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Job Openings: Open positions at American Islamic College

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American Islamic College located in Chicago, has achieved Degree Granting Authority for its B.A. and M.A. in Islamic Studies, as well as, a new Master of Divinity in Islamic Studies (MDIS). As we expand and solidify our programs, we are augmenting our administration and faculty.

  • Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Vice President for Finance and Administration
  • Professor of Islamic Studies (open rank)
  • Faculty position in Arabic Language
  • PR & Communications Coordinator

http://www.aicusa.edu/employment/

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CFP: Muslims, Sport and Physical Activity

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CALL FOR PAPER:
MUSLIMS, SPORT and PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

7 December 2015, Leuven-Belgium

Institute for Media Studies, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, and Gülen Chair at KU Leuven organize an international workshop on Muslims, Sport and Physical Activity. This workshop attempts to provide more insight on the relationship between Muslims who live in Europe and sports-physical activity. We would like to examine how Muslims make sense of religion and their religious identity in sportive activities and how public policies are organized vis-a-vis the needs of the Muslim populations in Europe. During this workshop we want to adress a range of issues such as space, gender, social inclusion, multiculturalism, citizenship, politics of identity and secularism.

Deadline for application: 20th September 2015.

For more information, please see: http://www.gulenchair.com/articles/call-for-paper-muslim-and-sports <http://www.gulenchair.com/articles/call-for-paper-muslim-and-sports>

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CFP: Political and public approaches to gender, secularism and multiculturalism, Lisbon, November 2015

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Political and public approaches to gender, secularism and multiculturalism

CIUL (Centro de informação urbana de Lisboa) – Lisbon, 11-13 November 2015.

DEADLINE EXTENDED – 25th September 2015

This workshop is the third of a series of international workshops on the theme “Is secularism bad for women? Women, Religion and Multiculturalism in contemporary Europe” focusing on the relation between the role of religion in women’s lives and gender equality (https://womenreligionandsecularism.wordpress.com/). This is an important question to debate, given the increased visibility of religion in the globalized world of the 21st century. While some scholars and political actors argue that a form of political secularism is the best way to ensure gender equality, others consider secularism a bad political arrangement for religious people, because it excludes them from the political and public sphere. Taking forward discussions initiated by Susan Moller Okin’s controversial 1997 essay ‘Is multiculturalism bad for women?’ and continued recently in works of scholars including Saba Mahmood, Joan Scott, Nilüfer Göle, Nadje Al-Ali, Linell Cady and Tracy Fessenden, these workshops address the following questions: how can European societies secure religious women’s freedom and flourishing? What political arrangements offer the most to those who are religious and female? Is religion – at least some forms of it – an impossible impediment, something that must be destroyed in order for women to be free? Or can religion be a positive force in women’s lives, something that enhances their wellbeing and aids social justice?

This workshop will approach these issues by focusing on the public and political spheres, as well as on the theoretical debate. The first workshop at Uppsala University (May 2015) examined the individual or everyday level, while the second one at Coventry University (June 2015) addressed the organisational or group level. In the Lisbon workshop we will investigate the political and public approaches to gender, secularism and multiculturalism. We will focus on how the issues of gender equality, secularism and multiculturalism are treated in three forms of public spheres (1) the mass media sphere, (2) the political sphere, and (3) the theoretical discourse on public religion. How do gender equality, secularism and multiculturalism become public matters? What kind of issues are they intertwined with? What values and controversies do they involve? How are these different spheres intertwined with one another? What kind of understandings of the public do they involve? How are these issues politicized? What kind of challenges do they pose to the theoretical debate? What they may tell us about the contemporary conceptions of religious/female agency and citizenship? What do they tell us about democracy?

Keynote speakers: Dr. Paola Bacchetta (University of California, Berkley); Dr. Teresa Toldy (University Fernando Pessoa, Porto and Centre for Social Studies, Coimbra).

