Archive for March, 2021

1. STUDENT BURSARIES: New MSc The Globalised Muslim World, University of Edinburgh

The Alwaleed Centre at the University of Edinburgh is launching its new MSc The Globalised Muslim World in September 2021.

To mark the launch of the programme, the Centre is offering ten £3000 student bursaries which are available to both UK and international/EU students.

To be eligible to apply for a bursary, prospective students must submit their application by 29th March 2021.

Further information about the programme and the bursaries can be found here: www.alwaleed.ed.ac.uk/msc-the-globalised-muslim-world

2. Open Access Journal: Journal of Medieval and Islamic History

Journal of Medieval and Islamic History (in Arabic حولية التاريخ الإسلامي والوسيط) is an annual peer-reviewed journal issued by Seminar of Medieval and Islamic History, History Dept., Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University. It is founded in 2000 AD by Prof. Rafaat Abdul-Hamid, Prof. Ahmed Abdel-Raziq, and Prof. Tarek M. Muhammad. It is a scholarly print and open access on-line international journal, which aims to publish peer-reviewed original research-oriented papers and book reviews in the fields of Medieval History, Medieval Slavonic History, Crusades, Byzantine History, Byzantine Egypt, Islamic History, and the relations between East and West.

Journal of Medieval and Islamic History encourages and provides a medium for the publication of all original research contributions of significant value in all aspects of Medieval History and Civilization are welcome. It aims to publish research that contributes to the enlargement of historical knowledge or the advancement of scholarly interpretations.

The certified abbreviation of the journal is JMIH. It is presided over by a distinguished board of Historians and Academicians and is backed by an international advisory board panel consisting of prominent individuals representing many well-known Universities. JMIH publishes high-quality papers and review papers, too. It gives the chance to the academics to publish their top papers, book reviews, and studies widely.

https://jmih.journals.ekb.eg/

3. Webinar via zoom – Intercultural Relations in New Zealand in Commemoration of Christchurch Mosques Massacres 15 March

Organized by The University of Waikato Islamic Studies Group, New Zealand

More details available on:  https://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/UWISG/events

4. University of Edinburgh – Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies PhD Scholarship

The Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to invite applications for one PhD scholarship in any area within its expertise.

Applications for both the Scholarship and the PhD must be made by the 3^rd May 2021.  Successful applicants will be advised by no later than the end of June 2021.

Full information and the admissions portal can be found at:

https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/postgraduate/international/humanities/languages-literatures-cultures/islamic-middle-eastern-studies

5. University of Edinburgh – PhD Scholarship

European Research Council (ERC) project: The Finances of the Caliphate: Abbasid Fiscal Practice in Islamic Late Antiquity (CALIPHAL FINANCES)

In order to be considered for the scholarship, please ensure that you have applied for the PhD programme in the first instance and then use the application form to apply for the scholarship, the deadline for both the PhD and Scholarship applications is the 3^rd May 2021.

Successful applicants will be advised by no later than the end of June 2021.

Full information and application portal at:

https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/postgraduate/uk-eu/humanities/literatures-languages-cultures/phd-european-research

6. The IISS at the University of Michigan is pleased to announce our next event with Sara Nur Yıldız entitled The “Talisman of the World”: Mawlāna Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī and the Mongols in 13th-Century Seljuk Anatolia on 16 March, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET).

Please register here: https://myumi.ch/K4nN

For more information: https://ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies/news-events/events.detail.html/80967-20824898.html

For any questions, please contact the IISS Coordinators:

IISScoordinators@umich.edu

7. Religious Hatred, Prejudice, Islamophobia and Antisemitism in Global Context

P Hedges, Bloomsbury, 2021

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/religious-hatred-9781350162860/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=NL-CT_Religious%20Hatred_Mar%2021_UK

8. Horner Jarrahi Persian Studies Speaker Series lecture by Houri Berberian

March 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

The University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invite you to a virtual talk by Houri Berberian, author of “Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds.” The lecture is part of the Horner Jarrahi Persian Studies Speaker Series, established by Carolina alumni Shaida Jarrahi Horner ’93, MAC ’94 and Vance L. Horner II ’92.

