{"id":452,"date":"2014-10-19T13:42:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T13:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/?post_type=cu_event&p=452"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:37:28","slug":"cfp-international-conference-on-middle-eastern-studies-new-actors-and-issues-in-the-post-arab-uprisings-era","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/event\/cfp-international-conference-on-middle-eastern-studies-new-actors-and-issues-in-the-post-arab-uprisings-era\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP International Conference on Middle Eastern Studies: New actors and issues in the post-Arab uprisings era"},"content":{"rendered":"
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International Conference on Middle Eastern Studies: New actors and
\nissues in the post-Arab uprisings era<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Istanbul Gedik University, 12-13 January 2015, Istanbul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call for papers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The protests that started in December 2010 in Tunisia rapidly spread to
\nother countries of the Middle East and North Africa. As a result of
\nthese uprisings, triggered by a search for dignity, welfare and liberty,
\nthe authoritarian leaders of Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen were overthrown.
\nIn Syria, however, a complex civil war continues in which various
\nethnic, religious, regional and external actors have become involved. As
\nfor the other Middle Eastern state regimes, while some have been little
\ninfluenced by these events, others have violently suppressed domestic
\ninsurgencies. No state, however, has remained unaffected by the wave of
\nuprisings, as almost every country in the region has had to deal with
\nissues such as human security, refugees, migration or ethnic\/religious
\nconflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the post-uprisings period, new actors, in particular Kurds and
\nIslamist organizations, have become prominent. Kurds in Syria, having
\nobtained some autonomy in the northern region of Syria called Rojava,
\nhave engaged in a war with the Islamic State, which has been expanding
\nits control over territories in both Syria and Iraq by massacring Kurds,
\nChristians and Shiites. These developments have also had an impact on
\nthe foreign policies of those regional and Western actors directly or
\nindirectly engaged with issues and developments in the region. Within
\nthis new framework, the foreign policies of other countries towards the
\nregion have been questioned, which will probably pave the way for new
\nalliances and create new conflicts regarding regional issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on this perspective, papers exploring the following issues are
\nwelcomed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Ethnic and religious conflicts
\n– Migration
\n– Refugees
\n– Security
\n– Violence
\n– Islamist movements and organizations
\n– Political and social movements
\n– Foreign policies towards the Middle East and North Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Submission Guidelines<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted as Word
\ndocuments to the organizers by November 8, 2014. Full papers of
\n6,000-10,000 words should be sent by March 15, 2015. Please note that we
\nare planning to publish the selected papers in an edited book through a
\nprestigious publishing house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference Fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cost for attending the conference is 150 Euros, including
\nregistration fee, two lunches and tea-coffee services<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration deadline<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 29, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference Venue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference will be held in the Cezayir Meeting Hall, located in the
\nhistoric building of the Italian Worker\u2019s Society in the city center,
\nIstanbul. Participants will have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful
\natmosphere of both Cezayir itself, and nearby Taksim\/Beyo\u00f0lu. Please see
\nhttp:\/\/www.cezayir-istanbul.com\/en\/index-en.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accommodation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants will benefit from discounted accommodation rates at
\nparticipating hotels located in the city center. The list of the hotels
\nwill be announced soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstracts should be sent by email to the editors at either of the
\nfollowing address:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assist Prof. Dr. J\u00fclide Karako\u00e7
\nDepartment of Political Science and Public Administration
\nGedik University, Istanbul\/ Turkey
\njulide.karakoc@gedik.edu.tr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assist. Prof. Dr. Duygu Ersoy
\nDepartment of Political Science and Public Administration
\nGedik University, Istanbul\/ Turkey
\nduygu.ersoy@gedik.edu.tr
\n_______________________________________________
\nDiaspora.fi
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