Archive for February, 2019

Bahrain court upholds jail sentence against relatives of prominent…

The top court in Western-allied Bahrain upheld three-year jail terms against three relatives of a prominent political activist, a rights group said on Monday, in a case the United Nations says is an unlawful act of reprisal over family connections.

See also ADHRB Weekly #289.
See also BIRD Weekly #226.

NISIS

In memoriam Harald Motzki We are deeply saddened by the news of Harald Motzki’s passing earlier this month, on 8 February. Harald was a much-admired member of the Dutch Islamic Studies community, a…

See also Brill.

RIP: Prof. Augustus Richard Norton

Beloved professor, colleague, and Middle East expert, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies Professor Emeritus Augustus Richard Norton died on February 20, 2019. He was 72. He is survived by his wife, Deanna, and son, Timothy.

1.The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks to fill the  position of Middle East & Islamic Studies Librarian. For details  see https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/15606 .

 

 

 

2. Workshop on “Women and Gender in the Premodern Mediterranean” during the 18^th Berkshire Conference on the “History of Women, Genders, and Sexualities”, 21-23 May 2020, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

The workshop aims to facilitate a comparative discussion on women from different social, religious, and geographical contexts of the Mediterranean world. Scholars whose work focuses on Christian, Jewish, or Muslim women, across social hierarchies, and geographical locations are most welcome.

Deadline for abstracts: 10 March 2019.

Information: https://berksconference.org/big-berks/2020-berkshire-conference/call-for-papers/. Contact: alexandra.guerson@utoronto.ca

 

 

 

3. Research Scholar in the History of the Premodern Arabic World, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin

Junior and senior scholars with excellent knowledge of classical Arabic, and with suitable experience in the history of science, history of philosophy, history of medicine, or other relevant fields are invited to apply. Candidates should hold a doctorate in one of the above-mentioned fields and have at least two years of postdoctoral experience at the time the position begins (PhD awarded in 2017 or earlier).

Deadline for applications: 31 March 2019.

Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58265

 

 

 

4. PhD Scholarship in Religious Studies, University of Copenhagen

The PhD candidate will employ qualitative research methods, such as semi-structured interviews and textual analysis. Project descriptions need to show awareness of the relevant research literature, provide a suitable theoretical framework, and convincingly show the methodological and practical feasibility of the imagined PhD project. Applicants need to hold a two-year master’s degree (120 ECTS) or the equivalent.

Deadline for applications: 4 March 2019.

Information: https://professorpositions.com/announcement,a3196.html

 

 

 

5. Six Early Stage Researcher Positions, University of Aberdeen

Applicants from across the social sciences and humanities, including anthropology, cultural and literary studies, education, history, legal theory and socio-legal studies, philosophy, politics, religious studies, sociology, and theology are welcomed. Themes include: ‘Radicalisation’, ‘Extremism’ and the Role of ‘Civil Society’; Conceptualizing Secularism, Post-Secularism and Religion Itself; The Politics of ‘Religious Pluralism’, etc.

Deadline for applications: 5 March 2019.

Information: https://cisrul.blog/funding/politico/the-politics-of-religious-pluralism/

 

 

 

6. Visiting Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

The Lectureship invites applicants trained in any relevant discipline (for example, Religious Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, History, Philosophy and Theology, Anthropology). Areas of specialization may include any field within Islamic studies, including ethics, modern and contemporary thought and practice, religion and politics, gender studies, scripture and interpretation.

Deadline for applications:  The search committee will begin its review on 1 March 2019; the position will remain open until filled. Information: https://career.wellesley.edu/postings/2701

 

 

 

7. Full-time Faculty Position in Arabic Language and Culture, National Chengchi University, Taipei

Qualifications: Ph.D. in Arabic Linguistics; Arabic Culture; Computer Science; Information and Communication Technology in Learning; or relevant fields. Specialized writings and publications; research achievements and cross-disciplinary research given high priority. Competence in English-taught courses.

