Archive for October, 2017

Journée d’études franco-allemandes sur le chiisme contemporain | École Pratique des Hautes Études

Journée organisée par Constance Arminjon (EPHE) et Rainer Brunner (CNRS). Paris, en Sorbonne.

Expansion and Contraction of Scripture: The Ritual (Im)purity of Unbelievers According to Shīʿa Jurisprudence

An indispensable step in extrapolating a specific Sharia ruling is to find parts of the Scripture that have addressed the question at hand.

1.Lecturer in Contemporary Islam & the Middle East

The University of Edinburgh seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Contemporary Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, based in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) (http://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/islamic-middle-eastern) and teaching within IMES. The lecturer will provide teaching and dissertation supervision at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and will commence on 3rd January 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate will have expertise in the study of the Islamic world and political Islam in the Middle East.

The role is open ended, grade UE08 and attracts an annual salary of £39,992 to £47,722 which is full time (35 hours, each week).

The closing date is 5pm (GMT) on Monday 13^th November 2017. Interviews are expected to be held on Tuesday 12^th December 2017.

Informal queries can be emailed for the attention of Dr Nacim Pak-Shiraz, Head of Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, to llc@ed.ac.uk.

Further information and details on how to apply can be found at the following link: https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=041653

 

 

2. New Books:

Consorts of the Caliphs

Women and the Court of Baghdad

• By Ibn al-Sa’i
• Translated by Shawkat M. Toorawa
•  and The Editors of the Library of Arabic Literature
• Introduction by Julia Bray
• Foreword by Marina Warner

176 pages

September, 2017

ISBN: 9781479866793

http://www.libraryofarabicliterature.org/books/?book=14354

 

 

Disagreements of the Jurists

A Manual of Islamic Legal Theory

• By al-Qadi al-Numan
• Translated by Devin Stewart
• Foreword by John Coughlin
•  and John Sexton

256 pages

October, 2017

ISBN: 9781479808076

http://www.libraryofarabicliterature.org/books/?book=14412

 

 

3. On Jewish Archives from Afghanistan

Afghani Treasure

By Yoel Finkelman and Ofir Haim

A few weeks before Rosh Hashanah sometime in the 11th century, a distraught, young Jewish Afghani young man named Yair sent a painful letter to his brother-in-law, Abu-al-Hasan Siman Tov. Life had dealt Yair a tough hand, or maybe it was just his own bad choices. Having failed in business in his hometown of Bamiyan, rumors were now spreading that he had “broken promises . . . regarding property” and that he did not truly “observe the Sabbath.” Leaving these problems behind him, he had left his young wife to move some 150 miles to Ghazni and begin anew.

Read more at: https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/2786/afghani-treasure/

 

 

 

4. “Visualizing Sufism”

International Workshop and Collective Volume

Place: University of Bonn, Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg for Islamicate Intellectual History (1200‒1600)

Date: 14 May 2018

Topic and Aim

From the Late Medieval Period onward many Sufi treatises began to display an increasing amount of visual elements, mainly in the form of diagrams, which can either have an auxiliary function, i.e. to help explain the contents of specific written passages, or be themselves at the very core of the text.

A comprehensive study aiming to understand the significance and diffusion of such visual devices in Sufi literature—involving such disparate disciplines as Philology, History of the Book and Codicology on the one hand, and Intellectual History and the History of Ideas on the other—has never been systematically undertaken. With special regard to the development of Islamicate Intellectual History, it would seem that the qualitative and quantitative leap in the diffusion of diagrams in Sufi literature was paralleled by the spread and reception of Ibn ‘Arabī’s (d. 638/1240) works in which diagrams are often employed.

