Archive for October, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Webinar “Iran Protests: Gender, Body Politics, and Authoritarianism”, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 4 October 2022, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET
In conversation with Manijeh Nasrabadi (Bernard College, Columbia University) and with Moderators Nadje Al-Ali (Brown University) and Kathryn Spellman Poots (Columbia University) we aim to go beyond the head-lines to shed light on the meaning and potential for these protests.
Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2022/iran-protests-gender-body-politics-and-authoritarianism
2. ONLINE Seminar “‘Women, Life, Freedom’: What’s New about Iran’s 2022 Protests?”, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, 7 October 2022, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm EDT
Mohammad Ali Kadivar, Arang Keshavarzian, and Nazanin Shahrokni, in conversation with Naghmeh Sohrabi, will look at issues of gender, socio-economic crises, and the domestic political scene to shed light on the recent protests in Iran and place them in the context of Iran’s history of protests in the 21st century.
Information and registration: https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_t_UKdJICR_yxWIbbtfLEdA
3. ONLINE Seminar “Reflections on Islam and Anarchism” by Dr. Mohamed Abdou, Department of Politics, York University, Canada, 7 October 2022, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
“Islam and Anarchism” is an interdisciplinary work, which simultaneously disrupts two commonly held beliefs – that Islam is necessarily authoritarian and capitalist; and that anarchism is necessarily anti-religious and anti-spiritual. Deeply rooted in key Islamic concepts and textual sources, and drawing on radical BIPOC, Islamic anarchistic and social movement discourses, Abdou proposes ‘Anarcha-Islam’.
Information and registration:
https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwod-qorTMsHdZuxK3OAQ1Yi63XMeiDKGnV
4. ONLINE Webinar “Worldmaking in the Long Great War: How Local and Colonial Struggles Shaped the Modern Middle East”, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, 12 October 2022, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET
Jonathan Wyrtzen in conversation with Rana Baker, will offer a new account of how the Great War unmade and then remade the political order of the Middle East. Ranging from Morocco to Iran and spanning the eve of the Great War into the 1930s, Wyrtzen’s work demonstrates that the modern Middle East was shaped through complex and violent power struggles on the ground among local and international actors.
Information and registration: https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dAq0rFW1TiiblL3rlyHTYQ
5. HYBRID Lecture “Komitas, Oosti Gookas?: The Post-Ottoman Musical Worlds of the Armenian Diaspora” by Sylvia Alajaji, Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative, New York University, 20 October 2022, 5:00 pm EST
There is perhaps no name more ubiquitous or discursively powerful in Armenian musical culture than Komitas (1869-1935). Born Soghomon Soghomonyan in the Ottoman city of Kütahya (in what is today Turkey), Komi-tas has come to embody “Armenia” – or rather, the possibility of Armenia. He has become synonymous with and emblematic of a symbolic, imagined homeland.
Information and registration: https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclcOqoqT4oHtfF04D2YVyxFGps6sHLWEUg
6. Fall 2022 Workshop of the Mediterranean Seminar on “The Mediterranean Origins of the West”, Boulder, Colorado, 21-22 October 2022
We seek to explore questions relating to the role of the Islamicate world and of peoples of Africa and West Asia in the evolution of modern science, theology, art and literature; the nature and significance of political and commercial engagement between the Islamic and Christian spheres; the role of gender, class and social affiliations; and the status and role of ethnic and religious minorities in pre-Modern and Modern Mediterranean societies.
Registration until 10 October 2022.
Information and program: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-mediterranean-seminar-fall-2022-workshop-the-mediterranean-origins-of-the-west-21-22-october-boulder?e=82aeb6c61d
7. Inaugural Forum for Jewish-Muslim Theology and Thought: “Cultures of Continuity – Jewish Muslim Conversations on a Contested Ideal”, Berliner Institut für Islamische Theologie, Hum-boldt-Universität zu Berlin, 24-26 October 2022
Keynotes: “Women`s Midrash and Tafsir: Twenty-First Century Exegetical Continuities and Ruptures” by Celene Ibrahim; “Interreligious Theology and Its Relevance for Jewish-Muslim Relations” by Ephraim Meir.
