Archive for May, 2024

1. Of Joy & Sorrow is a compilation of the unpublished travelogues of Doustali-Khan Moayer al-Mamalek (1876 – 1966) and Mirza Hassan Khan Mostowfi al-Mamalek (1871 – 1932) while accompanying Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar (1853 – 1907), the King of Persia (1896 – 1907), during his first journey to Europe to attend the 1900 Paris Expo.

Moezzi, Fatemeh and Khosronejad, Pedram. 2024. Of Joy & Sorrow.

Tehran: Atraf.

2. 34th Exeter Gulf Conference “Life Worlds of Energy and Environment in the Gulf”, 27-28 June 2024

Information, programme and abstracts of papers:

https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/gulf/events/gulfconference/

3. Conference of the Commission on Anthropology of the Middle East: “Fortitude in Face of Turmoil”, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Institut Francais d’Etudes Anatolienne, Istanbul, 4-6 September 2024

Panels: Gift-Giving and Exchange: Perspectives from Cultural and Economic Anthropology. – Ethnographic Encounters with Nonhuman Actors in the Middle East. – Sports in the Middle East. – Food on the Move: Home, Belonging and Resilience. – Shifting Social Landscapes: Legacy of Migration in the Middle East. – Ethno-History of the Middle East and Central Asia. – Tourism and Tourists in the Middle East. – Gender, Religion, Sexuality and Identity. Etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2024. Information: https://iuaes.ir/

4. Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS, Focus on Iran, Afghanistan etc.), Syracuse University , New York, 12-15 September 2024

Extended deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2024. Information: https://sendy.nomadit.co.uk/w/Muv8925H4nJPTnDqC0l92JOA/2eq3XPGlrllxNvUNWHpT9g/9w3VZV5cykiJkGDsceNBDw

5. Symposium on “The Natural Sciences in the Ottoman Empire: Scholars, Works, Problems”, Istanbul Center for Research and Education, 13-14 December 2024

This symposium aims to explore the rich history and development of the natural sciences within the Ottoman context. Travel expenses and accommodation for speakers with accepted papers will be fully covered

Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2024.

Information: https://www.isar.org.tr/en/sempozyum-calistaylar/osmanlida-ulum-i-tabiiyye-2/home-24

6. Workshop “Policing the Prayer in Sectarian Islam: Spaces, Temporalities, Coercion (7th–15^th Centuries)”, Università di Napoli L’Orientale, 27-28 February 2025

Particular attention should be paid to collective strategies elaborated by sectarian groups in the medieval period. In what context did scholars, religious authorities, the state, and people frame these strategies? How did these strategies evolve through time and space? To what extent did these strategies involve/have an impact on acts of worship such as prayer?

Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2024.

Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2024/05/CfP_Policing_Prayer.pdf

7. Alexander Key

The Novel in Adab: A Modern Genre in Conversation with al-Tanukhi and al-Tawhidi

Monday Majlis Online and in Person (IAIS LT1) on the 3^rd of June, 17:00-18:30 (UK time)

Registration is required. Register please on this link:

https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpdeyqrjwqE9bs2VxW1A5HfvsnOFHSuV6F

Zahir Bhalloo, book launch, Islamic Law in Early Modern Iran, Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023

Oberseminar summer 2024, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München

May 27 2024, 6:00 pm, Central European Time (CET)

To attend online please contact m.hascisalihoglu@lmu.de / a.tiburcio@lmu.de

https://www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/download/oberseminar-sose24-_1_.jpg

1.Symposium – “Aesthetic and Symbolic Dimensions of Arabic Writing – New Perspectives on Manuscripts, Epigraphy, and Numismatics”, Wolfson College, University of Oxford – July 4–5

As the disciplines of Islamic history and Arabic palaeography make steady progress, many questions concerning the aesthetic and symbolic dimensions of Arabic writing remain unanswered. This symposium will bring together fourteen scholars working on Arabic calligraphy, epigraphy, palaeography, numismatics, and diplomatics in different regions of Afro-Eurasia, from the seventh to the sixteenth centuries. The aim is to showcase brand new research on a wide range of artifacts (Qurʾanic manuscripts, chancery documents, monumental epigraphy, inscribed objects, coins…), grounded in material evidence but also engaged with textual sources (historiography, biographical dictionaries, philosophical treatises, fatwas and legal compendia, chancery manuals, adab…). Each contribution will shed light on previously unnoticed paradigms and practices, proposing new frameworks and approaches to Arabic writing that could be applied on a macro level, and unveiling the processes by which meaning was conveyed not just textually, but also visually. The symposium will lay the foundations for a methodological shift in the way we understand calligraphic and epigraphic styles, as it will mainly focus on the ‘why’ and ‘how’ such styles originated, developed, transformed, and became extinct, exposing or disproving their links with doctrinal notions, dynastic claims, aesthetic discourses, cultural identities, or the self-representation of distinct professional groups.

