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4/02/2009

Conference: Frontiers: Space, Separation and Contact in the Middle East. British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Annual Conference 2009
University of Manchester - 4th to 6th July 2009
The 2009 BRISMES Annual Conference is to be hosted by the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at the University of Manchester from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th July 2009. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Frontiers: Space, Separation and Contact in the Middle East’. Given that the ‘spatial turn’ in the humanities and social sciences has not yet figured prominently at BRISMES Annual Conferences, the organisers think it timely that our attention shift to a more detailed debate of the question of ‘space’. Political and territorial frontiers in the Middle East have been a source of conflict and violence for millennia and continue to be so with acute topicality. However, while undoubtedly functioning as separators, borders have also always been zones of contact and exchange. Furthermore, the 2009 theme endeavours to embrace a notion of ‘frontier’ that goes far beyond mere geo-political implications by inviting thought and reflection on ‘frontiers’ at a whole host of levels, be they cultural, ideological or economic and as they relate to the study of art, philosophy, literature, religion and science etc. The organisers encourage proposals which explore any aspect of the above in any given historical period from pre-history to the present day. The conference theme has been chosen with the aim of stimulating debate and providing a particular focus; however, it is not meant to be exclusive. Hence, as always with BRISMES Annual Conferences, the 2009

conference is for all those conducting research relating to any field within Middle Eastern Studies. http://www.dur.ac.uk/brismes/call%20for%20papers%202009.pdf


4/02/2009

Call for Papers. "Refugees: Lives Pushed to the Margins?"
The 6th Annual Forced Migration Student Conference organised by postgraduates and hosted by the Refugee Research Centre at the University of East London on Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th of April.
Living a life in the margins or a marginalised life is a recurrent trope in the field of forced migration studies. Throughout the whole refugee experience from persecution and flight to settlement and integration, refugees find themselves pushed to the margins and often excluded. The marginalisation of various categories of forced migrants brings into question the effectiveness of protection regimes. Livelihood strategies of forced migrants are formulated at the very margins of society, some of whom are compelled to do so 'outside' the law. How do refugees negotiate identities that help them to combat social exclusion? Adopting a reflexive gaze, as researchers and aspiring academics we must ask ourselves how considerable and pertinent are the dialogues of practitioners and academics? Is academia to be confined to the sidelines or can it be more engaged with forced migrants? In which ways can the study of forced migration be related to wider global issues?
The conference invites papers that fit within the broad theme of the conference and forced migration more generally. We solicit papers that converge on the following sub-themes of the conference: 1) Conversations and interdisciplinary dialogues (scholarly, policy,

practitioners, NGOs). 2) Sites of liminality and change (state; regional; local,

trans-national; familiar; individual) 3) Conversations in issue-areas (development; human rights; migration; security; post-conflict) 4) Sites of experience (gender; flight; re-settlement; camps; exclusion)
Postgraduate students (Masters/MPhil/PhD) are invited to submit abstracts for papers (no more than 250 words) and a personal profile (no more than 100 words). They should be sent, with full contact details, by 4pm on 26th January 2009 to: fmconference2009@googlemail.com

4/02/2009

Postdoctoral Conference on the Balkans
Thessaloniki, Greece, July 2009.
Conference website: http://www.seerc.org/dsc2009
A detailed call for papers can be found under Research Track Three “Governance, Politics and Society” on the left hand side. The deadline for submission of the abstract is Sunday 15th February 2009. Submission format and deadlines are listed in the call for papers downloadable.
We invite papers from many different areas of the social sciences and encourage inter-disciplinarity. Please see the list below for a more detailed indication of areas of interest, many of which may be being pursued by members of this list. We are very keen to include a wide number of presentations from across the South East European region and the world with a Balkan focus from up and coming scholars.
Topics: EU Policy and Integration,International Relations, Migration, Public Administration,

Nations and Nationalism, Conflict and Peace, Geo-Politics, Regional Development Religiosity,

Ethnicity, Identity, Social Policy, Genocide Studies, Post-Socialist Transformation, Europeanization, Family and Community Life Intercultural Communication, Ethno-linguistics,

