Archive for July, 2020
Shii News – Academic Items
1.We are delighted to announce the launch of the report from our AHRC funded Re/presenting Narratives of Islam on Campus.
This AHRC-funded research Re/presenting Narratives of Islam on Campus provides the first nationwide picture of how Islam is experienced, perceived and interacted with on university campuses in the UK. This research shows how the UK Government’s counterterrorism Prevent strategy has reinforced negative stereotypes of Muslims and has encouraged ‘a culture of mutual suspicion and surveillance’ on university campuses. Based on findings from a national survey of 2,022 students across 132 UK universities and interviews and focus groups conducted with 253 staff and students at six higher education institutions, we recommend that universities take an active role in building peaceful relations on campus and beyond. This can be achieved through active challenge of prejudice and empowering Muslim and all marginal voices. As discussed in the forthcoming book, suspicion and negative stereotypes need to be replaced with shared, equal and just understandings of who we all are. To read the full report – https://www.soas.ac.uk/representingislamoncampus/publications/file148310.pdf
The research has been covered favourably in the media:
Times Higher: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/prevent-reinforces-negative-views-islam-among-students-uk
Open Democracy: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/limits-inclusivity-islamophobia-higher-education/
Research Professional: https://www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/he/agencies/other/2020/7/Prevent-duty–discouraging-free-speech–in-universities.html
2. MIDDLE EAST HISTORY / STUDIES
Darmstadt University of Technology – Postdoc Researcher: Global History of Material Culture and Technology, 1850-2000
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60214
Closing date: 8/21/20
3. Layli and Majnun
By Nezami Ganjavi,
Translated by Dick Davis
Mage, 2020
‘ Dick Davis is an accomplished poet and scholar; he is also the finest translator of Persian poetry. With Layli and Majnun, he brings Nezami’s classic to life for the first time in brilliant and moving English verse that captures all the extraordinary power and ingenuity of the original poem. Meanwhile, an introduction and copious explanatory notes shed a fascinating light on Nezami’s life and work, and the astonishing virtuosity of his poetic style, that help set the stage for the reader’s enjoyment of this tour de force of Persian literature.’
https://magepublishers.com/layli-majnun/
4. The Iranian-American Diaspora and The Black Lives Matter Movement Webinar – Wed., July 22, 2020, 4-5 pm PST
Speakers:
Dr. Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University
Dr. Ali Akbar Mahdi, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Touraj Daryaee, Maseeh Chair in Persian Studies and Professor of History at University of California, Irvine
Moderated by:
Dr. Annahita Mahdavi, Associate Professor, Social Sciences Dept., Long Beach City College
This event is presented by UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture.
Zoom Registration at:
https://ucihumanities.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zQ6j2PhKRVa2vkYJpuJvkA
We expect this online event to exceed the maximum capacity for attendees. If you are unable to join the Zoom webinar, you may also view this event LIVE on UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/samueljordancenter )
5. We warmly invite you to join Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia network meeting, which will take place online on Monday July 20th, 2020; 11.00 – 13.00 (Lisbon time, GMT+1).
Here are the technical instructions on how to access our network meeting provided by organisers:
“Anyone interested can use that link to RSVP. They enter their name, email, institution and an hour before the meeting they’ll receive an automated email reminding them to login. From 59 minutes before the meeting begins, that same URL changes from being an RSVP to direct entry into the meeting.”
https://shindig.com/login/event/easanet-acme
The meeting will be an opportunity to hear an overview of AMCE’s activities since last EASA conference including our journal, film program and social media activities. We will also discuss our future plans, including new structure of our journal.
AMCE was established in 2010 as one of the active networks of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) with the aim of getting together all like-minded and interested anthropologists, students and researchers of social science working on a diversity of aspects of modern and contemporary societies in the Middle East and Central Eurasia, including those who work on minority groups, or on religious themes.