For further information and to register, see:

https://cseees.unc.edu/event/houri-berberian/

Download paper at:
‘From Disciples to Missionaries: The Trans-Continental Trajectory of the Khoja ShiaIthna-Asheri Community from South Asia to Latin America’

For further information on The Latin America and Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter, in which this paper appears, click here.

Incidents of Anti-Shiism, February 2021

For SRW’s latest update, click here.

Nineteenth-century British Orientalist perceptions of Persian Sufism

1.ONLINE Lecture: “The Question of Power in Classical Islam: Searching for the Roots of Deliberative Processes”, by Abdul-Hameed Al-Kayyali (Institut français du Proche Orient, Amman), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, 11 March 2021, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CET

This lecture, on the basis of a reading of a series of manuscripts and treaties, by al-Tabari (839-923 C.E), al-Balathuri (d. in 892 C.E.), al-Masoudi (d. in 956 C.E.) and others, will analyse the contrast between narrations of elections and selection processes during the period described as the Rashidun and the consolidation of processes of hereditary nature under the Umayyad and then the Abbasid dynasties.

Advance registration is required. Information: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/the-question-of-power-in-medieval-islam-searching-for-the-roots-of-deliberative-processes?tx_events_events%5BcourseUid%5D=14&cHash=45c5b744c4dad294f380c8b8a0dbd8e6

2. ONLINE Zahra Institute Lecture: “The Kurdish Medrese in Republican Turkey: An Institution of Civil Society Caught Between Turkish State and Kurdish Political Movement” by Martin van Bruinessen (Utrecht University), Chicago, 11 March 2021, 2:00 pm EST

Martin van Bruinessen is professor emeritus of the comparative study of contemporary Muslim societies at Utrecht University. He carried out anthropological field research in all parts of Kurdistan in the mid-1970s and has been returning to Kurdistan more or less regularly ever since. The social and political role of religion has been a central concern of his research.

Information: http://www.zahrainstitute.org/news_and_events.html

3. ONLINE Lecture: “Between the Global Islamic Revival and American Exceptionalism: The Muslim Students Association during the Cold War” by Justine Howe (Case Western Reserve), Center for Global Islamic Studies, University of Florida, 15 March 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm ET

Registration: https://bit.ly/CGISmarch15

4. ONLINE 11^th Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (WOW), California State University, Sacramento, 2-3 April 2021

Program and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/7356888/11th-western-ottomanists-workshop-april-2-3-2021

5. ONLINE Lecture: “Early Ottoman Translation and Transformation of Knowledge” by Hüseyin Yılmaz (George Mason University), Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at NYU, 16 April 2021, 12:30 EST

This talk will explore the impact of translation on Ottoman language, culture, and politics. Translation and transmission of knowledge have a profound impact on the Ottoman view of the world and self-perception, especially those works that became popular performative reads among broader public.

Registration: https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckduyppjwoG9MbNJirRZJB7DVYlG_IDY5b

6. Journée d’études : « Rire en Égypte : l’humour dans la poésie dialectale égyptienne », INALCO-CERMOM, Paris, 2 juillet 2021

Cette journée d’études se propose de mener des réflexions sur le rire dans la poésie dialectale égyptienne et d’examiner dans quelle mesure cette poésie véhiculait les divers aspects de l’humour et de l’ironie. Nous espérons ainsi retracer l’historique du poème dialectal égyptien depuis qu’il a commencé à prendre forme en passant du zajal dont le chef de fil est le poète Bayram al-Tūnisī, à sa forme poétique, et d’une critique sociale simple et directe aux vastes horizons poétiques et lyriques.

Information : http://www.inalco.fr/appel-communication/appel-communication-journee-etudes-rire-egypte-humour-poesie-dialectale

7. Prizes and Awards of “Ottoman and Turkish Studies (OTSA)”

OTSA encourages scholars and students to apply for eight awards, and invites teachers to encourage their students to apply as well!

