Archive for 2023
Shii News – Academic Items
1.EuQu (The European Qur’an) Spring Newsletter
https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=c4d88e3337f7b738eb748d56a&id=d68b304790
2. Online Teaching Material – Berlin Museum for Islamic Art
Online Teaching Material in English and Arabic
Report on the Berlin Museum for Islamic Art’s new online portal that presents Islamic cultures in an innovative and entertaining way:
https://en.qantara.de/content/berlin-museum-of-islamic-art-islamic-art-goes-digital
3. Lecture – What Can a Mosque Tell Us About History?, Kambiz GhaneaBassiri – April 18, Columbia University
Lecture by Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Reed College
Date: April 18th, 2023, 6:15 to 8:00 pm
Place: Columbia University, 612 Schermerhorn Hall
What Can a Mosque Tell Us About History?
Monumental religious architecture is generally presumed to carry meaning relevant to its historical contexts. Such buildings are thus interpreted as architectural expressions of the structuring concepts of their times (e.g. modernity or nationalism), reflecting the identities of their respective makers and communities in relation to changing historical circumstances. But what if a space that is being monumentalized through architecture has its own structuring principles that carries meaning outside of its time and place? This talk explores the mosque—a central institution of Islam that is as old as the religion and can be found wherever its practitioners have settled—as an example of such structuring spaces. It aims to answer the question of what the mosque can tell us about the role of Islamic beliefs and practices in history by analyzing the monumental Alabaster Mosque built in the Citadel of Cairo by the influential nineteenth-century ruler of Egypt Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha.
4. Hybrid Lecture – Book Talk: The Wolf King, Abigail Balbale – March 30
Book Talk: The Wolf King: Reflections on Religion and Power in al-Andalus
Abigail Balbale
New York University
March 30 @ 2:30-4:00pm
Rutgers University-Newark
110 Warren Street, Room 312
and on zoom
5. Lecture – “Polychromie et polysémie dans les arts de l’Islam” (in French), Alain Fouad George – April 4
We are pleased to welcome Alain Fouad George for a lecture, which will take place on April 04th, 2023, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., at the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (Paris), salle Vasari :
Polychromie et polysémie dans les arts de l’Islam
Alain Fouad George (université d’Oxford)
Abstract :
Des études éparses sur les arts de l’Islam ont révélé, dans différents contextes, une prédilection pour la polychromie, qui n’est pas sans rappeler celles de Rome et de la Grèce antiques, mieux connues. Mêlant souvent une déstabilisation des sens à une polysémie des ornements, cette sensibilité artistique met l’accent sur le sujet en mouvement. Son étude fait également ressortir en filigrane une tendance plus ou moins consciente, à l’époque moderne, à « blanchir » les arts de l’Islam.
6. NZ Waikato Islamic Studies Review new issue published
The 2023 March Issue of Waikato Islamic Studies Review published by New Zealand University of Waikato Islamic Studies Group is now available at the following link:
https://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/UWISG/review
7. Christian-Muslim Relations, Primary Sources 600 – 1914
David Thomas (Anthology Editor)
September 2023
8. Missions and Preaching, Connected and Decompartmentalised Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa (19th-21st Century)
Edited by Norig Neveu,
Karène Sanchez Summerer and Annalaura Turiano
Brill, 2022
https://brill.com/display/title/59712
9. The 2023 BRISMES Early Development Scholarship aims to support activities geared toward strengthening the academic profile and CV of an early career scholar.
Deadline: 30.4.23
10. Departmental Lecturer in Islamic Studies
University of Oxford
The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and well qualified scholar to teach Islamic Studies, with a primary specialisation either in Qur’anic studies or in pre-modern (i.e., pre-1800) Islamic intellectual history (e.g., rational theology or Arabic philosophy).
Deadline | 30 March 2023
11. Lecturer in International Political Economy
University of Edinburgh
Applications are invited for a Lecturer in International Political Economy with experience in teaching at UG and PG levels, and in undertaking high quality research, to join Politics and International Relations. We invite applications in any area of IPE, but applications from high quality candidates with expertise in trade and/or an area focus on one of Africa, the Middle East or Asia would be appreciated.
Deadline | 31 March 2023
12. Margaret Anstee Research Fellowship 2023-2027
Newnham College, University of Cambridge
Applications are invited from outstanding women graduates whose doctoral degrees are complete or very near completion two Research Fellowships in subjects related to economic and social development and/or international relations. The Fellowships attract a generous stipend, and an additional award of £10,000 is available to run an event to promote the research, such as a conference, workshop or seminar series.
Deadline | 3 April 2023
13. Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Exeter
The Faculty wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow as part of the ‘Mapping Connections: China and Contemporary Development in the Middle East” project, funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and led by Professor Adam Hanieh at the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS).
Deadline | 10 April 2023
14. Lecturer in Arabic Translation Studies
University of Liverpool
The Department of Languages, Cultures & Film wishes to appoint to a permanent Lectureship in Arabic Translation Studies. You will maintain and enhance our growing research expertise in translation and interpreting, and contribute to the design, development and delivery of our new MA in Translation Studies.
Deadline | 14 April 2023
15. Lecturer in the History of the Middle East
King’s College London
The Department of History seeks to appoint a Lecturer specialising in the history of the Middle East before 1918. Applications are welcome from candidates with expertise in any aspect of the history of the Middle East or North Africa in the Ottoman period (c. 1500-1918).
