Archive for January, 2024

1.HYBRID Book Launch “Thinking with the South. Reframing Reseearch Collaboration amid Decolonial Imperatives and Challenges” by Andrea Fleschenberg, Kai Kresse and Rosa Cordillera A. Castillo, Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), FU Seminar Centre, Berlin, 24 January 2024, 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm CET

This volume brings together a series of discussions by scholars from a range of disciplinary, (trans)regional and epistemic perspectives that came out of the Berlin-based “co2libri” networking initiative, with long-standing collaborative partners based in the global South. The book launch is part of the Berlin Anthropology Seminars.

Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/launch-thinking-with-the-south-reframing-research-collaboration-amid-decolonial-imperatives-and-challenges

 

 

 

 

2. HYBRID Lecture “Material Life in Mid-Nineteenth Century Damascus: Christian Compensation Claims After the 1860 Massacres” by Eugene Rogan (University of Oxford), Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 25 January 2024, 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm CET

In July 1860, a violent mob destroyed the Christian quarters of central Damascus killing an estimated 5,000 people and razing hundreds of houses, businesses and religious structures. Thanks to the intervention of a small core of the city’s Muslim notables, some 85% of the Christians survived the massacre. This lecture examines the claims of Damascene Christians for compensation for their destroyed houses and the material life of nineteenth century Syrians.

Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/material-life-in-mid-nineteenth-century-damascus-christian-compensation-claims-after-the-1860-massacres

 

 

 

 

3. 38th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference: “The Middle East from the Margins: Geographic, Temporal, Linguistic, and Cultural Boundary Crossers”, University of Chicago, 4-5 May 2024

We invite historians, linguists, anthropologists, literary scholars, sociologists, musicologists, scholars of reli-gion, and political scientists whose work engages with a broad geography, including but not limited to, the Mediterranean, North and West Africa, and South and Central Asia, from Late Antiquity and the advent of Islam to the present.

Deadline for abstracts: 26 January 2024. Information: https://theoknights.com/mehat/2023/12/13/annual-middle-east-history-and-theory-conference-call-for-papers.html

 

 

 

 

4. “2024 Bilkent History Graduate Symposium”, Bilkent University, 9-10 May 2024

We welcome diverse, innovative, original, and creative approaches to American, Byzantine, European, Ottoman and Global History, with no chronological limits.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2024. Information: https://history.bilkent.edu.tr/graduate-symposium-2024/

 

 

 

 

5. 7th Finnish Colloquium of Middle East and North African Studies: “Decolonizing Middle Eastern Studies – Critical Perspectives and Emerging Debates”, Tampere, 10-11 June 2024

We encourage proposals for panel sessions, roundtables and individual papers that break boundaries be-tween research traditions, challenge prevailing points of view, and experiment with new topics and ways of giving a conference presentation. We welcome proposals on both the historical and the contemporary Middle East – including presentations that challenge our whole conceptualization of the limits and boundaries of the ‘Middle East’ itself.

Deadline for abstracts: 21 January 2024. Information: https://www.fime.fi/call-for-papers-panels-and-roundtables-decolonizing-middle-eastern-studies-critical-perspectives-and-emerging-debates/

 

 

 

 

6. 34th Exeter Gulf Conference: “Lifeworlds of Energy and Environment in the Gulf”, Center for Gulf Studies, University of Exeter, 27-28 June 2024

Themes: In what ways have fossil fuels shaped everyday life in the Gulf? – How do we understand forms of artistic production, political mobilisation, and labour protests in petroleum producing countries of the region? – How do we understand the emergence of new energy technologies in a time of transition? – What is the politics of infrastructure construction and use in times of climate change? – How does ecological crisis shape gender, class and racial relations?

Deadline for abstracts: 19 January 2024. Information: https://arabislamicstudies.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/instituteofarabandislamicstudies/centres/gulfstudies/conference/2024_-_V2_Exeter_Gulf_Conference_CfP_V2.pdf

 

 

 

 

7. ONLINE 58th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), 11-16 November 2024

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: 15 February 2024. Information: https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers

 

 

 

8. Colloque « Sur les routes d’Arabie ; itinéraires terrestres et maritimes ». Appel à communication

Paris, 12-14 décembre 2024.

Le colloque a pour objectif d’étudier les routes de la péninsule Arabique, qu’elles soient terrestres ou maritimes, et les échanges qu’elles ont favorisés via l’archéologie, les sciences historiques, philologiques et religieuses mais aussi les sciences de la vie. Nous adressons un appel à communication aux archéologues, historiens, historiens de l’art, épigraphistes, céramologues, philologues, ethnologues, anthropologues, biolo-gistes, archéozoologues, etc. Les communications peuvent être proposées en anglais ou en français.

