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<P class=bodytext><SPAN class=majorheading><A name=Jan></A><FONT
face=Garamond><FONT size=4><STRONG>JANUARY 2008
</STRONG><BR></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=boldtext><BR></SPAN><FONT
face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN class=boldtext><STRONG>02-05 January,
2008–“Indigenous Peoples in the Post-Colonial World: Language - Literature -
Culture – History” (Delhi, India)</STRONG></SPAN> Organized by the Bhasha
Research and Publications Center, in association with the Indira Gandhi National
Centre for Arts, National Manuscript Mission of India, European Association for
Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (EACLALS) and Indian Association
for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS). The conference will
provide an opportunity for an international exchange of ideas between indigenous
peoples and those interested in their cultural expression, for there are indeed
many parallels between, for example, the Aborigines of Australia, the First
Nations of Canada and the Adivasi of India.or information, contact: Professor
Geoffrey V. Davis, University of Aachen, Germany (</FONT></FONT><A
href="mailto:davis@anglistik.rwth-aachen.de"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>davis@anglistik.rwth-aachen.de</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>;
</FONT><A href="http://www.bhasharesearch.org.in/"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>www.bhasharesearch.org.in</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>).</FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=majorheading><A name=Feb08></A><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>FEBRUARY 2008</FONT></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond><FONT
size=4><SPAN class=deadline> </SPAN><BR></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=boldtext><BR><FONT face=Garamond size=4>03-04 February 2008–Globalisation,
Economic Reforms, Aid and Democracy in the Arab World (Amman,
Jordan)</FONT></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond size=4>
To be held at The Arab Thought Forum, under the patronage of HRH Prince El
Hassan bin Talal. Organized by the Arab Thought Forum, the School of Oriental
and African Studies (SOAS), University of London and the Centre for
International Business and Innovation (CIBI), Manchester Metropolitan
University. For information, visit: </FONT><A
href="http://www.business.mmu.ac.uk/cibi/glob.conf/"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>www.business.mmu.ac.uk/cibi/globconf. </FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>Full details can be obtained via email: </FONT><A
href="mailto:glob.conf@mmu.ac.uk"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>globconf@mmu.ac.uk</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>.
</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN class=boldtext><STRONG>21-24 February
2008– “International Conference on Inter-Asian Connections” (Dubai,
UAE)</STRONG> </SPAN><SPAN class=bodytext>Trganized by the Social Science
Research Council (SSRC). Descriptions of the individual workshops and
information on the application process, are available at: <A
title=http://www.ssrc.org/program_areas/global/papers/
href="http://www.ssrc.org/program_areas/global/papers/">http://www.ssrc.org/program_areas/global/papers/</A>.
For additional inquiries, please contact the SSRC at <A
title=mailto:intl_collaboration@ssrc.org
href="mailto:intl_collaboration@ssrc.org">intl_collaboration@ssrc.org</A>.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>27 February-01 March 2008–“Revisiting Ideologies and
Revolutionary Practice in the Late Ottoman Empire” (Geneva,
Switzerland)</STRONG></SPAN> The 6th Workshop on Armenian Turkish Scholarship
(WATS) To mark the centennial of the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, a pivotal
moment in Turkish/Armenian relations and Ottoman history, the overall theme of
WATS V will center on the ideas, ideologies, and practices of political
activists and parties before and after the Revolution. Scholarly discussions of
pre-circulated papers will be followed by a public session reporting on the last
decade of research in this area, the WATS initiative, and future directions in
the field. For information, contact: Ronald Grigor Suny (</FONT></FONT><A
href="mailto:rgsuny@umich.edu"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>rgsuny@umich.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>). </FONT></P>
<P class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>28-29 February 2008–“Dispossession and Displacement:
Forced Migration in the Middle East and Africa” (London, United
Kingdom)</STRONG></SPAN> Contact: Mrs Penny Wiggins: </FONT></FONT><A
href="mailto:cbrl@britac.ac.uk"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>cbrl@britac.ac.uk</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>.</FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>February-March 2008–“Images of Culture- Culture of
