Archive for 2018

Profiles in Prosecution: AbdulMajeed Abdulla Mohsen

AbdulMajeed Abdulla Mohsen is an established Bahraini human rights defender and has been an advocate of civil rights in Bahrain since 2011. Also known as a “Father of the Revolution,” AbdulMajeed has a history of being unlawfully arrested for his activism.

For ADHRB Newsletter 280, click here.

 

1.Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship is now available for the study of Kurdish (sorani) language – 1st year and 2nd year – in the 2019 summer Language Workshop at Indiana University-Bloomington. Please announce this to your students and colleagues who might be interested.

IU Summer Language Workshop:

https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship:

https://hls.indiana.edu/student-life/scholarships/flas.html?fbclid=IwAR2yh7dSpzg5Tx8EOWnkDr0Cj1z86foPMXSDbfT1CXyaxGdRdeo8m6S2vJA

 

 

 

2. Islamic school of art has announced its next year’s short courses next year:

1. Colors & Pigments:
10-17 March 2019
Come and join us in a weeklong workshop in which natural handpicked organic and mineral objects will be processed into paints. At the end of the course, participants will bring home their own set of handmade watercolors.

2. Islamic calligraphy:
9-14 April 2019
Let the most acclaimed calligraphy masters teach you “NASTALIQ” calligraphy, this sacred and exquisite art as you immerse yourself in the holy city of Qom, a cradle of Islamic-Persian art and architecture

3. Persian-Islamic geometric patterns:
April 26th – May 1st, 2019
This course will give you the opportunity to learn, understand and draw different Islamic geometric patterns with a traditional approach and study its impact on Islamic culture.
ISOA is the leading private school teaching Islamic art in Iran and has the privilege to be a partner of some great universities in the world.For more information please visit our website:
http://www.isoacourses.com/

or contact s.soltanpour@isoa.ir

+98-25-37830834

WhatsApp: +989112162404

 

 

 

3. The Kurds : history, religion, language, politics
Author:     Wolfgang Taucher
Publisher:     Vienna : Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior, [2015] ©2015
ISBN: 9783950364361
184 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps.

 

 

Atlas Afghanistan

Title: Atlas Afghanistan
Authors: Wolfgang Taucher – Mathias Vogl – Peter Webinger
Publisher: Vienna: Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior,
Date: 2018
75 pages, maps.

See: http://amirmideast.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

4. Women’s Studies Course, University of Religions and Denominations, Iran

The University of Religions and Denominations (Qom, Iran) is an experienced university in performing academic short courses in cooperation with other institutions.

This course will be held in March 2019 in Iran in Tehran and Qom.

Course dates: 2-7th March 2019

Application deadline: 20th January 2019

American passport holders: 1st January 2019

Early registration deadline: 30th November

For information regarding course fees, topics, other information and to apply, please visit the following website: https://iiws.urd.ac.ir

You can follow us at the following links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ws.qom.90

Twitter: https://twitter.com/studies_s

Instagram: http://instagram.com/studies_of_women/

LinkedIn: 

Academia: https://urd.academia.edu/WomensStudies

 

 

 

5. Sheikh Zayid Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies, American University of Beirut

Candidates for the Sheikh Zayid Chair are required to have made highly distinguished and internationally acclaimed contributions in one or more academic fields of Arabic and Islamic Studies as conceived broadly (encompassing: philology and critical editions of Arabic texts, classical literature, intellectual history; civilization studies; etc).

New deadline for applications: end December 2018. Information:

http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/Pages/academic-employment.aspx#Link24

 

 

 

6. The Islamic Painted Page website

A huge free database of references for Persian paintings, Ottoman paintings, Arab paintings and Mughal paintings. This site enables you to locate printed reproductions, commentaries and weblinks for thousands of Islamic paintings, including illuminated “carpet” pages, decorated Quran pages, and book bindings from over 230 collections all over the world.

http://www.islamicpaintedpage.com/

 

 

7. New Book – Y. Aykan & I Tamdoğan (dirs.) Forms and institutions of justice. Legal actions in Ottoman contexts

Dear Colleagues,

We have the pleasure to announce the publication of a new volume in our digital collection.

