Archive for 2024
Shii News – Academic Issues
1.Islamic Sensory History Volume 2: 600–1500
C Lange and A Bursi, eds.,
Brill, 2024
2. The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to announce 2025-2026 fellowship programs for students and scholars based in the US and Canada.
ARIT Fellowships are offered for research in ancient, medieval, historical to modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Post-doctoral and advanced doctoral fellowships may support research project tenures from one month to one academic year.
Applications must be submitted by November 1, 2024
Please see https://aritweb.org/fellowships
The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to announce 2025-2026 fellowship programs for students and scholars based in the US and Canada.
ARIT Fellowships are offered for research in ancient, medieval, historical to modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Post-doctoral and advanced doctoral fellowships may support research project tenures from one month to one academic year.
Applications must be submitted by November 1, 2024
Please see https://aritweb.org/fellowships
3. To encourage the integration of Byzantine studies within the scholarly community and medieval studies in particular, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 2024 International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, July 7–10, 2025. We invite session proposals on any topic relevant to Byzantine studies.
The thematic strand for the 2025 IMC is “Worlds of Learning.” See the IMC Call for Papers (https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2025/) for additional information about the theme and suggested areas of discussion.
Session proposals must be submitted through the Mary Jaharis Center website (https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/imc-2025). The deadline for submission is September 9, 2024.
If the proposed session is approved, the Mary Jaharis Center will reimburse a maximum of 4 session participants (presenters and moderator) up to $800 maximum for participants traveling from within Europe and up to $1400 maximum for those coming from outside Europe. Funding is through reimbursement only; advance funding cannot be provided. Eligible expenses include conference registration, transportation, and food and lodging. Receipts are required for reimbursement. Participants must participate in the conference in-person to receive funding. The Mary Jaharis Center regrets that it cannot reimburse participants who have last-minute cancellations and are unable to attend the conference.
For further details and submission instructions, please visit https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/imc-2025.
Please contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture with any questions.
URL
https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/imc-2025
4. WHOME Annual Best Graduate Article Awards 2024 Call for Nominations
We are pleased to announce the call for submissions for the following two prizes written by graduate students (Masters or PhD) who were identified as female at birth or who identify as female at the time of application: 1) best published or forthcoming (post-proof stage) article about Middle Eastern history and 2) best non-published (including not yet submitted, submitted, and under review) article about Middle Eastern history. For either prize, the journal article (not to exceed 8,000 words, including citations and bibliography) must be in English or translated into English; it may be about any period in Middle Eastern history and may address any subfield in the discipline of history. Submissions will be evaluated on their originality, use of primary and secondary sources, argumentation, and contribution to the field. The applicant must not have been awarded an MA or PhD prior to October 1, 2023.
Articles may be submitted by the author (self-nomination) or as nominations by academic advisors, professors, or journal editors; journal editors may nominate up to three articles. (Authors must confirm by email that they accept the nomination before the submission deadline.) Jointly published articles are accepted for submission, but both authors must be graduate students; the co-author may be male. Articles that have appeared in collections will be considered but only if the articles were published for the first time in the year prior to the application deadline; reprints will not be considered. Winners will be notified by November 1, 2024 and will be publicly acknowledged in an official announcement through WHOME. The winning authors will also receive a $250 monetary award.
Applications are due by 11:59 PST on September 15, 2024.
Questions? Please contact contactwhome@gmail.com
Contact Information
Tsolin Nalbantian, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Modern Middle East History
Department of Middle Eastern Studies
Leiden University
t.nalbantian@hum.leidenuniv.nl
department webpage
5. The Institute of History of Mediterranean Europe (ISEM) of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), in collaboration with the IN-HOPPE network (International Network–Historical and osteoarchaeological Past Populations Exploration), is organising a congress on reactions and emotions in the face of epidemics in the pre-industrial age. This will be held in Naples, 4-6 June 2025.
A flyer describing the conference’s ambitions and goals can be found here: https://www.academia.edu/122177429. The conference organizers welcome interdisciplinary approaches to the topic of epidemics before the era of modern bacteriology. Papers may be presented in English, Italian, Spanish or French.
