Archive for March, 2019

1.Post-doctoral researchers on the “European Qur’an”

The Université de Nantes, the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Università di Napoli l’Orientale, the University of Kent and the University of Amersterdam are hiring post-doctoral researchers to join our project “The European Qur’an: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion (1150-1850)” (EuQu).

For further details, see

https://www.kent.ac.uk/history/documents/EuQu-postdocs-call-for-candidates.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1O3ejf9w4ysr6BCbaxWTWR_gejpudsLqBkBQ-MYFDyWwfWcTQAoumV2Zs

The project also has a number of fully funded PhD positions in our ERC project on the European Qur’an (EuQu).

Particularly, they are looking for a candidate to write a thesis on The Qur’an and Anti-Trinitarianism, which assesses the significance of the Qur’an and of Islam for the radical Reformation and in anti-Trinitarian movements between the 16th and the 18th century. This PhD will be co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Martin Mulsow (Erfurt) and Dr Jan Loop, Senior Lecturer in History, Rutherford College, W2.W1, The University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ

More details can be found here:

https://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/search/FN05ERCHIS01

 

 

 

 

2. College of William and Mary – Visiting Assistant Professor in Middle
Eastern History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58343

 

 

 

 

3. International Conference on “Philosophy in the Abrahamic Traditions: Intellect, Experience and More” of the Aquinas and ’The Arabs’ International Working Group, Università di Pisa, 22-25 May 2019

See program at http://richardctaylor.info/aaiwg/2019-2/pisa/

 

 

 

 

4. International Conference of the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS) on “Women and Gender Studies in the Middle East”, Beirut, 6-10 March 2021

The conference will be held in partnership with the American University of Beirut and Lebanese American University.  The call is open to topics on gender and women’s studies in the social sciences and humanities: politics, economics, history, sexualities, culture, arts, digital humanities etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2019. Contact: Angie Abdelmonem (angie.abdelmonem@asu.edu)

 

 

 

 

5. Visiting Assistant Professor of the History of the Modern Middle East, Western Washington University

One-year Visiting Instructor/Assistant Professor of History beginning on 16 September 2019, through 15 June 2020.  The position is open to historians of the Middle East. Qualifications: ABD in History or related field, by 15 September 2019.

Application review begins 15 April 2019; position is open until filled.

Information: http://employment.wwu.edu/cw/en-us/job/496597/visiting-assistant-professor-of-the-history-of-the-modern-middle-east

 

 

 

 

6. Prize for Best Article, Council for British Research in the Levant

The award recognises excellent research and scholarship that engages with current and emerging issues in the Levant that advances our understanding of the region. We are looking for original unpublished articles from scholars in different stages of their careers and from different disciplines: anthropology, sociology, politics, religion and theology, language and linguistics cultural studies, etc.

 

 

 

 

7. Nominations for Book Awards and other Awards of the Middle Studies Association (MESA) 2019

The MESA Awards annually recognizes outstanding contributions in scholarly achievement, mentoring of students and faculty, service to the profession, innovations in undergraduate education and teaching, and academic freedom.

Deadline of nominations: 1 April 2019. Information: https://mesana.org/awards

 

 

 

 

8. CfP: Workshop: Menstruation and Menopause in Islamic Legal Cultures

11-12 July 2019

Centre for the Study of Islam

Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies

University of Exeter

Workshop Topic:

Islamic legal literatures outline a series of ritual regulations to be observed by menstruating women and girls, as well as women and girls experiencing postpartum and intermenstrual bleeding.  There are also a series of complex regulations concerning puberty and the beginning of menstruation, and also its end and the menopause. These regulations build on references to menstruation in Quran and hadith literature, elaborated primarily in the genres of Quranic exegesis (tafsir), hadith commentary (sharh al-hadith) and law (fiqh).  There is also extensive anthropological and historical evidence of Muslim practice in relation to menstruation and the menopause.  Menstruant and menopausal women are portrayed in different forms of writing outside of the specifically religious genres – including poetry, belle lettres, historical and biographical works.  There is also material and documentary evidence of the practices associated with menstruation and menopause in Muslim societies and communities.

