Archive for 2022
Shii News – Academic Items
1.CALL FOR PAPERS: Archaeology, Antiquity, and the Making of the Modern Middle East: Global Histories 1800–1939
25–26 May, 2023, University of Warwick, Global History and Culture Centre
This conference will explore the role played by discoveries and debates about the ancient past in the development of ideas about the Middle East in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. What competing imperial, national, and transnational narratives about the present and future of this geopolitically crucial region were fed by archaeology, philology, and history? How were these emergent disciplines themselves forged through Middle Eastern contexts they purported to study? How were temporalities of modernity and progress constructed in relation to the ruptures, continuities and heuristic challenges suggested by the excavation and exegesis of traces of ancient civilisations? Were there overlaps between how this region was simultaneously transformed by the construction of new transportation networks, the unearthing of oil in commercial qualities, transforming its present and future, and archaeological projects which dug up new dimensions to its past? How did the return of the remains of the past assist Western and Eastern empires, and new Middle Eastern countries in understanding their own national destinies?
Recent studies in intellectual history around imperial temporalities and teleologies provide a set of reference points informing this conference’s research aims. As Priya Satia has recently remarked in relation to the place in the British imperial imaginary of the Middle East in the decades around 1900, travel to the region ‘was conceived as a journey into a past that was not merely further back on the secular time scale of history but on a different scale altogether, outside secular time’. This was at once a ‘biblical region’ but also a ‘mythological landscape’, in some ways ‘outside the space of history’ and yet also one which would ‘matter deeply to the historical fulfilment of empire’, not least as a space offering ‘the chance to resurrect the cradle of civilization’ (Satia, Time’s Monster: History, Conscience and Britain’s Empire, 2020: 156–7, 174). Yet examination of the region’s ancient past could equally inspire a sense of the uncomfortable resemblances bridging empires ancient and ‘modern’, and attendant anxieties about the sustainability of contemporary empires.
If outsiders came to the Middle East to find their own origins (and perhaps their futures), various Middle Easterners themselves sought pasts that they could claim as their own: whether to consolidate new national identities, or to build over-arching and wide-ranging connections across the region. As Timothy Mitchell has written in regard to modern Egypt, a characteristic of the modern nation state was that ‘for a state to prove that it was modern, it helped if it could also prove that it was ancient’ (Mitchell, Rule of Experts: Egypt, Techno-Politics, Modernity, 2002: 179).
We are interested in the concept of the ancient past as a means of constructing modern identities: of ‘the Middle East’ as a region, of diverse new nations within it, and of Western nations whose colonial projects and political interests in the region became part of their own modern identities. While much valuable work has been done on archaeology, imperialism, and nation-building in the Middle East, it is rare for scholars to have a chance to consider different imperial, national, and regional contexts together, as part of a broader reshaping of historical consciousness about this region, one forged through competing visions and agendas. This conference will bring together scholars with a range of interests to examine this question at a variety of scales. We are interested in studies that examine uses of the past in specific national/imperial/regional contexts, and also in contributions that take a broad view of how the ‘Middle East’ became a region with a certain kind of past (original, imperial, monumental, liminal?). Bringing this range of papers together will allow us to discover habits of thought that were common across times and places, and those that were unique or unusual as empires, nations, and people within them sought to create their own distinctive identities through references to the past and its remains.
We invite contributions on how either/both ‘outsiders’ and ‘natives’ in the region came to identify themselves and their political projects with the pasts they discovered there. Relevant are ‘official’ projects of nation-building and imperial enterprise, and also projects by special interest groups, non-state actors, and individuals. Through taking this broad approach, we hope to find new connections and illuminate broader tendencies in the reception, interpretation, and reuse of ancient pasts in the making of the modern Middle East.
Papers might approach the conference’s themes might from a variety of different angles. Contributions might focus, for example, on one or more of the following:
- Specific objects, artefacts and sites, both ancient and modern: this might involve, for example retracing how ancient materials became valorised and commodified in the modern period by excavators, collectors and museums.
- Forms of institutional and official sponsorship (government or otherwise) for given scholarly ventures (re)collecting the ancient world, and for the fabrication of ancient histories.
- Appropriations and reinventions of ancient cultures, for example through speculative reconstructions, in textual, pictorial or architectural form, of ancient sites or styles.
- Imaginary geographies, environmental theories and political economies of nation and empire, around teleologies of translatio imperii and the modern state.
- The development of ‘the Middle East’ as a unique place of origin, and as a political, historical, or geographical region with a distinct identity.
- The ongoing legacy of archaeological, collecting, and display practices of 1800–1939 in the contemporary world.
CONFERENCE PARTICULARS
The two-day conference will be held at the University of Warwick 25–26 May 2023. Keynotes will be given by Professor Lynn Meskell (University of Pennsylvania) and Professor Zeynep Çelik (Columbia University, New Jersey Institute of Technology). Participants will submit papers of 6000-8000 words one month in advance of the meeting for pre-circulation, and will present a 15-minute condensed version of the paper at the workshop. This format will ensure productive discussions among participants and speed the process of publishing all papers from the conference in an edited volume, a process we will begin soon after the conference takes place.
Proposals for papers should include author name and affiliation, 300–400 word abstract, and a short CV. We invite proposals from scholars at all levels from early career onwards. Papers will be selected on the quality of the proposal and with the aim of ensuring a broad spread of topics for the conference. These should be sent to GHCCconference2023@gmail.com by the deadline of Monday, 20 June, 2022. Stipends for travel of up to £500 for scholars based in countries in the Middle East and North Africa will be available. To apply for these stipends, simply indicate in your email to the organisers that you wish to be considered and state the country you will be travelling from.
