Archive for 2016
- May 25, 2016
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- May 24, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies – Opportunities for Scholars 2017-2018, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52830
College of Charleston – Visiting Assistant Professor, field open
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52955
Preference is for candidates who can teach the pre-modern courses, but applicants in all fields are welcome.
2. British Museum, Middle East
Curator: Islamic Collections
Full time
Fixed Term: 6 months in duration
£27,905 per annum pro-rata
Ref: 1555788
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52961
3. International Workshop: “Authority in Islam: Dialectics of Fragmentation & Plurality in Muslim Eurasia”, Indiana University, Bloomington, 24-25 March 2017
The workshop is part of an ambitious long-term initiative that aims to assess and analyze the causes, spectrum, and consequences of (seemingly) increasingly diverse, decentralized and disjointed practices of religious authority in Muslim societies, both regionally and comparatively.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2016. Information: https://authorityinislamblog.wordpress.com/contact/
4. University Lectureship in Classical Arabic Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge
The lecturer will be required to deliver lectures, hold classes and give seminars in Classical Arabic Studies, and to supervise graduate and undergraduate dissertations. The position is to begin 1 September 2016. This appointment is fixed term for one year.
Deadline for application: 12 June 2016. Information: http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/faculty/jobs/classical_arabic-lecturer
5. “The Ninth Festival for the Selection of the Best Book of the Year on Imam Reza (A.S.)”
On the auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of Alim Aal i-Muhammad[The Most Learned in the Family of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.)] Hadrat Imam Ali Bin Musa-ar-Reza (A.S.) and Hadrat Fatima Masumah (S.A.), sister of Imam Reza (A.S.), which is celebrated as ‘The Ten Days of Generosity’, the Organization of Libraries, Museums and Center of Deeds of Astan Quds Razavi with the cooperation of the Imam Reza (A.S.) Cultural and Artistic International Foundation will conduct
“The Ninth International Festival for the Selection of the Best Book of the Year on Imam Reza (A.S.)”
Compilations, Translations and Dissertations with the subject of Imam Reza (A.S.) and His Family
This event will be the part of the programs of the Fourteenth International Festival on Imam Reza (A.S.).
Goals
—- Dissemination and promotion of the radiant culture of Imam Reza (A.S.).
—- Expanding the scientific, artistic and research activities related to the life and different dimensions of the personality of Imam Reza (A.S.), the Eighth Shining Star in the Sky of Imamat (Divine Leadership).
—- Recognizing, commending and supporting the creators and producers of the distinguished cultural and artistic works on the culture of Imam Reza (A.S.) and helping in the extensive publications of these works.
Sections of the Festival
Section One, Best Book
The themes for the selection of the ‘Best Book of the Year’ on Imam Reza (A.S.)
–The sciences and learning of Imam Reza (A.S.).
–The life and history of Imam Reza (A.S.).
–The Ziyarah (Pilgrimage) of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.).
— The medicinal system prescribed by Imam Reza (A.S.).
–Poems
–Anecdotes
–Children and youth
–Translation
–Foreign languages
For every winner in the above-mentioned sections will be awarded with the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Section Two, Best Digital Book
First Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Second Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Third Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Section Three, Best Thesis
First Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Second Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Third Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Section Four, Best Publisher
First Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Second Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Third Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Section Five, The works deserved to be published
For the winners in the above-mentioned section the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes will be awarded. The Secretariat of the Festival will make the efforts to publish these selected works.
– The exquisite prizes include paying all the tour expenses to perform the Umrah and pilgrimage to the holy places in Iraq and the holy city of Mashhad.
-All the winners will be accepted as the guests of the secretariat of the festival. Specialized sessions and educational workshops will be conducted on the sidelines of the festival with the presence of the guests and distinguished scholars.
Transport, boarding and lodging expenses of the guests will be borne by the Secretariat of the Festival.
Events Dates
Last date of sending the work: July 6, 2016
Date of conducting the festival in the Holy City of Mashhad: August 8, 2016
Examining
Examining of the works will be done by the experienced scholars of the Islamic seminaries and universities.
Conditions
—-The works sent to five sections will be accepted for selection in the below-mentioned two subjects:
A-Works with the subjects related to Imam Reza (A.S.).
