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Issue 12/October 1999
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
Assistant Editors, Linda Sharaby and Cameron Brown
Issue 12/October 1999
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
Assistant Editors, Linda Sharaby and Cameron Brown
MERIA NEWS TABLE OF CONTENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS: Important News: MERIA Journal, Vol. 3, No. 3 (December)
3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
6. AUTHOR'S ALERTS (writers report on their books, articles, and activites)
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
MERIA Journal, Vol. 3, No. 3 (December): The next MERIA Journal will be published in early December. We welcome submissions for future issues. Send proposals or texts to: <besa@mail.biu.ac.il>. We wish to thank all those who have been reviewers for articles in MERIA Journal during our third year of publication.
1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
"World Bibliographical Series: Turkey" by Cigdem Balim-Harding
<cb@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>. Published by ABC-CLIO Ltd, August 1999. 407pages.
37 pounds. The work is designed as a reference book for English speakers
who would like to gain an understanding of the country, its geography,
people, social structure, archeology, history, politics, foreign policy,
economy, language, literature, architecture and arts. It contains
annotated entries for 1434 studies on 36 different areas, as well as
important internet sites. To order: <dallcock@abc-clio.ltd.uk>
The April-June 1999 issue of World Affairs includes a roundtable "Persian Gulf: Problems and Prospects," with Girijesh Pant, Mohammad-Reza Djalili and Barry Rubin. A review essay by Angelo Rasanaygam discusses, "Taliban Fundamentalism: The Turmoil of Afghanistan." <worldaffairs@indfos.wiprobt.ems.vsnl.net.in>.
Engendering Citizenship in Egypt by Selma Botman (Columbia University Press). Botman explores how and by whom citizenship is defined in Egypt. It discusses how women have asserted themselves in public life, as well as areas of limitation or exclusion, during each decade since Egypt's independence. To order: <http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup>
The Assyrian Experience: Sources for the Study of the 19th and 20th Centuries : From the Holdings of the Harvard University Libraries edited Eden Naby & Michael Hopper. Copies are available for $15 (includes postage and handling): Middle Eastern Division, Harvard College Library, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Resignation or Revolt? Socio-Political Development and the
Challenges
of Peace in Palestine by Christopher Parker (I.B. Tauris & Co,
London/New York). <http://www.ibtauris.com/>
Israel: The Dynamics of Change and Continuity by David
Levi-Faur,
Gabriel Sheffer and David Vogel, eds. (Frank Cass Publishers).
<http://www.frankcass.com>
China and the Middle East: The Quest for Influence edited by
P.R.
Kumaraswamy (Sage Publications). A survey of China's involvement in the
Middle East, including arms exports, economic relations, and links to
the region's main countries. <http://www.sagepub.co.uk/>
Zvi Shilony, Ideology and Settlement: The Jewish National Fund,
1897-1914. <idealbooks@aol.com>
Ezra Fleischer-M.A.Friedman-Y.Kramer, eds. Mash'at Moshe: Studies in the Culture of Israel and Arabia. <idealbooks@aol.com>
Journals:
The Nonproliferation Review Vol. 6, No.3 (Spring-Summer 1999)
includes
an article by Dany Shoham, "Does Saudi Arabia Have or Seek Chemical or
Biological Weapons." <cns@miis.edu>
RUSI's annual International Security Review (ISR)2000 will examine: "Jordan: Prospects for Stability" by Neil Patrick of RUSI; "Israel-Palestine: Future Imperfect", James Schofield, Financial Times; "Where is Iraq Heading" by Prof. Judy Yaphe of NDU; "Counter or Non Proliferation" in the Mid East by Ambassador Robert Joseph, also of NDU and "Bin Laden, and other non state threats" by Dr. Mustafa Alani of RUSI. To order, write: Membership Secretary, RUSI, Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET, UK.
