Shii News – Academic Items
1. ONLINE Webinar “The Kurdish Nobility in the Ottoman Empire: Loyalty, Autonomy, and Privilege”, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 9 February 2024, 12:00 am – 1:00 pm ET
In this webinar, Nilay Özok Gündogan will analyze the history of one noble Kurdish family based in the emirate of Palu, a fortressed town in the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire, between 1720 and 1895.
Information and registration:
https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2023/nilay-ozok-gundogan-kurdish-nobility
2. 18th Great Lakes Ottoman Workshop (GLOW), Binghamton University, SUNY, 3-4 May 2024
GLOW has three broad themes this year: “Translation in Ottoman Studies”, “Nature and Natural Histories of the Ottoman Empire”, and “Ottoman Migrations.” Each theme will have at least one panel associated with it. Abstracts and prearranged panels not related to these themes are gladly accepted on any topic related to Ottoman studies
Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2024.
3. HYBRID 45th Conference of the Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), Aga Khan Library, London, 14-17 May 2024
Deadline for abstracts: 28 January 2024. Information: https://melcominternational.eu/index.php/forthcoming-conference/
4. Conference “Animals in Anatolian and Turkish History”, Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koç University, Istanbul, 16-17 May 2024
The conference’s goal is to explore how animals shaped the human experience in Anatolia and Turkey over time, and how Anatolian and Turkish societies (in turn) have altered the past and present of different animal groups.
Deadline for abstracts: 6 February 2024.
5. Cercec / Cetobac International Graduate Conference in Area Studies “Modernities Debated. Crossed Perspectives from Russian, Soviet and Ottoman (Post-)Imperial Spaces: Central and Eastern Europe, Balkans, Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasus and Central Asia”, EHESS, Paris, 21-23 May 2024
The aim of this conference is to explore how the idea of modernity has been produced in situ by past and present actors in the areas under study. By focusing more closely on the way in which the internal dynamics of the geographical and social spaces of interest produce modernity, this conference aims to continue the work undertaken by areal studies on how modernity is conceptualised and actualised.
Deadline for abstracts: 23 February 2024. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2024/01/AAC-Journees-doctorales-CETOBAC-CERCEC-Modernites-en-debat.pdf
6. ONLINE Workshop “Medieval Middle Eastern Diversity” Organized by Thomas A. Carlson (Oklahoma State University) and Reyhan Durmaz (University of Pennsylvania), 20 May 2024
This one-day workshop invites scholars to discuss diversity, with any thematic focus, within the temporal scope of the “medieval” period (roughly 600-1500) and the Middle Eastern region. Any scale of work, from broad theoretical inquiries to granular micro-historical analyses, is welcome.
Deadline for abstracts: 23 February 2024. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-medieval-middle-eastern-diversity-workshop-20-may-remote?e=82aeb6c61d
7. Pre-doc Scholarship (36 Months) for Dissertation Project in the Field of “History of Islam in the Eastern Mediterranean”, University of Mainz
Prerequisites: An outstanding Master degree obtained within the past 24 months in a relevant discipline; proficiency in English and German and/or willingness to acquirerelevant language skills as soon as possible after the start of the scholarship.
Deadline for applications: 29 February 2024. Information: Contact urban-difference@uni-mainz.de
8. 130 Fully-funded Scholarships (4 Years) for the Doctoral Programmes in Economics, History, Law, and Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2024. Information: https://www.eui.eu/en/services/academic-service/doctoral-programme#msdynttrid=1BEWQW9wyUn_v4KXPzeGI9LB7DgjSyosZqILpMnXTI0
9. Tenure-track Position in Medieval History (500-1500 CE), Tel Aviv University
The position is open to PhD holding candidates at all levels of their careers. We seek in particular researchers who focus on one of the following areas and/or on interactions between them: History of Western Christianity, History of Eastern Christianity, Mediterranean History, History of the Crusades and Crusader Kingdoms.
Deadline for applications: 17 March 2024. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/job-zvi-yavetz-school-of-historical-studies-tel-aviv-university?e=82aeb6c61d
10. Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in History of Islamic Art and Architecture (4 Years), American University in Cairo
The Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations invites applications from a historian of art and architecture with a primary focus on the study of the Islamic world before 1800 for an open-rank appointment that will begin in the fall of 2024.
Deadline for applications: 30 January 2024. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2024/01/16/assistant-associate-or-full-professor-in-history-of-islamic-art-and-architecture
11. Résidences islamologiques de l’Ifpo, Amman (mars – decembre 2024)
Il sera attendu des chercheures et chercheurs dont le projet aura été sélectionné de : donner au moins une conférence ouverte au public sur l’un de leurs sujets de recherche; – rencontrer des enseignantes-chercheures et des enseignants-chercheurs de Jordanie impliqués sur des thématiques communes de recherche; – rédiger et soumettre un article scientifique pour publication à un numéro du Bulletin des études orientales (BEO) dans un délai de 12 mois après la résidence; etc.
