Archive for 2016
Shii News – Academic Items
1. Vacancies at CISS (Londson)
Job Title: Research Interns (x3)
Working For: Centre for Islamic Shi’a Studies (CISS)
Location:London
Charity number:1142811
Salary: Voluntary. Reasonable expenses reimbursed (part-time).
Job Details:
The Centre for Islamic Shi’a Studies (CISS) is a non-profit research centre founded in 2007 as the academic body of the Alridha Foundation. Alridha Foundation is an independent, international, charitable, non-governmental organisation with projects and events relating to youth, education, academic research, community support and international aid work.
The CISS specialises in the study of intellectual traditions and scholarly outputs articulated by persons or entities committed to the Shi’a Islamic faith, and/or persons or groups concerned with Shi’a Islamic milieus of past and present. We also aim to offer an informed and scholarly perspective on traditional and contemporary issues that affect Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
We are currently recruiting 3 part-time interns for our current research programme, which aims to produce comprehensive research and recommend efficient and effective policies for lawmakers. Our research will focus on compiling a detailed history of Shi’a Islam, including biographies on traditional and contemporary Shi’i scholars – looking at their history, experiences and contributions, alongside a historical study of the Akhbari and Usuli split in Shi‘ism. Our research will also explore contemporary issues facing Muslims, both in the Middle East and the West, including Islamophobia, sectarianism, demographics and human rights.
CISS is looking for candidates with enthusiasm, flexibility, an inquisitive mind and the ability to apply high standards of judgement. They will need to work efficiently, effectively and accurately – a keen eye for detail is essential. Teamwork is a key feature so candidates will need to have a collaborative mentality and at the same time be able to focus on their own individual tasks. Previous research experience is highly preferred. Candidates must have excellent writing skills, including being able to write concisely to an academic standard.
Whilst there is flexibility regarding the numbers of days per week, interns should be prepared to commit to a period of 3-6 months. As we share our building with a school, successful applicants will be required to pass a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Closing Date:1 February 2016
Interview/Start Dates: All applications will be reviewed upon receipt and interviews may be conducted before the closing date. Final interviews will be conducted in the week commencing 1 February 2016.
Application Details: Applicants interested in applying for a role should send a CV and covering letter to internship@shiastudies.org specifying why they are suitable.
2. SEMINAIRE ‘SOCIETES, POLITIQUES ET CULTURES
DU MONDE IRANIEN’
SEANCE DU 21 JANVIER 2016, 17h-19h
Agnes Korn, Chargée de recherches en Linguistique au CNRS, Paris
« Le bashkardi, une langue peu connue du sud de l’Iran (si c’en est bien une) »
Le terme bashkardi désigne un groupe de dialectes parlés au sud de l’Iran, non loin du détroit
d’Ormuz ; il s’agit d’une région peu accessible même pour les citoyens iraniens. C’est peut- être
aussi pour cette raison que le bashkardi a été assez peu étudié jusqu’ici : il y a deux esquisses de
quelques pages, mais on ne possède ni une grammaire ni un dictionnaire ou glossaire. La
documentation du bashkardi est d’ailleurs chose urgente puisque l’influence forte du persan est
en train de l’assimiler à la langue nationale, surtout sur le plan de la syntaxe.
Cet exposé présentera mes recherches actuelles sur le bashkardi (menées en coopération avec Behrooz
Barjasteh Delforooz / Uppsala, Suède) et les défis de la description d’un groupe de dialectes si
divergents que leur origine commune semble plutôt invraisemblable
Johnny Cheung, Maître de Conférences à l’INALCO, Paris
« La recherche actuelle sur la religion et littérature de la communauté des Yézidis,
quelques observations préliminaires »
La communauté des Yézidis, s’exprimant surtout en kurde, du dialecte kourmandji, habite dans
plusieurs pays ou régions du Proche Orient (Irak, Turquie, Syrie), du Caucase (Géorgie,
Arménie), et depuis récemment, en Europe (Allemagne et Suède principalement). Malgré une
assez longue histoire de marginalisations et de persécutions, les Yézidis ont préservé leur
identité, leur culture et leurs coutumes religieuses spécifiques. L’expression “Adorateurs du
Diable” par laquelle les désignent leurs voisins musulmans sunnites et chrétiens révèle une vision
négative voir même hostile de cette communauté.
