Archive for 2021
Shii News – ‘Female Religious Authority in Shi’i Islam’ – M Künkler, D J Stewart, eds.
Female Religious Authority in Shi’i Islam
Past and Present
Edited by Mirjam Künkler and Devin J. Stewart
Edinburgh, 2021
- November 25, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – ‘Patterns of Wisdom in Safavid Iran’ – J Esots
Patterns of Wisdom in Safavid Iran
The Philosophical School of Isfahan and the Gnostic of Shiraz
J. Esots
Bloomsbury, 2021
- November 24, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1. ONLINE Webinar: “Building New Academic Communities in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Near East” by Gülşah Şenkol ( Orient-Institut Istanbul), ANAMED, Koç University, 23 November 2021, 6:30 pm TRT
The talk will also introduce a new gender research and networking platform which will promote accessible, innovative scholarship and foster global interaction and cooperation among scholars and institutions engaged in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies across disciplinary lines in the Near East.
Information and registration: https://anamed.ku.edu.tr/en/events/anamed-talks-building-new-academic-communities-in-womens-gender-and-sexuality-studies-in-the-near-east/
2. HYBRID Conference: “Digitizing Jerusalem’s Archives: Urban Heritage in the Age of Digital Culture”, Jerusalem, 2-4 January 2022
The conference will focus on three main themes: Cultural heritage in the digital age: Digitizing Jerusalem Archives; Digital heritage and the Historic Urban Landscape Approach; Democratizing/interpreting Jerusalem’s heritage.
3. Colloque : « Le Qāḍī Abū Bakr Ibn al‑ʿArabī (m.543/1148) : Parcours, héritage et transmission » à l’occasion du 900e anniversaire de son décès, Centre Jaques-Berque, Rabat, 28 et 29 jan-vier 2021
Ce colloque international a pour objectif de dresser un bilan de la recherche académique réalisée sur la figure, l’oeuvre et la postérité d’un des savants les plus influents de l’Occident Musulman. En effet, depuis près de cent vingt-cinq ans, les nombreux travaux d’édition et études thématiques autour de son oeuvre se sont succédé à un rythme effréné, traduisant un fort intérêt des chercheurs pour cette figure riche et complexe du Ve/ XIe siècle.
Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2021/10/colloque-internationnal-janvier-2022.pdf
4. Conference: “The Coptic Educational Systems and Institutions (11th Century – Present)”, French Institute for Oriental Archaeology (IFAO), Cairo, 17-18 February 2022
Contributions are invited on: Between Islamic and Coptic Institutions: Sources and Approaches; Ways of Transferring Religious and Liturgical Knowledge; Manuscripts Traditions, Copying, Revising, Editing; Sources of Non-Religious Teaching; Modern and Missionary Schools; Charitable Foundations and Their Educational Roles; Current Educational and Research Centers; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2021.
Information: https://www.ifao.egnet.net/recherche/manifestations/ma1359/
5. Workshop: “Da’wa and Qur’an Translation in the First Decades of the 20th Century”, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 15-16 March 2022
We invite submissions of abstracts for a workshop that will deal with the globalisation of Muslim Qur’an translation in the first decades of the 20th century, until the 1960s, against the backdrop of migration and increasing daʿwa activities. Travel costs and accommodation during the conference will be fully funded.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2021.
Information: https://gloqur.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CfP_Workshop-dawa.pdf
6. Roundtable Workshop: “The Arab-majority and Muslim-majority Worlds in/and Contemporary Decolonisation Debates”, University of Edinburgh, 5-6 April 2022
This workshop seeks to specifically think through the decolonising movement and an engagement with it from the histories, experiences, perspectives, traditions, and problematics of the Arab-majority and Muslim-majority worlds (broadly defined) as a contribution toward growing decolonial scholarship and movement.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2021.
7. Middle East Initiative Research Fellowships at Harvard Kennedy School
Offers for one-year fellowships for researchers at the pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and junior faculty level for research related to Middle Eastern governance and public policy from political scientists, historians, econo-mists, sociologists, and other social scientists. Applications from women, minorities, and citizens of all countries are encouraged.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2021.
