Archive for December 6th, 2022
Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Lecture “The Ethics of Weeping: The Case of Islam” by Prof. Paul Heck (Georgetown University), University of Haifa, 6 December 2022, 12:00 pm GMT
This talk considers pre-modern traditions of pious weeping in Muslim society, which long interacted with other traditions of weeping in the Mediterranean and its hinterlands. Specifically, we ask how we are to read references to weeping in historical texts – as responses to societal expectations or as expressions of spiritual states that one pursues in private and only then displays in public?
Information and registration: https://hcmh.haifa.ac.il/2022/11/22/the-ethics-of-weeping-the-case-of-islam/
2. HYBRID Lecture “The Ottoman-Christian Churches in Anatolia as a Case Study to Investigate Cultural Heritage Politics in Turkey” by JP Dr. Aude Aylin de Tapia (Universität Freiburg), University of Hamburg, 7 December 2022, 18:15 – 20:15 h CET
Information and registration: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/tuerkeieuropa/veranstaltungen/aktuelle-veran-staltungen.html
3. ONLINE Seminar “Saharanism: Intellectual and Literary Histories of a Desert-focused Imagination”, Conversation of Brahim El Guabli with Samia Henni, Crown Center, Brandeis Univer-sity, 7 December 2022, 5:00 pm CET
Whether in the Sahara, Arabian Desert or in the US-Mexico border, Brahim El Guabli’s work argues these desert imaginaries have eclipsed deeper connections and exchanges that have existed between the desert and its inhabitants for millennia, thus justifying policing and extractive practices. He will explore how raciali-zation, extraction, and emptiness have been central to this powerful desert imaginary.
Information and registration:
https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QN2puut7QSe8HlwDyWcIkg#/registration
4. ONLINE Symposium “Legal Orders under Pressure: Non-Western Experiences of Legal Transformations in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries (Focus MENA)”, University of Vienna and Max-Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Philosophy, Frankfurt, 7-9 December 2022
The symposium offers a platform for gaining a better understanding of the features of legal translations and transformations underwent under Western imperial pressure in not (formally) colonized spaces like the MENA region.
Information, program and registration:
https://www.lhlt.mpg.de/3184144/event-22-12-07-translations-and-transitions-online-symposium
5. ONLINE Conversation „On the Creative Imagination in Persian Architecture“ with Nader Ardalan, American Friends of Sufi Arts, Culture and Knowledge, 8 December 2022, 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm CET
The significance of balance and harmony as well as their relationship to the ‘self’ will be discussed. From enhancing contemplation to highlighting spaces that poetically respond to and nurture our soul, Persian ar-chitecture has been a source of inspiration and wisdom for centuries – architecture that transcends the tan-gible.
Information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-creative-imagination-in-architecture-tick-ets-479008375947?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb
6. International Workshop “Muslim Minorities and Questions of Secularity in China and Beyond”, Leipzig University, 9-10 June 2023
This interdisciplinary workshop investigates the role of secularity – that is, conceptual distinctions and institutional differentiations between “religion” and its others – in the formation and normalization of Muslim minorities, with a focus on China. Papers should be based on empirical work.
Deadline for abstracts: 16 January 2023. Information: https://www.multiple-secularities.de/events/event/call-for-papers-international-workshop-muslim-minorities-and-questions-of-secularity-in-china-and-beyond/
7. Workshop Panel on “The Mediterranean as a (De)Colonial Border Zone: Socio-Economic Disparities in the Context of Historical and Political Responsibilities” at the Conference of the German Anthropological Association, Munich, 25 – 28 July 2023
The workshop will discuss how anthropology (and related research) should position itself in the study of the Mediterranean as a border zone. How do we produce knowledge in a space where different normative as well as socio-economic foundations of human togetherness collide so conflictive? How do we deal with the political dimension of our research? Which models of decolonial, activist and participatory research do critically engage with this?
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2022. Information: https://ethnologie.uni-koeln.de/media/pdfs/Dow-nloads/Lange/CfP%20DGSKA%202023%20The%20Mediterranean%20as%20a%20(De)Colonial%20Bor-der%20Zone.pdf
8. Joint Workshop of the “Trajectories of Slavery in Islamicate Societies“ and the “Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies“, Murtensee (Bern Canton, Switzerland), 30 August – 1 September 2023
The main research questions of the workshop are: What can one learn about slaveries and strong asym-metrical dependencies from legal sources, and to what extent can legal sources can shed light on the relevant social practices? How can intersectionality shed light on different forms of slavery? Both English and Arabic papers are welcome.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2022. Information: https://trasisblog.unibe.ch/?p=108
9. Post-doctorat (2 ans) dans le cadre du projet Alter-citoyens au Moyen-Orient. Inventer les résistances en temps de violence
Une candidature portant notamment sur le Maghreb, l’Égypte, la Syrie, l’Irak, l’Iran, les régions kurdes, sera particulièrement appréciée. Une très bonne maîtrise orale et rédactionnelle de l’anglais et du français comme langues de travail est requise de même que la pratique d’une des langues des pays considérés par le projet (arabe, turc, kurde, grec) est fortement recommandée.
