Archive for 2019

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/

Bahrain Uprising Anniversary: 8 years of ongoing violations – Shia Rights Watch

February 14th, 2018 marks the 8th anniversary of Bahrain 2011 uprising. Shia Rights Watch predicts that more protest and crackdowns will be carried out as a result. In fact activists reported as many as 23 people were arrested today, the 13th, as the kingdom’s security services raided homes in numerous towns and villages such as Diraz, A’ali, …

Thailand: Bahraini Footballer Goes Home to Australia

Thailand has freed a Bahraini refugee football player threatened with extradition since November 2018 following global pressure from athletes, sports federations, and rights groups. Hakeem Al-Araibi is a refugee whose detention and threatened deportation was a grave injustice. FIFA and the IOC deserve credit for applying their new human rights policies to help gain Al-Araibi’s release and his return home to Australia.

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1.Workshop on “Islamic Reform and Modernity”, Islamic University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam, 23-24 April 2019

Questions to be answered:  What do we mean by Islamic reform (Islah) and Renewal (Tajdid) in Islamic Thought?  Is Islamic reform mandatory or a choice? What are the fields required to be reformed for Islamic Revival? Is Islamic renaissance possible in 21st century? Etc

Deadline for abstracts: 11 March 2019.

Information: https://www.iur.nl/2019/02/07/call-for-papers-workshop-islamic-reform-and-modernity/

2. International Workshop on “Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages”, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, 13-14 June 2019

Examples of contemporary controversies include unregistered marriages, polygamous marriage, marriages with parties deemed too young or too old, temporary marriage, and mixed marriages (be it interfaith, interethnic, interracial, interclass, or transnational), etc. are welcome.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2019. Information: http://aissr.uva.nl/content/events/workshops/2019/02/multiple-materialities-of-muslim-marriages.html

3. Second International NEHT Workshop on “Environmental Histories of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey”, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 6-7 September 2019

The overarching theme of the workshop is “Historicizing Nature: Water, Forest and Land”.

Deadline for abstracts: 5 March 2019. Information: http://neht.hist.metu.edu.tr/

4. Workshop: „Multilateral Dynamics between the Middle East and Asia in the Mongol Era“, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 15 December 2019

The workshop explores the interconnectivities between Asia (Central, East, Southeast, South and North) and the Middle East (including Greater Iran, Anatolia, Syria and Egypt, Yemen, al-Hijaz) in the Mongol period (13th-15th centuries).  We especially welcome studies focusing on one text, object or media as an arena of cross-cultural connections as well as papers dealing with specific cross-Asian networks (commercial, religious, scientific).

Deadline for abstracts: 11 March 2019.

Information: http://mongol.huji.ac.il/news-and-activities/cfp-multilateral-dynamics-between-middle-east-and-asia-mongol-era

5. Postdoctoral Fellowship on “Radicalisation of Islam”, Yale University

The candidate for this one-year position will teach one course related to Muslim American studies which overlaps and extends several ethnic studies subfields (such as Arab American studies, African American studies, and Asian American studies) as well as disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, history, religious studies, and political science.

Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/58704

6. Postdoctoral Associate on Contemporary Islam in Africa, University of Florida, Gainesville

This position is responsible for organizing workshops; teaching one semester-long undergraduate class; and pursuing a program of independent scholarship related to Islam in Africa in global context.

Deadline for applications: 15 March 2019. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/60177

7. Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic, Kenyon College, Central Ohio

The successful candidate will teach language–introductory through advanced courses–as well as possible courses in the candidate’s field of expertise, e.g. literature, film, etc. The teaching load consists of 3/2 course schedule.

Deadline for applications: 15 March 2019.

Information: http://careers.kenyon.edu/cw/en-us/job/492565/visiting-assistant-professor-of-arabic

8. Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholars Program for Senior Policymakers and Academics, Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School

Applications from scholars working on contemporary issues of policy relevance to the Middle East, and the Arabian Gulf in particular, in the disciplines of political science, economics, history, and sociology are especially welcome. Duration: One Semester (about four months).

Deadline for application: 17 February 2019.

