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Call for Papers: The first International Seminar on
Shariati and the Future of Human Sciences/ Humanities
Date: Dec. 14-15: 2015

Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies in Cooperation with the Institute for Culture, Art and Communication, and the Iranian Sociological Association Tehran, Iran

Proposals are invited for the first international conference on Shariati and the future of Human Sciences/ Humanities to be held from 14 to 15 December 2015 at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran (http://www.ihcs.ac.ir/Pages/Features/Home.aspx?wid=66) .

Topics:
– Shariati and Quran Studies
– Shariati and Critique of the west
– Shariati and Mysticism and Sufism
– Shariati and Iqbal
– Shariati and History and Philosophy of Religions
– Shariati and Existentialism
– Shariati and Islamology
– Shariati and philosophy
– Shariati and the Critique of Orientalism
– Shariati and Religious Intellectualism
– Shariati and post-colonial Critiques
– Shariati and Heidegger
– Shariati and Politics
– Shariati and Marxism
– Shariati and Literary Studies
– Shariati and Intellectualism

Submission of Abstracts:

The Deadline for abstracts is 22 Sep. and for papers is 22 Oct., 2015. Abstracts of up 400 words should be submitted in Word format by email to seyedjavad@hotmail.com .

For academic enquiries contact: ++98-21-88052301- ++98-936-159-5025

 

1.Florin Curta (University of Florida) and Andrew Holt (Florida State College in Jacksonville) are the editors of a three-volume encyclopedia entitled Great Events in Religion: An Encyclopedia of Pivotal Events in Religious History (under contract with ABC-Clio). We are seeking contributors to write entries considering key events in worldwide religious history from prehistoric times to the present. Current entries consider topics that range from the first Neanderthal burial to the ordination of the first woman in a mainline Protestant denomination. The roughly 470 proposed entries range in size from 750 to 3000 words.

We desperately need contributors to cover a number of entries pertaining, or at least related to Islam. Here is the list:

Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah and the establishment of the Shi’ia Ismaili Fatimid dynasty (909)
Building of the al-Hakim Mosque in Cairo (928)
Cairo is established as capital of the Fatimid state in Egypt (969)
Destruction and razing of the Husayn Mosque in Karbala by Caliph al-Mutawakkil (850)
Fatimid Dynasty (Founding of)
Khan Tarmashirin’s conversion to Islam (1330s)
Khan Uzbek’s conversion to Islam (1313)
Rise of the Mamluks
Şêx Adî and the establishment of Yazidism
University of al-Azhar in Cairo (founding of)
Abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate (1924)
Establishment of the Secular Republic of Turkey
Fall of the Ottoman Empire
Partition of India and the beginnings of the Hindu-Muslim conflict (1947)
Qajar implementation of Shi’ia Islam in Iran
Safavid dynasty and the proclamation of the first Shi’ia empire
Shah Ismail I and the founding of the Safavid dynasty (1501)
Usman dan Fodio and the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate in Western Africa (1810s)​

We need those contributions by mid-November. The intended audience of the encyclopedia consists primarily of first-year college students. We are therefore seeking contributors who can write meaningfully about a number of scholarly issues, but in a manner appropriate for college students. At a minimum, potential contributors should be at the level of an advanced graduate student. This project obviously provides them with the opportunity to add some minor publications to their c.v.

If interested, please contact any of the two editors at fcurta@ufl.edu or Andrew.Holt@fscj.edu

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2. Assistant Professor of Islamic Law and Society, New York University

The tenure-track position is to begin September 1, 2016. It is not limited as to historical period or to the Middle East as conventionally defined.
Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2015. Information: http://meis.as.nyu.edu/

 

 
Assistant Professor of Middle East Politics, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Appointment of the tenure track position begins July 1, 2016. ABD or Ph.D. required. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/30161  and govsrch@hamilton.edu

 

Assistant Professor of Middle East Politics, Tenure-Track, Elon University, NC
Appointment is beginning in August 2016. Deadline for application: 15 September 2015. Information: www.elon.edu/facultyemployment/openings

