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Shii News – Zoom: ‘Encounters in the Persianate World: The Safavid Diplomatic Envoy to Siam’ – A Arian (9.6.23, 2pm UK time)

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Shii News – Academic Items

1.Conference “(Un)growing Into Generational Roles”, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 8-9 June 2023

The conference aims at understanding intergenerational relations as a key intersection where the transformation of family relations, social power relations, and translocal transformation processes can be observed. It brings together scholars from anthropology, sociology, and history presenting research extending across Euro-American, Middle Eastern, Central, South and Southeast Asian and other localities and migratory trajectories.

Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/ungrowing-into-generational-roles

 

 

 

 

2. ONLINE Book Presentation “The Mosul Incident of 1909 – Its Sociopolitical, Judicial and Military Consequence” by Nurkan Sever (Pavia University), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Ber-lin, 13 June 2023, 1:00 pm, CET

The banishment and murder of Sheikh Said Barzanji who was the family head of Sadaat al-Barzanjiyya as the most influential religious organization of region, created a critical threshold in the history of Mosul. As the urban shootout on January 5 turned into a provincial bloodshed, Kurdish Sayyids, tribes and religious orders consolidated and revolted against the Ottoman authorities.

Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/the-mosul-incident-of-1909

 

 

 

 

3. ONLINE Webinar “The Arabic Documents from Early Islamic Khorasan” by Geoffrey Khan (Pro-fessor of Hebrew, University of Cambridge), University of Oxford, 15 June 2023, 5:00 pm UK Time

The speaker describes the Arabic documents from early Islamic Khurasan, which he published in 2007 and will discuss their importance for the understanding of the development of Arabic documentary culture. The corpus is datable to the 8th century AD. The documents exhibit innovations in formulae that appear in the Arabic papyri from Egypt several years later.

Information and registration: https://invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk/event/the-arabic-documents-from-early-islamic-khurasan

 

 

 

 

4. Conference “Anti-Feminism and Anti-Gender Politics in Authoritarian Regimes. The Role of the State, Religion, and Feminist Counter-Strategies in the Near and Middle East and Eastern Europe”, Herder-Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe, Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS), University Marburg, 21-23 June 2023

The purpose of this conference is to compare the anti-feminist politics of authoritarian regimes in the Near and Middle East and Eastern Europe. To that end, it brings together two strands of research – the study of anti-feminism and anti-gender politics and the study of authoritarian populism – and focus on two regions that have previously been under-researched from a comparative perspective.

Deadline for registration: 18 June 2023. Information and program:

https://www.herder-institut.de/event/anti-feminism-and-anti-gender-politics-in-authoritarian-regimes/

 

 

 

 

5. ONLINE Webinar “The Village and the Archive: On Documents in Iranian Languages (11th-13th Century)” with Arezou Azad, University of Oxford, 20 July 2023, 5:00 pm UK Time

Dr Azad presents samples of documents in the Bamiyan Papers written in 11th to 13th century-Khurāsān (in today’s Afganistan), some of which are the oldest pieces of Perso-Arabic writing in the original in the world. We will see how this archive has been reconstructed, what sorts of documents are in it, and how closely they are aligned with prescriptions in administrative manuals (inshāʿ).

Information and registration: https://invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk/event/the-village-and-the-archive-on-documents-in-iranian-languages-11th-13th-century

 

 

 

 

 

6. ONLINE 52nd Annual Conference of the North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (NAAIMS): “Creating Islamic Spaces and Places”, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Indiana University, Indianapolis, 19 October 2023

Papers are invited papers from professors and advanced Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences on the themes: The Quest for Muslim Spaces and Places in Travelogue Literature; How Migration and Trade Shape Muslim Experiences of Space & Place; African Muslims Experience of Slavery in the USA; Being an American Muslim Woman in the Workplace; American Muslims in the Public Sphere; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 16 June 2023. Information: https://naaims.org/52nd-annual-conference/

 

 

 

 

7. Workshop “The Urban and Local Dimensions of Political Violence in Syria and the Middle East”, SUR-Project and the Alliance of Civilizations Institute (MEDIT), Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, 27-29 October 2023

