APRIL 2006
05-07 April 2006—“Border Management in an Insecure
World” (Durham, United Kingdom) 7th International IBRU
conference. Topic suggestions welcome anytime. For information, contact: Ms.
Michelle speak, Director of External Relations, International Boundaries
Research Unit (IBRU), Department of Geography, University of Durham, DH1
3LE, United Kingdom (+44 0 191 334 1961; fax: +44 0 191 334 1962;
michelle.speak@durham.ac.uk;
www-ibru.dur.ac.uk).
07-08 April 2006 –
“Ideology, Literature and the Arts and National Identity and
Development in the Islamic World” (Villanova, Pennsylvania)
The 23rd
annual meeting of the American Council for the Study of Islamic
Societies (ACSIS) at Villanova University. For information,
contact: Professor Michael
B. Bishku, President of ACSIS, Department of History,
Anthropology and Philosophy, Augusta State University, 2500
Walton Way, Augusta GA 30904-2200 (mbishku@aug.edu).
21-22 April–“Orientalisms and the Chinese Diaspora in the Americas (Denton, Texas) Hosted by the University of North Texas. The conference will focus on the different interpretations of Orientalism that originated after the publication of Edward Said's seminal work Orientalism. It will also deal with the Chinese presence and heritage in Latin America, North America, and the Caribbean (including the Spanish-speaking, Francophone, and Anglophone Caribbean). Submit a one-page abstract in Spanish, English, or French, dealing with any topic related to the concept of Orientalism and/or the Chinese presence in Latin America, North America, and/or the Caribbean. Send to: Ignacio López-Calvo (lopezcalvo@msn.com). For information, visit: http://www.forl.unt.edu/ChineseDiaspora.doc; or http://hispanismo.cervantes.es/agenda.asp?DOCN=63461. Call for papers deadline: April 1, 2006. Notification of acceptance: April 6, 2006.
21-22 April–“Reading
Traditions, Appropriating Cultures: An Interdisciplinary
Graduate Conference in Rhetorical, Literary, and Cultural
Studies” (Norman, Oklahoma) The conference aims to
inaugurate and to encourage interdisciplinary dialogue that
interrogates ideas and cases of culture and tradition, as
well as such related concepts as identity, community,
history, subjectivity, agency, etc. For information,
contact:
ousagesconference@gmail.com.
26-29 April 2006—Society of Architectural Historians
Annual Conference (Savannah, Georgia) For information,
visit:
http://www.sah.org.
MAY 2006
05-07 May–“Is
There a Middle East?” (New Haven, Connecticut) Papers
are encouraged from political and cultural historians,
social scientists, geographers, and political economists.
Possible themes include: natural boundaries and linguistic,
ethnic and cultural self-definition; the Middle East as a
geopolitical construct; Orientalizing the Middle East and Occiendetousis
revisited; the Islamic legacy as a source of legitimacy and
identity; nationalism and images of the self and other;
economic resources and patterns of development; popular
culture as a vehicle for cultural integration or
disintegration; new media and new publics; the rise of
regional elites and the role of their expertise in defining
the region. Send or email an abstract and a resume to:
Barbara Papacoda, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale
Center for International and Area Studies, PO Box 208206,
New Haven CT 06520 (Barbara.papacoda@yale.edu).
Call for papers deadline: March
19, 2006.
07-08 May 2006–“Imam Sadr's Economic Thoughts” (Qom, Iran) It has been a quarter of a century since Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al- Sadr, a genius jurist and a prominent scholar in Islamic studies, was martyred. To honor this prominent figure of the Islamic World and in line with its academic mission, Mofid University is organizing a conference on Imam Mohammad Baqir Sadr’s Economic Thoughts. For information, contact: Mofid University, Mofid Square, Qom, Iran; PO Box: 37185-3611 (tel/fax: + 98 251 2932135; sadr.iec@gmail.com, or Sadr.iec@mofidu.ac.ir).
