Arabic-L:GEN:Middle East 2000 Call
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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: Dwight Reynolds <dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Middle East 2000 Call
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CALL FOR PAPERS
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2000
MIDDLE EAST 2000
An Interdisciplinary Conference
March 25, 2000
hosted by
Islamic & Near Eastern Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
The Islamic & Near Eastern Studies program, University of California,
Santa Barbara, is pleased to announce UCSB's second annual regional
conference on the Middle East to be held on Saturday, March 25, 2000.
As with this year's conference, MIDDLE EAST 2000 is designed to bring
together scholars from post-secondary institutions from throughout the
state of California: 101 participants from 21 different colleges and
universities were present at the 1999 conference.
Responses from participants in last year's conference emphasized how
pleased they were to meet colleagues from regional institutions in a small
setting that allowed for discussions and conversations as well as research
presentations. Many also commented on the opportunity this conference
provided for meeting with colleagues across disciplinary boundaries and
over historical time periods. In light of that feedback, we have designed
MIDDLE EAST 2000 with the following initiatives in mind:
(1) the historical scope of the conference emphasizes the exploration
of potential connections in scholarly research on the Near and Middle East
in different time periods and therefore includes scholars who work on
ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL and MODERN topics;
(2) the geographic parameters of the conference aim at promoting
dialogue across wide spectrum of disciplines by approaching the "Middle
East" in its broadest possible conceptualization, one that includes
ancient religions and peoples, early and Eastern Christianity, Middle
Eastern Judaisms (including Biblical Studies, Sephardic Studies, Mizrachi
Jewish communities, and modern Israel), Islamic Studies, as well as
linguistically defined fields such as Arabic, Armenian, Byzantine,
Persian, and Turkish studies, and the full range of academic disciplines,
including archaeology, history, literary studies, anthropology, political
science, sociology, economics, environmental studies, international
relations, and others;
(3) the conference will be devoted equally to panel sessions for the
presentation of brief research papers and to break-out sessions for the
convening of "working groups" that will bring together faculty members in
groups defined by shared research or teaching concerns (see below). The
working groups who met last year were:
-- Women and Gender in the Middle East
-- Classical Antiquity and the Middle East
-- Ancient Near Eastern Studies
-- Teaching Middle Eastern Languages
-- Andalusian/Medieval Iberian Studies
-- Islam in the Undergraduate curriculum
-- Iran since the Revolution
-- Middle East Medievalists
We will be happy to host meetings of these same working groups, but also
wish to encourage the formation of NEW working groups (see below) this
year. It is our hope that these "working groups" will explore the
possibility of collaborative research projects, establishing on-going
symposia or conferences, coordinating teaching and graduate student
training among multiple campuses, and other means of combining resources.
All participants will be asked to attend two such sessions.
CALL FOR PAPERS AND/OR WORKING GROUPS
We are now soliciting applications for a limited number of
participants to present research papers and/or convene a working group.
Although conference attendance is open to EVERYONE, presenters and
conveners must be faculty members. We anticipate creating a program of
24-32 research presentations with break-out sessions for approximately 8
working groups. Priority will be given to faculty who did not present a
paper last year. Paper presenters will receive hotel accommodation and a
travel stipend.
To submit a research paper topic, please fill out the form below with a
title and a 250-word abstract and return NO LATER THAN JANUARY 15, 2000.
We strongly encourage you to apply by EMAIL!!
* To convene a working group please fill out the form below with a
brief description of the focus of the group (up to 100 words) and include
the names of at least TWO other participants who have agreed to attend NO
LATER THAN JANUARY 15, 2000. Again, we strongly encourage you to apply by
Email. The topics for the various working groups will be publicized to
all participants after February 1 in the conference schedule and on the
conference website.
Logistics: Participants should plan to arrive on Friday, March 24, 2000 or
very early (in the case of those driving from LA) on Saturday, March 25.
The conference will begin at 8:30 AM and will run until 6:30 in the
evening. Following this there will be a dinner and a concert of Middle
Eastern music and dance performed by the UCSB Middle East Ensemble.
Travel and hotel information will be supplied to all potential
participants. Note: for those who do not wish to travel on
the sabbath, a VERY small number of rooms may available at the faculty
club a five-minute walk from the conference.
For further information contact
Dwight F. Reynolds, Chair, Islamic & Near Eastern Studes, UCSB
Email: dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu Phone: (805) 893-7143
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MIDDLE EAST 2000
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2000
NAME:
POSITION:
INSTITUTION:
FULL ADDRESS:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
PHONE:
FAX:
The following application is to:
_______ present a research paper ______ convene a working group _____
both
PAPER TITLE (please attach an abstract of up to 250 words in length):
WORKING GROUP TITLE:
For working groups, please attach a brief description of up to 100 words
PLUS the names of two additional faculty members who have agreed to attend
this group along with their addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.
SEND BY EMAIL: dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu
OR REGULAR MAIL:DWIGHT REYNOLDS, CHAIR
ISLAMIC & NEAR EASTERN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106
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