The workshop seeks to understand how political violence becomes “urbanized” and transformed within cities in the Middle East. The organizers are hosting a workshop for postgraduate students and young scholars to present and develop their research using georeferenced datasets. The workshop will include training on mapping and visualization skills, provided by Beirut Urban Lab.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 July 2023. Information: https://sur-project.com/workshop

 

 

 

 

8. Mediterranean Seminar Fall 2023 Workshop on “Mediterranean Studies, Present & Future: The “California School” Twenty Years On”, UC Santa Cruz, 3-4 November 2023

Contributions are invited that reflect the depth and breadth of Mediterranean Studies and its approaches, whether applied to the Mediterranean itself or adjacent or comparable regions, from the earliest historical period up to today.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-mediter-ranean-studies-present-future-med-sem-fall-2023-workshop-santa-cruz-34-november

 

 

 

 

9. Panel on “Muslims in America”, SAMLA 95 Conference, Atlanta, GA, 9-11 November 2023

This panel intends to examine the works of Muslim American poets, novelists, playwrights, jazz musicians, punks, hip hop artists, filmmakers, and visual artists. Papers are invited that explore the diverse compositions of Muslim American identities in cultural texts as they challenge and engage with the canonical codes and sociopolitical norms of national, theoretical, literary, and aesthetic spaces.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2023. Information:

https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12686252/muslims-america-panel-samla-95

 

 

 

 

10. Assistant Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR) and Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Lund University

Qualifications: PhD or the corresponding research expertise that is of value in view of the subject matter of the post (Islamic Studies); ability to teach in English; research expertise and progression in Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies; demonstrated ability to obtain external research grants; ability to carry out high-quality research on Islam in the contemporary Middle East ; ability to conduct research in at least one lan-guage of the contemporary Middle East.

Deadline for application: 17 August 2023.

Information: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:616354/type:job/where:4/apply:1

 

 

 

 

11. New Research Program “Horn & Crescent. Connections, Mobility and Exchange between the Horn of Africa and the Middle East in the Middle Ages”

Le projet ERC HornEast a pour objectif de documenter les relations entre les sociétés chrétiennes de la Corne de l’Afrique (Éthiopie, Nubie) et leur environnement islamique aux échelles locale et régionale (Égypte, Palestine, péninsule Arabique), afin de mieux comprendre les modalités du processus d’islamisation à l’oeuvre dans la région au cours du millénaire médiéval (VIIe – XVe siècle).

Information: https://horneast.hypotheses.org/presentation-du-programme-2

 

 

 

 

12. “Schools” Comprising Reading Classes and Excursions for Turkish and German Students/Postdoctoral Researcher in the DAAD-Project “Aesthetic Approaches beteen the Early Christian, Byzantine and Early Islamic World”

This project aims to connect different disciplines and bring students from Turkey and Germany together through scientific and cultural dialogues. It is open to advanced BA and MA students, PhD candidates as well as Early Career Researchers of disciplines such as Art History, Byzantine Studies, Archaeology, Islamic Studies, Sociology, etc. The common language will be English; knowledge of Turkish would be advantageous.

Deadline for applications: 15 June 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12871505/call-student-applications-aesthetic-approaches-between-early

 

 

 

 

13. Health and health policies in the Mediterranean region [CALL FOR PAPERS]

This issue of Confluences aims to examine the state of health systems around the Mediterranean, in a com-parative perspective, as health issues will have to be placed in their political, economic and social context. It aims to gather contributions addressing different aspects of implemented policies and their impact, as well as the behavior and expectations of the populations, not to mention the situation and strategies of health professionals.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2023. Information:

https://iremmo.org/contribuer-a-la-revue/health-and-health-policies-in-the-mediterranean-region/

 

 

 

 

14. 18th Annual UMAA Conference 2023: Islam in America : Challenges, Opportunities and Advocacy

June 30 – July 2, 2023

https://www.umaamerica.com/?mc_cid=f793ae7313&mc_eid=745ddc2b63

 

 

 

15. The Islamic College (London)

Monthly Seminar: Islamic Medicine- the cases of Prayer and Hijama: Some Critical Considerations

