Archive for 2020
Shii News – ‘In Praise of the Few. Studies in Shiʿi Thought and History’ – E. Kohlberg
In Praise of the Few. Studies in Shiʿi Thought and History
In Praise of the Few: Studies in Shiʿi Thought and History is a selection of Etan Kohlberg’s research on Shiʿi Islam over a period of fifty years. It includes previously published articles, revised dissertation chapters, and a full bibliography of the author’s work.
- July 27, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Instructional Professor (open rank) in Persian
The University of Chicago: Humanities Division: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Location: Chicago, IL
Open Date: Jul 22, 2020
Deadline: Aug 24, 2020 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the College of the University of Chicago invite applications for appointment to a one-year open-rank position as Instructional Professor in modern Persian. Start date of the appointment will be September 1, 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. Appointment will be made at the rank of Assistant Instructional Professor, Associate Instructional Professor, or Instructional Professor, depending on qualifications and educational background. This is a non-renewable, one-year appointment to fill an immediate curricular need.
Responsibilities include both teaching and service duties. Teaching consists of six courses in Persian language across three quarters, both elementary and intermediate, as well as a seventh topical Advanced Persian course (Persian of the Media, Persian Literature, Iranian History, etc.). Service duties may include assistance with student placement, programmatic assessment, coordination of the Persian Language Circle, Conversation Table, or other program-specific duties. Instructional Professors of all ranks are required to engage in regular professional development.
Qualifications
Applicants should demonstrate previous language teaching experience at the college or post-secondary level. An M.A. degree or equivalent is required. Candidates with specialized training in second language acquisition, second language pedagogy, and/or assessment are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants must demonstrate sufficient language proficiency for teaching Persian in a university context, e.g. through an ACTFL-certified result at the Superior level or higher, or through receipt of an advanced degree earned in a Persian-language context.
Application Instructions
To apply for this position, please submit your application through the University of Chicago’s Academic Recruitment website at http://apply.interfolio.com/77441. An application must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement, one sample syllabus for elementary or intermediate Persian, and the names and contact information of three potential recommenders. Shortlisted candidates may be asked to submit a video demonstrating classroom teaching,
Application deadline: All applicant materials must be received by August 24, 2020 at 11pm central time.
This position is contingent upon budgetary approval. The terms and conditions of employment for this position are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the University and the Service Employees International Union. For information on the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, please go to https://nelc.uchicago.edu. For questions about the position, please contact Amanda Young at amanday@uchicago.edu.
2. Graveyard of Clerics: Everyday Activism in Saudi Arabia,
<https://t.e2ma.net/click/kbg5yc/07bopb/c1yalm>/
Pascal Menoret, Stanford University Press, 2020.
3. Islamic Manuscript Basics
This site holds basic information and resources relating to the study of Islamic manuscripts. If you are new to thinking about the material aspects of Islamic manuscripts or are simply curious and want to know more, then this site is for you!
Organization
There are 7 content pages: Basics, Binding, Substrate, Layout, Scripts, Decoration, Notes.
At the bottom of each page (except Notes) is a link to a short exercise that will let you test your knowledge. You can also access any of the exercises from the Exercises page.
Finally, the Glossary page has photos of additional aspects of manuscripts that may be of use to you, the References page has a short bibliography which will help you get started on further research, and the SIMS Resources page has explanations of tools and resources at The Schoenberg Institute of Manuscript Studies which may be of use to you.
Things to Know
As you work through these pages, keep in mind that manuscript making was a team effort and included papermakers, scribes, and binders at the very least. Fancy, or deluxe, manuscript production would also include (teams of) illustrators and illuminators.
You can find digital collections of Islamic manuscripts used on this website in OPenn, which hosts over 500 open-access, high-resolution digitized Islamic manuscripts from Philadelphia area collections and Columbia University. All images on this site are open access under Creative Commons licenses and have been taken from OPenn, unless otherwise stated.
Where to Start
If you are unfamiliar with Perso-Arabic script, please start with the Basics page, if you are familiar with it, then choose any other page to begin. We recommend beginning with Binding and working your way through the pages in order.
Happy learning.
4. SINARC, the Arabic language and culture program at the Lebanese American University (LAU), offers intensive courses in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and the Levantine dialect at all levels. The program’s unique success is underpinned by academic rigor, cultural immersion and personalized attention.
