Archive for 2022
Shii News – Academic Items
1. ONLINE Book Talk “Far from Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean” by Dr. Aliyah Khan (University of Michigan), Center for Islam in the Contemporary World, Shenandoah University, 26 April 2022, 10:00 am EST
Khan focuses on the fiction, poetry, and music of Islam in Guyana, Trinidad, and Jamaica. Combining archival research, ethnography, and literary analysis, Khan argues for a historical continuity of Afro- and Indo-Muslim presence and cultural production in the Caribbean.
Information and registration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejBK0CvvTo0
2. ONLINE Lecture “The Nation and Its Imagined Past among the Levantine Diaspora, 1900-1936” by David Hannah, Victoria University of Wellington, 27 April 2022, 5:00 pm New Zealand Time
This talk will deal with the contingency and choice within “diaspora nationalism” as it manifested among Levantine communities overseas, in particular those in the United States, Brazil and Egypt. It will examine the three dominant nationalist positions pertaining to the Levant; Lebanism, Syrianism and pan-Arabism.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/10121102/nation-and-its-imagined-past-among-levantine-diaspora-1900
3. ONLINE Webinar “The Impact of Climate Change and Environmental Injustice in the Middle East and North Africa: What Should be Done?”. Arab Center Washington DC, 28 April 2022, 10:00 am – 11:30 am ET
The panelists will discuss the details of the current and projected future impacts of climate change in the region, the challenges to addressing the growing climate crisis in MENA countries, and recommendations for adaptation and mitigation strategies to be taken by the region’s countries individually and collectively to curb these impacts from further intensifying.
Information and registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9116505656493/WN_QTLkmuAYR-adH_q2Q_MSpg
4. ONLINE Two Lectures “Steps of Remembrance and Historiography of the Crusades in Egypt from the 1800s to the 1970s” by Dr. Ahmed M. Sheir (University of Marburg) and “Between Historiography and Media: The Crusades in Yousef Shaheen Films” by Dr. Mohamad Rahil (University of Matrouh), Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-Studien (CNMS), University of Marburg, 28 April 2022, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm CET
Information and registration: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/lecture-series-rethinking-memory-and-historiography-of-the-crusades-in-the-middle-east-january-may-2022-remote-925604?e=82aeb6c61d
5. ONLINE Incubator Conference on “Philosophy in the Islamic World”, Princeton University, 25-26 May 2022, 9:00 am ET
The Incubator is open to submissions on all topics related to Philosophy in the Islamic world. We invite abstracts from philosophy, near eastern and Islamic studies, religion and theology, and history provided that they are intellectually rigorous. Submissions that bring Islamic thought in conversation with Anglophone philosophy of religion are especially encouraged.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2022. Information and zoom registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/10149079/online-incubator-conference-philosophy-islamic-world-hosted
6. ONLINE Digital Orientalist`s Virtual Conference on “Infrastructure” in the Context of Digital Humanities in the Study of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, 25 June 2022
We invite papers to discuss how digital humanities research and data are organized, stored and shared; what are the considerations behind starting and coordinating DH projects; and what could institutions do to accommodate such projects.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2022. Information: https://digitalorientalist.com/2022/03/04/call-for-papers-the-digital-orientalists-virtual-conference-2022/
7. 9th International Islam & Liberty Conference “Religious Pluralism, Civil Freedoms and Economic Progress” in Muslim Majority Societies, Artuklu University, Mardin, 27-28 October 2022
Topics: Religious freedom and pluralism; Civil society, secularism and tolerance; Innovation, property rights and development; Free markets, commerce and prosperity; Political pluralism in contemporary societies; Refugee crisis, freedom of movement and immigration; Islamophobia, multi-culturalism and democracy; Corruption and rule of law; Violence and prospects of peaceful transitions.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2022. Information: https://islamandlibertynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Call-for-Papers_ILN-9th-Conference-vf.pdf
8. 4 Postdoctoral Fellowships for the Research Project “Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe (EUME), Berlin, Academic Year 2022/2023
The fellowships are addressed to scholars who are interested in the methodological perspective of dealing with regions or cultures not as closed entities or polarities, but by looking at processes of transfer, exchange and interaction in the sense of entangled or shared histories and cultures.
