MERIA News 9

IMPORTANT NEWS:
LAST CALL FOR MERIA SEMINAR ON TURKEY
We have about five spaces open for the MERIA Seminar, "TURKEY'S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST." The seminar will begin in late August so sign up now to participate and receive materials to be exchanged (and to participate), write: besa@ashur.cc.biu.ac.il

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INVITING SUBMISSIONS FOR MERIA "EXPANDING BOOKS"
In addition to publishing material from MERIA Journal and MERIA News, MERIA Books will also accept articles from you as chapters in these permanent books. (See Part 7 below for details on this program.) You must own the copyright or obtain permission for such use. If you wish to submit a manuscript or send a query about having a chapter accepted in one of these books, write: besa@ashur.cc.biu.ac.il

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, AND LECTURES

September 15, 1997: Deadline, submissions for the Journal of Arab Literature: literary critical, comparative and historical studies, as well as reviews and bibliographies, on classical and modern, written and oral, poetry and prose, literary or colloquial Arabic materials, and studies seeking to integrate Arabic literature into the broader humanities and social sciences. Write: Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych, editor stetkevy@indiana.edu.

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October 6-7, 1997, Call for Papers, Seminar, Regional Approaches in the Persian Gulf, The Center for the Persian Gulf and Middle East Studies at the Institute for Political and International Studies, Tehran invites scholars and researchers to discuss policies of Persian Gulf littoral states, neighboring countries, and major powers regarding establishment of a regional system; evolution of regional and trans-regional alliances; obstacles and problems facing formation of regional alliances; confidence-building measures; the role of common economic interests, oil and gas, transport, financing, money, environmental issues for establishing a Persian Gulf regional alliance. Summary of paper needed by August 22 and full text by September 22: Secretariat of the Eighth Persian Gulf Seminar at IPIS@neda.net.

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November 15, 1997: Clarion Hotel, Millbrae, California, near San Francisco International Airport, Jewish-Palestinian reconciliation, dinner and cultural evening, honoring Special U.S. Middle East Envoy, Ambassador Dennis Ross. For more information:

http://www.igc.org/traubman/hope.htm or write: LTRAUBMAN@igc.org

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December 22-24, 1997: Call for papers, The Institute for Political and International Studies, "Central Asia and the Caucasus: Regional Crises, Prospects and Solutions." Includes:

Prospects of Peace in Tajikistan; Developments in Afghanistan: Impacts on Central Asia; Qarabakh and Probable Scenarios; The Future of Chechnya; Role of Extra-regional Powers in Regional Crises. To send abstracts or ask questions: ipis@neda.net

Deadline for accepting abstracts is September 6, 1997.

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December 26, 1997-January 11, 1998: Middle East Study Tour to Jordan, Israel, Palestinian-ruled areas, "The Economics of Peace," sponsored by the Center for Global Education. Undergraduate GOV'T 4-- /3 Graduate Credits PUAD 739. Led by Dr. Yehuda Lukacs, George Mason University. In addition to many interviews, the group will visit Amman, Petra, the Golan Heights, the Galilee, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. $3318 fee ($3868 for non-GMU participants) includes round-trip airfare from Washington, DC, tuition, hotels, breakfast, all excursions, cultural program, limited travel insurance, pre-departure Orientation, and International Student Identity Card (students only). Application Deadline: October 17, 1997 to: cge@osf1.gmu.edu OR http://www.gmu.edu/departments/cge/

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January 15, 1998: JOUVERT: a journal of postcolonial studies

(http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/jouvert) invites articles for a special issue on Postcolonial Masculinities. A wide variety of topics are possible, including relations between colonialism, patriarchy, nationalism, gender and genre, complicity and resistance, differences among cultures, etc. Duke UP has expressed interest in publishing this project as a book. Inquiries: Lahoucine.Ouzgane@ualberta.ca Or send two hard copies: Lahoucine Ouzgane and Daniel Coleman Department of English, U of Alberta Edmonton, AB Canada T6G 2E5.

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March 23-29, 1998: Democracy, Public Opinion and the use of force in a changing international environment, European Consortium for Political Research, Warwick, United Kingdom. Include summary proposed paper or other contribution to workshop. Limited attendance, participants chosen in December. Prefer institutions which belong to European Consortium for Political Research.

