Archive for 2024
Shii News – Academic Items
1.4th International Kurdish Studies Conference
We are delighted to announce the 4th International Kurdish Studies Conference, taking place from April 22-23, 2025, at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
This conference, co-organized by the Kurdish Institute of Paris, the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr, and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research – Kurdistan Region Government, with the support of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the French Ministry of Higher Education, aims to bring together scholars from around the world to discuss pioneering research on various aspects of Kurdish studies.
With keynote speakers Prof. Hamit Bozarslan (EHESS, France) and Prof. Khanna Omarkhali (Free University of Berlin), the event will cover topics including Kurdish society, politics, language, gender studies, migration, and much more.
Panel proposals and abstract submissions are open until December 16, 2024. Join us for a dynamic exploration of Kurdish studies and its relevance in today’s changing geopolitical landscape. Travel grants are available for early-career and female academics.
For submission guidelines and more details, contact kurdishstudiesconference@ukh.edu.krd
Organising Committee
Salih Akin, University of Rouen-Normandy, France
Nazand Begikhani, Sciences Po, France
Amiri Cali, Advisor, KRG Ministry of Higher Education
Naif Bezwan, University of Vienna, Austria
Janroj Yilmaz Keles, Middlesex University, United Kingdom
Bayar Mustafa, University of Kurdistan Hewlêr, Kurdistan
Arzu Yilmaz, University of Kurdistan Hewlêr, Kurdistan
Kind regards
Janroj Yilmaz Keles, PhD SFHEA
Associate Professor in Politics, Law School, Middlesex University
Visiting Professor in International Relations at the Centre for Peacebuilding and Dialogue, University of Kurdistan Hewlêr
Visiting Senior Fellow at the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, LSE
W09 Williams Building, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT
Email: J.Keles@mdx.ac.uk
2. 2025 BRISMES Conference: Call for Papers
Newcastle University, Newcastle • 1-3 July 2025
Proposals due by 13.12.24.
Full information at:
And
https://www.brismes.ac.uk/pages/preview/AHEjwgi7DXvi2y3zMIWztWXq
3. Seminar “Societies, Politics and Cultures of the Iranian World” this Thursday, October 24, 2024
We regret to announce that the first session of the seminar, scheduled for Thursday, October 24 at 5 p.m. at Inalco, must be cancelled. The lecture by Mr. Marc Toutant, “Le Tuḥfat al-ṭālibīn, une grammaire moghole du turc oriental. Philological, Cultural and Political Teachings” will be postponed to a date to be communicated later.
The seminar “Societies, Politics and Cultures of the Iranian World” will therefore begin on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 5 p.m. at INALCO (4th floor, room 4.15, 65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII), with the intervention of Mr. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi (EPHE-PSL, LEM), for a conference entitled: “Persian Mystical Poetry and Spiritual Exercises”.
Summary:
Mystical poetry in the Persian language in the classical age (tenth-fifteenth century) is characterized, as we know, by the extreme richness of its symbolic lexicons: from the evocation of eroticism and the beauties of nature to drinking, debauchery and immorality. The present examination does not concern these technicalities, which have been extensively studied for a long time; rather, he will endeavour to recover a layer of unrecognized meaning, hidden under these lexicons, which has to do with ascetic practices and spiritual exercises. The scattered allusions in mystical prose literature or symbolic philosophical fables allow us to discover hermeneutical grids where “the morning breeze” can refer to morning breathing exercises, where “the dew” can evoke the ascetic’s perspiration, and “the rose petals”, the purple cheeks. In this way, in the case of the great Ḥāfeẓ, for example, a lyrical description of nature or the lament of heartache can refer, in addition to their obviate meaning expressed in a sublime poetic language, to specific mystical practices and inner experiences.
Bibliographical orientations:
– Naṣrallāh Pūrjavādī, Zabān-e ḥāl dar ‘erfān va adabiyyāt-e fārsī, Téhéran, Hermes, 1385 solaire/2006
– Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, “Singing the Sweetness of Prayer. De quelques aspects méconnus du vocabulaire technique de la poésie mystique persane”, Journal des Savants, January-June 2014, p. 121-141.
– Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, “Provocation, Love, Inner Freedom. On Some Spiritual Aspects of Iranian Islam”, Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Théologiques 101.2 (April-June 2017), p. 187-200.
You will find the 2024-2025 program of the monthly research seminar “Societies, Politics and Cultures of the Iranian World” attached, and on the CeRMI website:
https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2024-2025/
4. University of Edinburgh
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Peter Hill
Date & Time: 28 October 2024, 5:15pm – 6:30pm
Venue: Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square
In brief: Dr Peter Hill (Northumbria University) will give a talk entitled ‘Disturbance of Thoughts: Doubt, Impiety, and Unbelief in the Arab-Ottoman World, 17th-19th Centuries’, which will draw on his research into political thought, intercultural exchanges, and the modern Middle East.
Booking: Not required for attending in person, simply turn up on the day.
For attending online, you can email an IMES colleague for joining details.
See:
5. Historians of Islamic Art Association
2025 Symposium, April 3-5
Pre-registration will close by February 14
Thursday, April 3 – MIT and Boston College
MIT:
- 10:30am – 1:00pm: Viewing of the collections and the exhibition “Refracted Histories through Stained Glass: 19th Century Islamic Windows as a Prism into MIT’s Past, Present, and Future,” followed by a light lunch. Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT. Capped at 30, please register.
Boston College:
- 3pm: Welcome Remarks, Boston College
- 3:15 – 4:45 pm: Roundtable: Provenance and Islamic Art: Current Discussions and Future Directions.Speakers: Elizabeth Dospel Williams, Gwendolyn Collaço, Inês Fialho Brandão, Margaret Graves, Amanda Phillips, Martina Rugiadi, Eiren Shea, Alyson Wharton(-Durgaryan), Franziska Kabelitz
- 5 – 6:30 pm: Keynote lecture: Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, MIT. Writing (Art) History in the Time of War
- 7:00 – 9:00 pm: reception and visit “Wonders of Creation: Art, Science and Innovation in the Islamic World.” McMullen Museum, Boston College, 2101 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Friday April 4 – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- 9:00 – 11:00 am: Panel 1: “Inscribed Meaning, Memory, and Identity: The Embodiment of Textiles, Dress and Jewels in the Islamic World”
- ‘Reading’ Inscribed Textiles in Context: an Abbasid tiraz textile in a Fatimid Burial. Arielle Winnik, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University Art Gallery
- Messages in Minerals: Decoding Inscribed Gemstones. Courtney Stewart, Research Associate, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Two Inscribed Ghurid Talismanic Jewels in the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait. Jochen Sokoly, Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar
- Traceable Origins of Coins, Embroidery & Adornment in Palestinian Headdress, (Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries). Wafa Ghnaim, Founder, Tatreez Institute and Research Scholar, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 11:00 – 11:30 am: Coffee break
- 11:30 – 1:00 pm: Panel 2: “Writing, Speaking”
- Flipping the Script of a Historical Whodunnit: An Epigraphical Forgery at the Abbasid Nilometer in Cairo. Heba Mostafa, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, St George
- Playing with Arabic Script: Visual Analogies and the Imagination in Medieval Islamic Aesthetics. Zahra Kazani, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge
- Cloths of Mourning: Late Safavid Epigraphic Textiles. Sarah Molina, PhD Candidate, Harvard University
- 1:15 – 2:00 pm: lunch
- Optional lunchtime discussion: AI and Islamic Art History. Led by Nancy Um, Associate Director for Research and Knowledge Creation, Getty Research Institute, and Hossein Nakhaei, PhD Candidate, University of Pittsburgh. Capped at 20, please register.
