Archive for February, 2022
Shii News – Online Lecture: ‘Angels Hastening: The Karbalāʾ Dreams’ – C Clohessy (10.3.22, 12 noon ET)
Angels Hastening: The Karbalāʾ Dreams
Christopher Clohessy, resident faculty member of Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI), and visiting lecturer at the Pontifical Beda College also in Rome.
When, on an autumn Medina night in 61/680, the night that saw al-Ḥusayn killed, Umm Salama was torn from her sleep by an apparition of a long-dead Muḥammad, she slipped effortlessly into a progression of her co-religionists who, irrespective of status, gender or standing with God, were the recipients of dark and arresting visions. At the core of those Delphian dreams, peopled by angels or ğinn or esteemed forbears and textured with Iraqi dust and martyrs’ blood, was the Karbalāʾ event. Her dream would be recounted by an array of Muslim scholars, from al-Tirmiḏī, stellar pupil of al-Buḫārī, and Ibn ʿAsākir, untiring chronicler of Syrian history, to bibliophile theologian Ibn Ṭāʾūs and Egyptian polymath al-Suyūṭī. But this was not Umm Salama’s only otherworldly encounter and she was not the only one to have al-Ḥusayn’s fate disturb her nights. This presentation will explore their story.
Register in advance here. After registering, you will receive an 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
- February 28, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Rediscovering Objects from Islamic Lands in Enlightenment Europe
Routledge, 2021
Isabelle Dolezalek and Mattia Guidetti, eds.,
Online-book presentation in the frame of “ReSIA – Research Seminar in Islamic Art” (SOAS University of London, convened by Professor Anna Contadini) on 3 March 2022, 6 pm UK time. Registrations with Matty Bradley: mb@royalasiaticsociety.org by 2 March.
2. CfP: A Matter of Speech: Language of Social Interdependency in the Early Islamicate Empire
For the final conference of the ERC project Embedding Conquest: Naturalising Muslim Rule in the Early Islamic Empire (600-1000) we will focus on the rhetoric of social dependency. How is language used to describe, establish, cancel, exploit, and manipulate relationships in the early Islamicate empire? We want to examine how relationships between individuals, and between and within groups, are referred to, and how other forms of solidarity underwriting social cohesion are cultivated and perpetuated.
What words, expressions and visual tools are used to frame social relationships? And how are they employed to initiate, operationalise and maintain those relationships? How are connections between groups and individuals defined and how are those formulations implemented to shape and manage, but also end, such associations? How is language employed to establish ties by labelling relationships in organised ways and invoking commonalities and shared experiences that confirm the presence or absence of connections and how are these used to realise tactical goals?
For more information see our website: https://emco.hcommons.org/events/event/cfp-a-matter-of-speech-language-of-social-interdependency-in-the-early-islamicate-empire/
The Conference will take place 8-10 December 2022 at Leiden University
The deadline for the CfP is 1 April 2022.
3. AKU-ISMC
Introduction to the Study of Islam and Muslims
Online Short Course
March 21-31 over six sessions
For information and to book, see:
4. Tracing Arab and Muslim Women’s Resistance to Colonialism and Imperialism
By Shatha Almutawa
American University, USA
Wednesday 02 March 2022, 17:00 GMT on Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/94799815277
Abstract: This lecture explores the role of Arab and Muslim women in resistance movements in lands colonized by the British, the French, the Dutch, and the Portuguese. Women experienced significant changes to their lifestyles, freedoms, and safety under colonialism in Egypt, Algeria, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and beyond. They participated in armed and non-violent resistance movements against the violence, humiliation, and erasure that colonizers inflicted on their communities. The widespread colonization of Muslim populations led Muslims and non-Muslim Arabs to unite despite cultural, linguistic, religious, and geographical differences. As a result, ideas of a “Muslim world” and Arab nationalism emerged in the works of historians, activists, politicians, and theologians.
This lecture traces the voices and actions of women in the midst of these international movements and transnational transitions.
Bio: Shatha Almutawa holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the American University. Her research has focused on Islamic intellectual history, Islamic philosophy, Postcolonialism, literary studies of Islamic traditions, and women and gender in Islam. Her publications include “‘The Death of the Body Is the Birth of the Soul’: Contradictory Views on the Resurrection in Rasa’il Ikhwan Al-Safa” in Studia Islamica (2018); and a chapter on the status of women in the United Arab Emirates in the book Women’s Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Citizenship and Justice (2005). She is currently completing work on a critical edition and translation of Epistle 42 of Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa (OUP/ Institute of Isma’ili Studies).
