Archive for July, 2022

 

1.Call for papers: What is the European Qur’ān?

ERC EuQu, Nantes, 11-12 May 2023

(deadline for the submission of proposals: 30 September 2022)

The Nantes Université researchers of the ERC project EuQu – The European Qur’ān are pleased to announce the organisation of a conference devoted to the problem of defining the nature of the Qur’ān in Europe in the 12^th-19^th centuries.

How did medieval and modern Europeans perceive what the Qur’ān is? What definitions did they give, and what definitions underlie the representations they developed? How did they conceive the Qur’ān in relation to what was familiar to them and to their concerns? In what ways did they grasp, define and represent its different facets over the centuries? Participants will be invited to reflect on these questions through the study of lexicographical, encyclopaedic, technical, literary and scholarly works, as well as theatrical pieces and artistic representations.

For more info:

https://euqu.eu/2022/07/12/call-for-papers-what-is-the-european-quran/

 

 

2.دنياى سخن = Dunyā-yi sukhan

Nos. 10-95 ; 1366-1380 (1987-2001)
Published: Tihrān : Shams al-Dīn Ṣawlatī Dihkurdī, 1986-2001
ISSN 1606-5840

 

 

 

 

3. Seminar: Travellers in Ottoman Lands: The Balkans, Anatolia and Beyond

Wednesday, August 24, 2022 9:00 AM
Friday, August 26, 2022 1:00 PM

Faculty of Islamic Studies of the University of Sarajevo 54 Ćemerlina Sarajevo, Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine, 71000 Bosnia & Herzegovina

Full details at:

https://www.astene.org.uk/current-events/travellers-in-ottoman-lands

 

 

 

4. I B Tauris

Browse Open Access Books by Subject:

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1.“15th International Congress of Ottoman Social and Economic History (ICOSEH)”, University of Zagreb, Croatia, 11-15 July 2022

The program is available: https://iaoseh.files.wordpress.com/2022/07/icoseh-zagreb-program-online.pdf

 

 

 

 

2. ONLINE Lecture on “Islamic Medical Manuscripts in the National Library of Israel Collections” by Samuel Thrope (Curator, Islam and Middle East Collection, National Library of Israel), 14 July 2022, 11:00 am ET

The Islam and Middle East Collection contains nearly 2500 Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts dating from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries. Among these are numerous rare and important copies of works that attest to the history of Islamic medicine. The Lecture will focus on rare and unique manuscripts that can shed light on the NLM’s own collection, which is among the best in the world.

Information and registration: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=44389

 

 

 

 

3. Conference “Beyond Cultural Identities – The Jew of Polyphony, Relationality and Translation in Muslim Contexts”, IZEA, University Halle-Wittenberg, 18-20 July 2022

Information and program:

https://www.izea.uni-halle.de/veranstaltungen/detail/beyond_cultural_identities_.html

 

 

 

 

4. HYBRID Sessions on “Eco-Imagination towards a Sustainable Future. Perspectives from Philosophies in Islam and Asia” during the “66th International Congress of Phenomenology”, Milan, 27-29 October 2022

Contributions are invited on the following topics: – Eco-imagination in Islamic Philosophies and Occidental Phenomenology. – Self-Knowledge and alterity. – Oneness in cross-cultural dialogue. – Symbiotics in the understanding of everything-there-is-alive. – Sustainable future(s) in Islamic and Asian philosophies; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2022. Information: http://phenomenology.org/

 

 

 

 

5. Rencontres de la sociologie francophone de l’Association internationale des sociologues de langue française (AISLF): « De la circulation des concepts ou comment mieux éclairer nos sociétés (arabes!)? », Sfax, Tunisie, 24 – 28 octobre 2022

Les sessions du GT04 « Sociétés arabes en mouvement » souhaitent lier les questions épistémiques posées par la production de la connaissance en sciences sociales, en particulier en sociologie, à celles posées par la circulation des concepts. Comment une réflexivité soucieuse des apports des contextes locaux conditionnent les possibilités d’échange et d’enrichissement disciplinaire ?