These are some of the questions that will be tackled: Why were specific scripts and layouts employed in some Arabic manuscripts, documents, and inscriptions on various media, instead of others? How did such scripts and layouts originate and develop, and how can the available literary sources help us understand these processes? Through what channels did calligraphic and epigraphic styles travel and spread? What role did different social groups (Quranic calligraphers, book copyists, chancery scribes, stone carvers, die engravers…) play in these processes, and to what extent did they affect each other’s work? What influence did certain patrons, intellectual elites, and religious scholars have on the adoption and canonisation of specific calligraphic and epigraphic styles? What meanings were conveyed by calligraphic diagrams, calligrams, or by epigraphy that followed distinctive configurations or colour schemes? How did contemporary viewers and users perceive calligraphy and epigraphy beyond their textual content? How did they engage with their visual properties and material qualities?

For further information and schedule: https://krc.web.ox.ac.uk/event/asdaw-symposium

2. LACISA’s 2024 Colloquium

Muslim Contributions to Civil Society and Philanthropy in the Caribbean 

  May 29-30, 2024 [ONLINE]
**REGISTER TODAY**

Research on both Muslim communities and their contributions to civil society in the Caribbean is expanding. What might we learn by putting the two into conversation?

In collaboration with the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative (MPI) at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), LACISA is hosting an online colloquium on Muslim contributions to civil society, philanthropy and activism in the Caribbean, May 29-30. 2024.

This colloquium brings together scholars and practitioners to conceptualize overarching patterns, offer case studies, and suggest possible avenues forward in the study of Muslim communities in the Caribbean.
Held over two days, each panel will consist of two presentations, one practitioner interview and time for Q&A and discussion. To register, click on the link below.
Day One (May 29) 11:00 am – 12:30 pm U.S. EST

• Ken Chitwood, Introduction and Moderation
• Anisur Rahman, “The Role of South Asian Muslim community in shaping the Caribbean society”
• An Interview with Sakina Bakharia from the Barbados Association of Muslim Ladies (BAML)
• Suleiman Bulbulia (with Sabir Nakhuda), “From Bengal to Barbados: Muslim contributions to Bajan society”

Day Two (May 30): 11:00 am – 12:30 pm U.S. EST

• Harini Kumar, Introduction and Moderation
• Azhar Goraya, “Humanity First in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean”
• Mina Sanz and Rolando Macias, “Humanity First: Serving Mankind and its work in the Caribbean”
• Muhammad Husayn, “The early roots of Shiiism in the Caribbean”

**Inquiries, and other communication related to the colloquium should be sent to lacisanews@gmail.com .**

3. Islamochristiana is the annual scientific journal of PISAI (Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica)dedicated to Muslim-Christian dialogue.

The journal publishes articles, documents and book reviews concerned with the theoretical and practical aspects of Christian-Muslim dialogue, both past and present. Members of BRISMES are able to access articles published in Islamochristiana Volume 49 (2023) through an exchange agreement with PISAI.

Download vol 49: https://mcusercontent.com/6f554375a2851024e355e1bbd/files/2842a6dd-357e-c2e2-042f-2ee01aa51d6b/islamo_49_2023.pdf

4. Centre for Palestine Studies (CPS) Master’s Scholarship
SOAS University of London
SOAS is pleased to announce the new Centre for Palestine Studies (CPS) Master’s Scholarship which is generously funded entirely through donations. There is one scholarship available for 2024/25 which has been established to support a student ordinarily resident in Palestine to study any taught master’s programme at SOAS.
Deadline | 7 June May 2024
More information

5. Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Politics and/or International Relations X2
SOAS University of London
Applications are invited for two Lecturer / Senior (T&R) Lecturer positions in Politics and/or International Relations starting in the Autumn of 2024. The role holder will be expected to contribute to—and shape—the Department’s research profile as well as the delivery of our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
Deadline | 15 June 2024
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6. Call for Papers | Imagined Geographies: From Past to Future

Symposium, University of East Anglia, 2-3 October 2024

The New Area Studies Research Centre, the East Centre and the School of Global Development at the University of East Anglia are calling for papers between 5000-8000 words to be presented at a symposium on the topic of Imagined Geographies: from Past to Future. The organisers particularly welcome original, cross-disciplinary topics and approaches, showcasing innovation, evolving, or new methodologies.

