Archive for 2020

What draws Shia Muslims to an insecure pilgrimage? The Iranian journey to Arbaeen, Iraq during the presence of ISIS

In 2014, when Islamic State (ISIS) forces were still in power in some regions of Iraq, almost two million Iranian pilgrims headed into Iraq and joined Arbaeen religious procession which is one of the world’s biggest annual pilgrimages. Most people who embark on the journey stream toward Karbala on foot.

Pathology of Ahl al-Bayt History Studies in the Contemporary Period International Conference

Pathology of Ahl al-Bayt History Studies in the Contemporary Period International Conference

1.Iranian musicians residing in Iran and American Opera singers living in Washington, DC, facilitated by Roshan Institute for Persian Studies in partnership with the IN Series Opera in Washington DC, and the North American Iranian Friendship Association in Tehran, collaborated together for a performance in cyberspace.

The Director of the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz, has made a clip of just over 6 minutes of the performance available:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/iran-us-musicians-collaborate-trnd/index.html

 

 

 

 

2. International Seminar: “End-of-Life Care and the Islamic Moral Tradition”, Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Doha, 20-22 October 2020

This seminar aims to critically address the key EoLC ethical questions, by engaging a wide range of scholarly disciplines, including those within the field of Islamic studies (e.g., Theology, Philosophy, Jurisprudence & Legal Theory, Sufism, and Adab) in addition to other disciplines like social sciences and legal studies.

Information: https://www.cilecenter.org/resources/news/call-research-papers-end-life-care-eolc-and-islamic-moral-tradition

 

 

 

 

3. 5^th Annual International Conference of the Gulf Studies Centre: “Social Change in the Gulf Societies in the 21^st Century”, Qatar University, 11–12 November 2020

This conference aims to explore the role of economic transformation, education, social media, migration, and urbanization in the social changes in the Gulf societies, with a focus on their directions, magnitudes, and relevant policy options.

Information: http://www.qu.edu.qa/research/gulfstudies-center/events/Social-Change-in-the-Gulf-Societies-in-the-21st-Century

 

 

 

 

4. Symposium: “Ottoman Ego-Documents”, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 7-9 April 2021

The symposium will be in English and Turkish. The texts belonging to pre-Tanzimat period are particularly advised to present. The primary sources used in the presentations can be in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian or any other languages spoken/written in Ottoman territories. The main focus would be on the texts written in Ottoman Turkish.

Information: https://benanlatilari.medeniyet.edu.tr/en/symposium/home-page-sempozyum

 

 

 

 

5. POSTPONED from Philadelphia 2020: Panel on “Representing Islands and Water in the Early Modern Period (Focus Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean)” during the 67^th Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America: Dublin, 7-10 April 2021

Topics may include: Questions around the notion of insularity between the years 1400-1700; Urban space through chorographic representations and urban views of island cities; The power relations between the political powers seen through Early Modern cartography; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 August 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6296056/reprensenting-islands-and-water-early-modern-period and https://rsa.confex.com/rsa/2021/cfp.cgi

 

 

 

 

6. Postdoctoral Researcher (4.5 Years) in DFG-Graduiertenkolleg “Empires: Dynamic Change, Temporality of Post-Imperial Orders”, University of Freiburg, Germany

Candidates are invited from the following disciplines: Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern, and Contemporary History of any global area, Sociology, Political Science, Near Eastern Studies, Literary/Cultural/Media Studies.

Deadline for application: 4 September 2020.

Information: http://zanderdev.com/GRK_2571/en/Call%20for%20Applications.pdf

 

 

 

 

7. Six Postgraduate Positions (3 Years) for PhD Program (DFG-Graduiertenkolleg) “Empires: Dynamic Change, Temporality of Post-Imperial Orders”, University of Freiburg, Germany

We are looking for postgraduates with a background in the following disciplines: Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern, Eastern European and East Asian History as well as Sociology, Political Science, Literary/Cultural/Media Studies.