Ouvert jusqu’au 31 juillet 2022. Information: https://www.aislf.org/gt04-circulation-des-concepts

 

 

 

 

6. International Conference on “Memory and Identity in North Africa”, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco, 22-24 December 2022

We seek papers that draw on Memory Studies to reflect on issues related to identity, history, historiography, commemoration, remembrance, and changing conceptions of the self and the collective in North Africa. We ask how much memory is present in the North African spheres? How have memories of the past in North Africa been appropriated for the sake of a more flexible public sphere? Who are the memory stakeholders? How do they mobilize memory?

Extended deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/10460827/memory-and-identity-north-africa-new-abstract-submission

 

 

 

 

7. Post-doctoral Fellowships for Excellent Researchers in Humanities, Cultural Studies and Social Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, Essen (6 Months)

The fellowships are open to researches with a completed PhD and up to six years of postdoctoral experience. Duration 1 April 2023 until 30 September 2023.

Deadline for applications: 31 August 2022. Information: https://www.kulturwissenschaften.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/thyssen-april23-1.pdf ; https://www.kulturwissenschaften.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/call-international-fellowships-vi.pdf

 

 

 

 

8. CHARGÉE DE MISSION (CHERCHEUSE) / CHARGÉ DE MISSION(CHERCHEUR) – INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DU PROCHE-ORIENT (IFPO) –ANTENNE DE JÉRUSALEM – ISRAËL / TERRITOIRES PALESTINIENS Le chercheur aura pour mission de mettre en place et de piloter, à partir des Territoires palestiniens, un pôle de recherche en islamologie au sein de cet institut de recherche à vocation régionale (Liban, Jordanie, Irak, Territoires palestiniens) placé sous la tutelle du ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères (MEAE) du ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche (MESR) et du CNRS.

Limit: 31/08/2022. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2022/07/Fiche-de-Poste_0003007141_01-12-2022.pdf

 

 

 

 

9. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship / Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California

Qualifications: Applicants should have expertise in Islam, with some training in Religious Studies; they should hold a Ph.D. by the time of appointment; evidence of excellence in undergraduate teaching (whether as primary instructor or teaching assistant); the potential for an active research agenda; fluency in relevant research languages; etc.

Deadline for applications: 15 September 2022.

Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63558

 

 

10. Lecturer in Middle Eastern History, Norwich University, Vermont

Requirements: While a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching is essential, Norwich University is committed to junior faculty developing scholarship through a supportive faculty development program. A Ph.D. is strongly preferred, though strong A.B.D. candidates will be considered.

Application as soon as possible. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63544

 

 

 

 

11. Autumn School on “Coercion, Slavery, and Relations of Dependency in the Islamicate World”, Centre for Dependency and Slavery Studies, Bonn University, 31 October – 4 November 2022

The Autumn School aims at Master-level and PhD researchers. It will feature four keynote speakers, Serena Tolino (Bern), Ehud Toledano (Tel Aviv), Sebastian Sons (Bonn), and Paolo Gaibazzi (Bayreuth). The keynote lectures will focus on the question of coerced labour in the Islamicate world in historical and contemporary perspective.

Deadline for abstracts and registration: 1 September 2022. Information: https://www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/en/news/events/autumn-school-nisis

 

 

 

 

12. 1 Candidatures pour l`Académie doctorale “Horizons de Renouvellement des Ètudes Arabes (HoREA)” HoRÉA est un programme de formation et d`accompagnement interdisciplinaire et interuniversitaire destiné à des doctorantes et doctorants de toutes disciplines des sciences humaines et sociales dont le travail porte sur les mondes arabes et implique und maitrise avancée de la langue arabe, acquise ou en cours d`acquistion.