Deadline for applications: 5 May 2022. Information: https://www.eume-berlin.de/news-presse/aktuelles/news-detail/call-for-applications-eume-fellowships-20222023.html
9. Assistant Professor for Historical Literatures: Arabic, University of Amsterdam
Qualification: PhD in Arabic studies/literatures, and/or histories of coloniality, Islam, and slavery; strong publication record; broad teaching experience in Arabic Literatures and Languages and/or Middle Eastern Studies at BA and MA level; excellent command of Arabic and English. If you are not fluent in Dutch, an active and passive command must be acquired within two years of the employment.
Deadline for applications: 12 May 2022. Information: https://www.academictransfer.com/en/311587/assistant-professor-historical-literatures-arabic/?utm_source=ATemailalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=job_click&fbclid=IwAR0fO2ut5Kq7ng_mY9REEeYvXjBT-7TVpzDQm57Jn7xCYHYO1BcwFujsEgo
10. (Hagiographies and Biographies) about Slavery 18th/19th Century, ERC Project “Slave-Voices”, Sciences Po Paris
The successful candidate will have a PhD in hand or will have defended a PhD before September 2022. He or she will have a major expertise in the history of North Africa and will have a command of Arabic, French and English.
Application deadline: 15 May 2022. Information: https://www.sciencespo.fr/histoire/fr/actualites/postdoctoral-recruitment-north-african-sufi-islamic-sources-centre-history-sciences-po.html
11. Two Visiting Fellowships (9 Months) of the “Bourse & Bazaar Foundation”, London, Focussing on Economic Diplomacy, Economic Development, and Economic Justice in the Middle East/Iran
Applications are open to individuals with a doctoral degree in an area of the social sciences and humanities relevant to the understanding of political and economic issues in the Middle East and Central Asia. Ideal applicants will have demonstrable experience in analytical writing and policy research.
Deadline for applications: 15 May 2022. Information: https://www.bourseandbazaar.com/opportunities/bourse-amp-bazaar-foundation-visiting-fellowship-2022
12. Instructor in Islamic Religion (9 Months), College of Liberal Arts (CLA), Oregon State University
Applicants should have a PhD in Religious studies or other closely related field, teaching experience at the college or university level, and a commitment to educational equity and the promotion and enhancement of diversity.
Deadline for applications: 11 May 2022. Information: https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/117127
13. Grants of the Istanbul Research Institute 2022-2023
The scholarship programs are for researchers working on projects related to the departments of Byzantine, Ottoman, Atatürk and Republican-Era studies, and the “Istanbul and Music” Research Program. They include; a Post-Doctoral Research and Writing Grant; a Research and Write-Up Grant for PhD Candidates; 5 Travel Grants; 5 Conference Grants.
Deadline for applications: 17 July 2022. Information: https://en.iae.org.tr/Grants/18
14. Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Institut Barcelona Estudis Internationals, 4-8 July 2022
The first part will consist of a number of short courses on the politics and international relations of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, taught by experts of international repute. The second part will include interactive roundtables focused on the various policy challenges the two regions face. This unique dual structure will enable the programme to cater to the needs of students and practitioners.
Deadline for applications: 23 June 2022. Information: https://www.ibei.org/en/introduction_252624
15. Articles for the 9/11 Legacies Project of the Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Digital Publication “9/11 Legacies: Vol. I” Contributions are invited that map the untold, forgotten, and marginalized legacies of how 9/11 and the Global War on Terror continue to impact politics, culture, and societies around the world today. Main categories: Muslim Networks; Counterinsurgency Strategies; Knowledge and Cultural Production; Capital Flows and Patronage Networks; Rise of Authoritarianism; Semantics and the Language of Terror; Islamism and Internationalism.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2022. Information: https://orient.cas.cz/export/sites/orientalni-ustav/.content/files/9.11-Legacies_Call-for-Submissions_Spring-2022-NEW.pdf
16. The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia
A Reconstruction Based on the Safaitic Inscriptions
Ahmad al-Jallad
17. Arab Stages is seeking submissions from you, your colleagues, and your students. We plan to return to two issues a year and are adding peer-adjudication for longer papers. (Book reviews and performance reviews will be approved by the book review and performance review editors.) We are focusing on a rapid review cycle, so it’s an opportunity for topical work in particular.
Arab Stages is a peer-adjudicated on-line journal publishing original research on theatre and performance in the Arab-Islamic world and the Arab diaspora.
