Archive for September 12th, 2023
Shii News – Academic Items
1.HYBRID “Sheikh Zayed Book Award – Publishing and Technology”, SOAS, London, 14 September 2023, 2:00 pm UK Time
Known as the Arab World’s Nobel Prize, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award showcases outstanding contributions to Arabic literature, the humanities, science, and culture. The Award’s nine prize categories, ranging from children’s literature to literary and art criticism, and its translation grant, moreover, showcase the dynamic fields of translation from and into Arabic, and of European and North American Arabic studies.
Information and registration:
https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/publishing-and-technology-arabic-simultaneous-translation-english
2. HYBRID Lecture “Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406): A New Vision of History from the Maghreb” by Prof. Ali Benmakhlouf, Center for Maghrib Studies (CMS), Arizona State University, 22 September 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm, AZ Time
The lecture will show how the Maghribian reality is for Ibn Khaldun a historical scheme that contains univer-salizable parameters at the height of a history world.
Information and registration:
https://centermaghribstudies.org/ibn-khaldun-1332-1406-a-new-vision-of-history-from-the-maghreb/
3. ONLINE Book Talk on “Neo-traditionalism in Islam in the West: Orthodoxy, Spirituality and Politics” by Dr. Walaa Quisay, Center for Islam in the Contemporary World, Shenandoa University, Leesburg, 26 September 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
Examining Muslim neo-traditionalist scholars in the West and their community of young seekers of sacred knowledge, Walaa Quisay explores the emerging trend within Anglo-American Islam that emphasises the importance of ‘tradition’. This book focuses on spiritual retreats hosted by three main shaykhs – Hamza Yusuf, Abdal Hakim Murad and Umar Faruq Abd-Allah – to examine how religious authority is formed and affirmed.
Information and registration: https://www.contemporaryislam.org/walaaquisaytalk.html
4. HYBRID Conference “Encounters in Islamic Theology: Texts and Practices”, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Berlin, 10-13 October 2023
The international conference brings together Muslim theologians and scholars of Islam. It focuses on inter-disciplinary and synthetic methods that combine textual approaches to the study of Islam and approaches that examine lived religion, whether contemporary or historical.
Further information and registration: www.islamische-theologie.hu-berlin.de/de/international-conference-encounters-in-islamic-theology-theory-and-practice-10-13-october-2023
Deadline for registration for online participation: 6 October 2023.
5. HYBRID International Conference “The Sanctuary of the Kaʿba and Its Symbolism”, MMSH, IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence, 19 October 2023, 9:00 h – 17 h
This workshop will demonstrate that it is possible to sketch an intellectual landscape by taking the sanctuary of the Kaʿba and its sacredness as entry points. Theoretical approaches, particularly symbolic ones, contrib-uting to the sacralization of the sanctuary of the Kaʿba will be discussed. This hallmark of Islamic identity is indeed the locus of esoteric, occult and/or metaphysical speculations stemming from various intellectual currents in Islam, among which Sunnism, Sufism, and Shiisms (“exaggerating” Shiism (ghulāt), Ismailism, Nuṣayrism).
Information, program and registration: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/87534
6. ONLINE Book Talk on “The Women’s Mosque of America: Authority and Community in US Islam” by Dr. Tazeen Ali, Center for Islam in the Contemporary World, Shenandoa University, Leesburg, 7 November 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
Situating the US at the center rather than at the margins of debates over Islamic authority and showing how American Muslim women assert themselves as meaningful religious actors in the US and beyond, Ali’s work offers new insights on Islamic authority as it relates to the intersections of gender, religious space, and national belonging.