Information: https://www.belfercenter.org/fellowship/middle-east-initiative
8. Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor for Middle Eastern Literature or Film, Johns Hopkins University
Qualifications: A Ph.D. is required, but we will accept applications from doctoral students expected to fulfill Ph. D degree requirements by 1 July 2022.
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2022.
Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/98144
9. Faculty Fellow at the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University
The ideal candidate is an outstanding junior scholar with an in-depth understanding of the modern Middle East, knowledge of at least one Middle Eastern language, a commitment to inclusive pedagogy, and a PhD in one of the following fields: Anthropology, Middle Eastern Studies, Middle Eastern History, Cultural Studies, Politics/Political Economy, Sociology, Urban Studies/Geography, or similar.
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2022.
Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/98325
10. “Andreas Tietze Memorial Fellowship in Turkish Studies”, Department of Near Eastern Studies, 2022, University of Vienna
The fellowship is open to advanced doctoral candidates and postdoctoral/early-stage researchers studying a specific subject in Turkish studies. We particularly welcome projects that require a (research) stay in Vienna – especially in environmental history, history of technology, digital humanities, consumption history, history of tourism, and cultural heritage.
Deadline for application: 31 December 2021.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/9007203/cfa-andreas-tietze-memorial-fellowship-turkish-studies-2022
11. Call for Papers – PLATFORM
PLATFORM is a digital venue for public conversations about architecture, the built environment, and landscape. It features timely short essays organized into eight sections—Conversations, Finding, House Histories, Opinion, Photo Essay, Reading /Listening/Watching, Specifying, and Teaching/Working—that serve as entry points into different realms of discussion, and address different constituencies and interests. We invite writers working in diverse regions across the world and from across multiple professions and disciplines. We are committed to publishing bilingual articles, in order to bring timely and exciting new research to as many people as possible.
PLATFORM, explicitly outward facing, is a work of public humanities, designed to allow writers in diverse fields to shed light on a range of contemporary concerns. As a digital forum, it leverages the capabilities of new media to facilitate this conversation. PLATFORM is broad in perspective and interdisciplinary in orientation. We want to attract novices as well as old hands. We are not a closed or finite group. Unsolicited work is welcome. We value the diversity of opinions about how we view, read, experience, and engage with the built and natural landscapes. To submit an article or pitch an idea, write to info@platformspace.net. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to any of us, we’re happy to help develop pitches, vet ideas, make suggestions.
Kishwar Rizvi, Production Editor.
Swati Chattopadhyay, Marta Gutman, Zeynep Kezer, Matthew Lasner, Acquisitions Editors.
Sara Lopez, Min Kyung Lee, Fernando Lara Luiz, Mira Waits, Contributing Editors.
Here is an example of what we do:
Kabul in Two Contexts
On August 29, 2021, the United States launched rapid drone strikes on a site in Kabul, allegedly in retaliation for the suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai Airport three days earlier. By September 17th, the Pentagon was admitting that it was a tragic miscalculation. Instead of an Islamic State in Khorasan operative, they killed ten civilians, among them seven young children. These horrific events make clear that technology has made urban warfare, although long in use, deadlier than ever. The articles in last week’s issue of PLATFORM present Kabul in two very different contexts – as a modern city experiencing architectural development in the late twentieth century, and also an example of abstract legal calculations in contemporary urban warfare.
In “Modern Kabul: Legacies of Polish Architects in Afghanistan,” Muheb Esmat delves into the history of Kabul’s modern architecture. The city’s first master plan, presented in 1965, was heavily based on Modernist principles, partially fueled by municipal leaders’ desire to conceal traditional architecture. Among the new buildings constructed in this period was the Hajhda Manzila, a government tower which, despite its monumental presence in the city, has an obscure history. Esmat finds that the building was designed by a well-known Polish architect, Andrej Riabow, who along with Mieczysław Wrobel designed many other structures in Kabul. Their buildings situate Kabul’s architecture in a larger narrative of exchange that took place between the Eastern Bloc and post-colonial states, including Afghanistan. Esmat argues that there is a larger story to be told about Kabul’s urban development and that its modern past might serve as a lesson for the city’s future.
