October 07, 2008
International Conference on Change & Stability - Call for Papers
International Conference:
"Change and Stability. State, Religion and Politics in the Modern Middle East and North Africa."
Organized by: Department of Middle & Far East at Jagiellonian University
Location: Cracow, Poland
Date: 28-29 May 2009
The prime objective of the conference is to analyze interactions between institutions of a modern state and traditional structures and values. State-society relations, identities, culture and religion undergo changes which origins may be considered as external to Islamic civilization.
We would like to address such phenomena as: pluralizing political systems, discourse of democracy, secularization, liberalization, as well as durability of authoritarian regimes, de-politization of large social sectors, and mobilizing aspects of political Islam.
We expect to attract a number of participants and to create a space for discussion that will improve our understanding of these dynamic processes.
The conference will include several panel discussions led by invited experts. Researchers in political science, international relations, socio-legal studies, law, area studies, media studies and human rights studies are invited to propose papers that may include the following subjects:
1. Authoritarian State in Global Environment
2. Collective Identities Transitions
3. Concept of Nation and Practice of Nationalism
4. Conflict as a Mean of Legitimacy
5. Islamic Roots of Political Culture
6. Islamic Political Thought-Sources of Inspiration & Policy Outcomes
7. Women in Public Sphere
8. Islamic Values and Human Rights Record
9. Religious Consequences of Politicizing the masses
10.Mobilization and Social Movements
11.Role of Democratization Debate
12.Dimensions of Regional Instability
13.Economy - Between Bureaucracy and Tradition
All those who wish to present a paper at the conference are expected to meet the following criteria:
-Send an abstract of 500 to 1,000 words on the topic of their paper & a short bio by November, 1 2008 to changeandstability2009@gmail.com
-Acceptance of projects will be sent by December, 31 2008.
-Presentations should last 20 to 30 minutes; they will be followed by discussion and questions. The official language of the conference will be English. Papers designed for publication should not exceed 8000 words; they will be peer-reviewed and published after the conference.
-Register for the conference by January, 31 2009. The registration fee is 60 €, covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks, and conference materials. Special arrangements will be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate.
To register or for more information about the conference, please visit our Web site: http://changeandstability.eu For any further information, do not hesitate to contact Katarzyna Jarecka-Stępień at e-mail: katarzyna.jarecka@uj.edu.pl
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October 02, 2008
Third World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies
The Most Important Global Event in Middle Eastern Studies in 2010!
Barcelona, July 19-24 2010
To find out more on the Congress, please visit our website www.wocmes.org where you will soon be invited to submit online your proposals for activities.
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Internation Conference on Alliance of Civilizations - Call for Papers
International Conference on Alliance of Civilizations: Turkey at the Crossroads of Cultures
Overview:
The overarching theme of the conference will be the "Alliance of Civilizations," with its emphasis on peaceful coexistence and dialogue between East and West, North and South, and across religious and cultural differences. The Year of Turkey conference on the Alliance of Civilizations is scheduled on January 29-31, 2009 at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia. Papers, panels, plenary speakers, and poster presentations are invited from a wide range of disciplines, fields and specializations. Interdisciplinary perspectives are especially encouraged.
Proposed Themes of Conference:
- The Turkish Experience of the Alliance of Civilizations
- The Media and Citizen Journalism
- Migration
- Youth
- Education
- Gender Issues
Deadline for Submission of Proposals and Abstracts: November 7, 2008
Interested participants are requested to send an abstract of less than 250 words describing the focus of their papers or panel, the central argument, and the methodology employed. If proposing a panel, please submit the title and abstract for each paper along with the names and institutional affiliation of panelists. Whether a paper or a panel, all proposals must have personal information such as name, institutional affiliation, position or title, contact phone numbers, and/or e-mail address.
