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Shii News – Academic Items
1.The first workshop of the Persianate Subalterns project – on pre-Safavid subalterns – took place on 7-8 November, 2015 in Edinburgh, UK.
The presentations from the workshop are now uploaded on YouTube and can be viewed at:
The workshop’s programme can be viewed on same page.
2. Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art (Leiden: Brill, 2016).
http://www.brill.com/products/book/arthur-upham-pope-and-new-survey-persian-art
3. The Workshop on Complex Predicates in Iranian Languages will be held on September 10-11, 2016 at the Faculty of Letters and Humanities, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
| Keynote speakers:
Mohammad Dabir-Moghaddam (Professor, Allameh Tabataba’i University) Simin Karimi (Professor, University of Arizona) Pollet Samvelian (Professor, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle & CNRS)
Organizers: Gholamhosein Karimi-Doostan (Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Tehran) Negin Ilkhanipour (PhD student, Department of Linguistics, University of Tehran) Vahide Tajalli (PhD student, Department of Linguistics, University of Tehran)
Meeting URL : |
4. XVIIIème Journée Monde Iranien
25 mars 2016
Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations (BULAC) Auditorium du Pôle Langues et Civilisations 65, rue des Grands Moulins 75013, Paris
Organisatrice : Samra Azarnouche
5. Open Access Journal
MELA Notes
The Journal of the Middle East Librarians Association
ISSN 0364-2410
http://mela.us/MELANotes/MELA-Notes.html
6. The Frontiers of Persian Learning: Testing the Limits of a Eurasian Lingua Franca, 1600–1900
Conference 3:
The Epistemological Frontiers of Persian Learning
—organized by Nile Green, University of California, Los Angeles
Co-sponsored by the UCLA Program on Central Asia and the Irving & Jean Stone Chair in Social Sciences
Friday, April 8, 2016: 10:15 a.m.–5:20 p.m.
&
Saturday, April 9, 2016: 10:15 a.m.–12:40 p.m.
314 Royce Hall, UCLA campus
For the program, please link to:
http://www.1718.ucla.edu/events/epistemological-frontiers-2/
Anyone who would like to attend should kindly register using a link provided in the program, so that the organizers may accurately plan for seating and catering. Please note that for students from any institution, or for UC faculty or staff, there is no charge to attend the conference.
7. Call for Papers
MLA Annual Convention 2017, Philadelphia, PA
https://www.mla.org/Convention/MLA-2017
Arabic in Europe: Medieval Connectivity and “Contamination”
Problem/Significance: In the post-Cold War era of the 1990s, two major American paradigms for understanding the world gained traction: One, popular among conservatives, posits a “clash of civilizations” (Huntington), where conflict between nations will stem not from disputes over resources and justice, but from civilizational identities and animosities. In particular, proponents of this paradigm have capitalized on a seeming clash between “Islam” and “the west.” The other paradigm, popular among liberals, posits “the end of history”, meaning the conclusion of major conflicts of ideology or culture in the post-Soviet era (Fukuyama, drawing on Hegel), largely because of the success of the liberal democratic model, exemplified by American politics and culture, which the people of world will eventually adopt and imitate. These two paradigms – “clash” or “westernization” – have alternatively driven much of American public discourse, policy making, and foreign policy for the last 25 years and counting, leading the US into seemingly endless surveillance and militarism. The underlying premise of these two paradigms suggests the separateness of cultures and the centrality of “the west”. But, what if “civilization” leaks and morphs? What if cultures and civilizations around the Mediterranean have been interconnected (deliberate) and inter-contaminated (un-deliberate) for millennia through trade, war, treaties, inter-marriage, conversion, translation, representations of the bizarre or fascinating “other,” and the circulation of discourses and ideas?
Scope: We invite papers that probe that separateness and purity, and explore those inter-connectivities and inter-contaminations by examining the myriad ways that “Arabic” culture has found reception in premodern Europe. It should be noted though, that “Arabic” here is defined as a metonym for Europe’s many constructed “others” (the Jew, the Turk, the Persian, the “Moor,” the “Mohamatan,” the “Saracen,” etc.) and “Europe” is a likewise constructed space to stage interaction. Thus, since identity relies on (mis)perception and performance (passing as …), the panel remains open to the fluidity of labels in cultural-rhetorical praxis and imagination that may well mistake, conflate, or liken “the Jew” and “the Mohamatan,” for example. This panel proposal invites scores of avenues of investigations, including the reception of Arab(ic) texts, images, objects, and ideas in southern Europe, particularly Iberia and Sicily/Italy.
