Archive for 2023
- February 01, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.HYBRID International Workshop “Jews, the Qur’an and Islam: Contacts and Influences”, EuQu, Copenhagen, 1-2 February 2023, 9:00 am CET
The workshop aims to explore how Jews approached the Qur’an and Islam from the Middle Age to the early modern period both in the lands of Islam and in Europe. Through various sources and textual genres ranging from polemics, exegesis to Qur’anic translations, we will discuss how Islam was perceived, how the Qur’an was used and how the Jews in some contexts were influenced by the material, textual and theological aspects of the Islamic tradition.
Programme: https://teol.ku.dk/arrangementer/arrangementer-2023/international-workshop-jews-the-quran-and-islam-contacts-and-influences/programme/;
Registration: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Iqf-mpqzMoH9dWwLM8o4Igqhe0447XpYHh
2. HYBRID Webinar “A Hidden Empire: Ibadi Control of the Trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean Slave Trades, c. 760-1055 CE” with Kristina Richardson, New York University, 8 February 2023, 6:30 pm EST
When Muhallabi governors simultaneously ruled the province of Sind, they deployed the same strategies of settlement, conversion, and economic expansion along the Swahili Coast, where they developed a lucrative trade in East African slaves. The early Islamicate history of Black African enslavement is largely an Ibadi story. These slave trades probably exceeded that of later European merchants in the early modern Atlantic.
Information and registration: https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3Wr-WWodS6ePWn40CCgbyg?fbcli d=IwAR0zMM90tdjF78hg_pS7_JD40IS8zyeNjaEjnmolbGANQ-5DGfvIdKQ2MVs
3. Colloque “Penser les sciences humaines et sociales dans les mondes arabes : productions, circulations et réceptions contemporaines des savoirs”, Collège de France, Paris, 8-9 février 2023
Depuis la fin du XVIIIe siècle, si on prend en compte le voyage en Égypte et en Syrie de Volney, les sciences humaines et sociales (SHS) en Occident s’intéressent au monde arabe. On trouve différentes approches que l’on peut définir soit comme une vérification sur le terrain d’hypothèses théoriques, soit au contraire la formulation d’hypothèses théoriques à partir de l’enquête de terrain.
Information et programme : https://www.college-de-france.fr/agenda/colloque/penser-les-sciences-humaines-et-sociales-dans-les-mondes-arabes-productions-circulations-et
4. HYBRID Discussion “Indigenising Islam as a Minority: A South African Community with Southeast Asian Origins, and the Case of Shaykh Seraj Hendricks”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 14 February 2023, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm SGT
Capetonian Muslims are indelibly impacted by South-east Asia, one of the main origins of Muslim South Africa, while deeply impacted by Western traditions. Shaykh Seraj Hendricks was a contemporary South African Sufi shaykh and Islamic scholar who drew from his own Western education and training from sages and savants in Mecca, many of whom also taught numerous South-East Asian Muslim religious authorities.
Information and registration: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/event/indigenising-islam-as-a-minority-a-south-african-community-with-southeast-asian-origins-and-the-case-of-shaykh-seraj-hendricks/
5. HYBRID 44th Annual Conference of the Middle East Librarians Commitee, MelCom Interna-tional, Koç University, Antalya, 25-27 April 2023
Topics will deal with library material from and on the Middle East: Librarianship, collection development and acquisition policies; Cataloguing policies and practices; Digital humanities & Middle Eastern collections; History of libraries, ownership and readership; Manuscripts, rare books and documents; Current issues of information science in Middle East area studies; The book market in the region; etc.
Deadline for registration: 5 February 2023.
Information: https://melcominternational.eu/index.php/forthcoming-conference/
6. 18th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society: “Islamic Art in Exchange”, Museum Five Continents, Munich, 6-8 July 2023
The Colloquium wishes to continue discussions around transregional and global aspects of exchange in the material culture of the Islamic world as well as reception of Islamic art in other cultures. Through case studies it aims to gain a better understanding of the state of the art and concepts of the Global in the field of Islamic Art History and Archaeology, pertinent research questions, and their place within the broader discussions following the decolonial turn.