We are calling for the submission of papers.
1) Original papers and play translations (4000 to 8000 words preferred). Review cycle: 4-6 weeks.
2) Short papers: book reviews, performance reviews, translation extracts, short research reports etc. (800 to 2000 words). Review Cycle: 2 weeks.
Find more information on the journal at https://arabstages.org/about/
Submit your article or inquiry to ted.ziter@nyu.edu
18. We are happy to announce that our 7h IDHN Conference will take place on Thursday, May 5, 2022. We cordially invite you all to attend our conference. Please find the full program of the conference as an attachment here. Our program also contains information about the conference’s schedule in different time zones.
Program (10:00 am to 12:30 pm EDT)
Boǧaç A. Ergene (Ohio State University) and Atabey Kaygun (Istanbul Technical University): Thematic Change in Ottoman Fetvas
Riccardo Amerigo Vigliermo (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia): Digital Maktaba: AI perspectives for automatic text extraction and catalogation of volumes in non-Latin alphabets volumes (Arabic, Persian, Azerbaijani): challenges of La Pira digital archive
Leonora Sonego (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München) and Johannes Thomann (University of Zurich): Measuring the development of early Arabic script in non-literary texts
Joseph Baxley (St. Mary’s College): Mapping Intellectual Networks in Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah’s biographical dictionary of physicians
To attend this online conference, please register as a member at https://idhn.org/contact/, or email registration@idhn.org to request guest access. We eagerly look forward to your attendance and participation in the conference.
19. Embracing Muslims in a Catholic Land: Rethinking the Genesis of Islām in Mexico
Author: Jonathan Benzion
20. Janet O’Brien and Azfar Moin on Empire – Wednesday 27 April 3pm Onlin
Faisal Devji and I would like to welcome you to register for the first of our online seminar series at St Antony’s College, Oxford, this term. The first panel will be held at 3pm this Wednesday afternoon (27 April).
In the first of four panels this term, we will be hosting Janet O’Brien (The Courtauld) and Azfar Moin, (University of Texas-Austin) in a discussion on the theme of Empire.
Lecture titles:
Azfar Moin, University of Texas-Austin, ‘The Mughal Exception: New Perspectives on Sulh-i Kull or Peace with All Religions.’
Janet O’Brien, The Courtauld, ‘Embodying Empire in the Portraits of Nadir Shah.’
To register, please follow the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iT24JLVXRm2i_DulgAViBA
Dr Usaama al-Azami
Departmental Lecturer in Contemporary Islamic Studies
The Middle East Centre
St Antony’s College
Oxford OX2 6JF
21. The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, seeks applicants for the position of Associate Director and Chief Curator of the Oriental Institute Museum (OIM).
Close: July 17, 2022
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63322
22. Zoom: Spotlighting an Author – Mateo Farzaneh
Iranian Women and Gender in the Iran-Iraq War
6 May, 2022, 1 pm EST
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OK_FMghwQyqPEGbahb1h0A
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.CFP: ‘Fragile Ecologies’, Middle Eastern Literatures
CFP for a special issue of Middle Eastern Literatures, ‘Fragile Ecologies: Environmental Urgency in the Literatures of the Middle East’.
This special issue of Middle Eastern Literatures proposes a reading of literatures that give voice to this agency of nonhuman ecologies, destabilising traditional geographic, historical, and generic boundaries. We welcome papers that address literary expressions of ecological urgency, in which the human is decentred, made vulnerable, and marked by an awareness of End Times or apocalypse. Over the past century, this may be related to growing tensions over water scarcity, the oil “curse”, waning biodiversity, worsening toxicity, and global warming. Yet previous literatures, too, have evoked climate-driven migration and warfare, and we are keen to explore the comparative possibilities they offer.
With this in mind, Middle Eastern Literatures seeks articles that respond to the theme of “Fragile Ecologies”. We welcome articles that address texts – whether literary or filmic – which directly concern this theme, as well as those in which it is a nagging, background concern. We welcome articles on both modern and pre-modern texts, and both poetry and prose, suggesting how we might address contemporary anxieties through the poetics of the past. Amitav Ghosh writes that “[…] the novel was midwifed into existence around the world, through the banishing of the improbable and the insertion of the everyday,” suggesting this turning away from the “improbable” as a major obstacle to writing the current climate crisis. What genres and aesthetics, then, are needed to address the improbability of climate crisis and apocalypse, the return of the nonhuman to our consciousness as an urgent, pressing agent of change, and the decentring of the human through freak weather events and imperceptible transformations to land and ecologies? Through these questions, we seek papers that address the fields of Energy Humanities and Ecocriticism from Middle Eastern perspectives, exploring the comparative possibilities of ecocritical reading, theorising genres of environmental writing, and the aesthetics of climate crisis.
