Archive for 2017

1.Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships 2017
Aga Khan University (International) in the UK

Location: London
Salary: Not specified
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed on: 29th June 2017
Closes: 20th July 2017
The Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London, United Kingdom (“the Institute”) is currently inviting expressions of interest for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships. Holders of Fellowships will have the opportunity to pursue research within a stimulating and supportive environment by playing an active role in the intellectual life of the Institute. The Institute does not itself award the Fellowship but supports selected applications to the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme.

The Institute aims to focus on issues that are relatively unexplored within contemporary Muslim societies. In particular, it concentrates on two broad research themes:

The Construction of Knowledge about Muslim Cultures and Societies
Understanding the Processes of Social Change in Muslim Cultures and Societies
The Institute is also building several research programmes and projects, two in particular which might benefit from a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow:

Governance for the Public Interest in Muslim Contexts (with a focus on constitutional law in Muslim contexts)
Digital Humanities – KITAB, a project which undertakes a far-reaching evaluation of the classical Arabic textual tradition (750–1200) for the purpose of understanding how cultural memory was negotiated and shaped by authors when they created books. Its ingenuity derives from the application of text reuse methods, which detect the copying of texts into other texts and thus enable study of the form and content of the textual tradition.
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) provide grants for all stages of researchers’ careers and encourage transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. Individual Fellowships – European are 1-2 years in duration and provide opportunities to acquire and transfer new knowledge and to work on research in a European context (EU Member States and Associated Countries). The scheme particularly supports the return and reintegration of researchers from outside Europe who have previously worked here. It also develops or helps to restart the careers of individual researchers that show great potential, considering their experience.[1]

For further information, see
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h2020-msca-if-2017.html#c,topics=callIdentifier/t/H2020-MSCA-IF-2017/1/1/1/default-group&callStatus/t/Forthcoming/1/1/0/default-group&callStatus/t/Open/1/1/0/default-group&callStatus/t/Closed/1/1/0/default-group&+identifier/desc

Those applicants whom we wish to support will be contacted by 31 July 2017.

2. CfP:Iinaugural conference of the Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS).

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/nceis/news-and-events/islam-and-justice-aaims-inaugural-conference-on-the-study-of-islam-and-muslim-societies

Abstracts (100- 200 words) with a brief bio (50-100 words) to be sent to Dr Joshua Roose: nceis-office@unimelb.edu.au

Abstract submission closes 11 August 2017.

3. What was Philology in Arabic?

Arabic-Islamic Textual Practices in the Early Modern World

Freie Universität Berlin, 13-15 July.

For a list of participants, abstracts and conference schedule see: http://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/semiarab/arabistik/whatwasphilology/index.html 

4. PhD Fellowship, Faculty of Theology (Qur’anic Studies), University of Copenhagen

A three-year PhD scholarship will be available from October 1st 2017. To be considered, applicants must have a Master’s degree in Islamic studies or any other relevant Master’s degree or similar qualifications. Experience in or knowledge about digital humanities is considered an asset.

Deadline for application: 1 September 2017. Information: http://jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=145413

5. Jobs:

Lecturer in Arabic, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Selection Criteria: Postgraduate qualification in one or more of: Second Language Acquisition, Arabic Linguistics, Teaching Arabic as a Second Language; Native proficiency in written and spoken Arabic; Experience and demonstrated excellence in teaching Arabic preferably at tertiary level; etc.
Deadline for application: 31 July 2017. Information: http://cml.soh.ntu.edu.sg/aboutUs/Pages/Job-Openings.aspx

Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Politics, Claremont McKenna College, CA
The Department of Government invites applications for a tenure-track position beginning July 1, 2018. A qualified candidate, with PhD in hand or a nearly completed doctoral dissertation, would have research experience on the domestic politics or policy of one or more Middle Eastern countries, as well as expertise on the international issues that these countries face. The candidate would have sufficient mastery of one or more Middle Eastern languages to engage in the research.
Deadline for application: 1 August 2017. Information: https://webapps.cmc.edu/jobs/faculty/faculty_opening_detail.php?PostingID=16021