Deadline for abstracts: 12 March 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12241500/cfp-islamic-art-exchange-18th-colloquium-ernst-herzfeld
7. Scholarships for Advanced Arabic Training at the American University in Cairo
Applications are open for serious, advanced Arabic language learners from the USA and ALL parts of the world. The program is open both to those who can pay tuition and to those who qualify for scholarships on the basis both of merit and of availability.
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/01/24/auc-scholarships-available-for-advanced-arabic-training
8. Palestine & Arabic Studies Program: “Arabic and Social/Political Courses”, Birzeit University
This program offers international students the opportunity to combine the study of the Arabic language with social science courses about Palestine and the Arab World. “Learn Arabic, live the culture”
Deadlines for application for Spring Term on 8 February 2023 and for Summer Term on 26 June 2023. Information: https://ritaj.birzeit.edu/be1/en/admission/international-students/pas
9. Doctoral Research Associate – The interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics: Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation” (sub-project “Arabic-Ottoman translations of works of Qurʾanic exegesis (Tafsīr) as an expression of the inner-Islamic transfer of knowledge in the Eastern Mediterranean between 1400–1750”) at the University of Münster (WWU), Germany, is offering a position as a
Doctoral Research Associate
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiterin
(salary level TV-L E 13)
at the earliest possible date.
We are offering a fixed-term part-time position (65%) for 3 years.
Good reading skills in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish are essential. The position is thematically linked to the Emmy Noether Junior Research Group TRANSLAPT (https://go.wwu.de/translapt).
Application deadline: 9 February 2023.
Information: https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/arabistikislam/translapt/cfa_en.pdf
10. Stateless: The Politics of Armenian Language in Exile
Talar Chahinian
Syracuse, 2023.
11. Call for Submissions:
Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS) 2023 Biennial Book Award
Deadline: May 15, 2023
Details at:
https://agaps.org/agaps-awards/
- January 31, 2023
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Shii News – ‘Assemblage Theory and the Poetry of Sā’eb Tabrizi’ – P Losensky (16.2.23, 5pm CT)
University of Chicago’s inaugural lecture in the Franklin Lewis Lecture Series
Prof. Paul Losensky
“Parts and Wholes, Beyts and Ghazals: Assemblage Theory and the Poetry of Sā’eb Tabrizi”,
Thursday, February 16 at 5:00 CT in person and on zoom:
https://uchicagogroup.zoom.us/j/98791258773?pwd=VFlIeXFUdUNzcURVWHhyWUVsVVMrUT09
- January 30, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Gender, Authority, and Epistemology in Islamic Medical Ethics
Talk by Zahra Ayubi
Jan 31, 2023, 5:00 PM EST
Gender Performance in Islamicate Contexts Speakers Series
Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University
Registration: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpdeuvpjsvE9BbbjPs87rUYYYUG0l0g_sP
2. New York University Abu Dhabi, Film, New Media, and Digital and Interactive Media Studies
Professor of Film and New Media Program, Tenured/ Tenure Track (Open Rank)
Closing date: 29.4.23
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64951
3. Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Call for application for 16 post-doc fellowships
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64921
4. The Journal of Semitic Studies is seeking a new Assistant Editor to start work in March 2023.
The journal is published by Oxford University Press, on behalf of the University of Manchester. The Assistant Editor is paid by Oxford University Press on an hourly basis. The work required amounts to roughly a half-time (0.5 FTE) position and is paid at a rate equivalent to a Grade 7 Research Associate according to the UK university system. This amounts to £22,000–£23,000 per annum.
The main focus of the journal is research on Semitic languages of all periods. There is a large Editorial Board with whom the Assistant Editor works.
Tasks carried out by the Assistant Editor and qualifications needed:
Should have the ability to work collaboratively with editors and authors.
Uses the journal’s electronic submission system – ScholarOne – for most administrative tasks on a day-to-day basis, liaising with editors and coordinating the review process. Assistant editor is responsible for all correspondence between the journal and authors.
Needs copy editing and typesetting skills for the preparation of final copy for production. An advanced knowledge of Word is helpful.
