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Issue 16/December 2000
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
Associate Editor, Judith Colp Rubin
Assistant Editors, Cameron Brown, Elisheva Rosman-Stollman
Issue 16/December 2000
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
Associate Editor, Judith Colp Rubin
Assistant Editors, Cameron Brown, Elisheva Rosman-Stollman
CONTENTS (Please credit if quoting; ask permission to reprint):
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. 4, No. 4 (December 2000) has been published. We are now seeking articles for MERIA Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2001). Please send queries and manuscripts to Barry Rubin at <besa@mail.biu.ac.il>.1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
A.
General Books
Josh
Teitelbaum, "Holier Than Thou: Saudi Arabia's Islamic Opposition." For
a description and to order: <http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubs/saudgulf.htm>.
Charles
Tripp, "A History of Iraq," Cambridge U Press, 300 pp. Hardback 35 pounds. ISBN 0 521 55404 7; Paperback 12.95 pounds. ISBN 0
521 55633 3. <http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk>.
Ali
M. Ansari, “Iran, Islam and Democracy: The Politics of Managing Change”
(RIIA, December 2000). 160 pp, 16.95 pounds.
<http://www.riia.org/Research/mep/mep2.html#Briefing Papers>.
Rosemary
Hollis (ed), “Managing New Developments in the Gulf” (RIIA, October 2000).
128 pp. 14.95 pounds; (hb) 37.50 pounds.
<http://www.riia.org/Research/mep/mep2.html#Briefing Papers>.
Laurie
Mylroie, "Study of Revenge: Saddam Hussein's Unfinished War Against
America" (The American Enterprise Institute, 2000).
<http://www.aei.org/shop1/shops/1/s-v.htm>.
Dr
Mohamed Taher, “The Book in Islamic Civilization”
<http://taher.freeservers.com>.
Lutz
Wiederhold, "Cooperative Structures for the Collection of Internet
Resources on and from the Middle East"
<http://www.uni-bamberg.de/unibib/melcom/venedig4.html>
or
<http://www.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/text/vortraege/venedig.htm>.
Mai
Yamani, “Changed Identities: The Challenge of the New Generation in Saudi
Arabia” (RIIA, May, 2000). 160pp: ISBN 1 86203 088, 14.95 pounds.
<http://www.riia.org/Research/mep/mep2.html#Briefing Papers>.
Ursula
Oswald Spring (ed), “Peace Studies From A Global Perspective: Human Needs In
An Cooperative World.” (Durban, South-Africa, June 1998.)
A Collection of Selected Papers Presented at the Seventeenth General
Conference of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA). Hardcover pp.
460, send $27 per copy bank draft payable to Maadhyam Book Service, to: Maadhyam
Book Services, 1715 Outram Lines, Kingsway Camp Delhi 11009 India.
B.
New and Recent Books on Turkey (These and other books will be reviewed in
Turkish Studies journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, to be published early in 2001. Visit the
journal's site: <http://www.frankcass.com/jnls/tur.htm>).
Yasemin
Celik, Contemporary Turkish Foreign Policy (Westport, Connecticut:
Praeger, 1999) pp. xxvii+176. $59.95 (hardcover). ISBN 0-275-96590-2.
Henry
Glassie, Turkish Traditional Art Today (Bloomington & Indianapolis:
Indiana University Press, 1993). pp. xi+947. $89.95 (cloth). ISBN 0-253-3255-2.
Saime
Goksu and Edward Timms, Romantic Communist: The Life and Work of
Nazim Hikmet (London: C. Hurst & Company, 1999). pp. xii + 371. 25.00
pounds (hardcover). ISBN 1-85065-371-2.
Sylvia
Kedourie, Seventy-Five Years of the Turkish Republic (London-Portland,
Oregon: Frank Cass, 2000). pp. 237, index. $57 (cloth). ISBN 0-7146-5042-0.
Andrew Mango, Ataturk
(London: John Murray, 1999). pp.
666. 30.00 pounds (cloth). ISBN 0-7195-56120. Reprinted twice (1999).
