Archive for January, 2022
Shii News – Webinar: ‘Mulla Sadra’s Philosophy: Continuity and Novelty’ (London, 28.1.22, 6pm UK time)
The Islamic College
‘Vistas to the East’
Friday 28th of January 2022
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm (UK Time)
on Zoom
(3rd Online Webinar)
‘Mulla Sadra’s Philosophy: Continuity and Novelty’
Prof. Mohammad Fanaei
Prof. David B. Burrell
Professor Mohammad Fanaei Eshkevari studied both at the Qom seminary in Iran as well as McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he received his PhD in philosophy. For the past two decades, he has been lecturing on comparative philosophy, mysticism and theology in Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute in Qom. He has published more than fifty books and articles in Persian on different areas of Islamic thought.
Professor David Bakewell Burrell is an American educator, theologian, writer and translator. He is the Theodore Hesburgh Professor emeritus in Philosophy and Theology at University of Notre Dame, USA. He has written and published extensively on Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions.
For more information and to register, see:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/2022/01/3rd-webinar/
- January 20, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – “De-centring (the study of) Shiʿism”
IMES Research Seminar Series
University of Edinburgh, Spring 2022
“De-centring (the study of) Shiʿism”
This Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) Research Seminar Series builds on recent calls to “de-centre Shiʿism” (M. Künkler and M. Clarke, 2018). It brings together a range of perspectives on historical and contemporary topics that move beyond the cores and hierarchies within Shi‘ism – whether temporal, geographical, textual or sociological – which have long been assumed and given prominence in the field of Shiʿi studies. The Series also explores avenues to open up the field beyond its Shiʿi-centric confines and encourage more dialogue with the fields of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies more broadly.
The Monday seminars take place at 5.15pm UK time on Zoom. All welcome. To register, https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcuyvqjgvHdaSodYsuXt5D9W4T3lim0DW.
7 February Edmund Hayes (Radboud University)
Decentring the Imamate: Did the Imams Create Shiʿism, or Did the Shiʿa Create the Imams?
21 February Lucy Deacon (UoE)
Karbala from Canvas to Stage: The Influence of Traditional Storytelling on the Iranian Taʿziyeh
Carlos Mendez (UoE)
Exploring the Intra-Shiʿi Moral Panic behind the Controversial Film “The Lady of Heaven”
7 March Siti Sarah Muwahidah (UoE)
Carving an Inclusive Online Learning Space Under Constraints: A Study of Minority Shiʿi Women’s Digital Da’wa_in Indonesia
21 March Jeroen Gunning (Aarhus University/London School of Economics) & Morten Valbjørn (Aarhus University)
Where Have All the (Sunni) Islamists Gone? Bridging Studies of Sunni and Shia Islamism
4 April Songül Mecit (UoE)
Transnational Lives and Transnational Politics: The Alevis in Germany
For enquiries, please contact the convenor of the Series, Elvire Corboz (elvire.corboz@ed.ac.uk)
- January 19, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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- January 18, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. ONLINE Lecture: “From Victims to Survivors: Violence, Memory and Social Reconstruction in Rizgari, Kurdistan Region of Iraq” by Karin Mlodoch (Sigmund Freud University Berlin & HAU-KARI e.V.), Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg, 18 January 2022, 6:00 pm MET
In 1988 the Iraqi Baath-regime destroyed thousands of Kurdish villages in Northern Iraq. Since 2009, a group of women survivors in the town of Rizgari have engaged for the construction of a self-designed memory site, which shall represent their specific gendered experience of violence and serve as a platform for bringing the survivors’ claims for justice into the public debate.
Information and registration: https://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/fileadmin/Pictures/Events/2021/Jewish__Kurdish_and_Amazigh_Life_-_Poster_-_FINAL.pdf
2. ONLINE Rencontre avec Adam Baczko ( CNRS – CERI Sciences Po): « Le gouvernement des Taliban en Afghanistan, de l’insurrection à l’administration du pays », Halqa Association des jeunes chercheurs et chercheuses en sciences sociales sur les mondes musulmans mo-dernes et contemporains, 18 janvier 2022, 18:00 h
Information: https://halqa.hypotheses.org/5033 .
Inscription : halqadesdoctorants@gmail.com
3. ONLINE Lecture on “Sharīʿa Genres and their Writers in Imamic Yemen” by Dr. Brinkley Messick, Columbia University, 1 February 2022, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
The historical instance in question comprises the twentieth-century decades of an imam-led polity in the uncolonized, late agrarian-age society of highland Yemen. With the support of ethnographic photography, Messick surveys the relations between the main roles in sharīʿa governance, and between the main types of sharīʿa writings in the textual formation of the period.
Deadline for registration: 25 January 2022 at abw2163@columbia.edu
4. ONLINE Seminar: “Sketching/Scripting Women – Women and Comics in the Arab World”, In-stitute of Modern Language Research, University of London, 4 March 2022, 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm GMT
The seminar will explore the work of Francophone female graphic novelists from the Arab World, with contri-butions from academic speakers focusing on different historical and socio-political contexts spanning from the Maghreb to the Middle-East, and a talk by prize-winning Beirut-born bande dessinée author Michèle Standjofski.
Information and registration: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/25230
5. Conference: “Red Sea Project X: Red Sea Horizons, Edges and Transitions”, Rethymno, Crete, Greece, 6-9 July 2022
Conference themes will include: Lines of sight, shores, and islands in the maritime experience; Archaeology and material culture of forelands, hinterlands, and contact zones; Movement, dependencies, and enslaved lives across geographic and temporal borders; Traditional maritime technologies; the transition from the age of sail to the age of steam; Religion and the sea; etc.
Information: Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/9015868/cfp-reminder-red-sea-project-x-conference-rethymno-crete-july-6-9
6. Conference: “Assessing the Ethnic Groups of the Late Ottoman Empire through a Decolonial Lens (1900 – 1922)”, University of Florida, Gainesville, 9-11 September 2022
The goal of the symposium is to marshal decolonial theory in order to understand how the dynamics between the Ottoman Empire’s ethnic groups can provide insights for contemporary knowledge production for Arme-nia, Greece, Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey and the United States.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2022. Information: https://ogus.oral.history.ufl.edu/events/fall-2022-symposium/
7. Postdoctoral Fellows/Research Associates (2 Years) for Project “Interactive Histories, Co-Produced Communities: Judaism, Christianity and Islam”, Princeton and University of Bern
Applicants must have graduated with their PhD in a relevant field (History, Religion, Art History, Interreligious Studies, Theology, etc.); An appropriate number of publications depending on the candidate’s experience; A general interest in the historical relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims as manifest in the candi-date’s track record.
Deadline for applications: 31 March 2022. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62833
8. Postdoctoral Fellow in the Modern and/or Contemporary History of the Arab World, Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, Moscow, Russia
Candidates should have a strong background in the Modern and Contemporary History of the Arab World, ability to teach for the Arab World Programme and to conduct research in the relevant field; Fluent English and Arabic; Knowledge of other Oriental and/or Russian languages will be an asset.
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2022. Information: https://iri.hse.ru/ru/pd2223_HistoryoftheArabWorld
9. International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) Programme for Graduates from Arab Countries of the German Bundestag, Berlin, 1-20 September 2022
The programme is intended for talented Arab graduates who are interested in politics and who are keen to play an active role in promoting core democratic values in their home countries. The programme includes a one-week work placement with a Member of German Bundestag and aims at bringing German politics closer to its participants.
