Shii News – Academic Items
1. Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies – Opportunities for Scholars 2017-2018, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52830
College of Charleston – Visiting Assistant Professor, field open
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52955
Preference is for candidates who can teach the pre-modern courses, but applicants in all fields are welcome.
2. British Museum, Middle East
Curator: Islamic Collections
Full time
Fixed Term: 6 months in duration
£27,905 per annum pro-rata
Ref: 1555788
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52961
3. International Workshop: “Authority in Islam: Dialectics of Fragmentation & Plurality in Muslim Eurasia”, Indiana University, Bloomington, 24-25 March 2017
The workshop is part of an ambitious long-term initiative that aims to assess and analyze the causes, spectrum, and consequences of (seemingly) increasingly diverse, decentralized and disjointed practices of religious authority in Muslim societies, both regionally and comparatively.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2016. Information: https://authorityinislamblog.wordpress.com/contact/
4. University Lectureship in Classical Arabic Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge
The lecturer will be required to deliver lectures, hold classes and give seminars in Classical Arabic Studies, and to supervise graduate and undergraduate dissertations. The position is to begin 1 September 2016. This appointment is fixed term for one year.
Deadline for application: 12 June 2016. Information: http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/faculty/jobs/classical_arabic-lecturer
5. “The Ninth Festival for the Selection of the Best Book of the Year on Imam Reza (A.S.)”
On the auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of Alim Aal i-Muhammad[The Most Learned in the Family of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.)] Hadrat Imam Ali Bin Musa-ar-Reza (A.S.) and Hadrat Fatima Masumah (S.A.), sister of Imam Reza (A.S.), which is celebrated as ‘The Ten Days of Generosity’, the Organization of Libraries, Museums and Center of Deeds of Astan Quds Razavi with the cooperation of the Imam Reza (A.S.) Cultural and Artistic International Foundation will conduct
“The Ninth International Festival for the Selection of the Best Book of the Year on Imam Reza (A.S.)”
Compilations, Translations and Dissertations with the subject of Imam Reza (A.S.) and His Family
This event will be the part of the programs of the Fourteenth International Festival on Imam Reza (A.S.).
Goals
—- Dissemination and promotion of the radiant culture of Imam Reza (A.S.).
—- Expanding the scientific, artistic and research activities related to the life and different dimensions of the personality of Imam Reza (A.S.), the Eighth Shining Star in the Sky of Imamat (Divine Leadership).
—- Recognizing, commending and supporting the creators and producers of the distinguished cultural and artistic works on the culture of Imam Reza (A.S.) and helping in the extensive publications of these works.
Sections of the Festival
Section One, Best Book
The themes for the selection of the ‘Best Book of the Year’ on Imam Reza (A.S.)
–The sciences and learning of Imam Reza (A.S.).
–The life and history of Imam Reza (A.S.).
–The Ziyarah (Pilgrimage) of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.).
— The medicinal system prescribed by Imam Reza (A.S.).
–Poems
–Anecdotes
–Children and youth
–Translation
–Foreign languages
For every winner in the above-mentioned sections will be awarded with the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Section Two, Best Digital Book
First Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Second Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Third Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Section Three, Best Thesis
First Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Second Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Third Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Section Four, Best Publisher
First Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Second Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Third Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Section Five, The works deserved to be published
For the winners in the above-mentioned section the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes will be awarded. The Secretariat of the Festival will make the efforts to publish these selected works.
– The exquisite prizes include paying all the tour expenses to perform the Umrah and pilgrimage to the holy places in Iraq and the holy city of Mashhad.
-All the winners will be accepted as the guests of the secretariat of the festival. Specialized sessions and educational workshops will be conducted on the sidelines of the festival with the presence of the guests and distinguished scholars.
Transport, boarding and lodging expenses of the guests will be borne by the Secretariat of the Festival.
Events Dates
Last date of sending the work: July 6, 2016
Date of conducting the festival in the Holy City of Mashhad: August 8, 2016
Examining
Examining of the works will be done by the experienced scholars of the Islamic seminaries and universities.
