Archive for October 18th, 2022
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/
- October 18, 2022
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