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Call for Papers

The Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam is pleased to announce that an international Ismaili Studies Conference will take place on March 9 and 10, 2017 at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. It will build on the remarkable success of the Ismaili Studies Conference: State of the Field held at the University of Chicago in 2014. These multidisciplinary gatherings are a progressive endeavour to provide opportunities for the presentation of research as well as for academic discussion and debate on the scholarly endeavour termed broadly as Ismaili Studies. They provide a pluralist locus for scholarship on the various entities and communities that are related to, have emerged from or are associated in other ways with Ismaili expressions of Islam in the past and the present. The conference also addresses these communities’ relations within the wider Shia, Muslim and other societies. Also of interest are the engagements across religious boundaries and the articulations of thought and faith in between dominantly defined religious and cultural domains. This multidisciplinary intellectual space includes but is not limited to the critical analysis of the histories, migrations, and institutions as well as of social, economic, political and cultural expressions. It is also inclusive of all geographical regions. Such an approach provides for a robust and integral understanding of a broadly situated Ismaili Studies.

Proposals for papers and panels are invited in the following areas,
but are not limited to:
 Art and architecture  Education  History  Institutional development  Inter-faith/inter-cultural relations  Khoja Studies  Literature  Media and communication  Migration, diaspora, transnationalism  Music  Philosophy and theology  Politics  Policy  Religious practice  Socio-economic development  Values and doctrines

Abstracts should be sent by July 8, 2016
to: Professor Karim H. Karim – karim_karim@carleton.ca
Director, Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam

Shia Muslim Studies – Centre for Islamic Shia Studies CISS

The 3rd issue of the Shi’a Studies Journal is available at:
http://shiastudies.org/docs/pdfs/shia-studies-e-journal-issue-3–27-june-2016.pdf?Status=Master&sfvrsn=2

CISS look forward to all feedback as we endeavor to make future editions enriched with thought provoking articles written by our future academic researchers. Graduate students, researchers and academics are invited to submit essays, book reviews and articles on Shi‘a Studies.

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Arabia Saudí ante sus desafíos

Spanish-language VANGUARDIA Dossier on Saudi Arabia (No. 61, July-September 2016).

Contributors: Paul Aarts, W. Lippman, Andrew Hammond, David Commins, Toby Matthiesen, Mansoor Moaddel, Madawi Al-Rasheed, Jean-Francois Seznec, Caroline Montagu, Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rodger Shanahan, Kenneth Weisbrode, and Rami Khoury.

http://www.lavanguardia.com/vanguardia-dossier/20160615/402521191134/vanguardia-dossier-arabia-saudi-desafios.html

New Investigation on Bahrain Interior Ministry’s Facial Recognition Tech

1.Grants for Research on “Mobility, Displacement and Forced Migration in the Middle East”, Georgetown University, Qatar

The maximum amount per grant award is US $25,000 to be used over the course of a one-year research progression based on fieldwork in one or more countries in the Middle East.

Deadline for proposals: 15 September 2016. Information: https://cirs.georgetown.edu/node/41561

2. The Department of Classical, Middle Eastern, and Asian Languages and Cultures at Queens College (CUNY) is currently seeking applicants for the position of Visiting Lecturer in Islamic Studies for 2016-2017, beginning mid-August.

Responsibilities include teaching courses in Islamic civilization, revivalism and reform in Islam, Islamic intellectual history, Islamic literature, and advanced Arabic.  The lecturer will also be responsible for supervising Arabic placement for the department.

University level teaching experience and an advanced proficiency level in Arabic (or near-native or native fluency) are required.  Preferred applicants will have a PhD or ABD in Middle East and/or Islamic Studies or a related field.  Salary is approximately $45K .  Please email a letter of interest as well as a CV to the department chair, Prof. Miryam Segal at Miryam.Segal@qc.cuny.edu.  Review of applications will begin immediately and remain open until the position is filled.

3. Conference: “Regional and Transregional Elites – Connecting the Early Islamic Empire”, University of Hamburg, 7-8 October 2016

Preliminary program and further details:
www.islamic-empire.uni-hamburg.de/en/news-and-events/conferences/elite-conference.html. Deadline for registration: 31 August 2016 via email to katharina.mewes@uni-hamburg.de.
 