The articles forming the volume Forms and institutions of justice. Legal actions in Ottoman contexts aim to contribute to the rich and evolving historiography on the multiplicity of the actors and the institutions of Ottoman legal system. As the title of the volume suggests, “forms” and “institutions” of justice are a common thread in the contributions. Each article concentrates on a specific historical moment and context in order to chart the articulation of different forms of Ottoman justice.

This volume has emerged as an outcome of a workshop organized by Işık Tamdoğan (CNRS/CETOBAC, Paris – IFEA, Istanbul) and Yavuz Aykan (University Paris 1 Sorbonne) at the French Institute of Anatolian Studies (IFEA) on January 6-7, 2012, in Istanbul.

The book is available from OpenEdition Books. The contents of the book are available free of charge in HTML and can be quoted, printed or embedded on external sites. PDF and ePub formats are on sale from digital bookstores. They are also available from subscribing libraries.

https://books.openedition.org/ifeagd/2316

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Yavuz Aykan & Işık Tamdoğan
Introduction

Işık Tamdoğan
The Ottoman political community in the process of justice making in the 18th-century Adana

Nil Tekgül
Some comments on the role of the Ottoman “Eyalet divanı” in the classical period

Zouhair Ghazal
Case-histories from the “Egyptian” consultative majlis of Aleppo in the mid-1830s: Fiscal patrimonialism in light of the hermeneutics of regional adjudication

Panagiotis Krokidas
Love in Crete in the time of Mehmet Ali, 1830–1834

Alp Yücel Kaya
The Müvella and the Adjudication of Property Conflicts in the Ottoman Empire (1874-1914)

Martha Mundy
On reading two epistles of Muhammad Amin Ibn ‘Abidin of Damascus

Yavuz Aykan
From the Hanafi Doxa to the Mecelle
The Mufti of Amid and genealogies of the Ottoman jurisprudential tradition

 

 

 

8. Arabic Ontology الأنطولوجيا العربية

http://ontology.birzeit.edu/

The Arabic Ontology

An Arabic Wordnet with ontologically-clean content.
Classification of the meanings of the Arabic terms, based on state-of-art science, rather than on speakers’ naïve knowledge.

150 Dictionaries

Multilingual dictionaries were digitized and integrated. Only the semantic features (definitions, synonyms, translations) are currently displayed, soon the morphological features.

 

 

 

9. Conference: “Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses: The Concept of History and the Concept of Time in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”, University of Erlangen, 12-14 December 2018

Deadline for registration: 5 December 2018. Program: https://www.kcid.fau.de/files/2018/11/Concepts20in20Interreligious_Discourses_Folder_4.pdf

 

 

 

10. Qur’an Conference of the International Qur´anic Studies Association, University of New England, Tangier, Morocco, 25-26 July 2019

The main theme is “Reading the Qur’an in the Context of Empire”. We are particularly interested in papers about how rulers, politicians, religious figures and later colonial officers and European travelers contributed to the production, distribution and reception of Scriptures in general and the Qur’an in particular.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2019. Information: https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/international-meeting-2019/

 

 

 

11. Posts:

a) University Assistant (post doc) in Islamic Theology with Focus on Fiqh and Usul al-fiqh, University of Vienna

Profile: PhD in Islamic Theology or comparable discipline; familiarity with the observational history and genesis of Islamic Jurisprudence, in classic, modern and current methodical approaches, etc.

Deadline for application: 13 December 2018. Information:

https: https://bit.ly/2ADOcvB

 

 

b) Position in Persian and Iranian Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Successful candidates must hold a Ph.D. and are expected to actively engage in research, supervise graduate students, and take part in academic activity in the Department of Middle East Studies, in addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on Iranian studies covering various periods. Candidates must be qualified to teach in Hebrew.

