Archive for 2023
Shii News – ‘Re-evaluating Methodological Trajectories in the Academic Study of Islam’ (Toronto, 27-29.4.23)
Panels of special interest to ‘Shii News’ subscribers include:
‘Hadith: Sunni and Shi’i Constellations’;
‘Islamic Law Between History and Praxis’;
‘Sufism and Alid Devotion’;
‘New direction in Shiʿi Studies’
- January 18, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Lecture “Conduits and Politics: The Water Supply of Damascus in the Umayyad Period” by Edmund Hayes (Radboud Universiteit), RomanIslam, Hamburg University, 18 January 2023, 6:00-7:00 pm German Time
Information and registration:
https://attachment.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/8b856123/Invitation—Cities-and-their-Hinterland.pdf
2. HYBRIDE Atelier-rencontre avec Pierre Lory autour de l’ouvrage de Michel Dousse “La figure d’Abraham dans la Bible et le Coran”, IISMM, Paris, 19 janvier 2023, 10h-12h
Information et inscription : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/74287
3. HYBRID Interdisciplinary Conference “The Middle East in/and Latin America”, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 21 April 2023
Scholars are invited to submit panel proposals or apply individually with a paper proposal. We encourage related topics from a variety of fields and disciplines, including religious studies, political science, history, economics, sociology, anthropology, social and cultural studies, film studies, literature, architecture, immi-gration studies, and geography.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2023.
Information: http://www.global.ku.edu/Middle-East-Latin-America-Conference
4. XXVe Rencontres Dīwān – avec comm. des doctorantes et doctorants, Lyon, 15-17 juin 2023
Date limite: 24 fevrier 2023
Information: https://diwan.hypotheses.org/24960
5. CfP: Panels at “6th Conference of the European Academy of Religion”, St Andrews, Scotland, 19-23 June 2023
Panel on “Religious Conversions in Multicultural Societies”
Deadline for abstracts: 29 January 2023. Information and contact: Sebastian Rimestad sebastian.rimestad @uni-leipzig.de. See also https://it.europeanacademyofreligion.org/conference-schedule
Panel on “How to Name Contemporary Islam?”
Deadline for abstracts: 20 February 2023. Information and contact: Bochra Kammarti, bochra.kammarti@gmail.com. See also https://it.europeanacademyofreligion.org/conference-schedule
Panel on “The Dynamics of Modern Pilgrimages from the Inside”
Deadline for abstracts: 25 January 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcemen ts/12159549/panel-dynamics-modern-pilgrimages-inside-euare2023
6. Workshop “Bridging the Gap – Texts, Commentaries and the New Audience” (Focus on the Pro-modern and Modern Muslim World), Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 27-30 July 2023
Papers are welcome on a commentary or a commentary tradition consisting of several commentarial writings (sharḥ, ḥāshiya, nukat). They should highlight the role of the commentator as the intermediary between the base text and the changed audience. The conference is open with regard to Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh), ḥadīth, Qurʾān commentaries (tafsīr), Grammar, Medicine, Philosophy, Logic, Kalām, Ṣufism etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/01/12/cfp-bridging-the-gap-texts-commentaries-and-the-new-audience
7. 57th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2-5 November 2023
MESA is primarily concerned with the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab world (and their diasporas) from the seventh century to modern times. Other regions, including Spain, Southeastern Europe, China and the former Soviet Union, also are included for the periods in which their territories were parts of the Middle Eastern empires or were under the influence of Middle Eastern civilization.
Deadline for abstracts: 16 February 2023.
Information: https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers
8. 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
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in
(salary level TV-L E 13)
at the earliest possible date. We are offering a fixed-term part-time position (65%) for 3 years. Qurʾanic Exegesis (Tafsīr) as an Expression of the Inner-Islamic Transfer of Knowledge in the Eastern Mediterranean between 1400–1750“. 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
9. Two Postdoctoral Scholars in “Arab Media” and “Digital Media in the Global South”, Northwestern University in Qatar
We welcome applications from scholars who would have completed their PhD by summer 2023.
Deadline for applications: 1 February 2023.
Information: https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/research/ias_nuq/call-postdoctoral-scholars.html
10. Ehsan Yarshater Post-Doctoral Associate in Iranian and Persian Studies for 2023-2024, Yale University
Applicants in all fields of humanities and social and political sciences who have recently received their PhDs or are in the early stages of their academic career may apply.
Review beginning in January 2023 (and continuing until the selection is final).
Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/118245
11. Contributions for the “Bulletin of the Society for Arabian Studies – IASA Bulletin”, Spring 2023
This journal compiles notices on research, publications, fieldwork, museum updates, societies, conferences and events in the Arabian Peninsula as well as feature articles and book reviews.
Deadline for contributions: 12 February 2023.
Information: https://mailchi.mp/c3ef89d4c827/call-for-submissions-for-the-spring-bulletin?e=18cf0337f7
12. IJIA Dialogues Series (Webinar): “Forms of Protest: Political Art in the Digital and Urban Realm”
Join the International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) for its Dialogues Series, an annual webinar that brings together scholars and practitioners from across varied disciplines for a discussion of critical contemporary issues that interrogate the boundaries between architecture, art, anthropology, archaeology, and history. In this session, “Forms of Protest: Political Art in the Digital and Urban Realm,” series host, Eliana Abu-Hamdi is joined by Middle East Scholars Jillian Schwedler, Deen Sharp and Kyle Craig for a virtual discussion (via Zoom) on the intersections of art, urban politics and protest in the Middle East (broadly defined) in the form of public display of sculpture and art (graffiti), especially as is related to issues of displacement, dispossession, diaspora and national identities. The conversation also extends to digital media and hashtag culture/activism and virtual identities.