The Scientific Committee consists of Isabella Cecchini (CNR-ISEM), Idamaria Fusco, (CNR-ISEM), Geraldine Granados Vasquez (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico), Monica Green (independent scholar), Geltrude Macrì (CNR – ISEM), Isabelle Séguy (Institut national d’études démographiques, France).
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 November 2024. Notification of acceptance will be made by 15 January 2025.
Those wishing to participate can send a title and an abstract (500-800 words) by 1 November 2024 online via the submission form or by sending to following e-mail address: epidemie.napoli2025@isem.cnr.it .
6. Call for Papers Learning of Eurasian Worlds: Chinggisid Encounters in Information, Culture and Practice, International Medieval Congress, Leeds 7-10 July 2025
The theme for IMC 2025 is ‘Worlds of Learning’. After successful sessions in 2023 and 2024 we invite paper proposals interrogating a broad conception of learning, exchange, influence and transmission (and their limits) across periods affected by Chinggisid rule across Eurasia. Imperial Mongol institutions were closely involved in the filtering, spread and transmission of information, technology and languages. This included, but extended well beyond, interaction and influence between steppe-nomadic, sedentary and mixed societies and economies, implicating numerous populations, including Uyghurs, Kitans, Eastern Christians, Rus’, Mamluks, Armenians and even the Nivkh of distant Sakhalin.
Possible themes include, but are not limited to:
- Categorisation, hybridity, selectivity and rejection
- Ornament, design and art
- Ritual in rulership, funerary and marital practices
- Resource management techniques
- Gendered patterns of activity, dress and mobility
- Translations, (mis)understandings and language movement
- Narrative memories of conquest and trauma
- Marriage, lineage and status
- Religion and cosmology; tolerance, patronage and persecution
- Chancellery practice, recording cultures, lists and libraries
- Forms of regional governance; darugha, basqaq, taishi, etc.
- Ortaq, partnership and mercantile capital
- Postal relay and imperial infrastructure
- Divination, exorcism and occult practices
- Medicine, science and technology
- Maritime technology and fleet development
- Strangenesses from biji and zhiguai to aja’ib and marvels
- Dress, fashion and fabric
- Slavery and forced migration
- Archaeology, linguistics and traces of contact
We are keen to involve PhD students and early career scholars, but senior scholars are also very welcome, and we are always seeking external moderators and round-table participants. The IMC is a hybrid event, and we welcome proposals for virtual attendance. You can find the IMC Call for Papers, with links to practical information on session submission and attendance, at https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2025/.
Contact Information
Please contact Geoff Humble with proposals (of around 100 words) by 15 August 2024.
Contact Email
7. The Finances of the Caliphate: Abbasid Fiscal Practice in Islamic Late Antiquity (2021-2026) is a five-year project funded by the European Research Council and led by Marie Legendre, Senior Lecturer in Islamic History at the University of Edinburgh.
Our blog will be your go-to source for everything related to the project, our team members, and their research. We will frequently share updates on our events, collaborations, and conversations with other researchers and research teams, along with other exciting news. Additionally, we will regularly highlight specific documents, objects, or issues we are currently exploring. We invite you to visit our blog and join us on this fascinating journey!
Contact Email
URL
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/
8. We are pleased to announce the publication of volume 54 of Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam (JSAI). This peer-reviewed academic journal covers a range of subjects related to classical Islam, Islamic religious thought, Arabic language and literature, and the interaction between Islam and other civilizations. This honorary volume is presented to Moshe Sharon of the Hebrew University and includes papers that highlight his diverse fields of academic interests.
As the flagship project of the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation is dedicated to providing high-quality research and analysis on the subject of Islam and Arabic studies. We are proud to have published 54 volumes of JSAI to date and we are confident that the latest addition will be of great interest to academics and researchers worldwide.
We invite you to visit our website at https://jsai.huji.ac.il/publications to learn more about JSAI.
9. Fallacies in the Arabic, Byzantine, Hebrew and Latin Traditions (Ad Argumenta, Quaestio Special Issues 4), a first-of-its-kind edited volume, is now available, open access, thanks to the patient, hard work of Leone Gazziero and his fellow editors Laurent Cesalli, Charles Manekin, Shahid Rahman, Tony Street, and Michele Trizio.