Candidatures jusqu`au 18 juillet 2022. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/68491

 

 

 

13. Candidatures pour des bourses de recherche en islamologie MASTER 2 (3 mois)

L’octroi d’une bourse de mobilité devra permettre aux étudiant/es d’accomplir un travail de terrain de recherche en islamologie en étant accueilli/es dans une UMIFRE (ou instituts partenaires du programme). La discipline « islamologie » est entendue au sens large et pourra intégrer les axes suivants : – Analyse, sciences et critique des textes et des doctrines. – Etude historique de l’Islam. – Etude et analyse du fait religieux musulman dans les sociétés contemporaines.

Les dossiers de candidatures sont à envoyer avant le 01/09/22. Information: http://cedej-eg.org/index.php/2022/07/07/umifre-appel-a-candidatures-pour-des-bourses-de-recherche-en-islamologie-master/

 

 

 

 

14. Critical Pakistan Studies to be published by Cambridge University Press from 2023

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is pleased to announce that starting in January 2023, we will publish a new interdisciplinary journal, Critical Pakistan Studies. The journal is a joint launch between CUP and the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS); the University of Exeter South Asia Centre, UK; and Le Centre d ‘Études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud (CEIAS), France; and thus, expects to become a major force in a significant and growing field of research.  Critical Pakistan Studies will also benefit from the strength of the existing CUP Asian Studies journals list and books program, with its strong focus on South Asia and the diaspora.

Critical Pakistan Studies  will publish primary source interpretive social science and humanities research that, in addition to Pakistan and Pakistanis, tackle broader interdisciplinary issues (e.g., colonialism, nationalism, integration, marginalization, devotion, institutionalization, vernacularism, cosmopolitanism, development, environment, popular culture, diaspora, gender, representation, and others).  The journal’s interdisciplinary approach will push beyond the nation-state, security, Islam, extremism, and other topics that narrowly define the study of Pakistan. It will analyze, discuss, and seek to understand the varied and multilayered contexts that constitute Pakistan and its people (both past and present and in South Asia and the wider world).
Its global editorial board represents and supports the publication of scholarship on Pakistan and the diaspora originating within Pakistan itself, as well as throughout Europe, North America, and elsewhere in Asia.
The journal’s editorial collective of Kamran Asdar Ali, Michel Boivin, Matthew A. Cook, and  Amina Yaqin assert that, “Until recently, Pakistan Studies was a small interdisciplinary research area.  However, this is no longer the case and t here is no international journal devoted to the study of Pakistan.  Critical Pakistan Studies will fill this gap and be the flagship publication in its field of study.”
Ann Avouris, Cambridge University Press’ Head of Journals, North America, said, “The Press looks forward to working with the partnered institutions and the editorial team in this exciting new launch. We are particularly keen to bring new authors and readers to our program from Pakistan itself.”
Learn more about this field-leading Gold Open Access journal at cambridge.org/CPS.
 

 

15. Mu’tazilism and the Qur’an Conference

22 July 2022, Aga Khan Centre (London) and Online

Full information at: https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/mutazilism-and-quran-conference/?utm_source=D0722&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=AN

 

 

 

16. New publication on smartphone use and ageing in the Middle East

We would like to draw your attention to the publication of the Arabic translation of ‘The Global Smartphone: Beyond a youth technology’, an open access eBook which presents a series of original perspectives deriving from the Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing (ASSA) project. A multisited research project led by Prof. Daniel Miller at UCL Anthropology.

The book is based on simultaneous 16-months of research in 11 countries around the world. A key ethnography in the book was a joint project between Laila Abed Rabho, a Palestinian researcher, and Maya de Vries, an Israeli academic. Dar al-Hawa is a Palestinian community of around 13,000, which is today a neighbourhood in al-Quds. Prior to annexation by Israel, it was a village between the old city of Jerusalem and Bethlehem. This location remains very present in the daily lives of people, influencing their relationship to various bureaucracies and to digital and health services. Laila and Maya focused upon the local seniors’ club at the community centre and conducted many interviews and conversations both at the community centre and in people’s homes. Maya also taught a course on smartphone use. It is available as a free download from UCL Press.