 

 

Indiana University – Bloomington – Contemporary Central Asia, Open

Rank Search

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51352

 

 

School of the Art Institute of Chicago – FULL-TIME FACULTY POSITION:

HISTORIAN OF ART, DESIGN, OR ARCHITECTURE BEFORE 1800, WITH AN

EMPHASIS ON GLOBAL AND TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES (OPEN RANK)

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51334

 

 

University of Pennsylvania – Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship

in the Digital Humanities

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51342

 

Missouri State University – Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern
History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51353

 

Daemen College – Assisstant Professor of History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51361

The position requires a primary emphasis in world history with any regional focus except Russia/Europe and expertise in environmental history and/or the digital humanities.

 

3. Forty more Arabic scientific manuscripts go live in Qatar Digital Library

In November 2014 we announced the first forty Arabic scientific manuscripts to go live in the Qatar Digital Library.  We are now pleased to let you know that a further forty Arabic manuscripts have been uploaded.

– See more at: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2015/08/forty-more-arabic-scientific-manuscripts-go-live-in-qatar-digital-library.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+asian-and-african+%28Asia+and+Africa%29#sthash.DTiG7M2n.dpuf

 

 

4. The travels of a manuscript: Rashid al-Din’s Compendium of Chronicles (Add.7628)

The Jāmiʿ al-tavārīkh or ‘Compendium of Chronicles’ is a monumental universal history composed by Rashīd al-Dīn (d. 1317) in Persian at the beginning of the 14th century. It was originally written for the Mongol Ilkhan of Iran Ghazan Khan (d. 1304) but was finally presented to his brother and successor Oljaytu Khan (d. 1317) possibly in 1307. The work acquired enormous popularity both in medieval and modern times especially for its unique description of the rise of Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire. There are copies of this work in all the major libraries in Europe and the Middle East, including several masterpieces of 14th century manuscript illustration.

– See more at: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2015/08/the-travels-of-a-manuscript-add-7628.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+asian-and-african+%28Asia+and+Africa%29#sthash.KlEE8ryf.dpuf

 

5. The Third Perso-Indica Conference

 

The Sultanate Period and the Early Mughal Empire

 

September 3rd – 4th, 2015

University of Delhi

Department of Persian

Conference Center (opp. Botany Dept.)

 

September 3^rd

 

Opening session (Venue: Main Hall)

9.30-10.00: Dinesh Singh, Chander Shekhar, Fabrizio Speziale

 

Political analysis, identity and historiography

10.00-10.30: Satoshi Ogura – Linguistic Cosmopolitanism, Political Legitimacies and Religious Identities in Šāhmīrid

10.30-11.00: Mayank Kumar – Tʼari ḫ-i Qal’ah-i Ranthanbore: Historical Investigation of Persian Rendering of a Sanskrit/Brajbhasa/Rajasthani Text

Chair:  Radha Vallabh Tripathi

Coffee break

 

Natural and occult sciences (Venue: Room 5)

11.30-12.00: Kazuyo Sakaki – Changing Ourselves – the Textual Transmission of the Sivasvarodaya

12.00-12.30: S. M. Razaullah Ansari – Persian Translations of Kitāb-i Barāḥī Sang’hitā

12:30-13.00: Eva Orthmann – Religion and Astrology in the Kitāb-i Barāḥī, Aspects of Translation

Chair: Kashif Ghani

Lunch break

 

Medical knowledge

14.30-15.00: Fabrizio Speziale – A 14th-Century Revision of the Greco-Arabic and Indian Theories of the Humours: The Hybrid Model by Šihāb al-Dīn Nāgawrī

15.00-15.30:  Azarmi Dukht – Persian Writings of the Sultanate Period – Valuable Sources of Indic Knowledge. Case Study: Ṭibb-i Sikandar Šāhī: Persian Translation and Compilation of Medicinal Information from Sanskrit Sources

