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WHAT'S NEW
Contents: Scholarships/Fellowships,
Calls for Papers, Courses
for Educators, Events/Programs, New Courses,
Congratulations, Publications,
and Reviews. For information on employment,
overseas study, funding,
and other academic activities, see
the Opportunities page.
SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS:
(See the Middle East Studies Association on-line newsletter for additional
grants and awards: http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/Onlinenews/grants.htm)
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2007-2008 MESC Foreign Language and Area Studies
Fellowship (FLAS)
Deadline: postmark by Feb. 2, 2007
For further details: http://mesc.osu.edu/procedures.shtml
FLEP, or Foreign Language Enhancement Program
Deadline: February 10, 2006.
For further details: http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/FLEP/
Huntington International Fellowship
Deadline: February 14, 2006
Contact:
Diane Birckbichler, Director
OSU Foreign Language Center
100 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Road Road
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-4361
birckbichler.1@osu.edu
sobul.1@osu.edu
For further details: http://flc.osu.edu/FLC_Pages/scholarships/huntington.htm
Fellowships For Intensive Advanced Turkish Language Study in
Istanbul
June 21- August 11, 2006
Deadline: February 15, 2006
Program: For summer 2006, the American Research Institute in
Turkey will offer full travel and fellowships for ten advanced students
and scholars for participation in the summer program in advanced Turkish
language at Bogaziçi University in Istanbul. This intensive program
offers the equivalent of one full academic year of study in Turkish
at the college level.
The fellowships cover round-trip airfare to Istanbul, application and
tuition fees, and a maintenance stipend. Full-time students and scholars
affiliated at academic institutions are eligible to apply.
Course of Study: ARIT fellowship supported courses
are offered at the advanced level. Class size is limited to ten students.
Each class meets twenty hours per week. Classes are held on weekdays
from 9 am to 1 pm. They are conducted in Turkish, with informal and
formal styles introduced and reviewed through instruction, language
laboratory work, and open conversations with teaching assistants. In
the afternoon, students meet with teaching assistants on an informal
basis for additional instruction and free conversation. Participants
also attend extracurricular activities including films, lectures, and
cultural events both on and off campus.
Eligibility Requirements: To be a fellowship applicant,
you must:
1. Be a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States.
2. Be enrolled in an undergradudate or graduate level academic program,
or be faculty
3. Have a minimum B average in your studies; if still a student; and
4. Perform at the high-intermediate level on a proficiency based admissions
examination.
Application Procedure: Application forms will be accessible
at the ARIT website
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT.
For further information, contact:
Director, Erika H. Gilson
Dillon Court West
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1008
ehgilson@princeton.edu
- - or - -
Nancy Leinwand
American Research Institute in Turkey
University of Pennsylvania Museum
3260 South Street
Philadelphia PA 19104-6324
leinwand@sas.upenn.edu
(215) 898-3474
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT
Thomas R Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships
Deadline: February 24, 2006
Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
P.O. Box 2437
Princeton, NJ 08543-2437
For further details:
http://www.woodrow.org/public-policy/foreign_affairs_fellowship.html
The American Institute for Maghrib Studies
2006-2007 Grants Program
Deadline: February 15, 2006
Contact: AIMS Executive Director, Kerry Adams
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
PO Box 210080
University of Arizona
Tuscon, Arizona 85721
For further details:http://www.la.utexas.edu/research/mena/aims/
Email: aimscmes@u.arizona.edu
The Sonkin-Bergman-Wasserman Families’ Scholarship for
International Understanding and Peace
Deadline: April 1, 2005
For further information:http://oie.osu.edu/int_students/Sonkin-Bergman-Wasserman%20Families'%20Scholarships.asp
Contact: Kevin T. Harty, Associate Director
Office of International Education (OIE)
The Ohio State University
Oxley Hall
1712 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1219
Email: harty.1@osu.edu
FAX: (614) 292-4745
OSU Humanities Department Undergraduate Scholarships
Deadline: February 16, 2005
For further details: http://humanities.osu.edu/studentinfo/undergrad/scholarAndFellow/leadership.cfm
The American Research Center in Egypt Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Deadline: January 5, 2005
For further details: http://www.arce.org/fellowships/funded_fellowships.html
The Institute for Turkish Studies - ITS Washington, D.C. Grant
Program
Deadline: March 11, 2005
Eligibility: graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, universities,
and other educational institutes.
Total amount of award: not specified.