Looking forward to receiving your proposals,
Dr Guillemette Crouzet (Marie Curie Sklodowska Research Fellow, History, University of Warwick)
Dr Eva Miller (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, History, UCL)
2. Séminaire « Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien »
Séminaire mensuel du CeRMI
Séance du 12 mai 2022, 17h00-19h00
Exclusivement en visioconférence sur Zoom
Nous avons le plaisir de vous convier à la prochaine séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” organisé par le CeRMI, qui aura lieu le jeudi 12 février 2022 de 17h à 19h. Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Matteo De Chiara (maître de conférences HDR, INaLCO/CeRMI), pour une conférence intitulée :
La langue en évolution : la frontière verbale en pashto
Résumé
La langue pashto appartient à la famille des langues iraniennes. En dehors d’une large diaspora, elle est principalement parlée dans deux grands territoires : en Afghanistan oriental (de Kabul à Qandahar), où elle est depuis 1937 la langue officielle au même titre que le dari, et au Pakistan occidental (dans toute la zone qui s’étend entre Swat, Peshawar, Kalat et Quetta), où elle est l’une des langues régionales de la province de Khyber Pukhtunxwa (KPK) – l’ancienne North West Frontier Province (NWFP), incluant les FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) –, et du Baloutchistan.
Les deux publications récentes sur le verbe pashto par Daniel Septfonds et moi-même (Le verbe pashto : parcours d’un territoire du verbe simple à la locution verbale, 2019, et Le verbe simple en pashto. État des lieux, 2022, les deux publiées chez Reichert, Wiesbaden) analysent le système verbal du pashto en profondeur. La conjugaison du verbe pashto repose sur un schéma commun aux langues iraniennes – ou du moins largement partagé par elles –, qui distingue, aux formes finies du verbe, le radical de présent et le radical de passé.
Morphologiquement les verbes pashto se répartissent en trois groupes : les verbes simples, les verbes composés et les verbes mixtes. Cette intervention aura pour objet de mettre en lumière une catégorie spécifique de verbes, celle des « verbes simples nus » (« nus » signifiant ici « non-suffixés »), et les transformations en cours à l’intérieur de cette classe verbale fermée : un territoire à explorer en détail et avec systématicité pour pouvoir observer les changements et les mouvements des lignes de « frontière ». Une observation complète de la situation synchronique permettra de dégager les principales dynamiques diachroniques, au bénéfice des études pashto, mais aussi des autres langues iraniennes.
Indications bibliographiques
– Anne Boyle David, Descriptive Grammar of Pashto and Its Dialects, ed. Claudia M. Brugman, Göttingen, 2014.
– Matteo De Chiara & Daniel Septfonds, Le verbe pashto : parcours d’un territoire du verbe simple à la locution verbale, Wiesbaden, 2019.
– Matteo De Chiara & Daniel Septfonds, Le verbe simple en pashto. État des lieux, Wiesbaden, 2022.
– Gilbert Lazard, Grammaire du persan contemporain, Téhéran, 2006 [Paris 1957].
Pour suivre la séance :
– exclusivement en visioconférence sur Zoom :
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73327022868?pwd=t9PNPtQgvMl0fwE86yuS7hH2hXt_wQ.1
Centre de Recherche sur le Monde iranien (CeRMI), CNRS UMR 8041
27 rue Paul Bert – 94204 Ivry-sur-Seine
3. National Iranian American Council
The Cook You Want To Be: Virtual Book Talk with Andy Baraghani, hosted by NIAC New York
Join us for a special virtual book talk on Thursday, May 26 at 5pm PT/8pm ET with beloved Iranian-American chef, recipe developer, and food personality Andy Baraghani. He will be sharing with us his highly anticipated debut cookbook, The Cook You Want To Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress. In this book talk, Andy will share with us how he blends the home cooking of his Iranian upbringing, his professional training in restaurants such as Chez Panisse and Estela, editorial experience at Bon Appetit and Saveur, and his travels from around the globe, to produce an exquisite book that bring home cooks over 120 exquisite everyday recipes. This virtual book talk will be moderated by NIAC New York Leadership Council members.
A random selection of 25 attendees will receive a FREE COPY of Andy’s book. So RSVP for the Zoom link for a chance to receive your free copy!
4. Wael Hallaq Book Seminar at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, 21 May
Join us for an opportunity to discuss the central ideas of Professor Wael Hallaq’s most recent works, Restating Orientalism (2018) and Reforming Modernity (2019), with the author himself. The seminar will start with a short presentation by Professor Hallaq, analysing the subjective formation and psycho-epistemology that had enabled the pathologies of Orientalism, and proposing the formation of a new subjectivity and an ethicized philology as a solution. A series of open discussions will follow
The seminar will begin at 1pm and finish at 5pm.
Participants are strongly recommended to prepare by reading: Restating Orientalism (Columbia University Press, 2018), especially chapters 3–5; and Reforming Modernity (Columbia University Press, 2019), especially chapters 2, 6, and the Epilogue.
Due to limited capacity, please register for this seminar here.
5. Call for Papers SAH 2023 Montréal: “Reinventing Islamic Architecture in the 20thand 21stCenturies (Montréal)”
This panel investigates the phenomenon of 20th- and 21st-century architects and patrons who make references to premodern Islamic monuments and built environments. The modern and contemporary resurrection or reinvention of “classical” Islamic forms can serve diverse functions and contexts. It can proclaim connections to a glorious imperial past; craft new national identities through architectural revivals; recall a nostalgic homeland for diasporic communities; or incorporate Orientalist tropes to convey luxurious consumption or cosmopolitan sophistication. Within the discipline of Islamic art history, scholars have debated the logical terminus for the field’s timeline, with traditional narratives ending before the rise of European colonialism. Recent studies have expanded the consideration of art and architecture beyond this limited framework, but scholars are only beginning to question how pre-colonial Islamic art history informs post-colonial architectural practice. Papers for this panel will be drawn from transnational, cross-cultural contexts and can feature examples from a wide range of geographies. The panel is open to a variety of topics and themes, but we welcome papers that investigate, for example, the reimagining of imperial Ottoman forms in Erdoğan’s Turkey; anachronistic Orientalization in American Shriner architecture; the emergence of the neo-Mudéjar style in Latin America; representations of Islamic spaces in theme parks and video games; or the use of historical forms in restoration and cultural heritage projects in the Middle East. We are particularly interested in examining how scholarly narratives of pre-colonial Islamic art history have shaped these architectural projects and welcome papers that explore how the built form references visual representations of historic monuments that are reproduced in academic publications and mass media. In doing so, we seek to offer new insights into the connection between modern/contemporary architecture and the historiography of Islamic art.