Pour cette intervention je présenterai les théories, anciennes et modernes, sur l’origine
multifactorielle de la foi des Yézidis et comment leurs chants de prière, appelés “qewl”, aident
les chercheurs à (re)découvrir cette population mal connue.
Lieu : INaLCO, 65 rue des Grands Moulins, salle 413 (4e étage), 75013, Paris.
Organisateurs : Matteo De Chiara (INaLCO), Denis Hermann (CNRS), Fabrizio Speziale (Paris 3 – CNRS), Julien Thorez (CNRS).
3. Call for Papers
Pahlavi Iran, 1941-1979:
A Global History Workshop
London School of Economics and Political Science
19 May 2016
Sponsored by the LSE Kuwait Programme and the British Institute of Persian Studies
The LSE Middle East Centre invites submissions for a one-day workshop on the global history of Pahlavi Iran at the London School of Economics on 19 May 2016.
In the four decades that passed between the Allied wartime occupation of Iran in 1941 and the fall of the Pahlavi monarchy in 1979, Iran was slowly transformed from a battleground of Cold War competition to a major regional and global actor. The Pahlavi state and Iranian society both witnessed profound social, cultural, and economic changes as rising oil revenues fuelled the developmental goals of the White Revolution, while global movements of ideas and activism shaped the growing opposition to the rule of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The roots of contemporary Iran, and the challenges and opportunities it presents, lie in those formative four decades that culminated in the political and social earthquake of the Iranian Revolution.
We seek applications from advanced graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and non-tenured faculty working on all aspects of Iran’s global history in the Pahlavi era from 1941 to 1979. Papers could examine Iran’s place and impact in the world, or the impact of global forces within Iran itself. We welcome submissions on a variety of topics spanning the cultural, diplomatic, intellectual, political, and social history of late Pahlavi Iran, with a common focus on global issues, forces and questions that transcended Iran’s borders. We particularly welcome submissions in three broad areas: 1) the international and transnational relations of Pahlavi Iran; 2) oil, development, and modernisation in Pahlavi Iran; and 3) ideas, culture, and dissent in Pahlavi Iran. Workshop participants will receive feedback at the closed-door workshop from three commentators: Roham Alvandi, Associate Professor of International History at the LSE; Houchang Chehabi, Professor of International Relations and History at Boston University; and Cyrus Schayegh, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.
Applicants should submit a 300-word abstract and CV by email to the workshop convenor, Dr Roham Alvandi <r.alvandi@lse.ac.uk>, by 1 February 2016. Abstracts should indicate what sources your paper will draw on, as well as the global dimensions of your research. We anticipate selecting nine workshop participants, each of whom will receive funding for return economy air or train travel to London, and one night’s hotel accommodation. Participants will be asked to submit an 8,000-word working paper ahead of the workshop in London. Following the workshop, having received feedback on their work, participants will be invited to revise and resubmit their papers for publication as an edited collection.
For further information, please see: http://www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/vacancies/Pahlavi-Iran-workshop-.aspx
4. The upcoming conference of the Society for Judaeo-Arabic Studies will be held August 15-18, 2016 (11-14 Av, 5776) at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (USA), to be hosted by Prof. Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman.
We would encourage our members from Europe and North America to register.
This is the final call for papers for the 2016 conference. Please send your submissions to Phil (mailto:phil.lieberman@vanderbilt.edu), with a copy to Sarit Noy at Ben-Zvi Institute (mailto:mbz@ybz.org.il).
Please provide an English title and short abstract (not to exceed 250 words). The normal time slot for papers will be 20 minutes plus10 minutes for discussion. Please let us have your topic by January 31, 2016. There is no overriding theme for the conference as a whole. Any paper related to the field may be submitted.
