Archive for 2022
- September 09, 2022
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- September 08, 2022
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- September 07, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. HYBRID International Workshop “Travelling Matters: Rereading, Reshaping, Reusing Objects across the Mediterranean”, Haifa Center for Mediterranean History, University of Haifa, 8 September 2022, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm IST
The workshop intends to tackle objects as sources and subjects of the history of cross-cultural encounters in innovative ways focusing on the “second-handedness” of displaced objects across the Mediterranean with a broad chronology, extending from antiquity to the present-day intersecting different time frames.
Program and registration: https://hcmh.haifa.ac.il/2022/06/30/travelling-matters-rereading-reshaping-reusing-objects-across-the-mediterranean/
2. 3rd Network for the Study of Environmental History of Turkey (NEHT) Workshop: “Environmental Histories of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman World – The Anthropocene: From Empire to Nation-States”, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna, 8-10 September 2022
The workshop will discuss the ways of integrating the concept of the Anthropocene into the field of Otto-man/post-Ottoman environmental history. It will open a space for analysing the role of human activities in transforming the Ottoman/post-Ottoman landscapes in the age of the Anthropocene.
Information and program: https://orientalistik.univie.ac.at/en/disciplines/turkish-studies/events/neht-2022/
3. ONLINE Webinar “A Persianate Japanology? The Reach and Limits of Inter-Asian Exchange” by Nile Green (Professor of History at UCLA), British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS), London, 21 September 2022, 6:00 pm GMT
In the wake of the Japanese defeat of Russia in 1905, intellectuals from Iran, India, and Afghanistan looked to Japan as a model for achieving military and industrial modernization without adopting Western culture. Probing the secrets of Japan’s success, they wrote poems, travelogues, and histories of Japan in Persian.
Information and registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2916534763519/WN_BdqxsryTQ5O53W0ymUkbYQ
4. “Workshop on the Heritage of Indigenous Knowledge for the Persian Qanat (Aqueduct)”, Institute of Geography, University of Tehran, 12-15 October 2022
In addition to teaching the basic concepts of aqueduct and Qanat construction in Iran and studying the geography of the desert, the participants will visit the Qanat rehabilitation methods in Ardestan, Ardakan, Meybod, Zarch, Yazd and Bayazeh.
Deadline for registration extended to 15 September 2022.
5. “56th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA)”, Denver, Colorado, 1-4 December 2022
The preliminary program is now available with over 250 sessions on a wide range of topics, a number of roundtables, and several special sessions.
Deadline to pre-register: 8 November 2022. After that date, individuals must register on-site at the higher, on-site rate starting 1 December 2022.
Program: https://mesana.org/pdf/MESA2022_preliminaryprogram_FINAL.pdf
6. Visiting Research Fellowship for Omani Studies (3 Months), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
The Grant comprises funding for a research stay in Berlin of up to 3 months in 2023 at ZMO, as well as travel costs to Berlin, for the successful candidate. We are seeking to attract an outstanding postdoctoral scholar who is engaged in projects in research fields related to Omani Studies.
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2022. Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/Ausschreibungen_2022/CfP_Oman_Research_Grant_2023.pdf
7. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, Stanford University
We seek candidates specializing in pre-modern Islam (7th–15th centuries), with a preference for the early period. Regional focus and disciplinary approach are open. A PhD is required at the time of appointment.
Deadline for applications: 30 September 2022.
Information: https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job/493443/assistant-professor-in-islamic-studies
8. Program Officer Iraq, National Endowment for Democracy, Washington DC
Qualifications: B.A. in international affairs, politics, or a related discipline required; Master’s level education or equivalent knowledge is desired; 2+ years of living or working in the Iraq/MENA region; 2+ years of experience in democracy-related work is required; fluent Arabic (reading, writing and speaking) is required.
