Archive for 2019

Incidents of Anti-Shiism in August, 2019 – Shia Rights Watch

Incidents of Anti-Shiism in August, 2019 During August, Shia Rights Watch celebrated the Eid al-Adha by illuminating Time Square, New York. The organization called for solidarity against intolerance and injustice. SRW Eid al- Adha activity can be found here and here. Analysis of anti-Shiism in the first six months of 2019 was published as well.

Sri Lanka’s Pioneering Protection of Shia Rights – Shia Rights Watch

Shia Rights Watch expresses gratitude for the Sri Lankan Colombo Hultsdorf Magistrate courts for their protection of Shia Muharram ceremonies. It is estimated that over 25,000 Shia Muslims practice within Colombo, Sri Lanka. On the first of September, corresponding with the beginning of the holy month of Muharram, spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera announced that the courts …

Profiles in Persecution: Majeed Ahmed Habib Ahmed – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain

Majeed Ahmed Habib Ahmed is a 37-year-old Bahraini citizen who was arrested in 2013. Bahraini authorities arrested him at his home without a warrant for allegedly attending a protest, and he was subjected to torture and convicted in an unfair trial. He is now being held at Jau Prison. On …

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1.Conference: “The Concept of Violence, and the Concept of Just War, in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”, Chair of Oriental Philology and Islamic Studies, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 18–20 September 2019.

See the program at https://www.kcid.fau.de/die-forschungsstelle/aktuelles-und-ankuendigungen/ Registration and further information: katja.thoerner@fau.de.

2. Ten Fellowships for PhD Students in the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies (BGSMCS)

The Graduate School investigates the plurality, changeability, and global connectedness of Muslim cultures and societies. Applications with a focus on strategies of negotiating diversity, difference, and distinction, both among Muslims and between Muslims and non-Muslims are especially encouraged. Successful applicants will have a master’s degree in Arabic Studies, Central Asian Studies, History, History of Islamic Art, Human Geography, Islamic Studies, Political Science, Semitic Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, South and Southeast Asian Studies or Southeast European History. Our language of communication is English.

Deadline for application: 7 October 2019.

Further information: http://www.bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de/en/Bewerbungen/index.html

3. Doctoral Researcher (75%) on Turkey-related Islamic Activism in Niger, Cluster of Excellence “Africa Multiple: Reconfiguring African Studies”, University of Bayreuth

Requirements: Master’s degree in the Study of Religion or a closely related field; capacity to co-design and conduct empirical field work in Niger and Turkey. We are particularly interested in candidates who are al-ready familiar with Islam and Islamic organizations of Turkish background and have a good command of Turkish as well as French.

Deadline for applications: 15 September 2019. Contact: Prof. Dr. Paula Schrode (paula.schrode@uni-bayreuth.de)

4. Assistant Professor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, California State University, Long Beach

Preferred Qualification: Ph.D. in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies; research agenda in applied gender studies in housing policy, social welfare, economic justice, conflict-mediation etc. and specific focus within Asian diasporic, Asian-American, and/or Muslim countries, cultures, and communities.

Review will begin on 15 October 2019. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/13698

5. Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics, Syracuse University

We seek candidates whose teaching and research focus on the Middle East and North Africa. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in political science or a related field or a credible expectation of completing all requirements for the Ph.D. by August 2020.

Deadline for applications: 1 October 2019.

Information: https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/81426

6. The British Institute of Persian Studies is excited to partner with the Centre for Iranian Studies (SOAS) to host a workshop series on Persian miniatures. The course is designed to take participants on a pleasant journey to the mysterious world of Persian miniatures, teaching them about materials, colours, paper preparation and Persian miniature styles.

The course will run every Monday, 6:30-8:30pm at SOAS (room 563) from 7 October to 9 December 2019. 

Registration: Email BIPS Executive Officer at bips@thebritishacademy.ac.uk.

Please note, there is limited spaces available and requires a minimum of 5 students to run. Registration deadline is 1 October 2019. Fees: £270 (10% discount for BIPS members). Course fee includes the costs for materials.

For further information, see :

https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/persian-miniatures-course/

1.Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Medieval and Islamic Art History

The George Mason University Department of History and Art History invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Medieval and Islamic Art History. Candidates for this position should have an active scholarly agenda in the field of pre-modern Islamic, Medieval European, or Byzantine art history. We especially welcome candidates whose research demonstrates critical engagements with global, transcultural, and trans regional conversations in their discipline. Candidates will have a 2/2 teaching load and will have broad latitude in developing an array of undergraduate and graduate courses. It is expected that the candidate will teach undergraduate courses across geographical areas and chronological periods on arts of the pre-modern Islamic world (Mediterranean, Middle East, or Central Asia), European Medieval, and Byzantine art, as well as Graduate courses in the candidate’s area of expertise.

