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Issue 2/February 2002
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
Assistant Editors,
Cameron Brown, Elisheva Rosman-Stollman, Joy
Pincus
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CONTENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS
1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE
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 NEWS:
Announcing MERIA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1 (March 2002) The next issue of
MERIA Journal will deal with a wide variety of issues and will be sent, as
always, to all on our subscription list (in both plain text and adobe/pdf) and
posted on our site. Here's the table of contents:
Michael
Rubin, "Who is Responsible for the Taliban?
Lenore G. Martin, "Arafat's Dueling Dilemmas"
Barry Rubin, "Why Yasir Arafat is President for Life-And What Comes
Next"
Brent E. Sasley, "Changes and Continuities in Jordanian Foreign
Policy"
Scott Lasensky, "U.S. Policy and the Costs of Peace"
Daniel Pipes and Mimi Stillman, "The U.S. Government: Patron of
Islam?" (Reprinted from Middle East Quarterly)
Birol Akgun, "Twins or Enemies: Comparing Nationalist and Islamist
Traditions in Turkish Politics"
Bibliography on Turkish-Israel relations: Updated
An
updated version of our "Bibliography on Turkish-Israel Relations" can
be found at <http://tsi.idc.ac.il/Bibliography.html>.
This version, updated by Engin Erdem, is based on a bibliography originally
published in MERIA News and which has been kept up to date with the help of many
readers.
1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
A. Books
* Books with this mark are offered at a 10% discount to MERIA readers.
Please state "MERIA reader" when ordering.
Economy (London: I B Tauris, October 2001, paperback edition). 336 pp. 15.95
pounds (plus postage 2.50 pounds. Airmail postage 6.50 pounds) ISBN
1-86064-813-4. To order: I B Tauris, 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU, UK.
Tel:+44-(0)20-7243 1225; Fax: +44(0)20-7243-1226); <mail@ibtauris.com>.
Orna Almog, Britain, Israel and the US, 1956-1958 (Frank Cass, 2002). 256 pp.
$47.00 (cloth). ISBN 0-7146-5246-6. <http://www.frankcass.com>.
*Sarah Ansari and Vanessa Martin (eds.) Women, Religion and Culture in Iran (Curzon
Press). 292 pp. (cloth) $75.00. ISBN 0-700-71509-6. For further
information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax: +1-781-834-9830;
<jsold@ipgbook.com>.
Caroline Attie, Lebanon in the 1950s (IB Tauris, January 2002). 256 pp.
(hardcover) 39.50 pounds. ISBN 1-86064-467-8. To order: <http://www.ibtauris.com>.
*Malak Badrawi, Isma'il Sidqi 1875-1950: Pragmatism and Vision in Twentieth
Century Egypt (Curzon Press). (cloth), $60.00, ISBN : 0-700-70408-6. For further
information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic
Markets, Independent Publishers Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050
USA. Tel./Fax: +1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*Brian Beeley (ed.), Turkish Transformation - New Century: New Challenges
(The Eothen Press). 200 pp. (paperback), $22.95, ISBN 0-906-71934-8. For further
information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
Francois Burgat, Face to Face with Political Islam (IB Tauris, January 2002).
288 pp. (paperback) 14.95 pounds. ISBN 1-86064-213-6. To order: <http://www.ibtauris.com>.
*Erik Cornell, Turkey on the Threshold of the 21st Century: Opportunities,
Challenges (Curzon Press). 288 pp. (cloth) $80.00. ISBN 0-700-71171-6. For
further information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*Roderic H. Davison, Turkey: A Short History (Third edition, Updated by
Clement Dodd, (The Eothen Press). 235 pp. (paperback), $29.95 ISBN
0-906-71922-4. For further information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax: +1-781-834-9830;
<jsold@ipgbook.com>.
Randi Deguilhem and Manuela Marin (eds.), Writing the Feminine: Women in Arab
Sources (IB Tauris, January 2002). 288 pp. (hardcover) 39.50 pounds. ISBN
1-85054-697-2. To order: <http://www.ibtauris.com>.
