Archive for February 17th, 2024
Shii News – Academic Items
1.The Mediterranean Seminar Summer Skills Seminars are intensive, interactive four-day workshops that provide students, scholars and professionals with foundational training in technical skills related to Mediterranean Studies. The Seminars, run by leading scholars, emphasize hands-on reading complemented by supplementary and contextual topics.
All Skills Seminars are held synchronously by remote client (i.e.: Zoom, Teams. etc.), and are open to all. Meeting times are set to accommodate the most possible participants taking into account the effects of time zones. The meeting times noted below are given in MDT (Mountain Daylight Time), which is EDT -2, CDT -1, PST +1, GMT -8, and WET -9.
“Mediterranean Magic: An Introduction” 10–13 June 2024
This Summer Skills Seminar provides participants with an overview of magic and its ability to intersect with religion, ethnicity, gender, and more across transnational networks. While anchored in the premodern cultural and literary past we will also explore some contemporary echoes.
Contact Email
mailbox@mediterraneanseminar.org
URL
https://www.mediterraneanseminar.org/overview-mediterranean-magic-2024
2. Archaeology, Text, Narrative, and the Usable Past in Global Perspective (Session #1108, EAA Rome)
The concept of the/a “usable past” was coined by Van Wyck Brooks in 1918 in an attempt to retrospectively bind together disparate cultural elements in the USA. The instrumentalising of the past to shape collective memory is a feature of all human collectivities. Salient examples of this in the politics of the present and the past are to be found in the use of the shared-but-exclusive heritage of perceived golden ages from around the globe—e.g., the Rashidun Caliphate, Roman Empire, Gupta Empire, Tawantinsuyu, Mali Empire or Tang era, among many other points in space and time—to justify contemporary political systems, social stratification and inter-polity relations. However, it would be difficult to argue that the deployment of a usable past by established social groups this is ever totalising, with individuals and groups having complex relationships with the past and narratives associated with it.
This session seeks to take stock of the research being done across the globe on these issues, both in the present and the use of the past in the past. Papers are encouraged in relation to both case-studies where textual and archaeological evidence intersect and contradict, and on areas for which documentary narratives do not survive. Studies treating these processes outside Europe are particularly encouraged, as are comparative treatments of the problematic. Research questions that could be posed include—but are not limited to—why usable pasts are so often linked to military highpoints; the use of the past by groups writing against one another in narrative complexes; gatekeeping and selectivity and the past; the removal of the past in colonial relations; archaeology shaping and being shaped by narrative; and on the past as a socio-political and cultural resource more widely.
Session #1108, The European Association of Archaeologists, 30th annual meeting in Rome, 28-31 August 2024
Additional details:
- Presentations are planned for 15 minutes each.
- Abstracts need to have between 150 and 300 words. 3-6 keywords should be added.
- The maximum number of authors is 10, the main author.
- For submitting an abstract, consult https://submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/
- Please note that ultimately all Annual Meeting delegates must be current EAA members (paid-up for 2024) and pay the Annual Meeting registration fee.
Contact Information
Russell Ó Ríagáin, University College Dublin (Ireland)
Hagit Nol, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt-am-Main (Germany)
Contact Email
URL
https://submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/
3. Edinburgh – Hybrid: Islam and Christian Muslim Relations (ICMR) Research Seminars
The talks will take place on Tuesdays in the Martin Hall at New College from 16:10 until 17:30 (unless otherwise stated), in hybrid form. Those wishing to attend online may do so by following this link: https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/83079577369 and entering passcode cWg5iQ5U.
30 Jan
Professor Nahyan Fancy (University of Exeter)
‘The Brain Never Shuts Down’: Sleep Theory and Practices in Premodern Islamic Societies
20 Feb
Professor Andrew Peacock (University of St Andrews)
Translating the Bible in Mongol Tabriz: Persian manuscripts, Syriac Translators and European Patronage.