Deadline | 1 June 2024

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7. Call for Papers | Transregionalism in the Middle East and Northern Africa

Special Issue, Middle East Critique

Submissions are invited for a Special Issue of Middle East Critique edited by Estella Carpi and Luigi Achilli. This Special Issue aims to scrutinize the concept of transregionalism radiating from and revolving around the MENA as a result of migrations generated by conflict and disasters. Against this backdrop, it aims to explore how identities, solidarities, assistance, as well as fear and violence all transcend national borders, thereby reshaping both sending and receiving societies in profound ways.

Deadline | 30 July 2024

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8. Prize for Arabic to English Translators

The Bait AlGhasham DarArab Translation Prize proudly invites translators and authors to participate in an enriching cultural exchange that celebrates Arabic literary heritage. This annual prize is designed to recognize and promote Arabic literature by facilitating its translation into English, thereby making these works accessible to a global audience.

Deadline | 31 July 2024

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9. The Lure of the East: A Curator’s Fascinating Journey,

Marilyn Jenkins-Madina

Rodin, 2024

10. ONLINE Round Table “Women and Academy in the MENA Region: Comparing Experiences and Sharing Practices”, Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED), 27 May 2024, 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm CEST

The Round Table is organised in the framework of the project “WOMEDa – Promoting the overcoming of the Academic Gender Gap in the MENA region”. It will see the intervention of Academics from Italy and Tunisia discussing the current status of the Academic Gender Gap in the Mediterranean region and presenting practices and initiatives to promote the overcoming of this aspect.

Information and registration: https://www.uni-med.net/events/women-and-academy-in-the-mena-region-comparing-experiences-and-sharing-practices-online-round-table-27-may-2024/

11. ONLINE Webinar “The Threats of AI and Disinformation in Times of Global Crises”, Arab Center Washington DC, 29 May 2024, 11:00 am – 12:30 am EDT

Israel’s recent war on Gaza after October 7 has exposed the myriad methods of digital dehumanization and deception that can result in tech-driven atrocities and justifications for war crimes. Whether it is political influence operations, propaganda, deep fakes, biometric surveillance, predictive policing, or autonomous weapons, the threats of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and disinformation are far-reaching.

Information and registration:

https://arabcenterdc.org/event/the-threats-of-ai-and-disinformation-in-times-of-global-crises/

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 6 juin 2024, 17h-19h, en salle 3.15 à l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII, 3e étage).

Pour la dernière séance de l’année, nous sommes heureux d’accueillir Mme Amélie Neuve-Eglise, philosophe spécialiste du chiisme et de l’anthropologie religieuse de l’Iran contemporain, et Maîtresse de conférences à l’Inalco, pour une conférence intitulée : “L’éducation de soi par le corps dans le chiisme contemporain : l’exemple des marches pèlerines en Iran et en Irak”.