Deadline for applications: 24 february 2019. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2018/11/28/full-time-tenure-track-position-in-persian-and-iranian-studies

 

c) Faculty Position in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, American University of Kuwait

Candidates should have a Ph.D. in anthropology. The specialization is open but priority is given to Africa, East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East.

The position will remain open until filled. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2018/11/26/faculty-position-in-socio-cultural-anthropology

 

d) Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, University of North Carolina

Candidates should have broad training in their field(s) of expertise, the relevant linguistic competencies, a commitment to interdisciplinary work, and a willingness to engage with broad theoretical issues in the study of religion. The successful candidate is expected to have a Ph.D. in hand by the time the appointment begins, July 1, 2019.

Deadline for applications: 5 January 2019. Information: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/151991

 

 

 

12. Doctoral Spring School: “Patronage and Clientelism in the Muslim World”, Granada, 18-22 March 2019

Initiated by Prof. Albrecht Fuess (University of Marburg) etc. PhD candidate students and advanced MA students, whose research focuses on the study of Muslims, Muslim societies and Islam, in the broadest sense of the word, are invited to apply for participation.

Deadline for applications: 25 January 2019. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/37857

 

 

 

13. Ph.D. Research Grants of the Orient-Institut Istanbul

The grants support field research in Istanbul by Ph.D. students not living in Turkey in one of the research areas of the Institute:

1. Musicological research on the Ottoman Empire and Turkey 2. Narrative sources on Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire 3. Historic and contemporary forms of religious expression in Anatolia since the 11th century 4. Manuscript cultures in the Ottoman Empire and Iran 5. Human, medicine, and society. The award consists of a monthly stipend of € 1,100 for up to six months the reimbursement of travel expenses. Start of the scholarship should be at latest 1 November 2019.

Deadline for applications: 7 January 2019. Information: https://www.oiist.org/en/stipendien/

 

 

 

14. Book Award, Dissertation and Graduate Student Paper Prizes by the Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS)

AGAPS invites proposals for the book award for those published between 1 May 2017 and 30 April 2019, an award for PhD dissertations accepted between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019, and an award for graduate student papers written between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019.

For more information and to see the previous winners, please visit: https://agaps.org/agapsmesa/mesa-awards/

 

 

 

15. The Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona

is pleased to host the

Second North American Conference in Iranian Linguistics (NACIL2)

April 19 – 21, 2019

And

A Workshop on Complex Predicates in Iranian Languages

April 18, 2019

https://sites.google.com/view/nacil2

 

 

 

16. CALL FOR PAPERS | SYMPOSIA IRANICA

FOURTH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON IRANIAN STUDIES

 

Hosted by the University of Cambridge at St John’s College, Cambridge, UK, 9-10 April 2019

 

***Deadline: 13 January 2019***

 

We welcome proposals that engage with any aspect of Iranian studies within the arts, humanities and social sciences. These include but are not limited to prehistory through to the ancient and post-antique, modern, and contemporary histories; historiography; art and architecture history; anthropology; archaeology; cultural heritage; film and cinema; music and musicology; new media and communication studies; the performing arts; poetry and literature; languages and linguistics; Diaspora and migration studies; diplomatic studies, international relations and political science; social and political theory; law and legal studies; economics, philately and numismatics; sociology; philosophy; religions and theology.

 

Comparative themes and interdisciplinary approaches are also very welcome.

 

SUBMISSIONS

Proposals are open to early career scholars at postgraduate and post-doctoral levels from any disciplinary background within the arts, humanities and social sciences:

 

1. Postgraduate students (MA, MPhil, MSt, etc. who are currently enrolled or who graduate/d in 2019 or 2018);
2. PhD students and PhD candidates at any stage of their degree; and
3. post-docs who graduated within the last three years (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015).

