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1.Conference: “Afghanistan – View from Inside and Outside”, Berlin, 16-17 February 2018

Programm: https://www.iaaw.hu-berlin.de/de/region/zentralasien/bild/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen-wise2017-18/2018_02_17_konferenzprogramm.pdf.  Contact and registration:  afgkonferenz2018@yahoo.com.

 

 

 

 

2. Colloque : “Les imâms dans la cité séculière. Légitimités, fonctions, engagements dans et en dehors de la Mosquée”, CHERPA SCIENCES PO Aix-en-Provence, 21-22 février 2018

Ce colloque vise d’abord à mieux cerner le quotidien des imâms exerçant dans l’hexagone, l’hétérogénéité des tâches accomplies dans et hors des mosquées, ainsi que les types d’interactions existant entre les imâms, les fidèles, les administrateurs du culte, etc-

Information : https://halqa.hypotheses.org/3998#more-3998

 

 

 

3. Annual Meeting: International Qur’anic Studies Association, Denver, CO, 17-20 November 2018

Please feel free to contact the chairs specified by each program unit to which you’d like to apply if you require further information or experience difficulties with the submission process.

Deadline for abstracts: 7 March 2018. Information: https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/2018/01/24/call-for-papers-iqsa-annual-meeting-2018/

 

 

 

 

4. Post-doctoral Fellowship in Middle East Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Researchers with training in Environmental Studies, anthropology, political economy, urban studies, and geography are particularly welcome to apply.
Deadline for applications: 1 March 2018. Information: https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/postdoctoral-scholar-fellowship-trainee/1209/6989608.

 

 

 

5. Articles on „Muslims and Jews in Latin America” for “Hamsa: Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies”

The main aim of the Journal is to create a virtual multi-disciplinary space in which all perspectives of the History, Language and Literature of Jews and Muslims can converge, as well as themes on Judaism and Islam in general.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2018. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/28186

 

 

 

6. European Award of Iranian Studies

This Award is for an outstanding PhD (or equivalent) dissertation in Iranian Studies, completed and successfully defended at any European academic institution between January 1st, 2015 and December 31st, 2018.

Deadline for applications: 15 January 2019. Information. http://www.societasiranologicaeu.org/content/sie_award.html

 

 

7. Jobs:

 

The University of Texas at Austin – Lecturer of Arabic
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56345

 

ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute – Visiting Fellowships, Pre-modern
interactions between Asian societies and Civilizations
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56389

 

Tel Aviv University – Senior Academic Position in Arabic and Islamic
Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56346

 

College of Idaho – Howard Berger-Ray Neilsen Endowed Chair of Judaic
Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56385

 

Tel Aviv University – Tel Aviv University, 2 Post-doctoral
fellowships, Historical Studies, Preference various aspects of
peasant life

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56383

 

University of Southern California – Postdoctoral Scholar, Middle East
Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56372

 

Yale University – Smith Richardson Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56370

 

 

ADF Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) and the American Druze Foundation (ADF) are offering this Fellowship to both untenured and tenured holders of PhDs. The fellowship residence at Georgetown University is required for a period of nine months.
Deadline for applications: 9 March 2018. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/fellowship/10757

 

 

 

The Department of Art History at the University of Sydney invites applications for a full-time, continuing position in the arts, architecture and/or material culture of the Islamic world.

Area and period of specialisation are open, but candidates whose work complements existing departmental strengths in the early modern world (ca. 1400-1900) and who demonstrate engagement with global, transcultural, and transregional currents in the discipline are especially welcome. The department is particularly interested in candidates whose work engages with Islamic arts of the Persianate and/or Indian Ocean worlds, and demonstrates current critical and theoretical approaches within the discipline. We encourage candidates with interests in object-oriented teaching and/or experience in Curatorial, Museum and Heritage Studies, as well as those able to create connections with other University strengths, including in South, Southeast, or East Asian, and/or Arabic Studies.

For more information on the position and University, please view the candidate information pack available from the job’s listing on the University of Sydney careers website.

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website.  Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number to apply.

Closing date: 11:30pm, 7 March 2018 (Sydney time)

 

 

 

Director of the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies (IMES), Universität Hamburg

The successful candidate is expected to teach and conduct research in the field of contemporary history and politics in the Middle East. As Professor of the Faculty of Humanities the incumbent will have teaching obligations of one course per semester (two teaching hours per week) and examination duties. She or he

is further expected to participate actively in the instruction of students pursuing a teaching degree in the respective discipline.