Please send 300-word abstract by 20 March, 2016 to Samer Ali <samerali@umich.edu>
Co-Organized by the Forum on Arabic Language, Literature and Culture
and on Medieval Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies
8. The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) and the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) are pleased to announce the second year of the ASPS/MANUU Visiting Scholar Fellowship, beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year.
Scholars applying to the ASPS/MANUU Visiting Scholar Fellowship will be attached to the H.K.Sherwani Centre for Deccan Studies at the Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad.
Theme of Research: The selected scholar will carry out research in the domain of Deccan-Persian Relations/Indo-Persian Culture of the Deccan.
Duration of the Award: Six months
Further details at:
9. Symposium- New Studies in Islamic Painting (April 14-15, Northwestern University)
New Studies in Islamic Painting
A Symposium at Northwestern University, April 14-15, 2016
Organized by Bilha Moor, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow of Islamic Art and Architecture, Department of Art History, Northwestern University.
For more information, please contact me at bilha.moor@northwestern.edu
PROGRAM
The Symposium presents current studies in figurative painting of the Pre-Modern Islamic lands. It examines Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman illustrated manuscripts, which were produced in the 13th-17th century, in Iraq, Greater Iran, and the Ottoman Empire. The papers address the relationship between word and image, questions of patronage and reception, as well as theoretical approaches to the study of Islamic painting.
The symposium is generously sponsored by the Myers Foundations, the Department of Art History at Northwestern University, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
This program is free and open to the public, but registration in advance is required. Please RSVP to mel.keiser@northwestern.edu by April 7th.
Thursday, April 14th
The Art Institute of Chicago, Sustaining Fellows Lounge, Rubloff Building
4:45-5:15- Coffee
5:15- Welcome, AIC Representative
5:20- Welcome, Jesús Escobar, Chair, Department of Art History, Northwestern University
5:25- Introduction, Bilha Moor, Northwestern University
5:30-7:00- Session I- Reexamining Persian Illustrated Manuscripts
Priscilla P. Soucek, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
“Historicity in Persian Manuscript Illustrations”
Sheila Blair, Boston College
“The Archeology of a Manuscript: The Case of Khwājū Kirmānī’s Three Masnavīs”
David J. Roxburgh, Harvard University
“On Baysunghur’s Two Kalīla wa Dimnas: Modeling Practices of Emulation in the Persianate Arts of the Book”
Moderator: Jesús Escobar, Northwestern University
Friday, April 15th
Northwestern University Library, Forum Room
9:00-9:25- Gathering and coffee
9:25-9:30- Welcome, Northwestern Representative
9:30-10:30- Session I- Painting before 1250
Jonathan Bloom, Boston College
“Painting in the Fatimid Period: A Reappraisal”
Anna Contadini, SOAS, University of London
“The Bologna Dioscorides”
Moderator: Ann Gunter, Northwestern University
10:45-11:45- Session II- Rethinking the Manuscript and the Page
Rachel Milstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“The Manuscript, the Page, the Text as Determinants in the Construction of Pictorial Space”
Yael Rice, Amherst College
“The Reconstitutive Codex: The Generation and Regeneration of Mughal Albums”
Moderator: Rajeev Kinra, Northwestern University
12:00-1:30- Lunch
1:30-2:30- Session III- Mystical Dimensions of Persian Painting
Chad Kia, Independent Scholar
“Kāshifī’s Rules of Artisanal Ethics: A Principle of Selection for Illustrations of ‘Attār’s Mantiq al-Tayr”
Kishwar Rizvi, Yale University
“Love and the Body: Materiality and Figuration in Early Safavid Art”
Moderator: Rob Linrothe, Northwestern University
2:30-3:00- Coffee break