Conditions
—-The works sent to five sections will be accepted for selection in the below-mentioned two subjects:
A-Works with the subjects related to Imam Reza (A.S.).
B- Works with the subjects related to the family of Imam Reza (A.S.) [Imam Muhammad Taqi al-Jawad (A.S.), Hadrat Husain Bin Musa al-Kazim (A.S.), Ahmad Bin Musa al-Kazim (A.S.)[Shah Chiragh] and Hadrat Fatima Masumah (S.A.).
—- The works sent with the subjects related to Imam Reza (A.S.) should have been published in the years 2015 and 2016.
—-The works can be sent in Farsi (Persian) and all other foreign languages.
—-Every applicant should send one copy each of the work to the secretariat.
—-The works sent to the Secretariat will not be returned.
—-More than one work from a person will be accepted.
Permanent Secretariat of the Festival
Central Library of the Astan Quds Razavi
Shaykh Tousi Sanctuary (Bast)
The Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.)
Holy City of Mashhad
Islamic Republic of Iran
P.O. Box No: 91735-177
Tele-fax: 0098-51-32235441
Telephone: 0098-51-32232004-8
Website: http://www.library.aqr.ir, http://library.aqr.ir/ketabsal ,
Email: info.lib@aqr.ir , ketabsal@aqlibrary.ir ,
Application Form
The works related to the subjects of “The Eighth Festival for the Selection of the Best Book of the Year on Imam Reza (A.S.)” can be registered by filling the ‘Application Form’
Best Book Best Digital Book Best Thesis Best Publisher The works deserved to be published
Title of the Work: Name and Surname of the Author: Year of Publication: Copies: Print: Subject of the Work:
Telephone No: Email: Fax:
Address:
Last date of sending the work: July 6, 2016
6. Eurasian Empires Program – Leiden University Institute for History, June 15-17, 2016
On 15-17 June, the final conference of the Eurasian Empires Program will take place in Leiden. Leading scholars in the field from all over the world will participate in five themed panels.
There will be two keynote speakers, the first of whom is Gülrü Necipoglu on Wednesday 15 June, with a lecture entitled ‘Transregional Connections: Architecture and the Construction of Early Modern Islamic Empires.’ On Friday 17 June, Nicola Di Cosmo will conclude the conference with his lecture ‘Climate and Eurasian Empires: What to Make of Proxy Data and their Historical Relevance.’
Besides international scholars, many of the group’s members will participate in the conference, either as presenters or in the role of chair and/or discussant.
The panels are entitled, respectively:
– Methodology, Theory, Approaches
– Dynastic Change and Legitimacy
– People of the Pen
– People of the Sword
– Gender and Power
Interested members of the public are most welcome to attend the lectures and panel sessions.
The full program and abstracts for all talks can be found here:
http://hum.leiden.edu/history/eurasia/news/final-conference.html
7. Call for Papers
Global Reformations: Transforming Early Modern Religions, Societies, and Cultures: An international, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary conference, 27-30 SEPTEMBER 2017
Sponsored by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria College, at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
150 WORD ABSTRACTS DUE: 31 MAY 2016
What is Reformation, and where? Who does it impact, and how? This conference invites a sustained, comparative, and interdisciplinary exploration of religious transformations in the early modern world. Scholars who once confidently framed the Reformation as a sixteenth-century European Protestant phenomenon now look expansively across different confessions, faiths, time periods, and geographical areas.
The early modern world saw a great increase in contacts between religious traditions and their believers. Many meetings were fraught with the tensions of alterity. All contacts generated new forms of accommodation, exclusion, communication, exchange, and transformation. Our interdisciplinary conference will explore the resulting cultural, historical, art historical, literary, and intellectual disruptions and convergences. We will probe the inter-actions that developed across confessional lines, and the unanticipated consequences that ripple out across the globe from the religious schisms in Europe. Many of these inter-faith contacts are driven by dynamics arising directly from the Reformation, and this is the theme we plan to explore in the conference.