Information and registration: https://www.contemporaryislam.org/tazeenalitalk.html
7. Conference “Arab Genealogies for Non-Arab Dynasties: An Unexpected Quest for Legitimacy in Medieval Islam (10th – 17th Centuries CE)”, MMSH, Aix-Marseille University, 5-6 March 2024
When and through what means did certain political powers perceived as non-Arab, along with their literary proponents, seek to establish an Arab and tribal lineage for themselves? Do these strategies intersect, and if so, how and when, with the attempts of some ruling families to affiliate themselves with the Ahl al-bayt? Are they parallel, preceding, or subsequent? How do they reconcile these fictitious claims with the maintained relationships within their regional and ethnic solidarity networks? Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 25 September 2023. Information: https://diwan.hypotheses.org/28071
8. Seminar on “Bodies in Crises, Crises as Bodies in the Middle East and North Africa” during the “American Comparative Literature Association 2024 Conference”, Montréal, 14-17 March 2024
We invite proposals that engage with texts and visual and performing arts with a particular focus on the MENA and its diasporas. Papers that focus on how bodies in crisis were conceptualized in earlier periods are also welcome. We welcome papers on a diverse range of topics, including affect, animal bodies, AI, bodies of water, agency, biopolitics, ethics of care, prosthetic senses, tactility, transcorporeality, and trauma.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2023.
Information: https://www.acla.org/bodies-crises-crises-bodies-middle-east-and-north-africa
9. Research Associate (3 Years) in Arabic Literature (Classical, Pre-modern, Modern, or Contemporary), Orient Institut Beirut
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2023. Information: https://www.orient-institut.org/fileadmin/user_upload/OI_Beirut/Ausschreibung_WiMi_Arabistik_englisch_FINAL_4.9..pdf
10. Appel à candidatures : UMIFRE Bourses de recherche en islamologie Master 2 et Doctorants/Jeunes docteurs
Date limite : 22 septembre 2023. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2023/05/APPEL_MASTER 2023.pdf et https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2023/05/APPEL_DOCTORANTS_DOCTEURS2023.pdf
11. 5-6 Postdoctoral Fellowships in Social Sciences (2 Years) at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
The awards are open to recipients of PhD or comparable doctoral degrees (within two years of the 1 August 2024 start date) and advanced doctoral candidates in the social sciences. Scholars nearing dissertation com-pletion must be able to submit degree conferral documentation issued by their university registrar’s of-fice by 30 June 2024 for an 1 August 2024 start date.
Deadline for applications: 22 September 2023.
12. Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor in Byzantine History, Princeton University, NJ
We are especially interested in candidates whose work connects Byzantium to other areas, either geograph-ically, through connections to the Islamic world, the Silk Road (i.e., Caucasus and Central Asia), or Slavic societies; or methodologically, including (but not limited to) environmental history, the study of material cul-ture, or the history of science.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2023.
Information: https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=31761
13. Chapters on “Colonialism and Development” for the “Yearbook for the History of Global Development”
Methodological goals: 1) Promoting the cross-fertilization of historiographies focused on (colonial) develop-ment and those dealing with human rights, humanitarianism, philanthropy, welfare, security, and business. 2) Incorporating local voices and arguments, expanding the number of individuals and communities (men and women) understood as contributing to the dynamics of development.
Extended deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20004605/new-deadline-15-september-2023-call-papers-colonialism-and-development
14. Lecture Series – Silsila: Center for Material Histories at New York University, Fall 2023
We are delighted to announce the fall 2023 program of Silsila: Center for Material Histories at New York University. Unless stated otherwise, all events will be hybrid – accessible both in person and online via Zoom for those who register. The program is now available on our website. Registration links for each event can be found at the end of the webpage for each event. All timings are given in EDT.