3:00-4:00- Session IV- Safavid Painting in the 17th Century
Amy Landau, Walters Art Museum
“Humor in Paintings of the Seventeenth-Century Isfahani Artist Shaykh ‘Abbāsī”
Anastassiia Botchkareva, Columbia University
“Refocusing the Gaze: Visual Transitions in Seventeenth-Century Persianate Representations”
Moderator: Christina Normore, Northwestern University
4:00-4:30- Coffee break
4:30-5:30- Session V- Turkish and Ottoman Manuscripts
Serpil Bağcı, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara
“Illustrated Manuscripts of the Turkish Iskendernāme and Turkmen Patrons”
Emine Fetvacı, Boston University
“The Album of Ahmed I and the City of Istanbul”
Moderator: Bilha Moor, Northwestern University
6:00-7:00- Reception
10. Newly Digitized 12th-century copy of Arabic Astronomy Manuscript now online
11. Second Perso-Indica Workshop
Indian Narratives and Persian Literature
April 8th 2016, 10.00-17.00
Program
10.00: Fabrizio Speziale, Introduction to the Second Perso-Indica Workshop
10.30: Nalini Balbir, « The Pañcatantra Stories in Their Indian Versions: Languages, Contents and Purposes »
11.00: Pegah Shahbaz, « The Translation and Adaptation of Pañcatantra Tradition in Persian Literature: from Kalīla wa Dimna to Pancakhyana »
11.30: Discussion
12.00: Lunch-break
13.15: Judit Törzsök, « Narrative Strategies and Political Situations: The Hitopadeśa in Context »
13.45: Blain Auer, « From Mufarriḥ al-qulūb (The Rejoicer of Hearts) to Aḫlāq-i hindī (Indian Ethics): Translating Persian and Sanskrit Political Advice Literature »
14.15: Discussion
14.45: Coffee-break
15.15: Iran Farkhondeh, « The Śukasaptati Within the Sanskrit Tradition of Kathā Cycles »
15.45: Sunil Sharma, « When a Translation is Not Really a Translation: Żīyā al-Dīn Naḫšabī’s Ṭūṭī-nāma »
16.15: Discussion
16.45: Conclusion
Place: Salle Claude Simon, Sorbonne nouvelle, 4 Rue des Irlandais, 75005, Paris.
Organisation and contact: Pegah Shahbaz, pegah.shahbaz@univ-paris3.fr
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Shii News – ‘ISLAMOPHOBIA AND RADICALISATION’ (London, 18.3.16)
ISLAMOPHOBIA AND RADICALISATION
SAYYID ALI ABBAS RAZAWI
MARCH 18, 2016
8:00 – 9:30 PM
Mowlana Sayyid Ali Abbas Razawi is an international speaker and teacher. He has lectured extensively on Islamic theology, Shi’a history and principles of Islamic jurisprudence. In recent years, he has been engaged with youth groups and interfaith organisations.
VENUE
131 WALM LANE, WILLESDEN, LONDON NW2 3AU
The second in 2016 Lecture Series Organised by Muhammadi Trust.
Parking available after 6:30 pm. Refreshments will be served.
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Shii News – Fatimid Archaeology, Journal of Islamic Archaeology 2.2 (2015)
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Cities and disasters: urban adaptability and resilience in history
Call for Papers
Date: November 3, 2016 to November 4, 2016
Location: United Kingdom
Subject Fields: Urban History / Studies, Urban Design and Planning, World History / Studies, Environmental History / Studies, Social History / Studies
The Centre for Metropolitan History, in association with the National Institute for the Humanities in Japan (NIHU), is organising a major conference on 3-4 November 2016 which seeks to explore the ways in which cities across time and geographical regions have experienced, and been shaped by, natural disasters and other ‘shocks’. The idea of ‘resilience’ is now at the forefront of debates about urban development, planning and the future of cities, but long-term historical perspectives are largely absent from these contemporary policy discussions.
The 350th anniversary of London’s ‘Great Fire’ of 1666 provides an opportunity to reflect more widely on the impact of urban disasters, to bring together scholars working on different periods and countries, and to bring to bear different perspectives (literary, material/archaeological, architectural, historical, cultural, linguistic, etc.).
