EURAMES Info Service 46/2019

Dear Colleague,

Please find below the following announcements:

CONFERENCES
1. Workshop: "Conflict, Governance and Post-Conflict Economic Agenda", ERF in Collaboration with
the Institute of Financial Economics, American University in Beirut, 20-21 November 2019

2. Conference: "The GCC at Cross-Roads: Responding to New Economic Order Conference", ERF
and GCC Economic Research Initiative (GCCeRI), Muscat, 8-10 December 2019

3. Workshop: “Inequalities, Peace and Conflict in Turkey”, Stockholm University, 9-10 December 2019

4. International Conference: "Historicity and Islamicity: Perceptions of Early Islamic History in Contem-
porary Muslim Thought", Institute for the Study of Islamic Culture and Religion, Goethe University in
Frankfurt a.M., 12-14 December 2019

5. Workshop: "God's Justice and Animal Welfare", Department for Islamic-Religious Studies, Friedrich-
Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 13-14 December 2019

6. International Symposium: “Political Economy of Sanctions”, Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-Studien
(CNMS), Philipps-Universität Marburg, 13 -14 December 2019

7. Conference: "Visible and Invisible Borders between Christians and Muslims in the Early Modern
World”, Central European University, Budapest, 10-11 January 2020

8. Workshop: “Mosques, Power and Politics”, University of Copenhagen, 22-24 January 2020

9. Workshop: “Dialogues in the Late Medieval Mediterranean: Methodological Encounters and

(Dis)Encounters”, Casa Árabe, Madrid, 27 January 2020

10. Graduate Student Workshop: "Turning Points: The Middle East and Balkans, 1918-1923", UC
Berkeley, 6-8 February 2020

11. Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies 3rd Annual Conference: “Urban Islam: Muslim Mi-norities,
Identity and Tradition in West Asian, South Asian, and African Cities”, University of London, 19 Feb-
ruary 2020

12. Conference: “Protests, Power, and Prayer: Intersection of Activism, Culture, and Religion”, Religion
Graduate Students Association, University of Florida, 21-22 February 2020

13. 17th Annual Duke-UNC Conference: “Who Speaks for Islam? Approaches to Authority within the
Academy and Beyond”, University of North Carolina, 29 February 2020

14. Spring Meeting of the Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society: “Islam and
Law,” Emory University, Atlanta, 6-8 March 2020

15. Workshop: "Western Intervention in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: Political Containment, Neolib-
eralism, and Imperial Legacies", University of Oxford, 10-11 March 2020

16. International Workshop: "Media Representations of Law and Justice: Middle Eastern Perspectives",
Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Leipzig, 12–13 March 2020

17. Conference: "Mare Nostrum: The Mediterranean Basin as Wellspring of Human Endeavor", St. John
Fisher College, Rochester, New York, 13-14 March 2020
 18. Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies, Aga Khan University, London, 6-7
April 2020

19. Graduate Student Workshop on “Religion, Law, and Politics in the Middle East”, Syracuse Universi-
ty, 23 April 2020

20. Workshop: "The Visibility of Strangers. Diasporas, Urban Spaces, and Material Pluralism in the
Mediterranean Space", Cagliari, Italy, 29-30 April 2020

21. Conference: “Migration via the Sea or Desert: Recourse to Religious Figures in the Migratory Dy-
namics of Africa”, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, 7-8 May 2020

22. Conference of the Jewish-Muslim Research Network: “Beyond Jewish-Muslim Relations”, University
of Manchester, 19-20 May 2020

23. Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, University of Gibraltar, 27-30 May 2020

24. 8th International Conference of the National Records and Archives Authority of the Sultanate of
Oman (NRAA): “Omani-German Relations during the 19th and 20th Centuries”, Staatsbibliothek zu
Berlin, 5-6 June 2020

25. Conference: “Discursive Challenges: Power, State Legitimacy and Counter-narratives in the Arab
World”, Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS), Durham University, 9-11 June 2020

26. Workshop "Travelling Practices and the Emergence of Tourism in the Middle East (16 th-20th Centu-
ries)", University of Vienna, 12-13 June 2020

27. Seventh Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Centre for Visual Arts and Research, Nico-
sia, 2-4 July 2020

28. 15th International Congress of Ottoman Social and Economic History (ICOSEH), University of Za-
greb, 13-17 July 2020

29. Session: "Ottoman Cultural Mobilities: 19th Century Modes of Travel, Collecting and Display", within
the International Conference of European Urban Historians Network, Antwerp, 2-5 September 2020

30. Conference: "Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East: The Silk Roads and Beyond",
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 8-10 April 2021

31. 20th ISA World Congress of Sociology on "Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entangle-
ments of Religions, Politics, and Economies", Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022

