Archive for 2018

زمینه‌های تبلیغاتی تأسیس دولت‌های سادات در شمال ایران در قرن نهم

پیدایش دولت‌های مرعشیان، آل‌کیا و آل‌عماد و بعد از آن تاسیس دولت صفوی که آن هم ادامه آنها و بر پایه نوعی انقلاب-سیادت بود، نیاز به زمینه‌های تبلیغاتی فراوانی در ایران مرکزی، شمال ایران و خراسان داشت. بخشی از این تبلیغات، در کتاب‌های انساب و عمدتاً بر محور بحرالانساب شکل گرفت.

Hazara killings tantamount to wiping out an entire generation, says chief justice

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday said that the Hazara killings in Balochistan are tantamount to carnage, which is why the court took a suo motu notice of the targeted attacks. A two-member Supreme Court (SC) bench, comprising Justice Nisar and Justice Ijazul Ahsan, was hearing a suo motu case regarding the targeted killing of the Hazara community in Quetta.

Circular – Imam Husayn Mosque Durban – Victim of the attack dies

th May 2018 at 5pm and the Namaz-e-Mayyit will be held at Imam Husayn Mosque, Old Main Road, Ottawa, Durban. May Allah (SWT) grant Marhum maghferat and a chosen place in the proximity of Aeema-e-Tahireen (AS), Ameen.

1. Research Associate in British Muslim Studies, Islam-UK Centre, Cardiff University

Job code: 7269BR

Cardiff School of History, Archaeology and Religion

The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, based in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, wishes to appoint to a three-year fixed-term post in the field of British Muslim Studies.  Applicants will be expected to apply for and to conduct research in the field of British Muslim Studies and to support the public engagement activities of the Islam-UK Centre, leading to the publishing of work in high-quality journals and to pursue excellence in research. Preference may be given to those with a speciality in the sociology or anthropology of Muslim communities in Britain (especially method and theory); and/or Islam and Muslim communities in Wales.

This is a full-time post, fixed-term for three years.

Salary: £32,548 – £38,833 per annum (Grade 6)

Closing date: Monday, 4 June 2018

 

https://krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=30011&siteid=5460#jobDetails=1219589_5460

 

 

 

2. Call for Proposals

Persianate Literatures as World Literature

We are putting together a volume on Persianate Literatures as World Literature. The volume is intended for publication in the “Literatures as World Literature” series of Academic Bloomsbury Publishing (Series Editor: Thomas Oliver Beebee), estimated to be published in 2019.

The book will explore the connections between Persianate literary productions and those of the rest of the world; advance comparative studies of Persianate literatures; and/or reread Persianate literatures with respect to globalization, transnationalism, and world citizenry—all with the overarching aim of foregrounding the interdependencies, interrelations, connections, and flows that expand Persian literatures beyond their mere locality and showcase their possible connecting and influencing of other local and
translocal narratives. As such, the primary focus of Persianate Literatures as World Literature will be on rereading Persian literary texts and authors in their “worldly” dimensions, situating such readings within—and ideally contributing to—ongoing critical debates on “world literature.” With this all-embracing aim in mind, we would be happy to consider submissions focused on topics including, yet not limited to, the following:

• Reading instances of Persian literature in order to contribute to ongoing debates in “world literature”
• Persian literature and globalization, transnationalism, and/or world citizenry; re-reading Persian literature in search of global perspectives; impediments to Persianliteratures’ path to the global stage; problems of language and translation; the problematics of the periphery and the center in “world literature”
• Comparative studies of Persian literature situated within “world literature” debates; studying the processes, in Persian literature, of textual influence, transformation, and/or travel towards the worldly domain; connections between Persian literary production and that of the rest of the world
• Relations and communication amongst the Persian literary traditions and genres, and how such relations help produce new forms of knowledge to understand Persian literary traditions and societies, yet also world literature and the global phenomena in general
• Rereading the Persian literary, artistic, and philosophical traditions in search of alternatives to prevalent (“Western”) literary theory and literary modernisms; the potentials and pitfalls of indigenous epistemologies
• The cultural chauvinism of literary criticism in Persianate cultures; the decentering of national identity politics – particularly ethnocentric nationalism – in literature and criticism; critical perspectives on scholarly journals in literary criticism published in the Persian-speaking world; the prison house of “literary theory” application
• Digital humanities and Persian literatures: prospects, possibilities, and limitations