Deadline for applications: 28 February 2019. Information: arabic@nccu.edu.tw

 

 

 

8. International Politics Summer School (Focus Middle East and North Africa), St Antony’s College, Oxford, 4-17 August 2019

This year the focus will be on the international relations of the region, with special attention to recent changes in the structure and dynamics of inter-state politics. The course is designed for postgraduate students but will be accessible to upper-level undergraduates and professionals as well.

Applications will be reviewed on a first come, first served or rolling basis until 15 April 2019. Information: https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/international-politics-summer-school

 

 

 

9. Articles for “Handbook of Contemporary Islam” (Springer)

We are looking for authors who can contribute critical literature reviews on trans-national movements including: Taghlibi Jamaat, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hizbut Tahrir, and others. Potential authors should be able to write about the movement transnational and just not in one or two countries.

Contact: Ronald Lukens Bull, PhD (rlukens@unf.edu)

 

 

10. NGOabroad: Volunteers for Aid Programs in the Middle East or North Africa

Volunteers are invited to participate in programs in Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine and Morocco on helping in schools with Syrian refugees, in a micro-finance program, in psycho-social peace building and women’s or youth empowerment; agriculture; or education, etc. Seasoned professionals and students both needed.

Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Information: http://ngoabroad.com/MENA/

 

 

 

In addition to the posting on 31.12.18, see also

On the Shia
https://www.al-khoei.org/video-archives/
http://www.sistani.org/arabic/qa/02217/page/2/#22150

and, on a Sunni ruling in Iraq
Iraq’s grand Sunni mufti forbids participation in New Year’s celebrations
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/12/iraq-christian-new-year-christmas.html#ixzz5gGuux6tF
This is a limited-access site.

South Asian Geopolitics: Saudi Arabia: 1 Iran: 0?

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi seemed to fine tune the officer’s statement by not mentioning Yemen in his remarks to the Saudi paper and limiting Pakistan’s commitment to the kingdom itself. “If anyone would create chaos in or attack the Kingdom, Pakistan would stand by its brethren Saudi Arabia,” Mr. Qureishi said.

BRAIS Conference 2019

Monday 15th – Tuesday 16th April 2019 Teaching and Learning Building, University Park, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD REGISTRATION FOR BRAIS 2019 IS NOW OPEN. CLICK TO REGISTER.

Look for papers of potential interest to those on this list in the following panels:

Clerical Networks, Discourses and the State in Modern Twelver Shi’ism
Early Islamic History and Literature
Hadith and Law
Post-Revolutionary Iran
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century Islamic History
Islamic Jurisprudence in the Modern World
Contemporary Islamic Law and Ethics
Islam and Politics in the Middle East and Asia
Ibn ‘Arabi’s Reception
Muslims in UK Higher Education

 

1.Instructor – (Non-Tenure Track) in Arabic

 The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Studies at Temple University has a one-year non-renewable opening for an Arabic language instructor for the academic year 2019-2020. 

Qualifications

The position requires native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic, a graduate degree in a field related to second or foreign language teaching, and at least two years of college-level experience teaching Arabic and an interest in and ability to teach a survey course on modern Arabic literature in translation.

Application Instructions

An application should include a vitae and cover letter discussing the applicant’s qualifications and approach to teaching, two confidential letters of reference on department letterhead from colleagues and/or supervisors familiar with the person’s teaching, and transcripts from all post-secondary institutions the applicant has attended.

Temple University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.

Application Process

This institution is using Interfolio’s Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.

Deadline: Apr 1, 2019

Apply via:  https://apply.interfolio.com/60407

 

 

2. Call for papers and panel proposals for the Co-IRIS section at the 13th Pan-European Conference on International Relations.