Deadline | 17 April 2023
16. Associate Professorship of International Relations
University of Oxford
The Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), in association with St Catherine’s College, is seeking to appoint an Associate Professor of International Relations. The Department has particular needs in the international relations of the Middle East, China, Russia, Africa; international political economy (IPE); and international organization.
Deadline | 26 April 2023
17. Call for Applications – Book Proposal Workshop
Workshop | 6 March 2023 | The Arab Political Science Network and the Center for Lebanese Studies
The workshop is aimed at recent PhD graduates and early career scholars in social science from the Arab world who are working on their first book project focusing on the region. The book workshop welcomes research and proposals focusing on the politics of the Middle East and North Africa. The workshop is divided into two parts and will be in English.
Deadline | 8 April 2023
18. Where Are We Now? The Location of Modern Languages and Cultures
Conference | 19-21 April 2023 | Durham University
The School of Modern Languages’ 2023 conference will explore the current debate around student uptake of Modern Languages, and our identity as a discipline. Modern Languages as an interdisciplinary field of study brings a spectrum of insights to urgent international challenges, such as debates around space, access, mobility, justice, and how the global and the local perspective are crucial to inform ongoing and new research in Modern Languages studies.
- March 25, 2023
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- March 24, 2023
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Shii News – Online: ‘Formation of Muslim viewpoints regarding ‘Ali b. Abi Talib’ – Dr N Husayn (26.3.23, 2pm EST) An inform
- March 23, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.BA in Hawzah Studies Admission
Mufid Academic Seminary is now welcoming passionate seekers of knowledge to register for its B.A. in Hawzah Studies for the Fall of 2023. Our Hawzah Studies program is equivalent to a BA in Islamic Studies and is a hybrid (online and in-person) three-years program.
- In the course of each semester,the students meet with their instructors for 16 weeks online. At the end of each semester, MAS will conduct a 10 day in-person course in different cities. The previous batches have met in Dearborn, MI, Maryland, IL, Washington, DC, and Najaf al-Ashraf, Iraq.
- Graduates of the program will have the opportunity to study at advanced levels in seminaries abroad and also serve the community as clergy and religious leaders.
- Those who wish to excel in academia will be given preference to receive funding for an M.A. in Islamic Studies at different high-ranking universities.
For more information and to schedule a one-on-one meeting with our admissions advisors, please email: admission@mufidseminary.org.
To apply:
https://www.mufidseminary.org/application-for-certificate-courses/
2. HYBRID Lecture “The Local Agents of French Diplomacy in the 16th- and 17th-Century Eastern Mediterranean” by Prof. Mathieu Grenet (Centre universitaire Jean-Francois Champollion), Haifa, 21 March 2023, 14:00 h
New interest has led to a broader reassessment of the role of ambassadors and other high-ranking diplomats in both the implementation of early modern trading policies, the social and political life of foreign “nations” abroad, and the process of “bureaucratization” of Ancien Régime state institutions.
Information and registration: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-the-local-agents-of-french-diplomacy-in-the-16th-and-17th-century-eastern-mediterranean-21-march-haifahybrid?e=82aeb6c61d
3. ONLINE Lecture “What is the Premodern?” by Professor Shahzad Bashir, Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University, 30 March 2023, 12:00 pm – 13:00 pm EST
Using Persian works written under the aegis of the East India Company in India, Shahzad Bashir will reflect on the implications of our use of the qualifier “premodern” for certain Islamic and other contexts. Is premodern a quantitative marker on the straight line of time as it flows from the past to the future? Or is it a qualitative signifier pertaining to literary genres and presumed sociointellectual characteristics?
Information and registration: https://bit.ly/PIW33023
4. Colloque “Qu’est-ce que le Qur’ān européen ? Définitions, descriptions, représentations (XIIe-XIXe s.)”, Nantes Université, 11-12 mai 2023
Comment les Européens du Moyen âge et de la Modernité ont-ils perçu ce qu’est le Qur’ān ? Quelles définitions ont-ils données, et lesquelles sont sous-jacentes aux représentations qu’ils ont élaborées ? Comment l’ont-ils conçu par rapport à ce qui leur était familier et à leurs préoccupations ? De quelles manières ont-ils saisi, défini et représenté ses différentes facettes au cours des siècles ?
Programme et information : https://www.univ-nantes.fr/exceller-par-la-recherche/laboratoires/colloque-quest-ce-que-le-qur%C4%81n-europeen-definitions-descriptions-representations-xiie-xixe-s
5. “21st International Conference on Turkic Linguistics”, University of Mainz, 2-4 August 2023
We are inviting proposals for papers on all fields of Turkic linguistics, including but not limited to historical and comparative linguistics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, language contact, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, etc. Conference languages are English and Turkish.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2023. Information: https://ictl.uni-mainz.de
6. International Conference on “Muslim Women’s Popular and Genre Fiction and Film across all Languages, Forms and Periods”, Muslim Women’s Popular Fiction AHRC Research Network, Birmingham, UK, 5-9 September 2023
Indicative topics: Studies of individual authors or works of popular and genre fiction. – Translation of popular and genre works by Muslim authors. – Visual culture (graphic novels, comics, film, TV) Digital culture (Instagram, YouTube, BookTok). – Decoloniality and popular fiction. – Teaching Muslim women’s popular fiction. – Publishing and production.
