Archive for 2024

1.The Virtual Islamic Art History Seminar Series (VIAHSS) is pleased to announce our Fall 2024 program. Please note that all talks will now take place on Tuesdays instead of Fridays at 12 noon EST/5PM UK/7PM Turkey (unless otherwise noted). Registration links for individual events will be sent out approximately one week before the program.

To receive these links, please sign up for our mailing list at www.viahss.org . 

Fall 2024 Presentations

Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Özlem Yıldız (Temple University)
Bringing the Heavenly Down to Earth: Nature, Bodies, and Objects as Symbols of the Divine in the Illustrated Qisas al-AnbiyaManuscripts from the Sixteenth-Century

Tuesday, September 17, 204
[Please note this talk will be one hour earlier than usual, at 11:00 am NYC]
Muhammad Hadi bin Osni (Community Researcher, My Community Limited)
Positioning Singapore’s Early Modernist Mosques in Southeast Asia Architectural History (1977-1981)

Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Heba Mostafa (University of Toronto)
Architecture of Anxiety: Body Politics and the Formation of Islamic Architecture
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Cailah Jackson (Independent Scholar)
Mevlevi Manuscript Culture in the Late Medieval Period

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Mahnam Najafi (Shahid Beheshti University)
The Evolution of Squares in Qajar Tehran: A Study of Urban and Social Changes
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Sinem Casale (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Gifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500-1639

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Amber Elisabeth Peters (Ca’Foscari University)
The Ocean in Early-Modern South Asian Art

Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Ahmad Rafiei (Toledo Museum of Art)
Beyond Allegory to Prosody: Unraveling Reza Abbasi’s Artistic Odyssey Through Yul Quli Beg’s Influence

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 [postponed from August 20]
Caroline Angle Maguire (University of Maryland, College Park)
Ashley Miller (University of Michigan Museum of Art)
Elizabeth Rauh (American University of Cairo)
A Roundtable Discussion:
Exhibiting MENA Cultural Heritage: Post-colonial Interventions

As always, you can find a full schedule of upcoming talks and register for our list-serv on our website at www.viahss.org. Although not every talk is recorded, we also have recordings of several recent talks available on the VIAHSS Vimeo page at www.vimeo.com/viahss.  Lastly, you can follow us on X at @viahss and on Instagram at @theviahss to stay up to date on upcoming events!

Contact Information

Dr. Alexander Brey and Rachel Winter

Contact Email

winterr6@msu.edu

URL

https://viahss.org/upcoming-talks/

2. Princeton University – Assistant Professor in South Asian Art History (tenure-track)
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67461

Closing date: Jan 15, 2025

3. Italy and the Islamic World,

From Caesar to Mussolini

Ali Humayun Akhtar

Edinburgh, 2024

‘To celebrate the publication of this essential volume, we are offering £10/$10 off until the end of September.’
Visit our website to order your copy – no code needed!

4. 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

5. International Conference on ‘Qur’anic Readings in AI Era’, Kerala, India, 20 October 2024

Themes: • Qur’anic Guidance for Human Life in the Age ff AI. • AI and Social Justice in the Light of the Qur’an. • Relevance and Authenticity of Interpretations of Qur’an. • Perfection of Holy Qur’an throughout Centuries. • Legal and Regulatory Aspects of AI in Islamic Jurisprudence. • Quranic View on Ethical Framework of AI. • Areas of Engagement with Islamic Law.

Deadline for abstracts: 5 September 2024.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/system/files/attachments/seminar-brochure-1.pdf

6. Postdoctoral research fellow (m/f/d), with expected full-time employment, limited to max. 3 years – E 13 TV-L HU

Your profile: Doctoral degree in Islamic Theology or Islamic Studies with excellent grades; advanced knowledge of German, English, and Arabic; knowledge of Turkish is preferred; experience in research and teaching, as well as aptitude and motivation for independent interdisciplinary work.

Deadline for application: 4 September 2024; Information:

www.islamische-theologie.hu-berlin.de/de/postdoctoral-research-fellow-m-f-d-with-expected-full-time-employment-limited-to-max-3-years-e-13-tv-l-hu

7. PhD Candidate Related to the Project “The Conceptual History of Ethics in Modern Arabic”, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherland

Profile: MA in Islamic Studies, Arabic, History, Philosophy, or another discipline related to your project; demonstrated interest in conceptual history or Arabic intellectual history; knowledge of conceptual historiographical theory and method and other background knowledge necessary to complete your proposed project; excellent command of written and spoken English, written Arabic, and preferably command of additional languages relevant to the field.