Deadline of applications: 15 March 2018. Information: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/sites/default/files/md_pdf/GIGA_UHH-GW_IMES-Director_W3_2277_Website_eng_180201.pdf

 

 

 

Fellowship at the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies, Stanford University
The fellowship is open to scholars and artists working on the modern history of Iran, particularly the period of 1941 to 1979. Preference will be given to scholars who have worked on aspects of modern Iranian foreign policy, history, and culture. Fluency in Persian is required.
Application deadline: 15 May 2018. Information: iranianstudies@stanford.edu

 

 

 

Lecturer in Arabic, University of Iowa

The Arabic Program in the Department of French and Italian invites applications for a full-time lecturer in Arabic language to begin August 2018. The initial appointment will be for one year, with a possible re-appointment thereafter in three-year increments, pending college approval and demonstrated excellence in teaching.
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2018. Information: https://clas.uiowa.edu/dwllc/news-events/position-opening-lecturer-arabic

 

 

 

Ten Scholarships for PhDs, Post-Docs and Senior Scholars on “History and Society during the Mamluk Era (1250-1517)”, University Bonn, Germany

The Annemarie-Schimmel-Kolleg is offering scholarships for a period of ten months with a prospective start date of September 2018. The program will focus on the study of mobility and immobility, material culture, environmental history, borders, intellectual history and poetry from the Mamluk Sultanate to the Ottoman Empire.
Deadline for applications: 31 March 2018. Information: https://www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/mamluk-events/call-for-applications-2018-19.pdf

 

 

 

8. International Conference: “No Country for Anthropologists? Contemporary Ethnographic Research in the Middle East”, Institute of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK), University of Zurich, 2-3 November 2018

The conference explores the obstacles to do ethnography in the Middle East and take them as the starting point for reflection upon the role of anthropology with a view to the Middle East of today.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2018. Information: http://www.isek.uzh.ch/en/anthropology/nocountryforanthropologists.html

 

 

 

1.The Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World at the University of Edinburgh is offering two fully-funded PhD Studentships in either Islamic Civilisation or Muslims in Europe for a September 2018 start.

Full details including the application procedure can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/alwaleedcentrephd

 

 

 

2. Call for Papers: HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND THE CAUCASUS

Russian-Armenia University (Yerevan, Armenia)

University of Guilan (Rasht, Iran)

26-27 May, 2018

Abstracts due by 20 March.

Academics of any educational and professional level (MA, PhD, Post-Doc and beyond) are invited to submit papers and panel proposals on any aspect of historical and cultural relations between Iran and the Caucasus,

Details at: http://orient.rau.am/arm/29/historical-and-cultural-relations-between-iran-and-the-caucasus

 

 

 

3. Introducing the Jazayeri Kufic Qazvin font

The Jazayeri Kufic Qazvin font is a  typographic implementation of the decorative Kufic calligraphy inscribed on the walls of the historical grand mosque of Qazwin (Masjid-e-Jameh Atiq Qazvin) which is one of the oldest mosques in Iran. The oldest part of the mosque is said to have been constructed by the orders of Caliph Harun al-Rashid in 807CE. Later additions were made during the Seljuk and late Safavid eras. The mosque houses some of the most precious examples of relief calligraphy from medieval times. The designer and producer of the font is Seyed Mohammad Vahid Mousavi Jazayeri, a well-known Iranian master calligrapher, designer, scholar, and author. Mousavi Jazayeri has taken a particular personal interest in the Kufic script and devoted years to independent research, visiting archaeological locations, historic buildings and cemeteries, mosques, libraries and museums to study the script through direct contact. He has developed a systematic research methodology and published his findings in several books. His professional interest in script and calligraphy stimulated his discovery of the historic method for cutting the Kufic pen, which has had a direct impact on his own work, as seen in a number of well-received exhibitions and workshops. The historical research and achievements of Mousavi Jazayeri brought together the first international group dedicated to the study and revival of the historic Kufic script operation through kuficpedia.com.

The font is available through Arabetics foundry on MyFonts

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/arabetics/jazayeri-kufic-qazvin/

 

 

 

4. International Persian Language Summer School in Yerevan, Armenia
July 08 to August 18 (6 weeks) or 29 July to 18 August (3 weeks), 2018.

This 42 or 21 days summer school offers participants to master skills in written and oral modern Persian, reading and interpreting Persian texts from different periods as well as rapidly deepening their knowledge in colloquial Persian.

This Persian Language Summer School is designed for students, at least 18 years-old, who not only want to make well-grounded progress in their knowledge of the Persian language but also to deepen their knowledge of Iranian Studies and Iran.

