EURAMES Info Service 24/2020

Dear Colleague,

Please find below the following announcements:

CONFERENCES
1. ONLINE: International Conference and Summer School on Pluralism in North Africa: “Tolerance:
Legal and Constitutional Perspectives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic”, Carthage, Tunisia, 29
June - 3 July 2020

2. POSTPONED: Five Conferences of the “ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies”, Oriental
Institute, University of Oxford, Postponed from July 2020 to 2021 and 2022

3. 8th Annual MUBIT Doctoral Workshop: "Arab Marxism: The Global History of Revolutionary
Movements in the Middle East in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries", University of Basel, 25-
26 September 2020

4. POSTPONED: 21st Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), Ohio State
University, Columbus, 15-18 October 2020 – Postponed to October 2021

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

6. 5th Annual International Conference of the Gulf Studies Centre: "Social Change in the Gulf Societies
in the 21st Century”, Qatar University, 11–12 November 2020

7. CANCELLED: Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, St. Louis, 18-22
November 2020

8. 4th Edinburgh International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies on
"Catastrophes and Memory (500-1500 CE)", 19-20 November 2020

9. Conference of the Social Science History Association on "Politics, Society, and the Economy: the
Past and Today", Washington, D.C., 19-22 November 2020

10. 7th International Conference of the International Iranian Economic Association on Iran's Economy,
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, 15-17 December 2020

11. Conference: "Knowledge Systems and Ottoman-European Encounters: Spatial and Social
Dynamics", University of Zurich, 21-23 January 2021

12. Two Workshops on “Jews in the Muslim World: Histories, Memories, and Narratives“, Penn State
(February 2021) and Ben Gurion University (June 2021)

13. 7th Regional Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), University of World
Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 24-27 June 2021

POSITIONS
14. Postdoc Research Assistant in Project on „Jewish Pimps, Prostitutes, and Campaigners in a
Transnational German and British Context, 1870-1940“, Technical University Berlin

15. Research Assistant (3 Years) for History of Egypt (19 th/20th Century), Leibniz Institute of European
History, Mainz

16. Professor (W1, Tenure Track) of the History of the Medieval Middle East and the Mediterranean (7 th-
15th Century), University of Tübingen
 17. Postdoctoral Researcher in “Ancient Near Eastern Empires”, University of Helsinki

18. Research Associate for Project “Computational Study of Culture: Cultural Analytics for Modern Arab
and Islamic Studies", Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

19. Fellowships for Research about Oman, Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center

20. Fellowship for Studies on "Rethinking Premodern Jewish Legal Cultures", Katz Center for Advanced
Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania (2021-2022)

OTHER INFORMATION
21. PhD Dissertation Award and Graduate Paper Prize of the “Association for Gulf and Arabian
Peninsula Studies” (AGAPS)

22. Book Award of the “Association for Middle East Children and Youth Studies Association“

23. Prize of the “Syrian Studies Association“ for Outstanding PhD Dissertation on Syria

24. Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards Offered by the Middle East Studies Association of North
America (MESA)

25. Graduate Student Article Prize of the “Women Historians of the Middle East (WHOME)”

26. New Masters Program in “Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations”, School of Divinity, University of
Edinburgh

27. Summer School on “Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World”, Leiden University Centre
for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS), 24 August – 4 September 2020

28. Articles on ‘Hinterland Forces: Architectural Responses at the Margins’ for Special Issue of
“International Journal of Islamic Architecture“

29. Articles and Papers on “Religious Transformations in the Arab World – Spirituality, Religious Doubt,
and Non-Religion”, for Special Issue of the Journal “Religion” and for Panel at MESA, Washington,
DC, 10-13 October 2020

30. Articles on “Islamic Ethics of Pandemics and Covid-19” for Special Issue of “Journal of Islamic
Ethics (JIE)” (Brill)

31. Chapters for Edited Book on “EU Conditionality in Turkey: When it Works? When it Fails?“

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Best regards,

Guenter Meyer, Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, in cooperation with
the University of Sharjah

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CONFERENCES
 1. ONLINE: International Conference and Summer School on Pluralism in North Africa:
“Tolerance: Legal and Constitutional Perspectives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic”,
Carthage, Tunisia, 29 June - 3 July 2020

The program will bring together top-tier academics from the Middle East and North Africa, the US, and
Europe, alongside young scholars and an international pool of young professionals and opinion leaders
from the fields of education, journalism, and social media who have the abilities and potential to reach and
engage with a wide public, to discuss vibrant issues of regional and world-scale importance.

Deadline for registration: 25 June 2020.