Information: https://www.belfercenter.org/project/middle-east-initiative#kuwait-foundation-visiting-scholars-program

9. Contributions to “The Routledge Handbook on Middle Eastern Diasporas”

The Handbook seeks original contributions that address social, cultural, political or historical aspects of Middle Eastern diaspora communities. The Handbook aims to include field-based contributions on diaspora communities in and from the Middle East, as well as more general pieces addressing theoretical or methodological issues.

Deadline for 500-word abstracts: 1 March 2019.

Information: https://www.cmes.lu.se/research/call-for-contributions

10. Contribution pour le MIDÉO 36 (2021): “Iǧtihād et taqlīd dans l’islam sunnite et šīʿite”

Les propositions d’article doivent être soumises pour évaluation avant le 15 janvier 2020.

Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/36891

11. Oklahoma State University, School of Global Studies and Partnerships, Stillwater, OK, invites applications for a Tenure Track position as Assistant Professor and Farzaneh Chair of Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies to begin August 2019. Deadline for applications: February 28, 2019.  We seek a forward-looking scholar and educator with strong intellectual and leadership skills to direct the Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies Program. The ideal candidate will demonstrate an understanding of historical and contemporary challenges facing the nation, and will have the leadership skills required to lead and grow the Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies Program.

For more information, see: https://okstate.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?site=8&id=6017&fbclid=IwAR3a6fmQZT78EnHExtbUPRcSDqscTE9q3qY6IjfQNMHSfWfXFGO8sIWiNTc

A six years old child was beheaded in Saudi Arabia – Shia Rights Watch

A six years old child was beheaded in Saudi Arabia In an unprecedented incident, a six years old boy was beheaded in front of her mother after he was confirmed to be Shia. The mother and her son took cab to visit the shrine of Prophet Muhammad in Medina.

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1.Narrative Illustration on Qajar Tilework in Shiraz

Author: Atefeh Seyed Mousavi

Publisher: Verlag für Orientkunde

Publication date: December 2018

Series: Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte des Islamischen Orients” (Contributions to the Cultural History of the Islamic Orient).

EAN:  978-3-936687-46-3

Paperback: Vol. 1, 335 pages (Texts); Vol. 2, 268 pages (Images)

Price for two volumes: 79 €

Order Books: verlag.fuer.orientkunde@web.de (www.verlag-fuer-orientkunde.com)

Tilework illustration of the Qajar period has received comparatively little scholarly consideration. This applies specifically to Shiraz, where the art was abundantly practiced. My book, the first of its kind, presents a detailed analytical study of Qajar tile painting in Shiraz. The material has been collected during two extensive fieldwork trips. Having collected more than 5,000 photos, I have chosen 42 historical buildings in Shiraz with tile work decoration for a detailed analysis, supplying minute descriptions for each and every image together with a solid documentation of the tiles’ respective location in the buildings. My study identifies, classifies and analyzes the depicted themes and the craftsmanship behind it. Particular attention has been devoted to a detailed discussion of the prominent themes, their argument and motivation, as well as to popular artists of the period. In addition to the study, my work contains ample visual documentation.

For more information and the table of contents, please see: http://kreationen.net/

This book was published with the financial support of The Barakat Trust.

2. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Arabic or Visiting Assistant Professor of
Arabic College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The Arabic Program in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at
the University of Maryland, College Park invites applications for a full-time
appointment as Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track) for the 2019-20 academic
year, with possibility of extension. The Program includes a major, a minor,
and an Arabic Flagship Program and draws interested students from majors
across campus. It uses the integrated approach in teaching Arabic, i.e. Arabic
dialects and the formal register are taught side by side, based on different
linguistic and cultural functions.

Strong candidates will have a passion for teaching Arabic as a second language
at all levels and for developing new curricular content in Arabic and English
in an area of specialization that engages students with life in the
contemporary Arab World from varying perspectives. Possible areas of
specialization include, but are not limited to, contemporary literature,
visual culture, digital communications and media, migration and refugee
studies, environmental studies, international relations, and anthropology. The
successful candidate will be expected to actively participate in academic and
extracurricular events sponsored by the Program, to pursue an active research
agenda, to teach four courses per year (a 2-2 load), and to play a dynamic
role in curriculum development and outreach in interdisciplinary studies and
on-campus partnerships.
Qualifications: PhD in hand by August 20, 2019; evidence of exceptional
scholarly achievement and excellence in teaching; native or near-native
fluency in Arabic and English; a strong command of Modern Standard Arabic.
Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience; research travel
support available.