Images” (St. Andrews, Scotland)</STRONG></SPAN> 1st Interdisciplinary Conference
on the Visual Anthropology of Iran and organized by the Society for Iranian
Anthropology (SIRA). This conference will examine the origins and development of
the visual anthropology of Iran through pre- and post-revolutionary periods. For
information, contact: Dr. M.Abecassis (</FONT></FONT><A
href="mailto:michael.abecassis@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>michael.abecassis@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond
size=4> or </FONT><A href="mailto:info@anthropology-iran.org"><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>info@anthropology-iran.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>; </FONT><A href="http://www.anthropology-iran.org/"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>www.anthropology-iran.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=majorheading><A name=Mar08></A><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>MARCH 2008<BR></FONT></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
class=majorheading><BR></SPAN><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>22-23 March 2008–15th Annual Central Eurasian Studies
Conference (Bloomington, Indiana)</STRONG></SPAN> <SPAN class=bodytext>Inviting
graduate students, professors, and independent scholars to submit abstracts of
papers covering all topics pertaining to Central Eurasian Studies. Submission of
pre-organized panels is strongly encouraged. Individual papers are welcome
and will be assigned by the Conference Committee to a suitable panel. An
honorable distinction of best paper will be awarded. Include: names of all
authors (note name of the person presenting the paper); institutional
affiliation and title/position; contact information; CV (1 page max.); paper
title; an abstract 300-word max.); and audio-visual equipment needed. Submit
this information: via e-mail as an attachment (pdf, .doc or .rtf formats
preferred) to:<A href="mailto:aces@indiana.edu">aces@indiana.edu</A>; or via
hard copy to: Fifteenth Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference, The
Association of Central Eurasian Students, Goodbody Hall 157, Indiana University
1011 East 3rd St., Bloomington IN 47405-7005 (fax: 812 855-7500). </SPAN><SPAN
class=deadline>Call for papers deadline: January 18,
2008.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=majorheading><A name=Apr08></A><FONT face=Garamond><FONT
size=4><STRONG>APRIL 2008<BR><BR><SPAN class=boldtext>05-06 April
2008–“Embodying Islam: Religious Practice and Muslim Construction of Self”
(Durham, North Carolina)</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=bodytext> The 5th Annual
Duke-UNC Graduate Islamic Studies Conference aims to discuss embodiment in
conjunction with the study of Islamicate texts and contexts. We welcome a
variety of approaches, theoretical, methodological, ethnographic and historical,
among others. We invite graduate student papers from multiple disciplines,
including, but not limited to, Islamic studies, literature, anthropology,
philosophy, history, area and cultural studies that deal with the following
suggested topics: sociological and/or political analysis of gender in Islam;
regulating bodily purity and pollution; embodiment of class and race in Muslim
networks of power; textual analysis of pertinent passages from Islamic literary
and legal canons; subject formation, formation of Muslim self; Muslim cultures,
societies and histories in postcoloniality; imagined personifications of the
other; performance/performativity in literature, film, and media; and
transformations of Muslim bodies in a bio-technological age. To apply, send a
proposal of no more than five hundred (500) words, paper title, and CV to: Ali
Mian (<A href="mailto:ali.mian@duke.edu">ali.mian@duke.edu</A>). </SPAN><SPAN
class=deadline>The *NEW* deadline for submissions is January 15,
2008.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=majorheading><SPAN class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT
size=4><STRONG>10-11 April 2008–“Marketing Muslim Women” (Chapel Hill and
Durham, North Carolina)</STRONG> Organizers: <SPAN
class=944274903-11012008>M</SPAN>iriam <SPAN
class=944274903-11012008>C</SPAN>ooke, Banu Gökarıksel, Ellen McLarney<STRONG>,
</STRONG><EM>Journal for Middle East Women’s Studies</EM>.This conference
focuses on Muslim womanhood that has become a transnational signifier of Islam
as a whole. For information, contact: </FONT></FONT><A
href="mailto:marketingmuslimwomen@yahoo.com"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>marketingmuslimwomen@yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>11-12 April 2008–Academic Freedom Conference (Media,
Pennsylvania)</STRONG></SPAN> Hosted by the Delaware County Community College.
