Shii News – Academic Items

1.International PhD Students Workshop, Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Pisa, 30 November – 1 December 2017

This workshop is open to PhD students working on research projects dealing either with Middle East and North Africa countries, or nearby areas inhabited by Muslim populations, such as the Horn of Africa and Western India, or regions characterized by immigrants coming from those countries.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 May 2017. Information: http://www.sesamoitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Workshop-internazionale-dottorandi_ENG.pdf

 

2. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2017/18, Orient-Institut Beirut (Max Weber Foundation)

The fellowship will be granted for up to 12 months, beginning 15 September 2017 (or later this year). Requirements: Excellent research project; PhD in a region related discipline; excellent command of Arabic and English; etc.

Deadline for application: 15 June 2017. Information: http://www.orient-institut.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Ausschreibung_017.pdf

 

3. Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Middle Easter and North African Studies, Stockholm University

In order to qualify the applicant must have demonstrated teaching proficiency, gained from teaching Middle Eastern and North African studies, and have a doctoral degree  in Social Sciences and/or History within MENA Studies. Good knowledge of modern Arabic is a requirement. Other well-developed language skills are also qualifying.

Deadline for application: 5 June 2017. Information: http://www.su.se/english/about/vacancies/vacancies-new-list?rmpage=job&rmjob=3311&rmlang=UK
 

 

4. 40 Fellowships in the School of Historical Studies (Focus Islamic World), Princeton, Academic Year 2018/2019

Scholars focused on intellectual inquiry are free from teaching and other university obligations.  Each year scholars from around the world apply to come to the Institute to pursue their own research.

Deadline for application: 1 November 2017. Information: http://www.hs.ias.edu/mem_announcement
 

 

5. Gerda Henkel Foundation Research Scholarships: “Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements”

Applications are invited by German and foreign academics in the fields of historical humanities who are Postdocs or scholars with Post Doctoral Lecture Qualification and who will work on a specific project on her/his own. The funding period is generally between one and 24 months.

Deadline for application: 24 May 2017. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/26154
 

 

6. Call for Abstracts for the Routledge “International Handbook of Religion in Global Society”

This book will capitalise on the emergence of a new paradigm, which considers religion in the 21st century as globally interconnected and mediated by new geopolitical and market logics. This volume will showcase new approaches to religion, which work across boundaries of religious tradition, academic discipline, and region.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2017. Information: https://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1545/files/2017/04/Religion-in-Global-Society-Call-for-Abstract-Final-May-2017.pdf

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