POSITIONS
32. Post-doctoral 2020-2021 Fellowships for Scholars in the Study of Africa, University of Bayreuth

33. Research Fellow, German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg

34. PhD Position for Research Project "Bibliotheca Arabica: On the Production, Transmission, and Re-
ception of Arabic literatures”, Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Leipzig

35. Post-Doctoral Fellowship Position in the Project “Striking from the Margins: From Disintegration to
Reconstitution of State and Religion in the Middle East”, Central European University, Budapest

36. Doctoral Research Fellowship in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Department of Culture Studies
and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo

37. Director, Middle Easter Studies Center (MESC), American University Cairo
 38. Tenure-Track Position (Open Rank) in the Environmental History of the Mediterranean, University of
Haifa

39. Postes de Doctorant.e/Post-doctorant.e, Centre Jacques Berque pour les Etudes en Sciences Hu-
maines et Sociales, Rabat

40. Faculty Positions in the Sociology and Anthropology Program, School of Social Sciences & Humani-
ties, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

41. Assistant Professor in Global Public History (Focus on the Islamic World since 1800), York Universi-
ty, Ontario, Canada

42. Assistant Professor of History of the Circum-Mediterranean/Islamic World before 1500, Western
New England University

43. Postdoctoral Fellowships in Migration Studies, Center for International Studies, Cornell University

44. Bita Daryabari Assistant or Associate Professor of Iranian Studies, Department of Near Eastern
Studies, Berkeley

OTHER INFORMATION
45. Richard Gillespie Mediterranean Prize for Early Career Researchers

46. Ph.D. Research Grant at the Orient-Institut in Istanbul for 2020

47. Middle East and North Africa Mobility Grants for Young Researchers / bourses de mobilité pour
jeunes chercheurs, Centre Francais d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales

48. Spring School of the Innovative Training Network “Mediating Islam in the Digital Age” (MIDA) and
the European Network for Islamic Studies (ENIS) on "Contesting Authority: Knowledge, Power and
Expressions of Selfhood", Catania, Italy, 2-8 March 2020

49. Intensive Course of “Contemporary Iranian Studies”, University of Religions and Denominations
(URD), 4-14 March 2020

50. Critical Muslim Studies Summer School, Granada, 15-20 June 2020

51. Scholarship Program of the German Bundestag for Highly Motivated Graduates from the Arab Re-
gion in Berlin, 1-30 September 2020

52. Appel à dossier de la revue « Les Cahiers de Tunisie »

53. Appel à contribution pour le MIDÉO 36 (2021) : « Iğtihād et taqlīd dans l’islam sunnite et šīʿite »

54. Articles on "Labors of Need: Lives of African and Asian Workers in the Middle East" for Special Is-
sue of "Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies"

55. Publications for the "Occasional Paper Series of the Center for International and Regional Studies
(CIRS)", Georgetown University in Qatar

56. New "Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World"

57. Contributions to Edited Book: “Moroccan Peregrinations: Construction, Transmission and Circulation
of Islamic Knowledge (18th – 21st Centuries)"

58. Monographs for Series "Routledge Studies in Islam and Human Rights"
 59. New Book Series “Gulf Studies” by Gulf Studies Center (GSC), Qatar University, in Collaboration
with “Springer Nature”

60. Chapters for Edited Book on „Amazigh Cinema” (Palgrave’s Arab Cinema Series)

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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. Workshop: "Conflict, Governance and Post-Conflict Economic Agenda", ERF in Collabora-
tion with the Institute of Financial Economics, American University in Beirut, 20-21 Novem-
ber 2019

The workshop aims to serve as a platform for presenting and discussing a six Arab country case studies
(including Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen) touching upon several conflict related issues, and enable cross fertili-
zation and networking with international scholars and promote a multi-disciplinarily approach to researching
the conflict related issues.

Information: http://erf.org.eg/events/conflict-governance-and-post-conflict-economic-agenda-in-
collaboration-with-the-institute-of-financial-economics-american-university-in-beirut/

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2. Conference: "The GCC at Cross-Roads: Responding to New Economic Order Conference",

ERF and GCC Economic Research Initiative (GCCeRI), Muscat, 8-10 December 2019

This conference is designed to be the major inaugural event of the GCCeRI. This new institution will pro-
vide a platform for GCC researchers and policy makers to discuss research and policy issues as well as
regional and global developments; and, disseminate research outcomes to the public through means of
publications, newsletters, conferences and workshops.