B- Works with the subjects related to the family of Imam Reza (A.S.) [Imam Muhammad Taqi al-Jawad (A.S.), Hadrat Husain Bin Musa al-Kazim (A.S.), Ahmad Bin Musa al-Kazim (A.S.)[Shah Chiragh] and Hadrat Fatima Masumah (S.A.).
—- The works sent with the subjects related to Imam Reza (A.S.) should have been published in the years 2015 and 2016.
—-The works can be sent in Farsi (Persian) and all other foreign languages.
—-Every applicant should send one copy each of the work to the secretariat.
—-The works sent to the Secretariat will not be returned.
—-More than one work from a person will be accepted.
Permanent Secretariat of the Festival
Central Library of the Astan Quds Razavi
Shaykh Tousi Sanctuary (Bast)
The Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.)
Holy City of Mashhad
Islamic Republic of Iran
P.O. Box No: 91735-177
Tele-fax: 0098-51-32235441
Telephone: 0098-51-32232004-8
Website: http://www.library.aqr.ir, http://library.aqr.ir/ketabsal ,
Email: info.lib@aqr.ir , ketabsal@aqlibrary.ir ,
Application Form
The works related to the subjects of “The Eighth Festival for the Selection of the Best Book of the Year on Imam Reza (A.S.)” can be registered by filling the ‘Application Form’
Best Book Best Digital Book Best Thesis Best Publisher The works deserved to be published
Title of the Work: Name and Surname of the Author: Year of Publication: Copies: Print: Subject of the Work:
Telephone No: Email: Fax:
Address:
Last date of sending the work: July 6, 2016
6. Eurasian Empires Program – Leiden University Institute for History, June 15-17, 2016
On 15-17 June, the final conference of the Eurasian Empires Program will take place in Leiden. Leading scholars in the field from all over the world will participate in five themed panels.
There will be two keynote speakers, the first of whom is Gülrü Necipoglu on Wednesday 15 June, with a lecture entitled ‘Transregional Connections: Architecture and the Construction of Early Modern Islamic Empires.’ On Friday 17 June, Nicola Di Cosmo will conclude the conference with his lecture ‘Climate and Eurasian Empires: What to Make of Proxy Data and their Historical Relevance.’
Besides international scholars, many of the group’s members will participate in the conference, either as presenters or in the role of chair and/or discussant.
The panels are entitled, respectively:
– Methodology, Theory, Approaches
– Dynastic Change and Legitimacy
– People of the Pen
– People of the Sword
– Gender and Power
Interested members of the public are most welcome to attend the lectures and panel sessions.
The full program and abstracts for all talks can be found here:
http://hum.leiden.edu/history/eurasia/news/final-conference.html
7. Call for Papers
Global Reformations: Transforming Early Modern Religions, Societies, and Cultures: An international, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary conference, 27-30 SEPTEMBER 2017
Sponsored by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria College, at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
150 WORD ABSTRACTS DUE: 31 MAY 2016
What is Reformation, and where? Who does it impact, and how? This conference invites a sustained, comparative, and interdisciplinary exploration of religious transformations in the early modern world. Scholars who once confidently framed the Reformation as a sixteenth-century European Protestant phenomenon now look expansively across different confessions, faiths, time periods, and geographical areas.
The early modern world saw a great increase in contacts between religious traditions and their believers. Many meetings were fraught with the tensions of alterity. All contacts generated new forms of accommodation, exclusion, communication, exchange, and transformation. Our interdisciplinary conference will explore the resulting cultural, historical, art historical, literary, and intellectual disruptions and convergences. We will probe the inter-actions that developed across confessional lines, and the unanticipated consequences that ripple out across the globe from the religious schisms in Europe. Many of these inter-faith contacts are driven by dynamics arising directly from the Reformation, and this is the theme we plan to explore in the conference.
We aim to bring together scholars researching art, architecture, theatre, music, literature, religion, book history, print culture, as well as intellectual and social history. Together we will explore how the transmission and translation of material, textual, and cultural practices create identity and cross-cultural identifications in contexts that are animated by the effort to reform, purify, or convert others.
