Archive for August, 2022
Shii News – Academic Items
1.The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) are searching for a part-time Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to the project: ‘Digital British Islam: Digital British Islam: How do Cyber Islamic Environments impact everyday lives’.
You can view the full job advert here: https://jobs.uwtsd.ac.uk/JobDescription/ON287itY–o?&mId=txVlKFaFAVc
This is a three-year project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). UWTSD is the lead institution, collaborating with the Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University and the Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World at the University of Edinburgh. The post holder will work with a multi-disciplinary team led by Principal Investigator Prof. Gary R. Bunt (UWTSD), Co-Investigator Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor (Coventry) and Prof. Frédéric Volpi (Edinburgh). The team also includes two research fellows, Dr Khadijah Elshayyal (Edinburgh) and Dr Sadek Hamid (UWTSD) and two Post-Doctoral Researchers.
The closing date for applications is the 1st September 2022.
2. 21 September 2022 Event – The Aga Khan University Research Day
Aga Khan Centre (1st floor)
10 Handyside Street
London
N1C 4DN
The programme includes:
- An overview of AKU research.
• A lecture on water resources in Gilgit with the latest results of the British Academy project.
• An introduction to the Aga Khan Library research resources.
• A presentation of Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Passion and Play, a new exhibition at the Aga Khan Centre.
• Panel discussions about AKU-ISMC’s most recent research on digital humanities, historiography, and arts and popular culture.
• A book exhibition of AKU-ISMC research.
• Viewing of the exhibitionFootball and Religion: Tales of Hope, Passion and Play.
• Refreshments.
Booking
The event is free, but booking is essential:
To attend in person, resgiter via Eventbrite.
To attend online, register via Zoom.
3. Persian through Khayyam’s Rubaiyat – Online course
https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-through-omar-khayyam-rubaiyat
3 weeks, from Oct 10, 2022 to Oct 27, 2022
Online from Yerevan, Armenia
Apply by Sep 21, 2022
Price: $990
4. The Islamic College: Postgraduate Studies Certificate in Islamic Philosophy (online)
Three Semesters (full-time) & Six Semesters (part-time)
18:00 -20:30 (London Time)
Starting: 14 November 2022
Application Deadline: 15 October 2022
Fees: £1500 (All students are eligible for a scholarship of up to 50%)
More information: https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/psc-islamic-philosophy/
5. ATINER’s 2023 Mediterranean Studies Conference in Athens Greece
Dear Colleague,
I would like to bring to your attention the organization of the 16th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 3-6 April 2023, Athens, Greece. You are more than welcome to submit a proposal for presentation by 31 August 2022. As we did last year, we will accept both remote (online or pre-recorded) and onsite presentations. If you need more information, please let me know, and our administration will send it to you including the conference website and abstract submission form.
My best regards,
Nick
Dr Nicholas Pappas
Vice President of Academic Conferences and Meetings
Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER)
6. AKU-ISMC 1 September 2022 Event – Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Play and Passion
Join us on Thursday 1 September for a panel discussion on our upcoming exhibition Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Play and Passion. The event will take place at the Aga Khan Centre, London, as well as online and will be followed by a viewing of the exhibition.
The event is free, but booking is essential.
For more information and to register:
To attend in person, register via Eventbrite.
To attend online, register via Zoom.
7. The Department of History at Dartmouth College invites applications for a historian of the Early Islamic period (600-1400), to be appointed at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2023.
We are especially interested in applicants whose research and teaching engages the Central Islamic lands (the Middle East, North Africa, Indian Ocean), and whose research includes Arabic language sources. Qualified candidates should be able to teach courses on early Islamic history and the development of the Islamicate world in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as upper-level topics courses and specialized seminars. Qualified candidates should show promise of outstanding scholarly achievement and a commitment to classroom teaching at the undergraduate level.
Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in History or a closely related field, or be ABD with degree in hand by the start date. For a complete position description, see Interfolio search apply.interfolio.com/111262 .
Review of applications will begin September 16, 2022 and continue until the position is filled.
8. CFP: The School of Mamluk Studies (June 8-10, 2023)
We are pleased to announce the Ninth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, which will be held at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island (USA) from June 8-10, 2023. The conference will be conducted in two parts and will be preceded by a three-day intensive course on the history of the Arabic language during the Mamluk period.