5. Discussion Forum on Divine Scriptures (DFDS) 9th meeting.
Prioritization in religious research: text access, text interpretation, or text testing?
Dr. Mohammad Hassan Ahmadi, University of Tehran
Wednesday Mar. 2 ,2022 – 4:00 PM, Tehran zoom
Join us for registration and More information via:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/ChiWkBj2mW0Ln9Ld7QpAJQ
Best wishes,
—
Dr. Mohammad Hasan Ahmadi
Asso. Prof. University of Tehran
Islamic Historical Philology
Executive Director of Discussion Forum on divine Scriptures(DFDS)
Website:http://zabanshenasitarikhi.ir/
Phone : +98 (0)9127580228
Email: ahmadi_mh@ut.ac.ir
6. Open Access Publication – Sehen im Vergleich. Transformationen von Blicken in der persischen und westeuropäischen Buchmalerei
Vera Beyer
arthistoricum.net, 2022
https://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/arthistoricum/catalog/book/590?lang=en
7. Webinars Series – Islamic Manuscript Studies, first lecture of the series : “Types of Authorship and its Relations in Arab Heritage” – 13 March 2022 / 1:00–2:30pm (time in Doha and Istanbul)
What is Islamic manuscript studies? Which subjects are most studied in the field? What are the latest developments in studying the Islamic manuscript culture? What are the current resources and research literature?
These and many other questions about the Islamic manuscript culture are in the heart of a lecture series organized jointly by Qatar National Library and the Center for Manuscript Studies at Fatih Sultan Mehmed Waqf University in Istanbul. The talks will be held monthly by renowned international experts in Islamic codicology and manuscript studies, addressing scholars and the general audience alike. Lectures will be conducted online via Zoom in English or Arabic with simultaneous translation.
The March lecture is entitled “Types of Authorship and its Relations in Arab Heritage” and will be delivered by Professor Kamal Arafat Nabhan, Professor of Information Science, who authored the reference book The Genius of Arabic Authorship: Text Relations and Scientific Communication, a pioneering book that won international prizes and taught as part of academic courses in several Arab universities for postgraduate studies.
For more information you can contact : Steohane Ipert or Mahmoud M. Gomaa
To register to attend (QNL lectures are free) : https://ssl.eventilla.com/event/eKdN1
8. The Journeys of Kalila and Dimna: Itineraries of Fables in the Literature and Arts of the Islamic World(Leiden: Brill, 2022)
Eds., Eloïse Brac de la Perrière, Aïda El Khiari and Annie Vernay-Nouri.
https://brill.com/view/title/60393
9. Iranian Studies Āvānegār Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Friday, April 8, 2022 at 11:00am Pacific Time via Zoom
Āvānegār, a collaborative documentary narrated by Dr. Mohsen Mohammadi (Director of Indo-Persian Music at UCLA) explores the history of transcription of Iranian music, based on decades of research in various archives in Iran, Europe, and the United States. Rare historical documents and sources are presented in the film, and several historical notations of Iranian music are performed. Exclusively for the film, Dr. Reza Vali (Professor of Composition at Carnegie Mellon University) arranged a five-movement piece that is performed by an ensemble of notable American musicians. Moreover, several prominent Iranian musicians are featured, including (in Persian alphabetical order) Navid Afghah, Ali Bahramifard, Kazem Davoudian, Siroos Jamali, Siamak Jahangiri, Layla Ramezan, and Behzad Ravaqi. This film is dedicated to the memory of Mohammad-Taghi Massoudieh (1927–1999), whose publications are invaluable and incomparable sources for researchers, musicians, composers, and all who are interested in Iranian music.
