Archive for 2022

1. Mirzā ʿAli-Qoli Khoʾi: The Master Illustrator of Persian Lithographed Books in the Qajar Period

Ulrich Marzolph and Roxana Zenhari

2 volumes (Brill, 2022)

https://brill.com/view/title/60564

https://brill.com/view/title/60936

 

 

 

2. Post: Collections Curator, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT

Closing date: June 1, 2022

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63415

 

 

 

 

3. HYBRID “10th Islamic Legal Studies Conference”, International Society of Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS), Aga Khan Centre, London, 19–21 May 2022

Information, program and registration: https://isils.net/isils/conferences/the-10th-islamic-legal-studies-conference-london-19-21-may-2022/

 

 

 

 

4. HYBRID Conference on “Labor in the Late Antique and Medieval Islamic Near East (ca. 300-900 CE),” University of Chicago Center in Paris, 27-28 May 2022

The papers in this conference-workshop examine the question of labor in the Late Antique and medieval Islamic Near East especially from the perspective of documentary sources–papyri, documents from the Cairo geniza, and archaeological remains—rather than from literary sources, which formed the basis for most earlier work, including M. Shatzmiller’s magisterial Labour in the Medieval Islamic World (Brill, 1994).

Information and registration: https://centerinparis.uchicago.edu/events/labor-late-antique-and-early-islamic-near-east

 

 

 

 

5. ONLINE Book Lunch Anti-Veiling Campaigns in Turkey: State, Society and Gender in the Early Republic (I.B. Tauris) by Dr Sevgi Adak (Aga Khan University), 6 June 2022, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST

Adak reveals how the interwar period marks a moment that the way women’s dress turned into an issue of national mobilisation. She uncovers the complexities of the Kemalist modernisation project by presenting unpublished archival data and investigating how women responded to anti-veiling campaigns.

Information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-sevgi-adak-anti-veiling-campaigns-in-turkey-tickets-327923316467

 

 

 

 

6. 20th LMU Media Workshop: “Arab Cultural Studies and the Concept of Experience” with Tarik Sabry (University of Westminster), London, 23-24 June 2022

The aim of this workshop is to continue the inquiry into knowledge production within the field of Arab Cultural Studies. Tarik Sabry, editor of the volume Arab Cultural Studies. Mapping the Field (2012), invites us to think about possible objects of research and practices to be studied in relation to the concept of experience. This also includes a critical reading of British Cultural Studies.

Deadline for application: 20 May 2022. Information:

https://www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosaminstitut/veranstaltungen/20mws/index.html

 

 

 

7. Lecturer in Islamic History, School of History, Queen Mary University of London

The successful candidate will have a PhD in Islamic History or in a relevant field, experience of teaching at undergraduate and /or postgraduate level, and a track record of high-quality research or subject-specific pedagogical work published in appropriate renowned outlets. Higher education teaching accreditation is desi-rable.

Deadline for applications. 19 May 2022.

Information: https://ig24.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_QMUL01.asp?newms=rf&ID=QMUL28627

 

 

 

 

8. Associate Professor in the History of the Middle East and Muslim Africa, University of Bergen, Norway

The research expertise of the applicant may lie within all or parts of the Middle East and Muslim Africa. Both modern and pre-modern history is relevant. The successful applicant must be able to teach and supervise students at all levels in the history of the Middle East, from the rise of Islam to the present day. Among recent research focuses in the department are Islamic organization and Islamic law, textual traditions and ritual practice.

Application deadline: 12 June 2022. Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/226232/associate-professor-in-the-history-of-the-middle-east-and-muslim-africa

 

 

 

 

9. Mellon Fellowship Program to Support Emerging Displaced Scholars Working in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences, Columbia Global Centers, Amman

Eligible candidates are scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who have been forcibly uprooted from their home countries and respective academic institutions. They could be graduate students who have had their education disrupted or post-doctoral scholars in the early stages of their careers. Creative writers, artists, and curators may also apply.

Application deadline: 2 July 2022.

Information: https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/mellon-fellowship-program-0

 

 

 

 

10. GTOT Award 2023 for Outstanding Theses and Dissertations in the Field of Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies

Anyone who completed his or her thesis/dissertation in the fields of Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish studies between 1 May 2020 and 21 December 2022 is eligible to apply. Theses in German, English and French from all European and Turkish Universities are accepted.

Deadline for applications: 31 December 2022. Information: http://www.gtot.org/award/cfa_2023/?lang=en

 

 

 

 

11. ONLINE Academic Summer School “The Middle East in Global Politics”, SOAS, University of London, 27 June – 8 July 2022

How should we go about studying the political agency and aspirations of almost half a billion people? To what extent are their fates tied to great power politics, and how can we account for phenomena of cooperation and solidarity in their regional affairs? This course will help students deliberate these questions, by placing the modern Middle East in its global context without losing sight of local and regional dynamics, cultures, and political traditions.

Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/summerschool/subjects/the-middle-east-in-global-politics/

 

 

 

12. Articles for Journal “YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies” 4 (2022) and 5 (2023)

Submissions of original research articles, opinion pieces and visual essays (Meclis), book and exhibition reviews in Turkish or English are accepted by researchers working on any period of the city through the lens of history, history of art and architecture, archaeology, sociology, anthropology, geography, urban planning, urban studies, and other related disciplines in humanities or social sciences.

Deadline for submissions: 15 June 2022. Information:

https://en.iae.org.tr/call-for-papers/20

 

 

 

13. CfP: Media & The Environment

Issue 34, Summer/Fall 2022 on “Media & the Environment ”

Arab Media & Society, the biannual journal of the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo, is seeking submissions for our next issue on “Media & the Environment.”

With the heightened risks of water insecurity, the inequitable distribution of resources, and the continuous and increasing rate of climate displacement, accurate reporting on climate change has become imperative. Several Arab states have begun to prioritize environmental issues through the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and national strategic plans, such as Vision 2030. As Egypt prepares to host the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (UNFCCC COP 27), the environment has also received more attention in academic circles and media. This includes climate change’s effect on energy resources, migration, and even war and insecurity in the region. Owing to the importance of mitigating climate risks by raising awareness, and in light of COP27, Arab Media & Society has decided to focus on the environment in its upcoming issue 34 (summer/fall 2022).

Papers may address (but are not limited to) the suggested subtopics below:

• Media and communication perspectives on climate change
• Coverage of climate change and conflict/civil war
• Analysis on media and pollution (water, plastics, air, etc.)
• Reporting on water issues/crises
• Reporting on the environment in an era of warfare/turmoil
• Media laws and regulations relating to climate change and the environment
• Public awareness of climate and environmental issues
• Social media and the natural environment
• Media’s role in rallying support for climate change efforts
• Climate skepticism and the media
• Politicization of the environment in the media
• Media and climate activism
• Media and the SDGs/Vision 2030
• Media and communication perspective on sustainability and renewables
• ICT’s use for environmental issues/climate change mitigation

While we welcome submissions from diverse disciplines and perspectives, articles should relate in some way to the Arab world and its diaspora, and media or communication technology. Submissions for peer-review consideration should be received by August 1st, 2022; and all other submissions, including book and conference reviews, shorter research papers, and columns, should be received by August 15th, 2022. Submissions should conform to the Chicago Manual of Style and may be up to 10,000 words, including footnotes, and citations (author-date). All submissions should be sent as .doc or .docx files, and should include the author’s name as it will be published, their affiliation, and a brief abstract of no more than 150 words. Send articles and ideas to editor@arabmediasociety.com.

For more information on our publishing policies please visit www.arabmediasociety.com/publishing-policies/.

 

 

 

14. AKU-ISMC 25 June and 2 July 2022 Event – Islam in the RE Classroom

This two-day online conference aims to enhance the quality of learning and teaching about Islam in secondary schools in the UK. It engages with both the academic-theoretical and practical-pedagogical aspects of Religious Education.

On one hand, the conference aims to make teacher-practitioners more confident in teaching about Islam in mainstream secondary schools in the UK. On the other, it aims to initiate dialogue between the key stakeholders (include curriculum designers, researchers, PGCE RE faculty and trainee teachers) to ensure that Islam is represented with greater complexity in textbooks and the classroom.

Sessions in the conference, which will include academic papers and classroom case-study presentations, will invite discussion of Islam in different cultural contexts: instead of seeing Islam as the automatic or inevitable product of a scripture, we will consider how different Islams were produced in different environments, and how these environments invited different interpretations of scripture or led certain parts of scripture to be prioritised over others.

Presentations will consider the role of hermeneutical approaches to scripture in the classroom; the role of music and art in teaching about religion and the handling of controversial material in a classroom setting. They also engage with sociological questions: the self-identity of Muslim students; of debates about radicalisation and the state’s response and the different kinds of Islamophobias that students might encounter in Britain. Speakers will also engage with recent developments in British RE that position religion as a worldview and the possibilities of exploring different disciplinary lenses within the RE classroom itself.

Organisers

The conference is jointly hosted by the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC), London, and The Ismaili Tariqah and Religious Education Board (ITREB) for UK.
Registration

This event is free but registration is essential. Register via Zoom.

 

 

 

15. POMEPS Studies 46: Environmental Politics in the Middle East and North Africa

In February 2022, POMEPS convened a virtual workshop bringing together interdisciplinary contributions from anthropology, public health, political science, history, and human geography. Their geographic scope includes Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, Kuwait, and other Gulf countries. The papers grapple with the complexity and diversity of environmental politics and issues across the Middle East. In doing so, they contribute to important trends that have emerged in international and comparative environmental politics more broadly. Many of the papers highlight the importance of field-based research in producing insightful analyses, and all raise important and innovative questions that should inform future research in this area.

