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1.Call for Papers: International Journal of Latin American Religions
Special Issue: Islam and Muslim Socialities of Latin America
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**Renewed Deadline: September 31, 2022**
In recent decades, global Islamic studies expanded to include geographies and cultures beyond a conventional Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) core. Research in South Asia, Europe, Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa widened the field’s scope, introducing fresh, critical understandings into scholarly discourses about Islam and Muslims’ lived realities across the world. Nonetheless, global Islamic studies’ scope still fails to fully incorporate marginal geographies and the study of Islam beyond the MENA remains underrepresented. This is particularly evident when it comes to Latin America.
Likewise, research on religion in Latin America has grown to appreciate the changeability and variety of religious expression in the region over the last several decades. Studies on various traditions thickened scholarly understanding of the region’s religious diversity and introduced new ways of understanding transformations in culture, society, and politics across the Americas. Still, the study of Islam and Muslim socialities in relation to this evolution remains negligible when compared to that of other traditions.
This thematic issue invites articles presenting research results from various disciplines, geographies, and historical periods — from the “long” 16th century to today — dealing with the broad theme of “Islam and Muslim socialities of Latin America.” Through case studies and original research, articles should move beyond population surveys, overviews of immigrant communities, and questions of conversion to address theoretical and methodological gaps in the respective fields of global Islam and/or Latin American religion.
* Approaches can be informed by various disciplinary (or multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary) perspectives in the social sciences and the humanities, (e.g., anthropology, economics, history, literature and cultural studies, political science, and sociology). Especially welcome are submissions dealing with questions of (post)coloniality, gender, race, interreligious encounter, precarity, resilience, transregionalism, materiality, and/or affect.
* Submissions can focus on particular countries (e.g., Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, or Argentina), regions (the Hispanopone Caribbean, Central America, etc.), or networks connecting multiple locales (e.g., Spain and Mexico, West Africa and Brazil, the broader “Muslim Atlantic”). The only requirement is that they have some bearing on Latin America as a region.
Submission Deadline: September 31, 2022
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Please direct questions to guest editor: Dr. Ken Chitwood (mailto:k.chitwood@fu-berlin.de?subject=IJLAR%20Special%20Issue)
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2. Open call for Assistant Editor at IJIA (voluntary position)
Founded in 2012, the International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) publishes peer-reviewed articles on the urban design, architecture and landscape architecture of the historic Islamic world, encompassing the Middle East and parts of Africa and Asia, but also the more recent geographies of Islam in its global dimensions. IJIA’s main emphasis is on the detailed analysis of the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of architecture, and the audience of the journal includes both practitioners and scholars. IJIA is indexed in all major scientific databases, such as the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), EBSCO, and Scopus, and is the winner of the Mohamed Makiya Prize for Architecture 2019. The journal publishes two issues per year.
The editorial team of the IJIA is seeking a visionary and energetic scholar to join us as a new Assistant Editor in August 2022. This three-year voluntary position will provide an opportunity for the editor to work with an excellent, collaborative, and vibrant team of scholars from various disciplines and research interests. Aside from regular editorial duties, such as reviewing new submissions and preparing them for publication based on IJIA guidelines, the new Assistant Editor will contribute to the preparation of special issues, host a featured Dialogues session, and promote the journal in academic venues. The IJIA editorial team will offer rigorous training for the new team member.
While no previous editorial experience is required, some work in academic writing and publishing would be a plus. We welcome junior scholars and doctoral candidates.
In order to apply, please submit a CV along with a brief statement regarding your experience and interest in joining the IJIA team to kivanckilinc@gmail.com.
Best regards,
Kıvanç Kılınç, Editor
3. AKU-ISMC: 14-15 September 2022 Short Course – Praying on the Pitch: Football, Religion and Social Identities
Information at:
https://www.aku.edu/ismc/study/Pages/short-courses.aspx
4. Western Ottomanists’ Workshop 2022 at UCLA (November 18-19 2022) – Deadline for Applications, August 1 2022 (Funding for US-based graduate students available)
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will be hosting the Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (WOW) in person on November 18-19, 2022. (Friday Saturday) Some panels will be available for Zoom participation. WOW 2022 organizers encourage interested graduate students with works in progress to apply for this workshop using this Google Form. Funding for travel and accommodation is available for US-based graduate students, with those based in the western half of the US receiving priority. Graduate applicants who need funding should follow the instructions in the form to be considered for funding.
