Archive for May, 2024

Introducing: Studies in Shiʿi Materiality
Series editors: Karen Ruffle, University of Toronto & Babak Rahimi, University of California, San Diego

This new, interdisciplinary book series is the first dedicated to material practices, ritual, embodiment and the sensorium in Shiʿism, seeking to understand Islamic practices in everyday contexts from a broad historical and theoretical perspective.

> Focuses on lived Shiʿism as a lived tradition that is multiplex and creative rather than singular in expression
> Engages with all periods of history
> Features studies of Shiʿi communities including Ithna ʿAshari, Ismaʿili (Nizari and Tayyibi), Zaydi, Druze, Bektashi, Alevi, Nusayri, and ʿAlid traditions including Sufism
> Covers Shiʿi and ʿAlid traditions in South, Central and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Turkey, the Caucasus, Africa, Europe, North America and Australia
> Encourages interdisciplinary approaches and methods

Find out more on the Studies in Shiʿi Materiality series page.

Bahrain pardoned 1584 unjustly jailed prisoners, yet 600 remain behind bars and on death row

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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.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20030160/announcing-middle-east-medievalists-mem-biennial-dissertation-prize

 

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.

Information: https://www.history-archaeology.uoc.gr/en/graduate-studies/programs-of-post-graduate-studies/joint-english-language-m-a-program-in-ottoman/?lang=en

 

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

The 2024 Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies final programme can be viewed online here: www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-2024, including

The Science of Hadith Across Time and Tradition
Chair: Haroon Sidat (Cardiff University)
Ahmed Ragab Abu Zayd (University of Wales TSD), The Historicity of Biographical Sources on Ḥadīth Narrators: Why Al-Mizzī’s Tahdhīb Al-Kamāl Is Larger than Its Source?
Zachary Wright (Northwestern University), Sufism and Hadith Scholarship in the Eighteenth Century: the Writings of Muḥammad Ḥayāt al-Sindī
Haider Hobballah (Al-Mahdi Institute), The Emergence of the Hadith Critique Movement in the Twentieth Century Shīʿī Context: The Case of Abū al-Faḍl al-Burqaʾī
Amina Inloes (The Islamic College), Eclipses and Lament in Twelver Shīʿī Ḥadīth

Global Perspectives on Gender, Identity and Society
Chair: Alyaa Ebbiary (University of Lancaster)
Giammarco Mancinelli (École pratique des hautes études), Second generations and the mosque in Italy: Feminisation without feminism
Muhammad Tajri (Al-Mahdi Institute), Denying Dichotomy?: The Intersection of LGB Shīʿa Muslims
Ummul Fayiza Puthiya Peedikayil (University of Warwick), Muslim Women’s Rights and the Codification of Muslim Personal Law in India: Revisiting the Enactment of Muslim Women Act 1986
Ayesha Ulhaq (University of Cambridge) A qualitative study of Muslim women’s safety and resilience in the face of individual and cultural trauma in Britain

Of Coming and Becoming: Muslim Identities in Europe
Chair: Alyaa Ebbiary (University of Lancaster)
Jaffer A Mirza (King’s College London), The early Shi’a religious spaces in Britain (1960s-1970s)
Sayed Mahdi Mosawi (University of Edinburgh), Religious Dynamics in Transition: A Study of Hazara Migrants in Scotland
Akif Tahiiev (Goethe University Frankfurt), Becoming a Shia in Russia: understanding the reasons of Conversion to Shi’ism in Russia
Thijl Sunier (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Branding Islam: Claims-Making, Knowledge Production and Academic legitimation

Sufi Knowledge Production in Pre-Modern Islam
Chair: Saeko Yazaki (University of Glasgow)
Faris Abdel-hadi (University of Exeter), The Aporia of Interpreting a Premodern Andalusian Mystic: Ibn ʿArabī’s Religious Pluralism
Eyad Abuali (Cardiff University), Space, Affect, and Imagination in the Transmission of Knowledge in medieval Sufism
Zoheir Esmail (Al-Mahdi Institute), Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī and the Oneness of Being in al-Muḥīṭ al-Aʿẓam
Bronislav Ostřanský (Czech Academy of Sciences), Sufi Dreams as a Tool of Spiritual Guidance: The Example of al-Risāla al-Qushayrīya