- 2:00 – 3:30 pm: Collection viewings, limited capacity. Please register.
- “Inscribed Meaning, Memory, and Identity: Dress and Adornments in the MFA Collections”
- “Contemporary Calligraphy – New Acquisitions”
- 3:30 – 5:30 pm: Panel 3: “Architecture Speaks”
- Architecture as Archive: Re-framing Mughal Imperial Lineage. Srinanda Ganguly, PhD Candidate, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
- A Seventeenth-Century T-Shaped Mosque in Anatolia? The Byzantinizing Mosque of Hüsrev Paşa near Eskişehir. Zeynep Oguz, University of Zagreb
- The “Defender of Islam” Defiant: The Mausoleum of Qus and the Virtual Hajj.” Mikael Muehlbauer, Interim Assistant Educator, Office of Academic and Professional Programs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Forging locality in domes: Muslim architecture of Quanzhou, Chendai, and Baiqi in the 20th and 21st centuries. Sylvia Wu, Assistant Professor, the University of Texas at Austin
Saturday, April 5, Boston College
- 9:00 – 11:00 am: Panel 4: “The Architecture and Arts of Islamicate Central Asia during Dynastic Ruptures”
- Bihzad’s Ghost: The Timurid—Abu’l-Khayrid transition in Transoxiana, 1480–1510. Jaimee Comstock-Skipp, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Oxford
- Qarakhanid Architecture Re-examined: Portals, Patronage, and Consolidating Turko-Islamic Power in eleventh-century Transoxiana. Dilrabo Tosheva, AKPIA Fellow, Harvard University
- The pre-Mongol City of Balkh as Seen by its Residents: a Report from the Fadaʾil-i Balkh. Said Reza Husaini, Research Fellow, King’s College, Cambridge University
- Historical Madrasas as Spolia: Appropriating Timurid and Abu’l-Khayrid Monuments in Toqay-Timurid Urban Squares. Yue Xie, PhD Candidate, Harvard University
- 11:00 – 11:30 am: coffee break
- 11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Critical Explorations of Gen AI through Visual Datasets and the ‘Missing Metadata’ of Islamic Art, Aroussiak Gabrielian, Assistant Professor, USC Architecture (Landscape Architecture + Media Arts), Huma Gupta, Assistant Professor, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, MIT
- 1:00 – 2:00 pm: Lunch
- Optional lunchtime discussion: Teaching Difficult Topics. Led by Zohreh Soltani, Assistant Professor, Ithaca College, and Emily Neumeier, Assistant Professor, Temple University. Capped at 20, please register.
- 2:00 – 4:00 pm: Panel 5: “Responding to a Changing World”
- Tool of Craft or Homage to Profession? A Study of a Qajar Architectural Tablet and a Futuwwatnama of Architects. Salimeh Hosseini, PhD Candidate, University of Chicago,
- The meaning of ‘photography’ (fotogerāfi) is light-drawing (nūr-negārī)”: Mystical Metaphors in Technical Manuals of Photography in Nineteenth-Century Iran. Chaeri Lee. PhD Candidate, Indiana University
- “The Gift of the Orient”: Ottoman Cultural Brokers in the US, ca. 1900. Roxanne Goldberg, PhD Candidate, MIT
- The Spatial Realms of Ottoman Imperial Portraiture: Sultan Selim III, Self-Representation, and Topkapı’s Renewal. Hilal Uǧurlu, Associate Professor, MEF University, Istanbul, and Deniz Türker, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
- 4:00 – 4:30 pm: Coffee break
- 4:30 – 6:30pm: Panel 6: “Realms of Response: Javab and Cultural Production in Early Modern Iran and South Asia”
- The Poetics of Pottery and the Aesthetics of Absence: Isfahan’s Music Room. Michael Chagnon, Aga Khan Museum
- Speaking Cities: The City and the Self in Premodern Urban Descriptions. Farshid Emami, Assistant Professor, Rice University
- Mirroring the Cosmos: The Mi‘raj as an Inner Journey Towards God in Hindustani Painting. Murad Khan Mumtaz, Associate Professor, Williams College
- Self/Reflection: Ghiyas/Sherley, or how to talk back in Safavid art and history. Kishwar Rizvi, Professor, Yale University
- Moderator: Paul Losenky, Professor, Indiana University
- 6:30 – 8:00pm: Closing reception at the McMullen Museum, Boston College, 2101 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
6. HIAA ONLINE WORKSHOPS
Addressing Fraught Proximities between the Historical and the Contemporary in the Teaching of Islamic Art and Architecture
November 21, 2024 (Thursday)
11am CST/ 12:00 EST/ 17:00 GMT
To register: https://temple.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUofu-trT0pHtasBVgmHrZJxj4aXL3-CkZd
Moderator: Theodore Van Loan (Washington and Lee University)
Panelists: Alessandra Amin (Johns Hopkins University), Stephennie Mulder (UT Austin), Kirsten Scheid (American University Beirut), Mohammed Mourtaja (Washington and Lee University), Saima Akhtar (Barnard College)
The premise that research and teaching of the historical art and architecture of the Middle East can be dispassionately separated from urgent political and cultural issues of the region has been thoroughly dismantled by postcolonial critical practices. Yet, at the same time, it remains an open question how curricular and pedagogical practices of historical “Islamic” art and architecture might be responsive to such concerns. For students interested in the field, these issues are of prime interest, as they are for faculty who are often lack the critical tools to engage with historical material as it is set within proximate location to death, destruction, and conflict, to state things in the starkest of terms. This workshop will bring together a multidisciplinary group of art historians and others in related fields whose work, and research practices involve conceptualizing connections between the study of historical art and architecture and these various urgent concerns. These concerns include modes of neo-colonial exploitation, warfare, ethnic cleansing, genocide, Islamophobia, human rights, cultural heritage protection, among others. The Humanities offer us no easy answers or concrete methodologies to address these challenging proximities, but nonetheless they need to be urgently discussed.
