Archive for 2017

1. “24th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)” combined with the “33rd Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT) / German Oriental Studies Conference of the German Oriental Society (DMG)” at the Friedrich Schiller-University in Jena on 18-22 September 2017.

31 March 2017 is the deadline for the registration of papers and panels. This is also the deadline for the individual registration of participants at a reduced fee.

For further information and registration see www.dot2017.de/en.

2. Islamic Art and Architecture (Zurich, Schaffhausen, 4-6 Jun 17)

https://networks.h-net.org/node/7636/discussions/172892/conference-islamic-art-and-architecture-zurich-schaffhausen-4-6

Zurich and Schaffhausen, May 4 – 06, 2017
Registration deadline: Apr 30, 2017

A l’Orientale – Collecting, Displaying and Appropriating Islamic Art
and Architecture in the 19th and early 20th centuries

International conference

Organizers:
Prof. Dr. Francine Giese (University of Zurich),
Prof. Dr. Mercedes Volait (CNRS/InVisu),
Dr. Ariane Varela Braga (University of Zurich)

Cooperations:
Museum Rietberg Zürich,
Moser Familienmuseum Charlottenfels der Heinrich und
Henri Moser Stiftung in Neuhausen bei Schaffhausen

Keynotes Speakers:
Kjeld v. Folsach (The David Collection, Copenhagen),
Yannick Lintz (Musée du Louv-re, Paris), Tim Stanley (Victoria and
Albert Museum, London),
Stefan Weber (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin)

Registration open:
http://www.transculturalstudies.ch/en/index/conferences/display-conference/registration.html

3. Workshop: “Eternal World and God’s Free Will in Islam – A Diachronic Perspective”, Yale University, New Haven, USA, 31 March – 1 April 2017

This workshop will focus on thinkers who write after al-Ghazali’s landmark criticism of Avicenna’s position on the subject and go from there into the 20th century.

Information: http://cmes.macmillan.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Eternity0331.pdf
 

4. Muslim Studies Program Tenth Annual Conference: “Islam, Muslims, and US Politics”, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 12-14 April 2017

Information: http://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/other-do-not-delete/events/?department=11  
 

5. Postgraduate Workshop: “Producing Knowledge on Islam in Europe: Epistemology, Methodology, Reflexivity”, Cambridge Muslims in Europe Postgraduate Forum, Cambridge, 25 April 2017

This workshop addresses the related themes of epistemology, methodology, and reflexivity, which have frequently arisen when problematizing our respective productions of academic knowledge, such as the multiple forms of insider-outsider negotiation for both Muslim and non-Muslim researchers, various issues of access, trust and representation, and the politicization of the Muslim subject in a security-saturated cultural context.

Information: www.eventbrite.com/e/producing-knowledge-on-islam-in-europe-tickets-32317669018
 

6. Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History/Political Science, Rhode Island College

Ph.D. in History or Political Science and college level teaching experience are required as well as research specialization in Middle Eastern History and/or Political Science with a focus on the region.

Position is open until filled. Information: https://employment.ric.edu/postings/2856
 

7. The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University presents

Thursday, April 6, 2017

“The Madrasa in Iran and Baghdad under the Saljuqs”

Maryam Kamali

Harvard AKPIA Associate

Lectures are free and open to the public.

They are held Thursdays, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., at the Arthur M. Sackler Building,

Room 318, Harvard University, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138.

For further information, call 617-495-2355 or

email agakhan@fas.harvard.edu or

visit http://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/

View our previous lectures:

http://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k69205&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup125394

and

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWrCLOybqB5FJ-Cj9wxE8vQ/videos

8. Lecture – Dr. P. Khosronejad, “Iranian Shiism, Persian Material Culture and Visual Piety”

The University of Tulsa
The Department of Religion and Anthropology

Chapman Hall Auditorium.

April 3, 2017, 4 P.M.

9.  The University of Exeter is looking for a strong academic in History
of the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula to assist in the delivery of an
exciting new strategy for Gulf Studies at Exeter. In this role you will
contribute to further enhancing the research profile of the Centre for
Gulf Studies and of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies,
particularly in areas related or complementary to the history of the
modern and contemporary Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.

The post is advertised at either Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level –
candidates who are suitable for either level can apply.

Salary for appointments at Lecturer level: £33,943 – 41,709 per annum
Salary for appointments at Senior Lecturer level: £41,709 – £55,998
per annum

Application deadline: *20April 2017*.

All information and details are available here:
http://bit.ly/1rU1fTJ

UMAA v. Trump

On March 23, 2017, Muslim Advocates and our partners, the Southern Poverty Law Center and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, filed UMAA v. Trump to challenge President Trump’s second Muslim ban.

See also:
https://www.splcenter.org/seeking-justice/case-docket/universal-muslim-association-america-inc-et-al-v-donald-j-trump-et-al
http://au.org/tags/umaa-v-trump

Live Public Webinar: The Portrayal of Women in Shi’ism in Western Academic Literature

A discussion of women in Islam is one of the most contentious and politicised subjects in contemporary studies of Islam and has been intimately tied with questions of “West versus East” and the colonialist project. It remains a flash point for perceived civilisational conflict in the media today.

CISS Research Series Paper 1: Muḥammad Kāẓim al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī al-Yazdī – Life and Activities of a Faqīh through a Turbulent Age by Leila Chamankhah

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).

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.

See https://networks.h-net.org/node/7636/discussions/171834/cfp-hiaa-majlis-caa-los-angeles-feb-21-24-2018

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

www.spatial-thought.uni-tuebingen.de

Call for Papers – The Shīʿah Institute’s Annual Symposium 2017 – The Shi’ah Institute

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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

البحرين | السيستاني يتدخّل لـ”تسوية” قضية عيسى قاسم؟

Pakistani military engagement: Walking a fine line between Saudi Arabia and Iran

See also the 1981 Christian Science Monitor article cited herein.

The Zaydi Manuscript Tradition