6. 2018/19 Civil Society Leaderships Awards, Durham University and Open Society Foundation
The awards provide fully funded Master’s level scholarships for individuals who demonstrate both academic and professional excellence and have the potential to become civil society leaders in their home communities.  Applicants from Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, etc. are eligible to apply for these awards.
Deadline for application: 15 July 2017. Information: http://www.dur.ac.uk/postgraduate/finance/scholarships/csla/

7. “Coercion and Responsibility in Islam”, Mairaj Syed

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/coercion-and-responsibility-in-islam-9780198788775?cc=gb&lang=en&

8. Asma Hilali, The Sanaa Palimpsest: The Transmission of the Qur’an in the First Centuries AH

(Oxford: Oxford University Press in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2017), 271 pp. ISBN: 9780198793793.

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-sanaa-palimpsest-9780198793793?q=asma%20hilali&lang=en&cc=us

9. Dans le cadre du 2ème Congrès du GIS “Moyen-Orient et Mondes musulmans”, nous sommes heureux de vous convier à l’atelier “Familles, autorité et savoir dans l’espace moyen-oriental (XVe-XVIIe s.)” qui se tiendra le samedi 8 juillet de 9h à 15h30, à l’INALCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris 13e) en salle 3.01.

Vous trouverez le programme de cet atelier en pièce-jointe, et toutes les activités du programme de recherche DYNTRAN sur le site : http://www.dyntran.hypotheses.org/

Incidents of Anti-Shiism in JUNE, 2017 – Shia Rights Watch

June 2017 Anti-Shiism Across the Middle East As anti-Shiism runs high, over 133 were killed in the month of June. New this month are attacks on Iranian soil and a death sentence given by social media posting in Pakistan.

Bahawalpur and Parachinar

If there is one thing that sets Shias apart from other Muslim denominations, it is their elaborate rituals of mourning centred on the gravest tragedy in Islamic history – the massacre of the…

Call for papers: Interactions between Twelver Shiites and Christians: history, theology, literature

International conference with the participation of Rudi Matthee (University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware) and Francis Richard (CNRS, Paris), in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 11, through Friday, April 13, 2018 The interactions and exchanges between Twelver Shiites and Christians, Catholics as well as Protestants, have rarely been studied in detail.However, there were intensive mutual contacts, as indicated by numerous travelogues, missionary reports, theological and polemical works, diplomatic correspondence, etc.

The International Imam Hussain Council invites all to attend the Syeda Fatima Interfaith Conference.

The theme of the event is ‘Women as peacemakers: bridging divides and overcoming difference’.

Date: 5th of July
Time: 13:00 hrs for a !4:00hrs start
Venue: London, House of Lords.
Speakers include Rev Rose Chaplain House of Lords, Lynne Townley QC,
Jaffer Ladak, Bharti Taylor, Gurmit Kaur , Rabbi Debbie Young Somners

For further information, contact Rubab Mehdi Rizvi, rubabmehdi@hotmail.com

Speakers:

Lynne Townley -barrister and lecturer at City Law School, City, University of London. I am currently working on a PhD on crimes involving honour violence and forced marriage. I am a committee member of the Association of Women Barristers, a charity encouraging and assisting women and other minority candidates to become practising barristers.

Yarjan Abdul Samad-materials scientist working with European space agency on space related research.He will be part of a zero gravity flight end of this year to perform some of his scientific experiments”.

Revd Rose- Chaplain House of Lords

Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers is the Community educator at The Movement for Reform Judaism. She teaches World Religions 101; Dialogue and Encounter to student Rabbis at Leo Baeck College. She was ordained in 2009, and her first degree was in Religious Studies (2001). She is a Buber Fellow of Paideia, the European Centre for Jewish Studies. Debbie has been active both professionally and as a volunteer in the interfaith world since her teens. Her first Rabbinic post was at West London Synagogue where she co-ordinated Interfaith activities and the Jewish Preparation programme. She has been published in magazines, books, Jewish press and journals, and is a regular contributor to Radio 2’s Pause for Thought and In Spirit on BBC London

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

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