- February 26, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Webinar: ‘Contemporary Shiism in Europe’ (9.3.22, 10am CET)
Webinar: Covering Contemporary Shiism in Europe: Methodological Insights, 9 March 2022 10:00 AM CET
Convener and chair: Minoo Mirshahvalad (FSCIRE)
Oliver Scharbrodt (Lund University), Using a Spatial Methodology in the Study of Diasporic Religions: The Example of Transnational Twelver Shia Islam in Europe
Ingvild Flaskerud (University of Oslo), Reflections on methodological challenges in the ethnographic study of Shi’is in Europe: Access to the field and comparable findings
Avi Astor (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Analyzing the Performative Dimensions of Shia Public Ritual in the Diaspora
Fouad Gehad Marei (University of Birmingham), How To Do No Harm: Reflections towards a responsible ethnography of Shi‘i Islam
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88389117597?pwd=NGZMNkVOclBnRHRweTJ6ajZTWDBhQT09
ID meeting: 883 8911 7597
Passcode: 666752
- February 25, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – CfP: “Materiality, Rituals and Senses: The Dynamic World of Lived Shi‘i Islam” (Tbilisi, 19-21 October, 2022)
CfP: “Materiality, Rituals and Senses: The Dynamic World of Lived Shi‘i Islam”, Tbilisi, Georgia, 19 – 21 October 2022
This conference explores the material, ritual and sensory forms of expression that constitute and shape the experiences of Shi‘i Muslims in diverse geographies and different time periods. It therefore seeks to uncover the dynamics of lived Shi‘i Islam and its varied temporal and spatial dimensions.
Themes: Devotion and ritual practice and its multiple sensory, material, embodied and aesthetic forms; Gendered dimensions of Shi‘i cultural production; Translocal and transnational entanglements and flows of ideas, capital, and people; Political economy of Shi‘i cultural production; Impact of regional and world politics on content and form in Shi‘i cultural production.
We welcome research on various subdivisions of Shi‘i Islam, including the Twelver, Ismaili, and Zaidi subbranches, as well as research on Alid piety and different forms of devotion to ahl al-bayt more generally. Scholars of all career levels and disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to submit an abstract, including from Anthropology, Area Studies, Cultural Studies, History, Islamic Studies, Media Studies, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, Ethnomusicology and other relevant and related disciplines and fields.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2022.
Further information:
https://www.ctr.lu.se/en/about-us/calendar/event/materiality-rituals-and-senses-dynamic-world-lived-shii-islam/
- February 23, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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- February 22, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice
Call for Papers (Deadline 30/06/2022)
The Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice (MJTILP) is pleased to announce the call for papers for its forthcoming Volume 18, 2022.
The MJTILP is a peer reviewed journal and indexed on SCOPUS. The journal is available at the www.electronicpublications.org and can also be accessed on HeinOnline. The journal welcomes submission of articles that meet its objectives for consideration with a view to publication.
The journal comprises of three sections:(1) Articles; (2) Recent Developments; and (3) Book Reviews.
The normal word length for articles is between 5000-15000 words including footnotes. The journal also welcomes shorter contributions (between 2000 to 3000 words) for its ‘Recent Developments’ section. The MJTILP is not restricted to any specific field of law and aims to cover a wide range of subjects relevant to Islamic law and practice. Topics of particular interest include: transnational forms of Islamic law; constitutional developments, law reform and application of international lawin the Muslim world; application of Sharia in Muslim or non-Muslim States; accommodation of Muslims in non-Muslim State; comparative practices of Muslim majority States; and intersections between Islamic law and international law or other religious and secular legal systems. For detailed aims of the MJTILP, please visit the journal’s website: https://www.electronicpublications.org/catalogue/46
The journal also welcomes reviews of monographs and edited collections published recently on any of the above topics. For book review enquiries, please get in touch with our Book Review Editor Dr Khaled Bashir (khaled.bashir@abdn.ac.uk ).
All submissions must be original, unpublished works, and not under consideration elsewhere. All publications are subject to transfer of copyright to the publisher. We are happy to discuss permissions to authors on justifiable grounds.
Submissions: Editorial correspondence, including submissions to the journal should be made electronically to Editor-in-Chief of the Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice Dr Ahmad Ghouri via email: a.a.ghouri@outlook.com .For further information, including submission criteria and style guidelines please refer tothe journal website: http://www.electronicpublications.org/catalogue.php?id=46 .Advance Publications: Accepted manuscripts may be first published online as ‘Advance Publications’. All Advance Publications will be included in the subsequent Issue/Volume of the Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice.
2. Applications are now open for a National Endowment for the Humanities training institute on digital publishing that will be held in hybrid format at the Brown University Library in July 11-29, 2022.
This is meant for scholars interested to learn more about digital publishing, including matters such as conceptualization, design, available platforms (Manifold, Scalar, WordPress), budgeting, and funding sources. Presenters will include authors who have published digital books or are writing them now, university press editors and directors, designers, and technological specialists.