The recent long wars and increasing political, religious, and ethnic clashes in the different regions of the Middle East and Central Eurasia, signal that more geopolitical changes in these regions are forthcoming. Under such present conditions of conflict and transformation, anthropologists have plenty of work to do, and may yet contribute to a better understanding of complex problems and their resolution.
All are welcome to join us.
Dr. Pedram Khosronejad | Adjunct Professor
Religion and Society Research Cluster | School of Social Sciences
E: P.Khosronejad@westernsydney.edu.au
6. The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) invites submissions for its fourth annual workshop, scheduled to take place online on September 5–6, 2020, from 9:00–1:30 EDT (with breaks).
The primary purpose of this gathering is to share work in progress for critique and feedback, rather than to present work that is already finalized or published. Graduate students and first-time participants are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants will have the option of presenting their projects as either a ‘lightning talk’ of 5 minutes (with 15 minutes for discussion), or as an in-depth presentation of 20 minutes (with 30 minutes for discussion). In either case, we encourage you to privilege the conceptual issues you wish to discuss, and to be provocative with respect to your topics, discipline, and methodology. This could include projects that use non-traditional sources, employ digital humanities approaches, or foreground collaborative practices in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on research into Islamicate literatures. We are expressly mindful of the fact that our time together is most valuable when it involves exchange and argumentation; for that reason, we also ask that participants commit to attending the full duration of the workshop.
If interested, please fill out our online application by August 7, 2020. Please be aware that we have a limited number of slots available, and may not be able to accept every application. If this happens, however, you are still welcome to participate in the workshop as an audience member. A link to register as an audience member will be circulated in mid-August, along with the finalized schedule.
About us: GLAS aims to provide a regional forum for scholars of Islamicate adab, particularly of the medieval and early modern periods, primarily based in the Great Lakes region of North America, to meet and share their work. We leave our parameters of language and genre intentionally open in order to invite as wide a collaboration as can be useful, but as a group we are generally interested in the literary production of the broad complex of premodern Muslim societies across the Eastern Hemisphere. This naturally includes the major Islamicate languages of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu, as well as many others (Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, Spanish, etc.) that participate in similar literary conventions. We consider this comparative angle an essential part of our scholarly work. For more about GLAS and the work we have done in the past, please visit https://greatlakesadiban.github.io/; if you have any questions, you can email Cameron Cross at kchalipa [ at ] umich [ dot ] edu.
- July 18, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Bahrain Executions Imminent
BAHRAIN – TORTURE VICTIMS AT RISK OF EXECUTION IN BAHRAIN FOLLOWING COURT RULING
13 July 2020 – Bahrain’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, has confirmed the reimposition of death sentences against torture victims Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa, who have now exhausted legal remedies and are at risk of imminent execution, pending ratification by Bahrain’s king, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) stated today.
- July 17, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – SRW: Incidents of Anti-Shiism, June 2020
Incidents of Anti-Shiism, June 2020
SRW is a non- governmental, not-for-profit research and advocacy organization headquartered in Washington D.C.
- July 15, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1.Call for Papers
The Indo-Persian Musical Confluence
A program of online events held by the University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Ethnomusicology, Summer 2020 – Winter 2021
Deadline for submissions is August 31, 2020 (We may accommodate proposals that arrive
after the deadline if possible)
Submission format:
We welcome a variety of formats suitable for online delivery, including
• Individual panels, maximum 2 hours total
• Individual talks
• Performances
• Film screenings, with an introductory talk
Abstracts for submissions should be no longer than 250 words and should be sent to
mohammadim@hotmail.com by August 31, 2020. (We may accommodate proposals that arrive after the deadline if possible). Notification of acceptance to the conference will be sent in September 2020.
For details and questions related to the conference please contact Mohsen Mohammadi at mohammadim@hotmail.com
English language must be used.
2. Webinar: “Freiburg Conversations on Tafsir and Transregional Islamic Networks”, Orientalisches Seminar, University of Freiburg, Summer 2020, Next Meeting 15 July 2020, 10 a.m. CEST
The sessions are hosted by Majid Daneshgar and Johanna Pink.
