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CFP: After the Uprisings: Political, Economic, and Social Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa

February 11, 2016

Call for Abstracts After the Uprisings: Political, Economic, and Social Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa 31 May 2016 – Edinburgh Deadline for submissions: 29 February 2016 The Call For Papers is available to view here: http://www.arabtrans.eu/edinburgh-conference-2016/ Please send an abstract (max. 300 words) to p01kv4@abdn.ac.uk. Important Dates Paper titles and abstracts…
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Two CFPs for AASA Panels: MESA 2016

February 9, 2016

AASA Roundtable proposal for MESA 2016 Boston, MA, Nov. 17-20. Roundtable Title: “US Presidential Elections: Assessing Arab American Positionalities” As has been the case for the previous 3 or 4 Presidential election cycles, Arabs, Muslims, and other Middle Eastern communities living in the U.S. have been the focus of debate questions, inflammatory rhetoric, and national…
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CFP: PARC Research Fellowships

October 8, 2015

The Palestinian American Research Center is pleased to announce this year’s fellowship competitions, which offer excellent opportunities for scholars to do research on Palestine and for professors not familiar with Palestine to make their first visit there. Please see the detailed information and links to our website below. http://parc-us-pal.org Call for Applications PARC is pleased…
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MESA Awards Competitions: Submissions Due April 1st and beyond

March 31, 2015

Time to recognize the latest and greatest in Middle East studies! Seven awards to honor excellence in the field. Please share with students, colleagues, and listservs. You can’t win if you don’t enter. Albert Hourani Book Award. Nomination deadline: April 1, 2015 Nominations of non-fiction scholarly monographs based on original research published in English…
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SCMS Middle East Caucus: Wind from the Middle East: An Evening of Music and Film

March 26, 2015

Thursday MARCH 26 7:30 pm Wind from the Middle East: An Evening of Music and Film LOCATION LA VITROLA, 4602 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada The Middle East Caucus presents an evening of entertainment and discussion, featuring a performance by local Montreal musicians Sam Shalabi (playing oud) and Stefan Christoff (on electric guitar). Following the…
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RIP Dr. Naseer Aruri

February 16, 2015

The AASA mourns the loss of Professor Naseer Aruri, Chancellor Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Dr. Aruri was a leader in the field of Middle East Studies and Arab American Studies. Please see this link for his obituary on the UMass Dartmouth Website. The UMass Press Release is also pasted below:…
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Who Are We and Where Are We Going?: A Critical Look at Arab American Studies

February 2, 2015

By Akram Khater and Rachel Norman As recently as 2011, Arab American scholar Steven Salaita stated that Arab American Studies is not yet a field. Rather, Salaita suggests, Arab American Studies should be considered an “emerging subject.”[1] As we write this inaugural blog post, we can’t help but wonder if this statement is still…
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CFP: Arab American Studies Roundtable at MESA 2016

January 28, 2015

This is a call to the interested for talking about the state of Arab American activism and advocacy. Please keep in mind the approaching deadline on Feb 12. Roundtable Recent scholarship on Arab/Arab American activism, in addition to undocumented vast experiences of immigrant activists, established the roots and span of collective advocacy by the Syrian and…
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Wadad Kadi Travel Fellowships for Doctoral Students

January 13, 2015

Wadad Kadi Travel Fellowships for Doctoral Students The Wadad Kadi Travel Fellowships for Doctoral Students were established in 2014 and are designed to encourage graduate student participation in the MESA annual meeting. Fellowships will be awarded in two categories: 1. Islamic Studies/History before 950 CE. Students enrolled in graduate programs who are presenting papers at MESA’s…
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Post-Doc Fellowship in ME Diaspora Studies

January 9, 2015

The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies is pleased to offer a postdoctoral fellowship in Middle East Diaspora Studies (with preference given to Lebanese Diasporas) for the 2015-2016 academic year. This award is open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences whose scholarly work addresses any aspect of Middle East Diasporas. The…
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