Extended deadline for application: 20 January 2022. Information: https://www.bundestag.de/en/europe/inter-national/exchange/ips/arabian-250618
10. Grants for Research in the Emirate Ras Al Khaima, UAE
The research grants are awarded in the following categories: 1) Doctoral Research Grants; 2) Faculty Re-search Grants; 3) Seed Research Grants. This is an excellent opportunity for PhD students and faculty mem-bers from all nationalities at recognized tertiary institutions from across the world, seeking to conduct field-work in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.
Deadline for application: 1 March 2022. Information: https://www.alqasimifoundation.com/grants-research
11. Fully-funded PhD position in Islamic Studies at Lund University in Sweden.
Closing date for applications: 15.2.22
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:463766/type:job/where:4/apply:1
12. Events on Islam and the Middle East around Cambridge
Tue 18 Jan
5:00pm – 6:00pm
The Contribution of Hanafi Jurists to the Urban Domain of the Islamic City.
(Meriem Ben Ammar (University of Cagliari))
Wed 19 Jan
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Palestine: Memories of Western Palestine –1948 Memory, Geography and Distanciation
(Various speakers – Director and Convener: Dr Makram Khoury-Machoo)
Thu 20 Jan
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Marginal Words: The Local and the Cosmopolitan in an Eighteenth-century Indian Dictionary in Persian
(Dr Arthur Dudney, University of Cambridge)
Fri 21 Jan
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Book launch: Islam and the Arab Revolutions
(Usaama Al-Azami (St. Antony’s College, Oxford))
Sat 22 Jan
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Ottoman Music Workshops with Baha Yetkin
(Baha Yetkin )
And don’t forget that next Monday (Mon 24 Jan) the Persian Poetry Reading Group start their fortnightly meetings and the first CIS Public Talk is Thurs 27 Jan (Conquered Populations in Early Islam (Elizabeth Urban)).
13. Islamic History Geodata Initiative
The Islamic History Geodata Initiative (ihGeo) seeks to stimulate scholarship on the role of places and spaces in the history of the Middle East during the Islamic period. Established by a research unit at the University of Tübingen, it provides a forum for international exchange and envisages collaborative projects in the Spatial Humanities. Another aim is to develop novel research tools for use in the public domain.
Learn about the endeavour of ihGeo to link history, geoinformatics, and cartography for a new understanding of how the region’s societies have been geared to the making and re-making of human landscapes.
14. Hikmat International Institute
Only three days remain to register for the fifth learning and sightseeing tour of Iran that will take place on May 8 – 25, 2022. This special tour is perfect for any travel passionate, especially those who want to explore the beautiful Iran and learn more about its people, culture, ancient and modern history, politics, public life, etc.
In this tour, the participants will see Iran’s most important tourist attractions in six major cities. They can also attend three informative workshops about religion and politics in Iran. There will be friendly meetings and discussions with academics, religious leaders, scholars etc. The tour will be held with high standards and is an amazing opportunity. The group will include 15 to 20 participants. Most seats are already taken, so register soon before it is too late! Deadline for registration is January 20, 2022.
Hikmat Institute organizes this tour only once a year. We hope you can join us in this exciting program.
Please check the webpage of the tour for more information and let us know if you have any questions.
Contact us any time at info@hikmat-ins.com
- January 18, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – ‘1st AMI Graduate Islamic Studies Conference’
The 1st AMI Graduate Islamic Studies Conference: Call for Papers
The Al-Mahdi Institute is pleased to announce the launch of the 1st AMI Graduate Islamic Studies Conference. The conference is aimed at graduate students at the masters level working in the field of Islamic studies with the aim of providing those intending to pursue a career in research and academia with an opportunity to gain experience presenting at a conference and to network with like minded peers.
Students enrolled on a masters programme (taught or research) in any discipline at the time of the conference at any university or institution in the United Kingdom are invited to submit abstracts on any topic in Islamic studies, broadly conceived as the study of Islam and Muslim societies.
The conference will be held in-person at the Al-Mahdi Institute between Saturday the 28th May and Sunday the 29th May 2022. Provisions are in place should the conference be required to move online due to changes in public health guidance.
The deadline for submissions is 23.59 GMT on the 4th March 2022. Abstracts sent after this date will not be considered.
Travel, accommodation, and food
There are arrangements in place for accommodation. Further information on this will be provided when the abstracts have been selected. The cost and arrangement of travel is the responsibility of each person attending. Participants are encouraged to speak to their respective universities who often offer financial support for attending conferences. For those selected to speak but who will face financial difficulties attending, please email the conference convenor. Lunch and dinner will be provided for each conference participant thanks to the hospitality of the Al-Mahdi Institute.
- January 17, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.New Podcast – ART Informant: A Podcast on Islamic Art History
Dear Colleagues,
I am glad to introduce a new podcast dedicated to the actuality of Islamic Art History.
Every other Mondays, I welcome historians, curators, conservators, experts and other actors of Islamic Art History, who made this field so vibrant and dynamic.
You can already listen to four episodes on Spotify, Amazon music, Apple music, and via the link below.
In the latest episode, I welcome Dr Negar Habibi, lecturer in Iranian art history at the University of Geneva and who recently started the huge task of cataloguing Jean Pozzi’s collection of Islamic art, supported by a fellowship of the Soudavar Foundation.
If you are interested in this new format, please consider subscribing on your favourite podcast platform, and share to help grow the ART Informant community!
Listen to the ART Informant here.
Isabelle Imbert
2. IHU Summer Language School 2022 program (Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, and Spanish)
27 June – 19 August 2022, IHU Campus
27 June – 19 August 2022, Online via Zoom
The Ibn Haldun University (IHU) Summer Language School Program offers intensive instruction in Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, and Spanish for students and professionals. This is a full Summer Term that over seven weeks offers the transferable credits. A wholly immersive experience is designed to comprise co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as conversation tables and study hours, seminars by top scholars on history, politics, literature, and arts, cultural events including movie screenings and field trips to historical sites and archives.
- Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced levels are available
- 20 hours per week for 7 weeks (140 class hours) – Fully credit-transferable, equivalent to two normal semesters
- 10 hours per week for 7 weeks (70 class hours) – Fully credit-transferable, equivalent to a normal semester
For information on fees, financial aid and housing you canvisit our website: summer.ihu.edu.tr
To apply, please fill out the online application form, submit the following documents, and pay the application fee via credit cards at https://iber.ihu.edu.tr/PrivatePay.
- CV
- Copy of an official transcript (signed or with barcode), if you are still a student
- Copy of passport ID page
- A passport size photo
- A recommendation letter (if you are planning to apply for a tuition fee discount)
The IHU Summer School Language Program is coordinated and developed in collaboration with the IHU School of Languages and the Department of History.
If you have questions about the program, please feel free to e-mail the IHU Summer School Deputy Directorate at summerschool@ihu.edu.tr
3. Launch of ‘The Dinner Table Prejudice: Islamophobia in Contemporary Britain’, 25 January, 6pm GMT
In ‘The Dinner Table Prejudice: Islamophobia in Contemporary Britain’ Stephen H. Jones (University of Birmingham) and Amy Unsworth (University College London) present the findings of one of the most detailed surveys conducted on Islamophobia and other forms of racism and prejudice in modern Britain. Uniquely, the research investigates both prejudice against Muslims as a group of people and Islam as a belief system, and shows how these two varieties of Islamophobia appear differently in British society. The report speaks directly to questions about racism, religion, free speech and discrimination, and will be a vital resource for anyone interested in prejudice and how to counter it.