Write: Philip Everts, Institute for International Studies University of Leiden Everts@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl or Pierangelo Isernia, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Giuridiche, Politiche e Sociali University di Siena Piazza Isernia@sivax.unisi.it

2. RESEARCH QUERIES--PLEASE HELP

A. Mira Sucharov sucharom@gusun.georgetown.edu asks: What has been written about the idea of regional security systems in the Middle East?

Some sample materials:

1. Shai Feldman and Abdullah Toukan, "Bridging the Gap: A Future Security Architecture for the Middle East," Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict (see section 3, below).

2. Efraim Inbar, Regional Security Regimes, SUNY Press 1995 has 12 articles on this subject.

3. Efraim Inbar and Shmuel Sandler, Middle Eastern Security: Prospects for an Arms Control Regime, Frank Cass 1995 has 10 articles on this subject.

4. Zeev Maoz, Middle East Regional Security: Past, Present, Future," special issue of the Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1 (March 1997).

5. Future: Zeev Maoz will edit a volume on the summer 1997 Jaffee Center conference on security structures.

B. New query: I am writing an essay on why the Iran-Iraq war lasted so long. What publications/documents could help me? I'm grateful for any help. Thank you Alexander Dick alex.d@virgin.net

Alexander G. Lofthouse alofthou@ccs.carleton.ca of Carleton University responds to Andreia Clay aclay@u.washington.edu inquiry on sources relating to Gush Emunim: "Zealots for Zion" by Robert Friedman. Also work by Ian Lustick.

3. NEW BOOKS/ARTICLES OF INTEREST

September 1997 issue of the Middle East Quarterly now available (see 8., below) includes: Ronni L. Gordon and David M. Stillman, "Prince Charles of Arabia"; Turkey's Leaders; Atilla Yayla, "Erbakan's Goals"; James Meyer, "Ciller's Scandals"; A. Nizar Hamzeh, "Islamism in Lebanon: A Guide to the Groups"; Daniel Pipes, "Egypt's Problem with Ranan Lurie."

Shaul Mishal and Avraham Sela, "Hamas: A Behavioral Profile," Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, 65 pages. An excellent introduction and overview of Hamas's ideology, strategy, and relations with the Palestinian Authority.

The Remaking of Saudi Arabia: The Struggle between King Sa'ud and Crown Prince Faysal, 1953-1962, Dayan Center Papers, Number 121

By Sarah Yizraeli. Focuses on the debate between King Sa'ud and Crown Prince Faysal which played a pivotal role in creating the modern Saudi state. Paper, 220 pp., $14.95 ISBN 965-224-026-5 Distributed by: Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Ave.

Syracuse, NY 13244-5160, Tel: (315) 443-5546, Fax: (315) 443-5545

"Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam", vol. 20 (1996) includes among many articles on early and medieval eras: M.J. Kister, "Sanctity joint and divided: On holy places in the Islamic tradition." (pp. 18-65); D. Cook, "Muslim apocalyptic and jihad." (pp. 66-104); M. Maroth, "The science of dreams in Islamic culture." (pp. 229-236); and many reviews. Vol. 21 is now in preparation. On editorial matters, Professor Yohanan Friedmann: msyfried@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il For subscriptions and back numbers: msjsai@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il

Journal of Arabic Literature, now available: JAL 28,2 (7/97) & 28,1 (3/97). http://php.indiana.edu/~stetkevy/jal.html

Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict has published "Bridging the Gap: A Future Security Architecture for the Middle East," Shai Feldman and Abdullah Toukan. $15.95 + tax and shipping. Free reports include: Final Report; When Diplomacy is Not Enough: Managing Multinational Military Interventions, Andrew Goodpaster; Sharpening International Sanctions: Toward a Stronger Role for the UN, John Stemlau; The Warning-Response Problem and Missed Opportunities in Preventive Diplomacy, Alexander L. George and Jane E. Holl. Write: pdc@carnegie.org OR www.carnegie.org

Arab World Population: Selected Demographic and Reproductive Health Indicators, Population Reference Bureau. Wall chart with over 20 demographic and reproductive health indicators including: population, population projection, average number of children per woman, school enrollment, life expectancy, and GNP per capita for each country and territory. Colorful, easy to understand charts on women's attitude on childbearing, projection of youth population and women of childbearing age, infant mortality trends, water supplies. Price: $3.50. For information: Nazy Roudi roudi@prb.org. To order: popref@prb.org

R. Bourqi; M. Charrad and N. Gallagher, Femmes, Culture et Societe au Maghreb, 2 vols in French. $20 a set, AIMS $15 members. order CIS, UWM, POB 413, Garland 102 Milwaukee,Wi 53201.

