Opportunities

Annual Conference, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS), Doha, Qatar, 9-10 October 2024

The Iranian Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) is welcoming abstracts for its 2024 annual conference. The conference will explore the evolution and current state of social sciences and humanities in Iran. The conference will reflect on the state of social sciences and humanities in theory, methodology, and practice, and will examine how they are taught and researched in Iran. In addition to looking at some of the key institutions that have shaped social sciences and humanities research in Iran, the conference will examine the impact of the Islamic Republic’s establishment and its policies, as well as the state’s official discourse, on research and teaching in social sciences and humanities, with a focus on the relationship between academia and politics and state ideology.

The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) invites applications for the following: 

- BIAA David Edwin Jameson Scholarship
- BIAA David French Scholarship
- BIAA Doughty-Wylie Scholarship
- Turkish and Black Sea Scholar's Fund
- Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies Fieldwork Award

Online Conference, British International Studies Association (BISA), 8 May 2024

The Postgraduate Network (BISA PGN) is excited to announce our upcoming conference titled 'Emerging Trends in Global Politics: Exploring the latest developments and future directions'. This online conference aims to be a pivotal platform for PhD students and early-career researchers from across the globe to showcase their innovative research, engage with pressing challenges in international studies, and explore avenues for professional growth.

Seeking contributions for a groundbreaking book on the evolution of diplomacy in the digital age. Insights on digital diplomacy, soft power, crisis management, or innovative diplomatic practices are welcome. Ideal for diplomats, scholars, and IR professionals looking to shape the future of international relations. Submit chapter proposals now! 

30th International DAVO Congress, University of Göttingen, 26-28 September 2024

This congress invites submissions on topics in the humanities and social sciences that deal with research on the Middle East, North Africa and other states influenced by Islam or their relations with other regions. You can register individual presentations as well as panels (with 3-4 contributions). As a separate category, the workshop talks provide space for the presentation of final theses and doctoral projects.

The MESA Global Academy is an interdisciplinary initiative of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) designed to sustain essential research collaborations and knowledge production among MENA-focused academics by providing competitive scholarships to displaced scholars from the MENA region, primarily those located in North America. The MESA Global Academy offers competitive fellowships to Middle East Studies scholars from the MENA region, primarily those who are currently displaced in North America. 

The School of Law and Government at Dublin City University invites applications for its four-year fully funded PhD programme, starting in September 2024. Outstanding PhD candidates will be offered fee waiver and a tax-free scholarship of €22,000 per annum for four years. All applicants (including international applicants) will be automatically considered for funded studentships. The PhD candidate will work on a research project titled Islamist movements in exile, which aims to assess the evolution of activism of moderate Islamist social movements in exile in Europe since the so-called “Arab Spring”. In particular, the project investigates how the forced displacement and resettling abroad of Islamist social movements following the uprisings and authoritarian strengthening in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), affects their internal composition, ideology, values, political mobilization strategies, transnational networks, and their relationships with host societies.

SeSaMO Conference, University of Cagliari (Sardinia), 3-5 October 2024

Papers are invited for the XVI Convegno SeSaMO - XVI SeSaMO Conference hosted by the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Cagliari. 

The Duke Islamic Studies Center (DISC) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Islamic Studies in 2024-25 at Duke University. We seek candidates who study Muslim societies and cultures in their global context, with interdisciplinary and critical perspectives and methods, including digital humanities.

Duties include research and the provision of area expertise for events and collaborations with university partners to bring engaging academic and public lectures and events to the Duke and Durham community, partnering with UNC, NC State and other institutional and community partners. The successful candidate will propose two university-wide events per semester, focusing on increasing university and intercollegiate collaborations, while understanding and including current events as they arise. They will report to the DISC director, meeting consistently to discuss events and topics related to the area. It is expected that the Fellow will become an active member of DISC and engage in the intellectual life of the university.

Conference, University of Westminster, 17-18 June 2024

Submissions are invited for a collaborative conference between the Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN), Everyday Muslim Heritage and Archive Initiative (EMHAI), and the University of Westminster, which will be hosted in the Westminster Voices series. This unique partnership aims to bring together scholars, practitioners and communities to delve into the multifaceted histories of Islam and Muslims in Britain from the 1800s onwards.

We are eager to include perspectives from various backgrounds and positions, whether academic or non-academic. We encourage individual submissions at any stage of their academic or non-academic career. The goal is to foster collaborative efforts with community stakeholders, promoting knowledge exchange. We very much welcome submissions in different formats, including traditional academic papers, community heritage projects, poetry, spoken word, performances, and other forms of artistic expression. 