The department is home to the award-winning Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media and has highly ranked History PhD/MA and Art History MA programs. George Mason is a large public university located in the Washington DC suburbs with one of the most diverse student populations in the nation. Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. by August 2020. Teaching experience in pre-modern Islamic, European Medieval and/or Byzantine art history preferred. Review of applications will begin after November 1, 2019, and will continue until the position is filled. For more information and to apply for position number F6543z, see http://jobs.gmu.edu/

2. MedMed-L

MEDMED-L is an unmoderated forum for communication among scholars studying medicine in the medieval period. The list manager is Monica Green, Professor of History, Arizona State University, monica.green@asu.edu.

To post to the list, send messages to MEDMED-L@ASU.EDU To manage your subscriber account, access the Archives, or to unsubscribe, go to http://lists.asu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=MEDMED-L

An email dated 28.8.19 from Professor Monica Green to those those already on the list:

Dear MEDMED-L Colleagues,

We’ve had a lot of new subscribers come onto the list recently, and several more people who (I’m happy to say) are moving on to new pastures but choosing to keep their MEDMED-L memberships active.

Over the years, we have regularly had subscribers make inquiries on the behalf of colleagues who are not list-members. That is entirely okay, and it is wonderful that we can share the collective expertise of the list. However, I would like to remind people of two “best practices” to keep in mind when inquiring on behalf of others:

1. Always encourage them to join the list. There are a variety of reasons people might not want to: they really only have one medicine/health-related question; they’re overwhelmed already with too much e-mail, etc. But do at least give them the option. This is a private list and I do not advertise its existence publicly. So word-of-mouth is the main way we let people know that this community exists. The link for signing on is included at the bottom of every message going out on the list: https://lists.asu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=MEDMED-L. (This is also the link where you, as a list-member, can access the Archives.)
2. If your colleague chooses not to join the list, please make clear to them that although copyright is not being formally claimed on postings to the list, scholarly courtesy would ask that any posting’s author be contacted for consent to use their contributions in another context. Also, it would be courteous to acknowledge the source of information.

Since I have you, just a reminder that the one hard and fast rule of MEDMED-L is that no attachments should be over 5 MB in size. Many people have fixed limits on the size of incoming mail, and over-sized attachments automatically cause havoc. Positively, a reminder that postings can be in any language that you want.

Finally, please remember that this list’s great value is in sharing information. Opinion is fine, too, but it should always be accompanied by links to resources for further information.

3. Appel à candidatures
8e Prix de la Maison des Cultures du Monde

Depuis sa création en 1982, la Maison des Cultures du Monde s’est fixé comme objectif de faire connaître et reconnaître des expressions remarquables de la diversité culturelle à travers le monde. Il s’agit en particulier de formes spectaculaires (théâtre, marionnettes, performance à caractère rituel ou symbolique) et d’expressions musicales et/ou dansées qui sont peu connues du public français, ou peu documentées, ou présentées par des artistes ou praticien·nes méconnu·es en France. La Maison des Cultures du Monde a acquis et développé dans ce domaine une expertise et un savoir-faire qu’elle souhaite partager avec les nouvelles générations de chercheur·ses.

À l’occasion du trentième anniversaire de sa fondation, la Maison des Cultures du Monde a créé en 2012 un prix destiné à permettre à un·e étudiant·e ou jeune chercheur·se la réalisation d’un projet d’étude et de valorisation d’une forme théâtrale, chorégraphique et/ou musicale correspondant à cette orientation artistique. Ce prix permet au/à la lauréat·e de compléter son projet de recherche en lui offrant la possibilité de faire venir en France dans le cadre du Festival de l’Imaginaire des artistes et/ou praticien·nes de la forme esthétique qu’il/elle étudie.

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Calendrier
Les dossiers de candidature doivent être envoyés au plus tard le 30 septembre 2019 à minuit. Tou·tes les participant·es seront informés du résultats dans le courant du mois d’octobre 2019. Les artistes ou praticien·nes seront invité·es à la 25e édition du Festival de l’Imaginaire en 2021.

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The Law and Religious Intolerance in Indonesia

This post is part of a series prepared for an April 2019 workshop on “Religion, Reverence and Tolerance” organized by the Baker Institute Center for the Middle East and the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, both at Rice University. The workshop is sponsored by the June B. and Bryan J.

1.CFP: ‘Medieval Manuscripts without Borders’ at Leeds 2020

As many sessions at the IMC Leeds 2019 have demonstrated, medieval manuscripts are material culture. They are our means of reading history, literature, and can be studied for what they tell us about textual communities and writing cultures in specific disciplines.

We hope to organise at least three sessions on the concept of ‘Medieval Manuscripts without Borders’ for Leeds 2020.  We welcome abstracts from those studying manuscripts from a variety of disciplines and regions. Some ideas of manuscripts without borders are:

‘Borders and Disciplines’

The importance of manuscript transmission (import/export) on certain medieval disciplines such as medicine and science; manuscript contents that cross disciplinary boundaries

‘Manuscripts as Influencers of Change’

How the transmission of manuscripts from one region or kingdom to another affected changes in how new manuscripts were produced: script and codicological changes, mise en page, etc.

‘Borders and Gender’

In what ways do manuscripts create or deconstruct gender boundaries for their creators or their readers?

However, we welcome submissions on the topic more broadly conceived.

