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Nov 20, 2019 Lebanon
Call for Applicants: Lebanon Dissertation Summer Institute (Beirut, 15–26 June 2020)

Call for Applicants: Lebanon Dissertation Summer Institute (Beirut, 15–26 June 2020)

By : Jadaliyya Reports

Program Dates: 15-26 June 2020 (Beirut, Lebanon)

Application Deadline: 15 January 2020

The Arab Studies Institute (ASI) and AUB’s Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES) are pleased to announce the fifth annual Doctoral Dissertation Summer Institute on Lebanon, to be held 15-26 June 2020. The program aims to provide a framework for facilitating and advancing rigorous inter-disciplinary doctoral dissertation research on Lebanon.

Scholarly literature on Lebanon is seldom fully integrated into the graduate coursework of PhD students focusing on the Middle East and North Africa. Furthermore, such students rarely find themselves at institutions with access to a scholar of Lebanon to fulfill the role of course professor, academic advisor, field examiner, or dissertation committee member. These dynamics are particularly important given the frequent and problematic ways that historical and contemporary political, economic, social, and cultural dynamics in Lebanon are exceptionalized vis-à-vis the comparative study of societies in general and the Middle East in particular.

By bringing together PhD students of various disciplinary training and topical foci, this program creates a space to interrogate, modify, and develop critical approaches to the study of Lebanon. Central to this process is increasing students’ familiarity with the contours of knowledge production as well as field research in Lebanon.

The goals of the doctoral dissertation summer workshop include:

  • Deepening participants’ theoretical and empirical foundations;
  • Introducing applicants to the main questions and methods of various disciplines;
  • Facilitating logistical preparation for archival and other forms of research fieldwork;
  • Fostering the development of a doctoral dissertation research and writing community;
  • Expanding critical knowledge production on Lebanon.


A cohort of PhD students, representing an array of disciplines, research agendas, and institutional affiliations, will be chosen from an open pool of applicants through a competitive selection process.

Relevant Dates

  • Application Deadline: 15 January 2020
  • Admission Notification:  15 February 2020
  • Participant Confirmation Deadline: 1 April 2020

Cost of Attendance

There is no participation cost other than international travel and local accommodation. The Arab Studies Institute (ASI) and Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES) are covering the costs associated with the implementation of all summer institute activities, including most related local meals and local transportation, as well as a one-year research affiliation with CAMES. Please note each accepted participant is responsible for funding and securing their international airfare, entry visa, and local accommodation. The co-directors of the summer institute will provide participants with information on reserved accommodations available at a special group rate.

Eligibility

In order to apply and be considered for admission into the doctoral dissertation summer institute, individuals must fulfill the following criteria:

  1. Currently enrolled in an accredited doctoral program of any university around the world (including those residing in Lebanon, or enrolled at a university in Lebanon). Please note: applicants can be based in humanities or social science divisions of their academic institutions, and can be seeking a discipline-specific or interdisciplinary degree.
  2. Advanced to candidacy or ABD (i.e., have formally defended their dissertation research proposal and passed their general and/or qualifying exams) by no later than 1 June 2020.
  3. Possess advanced Arabic proficiency in reading and speaking and intermediate Arabic proficiency in writing.


Application Materials

Application Deadline: 15 January 2020

Notification of Decision: 15 February 2020

All applicants must submit the following materials via email to Lebanon.Dissertation@gmail.com:

  1. Cover Letter (must include reasons for applying to the workshop; summary of research agenda; description of academic preparation; and mention of prior experience in the region and/or Lebanon).
  2. Curriculum Vitae (CV), which must be current and up-to-date.
  3. Letter of Recommendation from Primary Advisor and/or Dissertation Chair.
  4. Research Prospectus Approved by Home University (15-page limit).
  5. Completed Academic and Language Training Form (click here to download).


Schedule and Preliminary Program

Participant Arrival: Sunday, 14 June 2020

Summer Institute: Monday, 15 June – Friday, 26 June 2020

Participant Departure: Saturday, 27 June 2020

Program: The institute program will begin on 15 June 2020 and end on 26 June 2020. It will be comprised of eleven working days and one day off. Each working day will be made up of three components: seminar discussion, state-of-the-field lecture, and site visit. The seminar will be based on a pre-circulated inter-disciplinary reader, and will be facilitated by the institute co-directors, Ziad Abu-Rish and Nadya Sbaiti. The lectures will be given by invited established scholars, highlighting the current state of academic literature on Lebanon in a given discipline (e.g., history, political science, and anthropology) or topic (e.g., urban studies, political economy, and migration). Key in this respect will be how that literature has changed over the past few decades in terms of questions, theoretical frameworks, and methodologies. Site visits will include archives, libraries, and research centers, as well as walking tours and public events. Such visits will be conducted in collaboration with local researchers, practitioners, and activists. For the previous years’ readers, lecture series, and site visits, please visit our website.

Organizers

This doctoral dissertation summer workshop is being organized under the auspices of the Arab Studies Institute in partnership with the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies. It is co-convened and co-directed by Ziad Abu-Rish and Nadya Sbaiti.

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