Archive for April, 2022

Discussion Forum on Divine Scriptures invites applications in three levels for a one-year fellowship in Islamic historical Theology beginning in August 2022.

DFDS 1 fellowship (Eligibility: The fellowship is open to 5 PhD students in the Biblical or Islamic Studies)
DFDS 2 fellowship (Eligibility: The fellowship is open to 3 scholars who have competed their PhD within the past three years in the Biblical or Islamic Studies.)
DFDS 3 fellowship (Eligibility: The fellowship is open to 2 Assistant Professors in the Biblical or Islamic Studies.)

Teaching load is six courses for the academic year, three per semester. Course units includes Historical methodology; Method of analyzing the history of Islam; Comparative History of the Divine Scriptures; History of Islamic thought; The structure of the transmission of Islamic heritage civilization and Historical analysis of religious texts (TPET)
The fellow will be expected to participate in the activities of the DFDS Programs one semester-long course. A complete application includes: a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, and a letter of recommendation. Please send your application for review by May 20, 2022 to ahmadi_mh@ut.ac.ir (Dr. Mohammad Hasan Ahmadi, Asso. Prof. University of Tehran and Executive Director of Discussion Forum on divine Scriptures (DFDS).

The applications will be considered by DFDS steering committee and the Approval applications will be sent out by June 17.
More Information: https://zabanshenasitarikhi.ir

Chronology of Violations: from arrest to detention

For ADHRB Weekly Newsletter #439, click here.

1.OpenITI Teleconference on April 19

We welcome all to join the Open Islamicate Texts Initiative Arabic-script OCR Catalyst Project (OpenITI AOCP) team for a public teleconference on Tuesday, April 19 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST. Please register for this event here.

The conference, led by OpenITI AOCP co-PIs Matthew Thomas Miller and Sarah Bowen Savant, will present OpenITI’s latest work on optical character recognition (OCR) for Persian and Arabic and the user-friendly digital text production pipeline, eScriptorium.

We particularly encourage those individuals and projects teams who are interested in making use of our OCR system for their own research and project development to attend. We will discuss the formation of user testing groups at this event and discuss OpenITI’s planned next phase of development.

We will prepare a report of the conference proceedings as well as record the presentations and discussion for those unable to attend.

For more on OpenITI AOCP, a project generously funded by The Mellon Foundation, please visit this webpage. For more on eScriptorium and the eScripta team, please visit https://gitlab.com/scripta/escriptorium.

2. CfP: Invitation to Pacifism and Nonviolence in Contemporary Islam conference at the University of Manchester

We would like to cordially invite you to present at the upcoming international conference “Pacifism and Nonviolence in Contemporary Islam” at the University of Manchester.

The conference will take place on May 17, 2022. The format of the conference will be hybrid – with talks presented simultaneously at the University and online via Zoom. A plenary roundtable discussion will offer a further opportunity for these interventions to be discussed collectively, and contributions from online participants are very welcome.

This conference brings together academics, civil society members, and activists from around the world. It explores Muslim experiences of pacifism and nonviolence while exploring prospects for their theorization. It moves past popular tropes of Islam as (or other than) ‘a religion of peace’ to offer a space to constructively and critically examine neglected literature, differing perspectives, and substantive initiatives – from scriptural interpretation to practical peacebuilding. Its approach is inclusive, inter-disciplinary, and flexible. It seeks first and foremost to ground its discussions in their own contexts: theoretical and embodied, historical and political, theological and hermeneutic.

The conference provides a welcoming space for scholars and practitioners to engage with one another. Panellists from a wide range of professional, cultural, and geographic backgrounds are invited to apply to present their research and offer their reflections on pacifism and nonviolence in contemporary Islam. By bringing together leading scholars, civil society members, and activists from around the world, a more comprehensive understanding can be achieved.  The results of this conversation will benefit both participants and the wider world.

For more information on the conference please see: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/pacifism-in-islam/

Please send your abstract or an outline of your talk by May 1, 2022 to this email walaa.quisay@manchester.ac.uk 

3. Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies welcomes the submission of papers for May Issue 2022.The deadline for the manuscript submissions has been extended until April 15, 2022. The issue publication date is  May Issue 2022. For more information, visit the Submission page. The papers can address but are not limited to the following … Read More

3. It is our pleasure to send the full issue of AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies, Volume 6, Number1. February 2022
   For individual papers, please click here
   Regards,
   Arab World English Journal
   for Translation & Literary Studies
   https://awej-tls.org/

4. Iranian Armenian Transnational Poetry:

We at Roshan Institute for Persian Studies are pleased to announce the Spring 2022 Mir-Djalali Speaker Series Lecture. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Claudia Yaghoobi, Roshan Institute Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Yaghoobi has also recently been named Director of the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies at UNC. Join us here on Sunday, April 17 from 2 to 4 p.m. EST.