Raghid El-Solh, Lebanon and Arabism: 1936-1945 (IB Tauris, January 2002). 320
pp. (hardcover) 39.50 pounds. ISBN 1-86064-051-6. To order: <http://www.ibtauris.com>.
*Martin Ewans, Afghanistan: A New History (Curzon Press). 320 pp. (cloth)
$75.00. ISBN 0-700-71411-1. For further information, other titles, and to order:
<http://www.ipgbook.com> or: Jeremy
J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers Group, 140
Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax: +1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*Ninette S. Fahmy, The Politics of Egypt: State-Society Relationship (Curzon
Press). 312 pp. (cloth) $95.00. ISBN 0-700-71610-6. For further information,
other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
Suraiya Faroqhi, Sadok Boubaker and Randi Deguilhem, Crafts and Craftsmen of
the Middle East: Fashioning the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean (IB
Tauris, March 2002). 288 pp. (hardcover) 39.50 pounds. ISBN 1-86064-700-6. To
order: <http://www.ibtauris.com>.
Fouad N. Ibrahim and Barbara Ibrahim, Egypt: An Economic Geography (IB Tauris,
March 2002). 256 pp. (paperback) 14.95 pounds. ISBN 1-86064-548-8. To order:
<http://www.ibtauris.com>.
Salwa Ismail, Rethinking Islamist Politics: Culture, the State and Islamism (IB
Tauris, March 2002). 256 pp. (hardcover) 39.50 pounds. ISBN 1-86064-468-6. To
order: <http://www.ibtauris.com>.
*Anders Jerichow, Saudi Arabia: Outside Global Law and Order (Curzon Press).
(cloth) $65.00. ISBN 0-700-70958-4. For further information, other titles, and
to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*Andre Jerichow, The Saudi File: People, Power, and Politics (Curzon Press).
(cloth) $65.00. ISBN 0-700-70997-5. For further information, other titles, and
to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
Jung, Dietrich and Wolfango Piccoli. Turkey at the Crossroads. Ottoman
Legacies and a Greater Middle East (ZED Books, London, 2001). (paperback
and hardcover). To order: <http://www.zedbooks.demon.co.uk>.
Efraim Karsh, Israel in the International Arena (Frank Cass, 2002). 288 pp.
$26.50 (paperback). ISBN 0-7146-8021-4. <http://www.frankcass.com>.
*Mohammed Ali Kazembeyki, Society, Politics and Economics in Mazandaran, Iran
(Curzon Press). 336 pp. (cloth) $85.00. ISBN 0-700-71504-5. For further
information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax: +1-781-834-9830;
<jsold@ipgbook.com>.
Baruch Kimmerling, The Invention and Decline of Israeliness: State, Society,
and the Military (A S. Mark Taper Foundation Book in Jewish Studies, December
2001). 278 pp (cloth) $45.00, 29.95 pounds. ISBN 0-520-22968-1. For further
information and to order: <http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9416.html>.
*Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper and Bruce Ingham (eds.), Languages of Dress in the
Middle East (Curzon Press). (paperback), $25.00, ISBN 0-700-70671-2. For further
information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax: +1-781-834-9830;
<jsold@ipgbook.com>.
Arnon Medzini, The Euphrates: A Shared River (SOAS Water Research Group,
2001). ISBN 0-7286-03373. To order: <cnmes@soas.ac.uk>
or <tony.allen@kcl.ac.uk>.
Arnon Medzini, The River Jordan: Frontiers and Water (SOAS Water Research
Group, 2001). ISBN 0-7286-0338-1. To order: <cnmes@soas.ac.uk>
or <tony.allen@kcl.ac.uk>.
Stephen Merrett, Water for Agriculture: Irrigation Economics In International
Perspective (London: Spon Press, December 2001), 272 pp. (paperback), 29.99
pounds, ISBN 0-415-25239-3; (hardcover), 75.00 pounds, ISBN 0-415-25238-5. To
order online: <http://www.sponpress.com>
or <book.orders@tandf.co.uk>.