Contributions to this unique volume include the following:
Sten Ebbesen, Are the Fallacies Topoi?
Costantino Marmo, The Fallacia Consequentis between Term Logic and Sentence Logic in its Medieval Reception
Leone Gazziero, “Qui imperitus est vestrum, primus calculum omittat”. Aristotelis Sophistici Elenchi 1 in the Boethian Tradition
Irene Caiazzo, Theology, Fallacious Reasoning and Heresy on the Borders of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Some Remarks on the Fallaciae in theologia and Amalricians
Melpomeni Vogiatzi, Byzantine Treatments of Fallacy: The Reception of Aristotle’s Account
Shahid Rahman & Walter Edward Young, Outside the Logic of Necessity: Deontic Puzzles and ‘Breaking’ Compound Causal Properties in Islamic Legal Theory and Dialectic
Hassan Rezakhany, A Forgotten Mereological Paradox
Charles H. Manekin, Fallacies and Biblical Exegesis – The Case of Joseph ibn Kaspi
Aviram Ravitsky, Fallacies in Rabbinical Thought, in Medieval Jewish Philosophy, and in the Treatise on Talmudic Methodology by Abraham Elijah Cohen
Yehuda Halper, Are Zeno’s Paradoxes of Motion Fallacies? Evidence from the Hebrew Aristotelian Logical Tradition
URL
https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/book/10.1484/M.ADARG-EB.5.135309?fbclid=IwZXh…
10. Mevlevi Manuscripts, 1268–c. 1400: A Study of the Sources
Cailah Jackson
(Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).
The e-book will shortly be available at the following link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-48367-7.
11. CFP – “Everyday and the Expression of Modernity: 19th-century Architecture and Urbanism in the Islamic World”, CAA 2025
Call for Papers for CAA 2025 Session (sponsored by the Historians of Islamic Art Association)
Chairs: Samira Fathi and Maryam Heydarkhani
The entanglement between everyday life and Islamic architecture and urbanism has long been established, yet the 19th-century transformations of this phenomenon remain understudied. Following Westernization and reforms that changed the appearance of cities in the Islamic world, monumental and royal architecture, as the backbone of early modern architecture, was replaced with traces of the mundane and ordinary. This drastic shift has generated divergent narratives linked to the notion of modernity during this period. However, one narrative that holds sway in scholarship is grounded in the civilizational paradigm and overlooks the everyday and the local in favor of the monumental.
This session aims to respond to the recent interest of emerging scholars in offering alternative narratives that shed light on the possibilities of everyday life. It considers the everyday as an analytical framework to trace substantial transformations in the social and political order and their implications on the built environment. This investigation offers an opportunity to delve into the transition of Islamic architecture and urbanism to the modern era by looking at everyday practices beyond Orientalist and essentialist perspectives.
Through interdisciplinary research and examination of rituals, practices, and social dynamics within Islamic architecture, this session aims to deepen our understanding of the lived experiences of individuals and communities across time and space. Session organizers welcome papers that explore the profound connection between everyday life and Islamic architecture through case studies and theoretical analyses.
Proposals for this session and accompanying materials should be submitted by August 29 via this link: https://caa.confex.com/caa/2025/webprogrampreliminary/Session14845.html
Before submitting, please read CAA’s submission and conference participation guidelines: https://caa.confex.com/caa/2025/webprogrampreliminary/meeting.html
12. International Workshop on “Women’s Knowledge Production in Qur’anic Exegesis”, Berlin
Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10-11 October 2024
The international workshop, organized by the Chair for Islamic Textual Studies (Qur’an and Hadith), aims to illuminate the often overlooked contributions of women to the field of Qur’anic exegesis. It seeks to delve into the role of women in generating exegetical knowledge, both historically and in contemporary contexts.
Information: www.islamische-theologie.hu-berlin.de/de/workshop-womens-knowledge-production-in-quranic-exegesis
13. Conference “The East – Near and Far: Texts, Societies and Cultures”, Department of Arabic and Semitic Studies, Sofia University, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 28-30 November 2024
Focusing on the Arab world, the conference seeks to analyze the wider MENA region against the backdrop of Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia as well as South, East and Southeast Asia in the following thematic Scopes: 1) Centers and Peripheries. 2) Religion and Culture; Religion and Politics. 3) Normative Text and Socio-Cultural Context; Norm and Practice. 4) Language and Literary Traditions; Literature and Fiction. 5) Spiritual and Material Culture. Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2024.