5. International Studies Librarian (African, Middle Eastern, and/or South Asian Studies), University of Iowa
https://jobs.uiowa.edu/pands/view/68234
6. Teaching Opportunities at Sciences Po/Kuwait
www.sciencespo.fr/psia/sites/sciencespo.fr.psia/files/Kuwait_Chair_at_SciencesPo_Call_2016.pdf
<http://www.sciencespo.fr/psia/sites/sciencespo.fr.psia/files/Kuwait_Chair_at_SciencesPo_Call_2016.pdf>
www.sciencespo.fr/psia/sites/sciencespo.fr.psia/files/KSP_Visiting_Faculty_2016-2017.pdf
<http://www.sciencespo.fr/psia/sites/sciencespo.fr.psia/files/KSP_Visiting_Faculty_2016-2017.pdf>
The Kuwait Program at Sciences Po (KSP) is a partnership between
Sciences Po and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences.
Working together, the two institutions are supporting teaching and
research of excellence in the social sciences and the humanities with
special emphasis on the study of the Arab World and the Gulf Region.
www.sciencespo.fr/psia/kuwait-program
<http://www.sciencespo.fr/psia/kuwait-program>
7. Conference: “Women, Empowerment, Citizenship and Development”, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, Manchester University, 28-29 January 2016
Postgraduate candidates are invited to submit proposals/papers addressing modes of gender and sexuality in and around the Middle East and North Africa, as they are manifested in political, social, economic, educational, literary and artistic contexts. Please send your papers/proposal and a 50-word biographical statement to sarah.tafakori@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk.
Deadline for submission: 23 January 2016. Information: http://www.casaw.ac.uk/news-events/women-empowerment-citizenship-and-development-28-29-january-2016/
8. Symposium: “The Idea of Iran: Renewal in the Age of Post-Mongol Prestige”, SOAS, University of London, 20 February 2016
This symposium explores the cultural complexities of reinventing the idea of Iran during the period of extreme political decentralization, focusing on aspects of cultural longevity and fluid transformations in light of the competing cultural, political, and religious aspirations in the post-Mongol world.
9. Conference: “101 Years of Research in the Oasis of Bukhara – Looking Forward to New Venues”, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 11 March 2016
The conference seeks to address the interplay and entanglement of the political, geographical, climatic, and economic factors in the history of the Oasis of Bukhara, within the contexts of the larger empires. Geo-sciences and history are connected on the ground with archaeology. The aim is to develop a new dynamic historical model on historical, political, and economic system of the oasis.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2016. Information:
www.islamic-empire.uni-hamburg.de/en/news-and-events/conferences/bukhara-hofstra.html
10. Conference: “Avenues of Social and Political Change: Five Years of Contention in the Middle East and North Africa“, City University of New York, 8 April 2016
Five years after the eruption of mass protests across North Africa and the Middle East, citizens of these countries now live under contrasting conditions. This conference will explore current possibilities that have been opened up through and in the aftermath of the grassroots uprisings that have swept through the region since 2011 and the sustained struggles for these arenas as well as the counter-efforts that have attempted to constrain and constrict them.
Deadline for abstracts: 5 February 2016. Information: ascmenaconference@gmail.com
11. Session at the Royal Geographic Society Annual Conference: “Sacred Stuff: Material Culture and the Geography of Religion”, London, 30 August – 2 September 2016
We want to explore how material things offer alternative narratives about religious communities and what religion means to its adherents; how material objects are designed, created, appropriated or travel; what affects the decay, damage and necessary repair and maintenance of religious things have on religious engagements and experiences; what role material things play, and have played, in both the contemporary geographies and past histories of religious institutions.
Deadline for abstracts: 8 February 2016. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/106481/sacred-stuff-material-culture-and-geography-religion
12. Conference: “Mutual Imaginings of Europe and the Middle East (800-1700)”, Barnard College, New York, 3 December 2016
Bringing together art historians, literary scholars, historians, scholars of the history of science, and scholars of religious thought, this interdisciplinary conference will explore the real and imaginary cultural interchanges between Europe and the Middle East during their formative periods.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 April 2016. Information: http://humweb.ucsc.edu/mediterraneanseminar/news/index.php?id=597
13. Conference: “Outcast Voices: Reflections on the Marginalized, the Exiled and the Secondary in Classical and Modern Arabic Culture”, University of Haifa, Israel, 10-12 January 2017
The Department of Arabic Language and Literature seeks to encourage reflections on marginalized, exiled and secondary voices, persons, groups, thoughts, arts, language and trends in classical and modern Arabic culture.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2016. Information: http://arabic.haifa.ac.il/images/random/random_2016/Call_for_Papers_OUTCAST__VOICES_Jalal.Masud.pdf
14. Doctoral Dissertation Summer Workshop: “Researching Lebanon”, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 13-24 June 2016
By bringing together PhD students of various disciplinary training and topical foci, this program creates a space to interrogate, modify, and develop critical approaches to the study of Lebanon. Central to this process is increasing students’ familiarity with the contours of knowledge production as well as field research in Lebanon.