For information about the program and registration for the meetings see http://www.orient.uni-freiburg.de/islamwissenschaft/konferenzen-vortraege/freiburg-conversations-summer-2020
3. Symposium: “Ottoman Ego-Documents”, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 7-9 April 2021
The symposium will be in English and Turkish. The texts belonging to pre-Tanzimat period are particularly advised to present. The primary sources used in the presentations can be in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian or any other languages spoken/written in Ottoman territories. The main focus would be on the texts written in Ottoman Turkish.
Deadline for abstracts extended until 31 July 2020.
Information: https://benanlatilari.medeniyet.edu.tr/en/symposium/home-page-sempozyum
4. 14th Annual Conference: “Global Islamophobia and the News Media, Entertainment Media, and Social Media“, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 8-9 April 2021
Panelists from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds — including, computer science, sociology, anthropology, religious studies, political science, communication, media studies, and psychology — are invited to present their research on Islamophobia in the news media, entertainment media, and on social media.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/07/08/global-islamophobia-and-the-news-media-entertainment-media-and-social-media
5. FSCIRE Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research on “The ribā in Classical Islamic Thought: Theology, Economic Thought and Practices“, Bologna
Candidates may apply for the position of Junior Research Fellow (1 year, renewable once). Applicants must have obtained their doctorate after 15 June 2015. The successful candidate will sign a research contract with an annual gross salary of € 23,500.
Deadline for applications: 25 July 2020. Information: http://www.fscire.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fscire_Fellowship_Postdoc_2020_Islam.pdf
6. Post-doctoral Fellowship for Research on “Occult Beliefs and Practices in the Ottoman Empire before the Tanzimat“, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
Candidates must hold a PhD degree in Ottoman history or literature, and have a strong interest in the topic of occult sciences, practices and beliefs in the Ottoman Empire. The position will start on 1st November 2020 at the earliest or upon agreement. Applicants should read fluently Turkish and English; knowledge of other major languages (French, German) will be appreciated.
Deadline for applications: 31 August 2020.
Information: https://ims.forth.gr/uploads/docs/CALL/IMS.20200703_32804_EN.p
7. Chercheur.euse au sein du Département des études arabes, médiévales et modernes (DEAMM), Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo), Beyrouth
Activités principales : Développer un programme de recherche impliquant un travail de terrain et s’inscrivant dans l’un des axes de recherche du centre dans le domaine des études arabes classiques et modernes (littérature, linguistique, histoire, civilisation, philosophie, productions culturelles).
Date limite de candidature : 23/08/2020.
Information : https://www.ifporient.org/appel-a-candidature-chercheuse-chercheur-deamm/
8. Directeur.trice scientifique du Département des études contemporaines (DEC), Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo), Beyrouth
Activités principales : proposer une stratégie de département ; diriger une équipe de chercheurs ; initier des programmes de recherche ; accompagner le pilotage de l’Observatoire urbain du Proche-Orient, etc.
Date limite de candidature : 23/08/2020.
Information : https://www.ifporient.org/appel-a-candidature-directeur-trice-scientifique-dec/
9. Directeur.trice de l’Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo), Beyrouth
Description synthétique du poste : Piloter, organiser, gérer un centre de recherche en SHS à l’étranger (UMIFRE), à vocation régionale. Initier et coordonner l’élaboration et la mise en oeuvre de projets individuels et collectifs de recherche en SHS.
Date limite de candidature : 23/08/2020.
Information : https://www.ifporient.org/appel-a-candidature-directrice-directeur-ifpo/
10. Fellowships for Research about Oman, Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center, Muscat
The fellowship is open to PhD candidates and university academics who are US citizens or affiliated with an American university, and funds one scholar or team of scholars to carry out research in Oman each year. The fellowship awards up to $51,000 for the fellow or team of fellows.
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2020.