Contact: Clayton A. Railey, III, Dean of Communication, Arts and Humanities, at
</FONT></FONT><A href="mailto:crailey@dccc.edu"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>crailey@dccc.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>. </FONT></P>
<P class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>12 April 2008–“Reconsidering “the Orient” and “the
Occident” in the 21st Century: Observing the 30th Anniversary of Edward Said’s
<EM>Orientalism” </EM>(Brockport, New York)</STRONG></SPAN> Hosted by the State
University of New York.Though it has been critiqued in various ways, the
influence of <EM>Orientalism</EM> has outlived its author. This
inter-disciplinary event will encourage us to re-examine what Edward Said did,
what it has meant in academe and in the larger society, and how the questions he
raised might be answered in the 21st century. Some suggested topics might
include: “East and West” and the culture of fear; racism, radicalism, and
imperialism; terror, the imagination and its aftermath; media and reality;
Africa as “Orient” in the Western imagination; and gendered knowledge of the
Orient and Occident. Papers, panels and exhibits should foster
inter-disciplinary dialogues among anthropology, history, literary studies,
media studies, area studies, political science, psychology, sociology, and other
disciplines. Paper and/or panel proposals should consist of a 500-word abstract,
a CV and a statement of equipment needs; exhibit and audio-visual proposals
should include a brief description of the topic and medium, a CV and equipment
needs. Send proposals and inquiries to: </FONT></FONT><A
href="mailto:tnishiya@brockport.edu"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>tnishiya@brockport.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>; include the
word “Orientalism” in the subject line. For information, contact Dr. Carl
Davila (</FONT><A href="mailto:cdavila@brockport.edu"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>cdavila@brockport.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>) or Dr.
Takashi Nishiyama (</FONT><A href="mailto:tnishiya@brockport.edu"><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>tnishiya@brockport.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond><FONT
size=4>). <SPAN class=deadline>Call for papers deadline: January 20,
2008.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=majorheading><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>13-14 April 2008–“Hearing Israel: Music, Culture and
History at 60” (Charlottesville, Virginia)</STRONG> </SPAN><SPAN
class=bodytext>The conference aims to generate an interdisciplinary exploration
of Israeli music from the multiple perspectives of ethnomusicology, history,
sociology, literature, and cultural studies, among others. For information,
contact:: Prof. James Loeffler and/or Prof. Joel Rubin, Jewish Studies Program,
University of Virginia, PO Box 400126, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4126 (<A
href="mailto:james.loeffler@virginia.edu">james.loeffler@virginia.edu</A>; <A
href="mailto:joelerubin@virginia.edu">joelerubin@virginia.edu</A>; <A
href="http://www.virginia.edu/jewishstudies">www.virginia.edu/jewishstudies</A>).</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>17-19 April 2008–“Franco/Arabic Cultures Today:
Developments, Dialogues, and Challenges” (Chapel Hill, North
Carolina)</STRONG></SPAN> For information, contact: Sahar Amer, Dept. of
Asian Studies, Arabic Program, 113 New West, CB#3267, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill NC 27599-3267 (</FONT></FONT><A
href="mailto:samer@email.unc.edu"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>samer@email.unc.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>) or Martine
Antle, Dept. of Romance Languages, 225 DEY, CB#3170, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill NC 27599-3170 (</FONT><A
href="mailto:mcantle@email.unc.edu"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>mcantle@email.unc.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>).</FONT></P>
<P class=majorheading><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>25-27 April 2008-Facing Others: Iranian Identity
