Archive for 2016
- October 17, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Studentships to be awarded for a Masters by Research Degree Programme in Islamic and West Asian Studies
Applications are invited for six studentships to be awarded for a Masters by Research Programme in Islamic and West Asian Studies. These studentships are attached to a newly-established Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS) at Royal Holloway, University of London, which is located within the Department of Politics and International Relations. Royal Holloway, University of London is based in Egham, Surrey in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.
Closing date: Wednesday 26 October 2016
Full details at:
https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=0916-307
2. Call for Papers: BRISMES 2017 Movement and Migration in the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux
In collaboration with Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies invites proposals for its 2017 Annual Conference on the theme of ‘Movement and Migration in the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux’.
http://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/cfp2017
3. Crown Center for Middle East Studies
<https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3l8u/07bopb/0z9oye>
JUNIOR SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIP <https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3l8u/07bopb/gsapye>
The Crown Center for Middle East Studies is offering one-year
fellowships to outstanding scholars of Middle East politics, economics,
history, religion, or social developments for the 2017-2018 academic
year. This fellowship can be either a post-doctoral position for new
PhDs or a research fellowship for assistant professors during a year off
from teaching. It would allow junior scholars the flexibility and means
to advance a specific research project related to the contemporary
Middle East.
About the Crown Center
The Crown Center’s research interests encompass the twenty-two members
of the Arab League, stretching from Morocco to Iraq, as well as Israel,
Turkey, and Iran. The Center’s research focus extends well beyond
Arab-Israeli tensions to include Middle East politics and history,
Islamic studies, economic and social developments, and regional security
and arms control.
The Center’s research staff reflects its broad geopolitical focus.
During its ten years of operation, experienced researchers with
high-level expertise about Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Turkey, Iraq, Iran,
GCC and Saudi Arabia have conducted research for the Center. In addition
to hosting conferences, seminars, and workshops, the Center has created
tools for “real-time” distribution of analyses regarding current
developments and events in the Middle East with its “Middle East Brief.”
The Center also publishes a Working Paper series to promote young
scholars’ opportunities to publish in peer-reviewed journals.
Additionally, the Center’s faculty teaches undergraduate- and
graduate-level courses at Brandeis University.
Eligibility
The 2017-2018 Junior Research Fellowship is open to both recent PhDs (as
a post-doctoral position) and assistant professors in Middle East
related fields. PhD must be completed by September 1, 2017.
Terms
This fellowship is a one-year appointment beginning September 1, 2017
and ending June 30, 2018. The stipend for these 10 months will be
$48,000. In addition, $3,000 in funding is available for research,
travel, and related expenses. Fringe benefits will be available during
the appointment period.
Fellows are expected to be in residence at the Crown Center during the
tenure of the fellowship. During their residence, fellows are required
to write a Middle East Brief and participate in all Crown Center
seminars, conferences and other events, and may produce a Working Paper
related to his/her research project.
Deadline
October 31, 2016 – Apply Here
<https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3l8u/07bopb/wkbpye>!
Notification
January 31, 2017
For further information regarding the position and the Center, please
visit the Crown Center website
<https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3l8u/07bopb/cdcpye>.
4. The Druze Heritage Foundation
Announcement of Research Awards
The Druze Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce a Research Award Program offering a number of graduate research awards to doctoral students in selected universities who are writing or planning to write their dissertations on topics relating to the history, culture and society of the Druze or other religious communities of Fatimid provenance. The awards are meant to encourage research in these areas by providing financial support (up to $10,000) to students as they seek to fund their research needs or travel. Awards will be allocated by the Foundation’s Academic Advisory Committee upon the recommendation of the applicant’s dissertation adviser.
Applications may be received at any time and should include the following documents:
- Cover letter by the applicant
- Applicant’s CV
- Graduate academic transcript
- Dissertation outline
- Letter of recommendation by the dissertation adviser
The Foundation expects to receive a copy of the dissertation subsequent to the granting of degree. The Foundation may later consider publishing the dissertation if this is mutually agreed by it and the author.
The Druze Heritage Foundation is a trusteeship registered in the United Kingdom whose principal function is to promote the scholarly study of the Druze, their history, society and culture and related topics. The Foundation has thus far published over 25 titles in the last several years, in both English and Arabic. (The books may be consulted in our website www.druzeheritage.org). The Foundation has also organized and funded two scholarly conferences in Oxford, U.K., in collaboration with the Middle East Centre, Saint Anthony’s College, Oxford University.
