Call for papers
Department of Middle Eastern Studies
University of Cambridge

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, invites
papers to be presented at the second international Symposium on Middle
Eastern Studies (17th - 18th October, 2009). The topic will be "Knowledge
and Language in Middle Eastern Societies". Papers can cover any period or
region in Middle Eastern Studies broadly defined. We encourage papers to
reflect on broader methodological or disciplinary questions of interest to
the field, focusing on, but not limited to, the following topics:

1) Language, society and politics
2) Linguistic, historiographical, and literary analysis
3) Transmission and classification of knowledge
4) Production and distribution of religious and secular ideas

Graduate students are encouraged to apply.
Abstracts should be sent by email to the committee
mes-symposium2009@ames.cam.ac.uk latest by 10th April, 2009. Submissions
should be no more than 300 words in MS Word or PDF format, and should
include your name, affiliation and academic institution The University of
Cambridge will provide complimentary accommodation to speakers. On the
website http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/news_events/knowledge-language-mes.htm
you will find further information about the conference.
Thank you for your interest and support,
The Organizing Committee Department of Middle Eastern Studies (University of
Cambridge)