English as a Lingua Franca, English-Only Europe, The EU and Language, Language Testing,

Language Teaching Media Representation in the Balkans, Media Interaction and Globalization,

Media Governance, Media Commercialization, War Reporting Archiving of War Crimes, Media Freedom, Media Corruption


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Sara Hannam, Senior Lecturer, Director English Language Support Unit, Humanities and Social Sciences Division, City Liberal Studies, Affiliated Institution of the University of Sheffield

Tsimiski 13, 54624, Thessaloniki, Greece

Tel: + 30 2310 224186 ext: 119

Fax: + 30 2310 287564

email: hannam@city.academic.gr

website: http://www.city.academic.gr
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Leader: Research Track - Governance, Politics and Society, Coordinator: Culture and Politics Research Group, South East European Research Centre, SEERC

Mitropoleous 17, 54624, Thessaloniki, Greece. Website: http://www.seerc.org

3/02/2009

Invitation to Participate in the Online EWIC SCHOLARS DATABASE
The EWIC Authors Database ia an invaluable listing (we believe the largest) of over 3,000 scholars from all over the world and all disciplines whose work focuses on women, gender, and Islamic cultures.
The Author's database has been transformed into the EWIC Scholars Database which is now published, as a searchable database, available on line for free public access.
The new EWIC Scholars Template is easy to complete, just visit our site at http://sjoseph.ucdavis.edu/ewic/author/template.htm and submit as much information as you wish. Only the new template that you submit at this time will be published. We believe scholars, students, publishers, NGO's, government agencies and many others will find this database very useful. Please join us in this exciting effort at networking.
Suad Joseph, University of California

31/01/2009

Second "Beirut Exchange" for undergraduate and masters level students from around the world, Beirut, January 4-18, 2009
In an effort to further its commitment to promoting dialogue and understanding, Mideastwire.com is pleased to announce the second "Beirut Exchange." The two-week program January 4-18, 2009 will engage undergraduate and masters level students from around the world in a multifaceted discussion of some of the key issues facing the region.
The program rests on three tracks:

Academic - Participants will attend a series of lectures and colloquia led by leading academics and public intellectuals. Topics will include: International law in theory and practice in the Middle East; The United Nations as peacekeeper and mediator; Engaging political Islam; Pax Syriana in Lebanon; Asymmetrical conflict: the July 2006 Lebanon war; The Dubai model and its impact on the Middle East.


Language - Participants will have the option of attending 30 hours of Arabic language instruction at the Saifi Institute for Arabic Language in Beirut. Modules for both colloquial and formal Arabic will be available at different levels.
Dialogue with Leaders - Participants will have the opportunity to meet, listen and engage social, political and economic leaders from across the spectrum in Lebanon - with a particular (though not exclusive) emphasis on exposure to leading Islamist and opposition currents.
Scheduled Speakers:

*Omar Bakri, Iqra Islamic Trust for Research and Islamic Studies, *Bilal Baroudi, As-Salam Mosque Tripoli, *Nicholas Blanford, Times of London, *Richard Chambers, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, *Alastair Crooke, Conflicts Forum, *Robert Fisk, The Independent, *Timur Goksel, American University of Beirut , *Judith Palmer Harik, Matn University, *Nadim Houry, Human Rights Watch, *Karim Makdisi, American University of Beirut, *Michael Miller, European Commission, *Ibrahim Mussawi, Al-Intiqad, *Nir Rosen, Journalist , *Osama Safa, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, *Paul Salem, Carnegie Middle East Center, *Milos Struger, UNIFIL, *Rami Khouri, American University of Beirut, *Additional speakers TBA


Costs: $2,000 (Tuition); $1,500 (Estimated accommodation and airfare from the European Union. Please note that only breakfast is provided as a part of the accommodation fee). All academic and language programming will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Hamra, Beirut. Tuition is 90% refundable, should the situation in Lebanon warrant a cancellation. (Airline tickets and accommodation should be purchased with travel insurance.)
Apply before November 15, 2008: To request a downloadable application or financial aid information, please email info@mideastwire.com.
About the Organizations:Mideastwire.com is a Beirut-based media monitoring company that translates the Arabic and Persian language press into English.
The Saifi Institute for Arabic Language offers intensive Introductory and Intermediate courses designed to deepen the learning experience for students. The curriculum emphasizes the instruction of Modern Standard Arabic (Fous7a) while also giving students the colloquial tools they need to take the most away from their time in Beirut.