Date and Time: Monday, February 6, 2023, 11:00am-12:30 pm US EST
Register in advance for this session: https://syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X_89nPCdQBCzA_yPlEWDcw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the session. A recording of the event will be posted on the IJIA website and Facebook page. The discussion will also appear in print as part of the journal’s new “Dialogues” section. For any questions, please contact ijia@intellectbooks.com.
13. The National Museum of Asian Art has announced its 2023 recipients of the Freer Medal, a lifetime achievement award that honors individuals who have substantially contributed to the understanding of the arts of Asia throughout their career.
This year, the institution’s centennial, the honor will go to Vidya Dehejia, the Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University, and Gülru Necipoğlu, the Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University’s History of Art and Architecture Department. They will be honored for their lifetime work in South Asian art and arts of the Islamic world, respectively. The medal will be presented to Dehejia April 28 and to Necipoğlu Oct. 27.
14. The Gulf Research Center is pleased to announce that we are accepting abstract applications for the 13th annual Gulf Research Meeting (GRM), an annual academic conference highlighting critical issues of importance to the Gulf region and providing a basis for undertaking and engaging in academic and empirical research. GRM 2023 will take place from July 11-13, 2023.
This year’s GRM workshops will cover a wide range of topics in the fields of politics, economics, gender, culture, energy, security, and the social sciences as they relate to the wider Gulf region (GCC countries in addition to Iraq and Yemen).
More information on the GRM and full descriptions of workshops can be found on the Gulf Research Meeting website at https://gulfresearchmeeting.net/ <https://gulfresearchmeeting.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0fb4e4f66740367d2023bea93&id=5d6e3180e7&e=0cdea062eb>
The deadline for abstract applications is *February 24* and all applications should be submitted at https://www.gulfresearchmeeting.net/register-paper-user
Please do not hesitate to contact Layla Ali (laila@grc.net) and/or Christine Williams (christine@grc.net) should you have any questions.
15. Neda Darabian, Accusations of Magic against the Religious ‘Others’ in the Late Antique Persianate World. Monday Majlis on the 23rd of January, 17:00-18:30 (UK time).
Registration is required. Register please on this link:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdOCqqj0qGdL5OIBXrvM3TRIAw-4-P_nA
- January 17, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Critical Pakistan Studies
- Editors: Matthew A. Cook North Carolina Central University, USA, Kamran Ali UT Austin, USA, Michel Boivin CNRS-CEIAS, France, and Amina Yaqin University of Exeter, UK
- Editorial board
Critical Pakistan Studies publishes primary source interpretive social science and humanities research that, in addition to Pakistan and Pakistanis, tackles broader interdisciplinary issues (e.g., colonialism, nationalism, integration, marginalization, devotion, institutionalization, vernacularism, cosmopolitanism, development, environment, popular culture, diaspora, gender, representation, and others). The journal’s interdisciplinary approach pushes beyond the nation-state, security, Islam, extremism, and other topics that narrowly define the study of Pakistan. It analyzes, discusses, and seeks to understand the varied and multilayered contexts that constitute Pakistan and its people (both past and present and in South Asia and the wider world).
Critical Pakistan Studies is published in partnership with the American Institute of Pakistan Studies.
Paper submissions via:
2. Call for Papers ISIC 2023
Islamic Civilisation and Water
Existence and prosperity of the mankind depend on water, the access to which is essential to any sustainable civilisation. Islamic civilisation is no exception. Comprising an expansive geography approximately equal to a third of Asian and two thirds of African continents, Islamic world covers a wide range of bodies of water, including Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. The great rivers, such as the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates, irrigate a vast area of arable lands and sustain urban populations, facilitating the development of complex social, religious, and political systems characterising Islamic civilisation. Trade or travel by water, with its relatively low cost, not only prompts economic prosperity but also strengthens the trans-regional and inter-continental connections between various Muslim societies throughout Islamic history. Today, airlines and railways complement instead of replacing maritime transportation, as sea shipment is indispensable to the global economy, whereas travel via sea routes is undertaken by tourists as well as refugees.
ISIC 2023, co-organised by Department of Arabic Language and Culture, National Chengchi University (R.O.C), School of Liberal Studies, Institute of Islam Hadhari, and Faculty of Islamic Studies, UKM (Malaysia), invites researchers from all disciplines to explore the theme of its forthcoming conference, ‘Islamic Civilisation and Water’. We welcome articles addressing one of the following topics:
*River, sea and ocean in Islamic scriptures, law, doctrines, etc.
*The connections of Islamic societies through river, sea and ocean
*Water and Islamic architecture and art
*The urban life on the river banks or coastal regions of Islamic world
*The oversea trade or travel in Islamic world
*The strategic importance of inland and sea ports in the pre-modern and modern Islamic world
*Water in the literature of Islamic world
*Any topic relevant to relationships between Muslim societies and water
ISIC 2023 is planned to be held online, on 17-18 March 2023. Under- and post-graduate students are highly encouraged to submit their works-in-progress.
For your paper to be considered, please send a 300-word English abstract along with your details using the form available via the link below:
The deadline for paper and panel submissions is 20 Feb 2023.
