Archive for August 3rd, 2024
Shii News – Academic Items
1.CfP: session on Labor and Power in Global Context at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 2025
The Great Lakes Adiban Society would like to invite abstracts for the session we are sponsoring, “Labor and Power in Global Context,” at the 60th annual meeting of the International Congress on Medieval Studies to be held May 8-10th 2025 in Kalamazoo, MI. Paper proposals are due by September 15th.
We invite proposals that consider labor as an aspect of the Global Middle Ages including:
1) History literary or other representations of labor, as well as labor itself, in the medieval world, especially from regions outside of Western Europe or via comparative approaches with Western Europe
2) The relationship between labor and geography, including labor as an aspect of the geographical imaginary, as in the figure of the Chinese artificer in Persian epic poetry, or the relationship between labor and travel, such as depictions of the travails of pilgrimage to Jerusalem or Mecca, or the role of commercial agents in transregional commerce.
Through these two topics we hope both to expand the geographical scope of the history of labor and to incorporate greater cognizance of labor into our understanding of medieval globality (or transregionality). Thus, this session can accommodate a great variety of understandings of and approaches to labor, including economic history and history of work, productive suffering, spiritual athleticism, and “greater” (inner) or “lesser” (outer) jihad (struggle), or labor as a constitutive element of social and political hierarchy.
To submit your paper proposal, go to ICMS’s website https://icms.confex.com/icms/2025/cfp.cgi , open the Sponsored and Special Sessions of Papers menu, find our panel, “Labor and Power in Global Context” and click the Begin a Submission button.
Paper proposals require the author’s name, affiliation and contact information; a title and an abstract (300 words) for consideration by session organizer(s); and a short description (50 words) that may be made public, if the proposal is accepted. A full guide to paper proposals is available at the website.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at greatlakesadibansociety@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
2. Feudal Relations in Iran, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, 1500–1900
Ilya P Petrushevsky (Author), Willem M Floor (Author)
Mage, 2024
https://magepublishers.com/feudal-relations-in-iran-azerbaijan-armenia-1500-1900/
3. CfP: The panel “The Art of Porous Borders from Eurasian Antiquity to the Mongol era” is open to submissions for the 2025 CAA Conference in New York City.
You can find the full panel abstract here:
https://caa.confex.com/caa/2025/webprogrampreliminary/Session14425.html
Should you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the panel chair Dr. Petya Andreeva at pandreeva@vassar.edu.
The submission deadline is August 29.
4. Zoom – Arabic Transliteration for Academics, Publishers and Librarians 2024
5 December, 2024
AKU-ISMC’s new Centre for the Languages of the Muslim World is delighted to offer this short course as part of its Professional Development series. Arabic Transliteration for Academics, Publishers and Librarians is aimed at professionals, scholars and students who work with Arabic text and would like to acquire knowledge of transliteration systems and gain or improve their practical transliteration skills under the guidance of experienced tutors.
5. CFP: Presents and Futures of Islamic Philosophy at UC Berkeley
Thursday, April 3 and Friday, April 4 2025
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Zahra Ayubi (Dartmouth College)
General Description: In a world in which the humanities are increasingly marginalized, what is the importance of the study of Islamic philosophy? How might traditional texts speak to present crises and concerns? How do contemporary, new ventures within the field engage in the present moment? How does Islamic philosophy serve not only as an object of study, but also as a living tradition and repertoire of wisdom in our contemporary age? Furthermore, how do we, as scholars of the 21st century, wield the ways in which we have been shaped by our own circumstances to grant us insights into this medieval tradition, and how might we navigate the many prejudices that color our readings?
Recognizing and asserting the dynamism of Islamic philosophy, in both historical and lived forms, this conference seeks to explore its capacity to serve as a resource for thinking through and responding to modern concerns, to shape moral imagination, and to encourage innovative, embodied, or humanitarian scholarly methods. In so doing, we seek to consider and cultivate the future directions of a rapidly diversifying field.
The conference is organized in conjunction with thslamic Philosophy in Conversation” working group, led by Dr. Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed (UC Berkeley) and Dr. Elizabeth Sartell (Lewis University). While all paper submissions will be given equal consideration, the conference aligns itself with the goals of the working group. We therefore encourage submissions from a diverse group of applicants, especially emerging scholars of Islamic philosophy who identify as female, non-binary, or as belonging to a historically-marginalized group.
Conference Structure: The conference will include two traditional panels (15-20 minutes per presenter) as well as longer sessions workshopping the papers of two emerging scholars. Additionally, we will engage in a discussion of a primary text in translation, as well as a keynote lecture, both led by Dr. Zahra Ayubi.