Themed day: The Languages of the Mamluk Sultanate (June 8, 2023)
The first day of the conference will be devoted to the theme of language in the Mamluk sultanate. We invite papers that treat the phenomena of multilingualism, translation, orality and literacy, vernaculars and cosmopolitan languages, sociolects, and other topics related to the history of language during the period. The languages explored may include any relevant to the sultanate including but not limited to Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hebrew, Coptic, Greek, Latin, and Mongolian. A maximum of twelve to fifteen paper proposals will be selected. The time allotted to each paper will be twenty minutes, plus ten minutes for discussion.
Panels (June 9-10, 2023)
The following two days of the conference will be structured in panels, which may focus on any aspect of the intellectual, political, social, economic, and artistic life of the Mamluk period. Panels will be composed of three to four papers, of twenty minutes each. Discussion will follow the presentation of each panel’s papers.
Please note that if more than half of the participants on a panel withdraw, the entire panel must be withdrawn from the program.
The language of the conference is English.
Publication
- a) Themed day: The conference organizers expect that a selection of papers from the themed day will be published in a volume of proceedings, pending interest from scholarly publishers.
- b) Panels: Selected papers will be published in Mamlūk Studies Review.
Proposals
Scholars who wish to give a paper on the themed day must submit a paper proposal electronically (see link below) by October 31, 2022. Paper proposals must provide the name and a one-page CV of the speaker, a provisional paper title, and an abstract of a maximum of 1500 characters (about 300 words).
Panels must be pre-organized and proposals must be submitted by November 30, 2022. A panel may include 3 or 4 papers. The proposal should provide the following information for each paper in the panel: the name and one-page CV of the author, a provisional paper title, and an abstract (maximum of 1500 characters, or about 300 words). Panel proposals must also identify the panel’s chair (who may be one of the panelists). The organizer of a panel should have all information about the panel members and their papers before beginning the proposal submission.
To submit a paper proposal, complete the form at http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms2023paperproposal.html.
To submit a panel proposal, complete the form at http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms2023panelproposal.html.
Paper and panel proposals will be peer-reviewed. A first circular will be sent by January 2023 to those whose proposals have been accepted, and to those who have expressed interest in attending the conference as listeners.
Fees
The conference registration fees will be $50 for participants and attendees. For those interested, there will be a farewell dinner at a local restaurant, at a cost to be determined. Payment of the fees must be received by April 30, 2023, and information on the method of payment to be used will be provided in the first circular.
Participants must make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. Information and suggestions for accommodations will be provided in the first circular.
Intensive course: Arabic in the Mamluk Period
Prior to the conference, Professor Marina Rustow (Princeton University) and Professor Phillip Stokes (University of Tennessee) will offer a three-day intensive course (June 5-7) on the history of the Arabic language during the Mamluk period. The course will present an overview and history of the different varieties of Arabic attested in Mamluk-era sources, with a focus on Judeo-Arabic, Christian Arabic, and other forms of Middle Arabic.
Students will be introduced to the major repositories of documents that are sources for the linguistic history of this period, such as the Cairo Geniza, Saint Catherine’s Monastery, and the Haram al-Sharif documents. The course is intended for advanced graduate students and other qualified participants, and will combine lecture and discussion with hands-on investigation of Mamluk-era materials. Advanced proficiency in Classical Arabic is required, but no other specialized training is necessary to attend.
Since the number of the participants will be limited (a maximum of 10), those who desire to take part in the course are requested to submit a CV, a statement of purpose, and a letter of recommendation to the following email address: schoolofmamlukstudies2023@gmail.com by the end of January, 2023. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by the end of February 2023.
The course fee is $300.00, which also includes the registration fee for the subsequent conference (June 8-10). The fees must be paid by April 30, 2023. Participants must make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. The local organizer will provide suggestions for lodging at an affordable price.