Deadline for registration: 21 October 2022.
Information: https://www.islamische-theologie.hu-berlin.de/de/event
8. HYBRID Panel Discussion “Sisters in Resilience: Women’s Movements in Muslim Contexts”, Aga Khan University, London, 28 October 2022, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm London Time
The panel aims to celebrate the achievements of the women’s movements for gender equality in Muslim contexts and discuss their legacies. It will analyse the main issues of struggle for women’s rights movements, the past and present of organisational structures, and forms of activism by reflecting especially on the cases of Egypt, Iran, Pakistan and Tunisia.
Information and registration: https://www.aku.edu/ismc/events/pages/event-detail.aspx?EventID=2187&Title=Sisters%20in%20Resilience:%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Movements%20in%20Muslim%20Contexts
9. HYBRID “3rd International Congress of Women in a Global World”, Research Center on Women Studies, Istanbul Topkapı University, 1-3 December 2022
The Congress which will bring together academicians, researchers and NGO volunteers partaking in the organization is expected to contribute to the production of scientific information as well as to make way for new viewpoints.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 October 2022. Information: https://www.topkapi.edu.tr/tr-TR/3rd-international-congress-of-women-in-a-global-world-(wgw2022)-ana-sayfa-home/135655
10. 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 Uni-versité 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
11. Seminar “The Ottoman Empire, Its Minoritized Voices, and the Global South”, Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, Chicago, 16-19 March 2023
The focus should be on epistemic, aesthetic, sociocultural and political imaginaries of minoritized com-munities in and outside the Ottoman lands. How do the histories, images, and legacies of the Ottoman Empire appear when perspectives from the Global South and the disadvantaged populations of the empire are foregrounded? Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/11012989/cfp-acla-2023-ottoman-empire-its-minoritized-voices-and-global
12. Conference “Diaspora and Indigeneity – Intersections of Modern Jewish, Kurdish, and Amazigh History”, Heidelberg Center for Jewish Studies, 27–29 March 2023
The goal of the conference is to explore and theorize the intersections of modern Jewish, Kurdish, and Ama-zigh history, with a special focus on competing claims to identity, indigeneity, and diaspora politics. Papers can be presented in English or French.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2022. Information: https://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/fileadmin/Documents/Research/GatheringDispersed_CfP_DiasporaIndigeneity.pdf
13. One-Year Visiting Professor (W2) for Cultural Studies of the Middle East, MA Program “Cultural Studies of the Middle East”, Universities of Bamberg and Erlangen-Nuremberg
The relevant qualifications consist of a doctorate in a relevant discipline, demonstrated ability in teaching, and an excellent track record in publications and related academic achievements. The position presupposes the ability and willingness to teach in English (01.10.2023-15.08.2024).
Deadline for application: 15 November 2022.
Information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/abt-personal/stellenausschreibung/professorship/
14. Five Research Associates and Visiting Faculty (2023-24), Women’s Studies in Religion, Har-vard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
Proposals for book-length research projects using both religion and gender as central categories of analysis are welcomed. They may address women and religion in any time, place, or religious tradition, and may utilize disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches from across the fields of theology, the humanities, and the social sciences.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2022. Information: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/apply
15. Open-Rank Tenure-Track Professor for Arab American Studies/Muslim American Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Preference will be given to interdisciplinary candidates with teaching experience working with diverse student communities. PhD required by the start date.
Deadline for applications: 11 November 2022.
Information: https://asianamerican.northwestern.edu/about/open-positions/
16. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Arabic and Islamic Studies in the Middle East and North Africa Prior to 1800, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
We particularly welcome applicants whose work is innovative and interdisciplinary. Discipline open.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2022.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63761
17. STARTALK Arabic Teacher Training Program 2023 (Fully Online and Free of Cost)
Pre-Program 26 Feb. – 30 Apr. 2023; Main Program 2 June – 14 July 2023; Post-Program 20 August 2023 – March 2024
Deadline for application: 28 November 2022. Information: https://www.classroad.org/courses/classroad-startalk-2023-advancing-language-learning-through-professionalism/
18. THE ITS MAWLID DISCOUNT 2022
Between 3rd and 9th October, in celebration of the Mawlid al-Nabi, the Islamic Texts Society will be offering its readers a 15% discount on all titles.*
Books from ITS are the perfect gift for family, friends and loved ones; beautifully designed and produced to the highest quality, ITS titles enable readers to gain access to treasures of classical Islamic thought and spirituality.