Abstracts may be submitted in hard copy or electronically. If the latter, please save your document in Word or RTF format and send as an e-mail attachment. In the subject line, please type "Alliance of Civilizations Conference." Abstracts may be sent to the conference organizer by post or e-mail at the addresses below:
Ms. Vivian Bonilla
Alliance of Civilizations Conference Coordinator
Institute for Global Initiatives
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road, #2702
Kennesaw, GA 30144
E-mail: vbonill1@kennesaw.edu
For more information about the Alliance of Civilizations conference at KSU, visit http://www.kennesaw.edu/globalinstitute/annconf.htm
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September 30, 2008
UM Multidisciplinary Learning & Team Teaching - Request for Proposals
The Office of the Provost, in cooperation with the committee, invites
proposals from instructors representing two or more disciplinary
areas in departments, schools or colleges. Proposals are due December
12, 2008.
The RFP and award criteria can be found at
www.provost.umich.edu/programs/MLTT/rfp/
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2nd International Symposium on Academic Globalization - Call for Papers
Call for Papers/Abstracts and Invited Sessions Proposals for The 2nd
International Symposium on Academic Globalization: AG 2009
(www.2009iiisconferences.org/AG). It will take place in Orlando, Florida, USA, on July 10th - 13th, 2009.
Deadlines:
Papers/Abstracts Submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals: October 28th, 2008
Authors Notifications: December 18th, 2008
Camera-ready, full papers: February 11th, 2009
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All Submitted papers/abstracts will go through three reviewing processes: (1) double-blind (at least three reviewers), (2)non-blind, and (3) participative peer reviews. These three kinds of review will support the selection process of those papers/abstracts that will be accepted for their presentation at the conference, as well as those to be selected for their publication in JSCI Journal.
Authors of accepted papers who registered in the conference can have access to the evaluations and possible feedback provided by the reviewers who recommended the acceptance of their papers/abstracts, so they can accordingly improve the final version of their papers. Non-registered authors will not have access to the reviews of their respective submissions.
Awards will be granted to the best paper of those presented at each session. From these session's best papers, the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics.
Also, we would like to invite you to organize an invited session related to a topic of your research interest. If you are interested in organizing an invited session, please, fill out the respective form provided in the conference web page. We will send you a password, so you can include and modify papers in your invited session.
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International Conference on Intangible Heritage - Call for Papers
Sharing Cultures 2009
International Conference on Intangible Heritage
Pico Island – Azores – PORTUGAL
30 May – 1 June 2009
Call for papers now open at: http://sharing.cultures2009.greenlines-institute.org
Description: Sharing Cultures 2009 aims at gathering in an International Conference worldwide experts and scholars on Cultural and Intangible Heritage. One of the main goals of the Conference is to promote significant discussion on these relevant issues, now that the General Assembly of UNESCO approved the Operational Directives and that the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage is fully operational. The Scope of the Conference is available at: http://sharing.cultures2009.greenlines-institute.org/index.php?page=scope
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September 29, 2008
National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages - Call for Proposals
National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
Twelfth International Conference, Madison, Wisconsin
April 23-26 2009
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The Twelfth Annual Meeting of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) is scheduled for April 23-26, 2009, in Madison, WI (with a pre-conference workshop scheduled for Thursday, April 23rd). Proposals are solicited for individual papers, colloquia, and poster sessions. Proposals should fall broadly within the conference theme, "Towards a New Paradigm in the LCTLs." Presentations may address new paradigms in language pedagogy – such as curriculum, methodology, and material development, or new paradigms in advocacy and administration – such as bilingual education, heritage language learners, autonomous and self-instructional settings, teacher training, professionalization, and program development, These paradigms will undoubtedly overlap and successful proposals will reflect the interrelatedness of pedagogy and program administration in the future of LCTLs. Although proposed presentations may focus on individual languages, they should address issues that clearly relate to more than just that one language.
Individual papers are to be 20 minutes long. A paper should focus clearly on issues related to the main conference theme. Papers may be based on research or practical experience. Colloquia are to be 90 minutes long. A colloquium proposal should specify three or more presenters who will address the conference theme. Preference will be given to colloquia that cut across different languages or language groups. Poster sessions may focus on completed work or work in progress related to the teaching and/or learning of less commonly taught languages. They may be in either the traditional poster format, such as presentation of materials or of research completed or in progress, or demonstrations of instructional or information technology.