We invite papers that discuss these questions, at the theoretical and empirical level. Abstracts should be sent by 25th September. Abstracts should be written in English and not exceed 300 words. Notification of acceptance will be given by September 30th. Please send abstracts to: wrsworkshops2015@gmail.com

Practical information: The workshop will run from 2 pm on 11 November to 5 pm on 13 November in CIUL (Lisbon, http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/viver/urbanismo/ciul). Papers will be presented in thematic, parallel sessions. Participation fee is 50 euros per participant or 20 euros for PhD, post-doc or civil society organizations, which includes refreshments. The workshop is funded by the International Society for the Sociology of Religion and organized by Dr Kristin Aune (Coventry University), Prof Mia Lӧvheim (Uppsala University), Dr Terhi Utriainen (University of Helsinki), Dr Alberta Giorgi (Centre of Social Studies, University of Coimbra; GRASSROOTSMOBILISE, Eliamep) & Dr Teresa Toldy (Fernando Pessoa University, Porto; Centre of Social Studies, University of Coimbra). A book publication featuring some of the papers is planned.

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Job Announcement: Associate/Full Professor, Islam in African Societies, Northwestern University

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Northwestern University’s Program of African Studies invites applications for a tenured appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in the study of Islam in African societies. The appointment will be contingent upon a successful tenure review by the University. The appointment will be made in a home department in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (including but not limited to Anthropology, Art History, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, and Sociology) and will be associated with the interdisciplinary Program of African Studies. Candidates should have an active research agenda involving the role of Islam in African societies, a record of excellence in teaching, and the ability to engage across disciplines and provide leadership for interdisciplinary collaboration.

We anticipate that the successful candidate will play a major role in Northwestern’s Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) (http://www.isita.northwestern.edu/), including facilitating collaborative, multi-disciplinary research; initiating grant proposals for external funding; organizing conferences, speaker series, or similar academic events; collaborating on the development of curriculum; and developing and sustaining strategic partnerships with institutions in Africa.

Applicants should submit (1) a letter of intent describing their current research agenda and teaching experience/interests; (2) representative written work; (3) a current curriculum vitae; and (4) the names and contact information for three referees at http://www.africanstudies.northwestern.edu/publications-research/ISITA/faculty-search.html.

Review of applications will begin October 1, 2015 and continue until the position is filled. Finalists will be asked to submit a separate statement articulating a programmatic vision for advancing the study of Islam and Africa at Northwestern over the next five years.

Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States.

Questions can be directed to african-studies@northwestern.edu.

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Call for Communications: International and Interdisciplinary Colloquium – Religious facts and media

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CALL FOR COMMUNICATIONS
Religious Facts and Media
International and Interdisciplinary Conference
March 23-24, 2016
Paris
École Pratique des Hautes Études
Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités

This conference will open for discussion the processes and issues at stake related to
the mediatization of religion in a French society that largely considers itself to be
secular. It will focus on the mainstream news media, both in their conventional and
digital forms. It aims to encourage reflection about the mechanisms of information
production on religious facts and to question the specificity of the media coverage of
religious facts in France compared to foreign media practices.

Organized by Ph.D. candidates of the Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités (École
Pratique Des Hautes Études-CNRS) and of the Centre de Recherche Historique (École
des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales-CNRS), it is supported by the Campus
Condorcet.

It is open to researchers, post-doctoral fellows and ph. D. candidates, French and
foreign, from all fields. Three sessions of communications will be followed by two
round tables that will gather academics, journalists as well as religious and
institutional actors : “Journalistical Practices and Deontology under the test of
Religious Facts” and “Place and Representations of the Religious and Laïcité in the media”.

https://faitsreligieuxetmedias.wordpress.com

Call for communications deadline October 1, 2015

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Journal Announcement: A New Issue – Sociology of Islam, Volume 3 (2015) Issue 1-2