 

Persons falling into any of these categories are eligible to submit a proposal for an individual paper or pre-arranged panel. Submission is conducted electronically through the website. For any questions, please email us at office@symposia-iranica.com.

 

The language of the conference is English. All submissions undergo double-blind peer review.

 

ABOUT US

Symposia Iranica is Iranian studies’ leading forum for early career scholars. A dedicated, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed platform open to emerging scholars working on any aspect of Iranian or Persian Studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences, our three previous conferences were hosted by the University of St Andrews at St Mary’s College in 2013 and the University of Cambridge at Downing College in 2015 and Pembroke College in 2017.

 

The full call for papers is on our website: symposia-iranica.com

Updates will be posted to our Facebook page: facebook.com/SymposiaIranica

A virtual preview of our programme is at: symposia-iranica.com/preview

Highlights from all three conferences to-date: symposia-iranica.com/past

 

PARTNERS

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge; St John’s College, Cambridge; Trinity College, Cambridge; British Institute of Persian Studies; Iran Heritage Foundation; Soudavar Memorial Foundation; Ancient India and Iran Trust; Institute of Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews; Pembroke College, Cambridge; Brill Publishers; I.B. Tauris Publishers; Edinburgh University Press; and the German Oriental Studies Trust.

 

With thanks,

 

Armin Yavari, Founding Chair

Michael Pye, Co-Chair

 

 

 

17. Research Assistant

Are you interested in British Islam and its interactions with UK state and society? Do you have experience of working with Muslim organisations, editing reports and websites, as well as organising events, promoting research and gathering feedback? Would you like to work on a collaborative project which aims to have a positive impact on the UK Hajj pilgrimage sector?

You will provide flexible research assistance to Professor Seán McLoughlin, who is working with the Council of British Hajjis to consult pilgrims, Hajj organisers and UK governance authorities as part of the process of writing the first independent report on the Hajj pilgrimage sector in the UK. This effort to develop impact from Prof. McLoughlin’s research is supported by the Leeds Social Sciences Institute (LSSI) with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

You will hold an honours degree in the social sciences or arts and humanities or a comparable subject. A higher degree with a research component is also desirable. You will have first-hand research or other related experience of engaging with British Muslim communities and organisations, as well as a sound understanding of their relations to UK state and society. You will have strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing, and have the capacity to judge/vary what is required to connect with different audiences and influencers. Strong interpersonal skills and self-motivation are also essential, together with the ability to work independently and flexibly to deadlines as part of a small team. Competence in a community language (e.g. Urdu, Panjabi, etc) is also desirable.

You will need to have the flexibility to work more/less intensively at times but will be able to negotiate working patterns with Prof. McLoughlin. Working from home will sometimes be appropriate. Some limited, fully-funded travelling out of office hours and at weekends e.g. to meet community partners and/or to help at events in the North of England and the English Midlands will also be necessary, as will two overnight stays in London. The position is available immediately.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: 

Seán McLoughlin, Professor of the Anthropology of Islam (Muslim Diasporas)

Email: s.mcloughlin@leeds.ac.uk

Full details of how to apply at: http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCPR1021

Location:	Leeds – Main Campus
Faculty/Service:	Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Cultures
School/Institute:	School of Philosophy, Religion & History of Science
Category:	Research
Grade:	Grade 6
Salary:	£27,025 to £32,236 p.a. pro rata
Working Time:	30% of full time
Post Type:	Part Time
Contract Type:	Fixed Term (until 31 July 2019)
Closing Date:	Thursday 13 December 2018
Reference:	AHCPR1021

 

 

 

As Expected, Bahrain’s Parliamentary Elections Were Neither Free Nor Fair

26 November 2018 – This past weekend, on 24 November 2018, Bahrain held elections for the 40 seats of the lower house of parliament. As expected, these elections occurred with severe restrictions placed on civil and political society by the Bahraini government.

See also ADHRB Weekly, number 279.
See also BIRD Weekly, 215.