Final articles due September 1, 2022.
https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=came20
For any queries, please email: meliteratures@gmail.com
2. Student Essay Prize – Society for the History of Discoveries
DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2022
Areas of eligible research include: voyages of exploration, travel narratives, biography relevant to the history of discoveries and exploration, history, cartography, the technologies of travel, impact of travel and cultural exchange, and other aspects of geographic discovery and exploration.
Who is Eligible: Students from any part of the globe currently enrolled in a college or university degree program and who will not have received a doctoral degree prior to June 1 of the submission year. Note: Graduating high school or college students accepted into a program but who do not begin classes until fall of the submission year are NOT eligible.
The Research Paper: An eligible research paper shall be original and unpublished, written in English, between 3,000 and 8,000 words, plus footnotes or endnotes. Papers written for college or university class assignments are encouraged, but students may write specifically for this prize. A reasonable amount of illustrative and tabular material will be welcome, but is not required.
The winner of both the graduate and undergraduate categories will receive a cash prize and will be invited to present a version of the paper at the annual meeting of the Society for the History of Discoveries. Additionally, the awardee will be invited to submit the winning paper to the society’s peer reviewed journal, Terrae Incognitae, for which it will undergo the usual review process prior to formal acceptance for publication, of which there is no guarantee.
For more information and formatting instructions visit https://discoveryhistory.org/student-prize
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
Submission Deadline: June 1
Electronic submissions only to:
Dr. Anne Good, committee chair agood@umn.edu
Subject line: SHD Student Prize
Questions? Contact Dr. Good, committee chair agood@umn.edu
3. Arab American Heritage Month screening of “Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Villifies a People” – in person
28 April, 2022 , 6.30 – 8.30 pm (Central Time)
3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX 77004
For more information:
4. Near Eastern Studies and Digital Scholarship Conversations @IAS Joint Event
April 27, 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
The Preservation of Documentary Heritage
in the MENASA Region: The Role of the QNL
Stephane Ipert (Qatar National Library)
Stephane Ipert is the director of the distinctive collections (Heritage Library) in the Qatar National Library (QNL), a unique collection of rare books, manuscripts, maps and archival collections about Qatar and the Islamic world. Since 2015 the QNL is the IFLA PAC – Preservation and Conservation Center for Arabic countries and Middle East, (IFLA is the International Federation of Libraries Associations). Stephane has a background as conservator, art historian and lawyer. He is leading a regional project to counter documentary heritage trafficking in the MENASA region (Himaya) since 2021.
Register in advance for this event at https://bit.ly/37kIrH6
Hosted by Sabine Schmidtke (School of Historical Studies, IAS) and María Mercedes Tuya (Digital Scholarship, IAS). For additional information please email ds@ias.edu .
5. UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series – Dr Fatemeh Shams
Author of A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option Under the Islamic Republic (Oxford University Press, 2021)
‘The Tension Between Poetry and Power in Post-Revolutionary Iran’
May 1, 2022 11:30 AM (PT)
Zoom link:
https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BxLDfiplTkOWcq6JhI6CEA
6. Les webinaires de l’IFRI / IFRI Webinar SERIES
Regards sur les arts du monde iranien [période islamique]. Dialogues franco-iraniens
Insights into the art of the Persianate societies [Islamic period]. French-Iranian dialogues
Mardi 26 avril 2022 / Tuesday 26th April 2022
3.00 pm (Paris time) / 5.30 pm (Tehran time)
on Skyroom
Regards sur l’épigraphie / Insights into Epigraphy
Chairperson: Nuria Garcia-Masip (Sorbonne Université)
Islamic Inscriptions from Medieval Afghanistan:
Innovations in the Content and Style of Royal Epigraphy
by Viola Allegranzi (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna)
Islamic Inscriptions from Medieval Afghanistan:
Funerary Texts as Sources for Local History
by Martina Massullo (BULAC – CollEx-Persée/CeRMI, Paris)
The quadruplet inscriptions on the commemorative pillar
of the Dorudzan dam in Ramjerd (Fars) from the Sassanid to the Qajar period
(in Farsi, with English translation)
by Emadaldin Sheikhalhokamaee (University of Tehran, Institute of Archaeology)
Language: English
To participate, please register before April 25th:
https://webquest.fr/?m=117785_regards-sur-l-epigraphie
contact: sandra.aube@cnrs.fr
7. Open Access Book – Variant Readings Of The Quran: A Critical Study of Their Historical and Linguistic Origins
Ahmad Ali Al-Imam
IIIT, 2022
8. Book Launch
Egypt’s Football Revolution
By Carl Rommel, with discussants
Leif Stenberg and Sevgi Adak.
