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Date: 21 Dec 2000
From: Dwight Reynolds <dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Regional ME Studies Conference Santa Barbara
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CALL FOR PAPERS
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2001
THIRD CALIFORNIA REGIONAL MIDDLE EAST STUDIES CONFERENCE
An Interdisciplinary Conference
March 24, 2001
hosted by
the Center for Middle East Studies,
University of California, Santa Barbara
The Center for Middle East Studies at the University of California, Santa
Barbara, is pleased to announce UCSB's third interdisciplinary Middle East
Studies conference to be held on March 24, 2001.
As with our two previous annual conferences, this gathering is designed to
bring together faculty and graduate students primarily (but not
exclusively) from colleges and universities in California including both
the University of California and California State University systems, as
well as independent institutions. The 1999 conference was attended by
participants from 21 colleges and universities and the 2000 conference by
participants from 24.
The conference aims at promoting dialogue across a wide spectrum of
disciplines by approaching Middle Eastern Studies in its broadest possible
conceptualization including archaeology, art history, history, literary
studies, anthropology, political science, sociology, economics,
environmental studies, film studies, global studies, international
relations, and others fields.
The unrestricted historical scope of the conference (ancient, medieval and
modern) seeks to encourage the exploration of potentially fruitful
connections among researchers working on different time periods.
The conference schedule includes two different types of sessions: (1)
panels for the presentation of individual RESEARCH PAPERS; and, (2)
WORKING GROUPS of faculty members convened around research or pegagogical
topics shared interest. Working groups that have been convened at the
previous two conferences include:
-- Gender and Citizenship in Muslim Communities
-- Classical Antiquity and the Middle East
-- Andalusian/Medieval Iberian Studies
-- Middle Eastern Judaisms (Sephardi & Mizrahi cultures)
-- Teaching Middle Eastern Languages
-- Islam in the Undergraduate Curriculum
-- Medieval Middle Eastern Studies
-- The Politics of Memory (a book forum)
-- Teaching and Writing about the `Difficult Subjects':
Honor Killings, Veiling, Female Circumcision, Women and Shari`ah law
-- Iran since the Revolution
It is our hope that the working group sessions will explore the
possibility of collaborative research projects, establishing email
networks, initiating multicampus symposia or conferences, coordinating
teaching and graduate student training across campuses, and other means of
combining resources.
CALL FOR PAPERS AND/OR WORKING GROUPS
We are now soliciting applications for participants to present a research
paper and/or convene a working group. Although conference attendance is
open to students and the general public, paper presenters and conveners of
working groups must be faculty members.
* RESEARCH PAPERS are to be BRIEF (15-minute) reports on current
research so as to allow more time for question-and-answer sessions than is
typical at many conferences. 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, 2001. 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 by
JANUARY 15, 2001. 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 23, 2001 or
(in the case of those driving from LA) very early on Saturday, March 24.
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 everyone interested in
attending.
Paper presenters and conveners of working groups will be provided with two
nights lodging at a nearby hotel, reimbursement of travel expenses up to a
maximum of $250, as well as their meals during the day of the conference.
For further information contact Dwight F. Reynolds, Director, Center for
Middle East Studies, UCSB. Email: dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu Phone:
(805) 893-7143
THIRD CALIFORNIA REGIONAL MIDDLE EAST STUDIES CONFERENCE
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2001
NAME:
POSITION:
INSTITUTION:
MAILING 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, DIRECTOR
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106
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Dwight F. Reynolds, Director
Center for Middle East Studies
Chair, Islamic & Near Eastern Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Office: (805) 893-7143 Department office: (805) 893-7136
FAX: (805) 893-2059 Email: dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu
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