Lenore
G Martin, New Frontiers in Middle East Security (New York: St.Martin's
Press, 1999). pp. 279, bibliography, index. $49.95 (hardcover). ISBN
0-312-21414-6.
Vojtech Mastny, and R. Craig Nation (ed),
Turkey Between East and West: New Challenges For a Rising a Regional Power
(Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998). pp. 296. $28.00 (paperback). ISBN
0813334128.
Naim
Turfan, Rise of the Young Turks: Politics, the Military and Ottoman Collapse
(London: I. B. Tauris Publishers, 2000). pp. 490. 45 pounds (hardcover). ISBN
186064533.
Ergun
Ozbudun, Contemporary Turkish Politics (Boulder, London: Lynne Rienner,
2000). pp. 174. $49.95 (hardcover). ISBN 1555877354.
Edited
by Roald Sagdeev and, Susan Eisenhower, Islam and Central Asia: An Enduring
Legacy or An Evolving Threat? (Washington, D.C.: Center for Political and
Strategic Studies, 2000). pp. 236. $15.00 (paperback). ISBN 0967023327.
Mehmet Ugur, The European Union and Turkey: An Anchor/Credibility Dilemma (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Group, 1999). pp 286. 39.95 pounds (hardcover). ISBN 1840144432.
Gareth Winrow, Turkey and the Caucasus: Domestic Interests and Security Concerns (London: The Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2000). pp. 65. $14.95 (paperback). ISBN 1862031169.
C.
Journals, Reference Works, and Reports
Index
Islamicus (Bowker, 1906-1998), CD-ROM. Owners of previous editions get
approximately 63% discount. <http://www.bowker-saur.co.uk>.
Mediterranean
Quarterly. <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/med/>, Editor:
<subscriptions@dukeupress.edu>.
Security
Dialogue (the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) and SAGE
Publications, London). <http://www.sagepub.co.uk/>,
<http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journals/details/j0035.html>. Access by
subscription only. Contact: Editor <securitydialogue@prio.no>.
Report by human rights' group Btselem on Israeli-Palestinian fighting: <http://www.btselem.org>.
2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE
A.
General:
Analyses,
Dayan Center. See articles at:
<http://www.tau.ac.il/dayancenter/analyses.htm>.
Al-Moujez-an-Iran
(Iran Briefing). November 2000, Volume 10, Number 3:
<http://www.caisuk.com/alm1100.htm>.
Latest
MEPC Journal, VII/4 at: <http://www.mepc.org/journal/0010.html>.
WorldViews
Middle East: <http://www.igc.apc.org/worldviews/wvmet.html>.
The
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies website now includes schedules of seminars:
<http://www.oxcis.ac.uk>. Information about their Journal of Islamic
Studies: <http://www.oxcis.ac.uk/jis/index.html>
OCIS Newsletter
(published three times a year) can be accessed by pdf:
<http://www.oxcis.ac.uk/news/index.html>.
The
International Friends of the Alexandria Library:
<http://listas.bireme.br/mailman/listinfo/lis-alexandria_library>.
The
World Bank site, MENA division, announces loans for projects in the region,
annual reports, and other news:
<http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/mna/mena.nsf>.
Collection
of links to Arab universities via "Arab German Consulting." Note that
some of the links are broken: <http://www.arab.de/aunivers.htm>.
US
State Department statements and press releases on Middle East issues:
<http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/nea_pstmts.html>.
Kofi
Annan's statement at OIC summit:
<http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.nsf/22f431edb91c6f548525678a0051be1d/
86c1676f5c75a36f85256997004daea3!OpenDocument>.
James
Phillips, "Defusing Terrorism At Ground Zero: Why A New U.S. Policy Is
Needed For Afghanistan":
<http://www.heritage.org/library/backgrounder/bg1383.html>, PDF version:
<http://www.heritage.org/library/backgrounder/pdf/bg_1383.pdf>.
Proceedings
of the First International Congress, "The Contemporary World and Human
Rights in Georgia." (Batumi, Georgia, February 23-25, 2000).
<http://members.theglobe.com/levur/iacerhrg/books.html>.