15.30-16.00: Sonia Vij – Rahasya to Laḏḏat: Translating Secrets of Sexuality

Chair: Ramesh Bhardwaj

Coffee break

 

September 4^th

 

Sufism and Yoga

9.30-10.00: Carl Ernst – Enigmas of Translation in the Kamaru Pancasika, an Early Persian Work on Yoga

10.00-10.30: Soraya Khodamoradi – Rušd-Nāma and the Idea of Immortality

Chair: IH. Siddique

Coffee break

 

Literature

11.00- 11.30: Chander Shekhar- Indian Elements in Persian Narrative (Pre-Mughal Period): a Survey

11.30-12.00: Muzaffar Alam and Thibaut d’Hubert – Mufarriḥ al-Qulūb: A Fifteenth-Century Persian Translation of the Hitopadeśa

12.00-12.30: Pegah Shahbaz – Jawāhir al-Asmār: an Early Fourteenth-Century Persian Translation of Sukasaptati

Chair: SH. Qasemi

Lunch break

14.00-14.30: Balram Shukla – Kathakautukam: a Sanskrit Rendering of Yūsuf and Zulaikha

14.30- 15.00: Syed Akhtar Hussain – Ṭūṭī Nāmah: Persian Tapestry Woven by Indian Threads

Chair: Corinne Lefèvre

Coffee break

 

Aesthetic and musicology

16.30-16.00: F. ‘Nalini‘ Delvoye – Translating Aesthetic Concepts and Qualities Prescribed for Artists and Connoisseur-Patrons in Two Sultanate Period Indo-Persian Texts on Performing Arts

16.00-16.30: Chandragupta Bhartiya and Ali Akbar Shah –  Sangeetratnakara and Lahajāt-i Sikandar Šāhi va Latāif-i Nāmutanāhī, A Persian Translation (A Comparative Study)

Chair: Raza Ullah Ansari

Coffee break

 

17.00-19.00: General discussion

 

Scientific coordination: Chander Shekhar (University of Delhi) – Eva Orthmann (University of Bonn) – Fabrizio Speziale (University Sorbonne Nouvelle – CNRS).

 

Contact for information: Soraya Khodamoradi: skhodamo@uni-bonn.de.

 

6. The Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University seeks to fill a position in Modern Arabic Literature at the rank of assistant professor.  The successful candidate will have broad intellectual interests, a commitment to both undergraduate and graduate education, and a willingness to contribute to new departmental initiatives. Participation in the Columbia College Core Curriculum will be expected.

Applicants should submit a c.v., cover letter, a representative sample of scholarship, and upload their dissertation abstract and a sample course syllabus. They should also arrange to have recommendations sent by three referees. The search committee will begin reviewing applications on September 25, and will continue until an appointment is made.

For more information and to apply, please visit our online site:

academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=61316

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

 

7. The Program in Arabic Language and Culture in the Department of Classics at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for a tenure-track position.  The field of specialization is open, although we welcome especially applications from scholars of either modern Arabic literature and culture or Islamic Studies (classical and modern).  The appointment will commence in July 2016. The successful candidate will be prepared to teach undergraduate courses in Arabic language as well as a broad range of undergraduate courses in the literature, culture, and history of the Arabic speaking world.  Completion of the Ph.D. is required.
 
Please apply through Interfolio.com using the following link: http://apply.interfolio.com/31050.

 

Complete dossiers will include a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, and evidence of teaching experience and research, if available.  Review of complete applications will begin on November 20, 2015.
 
The University of Notre Dame seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty, staff and administration.  The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to building a culturally diverse workplace.  We strongly encourage applications from female and minority candidates and others that will enhance our community.  Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals, and requires affirmative action by covered contractors to employ and advance veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities in compliance with 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a).

 

Information about the Program in Arabic can be found at http://arabic.nd.edu

 

 

Bahrain: Opposition Leader’s Trial Grossly Unfair

Bahraini political activist goes on trial after calling for reform
Amnesty Internationa

21 August 2015, 13:02 UTC

The prosecution of Ebrahim Sharif, a political activist detained after making a speech calling for reform in Bahrain, demonstrates the authorities’ dogged determination to quash dissent and curtail freedom of expression in the country, said Amnesty International ahead of the start of his trial on 24 August.