Deadline for application: 15 February 2016. Information: www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/23504/call-for-applicants_doctoral-dissertation-summer-w
15. Summer Seminar: “Transcending Boundaries: The Ottoman Empire, Europe and the Mediterranean World, 1500-1800“, Washington, DC, 20 June – 15 July 2016
This four-week seminar offers an opportunity to college and university professors (and two advanced graduate students) to integrate stimulating approaches toward Ottoman, Mediterranean and European history. Seminar participants who have broad research and teaching interests in comparative history will develop skills and knowledge that will enable them to integrate the Ottoman Empire into their projects and courses.
Deadline for application: 1 March 2016. Information: http://grants.smcm.edu/neh-summer-seminar-2016/
- January 18, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – A new Brill journal — Shii Studies Review
A refereed journal with an international editorial and advisory board, the Shii Studies Review (SSR) provides a scholarly forum for research on Shiism. Issued twice a year, the journal publishes peer-reviewed original studies, critical editions of classical and pre-modern texts, and book reviews on Shii law, ḥadīth, Qurʾānic exegesis, philosophy, kalām, ritual and practices, classical and contemporary literature, political thought, and other aspects of the history of Shiism. It is dedicated to the study of Imami, Ismaili, Zaydi, and other other trends in Shii thought throughout history. The goal of the Shii Studies Review is to contribute to the discovery, examination and reinterpretation of different intellectual traditions throughout the history of the Shia.
Taking an expansive view of the richly variegated Shii traditions in both thought and practice and in their cultural and social contexts, the Shii Studies Review makes a distinctive contribution to current scholarship on Shiism and its integration into the broader field of Islamic studies. It actively endeavors to participate in the development of new scholarly approaches and problematics. The intellectual output of this journal is directed at serving the needs of researchers specializing in all fields of Shii studies.
The Shii Studies Review (ISSN 2468-2462, e-ISSN 2468-2470) is published by Brill Adacemic Publishers. Its Executive Editors, Sabine Schmidtke and Hassan Ansari, are both resident scholars of Islamic Intellectual History at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, with a special focus on the study of Shii Islam.
The Shii Studies Review welcomes previously unpublished manuscripts on Shii thought and traditions and invites submissions for its first issue, to be published in May 2017, to be sent to its editorial office at: ssr@ias.edu
Editorial Board:
Executive Editors: Hassan Ansari and Sabine Schmidtke
Associate Editors: Bella Tendler-Krieger and Sean Anthony
Book Review Editor: Aun Hasan Ali and Najam Haider
Advisory Board:
Mohammed Ali Amir-Moezzi, EPHE (Paris)
Meir Bar-Asher, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rainer Brunner, CNRS (Paris)
Michael Cook, Princeton University
Farhad Daftary, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Daniel De Smet, CNRS (Paris)
Robert Gleave, University of Exeter
Wadad Kadi, University of Chicago
Etan Kohlberg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Wilferd Madelung, Oxford University
Roy Mottahedeh, Harvard University
Andrew Newman, The University of Edinburgh
Devin Stewart, Emory University
Paul Walker, The University of Chicago
Robert Wisnovsky, McGill University
Aron Zysow, independent scholar based in Boston
- January 16, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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- January 15, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – CfP: SHI’I STUDIES CONFERENCE: 7-8 MAY 2016 (extended deadline, to 31.1.16)
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New deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 January 2016
- January 13, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.The Arabic Papyrology Database (APD) team wishes you a happy new year.
Our present: new, handy features in the APD and a many many more documents
implemented. Please, check www.naher-osten.lmu.de/apd under
(a) “Documents”. For 2,571 published documents, we provide the full text
of the document and information on the document, while for another 6,281
published and unpublished documents, we give information on the document
only. We are proud to offer not only records from Egypt and the Middle
East, but also a quite comprehensive list of Arabic documents from Sicily
and Spain: click on “Origin” and choose Sicily or Spain. Weekly updates!