At this event, the lead author will discuss the survey findings and their implications for British public policy and politics. The event will be chaired by Professor Peter Morey and will feature a response by Zara Mohammed, the General Secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).
4. AKU-ISMC
1-22 March 2022 The Qur’an in Muslim Practice – Online short course
How do Muslims use the Qur’an?
The course attempts to answer this question by exploring the use of the Qur’an in various Muslim contexts, both religious and social. The course will be delivered over four weeekly online sessions using zoom.
The introductory session will discuss the Qur’an as a religious text, situating it within the contexts of Muslim beliefs and perceptions. Its recitation and writing will be explored in the second session, focusing on the culture of writing the Qur’an (including the skill and art of calligraphic writing). The third session will consider activities that draw on the Qur’an as a source of comfort, healing, protection, divination and ritual. The final session will examine Sufi beliefs and practices as derived from the Qur’an. The course convenors are Dr Walid Ghali and Professor Farouk Topan.
The course will be delivered online via zoom. Log in details and reading lists will be shared on registration.
The course will not be recorded.
Date and Time
1, 18, 15 and 22 March 2022, 1:00-3:00pm (London Time).
Tickets and Booking
Tickets: £75 professionals | £45 students, AKU alumni and staff.
For more information and to book, see:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-quran-in-muslim-practice-short-course-tickets-232079464927
5. Call for Papers :
Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture
Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture is a peer reviewed international scholarly journal. The journal is dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of Islam and of the Islamic world. Particular attention is paid to works dealing with history, geography, political science, economics, anthropology, sociology, law, literature, religion, philosophy, international relations, environmental and developmental issues, as well as ethical questions related to scientific research. The journal is committed to the publication of original research on Islam as culture and civilization. It particularly welcomes work of an interdisciplinary nature that brings together history, religion, politics, culture and law. The Journal has a special focus on Islam in Africa, and on contemporary Islamic Thought. Contributions that display theoretical rigor especially work that link the particularities of Islamic discourse to the enterprise of knowledge and critique in the humanities and social sciences, will find Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture to be receptive to such submissions.
The journal is published by the American Research Institute for Policy Development that serves as a focal point for academicians, professionals, graduate and undergraduate students, fellows, and associates pursuing research throughout the world.
The interested contributors are highly encouraged to submit their manuscripts/papers to the executive editor via e-mail at editor@aripd.net, editor.aripd@gmail.com
Please indicate the name of the journal (Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture) in the cover letter or simply put ‘Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture’ in the subject box during submission via e-mail.
The journal is Abstracted/Indexed in CrossRef, CrossCheck, Cabell’s, Ulrich’s, Griffith Research Online, Google Scholar, Education.edu, Informatics, Universe Digital Library, Standard Periodical Directory, Gale, Open J-Gate, EBSCO, Journal Seek, DRJI, ProQuest, BASE, InfoBase Index, OCLC, IBSS, Academic Journal Databases, Scientific Index.
E-Publication FirstTM
E-Publication FirstTM is a feature offered through our journal platform. It allows PDF version of manuscripts that have been peer reviewed and accepted, to be hosted online prior to their inclusion in a final printed journal. Readers can freely access or cite the article. The accepted papers are published online within one week after the completion of all necessary publishing steps.
DOI® number
Each paper published in Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture is assigned a DOI® number, which appears beneath the author’s affiliation in the published paper.
JISC is inviting papers for Vol. 10, No. 1. The online publication date is February 28, 2022. Submission Deadline: January 31, 2022.
For any additional information, please contact with the executive editor at editor@aripd.net, editor.aripd@gmail.com
Regards,
Dr. Mohammad Reza Iravani, Azad University of Khomeinishahr & Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr branch, Khomeinishahr, Esfahan, Iran.
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture
Website: www.jiscnet.com
Email: editor@aripd.net, editor.aripd@gmail.com
6. “On Pedagogy: Islamic Art and Architecture in the Classroom,” International Journal of Islamic Architecture Dialogues Series – January 21
Join the International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) for its Dialogues Series, an annual webinar that brings together scholars and practitioners from across varied disciplines for a discussion of critical contemporary issues that interrogate the boundaries between architecture, art, anthropology, archaeology, and history. Just in time for the beginning of the spring semester, the 2nd annual session, “On Pedagogy: Islamic Art and Architecture in the Classroom,” features series host, Emily Neumeier, joined by Christiane Gruber, Stephennie Mulder, and Fernando Luis Martínez Nespral for a virtual discussion (via Zoom) on a number of pressing issues surrounding the teaching of Islamic art in a wide range of classroom settings, including:
- The impact of the pandemic and frequent pivoting between online and in-person instruction,
- The demands for anti-racism and DEI initiatives within the field and intersections with decolonial studies
- And what’s on the horizon for new and ongoing pedagogical initiatives such as Khamseen, the #StudentsofIslamicArt Wikipedia edit-a-thon, and GAHTC (Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative).
Date and Time: Friday, January 21, 2021, 12:00-1:00 pm US EST
Register in advance for this session: https://temple.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErde2orTkrGtyn2BG5bvkVVij_WrjJvxxa
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the session. The discussion will appear in print as part of the journal’s new “Dialogues” section.
ABOUT THE DISCUSSANTS
Christiane Gruber is Professor and Chair of the History of Art Department at the University of Michigan.
Stephennie Mulder is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.
Fernando Luis Martínez Nespral is Professor of Architectural History and a Researcher at the American Art and Aesthetic Studies Institute, based in the School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Emily Neumeier is Assistant Professor in the Art History Department at Temple University.
7. Launch of the Khamseen Graduate Student Presentation Award
Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online offers short-form presentations and glossary term definitions to support teaching, learning, and research in Islamic art and related fields. Since the website’s launch in Fall 2020, we have regularly added new presentations. While the PhD has been a requirement for submission until now, Khamseen is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative: the Khamseen Graduate Student Presentation Award.
We invite PhD candidates (ABD) to submit short (10-12 minute) video presentations for consideration. The winning applicant(s) will work with our team to revise and publish their short video presentation(s), which then will be featured on the Khamseen website. In addition, each awardee will receive a $500 honorarium upon the presentation’s official launch. Applications are due March 1, 2022 and decisions will be announced on April 1, 2022.
Submission Guidelines:
Applications due: March 1, 2022
Notification of decisions: April 1, 2022
Eligibility: PhD candidates (ABD) enrolled in a degree-granting program in Islamic art and allied fields. We do not accept applications from undergraduate or Masters students.
Application procedures: Candidates submit a short-form presentation, whose format must follow the production guidelines provided here. Additionally, applications should include: a 3-5 sentence summary, a 2-page CV, and a note of support from a PhD advisor or dissertation committee member.
Please submit the short-form presentation as an MP4 and the application materials as a single PDF to TeamKhamseen@umich.edu; notes of support by advisors and queries by candidates also should be sent to TeamKhamseen@umich.edu.
