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1.American Councils for International Education (American Councils) is seeking Foreign Language Specialists in 10 critical languages (Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu) to assist in the development of online proficiency-based reading and listening comprehension tests in the ten target languages, across a variety of levels. We are currently looking for Passage Selectors and target language Reviewers for the project.
Foreign language specialist qualifications include:
- Advanced High / ILR level 2+ or a native speaker of one of the following target languages: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu;
- Good knowledge of English;
- Familiarity with either ACTFL or ILR proficiency scales;
- Experience in language proficiency testing or teaching;
- Knowledge of proficiency considerations in teaching or research (desirable but not obligatory);
- Demonstrates strong attention to details and thorough reviews;
- Ability to complete assignments on time.
Please note that in order to participate in this project, language specialists will need to have authorization to work in the U.S. The work is part-time, contractual, and can be completed from your home computer.
Interested candidates should send an email message with a current resume or CV to Camelot Marshall, Ph.D. (itemwriting@americancouncils.org). All submissions will receive further information about the project, possible assignments, compensation and schedules.
Thank you in advance for your attention.
Holly Gerrity
Program Assistant, Assessment and Curriculum Development
American Councils for International Education
1828 L Street N.W., Suite 1200
Washington, D.C. 20036
T 202 833 7522
F 202 833 7523
2. The French website http://www.menestrel.froffers free academic on-line resources for the study of the Middle-Age. The section on Medieval Islam (http://www.menestrel.fr/spip.php?rubrique960&lang=fr) will soon host a page on the history of medieval Sufism and hagiographic literature. I am actually collecting all the academic (or-semi-academic) on-line projects related to Medieval Sufism. A first first draft of my contribution can be consulted here: https://www.academia.edu/s/77d16e452d. All your feedbacks are welcome, I am especially interested in project in non-european languages.
Dr. Francesco Chiabotti
- University of Tübingen – Zentrum für islamische Theologie
Research Assistant
- University of Aix-Marseille – IREMAM
Associate Researcher
https://univ-amu.academia.edu/FrancescoChiabotti
3. 22nd International Congress of German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) combined with the 1st Section Conference of the Islamic Studies Section of the German Oriental Society (DMG), Ruhr University, Bochum, 24-26 September 2015
The conference will provide a forum for methodological exchange between the different disciplines of the humanities and the social sciences in their research on the historical and contemporary Middle East and the Islamic World. The PhD Conference offers PhD students the possibility to present and discuss their specific PhD projects with a regionally open and interdisciplinary audience.
Information: http://davo-iswidmg2015.de/en. Registration is still possible until 26 September 2015.
4. Conference: “Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiography 2015”, ISMC, Aga Khan University/SOAS, University of London, 25-26 September 2015
Information on the programme: www.academia.edu/15509430/Arabic_Pasts_Histories_and_Historiography_2015_programme
5. Conference: “Islam on the Prairies”, University of Saskatchewan and St. Thomas More College, Saskatoon, 13-14 May 2016
The conference aims to explore the growing presence of Islam on the prairies and in other Canadian provinces, implications of this process, and to provide a dynamic space for the presentations and discussions on issues related to Muslims in Canada.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2015. Information: islam.prairies@usask.ca
6. Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
The position is to begin August 2016. Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. in Religious Studies or a related field at the time of appointment, show evidence of a strong potential for professional development as a scholar and teacher, and demonstrate a commitment to promoting diversity as a value in the department and college.
Deadline for applications: 1 October 2015. Information: https://jobs.uncc.edu/postings/5111
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Arabic Language and Literature, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
The appointment will become effective July 1, 2016, with teaching duties beginning in September 2016. Candidates should have native or near-native proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic and English as well as a Ph.D in hand by the time of appointment. Area of specialty is open.
Review of applications will begin on 15 October 2015. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/31166
Tenure-stream Position in Ottoman and Turkish Studies, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Canada
Applications are welcome from scholars in all disciplines, who work on any aspect of the Ottoman Empire, modern Turkey, or Turkic Central Asia. Applicants whose research focuses on women, gender, and sexuality are especially encouraged to apply. Starting date: 1 August 2016.
Application deadline: 15 November 2015. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/5975.
Tenure-track Position in Medieval History of the Mediterranean, Université du Québec, Montréal
Applications from Byzantinists or Arabists whose research concerns the Mediterranean ambit are welcome. The position is to start on 1 June 2016.
Deadline for application: 2 October 2015. Information: http://humweb.ucsc.edu/mediterraneanseminar/news/index.php?id=507
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7. Summer School: “Reading Pleasure – Pleasure Reading: Medieval Approaches to Reading”, Swedish Research Institute, Istanbul, 23-28 May 2016
The aim is to engage with and develop specific approaches that will enable us to discuss medieval developments. Some possible themes include Persian, Arabic, Byzantine and Western literature; Middle Ages; reading and storytelling; translations; romance; drama; poetry; letters; chronography; court culture; book history; illuminations; gender studies. There is no cost for attending the Summer School.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2015. Information: http://humweb.ucsc.edu/mediterraneanseminar/news/index.php?id=504
8. University of Toronto – Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral fellowship in
the humanities
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51298
The Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies and the Gildenhorn
Institute for Israel Studies at the University of Maryland, College
Park, seek to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor who specializes
in the Jews of Muslim Lands/Mizrahi Jews in Israel. The position is open
to scholars trained either in History, the Social Sciences, Religious
Studies, or Cultural Studies, and it is part of a larger initiative to
strengthen Middle Eastern Studies on campus. The successful candidate
will have the opportunity to affiliate with other departments at the
University of Maryland, which values interdisciplinary research and
teaching. Position start date: August 16, 2016.
[more info: https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/36553 ]
Columbia University – Richard Bulliet Professorship of Islamic History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51487
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and modern Arabic Literature
The Department of Comparative Literature at Brown University seeks a scholar of Comparative Literature and modern Arabic literature at the rank of assistant professor (tenure track). The Ph.D. must be completed by the time of employment, and native or near-native fluency in Arabic and English is required. The field of specialization within the modern period is open. Candidates will outline their future research in Comparative Literature and modern Arabic literature, and they will also make suggestions for courses. Demonstrated excellence in both scholarship and teaching is esssential; an interest in translation theory and practice is also welcome. Please submit complete dossier, including cover letter, curriculum vitae, dissertation abstract, sample of scholarly writing, and three letters of recommendation, online at the link above by November 1, 2015. Please also indicate whether you will attend the MESA convention in November 2015 and/or the MLA in January 2016.
