Archive for 2022
Shii News – Academic Items
1.Conference “Ibn Taymiyya`s Thought: Corpus, Reception and Legacy”, Aix-en-Provence, 9-10 November 2022
This conference seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the “Ibn Taymiyya phenomenon” by providing a platform for specialists in the field to present and share their latest findings. The frame of the conference is widely defined and may include papers on Ibn Taymiyya himself, his students and followers, or the influence of his intellectual legacy in later times.
Program: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2022/10/Final-programme.pdf
2. ONLINE Book Talk on “Architecture and Material Politics in the Fifteenth Century Ottoman Empire” with Prof. Patricia Blessing, New York University, 18 November 2022, 12:30 EST
Analyzing how trans-regional exchanges shaped building practices, Prof. Blessing examines how workers from Anatolia, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and Iran & Central Asia participated in key construction pro-jects. She specializes in the art and architecture of the Islamic world, with a focus on the eastern Mediterra-nean from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/11470806/book-talk-patricia-blessing-architecture-and-material-politics
3. HYBRIDE Séminaire de recherche « Islams et musulmans de France: nouveaux terrains, approches et paradigmes », Paris, 29 novembre 2022, 10h – 13h
Samia Langar (ISPE) : « Des enseignants face aux fait religieux. Le cas de l’ islam. Que faut-il exactement comprendre sous la notion de “fait religieux” ? ». – Diane-Sophie Girin (GSRL, EPHE) : « L’impossible “normalisation” des écoles musulmanes au prisme de la contractualisation ». – Samim Akgönül (Université de Strasbourg) : « L’islam turc, un frein à la construction d’un islam de France ? ».
Information et registration: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/72299
4. Early Post-doc (15 Months, 80 %) to Support the Preparation of a Grant Application on “Islam, Popular Culture and Education in the MENA Region”, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern
Requirements: Outstanding PhD (not older than 3 years) in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies. – Interest in social science, historical or political approaches. – Previous expertise in the field of educational media analysis, in historical and sociological perspectives, and a focus on education in at least one Middle Eastern country. – Experience in preparing grant applications is welcome. – Excellent spoken and written English and proficiency in Arabic language.
Deadline for applications: 15 December 2022.
Information: https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/a35613f8-4c42-4332-bf99-21b6a62ad2a9
5. Doctoral Student for Research on Muslim Societies in the Field of Education in the Middle East, North Africa and Beyond, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern
Requirements: Excellent MA or Equivalent in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies, or in Humanities or So-cial Sciences with Emphasis on Islamic or Middle Eastern Studies; proficiency in spoken and written English and very good knowledge of Arabic language; etc.
Deadline for application: 15 December 2022. Information and application : https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/0069c29e-1fc2-489c-a605-cb2d1024bfdd
6. Doctoral Student for Research on Muslim Societies in the Field of Education in the Middle East, North Africa and Beyond, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern
Requirements: Excellent MA or Equivalent in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies, or in Humanities or So-cial Sciences with Emphasis on Islamic or Middle Eastern Studies; proficiency in spoken and written English and very good knowledge of Arabic language; etc.
Deadline for application: 15 December 2022. Information and application : https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/0069c29e-1fc2-489c-a605-cb2d1024bfdd
7. Al-Qasimi Professor of Islamic Studies, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter
The Professor will have an established international reputation in the field of Islamic Studies. Any area of the study of Islam will be considered. We would particularly welcome candidates in the study of the history of medicine or science in Islam. We are also particularly committed to decolonial approaches to the study of Islam and committed to ensuring that our procedures reflect our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusivity.
Deadline for applications: 7 December 2022. Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CUR572/al-qasimi-professor-in-islamic-studies . For informal inquiries contact Professor Sajjad Rizvi s.h.rizvi@exeter.ac.uk.
8. Assistant Professor of History, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco
Areas of specialization may cover any period or region. In addition, we seek candidates whose teaching and research interests include North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and cognate maritime histories.
Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
Information: https://www.higheredjobs.com/international/details.cfm?JobCode=178154734&Title=History
9. Assistant/Associate Professor of History, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI), Qatar
Candidates are expected to have: Doctoral degree in History; experience in graduate student supervision, and with a good record of publications; be fluent in both Arabic and English.
Deadline for application: 16 January 2023.
Information: https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Careers/Pages/Apply.aspx?JobId=DIAC_2022_009
10. West Virginia University – Assistant Professor of History, Modern Middle East
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64456
Opens 12 December, 2022 until filled.
11. Four Postdoctoral Research Associates in Religion and Politics (1-2 Years), Washington University in St. Louis
Qualifications: Applicants should hold a doctorate in religious studies, politics, anthropology, law, philosophy, theology, American studies, history, Jewish studies, Islamic studies, sociology, or another relevant field. Scholars should be engaged in projects centrally concerned with religion and politics in the United States, historically or in the present day.
Deadline for applications: 5 January 2023.
Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/114752
12. Kuwait Chair of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs and Professor/Professor of Practice of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington DC
Applicants must have either a PhD in a relevant field by the date of appointment and a demonstrated track record of high-quality research and publications on the Gulf, or possess practitioner experience in the Gulf region at the equivalent level of expertise.
Deadline for applications: 2 December 2022.