If you are interested in contributing a chapter to this project, please send your CV and a proposal of between 300 and 500 words, including a concise Working Bibliography, by June 20, 2018 to  mostafa.abedinifard@utoronto.ca, a.vafa@sheffield.ac.uk, and omid.azadi@shirazu.ac.ir We will notify authors of acceptance by July 5, 2018, and the authors will then have until 31 January 2

 

 

 

3. Michigan Quarterly Review is currently seeking submissions
on the theme of Iran — its literature, culture, and history, particularly
perspectives on the 1979 revolution written in Iran or in the Diaspora. The
issue seeks to present a collective of voices and reflections by a generation
born in the shadow of revolution. The journal especially encourages
translations from Persian, Kurdish, Armenian, and Azeri languages spoken in
Iran.

Currently edited by Khaled Mattawa, Michigan Quarterly Review is the flagship
literary journal of the University of Michigan, publishing each season a
collection of fiction, poetry, book reviews, interviews, and essays on
culture. The guest editor for the Iran issue will be Kathryn Babayan,
Associate Professor of Iranian History and Culture at the University of
Michigan, and will be published in the Spring of 2019.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.michiganquarterlyreview.com/2018/04/call-for-submissions-iran-issue/

 

 

 

4. The Centre for South Asian Civilizations at the University of Toronto invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow in South Asian Studies. The appointment will begin on September 1, 2018. The post is for a period of 2 years with the possibility of extension after successful review.

Candidates working in any field of South Asian Studies are encouraged to apply. The successful applicant will have demonstrated expertise in one or more research languages and be able to work with primary source archives.

The Centre for South Asian Civilizations is housed at the University of Toronto Mississauga and is dedicated to interdisciplinary and critical engagement with the languages, cultures, religions, and histories of South Asia. While the primary responsibility of the postdoctoral fellow is research, the fellow will also be involved in Centre for South Asian Civilizations programming and will help foster intellectual community at the University of Toronto Mississauga. The position also includes the teaching of one 12-week course per academic year. The salary will be $42,000, which includes the teaching stipend.

Applicants must have successfully defended their doctoral theses by the commencement of the post, and no earlier than 2015. Applicants cannot hold a tenure-track or continuing faculty position at a college or university. Applicants may be citizens of any country, and graduates from any university. Successful international applicants must meet all Canadian immigration requirements.

The application deadline is June 11, 2018. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed via Skype. Decisions will be made by July 2018.

For general inquiries, please contact csac@utoronto.ca

 

 

 

5. Location: Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford, Oxford.

Salary:  £31,604 p.a. (Grade 7.1)

Hours:  Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term until 30^th September 2020

Closes: 31st May 2018

 

Following the award of a European Research Council Advanced Grant, ‘Monumental Art of the Christian and Early Islamic East: Cultural Identities and Classical Heritage’, to Dr Judith McKenzie, the Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Islamic Monumental Art and Architecture to work on the project. This post will be fixed-term for 24 months until 30 September 2020, and it is anticipated that the appointee will start on 1 October 2018.

This project will analyse the monumental art (large decorative programmes of wall and floor mosaics, and wall paintings on buildings) of two areas of the former eastern Roman Empire which came under Islamic rule but which have never been the subject of an integrated comprehensive study: Egypt and Syro-Palestine (modern Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel/Palestine). It aims to determine systematically how the strength and nature of the local

Greco-Roman traditions and expressions of identities influenced monumental art in these regions during Late Antiquity (AD 250–750), the period of transition from paganism to Christianity and, in turn, to Islam. The project aims to define and distinguish between different strands of classical influence, both local and external (from the centres of Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria). For the early Islamic period, it will also include other, eastern, influences. By investigating the roles of local artists and artisans as creators rather than imitators, and continuities of local workshop traditions, this project will transform our understanding of the artistic culture of the late antique Middle East.