7. Medieval Landscapes of Anatolia: Deciphering the dynamic relationship between urban and rural, Online Talk Serie Archaeology Seminar – October 23
The IFEA, together with METU and Sorbonne Universite, organises an online Talk Serie Archaeology Seminar in 2024-2025.
The first lecture will be held online, October 23, 7.00pm (Istanbul time)
Speakers : Burcu Erciyas (METU) & Maxime Durocher (SU)
Title : “Resilient Landscapes and Dynamic Communities of Medieval Komana”
Link and registration : https://www.ifea-istanbul.net/index.php/fr/evenements/eve-archeo/archaeology-seminar-medieval-landscape-of-anatolia-deciphering-the-dynamic-relationship-between-urban-a
Contact Email
maxime.durocher@sorbonne-universite.fr
URL
https://www.ifea-istanbul.net/index.php/fr/evenements/eve-archeo/archaeology-se…
8. Iowa State University – Assistant Professor – Art History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67995
Pennsylvania State University – Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Architectural History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67961
University of Massachusetts – Amherst – Associate/Full Professor – Islamic/Middle Eastern Studies
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=68010
Harvard University – NELC – Preceptor in Persian
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=68018
Texas Christian University – Assistant Professor, Modern Middle East
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67985
9. Hybrid: Columbia University
Arabic Studies Seminars with Nouri Gana Melancholy of the Oppressed 24/10
The first meeting of the semester with Professor Nouri Gana (UCLA) next Thursday (10/24) at 7pm EST in Faculty House for a book talk on his latest book: Melancholy of the Oppressed: Defeat and Cultural Critique in the Arab World.
Please note that due to new regulations, non CUID holders will not be allowed into Faculty House without prior notice. If you intend to be present in-person and are not a CUID holder, please RSVP as soon as possible. If we don’t receive your RSVP by the end of Friday, we may not be able to let you in.
This meeting will also be live streamed here on ZOOM for those guests who can’t make it in person.
The talk will begin at 7:00 pm.
- October 22, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Hybrid: ‘The Caliph and the Imam’ – T Matthiesen (London, 6.11.24, 5pm UK time)
- October 21, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Two Upcoming Classical Persian Courses
Two upcoming courses on Classical Persian historical texts and manuscript studies organized by the Ferdowsi School of Persian Literature:
The first course, starting on October 21st and running for three weeks, focuses on the Classical Persian of historical texts. It’s designed to familiarize participants with the classical historical tradition, exploring the style, grammar, and essential tools needed to critically read and analyze historical texts. This course, as well as the next one are suitable for Masters’ or PhD students of Persian and Iranian studies.
Course Title: Classical Persian through Historical Texts: From Naršaxī to Juwaynī
The second course, starting on November 11th and lasting for two weeks, is specifically aimed at developing techniques for reading Classical Persian manuscripts. Throughout the course, we’ll read and analyze a variety of manuscripts—both prose and verse—and practice the skills needed to work with them. We might also dedicate some time to exploring manuscripts participants are currently working with.
Course Title: Classical Persian through Living Books: Unlocking the Persian Manuscripts
Ruben Nikoghosyan
Yerevan, Armenia
Website: www.ferdowsi.org
2. Orsatti, Paola. “Persian Language in Arabic Script: The Formation of the Orthographic Standard and the Different Graphic Traditions of Iran in the First Centuries of the Islamic Era”.Creating Standards: Interactions with Arabic script in 12 manuscript cultures, edited by Dmitry Bondarev, Alessandro Gori and Lameen Souag, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2019, pp. 39-72. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110639063-002
The paper is available for download here (open access): Persian Language in Arabic Script: The Formation of the Orthographic Standard and the Different Graphic Traditions of Iran in the First Centuries of the Islamic Era (degruyter.com)
3. British Colonial Policy and Intelligence Files on Asia and the Middle East, c. 1880–c. 1950
Brill
We are excited to introduce our new online resource, British Colonial Policy and Intelligence Files on Asia and the Middle East, c. 1880–c. 1950. India Office Political and Secret Files and Confidential Print.
The series comprises fourteen collections of historical British government documents related to intelligence gathered on countries in Asia and the Middle East, including India, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and more. The original documents are part of the Oriental & India Office Collections at the British Library in London. The collection will be hosted on the new De Gruyter Brill platform.
4. Jobs:
Indiana University – Bloomington – Roger E. Covey Professor of Silk Road Studies, Open Rank, Tenure Track
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67817
New York University Arts and Science – Tenure Track Position in 18th and 19th Century Middle Eastern History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67805
5. Indiana University’s Summer 2025 Language Workshop is now accepting applications for its intensive online Kurdish program!
- Learn 1 year of language in 2 months
- Enjoy 18 hours of live instruction per week, plus cultural activities
- Combine the effectiveness of intensive study with the convenience of an online class
- Speed your learning by studying alongside enthusiastic and talented language learners
Funding Opportunities
- Explore available funding options here: https://languageworkshop.iu.edu/funding
Priority Application Deadline
- December 6, 2024
Learn more and apply here: https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/kurdish
Questions? Email the Language Workshop at languageworkshop@iu.edu or join virtual office hours.
6. Indiana University’s Summer 2025 Language Workshop is now accepting applications for its intensive online Turkish program!
- Learn 1 year of language in 2 months
- Enjoy 18 hours of live instruction per week, plus cultural activities
- Combine the effectiveness of intensive study with the convenience of an online class
- Accelerate your learning with daily 1-on-1 skills training
- Speed your learning by studying alongside enthusiastic and talented language learners
Funding Opportunities
- Explore available funding options here: https://languageworkshop.iu.edu/funding
Priority Application Deadline
- December 6, 2024
Learn more and apply here: https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/turkish
Questions? Email the Language Workshop at languageworkshop@iu.edu or join virtual office hours.
NEW RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS, 2025-2026
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan is proud to announce the launch of a new fellowship program for scholars of all academic ranks.
The Wallenberg Institute fosters the values embodied by Raoul Wallenberg—empathy, tolerance, and leadership—by studying hatred directed against religious and ethnic communities, fostering cross-cultural understanding, and elevating civic discourse. Through teaching, research, and public engagement, the institute will develop strategies to combat antisemitism, divisiveness, and discrimination.
The Wallenberg fellowships will support original research, scholarship, and public-facing or community-based projects that support the mission of the Institute. Fellows will have the time and resources to work on their own projects while contributing to the university community. Research fellowships are renewable on an annual basis for up to a total of three years, contingent on satisfactorily meeting the terms of the fellowship. Fellows who extend to second and third years will be required to either teach one course per year (in years two and three) or contribute equivalent service (such as curatorial work, student engagement, or public outreach). Scholars are also welcome to apply for single semester or single year fellowships. We are looking for a diverse range of scholars and practitioners to create a dynamic and innovative environment of research and collaboration.
Eligibility:
- This open-rank fellowship is intended for scholars and practitioners from any relevant discipline.
