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<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Call for Papers:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>23rd Annual Middle East History and Theory
Conference University of Chicago, May 9-10, 2008</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>We invite graduate students and faculty in the
humanities and social sciences to submit papers for the 23rd annual Middle East
History and </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Theory Conference, to be held May
9th and 10th, 2008, at the University<SPAN class=905574008-06022008> </SPAN>of
Chicago. We welcome a broad range of submissions, from across the </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>disciplines (including, but not limited to, anthropology,
art history, </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>cinema and media studies,
history, literature, sociology and religion) </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>and dealing with any topic that has affected the Middle East from the
</FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>7th century onwards.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>This year, the keynote address will be delivered
by Rashid Khalidi, Edward </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Said Professor of
Arab Studies at Columbia University. The plenary speaker </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>will be Donald Quataert, Professor of History at SUNY,
Binghamton. The </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>conference will also feature a
free concert by the University of Chicago's </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>Middle East Music Ensemble and a complementary lamb roast at the end of
</FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>proceedings Saturday.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Those wishing to participate should send a
250-word abstract to the </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>conference organizers
at mehat2008@gmail.com by February 15, 2008. We </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>also recommend that those planning to attend should register on facebook:
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<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Both individual papers and pre-arranged themed
panels can be accommodated.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>2008 MEHAT coordinators:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Ercument Asil<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>Gerard Cohen-Vrignaud<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Joseph
Yackley</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Joseph Yackley<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>PhD Student, University of Chicago<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>Co-coordinator, Middle East History & Theory Workshop and Conference
Analyst, Oxford Business Group</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>