Faculty members, instructors, adjuncts and independent scholars interested to attend should also get in touch using the Google Form; we would love to welcome you in person!
The deadline for applications and RSVPs is August 1st 2022.
Baki Tezcan, President of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (OTSA) will be moderating the keynote panel featuring Sebouh Aslanianand Christine Philliou.
Heather Ferguson, editor of Journal of Ottoman and Turkish Studies (JOTSA), will be conducting a professionalization workshop about academic publishing for graduate students and early career scholars. Senior scholars will also be present to share their experiences on the review process.
WOW was founded in 2010 to bring together scholars and researchers based in the Western regions of the United States who are working to advance the study of the Ottoman Empire and its interactions with the wider world from the period of the late thirteenth century up until the early decades of the twentieth century.
Two years into this pandemic, many of us have not had a chance to meet each other in person. WOW 2022 aims to provide a space for in-person meeting, discussion, feedback, and conversation. Join us!
Please direct all queries to WOWUCLAWOW@gmail.com . Applications for WOW 2022 will only be accepted via the Google Form.
5. BRISMES 2022 Conference (4-6 July) Programme
‘Exploring and Contesting the (Re)Production of Coloniality in the Middle East: Borders, Transnationalism, and Resistance’
Is available via:
https://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference
Panels of particular interest to those interested in Shi`ism include:
1D, 4I and 6E
6. Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies (Education and Research)
University of Exeter
The post of Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies will contribute to extending the research profile of Islamic Studies at Exeter, particularly in areas related or complementary to Islamic Law, Islamic Theology and the analysis of religious texts in Arabic (and other Muslim world languages, if appropriate). The post replaces Professor Robert Gleave for the period of his three-year British Academy Wolfson Professorship.
Deadline | 17 July 2022
7. Lecturer in Political Economy (Middle East specialism)
King’s College London
The Department of Political Economy invites applications for a lectureship in Political Economy, with a focus on the Middle East. We encourage applicants with an interest in any branch of political economy with this area focus, including theoretical work and/or empirical work drawing on qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies. Candidates should be able to contribute to teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Deadline | 18 July 2022
8. Visiting Al-Qasimi Professor in Islamic Studies (E&R)
University of Exeter
This full-time, visiting professorship post is available from 2 January 2023 on a fixed term basis until 30 June 2023 in the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. You will have an established international reputation in the field of Islamic Studies, a defined programme of research for their time as a member of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and will contribute to the activities of the Centre for the Study of Islam within the Institute.
Deadline | 18 July 2022
9. CBRL 2022 Undergraduate Dissertation Prizes
Council for British Research in the Levant
UK-based heads of departments or chairs of departmental examination boards are invited to nominate one final year dissertation in the following subject areas:
- Levantine archaeology or history: the CBRL Prize for a final-year undergraduate dissertation or major research paper
- Contemporary Levantine studies: the CBRL Prize for a final-year undergraduate dissertation or major research paper
Where a department covers the ancient and contemporary Levant, the department may enter one nomination for each prize.
Deadline | 1 August 2022
10. Call for Papers – What Does it Mean to Belong?
Annual Conference | SEPAD | 15-16 December 2022, Lancaster University
In the decade after the Arab Uprisings, the nature of political life has changed dramatically. Amidst shifting lines of inclusion and exclusion cutting across states, sects, tribes and ethnicities, critically reflecting on ideas of belonging is of paramount importance in understanding the nature of the political in the Middle East. SEPAD’s annual conference seeks to build on the existing scholarship that reflects on how particular forms of identity (sectarianism, nationalism, tribalism, ethnicity, and ideology) relate to states, society, urban life, and regional politics.
Deadline | 30 September 2022
11. Sounds of Syria with the London Syrian Ensemble
Music | 15 July 2022 | Liverpool Arab Arts Festival
Alongside featured guest vocalists and songs from Arabic folk and classical repertoire, Sounds of Syria examines the new approaches and sounds created when Syrian music is composed in foreign lands, exploring themes of longing and loss, hope and new beginnings.
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12. 55th Seminar for Arabian Studies
Hybrid Conference | 5-7 August 2022 | International Association for the Study of Arabia (IASA)
Registration is open for the 55th Seminar for Arabian Studies which will take place at the Humboldt University of Berlin. The organisers expect that the event will be both live in Berlin, and also accessible via the internet.
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- June 25, 2022
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