5. Decades of Fire: New Writing from the Middle East and North Africa

Special issue of the Michigan Quarterly Review,  Decades of Fire: New Writing from the Middle East and North Africa.

https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/the-journal/current-issue-spring-2022/

6. Dust-Ali Khan, “Mo`ayyer al-Mamalek”, The Artist and the Shah: Memoirs of Life at the Persian Court

including 280 photos of the Persian Court

Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar (translator

Mage, 2022

https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/publications/shiistudies/seventh-shii-conference-2/

Register at:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/publications/shiistudies/seventh-shii-conference/

“More than Mourners: Women and the Shaping of the Iranian Taʿziyeh”
Eleanor Lucy Deacon (University of Edinburgh)

Apr 21, 2022
12:30pm-2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

On Zoom:
https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/97438384705
Meeting ID: 974 3838 4705

Webinar Series – From Konkan to Coromandel: Deccan Heritage, Art and Culture – Spring 2022
For further information and to register, see the above site.

1.Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East

The Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East is a reference work to expand both scholarly and educated public understanding of a critical period of human history. HIMME provides search and browse interfaces for accessing tens of thousands of entries about medieval Middle Eastern people, places, and cultural practices (such as Qur’an recitation, funerals, or taxation).

2. ONLINE Roundtable ” Rethinking Land, Labor, and Capital in Egypt”, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, 6 April 2022, 11:00 am EST

Leading scholars of Egypt will challenge conventional histories of the modern Middle East and rethink the categories of land, labor, and capital. Aaron Jakes will revisit the long history of the Suez Canal to question concepts central to rentier state theory. Ahmad Shokr will reconceptualize the institutions that dominated the production and trade of Egyptian cotton as a type of hybrid monopoly.

Information and registration: https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hQndZCstQUKX6Wbj-rWn1w

3. ONLINE Webinar: “Can Gulf States End the Yemen War?”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 6 April 2022, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm SGT

This webinar will discuss the latest developments in the Yemen war and their broader implications for the region – be it in terms of terrorism trends, Gulf-Iran relations or US security policy towards the Middle East.

Information and registration: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/event/can-gulf-states-end-the-yemen-war/

4. ONLINE Webinar: “The Arabian Nights in Contemporary World Cultures: Global Commodifica-tion, Translation, and the Culture Industry” with Prof. Muhsin al-Musawi (Columbia University, New York), Center of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oslo, 8 April 2022, 2:15-3:30 PM CEST

Al-Musawi shows how the Arabian Nights has been translated, appropriated, and authenticated or abused over time, and how its reach is so expansive as to draw the attention of poets, painters, illustrators, translators, editors, musicians, political scientists like Leo Strauss, and novelists like Michel Butor, James Joyce and Marcel Proust amongst others. Making use of documentaries, films, paintings, novels and novellas, poetry, digital forums and political jargon, this book offers nuanced understanding of the perennial charm and power of this collection.

Information and registration: https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/center/islamic-and-middle-east-studies/events/thursday-friday%20seminar/2022/the-arabian-nights-in-contemporary-world-cultures-.html

5. International Research Workshop: „Nation States and the Qur’an: Translators, Narratives and Debates in the Post-Soviet Space“, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Freiburg, Ger-many, 14-15 October 2022

This workshop will gather translators, publishers and other experts in the field of

Qur’anic Studies presenting their works on the following issues: • Debates around the production of Qur’an translations after 1991. • Securitisation & the Qur’an: State-supported and independent projects. • The most important transnational actors in the field of translations. • The Qur’anic audience and the specific features of Post-Soviet readership. Etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2022. Information: https://gloqur.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CfP_Quran-Post-Soviet.pdf

6. Panel on “Muslims in America” during “SAMLA 94”, the Annual Conference of the “South Atlantic Modern Language Association”, Jacksonville, FL, 11-13 November 2022

This panel intends to examine the works of Muslim American poets, novelists, playwrights, musicians, per-formers, filmmakers, and visual artists. Panelists might consider how these writers and artists employ different media in their mapping of modifications in cultural, political, and religious landscapes.

