Archive for July, 2018

 

1.The University of Florida Libraries are currently recruiting for an
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Librarian, a tenure track faculty
position that provides leadership and services in support of the
University’s academic programs in these areas.

Our vision is for a knowledgeable and enthusiastic librarian to support the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, as well as interdisciplinary programs such as the Center for Global Islamic Studies. A detailed description of the duties and qualifications for this position can be
found at http://library.ufl.edu/pers/FacultyPositions.html.

The position closes on Monday, July 16.

 

*Bonnie Smith*
*Assistant Program Director for Human Resources*
University of Florida
George A. Smathers Libraries
352.273.2603 | bonniesmith@ufl.edu <mailto:bonniesmith@ufl.edu>

 

 

 

2. Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg – Up
to 25 Junior and Senior Fellowships, all disciplines
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56907

 

 

 

3. Temporary Part time Lecturer Pool – Arabic, Persian, Turkish – Near Eastern Studies

U C Berkeley

 

Job #JPF01783

• College of Letters & Science – Near Eastern Studies

Recruitment Period

Open date: July 2nd, 2018

Next review date: July 17th, 2018
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: June 28th, 2019
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Description

The Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley is generating an applicant pool of qualified part time, temporary instructors to teach Arabic, Persian, or Turkish language courses during the fall, spring, or summer sessions, should an opening arise. The number of positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the Department. These Lecturer appointments are typically part-time, are made at the beginning of the semester, and may be renewable depending on need, funding, and job performance. The pool will remain in place for one calendar year. The final date for applicants will be June 28, 2019.

Minimum full-time annual salary is $53,402. Salary is commensurate with experience and education. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to): teaching one or more sections of elementary, intermediate, or advanced Arabic, Persian or Turkish; holding office hours; attending weekly meetings with the relevant language program coordinators; consulting individually with the language program coordinator; preparing course materials, and assigning grades.

Minimum Basic Qualifications (by time of application):
The successful candidate must have B.A./B.S. (or equivalent international degree) in a relevant language: Arabic, Persian, or Turkish or in a Humanities field.

Additional Qualifications (by start date):
S/he must possess native or near-native competence in speaking, listening, writing, and reading Arabic, Persian, or Turkish; English fluency.

Preferred qualifications (by start date): Experience teaching Arabic, Persian, or Turkish in college; experience in communicative language learning; an M.A. in the Teaching of Arabic, Persian, or Turkish as a Foreign Language, Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, or the equivalent. Experience with computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and language instructional software is desirable.

Document Requirements:
Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V. Cover Letter
Statement of Teaching
Complete teaching evaluations for 2-4 courses, including at least one course from your most recent semester of teaching

Reference Requirements:
3 references (only contact information).

All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html) prior to submitting their letters.

For those who are not US citizens or permanent residents, a legal permit that allows work in the United States (such as a US visa that allows employment) is required by the start date of the position. The department is unable to provide a visa/work permit.

Applicants should submit the following materials at https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01783.

Please direct questions to nes@berkeley.edu.

 

 

 

4.Muslim Women’s Religious Leadership and Authority in Europe and North America

University of Edinburgh: Thursday 13th – Friday 14th September 2018

We are delighted to now share the provisional programme for ‘Muslims women’s leadership and religious authority in Europe and North America’ which is available along with further information here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/alwaleed/muslims-in-britain/muslim-women-s-religious-leadership-and-authority

 

The registration link is now open, and you can register at: https://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/college-of-humanities-and-social-science/school-of-literatures-languages-and-cultures/literatures-languages-cultures/muslim-womens-religious-leadership-and-authority-in-europe-and-north-america . We can offer a discounted rate on accommodation at the University for those of you who are interested. Please book here:http://www.book.accom.ed.ac.uk/ , selecting your preferred option and using the promotional code: ENJOY.

 

DATES: 13^th September 2018 – 14^th September 2018

VENUE: The conference will take place at 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JU.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to welcoming you to Edinburgh.