Study Arabic Online is a new SINARC program that simulates a classroom setting using all the latest tools for effective virtual language acquisition. The program provides a number of credit-based and non-credit based course options on various levels for students interested in Arabic as a second language only and not toward earning a degree at LAU. All courses are organized and divided according to ACTFL standards and are delivered using various online learning platforms.
Registration for the 8-week Online Program (October 5–November 27, 2020) is open. For more details, check our website.
Register online by September 28
5. SOAS Racialisation of Islam lecture series
The final two lectures in the Racialisation of Islam lecture series will take place on:
- Monday 27th July, 6-8pm, via zoom.
- Monday 24th August, 6-8pm, via zoom.
To register, please click here.
6. Open Access – Iraqi Newspapers
7. Jean Aubin (ed. Denise Aigle): Études sur l’Iran médiéval: géographie historique et société. (Studia Iranica. Cahier 60.) 365 pp. Paris: Association pour l’avancement des études iraniennes, 2018. ISBN 978 2 910640 46 0. https://www.orient-mediterranee.com/spip.php?article3490&lang=fr
- July 25, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – AMI: MA Scholarships for Sept 2020
Al-Mahdi Institute is offering three fully funded scholarships for its Four-year Hawza Programme, starting in September 2020. The Hawza Programme offers students the opportunity to engage in an in-depth study of religion, theology and language through the integration of traditional Islamic sciences taught at seminaries of Qom and Najaf, with modern approaches and theories. On completion, students are awarded a postgraduate MA in Islamic Studies by the University of Birmingham. The scholarship, available to UK/EU students, includes on-campus accommodation, monthly stipends of £200 and the full MA course fees in the final year. Find out more or apply now here. The deadline for applications is Monday 31st August 2020.
- July 24, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – ‘Political Repression in Bahrain’ – M. O. Jones
Political Repression in Bahrain | Middle East history
Exploring Bahrain’s modern history through the lens of repression, this concise and accessible account work spans the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, looking at all forms of political repression from legal, statecraft, police brutality and informational controls.
- July 22, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1.The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian
ISBN 9781138333055
July 16, 2020 by Routledge
660 Pages – 62 B/W Illustrations
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian offers a detailed overview of the field of Persian second language acquisition and pedagogy. The Handbook discusses its development and captures critical accounts of cutting edge research within the major subfields of Persian second language acquisition and pedagogy, as well as current debates and problems, and goes on to suggest productive lines of future research.
The book is divided into the following four parts: I) Theory-driven research on second language acquisition of Persian, II) Language skills in second language acquisition of Persian, III) Classroom research in second language acquisition and pedagogy of Persian, and IV) Social aspects of second language acquisition and pedagogy of Persian.
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian is an essential reference for scholars and students of Persian SLA and pedagogy as well as those researching in related areas.
2. CHANGED TO VIRTUAL EVENT: 54th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington DC, 5-17 October 2020
The original meeting days of 10-13 October 2020 are reserved for MESA plenary events such as the presidential panel and awards ceremony, as well as some late-breaking sessions. The preliminary program is available at https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/program. Details on registering for the virtual conference will be posted soon.
3. 3rd “International Conference on Advanced Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (ICARSH)”, (Including MENA Studies), Stockholm, 9-11 October 2020
The event is designed for members of the academia and non-profit, public, and private sector members who are interested in the latest research and academic developments in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities, including Middle Eastern History, Religion, Political Relations, Sociology, Anthropology, Law & Politics, etc.
Deadline for submission of papers: 14 September 2020. Information: https://www.icarsh.org/
4. POSTPONED: International Conference: “Musical Sources and Theories from Ancient Greece to the Ottoman Period”, Ruhr-University Bochum, 19-23 November 2020. New Date: 10-12 June 2021
Papers will focus on Arabic, Persian and Byzantine music theory, instruments and ways of transmission, with their roots in Ancient Greece and an outlook onto Ottoman and Safavid music. Call for Papers closed. Guests are welcome!
Information: https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/orient/aktuelles/index.html
5. 3rd “International Conference on Research in Social Sciences (RSSCONF)”, (Including MENA Studies), Dublin, 27-29 November 2020
Research in Social Sciences is a leading conference in politics, humanities, communications, law, education, and other areas of social sciences, including Middle Eastern History, Religion, Political Relations, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication, Geography, Arts, Law & Politics, etc.