Proposals may ONLY be submitted in electronic format using the NCOLCTL Session Proposal Submission Form available at http://www.councilnet.org/conf/conf2009/prpsl.htm. The Proposal Submission form is a "fillable" PDF file that can be completed with Adobe® Acrobat® or Reader® and then submitted to NCOLCTL via e-mail. This is the only format in which Proposals may be submitted. The form contains detailed instructions for its use, but please contact the NCOLCTL Secretariat (ncolctl@mailplus.wisc.edu or 608-265-7903) with any questions. For a proposal to be considered, all fields of the form, including, title, abstract, proposal, type of session, technology needs and contact information must be completed in full. Incomplete proposals may be disqualified.
The deadline for receipt of proposals is Friday, October 17, 2008. Applicants will be notified by the Program Committee by Monday, January 5th, 2009 whether or not their proposal has been accepted. At least one presenter from an accepted presentation will be required to pre-register. Details about pre-registration will be provided in the acceptance notification.
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Conference on "Israel/Palestine: One State or Two?" - Call for Papers
Call for Papers
International Conference on “Israel/Palestine: One State or Two?”
Paper proposals are requested for an international conference addressing the question of whether a two-state solution or a single constitutional democracy in Israel/Palestine offers the most promising path to future peace and security in the region.
The conference aims to envision in specific terms the likely outcomes of the two state peace process as well as the possible constitutional dimensions of a future single state. Conference speakers will be selected to represent a range of opinion, including proponents of one and two state models for Israel/Palestine. The conference will provide an opportunity to question whether a one state option could ever achieve sufficient political support or adequately protect the rights and security of both national communities. Drawing on the experiences, both successful and otherwise, of other multinational constitutional democracies, the conference will explore the potential of a state shaped by federalism, equal citizenship and respect for linguistic, cultural and religious rights to protect the rights and security of its inhabitants and to serve as a political framework for the amelioration or even resolution of protracted conflicts. Similarly, the capacity of potential two-state solutions to promote democracy, human rights and self-determination will be evaluated. The conference will explore the ways in which multiple models might deal with seemingly refractory issues such as refugees, Jerusalem, and deep-seated and legitimate concerns about security and liberty.
The conference is being planned by legal scholars from York University and Queen’s University but the conference itself is intended to be fully interdisciplinary in nature. The organizers have been assisted by an international advisory committee comprised of distinguished scholars and researchers. The conference aims to include contributions from scholars from disciplines such as law, political science, gender studies, geography, economics, and the arts, among others.
The conference will be held at York University, Toronto, Canada from June 22nd to 24th 2009.
Paper proposals should be no more than 500 words in length and should be submitted along with a biography or CV to onestateortwo@osgoode.yorku.ca by October 15, 2008. Applicants will be contacted by November 30, 2008.
For further information and the conference vision statement, please contact us at the above email address or visit the conference website at www.onestateortwo.com
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Iran Heritage Foundation - Conference on Russian-Iranian Encounters Since 1800
CALL FOR PAPERS
12-13 June 2009
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, London
Organised by
Iran Heritage Foundation and London Middle East Institute (SOAS).
Convened by
Dr. Stephanie Cronin, scronin2002@aol.com.
Introduction
This conference will explore the myriad encounters which have taken place between Iranians and Russians since the early nineteenth century up to the present. It will include some discussion of diplomacy and foreign policy but a central objective of the conference will be to widen the scholarly perspective to incorporate an understanding of other types of encounter, whether political, economic, social, cultural, or intellectual, and both friendly and hostile, especially as these developed beyond the official and elite levels. In particular it will attempt to understand the complexities of the impact on Iran of the Russian presence on its northern borders: the very expansion of Tsarist empire during the nineteenth century threatening Iran's independence yet bringing ideas of social-democracy to its doorstep, the Soviet Union in the twentieth century similarly contradictory in its effect, sustaining a version of radical Iranian politics while advancing its own strategic interests. The conference will conclude with some consideration of the current state and likely future trajectory of Iranian-Russian relationships.