The application is open to scholars of all ranks, including university faculty and adjuncts, postdoctoral researchers, and independent scholars. Applicants must have a Ph.D.
Applicants based in any country are welcome, though the NEH Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities (IATDH) program focuses on scholars currently studying or employed at institutions in the U.S. Thus, U.S. citizens and/or U.S.-based scholars will be given priority. International applicants and/or persons without a current U.S. visa should note that, if selected and if an in-person meeting is possible, a visa cannot be guaranteed.
Closing date: 15 March, 2022
For details and the application, please visit:
https://library.brown.edu/neh-institute-born-digital-scholarly-publishing/
3. ONLINE Webinar: “Schooling Egypt’s New Elite: Class and Belonging in Cairo’s International Schools” with Noha Roushdy (CEDEJ/Boston), CEDEJ/IFAO, Cairo, 21 February 2022, 4:00 pm EET
Discussant: Daniele Cantini (University of Halle).
Information and registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScevAFGG6HDzydBlhDwZqY5UzMfBxtKBJuI4r5uS9PtmDsuFg/viewform
4. ONLINE Webinar on “Nursing, Empire, & Mobility: American Mission Nurses in Iran & Iranian Nurses in the U.S., 1907-1979” by Lydia Wytenbroek, Bishop`s University, Canada, 23 February 2022, 2:30 pm ET
Information and registration:
5. ONLINE Seminar on “The Cunning of Gender Violence: Geopolitics and Feminism”, by Hammami, Abu-Lughod and Shalhoub-Kevorkina, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 25 February 2022, 12:00 pm – 01:30 pm ET
This seminar is based on the findings of a three-year collaborative research project between feminist scholars of the Middle East and South Asia that explored these questions across a range of intersecting local, national, and global contexts, in the process uncovering the ways in which religion and racialized ethnicity, particularly “the Muslim question,” run deeply through the international governance structures of GBVAW, even when insistently disavowed.
Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2022/gender-violence-geopolitics-and-feminism
6. ONLINE Webinar: “Establishing Jordan’s First Online LGBTQ Magazine” by its Founder Khalid Abdel-Hadi, , Brown University, Providence, RI, 3 March 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET
Information and registration: https://brown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iJlr7Wq_TSi0gYnQEwI3Wg
7. ONLINE Webinar: “The Kurdish Women’s Freedom Movement: Gender, Body Politics and Militant Femininities” by Isabel Käser, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 11 March 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET
Information and registration: https://brown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LALHmlxMR6ixDBiTO8Rtzw
8. Panel on “Is an Alternative World Possible? Beyond Neoliberalism: Mapping Alternative Visions and Practices from the MENA Region”, during the 15th Conference of SeSaMO, Naples, 22-24 June 2022
The panel aims at exploring alternative practices to neoliberalism from the MENA region, with the objective to provide a space for academic reflection. It is open to alternative discourses to neoliberalism by scholars, protest movements and civil society organizations as well as concrete bottom-up local initiatives, experiments and projects that provide examples of more sustainable economies.
Deadline for abstracts: 13 March 2022
Information: http://www.sesamoitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/30.-Paciello.pdf
9. Workshop: “Reckoning with God: Divine-Human Relations after the Arab Spring”, Orient-Institut Beirut, 30 June – 2 July 2022
The organizers seek contributions which foreground the figure of God and divine-human relations in the contemporary Arab world, across religious traditions and from numerous disciplines—particularly anthropology, sociology, history, and religious studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 9 March 2022. Information: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dq21g3b007sy6w6/Reckoning%20with%20God%20CFP.pdf?dl=0
10. Conference on “Contemporary Forms of Racism and Discrimination (Focus MENA Region)”, Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR), University of Ghent, PhD Pre-Conference 18-19 September 2022, Main Conference 19-21 September 2022
We strongly welcome empirical and theoretical contributions reflecting on the processes of racism, discrimi-nation and exclusion in the Global South. We also particularly welcome contributions aiming to bridge race and migration studies in Europe.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2022. Information: https://www.ugent.be/cessmir/en/conference-2022#Call-forcontributions
11. Conference: “30 Years after Richard M. Frank: Al-Ghazali and Avicenna in Post-Classical Islam”, Yale Department of Religious Studies, 7-8 April 2023
Contributions are invited on the impact of al-Ghazālī and Avicenna on post-classical Arabic and Islamicate intellectual history, especially within the domains of falsafa and kalām and their intersection with Sufism, the natural and occult sciences, and the philosophy of law (uṣūl al-fiqh).
