2011 Annual BRISMES Post-Graduate Conference in Collaboration with CASAW
13-14 January 2011
hosted by the University of Manchester
Objective
The aim of this conference is to foster academic relations between postgraduate scholars working in the field of Middle Eastern Studies. In recent years the conference has established itself as a key event in the academic calendar, where fellow researchers can meet and showcase their work in a supportive, interdisciplinary environment, and benefit from the critical feedback of their peers. The event facilitates discussion on a variety of issues specific to the study of the Middle East, yet at the same time seeks to broaden the horizons of its participants through the exploration of these issues from new and unfamiliar perspectives. This year’s theme, ‘Inside-Out: Shifting Perceptions of the Middle East’, continues this tradition, by promoting the long-understood need amongst Middle Eastern scholarship for critical reflection on its research, whilst attracting and incorporating a diverse range of research topics within its scope. As has been the case in previous conferences, we expect this will be of benefit to postgraduate scholars in all disciplines concerned with the Middle East.
Call for Papers (now closed)
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the ‘Annual BRISMES postgraduate conference in collaboration with CASAW 2011’, which will be hosted at the University of Manchester, 13-14 January 2011. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Inside-Out: Shifting Perceptions of the Middle East.’
Issues of ‘self’ and ‘other’ have long been a source of tension and cohesion in the region. The title seeks to uncover both preconceived and shifting perceptions of the Middle East from two different angles: the perspective of research in the field from without, but also the level of discourses from within the region itself. In this sense, the 2011 theme endeavours to embrace a wide notion of ‘perception’ that draws out issues not only of self-identity but also interrelated concepts ranging from gender, colonialism and nationalism to international and domestic politics. The conference aims to provide a forum for current postgraduate research highlighting a variety of aspects in the multi-faceted perception of the Middle East at a local, regional and global level.
The organisers encourage prospective participants to range widely and creatively in contemplating the conference theme. The theme has been chosen with the aim to stimulate debate amongst postgraduate students not only based in the UK, but worldwide, and in the region itself in particular. Applications are welcome from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines whose research is related to the Middle East. Titles and abstracts of 250 words for 20-minute papers, with a short biographical statement, contact details and affiliation should be sent by Tuesday 16th November 2010 to: .
Additional Information
Further details on the conference can be found on the conference website.