Ebrahim Sharif, who is a former Secretary General of a secular political opposition party, the National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad), was arrested in July 2015 after giving a speech at a public gathering to commemorate the death of Hussam al-Haddad, a 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by riot police in 2012.

Read more at:
https://www.amnesty.org/latest/news/2015/08/bahraini-political-activist-goes-on-trial-after-calling-for-reform/

تفاوت تشیع مُفضّلی وهشامی وحساسیت بحث زمان ظهور

1. Co-IRIS Workshop: “Worlding beyond the Clash of Civilizations: An Agenda for an International Relations-Islam Discourse”, University of Tübingen, Germany, 6-8 April 2016

This workshop is held during the  “3rd European Workshops in International Studies” of the European International Studies Association. Deadline for abstracts: 2 October 2015. Information: www.coiris.org/co-iris-workshop-at-the-3rd-european-workshops-in-international-studies-ewis/

 

2. Assistant Professor in International or Comparative Politics, American University of Beirut

Preferably for applicants with a focus on conflict resolution, critical analysis of intervention, and/or humanitarian issues (including refugees and law), and with a research agenda in, or relevant to, the contemporary Arab world to begin August 15, 2016.

Deadline for application 15 October 2015. Information: www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/academic-employment.aspx
 

 

3. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of History of Religions – Religions in Historical Time, University of Copenhagen

The Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in History of Religions to be filled by 1 August 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Deadline for application:  1 October 2015. Information: http://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=751804

 

4. Call for Papers

The Heritage of Al-Andalus, Persia-Iberia
Allameh Tabatabai University
Tehran, Iran
17-18 November 2015

www.alandalus2015.ir

 

 

It is our pleasure to invite you to the international conference on The Heritage of Al-Andalus, Persia-Iberia to be hosted on November 17 -18, 2015, by the Department of Spanish Language, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.

The conference addresses the issue of mutual Iranian-Iberian influences during the centuries. Relying on a rich heritage, both cultures are inheritors of two of the oldest legacies of humankind.

The international conference on The Heritage of Al-Andalus, Persia-Iberia encourages interdisciplinary intercultural research approaches aimed at finding out how, when and where the encounter between these two cultures has provided more fertile ground.

Prominent scholars in different fields of the humanities can contribute to this effort by presenting articles and participating in debates, dialogue among representatives of diversecultures being a necessary and un avoidable toll to achieving mutual understanding and cooperation.

We call on scholars and researchers in various academic fields around the world to participate in this collective effort. As the Planning Committee, we look forward to welcoming you to the conference.

Deadlines and Submission Procedure

Individuals willing to participate in the conference are invited to send their abstracts (maximum 300 words) along with CVs to the conference Secretariat via the conference email address: paper@alandalus2015.ir

Abstracts should clearly state the purpose and results of the work to be detailed in the final paper.

Abstracts and papers will be reviewed by members of an International Scientific Advisory Committee.

A selection of the best papers presented during the conference will be published in a collected volume. Only papers presented during the conference will be accepted for publication.

We encourage early submission of abstracts and papers to facilitate registration and travel arrangements.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 2, 2015.

Acceptance of the abstracts will be notified by: October 7, 2015.

Deadline for final paper submission:  November 1, 2015.