This workshop aims at investigating to which extent the diffusion of visual elements was one of the chief novelties and specific features of Sufi literature to develop in the Late Medieval and Early Modern period. Acquiring a clear and detailed understanding of this phenomenon will also help us investigate the dialogical interactions between Sufism and philosophical, alchemical and magical literatures in which analogous diagrams are often employed. Obtaining a better knowledge of the phenomenon I suggested labelling “Visual Sufism” will also permit us to address the question of possible intellectual osmosis, in particular with the Jewish Kabbalah, in which similar visual tools started to flourish at almost exactly the same time in works by authors who in many cases acted in an Islamicate environment, knew Arabic and were acquainted with Islamic philosophical literature (see Giulio Busi, Qabbalah Visiva, Turin 2005).

This invitation aims at bringing together for the first time a group of specialists in the field to contribute to a workshop and collected volume on the theme of Visual Sufism. Visual Sufism will be investigated from different angles through the lens of multiple authors who employed images and diagrams within their Sufi works. Preliminary questions for the workshop include the following: which hypotheses can be suggested about the use of diagrams in Sufi literature? Was this trend linked to specific historical contexts, to the rise of new disciplines, or the appearance of new styles, ideas, or theories in Sufism? Do the authors provide any theory (even embryonic) for the utilisation of diagrams in their texts? To which extent do the texts refer to the social environment in order to justify the use of diagrams? Was the use of diagrams related to specific topics and, if so, which are they? What can be said about the specific use each author made of diagrams? Are there various typologies of diagrams? Is the use of diagrams consistent in different works of an author? Is it possible to individuate interdependences between diagrams found in different works written by one or more authors (i.e. can we actually discern a shared visual language here)? Did the presence of diagrams play any role in the reception of the texts at issue? Can we asses an evolution and development of the use of diagrams in time and space?

Contributions on key authors such as Aḥmad al-Būnī (d. 622 or 630/1225 or 1232), Saʿd al-Dīn Ḥammūʾī (d. 650/1253), Faḍl Allāh Astarābādī (d. 796/1394) and Shīrīn Maghribī (d. 809‒10/1406‒8), have already been secured.

Contributions on Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 638/1240), Ḥaydar Āmulī (d. after 787/1385), Bayezit Halife (d. 922/1512) or on any other Sufi author from the period 1200‒1600 who made use of diagrams and visual elements in their works are warmly welcome.

Workshop Organization

• The workshop will involve a maximum of 8 presenters.
• Each talk should be between 30 and 40 minutes long and will be followed by a 20-minute Q&A session.
• The language of the workshop will be English.
• Taking into account the topic of the workshop the use of PowerPoint is strongly encouraged.
• Accommodation and travel costs will be covered by the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg for Islamicate Intellectual History (1200‒1600).
• After the workshop, the papers will be published in the form of a peer-reviewed volume, edited by Dr. Giovanni Maria Martini, to be published in the series Islamicate Intellectual History (Brill, eds. Shahzad Bashir, Heidrun Eichner and Judith Pfeiffer).

Time Frame

• Please submit your proposal by October 31, 2017, including the title of the contribution, an abstract of about 500 words and a brief CV to giovannimaria.martini@uni-bonn.de.
• The revision process will start immediately after the deadline and the results are expected to be communicated to the applicants by November 15, 2017.
• The workshop will take place on Monday 14 May 2018 at the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg for Islamicate Intellectual History (1200‒1600) at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
• The first draft of the full article will be due by August 20, 2018 (12,000‒18,000 words exclusive of the bibliography).

 

For any further information, please contact Dr. Giovanni Maria Martini at giovannimaria.martini@uni-bonn.de.

 

 

 

5. 2017 – 2018 AKPIA Lecture Series, A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture

The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University presents

Thursday, October 19, 2017

“Architecture on the Edge of the Muslim World:

The Deccan during the 14th and 15th centuries”

Helen Philon

Independent Scholar

 

Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge Street, Cambridge, MA

(corner of Trowbridge and Harvard Streets)

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Lecture is free and open to the public.

