Shii News – Academic Items

1. Sensing Islam

Engaging and Contesting the Senses in Muslim Religiosity

S Stjernholm,

Bloomsbury, 2026

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sensing-islam-9781350324176/

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Mazda:

‘Persian Fiction in Translation Series’

https://www.mazdapublishers.com/series/bibliotheca-iranica-persian-fiction-in-translation

 

 

 

 

3. Brill: The Ruzbeh Library: Critical Editions of Modern Iranian Fiction

https://brill.com/page/forthcoming_trl

 

 

 

 

4. Qatar’s Societal Security 

Towards the Inclusive National Concept of ‘Baladna’

Identity, Migration and External Threats Since 2017

Cihat Battaloğlu

ISBN: 9783959941976

Published by Gerlach Press

https://gerlachpress.com/index.php?art_no=9783959941976

 

 

 

 

 

5. NLM DeBakey Fellowships open
The NLM and Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) announce the 2027 application cycle for the NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine.

The fellowship provides individual awards of up to $10,000 to U.S. citizens and permanent residents to support research in the collection of the NLM.

To receive consideration, eligible applicants must upload all required materials to the FAES application portal by 11:59 pm ET on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
Complete details: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/get-involved/debakey-fellowship.html.

 

 

 

 

 

6. 32nd Congress of the German Middle Eastern Studies Association (DAVO), Ludwig-Maximili-ans-University Munich, 10 -12 September 2026

The DAVO Congress is dedicated to advancing academic research and public understanding of North Africa, the Middle East, and West Asia, by examining questions of history, society, politics and econom-ics, culture and religion, language and literature, health, and related fields, while critically engaging with pressing issues within Germany and Europe, including migration, antisemitism, anti-Arab and anti-Mus-lim racism, and societal transformation.

Deadline for registration: 6 September 2026. Information, preliminary program and registration:

https://tinyurl.com/uteh2vzb

 

 

 

 

 

7. Journée d’étude ReligiS « Circulation des textes et des dogmes. Europe et Méditerranée, XVIe et XXIe siècle », Aix-en-Provence, 5-6 novembre 2026

Programme : https://tinyurl.com/mprpey9a

 

 

 

 

 

8. Workshop “Translation and Multilingualism Across the Premodern Arabo-Islamic World and Europe”, Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain, 3-4 December 2026

The organisers are looking for focused historical case studies that illuminate multilingual exchange, textual circulation, translation practice, and cross-cultural knowledge production. Focusing on scholars, translators, and intermediaries working across languages such as Arabic, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Persian, it explores how knowledge was shaped and reshaped as it moved between intellectual and institutional contexts.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2026. Information: https://tinyurl.com/4574krfy

 

 

 

 

 

9. Appel à communication pour la journée d’études

« “Occidentalisme” : l’Italie dans la littérature arabe du XVIe au XXe

siècle »

Grenoble, Université Grenoble-Alpes, LUHCIE,

Maison des Langues, Salle Jacques Cartier, 8 décembre 2026

Cette journée d’études se propose ainsi d’explorer, dans des corpus littéraires en arabe rédigés entre le XVIe et le XXe siècle, les traces laissées par les contacts historiques et culturels entre l’Italie et le monde arabe, ainsi que les modalités de leur inscription dans les productions littéraires arabes. Elle entend favoriser une réflexion sur les phénomènes de représentation de l’Italie dans l’espace linguis-tique arabe.

Limite des proposition avant le 30 août 2026. Information : https://tinyurl.com/dymcjmnk

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Conference “Rural Life in Post-Ottoman Lands (1918-1945)”, Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, University of Cambridge, 8-10 July 2027

This conference considers social, economic and cultural continuities and changes in pastoral and agrar-ian landscapes across the territories in the Balkans and the Middle East that had once formed the Ottoman Empire. Topics might include, for example, the development of infrastructure; the mechanisa-tion of agriculture; healthcare and the spread and control of disease; internal migration and mobility; climate, environment and natural disasters; village literature and education; reforms in landholding, taxation, and legal practice.

Deadline for abstracts: 5 December 2026. Information: https://tinyurl.com/4x2rsmxv

 

 

 

 

 

11. Vice President (3 Years) for International Affairs at the German Jordanian University (GJU), Amman

Qualifikation: Berufung als Professor:in im deutschsprachigen Raum. – Erfahrungen in der Leitung ei-ner Hochschule, (Präsidium/Rektorat oder Dekanat). – Sehr gute deutsche und englische Sprach-kenntnisse, von Vorteil sind außerdem Arabischkenntnisse. – Wissenschaftliches Profil mit Bezug zu den Schools der GJU. – Erfahrungen in der Einwerbung von Drittmitteln.

Deadline for applications: 31 August 2026. Information: https://tinyurl.com/y4zs6wka

 

 

 

 

 

12. Postdoctoral Scholar/Lecturer (2 Years), Bita Daryabari Fellow in Persian Language and Li-terature, University California Davis

Qualification: PhD within the humanities or humanistic social sciences field. – Persian serving as a primary research language and the applicant’s scholarship focusing on the Persianate world. – Strong and well-developed research program. – Ability to teach an undergraduate seminar in Persian language and literature.