- Applicants must have successfully defended their PhD by August 1, 2025.
- Applications are open to scholars regardless of citizenship or permanent residency status.
Terms:
- Fellowships are renewable for up to a total of three years. Starting annual salary for fellowships is $68,000 and will be commensurate with experience. All fellows will be eligible for university benefits and will be provided with a research budget to be used during the tenure of the fellowship.
- Fellows are required to be in residence and will be provided workspace at the Wallenberg Institute.
- Fellows are expected to participate in weekly Wallenberg Fellows’ workshops and engage in the University’s intellectual community. They may be invited to present their work at the Institute, give guest lectures in classes, or mentor students.
Requirements for Application:
- Applications should be submitted through Interfolio: apply.interfolio.com/156501
- Proposal of no more than 1000 words describing your project, your relevant competencies and skills, how a Wallenberg fellowship will assist in its completion, how your project will advance the goals of the institute, and the particular ways in which you propose to contribute to the campus community (ie. teaching, student engagement, curatorial work, etc.).
- Curriculum vitae
- Writing Sample of approximately 30 pages.
- Names and contact details of two references (contacted for finalists only).
Timeline:
- Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year will be open in October.
- Deadline for applications for the 2025-2026 academic year is December 8.
- Offers for Wallenberg Fellows for the 2025-2026 academic year will be extended in Spring 2025.
Questions about the fellowship program may be directed to Dr. Miriam Mora.
Contact Information
Miriam Eve Mora, PhD
Managing Director, Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan
Office Phone: (734) 763-1734
Mailing Address:
3246 LSA Building
500 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382
Contact Email
URL
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67900
8. CALL FOR PAPERS: The Tenth Biennial Convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies ASPS/Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies
August 12-16, 2025 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) is pleased to announce its Tenth Biennial Convention, to take place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, August 12-16, 2025. Our meeting will be hosted by Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies.
The Deadline for Submission of Abstracts is October 31, 2024.
Please note that those wishing to submit an abstract must be a current (2024) ASPS member. Otherwise your submission will not be considered. You must be a 2025 member to register and participate in the conference. To become a new member or renew your ASPS membership please proceed to our membership page. We will likely have a limited number of fellowships available for participants from Afghanistan and Central Asia, and for graduate students from the US. Further details regarding application procedures for travel fellowships will be announced later.
Submissions in all humanities and social science disciplines related to Persianate Societies are welcome. Pre-organized panels are strongly 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 by clicking here. For questions, please contact the Chair of the Convention and ASPS Secretary, Rob Haug at haugrt@ucmail.uc.edu.
9. CfP: TRANSLATION AND MULTILINGUALISM IN MONGOL AND POST-MONGOL EURASIA
Workshop co-organised between
TRANSLAPT (University of Münster) & NoMansLand (IFI – ÖAW)
4-6 June 2025, University of Münster, Germany
Abstract submission deadline: 15 November 2024
Full information at:
https://www.uni-muenster.de/ArabistikIslam/translapt/call_for_papers/index.html
10.Zoom: Zahra Institute Speaker Event on Oct. 23 with Dr. Michael Chyet
We are excited to invite you to our next Fall Speaker Series event taking place on Wednesday, 23 October. Our speaker, Dr. Michael Chyet (Missouri State University), will present on, “Managing Variation: A Methodology for Standardizing Kurdish.”
Dr. Chyet recently retired (June 2024) from his position as Cataloger of Middle Eastern languages at the Library of Congress. Formerly he was Senior Broadcast Editor of the Kurdish Service of the Voice of America, and professor of Kurdish at the University of Paris and at the Washington Kurdish Institute. Dr. Chyet currently teaches Kurdish via Zoom for Missouri State University (MSU). He is working on a third, expanded edition of his Kurdish-English dictionary, Ferhenga Birûskî.
𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: Managing Variation: A Methodology for Standardizing Kurdish
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: 12:00 pm Central /1 pm Eastern, Wednesday, October 23
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: Zoom, https://zoom.us/j/93793822840?pwd=pxFUOJfxlj73aaYeD5HaFfrETX6kga.1
For Zoom link and more information, please see the event flyer below and visit our website: https://www.zahrainstitute.org/. Feel free to share with your networks.
11. Job: Political Science Endowed Chair position at Texas Christian University (TCU)
Texas Christian University invites highly qualified candidates to apply for the Herman Brown Endowed Chair of Political Science. The ideal candidate will have an exceptional record of nationally and internationally recognized research and a demonstrable aptitude for, and commitment to, effective undergraduate teaching. We welcome applicants at the rank of Professor or senior Associate Professor, and from all subfields of Political Science. Nominations are welcome. We seek an individual who will contribute intellectual and programmatic leadership in a large and thriving undergraduate department.
Full review of applications begins on November 1 and will continue until the position is filled.
Full information at:
12. Rethinking Contemporary Islamic Movements – a podcast series
Announcing the podcast series ‘Rethinking Contemporary Islamic Movements‘ on our (Cambridge) website (and that of our partners at the Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre). This podcast series seeks to advance comparative analysis of wider patterns of change, continuity, similarity, and difference across diverse contemporary Islamic movements operating within and across Europe and the Middle East and North Africa.
It came out of a joint project – Rethinking Transnational Islamic Movements within & across the Middle East & Europe– between Iman Dawood (Cambridge) and Guy Eyre (Edinburgh).
13. Call for Assistant/Associate Professor; Farzanah Family Assistant/Associate Professor of Iranian Studies University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus.
The David L. Boren College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma seeks applicants for a full-time Farzaneh Family Professor of Iranian Studies, at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure-track or tenured), with a start date of August 15, 2025.
The College encourages applications from all interested and qualified parties. Our mission statement and other information can be found at www.ou.edu/cis. We seek a scholar of Iranian Studies working in the Political Science subfields of International Relations and/or Comparative Politics. While the position is open with respect to substantive specialization within these subfields, we have particular interest in candidates with research interests in comparative and/or international political economy, political/economic development, international trade, natural resource economies, or economic inequality.
The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and MA-level courses in Iranian Studies, as well as courses within their areas of specialization, particularly as they relate to Iran and the broader Persian Gulf region. The College has particular teaching needs in the subjects of the politics and economics of Iran, US-Iran relations, as well as international political economy, political economy of development, and international trade. The successful candidate will also be expected to develop and maintain a consistent research agenda leading to high-quality academic publications and will have an opportunity to take an engaged role in the Farzaneh Family Center for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (https://www.ou.edu/cis/research/farzaneh-family-center).
For information about The Boren College of International Studies: (https://www.ou.edu/cis).
Required Qualifications:
• Ph.D. in Political Science or International Relations in hand or expected by time of appointment.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct high-quality research in their areas of expertise related to Iranian / Persian Gulf Studies.
• Demonstrated ability or potential to teach courses in Iranian Studies, International Relations and/or Comparative Politics.