Date limite : 17 Mai 2024. Information : https://www.orient-mediterranee.com/activity/colloque-sur-les-routes-darabie-itineraires-terrestres-et-maritimes-appel-a-communication/

 

 

 

9. Prix Michel Seurat 2024 (15 000 €), CNRS

Le Prix est ouvert aux titulaires d’un master 2 ou d’un diplôme équivalent, âgés de moins de 35 ans révolus et sans condition de nationalité, de toutes disciplines, dont la recherche doctorale en cours porte sur les sociétés contemporaines du monde arabe, domaine envisagé comme ouvert et en interaction avec d’autres contextes et traditions intellectuels.

Date limite de dépôt des candidatures : 13 avril 2024.

Information : http://majlis-remomm.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Appel-Prix-Seurat-2024.pdf

 

 

 

10. Apocalypticism and imperial criticism: (re)reading the Dürr-i meknūn (The Hidden Pearl, 1472–73) in the context of Ottoman–Akkoyunlu imperial confrontation

Ebru Turan
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 86 / Issue 3, October 2023, pp 447 – 464

 

 

 

11. A note on Pahlavi lexicography: Middle Persian hassār, hassārīh

Marco Fattori
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 86 / Issue 3, October 2023, pp 511 – 522
doi: 10.1017/S0041977X23000757 Published Online on 16 October 2023

 

 

 

12. Qur’anic Scientific Cultural Tourism (QSCT) 2024 Spring Program

http://zabanshenasitarikhi.ir/p/62//

QSCT program welcomes those interested in Qur’anic Academic tourism in QSCT network of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, India, and Turkey

Notes:

1. IQP (Int. Qur’anic Parliament) members can join the QSCT 2024 program and receive exclusive member benefits. To become an IQP member, you can join us via:

http://zabanshenasitarikhi.domainuser.ir/c/main.php

2. Applicants can apply for the 14-day 2024 spring period

3.Applicants can send their application no later than Jan. 23 ,2024 attached with a short cv to: ahmadi_mh@ut.ac.ir

4. The results of approval of applications will be announced by the end of February 2024

For more information

http://zabanshenasitarikhi.ir/

Program type (A, B, C, D)

1. A) Visiting of Qur’anic Scholars
2. B) Visiting of Qur’anic Academic centers
3. C) Candidate delivering academic lectures in Qur’anic academic centers
4. D) IQP special program for IQP members

Candidates:

1) Full professor in Qur’anic / Islamic studies

2) Assistant/associate professor in Qur’anic / Islamic

studies

3) PhD. students in Qur’anic / Islamic studies

4) Hafiz (Memorizer) / reciter of the Holy Quran

5) Qur’anic activists

 

 

13. PhD studentship on contextual and material study of Islamic amulets at Queen Mary University of London

We invite applications for a collaborative doctoral award, based at the School of History, Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with the Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Cambridge. The studentship is for three and a half years, starting from September 2024.  Description of the project is below, and further details are  here Collaborative Doctoral Awards – Projects available – LAHP.

Successful applicants will have proficiency in Arabic and will hold MA in Islamic studies or Islamic history by the start date of the studentship. Experience in working in a museum environment or community engagement is desirable.

 The deadline for applications is 26^th January 2024.

Islamic amulets abound from across Dar al Islam, a testimony to a buzzing religious and commercial creativity. This project will put their materiality centre-stage by exploring production and use, elements rarely addressed in research. It will analyse amulets to learn of the craftspeople and users who had left little record in written narratives. Shedding light on little explored Islamic collections at MAA, it will develop new means for their analysis. This will put centre-stage marginalised people and collections, while employing innovative technologies to redress the imbalance of research.  The proposed project will combine MAA’s extensive collections with world-leading expertise in religious and digital history at Queen Mary University of London, to add to our understanding of a key element of Islamic culture and religion. It will put these objects centre-stage, combining the examination of their materiality with documentary evidence for their production, dissemination and use. Beyond Magic will be supported by expertise from the Hidden in Plain Sight research team, who will provide a range of innovative scientific technologies, including 3D microscopy, CT scanning and ancient DNA to facilitate the student’s exploration of Islamic amulets. Results of the project will engage faith-groups and academic audiences alike.

Yossef Rapoport (y.rapoport@qmul.ac.uk) and Eyal Poleg.

