Archive for August 29th, 2023

1.HYBRID Tenth Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art: “Islamic Art History and the Global Turn”, VCUarts Qatar, Doha, 11-13 November 2023

How have art history’s concerns with the global turn, and associated calls for decolonial, diverse, inclusive, and equitable histories, been taken up by scholars, educators, curators, and related practitioners of Islamic art history? The Symposium explores how the past two decades of debating these methodologies have shaped practices in classrooms, galleries, and related settings.

Information, program and registration: https://islamicart.qatar.vcu.edu/

2. International Congress “Channels of Transmission of Astronomical Knowledge in the Otto-man World (14th-18th Centuries)”, Istanbul, 21-24 November 2023

The conference will welcome scholars and colleagues in Hellenic, Byzantine, Iranian, Arabic, Ottoman, and Turkish studies, as well as specialists in the history of astronomical techniques in Europe.

Information and abstracts:

https://ottomanastronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1st-Announcement-Poster-Download.pdf

3. Symposium “The Praxis of Digital Humanities: Expanding Horizons and Transforming Schol-arship in the Arab/Islamic World”, Department of Arabic and Translation Studies (ATS), Amer-ican University of Sharjah (AUS), UAE, 6-7 March 2024

By focusing on an array of topics, including digital archives, computational analysis, close and distant reading methods, digital editions, spatial analysis, translation, storytelling, cultural heritage preservation, lexicography and dialects, this symposium seeks to illuminate the multifaceted ways in which digital technologies are re-shaping our understanding and interpretation of the Arab/Islamic literature and media as well as Arabic/Is-lamic literature in translation.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2023. Information: https://info.aus.edu/ara-2024

4. Workshop “Middle East Migration Studies: Taking Stock, Plotting New Paths”, Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, North Carolina State University, 16-18 May 2024

We seek papers that offer critical reflection on the core debates and methodologies of MENA migration studies, that sketch out new agendas, and that open up new avenues for research. The organizers will cover all the costs of housing and meals for participants during the conference, and provide some support toward travel. Selected papers will be solicited for a multi-author collection.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2023.

Information: https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/announcement/view/39

5. 17th World Congress of Bioethics: „Religion, Culture and Bioethics”, Research Center for Is-lamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Doha, Qatar, 3-6 June 2024

This theme aims to engage bioethics researchers from a broad range of fields and disciplines and to take full advantage of hosting the WCB in the Arab-Muslim world and the Middle East. Submissions representing religious studies, social sciences, anthropology, and Middle Eastern studies are especially welcome. We also welcome submissions reflecting diverse religious traditions, including Islamic bioethics, Christian Bioethics, Jewish bioethics, etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2023. Information: https://www.cilecenter.org/wcb-call-submissions

6. Symposium on “Copyright in Islamic Legal Tradition”, ISAR Research Center, Istanbul, 28-29 June 2024

We seek original scholarly contributions that delve into the intricate connection between copyright law and the Islamic legal tradition. We also welcome submissions exploring various dimensions of intellectual prop-erty, but priority will be given to submissions that center around copyright-related themes.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20003349/call-papers-symposium-copyright-islamic-legal-tradition

7. Doctoral Research Associate in Ottoman Studies / Turkish Studies or History of Islam (3 Years), Research Group “Byzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean Cultures of War”, University of Mainz Applicants must have an above-average university degree (Magister, M.A.) in Ottoman Studies, Turkish Studies, History of Islam or a related subject, proficiency in Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and/or Arabic, and a will-ingness to engage in interdisciplinary work. Deadline for applications: 15 October 2023. Information: https://grk-byzanz-wars.uni-mainz.de/files/2023/08/2023_job-advertisement_RTG-2304_3a_2.pdf

8. Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Research Group “REVENANT: Revivals of Empire: Nostalgia, Amnesia, Tribulation” (Focus Ottoman Empire), University of Rijeka (Croatia)

Requirements: PhD in one of the the research fields: ethnology, anthropology, history of art, history, compar-ative literature; expertise in the geographic and historical contexts related to REVENANT (see https://reve nant.uniri.hr).

Deadline for applications: 8 September 2023. Information: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/129812

9. Fellowship at the American Center of Research (4-8 Months), Amman, Jordan

Fields of research include modern and classical languages, linguistics, literature, history, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, heritage studies, comparative religion, ethics, and the history, criticism, and theory of the arts. Social and political scientists are encouraged to apply. NEH-funded fellows must be United States citizens or foreign nationals who have lived in the United States for three years immediately preceding the application deadline for the fellowship.

Deadline for applications: 1 October 2023.

Information: https://orcfellowships.smapply.org/prog/G4z5kMr2fCZmVdBcCS6f/

10. Persian Language Winter School – 8 weeks (or 4-7 weeks), from November 5, 2023, Yerevan, Armenia. 

The 8-week winter school will start on November 5, 2023, and last until December 29, 2023.

Applicants may also participate in the 4, 5, 6, or 7 weeks program.

The deadline to apply for winter school is September 21, 2023.

For more details and to apply, please visit https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-winter-school

During the eight weeks of international Persian language winter school, four trips will be organized to Armenia’s most famous cultural heritage sites. On the first day (5 November 2023, Sunday), the school will start with a trip to the Garni pagan temple and Geghard Monastery. During three other weekends, the participants will have guided trips to Amberd fortress, Lake Sevan, Ejmiatsin, Tsaghkadzor, etc.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3PmyCWDsvg

For video testimonials of our previous students, please watch the following videos:

https://twitter.com/ASPIRANTUMcom/status/1695097724817830200

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11. Autumn School 2023: ‘ The Qur’an and Its Interpretive Communities’

October 23 – October 26

Date: 23 – 26 October 2023
Location: VU Amsterdam

The significance of the Qur’an extends far beyond the confines of Islamic theological circles. Its study continues to engross, firstly, the research of academic scholars focussing on early Islam and their attempts to trace the impact of other religions on its origins, the contextual factors influencing its contents and the timing of its collection.

Please register by Friday September 15th 2023 using this link