Session Chairs: Jennifer Pruitt, University of Wisconsin – Madison, and Emily Neumeier, Temple University
For submission details, please visit https://www.sah.org/2023/call-for-papers?_zs=WJQLd&_zl=75O43#32
6. Workshop Reading Sources in Area Studies …: 17 May 2022, Maison de la Recherche Sorbonne nouvelle, 9h30-17h30
Discovering and collecting information on Turko-Iranian societies in travel context, 10th-19th centuries
Découverte et collecte d’informations sur les sociétés turco-iraniennes en contexte de voyage, Xe-XIXe siècles
Tuesday 17 May 2022 / Mardi 17 mai 2022
Maison de la Recherche de la Sorbonne nouvelle
4 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris
Salle Athéna, 9h30 – 17h30
PhD candidate students and advanced MA students are invited to participate
Doctorants et étudiants de master sont encouragés à participer
The 2022 edition of the workshop focuses on discussing historical source material from the relevant areas (texts, images, objects) in the medieval and modern periods. It also addresses the methodological and epistemological aspects related to the exploitation of these materials, with an interest in historical context of the sources analysed. The sessions are concerned with the diversity of source material pertaining to the Turko-Persianate world produced in the context of travel, regardeless of the origin of the traveller, their social or professional profile (merchant, pilgrim, scholar, spy…) or their motivations for travelling. The focal issue of the present workshop is the methods of acquisition of knowledge about “elsewhere”, the process of the construction and the practices of preserving and transmitting this knowledge.
Talks are given in English, while discussions also leave room for exchanges in French. Knowledge of Persian is an asset, but not a prerequisite.
Le workshop du 17 mai 2022 a pour objectif de présenter les matériaux de l’historien des mondes turco-iraniens (textes, images, objets) aux périodes médiévale et moderne. Il s’agira aussi d’aborder les aspects méthodologiques et épistémologiques liés à l’exploitation de ces matériaux. Les intervenants veilleront également à fournir une remise en contexte historique des sources présentées. Le workshop s’intéresse à l’acquisition des savoirs dans le cadre du voyage, quelles que soient les motivations de celui qui l’accomplit (marchand, pèlerin, espion, etc.). Ces acteurs sont des personnes originaires du monde turco-iranien ou extérieures à ce monde. Il s’agira de s’interroger sur les modalités d’acquisition et de construction des connaissances, ainsi que les supports utilisés pour les conserver et les transmettre.
Les communications sont en anglais. La discussion peut être menée en français ou en anglais. La connaissance du persan n’est pas obligatoire mais elle est un plus.
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Convenors/Responsables : Maria Szuppe (CNRS / CeRMI), Camille Rhoné-Quer (Université Aix-Marseille / IREMAM), Sacha Alsancakli (INALCO / CeRMI)
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Register to participate online: https://webquest.fr/?m=118608_reading-sources-in-area-studies-2-lire-les-sources-en-etudes-areales-2-17052022
Contacts: maria.szuppe@cnrs.fr / camille.rhone@univ-amu.fr / sacha.alsancakli@protonmail.com
CeRMI – CNRS UMR 8041
Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien
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27 rue Paul Bert – 94204 Ivry-sur-Seine – France
cermi@cnrs.fr – https://www.cermi.cnrs.fr
7. Fully funded PhD on Domestic Slaves in Early Islamic Conceptions of the Past
DoSSE Project has created a fully funded, 3-year doctoral post on the subject of ‘Domestic Slaves in Early Islamic Conceptions of the Past’.
Application deadline: 17 June 2022
Interviews: 1 July 2022
Start date: 26 September 2022
DoSSE Project – Domestic Slavery and Sexual Exploitation in the Households of Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, from Constantine I to c. AD 900 / AH 287 – is a large-scale comparative research project that investigates a crucial aspect of how late Roman society transformed into its early medieval heirs. Those enslaved within the home, and their vulnerability to sexual exploitation, represent a subject that has only begun to receive due attention. DoSSE Project addresses this need by exploring how the societies of the greater Mediterranean world took their shape from the relationships established within the household – how social hierarchies and practices emerged from the dynamics of domestic space – with a view to offering a new model for interpreting the social transformations that ended the ancient world. For more information, please visit the project website.
This doctoral post will form an essential part of DoSSE Project and will be conducted at the project’s host institution, the University of Leicester, under the supervision of its Principal Investigator, Erin Thomas Dailey.
The funding will cover fees at the UK domestic rate and includes an additional annual stipend of £16,062.
The completion of the PhD and the career success of the doctoral candidate will be prioritised as part of the project’s outcomes.
To apply for this position, visit the University of Leicester’s application page.
For more information about DoSSE Project, please visit the project website.