Various deadlines for applications. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/7349985/call-submissions-2021-otsa-awards-and-prizes

8. Articles by Young Scholars of Ottoman and Turkish History for “Essays in History” – An Open Access Journal for Emerging Hstorians (Vol. 54), University of Virginia

Essays in History welcomes submissions from graduate students, scholars who have received their PhD within the last five years, and accomplished undergraduates.

Deadline for abstracts: 2 April 2021. Information: https://www.essaysinhistory.com

9. Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice

edited by Liana Saif, Francesca Leoni, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, and Farouk Yahya

Leiden: Brill, 2021

https://brill.com/view/title/57186

10. A Malay Qur’an manuscript from Patani

The finest Qur’an manuscripts in Southeast Asia were produced on the East Coast of the Malay peninsula. Especially sumptuous were the Qur’ans of Terengganu, notable for their technical finesse and lavish use of gold, which were prized all over the archipelago. Further north, the Malay kingdom of Patani – now part of Thailand – has long been recognized for its artistry, manifest in a range of art forms including weaponry, grave stones and primarily wood carving, as beautifully captured in the exhibition book Spirit of Wood (Farish and Khoo 2003).  The best Qur’an manuscripts from Patani are notable for their perfect proportions and and betray a more individualistic aesthetic than the more rigorous and disciplined Terengganu Qur’ans.

The British Library

11. Postgraduate Symposium: Muslims in the UK and Europe

The University of Cambridge Centre of Islamic Studies invites applications from current Masters and PhD candidates to present their research on issues pertaining to Muslims in the UK and Europe, from any discipline. This online postgraduate symposium, taking place on Thursday 17 June 2021, will be a platform for students to present and exchange current research on any topic in this field in a dynamic forum. While historical or theoretical context is valuable, we invite papers also to present, analyse or interpret research findings, data or material. The symposium will take place online this year due to Covid. Participants are expected to attend the keynote speech and all sessions.

To apply please submit a 500-word abstract, with curriculum vitae outlining current research interests, to cis@cis.cam.ac.uk   – by 8 April 2021.

Successful candidates will be notified by 16 April 2021 and invited to submit draft papers of no more than 3000 words by 15 June 2021.

1.La prochaine séance du séminaire “l’Asie centrale dans tous ses états : questions et méthodes” se tiendra le lundi 8 mars, de 13 h à 16 h.

Vincent Fourniau, historien, directeur d’études à l’EHESS, membre du CETOBAC, présentera son dernier ouvrage Transformations post-soviétiques et mémoires en Asie centrale – De l’indigénisation à l’indépendance, publié aux Indes savantes en 2019. Il évoquera également ses recherches actuelles.

Le lien de connexion sera envoyé le matin du webinaire aux inscrits sur listsem. Si vous vous êtes déjà inscrits en 2020-21, inutile de renouveler votre inscription. Sinon, l’inscription se fait ici : https://listsem.ehess.fr/courses/484/requests/new

2. La prochaine séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” organisé par le CeRMI…le jeudi 11 mars 2021 de 17h à 19h en visioconférence.

Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir deux intervenants :

1) Özgür Sevgi Göral (Chercheuse post-doctorale à l’Université de Paris 8 et chargée de cours à l’INaLCO), pour une conférence intitulée :

Négociation, conflit, concurrence et solidarité : Champ de mémoire du conflit kurde à travers la notion d’effet colonial

Résumé

La Turquie est caractérisée par l’absence totale des débats mémoriels selon la majorité des universitaires et des intellectuels. Dans le contexte local, la Turquie est fréquemment décrite comme le pays de l’oubli. Cependant, dans les années 1980, des acteurs qui contestaient les différents fragments et récits mémoriels ont commencé à s’exprimer dans l’espace public. Différents groupes politiques, comme le mouvement kurde, les couches séculaires et républicaines, et les Islamistes ont tenté de développer, d’élaborer et de reformuler leurs récits du passé. Les années 2000 ont vu la culmination du débat mémoriel en Turquie. On peut même parler de memory boost remplaçant l’amnésie dans le contexte de la Turquie. Les initiatives de mémoire incluant les commémorations publiques du génocide arménien, les débats académiques sur les contre-récits et mémoires alternatives, les publications approfondissant le débat mémoriel concernant les expériences violentes du conflit kurde et de diverses minorités se sont multipliées.

