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The Making of Saints in the Muslim World in 20th Century

2011-11-25T02:52:00.001-08:00

Conference: The Making of Saints in the Muslim World in 20th Century CNRS- Paris - 2-3 December 2011(All are welcome, Main language of program is English)Conveners:Michel BOIVIN, Pedram KHOSRONEJAD, Pierre-Jean LUIZARD, Thierry ZARCONEGroupe Societes, Religions, La?cit?sGSRL - UMR 8582 - CNRSDepartment of Social Anthropology,University of St Andrews,

Islamic Public Law

2011-11-24T06:30:00.001-08:00

New Release from IUR Press: Islamic Public Law (Documents on Practice from the Ottoman Archives) by Ahmed Akgunduz, (Rotterdam: IUR Press 2011), Hardcover, 734 pp. Price 45 Euro plus Post Costs. ISBN 978-90-807192-6-2. “Islamic law contains explications and divisions that imply a classification in terms of public and private law. In this

International Studies Graduate Makes Academic Waves Abroad

2011-11-22T08:01:00.001-08:00

After being an excellent International Studies scholar, UE College of Arts and Sciences-Manila graduate Nassef Manabilang Adiong is making waves internationally as a postgraduate student enjoying multiple scholarships and as an author of several published academic papers. He is currently a Doctor of Philosophy candidate in International Relations at the Middle East Technical University

Saudi Youth: Unveiling the Force for Change

2011-11-13T10:49:00.001-08:00

Center for Strategic International Studies Saudi Youth: Unveiling the Force for Change by Edit Schlaffer and Ulrich Kropiunigg Saudi Arabia has avoided the turmoil that has gripped many of its neighbors, but a survey of Saudi youth by Women without Borders suggests that this reality could change. Young people, nearly two thirds of the kingdom’s population,

Abdul Aziz Al-Mutawa Visiting Fellowship 2012

2011-11-13T00:22:00.001-08:00

Applications for the academic year 2012-2013 are invited for Visiting Fellowships. These are offered to support research in any area of the arts, humanities, or the social sciences that has relevance to the study of Islam or the Muslim world (particularly anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, law, literature, philosophy,

Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean Essay Competition

2011-11-12T23:59:00.001-08:00

The Department of History at The University o f Texas at Arlington announces the 2012 Webb-Smith Essay Competition as part of the 47th annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures March 8, 2012.$500 for the best research essay on "Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean." The winning essays will be published in a forthcoming volume of the

Collaboration in Cataloging: Islamic Manuscripts at Michigan

2011-11-12T23:54:00.001-08:00

“Collaboration in Cataloging: Islamic Manuscripts at Michigan” project extendedDear Colleagues,The University of Michigan Library’s “Collaboration in Cataloging: Islamic Manuscripts at Michigan” project staff are pleased to announce that our collaborative project to fully catalogue our Islamic Manuscripts Collection has been officially extended

Journal: Contemporary Islamic Studies

2011-11-12T23:36:00.001-08:00

QScience.com - Member of Qatar Foundation Journal: Contemporary Islamic Studies Editor-in-chief: Hatem El-Karanshawy - Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Doha, Qatar ISSN: 2220-2757 SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLE TO QSCIENCE.COM FOR RAPID PUBLICATION AND HIGH VISIBILITY ---------------------- Dear Sir/madam,

State-Society Relations in the Arab Gulf Region: Religion, Intellectuals and New Media

2011-11-09T20:34:00.001-08:00

3rd Gulf Research Meeting University of Cambridge 11 - 14 July 2012 http://grm.grc.net/index.php?pgid=Njk=&wid=Mzg= Workshop Directors: Dr. Mazhar al Zo'by Assistant Professor Department of International Affairs Qatar University, Qatar Email: malzoby@qu.edu.qa Dr. Birol Baskan Assistant Professor School of Foreign Affairs Georgetown

Qatar Post-Doctoral Fellowship

2011-11-09T03:46:00.000-08:00

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY - CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARAB STUDIES Deadline: December 15, 2011 Qatar Post-Doctoral Fellowship Established in 2004 by a generous annual grant from the State of Qatar, the Qatar Post-Doctoral Fellowship supports for one academic year a recent Ph.D. working on the topics of U.S.-Arab relations, Arab studies, or Islamic studies. Applicants

Scholar-in-Residence: Global Citizenship, Emerson College

2011-11-08T01:59:00.001-08:00

The Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies invites applications for a Scholar-in-Residence faculty position with primary specialization in global citizenship. This position is a one-year, non-tenure track, renewable appointment depending on the needs of the department. The initial appointment is for the 2012-13 academic year beginning

Sultan Post Doctoral Fellow, University of California at Berkeley

2011-11-08T01:53:00.001-08:00

UC Berkeley, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), the Department of Near Eastern Studies (NES), the Department of Architecture (ARCH), and the Department of the History of Art, invite applications for a Sultan Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow / Visiting Assistant Professor in the area of History of Islamic Art, Architecture, and Urbanism. This is a

Centres of Learning and Changes in Muslim Societies: Global Influence of Al-Azhar, Al-Madinah, and Al-Mustafa

