Archive for 2023
- March 09, 2023
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- March 08, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Now Streaming: Dr Amir Ahmadi Arian: ‘The Iranian Realism of Ahmad Mahmoud’
UCSB Iranian Studies Initiative’s online lecture series “Persian and Iranian Literature as World Literature.”
Saturday, February 18th, at 11 am (PST).
Now available at:
https://farhang.org/ucsb-lecture-series/the-iranian-realism-of-ahmad-mahmoud
2. ONLINE Inaugural Meeting of the “Digital History and New Directions in Crusade Studies Net-work”, 9 March 2023, 17:00 – 18:30 GMT
This is the first in a series of planned meetings to explore how scholars currently are and might in the future utilize digital tools to unlock this very large corpus of materials.
Information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-history-and-new-directions-in-crusades-studies-network-1-tickets-530410049737
3. Research Associate in Pre-Modern Islamic History with Possibility of Further Academic Qualification (PhD), University of Hamburg
The position supports various research projects among them the RomanIslam Center of the Middle Eastern Department. Required is a MA degree in Islamic Studies with a focus on the wider Arabic speaking world which reaches eastern Iran in the early Islamic period.
Deadline for application: 24 March 2023. Information: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=54faa7e6956f336cca57d980ea538833b4357a11
4. Lecturer in Arabic Language, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania
Applicants should demonstrate a primary focus on language education, and should have received at least a Master’s degree, and preferably a Ph.D., in Education, Arabic Language, Literature, Linguistics, or a related field. Native or near-native competency in Arabic language, and fluency in English, are required.
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/120979
5. Summer Language Institute in Arabic and Persian, University of Maryland, 1 June – 2 August 2023
The curriculum focuses on improving students’ reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through an approach that centers material from Arab / Iranian culture, politics, and media. In addition to classes, students participate in a number of cultural activities including workshops
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2023.
Information: https://sllc.umd.edu/special-programs/arabic-persian/summer-langage-institutes
bips
6. The Abbasid House of Wisdom , Between Myth and Reality
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
Routledge, 2023
7. A Critical Companion to the ‘Mirrors for Princes’ Literature
Edited by Noëlle-Laetitia Perret and Stéphane Péquignot
Brill, 2022
https://brill.com/display/title/56656
8. Johann Michael Wansleben’s Travels in Turkey, 1673-1676
An Annotated Edition of His French Report
Alastair Hamilton and Maurits Van den Boogert
Brill, 2023
https://brill.com/display/title/58287
9. La sixième séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le jeudi 16 mars 2023 (de 17h à 19h, salle 3.15).
Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Estelle Amy de la Bretèque (Laboratoire d’ethnologie et de sociologie comparative, UMR 7186) pour une conférence intitulée : « (Y)ézidis et (Y)ézidisme en exil »
Résumé
Le (Y)ézidisme est une religion originaire de Mésopotamie. C’est aussi un système d’organisation sociale et, en fin de compte, une manière de voir le monde. Cette présentation s’attachera à décrire les reconfigurations du (Y)ézidisme en exil, en prenant appui sur une enquête de terrain menée depuis 2019 auprès de (Y)ézidis drômois originaires de Shingal (Irak).
Orientations bibliographiques
- Amy de la Bretèque, Estelle, « Des larmes pour ambassade. Les Yézidis sur la scène internationale après les massacres de Sinjar », Terrain 73, 2020.
- Amy de la Bretèque, Estelle, « Les Yézidis : du trauma au combat politique », The Conversation, 10 septembre 2020.
- Kreyenbroek Philip G. Yezidism in Europe: Different Generations Speak about their Religion, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2009.
Au plaisir de vous retrouver à l’occasion de cette séance, qui se déroulera en présentiel sur le site de l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris).
Ci-joint le programme 2022/2023 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” en format pdf. Retrouvez également les détails sur le site web du CeRMI : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2022-2023/
10. CFP: The Textile Museum Journal Centennial Volume – Deadline: April 30, 2024
The Textile Museum Journal is seeking article proposals for our 52nd volume to be published in 2025. This volume will celebrate the centennial of The Textile Museum‘s establishment, and will be devoted to new research on textile objects in The Textile Museum Collection. Submissions may examine any aspect of textiles from all historic and pre-historic periods, and geographic regions, as well as topics related to fabric structures, textile iconography, weaving practices, constructing and wearing clothing, and other subjects. Articles may include case studies on individual textile objects or analyses of a group of textile objects, which forward a greater argument or investigation about these objects’ cultural and/or technical contexts of production.
We highly suggest engaging with The Textile Museum Collection well before the deadline for submission in order to develop research thoroughly.
Deadline for abstract submissions: April 30, 2024.
Deadline for full manuscript submissions: August 31, 2024.
Manuscripts should be submitted by email to the editorial assistant of The Textile Museum Journal at tmjournal@gwu.edu..
Please see Manuscript Submission and Author Style Guide documents at https://museum.gwu.edu/submit-research for details on preparation.
Any submission that does not conform to The Textile Museum Journal style and submission guidelines will be returned to the author.
Articles must present original research that has not been published in any language previously. Authors must properly credit previous scholarship on the subject and cite the source of each quotation, with brief bibliographic details given in the endnotes and the full bibliographic information in the References section.