For further information, call 617-495-2355, email agakhan@fas.harvard.edu or visit: https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/news-events

View our previous lectures:

https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/podcasts-0

 

 

 

6. “Annual Congress of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA)”, Washington DC, 18-21 November 2017

Pre-Registration Deadline: 24 October 2017: Save up to $50. Information: www.mesana.org. Preliminary program: www.mesana.org/annual-meeting/program.html

 

 

 

7. Jobs:

 

Lecturer in Arabic Language, Department of Arabic Studies/Language Center, University of Bayreuth

The position is to begin 1 April 2018. Candidate profile: Native or near-native proficiency in Arabic; Knowledge of German or English/French; A. degree or higher in Arabic language and/or linguistics.

 

Please submit applications within 20 November 2018 to Dr Valentina Serreli (valentina.serreli@uni-bayreuth.de). Information: www.uni-bayreuth.de/de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-universitaet/stellenangebote/wiss-personal/SZ-1/index.html

 

 

60 Max Weber Post-Doctoral Fellowships in the Historical and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Florence, 2018/2019

 

Applicants must be within 5 years of the award of their PhD. Preference is given to those who have recently completed a doctorate, not had a postdoctoral position before and/or are on the job market.

 

Deadline for application: 25 October 2017. Information: https://www.eui.eu/ProgrammesAndFellowships/MaxWeberProgramme/ApplytotheMWP/Why-Apply

 

 

20 Jean Monnet Fellowships at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, 2018/2019

 

The Fellowship programme is open to post-docs, tenure track academics and those wishing to spend their sabbatical at the Robert Schuman Centre. Main areas of research: Integration, Governance and Democracy; Regulating Markets and Governing Money; 21st Century World Politics and Europe.

 

Deadline for application: 25 October 2017. Information: www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/Fellowships/JeanMonnetFellowships

 

 

Fully Funded PhD Position to Study Turkey, Institute for Turkish Studies, Stockholm University

 

Supervisors Jenny White and Paul Levin. The students‘ interests can be in any field as long as the subject is contemporary Turkey and loosely fits the interests of the supervisors: culture, politics, religion, ethnicity, foreign policy, EU, migration, nationalism, etc. MA required.

 

Deadline for application: 16 October 2017. Information: www.su.se/english/about/working-at-su/jobs?rmlang=UK&rmpage=job&rmjob=3878

 

 

 

Senior Scholar of Ancient Iranian Studies, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

 

The candidate should focus on the pre-Islamic cultures of Iran and may concentrate on the archaeology, languages, religion, art, or history of ancient Iran, or a combination of these.

 

Review will begin on 1 December 2017. Information: https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp

 

 

 

Assistant Professor of Classical Islamic Studies, Columbia University

 

We seek a scholar with firm grounding in classical Arabic, but whose work may also engage with other languages and cover across regions. Discipline and focus are open, including but not restricted to history (social, intellectual, cultural), science, Sufism, theology or philosophy.

 

Deadline for application: 11 November 2017. Information: http://mideast.unc.edu/columbia-university-assistant-professor-of-classical-islamic-studies/

 

 

 

Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern History, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

 

Teaching responsibilities include World Civilization history survey courses, upper level and graduate courses, and MA thesis supervision. Qualifications: PhD. in history or related field.

 

Deadline for application: 15 November 2017. Information: https://ualr.peopleadmin.com/postings/6697

 

 

One-year Sabbatical Fellowship, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University

 

The 2018-2019 sabbatical fellowship is open to all faculty members in the ranks of assistant, associate, full, and emeritus professor who work on the modern Middle East and North Africa.

 

Deadline for application: 1 December 2017. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/10001

 

 

 

8. Grants for Academic Research and Activities Connected with Iranian Cultural Heritage in 2018

The London-based Iran Heritage Foundation gives grants for research connected with the history, language and culture of Iran and the Persianate world from early times to the present day.

Deadline for application:  31 October 2017. Information: www.iranheritage.org/grants.html.