Boundaries and Modern Political Culture (New Haven,
Connecticut)</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN class=bodytext> Organized by the Iran
Colloquium in the MacMillan Center and the Council on Middle East Studies at
Yale University, this workshop will explore the long and complex process that
made Iranians inherently more conscious of their historical, cultural and
geopolitical Self versus real and imaginary Others. The conference aims to be
interdisciplinary and cross-national with emphasis on history and mythology,
literature, religion and anthropology. Major themes include: a) legacies of
cultural exclusion: legend and history; b) in search of modernity and memories
of Western hegemony; c) seeking an enemy within: conspiracy and persecution; d)
from "West-toxification" (gharbzadegi) to the Great Satan; e) evolving
post-Revolutionary Iran and challenges of globalization. All submissions must be
original contributions. Please send abstracts of about 300-400 words including
full name, affiliation, address, and telephone number to: Mr. Farzin Vejdani,
conference coordinator (<A
href="mailto:farzin.vejdani@yale.edu">farzin.vejdani@yale.edu</A>). </SPAN><SPAN
class=deadline>Call for papers deadline: January 15,
2008.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>24-27 April 2008–American Comparative Literature
Association 2008 (Long Beach, California)</STRONG> “A Global Aesthetics of Pain:
Prison Arrivals and Departures”</SPAN> For information: </FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.acla.org/acla2008"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.acla.org/acla2008</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond><FONT
size=4>.<BR><BR><SPAN class=boldtext><STRONG>15-18 May 2008–“Georgia: The Making
of a National Culture” (Ann Arbor, Michigan)</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
class=bodytext><STRONG> </STRONG>Organized by the Armenian Studies Program at
the University of Michigan. Scholars and artists are invited to submit proposals
for papers or performances that illuminate the development of Georgian culture
and society. Among the themes to be discussed will be: varieties of Georgian
nationalism; artists and performers as nation-makers; diversity and unity in
Georgia and the South Caucasus: Armenian-Georgian-Azerbaijani relations; effects
of empire: Persia, Turkey, Russia; evolution and revolution in Georgian
political development; and challenges of the Modern Moment: Georgia in the
Globalizing World. For information, contact: Ronald Grigor Suny (<A
href="mailto:rgsuny@umich.edu">rgsuny@umich.edu</A>) or R. G. Suny at The
University of Michigan, Department of History, 1029 Tisch Hall, 435 S. State
Street, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1003. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=majorheading><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>16-18 May 2008–“Modern State Control and Nationalization”
(Cambridge, Massachusetts)</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN class=bodytext> The 2nd Law of
Waqf Conference at the Harvard Law School. For information, visit: <A
href="http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/ilsp">www.law.harvard.edu/programs/ilsp</A>.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=bodytext><SPAN class=majorheading><A id=Jun08 name=Jun08></A><FONT
face=Garamond size=4><STRONG>JUNE 2008<BR></STRONG></FONT></SPAN><BR><FONT
face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN class=boldtext><STRONG>02-04 June 2008– “A
Different Approach to Debates on Political Islam–Micro-Level Studies” (Be'er
Sheva, Israel)</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN class=bodytext> For information contact:
Dror Zeevi (<A href="mailto:zeevi@bgu.ac.il">zeevi@bgu.ac.il</A>) and Haggai Ram
(<A href="mailto:hram@bgu.ac.il">hram@bgu.ac.il</A>). </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><STRONG><SPAN
class=boldtext>13-16 June 2008–“Visual Representations of Iran” (Fife,
Scotland)</SPAN> </STRONG>Call for papers and films, presented by the Department
of Social Anthropology, the Institute for Iranian Studies and the Centre for
Film Studies of the University of St. Andrews and the Iran Heritage Foundation.
