Archive for October, 2022
Shii News – Academic Items
1.The first international Islamic Art and Culture Digital Festival happening online on 28 & 29 November.
The Future of Islamic Art & Culture Digital Festival is a virtual global gathering, with performances, online exhibitions and conversations.
We hope you can join us at this unique online event.
2. We invite you to attend our 8th IDHN Conference which will take place on Thursday, November 17, 2022.
We will hear four exciting presentations:
Maya Shatzmiller (University of Western Ontario): Measuring the Medieval Islamic Economy: New perspectives on evaluating economic performance
Moneerh Aleedy (Leeds University): Parallel Sentences Alignment Using SentencesTransformers: A Case Study on English-Arabic Non-Parallel Corpus
Jonas Müller-Laackmann (SUB Hamburg); Theo Beers (FU Berlin) and Xenia Kudela (FU Berlin): Closing the Gap – A collaborative project database on Non-Latin Script-based research
Alireza Shahbazi (Iran University) and Mohammad Reza Moini (University of Tehran): Employing Semantic Web Tools for Reconstructing and Analyzing the Personal Relationships in Rijāl al-Najāshi
To attend this online conference, please register at https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckc-ChrTIrEtUev9h3Qc1FpkLjNXGu6AG0. We eagerly look forward to your attendance and participation in the conference.
3. We have the pleasure to invite you to lecture 2 of Round 2 of the ‘Women and Gender Forum’ run by the University of Manchester: Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series titled, Empowering Muslim Women in History, Literature, and the Arts
Tuesday 1 November 2022,
5:00 PM (17:00) GMT, 8:00 PM Saudi Time
on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95985097918
Women’s Art, Women’s Stories from Pakistan: An Alternative Lens
Professor Shirin Zubair
The Polish Institute of Advanced Studies
4. Video Library Announcement: Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series with Robert Rollinger Now Available
We are pleased to share with you the recorded lectures of Professor Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck) for the Biennial Eshan Yarshater Lecture Series. He presented a series of four lectures in a series titled “The Achemenid Persian World Empire” for the Pourdavoud Center in April 2022
https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/videos/
5. 2022 Kamran Djam Biennial Lectures at SOAS
7 and 8 November, 2022
After a pause due to lockdown, the Centre for Iranian Studies is delighted to invite you to the 2022 Kamran Djam Biennial Lectures at SOAS on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 November 2022.
Our speaker this year is Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA, University of St. Andrews, who, will give two lectures on The Great Mongol Shahnama, a long-awaited major work on one of the most magnificent illustrated Persian manuscripts of all time, dating to 1330s. Hali Publications Ltd., the UK publishers of this splendid book, have kindly agreed to bring several advance copies of the book for your perusal before its imminent availability in the UK. Please see below for details of the lectures.
Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA, University of St. Andrews
What Problems Does the Great Mongol Shahnama Pose?
5.30pm, Monday 7 November
(followed by a reception at 7.00pm in G3 Suite)
What Makes the Great Mongol Shahnama Great?
7.00pm, Tuesday 8 November
Venue: Djam Lecture Theatre
SOAS, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
Admission Free – All Welcome
6. The Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles invites applications for a one-year Farhang Foundation Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in Iranian Studies. Researchers with training in cultural studies, film, and literature are particularly encouraged to apply.
Postdoctoral Scholar in Iranian Studies (mesana.org)
Review of applications will begin December 1, 2022; the position will remain open until filled.
7. Annual Lampeter Interfaith Colloquium: 1st-2nd December 2022
We are pleased to announce that the 7th Annual Lampeter Interfaith Colloquium will be held on 1st -2nd December 2022.
Our theme for this year’s conference is ‘Inter-religious Relations in Contemporary Societies’ and we’re delighted to have Rev. Dr Muthuraj Swamy (Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, Cambridge university) and Prof. Patrice Brodeur (University of Montreal) as our keynote speakers.
After two years of this event being held solely online, this year’s Colloquium will be a hybrid event, available for international attendees to virtually participate alongside those in Lampeter. Commencing at 1pm on Thursday December the 1st (GMT), the Colloquium will be brought to a close at 2pm on Friday December 2nd.
There will be more information to follow, however, please do get in touch with us with any initial queries via interfaith@uwtsd.ac.uk .
8. Drawing Syria from Afar. An event in honour of Syria
Thursday 3 November 2022: 6.00-7.30pm [GMT]
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Presented by the Institute of Classical Studies and the Warburg Institute, University of London.
A panel discussion to mark the donation of The Destruction of Palmyra by Deanna Petherbridge (Warburg Associate Fellow) to the Warburg Institute and its hanging in the Institute of Classical Studies. A panel of speakers from the fields of art and architecture, archaeology and heritage studies will discuss the ancient and contemporary history of Tadmor-Palmyra, the impact of the destruction of home and heritage in conflict, and what might constitute restorative architectural and archaeological reconstruction
Speakers: Dr Ammar Azzouz, Professor Jen Baird, Frances Carey, Dr Zena Kamash.
