studies Program: "Law and Social Change" for 2019–2020 Academic Year

We welcome applicants with a JD, LLM, SJD, PhD or other comparable degree who are interested in spending from one month up to one academic year in residence at Harvard Law School working on an independent project.

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2019. Information: https://ilsp.law.harvard.edu/how-to-apply/

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15.  Assistant or Associate Professor at the Department of History at the American University in Cairo

This is a five-year position, beginning fall 2019. All specializations and areas of study are welcome.

Deadline for application: 15 March 2019. Information: https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/jobs/faculty-vacancies, click on the History Faculty position, then on "Apply now."

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OTHER INFORMATION

16.  PhD Research Grants of the Orient-Institut Istanbul

The grants support field research in Istanbul by PhD students not living in Turkey in one of the research areas of the Institute:
1. Musicological research on the Ottoman Empire and Turkey 2. Narrative sources on Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire 3. Historic and contemporary forms of religious expression in Anatolia since the 11th century 4. Manuscript cultures in the Ottoman Empire and Iran 5. Human, medicine, and society The award consists of a monthly stipend of € 1,100 for up to six months the reimbursement of travel expenses. Start of the scholarship should be at latest 1 November 2019.

Deadline for applications: 7 January 2019. Information: https://www.oiist.org/en/stipendien/

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17.  German Parliamentary Scholarship for Young Arab Graduates in Berlin, 1-30 September 2019

The scholarship program is aimed at highly-motivated, capable and talented young individuals from the Arab region who are open to new ideas, interested in politics and wish to play an active and responsible role in shaping the democratic future of their country. Very good knowledge of German is required.

Deadline for applications: 31 January 2018. Information: https://www.bundestag.de/en/europe/international/exchange/ips/arabian/250618

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18.  Undergraduate/Graduate Studies and Research on Islamic Studies & Christian-Muslim Relations, University of Edinburgh

Pursue interdisciplinary study of Islamic thought and practice, and of encounters between Christianity and Islam, Interfaith Awareness and World Christian Consciousness.

Application deadline: 31 August 2019. Information: https://www.ed.ac.uk/divinity

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EURAMES Info Service 52/2018



CONFERENCES

1.    Mediterranean Seminar Winter Workshop on "Turning Points", Princeton University, 1-2 March 2019

2.    Session on "Asia, the Middle East and North Africa" in the International Conference: "The Rise of Asia in Global History and Perspective", Paris and Le Havre, 13-15 March 2019

3.    Conference: "The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: The Birth of the Modern Nation", SOAS University of London, 27 March 2019

4.    Conference: “Borders and Emigration”, Catholic Institute of Toulouse, France, 28-29 March 2019

5.    Workshop: "Sovereign Institutions and Migration in South Asia", Radboud University Nijmegen, 3 April 2019

6.    Fourth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, Symposia Iranica, St John's College, 9-10 April 2019

7.    Conference: "World History Theory and Practice Conference: Migrants and Refugees", St. John`s University, 23 April 2019

8.    International Conference on Mobile Identities 2019: "The Mediterranean Crossings: Border-Crossing, Representations, and Estrangement on the Sea Shores", Universitaire Ait Melloul, 24-25 April 2019

9.    Fourth Arabic Program Symposium: "Arabic Heritage Education: Pedagogy, Challenges and Prospects", Georgetown University in Qatar, 24-25 April 2019

10.  Annual Conference on Shi`i Studies, Islamic College, London, 27-28 April 2019

11.  Conference: "The Mediterranean: Past, Present, and Future", University of Wisconsin, 3-5 May 2019

12.  Sixth Conference of the "International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA)", Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS, London, 16-17 May 2019

13.  “China and the Middle East and North Africa Conference”, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, 16-18 May 2019

14.  Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, University of Crete, Greece, 29 May - 1 June 2019

15.  Annual Conference of the "Middle East and Islamic Studies Association of Israel (MEISAI)", Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 30 May 2019