Sincerely,
Team Khamseen
8. UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series – The Collective for Black Iranians
On the Importance of Centering Erased Black and Afro Iranian Histories from Iran and the Diaspora
Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom
Panel in Persian
9. 2-Year Visiting Assistant Professor of Islamic Art http://apply.interfolio.com/101082
Washington and Lee University: Art and Art History Department
Open Date
Jan 11, 2022
Description
The Art and Art History Department of Washington and Lee University invites applications for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor position in Islamic Art (July 1st, 2022-June 30th 2024). Area of specialization is open. This position carries a 6-course teaching load distributed over Fall and Winter terms (12 weeks each), and the University’s signature 4-week Spring Term. The course load will be 2-3-1 or 3-2-1, depending on the needs of the department in a given academic year. The successful candidate would teach an introductory course that emphasizes the trans-regional interactions of the Islamic world, several intermediate courses (focused on theme, period, and/or region), and upper-level course/s related to the candidate’s specialization. The candidate’s course offerings and research would benefit from and contribute to Washington and Lee University’s rich disciplinary focus on Islamic cultures as demonstrated through the Middle East and South Asia program, Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, Religious Studies, and Politics Department. Of particular interest are candidates whose teaching can support other dynamic interdisciplinary programs such Africana Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Candidates will also demonstrate an ability to support the University’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
W&L is ranked among the top liberal arts institutions in the U.S. and the Art and Art History Department is one of the largest in the College. The University promotes a dynamic and inclusive environment that allows students and employees of multiple backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to learn, work, and thrive together. Successful candidates will contribute to that environment and exhibit potential for excellence in teaching and scholarship. In keeping with the University Strategic Plan, we welcome applications from underrepresented minority candidates and members of other communities that are traditionally underrepresented in academia. The University’s commitment to supporting faculty research will provide the successful candidate the opportunity to apply for summer research and conference funds.
Qualifications
A PhD in Art History or Visual Studies at the time of appointment is preferable.
Application Instructions
Review of applications will begin February 1, 2022, and continue until the position is filled. To be considered, applicants should submit the following materials to the Interfolio portal: http://apply.interfolio.com/101082
- Cover letter describing their teaching interests and experiences, as well as addressing their recent research projects and agenda
- Sample Syllabus
- Curriculum vitae
- Three confidential letters of recommendation
Contact Information
For more information, please contact the head of the search committee, Prof. Melissa Kerin at kerinm@wlu.edu
Anthony Edwards, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Arabic
Middle East and South Asia Studies Program
**Check out @WLUMESA on Instagram**
Washington and Lee University
Center for Global Learning 238
204 West Washington Street
Lexington, Virginia 24450-2116
Email: EdwardsA@wlu.edu
Office Phone: 540.458.8396
10. 2 PhD Positions in Digital Islamic History, University of Hamburg
Dear colleagues, I am advertising for two PhD positions in my project “The Evolution of Islamic Societies (c.600-1600 CE): Algorithmic Analysis into Social History” (EIS1600). Each position is 2+2 years. The deadline for applications is March 31, 2022. Successful applicants will work on one of the case studies of the project and will write and defend a PhD thesis on the topic of their choice, within a selected case study. Descriptions of both positions and detailed information on the application process can be found at the following links: https://tinyurl.com/PhD01; https://tinyurl.com/PhD02. Feel free to email me, if you have any questions (maxim.romanov@uni-hamburg.de). The project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the framework of the Emmy Noether Program (https://tinyurl.com/EIS1600). It is hosted at the Institute of Asian and African Studies (Islamic Studies Division) of the University of Hamburg.
Best regards,
Maxim Romanov
Description of the EIS1600 project: Arabic chronicles and biographical collections preserve a plethora of information on long-term environmental and societal processes that shaped and molded Islamic society. Numerous and extensive, these written sources are the richest “mine” of information and are particularly valuable for the period before the 15th century, for which exceptionally few documents and archives are available. The EIS1600 project undertakes a study of “The Evolution of Islamic Societies (c. 600-1600 CE)” through the computational analysis of these historical texts, which will be treated holistically as a unified corpus of historical information (c.300 titles; 100 million tokens; c.500,000 biographical records). The project’s team will work on identifying and analyzing long-term historical trends through three closely connected case studies: 1) of major ethnic, religious, and professional groups—and how they shaped the development of local communities and fused them into what we call the Islamic world; 2) of dynastic cycles through the patterns of the rise and fall of regional powers, their conflicts with rivals, and interactions with local communities; 3) of environmental factors—plagues, famines, droughts, pest infestations, earthquakes, and climate change—and their effect on the life of local communities. These case studies will be the foundation for a robust synthesis of the evolution of the Islamic world over the period under study. In order to overcome the complexity and sheer volume of medieval Arabic historical sources, as well as to analyze them in an effective and reproducible manner, the EIS1600 project employs a series of advanced computational methods of text analysis and data modeling that are the key to discovering, evaluating, and modeling all relevant textual evidence at an unprecedented scale. Among other deliverables, the EIS1600 project will produce an open and expandable online research ecosystem, MasterChronicle, which will allow scholars in the field to engage in various modes of close and distant reading of the Arabic historical corpus.
11. New issue of Quaderni di Studi Arabi
Volume 16 (2021): Issue 1-2 (Dec 2021): Issue 1: History Writing as an Inter-confessional Enterprise, edited by Martino Diez
https://brill.com/view/journals/qsa/16/1-2/qsa.16.issue-1-2.xml
12. Lecture series: ‘Rethinking Social Contention’
We’re delighted to invite you to our new online lecture series, ‘Rethinking Social Contention: Rebellion, Banditry and Martyrdom in the Pre-Modern Islamicate World’. The series is organised by our Hamburg-based research group, ‘Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period’ (SCORE), and starts next Tuesday (18 Jan), 4 pm CET. Our first speaker is Andrew Marsham (Cambridge), who will talk about “Rebels, Rhetoric and Reality in the Umayyad Era: Violent Conflict and Contention in the Early Islamic Empire”.
The programme for the first term can be found here: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score/news/2021-12-lecture-series.html. To register and receive the Zoom link, simply contact us at score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. Please share widely with colleagues and students as well. We’re looking forward to ‘seeing’ you there, and to a lively, stimulating discussion!
- January 15, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – ‘Approaching Safavid Majmū‘a(s) and Jung(s)’
The Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre invites scholars and postgraduate students to participate in the upcoming seminar series: Approaching Safavid Majmū‘a(s) and Jung(s): History, Philology, Palaeography, and Arts of the Book. The seminar series will take place in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oriental Institute, on a fortnightly basis starting from January 2022.
The seminar series are convened by Dr Mahroo Moosavi and Gennady Kurin and coordinated by the Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.
Seminar Series Outline and Aims: The archives of Persian manuscripts in libraries across the world are filled with the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Safavid Majmū‘a(s) and Jung(s); these collections of texts cover a wide range of genres and themes and compile them in ways which have hardly been explored. These themes and genres include chancellery inshā, personal epistles, royal decrees, seals, contracts, occult texts, poetry, non-chancellery prose, tales, riddles, treatises on art, medical texts, cooking recipes, dream interpretations and much more. The Oxford Nizami Ganjavi seminar series: Approaching Safavid Majmū‘a(s) and Jung(s): History, Philology, Palaeography, and Arts of the Book will focus on several such collections, and a handful of texts contained within them, while probing these on the historical, art-historical, urban, philological and literary aspects.