Has some knowledge of Semitic languages and working with right to left scripts electronically.
Is responsible for scheduling and sending manuscripts to production, distributing proofs and collating corrections on pdf files, all to a tight timetable.
Assembles the two volumes of the journal each year and the Index in the Autumn.
Is responsible for flagging books for review, inviting reviewers and organising the despatch of books from publishers.
Is the public face of the journal and handles all email queries to the journal office.
If you are interested in the position, please contact Geoffrey Khan (gk101@cam.ac.uk).
Geoffrey Khan
Regius Professor of Hebrew
University of Cambridge
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge CB3 9DA, UK
5. Hybrid event – Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Research Seminar, University of Edinburgh
This semester’s Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Research Seminar at the University of Edinburgh.
The seminar takes place on Tuesdays, 16:10 GMT at the School of Divinity (New College, Mound Pl, Edinburgh EH1 2LX). The talks are online and in person. Those wishing to attend online should contact srassi@ed.ac.uk or use the QR code in the programme poster.
The schedule is as follows:
31 Jan — Althaus-Reid Room
Dr Nora K. Schmid (University of Hamburg)
‘Asceticism in Sermons of Kharijites and Islamic Renunciants’
14 Feb — Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Room
Prof Andrew Peacock (University of St Andrews)
‘Translating the Bible in Mongol Tabriz: Persian Manuscripts, Syriac Translators and European Patronage’
21 March — Althaus-Reid Room
Dr Neelam Hussain (Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts)
‘Manuscripts, Readers & Reading Communities: Tracing the Career of the Sirr al-Asrār through Time and Space’
4 April — Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Room
Dr Hilary Kilpatrick (independent scholar)
‘What is al-Shābushtī’s (d. c. 999) Kitāb al-Diyārāt (The Book of Monasteries) Really 6. About?’
6. Hybrid event – The Jackson Lecture in Byzantine Art
Dr. Andrea Myers Achi
“Byzantium and Africa (4th—15th centuries CE)”
Friday, February 3, 2023, 3:30 PM EST
Dr. Andrea Achi will speak on the art and visual culture of Africa and Byzantium, the topic of her upcoming 2023 exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The talk is free and open to the public.
This event is hybrid: it will take place in person at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University (Arch Room 104), and simultaneously be streamed via Zoom. An in-person reception will follow the lecture. Zoom registration is required for virtual attendees: Register here
Andrea Achi is Assistant Curator in the Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Jackson Lecture in Byzantine Art is generously sponsored by Lynn Jackson. Additional support comes from the University General Activities Fund (GAF), Temple University
7. VIRTUAL EVENT
A Moment in Time:
Egyptian Antiquities and the Early 20th Century
Tuesday, January 31 12–1:15 p.m. ET Online
Register in advance (required)
Between 1906 and 1909, Charles Lang Freer visited Egypt three times. Freer perceived and experienced Egypt differently than other contemporaneous collectors did, as he had decided to collect objects from diverse mediums to study and compare with his East Asian collection. Though Freer’s interest in Egypt was rather brief, it coincided with a period when the field of Egyptology was taking shape and new discoveries were being made. Wealthy foreign tourists and collectors included Egypt in their world tours and assembled antiquities during their travels. Cairo, with its lavish hotels and traveling agencies that facilitated trips along the Nile, became a favorite destination for affluent travelers.
This webinar brings together experts to contextualize Freer’s time and interest in Egypt by exploring some of the events that shaped the field of Egyptology, the role of dealers and collectors who helped build ancient Egyptian collections, and the establishments in which foreigners sojourned.
8. Call for papers for MIISSC (McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Student Council) Graduate Student Symposium to be held April 27-8, 2023
Full information at:
https://www.miisscsymposium.com/current-meeting-2023
- January 28, 2023
- by Andrew Newman
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- January 26, 2023
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – ‘Shii News Chats’
‘Shii News Chats’ aims to profile academics across the world whose research focuses on Shiism and Shii communities across the world. These thereby highlight the diversity of the researchers but also the diversity of the faith and its practitioners.
These can be found on the menu along the top of the site’s main page.