Information: https://www.resetdoc.org/event/conference-registration-carthage/

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2. POSTPONED: Five Conferences of the “ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies”,

Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, Postponed from July 2020 to 2021 and 2022

- 51st International Conference on “Melkite Christianity (the Patriarchates of Antioch, Jerusalem and
Alexandria) and the Archaeology of Byzantine Monasteries and Churches in the Levant”, Oriental Institute,
University of Oxford, 12 – 14 July 2021

- 52nd International Conference on “The Aramaeans B.C.: History, Literature, and Archaeology”, Oriental
Institute, University of Oxford, 15 – 17 July 2021

- 53rd International Conference on “The Decapolis: History and Archaeology, Oriental Institute, University of
Oxford, 19 – 21 July 2021

- 54th International Conference on “Syriac Christianity”, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 11 – 13 July
2022

- 55th International Conference on “The Antiochian-Jerusalemite (Syriac and Greek) influence over the
Armenian and Georgian Churches“, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 14 – 15 July 2022

Registration and Information: [email protected]

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3. 8th Annual MUBIT Doctoral Workshop: "Arab Marxism: The Global History of Revolutionary
Movements in the Middle East in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries", University of
Basel, 25-26 September 2020

The workshop will be offered by PD. Dr. Manfred Sing (Leibniz Institute of European History) and Miriam
Younes (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung). If the Coronavirus regulations of the University of Basel do not allow
workshop participants to meet in person, it will be held online.

Deadline for registration: 10 July 2020. Information:

https://nahoststudien.philhist.unibas.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/nahoststudien/CfA_MUBIT_2020_Arab_Mar
xism_Final.pdf

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4. POSTPONED: 21st Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), Ohio
State University, Columbus, 15-18 October 2020 – Postponed to October 2021

A new call for proposals will be announced in early 2021. Papers are also welcome for Iran, Afghanistan
and the Black Sea region.
Information: https://www.centraleurasia.org/conferences/annual/
5. 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

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6. 5th Annual International Conference of the Gulf Studies Centre: "Social Change in the Gulf
Societies in the 21st 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.

Deadline for abstracts extended: 30 June 2020. Information: http://www.qu.edu.qa/research/gulfstudies-

center/events/Social-Change-in-the-Gulf-Societies-in-the-21st-Century

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7. CANCELLED: Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, St. Louis, 18-22
November 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, AAA has cancelled the 119th Annual Meeting in St. Louis.

Information: https://www.americananthro.org/annual_meeting?navItemNumber=566

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8. 4th Edinburgh International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine
Studies on "Catastrophes and Memory (500-1500 CE)", 19-20 November 2020

This conference focuses on the problematic relations between catastrophes and memory in Late Antique,
Islamic and Byzantine societies. Memory plays a crucial role in the way events are perceived, understood
and narrated by different groups and elites: locals might see the conquest of their city as a catastrophe,
while the conquerors portray the same as glorious or divinely inspired.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2020.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6025294/call-papers-4th-edinburgh-
international-graduate-conference

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9. Conference of the Social Science History Association on "Politics, Society, and the
Economy: the Past and Today", Washington, D.C., 19-22 November 2020

Papers and Panels will focus on all aspects of social science history and especially on research that makes
imaginative use of historical data and tools from the social sciences to analyze how politics, society, and
the economy interact over time.
Information: http://ssha2020.ssha.org

10. 7th International Conference of the International Iranian Economic Association on Iran's
Economy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, 15-17 December 2020

The topics will include any field of economics, economic history and political economy. The Program
Committee welcomes both empirical and theoretical papers that use quantitative or analytical narrative
methods.

Information: http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/people-files/faculty/km418/IIEA/IIEA_2020_Conference/IIEA
%202020%20Conference%20on%20the%20Iranian%20Economy%20-%20Call%20for%20Papers.pdf

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11. Conference: "Knowledge Systems and Ottoman-European Encounters: Spatial and Social
Dynamics", University of Zurich, 21-23 January 2021

The conference will focus on knowledge from or about the Ottoman Empire in the early modern period,
addressing two questions: from a spatial perspective, how can the Ottoman Empire be included into a
European history of knowledge? From a social viewpoint: how was knowledge inside or about the Ottoman
Empire organized and what kind of social functions can there be distinguished?

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/5421946/cfp-knowledge-systems-and-
ottoman-european-encounters-spatial-and

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12. Two Workshops on “Jews in the Muslim World: Histories, Memories, and Narratives“, Penn
State (February 2021) and Ben Gurion University (June 2021)

Proposals are invited on histories, memories, and narratives about Jews in the Middle East in the 20 th and
21st centuries in order to counter the broad narratives that lament the end of Jewish existence in the Middle
East and the Muslim World and promote a one-dimensional understanding of the Jewish experience in the
recent century and a half.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2020. Information: https://networks.h-

net.org/node/73374/announcements/6151424/jews-muslim-world-histories-memories-and-narratives

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13. 7th Regional Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), University of World
Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 24-27 June 2021

We invite submissions relating to all aspects of humanities and social science scholarship. The geographic
domain of Central Eurasia encompasses Central Asia, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet, Mongolia,
Siberia, Inner Asia, the Black Sea region, the Volga region, and East and Central Europe.

