I hope this email finds you well.
Attached is a call for paper for a conference on multilateral connections between Asia and the Middle East.
The conference will be held on 16-18 December 2019 at Haifa University.
Paper proposals' submission deadline: 20 February 2018
I'd be grateful if you circulate this email.
Best wishes,
Yoram
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Yoram Evron, PhD
Department of Asian Studies
University of Haifa
199 Aba Khoushy Ave.
Haifa 3498838, Israel
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The Asian
Sphere: Trans-Cultural Flows
An
Inter-University Graduate Program
The
University of Haifa and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Call for
Papers for an International Conference:
Multilateral
Dynamics between the Middle East and Asia
CURRENT
AND HISTORICAL PERSEPCTIVES
We are
delighted to announce that the fifth annual conference of the Asian Sphere
Program will take place on Monday-Wednesday, 16-18 December 2019, at the
University of Haifa, Israel. The Asian
Sphere Program takes a fresh look at the continent of Asia as a concept and as
a reality. It aims at exploring and analyzing the numerous interconnections
that have tied its people, cities, and nations. Our fifth conference is devoted
to the complex relations between West Asia, also known as the Middle East, and
other parts of the continent in the past and present. We are interested in
particular in the political, military, economic and cultural aspects of the
relations, their determinants, undercurrents, and trajectories, as well as in
other external players in the region. We
invite paper proposals in one of the following thematic domains:
a) Prehistorical and historical multilateral
connections (including unilateral migrations)
between the Middle East and Asia (East, South, Central).
b) New perspectives on historical involvement,
competition and rivalry of Asian powers in the Middle East.
c) Globalization, the Middle East and Asia.
d) World powers' involvement in Asia-Middle East
interaction.
e) The role of the Middle East in Asian powers'
relations with other world/ regional powers.
f) Asian countries' interaction with non-Mideast
players in the context of the Middle East.
g) Involvement of Mideast players in Asian
affairs.
h) Israel’s current involvement in Asian
dynamics.
i) Asian countries' interaction with
Israel.
j) The involvement of non-Asian players in
Israel's relations with Asian powers.
Proposals
for papers, as well as further enquiries, should be sent by email to the
conference secretariat (TheAsianSphere@gmail.com). Single-page proposals should
include the following four items:
1.Title of
the presentation
2.Abstract
(150-200 words)
3.Bio-note
(150-200 words) with details about affiliation, education, and major relevant
publications.
4.An
explicit statement to which of the above domains the proposal relates.
The
deadline for submitting proposals is 20 February 2019. Accepted proposals will be notified by 20
March 2019. Full papers (5,000-7,000
words, excluding bibliography) are an essential requirement of participation.
The papers should be submitted to the Conference's secretariat by 15 November
2019. We plan to publish an edited volume based on the conference papers. The organizers will cover three-night stay in
Haifa and will be able to assist in defraying the transportation cost from
Europe and Western Asia/Middle East (up to US$600) and beyond these regions (up
to US$1,000) for scholars whose proposals will be accepted. The conference will be conducted in English.
It is open to the public and participation is free of charge. We would be
grateful if you could distribute this call for papers among your colleagues.
Please save the dates!
Conference
steering committee:
Dr. Nimrod
Baranovitch
Prof.
Michal Biran
Dr. Yoram
Evron
Prof.
Rotem Kowner
Prof.
Gideon Shelach
Prof.
Itzchak Weismann
Conference's
secretariat and address for proposal submssion TheAsianSphere@gmail.com