Deadline for abstracts: 16 April 2023. Information:
https://more.bham.ac.uk/mwpf-network/muslim-womens-popular-fiction-international-conference/
7. HYBRID Graduate Student Workshop “Muslim Qur’an Translation: History, Society, Culture, Exegesis“, GloQur: The Global Qur’an, University of Freiburg (Germany), 4-5 October 2023
This workshop will bring together graduate students who are preparing a doctoral thesis on social, historical, cultural or exegetical aspects of Qur’an translations in Muslim contexts and would like to present and discuss their thesis projects with an international group of like-minded emerging and advanced scholars.
Deadline for Application: 20 March 2023. Information and registration:
https://gloqur.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CfP_Workshop_Grad_students_QT.pdf
8. Workshop “Sensory Aspects of Muslim Preaching”, University of Copenhagen, 25-27 October 2023
This workshop will explore a broad variety of sensory aspects of Muslim preaching, for example related to preaching practices, various forms of mediation, preaching content, bodily expressions, and reception.
Deadline for abstracts: 7 April 2023. Information:
https://modernity.ku.dk/calendar/sensory-aspects-of-muslim-preaching/
9. Postdoctoral Researcher (Focus Jewish-Arab Interaction in 20th and 21th Century Israel/ Palestine), Heidelberg Center for Transcultural Studies
The research project “Beyond Conflict and Coexistence” links the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, and Halle. The research project brings together a variety of postdoctoral fellows who explore Jewish-Arab trans-culturation from the Middle Ages until today, with a focus on cultural, intellectual and political entanglements.
Deadline for applications: 31 March 2023. Information:
https://adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FDB$.startup?MODUL=LS&M1=1&M2=0&M3=0&PRO=33074
10. 2 Phd Positions, (part-time, 30h per week) in the FWF-funded QhoD-project “GraViz”. The start is scheduled for September 1st, 2023.
“Digital Edition of Sources on Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomacy (1500-1918)” (qhod.net)
The position is limited to 36 months. This position requires advanced linguistic and palaeographical skills: Excellent command of Ottoman Turkish and Persian; knowledge of modern Turkish and/or Arabic and/or Urdu is an advantage. Deadline for applications: 31 March 2023. Information: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/ihb/detail/news/2-phd-student-positions-f-m-x
11. Intensive Ottoman and Modern Turkish Summer School (IOTSS), Ottoman Studies Foundation, Cunda, Turkey, 10 July – 18 August 2023
Application deadline: 31 March 2023 at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12wn6clzTTJly3ZJu-LCIcyE2FGHi At26CJen3S-0Les/edit?ts=63fe14d8. Information: ottomanstudiesfoundation@gmail.com
12. Articles on “Hyper-securitisation of Islam and Muslims in Australia, Asia and Beyond” for Special Issue of the “Melbourne Asia Review”
I welcome research on any jurisdiction that provides a case study of how Islam and Muslims have been securitised in the post-9/11 environment. This is a peer reviewed magazine style journal with short articles of between 1500 and 3000 words and the special issue will be published both online and in print.
Deadline for abstracts: 24 April 2023. Information: dtittensor@unimelb.edu.au
13. Articles on “Asceticism, Mysticism, and the Affirmation of the World in Christianity and Islam” for Special Issue of the Journal “Religions”
We welcome 400-600 word abstracts on a rolling basis, and depending on submissions, we would expect full drafts by 31 August 2023.
Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/religions_mysticism
14. Invitation to Join the International Research Working Groups (Focus Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel) of the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Stockholm, Sweden
In order to strengthen its evidence-based work on peace, security and development, FBA is currently looking for scholars from around the globe who want to leverage their knowledge to inform the programming and policy work of FBA and its partners as members of FBA’s international research working groups.
Deadline for applications: 30 April 2023. Information: https://fba.se/en/newspress/nyhetsarkiv/2023/call-for-members-for-fbas-international-research-working-groups/
15. Zoom – Colloquium on “Interreligious Interactions in South Asia,” April 3–12, 2023
“Interreligious Interactions in South Asia” that will take place over Zoom from April 3 to April 12, 2023 (15:00–16:30 GMT / 10:00–11:30 EST / 20:30–22:00 IST).
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94189387595?pwd=Q0hvNDZvYjhDUVZOTHkxSWxNVGIyQT09
April 3, 2023
Speaker: Samia Khatun (SOAS, University of London)
Title: Nur, Darshan & Enlightenment: Three Approaches to Connecting Texts and Textiles in 18th century Bengal
April 4, 2023
Speaker: Sohini Sarah Pillai (Kalamazoo College)
Title: A Bhakti Mahabharata for Aurangzeb? Sabalsingh Chauhan’s Bhasha Retelling of the Epic
April 5, 2023
Speaker: Kashshaf Ghani (Nalanda University)
Title: Seeking Allah and Krishna: Sufism and Religious Interactions from South Asia
April 6, 2023
Speaker: SherAli Tareen
Title: Contests over the Boundaries of Hindu-Muslim Friendship
April 7, 2023
Speaker: Jyoti Gulati Balachandran (Penn State University)
Title: Socio-Political Dimensions of Spiritual Practice in Gujarat: Notes from Two 15th century Sufi silsilahs
April 12, 2023
Speaker: Shankar Ayillath Nair
Title: Rāma and Sītā as Adam and Eve: The Rāmāyaṇa through the Prism of the Persian Romance
Ankur Barua (University of Cambridge)
Hina Khalid (University of Cambridge)
Pranav Prakash (University of Oxford)
16. National University of Singapore – Associate Professor/Professor (with Tenure) on Malay-Indonesian Region
Research accomplishments and linguistic mastery on a wider plane of studies to include Malay world connections with the Arabic-Persian, Mediterranean, East Asian and Indian Ocean worlds, including the global Malay diaspora, would be an added strength.
