The summer school will explore the political behaviour of official religious actors in different political systems of the Middle East with a focus on Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey. It aims at reaching three main scientific goals:
(1) a stock-taking and analysis of the political repertoires of religious actors that operate from within the legal and semi-legal framework of their respective countries;
(2) a comparative assessment of the impact of regime structures and government policies on the political behaviour of these actors, and
(3) an assessment of the contribution of official religious actors to issues negotiated in the political arenas of their respective societies. On the level of academic cooperation, the summer school aims at helping to establish an international and interdisciplinary network of researchers working on this important, but hitherto rather neglected topic.
The summer school will bring together 15 postgraduate students (5 from Germany, 5 from other European countries, 5 from Middle Eastern countries) to be taught during seven working days in Beirut by a faculty of, all in all, 15 university professors and religious practitioners from four countries (Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey).
Teaching in Beirut will take place via a daily combination of four types of classes: reading seminars (devoted to important source texts and theoretical issues); lectures (devoted to a longer presentation of a faculty member, followed by a questions-and-answers block); round-table talks with reli-gious practitioners; and student workshops (devoted to the presentation and discussion of the stu-dents’ individual research projects).
Effective travel costs of successful applicants will be reimbursed up to a maximum of 1.000 EUR per person. In addition, the program will provide accommodation (7 nights) and meals in Beirut for the duration of the summer school.
The Summer School is open to applications from postgraduate students (PhD students as well as Post-Doc students) from European and Middle Eastern countries with research projects from all fields of the humanities and the social sciences that are related to Middle Eastern Studies and have a special focus on religion and politics. Good acquaintance with regional languages will be considered as an asset. Applicants should be fluent in English and have at least a passive knowledge of French.
Applications should be sent to oibsummerschool@oidmg.org. Deadline for applications is June 20, 2010.
Contact: Dr. Thomas Scheffler, Orient-Institut Beirut, scheffler@oidmg.org.
Further details: http://www.orient-institut.
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