 

5. I would like to post the following announcement which may be of interest to many: Sheikh Hamad Awards for Translation and International Understanding (Doha, Qatar, 2015) Nominations are now open for SHATIU in the following categories:

 

1. Translation from Arabic into English ($200.000)
2. Translation from English into Arabic ($200.000)
3. Translation from Arabic into Turkish ($200.000)
4. Translation from Turkish into Arabic ($200.000)
5. Achievement award ($200.000)

 

Please visit our website ( www.hta.qa/en ) for details and rules of submission. Best and thanks, Walid Walid Hamarneh

Associate Professor

Dept. of Modern Literatures and Cultures

University of Richmond

6. Tel Aviv University – Senior Academic Position in Middle Eastern

History of the 20th Century

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51165

 

Princeton University – Assistant Professor [History of Medieval Iran]

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51300

 

Rutgers University – New Brunswick – Assistant Professor, South Asian

History (post-1600)

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51299

 

New York University Abu Dhabi – Research Fellowships in the Humanities

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51294

 

Dartmouth College – Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Society of Fellows

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51214

7. The Digital Archive of Brief Notes & Iran Review (DABIR) is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal published by the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at the University of California, Irvine.

 

DABIR aims to quickly and efficiently publish brief notes and reviews relating to the pre-modern world in contact with Iran and Persianate cultures. The journal accepts submissions on art history, archaeology, history, linguistics, literature, manuscript studies, numismatics, philology and religion, from Jaxartes to the Mediterranean and from the Sumerian period through to the Safavid era (3500 BCE-1500 CE). Work dealing with later periods can be considered on request.

 

volume 1

http://www.dabirjournal.org/issues/issue-01/

8. Librarian, American University in Cairo

 

About The American University in Cairo:

Founded in 1919, AUC moved to a new 270-acre state-of-the-art campus in New Cairo in 2008. The University also operates in its historic downtown facilities, offering cultural events, graduate classes, and continuing education. Student housing is available in both downtown Zamalek and New Cairo. Among the premier universities in the region, AUC is Middle States accredited; its Engineering programs are accredited by ABET, its Chemistry program is accredited by the Canadian Society for Chemistry, and the School of Business is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. The AUC Libraries contain the largest English-language research collection in the region and are an active and integral part of the University’s pursuit of excellence in all academic and scholarly programs.  AUC is an English-medium institution; eighty-five percent of the students are Egyptian and the rest include students from nearly ninety countries, principally from the Middle East, Africa and North America. Faculty salary and rank are based on qualifications and professional experience. According to AUC policies and procedures, all faculty are entitled to generous benefits.
Job Description:

Under the direction of the Head of Research and Information Services, the successful candidate will be responsible for the development and delivery of library services and resources that facilitate research and learning at the university.  Specifically, he/she will participate as a member of the research services team in the provision of electronic and print research services for AUC Library patrons through the Learning Commons and other service points. Other major areas of responsibility include collection development, instruction, outreach in a targeted discipline as a library liaison, and teaching in the Information Literacy program.
Requirements:

The successful candidate must have an ALA accredited MLS degree, excellent oral and written skills in English, skilled in current information retrieval technologies, demonstrated skills and experience in delivering high quality research service using both traditional print and digital resources, broad subject expertise appropriate to a liberal arts educational institution, experience in instruction (one-on-one and classroom) in an academic library environment, ability to work effectively independently and in a team, ability to sustain a strong service oriented attitude to provide a positive and constructive experience for all library users. HIGHLY DESIRABLE: Library subject area experience or academic background. A second masters degree, proficiency in a second language and experience in a multicultural environment desirable but not mandatory.

 

Additional Information:

This is a Faculty appointment at the rank of Instructor.
The position will remain open until filled. Preferred starting date is September 1, 2015.
Application Instructions:

All applicants must submit the following documents online:
a) a current CV;? b) a letter of interest;? c) a statement of teaching philosophy;? d) a completed Personnel Information Form;? e) at least three reference letters from referees familiar with your professional background sent directly to lltjob@aucegypt.edu.
Note: Please remember that your account login enables you to respond to AUC additional questions (if required).
URL: www.aucegypt.edu/OFFICES/HR/Pages/default.aspx