Questions and queries may be forwarded to Dr. I-Wen Su (isu@nccu.edu.tw) and Dr. Pei-Chen Tsung (tsungpc@nccu.edu.tw).
3. The Journal of Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society (JMPCS) seeks papers on Muslim philanthropy in Latin America & the Latinx U.S.
After the success of our recent colloquium (December 7-8, 2022), we are seeking original contributions on the subject of Muslim philanthropy in Latin America and the Latinx U.S.
The deadline for submissions (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=4e39a3c0cb&e=f70992245e) is just over a month away: February 15.
While the literatures on Muslim philanthropy and on Latinx philanthropy are continuously expanding, they lack perspectives on how Latinx Muslims and Muslims in Latin America are part of a wider matrix of generosity, volunteering, and mutual aid within, and beyond, both constituencies. On the one hand, Muslims give to organizations and participate in philanthropic activism at local, national, and global levels, hoping to make the world a better place in accordance with Islam. On the other hand, people who identify as Latinx or who live in Latin America have historically engaged in acts of solidarity and mutual assistance among vulnerable populations, addressing issues related to poverty, education, health, and culture.
This special issue of the Journal on Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=9c8757e9ae&e=f70992245e) will help move research on the intersections between these fields that much further.
The issue’s guest editor Ken Chitwood invites submissions based on original research that speak to how Muslims in Latin America and Latinx Muslims in the U.S. are engaging in a wide range of philanthropic activities, contributions to civil society, and activism to address what they see as critical issues facing the world and which they view as aligned with their faith.
Submissions (read submission guidelines (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=c9b035aef6&e=f70992245e) ) can cover a broad scope of Muslim philanthropy and contributions to civil society, including nonprofit, philanthropic, and voluntary action. All the constituent terms (e.g., Muslim, philanthropy, civil society, Latinx, Latin America, etc.) are broadly defined and open for discussion, interpretation, and interrogation.
The editors seek submissions from across disciplines (Anthropology, Art, History, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, Public Affairs, Nonprofit Management, Business, Philanthropy, etc.) in this emerging field.
Along with standard research papers, the editors also welcome commentaries and analysis from practitioners doing work on the ground in the realm of philanthropy and/or through contributions to civil society. The latter could also include in-depth interviews with, or oral-histories from, Muslim philanthropists with a commitment or connection to Latin America or the Latinx U.S.
Potential papers could address a variety of questions or points related to the above themes, including:
* What philanthropic activities are undertaken by Muslims in Latin America? By Latinx Muslims in the U.S.?
* What themes, issues, or people groups are Muslims focusing on and whatkinds of institutions and organizations are they creating (e.g., hospitals, nonprofit newspapers and publications, disaster relief programs, refugee and migrant aid, etc.)?
* At what levels is this philanthropic activity carried out on: the local, national, regional, or trans- national/regional? What intrafaith, interfaith, or other partnerships between Muslims and other actors in civil society are being created through shared philanthropic action?
* At what levels are these partnerships engaged: the local, national, regional, or trans national/regional
* Does dawah count as philanthropy? Does philanthropy count as dawah? How are these terms used and applied among Muslims in Latin America or Latinx Muslims in the U.S.?
* How do Muslims in the Latinx U.S. and in Latin America mix, combine, or remix classic notions of giving, charity, and aid from both Latinx and Islamic cultures and histories?
* How are concepts like zakat/fitrana, sadaqa, and waqf interpreted and applied in Latin America or by Latinx Muslims in the U.S.? Are there any accents or emphases that are unique to, or particularly pronounced among, Latinx Muslims or Muslims in the region?
**Submissions (read the submission guidelines (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=3ba02ecd62&e=f70992245e) ) are due February 15, 2023.**
Remuneration is available for those articles accepted for publication after the double-blind review process.
Questions, comments, or other queries can be made to Ken Chitwood at lacisanews@gmail.com (mailto:lacisanews@gmail.com?subject=JMPCS%20Special%20Issue%20Query) .
You are welcome to share this call for submissions with colleagues or your own networks.
This special issue is being supported by the Latin America and Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter and its associated network (LACISA), with funding from the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative (MPI), part of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianaoplis, Indiana (IUPUI).
4. The February 1, 2023 deadline to apply for fellowships with The American Center of Research (Jordan) is rapidly approaching!
Established more than fifty years ago and situated in the heart of the Jordanian capital, Amman, the American Center has awarded more than 1,000 fellowships to American, Jordanian, and other scholars conducting research on Jordan and the wider region. The center maintains a vibrant fellowship program that funds students and academics to research, publish or present their findings, and participate in archaeological or ethnographic fieldwork in Jordan and other countries in the region. We encourage you to share these opportunities widely with your networks. Complete information about all the ACOR Fellowships is available at https://acorjordan.org/fellowships-2/.
We wish to highlight two opportunities in particular, a 4-month NEH fellowship for postdoctoral researchers, and 2–6 month fellowships for graduate students:
NEH Fellowship 2023*: One award of four months for use in 2023, for a scholar who has a PhD or has completed their professional training. Fields of research include but are not limited to: modern and classical languages, linguistics, literature, history, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, heritage studies, comparative religion, ethics, and history, criticism, and theory of the arts. Social and political scientists are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals living in the U.S. three years immediately preceding the application deadline. The award will be for four months and is $20,000, of which $12,800 is for stipend and travel and the remainder is for room and board at the American Center of Research. Residency at the American Center of Research is required. The award must be used between March 1, 2023, and November 30, 2023. Funding for this fellowship is provided by the National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutes (FPIRI).
