Digital Media, Islam, and Politics in the Middle East

A Workshop with Assist. Prof. Dr. H. Akın Ünver (Kadir Has University / Oxford University / Alan Turing Institute). The 6th Annual MUBIT Doctoral Workshop in Late- and Post-Ottoman Studies in Basel, Digital Media, Islam, and Politics in the Middle East, is a two-day intensive seminar organized by Dr. Selen Etingü, Alexander Balistreri, M.A., and Dr. des. Alp Yenen at the Middle Eastern Studies of Department of Social Sciences at the University of Basel.

This workshop immerses students in comparative studies of Islamist politics in the Middle East and North Africa through the lens of how violent and non-violent Islamist state and non-actors, as well as their opponents, use and manipulate digital and social media to further their goals. The workshop is specifically interested in exploring themes in how the region’s religious, political and social forces interact and mobilize in digital space, including their competing organizational networks and narrative claims.

As an increasingly more popular and politically-relevant topic in the region and beyond, we seek applicants whose work lie at the intersection of ICTs (information and communication technologies – such as Whatsapp, Signal, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and other web channels) and social media platforms on the one hand, and religion, politics, culture, and mobilization on the other. Those that are interested in, and work on how online and offline mobilization, behaviour and organization interact in the Middle East are particularly encouraged to apply.

The doctoral workshop is funded by MUBIT Inter-University Doctoral Cooperation in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Basel/Zurich and is a part of the curriculum of the Graduate School of Social Sciences (G3S), University of Basel.

Please send your applications (incl. a biographical abstract explaining your research interests and projects as well as your academic background (max. 400 words, in 3rd person singular, in English)) to Dr. Selen Etingü (g.etingue@clutterunibas.ch) no later than August 6^th.

Further information about the workshop and the application procedure: here

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