Best wishes,

Conference Organisers

 

 

 

5. Call for papers:

 “Society and Culture in the Muslim World” (SCMW)

Allameh Tabataba’i University (ATU) as a leading centre for Humanities and Social Sciences in Iran is planning to publish the first issue of “Society and Culture in the Muslim world” (SCMW) in 2018. The editorial board invites all academics, researchers and scholars interested to submit their unpublished original work for inclusion in this issue. Covering a wide range of issues related to sociocultural dynamics of the Muslim communities throughout the world and following a multidisciplinary approach, SCMW welcomes theoretical, research as well as empirical papers addressing contemporary issues and particularly encourages papers advancing local knowledge and theorising on the Muslims ways of life.

 

Areas of interest for coverage include, but are not limited to:

 

• Identities, Values and Social Changes
• Globalisation and Modernity
• Indigenous social sciences
• Sects, Denominations and Interfaith Relations
• Diaspora, Migration and Refugees
• Children, Youth and Generational issues
• Media and representations
• Gender and Ethnicity
• Popular Culture and Lifestyle
• Social Movements and Civil Societies

For more information and to submit your paper please visit: http://scmw.atu.ac.ir

 

 

 

6. British Muslims and health: addressing inequalities and promoting access

A one-day Muslims in Britain Research Network conference organised in partnership with Bradford University and the Born in Bradford project

University of Bradford, 12 September 2018

Numerous studies have shown that British Muslims suffer from chronic diseases such cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, childhood obesity and genetic and mental health conditions at a significantly higher rate than the wider UK population. Typically, the reasons for these inequalities are described in terms of the higher levels of poverty and deprivation among the British Muslim population. However, the phenomenon of health inequalities is more complex than that. Lower levels of physical activity, dietary practices, gendered notions of fitness and taboos around certain activities all raise questions and require open and informed discussion between academic researchers, clinicians and those active within British Muslim communities. Such questions are often drowned out, however, by more post-9/11 narratives about British Muslims in society.

 

This conference seeks to create a space to present new research and debate issues relating to health and health inequalities among British Muslims. It will cover:

• How the concept of disease is negotiated within British Muslim communities in personal, cultural and religious terms vis-à-vis Islamic narratives on the body and health;
• The structural dimensions of the health inequalities among British Muslims, covering the effects of migration, ethnicity, everyday life and government on health issues;
• The possible role of Islamic religious settings and leaders in responding to the challenges of health inequalities among British Muslims.

 

The conference is being organised by the Muslims in Britain Research Network in partnership with the Born in Bradford (BiB) project (https://borninbradford.nhs.uk/). BiB is a cohort study examining the reasons for high rates of illness among children, adults, families and communities, by exploring ethnic dimensions of health and illness. It involves a multi-disciplinary team of researchers. As part of BiB study, Dr Sufyan Abid Dogra is exploring how Islamic religious settings can be used for health promotion in the UK, funded by National Institute for Health Research.

 

Abstracts are invited for papers addressing any of the themes listed above, or other subjects related to Muslims and physical or mental health. We are happy to receive submissions from academic researchers and community and health workers.

 

Participants will be asked to present their research in a short format as part of a panel. To participate please send a 250 word abstract to the email address below by 3^rd August 2018 along with a biographical note of no more than 50 words.

 

Abstract submissions and any general questions should be sent to the conference organisers at MuslimsinBritainRN@gmail.com.

 

7. Conference: “The Reach of Empire” for ERC Project “The Early Islamic Empire at Work – The View from the Regions Toward the Center”, University of Hamburg, 11-13 October 2018

The conference discusses the reach of law, Islamic and other, for the integration and functioning of the empire, as well as its role in the development of Islam as an ‘imperial’ religion. To what extent did ‘Islam’ serve as an integrating force, even if only for the imperial elite?

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2018. Information: https://www.islamic-empire.uni-hamburg.de/en/news-and-events/conferences/reach-of-empire.html

 

 

 

8. Posts:

 

Arabist (Post Doc) for Project Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich

This is a full-time position for a period of 3 years, with possible extension up to 5 years pending positive evaluation and budget leeway. The position is expected to commence on 1 January 2019, or as soon as possible thereafter. Qualifications and skills: applicants must hold a PhD in an area relevant to the Project, have an excellent knowledge of Arabic philology as well as experience with manuscripts and editing Arabic texts

Deadline for applications: 1 September 2018. Information: http://ptolemaeus.badw.de/jobs

 

 

Assistant (Post Doc) for Alevi Religious Studies, Department of Islamic-Theological Studies, University of Vienna