29 April 2022 17:30-19:00 (London)
Aga Khan Centre, 10 Handyside Street, London N1C 4DN
9. Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies
Call For Papers
Winter/Spring 2023 Issue Call for Papers
JTMS would like to extend a warm springtime greeting to all of our readers! With the Winter/Spring 2022 issue of out to readers and the Summer/Fall 2022 issue currently undergoing editorial review, JTMS is now soliciting manuscripts for the Winter/Spring 2023 issue. Authors wishing to be considered for inclusion in the Winter/Spring 2023 issue of JTMS should submit their manuscripts by September 1st, 2022.
JTMS is an interdisciplinary Journal of research on terrestrial and maritime territorial issues sponsored by the Northeast Asia History Foundation with editorial offices hosted by Yonsei University in South Korea, providing an academic medium for the announcement and dissemination of research results the fields of security studies, history, international law, international relations, geography, peace studies, and other relevant disciplines. The journal is indexed in SCOPUS and covers all continental areas across the world from a variety of disciplinary and methodological perspectives. Practical studies as well as theoretical works, which contribute to a better understanding of territorial and maritime issues, are also encouraged.
Articles should be submitted electronically to jtms@yonsei.ac.kr and include four major sections: the title page, structured abstract, main body, and references. The title page should contain the title of the paper, the author(s) name, the institutional affiliation and keywords. Manuscripts should follow the JTMS style guide available on our website by clicking “Submission Guidelines” via the site below.
A length of maximum 9,000 words is preferred for an article, including endnotes, 4,000 words for essays, and approximately 2,000 words for a book review. Authors wishing to be considered for the Winter/Spring 2023 issue must submit their manuscripts by no later than September 1st, 2022. Inquiries may be sent via the email address above.
For more information:
https://shoutout.wix.com/so/9eO0Z5XKV?languageTag=en
10. Isfahan Exhibition in Ireland (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXjx8ogoGrQ
(In Persian with English subtitles)
11. Annonce conférence publique La Grande muraille de Gorgan et la défense de la Perse sassanide, Louvre, 28/04/22, 12h30
Pour information: Conférence publique
Eberhard Sauer (Université d’Edimbourg), le 28 avril 2022, 12h30
12. Departmental Lecturer, Classical Arabic Literature
University of Oxford
The Faculty of Oriental Studies is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and well qualified scholar to teach Classical Arabic literature. The Departmental Lecturer will support the teaching of the literatures of Arab societies in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, providing cover for some of the duties of the current AlBabtain Laudian Professor of Arabic (Julia Bray), who is retiring and being replaced by Professor Tahera Qutbuddin from summer 2023.
Deadline | 6 May 2022
13. Lecturer in the History of the Middle East
SOAS University of London
The School of History, Religions and Philosophies is looking for a one-year replacement covering the History of the Middle East for a colleague who will be on research leave during the 2022-2023 academic year. The preferred candidate will hold a PhD in History or a closely related discipline, be proficient in the regional languages relevant for their research, and have gained some initial teaching and supervision experience
Deadline | 8 May 2022
14. Call for Papers – Rethinking MENA and the Muslim World
Graduate Student Virtual Symposium | University of Alberta | 31 May 2022
Papers are invited for this interdisciplinary graduate-level online symposium that aims to bring together graduate students from all disciplines to critically examine a variety of topics relating to the MENA region and the larger Muslim contexts. All Master’s and PhD students with a research project on any aspect of socio-cultural, historical, religious, art and political issues in MENA and Muslim contexts are invited to submit an abstract of their presentation.