8. TREASURES OF HERAT, Two Manuscripts of the Khamsah of Nizami in the British Library
by Barbara Brend
Edited by Melanie Gibson
Co-published with the British Library
GINGKO LIBRARY ART SERIES , 2022
https://www.gingko.org.uk/title/treasures-of-herat/
9. UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series – Nahid Pirnazar
‘The Intellectual Heritage of Iranian Jews in Judeo-Persian’
Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom
Lecture in Persian
- May 07, 2022
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Shii News – Papers at 2022 Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS)
BRAIS 2022: Provisional Programme
Papers of potential interest to Shii News readers:
(for fuller information, see the above link to the programme)
Torsten Hylen (Dalarna University) Three times Karbalāʾ: comparing early accounts of the death of al-Ḥusayn
Siti Sarah Muwahidah (University of Edinburgh) Shi’i Women’s Digital Da’wa in Indonesia: Nurturing New Female Authorities And Bridging Sectarian Divides
Oliver Scharbrodt (Lund University) Contesting Ritual Practices in Twelver Shiism: Modernism, Sectarianism and the Politics of Self-Flagellation (taṭbīr)
Faezeh Izadi (University of Calgary) Religion in the face of the modern world: A case study of Radical Life Extension and Shia Islam
Murtaza Shakir (Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah) The Beseeched Burial: Reflections on the Historical Events Associated with the Shrine of Al-Sayyida Nafīsa in Cairo
Muhammad Tajri (Al-Mahdi Institute) Evolution of Shīʿī Taqlīd on UK University Campuses
Olav Elgvin (University of Bergen) For the Greater Good: Common Goals and Institutional Sunni-Shi‘a Cooperation in Norway
Teemu Pauha (University of Helsinki) Mut‘a marriage, online boundary-work, and the social psychology of Sunni-Shi‘a relations
Elvire Corboz (University of Edinburgh) and Emanuelle Degli-Esposti (University of Cambridge) From the margins to the centre: Shi‘a-led grassroots organisations and the shaping of an inclusive Muslim identity in Britain
Jesper Petersen (Copenhagen University) Observing the Sunni-Shia divide in fieldwork
Lucy Deaon (University of Edinburgh) Karbala on Stage: Retelling the Martyrdom of Imam Husain in the Iranian Taʿziyeh
- May 04, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Centre for the Study of Islam at Exeter’s Summer Monday Majlis Programme
Monday 9th May, 1600-1730: Professors Yasmin Amin and Nevin Reda (Cairo and Toronto) will talk about their new book: Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice: Processes of Canonization Subversion
Registration link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpduqprzsjHdyhJnu6QAjW7pxOEnn8MgMr
Monday 16th May, 1600-1730: Professor Anna Bigelow (Stanford University) will talk about her research around “Islam through Objects”
Registration Link:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrfu2hrTMoHNDzetH1TwEPrUJPEv77OEYb
Monday 23rd May, 1600-1730: Professor Konrad Hirschler (University of Hamburg) will present on “’Material turn and Islamic Studies: Manuscript studies as an example”
Registration link:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtdOurrjouH9Yhd1LIHbsS4ZeC_tAlgC_z
Monday 30th May, 1600-1730: Dr Usaama Al-Azami (University of Oxford) will talk about his latest research and his recent book: Islam and the Arab Revolutions (OUP, 2021).
Registration Link:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlduiqqDotH9HXXB_YvnRc4nSZ_9PZNnwu
Monday 6th June, 1600-1730: Professor Sean Anthony (Ohio State University) will talk about his recent research including his most recent book, Muhammad and the Empires of Faith
Registration Link:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/j/97925220332?pwd=L2F3TmhQbU5TR0FzZ25QTkNTVzNsdz09
Monday 13th June, 1600-1730: Professor Nada Moumtaz (University of Toronto) will present on “Gucci and the Waqf” looking at the post-war reconstruction of Beirut, and the role played by Islamic endowments (waqfs)
Registration Link:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqde2qrDIiH9ZIh_peJ7O0PXaCVBWU3xTo
2. CfP: Muslims in the Uk and Europe 2022
The University of Cambridge Centre of Islamic Studies invites applications from current Masters and PhD candidates to present their research on issues pertaining to Muslims in the UK and Europe, from any discipline. This postgraduate symposium, taking place on Tuesday 5 July 2022 at the Moller Centre in Cambridge, will be a platform for students to present and exchange current research on any topic in this field in a dynamic forum. While historical or theoretical context is valuable, we invite papers also to present, analyse or interpret research findings, data or material. Participants are expected to attend the keynote speech and all sessions.
To apply please submit a 500-word abstract, with curriculum vitae outlining current research interests, to cis@cis.cam.ac.uk by 2 June 2022.
Successful candidates will be notified by 8 June 2022 and invited to submit draft papers of no more than 3000 words by 29 June 2022.
Click here to read about the Annual Muslims in the UK and Europe Postgraduate Symposium.
3. Reconstructing the Earliest Islamic History Writing from the 2nd Hijrī Century: The Case of the First Arabic Annals
Speaker: Edward Zychowicz-Coghill
Date/time: 5th May at 5.15pm UK time
Description
Study of the historical origins of Islam and the caliphate has been dogged by one major problem. The earliest Arabic texts which produce our most detailed descriptions of these events were compiled in the 3rd hijrī century, some 200 or more years after the events they describe. Sceptics have argued that these texts are unreliable, reflecting later political and religious debates rather than genuine historical memory.
One key to unlocking this problem is understanding the nature of the sources used by these 3rd century historians. This talk argues that we can identify one genre of texts, brief annalistic histories, which were being compiled as early as the first half of the 2th hijrī century (c. 710-760 CE) and which were then incorporated into the great later compilations like al-Ṭabarī’s (d. 310 AH/923 CE) History of Prophets and Kings. It proposes a method for reconstructing one of these, a history written by the Egyptian jurist al-Layth b. Saʿd in the 120s AH/740s CE. By inspecting the kind of information al-Layth’s recorded and assessing it alongside al-Layth’s connections, we can identify the political and intellectual contexts in which the earliest formal collection of Islamic historical record was cultivated. This reveals an origin for Islamic annalistic history writing tied to the development of the Islamic state, likely produced in conversation with Christian officials who worked in the state administration and the models of Greek and Syriac historical recording which they transmitted from the late antique world.
All talks are free to attend and start at 5.15 (Zoom open at 5.00)
In-person at the Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA
On Zoom: https://bit.ly/3qFSBXi
4. ONLINE Conference “The Turk-o-Tajik World: Coalescence of Turkic, Arabic, and Persian Spheres c. 900–1900”, SOAS, University of London, 4-5 May 2022
This conference will explore the symbiosis of Turkic, Arabic, and Persian cultures across the Islamicate world, from the medieval to the modern period. Our contributors will discuss various aspects of these cultural symbioses, and continuums, which formed the bedrock of a flourishing ‘Turk-o-Tajik’ civilisation. This cultural coalescence is explored in a variety of settings, including sufism, sexuality, literature, religious discourse, and politics.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/history/conferences/the-turk-o-tajik-world/
5. ONLINE Annual Lecture of the Zahra Institute “Ziya Gökalp’s Turkism and the Kurdish Question” by Fuat Dündar (TOBB-ETU University, Ankara), Chicago, 5 May 2022, 2:00 pm EST
Popularly known as the theorist of Turkish nationalism, Mehemed Ziya (Gökalp) was also the first Ottoman-Turkish Kurdologist. This lecture explores the intellectual transformations of Ziya Gökalp with respect to the Kurdish question.
Information and registration: https://www.zahrainstitute.org/news_and_events.html
6. HYBRID Webinar “Recognizing Sacred Scriptures – the Qur’an and the Bible”, New York University at Abu Dhabi, 5 May 2022, 10:00 am – 5:30 pm, and 6 May 2022, 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
The project aims to further a conversation about intellectual, legal, theological, and spiritual processes and concepts at work when members of religious communities interact with each other.