Information: https://www.ned.org/about/jobs/#op-487262-21157-program-officer-iraq
9. New Publication – Scenes From The 16th Century Ottoman Empire Vol. 2 COECKE VAN DER AELST Moeurs et Fachons des Moeurs Turcz
SOTA PUBLICATIONS / SOTA YAYINLARI
CORPUS OF TURKISH ISLAMIC INSCRIPTIONS nr.51
SAMPLE PAGES: https://www.academia.edu/86084014/Coecke_brochure
FOR ORDERING AND MORE INFO WRITE TO: sotapublishing@gmail.com
NORTHERN EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND TURKISH IMAGE
This second volume of our series “Scenes from the 16th Century Ottoman Empire” collects some of the very early illustrations of Ottoman Empire and its people by Northern Artists. (Netherlandish, Flemish, German, Austrian and Swiss) It consists of 4 main parts with in every part an art object or an artist. We have given this volume the name of Coecke van der Aelst because his Customs of fashions of Turks is the main object of this book.
The four objects are accompanied by earlier published articles by different authors.
- Mercenaries and Turks 1530 (Museum Booijmans van Beuningen)
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has since 2010 exceptional set of prints from 1530 called “Landsknechten en Turken” or in english Mercenaries (lansquenets) and Turks, In terms of subject, the lansquenet set (20 woodcut prints) and the Turks is a set of 18 prints. (16 Turks and 2 Muscovites)
We will repint in this book the complete Turkish set with additional few specimens of
Lansquenets. This chapter is introduced by an article by Peter van der Coelen who is curator of Prints and drawings of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam:
- Jan Swart van Groningen, Süleyman and His Cortege, 1526
Second chapter of the book consists of 4 drawings made by Jan Swart van Groningen Netherlandish, ca. I500-ca. 1560. - Pieter Coecke van Aelst Customs and Fashions of Turcs and (1553)
The set of Turks from Museum Booijmans van Beuningen, meanwhile, has a splendid counterpart in Pieter Coecke van Aelst’s 1553 frieze, more than four metres wide, depicting the customs and practices of the Turks.4. The Wall map of the Turkish Campaign of 1529 - The Wall map of the Turkish Campaign of 1529
The last work of art we present in this volume is a Map of an Ottoman Campaign. This map by Johann Haselberg (1514-1537) is a very remarkable map which was recently discovered wall map by swiss artists which is now housed in England is our closing.
- September 06, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Call for Papers: Seminar on Harb al Basus and its Offspring
Call for papers to an online small online conference dealing with literary and cultural productions related to the Arabic source texts on the War of al-Basus and/or the saga of al-Zir Salim. We hope to pique your interest in joining this gathering to discuss works related to Harb al-Basus/ al-Zir Salim with others who also delve into this material from a variety of perspectives. Presentations may be in either Arabic or English.
We call for abstracts of contributions to be submitted to us by October 23rd, 2022. Please submit abstracts to harbalbasus@gmail.com .
2. University of California – Berkeley – Assistant Professor – Modern Arabic Literature and Islamic Culture
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63830
Application deadline: October 15, 2022
3. University of Tennessee – Knoxville – Assistant Professor of Premodern Islamic History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63825
Closing date: October 26, 2022
4. ERC EuQu Upcoming events
Article about the Qur’an heritage in Europe in CSIC review
CSIC Investiga. Revista de Ciencia. Número especial
July 2022 – https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/14696
This special issue of ‘CSIC Investiga. Journal of Science’ shows the performance of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) within the EU R&D framewok programme Horizon 2020. It presents reportages on various research projects and on the Qur’an heritage in Europe, among others.
The QUR’AN, in the heart of Europe
Article by Esther M. García Pastor
In this article, Mercedes-García Arenal, who is leading an ambitious project funded with almost ten million euros by the European Commission to investigate the Qur’anic legacy in Europe, explains the role played by the Islam’s sacred text in European culture from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.
You can read it online (p7-9 of the PDF) : https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/275159
5 septiembre – 7 septiembre de 2022
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas, CONICET
Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Medievales
John Tolan, participará en la conferencia plenaria en el marco de las XVII Jornadas Internacionales de Estudios Medievales y XXVII Curso de Actualización en Historia Medieval, organizados por el Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas (IMHICIHU) del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y la Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Medievales (SAEMED), que se llevarán a cabo los días 5, 6 y 7 de septiembre del 2022.