Section 44: “The Unseen IR: Islam and the Study of the ‘International’“

Islam has played a major role in world affairs since its inception. Today, the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation represents the second largest inter-governmental organisation of sates after the UN. A number of Muslim majority countries like the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Turkey under the AKP, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Malaysia: all claim to follow an Islamic approach to their domestic and foreign policy. Islam as an intellectual force, has received little sustained attention in the fields of Political Science and International Relations specifically. This Section aims to address the nature and goals of international relations, foreign policy and diplomacy from multiple Islamic perspectives. Those perspectives challenge and contribute to international practices and they represent their respective perceptions of the ‘International. The section is an effort to include Islamic civilization and Muslim majority countries in the contemporary international platform and the analysis of the “unseen” in the study of International Relations. We welcome both individual papers as well as full panel submissions. Proposed panel themes include but are not limited to:

– The seen and unseen in Islamic International Relations Theory

– Islam and international relations

– Islam and Foreign Policy Analysis

– Islam and Diplomacy

– The visual in the international relations of Islamic countries

Please find the full call for contributions here, https://coiris.net/2018/12/20/the-unseen-ir-islam-and-the-study-of-the-international/. Deadline for submissions is 28 February 2019.

Abstracts are to be submitted electronically via the online submission system here, https://www.czech-in.org/cmportalV15/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2FcmportalV15%2Fportal%2FPEC19%2Fnormal.

Please, read the Abstract Submission Guidelines prior to making your submission and visit the official EISA PEC 2019 website and the official Co-IRIS website for further updates. Do not hesitate to contact us or the conference organizers with any questions you may have.

Nassef Manabilang Adiong, PhD

https://nassef.info / +63.915.806.3184 / contact@nassef.info

International Relations & Islamic Studies Research Cohort (Co-IRIS)

The Philippine International Studies Organization (PHISO)

 

 

 

3. THE CULTURAL TURN IN ARABIC LITERARY PRODUCTION

Columbia University

April 19-21, 2019

Sponsored by:

Columbia University’s MESAAS Department, Middle East Institute, SoF/Heyman Center, EVPAS,
Division of Humanities/ Faculty of Arts and Sciences , EALAC Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Center for Chinese Literature and Culture (CCLS), and Arabic Studies Seminar

Dartmouth College

Brill Academic Publishers

Dr. Aziz Shaibani/Arab-American Educational Foundation

In Memory of Barbara Harlow (1948-2017)

 