St Andrew’s Day Interfaith Service at Cathcart Old Parish Church

The Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society’s Director-General Imam Razawi gave an address at Cathcart Old Parish Church as part of the St Andrew’s Day Interfaith Service. Imam Razawi was graciously welcomed by the Rev Neil Galbraith and the Very Rev John Christie, former moderator of the Church of Scotland.

 

1.Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies 2^nd Annual Conference

Call for Papers

Islam, the West, and Radicalism

20 February 2019

Royal Holloway, University of London

Egham, Surrey UK

 

The Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (Royal Holloway, University of London) and the Imam Sadr Foundation (Lebanon) invite proposals for the 2019 Annual Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS) Conference on ‘Islam, West, and Radicalism’.

Today, more than in any age and area, the role of Islam in societies across the world is being shaped by the political, economic, and cultural dynamics of West Asia. While many are celebrating the imminent demise of ISIS, acute observers express concern that the persistence of the West Asian socio-political context in which radical ideologies and movements have emerged will generate new radical movements in the region and beyond.

The CIWAS 2019 Annual Conference seeks to address the conference theme by considering a broad range of issues; and we are particularly interested in panel and paper proposals that offer original and under-researched approaches to them. The various issues that might be addresses, include, but are not limited to:

• Islam and the West (the Muslim diaspora, its coexistence with ‘others’ in the West) Islamic responses to radicalism
• Islam and ethics (human rights, ethics, medical ethics and Islamic jurisprudence, women’s rights)
• Spirituality in Islam (Islamic arts, rituals)
• Islamic authority in an age of Western dominance

Paper title and abstract (maximum 250-words) and contact details should be sent by email attachment to ciwas@rhul.ac.uk by 5pm (UK time), Friday 14 December 2019. You will receive an email notification confirming receipt of your form.

 

 

 

2. 2019. 16th Symposium

Fantasy and Imagination in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age: Projections, Dreams, and Illusion (also: Monsters and Monstrosity).

For more information see, https://aclassen.faculty.arizona.edu/content/2019-16th-symposium.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 31, 2018, but feel free to send an inquiry even after that date, to aclassen@email.arizona.edu

 

 

 

3. International Conference: “Hadith and Inner-Islamic Pluralism: The Origin and Development of the Prophetic Tradition as a Trans-denominational Phenomenon”, University of Tuebingen, 7-8 December 2018

See program at https://bit.ly/2P4SVvO; for registration contact hossam-mohammed-mohammed.ouf@student.uni-tuebingen.de

 

 

 

4. Posts:

a) Professorship (Tenure Track) for the History and Culture of Islam in the Eastern Mediterranean (W 1), University of Mainz

The junior professor should represent the entire field in research and teaching. Knowledge of Arabic is required, that of Ottoman Turkish is also desirable. The candidate should either possess or be willing to develop a research focus on gender relations and roles from a historical perspective. Competencies in the field of visual and material culture are preferable.

Deadline for application: 27 December 2018. Information: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/354794

 

b) PhD Position (E 13 TV-L / 50%) for Islam Studies, University of Bayreuth

The successful candidate will work part time (until 30 September 2022) in a research group addressing questions of religious difference, sectarianism or sectarian indifference among Muslims in the European diaspora and in the respective countries of origin. Especially welcomed are projects on Shiis or Alevis, dealing with contemporary issues or topics of modern history, thereby focusing either on the diaspora or on the Near and Middle East.

Deadline for application: 17 December 2018. Information: https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-universitaet/stellenangebote/doktorandenstellen/KW-1/index.html

 

c) University Assistant (post-doc) at the Department of Islamic-Theological Studies, University of Vienna

Reference No. 9110. Job-Description: Participation in research, teaching and administration at the Institute for lslamic-Theological Studies for four years. Profile: PhD in lslamic studies, lslamic theology, legal science; relevant knowledge of lslamic theology with a focus on Fiqh and Usul al-fiqh or in a similar discipline.