Simultaneous translation into Arabic will be provided.
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9. New York University, Silsila: Center for Material Histories
“THE SOUNDS OF THE DALĀ’IL AL-KHAYRĀT AND ITS HARAMAYN IMAGES”
Sabiha Göloğlu, University of Michigan & University of Hamburg
Part of the Silsila Fall 2022 series, Body and Senses
Wednesday, November 2nd 12.30-2.30 EDT
The Moroccan Sufi saint Sulayman al-Jazuli’s (d. 870/1465) Dalā’il al-Khayrāt (Proofs of Good Deeds) was widely recited and read in public and private spheres across the Ottoman Empire. Whether in writing or in sound, the Dalāʾil al-Khayrāt, via private ownership and book and recitation endowments, reached many at homes, Sufi convents, madrasas, and mosques from Medina to Istanbul. The majority of Ottoman Dalā’il al-Khayrāt copies that are preserved in collections are illustrated with various compositions. Among these compositions, the Mecca and Medina couples are significant in that several of them had an audible component, as suggested in the marginal inscriptions. This talk will focus on the multisensory experiences of texts and images that arose from both recitations of the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt and the verbal formulas attached to its Haramayn depictions.
Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee can be found at:
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.
10. The Islamic College – MA Islamic Studies & Islamic Law Taster Course
Considering a MA degree in Islamic Studies or Islamic Law? Attend our taster course where you can attend taster class sessions and meet some of our staff.
- MA degrees in Islamic Studies and Islamic Law
- 1-year or 2-year options
- Degrees validated by Middlesex University, UK
- Study under eminent academics, Islamic scholars, and specialists
- Be part of a vibrant, knowledgeable student community
- Aimed at researchers, prospective PhD students, religious leaders, or anyone wanting to study Islam in-depth
- In-house and distance education options
DATE: 7 November 2022
TIME: 6:00-9:00 pm (London time)
HOSTED BY: The Islamic College, London, UK,
degrees validated by Middlesex University, UK
More information at:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/taster-course/
- October 29, 2022
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- October 27, 2022
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- October 27, 2022
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Shii News – ‘The Renaissance of Shi’i Islam’ (Open Access) – F Daftary, J Esots (eds)
- October 26, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Baghdād, From Its Beginnings to the 14th Century
Volume Editors: Jens Scheiner and Isabel Toral
2. ECIS 10 – Tenth European Conference of Iranian Studies, Leiden University, 21-25 August 2023
ECIS is one of Europe’s largest conferences in Iranian Studies. It is held every four years and organized by the Societas Iranologica Europaea (SIE). ECIS 10 will cover a wide range of topics related to Iranian Studies
including philology, linguistics, literature, history, religious and cultural studies, art and architecture, archae-ology, philosophy and anthropology.
Deadline for abstracts of panels and individual papers : 1 December 2022.
Information: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/ecis10/
3. ONLINE Webinar Book Launch: “Public Freedoms in the Islamic State” by Rached Ghannouchi, Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Geogetown University, 27 October 2022, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tunis Time
Rached Ghannouchi has long been known as a reformist or moderate Islamist thinker. In his most influential book, he argues that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should be widely accepted by Muslims under the correct interpretation of Islamic law and theology. Under his theory of the purposes of Shari‘a, justice and human welfare are not exclusive to Islamic governance, and the objectives of Islamic law can be advanced in multiple ways.
Information and registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_djQoiGTQT_azER6vpwh8Kg
4. HYBRID Session on Islam during the “66th International Congress of Phenomenology: Eco-Imagination for a Sustainable Future”, IULM University, Milan, Italy, 27-29 October 2022
Papers: Cornelis van Lit: Imagination as a Cure Against the Boredom of Science: Ibn Arabi’s Path towards Self-Realization. – Hamidreza Ayatollahy: Divine Ownership and Resourcefulness as Basic View of Islamic Eco-Imagination. – Taghrid Elhanafy: Recycled Imaginations, Resource and The One According to Ikhwan Esafa. – Konul Bunyadzade: Eco-Imagination and Sufi Phenomenology.
Information, program and registration: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61fc317a001a71712c19193d/t/634a219f461c9a5780d090ac/1665802657488/Milan-2022-Program+001.pdf; http://phenomenology.org
5. HYBRID Workshop “Religion and Secularism as Problem Space in Postcolonial Occidentalist Discourses within the MENA Region”, Institute for the Study of Religions, Leipzig University, 3-4 November 2022
The workshop aims to discuss the question of religion and secularity/secularism in (postcolonial) Occidentalist discourses and their critiques in the MENA region. We seek to bring together empirical case studies on particular Occidentalist debates, including their historical trajectories with theoretical reflections on Occidentalism and Orientalism in the MENA region.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/11350485/international-workshop-religion-and-secularism-problem-space
6. HYBRID Roundtable „Writing Social Theory in Arabic“ and Workshop (in Person), Institute of Islamic and Middle East Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, 3-5 November 2022
The Roundtable “Global Social Theory” is moderated by Florian Zemmin (FU Berlin). Participating in the discussion are Mohammed Bamyeh (University of Pittsburgh; President of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Council of the Social Sciences), Claudia Derichs (HU Berlin) and Sari Hanafi (American University Beirut; President of the International Sociological Association).