Extended deadline for applications: 1 September 2024. Information:

https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-candidate-the-conceptual-history-of-ethics-in-modern-arabic

8. International Winter School “Outer Space Cooperation in the Middle East”, Institute for International Cooperation, Technological Diplomacy and Communication, UN City of Bonn, 6-8 December 2024

The international Winter School offers students from the Middle East and Germany a platform for exchange on space cooperation in the Middle East. High-ranking international experts provide participants with input so that they can then develop innovative approaches to cooperation potential in workshops. A UN simulation offers the opportunity to put theoretical knowledge into practice. All costs are covered by the ICI.

Deadline for applications: 31 August 2024.

Information: https://www.ici-institute.de/winter-school-2024-outer-space-cooperation-in-the-middle-east

9. Residence Program in “Advanced Arabic Language and Social Studies”, Language Center at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar, 12 January – 1 May 2025

Deadline for applications: 1 September 2024. Information: https://dilc.wufoo.com/forms/mkvqolg1id49pf

1.Spring 2025 Workshop of the Mediterranean Seminar: “The Multilingual Mediterranean”, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 28 February 28 – 1 March 2025

Our theme encompasses such topics as language contact zones, multilingual art forms and media, and the relationships between language and identity. Our hope is to attract contributions from scholars working on several geographical contexts and historical periods in the Mediterranean world. We also hope to encourage contributions from a diverse range of disciplinary perspectives – including the interplay and intersection of visual, musical, and material “languages” in the Mediterranean world.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2024. Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSZBJaWnpb6Bd1gHNyzfAMhgQbM9mJvfRLsBPPY4PPYiOM7Q/viewform

2. Research Fellow for Project “Encounters and Mixing between the Red Sea and Asia Regions (1800-2000s)”, Department of Historical Studies, University of Turin

Qualifications: MA or PhD in one of the following fields: History of Africa, History of Asia, History of International Relations, or other related areas. They should also have a suitable scientific/professional track record. In addition to English and possibly a second European language, knowledge of a language from the Red Sea region or Asia appropriate to the case study to be investigated within the project is also required.

Deadline for applications: 23 September 2024. Information: https://www.asaiafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Contatti-e-ascendenze-miste-tra-Mar-Rosso-e-regioni-asiatiche.pdf

3. Research Fellow for Project “Towards a Digital Archive of Mixedness in the Red Sea (1800-2000)”, Department of Historical Studies, University of Turin

Qualifications: MA or a PhD in one of the following fields: History, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Digital Humanities, Digital Engineering, or other related areas. They should also have a suitable professional track record. In addition to an excellent knowledge of English, knowledge of other European languages is required, while knowledge of non-European languages is highly valued.

Deadline for applications: 23 September 2024. Information: https://www.asaiafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Verso-un-archivio-digitale-della-mixedness-nel-Mar-Rosso.pdf

4. Postdoctoral Researcher (80 %) for the Project “Participation in Islamic-Social-ethical Reflec-tions”, Swiss Centre for Islam and Society (SCIS), University of Fribourg/Switzerland

Requirements: Doctorate in Islamic Studies, Islamic Theological Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology or anothersocial/cultural science discipline; • Research interest in the topic of the project; • In-depth knowledge of relevant research methods; • Knowledge of German and/or French.

Deadline for applications: 30 August 2024.

Information: https://www.unifr.ch/webnews/content/159/attach/12508.pdf

5. ONLINE Fall Semester 2024 in Arab Studies, University of Birzeit, 16 September – 10 December 2024

Courses: 1. Colloquial Arabic. – 2. Standard Arabic. – 3. The Palestine Question. – 4. Modern & Contemporary Arab Thought.

Deadline for applications: 5 September 2024.

Information: https://pas.birzeit.edu/news-events/call-application-online-fall-semester-2024-2025

6. Proposals for Books in the Lexington Series on “Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Arab World”

Topics in the series include, but not limited to, queerness in the Arab novel, political violence in the context of gender, how gender relations are affected by displacement, encampment and return, the interaction between violence and its gendered representations in cinema, and the portrayal of gender in graphic novels. The series welcomes contributions of monographs and edited volumes from various disciplines related to women, gender, and sexuality in the Arab world.

Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2024/08/13/calls-for-book-proposals

7. Articles on “Mediterranean Food” for the New Journal “I.S. Med: Interdisciplinary Studies on the Mediterranean”

Submissions are invited on the topic of food and hospitality in and of the Mediterranean from interdisciplinary perspectives (humanities, social sciences, international law, media studies, art, and other fields of research). Any historical period of reference is welcome though we strongly encourage presenters to focus on the early modern to contemporary times.

Deadline for abstracts: 14 September 2024. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/submissions-interdisciplinary-studies-on-the-mediterranean-mediterranean-food?e=82aeb6c61d

8. Chargé de mission “chercheur” (F/H) – Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) – Antenne de Beyrouth – Liban

Compétence : Titulaire d’un diplôme de doctorat dans l’une des disciplines des études arabes, médiévales et modernes d’un établissement d’enseignement supérieur français, d’un autre pays de l’Union européenne. – Expérience dans le monde de la recherche en archéologie et histoire. – Bonne capacité d’organisation et d’animation des réseaux scientifiques, et capacité à conduire ses propres recherches et à rédiger les textes de présentation de ses travaux et d’expertise.

Date limite de candidature : 26 aout 2024.

Information: https://emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/54db82cf-1403-4010-9f2c-a065f55666d4

9. Chargé de mission “chercheur” (F/H) – Institut français d’études anatoliennes (IFEA) à Istanbul – Turquie

Date limite de candidature : 28 aout 2024

https://emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/93ec8c46-bf0d-4b26-9b06-06d1ad485a30

10.  United States Naval Academy – Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern history
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67483

Applications will be reviewed beginning September 30, 2024, but applications will be accepted after that date and until the position is filled.

11. Bates College – Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (Islam)
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67490

Close: Oct 14, 2024.

12. “Craft Geographies: Unravelling Material Cultures and Communities in South and Central Asian History,” at the 52nd Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin–Madison, on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Please find our flyer attached here.

 Speakers:

Amanda Lanzillo (University of Chicago) :: “Listen O Muslims, Especially You Blacksmiths”: Craft knowledge and Pashtun labour migration in the early twentieth century

Ping-hsiu Alice Lin (Harvard University) :: Tacit Knowledge and Moving Artisans in South Asia

Mohit Manohar (University of Chicago) :: Formal Convergences and Iconographic Ambiguities at the Tombs of Bukhara and Mandu

Benjamin James Nourse (University of Denver) :: Tibetan Woodblock Printing: Craft, Craftspeople, Networks, and Identity in 17th and 18th-century Inner Asia

Pranav Prakash (University of Oxford) :: An Inquiry into the Transregional Imagination of Book Arts in Persianate Societies (12th–15th Centuries)

Fatima Quraishi (University of California–Riverside) :: Crafting a Vision of Kashmir: Painting and Stitching Place in the Nineteenth Century

Amanda Respess (Ohio State University) :: Beyond the River and Below the Wind: Contextualizing Early Epigraphic Ceramic Production along the Medieval Islamicate Trade Routes

Megan Eaton Robb (University of Pennsylvania) :: Respecting the Writing, Respecting the Writer: Inheritors of Calligraphy Respectability Texts in Colonial India

Respondents:

Shah Mahmoud Hanifi (James Madison University)

Benjamin Hopkins (George Madison University)

Sylvia W. Houghteling (Bryn Mawr College)

Ron Sela (Indian University Bloomington)

 If you are planning to attend the conference, please consider attending our symposium. Please contact Pranav Prakash (pranav.prakash@chch.ox.ac.uk ) and Amanda Lanzillo (amandalanzillo@uchicago.edu ) for additional information, including the full schedule.

1. Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture

Call for Abstracts for Volume 2

With the first issue of the Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture moving towards publication, it is time to call for abstracts for the second issue.

The Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture embraces a broad chronological scope from the 7th to the 20th century. This peer-reviewed journal, with two issues per year, aims to encourage and promote the study of art and architecture from across the Islamic world in its widest sense.

Published papers will reflect a wide range of scholarly perspectives, a diversity of approaches, and the full chronological and geographical scope of the field. It is dedicated to publishing in English the most intellectually rigorous and original papers by scholars from across the world.

