Call for papers:
5th China and The
Middle East and North Africa Conference:
Institute of Global Studies
Shanghai University
People’s Republic of China
May 17 and 18, 2019
Co-Sponsored by
Cappadocia University, Republic of
Turkey
Description and Objectives:
We organized four very successful academic conferences on
this topic in collaboration with Beijing University, on March 17-18, 2015; Qatar
University, on March 23-24, 2016; Shanghai University, on June 7-8, 2017; and Nevsehir
Haci Bektas Veli University and Cappadocia University on June 20-22, 2018. This
year, we will have5th China and the Middle East Conference in Shanghai,
on May 17 and 18, 2019.
We therefore invite
submissions on the following and related topics:
Political Economy of the Middle East
Nationalism and Nation-State
Political Parties
Environmental Issues
Social Movements
Religion and Politics
Gender Issues in the Middle East
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Modern Middle East and Modern China
China’s Foreign Policy Toward Middle East/West Asia
Energy
Trade
Economic Integration
The Belt and Road Initiative
Please include the following in your email:
-Author full name;
-Affiliation;
-Email address;
-Abstract in Word format (200 to 300 words);
-Title of your paper
-A short Biography (NOT A CV)
IMPORTANT DATES
·
Abstract
Submission for the Conference: April
15, 2019
·
Conference
Draft Paper Submission: May 6, 2019
·
The
Conference Dates: May 17 and 18, 2019
In
case your abstract is accepted, a draft paper of around 3000 - 4000 words is
due two weeks prior to the beginning of the conference. We intend to compile an
edited volume with the best papers for publication in an international
reference publisher.
There
is no fee for this conference. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL COVER YOUR ACCOMMODATIONS
(4 nights: May 16, 17, 18 and 19, 2019) AND FOOD DURING YOUR STAY IN SHANGHAI.
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Please note that this is an academic conference only, no
non-academic presenters will be accepted.
Any additional queries should be sent to tugrulkeskin@t.shu.edu.cn
Organizing
Committee:
· Dr. Guo Changgang, Professor and Director of Institute
of Global Studies - Shanghai University, China.
·
Dr.
Hasan Ali Karasar, President - Cappadocia University, Turkey.
·
Dr.
Kemal Silay, Professor and Director of Turkish Studies, Indiana University,
Bloomington, USA.
·
Dr.
Merthan Dundar, Professor Ankara University, Turkey.
·
Dr.
Suha Atature, Professor and Chair of International Relations - Gedik
University, Turkey.
·
Dr.
Mohammedmoin Sadeq, Professor - Qatar University, Qatar.
·
Dr.
Gokhan Bozbas, Assistant Professor – Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey.
· Dr. Tugrul Keskin, Professor - Shanghai
University, China.
· Dr. Ejaz Akram, Professor – NDU, Pakistan.
· Dr. Sean Foley, Associate Professor - Middle Tennessee
State University, USA.
· Dr. Mojtaba Mahdavi, Associate Professor - University
of Alberta, Canada.
· Dr.
Nissim Otmazgin, Professor – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
· Dr. Juan Cole, Professor - University of Michigan,
USA.
· Dr. Mehran Kamrava, Professor – Georgetown
University-Qatar.
· Dr. Hakan Yavuz, Professor – University of Utah, USA.
· Dr. Mohammad Marandi, Professor – University of
Tehran, Iran.
· Dr. Yang Chen, Assistant Professor and Director of Center
forTurkish Studies - Shanghai University, China.
Conference Program
Friday May 17,
2019
9:00 – 9:15 Introduction
and Welcome Speech Guo Changgang, Professor and Director of Institute of
Global Studies - Shanghai University, China.
9:15 - 9:30 Welcome Speech and Introduction Professor Yang Guang, President of Middle East Studies
Association of China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Shanghai
University.
9:30 – 10:00 Keynote Speech Professor Juan Cole, University of Michigan
10:00
– 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00
Panel -1 Current Realities in the Middle East
Moderator: Professor Yang
Guang
·
Professor Mehran Kamrava, Georgetown
University, Qatar
· Professor Kemal Silay, Director of Turkish Studies,
Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.
· Professor Hakan Yavuz, University of Utah, USA.
· Mojtaba Mahdavi, Associate Professor - University of
Alberta, Canada.
12:00
– 13:00 Lunch
14:00
– 15:30 Panel – 1 and 2
15:30
– 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45
– 17:15 Panel 3 and 4
18:00
DINNER
Saturday May
18, 2019
8:30
– 10:00 Panel – 5 and 6
10:30
– 12:00 Panel 7 and 8
12:00
– 13:00 Lunch
14:00
– 15:30 Panel – 9 and 10
15:30
– 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45
– 17:15 Panel 11 and 12
17:15
– 17:30 Coffee Break
Discussion for future projects and Closing Remarks by TBA 17:30 – 18:00
19:00
DINNER