The second of these, with Simon Fuchs, lecturer in Islamic and Middle East Studies at the University of Freiburg, Germany, is now available via this link.
- January 25, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Upcoming Majlises in the Monday Majlis series from tomorrow the 23rd of January to the 29th of May (Centre for the Study of Islam, Exeter)
The complete list of Monday Majlis series (Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter). You can watch the recorded events of the series here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-
The recordings, however, are not meant to replace but to complement being present at the live events. Given the sensitivity of the topics, not all Majlises will be recorded, some of the recordings are edited, and we don’t record the Q&A to allow the discussion to be free. So please register and try to come to the live event : )
In the spirit of the label ‘Majlis’ and also to make the talks even more interesting, we are experimenting with a new format presenting the topic discussed by our speaker as embedded in their own research journey. Please come and enjoy the talks and the discussions. If you’d like to be included in the CSI (Centre for the Study of Islam (Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter) mailing list, please contact the CSI Manager: Sarah Wood (s.a.wood2@exeter.ac.uk).
Below is the list of the upcoming Majlises.
Spring term:
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 16 January. Hugh Kennedy, Revisiting an old friend: a new translation of al-Balādhurī’s Futūḥ al-buldān
Past event, recording at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 23 January. Neda Darabian, Accusations of Magic against the Religious ‘Others’ in the Late Antique Persianate World
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdOCqqj0qGdL5OIBXrvM3TRIAw-4-P_nA
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 30 January. Massimo Ramaioli, Salafism: The Vanguard of the Islamic World?
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpf-CprjIpH9xMN-urOeEGhkni-n7SL2aq
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 6 February. Livnat Holtzman, How Sunni was the Qadiri Creed? An Alternative Reading in the Sources
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tf-uorj8iGdF6bzewG1quOEMRDromNwPO
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 13 February. Beatrice Gruendler, Miscarriage of Justice and Dissenting Re(d)actions in Kalīla wa-Dimna
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpfumgpz4uH9AISXD1LNhhORsOB6xXsvOl
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 20 February. Johannes Stephan, Kalīla and Dimna and the Anthological Epistemology of adab
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvcu6tpjIrGNaR3pbVlEAFi4dyJL3Kp0Uo
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 27 February. Theodore Samuel Beers, Prosimetrum in Naṣr Allāh Munshī’s Kalīla and Dimna
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtdeCsqzkvGtB7DmNKhMzVIfdzfgH5xD-5
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 6 March. Dwight Reynolds, Behind Enemy Lines: Muslim and Jewish Musicians in post-Reconquista Christian Lands
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwuduyvpj0uH9ZKuOHbtAunOmik5qDxg4qX
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 13 March. Elizabeth Urban, The Challenges of Studying Slavery in Early Islamic History
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sdu2orzIsHNH2Ath4aUiUlFj1LEtzWY7-
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 20 March. Dunja Rašić, Music of the Spheres in Akbarian Sufism
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqfuqspjkoEtzAqcRCIMAE45m3Zb0Nytym
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 27 March. Hayrettin Yucesoy, Abbasid Political Thought: Religious and Secular Discipline of Power
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldeqtqTsiGNNdscoDYkgpa7kECJxwhrbz
Summer term:
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 8 May. Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer, Neither Victim, Nor Accomplice: The Qizilbash and the Notion of Subjecthood in Ottoman-Safavid Rivalry
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpcOisqD0uH9Dab7LA1ZW9ctfryCusfoTF
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 15 May. Han Hsien Liew, The Role of Emotions in Islamic Political Thought: A Late Abbasid Mirror for Princes by Ibn al-Jawzi
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsc-qrqDkqGdc8tYZ3dG-cN1yzZgjZx2g6
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 22 May. Steven Judd, The Umayyad Problem in Arabic History/Historiography
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvceyrrz4rGdetqFtI0H_54FGrpAImfSzo
17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 29 May. Helen Pfeifer, An Ottoman Majlis
Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqdO2hqzkjHN12WMVd_NIT7EqbrJFDbjrv
2. HYBRIDE Séminaire de recherche « Islams et musulmans de France: nouveaux terrains, approches et paradigmes », MMSH/IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence, 25 janvier 2023, 11h-13h
Simona Tersigni (Université de Paris-Nanterre, SOPHIAPOL): « Islam(s) en/de France au prisme des travaux sur femmes et genre ». Loïc Le Pape (Université Paris 1, Sorbonne): « Étudier l’islam en France par celles et ceux qui y adhèrent. Retour sur la sociologie des conversions religieuses ».