For further information, including an initial list of possible themes, or to submit a proposal (no more than 150 words, together with a brief biography and contact information) please see: crrs.ca/globalreformations
Heather Coffey
Assistant Professor of Art History
OCAD University
8. CFP – Middle East Librarians Association (Boston, 15-17 November 2016)
Partnerships: Enhancing opportunities is this year’s theme for the annual Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) meeting. The meeting will be hosted by the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT, and will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, 15-17 November 2016.
Middle East librarians, and more generally Area Studies librarians, have a long history of cooperation and partnerships. Indeed, it is through partnerships that programs such as the Middle East Cooperative Acquisitions Program (MECAP), and the Center for Research Libraries’ (CRL) Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) developed. These programs have been instrumental for our communities, the research being conducted, and highlight some of the larger initiatives that have taken place over the years. Other large scale projects have made collections available digitally encouraging and enabling new avenues of scholarship. The profusion of digital humanities projects being created highlights the ever-changing ways in which scholars interact with each other, scholarship is produced, and is providing enhanced opportunities for long-distance and international partnerships.
Partnering with institutions to further our goals as a community is essential; we invite papers of no more than 20 minutes exploring historical and contemporary partnerships. Preference will be given to partnerships with libraries (or museums) in the MENA region.
Presentations dedicated to investigating, analysing, and discussing the opportunities, challenges, and experiences with all types of partnerships are welcome, including but not limited to:
Community building
Collection development
Rights, rules, and regulations of multi-party ownership
Resource sharing
Digitization practices
Documentation practices
Negotiating standards
Enhancing metadata for accessibility across platforms
Reciprocal agreements for shared materials
Submission guidelines
• Proposals should be a maximum of 250 words.
• Please send your proposals to vice-president@mela.us in a word document.
• Proposals will be reviewed by the Program Committee.
• Proposals must include a title and clearly demonstrate relevancy to this year’s theme, Partnerships: Enhancing opportunities.
• Submission deadline is 31 August 2016.
• Session format is a 30 minute presentation (20 minute presentation with 10 minutes for questions).
Notification
• All submitters will be notified by 21 September 2016.
• All presenters will be asked to submit a brief biography (max 100 words), a photograph, and an abbreviated abstract to be published in the program and posted on the MELA website.
• All presenters will be asked to make their presentation available on the conference website.
While MELA is not in a position to pay honoraria or provide financial support for travel and lodging, we will waive program registration fees for presenters. Presenters are expected to be full paid MELA members.
9. Call for papers: Conference “Spatial Thought in Islamicate Societies, 1000–1600: The Politics of Genre, Image, and Text”, University of Tübingen, Germany, 30 March–1 April 2017
Place and space are now increasingly understood as invented reference systems that are entangled with political, religious, cultural, and intellectual history. This conference explores the ongoing shift of the history of geography and cartography to a diversely linked spatial history of the Islamicate world. Special emphasis is placed on genre, authorship, theme, and reception.
Deadline for registration: 30 June 2016. Information: http://www.spatial-thought.uni-tuebingen.de
Kurt Franz (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen)
Zayde Antrim (Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.)
Jean-Charles Ducène (École pratique des hautes études, Paris)
10. Workshop: Structural Dividers in Qur’anic Material
Dates: 3-4 June 2016
Location: Centre of Islamic Studies, SOAS, University of London
Registration: A limited number of free places are available, by application. Precedence will be given to university staff and to graduate students. Please contact Marianna Klar on mk81@soas.ac.uk to register.
11. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 26 – Issue 1-2 – January 2016
SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE
The Mongols and Post-Mongol Asia: Studies in Honour of David O. Morgan
is available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=JRA&volumeId=26&seriesId=0&issueId=1-2&etoc=Y
- May 24, 2016
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- May 18, 2016
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Shii News – Shia Targeted in Latest Baghdad Bombings
Iraq violence: Blasts in Baghdad kill 35 – BBC News
See also: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/05/prevent-sectarian-backlash-baghdad-bombings-160517073547859.html
See also: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/05/dozens-killed-bombings-iraq-baghdad-160517141235871.html
- May 17, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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- May 17, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize
The 2017 round is now open. The BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize will be awarded
to the best English-language doctoral thesis or unpublished first
monograph based on a doctoral thesis on any aspect of the academic
study of Islam and the Muslim world, past and present.
Applicants can be based in any country, and manuscripts will be assessed on the basis
of scholarly quality and originality.
