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Call for Papers

Insanyat - Humanities

Insanyat (Humanities), a graduate students on-line periodical based at
the American University in Cairo, Sociology and Anthropology Department, seeks submissions for its January, 2003 issue. The aim of the journal is to provide a site for discussion and intellectual exchange among graduate students and scholars from various social sciences backgrounds in the Middle East on wide range of topics. As such the journal is interdisciplinary in orientation (in its inclusion of all humanities and social sciences) and international in scope.

Questions we would like to consider focus on the War on Terrorism and its impact and effects, such as: what constitutes terrorism; the impact of War on Terrorism on the agenda of development and NGOs; the relationship between North and South; the role of media in the War on Terrorism; the oil politics in the Middle East; revitalization of social and religious movements in connection of War on Terrorism; the question of Arab nationalism and /or unity; what does sovereignty of a state mean in contemporary unipolar world; the issue of identity of Arab-Americans; etc.

Scholars and particularly graduate students from all the disciplines in social sciences are encouraged and welcomed to submit papers and/or commentaries on the given subject. The journal accepts submission in both forms: hard copies and email attachments.

Hard copy manuscripts should be typed, double spaced and sent to:

Insanyat
Sociology/Anthropology Department
American University in Cairo
113 Kasr El Aini Street
P.O.Box 2511
Cairo 11511
Egypt.

Email attachments should be forwarded to: insanyat@aucegypt.edu.

Submissions will not be returned to the sender. Contributions and submissions addressing topics beyond those above are welcome as well, however, the deadline for the contributions to appear in the January 2003 issue is: January 10, 2003 and are not to exceed 3000 words.