Deadline for registration: 31 October 2022.
Program: https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/islamwiss/aktuelles/Workshop-Writing-Social-Theory.html
7. Asst. Prof. Social Psychology of Religion (Focus on Islam or Muslim Societies), Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul
Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Psychology or related field. We seek a candidate who has a research focus on Islam or Muslim societies, and a strong track record of blind peer-reviewed publications in internationally-reputed journals. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop and maintain an active, extramurally funded research program.
Deadline: Open until position filled. Information: Prof. Dr. Üzeyir Ok, uzeyir.ok@ihu.edu.tr.
8. Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia
You will be a highly qualified and engaging educator with demonstrated specialisation in Islamic politics and/or another area of interest to the program such as gender studies, Islam in minority contexts, interreligious relations and modern Islamic thought. You have a strong record in research with a developing publication profile, and the potential to attract competitive research grants and consultancies.
Deadline for applications: 10 November 2022. Information:
9. Visiting Assistant Professor in Islam Studies (1 Year), Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
We seek a broadly trained scholar of religion who can teach Islam in a range of historical and geographic contexts engaging with material culture, textual analysis, and/or ethnography.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2022.
Information: https://careers.kenyon.edu/en-us/job/492899/visiting-assistant-professor-in-islam
10. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature / Modern Arabic Literature, Brown University, Providence, RI
The field of specialization within modern Arabic literature is open, though we especially encourage applications from candidates whose work is comparative in nature, engaging with literary texts and traditions in addition to Arabic.
Deadline for applications: 1 November 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/110013
11. Fellowship (9 Months) in Druze and Arab Studies of the American Druze Foundation (ADF), Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, Washington DC
The purpose of the ADF Fellowship is to promote research on the Druze and Arab minorities with a concentration in the political, economic, and social history of the Druze. Applicants must have a record of relevant research in the disciplines of history, political science, sociology, economics, anthropology, and archaeology.
Deadline for application: 12 December 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/115602
12. Qatar Post-Doctoral Fellowship (1 Year), Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington DC
The fellowship supports a recent Ph.D. working on the topic of Arab Studies, U.S.-Arab relations, or Islamic Studies.
Deadline for application: 3 January 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/115601
13. Award for a European Ph.D. Thesis in Iranian Studies
The Societas Iranologica Europea (SIE) invites applications and nominations for the Fifth Round of the “European Award of Iranian Studies”. With this Award the SIE recognizes outstanding theses in any field of Iranian Studies defended at European universities. The award is given every four years and conferred during the European Conference of Iranian Studies (ECIS).
Deadline for nominations/applications: 15 January 2023.
Information: https://www.societasiranologicaeu.org/ph-d-thesis-award/
14. Entries for Dictionary on “The Everyday Politics of Language in Humanitarian Practice: An Arabic-English Glossary”, Edited by Estella Carpi and Lama Mourad
This dictionary aims to document the humanitarian experience as lived by local populations, who have used the English language to deal with aid donors, international partners, or, at times, even to access aid. We intend to (re)collect the human experience with these terms and the ways in which such experiences reveal alternative or contested meanings in Arabic in countries that have turned into “areas of humanitarian intervention” during or after war.
Deadline for entries: 30 October 2022. Information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOlhz29PIUWHxRP7IzvTVJLGieKZPIWI/view?usp=sharing
15. Monographs and Edited Volumes for New Book Series “Encounters in the Middle East & Asia” by Edinburgh University Press and Archiv Orientalni
This series fosters a new understanding of ‘Oriental Studies’ by publishing works of an interdisciplinary nature in which the non-Western world takes centre stage. “Encounters” include cultural, economic, intellectual, linguistic, literary and political exchanges between, and within, the Middle East and wider Asia, and presents a more nuanced perspective on global thought, artistic currents and financial flows.
Information: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-encounters-in-the-middle-east-and-asia
16. CfP Forming Words, Forming Things (2-3 March 2023, Cambridge and Online)
Forming Words, Forming Things: Changeable Forms across the Mediterranean, 500-950
A Postgraduate and ECR Conference and Workshop
2-3 March 2023, University of Cambridge and Online via Zoom
From 500 to 950 CE, the Mediterranean witnessed extensive political, religious, and demographic shifts which allowed for new modes of interaction. As a result, populations gained access to and developed previously unfamiliar written and material forms. Deviations from what we view as typical uses of form can help us understand the dynamics and impact of demographic change, but the characterisation of what made a form ‘typical’ in the first place is questionable.