The seminar series will be particularly concerned with identifying and discussing potential methodologies through which this corpus may be approached, analysed, and studied. How and why were these texts collected, curated and assembled in such majmū‘a(s) and Jung(s)? What do these mechanisms of assembly and production reveal about the psychological, cultural, religious, and political currents within the Safavid society? Where in memory and through what collective networks do these diverse, seemingly unrelated, and at times fragmentary texts may intersect? And finally, is it possible that the Safavid archive, allegedly destroyed by the Afghans during their occupation of Isfahan, may in fact be contained within these thousands of collections? Through reading and translation of a selection of texts, drawn from several collections, and elaborating on questions outlined above, the seminar conveners hope to initiate scholarly discussion on the Safavid majmū‘a(s) and Jung(s) and move it beyond the normative discourse.
Format: The meetings will take place every two weeks, starting from Thursday January 20, 2022, 5-6:30 pm (GMT), at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.
Scholars and postgraduate students with upper-intermediate and/or advanced proficiency in classical Persian are welcome to join the seminar series.
For every session, a participant will volunteer to prepare a text, or an extract, from the pre-selected set of texts. The volunteers will be expected to read, transcribe, and translate the respective texts – to the extent they are able to – which will be followed by a group reading, analysis and discussion from historical, art-historical, literary, or any other potential perspectives. A week prior to the session, the participants will be provided with a PDF copy of the text and a limited number of key English and Persian articles relevant to the topic (These sources are recommended but not mandatory to read).
Registration: Participants are required to email mahroo.moosavi@balliol.ox.ac.uk or gennady.kurin@orinst.ox.ac.uk with a brief information on the level of their classical Persian language proficiency.
About the conveners:
Mahroo Moosavi is Bahari Fellow in the Persian Arts of the Book at University of Oxford, Oliver Smithies Lecturer at Balliol College at University of Oxford, and Lecturer in Architectural History at the University of Sydney. Her research is concerned with the intertext of architecture/art and poetry/prose, with a focus on the early modern Safavid Iran, through an interdisciplinary study of architectural/art history, literature, and post-structuralist philosophy. Her current project analyses the interpretations of form and structure of rhetorical devices in the chancellery writings of sixteenth and seventeenth century Iran to identify possible resonances within the artistic and urban system of the new city of Isfahan.
Gennady Kurin is a DPhil candidate at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. His research interests lie at the intersection of manuscript studies, history, and philology with a particular focus on West Asia.
- January 14, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Washington Post: ‘Taliban rule through the eyes of four [Shii] women in Afghanistan’
‘Portraits of fear and loss
Taliban rule through the eyes of four women in Afghanistan’
Washington Post, 12 January 2022
- January 13, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1. ONLINE Webinar “Bridging the Gulf Cultural Segment III: Stories of Al Zubarah, Qatar’s
Largest Heritage Site”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 21 January 2022, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm SGT
Added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2013, the Al Zubarah Archaeological Site is Qatar’s first entry in this international register. Once a thriving pearl fishing and trading port in the 1760s, the Al Zubarah site showcases impressive, excavated findings. Stretching from Fort Zubarah lining the coast to the early inland settlement of Qal’at Murair, the site provides a reimagination of a Gulf merchant town in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Information and registration: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/event/bridging-the-gulf/
2. ONLINE 67th AWR International Migration Conference: “Global Migration: Trans-cultural,
Trans-disciplinary and Intersectional Perspectives”, Friedensau Adventist University, 9-10 February 2022
Contributions should cover one of the following topics: Methodology and new approaches in trans-cultural, trans-disciplinary and intersectional migration research; Rights, norms, ethics and migration; Gender/sexual-ity and migration; Religion and migration; Culture/origin/race/ethnicity/colour and migration; etc.
Information: http://www.awr-int.de . Contact: simone.emmert@th-nuernberg.de
3. ONLINE “2nd International Conference on Medical Humanities in the Middle East”, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, 9-10 April 2022
Oral presentations and posters are invited on the topics of narrative medicine, medical sociology, philosophy of medicine, medical ethics and narrative ethics, literature and medicine, history of medicine and other hu-manistic initiatives in medicine occurring in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2022. Information: https://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/event/medical-humanities-in-the-middle-east
4. Mediterranean Seminar Spring 2022 Workshop on “Crisis, Migration, and Displacement in the Mediterranean”, Rutgers University-Newark, 6-7 May 2022
The aim of this workshop is to explore parallel and/or connected historical processes that move us away from narratives that privilege certain historical moments, specific cases. Papers from history, art history, literary and cultural studies, or any relevant Humanities or Social Sciences disciplines are welcome. Our Mediterra-nean is including southern Europe, the Near East, North Africa, and the Red Sea.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2022. Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1wsuBMDc-Q5T4ID5n8noHItYzSCUhAl4l1mUtlZKzlaupkQ/viewform
5. International Workshop: “Policy Implementation in the Global South”, Budapest 28-30 June 2022
This workshop represents an opportunity to contribute to empirical, methodological and theoretical knowledge about the policy implementation process in the Global South, and to assess the usefulness of approaches and debates to explain political changes in the region. We expect proposals from political sci-ence, anthropology, sociology, public management, public administration, sociology, but we are open to other disciplinary approaches.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2022. Information: https://www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/iwpp3-budapest/panel-list/15/panel/policy-implementation-in-the-global-south/1257
6. Assistant Professor for Contemporary Politics and Modern History of the Middle East, Radboud University, the Netherlands
Applicants should be experts in the modern history and politics of the Middle East, its global networks, and the role of Muslim actors within the contemporary political sphere.
Deadline for application: 24 January 2022. Information: https://academicpositions.co.uk/ad/radboud-university/2021/assistant-professor-contemporary-politics-and-modern-history-of-the-middle-east/172947
7. 150 Fully-funded Scholarships for PhD Candidates in “Economics”, “History and Civilisation”, “Law” and “Political and Social Sciences”, European University Institute, Badia Fiesolana, Italy
Deadlineforapplications: 31 January 2022.
8. 10 One-Year Post-Doctoral Positions, l´EHESS, Paris
All candidates must have defended their theses between 1 September 2019 and 31 January 2022. Gross monthly salary: 2365 €. Themes include: Imperial Construction in Muslim Asia: Institutions, Norms, Practices; Societies of Medieval Islam; Infra-political Perspectives on Migration; etc.
Deadline for applications: 2 February 2022.
Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/57458
9. Cinq contrats post-doctoraux (1 an) à de jeunes chercheurs, Laboratoire d’Excellence en his-toire et anthropologie des savoirs, des techniques et des croyances (HASTEC)
Candidatures avant 17 mars 2022. Information : https://labexhastec.ephe.psl.eu/2022/01/04/appel-candidature-pour-les-contrats-post-doctoraux-2022-2023/
10. Two Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in Late Medieval and/ or early Modern Middle East/ Islamic History, American University of Beirut
The positions are open to scholars of all sub regions and thematic interests, but the department especially welcomes applications of candidates working on subjects that address issues relevant to intellectual/ cultural and/or social history within a comparative perspective.
Deadline for applications: 1 February 2022. Information: https://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/academic-employment.aspx
11. Managing Editor of New Counter-Islamist Media Outlet, Middle East Forum
Qualifications: At least five years’ experience as an editor and/or journalist; Agreement with MEF’s outlook that ‘radical Islam is the problem, moderate Islam is the solution’; Proficiency with a website content man-agement system and social media advertising; Knowledge of research tools and techniques.