Information: https://www.sqcc.org/Scholarships-0024-Fellowships/Research-Fellowship-Program.aspx
11. Covid-19 et mondes arabes et musulmans : une veille d’articles, vidéos, podcasts, séminaires en ligne, appels et autres initiatives
Suite à la pandémie, de nombreux articles et autres initiatives en lien avec le Covid-19 et les sociétés des mondes arabes et musulmans ont été publiés Depuis fin mars, l’IREMAM a entrepris une veille documentaire, non exhaustive. Celle-ci comprend une sélection d’articles, de podcasts, de vidéos, de séminaires en ligne, d’appels et d’autres initiatives.
Information: https://iremam.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article6834&lang=en
12. Arabic Postgraduate Research Conference
Negotiating Arabic Text in Translation
27th – 29th July 2020
4 – 5:30 pm (London Time)
The first Arabic Postgraduate Research Online Conference, Negotiating Arabic Text in Translation will take place on 27th – 29th July 2020. Sessions will be in the form of a Zoom webinar and will run from 4 to 5:30 on the above dates.
The event is organised by Swansea Arabic Research Group (ARG), which is part of the Department of Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting at Swansea University.
The event includes research papers and information about studying a postgraduate programme in or related to Arabic at Swansea University. The presentations cover various applications of literary and translation theories on Arabic texts, exploring technical, political and religious questions. The texts being analysed include, film, political speeches, novels and the Qur’an.
There will also be an opportunity to virtually meet academic staff at the Department of Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting to discuss research opportunities and learn about the programmes we offer in Arabic and Arabic-related areas of study.
Click on the link to support our postgraduate students throughout the three sessions or at individual sessions, especially if you supervise one of the speakers.
To reserve your place, click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/postgraduate-research-conference-negotiating-arabic-text-in-translation-tickets-113010920706
We look forward to welcoming you there.
Swansea Arabic Research Group (ARG)
Department of Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting
Swansea University
- July 14, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1.Open Access Book:
Trajectories of State Formation across Fifteenth-Century Islamic West-Asia
J van Steenbergen, ed. Leiden: Brill, 2020
https://brill.com/view/title/57550
2. Toys and ephemera in a fifteenth-century multilingual illustrated dictionary from India
The Miftāḥ al-Fużalā or Key of the Learned of Muḥammad Dā’ūd Shādiyābādī (BL Or 3299), a multilingual illustrated Persian dictionary written in 1468 gives us glimpses into the ephemeral life of the sultanate of Malwa in Central India.
3. The History Department of Tulane University is seeking a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor in Islamic/Middle Eastern history, starting August 2020. Research specialization open, teaching experience required. The teaching load will be 3/3. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in the Fall semester a course on the History of Islam to 1400, an upper-level seminar on the Modern Middle East, and a third course to be determined in consultation with the candidate; and in the Spring semester other courses on the history of Islam and/or the modern Middle East. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to Tulane’s growing interdisciplinary program in Middle East and North African Studies and the vibrant cohort of scholars associated with it. Candidates will be expected to have PhD in hand or to have defended their dissertation by Sept 1. Tulane University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to excellence through diversity. All eligible candidates are invited to apply for position vacancies as appropriate.
Candidates should submit a letter of application and CV and at least two letters of reference. Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. All application materials and inquiries should be sent to:
F. Thomas Luongo
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History
Tulane University
tluongo@tulane.edu <mailto:tluongo@tulane.edu>
4. The Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA) Majlis, held periodically in conjunction with the conference of the College Art Association (CAA), offers an opportunity for junior scholars in Islamic art to learn about their colleagues’ work and to connect with more senior scholars.
HIAA invites submissions from graduate students at ABD level or recent PhDs to present at its next Majlis, to take place in New York city on the afternoon of Thursday, February 11, 2021 during CAA’s Annual Conference. [Note: Although we hope that the conference and associated programming will be held in person, in the event of continued restrictions on large gatherings, the Majlis will be held virtually]
We are delighted to announce that the Majlis will be held at Silsila, a research center at NYU dedicated to material histories of the Islamicate world.