Information: https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/97447
13. Articles for „The Journal of Digital Islamicate Research (JDIR)” – New Journal by Brill
The Journal aspires to adjust the computational, visualization and big data methods for the exploration of contemporary and historical cultures (also known as Cultural Analytics, CA) to the emerging field of Middle Eastern and Islamic Digital Humanities, and apply these methods to it.
Information: https://brill.com/view/journals/jdir/jdir-overview.xml?rskey=yeG37d&result=10
14. Articles for “Hamsa. Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies, # 9 (2023)”
For this volume, we particularly welcome proposals offering original analysis on the broad subject of Judaic and Islamic studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2023. Information: https://journals.openedition.org/hamsa/2982
15. Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (WOW) 2022 @ UCLA | 11/18-19
I am pleased to announce that the Western Ottomanists’ Workshop 2022 will be held in-person at UCLA and on Zoom on 18 and 19 November 2022 (Fri/ Sat). The Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (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.
WOW 2022 features participants from 18 universities in the US, Japan, and Canada, many of whom received funding for travel and accommodation to attend the workshop in person. We invite you to join us online (via Zoom) to listen to the newest research in the world of Ottoman history by graduate students and their dialogue with individually-assigned discussants.
Zoom details :
Meeting ID: 961 6052 0266
Passcode: amasya
16. Beyond the chessboard: adventures in Abbasid literature and historiography. Monday Majlis with Letizia Osti, the 14th of November. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
We’d like to invite you to the online Monday Majlis of the Centre for the Study of Islam taking place on Monday the 14th of November. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
Letizia Osti, Beyond the chessboard: adventures in Abbasid literature and historiography
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIscuypqTgtGdQ39iF_RFiK3HCg77PluVAt
Abstract: Abu Bakr al-Suli (d. 335/947) was an Abbasid polymath and table companion, as well as a legendary chess player. He was perhaps best known for his work on poetry and chancery, which would have a long-lasting influence on Arabic literature. His decades of service at the court of at least three caliphs give him a unique perspective as an historian of his own time, although he is often valued as an observer rather than an interpreter of events for posterity. In History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate: Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature, I attempted to illustrate how investigating the life, times and works of such a complex individual can serve as a fil rouge for tackling broader, contested concepts, such as biography, autobiography, court culture, and written culture. The result is an exploration of the ways in which the Abbasid court made sense of the past and, in general, of what ‘historiography’ means in a medieval Arabic context.
17. Historicizing Sunni Islam in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1450-c. 1750
Tijana Krstić, Derin Terzioğlu, eds.
18. Webinar – “BLEEDING FINGERS AND FAILING EYES: LOCATING THE BODY OF THE ARTISAN IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ART” (Silsila NYU) – November 9
Part of the Silsila Fall 2022 series, Body and Senses
Wednesday, November 9nd 12.30-2.30 EST
Online and In Person at New York University (Room 222, 20 Cooper Square, NY 10003)
In his description of the splitting of reeds for the making of mats in the Iraqi village of Agga, Gavin Maxwell (d. 1969) expresses surprise that even experienced practitioners of the craft would often end up cutting their hands. Other writers have noted the harmful effects of factors such as poorly ventilated work spaces, toxic materials, and noise. Observations like these are an important reminder of the impacts that register on the body as the result of repetitive and arduous tasks conducted in challenging environments. Finished objects can bear subtle traces of the bodies of their makers, from finger prints in fired clay to the characteristic slant and width of marks made by a brush or pen. This talk will question what can be learned in art historical terms through a focus on the bodies of those who have specialized in traditional modes of manufacturing across the Middle East from the seventh century to the present. Evidence will be drawn from extant objects in museum collections and from excavations, as well as pre-modern written sources, photographs, and ethnographic studies.
Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee either online or in person can be found at:
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.
19. Research Fellowships – Ralph C. and Mary Lynn Heid Rare Materials Research Fellowship – Applications open now through February 1
The University of Michigan Library invites applications for fellowships for research in residence.
The Ralph C. and Mary Lynn Heid Rare Materials Research Fellowship is open to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections, including the Islamic Manuscripts Collection held in the Special Collections Research Center.
Our fellows are awarded:
$1,500 for a project requiring a residence of one week or more
$3,000 for a project requiring a residence of three weeks or more
The current application cycle is open from November 1, 2022 through February 1, 2023, with the residency period and award to be used between May 1, 2023 and August 16, 2024. For more information, including eligibility requirements and instructions for applying, please visit this page:
Special Collections Research Fellowships >> How to Apply
Questions? Contact Martha O’Hara Conway at moconway@umich.edu.
20. Online Lecture – “Basra- Iraq’s Southern Metropoli”, by Andrew Petersen – 9th November 5PM GMT + 3
As part of the webinar series Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Ottoman period, the Ifpo, the CEFREPA and Udine University are pleased to announce the second series of meetings that will focus on Iraq and Arabian Peninsula and will take place online from November, 2022, to July, 2023.