Deadline for applications: 14 January 2022. Information: https://www.meforum.org/62930/job-announcement-managing-editor
12. The Journal of Law and Islam (Zeitschrift für Recht und Islam, ZRI)
The peer-reviewed Journal is covering theoretical legal debate as well as the practical application of both secular and Islamic laws. It takes regard of the historical development as well as the interaction of “secular” and Islamic laws in different contexts, but also address the actual developments. Contributions can be submitted in German, English and French to zri@gair.de .
Information: http://zri.gair.de/index.php/en/
13. CFP – The Textile Museum Journal
We invite manuscript submissions on any topic related to textile arts for the 2023 The Textile Museum Journal, which will be the journal’s 50th volume. Manuscripts should be based on original documentary, analytical, or interpretive research on the textile arts. We encourage submissions examining the cultural, technical, historical, and aesthetic significance of textiles through time and across cultures.
Deadline for abstract submissions: April 31, 2022.
Deadline for full manuscript submissions: August 31, 2022.
For Manuscript Submission and Author Style Guide documents, please visit https://museum.gwu.edu/submit-research
Manuscripts should be submitted by email to the Editorial Assistant of The Textile Museum Journal at tmjournal@gwu.edu.
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The Textile Museum Journal publishes high-quality academic research on the textile arts and serves as an interface between different branches of academia and textile scholars worldwide. International in scope, the journal is devoted to the presentation of scholarly articles concerning the cultural, technical, historical, and aesthetic significance of textiles.
A complete submission includes 5 elements:
- Abstract: A single Microsoft Word document (no longer than 250 words) in English with the title of your manuscript accompanied with another Microsoft Word document with sample images (photographs, drawings, diagrams, maps, etc.) and their caption(s).
- Bio: A single Microsoft Word document detailing author(s) name, institutional affiliation(s), mailing address(es), telephone number(s), email address(es), and short biography (100 words) of author(s).
- Full Manuscript: Microsoft Word document of the main text in English should be double-spaced throughout in 12-point Times Roman typeface. Use endnotes (do not embed) and cite references separately. Manuscripts should be between 5,000 to 10,000 words (including endnotes, captions, and references) and Research Notes should be between 2,000 to 3,000 words.
- Image Document: A single Microsoft Word document that combines all photographs, drawings, diagrams, maps, etc. referenced in your manuscript with their accompanying captions. A good rule to follow that helps with a good distribution of images in the manuscript is to use one image for every 400-500 words.
- Images Files: All full manuscript submissions must be accompanied by images (one image for every 400-500 words.). Authors will provide high-resolution TIFFs or JPEGs (4 X 6 inches at 300 DPI or preferably higher) and secure all necessary permissions if the manuscript is accepted for publication. Each image should be clearly labeled (e.g., Smith_Fig. 1) and have a corresponding caption that provides identifying information and appropriate image credits in the Image Document.
Please see Manuscript Submission and Author Style Guide documents at https://museum.gwu.edu/submit-research for more details on preparation of these 5 elements.
Any submission that does not conform to The Textile Museum Journal style guidelines will be returned to the author.
Articles must present original research that has not been published in any language previously. Authors must properly credit previous scholarship on the subject and cite the source of each quotation, with brief bibliographic details given in the endnotes and the full bibliographic information in the References section.
All articles are subject to review by the editorial team and anonymous peer-reviewers, whose comments will be sent to the author only if the manuscript is accepted for publication. Authors expected to make revisions based on the feedback of the peer-reviewers and editors.
The Textile Museum Journal follows the most recent edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. For further specifications on preparing text and images for publication, see the The Textile Museum Journal Manuscript Submission and Author Style Guide documents (available to download from our website: https://museum.gwu.edu/submit-research).
Contact Info:
Editorial Assistant, The Textile Museum Journal
The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
701 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20052
E-mail: tmjournal@gwu.edu
With best wishes,
The Textile Museum Journal Editorial Team
14. Online Lecture – Medinas of the Maghreb and the concept of Islamic city: Between texts and models – January 25
A lecture by Amine Kasmi, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Tlemcen, Algeria
Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 5:00pm – 6:30pm; Registration Required: https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/MaghrebiMedinas
Abstract:
On the question of an archetypal model of the Islamic city, several regional scholars and Orientalists have tried to give some answers, each focusing on a specific aspect to the originality of these cities. Some even expressed great skepticism toward the concept of “Islamic city” as an urban ideal of the Muslim world.
The medinas of the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia), like most medieval Islamic cities, are characterized by the centralization of the main religious and economic institutions. They are also divided into specialized districts so that the compact districts of the residential areas are clearly distinguished from an economic district that is morphologically much less dense.
Defensive structures also hold a prominent place in the medieval Islamic conception of the city, expressed through ramparts, crooked streets, and vaulted passages. It should be added that medieval Islamic cities generally incorporated most characteristics of medieval European cities, including the concept of enclosure. However, in the case of the medinas in the Maghreb, this sense of enclosure is pushed to the extreme for climatic and military reasons, as well as the constant concern for the protection of privacy.
On the other hand, Islamic cities as human settlements suggest additive growth. This does not mean that cities developed haphazardly, but rather development proceeded according to a voluntaristic design, structured by non-geometric paths connecting various destinations, the most significant of which were the mosque, the souk, and residential quarters. We can note many similarities of the medinas throughout the Maghreb. This is especially true given that the early Islamic conquests favored the generalization of the same ideas. In less than a century after the emergence of Islam, several new cities sprang up following the model of Medina, the first city of Islam.
The purpose of this lecture is to confront various theoretical conceptions of this issue in order to trace morphological and landscape characteristics of Maghrebi medinas.
The lecture is intended for all audiences interested in the historical development of cities in the Maghreb or Islamic societies more broadly. No prior knowledge is required.
About the Speaker:
Amine Kasmi is a conservation architect and associate professor at the Department of Architecture, University of Tlemcen, Algeria. He teaches courses and conducts research in the history of urban design with a particular focus on the tensions between modern town planning and traditional urban fabric. His areas of interest also include the interaction between Islamic architecture and other architectures in the medieval Mediterranean world. He worked on numerous urban conservation sites in Algeria as well.
15. Conference “The Qur’an in Rome. Catholicism and the Study of Islam in Early Modern Era”
1-2 March 2022 – Rome – Italy
The objective of this conference will be to give an overview of the perspectives through which the Catholic world studied the Qur’an and Islam at the beginning of the modern era (16th-17th centuries). We will try to show how although Catholic authors inherited a series of well-established polemical tools (Collectio Toletana, Riccoldo da Montecroce, etc.) from the Middle Ages they were nonetheless able to renew their approach to the study of Islam, adapting it to the new historical context and inaugurating a scientific and philological study of texts.
The event will be held both in presence in Rome and online.
16. Edinburgh Byzantine Studies Seminar Series, Semester 2
The seminars take place at 17:15 and will be held via Zoom. You can register by following this link (https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErc-ivqTwpHNf57PwnG5xjYqqdbG9z_iZd).