16.  Conference: "Pilgrimage and the Senses", University of Oxford, 7 June 2019

17.  International Conference: "The Near Eastern Saddle Period: The Formation of Modern Concepts in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian", University of Bern, Switzerland, 12-14 June 2019

18.  Workshop: “Currents and Currency: Cultural Circulations in the Mediterranean and Beyond”, Koç University, Turkey, 13-15 June 2019

19.  "The Problem of Piracy: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Plunder by Sea across the World from the Ancient to the Modern", University of Strathclyde, 24-26 June 2019

20.  Conference: "Transcultural Interplay through Art and Social Life: Iranian Diaspora in Europe and beyond", Paderborn, 25-27 June 2019

21.  Conference: "Museums in Arabia", King`s College, London, 26-28 June 2019

22.  International Workshop: “Gender, Fashion, and Embodiment in Islam”, University of Hamburg, 29-30 June 2019

23.  Seminar for “Arabian Studies”, British Foundation for the Study of Arabia (BFSA), University of Leiden, 11-13 July 2019

24.  International Conference on "Immigration in the History of the Yishuv and Israel", Institute for the History of the German Jews, Hamburg, 15-17 July 2019

25.  Annual Symposium on “Medieval and Renaissance Studies”, Saint Louis University, 17-19 June 2019

26.  Workshop on “Towards Sustainable Consumption and Production in the Gulf”, during the 10th Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, 15-18 July 2019

27.  Workshop on “Re-engaging with the Gulf Modernist City: Heritage and Repurposing Practice”, during the 10th Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, 15-18 July 2019

28.  Session on “The Repression of Middle East & Muslim Societies” during the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), New York, 10-13 August 2019

29.  Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies: “Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the Middle East”, Helsinki, Finland, 14–16 August 2019

30.  Section on " Interdisciplinary Study of Religions" at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Amsterdam, 24-26 October 2019

31.  International Conference: "Digital Archiving in the Arab World", Abu Dhabi, 26-27 October 2019

32.  Colloque international : "Cinéma et littérature en Egypte L’adaptation : moments clés dans une histoire commune", réseau de chercheurs Amoun, 16-18 novembre 2019


POSITIONS

33.  Eight PhD Scholarships in Cultural Studies at the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), University of Giessen, Germany

34.  Professorship (Tenure Track) for the History and Culture of Islam in the Eastern Mediterranean (W 1), University of Mainz

35.  Full Professorship for “Islamic Intellectual History of the Post-Classical Period (1200-1800)” (W3), Humboldt-University Berlin

36.  Full Professorship for “Comparative Theology from an Islamic Perspective” (W3), Humboldt-University Berlin

37.  PhD Position on Islamic Law, Contemporary Islamic Law in Muslim States and Islamic Family Law, Maastricht University

38.  Assistant Professor of Byzantine Studies, Central European University

39.  Assistant, Associate and Full Professors in Various Disciplines, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha

40.  Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, University of Alberta

41.  Research Fellowships in the 2019-2020 Program of the Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School

42.  Postdoctoral Research Associate in Contemporary Politics in the Arab World, Princeton University

43.  Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics/Middle East/North Africa, Virginia Tech

44.  Postdoctoral Fellow in Levantine Studies, Rice University

45.  Assistant Professor of Health Studies in the Middle East and North Africa, University of Arizona

46.  Visiting Assistant Professor in Iranian Studies, Brown University

47.  Full-Time Continuing Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Arabic, College of the Holy Cross


OTHER INFORMATION

48.  Intensive Course on Shia Studies, Mashhad, Iran, 22-28 February 2019

49.  Doctoral Spring School 2019: "Patronage and Clientelism in the Muslim world”, Granada, 18-22 March 2019

50.  Arabic Summer Program at McGill University, Montreal, 7 June - 2 August 2019

51.  Transregional Academy: "Minor/Small Literature(s): Perspectives on World Literature from Elsewhere", Forum Transregionale Studien and Max Weber Stiftung, Berlin, 10-20 July 2019

52.  Articles on "Ghosts of Empire: Persistence and Claims of Ottomanness in Post-Ottoman Spaces" for Special Issue of "Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée"