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Sociology of Islam: Volume 3 (2015) Issue 1-2
Sectarian Affiliation and Gender Traditionalism:
A Study of Sunni and Shi’a Muslims in Four Predominantly Muslim Countries
Authors: Gabriel A. Acevedo and Sarah Shah
ABSTRACT:
This paper will add to the expanding scholarship in the sociology of Islam and explore the influence of Sunni-Shi’a affiliation on views of gender traditionalism. Using a subset of the World Values Survey, we contrast views towards women’s roles in society held by Sunni and Shi’a respondents in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan (n = 10,799). Our findings suggest that views of gender traditionalism are not solely a function of sectarian affiliation but that educational attainment, income, demographic factors and national culture are stronger and more consistent predictors of gender traditionalism than sectarian affiliation alone. We draw from theories of religious incongruence and discuss the theoretical implications of our findings. These findings suggest the need for additional research that links sociological theories of religion to the empirical study of Islam, as well as a greater emphasis on the role that social context plays in shaping Muslim public opinion.
Affiliations: 1: Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at San Antonio, gabriel.acevedo@utsa.edu ; 2: Doctoral Student, University of Toronto, ssarah.shah@mail.utoronto.ca
Al-Qaida in Iraq Beyond Rhetoric: Visualizing an ‘Islamic State of Iraq’
Author: Christoph Guenther
ABSTRACT:
In any contest for power, the multiple actors involved employ various strategies to convey their messages to national and international audiences. The contest for control over the state between the Iraqi government forces and Jihadist groups after 2003 has seen the latter deploy both rhetoric and particular forms of visualization to persuade their audience of the need to establish an ‘Islamic State’ in Iraq and beyond. This article evaluates the extent to which al-Qāʿida in Iraq ( aqi) and its successor the ‘Islamic State of Iraq’ ( isi) have tried to appeal to supporters by employing specific rhetorical and visual signs. It analyzes the group’s utopian prospects – a vision that is reinforced through rhetoric and images that play on emotions and inspire the adherents of the ‘Islamic State’.
Affiliations: 1: University of Leipzig Leipzig, GermanyRitterstr. 12, 04109 Leipzig (Germany) christoph.guenther@uni-leipzig.de
The 1961 Constitutional Referendum in Turkey
Authors: Yunus Emre and Burak Cop
ABSTRACT:
The 1961 referendum on the new constitution was the first referendum held in the history of the Turkish republic. However, no deeper analysis of this phenomenon has been conducted in the English-language academic literature. This paper undertakes that objective. The new constitution was drafted and adopted under anti-democratic conditions. The post-coup era was a missed opportunity for instituting a stronger democracy. The referendum was the last nationwide vote in which traditional actors played significant roles in determining voting behavior. The notables and major landowners of the under-developed provinces led the masses to vote in favor of the new constitution. Starting in 1965, politics in Turkey became ideology-centered and class-oriented, thus causing the influence of traditional actors to diminish. Although the campaign for votes to support the referendum dominated the political scene in 1961, the electorate showed its distance from the coup anyway.
Affiliations: 1: Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Istanbul Kültür University, y.emre@iku.edu.tr; 2: Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Istanbul Kültür University, burakcop@yahoo.co.uk
Globalization, Political Islam, and Moderation: The Case of Muslim Democratic Parties
Author: A. Kadir Yildirim
ABSTRACT:
In this article, I examine the rising significance of a moderate kind of Islamist party emerging in the Middle East in recent years—Muslim democratic parties—and, the factors underlying their electoral success. In this, the manuscript takes a closer look at an important constituency of Islamist parties, the small and medium business owners ( smes). Briefly, I argue that smes’ support underlies the success of moderate Muslim democratic parties as opposed to more conservative Islamist parties, and what determines smes’ support for a moderate party is the change in their political preferences. The change in smepreferences, I show, is due to the form that economic liberalization takes, whether economic liberalization is more inclusive (what I call competitive liberalization) or exclusive/selective (what I call crony liberalization). Empirically, I rely on original field interviews I conducted with party officials and business owners in Egypt, Morocco, and Turkey. I also integrate primary sources such as party publications into the analysis.
Affiliations: 1: Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, ay18@rice.edu

 

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CFP: Religious Movements in a Globalized World – Korea, Asia, and Beyond

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The 2016 CESNUR Conference
Co-organized by:
Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR)
International Society for the Study of New Religions (ISSNR)
Korean Academy of New Religions (KANR)
Department of Daesoon Theology, Daejin University
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD: KOREA,
ASIA, AND BEYOND

Daejin University – 1007 Hoguk Road, Pocheon City, Republic of Korea
5 July – 10 July 2016

http://www.cesnur.org/2016/daejin-cfp.htm

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2016 CESNUR Conference will go to Asia for the second time, after
CESNUR 2011 in Taiwan. We welcome papers especially on this year’s
theme: «Religious Movements in a Globalized World: Korea, Asia, and Beyond».

As the 2014 CESNUR Conference in Waco (Texas), focused on globalization
and how religious movements adapt to external and societal changes, in
2016 we plan to discuss how global is globalization, and how it affects
internal changes in the movements and religious innovation. With this
theme in mind, we will welcome especially papers on recently born new
religious movements, new forms of religious innovation, and on religious
movements in Asia and of Asian origin, particularly Korea.