We aim to bring together scholars researching art, architecture, theatre, music, literature, religion, book history, print culture, as well as intellectual and social history. Together we will explore how the transmission and translation of material, textual, and cultural practices create identity and cross-cultural identifications in contexts that are animated by the effort to reform, purify, or convert others.
For further information, including an initial list of possible themes, or to submit a proposal (no more than 150 words, together with a brief biography and contact information) please see: crrs.ca/globalreformations
Heather Coffey
Assistant Professor of Art History
OCAD University
8. CFP – Middle East Librarians Association (Boston, 15-17 November 2016)
Partnerships: Enhancing opportunities is this year’s theme for the annual Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) meeting. The meeting will be hosted by the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT, and will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, 15-17 November 2016.
Middle East librarians, and more generally Area Studies librarians, have a long history of cooperation and partnerships. Indeed, it is through partnerships that programs such as the Middle East Cooperative Acquisitions Program (MECAP), and the Center for Research Libraries’ (CRL) Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) developed. These programs have been instrumental for our communities, the research being conducted, and highlight some of the larger initiatives that have taken place over the years. Other large scale projects have made collections available digitally encouraging and enabling new avenues of scholarship. The profusion of digital humanities projects being created highlights the ever-changing ways in which scholars interact with each other, scholarship is produced, and is providing enhanced opportunities for long-distance and international partnerships.
Partnering with institutions to further our goals as a community is essential; we invite papers of no more than 20 minutes exploring historical and contemporary partnerships. Preference will be given to partnerships with libraries (or museums) in the MENA region.
Presentations dedicated to investigating, analysing, and discussing the opportunities, challenges, and experiences with all types of partnerships are welcome, including but not limited to:
Community building
Collection development
Rights, rules, and regulations of multi-party ownership
Resource sharing
Digitization practices
Documentation practices
Negotiating standards
Enhancing metadata for accessibility across platforms
Reciprocal agreements for shared materials
Submission guidelines
• Proposals should be a maximum of 250 words.
• Please send your proposals to vice-president@mela.us in a word document.
• Proposals will be reviewed by the Program Committee.
• Proposals must include a title and clearly demonstrate relevancy to this year’s theme, Partnerships: Enhancing opportunities.
• Submission deadline is 31 August 2016.
• Session format is a 30 minute presentation (20 minute presentation with 10 minutes for questions).
Notification
• All submitters will be notified by 21 September 2016.
• All presenters will be asked to submit a brief biography (max 100 words), a photograph, and an abbreviated abstract to be published in the program and posted on the MELA website.
• All presenters will be asked to make their presentation available on the conference website.
While MELA is not in a position to pay honoraria or provide financial support for travel and lodging, we will waive program registration fees for presenters. Presenters are expected to be full paid MELA members.
9. Call for papers: Conference “Spatial Thought in Islamicate Societies, 1000–1600: The Politics of Genre, Image, and Text”, University of Tübingen, Germany, 30 March–1 April 2017
Place and space are now increasingly understood as invented reference systems that are entangled with political, religious, cultural, and intellectual history. This conference explores the ongoing shift of the history of geography and cartography to a diversely linked spatial history of the Islamicate world. Special emphasis is placed on genre, authorship, theme, and reception.
Deadline for registration: 30 June 2016. Information: http://www.spatial-thought.uni-tuebingen.de
Kurt Franz (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen)
Zayde Antrim (Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.)
Jean-Charles Ducène (École pratique des hautes études, Paris)
10. Workshop: Structural Dividers in Qur’anic Material
Dates: 3-4 June 2016
Location: Centre of Islamic Studies, SOAS, University of London
Registration: A limited number of free places are available, by application. Precedence will be given to university staff and to graduate students. Please contact Marianna Klar on mk81@soas.ac.uk to register.
11. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 26 – Issue 1-2 – January 2016
SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE
The Mongols and Post-Mongol Asia: Studies in Honour of David O. Morgan
is available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=JRA&volumeId=26&seriesId=0&issueId=1-2&etoc=Y
- May 24, 2016
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