29/01/2009

Applications are invited for a 15-day orientation course on Forced Migration
To be held in Kolkata, India (1-15 December 2009).
The Course, certified by the UNHCR and Calcutta Research Group, will be

preceded by a two and a half month long programme of distance education.

The course is intended for younger academics, refugee activists and

others working in the field of human rights and humanitarian assistance

for victims of forced displacement. The curriculum deals with themes of

nationalism, ethnicity, partition, and partition-refugees, national

regimes and the international regime of protection, issues relating to

regional patterns of forced migration in South Asia, internal

displacement, the gendered nature of forced migration and protection

framework, resource politics, climate change and environmental

degradation, and several other themes related to the forced displacement

of people. The course puts emphasis on experiences of displacement,

creative writings on refugee life, critical legal and policy analysis,

and analysis of relevant notions such as vulnerability, care, risk,

protection, return, and settlement. The course also includes fieldwork

and various assignments.


Last date of application reaching CRG is 31 May 2009.
To download the application form and to get details of the course please

visit: http://www.mcrg.ac.in/wc.htm

For any further inquiry, contact:

forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in


28/01/2009

New Book: Forced Displacement: Why Rights Matter?
Edited by: Katarzyna Grabska and Lyla Mehta.

Palgrave Macmillan 2008


Announcement made by the American University in Cairo Center for Migration and Refugee Studies Program
Uprootedness, exile and forced displacement, be they due to conflict,

persecution or even so-called \'development\', are conditions which

characterize the lives of millions of people across the globe. While the

international community has largely been concerned with refugees

crossing borders to flee persecution, violence, impoverishment and

brutal regimes, less attention has been paid to internally displaced

populations. This book problematises both policies and rights frameworks

in processes of displacement, while bridging the divide that exists

between refugee and development induced displacement studies.

This edited volume is the outcome of a collaborative research on forced

migration and rights undertaken by five research centers including CMRS.

The collaborative research was coordinated by the Development Research

Centre on Migration, Globalization and Poverty (DRC) at Sussex

University (http://www.migrationdrc.org/).

The edited volume can be accessed and ordered by clicking the below link:

http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279069

Source: Forced Migration list & Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Oxford Department of Interna tional Development, University of Oxford.

1/02/2009

New book: Landscapes of a New Cultural Economy of Space
Series: Landscape Series , Vol. 5

Terkenli, Theano S.; d'Hauteserre, Anne-Marie (Eds.)

2006, IX, 245 p., Hardcover

ISBN: 978-1-4020-4095-5


This book seeks to contribute to theoretical advances, analytical approaches and applied studies in the broader inter-disciplinary field of contemporary landscape transformation research.

The purpose of the book is to tie together various perspectives, insights and constructions pertaining to contemporary landscapes and landscape representations from different theoretical and methodological positions as well as from diverse geographical and historical contexts in order to elucidate and illustrate processes of cultural transformation inscribed in space. The unifying theme, as well as the main goal and prospective contribution of this book, then, lies in the exploration of these developing forces and characteristics of the new cultural economy of space in the contemporary landscape(s). The primary objective of bringing together in this book geographical perspectives from various subdisciplinary fields is to examine and discuss ways in which the complexities of this newly-emerging cultural economy of space are applied on various sorts of landscapes, i.e. urban and rural landscapes, landscapes of everyday life, landscapes of tourism and recreation, postcolonial and hybrid landscapes, landscapes of economic production, landscapes of the street and of public life, "national landscapes" and so on. The overarching question, thus, is: how do these processes work in different geographical contexts and contribute to place and landscape creation?