DOWNLOAD FULL PDF HERE

 

 

 

16. Open Access – The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire

Roger Matthews, Hassan Fazeli Nashli, Amy Richardson

Routledge 2022

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003224129/archaeology-iran-palaeolithic-achaemenid-empire-roger-matthews-hassan-fazeli-nashli-amy-richardson

 

 

1.GVSU – History of Tech/History of Medicine and US and/or World Surveys

Position Title:   Department of History, Grand Valley State University, Two (2) Visiting Assistant Professorship Positions, 2022-2023: 1) History of Technology/History of Medicine and 2) World History and/or US History

Summary:  The Department of History at Grand Valley State University invites applications for full-time Visiting (non-tenure-track) appointments for the 2022-2023 academic year, with the possibility for renewal, at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor (or at the rank of Visiting Instructor if ABD).

• For the History of Technology/Medicine position, the teaching load of four courses per semester will include surveys in the History of Technology and upper division surveys in the History of Medicine and Health. Region and time period of specialization are open
• For the World History and/or US History position, the teaching load of four courses per semester will include surveys in World and/or US History. Candidates who can teach both World History and US History surveys and have areas of expertise in the following areas are encouraged to apply: Global History, East Asian History, European History, African History and/or US African-American History, US Latinx History, US Asian-American History.

The History Department is especially interested in receiving applications from candidates from underrepresented groups, and from candidates who have interest and/or experience in working with diverse student and community populations. Grand Valley State University is an affirmative action and equal opportunity institution.

Required Qualifications and Education:

• ABD in History PhD program or related field.
• Experience in, demonstrated understanding of, or interest in social justice education and/or initiatives, and/or inclusion, diversity, and/or intercultural training.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, such as the ability to interact with others with respect and empathy.

Preferred Qualifications and Education:

• in History or related field.
• Teaching experience at the university level.

Responsibilities:

• Teaching four, three-credit courses per semester.

Salary/Benefits

The salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The university offers an excellent comprehensive package that includes health/vision/dental plans, life insurance, retirement, sick/leave disability, tuition waiver, adoption resources, wellness coaching, and free access to campus fitness facilities. Family and child care options on and off-campus are also available. For a detailed description of benefits, please visit Visiting Faculty Benefits – Benefits and Wellness – Grand Valley State University (gvsu.edu).

Department/College:  The Department of History consists of over thirty faculty committed to excellence in undergraduate teaching, cutting-edge scholarship, and public outreach and engagement. It also oversees a robust program in Social Studies Education, with dedicated faculty experts in this field. The faculty’s subfields of expertise range from US to African, European, East Asian, South Asian, Latin American, and Global History and include the subfields of Public History and the History of Science/Medicine/Technology. The department values a collegial teaching and working environment.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is the largest college at Grand Valley, offering over 50 bachelor degrees and a growing number of advanced degrees in the natural and mathematical sciences, the fine arts and humanities, and the social sciences. CLAS is a student-centered and diverse learning community that engages in critical inquiry, extending knowledge to enrich and enliven individual and public life. Our faculty are active teacher-scholars committed to equitable, inclusive, career-connected, and community-engaged liberal arts and sciences education. There are many opportunities for collaboration within CLAS and across a broad group of partners on and off campus. We are interested in attracting a cohort of new faculty committed to these core values as we seek to foster a community where members from all backgrounds can live, learn, and thrive together.

Campus/University:  Grand Valley University (GVSU) is a public comprehensive institution located in West Michigan with campuses in Allendale, downtown Grand Rapids, and Holland, plus centers in Detroit, Muskegon and Traverse City. The University attracts more than 23,000 undergraduate and graduate students with high quality programs and state-of-the-art facilities, and has been nationally recognized for innovativeness and its contribution to students’ social mobility. The greater Grand Rapids metropolitan area has a population of around one million people, is affordable, and offers rich cultural amenities. Grand Valley is located within easy driving distance of Chicago, Detroit, Lake Michigan beaches, and many other superb summer and winter recreational venues. Information can be found at Community Resources – Human Resources – Grand Valley State University (gvsu.edu). Grand Valley is highly rated for safety, sustainability, and veteran and LGBTQ friendliness, and is committed to supporting employees and their families in work-life balance.

How to Apply: Interested candidates should submit via email to hstdept@gvsu.edu (with attention to Dr. Michael Huner, Chair, Department of History): (1) a cover letter addressing qualifications and your motivation to teach for the History Department at GVSU, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) a statement of teaching philosophy that includes a commitment to inclusive excellence and a summary of ongoing and anticipated activities to promote diversity, inclusion, and equity (4) sample syllabi from a survey course and an upper-level course (5) two letters of reference, and (6) graduate transcripts (unofficial transcripts issued to students are acceptable to apply).

