Archive for 2019

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focusing on three collective works that rehabilitate in different ways Henry Corbin’s analyses (m. 1979), considered outdated by some.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/

https://www.facebook.com/GISMoyenOrient

https://soundcloud.com/iismm

 

 

 

 

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/

1.Silsile-nâme-î Varşova

Genealogy of Warsaw (1692)

Illustrated Genealogy of Prophets and Rulers

The Transcription of the Ottoman Illustrated World History, Its Translation into Modern Turkish and  Facsimile of Manuscript nr. BOZ 183 in Polish National Library

edited by  MEHMET TÜTÜNCÜ-  ÖMER ERDEM – SEVDE NUR GÜLDİKEN

This manuscript written in Ottoman Turkish preserved at the National Library in Warsaw, Poland, the Biblioteka Ordynacji Zamojskiej1 (Zamoyski Family Library) in Warsaw (Rps. BOZ 183), is an important addition to our knowledge about Ottoman Illustrated World Histories. It consists of thirty-five folios, each measuring 24 x 35,5 cm.

There is a note at the beginning about the former owners of the manuscript. As stated in this note, the manuscript was completed during the reign of Sultan Suleiman II (r. 1098-1102/1687-1691).Hence, by the time of the reigns of Sultan Ahmed II or Sultan Mustafa II, the manuscript must have already left Ottoman lands and have been brought to Europe where it was acquired by the eminent English mathematician, astronomer, and theologian Sir Isaac Newton.3 Newton’s interest in Islam and his endeavor to discover the date of the creation of the world by calculating the life span of the prophets is well known. This manuscript details the life span of every prophet. Evidently this was an important work for Newton. After his death the manuscript was removed from his inheritance. Later it was bought by the collectors

This work comprises names and biographies of more than 650 illustrious persons and their genealogical connections with each other from the time of Adam to 1700 CE. What makes it important is that 205 of them are illustrated with portraits. The illustrations are presented chronologically and are, to a certain extent, interrelated. It thus presents an ideal source to learn about the affinities and the genealogy of the reigning dynasties and prophets. Because of all the afore-mentioned qualities, we named this work, which does not bear any title, the Genealogy of Warsaw (Silsile-nâme-î Varşova).

In the portrait section of the work, the names of the people portrayed are sometimes written below the Arabic inscription in pencil in French and in English. These are additions to notices written in different hands of the respective owners of the manuscript (Newton, Barnard, Jaubert etc.). In the Genealogy, some lineages can be followed carefully along lines. These are the Israelites, the Turks, the Prophet Mohammed followed by the Caliphs

ISBN 978-90-6921-01 5-5

Haarlem, SOTA  2019, 184 pages

Price € 120 excl. Shipping costs

For ordering : sotapublishing@gmail.com

Sample pages and more information

https://www.academia.edu/38440983/Silsilenamei_Varsova_ISBN_9789069210155.pdf

 

 

 

2. LECTURER IN TURKISH, CENTER FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES, BROWN UNIVERSITY

The Center for Language Studies (CLS) at Brown University seeks a dynamic
language professional for a full-time position as Visiting Lecturer in Turkish
beginning July 1st, 2019.  This is a one-year renewable appointment contingent
upon a successful review, the continued needs of the department, and
availability of funding.  The teaching load is 6 courses per academic year (2
semesters).

Requirements are: 1. Master’s degree or equivalent in Turkish language,
literature, linguistics, or language pedagogy; 2. Fluency in another Turkic
language is desirable; 3. Proficiency in spoken and written English; 4.
Ability to teach a first-year undergraduate seminar on a topic pertaining to
contemporary Turkey, tied to the candidate’s discipline and research, is
especially welcome; 5. Familiarity with and commitment to innovative methods
of language instruction.

Please submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching
philosophy and a teaching portfolio, if portfolio is available, as well as
three reference letters by April 15, 2019.   Any questions may be emailed to
Jane Sokolosky, CLS Director, at languages@brown.edu .

Diversity and inclusion are integral to Brown University’s academic code and
practice.  As an educational institution and as an employer, Brown is
recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with
Disabilities.  The University actively encourages applications of women,
persons of color, and persons with disabilities.  The search will remain open
until the position is filled.

Please access the job description and apply here:
https://apply.interfolio.com/60025

 

 

 

 

3. Workshop on “Alternative Archives in Muslim Asia”, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 5-6 July 2019

In hidden corners of now-minority Muslim communities, traces of old textual circulations remain. Many sources survive in non-traditional archives, where the apparatus for accessing them is often poorly developed. This workshop aims to build a network of scholarship and archival practice that accelerates the recovery of these texts, rebuilds their trans-national context, and brings their stories of neglected Islamic traditions to life.

Deadline for abstracts: 7 March 2019.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3745110/deadline-extended-march-7-alternative-archives-muslim-asia-intl

 

 

 

 

4. W1-Professor of Turkish Studies, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum

The Institute is interested in candidates with a strong record in research and teaching related to early modern and modern developments in the Ottoman Empire and/or Turkey. Knowledge of Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian will be particularly welcome.

Deadline for applications: 31 March 2019.

Information: https://www.euraxess.de/de/node/380075

 

 

 

 

5. Research Fellowship: Society and Culture, Bussol

Applicants should hold a PhD and have 5 to 7 years of research and/or academic experience with a focus on the social and cultural field of the Middle East with a particular focus on the Gulf states. Excellent language skills in English are essential while a working knowledge of Arabic and French is desirable.

Information: https://www.bussolainstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Research-Fellow-Society-and-Culture-003.pdf

 

 

 

 

6. Postdoc Research Associate, Orient-Institut Istanbul

Applicants interested in 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. Academic Turkish and English skills are required, Persian is preferable.