Deadline for applications: 31 August 2026. Information: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07717

 

 

 

 

 

13. Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) of Comparative Politics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

We particularly welcome applications from scholars whose research and teaching focus on topics related to migration, democracy, or political economy. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in political science or a closely related field or be ABD with a Ph.D. conferred before the start date of the appointment. Effective classroom teaching is essential for this position.

Deadline for applications: 14 September 2026. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/191508

 

 

 

 

 

14. Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in History of the Mediterranean World, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

This is a position for recent Ph.D.’s who have not yet served in a tenure-track capacity. We particularly welcome applicants focusing on transregional exchanges or conflicts across Mediterranean spaces, broadly defined. They should specialize in the history of the Mediterranean world, with a chronological focus in either the medieval or early modern period.

Deadline for applications: 21 September 2026. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/191175

 

 

 

 

 

15. Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Humanities, Brown University, Providence, RI

Candidates will have an internationally renowned body of scholarship in the study of Islam and its hu-manistic traditions, and an outstanding record of teaching and mentorship of undergraduate and PhD students.

Deadline for applications: 15 October 2026. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/190884

 

 

 

 

 

16. “Farabi International Award on the Iranian and Islamic Studies”, Tehran

We welcome all researchers in the field of Iranian studies and Islamic studies to submit their outstanding research works completed from March 2022 until the end of March 2025. This includes final research reports, research books, doctoral dissertations, Master`s thesis, and research articles on Iranian stud-ies and Islamic studies.

Deadline for submissions: 22 September 2026. Information: https://farabiaward.ir/page/12/Introduction

 

 

 

 

 

17. 10 “ACLS Marwan M. and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowships in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America”, American Council of Learned Societies

The fellowships are awarded to scholars confronting official constraints on their research and writing owing to the contested nature of their fields. The fellowship is open to scholars at all postdoctoral career stages, working on or off the tenure track, who have earned a PhD in the humanities or interpretive social sciences by the application deadline. Maximum award: $60,000.

Deadline for applications: 17 September 2026. Information: https://tinyurl.com/4aw8w55d

 

 

 

 

 

18. ONLINE Inekas Summer School on “Philosophy beyond Falsafa: Reimagining the Historiography of Islamic Philosophy”, IAIS University of Exeter & Habib University & Hanif Center for Religious Studies, 3-5 September 2026

The summer school explores the diverse forms of philosophical inquiry in the Islamic intellectual tradi-tion. Moving beyond the conventional focus on falsafa, it examines kalām, bayān, uṣūl al-fiqh, adab, and ʿirfān as important sites of philosophical reflection, inviting participants to rethink the boundaries of philosophy and gain a broader understanding of Islamic intellectual history.

Deadline for registration: 2 September 2026. Information, program and registration: https://inekas.org/en/2026ss/

 

 

 

 

 

19. Nouvelle livre : “Penser le monde avec Avicenne – Une introduction à sa philosophie” de Meryem Sebti, Les Belles Lettres, 4 septembre 2026, 240 pages

Ce livre offre une initiation aux questions qui constituent le coeur de sa philosophie. Partant de la vie et de la formation d’Avicenne, il expose les fondements métaphysiques de son système, la démonstra-tion de l’existence et de l’unicité de Dieu, la doctrine de l’émanation, la théorie de l’âme et de l’intellect, avant d’aborder la quête avicennienne de la science dans ses dimensions logique, naturelle et médi-cale. Une troisième partie examine la place de l’homme dans le monde : gouvernance divine, liberté humaine, prophétologie, statut du politique.

Information : https://tinyurl.com/m7at7vz2

 

 

 

 

 

20. L’Islam des Lumières

Histoire de l’humanisme musulman (VIIe-XXIe siècle)

Olivier Hanne

2026

Préface d’Olivier Roy, professeur à l’Institut universitaire européen de Florence.

Information : https://tinyurl.com/me3b9u8a

 

 

 

 

21. Nouvelle livre : “Liberté et féminisme dans la pensée arabe des XIXe et XXe siècles – Trans-ferts culturels et migrations sémantiques”, direction Kalthoum Saafi, hémisphères Èditions & maisonneuve & larose, avril 2026, 240 pages

Cet ouvrage collectif réunit des recherches présentées autour de l’émergence de deux notions fonda-mentales : celle de liberté et celle de féminisme, dans l’aire géopolitique arabe entre le début du XIXe siècle et la première moitié du XXe siècle, et leur interaction dans un contexte historique particulier : c’est à cette époque que la notion de liberté s’ouvre à son acception moderne et que s’opère un chan-gement de paradigme dans la pensée arabe, qui conduira à la naissance du « féminisme arabe ».

Information : https://tinyurl.com/2mvpu4d9

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