AFWG - Arab Families Working Group

10/19/2017

It's not too late to apply for our January Workshop! The deadline is October 31, 2017. Find the application and Information on the AFWG Website.

04/21/2016

Dear all,

We have the list of grants for April and May. Please check it out!
http://www.arabfamilies.org/content/upcoming-funding-opportunities

For naturalized or second generation U.S. citizens or permanent residents (see website for details) under age 31 who will apply to, or are in the first two years of a graduate program at a U.S. university in any field.

04/24/2015

Looking for a list of research on Arab families and youth? Check out our publications, including the updated Arabic Bibliography March 2015! Click here for more information: http://bit.ly/1Qri8gk

02/20/2015

We have posted new materials, pictures, and funding opportunities that might be of interest to you! To visit the website, go to http://www.arabfamilies.org/

AFWG Core Members Dr. Nadine Naber and Dr. Zeina Zaatari's new article on the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon has just been published in Cultural Dynamics. Click here to check it out.

12/05/2014

14 new resources have been added to our Proposal Writing Resources Page. For more details on these new sources, check out: http://bit.ly/1vUxrUc

The University of Edinburgh provides a guide on writing a proposal to students who are asked to submit a research proposal as part of their application for admissions to a research degree. This guide looks at the content, writing style, and the process of identifying funding sources.

11/17/2014

The list of foundations funding research in the Middle East for scholars in the Middle East has been updated. For more information on the updates, check out: http://bit.ly/14ACQXF

The Arab Council for Social Sciences is offering research grants for proposals dealing with the topics of inequality, mobility, and development in the Arab region. The aim of this grant is to support research from diverse disciplines and methodologies. Grants will be available to individual research…

11/03/2014

AFWG has just developed a new resource database for engaged research. We already have 52 new entries of articles and books that can help researchers develop sound research designs for engaged research.
Check it out: http://www.arabfamilies.org/content/resources-engaged-research

Abraham, Margaret, and Bandana Purkayastha. "Making a difference: Linking research and action in practice, pedagogy, and policy for social justice: Introduction." Current Sociology 60.2 (2012): 123-141.

10/27/2014

يسرّ المجلس العربي للعلوم الاجتماعية أن يعلن عن الدورة الثالثة من مسابقة برنامجه للمنح البحثية في موضوع "اللامساواة والحراك والتنمية في المنطقة العربية". ويهدف برنامج المنح البحثية لدعم البحوث في الموضوعات ذات الأهمية للمنطقة العربية من مختلف التخصصات والمدارس المنهجية.

10/27/2014

Post-Doctoral Fellowships, Visiting Research Fellowship, Sabbatical Fellowships - National University of Singapore, Middle East Institute

10/09/2014

Call for Papers: Deadline 15 October 2014.
"The Department of Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, is pleased to announce a call for conference Papers on “The Great War and its Legacy in Central Europe and the Middle East: (Re-)Drawing and Contesting Borders, Nations, Identities, and Spaces.” The conference will be held 11-12 March 2015, Qatar University, Doha."
For more information see the links below:
http://www.theacss.org/pages/fora-and-debates/232/call-for-papers__the-department-of-humanities-college-of-arts-and-sciences-qatar-university
http://www.qu.edu.qa/artssciences/humanities/conferences/index.php

http://www.qu.edu.qa/artssciences/humanities/conferences/index.php

10/01/2014

American University Beirut is hiring for a faculty position in International Affairs. See below.

The Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) graduate program in the Division of University Interdisciplinary Programs of the American University of Beirut (AUB) seeks applications for a faculty position in international affairs at all ranks. All areas of research will be considered, but there…

10/01/2014

Call for papers: International Conference on Middle Eastern Studies: New actors and issues in the post-Arab uprisings era

Istanbul Gedik University, 12-13 January 2015, Istanbul

Abstracts due Nov. 8, 2014.

The protests that started in December 2010 in Tunisia rapidly spread to other countries of the Middle East and North Africa. As a result of these uprisings, triggered by a search for dignity, welfare and liberty, the authoritarian leaders of Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen were successfully overthrown. In…