Archive for 2023
- February 24, 2023
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- February 23, 2023
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Shii News – Online: ‘The Hadith of `Ā’isha’s Marital Age’ – J Little (25.2.23, 3pm EST)
- February 22, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Seminar “Why Failed Protests are Politically Significant: Insights from Jordan” with Jillian Schwedler in Conversation with Daniel Neep, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, 1 March 2023, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm EST
Prof. Schwedler will explore the political effects of routine protests on state and society in Jordan, drawing from her new book, “Protesting Jordan: Geographies of Power and Dissent”.
Information and registration: https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IlKr94YWSqaNeSpaPvNWog#/registration
2. International Conference “Succession in Islamic Law”, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, 30-31 March 2023
The conference brings together scholars and researchers from various fields of social sciences, the humanities and law to share and exchange their experiences and research results with respect to the intergenerational transfer of property in Muslim jurisdictions. We are looking forward to offering new perspectives on the role of succession law in Muslim communities in the past and in the present, looking as well at its role for future generations.
Deadline for registration: 20 March 2023.
Information and program: https://www.mpipriv.de/1602926/30-03-2023-succession-in-islamic-law.html
3. Conference “Decolonising Gender and Sexuality: Learning from Other Voices”, University of Zurich, 11-12 May 2023
This conference will explore the theme of decolonisation through different modalities of learning from and generating knowledge with communities located in former colonies of the Global South.
Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2023. Information: https://www.decolgender.uzh.ch/en.html
4. Conference “Confronting Feminist Co-optation and Backlash: Colonial Legacies, Imperial Neoliberalism, and Antifeminisms”, Birzeit University, 17 June 2023
Papers are invited for the sessions: 1) Embedding feminism within globalized discourse and practice. 2) Possibilities of liberatory feminist popular mobilization. 3) Liberatory feminist visions and models.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2023. Information: Contact women-inst@birzeit.edu
5. Conference “Iran’s Look East Policy”, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, 14-15 August 2023
The conference will explore the policy’s origins, implications, challenges, and opportunities, as well as Iranian and other perspectives on the Islamic Republic’s international relations with countries to its geographic east and in the global south more broadly.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/02/09/call-for-papers-annual-conference-of-the-iranian-studies-unit-irans-look-east-policy
6. Postdoc, History of the Middle East (3 Years +), Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern
The postdoc will devote 50% of her/his time to one`s own research, on any topic related to the modern or contemporary history of the Middle East (particularly its social, political or economic dimensions). The rest of the postdoc’s time will be devoted to supporting the activities of the Institute with teaching and administration.
Deadline for application: 20 March 2023. Information:
https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/cc402f32-0ed4-4616-a4d2-af0ea17afce8
7. Professor OR Reader in Arabic Studies, Department of Arabic and Persian, School of Modern Languages, University of St Andrews, Scotland
Applications are invited from outstanding Arabic studies scholars with an international research reputation for this high profile position. Candidates must have a proven track record of securing significant grant funding and leading high quality externally funded research projects.
Deadline for application: 10 March 2023. Information: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/5541/0/380458/889/professor-or-reader-in-arabic-studies-ac7974sb
8. Assistant Teaching Professor (Full Time, 3 Years), Arabic Language, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University
Ph.D. in hand by Summer 2023 is preferred. Applicants should have native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and an Arabic dialect; thorough grounding in classical Arabic language (including syntax and morphology) and culture; and experience in proficiency-based, communicative methods of teaching Modern Standard Arabic. Experience in proficiency testing is a plus.
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2023. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/121369
9. Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023-2024, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Harvard University
AKPIA Fellows are a full-time, immersion research appointment, to result in a lecture delivered to the AKPIA community, and a submission to the journal Muqarnas (published by Brill).
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2023. Infor mation: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65075
10. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History, Loyola University, New Orleans
Contemporary Middle Eastern history (Twentieth Century to the Present) is preferred; however, applicants must be able to teach both parts of the Middle Eastern History Survey as well as a Global History survey. Applicants with research and teaching specialties that would contribute to our international studies concen-tration are strongly encouraged to apply.
Deadline for applications: 1 March 2023. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65062
11. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of the Asia and Global History, Loyola University, New Orleans
Applicants must be able to teach a variety of courses on Asia and courses relevant to the applicant’s area of expertise. Applicants with research and teaching specialties that would contribute to our international studies concentration are strongly encouraged to apply, particularly applicants with experience in diplomatic history from an Asian point of view are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65063
12. Faculty Fellow (Non-Tenure Track) in Islamic History before 1850, New York University
The successful candidate should have a demonstrated record of teaching and research in history, Islamic Studies, religious studies, or other related fields. Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. no earlier than five years before the date of appointment and have a strong commitment to teaching.