Information: Asst. Prof. Dr. Stoyan Doklev doklev@uni-sofia.bg
14. Postdoctoral Researcher (E 13 TV-H) in Political Science, Project “Extractivism in Latin America and the Maghreb”, Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Marburg
Your profile: Above-average doctorate in political science or a related social science discipline; very good active knowledge of German, French and English; ability to work in a team and presence in Marburg; interest in German and European raw materials policy is an advantage.
Deadline for applications: 25 August 2024.
Information: https://extractivism.de/en/activities/calls-en/job-position-postdoctoral-researcher-at-the-university-of-marburg/
15. Visiting Fellowship in the History of Islam in South Asia, 13th-18th Century, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
The successful candidate will normally be at a post-doctoral level. The Visiting Fellowship would be tenable for eight months from January 2025. It will carry a stipend of £8,000.
Deadline for applications: 2 September 2024.
Information: https://www.oxcis.ac.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/Visiting%20Fellowships%20Atlas%20Poster%202024-v2.pdf
16. Assistant Professor for a Full-Time Teaching Stream Position in Turkish Language, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
Applicants must have earned a PhD in Linguistics, Modern Turkish Language and Literature, or a related field by the time of appointment, or shortly thereafter. We seek candidates whose teaching interests complement our existing departmental strengths. Candidates must possess a demonstrated commitment to excellent pedagogical practices.
Deadline for applications: 1 October 2024. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2024/08/05/assistant-professor-teaching-stream-turkish-language
17. Assistant Professor in Assyriology (3 Years), Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
Candidates must have earned a PhD degree in Assyriology by the time of the appointment. We are seeking a candidate who specializes in the Akkadian language and written culture, with a focus on the later periods of Mesopotamian civilization (late second and first millennium BCE). We seek candidates whose research and teaching interests complement and advance our existing departmental strengths.
Deadline for applications:1 October 2024.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2024/08/06/assistant-professor-assyriology
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Book talk:
Ibn Arabi’s Religious Pluralism: Levels of Inclusivity
F Abdel-Hadi
Date: Friday, 30th August
Time: 6:00 PM UK time
Format: Online event (via Zoom)
Dr. Abdel-Hadi’s talk will be followed by a panel discussion featuring:
Sajjad Rizvi
Amina Inloes
Frank Gelli
Sohail Hanif
Farhana Mayer
Mukhtar Ali
To participate, please register to receive the Zoom link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7bKjYXafUaHZmjk0LLODGK3GkLvpFILCphLLJ0uYBCRgHyA/viewform?usp=sf_link
2. Conference “The Concept of Wealth and the Concept of Poverty in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”, Bayrisches Forschungszentrum für Interreligiöse Diskurse (BaFID), Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 25-27 September 2024
Programme and registration: https://www.bafid.fau.de/files/2024/08/Program_KCID_09.24.Werbung.pdf
3. Conference “Perspectives on the Development of Islamic Law: Philosophy of Law & Islamic Medical Ethics”, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 8–9 November 2024
The international conference addresses contemporary developments in the field of Islamic Law from an interdisciplinary perspective. It sheds light on theory-centred approaches to the study of Islamic Law as well as the practical implementation of Islamic Law and Islamic Ethics.
Deadline for registration: 18 October 2024.
Programme and further information: https://hu.berlin/perspectives-islamic-law
4. Workshop Discussions of Young Researchers on Islamic Philosophy of Law or Islamic Medical Ethics, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 8 November 2024
As part of the international conference “Perspectives on the Development of Islamic Law: Philosophy of Law & Islamic Medical Ethics” (8–9 November 2024), young researchers working on Islamic Philosophy of Law or Islamic Medical Ethics will have the opportunity to present their current research project. The papers can be presented in German or English.
Deadline for abstracts and registration: 18 October 2024.