First online lecture:
November, 9 – 5pm (GTM +3) “Basra- Iraq’s Southern Metropoli” by Andrew Petersen (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
Although the significance of Basra to early Islamic civilization is well known the physical remains of the site and its location are poorly understood despite extensive historical information and considerable archaeological fieldwork carried out at the site. There are many reasons for this situation including in recent times the conflicts surrounding the Iran-Iraq war, the 1990 Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq all of which had a significant impact on Basra. Other reasons for the limited understanding of the site include the relatively small number of historical standing buildings and the complex topography of the site. Despite these problems there is now a considerable amount of data which can provide the basis for understanding the origin and development of this remarkable city. This talk will review the results of three seasons of fieldwork in Basra using archival research, aerial photogrammetry, surface survey and geo-archaeological investigations. The research provides a number of valuable insights into the development of the early Islamic city although it also highlights dangers to the city through rapid development over the site of the early Islamic city.
For more information and registration:
https://www.ifporient.org/archaeology-mena-2/
21. The following is a panel proposal for the 10th European Conference of Iranian Studies(21-25 August 2023, Leiden University, Netherlands)which aims to focus on Sufism and material culture in the Persianate world.
If you have a paper related to this topic and are willing to participate in this panel, please contact salimehhosseini1@uchicago.edu by November 14th.
Sufism as a major contributor to the formation of the Islamic culture from the early Islamic centuries to the modern day has had huge impacts on the production, circulation, and reception of material culture in the Persianate world. Many Sufis and individuals with mystical inclinations have been patrons, artists, builders, and consumers themselves. Unfortunately, the study of Sufism and material culture has long suffered from essentialist readings which fail to historicize and socially contextualize this major trend. This panel seeks to instigate alternative scholarship by shedding light on Sufism as a set of ideologies, practices, and institutions in relation to the material culture of the Persianate world. Scholars in the fields of art history, history, archaeology, anthropology, and literature of Iran, and by extension, the Persianate world are welcome to submit their papers, preferably case studies focusing on or tangentially speaking to the following questions:
- How might Sufism’s rich textual tradition help us to understand and contextualize the production and reception of material culture in the Persianate world?
- Can we talk about “Sufi material culture” as an analytical category without falling into the traps of essentialism, generalization, and anachronistic analyses?
22. Carleton University – Tenure Track, Assistant Professor, History of the Middle East
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64442
Closing date: Nov 30, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Heshmat Moayyad Lecture Series talk with Prof. Olga Merck Davidson,
Thursday, November 10 at 5:00-7:00 CT
Please join us for the third lecture in the Heshmat Moayyad Lecture Series by Prof. Olga Merck Davidson next Thursday, November 10 at 5:00-7:00 CT in the Social Science Building, Room 122. You can also join us in the zoom meeting below. The topic of Prof. Davidson’s talk is “Is Poetry Superior to Prose in the World View of Ferdowsi?”.
https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudOGvqDgiGNVP5C11sGjxNC4GZGZ6VNFL
2. A Nook in the Temple of Fame: French Military Officers in Persian Service, 1807–1826
D T Potts
3. The Islamic College – MA Islamic Studies & MA Islamic Law (Distance Education) Open Day
11.11.22
On Zoom
More information:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/de-open-day/
4. ‘Notes on the Aesthetics of Medieval Islamic Art—and of Medieval Persian Painting’
Robert Hillenbrand,
5. The Latin America & Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 1 – October 2022
Editor-in-Chief Ken Chitwood | Associate Editor Rahma Maccarone
** Letter from the Editor
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Welcome to the first edition of LACISA’s third volume. Two years ago, when we sent out our very first edition (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=1d11b1537b&e=f70992245e) , we hoped to connect persons with an interest in the study of Islam and Muslim communities in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the networks that exist across, between, and beyond the American hemisphere.
Two years later and we have a network of more than 300 people across our platforms sharing knowledge, promoting new research, and encouraging further scholarship on the subject.
This latest edition is a celebration of this increasing interconnection and collaboration, featuring contributions from members across the globe.
First, we have a review of Manifold Destiny: Arabs at an American Crossroads of Exceptional Rule (Vanderbilt University Press) and an interview with the author, John Tofik Karam (University of Illinois).
Second, we are excited to announce that Karam will be headlining our second annual LACISA colloquium: Muslim Philanthropy in Latin America and the Latinx U.S. (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=5b05c69045&e=f70992245e)
You can read more about the full line up, which features research on Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, the U.S., and the Tri-Border area between Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
We are also proud to feature a podcast episode featuring our very own Lucas Vicente (Translation Assistant, Portuguese) and Rahma Maccarone (Associate Editor).
In addition to the above, we also have numerous Member Notes, featuring events, new publications, additional podcast episodes, calls for submissions, essays, and other opportunities in, or related to, our field.
In particular, I’d like to personally invite network members to a meet-up on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. For those attending the meeting and interested in connecting, please e-mail me directly at lacisanews@gmail.com.
Otherwise, on behalf of our entire LACISA team (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=96330d0b81&e=f70992245e) , I thank you for reading our latest newsletter and celebrating our second anniversary! All the best in your own research, writing, and work in the public sphere.
6. Al-Mahdi Institute: Call for Papers – “The Nature of Soul and Death” IRS Workshop
Since 2018, the Inter-Religious Symposia (IRS) platform has been successful in bringing together representatives from the three Abrahamic faiths, to appreciate each other’s perspectives on various theological issues.
The Annual IRS Academic Workshop seeks to advance these discussions further into the academic arena, delving into the theological topics that are of shared concern.