Our intention is to create a space for the development of landscape discourse(s) that accommodate(s) both theory and empirical findings as well as methodological issues and practical applications pertaining to the contemporary landscape(s), by examining trends, structures, technologies and practices defining and articulating this new cultural economy of space. Another goal is to identify and facilitate innovative debate and engagment between geography and other sciences researching landscape(s). It is hoped that this endeavor will generate many more questions and areas of inquiry pointing to new directions currently developing in the study of landscape(s) than the questions on the basis of which this task was undertaken here in the first place.
http://www.springer.com/life+sci/book/978-1-4020-4095-5
New book: migrating to America: Transnational Social Networks and regional Identity among Turkish Migrants. Dicarlo, L. 2008 (IB Tauris, London)

27/01/2009

New book: Migrating to America: Transnational Social Networks and regional Identity among Turkish Migrants. Dicarlo, L. 2008 (IB Tauris, London)
Why do so many Turkish migrants choose to make their fortune in America when the proximity of Europe makes it a less costly risk? In Migrating to America Lisa DiCarlo offers new insights into the study of identity and migration. She draws on research and the history of the Black Sea region going back to the early years of the modern Turkish Republic, to explain current Turkish labour migration trends.
The forced ethnic migration between Greece and Turkey at the end of the Ottoman Empire

stripped the Black Sea region of its artisans and merchants, weakening the economy and resulting in a trend of migration from this area. Through extensive field research DiCarlo reveals the kinship between Greeks and Turks originally from the Black Sea region. She argues current transnational chain migration is led by regional identity over ethnicity. This strong regional bond leads Turkish migrants from the Black Sea region to follow Greek Black Sea migrants across the Atlantic to America, rather than their Turkish compatriots to Europe.


Lisa DiCarlo is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Babson College,Massachusetts.
200 pages 216 x 134mm

March 2008

Hardback £52.50

978 1 84511 656 0

Tauris Academic Studies

International Library of

Migration Studies, Vol. 1

27 /01/2009

New journal: Migrations & Identities: a journal of people and ideas in motion
ISSN 1753-9021(print) 1753-903X (online)
migrations & identities is a new journal published bi-annually by

Liverpool University Press. The title represents a programme: We aim to

interrogate notions of 'identity' while asking how the fact of mobility

and displacement does shape understandings of self and the wider world,

among both migrants and 'host' societies. By the same token, we seek to

understand how ideas and concepts are transformed as they 'migrate' from

one place and culture to another. These issues have been, and continue

to be, addressed under a number of rubrics and through a number of

approaches in the humanities and social sciences. In acknowledgement of

this, migrations & identities is multi- and interdisciplinary in its

conception and management. It also aims to cover the widest possible

range of places, periods and methods, subject only to a shared curiosity

and enthusiasm about the possibilities of working at the interface

between the investigation of the material conditions of migration

processes and the study of ideas and subjectivities. In particular, we

hope that scholars working in many fields will find in migrations &

identities a forum for discussion of the methods appropriate to a

project of linking observable experience and mentalities in different

times and places, and that among the topics of discussion will be the

real challenges involved in conversing across disciplinary boundaries.


We invite manuscripts from scholars representing all disciplines and

methodologies which can contribute to this discussion. These might

include case studies based on empirical research which are framed by and

reflect on the methodological and theoretical issues set out above,

essays which focus on questions of theory and methodology, or review

articles. The journal will be published twice a year.


Volume 1 Issue 1 2008 now available
Introduction

The Editors


Investigating Language and Identity in Cross-Language Narratives

Bogusia Temple


Greek Identity and the Settler Community in Hellenistic Bactria and

Arachosia

Rachel Mairs
'Writing My History': Seven Nineteenth-Century Scottish Migrants to New

Zealand Revisit their Pasts

Rosalind McClean
Immigrant Attachment and Community Integration: A Psychological Theory

of Facilitating New Membership

Stanley A. Renshon

Volume 1 Issue 2 forthcoming...