Date limite de candidature : 16 décembre 2022.
10. International Parliamentary Scholarships (IPS) of the German Bundestag for 24 Arab Graduates, 1-30 September 2023
The program is intended for talented Arab graduates who are interested in politics and who are keen to play an active role in promoting core democratic values in their home countries. The program includes a one-week work placement with a Member of German Bundestag.
Deadline for applications: 15 December 2022. Information: https://www.bundestag.de/en/europe/interna-tional/exchange/ips/arabian-250618
11. “Spring School Mediterranean History: Explore the Liquid Continent “, University of Konstanz, 28-30 March 2023
The Spring School is primarily aimed at advanced BA students from various disciplines (e.g. History, Islamic, Jewish or Ottoman studies, Arabic or Romance studies) who are interested in the planned new Master’s programme Mediterranean History at the University of Konstanz, which is expected to start in the winter term 2023/24.
Deadline for applications: 15 December 2022. Information: https://www.mittelmeer.uni-konstanz.de/en/spring-school-28-31-march-2023/
12. ENIS Spring School “Shifting Boundaries in Muslim Worlds”, University of Catania, Sicily, 13 -16 June 2023
The study of Islam is unthinkable without taken into consideration the dynamics of boundaries. Be it the study of state-formation, minority policies, discrimination or repression, sectarian divides and merges, inter and intra-religious interaction and community building, or acts of religious self-making and identification. We wel-come work that address these and adjacent topics and themes.
Deadline for abstracts and applications: 28 February 2023. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/75231
13. Summer School: “The Archives of Islam in the Russian Empire (16th-early 20th Centuries)”, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 26-30 June 2023
By offering hands-on reading sessions and lectures, which are based on material in Russian, Church Slavonic, Eastern Turkic (Tatar and Chaghatay), and Ottoman Turkish, the summer school offers a wide range of activities to familiarize students with writing, documentary, and archival practices in Tsarist-ruled Central Eurasia. Special attention will be given to records crafted in Cyrillic handwriting as well as in the Arabic script.
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2023. Information:https://www.oeaw.ac.at/sice/events/summer-school
14. Chapters for Edited Book on “Art Against Authoritarianism: Aesthetic Activism in Post-Arab Spring Middle East and North Africa” (IB Taurus)
Chapters are invited on Turkey, Syria, Egypt and Palestine. The book examines the roles that art can play in the collective labor of creating and defending “another aesthetics” and social reality in the contemporary MENA. The book elucidates the vitality and creativity of anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian artistic production whose praxis is enmeshed with grassroots movements across MENA.
Deadline for chapters: 31 January 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announce-ments/11850771/call-chapters-book-ib-tauris-art-against-authoritarianism
15. The Historian of Islam at work. Essays in honor of Hugh N. Kennedy
Edited by Maaike van Berkel and Letizia Osti
Brill, 2022
https://brill.com/display/title/63422?rskey=52HhNw&result=1
16. Islamic Architecture Today and Tomorrow: (Re)Defining the Field,
edited by M. Gharipour and D. Coslet.
Intellect, 2022
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo186918478.html
17. 2nd Annual Khamseen Graduate Student Presentation Award – Applications due 1 March
Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online offers short-form presentations and glossary term definitions to support teaching, learning, and research in Islamic art and related fields. Since the website’s launch in Fall 2020, we have regularly added new presentations. Last year, we successfully launched the first annual Khamseen Graduate Student Presentation Award; Sylvia Wu’s winning contribution on the Ashab Mosque in Quanzhou, South China, can be viewed here. While the PhD is a requirement for general submissions, Khamseen’s Graduate Student Presentation Award enables advanced PhD students to feature their expertise and contribute to Khamseen.
We invite PhD candidates (ABD) to submit a polished script of ca. 2,000 words and an accompanying PowerPoint slide show for a 10-12 minute video presentation for the 2nd Annual Khamseen Graduate Student Presentation Award. The winning applicant will work with our team to revise and then record their presentation; the awardee also will receive a $500 honorarium upon their presentation’s launch on the Khamseen website. Applications are due March 1, 2023 and decisions will be announced on April 1, 2023.
Submission Guidelines:
Applications due: March 1, 2023
Notification of decisions: April 1, 2023
Eligibility: PhD candidates (ABD) and advanced PhD students in their third year or above (for doctoral programs without candidacy) enrolled in a degree-granting program in Islamic art and allied fields. We do not accept applications from undergraduate and Masters students.