All articles are subject to review by the editorial team and anonymous peer-reviewers, whose comments will be sent to the author only if the manuscript is accepted for publication. Authors are expected to make revisions based on the feedback of the peer-reviewers and editors.
The Textile Museum Journal follows the most recent edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. For further specifications on preparing text and images for publication, see the The Textile Museum Journal Manuscript Submission and Author Style Guide documents (available to download from our website: https://museum.gwu.edu/submit-research ).
11. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library – Cataloger of Armenian Manuscripts
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65169
Closing: May 30, 2023
12. Adab Colloquium March 29th Book Talk: The Maqāmāt of Badī` al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī
13. AKU – ISMC
26 – 27 May 2023 Short Course – The Qur’an in Muslim Practices
https://www.aku.edu/ismc/study/Pages/short-courses.aspx
14. BRAIS 2023 Annual Conference: Provisional programme now live
The British Association for Islamic Studies is delighted to share the provisional programme for its 2023 Annual Conference taking place on Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 May 2023. The full programme can be viewed online here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-conference-2023/brais-2023-provisional-programme
Taking place in the stunning surroundings of the Aga Khan’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London, and featuring keynotes from Professor Sarah Savant and the KITAB team (ISMC) and Professor Ousmane Kane (Harvard University), our 2023 conference looks set to be one to remember.
Online registration for the conference is now possible here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-conference-2023/brais-2023-registration.
Space is limited, so we suggest booking early to avoid disappointment.
If you have any questions about the conference, they may be addressed on our Frequently Asked Questions page here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-conference-2023/brais-2023-frequently-asked-questions. If not, please do get in touch using this email address.
We look forward to seeing many you in London and very best wishes from us all at BRAIS.
- March 07, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. 9 May 2023 Event – The Ubiquitous Muslim by Professor Aaron Hughes
AKU-ISMC (London)
17.30 BST
Further information at:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ubiquitous-muslim-tickets-560344564677
2. Splendours of Uzbekistan’s Oases with Rocco Rante
Spalding Room, FAMES, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE
13 March 2023
3. The University of Manchester
Lecture 7 of the “Empowering Muslim Women in History, Literature, and the Arts” series, on Wednesday 08 March 2023, 17:30 GMT in Samuel Alexander A102 , and on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95149569936
Iraqi Women’s Stories: pathways of activism in para/translation
Dr Ruth Abou Rached
University of Manchester, UK
4. UCLA – Pourdavoud Center
Identity, Alterity, and the Imperial Impress in the Achaemenid World
The Inaugural Symposium of the Achaemenid Workshops Series
April 12–14, 2023
314 Royce Hall, 10745 Dickson Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
(with a live stream option for hybrid attendance)
Morning refreshments and check-in begin at 8:00 am.
5. ‘Christian-Muslim Relations: Past, Present and Future’: Conference for PhD students and early career scholars
The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford invites doctoral students and early career researchers in the field of Muslim-Christian relations to present their research at a conference, June 30th-July 2nd 2023, in Oxford and online. Details are here:
https://www.cmcsoxford.org.uk/next-generation-researchers
6. The Islamic College (London)
Beauty in Sufism: The Teachings of Ruzbihan Baqli
A Talk by Dr Kazuyo Murata
Thursday 16 March 2023
6 pm – 8 pm (London time)
Venue: The Islamic College London 133 High Road London NW102SW
https://islamic-college.ac.uk/monthly-seminar-beauty-in-sufism/
in person and live access
7. Roshan Institute for the Spring 2023 Yarshater Speaker Series
featuring Dr. Paul Losensky.
This event will be held on Sunday, March 5 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. EST.
More information:Website: https://sllc.umd.edu/events/who-am-i-judge-literary-counter-culture-sixteenth-century-iran-and-biographer-taqi-al-din
Facebook Event: https://fb.me/e/2EfbSFz9w
Zoom Link: http://bit.ly/taqi_din_kashi
8. IHF: OF KINGS AND PAINTINGS is a documentary presenting the history of the luxurious art that was commissioned during the Qajar Dynasty (1785 – 1925), and explores the world in which it was created. Through interviews with history and art experts, the film traces the trajectory of Qajar art and its evolution from the traditional world of its early period under Fath ʿAli Shah to its later Europeanized conception in the Nasiri era influenced by the arrival of modernity in the form of photography. Weaving together art and history, the film looks deeply at the art and culture of an era that until recently lacked prominence. It further allows the viewer to see many hard-to-access artworks from over 200 years in all their lavish glory.
Learn more about the film here.
The streaming is a collaboration between Iran Heritage Foundation and Homa Films.
The film will be available to stream online from March 14th 11 PM – March 20th 11 PM GMT, at which time the “watch film” button will be activated and seen on the event page. This would be a button in addition to the “watch trailer” button.
No registration is required. For help and further information please contact mehran@homafilms.com.