53.  Articles on ""Place-making": Negotiating Urban Identities in the Middle East" for Special Issue of the Peer-reviewed Journal "Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development" (UAS)

54.  Articles on "Contacts" for Special Issue of the Peer-reviewed Online Journal "Middle East - Topics & Arguments, META #13"

55.  Articles on "Arab Diaspora Literature Then and Now", for Special Issue of Journal "Humanities"

56.  Appel à candidatures Prix de thèse 2019

57.  Visiting Scholar Grants to Use the Archives at the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

58.  Byzantine Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship 2019-20, University of Notre Dame, Indiana

59.  Funding Opportunities for 2019-2020 and Research Awards by the "Council of British Research in the Levant"

60.  Teach English or Music in the Palestinian Refugee Camps of Lebanon, 1 July - 10 August 2019

61.  6000 images archéologiques de la Syrie en libre accès


If you want to distribute an announcement via DAVO-Info-Service (about 1400 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 wishes and happy holiday,

Guenter Meyer, Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, in cooperation with the University of Sharjah

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CONFERENCES

1.    Mediterranean Seminar Winter Workshop on "Turning Points", Princeton University, 1-2 March 2019


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2.    Session on "Asia, the Middle East and North Africa" in the International Conference: "The Rise of Asia in Global History and Perspective", Paris and Le Havre, 13-15 March 2019

The questions of world order based on peace, justice and non-violence are chosen to be the main subject of presentation and discussion of this multidisciplinary conference.


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3.    Conference: "The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: The Birth of the Modern Nation", SOAS University of London, 27 March 2019

The conference aims at those with an interest in the post Ottoman period in the region, British Egyptian relations, modern Egyptian history, and developments in Egypt over the last hundred years, including historians, students, politicians and government, diplomacy and the general public. It will seek to throw new light on the events of 1919 and their impact on Egypt, Sudan, Britain, and the wider world.


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4.    Conference: “Borders and Emigration”, Catholic Institute of Toulouse, France, 28-29 March 2019

At a political level, the question of borders lies at the centre of the foundation of every country and state. With the emergence of nation states, borders have become geographic and physical.As for religion, history shows us that the influence of belief systems on borders is vital. Every religion which aims to be universal seeks to broaden its territory.

Deadline for abstracts: 11 January 2019. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/38276 (in French, English and Arabic)

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5.    Workshop: "Sovereign Institutions and Migration in South Asia", Radboud University Nijmegen, 3 April 2019

This one-day workshop seeks to juxtapose land-based sovereign institutions with the various kinds of movement that occurred throughout the Indian Ocean during the 18th and 19th centuries. Through the discussion of migration over these centuries, we hope to assess the influence of these governing bodies over local communities, as well as the agency that local communities had in dictating their own mobilities.


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6.    Fourth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, Symposia Iranica, St John's College, 9-10 April 2019

We welcome proposals that engage with any aspect of Iranian studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Deadline for abstracts: 13 January 2019. Information: http://symposia-iranica.com/cfp/

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7.    Conference: "World History Theory and Practice Conference: Migrants and Refugees", St. John`s University, 23 April 2019


We aim to put into conversation traditional topics covering the movement of people with more recent envi-ronmentally and ideologically oriented interests in the migration of crops, diseases, ideas, and other non-human forces. Presentations on refugee flows—one of the twenty-first century’s pressing concerns—are especially welcome.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3180979/st-john%E2%80%99s-university-world-history-theory-and-practice

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8.    International Conference on Mobile Identities 2019: "The Mediterranean Crossings: Border-Crossing, Representations, and Estrangement on the Sea Shores", Universitaire Ait Melloul, 24-25 April 2019

This conference seeks to invite contributors from all sorts of discipline to discuss the questions of crossing the Mediterranean and what this process entails for the migrants, politicians, NGOs, economists, geopoliticians, sociologists, social politics, and social work.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2019. Information: http://clas-lab.com/

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9.    Fourth Arabic Program Symposium: "Arabic Heritage Education: Pedagogy, Challenges and Prospects", Georgetown University in Qatar, 24-25 April 2019

This symposium seeks to address significant aspects of heritage Arabic education. It aspires to provide a platform for sharing and discussing key issues in this field. Given the recent recognition of this separate track in Arabic learning, much needs to be done in terms of research, course preparation, and material development.