Deadline | 30 April 2022
15. 2022-23 CBRL open call grant applications
Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)
CBRL are accepting applications for the following:
- Project grants, up to £8,000;
- Residential fellowships at CBRL’s Jerusalem and/or Amman institutes, up to 3 months of accommodation, plus travel and subsistence costs;
- Travel grants, up to £1,000;
- Research support grants, up to £1,000 for selected costs associated with research for a post-graduate thesis.
Deadline | 20 May 2022
More information
16. ECHOES OF ORIENTALISM Arab-Islamic Sexuality through European Eyes: Burton and Beyond
DR FERAS ALKABANI (SUSSEX)
DeCol Collective Seminar Series
University of Brighton Wednesday, 4 May 2022, at 13.00-14.00
17. Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum (Monday, 23rd May 2022)
City, University of London
11:00 – 20:30
https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2022/may/middle-east-and-central-asia-music-forum
18. Call for Submissions – HIAA Majlis and HIAA Newsletter
The HIAA Majlis, held periodically in conjunction with the conference of the College Art Association (CAA), offers an opportunity for junior scholars in Islamic art to learn about their colleagues’ work and to connect with more senior scholars.
HIAA invites submissions from graduate students at ABD level or recent PhDs to present at its next Majlis, to take place in New York during CAA’s Annual Conference. [Note: Although we hope that the conference and associated programming will be held in person, in the event of continued restrictions on large gatherings, the Majlis will be held virtually]
HIAA invites proposals for 20-minute papers on current research focused on any topic, time period or region related to Islamic art, architecture, and archaeology.
Proposals should be submitted by email to HIAA secretary Fatima Quraishi at sec.hiaa@gmail.com as a single document which includes the following:
** a cover sheet with your name, academic status, contact information (postal address, e-mail address, telephone number/s) and title of proposed presentation
** an abstract of no more than 300 words
Proposals are due by June 15, 2022.
Please note that those selected to present at the Majlis must be current members of HIAA at the time of presenting.
19. Roshan Institute and Mona Farjad on May 1
Please join Roshan Institute for Persian Studies on Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m. EST for a special conversation with Iranian actor Mona Farjad. Farjad will present an innovative series of monologues she has performed over the past year in dialogue with traditional Iranian theatrical practice and contemporary Iranian drama. Roshan Institute lecturer Dr. Marjan Moosavi will moderate this conversation as well as the following Q&A session.
To register, visit go.umd.edu/monafarjad or click on this link.
20. Syria Report, which is otherwise a commercial, subscription based resource has made 300 articles available free of charge.
“For the past 18 months The Syria Report has been covering housing, land, and property (HLP) rights stories across Syria. We have published news stories, analyses, a glossary of terms and expressions and interviews on various HLP aspects across all areas of control in Syria.
You can read them all on the following page:
https://syria-report.com/category/hlp/
As all Syria Report content, HLP section is searchable through our search engine. The same 300 articles are also available in Arabic. “
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. ONLINE Lecture “New Iranian Horror: Theorizing an Emerging Trend in Iranian Cinema” by Farshid Kazemi (Simon Fraser University), University of Toronto, 22 April 2022, 4:00 pm ET
Zoom registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsd-mrqz0sEtx3IFDmhTGF5vnsP5mZVy9k
2. ONLINE “LexiQamus Info Session” (Ottoman Turkish) with Dr. Abdullah Saçmalı, 29 April 2022, 11:00 am ET
LexiQamus, is a web-based Ottoman Turkish dictionary that draws data from 19 different dictionaries and including approximately 173,000 words and phrases. The LexiQamus database is an important technology that unlocks unreadable words for any historian who knows the difficulties of reading handwriting. Information and zoom registration:
https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsfu6qqT4qHNI7bRTCHK2jLY1_xAll2Y4X
3. HYBRID Rencontre Mercredis de l’IREL : « Les minorités religieuses en France – Panorama de la diversité contemporain », débat avec Anne-Laure Zwilling et Isabelle Rivoal, Paris, 18 mai 2022, 18h30 – 20h
Information et s´inscrire : https://irel.ephe.psl.eu/actualites/mercredi-lirel-minorites-religieuses-france
4. HYBRID “Undergraduate Students` Session” at the “55th Seminar for Arabian Studies”, Humboldt University of Berlin, 7 August 2022
This session focuses on the linkage between students working on or interested in archaeology and epigraphy of the Arabian Peninsula. We therefore invite undergraduate and graduate students especially from these research areas to participate. Deadline for abstracts: 6 May 2022.
