Archive for October 6th, 2026
Shii News – Academic Items
1. Three Postdoctoral Research Positions (3 Years) in Arabic Philosophy, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney
Qualification: – Research-level proficiency in the philosophical language of medieval Arabic. – Doctoral level training in Arabic philosophy or medieval Islamic intellectual history, with evidence of potential for high-quality research; a strong publication record is highly desirable. – Proficiency in Arabic text entry, with the ability to read and interpret medieval manuscripts. – Background in digital humanities. – Facility in another language (Latin, classical Greek, Hebrew) or relevant to the study of the Arabic translation movement (Syriac).
Deadline for applications: 6 November 2026. Information: https://tinyurl.com/2uryepx9
2. ONLINE New Journal: “How Rebellion Ends. Conflict Resolution in Late Antique and Early Islami-cate Political Culture (Part I)”, Special Issue of the “Journal of Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies”, Volume 5, Issue 2, Edinburgh University Press, September 2026, 131 Pages
Articles: – How Rebellion Ends. Conflict Resolution in Late Antique and Early Islamicate Political Culture, I: Mapping the Field. – Borderland Lords and their Centrally-Held Sons: The Sasanian Empire’s Treatment of Captives after the AD 450–1 Armenian Rebellion. – From Execution to State Office: Deal-ing with the Supporters of the Failed Alid Rebel Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdallāh (d. 763). – Al-Mashhad al-Juyūshī: A Symbol of Triumph and Devotion. – ‘A Popular Insurrection Arose in the Hippodrome’. State Re-sponses to Popular Mobilisation in Late Antique Constantinople. – Etc.
View: https://tinyurl.com/mue8u8dk
3. ONLINE New Article: “Iran Trapped Between Authoritarian Rule and Foreign Bombs” by Arash Beidollahkhani, Fair Observer, 4 September 2026
External military pressure on Iran may weaken its infrastructure without creating the democratic future that foreign powers have promised Iranians. Instead, this pressure risks strengthening hardliners, deep-ening repression and leaving ordinary Iranians trapped between an authoritarian state and foreign in-tervention. Though they have shown resilience, Iran’s civilians are facing an immense psychological toll, and lasting instability will intensify their declining quality of life.
View: https://tinyurl.com/3fwzbnvh
4. New Article: “Close Strangers: Syrian-Origin Turkish Citizens, Diaspora Formation between Neighbours and the Limits of Earlier Diaspora Theory” by Mehmet Akif Okur & Hamza Yavuz & Hüseyin Arif Kınacı, Journal “Diaspora Studies”, 24 September 2026, 29 Pages
Earlier diaspora theory was developed around cases of long-distance dispersal into culturally unfamiliar host societies under conditions of prolonged legal precarity. This article reads naturalised Syrian-origin Turkish citizens as a case of diaspora-in-becoming. Türkiye is treated as a deviant case and is used in a theory-building mode. The case suggests that the vocabulary of early diaspora theory needs refine-ment for settings marked by cultural proximity, rapid displacement and accelerated legal incorporation.
Information: https://tinyurl.com/4e9dwz52
5. Nouveau livre : “Penser le droit et l’Etat en Iran. Modernités politiques et juridiques dans le chiisme iranien contemporain” de Eva Zahiri, IISMM-Karthala, 24 septembre 2026, 350 pages
L’Iran a connu des transformations profondes depuis 1979 : la société est éduquée, l’État se recom-pose, et le droit est pris en tension entre héritage religieux et exigences contemporaines. Comment ces évolutions ont-elles redéfini les théories de l’État ? Que subsiste-t-il du droit religieux qui, depuis des décennies, est imbriqué dans le droit étatique fondé sur la raison et l’intérêt d’État ?
Information : https://tinyurl.com/yc2wkb23
6. New Book: “Sufi Material Culture”, Volume 2, Series: “Handbook of Sufi Studies”, Volume 154/4.2, Edited by Alexander Papas and Thierry Zarcone, BRILL, 15 September 2026, 570 Pages
Islamic mysticism finds expression not only in writings, speeches, and rituals but also in a rich material culture. Fully illustrated, this groundbreaking volume explores the extraordinary diversity of Sufi material culture across the Muslim world. It reveals how buildings, clothing, and symbolic artifacts reflect the inseparable bond between transcendence and immanence in Sufism. An essential resource for anyone fascinated by the intersection of faith and materiality.