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65237
- March 21, 2023
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Shii News – ‘The Beginnings of Shi’i Studies in Germany’ – S Schmidtke
http://www.dianepublishing.net
http://www.dianepublishing.net/The_Beginnings_of_Shi_i_Studies_in_Germany_p/9781606181218.htm
- March 20, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Online Lecture – AISEES-ARIT Lecture: Amanda Phillips, on the Studenica Silk (ca. 1400), March 29
JOINT LECTURE
THE AMERİCAN RESEARCH INSTİTUTE IN TURKEY AND
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN STUDIES
The Studenica Silk (ca. 1400): Object and Interpretation
by
Dr. Amanda Phillips
Fulbright Fellow, University of Virginia, Koç University
Wednesday March 29, 2023 7PM Istanbul Time
Postponed from February 15, 2023
Among the treasures in the monastery of Studenica in Serbia is a large silk hanging, woven for the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I (r. 1389-1402). It is the earliest known Ottoman textile, and is among the earliest works of Ottoman art of any sort. Although it is very well preserved, its initial production remains mysterious, as do its trajectories in the fifteenth century and later. This talk combines an overview of the silk’s historical context with a discussion of technology and material, and makes a brief foray into its later life in Studenica and elsewhere.
Registration:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86303428595?pwd=TzdoUVoxNnRtV0t3aWVCOC9hNTIwQT09
2. Teaching Associate in Islamic Studies, University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham Department of Theology and Religious Studies invites applications for a seven month (1 Sept 2023 – 31 March 2024) 0.7 fte post in Islamic Studies: https://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ARTS103323. The successful candidate will convene, teach and mark the upper undergraduate level module/course ‘Muslims and Others: Ethics, Theology and History’ and teach the greater part of the Year 1 undergrad module ‘Interpreting Islam’. Full details are in the job advert and role profile linked from there. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
(Closing date: 28.4.23)
Best wishes,
Jon
_______________________________
Jon Hoover (he/him)
Head of Department and Associate Professor of Islamic Studies
Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham
Home Page | @jhoover04 | Editor, HCMR | @UoN_TRS
3. Le Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI, UMR8041 du CNRS) a le plaisir de vous convier à la conférence :
« Errant roots of Afghan music: Music and musicians from Herat at home and abroad »
Présentée par : Michel GASCO et Nazir RAHGUZAR (Inalco / CeRMI)
le lundi 27 mars 2023 de 17h00 à 18h30
Auditorium du Pôle Langues et Civilisations de l’Inalco – salle 4.10,
65 rue des Grands-Moulins, 75013 Paris.
Entrée libre dans la limite des places disponibles.
4. Free online event, March 23rd–Tracing Sea Routes on Maps
Join us online for a conversation on the European and East Asian contexts of sea routes on maps with Sara Caputo (Magdalene College, Cambridge) and Elke Papelitzky (KU Leuven). The discussion will be moderated by Katherine Parker (Royal Geographical Society). The event is digitally hosted by the David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford University.
March 23, 2023. Noon Pacific (7pm London).
Registration is free. Sign up here via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tracing-sea-routes-on-maps-tickets-524105141587
5. American University – Postdoctoral Fellowship in Israel and Middle Eastern Studies
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65202
Closing date: 4/28/23
6. Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies welcomes the submission of papers for the May Issue 2023. The deadline for the manuscript submissions is March 30, 2023. The issue publication date is May Issue 2023. For more information, visit the Submission page. The papers can address but are not limited to, the following … Read More
See here for the papers of Volume,7, Number 1. February 2023 https://awej-tls.org/contents-23/
7. ITS Ramadan Discount
RAMADAN DISCOUNT 2023
In celebration of the holy month of Ramadan and the Eid, the Islamic Texts Society will be offering a 15% discount on all titles.*
Books from the ITS are an aid to deepening one’s worship in this holy month, and also make an ideal Ramadan and Eid gift for family, friends and loved ones.
In order to take advantage of this offer, please visit our website https://its.org.uk and enter the coupon code RAMADAN23 on the purchase page. This offer is valid from 16 March to 23 April 2023.
*Excluding Arabic-English Lexicon by E. W. Lane.
8. Online Classical Arabic and Summer Language Courses at CUA
I’m happy to share with you the 2023 summer language offerings of Catholic University’s Semitics Department in Arabic, Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, and Ethiopic, all taught online for ease of student access.
I’ll be teaching introductory Classical Arabic. All our courses are great opportunities for interested students to get a solid grounding in a new research language.
If you could share this announcement with your students or networks, we’d appreciate it. For more information, contact Dr. Andrew Gross at grossa@cua.edu or, regarding Arabic, me at weitz@cua.edu.
Lev Weitz
Associate Professor of History
Catholic University of America
9. 2023 Persian language summer school in Yerevan
ASPIRANTUM is organizing its fifth Persian language summer school in Yerevan, Armenia, to start on July 2, 2023.