9. Quranic Studies Job Posting

The University of Chicago Divinity School seeks to make an appointment in Quranic Studies, effective July 1, 2016, at the assistant professor level. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a robust curriculum in the study of the Qur’an within the wider framework of religious studies and in conversation with other programs and disciplines across the university, based on a strong disciplinary grounding in major subareas of Qur’anic studies. Such subareas might include early Arabic language and literature and the literary neighborhood in which they developed, with proficiency in relevant languages such as Aramaic, Hebrew, Coptic, Greek, or Middle Persian; early Arabic poetry; exegesis (including tafsir, sira, as well as exegetical strands of other literary genres); Qur’anic rhetoric (balagha); and/or paleography and the development of diacritics in Arabic as well as Hebrew and Syriac; issues of oral and written textuality ; and the role of Qur’anic performance in society. The Divinity School is one of the eleven academic units of the University of Chicago, and includes (in order of size of enrollment) Ph.D., M.A., M.Div., and B.A. degree programs. Divinity School faculty teach students in all programs; opportunities for collaboration, in both research and teaching, are limited only by the interest and initiative of the faculty member.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, CV, names of three references, a research statement, and a writing sample of 25-50 pages. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Review of candidates will commence on October 1, 2015. Application should be made online, at

http://tinyurl.com/ofhp7n2

 

For questions please contact Dean Richard A. Rosengarten at raroseng@uchicago.edu

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or status as an individual with disability.

 

The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity / Disabled / Veterans Employer.

Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-5671 or email ACOppAdministrator@uchicago.edu with their request.

10. Books and Print between Cultures, 1500-1900

Amherst College, Massachusetts, September 18-19, 2015

Keynote speaker: Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Distinguished Professor & Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences, UCLA)

Organized by Yael Rice (Amherst College, History of Art & Asian Languages and Civilizations)

 

This interdisciplinary symposium will investigate the role that books (codices, rolls, scrolls, and other related media), prints, and their associated technologies played in mediating and instantiating cultural difference in the early modern period. By framing the history of books and prints as meandering and material, this symposium aims to contribute new dialogues to the study of the global early modern.

 

The symposium will begin at 4pm on Friday, September 18, with an open house at Amherst College’s Archives & Special Collections, with Sanjay Subrahmanyam’s keynote lecture following at 5:30pm. A full day of talks (8:45 am – 5:45 pm) is scheduled for Saturday, September 19. The topics are diverse and cover early modern book / material cultures and practices from the Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman Empires and from East Asia to Latin America.

 

For more information, including the full program and paper abstracts, please see the symposium website: http://booksandprint.sites.amherst.edu/

 

The symposium is free and open to the public; however, we do ask that those wishing to attend register through the symposium website.

 

Please also note that a similarly themed symposium (“Agents of Contact: Books and Print between Cultures in the Early Modern Period”), organized by András Kiséry (City College of New York), is scheduled to take place in New York City on September 25: https://agentsofcontact.wordpress.com/

 

*This event has been generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the Dean of Faculty, the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations (the Tagliabue and Hall Funds), the Department of Art and the History of Art, and the Program in European Studies at Amherst College; and the Book Studies Concentration at Smith College.

 

11. Professur für Islamwissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Mittelasien, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

 

An der Philosophischen Fakultät im Orientalischen Seminar ist eine

W3-Professur für Islamwissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Mittelasien

Fulltime position, start date: immediately

zu besetzen.

Diese Professur eignet sich insbesondere als Einstiegsposition für hochqualifizierte Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler.

Die Stelleninhaberin/ der Stelleninhaber soll sich in Forschung und Lehre aus islamwissenschaftlicher Perspektive mit den gegenwärtigen muslimisch geprägten Staaten und Gesellschaften des persischsprachigen Mittelasien beschäftigen und trägt maßgeblich zur Profilierung dieses Bereichs am Orientalischen Seminar bei. Erwartet wird der Nachweis von Forschungs- und Lehrerfahrung zum modernen Iran. Im Hinblick auf die angestrebte Einbindung der Professur in das Zentrum für transkulturelle Asienstudien (CETRAS) sind darüber hinaus Forschungsaktivitäten im Bereich des persischsprachigen Zentralasien erwünscht. Die hervorragende Beherrschung des Persischen sowie einer weiteren gegenwärtig gesprochenen iranischen Sprache wird vorausgesetzt. Bereitschaft zu interdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit sowie zur Mitwirkung in der akademischen Selbstverwaltung ist unabdingbar.

