5th China and The Middle East and North Africa Conference:
The Institute of Middle Eastern Studies
Northwest University
Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
May 16, 17 and 18, 2019
https://chinaandthemiddleeast.blogspot.com/2018/10/5th-china-and-middle-east-and-north.html
Co-Sponsored by
Chinese Journal of Middle East Studies
Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China
Cappadocia University, Republic of Turkey
https://www.kapadokya.edu.tr/english/
Description and Objectives:
We organized four very successful academic conferences on this topic in collaboration with Beijing 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 and Cappadocia University on June 20-22, 2018. This year, we will have 5th China and the Middle East Conference in Xi’an, China on May 16, 17 and 18, 2019.
We therefore invite submissions on the following and related topics:
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
China’s Foreign Policy Toward Middle East/West Asia
Energy
Trade
Economic Integration
The Belt and Road Initiative
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)
Please email your submission to tugrulk (at) vt.edu
IMPORTANT DATES
· Abstract Submission for the Conference: April 15, 2019
· Conference Draft Paper Submission: May 6, 2019
· The Conference Dates: May 16, 17 and 18, 2019
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 (5 nights: June 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, 2019) AND FOOD DURING YOUR STAY IN XI”AN.
Xi’an https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veyoIRxkNmw
Short documentary of Ramadan in Hui Muslim Community of Xi’an China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJVk8BgezpU
Great Mosque of Xi’an https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJVk8BgezpU
Please note that this is an academic conference only, no non-academic presenters will be accepted.
Any additional queries should be sent to tugrulkeskin (at) t.shu.edu.cn
Organizing Committee:
Dr. Han Zhibin, Professor, Northwest University, China
Dr. Guo Changgang, Professor - Shanghai University, China.
Dr. Hasan Ali Karasar, President - Cappadocia University
Dr. Mohammedmoin Sadeq, Professor - Qatar University, Qatar.
Dr. Gokhan Bozbas, Assistant Professor – Necmettin Erbakan University
Dr. Tugrul Keskin, Professor - Shanghai University, China
Dr. Sean Foley, Associate Professor - Middle Tennessee State University, USA
Dr. Mojtaba Mahdavi, Associate Professor - University of Alberta, Canada
Dr. Nissim Otmazgin, Professor – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Juan Cole, Professor - University of Michigan, USA
Dr. Mehran Kamrava, Professor - Georgetown University, Qatar.
Dr. Yang Chen, Assistant Professor - Shanghai University, China.
Conference Program
Thursday May 16, 2019
10:00 – 10:15 Introduction and Welcome Speech Professor Han Zhibin, Director of Middle East Institute, Northwest University of China
10:15 - 10:30 Welcome Speech and Introduction the President of Northwest University of China
10:30 – 10:45 Keynote Speech -1 Professor Yang Guang, President of Middle East Studies Association of China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Shanghai University. (Invited)
10:45 - 11:30 Keynote Speech -2 Professor Juan Cole, University of Michigan (Invited)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 Keynote Speech -3 Professor Mehran Kamrava, Georgetown University, Qatar.
14:00 - 15:30 Special Discussion on Chinese Journal of Middle East Studies
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:15 Panel -1
18:00 DINNER
Friday May 17, 2019
8:30 – 10:00 Panel -2
10:30 – 12:00 Panel 3
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Panel – 4
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:15 Panel 5
18:00 DINNER
Saturday May 18, 2019
8:30 – 10:00 Panel -6
10:30 – 12:00 Panel 7
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Panel – 8
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:15 Panel 9
17:15 – 17:30 Coffee Break
Discussion for future projects and Closing Remarks by TBA 17:30 – 18:00
19:00 DINNER
Sunday, May 19, 2019
BUS TOUR: Terracotta Army – Xi’an: The greatest archaeological find of the 20th century