Dans cet exposé, je me concentrerai plus particulièrement sur la mémoire du conflit kurde à travers la notion d’effet colonial fabriquée au cours des quarante dernières années. Durant des décennies, la mémoire du conflit kurde s’est diversifiée, multipliée, politisée et est devenue beaucoup plus hétérogène. En outre, non seulement la mémoire du conflit kurde, mais aussi sa perception ont été modifiées au fil des décennies. Je vais analyser cette trajectoire, en me concentrant plutôt sur les années 2000, avec un focus sur les différentes alliances, contradictions et solidarités qui se sont produites dans l’espace politique de la Turquie.

Orientations bibliographiques
– Göral, Özgür Sevgi. Enforced Disappearance and Forced Migration in the Context of Kurdish Conflict: Loss, Mourning and Politics at the Margin. PhD diss., Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 2017.

– Rothberg, Michael. Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust in the Age of Decolonization. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2009.

– Stoler, Ann Laura. Duress. Imperial Durabilities in Our Times. Durham, London: Duke University Press, 2016.

2) Serdar Ay (Docteur en littérature, INaLCO), pour une conférence intitulée :
Les revues kurdes : principale arène de combat de la littérature kurde kurmandji en Turquie

Résumé

Du fait de la censure, la littérature kurde kurmandji en Turquie a longtemps été mise à l’écart et interdite de diffusion à des degrés divers. Par la force des choses, cette littérature a peiné à se développer suivant sa ligne d’évolution propre ; en un sens, chaque fois qu’elle venait à émerger, elle se voyait condamnée à rester dans sa phase « embryonnaire ». Ainsi, la littérature kurde kurmandji en Turquie a eu le plus grand mal à conquérir son tempo propre, sa chronologie spécifique. Dans ce contexte, le format de la revue est éclos comme l’outil le mieux adapté à l’intervention des Kurdes dans les domaines de la pensée, de la culture, ou de la littérature. La revue apparaît ainsi comme l’espace d’une survie possible lorsque « l’écosystème » kurde demeure largement dominé et restreint en Turquie. C’est pourquoi il apparaît nécessaire de penser la revue kurde comme instrument déterminant de l’histoire de la littérature kurde kurmandji en Turquie. Elle est à la fois medium structurant, testament national et lieu d’instruction pour les auteurs en devenir. Cette intervention proposera à ce sujet des réflexions nouvelles et, nous l’espérons, une contribution novatrice aux études littéraires kurdes.

Orientations bibliographiques
– Ay, Serdar, La Littérature kurde kurmandji en Turquie entre émergence et (re)découverte. Écrire par le biais des revues l’histoire d’une littérature de combat, thèse de doctorat soutenue à l’Institut National des Langues et Civilisation Orientales, Paris, 11 janvier 2021.

– Ay, Serdar, « Écrire, par le biais des revues l’histoire d‟une littérature segmentée, non-diffusée ou restrictivement diffusée : Le cas de littérature kurde kurmandji en Turquie », dans Casenave, J., Denis, G. et Hupel, E., Le Nouveaux Chemins de la Littérature : Repenser l’analyse des littératures en langues minorisées, Rennes, TIR, 2020, pp. 343-353.

– De Marneffe, Daphné et Denis, Benoît (dir.), Les réseaux littéraires, Bruxelles, Le Cri – CIEL – ULB – Ulg., 2006.