Award applications should be emailed to druzeheritage@hotmail.com
Contact Email:
URL:
5. The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is currently accepting applications for the 2017-2018 Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources. The deadline for submission of application materials is 5:00 pm Eastern time, Friday, December 2, 2016.
The purposes of this fellowship program are to:
- help junior scholars in the humanities and related social science fields gain skill and creativity in developing knowledge from original sources;
- enable dissertation writers to do research wherever relevant sources may be, rather than just where financial support is available;
- encourage more extensive and innovative uses of original sources in libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and related repositories in the U.S. and abroad; and
- provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed for access most helpfully in the future.
The program will be offering about fifteen competitively awarded fellowships in 2017. Each provides a stipend of $2,000 per month for 9–12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $1,000 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting an acceptable report to CLIR on the research experience. Thus the maximum award will be $25,000.
Fellowship stipends will support research beginning between June 1 and September 1, 2017, and ending within 12 months of commencing. Fellowships will not be renewed or extended. Fellows are expected to devote full time to their dissertation research without holding teaching or research assistantships or undertaking other paid work. Fellows may use stipends to meet living expenses, travel costs, and other expenses that enable dissertation research to be carried out, but not to defray tuition.
Applicants do not have to be U.S. citizens, but must be enrolled in a doctoral program in a graduate school in the United States. Please visit CLIR’s website for additional information and a link to the online application.
Contact Info:
Council on Library and Information Resources
1707 L Street, NW, Suite 650
Washington, DC 20036
Contact Email:
6. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Berlin are inviting applications for another workshop in the series Scriptorium: Workshops on the study of Oriental manuscripts
Turkish Manuscript Studies: An Introduction
The workshop will be conducted by:
Prof. Dr. Claudia Römer (Universität Wien, Institut für Orientalistik):
(Ottoman Manuscript Tradition)
Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Baldauf (Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften):
(Turkish Manuscripts from Central Asia)
Complementary lectures are given by other scholars.
Venue: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Potsdamer Straße 33
Date: 27 March – 1 April 2017
Further information and conditions:
http://blog.sbb.berlin/turkish-manuscript-studies-an-introduction/
7. International Conference: “The Religious and Ethnic Future of Europe”, Åbo Akademi University, Turku/Åbo, Finland, 12-13 June 2017
This expert symposium will gather internationally leading experts to discuss the cultural, ethnic and religious aspects of this ongoing demographic shift.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2016. Information: http://www.abo.fi/refe/
8. International Conference: “Religious Dynamics in Contemporary Egypt”, Cairo, 3-5 September 2017
By applying a resolutely multidisciplinary approach, we intend to look at the full complexity of the role and impact of the religious in the life of Egyptians, whether in its political dimension or in its social and cultural organisation.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2016. Information: www.academia.edu/28799095/Call_for_papers_RELIGIOUS_DYNAMICS_IN_CONTEMPORARY_EGYPT
- October 17, 2016
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- October 15, 2016
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- October 14, 2016
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Shii News – The Western Press on Ashura
Little girl prepares to have her scalp slashed open in Islamic ritual
See also Wall Street Journal (subscriber only)
The Evening Standard (UK)
Huffington Post
The Independant (UK)
[Seemingly larger amount of coverage in the Western media this year than in previous years. If others have urls of sites to be added to this list, do send them to me.-Ed.]
- October 13, 2016
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- October 13, 2016
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- October 12, 2016
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Shii News – Attack on Shia in Kabul
- October 11, 2016
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Shii News – Postdoctoral Fellowships: Law and Learning in Imami Shi’ite Islam
Postdoctoral Fellowships: Law and Learning in Imami Shi’ite Islam (LAWALISI)
The LAWALISI project (an ERC Advanced award) is looking to recruit two postdoctoral researchers with a focus in pre-modern Imami Shi’i law, particularly the formative and classical periods. These two-year fellowships will commence in March 2017; one will focus on the elaboration of legal theory in Imami law from the earliest time onward, and the other will examine the developing tradition of fiqh and fatwas in premodern Imami jurisprudence. The closing date is 8th November 2016. The LAWALISI project is planning to advertise two additional fellowships on developments in modern Imami Shi’i law in 2018.
Details about the project, the fellowships and how to apply can be accessed here.
- October 11, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Faculty position: Modern Arabic Literature and Literary Theory
The Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages at the American University of Beirut seeks applicants for a faculty position in the field of modern Arabic literature and literary theory to begin August 15, 2017.
