<div dir="ltr">Dear friends and colleagues,<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-7812155230754423739m_-8717536456248399906m_-3501023296699744859gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>I hope this email finds you well. Would you be willing to circulate the below call to the various in-country or regional networks that you belong to? We are greatly hoping to engage scholars in the region in this conference. Your help with this would be deeply appreciated. <br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Angie</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:22px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:24px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CONFERENCE : WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST- March 2021<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:22px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:24px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS) is pleased to invite submissions of abstracts for an international conference on gender and women’s studies in the Middle East in the second week of March 2021 in Beirut, Lebanon, in partnership with local universities (American University of Beirut and Lebanese American University). This is the first AMEWS conference in the Middle East. The conference engages scholars from multiple locations in and outside of the region, on the cutting-edge topics propelling research on gender and women’s studies in the Middle East and with populations in the diaspora. The call is open to the broad range of topics on gender and women’s studies in the social sciences and humanities: politics, economics, history, sexualities, culture, arts, digital humanities and so forth. The abstracts will be reviewed and thematically organized. There may be invited speakers and sessions. AMEWS expects to be able to fund the travel, accommodations and catering for the majority of the participants, with funding priority going to those residing in the Middle East. Several products are planned, including publications and engagements with NGO’s and other local organizations committed to gender issues. For more information about AMEWS, see: <span class="m_-7812155230754423739m_-8717536456248399906m_-3501023296699744859m_8200387734540328050m_6039753778716456047m_-759698384845501846m_-6414370515702432466gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://amews.org/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">http://amews.org/</a></span> and <i>The Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies,</i><span class="m_-7812155230754423739m_-8717536456248399906m_-3501023296699744859m_8200387734540328050m_6039753778716456047m_-759698384845501846m_-6414370515702432466gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/Societies/journal-of-middle-east-womens-studies" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">https://www.dukeupress.edu/Societies/journal-of-middle-east-womens-studies</a></span>. If you are interested in participating, please send an abstract (250 words) on a topic of your interest – include in the abstract why you believe this is a pressing topic. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:22px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:24px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abstract template:<span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Name:<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Discipline:<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Affiliation :<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Email:<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Snail Mail:<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Title of paper :<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abstract of 250 words. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please send your abstracts to Angie Abdelmonem :<span style="color:rgb(38,40,42)"><a href="mailto:angie.abdelmonem@asu.edu" target="_blank">angie.abdelmonem@asu.edu</a></span><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The deadline for sending abstracts is <b><u>October 30, 2019.</u></b><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Planning Committee: Fatima Sadiqi, Chair; Hanadi Al-Samman, Angie Abdelmonem, Louise Cainkar, Amaney Jamal, Suad Joseph<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span> </span></p></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-7812155230754423739m_-8717536456248399906m_-3501023296699744859m_8200387734540328050m_6039753778716456047m_-759698384845501846m_-6414370515702432466gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Angie Abdelmonem, PhD</div>NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty Associate<div><div>Global Technology and Development Program</div><div>School for the Future of Innovation in Technology</div></div><div>Arizona State University</div><div><a href="https://sfis.asu.edu" target="_blank">https://sfis.asu.edu</a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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