Deadline for submission of papers: 31 October 2020. Information: https://www.rssconf.org/
6. Colloque international : « Les représentations paysagères dans les littératures du monde arabe et du Proche-Orient » — Inalco (Paris), 30 novembre et 1 décembre 2020
Ce colloque a donc pour ambition de rassembler des chercheurs en littérature arabe mais également en littérature hébraïque, persane et turque d’époque médiévale et moderne autour. Langues de communication : français, arabe, anglais.
7. Conférence internationale « Islam et Pudeur », Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique, 3-4 décembre 2020
La conférence se centrera sur le thème de la pudeur (hayâ’) dans l’Islam, ses conceptions, ses réceptions et ses perceptions dans le monde musulman et le monde occidental. Comment comprendre les tensions majeures qui surviennent aujourd’hui sans une compréhension plus précise et mieux ancrée de la tradition islamique et de ses contextes?
Information: Dr. Ayang Utriza Yakin ayang.walad@uclouvain.be
8. 3rd ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian National University, Canberra, 8-10 December 2020
Forms of human movement including global immigration, asylum-seeking, climate migration, and the internal migration accompanying mass urbanisation, have radically altered religious cultures around the world, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of this conference is to explore the various phenomena related to religion and migration; the political and social transitions impacting upon the transnational religiosity of contemporary communities.
Information: https://hrc.cass.anu.edu.au/events/religion-and-migration-culture-and-policy-0
9. Postdoctoral Researcher in Religion and Extremism, University of Groningen
Qualification: A PhD from a relevant field, including Theology, Religious Studies, Political Science and International Relations, Security Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology.
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2020.
Information: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S0007TIP
10. Fully Funded European Research Council (ERC) Collaborative PhD Studentship “The European Qu’ran”, in Collaboration with the University of Copenhagen and the British Library, London
The PhD studentship is fully funded and embedded in the six-year international research project “The European Qur’an: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion (1150-1850)” (EuQu). The project studies the ways in which the Islamic Holy Book is embedded in the intellectual, religious and cultural history of Medieval and Early Modern Christians, European Jews, freethinkers, atheists and European Muslims.
Deadline for application: 15 September 2020. Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CAQ489/fully-funded-european-research-council-erc-collaborative-phd-studentship-the-european-quran-in-collaboration-with-the-university-of-copenhagen-and-the-british-library-london?uuid=664a07cb-c57e-11ea-8705-064da8edb92a&campaign=jbew20200714&source=jbe
11. Doctoral Scholarship in the Research Project “Historicity of Democracy in the Arab World”, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Amman,
The profile sought is that of a doctoral student at the start of his/her dissertation, working on the theme of the historicity of democracy in the Middle East from a historical, sociological, anthropological or political science perspective. Excellent language skills in Arabic and English are required. Knowledge of German or French is valued.
Deadline for applications extended to 31 August 2020. Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/ZMO_PhD_Amman_English_updated.pdf
12. Assistant Director of the American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR), Amman
Candidates with a post-graduate degree and professional experience in Middle East/North Africa studies are preferred. This could include cultural anthropology, sociology, history, MENA studies, political science, archaeology, ancient or modern languages, etc. A working knowledge of Arabic is useful, and English speaking/writing fluency is required.
Deadline for applications: 8 August 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/07/15/assistant-director-in-amman
13. Humanities Research Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World, NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute
Distinguished scholars with an established reputation and promising scholars who are at the beginning of their career can apply for a research fellowship. The program awards one-year senior fellowships and one- / two-year postdoctoral fellowships.
Deadline for application: 1 October 2020. Information: https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/centers-labs-and-projects/humanities-research-fellowship-program.html
14. Proposals for Research Groups 2022/23 at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), University of Bielefeld
Do you have an exceptional interdisciplinary research idea? Do you want to join forces with international colleagues from various disciplines? The ZiF provides funding (up to 500,000 € for a research group with a duration of 10 months), support by a research group coordinator, and a professional infrastructure.
Deadline for proposals: 1 October 2020.