Freephone credit card hotline: 08700-768853 (in UK); / +44-1264-343071 (outside
UK) Fax: 020-7842-2300.
*Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Mehdi Amin Razavi, ed.) Islamic Intellectual Tradition
in Persia (Curzon Press). (cloth), $85.00, ISBN 0-700-71078-7. For further
information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax: +1-781-834-9830;
<jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*Ian Richard Netton, Middle East Sources: A MELCOM Guide to Middle Eastern
and Islamic Books and Materials in the United Kingdom and Irish Libraries (Curzon
Press). 260 pp. (cloth), $75.00, ISBN 0-700-71029-9. For further information,
other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax: +1-781-834-9830;
<jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*Asta Oleson, Islam and Politics in Afganistan (Curzon Press). (paperback),
$35.00, ISBN 0-700-70296-2. For further information, other titles, and to order:
<http://www.ipgbook.com> or: Jeremy
J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers Group, 140
Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax: +1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*Tord Olsson, Elisabeth Ozdalga and Catharina Raudvere (eds.) Alevi Identity:
Cultural, Religious and Social Perspectives (Curzon Press). 188 pp. (cloth)
$65.00. ISBN 0-700-71087-6. For further information, other titles, and to order:
<http://www.ipgbook.com> or: Jeremy
J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers Group, 140
Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax: +1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*Elisabeth Ozdalga, Nakshibendis Western and Central Asia (Curzon Press).
(cloth), $75.00, ISBN 0-700-71269-0. For further information, other titles, and
to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*Chanan Reich, Australia and Israel: An Ambiguous Relationship (Melbourne
University Press). 256 pp. (paperback), $29.95, ISBN 0-522-84996-2. For further
information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
Eugene Rogan (ed.), Outside In: On the Margins of the Modern Middle East (IB
Tauris, March 2002). 288 pp. (hardcover) 39.50 pounds. ISBN 1-86064-698-0. To
order: <http://www.ibtauris.com>.
May Seikaly, Haifa: Transformation of an Arab Society 1918-1939 (IB Tauris,
September 2001). 304 pp. (paperback) 14.95 pounds. ISBN 1-86064-556-9. To order:
<http://www.ibtauris.com>.
*David Shankland, The Alevis in Turkey: The Emergence of a Secular Islamic
Tradition (Curzon Press). 288 pp. (cloth) $85.00. ISBN 0-700-71606-8. For
further information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*David Shankland, Islam and Society in Turkey (The Eothen Press). 265 pp.
(paperback) $35.00 ISBN 0-906-71926-7. For further information, other titles,
and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla,
Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers Group, 140 Union Street,
Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax: +1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
Ismail Sirageldin (ed.), Human Capital: Population Economics in the Middle
East (IB Tauris, March 2002). 512 pp. (hardcover) 45.00 pounds. ISBN
1-86064-795-2. To order: <http://www.ibtauris.com>.
*Yasir Suleiman (ed.), Language and Society in the Middle East and North
Africa (Curzon Press). 288 pp. (cloth), $75.00, ISBN 0-700-70314-4. For further
information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax: +1-781-834-9830;
<jsold@ipgbook.com>.
Richard Tapper, The New Iranian Cinema: Politics, Representation and Identity
(IB Tauris, March 2002). 240 pp. (paperback), 39.50 pounds, ISBN 1-86064-5. To
order: <http://www.ibtauris.com>.
*Colin Turner, A Thematic Dictionary of Modern Persian (Curzon Press). 700
pp. (cloth), $60.00, ISBN 0-700-70458-2. For further information, other titles,
and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*John E. Wansbrough, Lingua Franca in the Mediterranean (Curzon Press).