Please contact Elias Muhanna with any questions: schoolofmamlukstudies2023@gmail.com
9. Lexicons of Race Virtual Roundtables in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish
| When and where are racial histories and hierarchies embedded in languages of the Middle East and North Africa? How do vocabularies of race, Blackness, and minoritization travel across languages? What are the intellectual and political benefits of centering Blackness in Middle East Studies? MESA’s newly launched Lexicons of Race Project seeks to answer these questions and more with a cluster of four online roundtables, September 12-15 (Noon-1:30pm EDT). This is the first step in an ongoing examination of the vocabularies of race and Blackness in the Middle East. The roundtables will be an exciting opportunity for intellectual exchange beyond our Annual Meeting and outside the constraints of the English language. Recognizing that the complexities of race are often lost in translation, each of the four roundtables will be conducted in a major language of the Middle East: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish. Roundtables are open to the public, however registration is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Turkish Roundtable
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. International Symposium on “The Politicization of Islam in East Asia, 1850-1950”, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, 18-20 August 2022
This symposium brings together scholars working on different aspects related to the politicization of Islam in East Asia to discuss research results and address open questions.
Program and registration: https://www.aoi.uzh.ch/de/institut/events/conferences/islameastasia.html
2. ONLINE Webinar Series “Voices of Emerging Scholars (in Ottoman-Turkish Studies)”, Columbia Global Center in Istanbul, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023
Advanced Ph.D. students and early-career researchers who have received their Ph.D. degrees after January 2018 are invited to present their Ottoman-Turkish studies on Wars, Diplomacy, and Empires; Legal History; Ethnicity and Identity Politics; Immigration; Intellectual History; Manuscript Studies; Visual Culture; History of Science, Medicine, Technology, and Occult; Life at Home; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2022.
Information: https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/news/voices-emerging-scholars-call-proposals-2022
3. CFP Online Symposium: “Turkish-German Relations in Literary History from the Fifteenth Through the Twenty-First Century“, 28.11.22
Contributions are invited on the long-term contacts and intensive cultural exchanges between the two cultures as well as on the specific stereotypes which developed and became the subject of German and Turkish literature, films, and media throughout the ages. We welcome papers in German and English.
Deadline for abstracts: 18 October 2022. Information: https://discourseanalysis.net/en/cfp-online-symposium-turkish-german-relations-literary-history-fifteenth-through-twenty-first
4. International Conference on the “Typologies of Western Islam in European Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries and Lexicons in the 18th and 19th Centuries”, University of La Réunion and Université de Lorraine, 16-17 March 2023
This conference will explore the conceptual and methodological modalities adopted in these scholarly books to describe Islam according to types determined by the choice of certain criteria and symbols.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2022.
Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2022/08/CFP_Conference_Nancy.pdf
5. Student Assistant (35 Hours/Month) for Research Project on “Dynamics of Climate Governance” (Transcription of Arabic Interviews), University of Hamburg
Profile: Completed the second year in a Bachelor studies program in Political Science, Geography or a related discipline in the Social Sciences; interest in climate governance, social movements, and climate research; excellent command of written and spoken English; Desired but not required: Knowledge of an additional language (esp. Arabic).
Deadline for applications: 22 August 2022.
Information: https://attachment.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/8c8af471/Call-Student-Assistant.pdf
6. Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (4 Years) in the History and Culture of the Countries of the Silk Roads 2023, King`s College Cambridge
The fellowship is for those who intend to pursue a research project on some aspect of the Silk Road countries, societies, and cultures. The research project may address Environmental History, Religion, Art, Maritime History, China before 1911, Ottoman Empire, and Russian Central Asia, etc.
Deadline for application: 19 September 2022.
Information: https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/research/research-fellowships
7. Poste de chercheur·e chargé·e de mission à l’Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb contem-porain (IRMC), Tunis
Date limite: 23 août 2022.
Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/69130
8. The Islamic College: Postgraduate Studies Certificate in Exegesis and Quranic Sciences
Three Semesters (full-time) & Six Semesters (part-time)
In-house
Venue: The Islamic College 133 High Road London NW102SW
18:00 -20:30 (London Time)
Fees: £1500 (All students are eligible for a scholarship of up to 50%)
*Free for Islamic college graduates, staff, and students*
Starting: 14 November 2022
Application Deadline: 15 October 2022
For more information:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/psc/exegesis-and-quranic-sciences/
- August 16, 2022
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Shii News – CfP: ‘Islamic Perspectives on God and (Other) Monotheism(s)’ – (B’ham, 20-21.2.23)
Call for Papers – Islamic Perspectives on God and (Other) Monotheism(s)
The deadline for abstracts is Monday, 3 October 2022.