Information: https://hu.berlin/perspectives-islamic-law
5. Session on “Byzantine Engagement with Islam (7th-15th): Actors, Sources, and their Impact on the Western View of Islam”, 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo MI, 8-10 May 2025
The session aims at examining actors and sources in Byzantium engaging with Islam and translations of the Quran, and their impact on the Western knowledge of Islam. Papers studying specific texts, argumentation, or contexts are welcome in order to shed further light on the field of Byzantino-Islamica and the Latin-Byzantine relations.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2024. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-byzantine-engagement-with-islam-icms-kalamazoo-8-10-may?e=82aeb6c61d
6. Directeur d’établissement de recherche, Centre français de recherche de la Péninsule arabique (CEFREPA), Koweït
Compétences :Titulaire d’un doctorat d’un établissement d’enseignement supérieur français ou d’un autre pays de l’UE. HDR souhaitée. Maîtrise orale et écrite de l’anglais indispensable, arabe vivement recommandé. La connaissance de la région constituerait un atout.
Date limite de candidature : 26 août 2024.
Information : https://emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/ae60091e-dc79-4718-8b47-9dab59ba76d1
7. Assistant Professor in Middle East Politics (Tenure-Track), University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Preference will be given to candidates who have a Ph.D. in political science or international politics, or will have a Ph.D. in hand by August 2025. Applicants must provide evidence of a focused, ambitious research agenda and a commitment to excellent undergraduate teaching.
Deadline for applications: 20 September 2024.
Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/150619
8. Fellowships for Historical Research on the Islamic World, School for Historical Studies,
Princeton University, NJ
The School embraces a historical approach to research throughout the humanistic disciplines, from socioeconomic developments, political theory, and modern international relations, to the history of art, science, philosophy, music, and literature. Accepted Members receive access to the extensive resources of the Institute. The only obligation is to pursue one’s research.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2024. Information:
9. Chapters for Book on “Exploring the Halal Industry and Its Business Ecosystem Prospects”, Published by IGI-Global
This book aims to uncover recent developments in the global halal industry and its business ecosystem. It covers a multidisciplinary range of topics, including economics, management, technology, marketing, strategy, and social aspects, providing comprehensive information about the halal industry and its business ecosystem. The book addresses the latest advancements in the halal industry and its global business landscape.
Deadline for abstracts: 25 August 2024.
Information: https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/7875
10. Intellect is pleased to announce that Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World 18.2-3 is out now!
Special Issue: ‘The US War Against Iraq: More than 20 Years Later’
These articles provide insight into the distinctive harms resulting from intervention and occupation in Iraq and deserve close attention by anyone concerned with US foreign policy towards Iraq, the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.
For more information about the journal and issue click here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-contemporary-iraq-the-arab-world
Aims & Scope
The Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of the contemporary Middle East and Arab public sphere. Publishing works in both English and Arabic, the journal engages arts and culture, politics, history and economics as they address real world problems across the modern states and mosaic of cultures connected to the Middle East region. JCI&AW works to provide a platform by conveying prominent and emergent new voices in the field as well as by highlighting the relevance of evolving topics and questions of research in the scholarship of Middle Eastern and Iraq Studies.
This title is indexed with Scopus.
11. Association for the Study of Persianate Societies Virtual Graduate Student Conference (Oct. 23, 2024
The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies(ASPS) is pleased to announce its First Biennial Virtual Graduate Student Conference, to take place online, October 23, 2024. The conference will be hosted by the Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University.
The Deadline for Submission of Abstracts is August 23, 2024.
Please note that those wishing to submit an abstract must be a current (2024) graduate student and ASPS member. Otherwise your submission will not be considered. To become a new member or renew your ASPS membership please proceed to our membership page at https://www.persianatesocieties.org/membership-form/. The ASPS offers reduced student memberships. There will be no registration fee for participating in the conference.
Submissions in all humanities and social science disciplines related to Persianate societies are welcome. Pre-organized panels are encouraged. Submissions for pre-organized panels must include a panel abstract of no more than 300 words plus individual abstracts of no more than 300 words for each panelist. Panels must be limited to a minimum of three panelists and a maximum of four.
Submissions for pre-organized panels and individual papers can be made here: https://www.persianatesocieties.org/abstracts-form-graduate-student-conference/.