5 Mar
Professor Emily Selove (University of Exeter)
Book Talk: The Donkey King: Asinine Symbology in Ancient and Medieval Magic
19 Mar
Dr Sofia Rehman (independent scholar)
Book Talk: Gendering the Hadith Tradition: Recentring the Authority of Aisha, Mother of the Believers
*** Online only from 10am to 11:30am ***
2 Apr
PhD Student Panel in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
Speakers TBA
All best wishes,
Salam Rassi
Contact Email
4. Book: Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage
GINGKO has published Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage, a beautiful two volume book including twenty seven essays responding to objects associated with the arts of pilgrimage, from the remarkable collection of Professor Sir Nasser David Khalili.
Each of the essays are written by prominent specialists in the field. The volumes are beautifully illustrated with full-colour images of objects from the collection, some of which have never been seen before. Together, the essays in Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage provide a comprehensive overview of Hajj, illustrating the religious, spiritual, cultural, and artistic aspects of pilgrimage to the Holy Sanctuaries of Islam and the cosmopolitan nature of Hajj itself.
Edited by Qaisra M. Khan with Nahla Nassar
Foreword by Julian Raby
Essays by Bilal Badat, Sergio Carro Martín, Sami De Giosa, Sabiha Göloğlu, Alastair Hamilton, Edmund Hayes, Qaisra Khan, Janie Lightfoot, Jan Loop, Michael Christopher Low, Ulrich Marzolph, Richard McGregor, Luitgard Mols, Harry Munt, James Nicholson, Nahla Nassar, Seif el Rashidi, Yousuf Saeed, Saarthak Singh, John Slight, Mehmet Tütüncü, Aram Vardanyan, Arnoud Vrolijk, Michael Wolfe, Muhammad Isa Waley, Peter Webb.
Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage is available to buy from our website: https://www.gingko.org.uk/publishing/books/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/
5. Online summer course in Persian at UT: Iranian Cinema
Re-initiation of the online, higher-intermediate/advanced summer courses in Persian at UT Austin.
Our first summer course will be IRANIAN CINEMA, to be taught entirely in Persian in summer session 1 (June 6-July 11, 2024).
Enrollments are open to any language learners anywhere in the world, with the condition of taking the placement exam.
You can read more about this summer course on the attached flyer or by clicking on (or copy/pasting) this link: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/languages/persian/iranian-cinema-summer-course-prs-329.html.
Fellowships available.
6. SOAS Iranian Women Visual Artists – 27 February 2024
SOAS Middle East Institute and the SOAS Centre for Iranian Studies
Iranian Women Visual Artists – NOW!
5.30pm-7.00pm, Tuesday 27 February 2024
More info and register at:
https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/iranian-women-visual-artists-now
7. Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life: New Frontiers in Science and Religion
Bloomsbury, 2024
Jörg Matthias Determann and Shoaib Ahmed Malik, eds.
More information:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/islamic-theology-and-extraterrestrial-life-9780755650880/
8. Prochaine séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien”, jeudi 29 février 2024, 17h, à l’INALCO
Le CeRMI a le plaisir de vous convier à la prochaine séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien”, qui se tiendra le jeudi 29 février 2024, 17h-19h, en salle 3.15 à l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII, 3e étage).
Nous sommes heureux d’accueillir M. Yavuz Aykan, spécialiste de l’histoire du droit et de l’histoire sociale de l’Empire ottoman, Maître de conférences en histoire moderne à l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, pour une conférence intitulée: “L’Empire et son madhhab: vers une relecture de l’impérialisation ottomane“.
Résumé
Cette communication a pour point de départ la question suivante : quel rôle a joué le droit musulman dans l’intégration des périphéries à l’empire ottoman à l’époque moderne ? Pour éclairer le problème dans sa complexité, je me concentrerai sur le déploiement de la doctrine juridique hanafite dans la ville d’Amid (aujourd’hui Diyarbakır), limitrophe des territoires safavides, et interface du monde iranien. J’examinerai en particulier le sort du terme juridique de hakk-ı karar, comparable au principe romain de l’usucapio, qui désigne littéralement le droit du cultivateur sur la terre agricole “en vertu de la résidence”. Jusqu’au XVIIe siècle, ce principe était régi par les règles du kanun, sorte de code administratif imposé par le souverain. Avec l’intégration de ce principe dans les textes hanafites, on observe l’interpénétration progressive des règles du kanun et de la doctrine sunnite-hanafite, et le déploiement de cette dernière dans les pratiques juridiques ottomanes. En me fondant sur l’analyse d’un procès complexe concernant le destin d’une terre vacante dans la ville d’Amid au XVIIIe siècle, je soutiendrai qu’en s’appropriant les principes du kanun ottoman, la doctrine sunnite-hanafite s’est constituée en soutien aux prérogatives d’État sur les terres agricoles, notamment en période de crise. Ma conclusion mettra en perspective ce processus dans le contexte des politiques sunnites dans la région, pour mieux comprendre le renforcement du hanafisme ottoman aux frontières de l’empire safavide.
