Archive for June, 2017

Shiite Survival in Ottoman Aleppo|

This article presents a translation of a waqf document from the Ottoman archives of Aleppo. The author’s contention is this waqfiyya bears witness to the resilience of Shiite presence in a predominantly Sunnite city.

Intra-faith Alliance Against Radicalism

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1. Call for Papers for an Academic Workshop:
“Diasporas and Challenges to Statehood in the Middle East and North Africa”
This workshop is organized as part of a larger conference “Diasporas and
Contested Sovereignty: Lessons Learned about Transnational Diaspora
Mobilizations in Europe” on 28-29 September, 2017 at Warwick University,
and is sponsored by the European Research Council.

Abstracts of 300 words by 10 July, 2017 to Dr. Maria Koinova, PI of the ERC project
“Diasporas and Contested Sovereignty” at m.koinova@warwick.ac.uk

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/researchcentres/cpd/diasporas/news/erc_diasporas_and_middle_east_workshop.pdf
 

2. New deadline for applications for post in Islamic art – now 11 July

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Islamic Art

University of Edinburgh – History of Art

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BBX765/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-islamic-art/

3. Sorbonne nouvelle Paris 3 // Recrutement ATER – 2017

du 26 juin 2017 au 5 juillet 2017
date d’ouverture : 26 juin 2017 à 9 heures
date de fermeture : 5 juillet 2017 à 23 heures

L’Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 recrute des Attachés Temporaires d’Enseignement et de Recherche (ATER) en vue de la rentrée 2017,

parmi lesquels:

• Section 15 – Langues et littératures arabes, chinoises, japonaises, hébraiques, et d’autres domaines linguistiques

ATER support MCF 0840 – Etudes iraniennes

Les modalités de constitution des dossiers de candidatures et de dépôt sont indiquées au:

http://www.univ-paris3.fr/recrutement-ater-2017-424317.kjsp?RH=1338198827321

4. New Issue: Nazariyat Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences (3/2, 2017)

Nazariyat’s new issue has been released. All articles and reviews can be downloaded via the following link.

http://www.nazariyat.org/en/latest-issue/

ARTICLES
• Upholding God’s Essence: Ibn Taymiyya on the Createdness of the Spirit, Mohamed A. Moustafa
• An Early Attempt at Unifying the Universe: Suhrawardī’s Concept of Miqdār, İshak Arslan
• Arithmetical Algebra in the Islamic History of Mathematics and Its Peak in the 9th/15th Century: Ibn al-Hāʾim’s al-Mumtiʿ, Elif Baga

REVIEW ARTICLES
• A Response to Nahyan Fancy’s Review Article, Ahmed Ragab

REVIEWS
• Dāyirihā-yi Mīnā-ī: Pajūhash-ī dar Tārikh-i Kayhān Shināsī dar Tamaddun-i Islāmī [Enamel Circles: A Survey of the History of Cosmology in Islamic Civilization], Amir Mohammad Gamini (by Kaveh Niazi)
• Arap Ahlâkî Aklı [The Moral Reason of the Arabs], Muhammed Âbid el-Câbirî (by Hümeyra Özturan)
• The Light of the World: Astronomy in al-Andalus, Joseph ibn Naḥmias, Robert G. Morrison (ed.), (by Ruth Glasner)
• Mulla Ṣadrā and Eschatology: Evolution of Being, Eiyad S. Al-Kutubi, (by Sümeyye Parıldar)
• Al-Ḥasan İbn Mūsā al-Nawbaḫtī, Commentary on Aristotle “De generatione et corruption”, Marwan Rashed (by Issam Marjani)
• Molla Fenârî’de Tasavvuf Metafiziği: Misbâhu’l-üns Üzerine Bir İnceleme [Sufi Metaphysics in Mulla Fanārī: A Study on Miṣbāḥ al-uns], Muammer İskenderoğlu (by Sema Özdemir)

5. Job – Curatorial Assistant, Art of the Islamic Worlds, Houston

Title:                 Curatorial Assistant, Art of the Islamic Worlds
Reports To:      Curator, Art of the Islamic Worlds
Pay Type:         Full-Time, Regular, Exempt, 35 hrs/week
Salary:              Commensurate with Experience and Education
Benefits:            Group Medical and Dental Insurance, Life and Long Term Disability Insurance, Retirement Plan, Flexible Spending Plans, Paid Time Off, Reserve Time Off, Holiday Pay, Museum Membership and Discounts
Work Schedule:   Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
Work Location:    Beck Building, a non-smoking facility