In “Law and Urban Warfare,” Craig Jones sheds light on the rise of military lawyers over the past few decades of American military presence in West Asia. These legal professionals, whom Jones calls “war lawyers,” are shaping the modern battlespace in ways we are only just beginning to understand. Ever since the Vietnam War, during which catastrophic military strikes led to the deaths of hundreds of civilians, war lawyers have worked to ensure that strikes are within the bounds of International Humanitarian Law. Yet their role has been complicated by the relatively recent phenomenon of drone strikes and remote targeting, as witnessed most recently in Kabul. Despite a suite of precision technologies and strategies that aim to minimize harm to civilians, many military strikes in cities are still deeply destructive—not only due to the increasingly compressed (and thus accident-prone) decision-making process, but also because the laws of war do not always serve to constrain violence. In a world that legitimizes military operations, war lawyers share responsibility for who lives and dies in the increasingly urban spaces of modern war.
12. The British Library:
A Tale of Two Enigmas: A Magtymguly Pyragy Manuscript in the British Library Collections
Divan-i Makhtumquli, a late 18th-early 19th-century Turkmen manuscript. (Divan-i Makhtumquli, Central Asia?, late 18th century or early 19th century CE. Or 11414 f 3v)
13. The Bakhtiari are still migrating
The Smithsonian Magazine June, 2021
14. Medicine, Magic and Healing at University of Exeter, through the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies.
The workshop will take place on November 29 and November 30 at Hotel Du Vin in Exeter.
The full schedule can be found here: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/events/details/index.php?event=11747
Please note regisration is required for this event as we have a number limit at the venue. Please contact Sarah Wood s.a.wood2@exeter.ac.uk for further information
15. ‘A political sociology of empire: Mughal historians on the making of Mughal paramountcy’
Gagan D. S. Sood
Modern Asian Studies, November, 2021
16. The Interdisciplinary Studies of Literatures, Arts and Humanities,is an academic journal recently published by the University of Birjand, Iran, in Persian.
Editor-in-Chief: Alireza Anurshiravani, Professor of Comparative Literature, Literary Theory, and Criticism, Shiraz University, Iran.
Editorial Board, https://islah.birjand.ac.ir/journal/editorial.board?lang=en
For your information, this is the Journal Website in English: https://islah.birjand.ac.ir/?lang=en
- November 23, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – ‘Ḥadīth Compilation and Authorial Agency’ – G Warner (24.11.21, 4pm Tehran time)
DFDS 8th meeting (Winter 2021)
https://chat.whatsapp.com/ChiWkBj2mW0Ln9Ld7QpAJQ
Presenter:
Dr. George Warner
Center for Religious Studies
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
The Subject:
‘Ḥadīth Compilation and Authorial Agency: The Case of al-Shaykh al-Ṣadūq’s Kitāb al-Tawḥīd‘
Meeting Manager:
Dr. Mohammad Hasan Ahmadi, University of Tehran, Iran
Wednesday Nov.24, 2021, 4 p.m. Tehran Zone
More information via:
http://zabanshenasitarikhi.ir/p/48/DFDS-8th-meeting-(Winter-2021-Series)/
- November 22, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1.University of Edinburgh – Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62467
Closing date: 3.12.21
2. Revealing the Unseen: New Perspectives on Qajar Art
Gwenaëlle Fellinger & Melanie Gibson
3. The Medical Works of Moses Maimonides: New English Translations based on the Critical Editions of the Arabic Manuscripts
G Bos
4. In November 2021 the ‘Mamlukisation of the Mamluk Sultanate-II’ project (UGent, 2017-21, https://www.mms.ugent.be) is organising its final conference in Cairo.
The conference sessions will be open to speakers and respondents only, but there will also be two public hybrid (online+onsite) lectures, on November 28 and 29, to which we would like to invite you all:
November, 28, 6 pm (Cairo time, GMT+2), Jo Van Steenbergen (UGent), ‘The Politics of Arabic Historical Thought’ (IFAO, Palais Mounira, Cairo) (registration/link: https://www.mms.ugent.be/closing-conference/public-lecture-محاضرة-عامة/)
November 29, 5.30 pm (Cairo time, GMT+2), Konrad Hirschler (UHamburg), ’The Textuality and Materiality of Historiography’ (AUC, Tahrir Campus, Oriental Hall, Cairo) (registration/link: https://www.mms.ugent.be/keynote-lecture-محاضرة-المتحدث-الرئيسي/)
5. From 6-8 December the Embedding Conquest team (Leiden) will organize an online conference on the language of kinship in Islamic(ate) societies before the modern period (622–1500 CE).