Suggested themes: the political and historical contexts of visual
representations of Iran; nationalism, national identities and counter narratives
of belonging; historical development of anthropological and ethnographical
filmmaking and visual arts in Iran, its background and origins; the development
of film and visual arts in post revolution Iran and its place in Iranian
culture; ethnographical and documentary filmmaking and visual arts in
post-revolutionary Iran; geographical dislocations and diasporic identities;
visual representations of Iran in the other countries; war and reconciliation;
martyrdom and memories of conflict; gender issues and the representation of
women; youth and the post-revolutionary generation; Orientalism and
Islamophobia; domestic audiences of films and visual arts and their reactions to
them; training and careers of Iranian anthropologists, film directors and
artists; amateur, popular, and video films. Papers and presentations for the
conference may include the use of film, video, artwork, and photography. Submit
an English language abstract of about 200 words (for a 20 minute presentation)
using our downloadable form, outlining your proposed topic, your approach, and
the forms/media in which you intend to present your work. Papers must be
delivered in English. <SPAN class=deadline>Call for papers deadline: January 31,
2008.</SPAN> Submit an English language film synopsis of about 300-600 words
using the downloadable form and a copy of the film (CVD, DVD, VHS)
</FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.iranheritage.org/visual-anthropology/"><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>www.iranheritage.org/visual-anthropology/</FONT></A><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>.Contact: Films should be dubbed in English or with
English subtitles. <SPAN class=deadline>Call for films deadline: December 31,
2007.</SPAN> Contact: Pedram Khosronejad, Dept. of Social Anthropology, Research
Fellow, Institute for Iranian Studies, 71 North St., University of St. Andrews,
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<P class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>25-28 June 2008–Migration Matters: Immigration,
Homelands, and Border Crossings in Europe & the Americas (Leiden, the
Netherlands)</STRONG></SPAN> 6th Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies (MESEA)
conference. For information, visit: </FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.mesea.org/"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>www.mesea.org</FONT></A></P>
<P class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>25-29 June 2008 - 17th Annual World History Association
Conference</STRONG></SPAN> Queen Mary College will host the Seventeenth Annual
World History Association Conference at its Mile End campus in London, June 25
through 29, 2008. The conference begins with registration and a reception on
June 26. Panel sessions and other conference-related activities will commence
June 27 and continue to midday on the 29th. The WHA will also offer optional
activities for conferees who arrive on June 25. Reasonably priced
accommodations, including daily breakfast and lunch, will be available at Queen
Mary. Plans include five- or four-night packages, 25-29 June and 26-29 June,
departing in both instances on the 30th. Information regarding housing,
registration, the keynote speakers, and related issues will begin appearing on
the WHA website </FONT></FONT><A title=http://www.thewha.org/
href="http://www.thewha.org/"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>www.thewha.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4> in September 2007.
The World History Association invites proposals from scholars and teachers
around the world for full panels, single papers, and roundtables on topics
related to the scholarly and/or pedagogical aspects of the conference's themes,
“Global Cities” and “The Sea: Highway of Change.” Proposals must be submitted
using the forms and guidelines available at </FONT><A title=http://thewha.org/
href="http://thewha.org/"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://thewha.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>. Due to the need
for early notification and travel planning, no proposal will be accepted after
the deadline. Presenters must register for the conference by 1 May 2008 to be
included in the printed program. <SPAN class=deadline>Deadline for proposals:
January 15, 2008</SPAN>.</FONT></P>
<P class=bodytext><SPAN class=majorheading><A name=Jul08></A><FONT face=Garamond
size=4><STRONG>JULY 2008</STRONG><BR></FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Garamond><FONT
size=4><SPAN class=boldtext><STRONG><BR>02-05 July 2008–"The 2008 Gulf Studies
Conference" (Exeter, United Kingdom)</STRONG> </SPAN>The annual Gulf
Studies conference of the University of Exeter. Submissions for papers and
panels are invited on all aspects of the Gulf, past and present. <SPAN
class=deadline>The submission deadline for abstracts: February 25,
2008.</SPAN> For more details, see: </FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.huss.ex.ac.uk/iais/all-events/conferences/2008_Gulf_conference_poster.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.huss.ex.ac.uk/iais/all-events/conferences/2008_Gulf_conference_poster.pdf</FONT></A><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>.</FONT></P>
<P class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><STRONG><SPAN
class=boldtext>07-09 July 2008 </SPAN><SPAN class=deadline>(CHANGED
DATES)</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=boldtext><STRONG>–“The Decapolis” (Oxford,
United Kingdom)</STRONG> </SPAN>The 26th ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian
conference. The aim is to study the theme of the Decapolis with its new