Le dossier de candidature est à envoyer avant le 31/01/2024.
Information : https://www.ifporient.org/residences-islamologiques-2024/
12. Articles on “AI in Muslim and Islamic Contexts” for a Special Issue of the “Journal of Islamic Studies” Edited by Dr Cherry Muslim
This special edition specifically aims to explore the evolving role of AI in various aspects of Islamic and Muslim life, from religious knowledge dissemination to educational settings, and from the issuance of fatwas to the enhancement of religious rituals. The adoption of AI in Islamic settings presents both challenges and oppor-tunities, raising questions about the ethical and theological dimensions of these advancements.
Deadline for submissions: 30 May 2024.
Information: https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/JIS/announcement/view/142
13. University of Utah,
Post Doctoral Fellow in Arabic
Closing date: Feb 15, 2024
14. The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) – Fellowship Applications 2024-2025
Applications for CASA I, II, and III are due on Thursday, February 1st 2024.
For more information, please visit: https://arabicspecialprograms.arizona.edu/
CASA I offers a 9-month advanced level training in Arabic language and culture Fellowship program to qualified American undergrad and graduate level students at the Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman, Jordan or the Arab American Language Institute in Morocco (AALIM) in Meknes.
CASA II offers a 5-month (Spring 2025 semester) language and research support Fellowship program for graduate students (priority given to PhD students) in MENA Studies (any area of specialization pertaining to the MENA region) through the Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman, Jordan.
CASA III offers a 5-month (Spring 2025 semester) language and research support Fellowship program for faculty and postdoctoral fellows in all areas of specialization pertaining to the MENA region through AALIM (Arab American Language Institute in Morocco) in Meknes, Morocco. The application requires that all applicants take the ACTFL exam for Reading, Listening and Oral proficiency.
Deadlines / Exam Dates: Application deadline is February 1, 2024 Exam deadline (reading, listening, OPI) is February 15, 2024
15. CeRMI is pleased to invite youto thenext sessionof the seminar “Societies, Policies and Cultures of the Iranian World”, which will be held on Thursday, February 8 , 2024, 5-7 p.m., in room 3.15 at INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII,3rd floor).
We are pleased to welcome Ms. Arezou Azad, Director of the ERC project “Invisible East” and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, appointed to the Junior Professor Chair “Arts and Heritage of Afghanistan” at Inalco , for a lecture entitled: The Bamiyan Notebooks: Reading and Interpreting the Persian Documents of Medieval Afghanistan“.
Summary
This lecture examines Afghan documents written in thetwelfth andthirteenth centuries AD (“the Bamiyan Notebooks”), currently under study by the “Invisible East” program team. These are essentially administrative and legal documents from the archives of a state warehouse dealing with tax collection and tax management. An exceptional aspect of these documents is that they reflect the views of lower- and middle-level administrators, and sometimes even rural farming communities and peasants. This session will focus on the methods developed for deciphering and reading these documents, as well as their use as historical sources on rural administration. My talk will highlight the importance of these documents, which are still largely underused, although available in open access, for understanding the development of language and writing, documentary culture and history (social, economic and political).
Bibliographic References
- Azad, Arezou and Pejman Firoozbakhsh. ‘No One Can Give You Protection’ – The Reversal of Protection in a Persian Decree Dated 562/1167. In Acts of Protection in Early Islamicate Societies. Paris: Annales islamologiques, 2020: 125-38.
- Haim, Ofir. “‘What Is the “Afghan Geniza”? A Short Guide to the Collection of the Afghan Manuscripts in the National Library of Israel, with the Edition of Two Documents.’ Afghanistan 2, no. 1 (2019):70-90.
- Irani, Nafisa and Ali Saffari Aq-qal’a. Kuhantarīn farhangnāma-yi fārsī-yi dānish-i istīfāʾTehran: Mīrāth-i Maktūb, 1395/2016-17.
- Lambton, Ann K.S. Continuity and Change in medieval Persia: Aspects of Administrative, Economic and Social History, 11th-14th Century(London: I.B. Tauris, 1988).
- Rustow, Marina. The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020.
- Scott, James C. Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. Yale: Yale University Press, 1985.
- Shaked, Shaul. “Early Persian Documents from Khorasan,” Journal of Persianate Studies6 (2013): 153-62.
Online Resources
https://invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk
As a reminder, you will find the 2023-2024 programof the monthly research seminar “Societies, Policies and Cultures of the Iranian World” attached, and on the CeRMI website:
16. The next online Monday Majlis of the Centre for the Study of Islam, Exeter:
Monday, the 29th of January, 17: 00-18:30 (UK time). Stefan Karmola, All under the Heavens… and the Heavens, Too: Universal History and Astrology in Mongol Iran
Registration is required. Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkdOyorz4vGdOViDJWtUkyQdC1XwV_iAnl
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