For more details and to apply, please visit: https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-summer-school
10. State Documents from the medieval Islamicate World
21-22 June, Trinity College, Oxford
11. Closing a bank account in early 18th– century Isfahan
5 June 15:00 Spalding Room, FAMES, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE
https://invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk/event/closing-a-bank-account-in-early-18th-century-isfahan
12. Blog – Interreligious Dialogue in Medieval Bamiyan
Arash Zeini
https://invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk/article/interreligious-dialogue-in-medieval-bamiyan
13. Tracking the Qur’ān in European Culture
17 May 2023, 3PM. Spalding Room, FAMES, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2L
https://invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk/event/tracking-the-quran-in-european-culture
14. Call for applications: “Qur’anic manuscripts, past and present: Cataloging and digital tools”
Berlin, 18-23 September 2023
Deadline: 3 April 2023
15. Women’s voices in the Ottoman Empire
S Faroqhi
Bloomsbury, 2023
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/women-in-the-ottoman-empire-9780755638260/?utm_campaign=IC-SOLUS_Sociology%20and%20culture_MAR_23_UK&utm_content=Women%20in%20the%20Ottoman%20Empire%20cover&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra
Get 25% off until the end of March with code WOMEN23UK
16. Online Lecture – “Christian landscapes in the Umayyad-period Northern Iraq” with Karel Nováček (Palacký University Olomouc) – March 22
As part of the webinar series Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Ottoman period, the Ifpo, the CEFREPA and Udine University are pleased to announce the second series of meetings that will focus on Iraq and Arabian Peninsula.
Next conference:
March, 22 | 5pm (GTM+3)
Christian landscapes in the Umayyad-period Northern Iraq with Karel Nováček (Palacký University Olomouc)
Research on the latest historical periods of the Middle East is characterized by various deeply pronounced discontinuities. The boundaries are drawn along historical events (for example between the pre-Islamic and Islamic eras), current political boundaries, confessional differences, and differences in the language of the extant sources, as well as along a drastic imbalance in the use of written sources and archaeological data. The monasticism of the Church of the East (East Syriac) in the territory of Northern Iraq witnessed a tremendous expansion from the late 6th to the 10th century and this subject is by no means marginal. Monasteries as a settlement form, a monastic landscape with its economic, social, and ideological implications, are nevertheless on the very periphery of scholarly interest. The virtually zero state of research contrasts with the developed research in Egypt, Palestine, Anatolia, or even in southern Iraq and the Gulf area. The lecture will sum up the topic on the basis of new or newly re-interpreted archaeological data.
For registration:
For further information:
https://www.ifporient.org/archaeology-mena-2/
17. Online Lecture – National Museum of Asian Art: Online Talk with Ali Ferdowsi – March 28, 12 pm EST
Join the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art on Tuesday, March 28 at 12 pm EST for The Art of Poetry: Sultan Ahmad and His Banquet of Intimates, an online talk with Ali Ferdowsi. Register here
Sultan Ahmad (reigned 1382–1410), the last of the Jalayerid rulers, is among the most enigmatic figures in the long and eventful history of Iran. Although menaced by the world-conqueror Timur (reigned 1370—1405), and often at war or on the run, he maintained an astonishingly active artistic circle. A warrior of legendary courage and prowess, he also composed more poems than almost any other ruler. He was cunning, paranoid, and merciless with his enemies, both real and perceived, but incongruously, he wooed and gathered some of the best artists—calligraphers, painters, musicians, and more—at his court and treated them with generosity and even humility. The primary venue in which he and his artistic peers gathered to present their creations was a form of convivium (or symposium) called majlis-i khass (private banquet) or bazm-i ushshaq (lovers’ banquet). In this presentation, Ali Ferdowsi takes a peek into these convivia as reflected in Sultan Ahmad’s poetry.
Ali Ferdowsi is a professor emeritus in history and political science at Notre Dame de Namur University. In addition to authoring dozens of papers in Persian and English, he is a translator of more than a dozen books into Persian, including Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise. He is the author of several books, including Dialogues: Interviews on Literature and Politics, Intellectuals and the Public Space, Hajj Sayyah and the Discovery of Freedom, and Chubak contra God. He is also the editor of Odes from Hafez: The First Discovered Manuscript from the Poet’s Lifetime and is the coeditor of Haft-Paykar or Divan Sultan Ahmad Jalayir.
Register here: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_itSzGsV-RgmzeGxg9brcpA
Find more information here: https://asia.si.edu/events-overview/talks/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D165137779
18. Discussion Panel (Online and In-Person) – The Abbasids in Baghdad and their links with Qatar (The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha) – March 20
Date: 20th March 2023 at 5pm
Location: Museum of Islamic Art, Doha (Auditorium)
The Abbasid caliphate was famous for its wealth, power, scientific achievements and global reach. Qatar lay within its sphere of influence, though not always within its political control. Although the historical sources are scanty, the archaeological record of Qatar reveals a peak of settlement during the early Abbasid period, especially in north Qatar, while finds recovered from excavations reveal an intimate engagement with the Abbasid world. This panel will explore the relationship between Qatar and the Abbasid heartlands of Iraq, using data recovered from archaeological sites in Qatar.