Papers will also be welcome on:

  • Change in “old” new religions
  • New religious movements and the visual arts
  • Esoteric movements and innovation
  • New religions operating as global networks
    and all those topics upon which you are currently conducting research in
    our usual, larger area.

Papers and sessions proposals should be submitted by E-mail before the
close of business on 15 February 2016 to cesnur_to@virgilio.it,
accompanied by an abstract of no more than 300 words and a CV of no more
than 200 words. Proposals may be submitted either in English or in French.

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor – Islam and Modernity, University of Toronto

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University of Toronto

Assistant Professor – Islam and Modernity

Job Field: Tenure Stream
Faculty / Division: Faculty of Arts and Science
Department: Department for the Study of Religion
Campus: St. George (downtown Toronto)
Job Posting: Aug 24, 2015
Job Closing: Nov 1, 2015
Description

https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10050/jobdetail.ftl?job=1501073

The University of Toronto invites applications for a tenure stream
position in Islam and Modernity, located jointly in the Department for
the Study of Religion (60%) and the Department of Near and Middle
Eastern Civilizations (40%). The appointment will be at the rank of
Assistant Professor, effective July 1, 2016.

The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in Religion, Middle Eastern
Studies, or an appropriate disciplinary area, by the time of
appointment, or shortly thereafter, must have a high level of scholarly
achievement in Islamic Studies, must be competent in Arabic and in
classical sources, and must have competence in the academic study of
religion. The successful candidate will have expertise in the primary
sources of Islam, and its history. To complement existing strengths in
Qur’an and Tafsir, Mediaeval Islam, Modern Middle Eastern history, and
the anthropology of Islam, the successful candidate will specialize in
the study of Islam in relation to modernity, globalization, and/or
secularism.

Her or his research will address the practices and politics of Islam as
well as Muslim societies’ interactions with non-Islamic polities and
cultures. Candidates must have a record of excellence in research as
demonstrated through letters of reference and the research dossier, and
they are expected to conduct innovative research at the highest
international level and to establish an outstanding research program in
the area of Islam and Modernity. Evidence of excellence in teaching and
a clear commitment to ongoing teaching development are also required as
demonstrated through the teaching dossier submitted as part of the
application.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses
in both departments on the St. George (downtown) campus in his or her
area and will be expected to conduct research in her/his area of
specialization.

To be considered for this position, all application materials must be
submitted online by clicking on the link below.

Applicants should submit • (1) a cover letter and (2) a curriculum
vitae, combined in a file labelled “cover letter and CV.pdf”;

(3). a research dossier containing a statement outlining current and
future research interests and a sample of academic writing (about 25
pages), combined in a file labelled “research.pdf”;

(4). a teaching dossier (including a statement of teaching philosophy
and teaching evaluations) in a file labelled “teaching.pdf”.

Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply
Applicants should arrange for three letters of reference to be sent
directly by email (on letterhead, signed and scanned) to Professor James
DiCenso, Acting Chair, Department for the Study of Religion, via e-mail
to religion.undergrad@utoronto.ca by the closing date. The subject line
for reference letters should say Reference Letter- Islam and Modernity.
To receive full consideration, applications and materials must be
received by November 1, 2015. Inquiries can be directed to Professor
James DiCenso, at chair.religion@utoronto.ca.

For information about the Department of Religion please go to
http://religion.utoronto.ca/

For information about the Department of Near and Middle Eastern
Civilizations please go to http://nmc.utoronto.ca/

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its
community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority
group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities,
members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the
further diversification of ideas.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and
permanent residents will be given priority.

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Book Announcement: Everyday Life Practices of Muslims in Europe

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Erkan Toğuşlu (KU Leuven), 2015


Muslims in Europe and the preservation of their religious-ethnic particularities
Everyday Life Practices of Muslims in Europe explores how Muslims give meaning to Islam on a day-to-day basis. The contributions look at concrete practices, identities, memories, and normalities in daily Muslim life and provide insights to the complexities of identities. They examine Muslims’ use of and construction of spaces, daily practices, forms of interaction, and modes of thinking in different areas, resulting in a thorough analysis and framework of Muslims’ day-to-day life through topical chapters on food, space, entertainment, marriage, and mosque, covering both extent of hybridity and preservation of religious-ethnic particularities.

