Archive for July, 2020

Al-Karkh: the Development of an Imāmī-Shīʿī Stronghold in Early Abbasid and Būyid Baghdad (132-447/750-1055)

Abstract Following the foundation of Baghdad by Caliph al-Manṣūr (r. 136-158/754-775) in 145/762, the neighbourhood of al-Karkh attracted many Imāmī scholars, becoming the centre of the Imāmī wikāla (network of deputies of the Imām) in the late 3rd/9th century, and then the heart of the Imāmī ḥawza (seminary) and the rationalist school of theology which developed under the Būyids (333-447/945-1055).

1.Open Call for Editors and Contributors

As we approach the summer holidays, the Digital Orientalist is happy to announce its annual open call for editors, contributors, and team members. As we continue to expand our publication and readership, we are also looking to expand into new fields and as such we are eagerly looking for several new editors for the next academic year (2020-2021) from the following (or related) fields:

1. African Studies.
2. Central Asian Studies.
3. Indian Studies.
4. Korean Studies.
5. Middle Eastern Studies.
6. Mongolian Studies.
7. Sinology.
8. South East Asian Studies.
9. Oceania or Pacific Island Studies.
10. Persia or Iranian Studies.

These editorial positions will be particularly attractive to graduate students and early career researchers, but are also open to senior academics. Editors will be expected to contribute 5-6 posts between September 2020 and June 2021. In addition to new editors, we are also looking for people who are able to contribute guest posts or series of guest posts on the Digital Humanities in General, Islamic Studies, Japanology, Syriac Studies or any of the above noted fields.

If you have something interesting to say and you wish to reach an expanding global audience, then do not hesitate to get in contact by sending a CV to james@digitalorientalist.com.

(See: https://digitalorientalist.com/2020/06/30/open-call-for-editors-and-contributiors/. And, for a link to the blogposts themselves: www.digitalorientalist.com. )

Aya Hachem: Uproar as some plan to withdraw fundraisers based on sectarian differences – TMV

Muslims on social media have been outraged as some people withdrew donations for Aya Hachem who was shot dead, after discovering her family were Shia Muslims.

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Anti-Shiism Hinders the Combat of Corona virus in Pakistan – Shia Rights Watch

While the world struggles to combat the novel Coronavirus, Anti-Shiism in Pakistan quells life-saving efforts. On June 17th, the family of a Coronavirus patient in critical condition reached out to the community in search of a recovered Coronavirus patient to donate blood plasma with antibodies. With much effort, a donor was found.

Colour, Light and Wonder in Islamic Art – Saqi Books

Colour, Light and Wonder in Islamic Art Home> Books> Saqi>Colour, Light and Wonder in Islamic Art The experience of colour in Islamic visual culture has historically been overlooked. In this new approach, Idries Trevathan examines the language of colour in Islamic art and architecture in dialogue with its aesthetic contexts, offering insights into the pre-modern Muslim experience of interpreting colour.

The seventeenth-century Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran, represents one of the finest examples of colour-use on a grand scale. Here, Trevathan examines the philosophical and mystical traditions that formed the mosque’s backdrop. He shows how careful combinations of colour and design proportions in Islamic patterns expresses knowledge beyond that experienced in the corporeal world, offering another language with which to know and experience God. Colour thus becomes a spiritual language, calling for a re-consideration of how we read Islamic aesthetics.

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