11-14 May 2006–“Historiography and Ideology: Architectural Heritage of the ‘Lands of Rum’” (Cambridge, Massachusetts) The annual Harvard Aga Khan symposium to be held at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Organized by Professor Gülru Necipoglu of Harvard University and Dr. Sibel Bozdogan of the Boston Architectural Center. Sponsored and presented by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard University. Lecture titles and details to be announced this fall. For information, contact: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Harvard University, Sackler Museum, Room 412, 485 Broadway Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (617 495-2355; fax: 617 496-8389; agakhan@fas.harvard.edu; www.fas.harvard.edu/~agakhan/index2.html).
15-18 May 2006—“British and US Imperialism” (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) Papers are invited on any aspect of British and/or American imperialism in Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, and the Middle East (from the 18th C-present). Proposals welcome from all disciplines. Particularly are welcome contributions that compare and/or contrast British and US policies, practices and legacies. Send 300-word abstract to: empire@post.queensu.ca. Conference website available in April: http://post.queensu.ca/~empire.
18-20 May 2006—“Ethnic
Life Writing and Histories” (Pamplona, Spain) 5th Annual
MESEA - The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas.
For information, conact: MESEA’s Program Director, Yiorgos Kalogeras, Department
of English, Aristotle University, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece (kalogera@enl.auth.gr;
www.mesea.org/).
26-28 May 2006—“The Law of Waqf” (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
A conference in 3 parts: I. Origins to Ottoman-Era Maturity;
II. Modern State Control and Nationalization; III. Contemporary
Regeneration. Organized by the Islamic Legal Studies Program
of Harvard Law School and Randi Deguilhem of the Institut de
Recherches et d’Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM)
in Aix-en-Provence. The conference will be held in three stages,
organized chronologically, which capture three distinct eras of
waqf up to modern times. The first stage “Origins to Ottoman-Era
Maturity” will be held this coming May 2006 at Harvard Law
School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Subsequent stages are titled
“Modern State Control and Nationalization” and “Contemporary
Regeneration.” For more
information, contact Peri Bearman (pbearman@law.harvard.edu).
JUNE 2006
11-16 June 2006– Second
World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (Amman, Jordan) The Royal
Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS) is pleased to announce that it
has been chosen to organize and host the Second World Congress for
Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES-2). Initiated by the Middle East Studies
Association of North America (MESA), the First World Congress was
organized and hosted by the University of Mainz in 2002 and attracted
over 2000 scholars, experts and students from around the globe. It
involved the participation of the European Association for Middle
Eastern Studies (EURAMES), the British, French, Italian and German
Middle East studies associations (BRISMES, AFEMAM, SeSaMO and DAVO) and
other similar organizations in North America, the Middle East and the 14
other member countries of EURAMES. RIIFS now extends its own invitation
to all of the institutions and organizations that took part in the First
World Congress and requests that they inform their members about
WOCMES-2 and consider how they may contribute to its success. In
particular, RIIFS asks that they begin coordinating their 2006
activities with the WOCMES-2 Secretariat in the autumn of 2004,
organizing panels, workshops, symposia and major conferences under the
WOCMES-2 umbrella.
This invitation also applies to other
associations, research centres, university departments, international
organizations and institutions which did not take part in the First
World Congress, but which are involved in the study of the Middle East,
North Africa and the Muslim states of Central Asia in addition to those
areas of the world directly or indirectly affected by developments in
these regions. Calls for papers from individual scholars will be sent
out in 2005.
Local and international media and high-ranking
decision-makers involved in political, economic and cultural spheres are
also expected to attend the Second World Congress and to disseminate, in
the months that follow, the new ideas and interpretations that they
encounter there. The working language of the congress will be English,
with some French and Arabic.
Because the Second World Congress will actually
take place in the Middle East, the cultural program is expected to be
particularly rich. Organizers are presently considering two book fairs
(Arabic/International) involving book-sellers, publishers and authors;
exhibitions of modern Arab art by Jordan’s national and local galleries;
other exhibitions related to various aspects of Middle Eastern studies;
a film festival with panel discussions; and concerts featuring musicians
from across the Arab world. The timing will also be advantageous since
the weather will be pleasant and many academics will be on their summer
break, leaving them with ample time to explore Jordan’s well-known
tourist attractions (such as Petra, Jerash, Madaba and Mount Nebo), as
well as those in neighbouring countries, during their visit to the
region.