Deadline for applications: 18 March 2019. Contact for Religious Studies: PD Dr. Rober Langer (langer@oiist.org); for Human, Medicine and Society Dr. Melike Şahinol (sahinol@oiist.org)

 

 

 

 

7. Fellowships for Visiting Scholars, Orient-Institut, Beirut

The Orient-Institut Beirut awards 3-month fellowships to established scholars who have attained distinction in their fields and wish to make use of the facilities of the OIB to work on an article, research paper, or book free from other academic obligations.

Applications are accepted by 1 April and 1 October of each year but should be submitted at least six months prior to the proposed stay in Beirut.

Information: https://www.orient-institut.org/support/scholarships/hans-robert-roemer-fellowships/

 

 

 

8. ASPIRANTUM Armenian School of Languages and Cultures in Yerevan organizes International Persian Language Summer School in Yerevan, Armenia to take place from July 07 to August 17 (6 weeks) or July 07 to July 27 (3 weeks), 2019.

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

During the summer school several cultural trips will be offered, which will transform your stay in Armenia into an unforgettable, academically oriented endeavour.

On the first day (July 07, Sunday) the program will be launched in Garni, built by king Tiridates I in the first century AD as a temple to the god Mithra/Mihr. In the evening the group will travel to Yerevan for an opening dinner.

Classes will start on July 8th and will include lectures, seminars and presentations. Two times a week classes of Persian language will be followed by a lecture on different topics of Iranian linguistics, literature and history.

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

The 6 weeks summer schools offers an intensive Persian language course spanning 120 hours, divided into 30 days of instruction and focusing on grammar, reading, speaking, and writing. Another 20 hours is devoted to lectures on Iranian linguistics, literature and history.

The 3 weeks summer schools offers an intensive Persian language course spanning 60 hours, divided into 15 days of instruction and focusing on grammar, reading, speaking, and writing. Another 5 hours is devoted to lectures on Iranian linguistics, literature and history.

Upon request the summer school duration may be changed to 4, 8 or 10 weeks.

 

Scholarships

There are several scholarships available to participate in ASPIRANTUM’s Persian language summer school (https://aspirantum.com/scholarships).

Soudavar Memorial Foundation offers one full scholarship in the amount of $3590 for the 6 weeks summer school. To be eligible for this scholarship applicants must be students or researchers engaged in academic activities related to Iranian Studies as a whole. Nationals of any country can apply for this scholarship. If you want to be considered for this scholarship please check the application details here: https://aspirantum.com/scholarships/soudavar-full-scholarship-for-farsi-persian-language-summer-school.

Up to $300 five scholarships will be offered by International journal Iran and the Caucasus editorial to participants, whose research interests are in the fields of Iranian linguistics. Details: https://aspirantum.com/scholarships/iran-and-the-caucasus-scholarships-for-persian-language-courses

Up to $300 five scholarships will be offered by ARMACAD to participants whose research interests are in the fields of modern economic and political relations of Iran and Armenia (or other countries in the Caucasus region). Details: https://aspirantum.com/scholarships/scholarships-for-persian-language-courses-from-armacad

Students from the United States may apply to Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program (FLAS) through their own University. Details: https://aspirantum.com/scholarships/foreign-language-and-area-studies-flas-fellowships-program-for-us-students

 

ASPIRANTUM will provide applicants with an official letter of invitation to support scholarship and travel grant applications.

For questions and inquiries please contact persian@aspirantum.com or whatsapp

Dr. Khachik Gevorgyan +374-91-557978

www.facebook.com/ASPIRANTUM

 

 

 

9. The Board of Directors of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to request submissions for its biennial prize for best book on the medieval Middle East (ca. 500-1500 CE).

In an effort to recognize excellent research in the field, a shortlist will be announced in October and the prize will be awarded at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in New Orleans, Louisiana, in November 2019.

Books published between July 1, 2017 and March 30, 2019 will be eligible for this year’s prize.  Authors must be current members in good standing of Middle East Medievalists to be considered. To join MEM or renew your membership, please visit our MEMbership page.

Deadline for submissions is April 1, 2019.  Publishers are asked to supply the committee chair with one hard copy of each submission as well as an electronic copy that can be accessed by all members of the committee.

For submission details, please contact the committee chair:

Dr. Zayde Antrim

Department of History

Trinity College

300 Summit St.

Hartford, CT 06106

Zayde.Antrim@trincoll.edu

 

 

 

10. Full-time cataloger position at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library. The position will be devoted to cataloging the extensive collection of Islamic manuscripts (over 60,000) which have been digitized in Mali. The position is open until filled.

Information for the position can also be viewed online at https://apps.csbsju.edu/employment/default.aspx?page=jobs.

Questions can be directed to David Calabro, at Dcalabro001@csbsju.edu.

David M. Calabro, Ph.D.
Curator of Eastern Christian and Islamic Manuscripts
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Saint John’s University
Collegeville, MN 56321-7300, USA
(301) 325-0771 (cell)

 

 

 

11. Discovery of a fragment of a hitherto-undocumented Irish translation (from Gerard of Cremona’s Latin, of Ibn Sina’s (Avicenna’s) Canon.

See:  https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/15th-century-manuscript-reveals-links-between-gaelic-ireland-and-muslim-world-908545.html.

 

 

 

Rudolf Strothmann Archive

The purpose of the “Rudolf Strothmann Archive” which comprises digital surrogates of his published work is to bring Rudolf Strothmann’s (1877-1960) pioneering role in the scholarly exploration of Shiʿi Islam into focus and to render his writings, much of which are still relevant, more easily accessible.