Archive for July 5th, 2022

1.ONLINE Lecture “Consultative Mechanisms and Institutions in Late Ottoman Jeddah” by Ulrike Freitag, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, 11 July 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Berlin Time

The presentation will not only engage with the question of how Ottoman reforms at the urban, provincial and imperial levels were implemented and who were the beneficiaries of these reforms, which provided for particular portions of elected members in various bodies. It will also point to less conspicuous forms of consultative and elective mechanisms.

Information and registration: https://forms.gle/A8AJDvdaQyUiG5qD8

2. HYBRID Lecture “Thinking of a Moral Economy with Ibn Khaldun” by Abdulkader Tayob (University of Cape Town); Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, 12 July 2022, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Berlin Time

The presentation deliberates on an Islamic moral economy through the work of Ibn Khaldun, the fourteenth-century historian and philosopher. It presents Ibn Khaldun’s analysis of the different ways in which individuals seek sustenance guided by practical but also moral and religious considerations.

Information and registration:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tdOihqjIoHtwdOb-eRTsbV6z5hssN87ag

3. HYBRID Lecture “Manufacturing Stability: Class and Property Contestations in an Egyptian Steel Town” by Dina Makram-Ebeid (The American University in Cairo), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, 14 July 2022, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Berlin Time

The paper looks at the life trajectories of fathers and sons working side by side on the shop floor of a steel plant and highlights how the aspirations for a good life through the preservation of family legacies became a claim for privilege consolidation that complicated class politics and gave the discourses of stability broader and more political meanings.

Information and registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsduyrrzwjGdRJxB1cWyfbbK37rPghYqQQ

4. ONLINE “Annual Graduate Colloquium in Middle Eastern, Islamic, and Ottoman Studies (MEIOS)”, George Mason University and Marmara University, 16-17 September 2022

The Colloquium welcomes papers related to the contemporary Middle East, Islamic Studies and Ottoman Studies from any historical period, including disciplinary approaches originating from history, history of arts and architecture, literature, religious studies, political science, sociology and anthropology. Graduate stu-dents will present their ongoing research to a peer audience with diverse specialties and disciplinary expertise, exchange views and perspectives.

Deadline for application: 1 August 2022. Information: https://themaydan.com/2022/06/meios2022/

5. Part Time Visiting Professor in the Humanities or Social Sciences with a Focus in Armenian Studies (1 Semester), Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, Columbia University

Deadline for applications: 31 July 2022. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/06/28/part-time-visiting-professor-of-armenian-studies

6. 20 Albright Fellowships and Awards in Jerusalem 2023-2024

Fellowships are now open for students and scholars of the Near East, with research possibilities ranging from prehistory through the twenty-first century, including the fields of archaeology, assyriology, anthropology, biblical studies, art history, epigraphy, historical geography, literature, and religion. Awards are one to four months and come with a stipend and board at out the institute in the heart of Jerusalem.

Deadline for application: 15 November 2022.

Information: www.aiar.org/fellowships

7. MIAS Ibn ‘Arabi Translation Prize

Entries should be in the form of original translations of the works of Ibn ‘Arabi, either of complete minor works or of key sections or chapters from major works. Where possible, translations should be based on critically edited Arabic texts already in print. The winner will be awarded a cash prize of 3000 USD, and their translation will be published in the “Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society”.

Deadline for entries: 1 September 2022.

Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/06/27/final-call-ibn-arabi-translation-prize

8. Humanities Research Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World (1 Year), NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute, Academic Year 2023-2024

Both distinguished scholars and promising scholars are invited to apply for residential fellowships for one year. Applications are invited from scholars working in all areas of the Humanities related to the study of the Arab world, its rich literature and history, its cultural and artistic heritage, and its manifold connections with other cultures.

Deadline for applications: 3 October 2022. Information: https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/faculty-labs-and-projects/humanities-research-fellowship-program.html

9. Articles for Author`s Workshop and Publication on “Unusual Places of Refuge and Sanctuary” (Focus MENA Region), University of Aalborg and University of Bergen, February 2023

We seek to shed light on under-researched and under-theorized refugee itineraries, destinations, choices, and aspirations. We seek to account for and desilence knowledge on what we frame as “non-iconic” places of refuge, defined both as unexpected, “off the radar” or less attractive destinations for refuge. We call for contributions that shed light on unusual places of refuge.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 August 2022. Information: https://www.cmi.no/news/2990-call-for-papers-for-a-special-issue-on-unusual-places-of-refuge-and-sanctuary