The workshop will bring together researchers examining different aspects of menstruation and menopause – from the ritual and religious to the social and cultural – from different methodological perspectives, and across different time periods.  Contributions using a variety of theoretical insights from ritual, gender, sexuality, textual, anthropological and historical studies are particularly welcome.  Presentations can cover premodern and modern formations of ritual practice around menstruation and menopause.  The workshop will be a combination of formal papers (20 minutes presentation, 10 minutes of questions), and extended textual/source reading sessions (up to 1 hour).  We envisage a workshop of 10-12 papers/text presentations and a total of around 15 attendees, though this will depend on selected abstracts.

To Contribute:

Presentation proposals are invited from scholars at all career stages, though early career scholars (near completion, or recently completed, doctoral students) are particularly encouraged to submit presentation proposals.  Proposals should be in the form of a 200 word abstract in English.  For paper proposals this abstract should outline your main argument and field of enquiry.  For textual/source reading sessions, the abstract should introduce the text and explain how it contributes to our understanding of the topic.  Our aim is to cover (economy) return fares, other travel expenses and (where necessary) visa costs for all participants from workshop funds. Please submit abstracts to csi@exeter.ac.uk before Monday 6^th May 2019.  Applicants are welcome, in their accompanying emails, to outline their educational background and research expertise.  Selection will be made both on the basis of quality and coverage of research topics and presentation formats.

The workshop is co-convened by Dr Shuruq Naguib (Lancaster University) and Professor Robert Gleave (University of Exeter) and is supported by the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (Exeter). Further information can be obtained by emailing csi@exeter.ac.uk.

 

 

 

9. Mejlis Institute Summer School in Languages (Armenian, Persian, Turkish) and Connected Histories

Yerevan, Armenia

July 15 – August 15, 2019

Mejlis Institute is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2019 intensive summer program that will take place between July 15 and August 15, lasting four weeks. The program will consist of three parallel language courses – Armenian, Persian and Turkish – and a series of seminars devoted to topics in connected histories of Armenia, Iran and Anatolia from the medieval period onwards.

The program is primarily, though not exclusively, targeted at advanced undergraduate and graduate students wishing to study either Armenian, Persian or Turkish and interested in topics of intercultural connections. While applicants of different levels will be considered, preference will be given to those who have already achieved the intermediate or advanced levels. Apart from learning in the classroom, students will be able to practice their language skills in conversations with fellow participants from Armenia, Turkey and Iran.

MA and PhD students engaged in research and interested in working on particular sources will also be given an opportunity to receive additional guidance on individual basis.

Application deadline: May 1, 2019

Program fee 1400 USD, financial aid options available

For more information please visit https://mejlisinstitute.org/overview-1

 

 

 

 

10. The Bodleian Libraries are now accepting further applications for Bahari Visiting Fellowships in the Persian Arts of the Book to be taken up during the academic year 2019-20.

Fellows are hosted in the Visiting Scholars’ Centre at the Weston Library, where they join a lively research environment.

Details of the Fellowship terms and application process can be found on the Fellowships webpage: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships .

A list of current Visiting Fellows and Affiliated Scholars in academic year 2018-19 can be found at: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/current-and-past-fellows/2018-19-visiting-fellows

Applications for these Fellowships should be made by the deadline of 9.00am, Friday 26 April 2019

For further information, please email:  fellowships@bodleian.ox.ac.uk .

 

 

 

11. Post-doc: Cultural and religious history of Muslims and Christians in the Iberian Peninsula and/or the Maghreb (9th to 16th centuries) (Barcelona)

For further information: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/389511

 

 

12. Brill Publications 2018 in Open Access:

https://www2.brill.com/OA18

 

 

Dr Michael Axworthy, FRSA, FRAS (1962-2019)

It is with great regret that we announce the passing of our colleague and friend Michael Axworthy on 16 March 2019. Michael read History at Peterhouse, Cambridge before moving on to a successful career at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; he met his wife Sally while they were both working at the British Embassy in Bonn.

