Call for papers:
6thChina and The Middle East and North Africa Conference
Collaboration with
Necmettin Erbakan University
Center for Turkish Area Studies
https://www.erbakan.edu.tr/en/
June 4 - 5, 2020
Konya, Turkey
Co-Sponsored by
Sociology of Islam Journal, Brill
https://brill.com/view/journals/soi/soi-overview.xml
Center for Global Governance, Institute of Global Studies, Shanghai University
http://igse.shu.edu.cn/
Description and Objectives:
We organized five very successful academic conferences on this topic in collaboration with Pekin 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, Cappadocia University on June 20-22, 2018 and Shanghai University on May 17-18, 2019.
This year, we will have 6thChina and the Middle East and North Africa Conference on June 4 – 5, 2020 at Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
Wetherefore invite submissions on the following and related topics:
China and the Middle East
China and North Africa
Islam and Muslims in China
US-China Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa
Cold War in the Middle East
China’s Foreign Policy Toward Middle East/West Asia
The Belt and Road Initiative
Asia and the Middle East
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
Energy
Trade
Economic Integration
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
·Submitting Proposals: byApril 17, 2020
·Information about accepting the proposal:By May 1, 2020
·Preliminary conference program:May 11, 2020
·Final conference program:May 22, 2020
·Submitting Draft Version of Paper:May 29, 2020
·Submitting Papers for Publication:August 30, 2020
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: June 3, 4, 5 and 6, 2020) AND FOOD DURING YOUR STAY IN KONYA, TURKEY.
Please note that this is an academic conference only, no non-academic presenters will be accepted.
Any additional queries should be sent to
Gokhan Bozbasgbozbash@gmail.comor Tugrul Keskintugrulkeskin@t.shu.edu.cnor
Organizing Committee:
·Cem Zorlu, Professor and President,Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
·Hasan Ali Karasar, President - Cappadocia University, Turkey.
·Gokhan Bozbas,Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
·Tugrul Keskin, Professor,Shanghai University, China.
·Mohammad Marandi, Professor – University of Tehran, Iran.
·Guo Changgang, Professor and Director of Institute of Global Studies, Shanghai University and Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China.
·Yang Chen, Assistant Professor,Shanghai University, China.
·ChenNing, PhD Student and Research Assistant, Institute of Global Studies, Shanghai University, China.
·Juan Cole, Professor - University of Michigan, USA.
·Mehran Kamrava, Professor – Georgetown University-Qatar.
·Hakan Yavuz, Professor – University of Utah, USA.
·Ejaz Akram, Professor – NDU, Pakistan.
·Sean Foley, Associate Professor - Middle Tennessee State University, USA.
·Mojtaba Mahdavi, Associate Professor - University of Alberta, Canada.
·Zeng Guie, Professor – Center for Global Governance, Shanghai University, China
·Merthan Dundar, Professor and Director of Asian Studies, Ankara University, Turkey.
·Suha Atature, Professor and Chair of International Relations - Gedik University, Turkey.
·David Perez-Des Rosiers, PhD Candidate and Research Assistant, Institute of Global Studies, Shanghai University, China and Canada.
Conference Program
THURSDAY JUNE 4, 2020
9:00 – 9:15Introductionand Welcome Speech
9:15 - 9:30Welcome Speech and Introduction
9:30 – 10:00Keynote Speech
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 Panel -1 Current Realities in the Middle East
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
FRIDAY JUNE 5, 2020
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 byTBA17:30 – 18:00
19:00 DINNER
