Archive for May 28th, 2024
Shii News – Academic Items
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 Of Joy & Sorrow is a compilation of the unpublished travelogues of Doustali-Khan Moayer al-Mamalek (1876 – 1966) and Mirza Hassan Khan Mostowfi al-Mamalek (1871 – 1932) while accompanying Mozaffar al-Din Shah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.
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–15th 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 3rd of June, 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
Registration is required. Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpdeyqrjwqE9bs2VxW1A5HfvsnOFHSuV6F
- May 28, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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