Orientations bibliographiques
- Aykan, Yavuz, Rendre la justice à Amid: procédures, acteurs et doctrines dans le contexte ottoman du XVIIIe siècle, Leyde, Brill, 2016 (en part. p. 183–84).
- Abou Al-Hajj, Rifaat, “Power and Social Order: the Uses of Kanun”,dans Irene A. Bierman, Rifaat Abou-El-Hajj et Donald Preziosi (dir.), The Ottoman City and its Parts: Structures and Social Order, New Rochelle, N.Y., A.D. Caratzas, 1991, p. 77–99.
- İnalcık, Halil, The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600, Londres, Phoenix, 2000 (en part. p. 179–85).
Pour rappel, vous retrouverez le programme 2023-2024 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” sur le site du CeRMI :
Dans l’attente du plaisir de vous retrouver à l’occasion de ces séances, qui se déroulent en présentiel sur le site de l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII), nous vous adressons tous nos vœux les meilleurs pour la nouvelle année.
Contact: justine.landau@sorbonne-nouvelle.fr
9. A Stroll in the Enchanting Sphere of Persian Wisdom, Language, and Culture
A Series of Courses Introducing Masterpieces of Persian Literature
Course 1:
With Sa‘di in the Delightful Gardens of Golestan
Lecturer: Dr Isa Jahangir
April 16 – July 16
Tuesdays 6-7:30 pm
Venue: The Islamic College 133 High Road London NW102SW
To register:
https://islamic-college.ac.uk/study/short-courses/persian-language-culture/
10. Webinar:
Silk in Ottoman Safavid Trade, Warfare, and Urban Life in the Early Modern Period,”
Professor Fariba Zarinebaf
4 March, 5 pm EST
https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ss4GNLt9TamA9rTT9vRjkQ#/registration
11. GINKO Grants
GINGKO provides grants to support academic research into the history, art history and religions of MENA. GINGKO also offers grants for people organising transformative interfaith and intercultural encounters between people from MENA and the West.
In 2023 successful applications included a workshop entitled ‘From West Africa to South East Asia: The History of Muhammad al-Jazuli’s Dala’il al-Khayrat Prayer Book (15th-20th centuries)’ to be held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York Public Library and a conference entitled ‘Searching for the light: The life and work of Mahmoud Saïd, pioneer of Egyptian and Arab Modernism’ to be held at the Università La Sapienza in Rome.
If you have a research project or an encounter that you would like to pursue, pleases consider applying.
We are open for applications until 6 April 2024. You can read more about the GINGKO Grants Programme and find information on how to apply by visiting:
gingko.org.uk/how-to-apply
12. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Programoffers over 400 unique awards for U.S. citizens to teach, research, and conduct professional projects in more than 130 countries, including projects in the areas of study of Islamic art. Explore awards available in the 2025-26 competition. You can join the more than 400,000 Fulbrighters who have come away with enhanced skills, new connections and greater mutual understanding.
We encourage you to visit our website for application resources:
– Getting Started
– Application Guidance
– Open Awards in the 2025-26 Competition, searchable by discipline, country/region, etc.
– Webinar Schedule and Archive
– Office Hours, a great way to get your questions answered live by Fulbright staff
View our webinar schedule for presentations throughout the year, sharing opportunities for specific regions, countries, and disciplines.
We look forward to receiving your application by our deadline of September 16, 2024. To receive program updates and application resources, connect with Fulbright.
- February 17, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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