For full bibliographical details, check at
www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/apb.
(b) “Text”: This is our full text search tool. Many features, including
search restricted by time, provenance, document type, etc.
(c) “Lexicon”: This site is completely new and allows you to access the
lexicon of all implemented texts in several ways: Looking for a lemma,
you will have an overview on all actual realizations, with hyperlinks giving
you direct access. You might look for a root, a verbal stem, or
a shape/morpheme type (e.g. fāʿil or faʿʿāl). Or try Word categories
(functional categories) and Domains (semantic categories), independently
or in combined searches.
We will be happy to have your feedback on the new features.
Best regards, Eva Youssef-Grob (evamira.youssef@uzh.ch ),
for the Arabic Papyrology Database team
2. Epistles of the Brethren of Purity. Sciences of the Soul and Intellect. Part I. An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of EPISTLES 32-36
Edited and Translated by Paul E. Walker; Ismail K. Poonawala and David Simonowitz; Godefroid de Callataÿ, Oxford University Press in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, Oxford – New York, 2015.
More details on: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/sciences-of-the-soul-and-intellect-part-i-9780198758280?facet_narrowbypubdate_facet=This%20Month&lang=en&cc=be#
3. MINERVA SCHOLARSHIP FOR IRAQ, LIBYA, SYRIA, AND YEMEN
In response to scholarly concerns of heritage destruction and looting throughout Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen, the Association for Research into Crimes against Art has extended its Minerva Scholarship to also include candidates from these conflict countries for its eighth annual postgraduate certificate program in the study of art crime and cultural heritage protection. Postgraduate candidates with a background or current position within either museums, cultural heritage institutions or universities from these countries are strongly encouraged to apply.
The Minerva scholarship is set aside to equip scholars with the knowledge and tools needed to build the capacity of their home institutions and to advance the education of future generations. Scholarships are limited and awarded through an open, merit-based competition.
Awardees of the Minerva are granted a full tuition waiver to ARCA’s ten-week, intensive professional development postgraduate program in Amelia, Italy for the Summer of 2016.
For more details about this scholarship for the multidisciplinary program and to request a prospectus and application materials please see the two links attached here:
Lynda Albertson
Chief Executive Officer
ARCA – Association for Research into Crimes against Art
http://www.artcrimeresearch.org/
Italy +39 348.902.6898
—
USA Number
(281) 899-0098
4. The Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida State University
seeks a dynamic and detail oriented instructor of Arabic at the Teaching
Faculty I level, a full-time (12-month) non-tenure track faculty position. This
position requires both teaching and administrative responsibilities with
approximately equal commitment to both areas.
Fluency in Modern Standard Arabic
is required and native or near native fluency in an Arabic dialect is
desirable.
An MA or PhD in Arabic language and literature or applied linguistics
is required.
Experience with an integrated approach to Arabic language teaching
at the college level is required. The person will be part of the Middle Eastern
Studies (MES) program at Florida State University, a program within the
Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics in the College of Arts and
Sciences. The candidate will work closely with other faculty members in Arabic
and Middle Eastern Studies to maintain a cohesive and rigorous MES program. The
teaching assignment is five undergraduate Arabic language and/or culture
courses per year at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels (2/2/1).
The administrative responsibility for the Middle Eastern Studies BA degree
includes the following: advising students; providing information about the MES
program; recruiting during orientation sessions on campus; performing
graduation check; updating yearly Institutional reports; contributing to grant
writing and other material and preparing expense reports; helping to organize
and conduct events related to the Middle East; preparing list of MES courses
offered every semester; maintaining the Middle East Center’s website; being a
liaison with other participating faculty.
The candidate will directly work with the Director of the Middle Eastern
Studies program and will be part of the Arabic division.
Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with experience.
An Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action/Pro Disabled & Veteran Employer.