Email questions about the positions to: Dr. Michael Huner, hunerm@gvsu.edu

Application Deadline:  The review process will begin on June 1, 2022, and continue until the positions are filled. The posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University.

 

 

 

2. Call for Papers: The Perspective of the Countryside in the Medieval Arab-Islamic World: The Ninth International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) Conference (Fayoum, 6–9 March 2023)

The majority of papyri from the Arab-Islamic world relate to the countryside, yet most modern studies focus on cities. The ISAP IX Conference hopes to shift the attention from urban elites to rural realities by exploring what documentary sources can tell us about the perspective of the inhabitants of the countryside. Texts preserved on papyri and other writing surfaces include stories of villagers often in their own words rather than from the perspective of outsiders. These everyday documents written in Egyptian villages in Arabic, Coptic, Greek, and other languages allow us to study the economy, religion, family life, agriculture, administration, mentalities, culture and many other facets of life in the countryside. Documents written in the cities, such as the Geniza corpus, also reveal rich details of life in the Egyptian countryside. We encourage participants to approach these topics from an interdisciplinary angle: materials from related fields, such as archaeology, hold untapped potential for papyrology. Comparison with other pre-modern rural societies are also particularly welcome, including documents written outside Egypt and longue durée perspectives.

Conference languages will be English, German, French, and Arabic. However, all lectures will be given in English.

Proposing a presentation:

Please send a 300-400-word abstract to Theresa Grabmaier (theresa.grabmaier at campus.lmu.de) no later than 1 August, 2022. Notification regarding the acceptance of proposals will be made by 1 December, 2022.

Participation with no presentation:

Pure attendance will be free. Please send a notice of intent to participate to Theresa Grabmaier (theresa.grabmaier at campus.lmu.de).

Conference fees:

There will be a conference fee of Euro 75 (25 for students and those without tenure-track positions). Participation in the conference will also require the payment of membership dues in ISAP (annual fee of Euro 25/15). Information on membership can be found on the ISAP website (www.naher-osten.lmu.de/isap). Conference and membership fees can be paid on site.

Conference organizers:

Lajos Berkes (New Testament Studies, HU Berlin); Ursula Hammed (Bsees) (Arabic and Islamic Studies, LMU Munich); Maher A. Eissa (Egyptology, Fayoum University); Andreas Kaplony (Arabic and Islamic Studies, LMU Munich); Marie Legendre (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh); Matt Malczycki (History, Auburn University); Marina Rustow (Near Eastern Studies and History, Princeton University); Naïm Vanthieghem (IHRT, Section arabe, CNRS Paris); Khaled Younes (University of Sadat City).
Travel subsidies:

It is hoped that the conference partners will be able to offer travel subsidies for scholars unable to obtain institutional funding for travel to Egypt and accommodation. Please let us know as soon as possible whether you plan to apply for a trqvel subsidy.
Further questions: 

If you have any further questions about the conference, please contact Andreas Kaplony (andreas.kaplony at lmu.de).

 

 

 

3. Open Access Book: Amulets and Talismans of the Middle East and North Africa in Context

Editors: Marcela A. Garcia Probert and Petra M. Sijpesteijn

Brill, 2022

https://brill.com/view/title/60946

 

 

 

 

4. The Board of the Ibero-Medieval Association of North America welcomes your proposals for panels at next year’s International Congress on Medieval Studies, in Ibero-Medieval studies, broadly and diversely conceived.  All relevant themes are welcome but we particularly welcome  interdisciplinary and cross-cultural work, work attending to issues relating to diversity within our languages and domains, and diverse particiants.

Here is the ICMS’ announcement regarding next year’s format:

The 58th International Congress on Medieval Studies will include traditional in-person sessions, virtual sessions via our online platform and some new blended-format sessions that make it possible for speakers to present and audiences to attend both in-person and online. We welcome proposals for sessions and papers both from scholars planning to attend ICMS on the ground here in Kalamazoo and those attending virtually from around the world.

IMANA also welcomes international participation, and commits to accommodating virtual attendance as much as possible.

While IMANA’s structure etc. will be discussed Friday 13 May at 11 a.m. during the Business Meeting (be there!!!), the deadline for panel proposals remains 1 June 2022, which leaves us very little time to vet panels for IMANA sponsorship, hence this call for sponsored sessions.  IMANA is also very open to co-sponsoring with other organizations, whether specifically Iberian or focused around broader areas or topics.

Here’s the ICMS page on proposals: https://wmich.edu/medievalcongress/submissions

Please submit proposals to the Board at your earliest convenience via this Google form: https://forms.gle/HqEU5Z32peTf6ZXSA

The Board — listed below — will consider your proposal and get back to you as soon as possible.  This is a rather compressed time-frame of about 2 weeks, so we have to move quickly.