Application Instructions http://apply.interfolio.com/30218
Please submit complete dossier, including cover letter, curriculum vitae, dissertation abstract, sample of scholarly writing, and three letters of recommendation, online at the link above by November 1, 2015.
Yale University – Full Professor in Near Eastern Languages and
Civilizations (NELC)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51493
Christopher Newport University – Assistant Professor of History
(Middle East and North Africa)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51494
9. CFP: Current Iran: Art and Culture, Harvard University (17-20 March 2016)
An organized seminar at the Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) held at Harvard University [Abstracts by Sept.
23, 2015; Conference March 17-20, 2016].
Scholars need to type “Iran” in http://www.acla.org/seminars http://www.acla.org/seminars
to find the name of the seminar: “Iran Is Not As It Is Told: Contemporary Persian Art and Culture”
After “register”, they can “propose a paper” for this seminar.
This seminar seeks to explore the complexities of Iranian contemporary art and
culture, discuss the religious, artistic, and sociopolitical dimension, and
trace the emergence of discourses, previously neglected by academia.
Advocating a comparative cultural approach, it aims to reflect the
competition between subversive and reinforcing discourses embedded in many
cultural products in a seemingly inflexible structure. The process of their
cultural formation reflects not only Iran’s central values but also the
continuously performing and revisionist qualities of those beliefs.
It will address new possibilities: the version of Iran produced by Iranians
themselves for (inter)national audience embedded in Iran’s post revolution
literature, cinema, music, fine art, popular culture, and advertising.
For further inquiries, contact organizers: ghandeharioon@um.ac.ir,
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1.Art in action
Politics and social engagement in art
Akbank Sanat Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, September 19, 2015
Art in action
Politics and social engagement in art
Workshop at AKBANK Sanat Beyoglu, Istanbul
Concept by: Dr. Zoltán Somhegyi
Organised by: Akbank Sanat
We can trace the origins of the relationship between art, politics and
social engagement from the Ancient Near East and Classical Antiquity
onwards. However, in modern times, especially after Romanticism,
artists started to be more openly and directly critical towards the
condition and situation of their times, and in many cases became the
living “conscience” of the society. The workshop aims to analyse both
historical and current questions related to “art in action”. How art
can be and should it be political? Is the social engagement a limiting
or enriching feature of the arts? Should art stay “art for art’s sake”,
or be(come) more and more radically political? These and other
questions will be examined in the workshop, from an inter- and
multidisciplinary perspective, with the participation of Turkish and
international scholars.
Programme:
14:00 First session
Opening remarks by Dr. Zoltán Somhegyi, initiator of the workshop
Dr. Jale Erzen (Professor, Middle East Technical University, Ankara and
Izmir University, Izmir)
Art and architecture for and against ideologies
Dr. Jacob Lund (Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark)
Reframings of the present moment and the experience of contemporaneity
in the work of Alfredo Jaar
Dr. Zoltán Somhegyi (Assistant Professor, University of Sharjah, United
Arab Emirates)
Memory and politics through art. Contemporary examples from the Middle
East and beyond
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Second session
Ipek Duben (artist, Istanbul)
Art as engagement and conversation
Bedri Baykam (artist and writer, president of UPSD – Turkish Plastic
Arts Association, Istanbul)
Art and politics. The art of constant repositioning and risk taking:
The cost of freedom
Reference / Quellennachweis:
CONF: Politics & Social Engagement in Art (Istanbul, 19 Sep 15). In:
H-ArtHist, Sep 6, 2015. <http://arthist.net/archive/10907>.
2. Porta Linguarum Orientalium. New Series
Edited by Lutz Edzard, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and University of Oslo,
and Stephan Guth, University of Oslo
The Porta Linguarum Orientalium series, founded in 1864 by Julius Heinrich Petermann, later in the 20th century published under the editorship of Franz Rosenthal and Werner Diem, since 2014 edited by Lutz Edzard and Stephan Guth, constitutes a scholarly forum for grammars, pedagogical manuals, chrestomathies, and comparative manuals of the most important languages in the Middle East and Central Asia. In this capacity, the series has an important role within the publishing portfolio of Harrassowitz Verlag. In particular, the series comprises volumes on Semitic languages (Akkadian, Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, Gəʿəz, Amharic), Coptic, Ottoman Turkish, modern Persian, Bahasa Indonésia, and Mongolian. The series also comprises comparative reference works on Semitic and the languages of the Islamic cultural area. All contributors to the series are leading scholars in their respective fi elds. The volumes of the series are subject to periodical review and, where appropriate, new editions. In individual cases, English versions of monographs originally published in German are in preparation. The volumes of the series are of interest to scholars and students alike, and are conceived both as pedagogical manuals and reference works.
The volumes are published in German or English, and they should encompass not more than 450 pages. Interested authors are expressly encouraged to approach the editors or Harrassowitz with publication ideas:
Prof. Dr. Lutz Edzard: lutz.edzard@fau.de
Prof. Dr. Stephan Guth: stephan.guth@ikos.uio.no
Dr. Barbara Krauß: bkrauss@harrassowitz.de
Link to the series: http://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/category_280.ahtml?NKLN=86_B
3. CALL FOR PROPOSALS. www.MPSAnet.org
74th Annual MPSA Political Science Conference. April 7-10, 2016. Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Complete Panel Proposal Deadline: September 24, 2015
Paper and Roundtable Proposal Deadline: October 1, 2015
Poster Proposal Deadline: December 10, 2015
The 2016 MPSA Conference Program Co-Chairs and Section Heads invite proposals in over 80 sections which represent all subfields in political science; the deadline for paper proposals is 10/1/2015. You must log in at MPSAnet.org to submit a proposal. If you do not have an account for the website, register for an account here. If you have an account (e.g. past conference attendee, past member), but forgot your username or password, just retrieve your existing username and password. In particular, you might consider submitting a proposal to our sections on Area Studies:
- Section 9: European Politics
- Section 10: Latin American and Caribbean Politics
- Section 11: Politics in Asia, South Asia & China
- Section 12: African Politics
- Section 13: Politics of the Middle East
- Section 14: Communist/Post-Communist Countries
The MPSA conference has more papers and panels than any conference in the discipline, and yet all sessions can fit in the historic Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago. In addition to standard research panels or poster sessions, the MPSA also has innovative and interactive presentation formats like the Junior Scholar Symposia, Symposia and Research Blitz.
Conference participants are not required to be MPSA members, though all participating presenters are must register for the conference; members do receive a significant registration discount. The conference includes a number of open-bar receptions, formal networking opportunities and organized mentoring opportunities, as well as several dozen professional development sessions on topics of interest to academics including: Journal Editing, Blogging in the Academy, Experiments, Mentoring Students, Promotion to Full Professor and more.
Questions about the content of proposals should be directed to the Program Committee Co-Chairs or section heads. Questions about policies, presentation formats, and the electronic submissions process should be directed to MPSA staff at conf@mpsanet.org.
The MPSA was founded in 1939 and has members in over one hundred countries; the flagship journal of the MPSA is the American Journal of Political Science (www.ajps.org). Contact us at conf@mpsanet.org or 101 W. Kirkwood Ave, Suite 207, Bloomington, IN 47404. www.MPSAnet.org
You must log in at MPSAnet.org to submit a proposal. Paper proposals are due 10/1/2015. If you do not have an account for the website, register for one here. If you have an account (e.g. past conference attendee, past member), but forgot your username or password, just retrieve your existing username and password.