John Tolan « Leer el Corán en Europa cristiana en la edad media »
7 de septiembre de 2022
17h00 a 18h00
IMHICIHU – CONICET
Saavedra 15, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Histories of Knowledge: Political, Historical and Cultural Epistemologies in Intellectual History
12 September – 15 September 2022
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
Keynotes: Vera Keller (University of Oregon) and Shaul Bassi (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Two of our PhD students working within our ERC Project EuQu are going to participate in the conference :
- Loriana Salierno (Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale) : «The Qur ʾāninto Latin: the Translation of Ludovico Marracci »
- Javier de Prado (Nantes Université) : «The Qur’an and the Propaganda Fide. Shared themes in the De procuranda salute omnium gentium (1613) and the Apologia pro christianareligione (1631) »
https://isih.history.ox.ac.uk/?page_id=6723
6. BRISMES-Balfour Project Event: Peace Advocacy Fellowship Presentation and Q&A
Date: Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Time: 18:00-19:00 (BST)
Location: Online via Zoom (registration required)
Register to Attend: tinyurl.com/BPfellowship
This event is an opportunity for students who have already read about the Balfour Project Peace Advocacy Fellowship to meet the team, learn about the fellowship and ask questions about it.
The Fellowship is open to final year undergraduate and postgraduate students based in the UK who are committed to the Balfour Project Approach. As a fellow, you will be given the opportunity to make a tangible contribution to the work of the Balfour Project by campaigning for peace on the basis of the charity’s approach within your academic institution and more generally. To find out more about the content and expectations for the 2022/23 Fellowship programme, please read the Balfour Project Call for Fellows. Applications for the 2022/23 Fellowship close on Friday, 16th September at 5PM (UK time).
Please feel free to share the details with any students who may be interested in attending this event.
Best wishes,
Amy
Amy Brickhill
Manager, BRISMES
Email: office@brismes.org
Website: www.brismes.ac.uk
7. Contemporary Arabic Literature and Literary Translation
Date: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Time: 16:00-18:00 (BST)
Location: Online via Zoom
Register to Attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvce2orTwoH9SjXV5MIpb0_8cSKkEJQrCN
This panel will discuss contemporary Arabic literature and literary translation published in the last dozen years, particularly following the onset of the ‘Arab Spring’. Distinguished international writers, translators and researchers within the Arabic literary (translation) field will discuss and reflect on recent developments as well as publishing trends and practices. The panel will situate these developments within the changing socio-cultural and political contexts of the Arab world and reflect on the extent to which these contexts and events have affected the production, distribution and reception of Arabic literature in translation. The panel will also examine some of the recently published translated Arabic literature, survey its predominant contemporary narratives and showcase their own recent award-winning novels, plays and research projects. Additionally, the speakers will share their inspirations and motivations as well as discuss the social, cultural and political contexts informing their particular work. Panel members will also discuss their writing experience, the challenges they face and the reception of their work in the Arab and Western worlds.
Chair: Dr Hanem El-Farahaty (Associate Professor of Arabic Translation and Interpreting, University of Leeds and BRISMES Council Member)
Discussant: Dr Abdel-Wahab Khalif (Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting, Cardiff University)
Speakers:
- Leila Aboulela (Fiction Writer, Essayist, Playwright)
- Prof Reem Bassiouney (Professor of Linguistics, American University in Cairo)
- Alice Guthrie (Translator, Editor, Curator)
- Prof Wen-chin Ouyang (Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, SOAS University of London)
- Yussef El Guindi (Playwright)
The event is free to attend and open to all, but registration is essential. Please do share the details with any colleagues who may be interested in attending.