9. The Indiana University Department of Central Eurasian studies is seeking a Sorani Kurdish instructor for a three-year term beginning August 2023
Jobs@IU
link: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/16936
For best consideration: apply by March 16, 2023
10. Hybrid Lecture – Bernard O’Kane, STARS AND SYMMETRY: THE NAME OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD IN ARCHITECTURAL INSCRIPTIONS – March 8th, 12:30pm EST @ NYU
“STARS AND SYMMETRY: THE NAME OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD IN ARCHITECTURAL INSCRIPTIONS”
Bernard O’Kane, The American University in Cairo
Wednesday, March 8th, 12:30pm EST
Silsila Spring 2023 Program
Online and in person at New York University, Room 222, 20 Cooper Square, New York, 10003
This talk examines the architectural representations of the name of the Prophet Muhammad, and in particular a frequently occurring variety in which the name is repeated in star and polylobed shapes. These have a surprising number of overlapping resonances, from intercession, light and the roseate qualities associated with the Prophet to, where hexagrams are concerned, connections with the apotropaic qualities of the prophet Solomon, and his wisdom.
This event will take place as a live webinar at 12:30pm EST (New York time). To register as an online attendee, please use the following link:
https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GrN0ybbSQKyxwNxlHfhgaw
This event will also be held in person at NYU in room 222, 20 Cooper Square, NY 10003. In accordance with university regulations, visitors must show a valid government-issued photo ID (children under 18 can provide non-government identification).
Please use the following link to rsvp as an in-person attendee:
https://forms.gle/1ZaKLy2VTYwybupL9
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event online or attend in person.
11. The Bruce D. Craig Prize for Mamluk Studies, deadline March 31
The editors of Mamlūk Studies Review invite submissions for:
The Bruce D. Craig Prize for Mamluk Studies
The Bruce D. Craig Prize, carrying a cash award of $1,000, is given annually by Mamlūk Studies Review for the best dissertation on a topic substantially focused on the Mamluk Sultanate submitted in English to any university during the preceding calendar year [note the expansion of eligibility]. In the event no dissertations are submitted, or none is deemed to merit the prize, no prize will be awarded.
To be considered for the 2022 Prize, dissertations must be defended by December 31, 2022, and submitted to the Prize Committee by March 31, 2023. Submissions should be sent electronically to Marlis J. Saleh, Editor, Mamlūk Studies Review, at msaleh@uchicago.edu.
12. New Publication: Scenes From The 16th Century Ottoman Empire Vol. 3
Codex Vindobonensis 8626
Bilder aus dem türkischen Volksleben
(1589-1590)by Hendrowski, Heinrich [Propably Painter]Rudolf, Heiliges Römisches Reich, Kaiser, 1552-1612
ISBN: 978-90-6921-049-0
Yüzyıl Osmanlı İmparatorluğundan Manzaralar 3
Edited by / Yayına hazırlayan: Mehmet Tütüncü & Ömer Erdem
CORPUS OF TURKISH ISLAMIC INSCRIPTIONS nr: 46
For ordering and more info about published volumes please visit the next page and download sample pages:
https://www.academia.edu/96894792/
13. CfP: Muslims in the UK and Europe 2023 – at the Centre of Islamic Studies, Cambridge
We are delighted to invite applications from current Masters and PhD candidates to present their research on issues pertaining to Muslims in the UK and Europe, from any discipline. This postgraduate symposium, taking place on Thursday 22nd to Friday 23rd June 2023 at the Moller Centre in Cambridge, will be a platform for students to present and exchange current research on any topic in this field in a dynamic forum. While historical or theoretical context is valuable, we invite papers also to present, analyse or interpret research findings, data or material. Participants are expected to attend the keynote speech and all sessions.
To apply please submit a 500-word abstract, with curriculum vitae outlining current research interests, to cis@cis.cam.ac.uk by 31 March 2023.
Successful candidates will be notified by 7 April 2023 and invited to submit draft papers of no more than 3000 words by 11 June 2023.
14. ‘Studying Global Muslim Mobilities: Approaches and Experiences’: Tuesday 14 March, 1pm GMT, online via Zoom
You are warmly invited to a special online seminar organised by the Alwaleed Centre at the University of Edinburgh and the International Islamic University of Indonesia – supported by the British Council. Further details below:
Studying Global Muslim Mobilities: Approaches and Experiences
Tuesday 14 March, 1pm GMT, online via Zoom
In this special online seminar, panelists will discuss various approaches to analysing transnationalism, migration, and the global interconnectivity of the globalised Muslim World, and how they intersect with authorities, orthodoxies, identities, nationalities, gender, and social class.
For further information and free registration click here: https://global-muslim-minorities.eventbrite.co.uk
15. Journée d’etude internationale ” LA REVOLUTION DES FEMINISMES MUSULMANS” – Université Saint Louis à Bruxelles – 18.3.2023
Nous avons le plaisir de vous convier à la journée d’étude internationale à l’occasion de la parution du prochain ouvrage de Malika HAMIDI intitulé “La révolution des féminismes musulmans : Elaborations théoriques et agir féministe ( 2004 – 2014)” qui aura lieu le 18 mars 2023 de 10h à 17h30 à l’Université Saint-Louis-Bruxelles.
En ce mois de mars, c’est avec cette journée d’étude que nous souhaitons saluer le dynamisme, la pugnacité et l’énergie de toutes les femmes du monde investies dans différentes sphères : sociale, politique, universitaire, culturelle et économique.