This position will be filled as either an Adjunct Assistant Professor or as
Visiting Assistant Professor. There is no tenure associated with this
position.  For best consideration, materials should be received by Wednesday,
March 6, 2019. To apply, please submit a cover letter, CV, sample syllabus,
and contact information for three references who will be asked to provide a
confidential letter of recommendation, all through the University of Maryland
online employment application system at: https://ejobs.umd.edu. This position
is contingent on the continued availability of funds.

The School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures seeks to investigate and
engage with the linguistic, cultural, cinematic, and literary worlds of
speakers of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish, as well as questions
surrounding language learning itself. Its 15 units are organized into 6
Departments (East Asian Languages and Cultures; French and Italian; Germanic
Studies; Middle Eastern Studies; Russian; Spanish and Portuguese) and three
independent programs (Central European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies; Film
Studies; and Second Language Acquisition); 2 Centers (the Center for East
Asian Studies; the Roshan Center for Persian Studies); the Language House
Living-Learning Program, and the Summer Institute. To learn more about the
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, please visit our website at:
www.sllc.umd.edu.

3. Sacred Kingship in World History: Between Immanence and Transcendence
Hosted by the Oxford Centre for Global History and the University of Texas

Date:                25-26 May 2019

Location:         Brasenose College, University of Oxford

Registration:   £50 standard, £25 student
Includes entry to all conference sessions, tea/coffee and lunch on both days, and a drinks reception on 25th May 
For  more information: https://global.history.ox.ac.uk/event/conference-sacred-kingship-world-history-between-immanence-and-transcendence

4. Classical Central Asia in the Digital Age: Three Newly-Digitised Navoiy Manuscripts at the British Library

Thanks to a partnership between the British Library and the Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and Literature named Alisher Navoiy, three manuscripts including the poetical works of Alisher Navoiy are now available online. These three items are the first Chagatai-language texts to be uploaded to the Library’s digitised manuscript holdings, a sample of the more than 110 Chagatai and Central Asian Turkic manuscripts held by the British Library as part of its Turkish and Turkic collections.

All three works contain Divans, or poetical compendia, of the work of Alisher Navoiy, also known as ‘Ali Shīr Navā’ī. Navoiy was born in 1441 CE in Herat, Afghanistan, at a time when it was part of the Timurid Empire, and died in the same city in 1501 CE. He is the national poet of Uzbekistan and is regarded as one of the great poets of the mediaeval Turkic world. His broad oeuvre is a testament to the cultural, intellectual and social flowering of Khorasan in the 15th century CE, and to the importance of Herat in the broad mosaic of Turkic cultural production. The works are also an introduction to classical Chagatai, the literary language of Turkic Central Asia and Siberia. Little known or studied today outside of specialist circles, Chagatai was also the language of the Mughals, who established their reign over parts of the Indian Subcontinent in 1526.

See: https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2019/02/classical-central-asia-in-the-digital-age-three-newly-digitised-navoiy-manuscripts-at-the-british-lib.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+asian-and-african+%28Asia+and+Africa%29

5. Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies

Royal Holloway University of London

2^nd Annual Conference on Islam, the West, and Radicalism

20 February 2019

Keynote Speakers:

• Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina (IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies, George Mason University)
• Rabab Sadr (Chairperson, Imam Sadr Foundation, Lebanon)

For further information and to register see: https://ciwas2.eventbrite.com

6. The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies is currently accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position starting in September 2019.