- Workshop date is Thurs 16thMarch 2023
- Deadline for abstracts from CfP respondents is Monday 12thDec 2022.
More information at:
https://www.almahdi.edu/call-for-papers-soul-death-irs
7. 2e séance du séminaire mensuel de recherche organisé par le CeRMI (2022-2023) – 17 novembre 2022
La deuxième séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le jeudi 17 novembre 2022 (de 17h à 19h, salle 5.28).
Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Viola Allegranzi (Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences) pour une conférence intitulée : “Les gunbads de Chisht-i Sharif : nouvelles perspectives sur un site méconnu et sur l’histoire des Ghourides en Afghanistan (moitié xiie – début xiiie siècle)”.
Résumé
Chisht-i Sharif (aussi connu comme Khwāja Chisht, ou, simplement, Chisht) est un village situé sur la rive nord du Hari Rud, à environ 140 km à l’est de Hérat, en Afghanistan. Dans ce lieu, le maître sufi Abū Isḥāq Shāmī (m. 328/940) aurait fondé la Chishtiyya, une confrérie qui prit son essor en Inde à partir du XIIIe siècle. Le site est aussi connu pour la présence de deux structures à coupole (gunbads) en brique cuite, datant de l’époque du sultanat ghouride (544-612/1149-1215). Bien que tombés en ruine dès l’époque des premières prospections au XXe siècle, ces monuments révèlent les traces d’un riche décor architectural en brique cuite et en stuc, et de plusieurs inscriptions en arabe et en persan, de styles et de contenus variés. La fonction originelle des deux gunbads reste incertaine : si leur forme s’apparente à celle des mausolées à coupole répandus dans la région, les enquêtes de terrain et les photos aériennes suggèrent qu’ils faisaient partie d’un même complexe architectural, jamais investigué archéologiquement.
Les deux monuments sont mentionnés dans nombre d’ouvrages consacrés à l’architecture islamique et leurs inscriptions ont été en partie publiées. Cependant, plusieurs questions restent ouvertes et certaines sources utiles à leur étude n’ont pas été pleinement exploitées jusqu’à présent. Dans cette communication, nous allons analyser dans une perspective comparative le décor architectural et, en particulier, les inscriptions des deux gunbads. Une révision globale de leur programme épigraphique, y compris le déchiffrement de plusieurs textes inédits, a été rendu possible grâce à l’étude des photos prises par Josephine Powell vers 1960. La présence de plusieurs versions de la titulature du sultan ghouride Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Sām (r. 558-599/1163-1203), de passages coraniques et formules religieuses liées aux pratiques rituelles, ainsi que le caractère très ornemental des styles graphiques font des inscriptions des Chisht-i Sharif un témoignage majeur sur la tradition épigraphique de l’Iran pré-mongol. En nous appuyant sur les comparaisons avec d’autres monuments ghourides — parmi lesquels le célèbre minaret de Jam, situé à une courte distance du site — ainsi que sur les informations dérivées des sources manuscrites et des monnaies, nous offrirons des perspectives nouvelles sur la chronologie et la fonction originelle des monuments, et, plus largement, sur l’histoire des Ghourides dans la région.
Orientation Bibliographique
- Blair, Sheila S.. « The Madrasa at Zuzan: Islamic Architecture in Eastern Iran on the Eve of the Mongol Invasions », Muqarnas 3, 1985, p. 75-91.
- Flood, F. Barry. « Ghurid monuments and Muslim identities: Epigraphy and Exegesis in Twelfth-century Afghanistan », Indian Economic and Social History Review 42/3, 2005, p. 263-294.
- Le Berre, Marc. « Chisht » in Warwick Ball (en collaboration avec Jean-Claude Gardin), Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan: Catalogue des sites archéologiques d’Afghanistan. Paris: Recherche sur les civilisations, 1982, vol. 1, p. 76, no
- Maricq, André & Wiet, Gaston. Le Minaret de Djam : La découverte de la capitale des Sultans Ghorides (XIIe–XIIIe siècles). Paris: C. Klincksieck, 1959.
- Patel, Alka. Iran to India. The Shansabānīs of Afghanistan, c. 1145-1190. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
- Powell, Josephine. « Josephine Powell photographic archive (1951-1975) », Harvard University Library, Fine Art Special Collections (AKP187): http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990119685550203941/catalog.
Au plaisir de vous retrouver à l’occasion de cette séance, qui se déroulera en présentiel sur le site de l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris).
Ci-joint le programme 2022/2023 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” en format pdf. Retrouvez également les détails sur le site web du CeRMI : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2022-2023/
8. 2023 Critical Language Scholarship Program Application Now Open!
We are delighted to announce that the application for the U. S. Department of State’s 2023 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is now open! We welcome [you/your students] to apply now to learn a critical language on a funded virtual or overseas summer program. The application is available at https://clscholarship.org/apply . The application deadline is 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
The CLS Program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains. Depending on language and level, U.S. students can either apply for the overseas CLS Program or the virtual program, CLS Spark. The CLS Program offers in-person cohort-based programs at partner institutions abroad that provide instruction at various levels for U.S. graduate and undergraduate students in 14 critical languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu. CLS Spark provides virtual instruction to U.S. undergraduate students at the complete beginning level of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian, specifically targeting students who do not have access to studying these languages at their home campus. More information on eligibility is available at: https://clscholarship.org/applicants/eligibility . [Ed note: You must Be a U.S. citizen or national at the time of application.]