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/120687
13. Zoroastrianism Summer School: “Zoroastrianism as a Religious Minority in Modern and Contemporary Iran”, SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies, Norwegian Institute, Rome, 26-30 June 2023
This course is a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in the study of Zoroastrianism. Students will be given an intensive learning experience consisting of lectures, discussions and interactive workshops. The course will be delivered by leading academics from Norway, the UK and the US.
Application deadline: 19 March 2022.
Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/zoroastrianism-summer-course
14. HYBRID Summer Language School 2023, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, 3 July – 18 August 2023
The Program offers intensive instruction in Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian, and Chinese students and professionals. A wholly immersive experience is designed to comprise co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as conversation tables and study hours, seminars by top scholars on history, politics, literature, and arts, and cultural events including movie screenings, and field trips to historical sites and archives.
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2023. Information: https://summer.ihu.edu.tr/en
15. Summer Internship Opportunities at the Arab Center Washington DC, May – August 2023
We currently offer four paid internship opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent college graduates. Each intern will be considered for one of four available positions: Congressional Affairs Intern; Editing Intern; Research Intern; Multimedia Intern.
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2023.
Information: https://arabcenterdc.org/about/acw-careers/internship-opportunities/
16. Articles on “Amazigh Orality in Contemporary Production” for a Special Issue of the “Journal of Amazigh Studies (JAS)”
Orality, that is, the culture of the spoken word, is a central feature of Amazigh everyday life, history, and linguistics, and communal knowledge. This issues will engage the whole sweep of Amazigh orality, with issues and examples drawn from (oral) literature, social media, films, music, and then, literacy in general. JAS is trilingual (French, English, and Tamazight).
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12347750/amazigh-orality-contemporary-production
17. HIAA Symposium Details – March 2-4
See below for details of the upcoming HIAA Biennial Symposium, co-hosted by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Rice University, from March 2-4, 2023.
The symposium will be streamed live via Zoom. Please find links to register for and access the Zoom webinars below:
Thursday, March 2, and Friday, March 3: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-dmTMqWnRJKKGUCzIAMuPQ
Saturday, March 4: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nX7EP7_SRieMGTDKsGRatQ
The full schedule of the symposium can be accessed here: https://arthistory.rice.edu/hiaa-symposium-2023-program.
While the symposium is free and open to the public, we ask that all in-person attendees register for the conference here: https://arthistory.rice.edu/hiaa-symposium-2023-registration.
We look forward to seeing you in March!
Aimée Froom and Farshid Emami, HIAA Biennial Symposium 2023 Co-organizers
Julie Timte, HIAA Biennial Symposium 2023 Managing Organizer
18. Lecturer in Comparative Literature
University of St Andrews
The School of Modern Languages invites applications for the position of Lecturer in Comparative Literature. You will be a scholar with a growing international research reputation in comparative literature, as well as a commitment to delivering high quality teaching. Ideally, your comparative research will include expertise in studies relating to at least one of the eight languages taught in the School (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Persian, Russian, and Spanish).
Deadline | 8 March 2023
19. CBRL Grant Applications 2023/2024
Funding | Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)
CBRL is happy to announce their 2023-24 call for grant applications. Grants available:
- Project grants, up to £10,000.
- Residential fellowships at CBRL’s Jerusalem and/or Amman institutes, up to 3 months of accommodation, plus travel and subsistence costs.
- Travel grants, up to £1,200.
- Research support grants, up to £1,200 for selected costs associated with research for a post-graduate thesis.
Deadline | 10 March 2023
20. Call for Papers – The Qur’an and Late Antiquity
Annual Meeting | 18-21 November 2023 | San Antonio, Texas
For the 2023 SBL / International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, the Qur’an and Late Antiquity program unit invites proposals that utilize various types of material or evidence—be that literary, documentary, or epigraphic—to illuminate the historical context in which the Qur’an was revealed and the early Islamic polity emerged. We are especially interested in papers that present and discuss new and comparative methodologies to approach the interplay between Late Antique phenomenon and the Qur’an.
Deadline | 14 March 2023
21. The Mosque of the Prophet and the Palace: Urbanism and Architecture in Early Islamic Medina
Online Lecture | 7 March 2023, 17:30 | London Society for Medieval Studies
By applying a focus on topography, geography and architectural history to the study of the source material on Medina, this lecture will provide a comprehensive picture of the urban landscape of the Prophet’s City in the early Islamic period with particular emphasis on the Mosque of the Prophet and its surrounding area.
22. MLA 2024 Calls for Papers: CLCS Global Arab and Arab American
Disease and Health in the Global Arab Imaginary
Healing rituals and embodied wellness practices, celebrations of health and death, representations of illness (Covid, plagues, etc.) in literary and artistic works from the Arab region and global Arab diaspora. 250-word abstract & CV.
Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Anna Ziajka Stanton, Penn State U, University Park (azstanton@psu.edu)
Reimagining the Field of Arab American Studies
Reimagining Arab American studies via relationalities to other communities/areas of study: e.g., Arab American history as narrative of settler colonialism and enslavement, Arabness in relation to American Latinx, Indigenous, Muslim cultures. 250-word abstract & CV.
Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Anna Ziajka Stanton, Penn State U, University Park (azstanton@psu.edu) & Danielle Haque, Minnesota State U (danielle.haque@mnsu.edu)
- February 21, 2023
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- February 20, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Free online conference: Relating Islam and Science: Frameworks and Methodologies, 3-4 April 23
Details below of an upcoming two-day online conference organised jointly by the University of Chester, University of Birmingham and Cambridge Muslim College.
The event is free to join and you can register here:
2. Society for the History of Discoveries 2023 Conference
Worlds of Exploration
The James Ford Bell Library, with its extensive collection of rare books, maps, manuscripts, and archival collections, documenting the history and impact of trade and cultural exchange before the 19th century, offers an ideal venue to host the 2023 SHD conference. This year’s conference locale aligns with the global breadth of the Society’s mission by supporting research into the expeditions, biographies, history, cartography, as well as the technologies of travel, the impact of travel and cultural exchange, and other aspects of geographic discovery. With its expansive resources, the James Ford Bell, and other collections associated with the University of Minnesota’s libraries, offers members of the Society and presenters an ideal opportunity to conduct research prior to and after the conference. The rich and fascinating collections emboldens the inspiration for our conference.
The Society for the History of Discoveries invites papers, 20 minutes in length, on all points of view of this theme, Worlds of Exploration, including: “discovery,” encounter, exploration, conquest, resistance, settlement, economy, daily life, and all aspects of socio-cultural and political encounter, as well as on the teaching of the history of exploration, broadly defined.
SHD welcomes submissions from graduate students, emerging and independent scholars, as well as established scholars and members of the Society. Presenters are encouraged to use images (maps, paintings, photographs, etc.). For the benefit of the audience, all visuals have to be presented as PowerPoint-compatible projection. The audience at SHD meetings is diverse and includes academics and members of various professions.
Where: Minneapolis-St-Paul, Minnesota
When: 21 September – 23 September, 2023 (With an optional excursion on Sunday, 24)
Venue: James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota
Please provide a proposal that includes the following components:
- the title of the presentation
- the author’s name and address, including email address and affiliation
- an abstract summarizing the paper’s scope and conclusions (maximum of 500 words)
- a statement about the originality of the contents of the paper: how much is new, unpublished material, based on research in primary sources, etc.
- a statement indicating whether PowerPoint or other digital media will be used and whether internet access is necessary for the presentation
- a brief biographic sketch of the author(s)
Paper proposals are due 17 April 2023, and must be submitted via the SHD website – an online submissions portal.
Inquiries via Dr. Lydia Towns, SHD secretary: lydia.towns@sfasu.edu
3. La cinquième séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le jeudi 2 mars 2023 (de 17h à 19h, salle 3.15).
Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Francis Richard (BULAC) pour une conférence intitulée : « Le roi et sa cour dans l’iconographie des manuscrits du Shāhnāmeh »
Résumé
Le Shāhnāmeh a une grande importance dans tout le monde iranien. Il transmet notamment, par son texte même, une image de la royauté qui a exercé une grande influence dans l’imaginaire des peuples de culture persane mais a peut-être aussi contribué à élaborer au travers des différentes figures de souverains une image de la souveraineté qui s’est répandue sur une très vaste aire géographique. Certains des souverains iraniens préislamiques ont fourni des modèles ou un idéal pour différents peuples iranisés. Transmis par de nombreux manuscrits, le texte de l’épopée a été illustré dès le milieu du xiiie siècle dans beaucoup d’exemplaires destinés à des amateurs illustres ou fortunés. Parmi les miniatures, réalisées en différents endroits et dans des styles divers, un nombre important montrent des souverains trônant dans leur palais, rendant la justice, guerroyant ou chassant.
Nombre d’études concernent l’iconographie du Shāhnāmeh. On voudrait simplement ici montrer certaines de ces miniatures en tentant de s’interroger sur les attitudes plus ou moins stéréotypées que les peintres adoptent pour figurer les rois, sur la façon dont leur personne est mise en valeur et sur les attributs du souverain (couronne, vêtement, etc.). Le roi combat-il personnellement ? La cour est souvent représentée ; son étiquette varie-t-elle d’une époque à l’autre ? Qu’en est-il des différents dignitaires ? Quelle est la façon de rendre la justice ?