Summary of The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies seminar (October 19,
2000): "The Ethnography of Education in the Arab World"
<http://www.ccasonline.org/publicaffairs/anthrop10192000.htm>.
"Honor
Killings" in Pakistan, Jordan, Israel/Palestinian Authority, Balkans:
<http://www.gendercide.org/case_honour.html>.
Middle
East Broadcasting, from London: <http://www.mbctvsat.com/>
English:
<http://www.mbctvsat.com/english/outside.htm>.
ABC newswire for the Middle East: <http://abcnews.go.com/wire/world/me/>. The site for lis-middle-east has migrated to <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/LIS-MIDDLE-EAST.html>. the list is owned and operated by Paul Auchterlonie <J.P.C.Auchterlonie@exeter.ac.uk>.
B.
North Africa
Institut
de Recherche sur le maghreb Contemporain <http://www.irmcmaghreb.org>.
National Geographic presents a glance at
Libya in November 2000. <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0011/feature1/assignment2.html>;
<http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0011/feature1/index.html>; <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/index.html>.
Algeria
information page includes maps, articles and related topics, organizations and
news groups and mailing lists:
<http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/algeria.html>.
C.
Syria, Iran and Iraq
"al-Mutammar"
weekly from the Iraqi National Congress, available in pdf format. Go to
<http://www.inc.org.uk> and click on Arabic or English.
FAS
(Federation of American Scientists) site. Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988):
<http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/war/iran-iraq.htm>
The Iraq Crisis:
<http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/iraq.htm>
Iraq's special weapons
program: <http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iraq/index.html>.
Webcrawler's
collated links to Iran-Iraq War:
<http://www.webcrawler.com/education/arts_and_humanities/history/
wars_and_conflicts_/20th_century/iran_iraq_war/>.
D.
Palestinians
Palestinian
clubs:
<http://dir.clubs.yahoo.com/Regional/Regions/Middle_East/Countries_and_Regions/
Palestinian_Authority/>.
Israel/Palestine Forum:
<http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/israelandpalestineforum>.
Al-Quds
Intefada [sic] Update (English):
<http://www.sis.gov.ps/arabic/quds/quds_en.html>.
State Information Service, Palestine
(Arabic). Includes links to Arafat’s Homepage, Prisoners, Refugees, and
Tourism: <http://www.sis.gov.ps/arabic/index.html>.
In English via <http://www.sis.gov.ps/english.html>.
UN "Question of Palestine" homepage: <http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/qpal/index.html>.
Links
to Palestinian Authority speeches: <http://www.pna.net/speeches/>.
Jerusalem
Media & Communication Centre (JMCC),
<http://www.jmcc.org/new/index.html>.
E.
Israel
Nine
clubs specifically on Israeli politics:
<http://dir.clubs.yahoo.com/Government___Politics/By_Country_or_Region/Countries/Israel/Politics/>.
A
selection of Middle East Peace Process articles. Includes maps,
<http://israeliculture.miningco.com/culture/israeliculture/cs/peaceprocess/index.htm>.
Consulate
General of Israel <http://www.israelemb.org/la>
presents several daily and weekly updates: Israel Line (daily), summary of all
current events concerning Israel:
<http://www.realitytoday.com/consulate/israel_line>;
Arab Media (daily) --
a concise summary of all Arab news from the Middle East:
<http://www.realitytoday.com/consulate/arab_media>;
Israel Cabinet
Communique (weekly) -- a summary of items discussed at weekly cabinet meeting:
<http://www.realitytoday.com/consulate/israel_cabinet>;
Israeli Editorials
(daily) -- a packet of daily Israeli newspaper editorials in English:
<http://www.realitytoday.com/consulate/editorials>;
“This Just
In” -- real time breaking news updates:
<http://www.realitytoday.com/consulate/just_in>;
Israel Economic Update
(weekly) -- an information packet summarizing business conditions and the state
of Israel’s economy: <http://www.realitytoday.com/consulate/economic>;
“Domestic Gems” -- feature stories from the Israeli media:
<http://www.realitytoday.com/consulate/domestic_gems>;
Middle East Update
-- a packet of articles and background papers on Israel and Middle East events
culled from the Israeli press and sent periodically:
<http://www.realitytoday.com/consulate/middle_east>;
Press Releases --
distribution of all Consular press releases and updates about consulate events:
<http://www.realitytoday.com/consulate/press_releases>.