Résumé
Durant la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, l’accès aux sanctuaires d’Imāms situés en Iran et en Irak, principaux lieux de pèlerinage chiite, a été contraint par différents événements politiques, dont l’arrivée au pouvoir du régime baathiste irakien. La guerre Iran-Irak (1980-1988) a entraîné la fermeture des frontières entre ces deux pays, suivi d’une période de contrôle strict. La chute de Saddam Hussein en 2003, puis la mise en place de liaisons aériennes à bas coût reliant les principales villes saintes de ces pays les a rendues accessibles à un nombre croissant de pèlerins. Pourtant, depuis les années 2010, de nombreux fidèles choisissent de rejoindre ces sanctuaires en effectuant une partie du trajet à pied, dans le cadre de marches pèlerines organisées en des occasions liturgiques diverses. À titre d’exemple, en l’espace de quinze ans, la marche d’Arba‘īn, qui a lieu chaque année en Irak à l’occasion du quarantième jour de la mort de Ḥosayn ibn ‘Alī, est devenue un pèlerinage de masse. Bien que des estimations précises restent difficiles à obtenir, en 2019, près de trois millions d’Iraniens auraient parcouru le chemin reliant la ville de Najaf au sanctuaire de Ḥosayn à Karbala.
Si cette marche a été l’objet de plusieurs ouvrages en Iran, les études académiques en langues européennes consacrées à ce phénomène restent rares, et se concentrent principalement sur des observations ethnographiques ou l’analyse du contexte politique et social dans lequel il s’inscrit.
À travers l’analyse de discours de pèlerines et pèlerins iraniens, cette intervention s’attachera davantage à présenter les imaginaires et vécus des croyants lors de ces rituels, en se concentrant principalement sur la marche d’Arba‘īn. Nous tenterons ainsi d’appréhender ce que le corps en mouvement participe à produire en termes d’affects, de pensées et de représentations. Au-delà de la variété des propos, nous verrons la façon dont l’expérience de l’effort, de la fatigue, et de situations d’inconfort physique sont envisagés comme autant de mises à l’épreuve participant à une forme d’éducation de soi. Loin de rechercher un dolorisme exaltant un corps souffrant, nous montrerons comment la marche mobilise aussi un ensemble de techniques du corps et participe à cultiver un « souci de soi ».
Marcher est aussi un acte politique. En autorisant d’autres sociabilités et manières d’être au monde, elle permet de se rendre disponible à l’accueil de multiples présences, de questionner des hiérarchies sociales, et de façonner de nouvelles figures d’exemplarité. Nous étudierons ainsi la manière dont, face aux tentatives d’instrumentalisation étatique dont ils sont l’objet, ces rituels forment des espaces où s’expriment des désirs d’autonomie et participent à un mouvement plus large de remise en cause d’un biopouvoir exercé par des autorités politiques et religieuses.

Orientations bibliographiques
Géraldine CHATELARD, Sabrina MERVIN, « Arbaïn, un pèlerinage sous tension », Orient XXI, 2019, [en ligne].
Pedram KHOSRONEJAD (éd.), Saints and their Pilgrims in Iran and Neighbouring Countries, Wantage, Sean Kingston (« Anthropology of Persianate Societies » 1), 2012.
Mohsen Ḥesām MAZĀHERĪ (éd.), Piyādeh ravī-e arba‘īn, ta’amolāt-e jāme‘eh shenākhtī (La marche d’Arba‘īn, réflexions sociologiques), Ispahan, Ārmā, 2018.
Amélie NEUVE-EGLISE, « La marche d’Arba‘īn en Iran contemporain. Modalités de l’extension d’une temporalité sacrée entre logiques spirituelles et sociolopolitiques », Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions 193, janvier-mars 2021, p. 199-229.
Anne-Sophie VIVIER, « Le corps dans le chiisme populaire iranien : entre savâb et impureté », Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée 113-114, 2006, p. 125-149.
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 :
https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2023-2024/

1.HYBRID Panel Discussion on Book Launch “Jerusalem Through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades” by Prof. Jodi Magness (UNC-Chapel Hill), W. F. Albright Institute, 10 June 2024, 16:00 CEST

For followers of the three Abrahamic faiths, Jerusalem is the place where the presence of the God of Israel dwells. The book explores how this belief came to be associated with the city by introducing readers to its complex and layered history, including the most recent archaeological discoveries. Each chapter focuses on a key moment of transition from Jerusalem’s beginnings to the Middle Ages, providing a vivid narrative of the city’s many transformations as it changed hands and populations.

Information and registration:

https://mailchi.mp/aiar/announcement-jodi-magness-book-launch?e=4b7f78b915

2. Conference of the “Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (OTSA)”, Northwestern University, Evanston Campus, 25-27 October 2024

Proposals of papers and panels from any discipline in the humanities and the social sciences on themes dedicated to the study of the Ottoman Empire and modern/contemporary Turkey are welcome. We especially encourage proposals that address the state of the field of Ottoman and Turkish Studies, broadly construed.

Proposals from scholars at all levels of seniority are welcome.