Please note that we plan to publish the proceedings of this conference as a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal. All participants should be open to submitting their papers as part of this issue. Participants should therefore present work that is in-progress rather than already published.
Logistics: The conference will be held at the University of California, Berkeley on Thursday, April 3 and Friday, April 4, 2025.
Funding: The conference will fund round-trip economy travel for all presenters to Berkeley, CA. The conference will also provide lodging for graduate student and non-tenure track faculty presenters. Tenured and tenure-track faculty without access to institutional funding may request lodging as well; requests will be evaluated based on need and availability.
Applying: To apply, email your C.V. as well as a title and abstract of 500-750 words to FalsafaInConversation@gmail.com by October 1, 2024. Additionally, kindly indicate if you prefer to present on a traditional panel (15-20 minute presentation) or to workshop your paper. Participants will be notified of their acceptance in November 2024.
6. 2024 BRISMES Annual Lecture with Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah
We are very pleased to announce that Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah will deliver the 2024 BRISMES Annual Lecture. Dr Abu-Sittah is a British-Palestinian plastic and reconstructive surgeon who is known for providing medical assistance as a surgeon in conflict zones, most recently in the Gaza Strip. He is also Rector of the University of Glasgow. The BRISMES Annual Lecture provides an opportunity for members and non-members to hear from a distinguished scholar or expert within the field of Middle Eastern Studies and is a major event in the BRISMES calendar. The event is free to attend and open to all.
This year, we are planning a hybrid lecture at Queen Mary University of London on the evening of 29 November 2024, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The event is co-sponsored by QMUL’s International State Crime Initiative and The Centre for the Study of Race, Class and Empire and we will send an email to all BRISMES members when registration opens.
7. 2024 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize Winners
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize for the best PhD dissertation on a Middle Eastern topic in the Social Sciences or Humanities awarded by a British University between 1 January and 30 September 2023. This prize was established jointly in 1986 by the Leigh Douglas Memorial Fund and BRISMES in memory of Dr Leigh Douglas who was killed in Beirut in 1986.
Details at:
https://www.brismes.ac.uk/awards/ldmp
8. Submissions Open for BRISMES Conference Student Paper Prize
Submissions are currently open for this year’s BRISMES Conference Student Paper Prize. Established in 2021, this prize aims to support BRISMES student members in the development of peer-reviewed work. If you are a student member of BRISMES and presented a paper at the conference, please do consider making a submission!
Deadline | 17:00 (UK time) on Tuesday, 1 October 2024
9. Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (Two Posts)
University College London
UCL Urban Laboratory is seeking an appointment for part-time Postgraduate Teaching Assistants for four EISPS modules (ESPS0032 Global Politics ESPS0045 Politics of the Middle East ESPS0047 Topics in Global South Politics and Policy ESPS0049 Racial Capitalism and the Political Economy of the Middle East) for the 24/25 academic year.
Deadline | 12 August 2024
More information
10. Teaching Fellow in Security (Middle East)
University of Leeds
The School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) invites applications for this fixed term post. You will provide effective and innovative research-led teaching in the area of Security and associated research methods, and contribute to existing modules in your specialist field working both independently and in collaboration with established staff.
Deadline | 12 August 2024
More information
11. Call for Applications | New Directions in the Study of the Arab World
Graduate Student Workshop, NYU Abu Dhabi, 24-26 February 2025
The NYU Abu Dhabi Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program invites applications for its 4th Annual Graduate Student Research Workshop. Applications are welcomed from international doctoral students who are currently in the writing stage with the opportunity to present and thoroughly discuss their PhD projects. The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program will cover travel costs to and from Abu Dhabi, accommodation, and meals during the three-day workshop.
Deadline | 16 September 2024
12. 22 August: Hybrid Colloquium on preindustrial public health, 1100-1800
Monash University
A showcase of research by our team of historians, (bio)archaeologists and religionists unearthing preindustrial public health attitudes and practices of diverse groups (miners, pilgrims, courts) across Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, and South Asia.
For more info, including list of speakers, and to register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOE8hSiUoYhNoHfau2EsHPFbFV66rR2l6lWKosutIClvah3Q/viewform
13. Postdoctoral Research Position (Focus Middle East), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin
Qualification: • PhD degree in history, social and cultural anthropology, sociology, religious studies or related disciplines), with a focus on the Muslim world from the 1800s to the present. • Excellent command of English is required; German is desirable but not mandatory. • Excellent communication and team skills. • Knowledge of language(s) of the region of research. We encourage projects involving Digital Humanities.
Deadline for applications: 31 August 2024.
Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Ausschreibung_Postdoc_2025_Contested_Religion_and_Intellectual_Culture.pdf
- August 03, 2024
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