RSVP: whatsonatmia@qm.org.qa
You can also join via Zoom.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qfu6prTgoH9ZmjVeBkFFrZgIKm_1Bg0JK
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
- March 18, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Online – Iranian Armenian Ancestral Continuity – by Claudia Yaghoobi – April 8, 11am PT
For more information:
2. ONLINE Study Presentation “Thinking the Re-Thinking of the World: Decolonial Challenges to the Humanities and Social Sciences from Africa, Asia and the Middle East”, Leibniz Zentrum moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 13 March 2023, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Experienced authors, from the regions concerned, along different disciplinary lines, and with a focus on different historical timeframes, sketch out their perspectives of envisaged transformations. Taking a critical stance on the ongoing dominance of Eurocentrism in academia, the authors present their contributions in relation to current decolonial challenges.
Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/thinking-the-re-thinking-of-the-world
3. HYBRIDE Séminaire de recherche “Arabité et arabisation”, Université Lyon 2, 14 mars 2023, 18h00-19h30 Nous écouterons : “Que saurait-on des Arabes de l’Arabie préislamique sans la contre-offensive anti-Šu‘ūbiy ya conduite par les auteurs du IIIe/IXe siècle ?” avec TESRIF Mustapha (U. Lyon 2 / CIHAM); et “Enseignants arabes dans la décolonisation : la coopération interarabe dans les politiques d’arabisation du Maghreb” avec COURREYE Charlotte (U. Lyon 3/IETT). Inscription : https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3alFgmHDyH2TepWKryeiHrX_T_g646e65BkzZoz8kXQe01%40thread.tacv2/1677520518270?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22a51a6642-5911-4306-a13c-f4731ab9c63f%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%221b0488ed-20b9-411c-b17b-0310d7e8212a%22%7d
4. HYBRIDE Table ronde CETOBaC « Soulèvement populaire et crise de pouvoir », Campus Condorcet Aubervilliers, 16 mars 2023, 11h – 13h
Six mois après le déclenchement de la révolte « Femme, Vie, Liberté », les mobilisations semblent ralentir. Cela ne signifie pourtant pas un retour à la normale. La tension est toujours palpable et une étincelle peut à chaque moment faire tout exploser.
Information et inscription : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/81094
5. ONLINE Webinar “Narratives of Exile and Migration: Kurdish Women’s Political Struggles in Europa” by Nisa Göksel (Arizona State University), Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 17 March 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
Based on interviews and participant observations in Germany and France, Nisa Göksel will examine the political subjectivities and activities of Kurdish women from a transnational perspective by considering the question of how they strive to sustain their political ties and agency despite the daily difficulties of migrant/exile life.
Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2023/nisa-goksel-narratives-exile-migration
6. Annual Conference of the Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS): “Political Economy of the Muslim World”, Stanford University, 7-8 April 2023
Deadline for pre-registration: 3 April 2023. Program: https://aalims.org/aalims-stanford-conference-on-the-political-economy-of-the-muslim-world-3/. Contact: Roula Khaled roulak@stanford.edu
7. Graduate Conference “Humans and Nature in the Mediterranean Landscape”, Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Central European University, Vienna, 30-31 May 2023
Environmental history inspired scholars working on a broad range of topics related to the history of the Mediterranean. Papers are not limited to Anthropology, Archeology, Art History, Classics, Environmental Science and History, Gender Studies, History, Languages and Literatures, Medieval Studies, Early Modern Studies, Philosophy, Religion, and Theology.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 April 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-humans-and-nature-in-the-mediterranean-landscape-30-31-may-vienna?e=82aeb6c61d
8. PhD Position (4 Years) in History of the Islamic Indian Ocean World, University of Bergen
The successful applicant’s research project will explore transregional connectivities and local developments in those parts of the Indian Ocean World that have been shaped by Islamic cultural and religious currents.
Deadline for application: 11 April 2023. Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/241547/phd-position-in-history-of-the-islamic-indian-ocean-world
9. Visiting Assistant Professor (Social Sciences) in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (1 Year), Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
The position is open to any social science discipline with the exception of history, and the geographical focus is open to any part of the Muslim world, broadly defined.
Deadline for application: 31 March 2023.
Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/24496
10. Introductory Course in “Islamic Ornamentation and Calligraphy”, Interdisciplinary Research Center Islam and Muslims in Europe, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, 3-7 April 2023, 9h-18h
This intensive course will provide an introduction to geometric Islamic art. Starting with a theoretical aware-ness, practical exercises are also offered to learn the traditional art techniques of calligraphic writing and ornamentation. A special focus will be on the geometric alphabet script “Kufi” as well as on the practice of geometric patterns and shapes.
Application deadline: 19 March 2023. Information; https://www.sfu.ac.at/en/event/ifime-course-islamic-art-introductory-course-in-islamic-ornamentation-and-calligraphy/
11. Intensive, Eight-Weeks Summer Language Programs in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Languages Institute (MEDLI), University Wisconsin, Madison, 19 June – 11 August 2023
In addition to the intensive language classes, MEDLI students can participate a full array of cultural activities, including workshops (cooking, art, dance, calligraphy, etc.), a film series, lectures on Middle East Studies and regional topics, conversation clubs, and have access to language tutors and network with other scholars of Middle East Studies.
Deadline for priority application: 15 March 2023. Information: https://medli.wisc.edu/
12. Max Planck Summer School for “Women in Political Economy”, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG), Cologne, Germany, 11-14 September 2023
The Summer School is intended to be an inclusive event and explicitly welcomes women, non-binary people, and all people of marginalized genders. It is open to current PhD students or recent PhD graduates who work in Comparative and International Political Economy or related fields. It will bring junior scholars together with established scholars in the field who will act as the main instructors.