Information: http://erf.org.eg/events/call-for-proposals-the-gcc-at-cross-roads-responding-to-new-economic-
order-conference-8-9-december-2019-muscat-sultanate-of-oman/

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3. Workshop: “Inequalities, Peace and Conflict in Turkey”, Stockholm University, 9-10 Decem-
ber 2019

This workshop aims to shed light on the patterns and mechanisms of inequalities and their impact on socie-
tal conflicts in Turkey. We invite papers that tackle the issues of inequalities, peace, and conflict from a
broader perspective, including social, economic, political and spatial features. While this workshop’s geo-
graphical focus is on Turkey, it seeks to construct a better understanding of the challenges related to social
and economic injustice in the global context and to bring innovative policy options to these challenges.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5044888/call-papers-workshop-
inequalities-peace-and-conflict-turkey

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4. International Conference: "Historicity and Islamicity: Perceptions of Early Islamic History in

Contemporary Muslim Thought", Institute for the Study of Islamic Culture and Religion, Goe-
the University in Frankfurt a.M., 12-14 December 2019

Our conference attempts to shed light on the contemporary Muslim perceptions and perspectives on the
early history of Islam. It will first address the mechanisms of construction of ‘early Islamic history’ and its
use in the processes of identity building among Muslims and, in a next stept, the critical and revisionist ap-
proaches to history developed by Muslim scholars.

Organizers: Prof. Dr. Armina Omerika, Dr. Soumaya Louhichi-Güzel.

See program at https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/82093441/ContentPage_82093441

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5. Workshop: "God's Justice and Animal Welfare", Department for Islamic-Religious Studies,
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 13-14 December 2019

The junior research group "Norm , Normativity and Norm Changes" is organizing this workshop which aims
to fathom the understanding of to what extent animals are recipients of justice. Hereby, interdisciplinary
approaches are used to find answers to the research question. The workshop is open for interested re-
searchers and students. Registration is required.

Information: https://www.dirs.phil.fau.eu/2019/07/24/gods-justice-and-animal-welfare

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6. International Symposium: “Political Economy of Sanctions”, Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-
Studien (CNMS), Philipps-Universität Marburg, 13 -14 December 2019

Organiser: Prof. Mohammad R. Farzanegan (Economy of the Near and Middle East).
See program at https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/wirtschaft/veranstaltungen

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7. Conference: "Visible and Invisible Borders between Christians and Muslims in the Early
Modern World”, Central European University, Budapest, 10-11 January 2020

We aim to create a network that will help to provide a comprehensive understanding of past relations be-
tween Christianity and Islam in the European context through the addressing of three main research prob-
lems: otherness, migration and borders.

Information: https://is-le.eu/calls/conferences/

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8. Workshop: “Mosques, Power and Politics”, University of Copenhagen, 22-24 January 2020

This seminar will examine the power strategies used by national and local politicians, examining national
legislation and municipal planning on mosques, and will investigate a number of concrete cases of contest-
ed mosque building.
Information: https://mosques.ku.dk/nordic-mosques. Contact: lbm993@hum.ku.dk

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9. Workshop: “Dialogues in the Late Medieval Mediterranean: Methodological Encounters and

(Dis)Encounters”, Casa Árabe, Madrid, 27 January 2020

The aim of this workshop is to create a network that will help to provide a comprehensive understanding of
past relations between Christianity and Islam in the European context through the addressing of three main
research problems: otherness, migration and borders.

Information: https://is-le.eu/workshop/dialogues-in-the-late-medieval-mediterranean-methodological-
encounters-and-disencounters/

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10. Graduate Student Workshop: "Turning Points: The Middle East and Balkans, 1918-1923", UC
Berkeley, 6-8 February 2020

Students using all types of approaches are welcome to apply: legal, diplomatic, and social/cultural history;
domestic/regional, transnational and international politics; economic and environmental.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/4727905/call-proposals-graduate-student-
workshop-uc-berkeley-february

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11. Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies 3rd Annual Conference: “Urban Islam: Muslim Mi-
norities, Identity and Tradition in West Asian, South Asian, and African Cities”, University of
London, 19 February 2020

We welcome research that focuses on all Muslim communities, including Sunni, Shiite, Sufi, those of sub-
denominations and of different schools of thought, jurisprudence and theology; and adherents of Muslim
movements having a prominent communal identity and living as minorities in Islamic cities.

Information: http://ciwas.net/upcoming-events-2/

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12. Conference: “Protests, Power, and Prayer: Intersection of Activism, Culture, and Religion”,
Religion Graduate Students Association, University of Florida, 21-22 February 2020

Contributors should frame their papers primarily in response to the questions: In what ways are religious
practices and/or beliefs deployed within various socio-cultural protests? How and why do certain individuals
or groups engage in activism? To what degree are religiously motivated protests effective/ineffective?