See the Daily Telegraph obituary here.

Joint Christian-Muslim Statement: New Zealand

Friday’s tragic events in two Mosques in New Zealand is deeply shocking and has caused us all great pain. As people of faith, we lock arms in solidarity with all those affected by this heinous crime. We share in remembrance and prayer for the deceased, the injured, their families and all those who have suffered hurt.

M Terrier, ‘Neuf ans d’études shīʿites (2009-2017). Bilan et perspectives’, Studia Islamica 113/2 (2013)

Abstract
This article purports to report, without claiming to be exhaustive, on the recent dynamism within Shīʿi studies and their echoes throughout the various fields of Islamology. The first part will present a brief history of Shīʿi studies and the successive biases that have affected them. The second part will retrace the course of these studies over nine years (2009-2017), focusing on three collective works that rehabilitate in different ways Henry Corbin’s analyses (m. 1979), considered outdated by some. The third part will address three areas in which recent Shīʿi studies have proved particularly fruitful: the history of early Islam; the intra-Shīʿi minorities and the origins of Islam; Islamic philosophy after Averroes (d. 1198). The sum total will reflect a decompartmentalisation of Shīʿi studies both internally, between the different currents and aspects of Shīʿism, and externally, between Shīʿism and Sunnism, philosophy or Sufism.

Bahrain sentences 167 people to prison in crackdown on dissent

A Bahraini court sentenced 167 people arrested at a sit-in outside the home of Bahrain’s leading Shi’ite Muslim cleric in 2017 to between six months and 10 years in prison at a trial in late February, court documents and lawyers said.

The Middle East’s Great Divide Is Not Sectarianism

The spectre of sectarianism haunts the Middle East. It is blamed for chaos, conflict, and extremism. It defines what is seen as the region’s principal fault line: Sunni versus Shiite. It has the power and elegance of a grand theory that seemingly explains all.

1.Yale University conference: “The Caspian Sea in the History of Early Modern and Modern Eurasia.”

This three-day workshop, held from March 29-31, 2019, will query the use of the Caspian as a geographic frame of historical research and seeks to bring together scholars of Russian, Iranian, Caucasian, and Central Asia history working on the 16th – 20th centuries.

The conference website may be found here: https://campuspress.yale.edu/caspian/schedule/

 

 

 

 

2. Conference on “Claiming and Making Muslim World: Across and Between the Local and the Global,” Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 3-5 April 2019

Panellists at the conference present their perspectives on the study of predominantly Muslim societies of Asia and Africa, as well as regional interconnections. Scholars specifically address the notion of Claiming and Making Muslim Worlds, exploring religious affiliations and practices, extending to social, economic and cultural modalities of life.

See program at: http://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/2019/Conferences/ConferenceProgramme_ClaimingAndMakingMuslimWorlds_Final.pdf

 

 

 

 

3. Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University

This twelve-months position will focus on the culture, history, politics, economics or religion of Iran and the Persian Gulf region in the 19th – 21st century, with preference for the cultural aspects of the above, starting in September 2019.

Deadline for applications: 31 March 2019.
Information:https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=10521

 

 

 

4. Articles on “Arab Women’s Travel Writings, or Travel Writings by Arab Women” for Special Issue of a Journal

Interested scholars are invited to send proposals for original scholarly papers, not previously published, about travel writings by Arab women as well as papers about travel, or the theme of travel, in Arab Women’s writings.

Contact: Dr. Nawar Al-Hassan Golley, Prof. in Literary Theory and Gender and Women’s Studies, American University of Sharjah (nhgolley@aus.edu)

 

 

 

 

5. Arabic Language and Culture Program (SINARC) at the Lebanese American University in Beirut

a)   Intensive Summer Arabic Program June 6 to July 19, 2019

The Arabic Language and Culture Program (SINARC) at the Lebanese American University’s Beirut Campus invites applicants for its six-and-a-half-week program of intensive Arabic language instruction at all levels: Elementary, Upper Elementary, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate and Advanced. Each level provides a total of 20 hours per week of intensive classroom instruction. This includes fifteen hours of Modern Standard Arabic plus five hours of Levantine Dialect per week.