For information contact Prof. Dr. Ebrahim Afsah: ebrahim.afsah@univie.ac.at.

 

d) Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, University of AlbertaThe Faculty of Arts invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, with a starting date of July 1, 2019. Applicants must hold a PhD in a humanities or social science discipline with a research focus on Islamic Studies, or have a strong expectation of completing such a PhD before July 1, 2019.

Review of applications start on 2 January 2019. Information: https://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/A107337623/

 

e) Lecturer in Arabic Language and Middle Eastern Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University

The School of World Studies invites applications for a non-tenure-track position at the instructor level. Requirements: PhD in hand by August 2019 in Arabic studies or closely related field with preference given to specialists in Arabic language acquisition, linguistics, applied linguistics, Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, etc.

Deadline for applications: 10 January 2019. Information: https://www.vcujobs.com/postings/84511

 

f) Granada ENI Spring School 2019 on “Patronage and Clientelism in the Muslim World”, Granada, 18-22 March 2019

We invite doctoral students and Early Stage Researchers working on or being interested in aspects of patronage and clientelism in the Muslim world from different disciplines in humanities and social sciences (history, anthropology, sociology, economics, cultural studies, political sciences, religious studies) to explore and present the relevance of these concepts for their work.

Deadline for applications: 15 January 2019. Information: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/islamwissenschaft/aktuelles/nachrichten/granada-enis-spring-school-2019-on-patronage-and-clientelism-in-the-muslim-world

 

g) Articles for Edited Book with Brill on “Ḥadīth and Ethics: Concepts, Approaches and Theoretical Foundations”

Full papers will be discussed in a seminar at the Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) in Doha, 7-5 May 2019 (travel expenses will be covered).

Deadline for proposals: 15 December 2018. For information contact Dr. Mutaz al-Khatib: malkhatib@hbku.edu.qa.

 

 

 

A mysterious Shia group has Nigeria worried

THE STREETS are quiet and the tear gas has dissipated, but no one knows for sure how many protesters were killed in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, at the end of October. The army claims six people died when soldiers stopped demonstrators from overrunning a checkpoint.

Bahrain: Pre-election clampdown on political opposition and activists

Widespread suppression of the political opposition, activists, and civic leaders. Shi’a public figures have been disproportionately targeted in the parliamentary pre-election clampdown

Imamia Medics International (IMI) Northern and Southern California Chapters will be hosting IMI’s 2018 North American Conference in Orange County, California. The conference combines IMI’s commitment to enhancing health, education, capacity building and the integration of community and faith based approaches to health. The theme for this conference is an exploration of the two public health emergencies across North America: Opioids and Obesity. In addition we will overview all aspects of health and medical sciences from clinical, basic and population perspectives. The conference will also incorporate full parallel programming for young leaders with skills development as well as conversations centered around the overall conference theme exploring healthy physical and mental lifestyles.

For tickets click here.

For the Conference Schedule, click here.

1. Tenure-track post in Islamic Studies at Trinity College Dublin

See:  https://jobs.tcd.ie  and choose ‘academic vacancies’ or search for key word ‘Islam’.

Closing date of 3.12.18

 

 

2. Middle East Studies at Brown University invites applications for a two-year position as Visiting Assistant Professor in Iranian Studies. The position is open to all disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences. We especially welcome candidates who have wide knowledge of Iranian history and civilizations, thrive in an interdisciplinary environment, are interested in comparative and global perspectives, and have experience teaching and supervising undergraduates. The successful candidate will teach three classes a year and is expected to actively cultivate broad interest in Iranian Studies at Brown and to contribute to the intellectual life of the university. Additional funding for programming and research expenses will be considered.

For further information, please visit the Middle East Studies website (http://www.middleeastbrown.org/). On the post, see: https://watson.brown.edu/mes/news/2018/visiting-assistant-professor-iranian-studieshttps://watson.brown.edu/mes/news/2018/visiting-assistant-professor-iranian-studies .To contact the department, send an email to mes_director@brown.edu.