Al Jadid Magazine, Vol. 5, no. 27, 1999. It features "Is there an Arab Market for Fine Art?" by Charbel Dagher; and three essays on Egyptian intellectuals: Ali al-Rai, Fathi Ghanem, and Lutfi al-Kholi. <aljadid@jovanet.com> or <www.aljadid.com>
The Monterey Institute of International Studies' Center for Nonproliferation Studies has published the following papers: Robert H. Schmucker, [Iraqi] Al-Samoud [Missile] Performance Envelope Assessment; Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., A History of Ballistic Missile Development in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Gulbarshyn Bozheyeva, Yerlan Kunakbayev, and Dastan Yeleukenov, "Former Soviet Biological Weapons Facilities in Kazakhstan: Past, Present, and Future." <cns@miis.edu>
2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE
Gulf:
The CSIS Middle East Studies Program page has several useful
papers on
the Gulf: <http://www.csis.org/mideast/midpubs.html>.
Maghreb:
Excellent source of information on Algeria:
<http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/algeria/reports/>
Site on 1999 Tunisian elections: <http://www.tunisie.com/elections99/index.html>
Palestinians:
Permanent Mission of Palestine: <http://www.palestine-un.org/>
UN Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories (UNSCO) analyses of economic conditions; NGO directories. <http://www.unsco.org>.
Dheisheh Refugee Camp launched a bilingual website <http://www.dheisheh.acrossborders.org>.
Site on Qalqilya: <http://www.qalqilya.com/e-index.htm>.
Turkey:
Ari Movement website has been re-opened: <www.ari-tr.org>
Turkish Daily News Online, Turkey's only English-language independent
daily: <http://www.TurkishDailyNews.com>
Yemen
Les Chroniques Yemenite, articles on Yemen (in French) <http://www.univ-aix.fr/cfey/chronic.html>.
Yemenite Virtual Museum: <http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Dunes/3147/>.
Yemen Electronic Media Network <http://www.yemennet.com/>
Ofra Haza site <http://www.ofrahaza.com/>.
"Yemen, the tribe and the state" by Elham Manea. <http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/soc/manea1.htm>.
Aden Free Zone - a very specific but nonetheless plush and inviting site on this freeport: <http://www.adenfreezone.com/>
Abdullah Alfaqih's homepage has excellent links to Yemeni sites.
<http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/a/aalfaqih/>.
Korea/Yemen Center <http://www.hopia.net/kyc/kyc_e1.htm>.
Institutional Sites:
The German association for Middle East studies, DAVO, now has a service for members announcing meetings, job vacancies, grants, and other
relevant news called DAVO-Info-Service. In addition, it also has DAVO-Diskussionsforum" to discuss issues in
research. To subscribe or send material: <davo@geo.uni-mainz.de>.
Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation <http://www.centerpeace.org/>
NICE online-a Syrian server, Current Affairs Series: <http://www.niceonline.org/series.html>
Archives for CERI publications (in French): <http://www.ceri-sciencespo.com/archive/dessus.htm>
Strategic Assessment 1998 - Engaging Power for Peace (chapter 4 is on the Middle East) from the National Defence University: <http://www.ndu.edu/inss/sa98/sa98cont.html>
Upcoming events at the Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University.
<http://www.tau.ac.il:81/dayancenter/framecom.htm>
MidEast Web peace education. <http://www.mideastweb.org>.
Centre for Defence Studies at King's College <http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/cds/index.htm>.
Central Asian Studies World Wide has a Guide to Scholars of Central Asia, including information on institutions and resources. You can be
listed if you are a scholar on this area (minimum: 3 scholarly works). Last opportunity to be added to the Guide:
<http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww/> or <centasia@fas.harvard.edu>
Kibbutz Gezer seminars on Arab-Israeli relations: <seminar@gezernet.co.il> or <http://www.gezernet.co.il/seminar/semcent4.html>
Par, an Iranian magazine in Virginia, has reprinted the controversial play whose authors are imprisoned in Iran for allegedly anti-religious
references. Persian Text
at: <http://209.213.97.167/ViewArticle.cfm?id=516>
3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
Challenge is a bimonthly journal which offers investigative reporting and in-depth analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Oslo process. For a free copy, send name and address: <oda@netvision.net.il>.