In order to take advantage of this offer, please visit our website by clicking on the button below and enter the coupon code, MAWLID22, on the purchase page.
19. October 5: Book Launch: The Routledge Handbook of Persian Literary Translation (2022)
This Wednesday, October 5 at 10:00-12:00 CT, organized by CMES of the University of Chicago.
You can register using the link below:
https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpf–rrjgiHt0ChWpgWA_MGo6qh8NgoHA3
with
M. R. Ghanoonparvar
Professor Emeritus of Persian and Comparative Literature
The University of Texas at Austin
Christine van Ruymbeke
Soudavar Professor of Persian Literature and Culture
University of Cambridge (UK)
Asghar Seyed-Gohrab
Professor of Persian and Iranian Studies
Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
Hosted by
Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi
Instructional Professor of Persian, NELC
University of Chicago
Discussant
Thibaut d’Hubert
Associate Professor, SALC
University of Chicago
20. Oxford Interfaith Forum:
Environmentalisms in Qur’anic Perspective: Creatures and Resources
31 October, 2022, 6pm UK time
Professor Anna Gade, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Environmental Studies and Associate Dean for Research & Education in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
More info/registration at:
21. October 13, 2022, 12pm ET – The Author’s Voice: The Perils and Joys of writing on the Arabs before Islam
The Institute for Advanced Study, in partnership with Gorgias Press, presents the 2022 online lecture program, The Author’s Voice. The series of free to access quarterly talks, led by Gorgias Press authors, will showcase the latest research across history, linguistics, and religious studies. You are cordially invited to attend our fourth and final lecture of the series:
The Perils and Joys of writing on the Arabs before Islam
Ayad Al-Ani, Professor for Change Management and Consulting, Associate Member of the Einstein Centre Digital Future, Berlin, and Professor extraordinary at the School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University.
For a political scientist, the contradictory themes surrounding the Arabs and their region before the coming of Islam often seem strange and incomprehensible. Although there are no major barriers posed by rivers or mountain ranges, numerous civilizations are identified in the region each with their own language. As such, there is little opportunity for an Arab identity to emerge among those groups, despite the fact the Arabs themselves, as well as the Romans, seemingly had no problem identifying “Arabs”. Some discussions on the theme have revealed a hesitancy in delineating the Arab language and script before the 5th century, rendering the appearance of the Qur’an mysterious. The majority of Arabs in the Roman East were Christians by this same period, and some still believe that monotheistic informants of the prophet need to be identified. Once these contradictions are unraveled a fascinating longue durée of events can emerge, which provides a common historical space between the East and the West, with religious ideas flowing from the periphery to the center. This talk will explore the process of dealing with these and other contradictions by adding a political and sociological lens to this stretch of history which focuses on the disappearance of the Arabs from history before Islam, their sudden appearance behind the banners of the Prophet, and the powerful and traumatic effect this emergence into world history has had on the relationship between the Arabs and the West.
Register in advance here. After registering, you will receive an email containing information about joining the event.
Hosted by: Sabine Schmidtke (School of Historical Studies, IAS) and George A. Kiraz (School of Historical Studies, IAS and Editor-in-Chief, Gorgias Press) in cooperation with Angelos Chaniotis (School of Historical Studies, IAS).
For more information please contact ds@ias.edu .
22. 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
23. Invitation to the October Monday Majlises (online) of the Centre for the Study of Islam at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter.