1.Short video about the life of Johns Haskell Shedd:

PHS LIVE: Presbyterian Mission in Persia and the Life of John Haskell Shedd

 

 

2. A Literary History of Medicine

The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah (5 Volumes)

Editors: Emilie Savage-Smith,
Simon Swain, and
Geert Jan van Gelder

Brill 2024

Now in paperback and Open Access: Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah’s “A Literary History of Medicine”. This is the earliest comprehensive history of medicine, containing biographies of over 400 physicians, their practices and collaborations across Islamic, Christian, and Jewish societies. These 5 volumes present the first complete and annotated translation along with a new edition of the Arabic text showing the stages in which the author composed the work. Read and download here.

 

3. Three Philosophical Epistles

By Sa‘īd b. Dādhurmuz (fl. 5/11)

Mazda, 2024

http://www.mazdapublishers.com/book/Three%20Philosophical%20Epistles

 

 

4. HEDAYAT ON RELIGION

Edited by:

R. Ghanoonparvar and Paul Sprachman.

With Contributions by:

Iraj Bashiri

Michael Beard

Mehdi Khorrami

Nasrin Rahimieh

Mazda, 2024

http://www.mazdapublishers.com/book/hedayat-on-religion

 

 

5. Ahmad Kasravi, SUPERSTITIONS

Translated from the Persian By:

R. Ghanoonparvar

Mazda, 2024

http://www.mazdapublishers.com/book/superstitions

 

6. AKU-ISMC: 15 May 2024 Virtual Open Day

Join AKU-ISMC students, staff and academics online for a Virtual Open Day at 12:00 -13:00 (London Time) to explore educational study options at AKU-ISMC (Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations) and discover the various opportunities we have to offer.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aku-ismc-virtual-open-day-may-tickets-871653889247?aff=oddtdtcreator&_gl=1%2Atr7trm%2A_up%2AMQ..%2A_ga%2AMTgwOTY0ODk3MS4xNzE1MDkzMTI4%2A_ga_TQVES5V6SH%2AMTcxNTA5MzEyNy4xLjEuMTcxNTA5MzE5OS4wLjAuMA

The Aga Khan University Institute’s for the Study of Muslim Civilisations

Handyside Street
London, | N1C 4DN United Kingdom

 

 

7. Prof Sajjad Rizvi Inaugural Lecture – ‘For the love of wisdom’: Philosophy as a Way of Life in the World of Islam’

Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter, LT1 and 2 (or via MS Teams)

Monday 13th May, 16:00 – 17:00 (UK time).

Please see the details and register on the link below:

https://www.exeter.ac.uk/events/details/index.php?event=14013

 

 

 

8. ONLINE Webinar “Fifty Shades of Collecting: Jean Pozzi and his Islamic Collection”, with Negar Habibi

British Institute of Persian Studies 22 May, 2024, 5:00 pm UK Time

This talk aims to document the life and art collecting career of Jean Pozzi (1885-1967), a French plenipotentiary Minister in Iran (in 1935) and Egypt (1939-1942). Over the course of nearly 60 years, Pozzi collected more than 3500 art objects in his Parisian apartment, including textiles, carpets, manuscripts, album folios, ceramics, and tiles from the Islamic lands and beyond. Despite this, his career remains largely unexplored today, mainly due to the fact that his collection was widely dispersed to various museums, auction houses and heirs after his death. We examine specifically his first collection catalogue, commented on and published by Edgar Blochet in 1930. Reviewing the keen Parisian interest in “Oriental” arts and crafts, and especially their appeal to renowned French couturiers and designers, we argue that Jean Pozzi’s catalogue may be seen as one of the persuasive Persian collections of the early twentieth century, providing the forms and tones that French industries of textile design and fashion sought before World War II.