Preferences (Not Required):
• One or more publications in relevant peer-reviewed outlets and additional ongoing research.
• Research expertise in comparative and/or international political economy, political/economic development, international trade, natural resource economies, or economic inequality.
• Demonstrated ability or potential to generate external research funding.
• Demonstrated ability or potential to participate in the programming activities of the Farzaneh Center.
• Working proficiency in Persian.
• Excellence in teaching and in supporting student success.
Application Instructions:
Applicants are invited to submit a cover letter, current C.V., writing sample, and list of three potential academic references to http://apply.interfolio.com/156855. The cover letter may address examples of the candidate’s approach to teaching, inclusive excellence, research, service, and student mentorship. Additional materials may be requested at a later date. The search will remain open until filled. The search committee will begin reviewing applications on November 18, 2024.
14. UCLA: IRANIAN STUDIES & YARSHATER CENTER
Symposium & Workshop:
Nezāmi and the Iranian World
November 21 – November 22, 2024
A symposium and workshop convened by
Domenico Ingenito (University of California, Los Angeles)
Morning Refreshments at 8:30am
Conference beings at 9:00am
Full information at:
15. HYBRIDE Conférence “La Muqaddima d’Ibn Khaldûn, une oeuvre multidimensionnelle et uni-verselle” avec Abdelhamid Larguèche (université Tunis-Manouba) et Gabriel Martinez-Gros (université de Nanterre), Centre arabe de recherches & d’études politiques, Paris, 22 octobre 2024, 18h30
Cette conférence se propose d’explorer les multiples facettes de ce grand penseur, qui fut à la fois historien, économiste, sociologue, et peut-être même visionnaire. Nous examinerons en particulier sa théorie de l’‘Um-ran et discuterons de la manière dont son oeuvre résonne encore aujourd’hui avec notre modernité. Quels enseignements La Muqaddima peut-elle nous offrir sur notre existence actuelle et les défis de notre société contemporaine ?
Information et inscription: https://www.carep-paris.org/prochain-evenement/la-muqaddima-dibn-khaldun-une-oeuvre-multidimensionnelle-et-universelle/
16. Assistant Professor for Modern Middle Eastern and North African History, Department of Mid-dle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC), Indiana University, Bloomington
We seek a scholar with research and teaching experience specialized in the contemporary MENA region, and with a substantive focus in one or more of the following areas: States and societies – Religion – Immi-gration and displacement – Water or fossil fuel resources – Human security (civil conflict).
Deadline for applications: 30 October 2024. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities /2024/08/29/assistant-professor-of-modern-middle-eastern-and-north-african-history-1
17.Tenure Track Assistant Professor in the Modern Arab Middle East, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
Candidates in Anthropology or Sociology. Applicants must have training, linguistic expertise, and research and teaching interests in the region. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in hand when the appointment begins.
Deadline for applications: 31 October 2024. Information: https://www.brandeis.edu/crown/grants/index.html
18. Lecturer in South or Southeast Asian Islam, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Qualification: Ph.D. in Religious Studies or related field; ability to teach courses on Islam in Asia across all periods, Islam and empire, contemporary Islam, and courses that would contribute to the minor in Asian Studies; experience mentoring culturally diverse students.
Deadline for applications: 1 November 2024. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/150783
19. ONLINE Course “Introduction to Arabic Translation” (10 Hours), Centre for the Languages of the Muslim World, Aga Khan University, London, 31 October, 7, 14, 21, 28 November 2024, 14:00 – 16:00 London Time
Aims of the course: Study a selected range of Arabic texts in order to comparatively analyse competing translations of each, via exercises in contrastive stylistics. – Identify and discuss typical rhetorical features of Arabic and English. – Facilitate an understanding of key issues in Arabic-to-English translation. – Introduce the underpinnings of translation methodology.
Information:
https://www.aku.edu/ismc/events/pages/event-detail.aspx?EventID=2595&Title=Introduction%25
- October 19, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Zoom: ‘A Debate between al-Maʿarrī and the Shiite missionary al-Muʾayyad fī l-Dīn al-Shīrāzī’ – K Blankinship (11.11.24, 5pm UK time)
ONLINE MAJLIS of the Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter:
11th of November (Monday) 17:00-18:30 (UK time).
Kevin Blankinship,
‘Debating Veganism in the Medieval Islamic World: A Debate between al-Maʿarrī and the Shiite missionary al-Muʾayyad fī l-Dīn al-Shīrāzī’
Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlcu2oqj8sHtyy9qRR8dUpt2cjNRP95_kk
- October 18, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
- October 17, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Zoom: ‘Parallels Between the Role of Syeda Zaynab in Karbala and Social Media’ – A Hadawi (24.10.24, 6pm UK time)
The Islamic College
Monthly Talk:
Parallels Between the Role of Syeda Zaynab in Karbala and Social Media in the Modern Age
A Talk by Dr Ali Hadawi
Thursday 24 October 2024
6.00 P.M. – 7.30 P.M. (LONDON TIME)
on Zoom
Meeting ID: 815 1272 5089 Passcode: 506636
To register:
- October 16, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Ghand-e Parsi: Gateway to Academic Persian Language and Literature
Persian Language Courses & Persianate Studies Coaching
October – December 2024
More information and registration:
https://sites.google.com/view/persian-autumn-school/home
2. Full conference program: Translation and Multilingualism in the Premodern Islamic World(s)
The final program for our upcoming 15 -16 November 2024 conference, “Translation and Multilingualism in the Premodern Islamic World(s).”
For two days, 24 esteemed scholars will present thought-provoking papers on often-overlooked aspects of translation and multilingualism in the premodern Islamic world. This is open to the public, and no prior registration is required. All sessions will be recorded and made available on the AGYA YouTube channel for those unable to attend in person.
We have six keynote speakers with excellent papers:
*Beatrice Gründler, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany: Arabic Lingua Franca and Popular Philosophy
*Fatemeh Keshavarz, University of Maryland, USA: Wild Birds Cannot be Sold: Rumi on Translating Wordlessness and Speech
*Dimitri Gutas, Yale University, USA: Language Politics and Translation in Multilingual Near East in Early Islam
*Louise Marlow, Wellesley College, USA: Arabic-Persian Bilingualism and Translation in Ilkhanid Iran
*Ross Brann, Cornell University, USA: Islamicate Jewish Religious and Literary Intellectuals on the Status of Arabic and Hebrew
*Geert Jan van Gelder, University of Oxford, United Kingdom: The Ultimate Domesticising Translation into Arabic
A prestigious publisher will publish the conference proceedings.
You can view the full conference program here:
3. ONLINE 42nd RIMO Symposium “Recent Developments in Family Law in the MENA Region”, Netherlands, 7 November 2024, 1:00 pm CET
Various speakers from both national and international backgrounds will discuss developments in family law in several countries within the MENA region, including Egypt, Syria, and Tunisia.