Useful Links to Help You Prepare for #MPSA16
Session Formats and Role Descriptions
Section Descriptions and Contacts
Programs and Photos from Past MPSA Conferences
4. Critical Studies in Architecture of the Middle East is devoted to the most recent scholarship concerning historic and contemporary architecture, landscape, and urban design of the Middle East and of regions shaped by diasporic communities more globally. We invite interdisciplinary studies from diverse perspectives that address the visual characteristics of the built environment, ranging from architectural case studies to urban analysis. The series will illustrate a range of approaches to the commission, design, construction, use, and reception of buildings and landscapes throughout the region; concurrently, it will illuminate the region’s diverse architectural cultures and traditions. The series intends to present the history, theory, practice, and critical analyses of historical and contemporary architecture, landscape, and urban design, as well as the interpretation and conservation of the region’s existing cultural heritage. It will include surveys, monographs, and edited volumes.
Series editors: Mohammad Gharipour & Christiane Gruber
Please submit your book proposals to the series editors. The following is the link to the book proposal template: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/repository/index/
5. The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Persian Literature, to begin Fall 2016. Applicants’ primary research focus should be on modern Persian literature and culture. Candidates with additional demonstrated competence in teaching pre-modern Persian literature and in Persian language pedagogy are especially sought. Teaching responsibilities will include introductory and advanced undergraduate, as well as graduate, courses. Ph.D. is expected by July, 2016.
Applications are to be submitted on-line athttp://facultysearches.provost.upenn.edu/postings/697. Include a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching interests, statement of research interests, and the contact information for three individuals who will be contacted by the University with instructions on how to submit a letter of recommendation. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2015 and the process will continue until the position is filled. The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations is strongly committed to Penn’s Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence and to establishing a more diverse faculty (for more information see:
http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v58/n02/diversityplan.html).
The University of Pennsylvania is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds. The University of Pennsylvania does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected class status in the administration of its admissions, financial aid, educational or athletic programs, or other University-administered programs or in its employment practices. Questions or complaints regarding this policy should be directed to the Executive Director of the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Programs, Sansom Place East, 3600 Chestnut Street, Suite 228, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106; or (215) 898-6993 (Voice) or (215) 898-7803 (TDD).
6. The Religion Programme at the University of Otago, New Zealand, invites applications for a three-year, fixed-term position as Lecturer in Religion. We welcome applicants from a range of disciplines and specialties, but applicants should have research expertise that speaks to one or more of the Abrahamic religions (Islam, Judaism, and/or Christianity) and be able to demonstrate sophistication in using social-scientific and/or historical methods. The successful candidate will teach an introductory 100-level paper on Judaism, Christianity and Islam each year, plus one or two more papers (courses) of their own design (an average of two and a half papers per year). We particularly encourage candidates whose own papers would address aspects of Islam and/or Christianity outside Europe and North America. Applicants should have an energetic and enthusiastic commitment to teaching and an active research profile.
Applicants should have completed a PhD by June 2016 and should have knowledge of languages relevant to their area of research expertise. It is hoped that duties will commence on 13 June 2016.
Further details are available from the University of Otago website at https://otago.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=1501430
Specific enquiries may be directed to Dr Will Sweetman, Head of Department, Department of Theology and Religion, Tel 00 64 3 479 8793, Email will.sweetman@otago.ac.nz
Applications quoting reference number 1501430 will close on Monday, 2 November 2015.
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Dr Will Sweetman
Head of Department / Tumuaki
Theology and Religion / Te Tari Whakapono
University of Otago / Te Whare W?nanga o Ot?go
+64 3 479 8793
http://www.otago.ac.nz/religion/staff/sweetman.php
7. Tenured or tenure-track faculty position in History – Medieval and Persianate World (Rank open)
| Ashoka University’s Department of History seeks to hire a scholar of the Medieval Persianate World, rank open. Must have the ability/willingness to teach a survey course in Medieval Indian History, with research level fluency in Persian, and/or Arabic, or any language relevant to medieval history, and ability to mentor students in the same. |
| Teaching load is two courses per semester. Compensation and research support unparalleled in India. PhD must be in hand by time of appointment.
Candidates will require (1) a coverletter / CV, (2) statement on teaching philosophy, (3) statement on research, (4) research portfolio sample, and (5) three references. For questions or more information please email faculty.recruitment@ashoka.edu.in. For full consideration all materials should be submitted at http://ashoka.edu.in/facultypositions by October 16, 2015. Ashoka University is a private, nonprofit university providing an international-quality liberal arts and sciences education, the first of its kind in India. We have attracted the brightest students and the highest-quality faculty to our world-class campus on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Ashoka’s Young India Fellowship, in its fifth year, has become the top destination for Indian postgraduates and our growing Undergraduate Programme consists of 360 of the brightest students in India. Ashoka is supported by partnerships with top universities around the world and an academic council of eminent scholars, all of whom are invested in building a new model of higher education in India through excellence in teaching and research. Our faculty is very diverse and consists of world-class researchers from premier universities (Harvard, Stanford, Oxford and others) who have made a mark in their respective fields, from computer science to philosophy, and are working to shape minds of India’s future leaders. |
8. Manar al-Athar (http://www.manar-al-athar.ox.ac.uk/)
The Manar al-Athar website, based at the University of Oxford, aims to provide high resolution, searchable images for teaching, research, and publication. These images of archaeological sites, with buildings and art, will cover the areas of the former Roman empire which later came under Islamic rule, such as Syro-Palestine/the Levant, Arabia, Egypt, North Africa and Spain. The chronological range is from Alexander the Great (i.e., from about 300 BC) through, the Islamic period to the present. It is the first website of its kind providing such material labelled jointly in both Arabic and English. We will also be publishing related material, both online and on paper, in English and Arabic.
Aims of Image Archives
a. to provide freely-downloadable images at high resolution for research and publication, as well as at low resolution for powerpoint slides for teaching;
b. to make images freely available for publication simply by acknowledging the source (no form-filling); (see Copyrigh
c. to have simple labels with a concentration on accurate and standardized labels, using metadata (explained under Photo Archive) for easy searching and organizing, with bilingual text in Arabic and English to facilitate the use of the images for both teaching and research in the Arab world, where most of the monuments are located.
d. to present the images in a structured way that is simple and easy to follow, moving from the whole building to details, to show their context.
9. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN IRANIAN OR TURKISH STUDIES