Submissions in all humanities and social science disciplines related to Persianate societies are welcome. Pre-organized panels are encouraged. Submissions for pre-organized panels must include a panel abstract of no more than 300 words plus individual abstracts of no more than 300 words for each panelist. Panels must be limited to a minimum of three panelists and a maximum of four.
Submissions for pre-organized panels and individual papers can be made here: https://www.persianatesocieties.org/abstracts-form-graduate-student-conference/.
For questions, please contact the ASPS Secretary, Rob Haug at haugrt@ucmail.uc.edu.
12. Les études sur l’Asie centrale : pluridisciplinarité et connexions d’un champ
mercredi 11 et jeudi 12 décembre 2024
INALCO, Auditorium Dumézil, 2 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris
Cette journée d’étude est organisée dans le cadre des activités du GIS Moyen-Orient et Mondes musulmans, en partenariat avec l’Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO), l’Institut français d’études sur l’Asie centrale (IFEAC) et le Centre de recherche sur le Monde iranien (CeRMI). Elle fait suite à la rencontre qui s’est tenue en février 2023 intitulée « Les études sur l’Asie centrale : dynamiques scientifiques, nouveaux contextes de recherche ».
Dans la perspective de renforcer la structuration du champ, la journée d’étude a pour ambition de promouvoir les études centrasiatiques en rendant compte de leur dynamisme et de leur diversité, de mettre en relation ses différentes disciplines et composantes, et de proposer un moment d’échanges entre les collègues impliqué-e-s dans les travaux sur la région. L’Asie centrale est entendue dans une acception géographique large, s’étendant de l’Iran à la Mongolie et de l’Afghanistan à la Russie.
Cet appel s’adresse aux chercheuses et chercheurs de tout statut qui travaillent dans le large spectre des SHS, de l’Antiquité jusqu’à nos jours, sur des thématiques aussi diverses que le patrimoine, le religieux, le pouvoir, le territoire, les rapports sociaux, les circulations, le numérique, le changement climatique, les approches critiques, etc. La journée pourra également aborder les conséquences des crises géopolitiques actuelles sur les terrains et le champ de recherche centrasiatiques.
Les doctorant-e-s sont fortement incité-e-s à soumettre une proposition de communication.
Les propositions de communication devront comprendre un titre, un résumé de 200 mots, ainsi que le nom et l’affiliation de l’auteur/autrice.
Les propositions de posters devront comprendre un titre, un résumé du projet de recherche soulignant ses points importants, ainsi que le nom et l’affiliation de l’auteur/autrice. Les posters seront affichés sur le lieu de l’événement.
Merci d’envoyer votre proposition à l’adresse asiecentrale2024@gmail.com avant le 15 septembre 2024. Une réponse sera transmise au 30 septembre 2024.
Des financements sont possibles pour les participant.e.s ne résidant pas à Paris et ne disposant pas de ressources de leur institution.
Comité d’organisation :
Juliette Cleuziou, anthropologue, Université Lumière Lyon 2, LADEC
Adrien Fauve, politiste, Université Paris-Saclay, IEDP
Svetlana Gorshenina, historienne, CNRS, Eur’Orbem
Isabelle Ohayon, historienne, CNRS, CERCEC
Catherine Poujol, historienne, INALCO, CREE
William Rendu, archéologie, CNRS, ZooStan
Camille Rhoné-Quer, historienne, Aix-Marseille Université, IREMAM
Julien Thorez, géographe, CNRS, CeRMI
Organisation :
GIS MOMM (Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans)
INALCO (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales)
IFEAC (Institut français d’études sur l’Asie centrale)
CeRMI (Centre de recherche sur le Monde iranien), UMR 8041 (CNRS, Sorbonne Nouvelle, INALCO, EPHE)
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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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Shii News – Passing of Roy Mottahedeh
The passing of Professor Roy Mottahedeh has been announced on X and elsewhere.
https://x.com/milanimohsen/status/1818703773201473703
https://x.com/jdryan08/status/1818687871810703615
For those who did not know him well, his wikipedia page repays attention.
- August 02, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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- August 02, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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- August 01, 2024
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