Information and registration:

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5517108616181/WN_MskJQ0MwSAK1rhYFOYQ-eQ#/registration

 

 

9. CfP: until 15 May 2024: Ethnolinguistic cartography (18th – 21st centuries) in comparative perspective

Ethnolinguistic maps are an important genre of modern political cartography. The genre originated in Europe at the end of the eighteenth century and subsequently experienced a tumultuous development, mainly due to the organisation of statistical censuses, the development of printing technologies, the efforts of states to territorialise (centralise), and the growth of modern nationalism. With the development of mass literacy and mass politics, ethnographic maps became an important medium of public debate. Various drawing techniques emerged to serve the political goals of national movements and the territorial aspirations of nation-states. Ethnolinguistic maps became part of school curricula, political agitation and national conflicts. They became an important argument in the post-war negotiations on new borders. They were also an important propaganda tool for movements seeking the territorial revision of ‘unjust’ borders. However, there were also efforts at inter-ethnic cooperation in cartography and innovations aimed at ‘scientific’ and neutral cartography, such as the dot method. After 1945, the genre lost much of its political potential due to the discrediting of the idea of territorial expansion in Europe, but it experienced a rebirth during post-communist ethnic conflicts (post-Soviet, post-Yugoslav countries) or ethno-religious conflicts in the Near East.

The theme of the workshop will be to analyse the development of ethnolinguistic maps in Europe and other regions of the world from different perspectives from the 18th to the 21st century. In particular, we encourage papers that address the following questions:

• How has the genre developed from its origins to the present day?
• What were the specificities of ethnolinguistic mapping in different European or non-European regions/states?
• How did ethnolinguistic mapping manifest itself during wars, peace negotiations and attempts to revise borders?
• What was the relationship between ethnolinguistic mapping and ethnic statistics?
• What was the relationship between ethnolinguistic maps and other specialised map genres (dialect maps, town plans, historical atlases)?
• How can the transfer and comparative perspectives be applied to the study of ethnolinguistic maps?
• How did ethnolinguistic maps serve the purposes of political propaganda? Do they represent specific sites of memory?

The deadline for submitting abstracts (300 words) and a short CV is 15 May 2024. Authors will then be notified of the acceptance or rejection of their proposals by 31 May 2024. Each participant will have 20 minutes for their presentation and there will be time for questions and answers at the end of the presentation. Travel within Europe and accommodation will be covered by the organisers. The organisers plan to publish selected papers either in the conference proceedings or in a thematic section of an open-access scholarly journal.

Contact Information

Jitka Močičková, Ph.D.
Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Prague 9
Czech Republic
www.hiu.cas.cz

Contact Email

mocickova@hiu.cas.cz

URL

https://www.hiu.cas.cz/en/events/ethnolinguistic-cartography-18th-21st-centurie…

W.M. Watt Lecture
Arabic has been taught at the University of Edinburgh for over 260 years, and today our department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) is globally recognised as a leading centre in the field.
From his appointment as Lecturer in Arabic in 1947, until his retirement as Professor in 1979, William Montgomery Watt made an outstanding contribution both to Islamic scholarship and to the development of IMES.
The inaugural Watt Lecture was launched in November 2015 to mark the 50th anniversary of Watt’s Inaugural Lecture as the first Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Scotland.

The 2024 lecture
We are delighted to welcome Professor Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi (École Pratique des Hautes Études – Sorbonne) to deliver the seventh annual W.M. Watt Lecture.
For more information and to register, click here.

At the upcoming Ninth Annual International Conference on Shi‘i Studies, 11 May, 2024, ICAS Press will celebrate its silver jubilee with the release of its largest publication to date: Al-Asfa, A 17th-Century Shi‘i Exegesis of the Qur’an by Mulla Muhsin Fayd Kashani.