Information and registration: https://www.verenigingrimo.nl/symposium
4. 5th Mid-Atlantic Ottomanist Workshop, University of Richmond, 28 February – 1 March 2025
This workshop aims to bring together scholars at all stages of their careers who are based in the Mid-Atlantic region and who are working to advance the study of Ottoman Empire and its interactions with the wider world from the 15th to the early 20th century.
Deadline for abstracts: 22 November 2024.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/system/files/attachments/call-papers-maow-2025.pdf
5. For sale: Islamic Law Library of Professor Baber Johansen (Harvard)
Professor Baber Johansen was one of the world’s leading scholars in the field. He taught at Harvard for the last 20 years after many years in Paris and Berlin. His research and teaching focus on the relationship be-tween religion and law in the classical and the modern Muslim world. His library is now for sale. It is of a manageable size (c. 1500 titles in c. 1800 volumes) and thematically focused on Islamic Law and Society.
Information: https://gerlachbooks.com/COL_177
6. Script-switching in Literary Texts
We are the LangueFlow group, which is an international research team focusing on multilingual literature. We are writing to let you know that we have published a Call for Papers on literary heterographics, script-switching and multiscriptism (https://langueflow.eu/cfp-script-switching-in-literary-texts/) for a one-day colloquium on 14 March 2025
7. Lecture – “Mongol Connections: Iran in Trans-Asian Networks”, Sussan Babaie, University of Kashan – October 20
The department of advanced studies of art at the University of Kashan organizes a series of lectures, which seeks to share the latest research in the field of art history.
Title: Mongol Connections: Iran in Trans-Asian Networks
Speaker: Dr. Sussan Babaie (Professor of Art History, Arts of Iran and Islam, The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London)
A Brief description of the Lecture:
This talk situates Iran and its arts during the Ilkhanate within the larger cultural network created by the Mongols across Asia. Unlike such models of analysis as ‘Silk Road’ exchange and trade, or of influence from one culture to another, from one artistic model on to another, this project advocates for looking at the arts of Ilkhanid period ion Iran as intersecting and competing histories of objects, artists, and technologies, informed by the newly forged connections across the Eurasian expanse of the Great Mongol State. The emphasis is on the connected histories of art as the methodological approach rather than on a national history of art.
About the speaker:
Dr. Sussan Babaie is Professor of the Arts of Iran and Islam at The Courtauld, University of London. She was trained as a graphic designer at Tehran University before she went on to study Art History and receive her PhD from Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
She writes on a range of subjects and periods, from the early modern Persianate arts with Isfahan and Its Palaces and Persian Kingship and Architecture (2008), Persian Kingship and Architecture (2015), The Mercantile Effect: On Art and Exchange in the Islamicate World (2017), and Iran after The Mongols (2019), to modern and contemporary arts such as Shirin Neshat, Honar: The Afkhami Collection of Modern and Contemporary Iranian Art, and Geometry and Art in the Modern Middle East. Sussan is currently working collaboratively on a number of projects that focus on the arts across trans-Asian networks: co-editor and author of Cultural History of Asian Art, six volumes series; co-curator of the Royal Academy of Art exhibition on arts of the Great Mongol State (Spring 2027); and as the principal investigator and lead scholar on Mongol Connections, a traveling seminar supported by a generous Connecting Art Histories grant from Getty.
Date: Sunday, October20
Time: 15PM, London time
Online Lecture in Persian
Register: please send a message to this Gmail Account: advancedstudies.art.association@gmail.com
Contact Email
advancedstudies.art.association@gmail.com
8. On-line Event on Islam and the Middle East around Cambridge this week
18.10.24
2:00pm – 3:00pm (UK time)
(Said Reza Huseini)
- October 15, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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- October 14, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Transforming Empire: The Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean
Essays in Honor of Linda Darling
Edited by Serpil Atamaz, Onur İnal and Alexander Schweig
Brill, 2024
2. Exhibition – “The Art of Dining: Food Culture in the Islamic World”, Detroit Institute of Arts
I am delighted to share with you the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Fall exhibition, The Art of Dining: Food Culture in the Islamic World, running Sept. 22, 2024 through Jan. 5, 2025. Bringing together 230 works from a broad geographical expanse, the exhibition explores connections between art and cuisine from antiquity to the present, and invites visitors to consider the personal and cultural connections we make through the preparation, sharing, and enjoyment of food.
You can find more information on the exhibition website:
https://dia.org/events/exhibitions/art-dining
The exhibition was originally organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and curated by Linda Komaroff as Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. To find the beautiful exhibition catalogue, look for this title!
All my best,
Katherine Kasdorf
Associate Curator, Arts of Asia and the Islamic World, Detroit Institute of Arts
Contact Information
Katherine Kasdorf
Contact Email
URL
https://dia.org/events/exhibitions/art-dining
3. Mehrdad Alipour, author of Negotiating Homosexuality in Islamwillbe giving two lectures to discuss his new book.
First lecture: October 25th at the College of Liberal Arts at University of Texas Austin.
Second lecture: November 6th at Princeton University.
More information can be found on the event page of UT at Austin and the event page at Princeton.
4. Call for Papers: Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies
Monday 30 June – Tuesday 1 July 2025
Old Divinity School, St John’s College, University of Cambridge
https://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-2025-call-for-papers
4. ANNA CHRYSOSTOMIDES
WOMEN FIGHTING THE ENEMIES OF MUḤAMMAD AND CONVERTING TO ISLAM BEFORE THEIR HUSBANDS: THE ABBASID-ERA STORIES OF UMM FAḌL AND UMM HAKĪM
Monday Majlis Online on the 14th of October, 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter
Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUodOGorzssGtzlnl8LB3SiJKWmPZtUecfD
6. Call for applications – Bahari Visiting Fellowship in the Persian Arts of the Book at the Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Libraries are now accepting applications for Visiting Fellowships to be taken up during academic year 2025/26. Fellowships support periods of research in the Special Collections of the Bodleian Libraries, across a range of different subjects. Of particular interest might be the Bahari Visiting Fellowship in the Persian Arts of the Book
Details of the Fellowship terms and application process can be found on our Fellowships webpage: Bodleian Visiting Fellowships | Bodleian Libraries (ox.ac.uk).
Applications for these Fellowships should be made by the deadline of Friday 29 November 2024, 5pm GMT.
For further information, please email: fellowships@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
7. ONLINE MAJLISES of the Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, 2024 autumn term
6thof November (Wednesday) CIS Majlis/Visiting Speaker. 17:00-18:30 (UK time).
Tahera Qutbuddin
Is Oration Literature? Establishing the Khutbah of the Pre- and Early Islamic Oral Period as the Foundational Genre of Classical Arabic Prose
Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvduqppz8iEt1ZdHVYHRhR4iC3UBgEvsB3
11th of November (Monday) 17:00-18:30 (UK time).