For information, contact: WOCMES-2
Secretariat, Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS), PO Box 830
562, Amman 11183, Jordan (962 6 4618051; fax: 962 6
4618051;academic@wocmes2.org;
wocmes2.org; www.riifs.org).
Call for papers deadline: February
28, 2006.
20-23 June 2006—“Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations”
(Moscow, Russia) 4th International Conference organized
by the Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies in cooperation
with the Institute for African Studies (both under the Russian Academy
of Sciences). For information, contact
the
Conference Secretaries: Ms. Anastasia A. Banshikova and Ms. Svetlana V.
Kobzeva, Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Russian Academy
of Sciences, 30/1 Spiridonovka St., 123001 Moscow, Russia (7 095 291
4119; fax: +7 095 202 0786;
civ-reg@inafru.ru; http://civreg.ru;
http://inafr.ru).
JULY 2006
4-6 July
2006—“The Global Gulf” (Exeter, United Kingdom) An
interdisciplinary conference on the Gulf region (Arabia,
Iran, Iraq) and its historical and contemporary connections
with the wider world. Proposed panel topics include: the
Gulf and the Islamic World, the Gulf and Asia, the Gulf and
the West, the Gulf and Europe, Gulf regional relations,
foreign communities in the Gulf, and research on the Gulf.
For more information, contact:
J.Onley@exeter.ac.uk;
or visit:
www.huss.ex.ac.uk/iais/research/gulf.htm
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07-08 July 2006–“The Art and Material Culture of Iranian Shiism” (Oxford, United Kingdom) Despite the numerous studies of Iranian art and material culture, covering architecture, object studies, flat art and photography, very little work has been published on the subject of Shiite art per se. For information, contact: Professor James Allan at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH, UK or to: Pedram Khosronejad (pedram.khosronejad@orinst.ox.ac.uk).
13-16 July 2006—“Poetry and Politics” (Stirling, Scotland) A
Conference at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Poets and speakers to
include Moniza Alvi, Eavan Boland, David Dabydeen, Linton Kwesi Johnson,
David Norbrook, Tom Paulin, Deryn Rees-Jones, Jo Shapcott, and the
Norton keynote speaker, Adrienne Rich. Visit:
www.poetryandpolitics.stir.ac.uk for further details and
announcements; or contact: Poetry and Politics Conference, University of Stirling, Stirling,
Scotland, FK9 4LA. Conference organizers: Glennis Byron, John Drakakis,
Andrew Sneddon.
AUGUST 2006
03-05 August 2006–6th Biennial conference on
Iranian Studies (Oxford, United Kingdom) Organized by the
International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS), Iran Heritage
Foundation (IHF) and the London Middle East Institute (LMEI).
The conference will take place immediately after the
Centenary Conference on the Iranian Constitutional
Revolution, which will be organized by the Iran Heritage
Foundation and the University of Oxford and held 30 July–02
August 2006 at Oxford. Up-to-date information on
the Sixth Biennial Conference will be available at
www.iranianstudies.net and at
www.iranheritage.org. The conference will be held at SOAS, and
participants should contact the Iran Heritage Foundation (info@iranheritage.org)
if they require an invitation in order to obtain a visa for
entry into the United Kingdom or if they wish to make
arrangements for accommodation at student halls of the
University of London.
03-06 August 2006–“New Perspectives on Religion and Theatre: A Debut
Panel” (Chicago, Illinois) The Association for Theatre
in Higher Education (ATHE) annual conference. This debut panel is
sponsored by ATHE’s Religion and Theatre Focus Group and
provides a unique forum for exploring the various
historical, theoretical, and practical intersections of
religion and theatre. For information, visit:
www.athe.org.
10-13 August–“Perils and Promises of
Globalization: Difference, Resistance and Possibility
” (Louisville, Kentucky) The 69th annual meeting of
the Rural Sociological Society (RSS).
Conference information:
http://ruralsociology.org/annual-meeting/2006/index.html.
Program questions, Patricia Allen at:
2006rss@ucsc.edu; general questions, Edie Pigg at:
ruralsoc@missouri.edu.