In this event, we will explore how Christians, Muslims, and Jews engage with each other’s ‘Sacred Scriptures’ – from philosophical and historical perspectives.
Information and registration: https://www.hrf-arabworld.org/events/2022/recognizing-sacred-scriptures-the-quran-and-the-bible
7. ONLINE “Virtual Coffee Meeting of Early Career Researchers (ECH), London, 11 May 2022, 10:00 am GMT
Interested in social policy in the MENA? Working as an early career researcher or practitioner and wanting to meet like-minded people? Join us for a relaxing moment to network and to discuss interesting books and recent developments with regard to social policy in the region. We would love to hear your thoughts and ideas, and take a moment to get to know each other.
Information and registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pceyprzosGdHiUEs0Q35CM0344uYMIqCX
8. ONLINE Book Launch and Discussion “Governance and Domestic Policymaking in Saudi Arabia”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 8 June 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Singapore Time
This public discussion examines the progress made in Saudi Arabia’s economic transformation efforts, their implications for state-society relations, and the economics of the rentier social contract, among other issues.
Information and registration: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/event/book-launch-governance-and-domestic-policymaking-in-saudi-arabia/
9. CEST Symposium 2022, “Limits of Autocratisation: Actors and Institutions of Democratic Resilience (Focus Turkey)”, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 18 – 20 November 2022
The Symposium seeks to discuss challenges to authoritarian structures in Turkey with a comparative lens on inter alia Eastern Europe, Latin America and South Asia. We seek to understand the potential of political parties, trade unions, bureaucracies, civil society and social movements in challenging the authoritarian incumbent.
Deadline for abstracts: 23 May 2022. Information: http://cest-turkey.org/cest-symposium-2022/?fbclid=IwAR3dRjJPO9SPWPJUYSxOqAUU49mon-m5ekgxzB8v73srhw_WUnc413mrPEM
10. International Conference “The Qurʾān and Syriac Christianity: Recurring Themes and Motifs”, ERC Project “The Qurʾān as a Source for Late Antiquity” (QaSLA), University of Tuebingen, Germany, 5-7 December 2022
The event will bring together an international group of specialists in Syriac Christianity as well as scholars of the Qurʾān to explore how the Qurʾān reacts to Syrian Christian traditions and the extent of which it serves as a historical witness to Syriac Christianity in Arabia.
Deadline for abstracts: 6 May 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/9908397/call-papers-early-career-scholars-%E2%80%9C-qur%CA%BEa%CC%84n-and-syriac
11. Research Award for Islamic Studies by the Annemarie Schimmel-Foundation
Eligible for the award are outstanding research contributions (usually in the form of a dissertation) in the field of Islamic Studies which were published after 31 May 2017. The awardee will be received for ceremony at the Deutscher Orientalistentag 2022 in Berlin and will be issued with a 5000 Euro prize.
Deadline for applications: 31 May 2022.
Information: https://www.menalib.de/files/2021/10/annemarie-schimmel-foundation-award-2022.pdf
12. ONLINE CICW Graduate Student Institute “Islam in the Contemporary World”, Shenandoah University, Virginia, 1-13 August 2022
The objective is (1) to provide graduate students with foundational instructions in Islamic studies with a focus on contemporary issues, and (2) to have discussions about the lived experiences of Muslim graduate students, especially as they pertain to issues of wellness, equity, and belonging. By combining academic and mentoring sessions, we aim to provide a rounded approach to Islam in the contemporary world. There is no tuition fee.
Deadline for application: 31 May 2022. Information: https://www.contemporaryislam.org/graduate-student-institute-2022.html
13. Master of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies (2 Years), Lund University
The English programme trains students in critical thinking and gives them the ability to apply this to current events and debates in and about the region. The programme also aims to educate students in social sciences theories and various research methodologies, as well as provide opportunities for the application of methodological skills.
Deadline for applications extended to 31 May 2022. Information: https://www.graduateschool.sam.lu.se/academics/interested-pursuing-masters-programme-graduate-school/master-arts-middle-eastern-studies ; registration: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lubas/i-uoh-lu-SAMES/18435#apply
14. Articles on “Learning from Asian Islam: Perspectives for the Wider Field of Islamic Studies” for Special Issue of a Journal Specializing in Islamic and Asian Studies
Co-editors: Jaclyn Michael (University of Tennessee) and Verena Meyer (Columbia University).
Questions of inquiry include: What approaches to the study of Islam have been developed in the Asian context and are relevant for Islamic Studies more broadly? How can Asian case studies help to shed light on questions that are currently debated in the wider field? How does material from Asian Muslim communities extend scholarly conceptions of the scope, character, and conclusions of Islamic studies as a field?
Deadline for abstracts: 25 May 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/10171693/cfp-learning-asian-islam-perspectives-wider-field-islamic
15. Arab World English Journal for Translation & LiteraryStudies(AWEJTLS) welcomes the submission of papers Special Issue on Literature and Medicine. We have the honor to announce that the guest editor for this issue is Dr. Shadi S. Neimnehfrom Hashemite University, Jordan. The issue publication date is November 2022. The deadline for the manuscript submissions is July 31, 2022.
Please, 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
https://awej-tls.org/
16. The Mediterranean Review issued by the Institute for Mediterranean Studies at Busan University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea, is calling for papers.
The journal addresses Mediterranean regional affairs and discusses crucial
developments in culture and politics. It addresses global issues such as the
Mediterranean influence on international affairs and its multi-cultural
dimensions. We welcome the submission of manuscripts dealing with the fields
of History & Humanities as well as Social Sciences.
Subjects for paper: politics, economics, history, archaeology, literature,
languages, arts, society etc. regarding the Mediterranean
* Date of Submission : May 15th, 2022 (Sunday)
* Address to submit : imsmr@ims.or.kr
* Date of publication
No.1) 30th of June
No.2) 31st of December
Before submitting your paper, please refer to our code of research ethics as
well as to the text formatting and citation rules on our website:
http://www.imsmr.or.kr.