Application Link:   https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/10521
Deadline for Application: 03/31/2019

If you have any questions, please contact iran@princeton.edu

7. Lecture: Comparative Philosophy Colloquium by Mohammad J. Esmaeili “Reading Aristotle’s Physics Today.”

Date

11 February 2019

Time

15:15 – 17:00  hrs

Address

P.J. Veth
Nonnensteeg 1-3
2311 VJ Leiden

Room

0.07

Mohammad J. Esmaeili obtained his doctorate in philosophy at the Iranian Institute of Philosophy in Tehran in 2011 with a dissertation on Aristotle’s dynamics in the Greek, Arabic and Latin commentary traditions. At present he is a senior researcher at the Institute. His research focuses on Aristotelian philosophy and science and their impact on the Islamic world, roughly until the end of the seventeenth century CE. Apart from the articles that he published so far on this subject, he also edited a number of books on Islamic philosophy. These days he is finalizing his editio princeps of the natural philosophy section of Abu ʼl-ʿAbbās al-Lawkarī’s (fl. ca. 500/1106) comprehensive philosophical encyclopaedia Bayān al-ḥaqq bi-ḍamān al-ṣidq, in eight books: 1) Lectures on physics, 2) de Caelo et Mundo, 3) de Generatione et Corruptione, 4) de Mineralibus, 5) Meteorologica, 6) de Anima, 7) de Plantis, and 8) de Animalibus.

For more information:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2019/02/comparative-philosophy-colloquium-by-mohammed-j.-esmaeili

The 8th Anniversary of the Bahraini Uprising

Eventbrite – Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy presents The 8th Anniversary of the Bahraini Uprising – Monday, 11 February 2019 at Meeting Room C, London, England. Find event and ticket information.

Hakeem al-Araibi Case: Bahrain is Emboldened to Take Human Rights Abuse Beyond Its Borders

When the Bahraini government claimed there would be no threat to Hakeem al-Araibi’s life if the refugee footballer were extradited to his home country – citing the integrity of the kingdom’s judicial system – it would have been laughable were it not so tragic.

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1.Researching the Asian and African Collections at the British Library

The Asian and African department at the British Library began 2019 with one of the most important annual events in our calendar: a training day for students beginning their doctoral dissertations. Approximately fifty students from across the UK were introduced to the collections and the best ways to research them.

Read more here.

2. We are seeking papers on the theme of ‘Islam and the category of “religion”‘ for the Summer 2019 issue of the semi-annual scholarly journal, Pakistan Journal of Historical Studies (PJHS), published by the Indiana University Press (Bloomington, USA).

Recent scholarship has historicised the concept of “religion” as it is used in contemporary popular, academic, and political discourse. Critics have called into question the usefulness and validity of a term developed in the context of post-Reformation Christianity and deeply entangled with the history of European colonialism, especially for the study of non-Western cultures. We seek papers that examine this question from the perspective of the study of Islam.

Potential topics:

• Is Islam a “religion”, now or in the past?
• Does the conception of Islam as a “religion” help or hinder our understanding of “Islamic art,” “Islamic science,” and “Islamic politics”?
• How has Islam been constructed or governed as a “religion” in contemporary contexts?
• How do indigenous concepts, such as dīnand īmān, compare to “religion”?
• Did the diversity of peoples and communities within Islamic empires, or studied by Islamic scholars, require the development of concepts similar to “world religions”?

Amina Steinfels, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA, will guest edit this issue.

Deadline for submitting articles is 15^th April 2019. Manuscripts should be submitted through the Indiana University Press website, via the following link:

https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/pjhs/login

Length of an article should be between 8,000 and 12,000 words. For style-sheet, visit the following link:http://hak3408.wixsite.com/khaldunia/guidelines-for-contributors

For more information or to propose an idea, please email to pjhs@khaldunia.org (cc to asteinfe@mtholyoke.edu; hak@khaldunia.org)

For previous issues of the journal, please visit the following link:

https://www.jstor.org/journal/pakijhiststud

Journal’s website: http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/pages.php?cPath=4&pID=97

3. Colloque International : « Terrains difficiles, sujets sensibles. Faire du terrain au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient » (“Difficult Fieldwork, Sensitive Topics: Doing Research in the Maghreb and the Middle East”), Institut universitaire de la recherche scientifique, Rabat, 14-15 February 2019

See program at https://terrainsdifficilessujetssensibles.home.blog

4. Conference: “Geography and Religious Knowledge in the Medieval World (1150–1550) – including Arab-Islamic Geography”, University of Tübingen, 11-12 April 2019

The comparative perspective is intended to capture traditional peculiarities as well as transcultural exchange processes between the Arab-Muslim and the Latin-Christian world.