Information: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/ZiF/Aktuell/Call_for_Project_Proposals.pdf
15. Research Grant for Omani Studies at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient Berlin for 3 Months
We are seeking an outstanding postdoctoral scholar who is engaged in Omani Studies. The Grant is sponsored by the Sultan Qaboos Higher Centre for Culture and Science and comprises funding for a research stay, starting in late 2020 or in 2021 at ZMO, as well as travel costs to Berlin.
Deadline for applications: 10 September 2020.
Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/CfP/CfP_TheOmanResearchGrant_ZMO.pdf
16. Articles on “Governing and Living Amid COVID-19 in the MENA” for Special Issue of the Jounal “Middle East Law and Governance”
This special issue will take a broad look at how the MENA – the state, governments, and societies of the region — are governing and/or living amid COVID-19. It encourages papers from a wide range of disciplines and methodological approaches in the social sciences and humanities.
Deadline for manuscripts: 1 December 2020. Information: https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/melg-overview.xml?contents=editorialContent-17621
17. Articles on Islam in the Widest Sense for Journal „Waikato Islamic Studies Review“, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Submissions are invited on any topic or theme, including religion, philosophy, history, politics, sociology, culture, and law, within the broad field of studies on Islam and Muslim societies.
Information and past Journals: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/UWISG/review.shtml
18. Articles on “Children and Political Agency: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from the Middle East” for Special Issue of “International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES)”
We seek original historical and empirical case studies delineating the political subjectivity and agency of children in the Middle East, North Africa, Muslim South East Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Our definition of political agency does not only include participation in social, political and revolutionary movements or institutional political processes. From a methodological point of view, we prioritize children’s perspectives within their socio-political and cultural contexts, and thus doing research with children, not about or on children.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2020.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/06/17/cfp-ijmes-special-issue
19. New “Digital Library of the Middle East Platform (DLME)” by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and Stanford Libraries
DLME aims to become one of the world’s largest online archives of MENA artifacts. It aggregates 127,443 digital records of published materials, documents, maps, artifacts, audiovisual recordings, and more from the MENA region. It also provides an array of applications, tools, and descriptions that enrich the content and facilitate browsing, search, and interpretation. The DLME is intended to serve as a resource for teachers, students, and researchers, as well as for the general public.
Information: https://dlmenetwork.org/library
20. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Volume 2: Field Reports, ed. by Adelheid Otto, Michael Herles and Kai Kaniuth; Islamic Archaeology, ed. by Lorenz Korn and Anja Heidenreich. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag 2020, ISBN 978-3-447-11367-0
The majority of the volume contains papers given in the section on “Field Reports” at the XIth ICAANE in Munich 2018. Besides, it gathers fifteen out of thirty-six papers given in the section on “Islamic Archaeology”, demonstrating that the Islamic period, while touching the fringe of modernity, has become a firm part of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East and that, in the reality of archaeological fieldwork, the periods before and after the Arab-Islamic conquests have become inextricably connected.
21. Podcasts organized by the French Institute of the Near East (IFPO):
Une histoire des épidemies au Proche et Moyen Orient” (A History of Epidemics in the Near and Middle East)
Have epidemics changed the history of the Near and Middle East? How did societies from this region react to this phenomenon? This serie of podcasts wants to look back at the history of epidemics in a region which has been regularly affected during the past, relying on the work of historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, linguists and philosophers.
Episodes are mostly in French, but do not miss episode #4 in English (with Lara Meneghini): “The Black Death: Venice and the Creation of the Lazzaretto”, which discusses about how the city of Venice, leader of the Mediterranean trade during the Middle Ages and Early Modern History, reacted to the threat of the plague in order to guarantee its economic interests in the Eastern Mediterranean. Lara Meneghini discusses about the creation of the lazzaretti and their role in preventing the spread of epidemics. Through an historical and archaeological perspective, she presents the material evidence of these quarantine structures and of the passage of goods and merchants coming from the Near and Middle East.
https://www.ifporient.org/a-history-of-epidemics-in-the-near-and-middle-east/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ypBvwGG2o&t=1s
- July 21, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – ‘Iran and the Deccan’ – K. Overton, ed.
Iran and the Deccan
In the early 1400s, Iranian elites began migrating to the Deccan plateau of southern India. Lured to the region for many reasons, these poets, traders, statesmen, and artists of all kinds left an indelible mark on the Islamic sultanates that ruled the Deccan until the late seventeenth century.
- July 20, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
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
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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
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