Einstellungsvoraussetzungen für Professorinnen bzw. Professoren sind neben den allgemeinen dienstrechtlichen Voraussetzungen ein abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium, pädagogische Eignung und eine herausragende Promotion. Über die Promotion hinausgehende wissenschaftliche Leistungen, die in der Regel durch eine Habilitation nachgewiesen werden, werden erwartet (§ 47 Landeshochschulgesetz (LHG)).

Die Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg fördert Frauen und fordert sie deshalb ausdrücklich zur Bewerbung auf. Die Universität bekennt sich nachdrücklich zu dem Ziel einer familiengerechten Hochschule.

Schwerbehinderte werden bei gleicher Eignung bevorzugt berücksichtigt.

Folgende Bewerbungsunterlagen werden erbeten:

• Lebenslauf
• Zeugnisse und Urkunden
• Vollständiges Schriften- und Vortragsverzeichnis unter Nennung der fünf wichtigsten Publikationen
• Lehrkompetenzportfolio (Die hierfür zu verwendende Vorlage finden Sie unter http://www.zuv.uni-freiburg.de/formulare/lehrkompetenzportfolio-formblatt.doc.)

Weitere Informationen zum Berufungsverfahren finden Sie im Berufungsleitfaden, abrufbar unter http://www.zuv.uni-freiburg.de/formulare/berufungsleitfaden.pdf.

 

This is as permanent position. The salary will be determined in accordance with W 3.

 

Please send applications including a printout of the application form and the usual documentation to the following address by 04.09.2015.

 

Applications should be marked with the reference number 9342

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Dekan Prof. Dr. Hans-Helmuth Gander
Dekanat der Philosophischen Fakultät
Werthmannstraße 8
79098 Freiburg
und die email-Adresse: philosfak@dekanate.uni-freiburg.de

For further information, please contact das Dekanat der Philosophischen Fakultät at Tel. +49 (0)761 203 3371 or E-mail philosfak@dekanate.uni-freiburg.de.

 

12. History of Medieval Iran

Princeton University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies invites applications for a tenure track position in the history of medieval Iran. Research expertise may be in any period of the history of Iran and the Persian-speaking world between 1000 and 1800. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in this field and to provide training to graduate students reading primary sources in the original Persian.

 

To apply, please complete an online application at https://jobs.princeton.edu. Applications must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae (including language proficiencies and teaching experience), statement of research interests, and a paper or chapter of published writing or work-in-progress.

Applicants must supply the names of three referees and their contact information in their online application.  For any questions, please contact Karen Chirik (kchirik@princeton.edu).

 

The expected start date of the appointment is September 1, 2016. We will begin reviewing applications on November 2, 2015.  Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable EEO and affirmative action regulations. This position is subject to the University’s background check policy.

13. Call for Submissions – Folklore

The journal Folklore invites submissions of original work not being considered elsewhere. We publish articles by scholars from a wide range of adjacent disciplines (e.g. anthropology, history, human geography, linguistics, literature, psychology, and religion), as long as the topic and approach are of interest and relevance to folklorists. Recent publications that may be of interest to members include the following:

• Richard Johan Natvig, ‘Umm al-Ghulam: Zār Spirit or Half-forgotten Saint? Making Sense of an Egyptian Zār Song’, Vol. 124, Issue 3 (2013), pp. 289-306
• Rella Kushelevsky, ‘Medieval and Oral Variants of “The Tree Demon” Tale Type (ATU 1168B): Literacy and Orality in the Study of Folklore’, Vol. 124, Issue 2 (2013), pp. 200-13
• Niall Christie, ‘Noble Betrayers of their Faith, Families and Folk: Some Non-Muslim Women in Mediaeval Arabic Popular Literature’, Vol. 123, Issue 1 (2012), pp. 84-98