ACOR-CAORC Fellowship: Two or more two- to six-month fellowships for master’s and doctoral students. Fields of study include all areas of the humanities and the natural and social sciences. Topics should contribute to scholarship in Middle East studies. U.S. citizenship required. Maximum award is $27,600. Awards must be used between June 1, 2023, and June 1, 2024, and fellows must reside at the American Center of Research. Funding for this fellowship is provided by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Visit orcfellowships.smapply.org/ to apply. Please contact fellowships@acorjordan.org with any questions.
5. BRISMES – CBRL Mentoring Event: Conducting Field Research in the Middle East
Date: 25 January 2023, 16:00 GMT
Location: Online via Zoom (registration required)
More information and registration: www.brismes.ac.uk/events/graduate-section/conducting-field-research
Please note, this event is open to members of BRISMES or CBRL only.
The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) together with the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) are pleased to announce their third joint mentoring webinar for members.
Targeting postgraduate students and early career researchers, these on-line events offer practical advice and support from specialists, equipping the next generation of Middle East scholars with the insights needed to get ahead in their research and careers. This event will focus on the subject of “Conducting Field Research in the Middle East” and will feature a diverse line-up of academics from different disciplinary backgrounds who also utilize different methodological research techniques in their work.
Field research in the Middle East has become increasingly complicated and restrictive, while the praxes of previous generations of scholars have also created problematic legacies and expectations. This webinar seeks to dive into all aspects of field research in the Middle East so that you can get the most out of your time in the field, while doing so in an ethical and safe manner.
6. We have updated our list of “Iranian Studies Journals”. Previously the list had only 33 journals in European languages. The updated version now has 46 journals in European languages and 34 in Persian (80 journals altogether).
Please look at the list and if you know about any other journals that are not included in this list, let us know, and we will update the list immediately.
https://aspirantum.com/blog/iranian-studies-journals
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7. We are seeking nominations for the Executive Committee of the CLCS Global Arab and Arab American Forum at the MLA. We are also seeking nominations for a representative to the MLA Delegate Assembly on behalf of the CLCS Global Arab and Arab American Forum. Both appointments would begin after the MLA Convention in 2024. Please email all nominations (self-nominations also welcome) to azstanton@psu.edu by Jan. 20th.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Only current MLA members are eligible for appointment. Seven convention years must elapse before an individual can serve another term on the same executive committee. No member may serve on more than one executive committee at a given time. More information about the responsibilities of executive committee members can be found here.
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVE:
- Must have been an MLA member between 15 January 2022 and 14 January 2023, unless the nominee is a student, in which case we only require that they be a current member.
- Cannot already be serving on the Delegate Assembly, unless their term ends in 2024.
- Cannot already have served two successive terms on the Delegate Assembly.
Please note that the delegate’s main responsibility is to attend meetings of the assembly, which are held during the MLA Annual Convention. Since an elected delegate who cannot attend may not be represented by proxy, the forum’s delegate should be willing and able to attend the meetings of the assembly in 2024, 2025, and 2026. (The January 2024 convention will be held in Philadelphia; the January 2025 convention will be held in New Orleans; the January 2026 convention will be held in Toronto).
8. The Cooing of the Dove and the Cawing of the Crow: Late `Abbāsid Poetics in Abū al-`Alā’ al-Ma`arrī’s Saqṭ al-Zand and Luzūm Mā Lā Yalzam
Stetkevych, Suzanne P.
Brill, 2022
https://brill.com/display/title/61169
- January 14, 2023
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- January 13, 2023
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Shii News – Iran Heritage Foundation: Passing of Iradj Bagherzade
Iradj Bagherzade
1942 – 2023
| It is with a heavy heart that Iran Heritage Foundation announces the passing of its dear friend and long-time supporter Iradj Bagherzade on 8th January 2023 in London.