Deadline for abstracts: Early 2021. Information: https://www.centraleurasia.org/conferences/regional/

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14. Postdoc Research Assistant in Project on „Jewish Pimps, Prostitutes, and Campaigners in a
Transnational German and British Context, 1870-1940“, Technical University Berlin

Requirements: PhD in history (focusing on 19th/20th century); knowledge of languages relevant to the
project, such as an East European language (Polish, Russian, Yiddish) or Hebrew; etc.
Deadline for applications: 26 June 2020. Information: https://socioloxy.com/research-assistant-in-
antisemitism,i6832.html
15. Research Assistant (3 Years) for History of Egypt (19 th/20th Century), Leibniz Institute of
European History, Mainz

The researcher will write a doctoral dissertation within the project "The Historicity of Democracy in the Arab
and Muslim World". Requirements: M.A. in History or a related discipline (Islamic Studies, Political
Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology or a neighbouring discipline) with a focus on the modern history of the
MENA region; excellent command of the Arabic, English, and German language (for non-German speaking
applicants: Certificate of sufficient German skills or a strategy to improve them).

Deadline for application: 21 June 2020. Information: https://www.ieg-mainz.de/Ausschreibungen---

Ausschreibungen-im-Detail---2020-05-12-Research-assistant--m-f-d------History-of-Egypt--19th-20th-century-------
_site.site..ls_dir._siteid.64_nav.9_entryid.134_likecms.html

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16. Professor (W1, Tenure Track) of the History of the Medieval Middle East and the
Mediterranean (7th-15th Century), University of Tübingen

Requirements: Completed doctorate which demonstrates potential for outstanding publications in leading
international journals; teaching experience; ability to read historical sources in at least two different
languages (Greek, Arabic, Syrian, Persian, Coptic, etc.).

Deadline for applications: 29 June 2020. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/job-history-

of-the-medieval-middle-east-and-the-mediterranean-tbingen?e=82aeb6c61d

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17. Postdoctoral Researcher in “Ancient Near Eastern Empires”, University of Helsinki

The project covers the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, and early Roman / Parthian
Empires and is focused on the long-term processes by which social group identities and lifeways were
negotiated. Applications are welcome from social scientists (anthropologists, sociologists, economists, or
political scientists) with expertise in migration, forced labor, and/or identity studies, and ancient historians of
any of the relevant empires with similar profiles.

Deadline for applications: 31 July 2020.

Information: https://socioloxy.com/postdoctoral-researcher-in-ancient-near-eastern-empires,i6873.html

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18. Research Associate for Project “Computational Study of Culture: Cultural Analytics for
Modern Arab and Islamic Studies", Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

We welcome applications from scholars in Arab studies with a specialization in literary, rhetorical, cultural,
or historical studies and who engage in research areas that bring the field of Arab Literature/Humanities
into the digital age and the digital humanities domain. Requirements: MA in Comparative Literature, Arab
Studies, Cultural Studies, with background in Arabic Digital Humanities studies. PhD or PhD candidates are
preferred.

Deadline for applications: 1 August 2020.

Information: https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Careers/Pages/Apply.aspx?JobId=DIAC_2020_003

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 19. Fellowships for Research about Oman, Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center

The fellowship is open to PhD candidates and university academics who are US citizens or affiliated with
an American university, and funds one scholar or team of scholars to carry out research in Oman each
year. The fellowship awards up to $51,000 for the fellow or team of fellows.

Deadline for applications: 15 September 2020.

Information: https://www.sqcc.org/Scholarships-0024-Fellowships/Research-Fellowship-Program.aspx

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20. Fellowship for Studies on "Rethinking Premodern Jewish Legal Cultures", Katz Center for
Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania (2021-2022)

Applications are invited that propose the study of Jewish law or legal thinking within relevant historical
contexts; that explore the relationship between law and other aspects of society or culture; that attend to
questions of form, genre, and rhetoric; etc.

Deadline for applications: 12 October 2020.

Information: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/scholarly-programsinternational-fellowship/apply

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OTHER INFORMATION
21. PhD Dissertation Award and Graduate Paper Prize of the “Association for Gulf and Arabian
Peninsula Studies” (AGAPS)

Recent PhD graduates and graduate students are invited to apply for these awards for studies focused on
the Arabian Peninsula, inclusive of the transnational flow of people, goods and ideas across the Gulf, Red
Sea and Indian Ocean.