Folklore publishes full-length articles (max. 12,000 words); shorter, accessibly written ‘Topics, Notes, & Comments’ pieces (max. 5,000 words); and annotated ‘Text Editions’ (max. 12,000 words). More information at:  www.folklore-society.com/publications/folklore, or email the Assistant Editor, Niall Christie, at articles@folklore-society.com

 

 

 

Newsletter #117 | Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain

The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Group Symposium

Call for Papers (CFP):

“The Acquisition and Transmission of Knowledge: The Role of Shiʿi Institutions of Learning in the Spread and Defense of a Tradition”

Abstract submission deadline: November 1st, 2015
Completed papers due: March 1st, 2016
Date of Symposium: April 1st – 2nd 2016

The study of Shiʿi institutions of learning, traditions, and scholarly practices serve as important areas of research within Islamic intellectual and social history. The role of religious institutions of learning, intra-Muslim polemics over the methods and praxis of knowledge preservation and dissemination, and the means by which authority is conferred to texts and discourses provide rich sources for questions regarding Shiʿism in both contemporary and historical periods.

This symposium seeks to bring together an international and inter-disciplinary group of scholars to address questions that are central to an understanding of Shiʿi Islam. What role do institutions of learning play in the propagation, spread and defense of the Shiʿi tradition? And how do institutions shape and, in turn, become shaped by the nature and practice of the transmission and legitimization of knowledge in Shiʿism? We welcome contributions from scholars and graduate students working on these questions from any relevant scholarly perspective, including social, intellectual and political history, anthropology, political science, literature, and religious studies.

The theme of the symposium encourages scholarly research on core questions regarding epistemic, cultural, and historical studies on the important topic of Shiʿi production of knowledge. Papers may focus on both modern and pre-modern subject areas might address such topics as the following:

Shiʿi conceptions regarding how knowledge may be disseminated and transferred institutionally;

The polemics and debates on verification and authorization of knowledge and texts;

Institutional histories of centers of learning, such as on the unique Twelver Shiʿi institution of the hawza (“seminary”);

The geographic and historical dimensions of centers of Shiʿi learning in cities such as Qom, Najaf, Hilla, Baghdad, Isfahan, and more recently in cities in North America and Europe;

Transnational dimensions of formal scholarly practice of the acquisition and transmission of knowledge;

The means by which clergy and scholars for various minority Shiʿi groups (including Nusayri- Alawites, Zaydis, Ismailis, Alevites) promote scholarly and/or clerical learning and transmit religious knowledge in a formal setting.

Format of the Symposium
Presenters will be requested to present for 20 minutes followed by substantial additional time for moderated discussion between panelists and the audience. The papers will be pre-circulated and should be no longer than 10,000 words.

Abstracts of around 300 words along with a CV must be submitted by November 1st, 2015. Send abstracts to Mohammad Sagha at msagha@uchicago.edu, with the words “UChicago Shiʿi Studies Symposium Application” in the subject line.

Due to the limited amount of funding available, we encourage participants to apply for independent sources of funding, including from their home institutions or other relevant bodies supporting such academic endeavors.

About the Symposium
The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Symposium is an endeavor of the Shiʿi Studies Group, established in 2010, to provide an interdisciplinary, non-area-specific forum for the discussion of research on Shiʿism by faculty and graduate students at the University and beyond. The annual symposium aims to strengthen the field of Shiʿi Studies by bringing together a group of both senior and early-career scholars to present research and to cultivate an environment for intellectual discussion and collaboration. At each symposium we aim to address a focused set of questions with cross-cutting relevance to scholars working on various periods and from various disciplinary perspectives.

Funding and support for this symposium is provided by various funders within the University of Chicago, including Norman Wait Harris Fund, the Martin Marty Center at the Divinity School, the Division of the Humanities, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Council for Advanced Studies Islamic Studies workshops and MEHAT workshops, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Department of Anthropology, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago.

See https://shii-studies.sites.uchicago.edu/ for more details on our past and future events.