Abstracts
Prospective participants should send an abstract of 250 words by February 1, 2009 to Dr. Stephanie Cronin at scronin2002@aol.com. Please submit abstracts in digital form using Microsoft Word.
Publication of proceedings
The papers presented in the conference will be published in a volume of proceedings, edited by Dr. Stephanie Cronin. All papers submitted should therefore be of publishable quality and constitute new work. All speakers must commit to publish their papers as part of the conference proceedings.
Topics of Conference:
The topics the conference hopes to examine include, but are not limited to, the following:
· The impact on Iran of military defeat by Russia in the early nineteenth century, especially the incentive given to modernization and reform;
· Iranian military reform and Russia: Abbas Mirza's regiment of Russian deserters; the Cossack Brigade;
· The Griboyedev affair;
· Shaping the Iranian reform agenda: the role played by diplomatic service in the Russian Empire in the development of officials such as Amir Kabir and Mushir al Dawlah;
· Qajar politics: Russian interventions in the concession era, Liazonov and the Caspian Fisheries, opposition to the Reuter concession and the Tobacco Regie;
· Conceptualizations of Iran and Iranian society formed by Russian 'Orientalism.' Views of the Russian Empire formulated by Iranians;
· The political and social impact on Iran of the massive migration of the Iranian poor to work in the Russian Empire;
· The significance of the links formed by Iranian Social-Democrats with parent organizations in the Caucasus;
· Cultural exchanges: Iran's adoption of Russian architectural styles, linguistic terminology, styles of dress etc.;
· Revolutions in Iran and Russia, 1905-6: The Constitutional Revolution and the 1905 revolution;
· The suppression of Iranian constitutionalism by Russia in 1908 and subsequently in 1911 and the Russian occupation of northern Iran;
· The impact of the 1917 Russian revolution: the formation of the Iranian Communist Party; the Jangali movement;
· The Soviet occupation of northern Iran 1941-1946: the formation of the Tudeh Party; the republics of Azerbaijan and Mahabad;
· The Soviet Union and the Islamic Revolution;
· The effect on Iran of the collapse of the Soviet Union;
· Future relationships: oil, nuclear power and strategic interests.
Enquiries
Dr Stephanie Cronin, scronin2002@aol.com.
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July 16, 2008
Armenia and Armenians in International Treaties
The Armenian Studies Program (ASP) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will be convening an international conference on the theme “Armenia and Armenians in International Treaties.” The conference will be held on the campus of the University of Michigan, March 18-21, 2009.
International treaties represent critical moments in the history of Armenia and of the Armenian people that had serious implications for their status and future as well as that of neighboring peoples and countries. International treaties also constitute the linchpin of diplomatic history, an aspect of Armenian history that has been neglected. The purpose of the conference is to determine patterns and processes which might shed light on the challenges faced by Armenia and Armenians in their long history.
For the purposes of this conference the term “treaties” will include also international agreements such as the one between the Armenian merchants of India and the British East India Company in 1688 or the May 1896 agreement regarding the Eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire.
Scholars interested in the subject of Armenian diplomatic history from earliest times to the present are invited to submit abstracts for their proposed papers on the theme to Ms. Gloria Caudill, ASP Administrator, (gcaudill@umich.edu) by Friday, October 3, 2008. ASP will notify scholars regarding the acceptance of their proposal by the end of October, 2008. Final papers should be submitted two weeks before the conference, by February 18, 2009. The papers will be made available to all participants in order to limit presentations during the conference to 20 minutes per participant and provide time for discussion during panels.
The conference will begin with a reception on the evening of Wednesday, March 18, followed by three full days of panels. The conference will be webcast live internationally. Professor Gerard Libaridian is the main convener of the conference.
The language of the conference will be English, although presentations in Armenian as well as in French, Russian and Spanish will be accepted as long as the presenter can provide an English translation of the paper two weeks before the conference.