Duration of employment: 4 years. Profile: Doctoral degree/PhD degree in the field of “History”, “Religious Studies”, “Islamic Studies” or an equivalent discipline. The successful applicant has research competences on Alevi religion and Alevi texts, knowledge of hermeneutical methods; Arabic, Turkish and Persian skills, etc.
Deadline for applications: 10 July 2018. Information: https://academicpositions.co.uk/ad/university-of-vienna/2018/university-assistant-post-doc-at-the-department-of-islamic-theological-studies/115618?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=Job+alerts

 

 

  Assistant (Post Doc) for Turkish Studies, Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz

This is a one-year fixed position. Your profile: PhD in the humanities or social sciences on a theme related to Turkey’s politics and society; Master education politics or international relations, history, sociology, cultural studies, or anthropology, etc.

Deadline for applications: 18 July 2018. Information: http://jobs.uni-graz.at/en/MB/107/99/4266

 

 

Instructor in Arabic, Oriental Studies, University of Oxford

We are looking for two committed and highly effective Instructors in Arabic, to commence on 1 October 2018. One post is permanent, while the other is a five year fixed term position covering the secondment of a colleague to a major research project. The successful candidates will have a native or equivalent command of Arabic and an equivalent command of English.

Deadline for applications: 1 August 2018. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56898

 

 

 

 Associate Professor in International Relations, Gedik University Istanbul

The university is establishing a new master program in Middle East Studies and International Relations in the next Spring 2019.

For more information contact Professor Süha Atatüresuha.atature@gedik.edu.tr. Website of Department: https://www.gedik.edu.tr/akademik-birimler/fakulteler/iktisadi-idari-ve-sosyal-bilimler-fakultesi/uluslararasi-iliskiler

 

 

Assistant/Associate/Professor for Department of Turkish Language and Culture, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Required Qualifications: Native or near-native proficiency in English or Turkish. Earned PhD degree in Turkish, Turkology teaching, or related fields. Applicants should be able to offer Turkish, English, or Chinese taught courses.

Deadline for applications: 17 September 2018. Information: https://turkish.nccu.edu.tw/news/news.php?Sn=548

 

 

 

9. 2nd Summer School on Ibadism, Procida Island (Naples), 8-13 October 2018

The Summer Schools on Ibadism examine and present the fundamentals of Islam and Ibadism through a historical, juridical, literary and religious overview. MA and PhD Students of all over the world are encouraged to participate. All teaching, course materials and coursework will be in English. Students are required to have at least an intermediate level knowledge of English.

Deadline for application: 25 July 2018. Information: https://ibadistudies.org/index.php/summer-school

 

Incidents of Anti-Shiism in June 2018 – Shia Rights Watch

Anti-Shiism is extended to June, and compared to May, the number of people killed and wounded has almost tripled. With 206 cases of anti-Shiism, Shia Muslims continue to be under attack in countries like Bahrain, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Shia Muslims have faced inhuman outcomes of discrimination with sentencing, arrests, anti-Shia speech, …

Safavid Tile Project I: The Technology

Some of the most noticeable objects in the ROM’s Wirth Gallery of The Middle East are two friezes of tiles that would have been in the spandrels of arches. These were made in Iran in the last third of the 17th century under the Safavid dynasty, probably for a palatial building in Isfahan.

Safavid cuerda seca tile arch spandrels from Isfahan

We invite you to read our blogs about a new exciting project related to the two Safavid tile arches in the Royal Ontario Museum.
https://www.rom.on.ca/en/blog/safavid-tile-project-i-the-technology
https://www.rom.on.ca/en/blog/safavid-tile-project-ii-rebuilding-the-friezes
A dozen or so such arches sold from the Kevorkian collection were made known through the publications of the late Dr. I. Luschey-Schmeisser. Our hypothesis is that these and many more, done in the same technique and style (c. 1670), came from a single palatial building in Isfahan. We are currently assembling panels from the hundreds of “orphaned tiles” that were collected from the ruins of the site, probably c. 1900, and now exist in museums and private collections. Our new project will deal with the technique of cuerda seca and the creation of these spandrels as well as attempting to reconstruct as much of the original cycle of themes. We are hoping that colleagues who may know of the existence of such tiles in small museums and collections will tell us about them. We welcome feedback to our blogs.
Dr. Robert B. Mason, Materials Scientist, Royal Ontario Museum
(robm@rom.on.ca)
Dr. Lisa Golombek, Curator Emeritus, Royal Ontario Museum
(lisag@rom.on.ca)