All other ICAS Press books will be available at a 40% discount.

See the conference schedule and register here.

Zahra Ali Syed
Towards a Sustainable Arbaeen: Advocating for a Plastic-Free Pilgrimage in Iraq
Wednesday (exceptionally) Majlis Online on the 15th 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/tJwtfu6urTMjHNQIy-gFG9vRSwPaXwi1smsB

1. Workshop “Teaching Islam in the Contemporary World”, Shenandoah University, Leesburg, VA, 7-8 August 2024

The workshop addresses pedagogical approaches and techniques in teaching various topics in contemporary Islam. These may include, but are not limited to, teaching scriptures, Islamic law, history, social and political issues, theology, and gender. Workshop faculty will present successful teaching strategies in their respective field and lead the discussion on topics related to teaching contemporary Islam.

Application deadline: 31 May 32024.

Information: https://www.contemporaryislam.org/teachingcontemporaryislamworkshop.html

 

 

 

 

2. HYBRID “10th International Congress on Turkology”, Research Institute of Turkology, Istanbul University, 12-13 November 2024

The primary objective of the congress is to evaluate the scholarly and institutional trajectory of Turkology studies while reflecting on the past century of the institution.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2024.

Information: https://turkiyat.istanbul.edu.tr/en/content/turkology-congress/about-congress

 

 

 

 

3. 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

 

 

 

 

4. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Special Issue on Challenges of ChatGPT in English Language Teaching, Learning, and Academic Publications

https://awej.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AWEJ-ChatGPT-April-2024-Full-Issue.pdf

 

 

 

5. Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands) seeks to fill two PhD positions (4 years) in the field of Arabic Philosophy and History of Knowledge and ask you to forward this information to promising students who are in the process of completing their MA degree.

The ERC project “Avicenna Live: The Immediate Context of Avicenna’s Intellectual Formation” (short: ALIVE, more information here) investigates the intellectual development of Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā, d. 428/1037) and studies some documents of his teachers and students in relation to his philosophy. A good or very good grasp of the classical Arabic language is required, as both sub-projects are dedicated to sources that have not yet been translated and have been little researched.

Some details:

• Available are two fully funded doctoral positions for a total of four years.
• The monthly gross salary is €2.770 in the first year and increases annually to €3.539 in the fourth year.
• The positions also include a travel allowance, which can be used to offer lectures or attend conferences and workshops.
• Various academic skills are also trained during the project period, such as organising one’s own academic events.
• The project and the positions are integrated into the “Center for the History of Philosophy and Science” (CHPS) and participate in its internal and external activities.
• Application deadline: 31 May 2024 // envisaged starting date: 01 September 2024

For further information on the positions, please visit the website: https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-candidates-history-of-philosophy-in-the-islamic-world-alive-project. A direct application can be submitted via this link: https://ru.varbi.com/en/apply/positionquick/719989.

 

 

 

6. Courtauld Institute of Art – Postdoctoral Fellow: Mongol Connections

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67172

Closing date: May 20, 2024

 

 

 

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

With our best regards,

Maribel Fierro and Mayte Penelas

Contact Information

Maribel Fierro, Mayte Penelas, Maxim Romanov

Contact Email

maxim.romanov@uni-hamburg.de

URL

https://www.eea.csic.es/actividades-eea/course-digital-analysis-of-prosopograph…

 

 

 

8. Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to announce its biennial prize for the best dissertation on the medieval Middle East (roughly 500-1500 CE).

In an effort to recognize excellent doctoral research in the field, MEM will award the second biennial prize at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, which will be held virtually in November 2024.

Requirements for submission:

1. Dissertations must have been filed and defended between 1 June 2022 and 31 May 2024.
2. Applicants must be current members of Middle East Medievalists. To join MEM or renew your membership please go to: https://www.middleeastmedievalists.com/membership-form./

Submission instructions:

1. Please send a PDF of the dissertation to Amanda Hannoosh Steinberg at asteinberg@fas.harvard.edu.
2. No external nominations or letters of support are required.
3. Deadline for submissions is 30 June 2024.