Issues appear in April and October and contain a range of articles up to 8,000 words in length and up to 20 colour images each.

Following standard EUP practice, there will be no transliteration apart from distinguishing ‘ain from hamza.

The journal includes articles of major significance which together demonstrate a wide diversity of material and approaches. In addition to studies of traditional media and regions, innovative and ground-breaking research that addresses new or unusual material, areas and approaches will be included.

The Editorial Board consists of the founder editor (Robert Hillenbrand) and three lead editors: a managing editor (Richard McClary) and two associate editors (Francesca Leoni and Yusen Yu). An international advisory board aids in commissioning and performing peer-review tasks. The journal also has a designated permanent copy/desk editor.

All potential authors are requested to submit abstracts of up to 250 words that sets out the core content of their proposed article.

The three lead editors will consider the abstracts submitted, then select a number of articles to be submitted in full for peer review, considering carefully the number of articles required per issue.

Peer review for each short-listed article is anonymous, and the journal will be listed on key indexing sites such as Web of Science.

We invite abstracts to be sent to jiaa.submissions@gmail.com by the closing date of November 1st 2024, with the final articles to be submitted by March 31st 2025. The second issue is due to be published in April 2026.

2. The Art History Department at the CUNY Graduate Center invites you to attend a panel featuring the authors of two groundbreaking monographs on Mughal painting, both published in 2023: The Brush of Insightby Dr. Yael Rice and Faces of Godby Dr. Murad Khan Mumtaz. 

The authors understand paintings to have been portals for dreams, visions, and sacred presence, and to have invited spiritual insight. With innovative interpretations grounded in close looking, Rice and Mumtaz deepen our understanding of Mughal visuality. Each explores the provocative question: what do Mughal paintings do? Additionally, the authors significantly advance the study of artists, patronage, and artistic processes. The panel offers a chance to learn about Indo-Muslim ontologies, the power of gazing, especially on beauty, and the expressive sophistication of Mughal pictures. We invite colleagues outside Mughal art history to engage with what these scholars have to teach us about images. Specialists are welcome too! Graduate-student organized, discussion oriented.

CUNY Graduate Center, Martin E. Segal Theatre

365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, United States

Friday, September 6, 2024; 5:30 PM

Please register here 

Contact Information

Gilad BenDavid

gbendavid@gradcenter.cuny.edu

Contact Email

gbendavid@gradcenter.cuny.edu

3. Southern Methodist University – Lecturer in South or Southeast Asian Islam
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67458

Closing date: Nov 15 2024

4. Arab World English Journal for Translation and Literary Studies welcomes the submission of papers for the October Issue 2024.  

The submission deadline is September 5, 2024. The issue publication date is October Issue 2024. 

For more details, click here.
Please send your submission as an attachment to TLS@awej.org

We have the pleasure of sending the full issue of AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies Volume 8 Number 2. May 2024 

For individual papers, click here.

With our best wishes,

Kind regards,
AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies
https://awej-tls.org/

5. Grant – 2024 Canadian Friends of Sufi Arts, Culture, and Knowledge Research Awards Program

Subject Fields

Architecture and Architectural History, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies and Theology

CFSACK™ 2024 Research Awards is open for applications!

The Research Awards Program is dedicated to advancing the study and appreciation of Sufi arts, culture, and knowledge by offering financial support to students and scholars affiliated with Canadian higher educational or cultural institutions to advance their research on Sufi Arts, Culture, and Knowledge.

Grants are available to support a range of academic activities, such as fieldwork, archival research, and organizing conference or workshops. Undergraduate and Master’s students are eligible for up to $2,000 CAD, while PhD and Post-Doctoral fellows may receive up to $5,000 CAD. This opportunity offers significant support for advancing your research and enhancing the understanding of Sufi art and culture.
Subject areas eligible for the CFSACK Research Awards are wide-ranging and include any research project related to Sufi Art, Culture and Knowledge in fields including, but not limited to, art history, art, fine arts, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, classics, cultural studies, ethnomusicology, history, literature, philosophy, psychology, religious studies, and sociology. This diversity reflects the program’s commitment to fostering a comprehensive understanding of Sufi culture across various disciplines.
 IMPORTANT DATES:

• Application Opens: August 15, 2024
• Deadline to Apply: October 15, 2024
• Awards Commencement: January 2025

AWARD HIGHLIGHTS:

• Purpose: To advance the study and appreciation of Sufi arts, culture, and knowledge by supporting research activities such as travel for conferences or fieldwork, archival research, and organizing conferences or workshops.
• Eligibility: Students and scholars affiliated with Canadian higher educational or cultural institutions.
• Exclusive Opportunity: Awarded candidates may gain exclusive access to the Musée d’Art et de Culture Soufis MTO™ in Chatou, France, including complimentary admission, consultation with curators and researchers, and privileged access to the museum’s collections.