Information et inscription : https://iremam.cnrs.fr/fr/seminaire-de-recherche-islams-et-musulmans-de-france-nouveaux-terrains-approches-et-paradigmes-0
3. HYBRID Book Talk “Empire of Salons: Conquest and Community in Early Modern Ottoman Lands” with Helen Pfeifer, Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative, NYU, 10 February 2023, 12:30 am EST
Empire of Salons (Princeton University Press, 2022) explores gentlemanly salons in which the elite men displayed their knowledge and status. These salons both contributed to the empire’s political stability as much as any formal institution and played a central role in Syria and Egypt’s integration into the empire after the conquest of 1516–17.
Information and registration: https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEuc-6hpjMiE92SUNAE9klZ7hxEWMYO
4. HYBRID International Conference “Measuring Muslim Publics: Curves, Columns, Spheres and Squares”, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 23-24 February 2023
This conference investigates who is ‘the public’ in public opinion? What effect does it have on politics? These questions have received a great deal of attention by scholars of American and European contexts where their contributions have taken on a universalistic overtone. Are these generalized assumptions valid in other societies – notably in Muslim-majority contexts?
Information and registration: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/conference/
5. “Arabic Literature PhD Scholars Colloquium”, Stanford University, California, 7 April 2023
The goal of this 1-day colloquium is to bring together current doctoral students in Arabic literature to share ongoing research, dissertation chapters or ideas, and thoughts about the present state and future of the field. Stanford will cover travel and accommodation costs for colloquium attendees.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2023. Information: Anna Galietti (ag12@stanford.edu)
6. HYBRID “First Symposium on Middle Eastern, North African, and Central Asian Dances: New Paradigms, New Directions”, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, 13-16 April 2023
Themes include: Dance historiography; Dance, activism and social movements; Dance and colonialism; Strategies for decolonization and antihegemonic approaches; Postcolonial and transnational feminisms; Resilience and Radical Care; Orientalism, neo-orientalism and auto-orientalism; Cultural appropriation and misrepresentation; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 29 January 2023. Information: https://menaca2023.wixsite.com/website
7. “Conference I – Early Modern Ottoman Studies [EMOS]”, Hacettepe University & Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, 12-15 July 2023
The conference invites researchers studying the early modern Ottoman lands, their surroundings and the Mediterranean world (between 1500 and 1800), including all fields of history and related fields of social sciences and humanities. The conference aims to bring to the discussion new approaches, new perspectives and alternative sources in the context of the “Early Modernity” in the Ottoman Empire and the world around it. Selected papers are to be published in an edited volume.
Deadline for abstracts of papers: 1 February 2923. Deadline for abstracts of panels: 15 February 2923.
8. ONLINE “Migration Matters Conference: Networks and Institutions of Technology Transfer in the Early Modern World”, Northumbria University, Newcastle, 24-25 July 2023
This conference will explore the networks that facilitated migration and integration in the period 1500-1800. The focus will be on the transfer of technology and knowledge, especially forms of embodied or tacit knowledge. In doing so the conference will explore questions such as: How did networks facilitate the transfer of knowledge and technology? What types of networks were most conducive to migrant knowledge integration and assimilation in the host environment?
Deadline for abstracts: 27 February 2023.