Deadline for submissions: 15 April 2022. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/02/17/call-for-papers-30-years-after-richard-m.-frank-al-ghazali-and-avicenna-in-post-classical-islam
12. International Conference: “Religious Renewal in Times of Crisis” (Focus Middle East and Islamic History), University of Nebraska Omaha and Tantur Ecumenical Institute, Jerusalem, Postponed until 24-28 April 2023
The scope of this academic event is the study of religious renewal movements and their emergence in times of crisis across the world and history – with a special focus on how they have impacted the three Abrahamic religions and the city of Jerusalem.
Deadline for abstract: Fall 2022. Information: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/religion/research/religious-renewal-in-times-of-crisis-conference.php
13. Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Culture Studies, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Candidates must have native or near-native fluency in Arabic and English and will have a record of excellence in language instruction. They must hold a Ph.D. in Arabic language and literature, translation, media studies, applied linguistics, second language acquisition, language education, or another related field.
Deadline for applications: 14 March 2022. Information: https://trincoll.peopleadmin.com/postings/2533
14. Lecturer of Arabic at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Qualifications: MA degree and a minimum of one year of teaching experience; a native or near-native lan-guage fluency, demonstrate excellence and experience in language instruction at the college level and be familiar with effective application of current technologies to foreign language learning.
Deadline for applications: 1 March 2022. Information: https://careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Lafayette-Arabic-Lecturer-IN-47906/844426800/
15. CALL FOR PAPERS
Shams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, one of the leading figures of the renewal period, is a scholar renowned for his works in the fields of kalam, mathematics, astronomy, and logic.
On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Samarqandī’s passing we are inviting researchers to submit articles on Shams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, one of the leading figures of the renewal period and a scholar renowned for his works in the fields of kalam, mathematics, astronomy, and logic.
Deadline for contributions: 31 May 2022. Information:
https://nazariyat.org/en/special-issues/semseddin-es-semerkandi-ozel-sayisi
16. Proposals for New Book Series “South-South Migration” (Springer Nature)
The book series encompasses distinct fields such as international migration, internal migration, remittances, migrant entrepreneurship, diaspora philanthropy, social cost of migration, political and environmental refu-gees, gender and migration, labor migration, migration policy, the political economy of migration, migrants’ rights, and other migration-related issues in the global South.
Information: https://www.springer.com/series/16846
17. 1 year Visiting Assistant Position: Asian Islam (Hamilton College)
Hamilton College: Hamilton College Faculty
Location
Clinton, NY
Open Date
Jan 21, 2022
Deadline
Mar 05, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description
The Asian Studies program of Hamilton College invites applications for a one-year visiting position in any discipline on Islam in Asia, including Iran/Persia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, to begin on July 1, 2022. Mastery of a relevant Asian language is expected. Teaching expertise should include an introductory course on Islam, a survey on the history of Islam in Asia, and an upper-level course based on the successful candidate’s area of specialization. Ph.D. by the time of appointment is preferred, but ABDs nearing completion of the dissertation will be considered. Teaching load is five courses for the year, including an introductory course on Islam, a survey of Islam in Asia, and courses in the candidate’s discipline and area of specialization.
Candidates should submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, and two course syllabi to Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/101756. The applicant’s cover letter should address the ways in which they would further the College’s goal of building a diverse educational environment. Candidates should address correspondence to Professor Thomas Wilson, Director of Asian Studies, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323.
Application deadline is March 5, 2022.
Hamilton (www.hamilton.edu) is a residential liberal arts college located in upstate New York. Applicants with dual-career considerations can find other Hamilton and nearby academic job listings at https://www.hercjobs.org/regions/higher-ed-careers-upstate-new-york/, as well as additional information at https://www.hamilton.edu/dof/faculty-development/resources-for-prospective-or-new-faculty/opportunities-for-spouses-or-partners (Opportunities for Spouses or Partners). Hamilton College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in all areas of the campus community. Hamilton provides domestic partner benefits. Candidates from underrepresented groups in higher education are especially encouraged to apply.
