Archive for August 19th, 2023
Shii News – Academic Items
1.The Islamic College (London)
Autumn 2023 Courses
Undergrad, Postgrad, PG Certificate Courses, Distance Learning, Short Courses
https://islamic-college.ac.uk/study/
2. Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalistsannounces a thematic dossier on Indian Ocean histories guest edited by Jyoti Balachandran, to be published in 2025. To that end, we are soliciting original research articles that employ the Indian Ocean as their analytical framework to trace and recover the multiple histories that shaped the medieval Middle East, expansively defined to include all geographies with prominent Muslim political, religious, or social presences between the rough parameters of 500 and 1500 CE. Articles that extend the timeline will also be considered based on conceptual connections with other submissions. By emphasizing the significance of the Indian Ocean as a historical category, we are particularly interested in research that goes beyond solely commercial connections to highlight the political, social, cultural, and intellectual dimensions of transoceanic interactions. Building upon the growing scholarly recognition of the importance of expanding our linguistic and archival base to write such histories, we encourage articles that employ archives and texts in one or more regional/inter-regional language(s) of the Indian Ocean in a substantial way. By focusing on a multiplicity of histories and perspectives, we hope to underline the complexity and heterogeneity of the maritime context of the Indian Ocean.
Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists is the only open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the medieval Middle East. To be considered, please submit a title and abstract of no more than 500 words to jzb461@psu.edu by September 30, 2023. An informal draft workshop will be held in Spring 2024, and complete articles will be due by September 15, 2024. All submissions will be subject to the journal’s peer review process.
3. CALL FOR PAPERS: Medieval Ritual Representations: Model of or Model for?
CAA’s 112th Annual Conference | Chicago | February 14–17, 2024
Session sponsored by the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA)
Session co-organizers:
Robert S. Nelson | Yale University
Alice Isabella Sullivan |Tufts University
This session considers illustrations of medieval secular and/or religious rituals in any media and from any region or religious group. The goal is to understand the function and agency of representations, starting from the opposite poles of model or model for, as Clifford Geertz interpreted ritual. Some images may be evidence of “wie es eigentlich gewesen,” as von Ranke put it, and the reality of medieval performances; others may be aspirational, describing ideal rituals overlayed with the ideological and political. How can we discern the function of medieval illustrations? Are illustrations faithful to textual sources, and if not, why? To whom are these images addressed? Who sees them, when, and how? In sum, why illustrate medieval rituals? Papers may address representations of rituals from any corner of the medieval world, from all parts of Europe, the Mediterranean, and beyond, and from any religion, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and others.
Please submit a title, abstract (max. 500 words), and a brief 2-page CV by August 31, 2023 to: robert[dot]nelson[at]yale[dot]edu and alice[dot]sullivan[at]tufts[dot]edu.
Please indicate “CAA proposal” in the subject line.
4. Visualizing Dyes and Drugs, conference at Basel, 4-6 Sep 2023
5. HYBRID “Fifth Annual Islamic Philosophy Conference”, American Society of Islamic Philoso-phy and Theology, Harvard University, 1-3 December 2023
We are particularly interested in proposals that relate to the theme: “After Mustafa Sabri: What Does a Robust Kalam Engagement with Contemporary Philosophy and Theology Look Like Today?” This year’s conference aims to continue to explore the interface between Islamic Philosophy and Theology and contemporary issues.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2023. Information: https://asipt.org/conferences/conference-paper/
6. Workshop “Territories, Peoples, Nations — Decolonial Approaches to Foundational Concepts in Political Theory”, Northwestern University Qatar, Doha, Qatar, 10-11 January 2024
This workshop explores how the theories, experiences, and stories of postcolonial societies and Indigenous peoples contribute to and reorient debates about territorial sovereignty, political community, and self-deter-mination in political theory and philosophy. We are particularly interested in contributions that discuss the workshop themes as they apply in the Middle East and the Indian Ocean region, but we welcome discussions anchored in other contexts as well.
Deadline for submissions: 20 September 2023. Information: https://easychair.org/cfp/TPN2024
7. International Conference “The Long Twentieth Century of Kurds and Kurdistan”, Yale Univer-sity, 31 March – 1 April 2024
2023 marks the centenary of the Treaty of Lausanne, the agreement that established new borders and rec-ognized the sovereignty of the Turkish state, shaping the geopolitical landscape of the region for decades to come. The conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary scholarly platform to examine the experiences of Kurds during a time of profound changes that accompanied total war, colonial occupations, shifting territorial borders, and the emergence of new nation-states.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2023.
Information: https://cmes.macmillan.yale.edu/events/call-papers-long-twentieth-century-kurds-and-kurdistan
8. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (3 Years) in “Environmental History in the Medieval Islamicate Mediterranean, c. 600-1100 CE”, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice
The research will focus on water and landscapes and will be based on Arabic sources, such as geographical accounts and cartography, legal texts as well as scientific treatises. Excellent knowledge of Arabic is required; the knowledge of other languages relevant to this area (such as Latin, Hebrew, Greek) is desirable but not essential.
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/job-environmental-history-in-the-medieval-islamicate-mediterranean-c-600-1100-ce-ca-foscari-university-venice?e=82aeb6c61d
- August 19, 2023
- by Andrew Newman
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