Participer à la réunion Zoom : https://zoom.us/j/94181637585?pwd=d0ZMbDllU2RYQzBiVnAweFV3VzJ1Zz09

3. Islamic Manuscript Conservation

“The Curriculum project:
The Curriculum Model, a collaborative project innitiated by Mandana Barkeshli, Paul Hepworth, and Karin Scheper, was developed to fill a void: Islamic manuscripts constitute a repository of enormous cultural and intellectual value and number in the millions; yet currently there are no educational programs which focus on their specific conservation issues.
Conservators of Islamic manuscripts currently face significant obstacles in order to get proper training. For many would-be conservators in Africa and Asia, educational opportunities may be limited whereas programs in North America and Europe are largely directed towards the conservation of western manuscripts. To address the need for an articulated and directed approach to Islamic manuscript conservation a curriculum model with this particular focus has been written for a two-year program of education. An extended introduction to the curriculum model can be found here.
The program, including a bibliography, can be downloaded here.
Development of the curriculum model was supported by the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) and The Islamic Manuscript Association (TIMA).”

Website: https://www.islamicmanuscriptconservation.org/index.html

4. BRAIS 2021 Online Series: Programme + free registration

The British Association for Islamic Studies was forced to cancel its 2020 Annual Conference, scheduled to take place at the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations.

With an in-person conference not possible in 2021, BRAIS has decided to deliver a free online series of panels drawn from the 2020 programme. The panels will be delivered online via Zoom between March and July 2021.

http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-2021

5. MCF – Arabe égyptien : langue et littérature dialectale et/ou linguistique

N° Galaxie : 4169
N° d’emploi : 07-15MCF604
Début des candidatures : 16 février 2021
Modalité de recrutement : dépôt des candidatures sur galaxie.fr

http://www.inalco.fr/concours-recrutement/mcf-arabe-egyptien-langue-litterature-dialectale/linguistique

6. Assistant Instructional Professor in Modern Arabic, University of Chicago

To apply for these positions, candidates must submit their application through the University of Chicago’s Interfolio jobs board at apply.interfolio.com/84744 . The application must include a curriculum vitae, a cover letter, a teaching statement, one sample syllabus for elementary or intermediate modern Arabic, and the names and contact information of three references whose letters of recommendation may be solicited. Shortlisted candidates may be asked to submit a video demonstrating classroom teaching.
Application deadline is April 4, 2021. Only completed applications will be considered.

This position is contingent upon budgetary approval.

7. [Webinar] Iran: 25 years, 45 visits, A Journey Behind the Headlines – 09 March 2021 (London, 5.30 pm UK time)

https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/09mar2021-iran-25-years-45-visits-a-journey-behind-the-headlines-an-illustrated-talk-by-scott-peters.html

Scott Peterson is the senior correspondent covering the Middle East for the Monitor from London with a special focus on Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. A well-traveled and experienced foreign correspondent, he is also a photographer for Getty Images in New York, and has reported and photographed conflicts and powerful human narratives across three continents for more than 30 years. He graduated from Yale with a degree in English and first joined the Monitor in 1996.

8. Registration for the 2021 BRISMES Annual Conference Knowledge, Power and Middle Eastern Studies (5-9 July 2021) is now open! Due to the continuing restrictions on travel and meeting, this year’s conference will be held online. 

All papers and panels accepted for the 2020 conference have been carried over to the 2021 conference. In addition to over 100 panels, the conference programme will also consist of eminent keynote speakers, Pinar Bilgin (Bilkent University, Ankara), Caroline Rooney (University of Kent, Canterbury) and amina wadud (National Islamic University in Jogjakarta), a plenary roundtable addressing the conference theme and a graduate section event.

More information about registration can be found on the conference website: https://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/registration-2021/

9. “The medieval heritage of Anfeh and its neighbourhood (North Lebanon)” by Patricia Antaki – March 11

(3h-4h PM CET, 4h-5h PM in Amman & Beirut)

https://www.ifporient.org/archaeology-mena/

10. ‘First International Conference, Iranian Studies in the World’

20-22 Mehr, 1400

http://iranianstudies.cibce.org/#services

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