8. Symposium – Shifting the Paradigm: New Studies in Islamic Art and Architecture in Honor of Prof. Gülru Necipoǧlu – September 8 & 9
The event program can be found here: https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/events
The event is open to the public and is sponsored by the Norma Jean Calderwood University Professorship in Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College and the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University. Please contact Emine Fetvacı, Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art, Boston College at fetvaci@bc.edu
9. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, History
History of the Middle East, Assistant Professor
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63863
closing date 1/11/22
10. Washington University in St. Louis, Jewish Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Race and Ethnicity in the Middle East
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63859
closing date: 28/11/22
11. Call for Articles: Alif 44 (2024)
Food as Culture: Literary and Artistic Approaches
Abstract deadline: October 1, 2022
Article submission deadline: May 1, 2023
Food is the center of our lives. Beyond being the most basic means of survival, it is also a communal activity. Cultural and religious practices are suffused with food preparation rituals, and social gatherings inadvertently revolve around food or drink. While food enriches social bonds, it can also deepen social and cultural rifts. In the words of Guatemalan activist and Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchú, “We only trust people who eat what we eat.” While the delight of an exquisite meal can lead to a heightened state of almost spiritual ecstasy, it can also expose grave inequalities, with the excess of ancient Roman feasts as a striking example. Food can create a sense of cultural belonging, but it can also be used as a form of obliteration/discrimination and appropriation/exclusion. A simple meal consumed contains layers of history, social commentary, and memory.
The centrality of food has made it inevitably present in works of literature and art since antiquity. This interest in the significance of food is evidenced in the upsurge in culinary studies in recent academic scholarship. This issue of Alifseeks to contribute to this scholarship from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It welcomes original articles on the varied representations and meanings of food and invites contributors to explore how literature and art expand our relationship to food and what questions they raise about it.
Article topics might include, but are not restricted to, the following:
- Food, history, and memory
- Food and hunger: adequacy and scarcity
- Mythological representations of food
- Anthropological approaches to food
- The psychology of food: eating disorders, self-images and so on
- Food and emotional bonding, sensuality, and eroticism
- Food and gender
- The economy of food distribution and access
- The future of consumption, the environment, and animal rights
- Food media: cooking shows, cookbooks, and social media
- Food in/as visual art
- Cannibalism and violence
Key Dates
| Deadline for submission of abstract (300 words) | October 1, 2022 |
| Deadline for submission of full articles | May 1, 2023 |
| Publication date | Spring 2024 |
Alif is a refereed, annual, multi-lingual, and multi-disciplinary journal published by the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the American University in Cairo. Each issue revolves around a theme or a problem, bringing together the views and approaches of scholars from all over the world.
Alif is electronically available on JSTOR and indexed on a number of prestigious databases including Scopus, MLA International Bibliography, SAGE, Index Islamicus, EBSCO, Project MUSE, and Literature Resource Center (Gale).
Submission instructions: An initial 300-word abstract should be submitted by 1 October 2022, accompanied by the author’s email address, telephone number, and postal address. Articles based on accepted abstracts should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words and may be submitted in Arabic, English, or French by electronic mail to alifecl@aucegypt.edu, together with an abstract of 100 words and a 50-word biographical note on the contributor. Authors should consult the MLA Handbook (9th edition) for style in preparing their manuscripts.
Only original articles that do not duplicate previously published work, including the authors, and are not under review by another journal or collection will be considered.
Correspondence
Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, Dept. of English and Comparative Literature
American University in Cairo
113 Kasr Al Aini Street, PO Box 2511
Cairo 11511, Egypt
t: +2.02.2797.5107
alifecl@aucegypt.edu
To visit the website, click here.
12. Chapter proposals are invited for A Cultural History of Reproduction in the Early Modern Age (1500 – 1765) under contract with Bloomsbury for their Cultural History Series.