https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/silsila.html
Sept 13th (Wed), 12:30-2:30pm (Online only)
“THE POLITICS OF ART: DISSENT AND CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN LEBANON, PALESTINE, AND JORDAN”
Hanan Toukan, Bard College Berlin
Sept 20th (Wed), 6:30-8:30pm
“REPRESENTATIONS OF PILGRIMS AT THE HOLY SITES OF MECCA AND MEDINA IN FUTUH AL-HARAMAYN MANUSCRIPTS”
Marika Sardar, Independent Scholar
Sept 29th (Friday), 12:30-3:00pm (Workshop)
“ISLAMIC LAW AND MATERIAL CULTURE – CONVERGING TRAJECTORIES”
Finbarr Barry Flood – NYU, Corinne Mühlemann – University of Bern, Ruba Kana’an – University of Toronto, and Leor Halevi – Vanderbilt University
Oct 4th (Wed), 6:30-8:30pm
“A STONE THAT BREATHES: MOSQUES, MATERIAL CULTURE, AND SENSORY LIFE IN SOUTH INDIA”
Harini Kumar, Princeton University
Oct 11th (Wed) 6:30-8:30pm
“COCO-DE-MER KASHKULS, MATERIALITY, AND OCEANIC JOURNEYS”
Peyvand Firouzeh, Independent Scholar
Oct 18th (Wed) 6:30-8:30pm
“TRACING THE PATHS OF MAGIC: TALISMANIC CHARTS AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN SARAJEVO AS CULTURAL ARTIFACTS”
Amila Buturović, York University
Oct 25th (Wed) 6:30-8:30pm
“ISLAMIC CERAMICS AND INVISIBLE HANDS: CRAFT SKILLS IN A COLONIAL MARKETPLACE”
Margaret S. Graves, Brown University
Nov 1st (Wed) 6:30-8:30pm
“VANMOUR IN AMERICA: THE “DRESSED PICTURES” FROM THE JEROME IRVING SMITH COLLECTION”
Nebahat Avcıoğlu, Hunter College
Nov 29th (Wed) 6:30-8:30pm
“THE HISTORY OF ISLAMIC COLLECTIONS IN THE GEORGIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, TBILISI”
Irina Koshoridze, Tbilisi State University
Dec 8th (Friday) 12:00-3:00pm (Workshop)
“A PALESTINIAN ARCHIVE OF HEALING AND PROTECTION: THE LEGACIES OF TAWFIQ CANAAN”
Rana Barakat – Birzeit University, Beshara Doumani – Brown University, James Grehan – Portland State University, Khaled Malas – NYU, Salim Tamari – Birzeit University
15. The French Institute of Islamic Studies, the Dominican Institute of Oriental Studies (IDEO), and the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (IFAO) are pleased to announce a call for applications for a postdoctoral research fellowship in the field of Islamic Studies.
Objective of the Fellowship
This fellowship aims to provide an opportunity for a researcher, hereinafter referred to as “the recipient”, to pursue research in Islamic Studies and/or to benefit from a sabbatical semester in residence in Cairo, Egypt. The fellowship has a minimum duration of 5 months and can extend up to 7 months, between November 1, 2023, and July 30, 2024.
Fellowship Conditions
The fellowship covers round-trip transportation expenses from the recipient’s place of residence to Cairo.
Accommodation for the recipient is provided for the duration of the fellowship, either at the Scholars’ House of IDEO or at IFAO, subject to availability.
The recipient will have access to IDEO’s library resources, including books, specialized journals, and necessary databases for research, as well as 24/7 access to IFAO’s library.
The recipient will receive a stipend of €5,000 for the duration of the fellowship.
Responsibilities of the Selected Researcher
The recipient will participate once a week in the internal seminar of the research team at IDEO and/or IFAO.
The recipient will successfully complete a writing project during the fellowship period, such as a scholarly article, book manuscript, or the finalization of a scientific paper.
The recipient is required to acknowledge the support of IFI/IDEO/IFAO at the time of publishing their research.
Selection Criteria
The recipient holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies or a related field. He or she demonstrates a relevant research interest and experience in the field of Islamic Studies. Proficiency in Arabic is required. The recipient should also show the ability to work independently and integrate into an international research environment.
Application Guidelines
Interested candidates should submit the following documents:
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae.
- Motivation letter.
- Research project summary (maximum 2 pages).
- An academic recommendation letter.
Applications must be sent via email to secretariat@ideo-cairo.org and direction-etudes@ifao.egnet.net / direction@ifao.egnet.net before the application deadline, set for October 1ˢᵗ.
A committee consisting of representatives from IDEO, IFAO, and IFI will be responsible for reviewing the application files and selecting the successful candidate.
- September 12, 2023
- by Andrew Newman
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