Monday the 10th of October. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
Mehdy Shaddel
Universal Empire, Supersessionist Ideology: The Emergence of Islam in Umayyad Syria
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpduqqqDgrH9y-JyHmO5wlaFr9gvm8bcqd
Monday the 17th of October. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
Rahim Gholami
The soul’s fulfilment in Nāṣir-e Khusraw’s The Wayfarer’s Sojourn at the Banquet
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpfu2rqTkvHd3Lizc02KhoZr0Fitzica9H
Monday the 24th of October. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
Isabel Toral and Jens Scheiner
Baghdad: Insights into a city (seven centuries) and the making of a book (eleven years)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqde2spzgoHtSf7Ta9-TFp20yLICz3aKh-
Monday the 31st of October. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
Alexandra Hoffmann
What makes a man a man? Neẓāmi’s Majnun in a network of masculinities
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkduCgqjsjG9wubRuGMlL22IavQChNXzQP
24. The Crown Center (Brandeis University) for Middle East Studies invites applications for a one-year faculty leave residential fellowship for scholars of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. The fellowship is open to all disciplines—particularly politics, economics, history, religion, sociology, or anthropology—for the 2023–2024 academic year.
Successful applicants must be tenure track or tenured professors (or equivalent) with a well-established publication record seeking a faculty leave appointment and interested in engaging in a substantive research or book project, mentoring the Center’s junior research fellows, and contributing to the Center’s publications.
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Eligibility
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The 2023–2024 faculty leave fellowship is open to *all faculty members, tenured and non-tenured*, in the ranks of assistant, associate, full, and emeritus professor (or equivalent) who work on the contemporary Middle East and North Africa.
*Terms*
The faculty leave fellowship is an academic year appointment beginning September 1, 2023 and ending May 31, 2024. The fellowship is designed to supplement the scholar’s faculty leave salary from their institution and will provide a stipend plus funding for research, travel, and related expenses. The fellowship stipend is set at three levels based on academic rank (or rank equivalency based on scholarly attainment): $40,000 for assistant professor or career equivalent; $50,000 for associate professor or career equivalent; and $70,000 for full professor, emeritus, or career equivalent. The Crown Center will determine the level based on the candidate’s rank or equivalent rank as of the application deadline. Fringe benefits, when not provided by the scholar’s home institution, can be made available during the appointment period.
Fellows are required to be *in residence* at the Crown Center during the tenure of the fellowship and be fully relieved of teaching and service responsibilities at their home university. During their residence, fellows contribute to the Center’s publications and participate in all Crown Center events, including seminars, workshops, meetings, and retreats.
*Application Materials
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1. Cover letter
2. Curriculum Vitae
*Application Submission*: https://academicprogramsonline.org/ajo/fellowship/22902 <https://t.e2ma.net/click/kvjpgf/07bopb/kzivbr>
*Application Deadline*
January 1, 2023
*Notification
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March 1, 2023
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Inquiries*
You may direct inquiries to Kristina Cherniahivsky at crowncenter@brandeis.edu or call 781-736-5320.
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Edinburgh’s “Oriental” manuscript collection renamed “Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia” and now searchable on ArchiveSpace
We now have entries for 168 items up on the ArchiveSpace platform, with titles digitally searchable in Arabic and Latin script. More entries will be coming soon!
You can visit the “Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia” collection page and search the entries below:
https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/86063
The “Scope & Content” section will give you background on the collection, it’s provenance, and why we have gone with this new name.
If you click on the Additional Description tab at the foot of the page, you will see other fields including Custodial History and Immediate Source of Acquisition that are also well worth a read.
2. Le CeRMI a le plaisir de vous adresser en pièce-jointe le programme 2022/2023 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien”.
Au plaisir de vous retrouver à l’occasion de ces séances, qui se dérouleront en présentiel sur le site de l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris).
La première séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le mardi 18 octobre 2022 (de 17h à 19h, salle 3.15).
Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Valentina Bruccoleri (Université Ca’ Foscari de Venise) pour une conférence intitulée :
« Au-delà de la collection d’Ardebil : nouvelles perspectives sur la porcelaine chinoise dans le monde iranien »
3. The Islamic College
An online short course on
Tawhid (Monotheism) in Qur’an
1st Session: 28th Oct 2022
2nd Session: 4th Nov 2022
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Registration Deadline: 20th October 2022
*Free but registration is mandatory
Further information at:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/short-courses/tawhid-in-quran/
4. Position in Modern Arabic Literature and Islamic Culture at the University of California, Berkeley. Assistant Professor – Modern Arabic Literature and Islamic Culture
Open August 24, 2022 through Saturday, Oct 15, 2022 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
5. Harvard Islamic Finance Conference
The Annual Harvard University Muslim Alumni (HUMA) International Islamic Finance Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 21st and 22nd. This year’s conference is going to be the Silver Jubilee year of the conference with the theme of being “Waqf and Philanthropic Foundations: Shared Values for Socio-Economic Development”. The aim of the conference is to build the bridges across the communities in their endeavor towards humanity.
This year’s keynote speakers will be Dr. Omar Suleiman, the Founder and President of Yaqeen Institute and Professor Asim Khwaja, the Director of the Center for International Development at Harvard Kennedy School. Other prominent speakers and panelists include representatives from The Templeton Foundation, McKinsey & Company, Khalil Center, Fidelity, Boston Islamic Seminary, Islamic Finance Guru, Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, The World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists, religious leaders from various communities and several academic institutions.
You can register at this link. Please note that your registration does not guarantee you a seat. The auditorium will be filled on a first come, first serve basis.
Learn more about the HUMA IFC conference at the following website: https://humaifc.com/.
Please reach out to jennaalbezreh@college.harvard.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
6. “Digital Islam across Europe: Understanding Muslims’ Participation in Online Islamic Environments” is A 30-month research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through CHANSE (Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe).
The project team includes colleagues working in five European countries, and the UK team is looking to recruit a full-time Postdoctoral Researcher.
The successful candidate will have the option of working at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s Lampeter Campus, or remotely.
The deadline for applications is 10th October, and further information can be found here: https://jobs.uwtsd.ac.uk/JobDescription/9q162YnH2h8
7. Online Event: Contemporary Arabic Literature and Literary Translation
Registration is open for this exciting panel organised by the BRISMES Outreach & Pedagogy Subcommittee. The panel will discuss contemporary Arabic literature and literary translation published in the last dozen years, particularly following the onset of the ‘Arab Spring’. Distinguished international writers, translators and researchers within the Arabic literary (translation) field will discuss and reflect on recent developments as well as publishing trends and practices. Panel members will also discuss their writing experience, the challenges they face and the reception of their work in the Arab and Western worlds.
Date: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Time: 16:00-18:00 (BST)
Location: Online via Zoom
8. *Change of Date* 2022 BRISMES Annual Lecture
The 2022 BRISMES Annual Lecture will now take place online on Thursday, 17 November from 17:30 to 19:00 (GMT). Professor Nadje Al-Ali will be speaking on Feminist Dilemmas and Ambivalences: Gendered and queer perspectives on the Middle East.The lecture will be chaired by Dr Paola Rivetti.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused by this change of date. If you have already registered to attend, you do not need to re-register and you will receive an email confirming the new details. If you have any questions/problems registering, please get in touch by emailing office@brismes.org.
9. Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
The Pitt Rivers Museum is seeking to recruit an exceptional post-doctoral researcher to a three-year Research Fellowship to work on the extensive photograph collection of Sir Wilfred Thesiger in the Gulf Cooperation Countries region. The ideal candidate will hold a PhD in the humanities or social sciences, have spoken and written proficiency in Arabic, as well as demonstrable knowledge of the histories and cultures of the Middle East.
Deadline | 7 October 2022
10. University College Dublin
The School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe) is looking for a full-time research assistant with fluency in Arabic. The candidate will be expected to work independently to collect and analyze secondary interviews and other primary sources in Arabic. The candidate will conduct online research in Arabic to identify secondary interview data with Arabic- speaking conflict participants.
Deadline | 20 October 2022
11. SOAS University of London
SOAS wishes to appoint a Director of the SOAS Middle East Institute and MBI Al Jaber Chair in Middle East Studies. The person appointed will split their time approximately 50/50 in carrying out activities as the MBI Al Jaber Chair in Middle East Studies and as the Director of the SOAS Middle East Institute.