About MEM: Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the medieval Middle East, expansively defined to include all geographies with prominent Muslim political, religious, or social presences, at some point between the rough parameters of 500-1500 CE. As part of its effort to promote scholarship and facilitate communication among its members, MEM publishes a peer-reviewed, open access journal, Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: the Journal of the Middle East Medievalists.

 

 

 

9. The 2024 E-International Relations Article Award

E-International Relations invites PhD students and early career academics to prepare articles outlining novel ideas that contribute to a better understanding of international relations.
The deadline: 2nd August 2024
The prize: publication on the E-International Relations website and £1000 in book vouchers from Edinburgh University Press and other academic publishers!
Enter now: https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fddlnk.net%2Fc%2FAQjSfRCUsPMGGPmorJQFIOWq1J0BEvWHjvf1cogV2CCqhDWrvei9gYBhONzV97vnIHrtQ-U&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cd1f1f1abe72e4834036008dc6e7caf27%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638506728994901756%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=dmz9gXHA9Zb9XwiG8Jsk%2FsoB89oGtN3jPPKMNe9QmxE%3D&reserved=0

 

 

 

10. The Society for the History of Discoveries is putting out its annual call for exemplary student research.  

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student who has written about frontiers and expansion or other discovery-related topics? Read on! 

Do you have particularly promising students who have written relevant papers or work broadly in these categories? Send them our way! 

Areas of eligible research include:  voyages of exploration, travel narratives, biography relevant to the history of discoveries and exploration, history of geographic discoveries, cartography, the technologies of travel, impact of travel and cultural exchange, and other aspects of geographic discovery and exploration.

Who is Eligible:  Students from any part of the globe currently enrolled in a college or university degree program and who will not have received a doctoral degree prior to 1 June of the submission year.
The Research Paper:  An eligible research paper shall be original and unpublished, written in English, between 3,000 and 8,000 words, plus footnotes or endnotes. Papers written for college or university class assignments are encouraged, but students may write specifically for this prize. A reasonable amount of illustrative and tabular material will be welcome, but is not required.

The awardee in the graduate student category will receive a prize of $500.00 (US) and the awardee in the undergraduate category will receive a prize of $250 (US). The Society will invite both winners to present a version of their paper at the annual meeting of the Society for the History of Discoveries. SHD will provide information about the conference to the awardee upon notification of the award, including details concerning costs and travel funding. Acceptance of the prize is not contingent upon your ability to attend the conference. Additionally, SHD will invite the awardees to submit their winning papers to the society’s peer reviewed journal, Terrae Incognitae, for which it will undergo the usual review process prior to formal acceptance for publication, of which there is no guarantee.

For more information on submission format and eligibility see https://discoveryhistory.org/student-prize

Questions?  Contact Dr. Mylynka Kilgore Cardona, Committee Chair, at mylynka.cardona@tamuc.edu

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  1 June, 2024  

Contact Information

Dr. Mylynka Kilgore Cardona

Contact Email

mylynka.cardona@tamuc.edu

URL

https://discoveryhistory.org/student-prize

 

 

 

 

11. Opan Access: Fallacies in the Arabic, Byzantine, Hebrew and Latin Traditions 

Editors Leone Gazziero, Laurent Cesalli, Charles H. Manekin, Shahid Rahman, Tony Street, and Michele Trizio

Book series: Ad argumenta, 4

Place: publisher, year: Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2023

Pages: 272 p.

https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/book/10.1484/M.ADARG-EB.5.135309?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2o9HtmJHjkAXVHZGTLqJbICxv6twoM9LdfWUgRfGBBZkeoTWXysMIX-5c_aem_Ae7tXxgYXz1aH6PD1IyOvFdl-9iSIvis1fae-JX79cQcAFkW8UxW4Xhz3HB-7L0v-vAB9fRctsnEsF51fYcOO8jb