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5074698/cfp-%E2%80%9Cprotests-
power-and-prayer-intersection-activism-culture

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13. 17th Annual Duke-UNC Conference: “Who Speaks for Islam? Approaches to Authority within
the Academy and Beyond”, University of North Carolina, 29 February 2020
In light of recent attempts at intimidation by the state, we are particularly interested in thinking through the
politics of power. As such, we are seeking papers that interrogate questions of authority and power. Poten-
tial topics include, but are not limited, to the following: Who gets to speak for Islam and Muslims? What
landscape of authority exist in the Islamicate World? For example what geographies constitute the Islami-
cate world? Etc.

Deadline for applications: 15 November 2019. Information: https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/40033

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14. Spring Meeting of the Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society: “Islam
and Law,” Emory University, Atlanta, 6-8 March 2020

We invite paper abstracts from any discipline in the humanities or social sciences that address any topic
related to Islam and Law in the MENA region – for example: Islam’s role in the historical, cultural, or theo-
logical origins of law and law-making; Islam’s role in shaping law, legal institutions, and legal processes;
etc.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/25688/discussions/4334771/sermeiss-spring-2020-islam-and-
law-workshop-cfp-future-special

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15. Workshop: "Western Intervention in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: Political Containment,
Neoliberalism, and Imperial Legacies", University of Oxford, 10-11 March 2020

This workshop aims to situate current military and development interventions into a larger context and de-
bate about (neo)colonialism, governance, the state, sovereignty, and to encourage a systematic treatment
of the historical continuities and ruptures between the present and the explicitly imperial political contexts of
the early twentieth century.

Deadline for abstracts: 24 November 2019. Information: https://www.area-studies.ox.ac.uk/article/call-for-

papers-western-intervention-in-the-wake-of-the-arab-uprisings-political-containment

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16. International Workshop "Media Representations of Law and Justice: Middle Eastern Per-
spectives", Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Leipzig, 12–13 March 2020

We invite contributions on Arabic-language cinematic and television formats screening legal system in ei-
ther contemporary or historical perspective and papers on legal dramas from neighboring countries in the
‘Greater Middle East’, as well as comparative studies to allow for broader transnational perspectives.

Deadline for abstracts: 8 January 2020. Information: https://tinyurl.com/vbqxrvo

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17. Conference: "Mare Nostrum: The Mediterranean Basin as Wellspring of Human Endeavor",
St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York, 13-14 March 2020

This conference will analyze the manifold dimensions of human endeavor centered around the Mediterra-
nean, defined as the region extending from the western terminus of the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphra-
tes Valley.
Deadline for submissions: 1 February 2020. Information: https://networks.h-
net.org/node/7801/discussions/4766107/cfp-mare-nostrum-mediterranean-basin-wellspring-human-
endeavor

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18. Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies, Aga Khan University, Lon-
don, 6-7 April 2020

Papers are welcome on the following: Art, Architecture and Material Culture in the Muslim world; Diversity
within Islam and Islamic Studies; Economy, Marketing and Finance; Education; Gender Studies; Hadith
Studies; History, Intellectual History, History of Science; Interreligious Relations; Law; Literature, Media and
Cultural Studies including Postcolonial Studies; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 17 November 2019.

Information: http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-2020/brais-2020-call-for-papers

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19. Graduate Student Workshop on Religion, Law, and Politics in the Middle East, Syracuse Uni-
versity, 23 April 2020

The workshop will serve as avenue for advanced graduate students (ABDs) to meet and share their work-
in-progress and receive extensive feedback on their dissertation projects from a panel of interdisciplinary
experts. The workshop welcomes research conducted on a broad range of topics that addresses the histor-
ical and contemporary interactions between religious, legal and political institutions in the Middle East and
North Africa region.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2019.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5071564/graduate-student-workshop-
religion-law-and-politics-middle-east

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20. Workshop: "The Visibility of Strangers. Diasporas, Urban Spaces, and Material Pluralism in
the Mediterranean Space", Cagliari, Italy, 29-30 April 2020

Papers range from social analysis of diasporas to the anthropological approach to foodways; from the eco-
nomic inquire of foreigner lifestyle to the artistic patronage of foreigner urban guilds - framed in the Mediter-
ranean from the 17th to the 19th century, especially related to the effects of the dissolution of the Ottoman
Empire on urban pluralism.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4339606/visibility-strangers-diasporas-
urban-spaces-and-material

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21. Conference: “Migration via the Sea or Desert: Recourse to Religious Figures in the Migratory
Dynamics of Africa”, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, 7-8 May 2020

This conference intends to open a scientific dialogue to discuss the place of the religious in migratory dy-
namics. The conference’s anchoring point is the illegal migration from Africa towards Europe and Middle
East. But proposals dealing with the link between religious and all other forms of human mobility within the
African continental space or from it to other destinations could be examined according to their relevance.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2019. Information: https://calenda.org/673554

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22. Conference of the Jewish-Muslim Research Network: “Beyond Jewish-Muslim Relations”,

University of Manchester, 19-20 May 2020

Scholars of Jewish and Muslim histories, cultures, politics and theologies are invited to share comparative,
transnational, and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of these topics as they relate to and come into
contact with one another.

Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2019. Information: https://jmrn.co.uk/conference2020/

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23. Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, University of Gibraltar, 27-30 May 2020

We are now accepting proposals for individual paper, panel discussions, and complete sessions on all sub-
jects related to the Mediterranean region and Mediterranean cultures around the world from all historical
periods. The official language of the Congress is English, but we also welcome complete sessions in any
Mediterranean language.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2020. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-

mediterranean-studies-association-27-30-may-gibraltar?e=82aeb6c61d

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24. 8th International Conference of the National Records and Archives Authority of the Sultanate
of Oman (NRAA): “Omani-German Relations during the 19th and 20th Centuries”, Staatsbib-
liothek zu Berlin, 5-6 June 2020

The scholarly conference will focus on the Omani-German relations since the arrival of the Germans in
East Africa and the Gulf, as well as the German role in historical, economic, social and cultural studies of
Oman. The conference, organized in cooperation with Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Humboldt Univer-
sity of Berlin, Free University of Berlin and Oman Studies Centre in Germany, aims at bringing together
scholars from Oman, Germany and other countries.

Information: https://nraa.gov.om/the-eighth-international-conference-omani-german-relations-during-the-
19th-and-20th-centuries/?lang=en

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25. Conference: “Discursive Challenges: Power, State Legitimacy and Counter-narratives in the
Arab World”, Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS), Durham University, 9-
11 June 2020

The aim of this conference is to understand the dynamics of the protests gripping so many states and
communities in the Arab region and also the current challenges to regime legitimacy – traditionally held by
a strong central authority – in the MENA region.

Deadline for abstracts: 17 January 2020.

Information: https://www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/about/news/?itemno=40154

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 26. Workshop "Travelling Practices and the Emergence of Tourism in the Middle East (16th-20th
Centuries)", University of Vienna, 12-13 June 2020

This workshop will analyze travel literature (travelogues and guidebooks) with regard to the practices, pat-
terns and significations of travel. In shifting the focus to routine and mundane aspects of travelling, it will
serve to place travel narratives in a relational framework combining basic questions of infrastructure and
transportation with the movements and pathways of individual travellers.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2019. Information: https://travelmena.univie.ac.at

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27. Seventh Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Centre for Visual Arts and Research,
Nicosia, 2-4 July 2020

The conference will be preceded by a three-day (June 29 – July 1, 2020) intensive course on Venetian
sources concerning trade in Mamluk territories and Cyprus, taught by Professor Benjamin Arbel, Tel Aviv
University.

Information: http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference.html

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28. 15th International Congress of Ottoman Social and Economic History (ICOSEH), University of
Zagreb, 13-17 July 2020

The Executive Committee of ICOSEH and the Organizing Committee invite the submission of abstracts of
individual papers as well as pre-organized panels/sessions and workshops. Papers are expected to ad-
dress various aspects of the economic and social history of the Ottoman Empire. We encourage panels
and workshops on any aspects of the Ottomans and the Mediterranean and the Ottomans and Central Eu-
rope.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2019.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/4222924/icoseh-zagreb-2020-cfp

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29. Session: "Ottoman Cultural Mobilities: 19th Century Modes of Travel, Collecting and Display",
within the International Conference of European Urban Historians Network, Antwerp, 2-5
September 2020

The session focuses on the mobility and circulation of people and objects around Ottoman and connected
contexts; Ottoman encounters and exchanges en route; the journeys of intellectuals, collections and ar-
chives in the late Ottoman Empire.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/7801/discussions/5071043/cfp-ottoman-cultural-mobilities-
19th-century-modes-travel; and https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferences/eauh2020/

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30. Conference: "Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East: The Silk Roads and Be-
yond", University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 8-10 April 2021

The conference examines the relationship between China and the Middle East, both ancient and modern.
Papers that incorporate additional regions, such as Europe, Central Asia, or South/Southeast Asia are also
encouraged, provided they are also incorporate both China and a country in the Middle East, broadly con-
strued.

Deadline for abstracts: 21 January 2020. Information: mec-conference@sas.upenn.edu

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31. 20th ISA World Congress of Sociology on "Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New En-
tanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies", Melbourne, Australia, 24-30 July 2022

Mind this date! Information: https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress

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POSITIONS
32. Post-doctoral 2020-2021 Fellowships for Scholars in the Study of Africa, University of Bay-
reuth

Africa-based scholars with a proven track record in the study of Africa are eligible to apply. They may come
from any discipline in the humanities and the social, technical and ‘hard’ sciences.

