New Generations Conference

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin are delighted to announce the 14th Annual Graduate Student Conference, New Generations (Jil Jadid). We invite applicants from all disciplines researching various topics relating to the study of the Middle East, North Africa, and the Islamicate world, broadly defined. Interdisciplinary approaches are welcome. New Generations aims to provide an accessible forum for young scholars, spread across a variety of disciplines and fields to come together, share ideas and research, and discuss the future of research on the Middle East. Against the background of changing modes of knowledge production, this year’s theme encourages researchers to rethink consolidated methods within Middle Eastern Studies disciplines.

The 2025 New Generations conference is being organized by PhD students Saghar Bozorgi, Jens Inden, and Pouya Nekoeui, and will take place April 1-2, 2025 at The University of Texas at Austin. The conference will feature a keynote address delivered on Tues Apr 1 by Dr. Alexander Key (Stanford University). Questions may be directed to jiljadidconf@gmail.com.

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