Deadline for application: 4 September 2020. Information: http://zanderdev.com/GRK_2571/en/Call%20for%20Applications.pdf

 

 

 

 

8. Up to 10 Fellowships for International Doctoral Students in European History, the History of Religion, Historical Theology, or other Historical Disciplines, Leibniz Institute of European History (EIG), Mainz

We fund PhD projects on European history from the early modern period until 1989/90. We are particularly interested in projects with a comparative or cross-border approach, on European history in its relation to the wider world, or on topics of intellectual and religious history. The IEG Fellowships provide a unique opportunity to pursue your individual PhD project while living and working for 6–12 months at the Institute in Mainz.

Deadline for applications: 15 August 2020. Information: https://www.ieg-mainz.de/en/fellowships

 

 

 

 

9. 30 Fellowships for 10 Months per Academic Year (Focus Mediterranean Studies) Offered by “French Institutes for Advanced Study” at High-level Scientific Residencies in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Montpellier

The fellowships are offered to outstanding researchers of all career levels. The minimum requirement is a PhD + 2 years of research experience at the time of the application. Exception will be made for scholars with a Master + 6 years of full‐time research experience after the degree. Researchers from all countries are eligible, but they have to have spent no more than 12 months in France during the three years prior to the application deadline.

Deadline for applications: 15 September 2020. Information: https://www.fias-fp.eu/

 

 

 

 

10. Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants to Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey etc.

The travel grants are meant to improve the career opportunities for humanities and social science academics in their qualification phase. The scientists conduct a self-chosen research project in at least two and at most three host countries: China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, USA. The total term of funding shall not exceed three months.

Deadline for applications: 9 October 2020.

Information: https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/en/foerderung/gerald-d-feldman-travel-grants.html

 

 

 

 

11. Articles on “Islamic Theologies of Disasters: Between Science, Religion and Messianism” for Special Issue of Journal “MIDEO” 38 (2023)

This issue is devoted: the Islamic theology of catastrophes at different periods of history, in ancient, modern and contemporary theological thought. See Call for Papers with many proposals of themes.

Deadline for paper: 30 June 2021.

Information: https://www.ideo-cairo.org/en/2020/07/call-for-papers-islamic-theologies-of-disasters/

 

 

 

From Partial to Complete: Juristic Authority in Twelver Shi’ism on JSTOR

Liyakat Takim, From Partial to Complete: Juristic Authority in Twelver Shi’ism, Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Summer 2020), pp. 6-27

1.ONLINE Conference: “Global Islamic Archaeology Showcase”, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS), University of Exeter, 26 September 2020

We welcome papers from Ph.D. students and early career researchers, as well as those studying a Master’s by Research, whose focus is Islamic archaeology and material culture in the broadest sense: we embrace a wide chronological range and geographical focus.

Deadline for abstracts: 22 August 2020. Information: https://www.islamicarchaeology.co.uk/

 

 

 

 

2. POSTPONED: Conference “Christian-Muslim Missionary Encounters, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries”, Mission and Modernity Research Academy (MiMoRA#3), Leuven, Belgium, 3-10 November 2020, Postponed until 1-3 February 2021

Themes: Reactions to Christian/Muslim missionary activities in the fields of education, literacy, health care, etc.; Space-settings of Christian/Muslim encounter-interaction; Muslim responses to (Western) Christian missions; The agency of Islamic activism in transforming the practices and thinking of Christian missionaries; Muslim responses to Christian interventions into Islamic religious practice; etc.

Information: https://kadoc.kuleuven.be/english/3_research/31_ourresearch/mimora

 

 

 

 

3. 5^th Conference of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS): “Interrogating the Social Sciences in the Vortex of Crises: Waves of Discontent and Demands for Change”, Beirut, 21-23 May 2021

The conference is open to papers from all social science and allied disciplines and to scholars from the Arab region and the rest of the world. Applicants must hold at least an MA degree and be actively engaged in social science research. Papers may examine contemporary or historical phenomena. Comparative, cross-regional and global perspectives are particularly encouraged. The conference will be organized around the following four major axes: Inequality and Resistance; The State and Risk Society; Infrastructure and Survival; Global, Regional and National Ecologies.