Nous remercions très chaleureusement l’ensemble des intervenants qui nous honorent de leur présence à la fois physique et virtuelle, à commencer par Amina Wadud ( On line), la prof. Fabienne BRION, Dr. Maryam Kolly, Prof. Nadia Fadil,Layla zzouzi, Prof. Margot Badran ( On line), Prof.Ramon Grosfoguel, Nadine plateau, Dr. Kim Lecoyer, Hakima Elbouri, Ouardia Derriche, Dr. Sara Borillo et Dr. Fatiha AJBLI.
Vous aurez l’occasion de précommander l’ouvrage sur place à un tarif préférentiel.
Cette journée d’étude internationale organisée par Plurivers’Elles ETUDES et FORMATIONS est soutenue par le centre de recherche C.E.S.I.R de l’Université Saint Louis à Bruxelles ainsi que du L.A.S.P.A.D de l’ UNIVERSITE Gaston Berger à Saint Louis du Sénégal.
Nous restons bien sûr à votre disposition pour toutes informations complémentaires. Vous trouverez en PJ le programme détaillé du colloque.
Inscriptions obligatoires ici :
https://my.weezevent.com/la-revolution-des-feminismes-musulmans
16. CFP for MLA 2024 in Philadelphia: The Returns of Philology
MLA annual convention, 2024, Philadelphia, PA
https://www.mla.org/Convention/MLA-2024
The Returns of Philology
Philology is back. This panel invites submissions that reflect on the discipline and practice of philology, “making sense of texts,” in Middle Eastern and South Asian literary traditions. Please submit 250 word abstract and brief bio to Alexander Jabbari, University of Minnesota (ajab@umn.edu)
Deadline for submissions: Friday, 10 March 2023
https://mla.confex.com/mla/2024/webprogrampreliminary/Paper23045.html
17. Call for Papers. Women and Islam: Agency in Francophone and Italophone Autobiography (abstract deadline 15 May)
Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing
INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES, CULTURES AND SOCIETIES
School of Advanced Study • University of London
Call for Papers. Women and Islam: Agency in Francophone and Italophone Autobiography
Abstract deadline: 15 May 2023
Conference: 27 October 2023
This one-day event will feature a dialogue with author Shirin Ramzanali Fazel (Lontano da Mogadiscio, 2017) on her personal and literary experience regarding the themes discussed during the conference.
Please send a 500-word abstract and a short bio to the conference organisers: Dr. Maria Morelli (Maria.Morelli@guest.unimi.it) and Dr. Oliver Brett (ob49@leicester.ac.uk) by 15 May 2023.
18. Postdoc position at Institute of Iranian Studies, Vienna
The Institute of Iranian studies (IFI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Austria’s leading non-university research and science institution, carries out scholarly research on all aspects of Iranian and Persianate cultures and societies in Asia. It advances cutting-edge research in Iranian studies on a philological and historical basis. The core research projects aim to explore in an exemplary way cultural process in Iranian and Persian cultures in Asia. The institute is offering a
POSTDOC POSITION (F/M/X)
(full-time / 40 hours per week)
for a duration of 36 months.
Your tasks:
- Research and publications on the cultural/social history of Iran in the 20th century
- Participation in international workshops and conferences
- Taking an active part in the conceptual development of modern Iranian historical studies within the research program of the IFI
Your profile:
- PhD degree with excellent scores in Iranian Studies or a closely related field
- PhD dissertation with a focus on the cultural or social history of modern Iran
- Degree date 2018 or later. Candidates who have defended their dissertation between 2018 and 2021 are expected to have at least one international peer-reviewed publication
- Excellent knowledge of modern Persian
- Fluency in English (written and spoken)
- Willingness to cooperate and to work in a multi-disciplinary research team
Our offer:
- Responsible and independent research in an institute dedicated to top-level multi-disciplinary research on Iranian and Persianate cultures and societies
- Work in an international, diverse and dynamic research environment in the center of Vienna
We offer an annual gross salary of € 54.018,02 according to the collective agreement of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Please send your application including a CV, a letter of motiviation, a one-page outline of research topic, a writing sample (dissertation chapter or accepted/published paper), relevant certificates and transcripts and contact details of at least two academic referees via e-mail to iran.office@oeaw.ac.at (mentioning Job ID: IFI016PD123).
We will schedule online interviews starting from March 15th, 2023. Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) pursues a non-discriminatory employment
19. Women’s Learning Partnership
10 March, 2023 WLP and our partners will participate in the United Nation’s 67th Commission on the Status of Women by hosting events on women’s leadership, supporting gender equality in Afghanistan and Iran, and harnessing technology to advance women’s rights. This year you can attend WLP’s CSW67 parallel event both in-person and online via livestream.
- March 04, 2023
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Shii News – ‘The Caliph and the Imam, The Making of Sunnism and Shiism’ – T Matthiesen
- March 03, 2023
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- March 02, 2023
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- March 01, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE International Workshop “(Islamic) Reform and Iǧmāʾ in Ignaz Goldziher’s Oeuvre” by Dr. Katalin Franciska Rac (University of Florida), Dr. Aysun Yaşar (University of Basel), Moderated by Dr. Katja Thörner (EZIRE, University Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2 March 2023, 16:00-18.00 CET
The workshop analyzes the concepts of reform and Iğmāʾ in the works of the Hungarian Jewish Orientalist Ignaz Goldziher. The two speakers propose a historical reading and offer a theological reading of Goldziher’s selected works.