18. ZOOM – ‘All World Is My Home: The Depiction of Migration in Modern Iranian Media’ – B Tabarraee (Chicago, 5pm, 24.2.22)
The Persian Circle at the University of Chicago
https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/persiancircle/
You can join on zoom at the following URL: https://tinyurl.com/persiancircle.
19. Wagner College – Visiting Assistant Professor – History of Africa, the Middle East or South Asia and the History of Islam
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63043
Closing date : June 1, 2022
20. Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Three Postdoctoral Researchers – Islam & Vision
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63029
Deadline for application is March 15, 2022.
21. Harvard Art Museums – Norma Jean Calderwood Associate Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63065
Closing date: 19.3.22
- February 22, 2022
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Shii News – Al-Mahdi Institute: Courses in Islamic Studies
Al-Mahdi Institute is now enrolling for courses in Islamic Studies starting on the 28th February 2022. Courses available for enrollment are Hadith & Rijal Studies, Arabic Level One and Islamic Ethics which can be studied virtually live on-demand at anytime and place.
Deadline for applications is Thursday 24th February 2022.
Find out more or apply now: https://mailchi.mp/almahdi.edu/islamicfeb2022semester
- February 21, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.2022 Spring Meeting: Travel, Mobility, and Cultural Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
April 9-10, 2022
For more information and to register, click “REGISTER HERE” through the following link, then pay a 15$ fee via Paypal at the bottom of the page:
https://sites.google.com/su.edu/sermeiss/meetings_1/spring-meetings?authuser=0
The Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society (SERMEISS) Spring 2022 workshop is being held April 9-10, 2022 at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. The workshop will focus on “Travel, Mobility, and Cultural Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa” and is being organized by a committee chaired by Dr. Waleed Hazbun (University of Alabama). Papers presented at the 2022 workshop will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Tourism History.
We are planning an in-person workshop and will follow CDC safety guidance and the University of Alabama policy which requires masks inside all academic buildings. We recommend that all attendees be fully vaccinated and boosted.
2.Call for Applications: Harvard University AKPIA 2022-23 Fellowships and Associateships
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63028
Deadline: 1 April, 2022
3. Doctoral Scholarship in Islamic Art, University of Oxford
The Khalili Research Centre is offering a scholarship for a student of exceptional promise to undertake a DPhil in Islamic Art and/or Architecture at the University of Oxford. The scholarship will cover fees and maintenance for 3 years starting in October 2022. The successful candidate will have a fully-formed project with the requisite language and research skills already in place. Preference may be given to students working on one of the following fields: Umayyad art and architecture; Abbasid art and architecture; early Qur’ans; Ottoman art and architecture; the history of Islamic calligraphy before 1900.
How to apply
All candidates who apply for the DPhil at the University of Oxford with a supervisor at the Khalili Research Centre by 12 noon on 1 March 2022 will be considered for this scholarship:
https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/dphil-oriental-studies
There are no restrictions of nationality. Candidates are advised to contact a prospective supervisor before applying.
The Khalili Research Centre
The Khalili Research Centre (KRC) is the University of Oxford’s centre for research into the art and material culture of the Islamic societies of the Middle East and of their non-Muslim members and neighbours. It brings together staff, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students specialising in Islamic art and architecture in a dedicated building at the heart of Oxford. The Centre benefits from the exceptional concentration of expertise in related fields at the University of Oxford, as well as the world-class library resources and object collections of the Bodleian Library, Ashmolean Museum, and further institutions in Oxford. For more information, please visit: https://krc.web.ox.ac.uk/homekrc
Contact:
Prof. Alain George (alain.george@orinst.ox.ac.uk)
4. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor – The Humanities Collaboratory at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor invites applicants to a one-year postdoctoral fellowship dedicated to the study of the Mongol empire and its northern frontiers.
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62969
Deadline: 25.2.22
5. HIAA Writing Groups – Sign up by February 21
HIAA Writing Groups
The HIAA board is pleased to announce a new matching service that will connect members seeking peer-review. Participants in HIAA Writing Groups will share, read, discuss, and gain productive feedback on their works in progress.
Who is in each Writing Group?
Each writing group will have 3–4 members. Participants will be matched based on their career stage. For example, doctoral students who have just begun their dissertation will be matched with other doctoral students who are in the same stage of their research. And, junior scholars working on their first book will be matched with other junior scholars who are working on their first books. To ensure diverse feedback and to avoid overlap, participants may have different research languages, different geographies of focus, and different time periods of expertise.