This volume will form part of a 6-volume series that covers the history of reproduction from antiquity to the present. We seek authors for the following thematic chapters focusing on the early modern period:
- Legal and Political Contexts
- Beliefs and Rituals
- Science and Medicine
- Materialities and Technologies
- Spaces and Practitioners
- Fertility Control
- Experiences and Emotions
- Meanings and Representations
This volume takes a thematic and transnational approach to the history of reproduction, with synthetic chapters addressing the above themes. Rather than addressing reproduction from a single perspective (such as medicine, culture, religion, etc.), the aim of this series is to emphasize the ways reproduction brings into focus the intersections between areas like science and medicine, law, cultural representations, lived realities, popular culture and so forth. This collection highlights both a global perspective and newer research themes in the history of pregnancy and birth, such as LGBTQ+ lives, disability, the senses, bodily experiences such as pain, and emotions. Although grounded in historical research and historiography, the series hopes also to feature the essential interdisciplinary scholarship in the field, including Archaeology, Religious Studies, Public Health, Anthropology, and Science and Technology Studies (STS).
The particular focus of each chapter within the general themes outlined above is up to the individual author, but topics covered may include fertility (including attempts to promote fertility, infertility, and fertility control), abortion, pregnancy and birth, the post-partum period, and/or infant care and feeding. Each chapter should provide an overview for readers of the key issues, problems, questions, methodologies, and debates in the field. If/when appropriate, each chapter also will survey the available primary sources and discuss a sample of these sources. This volume focuses on the Early Modern Period (from about 1500-1765), and it takes a global view; scholars who propose chapters centering comparative and transnational history and engaging with the Global South are particularly welcome. Chapters may adopt a global and comparative focus or may focus on one or two regions while making reference to global developments. Proposals from scholars who live and work in the Global South are encouraged. If a proposal is accepted, completed chapters of between 8,000 and 10,000 words will be due on August 15, 2023.
Interested authors should submit short proposals of 500 words and a CV by November 1, 2022 to Jennifer Kosmin at jfk0027@auburn.edu. Inquiries may also be addressed to jfk0027@auburn.edu.
13. The Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature at the University of Washington
The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures is thrilled to launch the Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature. This prize has been established in partnership with the Mo Habib Memorial Foundation and Deep Vellum Press to enable the publication and dissemination of Persian literary works that stand on their own in engaging English translation. It seeks to expand the readership of Persian literature in English, beyond academic audiences.
We anticipate that there will be multiple cycles. For its inaugural cycle, we welcome submissions in modern Persian fiction (novel and short story collection) from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Iran, and their diaspora. The winning translation will receive a prize of $10,000 ($2,000 once the award is announced in July 2023, and $8,000 once the work is turned in by the deadline May 2024). This prize comes with a commitment by Deep Vellum to publish the translated work. Please submit the following materials in a single PDF file by March 1, 2023:
- A one-page cover letter that describes the work to be translated, and speaks to its larger import
- An up-to-date CV (no more than 3 pages)
- A bilingual sample of the proposed translation (no more than 20 pages, double spaced, in both languages)
- Proof of copyrights (if applicable)
Fuller info at:
- September 03, 2022
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- August 30, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Andreas Tietze Memorial Fellowship in Turkish Studies (1-3 Months), Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna
The fellowship is open to advanced doctoral candidates and postdoctoral/early stage researchers in Turkish studies. We welcome projects that require a (research) stay in Vienna and expand the current research focus of the Department (i.e. environmental history, history of technology, digital humanities, consumption history, history of tourism, and cultural heritage).
Deadline for applications: 31 October 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/10730863/cfa-andreas-tietze-memorial-fellowship-turkish-studies-2023
2. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor for Comparative Politics/International Relations (Africa, Including North Africa), Department of Government and Law, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in political science. They should be specialised in African politics and topical specialization in one or more of the following: political economy and development; ethnic conflict, transitional justice, and post-conflict processes; migration, immigration, and diaspora studies; and/or post-colonial studies and state building.
Deadline for application: 26 September 2022. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/112095
3. Tenure Track Assistant Professor for Research on Race and Ethnicity in the Middle East, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
We are seeking an excellent scholar who engages race, structural racism, and racial disparities and inequities. The successful candidate will complement the interdisciplinary nature of the department with strong disciplinary (or multi-disciplinary) training, native or near-native fluency in at least one language of the Middle East, passion for teaching, and a commitment to forging alliances within the department, university, and the larger community.