Registration: https://unibas.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Arf-GgrDMsGNLkfWIj4KoEJuCn0KsZhe20
2. HYBRID Lecture “Beyond Sectarianism: Rural-Urban Relations and the Future of the Syrian Conflict” by Dr. Wassim Naboulsi (University of Sussex), Middle East and North Africa Centre at Sussex (MENACS), 15 March 2023, 17:00-18:30 GMT
The lecture will show how Syrian society is far more dynamic and diverse than its stereotypically sectarian representation in Western discourse that is often based on an Orientalist understanding of the region. Dr Naboulsi will explore the importance of unpacking the multiple socio-economic cleavages in the country to better understand the Syrian crisis as he focuses on rural-urban tensions and grievances explaining why they should be considered in any future settlement of the Syrian conflict.
Information and registration: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/anthropology/about/newsandevents/events/?id=60095
3. ONLINE Webinar “Women`s Worlds in Qajar Iran” by Afasamej Najmabadi (Harvard University), Universities of Toronto and Oxford, 20 April 2023, 12:00 pm Toronto Time
This is part of the monthly seminar Series “Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents” convened by Arezou Azad & Mohamad Tavakoli
Information and registration:
https://iranianstudies.utoronto.ca/event/rethinking-history-returning-to-archives-and-documents/
4. ONLINE Presentation “Tell Me Everything” by Homeira Qaderi, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, 17 May 2023, 12:00 pm ET
Homeira Qaderi is an Afghan writer, activist, and educator. She is writing a novel, based on her lived expe-rience, that covers the last three decades of political turmoil, military invasions, and social upheaval in Afghanistan.
Information and registration:
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2023-homeira-qaderi-fellow-presentation-virtual
5. Conference “Women and the Politics of Translation in/of the Middle East”, University of Leuven, Date to be Announced
This conference will provide a scholarly forum to discuss how on the one hand, women in the Middle East fulfill their transformative roles as authors, translators, publishers, and/or social (political) activists by means of translation, and on the other hand to reflect on the (mis)representation of Middle Eastern women in Western media (i.e. news, literature, movies, etc.).
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/02/24/women-and-the-politics-of-translation-in-of-the-middle-east
6. HYBRID Session on “Migration, Religion, and Religious Groups” at “The Migration Conference”, Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg, 23-26 August 2023
Main topics: Migration and Religion in Theoretical Approaches. – Migration and Religious Ritual Changes. – Transnational Religious Groups. – Religious Minorities and Migration. – New Religious Movements. – Religious Organizations. – Religious Conflicts and Religious Radicalization. – Religious Diversity. – Religion, Migration and Pluralism, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2023.
Information:
7. HYBRID International Conference “Emerging Historical Perspectives on Christian-Muslim Interactions in and around the Mediterranean (c. 630–1614)”, University of Konstanz, 21-23 March 2024
By exploring Christian-Muslim relations through the changing lens of methodologies, this conference aims to foster an interdisciplinary debate that, through comparison and collaboration between scholars from different fields, bridges rigid geographical and temporal frameworks. Main themes: Innovative approaches to the source material. – Revised, new, experimental methodologies. – Macro-historical perspectives.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2023.
8. PhD Student, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies (ISNO), University of Bern
The doctoral student will write a dissertation within the framework of the interdisciplinary project “The Flow” and will work with a corpus of Arabic legal sources from Harar (Eastern Ethiopia) from the late 19th century. Candidates must hold an excellent MA degree or equivalent in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies, or in History or similar Humanities with an emphasis on Islamic or Middle Eastern Studies.
Deadline for applications: 24 March 2023. Information: https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/e596f0ed-4899-43a1-8f64-1ceea5ed3621
9. Assistant Professorship in Islamic Studies, Ghent University, Belgium
The postholder will be expected to contribute to academic teaching, research, service, and outreach in the field of Islamic Studies, especially of the intellectual and social history of Islam and being Muslim in the modern Middle East.
Deadline for application: 20 March 2023. Information: https://career012.successfactors.eu/career?company=C0000956575P&career_job_req_id=25519&career_ns=job_listing&navBarLevel=JOB_SEARCH
10. Tenure-Track Position for International Studies (Focus Middle East), Centre College, Danville, KY
The ideal candidate will demonstrate an ability to offer an introductory International Studies course and upper level thematic, regional, and interdisciplinary courses. The committee will prioritize candidates with expertise in the Middle East.
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/121557
11. Instructor for (Military) History of the Middle East (2 Years), United States Air Force Academy
U.S. applicants should possess and demonstrate the ability to teach in one of the core (general-education) military and world history courses offered to all USAF Academy students.
Deadline for applications: 30 March 2023. Information: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/706208700
12. British-Yemeni Society Research Grant
As part of its educational mission, the British-Yemeni Society (http://b-ys.org.uk/) offers a of up to £1,000 annually to assist with academic study related to Yemen. Applications are invited from anyone carrying out research in, or on Yemen, at a university, preferably one that is based in Britain or Yemen. Applicants’ na-tionality is irrelevant.
