1. Intellect is pleased to present Performing Islam Volume 14 For more information about the journal and issue click here>> https://www.intellectbooks.com/performing-islam Aims & Scope Performing Islam is the first peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal about Islam and performance and their related aesthetics. The journal covers dance, ritual, theatre, performing arts, visual arts
Posted in: Academic items1.Persian Empire’s 2,500th Anniversary Anthem Score Is Out The 2,500-year celebrations of the Persian Empire are among the most controversial events in the history of Iran during the Pahlavi era. Discussions and debates about the celebrations have almost always focused on their political aspects, whereas, alongside the celebrations, numerous cultural
Posted in: Academic items1. Daiber Collection II, MSS 1–50, has now been made available on “The Daiber Collection Beta Database “ The Daiber Collection Beta Database Project, “Team Daiber,” is pleased to announce that the fourth installment of images and metadata, covering Daiber Collection II, MSS 1–50, has now been made available online.
Posted in: Academic itemsTobunken Seminar “Envisioning a Messianic Horizon: Ḥamūya’s Shīʿī-Inspired Eschatology and Its Impact on Kubrawī and Timurid Spirituality”
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1. Panel for the Association of Persianate Societies Biennial Conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (9-12 August 2027). Race-Making in the Premodern Persianate World While Critical Race Theory has established itself firmly in the methodological toolbox of the study of the modern Persianate world and its diaspora, there is a dearth of
Posted in: Academic items1. CFP: Seeking Medieval Middle East Studies Scholars for The Bloomsbury Handbook of Transecology [Announcement] A decade after Nicole Seymour’s chapter “Trans Ecology and the Transgender Road Narrative” in The Oxford Handbook of Ecocriticism, following Susan Stryker’s foreword to the 2020 book Transecology: Transgender Perspectives on Environment and Nature, and
Posted in: Academic itemsPosted in: News, BahrainBahrain re-arrests human rights defender Naji Fateel two years after royal pardon