A Talk by Professor John Mayberry 
Thursday 22 June 2023
6 pm – 8 pm (London time)
Venue: The Islamic College London 133 High Road London  NW10 2SW

Register to attend:

https://islamic-college.ac.uk/monthly-seminar-islamic-medicine/

 

 

 

 

16. Conference 
The migration of objects between Islam and Christianity in the medieval and early modern Mediterranean: new uses, new meanings

June, 15-16 2023
University of Sarajevo – Faculty of Philosophy
Franje Račkog 1. 71000 Sarajevo – Bosnia and Herzegovina

Details:

https://euqu.eu/2023/05/22/conference-the-migration-of-objects-between-islam-and-christianity-in-the-medieval-and-early-modern-mediterranean-new-uses-new-meanings/

 

 

 

 

17. La 9ème séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le jeudi 15 juin 2023

17h à 19h, salle 3.15 à l’INALCO 65, rue des Grands-Moulins 75013 Paris

Pour cette séance, nous recevons Nina Soleymani Majd (Maître de conférence, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle) pour une conférence intitulée :

« Récits de voyageuses britanniques en pays bakhtiyāri (XIXe-XXe siècle) »
Résumé

Respectivement en 1890 et en 1927, Isabella Lucy Bird-Bishop puis Vita Sackville-West se rendirent en pays bakhtiyāri et en tirèrent des récits de facture fort différente, entre relation épistolaire scientifique, et voyage d’inspiration romantique.

Elles y rapportent leurs observations avec le tranquille sentiment de leur supériorité d’Européennes, laissant transparaître une adhésion au projet interventionniste anglais dans le pays qu’elles appellent encore la Perse à cette époque. Voilà comment il faut comprendre les constantes associations de « l’Occident » avec la « civilisation », au point que les deux termes sont souvent utilisés par elles comme de parfaits synonymes, et de l’autre côté l’assimilation de « l’Orient » à un ensemble de pays figés dans un passé immuable, et a fortiori incapables d’un progrès qui les ferait entrer dans la modernité attribuée à l’âge industriel. À cet égard, le nomadisme fait à première vue figure de preuve irréfutable de ce fossé qui sépare à leurs yeux Orient et Occident, en ce qu’il est le mode de vie le plus éloigné de l’idée qu’elles se font de la civilisation. Et pourtant, grâce à cette position qui le place à l’extrême opposé du spectre s’étendant de la civilisation à l’état de nature, le nomadisme est paradoxalement pour ces voyageuses la meilleure porte d’entrée vers la découverte d’un monde radicalement différent, dépouillée des vaines comparaisons entre habillement, architecture, ou encore système politique occidental et oriental. Ainsi naît l’opportunité d’une véritable ouverture à l’autre, opportunité dont elles se saisissent à des degrés divers, en fonction des contraintes littéraires ou scientifiques qu’elles se sont fixées.

Orientation bibliographique

  • Isabella L. Bird-Bishop, Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Londres, John Murray, 1891, 2 vol. [Online]
  • Laurence Chamlou, Mirages persans : Les récits de trois voyageuses au tournant du XXe siècle, Grenoble, UGA Éditions, 2022.
  • Jean-Pierre Digard, Une Épopée tribale en Iran : Les Bakhtyâri, Paris, CNRS Éditions, 2015.
  • Vita Sackville-West, Twelve Days : An account of a journey across the Bakhtiari Mountains in South-western Persia, Londres, Hogarth Press, 1928. [Oline] ; trad. fr. Une Aristocrate en Asie : Récit d’un voyage en pays bakhtyar, dans le sud-ouest de la Perse, trad. Isabelle Di Natale, Monaco, Éditions du Rocher, 2000 [rééd. Payot/Rivages 2006]. [Online]
    Retrouvez les détails de cette séance et le programme complet du séminaire sur le site web du CeRMI : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2022-2023/

 

 

 

18. Elements and Environment in the Middle Ages: A Multidisciplinary Workshop

Belfast, Thursday 29 June 2023

Queen’s University Belfast

The Graduate School, ROOM TR6

Programme and to Register to attend online:

https://bit.ly/3BoV7sB

 