The six-and-a-half-week Intensive Summer Program provides the opportunity for students to be immersed in Arabic language and culture and to travel and learn about historic and cultural sites around Lebanon. Students can also join LAU volunteers working with dozens of NGO’s engaged in relief work across the country

Students who register for and successfully complete any of the intensive courses receive eight hours of university credit. On the basis of student performance, LAU provides letter grades, which can be transferred to the students’ home institutions for credit evaluation.

How to apply: http://sinarc.lau.edu.lb/apply/application-summer.php

Application deadline: May 10, 2019

Deposit deadline: May 29, 2019

For further information: sinarc@lau.edu.lb

 

b) Fall and/or Spring semesters’ Intensive Arabic Language and Culture Program

SINARC runs full fall and/or spring semester intensive programs in Arabic language and culture. Each semester program runs for fifteen weeks, following the LAU calendar, and offers language instruction at all levels, elementary through advanced in Modern Standard Arabic and Levantine Dialect. Upon successful completion of the program students earns fifteen credits that are transferable to their home institution. The program’s per week offerings include six contact hours of Modern Standard Arabic, three contact hours of  writing skills, three contact hours of Levantine Dialect, and three contact hours of one of several culture-based courses on the Middle East that are offered at LAU. These courses may cover areas such as gender, political studies, sociology, history, literature, art, architecture, music and theater.

Formal instruction in language is enhanced by the engagement with language partners and is enriched through immersion in an authentic cultural context. Cultural activities are abundant on campus during the fall and spring semesters, and SINARC students are encouraged to attend and participate in all of them. SINARC also organizes a series of excursions to historical and cultural sites in Lebanon.

For more information and to apply, visit the SINARC website: http://sinarc.lau.edu.lb/

 

 

 

6. CALL FOR PAPERS

Afkar: The Undergraduate Journal of Middle East Studies

Volume 1, Issue 1

The editorial board at Afkar is excited to announce the Call for Papers for the Inaugural Issue of Afkar: The Undergraduate Journal of Middle East Studies . The deadline for submission is May 15, 2019.

Afkar is an international, peer-reviewed, and student-run academic journal focusing on the study of politics, history, culture and society in the Middle East and North Africa. The journal offers undergraduate students an interdisciplinary platform to publish their academic work, and welcomes manuscripts from wide range of fields within the humanities and social sciences, including history, political science, anthropology, sociology, literature, art history, religious studies and geography. Every issue contains novel scholarly work in the form of academic research articles and short essays. The journal also features a book review section with critical discussions of new publications by scholars in Middle East studies.

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For our inaugural issue, we are looking for submissions according to the following categories:

• Research papers: Research papers should be based on original research with a careful analysis of relevant primary-source material. They should be between 4,000-8,000 words and not exceed 30 double-spaced pages.
• Short essays : Short essays should provide a discussion of contemporary or historical issues in/of the region. They do not need to include an analysis of primary-source materials, but should be based upon original ideas and arguments. They should be between 1,500-3,000 words.
• Book reviews: Book reviews should provide close and critical readings of new publications by scholars in Middle East studies. They should evaluate the strength and weaknesses of the author’s argument, and situate the work within the larger literature of the subject in question. They should be between 700-1,500 words.

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All manuscripts should be sent to afkarjournal.submissions@gmail.com  by May 15, 2019. Please make sure that the manuscript conforms to our stylistic guidelines, to be found at https://afkarjournal.com/submission-guidelines/ .

For enquiries please email afkarjournal.info@gmail.com  .

 

Afkar relies on a broad definition of “the Middle East and North Africa” that includes Iran, Turkey, the Caucasus, Sudan and Mauritania. It also accepts submissions related to Muslim South and Central Asia, as well as the diasporic communities of these different regions.

