Archive for March, 2017
Shii News – Academic Items
1.Annual Meeting of BRAIS
11-13 April, 2017
University of Chester
Programme available at:
http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/2017
2. CfP: Summer School – Theologies and Ethics of Justice: New Directions in 21st Century Islamic Thought, 26-29 July 2017, USA
http://www.iiit.org/2017—program-details-and-call-for-abstracts.html
3. The Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA) invites proposals from junior scholars (advanced graduate students or those within three years of completion of the PhD) to present at the Majlis to be held in conjunction with the College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference in Los Angeles, from February 21 to 24, 2018.
The HIAA Majlis, held periodically in conjunction with MESA or CAA, offers an opportunity for junior scholars in Islamic art to learn about their colleagues’ work and to connect with more senior scholars. It will take the form of a panel of four papers, followed by comments from more senior colleagues and discussion.
4. Le Département d’études persanes de l’Université de Strasbourg en France recrute un ATER (Attaché Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche) pour l’année universitaire 2017-2018 pour un service de 192 H / TD, réparties sur deux semestres et constituées de cours et de travaux dirigés en études persanes pour les niveaux suivants :
– DU (initiation à la langue) ;
– Licence (linguistique et histoire de la littérature) ;
– (et éventuellement) Master (analyse littéraire et traductologie).
L’ATER recruté devra donc être capable d’assurer des cours de langue, linguistique, traduction et histoire de la littérature. Par conséquent, une solide maîtrise des deux langues (persane et française) est exigée. Expérience dans l’enseignement est appréciée.
Pour toute information complémentaire, veuillez consulter la page « Attachés temporaires d’enseignement et de recherche (ATER) » sur le site Web de l’Université de Strasbourg à l’adresse suivante :
http://www.unistra.fr/index.php?id=19432
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5. CfP: Symposium: “Ottoman Sufism: Scholars, Works, and Problems”, Istanbul, 9-10 December 2017
This symposium focuses on the Ottoman period of Sufi history and aims to open up new viewpoints to the present scholarship. Languages: Turkish, English and Arabic.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2017. Information: www.isar.org.tr/en/announcements-news/ottoman-sufism-scholars-works-and-problems
6. Grants for Research Scholarships and Research Projects Provided by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung on “Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements”
The special programme takes a look at the dynamics between Islamic teachings, Islamism, nationalism and transnational orientations and environments.
Deadline for application: 24 May 2017. Information: www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/special_programme_islam
7. Gibb Centenary Scholarship in Middle Eastern Studies
Postgraduate students at an advanced stage of their doctoral research in any area of Middle Eastern Studies (7th century to 1918), and who are studying in a British university, are eligible to apply for scholarship of up to £2,000.
Deadline for application: 30 April 2017. Information: www.gibbtrust.org/Scholarship.html
8. Spatial Thought in Islamicate Societies, 1000–1600
The Politics of Genre, Image, and Text
Opening: Thursday, 30 March 2017, 19:00
Alte Aula, Münzgasse 30, Festsaal
Panels: Friday, 31 March and Saturday, 1 April 2017, 09:00
Hohentübingen Castle, Institute of Classical Archaeology, room 165
University of Tübingen
14 papers and 4 poster presentations examine how place and space have been conceived by writers and mapmakers in Islamicate parts of the world. Questioning the notion of genres, the conference explores the ways how spatial thought was entangled with political, religious, cultural, and intellectual history. The aim is to envisage a diversely linked spatial history, with new relevance for the study of Islamicate societies.
All information is also available at
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Shii News
BLM: Bilal and the formation of the early …
Recent events highlight the religious obligation of engaging with, contributing to and supporting social justice movements. Black Lives Matter has spread across the world. In different places and spaces the violence of racism is being challenged. Black lives also matter throughout time.
Recent events highlight the religious obligation of engaging with, contributing to and supporting social justice movements. Black Lives Matter has spread across the world. In different places and spaces the violence of racism is being challenged. Black lives also matter throughout time. The life of Bilal needs to be re-examined from early Islamicate sources that need to be recovered to illustrate how the indomitable spirit of faith deals with subjection, racism, religious persecution and political marginalisation. Bilal is not a token, but a symbol. Bilal helps make the Muslim Ummah truly universal.
