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ACRPS Conference for Arab Doctoral Students Based in the West

The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies announces the opening of registration for its Arab Graduate Student Conference, to be held from March 24-26, 2018 in Doha, Qatar. The meeting will provide Arab doctoral students in the social sciences and humanities based at Western universities an open space to present papers rooted in their graduate studies. This novel conference will give the participants  the chance to benefit from discussions with their peers and with established Arab academics. By holding the meeting in an Arab country, the conference will give the participants an opportunity to better acquaint themselves with the Arab research agenda as well as to create collegial, professional networks within the Arab region. Participants will also gain the opportunity to have their work published in Arabic, through one of the ACRPS’ publication channels.

Eligible scholars interested in applying are informed of the following:

1)    Prospective participants should fill out the application form (hyperlink here; this form is a Microsoft Word file). This should be accompanied by a current CV/Resume and an abstract/research outline of the work the applicant intends to present (no more than 500 words in length).

2)    The Academic Committee will accept research proposals in either Arabic or English up to October 15, 2017. Please send all relevant materials to: arabdoct.conf@dohainstitute.edu.qa

3)    The Academic Committee will communicate directly with those applicants whose proposals have been accepted for participation in the conference.

4)    Authors of accepted proposals will be notified of the date to submit the complete drafts of papers, between 5,000 and 8,500 words in length. Submitted drafts must meet the guidelines determined by the ACRPS.

See the Background Paper for further information; the application form can also be downloaded separately here (This file should open with a recent version of Microsoft Word). Applicants are also invited to provide each of their two referees with this recommendation/reference form. The form, which is a Macro-enabled Microsoft Word file, must be completed and sent directly  by the referee to the ACRPS by email.

See the ACRPS website for the original posting and more information.