SEPTEMBER 2006
08-10
September 2006—“Lawful and Unlawful Violence in Islamic Law
and History” (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
The V International Conference on Islamic Legal Studies will
take place at Harvard Law School. For information regarding
the program and attendance, access
www.law.harvard.edu/programs/ilsp or contact
ilsp@law.harvard.edu. The International Society for
Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS), set up in October 2004, is
the formal organizer of these triennial ILS conferences.
Membership in ISILS is for a three-year period, the first
period comprising the years 2005-2007. Membership is $60
($30 for full-time students, with proof of full-time student
affiliation). To become a member of ISILS, which will allow
one to attend and vote in the ISILS Business Meeting at each
conference and will allow for a reduction of the conference
registration fee, please send a cheque or money-order for
the relevant amount to: ISILS, c/o Peri Bearman, Harvard Law
School, Islamic Legal Studies Program, Cambridge MA 02138 (pbearman@law.harvard.edu).
22-23 September
–“Space and Time in World Politics and International
Relations” (Moscow, Russia) The 4th Russian
International Studies Association (RISA) Convention
Suggested topics: What is the meaning of “Modernity” in
world politics and international relations and how “modern”
are they?; What makes contemporary politics global? How is
its unity in space and time achieved?; Is the dynamics of
spatial and temporal changes in the contemporary world
subject to influence?; What is the significance of
geopolitical factors in contemporary world politics?; What
new fields of world politics are being born as a result of
globalization – transnational, supranational, geo-economic,
cross-cultural, etc.?; When and how do the “windows of
opportunity” for radical changes in world politics appear?;
What are the possible scenarios of global political
dynamics?; Do cycles exist in world politics?; What are the
spatiotemporal parameters of contemporary international
crises?; Is there a common vector of global political
development?; What role does simultaneity of political
processes play in the development of today’s world?; What
is the place of Russia and other countries (regions) in
contemporary spatial and temporal system of political
coordinates?; How can countries that are on different stages
of development interact and understand each other?; How does
the temporal factor affect the processes of foreign policy
planning and taking decision-making in the context of the
acceleration of changes? What are the spatial and temporal
configurations of modern international organizations,
alliances, coalitions? For information or to register,
contact: Russian International Studies Association, Prospect
Vernadskogo 76, Moscow, Russia 117454 Moscow (7495 434-9332;
fax: 7495 434-9179;
risa@mgimo.ru;
http://convention2006.risa.ru).
Call for papers deadline: April 15, 2006.
29 September 2006—“Between Jihad and McWorld: Voices of Social Justice” (Ashtabula, Ohio) Kent State University Ashtabula is now accepting proposals for papers, exhibitions, artwork, photography, and panel discussions regarding themes and ideas from Dr. Benjamin Barber’s Jihad vs. McWorld. Dr. Barber will deliver the conference’s keynote address. Proposals may be sent to: Carol Murray, Social Justice Committee, Kent State University Ashtabula, 3300 Lake Rd. West, Ashtabula OH 44004 (cmurray@ashtabula.kent.edu; www.ashtabula.kent.edu/Campus/socialjusticeconference.cfm). Call for papers deadline: March 20, 2006.
OCTOBER 2006
06-08 October–“Russia
and Eurasia in World Context: A Dialogue with East Asian
Studies” (Princeton, New Jersey) The Eurasia Program of
the Social Science Research Council, in Partnership with
Princeton University’s Institute for International and
Regional Studies (PIIRS), East Asian Studies Program, and
Russian and Eurasian Studies Program, invites applications
of a 3 day dissertation development workshop. Up to 12
graduate students and six faculty discussants will attend.
Graduate students from social science disciplines and the
related humanities at any state of the dissertation process
are eligible. Applicants need no possess expertise in both
area studies contexts, but should work within one or the
other area studies field. Submit: 5-page, double-spaced
summary of the dissertation project, addressing how the
topic speaks to, or can benefit from, this particular
perspective; one letter of academic recommendation from the
applicant’s primary advisor and a CV. If selected,
participants will be required to submit a 15-25 page
dissertation chapter or writing sample, due September 8,
2006. For detailed information on application procedures and
eligibility requirement, visit:
www.ssrc.org/programs/eurasia/title8_dissertation_workshops;
Eurasia@ssrc.org.