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10.  Annual Conference on Shi`i Studies, Islamic College, London, 27-28 April 2019

This conference will provide a broad platform for scholars in Shi`i studies to share their latest research.


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11.  Conference: "The Mediterranean: Past, Present, and Future", University of Wisconsin, 3-5 May 2019

The focus of the conference is on the role that the historical Mediterranean has, and continues to have, on contemporary society. The conference is being developed out of, and in response to, questions and prob-lems that emerged during a research and teaching symposium hosted by the National Endowment for the Humanities in the summer of 2018.


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12.  Sixth Conference of the "International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA)", Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS, London, 16-17 May 2019

The proposed topics may be in any field of economics, economic history and political economy. The Program Committee welcomes both empirical and theoretical papers that use quantitative or analytical narrative methods.


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13.  “China and the Middle East and North Africa Conference”, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, 16-18 May 2019

Topics include the Political Economy of the Middle East, Environmental Issues, Social Movements, Religion and Politics, Gender Issues in the Middle East, etc.


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14.  Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, University of Crete, Greece, 29 May - 1 June 2019

Individual papers, panel discussions, and complete sessions on all subjects related to the Mediterranean region and Mediterranean cultures around the world from all historical periods are invited.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2019. Information: https://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/call-for-papers-august-2018.html

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15.  Annual Conference of the "Middle East and Islamic Studies Association of Israel (MEISAI)", Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 30 May 2019

Scholars from all areas of study of the Middle East, Islam and Middle Eastern languages, with no limitation concerning discipline, period or sub-region, are welcome to send proposals.

Deadline for abstracts: 24 February 2019. Information: https://www.meisai.org.il/en/

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16.  Conference: "Pilgrimage and the Senses", University of Oxford, 7 June 2019

This interdisciplinary conference hosted at the University of Oxford aims to shed light on how sensory perception shapes and is shaped by the experience of pilgrimage across cultures, faith traditions, and throughout history.


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17.  International Conference: "The Near Eastern Saddle Period: The Formation of Modern Concepts in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian", University of Bern, Switzerland, June 12–14, 2019

We are especially interested in papers0 combining case studies of modern religious, social and political concepts in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian with theoretical considerations related to the Near Eastern saddle period (1860-1940).


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18.  Workshop: “Currents and Currency: Cultural Circulations in the Mediterranean and Beyond”, Koç University, Turkey, 13-15 June 2019

The conference aims to bring together cultural works that constitute alternative archives of the Mediterranean in order to reassess the current geographical divides that shape typical understandings of the Mediterranean and beyond.


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19.  "The Problem of Piracy: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Plunder by Sea across the World from the Ancient to the Modern", University of Strathclyde, 24-26 June 2019

This three-day conference seeks to address these and other “problems” of piracy by bringing together a wide range of postgraduate, early career, and senior researchers who study any aspect of piracy and maritime predation across various chronological, geographical, and disciplinary barriers.


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20.  Conference: "Transcultural Interplay through Art and Social Life: Iranian Diaspora in Europe and beyond", Paderborn, 25-27 June 2019

The conference plans to deepen the notion of the Transcultural in relation to ‘Iranian’ artistic matters. Emphasis is put on investigations into the richness and complexity of artistic expression and the reciprocal effects and correlations that can be observed between the arts and in social life generally.


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21.  Conference: "Museums in Arabia", King`s College, London, 26-28 June 2019

The conference will explore the regional and international actors who are actively involved in producing and challenging cultural formations and systems of knowledge production in and on the Gulf. We encourage both critical analyses and case-studies that examine how the actions of individuals and institutions are connected in the broader social, economic and political landscape of the Arabian Peninsula.