Application procedures: Candidates should submit a polished script of ca. 2,000 words and an accompanying PowerPoint slide show for a short-form presentation. Additionally, applications should include a 3-5 sentence summary of the presentation, a 2-page CV, and a note of support from a PhD advisor or dissertation committee member.
Please submit materials to TeamKhamseen@umich.edu; notes of support by advisors and queries by candidates also should be sent to TeamKhamseen@umich.edu.
Submission Guidelines:
Applications due: March 1, 2023
Notification of decisions: April 1, 2023
Eligibility: PhD candidates (ABD) and advanced PhD students in their third year or above (for doctoral programs without candidacy) enrolled in a degree-granting program in Islamic art and allied fields. We do not accept applications from undergraduate and Masters students.
Application procedures: Candidates should submit a polished script of ca. 2,000 words and an accompanying PowerPoint slide show for a short-form presentation. Additionally, applications should include a 3-5 sentence summary of the presentation, a 2-page CV, and a note of support from a PhD advisor or dissertation committee member.
Please submit materials to TeamKhamseen@umich.edu; notes of support by advisors and queries by candidates also should be sent to TeamKhamseen@umich.edu.
18. Barakat Oxford Masters Studentship
One studentship to cover one year’s fees for a Muslim student already accepted on the MSt or MPhil in Islamic Art and Architecture at the University of Oxford. Renewal for the second year of the MPhil may be granted to candidates who perform well in the qualifying examination, but the grant may not be extended to cover doctoral studies.
For further details, please visit:
https://barakat.org/grants/type-of-grants/
19. AN OTTOMAN EROTIC MANUSCRIPT FROM THE 1790s
İrvin Cemil Schick, École des hautes études en sciences sociales
Online talk, Wednesday, December 7th, 12:30pm EST
SilsilaFall 2022 Series, Body and Senses
Received opinion holds that Ottoman miniature painting was moribund by the early eighteenth century, Levnī (d. 1732) being its last great exponent. This is a misconception due in large part to the unwillingness of many art historians to give erotica the attention it deserves. An Ottoman manuscript recently acquired by the David Collection (Copenhagen) and produced in Shumen (in present-day Bulgaria) around the turn of the nineteenth century contains some eighty-five high-quality illustrations, many of which are of an erotic nature. The text brings together a number of well-known erotic works of both poetry and prose, and the degree of accomplishment exhibited by the miniatures suggests that the manuscript may not have been an isolated case.
Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee either online or in person can be found at:
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.
20. Recording of the 8th IDHN Conference
Dear friends and colleagues,
The recording of our 8th IDHN Conference on November 17, 2022 is online: https://youtu.be/hnWwg3N5PFY
It is also posted on our IDHN forum: https://idhn.org/forums/topic/8th-idhn-conference-recording/
Please note that the presentation by Prof. Maya Shatzmiller is not included in the recording upon her request.
We are immensely grateful to our presenters for their generosity in sharing their inspiring research with the IDH Network!
Thank you and best wishes,
Irene Kirchner (Georgetown University)
21. La troisième séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le jeudi 15 décembre 2022 (de 17h à 19h, salle 5.28).
Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Alberto BERNARD (Doctorant, allocataire de recherche EPHE-PSL/CeRMI) pour une conférence intitulée : “« Passe-moi le sel » : serments et diplomatie chez les rois sassanides“.
Résumé
Les pratiques du serment dans l’Iran ancien nous sont encore mal connues et une étude dédiée à ses aspects sociaux et religieux fait encore partie des desiderata des études iraniennes. Chez les historiens tardo-antiques tels que Procope (Guerres 1.4.9-10), ps-P’awstos (Histoires épiques 4.53) et ps-Sebēos (Histoire des Arméniens 11, 12, 39, 40), on trouve une allusion remarquable au fait que des rois sassanides comme Šābuhr II (IIIe s.), Pērōz (Ve s.) ou Kawād II Šīrōe (VIIe s.) prêtaient serment en « scellant du sel ». S’agit-il ici d’une fiction des sources littéraires ou d’une réalité historique ? En analysant ce dossier jusqu’à présent négligé et en mobilisant de nombreux témoignages sur la symbolique du sel dans le monde iranien, je propose d’y voir le reflet d’une pratique communicative royale, qui prenait sa forme dans la diplomatie interétatique et servait à garantir non seulement l’engagement du roi mais aussi l’immunité de la contrepartie. À cet effet, le sel était employé comme gage symbolique de bonne foi, d’hospitalité et d’amitié.
Orientation Bibliographique
- G. Garsoïan, « Armenian Sources on Sasanian Administration », in R. Gyselen (éd.), Sources pour l’histoire et la géographie du monde iranien, 224-710, Bures-sur-Yvette, 2009, p. 91–114.