The CLS Program will host frequent webinars, Q&A sessions, and alumni panels for students and advisors throughout the fall. A full calendar with these events and corresponding registration links is available at: https://clscholarship.org/events .
The CLS Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government and supported in its implementation by American Councils for International Education. It is part of a wider government initiative to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security and economic prosperity.
If you have any questions, please contact the CLS Program team at: cls@americancouncils.org .
Esha Bera (she/her)
Program Officer, Critical Language Scholarship Program
American Councils for International Education
phone: (202)-833-7522
email: ebera@americancouncils.org
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
9. Edinburgh Alwaleed Early Career Fellow: Authority in the Globalised Muslim World
The Alwaleed Centre is looking for an Early Career Fellow to join its academic team.
The post-holder will conduct research into contemporary issues relating to authority in Muslim states, societies or online spaces. Applications from candidates whose work engages with transnational, international or global contexts would be particularly welcomed. The post-holder will also be expected to contribute to the Alwaleed Centre’s teaching activities, develop online teaching material, and engage with the Centre’s outreach and public engagement programme.
This is a two year, full-time position and FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING HERE.
The deadline for applications is 28 November 2022 at 5pm GMT.
10. ‘Pashtun homelands in an Indo-Afghan hagiographical collection’
M Pelevin
11. New address: CeRMI UMR 8041 du CNRS
Cher.ère.s collègues, cher.ère.s ami.e.s,
J’ai le plaisir de vous informer que, depuis le 28 octobre dernier, notre unité de recherche, CeRMI UMR 8041 du CNRS, a emménagé dans de nouveaux locaux sur le campus CNRS de Villejuif.
L’adresse postale du CeRMI ainsi que les coordonnées téléphoniques de son secrétariat sont désormais les suivantes :
Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI) – UMR8041 CNRS
Campus CNRS Ile-de-France Villejuif
7, rue Guy Môquet
94800 Villejuif – FRANCE
Tél. : +33 (0)1 49 58 37 86
Courriel : cermi@cnrs.fr
Site web : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/
À cette adresse, nos locaux sont situés au 4ème étage du bâtiment D.
Noter par ailleurs que cette nouvelle localisation du siège de notre UMR entraîne une modification des coordonnées téléphoniques des postes fixes installés dans les bureaux.
Bien amicalement,
______
Maria Szuppe (CNRS)
Directrice de l’UMR 8041 Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI)
12. AKU-ISMC
Book Launch: Islam and Modernism by Rasheed Araeen
Tuesday 6 December 2022, 18:00 – 20:00 (London)
Venue
Aga Khan Centre (Atrium Conference Room),
10 Handyside Street,
London N1C 4DN
Booking
The event is free, but booking is essential:
To attend in person, register via Eventbrite.
To attend online, register via Zoom.
For more information:
- November 05, 2022
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Shii News – Semantic Web Tools and the Personal Relationships in Rijāl al-Najāshi (Zoom, 17.11.22, 9am, CT)
Paper to be presented at 8th IDHN (Islamicate Digital Humanities Network) Conference.
To register:
https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckc-ChrTIrEtUev9h3Qc1FpkLjNXGu6AG0
- November 04, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Zoom: ‘Theological Foundations of the Zaydi School’ (9.11.22, 4pm EST)
- November 03, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – AP: ‘Bahrain’s Shiites hope pope raises human rights during visit’
- November 02, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE “6th Annual Symposium on Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society”, Indiana University, 31 October – 4 November 2022
Information and registration: https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/machform/view.php?id=312627
2. ONLINE Lecture “Violence and Care: The Basij and Disabled Afghan Foreign Fighters in Iran”, Iranian Studies Initiative, New York University, 3 November 2022, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Drawing on long-term ethnographic research with paramilitary members of the Basij as well as Afghan disabled in low-income neighborhoods of Iran, in this talk Ahmad Moradi maps out the ways in which people solicit the very techniques of power to seek legibility, care and recognition.
Information and registration: https://as.nyu.edu/neareaststudies/events/fall-2022/Nov.html
3. HYBRID Book Presentation “Les études sur les domaines turc, kurde et ottoman en France”, CNRS-GIS MOMM (Scientific Interest Group on the Middle East and Muslim Worlds), Paris, 9 November 2022, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Paris Time
The book was written by written by Élise Massicard, Alexandre Toumarkine and Julien Boucly. The authors will be present.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/11378517/presentation-event-november-9th-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%9Cturkish-kurdish-and-ottoman
4. HYBRID Conference “Decolonial Thinking and Revolutionary Events”, University of London, 8-9 March 2023
How does coloniality pathologize experience? How does it use trauma to silence revolutionary experience? Does the movement of liberation away from coloniality imply a reversal of speech from a logic of the traumatic to the somatic? What is this unactual that events speak in their actual? How does revolutionary temporality de-envelop itself from coloniality and its repressive function?
Deadline for abstracts: 17 December 2022.
Information: https://postcolonialpolitics.org/decolonial-thinking-and-revolutionary-events/
5. Early-Career Scholars Workshop “Researching Forced Migration in the Middle East,” University of Glasgow, 23-24 March 2023
The workshop will provide an opportunity to early career scholars to present, discuss, and receive critical feedback on their research projects with senior academics in the field. In addition to focused discussions on each paper, the workshop will address strategies and advice for publishing on forced migration in peer-reviewed international journals.