ASP will cover all expenses related to travel, lodging and meals for participants.
For further information, please contact Ms. Gloria Caudill at the ASP office:
Email: gcaudill@umich.edu
Telephone: (1) 734-763-0622.
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April 16, 2008
Conference on Arab American Women Announces Call for Papers
The Conference on Arab-American Women will take place on March 12-15, 2009 at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
Inviting papers dealing with different issues of Arab-American Women’s lives, including immigration, history (especially the early history of Arab-American women), settlement, organizations, professions, gender issues, marriage and family, health, religion, involvement in society and politics, status within the Arab-American community and the larger American society, successes and failures, general accomplishments, etc. Papers which analyze Arab-American literature, music and the arts are also invited.
Abstracts, not to exceed one page, should be submitted to suleiman@ksu.edu.
Call for papers deadline: August 31, 2008.
Final drafts should be ready and submitted by January 15, 2009.
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April 14, 2008
Call for Papers-Arab American History Conference
The Arab American National Museum (AANM) and the Arab American Historical Foundation (AAHF) are seeking proposals for papers for the 2008 Arab American History Conference. This year’s conference will be held at the AANM in Dearborn, Michigan, Nov. 1, 2008.
The AANM and the AAHF are partnering to bring about a conference which collects and disseminates research about Arab Americans and Arab American history. To this end, we are accepting proposals for papers on topics dealing with Arab Americans within the disciplines of humanities and the social sciences on contemporary or historical issues related to Arab Americans.
PAPERS: Please send a one-page abstract (250 – 300 words) for a 15 – 20 minute presentation relating to Arab Americans in a contemporary or historical context. Send paper abstracts to aahistory@accesscommunity.org.
In your proposal, be sure to include your name, the title of your presentation, an email and/or postal address, your occupation, academic affiliation (if applicable), resume, and your A/V needs. Papers will be selected by the Conference committee and selected participants will receive an invitation to present at the Forum. Proceedings from the Conference will be compiled and made available to the public and researchers. A partial subsidy to presenters is available.
The deadline for proposal submission is June 30, 2008.
Selected participants will be notified by July 15, 2008.
For immediate information on the conference or submitting paper proposals, please contact tlsfritzler@accesscommunity.org or call (313)624-0224
http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/Arab-American-History-Conference.id.468.htm
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Mapping Arab Women’s Movements
Call for Book Chapters
Proposed Title: Mapping Arab Women’s Movements
Editors: Dr. Nawar Al-Hassan Golley
Dr. Pernille Arenfeldt
Over the past 100-150 years, women from across Arab countries (from Syria in the North to Yemen in the South and Morocco in the West to Iraq in the East) have been struggling, together with sympathetic Arab men, to achieve greater gender equality. The accomplishments are not consistent across the Arab region and significant work remains
to be done.
Mapping Arab Women’s Movements is meant to provide a comprehensive overview of women’s movements in Arab countries from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. While an abundance of good analyses are available on the history of the women’s movements in a few Arab countries, little or no literature is available on the developments in other parts of the Arab region. The goal of the volume is to chronicle and analyze the Arab women’s movements (its successes as well as its setbacks), thus bringing together a selection of papers that allow an impression of both differences and similarities between the Arab countries.
Contributions that cover the following countries will be considered: Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. Each chapter should examine the women’s movements in an Arab country (or region) in terms of its origins, organizations (both formal organizations and less-formalized groups/networks), ideologies, participation in international networks, class and racial diversities, counter-movements, and outcomes. The volume takes a pluralistic approach to women’s movements and the contributions should consider both organizations/groups with an explicit feminist agenda, and women’s organizations that arose from philanthropic and/or religious concerns but in retrospect can be seen to have contributed to a transformation of women’s status and their presence in the public sphere. Consequently, attention to the journals/magazines and literary salons that developed already from the late-1800s in some Arab countries is encouraged. Similarly, we welcome considerations of so-called “state feminism” and state-sponsored as well as independent groups/organizations. The exact chronological frame for the individual contributions will inevitably vary, but a concerted effort will be made to incorporate papers on the youngest Arab nation-states where women’s movements/organizations are a relatively recent phenomenon.