 

 

 

3. The Khalili Research Centre (University of Oxford) is offering a fully-funded graduate scholarship from the beginning of the academic year 2019–2020 for a student undertaking either doctoral research or a combined four-year programme consisting of a Master’s course proceeding to a D.Phil.

The Scholarship is awarded on the basis of academic merit and potential. The Scholarship will cover full course fees, and maintenance costs equivalent to the U.K.national minimum doctoral stipend.

Applicants should first consult the Further Particulars that may be downloaded at: https://krc.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/krc/documents/media/impei_grad_2019.pdf  Applicants, whether internal or external, should then apply to the University under the standard procedures for graduate degrees. The University’s application procedures are described at http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate.

Applications should be made on-line (www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/applyonline) and submitted before 12:00 noon on Friday 11 January 2019.

Applicants to the M.St., M.Phil. or D.Phil in Islamic Art and Archaeology at the Khalili Research Centre may also be considered for other fully-funded scholarships. For further details, please visit: https://krc.web.ox.ac.uk/article/courses

 

 

 

4. New Research Network: “Categories of Religion and the Secular in Islam” (CRSI)

CRSI is an interdisciplinary network for scholars interested in critical approaches to ‘religion’ and ‘the secular/non-religious’ as discursive categories in Islamic contexts.  We have created a community email list for discussion of these themes and circulation of academic notices, calls, publications, etc.  Look out for notice of our first workshop, to be held at Oxford in Spring 2019, supported by the British Association for Islamic Studies.

Contact Alex Henley (alex.henley@theology.ox.ac.uk) to join our listserv, which is open to academics and graduate students working on any period or region.

Further details here: https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/categories-religion-and-secular-islam-crsi

 

 

 

5. CFP – Inscriptions from the Islamic World (American University in Cairo, 6-8 September 2019)

 

Inscriptions in Arabic, Persian and Turkish constitute a remarkable source for the history of the Islamic world. The earliest Arabic inscriptions represent some of our earliest firmly dated Muslim sources for Islamic history, while in later periods inscriptions often constitute unique contemporary evidence for not just the building activities sponsored by rulers and high officials, but also raw historical data such as dates of rulers and events.

Even where such events are otherwise attested, the inscriptions offer us an insight into rulers’ self-representation through the titles and epithets they use, and thus into contemporary discourses about political legitimacy. Furthermore, Islamic inscriptions are not merely historical sources, but also represent one of the great achievements of Islamic art, adorning both major and minor buildings as well as other media such as gravestones and ceramics.

The field of Islamic epigraphy, despite great progress in the 19th and early 20th centuries, has been rather neglected in recent years, although individual scholars have continued to make significant contributions. Moreover, work has tended to focus mainly on Arabic inscriptions, with those in Persian and Turkish comparatively neglected; the earliest Arabic-script Turkish inscription has only recently come to light. Moreover, although historically the literary and epigraphic traditions in all three languages were closely intertwined, today they continue to be studied in isolation from one another.

The aim of this conference is to give a new impetus to the study of Islamic inscriptions by bringing together leading scholars from the fields of history, art and language. In addition to the issues raised above, contributions will consider how inscriptions convey meaning through their placement, script, language, and quotations from textual sources ranging from the Qur’an to poetry. It will also consider the purpose and characteristics of bilingual inscriptions.

This conference is organised jointly by the AUC’s Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, and the Centre for Anatolian and East Mediterranean Studies at the University of St Andrews. It will be held at AUC’s Tahrir Campus in downtown Cairo on November 6 – 8, 2019. The conveners intended to publish selected contributions as edited volume.

http://conf.aucegypt.edu/IIW

 

 

 

6. Workshop on Scriptural Hermeneutics and Exegesis was held in Paderborn University on 16-17 November 2018

At the kind invitation of Zentrum für Komparative Theologie und Kulturwissenschaften (ZeKK), the Workshop on Scriptural Hermeneutics and Exegesis was held in Paderborn University on 16-17 November 2018 under the high patronage of the Dean of Zentrum für Komparative Theologie und Kulturwissenschaften (ZeKK), Prof. Klaus Von Stosch. This workshop was attended by Professors from  Germany and Iran.

