Archive for October 29th, 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.
PLEASE BOOK TO RECEIVE DETAILS
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
- by Andrew Newman
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