Israeli army's coverage of "Riots in the Territories”: <http://www.idf.il/english/news/jump.stm>
Settlers
and Settlement sites: Ma'aleh Adumim:
<http://www.maale-adummim.muni.il/english/>;
Hebron Jewish Community
homepage: <http://www.hebron.org.il/>;
Amana - settlement body for Gush
Emunim: <http://www.amana.co.il/2000/index.html>.
"Behind
the News" from Israel Resource News Agency focuses on translations and
analyses of PA radio. <http://israelvisit.co.il/BehindTheNews/index.html>.
"Tzemach News Service": <http://www.tzemach.org/fyi/>.
Givat
Haviva's web site <http://www.dialogate.org.il>.
Listings
of Yitzhak Rabin speeches, biography, photos, and section on the peace process. <http://www2.haaretz.co.il/special/rabin-e/>.
Jewish
Students On-Line Research Center (J-SOURCE) has added a number of new articles
<http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/news.html>
including Barak Calls for Early Elections
<http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Politics/earlyelec.html>
Development of
Limited Water Resources: Historical
and Technological Aspects:
<http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Environment/water.html>
Arab Democratic
Party:
A
bibliography covering the history of the Palestine-Israel conflict, and
Palestine archeology and history: <http://www.mideastweb.org/biblio.htm>.
F.
Jordan
71
Jordanian clubs listed at:
<http://dir.clubs.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Jordan/>;
the most popular
seems to be: <http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/thejordanroyalfamilyclub>.
G.
Saudi Arabia and The Gulf
The
Oil Navigator website has opened its Features section to all visitors on
developments in Gulf countries. <http://www.oilnavigator.com>.
The
London- and Gulf-based Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies (GCSS) has six
publications listed at: <http://www.gcss.org.uk/bahrain%20analysis.htm>.
Saudi
Arabian Information Service: <http://www.saudinf.com/main/000.htm>.
David
Butter, “Saudi Arabia - Exciting times for the Saudi economy”. (MEED - 17
November 2000). <http://www.meed.com/news.asp?Target=top>.
A
Qatari site with many informative links dealing with business, education, media
(including links to Al-Jazeera satellite channel and Qatari Television), travel,
books and other Arab countries: <http://www.hejleh.com/countries/qatar.html>.
H.
Kurdish Links
Finland’s
Swedish University Kurdish links: <http://www.abo.fi/~owahlbec/kurds.htm>.
Kurdish
Institute publications. Includes periodicals, books, school texts, cassettes of
traditional music, video cassettes, posters:
<http://www.institutkurde.org/ikpweba/publica/publica.htm>.
Mesopotamia
TV, a Kurdish channel in Denmark: <http://www.metv.dk/indexE.htm>.
3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
Arabia.com
Newsletter <http://www.arabia.com/newsletter/subscribe>.
The Columbia
International Affairs Online (CIAO) mailing list
provides monthly updates of reports, monographs and other materials from the
world's research centers. Subscribe by sending the word 'subscribe' (no quotes)
in the body of a message to <ciao-request@columbia.edu>.
The
Student Support Network (SSN) produces a free bulletin containing the most
up-to-date information available on funding opportunities for postgraduate
students and researchers in Social Sciences.
Those wishing to subscribe can e-mail Ahmad Lutfi, MA:
<A.A.Lutfi@lse.ac.uk>.
PubText
is a free Textbook Inspection Copy service, used by teachers and lecturers
considering changing their current course textbooks -- or seeking new books to
enrich their course bibliography. For information: <http://go.to/pubtext>.