FSU’s Equal Opportunity Statement can be viewed at:
http://www.hr.fsu.edu/PDF/Publications/diversity/EEO_Statement.pdf
Through Interfolio, candidates should submit, on or before February 15, 2016, a
cover letter with a brief description of teaching philosophy and supporting
documents including administrative experience, teaching evaluations, sample
syllabi, curriculum vitae, and three current confidential letters of
recommendation. Review of applications will begin on February 15, 2016, and
will continue until the position is filled. Inquiries regarding this position
should be directed to Zeina Schlenoff, Director of Middle Eastern Studies
program at zschlenoff@fsu.edu.
http://apply.interfolio.com/33635
5.Intensive course: Mamluk Numismatics
A three-day intensive course in Mamluk numismatics intended for advanced graduate students and other qualified participants will be offered by Professor Warren Schultz (DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois) and will be held immediately before the third conference of the School of Mamluk Studies held at the University of Chicago (June 20-22, 2016). A reading knowledge of Arabic is required. The course will be demanding and hands-on in its format, but no previous numismatic experience is required.
Since the number of participants will be limited (a maximum of 15), those who desire to take part in the course are requested to submit a CV, a statement of purpose, and a letter of recommendation by someone familiar with their work to [sms2016chicago@gmail.com] by the end of January, 2016. Those who are selected for the course will be notified by the end of February, 2016, at which time information about the method of payment for the course fees will be provided.
The course fee is $300.00, which also includes the registration fee for the subsequent conference (June 23-25) as well the cost of the annual SMS social dinner. The fees must be paid by April 30, 2016. Registration and participation are not confirmed until payment is received. Participants must make their own travel arrangements. The local organizer will provide suggestions for lodging at an affordable price. A certificate of attendance will be awarded.
Marlis J. Saleh, University of Chicago (local organizer)
Frédéric Bauden, Université de Liège
Antonella Ghersetti, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice
6. Call for papers
P003 – Anthropologists between the Middle East and Europe: war, crises, refugees, migration and Islamophobia [AMCE]
http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2016/panels.php5?PanelID=4146
Deadline February 15th, 2016
14th EASA Biennial Conference, Anthropological legacies and human futures, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
20-23 July, 2016
Convenors:
Dr. P. Khosronejad (Farzaneh Family Scholar and Associate Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies, School of International Studies, Oklahoma State University)
Dr. L. Schiocchet (Institute for Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Dawn Chatty recently stated that while the 20th century has been called the ‘century of the refugee’, the 21st century looks set to become known as the ‘century of displacement and dispossession’. Postcolonial heritage fuelling conflicts in the global South tints much of this displacement and dispossession. However, much of it has also been caused by new wars in the global South involving the global North. The Middle East, in particular, has been for decades under a generalized state of war that has had a tremendous, if differential, impact on people’s lives. Recent ongoing wars in Yemen, Libya, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, and increasing political, religious, and ethnic clashes and refugee catastrophes from the Middle East to Europe, signal radical geopolitical change. How should anthropologists and their professional associations relate to such changes? Should we remain “aloof from” or actively engage in the “great issues of our times” (Fried, Hariis, and Murphy 1967:ix)? As regional specialists and social theorists, anthropologists have both moral and professional concerns for the effects of war. We must acknowledge both the perpetual dynamic motion of global history and the especially troubled present condition of conflict and transformation in the contemporary Middle East. Anthropology then, with its emphasis on lived experience, is currently facing a dilemma: on the one hand we must collect and interpret critical data, while on the other hand ethnographic research is both difficult and sensitive. Bold yet comprehensive positioning is thus critical, given our ethical responsibility to contribute to the understanding and resolution of such complex problems. In this panel, we aim at engaging in constructive new thinking by understanding how such anthropological investigations may impact and spark debate within the European public sphere, inspiring policy makers, faith communities, and media representatives. Complementarily, we intend to enrich the dialogue surrounding the role of anthropologists vis-à-vis policy making in multicultural and multi-religious countries, such as France, that hinge on principles and norms regarding the right to offend and to defend, according to interpretations and mobilizations of discourse such as those of freedom of expression and securitization.
In this panel, we aim at engaging in constructive new thinking by understanding how anthropological investigations may impact and spark debate within the European public sphere, inspiring policy makers, faith communities, and media representatives.