HIAA invites proposals for 20-minute papers on current research focused on any topic, time period or region related to islamic art, architecture, and archaeology. We especially encourage proposals that highlight research and activism that expands our understanding of race and its representation in Islamic art and culture, and to topics that deal with the way racism or race has played a part in writing about Islamic art.
Proposals should be submitted by email to HIAA secretary Fatima Quraishi at sec.hiaa@gmail.com as a single document which includes the following:
** a cover sheet with your name, academic status, contact information (postal address, e-mail address, telephone number/s) and title of proposed presentation
** an abstract of no more than 300 words
Proposals are due by August 15, 2020.
Please note that those selected to present at the Majlis must be current members of HIAA.
5. Imago Mundi Ltd. in close collaboration with the National Museum of Maps and Old Books in Bucharest and the University of Bucharestinvite applications for the 29th International Conference on the History of Cartography, July 4–9, 2021 Bucharest.
The conference is entitled ‘Conflict and Cartography’ and proposals for individual papers, poster presentations and workshops are welcomed on various aspects of the history of cartography, under the following themes:
- Imperial and Anti-Imperial Cartographies
- Questioning the interrelation of mapping and imperialism, with a special focus on cartography as a hegemonic or a counter-hegemonic discourse.
- Frontier Cartographies
- Exploring the role played by mapmaking and cartographic knowledge in imagining and building barriers, edges, boundaries, limits and frontiers.
- Cartographies of Nostalgia and Imagination
- Focusing on cartography as an exercise in wish-fulfilment, in which deceptive, consoling or anticipative fantasies are projected onto maps.
- Cartographies of Difference and Map Consumption
- Aiming to investigate the world of map consumption and cartographic fashions in driving the market, as well as in shaping the actual form and content of maps.
- Any other aspect of the history of cartography
Deadline for submission of proposals is Monday, 5 October 2020.
For further details see https://ichc2021.com/call-for-papers/
6. British Institute of Persian Studies
Webinar: Iran in Global International Relations
22 July 2pm UK time
In this lecture, Shabnam Holliday (University of Plymouth) talks about her approach to her research. She highlights the importance of Area Studies because it is through Area Studies that it is possible to appreciate the complexity of history and the domestic. These are essential for a better understanding of the international in general, and Iran’s international relations in particular.
Shabnam Holliday is Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Plymouth. She is also the current Director of the British Institute of Persian Studies’ Modern Research Project. Recent publications include ‘Populism, the International and Methodological Nationalism: Global Order and the Iran-Israel Nexus’, Political Studies (2020). She is the author of Defining Iran: Politics of Resistance (Routledge 2011).
Please note, registration is required. Capacity for the webinar is 100 people.
7. Iran’s Reconstruction Jihad
Rural Development and Regime Consolidation after 1979
Eric Lob
Cambridge University Press, 2020
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/irans-reconstruction-jihad/0A4A897EDC13565F99FAA042CAFC06A7
8. POSTPONED – American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS) has rescheduled its conference for 19-20 March, 2021 at Villanova University.
The original conference was supposed to be held on March 27-28, 2020 at Villanova University. The theme of the conference is “the Influence of Islam in Politics and Society: Civic Engagement, Social Inclusion and Political Participation”. We will stick with the same program and participants.
The venue of the conference is Garey Hall, Villanova University, 800 E. Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA 19085 USA. Please check our website < acsis.villanova.edu > for more updates.