- August 15, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Review of Middle East Studies
‘Special Focus: MERIP and the Politics of Knowledge Production in MENA Studies’
Volume 55 – Issue 2 – December 2021
2. Late Antique Responses to the Arab Conquests
Editors: Josephine van den Bent, Floris van den Eijnde, and Johan Weststeijn
Brill, 2022
3. Persian Literature, A Bio-Bibliographical Survey
Volume VI: Index
Francois de Blois
Brill, 2022
4. ReOrienting Histories of Medicine, Encounters along the Silk Roads
Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim
5. New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures,
Interpretive essays on Islamic artifacts, texts, and phenomena entwining over fourteen centuries.
S Bashir,
MIT Press, 2022
Now available on the web freely.
https://mitpress.mit.edu/publications/new-vision-islamic-pasts-futures/
6. Research Associate position for the Project “The Evolution of Islamic Societies (c.600-1600 CE): Algorithmic Analysis into Social History”
Dear friends and colleagues,
We would like to share with you a very exciting position for a research associate advertised by the research project “The Evolution of Islamic Societies (c.600-1600 CE): Algorithmic Analysis into Social History” (EIS1600) in Hamburg University.
The project looks for a researcher with proven computer science expertise. The position is for 1,5 + 1,5 years. The deadline for applications is August 30, 2022. The successful candidate will work on computational analyses, the development of online interfaces, and data management. The successful candidate will also conduct research at the intersection of their areas of expertise and the research subjects of the project as well as will contribute to the project research, teaching, and publication activities.
Requirements: A university degree in a relevant field. Applicants must have a degree (M.A.) in Computer Science and/or Middle Eastern Studies. Candidates with Ph.D. degrees are most welcome to apply. The ideal applicant must have skills in some or, preferably, all of the following areas: Arabic NLP, machine learning/ deep learning, front-end and back-end development, and continuous integration. Additionally, ideal candidates will have excellent classical Arabic skills. Prior experience of work in digital projects on Arab language, culture, and history will be considered an added advantage, but not strictly required. Applicants must have an excellent command of English (both spoken and written); knowledge of German is preferred, but not required. As this is a collaborative team project, strong communication and interpersonal skills are a prerequisite.
The job advertisement is available on the Universität Hamburg website: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=109697a3e3f6e8e3f342713dee0c0b95371f05ab . Applications must be submitted through the link given on the page. Feel free to email Maxim Romanov (maxim.romanov@uni-hamburg.de ), if you have any questions.
Best wishes,
Dr. Alicia González Martínez
Research Associate | Computational Linguist
DFG/AHRC project InterSaME
www.intersame.uni-hamburg.de
Universität Hamburg, Asien-Afrika-Institut
7. CFP: Leeds 2023 session on Disease in the Medieval Islamicate World (deadline: 15 Sept 2022)
Disease in the Medieval
Islamicate World
Sessions proposed for:
Leeds International Medieval Congress
3-6 July 2023/2023 Theme: “Networks & Entanglements”.
Topics may include, but are not limited to,
any of the following:
• Newly discovered or edited texts on plague or
other infectious diseases
• Commentaries and paratexts of plague
treatises, showing their continued uses
• Networks of discourse within and beyond the
Islamicate world that shared information about
medicine or disease events
• Biographical approaches that set the medical
writings or practices of individuals into larger
intellectual frameworks
• Routes and roads: networks of trade that
contributed to infectious disease proliferation
• Social impacts of epidemics
• Infectious diseases in medical historiography:
why we tell the stories that we tell
Joint presentations are welcome, even
encouraged, as a way to expand our comparative
understanding of disease networks.
IMC 2023 is currently planning to offer hybrid
options; please indicate on your abstract whether
you plan to attend in person or virtually.
For further details on the setup of the Leeds conference, see the organizer’s website: https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2023/. The conference will take place 3-6 July 2023; at the present time, organizers are planning to do a hybrid option, allowing presenters to attend in-person or remotely. Please indicate on your abstract which option you prefer.
Questions? Need bibliographical suggestions on
the latest work in the field? Feel free to write.
Contact either me (monica.h.green@gmail.com) or my co-organizer, Nahyan Fancy (nahyanfancy@depauw.edu). We need to receive abstracts (250 words) by 15 September 2022 to finalize organization of the panels. If you are interested, it would be ideal if you could write as soon as possible to signal your interest.
- August 12, 2022
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- August 11, 2022
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