CALL FOR PAPERS (DRAFT)

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, (ICME’26) 2-6 AUGUST 2026

BİRİNCİ ULUSLARARASI ORTADOĞU KONFERANSI (ICME’26) 2-6 AĞUSTOS 2026

הכנס הבינלאומית הראשונה ללימודי המזרח התיכון

المؤتمر الدولي الأول للدراسات الشرق الأوسط

ПЕРВАЯ МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ ПО ИЗУЧЕНИЮ БЛИЖНЕГО ВОСТОКА

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the First International Conference on Middle East (ICME’26) will be held in in hybrid form (in person and virtual) in Jerusalem on August 2-6, 2026. As a multidisciplinary conference ICME’26 will provide the opportunity to meet scholars and experts in social sciences and humanities all around the world, present their researches on Middle East region.

For those who cannot attend the face-to-face meeting in Jerusalem due to financial, political, healthy (Covid) personal or environmental (carbon free) limitations, the opportunity to attend the conference will be provided via video meeting.

Application/ Registration and Presentation

The application/ registration and presentation processes in conference consist of four phases totally:

• application by submitting an abstract and

• submitting the full text and/or research article (optional)

Accepted submissions may be presented via

• a pre-recorded video presentation (with/ without live Q&A), and/or

• in person or remote presenting (with Q&A).

All presenters who make in-person, live (synchronous), pre-recorded (asynchronous) or simulive (hybrid) presentations will receive a certificate of e-participation following the sessions.

Abstracts (with/without full text) will be published in the Proceeding and Abstract Book (with e-ISBN). Revised, complete versions of papers will be published in the Israiliyat journal or in an edited book upon referees’ decision.

Fees and Services

There is no registration fee. While face-to-face participants/guests must reserve a room where the conference hold for the entire conference, or just for part of it – though as a minimum for one day, virtual presenters do not have to pay any fees for participance. Accommodation fees includes presenting in the sessions, lunch, refreshments during tea-coffee breaks.

The travel, transportation accommodation, and city tours expenses are the responsibility of ICIJS’26 participants. These services will be provided at a discount for the participants who want to.

The tours of Jerusalem and its surroundings are held collectively in the morning for those who want to participate, the sessions will be held in the afternoon. The conference is open to all such as presenters' family and friends as an audience.

Application/ Registration and Presentation

The application/ registration and presentation processes in conference consist of four phases totally:

• application by submitting an abstract and

• submitting the full text and/or research article (optional)

Accepted submissions may be presented via

• a pre-recorded video presentation (with/ without live Q&A), and/or

in person or remote presenting (with Q&A).

All presenters who make in-person, live (synchronous), pre-recorded (asynchronous) or simulive (hybrid) presentations will receive a certificate of e-participation following the sessions.

Abstracts (with/without full text) will be published in the Proceeding and Abstract Book (with e-ISBN). Revised, complete versions of related papers will be published in the Israiliyat journal or in an edited book upon referees’ decision.

Fees and Services

There is no registration fee. While face-to-face participants/guests must reserve a room where the conference hold for the entire conference, or just for part of it – though as a minimum for one day, virtual presenters do not have to pay any fees for participance. Accommodation fees includes presenting in the sessions, lunch, refreshments during tea-coffee breaks.

The travel, transportation accommodation, and city tours expenses are the responsibility of ICIJS’26 participants. These services will be provided at a discount for the participants who want to.

The tours of Jerusalem and its surroundings are held collectively in the morning for those who want to participate, the sessions will be held in the afternoon. The conference is open to all such as presenters' family and friends as an audience.

Important Dates

Please, remember the following important dates:

(i) Deadline for Abstract: July 15, 2026

(ii) Notification of Acceptance: after review process without any loss of time

(iii) Deadline for Full Text and/or Research Article Submission and/or pre-Recorded Video Submission: July 15, 2026

(iv) Conference Dates: August 2-6, 2026

Main Theme and Topics

The conference scope includes all subject in social sciences and humanities on Middle East region. These include (but are not limited to) various disciplines such as current political issues, international relations, the history and sociology, as well as more traditional sub-fields of the Middle Eastern Studies.

We look forward to welcoming scholars, researchers from around the world conducting research on any aspect of Middle East region to submit proposals for individual papers and organized panels.

Contacts

Please feel free to reach out to us with questions and requests related to the ICIJS’26 at <info@ortadogu.org> or the conference.ortadogu.org website.

Please circulate this Call, among your colleagues and networks.

We look forward to welcoming you to the ICME’26 in August.

Yours sincerely,

Organizing Committee co-Chairs

First International Conference on Middle East

E-mail: info@ortadogu.org

Website: ortadogu.org