Applications at any time. Contact the Secretary of the Society at sec@b-ys.org.uk
13. Bourse pré-doctorale ou doctorale Idéo-Ifao 2023-2024
L’Institut français d’archéologie orientale (Ifao) et l’Institut dominicain d’études orientales (Idéo) s’associent pour financer une bourse pré-doctorale ou doctorale de 10 mois, du 1er septembre 2023 au 30 juin 2024. Cette bourse inclut également la résidence à l’Idéo et des cours d’arabe à raison de deux heures de cours particulier par jour, cinq jours par semaine, au cours de cette période.
Le dossier de candidature devra être envoyé pat courriel avant le 30 avril 2023.
Information : https://www.ifao.egnet.net/annonces/emplois/
14. Awards of the “Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies” for Books, Dissertations, Graduate Student Papers, and Graduate Student Travel
Submissions open for the 2023 AGAPS Biennial Book Award (May 15), Gwenn Okruhlik Dissertation Award (July 15), Graduate Paper Prize (July 15), and Student Travel Award (Sept. 1). Work must primarily focus on the Arabian Peninsula but can be inclusive of the transnational flows of people, material and ideas across the Gulf, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean.
Information: https://agaps.org/agaps-awards
15. History Graduate Symposium, Bilkent University, 4-5 May 2023
We welcome diverse, innovative, and creative approaches to Byzantine, European, Ottoman, American, and Global History, with no chronological limits. We particularly encourage an interdisciplinary approach to the topics in question.
Extended deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2023. Information:
16. Fall Semester 2023 – 2024 Residence Program in Advanced Arabic Language and Social Studies, Language Center, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
A limited number of merit-based tuition waiver and housing support is available.
Deadline for applications: 30 March 2023. Information: https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Academics/LanguageCenter/Programs/arprog/Pages/Doha-Residence-Program.aspx
17. SHARIAsource Lab :: Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes
On Saturday March 4, 2023 at 11:00AM-4:00PM US EST at the Program in Islamic Law’s office in Austin Hall, our SHARIAsource Lab will lead a Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes event. Join us for a chance to help write the next chapter in the history of the Arabic script where we bring our efforts together to finally develop a dependable program that will allow texts using Arabic script to be machine readable. This work in checking and reviewing documents will allow scholars to access, search and explore historical and contemporary documents like never before. No knowledge of coding or programming is needed but knowledge of Arabic script is a must to train the machine learning program to recognize them. Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP. Drop by for however long you can to meet, chat, and transcribe!
18. Publish your critical edition and/or translation with MIDEO
MIDEO — the Miscellanies of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies — is accepting, in addition to articles and book reviews, critical editions of primary texts in Arabic, Persian, and other languages relevant to understanding the intellectual history of Islamicate societies throughout the centuries. We also accept translations of such works into English or French.
As a non-commercial, internationally peer-reviewed research journal of Islamic studies, we consider critical editions and/or translations of any length, i.e. also those that might be either too long for commercial journals or too short for a book project. The deadline for submission for the next issue of MIDEO is June 30, 2023.
We would be delighted to receive your proposal. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
With best wishes,
Dr. Dennis Halft, OP
Directeur de la publication / Editor / رئيس تحرير المجلّة
MIDEO (Miscellanies of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies)
Secrétariat | 1 street al-Ṭarābīchī | ʿAbbāssiyya P.O.B 18 |
11381 Cairo |Egypt
19. Seminar – CALLFRONT Calligraphy on the Frontiers of the Islamic World, Finbarr Barry Flood – March 14
We are pleased to welcome Finbarr Barry Flood for the next session of the seminar CALLFRONT Calligraphy on the Frontiers of the Islamic World, which will take place on March 14th, 2023, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (Paris), salle Vasari :
Par-delà la lecture : médias et médiations dans l’épigraphie islamique
Finbarr Barry Flood (Silsila: Center for Material Histories, New York University)
Organization : Eloïse Brac de la Perrière, Maxime Durocher
Abstract : La lecture et l’interprétation des inscriptions ont été fondamentales pour écrire l’histoire de l’architecture islamique médiévale. Dans quelle mesure le “tournant matériel” dans les sciences humaines et l’intérêt pour les questions de médiation, ouvrent-ils de nouvelles perspectives pour comprendre les multiples registres par lesquels les inscriptions véhiculent du sens dans ce contexte précis ? Remettant en question la dichotomie moderne entre la forme matérielle et la signification immatérielle, cette conférence discutera de la nécessité d’une approche qui met en évidence la matérialité des inscriptions et leur capacité à engager le spectateur, au-delà du regard et de la lecture.
Contact : callfront@inha.fr
20. Call for Contributions to our 9th IDHN Conference
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are excited to announce our 9th IDHN Conference which will take place on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
We are now calling for contributions from both members and guests, who are developing or deploying digital methods and tools in the study of Islam and Muslim communities and languages. Our conference is open to participants from both humanistic and scientific disciplines.
If you wish to participate in the conference, please send an email to team@idhn.org with a preliminary title, abstract (150-300 words), and your academic affiliation by Wednesday, April 19, 2023.
We will select four to six presentations for our conference. Each presentation will be 20 minutes long, followed by Q&A for 10 minutes. We will hold the meeting online on ZOOM; the access code and link will be sent to you in the network’s newsletter. We will schedule our conference to accommodate presenters from all time zones. This schedule will correspond with the morning hours in the Americas and evening hours in Europe and the Middle East.
Please share our announcement with your colleagues and students, and please forward this call to your networks and listservs as well.
