1.Fully funded PhD studentship in Persian/Turkish History The University of St Andrews is pleased to offer a scholarship funded by St Leonard’s Postgraduate College, to support an exceptional student undertaking doctoral research in the following project: Slavery in the Pre-Modern Turko-Persian World See: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/postgraduate/scholarships/global-history/         2. Mekka and

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From Iraq, an Intimate Glimpse of the Religious Holiday of Arbaeen

The World Through a Lens Every year, millions of pilgrims descend on the central Iraqi city of Karbala to commemorate the Shiite holiday of Arbaeen, one of the largest organized gatherings in the world. Credit…

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‘L’Alévisme de Turquie constitue un courant notable de l’islam – on évitera le terme de minorité – qui rassemble aujourd’hui environ un cinquième de la population du pays, turque et kurde, soit environ 16 millions d’individus. Persécuté sous l’Empire ottoman, ou ignoré, c’est-à-dire délaissé, à cause de ses croyances jugées « hérétiques » au regard de l’islam sunnite, son histoire est ponctuée, sous la République turque, par des révoltes violemment réprimées par l’État kémaliste et des affrontements avec des adversaires sunnites ou politiques.’

Two bomb blasts kill at least 14 in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan

Victims included 12 civilians and two traffic police officers, with 45 others suffering wounds.

Library collection links : Majles Library Tehran Astan-e Quds Library Mashhad         2. Treasure of Persian manuscripts at Dagestan Scientific Centre + an Interview with Patimat Alibekova in Makhachkala (Produced by Pejman Akbarzadeh) – گنجینه نسخه های خطی فارسی در مرکز علمی داغستان + گفتگو پاتمت علیبکوا در

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1.New OA Book: Muslim Women’s Pilgrimage to Mecca and Beyond Reconfiguring Gender, Religion, and Mobility Muslim Women’s Pilgrimage to Mecca and Beyond Reconfiguring Gender, Religion, and Mobility, Routledge, 2020 Edited By: Marjo Buitelaar, Manja Stephan-Emmrich, Viola Thimm       2. British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS) On-line AGM Lecture

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35 | 2020 Les interactions entre šīʿites imāmites et chrétiens

Ce volume 35 est constitué d’un dossier rassemblant la plupart des communications tenues lors du colloque d’avril 2018 à l’Institut catholique de Paris sur les interactions entre imamites et chrétiens. À partir de l’hypothèse que l’histoire, la théologie, la littérature témoignent de la dimension interculturelle des rencontres et des relations, les auteurs montrent comment les identités de chacun se sont façonnées et construites.

The Idea of Iran: Iran in Transition to a New World Order

Date: 28 November 2020 Time: 11:45 AM Finishes: 28 November 2020 Time: 7:15 PM Venue: Virtual Event Type of Event: Symposium Symposium Programme Online Registration The eighteenth century saw the collapse of the Safavid Empire that had given Iran a long period of relative peace and stability and growing, closer encounters with Europea ns and European interests.

Bahrain’s “Sports Whitewashing” in Europe:

The terms “Sports Whitewashing” or “Sports Washing” are used to qualify a technique whereby states with poor human rights records cover their negative international reputations by associating themselves with diverse sport events or competitions of international importance. The boxing match between Andy Ruiz and Anthony Joshua for the World Heavyweight Championship which took place in…

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(Ed note: – Apologies, but some technical issues have kept us off-line for a few days.) 1. The Emmy Noether research group on “Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period” based at Hamburg University (2020-2026) invites applications for 2 PhD positions, to commence on 1 April 2021. The

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