Priority will be given to papers that actively employ both primary and secondary sources. The chapters should be 20-30 double-spaced pages (Times New Roman, font size 12). The volume will only include papers in English.
The idea for Mapping Arab Women’s Movements grew out of our teaching experiences with women’s studies/women’s history at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. As a result, the intended audience is primarily undergraduate students – both in the Arab region and in other parts of the world, where an increasing number of universities offer courses related to women in the Arab region. In addition, we hope that the collection will prove to be an indispensable tool for scholars who wish to develop more in-depth comparisons and contextualization in research projects that focus on a single or a few Arab country/countries.
Most importantly, however, Mapping Arab Women’s Movements should provide the young generations of Arab women and men with accessible but comprehensive and analytical accounts of what has been achieved in their respective countries and, thus, encourage them to continue to work towards enhancing gender equality in the Arab countries.
Please submit your CV and an abstract of the chapter you would like to contribute, marking the name of the country/region clearly, no later than April 15th, 2008, to:
Dr. Nawar Al-Hassan Golley: nhgolley@aus.edu
Complete chapters are due: November 15th, 2008.
If you would like additional information, please contact Dr. Nawar Al-Hassan Golley or Dr. Pernille Arenfeldt (parenfeldt@aus.edu)
Nawar Al-Hassan Golley is Associate Professor in Literary & Cultural Theory, Women's Studies Advisor and Head of the Department of Arabic Studies at the American University of Sharjah, UAE. Al-Hassan Golley is the author of, Reading Arab Women's Autobiographies. Shahrazad Tells her Story (Texas University Press: 2003) and editor of
Arab Women's Lives Retold. Exploring identity through Writing. (Syracuse University Press: 2007).
Pernille Arenfeldt is Assistant Professor of History at the American University of Sharjah, UAE. Her most recent publication is, “Gendered Patronage and Confessionalization: Anna of Saxony as a ‘Mother of the Church’” (Renaessanceforum, vol. 4, (2008)). She co-edited (with Regina Schulte, et al.) The Body of the Queen. Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000 (Berghahn Books: 2006; German
edition by Campus Verlag: 2002).
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European University Institute-Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration (CARIM)
CARIM has just published more than 30 papers as a result of an innovative research into Circular Migration in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries. These papers are available at: www.carim.org/circularmigration
For additional CARIM activities, publications and data, please visit www.carim.org
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UC Davis International Affairs Journal
The UC Davis International Affairs Journal is seeking article submissions for its Spring 2008 publication! All students are encouraged to submit their scholarly work with the possibility of being published in a reputable and cutting edge academic journal.
UC DAVIS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS JOURNAL
The US Davis International Affairs Journal is comprised of articles and research by students with a range of multidisciplinary perspectives on important issues in the international arena. Articles are intended for an educated yet diverse audience, thus highly technical locution and equations are discouraged.
The IAJ is published quarterly and accepts articles from undergraduate
and graduate students from any accredited university in the world. While each issue has a Forum consisting of articles on all subjects relevant to international affairs, the IAJ also provides an opportunity for authors to explore a particular topic. The topic of the spring issue is Health.
ARTICLE CRITERIA:
-Articles on all topics relating to international affairs.
-3-10 pages, single spaced, standard font, 12 pt.
-Citations and bibliographies are a must. Please use APA style
formatting and citation. (Note: Use footnotes, no endnotes or in-text citation).
-Include cover letter with the title, author's name, email, and a short 4-5 sentence biography written in the third person. Do not include the author's name in the main body of the document.
-Divide the paper into sections with titles (recommended).
-Table and maps must refer to data in black-and-white friendly format.
-Articles by multiple authors are welcome.
-An author may submit only one article per issue.
-Article must be original, and not substantially based on any previously published material by the author.
DEADLINE: Friday, April 8th, 2008
Please send submissions and questions to the Executive Editor at
ucdiaj@ucdavis.edu.