Reporting to Dr Judith McKenzie, the post holder will carry out research on early Islamic wall mosaics and paintings for the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant project, ‘Monumental Art of the Christian and Early Islamic East: Cultural Identities and Classical Heritage’.

Further Particulars (which all applicants must consult) are available throughhttps://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=134229

Applications should include a CV and a supporting statement explaining your suitability for the post. Candidates are asked to submit two article length samples of written work and requested to have two references submitted by the closing date.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 31st May 2018. Interviews are expected to be held in Oxford on 14^th June 2018.

 

 

 

6. Nous avons plaisir d’annoncer que le Prix de thèse des Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle 2017 a été décerné à une thèse soutenue dans le cadre de notre laboratoire Mondes iranien et indien:

Viola Allegranzi, “Les inscriptions persanes de Ghazni, Afghanistan. Nouvelles sources pour l’histoire culturelle et la tradition épigraphique ghaznavides (Ve-VIe/XIe-XIIe siècles)”

Ecole doctorale 268, en co-tutelle entre l’Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 et Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”, sous la direction de Maria Szuppe et Roberta Giunta.

Voir: http://www.univ-paris3.fr/prix-de-these-des-psn-9168.kjsp?RH=ACCUEIL

 

 

 

7. Call for papers

VIII International Congress of the Spanish Society of Iranian Studies (SEI) to be held in the University of Tehran on November 4-5, 2018.

We are pleased to announce that this year our Eighth Annual Congress will be held in the University of Tehran on November 4 and 5, 2018 in collaboration with the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, the Cultural Department of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Spain, the University of Tehran and the Iranian Society of Islamic History.

All members of the Spanish Society of Iranian Studies (SEI) are invited to attend as well as all experts and researchers in any field of Iranian and Persian studies throughout the world. The total number of speakers in this conference will be 30. Fifteen of them shall be chosen among outstanding Iranian professors and researchers living in Iran and the other fifteen shall be shortlisted from the foreign candidates. Each speaker will have 30 minutes to deliver the paper in any of the official languages for this Congress, i.e., English, Spanish and Persian.

Please send your abstract (max. 500 words) in any of the three abovementioned languages to the email address provided below. Please attach your CV. A scientific committee shall evaluate and shortlist the proposals. The deadline for sending your abstracts is JUNE 20, 2018. We strongly recommend that if you wish to participate in this international event, you should confirm your participation as soon as possible.

The sponsoring institutions in Iran have kindly offered to meet the accomodation costs  in Tehran, up to three nights (including full board). For non-Iranian participants, in consideration for the expenses incurred to travel to Iran, the sum of 150 euro (or its equivalent in Rials at the official exchange rate prevailing at the time) shall be paid to them. Kindly note that the airfare and visa fees are to be satisfied by each participant. If you wish to spend additional time in Iran, the organization will not be able to make any provisions in terms of lodging or travel.

In order to have your paper published in our Iranian Studies Journal, we shall contact each contributor at the end of the Congress and provide you with a timeframe to submit the final version of your paper for publication.

The email address for your abstracts are as follows:

If you live in Iran: info@isihistory.ir (Seyed Ahmad Reza Khezri, chairman of the Iranian Society of Islamic History).