Deadline for abstracts: 10 January 2019. Information: http://uk.icom.museum/events/international-events/museums-in-arabia-2019/

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22.  International Workshop: “Gender, Fashion, and Embodiment in Islam”, University of Hamburg, 29-30 June 2019

We want to compare the dynamics in the so-called “Islamic center” (the Arabian Peninsula) with developments in the so called “Muslim Periphery". The workshop aims to problematize the discursive and lived interactions between gender, fashion, spirituality, religion, class, and ethnicity.


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23.  „Seminar for Arabian Studies”, British Foundation for the Study of Arabia (BFSA), University of Leiden, 11-13 July 2019

The Seminar for Arabian Studies 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 (1922).

Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2019. Information: https://www.thebfsa.org/the-2019-seminar/

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24.  International Conference on "Immigration in the History of the Yishuv and Israel", Institute for the History of the German Jews, Hamburg, 15-17 July 2019

The aim of this international conference is to discuss different aspects of the phenomenon of immigration, how it has shaped the Israeli society, as well as perspectives and methods for studying the issue. The conference will bring together scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds who research immigration to Israel from any given country, both in the pre-state period and in the modern state of Israel.


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25.  Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Saint Louis University, 17-19 June 2019

We are especially interested in paper and panel proposals that focus on science/medicine, economy, and religion, not only the historical intricacies but also the interaction of these topics methodologically.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2018. Information: https://www.smrs-slu.org/

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26.  Workshop on “Towards Sustainable Consumption and Production in the Gulf”, during the 10th Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, 15-18 July 2019

This workshop aims to address the current status, progress, and prospective outlook of sustainable consumption and production in GCC countries.

Deadline for abstracts: 20 January 2019. Information:  http://www.gulfresearchmeeting.net/index.php?pgid=Njk=&wid=MTY0&yr=2019

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27.  Workshop on “Re-engaging with the Gulf Modernist City: Heritage and Repurposing Practice”, during the 10th Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, 15-18 July 2019

This workshop aims to address the current status, progress, and prospective outlook of sustainable consumption and production in GCC countries.


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28.  Session on “The Repression of Middle East & Muslim Societies” during the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), New York, 10-13 August 2019

This session invites papers that bring attention to the repression of Muslim and Middle Eastern populations, as well as how these populations are working to resist extremism in all its varied forms.

Deadline for abstracts: 9 January 2019. Contact: Dana Moss, PhD, dmm209@pitt.edu; information: http://www.asanet.org/annual-meeting-2019


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29.  Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies: “Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the Middle East”, Helsinki, Finland, 14–16 August 2019

The Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSMES) (http://nsmes.org/), the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Institute in the Middle East (http://www.fime.fi/) are inviting panels and papers for this multidisci-plinary conference. Fields: Middle Eastern history, anthropology, religion, politics, sociology, language, and literature.

Deadline for abstracts for roundtables and pre-organized panels 15 January 2019, for individual papers and posters 15 February 2019. Information: https://bit.ly/2P23vaC

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30.  Section on " Interdisciplinary Study of Religions" at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Amsterdam, 24-26 October 2019

Commonly religions are understood to include ideas and behaviors that engage super-human agency through diverse strands of human culture from history to the present-day. This section seeks to establish and highlight critical interdisciplinary insights that may be neglected by single discipline studies of religions.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2019. Information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SY4x9WFkoKzDEzJz1L38pOBv4l02uge_G-WBA8GTQOo/edit; www.aisconference2019.nl

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31.  International Conference: "Digital Archiving in the Arab World", Abu Dhabi, 26-27 October 2019

This conference aims to inaugurate a series of conferences – starting with Abu Dhabi in 2019 – as a formal endeavor to provide a sustainable platform of knowledge exchange of the various topics regarding Digital Archiving in the Arab World.


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32.  Colloque international : "Cinéma et littérature en Egypte L’adaptation : moments clés dans une histoire commune", réseau de chercheurs Amoun, 16-18 novembre 2019

Ce premier colloque du réseau de chercheurs Amoun envisage les rapports entre littérature et cinéma en Egypte en vue de produire une histoire commune qui les réunit.