Responsibilities:
• Provides curatorial assistance to Curator of Art of the Islamic Worlds
• Collection management: on-going collection research; research of new acquisition proposals; creation and maintenance of collection files
• Exhibition and catalogue project: research and documentation of objects; creation and maintenance of checklists; interdepartmental coordination (Registrar, Conservation, Photography, etc.)
• Schedules and coordinates permanent collection rotations, including research and label-writing
• Coordinates travel arrangements for visiting speakers, artists, collectors
• Assists with research and writing grant proposals
• Performs other duties as necessary to support the curator with correspondence, reports, scholarly articles, lectures, catalogue manuscripts, collection-based support and general office responsibilities
• Library: works with Library staff to create library checklist of books needed for department library; checks out books from Library for curator

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
• Broad knowledge of art history, particularly of Islamic art
• Sophisticated research and writing skills essential
• Writing sample required
• Excellent organizational and computer skills, including Microsoft Office, TMS (The Museum System)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Foreign language skills: Persian, preferred, or Arabic

Education and Experience:
• Minimum of BA in Art History required
• MA or PhD in Art History with emphasis on Islamic Art, preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of museum experience in a curatorial or research area desirable

How to Apply:
Send resume to Human Resources, Job 17-148CUR, P.O. Box 6826, Houston TX 77265-6826;
Fax 713-639-7597 or email: jobs@mfah.org or apply at http://mfah.org/about/careers

Saudi demolition of historic Shiite homes stokes violence

Saudi Arabia is demolishing centuries-old homes in a Shiite town, leveling a historic district that officials say has become a hideout for local militants. The destruction has sparked shootouts in the streets between Saudi security forces and Shiite gunmen and stoked sectarian tensions that resonate around the region.

CISS Research Series Paper 2: A History of Shiʿism in Bahrain: 630 – 1524

Here you can read all the latest news on Shi’a Muslim studies and Muslim research from the Centre for Islamic Shi’a Studies (CISS).

Annual Baqee Protest Washington DC – 2017

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1.Call for Papers
The Changing Nature of Family and Marriage in Contemporary Iran:
Friday November 3, 2017
Loma Pelona Center, University of California – Santa Barbara

Over the past few decades, Iran has experienced a dramatic change in courtship practices and in the institution of family. The Changing Nature of Family and Marriage in Contemporary Iran is a conference devoted to an exploration of the latest findings in this area. Papers will examine a variety of issues such as marriage and divorce laws vs. actually existing power and decision-making processes in the family, the role of the extended family, definitions of masculinity and femininity vs. the lived experience of individuals; gender disparity, variations in religious communities, such as in the Sunni, Baha’i, Jewish, and Armenian families, family economics, especially unemployment, underemployment, and female employment, and social justice. Papers will also look at the growing rates of street children (both Afghan and Iranianchildren) and child prostitution, the changing nature of temporary marriage, marital commitment, cohabitation (white marriages) and grey marriages (separated couples living together).

The conference is an international interdisciplinary venue open to all academics and researchers. We do encourage graduate students to submit abstracts. Papers can be from a variety of disciplines such as History /Sociology, Gender Studies, Psychology, Economic, Media and Performance Studies, and Religious Studies.
Abstracts should be in English, 1-2 page maximum (500-650 words). Please also include a short CV or Bio.

We will provide meals for all participants at the conference and local transportation. Priority will be given to individuals whose research was conducted in Iran in the last two decades. There may also be an all-Persian workshop, depending on the abstracts received.

Abstract submission: July 31, 2017
Conference paper submission: October 15, 2017
A selected number of papers will be considered for an edited volume by the conference organizers
Please send your abstracts and a CV to Jesilyn Faust, Conference Coordinator at ISUCSB17@gmail.com

2. Call for papers: Central Asia as a Civilizational Crossroad through Numismatics’ Lenses: 9th-15th Centuries. In memoriam Boris D. Kochnev (1940-2002). Israel, 23-24 May 2018.