If you live outside Iran: yamshid_2000@yahoo.es (Joaquín Rodríguez Vargas, secretary of the SEI).

http://iranologia.com/

 

 

 

8. Assistant/Associate University Librarian
University of Florida, Gainesville
“The Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Librarian [AMES Librarian] is a year-round (12 month) tenure-track library faculty position responsible for the overall development, management and coordination of the George A. Smathers Libraries resources in all formats for these subject areas. The position supports the University’s academic programs including the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLC), as well as interdisciplinary programs supported by the University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, such as International Studies and the Center for Global Islamic Studies. The AMES Librarian also liaises with the Harn Museum of Art in support of the Asian Collection. Responsibilities include analyzing the University’s programs in the LLC and International Studies, collaborating with librarians and academic faculty to establish collection profiles, selection guidelines, and preservation, location and cataloging priorities; and evaluating existing collection strengths and current collecting intensities. Collaborates with other subject librarians to provide support in religious studies and other interdisciplinary areas. This position manages specialized subject area reference services, library instruction, and online database services….”

 

See for full information : http://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/cw/en-us/job/507315/asian-and-middle-eastern-studies-librarian

 

 

 

9. Panels during the “Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES)”, Seville, 16-20 July 2018

The preliminary program including all panels and papers is now available. See: http://wocmes2018seville.org/web/images/doc/programme/booklet-completo-V2.pdf

 

 

 

10. International Symposium: “Ottoman Tafsīr: Scholars, Works, Problems”, Istanbul Foundation for Research and Education (ISAR), Istanbul, 14-16 December 2018

This symposium aims to raise the issue of the contribution of Ottoman scholars to the tradition of interpretation. Works, discussions, and contributions in the field of tafsīr from the foundation of the Ottoman state to the Republican period constitutes the theme of the symposium.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2018. Information: https://www.isar.org.tr/en/duyuru-haberler/osmanlida-ilm-i-tefsir-sempozyumu

 

 

 

11. Prize: “2018 Middle East Medievalists Dissertation Prize”, San Antonio, Texas

In an effort to recognize excellent doctoral research in the field, Middle East Medievalists (MEM) will award its first biennial prize at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in San Antonio, Texas, in November 2018. Dissertations filed and defended between June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2018, will be eligible for this year’s prize.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 August 2018. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/prize-2018-middle-east-medievalists-dissertation-prize?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

12. Undergraduate Dissertation Prizes, Council for British Research in the Levant

We are pleased to announce two new undergraduate dissertation prizes in the field of Levantine studies for the academic year 2018: Levantine archaeology or history and Contemporary Levantine studies. The dissertation should be the best in the subject area (with a first-class mark), should focus on a topic relating to Levantine studies whether ancient or modern, should make an original contribution to research debates, and be of excellent quality.

Deadline for application: 30 July 2018. Information: http://cbrl.org.uk/news/item/name/new-undergraduate-dissertation-prizes-for-2018

 

1.Academy Colloquium “Whither Islamicate Digital Humanities? Analytics, Tools, Corpora”

International Conference

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Amsterdam (NLD), 13-15 December 2018

Funded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences & the Netherlands eScience Center

Hosted by the “Bridging the Gap” project, Utrecht University (NLD), and the Digital Islamic Humanities Project, Brown University (RI, USA)

“Whither Islamicate Digital Humanities? Analytics, Tools, Corpora” is a three-day international conference dedicated to the budding field of Islamicate Digital Humanities (IDH). In recent years, the number of projects, initiatives and research programs in this field has greatly increased. Recognition of these efforts has already resulted in the formulation of guidelines for the evaluation of digital scholarship by the Middle East Studies Association, as well as a recent proposal for a set of principles to guide scholarly corpus building (IJMES 50, “Roundtable”). These developments signal a field gradually coming of age. Yet, most scholars would also agree that much work remains to be done before a plug-and-play, one-click survey of the vast Islamicate textual heritage becomes even remotely realistic. This conference seeks to take stock and showcase efforts currently underway in global IDH text-mining and identify ways of promoting collaboration and synergy. PROPOSALS (< 500 WORDS) FOR 20-MINUTE PRESENTATIONS ARE SOLICITED BY 31 MAY, 2018.

Travel funding is available. Please consult the following website for details:

https://islamicdh.org/2018/05/04/whither-islamic-digital-humanities-cfp/

 

 

 

2. A Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship is now available for the study of Kurdish (Sorani) language -only 2^ndyear- in the Summer Language Workshop at Indiana University, Bloomington. Please announce this to your students and colleagues who might be interested.

