Annual International Graduate Student Conference

Call for Papers

Date: June 28-29, 2017

Venue: Yerevan State University, Armenia

Proposal Submission Deadline: March 25, 2017

The Chair of Arabic Studies at Yerevan State University is pleased to invite graduate students (MA and PhD) and recent post-docs of all fields associated with Arabic and Islamic Studies to present their recent research during the international graduate conference entitled Interdisciplinary research in Arabic and Islamic studies, which will take place on June 28-29, 2017.

Research papers are accepted on all aspects of Arabic and Islamic studies, including, but not limited to:

• Islamic Studies (History, religion, politics)
• Arabic Literature
• Arabic Linguistics
• The History of Arabic countries
• The Arab world in the framework of international relations
• Intercultural dialogue
• The topical issues of Arab Middle East

Each participant will be expected to speak for no longer than 30 minutes. At the end of each session the discussion will be opened by the session moderator.

Submission process

For submitting a paper proposal, please send an abstract of proposed paper (no more than 300 words) and a current CV to graduateconferenceysu@gmail.com by 25th of March, 2017. Abstracts should provide a brief description of the work, clearly outlining the theoretical perspectives and methodology to be applied in the paper.

Notifications of acceptance will be sent until 10th of April, 2017.

All proposals will be subjected to peer-reviews. The selected papers will be published in proceeding volume of The Issues of Arabic Studies.

For any enquiries regarding the conference, please contact arabgit@ysu.am.

Source: armacad.info