What do Writing Groups entail?
Participants will commit to meeting at least once every other week for a single two-hour meeting on Zoom (the precise schedule to be arranged between members). The first 90 minutes of each meeting will be a discussion of one participant’s in-progress writing (to be circulated and read before the meeting). The last 30 minutes of the meeting will be reserved to discuss each participant’s weekly writing plan and goals.
How do I participate in HIAA’s Writing Groups?
If you are interested in participating in a HIAA Writing Group, please fill out this form by February 21, 2022. Group assignments will be announced on February 28th.
6. The HIAA-Sponsored panel at CAA will be held virtually on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 3:30 pm (EST). For full details of how to register and access the recording (available till April 14, 2022), please visit the CAA website. Details of the panel below:
The Racialized Figure in Islamic Art & Culture
Organized by Holley Ledbetter (chair) and Christiane Gruber (discussant), University of Michigan
* Holley Ledbetter (University of Michigan), “Making Race Visible: Racialized Automata at the Fatimid Court”
* Negar Habibi (University of Geneva), “Moon-Faced Idols and Slim-Waisted Women: Racialized Gender in Safavid Painting”
* Mira Xenia Schwerda (University of Edinburgh), “Ma’sumah Nizam Mafi and Her Unnamed Ladies-in-Waiting: Photography and the Politics of race in Qajar Iran”
* Sascha Crasnow (University of Michigan), “Can the Master’s Tools be Remade?: Nour Ballout’s Queer Muslim Archive”
The HIAA Majlis will be held virtually on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EST). Please register at: https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqf-mtrzgrHtPVW2NX0b0U0w4JfoAvfg0C
The Majlis will feature the following papers:
* Srinanda Ganguly (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), “Gender and Patronage at the Tombs of Khusrau Bagh, Allahabad”
* Sylvia Houghteling (Bryn Mawr College), “Figures Rendered in Dyes: Representations of the Deccan on Painted Cotton Textiles from Seventeenth-Century South Asia”
* Atri Hatef Naiemi (University of Victoria), “In Search of Blessing: The Veneration of the Tomb of Ghazan Khan from the Ilkhanid Period to the Present”
* Sylvia Wu (University of Chicago), “Domes and Minarets: The Self-Destructive Portrayal of China’s Recent Mosques
* Meredyth Winter (Colgate University), “Mixed Messages” Mapping Class and Ethnicity within the Medieval Mosques of Qazwin”
7. Intellect is pleased to announce that Performing Islam 9.1-2 is out now!
For more information about the journal and issue click here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/performing-islam
Aims and Scope
Emerging from an international network project funded by the British Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economics and Social Research Council, and research collaboration between academics and practitioners, Performing Islam is the first peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal about Islam and performance and their related aesthetics. It focuses on the socio-cultural as well as historical and political contexts of artistic practices in the Muslim world. The journal covers dance, ritual, theatre, performing arts, visual arts and cultures, and popular entertainment in Islam-influenced societies and their diasporas. It promotes insightful research about performative expressions of Islam by performers and publics, and encompasses theoretical debates, empirical studies, postgraduate research, interviews with performers, research notes and queries, and reviews of books, conferences, festivals, events and performances.
This journal, which is rigorously peer-reviewed, pursues the methods and methodologies by which we attempt to approach original research in Islam in performance studies, and the study of the performativity inherent in Islam-related cultural production. Contributions that share research interests and experiences in interrelated areas of performative, homeland and diasporic negotiations, and the complexities of contemporary Islam are particularly welcomed.
Issue 9.1-2
Extended Article
The sonic performance of Islamic congregational prayer: Ṣalāh in mainstream Egyptian practice
MICHAEL FRISHKOPF
Article
Domestic Tension: Representation of Muslim artist’s body in online performance
SEYED JAFAR HEJAZ
8. Upcoming Event: Getting Published in an Academic Journal
BRISMES and CBRL are pleased to announce their second joint mentoring webinar for members. Targeting postgraduate students and early career researchers, these on-line events offer practical advice and support from specialists, equipping the next generation of Middle East scholars with the insights needed to get ahead in their research and careers.
This event brings together editors from the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (BJMES); Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (CSSAAME); Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies (JMEWS); and Contemporary Levant (CL). Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions specific to these journals and their respective processes.