Iradj was born in 1942 in Vienna, Austria. From a young age he went to boarding school in the UK and later studied at Oxford, where he received his degree in law, which he never practised, opting to start his career with Time-Life. His years with Time-Life took him to New York, Amsterdam, and London. With the company’s entry into the Iranian market in mid-1970s, Iradj was the obvious choice to head the publishing house’s new venture in Tehran, where he also met his future wife, Shahnaz. With the onset of the revolution in 1978, and the difficulties of running an Iranian-American publishing organization, Iradj and Shahnaz left Iran in 1980. In 1981 they married and settled in London. Iradj had a life-long dream of establishing a publishing enterprise which would make serious academic subjects accessible to a larger audience. And so was born I.B. Tauris in 1983, the publishing house that started from a single-room office at 3 Henrietta Street. Iradj liked to recount that in the Hitchcock film Frenzy, it was here that Barry Foster had strangled Anna Massey, on the exact spot where he had his desk. Perhaps that is why Film Studies and World Cinema was one of the niches colonised by his publishing house. The company soon grew into a major academic publishing house, which he described as “a university press without a university”. Its most extensive area of publishing was the world of international politics and history, and it soon became a leader on the Middle East and the Islamic world. With a backlist of some 4,200 titles, when it was sold to Bloomsbury in 2018, Iradj’s publishing house was at the forefront of disseminating knowledge to the wider world. “Iradj was both a pillar and an ornament of the Iranian community in Britain and also far beyond these shores. His lasting monument to Iranian studies will be the many hundreds of books he published under the I.B.Tauris imprint. Cumulatively, they bear silent witness to the breadth and depth of his cultural sympathies, so lightly worn. His vision, his indefatigable energy, his dry humour and his endlessly engaging personality will be sorely missed”. Robert Hillenbrand, Emeritus Professor of Islamic Art, Universities of St. Andrews & Edinburgh “Iradj Bagherzade had a hugely positive influence on my work during the three decades I knew him. With the books I published with I.B.Tauris, Iradj was always supportive, encouraging, and helpful with perceptive suggestions. At our last meeting, at a conference on Afghanistan in Cambridge last September, he was as encouraging as ever when I told him of my latest project. He will be sorely missed by a very large number of friends and professional associates”. Richard Tapper, Emeritus Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies “Iradj was an extraordinary Iranian. I knew him as a very close friend for almost half a century. Our friendship started in Tehran and flourished even more in London when I.B. Tauris Publishers, founded by him in the early 1980s, became the chief channel for the publications of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, which I led until 8th January 2023, oddly the same time that Iradj so unforeseeably embarked on his eternal journey. I was always amazed by his depth of knowledge on so many subjects, as I was by his high standards of professionalism as a major publisher in the fields of Islamic and Iranian studies. I shall never forget our weekly walks in Regents Park during the recent pandemic years, when we exchanged our knowledge on English and Persian histories. The Iranian community in London has lost a distinguished member. I shall sorely miss him for the rest of my own days”. Farhad Daftary, Director Emeritus, Institute of Ismaili Studies Iran Heritage Foundation extends its heartfelt condolences to the Bagherzade family, especially Iradj’s wife Shahnaz, his children Tara and Nezam, as well as his extended family and friends throughout the world. |
- January 11, 2023
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- January 11, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.CfP: The Journal of Religious Minorities under Muslim Rule provides a primary venue for scholarly studies that examine religious minorities (such as Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Hindus, and other minoritarian Muslim groups) under majoritarian Muslim rule. The journal covers a large temporal period, spanning from 7th century Arabia to 1922 (the end of Ottoman rule), in addition to a large geographic area from North Africa and al-Andalus in the West to Iran, some Central Asian lands, well into Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia in the East. The focus includes minority-minority, minority-majority, and minority-state relations. In addition to its broad temporal and geographic reach, this is an interdisciplinary journal which will appeal to those working in specific disciplines, including history, religious studies, literature, legal studies, and archaeology.
https://brill.com/view/journals/rmmr/rmmr-overview.xml
We would like to invite all authors to submit their papers directly to the editors-in-chief, Abbas Aghdassi (aghdassi@um.ac.ir) & Aaron W. Hughes (aaron.hughes@rochester.edu). If you have any questions before submitting, please contact us.
2. Armenian School of Languages and Cultures – ASPIRANTUM invites you to apply to the “Learn Persian through Early Classical Persian Prose” online course. This online course will start on March 6, 2023, and last till March 24, 2023.
https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-through-early-classical-persian-prose
The three weeks “Learn Persian through Early Classical Persian Prose” online course offers 60 hours of intensive Persian language classes from Monday to Friday each week during 15 days of teaching. Every day the participants will receive Persian language instruction through Classical Persian prose for 4 hours.
Texts to be read during the course:
Muqaddama-yi Šāhnāma-yi Abu-Mansuri
Tarjuma-yi Tafsir-i Tabari
Tarjuma-yi Tārix-i Tabari (Tārix-i Bal’ami)
Hudud-al-‘Ālam
Tārix-i Baihaqi (Muhammad b. Husein Baihaqi)
Tārix-i Sistān
Dānišnāma-yi ‘Alāyi (Avicenna)
Qābus-nāma (Keykavus b. Iskandar)
Bayān ol-adyān (Abu al-Ma’ali Mohammad b. Ne’mat Alavi Balkhi)
For more details and to apply, please visit: https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-through-early-classical-persian-prose
3. Hugh Kennedy, Revisiting an old friend: a new translation of al-Balādhurī’s Futūḥ al-buldān. Monday Majlis on the 16th of January, 17:00-18:30 (UK time).
Zoom registration at:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElfuGpqjsiEtUyOrNh03xzLCScdqk18MZ2
4. La quatrième séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le jeudi 26 janvier 2023 (de 17h à 19h, salle 3.15).
Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Meryem Sebti (Directrice de recherche, CNRS, Centre Jean Pépin, UMR 8230) pour une conférence intitulée : « Des récits philosophiques de Sohravardi à la poésie de Saadi : l’influence de la doctrine avicennienne de
l’imagination. »
Orientation Bibliographique
- Meryem Sebti, « Le statut ontologique de l’image dans la doctrine avicennienne de la perception », Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, 2005, p. 109-140.
- Fazlur Rahman, « Dream, Imagination and ‘ālam al-mithāl », Islamic Studies, vol. 3, juin 1964, p. 167-180.
- Roxanne Marcotte, « Suhrawardī’s Realm of the Imaginal », Ishraq: Islamic Philosophy Yearbook, 2011, p. 68-79.
- Nicolai Sinai, « Al-Suhrawardī on Mirror Vision and Suspended Images (Muthul Mu‘allaqa) », Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, vol. 25, 2015, p. 279-297.