(cloth), $75.00, ISBN 0-700-70309-8. For further information, other titles, and
to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*Democracy in the Arab World (International Idea). (paperback), $15.00,
ISBN 9-189-09852-8. For further information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
Index Islamicus, bibliography of books, articles and reviews on all aspects
of the Muslim world, will now be published by Brill Academic Publishers of
Leiden. Existing subscriptions entered with Bowker/CSA will be fully honored.
Plans are being made for a future online version of Index Islamicus. For
comments or further information: Editors, Index Islamicus, Islamic Bibliography
Unit, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR, UK; Fax:
+44/0-1223-333160; <ibu@ula.cam.ac.uk>.
A brief essay on the history of Index Islamicus, and information about its
coverage and current availability can now be found at <http://www.brill.nl/forthcoming/ii.html>.
*Muslim Turkistan (Curzon Press). (cloth), $85.00, ISBN 0-700-71297-6. For
further information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
*Turkish Republic at Seventy Years, The Progress-Development-Change (Foreword
by His Excellency Mr. Ozdem Sanberk, Introduction by Sir Michael Quinlan). The
papers in this book were given to a one-day conference to mark the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic. Leading experts from
Britain and Turkey evaluate diverse areas of social life, including Kemalism,
rural development, the economy, foreign affairs and the Cyprus issue. (The
Eothen Press). 250 pp. (paperback), $24.00. ISBN 0-906-71928-3. For further
information, other titles, and to order: <http://www.ipgbook.com>
or: Jeremy J. Soldevilla, Director of Academic Markets, Independent Publishers
Group, 140 Union Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 USA. Tel./Fax:
+1-781-834-9830; <jsold@ipgbook.com>.
B. Journals, Newsletters. Papers
A new journal, Journal of Human Rights has been published. (Volume 1, 2002, 4
issues per year.) Institutional Rate: US$250/152 pounds; Personal Rate: US$56/34
pounds. For further information, submission guidelines and to subscribe: <http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14754835.html>.
Table of contents for October, 2001 (No. 146) issue of Al Siyassa al Dawliyya,
Journal of International Politics (Egypt), is now online: <http://www.siyassa.org.eg/ESiyassa/ahram/2001/10/1/tocc0.htm>.
New issue (No. 66, Winter 2001/02) of The National Interest journal is
available in part online. To browse and to subscribe: <http://www.nationalinterest.org>.
Critique, Critical Middle Eastern Studies Journal, now available on-line. For
further information: <http://www.tandf.co.uk>.
Al-Masaq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean Journal, is now available
on-line. For further information: <http://www.tandf.co.uk>.
Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, is now available on-line. For further
information: <http://www.tandf.co.uk>.
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, is now available on-line. For
further information: <http://www.tandf.co.uk>.
Geraldine Dalton, Private Sector Finance for Water Sector Infrastructure:
What Does Cochabamba Tell Us About Using This Instrument? (SOAS Occasional
Papers no. 36, 2001). For further information: <http://www2.soas.ac.uk/Geography/WaterIssues/OccasionalPapers/home.html>;
<ta1@soas.ac.uk>.
Anton Earle, The Role Of Virtual Water In Food Security In Southern Africa (SOAS
Occasional Papers no. 33, 2001). For further information: <http://www2.soas.ac.uk/Geography/WaterIssues/OccasionalPapers/home.html>;
<ta1@soas.ac.uk>.
Elie Elhadj, Financing Major Water Projects In The Poorest Economies (SOAS
Occasional Papers no. 35, 2001). For further information: <http://www2.soas.ac.uk/Geography/WaterIssues/OccasionalPapers/home.html>;
<ta1@soas.ac.uk>.
Mordechai Gazit, Israeli Diplomacy and the Middle East Peace Process (Frank
Cass, 2002). 272 pp. $57.50 (cloth). ISBN 0-7146-5233-4. <http://www.frankcass.com>.