Join Sheikh Dr. Tajul Islam (Iqbal Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam), Professor S. Sayyid (Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies) and Sheikh Ahmed Haneef (Islamic Centre of England) for a conversation on the role of Bilal in disrupting racial and social hierarchies and underwriting the egalitarianism of the Islamicate.
WHERE?
SR (1.08), Parkinson Building, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT
WHEN?
Monday the 20th March 2017
18:30 – 20:30
Brought to you by:
Iqbal Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam
Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies
ReOrient; The Journal of Critical Muslim Studies
LUU Ahlul Bayt Islamic Society
LUU Islamic Society
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Reconsidering Kharijism – CfP for panel at DOT 2017 (Jena/Germany)
The deadline for panel submissions is end of March, contact hannah-lena.hagemann@uni-hamburg.de and/or tb31@soas.ac.uk as soon as possible.
2. Research Colloquium: “Arabic Popular Culture”, Department of Arabic Studies, Bamberg University, 5-6 May 2017
The colloquium addresses academics working on Arabic popular culture. Languages of discussion are German, Arabic, and English.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 March 2017. Information: http://bit.ly/2mSCDfw
3. Lecturer in the History of the Modern Middle East, King’s College London
The successful candidate will have trained in some aspect of the modern or contemporary history of the region. The candidate will be skilled in the use of a regional language, and offer some geographic breadth to our current expertise. S/he will teach and supervise BA students and contribute to the full range of the Department’s clearly defined activities in postgraduate teaching and PhD supervision, research, and administration
Deadline for application: 9 April 2017. Information: www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=75326
4. Three-year PhD Scholarship for Research on “Late Antiquity and Early Islam”, University of Groningen
The PhD student is expected to have graduated with excellent results in a research-based MA thesis in Theology/Religious Studies, History, Islamic Studies or another relevant discipline; to have an advanced level of Arabic or other relevant linguistic skills, so as to be able to read primary sources; to be fluent in English (both oral and written); etc.
Deadline for application: 2 April 2017. Information: www.rug.nl/education/phd-programmes/phd-scholarship-programme/phd-scholarships?details=00347-02S0005CFP
5. Postdoc Position, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Applicants must hold a PhD, and they must have documented research qualifications within the study of religion in the Middle East. The postdoc position is not tied to a specific, ongoing research project. Preferred start up is early autumn 2017.
Deadline for application: 29 March 2017. Information: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/135324/postdoc-position-at-the-department-of-philosophy-and-religious-studies
6. Articles on “Before Archaeology. The Meaning of the Past in Classical and Pre-modern Islamic Thought” for Volume of the “Atlas of the Ancient Near East Project”
This is a research program funded by Sapienza-University of Rome, aimed at the description, display and analysis of cultural heritage and landscapes in the ancient Near East.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2017. Information: www.academia.edu/31426127/CALL_FOR_PAPERS
7. 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 Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) program at the Oklahoma State University.
Founder&Chief Editor-Pedram Khosronejad- Oklahoma State University, USA; Assistant Editor- Leonardo Schiocchet, Institute for Social Anthropology (ISA) Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Book Review Editor- Brian Callan- Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.; Film Review Editor-Michael Abecassis, University of Oxford, UK.
For general enquiries and Instructions for Authors, please visit:
http://www.seankingston.co.uk/publishing.html
8. The 25th European Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS) is scheduled for 24-27 July 2018 at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, (54 and 105, Blvd. Raspail, 75006 Paris). It is organized by the Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud (UMR 8564, CNRS-EHESS).
The call for panels is now open and will close on 30 April 2017.
If you would like to convene a panel at this conference, please submit your proposal via the online form: https://portal.smart-abstract.com/ecsas2018<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__portal.smart-2Dabstract.com_ecsas2018&d=DwMFAw&c=lhMMI368wojMYNABHh1gQQ&r=2c_2rNSmRvqc9lubXXiZdA&m=t-8Fzex-lKuknbJfwV0kHylxTy20nrXqwu77gxTFBlA&s=llkhJJtoqKque3nPb_zVe9-O_uCGFNGILCIWJWFz20Q&e=>
How to proceed?