We have been investigating the social, political, administrative, religious, and economic ties that sustained strategies and mechanics of protection and dependency in the early Islamic empire, contributing to shaping imperial rule under the Umayyads and the Abbasids. As part of our project, we study how writers and document producers expressed vertical and horizontal relationships, including the use of family terms. To find out more about the conference go to our website.
Keynote: Hugh Kennedy
Speakers: Sobhi Bouderbala; Ana Echevarría Arsuaga; Shounak Ghosh; Matthew Gordon; Ahmad Khan; Pia Maria Malik; Karen Moukheiber; Shirin Naef; Cecilia Palombo; Leone Pecorini-Goodall; Ekaterina Pukhovaia; Janina Safran; Eline Scheerlinck; Petra Sijpesteijn; Josef Ženka.
To register and receive the ZOOM-link mail to: emco@hum.leidenuniv.nl
6. The Institute for Advanced Study, in partnership with Gorgias Press, is delighted to announce a new online lecture program, The Author’s Voice. The series of free to access quarterly talks, led by Gorgias Press authors, will showcase the latest research across history, linguistics, and religious studies. You are cordially invited to attend our fourth and final lecture of the series:
Ash‘arism Encounters Avicennism: Sayf Al-Dīn Al-Āmidī (d. 631/1233) on Creation
Laura Hassan
Associate Faculty Member, Faulty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
9 December 2021 12 pm, EST
Competing theories about the origins of the cosmos have always entailed distinctive and often antithetical conceptions of who, or what, caused it. Sayf al-Dīn al-Āmidī developed his doctrine of creation at a particularly poignant moment in Islamic intellectual history, in which the traditions of theology (kalām) and Hellenised philosophy (falsafa) were forced into an encounter which would permanently alter the theological landscape. In this talk, taking impetus from the case of al-Āmidī, I consider the options available for intellectuals who, like him, encounter a system of thought which is both rationally and theologically compelling, but which also threatens to undermine entrenched convictions.
This is a free Zoom lecture. Register in advance for this event here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.
Hosted by Sabine Schmidtke (School of Historical Studies, IAS) and George A. Kiraz (School of Historical Studies, IAS and Editor-in-Chief, Gorgias Press) in cooperation with Angelos Chaniotis (School of Historical Studies, IAS).
For more information, please contact ds@ias.edu
7. UCLA: Latest Developments in Afghanistan and Implications for Iran
A Panel Discussion
December 12 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, Pacific Time
Ahmad Nader Nadery
Former Chair of Independent Civil Service Commission in Kabul, and Member of the Peace Negotiation Team for Afghanistan
The Taliban’s Return to Power and Its Implications for Afghanistan and Iran
Homeira Qaderi
Afghan Writer and Women’s Rights Activist, and Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University
How Women in Afghanistan have Strived for Their Rights
Farah Karimi
Head of the Dutch Parliamentary Delegation to the OSCE PA and Former UN Consultant for Capacity Building of the Afghan Parliament
An Expert Reflection on International Responses to the Crisis in Afghanistan
This panel will be in Persian. To register for the event, please click here.
8. The British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS) is currently seeking a part-time Executive Officer to support its work in promoting scholarship and research excellence on all aspects of Iran and the wider Persianate world.
The successful candidate will manage the Institute’s Annual General Meetings, its Council meetings and meetings of the smaller Management, Outreach and Research Committees and be responsible for submitting annual reports on the organisation to Companies House and the Charities Commission and for the preparation and publication of an Annual Report. In addition, he or she will take a leading role in submitting funding applications and in completing formal quarterly and bi-annual reports to the Institute’s principal funder, the British Academy, in addition to managing the process of awarding research funds to academics at British higher education establishments. The role involves management of a part-time Outreach and Administrative Co-ordinator who assists in delivering BIPS’s many outreach activities: lectures, publications and social-media presence. In addition to the administration of BIPS’s London office, the Executive Officer also liaises with BIPS’s institute in Tehran and the other international schools and institutes of the British Academy.