Sikandar Hasan, The Privatisation Process of Water and Sewerage Services In
An Asian Metropolis: Global Politics, Citizens' Organisations and Local Poor; A
Case Study Of Karachi (SOAS Occasional Papers no. 34, 2001). For further
information: <http://www2.soas.ac.uk/Geography/WaterIssues/OccasionalPapers/home.html>;
<ta1@soas.ac.uk>.
Anders Jugerskog, The Jordan River Basin: Explaining Interstate Water
Co-Operation Through Regime Theory (SOAS Occasional Papers no. 31, 2001). For
further information: <http://www2.soas.ac.uk/Geography/WaterIssues/OccasionalPapers/home.html>;
<ta1@soas.ac.uk>.
Anders Jugerskog, The Sanctioned Discourse - A Crucial Factor For
Understanding Water Policy In The Jordan River Basin (SOAS Occasional Papers no.
40, 2001). For further information: <http://www2.soas.ac.uk/Geography/WaterIssues/OccasionalPapers/home.html>;
<ta1@soas.ac.uk>.
Ma'hmoud Khayal, Hebrew-Arabic Translations n The Modern Era: A General
Survey (Meta, XLIII, 1, 1998). Text available online at: <http://www.erudit.org/erudit/meta/v43n01/khayal/khayal.html>.
David Seckler and Upali Amarasinghe, Major Problems In The Global Water-Food
Nexus (SOAS Occasional Papers no. 39, 2001). For further information: <http://www2.soas.ac.uk/Geography/WaterIssues/OccasionalPapers/home.html>;
<ta1@soas.ac.uk>.
William Wallace, Reconciliation in Cyprus: the window of opportunity (policy
paper, "Support Activities in Connection with Turkey's EU Candidacy and its
Role as a Key Partner of the EU", the Mediterranean Programme of the
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies and Istanbul Policy Center at Sabanci
University, 2001-2002). Available as PDF file. For further information:
Mediterranean Programme, Tel.: +39-055-4685-785, Fax: +39-055-4685-770; <lotta.svantesson@iue.it>;
<http://www.iue.it/RSC/MED>.
Kai Wegerich, Determining Factors of Local Institutional Change In Countries
In Transition (SOAS Occasional Papers no. 38, 2001). For further information:
<http://www2.soas.ac.uk/Geography/WaterIssues/OccasionalPapers/home.html>;
<ta1@soas.ac.uk>.
2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE
Dayan Center's Middle East Contemporary Survey (MECS) are now available at:
<http://www.dayan.org>. Click on
the revolving marquee.
Payvand, Iran gateway. Includes links to Persian newspapers and other media,
websites, films, books, music, travel information, yellow pages, business,
sports. Also a link to assist in creating Persian webpages: <http://www.payvand.com/news/
>.
For readers who want a concise factual overview of many countries, Reuters
AlertNet is hard to beat: <http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/countryprofiles/221859?version=1>
Saudi Royals database. Includes sections on the history of the Al Saud
family, Family Tree, Saudi Arabia Government Directory. It is also
possible to search for a specific Royal Family member: <http://www.saudiroyals.com/>.
Yahoo links to Saudi officials. Includes links to Government Official Bios,
interviews, speeches: <http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Saudi_Arabia/Government/Government_Officials/>.
3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
The Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin's Working Group Modernity and Islam invites
applications for three postdoctoral fellowships for the project: Jewish and
Islamic Hermeneutics as Cultural Critique for the academic year 2002-2003:
Recitation and Aesthetics-Scripture and Exegesis. The fellowships are intended
for scholars of religious studies and theologians from the Middle East and for
researchers from other countries who specialize in Jewish, Islamic, and Oriental
Christian traditions. Applicants must be familiar with hermeneutic and
cultural-theoretical questions and methods. Fellows will receive a monthly
stipend of 1,800 Euro (supplement for married Fellows: 250 Euro) and are
obligated to work in Berlin. The fellowship is to take place: October 1, 2002 -
September 30, 2003. Deadline for applications:
February 28, 2002. The applicant's doctorate should have been completed no
earlier than 1996. The application, consisting of a CV, a two- to four- page
project sketch, a sample of scholarly work (maximum 20 pp.), and evaluations by
two university instructors, should be submitted in English to: Arbeitskreis
Moderne und Islam, Geschaftsstelle Wissenschaftskollegzu Berlin, z.Hd. Georges
Khalil, Wallotstrae 19, 14193 Berlin, Germany; Fax +49-30-89-00-12-00; <khalil@wiko-berlin.de>.