Amount of individual awards: varies
For more information: http://www.turkishstudies.org/grantsprogram1.html/
Institute for Turkish Studies: http://www.turkishstudies.org/
International Dissertation/MA Thesis Research Travel Grant
Deadline: Nov. 5, 2004 (Competitions are held Autumn
and Spring Quarters)
Eligibility: The Office of International Affairs will make
available funding to support international travel for: (1) pre-dissertation
preliminary research; (2) doctoral dissertation research; and (3) research
necessary to complete a Masters thesis (for students in those units
where the Masters is typically the terminal degree). All OSU students
who are currently enrolled in a graduate degree program are eligible
to apply.
Maximum Award: Grants range from $1,500 to $2,000,
with a maximum award of $3,000. These funds are to be used as seed money
or to match funds committed by other OSU or external funding agencies.
Applications are available at:
Office of International Affairs
300 Oxley Hall; 1712 Neil Ave
Columbus, OH 43210
or from the OIA website: http://oia.osu.edu/grants.html#graduate
Contact: Dr. Frank Spaulding at (614) 688-4464 or email
at spaulding.1@osu.edu
U.S. Student Fulbright Program 2005-2006: Grants For Graduate
Study And Research Abroad
Deadline: Friday, September 22, 2006
OSU Campus Interview Dates: October 2 - 6 and 9 - 13,
2006
Eligibility: open to qualified undergraduate, graduate
and professional students enrolled at The Ohio State University with
interest in the U.S. Student Fulbright Program.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright U.S.
Student Program is designed to give recent B.S./B.A. graduates, master's
and doctoral candidates, and developing professionals and artists opportunities
for international experience, personal enrichment and an open exchange
of ideas with citizens of other nations. Fulbright Teaching Assistantships
in English are also available in a number of countries around the world.
Established in 1946, the Fulbright Program aims to increase mutual understanding
between the peoples of the United States and other countries, through
the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills. The program awards approximately
1,000 grants annually to American students.
In preparation for the next application cycle, Ohio State's Office of
International Education (OIE) will hold an Informational and Application
Writing Workshop designed to answer all of your questions,provide tips
on preparing a competitive application, and give you an opportunity
to benefit from the experience of successful student applicants from
past years and from faculty members who have served on the U.S. Student
Fulbright Interview Committee. The workshop is open to qualified
undergraduate, graduate and professional students enrolled at The Ohio
State University with interest in the U.S. Student Fulbright Program.
The 2005-2006 application packets will be available for distribution
at this workshop.
For further information: http://oie.ohio-state.edu/newscenter/fulbright_program.asp
Contact:harty.1@osu.edu
CALLS FOR PAPERS:
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The 2006 MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL
ASIA
Politics, Economics, and Society Conference
September 7- 9
Deadline for Proposals: March 31, 2006
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
The fourth annual multidisciplinary Middle
East & Central Asia Politics,
Economics, and Society Conference will be held during September 7-9,
2006.
Since its inception in 2003, the conference has successfully brought
together
academics (professors and advanced graduate students), analysts, policy
makers,
and NGO workers interested in the two regions of Middle East and Central
Asia/Caucasus in order to network and share research interests.
The three-day event will also include a
presentation by an Ambassador to the US
from one of the two regions. Other attractions include three complimentary
meals, an evening of Middle Eastern and Central Asian music and art,
a book
fair, and the screening of recently released films and documentaries
on the
Middle East and Central Asia.
Submit Paper Proposals to Middle-East@utah.edu
or Central-Asia@utah.edu
Panel
Themes and Conference Details
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION
40th Annual Meeting
November 18-21
Deadline: February 15, 2006
For further information:http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/cfp/CFPhome.htm
The Middle East Studies Association calls for proposals
for preorganized panels, roundtables, thematic conversations, and individual
papers for the association's 38th annual meeting, November 20-23, in
San Francisco, California. MESA is primarily concerned with the area
encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries
of the Arab World from the seventh Century to modern times. Other regions,
including Spain, Southeastern Europe, China and the former Soviet Union,
also are included for the periods in which their territories were parts
of the middle Eastern empires or were under the influence of Middle
Eastern civilization. Comparative work is encouraged. Proposals must
arrive at the Secretariat by Tuesday, February 15, 2005, at 5:00PM Mountain
Standard Time, and must conform to the guidelines which may be found
on the MESA
web site. Proposals for thematic conversations must arrive at the
Secretariat by May 1, 2005. LATE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR MAGHRIB STUDIES (AIMS)
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The Worlds of Ibn Khaldun
Tengier June 8-10, 2006
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2006
The conference will celebrate the 600th anniversary of the death of
Ibn Khaldun. Considered one of the greatest thinkers of all times, he
is also claimed as a father of their disciplines by historians, sociologists,
economists, philosophers, and educators.