The Program in Middle East and North African Studies at Northwestern University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in modern Iranian studies or Turkish studies, in the humanities or humanistic social sciences. Candidates should work within an established discipline, and also engage with interdisciplinary conversations in Middle East studies. The position is anchored in the interdisciplinary Program in Middle East and North African studies, which offers an undergraduate major and minor and a PhD certificate program and a growing community of scholars and students. The successful candidate will need to qualify for a joint appointment in a partner department, including but not limited to anthropology, art history, a literature department, history, philosophy, religious studies, or sociology. Expertise and extensive engagement with primary documents, archives, and/or fieldwork in the language(s) of the region is expected. While this search names both Iranian and Turkish studies, candidates need not engage both fields, nor work exclusively in one or the other. The committee will be considering applicants in both subfields, which are areas of growth within the MENA Program. Job to begin September 1, 2016. PhD expected to be completed no later than spring 2016.
Applications should include: a cover letter including description of current research project, future research areas, and teaching experience or philosophy; curriculum vitae; names and electronic addresses of three referees, and a writing sample of 20-25 manuscript pages or a published academic article. In order to receive full consideration, materials must arrive by Monday Oct 10. Interviews will be conducted at the Middle East Studies Association meetings in Denver (accommodations made for semi-finalists not able to travel to MESA).
The Program in Middle East and North African Studies is committed to a diverse faculty, both in terms of gender diversity and ethnic and racial diversity, as understood both in the United States and the Middle East region. We encourage women and ethnic, racial, and religious minorities to apply.
AA/EOE. Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States.
For further information and to apply, see: http://www.mena.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/faculty-search.html
10. BRAIS 2016 Call for Papers
Third Annual Conference
Monday 11 – Tuesday 12 April 2016
Senate House, University of London
Call for panels and papers
Following BRAIS’s successful conferences in Edinburgh (April 2014) and London (April 2015), the organisers invite proposals for whole panels or individual papers on any aspect or sub-discipline of Islamic Studies, for the Third Annual Conference of BRAIS. Islamic Studies is broadly understood to include both Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority contexts as well as historical, textual, contemporary anthropological and sociological approaches.
Pre-arranged panels are particularly welcome on themes within the subject area, such as:
- Qur’anic studies
- Sociology of Islam
- Law
- Muslims in Britain/Europe/North America and other minority contexts
- History, Medieval and Modern
- History of Science
- Philosophy and theology
- Muslims in Africa and Asia
- Intellectual History
- Islamic Art and Architecture
- Diversity within Islam
- Economics and Finance
- Education
- Gender Studies
- Islam in the Media
- Interreligious Relations
Individual proposals will also be considered, and, if accepted, will then be grouped with similar submissions by the conference organisers.
For panels, a 200-word outline of the theme of the panel, together with 200-word abstracts of each paper and a short biography of each presenter, should be submitted using the form which is available HERE.
For individual papers, a 200-word abstract of the paper, with a short biography of the presenter, should be submitted using the form which is available HERE.
All completed forms should be sent by email attachment to conference2016@brais.ac.uk by 5pm (UK time) on Monday 30th November 2015.
Notification of accepted panels and papers will be circulated in January 2016.
Further details about the Association, including how to join, can be found at www.brais.ac.uk. Registration for the conference will open in February 2016, and early registration is recommended as limited space is available. The deadline for registration for the conference will be 5 pm (UK time) on Monday 21 March 2016.
If you have any questions, please contact the Conference Committee on: conference2016@brais.ac.uk or the BRAIS administrator on: brais@ed.ac.uk.
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1. MENA Program Assistant for Middle East and North Africa Program, Berghof Foundation, Berlin
Position for an initial period of one year with possible extension. Main tasks: Provide logistical support for program activities (workshops, conferences, travel) etc. Qualifications: BA in relevant field; background in the MENA region and/or in the field of conflict transformation is an asset; a minimum of one to three years’ work experience in project management; excellent communication skills in Arabic, English and German.
Deadline for application: 31 September 2015. Information:
www.berghof-foundation.org/fileadmin/redaktion/Documents/Vacancies/20150825_Profile_MENA_Programme_Assistant_final.pdf
2. Research Associate in the Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge
The post is a two-year, fixed-term position, beginning on 7 December 2015. The successful candidate will conduct original research into Islam or Muslims in the UK or Europe and must have been awarded a PhD or be in the final stages of completion of a PhD.
Deadline for application: 2 October 2015. Information: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/7942/
3. Assistant Professor of Arabic (Applied) Linguistics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
The position is starting in August 2016. The successful candidate will have a completed Ph.D. with a clearly demonstrated specialty in Arabic Linguistics and a solid background in classical Arabic, grammar, and texts.
Review of applications will begin on 10 October 2015. Information: Meriem Tikue mmt43@georgetown.edu
4. Tenure-track Position in Early or Medieval Islamic History, George Washington University, Washington D.C.
The position is to begin as early as fall of 2016. Basic Qualifications: A PhD in early or medieval Islamic history or a closely related field. Applicants should have a clear research agenda as demonstrated by publications.
Review of applications will begin on October 23, 2015. Information: www.gwu.jobs/postings/28673
5. Assistant Professor of Arabic, University of Oklahoma
The tenure-track position is beginning August 2016 as part of the Language Flagship program. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a relevant field at the time of appointment, native or near-native proficiency in Arabic, and a demonstrable commitment to excellence in both teaching and research. Preference will be given to candidates specializing in modern literature and/or cultural studies.
Review of applications will begin on 30 September 2015. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/5989
6. Assistant Professor in International Relations with Specialization in Intelligence Studies in the Middle East, University of Pittsburgh
The successful candidate will have both research and teaching interests in East Asia, the Middle East, analytical methodologies, cyber-security, and/or the increasingly globalized nature of intelligence collection (including big data).
Deadline for applications: 1 October 2015. Information: https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000895409-01
7. Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Yale University
The tenure-track appointment is beginning July 1, 2016. Research specialties in early Islam or Qur’an and Qur’anic studies are necessary.
The review of applications will begin November 1, 2015. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/30707
8. Assistant/Associate Professor in Islamic History, Qatar University
The successful candidate should be able to teach and develop different courses related to the area of Islamic History where the candidate will be able to demonstrate a proven record in research excellence and scholarship. Applicants should possess a PhD degree in Islamic history or related areas and should have a minimum of five years teaching experience.
Deadline for application; 15 October 2015. Information:
https://careers.qu.edu.qa/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?OAFunc=IRC_EID_VIS_INTG_GATEWAY&p_action=viewPosting&p_svid=947&p_spid=35126&p_srid=28188
9. Dear Friends,
