Archive for February, 2020
Shii News – Death of Former Political Prisoner in Bahrain
Former Political Prisoner Sayed Kadhem Dies at 24 Following Medical Neglect by Prison Authorities – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain
3 February 2020 – Today, hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets to mourn Sayed Kadhem Abbas, a 24 year old former political prisoner who tragically died from terminal cancer following egregious medical negligence during his detention in Jau Prison between 2015 and 2018, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and …
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See also BIRD Weekly 260 here.
- February 04, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – CfP: ‘The Regulation of Purity (Ṭahāra) and Impurity (Najāsāt) in Islam’ – Al-Mahdi Institute (Birmingham, UK) 2-3 July, 2020
Call for Papers: “The Regulation of Purity (Ṭahāra) and Impurity (Najāsāt) in Islam: Practical, Socio-Ethical and Theological Implications” – Al-Mahdi Institute
The 8th Annual Contemporary Fiqhī Issues Workshop, at the Al-Mahdi Institute, seeks to provide a forum for considering the regulations of im/purity (ṭahāra and najāsā) in Islam, in light of their wide-reaching practical, socio-ethical and theological implications. The practical importance …
- February 04, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – ‘The Merits of Isfahan’ – L. Marlow
The ‘Merits of Isfahan’ from Arabic into Persian | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society | Cambridge Core
References to RMI in this article are to . Since the manuscript from which Ṭihrānī worked is dated 735/1334-5 (Editor’s Introduction, [ bāʾ]), I take the published edition of RMI to represent a reasonable facsimile of the text available to Āvī in 729/1328-9.
- February 03, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.CfP: Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East. The Silk Roads and Beyond
Where: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
When: April 8th-10th, 2021
The conference examines the relationship between China and the Middle East, both ancient and modern. Papers that incorporate additional regions, such as Europe, Central Asia, or South/Southeast Asia are also encouraged, provided they are also incorporate both China and a country in the Middle East, broadly construed.
Please send abstracts (350 word limit) and a 1-page CV to
Deadline: 11:59 PM EST Monday, February 24th, 2020
(deadline extended0
2. Open Access Newspaper Archive: Baghdad News (1964-1967)
https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/?a=p&p=publication&sp=bagh
3. Columbia University Summer Persian Program – May 26 – Aug 14, 2020
4. Open Access Materials/newspapers
Akhbar (الأخبار) (Beirut, Lebanon)
https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/?a=p&p=publication&sp=akle
1958-72
Al-Iqbal (الإقبال) (Beirut, Lebanon)
https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/?a=p&p=publication&sp=aliq&e=——-en-25–1–img-txIN——–
1909-09
5. The Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre (ONGC) offers visiting fellowships for research into the history, languages and cultures of Azerbaijan, the Caucasus and Central Asia at the University of Oxford. Applicants should hold a doctorate or equivalent qualification and should not be members of the University of Oxford or ordinarily resident in Oxford or its vicinity. Upcoming deadlines for applications: 20 February 2020, 28 May 2020
https://www.rees.ox.ac.uk/article/ongc-visiting-fellowships-and-grants
6. The Central Asian Roots of Islamic Intellectual Traditions – Conference
Call for Papers
The Institute of Ismaili Studies is delighted to invite proposals for individual papers, or whole panels, for its forthcoming international conference The Central Asian Roots of Islamic Intellectual Traditions. Papers and panels may be proposed by senior and junior scholars.
Important Dates
Conference Dates: 24 – 26 February 2021
Conference Venue: Aga Khan Centre, London, UK
Abstracts Submissions: 30 April 2020 (midnight GMT)
Acceptance Decisions: 30 June 2020
Further info at: https://iis.ac.uk/events/central-asian-roots-islamic-intellectual-traditions
- February 01, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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