Day 1: Friday, April 19 – Faculty House/Garden Room 2, 1st Floor

8:45 – 9:20am	Refreshment
9:20 – 9:50am	Welcome and opening Remarks Mushin J. al-Musawi, Columbia University
9:50 – 11:45am	Panel 1: Mapping Arabic Literature as World Literature Chairperson: Elizabeth M. Holt, Bard College § “Worlding Arabic: Cultural Criticism, Philology and Weltliteratur” Waïl S. Hassan, University of Illinois § “Is there a Canon in this Corpus? Or What ‘belongs’ in the Library of Arabic Literature?” Shawkat M. Toorawa, Yale University § “Comparativism and the Foundations of World Literature” Yaseen A. Noorani, University of Arizona § “Between the Twilight of Empire and the Dawn of Decolonization:  Arabic Literature, World Literature, Comparative Literature” Shaden M. Tageldin, University of Minnesota
11:45 – 11:55am	Coffee/Tea Break
11:55 – 13:15pm	Panel 2: Arabic and Chinese Literary and Artistic Production in Cross-Cultural Encounter/Translation Chairperson: Lydia Liu, Columbia University § “Mapping the Evolution of Nahdawi Literary Production about China” Peiyu Yang, McGill University § “Taha Husayn and The Days in China Across the 1949 Divide”   Michael Gibbs, College of William & Mary § “Artistic Encounters between Baghdad and Beijing after the 1958 Iraq  Revolution” Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, American University of Beirut
13:15 – 2:30pm	Lunch Break at Faculty House
2:30 – 4:15pm	Panel 3: Exile, Identity, and Engagement in Arabic Literature  Chairperson: Shaden M. Tageldin, University of Minnesota § “Impossible Exiles: Palestinians in Arab Culture” Ahmad Diab, UC Berkeley § “Twists, Turns and Trajectories of Palestinian Literary Production” Refqa Abu-Remaileh, Freie Universität § “Al-Ādāb and its Ilitizām,” Qussay Al-Attabi, Kenyon College § “The Future Can’t Breathe in a Refugee Camp: Reading Taḍāmun and Iltizām in Women’s Novels of War” Michelle Hartman, McGill University
4:15 – 4:25pm	Coffee/Tea Break
4:25 – 6:15pm	Panel 4: The Islamic and the Secular Turn in Arabic Literary Production Chairperson: Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych, Georgetown University § “The Secularization of Islamic Symbols and Figures in the Poetry of ‘Abd al-Wahhāb al-Bayātī and Badr Shākir al-Sayyāb Ruwa Alhayek, Columbia University §  “The Cultural Translatability of Taqwā in the Early Sources” Erin Atwell, University of Chicago § “Exploring the Conceptual Relation Between al- Ījāz (Brachylogy) and  Balāghah (Eloquence)” Hany Rashwan, Birmingham University § “Pre-Modern Arabic Literary Anthologies and the Social Imaginary: The Construction of Social, Cultural, and Political Paradigms,” Nuha Alshaar, American University of Sharjah
6:15 – 7:00pm	Keynote Address: Nadia al-Bagdadi, Central European University
7:00 – 9:00pm	Dinner – Faculty House

Day 2: Saturday, April 20 – Knox Hall Room 509

9:30 – 11:15am	Panel 5: The Comparative/Transnational Poetics and Politics of Literature I Chairperson: Wail S. Hassan, University of Illinois § “The Perception of Chekhov in the Arabic World and His Impact on Its Modern Literary Tradition” Maria Swanson, United States Naval Academy § “Magical Realism and the Specters of Postcolonial Present: Alejo Carpentier’s The Kingdom of This World and Hoda Barakat’s The Kingdom of this Earth” Philip Raad, American University of Beirut § “From Istanbul to Baghdad: Engagements with Arabic Literature in the Ottoman World, 1500-1700” Murat Umut Inan, Social Sciences University of Ankara § “Arabic Poetry in the 21st Century: A Poetics of Translation and Exophony”      Huda Fakhreddine, University of Pennsylvania
11:15 – 11:25am	Coffee/Tea Break
11:25 – 13:20pm	Panel 6 Managing/Publishing Arabic Literature (in Arabic) Chairperson: Anna Ziajka-Stanton, Penn State University §  Belal Fadl, Al-Masry al-Youm §  Abdo Wazen, Al-Hayat and Independentarabia §  Yassin Adnan, Macharif §  Nouri al-Jarrah, Al-Markaz al-Arabi lil-Adab al-Jughraphi §  Samuel Shimon, Banipal §  Mbarek Sryfi, University of Pennsylvania
13:20 – 2:30pm	Lunch Break
2:30 – 4:20pm	Panel 7: The Multi-thematic Configuration of Classical Poetry and Poetics   Chairperson: Shawkat M. Toorawa, Yale University § “The Achievement of Classical Arabic Allegorical Form: The ‘Ayniyyah of Abū Dhu’ayb al-Hudhalī” Jaroslav Stetkevych, University of Chicago § “Harb al-Basus as Mythic Matrix in Arabic Culture: Towards A Theory of Cultural (re)Production” Clarissa Burt, United States Naval Academy § “Labīd and Lubad: Lexical Excavation and the Reclamation of Myth in al-     Ma’arrī’s Luzūmiyyāt” Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych, Georgetown University § “Mourning over Algerian Palatial Ruins: Ibn Ḥammād al-Ṣanhājī (d. 1230) on Qalʿat Banī Ḥammād” Nizar F. Hermes, University of Virginia
4:20 – 4:30pm	Coffee/Tea Break
4:30 – 6:5pm	Panel 8: The Comparative/Transnational Poetics and Politics of Arabic Literature II Chairperson: Yaseen Noorani, University of Arizona § “The Maqāmah Turn in West African Literary Tradition” Sulaiman Adewale Alagunfon, Freie Universität § “Between Cultural Appropriation and Literary Crossing: The Arabic Literature of ‘Europeans’ in Protectorate Tunisia” Benjamin Koerber, Rutgers University § “Towards an Arab Transnational Poetics of the New World” Ahmed Idrissi Alami, Purdue University. § “Words across genres and histories: Zaynab Fawwaz’s feminist locutions” Marilyn Booth, University of Oxford
6:5 – 6:15pm	Coffee/Tea Break
6:15 – 7:45pm	Panel 9: On Writing: Experience, Process, Perception (in Arabic) Chairperson: Tarek El-Ariss, Dartmouth College § “War and Displacement” Hoda Barakat, Visiting Professor at Dartmouth College § “Khitab al-Takfir” Chokri Mabkhout, University of Manouba, Tunis § “Writing the Political” Ezzedine C. Fishere, Dartmouth College § “Literature and Perception” Aziz Shaibani, Baylor College of Medicine/Arab-American Educational Foundation