4, International Conference on Islamic Jurisprudence (ICIJ2016), Krabi, Thailand, 29 October 2016

The conference aims to exchanging ideas and views regarding issues of Islamic Law in order to inculcate corpus of ideas among researchers, lecturers, administrators and post graduate students. The conference is open to any topic in the field of Islamic jurisprudence and any related current issues.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2016. Information: http://ukmsyariah.org/en/international-conference-on-islamic-jurisprudence-2016-icij2016/
 

5. Post-doc Fellowship at the Jewish Museum Berlin

The candidate’s subject area should fall within the framework of the “Jewish-Islamic Forum”, which includes the history of Jews in the Arab-Muslim world. The scholarship will be granted for one year, with the possibility of an extension of one further year.

Deadline for application: 31 July 2016. Information:  http://www.jmberlin.de/main/EN/Pdfs-en/About-the-Museum/Jobs/Postdoc_WMBlumenthal-Stipendium_EN.pdf
 

6. Masters in “Islamic Studies – Systemic Approach”, Mustafa International University, Tehran Campus

The University is going to admit international students for its MA program in Islamic Studies. Prospective students must hold a Bachelor’s Degree. Deadline for application: 31 July 2016. Information: http://en.tehran.miu.ac.ir/index.aspx?fkeyid=&siteid=195&pageid=38420&newsview=73127
 

7. 2^èmeSymposium international sur les langues iraniennes en danger

8-9 Juillet 2016

Maison de la Recherche

Salle Athena

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

4, rue des Irlandais

75005 Paris

Paris, France

UMR Mondes iraniens et indien (CNRS, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Inalco, EPHE), Paris

Département de linguistique empirique, Goethe-Universität, Francfort

Labex EFL

http://www.iseil.org/

Organisatrices : Saloumeh Gholami (Goethe-Universität) et Pollet Samvelian (Sorbonne nouvelle – UMR Mondes iranien et indien)

8. The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations

https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Muslim-Jewish-Relations/Meri/p/book/97

9. Lecturer (temporary full time) wanted to teach courses on the history of
the Middle East and North Africa:  FALL 2016-SPRING 2017

The Department of History and Philosophy at State University of New York
Old Westbury is looking to appoint a full time Lecturer level for fall
2016 and spring 2017 to teach courses on the history of the Middle East
and North Africa and on Islamic history and culture.

This is a one-year non-renewable appointment. Candidates for this
temporary position will be asked to teach 4 (4-credit) courses per
semester: 4 in the fall semester and 4 in the spring. Regular attendance
at department meetings and help with departmental events and with
student advising will also be expected.

Courses for the spring semester will be determined in consultation with
the appointee. For fall 2016, the courses to be taught will be:

1/ HI2511 World History I: Non-Western (two sections). This is a
freshman/sophomore level semester long course in world history focusing
on the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
2/ HI3835 Islamic Cultures. A sophomore/junior level introduction to
Islam as a religion and way of life and to its institutions and culture,
beginning with the socio-economic background of pre-Islamic Arabia and
exploring the transforming message of the Quran and the role of Muhammad
as spiritual and political leader.
3/ HI4308 A History of the Middle East and North Africa in the Modern
World. This course studies the development of Middle Eastern and North
African Islamic civilizations from the 18th century to the present.

We are a small 4-year liberal arts college within the SUNY system. Our
department offers a B.A. in history and a separate B.A. in the combined
areas of philosophy and religion. We also offer content courses in our
School of Education’s Master of Arts and Teaching degree in Adolescence
Education Social Studies

Requirements for Temporary Instructor Position
* Masters in History or ABD in History focusing on the region of the
Middle East and North Africa. Teaching experience in the history of the
Middle East and North Africa and Islamic civilization is desirable but
not required.

Send letter and copy of CV to walshj@oldwestbury.edu or to History and
Philosophy Department, c/o Chair, SUNY Old Westbury, 223 Storehill Road,
Old Westbury, NY 11568.

ADHRB Weekly: US State Department Releases Overdue Report on Human Rights Situation in Bahrain

Obama’s failed policy on Bahrain

Saudi man killed in police raid on Shia village – BBC News

Deconstructing Minorities/Majorities in Parliamentary Gulf States (Kuwait and Bahrain)