The role would suit an applicant with a wide range of administrative experience at a senior level, an interest in academic endeavour and, ideally, some knowledge of Iran and the Persianate world. Familiarity with MS Office 365 and Excel is essential, together with an understanding of financial reporting and book-keeping. Experience of the charity and the UK higher education sectors is desirable as well as initiative and the ability to engage with the variety of interests represented by BIPS and its members.
Location: London
Salary: £34,000 pro rata, subject to annual review
Contract: Permanent
Closing date for applications: 8th December 2021
For further details please contact bips@thebritishacademy.ac.uk or download the job description.
9. Call for submissions for the 1st International Conference on Voluntary Activities in Libraries, Museums and Archives, which will be held from May 11 to 12, 2022 in Mashhad, Iran by the Organisation of Libraries, Museums and Document Centre of Astan Quds Razavi. The conference will be organised in hybrid way as it provides an opportunity for participants to attend either in person or online.
The conference aims to bring together academics, researchers and practitioners to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of volunteering in libraries, museums and archives.
We welcome submissions relevant to the conference topics:
- Creating and Fostering the Culture of Voluntary Activities
- Strategies and Plans for Promoting and Developing Voluntary Activities
- Contributing Factors and Barriers to Recruiting Volunteers
- Challenges and Opportunities of Volunteers in Libraries
The deadline for proposal submissions is December 22, 2021. Please visit our website for more details:
https://volunteer.razavi.ir/volunteer/en/home
We also welcome experts to submit proposals for conducting pre-conference webinars about different aspects of volunteering in organisations. You can email us at volunteers.lib@aqr.ir to gain more details and suggest your topics as well as date/time to conduct a webinar.
- November 20, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Webinar: ‘Fiqh and Expedience’ (London, 4.12.21, 5pm UK time)
Saturday 4th of December 2021
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm (UK Time)
The Islamic College
on Zoom
‘Fiqh and Expedience’
Ayatollah Abolghasem Alidoust
Prof. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im
Ayatollah Abolghasem Alidoust (Qom Seminary, Iran)
A senior Iranian cleric and legal scholar and professor of Fiqh at the Research Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought. He is a recipient of the Iranian Book of the Year Award for his book entitled Fiqh and Maslaha.
Prof. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im (Emory University, USA)
An internationally recognized scholar of Islam and human rights, Prof. An-Na’im teaches courses in international law, comparative law, human rights, and Islamic law. He is the author of Islam and the Secular State (Harvard University Press, 2008)
For more information and to register:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/2021/11/2nd-webinar/
- November 19, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Webinar: ‘Deconstructing Memories of Ali in Sunni and Shiʿi Islam’ – N Husayn (22.11.21, 2pm EST)
‘Deconstructing Memories of Ali in Sunni and Shi’i Islam’
Nebil Husayn, 22.11.21 2 pm EST
Islam’s fourth caliph, Ali, can be considered one of the most revered figures in Islamic history. His nearly universal portrayal in Muslim literature as a pious authority obscures a centuries-long process that entailed the rehabilitation of his character. For many years, some Muslims disliked Ali and considered him an illegitimate ruler. In his new book, Opposing the Imam, Nebil Husayn considers the diverse ways in which early Muslims remembered Ali and contextualizes the rise of both Sunnism and Shi’ism. This presentation discusses key findings from this recent publication.
For more info and to register:
https://shiism.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/deconstructing-memories-ali-sunni-and-shi%CA%BFi-islam
- November 18, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – WSJ: Aghan Shia Cautious of Taliban Rule
‘Afghanistan’s Shiite Minority Cautiously Embraces Taliban Rule, Seeking Protection,Shiite Taliban fighters now patrol Yakawlang, the site of past atrocities committed by the country’s rulers’
Wall Street Journal, 16.11.21
This article is behind a paywall. There is a link on the page to a free audio of the opening paragraphs of the story.