The position is at the assistant professor level. The Appointment is for an initial period of four years with opportunities for renewal and advancement. The usual teaching load is not more than 5 course a year. The language of instruction in this department (and only in this department) is Standard Arabic (fuṣḥā), but mastery of English is an essential requirement.
Applicants should be well versed in both Arab and Western classical heritages, including Western literary theory. A reading knowledge of French and/or German is highly desirable.
Applicants must have completed their PhD by August 2017. They must be able to teach, in Arabic, service courses in Arabic grammar and modern Arabic thought to native speakers of Arabic. Solid knowledge of the Arabic language and heritage and training in modern Western methodologies are essential.
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, a CV, and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to:
Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Dean
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
American University of Beirut
c/o 3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10017-2303, USA
Or
Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Dean
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
American University of Beirut
P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El-Solh
Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
Electronic submissions are highly encouraged and may be sent to:as_dean@aub.edu.lb
For best consideration, please submit all required credentials by the early deadline of October 31, 2016. Visiting scholars will be considered.
2. New book:
Pedersen, Claus V.The Rise of the Persian Novel
From the Constitutional Revolution to Rezâ Shâh. 1910-1927 is out:
http://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/category_328.ahtml?NKLN=86_B
3. Call for Papers
Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture
ISSN: 2333-5904 (Print) 2333-5912 (Online)
Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture is a peer reviewed international scholarly journal. The journal is dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of Islam and of the Islamic world. Particular attention is paid to works dealing with history, geography, political science, economics, anthropology, sociology, law, literature, religion, philosophy, international relations, environmental and developmental issues, as well as ethical questions related to scientific research. The journal is committed to the publication of original research on Islam as culture and civilization. It particularly welcomes work of an interdisciplinary nature that brings together history, religion, politics, culture and law. The Journal has a special focus on Islam in Africa, and on contemporary Islamic Thought. Contributions that display theoretical rigor especially work that link the particularities of Islamic discourse to the enterprise of knowledge and critique in the humanities and social sciences, will find Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture to be receptive to such submissions.
The journal is published by the American Research Institute for Policy Development that serves as a focal point for academicians, professionals, graduate and undergraduate students, fellows, and associates pursuing research throughout the world.
The interested contributors are highly encouraged to submit their manuscripts/papers to the executive editor via e-mail at editor@aripd.org. Please indicate the name of the journal (Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture) in the cover letter or simply put ‘Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture’ in the subject box during submission via e-mail.
The journal is Abstracted/Indexed in CrossRef, CrossCheck, Cabell’s, Ulrich’s, Griffith Research Online, Google Scholar, Education.edu, Informatics, Universe Digital Library, Standard Periodical Directory, Gale, Open J-Gate, EBSCO, Journal Seek, DRJI, ProQuest, BASE, InfoBase Index, OCLC, IBSS, Academic Journal Databases, Scientific Index.
E-Publication FirstTM
E-Publication FirstTM is a feature offered through our journal platform. It allows PDF version of manuscripts that have been peer reviewed and accepted, to be hosted online prior to their inclusion in a final printed journal. Readers can freely access or cite the article. The accepted papers are published online within one week after the completion of all necessary publishing steps.
DOI® number
Each paper published in Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture is assigned a DOI® number, which appears beneath the author’s affiliation in the published paper.
JISC is inviting papers for Vol. 4, No. 2. The online publication date is December 31, 2016. Submission Deadline: October 31, 2016.
For any additional information, please contact with the executive editor at editor@aripd.org
4. Two 2-year Post-Doctoral Religious Studies Research Fellowships in the Project “Striking from the Margins: Religion, State and Disintegration in the Middle East”, Central European University, Budapest
The fellowships will be offered to young researchers who wish to conduct original research and who have already extensive experience with and in the region. Eligible applicants should have held a doctoral degree for a period of less than five years.
Deadline for application: 1 November 2016. Information: https://hro.ceu.edu/vacancies/two-2-year-post-doctoral-research-fellowship-positions; contact Esther Holbrook, Coordinator (HolbrookE@ceu.edu)
5. National University of Singapore:
a) Tenured Associate or Full Professorship in the Political Economy of the Middle East, National University of Singapore
Advanced Assistant Professors are also welcome to apply. Expertise in the relations between business and politics, and their ramifications in the wider society, is especially welcome.