IU Summer Language Workshop:

http://indiana.edu/~swseel/

 

 

 

3. Call for Papers

The journal of ‘Sociology of Social Institutions‘

http://ssi.journals.umz.ac.ir/

We are pleased to invite interested scholars to submit papers for possible publication in the journal of Sociology of Social Institutions (SSI). The journal of SSI is essentially in Persian language (Farsi) published by The University of Mazandaran, Iran. Detailed information of this journal is available at this link: http://ssi.journals.umz.ac.ir/

We plan to allocate one special issue of the SSI in English language. This will be a primary attempt for possibly further developments in future. The submissions to this special issue should focus principally on the context of Iran, while comparative studies between Iran and other countries are also acceptable. This special issue covers a wide range of topics from a sociological perspective. The topics, for instance, can include (but, not limited to) issues such as social institutions, social capital, family, social deviances, gender, population, migration, youth, etc. Again, the submissions need to have a central focus on Iran from a sociological perspective.

At this stage, we accept abstracts with maximum 500 words. The abstract should clearly indicate the aim, methodology, data, and key results. Also, a short bio of the authors with max 500 words including university affiliation and contact details need to be added into abstracts.

Abstracts Submission Deadline: May 30, 2018.

For more information and inquiries, please contact Dr Yaghoob Foroutan (y_foroutan@yahoo.com).

The authors of accepted abstracts will be notified and informed about the detailed instructions of full articles by June 20, 2018. The deadline for the submission of full articles will be August 30, 2018.

 

 

 

4. Journée d’études : « Histoire du droit islamique modern » – Université Paris Descartes, 17 mai 2018

Cette journée d’études porte sur les cultures et les patrimoines juridiques et normatifs des mondes musulmans et sur leurs transformations du XVIIIe siècle jusqu’à nos jours, suite à l’émergence et à l’universalisation d’un langage juridique positiviste particulier, sous l’effet de la pression impérialiste ou par un processus d’intégration volontaire.

Programme et Résumés : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/29961

 

 

 

5. POSTS:

 

Visiting Assistant Professor in Religion, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
This position is to begin in August 2018 for a one-year term. Goucher’s Religion Program provides an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach to the academic study of religion with a commitment to community-based and experiential learning experiences.
Information: https://goucher.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=96994

 

 

Visiting Assistant Professor in the History of Islam and the History of the Modern Middle East, Towson University, MD

Applications are invited for a full-time, non-tenure track, 10-month position beginning August 2018. Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.

Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56720

 

 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic, Middle East Studies Association, Tucson, AZ

We welcome applications from candidates with a research focus on Classical or Modern Arabic poetry; comparative Arabic-Hebrew, Arabic-Persian, Arabic-Urdu, or Arabic-Turkish training; storytelling and folklore; and/or translation studies. The position has a 3-3 teaching load, with the opportunity to contribute to the Arabic literature and culture curriculum, as well as to teach in First-Year Seminar.

Position open until filled. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2018/03/27/bard-visiting-assistant-professor-of-arabic

 

 

6. Master’s Program in Islamic Studies: “Islam in Europe”, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Master’s program in Islamic Studies is conceived as a response to the need for training in Islamic Theology in the European educational area.

Information: http://fin.unsa.ba/index.php/izdvojeno/4713-master-in-islamic-studies

 

 

 

7. Submissions for “Islam in World Literary Imaginations: A Multi-Volume”

Edited by Sarah R. bin Tyeer, Claire Gallien and Mohammad Salama. The volume is designed to incorporate a variety of themes, influences, ramifications, impressions, and representations of Islam in world literatures in classical, medieval, modern, and contemporary contexts.

Deadline for applications: 6 July 2018. Please send abstracts to: ​islamworldlit@gmail.com

 

 

 

8. Graduate Student Article Prize Announced by Women Historians of the Middle East (WHOME)

This annual prize is awarded for the best article about Middle Eastern history written by a female-identifying graduate student (Masters or PhD). The award aims to bring attention to the innovative scholarship women are producing in the field. The article (not to exceed 8,000 words) can be published, under review, submitted, or in the final stages of preparation for submission to a journal.