– Published Articles :
http://imsmr.cafe24.com/go/bbs/board.php?bo_table=Articles (click to move)
– Submission Guide : http://imsmr.or.kr/go/bbs/content.php?co_id=Guidelines
(click to move)
– Code of Ethics :
http://imsmr.cafe24.com/go/bbs/content.php?co_id=Code_of_Ethics (click to
move)
Please notice that we only accept manuscripts in the English language.
All submitted papers will be evaluated under a strict and fair peer review
process. Please notice that there is no guarantee for a submitted article to
be published.
The Editorial Board, Mediterranean Review
Institute for Mediterranean Studies,
Busan University of Foreign Studies
65, Geumsaemro 485 beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea.
(46234)
Tel) +82-51-509-6695 / +82-51-509-6670
E-mail) imsmr@ims.or.kr / imsmr@bufs.ac.kr
Website) www.imsmr.or.kr
17. Zoom – British Institute of Persian Studies
Persianate Aspects of the Malay-Indonesian World: Rare Manuscripts
with Dr Majid Daneshgar
| 25 May 2022, 5PM BST |
This presentation addresses the question of whether Persian was a part of the lingua franca in Thailand, Arakan, Burma, Aceh and Malacca from the 15th to the 19th century and discusses to what extent Malays were familiar with the Persian language, literature and even music. This presentation will focus on the Malay-Indonesian manuscripts which have not been examined [thoroughly] so far.
Register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6316498583210/WN_JEbQha8bT7eA0vZq4aLhvw
18. Postdoc opportunity in Islamic history and culture
Postdoctoral Research Fellow position
The Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies, and Religion
invites applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position in the field of
Islamic history and culture, relating to the topic of Islamic text
circulation and usage in the Swahili coastal region. The position is
part of the research project «MPrinT@East_AFRICA. Islamic Manuscript,
Print and Practice: Textual adaptation in East Africa» financed by the
Norwegian Research Council.
The MPrinT project (2021-2025) will explore a core hypothesis that
reforms in Islamic textual tradition and ritual practice during the 19th
and 20th centuries took place within existing authority structures and
led to a series of adaptations rather than breaks from tradition. To
this end, the project will document, catalogue, and analyze Islamic
textual material from the manuscript-to-print transition period in
coastal East Africa (the Swahili coastal region). The project will also
investigate how these texts have been used in ritual practice and
education from ca. 1950 to the present, and how this usage has varied
across locations, generations, and gender. This part of the project will
be based on interviews and studies of ritual practice.
For further details,
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/224988/postdoctoral-position-in-islamic-history-and-culture
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Shii News – Zoom: ‘Safavid Textiles from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha’ – 6 May, 12pm EST
“Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha”
Conversation with the Curator
Join us for a conversation between HIAA President, Prof. Kishwar Rizvi (Professor in the History of Art, Islamic Art and Architecture, Yale University) and Dr. Massumeh Farhad (Senior Associate Director for Research, Chief Curator and The Ebrahimi Family Curator of Persian, Arab, and Turkish Art, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art) about the ongoing exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, (December 18, 2021 – May 15, 2022).
Friday, May 6, 2022
12 pm EST on Zoom
Register here
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Monash University in Australia is hiring a PhD student who will specialise in Ibn Arabi (1165-1240), his work, heritage, later influence, and/or reception.
You can find the call here: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/633252/phd-scholarship-in-islamic-intellectual-history-through-the-lens-of-sufism-global-dissemination-of-knowledge-in-islam
Deadline: May 20, Friday 2022
Enquiries: aydogan.kars@monash.edu
2. Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning’
Essays in Honour of Carole and Robert Hillenbrand (2 volumes)
Edited by Ali Ansari and Melanie Gibson
April 2022 by Gingko Library, London
https://www.gingko.org.uk/title/essays-in-honour-of-carole-hillenbrand/
https://www.gingko.org.uk/title/essays-in-honour-of-robert-hillenbrand/
3. “Melodies of Unity: A Discussion on Sufi music with the MTO Zendeh Delan Ensemble” (AFSACK) – May 4
Join us on Wednesday May 4th for our next American Friends of Sufi Arts, Culture and Knowledge (AFSACK) Salon Series Conversation with the MTO Zendeh Delan Ensemble. This discussion explores the eclectic sounds of their new album, Melodies of Unity, diving into their creative process and inspirations from Sufi poetry. The conversation further examines their experiences of recording and making new music remotely during the pandemic across four countries.
This event will take place on Zoom. Register here.
4. In Memoriam – Karel Otavský (11 June 1938, Prague – 12 April 2022, Prague)
by Shireen Ellinger
It is with great sadness that I would like to share the passing of a prominent art historian, Dr. Phil. Karel Otavský, who passed away on the 12th of April 2022.
A renowned Czech specialist in the history of liturgical objects and textiles, Karel Otavský studied art history with Prof. Jaroslav Pešina in the Department of Philosophy of the Charles University in Prague. His dissertation completed in 1966 was entitled ‘Paintings of the Klementinum Anthology of Thomas of Štítný’. At the same time, he was employed in the National Gallery of Prague; first, as assistant curator of Graphic Arts, and later, for Sculpture. In 1967-1968, he worked at the National Museum of Prague, but shortly after the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia, he emigrated to Switzerland. In 1968, he began to work as a research assistant at the Abegg-Stiftung in Riggisberg, where he soon became curator of their collections of Western and Oriental arts. In 1991, he received a PhD degree from the University of Bern, with a published thesis entitled Die Sankt Wenzelskrone im Prager Domschatz und die Frage der Kunstauffassung am Hofe Kaiser Karls IV. [The St. Wenceslas Crown from the St. Vitus Dom in Prague and the question of the art notion at the Court of Emperor Charles IV.] (Bern, 1992). He met his Czech wife MgA (magister artis) Vendulka Sudková, a textile conservator, at the Abegg-Stiftung. In 2001, they returned to the Czech Republic and from 2004 to 2015, he taught the history of medieval liturgical art at the Institute of Christian Art History in the Charles University in Prague.