Authors will be informed no later than a month after the listed deadline if their submission has been selected for publishing.
The IAJ website may be visited at: iaj.ucdavis.edu
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April 02, 2008
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
The current issue of International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL) is online at http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/issue_v2n1.htm.
The submission deadline for the July 2008 issue of IJ-SoTL is May 15, 2008.
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February 29, 2008
Summer Academy on Plurality and Cosmopolitanism / Istanbul, September 21-28
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER ACADEMY
FOR DOCTORAL AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, the Department of History of Bogazici University and the research program 'Europe in the Middle East - the Middle East in Europe'of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin in cooperation with the German 'Orient-Institute Istanbul', the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies in Berlin, and the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), Leiden invite applications for an international Summer Academy on the theme:
LIVING TOGETHER:
PLURALITY AND COSMOPOLITANISM IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND BEYOND
The Summer Academy is scheduled for
September 21 - 28, 2008 at the Ottoman Bank Museum in Istanbul www.obmuze.com
Twenty-four young scholars will be given the opportunity to present and discuss their current research on cities, pluralism and cosmopolitanism. Participants receive a stipend to cover travel and accommodation.
The Summer Academy will be chaired by a group of scholars: Asef Bayat (ISIM), Edhem Eldem (Bogazici University, Istanbul), Ulrike Freitag (Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin), Nora Lafi (Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin), and Stefan Weber (Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London).
In contemporary debates on societal pluralism the notion of cosmopolitanism has become the object of strong ideological investments. In its present form, cosmopolitanism is used both in a very loose historical sense and as a normative concept to project a global and better future. Critics claim that cosmopolitanism is a phenomenon that unites and organizes along the lines of certain visions of history and modernity that are rooted in colonial or quasi-colonial structures with strong allegiances to western-European models or to the ways of life of elites.
The Summer Academy intends to relate these debates on cosmopolitanism and similar notions to the historical experiences of cities in the Ottoman Empire, its successor and its neighbouring states - in the Balkans, Anatolia, the Arab and Muslim World. How did people of different cultural, ethnic, social and religious backgrounds live together in these cities? How are such examples of conviviality, conflict, migration, urban regimes of governance and stratification imagined and conceptualized? How were plural social relations organized and translated into space and material culture?
To which degree were social groups of different strata and regional settings part of a 'cosmos' of interacting, interconnected and competing ideas and knowledge systems?
What is the role of local agency? Social History, and questions of spatial organisation, local agencies and vernacular modernities that emerge from scholarship on the cities of the Ottoman Empire and adjunct regions may offer perspectives of a cosmopolitanism "from below" that can contribute to contemporary debates and conceptions of the city, civil society, multicultural societies, migration, or cosmopolitanism.
CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION
The Summer Academy invites applications of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in Art, Urban, Social and Cultural History, Sociology, Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science. The researchers' work should be clearly relevant to the theme of the Summer Academy.
The working language is English. The application should likewise be in English and consist of
- a CURRICULUM VITAE,
- a FIVE-PAGE OUTLINE of the project the applicant is currently working on, with a brief summary thereof,
- and the NAMES OF TWO UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBERS AS REFEREES
(no letters of recommendation required).
The application should be received no later than 25 APRIL 2008 and SENT BY EMAIL as ONE PDF FILE or in ONE WORD document to:
Georges Khalil, Europe in the Middle East - The Middle East in Europe, c/o Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Wallotstr. 19, 14193 Berlin, Germany, KHALIL@WIKO-BERLIN.DE
The Summer Academy is supported within the overall framework of the research program 'Europe in the Middle East – the Middle East in Europe', which focuses on the diverse processes of transfer, exchange and interaction between Europe and the Middle East, and is funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Aga Khan University.
For further information on the Summer Academy and the research program 'Europe in the Middle East - the Middle East in Europe' please visit www.eume-berlin.de; for information on the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations of the Aga Khan University please visit: www.aku.edu/ISMC/.
