CfP: 2nd Symposium on Middle Eastern & Central Asian Dance, Music, and Performing Arts

    Middle East and Central Asian Dances (MENACA)

    We meet again to convene the second scholarly symposium on MENA and Central Asian dances. This year’s topics include music and performing arts from the same regions. All submissions must be accompanied by abstract (150-250 words). Abstracts may be submitted on our website: https://www.menaca2024.com/call-for-submissions/ 

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    Early Scholars Publication Grants

    UNESCO Chair in Translating Cultures at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

    The Early Scholars Publication Grants, offered through the UNESCO Chair in Translating Cultures at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS) are intended to facilitate and support the publication and dissemination of outstanding graduate-level research in a peer-reviewed academic publication.

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    Call for Research Papers in Translating Cultures

    UNESCO Chair in Translating Cultures at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

    We invite articles that critically examine and rethink translating cultures and other related theoretical approaches to translation in the Global South humanities. We welcome innovative discussions from various interdisciplinary perspectives, including translation theory, cultural studies, and social sciences. The deadline for the submission of an abstract is Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at 11:59PM Riyadh time (GMT+3).

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    Translation: A Special Issue of Michigan Quarterly Review

    Michigan Quarterly Review

    This issue aims to: provide new translators a platform to showcase their work; seek and entice translations from languages and regions that are rarely heard from and whose experiences and viewpoints are muffled or ignored by the literary market and larger culture; and encourage the production of new translations of new talents from across the globe, as well re-translations of known literary works that require reiteration and recontextualization. 

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    Arabic Manuscripts Codicology and Philology

    Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom

    The Aga University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (London), in cooperation with the Academy of Science (Portugal), is pleased to announce an advanced training course entitled Manuscripts for Research: An Advanced Course in Arabic Manuscript Studies, which will be held at the prestigious Library of the Academy of Science of Lisbon (founded on 24 December 1779). The course will take place from 8-11 July 2024.

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    Crisis in the Geopolitics of MENA: “The more things change, the more they stay the same”

    Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore

    A year ago, the Middle East region was in a state of flux in certain ways, but seemed to be stabilising in others. Confrontation paradigms were giving way to what seemed to be de-escalation plans: Normalisation of relations between Saudi and Iran, and the widening of the Abraham Accords, among others. October 7 upended all of that – or did it? Dr HA Hellyer will examine how things have changed – and how, indeed, they’ve stayed the same. This public talk will be conducted both in-person and online via Zoom on Wednesday, 17 April 2024, from 4.30 pm to 6 pm SGT.

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    Sectarianism, Proxies & De-sectarianisation Project

    Call for Papers: Workshop on "State Islam and Authoritarian Rule: Comparing Control Over Religious Institutions in Muslim-majority states"

    The Sectarianism, Proxies & De-sectarianisation Project (SEPAD) at Lancaster University, UK, is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a workshop on "State Islam and Authoritarian Rule: Comparing Control Over Religious Institutions in Muslim-majority states" to be held on 11th December 2024.

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    Iranian Studies Unit Conference Call for Papers: “The Social Sciences and Humanities in Iran: Possibilities and Constraints”

    Iranian Studies Unit of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    The Iranian Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) is welcoming abstracts for its 2024 annual conference, titled “The Social Sciences and Humanities in Iran: Possibilities and Constraints,” to be held from 9-10 October 2024.

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