Proposals for 20-minute papers, including an abstract (200 words) and a short CV, should be sent to ihr.cmh@sas.ac.uk by Friday 27 May 2016. See the full Call for Papers at http://events.history.ac.uk/event/show/15077
Contact Info:
Olwen Myhill, Centre for Metropolitan History, Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU, UK
Tel: +44(0)20 7862 8790
Contact Email:
2. Jobs:
Visiting Position: Islamic World History/Modern Middle East, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA – http://www.fandm.edu/history/employment-opportunities
Two-year Post Doctoral Fellowship in the Late Ancient Near East (200-900 AD), Ohio State University, Columbus – https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7045
Two-year Post Doctoral Fellowship in the Late Ancient Near East (200-900 AD), Ohio State University, Columbus – https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7045
University of Oxford – I.M. Pei Professorship in Islamic Art and Architecture
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52669
University of Antwerp – Lecturer, area Modern History of the Islamic World
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52551
3. Graduate Studentships for Research on Muslims in the UK or Europe, University of Cambridge
The proposed research may be at Masters or PhD level, and may be in any discipline. The studentships will cover Cambridge University and College fees only.
Deadline for application: 11 March 2016. Information: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/9356/
4. Third Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Chicago, June 23-June 25, 2016
The conference will be divided into two parts and will be preceded by a three-day intensive course on numismatics (June 20-22). A list of the papers and panels to be presented can be consulted at http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference.html
5. Position: Lectureship in Iranian Islamic Art History
Location: School of Art History, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK
Salary: £38,896 – £47,801 per annum
Contract: Fixed Term: 5 years in the first instance
Start: 1 September 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter
Deadline: 4 April 2016 / Apply Online
We are seeking to appoint a full-time lecturer in Iranian Islamic Art History. Applications are invited from candidates whose research interests lie broadly within the spectrum of the Islamic art and/or architecture of the Iranian world, broadly defined. Candidates will therefore be expected to have the centre of gravity of their research squarely in the Iranian world in the Islamic period. Evidence of breadth of interest within the field of Iranian Islamic art and/or architecture is highly desirable, and a firm grounding in Iranian studies generally (e.g. in the fields of language, history, literature, religion) will be an advantage. (Please note that we are not seeking a candidate who is interested in Iranian Islamic art as an offshoot of another field.)
You should already have, or be close to completing, a Ph.D. You should be able to provide evidence of your research abilities in the form of publications of internationally-recognized quality as well as a programme of on-going research that will contribute to our reputation as one of the leading Art History departments in the UK (we were ranked 2nd among Art History departments in REF 2014). Other indications of research activity (e.g. grants awarded, conference papers delivered, exhibitions organized) will also be taken into account, as will evidence that your research has had or will have an impact beyond academia.
You will be expected to offer attractive and accessible undergraduate courses on Iranian art and/or architecture, giving students as much first-hand experience of works as possible. You will also be required to contribute lectures on our first and/or second-year survey modules, which currently deal with the development of Western art, architecture and ideas. Working with postgraduates, both teaching M.Litt. classes and supervising Ph.D. research, will also be a vital part of your role. More broadly, it is expected that the successful candidate will participate in the activities of the Institute of Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews.
Like other members of the School, you will be expected to take on administrative tasks as required by the Head of School.
This is a fixed term post for 5 years in the first instance, with possibility of extension.
Informal enquiries can be directed to Dr Julian Luxford: 01334 462394 or jml5@st-andrews.ac.uk
Applications are particularly welcome from women who are under-represented in Arts posts at the University. You can find out more about Equality and Diversity at https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk.hr.edi/.
The University of St Andrews is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all, which is further demonstrated through its working on the Gender and Race Equality Charters and being awarded the Athena SWAN award for women in science, HR Excellence in Research Award and the LGBT Charter; http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/diversityawards/.
Please quote ref: AC1929MR
Closing Date: 4 April 2016
Further Particulars: AC1929MR FPs.doc
6. The History of Art Department at The Ohio State University invites applications for an ACLS Postdoctoral Fellow in the history of pre-modern Islamic art and architecture. Specialists in all periods, from approximately 700 to 1700 AD, and geographic regions (including Central, and South Asia) are encouraged to apply.
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7081
7. Sufis and Mullahs: Sufis and their Opponents in the Persianate World
April 14-16, 2016 at the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, England.
http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/research/centres/cpis/newsevents/
provides full details of the conference programme, its speakers, the various issues it addresses, method of registration, accommodation, and all other related matters.