discoveries and researches. If you wish to participate, contact: ARAM, the
Oriental Institute, Oxford University, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, England
(++1865-514041; fax ++1865-516824; </FONT></FONT><A
href="mailto:aram@aramsociety.org"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>aram@aramsociety.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>; </FONT><A
href="http://www.aramsociety.org/"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>www.aramsociety.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>). All papers
given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition
of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial review.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><STRONG><SPAN class=boldtext>31 July-03
August 2008–7th Biennial Iranian Studies Conference (Toronto,
Canada)</SPAN> </STRONG><SPAN class=bodytext>Organized by the International
Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS). For information, visit:: <A
href="http://www.humanities.uci.edu/iranian-studies/conf/index.php">www.humanities.uci.edu/iranian-studies/conf/index.php</A>,
or contact: Professor Mohamad Tavakoli, Chair, Toronto ISIS Program Committee,
Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Toronto, 4 Bancroft
Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1C1 (<A
href="mailto:m.tavakoli@utoronto.ca">m.tavakoli@utoronto.ca</A>). The conference
will be held at Park Hyatt Toronto <A
href="http://parkhyatttoronto.com/">parkhyatttoronto.com</A>, located near the
University of Toronto. In order to obtain a Canadian entry visa, participants
whose proposals are accepted should contact Prof. Tavakoli for invitation
letters. Pre-registration is required. All conference presenters must be members
of ISIS. <A
href="mailto:m.tavakoli@utoronto.ca">m.tavakoli@utoronto.ca</A>.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=majorheading><A name=Sept08></A><FONT face=Garamond
size=4><STRONG>SEPTEMBER 2008</STRONG></FONT></SPAN><BR><FONT
face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN class=boldtext><STRONG><BR>25-26 September
2008–Red Sea IV: Connected Hinterlands (Southampton, United
Kingdom)</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN class=bodytext> 4th Conference on the peoples of
the Red Sea region; supported by the Society for Arabian studies. Send abstracts
of 250-500 words by email to: <A
href="mailto:redseas@soton.ac.uk">redseas@soton.ac.uk</A> or by mail to: Red Sea
IF Committee, Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton, Avenue
Campus, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BF, UK (<A
href="http://www.arch.soton.ac.uk/resea08">www.arch.soton.ac.uk/resea08</A>).
</SPAN><SPAN class=deadline>Call for papers deadline: March 1,
2008.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN class=boldtext><STRONG>26-27 September
2008– “World Politics: View from the Future” (Moscow,
Russia)</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN class=bodytext><STRONG> </STRONG>5th Anniversary
Convention of the Russian International Studies Association (RISA). World
politics is crafted today being squeezed within “now”. But to understand
adequately this flooded with events “today” we have to look at it at a distance,
far enough to see everything that is happening today as a historic reality,
comprehensive and relative… to view it from the future? From “tomorrow”? What
are the basic and long-term trends of contemporary world politics? Which of them
would remain in the future and which would fade away? What factors will
determine future development of different parts of the world? What is necessary
to research and analyze contemporary world processes? Whether existing concepts
and theories adequately reflect reality of world politics or more than that they
constantly are shaping it? Finally, what is the reality of contemporary world
politics? We suggest that one should look at reality of today as if from
“tomorrow”. For instance, 2014 gives us a hundred year projection since the
First World War and events that followed it (two hundred years projection since
the Vienna Congress). 2021 means a thirty years projection since the Soviet
Union disintegrated. 2048 stands for a hundred years projection of the beginning
of the Cold War (as well as two hundred years since Revolutions in Europe in
1848 and four hundred years since the Peace of Westphalia), etc. But it’s not
just an experiment with the future; we are not so much extrapolating current
tendencies in the future as we use them to acquire a better understanding of the
present situation. World politics research is a complicated and multilayered
process. World politics encompasses problems of interdisciplinary character.
History, Political Science, Philosophy, Economics, Psychology, these and other
disciplines form their own view point of world reality and their own approach to
studying, analyzing and forecasting it. Suggested topics: How modern is
contemporary world politics?; the notions of “modern” and “postmodern” in world
politics; contemporary world politics: projections from 2014/2021/2048; the
limits of freedom of political choice; historical choices and lost
opportunities: analyses from the future; different trajectories of present
political development; world political systems: comparative analysis;
comparative world politics; religion in contemporary world politics: present
state and prospects; vision of history in world politics; world politics
theoretical models; world politics and international relations: research
methodology; various interpretations of world politics; and etc. We welcome
other suggestions concerning various world politics and international relations
topical issues. We encourage the submission of papers, panels and roundtables.