Sectarian Non-Entrepreneurs: The Experience of Everyday Sectarianism in Bahrain and Kuwait
Thomas Fibiger
Middle East Critique, Volume 27, Issue 3, September 2018

The assault on Pakistan media ahead of vote

Imagine waking up in New York without the New York Times, newspaper kiosks shut down and hawkers off the streets. That is what many Pakistanis have been feeling for months as Dawn – Pakistan’s largest English-language newspaper – has disappeared from their breakfast tables.

Shi’i Studies | The University of Chicago

The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Symposium is an endeavor of the Shiʿi Studies Group, established in 2010, to provide an interdisciplinary, non-area-specific forum for the discussion of research on Shiʿism by faculty and graduate students at the University and beyond.

1.The Faculty of Arts (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-arts) of the University of Helsinki is Finland’s oldest institution for teaching and research in the humanities and the largest in terms of the structure and range of disciplines. It is also a significant international community fostering research, education and cultural interaction.
The Faculty of Arts invites applications for the position of

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / PROFESSOR IN ISLAMIC AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

Due date

28.08.2018 23:59 EEST

https://www.helsinki.fi/en/open-positions/assistant-professor-associate-professor-professor-islamic-and-middle-eastern-studies

 

 

 

2. The ERC-funded research project “Stories of Survival: Recovering the Connected Histories of Eastern Christianity in the Early Modern World” at the University of Oxford is currently advertising three one-year positions for postdoctoral Research Associates. The postholders will contribute to building a database of Syriac and Arabic manuscripts so excellent knowledge of at least one of these languages is essential. The application closes on Monday, 9 July at noon British Summer Time (1 pm Central European Summer Time). Further information as well as access to the online application form is available at https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form.

 

The project’s principal investigator, Dr John-Paul Ghobrial (john-paul.ghobrial@history.ox.ac.uk), will be happy to answer informal questions about this role.

 

 

 

3. Monarchy and Modernity since 1500

University of Cambridge

8-9 January 2019

[The conference announced on the cfp below was originally designed for Europeanists, but was opened up to all world areas following multiple requests by non-Europeanists to participate. The cfp has therefore been revised and the deadline extended to August 15, 2018. Applications from anthropologists, legal scholars, political scientists and above all non-Europeanists are especially welcome. Please note that all proposals previously submitted remain valid.]

 

Europe’s past is overwhelmingly monarchical, yet the monarchies that remain in place today hardly resemble those that governed Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. Modernity has transformed monarchy from a matter of unquestioned and often sacred fact to a matter of largely secular and usually democratic choice. If the words remain the same – along with many of the families, their titles, properties and places of residence – their meaning has changed profoundly over time and across countries, so much so that, along the centuries, the working mechanisms, functions and powers of European monarchy have been transformed. The academic literature, however, seldom measures this distance between monarchy’s various historical meanings and its surprisingly frequent manifestations today.

In theoretical and speculative disciplines, the lack of inquiry into monarchy’s significance is due partly to disciplinary divisions. Political theorists, intellectual historians, experts in jurisprudence and art and literary critics rarely delve into the subject of monarchy, while historians of monarchy tend to focus on chronology rather than concepts. Monarchy’s own nature has helped determine these divisions.With its providentialist, semi-magic and mysterious foundations in the divine right of kings, monarchism is a double paradox, a form of political theory that is at once anti-political and anti-theoretical. Innovatively, this conference seeks to break disciplinary barriers by combining the outlooks of monarchical specialists on the one hand, and of social, cultural, literary and political theorists on the other.

Proceeding from the premise that the nature of things is best known, and their development most determined, during critical times, this conference centers on three (long) key moments in the history of modern European monarchy: the English Revolution, the French Revolution, and the mainstreaming of republicanism during the first half of the twentieth century. These moments, however, are only referential, and presentations studying the reinvention, representation and conceptualisation of monarchy during other modern periods, from 1500 to the present, are also welcome, with Renaissance subjects possibly serving as introits and contemporary ones as epilogues to the conference.