Deadline for abstracts: 29 June 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/10025577/muslims-america

7. PhD Studentship (Sep. 2022 – Sep. 2025, Fully Funded) in Art History, Project LAHWA “Lebanon’s Art World at Home and Abroad”, Ca’Foscari University of Venice and Orient-Institut Beirut

LAWHA aims to identify new methods on how to interrelate context and artistic production, to serve as a model for revisiting art histories in contexts where institutionalized local art histories have largely been absent. LAWHA is concerned mainly with the time period between Lebanon’s independence from France in 1943 and the official end of its civil war in 1990. Research proposals within the overall frame of LAWHA’s research questions will be considered.

Deadline for applications: 2 May 2022. Information: https://lawha.hypotheses.org/346

8. Postponed:

Hybrid Event – Award Of The RAS Medal To Professors Robert And Carole Hillenbrand – Thursday 7th April 6.30

Please join us at 6.30pm on Thursday April 7th for the Award of the RAS Medal to Professors Carole and Robert Hillenbrand.
The prize giving will be preceded by two lectures:
The Golden Age of the Turks? The Seljuqs in the World History of Rashid al-Din by Prof. Carole Hillenbrand
Ilkhanid Images of Majesty: the Seljuq monarchs in the World History of Rashid al-Din by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand
When you register, please specify whether you plan to attend at the Society ‘in person’ or ‘online only’.
You can register by emailing Matty Bradley at mb@royalasiaticsociety.org
Free and open to all at Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD.

9. [CeRMI] Rappel Séminaire mensuel du CeRMI jeudi prochain 7 avril

Nous vous rappelons que la prochaine séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” organisé par le CeRMI, aura lieu le jeudi 7 avril 2022 en mode hybride. Nous y accueillerons Frantz Grenet (professeur au Collège de France, « Histoire et cultures de l’Asie centrale préislamique ») et Anca Dan (chargée de recherche, Archéologie et Philologie d’Orient et d’Occident (AOROC), CNRS PSL), pour une conférence intitulée :

« La connaissance de la littérature gréco-romaine reflétée sur quelques vases d’argent d’Asie centrale (IIIe-VIe s. de n.è.) ».

(Résumé et bibliographie en fichier joint)

Veuillez noter qu’à l’occasion de la réception d’accueil des universitaires et étudiants afghans organisée par la Fondation Inalco, le présentiel de cette séance de séminaire se tiendra exceptionnellement au 2, rue de Lille, dans l’auditorium, de 17h à 18h30.

ATTENTION : les inscriptions pour le présentiel sont closes

Participez à ce séminaire en distanciel  sur la plateforme Zoom:

https://zoom.us/j/99773774662?pwd=YmRwbW4zbGQyeUZ3QmUwYzMzMk5yUT09

ID de réunion : 997 7377 4662

Code secret : CeRMI

10. ANN: Mapping Ottoman heritage in Greece – new interactive map site

This interactive new web map site also provides bibliographies for specific places via Zotero links. Worth looking at. Also offers link to webside CARTO for building similar maps.

https://otheritages.efa.gr/index.php/ottoman-heritage-in-greece-map-and-bibliography/?fbclid=IwAR33esEPRUn8ZQKXp9zTsfYHM8bj4BBPw5hfRAbrHz6z4Ji-20bN4Fx90E0

11. Webcast “Urbanization and ‘‘re-Islamization’’ in Postcolonial Egypt”

On Tuesday 12 April, Dr. Panos Kourgiotis, Hellenic Open University, will deliver a lecture online entitled “Urbanization and ‘‘re-Islamization’’ in Postcolonial Egypt: Al-Jamʿiyyāt al-Islamiyya and the Muslim Brotherhood”; this event will be hosted by the University of Religions and Denominations. Dr. Kourgiotis’s presentation is based on his recent paper which has been accepted for publication in the journal of Islamic Inquiries. For further details, please follow the links below:

Facebook: https://fb.me/e/1mXhu2GM0

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/events/urbanizationand-re-islamization6916319527559454721/about/

You are cordially invited to attend this webcast.

With kind regards

Seyyed Abolhasan Navvab

Editor-in-Chief /President of the University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran

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1.RESCHEDULED: ‘Practices and Technologies of Repression in Contemporary Egypt’: Wednesday 13th April, 2pm GMT (online via Zoom)

The Alwaleed Centre at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to announce that our postponed event ‘Practices and Technologies of Repression in Contemporary Egypt’ has now been rescheduled for Wednesday 13th April at 2pm GMT.