8. SCTIW review : the journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World.
Publisher: [Grand Forks, ND] : Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World, 2014- ISSN: 2374-9288
“Reviews of works pertaining to the Islamicate world (whether in Islamic studies, Middle East studies, or other related fields and subfields) analyzed in light of contemporary philosophy, literary or artistic criticism, religion, political theory, cultural studies, and postcolonial studies.”
http://www.sctiw.org/sctiw_review
9. Syrian Studies Association Prizes for Outstanding Dissertation and Article on Syria
In order to promote and highlight excellence in research, the Syrian Studies Association each year awards prizes for the best writing on Bilad al-Sham until 1918 and on Syria in the period following.
In 2016, the SSA seeks submissions for the most outstanding dissertation published between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2016, and the most outstanding article or book chapter published between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016.
In order to be considered for the prize, candidates must join the association. Information about the Syrian Studies Association is available at the following website: http://www.ou.edu/ssa/index.html
Submissions in languages other than English are welcomed. Articles should be sent electronically. Books can be sent either electronically or in hard copy.
The deadline for submissions is July 15, 2016. All submissions should be sent to Charles Wilkins, Chair of the Prize Committee, at the following address: charleslwilkins@gmail.com. Winners will be announced at the SSA annual meeting in November 2016. Inquiries should be directed to Charles Wilkins.
10. Position: Arabic-Speaking Membership and Grant Schemes Coordinator
Salary: £22,000–£25,000 per annum
Contract: One year fixed-term in the first instance; Full-time
Location: Cambridge, UK
Deadline: Open till filled
For details of qualifications, essential skills, and to apply, see our website islamicmanuscript.org
11. History of Syria, 1099-1250: Conflict and Co-existence
1–2 April 2016, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK
This conference focuses on events, trends and personalities in Syria between 1099 and 1250, with a decided emphasis on the earlier half of that period. Its papers all bear on aspects of the Crusades, but are grouped into seven major themes. Naturally some deal with the major figures of the time – Nur al-Din, Saladin and Hülegü. But others look at their key advisers, such as ‘Imad al-Din al-Isfahani, the Qadi al-Fadil and al-Jilyani. Special attention will be paid to the multiple contacts between the Franks, the Muslims and the Oriental Christians, from the violence of war and how to wage it to visions of the afterlife and to the arts of peace, trade and diplomacy. New or neglected sources will be examined – Ibn Talha, al-Atharibi and al-Sulami. The cities of Gaza, Aleppo and Hama will be the focus of detailed examination. A closing round-table session, in which a panel of senior scholars will take questions from the audience, will be devoted to discussing the major themes and issues raised in the course of the conference.
Convened by Professor Carole Hillenbrand, FBA, FRSE, OBE,
Sponsored by the University of St Andrews
For details and booking, visit:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/school/conferences/HistoryofSyria.html
12. Conference: “Islam and Peaceful Relations”, University of Coventry, UK, 5 April 2016
The conference will explore the role religion can play in achieving more peaceful and just societies. It will build on our research expertise and will explore the positive difference faith and belief, in this case Islam, can make in today’s world and how conflicts relating to Islam can be overcome.
Information: http://www.mbrn.org.uk/conference-islam-and-peaceful-relations/
13. Professor of Islamic Studies with Focus on Iranian Studies, University of Cologne. Applicants should have academic expertise in the society, culture and history of modern contemporary Iran and the Iranian cultural region. We moreover expect research expertise in Shiite Islam and experience in dealing with questions and approaches of social and/or cultural science. Research experience on Iranian cultures and societies outside Iran/migration is beneficial. Candidates should be familiar with German. Deadline for application: 27 April 2016. Information: http://www.stellenwerk-koeln.de/uploads/tx_exinitswkjobs/Professur__W_2_Phil_Fak_Oriental_Sem1.pdf
14. Articles for “Islamophobia Studies Yearbook”
The Islamophobia Studies Yearbook is a bilingual periodical that started as a German language journal and has now been offering articles in German and English since 2010. The journal provides a forum for interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the phenomenon of Islamophobia. The Yearbook welcomes analysis from various disciplines.
Deadline for articles: 1 July 2016. Information: http://www.jahrbuch-islamophobie.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Call-for-Papers.pdf
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