H-Egypt

A digital space and resource that is dedicated to the study of Egypt from the early Islamic period to the present

Welcome to H-Egypt

H-Egypt is a digital space and resource that is dedicated to the study of Egypt from the early Islamic period to the present. H-Egypt is governed by and designed for scholars of Egypt who are affiliated with universities and research institutes around the globe, including in Egypt itself. It will serve as the locus of an academic community without a home, and provide scholars of Egypt with a natural home on H-Net. It also aims to bridge a gap between scholars in Egypt, mainly writing in Arabic, and those abroad. In addition to publishing the latest news and information in the field, the H-Egypt team manage, compile, and regularly post lists of available research and teaching resources; monitor leading academic journals and publishing houses for recent articles and books on Egypt; keep our subscribers up to date with ongoing and upcoming scholarly events such as conferences, book talks, workshops, call for papers, roundtables, lectures, etc.; and share any postings on H-Job that may be relevant to our subscribers. 

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Announcements

Operation Tabula Rasa: The rapid demolition of Cairo's heritage

Tamara Maatouk •09/21/2023 Announcement
Announcement Type
Event
Subject Fields
Middle East History / Studies

Friday, September 29, 2023 at 10:00am to 11:30am

Virtual Event

Panelists

Nasser Rabbat
Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Department of Architecture, MIT

Mohamed el-Shahed
Fellow, Institute for Ideas & Imagination, Columbia University in Paris

Moderator

Esra Akcan
Michael A. McCarthy Professor of Architectural Theory, Architecture, Cornell University

Dial-In Information

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Job Openings

Tamara Maatouk •08/14/2023 Announcement
Announcement Type
Announcements Administration
Subject Fields
African History / Studies, Anthropology, Arabic History / Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Colonial and Post-Colonial History / Studies
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Call for Submissions: 2023 MES Student Paper Prize

Tamara Maatouk •08/14/2023 Announcement
Announcement Type
Prize
Subject Fields
Anthropology, Middle East History / Studies

The Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association invites submissions for our Student Paper Prize. Both undergraduate and graduate students (who have not defended at time of submission) are eligible. The winner will receive a prize of $500, plus a chance to summarize the award-winning paper at the 2023 AAA meeting in Toronto and in Anthropology News, a publication of the AAA that goes to all members of the association. Papers should be no longer than 10,000 words (not including notes and bibliography) and must have been completed no earlier than January 1, 2022.

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Call for Papers

Call for Proposals: 2024 Travel Research Engagement Grants

Tamara Maatouk •09/21/2023 Announcement
Announcement Type
Grant
Subject Fields
Middle East History / Studies

The Project on Middle East Political Science announces a call for proposals for POMEPS Travel – Research – Engagement (TRE) grants for 2024. Awards of up to $3,000 will be offered to support research travel to the broader Middle East in support of an ongoing academic research project or the development of new research projects. Given the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and the unusual difficulty of conducting research in the region, we will continue to consider proposals for research which does not involve travel to the Middle East.

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Call for Submissions: 2023 MES Student Paper Prize

Tamara Maatouk •08/14/2023 Announcement
Announcement Type
Prize
Subject Fields
Anthropology, Middle East History / Studies

The Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association invites submissions for our Student Paper Prize. Both undergraduate and graduate students (who have not defended at time of submission) are eligible. The winner will receive a prize of $500, plus a chance to summarize the award-winning paper at the 2023 AAA meeting in Toronto and in Anthropology News, a publication of the AAA that goes to all members of the association. Papers should be no longer than 10,000 words (not including notes and bibliography) and must have been completed no earlier than January 1, 2022.

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CFP 10th School of Mamluk Studies Conference (Kuwait University, Kuwait)

Frederic Bauden •07/15/2023 Discussion

 

 

We are pleased to announce The Tenth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies that will be held at Kuwait University, Kuwait, March 5-7, 2024.

The conference, which will be exclusively in person (no online presentations will be accepted), will be conducted in two parts (March 5-7, 2024), and will be preceded by a three-day (March 2-4, 2024) intensive course on Mamluk archaeological material taught by Professor Bethany Walker, University of Bonn.

 

Themed Day: Mamluk Past Narratives and Present Artifacts: A Meeting Halfway!

The first day of the conference, March 5, will focus on the

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Discussions and Queries

CFP 10th School of Mamluk Studies Conference (Kuwait University, Kuwait)

Frederic Bauden •07/15/2023 Discussion

 

 

We are pleased to announce The Tenth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies that will be held at Kuwait University, Kuwait, March 5-7, 2024.

The conference, which will be exclusively in person (no online presentations will be accepted), will be conducted in two parts (March 5-7, 2024), and will be preceded by a three-day (March 2-4, 2024) intensive course on Mamluk archaeological material taught by Professor Bethany Walker, University of Bonn.

 

Themed Day: Mamluk Past Narratives and Present Artifacts: A Meeting Halfway!

The first day of the conference, March 5, will focus on the

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State, Peasants, and Land in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Egypt: A Virtual Book Talk (July 5, 2023)

Tamara Maatouk •06/26/2023 Discussion

Join us for a virtual book discussion with Maha Ghalwash, author of "State, Peasants and Land in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Egypt" newly published by AUC Press in May 2023.

This book examines the rural history of Egypt during the middle years of the nineteenth century, a period that is often glossed over or forgotten. Drawing on a wide array of archival sources, some only rarely utilized by other scholars, it argues that state policy targeting the peasant land tenure regime was informed by the dual economic principles of the Ottoman, or traditional, philosophy of statecraft and that the workings of

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Call for papers: The Fares Center International Conference

Tamara Maatouk •06/26/2023 Discussion

The Fares Center at the Fletcher School at Tufts University plans to hold an international interdisciplinary conference on “The US in the Middle East, and the Middle East in the US”. 

The conference, scheduled to take place on April 18-19, 2024, will critically review and examine the pervasive influence of the US on Middle Eastern societies and politics, including the themes of political and economic development, regional conflicts, democratization processes and human rights, the long-term impact of the War on Terror, militarization, environment, food security, popular culture, and education

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