It was the field of Islamic textiles and our common Czech background that brought us together, for the first time, in 2018. We discovered that we had both begun not only with the study of music in the Prague Conservatory, but also shared our general studies at the High School of Jan Neruda (Gymnazium Jana Nerudy) in Prague. As an Islamic art historian specialising in silk textiles of the Mamluk period (1250-1517), I had the privilege to spend some precious moments with Karel Otavský at his home in Černošice, where we shared our enthusiasm for textiles and our discussions taught me much. Although he had most recently focused on liturgical objects in particular, his detailed knowledge of medieval textiles, including their technical aspects and techniques of manufacture, was extraordinary. Besides his numerous publications on liturgical and medieval arts, major contributions to the field of textiles include: Alte Gewebe und ihre Geschichte: Ein Lese- und Bilderbuch (Abbeg-Stiftung, 1987); Mittelalterliche Textilien I: Ägypten, Persien und Mesopotamien, Spanien und Nordafrika (Abbeg-Stiftung, 1995, in collaboration with Muhammad ʿAbbas Muhammad Salim); and Mittelalterliche Textilien II: Zwischen Europa und China (Abbeg-Stiftung 2011, in collaboration with Anne E. Wardwell).
Karel Otavský was a humble and generous man, with a fine sense of humour and an immense spirit of curiosity and wonder. The art historical world has lost a remarkable scholar, author and teacher, who was greatly loved by his students and colleagues.
5. Religions, Volume 13, Issue 4 (April 2022), Natality and Relational Transcendence in Humanist Chaplaincy, one may find several contributions dealings with Islam among 106 articles.
Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/4/271
Topics range from culture, politics, museum studies, sociology to theological aesthetics. Here is a sample of articles (open access):
Stéphane Lacroix
Religions 2022, 13(4), 316; doi:10.3390/rel13040316
Article: Muslim YouTubers in Turkey and the Authoritarian Male Gaze on YouTube
Esma Çelebioğlu
Religions 2022, 13(4), 318; doi:10.3390/rel13040318
Kamaluddin Abu Nawas, Abdul Rasyid Masri and Alim Syariati
Religions 2022, 13(4), 320; doi:10.3390/rel13040320
Article: The Religious Plot in Museums or the Lack Thereof: The Case of Islamic Art Display
Valerie Gonzalez
Religions 2022, 13(4), 281; doi:10.3390/rel13040281
Article: Beyond Theological Aesthetics: Aesthetic Theology
Sixto J. Castro
Religions 2022, 13(4), 311; doi:10.3390/rel13040311
6. Book Launch
What is Islamic Studies? European and North American Approaches to a Contested Field
6 May 2022 17:30-19:00
Aga Khan Centre
Aga Khan Centre (1st floor)
10 Handyside Street
London
N1C 4DN
Book ticket here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-what-is-islamic-studies-tickets-321304278747
7. The Latin America & Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter Vol. 2, no. 3 – April 2022
This edition of the newsletter reflects these global/local processes in various ways as well, via news reports from Texas, new research on philanthropic networks, and a new logo for our network.
In this edition, you will find:
* The launch of new LACISA logos to match the vibrancy of our growing network of scholars, journalists, and those interested in the study of Islam and Muslims in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Latinx U.S.
* New opportunities for studies on Muslim philanthropy, including a fall colloquium and new edited volume.
* A research presentation that asks whether we might conceptualize a “Bahamas-to-Bengal Complex.”
* News items from Chile and California, Costa Rica and Argentina.
* New opportunities and calls for a new LACISA Newsletter Editor, a Brill book series, and a higher diploma in South-South relations.
* Fresh translations of our original research articles, essays, and interviews in Spanish, Portuguese, and German.
I invite you to enjoy and explore all of this content and more below. Thank you, as always, for your time, consideration, and growing commitment to our network.
Kind Regards,
Ken Chitwood
Editor-in-Chief, LACISA Newsletter
** Read more about our newsletter and network (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=1519b51275&e=f70992245e)
8. Call for Papers: A Workshop on Citation
Modeling Attribution and Acknowledgement in the Digital Humanities: Citation Practices and the Pre-Modern Arabic Book
For some time, the KITAB team has been dealing with the practice of citation in the pre-modern Arabic written tradition. In doing so, we are building on extensive work in Arabic and Islamic studies that deals with how authors cite, and particularly their use of isnads (that is, chains of transmission). Digital Humanities, moreover, offers us new and exciting methods for the identification and analysis of citations within our texts.
Through this informal workshop, we hope to present some of our research and also to hear from other researchers who are working on citation (case studies from both Arabic and non-Arabic contexts are very much welcomed). If you are working on any of the topics below, we invite you to present a proposal for a 20-minute paper:
– Digital methods used to identify and interpret citations within large textual traditions.
– Digital methods used to parse citations (particularly isnads) and convert them into transmission networks.
– Terminology: what do authors mean when they use certain transmission terms? How does the use of these terms differ diachronically and spatially?
– Correspondences between text reuse and citation: can we trace cited text within a corpus? Can we identify instances of uncited text?
– Theories of citation: what constitutes plagiarism? What forms are citation expected to take? How does written citation intersect with oral practices?
The workshop will take place in two halves. In the first half, participants will be invited to give a paper to a panel with a respondent. In the second half, there will be an informal (and we hope lively) conversation about citation practices. This will take place in person with the number of offline participants kept low to enable a lively and productive conversation.
If you would like to participate, please submit an abstract of less than 300 words to kitab@aku.edu by 13th May 2022.
Date and Time
25-26 July 2022, 10:00 – 17:00 London Time.
Address
Aga Khan Centre
10 Handyside Street
London
N1C 4DN
9. Intellect is pleased to announce that Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research 15.1 is out now.
For more information about the journal and issue click here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-arab-muslim-media-research
10. Two publications from Stanford University Press:
Media of the Masses, Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt
Andrew Simon
https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=31649&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_conte…
Street Sounds, Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt
Ziad Fahmy https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=29380&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_conte…
11. The second presentation in the series of lectures about the exhibit “From Qarajalu (Persia) to Santa Clara County: An Assyrian Family’s Multiple Atlantic Crossings in Search of a Home at the turn of the Century” takes place this Sunday, May 1, 2022, 1 pm.
The exhibit and lecture location is:
Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum
570 East Remington Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Dr. Samir Johna will address the topic “Joseph D. Joseph, MD: A Link in the Assyrian Chain of Medicine.”