 

 

19. Winner of the Inaugural Mo Habib Translation Prize

The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC) is thrilled to announce the winner of the inaugural cycle of the Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature: Dr. Michelle Quay, for her translation of Reza Ghassemi’s novel Woodwind Harmony in the Nighttime (Hamnava’i-ye shabaneh-ye orkestr-e chubha). Dr. Quay and Mr. Ghassemi will be awarded $10,000 and $5,000 respectively while the novel will be published by Deep Vellum Publishing in 2025. The judges would like to recognize Hajar Hussaini for her translation of Khosraw Mani’s Death and Its Brother as an honorable mention.

The second cycle of the Mo Habib Translation Prize will be announced in September and will focus on Persian poetry.

More information at:

https://melc.washington.edu/news/2023/06/05/announcing-winner-inaugural-mo-habib-translation-prize

 

 

 

20. Persian lacquered bookbinding: A journey through its layers and conservation challenges, Mandana Barkeshli (Oxford) – June 27

Tuesday 27 June 2023

 11–12pm

  At the Weston Library, University of Oxford

Persian artisans are known for their contributions to the field of bookbinding, with the lacquered bookbinding technique being one of their notable breakthroughs. This intricate technique involves multiple layers, each with their own materials, methods, and motifs that have been used from the Safavid to Qajar periods.

Professor Barkeshli will delve into the details of each layer and explore the various treatments used during manufacture, as well as providing insight into the environmental enemies of the lacquered bookbinding.

Prof. Dr. Mandana Barkeshli is Head of Research and Post Graduate Studies of De Institute of Creative Arts and Design in UCSI in Malaysia and Principle Fellow at University of Melbourne. Her current research project is titled, ‘Paper Dyes Used in Persian Medieval Manuscripts: Creating a Materials Construction Digital Database’.

 

 

21. Hybrid conference “Empires of Language in Islamicate Eurasia” on June 9-10 at Simon Fraser University

Please join us at our hybrid conference at Simon Fraser University titled “Empires of Language in Islamicate Eurasia on June 9-10 (this Friday and Thursday.

Here is a link to the program with the zoom link through which both the paper presentations and Nile Green’s (UCLA) keynote address can be listened to.

https://events.sfu.ca/event/35260-empires-of-language-in-islamicate-eurasia

https://events.sfu.ca/event/35292-keynote-by-nile-green-from-but-to-buddha-the

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Shii News – ‘The Biography of Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Nu`mānī’ – A Rezaei

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Shii News – Academic Items

1. Zoom: The British Institute of Persian Studies/The British Museum

‘Open Sesame: Ancient Persia and the Greek Imagination’

with James Fraser & Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Tuesday, 13 June, 2023, 5pm UK time

For information and to register:

https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/ancient-persia-and-greek-imagination/

 

 

 

 

 

2. The Latin America and Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter
Vol. 3, no. 3 | Spring 2023

Available at:

https://www.lacisa.org/newsletter

 

 

 

3. BATA 2023 Conference: Registration and Provisional Programme

We are delighted to announce that registration for the 2023 BATA 3rd Annual International Conference, 6th – 7th  July, University of Manchester, is now OPEN!

The Conference will feature a wide range of themes covering different aspects of Arabic language, culture and pedagogy, linguistics, literature and translation. The programme consists of over 58 papers delivered by over 60 presenters from 60 institutions in 23  countries, in addition to two eminent keynote speakers, Professor Hussain Al-Qarni, King Saud University, and Dr. Ruba Khamam, University of Leeds.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME: A copy of the provisional programme can be found  HERE.

REGISTRATION (conference in-person)

To attend the conference, please register at: bit.ly/3BZKTiu. In order for your paper to feature in the final conference programme, please register as soon as possible and no later than 5pm on Saturday 10th June.

For further information on the registration and the categories, please check BATA website. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to drop us a line at bata.conference.2023@outlook.com

 

 

 

4. Open Access articles on Ibn Batuta and medicine

 

 

 

 

5. CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS

XXIst Biennial Symposium of the American Council for Southern Asian Art (ACSAA)
April 4 – 7, 2024

We are happy to announce that the XXIst Biennial Symposium of the American Council for Southern Asian Art (ACSAA) will be held in Ann Arbor, MI. It will be hosted by the University of Michigan with generous support from the Department of the History of Art.