Deadline for abstracts: 11 November 2022. Information:
https://cbrl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CBRLGlasgow-Workshop-March-2023-Updated-Call.pdf
6. Conference “Early Modern Ottoman Studies (EMOS)”, Hacettepe University & Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, 12-15 July 2023
The conference invites researchers studying the early modern Ottoman lands, their surroundings and the Mediterranean world (between 1500 and 1800), including all fields of history and related fields of social sciences and humanities.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2023.
7. Part-Time (0.8FTE) Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David
Applicants should have a further specialisation in another field relevant to the study of the Muslim World. We are particularly keen to receive applications from those able to teach and research in the field of Islamic Philosophy, particularly its relevance to intercultural and interfaith dynamics in the contemporary world.
Deadline for applications: 2 November 2022.
Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CUH141/lecturer-in-islamic-studies
8. Fellowships for Students and Scholars of the Near East (Prehistory – 21st Century), W.F.Albright Institute of Archaelogical Research, Jerusalem
Awards are one to four months and come with a stipend and board at our institute in the heart of Jerusalem. Applications are open to students and scholars in Near Eastern studies, including archaeology, assyriology, anthropology, biblical studies, art history, epigraphy, historical geography, literature, religion, museum studies, cultural heritage, and preservation, pursuing projects that focus on contemporary engagement with the pre-modern past.
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2022. Information: www.aiar.org/fellowships
9. Assistant/ Associate Professor of History, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Applicants should be specialized in medieval Islamic history. Priority is given to those interested in the history of the Arabian Peninsula and to candidates who are proficient in the Arabic language and/or have a special interest in research and practice in the Arab world.
Deadline for applications: 16 January 2023.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64397
10. Assistant Professors in Arabic / Islamic Studies, American University of Sharjah, UAE
A PhD in Arabic Studies, Islamic Studies or related areas is required. The willingness and ability to teach entry-level Arabic heritage classes is essential. Successful applicants will have native or near-native proficiency in Arabic and English. Familiarity with Western models of higher education is preferred.
Deadline for applications: 20 November 2022. Information:
11. Tenured/Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor of Iran Studies, University of Oklahoma
Qualifications: Full research proficiency in Persian/Farsi. – Ph.D. by the time the appointment begins on August 16, 2023. – Active and dynamic research agenda on Iranian politics / US-Iran relations. – Evidence of teaching excellence / experience.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2022. Information:
12. Zahedi Family Fellowship in Iranian Archive Studies (12 Weeks), Stanford University
The fellowship is open to scholars and artists working on the modern history of Iran, particularly the period of 1941 to 1979. Preference will be given to scholars who have worked on aspects of modern Iranian foreign policy, history, and culture.
Deadline for applications: 2 December 2022.
Information: https://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/research/zahedi-family-fellowship
13. Manuscripts and Book Proposals for “The Ottoman Empire and the World Series” under New Editorship and Advisory Board (I.B.Tauris)
The series welcomes work which transcends the traditional boundaries between approaches, including those between political history, gender studies, social history, Islamic studies, environmental history, and literary studies to understand how the empire worked and how it fit in a wider world.
14. Chapters for Edited Book on “Archaeologies of Displacement: Heritage, Memory, Materiality” (Focus MENA), Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
This edited book aims to understand how and why the voices of displaced people are so often forgotten in the narratives of globalisation. We will focus on how the trauma of forced migration creates interconnections between material objects, memories, oral histories and people and explore the potential for creating sustain-able archaeologies of displacement.
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/10/27/archaeologies-of-displacement-heritage-memory-materiality
15. Chapters for Edited Book on “Technologies and Digital Activism in Authoritarian Contexts” (Focus Egypt, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey), Deakin University, Australia
Questions: How do technologies affect the prospects of democracy and authoritarianism? How do current and emerging technologies facilitate or challenge democracy? How do political activists and organizations devise strategies to circumvent the suppression from authoritarian regimes mediated by technologies? How do the concept and practice of digital authoritarianism evolve in response to the rising authoritarian power?
Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2022. Information: http://www.mesf.org.au/call-for-book-chapters/
16. Articles on “Islamic Leadership: Towards a New Paradigm” for Special Issue of the “Australian Journal of Islamic Studies”
Questions: Is contemporary Islamic and Muslim crisis a crisis of Islamic leadership? Do Muslims need a new leadership to bring them and their societies out of crisis? Why is new Islamic leadership paradigm so impor-tant in the modern world? Are there role model Muslim leaders that stand out as an exception to the crisis we are seeing in the Islamic leadership?
Deadline for submissions: 30 December 2022.
Information: https://ajis.com.au/index.php/ajis/announcement/view/13
17. AKU-ISMC
Wednesday 30 November is the closing event of Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Play and Passion exhibition.
The event will include a panel discussion about football and religion with a particular emphasis on women’s football. The event will take place at the Aga Khan Centre, London, as well as online and will be followed by a viewing of the exhibition.
18. The Journal of Islamic Law invites papers that explore encounters between Islamic law and other legal traditions from the 18th through mid-20th centuries.