- Lambertus W. C. Van Lit, The World of Image in Islamic Philosophy. Ibn Sīnā, Suhrawardī, Shahrazrī, and Beyond, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2018.
- Domenico Ingenito, Beholding Beauty. Sa‛di of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry, Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures, Leyde, 2020.
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. HYBRIDE Rencontres & débats : “Quel avenir pour les Kurdes ?”, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 11 janvier 2023, 19h
Comment expliquer la montée de la violence à l’égard des Kurdes ? Quelle est l’histoire de ce peuple, et quelles sont ses revendications ? Quel avenir au Moyen Orient ?
Information et inscription : https://www.imarabe.org/fr/rencontres-debats/quel-avenir-pour-les-kurdes
5. HYBRIDE Séminaire “Droit et développement historique de la charia en islam”, Christian Mül-ler (CNRS, IRHT), Paris, 9 février 2023, 10h-12 h
Christian Müller est Directeur de recherche au CNRS, Responsable de la section arabe de l’Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes (IRHT).
Inscription pour visioconférence : https://bbb.ehess.fr/b/fra-lzk-hvs-wue
6. HYBRIDE Séminaire “Les mobilités entre Venise et l’Empire ottoman dans la seconde moitié du XVe siècle : des déplacements humains aux adaptations du cadre légal”, Pauline Guena (CNRS, UMR 7303 Telemme), Sorbonne, Paris, 13 février 2023, 17h-19h
Le séminaire « Méditerranée médiévale » réunit des chercheurs spécialistes des mondes grecs, latins et musulmans du Moyen Âge, dans une perspective d’étude des relations en Méditerranée et de comparatisme. À raison d’une séance par mois, il alterne des présentations de travaux en cours liés à l’actualité de la recherche, et des séances consacrées à la question de la construction de normes partagées en Médi-terranée.
Inscription : https://pantheonsorbonne.zoom.us/j/97713251308?pwd=ZDk5UkpyVWd5U1VqTjlVWWY2TEE5QT09#success
7. HYBRIDE Séminaire “Normes partagées ou infrastructures en conflit ? À la recherche d’une bonne « formule » pour aborder les ambiguïtés dans les relations entre chrétiens et musulmans dans l’espace méditerranéen médiéval”, Daniel König (University Konstanz), Sorbonne, Paris, 27 Mars 2023, 17h-19h
Le séminaire « Méditerranée médiévale » réunit des chercheurs spécialistes des mondes grecs, latins et musulmans du Moyen Âge, dans une perspective d’étude des relations en Méditerranée et de comparatisme. À raison d’une séance par mois, il alterne des présentations de travaux en cours liés à l’actualité de la recherche, et des séances consacrées à la question de la construction de normes partagées en Méditerranée.
Inscription : https://pantheonsorbonne.zoom.us/j/97713251308?pwd=ZDk5UkpyVWd5U1VqTjlVWWTEE5QT09#success
8. HYBRIDE Séminaire “Autour de la question de compétence : principes et pratiques des rela-tions judiciaires entre Byzantins, Génois et Vénitiens (XIIIe-XVe siècle)”, Romain Goudjil (UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée), Sorbonne, Paris, 19 juin 2023, 17h-19h
Le séminaire « Méditerranée médiévale » réunit des chercheurs spécialistes des mondes grecs, latins et musulmans du Moyen Âge, dans une perspective d’étude des relations en Méditerranée et de comparatisme. À raison d’une séance par mois, il alterne des présentations de travaux en cours liés à l’actualité de la recherche, et des séances consacrées à la question de la construction de normes partagées en Médi-terranée.
Inscription : https://pantheonsorbonne.zoom.us/j/97713251308?pwd=ZDk5UkpyVWd5U1VqTjlVWWY2TEE5QT09#success
9. International Workshop “Positionality in the Study of Islamic Theology”, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology and Freie Universitaet Amsterdam, September 2023
The scope of the workshop encompasses both reflection upon the positionality of the researcher in their specific field of study, the place of researchers within the wider fields of Islamic theology and Islamic studies, as well as the wider discourse on disciplinary boundaries between Islamic theology and other fields of research and study. It includes history, literature, and anthropology etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12159796/call-paper-international-conference-%E2%80%9Cpositionality-study
10. “Annual Conference of Ibn Khaldon Center on Interdisciplinary Research”, Qatar University, 30 September 2023
Themes include “Islamis Sciences and Natural Science”. This theme seeks to create connections between natural knowledge and Islamic sciences, and to use Islamic text to frame related natural sciences’ topics. Integrating Islamic sciences with natural sciences can offer significant intellectual gains in terms of getting new perspectives and methodological insights. The Center will reimburse authors with accepted manuscripts for their travel expenses and accommodation.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2023.
Information: conf-IbnKhaldon@qa.edu.qu
11. Symposium “The Western Mediterranean and the Global Middle Ages”, The American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain, UCLA, Los Angeles, 20-21 October 2023
What sorts of alternative frameworks can enhance scholarly assessment of the intertwined histories of the individuals, groups, institutions, and political entities active within the Western Mediterranean and beyond? How can global approaches help scholars resist the deep-seated, largely Euro- or Christo-centric legacies that have long influenced work on the Iberian Peninsula, Maghreb, and broader Western-Mediterranean environment?