Day 3: Sunday, April 21 – Knox Hall Room 509

9:30 – 11:30am	Panel 10: Revisiting the Modern(ist) and the Post-Colonial in Arabic Literature Chairperson: Joelle  Abi Rachid, SoF-Heyman Center, Columbia Univ. §  “Passionate Confessions: Sex, Sin, and Autobiography in Nineteenth-Century Aleppo” Peter Hill, Oxford University § “Medicine in Literature” Mònica Rius Piniés, University of Barcelona § “Invisible Hands: Crime, Fiction, and the Arabic Typewriter, 1890-1920” Hannah Scott Deuchar, New York University ·    “Housewife Novels, Everyday Life, and the Postcolonial State in Egypt” Shir Alon, University of Oklahoma § “All that Remains: Ruins as Sites of Becoming” Alexa Firat, Temple University
11:30 – 11:40am	Coffee/Tea Break
11:40 – 1:40pm	Panel 11: The Contemporary and Techno-Digital Turn in Arabic Literary Production Chairperson: Michelle Hartman, McGill University § “Zakariyya Tamir and Khalid Khalifa: Political Dissent as Affiliation and Marginality in Syria after 2011” Alessandro Columbu, Manchester University § “Transmission and Transit in Contemporary Arabic Literature: Naql and Its Limits” Drew Paul, University of Tennessee § “Glossing the Glossary: Digital Approaches to Paratexts and Power in Arabic Literature” Dima Ayoub, Middlebury College § “Cultural Disbelief & New Narratives: Contemporary Arabic Fiction (Re)Writing the Old Tale” Hanan Jasim Khammas, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona § “In medio stat virtus’: On Hybridity, or the Rebellion Against Labels: Reconsidering Some Aspects of Modern and Contemporary Arabic Literature” Ada Barbaro, University of Naples “L’Orientale”
1:40 – 2:25pm	Keynote Address: Mahdi Arar, Birzeit University (in Arabic)
2:25pm	Closing Remarks Muhsin J. al-Musawi, Columbia University

Organizers:      Muhsin al-Musawi (Columbia University), Elizabeth Holt (Bard College), Tarek El-Ariss                                    (Dartmouth College), Nizar F. Hermes (University of Virginia), and Anna Ziajka-Stanton                     (Penn State University)

 

 

4. PhD Conference on “Sacred Locations – Spaces and Bodies in Religion”, Central European University & University of Szeged, 13-15 June 2019

The conference invites contributions on the conceptualization, interpretation, management or instrumentalization of religion with regard to space, geographical or personal. Applications from PhD students and advanced Master’s students from all fields of humanities and social sciences are welcomed.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2019.