This conference aims to question the limits and flexibility of written and material form. We invite papers which discuss use of form and challenge our perspectives and assumptions regarding form from 500 to 950 CE. The conference will ask why a certain form is available to one person and not to another, and to what extent societal markers of identity impact one’s use of and access to poetic, prosaic, and artistic forms. What happens when these boundaries and our understanding of them are transgressed? Are certain forms afforded more flexibility in practice?
The first day of the conference will address the questions above in a panel format and the second day will be in a workshop format with pre-circulated discussion papers. The workshop aims to question our scholarly engagement with the sixth to tenth century. There is a tendency to see form as static: if a literary form moves from one language to another, for instance, it is assumed stable at the point of origin. Yet many of these boundaries are constructed and projected by modern scholars in attempts to categorise. Who defines the terms on which a form may be used and how is a form made exclusionary? How are these boundaries created in and across varied disciplines?
We invite abstracts for papers of 15 to 20 minutes and for workshop papers of 3000 to 6000 words. Graduate students and early career researchers (within four years of receiving a PhD and without a permanent position) are welcome to apply. We especially encourage those working on topics which cross multiple boundaries to apply, along with those working on North Africa and West Asia.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Peculiarities of form across spatial and linguistic boundaries
- Form and representation, particularly of underrepresented groups in the source material
- Popularisation of form and barriers to access
- The impact of physical movement and transport of materials on form
- The use of the same or a similar form in two or more languages or geographic locations
- Critical or theoretical writing from the sixth to tenth century which attempts to define a form
- Modern scholarly efforts to understand and define form
Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words and brief biographical details to fwft2023@gmail.com by 28 October 2022. Limited funds are available to facilitate participation; please see our website to apply for a travel bursary.
17. Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism
Nora Derbal
Cambridge, 2022
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/charity-in-saudi-arabia/72E41BE24D7D8ACA80EDEBDE1084938F
18. National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution – Ebrahimi Fellowship for Persian Art
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64352
Closing date: Dec 1, 2022
- October 25, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Nezami Ganjavi and Classical Persian Literature: Demystifying the Mystic
by Kamran Talattof
2. Reorienting Modernism in Arabic and Persian Poetry
Levi Thompson
3. America’s Arab Nationalists: From the Ottoman Revolution to the Rise of Hitler
A Berman
4. Call for Papers: 2023 Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London, 15 & 16 May 2023
The 2023 Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies will be hosted in the stunning surroundings of the Aga Khan University’s Institutite for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London, on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th May 2023.
The Call for Papers is now live and can be viewed here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-2023-call-for-papers
We welcome proposals for individual papers or whole panels from across the many sub-disciplines of Islamic Studies and look forward to welcoming you all to what promises to be a very memorable two days of presentations and conversations.
The deadline for submissions is Thursday 5th January 2023, and please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or require any guidance on submitting your proposal.
5. Research Associate in Islamic History & Civilisation
The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, based in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, wishes to appoint to a 3-year fixed-term post in the field of Islamic History and Civilisation. Applicants will be working on a project entitled ‘Legacies of Learning’ which explores the Islamic educational and intellectual tradition.
This is a full-time post, fixed-term for 3 years. For further details, click here. Vacancy reference number: 15372BR
Salary: £35,333 – £42,155 per annum (Grade 6)
Closing date: 11th November 2022
Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray OBE FLSW
Director, Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK
School of History, Archaeology and Religion
John Percival Building
Cardiff University
Colum Road
Cardiff
CF10 3EU
Tel: 02922510830
Ext. 10830
Mobile: 07702 345342
Email: Gilliat-RayS@cardiff.ac.uk
6. Hybrid Workshop – “BODY AS MACHINE: MECHANICAL DEVICES IN ISLAMIC LANDS” Silsila Fall 2022 Series, Body and Senses, event co-sponsored by NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center.
Full details can be found on the Silsila website:
This event will take place as a live Webinar on 28 October at 12:30pm EST (New York time). To register as an attendee, please use the following link:
https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ad7GxfXlSrSS6dkKidbXCw
This event will also be held in person at the Hagop Kevorkian Centre for Near Eastern Studies, 50 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012.
7. New Exhibition – “Science, Nature and Beauty: Harmony and Cosmological Perspectives in Islamic Science” (October 19th, 2022- March 3rd, 2023), Columbia University
Opening of Exhibition “Science, Nature and Beauty: Harmony and Cosmological Perspectives in Islamic Science”
Date: October 18, 2020 at 6 PM
Place: Columbia University, Butler Library (Rare Collection), sixth floor
Exhibition: “Science, Nature and Beauty: Harmony and Cosmological Perspectives in Islamic Science” (October 19th, 2022- March 3rd, 2023) at the Rare Collection at Butler Library, Columbia University. This exhibit showcases over 90 manuscripts, instruments and objects from the Muslim World Manuscript collection which are housed in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML), at the Columbia University Libraries (CUL). This exhibit is a collective curatorial effort that has involved many students, faculty members, librarians and library staff working hand-in-hand to exchange ideas and to select, research, engage with, and mount the items.
