H-Shehr

H-Net network on Comparative Urban Landscapes in North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.

The purpose of H-Shehr is to facilitate scholarly discussion and collaboration on the complex processes through which gendered, classed, and raced citizen-subjects have negotiated and been the object of urban projects in North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.

H-Shehr is currently looking for new editors to take over the network and take an active role in developing new online materials and resources for the field. We also looking for contributors, bloggers, discussants, resources gatherers, etc. If you are interested in helping build this site, please contact Patrick Cox, H-Net's Vice-President for Networks, at vp-net@mail.h-net.org.

Recent Content

IIIT Grants for Researchers in Islam & Muslim Societies

Ermin Sinanovic •10/24/2016 Discussion
Type: 
Grant
Date: 
October 15, 2016 to December 9, 2016
Location: 
Virginia, United States
Subject Fields: 
Humanities, Islamic History / Studies, Middle East History / Studies, Religious Studies and Theology, Social Sciences

The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), an independent and non-partisan educational institution based in Virginia, is pleased to announce call for grant applications for researchers in Islamic studies, humanities, and social sciences with focus on Islam and Muslim societies.

There are two types of grants:

1. Short-term grants (3-6 months). The award is up to $2500.

2

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Peace Initiatives and the Urban Space in the Long 20th Century

Susanne Schregel •10/19/2016 Discussion
Type: 
Call for Papers
Date: 
January 15, 2017
Location: 
Germany
Subject Fields: 
Contemporary History, Geography, Political History / Studies, Social Sciences, Urban History / Studies

Arbeitskreis Historische Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Annual Conference 2017

Berlin, September 28 and 29, 2017

Recent historical and geographical scholarship posits cities and towns as objects of militarisation, as potential or actual sites of wartime destruction, and as targets of nuclear attacks. However, this ‘propensity for urban life to be attacked, destroyed, or annihilated in acts of organized violence’[i] has

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[Reminder] Position: Open Rank, Urban Humanities - New York University

Jon Ritter •10/19/2016 Discussion
https://apply.interfolio.com/37795
 
New York University: Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS): Humanities
Open Rank

Location: New York, New York

With the generous support of the Mellon Foundation, the division of the Humanities in the Faculty of Arts and Science at New York University invites applications for a full-time tenured or tenure track position in the humanities with areas of specialization in the study of urbanism, the urban environment, and cities outside of Europe and North America in any time period. We aim to appoint the successful candidate at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor

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ACOR Fellowships Announcement 2017-2018

China Shelton •10/16/2016 Discussion
Type: 
Fellowship
Date: 
February 1, 2017
Location: 
Jordan
Subject Fields: 
Anthropology, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Middle East History / Studies, Political Science, Social Sciences

ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACOR FELLOWSHIPS  2017–2018

Deadline for all applications is February 1, 2017

NEH Fellowship: One to two awards of four to six months for scholars who have a Ph.D. or have completed their professional training. Fields of research include: modern and classical languages, linguistics, literature, history, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, comparative religion, ethics, and the history, criticism

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