ACSAA symposia occur in alternating years and serve as opportunities to meet colleagues, reconnect with mentors and graduate school cohorts, and share one’s current research with the field. From senior scholars to graduate students, ACSAA symposia are one of the primary ways ACSAA members gather and support one another, develop ideas in a collegial environment, and participate in the ACSAA community.

This is a call for:

  1. Individual paper submissions
  2. Proposals for pre-formed panels

Individual papers and panels alike should reflect original and unpublished scholarship in the history of South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan art. All members are welcome to propose ideas for new papers or panels, even if they presented a paper or chaired a panel at ACSAA XX held in Georgia in 2022. To encourage a diversity of voices, an individual scholar’s participation in the symposium will be restricted to no more than two formal roles (e.g. as a speaker in one panel and as a chair/discussant of another panel).

All presenters, panel chairs, and discussants must be ACSAA members in good standing. To join or renew your ACSAA membership, please visit https//acsaa.us/membership/

The Organizing Committee welcomes proposals on a broad range of topics in our field. The Committee would especially like to encourage submissions informed by new archaeological research, ethnographic fieldwork, careful attention to primary textual sources, as well as those that are informed the study of race, caste, and Indigeneity, and by ecocriticism and materiality, irrespective of medium, region, and time period. Individual papers and/or panel proposals honoring the life and work of ACSAA’s founding members and the organization’s supporters, especially those who have passed away recently, are also welcome.

Individual paper proposals should include a title, abstract (250 words maximum), and one-page CV of the presenter. Pre-formed panel proposals should include a panel title and abstract (250 words maximum), individual paper titles and abstracts (each 250 words maximum), and a one-page CV for the panel chair and each presenter. Panels may include a minimum of three and a maximum of five speakers. Each panel will have an allocated time of ninety minutes.

Submit all materials and inquiries to: acsaa2024@gmail.com

A symposium website will be launched in the coming weeks and be updated periodically.

Individual Paper Proposals due: August 1, 2023 

Pre-Formed Panel Proposals due: August 1, 2023 

Final Selection Announcement: December 1, 2023

 

 

 

 

6. Scents of Religious Authority

https://www.alchemiesofscent.org/events/workshop-scents-of-religious-authority

At this workshop, we take a cross-cultural look at the scents of religious authority in sources from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Medieval Europe. We will read about and smell the scent of divinity and death as they pertain to religious figures and their claims to authority.

Guest Speaker: Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Rhode Island, “The Fragrance of Authority: Did Medieval Folks Smell Power? And Did Power Want to be Smelled?”

Abstract: “Growing from research undertaken for my latest book, The Great Western Schism, 1378-1417: Performing Legitimacy, Performing Unity (CUP, 2022) my new project emphasizes the sense of smell as a vehicle to inculcate political authority. While seeing, hearing, tasting, and touching are overly emphasized by the historiography, smell has not been fully considered. Looking at the ceremonials surrounding the granting of the Golden Rose, a precious object that the pope offered to the most ardent defensor of Christianity of his time, I will discuss how the rose taught its audience (via its aroma) how to recognize legitimate authority, and maybe how authorities “controlled” this smell to assert themselves.”

Hosted by Alchemies of Scent, Department for the Study of Ancient and Medieval Thought & Centre for Medieval Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences.

Programme

MONDAY 5 JUNE 2023

Location: Alchemies of Scent, FLU AVCR Husova 7, 110 00 Prague 1

10.00–10.30. Scent in the Egyptian Temple: Worshipping the Gods with Fragrance in the Daily Ritual (Heike Wilde)

10.40–11.10. “Death seems to me today like the fragrance of myrrh”: Scent and stench in the Egyptian realm of the dead (Diana Míčková)

11.20–11.50. Later Greek Medical Sources of Religious Scents (Sean Coughlin)

12.00–13.30. Lunch

(Note change of location)

