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Call for Papers for Pre-organized Panels at the 21st  InternationalCongress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) on“Contemporary Research on the MENA Region”  in Cologne, 25 – 27September 20141) "Between Neoliberalism and Revolution: Mapping CurrentGentrification in the MENA City" - Coordinator: Yannick Sudermann(Y.T.Sudermann@sms.ed.ac.uk).2) "Middle East Conflicts: Backgrounds and Chances for Solutions" -Coordinator:  Fawzy Naji, Hannover (f.naji@hotmail.de).3) "Issues of Sustainable Economic Development in Iraq" -Coordinator: Sefik Alp Bahadir, Erlangen (sefik-alp.bahadir@fau.de).4) "Arab Perspectives on Israel" - Coordinator: Johannes Becke,Oxford (johannes.becke@area.ox.ac.uk).5) "Arab Talk Shows in the Wake of the Arab Spring" - Coordinator:David Arn, Muenchen (david.arn@lmu.de).6) "Mobilities and Competences in the Middle East Region" -Coordinators: Amin Moghadam (amin.moghadam@sciencespo.fr) and AzitaBathaie (bathazi@hotmail.com), Paris.7) "Collaps of Public and Social Structures in Syria" - Coordinator:Huda Zein, Cologne (hzein@uni-koeln.de).8) "Psychologies, Politics and Narratives of Trauma: ComparativePerspectives" -  Coordinator: Stephan Milich, University of Cologne(smilich@uni-koeln.de).9) "Transformation of Religious Discourses in the ContemporaryMuslim World" - Coordinators: TimEpkenhans(tim.epkenhans@orient.uni-freiburg.de) and Johanna Pink(johanna.pink@orient.uni-freiburg.de), Freiburg.10) "Migration, Labor and Religion in the Gulf States" -Coordinators: Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf (s.damir-geilsdorf@uni-koeln.de)and Michaela Pelican (mpelican@uni-koeln.de), Cologne.11) "Turkey and the Arab Spring" - Coordinator: Ibrahim Natil(dr.natil59@gmail.com).12) "The International Politics of the Arab Spring" - Coordinator:Robert Mason (rdmobile@hotmail.com).13) "Processes of Transformation in Yemen – Singularity  or Model?"- Coordinator: Henner Kirchner, Sana’a (henner.kirchner@giz.de)14) "Towards Post-colonial Palestine Studies – Cross-disciplinaryApproaches" - Coordinators:  Detlev Quintern (History),  Ludwig Watzal(Political Science), Viktoria Waltz (Planning) (viktoria.waltz@web.de)15) "Outbound-tourism from GCC-countries: Opportunities andPerspectives for the Tourism Industry outside the Middle East" -Coordinator: Nadine Scharfenort, Mainz (n.scharfenort@geo.uni-mainz.de)Contact the coordinator to request the summary of the panel. Pleasesend an abstract (up to 300 words) of your proposed paper to thecoordinator of the panel and to Amke Dietert, the general secretary ofthe Congress (amke.dietert@googlemail.com) before 2 June 2014.Information on the DAVO Congress http://davo2014.de/en.General Secretary of DAVO CongressMrs.Amke DietertCarl-Cohn-Straße 73D-22297 Hamburg/GermanyPhone: ++49-40-5133671Email: amke.dietert@googlemail.comVisit the website at http://davo2014.de/enDeadline for individual Papers which will be grouped into panels is 16June 2014. (see http://davo2014.de/en).