It gives me great pleasure to announce that the website, Anthology of Iranian Masters of Calligraphy, which I developed at the suggestion of Professor Kambiz GhaneaBassiri and with the support of Reed College, is now available online. Please take a look at it, if you are interested.
http://www.reed.edu/persian-calligraphy/en/index.html
Sincerely yours,
Hamid Reza Ghelichkhani, Ph.D.
Calligrapher & Scholar of Persian Literature and Calligraphy.
www.ghelichkhani.com
10. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites applications for tenure-track and
tenured positions in the field of Arabic Language and Literature (modern Arabic
literature, classical Arabic literature – poetry and prose (adab), Arabic
language and linguistics, early Islamic history and historiography, medieval
Islamic philosophy/theology and Islamic law), as well as in the field of
Religious Studies, with a specialization in Islam.
An ability to teach courses in Arabic is an advantage. The primary language of
instruction at the Hebrew University is Hebrew, but candidates not familiar
with Hebrew will be given time to reach proficiency in Hebrew during the
initial years of their appointment.
Applications are due by 15 October 2015.
Please find further information here:
http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/new.php?cat=5369
11. CfP: political party organisation in the Middle East and North Africa.
A conference to be held at the University of Manchester, 25-27 January 2016.
Convened by the Subject Areas of History and Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester, in Association with the Centre for Advanced Study of the Arab World
Co-organised by Dr Siavush Randjbar-Daemi and Dr Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi Email: manchester.conference.2016@gmail.com
This international conference aims to make sense of past, present and future perspectives on political party organisation in the Middle East and North Africa. It will seek to understand whether political parties in MENA should still be considered an integral part to the creation of resilient democratic states or the enactment of radical social transformation, as well as chart the evolution of the single party system and the challenges it has faced over the past decade. It will aim to bring together a wide range of scholars studying topics ranging from the social bases of marginalized political organizations to mainstream parties which have held power for decades. It is the conference’s intention to contribute to extant international scholarship on political parties in the fields of history, political science, international relations, sociology and anthropology and the literature concerned with political parties in the post-colonial world.
Proposals might choose to focus on the following themes:
- Nationalism and Political Parties
- Ethnicity and Political Parties
- Imperialism and Political Parties in the Middle East
- State formation and Political Parties in the Middle East
- Political Parties and Democratization in the Middle East
- Political Parties and Class Politics
- Modernization Theory and the Legacy of Political Parties
- Political Parties in the Arab Spring
- Does Political Pluralism in the MENA Require a Multi-Party System?
- Political Parties in the Age of Social Media
- Political Parties and the Legacy of the Left in the Middle East
- Official Co-opted Political Parties in the Middle East
- Loyal Oppositions in the Middle East
- Political Parties and Gender in the Middle East
- Political Parties and Welfare Networks
- Political Parties and Sectarianism
- Factionalism or Multi-Party System?
- Political Parties and Revolutionary Elites
- Political Parties and Arab Armies
- Political Parties in the Middle East: A Spent Force?
- The validity of the Western political party theory and conceptualisation in the modern Middle East.
Limited funding is available to cover select travel and accommodation expenses of accepted panelists.
Please complete the paper submission form on the conference website ( https://politicalpartiesmiddleeast.wordpress.com/ ) by no later than 5 October 2015. Selected participants will be contacted towards the publication of an edited volume.
12. Islamic’ Art: Disrupting Unity and Discerning Ruptures
Organized by Avinoam Shalem, Riggio Professor, Arts of Islam, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, in collaboration with the Middle East Institute, Columbia University.
*
This semester continues a lecture series initiated in 2014-15, addressing the historiography of the field of ‘Islamic art’ by scoring the particular moments of ruptures that fractured its foundations. The next three lectures will address problems raised by modern and contemporary spaces:
September 21:
Eyal Weizman (Goldsmiths, University of London): “Hannibal in Rafah: a forensic reconstruction of one day in the 2014 Gaza War.”
October 22:
Zeynep Çelik (New Jersey Institute of Technology): “Photographing Ottoman Modernity.”
December 3:
Nada Shabout (University of North Texas): “Modernities: Discontent and Alliances.”
with discussant Zainab Bahrani (Columbia University)
*Rescheduled from Spring.
All lectures are held at 6 pm
Columbia University, 612 Schermerhorn Hall
1190 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027.
*
For more information, please visit our website:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/calendar/disrupting-unity-and-discerning-ruptures.html
13. Final call for papers – Race, religion and migration: spaces, practices, representations
A final reminder about a call for papers for the conference below. Abstract deadline is 10th September. Please feel free to forward this on to colleagues or others who you think may be interested in participating.
Race, religion and migration: spaces, practices, representations
Newcastle University, January 13-15th 2016
Confirmed keynote speakers include:
Claire Alexander (University of Manchester),
Catarina Kinnvall (Lund University),
Greg Noble (University of Western Sydney),
Ann Phoenix (University of London), and
Gurchathen Sanghera (University of St Andrews)
The Race, religion and migration: spaces, practices, representations conference brings together scholars, activists and practitioners who research matters of ethnicity, faith and mobility. It engages with an international community of scholars (including established, mid-career and emerging), policy-makers, practitioners and activists who share an interest in these topics, and who are working on issues of space, practice and/or representation (or at the intersections between two or all of these). The conference includes contributions which explore and demonstrate the social and political significance of issues of race, religion and migration, and engages with the multiple spaces in which these are constructed, contested and represented.
We welcome a range of empirical, conceptual and policy-focused papers from different disciplines across the social sciences. We welcome papers that connect with the conference title and particularly encourage submissions on the following themes:
- Everyday multiculturalism
- Intersections of race, religion and migration with gender, sexuality, class and age
- Childhood, youth and ethnic/religious diversity and difference
- Embodied experiences of, and negotiations of, racialised and religious difference
- Representing race, religion and/or migration in different contexts
- Islamophobia and racism
- Local, regional, urban and national patterns and processes
- Critical reviews of policies about race, religion and migration
We also welcome suggestions for alternative forms of presentations/sessions.
If you would like to present at this conference, you should send a title and abstract (250 words maximum) to sean.gill@ncl.ac.uk by Thursday 10th September.
To register, follow the link at the bottom of this page: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/youngpeople/finalconference/
Thanks
Peter
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Peter Hopkins
Professor of Social Geography
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
England, UK NE1 7RU
(0191) 208 3924 peter.hopkins@ncl.ac.uk
Managing Editor, Gender, Place and Culture
14. McGill University – Assistant Professor, Ottoman and Turkish Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51486
University of North Carolina at Charlotte – Assistant Professor, Islamic World
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51467
Northwestern University – Associate/Full Professor, Islam in African
Societies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51425
- September 08, 2015
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.[my apologies for the poor rendition of this note – ed.]
Assistant Professor of South Asian Art History
 (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)