- July 11, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – BIRD: UK Parliament Debates Bahrain
UK-Funded Oversight Bodies Challenged in Parliament Over Death Penalty Torture Cover-Up
9 July 2020 – Today, Father of the House Sir Peter Bottomley posed an urgent question in the House of Commons regarding Bahraini torture survivors Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa, who will have their final appeal against their death sentences heard on 13 July 2020. The ensuing debate, in which 25 other parliamentarians posed questions,…
- July 10, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – ‘Shi’i division over the Iraqi state’ – B. Isakhan and P. Mulherin
Shi’i division over the Iraqi state: decentralization and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
This article traces the evolving political platform of one of Iraq’s oldest and most powerful Shi’i political parties, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI). Drawing on an analysis of 15 years of primary materials produced by ISCI, it focuses principally on their promotion of decentralization as a path towards peace and stability in Iraq.
- July 09, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – HRW: ‘Two Men Face Execution in Bahrain’
Two Men Face Execution in Bahrain | Human Rights Watch
“I am Mohamed Ramadan. I have been sentenced to death…. I want my voice to be heard by those who believe in the principles of justice and equality…. I am innocent of the crime of which I was accused, subjected to a sham trial and sentenced to death.”
- July 08, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – ‘Religious Healing and Sacred Health’ Zoom 11 July
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Religious Healing and Sacred Health Curing: Online Documentary Film Program and Debate (week 1). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
A virtual documentary film presentation and debate organized by the Network of the Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia of EASA in collaboration with the Religion and Society Research Cluster, Western Sydney University. Introduction to the program by Dr. P. Khosronejad (Western Sydney University), and debate by Dr. R.
Week 1 Film Presentation:
THE SMELL OF DUST
Majed Neisi, 2002, 11 minutes, Iran.
Synopsis
During the sacred month of Moharram in Iran, Shiite Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hossein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad. A rumour spread throughout the city of Ahwaz in the south of Iran: Imam Hossein had been sighted in an earth soccer field where the annual passion play (Taziyeh) commemorating him was being performed. The earth of the field was said to be blessed and to miraculously heal the infirm. People came out in droves, often with their infirm in tow; people unable to speak, blind people, cripples, and many more, brought together by their faith in miracles.
- July 08, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1.Postponed: Conference: “Islam, Peace, and Justice”, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 21-22 September 2020,
Postponed until 20-21 September 2021
Papers are invited that challenge stereotypes about Muslims, their relationship with cultural and religious pluralism, and the connection between Islam and violent extremism. We are looking for critical articulations of how Islam and Muslims draw on faith-inspired principles and energies to fostering resilient cultures of peace and justice.
Deadline for abstracts: 22 March 2021. Information: https://stmcollege.ca/documents/conferences-and-lectures/islam-peace-justice-call-for-papers.pdf
2. 14th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, Institue for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, 29 March – 1 April 2021
The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and researchers from all areas of Mediterranean Studies, such as history, arts, archaeology, philosophy, culture, sociology, politics, international relations, economics, business, sports, environment and ecology, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2020. Information: https://www.atiner.gr/mediterranean/call
3. 14th Annual Muslim Studies Conference on “Global Islamophobia and the News Media, Entertainment Media, and Social Media”, Michigan State University, 8-9 April 2021
Scholars in sociology, anthropology, religious studies, political science, communication, psychology, computer science, media studies, and other relevant fields are invited to present work related to Muslim portrayals in the media (e.g., news, entertainment, social media) and evaluate its effects either on publics or on Muslims themselves.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2020. Information: Mohammad Khalil khalilm@umich.edu
4. “4th Congress of Studies on the Middle East and Muslim Worlds”, Aix-en-Provence, 28-30 June 2021
This event is organized by GIS Moyen Orient et mondes musulmans (MOMM) in collaboration with IREMAM, IDEMEC, CHERPA, IMAF, and SEMOMM. The themes fall under anthropology, archaeology and history of art, law, economics, geography, history, islamology and religious sciences, linguistics, literature, philosophy, sociology, political science, in a global or regional perspective. As in previous years, the congress is an invitation to move beyond disciplinary and institutional compartmentalization, by bringing together contributors from diverse backgrounds, working in France and around the world.