4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
The Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal seeks articles for publication for the March 2001 issue. Articles should deal with the modern Middle East and be both scholarly and accessible to a wide range of readers. Preferred length is 4,000 to 7,000 words. MERIA Journal is published every March, June, September, and December. Queries are welcome. All items should be sent to: Barry Rubin, <besa@mail.biu.ac.il>. We also seek Research Guides. Visit our site <http://meria.biu.ac.il>
to see the topics and style of previous articles and Guides.
Gulf
2000 is compiling a database of companies or institutions (NGO, business, media,
government) for possible employment opportunities--either for summer internships
or entry-level employment--for Masters degree students, many with concentrations
in Middle East studies but others with backgrounds in business, security studies
and international affairs. To be added to the database, please send contact
information (email, phone, fax, mail address): <g gs2@columbia.edu>.
International
Summer Academy, Istanbul, The Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern
World in Leiden and the Berlin-based Working Group Modernity and Islam, invite
applications to an international Summer Academy for doctoral and postdoctoral
researchers. The Academy will take place 3-14 September 2001, at the Yildiz
Technical University, Istanbul. The program addresses doctoral and postdoctoral
researchers in Islamic as well as relevant area studies, history, anthropology,
law and social sciences. Deadline for applications: 15 January 2001. Information
and applications can be found at: website of the ISIM
<http://www.isim.nl>, The Working Group Modernity and Islam
<http://www.wiko-berlin.de/Information/eakmi_i.htm>.
Viewpoints,
a newly established biannual (June and November) journal for Middle Eastern and
North African cultural and intellectual studies, is accepting articles for its
first issue of its first volume, tentatively set to appear in the late
spring/early summer of 2001. Articles may be in Arabic, Persian, Tamazight
(Berber), Turkish, or Urdu, as well as in English, French, German, or Spanish.
Contributions sent electronically as attachments will not be accepted. Deadline:
March 1, 2001. For information: <mena@binghamton.edu>.
The
Organizers of the Conference on Middle Eastern Printing and Publishing History
in Mainz, Germany scheduled for 9-12 September 2002, are calling for papers and
wish to have some indication that sufficient people will attend. Further
information: Prof. Guenter Meyer, <G.Meyer@Geo.Uni-Mainz.de>.
Call
for applications to run a workshop at the Third Mediterranean Social and
Political Research Meeting scheduled in 20-24 March, 2002 Florence. The
Mediterranean Programme requires participants to have at least a good working
knowledge of English and / or French. Travel and accommodation allowances will
be made available for participants. Deadline: December 15, 2000.
<http://www.iue.it/RSC/MED/meeting2002-callWS.htm>
Imco Brouwer
<medmeet@iue.it> or fax: +39/055/468-5770.
The Fund for American Studies and Georgetown University present the International Institute for Political and Economic Studies (IIPES) in Greece from July 15 - August 7, 2001. Students can apply through <www.iipes.org> IIPES brings together students from the United States, Middle East and Balkans to learn about each other and explore ways to cross the barriers that divide their cultures. The early decision deadline is January 31, 2001. For questions or more information: <iipes@tfas.org>.
5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
Omar
Awwad, <omawwad@excite.com>
is looking for material about Arab cinema, particularly information about
“West Beirut" by Ziad Doueiri and "The Tale of The Three
Jewels" by Michel Khleifi, and children’s language in Arab cinema during
wars.
Selahattin Kaya <tunahang@hotmail.com> is researching Middle East minorities and is looking for maps that show where different ethnic and religious minority groups live in individual countries and in the region as a whole.
6. SCHOLAR'S AND AUTHOR'S ALERTS
Carol R. Saivetz <saivetz@fas.harvard.edu> has recently written a briefing paper on Russian President Putin's Caspian policy for Harvard's Caspian Studies Program. There's some mention of Iran in the paper as well. Dr. Saivetz, a leading analyst of Russian foreign policy, also recommends U.S. responses to the new Russian policies. <http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/BCSIA/Library.nsf/pubs/SaivetzPutin>.
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.]
December
10, 2000. London, England, The Middle Eastern Centre for Women's Studies
conference on the universality of women's rights, 10am to
6pm at the University of London, Soas, Lecture theatre, Thornhaugh Street,
London WC1. For more information, contact <mecws@yahoo.com>.