Application deadline: November 1, 2015

URL: http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/employment/

The Department of Art History at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities seeks candidates for the position of Assistant Professor of South Asian art (tenure track) beginning Fall 2016. We invite applications from scholars whose research focuses on any historical period and geographic area of South Asia, but especially welcome candidates specializing in the art, architecture or archaeology of ancient through early modern South Asia, particularly those that complement current faculty strengths in ancient Iran or the Ottoman and Safavid empires. In addition to upper-level/graduate teaching in their areas of research, ideal candidates will be able to teach broadly within South Asia and contribute to undergraduate Asian art surveys.


Appointment will be 100% time over the nine-month academic year (late-August to late-May).
Appointment will be at the rank of tenure-track assistant professor, depending on qualifications and experience, and consistent with collegiate and University policy.

Responsibilities include: engaging actively in research; teaching courses on all undergraduate and graduate levels (from broad surveys of South Asian art to specialized graduate seminars); and the supervision of senior projects, M.A. qualifying papers, and doctoral dissertations. We seek candidates who will work collaboratively with their colleagues in Art History as well as with faculty in other departments and engage in the interdisciplinary life of the College. Faculty members of this department are committed to outstanding, theoretically-driven research and to the support of and collaboration with younger colleagues.

The Standards for Promotion and Tenure in the Department of Art History are available at: http://www.academic.umn.edu/provost/faculty/tenure/pdf/CLA/7_12ARTH.pdf

The Workload Principles and Guidelines for Regular Faculty in the College of Liberal Arts are available at: http://intranet.cla.umn.edu/faculty/FacultyWorkloadPrinciplesGuidelines.php

Qualifications

Ph.D. or foreign equivalent in Art History or related field (A.B.D. considered but Ph.D. is strongly preferred by appointment start date); college/university-level teaching experience; a promising record of research and publication. If Ph.D is completed by the start date (August 29, 2016), appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor.
Candidates will be evaluated according to a) overall quality of their academic preparation and scholarly work, b) relevance of their scholarly research to the department’s academic priorities and fields of inquiry, c) evidence of commitment to teaching and skills as a teacher, and d) strength of recommendations.
How To Apply

All applicants must apply online. Please go to: http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/employment/ and search for Job ID 304138. To be considered for this position, please click the “apply” button and follow the instructions. You will be given an opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a cover letter and curriculum vitae. Additional documents must be attached by accessing your “My Activities” page. The following materials must be attached to your online application: 1) cover letter, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) names, addresses, and email contact of three references as separate attachment in “My Activities.”
Additional materials may be requested at a later date.
The deadline to apply for this position is November 1, 2015.
This position will remain open until filled.
About the Department

The Department of Art History at the University of Minnesota consists of approximately 10 core faculty, 65 undergraduate majors, and 20 graduate students. South Asian art history has a long been a strength of University of Minnesota and benefits from a thriving multi-disciplinary community of scholars across the College of Liberal Arts.
The Ames South Asia Library at the University of Minnesota is one of the world’s outstanding resources for the study of South Asia.
The Department of Art History is housed within the College of Liberal Arts and has active collaborations with faculty throughout the University, including those in Asian Languages and Literatures, Classical and Near Eastern Studies, the Center for Early Modern History, American Studies, Studio Art, and Cultural Studies and Comparative Literatures.