Arabic: الهاتف الذكي العالمي: ما وراء تكنولوجيا الشباب
English: The Global Smartphone: Beyond a youth technology

We believe it is very important, where we can, to ensure the availability of our research findings to people whose first language is not English and we would be grateful if you can spread news of this publication to any networks you are aware of. For example, those who might find this useful for teaching purposes.

Best wishes,
Alex Clegg

Research Assistant,  Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing (ASSA)
Twitter: @ASSAUCL | Instagram: @assa.ucl | Facebook: @ASSAUCL

 

 

 

17. Call for Nominations: The Best Article Award in Kurdish Studies

This award, sponsored by Kurdish Political Studies Program at the University of Central Florida, recognizes the best article in Kurdish Studies by a rising scholar during the previous calendar year. For this award cycle, articles published in 2021 will be considered. All articles published in English language peer-reviewed journals addressing questions and covering issues related to Kurdish politics, broadly defined, will be considered for the award. The award is open to all disciplines under social sciences and humanities. The primary author of the article needs to be an untenured scholar (graduate student, post-doc, independent scholar, assistant professor or equivalent) at the time of the publication. The award comes with a prize of $800. The awardee will be announced by November 2022.

An electronic copy of the nominated article should be sent to kurdish@ucf.edu. Self-nominations are welcome. Deadline for nominations: September 2, 2022.

Award Committee:

• Michiel Leezenberg, University of Amsterdam
• Zozan Pehlivan, University of Minnesota
• Güneş Murat Tezcür, University of Central Florida

 

 

 

18. Baylor University – Lecturer, History

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63592

Deadline: Oct 1, 2022

 

 

 

19. FLAME University – Assistant /Associate & Professor – History

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63543

Deadline: Nov 27, 2022

 

 

 

1.The British Library

A Historical Narrative of the Ka`ba and the Hajj Season

Reflecting on the Visual Materials Found in the IOR

https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2022/07/a-historical-narrative-of-the-ka%CA%BFba-and-the-hajj-season.html

 

 

 

2. CfP: Great Lakes Adiban Society Workshop, Oct 2022

The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) invites submissions for its sixth annual workshop, scheduled to take place at the University of Chicago on October 1–2, 2022. We welcome works in progress that would benefit from extensive discussion and feedback, and especially encourage graduate students to participate.

The Society aims to provide a regional forum for scholars of Islamicate adab, particularly of the medieval and early modern periods, to meet and share their work. We leave our parameters of language and genre intentionally open in order to invite as wide a collaboration as can be useful, but as a group we are generally interested in the literary production of the broad complex of premodern Muslim societies across the Eastern Hemisphere. This naturally includes the major Islamicate languages of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu, as well as many others (Armenian, Kurdish, Georgian, Hebrew, Spanish, etc.) that participate in similar literary conventions.

Those who wish to participate can apply by filling out our online application by July 30, 2022. Please note that each accepted participant will be given 45 minutes to present and discuss their work; because of this, we have limited space and may have to turn down some submissions if we receive too many. In such an event, preference will generally be given to graduate students, junior scholars based in the Great Lakes region, and works in progress. All participants should plan to cover the costs of travel and lodging, but graduate students should note that we may (funding permitting) be able to offer small grants to help offset these expenses; we should know more by early August, and all applicants can expect to hear back from us by then. The application will ask you to specify if your preferred format is online or in-person. We are prioritizing in-person participation in our program, but will accommodate a limited number of virtual presentations.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at greatlakesadibansociety@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

 

 

 

 

3. The Land between Two Seas: Art on the Move in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea 1300–1700

Editor: Alina Payne

Brill, 2022

Open Access

 

 

 

 

4. Oriens

Oriens reaches its 50th volume!
All articles from the latest issue (vol 50:1-2) will be free access until December 31st 2022.
No need to sign up for an account.
Find the issue here.