 

 

 

1.Call for Papers:

Muslims in the UK and Europe

Postgraduate Symposium 6-7 June 2019

Organised by the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge Centre of Islamic Studies invites applications from current Masters and PhD candidates to present their research on issues pertaining to Muslims in the UK and Europe, from any discipline. The postgraduate symposium, taking place from 6-7 June 2019, will be a platform for students to present and exchange current research on any topic in this field in a dynamic forum. While historical or theoretical context is valuable, we also invite papers to present, analyse or interpret research findings, data or material.

The symposium will take place at The Moller Centre, Cambridge. Accommodation will be covered by the Centre of Islamic Studies and bursaries will be available for travel within the UK.

To apply please submit a 500-word abstract, with curriculum vitae outlining current research interests, to cis@cis.cam.ac.uk by 22 March 2019.

Successful candidates will be notified by 29 March 2019 and invited to submit draft papers of no more than 3000 words by 26 May 2019.

Click http://www.cis.cam.ac.uk/activities/conferences/annual-graduate-symposia/ to read about the Annual Muslims in the UK and Europe Postgraduate Symposium.

For more information on the Centre of Islamic Studies see:

http://www.cis.cam.ac.uk/

 

 

 

 

2. Persian and Iranian Studies in memory of Heshmat Moayyad (1927-2018)
A two-day Conference on 8th and 9th March 2019 at the University of Chicago which brings together 16 of Prof. Moayyad’s former students or colleagues whose work intersected in various ways with his own.
Professor Moayyad was one of the early founders of Iranian Studies in
North America; he established the teaching of Persian literature at the University of Chicago, inaugurated and directed for decades our weekly Persian Circle  (anjoman-e soxan) and sponsored a literary “mahfel” in Persian for the Iranian community — a series of Poetry and Short Story evenings (shab-e she`r) at the University of Chicago.
This conference recognizes, celebrates and evaluates his legacy; remembers his gentleness and humor, and focuses attention on many of the scholarly topics with which he passionately engaged.
The program details can be found here:
https://cmes.uchicago.edu/page/persian-and-iranian-studies-honor-professor-heshmat-moayyad

 

 

 

 

3. Vacancy: Research Associate at the Orient-Institut Istanbul – Standing Working Group Iran and Beyond: Breaking the Ground for Sustainable Scholarly Collaboration (IRSSC)

The Orient-Institut Istanbul is currently seeking a doctoral or postdoctoral researcher to work on a project in the framework of the

Standing Working Group Iran and Beyond: Performance of Culture, Religion and Body as Strategies of Self-Empowerment in the Islamic Republic Iran

for the following position, available immediately (April, 1 2019):

Research Associate (90%), 37 hrs / week for 36 months (salary based on the salary scale of German institutions in Turkey for locally hired personnel; currently about 6,375 TL net per month)

About the project

The Standing Working Group IRSSC, funded by a grant of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, seeks to explore possibilities and limits of cooperation of German and Turkish scholars with Iranian colleagues and academic institutions by employing innovative research topics in an interdisciplinary framework. Cultural, social and religious connections in the transregional continuum stretching from Anatolia to Iran and beyond to Pakistan are in the focus of attention. Creative appropriation of practices and discourses under the conditions of an authoritarian state aiming at social and individual self-assertion happens in a relationship of tension and in reciprocity with hegemonically enforced norms and practices. These are for example related to Shiite Islam, e.g. concerning body habitus, religious ritual, gender roles as well as active and passive access to music. Conditions of modern-day mediality and the multiplication of social interaction caused by it help create a larger, internally more differentiated and hybrid repertoire of behavior in dealing with ruling institutions as well as with an international public, e.g. via social media. These questions will be investigated with methods of cultural and social studies in relation to the cultural areas of music, religion and (body-modifying) therapeutic and non-therapeutic medicine. One of the chief aims of the Standing Working Group is to set up an international research network integrating scholars from the region, especially from Iran, into international processes of scholarly communication and production.