Information: https://religion.ceu.edu/crs-szeged-phd-conference-13-15-june-2019

 

 

5. NEW Deadline:

26th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO), combined with the Section of Islamic Studies of the DMG: “History, Politics and Culture in Middle East and North Africa”, University of Hamburg, 3-5 October 2019

The organizers of the Congress call upon scholars of all relevant disciplines, who are engaged in research on the contemporary Middle East and its relations to other regions. The conference’s understanding of the Middle East comprises all countries of the Middle East, North Africa and the entire Islamic World.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 May 2019.

Contact for submissions: Amke Dietert (amke.dietert@ googlemail.com). Information: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/en/voror/veranstaltungen/2019-davokongress.html

 

 

 

6. Assistant or Associate Professor at the Department of History, American University in Cairo

This is a five-year position, beginning fall 2019. All specializations and areas of study are welcome. The successful candidate must have a PhD in hand by the start of the appointment. The department is eager to review the applications of individuals with a strong research program, and demonstrated commitment to teaching.

Deadline for application: 15 March 2019.

Information: https://aucegypt.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=105709

 

 

 

7. Post-doctoral Fellowship on the History of Gender Studies, Tel Aviv University

Preference will be given to candidates whose research focuses on the history of gender studies. Candidates must have received their PhD from an accredited institution of higher learning, no earlier than 1 October 2014 and no later than 1 October 2019.

Deadline for applications: 28 February 2019.

Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58163

 

 

 

8. Workshops on “Women and Politics: MENA Experiences”, June 2019 in Abu Dhabi, October 2019 in Rabat

Call for Applications for early-career scholars who would like to participate in workshops on the following themes: women’s representation in legislatures, local government, the executive, and the judiciary as related to factors such as such gender quotas, decentralization, and institutional change. The organizers will cover participation costs for up to 20 qualified applicants.

Deadline for applications: 15 March 2019.

Information: http://web.apsanet.org/mena/2019-workshops/

 

 

 

9. Articles on “Muslims under Suspicion – Interdisciplinary Insights into Policies of Preventing so-called Islamist Extremism in Europe” for Special Issue of “Islamophobia Studies Yearbook”

The wide range of preventive measures against so-called Islamist extremism can be understood as an ensemble of different practices including inter-religious dialogue and education as well as surveillance of suspected groups and the persecution of persons deemed to be dangerous. How far contribute such preventive measures to the manifestation of inequalities in fields such as education, law, labour, security etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2019.

Contact: Sindyan Qasem (sindyan.qasem@posteo.de)

 

 

 

10. NEW deadline

Articles for the First Issue of “Diyâr. Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies”

Unpublished contributions from the Humanities, Cultural Studies and Social Sciences with a geographical focus on Turkey, the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, Iran, Central Asia and the Caucasus are invited in German, English and French.

Deadline for applications extended: 15 April 2019.

Information: https://www.diyar.nomos.de/en/

Contact: Tabea Becker-Bertau (diyar@ergon-verlag.de)

 

 

 

11. 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

For all deadlines and additional information:

https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/en/voror/veranstaltungen/2019-davokongress.html

 

 

 

12. Mathal: Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Multidisciplinary Studies (IMEMS) http://ir.uiowa.edu/mathal

ISSN: 2168-538X

Mathal is a journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Multidisciplinary Studies. It is an Open Access, double-blind peer-reviewed international journal published by Iowa Research Online, University of Iowa, USA. Current acceptance rate is 5.7. The main objective of Mathal is to provide an intellectual platform for scholars of Islamic thought and Islamic societies throughout history and throughout the world to share their ideas with the widest audience and in the shortest time possible. Mathal aims to promote critical multidisciplinary studies in humanities and social sciences and to become a repository of knowledge on the Islamic civilization and the Middle East.