We have now created a new event webpage for the rescheduled event which can be accessed here: https://contemporary-egypt.eventbrite.co.uk.

2. [CeRMI] Rappel : XXIIIème Journée du Monde iranien 1er avril 2022

Nous vous rappelons que vous êtes cordialement invités à la XXIII^ème Journée du Monde Iranien, qui se tiendra vendredi prochain, 1^er avril 2022 de 9h30 à 18h dans l’Auditorium du Pôle Langues et Civilisations de l’Inalco, 65 rue des Grands-Moulins, 75013 Paris.
Vous pouvez retrouver le programme actualisé et les résumés des interventions de cette Journée en pièce-jointe ou sur le site du CeRMI : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/xxiiie-journee-monde-iranien/

Nous vous rappelons que le port du masque dans les espaces clos reste fortement recommandé et qu’il sera donc nécessaire de le porter lors de cette Journée et en particulier dans l’Auditorium. Nous espérons vivement que cette contrainte ne vous découragera pas d’assister en présentiel à cet événement qui pourra également être suivi sur l’espace Youtube de l’Inalco : merci de vous inscrire via ce formulaire

En espérant vous voir nombreux pour cette XXIII^ème Journée qui, cette année, est organisée par Julien Thorez (CNRS, CeRMI).

Maria Szuppe

Directrice de recherche CNRS

Directrice du Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI)

3. Hybrid Event – Award Of The RAS Medal To Professors Robert And Carole Hillenbrand – Thursday 7th April 6.30

Please join us at 6.30pm on Thursday April 7th for the Award of the RAS Medal to Professors Carole and Robert Hillenbrand.
The prize giving will be preceded by two lectures:
The Golden Age of the Turks? The Seljuqs in the World History of Rashid al-Din by Prof. Carole Hillenbrand
Ilkhanid Images of Majesty: the Seljuq monarchs in the World History of Rashid al-Din by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand
When you register, please specify whether you plan to attend at the Society ‘in person’ or ‘online only’.
You can register by emailing Matty Bradley at mb@royalasiaticsociety.org
Free and open to all at Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD.

4. Online Workshop – Early Islamic Agriculture and Water Management: Talking about a “Revolution” (Hajar Archaeology, April 28th)

In the workshop, three archaeological case studies which relate to agriculture and/or water management during Early Islam will be presented, followed by responses and a discussion. These will enable another examination of Andrew Watson’s arguments from the 1980s about an “Arab agricultural revolution” or “green revolution” – this time from an archaeological perspective.

Program

15:45 Case studies (speakers: 30 minutes each)

• Helena Kirchner, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, The Green Revolution between technique transfer and local adaptation: The making of a new agricultural landscape in al-Andalus
• Vladimir Dabrowski, CNRS-National Museum of Natural History (Paris), What Islamic agricultural revolution in eastern Arabia? Recent archaeobotanical discoveries (1st millennium CE)
• Gideon Avni, Israel Antiquities Authority and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, A “Eurasian exchange”? The penetration of new agricultural and water management technologies into the southern Levant, 6th-10th centuries CE

17:15 Break

17:30 Discussion (discussants: 25 minutes each)

• Discussant: Chris Wickham, University of Oxford
• Discussant: Seven Ağır, Middle East Technical University (Ankara)

General debate and questions (40 minutes)

Chairs:

• Sterenn Le Maguer-Gillon (Institut Catholique de Paris),
• Hagit Nol (Université libre de Bruxelles)

Practicalities

For registration (and zoom link), please write us to hajararchaeology@gmail.com until April 27th.

For more information about Ḥajar: https://hajar.hypotheses.org

5. We are pleased to launch our fourth series of From Konkan to Coromandel: Deccan Heritage, Art and Culture. You can sign up here: https://www.deccanheritagefoundation.uk/events/webinars/registration

To widen our reach to audiences in India the Deccan Heritage Foundation and the Centre of Islamic Studies, Cambridge, have joined forces with the Bangalore International Centre. Our organizing team has also been fortunate to be joined by our eminent colleague and curator, Dr Marika Sardar.