Information: https://www.migration-innovation.org/news/migration-matters-conference-call-for-papers
9. “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
10. “56th Seminar for Arabian Studies”, Aarhus University, Denmark, 4-6 August 2023
This conference is the only international forum that meets annually for the presentation of the latest academic research in the humanities on the Arabian Peninsula from the earliest times to the present day or, in the case of political and social history, to the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922). The Proceedings of the conference are published the following year in time for the next Seminar.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2023. Information: https://iasarabia.org/the-seminar/
11. “3rd Biennial Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies”, University of Tehran, 5-6 November 2023
Panel proposals and abstracts related to all major fields of Iranian studies in four general categories of politics, sociology, culture and economics are welcome. The themes include but are not limited to contemporary history, sociology, political science, religions and theology, art, international relations, new media and communication studies, and Diaspora studies.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/01/19/3rd-biennial-conference-on-contemporary-iranian-studies
12. Assistant Professor in Politics of the Middle East, University of Groningen
Applicants should have expertise in Politics of the contemporary Middle East and a particular focus on the Arab world, a promising research agenda, and a teaching portfolio in the modern Middle East. Candidates with a background in Middle Eastern Studies, political science, international relations and related fields are especially encouraged to apply; candidates specializing in environmental politics are especially encouraged.
Deadline for applications: 15 February 2023.
Information: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S0009UFP
13. Two PhD Studentships in Islamic Studies (any Sub-field and Thematic Area), 4 years, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Sweden
Deadline for applications: 15 February 2023.
Information: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:584711/type:job/where:4/apply:1
14. Four Fellowships (2 Years) for Advanced Studies on “Slavery, Ethnicity and Race in the Mediterranean. Ideas and Attitudes from Homer to Columbus,” 2020 Fondazione 1563, Turin
Candidates holding a doctorate in History or in any discipline in the Humanities are invited to propose projects dealing with any aspect of the cultural implications and consequences of enslavement for ideas and concepts of otherness, seen in terms that may be more easily categorized as racial or as ethnic depending on the discursive context.
Deadline for application: 30 January 2023. Information:
https://www.fondazione1563.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/THP-Call-for-applications-2022.pdf
15. Chapters for Edited Volume “Centering the Margins: Reimagining the Field of Arab American Studies”
The volume invites essays that focus on under-represented communities such as Algerian, Djiboutian, Egyptian, Khaliji, Libyan, Iraqi, Mauritanian, Moroccan, Somali, Sudanese, Tunisian, and Yemeni Americans. We also welcome essays that reimagine the field of Arab American Studies in terms of relationalities, both to other communities and other areas of study.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2023. Information:
- January 24, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Harb al-Basus Seminar Invitation
Online Seminar:
Harb al-Basus wa-l-Zir Salim
We are thrilled to invite you to attend the online Harb al-Basus Seminar scheduled for February 17-19, 2023.
The story of the Basus War is a classic topos in Arabic Literature which has generated many versions of itself in numerous genres across the ages of Arabic Culture to this day. We hope to explore this literary constellation in our little seminar.
The seminar is composed of nine papers by scholars from all over the world, spanning ten time zones! Each day of the seminar will have just one two and a half hour session scheduled from 1600 until 1830 UTC with three papers, and time for discussion.
Please register for the conference, the registration link is HERE so we may send you the zoom link in due course.
Please contact us with any questions or concerns.
Your conveners,
Clarissa Burt and Johan Weststeijn
2. CSIS Event Invite: The Kurdish Roots of Iran’s Freedom Movement
Join the Middle East Program for a conversation with Jason Rezaian, Behrouz Boochani, and Tara Azizi.
<https://pardot.csis.org/webmail/906722/1376028856/6212eff1be60b9e09cfb89c238bdd0ed031bbfe2e7fe2461954241d858519263>.
*The Kurdish Roots of Iran’s Freedom Movement*
Thursday, January 26, 2023
3:00-4:00PM ET
Hybrid – Livestream / In-Person
1616 Rhode Island Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Register Here <https://pardot.csis.org/e/906722/h-roots-irans-freedom-movement/3k78wv/1376028856?h=b2qBFtxM_MqBN5lSAcTmRNYkhag22SBHLRePHBaSEfs>
3. Translating Rumi into the West
A Linguistic Conundrum and Beyond
A Sedaghat
Routledge, 2023
4. UCLA’s Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series with Anahita Mittertrainer
Symbols of Royal Authority? Early Sasanian Cityscapes in Southwestern Iran
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:00am Pacific via Zoom
5. New Approaches to the History of Plague in Late Antiquity
3 Feb 2023
The following one-day colloquium will be held both online and in person on 3 February 2023. Here’s the link with details: https://standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2023/01/18/new-approaches-to-the-history-of-plague-in-late-antiquity/
New Approaches to the History of Plague in Late Antiquity
Workshop: Friday 3 February 2023
School 2, St Salvator’s Quad, University of St Andrews
Hosted by the Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies and the Centre for Late Antique Studies
This will be a hybrid event. All are welcome!