Proposals should consist of:
* panel title
* name of panel convenor or convenors
* short panel abstract of fewer than 300 characters
* long panel abstract of about 1750 characters, preferably including names of tentative panelists.
Rules for convening a panel at ECSAS 2018
EASAS membership required
All proposed panel convenors must be members of EASAS at the time of submission of the panel proposal
One panel and paper per conference
Panel convenors may present a paper during the conference, either in their own panel or another. Due to the ‘competition for time’ within such a conference, colleagues are allowed to convene no more than one panel and present only one paper during the conference. This does not prevent potential participants from making several proposals, but in the case of multiple acceptances the convenor and/or panelist will be asked to choose only one.
All panels with an open call
ECSAS requires all accepted panels to be open to paper proposals through the website: proposed panels cannot be ‘closed’ to further papers from the outset.
Composition of panels
EASAS appreciates a well-balanced composition of convenors and panelists within a panel (by gender, with an international mix of participants, and senior and junior scholars) but the main criterion will be the high academic quality of the panel. We also strongly encourage young researchers to contact panel convenors to be considered for inclusion in their panel; young researchers are also encouraged to propose panels themselves.
One convenor per panel must be based in a European institution. The conference organizers will also seek to ensure that the wide range of disciplines usually represented at the conference finds adequate coverage, both separately and in interdisciplinary panels.
No panel may run for more than 4 sessions of 90 minutes.
Convenors and presenters at the 25th ECSAS must be members of EASAS through 2017 & 2018 or 2018 & 2019 and then pay conference registration fees. Only members will be able to attend the conference.
It is easy to join EASAS through the following link:
http://www.easas.eu/become-member<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.easas.eu_become-2Dmember&d=DwMFAw&c=lhMMI368wojMYNABHh1gQQ&r=2c_2rNSmRvqc9lubXXiZdA&m=t-8Fzex-lKuknbJfwV0kHylxTy20nrXqwu77gxTFBlA&s=L0TyOFvrd2YfrfYWZUvVDwZ8cySXae_ZIIE19pamFvA&e=>
9. A Brief History of the Ismailis in Canada
Canada’s Ismaili Muslim community was thrust into the spotlight recently following Justin Trudeau’s New Year’s getaway to a private island in the Bahamas owned…
http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/march-2017/a-brief-history-of-the-ismailis-in-canada/
10. The Delightful World of Qur’anic Recitation
By Sayed Jalal Masoomi
Tuesday 28 March 2017
3 pm – 5 pm
The Islamic College, London.
http://us14.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7bf8b394c447f9bd7e13d9c79&id=e149791e09&e=7f88246b73
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Conference: “Scripts and Scripture: Writing and Religion in Arabia, ca. 500-700 CE”, University of Chicago, 18-19 May 2017
The conference deals with Arabian epigraphy and religious traditions and their relation to the emergence of the Qur’ān. It aims to explore the question “How is it that a sacred scripture, the Qur’ān, coalesced in a region that apparently lacked an established script?”
Information: https://cmes.uchicago.edu/page/scripts-and-scripture-language-and-religion-arabia-circa-500-700
2. Jobs: University Professor of Turkish Studies, Institute for Oriental Studies, University of Vienna
In its main research fields, the chair is to cover the development of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey (18th century to the present) within the framework of history and in addition cultural studies or literary studies.
Deadline for application: 31 March 2017. Information: https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/fuer-mitarbeiterinnen/professorinnen/job/english/singleview/article/at-the-faculty-of-philological-and-cultural-studies-of-the-university-of-vienna-the-position-of-a-un-3/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=11945&cHash=44008a637a5ba9f6fd57d5a8d7d022f9
Assistant Professor in Social and Cultural History and/or Anthropology of the Middle East (from ca. 1800 to the present day), University of Ghent, Belgium
The applicant should have a proven track record of research and publications in the afore-mentioned academic field. The position will start on 1 October 2017.