Deadline for applications: 31 May 2018. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/prize-whome-graduate-student-article-prize-call-for-applications-and-nominations?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

9. Prize of the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) for Best Article to be Published in “Contemporary Levante”
The award will recognize excellent research and scholarship that will advance our understanding of the Levant region. The article will be published in the journal and will received the amount of £100.
Deadline for submission: 11 June 2018. Information:  http://cbrl.org.uk/news/item/name/call-for-papers-for-the-2018-cbrl-prize-for-best-article

 

 

Incidents of Anti-Shiism in April, 2018 – Shia Rights Watch

With 673 incidents of anti-Shiism during the month of April, Shia repression is on the rise. The reduction in February and March from January’s equivalent 673 incidents was too good to be true, as this month concluded with 128 deaths, 180 injuries, 236 arrests, 114 sentencing, and 18 other anti-Shia actions such as denial …

Ismaili of Central Asia – Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History

The Ismailis are one of the largest Muslim minority populations of Central Asia, and they make up the second largest Shiʿi Muslim community globally. First emerging in the second half of the 8th century, the Ismaili missionary movement spread into many areas of the Islamic world in the 10th century, under the leadership of the Ismaili Fatimids caliphs in Egypt.

Pakistan: Hazara Shia Muslims end protest in Quetta over killings

Islamabad, Pakistan – Dozens of Hazara Shia Muslim protesters in the southwestern city of Quetta have ended a five-day sit-in against a sustained campaign of targeted killings after meeting with the country’s army chief. The protesters dispersed on Wednesday after community leaders met with General Qamar Javed Bajwa, activist Jalila Haider told Al Jazeera.

1.Early-Bird Extended: LMEI Middle East Summer School at SOAS: 18 June – 19 July 2018

An intensive five-week summer school programme which includes a choice of courses from the following:

• Beginners Arabic (Level 1)
• Beginners Arabic (Level 2)
• Beginners Persian (Level 1)
• Government and Politics of the Middle East
• Culture and Society in the Middle East

See https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/summerschool/ for details.

 

 

 

2. LSE Fellow in the History of the Ottoman Empire/History of Turkey  The Department of International History at the LSE invites applications for an LSE Fellow in the History of the Ottoman Empire/History of Turkey, for the next academic session to commence in September 2018, for a period of 12 months.
The successful candidate will contribute to the scholarship and intellectual life of the School by conducting teaching and research which will enhance the School’s reputation as a research-led teaching institution, with appropriate mentoring from department.
Deadline | 14 May

http://www.lse.ac.uk/International-History/About/vancancies

 

 

 

3. Persian Carpets and Renaissance Revivals: A Cross-Cultural Itinerary

Speaker: Dr. Eva-Maria Troelenberg – Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence

Organised by: Dr Sussan Babaie – The Courtauld Institute of Art

Thursday 3 May 2018
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre,

The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 0RN

This talk will trace the history and fate of a prominent Safavid (16^th century) medallion carpet. The piece had been traded to Europe probably at some point in Early Modern history, was purchased in Venice in the late 19th century by Renaissance connoisseur and museum man Wilhelm Bode, was displayed as one of the core pieces of the “Persian-Islamic Department” of the Berlin Museums after 1904, destroyed during the Second World War, and resurrected by means of restoration and publication in the 1950s. The itinerary of this textile on the one hand reflects the central—at times ideological—position of Persian culture within an emerging canon of Islamic arts during the first half of the 20th century. On the other hand, its material history of discovery, display, destruction and reconstruction challenges the teleological notion that is inherent to many cross-cultural museum collections.