Tel: +44 (0) 788 4040 835.
December
10, 2000. The Jewish Arab Center of the University of Haifa conference on Equal
Rights of Jews and Arabs in Israel -- following the October Events. 11:30 a.m.
at the University's Sefadia Hall. For further details:
<http://research.haifa.ac.il/~jew-arab/conferences>
or
<fjar401@uvm.haifa.ac.il>.
December
11, 2000. Inbal Hotel (Laromme). Jerusalem, Israel. 9:00 am. Ministry of Israeli
Society and World Jewish Community, The Anti-Defamation League and the
International Policy Institute for Counter Terrorism present a Seminar on
Antisemitism/Terrorism and the Internet. Topics include Cyberwar and Responses
to the threat. Please confirm attendance: fax 02-5011553, email:
<dec11_sem@yahoo.com>.
January
7-8, 2001. Tehran. The 11th International Seminar on Persian Gulf: Persian Gulf
in the New Global Arrangements. The main topics for the seminar include Security
(political issues), Economic and Cultural Issues. <ipis.1@mail.dci.co.ir>
or fax: +98- 21- 2802649.
February
12-13, 2001. Chatham House, London. The Development of Middle East Energy: North
Africa, the GCC, Iraq, Iran and the Caspian. Senior representatives from the
private sector, energy companies, state-owned companies, governments and
commentators will assess the opportunities and comparative advantages in the
development of Middle East energy, from North Africa to the Caspian. Following
the conference, 14 February 2001, the Royal Institute of International Affairs
will be hosting a one-day interactive workshop: Getting Down to Business in the
Middle East. For more information:
<http://www.riia.org/Conferences/mideastenergy.pdf>
June
11-12, 2001. Haifa, Israel. Primary Solidarities and Middle East Elite Groups,
Jewish-Arab Center--Gustav Heinemann Institute of Middle Eastern Studies. Please
note that the date has been changed. Contact: Prof. Amatzia Baram
<fjar401@uvm.haifa.ac.il>; Prof. Joseph Nevo
<nevo@research.haifa.ac.il>; Reuven Aharoni
<reu_vena@netvision.net.il>.
July
21st - August 18th, 2001. The Netherlands. 2001 International Student Symposium
on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. The Institute for International
Mediation and Conflict Resolution (IIMCR). The symposium will accept young
people with sufficient academic backgrounds and relevant experience who
demonstrate a strong motivation to be educated in conflict resolution and
prevention. For further information including the curriculum and application,
<www.iimcr.org> or contact <info@iimcr.org>.
September
3-14, 2001. Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul. The Institute for the Study
of Islam in the Modern World in Leiden and The Berlin-Based Working Group
Modernity and Islam invite applications to an International Summer Academy for
doctoral and postdoctoral researchers. The Summer Academy will be held in
cooperation with the Orient-Institut der Deutschen Morgenlaendischen
Gesellschaft, the Institut Francais Etudes Anatoliennes, the Swedish Research
Institute, and the Netherlands Historical-Archeological Institute. Participants
receive a stipend covering travel and accommodation expenses. More information
and application forms can be found at <http://www.isim.nl>
and
<http://www.wiko-berlin.de/Information/eakmi_i.htm>. The working language
of the Summer Academy is English. Deadline: 15 January 2001.
September
9-12, 2002. Mainz, Germany. Conference on Middle Eastern Printing and Publishing
History. At this time the organizers are calling for papers and wish to have
some indication that sufficient people will attend. Further information: Prof.
Guenter Meyer, <G.Meyer@Geo.Uni-Mainz.de>.
March
20-24, 2002. Florence. Scholars are invited to send applications to run a
workshop at the Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting. Deadline
December 15, 2000. Participants must have a good working knowledge of English
and / or French. Travel and accommodation allowances available.
<http://www.iue.it/RSC/MED/meeting2002-callWS.htm>
Imco Brouwer <medmeet@iue.it> or fax: +39/055/468-5770
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