Information: https://mailchi.mp/917462a4d48d/call-for-papers?e=18cf0337f7
5. HYBRID Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS, Including Iran, Afghanistan etc.), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 20-23 October 2022
We invite submissions relating to all aspects of humanities and social science scholarship. The geographic domain of Central Eurasia encompasses Central Asia, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet, Mongolia, Siberia, Inner Asia, the Black Sea region, the Volga region, and East and Central Europe. Practitioners and scholars in all fields with an interest in this region are encouraged to participate. Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2022. Information: http://www.centraleurasia.org/conferences/annual/
6. Lecturer (Assistant Professor, 3 Years) in Turkish Cultural History, Trinity College Dublin
Applicants must hold a PhD and have a strong research profile appropriate to their career stage. Applications from candidates with a specialisation in the social and/or cultural history of the Ottoman Empire will be particularly welcome.
Deadline for applications: 16 May 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announce-ments/10108148/featured-job-lecturer-yunus-emre-institute-lectureship-turkish
7. Lecturer in the Modern Middle East with a Focus on Iran or Turkey (3 Years), Harvard University
By “modern,” we mean encompassing at least the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. We welcome var-ious disciplines, including, but not limited to, political, economic, social or cultural history. Deadline for application: 1 May 2022. Information: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/11193
8. Lecturer in Classical and Qur’anic Arabic, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Applicants should have Superior level proficiency in Qur’anic and Classical Arabic and English. Experience with teaching Arabic at the post-secondary level is required. Applicants must have a demonstrated under-standing of and ability to use a proficiency-based, communicative methodology in language instruction. Min-
imum of a Master’s degree in foreign language teaching or equivalent field required. Deadline for application: 29 April 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/104863
9. Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian History / Islamicate World, Kenyon College, Ohio
Candidates should have a record of excellent teaching and a Ph.D. in hand or be near completion by the beginning of the appointment (July 2022). Open until filled.
Information: https://careers.kenyon.edu/en-us/job/492837/visiting-assistant-professor-of-asian-history
10. Intercultural Program (SALAM) to Learn Arabic: Courses of 2, 4, or 8 Weeks in Jordan in 2022, Aqaba University of Technology
This program is not only designed to learn the Arabic language but also is aiming to introduce the participants from all over the world to the ancient history, tradition, heritage, and social life of Jordan and its distinguished flora and fauna.
Information: http://salam.aut.edu.jo/Salam_Program
11. Entries for the “Encyclopaedia of Islamic Economics and Finance” (Palgrave)
The encyclopaedia that will present a solid framework for the elaboration of the major concepts of the subject will make use of the existing academic literature, as well as theological sources and the history of Islam and of Islamic financial practices. The goal in doing this is to present the historical theoretical framework as well as the modern and contemporary views and tendencies. Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/10103011/call-entries-palgrave-encyclopedia-islamic-economics-and
12. UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series – Mina Khanlarzadeh
‘The Performance of Female Masculinity in Lalehzari Music’
Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom
Lecture in Persian
13. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will be hosting the Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (WOW)in personon November 18-19, 2022. (Friday Saturday) Some panels will be available for Zoom participation. WOW 2022 organizers encourage interested graduate students with works in progress to apply for this workshop using this Google Form. Funding for travel and accommodation is available for graduate students. Graduate applicants who need funding should follow the instructions in the form to be considered for funding.
Faculty members, instructors, adjuncts and independent scholars interested to attend should also get in touch using the Google Form; we would love to welcome you in person!
The deadline for applications and RSVPs is August 1st 2022.
Baki Tezcan, President of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (OTSA) will be moderating the keynote panel featuring Sebouh Aslanian and Christine Philliou.
Heather Ferguson, editor of Journal of Ottoman and Turkish Studies (JOTSA), will be conducting a professionalization workshop about academic publishing for graduate students and early career scholars. Senior scholars will also be present to share their experiences on the review process.
WOW was founded in 2010 to bring together scholars and researchers based in the Western regions of the United States who are working to advance the study of the Ottoman Empire and its interactions with the wider world from the period of the late thirteenth century up until the early decades of the twentieth century.