Deadline for abstracts: 25 September 2020. Information: http://www.theacss.org/pages/fifth-conference

 

 

 

 

4. M.A. in Mediterranean Studies, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese, 2020-2021

The MA is taught in English in partnership with the University of Bologna (Italy), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (France), Yaşar University (Turkey), Neapolis University of Pafos (Cyprus), and the Olympia Summer Academy.

Deadline for application: 31 August 2020. Information: https://pedis.uop.gr/?page_id=1949

 

 

 

 

5. Articles for New Open-access Peer-reviewed “Journal of Islamic Law”, Harvard Law School

Focusing on historical, comparative, and law and society approaches to Islamic law, we have a keen interest in featuring data science tools and primary sources that inform the scholarly analysis. The Journal welcomes long-form articles, essays, book reviews, and notes on cases and other new developments in the field.

Information: https://journalofislamiclaw.com/current

 

 

 

 

6. Articles on “Disinformation in the Middle East” for Special Issue oft he Journal “Open Information Science”, De Gruyter

We welcome studies that are focused on the empirical investigation of infodemics targeting the Middle East and/or originating from the region.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2020.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6278732/disinformation-middle-east

 

 

 

 

7. Paid Articles on “The Influence of Covid-19 on the Already Vulnerable Rights and Freedoms in the MENA Region” for Special Issue of “Rowaq Arabi”

This issue aims to provide new research on the influence of the Cvid-19 pandemic on governance, freedoms and rights in the already troubled MENA region. How does Covid-19 crisis management in the region unfold the practical meaning and consequences of the interdependence and indivisibility of civil, political, economic and social rights? And to what extent can the realisation of civil and political rights contribute to the efficacy of states’ responses to the crisis?

Deadline for manuscripts: 31 August 2020. Information: https://rowaq.cihrs.org/call-for-contributions-the-influence-of-covid-19-on-the-already-vulnerable-rights-and-freedoms-in-the-mena-region/?lang=en

 

 

 

 

8. Religious Healing and Sacred Health Curing: Online Documentary Film Program and Debate (week 3)

 

Please join our third biweekly webinar (8 August 2020), documentary film presentation and debate organized by the Network of the Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia of EASA in collaboration with the Religion and Society Research Cluster, Western Sydney University.

Introduction to the program by Dr. P. Khosronejad (Western Sydney University), debate by researcher and filmmaker Dr. Christian Suhr (Aarhus University), and discussant Dr. Paola Esposito (University of Oxford).

Film presentation 

Descending with Angels 

Christian Suhr, 2013, 75 minutes, Denmark.

Synopsis

Islamic exorcism or psychotropic medication? ”Descending with Angels” explores two highly different solutions to the same problem: namely Danish Muslims who are possessed by invisible spirits, called jinn.

A Palestinian refugee living in the city of Aarhus has been committed to psychiatric treatment after a severe case of jinn possession which caused him to destroy the interior of a mosque, crash several cars, and insult a number of people. He sees no point in psychotropic medication since his illness has already been treated with Quranic incantations. A psychiatrist and nurse try to understand his point of view but find that even further medication is needed. In the meantime a local imam battles a stubborn jinn-spirit of Iraqi origin and tries to explain the Muslims of Aarhus that they should stop worrying so much about jinn, magic, and other mundane affairs since nothing can harm anyone except by the permission of God.

The film compares two systems of treatment that despite vast differences both share a view of healing as operating through submission of faith to an external non-human agency — namely God or psychotropic medicine.

After the film, a debate with the presence of the filmmaker.

A link will be provided to all participants after the introduction debates to watch the film online or via screen sharing through the moderator’s screen.

This webinar will be held on Zoom.

Time 

August 8, 2020 10:00 AM London

Registration  

https://uws.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6XcISVSiTHSZpMl8n0jUGw

1.ASPIRANTUM is a language school based in Yerevan, Armenia.