For any questions, you may contact me or any member of the Board.

 

A la espera de vuestras propuestas,

Linde M. Brocato, on behalf of the IMANA Board:

John Bollweg

Jes Boon

Robin M. Bower

Matt Desing

Emily Francomano

Ross Karlan

Nasser Meerkhan

Nuria Silleras-Fernández

 

 

 

 

5. The Department of Arab and Islamic Civlizations (ARIC) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) is holding a memorial celebration of the life of Dr Chahinda Karim (1943-2021). The memorial will take place on Saturday 14 May, 2022 at 6.00-8.00pm, in Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square Campus and will be streamed via Zoom. The event will include a launch of her posthumously published book Ottoman Cairo: Religious Architecture from Sultan Selim to Napoleon (AUC Press, 2021). Tributes will be followed by a reception in the fountain area.

All are welcome. Proof of vaccination may be requested at the gate.

 

 

 

 

6. Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies (AWEJTLS) welcomes the submission of papers for a Special Issue of the Literature of Laughter. We have the honor to announce that the guest editor for this issue is Professor Manfred Malzahnfrom United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE. The issue publication date is December 2022. The deadline for the manuscript submissions is August 31,  More
For more information, visit the AWEJ for Translation and Literary Studies on https://awej-tls.org/ Before sending your paper, please read the submission and Manuscript Guidelines for AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies. Please submit your paper online or send it as an attachment to: Info@awej.org

kind regards,
Arab World English Journal for
Translation & Literary Studies (AWEJTLS)
https://awej-tls.org/

 

 

 

7. Inperson/Zoom:

Centenaire de la Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan

SPLENDEUR DES GRANDS SITES D’AFGHANISTAN :

CENT ANS DE COOPÉRATION ARCHÉOLOGIQUE

le samedi 21 mai 2022 de 9h à 17h, auditorium de l’INHA

(2 rue Vivienne 75002 Paris)

Inscription gratuite: https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/332015716947  ;

lien Zoom :

https://cnrs.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclc-yvrDssHdYR19TngrF15keOwTOVfp7L

 

 

 

8. “The World Zoroastrian Organisation’s Annual Seminar”

Seminar Theme: Zoroastrian Iran soon after the arrival of Islam

Date: Sunday 5^th June

Time: 10.30am

Address:  World Zoroastrian House, 1 Freddie Mercury Close, Feltham TW13 5DF UK

This free seminar can be booked by contacting Anahita Madon via email Anahita.madon@w-z-o.org or text 07493.208.876.

 

 

 

 

9. Archaeology, Politics and Islamicate Cultural Heritage in Europe

Edited by David J. Govantes-Edwards, Newcastle University

Series: Monographs in Islamic Archaeology edited by Bethany J. Walker (University of Bonn) and Asa Eger (University of North Carolina, Greensboro)

242pages, 42 colour and black and white illustrations

Available in hardback and ebook editions

https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/archaeology-politics/ 

 

 

 

 

10. Nasrin Askari’s critical edition of the Mūnis-nāma, compiled by Abū Bakr b. Khusrau al-Ustād and dedicated to the Eldigüzid atabeg of Azerbaijan Nuṣrat al-Dīn Abū Bakr (r. 1191–1210), has just been published by the Bunyād-i Mauqūfat-i Duktur Maḥmūd Afshār in Tehran.

The Munis-nāma blurs the lines traditionally drawn between Persian “folk” and “elite” literature, thus providing a fascinating source for studying the two realms as parts of a larger whole. Discussing the supremacy of poetry over prose in his detailed introduction, the compiler explicitly mentions the female members of the royal court as the book’s targeted audience. Among the important features of the Mūnis-nāma are:

1. The earliest known Persian version of a collection of tales, generically known as Jāmiʿ al-ḥikāyāt, previously known representatives of which were written down in the 17th-19th centuries. The tales correspond to the Ottoman Turkish tales in Faraj baʿd al-shidda, dating from the 14th-15th centuries, a French adaptation of some of which was produced in the early 18th century as Les Mille et un jours.
2. Numerous passages in Persian that closely correspond to passages in Jāvīdan Khirad of Miskawayh (Muskuya). Although the compiler mentions the title of the Kitāb-i Jāvīdān Khirad, he presumably had access to a version different from Muskuya’s Jāvīdān Khirad.
3. Aḥmad Ghazzālī’s Risālat al-ṭayr, copies of which are rare.

http://mahmoudafshar.ir/entesharat/%d9%85%d9%88%d9%86%d8%b3%e2%80%8c%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%87/

See also Kuwait News Today.

