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• 31 déc 2019

  Beirut

  Call for papers - Representation

  Narrative forms and co-production in Arab cinemas

  Norms, constraints, and margins of freedom

  Film industry in the Arab world remains generally underdeveloped. Arab countries still depend on international film support funds, mainly European. This puts Arab producers, scriptwriters and filmmakers in a subaltern position in relation to European producers and funders, whose expectations in terms of content as well as narrative and aesthetic forms end up strongly impacting the film creation process. On the other hand, margins of freedom and resistance can be created within this system. This edition of Regards aims at addressing the complex relation between Arab cinemas and international film support funds.

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• 07 avr 2017

  Zurich

  Miscellaneous information - Education

  Teaching Gender. Theory and society in the classroom

  Now more than ever, gender as an analytical concept is being heavily contested from diverse quarters inside as well as outside academia. The panel discussion addresses key questions of how to teach gender as  critical theory in the light of current societal and political tensions on the one hand and institutional constraints inside the university on the other hand. How can we teach “critique”? What does teaching gender mean in terms of methods and topics? And how can we engage in critical research and teaching while responding to societal expectations as to relevant output and knowledge transfer?

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• 07 avr 2017

  08 avr 2017

  Zurich

  Study days - Sociology

  Concepts that Matter! Terminologies of women and gender in transnational perspective

  The Department of Gender Studies and Islamic Studies of the University of Zurich is organizing the first workshop of the Gender in University and Society (GENiUS) network on “Concepts that Matter! Terminologies of Women and Gender in Transnational Perspective”. GENiUS is an informal Swiss-Arab Network of academics specialized in the field of Gender Studies in and on the Arab region that aims at fostering scientific exchange on the levels of research, teaching and institution building.

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• 03 jan 2017

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Marriage and Family in the Gulf today

  “Arabian Humanities” Journal No. 10, Spring 2018

  This issue of Arabian Humanities welcomes informative, critical and analytical, quantitative and/or qualitative contributions on family, marriage and demographic changes in the Arab Gulf States today, their diversity, paradoxes and idiosyncrasies, the (real or perceived) challenges facing families in the region, as well as, most importantly, the socio-political stakes in the current context of economic and political transition. Special attention should be devoted to the most recent, post-oil crisis period (since 2011). 

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• 30 sep 2016

  Oran

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Women and social and politica changes in Arab countries

  Les mouvements sociaux qui ont secoué les pays arabes, depuis 2011, n’ont cessé d’interpeler les chercheurs sur les enjeux et les perspectives liés aux changements survenus sur les plans politique et social. Leur impact, sur les rapports sociaux de genre et les représentations qui les sous-tendent, mérite d’être analysé. En effet, les femmes des pays arabes sont particulièrement touchées par ces changements et cela est visible à travers leur présence active dans les mouvements sociaux. Elles jouent un rôle relativement important comme vectrices de modernisation dans la société. Le renversement de certains régimes n’aurait pas été possible sans l’insurrection des masses urbaines et dont la mobilisation des femmes a été un facteur important. Défiant certains tabous et stéréotypes, elles se sont imposées comme actrices des « révolutions arabes », non seulement en prenant part à la contestation, mais et en la nourrissant.

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• 15 fév 2016

  San Antonio

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Encoding Data for Digital Collaboration (ASOR 2016)

  Data encoding entails an analog-to-digital conversion in which the characteristics of an object, text, or archaeological site can be represented in a specialized format for computer handling. Once encoded, data can be stored, sorted, and analyzed through a variety of computer-based techniques ranging from specialized data-mining algorithms to user-friendly mobile apps. Especially when encoded data is open-source, researchers around the world can collaborate on the collection, encoding, and analysis of data.

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