Gary G. Sick and Lawrence G. Potter, editors. The Persian Gulf at the Millennium: Essays in Politics, Economy, Security, and Religion. St. Martin's Press, August 1997. 340 pp. Cloth ISBN 0-312-17449-7 / $49.95; Paper ISBN 0-312-17567-1 / $18.95.

The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International affairs (PASSIA) has released its 1996 yearbook: PASSIA@palnet.com or http://www.amin.org/passia/

4. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE

Journal of Arabic Literature: http://php.indiana.edu/~stetkevy/jal.html For subscriptions: cs@brill.nl

A summary of the the MAS Economic Monitor (Issue Number 1) is on the Palestine Economic Forum website: http://www.palecon.org with extensive reporting on the Palestinian economy.

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MidEast Dispatch has a new web site: http://www.iipub.com with archive back to 1 January 1997.

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Les Cahiers de l'Orient: http://www.sfiedi.fr/cahiers/ includes special issues on Algeria, and on Water in the Middle East

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Free Bibliographic Service: Since 1979, the Documentation Center of the Moshe Dayan Center has catalogued periodical articles on the Middle East in a database now comprising 100,000 entries. Access is now easy and free via Telnet:

Enter "telnet aleph.tau.ac.il" at prompt.

For username, enter "aleph".

Select terminal type.

Enter "LB" to change library.

Select "Tel Aviv University" from menu.

Select "DAY-Dayan Center" from menu.

Enter "M1" for search codes and begin.

For queries, contact: marion@ccsg.tau.ac.il

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Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue group is a five-year-old, California-based organization bringing together 400 people from these groups for cultural exchanges and cooperative activity:
http://www.igc.org/traubman/dg-tlart.htm

5. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS

MidEast Dispatch has new e-mail lists for Business, Social and Headline news. For information: http://www.iipub.com

PALDEV, near-daily, news and discussion of development issues in the West Bank and Gaza. FOFOGNET weekly digest on Palestinian refugee issues. Info: CYR6@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA

6. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS

VISITING FELLOWSHIPS, 1998-1999, Princeton University Library
The Friends of the Princeton University Library offer up to ten short-term Visiting Fellowships to promote scholarly use of the research collections of the Library. The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections has substantial holdings pertaining to the Middle East from antiquity to the present. Information about holdings: http://infoshare1.princeton.edu:2003; Fellowships of up to $2,000 each help defray expenses in traveling to and residing in Princeton during Fellowship, whose length depends on the proposal but is normally one month, May 1998-April 1999. Applicants submit application form, resume, budget, two letters of recommendation, and research proposal not exceeding three pages to the Fellowship Committee, Princeton University Library, One Washington Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08544. The proposal should address specifically the relevance of the Princeton University Library collections to the proposed research. Deadline: postmark no later than 15 January 1998. Awards made by April 1, 1998. For more information and needed forms: mgruscil@princeton.edu

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Anthony Parsons Memorial Scholarship for postgraduate research on the Middle East, to an Arab or British graduate student to cover tuition fees and a stipend of 3000 pounds a year. Award's length depends on winner's study objective. Information and application forms: J.M.Davies@exeter.ac.uk Deadline: 29 September 1997

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Turkish Studies Association Prizes and Awards. Contact: Dr. Daniel Goffman, President, TSA, 00dsgoffman@bsuvc.bsu.edu

A. James W. Redhouse Student Prize for Best Progress in the Turkish Language. Four $100 prizes to students making the best progress in Turkish in each of four regions in Canada and the United States. Any graduate or undergraduate who completed at least a one-year course at any level in modern Turkish or Ottoman can be nominated. Deadline: June 1.

B. M. Fuat Koprulu Book Prize in Turkish Studies. $500 biennial award for best English-language book on a Turkish or Ottoman subject published in the two-year period. Authors, colleagues, publishers may nominate. Provide: three copies of the book, author's address and phone number. Deadline: April 15.

C. Halide Edib Adivar Scholarship for Student Study and Research in Turkey. $750 each year to qualified undergraduate or graduate to support travel to Turkey for study or research. Applicants must be enrolled in a degree program. Submit: 4 copies of CV; 2-4 page statement of purpose (including study or research plans and career goals); and an official transcript. Two letters of recommendations from professors familiar with applicant's project. Deadline: October 15.