Deadline for application: 24 March 2017. Contact Professor Andreas Niehaus, andreas.niehaus@ugent.be
One-Year Visiting Position, Modern Middle East, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
The Department of History at Franklin & Marshall College invites applications for a one-year visiting position in the history of the modern Middle East, beginning Fall 2017. The rank will be Visiting Assistant Professor or Visiting Instructor depending on qualifications; candidates should have or be close to completing the Ph.D. Teaching experience is required.
Deadline for application: 20 March 2017. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/40797
Lecturer in Politics (Focus Middle East), Bates College, Lewiston, ME
The Department of Politics invites applications for a one-year visiting position focusing on Comparative Politics with a specialty in politics of the Middle East starting in the fall of 2017. Candidates should have a Ph.D. completed or nearly complete.
Review of applications will begin 10 March 2017 and continue until position is filled. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/40843
Andrew W Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in History (Middle East or North Africa), Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
The two-year position will begin July 1, 2017. Preference is given for candidates who can offer curricular coverage of the twentieth century.
Review of applications will begin 10 March 2017. Information: https://careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/3823
Instructor for Arabic Language and Muslim Cultures (Tenure-Track), University of Calgary, Canada
The successful candidate will have a PhD or MA in Arabic Language, Linguistics or Literature, with expertise in language pedagogy and native or near native fluency in Arabic. The ideal candidate will also show evidence of excellent achievement in teaching. An ability to teach other languages of the Muslim World would be considered an asset.
Deadline for application: 15 March 2017. Information: http://mideast.unc.edu/university-of-calgary-instructor-arabic-language-and-muslim-cultures-tenure-track/
3. Open Access Book:
The Teaching and Learning of Arabic in Early Modern Europe
Editors: Jan Loop, Alastair Hamilton and Charles Burnett
Subjects: Middle East and Islamic Studies
Keywords: scholarship; Arabic; Koran; Bible; poetry; orientalism; learning; Qur’an; Erpenius; Islam; mission; grammar; Golius; teaching; textbooks
Publication Year : 2017
Book DOI: 10.1163/9789004338623
E – ISBN : 9789004338623
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789004338623
4. Kamran Djam Scholarships
Deadline: 3 May 2017
There are a number of Kamran Djam scholarships available for UK/EU and Overseas fee-paying SOAS students, providing a contribution towards fees of up to a maximum of £13,000 each year for the duration of the award. The MPhil/PhD scholarship is paid for 3 years. The MA is paid for one year (or two years if part-time). The Undergraduate scholarship is paid for one year.
https://www.soas.ac.uk/registry/scholarships/kamran-djam-scholarships.html
5. The Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg “History and Society during the Mamluk Era (1250-1517)” (https://www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/ ) has opened the call for applications for three PhD scholarships and three junior fellowships (Post-Doc scholars) with a prospective start date of October 2017.
Furher information at: https://www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/mamluk-events
6. Architecture and Landscape in Medieval Anatolia, 1100-1500, eds. Patricia Blessing and Rachel Goshgarian, Edinburgh University Press, 2017:
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-architecture-and-landscape-in-medieval-anatolia-…
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/architecture-and-landscape-in-medieval-anatolia-11…
7. CFP – “Evidence of Power in the Ruler Portrait, 14th – 18th Centuries” (Munich, 1-2 Dec., 2017)
Munich / München, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, 01. – 02.12.2017
Deadline: Apr 30, 2017
Head and Body: Evidence of Power in the Ruler Portrait Between the 14th
and 18th Centuries
Kopf und Körper: Evidenzen der Macht im Herrscherporträt des 14.-18
Jahrhunderts
8. Princeton University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies invites applications for a one-year full-time position in modern Iranian studies at the rank of Lecturer. The appointment is from September 1, 2017 to July 1, 2018. We welcome applications from early career historians and social scientists of modern Iran. Research expertise and teaching interests may concern any aspect of modern Iran, from the 19th century to the present. The successful candidate will be expected to teach a total of four courses in this field, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
To apply, please complete an online application at https://jobs.princeton.edu. Applications must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, at least one course syllabus, and a paper or chapter of published writing or work-in-progress. Applicants must supply the names of three referees and their contact information in their online application. For any questions, please contact Karen Chirik (kchirik@princeton.edu).
Review of applications will begin March 27, 2017. Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable EEO and affirmative action regulations.
This position is subject to the University’s background check policy.
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