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POSITIONS

33.  Eight PhD Scholarships in Cultural Studies at the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), University of Giessen, Germany

The GCSC encourages applications which make a significant contribution to the study of culture in various historical contexts, including contemporary phenomena. An international research perspective, i.e. international study experience, is an advantage. Scholarships are offered for one year with the possibility of two extensions, each of one year.


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34.  Professorship (Tenure Track) for the History and Culture of Islam in the Eastern Mediterranean (W 1), University of Mainz

The junior professor should represent the entire field in research and teaching. Knowledge of Arabic is re-quired, that of Ottoman Turkish is also desirable. The candidate should either possess or be willing to develop a research focus on gender relations and roles from a historical perspective. Competencies in the field of visual and material culture are preferable.

Deadline for applications: 27 December 2018. Information: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/354794

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35.  Full Professorship for “Islamic Intellectual History of the Post-Classical Period (1200-1800)” (W3), Humboldt-University Berlin

Position is starting 1st October 2019 and initially limited to a 5-year contract. The successful candidate will focus on the significance of the post-classical intellectual history in his or her research and teaching, especially in the areas of Kalām, philosophy and mysticism, with a special emphasis on different doctrinal currents (especially Sunna and Shia).


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36.  Full Professorship for “Comparative Theology from an Islamic Perspective” (W3), Humboldt-University Berlin

Position is starting 1st October 2019 and initially limited to a 5-year contract. The successful candidate will focus on the relationship between Muslim religiosity and other religious communities and worldviews in his or her research and teaching. He or she will undertake research in entangled history, particularly with respect to Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and will compare the interaction of actors of various religious origins with regard to religious doctrine and practice.


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37.  PhD Position on Islamic Law, Contemporary Islamic Law in Muslim States and Islamic Family Law, Maastricht University

PhD researchers participate in the Maastricht University Graduate School of Law. They will prepare a PhD thesis in English or Dutch within the Faculty of Law’s research programme. Supervision will be provided by Prof. Susan Rutten, Professor of Islamic Family Law in a European Context.

Deadline for submitting a draft proposal: 15 January 2019. Information: https://www.academictransfer.com/nl/51315/phd-candidates-at-the-faculty-of-law; Contact: s.rutten@maastrichtuniversity.nl

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38.  Assistant Professor of Byzantine Studies, Central European University

The successful candidate will be an outstanding researcher and teacher in the field of Byzantine Studies, with the ability to teach subjects and supervise theses at the MA and PhD levels in a broad chronological range from ca. 500 to 1500, or even beyond. The successful candidate must have a PhD in a field relevant for Byzantine Studies.

Deadline for applications: 31 January 2019. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58010

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39.  Assistant, Associate and Full Professors in Various Disciplines, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha

Job Purpose: To conduct teaching, research and service so as to contribute to HBKU becoming a world-class research university.

No deadline for application. Information: https://hbku.edu.qa/en/careers/assistant-professor; https://hbku.edu.qa/en/careers/associate-professor; https://hbku.edu.qa/en/careers/professor


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40.  Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, University of Alberta

The Faculty of Arts invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, with a starting date of July 1, 2019. Applicants must hold a PhD in a humanities or social science discipline with a research focus on Islamic Studies, or have a strong expectation of completing such a PhD before July 1, 2019.

Review of applications start on 2 January 2019. Information: https://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/A107337623/

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41.  Research Fellowships in the 2019-2020 Program of the Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School

These one-year fellowships are available 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. Citizens of all countries are invited to apply.


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42.  Postdoctoral Research Associate in Contemporary Politics in the Arab World, Princeton University

Applicants can be from the disciplines of history, politics, economics and international relations. The appointment will be for the year, September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020. Candidates must hold the Ph.D.