Below is Dr. Johna’s brief biography. He is imminently qualified to discuss a topic about which he has published widely in medical journals.
Samir Johna, MD, is a Clinical Professor of surgery who has held many positions in southern California and is author of many medical articles as well as books. Born in Iraq, and conscripted into the Iraqi military, he advanced his educational training at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles following his bachelor’s degree from the University of Baghdad College of Medicine. He is active in community service related to his profession but also takes the time to provide frequent interviews on Assyrian media.
A summary of the exhibit is available at the website qarajalutosantaclara.com as is information for the purchase of the catalogue.
12. To encourage the integration of Byzantine studies within the scholarly community and medieval studies in particular, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 58th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 11–13, 2023. We invite session proposals on any topic relevant to Byzantine studies.
The 58th International Congress on Medieval Studies will include traditional in-person sessions, virtual sessions, and new blended-format sessions that make it possible for speakers to present and audiences to attend both in-person and online.
Session proposals must be submitted through the Mary Jaharis Center website (https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/58th-icms). The deadline for submission is May 16, 2022.
If the proposed session is approved, the Mary Jaharis Center will reimburse a maximum of 4 session participants (presenters and moderator) up to $600 maximum for scholars based in North America and up to $1200 maximum for those coming from outside North America. Funding is through reimbursement only; advance funding cannot be provided. Eligible expenses include conference registration, transportation, and food and lodging. Receipts are required for reimbursement. For scholars participating remotely, the Mary Jaharis Center will reimburse participants for conference registration.
For further details and submission instructions, please visit https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/58th-icms.
Please contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture with any questions.
13. Afghanistan, Volume 5, Issue 1
Read the free featured article ‘“Citizen Martyrs”: The Afghan Fatemiyoun Brigade in Iran’ by Kevin L. Schwartz: https://ddlnk.net/CEQ-7TXYI-MWI2D5-4RXOY9-0/c.aspx
Browse the Table of Contents: https://ddlnk.net/CEQ-7TXYI-MWI2D5-4RXOYA-0/c.aspx
14. UCLA: “An Epic Tribute to the Lyric Poem” | Justine Landau, Iranian 250 Public Lecture for CMRS-CEGS Research Seminar
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
9:00 am – 10:30 am Pacific Time
Register here for online attendance on Zoom.
Poetry does things with words. In the premodern world, this fact is perhaps nowhere acknowledged more unanimously than in the Persianate sources. Chief among the arts of language, lyric poetry is associated with “licit magic,” after the Arabic saying, since its mastery is said to conduce to “the accomplishment of great things in the order of the world” (Nezâmi ‘Aruzi, Chahâr maqâle, II). The philosophers of the classical period discussed the powers of the poetic art and its unique effect on the imagination. In Arabic and in Persian, the successors of Fârâbi developed the doctrine of the “poetic syllogism” to account for its workings. Writing in the mid-thirteenth century, Nasir al-Din Tusi provides a striking account of why “good poems are more effective than sermons” in impressing the minds of the listeners. Yet, from Beyhaqi and Ghazâli to Jâmi and Mollâ Sadrâ, poets, critics, historians, theologians and prose writers all pay homage to the art of the poet in some way. Unsurprisingly, the Shâhnâmeh itself honors the lyric poets. In several instances in his great epic, Ferdowsi stages episodes of lyric performance, and their consequences on the narrative. Whether depicting the craft of minstrels at court, the boasting of heroes or the lament of warriors after a defeat, these scenes sound a distinctive note within the epic verse in which they are embedded. How can a song inform, or deflect, the destiny of kings? And how does Ferdowsi pay tribute to lyric poetry? The philosophers’ perspective might help us elucidate the far-reaching consequences of some remarkable poems in the Book of Kings.
This lecture is part of the Spring 2022 CMRS-CEGS Research Seminar, Iranian 250, “Persian Literature in English Translation: Global and Interdisciplinary Perspectives,” a graduate course taught by Associate Professor Domenico Ingenito (NELC), offering a survey of medieval and early modern Persian literature in English translation including nine public lectures by scholars in the field. More information about these lectures is on our website.
15. CONF: International Conference on Design and Development of Public Library Services; Patterns, Experiences, & Ideas (Iran, online)
The registration for the International Conference on Design and Development of Public Library Services; Patterns, Experiences, & Ideas which will be held virtually on 17-18 May 2022 is open now for all the participants from all over the globe.
The conference registration is free of charge for all the participants and authors.
DDPLS welcomes professionals, researchers, and librarians from all over the world to participate in this international conference.
The conference is organized by the Iranian Public Libraries Advancement Association, Iranian Sociological Association & the Iran Public Libraries Foundation. The conference language is Persian and English.
More than 20 National & International Distinguished Professors, Professionals, Associations Presidents, and Public library directors will speak at this important event.
The deadlines for this conference are as follows:
- Last Date of Registration: 14 May 2022
- Conference Date: 17 & 18 May 2022
More details regarding the conference can be found at:
16. Inaugural Calderwood Lecture at Boston College – Prof. Nancy Um, “Wood, Porcelain, and Coral: Indian Ocean Objects on and in the Water” – May 5
“Wood, Porcelain, and Coral: Indian Ocean Objects on and in the Water”
Prof. Nancy Um, Binghamton University
The past twenty years have witnessed the rise of Indian Ocean art history as a watery rubric that eludes and exceeds the continental and religious limits defined by the conventional subfields of African, Asian, and Islamic Art. In this talk, Prof. Um will consider the rise of Indian Ocean art history as a vibrant area of study that productively forges visual and material connections across the eastern and southern hemispheres, while also positing objects as fundamental sources for the writing of oceanic histories. The talk will be grounded by two works dating to the late 17th and early 18th C. Both objects present complex itineraries of creation and far-flung itineraries of travel, even if their journeys were not, ultimately, successful. Taken together, they chart a path for Indian Ocean art history, exemplifying how this area has developed as a field of study and where it might be going in the future.
Thursday May 5th at 5:30 pm. lecture attendees will be asked to wear masks.
Outdoor reception to follow
Hill Family Conference Room
McMullen Museum of Art
2101 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02135
For details see: Calderwood Lecture, BC Events Calendar
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