The journal publishes research papers in the humanities (arts, history, literature, philosophy…), social sciences (sociology, economics, political science…), natural sciences (biology, physics, astronomy, chemistry…), abstract sciences (mathematics, computational sciences…), and practiced sciences (law, medicine, engineering). Scholars from the aforementioned disciplines with research and teaching interests in area studies, Islamic studies, and Judaic studies are especially welcome to submit their works. Mathal publishes original papers, review papers, case studies, empirical research, technical notes, and book reviews.

Since one of the journal’s primary goals is the dissemination of knowledge and scholarly inquiries, authors retain exclusive rights to their work, allowing them to republish their work on their personal websites or with other journals.

Because Mathal is an online Open Access journal, accepted articles are published as soon as the peer-review and revision processes conclude. Mathal does not limit the length of articles or the size of digital files at this time.

In Mathal, authors may publish articles in most languages including English, Arabic, Hebrew, French, Persian, Spanish, Turkish, and Urdu.

For more information and/or to submit your work, please visit the following websites:

Mathal: http://ir.uiowa.edu/mathal

IMEMS Listserv: https://list.uiowa.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=IMEMS

Mathal is indexed in the Global LOCKSS Network.

Complete metadata for all articles in Mathal is available via OAI

http://ir.uiowa.edu/do/oai/?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=dcq&set=publication:mathal.

Mathal is hosted by the University of Iowa Libraries’ Institutional Repository (Iowa Research Online).

 

Geopolitics, the black swan in Saudi-Indian relations – Firstpost

When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week, the elephant in the room is likely to be what weighs more: the issues the two men agree on or the ones that divide them.

 

1.The British Association for Islamic Studies invites you to the Association’s Sixth Annual Conference for the will be held at the University of Nottingham from 15-16 April 2019.

With nearly 150 presentations covering the full range of Islamic studies and showcasing the latest developments in the field, we invite you to register online as soon as possible.

For information and to register, see : http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-2019

 

 

 

2. The Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies (TIMES) Forum invites proposals for individual papers on any aspect or sub-discipline of Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies for its 3rd Annual Symposium on Wednesday 12th June 2019 at the University of Birmingham, supported by the Theology & Religion Department, UOB. The keynote speaker will be Prof Charles Burnett, professor of the History of Islamic Influences in Europe.

TIMES Forum was set up in 2015 by researchers from a range of disciplines at the University of Birmingham and Birmingham City University. Our membership has steadily grown since, with members from different disciplines and institutions in the Midlands and beyond meeting to share their research. With the aim of promoting and providing a platform for post-graduate research on Islam and the Islamic world (broadly conceived), we invite proposals for papers that will be 20 minutes in length. We welcome papers from PhD candidates and ECRs on a wide variety of subjects relating to the Islamic and Middle Eastern world including, but not limited to the following:

• Philosophy, Theology & Qur’anic studies
• History – medieval and modern
• Law
• Politics and Social Policy
• Arts and Architecture
• Literature, Language & Translation
• Culture & Sociology
• Intellectual History
• Sufism
• Economics and Finance

CfP forms can be downloaded from: https://timespgforum.com/times-symposium-2019

All completed forms should be sent by email attachment to timesforum@contacts.bham.ac.uk by Wednesday 27th February 2019.

Follow TIMES on Twitter: @TIMES_Forum

 

 

 

3. Call for Papers: “Persian  as a lingua francain the Ottoman Empire” (Workshop) 

University of Hamburg, 12-13 July, 2019 

Deadline: February 28, 2019 

We are pleased to announce that Hamburg University will host the Workshop: “Persian as a lingua francain the Ottoman Empire” on 12-13 July 2019. This workshop aims to bring together scholars with expertise in Persian and Turkish language contacts, who are interested in the manifold facets of the language, literature and history underlying the knowledge production of the respective traditions. Moreover, it aims to provide a forum for discussion and collaboration between scholars of Ottoman, Iranian and Arabic Studies.

