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1.Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships 2017
Aga Khan University (International) in the UK
Location: London
Salary: Not specified
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed on: 29th June 2017
Closes: 20th July 2017
The Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London, United Kingdom (“the Institute”) is currently inviting expressions of interest for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships. Holders of Fellowships will have the opportunity to pursue research within a stimulating and supportive environment by playing an active role in the intellectual life of the Institute. The Institute does not itself award the Fellowship but supports selected applications to the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme.
The Institute aims to focus on issues that are relatively unexplored within contemporary Muslim societies. In particular, it concentrates on two broad research themes:
The Construction of Knowledge about Muslim Cultures and Societies
Understanding the Processes of Social Change in Muslim Cultures and Societies
The Institute is also building several research programmes and projects, two in particular which might benefit from a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow:
Governance for the Public Interest in Muslim Contexts (with a focus on constitutional law in Muslim contexts)
Digital Humanities – KITAB, a project which undertakes a far-reaching evaluation of the classical Arabic textual tradition (750–1200) for the purpose of understanding how cultural memory was negotiated and shaped by authors when they created books. Its ingenuity derives from the application of text reuse methods, which detect the copying of texts into other texts and thus enable study of the form and content of the textual tradition.
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) provide grants for all stages of researchers’ careers and encourage transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. Individual Fellowships – European are 1-2 years in duration and provide opportunities to acquire and transfer new knowledge and to work on research in a European context (EU Member States and Associated Countries). The scheme particularly supports the return and reintegration of researchers from outside Europe who have previously worked here. It also develops or helps to restart the careers of individual researchers that show great potential, considering their experience.[1]
Those applicants whom we wish to support will be contacted by 31 July 2017.
2. CfP:Iinaugural conference of the Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS).
Abstracts (100- 200 words) with a brief bio (50-100 words) to be sent to Dr Joshua Roose: nceis-office@unimelb.edu.au
Abstract submission closes 11 August 2017.
3. What was Philology in Arabic?
Arabic-Islamic Textual Practices in the Early Modern World
Freie Universität Berlin, 13-15 July.
For a list of participants, abstracts and conference schedule see: http://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/semiarab/arabistik/whatwasphilology/index.html
4. PhD Fellowship, Faculty of Theology (Qur’anic Studies), University of Copenhagen
A three-year PhD scholarship will be available from October 1st 2017. To be considered, applicants must have a Master’s degree in Islamic studies or any other relevant Master’s degree or similar qualifications. Experience in or knowledge about digital humanities is considered an asset.
Deadline for application: 1 September 2017. Information: http://jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=145413
5. Jobs:
Lecturer in Arabic, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Selection Criteria: Postgraduate qualification in one or more of: Second Language Acquisition, Arabic Linguistics, Teaching Arabic as a Second Language; Native proficiency in written and spoken Arabic; Experience and demonstrated excellence in teaching Arabic preferably at tertiary level; etc.
Deadline for application: 31 July 2017. Information: http://cml.soh.ntu.edu.sg/aboutUs/Pages/Job-Openings.aspx
Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Politics, Claremont McKenna College, CA
The Department of Government invites applications for a tenure-track position beginning July 1, 2018. A qualified candidate, with PhD in hand or a nearly completed doctoral dissertation, would have research experience on the domestic politics or policy of one or more Middle Eastern countries, as well as expertise on the international issues that these countries face. The candidate would have sufficient mastery of one or more Middle Eastern languages to engage in the research.
Deadline for application: 1 August 2017. Information: https://webapps.cmc.edu/jobs/faculty/faculty_opening_detail.php?PostingID=16021
6. 2018/19 Civil Society Leaderships Awards, Durham University and Open Society Foundation
The awards provide fully funded Master’s level scholarships for individuals who demonstrate both academic and professional excellence and have the potential to become civil society leaders in their home communities. Applicants from Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, etc. are eligible to apply for these awards.
Deadline for application: 15 July 2017. Information: http://www.dur.ac.uk/postgraduate/finance/scholarships/csla/
7. “Coercion and Responsibility in Islam”, Mairaj Syed
8. Asma Hilali, The Sanaa Palimpsest: The Transmission of the Qur’an in the First Centuries AH
(Oxford: Oxford University Press in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2017), 271 pp. ISBN: 9780198793793.
9. Dans le cadre du 2ème Congrès du GIS “Moyen-Orient et Mondes musulmans”, nous sommes heureux de vous convier à l’atelier “Familles, autorité et savoir dans l’espace moyen-oriental (XVe-XVIIe s.)” qui se tiendra le samedi 8 juillet de 9h à 15h30, à l’INALCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris 13e) en salle 3.01.
Vous trouverez le programme de cet atelier en pièce-jointe, et toutes les activités du programme de recherche DYNTRAN sur le site : http://www.dyntran.hypotheses.org/
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