The 14th Conference of Asian Studies in Israel (ASI 2018), May 23-24, 2018

In memoriam Boris D. Kochnev (1940-2002)

Call for applications

The coins, possibly the most valuable exchange medium in human history until the modern age, are important primary source for historical research. Of special interest are numismatic remains from border and crossroad areas, either contested by the different powers or located on major trade and migration roots. One of the most important areas of this type on the Eurasian continent is Central Asia, a vast geographical region boarded by the Caspian Sea on the west and today’s Xinjiang in the east, north Kazakhstan in the north and south Afghanistan in the south.

This call for application invites scholars to submit their proposals for the memorial session for the late Dr. Boris D. Kochnev (1940-2002), one of the leading scholars of the pre-Mongol numismatic research of Central Asia. The session will include either one or two panels and will be held during the 14^th Conference of Asian Studies in Israel at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (May 23-24, 2018).

The session under the working title Central Asia as a Civilizational Crossroad through the Lenses of Numismatics: 9th-15th Centuries is being organised in order to discuss and highlight the impact and the contribution of numismatics for the historical research of Central Asia during its pre-Mongol (starting with the 9th century – the early Karakhanid rule), Mongol and Temürid periods of its history. The proposals should address Central Asia not as a static geographic entity, but one involved in constant dynamic relations with the areas and cultures outside the region, as well as its own cultural, religious and ethnic diversity.

The proposed presentations can deal with, but are not limited, to the following issues:

• interrelations of the numismatic remains and the historical sources
• contribution of numismatics to the analysis of the political and the economic history
• contribution of numismatics to the analysis of the history of cross-Eurasian migrations of humans, technologies and diseases
• digital technologies in contemporary numismatic research

Technical information

Presentations. Scholars are expected to give a presentation of 15-20 minutes. The working language of the session is English.

Time, location and accommodation. The conference will take place on May 23-14  2018 in Jerusalem,. The participants will be provided accommodation (2 nights). Yet, the transportation expenditures are on the participants. If you need an invitation letter for the visa to Israel, please contact the organisers in time.

Deadline. Please send your proposals (title and a short abstract up to 300 words) to Mr. Ishayahu Landa, the convener of the memorial session, until 15 September 2017. The information on the selection of the speakers will be sent until 30 September 2017.

Publications. The publication of the papers in a memorial volume or journal section is under consideration.

Contact information. Please send your abstracts as well as any questions to Mr. Ishayahu Landa via ishayahu.landa@mail.huji.ac.il.

ASI 2018. For the general CfP for the ASI 2018 see http://bit.ly/2tncXaU.

3. University of California – Santa Barbara – Postdoctoral Scholar and
Lecturer in Arabic Language and Literature, 2017/18

4. The 2018 Sir William Luce Fellowship at Durham University to members of the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW). The residential fellowship (Apr-June 2018) carries a grant, accommodation and meals, and is a valuable research and publication opportunity for post-doctoral scholars, diplomats, politicians, or business executives, working on Iran, the Gulf states, South Arabia and Sudan: more details are provided in the notice.

The application deadline is Friday 8 September 2017.

The Sir William Luce Papers series (https://www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/imeis/lucefund/visiting/) has been well served by the breadth of expertise and variety of experience past fellows have brought to the post.

For further information, contact:

Francis Gotto
Honorary Secretary, Sir William Luce Memorial Fund

+44 191 334 1218
francis.gotto@durham.ac.uk

5. CfP: Conference: “The emergence of the Ḥadīṯ as the authority of knowledge  (4ᵗʰ/10ᵗʰ‒8ᵗʰ/14ᵗʰ centuries),”

Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO), Cairo, 11-13 January 2018

One of the questions raised today by some Egyptian religious authorities is on the lawfulness and relevance of using intellectual tools foreign to the Islamic tradition to read and interpret the Qurʾān and texts of the classic Islamic heritage. Is it permissible and appropriate to use contemporary human sciences to study the texts of the Arab-Islamic patrimony or should it be limited to the Ḥadīṯ? IDEO would like to contribute to this debate by studying the emergence of the Ḥadīṯ as the authority of knowledge in the Islamic sciences.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2017. Information: https://www.ideo-cairo.org/en/2017/06/the-emergence-of-the-%E1%B8%A5adi%E1%B9%AF-as-the-authority-of-knowledge-4%E1%B5%97%CA%B010%E1%B5%97%CA%B0%E2%80%928%E1%B5%97%CA%B014%E1%B5%97%CA%B0-centuries/