– Instructions for online submission of papers
http://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2016/cfp.shtml
-Online submission of abstracts :
http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2016/paperproposal.php5?PanelID=4146
– EASA Network of Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia (AMCE)
http://www.easaonline.org/networks/amce/index.shtml
7. Call for submissions (Summer 2016) : The Journal of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (ACME)
The Journal of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (ACME) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the anthropological studies of all societies and cultures in the Middle East and Central Eurasia.
http://www.easaonline.org/networks/amce/index.shtml
Its scope is to publish original research by social scientists not only in the area of anthropology but also in sociology, folklore, religion, material culture and related social sciences. It includes all areas of modern and contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, China) including topics on minority groups and religious themes. The journal also will review monographic studies, reference works, results of conferences, and international workshops. ACME also publishes review essays, reviews of books and multimedia products (including music, films, and web sites) relevant to the main aims of the journal. All submissions for articles are peer-reviewed.
ACME is published with the financial support and collaboration of Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France.
For general enquiries and Instructions for Authors, please visit:
http://www.seankingston.co.uk/publishing.html
8.Call for film reviews
The Journal of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (ACME) welcomes film reviews for his journal. Should you like to review a particular documentary or send us one to review please email the film review editor :
Dr Michael Abecassis, directly to: michael.abecassis at modern-langs.ox.ac.uk
For general enquiries and Instructions for Authors, please visit:
9. MESA’s 50th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 17-20 November 2016
Submissions may be in the form of pre-organized panels, pre-organized roundtables, or individual papers on Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab World from the seventh century to modern times.
Deadline for abstracts: 16 February 2016. Information: http://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers.html
10. 3 Positions as Editors / Research Associates in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin Philosophy, Thomas-Institute, University of Cologne
Appointment requirements are: a university degree and PhD in a field related to the subject-matter of the edition project. Eligible candidates should demonstrate an excellent knowledge of either Arabic, Hebrew, or Latin, working knowledge of at least one of the other languages, and close familiarity with Medieval philosophy.
Deadline for application: 15 February 2016. Information: www.thomasinstitut.uni-koeln.de/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/Research_Associates_Thomas_Institute.pdf
11. Non-Tenure-Track Position in Islamic Political Thought & Islamic Studies, Boston College – www.bc.edu/schools/cas/polisci/employment.html
Residential Fellowship, International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Herndon, VA
The fellowship is starting on or after September 1, 2016, and ending by December 31, 2016. It provides the monthly stipend of $4,000. IIIT Residential Fellowship is ideal for a faculty member on sabbatical, a researcher working on a long-term project, or a researcher who has completed data collection and preliminary research and needs to write a paper, series of papers, or book chapter(s).
Deadline for application: 15 January 2016. Information: http://iiit.org/Research/IIITResidentialFellowship/tabid/403/Default.aspx
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Middle East Studies, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Fellows of the Institute for Middle East Studies (IMES may come from any discipline in the social sciences or humanities, as long as their primary substantive specialization is in the Middle East/North Africa (to include Iran and Turkey. The fellowship begins September 1, 2016 and the successful candidate can choose to extend the fellowship period to two full academic years (through May 31, 2018).
The deadline to apply is January 31, 2016. Information: http://imes.elliott.gwu.edu/post-doctoral-research-fellows
Post-Doc Fellowship, International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Herndon, VA
The fellowship is starting on or after March 01, 2016, and ending by December 31, 2016. It provides the monthly stipend of $3,500 and is ideal for a recent PhD graduate working on converting their dissertation into a book. Other projects may also be considered. Priority will be given to applicants who are willing to publish the book with IIIT.
Deadline for application: 15 January 2016. Information: http://iiit.org/Research/ResearchGrants/IIITPostDocFellowship/tabid/405/Default.aspx
12. Articles on: “Iranian Cosmopolitanism“ for Special Issue of “Journal of Comparative Islamic Studies”
Contributions are invited that provide theoretical advancements in understanding textual, conceptual, historical and sociological contours of “Iranian Cosmopolitanism”.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2016. Contact: Milad Odabaei and Christopher Cochrant milado@berkeley.edu Information: www.academia.edu/Documents/in/Iranian_History
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Shii News – ‘The MP from Riyadh’?
On the accolade ‘MP for Riyadh’, see: https://mobile.twitter.com/gerryhassan
- January 08, 2016
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