Order here: http://upers.kuleuven.be/en/book/9789462700321
Contributors
Rachel Brown (Wilfrid Laurier University), Mohammed El-Bachouti (UPF), Valentina Fedele (Università della Calabria), Diletta Guidi (École Pratique des Hautes Études), Ossame Hegazy (Bauhaus, University, Weimar), Ajmal Hussain (Aston University), Jana Jevtic (Central European University), Elsa Mescoli (University of Liège), Wim Peumans (KU Leuven), Sumeyye Ulu Sametoğlu (EHESS), Leen Sterck (The Netherlands Institute for Social Research),Thijl Sunier (VU University Amsterdam), Erkan Toğuşlu (KU Leuven)

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Books available for review in MEMBR

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Below is a list of books available for review in the online open access journal Middle East Media & Book Reviews (MEMBR). The site has information on requirements for length and format of submitted reviews.

Please let me know of the title(s) you wish to receive and review for MEMBR along with your preferred postal address. Your review is to be emailed to <digestofmiddleeast@gmail.com>.  We are always adding new reviewers to our roster of reviewers, so please feel free to share this message and the attachment with other colleagues who have interest and expertise in the MENA studies. Thank you.

 

Achili, L. (2015). Palestinian Refugees and Identity: Nationalism, Politics and the everyday. London & New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN: 9781780769110. $99.00

Al-Jawzi, I. and Cooperson, M. (ed) (2015). Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Vol. 2. New York and London: New York University Press. ISBN: 9780814738948 $40.00

Al-Rawi, R. (2015). Divine Names: The Healing names of the one love. Northampton, Massachusetts: Olive Branch Press. ISBN: 9781566569873. $ 25.00

Balkan, N., Balkan, E., and Öncü, A. (2015). The Neoliberal Landscape and the rise of Islamist Capital in Turkey. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books. ISBN: 9781782386384. $95.00

Behr, T and Tiilikainen. (eds) (2015). Northern Europe and the Making of the EU’s Mediterranean and Middle East Policies: Normative Leaders or Passive Bystanders? Burlington and Surrey, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company. ISBN: 9781472430434. $ 119.95

Bennis, P. (2015). Understanding ISIS and the New Global War on Terror: A Primer. Northhampto,MA: Olive Branch Press. ISBN: 9781566560948. $15.00

Chehabi, H. E., Jafari, P. & Jefroudi, M. (2015) Iran in the Middle East: Transnational Encounters and Social History. London & New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN: 9781784531348. $99.00

Cuno, K. M. (2015). Modernizing Marriage: Family, Ideology, and Law in Nineteenth- and Early Twentienth-Century Egypt. New York: Syracuse Press. ISBN: 9780815633921. $39.95

Daechesel, M. (2015). Islamabad and the Politics of International Development in Pakistan. U.K and USA: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781107057173. $99.00

De Vries, D. Strike Action and Nation Building: Labour Unrest in Palestine/Israel, 1899-1951. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books. ISBN: 9781782388098. $ 90.00

Erlich, H. (2015, pbk ed.). Saudi Arabia & Ethiopia: Islam, Christianity & Politics Entwined. Boulder & London: Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1-62637-193-4, $25.00

Fábos, A. H and Isotalo, R. (Eds.) (2015). Managing Muslim Mobilities: Between Spiritual Geographies and the Global Security Regime (Religion and Global Migrations). New York: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 9781137434869. $95.00

Fair, C. C. and Watson, S. J. (eds). (2015). Pakistan’s Enduring Challenges. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN: 9780812246902. $69.92

Farzaneh, M. M. (2015). The Iranian Constitutional Revolution and Clerical Leadership of Khurasani (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East). New York, NY: Syracuse University Press. ISBN: 9780815633884. $49.95

Feldman, K. P. (2015). A Shadow over Palestine: The Imperial Life of Race in America. Minneapolis, London: University of Minnesota press. ISBN: 9780816694501. $ 24.95

Fozi, N. (2015). Reclaiming the Faravahar: Zoroastrian survival in contemporary Tehran. Leiden University Press. ISBN: 9789087282141. $59.50-paperback

Geelhoed, F. (2014). Striving for Allah: Purification and Resistance among Fundamentalist Muslims in the Netherlands. The Hague, Netherlands: Eleven International Publishing. ISBN: 9789462364936. $61.00