Deadline for applications: 3 October 2022. Information: https://provost.wustl.edu/2022-cluster-hire/
4. Assistant or Associate Professor for the History of the Modern Arab World, Arab American Educational Foundation (AAEF), Rice University, Houston, Texas
Candidates must have a PhD in History or related field. They may work in a variety of geographic regions within the modern Arab world, broadly defined, from North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, the former territories of the Ottoman Empire, and the eastern Mediterranean countries of the Levant, including Palestine.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/112001
5. Network for the Documentation, Preservation and Enhancement of Monuments in the Euro-Mediterranean Area (Including Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt): “Egeria – Mediterranean Medieval Places of Pilgrimage”
The project focuses on pilgrimage sites, the immovable and movable pilgrimage monuments that are interspersed in the Mediterranean landscape but also in time, from antiquity to the present. The main objective of the project is the establishment of a network of cooperation for the documentation, preservation, enhancement and promotion of pilgrimage monuments.
Information: http://www.egeriaproject.net/main_network.aspx
6. MIAS Ibn ‘Arabi Translation Prize
Entries should be in the form of original translations of the works of Ibn ‘Arabi, either of complete minor works or of key sections or chapters from major works. Where possible, translations should be based on critically edited Arabic texts already in print. The winner will be awarded a cash prize of 3000 USD, and their translation will be published in the “Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society”.
Deadline for entries: 1 September 2022.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/06/27/final-call-ibn-arabi-translation-prize
7. Online Workshop – Applying for Academic Jobs
Panelists: Hala Auji (Virginia Commonwealth University), Finbarr Barry Flood (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University), Marcus Milwright (University of Victoria)
Friday, September 9, 2022
12 pm EDT on Zoom
Register here
This event will not be recorded
Hala Auji recently joined Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts in Richmond as the Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair for Islamic Art. Previously she was at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Her research explores the visual dimensions of modernity in the eastern Mediterranean, including print culture, book history, and museum practices. She is the author of Printing Arab Modernity: Book Culture and the American Press in Nineteenth Century Beirut (Brill, 2016), and currently serves as the HIAA Board’s International Representative.
Finbarr Barry Flood is director of Silsila: Center for Material Histories and William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of the Humanities at the Institute of Fine Arts and Department of Art History, New York University. His most recent publications include Technologies de dévotion dans les arts de l’islam: pèlerins, reliques, copies (Musée du Louvre/Hazan, 2019) and Archives of Flotsam – Objects and Early Globalism, co-written with Beate Fricke, University of Bern, to be published by Princeton University Press.
Marcus Milwright is professor and department chair in the Department of Art History and Visual Studies, University of Victoria. He has created the Crafts of Syria and Crafts of Iraq websites. His books include: Islamic Arts and Crafts: An Anthology (Edinburgh, 2017); and The Queen of Sheba’s Gift: A History of the True Balsam of Matarea (Edinburgh, 2021).
8. We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the symposium Advances and New Perspectives in Central Asian Archaeologyas part of the SAA 88th Annual Meeting, taking place in Portland, Oregon, from March 31- April 2, 2023.
This symposium will bring together researchers who focus on the wider Central Asian space, including the five post-Soviet Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan), Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Xinjiang, and Mongolia, as well as the Volga-Ural region to discuss current approaches and questions in Central Asian archaeology. By addressing a wide range of topics that are relevant to Central Asia, we aim not only to connect scholars working across Central Asia, but also highlight the work of new researchers and methodologies being employed in the region. We welcome papers that approach Central Asian archaeology from a variety of perspectives and methodologies that focus on archaeological research from across all periods of our human past.
If your research relates to this theme, you can contribute to this session with a 15-minute oral presentation in English. In order to participate in the session you must pay a conference registration fee and be a member of SAA during 2023. Current members must renew their memberships for 2023 by January 30, 2023, and nonmembers must join the Society no later than November 15, 2022. For details of these fees, you can consult the information on the SAA website.