Courses are open to anyone with upper elementary (knowledge of the alphabet, some reading, and knowledge of basic grammar concepts) or intermediate knowledge of the Persian language. The lectures are organized with the academic interests of the participants in mind to ensure that BA, MA, PhD students as well as post-docs and professors who work in Iranian Studies and relevant fields can benefit from it.

Soudavar Memorial Foundation offers one full scholarship in the amount of $3590 for the 6 weeks summer school. To be eligible for this scholarship applicants must be students or researchers engaged in academic activities related to Iranian Studies as a whole. Nationals of any country can apply for this scholarship. If you want to be considered for this scholarship, in your application form (available below), please mention your preference and include a paragraph to prove that you are a great candidate to receive this scholarship.

 

For more details and to apply please visit 

https://armacad.info/armacad–2017-12-02–persian-language-summer-school-08-jul-18-aug-42-days-or-29-jul-18-aug-21-days-2018-yerevan-armenia?utm_source=adabiyat&utm_medium=adabiyat

 

 

 

5. Persian Historic Urban Landscapes: Interpreting and Managing Maibud over 6000 Years, by Eisa Esfanjary (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/persian-historic-urban-landscapes-9781474412780?cc…).

 

 

 

6. Soudavar Memorial Foundation Fellowship

The John Rylands Research Institute welcomes applications for a fixed-term Research Fellow/Cataloguer to work on the Persian Collections.

The deadline for applications is 5pm (GMT), Friday 23 February 2018.

The John Rylands Research Institute is pleased to welcome applications from candidates wishing to undertake a short-term research fellowship, generously funded by the Soudavar Memorial Foundation

One 7-week research fellowship is available to conduct research on and catalogue the Library’s outstanding Persian language manuscripts.

Applicants are required to propose a research and cataloguing project focussing on a subset of the collection relevant to their experience and expertise. We particularly welcome proposals which focus on Persian tales and fables, science and medicine, or Persian poetry.

Fellows will receive an allowance of up to £2,500 per month for a maximum of 7 weeks; a dedicated workspace in the John Rylands Library, and access to curatorial and grant-writing support.

For further information, including the application process, please visit https://www.jrri.manchester.ac.uk/research/funding/

 

 

 

2017 Annual Report – Shia Rights Watch

2018 marks the 7th anniversary of Shia Rights Watch. Over the past seven years, our organization and our team have grown from a Washington, DC-based minority rights group to an internationally renowned institution active in both the United Nations and the International community.

Bahrain: Another Year of Deep State Repression

This past year in Bahrain, much like those preceding it since the popular uprisings of 2011, was one of unending repression and persecution of human rights activists. Yet, the Trump administration and the British government, arguably two of the most influential actors in Bahrain, have remained silent in the face of al-Khalifa atrocities against human rights activists, especially within the Shia majority.

See also: NY Times

65 Khoja Shias from 3 continents come home to trace roots – Times of India

MUMBAI: Migration is a painful experience. Apart from uprooting migrants from familiar habitats, it often lands them in strange, hostile territories. The brave surmount the odds and script inspiring stories while the faint-hearted fall by the side and are buried by the sands of time.

Bahrain: Government expels citizens after having revoked their nationality

Turning citizens into stateless people and banishing them by forcing them to leave the country is a violation of international law. Lynn Maalouf, Director of Research for the Middle-east at Amnesty International The Bahraini government expelled four of its citizens whose nationality was revoked in 2012, in yet another display of the kingdom’s steady and sustained disregard of its own citizens and for human rights and international law more broadly, said Amnesty International.

Tackling Pakistani madrassas An uphill struggle

This is an edited version of remarks by James M. Dorsey at the launch in Islamabad on 30 January 2018 of ‘The Role of Madrassas: Assessing Parental Choice, Financial Pipelines and Recent Developments in Religious Education in Pakistan and Afghanistan,’ an extensive study by three Pakistani think tanks backed by the Danish Defense College.

The Temptation of Graves in Salafi Islam

Contextualises current Salafi iconoclasm and graves destruction, tracing its ideological sources In various parts of the Islamic world over the past decades virulent attacks have targeted Islamic funeral and sacral architecture. Rather than being random

How the Houthis Became “Shi’a” | Middle East Research and Information Project

The second, larger problem with discursively equating the Zaydi faith with Twelver Shi’ism is that it paints a picture of “natural” or “primordial” ties between the Houthis and Iran. President Hadi has emulated his predecessor Salih in asserting these ties, as have his Saudi and Emirati allies, who have regarded Iran as an implacable foe since the 1979 revolution that toppled the Shah and installed the Islamic Republic.