Abstract submissions of no more than 250 words should be sent to cvoth@gwdg.de by 15 September 2019.

Please include the following with your abstract submission: full name; email address; postal address; telephone number; full affiliation details (department, institution); title (e.g. Dr, Ms, Mr, Mx, Professor etc).

Organisers:

Colleen Curran, University of Oxford (colleen.curran@ell.ox.ac.uk)

Johanna Green, University of Glasgow (johanna.green@glasgow.ac.uk)

Christine Voth, University of Göttingen (cvoth@gwdg.de)

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2. NEW PERSPECTIVES ON VISUALAND MATERIAL CULTURES OF MEDIEVAL EURASIA 

International Congress for Medieval Studies

May 7-10, 2020

West Michigan University https://wmich.edu/medievalcongress

This panel seeks to explore the impact of Mongol rule on cross-cultural visual and material production in Iran and China, as well as in the Medieval West. Roughly corresponding to modern-day Iran, the Ilkhanate (1256-1335 CE) was an important region at the crossroads, linking Medieval Europe with East Asia. By looking at the “Mongol presence” in both Chinese, Persian, and Western Medieval art, this session aims not only at connecting scholars working on seemingly different geographical areas, but also at deepening our perception of the cosmopolitan nature of Medieval Eurasia as exemplified by the existing visual and material culture. We welcome papers that approach the topic of cultural production in Eurasia from a variety of perspectives and methodologies (art history, archaeology, literary and translation studies, history and philosophy). Through this panel we hope to challenge the current notion of “Medieval” and what the term includes.

Please send your 250-word abstract and a one-page CV to Manuel Giardino and Shutong Liu (medievaleurasia@gmail.com) by September 15, 2019. 

3. Conference of the Jewish-Muslim Research Network: “Beyond Jewish-Muslim Relations”, University of Manchester, 19-20 May 2020

Scholars of Jewish and Muslim histories, cultures, politics and theologies are invited to share comparative, transnational, and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of these topics as they relate to and come into contact with one another.

Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2019. Information: https://jmrn.co.uk/conference2020/

4. Sir William Luce Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Scholar Working on the Gulf Region and Sudan, Durham University

The fellowship is awarded annually to a scholar at post-doctoral level, diplomat, politician, or business executive. We invite research proposals that examine historic aspects of Iran, the Gulf States, South Arabia and Sudan throwing light on contemporary events.

Deadline for applications: 11 October 2019. Information: https://www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/research/fellowships/

Profiles in Persecution: Abdulla Jaafar Yusuf – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain

Abdulla Jaafar Yusuf is a 14-year-old Bahraini citizen. Bahraini authorities arrested him in 2018 without a warrant at a religious assembly, interrogated him without a lawyer present, and subjected him to an unfair trial. He is currently imprisoned in the Juvenile Care Center. On 22 September 2018, Abdulla attended a …

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SABS 5th Fellowship Eid al Adha Dinner 2019

We are grateful to all who attended our annual Eid al-Adha dinner in celebration of the Sacrifice of the Prophet Abraham and the end of the Hajj.

1.Conference: “Narrative and Ethics: The Morals of the Qurʾanic Stories and Beyond”, Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, 27-29 January 2020

This conference aims at calling the attention to the narratives of the Quran and their rich potential as sources of moral orientation and ethical reasoning. The ethical study of the qurʾanic narratives is per se an interreligious and interdisciplinary enterprise. The ethical study of the religious narrative is not only useful for the moral theory, but for several growing fields, like psychotherapy, bioethics and environmental ethics, not to mention education and pastoral care.

Deadline for abstracts: 29 August 2019. Information: https://www.cilecenter.org/resources/news/deadline-extended-call-research-papers-narrative-and-ethics-morals-quranic-stories

2. Five Full-time Positions as Research Associate and Visiting Faculty for Women’s Studies in Religion Program 2020-21, Harvard Divinity School

Proposals for book-length research projects utilizing both religion and gender as central categories of analysis and focusing on any religion are welcomed. Applicants must have received their PhD by 1 October 2019.

Deadline for application: 15 October 2019.

Information: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/apply

3. Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in the Study of Islam in Africa, University of Chicago

We are particularly interested in candidates with scholarly expertise in Islamic religious thought and practice in Africa who are also deeply engaged in one or more of the following areas of inquiry: interactions between Islam and other African religious traditions (such as Ifá or Christianity) or between different Islamic traditions (Sufism, Salafism, Shi’ism, Ahmadiyya, etc); poetic, literary, and artistic expression; race and ethnicity; gender; colonialism and post-colonialism; and globalization.

Review of applications will begin on 15 September 2019 and continue until all positions are filled or the search is closed. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/66490

4. Part-Time Position, Gender Studies with a Focus on South Asia, Columbia University

The Columbia University invites applications for a part-time position from scholars working on gender issues in South Asia in any field – history, anthropology, public health, religion, literature and the arts, etc. This is an adjunct appointment for up to two terms, beginning in Spring 2020, or Fall 2020 (one class per term, up to two terms). Interested candidates must hold a PhD at the time of appointment.

Deadline for applications: 15 October 2019. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58857