The main lines of inquiry are twofold, one directed at monarchy’s political-legal significance, and the other at its socio-cultural, psychological, religious, literary and spiritual roles. The political-legal line of inquiry can include – without being limited to – European monarchy’s historical relationship to legislation and the administration of justice, as well as democratic, republican, and aristocratic traditions. The theological/sociological/anthropological perspective is instead concerned with monarchy as a series of rituals, processions, celebrations and formal procedures that represent sovereignty, organise time and relationships, lend nations a sense of identity, and connect individuals emotionally with sacred spaces and powers.

Studies of non-European monarchical traditions are likewise accepted, preferably with reference to European ones.

Contributions may address one or more of the following themes but are not limited to them:

1. Monarchy in political thought
2. Monarchy and constitutionalism
3. Monarchy in its relation with religion, theology and spirituality
4. The relationship between spiritual and temporal powers
5. Royalism vs. monarchism
6. National and sovereign representation
7. The royal imaginary, including literary representations of monarchy
8. Monarchy and property
9. Monarchy and material culture: art, fashion and the built environment
10. Royal feasts, rituals, processions and celebrations
11. Women and monarchy
12. Non-European monarchical traditions, preferably with reference to European ones.

We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations, which will be revised subsequently for publication in a peer-reviewed collective volume. Graduate students are welcome to participate, and papers in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish are accepted, although English is encouraged to facilitate communication. The conference will be held at the University of Cambridge on 8-9 January 2019. Please email a 200-word abstract and one-page CV to Carolina Armenteros (cra22@cam.ac.uk) by 15 August 2018.

 

 

 

4. International Conference: “Sources of Pluralism in Islamic Thought”, Casablanca Seminars, Casablanca, 9-11 July 2018

As a global religion, Islam and its jurisprudence have offered heterogeneous responses to a range of questions facing different faiths and communities. Modernity imposed new questions upon religious scholars, theologians and philosophers, demanding of them a new version of pluralism in the theological and political arenas.

Program: https://www.resetdoc.org/event/program-casablanca/

 

 

5. Assistant Professor in the History of the Modern Middle East, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

The successful candidate will show outstanding potential as an innovative scholar and researcher, as evidenced by their record of intellectual engagement, published work, and/or work in progress. A strong commitment to teaching excellence at both the graduate and undergraduate level is also required.

Deadline for applications: 1 September 2018. Information https://www.hr.ubc.ca/jobs/faculty.php?job_id=30298

 

 

 

6. Assistant Professor in Gender and Social Movements in the Islamic World, Queen´s University

We welcome applicants whose research examines the rise of diverse social movements that have challenged authoritarian states, ailing development models, and cultural and political norms around gender and sexuality throughout the Islamic World. The geographic focus is open. The preferred start date is July 1, 2019.

Deadline for applications: 31 August 2018. Information: https://www.queensu.ca/devs/gender-and-social-movements-islamic-world-tenure-track-position-applications-due-31aug2018

 

 

 

7. Articles on “Popular Culture” for “Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies”

Competitive manuscripts: 1) substantiate a thesis based on original scholarship; 2) are conceptually coherent and clear; 3) are grounded in primary sources (literary, visual, archival, textual, ethnographic, artistic, legal, and so on); and 4) engage with pertinent questions that emerge from region-focused or transnational feminist and sexuality scholarship.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 July 2018. Information: http://jmews.org/call-papers-popular-culture/

 

 

 

8. Association for Middle East Anthropology Graduate Student Paper Prize

The AMEA Graduate Student Paper Prize will be publicly announced at the AMEA Annual Meeting at MESA. The winner will receive a $100 cash award and a certificate. The winner will also be invited to submit the paper for publication in the journal “Anthropology of the Middle East”.

Deadline for submissions: 20 July 2018. Please send your submissions to to Shively@kutztown.edu.

 

 

 

9. Association for Middle East Anthropology Dissertation Award

The AMEA Dissertation Award will be given to the author whose work is judged to provide the most significant and potentially influential contribution to Middle East anthropology. Books of exceptional courage and potential impact beyond the field will be given special consideration. The AMEA Dissertation Award will be publicly announced at the AMEA business meeting at the MESA annual meeting in 2018. The winner will receive a $200 cash award and a certificate.

Deadline for submissions: 20 July 2018. Please send your dissertation to Shively@kutztown.edu.