Deadline for abstracts: 23 June 2024. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20034106/ottoman-and-turkish-studies-association-2024-conference-call

3. Workshop “Knowledge in the Islamic Court: Evidence, Proof, Procedure Symposium”, Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR), Rabat, 14-15 May 2025

Themes: How do qadis evaluate various evidentiary forms, and to what extent does this relate to discursive Islamic legal traditions? How are evidentiary forms produced and made probative before the qadi? What is the role of sensory perception? Etc. – Co-organizers: Dr. Nurul Huda Mohd. Razif (University of Bergen) and Dr. Ari Schriber (Utrecht University)

Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2024. Information: https://forms.gle/jk6unUFnTtEeVCNn8

4. Articles on “Transhumanism and Islam” for a Special Issue of the “Journal of Ethics and Emerging Technologies”

Themes: Philosophical reflections on the nature of humanity and enhancement within Islamic thought. – Theological perspectives on the ethical implications of transhumanism and biotechnologies in Kalam. – Islamic

legal perspectives on bioethical dilemmas and emerging biotechnologies. – Explorations of spirituality and

the human condition in relation to transhumanist aspirations. Etc.

Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2024.

Information: https://jeet.ieet.org/index.php/home/announcement/view/3

5. Legal Transformation in Muslim Societies, Volume 1 Issue 1 2024

https://revivalpress.co.uk/journal-issues

6. Hikmat International Institute (Qom)

The Tasnim Course is now open for registration. This intensive two-month, in-person program is designed for youths eager to explore various topics related to Islam, including principles of faith, faith in action, everyday ethics, and Islamic rulings (Ahkam).

Plus, participants will benefit from a special Tajweed program to enhance their Quran recitation skills.

For just $1500, enjoy over 100 sessions, accommodations, airport transfers, cultural activities, meetings with scholars, and visa assistance.
Course Dates: June 1 – July 31, 2024

Registration Deadline: May 31, 2024

https://hikmat-ins.com/tasnim-summer-course/

7. University of Idaho – Postdoctoral Fellow – International Relations
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67217

8. Zahra Mohaghegian, ‘The Qurʾān and Its Masculine God: A Historical Feminist Analysis’. Monday Majlis Online on the 27th of May, 17:00-18:30 (UK time)

Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter.

Register please on this link:  https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqduihpzkiE90GvS8Nmel8pGeLyHUyXQI6

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-55877-1

1.Pourdavoud Lecture Series Video Available: Elspeth Dusinberre

We are pleased to share with you the recorded lecture of Dr. Elspeth Dusinberre (University of Colorado-Boulder). She presented “The Collapse of Empire: Gordion’s Transition from the Achaemenid to the Hellenistic World” for the Pourdavoud Institute on February 21, 2024.

https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/video/the-collapse-of-empire-gordions-transition-from-the-achaemenid-to-the-hellenistic-world/

2. Call for Papers – Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiographies deadline 31st May 2024

Arabic Pasts is co-organized by Hugh Kennedy (SOAS), James McDougall (Oxford), Lorenz Nigst (AKU-ISMC), and Sarah Bowen Savant (AKU-ISMC)
Aga Khan Centre, London and online

3-5 October 2024 Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiographies
This annual exploratory and informal workshop offers the opportunity to reflect on methodologies, research agendas, and case studies for investigating history writing in Arabic in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond in any period from the seventh century to the present.
We are interested in papers that consider the practical and conceptual challenges of working on history writing in Arabic. Papers might elucidate the following sorts of questions:
How did adherents of different confessional or juristic traditions, men and women, and members of different social classes within societies that became “Islamic” imagine the shape and meaning of their specific societies’ own pasts, and their relation to the universal history of the Islamic community? Which ways of writing, remembering, or commemorating did they develop?
How can marginalised communities and varieties of Arabic be given due attention?
How can we broaden our scope beyond just textual historiography?
In what ways do educational institutions, museums, media organisations and proponents of heritage use history writing to shape loyalties and senses of belonging in society?
How can works of fiction contribute to our understanding of the past?
How is the past used in creative arts, re-enactment, games, and augmented reality?
How can we explore the past algorithmically? Can digital methods enhance our understanding of the past? Can they also limit or even alter it? Which new digital tools are being developed? What seem to be particularly promising approaches? What is lacking?
How does, or could, artificial intelligence alter historiographical work?
Contributions are invited from scholars at all career levels, addressing any period and any part of the Middle East and North Africa, broadly defined. This year we anticipate running the workshop from the Aga Khan Centre in London with the possibility to have an online component featuring participants who are unable to travel to the UK.
Arabic Pasts is co-convened by Hugh Kennedy (SOAS), James McDougall (Oxford), Lorenz Nigst (AKU-ISMC), and Sarah Bowen Savant (AKU-ISMC).
Please submit an abstract of 300 words or less in word document by Friday, 31 May 2024to ArabicPastsConf@aku.edu . Please specify whether you wish to participate in London or online.