For further information: <http://www.wiko-berlin.de/Information/eakmi_i.htm>.
The Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin's Working Group Modernity and Islam invites
scholars to apply for three postdoctoral fellowships for the
project: Cultural Mobility in Middle Eastern Literatures for the academic year
2002-2003: Transgression- Sacrifice - Testimony. The fellowships are intended
for scholars of cultural studies and literature from the Middle East. Fellows
will receive a monthly stipend of 1,800 Euro (supplement for married Fellows:
250 Euro) and are obligated to work in Berlin. The Fellowship is to take place:
October 1, 2002 - September 30, 2003. The applicant's doctorate should have been
completed no earlier than 1996. The application, consisting of a CV, a two- to
four-page project sketch, a sample of scholarly work (maximum 20 pp.) and
evaluations by two university instructors, should be submitted in English and
received by February 28, 2002 at: Arbeitskreis Moderne und Islam Geschaftsstelle
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin z.Hd. Georges Khalil Wallotstrae 19, 14193 Berlin,
Germany; Fax +49-30-89-00-12-00; <khalil@wiko-berlin.de>.
For further information:
<http://www.wiko-berlin.de/Information/eakmi_i.htm>.
Call for applications for the Emmanual Naveh Scholarship. Two scholarships
for 4,500 NIS each will be awarded to students working on their Masters thesis
or Doctorate dealing with Islamic Law. Candidates must have a good background in
Arabic and Islamic Studies. Deadline: March 1, 2002. A CV, research proposal and
two recommendations should be mailed to: The Israeli Oriental Society, Faculty
of Humanities, The Hebrew University, Har HaTzofim, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel.
Enclosing a recent paper or article on Islamic Law by the candidate is
recommended. For further information: Nimrod Goren, Tel. 972-2-588-3633; <ios49@hotmail.com>.
Routledge's a new Series in Middle East Politics, History and Law, wishes to
publish distinguished doctoral dissertations in the above fields
by young scholars at the early stages of their academic careers. For further
information: Prof. Shahrough Akhavi, Department of Government and International
Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208-0001 USA; <akhavi@sc.edu>;
tel. 803 777 4574; fax 803 777 8255; or: Dr. Farideh Koohi-Kamali, Dissertations
Editor, Routledge, An Imprint of Francis & Taylor Books, INC, 29 West 35th
Street, New York, NY 10001 USA <fkamali@routledge-ny.com>;
tel. 212 216 7853; fax 212 643 1430.
Israel Affairs is planning to publish a special issue on the Israel and the
Islamic World. The issue will subsequently be published as an edited
volume as a part of the 'Cass Series on Israeli History, Politics and Society.'
Among others, the study will focus on the perceptions and
attitudes of Islamic countries both inside and outside the Middle Eastern
region, Islamic movements that have made Israel their central focus such as
Hamas, the Organization of Islamic Countries as well as issues such as jihad.
Deadline: September 15, 2002. For further information: Dr P R Kumaraswamy <kumaraswamy_p_r@hotmail.com>.