- If you are interested in attending in person please contact Jason König (jpk3@st-andrews).
- If you want to attend online, join the CAES mailing list. Email selby-sympa@st-andrews.ac.uk, and put “subscribe caes-network” in the subject line.
Links for online attendance will be circulated a few days in advance via the mailing list.
Schedule
9.00-9.05: Introduction
9.05-9.50: Peter Sarris (Cambridge): Why Historians of the Justinianic Plague need to know more about the Black Death
9:50-10:35: Gunnar Neumann (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig): Archaeogenetic Insights into Yersinia pestis from the First Plague Pandemic
10:35-11 Coffee
11.00-11:45: Scott Johnson (Oklahoma) and Kyle Harper (Oklahoma): Eyewitness to Mass Mortality: John of Ephesus, the Ecclesiastical History, and the Plague of Justinian
11:45-12:30: Helen Foxhall-Forbes (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice): Science, Society and the Environment: Approaches to Change in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
12:30-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:00: David Orton (York): What Zooarchaeology can tell us about Rats in Late Antiquity and Beyond: Introducing the RATTUS Project
2:00-2:45: Elena Xoplaki (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen): Climate over the Greater Eastern Mediterranean during the 6th-8th centuries AD simulated with the fully forced COSMO-CLM
2:45-3:30: James Palmer (St Andrews): Pandemic and the Medicalisation of Religious Culture in the West (c. 540-c. 740)
3:30-4:00 Coffee
4.15-5.45: Kyle Harper: The Long First Plague Pandemic: A View from Italy (Annual Lecture for the Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies) (School 2)
6. Full-time tenure track open rank position at Department of Arabic Language and Culture, National Chengchi University (ROC/Taiwan)
Job Description
The Department of Arabic Language and Culture at National Chengchi University invites applications for one full-time tenure track open rank position in Arabic/Arab/Middle East/Islamic studies, starting on 1 August 2023. The deadline for the application is 2023 March 25.
We are seeking a junior or senior scholar with an excellent track of research in one (or more) of the following fields:
Arabic linguistics
Arabic literature
Arabic language teaching
Islamic studies
Middle Eastern studies
Candidates with experience in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers at beginner level or specialised subjects such as Arabic syntax, Arabic morphology, Arabic literature, or history of Arabic literature will be preferred.
The ideal candidate will have active research agendas and a remarkable record of publications in her or his field after the appointment. The candidate will contribute to Arabic teaching in accordance with the teaching guideline of the Department, or teach the courses on the Department’s curriculum. He or she will have to teach 6 hours per week in one semester, which usually comprises 18 weeks, and two semesters per year. In addition, the candidate is expected to share the administrative responsibilities, engage in the intellectual activities of the Department, and take part in students’ activities. The candidate must be able to communicate in English and/or Chinese with the faculty members and the administrative staff.
Employer: National Chengchi University
Location: Taipei, Taiwan (ROC)
Starting Date: 1 August, 2023
Deadline for Applications: March 25, 2023 (GMT +8). Review of applications will begin immediately after the deadline.
Qualification: Applicants must have a PhD in Arabic Studies, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern studies, or a related discipline, preferably with a record of an active research agenda and teaching experience.
Application Instructions and Procedures
All applicants complete the application form and submit the required documents (listed below) via the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciRVlVXlFC6jx7sWngE7pkFUuVBpvhrABqdduQf0hGlYx32w/viewform
Enquiries concerning the application and related matters may be directed to the Department’s secretary, Ms. Wei (arabic@nccu.edu.tw), or the Head of the Department, Dr. I-Wen Su (isu@nccu.edu.tw).