The curatorial team consisted of the following members: Kaoukab Chebaro (Global Studies, Columbia University Libraries), Olivia Clemens (PhD candidate, Art History Department), Arwa Palanpurwala (Islamic Studies, MA Student, Middle East Institute GSAS), Prof. A. Tunç Şen (History Department), Prof. Marwa El Shakry (History Department), Prof. Avinoam Shalem (Riggio Professor, Art History Department), Julia Tomasson (PhD candidate, History Department), Yusuf Umrethwala (Islamic Studies, MA Student, Middle East Institute GSAS), and Navid Zarrinnal (PhD graduate, MESAAS).
The E-Catalogue of this exhibition (circa 120 pages, colored illustrated) can be downloaded from https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/vrpk-3269. Includes bibliographical references.
8. Made for the Eye of One Who Sees: Canadian Contributions to the study of Islamic Art and Archaeology
Edited by Marcus Milwright and Evanthia Baboula.
McGill-Queens University Press and the Royal Ontario Museum, 2022.
https://www.mqup.ca/made-for-the-eye-of-one-who-sees-products-9780228012047.php
9. Archaeology of Iran panel at ASOR
The annual conference of The American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) will host a panel entitled “Archaeology of Iran” on October 23, from 10 to 11 a.m. EDT. The organizers would like to encourage all interested individuals to attend, especially Iranians. ASOR will be able to provide one-day access to Iranian scholars who would like to watch the presentations (in advance) and attend the session. Interested person can access the appropriate form at this link: Archaeology of Iran – Interest Form.
10. Saison afghane au Musée Guimet, 26/10/22-06/02/23
Le Musée Guimet présentera prochainement deux expositions sur l’Afghanistan (26/10 au 06/02, https://www.guimet.fr/event/la-saison-afghane/),
accompagnées d’une série de films
(https://www.billetweb.fr/lafghanistan-dans-le-7eme-art) et d’un concert (https://www.guimet.fr/event/musique-afghane-trio-ghani/).
- October 22, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Lecture “The Amazigh Indigenous Library and the Future of Amazigh Studies” by Brahim El Guabli, Social Justice Committee of the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA), 26 October 2022, 12:00 pm ET
This talk will contextualize the revitalization of Amazigh language and culture through the multipronged efforts of the Amazigh Cultural Movement, between 1966 and the present, focusing on the challenges the profusion of cultural production in Tamazight might create for the librarian of Tamazgha and the Middle East.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/25688/discussions/11234749/upcoming-lecture-1026-amazigh-indigenous-library-and-future
2. HYBRID Lecture “Medieval Melting Pot? Group Formation and Maintenance in the Abbasid Caliphate, 750-1000” by Prof. Philip Wood, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London, 29 November 2022, 18:00 – 19:00 h, GMT
Philip Wood sets out his plan for his new research project on “Group Formation in the Abbasid Caliphate”. It aims to compare Jewish, Christian and Muslim populations across Iraq and the Levant to isolate the factors that allowed some groups to survive and flourish while others did not.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/11232164/medieval-melting-pot-group-formation-and-maintenance-abbasid
3. Workshops for the 13th Gulf Research Meeting (GRM), Cambridge, UK, 11-13 July 2023
The Gulf Research Centre Cambridge welcomes any innovative proposal in the social science field dedicated to a better understanding of developments in the Gulf region. In addition, the organizing committee would like to receive proposals for particular topics.
Deadline for workshop proposals and paper abstracts: 11 November 2022.
Information: https://gulfresearchmeeting.net/documents/GRM2023CallforWorkshopProposal.pdf
4. Professorship (W3 or W2 with Tenure-Track to W3) in Islamic Studies, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Candidates are expected to represent the field of Islamic Studies in both research and
teaching in an appropriate breadth, and to have excellent national and international credentials. His/her research can focus on contemporary as well as historical topics of the Arab-Islamic world and should include work with Arabic as a source language. Course language is German.
Deadline for applications: 24 November 2022. Information: https://www.berufungsportal.uni-jena.de/
5. Full Professorship in Post/Decolonial Theories and Literatures with a Focus on the Global South, University of Amsterdam
Qualification: You have a PhD in Comparative Literature, Literary Studies, Post/Decolonial Studies or a related discipline, and your research is clearly focused on the Global South and non-Anglophone literature; you have an excellent international academic reputation and publication track record; etc.
Deadline for applications: 29 November 2022. Information: Prof. Judith Rispens, j.e.rispens@uva.nl
6. Lecturer in Contemporary Art History (1980 – Present Day; Asia, Middle East, North Africa), University of St Andrews, UK
Candidates should already have, or be close to completing, a PhD in Contemporary Art History of Asia/the Middle East/North Africa and demonstrate evidence of, or of the capacity to produce, excellent research outputs.
Deadline for applications: 17 November 2022.
7. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in History (Professorship in the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
The geographic area of specialization is open and not limited to the Middle East. Knowledge of one or more regional research languages is required.