Call for papers in specific panels for the Association for Israel Studies (AIS)
18th Annual Meeting to take place May 26-28, 2002, Vail
Cascade Resort, Vail, Colorado USA. The meeting is hosted by Institute for the
Study of Israel in the Middle East (ISIME) and will focus on Israel in the
Middle East. Please contact panel organizers directly. Topics of panels include:
Middle Eastern/Israeli Women's Studies (Esther Fuchs <fuchs@u.arizona.edu>);
Issues in Zionist Settlement (Ilan Troen <troen@bgumail.ac.il
>); Israel in a Globalized Age (Jeffrey Sosland
<sosland@gwu.edu>); Israel's
Democratization in a Comparative Perspective (Ilan Peleg <pelegi@mail.lafayette.edu>);
Teaching Israel and Palestine: Approaches to a Balanced Presentation of Conflict
(Gregory Mahler <gmahler@kzoo.edu>);
Jewish Immigration from Muslim Countries (Aviva Halammish <avivaha@oumail.openu.ac.il>);
Law and Society (Menachem Hofnung <msmh@mscc.huji.ac.il>);
Political Cultures and the Peace Process (Lise Korson <MayBaron@aol.com>);
Epistemology and Politics in Research on the Jewish-Arab Conflict (Maya Kahanoff
<kahanoff@msn.com>); Current
Findings in Public Opinion (Russell Stone <rstone@american.edu>).
For further information: AIS - Association for Israel Studies, American
University - Battelle-Tompkins Hall, 4400 Mass. Ave. N.W. Washington D.C.
20016-8042, USA. Tel. 202-885-2630, Fax 202-885-1083; <www.AISIsraelStudies.org>.
5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
6. SCHOLAR'S AND AUTHOR'S ALERTS (writers report on their books, articles,
and
activities)
Vladimir Chukov, Arab Political Parties System (1980-1990), (Bulgarian Center
for Middle East Studies, 2001 Second edition). 202 pp. A comparative study of
the Arab political parties theory and practice. For further information: <http://www.bcmes.com>.
Raphael Israeli, Green Crescent Over Nazareth: the Displacement of Christians
by Muslims in the Holy Land (Frank Cass, London, 2002); Jerusalem Divided: the
Armistice Regime (1947-67) (Frank Cass, London, 2002); Poison: Modern [Arab]
Manifestations of the Blood Libel (Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham and London,
2002). <http://www.frankcass.com>.
Liudmil Petrov, Bulgaria and Turkey (1931-1941) (Ivrai Publishing House,
2001). 305 pp. Historiographical Analysis of Bulgarian-Turkish
relations as part of European international relations before and during the
Second World War. For further information: <http://www.bcmes.com>.
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.]
February 5, 2002. Washington DC. The Middle East Institute Lunchtime Lecture
Series. Joseph Kechichian will speak about: Succession in Saudi Arabia.
12:00 - 1:00 pm. The Middle East Institute's Boardman Room, 1761 N Street, NW,
Washington, DC. Lecture is free and no RSVP is required. Guests are
encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch. For further information: Tel.
202-785-1141; Fax. 202-331-8861;
<http://www.TheMiddleEastInstitute.org>.
February 5, 2002. London. SOAS. Terry Evans (Consultant Engineer in the
recent past with Mott MacDonald) to speak on: Caspian Hydology: Problems of Sea
Level Change. 5:00 pm, Room B111, Brunei Building SOAS. Please RSVP as speaker
may have to travel. To RSVP or for further information: <tony.allan@soas.ac.uk>;
<http://www.soas.ac.uk>.
February 7, 2002. Tel Aviv. Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African
Studies. Conference titled: Iran and Iraq: Revolutionary Regimes Within the
Straits. (In Hebrew). 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Kes HaMishpat, Malka Brender
Auditorium, Law Building, Tel Aviv University.
February 12, 2002. Washington DC. The Middle East Institute Lunchtime Lecture
Series. Joshua Teitelbaum will speak about: Walking the Tightrope: Crown Prince
Abdallah. 12:00 - 1:00 pm. The Middle East Institute's Boardman Room, 1761 N
Street, NW, Washington, DC. Lecture is free and no RSVP is required.
Guests are encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch. For further information: Tel.
202-785-1141; Fax. 202-331-8861; <http://www.TheMiddleEastInstitute.org>.