We offer Persian language summer and winter schools every year.

In 2020 we were anticipating to have around 40 students but because of COVID our summer school 2020 in Yerevan was canceled. Instead we offered online courses to our prospective students.

We had 17 students for our first Persian language online summer school and the testimonials from the graduates of our first online school are already available here: https://aspirantum.com/testimonials.

From August 10 till August 28 we are organizing our second online Persian language summer school.

Please check this announcement for details and apply: https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-online

 

 

 

2. Society of Fellows, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College

These fellowships foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programs in which they are housed. We are particularly interested in scholars whose research is innovative and transcends traditional disciplinary divides.  Applications will be accepted in the various fields of humanities, social sciences, sciences, interdisciplinary programs, engineering, business and medicine.

Eligibility

Applicants for the 2021 – 2024 Society Fellowships must have completed a Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 2019, and must have their degree in hand by June 30, 2021.  Selection criteria include exceptional and innovative research, ability to transcend disciplinary boundaries, and potential to contribute to an interdisciplinary community of scholars. Dartmouth is highly committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive population of students, faculty, and staff. We are especially interested in applicants who are able to work effectively with fellows, faculty, students, and staff from all backgrounds, including but not limited to: racial and ethnic minorities, women, individuals who identify with LGBTQ+ communities, individuals with disabilities, individuals from lower income backgrounds, and/or first generation college graduates.

Application and process

Applications are accepted through Interfolio at apply.interfolio.com/77464 and must be received on or before Monday, September 14, 2020, 11:59 PM EDT.

Full info at: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60244

 

 

 

3. The Hidden Life of Textiles in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Contexts and Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Islamic, Latinate and Eastern Christian Worlds

Vryzidis (ed.), Brepols, 2020

http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503587738-1

 

 

 

4. Projects Assistant

The London School of Economics and Political Science

The LSE Middle East Centre drives LSE’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa and provides a central hub for the wide range of research on the region carried out at LSE. We are looking to hire a Projects Assistant to provide proactive and efficient administration support for various Middle East Centre projects on subjects including climate change in the GCC and gender in the Palestinian West Bank. The post holder will be an integral part of the Middle East Centre team and will be keen to contribute to Centre life and grow in their role.
Closing date for applications | 9 August 2020
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5. Project Co-ordinator Brunel University London
Brunel University London is seeking to recruit a Project Co-Ordinator for an international interdisciplinary team with partners in the Africa, Middle East, South East Asia and the UK. This post is to support a funded project which explores the role of the arts in preventing and mitigating the impacts of violence and armed conflict. This is an exciting and creative role supporting a team of academics, artists, scholars, policy makers and advocates for the arts, and will involve project coordination and organisation, partnership management, website content design, research resource gathering and impact and evaluation.

Closing date for applications | 21 August 2020
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6. Research Fellowship in the History and Culture of the Countries of the Silk Roads
King’s College, Cambridge

Through a generous donation, King’s College Cambridge is able to invite applications for a four-year Research Fellowship from those who are completing or have recently completed a doctorate and who intend to pursue a research project on some aspect of the Silk Road countries, societies, and cultures of Asia from the Western borders of China to the Mediterranean Sea, as well as their relationships with China in the East and Europe in the West, since 1400CE. The research project’s discipline may be, but is not limited to, politics, geography, anthropology, comparative literature, social/political aspects of economics, history and archaeology.
Closing date for applications | 4 September 2020
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7. Call for book proposals – Disruptions

Edinburgh University Press
The Middle East is experiencing major political transformations, some of which continue from the Arab uprisings of 2011, which invite historical and comparative examinations. The first of its kind, Disruptions publishes studies on the origins, nature, and impact of the ideas, events (uprisings, revolutions, protests), and actors (ordinary people, activists, intellectuals, or leaders) that are now disrupting the social orders in the region.
The series focuses on the genesis, development, and outcomes of ongoing transformations, but is open for historical studies with still-relevant theoretical and comparative topics. Topics may include, but are not limited to: Violent/non-violent forms of political protest; genesis and development of social movements; revolutions; arts and politics; women, gender, LGBT, or labour movements; norm diffusion; digital activism; civil societies.
Further information