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2022. Information: Dr. Thomas Kuehn, thomas_kuehn@sfu.ca
8. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Cultural Anthropology (Focus Middle East), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Qualifications: Ph.D. in Anthropology by August 1, 2023; active research program focused on the Middle East; Areas of theoretical and methodological expertise that complement existing faculty strengths.
Deadline for applications: 7 November 2022. Information: https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UASYS/job/Assistant-Professor-of-Cultural_Anthropology_R0024091
9. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Regional concentration and disciplinary approach are open, but may include areas such as Islamic philosophy, theology, and/or ethics. Demonstrate creativity and excellence in research and scholarship, engagement with the broader concerns of Islamic and Religious Studies, and dedication to teaching students at the undergraduate level.
Deadline for applications: 21 November 2022.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/10/12/assistant-professor-islamic-studies
10. Exhibition Announcement – Islam in Europe, 1000–1250
Exhibition: September 7, 2022–February 12, 2023
Grand Special Exhibition at the Hildesheim Cathedral Museum to Shed Light on a Shared Cultural History in the Middle Ages
The treasuries of European churches, including the Hildesheim Cathedral Treasury (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), preserve numerous artefacts from regions where the Islamic faith exercised a formative influence. Based on these objects, the grand special exhibition “Islam in Europe, 1000–1250” at the Hildesheim Cathedral Museum sheds light on shared achievements and cultural entanglements. With outstanding and rarely seen works on loan from international lenders, including pieces from Florence, London, Paris, and Vienna, it offers visitors a unique opportunity to explore a history that has direct bearing on contemporary concerns.
Medieval Córdoba, Palermo, Cairo, and Constantinople were gleaming metropolises where business and trade, the sciences and the arts flourished. Precious rock crystal vessels, silken fabrics, carved ivories, and translations of scientific literature reached Central Europe from areas where Islam was the dominant faith. This migration of objects and transmission of knowledge and technology resulted in an interweaving of cultures. It forged connections across boundaries of creed and language and vast geographical distances, from today’s Iraq and Iran through North Africa and Spain all the way to Central Europe. Preserved in church treasuries, the objects bear witness to how much the diverse cultures had in common in the era between 1000 and 1250.
The exhibition at the Hildesheim Cathedral Museum sheds light on this multifaceted history in a series of chapters dedicated, for instance, to the integration of precious stones with Arabic inscriptions, chess figures, or fabrics into works of European treasury art. Some objects from Islamic regions also reflect Christian iconography, and with others we cannot even say with certainty where they were made; such cases are striking illustration of how closely interwoven the cultures were. The transfer of knowledge by way of translations of scientific literature from Arabic to Latin is the subject of another chapter in the exhibition. The section “Contemporary Laboratory” builds on this shared history to invite visitors to grapple with questions of today’s society and culture: materials in a range of media, including literature, music, and films, provide in-depth information and prompt searching reflections.
The exhibition is flanked by an extensive program of events, including guided tours in Arabic, German, and Turkish. Special emphasis is placed on educational formats and workshops designed for children and teenagers such as school projects in conjunction with the exhibition; their output and findings will become part of the “Contemporary Laboratory.” Other event formats range from live performances, including by “Songs of Gastarbeiter,” to literary readings and a conversation with Thomas Bauer (professor of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) and Felix Körner (Nicolaus Cusanus Chair of theology of religions, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).
A richly illustrated catalogue (in German) with contributions by Silvia Armando, Thomas Bauer, Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie, Stefan Heidemann, Theresa Jäckh, Lothar Lambacher, Jenny Rahel Oesterle-El Nabbout, Joanna Olchawa, Marcus Pilz, and Regula Schorta will be released by Verlag Schnell & Steiner in conjunction with the exhibition.
The exhibition is supported by: Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation, Stiftung Niedersachsen, Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung, Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse für die Region Hildesheim, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States, VGH Stiftung, NORD/LB Kulturstiftung, Dombauverein Hohe Domkirche Hildesheim e.V., Landschaftsverband Hildesheim e.V., Friedrich Weinhagen Stiftung, Johannishofstiftung, Landschaft des vormaligen Fürstentums Hildesheim.
Hildesheim Cathedral Museum
Domhof, 31134 Hildesheim
Hours
Tuesday through Sunday, 11am–5pm
The Cathedral Museum is closed on December 24 and 31.
Admissions
Adults: €6 per person
Free admission for anyone under 25
Free admission for everyone on the first Tuesday of each month
Groups of 10 or more, students, severely disabled visitors and welfare recipients (with identification): €4 per person
Press contacts
Volker Bauerfeld, press office, Diocese of Hildesheim:
volker.bauerfeld@bistum-hildesheim.de, +49 5121 307822, +49 170 7842593
Denhart v. Harling, segeband.pr: dh@segeband.de, +49 179 4963497
11. Webinar – “The Sensescape of Ottoman Tombs” NYU Silsila – October 19
“THE SENSESCAPE OF OTTOMAN TOMBS”
[Silsila Fall 2022 Series]
Nina Macaraig, Independent Scholar
Wednesday, October 19th, 12:30pm EDT
[Webinar] Silsila Fall 2022 Lecture Series, Body and Senses
While Ottoman tombs have been thoroughly surveyed in terms of their formal and ornamental characteristics and therefore in their visual aspects, neither their aural dimensions in the form of Qur’anic recitation and prayer, nor the customary deployment of fragrances by means of incense burners within their spaces have received much attention.