Les rois président des célébrations de fêtes (Nowrūz, Mehregān) et on peut parler parfois de « figure sacrée du souverain », mais cela apparaît-il dans les images produites par les peintres ?
Le palais ou le jardin sont les lieux de réception royale. Beaucoup de scènes de réception d’ambassadeurs ou parfois des délibérations d’un roi avec ses généraux sont présentes dans les manuscrits. Au-delà des stéréotypes qui sont fréquents, certaines scènes sont des allusions aux évènements contemporains de la réalisation du manuscrit et représentent de la manière la plus glorieuse possible le souverain dédicataire du manuscrit. On pourra dès lors essayer de comprendre pourquoi les différentes dynasties se sont approprié le Shāhnāmeh et ses images pour y trouver une représentation idéale de la royauté correspondant aux aspirations des populations familières des récits épiques iraniens.
Orientations bibliographiques
- Barbara Brend ; Charles Melville (éd.), Epic of the Persian Kings. The Art of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, London / New York, I. B. Tauris, 2010.
- Anna Caiozzo. Le roi glorieux. Les imaginaires de la royauté d’après les enluminures du Shāh Nāma de Firdawsī aux époques timouride et turkmène, Paris, Geuthner, 2018.
- Pierre Lecoq (trad.), Shâhnâmeh. Le Livre des Rois, Paris, Les Belles Lettres / Geuthner, 2019.
- Shahnama project : https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/shahnama/1
- Stuart Cary Welch, (ed.), A King’s Book of Kings: the Shah-nameh of Shah Tahmasp, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976 (en ligne sur Google Books)
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/
4. The Latin America & Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 2 – February 2023
https://mailchi.mp/e0a54b6d9be6/latin-america-caribbean-islamic-studies-newsletter-vol3-no2
5. 27 April 2023 Event – Book Launch: Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean
AKU-ISMC
To celebrate AKU-ISMC’s publication of Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean: Diversity and Pluralism, Past and Present, please join Professors Stéphane Pradines and Farouk Topan and their guests Dr Farah Faizal, High Commissioner of the Republic of the Maldives, and Dr Annabel Teh Gallop, Head of Southeast Asia at the British Library, for a discussion of this rich crossroads of Muslim cultures.
Date and Time
Thursday 27 April 2023, 17:30 – 19:00 (London).
Venue
Aga Khan Centre (Atrium Conference Room),
10 Handyside Street,
London N1C 4DN
Booking
The event is free, but booking is essential. Book your ticket now and join us in person.
6. Registration: 2023 Islamic Archaeology Day, March 11th, London@UCL
We are delighted to announce the programme for the 7th annual Islamic Archaeology Day co-hosted by SOAS and UCL and held at the UCL Institute of Archaeology on Saturday March 11th 2023 between 11 and 6pm.
We invite you to register online at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/islamic-archaeology-day-2023-tickets-539224654457. Please make sure that you register before February 24th as there is an early-bird registration fee of £18 (£12 for students – limited numbers). Registration will cover a sandwich lunch, refreshments and a wine reception.
There will be a dinner afterwards at the Life Goddess on Store Street for anyone who would like to attend at a cost of £45pp (including 3 courses, plenty of wine) so please indicate on the registration form if you are interested in joining us. We’ll confirm final numbers and the main course options with all those interested in late February.
Finally, please do pass this onto others who may be interested in attending. Everyone is welcome!
All best wishes,
Corisande Fenwick (UCL) c.fenwick@ucl.ac.uk, Tom Fitton (UCL), Hugh Kennedy (SOAS/ UCL), Scott Redford (SOAS), Aila Santi (SOAS), Paul Wordsworth (UCL)
All imformation is at the above site.
7. British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World: 2023 round open for submissions
We are delighted to announce that the 2023 round of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World is now open for submissions.
This international prize is awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis or unpublished first monograph based on a doctoral thesis. The award includes a cash prize of £1000 which will be officially presented at the Annual Conference of BRAIS.
The deadline is Tue 28 February 2023, 5pm GMT.
For further information about the Prize, including all terms and conditions, click here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize/brais-prize-2023
For any queries, please email brais.prize@ed.ac.uk .
- February 18, 2023
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Shii News – Recording of IDHN Conference on “Shi’i Hadith and Legal Studies: Digital Perspectives” – 26.1.23
- February 17, 2023
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- February 16, 2023
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Shii News – ‘Freedom in Captivity Negotiations of Belonging along Kashmir’s Frontier’ – R Gupta
On the Twelver Shi’a living along Kashmir’s frontiers (in Kargil).
- February 15, 2023
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – ADHRB: ‘Bahraini activists commemorate the 12th anniversary of the democratic movement in Bahrain’
- February 14, 2023
- by Andrew Newman
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