Post-Soviet Armies Newsletter, includes Caucasus/Central Asian states: <psan@iname.com> <http://www.psan.org/>
CABME provides annual detailed analyses on energy issues for the Middle East: <Mark.Rodekohr@eia.doe.gov> <http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/cabsme.html> or <http://http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/email/index.htm>
For current information about events, resources, etc. in Central Asian Studies, the CentralAsia-L Announcement List, Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies: <http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~centasia/> or <centasia@fas.harvard.edu>. To Subscribe: <majordomo@fas.harvard.edu>; in text of message, write: subscribe CentralAsia-L.
The Interuniversity Consortium for Arab Studies (Montreal) maintains two specialist email lists: FOFOGNET is devoted to discussion and analysis of the Palestinian refugee issue. <http://www.prrn.org>. PALDEV is devoted to issues of economic development in the West Bank and Gaza. To subscribe to the FOFOGNET and/or PALDEV email lists: <info@prrn.org>. Must include a sentence identifying your interest in the topic.
4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
The European University Institute seeks proposals for participating in a project on economic networks and the political economy of fiscal policy reform in the Middle East: <http://www.iue.it/RSC/Proposals.htm> or <Heydeman@concentric.net>.
The American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS) announces its annual competition for fellowships to conduct research or study Arabic in Yemen. Deadline: November 15, 1999. Only for U.S. citizens who are post-doctoral researchers or full-time graduate students. The AIYS also has research grants for Yemeni citizens doing research in Yemen. <mellis@sas.upenn.edu> or <http://www.aiys.org>.
The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), sponsors scholars to conduct research in more than one country, at least one of which hosts an American overseas research center. Open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their doctorates: <www.caorc.org>
Call for papers from The Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, for a conference on "Redefining Security in the Middle East: Effects of the Peace Process," Montreal, Quebec, June 23-24, 2000. Deadline for submission of abstract: Friday, January 14, 2000. Abstracts must address at least one of the following: Theoretical perspectives, Military/Strategic Security, Economic Security, Social Security, Political Security, Cultural Security, Environmental Security: <jacobyta@cc.umanitoba.ca> or <bsasle@po-box.mcgill.ca>
The Sixth Annual Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO) (Hamburg, Germany). <doihh@uni-hamburg.de>, or <http://www.geo.uni-mainz.de/davo>. Call for papers deadline: November 2, 1999. Congress: December 2-4, 1999.
Call for Participation in an Interdisciplinary Research Network and a Workshop on "Cinema and the Middle East" during the DAVO Conference. <http://www.geo.uni-mainz.de/davo> or <DAVO@geo.uni-mainz.de>
International Conference on Islamic Legal Studies: The Madhab (Cambridge, Massachusetts), organized by the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School. <pbearman@law.harvard.edu> or <http://www.law.harvard.edu/Programs/ILSP>. Call for Papers deadline: November 1, 1999. Conference: May 4-6, 2000.
Seeking articles for Mediated Culture in the Middle East, Special Issue of Gazette. Topics to include: the changing political economy of the media, issues of civil society and democratization, gender empowerment, changing cultural and political identities, or political communications and mediated international relations. Deadline for finished papers: March 1st, 2000. Proposals to: <as19@leicester.ac.uk> or <http://www.le.ac.uk/cmcr/>
5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
News from Caucasus and Central Asia requests research papers on relations between Arab states and North Caucasian Islamists, especially in Daghestan. <uames@gilan.uar.net>
6. SCHOLAR'S AND AUTHOR'S ALERTS
Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac. The struggle for mastery of Central Asia from the 1820s to the present, including the many interesting individuals involved in this history. A Cornelia and Michael Bessie Book. ISBN 1-58243-028-4, $35.00 cloth / 688 pages. To order: <john.mcleod@perseusbooks.com>
Judith A. Klinghoffer, <Jklinghoff@aol.com> "Vietnam, Jews and the Middle East: Unintended Consequences" (Macmillan/St. Martin's: 1999). The American 1965 decision to focus decisively on the Vietnamese front forced it to rely on regional allies for the protection of her interests. Hence, "moderate" countries like Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Israel replaced "extremist" countries like Egypt and Algeria as strategic assets. The shift increased Soviet influence in the region. At the same time, American difficulties in thwarting a war of national liberation in Vietnam increased Arab/Palestinian' strategic support for such a war against Israel. When Moscow decided to encourage an Arab opening of a second Cold War front in the Middle East in response to the April 1967 American escalation of the bombing in Vietnam, Washington found itself unwilling and unable to fulfill her commitment to Israel. Israel won the war, became an American strategic asset but, as De Gaulle had so presciently predicted, the Vietnam War had to be settled before any progress could be made in the Middle East.