Drawing on sensory anthropology and soundscape studies, this lecture will examine the interplay between the visual, the aural, and the olfactory in Ottoman tombs, by means of examples in Istanbul and other major cities of the empire. It will argue that Ottoman tombs presented a sensory environment that could be manipulated for the purpose of propagating specific political messages and programs, while simultaneously hinting at Paradise—as described in the hadith and the paradise narrative genre—where the deceased were hoped to reside and where visitors could imagine themselves in the Afterlife.
Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee can be found at:
https://as.nyu.edu/silsila/events/2022-2023/the-sensescape-of-ottoman-tombs–nina-macaraig.html
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.
12. University of California – Los Angeles – Assistant Professor, Ancient Iranian Archaeology and Art History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64263
Closing date: Jan 5, 2023
13. University of Illinois – Chicago – Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64305
Closing date: Dec 1, 2022
14. South Asian Muslim Studies Association (SAMSA)
SAMSA will have a panel as well as our annual business meeting at the Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI 2022.
Oct 21-22, 2022
Full info at:
https://samsaweb.org/symposium/
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.An Encounter with Dylan Thomas,
by Ebrahim Golestan ed. Abbas Milani
2. UCLA Iranian Studies Program
Panel Discussion on the Roles of Gender & Women in the Current Protests in Iran
Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom
Discussion in Persian
3. The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Invites you to attend a memorial service in honor of Franklin D. Lewis
Friday, October 28th, 2022
4:30pm Central Time
Breasted Hall, The Oriental Institute 1155 E58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Or via Zoom: https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrcOChrzMoHNOtAl3ombp0u8NnwheK2F5s Reception immediately following in the Oriental Institute galleries
Please RSVP no later than Friday, October 21st
4. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the 2023 Virtual Language Workshop, a professional development forum tailored to the needs of post-secondary Middle East language educators.
March 2-3, 2023
Featuring sessions about aspects of Middle East language teaching and program administration in higher education settings, the workshop aims to enhance the quality of language programs and to provide opportunities for inter-institutional collaboration.
Proposals are invited for presentations describing research and descriptive reports on Middle East language learning and pedagogy as well as undergraduate and graduate program innovations. We welcome presentations on:
- strategies for student recruitment and retention
- approaches to curriculum development including multi-literacies, intercultural communicative competence, open pedagogy, experiential learning, and language for specific purposes
- integration of heritage learners
- TA training and instructors’ professional development
- inter-institutional collaborations and exchanges
- testing and assessment
Other topics of relevance to Middle East language teaching and program administration are also welcome.
Deadline and Notification of Acceptance: The deadline for the submission of abstracts is Monday, November 11, 2022.
All abstract proposals should be submitted via the 2023 ME NRS Virtual Language Workshop Abstract Submission Survey.
Notifications of acceptance will go out in late December 2022.
Questions? Write to Olla Al-Shalchi (olla@austin.utexas.edu ) or Jeannette Okur (jeannette.okur@austin.utexas.edu ).
5. BRISMES event:
What is Transnational Feminist Solidarity Today? A dialogue with and of Iranian feminists
17 October 2022, 17:00-18:30 (BST) on Zoom
6. Isabelle Eberhardt: A Western Woman’s Empowering Journey through Islam
We have the pleasure to invite you to lecture 1 of Round 2 of the ‘Women and Gender Forum’ run by the University of Manchester: Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series titled, Empowering Muslim Women in History, Literature, and the Arts
Tuesday 18 October 2022, 17:00 GMT on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93989064958
7. The Roshan Institute for Persian Studies in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Maryland, College Park, seeks to hire an Assistant Research Professor to serve as the Assistant Director of a 3-year, Mellon Foundation-funded Open Islamicate Texts Initiative Arabic-script OCR Catalyst Project Phase II (AOCP Phase II). This individual will be a scholar practitioner of digital humanities who will provide operational and intellectual leadership to the Open Islamicate texts Initiative (Open ITI) and Arabic-script OCR Catalyst Project (AOCP) Phase II. The initial 12-month appointment period, beginning preferably in January 2023 but possibly later, with a salary of $80,000 (plus benefits, as described here:
https://uhr.umd.edu/benefits/), will be renewable across two additional years.
The Assistant Director will work closely with Principal Investigator (PI) Matthew Thomas Miller on ensuring smooth implementation of the AOCP Phase II plan at an operational level. In this leadership role, they will also function as a bridge to the broader digital humanities community and help cultivate AOCP Phase II’s relationships with other projects.