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2023. Information: https://www.mpifg.de/1182893
13. International MA in Mediterranean History, University of Konstanz, Germany
The globally unique study program provides BA graduates in history and cultural studies with in-depth know-ledge of the history, cultures and languages of Mediterranean societies.
Information: https://www.geschichte.uni-konstanz.de/en/study/ma-mediterranean-history/prospective-students/ , Zoom information events: 30 March 2023, 1:30 pm, and 20 April 2023, 3:00 pm CET
14. Monographs and Edited Volumes for New Series “Middle East Environmental Histories” from Late Antiquity to the Present (Leiden University Press)
This series will examine the Middle East in its global context while always keeping the particularities of the Middle East and its multiple environments in focus – the region’s historic role as the crossroads of trade be-tween the Mediterranean and Asia, its cultural and religious diversity, the place of Islam, the balance between settled and sown, and the role of oil, to name a few.
Information: https://www.lup.nl/series/middle-east-environmental-histories/
15. Various Intensive Arabic Programs “Arabic Language & North African Studies”, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, Summer 2023
Deadline for applications: 1 May 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/25688/discussions/12527274/summer-arabic-north-african-studies-program-aranas-ma-names
16. Symposium & Exhibition
German WWII Internees from Persia and their Fate in Australia
Convenor of Symposium and Curator of Exhibition
Prof. Pedram Khosronejad
School of Social Science, Western Sydney University
Saturday 4-5th March 2023
For some of the national reports and interviews of this program:
17. Online Conference – Prayer Carpet Colloquium (Turkish and English) – March 21-22
Held in conjunction with the exhibition Prayer and Transcendence, this two-day virtual event will bring into conversation scholars and other leading voices to explore the role and iconography of classical prayer carpets from across the Islamic world, as well as design comparisons from the Jewish tradition.
Two keynote lectures will feature Walter B. Denny, Distinguished Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Idries Trevathan, curator of Islamic art and culture at Museum at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Saudi Arabi, with other panelists joining from around the world.
The colloquium will be translated in English and Turkish. To join us, please register online to reserve your space. Once you have registered, we will email you links and details for joining each day on Zoom. We will also email registered participants a full program with a detailed schedule. Participation is free of charge.
18. Call for Papers: International Journal of Islamic Architecture (Special Issue: ‘The Urgency of the Digital’)
Thematic volume planned for 1 July 2025
Proposal submission deadline: 1 June 2023
View the full CFP here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/international-journal-of-islamic-architecture#call-for-papers
19. Science Communication, Islam and Muslim Communities: 27 April, Euston, London
A lecture on Muslim perceptions of science by Stephen H. Jones and Saleema Burney.
While there have long been lively discussions about gender and racial inclusiveness in science communication, Muslims, one of the UK’s most marginalised populations, have largely been ignored. This is despite Muslims being a group whose members are often described as being especially resistant to science, with news media regularly claiming they stand in opposition to everything from evolution to COVID regulations.
In this public lecture, Stephen H. Jones and Saleema Burney will use a range of data to look at what British Muslims really think about science and at the question of whether, and how, science communicators should engage Muslim members of the public. Drawing on a new research project hosted at the University of Birmingham, ‘Science and British Muslim Religious Leadership’, the lecture will offer particular insight into Islamic authorities’ role in arguing for and against scientific theories and how they approach issues such as human origins, organ donation, and engaging with secular society.
This lecture is free to attend and you can register at the following link:
20. UN Day to Combat Islamophobia Event, 15 March 5-7pm, University of Oxford
To mark UN International Day to Combat Islamophobia, which is being observed for the first time ever this year on 15 March, we have organised a panel event at Mansfield College, Oxford, in partnership with the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights. The UN Special repertoire for Freedom of Religion and Belief, Professor Nazila Ghanea, will be taking part as a panel member, along with Professor Tariq Modood, and Lord Wajid Khan.
Further information and a link to register can be found here: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/event/islamophobia-discourse-debates-and-future-directions
- March 14, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Harb al-Basus Seminar sessions on Youtube
The ‘Harb al-Basus and al-Zir Salim’ seminar has now been posted in in its entirety on Youtube in the following three links:
Session 1 : https://youtu.be/ytfgJgQ9xOg
Session 2 : https://youtu.be/JBkiv2rxMP8
Session 3 : https://youtu.be/l26XCoBS_ZU
2. Dernières places pour la journée d’étude internationale “La révolution des féminismes musulmans”
Le CESIR a le plaisir de soutenir cette journée d’étude qui se tiendra samedi 18 mars 2023, de 10h à 17h30 à l’Université Saint-Louis-Bruxelles, et durant laquelle Malika Hamidi, chercheure associée, y présentera son prochain ouvrage intitulé “La révolution des féminismes musulmans : Élaborations théoriques et agir féministe ( 2004 – 2014)”. Cet événement est organisé par Plurivers’Elles ÉTUDES et FORMATIONS et soutenu par L.A.S.P.A.D de l’ UNIVERSITÉ Gaston Berger à Saint Louis (Sénégal). Inscriptions obligatoires ici.
3. Emotion, Mission, Architecture: Building Hospitals in Persia and British India, 1865-1914
Sara Honarmand Ebrahimi
Edinburgh, 2023
Find out more: https://ddlnk.net/CEQ-880S8-MWI2D5-531RC7-0/c.aspx
4. Le Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI, UMR8041 du CNRS) a le plaisir de vous annoncer la tenue de la XXIVème Journée Monde Iranien, le vendredi 24 mars 2023 de 9h30 à 18h dans l’Auditorium du Pôle Langues et Civilisations de l’Inalco, 65 rue des Grands-Moulins, 75013 Paris.