 

 

CISS Research Series Paper 3: Abd al-Karim Haeri Yazdi: Founder of the Modern Hawza of Qom

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Ata Anzali is an assistant professor of religion at Middlebury College. After undergoing extensive training in traditional Islamic disciplines in Shi’i seminaries of Iran, he moved to the United States and received his Ph.D. in religion from Rice University in 2012.

1.The Grimwade Centre for Cultural MaterialConservation,

School of Historical and Philosophical Studies

From Melancholy to Euphoria:
The materialisation of emotion in Middle Eastern Manuscripts Symposium

7-8 February 2018, The University of Melbourne

CALL FOR PAPERS

This Symposium will examine the relationship between text, manuscript production (calligraphy and illumination) and the elicitation and excitation of emotions in this form of transmission of knowledge and beliefs. This symposium is made possible by support from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions. The Middle Eastern Manuscript Collection in the University of Melbourne Library comprises works in Arabic and Persian, as well as Turkish, Urdu, Ethiopic, Syriac, Hebrew, Sanskirt, Pushtu, Prakit and Mongol scripts. The texts include Islamic religious texts, with Qur’ans and commentary on the Qur’an, as well as significant poetic works, educational textbooks and writing on history, biography, astrology, mathematics, philosophy and weaponry. In particular, the collection contains a number of significant Persian texts that examine heightened religious and secular emotional states within literary and visual material culture. These texts provide both an immersive emotional experience for those reading or performing the words, and a translational experience for readers of both the text and images where the beauty of the illumination and calligraphy acts as a catalyst for admiration, veneration and contact.

This symposium will examine the relationship between materiality (the constructed form of the manuscript), the textual content, and the emotional resonance that is elicited by those engaging with the texts. Taking the various manifestations of love, both religious and secular, depicted within these texts, and linking these to the great Persian stories told in text and music, this seminar will explore how a deep understanding of the text and the depiction of the stories within traverses an emotional continuum from melancholy to euphoria.

The symposium program includes four high profile keynote speakers including national and international academics and artists. The two-day symposium includes a public lecture, manuscript exhibition, workshops, and cultural events (Persian traditional music and Sufi dance).

This call for paper invites academics, researchers, industry professionals, post graduate students and scholars to elaborate on the various aspects of the subject by presenting a single 20-minute paper on your nominated topic.

Papers are accepted with a focus on emotions, projected within the stories and poetries of Islamic manuscripts as well as emotions which are excited during the process of manuscript production; calligraphy, painting, book binding, decorating etc.

The emotions include but are not limited to the following:

Melancholy
Fear
Anger

Remorse

Longing

Awe

Ecstasy

 

Keynote speakers:

Professor Robyn Sloggett AM – Director,
Grimwade Centre for Cultural Material Conservation, University of Melbourne

Dr Stefano Carboni, Director, Art Gallery of Western Australia
Professor Mandana Barkeshli (Malaysia)
Professor Amir Zekrgoo (Malaysia)

Call for Papers

Please send your proposal to Sophie Lewincamp at lews@unimelb.edu.au by the deadline on Saturday 14 October 2017. The submission must include: full name, your title and affiliated institution, a one page bio, proposal title plus up to 600 word abstract with up to one page of references. Short listed papers will be invited to provide their full 2,500 word presentation. Confirmed participants may be invited to submit a full paper (up to 6,000 words with images) for publication in a special edition of the AICCM Bulletin with guest editor Professor Robyn Sloggett.

The paper must be presented in person at the two-day symposium held at the University of Melbourne on 7-8 February 2018.

 

CALL FOR PAPERS – DUE DATE Saturday 14 OCTOBER 2017

 

 

 

2. Conference: “Gender and Sharia in Muslim Legal Theory and Practice”, Göttingen University, 13-14 October 2017

The Conference is organized by Prof. Dr. Irene Schneider, Göttingen University. It starts on 12 October, 6.00 pm, with an opening lecture by Joseph Massad on “Traditionalising Modernity”.