Abraham David, To Come to the Land: Immigration and Settlement in 16th Century Eretz-Israel <ADAVID@vms.huji.ac.il>. Translated by Dena Ordan. (Tuscaloosa and London, 1999). ISBN 0-8173-0935-7. This volume sets before the English reader a vast body of research, Previously available only in Hebrew, on the late medieval history of Eretz-Israel, focusing on the communal institutions in Safed and Jerusalem Jewish communities in the sixteenth century, its yeshivot and outstanding rabbinic figures. Attention is devoted to immigration, patterns of settlement, demographic, social and economic issues related to the brief but seminal flowering of Jewish life in Eretz-Israel under the early Ottoman regime. The book concludes with 79 brief biographies of rabbinic figures active in sixteenth-century Eretz-Israel.<http://www.uapress.ua.edu>
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES
[This only lists new
entries. For additional items, see MERIA News past issues on our homepage. We welcome submissions of events.]
October 28. London, UK, Prof. Fred Halliday will speak on the development of relations between Oman and Yemen. British-Yemeni Society and Anglo-Omani Society, 5.30 at MEA, 33 Bury Street, London SW1: <http://www.al-bab.com/bys/Default.htm>
October 31. Tel Aviv, Israel, Gen. Uzi Dayan, "Society-Military Relations in Israel." 18:15 Ettinger Hall (144), Gilman Building, Tel Aviv University. (Hebrew) <http://www.tau.ac.il:81/dayancenter/framecom.htm>
November 5-6. Gaza City, Gaza, The next seminar in the series "Prophecy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam" will be held by the Peace and Equality Supporters' Movement under the auspices of "People to People" at the Hotel al-Waha.
November 8, Tel Aviv, Israel, Professor Moshe Ma`oz, "Syria and Israel: Is the Conflict at an End?" 18:15 Brender Hall of Justice, Trubowitz Law Building, Tel Aviv University. [Hebrew] <http://www.tau.ac.il:81/dayancenter/framecom.htm>
November 9-13, Antalya, Turkey, International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, MEDCOAST 99-EMECS 99 Joint Conference, Hotel Dedeman: <http://www.metu.edu.tr/home/wwwmdcst/new/medcoast_99.html> or <medcoast@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr>
December 2, London, UK, Dr. John Simpson will speak on "Vice or Virtue? Early Reactions to the Spread of Tobacco in Arabia". British-Yemeni Society, Society for Arabian Studies and Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, 5.30 pm, SOAS (room B202), Thornhaugh Street. <http://www.al-bab.com/bys/Default.htm>
December 2-4, Hamburg, Germany, Annual Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO). <doihh@uni-hamburg.de>, <daxtmann@doihh.de>, or <http://www.geo.uni-mainz.de/davo>. For book exhibition contact <hs9a027@uni-hamburg.de> before 20 November.
December 14-16. Jerusalem and Haifa, Israel, Conference on Nasserism in Historical erspective. Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace and the Jewish-Arab Center <podeh@h2.hum.huji.ac.il> or <Winckler@research.haifa.ac.il>.
MERIA is indexed in Cambridge University's Index Islamicus. Staff: Barry Rubin, editor; Assistant Editors: Linda Sharaby (editorial); Cameron Brown (administrative). London representative: Lawrence Joffe.
MERIA offers you discounts on books and publications. We welcome special arrangements for our readers. To propose articles, items for publication, give others free subscriptions, or other correspondence, write:besa@mail.biu.ac.il