Monday, 17 January 2022, 17:15
Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan (Philipps-Universität Marburg)
‘Archaeological interpretation between hypothesis and evidence: some thoughts on new discoveries in the Late Antique and Byzantine city of Assos / Turkey’
Monday, 31 January 2022, 17:15
Constantin Zuckermann (École pratique des hautes études, Paris)
‘The fiscal context of the Byzantine Farmer’s Law’
Monday, 14 February 2022, 17:15
Vasileios Marinis (Yale University)
‘The many lives of the martyr Euphemia’
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 13:00
Matteo Martelli (Università di Bologna)
‘Alchemical Equipment in Byzantine and Syriac Manuscripts’
Co-hosted with the History of Science, Medicine and Technology Seminar
Monday, 28 February 2022, 17:15
Emilio Bonfiglio (Universität Tübingen)
‘Education in Late Antique and Early Mediaeval Armenia: agency and movements of scholars and books between Armenia and Byzantium’
Monday, 14 March 2022, 17:15
Giulia Maria Paoletti (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
‘”For happy is he who speaks to listening ears”: Paraenetic poetry in Late Byzantium’
Monday, 28 March 2022, 17:15
Ioanna Rapti (École pratique des hautes études, Paris)
‘Viewing the history of Siwnik’ with Step’anos Orbelian, prince, bishop and historian (ca 1300)’
17. The Islamic College
A Short Online Course on Moral Philosophy and Islamic Ethics
10 Weekly Sessions (two-hours each)
First Session: Monday the 24th of January 2022
Lecturer: Prof. Mohsen Javadi
Course fee: £50
For more information and to register, see:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/short-courses/moral-philosophy-and-ethics/
18. Call for papers: The International Research Network for the Study of Science And Belief In Society, 3rd Annual Conference
University of Birmingham and Online (hybrid conference)
13-15 July 2022
Bursaries and honoraria to support participation, whether in-person or online are available, see below for more.
The International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society has been at the centre of the recent significant growth in social scientific and humanities research focusing on science, religion, and belief in society. Following our successful online conference in 2021, this 3rd annual conference of the network will have a hybrid in-person and online format and will focus on the theme of crossing boundaries.
As this field of research has grown it has engaged in myth busting popular perceptions and stereotypes about the relationship between science and religion, which treat both science and religious/spiritual populations as monolithic. To date, much of this foundational research has focused on North American contexts or debates. This conference seeks to build on this essential work and address future avenues for research within the social scientific and historical study of science, religion, and belief in society to examine the practical implications and applications of research in this field.
This conference will bring together international researchers with backgrounds in sociology, science and technology studies, psychology, political science, history, social anthropology, and related humanities or social science disciplines, to discuss perspectives on the overarching topic of science and belief in society.
We are pleased to invite submissions of papers that relate to any aspect of STEMM in society (science, technology, engineering, medicine, and mathematics), that discuss any religious, spiritual, or non-religious tradition, position, or worldview.
Abstracts are invited for the conference relating to the following themes:
- Public engagement with STEMM in pluralistic or religiously diverse societies.
- The social scientific and historical study of the relationship between science and religious and/or non-religious belief and identity.
- Public perceptions of the relationship between science, religion and non-religion and their respective roles in society.
- National and international comparative perspectives on the study of science, religion and belief in society.
- Past and present media or popular representations of science, religion and belief in society.
- The past or present roles of science, rationalism, religion and belief in national, social or cultural identity and related geopolitical narratives.
- Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of science, religion and non-religion in society.
- Methodological approaches to, and issues in, the study of science, religion and belief in society.
- Studies on the impact of publics’ views on science and religion on policy making, and provision for religious, spiritual or non-religious communities across a range of geographies and issues (e.g., healthcare provision, educational policy, science policy, environmental policy or development).
- Religion and inequalities in access to science and technology, including the intersections between religious and racial, ethnic, class and/or gender inequalities.
Individual or panel session submissions may cross over several of the themes listed above, and those intending to submit papers are encouraged to consider the relevance of their work to other academic disciplines.
Conference format
Due to the ongoing and inequitable constraints imposed by COVID-19, the conference will use a hybrid format that combines in-person presentations at the University of Birmingham, with online contributions by those unable to travel due to ongoing restrictions and health concerns.
We ask that in arranging their travel, all in-person participants ensure that they comply with all COVID-19 regulations, both in the UK and their home country. The conference will be run in line with any UK regulations as they stand in July 2022 and will adopt best-practice regarding health and safety of attendees on-site.
Please notethat as in prior years, we will be running a fully funded early career workshop in the days prior to this conference, but this will be announced and advertised via a separate call.
We have bursaries available to support both in-person and online attendance (see below).
If you have any questions or concerns about access or the conference format, please email INSBS@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
Paper and Panel Submissions
Please follow the below links to submit a stand-alone paper or a panel proposal. Information on what is required on the form can be found below.
Submit an individual paper: https://birminghamcoaal.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4ZKljAc0Gha6aSa
Submit a panel proposal: https://birminghamcoaal.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3C08z9ubs0oda9E
Individual paper submissions
To submit a paper proposal, please write a title and abstract of no more than 300 words, alongside a biographical note of no more than 200 words (please use this online form).
Panel session proposals
We will also be accepting a limited number of panel proposals with a maximum of four speakers. To submit a panel proposal, using the online form please send a session summary of no more than 250 words, alongside abstracts of no more than 300 words for each individual paper and a short biography of no more than 200 words for each contributor. The format and individual presentation length for panel sessions is flexible, but please note that panel sessions must not take longer than 90 minutes overall.
Contributor Biographies
For all submissions, please send a biography of no more than 200 words for each contributor, including name, institutional affiliation, email address, primary discipline or subject area, a statement regarding career stage (e.g., early career, mid-career), and if possible, a link to a personal profile on an institutional website or similar. Biographies of successful applicants will be added to the International Network’s Research Directory. Please indicate on your application if you would like to opt out of being added to the Research Directory.
All abstracts and panel proposals must be submitted online by 14 February 2022.
Conference Costs, Bursaries and Honoraria
This conference is funded by the International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society, as part of a grant from the Templeton Religion Trust. Please note that for all successful applicants, accommodation and registration costs will be covered by this grant. In addition, a number of honoraria and bursaries are also available to help with costs that may be incurred as a result of conference participation:
- Conference attendance honoraria. For those attending the conference in-person, who do not have institutional support for conference attendance or preparation, these honoraria are designed to allay the costs of attending.
- Childcare/dependent bursaries. For both those participating in-person and online, these bursaries are to help cover the costs of any extra childcare or other dependents’ costs incurred from participating.
- Digital inclusion bursaries. For those participating online these bursaries can be used to cover any extra costs incurred related to digital access (e.g., Wi-Fi costs or data packages). Please note these bursaries cannot be used for hardware (e.g., laptops).
We will prioritise those who have the most need such as postgraduate, early career, retired, low income/unwaged, or any researcher who may not ordinarily be able to access institutional funds.
To request a bursary or any additional support, when submitting your abstract, please complete the additional box on the online submission form.
Please note that while completing the form you will be asked whether you are planning to attend in-person or virtually, however given the uncertainties of the coming months with regards to international travel, you will only have to confirm in-person attendance after your abstract is accepted.
Key Dates
Deadline for online submissions (abstracts, panels & bursaries): 14 February 2022
Decision notification: 28 February 2022
Registration deadline for presenters: 30 April 2022
The conference is supported by the Templeton Religion Trust and is being held as part of the activities of the International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society, based at the University of Birmingham (UK).
