CFP Cultural and Heritage Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa

[Waleed Hazbun]

Call for Book Chapter Proposals:

Cultural and Heritage Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa (working title)

Edited by:

Professor C. Michael Hall- University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Siamak Seyfi - Pantheon Sorbonne University of Paris, France

Heritage is regarded as one of the more significant and rapidly growing components of tourism in many developed economies (Hall, 2006; Timothy & Boyd, 2015). Since the adoption of the Convention concerning the Protection of World Natural and Cultural Heritage in 1972, as of July 2018, some 1092 sites throughout the world have been designated as World Heritage Sites (UNESCO, 2018). The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are home to over 133 UNESCO World Heritage Sites which are of outstanding universal value. Over 12% of World Heritage sites are located in this region while there is also a wealth of national heritage sites. Despite this wealth of heritage sites, the MENA region as a whole remains one of the world’s least developed tourism regions (Cohen & Cohen, 2015; Isaac, Hall & Higgins-Desbiolles, 2015), and the region’s share of international tourism has remained as one of the lowest in the world estimated at about only six percent (UNWTO, 2017), while there is also significant domestic tourism markets. Tourism in the MENA has received limited but growing interest in recent years.

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has long been regarded as the cradle of Western and Arab civilization, a huge center of cultural and travel influence and is the home of many of the world’s major religions. Because of this the region is rich in heritage sites that serve as major tourist attractions and as icons of national, cultural and religious identity. However, at the same time, heritage in the region is also highly contested and has even become a target for terrorism and political conflict creating a situation that creates major challenges for heritage management and sustainable tourism development.

Given this context this is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of cultural and heritage tourism in the region and the complexities that sites and attractions face into the past, current and future. The book is therefore of interest not only to heritage managers and policy makers but those who seek to address the delicate balance between tourism development, communities and the tourists who visit such sites.

•   Cultural heritage and tourism development

•   Sustainable tourism management at World Heritage Sites

•   Expectations and experiences of visitors at the World Heritage Sites

•   The politics of heritage

•   Terrorism and cultural heritage tourism

•   Challenges of heritage policies and management in Middle East and North Africa

•   World Heritage, conservation and regional development

•   World Heritage and national heritage site designation, challenges and opportunities

We invite you to submit your chapter proposals in the form of abstracts about aspects of cultural


heritage and tourism with a focus on Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, on the


following topics, but not limited to:

•  The dynamics of heritage interpretation

•  Heritage tourism destinations: planning and institutionalization

•  World Heritage management: stewardship and stakeholders

•  The governance dynamics of World Heritage Sites and national heritage

•  The meaning, marketing, and management of heritage tourism

•  Heritage, authenticity and commodification

•  Crowding and visitor management at heritage sites

•  Local community involvement at heritage tourism sites

•  Heritage and climate change

•  Religious tensions at heritage sites

•   Domestic tourism and cultural heritage

•   Destruction and theft of cultural heritage

Editors:

Professor C. Michael Hall- University of Canterbury, New Zealand Siamak Seyfi - Pantheon Sorbonne University of Paris, France

Publisher: We are currently in negotiation with a major international publisher for this volume, with the book to be published in 2020.

Key dates (subject to changes)

Abstract/ Proposal submission deadline: 15 September, 2018 Proposal acceptance notification: 15 October, 2018
Chapter submission deadline: 31 August, 2019

Submission Procedure

Please submit your proposals by sending you application by 15th September, 2018 to siamak...@etu.univ-paris1.fr & siamak...@yahoo.com

Your proposal should include:

•   150-200 word abstract;

•   Author(s)’ biography (50-75 words) and contact information (name, role, institution,

email and mail);

•   The abstract must be in English and submitted in word format;

•   If accepted, full contributions are expected to be a maximum of 6000 words including

references;

•  Referencing guidelines will be provided on acceptance of proposal by the publisher; and

•   Each contribution must be original and unpublished work, not submitted for publication

elsewhere.

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Waleed Hazbun
Associate Professor of International Politics
American University of Beirut

As of Fall 2018:
Richard Chambers Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
Department of Political Science
University of Alabama
waleed...@ua.edu