For further information contact Dr. Nijmi Edres:nijmi.edres@uni-goettingen.de

 

 

 

3. Conference for “Arab Doctoral Students Based in the West”, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, 24 – 26 March 2018

The conference will provide Arab doctoral students in the social sciences and humanities based at Western universities an open space to present papers rooted in their graduate studies and to benefit from discussions with their peers and with established Arab academics. Participants will also gain the opportunity to have their work published in Arabic, through one of the ACRPS’ publication channels.

Information: http://www.dohainstitute.org/en/News/Pages/ACRPS_Conference_for_Arab_Doctoral_Students_Based_in_the_West.aspx

 

 

 

4. International Conference: „Philosophical Hermeneutics in the Islamicate Context“, Center for Phenomenological Studies, Higher Institute of Philosophy, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), 9-11 May 2018

This conference aims at putting the universality of hermeneutics to the test of the Islamicate context in interpretative, comparative, and creative dimensions. Conference languages are English and French.

Deadline for abstracts: 5 January 2018. Information:  http://cep.ophen.org/2017/10/03/new-cfp-philosophical-hermeneutics-in-the-islamicate-context/

 

 

 

5. International Workshop on Post-Orientalism, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 21-22 September 2018

In the spirit of “Orientalism’s“ 40th anniversary, this workshop seeks to unite scholars from Canada and around the world to critically reflect upon both the origins and travels of “Orientalism”, as well as their places in various parts of world and their relations to decolonization.

Deadline for proposals: 1 November 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8378/discussions/335618/cfp-international-workshop-post-orientalism-21-22-sept-2018

 

 

 

6. Altaf S. Al Sabah Visiting Chair in Women and Societal Development Studies, American University Beirut

The Chair is to begin on August 15, 2018. It is expected to lead efforts to strengthen AUB’s capacity in the field of women’s studies. Additionally, this Chair would also build and expand on the ongoing Women and Gender Studies (WGS) initiative that offers a multidisciplinary undergraduate minor in Women and Gender Studies.

Deadline for applications: 15 November 2017. Information: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/fas_home/academic-employment/Pages/academic_positions.aspx#9

 

 

7. Articles for the “2017 European Islamophobia Report”

Articles are invited for the following countries: Long report (6.000 words): Germany, Netherlands, Russia, United Kingdom. Short report (3.000 words): Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Kosovo, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia. Professional fees (1000 € / 500 €) are offered.

Deadline for application:  15 October 2017: Information: http://www.islamophobiaeurope.com/call-for-reports/2017-2/

 

 

 

8. Chapters for Edited Volume:  “Civil Society and Social Movements: Challenges and Opportunities”

This volume seeks to examine the roles and contributions of civil society and social movements in terms of women and youth empowerment, freedom of expression, conflict resolution, human rights and community peace-building in different conflict areas around Middle East, Africa and Latin America in particular

Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2017. Information and contact Dr Ibrahim Natil, mailto:dr.natil59@gmail.com

 

 

 

9. Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham.

Teaching Associate – Theology and Religious Studies (fixed-term)

Reference ARTS365217

Closing Date Wednesday, 8th November 2017

Job Type Research & Teaching Support

Department Theology

Salary £29799 to £38833 per annum, depending on skills and experience (minimum £29799 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance

Applications are invited for the above post based in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham.

The primary duties of the person appointed will be to teach, assess and administer three undergraduate modules and supervise undergraduate dissertations in the area of Islamic Studies. One module will be the introductory ‘Interpreting Islam’ at level 1. The other two modules will be for advanced undergraduates (levels 2 and 3 together) and cover two different topics in Islamic Studies suited to the post holder’s areas of expertise. Example topics include Islamic theology and philosophy, Islam in Britain, Islam and politics, Sufism, Qur’anic studies, Islamic ethics, and Muslim relations with Christians and/or Jews. Other teaching, pastoral and administrative duties commensurate with the post-holder’s experience and expertise will be arranged with the Head of Department.