For information, contact: Russian International Studies Association,
MGIMO-University, Moscow, Russian Federation (<A
href="mailto:info@risa.ru">info@risa.ru</A>; <A
href="http://www.risa.ru/">www.risa.ru</A>). </SPAN><SPAN class=deadline>Call
for papers deadline: March 1, 2008.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=majorheading><A name=Oct08></A><FONT face=Garamond
size=4><STRONG>OCTOBER 2008<BR></STRONG></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=bodytext><FONT
face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN class=boldtext><STRONG><BR>24-26 October
2008–National Coalition of Independent Scholars 2008 Biennial Conference
(Berkeley, California)</STRONG></SPAN> We welcome participation by all
scholars whose research is not supported by employment in an
academic or research institution; this includes adjunct faculty and
graduate students. Presenters need not be members of NCIS. Proposals should
consist of an abstract of not more than 250 words; a brief scholarly
biography (50-100 words) including degrees, scholarly fields and no more
than two publications; any audio-visual requirements; and full contact
information. Proposals must be submitted as an email attachment (Word only) no
later than 12:00 a.m., April 1, 2008, to Kendra Leonard, Program Chair, at
</FONT></FONT><A href="mailto:caennen@gmail.com"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>caennen@gmail.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond size=4>; </FONT><A
href="http://www.ncis.org/"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>www.ncis.org/</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4>. Please
use your last name as the document title, as in Smith.doc. As in the past, only
one submission per author will be considered. If you are interested in serving
as a session chair, please indicate this in your submission. <SPAN
class=deadline>Call for papers deadline: April 1,
2008.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><A name=Nov08></A><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><STRONG><SPAN
class=majorheading>NOVEMBER 2008<BR></SPAN><SPAN class=boldtext><BR>06-08
November 2008 –“African Athena: Black Athena 20 Years on…” (Coventry,
United Kingdom)</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=bodytext> <EM>African
Athena</EM> was Bernal's original title for <EM>Black Athena</EM>, his
"infamous" work that has confronted the modern academy with some of the most
challenging questions it has faced over the last twenty years. This
interdisciplinary conference seeks neither to demonize nor lionize Bernal's
book, but to open dialogue on the issues it has posed: can a myth of
Afrocentrism ever be a useful narrative in contemporary culture? How do
Africanizing and classicizing cultures interface and interpenetrate in the arts
and lives of Africans, Europeans, Caribbeans and Americans? Does <EM>Black
Athena</EM> offer new possibilities for comparison between African and Jewish
diasporas, cultures and struggles? How do we deal with the difficult collusion
of essentialist and poststructuralist discourses in "postcolonial" thought?
These issues are only a point of departure. Inviting scholars of African
Studies, Black British Studies, African American Studies, of South Asia, of the
Middle East, of classicists, philologists, anthropologists, sociologists, and
any intellectual beyond these borders. Send proposals of up to 500 words to Dr.
Daniel Orrells, Department of Classics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL
UK (<A href="mailto:D.Orrells@warwick.ac.uk">D.Orrells@warwick.ac.uk</A>).