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STUDY ARABIC IN YEMEN, Center for Arabic Language And Eastern Studies, University of Science and Technology offers language studies and cultural programs year-round and at many different levels. Students obtain a Certificate of Fulfillment after passing a non-compulsory final examination. housing in the old city of Sana'a. For rates and details: Mohammed Al Anisi cales@y.net.ye

STUDY ARABIC IN EGYPT at The Arabic Language Institute of the American University in Cairo: alu@auc.acs.eun.eg or http://auc.sas.eun.eg/~w_samy/ali/ali.htm

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University of Pittsburgh's Semester-at Sea Program is seeking a political scientist who works on matters related to the Islamic world for the Fall Semester voyage of 1998. Ph.D is prerequisite, but rank is open. Teaching obligation is for three courses to undergraduates plus participation in a core course. Appointment for one term only. Voyage is from Vancouver to Kobe, Hong Kong, Saigon, Jakarta, Madras, Alexandria, Ashdod, Istanbul, Civitavecchia, Casablanca, terminating in Port Everglades, Florida. 10-23 September. Contact Fil Hearn, Academic Dean. Although e-mail messages are welcome to FIH+@Pitt.edu any serious applicant should send a c.v. and cover letter describing courses you think you could best offer to address the itinerary. Courses on one country are not acceptable. Write: Semester-at-Sea, William Pitt Union, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

7. MERIA "EXPANDING BOOKS"

MERIA is starting another innovative program by organizing articles from MERIA Journal, MERIA News, and other materials, into electronic books. As more articles are published or accepted, they will be incorporated into these volumes. Contents will be updated as required. [next planned revision: September 1997.] To order free copies, write besa@ashur.cc.biu.ac.il. Printed copies can be ordered for a nominal price.

A. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS

Dr. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, "The Islamic Challenge in North Africa."

Dr. Joseph Kostiner, "State, Islam and Opposition in Saudi Arabia: The Post Desert-Storm Phase."

B. CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI POLITICS

Prof. Joel Peters, "Israel Under Netanyahu: The Current Situation in Israeli Politics."

Prof. Gregory Mahler, "Israel's New Electoral System: Effects on Policy and Politics."

C. TURKISH POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY

Prof. Bilge Criss, "Turkish Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East."

Prof. Kemal Kirisci, "Post Cold-War Turkish Security and the Middle East."

Prof. Barry Rubin, "Notes on Turkey-Israel Relations."

D. CENTRAL ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Dr. Bulent Aras, "U.S.-Central Asian Relations: A View from Turkey."

Prof. Gareth M. Winrow, "Turkey and the Newly Independent States of Central Asia and the Transcaucasus."

E. PERSIAN GULF SECURITY ISSUES

Darius Bazargan, "Exclusive Interview on Iraqi Weapons Monitoring with Terrence Taylor, UNSCOM inspector for biological weapons."

Turki al-Hamad, "Imperfect Alliances: Will the Gulf Monarchies Work Together?"

8. DISCOUNTS FOR MERIA READERS

We ask magazines and publishers for discounts to MERIA readers. If you can offer such inducements, contact MERIA. Take advantage of benefits from being a MERIA reader:

A. The WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY offers MERIA readers 20 percent discount for the order of five copies or more of its publications. Be sure to mention MERIA!

B. INFO-PROD RESEARCH (MIDDLE EAST) LTD: ipr@netvision.net.il does detailed market and other analysis for commercial clients. It offers subscriptions to its three publications via email, discounted to $640 a year (20% saving) for MERIA readers. Samples on request. Subscription includes:

* Middle East Hotline: immediate commercial implications of crucial political developments, several times a week.

* Middle East Briefing: in-depth coverage of major political, security, and macro-economic developments fortnightly, designed to make clear the connection between individual country trends and real business opportunities.

* Middle East Risk Ratings on current commercial and political risk in 19 Middle Eastern countries. Updated quarterly.

C. MIDDLE EAST QUARTERLY: offers MERIA readers a 20% discount on 1-year subscriptions: $30 for individuals ($7.50 off regular rate); $40 for institutions ($10 off regular rate). For addresses outside U.S., airmail delivery costs $20 more; surface mail, $5 more. Write MEQ, AM&M, PO Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-8897, USA; e-mail: dforio@allenpress.com, or call 1-800-627-0629.

D. Lawrence Joffe, KEESINGS GUIDE TO THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, 10% discount on the 45 pound sterling price. Write Customer Services Manager, Liz Godden: lizg@pearson-pro.com

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