Applicants with a PhD in humanities, social sciences, or library/information sciences who have extensive experience in Digital Humanities will be preferred. All applicants must have demonstrated capacity to co-lead projects and programming. Applicants with expertise in text encoding will be especially welcomed, as they will be collaborating on developing Handwritten Text Recognition workflows and OpenITI mARkdown/TEI adaptations for manuscripts and digital text dissemination.
Post is open until filled.
Full info at:
https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/100180
8. CIRCLE FOR LATE ANTIQUE AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES PRESENTS: “From Ancient Seaport to Medieval Crossroads: One Era Passes, Another Begins” A lecture by: Richard Bulliet Professor Emeritus, Middle Eastern History Columbia University
October 27 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
“From Ancient Seaport to Medieval Crossroads: One Era Passes, Another Begins”
Segal Theater The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
via Zoom webinar and in person at the Graduate Center, CUNY, at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
For more info:
9. History of Paper in Iran, 1501–1925
Willem Floor, Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes
10. A handbook of Persian calligraphy and related arts
by Hamid Reza Ghelichkhani ; translated by Rebecca Stengel ; edited, revised and extended by Shervin Farridnejad.
11. The School of Modern Languages at the University of St. Andrews warmly invites applications to the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities AHRC DTP studentship competition for 2023 entry. Successful applicants will receive home tuition fees and stipend at UKRI rates (£4,596 and £ 17,668 in 2022-23.) Full details are available on the SGSAH website.
How to Apply:
We welcome PhD applications in a wide range of research areas across our seven language departments (Arabic & Persian, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish) and Comparative Literature programme. We encourage you first to make contact with a potential supervisor within the School of Modern Languages, prior to applying. The application process involves several stages and we recommend that you contact us as early as possible to discuss your ideas.
Applicants to SGSAH must be nominated by their host institution.
To be considered for SGSAH/AHRC funding you must apply to the University of St Andrews by submitting the research application form before 5pm on 25 November 2022.
Please note this very early deadline
To facilitate our nomination process, we also ask you to complete the SGSAH pre-selection template available from the School of Modern Languages (modlangs@st-andrews.ac.uk) and submit it to us by the above date.
The School is also delighted to offer a range of other scholarship opportunities to support doctoral research including fee waivers.
Any general questions can be addressed to Professor Derek Duncan, Director of Postgraduate Research in the School of Modern Languages (langsdopgr@st-andrews.ac.uk).
12. Mediterranean Review, issued by the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies, is calling for papers.
Mediterranean Review (MR) is an official journal of Asian Federation of
Mediterranean Studies Institutes (AFOMEDI), and the Association of History,
Literature, Science and Technology (AHLiST).
Since the upcoming issue (Vol.15, No.2), MR widens the scope of Mediterranean
Studies by publishing academic articles on the diverse ‘mediterraneans’
distributed all around the world
where civilization exchange occurs including the Baltic Sea, the Yellow Sea,
or the Caribbean Sea area.
We welcome the submission of articles that covers all fields of the
Humanities, Social Sciences as well as Science and Technology Studies in
relation to a Mediterranean setting. A special emphasis is on the past and
present modes of interactions and exchange in global mediterraneans.
* Date of Submission : November 5th 2022 (Saturday)
* Address to submit : imsmr@ims.or.kr / imsmr@bufs.ac.kr (either)
* Date of publication:
No.1) 30th of June
No.2) 31st of December
Before submitting your paper, please refer to our code of research ethics as
well as to the text formatting and citation rules on our website:
http://www.imsmr.or.kr.
– Published Articles :
http://imsmr.cafe24.com/go/bbs/board.php?bo_table=Articles (click to move)
– Submission Guide : http://imsmr.or.kr/go/bbs/content.php?co_id=Guidelines
(click to move)
– Code of Ethics :
http://imsmr.cafe24.com/go/bbs/content.php?co_id=Code_of_Ethics (click to
move)
* Please notice that we only accept manuscripts in the English language.* All submitted papers will be evaluated under a strict and fair peer review
process.
* Please notice that there is no guarantee for a submitted article to b
published.
The Editorial Board, Mediterranean Review
Institute for Mediterranean Studies
Busan University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea
Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies
65, Geumsaemro 485 beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
(46234)
Tel) +82-51-509-6695 / +82-51-509-6670
E-mail) imsmr@ims.or.kr / imsmr@bufs.ac.kr
13. Le grand Satan, le shah et l’imam. Les relations Iran / États-Unis jusqu’à la révolution de 1979
Y Richard
14. The Islamic College, Monthly Seminar
Prophet Mohammad in the Eyes of Westerners
By Prof Ali Paya
Friday 21 October 2022
6 pm – 8 pm (London time)
133 High Road
Willesden
London
NW10 2SW
+44 (0) 20 8451 9993
info@islamic-college.ac.uk
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Shii News – Book Launch (Inperson, Zoom): ‘Manuscript Cultures of the Ismaili Communities and Beyond’ (18.10.22, 6pm UK time)
- October 14, 2022
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