Shii News – Academic Items
1. BRAIS is proud to announce its provisional 2016 Annual Conference Programme. Please follow the link to see the programme and abstracts: http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-conference-2016
You can now sign-up as a delegate for BRAIS 2016 online.
If you are giving a paper at the conference, the deadline for registration is Friday 11th March. For all other delegates, the deadline for registration is Friday 1st April.
Please note that the Alwaleed Centre at the University of Edinburgh is currently the administrative hub for BRAIS. Delegate fees are therefore being processed through the University of Edinburgh’s ePay system.
Members of BRAIS receive a substantial discount on delegate fees. We would therefore encourage you to sign-up as a BRAIS member before you register for the conference.
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Delegate fees for BRAIS 2016 are as follows:
| Delegate type | Two-day rate | One-day rate |
| Non-member | £95 | £60 |
| Full/Associate Member of BRAIS | £70 | £40 |
| Student non-member | £75 | £40 |
| Student Member of BRAIS | £60 | £30 |
Regards, the BRAIS team
2. Workshop: “The Status of Non-Muslims in Sharīʿa”, Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, 2-3 June 2016
We especially encourage, and invite, paper proposals engaging with the methodological questions involved in justifications for both traditional and alternative perspectives on fiqhī (juristic) readings of matters related to the status of non-Muslims in Islam.
Deadline for abstracts: 8 April 2016. Information: http://almahdi.edu/forthcoming-workshop-the-status-of-non-muslims-in-shari-a
3. PhD Research Fellowship in Contemporary Middle East Studies, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS), University of Oslo
Applicants must have completed a Master’s Degree or equivalent in Middle East studies or South Asia Studies with a Middle East/Islam orientation, or in a relevant discipline in social sciences or humanities.
Deadline for application: 11 April 2016. Information: http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/1586873/62042?iso=no
4. Editor of “Middle East Media & Book Reviews (MEMBR)”
The position requires institutional support for e-communication with reviewers, publishers of books/media on the Middle East and North Africa, receiving such publications from publishers, announcing/matching these books to the roster of current and potential reviewers, mailing out books, receiving, editing, and publishing online these reviews and notifying respective publishers of posted reviews of their books.
Information: mailto:aman@uwm.edu
5. Summer School: “The Political Economy of the Middle East: Resources, Strategies and Politics”, TOMidEast, Turin, 27 June – 1 July 2016
This is the first Summer School in Europe specifically focused on the Middle East politics, with international specialists of the area. The participation is open to students and professionals willing to critically explore the complex facets of the political dynamics of the Middle East. Scholarships are foreseen.
Deadline for application: 25 May 2016. Information: http://www.to-asia.it/to-mideast/
6. Call for Articles for New Journal “Contemporary Levant” of the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)
We are now accepting submissions for the second issue which will be published in September 2016. We welcome contributions from various disciplines including: anthropology, sociology, politics, religion and theology, cultural studies, modern history, social geography, media, film studies and literature.
Information: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=ycol20#.VurvqYyyNBc
7. Articles on “The Middle East after the Arab Spring” for Special Issue of “The Canadian Journal for Middle East Studies – The Researcher”
We particularly welcome contributions on: civil society after 2011 in the Arab World; democracy and democratization in the Arab World; women in politics in the Middle East; Gulf Countries as regional power; ethnic and religious minority issues in the Middle East; social movements in the Middle East; tribalism in the Middle East; conflict resolution; political Islam, democracy and governance etc.
Deadline for submission: 30 March 2016. Information: https://submissions.scholasticahq.com/sites/the-canadian-journal-for-middle-east-studies
8. Call for Book Proposals for Gerlach Press
We are pleased to have been able to publish more than 30 books in Middle East and Islamic Studies during the last three very successful years. We are now looking for authors and editors to contribute to our programme on the following topics: – Islamic Thought & Philosophy – Islamic Law – Quranic Studies – The Gulf Region / GCC. We are keen for our programme to include reference works and textbooks as well as research monographs and edited volumes. We would be very glad to hear from you about any book proposals, or series ideas, regarding the above-mentioned topics.
Contact: Kai-Henning Gerlach & Malcolm Campbell Publishers Berlin, http://www.gerlach-press.de
9. The Unthought in Islam: Gender Perspectives
Glasgow University (April 18-19th)
St Andrews Lecture Theatre 213
April 18th
Introduction
9.15-9.30 Lloyd Ridgeon (University of Glasgow)
9.30-10.30 Juliane Hammer (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
“Women in Prayer: American Muslim Negotiations of Gender, Practice, and Space.”