- November 17, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1.Scriptural Sexuality in the Three Traditions: A Call for Papers
An edited volume in memory of John Tracy Greene
Edited by Zohar Hadromi-Allouche, Nirmal Fernando, Keren Abbou Hershkovits
Professor John Tracy Greene (May 05, 1944 – March 25, 2021) was a religious studies scholar, a biblical scholar and an archaeologist. Together with the late Prof. Mishael Caspi, they founded and coordinated the “Biblical Characters in the Three Traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)” ISBL seminar.
The volume Scriptural Sexuality is dedicated to the memory of John. In line with his interreligious, comparative approach to the study of religions and the Bible, it will comprise of new scholarship on the broader theme of sexuality in the traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The volume will explore the presentation, or mis-presentation, of sexual/ised characters through one, or more, of the three traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Such characters may vary, and include, for example, divine, human, animal, vegetal, and other characters.
Articles are invited that examine expressions, in relation to such characters, of sexuality in various scriptural texts.These expressions might include, but are not limited to, sexual views; literary and visual portrayals; laws; ritual, medical, or other relevant practices; sexual orientation; gender; non/marital sexual relations; asexuality; or the denial of sexuality. They might be an early feature (e.g., in scripture) or a later development (as part of reception history or legal theory), up to current times.
Articles might use a single or several perspectives, such as theology, art, literature, history, archaeology, law, medicine, or other disciplines.
Abstracts of up to 300 words should be submitted by 15th January 2022 to:
Zohar Hadromi-Allouche hadromiz@tcd.ie
Nirmal Fernando curlsu@hotmail.com
Keren Abbou-Hershkovits kabbou@gmail.com
Potential contributors who wish to present their contribution in the “Characters in the Three Traditions” seminar (ISBL 2022, Salzburg), please contact Zohar Hadromi-Allouche.
2. Séminaire « Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien »
Séminaire mensuel du CeRMI
Séance du 18 novembre 2021, 17h15-19h
Nous avons le plaisir de vous convier à la prochaine séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” organisé par le CeRMI, qui aura lieu le jeudi 18 novembre 2021 de 17h15 à 19h. Vous pourrez suivre la séance :
– en présentiel : Salle 5.05, INaLCO, 65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris, [Attention : le “Pass sanitaire” sera demandé]
– ou en visioconférence (lien de connexion ci-après) : Inscription obligatoire via ce formulaire
Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Amin Moghadam (Senior Research Associate, Ryerson University, CERC in Migration and Integration, Toronto), pour une conférence intitulée :
« Chanter les rivages, s’ancrer dans la ville : autonomie et initiatives culturelles des Iraniens à Dubaï »
Résumé
Cette présentation est le résultat d’une réflexion approfondie sur les relations de l’Iran avec son environnement régional à travers le champs culturel et artistique, mais surtout d’une enquête de terrain récente (de mars à juin 2021) qui a porté sur les initiatives culturelles des Iraniens dans la ville de Dubaï. Elle mettra l’accent sur les conditions matérielles et institutionnelles des circulations culturelles(Kaufmann et al. 2015) afin d’examiner d’une part la relation entre des individus et des communautés diasporiques avec l’Etat et la société d’origine, et d’autre part la reconfiguration des relations centre/périphérie à travers les dynamiques transnationales. Ces questions seront abordées principalement à travers le portrait et le parcours de la poétesse iranienne, Silviana Salmanpour, originaire du sud de l’Iran (de la région de Lârestân) et installée à Dubaï depuis les années 1980. L’étude de cette trajectoire migratoire et artistique révèle en premier lieu l’autonomie de l’espace migratoire qui conduit parfois à la redéfinition des relations centre/périphérie du contexte national. Par ailleurs, elle démontre à travers ce parcours les multiples relations d’interdépendance qui se situent à des échelles géographiques et institutionnelles variées, y compris avec la société émirienne et les dynamiques globales qui caractérisent la ville de Dubaï. C’est par le biais de cette approche relationnelle que les notions de la « culture » et de la « circulation culturelle » seront abordées dans cette présentation afin de mieux comprendre les modalités de formation et de circulation d’une œuvre littéraire au sein et au-delà des frontières nationales (Levitt 2010; 2020).
Orientations bibliographiques
- Kaufmann, Thomas DaCosta, Catherine Dossin, et Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel (eds.), Circulations in the global history of art. Studies in art historiography. Farnham Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2015.