Deadline for applications: 30 November 2019.

Information: https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumente/Call-for-Applications_Bayreuth-
Academy-Fellowships-2020_21.pdf

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33. Research Fellow, German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg

Qualifications: excellent university degree (master’s or equivalent) in Political Science, Sociology, Islamic
Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, or related social sciences / area studies; familiarity with academic re-
search on radicalisation, political Islam and jihadism; proficiency in English and Modern Standard Arabic;
good working knowledge of German; etc.

Screening of applications will begin on 18 November 2019. Information: https://www.giga-

hamburg.de/sites/default/files/md_pdf/GIGA-19-11_Call_ResearchFellowIMES.pdf

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34. PhD Position for Research Project "Bibliotheca Arabica: On the Production, Transmission,
and Reception of Arabic literatures”, Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Leipzig

Requirements: An MA or equivalent degree in Islamic Studies, Arabic philology or a cognate discipline; ex-
cellent knowledge of Arabic and preferably one other primary language of the Islamicate world; experience
in working with Arabic manuscripts. Starting date 1 April 2020 for three years, with an option of extension
for another year.

Deadline for application: 15 January 2020. Information: https://www.saw-

leipzig.de/de/ausschreibungen/stellenausschreibungen/bibliotheca_arabica.pdf/view

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 35. Post-Doctoral Fellowship Position in the Project “Striking from the Margins: From Disinte-
gration to Reconstitution of State and Religion in the Middle East”, Central European Univer-
sity, Budapest

Applications are invited from researchers whose work falls under this thematic field from any of the follow-
ing disciplines: comparative gender, policy studies, sociology, anthropology and religious studies. Required
qualifications: Eligible applicants should have held a doctoral degree for a period of less than five years,
and have a demonstrable record of achievement and promise in a relevant thematic field and discipline;
etc.

Deadline for applications: 8 December 2019. Information: https://www.ceu.edu/job/post-doctoral-fellowship

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36. Doctoral Research Fellowship in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Department of Culture
Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo

The applicant is asked to propose a project that enters the discursive field in the Middle East and North
Africa region (MENA), with a particular focus on modern Iran and its transnational encounters. The resulting
dissertation is expected to contribute to the field of gender studies as it intersects with capital, race, class,
culture, sexuality and/or knowledge via the MENA region and through its geographic and symbolic location.

Application deadline: 12 January 2020. Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-

jobs/job/178544/doctoral-research-fellowship-in-middle-eastern-and-islamic-studies

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37. Director, Middle Easter Studies Center (MESC), American University Cairo

Requirements: A PhD degree in a discipline relevant to MESC's field of study. Candidates should have well
established and extended experience in policymaking and implementation related to the Middle East. Can-
didates should have research and publications records showing interest and contributions to the field of
Middle East studies.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59347

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38. Tenure-Track Position (Open Rank) in the Environmental History of the Mediterranean, Uni-
versity of Haifa

We are looking for candidates with proven academic excellence in their respective fields of expertise, to-
gether with an extensive background in Mediterranean studies; a fully-developed Mediterraneanist ap-
proach guiding their research; and proven interest in environmental issues in the history of the Mediterra-
nean. While the candidate should be firmly rooted within the historical discipline, additional background in
supporting social and natural scientific fields, such as biology, geology, geography, ecology, etc., is a dis-
tinct advantage.

Deadline for applications: 31 December 2019.

Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58876

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39. Postes de Doctorant.e/Post-doctorant.e, Centre Jacques Berque pour les Etudes en

Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Rabat
CJB offer deux ou trois postes de doctorant.e/post-doctorant.e pour une durée d’un an, renouvelables.

Date limite d’envoi des candidatures : 15 décembre 2019. Information : http://www.cjb.ma/wp-

content/uploads/2019/10/Appel-%C3%A0-candidatures-CJB-2020.pdf

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40. Faculty Positions in the Sociology and Anthropology Program, School of Social Sciences &
Humanities, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

We are seeking to appoint an assistant/associate professor in sociology. The position requires proven ex-
perience in advanced quantitative research methods (research and teaching). Candidates with specializa-
tion in any area of sociology will be considered. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in sociology or a rele-
vant social science field. Knowledge of Arabic and ability to teach in the Arabic language is essential.

Deadline for applications: 15 January 2020.

Information: https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Careers/Pages/Apply.aspx?JobId=DIAC_2019_054

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41. Assistant Professor in Global Public History (Focus on the Islamic World since 1800), York
University, Ontario, Canada

Required qualifications include a completed PhD in History or a related discipline, and an ongoing program
of research in the area of specialization. Candidates are expected to demonstrate excellence or the prom-
ise of excellence in teaching and in scholarly research.