1.ONLINE Lecture “What Room for the ‘Public Space’ in Islamic Law?” by Christian Müller (CNRS Paris). RomanIslam Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies, University Hamburg, 11 May 2022, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm CET

The lecture dresses a rough inventory of historical phenomena touching upon “public order in generally accessible spaces” within Muslim societies. It inquires into the particularities of the jurists’ law as a sacred rule-system, and situates the development of law within Muslim history of the caliphate as supreme power during Islam’s early centuries.

Information and registration until 10 May 2022; https://attachment.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/8b856123/Invitation—Conzeptualizing-Public-Spaces.pdf

 

 

 

 

2. ONLINE Research Seminar “French Word Games, “Untranslatable” Arabic, and Global English” with Michael Cooperson, British Centre for Literary Translation, 11 May 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT

Al-Hariri’s Impostures is a twelfth-century collection of fifty tales written entirely in rhyme. Because of the rhyme, not to mention the riddles, puns, lipograms, and rare vocabulary, it has routinely been called untranslatable. Yet translators into Hebrew, German, and Russian have succeeded in re-creating it in their languages. A new English translation draws on the work of the OuLiPo, the French literary collective, to attempt the same in English.

Information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/french-word-games-untranslatable-arabic-and-global-english-tickets-314504390097

 

 

 

 

3. ONLINE Event “Arab Literature and Culture in the West and Beyond – Sheikh Zayed Book Award”, SOAS. London, 12 May 2022, 2:00 pm – 3:25 pm GMT

The interlocutors and guests include shortlisted and invited authors, translators, cultural thought leaders and scholars from around the world. All events will be bilingual (Arabic/English) and online.

Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/languages-cultures-linguistics/events/12may2022-arab-literature-and-culture-in-the-west-and-beyond—sheikh-zayed-book-award.html

 

 

 

 

4. ONLINE Lecture “Nomads and Connectivity in the Gulf in the Early Islamic Period: An Archaeological Assessment” by José C. Carvajal López (University of Leicester), International Association for the Study of Arabia (IASA), London, 24 May 2022, 5:30 pm, GMT

Recent research suggests that nomadic groups in the Gulf shores played a crucial role even before the foundation of some of the major centres. This lecture will explore the archaeological evidence and will suggest new avenues of research.

Information and registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkdOCrqD8tH9XGA2J4-csxcWbzytmH3oYr

 

 

 

 

5. HYBRID Workshop “State-building, Political Thought, and the Other in Muslim Imperial Peripheries”, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 27-29 June 2022

We invite historians of Muslim states, scholars of Islamic legal and political thought, and researchers of ethnic and religious minorities in the Muslim world to jointly discuss the possibilities of a common framework in the exploration of non-dominant groups as contributors to Muslim state-building and the development of the Muslim “self”.

Extended deadline for application: 20 May 2022. Information: https://buberfellows.huji.ac.il/news/call-papers-state-building-political-thought-and-other-muslim-imperial

 

 

 

 

6. ONLINE Workshop “Mobility and/as Resistance: The Political Project of Nomadism”, 20-21 October 2022

This workshop focuses, on the one hand, on the motives, preoccupations, and objectives that lead to the social construction of the nomad-native; and on the other, it seeks to understand how the nomads have responded, and asserted their own agency.

Deadline for abstracts: 10 June 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/10206611/mobility-andas-resistance-political-project-nomadism

 

 

 

 

7. 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics: “(Re-) imagining Muslim Ethics in Times of Transformation”, Chicago, 5-8 January 2023

We welcome paper, panel, or roundtable proposals dealing with all aspects of Muslim/Islamic ethics. Areas of interest include but are not limited to Islamic/Muslim ethics of science, politics, gender and sexuality, economics, race, bioethics, medicine, animals and the environment, and recently published books on any of these topics.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2022. Information: https://www.ssmethics.org/call-for-papers/

 

 

 

8. ONLINE Conference “Relating Science and Islam: Frameworks and Methodologies”, University of Chester, 3-4 April 2023

The conference aims to re-engage with the question of how Islam and science could, should and do relate to one another. Papers are invited which can provide viewpoints on the relationship between Islam and science from theology, philosophy, the natural sciences, Islamic studies, history, sociology, and anthro-pology.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2022. Information: https://www1.chester.ac.uk/theology-and-religious-studies/call-papers-relating-science-and-islam-frameworks-and-methodologies

 

 

 

 

9. “5e Congrès des études sur le Moyen-Orient et les mondes musulmans”, Lyon, 11-13 juillet 2023

Les chercheurs et enseignants-chercheurs (à partir du niveau doctorat) sont invités à déposer des propositions d’atelier thématique d’une durée de 2 heures, maximum de 4 participants, au plus tard le 15 juillet 2022 sur le site : https://gismomm-congres.sciencesconf.org/

 

 

 

 

10. Eight Doctoral Scholarships at the Bavarian Research Center for Interreligious Discourses (BaFID). University Erlangen-Nürnberg

Qualification: M.A. with above-average grades; an academic project that is expected to make an important contribution to the study of interreligious discourses between Judaism, Christianity and Islam; evidence of social and/or political engagement; an open-mind as it pertains to the major religious and political questions of the day; involvement at BaFID at least two working days a week.