Kevin Blankinship,
Debating Veganism in the Medieval Islamic World: A Debate between al-Maʿarrī and the Shiite missionary al-Muʾayyad fī l-Dīn al-Shīrāzī
Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlcu2oqj8sHtyy9qRR8dUpt2cjNRP95_kk
18th of November (Monday) 17:00-18:30 (UK time). Robert Hoyland
Robert G. Hoyland
Christian and Muslim Papyri from Khirbet Mird, Palestine: An Archive from the 7th and 8th Centuries
Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsdu6prT8qEtcuNk-156YHonlo8qYCMRlB
25th of November (Monday) 17:00-18:30 (UK time).
Fozia Bora
A Somali Village in Colonial Bradford (1904) – A (Counter) Archival Study
Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsdO2grDwvG9zhY8VHexgzl7azheKxyx_V
2nd of December (Monday) 17:00-18:30 (UK time).
Jonathan AC Brown
What Happens When God’s Law Gives You Unjust Results?
Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrdOuvpjouG9XCAE3_xuDKhxrJYlBaZyzO
9th of December (Monday) 17:00-18:30 (UK time).
Jan-Peter Hartung
Approaching Taliban Ideology through Layers of Time
Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rdu2srjgrGNVDIoeptFzTR__cmUbdwYS2
11th of December (Wednesday) CIS Majlis/Visiting Speaker. 17:00-18:30 (UK time).
Amira K. Bennison
Power and the City: Marrakesh under the Almoravids and Almohads (1070-1269)
Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpfuqorDgsG9WLRGacBbRXWZGow3cAEYIR
In the spirit of the label ‘Majlis’ and also to make the talks even more interesting, our speakers present the topic discussed as embedded in their own journey. You can watch the previous Majlises here, but we don’t record the Q&A in order to keep the discussion free. Please come and enjoy the talks and the discussions : )
If you’d like to be included in the CSI (Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter) mailing list, please write to I.T.Kristo-Nagy@ex.ac.uk.
8. CFP: The Roshangar Undergraduate Persian Studies Journal
The Roshangar Undergraduate Persian Studies Journal invites submissions for its Fall 2024 edition! We are seeking written or visual works relevant to Persian studies, such as essays on
Iranian society and culture, reviews of Persian literature, films, and theatre, creative works inspired by coursework in Persian studies, and more. Written submissions in English (1500-2000 words) should be in docx format, double-spaced, and adhere to MLA format citations. The word count for written submission in Persian is 500-800 words. Poetry submissions should be between 1-3 pages in length.
The students don’t have to be a Persian studies major or minor, or a UMD student to submit their work! Submissions are open to all undergraduate students. Submissions from UMD students will be considered for the Amouzegar Undergraduate Scholarship as well as Roshangar.
We will accept submissions for our Fall 2024 issue from Tuesday, October 1 – Tuesday, October 22th. The final revision of accepted submissions will be due Monday, November 25. Please submit your work by email to our director & editor-in-chief, Marjan Moosavi, at moosavi@umd.edu, and our assistant editors at roshan@umd.edu by that date. For inquiries, contact our assistant editor at the same email address.
9. Call For Applications – Two Ahmanson-Getty Postdoc Fellowships at UCLA (AY2025-26)
[DEADLINE February 1 2025]
UCLA Center for 17th-&18th-Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles
We invite applications for two postdoc fellowship positions: one focusing on early modern China (with a preference for the Qing period) and the other focusing on the early modern Islamicate world (with a preference for the Ottoman lands). The Islamicate world fellow is invited to make use of UCLA Islamic Collections in Ottoman Turkish, Persian, or Arabic language(s) and incorporate them in their research.
The theme-based resident fellowship program, established with the support of the Ahmanson Foundation and the J. Paul Getty Trust, is designed to promote the participation of junior scholars in the Center’s yearlong core program. Awards are for three consecutive quarters in residence at the Clark Library. Scholars must have received their doctorates in the last six years (2019–2025), and their research should pertain to the announced theme. Fellows are expected to make a substantive contribution to the Center’s workshops and seminars.
Application Requirements: Applications should include a research proposal (less than 1000 words), a writing sample (less than 10,000 words), and a CV. Applicants should identify relevant resources from the Clark Library at the end of their research proposal.
Award Amount: $69, 073 fellowship for three consecutive quarters in residence at the Clark Library.
Eligibility: Open to U.S. applicants, as well as international applicants who are eligible for a visa. Applicants must have formal documentation of Ph.D. being awarded by August 1. Fellows are expected to have full-time involvement in scholarly pursuits during the period of the fellowship.
Academic Level Requirements: Ph.D. awarded in the last six years.
This fellowship is required to be taken onsite.
Further details and a link to our online application can be found on our website: https://www.1718.ucla.edu/research/fellowships/
The deadline for fellowship applications for the 2025–2026 year is February 1, 2025.
An extended description of the program is available here: http://www.1718.ucla.edu/core/
10. The CeRMI is pleased to invite you to the first session of the seminar “Societies, Politics and Cultures of the Iranian World”, which will be held on Thursday, October 24, 2024, 5pm-7pm, in room 4.15 at the INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII,3rdfloor).
We are pleased to welcome Mr. Marc Toutant, Research Fellow at the CNRS (CETOBaC), for a conference entitled: The Tuḥfat al-ṭālibīn, a Mughal grammar of Eastern Turkish. Philological, cultural and political teaching.
Summary:
The Tuḥfat al-ṭālibīn is a grammar of Eastern Turkish (or “chaghatay”) written in Persian at the end of theeighteenth century by a certain Ḥayāt ‘Alī Dihlawī for a Mughal dignitary. Preserved only in manuscript form in several libraries on the subcontinent, the work has not yet been the subject of any study. Sometimes mentioned briefly in manuscript catalogues, this grammar is nevertheless one of the few direct testimonies that can tell us about the relationship that the descendants of Babur (1483-1530), the founder of the Great Mughals, had with their mother tongue. Although Persian had definitively established itself since the reign of Akbar (1556-1605), there is a whole set of grammatical and lexical treatises that show that Turkish retained a certain importance for these Indian Timurids (Babur was descended from the lineage of Tamerlane), which it is now necessary to specify. The other interest of the Tuḥfat al-ṭālibīn is that it includes many quotations from Central Asian poets and as such is considered a cultural repertoire.
Based on the examination of three papers from Hyderabad, Rampur and Islamabad, this presentation will aim to answer the following questions : how do we write a grammae of Turkish in Persian during the Mongol period ?What do the many poetic illustrations of the Tuḥfat al-ṭālibīn tell us about the reception of Central Asian culture in India at the end of the eighteenth century? In what way does the treatise of Ḥayāt ‘Alī Dihlawī recall the link of the Mughals with the dynasty of Tamerlane?