Deadline for abstracts: 19 February 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-the-western-mediterranean-and-the-global-middle-ages-20-21-october-los-angeles?e=82aeb6c61d
12. Cluster of Excellence for Doctoral Researchers: “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS), Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies (BGTS)
The BGTS offers a rigorous and dynamic English-language PhD programme for exceptionally talented and motivated graduate students in the field of global and transregional studies, bringing together a broad spectrum of disciplines and methodological approaches.
Deadline for application: 28 February 2023. Information:
https://www.scripts-berlin.eu/about-us/jobs-grants/anhaenge/221219_BGTS-2023_Pre-announcement.pdf
13. 12 PhD Positions in Islamic Studies, Stockholm University and other Swedish Universities
The doctoral students will be admitted within one of the following research subjects: Religious Studies, History of Religions, Subject Didactics and Systematic Theology.
Information: https://lnu.se/en/research/PhD-studies/religion/graduate-school-in-islamic-studies/
14. PhD Research Grants for 2023/2024, Orient-Institut Istanbul
The purpose of the grants is to provide support for research in Turkey to PhD candidates not living in Turkey. If the fellowship is not, or only partially, spent in Istanbul, a close connection to the institute is required. Upon consultation this may also be arranged through supervision by members of the Orient-Institut’s Scientific Advisory Board or other scholars associated with the institute.
Deadline for applications: 22 January 2023. Information: https://www.oiist.org/en/scholarship/
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.British Institute for Persian Studies webinar
‘Making and Unmaking Community: Urban Life in Persianate Rajasthan’
with Elizabeth Thelen
Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 5pm UK Time
Register to attend at:
https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/urban-life-in-persianate-rajasthan-thelen/
2. University of Florida, International Studies Program
Lecturer, Non-Tenure Track, International Studies (Middle East/North Africa)
Closing date: Feb 6, 2023
3. New funded PhD on Arab cultural and intellectual history at the University of Northumbria (UK) under Dr Peter Hill.
‘While Dr Hill is an expert on nineteenth-century Ottoman Syria and Egypt, and this studentship is associated with his AHRC RDE Fellowship project ‘Reason and Religion in Ottoman Syria’, the focus of the proposed PhD need not fall within these areas. Any historical period from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, and any subject area involving substantial use of Arabic-language sources will be considered. The project must demonstrate an original contribution to knowledge. Projects which evidence methodological innovation are encouraged. Preference will be given to candidates who already possess a good level of linguistic competence in Arabic.’
For full information, see:
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/arabic-cultural-and-intellectual-history-17th-20th-centuries-rdf23-humanities-hill/?p151714
Starts October 2023.
The deadline to apply is 27 January 2023.
4. CFP: Panel on scientific manuscripts (deadline: 28 Feb 2023)
Frank Coulson and I are putting together the 48th Annual Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, to be held at Saint Louis University June 12–14, 2023. In addition to the Call for Papers posted online [https://www.smrs-slu.org/manuscript-studies-mini-conference.html ] we are currently soliciting 20-minute papers for a panel(s) on ancient, medieval, and renaissance scientific manuscripts—that is, Western and non-Western copies that expound on topics including astronomy, cosmography, mathematics, medicine, natural history, cartography, agriculture—often accompanied by visual components such as maps, diagrams, charts, and other types of illustrations.
Please send titles and abstracts to susan.lengle@slu.edu and coulson.1@osu.edu , as well as posting your proposals online at https://www.smrs-slu.org/submit-511920-494771.html . We would appreciate your forwarding this email to other colleagues of your acquaintance with expertise in the same fields. The deadline for submitting proposals is 28 February 2023, although there may be some flexibility in this date. For any questions about the conference or panels, do not hesitate to write to us.
5. CfP: 2nd AMI Graduate Conference
Following the success of the inaugural Al-Mahdi Institute Graduate Islamic Studies Conference, the second conference will be held between Saturday the 6th and Sunday 7th May 2023. The conference is aimed exclusively at students studying for a masters degree (taught or research) in any discipline and at any university or institution who are working on any topic in Islamic studies, broadly conceived as the study of Islam and Muslim societies. Recent graduates who are not yet enrolled on a doctoral programme are also encouraged to submit abstracts.
The deadline for submissions is 23.59 GMT on the 6th of March 2023.
Further information can be found here: https://ami.is/gc23.