Deadline for applications: 30 January 2019. Information: https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=9961

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43.  Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics/Middle East/North Africa, Virginia Tech

Candidates must have a research focus that involves comparative political analysis in the MENA region and demonstrated excellence in research. They also must have evidence of teaching effectiveness to meet the Department’s key teaching needs in its B.A. and M.A. programs. Teaching requirements for this position will be four courses a year. A PhD in Political Science or a closely related field is required by the time of appointment.

Review of applications start: 22 January 2019. Information: https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/92715

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44.  Postdoctoral Fellow in Levantine Studies, Rice University

Applicants from any humanistic discipline or interdiscipline including, but not limited to, art history, architecture, geography, history, and/or literary studies, whose research and teaching interests focus on issues related to the history and geography of Levant are eligible to apply. The fellow should have experience working with geospatial technologies and/or 3D modeling software. The fellow must have received a PhD between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2019.


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45.  Assistant Professor of Health Studies in the Middle East and North Africa, University of Arizona

This position requires a 2/2 teaching load, maintenance of an active program of research and publication, and appropriate service to the college, university, and profession. The successful candidate will be well qualified to engage in undergraduate and graduate teaching; conduct research in or centrally related to the Middle East and/or North Africa; have potential for externally supported research; and have an interest in participating in outreach activities.

Review of applications starts 21 January 2019. Information: https://uacareers.com/postings/33768

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46.  Visiting Assistant Professor in Iranian Studies, Brown University

Middle East Studies invites applications for a two-year position. The position is open to all disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences and is designed for scholars at the Assistant Professor level. Teaching experience and a record of publication and professional service are desirable. Residence in the Providence area is required for most of the duration of the appointment.

Review of applications start 20 January 2019. Information: https://watson.brown.edu/mes/news/2018/visiting-assistant-professor-iranian-studies

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47.  Full-Time Continuing Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Arabic, College of the Holy Cross

The position is established for an initial term of three academic years, beginning in Fall 2019, and the appointment holds the rank of lecturer. The position will be reviewed for renewal in the second year of the term. If the position is re-approved for another three years, the holder of the position will be reviewed in the third year for reappointment. Candidates must have native or near native proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic; a master’s degree in Arabic language teaching.

Review of applications starts 1 February 2019. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/59022

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OTHER INFORMATION

48.  Intensive Course on Shia Studies, Mashhad, Iran, 22-28 February 2019

Combining the classical Shi’ite thought and the current political, social, and religious concerns of Shi’ite society in Iran, this program aims to offer scholarly perspectives on challenging issues that affect contemporary Iran. Language: English. Partial Scholarships: Available. Contact: shiacourse@urd.ac.ir

Early registration deadline: 31 December 2018. Information: http://shiacourse.urd.ac.ir

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49.  Doctoral Spring School 2019: "Patronage and Clientelism in the Muslim world”, Granada, 18-22 March 2019

We invite doctoral students and Early Stage Researchers working on or being interested in aspects of pat-ronage and clientelism in the Muslim world from different disciplines in humanities and social sciences (his-tory, anthropology, sociology, economics, cultural studies, political sciences, religious studies) to explore and present the relevance of these concepts for their work.

Deadline for applications: 25 January 2019. Information: https://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1460/files/2018/11/ENIS_CFP.pdf

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50.  Arabic Summer Program at McGill University, Montreal, 7 June - 2 August 2019

Intensive and immersive summer program open to undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. 170 in-class hours, 67 hours of extra-curriculars. Levels from absolute beginner to higher intermediate.

Deadline for registration: 1 March 2019. Information: https://www.mcgill.ca/arabic-summer


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51.  Transregional Academy: "Minor/Small Literature(s): Perspectives on World Literature from Elsewhere", Forum Transregionale Studien and Max Weber Stiftung, Berlin, 10-20 July 2019

We will focus on the political/revolutionary potential of literature in hegemonic struggles as well as the position and ambition of small/minor literatures in the larger linguistic/regional projects, such as Arabic literature in the diaspora.