Established in 1868, the College of Liberal Arts supports the University of Minnesota’s land-grant mission as home to disciplines in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

The College of Liberal Arts is committed to intellectual freedom, the pursuit of new knowledge, and the belief that the liberal arts are the foundation of academic learning. CLA prepares students to be independent and original thinkers, innovators in their chosen fields; to create meaning in their lives and in their life’s work; and to become productive citizens and leaders in their communities and the world.


The College of Liberal Arts values diverse cultures, experiences, and perspectives as key to innovation and excellent education. [http://www.cla.umn.edu%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%A8%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%A8]www.cla.umn.edu


In addition to UMN’s own faculty, library, museum and archival resources, the Twin Cities is a culturally rich area with, among many other resources, two Indian dance companies and an Indian Music Society. A search for a South Asia curator at the Minneapolis Institute of Art is just concluding, and the University of Minnesota is home to South Asia specialists in many departments.
Founded in 1851, the University of Minnesota, with its five campuses and more than 65,000 students, is one of the largest, most comprehensive universities in the United States, and ranks among the most prestigious research universities in the world. It is both a major research institution, with scholars of national and international reputation, and a state land-grant university, with a strong tradition of education and public engagement.

Diversity
The University recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching the employment experience of its employees and in supporting the academic mission. The University is committed to attracting and retaining employees with varying identities and backgrounds.


The University of Minnesota provides equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. To learn more about diversity at the U: [http://diversity.umn.edu.%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%A8]http://diversity.umn.edu.

[http://diversity.umn.edu.%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%A8T]To request an accommodation during the application process, please e-mail employ@umn.edu or call (612) 624-UOHR (8647).

Background Check Information
Any offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Our presumption is that prospective employees are eligible to work here. Criminal convictions do not automatically disqualify finalists from employment.


About the U of M

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC), is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation’s most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations


 • EEO/AA Policy The University recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching the employment experience of its employees and in supporting the academic mission. The University is committed to attracting and retaining employees with varying identities and backgrounds.
The University of Minnesota provides equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
To learn more about diversity at the U: [http://diversity.umn.edu.%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C2%A8To]http://diversity.umn.edu.
To request an accommodation during the application process, please e-mail employ@umn.edu or call (612) 624-UOHR (8647).
2. Dear Friends,
I am pleased to announce the publication of my first monograph, which may be of interest to some on this list: Kirman and the Qajar Empire: Local Dimensions of Modernity in Iran, 1794-1914. This is a study on the importance of private estate building and elite factionalism in shaping social, economic, and political change in the Kirman region over the long nineteenth century. While playing the obvious role of intermediaries in relations with the Qajar and British Empires, local families also invested in projects to commercialize opium, cotton, and carpet production in southern Iran and facilitated their trade through the Persian Gulf to markets overseas. Kirman was also at the center of the constitutional movement in the early 20th century, with local families caught between calls for placing limits on the patrimonial rule of the Qajar dynasty and attempts to maintain their own hereditary control over local administration. “Modernity” here is explored as an interrelated process of regional integration and expanding global networks, with a particular emphasis on exploring how Iranians participated in shaping this locally.
The book is now available through Routledge https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138914568 and in hardbook or ebook through Amazon: http://amzn.com/B011RLMTTU
James M. Gustafson, Ph.D.
President, MAMEIS
Assistant Professor of History
Indiana State University
621 Chestnut St.
Terre Haute, IN 47809
3. The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to announce 2016-2017 fellowship programs for U.S.-based students and scholars:
ARIT / National Endowment for the Humanities Advanced Fellowships for Research in Turkey cover all fields of the humanities, including prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics as well as interdisciplinary aspects of cultural history for applicants who have completed their academic training. The fellowships may be held for terms ranging from four months to a full year. Stipend per month is $4,200.
ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey are offered for research in ancient, medieval, or modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Post-doctoral and advanced doctoral fellowships may be held for various terms, for terms from one month up to one academic year. Stipends range from $2,500 to $15,500.
Applications for ARIT fellowships must be submitted to ARIT by November 1, 2015. The fellowship committee will notify applicants by late January, 2016.
ARIT Summer Fellowships for Intensive Advanced Turkish Language at Bogazici University, Istanbul, summer 2016. The program supports intensive study of advanced Turkish language at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, including air fare, tuition, and stipend. The application deadline is February 5.
For further information please see the ARIT webpage at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/FellowshipPrograms.html
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American Research Institute in Turkey
c/o University of Pennsylvania Museum
3260 South Street
Philadelphia PA 19104
p: 215.898.3474
f: 215.898.0675
4. CFP: Subverting or Sustaining Authority: NEMLA 2016-Satire in the Middle East and North Africa
As part of the literary heritage of the Middle East and North Africa, satire
has long played an essential role in resisting and subverting the status quo of
religious, political, and cultural hegemonies in the region. From Abbasid era
poet Ibn al-Rumi’s invectives and al-Jahiz’s humorous tales to 20th-century
Syrian playwright Muhammad al-Maghut and contemporary Moroccan comedian Ahmad
al-Sanusi, satire has been deployed as a mechanism of critiquing, ridiculing,
and repudiating authority while at the same time implicitly alluding to the
possibility of constructing alternative futures. At the same time, satire has
also been co-opted by state cultural institutions, used to propagate
authoritarian discourses, and maintain the status quo whether in the case of
political cartoons published in state-owned newspapers or soap operas broadcast
on national television channels.
This seminar aims to explore the following questions: how and to what effect
has satire, humor, and invective been employed in prose, verse, visual culture
and on stage in the Middle East and North Africa in the 20th and 21st
centuries? What are some of the underlying impulses of satire in the
contemporary era, and how are satirical works linked to both nostalgia for an
idealized past and conceptions of a utopian future? How are contemporary
satirical works related to classical traditions of invective and satire? What
are the potential implications and limitations of satire as political critique
and resistance? How have state cultural institutions and the apparatus of state
censorship attempted to restrict and co-opt satire and comedy as an extension
of state power?
Abstracts (300 word maximum) must be submitted to the NEMLA website and are due
September 30th,2015. https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/15921
For questions, please contact Shareah Taleghani at taleghani.s@gmail.com or
Eman Morsi at esm313@nyu.edu
5. CFP – AAH2016: Inside / Outside in Islamic Art and Architecture [discussion]
AAH2016 Annual Conference and Bookfair
University of Edinburgh
7 – 9 April 2016
Inside / Outside in Islamic Art and Architecture
Convenor:
Saygin Salgirli, University of British Columbia (saygin.salgirli@ubc.ca)
As an offshoot of Orientalist fantasies about the absolute interior, the harem, earlier scholarship on the domestic architecture of the Islamic world transformed each household into a micro seraglio, less erotic but equally exotic, with a definite separation between private and public, inside and outside. The damage has been so profound that the revisionist scholarship of the past few decades devoted more effort to replacing the Orientalist canon than to asking new questions about the relationship between inside and outside in Islamic art and architecture. This panel calls for empirically grounded papers that engage with theoretical and methodological issues pertaining to various conceptualisations of inside and outside in Islamic art and architecture. Topics may include, but are not limited to: the relationship between peripheral and central figures in illuminated manuscripts; compositional means of defining or redefining an inside and an outside; the relationship between text and image; questions of audience and visibility; borders and frames in manuscripts and portable objects; architectural means of inclusion and exclusion; architecture as the configuration of an outside as well as an inside; sensory means of defining an inside; an insider’s experience of space versus an outsider’s experience. Papers can focus on any part of the Islamic world from all periods, but especially welcome are comparative studies that discuss multiple works / buildings across space and/or time.
Email paper propsals to the session convenor(s) by 9 November 2015. Download a Paper Proposal Guidelines
6. ISLAMIC STUDIES IN SCOTLAND: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the inaugural lecture of Montgomery Watt as the first Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Scotland, the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies in the University of Edinburgh, supported by the Alwaleed Centre, has arranged an evening celebrating and assessing Prof Watt’s work (talks by Professor Carole Hillenbrand of the University of Edinburgh and Prof Fred Donner of the University of Chicago), and a day symposium on ‘Representations of Muhammad’, with talks by Professor Wilferd Madelung (Institute of Ismalili Studies), Dr Nicolai Sinai (University of Oxford), Dr Andreas Goerke (University of Edinburgh), Dr Christiane Gruber (University of Michigan), Dr Nacim Pak-Shiraz (University of Edinburgh), and Dr John Tolan (University of Nantes).
The full programme is available at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/islamic-studies-in-scotland-retrospect-and-prospect-tickets-18324770883
7. The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University
2015 – 2016 AKPIA Lecture Series
A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture
http://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k69205&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup104234
Thursday, September 24, 2015
“The Landscapes of Post-Byzantine Anatolia”
Nicolas Trépanier, Harvard AKPIA Associate; Associate Professor of History, University of Mississippi
Thursday, October 8, 2015
“Landscape of Sovereignty: The Villa in Umayyad Córdoba”
Glaire Anderson, Associate Professor of Art History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Co-sponsored with the Committee on Medieval Studies
Thursday, November 19, 2015
“Efşancı Garden: Questioning the Ideal of Ottoman Garden Design in the Sixteenth Century”
- Deniz Çaliş Kural, Harvard AKPIA Associate; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Bilgi University
Thursday, February 18, 2016
“Poetry, Policy and Landscape Representation in Akbari Painting”
Mika Natif, Harvard AKPIA Associate; Assistant Professor of Art History, The George Washington University
Thursday, March 24, 2016
“Lodging Along the Trade Routes: Hans and Caravanserais in Bosnian Pashadom in the Early Modern Period”
Darka Bilić, Harvard AKPIA Associate; Institute of Art History, Centre Cvito Fisković, Split
Thursday, April 21, 2016
“Figural Representation in the Stucco Ornament of Religious Architecture in Khorasan”
Amirhossein Salehi, Harvard AKPIA Associate; Lecturer, Department of Art Studies, Semnan University
Thursday, April 28, 2016
“Some Exploratory Thoughts on Ottoman Islamic Aesthetics”
Shahab Ahmed, Harvard AKPIA Associate
Lectures are free and open to the public. They are held Thursdays, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., at the Arthur M. Sackler Building, Room 318,
Harvard University, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138. For further information, call 617-495-2355 or email agakhan@fas.harvard.edu
View previous AKPIA lectures here: http://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k69205&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup125394
Download lecture poster here: http://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k69205&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup104234
Contact Info:
Cecily Pollard
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
Harvard University, Sackler 412
485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Tel 617-495-2355
Email agakhan@fas.harvard.edu
Web agakhan.fas.harvard.edu
Contact Email:
URL:
http://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k69205&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup104234
8. Three Research Internship Positions at the Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), University of Peloponnese
The three internships, on a voluntary basis, are offered for the 2015-2016 academic year. The interns will be supervised by senior associates and will be dealing with the study and analysis of ongoing events.
Deadline for application: 4 October 2015. Information: http://cemmis.edu.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=582%3A-2015-16&catid=71%3Aanakoinoseis&Itemid=67&lang=en&acm=3102_189
9. Workshop: “The Cities in Khurasan/Transoxiana – Occupation, Agriculture, and Environmental Changes in the First Millennium – The Bukhara Oasis”, University of Hamburg, 7-9 October 2015
The aim of this workshop is to bring together experts of archaeology, historical science and geography in order to approach the geographical turn of historical research.
For registration contact Katharina Mewes katharina.mewes@uni-hamburg.de. Information: www.islamic-empire.uni-hamburg.de/en/documents/bukhara-oasis-gis-program.pdf
10. Workshop: “The Mingana 1572a Qur’an Fragments”, University of Birmingham, 21 October 2015 The workshop will assess the recently announced dating of two leaves from an early Qur’an at the University of Birmingham. Spaces are limited. For information and details of registration, contact Professor David Thomas d.r.thomas.1@bham.ac.uk.
11. International Conference: “Social and Cultural History in the Arab World, Turkey and Iran: Theories, Methods and Themes”, Qatar University, 17-18 March 2016
This conference will look at social and cultural history as a specific episode in the history of historiography with special focus on the Arab world, Turkey and Iran. It seeks to provide a re-appraisal of this type of history today.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 November 15, 2015. Information: www.qu.edu.qa/artssciences/humanities/conferences/index.php
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