 

 

 

8. Call for Papers: “Women in revolt. Mobilizations, pathways, imaginations – the Arab Mediterranean 1950-2020”

Univ. Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne | 10-12 February 2021
The ERC Dream programme seeks your contributions for a three-dayconference dedicated to women in revolt in the Arab Mediterranean world (1950s to the present). In the framework of the research undertaken on revolts and revolutions, Dream focuses its investigations on the protagonists who are the most invisible inthe human and social sciences and in collective memory. While much work has been devoted in recent decades to the place of women in societies and in struggles (Bereni, Révillard, 2001; Kréfa et Barrières, 2018), it is clear that the figure of the revolted or revolutionary woman has more recently been forcefully renewed by women’s voices in the context of the Arab Spring of 2011 and the new uprisings in Algeria, Sudan, Lebanon and Iraq.
Deadline | 1 September 2020
Further information

 

 

 

9. Call for Abstracts on men and masculinities for a potential special issue, Guest editor: Dr. Çimen Günay-Erkol

Middle Eastern Literatures
MEL (Middle Eastern Literatures) is willing to consider a potential special issue on men and masculinities to discuss the changing social construction of masculinities in Middle Eastern literatures, and to elaborate on how literature as a field can contribute to the theorization of masculinities. This special issue is intended to explore masculinities as dynamic and multifaceted phenomena emerging within contradictory cultural, material and discursive contexts of the Middle East. The aim is to locate and dislocate masculinities, along the line of thought presented by Andrea Cornwall and Nancy Lindisfarne in Dislocating Masculinity (1994). Cornwall and Lindisfarne punctuated the importance of considering the various ways people understand masculinities in particular settings, so that it becomes possible to explore how masculinities are defined and redefined in social interaction.
Deadline | 30 September 2020
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10. Call for Papers: “Challenging Orientalism: New questions of perception and reception”

Proposals are invited for the above panel which is will take place at the Association for Art History’s Annual Conference in 2021. Western visual culture has long depicted themes of Orientalism in paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs and films. Since Linda Nochlin applied Edward Said’s theory to paintings in 1983, these works have occupied a complex and often uncomfortable place in Western art history. Nevertheless, Orientalist artworks continue to present their dissonant character, as simultaneously crowd-pleasing favourites and critically discounted works. This session seeks to enlarge a contested field of art historical study by inviting submissions that re-evaluate its historiography, offer novel studies of Orientalist art from the 19th century to the modern day, and examine contemporary practices around its display and reception.
Deadline | 19 October 2020
Further information

 

 

 

11. Establishment of the Ferdowsi Presidential Chair in Zoroastrian Studies at UC Irvine
https://news.uci.edu/2020/07/29/massiah-foundation-challenge-gift-to-fund-uci-chair-in-zoroastrian-studies/

 

 

 

 

12. Open Access Newspaper Archive – Persian Periodicals (Digitization Project “Translatio”)

https://amirmideast.blogspot.com/2020/07/open-access-newspaper-archive-persian.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AccessToMideastAndIslamicResourcesamir+%28Access+to+Mideast+and+Islamic+Resources+%28AMIR%29%29

 

Sectarian Triangles: Salafis, the Shi’a, and the Politics of Religious Affiliations in Northern Nigeria | Politics and Religion | Cambridge Core

“Sectarianization”-the political instrumentalization of sectarian identities-is a profitable strategy for many state and non-state actors. This paper presents a theory of sectarianization, as well as an accompanying typology. The paper does not seek to explain the causes of sectarian conflict; rather, the paper examines how third parties respond to exogenous instances of such conflict.

Islamic University of Italy and University of Tehran MoU

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been agreed between the University of Tehran College of Farabi and the Islamic University of Italy. “The MoU meeting was hold in a virtual platform on Tuesday , July 28 and the MoU document was signed by the president of both sides.”