If interested, please reach out to the organizers – Catherine Klesner (klesnerc@nyu.edu) and Ann Merkle (ammerkle@wustl.edu) – for instructions on submitting to the session. Abstracts are due by September 8th, 3 pm EST to the SAA portal, so please reach out no later than September 4th for information and instructions for abstract submissions to this organized session. Research on any material, period, or region within Central Asia is most welcome! If you have any questions, please direct them to klesnerc@nyu.edu.
We look forward to receiving your proposals!
All the best,
Catherine Klesner
Ann Merkle
9. World Premiere of the Documentary Film
“Derbent: What Persia Left Behind”
Biennial of the Iranian Studies Association
1 Sep. 2022, 9:30 AM, University of Salamanca
The film explores the unique history and architecture of the 6th-century fortification system which is considered the largest defensive structure of the Sasanian Empire in the Caucasus.
Watch trailer here:
https://derbentonline.com/doducmentary-film/
Directed by Pejman Akbarzadeh
Funded by Persian Heritage Foundation and Soudavar Memorial Foundation
- August 30, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.A new journal by Brill: The Journal of Digital Islamicate Research (JDIR)
https://brill.com/view/journals/jdir/jdir-overview.xml?rskey=yeG37d&result=10
2. The eminent Armenologist and Byzantinist Prof. Nina G. Garsoïan passed away on August 14. She broke a number of glass ceilings in academia, both as a woman and as a specialist in Armenian Studies.
More about here life history and achievements may be accessed here: http://www.mazdapublishers.com/book/de-vita-sua
3. Postdoctoral or advanced PhD position, Aristotle’s ‘On the Soul’ in Arabic (Tuebingen, Germany)
A position for a postdoctoral or an advanced PhD researcher is available at
the University of Tuebingen (Germany). The vacancy is connected to the award
of an ERC Advanced Grant, entitled “TIDA – Text and Idea of Aristotle’s
Science of Living Things” directed by Prof. Klaus Corcilius (Dept. of
Philosophy). The researcher will be working with Klaus Corcilius and with me
(Dept. of Oriental and Islamic Studies).
The period of employment will be for 2 years, beginning in January 2023.
Review of the applications will begin on November 1, 2022, and continue until
the position is filled.
information in the link below:
https://uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/stellenangebote/newsfullview-stellenangebote/article/postdoctoral-or-advanced-phd-researcher-m-f-d-75-e13-tv-l/
Applications should be sent to klaus.corcilius@uni-tuebingen.de . If you have
any questions, please feel also free to contact:
(heidrun.eichner@uni-tuebingen.de ).
4. Call For Proposals – Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Politics
Series Editors: Jocelyne Cesari and Mirjam Künkler
This series of monographs provides a platform for the burgeoning scholarship on religion and politics from either religious studies, political science, or the social sciences in general. Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Politics
seeks to examine topics that are intensely debated in the public space such as violence and politics, human rights, or democracy and secularism from multidisciplinary theoretical and data-driven perspectives.
The series welcomes manuscripts based on recent original research (whether involving fieldwork, archival work, surveys, or other methods) in a particular national or regional setting or in a comparative way across religions or political contexts. Manuscripts typically range from 35,000 to 40,000 words, but could also extend to 80,000 words. The book series does not publish edited volumes.
All proposals must contain an overview of the work and a description of its contribution to existing scholarship, as well as a description of the prospective readership of the work.
Proposals should be sent to the series editors:
Jocelyne Cesari, University of Birmingham, UK, and Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA: jcesari@hds.harvard.edu
Mirjam Künkler, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala, Sweden: mirjam.kuenkler@gmail.com
For more information, please contact Brill’s Acquisitions Editor for Religious Studies, Laura Morris: laura.morris@brill.com
5. Senior Lecturer in the Politics and International Relations of the Middle East
Keele University
The School of Social, Political and Global Studies is currently recruiting a Senior Lecturer in International Relations. The successful candidate will be a multi-faceted academic with an interdisciplinary politics and international relations specialism in the Middle East across teaching, research, media impact, and outreach.