6. Journée d’étude ‘Nouveautés sur les manuscrits philosophiques et scientifiques grecs et arabes’
On behalf of Jawdath Jabbour and Aude Cohen-Skalli (CNRS, TDMAM, Aix Marseille Université):
Lundi 23 janvier 2023, De 9h30 à 18h
Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l’homme (salle Duby)
5 rue du Château de l’Horloge, 13100, Aix-en-Provence
JOURNÉE D’ÉTUDE
Journée inaugurale de l’équipe « Manuscrits d’Orient et d’Occident » du TDMAM
NOUVEAUTÉS SUR LES MANUSCRITS PHILOSOPHIQUES ET SCIENTIFIQUES
GRECS ET ARABES
Organisation Aude Cohen-Skalli et Jawdath Jabbour
9.30-9.45 | OUVERTURE Emmanuèle Caire (Aix Marseille Université, CNRS) – Aude Cohen-Skalli (CNRS, TDMAM, Aix Marseille Université) – Jawdath Jabbour (CNRS, TDMAM, Aix Marseille Université)
MATINÉE : MANUSCRITS GRECS
PRÉSIDENCE : Anne Balansard, Aix Marseille Université, TDMAM, CNRS
9.45-10.30 | Inmaculada Pérez Martín, CSIC Madrid
Vers une typologie des manuscrits philosophiques byzantins
10.30-11.00 | discussion
11.00-11.30 | Pause café
PRÉSIDENCE : Sabine Luciani, Aix Marseille Université, TDMAM, CNRS
11.30-12.15 | Victor Gysembergh, CNRS, Centre Léon Robin, Sorbonne Université / Emanuel Zingg, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Centre Léon Robin
Fascination palimpseste : nouveaux textes scientifiques et philosophiques grecs et « Nouvel Apulée » de Vérone
12.15-12.45 discussion
13.00-14.45 | DÉJEUNER
APRES-MIDI : MANUSCRITS ARABES
PRÉSIDENCE : Julien Loiseau, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IREMAM
14.45-15.30 | Silvia Di Vincenzo, IMT Lucca
La philosophie dans les marges : l’enseignement et l’apprentissage de la logique aristotélicienne dans les marginalia d’Avicenne
15.30-16.00 discussion
16.00-16.30 Pause café
PRÉSIDENCE : Christian Boudignon, Aix Marseille Université, TDMAM, CNRS
16.30-17.15 | Teymour Morel, FNS, Université de Genève
Les copies de la Logique de Buṭrus al-Tūlāwī (1657-1746) : réflexions sur l’approche stemmatique des manuscrits arabes à grande diffusion
17.15-17.45 | discussion
17.45-18.00 | CONCLUSION DE LA JOURNÉE
Avec la participation de l’équipe Manuscrits d’Orient et d’Occident du TDMAM
Téléchargez le programme
https://cpaf.cnrs.fr/IMG/pdf/je-ms-orient-occident-23-01-22_prog.pdf
Organisation
Aude Cohen-Skalli & Jawdath Jabbour, TDMAM, CNRS, AMU
Contacts / Inscriptions : skalli@phare.normalesup.org / Jawdath.jabbour@cnrs.fr
7. The Islamic College (London)
Online Postgraduate Studies Certificate programme in Exegesis and Quranic Sciences
Three Semesters (full-time) & Six Semesters (part-time)
18:00 -20:30 (London Time)
Fees: £1500 (Upto 50% scholarship is available)
Starting: 20th March 2023
Application Deadline: 15 February 2023
Information at:
https://islamic-college.ac.uk/study/psc/exegesis-and-quranic-sciences-online/
8. The Islamic College (London) Monthly Seminar:
Building the “Silk Road” From Below: Arab Traders Between East and West Asia
A Talk by Dr Paul Anderson
Tuesday 10 January 2023
6 pm – 8 pm (London time)
Venue: 133 High Road, The Islamic College London
Information and register at:
https://islamic-college.ac.uk/monthly-seminar-new-silk-road/
9. Richard Talbert has prepared an online exhibition for Princeton University Libraries:
Late Ottoman Turkey in Princeton’s Forgotten Maps, 1883-1923
Its origin lies in Prof. Talbert’s interest in the historical mapping of ancient and medieval Asia Minor by Heinrich Klieppert, which were based on travels in the region by Klieppert and others. The exhibition continues with later German mapping of Asia Minor, including WWI operations map by the German general staff. The coda provides a freely accessible link to Prof. Talbert’s explanatory essay on the collection and its significance.
Overall, it provides a great example of the kinds of work produced by German geographers at the height of their powers prior to WWI.
The large images link to the Princeton Library catalog and IIIF viewer.
If the embedded link above fails, try https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/3afc128a641e47eb90b3268c5ffb8d54
10. Online Lecture – “Islamic Archaeology in context: Occupation, Territories, and Material Culture in the piedmont of Zagros mountains in Northern Iraq (Sulaymaniyah province as an example)” – January 11 3PM (Rome), 4PM (Iraq)
For further information:
https://www.ifporient.org/archaeology-mena-2/
For registration:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsdemurT8uGt0pMq3C9hhlo6ht8enLN7rs?_x_zm_rtaid=3a-ZJ6a8…
11. Recordings of Exeter Majlis
Therecording of the last Monday Majlis of 2022:
Kamran Talattof, Demystifying the Mystic: Nezami Ganjavi and Classical Persian Literature is at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqv85Pxlttk&list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-&index=9&t=10s
You can watch the recordings of all the CSI Monday Majlises of the autumn at this playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-
including
Mehdy Shaddel, Universal Empire, Supersessionist Ideology: The Emergence of Islam in Umayyad Syria
Rahim Gholami, The Hermeneutics of Nāṣir-e Khusraw’s Esoteric Guidance
Isabel Toral, Jens Scheiner, Baghdad: Insights into a city and the making of a book
Alexandra Hoffmann, What makes a man a man? Neẓāmi’s Majnun in a network of masculinities
Nikola Pantic, Is It Religion or Magic, and What Is Between Them?
Letizia Osti, Beyond the chessboard: adventures in Abbasid literature and historiography
Aurora Magliozzi, Love for Beardless Boys in the Erotic Arabic Literature
Martin Nixon, A Treasure Saved and to Be Explored: The Mohamed Tahar Library in Timbuktu, Mali
12. UCLA’s Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series with Anne Hunnell Chen
Dislodging Disciplinary Silos at Dura-Europos
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 4:00pm Pacific
Royce Hall 314
Hybrid Zoom Option Available
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