Deadline for applications: 25 January 2020.

Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59541

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42. Assistant Professor of History of the Circum-Mediterranean/Islamic World before 1500,

Western New England University

This can include classical and medieval Europe or the Islamic world. The primary qualification for this posi-
tion is excellence in teaching.

Deadline for applications: 15 December 2019.

Information: https://wne.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?id=286&site=1

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43. Postdoctoral Fellowships in Migration Studies, Center for International Studies, Cornell Uni-
versity

Two fellowships will be conferred to emerging scholars studying the movement of people, plants, and/or
animals. While in residence at Cornell, the Fellows will work to generate new knowledge that addresses
key themes and concerns. These include but are not restricted to socio-environmental dynamics and com-
plexity, recognition of multiple spatiotemporal and hierarchical scales, and attention to the roles of govern-
ance, democracy, and authority as they relate to the subject of migrations.

Deadline for applications: 15 January 2020. Information: https://einaudi.cornell.edu/migrations/call-

postdoctoral-fellows
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44. Bita Daryabari Assistant or Associate Professor of Iranian Studies, Department of Near East-
ern Studies, Berkeley

Applications are encouraged from scholars with rigorous training in the languages and cultures (textual
and/or material) of Iran (broadly defined) and with a research specialization within the period from antiquity
to the advent of Islam. Preference will be given to individuals whose research has strong philological and/or
material cultural foundations.

Deadline for applications: 15 December 2019. Information: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02227

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OTHER INFORMATION

45. Richard Gillespie Mediterranean Prize for Early Career Researchers

Mediterranean Politics is pleased to announce the launch of this Prize for the best research article on the
contemporary social and political dynamics of the Mediterranean region published in the Journal by an ear-
ly career researcher. We welcome contributions on politics and international relations as well as econom-
ics, human geography, sociology, anthropology and other relevant disciplines in the humanities and social
sciences.

Information: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/journal-prize-richard-gillespie-mediterranean-prize/

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46. Ph.D. Research Grant at the Orient-Institut in Istanbul for 2020

Field research in Istanbul for Ph.D. students not living in Turkey will be supported. Grants are available for
one of the research areas of the Institute: - Musicological research on the Ottoman Empire and Turkey; -
Narrative sources on Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire; - Historic and contemporary forms of religious ex-
pression in Anatolia since the 11th century; - Sociolinguistics; - Human, medicine, and society; - Manuscript
cultures of the Ottoman Empire and Iran. The research grant consists of a monthly stipend of € 1,100 for
six months. Travel expenses will be reimbursed.

Deadline for applications: 5 January 2020. Information: https://www.oiist.org/en/stipendien/

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47. Middle East and North Africa Mobility Grants for Young Researchers / bourses de mobilité
pour jeunes chercheurs, Centre Francais d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales

The aim of this call for projects is to fund research stays between Switzerland and the following countries:
Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.

Deadline for applications: 31 December 2019.

Information: http://cefas.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article672&lang=fr

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 48. Spring School of the Innovative Training Network “Mediating Islam in the Digital Age”
(MIDA) and the European Network for Islamic Studies (ENIS) on "Contesting Authority:
Knowledge, Power and Expressions of Selfhood", Catania, Italy, 2-8 March 2020

PhD candidates and advanced MA students are invited to participate. How have technological revolutions
informed the performance of selfhood (including gender), the modes of engagement with society, and the
political consequences of shifting boundaries between public and private spheres? The school addresses
the construction and transformation of religious authority and religious knowledge production, and concomi-
tant questions of legitimacy, power and discipline, under changing circumstances.

Deadline for applications: 25 December 2019.

Information: https://www.ehess.fr/fr/appels-%C3%A9tudiants/midaenis-spring-school-2020

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49. Intensive Course of “Contemporary Iranian Studies”, University of Religions and Denomina-
tions (URD), 4-14 March 2020

The program provides an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary platform for the study of modern Iranian
culture, politics, and society and includes workshops and cultural tours in Qom, Isfahan, Shiraz and Tehran.

Registration deadline: 30 December 2019, Information: http://iranstudytours.com/special_courses/30

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50. Critical Muslim Studies Summer School, Granada, 15-20 June 2020

The premier summer school on Islam and Decoloniality focuses on approaches to the academic study of
Islam which are both critical and post-Orientalist. The program is geared towards advanced undergraduate
and postgraduate students; junior lecturers; as well as those working in the government or civil society sec-
tors who have a keen interest in the summer school topics.