- Levitt, Peggy, « Taking Culture Seriously: The Unexplored Nexus between Migration, Incorporation and Development », Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales 26/2 (2010): 139‑53. https://doi.org/10.4000/remi.5149
- Levitt, Peggy, « Explaining Variations in Scale Shifting: The Role of Spatiality, Topography and Infrastructure in Global Literary Fields », Poetics 79 (2020): 101397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2019.101397
Organisateurs : Amr Ahmed (INALCO, CeRMI), Sandra Aube (CNRS, CeRMI), Samra Azarnouche (EPHE PSL, CeRMI)
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Participer à la réunion Zoom :
https://zoom.us/j/94600699663?pwd=bWxRYy9YU2thdkcrZ0JlNFBhcGxlZz09
ID de réunion : 946 0069 9663
Code secret : CeRMI
3. ONLINE Webinar: “Queering the Middle East and its Diasporas – Queer States: Geopolitics and the Art of Government” by Sima Shakhsari (University of Minnesota), Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 17 November 2021, 12:00 pm EST
Information and registration: https://brown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DtyHnn8wSLKduiTSUAPaiw
4. ONLINE Webinar: “Perfect Imperfection: Socio-cultural and Religious Reforms in Saudi Arabia” by Dr Stéphane Lacroix (Science Po Paris), Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 17 November 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm SGT
Social change is one aspect of MBS’ vision. Religion is another target. The crown prince has said that Wah-habism is akin to “deifying human beings”. This follows his championing of “moderate Islam” reining in the clerical class and resetting the role of religion in the state. How successful has this religious re-orientation been? What are the implications for Riyadh’s role as the gatekeeper of the global Muslim community?
Information and registration: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/event/perfect-imperfection-socio-cultural-and-religious-reforms-in-saudi-arabia/
5. HYBRID Colloque international : « Les disputes théologiques entre ašʿarites et ḥanbalites et leurs représentations du XIe/Ve siècle jusqu’au wahhabo-salafisme contemporain », Inalco, Paris, 18-19 novembre 2021
Information and registration: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/56372.
Programme : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2021/11/programme_colloque_discordia_0.pdf
6. ONLINE Graduate Student Research Presentations, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 19 November 2021, 12:00 pm ET
Moderated by Joseph Leidy. Presenters: Mairéad Smith, Anthropology; Yasemin Bavbek, Sociology; Dima Nasser, Comparative Literature.
Information and registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKfiU-NDdkInYmzLqXy5Tto8Xrc49x0H33TYMqP_VQF8FOGA/viewform
7. ONLINE Workshop: “Digital Humanities and Islamic Studies”, Organized by Dagmar Riedel (OCIS & Columbia University) and Talal Al-Azem (OCIS & University of Oxford), 20 November 2021, 10:00 am GMT
This workshop will explore how scholars in Islamic studies engage with the Digital Humanities in order to confront the question of how repositories of digital surrogates together with computational methods are changing the meaning of knowledge in the humanities and social sciences.
Information and registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wc1P9kT9QziZBNmsjEIG5w
8. ONLINE Conference: “Citizenship, Sectarianism and Belonging (Focus MENA)”, University of Lancaster, 16-17 December 2021
The study of citizenship has received renewed attention in Middle East and North Africa studies across recent years. How do citizenship and nationalism interact in the Middle East, and to what effect?
Information: https://www.sepad.org.uk/event/citizenship-sectarianism-and-belonging
9. Conference for Graduate Students in Western Universities, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, 26-28 March 2022
The conference will provide Arab doctoral students and recent PhD graduates of the social sciences and humanities based at Western universities an open space to present papers rooted in their graduate studies. This unique conference will give the participants the chance to benefit from discussions with their peers and with established Arab academics.
Deadline for applications: 4 December 2021.
Information: https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/Events/Graduate-Students-in-Western-Universities-3rd-Round-Upcoming/Pages/index.aspx
10. International Conference: “Iraq Twenty Years After the US Invasion: Memory Politics, Governance and Protests”, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, 29-31 March 2023
The conference will shed new light on the main factors shaping Iraqi politics and society since the US invasion of 2003. It will take stock of the scholarship on Iraq’s modern history, post 2003 transformations and current developments, with a special focus on questions of govern ance, institutions, protest movements, and the politics of memory.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 January 2022.