Yossef Rapoport

Professor of Islamic history

Queen Mary University London

 

 

 

 

14. AKU-ISMC: 11 January, 2024 Virtual Open Day

Join AKU-ISMC students, staff and academics online for a Virtual Open Day on Thursday 11 January at 12:00 -14:00 (London Time) to learn about our MA in Muslim Cultures, find out about admissions, quiz current students on academic life, and have the opportunity to ask your own questions.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aku-ismc-virtual-open-day-tickets-777066455687?aff=oddtdtcreator

 

 

 

 

15. Poisons, Antidotes, and Emergent Properties
in the Early Modern Period

23 January 2024 – 5 PM (CET)

For more info, and to register:

https://csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/online-lectures/poisons-antidotes-and-emergent-properties/

1.The Islamic College

Monthly Talk: “Belief, Law and Politics: What Future for Muslims 

A Talk by Professor Jorgen Nielson
Tuesday, 9 January 2024

6 pm – 7:30 pm (London time)
Venue: The Islamic College 133. High Road London NW102SW

Register at:

https://islamic-college.ac.uk/monthly-seminar-belief-law-and-politics/

 

 

 

2. A virtual roundtable “Book-Objects at the Crossroads of Bibliography and Philology” that will take place on January 19, 2024 (9:00 PST / 12:00 EST / 17:00 GMT / 18:00 CET / 20:00 AST). This event is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography, Rare Book School, University of Virginia.

Speakers will be Theodore S. Beers (Freie Universität Berlin), Andrew Hui (Yale-NUS College), Cat Lambert (Cornell University), and Nur Sobers-Khan (Saudi Museums Commission).

Please register for the roundtable using the following link: http://tinyurl.com/bdfmdefs.   

The roundtable will discuss how the “material turn” in the humanities has impacted the fields of bibliography and philology across the world. Insofar as bibliography and philology both exhibit deep-seated interests in the study of book-objects, how have these two disciplines been influenced by the “material turn”? By reappraising the philosophical outlook and transformative potential of the “material turn” in the humanities, we are keen to interrogate the political and ethical possibilities of critical inquiry in bibliography and philology.

 

 

 

 

3. Le CeRMI a le plaisir de vous convier à laprochaine séancedu séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien”, qui se tiendra le jeudi 18 janvier 2024, 17h-19h, en salle 3.15 à l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII, 3^e étage).

Nous sommes heureux d’accueillir M. David Durand-Guédy, historien, chercheur associé à l’Université de Hambourg, pour une conférence intitulée: “La littérature d’inshāʾ de l’Anatolie pré-ottomane (12^e s.-14^e s.). État de la recherche et nouvelles sources“.

Pour rappel, vous retrouverez le programme 2023-2024 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” ci-joint, et sur le site du CeRMI :

https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2023-2024/

 

 

 

 

4. Call for Session Proposals

Medieval Technologies of Knowledge/Medieval Knowledge through Technology

2025 AHA Annual Meeting, New York City

The Medieval Academy of America (MAA) cordially invites proposals for sessions at the forthcoming annual meeting of the American Historical Association in New York City, January 3-5, 2025.

This year, the Medieval Academy aims to co-sponsor sessions that gravitate around the timely theme of “Medieval Technologies of Knowledge/Medieval Knowledge through Technology.” This theme is envisioned to be broad and inclusive, sparking interest among MAA members and a wider audience. We are particularly interested in panels that explore various facets of this theme, such as:

• Technologies of Knowledge in the Middle Ages: Investigating lesser-known or emerging technological advancements of the medieval period. Understanding the role and conception of technologies in medieval societies. Delving into the methods and tools used for knowledge dissemination and storage in medieval times.
• Understanding the Middle Ages Using AI and Other Technologies: Understanding the Middle Ages using current technological advancements. Exploring innovative ideas and perspectives that challenge traditional understandings of the era. Evaluating how new technologies will impact the future of the field.

We are open to various forms of session programming and encourage members to think beyond traditional paper panels. Proposals for roundtables, lightning talks, workshops, digital labs, working sessions, and other innovative and inclusive formats of knowledge-sharing are highly welcomed.

We particularly encourage session proposals from scholars across diverse identity positions and academic ranks and affiliations, including graduate students and independent scholars. Proposals that focus on sources, geographies, and populations under-represented in traditional medieval studies are also highly encouraged.

The committee is available for feedback on draft session proposals. Please contact us at ahacommittee@themedievalacademy.org. Additionally, MAA members can receive feedback on proposals during the review process.

How to Submit a Session Proposal

Session proposal submissions for MAA and AHA co-sponsorship involve a two-stage process:

1) Members of the Medieval Academy submit session proposals to the MAA’s AHA Program Committee via the online submission form by 11:59 p.m., February 1, 2024.

2) Upon approval by the MAA’s AHA Committee, session organizers will be notified by February 11 and will then be responsible for submitting the proposal to the AHA before the deadline of 11:59 p.m., February 15, 2024, indicating that the session has the sponsorship of the Medieval Academy of America.