Research Workshop, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 3-5 October 2024 

This annual exploratory and informal workshop offers the opportunity to reflect on methodologies, research agendas, and case studies for investigating history writing in Arabic in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond in any period from the seventh century to the present. We are interested in papers that consider the practical and conceptual challenges of working on history writing in Arabic.

Contributions are invited from scholars at all career levels, addressing any period and any part of the Middle East and North Africa, broadly defined. This year we anticipate running the workshop from the Aga Khan Centre in London and in Lisbon, with the possibility to have an online component featuring participants who are unable to travel to the UK or Portugal. 

Following the success of the previous two rounds, the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Institute for Palestine Studies are pleased to invite research proposals for the third Annual Palestine Forum. The Forum will be held in late January 2025 in Qatar (Exact dates to be confirmed).

The third round seeks to create an interactive academic space for presenting new and innovative approaches and exchanging views and ideas related to the study of Palestine. It provides an opportunity for researchers who are already working on papers to present and discuss their work, and to learn about and benefit from new research trends in Palestine Studies.

Workshop, SEPAD, Lancaster University, 11 December 2024

This workshop will examine the extent and form of state control over Islamic social and religious institutions by exploring different regional Muslim-majority contexts (MENA, sub-Saharan Africa, Central, South, and East Asia). Interested participants working on state Islam in any Muslim-majority setting are invited to submit a 500-word abstract and recent CV to neil.russell@gcu.ac.uk. Short essays of each selected paper will be published in a SEPAD Report, with full length papers being published as a special issue in an academic journal or edited volume.

The journal of Iranian Studies invites submissions for roundtables. Topics may include any subject in the social sciences related to Iran, the Persianate world, minoritized communities, and transnational diasporas. If interested, please submit your proposal by June 17th to Dr Paola Rivetti, the journal's associate editor for the social sciences (paola.rivetti@dcu.ie). More details in the attached document.

Peace Politics in the Middle East aims to present reflective and cutting edge research that provide a forum for critical debate between scholars and politicians from across the Middle East and beyond. The focus is on presenting solutions to seemingly intractable problems and situations, and to explain the ramifications of their potential implementation.

Peace Politics in the Middle East delivers texts which predominantly deal with the prevention, causes and resolution of wars, terrorism, genocide, and gross violations of human rights. The series will aim to provide in-depth understanding that can assist academics and practitioners to work towards building a just and peaceful system. It delves into substantial analyses of constructive relationships across ethnic, religious, class and gender that can contribute to peacebuilding and mutual coexistence.

The Middle East is experiencing major political transformations, some of which continue from the Arab uprisings of 2011, which invite historical and comparative examinations. The first of its kind, Disruptions publishes studies on the origins, nature, and impact of the ideas, events (uprisings, revolutions, protests), and actors (ordinary people, activists, intellectuals, or leaders) that are now disrupting the social orders in the region.

We welcome monographs and, in exceptional cases, edited volumes that offer novel theoretical and conceptual frameworks and/or empirical material generated from the region. Disruptions fosters the principle of pluralism in knowledge generation in the Social Sciences, and will be open to various theoretical and methodological approaches in Political Science, History, Sociology, Social Psychology and Middle Eastern Studies.

Under the direction of the new series editors, the Global Ethics book series seeks to advance research and conversation around a broad array of ethical issues in international and global matters. The editors are interested in publishing both monographs and edited collections from scholars, practitioners, and those engaged in civil society. These may include topics such as global governance, global health disparities, international intellectual property, climate change, economic sanctions, food security, civil and transnational conflict, and migration. Our particular interest is to provide a platform for scholars and practitioners from the Global South, and to host a dialogue involving diverse perspectives on issues of concern to the Global South.

The editors would welcome submissions of books, book proposals and inquiries about possible projects.

This series approaches gender as a category of analysis, a platform of mobilisation and activism, an essential aspect of governance and a signifier of power relations that intersect with other inequalities. Encouraging interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies, Critiquing Gender & Islam mainly features empirically grounded work, including ethnographic, visual and discursive material. Sexuality and queer politics are important aspects of the series’ understanding of the politics of gender.

I.B.Tauris and the British Institute at Ankara are seeking book proposals for the Contemporary Turkey academic book series. The Contemporary Turkey monograph series is a joint initiative by the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA), internationally renowned for its support of independent academic research, and leading publisher of Middle East and Turkish Studies I.B. Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury Academic.

The series publishes cutting-edge research monographs and edited collections from a new generation of scholars working on modern Turkey across the social sciences and humanities. In bringing to light new data and insights directly from the field, this series is distinguished by its emphasis on innovative approaches that challenge established ways of examining Turkey.