Gilbert, M. (2015). Night in Gaza. Northampton, Massachusetts: Olive Branch Press. ISBN: 781566560757. $25.00

Gorman, A. and Kasbarian, S. (2015). Diasporas of the Modern Middle East: Contextualising Community. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN: 9780748686100. $120.00

Harel, Y. (2015). Zionism in Damascus: Ideology and Activity in the Jewish Community at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. London and New York: I.B. Tauris.  ISBN: 9781780766706. $99.00

Hochberg, G. Z. (2015). Visual Occupations: Violence and Visibility in a Conflict Zone. Durham and London: Duke University Press. ISBN: 9780822358879. $23.95

Hopper, M. S. (2015). Slaves of One Master: Globalization and Slavery in Arabia in the Empire Age of Empire. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. ISBN: 9780300192018. $85.00

Jamal, A. A. (2009). Barriers to Democracy: The other side of social capital in Palestine and the Arab world. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. ISBN: 9780691140995. $23.95

Jarmakani, A. (2015). An Imperialist Love Story: Desert Romances and the War on Terror. New York and London: New York University Press. ISBN: 9781479820863. $28.00(paperback) $89.00 (hardcover)

Joskowicz, A. and Katz, E. B. (2015). Secularism in Question: Jews and Judaism in Modern Times. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN: 9780812247275. $65.00

Jouili. J. S (2015). Pious Practice and Secular Constraints: Women in the Islamic Revival in Europe. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN: 9780804794664. $27.95

Khalifa, S. (2015). Egypt’s Lost Spring: Causes and Consequences. Santa Barbara, California and Denver, Colorado: Praeger. ISBN: 9781440834080. $58.00

Karakoc, J. (Ed) (2015). Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Before and After the Arab Uprisings. Hampshire and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 9781137445544. $ 90.00

Kotef, H. (2015). Movement and the Ordering of Freedom. Durham and London: Duke University Press. ISBN: 9780822358558. Hard cover $ 84.95, Paperback $ 23.95

Kozma, L., Schayegh, C and Wishnitzer, A. (eds)(2015). A Global Middle East: Mobility, Materiality and Culture in the Morden Age, 1880-1940. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN: 9781780769424 $–

Lavie, S. (2014). Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers and Bureautic Torture. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books. ISBN: 9781782382225. $ 39.95

Malik, A. I. (2015). US Foreign Policy and the Gulf Wars: Decision- making and International Relations. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN: 9781780768359. $99.00

Mohammadi, M. (2015). Political Islam in Post-Revolutionary Iran: Shi’i Ideologies in Islamist Discourse. London & New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN: 9781848852761. $99.00

Molavi, S. C. (2014, pbk ed.). Stateless Citizenship: the Palestinian-Arab citizens of Israel. Chicago, IL: Haymarket Books ISBN: 978-1-60846-383-1 $28.00

Motadel, D. (2014). Islam and Nazi Germany’s war. Cambridge, Massachutts London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN: 978-0-674-72460-0, $35.00

Mottahedeh, N. (2015). #iranelection: Hashtag Solidarity and the Transformation of Online Life. Stanford, Calfonia: Stanford University Press. ISBN: 9780804795876. $12.99

Osoegawa, T. (2015) Syria and Lebanon: International Relations and Diplomacy in the Middle East. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN: 9781784532338. $25.00

Patrick, A. (2015). America’s Frogptten Middle East Initiative: The King-Crane Commission 1919. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN: 978178453274. 99.00

Peace, T. (2015). Muslims and Political Participation in Britain. New York and London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN: 9780415725316. $140

Pagès, M. (2014). From Martyr to Murder: Representations of the Assassins in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Europe. New York: Syracuse Press. ISBN: 9780815633709. $39.99

Possamai, A., Richardson, J. T. and Turner, B. S. (eds) (2015). The Sociology of Shari’a: Case Studies from around the world (Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societis 1). New York, NY: Springer International Publishing. ISBN: 9783319096049. $129.00.

Rotbard, S. (2015). White City Black City: Architecture and War in Tel Aviv and Jaffa. London: Pluto Press. ISBN: 9780745335117. $–.–?

Shari-Yazidi, F. C. (2015). Arab_Iranian Rivalry in the Persian Gulf: Terrirorial Disputes and the Balance of Power in the Middle East. London & New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN: 9781848858220. $110.00

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