For more details, please refer to FAQ: Organizing MAA/AHA Sessions

 

 

 

5. Intellect is pleased to announce that International Journal of Islamic Architecture 13.1 is out now!

For more information about the journal and issue click here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/international-journal-of-islamic-architecture

 

 

 

 

6. Associate Professor / Full Professor in Comparative Literature, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar

The candidate must have a PhD in Comparative Literature. Preference will be given to candidates with spe-cializations in literary theory, approaches to World Literature and the new comparative literature, and with demonstrable expertise in Arabic literature and in Asian, African or Latin American literature.

Deadline for applications: 20 January 2024. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/11/20/associate-professor-full-professor-comparative-literature

 

 

 

 

7. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Arabic, University of Connecticut

Preferred qualification: A track record of program building, innovation, and community outreach; Demon-strated ability to teach both modern and classical Arabic literature (in Arabic) in advanced undergraduate classes and graduate seminars; Demonstrated ability to teach a large range of classes related to Arabic cultural production, media, and film studies; Demonstrated ability to teach introductory courses on Islam and Islamicate cultures broadly construed.

Deadline for applications: 31 January 2024. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26825

 

 

 

 

8. 2 Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellowships in Armenian Studies (2024-25) at the Center for Arme-nian Studies, University of Michigan

Eligibility: PhD required. Research and proposed courses should be related to Armenian Studies (literature, culture, visual arts, and politics).

Deadline for applications: 15 January 2023.

Information: https://ii.umich.edu/armenian/manoogian-fellowships.html

 

 

 

9. The Centre for the Study of Islam, Exeter:

Monday, the 15th of January, 17:00-18:30 (UK time). Zoltán Szombathy, Islamic Discourses in a Local Context: A Traditional Ritual in Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Registration is required. Register please on this link:

https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMscOCrpjIsHNHyVMhnulD8W3-L8gEsCv3O

 

 

The Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo (Tobunken) will host a lecture by Dr. Lloyd Ridgeon (University of Glasgow) on “Denominational Dynamics within Futuwwat Literature of the Medieval Period in Anatolia and Iran” on January 20 (Sat). Those who are interested in participating in the event are cordially invited to register in advance by January 17 (details below).

Lecture Title:
“Denominational Dynamics within Futuwwat Literature of the Medieval Period in Anatolia and Iran”

Speaker:
Dr. Lloyd Ridgeon (Reader in Islamic Studies, the Department of Theology, University of Glasgow; https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/lloydridgeon/)

Date and Time:
January 20 (Sat), 2024, at 16:30-18:15 (Japanese time)

Venue:
The University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, 3F Conference Room No. 2 (東京大学東洋分館研究所3階、第二会議室), and online via Zoom.

Lecture Abstract:
By the medieval period, the futuwwat associations had developed in a form of “second-class” Sufism. The authors of the majority of futuwwat treatises of the period were composed by adherents of a Sunni madhhab, yet it is of note that their works betray no overt hostility to the Shi`a tradition – in fact what is most noticeable is the promotion of a form of ʿAlidisation. This may be explained by similarities in Sufi-Shi`i dogma, and the presence of influential Shi`i individuals round political leaders. This presentation examines eight individuals/futuwwat-nāmas to help elucidate whether or not there exited a tension at the heart of society between these two denominations in Islam.

How to Participate:
Please fill in the form at https://forms.gle/rXR5BKtu2WHw4eZW7, by Jan 17, at 24:00 JST.

Contact Person: Naoki Nishiyama (nishiyama[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp)

1. The Islamic College

Enrol now in Traditional Hawza Programmes

Hawza Study – Full Time (4 years)/Part Time (5-6 years) Pre-Hawza Study – Saturday (1 year)
Starting: 22 January 2024

https://islamic-college.ac.uk/study/traditional-hawza-programmes/

 

 

 

2. OFFRE D’EMPLOI

L’Unité support aux études aréales (UAR2999) recrute un(e) chargé(e) d’appui scientifique et technique au pilotage pour le consortium Huma-Num DISTAM (Digital Studies Africa, Asia, Middle East), sur vacations, à raison de 60 heures/mois pendant 6 mois. Le détail des missions est précisé dans le document accessible sur le site : https://etudes-areales.cnrs.fr/elementor-1138/. Les candidatures sont à soumettre avant le 15 janvier 2024 à l’adresse distam-contact@cnrs.fr, et en copie à sandra.aubelorain@cnrs.fr ; elles seront examinées au fil de l’eau.

Sandra Aube Lorain

Directrice de l’Unité Etudes aréales (UAR2999)

Directrice adjointe du GIS Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans

Campus Condorcet, Bâtiment Recherche Sud (bureau 2.099)

5 Cours des Humanités, 93322 Aubervilliers cedex

Chargée de recherche au CNRS

Centre de recherche sur le monde iranien (CeRMI, UMR 8041)

https://cermi.cnrs.fr/membres/aube-lorain-sandra/

https://cv.archives-ouvertes.fr/sandra-aube