For further infomation: ronald.a.messier@vanderbilt.edu
To contact AIMS: aimscmes@u.arizona.edu
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES CONFERENCE
8th Annual Meeting
Saturday March 25, 2006
University of California, Santa Barbara
Deadline: February 1, 2006
CMES accepts proposals for papers, organized panels, and workshops pertaining
to the study of the ancient, medieval, and contemporary Middle East
and its languages. For application procedures and to register online:www.cmes.ucsb.edu
For further information: http://www.cmes.ucsb.edu/call_for_papers_06.html
COURSES FOR EDUCATORS:
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Selected Perspectives on the Horn of Africa: A Continuing Education
Workshop
Saturday, February 18, 2006, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Mount Hall room 271
1050 Carmack Rd, Columbus 43210
Sponsored by the Middle East Studies Center and the Center for African
Studies, this workshop is intended to
help ground media focus on the region in a more substantial context
of the region's history, geography and culture. Presentations will describe
those elements which define the region as a whole and in particular
its ties to the Middle East, as well as the distinct profiles of Sudan,
Ethiopia and Eritrea, and Somalia. Presenters will also offer practical
advice to teachers on working with first or second generation youth
from the region and
their parents.
To register, go to www.continuinged.ohio-state.edu.
For more information, contact Laura Joseph, Center for African Studies
at 614 292 8169 or cas@osu.edu. A copy
of the event flyer can be viewed here.
EVENTS/PROGRAMS:
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Language Program: The Eastern Consortium
on Persian and Turkish Summer Program
Location: The Ohio State University Department
of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
June 19 - Aug. 11, 2006
Application Deadline: April 3, 2006
For further information: http://nelc.osu.edu/programs/ptcn0406/announce.cfm
The Middle East Studies Center and The Graduate
Medical Education Department present:
Gül Russell, PhD, Professor
of History, Medicine and Humanities Texas A&M University System
Health Science Center;
March 9, 2006: "The Enduring Legacy of a Physician, Philosopher
and Scientist:
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)."
Public Lecture: "A 'Second Wave' of Arabic Transmission
and Impact in the Age of the Scientific Revolution: The Seventeenth
Century"
5:30 PM, Medical Heritage Center,
5th
Floor Prior Health Sciences Library,
376 West 10th Avenue
NEW COURSES:
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CONGRATULATIONS:
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Carole
Fink, Professor in the Department of History
The Middle East Studies Center congratulates Carole Fink on receiving
the 2005 George Luis Beer Prize for her book, Defending the Rights
of Others: The Great Powers, the Jews, and International Minority Protection,
1878-1938. Dr. Fink was granted the award by the American Historical
Association. Through extensive research in 11 countries, Dr. Fink tells
the story of the struggles of Jews and other minorities living within
and between Europe's emerging nation states, showing how the imperatives
of power politics can conflict with the universal principles of human
rights. Her book was published by Cambridge University Press in 2004.
Carter
Findley, Professor in the Department of History
The Middle East Studies Center would like to congratulate Professor
Carter Findley on his achievement of receiving the Distinguished Scholar
Award, which recognizes exceptional scholarly accomplishments by senior
professors who have compiled a substantial body of research, as well
as the work of younger faculty members who have demonstrated great scholarly
potential. Carter Findley is a professor in the Department of History.
Findley is the reason that many of Turkey's best graduate students come
to Ohio State to pursue doctorates in the history of their nation. One
of the world's foremost authorities on the Ottoman Empire, Findley is
the author of two widely praised and cited monographs on bureaucratic
reform and the social history of civil officialdom in the late Ottoman
Empire. At the same time, he has made major contributions to the field
of world history, including co-authoring the leading textbook The Twentieth
Century World, now in its fourth edition. Currently, Findley is working
on a large-scale history of the late Ottoman Empire and the Turkish
Republic. He writes and lectures in English, French, and Turkish. A
magna cum laude graduate of Yale, he earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University
and has been a member of the Ohio State faculty for 28 years.
PUBLICATIONS:
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Hahn Peter, Crisis and Crossfire: The United States and the Middle
East Since 1945, Potomac Books, 2005
Hathaway, Jane, A Tale of Two Factions: Myth, Memory, and Identity
in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen, SUNY Press, 2003
Fink, Carole, Defending
the Rights of Others: The Great Powers, the Jews, and International
Minority Protection, 1878–1938,
Cambridge University Press, 2004
Findley, Carter. Turks in World History. New York: Oxford
Univesity Press, 2005.
Findley,
Carter. "Redhouse, Sir James William (1811-1892): Lexographer
of Turkish," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.
Hahn, Peter, Caught in the Middle East: U.S. Policy toward the
Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1945-1961, University of North Carolina Press,
2004
REVIEWS:
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