10.30-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.00 Maria Jaschok (University of Oxford)
“Women’s Mosques, women imams and the resurgence of an expressive culture in Hui Muslim communities in contemporary China”
12.00-1.00 Lunch
1.00-2.00 Zohar Hadromi-Allouche (University of Aberdeen)
The Good Wife: Eve as a paradigmatic feminine figure in Muslim tradition
2.00-2.30 Coffee
2.30-3.30 Samina Ansari (Amina – The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre)
Muslim women in Scotland – the reality on the ground
April 19th
9.30-10.30 Amanullah De Sondy (University College Cork)
“Scottish Islamic Masculinities: An Exploration”
10.30-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.00 Yafa Shanneik (University of South Wales)
“Re-thinking Women’s Empowerment? The Practice of self-flagellation among Shia Women between Europe and the Middle East”
12.00-1.00 Lunch
1.00 – Discussion
For further information, contact: Lloyd.Ridgeon@glasgow.ac.uk
10.THE CLARK’S RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC PROGRAM INVITES YOU TO:
OBJECTS OF ORIENTALISM
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 29 (1:30–5:30pm) & APRIL 30 (9am–1pm), 2016
Clark Art Institute
225 South Street
Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267
http://www.clarkart.edu/visit/directions
Convened by Mary Roberts and Marc Gotlieb, this symposium is designed to open a new dialogue around orientalist visual practice in the second half of the nineteenth century, and to continue the methodological conversation around contemporary valences of the term.
We will engage debates about ornament, cultural patrimony, and the role of artists as collectors and interpreters of Islamic art. Other topics include the poetics of Orientalism and the intersection of art and music. The symposium will also include a panel on curatorial practice and a gallery session in front of key works of art in the Clark’s collections.
This symposium is free and open to the public. For directions to the Clark, click here.
Participants include:
Timothy Barringer (Yale University), Orient and Ornament: India in British Art and Music, 1877-1914
Zeynep Çelik (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Beyond Orientalism?
Zirwat Chowdhury (Bennington College), The View of Counter-Insurgency
Holly Edwards (Williams College), Globalizing Orientalism
Edhem Eldem (Boğaziçi University), Text and Context in a Predominantly Visual Field
Luke Gartlan (University of St. Andrews),Beyond the Photobook: Orientalism, Bibliophilia, and the Reprographic Object
Marc Gotlieb (Williams College), Sand and Blood: On the Experience of Time in Orientalist Painting
Caterina Pierre (City University of New York),Sculpture, Materials, and Orientalism: The Case of Barrias
Mary Roberts (University of Sydney),Ornament, Object, Art? The Unstable Currency of Things in the Orientalist Interior
Ünver Rüstem (Johns Hopkins University),Dressing the Part: Ottoman Self-Representation in the Age of Orientalism
11. Lecturer in Persian (Full-Time)
The Department of Religious Studies at the University of California,
Santa Barbara invites applications for a one-year lecturer position in
Persian language beginning in the 2016-17 academic year. The position
is renewable based on performance and department needs.
Responsibilities include teaching three quarters of Persian annually
at the first- and second-year levels (six courses) plus two upper
division undergraduate courses in modern and classical Persian
literature in translation. We are especially interested in candidates
with specialization in modern and classical Persian prose literature
and/or poetry. The successful candidate will also be the assistant
coordinator of the Iranian internship program and have
responsibilities for assisting with related cocurricular programming.
Minimum Qualifications: MA or Ph.D. in relevant academic field; native
command of Persian and English; and excellent record of teaching
experience of undergraduates at the college level. Experience in
coordinating programs and institutions highly desirable.
The department is especially interested in candidates who contribute
to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through
research, teaching, and service. UCSB has recently been designated a
Hispanic serving institution under the U.S. Department of Education?s
guidelines (where total Hispanic enrollment constitutes a minimum of
25% of total enrollment). For information on our department please
visit our website at www.religion.ucsb.edu.
To ensure full consideration, please submit a cover letter, curriculum
vitae, and arrange to have at least three letters of recommendation
sent to UC Recruit, at https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF00706.
Complete applications received by May 31, 2016, will receive full
review. Inquiries about the position may be directed to Kathleen
Moore, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability
status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic
protected by law.
- March 26, 2016
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