2011-11-07T19:11:00.001-08:00

Conference Call Centres of learning and changes in Muslim societies: Global influence of Al-Azhar, Al-Madinah, and Al-Mustafa The leading centres of Islamic learning have been central to spread of Islamic scholarship in earlier centuries and initiation of reformist ideals in recent times. Old centres of Islamic learning, such as Al-Azhar, have

World Journal of Islamic History and Civilization

2011-11-06T19:07:00.000-08:00

DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC HISTORY & CIVILIZATION Academy of Islamic Studies, University Malaya, Malaysia THE WORLD JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION CALL FOR PAPERS SUBMISSIONS We are excited to announce the all-new launch of our new online “World Journal of Islamic History and Civilization” which was initiated only a few weeks ago. This is a

Varieties of Continental Thought and Religion

2011-11-06T19:00:00.000-08:00

Varieties of Continental Thought and ReligionJune 15-16, 2012Ryerson UniversityToronto, CanadaWe invite submissions from scholars and graduate students based in Canada and abroad on the topic of Continental Thought and Religion. The general theme of the conference is meant to reflect the variety of articulations of religion that have emerged in contemporary

2nd Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association

2011-11-06T18:54:00.000-08:00

Announcing the CALL FOR PAPERS for the 2nd EPSA Annual General Conference Date: June 21-23 2012 Venue: Berlin, New Malthouse and the Environmental Forum in the Church of Resurrection Conference Centre URL: Submit a proposal at http://conference.epsanet.org Proposal Submission Deadline: December 9, 2011 The second annual conference of the European Political Science

Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences

2011-11-06T18:49:00.000-08:00

CALL FOR PAPERS Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences Special Issue on “Social Science without Borders: Looking Back, Looking Forward” The editors of Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences (SWB)—a double-blind, peer-reviewed, open-source electronic journal devoted to cutting-edge research on human

Erasmus Mundus Master Scholarship in Global Studies

2011-11-06T18:45:00.000-08:00

Topic: “Global Studies – A European Perspective” is an interdisciplinary, research-based Master’s course offered by a Consortium of five European universities: University of Leipzig (Germany), London School of Economics and Political Science (UK), University of Roskilde (Denmark), University of Vienna (Austria) and University of Wroclaw (Poland) and six

Religion and Gender

2011-11-06T18:24:00.000-08:00

The new e-journal Religion and Gender is pleased to announce the publication of its first issue. This volume addresses the theme 'Critical Issues in the Study of Religion and Gender' and is free available online. The next two volumes of the journal will explore the themes 'Religion, Gender and Multiculturalism' (Winter 2011) and 'Masculinities

“Making Sense of Islam”: Sensuality and Affect in the Muslim Humanities

2011-11-06T01:49:00.000-07:00

CALL FOR PAPERS “Making Sense of Islam”: Sensuality and Affect in the Muslim Humanities 9th Annual Duke-UNC Graduate Islamic Studies Conference, March 24th-25th, 2012 “The humanities can be described as the study of the myriad ways in which people, from every period of history and from every corner of the globe, process

Secularity, Globalisation and Power

2011-11-06T01:45:00.000-07:00

Pakistan Workshop 2012 The Lake District, 11th-13th May 2012 Secularity, Globalisation and Power Both secularity and globalisation are understood to be phenomena that are intrinsically connected to rise of the post Enlightenment modern world. However, in order to understand the relationship between secularity, globalisation and power it is necessary

Just War According to Arabic Writing Philosophers

2011-11-06T01:37:00.000-07:00

CMES is pleased to present the Fall 2011 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies lecture series "Just War According to Arabic Writing Philosophers" November 8, 9, 10withMaroun AOUADthe world's leading scholar of the Arabic reception of Aristotle in the work of Ibn Rushd (Averroes):: November 8: "Al-Fârâbî's Doctrine of Just War" 4:00-5:30 pm:: November 9: "

Brandeis' Junior Scholar Fellowship (Crown Center for Middle East Studies)

2011-11-06T01:31:00.000-07:00

Crown Center for Middle East Studies Brandeis University JUNIOR SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIP The Crown Center for Middle East Studies is offering one-year fellowships to outstanding scholars of Middle East politics, economics, history, religion, or social developments for the 2012-2013 academic year. This fellowship can be either a post-doctoral

Methodological Advances, Bridges and Limits in the Application of Qualitative Comparative Analysis

2011-11-06T01:18:00.000-07:00

Propose A Paper Workshop Title Methodological Advances, Bridges and Limits in the Application of Qualitative Comparative Analysis Directors Damien BOL

State-Society Relations in the Arab Gulf Region: Religion, Intellectuals and New Media

2011-11-06T01:04:00.000-07:00

Dear Colleagues, This is to attract your attention to a workshop I am going to co-direct in Gulf Research Meeting 2012 organized by Gulf Research Center. The annual meeting will be be held at University of Cambridge on 11-14 July 2012. Our workshop is titled 'State-Society Relations in the Arab Gulf Region: Religion, Intellectuals and New Media.' We are seeking