With warm wishes,
Irene Kirchner (Georgetown University)
21. CFP: The Urgency of the Digital (IJIA special issue) – Deadline: June 1, 2023
Please see (linked here) a Call For Papers for “The Urgency of the Digital,” a special issue of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture to be published July 2025. We welcome submissions from practitioners, urbanists, art historians, specialists in literary and religious studies, archivists, librarians, data scientists, software developers, anthropologists, geographers, sociologists, and historians whose work resonates with the topic. Proposal submissions (due by June 1, 2023) and queries should be sent to IJIA25Digital@gmail.com.
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA)
Special Issue: The Urgency of the Digital
Thematic volume planned for July 1, 2025
Proposal submission deadline: June 1, 2023
- February 28, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Leiden Summerschool on Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World 2023
We are announcing the fifth Leiden Summerschool on Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World, from August 21 to September 1, 2023. The course is meant for graduate students (MA and PhD) and researchers. The programme will be published later. This is just to let you know that the deadline for application is Friday June 16, 2023. For more information about the application and the possibility of scholarships you can already send an e-mail to Fons ‘t Hooft, a.p.c.hooft@hum.leidenuniv.nl.
2. Call For Contributions: “Medieval Borders and the Environment”
Proposals for essays in English (c. 8000-12000 words) are warmly welcomed on the topic “borders, the elements, and the environment”.
This volume, provisionally titled Medieval Borders and the Environment, will be submitted to Brill to be included in the new series “Elements, Nature, Environment: Multidisciplinary Perspectives from the Ancient to the Early Modern World” edited by Dr. Marilina Cesario and Dr. Andreas Lammer. The volume’s goal is to provide a venue for interdisciplinary research on the time period between about 500 and 1500 or slightly later. It intends to promote study on underrepresented parts of the medieval world, broadly construed, as well as articles that examine interconnections across regions and cultures.
The volume aims at covering topics from the following regions, broadly intended: Europe, including Northern and Eastern Europe Central Asia, South Asia, India, Japan, China, North and South Africa, East and West Africa, Oceans and Seas, the Americas, Australia, and Oceania.
The book aims to respond to the following questions:
What fundamental characteristics did borders have during the Middle Ages?
What did the word “boundary” mean in general?
Were boundaries separating one thing from another real or imaginary?
How did borders affect the environment? What effects did boundaries have on the local environment, as well as the cultures and people that inhabited it? And how have borders changed or been defined in relation to the environment?
Have toponymy and borders been influenced by elemental theory, or vice versa?
What impact had the environment on the spread of epidemics? Did it promote its expansion or serve as a barrier? And how did disease affect borders?
What effects have the environment and borders had on culture, the dissemination of knowledge (including that pertaining to science, engineering, and currents in the arts and architecture), dietary customs, clothing, trade, and movement in general?
All other contributions have been confirmed, and they include real and imaginary borders in medieval Rus’, the transmission of the Old Norse materia medica between Scandinavia and the continent, material mobilities within commercial markets as political and cultural boundary crossings between medieval Korea and Mongolia, and the spread of iconographic motifs with artistic, magical, and political purposes in the Baltic Sea region, among others. Final contributions will be due in May 2024.
Proposals might include but are not limited to:
– Border Studies;
– Old and Middle German Studies;
– Lombard language, history and culture;
– Gothic language, history and culture;
– Celtic Studies;
– Medieval Romance Studies (including French);
– Medieval Islamic Studies;
– Pre-Columbian cultures;
– Geography and Cartography, including Human Geography;
– Toponymy (especially in connection with environmental features and elemental theory);
– History of Science;
– Landscape Epidemiology;
– History of Medicine;
– Environmental History;
– Sociology;
– Anthropology;
– Etc.
Please send a 200-300 word abstract of your proposed essay, and a brief introduction of yourself, to the editor: Dr. Elisa Ramazzina (elisa.ramazzina@unipv.it). The deadline for the submission of proposals is March 15, 2023.
3. Harvard Art Museums – Calderwood Curatorial Fellow in South Asian or
Islamic Art
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65102
Closing : April 3, 2023.
4. The Poetics of Spiritual Instruction: Farid al-Din ʿAttar and Persian Sufi Didacticism,
Edinburgh University Press, 2023
Austin O’Malley
5. Turcica 53/2022 (new issue)
https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=issue&journal_code=TURC&issue=0&vol=53
CONTENT
Articles:
Whitehead (Christopher), The Reluctant Pasha: Çerkes Dilaver and Elite Localization in the Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Empire
Whaiton-Durgaryan (Alyson), Armenian Elites, Architectural Transference, and Restoration of Order in the Civil Architecture of Post-Massacre Bitlis and Erzurum
Special Feature:
-The ‘Ahdnâme “Revisited:” Some New Approaches and Perspectives
(Articles by P. Guena, I. Hathaway, G Işıksel, A. Sekulic, T. Steffini)
-Pour une histoire des émotions dans L’Empire ottoman
(Articles by H.G. Özkoray, M. Sariyannis, N. Vatin, C. Römer, M. Ursinus)
Notes and Documents:
-Vatin (Nicolas), Hayr Ed-Dîn Barberousse, Zorzi Gritti et les relations franco-ottomanes en août 1533 : une « Lettre d’amitié » du Grand Vizir Ibrâhîm Paşa
6. Nahyan Fancy, Depauw University
Annual Dr. Martin A. Entin Lecture in the History of Medicine
McGill, Dept of Social Studies of Medicine
March 15, 2023, 4.30 – 6pm
Arabic Writings on Plague: Revising the Chronologies of the First and Second
Plague Pandemic Using Evidence from Islamic Societies
Further info at:
https://www.mcgill.ca/ssom/upcoming-events
7. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani. Merits of the Plague, introduction, edition, translation, and notes by Joel Blecher and Mairaj Syed
(New York: Penguin-Random House, 2023),
8. Deadline for Panels and Papers for DAVO Congress in Vienna 28 February 2023
Please note that the panels and papers for the next DAVO Congress – which will be combined with the “Turkologentag 2023” at the University of Vienna on 21-13 September 2023 – have to be registered until the deadline of 28 February 2023.