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52.  Articles on "Ghosts of Empire: persistence and claims of Ottomanness in post-Ottoman spaces" for special issue of "Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée"

Editors Philippe Bourmaud, Iyas Hassan et Aline Schlaepfer. Proposals focusing on the press, memoirs and autobiographies produced by Ottoman-born actors, as well as diplomatic archives are expected: these sources illustrate references, concepts and procedural habits, linguistic borrowings etc.

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2019. Information: https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/10526

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53.  Articles on ""Place-making": Negotiating Urban Identities in the Middle East" for Special Issue of the Peer-reviewed Journal "Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development" (UAS)

Contributions can explore the relationship between place and identity-formation; sense of place; construction of social belonging in urban communities; creation of gendered places; lines of inquiry inspired by classical theories by Lefebvre, Foucault, de Certeau, Deleuze, Baudrillard etc.; and other analyses - all within Middle Eastern urban context.

Deadline for manuscripts submission: 1 April 2019. Information: Contact Marta Wieczorek: marta.wieczorek@zu.ac.ae; http://the-institute-ny.com/WEB%20PAGES/JOURNAL/infoforauthors.htm

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54.  Articles on "Contacts" for Special Issue of the Peer-reviewed Online Journal "Middle East - Topics & Arguments, META #13"

Edited by Evgeniya Prusskaya and Vera Tsukanova. Papers are invited on the MENA region concerning language contacts, interaction of living and classical languages, impact of language contacts on different aspects of culture, forms of colonial and post-colonial interaction, instruments of cross-cultural exchange, transfer of the ideas and ideologies, social network analysis.

The deadline for abstracts: 30 December 2018. Information:  https://meta-journal.net/announcement/view/37

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55.  Articles on "Arab Diaspora Literature Then and Now", for Special Issue of Journal "Humanities"

We seek contributions that interrogate the ways in which contemporary Arab diaspora literature has stretched the concepts of utopia/dystopia, humanities/urban and geography studies, and gender and LGBTQ studies.

Deadline for manuscripts: 30 December 2018. Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/arab_dispora

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56.  Appel à candidatures Prix de thèse 2019

Le GIS Moyen-Orient Mondes musulmans du CNRS et l’Institut d’étude de l’islam et des sociétés du monde musulman (IISMM-UMS2000) organisent en 2019 quatre prix de thèse ciblés ayant trait au Moyen-Orient et aux mondes musulmans. Sont éligibles des travaux soutenus en français ou en France entre le 31 décembre 2016 et le 31 décembre 2018, dans toutes les disciplines des lettres et sciences humaines et sociales.


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57.  Visiting Scholar Grants to Use the Archives at the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

Funding for researchers - at all levels of their career from graduate students to senior scholars - working on early Arab diaspora and migration to work at the Khayrallah Center for a period of 1 to 2 weeks.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no deadline. Information: https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/awards/VisitingScholar.php

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58.  Byzantine Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship 2019-20, University of Notre Dame, Indiana

This fellowship is designed for junior scholars with a completed doctorate whose research deals with Byzantine Studies om history (including its auxiliary disciplines), archaeology, art history, literature, theology, and liturgical studies, as well as the study of Byzantium’s interactions with neighboring cultures.

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2019. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/57545

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59.  Funding Opportunities for 2019-2020 and Research Awards by the "Council of British Research in the Levant"

CBRL offers research grants for fellowships, project awards and travel grants.



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60.  Teach English or Music in the Palestinian Refugee Camps of Lebanon, 1 July - 10 August 2019

Learning for the Empowerment and Advancement of Palestinians (LEAP) is an educational enrichment program dedicated to nurturing the intellectual growth and creative curiosity of Palestinian refugee-youth in Lebanon so they may become agents of change

Deadline for applications: 8 February 2019 at https://leap-program.org/get-involved/apply-shine.  Information: https://leap-program.org/

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61.  6000 images archéologiques de la Syrie en libre accès

Au cours de l’été 2018, l’Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo) a mis en ligne sur MédiHAL plus de 6000 images archéologiques de la Syrie issues de ses fonds documentaires. Ce sont plus de 8500 images scientifiques qui sont aujourd’hui accessibles en libre accès dans la collection de l’Ifpo.