Nous vous prions de bien vouloir trouver le programme complet de cette Journée, en pièce-jointe. Vous pouvez également consulter les détails de cette Journée sur le site du CeRMI : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/xxive-journee-monde-iranien/
Au plaisir de vous retrouver toutes et tous pour cette XXIVème Journée qui cette année est organisée par notre collègue Amr Taher Ahmed (INALCO, CeRMI).
5. Online Seminar – “Cloth and Time in the Mughal Empire” by Sylvia W. Houghteling, ReSIA (Research Seminar in Islamic Art, SOAS) – March 16
Abstract: By the start of the seventeenth century, cloth from South Asia had spread throughout the globe. Carried in watertight chests on maritime vessels, painted cotton bedcovers and embroidered hangings travelled to the Americas, Europe, Africa, and East and West Asia. However, the perception of South Asian textiles as the consummate material of global trade can obscure the fact that the seventeenth-century circulation of fabric existed across different scales and distinctive temporalities. The circulation of textiles was often seasonal: Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627) timed his gifts of warm, woollen garments to arrive at the start of the cold winter weather. The case of cloth circulating within the Mughal Empire, therefore, requires a reconsideration of how to approach objects – commodities like textiles and other luxuries of the maritime trade – that eventually travelled great distances.
ReSIA – Research Seminar in Islamic Art, convened by Professor Anna Contadini, will be presented on Zoom on Thursday 16th March at 6pm (UK time).
Please register with Matty Bradley on mb@royalasiaticsociety.org by 15th March to receive the link to the talk.
6. Fellowship Prince Dr Sabbar Farman-Farmaian
With the generous support of Farman-Farmaian amily, the IISH launches a new fellowship programme named the Prince Dr Sabbar Farman-Farmaian Fellowships for scholars who wish to use its collections for the study of social and economic history of 18-20 century of Iran, whether from a regional, national, or comparative and transnational perspective.
Fellowships are awarded for six months (1 September 2023 – 29th February 2024). This is a call for applications for fellowships for the year 2023/2024.
Deadline for applications is 15 May 2023.
Fellows receive a monthly stipend of € 1,500. The fellowship also includes an economy return flight to the Netherlands, visa support, as well as arrangements for accommodation. Cost of health insurance in Amsterdam will be reimbursed.
Minimum requirements/selection criteria:
– An MA degree or higher,
– An updated CV,
– A Research proposal in not more than 500 words.
The fellow’s research plan should fit the Institute’s focus on social history.
Fellows are expected:
– To write a report on their research activities at the end of the fellowship period,
– To be present at the institute customarily,
– To take part in the activities of the Institute’s Research Department,
– To interact with other fellows and the IISH’s research staff in the English language,
– To give at least one public lecture.
Selection will be made based on the quality and novelty of the proposed research project, its affinity to social history research conducted at the International Institute of Social History, and the applicant’s qualifications.
Outcome:
Fellows are expected to present the results of their work both orally to the other members of the Research Department, and in writing with a paper of min. 5000 and max. 8000 words (including notes). It is envisaged that the PDF version of the paper will be published as an occasional paper on the website of the IISH.
Applications:
Applications should be submitted before 15 May 2023 to jacqueline.rutte@bb.huc.knaw.nl
General information about the IISH can be obtained via http://socialhistory.org.
More information about the fellowship can be obtained from Professor Touraj Atabaki, e-mail: tat@iisg.nl
7. Shapoorji Pallonji Lecturer in Zoroastrianism
Job title: SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Lecturer in Zoroastrianism
Department: History, Religions & Philosophies
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Lecturer Grade 8 £47,319.82 – £51,328.82 including London Allowance
Location: Bloomsbury, London
Hours: 35 hours per week
Closing date: 7th April 2023
Interviews to be held: 24th April 2023
https://vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/379150
8. Treasures of Herat
Barbara Brend:
London: Gingko, in association with The British Library, 2022.
https://www.gingko.org.uk/publishing/books/treasures-of-herat/
9. Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World 17.1-2 is out now (Special Issue: ‘Perspectives on Modern Iraqi Literature and Literary Figures’)
https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-contemporary-iraq-the-arab-world
10. Qur’anic Linguistics ResearchGroup Inaugural International Conference
Tuesday 14th& Wednesday 15thMarch 2023
Mode:Online (Zoom)
Time: 09:00- 18:00 (GMT)
You are cordially invited to attend the Qur’anic Linguistics ResearchGroup (QLG) Inaugural International Conference hosted on Zoom by Swansea University, in collaboration withthe Centre of Islamic Studies at SOAS University of London, on 14-15 March 2023.To attend, please follow the link below.
تسُرُّنا دعوتكم لحضور المؤتمر الدولي الأول لمجموعة الدراسات القرآنية واللغوية(QLG)الذي تستضيفه جامعة سوانزي بالتعاون مع مركز الدراسات الإسلامية بكلية الدراسات الشرقية والإفريقية جامعة لندن على منصة زووم وذلك في الفترة من ١٤ إلى ١٥ مارس ٢٠٢٣،والتسجيل من خلال الرابط أدناه.
https://swanseauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_01HsJx2eSA2vZf8tZJ1kKQ
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