Please register via the Website of the “Turkologentag 2023” at https://turkologentag2023.univie.ac.at.
The organizers of every panel are kindly requested to enter the names of all presenters of papers and the abstracts of their papers (up to 300 words) and keywords in the registration form for the specific panel.
In addition, all paper presenters of a specific panel are kindly requested to register individually. Please include the paper abstract (up to 300 words) plus keywords and add the name of the panel in the field “Remarks” (Part of Panel).
For paper presenters especially from the Middle East and North America, who have no chance to attend the conference in person, the Congress organizers will try to arrange some hybrid panels with online presentations.
Papers are invited for the following open panels:
1) Social and Labour Market Policies in the MENA: Strong Enough to Cushion Global Economic, Health and Climate Crises?
2) Nation Building across Religious and Continental Boundaries: (Counter-) Islamic References in Print, Diasporic Networks, and Communal Formations
3) Extractivism and Natural Resource Degradation in MENA: Drivers of Change for State-Society Relations?
4) The Diaspora as a Transformative Experience: Critical Engagement of Kurdish Women Activists Moving between Different Countries
Please see the summaries of these panels in the attachment. If you want to present a paper in these panels, please send the abstract of your proposed paper to the organizer of the specific panel until 26 February 2023.
These are the registration fees for different groups of participants:
– 50 € for regular members of DAVO
– 10 € for members of DAVO who are students, unemployed or registered as low-income members
– 100 € for non-members of DAVO
– 40 € for students who are non-members of DAVO
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After 1 May 2023 the registration fee will rise according to the list at https://turkologentag2023.univie.ac.at/registration/.
9. Webinar – British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)
An Ugly, Lovely Town’: Dylan Thomas in Tehran (and beyond)
with Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Part of ‘Wales Week/Iran’
1 March, 2023 5pm UK time
For full information and to register:
https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/iran-and-wales/
10. Spring 2023 AMECYS Graduate Student Discussion Series
The Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies (AMECYS) welcomes you to listen and engage with graduate students who will present on their research on young people in the Middle East and North Africa, and its diasporic communities. The format of the sessions is thirty minutes of presentation by the speaker followed by thirty minutes of discussion and Q&A with the audience. The AMECYS Graduate Student Discussion Series is intended to be a space for graduate students to share their cutting-edge research as well as workshop their dissertation material.
Friday March 3rd, 11 am CST
Reda Rafei, Texas Tech University
The Winner of the 2022 AMECYS Graduate Student Paper Prize
“Ottoman Children and Dhurri Waqf : A Legal and Gendered Perspective”
Friday May 12th, 11 am CST
Eyüp Ensar Dal, Middle East Technical University
“Single Motherhood and Childcare in Early Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Üsküdar”
Friday June 9th, 11 am CST
Nour Mohamad J Hodeib, The Graduate Center – CUNY
“By Songs and Fire; Counterculture, Rock’n,Roll, and the Lebanese Left during 1970s.”
Please RSVP to Dylan Baun to attend (djb0035@uah.edu) and receive the zoom link
11. The Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)is offering multiple grant and award opportunities in conjunction with its Sixteenth Annual Conference taking place in Washington, D.C. on November 4 – 6, 2023.
Now in its tenth year, the ASMEA Research Grant Program seeks to support research on topics in Middle Eastern and African studies that deserve greater attention. Applicants may submit paper proposals on any topic as long as it constitutes new and original research and is relevant to the five qualifying topic areas:
- Minorities and Women
- Military History
- Governance and Economy
- Faith
- Iran
Grants of $2500 will be awarded. Successful research grant applicants are required to present their research at the Sixteenth Annual ASMEA Conference. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2023.
ASMEA is also offering Travel Grants of up to $750 which can be used towards the costs associated with attending the Annual ASMEA Conference in Washington, D.C. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2023.
The 2023 Bernard Lewis Prize is awarded to scholars or practitioners engaged in the study of issues on antisemitism that were of great importance to our founding chairman, Prof. Bernard Lewis. Four winners will be announced at the Annual Conference and awarded $2500 each. The deadline to submit is June 30, 2023.
In addition, we have issued our general Call for Papers and Panels and Call for Poster Proposals.
Grant and award opportunities are open to members only. For information on how to become a member and full guidelines on each program, visit our website at www.asmeascholars.org.
Feel free to contact ASMEA at info@asmeascholars.org with any questions
- February 25, 2023
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