See program at https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3543039/geography-and-religious-knowledge-medieval-world-1150%E2%80%931550

5. Sixth Conference on Translating the Meanings of the Holy Qur`an on “Translation Studies and the Translation of the Holy Qur`an”, Al Kindi Center for Translation and Training, University of Marrakech, 20-21 November 2019

The aim of the conference is to re-raise the problem of translating the meanings of the Holy Qur’an in the light of modern theories and techniques.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2019. Information: http://en.takc.org/2018/11/11/the-sixth-conference-on-translating-the-meanings-of-the-holy-quran-under-the-theme-translation-studies-and-the-translation-of-the-holy-quran-in-honour-of-professor-mohammed-didaoui/

6. Two Faculty Positions on Classical Ottoman (1300-1700) and Late Ottoman (1700-1922) History, Bilkent University

Positions will be open until they are filled. Information: https://stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/HIST2019Classic and https://stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/HIST2019Otto

7. Articles on “Critical Reflections on Contemporary Muslim Thought and Human Rights” for “Journal of Contemporary Poetics”

The Journal invites scholars working in the fields of history, cultural studies, political science, psychology, religious studies, critical theory, film and media studies, literature and languages, postcolonial studies, and law to present fresh insights into the debate.

Deadline for full papers: 7 April 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3526613/call-papers-critical-reflections-contemporary-muslim-thought

8. AUC Summer School

A one-month intensive program bringing international scholars of Qur’an, Hadith, Law, and Sufism and combining group lectures with Arabic language, primary source textual readings, and engagement with scholars in Cairo.

Open to students of all backgrounds and religious affiliations and backed by the American University in Cairo.

Application Deadline: April 1, 2019

For more information, see the school website:

http://schools.aucegypt.edu/sce/Programs/Pages/New%20Initiatives/Islamic-Studies.aspx

In addition, there is also a facebook page::

https://www.facebook.com/cairosummerinstitute/

9. Call for Papers: The Future of British Muslim Studies

A one-day Muslims in Britain Research Network conference organised in partnership with the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, Cardiff University

Date: 24 April 2019

Since the Muslims in Britain Research Network was established over 25 years ago, British Muslim studies has grown exponentially. Yet despite this, the field faces significant challenges and uncertainty about its future direction. With so much of the focus on British Muslims being driven – both in academia and in wider society – by instrumental concerns about security and terrorism, much needed debates about the field’s core goals and purpose have often been obscured. The near constant use of research reports and polls on British Muslims in service of political agendas has meant that not only do those researching British Muslims often struggle to get their voices heard, but they are also forced to face difficult questions about their positioning and politics.

This one day event will bring together those from within and outside of academia who have an interest in shaping the study of Muslim Britain in order to discuss and debate the challenges facing the field and where it should go from here. What should British Muslim studies do, and who should it be for? Should it be seen as part of a project of improving Muslims’ rights and representation, as with the case of comparable fields like Black studies, or remain at a critical distance from Muslim politics? Is the field itself sufficiently inclusive of the diversity of Muslim and non-Muslim voices, and is sufficient recognition given to those outside the academy producing research into Muslims? When, and how, should academics partner with Muslim and community and activist groups? With researchers in the field scattered across disciplines, and with religion increasingly marginalised in the academy, how can the field cohere and have a positive impact?

Abstracts are invited for papers that address any of the conference themes:

• Emerging research agendas in, and challenges for, the field of British Muslim studies
• The politics of producing knowledge about Muslims in the West
• The relationship between academic scholarship and Muslims’ presence, voice and activism
• Partnerships between academic and Muslim community groups in the UK
• ‘Insider’ and ‘outsider’ dynamics in the study of British Muslims
• Complementarities and tensions between disciplinary approaches to the study of Muslims and Islam
• Securing the study of Muslims and Islam within and beyond UK higher education

Participants will be asked to present their research in a short format as part of a panel. To participate please send a 250 word abstract to the email address below by 1^st March along with a biographical note of no more than 50 words.