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January 07, 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS for the 5th Annual Duke-UNC Graduate Islamic Studies
Call for Papers
5th Annual Duke-UNC Graduate Islamic Studies Conference
The Departments of Religion at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are now accepting papers for inclusion in their Fifth Annual Graduate Islamic Studies Conference:
Embodying Islam: Religious Practice and Muslim Constructions of Self
April 5-6 2008
Duke University
Keynote Speaker
Shahzad Bashir, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University
Respondents
Lorraine Aragon , Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Anna Bigelow, Department of Philosophy and Religion, North Carolina State University
Carl W. Ernst , Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Katherine Ewing, Department of Anthropology, Duke University
Embodiment
Embodiment has played a pivotal role throughout the history of Islam and Muslim societies. Islamic discourses not only shape how Muslims perform Islam, but also structure practices and rituals. In many
instances, such a religious enterprise not only shapes the understanding of the body and subject-formation, but also of agency and autonomy.
We see "embodiment" as encompassing issues of:
-bodies as sites of the performance of local Islam(s)
-performativity of gender and otherness
-practices of ritual in sacred space and time
-(de)constructions of agency
-communal or individual praxis in Islamicate texts
The 5th Annual Duke-UNC Graduate Islamic Studies Conference aims to discuss embodiment in conjunction with the study of Islamicate texts and contexts. We welcome a variety of approaches—theoretical,
methodological, ethnographic and historical, among others. We invite graduate student papers from multiple disciplines—including, but not limited to, Islamic studies, literature, anthropology, philosophy, history, area and cultural studies—that deal with the following suggested topics:
-Sociological and/or political analysis of gender in Islam
-Regulating bodily purity and pollution
-Embodiment of class and race in Muslim networks of power
-Textual analysis of pertinent passages from Islamic literary and legal canons
-Subject formation, formation of Muslim self
-Muslim cultures, societies and histories in postcoloniality
-Imagined personifications of the other
-Performance/Performativity in literature, film, and media
-Transformations of Muslim bodies in a bio-technological age
The conference will proceed in an interactive, workshop format. We expect that those invited to present papers will remain for the duration of the conference in order to engage the work of fellow participants. This two-day conference will take place at Duke University.
To apply, please send the following to Ali Mian (ali.mian@duke.edu):
-proposal of no more than five hundred (500) words
-paper title
-CV
The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2008.
Posted by fisherhe at 03:30 PM
December 11, 2007
The 3rd Muslim Studies Conference: Michigan State University
Conference Title: “Muslims, Race and the Public Sphere”
Conference Dates: April 3-5, 2008
Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2007
Keynote Speakers: Mahmood Mamdani, Geneive Abdo, and Howard Winant
Conference Topic:
“Muslims, Race and the Public Sphere” is an interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the Muslim Studies Program at Michigan State University. This conference is one the first forums in the US to address the problematics of race as they have impacted Muslims. In an effort to understand the relationship between Islamophobia and what might be viewed as a Muslim racial formation, the conference will address both the history and more recent process by which Muslims in the West, particularly in North America and in Europe, have been subjected to racial discourses in the public sphere. The conference raises the question as to whether Muslims, or cultural characteristics associated with Islam, have become the grounds for constituting a racialized subjectivity. In public policy, the media, and popular culture, are Muslims or individuals thought to be Muslims, increasingly identified in terms of racial otherness? Is the classic confusion of Muslim with Arab, the confusion of Sikhs with Muslims, and the racial profiling of Asians, Africans and Latinos, assumed to be Muslims, indications that in the public sphere the category of Muslim is being constituted racially? What are the connections between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia? What is the history of the racial discourses that have contributed to the racialization of Muslims? Can the history be traced to the period of modern European colonialism and to US and European citizenship laws of the 19th and 20th century? This conference seeks to engage these questions and the wide range of other issues that have contributed to thinking of Muslims in racial terms. The conference organizers are seeking papers that take up this topic from any disciplinary angle. We will accept individual papers or panel proposals. All inquiries and proposals should be sent by e-mail to: hassans3@msu.edu
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