Deadline for applications: 15 August 2020. Information: https://agaps.org/agapsmesa/mesa-awards/

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22. Book Award of the “Association for Middle East Children and Youth Studies Association“

The Award recognizes an outstanding contribution on the study of children and youth in the Middle East,
North Africa and their diasporic communities which was published in 2017-2019. Books must be non-fiction,
scholarly monographs based on original research and published in English.

Deadline for nominations: 30 June 2020. Information: https://networks.h-

net.org/node/8330/discussions/6160057/2020-amecys-book-award-copyright-date-2017-2018-2019

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23. Prize of the “Syrian Studies Association“ for Outstanding PhD Dissertation on Syria

The SSA seeks submissions for the most outstanding PhD dissertation published between 1 July 2018 and
30 June 2020.

Deadline for submissions: 15 July 2020. Information: https://networks.h-

net.org/node/8330/discussions/6190336/call-submissions%C2%A0syrian-studies-association-prizes-
outstanding
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24. Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards Offered by the Middle East Studies Association of
North America (MESA)

Students completing their dissertations between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020 may submit entries for the
2020 Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards. Winner in each category (social sciences and humanities) is
awarded $1000.

Submission deadline: 1 July 2020.

Information: https://mesana.org/awards/category/malcolm-h-kerr-dissertation-awards/kerr-guidelines

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25. Graduate Student Article Prize of the "Women Historians of the Middle East (WHOME)"

Applications and nominations are invited for the annual prize for the best article about Middle Eastern
history written by a female-identifying graduate student (Masters or PhD).

Deadline for applications: 1 July 2020. Information: https://networks.h-

net.org/node/8378/discussions/6152822/whome-graduate-student-article-prize-call-applications-and

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26. New Masters Program in "Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations", School of Divinity,
University of Edinburgh

This is a year-long, taught Masters which offers a rich and broad study of the Islamic intellectual traditions
of scripture, law, theology and philosophy in conversation with Christian thought, ethics and political
theology.

Program Website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/divinity/graduate-school/taught-programmes/islam-christian-

muslim-relations

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27. Summer School on "Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World", Leiden University
Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS), 24 August – 4 September 2020

With lectures by experts, hands-on classes and much practice with manuscripts from its famous oriental
collection. The course is meant for graduate students and researchers.

Deadline for application: 22 June 2020.

Information: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2020/08/lucis-summer-school-philology--
manuscripts-from-the-muslim-world

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28. Articles on ‘Hinterland Forces: Architectural Responses at the Margins’ for Special Issue of
“International Journal of Islamic Architecture“

We invite case studies of architectural forces that have impacted people by relocating them to hinterland
positions or emphasising their marginalisation, as well as architectures created, utilized, and envisioned by
marginalised groups within the Islamic context. Scholarship is invited from disciplines that posit new
definitions of what constitutes architecture and space or of what makes architecture “Islamic”; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2020.

Information: https://www.intellectbooks.com/asset/47270/1/IJIA_CFP_april_20_1_.pdf

29. Articles and Papers on "Religious Transformations in the Arab World – Spirituality, Religious
Doubt, and Non-Religion", for Special Issue of the Journal “Religion” and for Panel at MESA,
Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020

This special issue and the MESA panel look to compose a cross section of current work in social science,
religious studies, and related fields on Islam/religion and non-religion in the Arab World.

Deadline for final article: 1 December 2020.

Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Religious_Arab
For panel at MESA contact Karin van Nieuwkerk ([email protected])

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30. Articles on “Islamic Ethics of Pandemics and Covid-19” for Special Issue of “Journal of
Islamic Ethics (JIE)” (Brill)

The articles will be dedicated to the moral questions triggered by the novel coronavirus pandemic and how
they can be addressed within the broad context of ethics of pandemics throughout history. The chapters will
address Islamic Ethics as an interdisciplinary field where a wide range of scholarly disciplines will be
engaged, including Islamic theology, philosophy, jurisprudence (fiqh & uṣūl), Sufism, adab.

Deadline for papers: 31 July 2020. Information: https://www.editorialmanager.com/JIE/default.aspx;

Contact: [email protected]

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31. Chapters for Edited Book on “EU Conditionality in Turkey: When it Works? When it Fails?“

Analyzing the areas of disputes and of agreements, the contributions are to be focused on exploring the
strengths and weaknesses of what the conditionality offers or stipulates, and of what Turkey as a candidate
state is capable or incapable of performing in response.

Deadline for manuscripts: 30 September 2020. Information: https://networks.h-

net.org/node/73374/announcements/6179061/call-book-chapters-eu-conditionality-turkey-when-it-works-
when

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