Deadline for application: 30 November 2016. Information: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/index.php/web/new-job-opening_tmpl/tenured-associate-or-full-professor-in-the-political-economy-of-the-middle
b) Tenured Associate or Full Professorship in Legal Pluralism and the Middle East, National University of Singapore
Our interest is in appointing a scholar whose work focuses on the interaction between different legal systems, traditions or norms, whether in 1) colonial, national, customary, guild, tribal non-state, sub-state and state contexts; or 2) supra-state or global ones such as Islamic law and global finance etc. would be a distinct advantage.
Deadline for application: 30 November 2016. Information: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/index.php/web/new-job-opening_tmpl/tenured-associate-or-full-professor-in-legal-pluralism-and-the-middle-east
c) Professorship in Middle East-Asia Studies at any rank, National University of Singapore
We are interested in scholars whose work connects the Middle East with any other part of Asia, in any field or discipline (e.g., history, geography, anthropology, literature, sociology, economics, religion). Knowledge of two or more countries, regions or languages in the Middle East and Asia would be a distinct advantage.
Deadline for application: 30 November 2016. Information: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/index.php/web/new-job-opening_tmpl/open-rank-up-to-tenured-full-professor-in-middle-east-asia-studies
6. Papers for Special Issue: “Theory and Practice: How Islam Alters the Modern World”, Journal of Political Theory and Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies
Whether or not cultures can coexist, the cause(s) of terrorism, whether religio-national identity can change and adapt, are key questions that this issue will analyze. The scope looks at the interactions between different types of peoples (as a product of migration) through a theoretical lens.
Deadline for submissions: 10 February 2017. Information: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2016/09/28/call-for-papers-special-issue-theory-and-practice-how-islam-alters-the-modern-world
7. Papers for Special Issue on: “Installing Islamic Art: Interior Space and Temporal Imagination” for International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA)
Papers are invited that explore the history, culture and politics of the interior space in the field of Islamic art and architecture from the eighteenth century to the present, as well as to those that extend discussion into the future.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/7636/discussions/143810/cfp-installing-islamic-art-interior-space-and-temporal-imagination
8. ARIT Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Turkey, 2017–2018
The fields of study cover all periods of history in the general range of the humanities and include humanistically oriented aspects of the social sciences, prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics, as well as interdisciplinary aspects of cultural history.
Information: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/NEHFellowships.html
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9. BIPS Mailing List
Sign up to be on the mailing list of the British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS), at: http://www.bips.ac.uk/
10. CALL FOR PAPERS | SYMPOSIA IRANICA
THIRD BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON IRANIAN STUDIES
Hosted by the University of Cambridge at Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK, 11-12 April 2017
***Deadline: 2 December 2016***
We welcome proposals that engage with any aspect of Iranian studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences. These include but are not limited to prehistory through to contemporary history; historiography; art and architecture history; anthropology; archaeology; cultural heritage; film studies; music; new media and communication studies; the performing arts; poetry and literature; languages and linguistics; Diaspora studies; international relations and political science; social and political theory; law and legal studies; economics; sociology; philosophy; religions and theology. Comparative themes and interdisciplinary approaches are also very welcome.
SUBMISSIONS
Proposals are open to postgraduate students and early career post-doctoral researchers from any disciplinary background:
- Postgraduate students (MA, MPhil, MSt, etc. who are currently enrolled or graduated in 2016);
- PhD students/candidates at any stage of their degree; and
- post-docs subject to graduation within the last three years (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016).
Persons falling into any of these categories are eligible to submit proposals for an individual paper or pre-arranged panel. PDF forms can be downloaded from the website.
The language of the conference is English. All submissions will undergo double-blind peer review.
ABOUT US
Symposia Iranica is Iranian studies’ leading forum for early career scholars. A dedicated, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed platform open to emerging scholars working on any aspect of Iranian or Persian Studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences, our two previous conferences were hosted by the University of St Andrews at St Mary’s College in 2013 and the University of Cambridge at Downing College in 2015.
The full call for papers is on our website: symposia-iranica.com
Regular updates will be posted to our Facebook page: facebook.com/SymposiaIranica
SPONSORS
We gratefully acknowledge the continued support of principal sponsors the British Institute of Persian Studies and the Soudavar Memorial Foundation, and of Pembroke College, Cambridge, the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and the Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies at the University of Cambridge, and The Islamic Manuscript Association.
11. Old Dominion University – Islamic World – Assistant Professor of History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53795
- October 11, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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