- K. Patkanian, « Essai d’une histoire de la dynastie des Sassanides, d’après les renseignements fournis par les historiens arméniens », in Journal Asiatique, 7 (1866), p. 101–238.
- Nechaeva, Embassies – Negotiations – Gifts : Systems of East Roman Diplomacy in Late Antiquity, Stuttgart, 2014.
Au plaisir de vous retrouver à l’occasion de cette séance, qui se déroulera en présentiel sur le site de l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris).
Ci-joint le programme 2022/2023 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” en format pdf. Retrouvez également les détails sur le site web du CeRMI : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2022-2023/
22. An American Martyr in Persia, The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville
R Aslan,
Norton, 2022
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324004479
23. Call for Papers: Slavery in Islamicate Societies (TraSIS and the BCDSS)
Conference date: 30 August – 1 September 2023
Location: Murtensee (Bern Canton, Switzerland)
Abstract deadline: 15 January 2023 (with notification of which papers have been accepted for presentation in February)
N.B. travel, accommodation and all expenses related to the conference will be covered by the organisers.
Overview
Recent scholarship on various forms of dependency has demonstrated that a straightforward freedom/slavery binary does not help to account for how slavery operates in different historical and social contexts. In this workshop, we aim to contribute to discussions on the necessity of transcending this binary, focusing in particular on legal sources from Islamicate contexts.
We invite scholars working on any aspect of slavery and law (both normative texts and legal practices) to join us for a workshop convened jointly by the TraSIS project (Trajectories of Slavery in Islamicate Societies) and the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS).
Contributions should contribute to the main research questions of the workshop, namely what one can learn about slaveries and strong asymmetrical dependencies from legal sources, and the extent to which legal sources can shed light on the relevant social practices. We are interested in papers focusing on both normative sources and sources shedding light on legal practices related to slavery and strong asymmetrical dependencies. In particular, we are interested in papers reflecting on how intersectionality can shed light on different forms of slavery and/or papers pursuing a comparative approach between different legal schools. We are also open to other methodological approaches.
The contributions to this conference will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. Abstracts should be no more than 500 words, and should be submitted to serena.tolino@islam.unibe.ch
Further information on the conference and the TraSIS research project can be found here.
24.Pourdavoud Center Videos Available: The World of Ancient Iran and the West Panel IV
We are pleased to share with you the recorded lectures from the fourth panel of the conference, The World of Ancient Iran and the West, “Iran and Rome in Late Antiquity and Beyond,” hosted at UCLA on May 20, 2022.
The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World and the J. Paul Getty Museum convened an international symposium on the exchanges between ancient Iran and the Classical world. Held at UCLA over two days (May 19 and 20, 2022), it marked the launch of the exhibit, Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, at the Getty Villa in the spring of 2022. The symposium included invited speakers, UC faculty, and Getty scholars, whose research pertains to the nexus between ancient Persia and the West. The overarching themes covered by the symposium were: Achaemenid Persia and the West; Iran and the Hellenistic World; and Eastern and Western Entanglements in the Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods.
25. Apply Now: The Yemen and Gulf Exchange Conference, January 16 – 27 (Online)
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26. digitalSSM, a tool created by the Sakıp Sabancı Museum, provides “open access” to the museum’s collections and archives for academics, researchers, and students from all over the world.
A pioneering project in Turkey, digitalSSM has digitalized the entirety of the museum’s collections and archives, including the Arts of the Book and Calligraphy Collection, the Painting Collection, the Abidin Dino Archive, and the Emirgan Archive; with over 77,000 high-resolution images. In addition to the dates, dimensions, materials, and technical information of each work, digitalSSM also contains the results of academic research conducted on these collections. Moreover, with its 200% zoom feature, the software allows researchers to examine artwork details such as brush strokes, paint layers, and craquelure, usually invisible to the naked eye.
Accessed by 200,000 users so far, digitalSSM is a resource for academics, researchers, museum professionals, collectors, art history students, and anyone interested in Turkish and Islamic arts. It is also a significant digital art archive for future academic studies and aims to contribute to the recognition of Turkey’s cultural heritage.
The collection and archives of the Sakıp Sabancı Museum are available at digitalSSM.
27. Kamran Talattof, Demystifying the Mystic: Nezami Ganjavi and Classical Persian Literature. Monday Majlis on the 12th of December, 17:00-18:30 (UK time).
Monday the 12th of December. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrce-tpzwrG9xdL1jQGTez9SGf97yILHdd
28. 2023 BRAIS Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World: Call for Submissions
The 2023 round of the BRAIS Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World is now open for submissions.
This international prize is awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis or unpublished first monograph based on a doctoral thesis. The award includes a cash prize of £1000 which will be officially presented at the Annual Conference of BRAIS.
For further information about the Prize, including all terms and conditions,
click here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize/brais-prize-2023
29. Website for UCLA’s ‘Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa’ Project
https://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/minorities-program
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