Archive for September 20th, 2022
Shii News – The Passing of Franklin Lewis
The very sad news of the passing of Professor Franklin Lewis, of the University of Chicago, is being reported via the Adabiyat list.
- September 20, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.CHAT PREMODERN RESEARCH FORUM SYMPOSIUM
Epidemics and the Environment in the Pre-Modern World
Temple University
Friday, September 30, 9:00 am-6 :30 pm
Webinar Registration Link: https://temple.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sIp1vOwQStep7H0czB49lg
This symposium will explore the wide array of environmental and institutional factors that influenced the way in which plague, in the broadest sense, and other epidemics originated and spread, as well as their intellectual, artistic, demographic and socio-economic consequences at a local and global scale throughout history from Antiquity to the 18th century. How did Pre-Modern societies cope with epidemics that presented challenges and upheavals comparable to the ones we are currently experiencing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic? What can the Pre-Modern past offer to better prepare us for our present and future?
2. ASIAN CULTURAL RESEARCH WEBINAR
Mardomname and Ahmadabad University Fourth Webinar
This webinar brings together two different perspectives on ethnographic methods, as employed by an Iranian anthropologist and an Indian one in relation to their respective fields.
THE OUTSIDE: TRANSLATION AFTER THE REVOLUTION
Milad Odabaei is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ACADEMIC BORDERS AND THE MAKING OF THE INDIAN HIMALAYAN FRONTIER
Suchismita Das is an Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences Division at Ahmedabad University.
22 SEPTEMBER 2022 — 6 pm IST — 5 pm IRDT — 1:30 pm GMT
Meeting ID: 969 9161 8262 Passcode: 207524
3. Conference “The Theory and Practice of Rebellion in the Early Islamicate World”, University of Hamburg, 22-24 September 2022
See program at https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score/news/conf-prog-2022.html . Registration: score.aai@uni-hamburg.de .
4. ONLINE Meeting “The Ongoing Struggle for Academic Freedom and Autonomy at Boğaziçi University”, Series Turkey Now, Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (OTSA) 23 September 2022, 9:00 am PT
Boğaziçi University faculty members and instructors Can Candan, Mine Eder, Çiğdem Kafescioğlu, Cengiz Kırlı, and Ünal Zenginobuz will provide an update on the recent developments that continue to threaten academic freedom and autonomy at Boğaziçi University gravely. Laurie Brand, the chair of the Middle East Studies Association’s Committee on Academic Freedom (MESA CAF), will be the moderator.
Information and registration: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvcOuoqj0oGdX7TpPw2T9qDH965LZhu-V9
5. ONLINE Webinar “Blasphemy Laws in Islam and in Muslim-Majority Countries – Do They Violate Qur`anic Teaching?”, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), 24 Sep-tember 2022, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Speakers: Prof. Khaled Abou Elfadl (UCLA Law School), Mustafa Akyol (Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute), Prof. Ahmet Kuru (San Diego State University), Dr. Basheer Ahmed (Southwestern Medical School, Dallas TX), Dr. Radwan A. Masmoudi (President, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy).
Information and registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ua0k6XDkSeO7rRqa5IyfIQ
6. ONLINE Session “Connected Crusaders. Expert Knowledge and the Plans for the Recovery of the Holy Land (1291–1336)”, German Historical Institutes in Paris and Rome, 27 September 2022, 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm CET
The Egyptian sultans conquered the last remaining Crusader states in the Levant between 1289 and 1291. Faced with this defeat, the Latin rulers began to question their military modus operandi and tried to find entirely new ways and means of reconquering the Holy Land. The session examines the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the subsequent 40 years of crusade planning and discusses these and related topics with the audience.
Information and registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuCrqD4oGNf2g4qTKIbOJWbDsH0wSKEN
7. International Conference: „Rationality in Islamic Theology in the Post-Classical Period (1200-1900)“, Department of Islamic-Religious Studies, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 28-29 Sep-tember 2022
The post-classical period is a very important period and the connecting bridge between the classical and the modern Islamic thought. In this period interdisciplinary connections between the Islamic sciences became an important characteristic element and took place between many disciplines. The conference will shade a special light on the importance of this period.
Deadline for registration: 25 September 2022. Information and program: https://www.dirs.phil.fau.de/files/2022/09/DIRS-Tagung_GoldenAge_8Seiter_400mm-breit_B.pdf
8. HYBRID Panel “Petitions and Petitioning in Iranian & Ottoman Constitutionalism”, Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative at NYU, 13 October 2022, 12:30 pm ET This panel will examine the constitutionalism processes in the Ottoman and Iranian contexts with a particular focus on the meaning, institution, and transformation of petitioning. Yuval Ben-Bassat will explore the Ottoman institution of petitioning following the Young Turk Revolution of 1908. Nader Sohrabi will explore the democracy of petitions in Iran’s constitutional movement. Etc. Information and registration: https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsdOutpzMsHdRaDkhIKnnZ8wHmuFYZ_RyL
9. Conference “The Futures Past of the Ottomans”, Université Paris Cité, 12-13 October 2023
The program of the conference intends to examine how Erdoganism brings together 1) anti-Kemalism: revolutionary utopia as the rejection of the old order and the shaping of a new man leads to a multi-faceted counterrevolution; 2) post-Kemalism; 3) Neo-Ottoman Kemalism: modelling on the sultan, the Turkish president ensures the redistribution of resources and the balance of justice; 4) anti-Westernism.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2022.
10. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture (Premondern Islamic, Christian, Jewish Cultures), Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
The Department of Art and Visual Culture, in conjunction with the Religious Studies Department and the Classical and Medieval Studies Program, seeks a tenure-track colleague in premodern visual cultures with an emphasis on visual cultures produced in and among varied religious cultures, including Islamic, Christian, and/or Jewish, in the centuries before 1500 CE.
Deadline for application: 1 November 2022.
Information: https://www.bates.edu/employment/opportunities/?job=492560
11. Book Chapters for Edited Volume “Timurid Manuscripts in Context: Prince Baysunghur, Before and After” of the Persian Manuscripts Association
The edited volume can cover a range of topics, periods, and regions, from Jalayirid Iran to the early modern Persianate world at large, and cross several disciplinary boundaries, including but not limited to history, literature, codicology, conservation, and art history, in relation to the connoisseurship and patronage undertaken by the Timurid Prince Baysunghur and his corpus.
Deadline for abstracts: 17 October 2022. Information: https://persianmanuscripts.org/edited-volume/
12. Articles on “Middle East and North African Archives” for Special Section of the “American Archivist Journal”
Articles may cover records management, repositories, archival practices, the content of specific collections, or other topics which affect archival collections in the region. While articles are free to engage archival theory, in general they should discuss actual records and collections and not approach archives solely as metaphor.
Deadline for submissions: 1 February 2023. Information: https://www2.archivists.org/news/2022/american-archivist-calls-for-articles-on-middle-east-and-north-african-archives
13. Articles on “Manuscript Studies” for the Online, Open-Access Journal “Shamsa: The Journal of the Persian Manuscripts Association”
Articles and research notes are invited for the inaugural 2024 volume of Shamsa. The journal focuses on Islamic manuscript studies in the historically Persianate world (including Iran, Iraq, South Asia, Central Asia, and Turkey). We welcome submissions that focus on manuscripts and related media from the Late Antique up to the modern periods and discuss material written in Persian, Arabic, Turkish and other related languages like Urdu, Chagatai, and Uyghur. Deadline for submissions: 24 February 2023. Information: https://persianmanuscripts.org/journal/
14. Articles for “Indonesian Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Humanity”, State Islamic University (UIN) Salatiga, Indonesia
This Journal focuses on the works which deal with anthropology of religion, sociology of religion, psychology of religion, philosophy of religion, history of religion, religious education, religious literature, theology, religious law, religious studies, Islamic studies, and religious tourism.
Submission deadline: 30 September 2022. Information: https://e-journal.iainsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/ijoresh/index
15. Articles for Journal “Forum Islamic-Theological Studies”, University of Innsbruck
This peer-reviewed, international journal isdevoted to the interdisciplinary study of Islamic Theology and Reli-gious Education, principally in Europe. Papers can be submitted in Qur´anic Studies and Qur`anic Exegesis (tafsīr); Hadith Studies; Sufism; Islamic Ethics and Philosophy; Islamic Religious Education; Sociology of Religion on Muslims in Europe; Islam and Pluralism, Islam in Europe; Interreligious Studies; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2022. Information: https://ojs.nomos-journals.de/index.php/fits/CfP
16. CYCLE DE CONFÉRENCES PUBLIQUES
22-23 IISMM-BULAC
Prêcher et convaincre en contexte musulman
La naissance de l’islam : convaincre entre apocalyspe, conquêtes
et empire
Paris, 4 October, 2022, 18.30-20.00
Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2022/08/AfficheConf_Oct.pdf
17. Call for Papers on Science & Religion in the MENA Region under the auspices of the International Research Network for the Study of Science & Belief in Society based in the University of Birmingham.
Unpublished papers (between 8,000 and 10,000 words) on subjects such as those outlined above should be emailed by November 15, 2022 to mena.science.religion@gmail.com
The best six papers will receive an award of GBP 1,000. The best among the six selected will be awarded a further GBP 2,000.
For more information contact: mena.science.religion@gmail.com
18. MA programs in Middle Eastern Studies & Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut
The spring semester application deadline is approaching for the following Master of Arts programs at the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES) at the American University of Beirut:
An interdisciplinary program which provides students with a broad knowledge of the history, culture, and politics of the contemporary Middle East. Students may structure their own course of study in order to develop a critical understanding of the region as well as to conduct in-depth, independent research. Arabic language study is a required part of the program.
An interdisciplinary program which provides students with a broad knowledge of classical and modern Islamic religious thought and textual traditions, and offers critical insight into the political, intellectual, literary and social history of Islam up to the present day.
The deadline to apply for Spring 2022-23 is November 3, 2022. Both programs offer students funding opportunities.
For information on how to apply to graduate programs at AUB, please visit the Office of Admissions website and the Graduate Council website.
For any questions about our programs, please email us on cames@aub.edu.lb.
19. Highlights from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection at the University of Pennsylvania
Friday, 30 September at 10am EDT / 3pm GMT / 4pm EET (via Zoom)
In collaboration with Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS), Lynn Ransom, Curator of Programs, and Nicholas Herman, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Curator of Manuscripts, at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies will present highlights of the Schoenberg Collection’s Islamicate manuscripts and the various ways in which SIMS encourages and engages scholars around the world in support of research involving the collection.
Arabic simultaneous interpretation will be available throughout the event.
- September 20, 2022
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