The workshop dates: 3-5 October 2024. For more information, please click here.
The workshop is held in English.

3. “Wondrous intricacy: the place of ‘carpet pages’ in Islamic art” by Dr Umberto Bongianino
Time: 5.30pm – 7.30pm BST

Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2024

Venue: Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, 22A Old Court Place, W8 4PL, London 



Register to attend in-person: https://Alfurqan-Bongianino-talk.eventbrite.co.uk

4. Journée d’étude “Panorama sur la littérature pashto contemporaine en exil” – 21 mai 2024 – Maison de la recherche de l’Inalco

Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à la journée d’étude “Panorama sur la littérature pashto contemporaine en exil“, qui se tiendra à la Maison de la recherche de l’INaLCO, 2 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris (Salle LO.01), le 21 mai 2024 (10h-17h30).

Cette journée est organisée par :

• Sarah Hermann, doctorante en socio-anthropologie (INaLCO, UMR 8041 – CeRMI)
• Matteo De Chiara, Professeur de pashto, (INaLCO, UMR 8041 – CeRMI)

Avec le soutien de l’école doctorale de l’INaLCO et du projet ANR PLIC (Pashto Literature between Identity and Contact / La littérature pashto entre identité et contact)

Vous retrouverez le programme et les informations détaillées de la journée sur le site web du CeRMI :

https://cermi.cnrs.fr/journee-detudes-panorama-sur-la-litterature-pashto-contemporaine-en-exil/

Accès aux locaux

L’INaLCO a mis en place des mesures supplémentaires d’accès au bâtiment (voir les détails : http://www.inalco.fr/actualite/communique-inalco-passe-posture-vigipirate-urgence-attentat)

Toute personne extérieur à l’établissement, devra se munir d’une pièce d’identité valable, et présenter le programme imprimé de la journée à l’accueil si nécessaire.

5. The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Invisible East Programme at the University of Oxford present a new series of monthly online seminars about archives and documents. 

Convened by Arezou Azad and Mohamad Tavakoli, the seminars are held monthly online, via Zoom.

Register for the full series at this link.

https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvd-GvqjgoGdM0BEPAFqUSCvO6E-57kwAp#/registration

6. Christian C. Sahner, The Definitive Zoroastrian Critique of Islam, Monday Majlis Online, 20th of May, 17: 00-18:30 (UK time)

Christian C. Sahner 

The Definitive Zoroastrian Critique of Islam

Monday Majlis Online on the 20^th of May, 17: 00-18:30 (UK time)

Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter.

Register please on this link: 

https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMude6urjooGN0CQOy5AXHdP5ucq6RcGx3Z

7. Course “Digital Analysis of Prosopographical Data”

On 16-20 September 2024, the School of Arabic Studies (EEA, CSIC) will host the course “Digital Analysis of Prosopographical Data (with the programming language R)”, organized by Mayte Penelas (EEA, CSIC) and Maxim Romanov (Universität Hamburg). Víctor Ropero (EEA, CSIC) is the secretary of the course. It will be taught by Maxim Romanov (Universität Hamburg), with the collaboration of Covadonga Baratech Soriano (ILC, CSIC), Alicia González Martínez (Universität Hamburg) and Hamid Reza Hakimi (Universität Hamburg).

This course is designed to provide a practical introduction to the R programming language, with a specific focus on analyzing prosopographical data for historians. The primary dataset we will study in this course is the Prosopografía de ulemas de al-Andalus (PUA) Project (https://www.eea.csic.es/pua/), which contains the most extensive information on Muslim scholars from al-Andalus. It is is organized within the framework of the projects Al-Andalus and the Magrib in the Islamic East: mobility, migration and memory, AMOI-II (PID2020-116680GB-I00, funded by MICIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) and The Evolution of Islamic Societies (c.600-1600 CE): Algorithmic Analysis into Social History (funded by the German Research Foundation [DFG] within the framework of the Emmy Noether Program).