Integration or Isolation: Black Shi’ism in the American Diaspora

Liyakat Takim McMaster University, Ontario, Canada Keywords: double-minority, American Shi’is, Twelver Shi’ism, Black Shiʿi, Shi’i Islam In a country that claims to be founded on Judeo-Christian values, the experiences of minority groups such as Muslims are often relegated to the margins of discourses on religion.

1.Open Access Newspaper Archive: Lebanon

https://amirmideast.blogspot.com/2020/07/open-access-newspaper-archive-lebanon.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AccessToMideastAndIslamicResourcesamir+%28Access+to+Mideast+and+Islamic+Resources+%28AMIR%29%29

 

 

 

 

2. Virtual AGYA Workshop “Media Representations of Law and Justice: Middle Eastern Perspectives”, 19-21 August 2020, 2:00 – 5:30 pm CEST

Scholars from different regional sites, including Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, and Turkey, will present and discuss they research on legal dramas and movies with experts from law, media and communication studies, as well as Middle Easter Studies.

The workshop is open to a limited number of engaged listeners. For further information, program and registration until 10 August see https://tinyurl.com/y2c9wou3

 

 

 

 

3. One‐day Workshop:” HTRising Ottoman Manuscripts”, Institut für Orientalistik, University of Vienna, 18 December 2020

The workshop aims to discuss the possibilities of automatic text recognition for Ottoman manuscripts. The workshop intends to present the first findings of working with the tool Transkribus (transkribus.eu) and further discuss other tools as well as the potentials and challenges of HTRising Ottoman manuscripts.

Deadline for submissions: 15 September 2020. Information: https://orientalistik.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/detailansicht-artikel/news/call-for-applications/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=76f7252190c4b22eb9d17ff3377a9c28

 

 

 

 

4. 2^nd Biennial Symposium “Connectivity Across Borders: Global Borderlands in Historical & Modern Perspective”, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, 26-27 March 2021

We welcome proposals dealing with the role of borders and borderlands in shaping global narratives of connectivity across time and place.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/04/23/cfp-global-borders-borderlands-symposium

 

 

 

 

5. POSTPONED: Panels on “Materiality of Languages: Epigraphy, Manuscripts, and Writing Systems in Byzantium and Early Islamic Near East (324-1204)“ during the 56^th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 13-16 May 2021 – Postponed until 2022

In this period, the Eastern Mediterranean witnessed greater linguistic transformations that affected the entire regions and cultures, including their popular and elite levels. The purpose of the sessions is to examine whether this situation led to consolidating associative links between certain languages and particular types, methods, and styles of writing regarded as their “proper” or “preferred” mediums; and to what extent modern scholars can detect these links today, studying epigraphy, manuscripts, and writing systems.

Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-materiality-of-languages-byzantium-and-early-islamic-near-east-324-1204-13-16-may-kalamazoo?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

 

6. Postdoc Assistant Lectureship in Middle Eastern Studies in Social Anthropology, Social or Political Sciences (Tenure Track), Institute for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bern

Prerequisites for application are a completed PhD and a promising research project aiming for a habilitation. Applicants should have excellent abilities in at least one Middle Eastern language, be engaged in innovative research and be prepared to cooperate with representatives of other disciplines and institutions.

Deadline for applications: 16 August 2020. Information: https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/1822ed5f-52a8-41ca-8028-4e6705927685

 

 

 

 

7. Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies (Grade 7), School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds

Qualification: A PhD in Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, International Relations or other relevant discipline with a Middle East focus; track record of producing research outputs of internationally excellent quality, including as single or main author of recent refereed publications; competency in Arabic, Persian or Turkish; etc.

Deadline for applications: 15 August 2020.

Information: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=AHCLC1119

 

 

 

 

8. Full-time Arabic Instructor, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Minnesota

Preferred qualifications: Experience teaching intensive language courses; ability to teach vernacular Arabic courses in addition to Modern Standard Arabic; demonstrated commitment to materials and course development, innovative teaching methods, integration of culture into the curriculum, and mentoring students.