*Location: Center for Medieval Studies, FLU AVCR Jilska 1, 110 00 Prague 1

14.00–16.00. The Fragrance of Authority: Did Medieval Folks Smell Power? And Did Power Want to be Smelled? (Joëlle Rollo-Koster)

18.00. Dinner

TUESDAY 6 JUNE 2023

Location: Alchemies of Scent, FLU AVCR Husova 7, 110 00 Prague 1

10.00–12.00. Smelling: rose, “musks,” balsam

12.00–13.30. Lunch

13.30–17.00. Blending and experiment

ONLINE (via Zoom)

Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/640737070827

Zoom link (direct): https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/98787379977?pwd=Yk9HSytrVFlULzAxVUczVjRFNERKQT09

Meeting ID: 987 8737 9977

Passcode: 253969

 

 

 

 

7. Prelude to a History of Naqḍ (Inconsistency and Untenable Entailment) in Islamicate Dialectics

Dr. Walter Edward Young,

Lecture, June 8 at 8:00 pm (Moroccan time) and 3:00 pm (Montreal time).

This lecture is the eighth in the second season of the series of lectures organized by Philosmus. (www.philosmus.org)

You can also follow the lecture on Philosmus’ page on Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/Philosmus

For a link to attend on line, email beahmedf@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

8. Call for papers 

Symposium: The Mashrabiya Project, craft and architecture

Organizers: Museum for Art in Wood and the Center for Architecture + Design 

Date: July 20–21, 2023 

The mashrabiya is an iconic component of Islamic architecture. A scalable window lattice that facilitated ventilation while providing privacy and shade, the mashrabiya also brought ornament to severe building façades. Found across North Africa, West Asia, South Asia, and the islands of the Pacific, the mashrabiya can be made from lathe-turned or carved wood, stone, or cement.

Its porosity, material versatility, geometric patterning, and adaptability present unexplored opportunities for architecture. From Hassan Fathy, I. M. Pei, and Jean Nouvel in the twentieth century, to Farshid Moussavi, Zaha Hadid, and Senan Abdelqader in the twenty-first, architects and designers have studied this form for inspiration and found innovative ways to incorporate it.

What applications does the mashrabiya present for the future of architecture? Despite its power as a signifier for Islamic material culture, little material has been dedicated to the study of the mashrabiya. In this two-day symposium co-hosted by the Museum for Art in Wood and the Center for Architecture + Design, architects, designers, engineers, and makers are invited to discuss the potential of the mashrabiya on architecture that is sustainable, culturally meaningful, and supports the needs of our future spaces.

The Museum for Art in Wood seeks emerging scholars and practitioners to present during this symposium, held in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibition, The Mashrabiya Project. Selected papers will be awarded an honorarium.

Please email up to 250 words and a brief CV for consideration no later than June 15, 2023, to info@museumforartinwood.org ; subject line should read MASHRABIYA SYMPOSIUM.

 

 

9. ONLINE Webinar “Conflict and Consensus: Decision-Making and Leadership Selection in Cairo’s Guilds, Late Eighteenth / Early Nineteenth Centuries” with Pascale Ghazaleh (AUC), Historicity of Democracy Seminar, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 5 June 2023, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CET

The Ottoman courts of Egypt produced abundant documentation, which allows historians to trace some of the social dynamics that animated Cairo under Ottoman rule. The craft and trade groups of the Ottoman period appeared in court to resolve and register their disputes and agreements. The scholar looks at a specific type of document involving guilds, and examines its implications for what we know of decision-making, state intervention, and autonomy with regard to this social group.

Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/deliberation-and-self-autonomy-in-ottoman-egypts-trade-and-crafts-community

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Shii News – ICAS PRESS LATEST PUBLICATION – Shi‘i Theology: A Translation of Kashf al-Murad fi Sharh Tajrid al-I‘tiqad

Shi‘i Theology (Kashf al-Murad fi Sharh Tajrid al-I‘tiqad)

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Shii News – ‘Shī`īsm, Sects, and Subject Headings’ – N Jiwa

“Shī`īsm, Sects, and Subject Headings.” MELA Notes: Journal of Middle Eastern Librarianship 95 (2022): 1–32.

Click here for access.

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