For further details and panel synopses, see:

http://zabanshenasitarikhi.ir/p/37/Workshop-on-Scriptural-Hermeneutics-and-Exegesis/

 

 

7. Conference: “Pilgrimage and the Senses”, University of Oxford, 7 June 2019

This interdisciplinary conference hosted at the University of Oxford aims to shed light on how sensory perception shapes and is shaped by the experience of pilgrimage across cultures, faith traditions, and throughout history.

Deadline for abstracts: 20 January 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3112523/cfp-pilgrimage-and-senses-conference-oxford-7-june-2019

 

 

 

8. 26th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) in Cooperation with the Section Islam Studies of the DMG, University of Hamburg, 3-5 October 2019

Mind the date! Website with detailed information will soon be available.

Deadline for abstracts of panels on 15 February 2019 and papers on 30 April 2019. Information: davo@geo.uni-mainz.de

 

 

 

9. Fellowship on Gender, Human Rights and Refugees in the Middle East, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

Position for a Fellow whose work is at the intersection of gender, human rights, and refugees in the Middle East. This is an endowed position with primary responsibility in conducting policy-relevant research on these topics.

Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Information: https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/16664

 

 

 

10. Assistant Professor with Expertise in East or Southeast Asia or the Middle East, Department of Historical and Political Studies, Arcadia University

Thematic specialization in one or more of the following areas is desired: international political economy, global governance, conflict management, or environmental politics and sustainable development. We welcome candidates with training in Political Science, History, Anthropology, and other related disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields.

Consideration of applications will begin 14 December 2018. Information: https://faculty-arcadia.icims.com/jobs/2352/assistant-professor-in-the-department-of-historical-%26-political-studies/job

 

 

 

11. 8 PhD Scholarships in Cultural Studies at the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), University of Giessen, Germany

The GCSC encourages applications which make a significant contribution to the study of culture in various historical contexts, including contemporary phenomena. An international research perspective, i.e. international study experience, is an advantage. Scholarships are offered for one year with the possibility of two extensions, each of one year.

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3112516/8-phd-scholarships-cultural-studies-gcsc-giessen-university

 

 

 

12. Funding Opportunities for 2019-2020 and Research Awards by the “Council of British Research in the Levant”

CBRL offers research grants for fellowships, project awards and travel grants.

Information: http://cbrl.ac.uk/news/item/name/we-are-now-accepting-applications-for-funding

 

 

 

13. American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) offers a Mughal Persian summer program for students interested in reading texts from the 16^th through 18^th centuries. The program is designed for students and scholars interested in the Mughal Empire, Comparative Empire Studies, and the larger Persianate World—encompassing Persia, Ottoman Empire, Mughal India, Afghanistan and Central Asia. The program lasts for two months from June to August 2019. For the summer of 2019, AIIS is holding a special Mughal Persian archival workshop for students and scholars—including scholars from local Indian educational institutions, libraries and archives—at the conclusion of the program. Students should have the equivalent of one year (or an intensive summer program) of prior Persian, Urdu or Arabic by the time the program starts.

Summer students should apply for FLAS or other funding if available at their institutions to cover the costs of the program. AIIS has some funding available for summer students who cannot procure their own funding. This funding is allocated on the basis of the language committee’s ranking of the applicants. The application deadline is December 31, 2018. Applications can be downloaded from the AIIS web site at www.indiastudies.org. For more information: Phone: 773-702-8638. Email: aiis@uchicago.edu.

 

14e Journée Henry Corbin : Images, rêves, apparitions | École Pratique des Hautes Études

14e Journée Henry Corbin. Paris, 24 novembre 2018.