Abstract submissions and any general questions should be sent to the conference organisers at MuslimsinBritainRN@gmail.com.

10. Séminaire « Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien »

Séance du 7 février 2019, 17h-19h

Florian SCHWARZ, directeur de l’Institut d’études iraniennes, Académie autrichienne des Sciences, Vienne

« The Sufi, the village and the city. Hagiography and social history
in 17^th-century Bukhara »

The critical use of Sufi hagiographies for writing social history (in the broadest sense) of many regions and periods of Islamic history is well established. Central Asia has produced its fair share of hagiographic texts, which have been widely exploited in modern scholarship, while a large number of texts remain virtually unstudied. What sets the study of Central Asian hagiographical texts apart from many other areas is the necessity to engage with a strong Soviet tradition of research. This presentation will assess various research paradigms and explore new perspectives for a meaningful social history of Central Asia. As a case study, one particularly rich Persian hagiographical text from late 17^th-century Bukhara, Zinda Ali’s Thamarat al-mashayikh, will be presented and discussed.

Florian Schwarz est le directeur de l’Institut d’études iraniennes (Institut für Iranistik) de l’Académie autrichienne des Sciences (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) à Vienne. Ses travaux de recherche portent sur l’histoire de l’Iran et de l’Asie centrale en s’intéressant particulièrement aux cultures de tradition manuscrite, aux réseaux intellectuels et communautés savantes, à la numismatique et l’histoire monétaire, à l’épigraphie islamique ainsi qu’à la géographie historique. Il est l’auteur et l’éditeur scientifique de nombreux livres, notamment de Persische Poesie alla Turca: Sprache, Exil und die Grenzen der kulturwissenchaftlichen Iranistik (Wien : Vienna University Press, 2011), de Sylloge Numorum Arabicorum Tübingen. XIVc Hurasan III: Balh und die Landschaften am oberen Oxus (Tübingen, Berlin : Wasmuth, 2002) et de Unser Weg schließt tausend Wege ein: Derwische und Gesellschaft im islamischen Mittelasien im 16. Jahrhundert (Berlin : Klaus Schwarz, 2000).

Lieu : INaLCO, salle 5.01, 65 rue des Grands Moulins, 75013 Paris

Organisateurs : Amr Ahmed (INaLCO), Samra Azarnouche (EPHE), Oliver Bast (Sorbonne nouvelle – Paris 3), Agnès Devictor (Université Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne), Julien Thorez (CNRS)

11. Call for papers: Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements: Critical and Interdisciplinary Approaches

Call for papers for a conference on ‘The
Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements: Critical and
Interdisciplinary Approaches’ organized by the Centre for the Critical
Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM), taking
place at the University of Bedfordshire (Bedford Campus) on 27-28 June
2019.

The aim of the conference is to facilitate critical and
interdisciplinary discussion of apocalypticism, millenarianism and
associated movements across time, place, and culture, and will cover
academic fields such as anthropology, archaeology, biblical studies,
critical theory, cultural studies, history, literary studies, political
studies, psychology, religious studies, sociology, etc. The
interdisciplinary scope is broadly understood to include methodologies,
comparative approaches, and showcasing of research more specific to
individual fields of expertise.

Speakers include:
John J. Collins (Yale Divinity School)
Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Bill McGuire (University College London)
Sarah Rollens (Rhodes College)
Beth Singler (University of Cambridge)
Fatima Tofighi (EUME, Berlin/University of Religions, Qom)
Paul-Francois Tremlett (Open University)

We invite individual paper proposals from scholars at all stages of
their career, including postgraduates, and we welcome suggestions for
group panels. Please submit proposals to conference@censamm.org .
Submissions for papers should include a 300-word abstract and short CV.

Deadline for proposals: 31 March 2019.

Conference Registration is now open: www.ticketsource.co.uk/censamm

The full CfP is available on the CenSAMM website: censamm.org