11. HYBRID 12th Annual Gulf Research Meeting, Gulf Research Center Cambridge, UK, 14-16 July 2022
Scholars are invited to apply to direct a workshop focusing on political, economic, security or social issues related to the Gulf region.
Deadline for proposals of workshops: 30 November 2021.
12. Assistant Professor of Islamic Art History, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
The field of specialization is open and includes any area of Islamic art and architectural history from the early Islamic period to the present.
Deadline for applications: 1 January 2022.
Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19323
13. Visiting Fellowships for Harvard Law School’s Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, 2022–2023
We are particularly interested in applicants whose work focuses on human rights, women’s rights, children’s rights, minority rights, animal welfare and rights, constitutional law, food law, environmental law and climate change in particular, migration and refugee studies, LGBTQ issues, and related areas.
Dealine for applications: 15 January 2022.
Information: https://plsmw.law.harvard.edu/fellowships/
14. “Moving Biography Summer School”, Orient-Institut Beirut with American University of Beirut and Global (De)Centre, Beirut, 1-8 June 2022
We invite doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to explore the various etymologies and connotations that the term “biography” carries in different languages. The Summer School will focus on three main themes: ques-tions of data, the act of creation, and the importance of the social and historical context of biographies.
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2021.
Information: https://www.orient-institut.org/events/event-details/call-for-applications-moving-biography/
15. The German Bundestag Invites Highly Motivated Graduates from the Arab Region to Take Part in a Scholarship Programme in Berlin from 1 to 30 September Each Year
Eligibility criteria: Citizenship of an Arab country; under the age of 35; university degree; good knowledge of German (at least level B2), a strong interest in politics, and social/political commitment.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2021. Information: https://www.bundestag.de/en/europe/international/exchange/ips/arabian-250618
16. Call for Proposals: Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association Special Issue on Digital Ottoman Studies
Themes may include: creation of text or image corpora, development of language resources, entity recognition, progress in OCR/HTR, digital textual methods, gazetteer creation, network analysis, GIS, geocoded datasets, image analysis, advances in technology and cultural heritage (digital GLAM) as well as examples of open scholarship, open source softwares, crowdsourcing and digital community building.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2021.
17. CfP: Levantines of the Ottoman World
We welcome chapters that engage in current topics such as Levantine cosmopolitanism, hybridity, marginal-ity, ambiguity, and transnationalism, but we also encourage submissions which critique the centrality of such terminology and theoretical frames in historical scholarship. Editors: Erik Blackthorne-O’Barr (Colombia Uni-versity) and Burhan Çağlar (Sakarya University).
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2022.
Information: https://levantinestudies.wixsite.com/book
18. The Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the area of Zoroastrian Languages and Literature.
For the job posting link.
All application materials, including reference letters, must be received by December 20, 2021
19. The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center, Princeton University
Postdoctoral Research Associate/Associate Research Scholar
The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate or more senior researcher position(s) in the relevant fields of Iran and the Persian Gulf studies in the 19th – 21st century.
Anticipated to start in September 2022, the position is open to scholars of all academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. This full-time, twelve-month position is renewable annually for up to three years, subject to satisfactory performance and available funding. The center promotes interdisciplinary approaches to advancing the study of Iran and the Persian Gulf, with special attention to the region’s role and significance in the contemporary world. The goal of the program is to support outstanding scholars of Iran and the wider Persianate world at an early stage of their careers and thus to strengthen the field of Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies in the United States and abroad.
DEADLINE: All materials must be received by Friday, December 10, 2021, 11:59 p.m. EST. Preferred start date is September 1, 2022. This position is subject to the University’s background check policy.
For further info,
https://iran.princeton.edu/about/open-positions/postdoctoral-research-associate
- November 16, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Online Conf: ‘Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion’ (London, 6-9.12.21)
Registration is now open for “Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion” (Dec 6-9, 2021), an online conference which aims to progress the field of Fatimid studies by examining their political, cultural, artistic, social, economic and intellectual interactions. We welcome researchers and scholars with an interest in these areas to join.
For further information and to register:
- November 15, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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