Deadline for applications: 15 June 2022. Information: https://www.bafid.fau.de/2022/03/22/neue-ausschreibungsrunde-fuer-promotionsstipendien/

 

 

 

 

11. ERC MOBSANCT 2 PhD Studentships – The International Politics of Migration in the Middle East

Universirt of Glasgow

The project seeks to understand how labour and forced migration is used as an instrument of foreign policy. The two studentships focus on the interplay between Middle East migration and diplomacy in the context of select migrant-sending and migrant-host countries, namely: Turkey, the UAE, India, and the Philippines.

Deadline for applications: 15 May 2022. Information: https://tinyurl.com/5n74dzdc

 

 

 

 

12. Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic (1 Year), Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

Qualifications: Ph.D. in Arabic language pedagogy, literature, translation, linguistics, or a related field. Native or near-native fluency in Arabic and English. Demonstrated excellence in teaching Modern Standard Arabic at all levels. At least three years of experience teaching Arabic to non-native speakers at the university level.

Deadline for applications: 23 May 2022. Information: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/520334/vap-of-arabic

 

 

 

 

13. International Summer School “From Paper to Portals – The Conservation and Digitalisation of Oriental Manuscripts”, Gotha Research Library, 18-22 July 2022

The Summer School aims at providing participants with didactic and technical training on how to research, conserve, and digitize oriental manuscripts. Participants will acquire knowledge of innovative techniques and the latest academic research in the fields of Manuscripts and Heritage Studies. We invite scholars, educators, advanced graduate and doctoral students in Islamic Studies, Arabic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Heritage Studies, and Digital Humanities. Expenses for flight tickets and accommodation are covered.

Deadline for applications: 20 May 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/10216343/cfp-workshop-state-building-political-thought-and-other-muslim

 

 

 

 

14. Carthage Seminars 2022: “The Challenge of Social Change in Arab Countries”, Beit Al Hikma, Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Tunis, 4-8 July 2022

The Seminars aim to engage into profound philosophical, theological, legal, and cultural discussions over the current issues that concern the changing Arab societies, focusing on pluralism in culture and religion, political liberties and freedoms of expression, human rights discourses, global political and environmental challenges, and the role of the social media and the digital world, the youth, and civil society in these historical moments.

Deadline for application: 20 May 2022. Information: https://www.resetdoc.org/event/carthage-summer-school-2022-challenge-social-change-arab-countries/

 

 

15. CfP: The journal Forum for Islamic-Theological Studies (FITS)

This peer-reviewed, international journal isdevoted to the interdisciplinary study of Islamic Theology and Reli-gious Education, principally in Europe. Papers can be submitted in Qur´anic Studies and Qur`anic Exegesis (tafsīr); Hadith Studies; Sufism; Islamic Ethics and Philosophy; Islamic Religious Education; Sociology of Religion on Muslims in Europe; Islam and Pluralism, Islam in Europe; Interreligious Studies; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2022. Information: https://ojs.nomos-journals.de/index.php/fits/CfP

 

 

 

 

 

16. 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

 

 

 

17. Aspirantum: Learn Persian Through the Shahname

2 weeks, from Jun 27, 2022 to Jul 08, 2022

Online

Apply by May 25, 2022

Price: $900

https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-through-shahname

 

 

 

18. Zoom: AlWaleed Centre Edinburgh – ‘Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide’

You are warmly invited to the Alwaleed Centre’s forthcoming online event ‘Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech’ taking place on Wednesday 11th May at 4pm BST via Zoom. Further information and free registration here: https://rohingya2022.eventbrite.co.uk

The event will feature Dr Ronan Lee (Loughborough University) and Dr Anita Schug (co-founder of Rohingya Medics Organisation) as they reflect on Dr Lee’s recently-published book ‘Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech’. The event will be chaired by Dr Siti Sarah Muwahidah (Alwaleed Centre, University of Edinburgh).

 

 

 

19. Bard College, Religious Studies

Visiting Professor in Islamic Studies

Closing date: 2.8.22

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63382

 

 

 

20. Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Graduate School 2571 “Empires: Dynamic Transformation, Temporality and Postimperial Orders”

4 * three-year PhD Positions (65% / 3 years) / Freiburg, Germany

Closing date: 30.06.2022

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63385

 

 

 

21. AMECYS Book Award Announcement (copyright 2020, 2021)

The Association for Middle East Children and Youth Studies Association invites nominations for the 2022 AMECYS Book Award.