Requirements

Applicants are expected to hold a master degree (PhD preferred), ideally in social sciences or humanities. Those interested in or working on issues of Sociology of Medicine, Medicine, Science and Technology Studies, Ethnomusicology or Cultural Anthropology/Cultural Studies (with a focus on religious topics) in Iran or Pakistan are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates have to be willing and able to conduct ethnographic fieldwork in Iran.

Candidates from Medicine, Science and Technology Studies or Sociology of Medicine, should have an interest in conducting a comparative analysis of the human genome project in Turkey and Iran, in particular its bio(geo)political factors and impacts on health policies.

Additionally, coordinating and organizing skills are beneficial. Academic Turkish and English skills are required, Persian is preferable. Workplace of the project will be at the Orient-Institut Istanbul, Beyoğlu.

The Orient-Institut Istanbul is an independent turcological and regional scholarly research Institute of the Max Weber Foundation. Much of our work is conducted in cooperation with universities and independent academic institutions, both in Turkey and abroad. The Institute also contributes to the scientific exchange between Germany and Turkey.

The Orient-Institut Istanbul is committed to raising the number of women in research. Female researchers are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants with disabilities are treated with preference given comparable qualification.

Application

Applications should be submitted as one single pdf document including a letter of motivation, the outline of a proposed project (one page), academic CV and certificates. Please include the contact information for two academic referees.

Application deadline: March 18, 2019

Please submit your complete application to:

Prof. Dr. Raoul Motika

Director of the
Orient-Institut Istanbul
Susam Sokak 16 D.8

34433 Cihangir-Istanbul

Turkey

oiist@oiist.org

 

For any question about the application, please contact:

PD Dr. Judith Haug at haug@oiist.org (Musicology)

PD Dr. Rober Langer at langer@oiist.org (Religious Studies)

Dr. Melike Şahinol at sahinol@oiist.org (Human, Medicine and Society)

 

 

 

 

4. PRIX MICHEL SEURAT

APPEL À CANDIDATURES 2019

Sociétés contemporaines du Proche-Orient

et du Maghreb

Le Prix Michel Seurat a été institué par le CNRS en juin 1988 pour « honorer la mémoire de ce chercheur du CNRS, spécialiste des questions islamiques, disparu dans des conditions tragiques.

Ce programme vise à aider financièrement chaque année un jeune chercheur, ressortissant d’un pays européen ou d’un pays du Proche-Orient ou du Maghreb, contribuant ainsi à promouvoir connaissance réciproque et compréhension entre la société française et le monde arabe ».

Depuis 2017, l’organisation du Prix a été déléguée au GIS « Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans », en partenariat avec l’IISMM-EHESS et Orient XXI.

D’un montant de 15 000 € en 2019, le Prix est ouvert aux titulaires d’un master 2 ou d’un diplôme équivalent, âgés de moins de 35 ans révolus et sans condition de nationalité, de toutes disciplines, travaillant sur les sociétés contemporaines du Proche-Orient et/ou du Maghreb.

Il a pour vocation d’aider un (ou une) jeune chercheur (ou chercheuse) à multiplier les enquêtes sur le terrain, dans le cadre de la préparation de sa thèse.

Les enquêtes doivent avoir lieu sur le terrain. La maîtrise de la langue du pays concerné est une condition impérative.

Date limite de dépôt des candidatures :

Lundi 15 avril 2019 (minuit, heure de Paris)

Constitution du dossier impérativement en langue française :

• un plan et un projet de recherche détaillés précisant de manière claire les enquêtes qui seront menées sur le terrain (10 pages maximum) ;
• un curriculum vitae ;
• une copie des diplômes obtenus, assortie le cas échéant de leur traduction en français ;
• une ou plusieurs attestations de personnalités scientifiques : attestations récentes et en rapport avec la candidature au Prix.

 

Adresser votre dossier uniquement par voie électronique impérativement aux deux adresses suivantes :

prix.michel-seurat@cnrs.fr

prix.michel.seurat@ehess.fr

 

Règlement du 30 janvier 2018 à consulter, en annexe.