Two years into this pandemic, many of us have not had a chance to meet each other in person. WOW 2022 aims to provide a space for in-person meeting, discussion, feedback, and conversation. Join us!
Please direct all queries to WOWUCLAWOW@gmail.com . Applications for WOW 2022 will only be accepted via the Google Form.
14. Hybrid event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West, a joint conference of the Pourdavoud Center and Getty Villa
The World of Ancient Iran and the West
An International Symposium
Convened by
Rahim Shayegan (University of California, Los Angeles)
Jeffrey Spier (J. Paul Getty Museum)
May 19–20, 2022 | 314 Royce Hall
In person registration and Zoom information at:
https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/event/the-world-of-ancient-iran-and-the-west/
The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World and the Getty are convening for a third year an international symposium on the exchanges between ancient Iran and the Classical world. This year’s symposium, held at UCLA over two days (May 19 and 20, 2022), will mark the launch of the exhibit, Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World at the Getty Villa in the spring of 2022. The symposium, will include invited speakers, UC faculty, and Getty scholars, whose research pertain to the nexus between ancient Persia and the West.
This hybrid event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is requested. In-person seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Alternatively, guests unable to attend in person will be able to watch a live stream of the lectures. This event will adhere to all COVID-19 related guidelines as set by the University of California, Los Angeles.
Questions? Email Dr. Marissa Stevens (stevensma@humnet.ucla.edu)
Schedule:
May 19, 2022
9:00 am – Introductions
9:30 am – Panel I: Achaemenid Persia and the West
Lindsey Allen (King’s College, London)
The Boundaries of Kingship: Objects and Relationships at the Margins
John Ma (Columbia University)
Achaemenid Cultural History and the Hellenistic World
Jeffrey Spier (J. Paul Getty Museum)
Achaemenid Seals: East and West
John O. Hyland (Christopher Newport University)
Celebrating Achaemenid Victories: A Glyptic Triumphal Motif and its Greek and Egyptian Victims
2:30 pm – Panel II: Achaemenid Persia and the West (2)
Hilmar Klinkott (University of Kiel)
How to Govern an Empire? The Inscriptions of Darius I As a Constitutional Program
Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck)
The Achaemenid Persian Empire and the West: A Structural Approach
- Rahim Shayegan (University of California, Los Angeles)
Universality and Alterity in the Achaemenid World
May 20, 2022
9:00 am – Introductions
9:30 am – Panel III: The Hellenistic and Parthian Age
Sara E. Cole (J. Paul Getty Museum)
Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World at the Getty Villa
Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine)
Parthian Silver and the Creation and Contestation of Aristocracies in Post-Hellenistic Iran
Jake Nabel (Pennsylvania State University)
Parthia, Rome, and the Horizons of Ancient Diplomacy
2:00 pm – Panel IV: Iran and Rome in late Antiquity and Beyond
David Potter (University of Michigan)
Western Sources for the Sasanians
Touraj Daryaee (University of California, Irvine)
Ardashir I, the Early Sasanians, and Reorienting the Near East and the Caucasus
Olga M. Davidson (Boston University)
How the Persian Book of Kings by Ferdowsi about the Ancient Royal Dynasties of Iran Could Ever Become a World Epic for the So-Called West
Ali Mousavi (University of California, Los Angeles)
Takht-e Soleyman, Sasanians, Romans, and Mongols: Reflections on the Life and Afterlife of a Sacred Place
- April 19, 2022
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Shii News – Zoom: Imam Ali Webinar | Sunday 24 April 2022 (2pm, London time)
WEBINAR
TO COMMEMORATE THE MARTYRDOM OF IMAM ALI (a.s.)
SUNDAY 24th APRIL 2022
2:00 PM UK / 9.00 AM EST / 6.00 PM PAKISTAN / 6.30 PM MUMBAI
TO BE HOSTED ON ZOOM
MEETING ID: 853 7235 2626
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85372352626
Chair: Professor Justin Jones
Speakers:
Gulamabbas Lakha, ‘Building Back Better: Imām ʿAlī’s (as) Teachings on Resilience’
Dr. Mohammad Faghfoory, ‘“I Am the City of Knowledge and Ali is its Gate”: Ali ibn Abi Talib and Realization of the Prophetic Hadith’
ORGANISER & SPONSOR: THE AHMED FAMILY
- April 18, 2022
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