Date: Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Time: 4:00PM (UK time)
Location: Zoom
https://www.brismes.ac.uk/events/graduate-section/getting-published
9. Kuwait Project Coordinator
LSE Middle East Centre
The LSE Middle East Centre seeks to hire an enthusiastic and proactive professional to coordinate the work of the Kuwait Programme, a major research programme involving multiple activities. The post holder will provide comprehensive administration for all Kuwait Programme activities, including projects, finances, HR, and communications. The Programme Coordinator will manage the completion of research commitments and expand networks among the Kuwait research community.
Deadline | 27 February 2022
10. Research Associate (Fixed Term)
University of Cambridge
The Centre for Geopolitics (CfG), a research centre within the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, invites applications for three two-year, fixed-term post-doctoral Research Associates. The successful candidates will be responsible for conducting research on any area of geopolitics, past and present. Preference may be given to candidates researching peace-making in Middle East, the Indo-Pacific and the formation of the United Kingdom.
Deadline | 28 February 2022
11. Associate Professor
University of Warwick
The Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD) is looking for an enthusiastic, committed and collegial individual who will develop their own research portfolio in the area of global sustainable development and complement the institute’s existing research streams. IGSD is seeking candidates with a research interest that is geographically focused in the Global South, and in particular in Africa, South America or the Middle East.
Deadline | 28 February 2022
12. Fellowship Opportunity x2
Sectarianism, Proxies and De-Sectarianization (SEPAD)
SEPAD is looking for two fellows to join their team for 6 months. Candidates must hold a PhD or be close to completion, be able to work collaboratively and have a robust research agenda in Middle East Studies. Please note that this is a non-resident and unpaid fellowship to be undertaken remotely, designed to help with professional development and networking.
Deadline | 28 February 2022
13. Call for Papers – XV Conference of SeSaMO
Conference | University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’ | 22-24 of June 2022
Papers are invited for the annual conference of the Italian Society for Midde Eastern Studies (SeSaMO), “Explaining Crisis, Beyond Chaos. The Middle East and North Africa in Global Change”. Please click on the link below for a list and brief description of the selected open panels.
Deadline | 13 March 2022
More information
14. Mohammed Al Fahim Scholarship
LSE Middle East Centre
LSE Middle East Centre has recently announced a new scholarship opportunity for applicants from the Middle East or North Africa who are interested in pursuing postgraduate education at the London School of Economics. Three scholarships will be awarded, one per academic year, from 2022/23 entry onwards. The scholarship will support the costs for any taught master’s programme.
Deadline | 28 April 2022
More information
15. AIS Conference to Journal Paper Award
Association for Iranian Studies (AIS)
The AIS Conference to Journal Paper aims to recognize AIS members who are either PhD students or early career scholars and support them in the development of peer-reviewed work. The award winner will receive $300 and will be mentored through the review process at the Iranian Studies journal by a senior member of the AIS academic community. The applicant must be a current AIS member, have registered for Salamanca 2022, and have a paper accepted to the conference, although they do not need to be present at the time of the award announcement.
Deadline | 1 May 2022
More information
16. Call for Proposals – The Global Qur’an
Book Series | Open Book Publishers
The Global Qur’an is a new book series that looks at Muslim engagement with the Qur’an in a global perspective. The editors particularly encourage comparative studies, investigations of transregional dynamics, and interactions between local and global contexts. Contributions from scholars outside Western Europe and North America are especially welcome.
- February 19, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – ‘Imam Ali Conference – Tune in this weekend!’
💯 World-class line-up of over 60 panelists and world-renowned presenters, in the world’s largest virtual conference, with over 110 global collaborations.
https://conferenceimamali.com/?mc_cid=9ff1f768cd&mc_eid=745ddc2b63
- February 18, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – “De-centring (the study of) Shiʿism” – 21 February Event Rescheduled
IMES Research Seminar Series
University of Edinburgh, Spring 2022
“De-centring (the study of) Shiʿism”
Note the rescheduling of the IMES research seminar of 21 February, which will offer two fascinating presentations by IMES PhD candidates Lucy Deacon and Carlos Mendez.
The new date for this seminar is Monday 28 March at 17:15. Those who had already registered for the talk should not need to register again. Here is the registration link, both just in case and also to review the full list of presentations https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcuyvqjgvHdaSodYsuXt5D9W4T3lim0DW
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”
- February 18, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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