Highlights to include:
Emotional Attachment ... to What? A Comment on Renshon

Harald Bauder


Representations of Diasporic Unbelonging: Surrealism in the Work of Biyi

Bandele-Thomas & Yinka Shonibare

Jen Westmoreland Bouchard
Methodological issues in studying the identity of long-established ABC

Lucille Ngan


Find out more about the journal at:

http://migrationsandidentities.lupjournals.org/


Alternatively visit

http://www.migrationsandidentities.org/default.aspx?content=Subscriptions

to subscribe
Clare Hooper

Journals Executive, Liverpool University Press

clare.hooper@liverpool.ac.uk

http://www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk


26/01/2009


8th Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE)
Collingwood College, Durham University, UK, 10-13 July 2009
The conference aims to explore the impact of travellers in, to, and from the Near East and Egypt from earliest times until the middle of the twentieth century.
Contributions are welcomed from a wide range of disciplines, and it is envisaged that the conference will cover many fascinating themes, including but not limited to the following: Travellers' Experiences: caravanserai, hotels and encampments; travel by rail in the Near East; travel guides routes and seaways; dahabiyyah and other boats | Travellers in Specific Periods: Classical; Mediaeval; 18h century; early twentieth century | Travellers in Specific Locations: in the Ottoman Balkans and Greece; in Egypt and around the Red Sea; on the rivers of Mesopotamia; through 'Kurdistan'; to the Arabian Peninsula; in deserts; in specific towns in the region; on Grand Tour to Constantinople; Smyrna; Arab travellers en route to and from Europe; guidebooks before 1880 | Travellers' Observations of: topography - archaeology - popular culture-- scientific topics (natural history, science, medicine etc.) - languages, literature and dialects | Travel and Religion: Pilgrimage and Pilgrims - Travellers' understanding of Islam - Experience of the Hajj; Missionary travellers - Travels of Biblical Scholars/Historians - monasteries, monks and hermits.
Contributions can be presented either as papers, which will not exceed 25-minutes duration. The language of the conference will be English. Expressions of interest and inquiries can be directed to Mrs Janet C.M. Starkey (address below). Abstracts for consideration should be submitted to Janet Starkey by 28 February 2009. Programme details and booking forms will be available on the ASTENE website early in 2009.
Please send titles, abstracts, ideas for panels to Mrs Janet C.M. Starkey, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University, Elvet Riverside, New Elvet, Durham DH1 3JT, UK. Tel: +44 (0)191 334 1414; Fax: +44 (0)191 334 3421; Email: j.c.m.starkey@durham.ac.uk

25/01/2009


Mobility and Creativity: Narrative, Representation & Performance
3rd-4th July
Department of English, University of Surrey, UK
Keynote Speakers include: Prof. John Urry, Lancaster University
Mobilities has increasingly become central to the analysis of social relations in contemporary society where it often appears that 'all the world is on the move,' from the movement of diasporas, tourists, migrants and refugees. While the emergence of this new 'mobility paradigm' (Sheller and Urry, 2006; Urry 2002, 2007) originated within the social sciences, this conference focuses on how such a 'mobility turn' has been narrated, represented and performed within the arts and humanities. The two-day international conference aims to explore creative responses to these diverse mobilities in literature, art, film, and theatre for example. How have these complex mobilities been negotiated and critiqued through

creative practice? Is creativity dependent upon mobility?


The conference aims to explore themes such as: Narratives of movement (How are mobilities narrated? Do different mobilities demand different forms of narrative?) | Moving narratives (How are narratives moved from one medium to another? What is the role of translation for mobilities? Is adaptation a form of mobility? How do texts move us/fail to move us as readers?) | Experiences of movement and dislocation (How have writers, artists, photographers, film-makers, etc. responded to such experience of mobility? How does their creative practice relate to the work of the academy?)
We invite papers from a wide-range of disciplines, including: Travel writing | Intercultural narratives | Translation studies | Gender studies | Cultural Geography | Postcolonial Studies | Film Studies
Papers are invited from colleagues with an interest in any of these or other related areas. Proposals should be submitted to the conference email address by Friday 30th January 2009 (mobilities@surrey.ac.uk

). Proposals should be a maximum of 300 words, and include full contact details. It is expected that a selection of conference papers will be published in an edited collection.
Conference Organisers: Dr. Sarah Gibson and Dr. Churnjeet Mahn. Email: mobilities@surrey.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/english/conferences/mobilities/index.htm



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