Information: http://majlis-remomm.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Appel_4e%CC%80meCongre%CC%80s_en.pdf
5. Professor of Islamic Studies, Lund University
Requirements: Experience of research focusing on both present-day and historical Islam; Arabic language skills; experience of having initiated and formulated strategically important research applications; experience of educational development that includes digital tools and teaching environments, etc.
Deadline for applications: 30 September 2020.
Information: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/type:job/jobID:334474/?where=26
6. “AMECYS Early Career Article Award“ on the Study of Children and Youth in the Middle East, North Africa and the Diasponic Communities, Association for Middle East Children and Youth Studies
By September 2020, the recipient must have received the doctoral degree in 2014 or later. The articles must be scholarly, non-fiction, based on original research and published in English. Articles must have been published 2017-2019.
Deadline for (self-)nominations: 1 August 2020. Information: https://amecys.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/amecys-early-career-article-award.pdf
7. “Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion“ for the First Book by Early Career Scholars in the Humanities or Social Sciences, Columbia University
Submissions can be on any aspect of the study of religion, including the study of secularism. Prize-winners will be invited to the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life(IRCPL) to participate in a workshop and the books will appear in IRCPL’s series, “Religion, Culture, and Public Life,” published by Columbia University Press.
Deadline for submissions: 14 September 2020. Information: https://www.ircpl.columbia.edu/claremont-prize
8. Columbia’s Global Center in Amman is hosting a series of events every Monday in July about Kalīla wa-Dimna and the ERC project AnonymClassic.
We will begin with a keynote discussion on Monday, July 6th between Beatrice Gruendler, Bilal Orfali, and Rima Redwan to discuss the significance of Kalīla wa-Dimna, the project of editing the text, and its manuscript illustrations. On the next three Mondays, we will have academic workshops on various aspects of the project.
You can register for the events through the links below or the event site: https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/events/wisdom-encoded-digital-kalila-wa-dimna
I’ll be moderating each webinar workshop and feeding questions to the presenters via the Q&A function in zoom. Unfortunately, only a very limited number of participants will be visible on video to ask questions and engage with the presenters directly. Please email me at work (mlkeegan@barnard.edu) if you would be interested in being part of the active/visible audience for one of the workshops (July 13th-27th). Apologies in advance if I cannot squeeze you in.
All the very best,
Matthew L. Keegan
Moinian Assistant Professor
Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures
Barnard College, Columbia University
9. Early Career Researcher Prize
The British Institute of Persian Studies invites submissions for its Early Career Researcher Prize of £1000. The prize will be awarded for the best dissertation or early career book manuscript in the field of Persian Studies, broadly understood, covering the disciplines of art history, history, literature and religious studies. Submissions may focus on any area of the Persianate world, including Iran, Central Asia, India and Anatolia. Chronologically, submissions are welcome in all fields up to the early twentieth century (c. 1925). The committee is unable to consider submissions in the fields of archaeology, contemporary politics or International Relations. In addition to the cash prize, which is intended to support research expenses for finalising a publishable monograph, the successful submission will be considered for publication in the British Institute of Persian Studies monograph series, published and distributed by Gingko Library and the University of Chicago Press.
Eligibility:
The prize is open to scholars who have successfully defended a PhD dissertation in the last 4 years (the viva must have taken place from 1 January 2016 to 1 July 2020). The PhD must either be awarded by a UK university or the applicant must currently have an affiliation to a UK Higher Education Institute; in this case the PhD may be awarded by another institution, but only submissions in English are eligible for consideration. By entering the competition you give the British Institute of Persian Studies first refusal on the right to publish your work should you be successful.
How to apply:
Please send a PDF of either dissertation or equivalent piece of work (e.g. a revised version of the dissertation or a manuscript of another work of equivalent length, c. 80,000 words) to bips@thebritishacademy.ac.uk by the deadline of 15 August 2020. Please include a cover letter confirming the date of award of PhD and your eligibility. The cover letter should also state in no more than 800 words what you believe is the contribution to scholarship of your submission.
- July 07, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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