Bibliographical orientations:
-Alam (M.). 2015. “Mughal Philology and Rūmī’s Mathnavī”. World Philology, dir. par S. Pollock, B. A. Elman, K. Chang. Cambridge : Harvard University Press. 178-200.
-Guizzo (D.) 2002. The three classics of Persian lexicography of the Mughal era: Farhang-i Ğahāngīrī, Burhān-i Qāṭiʿ and Farhang-i Rašīdī. Venise : Ca’ Foscarine.
-Péri (B.) 2020. “Turki Language and Literature in Late Mughal India as Reflected in a Unique Collection of Texts”. Turkish History and Culture in India. Identity, Art and Transregional Connections, dir. par A. C.S. Peacock & R. P. McClary. Leyde : Brill. 367-387.
-Siddiqi (W.H). 1997.Fihrist Nuskhahā-yi khaṭṭī fārsī,Kitābkhāna-yi rażā – rāmpūr, delhi: diamond printers.
-Turan (F.). 2009. “Turkic grammar books written in Mughal India during the 18th and 19th centuries”. Turkic Languages 13. 163-171.
You will find the 2024-2025 program of the monthly research seminar “Societies, Politics and Cultures of the Iranian World” attached, and on the CeRMI website:
11. Cardiff University Jameel Scholarship/ Ysgoloriaeth Jameel Prifysgol Caerdydd
Founded in 2005, the Islam-UK Centre works towards the promotion of better understanding of Islam and the life of Muslims in Britain, through high quality teaching and research. Its activities address issues which are central to the situation of Muslims in contemporary Britain. / Oed Canolfan Islam y DU a sefydlwyd yn 2005 yw gweithio tuag at hyrwyddo gwell deallttwriaeth o Islam a bywyd Mwslimiaid ym Mhrydain drwy gynnig addysgu ac ymchwil o’r radd flaenaf. Mae ei gweithgareddau’n mynd i’r afael a materion sy’n ganolog i sefyllfa Mwslimiaid ym Mhrydain ar hyn o bryd.
The Centre provides unique training and research opportunities. / Mae’r Ganolfan yn cynnig cyfleoedd hyfforddi ac ymchwil unigryw.
One Fully Funded PhD Scholarship for a UK student. Scholarship includes a stipend (circa £19,237 per year for three years) plus £2,500 annually towards research costs. / Un Ysgoloriaeth PhD wedi’i hariannu’n llawn ar gyfer myfyriwr o’r DU. Ar gael ar gyfer dechrau ym mis Ionawr 2025. Mae’r ysgloriaeth yn cynnwys cyflog (tua £19,237 y flwyddyn am dair blynedd) ynghyd a £2,500 bob blwyddyn tuag at gostau ymchwil.
Apply Today!
Closing date for Jameel Scholarship applications 23:59 on 2nd December 2024.
#Cflywynch gais heddiw!
Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer cyflwyno cais ar gyfer Ysgloriaeth Jameel yw 23:59 ar 2 Rhagfyr 2024.
Link to Apply / Ffurflen Gais
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/cardiff/jameel-scholarship-application-form-phd-uk
12. Workshop “Aesthetic, Rituals, and Narratives in Islamic Mobilisation
St Antony’s College, Oxford, Thursday 24 October, 9am-7pm
Booking required by Tuesday 15 October.
Please email mec@sant.ox.ac.uk to register.
The finalized programme will be shared with all registered participants.
13. Indiana University’s Summer 2025 Language Workshop is now accepting applications for its intensive online Pashto program!
- Learn 1 year of language in 2 months
- Enjoy 18 hours of live instruction per week, plus cultural activities
- Combine the effectiveness of intensive study with the convenience of an online class
- Speed your learning by studying alongside enthusiastic and talented language learners
Funding Opportunities
- Explore available funding options here: https://languageworkshop.iu.edu/funding
Priority Application Deadline
- December 6, 2024
Learn more and apply here: https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/pashto
Questions? Email the Language Workshop at languageworkshop@iu.edu or join virtual office hours.
Contact Information
Kathleen Evans, Director, Indiana University Language Workshop
Contact Email
URL
https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-language-workshop/overview/online/p…
14. Lecture – “Can Pre-Islamic Architecture be Islamic Architecture? The Rock-Cut Tombs at Hegra”, Martin J. Devecka, Columbia University – November 19
Date: November 19th, 6:10 pm to 8:00 pm
Place: Columbia University, 612 Schermerhorn
Can Pre-Islamic Architecture be Islamic Architecture? The Rock-Cut Tombs at Hegra
From an early date, Islamic writers connected the Qur’anic Thamud with Hegra, an abandoned Nabatean-Roman site in the Northern Hijaz now known, by reason of that association, as Mada’in Salih. The site itself thus forms a kind of bridge across the historical rupture separating Islam from Jahiliyya. What exactly happens to such a site when it becomes “Islamic?” This talk explores how the idea of constructing Islam works as a monumentalizing lens that changes the way we look at pre-Islamic architecture by blurring some features even as it makes others stand out in sharp relief. At Hegra, it will be argued, the effect of this reinterpretation produces rupture where it might have been possible to see continuity in a way that turns Nabatean ruins into an infrastructure for producing Islam.
To be able to access the Columbia campus, we kindly ask you to register at this Google form by November 15th if you plan on attending: https://forms.gle/VrnvtubqgZCAaLxKA
15. Workshop – Summer 2025 Arabic Language Study, Indiana University
Indiana University’s Summer 2025 Language Workshop is now accepting applications for its intensive immersion programs in Arabic, Chinese, and Russian!
- Learn 1 year of language in 2 months and earn college credit
- Accelerate your learning with daily 1-on-1 skills training
- Live the language in immersion housing and classes
- Speed your learning by studying alongside enthusiastic and talented language learners
Funding Opportunities
- Explore available funding options here: https://languageworkshop.iu.edu/funding
Priority Application Deadline
- December 6, 2024
Learn more and apply here: https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/overview
Questions? Email the Language Workshop at languageworkshop@iu.edu or join virtual office hours.
Contact Information
Kathleen Evans, Director, Indiana University Language Workshop
Contact Email
URL
https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-language-workshop/overview/immersio…
16. Extended Deadline for IDHN Conference Submission
We are extending the deadline for abstract submission for the upcoming IDHN conference to October 27, 2024. To submit, please send an email to team@idhn.org with a preliminary title, abstract (150-300 words), and your academic affiliation.
Please note that the conference date has not changed; it will continue to be on Thursday, November 21, 2024.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
17. ONLINE Webinar “Global Islamophobia and the Rise of Populism” by Ivan Kalmar & Audrey Truschke, „Democracy and Ethnonationalism Lecture Series”, Rutgers Law School, 15 October 2024, 12:00 pm EDT
Information and registration:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ThhPNVrQSO2SPM9NIcXkUA#/registration
- October 12, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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