The AMECYS is a private, non-proft, international association for scholars with an interest in the study of children and youth in the Middle East, North Africa and their diasporic communities. Through interdisciplinary programs, publications, and services, AMECYS promotes innovative scholarship, facilitates global academic exchange, and enhances public understanding about Middle Eastern children and youth in diverse times and places.

The AMECYS Book Award was established in 2019 to recognize an outstanding contribution on the study of children and youth in the Middle East, North Africa and their diasporic communities.

Nominations for the award can be made by either the publisher or the author. There is no limit on the number of titles that authors or publishers may submit, given they meet the following criteria:

1. Books must be non-fction, scholarly monographs based on original research and published in English.
2. Books must have been published in the last two years (copyright date of 2020, 2021).
3. The authors of the books need to be AMECYS members in good standing.
4. The subject matter must deal with the study of children and youth – broadly defned – in the Middle East, North Africa and their diasporic communities.
5. Works not eligible include edited collections and compilations, proceedings of symposia, new editions of previously published books, bibliographies, dictionaries, textbooks, fction, translated books, and surveys.
6. Nominations must be made by June 30, 2022 for books to be eligible for the competition.

The author of the AMECYS Award will receive $300 and a certifcate of award. In the event of co-winners, prize money will be divided evenly among the winners. Honorable mentions also receive a certifcate of award. Winners will be announced at the AMECYS Member Meeting at the 56th MESA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. The results will also be posted on the AMECYS and MESA website and in other publications as deemed appropriate by AMECYS.

One hard copy of the nominated book should be mailed to each the three reviewers listed below, along with the address, phone number, and e-mail of the author. Acknowledgment of receipt will be made via e- mail.

*** No additional materials will be considered as part of the submission.

Reviewers
1. Avner Giladi, Dept. of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Haifa, agiladi@research.haifa.ac.il
Mailing Address:
20 Kidron St.,
Haifa 3446326, Israel

2. Akşin Somel, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabanci University, somel@sabanciuniv.edu Mailing Address:
   Sabancı Üniversitesi
   Sanat ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi

Orhanlı, 34956 Tuzla/İstanbul, Türkiye

3. Unni Wikan, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, unni.wikan@sai.uio.no Mailing Address:
   Inkognitogaten 15
   0256 Oslo

Norway

 

 

 

22. Al-Usur al-Wusta thematic dossier on gender

Gender as a Category of Analysis for the Study of the Medieval Middle East: A Thematic Dossier for Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

We are soliciting original research articles that use gender as an analytical lens through which to view any aspect of the medieval Middle East, expansively defined to include all geographies with prominent Muslim political, religious, or social presences between the rough parameters of 500 and 1500 CE. By insisting upon gender as a category of analysis, we harken back to Joan Scott’s landmark Gender and the Politics of History (1988), and, in that spirit, we want to be explicit that this is not a call for articles that simply include or even focus on women. Instead, we seek work that analyzes the way notions of masculinity and femininity – as well as related social constructs co-constituted with discourses of sex, sexuality, and/or embodiment – organized cultural, political, religious, spatial, or economic norms, practices, or relationships in historical context. We encourage approaches that denaturalize or problematize gendered categories, such as women, men, etc., by analyzing them intersectionally with race, ethnicity, religion, age, and socio-economic or legal status. Articles that seriously grapple with gender theoretically or conceptually as it pertains to the medieval Middle East are also welcome. We are open to research from any discipline or interdisciplinary formation, and we are committed to assembling a diverse roster of authors.

This thematic dossier will be published in the 2023 issue of Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists, the only open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the medieval Middle East. To be considered, please submit a title and abstract of no more than 500 words to alusuralwusta@gmail.com by June 1, 2022. Complete articles will be due by January 6, 2023.

 

Empowering Muslim Women in History, Literature and the Arts

The Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies

University of Manchester

“Empowerment through Rituals: Reconsidering Female Agency in Contemporary Islam”

By Professor Yafa Shanneik (University of Lund, Sweden)

Wednesday 11 May 2022, 17:00 GMT on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93390176851

Abstract:
The presentation is based on my book The Art of Resistance in Islam, which discusses the role diasporic Shi‘i communities in Europe play in shaping women’s acts of transnational resistance in the Middle East. It particularly examines how self-inflicted pain practices on the female body become a tool for the aesthetisation of gender politics. It discusses how such embodied practices contribute to a new understanding of female agency and empowerment within contemporary resistance movements. Shiʿi women claim agency by providing new interpretations of Shiʿi sources that allow them to participate in religious rituals that have traditionally been preserved exclusively for men. Through self-inflicted pain practices, such as self-flagellation or walking on hot coal, women are able to challenge gender-based religious boundaries. It thereby provides a new approach to researching gender agency within contemporary Islamic movements, which use sensory experiences articulated through the female body to de-stabilise existing gender power dynamics in the Middle East. The book equally challenges area studies boundaries by being based on extensive ethnographic research in both the Middle East and Europe.