Information: https://tinyurl.com/mr34xmy4
7. Nouveau livre : “Comprendre la question kurde” de Didier Billion, Armand Colin, septembre 2026, 224 pages
Qui sont vraiment les Kurdes ? Cet essai propose une analyse rigoureuse et nuancée de cette ques-tion complexe. Il met en lumière la diversité des stratégies kurdes, interroge les impasses des lectures occidentales et explore les conditions d’une issue politique fondée sur le droit à l’autodétermination. Un éclairage indispensable pour comprendre un conflit vieux de plus d’un siècle, au coeur des recom-positions du monde actuel.
Information : https://tinyurl.com/y4wb57ua
8. Open Access: Rawḍat al-ʿIṭr: The 15th-Century Arabic Pharmaceutical Encyclopedia – Arabic/English Edition
Access here:
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110780901/html
Rawḍat al-ʿIṭr, written by Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd al-Shirwānī in the 15th century, is a comprehensive Arabic pharmaceutical encyclopedia. It preserves centuries of pharmaceutical knowledge and offers detailed guidance on the preparation and use of remedies in the Arabic-Ottoman context.
9. Ismail Fajrie Alatas
The Architecture of Refuge: How Protection is Built, not Decreed
Monday Majlis Online on the 12th 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/IYdvtsYNQr-2BwY3MzV4aw
10. Critical Survey
Volume 38, Issue 3
Table of Contents
Shakespeare in the Levant
Introduction
Shakespeare in the Levant
Paul Innes
Shakespeare in the United Arab Emirates
Andrew J. Power
Interview with Shereen Saif
Shereen Saif and Paul Innes
Film Adaptations of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet on the Arab Egyptian Screen
Hussein A. Alhawamdeh
Egyptian Screen Adaptations of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Ḥobak Nār (Your Love Is Like Fire) (2004) and the Television Series Ḥarb Al-Gebālī (2025)
Safi Mahmoud Mahfouz and Eman Mustafa Hussein
Persian-Speaking Hamlet
Censorship and Propaganda in Mehran Dasht-Bozorgi’s Awake Hamlet
Ramin Farhadi
Reimagining the Moor of Venice
Islamicising Othello
Önder Çakırtaş
Afterword
Arab/Islamic Counter-narratives
Jyotsna Singh
General Article
From Margin to Centre
Negotiating British Muslim Identities on the Stage
Önder Çakırtaş
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11. Faculty positions in Arabic and Translation Studies at the American University of Sharjah
https://www.aus.edu/employment/position-in-arabic-studies-college-of-arts-sciences
https://www.aus.edu/employment/position-in-translation-studies-college-of-arts-sciences
FACULTY POSITIONS
Arabic Studies
Translation Studies
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH
12. Movement in Archaeology: A Workshop on Models, Methods, and Interpretations [Announcement]
October 22, 2026 – October 23, 2026
The workshop will explore the theme of movement in archaeology
with an opening lecture by Hans Peter Hahn (Goethe University Frankfurt), Movements and Culture: Notes on Two Essential Dimensions of Human Societies
and presentations by
Eleftheria Paliou (University of Cologne), Modelling Forager Mobility and Behaviour in Arid Ecosystems Using Empirical Data on San Hunter-Gatherer Movements and Decision-Making
Oscar Aldred (University of Cambridge), What Moves, What Remains? Archaeology and the Dynamics of Past Movement
Anna Collar (University of Southampton), Life on the Edges: Could we ever Model Past ‘Mobilities’?
Philip Verhagen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Modelling Transport and Movement on the Dutch Roman Frontier
Marlena Whiting (University of Groningen), Anchoring Meaning and Movement: The Creation of Pilgrimage Infrastructure in the Late Antique Holy Land
Dimitrij Mlekuž (University of Ljubljana), Making Things Move: Traps and Regimes of Movement
Shahin Garakani Dashteh (Goethe University Frankfurt), From Itineraries to Way-Stations: Reconstructing Royal Mobility in Mongol Iran
Contact Information
Shahin Garakani Dashteh (Goethe University Frankfurt)
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- October 06, 2026
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