Deadline for applications: 3 August 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/07/23/full-time-arabic-instructor

 

 

 

 

9. Up to 12 Scholarships from the MESA Global Academy for Displaced Scholars from the MENA Region Currently Located in North America

Applicants must 1) hold a PhD in social sciences or humanities; 2) have been primarily affiliated with an institution in the MENA region prior to displacement; and 3) have a publication record indicating scholarly productivity (in English, French, their native MENA language).

Deadline for application: 7 August 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/advocacy/2020/07/08/global-academy-scholarship

 

 

 

 

10. Three Post-Doctoral Fellowships for 2021-2024, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Princeton University, New Jersey

Applications are invited for two Open Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences and one Fellowship in Humanistic Studies.

Deadline for applications: 4 August 2020. Information: https://sf.princeton.edu/about-us/news/call-applications-postdoctoral-fellowships-2021-24

 

 

 

 

11. Online Graduate Student Writing Workshop of the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), 7 November 2020

Doctoral or Master candidates will present, discuss, and receive valuable feedback on work related to North Africa. Accepted applicants will circulate an abstract of their project, a primary source of approximately 3-5 pages or 5-10 minutes, and a brief analysis of their primary source, raising questions or challenges to be discussed with the group.

Deadline for submissions: 1 August 2020. Information: https://aimsnorthafrica.org/annual-dissertation-workshop/

 

 

 

 

12. Studies and Observation for Online Collection of on “Corona Crisis: Local Perspectives of a Global Challenge”, Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)

Scholars engaged in studies on the Middle East, North Africa and the Muslim world are invited to publish their thoughts, observations, and first reports on the impact of this crisis.

Further information: https://www.zmo.de/en/knowledgetransfer/corona-experiences

 

 

 

 

13. Articles for “Diyâr. Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies“

Diyâr is a new, interdisciplinary and interregional academic journal concerned with research on Turkey, the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, Iran, Central Asia and the Caucasus. We accept articles of a variety of research topics and areas in the field of the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences written in German, English, and French.

Deadline for articles: 15 March 2021. Information: https://www.diyar.nomos.de/index.php?id=7418&L=1

 

 

 

14. Call for chapters: Marriage and Forced Migration: New Understandings of Conjugal Relationships in the Middle East and North Africa

• Edited by: Yafa Shanneik, Mulki al-Sharmani and Farah Al Taji

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has experienced, since the beginning of the 21^st century, large-scale forced movement of populations who fled wars in countries such as Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia. The absorption of millions of these refugees, including (un)recognised asylum seekers, in neighbouring countries creates a number of significant socio-economic and political challenges. This massive forced population movement also resulted in ruptures of traditional understandings of family structures and gender roles defined by religio-cultural norms and values of both new-comers and of receiving societies.

This edited volume seeks to analyse conjugal relationships and matrimonial practices (marriage and divorce) as they are being debated and developed in theory and practice in the MENA region. We aim to explore to what extent the conflict- and crises-induced displacement of people contribute to the emergence of new understandings of family structures and relationships and their wider religious and socio-economic context. While there is a growing body of research on gender and sexuality in the MENA region and legislative or judicial approaches towards questions of Islamic family law, fewer studies have given attention to the impact of the significant refugee flows on the emergence of new conjugal relationship norms and practices in the MENA region.

Deadline for abstract submission: 15 September 2020

Abstracts of 300-500 words need to specify the empirical research and/or methodological and conceptual discussions the chapter is based on and the broader questions addressed. We also need a short bio of up to 200 words. The abstract and the bio need to be sent as one email attachment in MS Word format to Yafa Shanneik: y.shanneik@bham.ac.uk  with ‘abstract and bio’ and your last name in the subject heading.

Further information at:

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2020/marriage-and-forced-migration.aspx

 

 

 

 

15. Open Access Newspaper Archive: Syria

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