The award includes publication of the winning manuscript and a prize of £1,000.
The submission deadline is 1 September 2016.
Full details are available here:
See http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize/2016 for details of the winner for 2016.
2. International Conference on Amulets and Talismans in the Muslim World | Leiden University | 19-20 May 2016
See for more info:
https://www.facebook.com/ConferenceAmulets/
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2016/05/amuletten-en-talismans-in-de-moslim-wereld
3. The East & Europe, 24-25 June, University of Amsterdam
More information and registration via http://artes.uva.nl/news-and-events/events/events/events/content-3/folder-2/conferences/2016/06/the-east–europe.html
4. Call for Papers for Open Panels During the Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) in Tuebingen on 6-8 October 2016
Papers are invited for the following open panels (see also the complete announcement with the panel abstracts at http://davo2016.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Call-for-papers-for-open-panels.pdf).
Please send your abstracts (up to 300 words) to the panel convener(s) and to Amke Dietert (amke.dietert@googlemail.com) before 15 June 2016. Papers can be presented in English or German. Please fill in the form for contributions which is available on the Congress website at http://davo2016.org/registration
1) Current Re-Configurations of the Urban in the MENA Region
Organizers: Christian Steiner, Catholic University Eichstaett (Christian.steiner@ku.de) and Steffen Wippel, Philipps-University Marburg (steffen.wippel@uni-marburg.de), DAVO Working Group “Middle Eastern Economies”
2) Urban Policy Making and Implementation in the Arab World
Organizer: Mennatuallah Hendawy, Cairo (mennatuallah.hendawy@eng.asu.edu.eg)
3) Visions of the State: People’s Perception of State Responsibilities in the MENA Region and Beyond
Organizer: Tina Zintl, University of Tuebingen (tina.zintl@uni-tuebingen.de)
4) Arabellion: Social Change in the Context of Uprise and Violence
Organizer: Helmut Dietrich, Rabat (he.di@gmx.net )
5) Beyond Oil: The Politics of Energy in the MENA Region
Organizer: Marie Duboc, University of Tuebingen (marie.duboc@uni-tuebingen.de)
6) Social Movements on the “Move”: Lessons from South Africa for the Palestinian BDS Movement
Organizer: Sara El-Madani, University of Flensburg, sara.el-madani@uni-flensburg.de
7) Studying Palestine in Germany – an Inventory
Organizers: Sarah El Bulbeisi (sarah.elbulbeisi@gmail.com) and Amir Hamid (amirh@lmu.de), University of Munich
8) Women`s Rights in Iran: Flexibility in Religious Legal Opinions
Organizer: Golrang Khadivi, University of Hamburg (golrang.khadivi@gmail.com)
9) Ritual and Politics in Turkey
Organizer: Charlotte Joppien (charlottejoppien@hotmail.com)
Deadline for abstracts of other papers and panels is 20 June 2016. See Congress website at http://davo2016.org/
5. International Conference: “Trans-L-Encounters: Religious Education and Islamic Popular Culture in Asia and the Middle East”, University of Marburg, 26-28 May 2016
This conference of the Research Network Re-Configuration aims to take a closer look at the transregional and translocal developments in Asia and the MENA, specifically focusing on the interrelated phenomena of religious education and Islamic popular culture.
Information and program: www.uni-marburg.de/cnms/forschung/re-konfigurationen/aktuelles/news/2016-05-trans-l-encounters
6. Fifth International Bara Gali Conference: “The Dynamics of Change in the Pakistan-Afghanistan Region: Politics on Borderland”, University of Peshawar, 29-31 August 2016
The conference will focus on a number of political concepts and predicates—the tribe and the state, security and phenomenology, nomos and human rights, subjectivity and discourse, and religiosity and egalitarianism.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 May 2016. For information contact Dr. Muhammad Zubair: mzubairzaib@gmail.com
7. Two Lecturers in International Relations, University of Edinburgh
While all sub-fields of International Relations will be considered, preference may be given to those with research and teaching specialisms in International Development with regional specialisms in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Closing date: 26 May 2016. Information: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANO176/lecturer-in-international-relations/
8. Autumn School: “Reading Fatwas”, Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, University of Bonn, 8-12 August 2016
The purpose of this Fall School is to introduce participants to the methods, sources, and lines of inquiry in studying medieval fatwas. Fatwas are an invaluable window on legal institutions, conflict resolution on the local level, relations of “state and society”, and local values and ethics.