</SPAN><SPAN class=deadline>Call for papers deadline: March 31, 2008.</SPAN>
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=deadline><SPAN class=majorheading><A name=Dec08></A><FONT face=Garamond
size=4><STRONG>DECEMBER 2008</STRONG></FONT></SPAN><BR><FONT face=Garamond><FONT
size=4><SPAN class=boldtext><BR><STRONG>12-15 December 2008–“Interrogating
Tradition: Epistemologies, Fundamentalisms. Regeneration, and Practices”
(Oxford, United Kingdom)</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN class=bodytext> 11th Conference of
the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE)
Inviting papers from architecture, architectural history, art history,
anthropology, archaeology, folklore, geography, history, planning, sociology,
urban studies, and related disciplines on of the three tracks: epistemologies of
tradition; fundamentalism and tradition; and regeneration and the practices of
tradition. Full instructions are on the website: <A
href="http://www.arch.ced.berkeley.edu/reserach/iaste">www.arch.ced.berkeley.edu/reserach/iaste</A>;
or Sylvia Nam, IASTE 2008, Center for Environmental Design Research, 390 Wurster
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<P class=deadline><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>24-27 September 2008–“Textiles as Cultural Expressions”
(Honolulu, Hawaii)</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN class=bodytext> The 11th Symposium of
the Textile Society of America. In addition to paper presentations and panel
discussions which form the foundation of the symposium, there will be an array
of textile tours and exhibitions that highlight the diversity of this culturally
rich Pacific Rim location. Tours will be organized around themes that include:
Art Conservation, Ethnic Textiles, Garments in Paradise - Aloha Wear, Mission
Quilts, Plantation Era Textiles and Traditional Hawai’ian Textiles. On view at
the University of Hawai’i Art Gallery will be a special loan exhibition,
“Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities,”
with an international colloquium planned to precede the TSA Symposium.
Complementing the wealth of historic and indigenous textiles will be exhibitions
of contemporary fiber art mounted at the Academy Art Center and the Contemporary
Museum at First Hawai'ian Center. </SPAN><SPAN class=bodytext>For information,
contact the Symposium Co-chairs: Reiko Brandon and Tom Klobe <A
href="http://mesa.arizona.edu/publications/mailto;klobetm@hawaii.edu">klobetm@hawaii.edu</A>
or visit: <A href="http://www.textilesociety.org/">www.textilesociety.org</A>.
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=bodytext><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=boldtext><STRONG>27-30 December 2008–MLA Annual Convention (San Francisco,
California)</STRONG></SPAN> <SPAN class=deadline>SPECIAL CALL</SPAN>: The
MLA Discussion Group on Arabic Literature and Culture invites paper proposals
for a panel on the topic, "The Nakba in the Wake of Said". Sixty
years after 1948, how does the dispossession of Palestine figure in Arabic
culture—through and beyond the lens of Edward Said? Papers on all media
and on all parts of the Arabic-speaking world welcome. Please send
500-word abstracts and vitae to Shaden M. Tageldin (</FONT></FONT><A
href="mailto:tageldin@umn.edu"><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>tageldin@umn.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=4>). <SPAN
class=deadline>Call for papers deadline: March 7, 2008.
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=bodytext><STRONG><SPAN class=majorheading><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>2009<BR><BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=majorheading><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>JUNE 2009</FONT></SPAN><BR></STRONG><FONT face=Garamond
size=4><STRONG><BR>23-26 June 2009–5th “Hierarchy & Power in the History of
Civilizations” Conference (Moscow, Russia) </STRONG>Organized by Center for
Civilizational and Regional Studies of the Institute for African Studies under
the Russian Academy of Sciences in co-operation with the School of History,
Political Science and Law of the Russian State University for the Humanities in
Moscow. The objective of the Conference is to discuss the following issues:
hierarchical and net structures in the history of cultures and civilizations;
civilizational and evolutionary models of socio-political development;
historical and ethno-cultural variability of the forms of socio-political
organization; from simple societies to the world-system: pathways and forms of
political integration; socio-political and cultural-mental factors of social
transformations; cultural and socio-biological foundations of dominance in human
societies; ideology and legitimation of power in different civilizational
contexts; cultural models of power's perception in different civilizations;
violence and non-violence in the history of political institutions; access to
information as a means of political manipulation and mobilization; power,
society, and culture in the era of globalization; the study of ‘hierarchy and
power’: schools, trends, and methods.The working languages are Russian and
English. Submit panel proposal (500-word max.) including complete contact
information for convenor and two possible participants (name, institutional
affiliation, full mail, fax and email). Results by February 15, 2008. Send
proposals or queries, to: Conference Secretaries, Dr. Oleg I. Kavykin and Ms.
Anastasia A. Banschikova, Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies,
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