Deadline | 5 September 2022
6. Lecturer in Translation Studies (Arabic)
University of Strathclyde
As part of a wider collaboration between the University of Strathclyde and the Middle East University (Amman, Jordan), a new MSc Applied Translation will launch in October 2022. The School of Humanties seeks to appoint a Lecturer to join the Translation and Interpreting subject team, on a full-time open-ended contract. The post holder will teach primarily on the MSc Applied Translation programme and will be located at MEU in Amman during the teaching semesters.
Deadline | 5 September 2022
7. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Middle East Studies
University of Oxford
The Oxford School of Global and Area Studies invites applications from candidates in a social science discipline with reference to countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), for a fixed-term postdoctoral position, funded by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) for 24 months commencing 1st January 2023.
Deadline | 9 September 2022
8. Lectureship in the History of the Global South
Aberystwyth University
The Department of History and Welsh History invites applications for a full-time Lectureship in the History of the Global South (nineteenth and/or twentieth centuries), tenable from 1 September 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter. We will be particularly interested in applicants who specialise in one or more of: East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, or Latin America.
Deadline | 15 September 2022
9. Assistant Professor in Islamic Civilisations
Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies (SLLCS) warmly welcomes applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Islamic Civilisations based in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies. The successful candidate will be a specialist in an aspect of Islamic Civilisations, particularly Islamic culture in the Middle East, and will have a PhD in a cognate discipline, relevant teaching experience and a publication track-record appropriate to an appointment at this level.
Deadline | 23 September 2022
10. Call for Proposals – Urban Politics in the MENA
Workshop | Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) | Beirut | 17 February 2023
Political and social scientists have increasingly turned to the study of urban politics, with a growing literature on local and regional governance and institutions, political geography and territoriality, the politics and processes of spatial production, urban infrastructural politics and the role of urban space in political mobilization. To explore these issues, POMEPS invites proposals for short papers (approximately 2,500 words) exploring urban politics in the MENA region.
Deadline | 26 September 2022
11. AKU-ISMC – 6-8 October 2022 Event – Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiographies
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12. U of British Columbia call for Applications in Classical Persian Lit. & Culture
The Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia (Vancouver campus), invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field of Classical Persian Literature and Culture. Applicants with expertise in the history and practice of classical Persian literature and culture are welcome to apply; applicants with a commitment to the broader notion of ‘Persianate’ literary culture are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants are expected to have full professional proficiency in English and in Persian, and proficiency in at least one other language of the Persianate cosmopolis. A strong track record of participation in team work and program affairs, and experience in community outreach and program building is a plus.
Candidates must have a Ph.D. in a relevant field or expect to have successfully defended the dissertation before July 1, 2023. The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate excellence in research and undergraduate and graduate teaching, and to maintain an active program of research, publication, teaching, graduate supervision, and service. The successful candidate will be expected to work closely with tenure-stream Asian Studies faculty in South Asian and Persianate and Islamic history and culture, and with any future hires in the area of Persian/Iranian Studies. Further information about the Department can be found on its website, www.asia.ubc.ca.
The application dossier should include:
- a letter of application;
- a curriculum vitae;
- a 1-page statement identifying the applicant’s contributions, or potential contributions, to diversity, and ability to work with a culturally diverse student body;
- one writing sample (maximum 30 pages);
- two sample course syllabi, preferably one at the undergraduate-level and one at the graduate-level;
- evidence of teaching effectiveness; and
- names and contact information of three referees who could provide confidential letters of recommendation should the candidate be long- or short-listed.
The deadline for receipt of complete applications is October 7, 2022. The anticipated start date of employment is July 1, 2023.
This position is subject to final budgetary approval. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
All application materials should be submitted electronically through the Department’s careers website, https://asia.ubc.ca/department/careers/ by October 7. Inquiries may be sent to asia.jobsearch@ubc.ca.
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.
Given the uncertainty caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, applicants must be prepared to conduct interviews remotely if circumstances require. A successful applicant may be asked to consider an offer containing a deadline without having been able to make an in-person visit to campus if travel and other restrictions are still in place.
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