February 13, 2002. Washington DC. The Middle East Institute Lunchtime Lecture
Series. Richard Parker will speak about: The US and the Barbary Corsairs: How
Relevant Today?. 12:00 - 1:00 pm. The Middle East Institute's Boardman Room,
1761 N Street, NW, Washington, DC. Lecture is free and no RSVP is
required. Guests are encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch. For further
information: Tel. 202-785-1141; Fax. 202-331-8861; <http://www.TheMiddleEastInstitute.org>.
February 16, 2002. Portland, Oregon. The American Turkish Council,
Contemporary Turkish Studies Program. Lecture by Alan Makovsky titled: Turkey in
Present Crisis: A Capitol Hill Perspective. 2:00 pm., Portland State University,
Smith Center Room 228/229. The lecture is open to public. For further
information: Birol Yesilada, Tel. (503)725-3257; <yesilada@pdx.edu>.
February 19, 2002. Washington DC. The Middle East Institute Lunchtime Lecture
Series. Ziad Asali, president of the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee, will speak about: The US Campaign Against
Terrorism: Insights from the Arab World. 12:00 - 1:00 pm. The Middle East
Institute's Boardman Room, 1761 N Street, NW, Washington, DC. Lecture is
free and no RSVP is required. Guests are encouraged to bring a brown-bag
lunch. For further information: Tel. 202-785-1141; Fax. 202-331-8861; <http://www.TheMiddleEastInstitute.org>.
February 19, 2002. London. SOAS. Bill Dorman (SOAS Political Studies
Department) to speak about: The Greater Cairo Wastewater Project and The
Politics of Sustainability. 5:00 pm, Room B111, Brunei Building SOAS. Those
planning to attend from outside SOAS are required to RSVP. To RSVP or for
further information: <tony.allan@soas.ac.uk>;
<http://www.soas.ac.uk>.
February 26, 2002. London. SOAS. Chris Perry (Consultant engineer and
economist, recently with IWMI) to speak on: Twenty Years On: Northern Gujarat
and Narmada. 5.00 pm, Room B111, Brunei Building SOAS. Those planning to attend
from outside SOAS must RSVP. To RSVP or for further information: <tony.allan@soas.ac.uk>;
<http://www.soas.ac.uk>.
March 5, 2002. London. SOAS. Steve Merrett (Research Associate SOAS Water
Research Group) to speak on: Institutional Economics And The Demand For Water
Services. 5:00 pm, Room B111, Brunei Building SOAS. Those planning to attend
from outside SOAS must RSVP. To RSVP or for further information: <tony.allan@soas.ac.uk>;
<http://www.soas.ac.uk>.
March 14-17, 2002. London. The International Forum for the Culture of Peace (IFLAC),
the Spiro Ark (London), and the Moshe Sharett Educational Center (Jerusalem).
IFLAC Rabin London Conference titled: Conflict Resolution Through Culture. The
conference will also include peace literature (drama, stories and poetry), as
well as musical presentations. Royal National Hotel, Russell Square, London. For
discounted flights and bookings at hotel, please fax: Rachel Attas:
972-4-8520783, Tel. 972-4-8511231. For further information and to register:
Nitza Spiro, Spiro Ark, Coordinator in London of the IFLAC RABIN
Conference, Tel. 020-8958-6272; Fax. 020-8905-4367; <spiroark@aol.com>.
September 8-13, 2002. University of Mainz, Germany. Middle East Studies
Association of North America (MESA) and the European Association for Middle
Eastern Studies (EURAMES) announce the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies
(WOCMES). Beyond the academic-scholarly program, the congress will include
cultural events, a film festival, theatre and dance performances, concerts, art
exhibitions, lectures and other activities. For further information, program and
to register: <http://www.wocmes.de>;
WOCMES Secretariat, Judith Pies und Joern Thielmann M.A., Centre for Research on
the Arab World (CERAW), Institute of Geography, University of Mainz, 55099
Mainz, Germany. Tel. ++49-6131-3922846, -3923446; Fax ++49-6131- 3924736; <wocmes@geo.uni-mainz.de>.
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