Archive for May 14th, 2024
Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Book Talk Sinem Arcak Casale (University of Arizona), QhoD, Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies, Vienna, 23 May 2024, 18:00 h CEST
Sinem Erdoğan İşkorkutan will talk on her book: “The 1720 Imperial Circumcision Celebrations in Istanbul: Festivity and Representation in the Early Eighteenth Century”
Deadline for registration: 20 May 2024.
Information: https://qhod.net/context:qhod/sdef:Context/get?mode=activities&locale=en
2. HYBRID International Conference “Modern Challenges to Islamic Law: Exploring New Pathways”, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, 6-7 June 2024
This international conference in honour of Prof. Shaheen Sardar Ali (University of Warwick, UK) takes up the urgent issues of modernity that Islamic law is faced with in various ways, including Islamic constitutionalism, family law reform in the Muslim world, and the epistemology of Islamic law by looking at how Islamic law is being taught.
Information and registration: https://www.mpipriv.de/1790969/6-7-june-2024-modern-challenges-to-islamic-law-exploring-new-pathways.html
3. PhD Position in the Project “ALiDiM – Arabic Linguistic Discourse in the Making”, Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca` Foscari University of Venice
Applicants should hold a master’s degree in a field pertinent to the PhD program and possess a keen interest in Arabic linguistics and text analysis. A background in Arabic studies and knowledge of Arabic and English are essential, while additional experience in linguistics, philology and DH is advantageous. Candidates shall submit a proposal for research that they aim to pursue.
Deadline for applications: 23 May 2024.
Information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CaYKHHYNHlEhowl-BLfUozosaZWXbHE-/view
4. Postdoctoral Fellowship (1 Year) on “Primary Sources in Early Arabic Grammatical Texts”, Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca` Foscari University of Venice
Using a text-based approach, the project will study key Arabic linguistic works from the 7th to the 10th century, considering both local Arab-Islamic frameworks and external influences. Ultimately, the project seeks to develop a new understanding of the origin and formation of the Arabic linguistic tradition, tracing origins and reception of the linguistic themes and identifying the factors that contributed to the process of language standardization of Classical Arabic.
Deadline for applications: 21 May 2024.
Information: https://apps.unive.it/common2/file/download/assegni_ricerca/662116de21adf
5. Prize for the best Dissertation on the Medieval Middle East (500-1500 CE), Middle East Medievalists (MEM)
Requirements: Dissertations must have been filed and defended between 1 June 2022 and 31 May 2024.
Applicants must be current members of Middle East Medievalists or should join MEM .
Deadline for applications: 30 June 2024.
6. Joint English-language M.A. Program in Ottoman History (2 Years), Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete/Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FORTH
Students are required to complete: Five history courses (four in Ottoman History, and one in Medieval or Modern History); four Turkish language courses; four Ottoman language and palaeography courses. Furthermore, students are required to write an original M.A. thesis based on the critical analysis of Ottoman archival, epigraphic or narrative sources.
Deadline for applications: 20 May 2024.
7. Articles for a Special Issue of “Archiv orientální (ArOr) – The Journal of African and Asian Studies”
Archiv orientalní (http://aror.orient.cas.cz) is an indexed, peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the cultures and societies of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Deadline for abstracts: 19 May 2024.
Information: https://aror.orient.cas.cz/index.php/ArOr/announcement
8. The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) will offer two seven-week intensive summer Arabic programs on AUB campus from June 19 to August 7, 2024.
The Arabic Language and Culture program is designed for students interested in developing overall proficiency in Arabic in both its Standard and Lebanese varieties. Emphasis is placed on the development of the various skills within a communicative, proficiency-based framework that perceives Arabic in all its varieties as “one language” and thus integrates standard Arabic and Lebanese colloquial within the same course, and that gives special attention to the development of intercultural competence in Arabic. The program provides instruction at different levels of proficiency from elementary to high advanced.
The Colloquial Lebanese Arabic program offers intensive instruction at the elementary, intermediate and advanced levels. The program is designed for learners who want to devote their attention to the development of proficiency in Lebanese Arabic and thus places heavy emphasis on the speaking and listening skills and on building/enhancing intercultural competence.
Both programs provide intensive instruction and immersion in the language and culture through a rigorous academic program that is complemented by an integrated series of films, lectures, clubs, field trips, and community service activities. Students receive 9 credit hours that they can transfer to their home institutions.
The application deadline is on June 7, 2024.
For detailed information about the academic content of the programs, how to apply, costs, and financial support, please visit our website: https://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/cames/sap/Pages/default.aspx
- May 14, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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