6. University of Exeter (UK)

Lecturer in Arabic

This post is available from 1 September 2017 or 1 January 2018 and is a permanent appointment.

https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=771924IwPT&WVID=3817591jNg&LANG=USA

7. Conference: “Cinema of the Arab World”, American University in Cairo, 3-4 March 2018

Papers are welcome which problematize contemporary scholarship on cinema of the Arab world by offering critiques of colonized theory or by offering new lines of inquire which carry the discourse beyond prevailing tendencies.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/15766/discussions/181615/call-abstracts-cinema-arab-world
 

8. Summer School on Ibadism: “Understanding Diversity within Islam”, Volos, Greece, 3-9 September 2017

The Summer School is co-organized by the University of Naples L’Orientale, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the College of Islamic Law of the Sultanate of Oman and the Department of Interfaith Studies of Volos Academy for Theological Studies

Deadline for application: 30 June 2017. Information: http://www.ibadistudies.org/
 

9. Summer School on Sufi Studies: “Foundations of Islamic Spirituality”, Tamacine, Algeria, 5-12 September 2017

The Summer School in the heart of the Algerian desert is organized by association Perennia Verba (Parma, IT) in collaboration with the Istituto per l’Oriente Carlo Alfonso Nallino (Rome, IT) and the Officina di Studi Medievali (Palermo, IT).

Deadline for application: 10 July 2017. Information: http://www.academia.edu/33617420/Summer_School_on_Sufi_Studies_Temacine_Ageria_Sept_2017_.pdf

10. Les voix du pouvoir : souverains, poètes, artisans
dans le monde musulman oriental, X^e – XIV^e siècles

J’ai le grand plaisir de vous inviter à l’atelier de recherche international intitule

Les voix du pouvoir : souverains, poètes, artisans
dans le monde musulman oriental, X^e – XIV^e siècles

qui aura lieu le samedi 8 juillet 2017, de 9h30 à 12h, dans la salle 3.02 de l’INALCO (65, rue des Grands Moulins, Paris 13ème).

Cet atelier s’inscrit dans la continuité de la journée d’étude Les Ghaznavides et leurs voisins (resp. M. Szuppe et V. Allegranzi, Ivry-sur-Seine 26 février 2016) et se déroulera dans le cadre du 2ème Congres du GIS MOMM (Paris, 5-7 juillet 2017 <http://majlis-remomm.fr/programme>), grâce au soutien de l’équipe de recherche UMR 7528 Mondes iranien et indien.

Nous aurons le plaisir d’accueilir de specialistes de plusieurs disciplines – Gabrielle van den Berg (Leiden University), Valentina Laviola (Ca’ Foscari, Venice), Camille Rhoné-Quer (Aix-Marseille Université), Eloïse Brac de la Perrière (Université Paris-Sorbonne) – et chercherons à ouvrir un espace de dialogue autour des sources écrites et matérielles qui servent à éclairer certains aspects de l’histoire culturelle de l’Iran oriental (Xe-XIVe siècles).

Vous trouverez en pièce jointe le programme de la matinée.
Attention : l’inscription au Congrès est obligatoire pour participer à la séance.

Dans l’attente de vous retrouver, je reste à votre disposition pour tout renseignement

Viola Allegranzi – viola.allegranzi@gmail.com

doctorante Paris 3 – “L’Orientale” (Naples)
UMR 7528 Mondes iranien et indien

Bahrain Internet Shutdown Hits One Year Mark, Longest in Region’s History

As of 7pm tonight, Bahrain has shut down the internet in the village of Duraz every day for 365 days. This makes it one of the longest sustained internet shutdowns in the world. Since 23 June 2016, residents of Duraz have been reporting regular disruptions to internet services within the village.

Pakistan bombings: Many casualties in Quetta and Parachinar – BBC News

At least 24 people have been killed and many injured in bombings in the north and south of Pakistan, officials say. The first explosion in the city of Quetta killed at least 13 people. It happened when a suicide bomber in a car was stopped by police at a checkpoint.

See also alJazeera
See also The Express Tribune
See also Dawn

Islamist radicalism in the provinces of Iran 1906-9: a stage in the development of Islamism

Islamist radicalism emerged in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906-9. This article examines the early stages of its emergence with particular reference to the provinces of Iran. It looks at the subject thematically and traces the development of an Islamist notion of the state, characterized by Islamic law, and the shaping of new views on nationalism, absolutism and the economy.