Scholarship on encounters mostly focuses on colonial history, presenting a defeating view of shari’a, seen as having “died” against the intruding forces of colonialism. Indeed, European colonialism greatly affected the operation of Islamic law. Colonial officials, targeting the ulema and the courts, transformed the foundational practices and institutions on which the Islamic legal tradition rested. Yet, it is worth revisiting how Islamic law operated given its flexible nature and the agency of its actors. For example—with some exceptions—we know little about processes of negotiation, dependence, borrowing, jurisdictional jockeying, forum shopping, and entanglements between Islamic legal practices and those of other legal systems. Furthermore, a scholarly understanding of encounters between Islamic law and other legal traditions would greatly benefit from explorations of other regional and temporal spaces—and not just European colonialism—where legal encounters unfolded. This special issue is interested in hosting works on such legal encounters broadly from the 18th to the mid-20th century. Thematically, it seeks to present scholarship that looks at metamorphosis, borrowing, and dialogue between Islamic law or shari’a and other legal traditions in the context of foreign/external influences, colonial powers, and imperial interactions.
We seek articles of up to 25,000 words. To signal interest, please submit a proposed title and abstract of 250-500 words by November 18, 2022, using our online submissions portal. Once accepted, soon thereafter, the deadline for the submission of full drafts is February 1, 2023, after which we will go through a process of peer review, a final decision on acceptance, and editing and publication. This special issue of the Journal of Islamic Law is edited by Dilyara Agisheva (dagisheva@law.harvard.edu ), Research Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Program in Islamic Law, and will be published in Spring/Summer 2023. For further questions, please contact us at pil@law.harvard.edu .
19. Join the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) for its Fifteenth Annual Conference taking place in Washington, D.C. on November 5 – 7, 2022.
We will host a dynamic crowd of academics, scholars, and policymakers from around the globe. View our schedule of events and list of paper presentations.
The 2022 Conference will feature:
- Opening remarks by H.E. Shaikh Abdulla Bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States.
- Networking cocktail reception.
- Special Session: “When Magic Failed: The Life and Legacy of Prof. Fouad Ajami.”
- Keynote: “A Conversation on the State of Middle East Studies Today” led by Dr. Martin Kramer.
- Book Discussion: Prof. Jeffrey Herf, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, will talk about his recent publication, Israel’s Moment.
- Awards banquet luncheon.
- Awards ceremony and reception for the 2022 Bernard Lewis Prize.
- Roundtable: “Edward Said and the Colonization of Western Middle Eastern Studies.”
- Panel sessions including: Colonial and Postcolonial Africa: Nationalism, Urban Spaces, Womanhood and Science; Arabic Poetry Fragments in the Cairo Genizah: Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Analysis; Security Issues in the Middle East and Africa; Narratives and Ethos in the Middle East: Similarities and Differences; A Hundred Years of States and Minorities in the Middle East: What Has Gone Wrong?
Register now to attend!
Feel free to contact ASMEA at info@asmeascholars.org with any questions.
20. West Virginia University – Assistant Professor of History, Modern Middle East
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64456
Closing date: Jan 24, 2023
21. UCLA Iranian Studies
Women in Iran: Past, Present, and Future
A Double Book Talk with Mahnaz Afkhami and Mona Tajali
Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom
Discussion in Persian
For more information:
22. Monday the 7th of November. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
Nikola Pantic, Is It Religion or Magic, and What Is Between Them? New (Old) Approaches to Ottoman Institutional Sunnism (1600-1800)
Register in advance for this meeting: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocOmsrDIoHdS1MGcJFfNI0oMSanzYoLna
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.The first international Islamic Art and Culture Digital Festival happening online on 28 & 29 November.
The Future of Islamic Art & Culture Digital Festival is a virtual global gathering, with performances, online exhibitions and conversations.
We hope you can join us at this unique online event.
2. We invite you to attend our 8th IDHN Conference which will take place on Thursday, November 17, 2022.
We will hear four exciting presentations:
Maya Shatzmiller (University of Western Ontario): Measuring the Medieval Islamic Economy: New perspectives on evaluating economic performance
Moneerh Aleedy (Leeds University): Parallel Sentences Alignment Using SentencesTransformers: A Case Study on English-Arabic Non-Parallel Corpus
Jonas Müller-Laackmann (SUB Hamburg); Theo Beers (FU Berlin) and Xenia Kudela (FU Berlin): Closing the Gap – A collaborative project database on Non-Latin Script-based research
Alireza Shahbazi (Iran University) and Mohammad Reza Moini (University of Tehran): Employing Semantic Web Tools for Reconstructing and Analyzing the Personal Relationships in Rijāl al-Najāshi
To attend this online conference, please register at https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckc-ChrTIrEtUev9h3Qc1FpkLjNXGu6AG0. We eagerly look forward to your attendance and participation in the conference.