From Konkan to Coromandel: Deccan Heritage, Art and Culture, Spring 2022

Cloth that Changed the World: Histories and Contemporaneity of Kalamkari Making, Sarah Fee (Royal Ontario Museum) and Rajarshi Sengupta (IIT Kanpur) on April 8th at 2 PM London (9 AM New York, 6:30 PM Mumbai)

The City of Haidar as a Shiʿi Paradise: Divine Sovereignty, Built Space, and Shiʿi Materiality in Qutb Shahi Hyderabad, Karen Ruffle (University of Toronto) on April 29th at 2 PM London (9 AM New York, 6:30 PM Mumbai)

Eclipsed by the Moon: Mahlaqa Bai and Khushhal Khan Anup in Nizami Hyderabad, Katherine Butler Schofield (King’s College, London) on May 6th at 1 PM London (8 AM New York, 5:30 PM Mumbai)

The Vīraśaivas / Liṅgāyats of 12th century Karnataka: Conflict, Transformation, and the Genesis of a New Creed, Tiziana Lorenzetti (International Institute of South Asian Studies, Rome) on May 20th, at 1 PM London (8 AM New York, 5:30 PM Mumbai)

Reflections of Jaina and Vīraśaiva Interactions in the Art and Architecture of Karnataka, Julia AB Hegewald (University of Bonn) on June 3rd at 1 PM London (8 AM New York, 5:30 PM Mumbai)

A Cosmopolitan yet Local Tradition: Glazed Tiles in the Deccani Sultanates, Arthur Millner (Art Consultant) on June 17th at 1 PM London (8 AM New York, 5:30 PM Mumbai)

6. H-Islamart: HIAA Panel (Online) – Research and Resources in Islamic Art History – April 8

Join us in conversation with scholars Jake Benson (John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester), Martina Rugiadi (Metropolitan Museum of Art), and Amanda Hannoosh Steinberg (Fine Arts Library, Harvard University) to discuss how to develop productive research methods and how to best utilize relevant resources, such as manuscript repositories, museums, and libraries. The panel discussion will be followed by an open Q&A.

Friday, April 8, 2022

12 pm EST on Zoom

Register here!

And take the pre-event survey here.

Jake Benson (Ph.D. Leiden University, August 2022) is Research Associate for Persian Collections at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester. Inspired by his training in bookbinding and conservation, he has conducted research on manuscripts held in museums, libraries, and archives in the Middle East, Central Asia, India, and Europe.

Martina Rugiadi is Associate Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and co-director of the Towns of the Karakum archaeological project in Turkmenistan. Her research is situated at the intersection of archaeology and art history. Current projects explore craft technologies, spolia, notions of cultural heritage, and implications of collecting.

Amanda Hannoosh Steinberg has been the Visual Resources Librarian for Islamic Art & Architecture at Harvard’s Fine Arts Library since 2018. Prior to that, she was the MENA Librarian at George Washington University, and received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Working with researchers in the early stages of their projects is her favorite part of librarianship, and she is glad for this opportunity for discussion!

Questions may be directed to Courtney Lesoon (HIAA Graduate Student Representative) at clesoon@mit.edu.

7. BRAIS 2022 at the University of Edinburgh: Provisional conference programme now live

Dear BRAIS Members,

We are delighted to announce that the provisional programme of the 2022 Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies is now live!

The programme can be viewed in full here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-conference-2022

Please note, this programme is provisional and is likely to change significantly over the course of the next few weeks. Do keep your eye on our website for updates.

Registration for the conference is now possible here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-conference-2022/brais-2022-registration

We hope to see you on Monday 6^th and Tuesday 7^th June in the beautiful surroundings of Scotland’s capital for our first in-person conference in three years. We would also be very grateful if you could circulate the programme through your networks.

With very best wishes,

The BRAIS 2022 Conference Team

8. Islamic Gardens and Landscapes

D Fairchild Ruggles

University of Pennsylvania Press | Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture | March 2022

9. Invitation to Sarah Bowen Savant’s Inaugural Lecture; A Close and Distant Reading of Writerly Practices

Professor Bowen Savant’s inaugural lecture tells the story of a set of written practices and cultural expectations that helped make the Arabic written tradition (ca. 700-1500) one of the largest written traditions up to its day. The growth of the tradition is often narrated in terms of the adoption of paper in the ninth and tenth centuries in the Middle East. Without denying the importance of this medium, Sarah Bowen Savant will emphasise practices that filled paper. This story, of practice, has not been told – or at least, it has not been told in ways that benefit from new and emerging digital methods.