Extended deadline for application: 30 May 30. Information: www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/mamluk-events
9. CfP:
The 3rd Middle Eastern Congress on Politics and Society, organized by the Middle East Institute at Sakarya University will take place in Sakarya, Turkey, between 11 and 13 October 2016. Over two years following the second congress in 2014, significant political developments have been observed in the Middle East. This year’s congress aims to bring together a number of new perspectives on the new political and social developments in the region.
The opening speech of the congress will be delivered by Rachid Ghannouchi the leader and founder of Al-Nahda movement in Tunisia.
Other confirmed speakers include such distinguished scholars known for their studies on the Middle East as Abdullah Al-Arian, Ibrahim Awad, Youssef Choueiri, Katerina Dalacoura, Burhanettin Duran, Michael M. Gunter, Steven Heydemann, Mustafa Kibaroglu, Abdel Aziz Sager, Emad Shahin, Karen E. Young.
The Middle East Institute at Sakarya University invites scholars, experts, policy makers and activists to participate in panels and meetings for strengthening our understanding of the new dynamics in the region.
Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent to middleeastcongress@gmail.com by 30 June 2016. Please include in the body of the email your contact details and a short bio.
For further information and announcements please visit www.ormer.sakarya.edu.tr. Paper presentations are expected to be about the topics shown in below panel contents.
- May 17, 2016
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- May 12, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Two lectureships, the University of Stirling.
One is a ‘Lectureship in Religion and International Politics’ (job number SCH00612) and the other is a ‘Lectureship in International Politics’ with a special focus on the Middle East (job number SCH00610).
The deadline for applications for both positions is 31st May 2016.
More information about these positions can be found at http://www.stir.ac.uk/about/jobs/
2. Research Associate Genealogies of Knowledge, University of Manchester
https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=11422
Closing date : 29/05/2016
Reference : HUM-08115
Faculty / Organisational unit : Humanities
School / Directorate : School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Division : –
Employment type : Fixed Term
Duration : Available from 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2020
Location : Oxford Road, Manchester
Salary : £30,738 to £37,768 per annum
Hours per week : Full Time
3. Lecture – Nasrin Askari, ‘Elite Folktales: A 16th-Century Collection of Persian Stories in the Bodleian Library’ (Cambridge, UK, 12 May)
Cambridge Lectures in Islamic Art:
‘Elite Folktales: A 16th-Century Collection of Persian Stories in the Bodleian Library’
Dr. Nasrin Askari (Bahari Visiting Fellow in the Persian Arts of the Book, Bodleian Library)
Thursday, 12 May 2016, 5.30 pm
Thomas Gray Room, Pembroke College, Cambridge
Free and open to all.
http://persian.pem.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/cambridge-lectures-islamic
4. Conference, May 4, 2016, Cultural and Social Encounters in Islamic Asia, c. 1600-c. 1800, Nehemia Levtzion Center for Islamic Studies, Mount Scopus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
programme at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/250465101956618/
5. On line sources:
Syria Studies, the official online journal of the Centre for Syrian Studies (CSS) at the University of St. Andrews.
https://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/syria
6. al-Raqmiyyāt: Digital Islamic History
Chronological Coverage of an Arabic Corpus
An Experiment with Date Statements
Posted by Maxim Romanov on March 29, 2016
(on Coding, Corpora, Methods, and Historical Texts)
http://maximromanov.github.io/2016/03-29.html
7. Jobs:
Full-Time Term Faculty Position: Arab World Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies – American University, Washington DC: www.american.edu/cas/crgc/
Assistant Professor without Review in Islamic Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
The successful candidate must hold a Ph.D. and be able to teach Classical Arabic at all levels, and courses on topics such as Introduction to Western Religions, Classical Islam, Modern Islam, and/or another area of specialization.
Deadline for application: 6 June 2016. Information: www.facultycareers.ubc.ca/23357
8. The treasures of Arabic, Persian and Turkish tales in the 15 volumes of the
extraordinary Enzyklopädie des Märchens (1).