Deadline | 21 October 2022
12. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Department of History invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position in the history of the Middle East at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin August 16, 2023. We welcome research that focuses on any time period, although candidates should also be qualified to teach courses on the modern Middle East.
Deadline | 1 November 2022
13. Aga Khan Centre
The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS) is seeking a part-time, hourly-paid Persian Language Instructor to teach 6 hours per week over the 30 weeks of the academic year, beginning on 26th September or as soon as possible thereafter. The ideal candidate will be suitably qualified and experienced in teaching Persian as a foreign language at university level.
Deadline | 27 November 2022
14. Prize | BISA’s Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Working Group (CPD)
Applications are invited for this prize aimed at supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work, while at the same time carving out space in International Studies to engage with the question of empire and coloniality as fundamental to the discipline. In addition to being invited to present their paper at the annual BISA conference, the prize winner will be mentored through the review process at RIS.
Deadline | 18 November 2022
15. Panel | 5 October 2022, 18:00 | LSE Middle East Centre
Students at all levels and institutions are invited to this careers panel where practitioners in various Middle East-related fields will talk through their career paths. The panel will be followed by an informal reception with the opportunity to meet fellow students, academic staff and the Middle East Centre team.
More information
16. Research Seminar | 6 October 2022, 17:30 | The Alwaleed Centre, University of Edinburgh
A special research seminar featuring one of the world’s leading experts on Islamist thought in Turkey. Dr Katerina Dalacoura (LSE) will discuss her research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust, entitled ‘The International Thought of Turkish Islamists: History, Civilisation and Nation’ – an intellectual history that engages with the concept of a ‘global International Relations’.
17. Film Screening | 12 October 2022, 18:30 | The Alwaleed Centre, University of Edinburgh
‘In the wake of unimaginable loss, three Syrian refugees turn to their love of Sufi music’. This special screening of ‘Wajd: Songs of Separation’ will be followed by a discussion featuring Professor Jonathan Shannon and Dr Ezgi Guner. Refreshments will be available before the screening begins.
18. CFP – “Mongol Bling: From Xanadu to Tabriz to Venice” (Annual Conference of The Association for Art History) – DUE 4 November
ANNUAL CONFERENCE of The Association for Art History
12-14 APRIL 2023
University College London
To offer a paper: Please email your paper proposals direct to the session convenor(s). You need to provide a title and abstract (250 words maximum) for a 20-minute paper (unless otherwise specified), your name and institutional affiliation (if any). Please make sure the title is concise and reflects the contents of the paper because the title is what appears online, in social media and in the digital programme. You should receive an acknowledgement of receipt of your submission within two weeks.
Deadline for submissions: 4 November 2022.
Mongol Bling: From Xanadu to Tabriz to Venice
Sussan Babaie The Courtauld, University of London sussan.babaie@courtauld.ac.uk
Shane McCausland SOAS, University of London sm80@soas.ac.uk
Stunning objects, wonderous new materials and technologies, and novel ideas constitute what was the shared Mongol taste for splendour across the four khanates that made up the Great Mongol State from its foundation by Genghis Khan (r. 1206-27) on the Mongolian steppe heartlands, and between eastern China and Korea to Western Asia and Eastern Europe. In spite of their reputation as cannibals and philistines who sowed terror, how did the Mongol overlords reveal themselves to have also forged a dynamic, creative, and aesthetic empire which valued the highly sophisticated cultures of the settled peoples they conquered and in which the arts featured prominently? This panel focuses on the crosspollinated artistic landscapes that fashioned through local technologies, styles and tastes a distinctively Mongol-inflected regional identity. We invite papers that address through objects and analytics of transcultural possibilities the ways Mongol khans in China, Persia, Central Asia or Russia championed their own local artists to fashion favoured regional styles. How do the extraordinary richness and diversity of the arts produced to serve the local elites reflect and embody the wealth and power of the Mongol state? We envision a panel that contributes to developing of critical new ways to re-evaluate the Eurasian localities—Europe to East Asia, Northern Steppes to insular Southeast Asia—of artistic production in light of the overarching Mongol predilections for prestige conveyed through the charisma of the object.z
- October 01, 2022
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