You can download a PDF version of this call for papers here. For more information about the conference or wider network please email INSBS@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
19. Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World invites submissions for the forthcoming volumes 40 and 41, to be published in 2022 and 2023.
Muqarnas is a scholarly journal that publishes articles on art, architectural history, and archaeology, as well as all aspects of Islamic visual and material cultures, historical and contemporary. Full-length articles are accompanied by shorter submissions grouped under a separate section titled “Notes and Sources,” for which we particularly welcome studies that introduce textual and visual primary sources.
Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2022.
Manuscripts should be submitted by email to the Managing Editor of Muqarnas at muqarnas@fas.harvard.edu.
A complete submission includes five elements:
- Microsoft Word document of the main text file. Submissions should be double-spaced throughout in 12-point typeface. Use endnotes rather than footnotes; no bibliography is required. Articles should be no longer than 50 pages (not including endnotes). Images should be sent as a separate file.
- Images. All submissions must be accompanied by images, with an upper limit of approximately 30. For review purposes, please compile images into a single Word or pdf file. Low-resolution images are acceptable for initial consideration, with the expectation that authors will provide high-resolution TIFFs or JPEGs (at least 300 dpi at 4 x 6 inches) and secure all necessary permissions if the article is accepted for publication.
- Captions file. Each image should be clearly labeled and have a corresponding caption that provides identifying information and appropriate image credits.
- Abstract and keywords. Submit a 150- to 200-word abstract and 12 keywords for publication in the online version of the journal.
- CV, stating the author’s institutional affiliation (if any), mailing address, phone number, as well as academic status and a list of publications.
Any submission that does not include these five elements will be returned to the author, as will articles that do not conform to the Muqarnas style sheet.
Articles must present original research that has not been published in any language previously. Authors must properly credit previous scholarship on the subject and cite the source of each quotation, with full bibliographic details given in the endnotes (no additional bibliography is required).
All articles are subject to review by the Editorial Committee and anonymous external readers, whose comments will be sent to the author only if the article is accepted for publication. Authors may be expected to make revisions based on the feedback of the readers and editors.
Muqarnas follows the most recent edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. For further specifications on preparing text and images for publication, see the Muqarnas style sheet (available to download from our website: https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/submission-guidelines).
Contact info:
Managing Editor, Muqarnas
History of Art and Architecture Department, Harvard University
485 Broadway, Office 411
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Phone: 617-495-3774
E-mail: muqarnas@fas.harvard.edu
https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/muqarnas
- January 11, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Intellect is pleased to announce that Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research 14.2 is out now!
For more information about the journal and issue click here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-arab-muslim-media-research
Aims and Scope
The Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research (JAMMR) is a refereed academic publication dedicated to the study of communication, culture and society in the Arab and Muslim world. It aims to lead the debate about the rapid changes in media and society in that part of the world. This journal is also interested in diasporic media like satellite TV, radio and new media, especially in Europe and North America. The journal serves a large international community in the West as well as the Arab and Muslim countries.
We welcome contributions on, but not restricted to, the following themes:
- Communication and development in the Arab region
- Media and the construction of public opinion
- Media and social change in the Arab and Muslim world
- Media coverage of wars and conflicts in the region
- New media, culture and society in the Arab and Muslim World
- Arab/Muslim youth, identity and the media
- Media and women empowerment
- Arab media, political activism and democracy
- Diasporic media and diasporic audiences
- Global media and its impact on local cultures
- Internet social networks and the changing face of journalism practice
- Reality TV and the tabloidization of Arab media
- Pan-Arab Satellite TV and audience research
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2. Full-time tenure track open rank position at Department of Arabic Language and Culture, National Chengchi University (ROC/Taiwan)
Job Description
The Department of Arabic Language and Culture at National Chengchi University invites applications for one full-time tenure track open rank position in Arabic/Arab/Middle East/Islamic studies, starting on 1 August 2022. The deadline for the application is 2022 March 8.
We are seeking a junior or senior scholar with an excellent track of research in one (or more) of the following fields:
Arabic linguistics
Arabic literature
Arabic language teaching
Islamic studies
Middle Eastern studies
Candidates with experience in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers at beginner level or specialised subjects such as Arabic syntax, Arabic morphology, Arabic literature, or history of Arabic literature will be strongly preferred.
The ideal candidate will have active research agendas and a remarkable record of publications in her or his field after the appointment. The candidate will contribute to Arabic teaching in accordance with the teaching guideline of the Department, or teach the courses on the Department’s curriculum. He or she will have to teach 6 hours per week in one semester, which usually comprises 18 weeks, and two semesters per year. In addition, the candidate is expected to share the administrative responsibilities, engage in the intellectual activities of the Department, and take part in students’ activities. The candidate must be able to communicate in English and/or Chinese with the faculty members and the administrative staff.
Employer: National Chengchi University
Location: Taipei, Taiwan (ROC)
Salary: approx. 34,500 USD (minimum) per annum (before taxation), with stipends and funding available for research- and teaching-related expenses
Starting Date: 1 August, 2022
Deadline for Applications: March 8, 2022 (GMT +8). Review of applications will begin immediately after the deadline.
Qualification: Applicants must have a PhD in Arabic Studies, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern studies, or a related discipline, preferably with a record of an active research agenda and teaching experience.
Application Instructions and Procedures
All applicants must send the required documents (listed below) to arabic@nccu.edu.tw and isu@nccu.edu.tw. Enquiries concerning the application and related matters may be directed to the Department’s secretary, Ms. Wei (arabic@nccu.edu.tw), or the Head of the Department, Dr. I-Wen Su (isu@nccu.edu.tw).
After the first round of review, which will take about one month, the shortlisted candidate will be invited to online or in-person interview and to deliver an open lecture to the faculty members and students. Further details and schedules will be announced in the due course.
Required Documents
All applicants must submit the following documents via email to: arabic@nccu.edu.tw and isu@nccu.edu.tw
- An updated C.V.
- A cover letter/statements of teaching and research (no more than three pages)
- D. dissertation and the publications of the past five years
- A scanned copy of Ph.D. degree or any document certifying that the candidate will be awarded Ph.D. degree before the date of the appointment (the copy must be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China, or its representative division)
- Scanned copies of the transcriptions of M.A. and Ph.D. degrees (the copies must be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China, or its representative division)
- Two sample syllabi for two courses: one on the subject of the applicant’s choice and the other on one of the following: Arabic syntax, Arabic morphology, Intermediary Arabic or Advanced Arabic
- Two or more letters of recommendation
- Any other supporting documents or material, e.g. demo teaching video
Please name your files (in Word or PDF) with the numbers given above, the type of document, and your last name, for example, ‘1-cv-Chang’ or ‘7-reference-Chang-1’. Application that does not provide the first seven documents or does not adhere to the given format will not be considered.
Contact Information
Department of Arabic Language and Culture, National Chengchi University
Address: No.64,Sec.2,ZhiNan Rd.,Wenshan District,Taipei City 11605,Taiwan (R.O.C)
Tel:886-2-29393091(63400 or 63401)
Fax:886-2-2938 7074
E-mail: arabic@nccu.edu.tw; isu@nccu.edu.tw
Website: https://arabic.nccu.edu.tw
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- January 08, 2022
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