Conformément au Règlement européen général sur la protection des données (RGPD/GRPD) qui est entré en vigueur le 25 mai 2018, nous vous confirmons que vos données personnelles ne seront en aucun cas délivrées à des tiers et que la gestion se fait uniquement en interne.

 Nous vous rappelons qu’il vous est possible de vous désabonner en nous envoyant un simple courriel à cyrielle.michineau@ehess.fr

—
Cyrielle Michineau
Secrétaire générale du GIS Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans
email : cyrielle.michineau@ehess.fr

contact.gis@ehess.fr / direction.gis@ehess.fr

http://majlis-remomm.fr/
English version : http://majlis-remomm.fr/en/

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5. La direction de Mondes iranien et indien a le plaisir de vous inviter à la XXIème Journée Monde iranien. En espérant vous y retrouver nombreux …

XXIème Journée Monde Iranien
22 mars 2019
Auditorium du Pôle Langues et Civilisations
Inalco, 65 rue des Grands Moulins 75013, Paris
Organisation
Oliver BAST (Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 / Mondes iranien et indien)

For full information, see:

https://iran-inde.cnrs.fr/evenements-scientifiques/colloques-et-conferences-2019/xxieme-journee-monde-iranien.html?lang=fr

 

 

 

 

6. Loyola University – Maryland – Visiting Assistant Professor/Lecturer 

in Middle Eastern/North African History

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58322

 

 

‘Mīr Dāmād (m. 1041/1631), philosophe et mujtahid
Autorité spirituelle et autorité juridique en Iran safavide shīʿite’,
Mathieu Terrier

Studia Islamica, 113/2 (2018)

Abstract
Studies on Twelver Shīʿism, particularly in the context of Safavid Iran (907-1134 / 1501-1722), are characterized by a dichotomy between the emphasis on law and that on philosophy, reflecting the duality between both the exoteric and esoteric dimensions of this religion. Based on this observation, this article presents a corpus of known and lesser known texts of Mīr Dāmād (d. 1041/1631), a philosophy master and super- mujtahid at the court of the Shāhs in Esfahan, in order to analyse the link between these two facets of his personality and shed some light on the relationship between legal and spiritual authorities in modern Shīʾism. The first part of this paper studies Mīr Dāmād’s portrait in the Shīʿi prosopographical sources. The second part deals with his legal works, notably his fatwās on Friday prayer and defensive jihād. The third part analyses the doxographic notice devoted to Mīr Dāmād by his former student Quṭb al-Dīn Ashkevarī (d. between 1088 and 1095 /1677 and 1684), which weaves legal, philosophical and mystical texts authored by his teacher. This study will show that in the view of Mīr Dāmād and his disciples, the temporal authority of the jurisconsult, during the period of Great Occultation, remained inseparable from the spiritual authority of the Gnostic (ʿārif), whose metaphysical knowledge was both rationally proven and mystically experienced.

Home – alhikmah institute

Welcome to Al-Hikmah Institute of Intensive Courses and Sabbatical Leaves. Al-Hikmah Institute of Intensive Courses and Sabbatical Leaves honors has executed various short-terms of Islamic cognitions at universal level and has provided studying opportunities to investigators and all the right-seekers all over the world.

Al-Hikmah Institute of Al-Mustafa International University organizes a summer program for Shi‘a studies.

This program provides a common ground for introducing and discussing Shi‘a history, thoughts, beliefs, demography, Shi‘a governments, education system, branches and denominations, as well as ideological roots of Islamic revolution in Iran.

This program is intended for students and researchers who are interested in Islamic studies, Shi‘a studies, Iranian studies, Eastern studies and Middle Eastern studies. It provides practical instruction and guidance not only for students, but also for anyone who wants to learn Islam and Shi‘a.

The program will include a sightseeing of the most important cities like Qom, Tehran, Isfahan, Kashan and Yazd for those who are interested.

For more information and registration visit:
http://alhikmah.miu.ac.ir/en/index.php/summer-courses-on-shia-studies-2/