The theme of the workshop is the circulation of Persian knowledge in the Ottoman realm, which was near ubiquitous. It is widely acknowledged that from the 11 to 19 century, Persian was an important and highly influential language of literature, education, partly also of administration and diplomacy, in large regions of theEastern Islamic world. The dynamics and dissemination of Persian knowledge as a language of literature, and a lingua franca, and its surprising vitality and continuity, have not yet been studied sufficiently.

Workshop papers could address the following questions, among others:

Why/how and in which contexts was Persian used in the Ottoman Empire?

What was the importance of Persian for the cultural identity of ‘experts of knowledge’ and Ottoman poets? 

Should Persian language and literature be considered as a part of “cultural transfer” or rather as an inalienable part of Ottoman culture?

What was the role of Persian for the ‘transfer of knowledge’ within the Ottoman Empire and beyond?

Application Procedure

We encourage inter-disciplinary submissions, including but not limited to history, literary studies, manuscript studies etc.

Abstracts should address one or more of the issues and questions mentioned above. The working language of the workshop will be English. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words for paper presentations of 20 to 25 minutes.

Please submit your abstract to  ludwig.paul@uni-hamburg.de,   ani.sargsyan@uni-hamburg.de    by 15 March.

The selection of papers will take place until the end of March; applicants will be informed by early April.

For questions regarding the organization, please contact Professor Ludwig Paul ludwig.paul@uni-hamburg.de   or Ani Sargsyan at ani.sargsyan@uni-hamburg.de

—

Ahmet Baris Ekiz

 

PhD Student

Middle East Studies

University of Michigan

bekiz@umich.edu

 

 

 

4. Fixed-term Arabic Teaching Associate Position in Cambridge (UK), for 12 months from September 2019.

See https://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/about-us/jobs/teaching-associate-arabic-fixed-term

 

 

 

5. The Dr. Shawky Salem Conference Grant (SSCG)is an annual grant established by Dr. Shawky Salem and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

The aim of the grant is to enable one expert in library and information sciences from the Arab Countries (AC) to attend the Annual IFLA Conference.

What does the grant cover?

The grant is to meet up to a maximum of USD 1,900 the cost of travel (economy class air transportation) to and from the host country of the conference, registration, hotel costs and a per diem allowance.

Eligibility

• The grant is available to a librarian of Arab nationality, not exceeding 45 years
• The applicant should not have attended an IFLA conference previously
• The applicant should have at least 5 years of experience in LIS profession
• The applicant must have the approval of his / her organization to attend the IFLA WLIC 2019

How to apply?

Download the 2019 application (available in Arabic & English) below. Additional information is available on the Dr. Shawky Salem Conference Grant (SSCG) webpage.

IFLA will act as administrator to the grant and will provide the Secretary of the jury.

Important Dates

The deadline for receiving applications is 31 March 2019.

The selection of a grantee will be made by 30 April 2019 by a jury consisting of members appointed by Dr. Salem and by IFLA. The grantee will be informed of his or her selection by the Secretary of the Jury in May 2019.

For more information and to apply, visit:

https://www.ifla.org/funds-grants-awards/SSCG

 

 

 

6. 31st Exeter Gulf Conference, at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (Exeter, UK) on 1-2 July 2019The call for papers is available online:/<http://bit.ly/2FyHfgC>/https://bit.ly/2E63j3S

Deadline for application:*31 March 2019*.

 

 

 

7. The Rev. Dr. David D. Grafton, Hartford Seminary’s Interim Academic Dean and Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, will present a five-part series on Islam at the John P. Webster Library at First Church, West Hartford, in March and April, 2019.

For further information, see: https://www.hartsem.edu/2019/02/interim-academic-dean-david-d-grafton-to-present-series-on-islam/