Application deadline: April 24,
2006.
20-22 October 2006—3rd Biennial Urban History Conference (Phoenix, Arizona) The conference deals with all urban topics. For information, contact: Janet.Bednarek@notes.udayton.edu.
20-22 October 2006–Islamic
Philosophy Panels
Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (SAGP), Society for the
Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science (SSIPS) and Association
of Chinese Philosophers in America (ACPA) invite proposals for
the International Conference on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
at Fordham University on October 20-22, 2006. Panel proposals
due on April 1, 2006 or individual proposals on Islamic
philosophy are due on June 1, 2006 are to be submitted to
Shalahudin Kafrawi
skafrawi@moravian.edu. For proposals in other areas, consult
Parviz Morewedge
pmorewed@gsp-online.org or Anthony Preus
apreus@binghamton.edu. Call for
panels deadline: April 1, 2006; Call for papers deadline: June
1, 2006.
27-29 October 2006–“Muslim Identities: Shifting Boundaries and Dialogues” (Hartford,
Connecticut)
The 35th Annual Conference of the Association of
Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS), cosponsored by the
Hartford Seminary. Possible
themes include: Muslim identities in historical, textual or
empirical research; religious, social, cultural and political
dimensions of Muslim social identities; constructions of the
Muslim subject in colonial, neo-colonial, and post-colonial
encounters; good Muslim/bad Muslim: Identity Politics in the
Post-9/11 Era; divergent discourses and the construction of
Muslim subjectivities: traditional and/or modern perspective
essentialism/anti-essentialism in Muslim identity construction;
epistemological and ontological perspectives: textual narrations
of self/identity/community; the complex relationship between
texts, contexts, and human agency in the Construction of Islamic
Norms Authoritative Identities: Exegetical Practices and
Gendered Interpretations; contesting boundaries: gendered/sexual
identities; indigenous and diasporic articulations of identity,
community, nation: authenticity, hybridity and belonging Muslim
youth and identity politics; marginality and the politics of
resistance; transnational pan-Islamic identities and
solidarities: re-examining the Ummah; Collective
Identities and political praxis: Muslim social and
political movements; boundaries and social control: regulating
and policing identities; identity and representation: media
characterizations and Muslim Identities; religious Manichaeanism:
persistence of orientalist and emergence of neo-orientalist
constructions of self/other and civilizational dialogues; and
identities of faith: challenges of and possibilities for
interfaith dialogue and collaboration post-modernism and the
crisis of identity. Abstracts (250 words) are due May 15, 2006.
Accepted papers must be submitted by September 15, 2006. Send
abstracts (250 words) and papers to Conference Coordinator, Ms.
Layla Sein:
conferences@amss.net. Conference Chair: Dr. Jane Smith,
Hartford Seminary. For details about AMSS and conference
updates, visit
http://www.amss.net. Call for
papers deadline: May 15, 2006.
MAY 2007
23-28 May
2007–“Crossing Jordan” (Washington DC) 10th
International Conference on the History & Archaeology of
Jordan (ICHAJ). This conference will focus on the many
peoples and their cultures who “crossed Jordan” from the
earliest times to the present and on the conservation of
Jordan's heritage. Hosted by the George Washington
University's Elliott School of International Affairs located
at 1957 E Street, Washington, D.C. Organizing Institutions:
The American Center of Oriental Research and The Department
of Antiquities of Jordan in cooperation with: The American
Schools of Oriental Research, Boston and The American
Schools of Oriental Research in Canada. Notice will be sent
when website becomes available. For the sake of planning,
the organizers would appreciate a preliminary indication of
your interest in attending. Please send an email message to
the ACOR Amman office at
acor@go.com.jo. For information, contact: ACOR, PO Box
2470, Amman 11181, Jordan or ACOR, 656 Beacon Street, 5th
Floor, Boston, MA 02215-2010. Call
for papers deadline: September 15, 2006.