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2020. Information: http://www.dialogoglobal.com/granada/

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51. Scholarship Program of the German Bundestag for Highly Motivated Graduates from the Ar-
ab Region in Berlin, 1-30 September 2020

The programme is aimed at politically engaged young graduates from the Arab region who are interested in
the German parliamentary system and play an active role in promoting core democratic values in their
home countries. Participants have the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the German parliamen-
tary system and political decision making processes.

Deadline for applications: 1 December 2019.

Information: https://www.bundestag.de/en/europe/international/exchange/ips/arabian-250618

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52. Appel à dossier de la revue « Les Cahiers de Tunisie »

La revue « Les Cahiers de Tunisie » lance un appel à dossier et offre la possibilité de coordonner un dos-
sier thématique en collaboration avec les membres du comité de rédaction. Le dossier thématique com-
prend entre 5 et 8 articles (en arabe, en français et en anglais), réunis à la suite d’un appel à contribution.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2019. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/42828

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53. Appel à contribution pour le MIDÉO 36 (2021) : « Iğtihād et taqlīd dans l’islam sunnite et
šīʿite »

Le dossier de ce MIDÉO se propose d’approfondir les deux logiques à la lumière du patrimoine islamique.
L’histoire de la pensée islamique montre que l’on a établi en effet des distinctions entre les principes fon-
damentaux et les branches du fiqh, que l’on a élaboré des relations avec des notions connexes, que l’on a
évalué de manière différente le taqlīd, ou encore établi des distinctions de degrés d’iǧtihād. Il s’agira par
conséquent d’investir ces différentes notions connexes.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2020. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/36891

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54. Articles on "Labors of Need: Lives of African and Asian Workers in the Middle East" for Spe-
cial Issue of "Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies"

Contributions are invited from scholars working in the fields of history, area studies, anthropology, sociolo-
gy, geography, political economy, political science, religious studies, cultural studies, and other cognate
fields.

Deadline for articles: 6 January 2020.

Information: https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/index

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55. Publications for the "Occasional Paper Series of the Center for International and Regional
Studies (CIRS)", Georgetown University in Qatar

CIRS publishes original research on a range of issues related to the Middle East, including international
relations, political science, sociology, and anthropology, among others. All CIRS papers are accessible, for
free, in print and electronic formats. Papers are distributed via online academic platforms and search data-
bases, making them widely cited.

Information: https://cirs.georgetown.edu/publications/submission-guidelines

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56. New "Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World"

The Journal aims to be a new reference for field archaeologists, (art) historians, anthropologists, curators,
and scholars and students of the archeology, (art) history, architecture, anthropology and ethnography of
the Muslim world. Material culture includes not only artefacts, architectural structures and monuments, but
also crafts and archaeological field surveys.

Information: https://brill.com/page/mcmw

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57. Contributions to Edited Book: “Moroccan Peregrinations: Construction, Transmission and

Circulation of Islamic Knowledge (18th – 21st Centuries)"
The ambition of this issue is to renew previous reflections by gathering multidisciplinary studies that juxta-
pose human and social sciences and Islamic studies, shed light on unpublished sources and explore new
fields. The volume will include the following themes: contents, actors and the geography of knowledge;
knowledge policies, competing knowledge; Vintage Islam, New Age Islam.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2019. Information: https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/12572

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58. Monographs for Series "Routledge Studies in Islam and Human Rights"

We invite scholarly monographs that examine the rich and complex intellectual and institutional legacy of
Islam relevant to human rights and social (in)justice since the formative period of Islam (7 th century CE).
The Series welcomes works dealing specifically with the topic of human rights theories as well as discover-
ies that connect human rights to social issues, institutions, themes, ideas, and events.

Information: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-Islam-and-Human-Rights/book-series/RIHR

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59. New Book Series “Gulf Studies” by Gulf Studies Center (GSC), Qatar University, in Collabo-
ration with “Springer Nature”

The series takes an interdisciplinary approach to documenting the changes taking place in the Gulf socie-
ties, and the evolving relationship between the Gulf and the other regions. The series is dedicated to ad-
vancing a non-Western perspective for studying societies in the Gulf, and their interactions with the rest of
the world.

Information: https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/13/11/2019/QU%E2%80%99s-GSC-establishes-
book-series-on-%E2%80%98Gulf-Sudies%E2%80%99-with-Springer-Nature

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60. Chapters for Edited Book on “Amazigh Cinema” (Palgrave’s Arab Cinema Series)

The New York Forum of Amazigh Films (NYFAF) invites you to submit proposals which will be work-
shopped in New York City on 22 May 2020. The book aims to highlight research on the cinematic expres-
sion of self-identifying Amazigh filmmakers and examine the contributions of Amazigh cinema to issues of
representation, identity, sustainability, and artistic labor.

Deadline for proposals: 16 December 2019.

Information: new.york.forum.amazigh.film@gmail.com; https://www.nyfaf.com/

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