After the first round of review, which will take about two weeks, the shortlisted candidate will be invited to online or in-person interview and to deliver an open lecture to the faculty members and students. Further details and schedules will be announced in the due course.
Required Documents
All applicants must submit the following documents via email to: arabic@nccu.edu.tw and isu@nccu.edu.tw
- An updated C.V.
- A cover letter, a statement of teaching, and a statement of research (each no more than two pages)
- D. dissertation and the publications of the past five years
- A scanned copy of Ph.D. degree or any document certifying that the candidate will be awarded Ph.D. degree before the date of the appointment (the copy must be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China, or its representative division)
- Scanned copies of the transcriptions of M.A. and Ph.D. degrees (the copies must be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China, or its representative division)
- Two sample syllabi for two courses: one on the subject of the applicant’s choice and the other on one of the following: Arabic syntax, Arabic morphology, Intermediary Arabic or Advanced Arabic
- Contact information of two referees
- Any other supporting documents or material, e.g. demo teaching video
Please name your files (in Word or PDF) with the numbers given above, the type of document, and your last name, for example, ‘1-cv-last name’. Application that does not provide the first seven documents/information or does not adhere to the given format will not be considered.
Contact Information
Department of Arabic Language and Culture, National Chengchi University
Address: No.64, Sec.2,Zhinan Rd.,Wenshan District,Taipei City 11605,Taiwan (R.O.C)
Tel:886-2-29393091(63400 or 63401)
Fax:886-2-2938 7074
E-mail: arabic@nccu.edu.tw; isu@nccu.edu.tw
Website: https://arabic.nccu.edu.tw
7. International Journal of Islamic Architecture 12.1 is out now
https://www.intellectbooks.com/international-journal-of-islamic-architecture
8. Recorded Webinar – “How to use your research question as a catalyst for publication success”
In order to develop a reputation as a respected authority in your field, you need a deep understanding of how to formulate a compelling research question that fills a critical knowledge gap. By investing time in developing a smart research question at the outset, you can increase your chances of producing novel and impactful research.
In this pre-recorded webinar, run by ALE in collaboration with Edanz, global publishing expert Dr. Julian Tang gives actionable tips on how to take your research question to the next level.
You will learn:
- The crucial – and often overlooked – key steps required to formulate an innovative research question
- Characteristics of research questions that impress reviewers (and why they are effective!)
- The secret to identifying gaps in the existing literature and maximizing upon those gaps for your own future research question
9. Online Course – Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa – January 27
Upcoming online specialist art short course: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa begins next Friday 27th January. This course is run by SOAS University of London’s Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art.
Convened by Dr Natasha Morris (co-convenor of the Islamic Art module of the Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art and associate lecturer in the arts of Iran and Islam at the Courtauld Institute) this course features eight online lectures delivered via Zoom, every Friday at 13.00 (UK time). Each lecture is followed by an extended Q&A and all sessions will be recorded and made available for registrants to view in their own time for a limited period, so if you can’t attend live, you can catch up at your leisure.
Each of the lectures approaches an introductory case study from a different region within the MENA. Beginning by asking “how can we approach this young, underexplored but vital branch of art history?”, the course brings together leading experts from the worlds of academia, curation, and the art market. We are also excited to be spotlighting the voices of contemporary artists themselves. Curator-led discussions of themes such as artist books and calligraphic abstraction will be framed by the collections of modern and contemporary material within both the British Museum and the Tate Modern. You will gain diverse and nuanced understandings of both eminent and up-and-coming artists, key works, and regional art movements.
For more information, please visit our website at this link.
https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/contemporary-art-middle-east-and-north-africa
This course is available at our new lower price point of £375.
For more information, and to book your place, please click here.
If you have any questions, or require any further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us on asianart@soas.ac.uk.
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Shii News – ADHRB: ‘Bahrain the focus of UN scrutiny in 2022’
Unable to hide its human rights abuses, Bahrain the focus of UN scrutiny in 2022
For ADHRB Newsletter 441, click here.
- January 19, 2023
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