Enzyklopädie [Enzyklopaedie] des Märchens [Maerchens]:
Handwörterbuch [Handwoerterbuch] zur historischen und vergleichenden
Erzählforschung [Erzaehlforschung], ed. Rolf Wilhelm Brednich et al. 15
vols. Berlin, etc.: de Gruyter, 1977-2015, also available online.
More information on
http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~enzmaer/vorstellung-engl.html
9. CFP
Beyond The Mosque: Diverse Sites of Muslim Prayer (Universities Art Association of Canada/ Association d’art des universités du Canada, Montreal, Canada, October 27-30, 2016)
Conference session to be held at the Université du Québec à Montréal
http://www.uaac-aauc.org/montreal-2016
Chaired by: Angela Andersen
Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria
The purpose-built, monumental mosque is often presented as the primary site of Islamic congregational worship. However, the Quran provides virtually no instructions regarding the appearance or configuration of such a site, and many Muslims engage in individual and congregational prayer in a variety of settings. A room in the home, a rug, a clean piece of cloth or a line in the sand can demarcate prayer space just as the declaration of the intent to pray itself can establish parameters. This panel will explore the great architectural diversity of Muslim places of prayer and worship, inclusive of art-historical, religious studies, anthropological, sociological and lived experience perspectives. Historical and contemporary studies of women and the elderly in Islam, Sufi orders, marginalized and sectarian movements, rural assembly sites, migrant communities, Muslims in predominantly non-Muslim surroundings, syncretic traditions, and the contemporary workforce seeking prayer and worship accommodations are but a few examples of welcome subjects.
Please submit proposals directly to Angela Andersen ala@uvic.ca by June 24, 2016.
Proposals for 20 minute papers should include:
name and email address
institutional affiliation
paper title
abstract (150 words maximum)
brief bio (150 words maximum)
According to the regulations of the Universities Art Association of Canada, “proposals may be submitted by current members or non-members of UAAC. Non-members must become members of UAAC and pay registration fees in order to present a paper at the conference. Membership dues and registration fees must be received by October 1, 2016. MA students are not permitted to give papers at the conference.”
10. CFP for volume entitled
Transcultural Identity Constructions in a Changing Arab World
11. The University of Religions and Denominations (Qom, Iran) is pleased to offer the 3rd short-term course of Shi’a Islamic Studies on August 22, to September 1, 2016.
This 10-Day English program mainly focuses on Shia Islamic beliefs and practices, as well as Shiite authority, rituals and ceremonies in the contemporary Iran. The program includes guided visits to the local and cultural sites of Qom, Isfahan and Tehran in order to provide a view of day-to-day life in Iran. All faculty, students and researchers in related fields are invited to apply.
The normal fee for the course is $1300 including all local costs. There are some fellowships available for applicants whose competency will be approved.
You can find more information on our website at: http://shiacourse.urd.ac.ir/.
Please don’t hesitate to email us via shiacourse3@gmail.com with any questions.
12. Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, UK
Now enrolling for Islamic Studies & Arabic
available to study Full-time and Part-time starting in September 2016
See: http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6e9fdbb4ef3ba3047cbc8ea43&id=525919b8bd&e=73b327db99
13. Symposium – Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs (Met Museum, 10–11 June)
14. Call for Submissions: Persian Passages (Special issue of Southerly)
Persian speakers from Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan have influenced Australian culture in many ways. What are the evocations of Persian themes in Australian writing and culture? What are the contemporary heirs to Judith Wright’s poem ‘Hafiz of Shiraz’? And what is the image of Australia in contemporary Persian texts? Guest editors Laetitia Nanquette and Ali Alizadeh are calling for submissions of poems, stories, non-fiction and literary papers for a special issue of Southerly focusing on literary transactions between Australian and Persian cultures. The editors are also interested in writings from Iranian, Afghan and Tajik writers engaging with Australia in any way.
As the Persian-speaking community is becoming stronger in Australia and its cultural production diversifies, this issue aims to offer to an Australian audience a rich sample of texts and perspectives focusing on Australian-Persian perspectives
The CFP can be seen online at this address: http://southerlyjournal.com.au/2016/05/12/call-for-submissions-persian-passages-special-issue-of-southerly/
- May 12, 2016
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- May 11, 2016
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