Candidates must have a PhD successfully completed or near completion in relevant subject area, previous teaching experience at Higher Education level, and the ability to teach two different topics in Islamic Studies at the advanced undergraduate level. Ability to engage and teach texts in religious traditions other than the Islamic is desirable.

This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 13 months to 31 January 2019. Hours of work are full-time. Interviews will held on Monday, 20 November 2017.

Applicants are invited to upload a current CV and covering letter in application for this post.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Jon Hoover or email Jon.Hoover@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

The University of Nottingham is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

For further details and to apply online, see https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/ARTS365217

 

 

 

10. The latest volume of Studies and Sources on Islamic Art and Architecture: Supplements to Muqarnas (vol. 13, Brill, 2017), edited by Gülru Necipoğlu.

This collective study, titled The Arts of Ornamental Geometry: A Persian Compendium on Similar and Complementary Interlocking Figures, focuses on a unique medieval document in Persian. It is the only known Islamic primary source (datable to ca. 1300) featuring geometrical drawings of ornamental patterns that are accompanied with step-by-step textual instructions (Fī Tadākhul al-ashkāl al-mutashābiha aw al-mutawāfiqa, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ms. Persan 169, fols. 180r–199v). The present volume includes a facsimile of this fascinating manuscript, along with its transcription and translation into English (by Wheeler M. Thackston), and analytical drawings made by the late Alpay Özdural (d. 2003). Selections from Özdural’s unpublished work on the Paris manuscript (made available in the Brill online website) are complemented in this volume by interpretative essays by Jan P. Hogendijk, Elaheh Kheirandish, and Gülru Necipoğlu.

For more information:

http://www.brill.com/products/book/arts-ornamental-geometry

https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/supplements-muqarnas

Gunmen target Hazara Shia Muslims in Quetta city

Islamabad, Pakistan – Unidentified gunmen have killed five people in an attack targeting the minority Hazara Shia Muslim community in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, police say. Two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on a van bound for a nearby vegetable market, killing the driver and four others early on Monday morning, Quetta police chief Abdul Razzaq Cheema told reporters.

1.Information on ESRC MSc/PhD studentships in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, the University of Edinburgh, for an October, 2018 start can be found at:

http://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/graduate-school/fees-and-funding/funding/masters-students/other-funding/esrc-msc-phd-studentships

Information on eligibility is available at:

http://www.socsciscotland.ac.uk/studentships/eligibility

 

 

 

2. A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture, edited by Finbarr Barry Flood and Gülru Necipoğlu has just been published by Wiley-Blackwell in their Blackwell Companions to Art History series. The two-volume set contains over fifty especially commissioned essays, many written collaboratively, by seventy authors.

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119068665.html

 

 

 

3. The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill invites applications for an Arabic language instructor for the spring 2018 semester. We are seeking a skilled language instructor with a commitment to a proficiency-based approach to language teaching. This instructor may teach introductory through advanced Arabic classes. Other responsibilities will include holding office hours, organizing cultural enrichment activities, and participating in program development. The pay is $5500-6500 per course section. The position may be for one to three course sections, depending on enrollment needs. This is a temporary position that carries no benefits. Classes meet 3 or 4 days a week for 50 minutes.

https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/128641

 

 

 

4. U of Michigan (Islamic Arts) LECTURER I – RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE: ARTS AND IDEAS PROGRAM

How to Apply

http://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/147025/leo_lecturer_i_-_residential_college_arts_and_ideas_program_fall_2018

Combine into one document a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy and contact information for two references.  All applicants must upload the document to UM career website.