For further information, please contact us at course.amoi-eis@eea.csic.es.

https://www.eea.csic.es/actividades-eea/course-digital-analysis-of-prosopographical-data/

https://www.csic.es/es/node/126208

8. Online: Please join the National Museum of Asian Art online on Tuesday, May 28, 12–1 pm EDT, for Ancient Yemen: Looking East and West.

Ancient Yemen was a cultural and economic hub that reached its height between the 1st millennium BCE and the turn of the CE. The ancient kingdoms that ruled in Yemen were key players in the establishment of the incense trade, which fostered economic as well as cultural exchanges between neighboring and distant regions.
This program looks at ancient Yemen’s relationship in a broader geographical context. In particular, it will discuss the recent research in Ethiopia that has shed light on the close relationship of Yemen with east Africa and will look at Yemen’s connection eastward with India.
Speakers Include: 
Dr. Iris Gerlach, Head of the Sanaa Branch, German Archaeological Institute, Oriental Department, Germany
Dr. Alexia Pavan, University L’Orientale of Naples, Italy

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Contact Information

Lizzie Stein, Scholarly Programs and Publications Specialist

National Museum of Asian Art

Contact Email

AsiaScholarlyProgram@si.edu

URL

https://asia.si.edu/whats-on/events/search/event:174268338/

9. Call for Papers: Translation and Multilingualism in the Premodern Islamic World(s), Institute of Islamic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

focusing on the role of translation and multilingualism in the premodern Islamic world(s). The conference will be held in person from November 15th to 16th, 2024, at the Institute of Islamic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. You can access the Call for Papers (CFP) through this link:

 https://www.academia.edu/119236124/Call_for_Papers_Translation_and_Multilingualism_in_the_Premodern_Islamic_World_s_Institute_of_Islamic_Studies_Freie_Universit%C3%A4t_Berlin_Germany_15_16_November_2024_organized_by_Hany_Rashwan_United_Arab_Emirates_University_UAE_and_Florian_Zemmin_Freie_Universit%C3%A4t_Berlin_Germany_

10. The Tenth Biennial Convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies

ASPS/Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies

August 12-16, 2025

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

CALL FOR PAPERS:

The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) is pleased to announce

its Tenth Biennial Convention, to take place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, August 12-16,

2025. The meeting will be hosted by Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies.

The Deadline for Submission of Abstracts is October 31, 2024.

https://www.persianatesocieties.org/abstracts_form/

11. ONLINE Table ronde « Actualités de la recherche en islamologie à l’IFEA », Institut Francais d`Etudes Anatoliennes (IFEA), Istanbul, 21 mai 2024, 9h00 – 11:00 CEST

L’objectif de cette table ronde est de présenter la jeune recherche en islamologie à l’IFEA, dont les sujets, les matériaux documentaires et les méthodes ne s’inscrivent pas nécessairement dans ce cadre. Il s’agira ainsi de mettre en dialogue des pratiques de l’islamologie, en revenant sur l’apport de chacune, en interrogeant les sources et les méthodes et en réfléchissant sur les frontières entre les disciplines.

Information et inscription : https://www.ifea-istanbul.net/index.php/fr/evenements/eve-hist/table-ronde-actualites-de-la-recherche-en-islamologie-a-l-ifea

12. Journée d’études “Normes et pratiques dans la documentation juridique islamique (II)”, CRH, Paris, 4 juin 2024, 9h30 – 17h30 CEST

La journée d’études, organisée par Naveen Kanalu Ramamurthy (CRH, Ladéhis-GEHM), a pour objectif d’analyser la relation entre les normes et les pratiques dans la documentation juridique islamique. Dans une perspective comparative, elle s’attachera à faire émerger et à expliciter tant les similarités que les divergences existantes entre les grandes puissances de la terre d ’Islam où prévalait le droit musulman.

Information et programme : http://crh.ehess.fr/index.php?9338

13. Stage intensif de langue arabe: “Option recherche sciences humaines et sociales”, IRMC Tunis, 19 juin – 16 juillet 2024

Ce cours comprend 100 heures de cours : 60 heures d’arabe littéral, 25 heures d’arabe dialectal et 15 heures de cours d’arabe appliqué aux SHS.

Inscription au plus tard le 31 mai 2024. Information : https://irmcmaghreb.org/stage-intensif-de-langue-arabe/