3. We have the pleasure to invite you to lecture 2 of Round 2 of the ‘Women and Gender Forum’ run by the University of Manchester: Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series titled, Empowering Muslim Women in History, Literature, and the Arts
Tuesday 1 November 2022,
5:00 PM (17:00) GMT, 8:00 PM Saudi Time
on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95985097918
Women’s Art, Women’s Stories from Pakistan: An Alternative Lens
Professor Shirin Zubair
The Polish Institute of Advanced Studies
4. Video Library Announcement: Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series with Robert Rollinger Now Available
We are pleased to share with you the recorded lectures of Professor Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck) for the Biennial Eshan Yarshater Lecture Series. He presented a series of four lectures in a series titled “The Achemenid Persian World Empire” for the Pourdavoud Center in April 2022
https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/videos/
5. 2022 Kamran Djam Biennial Lectures at SOAS
7 and 8 November, 2022
After a pause due to lockdown, the Centre for Iranian Studies is delighted to invite you to the 2022 Kamran Djam Biennial Lectures at SOAS on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 November 2022.
Our speaker this year is Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA, University of St. Andrews, who, will give two lectures on The Great Mongol Shahnama, a long-awaited major work on one of the most magnificent illustrated Persian manuscripts of all time, dating to 1330s. Hali Publications Ltd., the UK publishers of this splendid book, have kindly agreed to bring several advance copies of the book for your perusal before its imminent availability in the UK. Please see below for details of the lectures.
Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA, University of St. Andrews
What Problems Does the Great Mongol Shahnama Pose?
5.30pm, Monday 7 November
(followed by a reception at 7.00pm in G3 Suite)
What Makes the Great Mongol Shahnama Great?
7.00pm, Tuesday 8 November
Venue: Djam Lecture Theatre
SOAS, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
Admission Free – All Welcome
6. The Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles invites applications for a one-year Farhang Foundation Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in Iranian Studies. Researchers with training in cultural studies, film, and literature are particularly encouraged to apply.
Postdoctoral Scholar in Iranian Studies (mesana.org)
Review of applications will begin December 1, 2022; the position will remain open until filled.
7. Annual Lampeter Interfaith Colloquium: 1st-2nd December 2022
We are pleased to announce that the 7th Annual Lampeter Interfaith Colloquium will be held on 1st -2nd December 2022.
Our theme for this year’s conference is ‘Inter-religious Relations in Contemporary Societies’ and we’re delighted to have Rev. Dr Muthuraj Swamy (Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, Cambridge university) and Prof. Patrice Brodeur (University of Montreal) as our keynote speakers.
After two years of this event being held solely online, this year’s Colloquium will be a hybrid event, available for international attendees to virtually participate alongside those in Lampeter. Commencing at 1pm on Thursday December the 1st (GMT), the Colloquium will be brought to a close at 2pm on Friday December 2nd.
There will be more information to follow, however, please do get in touch with us with any initial queries via interfaith@uwtsd.ac.uk .
8. Drawing Syria from Afar. An event in honour of Syria
Thursday 3 November 2022: 6.00-7.30pm [GMT]
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Presented by the Institute of Classical Studies and the Warburg Institute, University of London.
A panel discussion to mark the donation of The Destruction of Palmyra by Deanna Petherbridge (Warburg Associate Fellow) to the Warburg Institute and its hanging in the Institute of Classical Studies. A panel of speakers from the fields of art and architecture, archaeology and heritage studies will discuss the ancient and contemporary history of Tadmor-Palmyra, the impact of the destruction of home and heritage in conflict, and what might constitute restorative architectural and archaeological reconstruction
Speakers: Dr Ammar Azzouz, Professor Jen Baird, Frances Carey, Dr Zena Kamash.
Simultaneous translation into Arabic will be provided.
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9. New York University, Silsila: Center for Material Histories
“THE SOUNDS OF THE DALĀ’IL AL-KHAYRĀT AND ITS HARAMAYN IMAGES”
Sabiha Göloğlu, University of Michigan & University of Hamburg
Part of the Silsila Fall 2022 series, Body and Senses
Wednesday, November 2nd 12.30-2.30 EDT
The Moroccan Sufi saint Sulayman al-Jazuli’s (d. 870/1465) Dalā’il al-Khayrāt (Proofs of Good Deeds) was widely recited and read in public and private spheres across the Ottoman Empire. Whether in writing or in sound, the Dalāʾil al-Khayrāt, via private ownership and book and recitation endowments, reached many at homes, Sufi convents, madrasas, and mosques from Medina to Istanbul. The majority of Ottoman Dalā’il al-Khayrāt copies that are preserved in collections are illustrated with various compositions. Among these compositions, the Mecca and Medina couples are significant in that several of them had an audible component, as suggested in the marginal inscriptions. This talk will focus on the multisensory experiences of texts and images that arose from both recitations of the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt and the verbal formulas attached to its Haramayn depictions.
Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee can be found at:
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.
10. The Islamic College – MA Islamic Studies & Islamic Law Taster Course
Considering a MA degree in Islamic Studies or Islamic Law? Attend our taster course where you can attend taster class sessions and meet some of our staff.
- MA degrees in Islamic Studies and Islamic Law
- 1-year or 2-year options
- Degrees validated by Middlesex University, UK
- Study under eminent academics, Islamic scholars, and specialists
- Be part of a vibrant, knowledgeable student community
- Aimed at researchers, prospective PhD students, religious leaders, or anyone wanting to study Islam in-depth
- In-house and distance education options
DATE: 7 November 2022
TIME: 6:00-9:00 pm (London time)
HOSTED BY: The Islamic College, London, UK,
degrees validated by Middlesex University, UK
More information at:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/taster-course/
- October 29, 2022
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- October 27, 2022
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