 

 

 

4. A NEW WEBSITE FOR ITS

The Islamic Texts Society is pleased to announce the launch of its new website. We hope you will find it be fresher and much more responsive and user-friendly. Please click on the button below to see for yourselves.

http://its.org.uk/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Website%20Announcement%20-%20April%202018&utm_content=New%20Website%20Announcement%20-%20April%202018%20CID_b419bf924b7787b6f657f0e1365db669&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=SEE%20OUR%20WEBSITE

 

 

 

5. The new volume, 1001 Cures: Contributions in Medicine and Healthcare from Muslim Civilisation, just recently launched with a panel discussion in London at the Royal Society. The full session is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUt_nUSfIi4&feature=youtu.be&a=. Note that the “5 minutes” of introductory speeches is nothing of the kind.The whole discussion runs 1 hr 20 mins.

Further information on the book and its contents can be found here: http://www.fstc.org.uk/node/302.

 

 

 

6. The Gibb Memorial Trust offers two annual scholarships to students undertaking doctoral research in the field of the Trust’s activities.

The Gibb Memorial Trust’s Centenary Scholarship of up to £2,000 is available to postgraduate students at an advanced stage of their doctoral research in any area of Middle Eastern Studies (7th century to 1918) at a British university.

The A. H. Morton Memorial Scholarship for Doctoral Research in Classical Persian Studies is for a maximum of £3,000 and can be applied to any year of a course of doctoral study at a British university, including for an approved period of study abroad.

Deadlined for both extended to May 11, 2018

See: http://www.gibbtrust.org/scholarships/

 

 

7. Workshop: “Iranian-Kurdish Cultural Production: Past, Present, Future”, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, 17-18 September 2018

This workshop aims to open scholarly discussion on Iran’s Kurdish cultural heritage and its relation to contemporary Kurdish cultural creation. It also aims to analyse the current state of Iranian-Kurdish cultural production, its transformation, challenges and prospects. Iran is a colourful mosaic of cultures, languages and people, yet its pluralistic nature has not been fully represented in studies of the country.

Deadline for abstracts: 10 June 2018. Please send abstracts to Dr. Farangis Ghaderi (f.ghaderi@exeter.ac.uk).

 

 

 

8. Fellowships in Social Sciences, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), Delmenhorst, Germany
The HWK is an Institute for Advanced Study. Its Fellowship program offers outstanding scholars the opportunity to focus on research without the distraction of everyday routines in academia, to interact with colleagues from other disciplines, and to benefit from the wide range of academic traditions represented at the institute. The HWK awards Fellowships to highly qualified scholars of all career levels, from postdoctoral researchers to senior scientists.
Deadline for application: 16 July 2018. Information: http://www.h-w-k.de/en/fellows/how-to-become-a-fellow.html

 

 

 

9. University Lectureship in Modern Turkish History and Culture, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Universiteit Leiden
We offer a fixed-term post from 1 August 2018 through 31 July 2020. Selection criteria: Specialist knowledge of modern Turkish history and culture, including the ability to work with primary source material in Turkish (both modern Turkish and late Ottoman script); survey knowledge of the Middle East at large; affinity with Middle-Eastern Studies
Deadline for applications: 13 May 2018. Information: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies/2018/wk11-20/18-126-university-lectureship-in-modern-turkish-history-and-culture

 

 

 

10. “Summer School of Kurdish Studies”, Zahra Institute, University of Chicago, 25-29 May 2018

Students and professionals interested in Kurdish language and culture are invited to participate in a four-day, intensive Summer School of Kurdish Studies. Each day’s program will consist of three sessions on Kurdish language and history followed by an evening film screening or cultural presentation.

Information: http://zahrainstitute.org/summer2018_courseDetails.html. Please send applications to info@zahrainstitute.org

 

Sunni and Shia Symposium at UCI

Salam Al-Marayati, President of MPAC, noted that he is very optimistic of where Muslims in America are heading, in particular making progress towards celebrating its diversity amongst Sunni and Shia Muslims. In his closing remarks, Dr. Soboh, Chairman of the Islamic Shura Council, offered sensible methods to create harmony, including visiting the other madhab’s masjid and praying together.