 

 

 

5. Institute for Mediterranean Studies 2022 International Mediterranean Conference

Institute for Mediterranean Studies is looking for presenters for 2022 International Mediterranean Conference.
The conference will be hold from 17th-18th of November, 2022, with title of
“Jerusalem and the Civilization Exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean”.
* We have adjustment to provision for foreign presenters. Please do check for
your participation.
“2022 International Mediterranean Conference”
▶ Title : Jerusalem and the Civilization Exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean
▶ Topic : General topics relevant to Jerusalem or Eastern Mediterranean region
▶ Date : 17th-18th of November, 2022. (Korean Standard Time)
▶ Venue : Busan University of Foreign Studies
▶ Host : Institute for Mediterranean Studies
▶ Registration & Abstract Submission : 31st, July, 2022.
Online Registration ; https://forms.gle/fCqTa2d5GtBRpNYr7

▶ Full article submission : 30th, September, 2022.
▶ IMS provides transportation fare (round trip, domestic presenters only) and
presentation honorarium for all.
For further information or questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Contact : +82 – 51 – 509 – 6695 / icims@ims.or.kr
Thank you. We look forward to meet and share academic experience through the
event.

Sincerely,
Institute for Mediterranean Studies,
Busan University of Foreign Studies

 

 

 

6. Arabic Disclosures, The Postcolonial Autobiographical Atlas

Muhsin J. al-Musawi

Notre Dame, 2022

https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268201647/arabic-disclosures/

 

 

 

 

7. Grabar Travel Grant

Deadline: August 15, 2022

This competition is open to graduate students (doctoral candidates) who have been invited or accepted as participants in a scholarly conference or other professional meeting for the purpose of presenting papers, chairing sessions or moderating discussions.

Applicants must be HIAA members in good standing at the time of application. Grabar Travel Grants must be used within 12 months of the award date.

Applications must include the following five components and be submitted in a single pdf to the Grabar Travel Committee Chair (grabar.hiaa@gmail.com) by August 15, 2022:

• Application cover sheet, available here
• A cover letter explaining the applicant’s purpose in participating in the conference, the expected benefits of participation, and an itemized travel budget
• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of acceptance from the conference/session organizer(s).
• Abstract of the paper to be presented.

In addition, a letter of recommendation from the applicant’s primary supervisor should be sent directly to the Grabar Travel Committee Chair (grabar.hiaa@gmail.com) by the deadline.

Applicants from outside the United States are responsible for meeting the requirements for and obtaining any visas necessary for visits to or residence and research in the United States. Upon request, HIAA will supply documentation of the grant and/or fellowship award, the dates of the award, and financial support.

For further details and to apply, please visit: https://www.historiansofislamicart.org/opportunities/hiaa-prizes/grabar-grants-and-fellowships

 

 

 

8. 2023 Sir William Luce fellowship, Durham University

The residential fellowship (Apr-June 2023) carries a grant, accommodation and meals, and is a valuable research and publication opportunity for post-doctoral scholars, diplomats, politicians, or business executives, working on the Sudans, South Arabia, the Gulf States and Iran: more details are provided in the notice. The application deadline is Monday 5 September 2022. The Sir William Luce Papers series (https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/school-government-international-affairs/research/fellowships/william-luce-fellowship/visiting-fellows-and-sir-william-luce-papers/) has been well served by the breadth of expertise and variety of experience past fellows have brought to the post.

See also:

https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/school-government-international-affairs/research/fellowships/william-luce-fellowship/

 

The Islamic College cordially invites you to the Second Session of
Meet the Author Series
in which
Dr Muhammad Kamal
will discuss his latest book:

A Universe in Constant Change
Mulla Sadra and Transubstantial change

Friday 8th of July online session (at 11:30 am UK Time)
Dr Zoheir Esmail will serve as the discussant

Furtherm information at:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/2022/06/meet-the-author-dr-kamal/