The lecture is based on data generated by the KITAB project, including a collection of Arabic texts exceeding 2 billion words, more than 1.5 million files documenting relationships between pairs of texts, and evidence for how authors cited earlier works. Team members are working to develop and use digital methods focused on the detection and analysis of text reuse, citation practices, and the networks through which writings passed.
Date and Time 

5 May 5:30-7pm BST.
Booking

This event is free and can be booked here

10. The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University invites applications for a one-year post-doctoral fellowship in Islamic studies beginning in August 2022. The fellowship is open to scholars in the Humanities or Social Sciences who have competed their PhD within the past three years. The fellow will be expected to teach one semester-long course, participate in the activities of the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, and reside in the greater Boston area for the duration of the 10-month academic calendar year. The fellow will receive a $65,000 stipend, a $3,500 research fund, and $1,500 in relocation expenses.

A complete application includes: a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a writing sample, sample syllabi, and a letter of recommendation. The final candidate is required to submit a second letter of support. Complete applications are due no later than April 15, 2022.

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63244

11. The Department of Religious Studies at Bucknell University invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor (VAP) in Islamic Studies, to begin August 2022. Teaching load is six courses for the academic year, three per semester. Teaching responsibilities include RELI 100, Introduction to the Qur’an; RELI 201, Islam; RELI 256 Islam in America; and other courses in the candidate’s area of expertise. Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. by start date.

Closing date: June 21, 2022

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63228

12. The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce two upcoming lectures:

Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 5:00 pm (EDT, UTC -4) | Zoom
Disentangling Alchemy
Alexandre Roberts, University of Southern California

Alexandre Roberts considers alchemy within the intellectual and artisanal activity of western Afro-Eurasia in the premodern period.

Advance registration required. Register: https://maryjahariscenter.org/events/disentangling-alchemy

Sponsored by the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and Harvard University Standing Committee on Medieval Studies.

Tuesday, April 12, 2022 | 12:00 pm (EDT, UTC -4) | Zoom
The Rediscovery of the Church of the East in the Arabian Gulf
Robert Carter, Qatar Museums

Robert Carter discusses the rediscovery of the Church of the East in the Gulf during the mid-20th century.

Advance registration required. Register: https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/

An East of Byzantium lecture. East of Byzantium is a partnership between the Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture that explores the cultures of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine empire in the late antique and medieval periods.

Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture with any questions.

13. Islamic Law in Circulation: Shafi’i Texts across the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean

Mahmood Kooria

Cambridge, 2022

14. The UT Austin Persian Film Club is hosting an event that might be interesting to some of you. Free access to the documentary “Iran-e kuchak-e man (My Little Iran), or, Persian New Yorker Stories,” and then a Q&A meeting with the director of the film Hassan Solhjou via zoom on Tuesday, April 5, at 12 PM (American Central Time). 

The film is a bittersweet documentary about a group of Iranian immigrants in New York who desperately want to celebrate their cultural identity in a parade. The director is the host and producer of a famous program on BBC Persian: Aparat.

You can access the film for free and “register” for the event by clicking on this link: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/events/persian-film-club-meeting-filmmaker-hassan-solhjou

15. UCLA Panels

Latest Developments in Afghanistan and Implications for Iran (Panel in Persian)

Bilingual Lecture Series

Sunday, April 10, 2022
11:30 AM (Pacific Time)
Zoom

https://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/event/15544

Idioms of Resistance in the Middle East

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
12:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Zoom

https://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/event/15529

16. New York University, Silsila: Center for Material Histories

ARCHIVE WARS: THE POLITICS OF HISTORY IN SAUDI ARABIA
Rosie Bsheer, Harvard University
Wednesday, April 6th, 12:30pm EST
[Webinar] Silsila Spring 2022 Lecture Series

The production of history is premised on the selective erasure of certain pasts and the artifacts that stand witness to them. From the elision of archival documents to the demolition of sacred and secular spaces, each act of destruction is also an act of state building. Following the 1991 Gulf War, political elites in Saudi Arabia pursued these dual projects of historical commemoration and state formation with greater fervor to enforce their postwar vision for state, nation, and economy. Seeing Islamist movements as the leading threat to state power, they sought to de-center religion from educational, cultural, and spatial policies. Archive Wars explores the increasing secularization of the postwar Saudi state and how it manifested in assembling a national archive and reordering urban space in Riyadh and Mecca.

Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee can be found at:

https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_adE-dQXxRoC9gSQXzvoZMA

Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.

17. Middle East Librarians’ Association

MELA Notes 94 (2021) ) is now posted and available on MELA website at https://www.mela.us/publications/mela-notes/mela-notes-archive/.

Bahrain: Human rights defender at risk of blindness due to denial of medical care