Course Description

The Residential College Arts and Ideas in the Humanities major program, http://www.rc.lsa.umich.edu/, is seeking to hire a full time Lecturer I to teach courses starting in the Fall 2018 semester.  The courses should focus on the scholarly study of Islamic arts, including the visual arts, music, dance, theatre, film, or literature. We expect this person to have a Ph.D. in the scholarly study of one of these art forms, with expertise in any part of the world outside of North America where Islamic arts are practiced. This position will be a 100% position for teaching three courses in the fall semester and three courses in the winter semester.

Responsibilities*

The primary focus for this position is to be able to teach in the Residential College Arts and Ideas Program, though other program teaching may be available depending on the candidate.  Although the Residential College is open to applications from a range of disciplines and specialties, of particular interest would be a specialist in art or music, such as an art historian or ethnomusicologist. The latter could specialize in either music or dance. Though we will prioritize scholars of the modern period, we expect the candidate to have a deep understanding of the historical and cultural context of the art form, and its development over time.  Ideally the candidate will be a scholar familiar with large temporal and geographical relationships, and the histories of dialogue, exchange and influence between North and South, East and West.  The candidate should also be willing to conduct conversations concerning struggle, misunderstanding, and the imbalances of power.  The courses envisioned should encompass a complex and varied field, not limited to a single religion or art form. A multidimensional perspective would demonstrate how Islam has interacted historically with other religious or cultural traditions.  The candidate should be prepared to integrate at least two art forms (e.g. literature and painting) in at least one course.

Teaching in the First Year Seminar writing program is also highly desired. The primary purpose of the FYS is to prepare students for expository writing at the college level.  A further aim of the FYS is to introduce students to the intellectual life of the university through small class size and emphasis on discussion.

The successful candidate will find a vibrant scholarly community within the university dedicated the Islamic Studies. The RC, in seeking to broaden its curricular offerings, remains committed to being an active participate in that campus community.

The candidate will provide instruction for classes of approximately fourteen undergraduates in an interdisciplinary liberal arts program. Additional duties include participation in college- and program-wide activities, including attending student exhibitions and program meetings.  The instructor will provide written evaluations for Residential College students enrolled in the course.

Required Qualifications*

PhD. with a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching.

Desired Qualifications*

Previous teaching experience is highly desirable.

Additional Information

100% appointment for Fall and Winter semesters

Union Affiliation

This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Lecturers Employee Organization, AFL-CIO, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.

Background Screening

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Mission Statement

The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.  The University of Michigan is committed to foster learning, creativity and productivity, and to support the vigorous exchange of ideas and information, not only in the classroom but in the workplace by:

• Creating a work environment in which people treat each other with respect and dignity, regardless of roles, responsibilities or differences.
• Providing support, direction and resources enabling us to accomplish the responsibilities of our jobs and to reach the goals that are set for professional and personal growth.

Selection Process

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

 

 

 

5. Conference: Venice Biennale and the Arab World

October 19-20, 2017

Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy

The 2-day conference ‘Venice Biennale and the Arab world’ will be held at the Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice (Italy) on the 19th and 20th October 2017. The conference will bring together an international group of academics, artists and professionals and will feature Prof. Silvia Naef (University of Geneve) as keynote speaker. The conference wants to investigate where contemporary art from the Arab world is heading to and the role played by Venice as a long-term showcase for the international art scene. Placing the Biennale at centre-stage and taking the artworks and installations of artists from the Arab world as a source of inspiration, the purpose of the conference is to create an intellectual platform. The conference will take place in Venice, a city whose past has been deeply intertwined with the Arab world and whose present, and perhaps future, still is.

Among the cases to be considered are Collecting Arab art; Art and Politics; Critical analysis of artworks by a single artist and/or a group of artists and Artistic movements in the Arab world; Modern Art at the Biennale and Arab women artists and the international scene.

Please join us to be part of this important event. Attendance is free, but registration is essential.

You can register at venicebiennale.arabworld@unive.it

More information about the conference programme and the full list of speakers and their bios at: http://www.unive.it/data/agenda/4/10495

 

 

 

6. Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies

The Department of Classical, Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures at Queens College, the City University of New York (CUNY), invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment in Arabic at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin in the fall semester of 2018.

Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate Arabic language and literature courses at all levels, courses in Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Studies, and contributing to Queens College’s liberal arts curriculum. Applicants must provide evidence of an active research program. The successful candidate will also be expected to share responsibilities for departmental activities.

Our department offers a wide variety of undergraduate courses. In addition to language courses in ancient Greek, Latin, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Hebrew, we offer courses, taught in English, on both ancient Western and non-Western classics and on modern Asian and Middle Eastern cultures and literatures.

A flagship college of the CUNY system, Queens College is an urban school that offers a rigorous education in the liberal arts and sciences to a large and diverse student body.

QUALIFICATIONS: A Ph.D. degree in Arabic literature, Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Studies or comparative literature is required. Also required is native or near-native competency in Arabic and English. Preference will be given to applicants with a Ph.D. in hand at the time of application.

COMPENSATION: CUNY offers faculty a competitive compensation and benefits package. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Benefits include health insurance, pension and tax-deferred retirement savings plans and paid parental leave. We also provide mentoring and support for research, scholarship, and publication as part of our commitment to ongoing faculty professional development

HOW TO APPLY: Please follow the instructions below:
– Go to www.cuny.edu and click on “Employment”;
– Click on “Search Job Postings”;
– Click on “More Options To Search For CUNY Jobs”;
– Enter the Job ID 17425 in the box for “Job Opening ID” and click on “Search”;
– Click on the “Posting Title,” then on “Apply Now” and follow the instructions.

The candidate must upload his/her cover letter, CV, writing sample into CUNYfirst in any of the following formats: .doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf, or text format. (Please use simple names for the documents you upload, for example, JDoeResume. Documents with long names cannot be parsed by the application system.)

Important Note: You need to provide three reference letters. Please ask your references to send their letters to Yunzhong Shu (yunzhong.shu@qc.cuny.edu) by the closing date of November 19th, 2017.

 

 

 

7. Poste de Maître de Conférences (Assistant Professor Position – for French-speaking candidate)

Histoire des mondes musulmans (mondes ottomans, turcs et iraniens) du XVIe au milieu du XXe siècle à la Faculté des Sciences Historiques de l’université de Strasbourg, dans le cadre de la nouvelle Licence « Histoire et Civilisation des Mondes musulmans ».

Date limite de candidature: 9 octobre 2017 à 16h. 

 

Informations sur: https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/ListesPostesPublies/FIDIS/0673021V/FOPC_0673021V_4427.pdf

 

 

 

8. The deadlines for proposals for the Fifth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Ghent, July 2018, are fast approaching:

(themed day: deadline 31 October, and panels: deadline: 30 November).

Please see the conference website:
http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference.html.

 

 

 

9. The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago seeks to appoint a distinguished senior scholar of Ancient Iranian Studies to begin in the autumn quarter of 2018 or as soon thereafter as feasible. The exact specialization is open as long as the candidate focuses on the pre-Islamic cultures of Iran; the successful candidate may concentrate on the archaeology, languages, religion, art, or history of ancient Iran, or a combination of these. This is a tenured faculty position and will entail a joint appointment in the Oriental Institute and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.

Applicants are encouraged to submit materials as early as possible. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2017, and will continue until the position is filled.

For details, please see: https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp

 

 

Enseignement 2017-2018 – Culture matérielle et pratiques dévotionnelles dans les sociétés chiites : HABU

Descriptif de l’enseignement ” Culture matérielle et pratiques dévotionnelles dans les sociétés chiites ” de l’EHESS pour l’année 2017-2018

‘Five people put to death per week’: Saudi Arabia carries out 100th execution this year

Ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia has one of the world’s highest rates of execution, with suspects convicted of terrorism, homicide, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking facing the death penalty. A Saudi was executed in Riyadh on Monday bringing the number of people put to death in the kingdom so far this year to 100.