For more details, FAQs, and application guidelines, visit our website here: https://www.cfsack.org/research-awards

Contact Information

Nooshin Esmaeili – Chair of the Research Awards Committee – nesmaeili@cfsack.org

Shahed Ejadi – Director – sejadi@cfsack.org

Canadian Friends of Sufi Arts, Culture, and Knowledge (CFSACK)™

Contact Email

research.awards@cfsack.org

URL

https://www.cfsack.org/research-awards

6. CFP – Ars Orientalis 56 – deadline: September 1

Ars Orientalis invites submissions of innovative articles on the arts of the broad geographic area of Asia, from the ancient period to the contemporary. We seek original, previously unpublished work that reflect insightful interventions, including but not limited to comparative or interdisciplinary approaches, multi-media content, and digital humanities methods.

Ars Orientalis is a digital publication with a print-on-demand option. Manuscripts should be 8,000 to 12,000 words (including endnotes).

Please refer to the submission and style guide for additional guidelines.

To submit or request more information, please email ArsOrientalis@si.edu.

Articles must be received by September 1, 2024, to be considered for AO 56.

Contact Information

Judy Lee

Scholarly Programs and Publications Specialist, National Museum of Asian Art

Contact Email

ArsOrientalis@si.edu

URL

https://asia.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AO-Style-Guide-2024.pdf

1.Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track ) in Anthropology or Sociology for Research on the Modern Arab Middle East, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

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://academicjobsonline.org/ajo?joblist—1664-27902

2. NYUAD Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World, Abu Dhabi, 6-24

January 2025

This inaugural writing retreat aims to foster a scholarly community for up to 6 scholars from around the world and to advance research projects in all areas of the Humanities related to the study of the Arab world, its rich literature and history. Scholars will have the opportunity to work on any type of academic writing, including a research article, book manuscript, chapter or essay.

Deadline for applications: 30 September 2024. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/146981

3. Articles for the “Journal of Ankara Studies”

The peer-reviewed journal, published twice a year, includes original research articles that reveal and discuss the historical, cultural, political, and economic development, geological transformation, and current urban problems of Ankara with the scientific methods and approaches of different disciplines. Adopting an open access policy, the journal is indexed in various indexes and databases.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2024. Information: https://ankaradergisi.org/eng/

4. Articles for the “Journal of Religious Minorities under Muslim Rule” (Brill)

Articles are invited that examine religious minorities (such as Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Hindus, and other minoritarian Muslim groups) under majoritarian Muslim rule. The journal covers the period from 7^th century Arabia to 1922 (the end of Ottoman rule), in addition to a large geographic area from North Africa and al-Andalus in the West to Iran, some Central Asian lands, well into Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia in the East.

We receive manuscripts on a rolling basis, and we publish two issues per year.

Information: https://www.editorialmanager.com/rmmr/default.aspx

5. Arab Studies Journal volume 32, no. 1 (Spring 2024) is now available.

https://tadweenpublishing.com/collections/peer-reviewed-journals

6. 4th INEKAS Summer School | 2024
“Islamic & Biblical Traditions: Sacred Texts, Contexts, and Intertexts”

 In collaboration with the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter (UK)

19 presentations, 14 in English and 5 in Persian, in 6 days
August 29th, 30th, and September 5th, 6th, 12th, and 13th
From 11:30 to 18:00 BST (6:30 to 13:00 EDT)
An opportunity for students interested in Islamic or Christian-Jewish studies

 A glimpse into recent scholarship on:
Methodological Considerations
Quranic and Biblical Intertextuality
The Quran and Post-Biblical Literature
Theological and Historical Contexts of the Quran and Bible
Interfaith Relations: Muslims, Christians, and Jews

Deadline for Registration:  August 28th
Deadline for Early-Bird Registration:  August 18th

See the Program booklet here.

For more information and registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/985853282707