Shii News – Academic Items
1.Arabian Gulf Digital Archive
(collaboration between the UK National Archives and United Arab Emirates)
https://www.agda.ae/en/
“The Arabian Gulf Digital Archive (“AGDA”) is an online archive that has been created to showcase historical and cultural material that tells the story of the rich, intriguing and complex history of the Arabian Gulf.
An accessible resource, it serves to offer digital material that spans two centuries, documenting events and personalities that have shaped and defined the region. The contents offer an insight into the past with some material previously unseen by the general public.
AGDA contains, among other things, letters, memos, transcripts, photos and official correspondence from leaders and governments that shaped the events of their time. It’s a free and open resource for students, researchers, enthusiasts and anyone who is curious to explore the rich and varied past of the Arabian Gulf.”
2. Manuscripts of the Muslim World project made recently available digital copies of 208 manuscripts. The goal of the project is to provide digital
editions of more than 500 manuscripts and 827 paintings from the
Islamicate world broadly construed. Together these holdings will
represent in great breadth the flourishing intellectual and cultural
heritage of Muslim lands from 1000 to 1900, covering mathematics,
astrology, history, law, literature, as well as the Qur’an and Hadith.
The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts in Arabic and
Persian, along with examples of Coptic, Samaritan, Syriac, Turkish, and
Berber.
The primary partners are Columbia University, the Free Library of
Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania with significant
contributions from Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College.
This project is funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources.
The collection is available here:
http://openn.library.upenn.edu/html/muslimworld_contents.html
These 208 online manuscripts come from the following institutions:
37 manuscripts from the Free Library of Philadelphia
45 manuscripts from the University of Pennsylvania
127 manuscripts from Columbia University
1 manuscript from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
New content is added regularly so please check the site often.
Eventually the manuscripts housed there will also be available in more
public-friendly page-turning format but the OPenn raw files will remain
the canonical source. In addition, the local library catalogs at
Columbia, the FLP, and Penn will contain links to the digitized
facsimiles as well as to other manifestations differing by institution
(Columbia for instance will link to Internet Archive e-book versions).
Please do let us know about any interesting finds in the digitized corpus.
Kelly Tuttle, the cataloger for the project has recently begun tweeting
images from the project at https://twitter.com/MmwProject
3. “Dear Iranian Studies and Iranian Diaspora Studies Scholars,
The proposal submission website will open on May 15. As you draft your proposals and organize your panels, you can also take two additional steps today:
1) Register for the conference:https://associationforiranianstudies.org/conferences/2020/registration.
2) Review submission guidelines: https://associationforiranianstudies.org/conferences/2020/submission-guidelines
If your membership needs to be updated, you can take care of that too: https://associationforiranianstudies.org/membership.
We are looking forward to your participation in AIS 2020 at the University of Salamanca in Spain. For more information on the conference :https://associationforiranianstudies.org/conferences/2020 ”
4. Workshop on the History of Arabic Logic
May 7 – May 8
St Andrews, UK
Further info and the programme may be accessed at:
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/workshop-on-the-history-of-arabic-logic/
5. 1st Islamic Perspectives on Ethical Issues Workshop.
The first workshop in the series is entitled: “Islamic Perspectives on Organ Donation after Death”
3rd – 4th October 2019
Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, UK.
Proposals for a single presenter should include the following:
- Contact information and a brief bio of presenter(s),
- Tentative title(s),
- Abstract(s) (300- 500 word).
The deadline for submission of proposals is 26th July 2019. Successful applicants will be notified by 2nd August 2019.
The workshop will be hosted at Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham. Accepted applicants from within the E.U. will be supported for their travel and hospitality during the workshop, with a further limited number of travel bursaries available for those applying from outside the E.U.
Further info at: https://www.almahdi.edu/call-for-papers-islamic-perspectives-on-organ-donation-after-death/
6. Islamic Manuscript Association’s Introduction to Islamic Codicology course on 23–27 September 2019 at Cambridge University Library, Cambridge.
This intensive five-day course will introduce the study of Islamic manuscript codices as physical objects, or the archaeology of the Islamic book. The lectures will provide an overview of writing supports, the structure of quires, ruling and page layout, bookbinding, ornamentation, tools and materials used in book making, the palaeography of book hands, and writing Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) manuscript descriptions. During hands-on sessions, participants will examine Islamic manuscripts from Cambridge University Library’s collections and complete a series of practical exercises on codicological description.
If you are interested then please contact the Association or apply via their website: http://www.islamicmanuscript.org/courses/introduction-to-islamic-codicology,-cambridge,-2018/course-fees-and-registration.aspx
7. L’inscription du troisième Congrès des études sur le Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans est désormais ouverte et le restera jusqu’au 1er juin 2019.
Le Congrès se tiendra les 3, 4, 5 juillet 2019 à l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, centre Panthéon.
L’inscription est obligatoire et sachez qu’il ne sera pas possible de vous inscrire au moment du Congrès.
La liste des ateliers est disponible à cette adresse, rubrique “Ateliers” https://congres-gismomm.sciencesconf.org/
L’inscription au Congrès se fera sur le site https://congres-gismomm.sciencesconf.org/register , rubrique “inscription”.
Pour ceux qui disposent déjà d’un compte sur HAL, les identifiants et mots de passe sont les mêmes que ceux de HAL. Les autres doivent se créer un identifiant et un mot de passe.
Le formulaire d’inscription est pré-rempli avec le nom et le prénom, il vous suffit de compléter le laboratoire et l’établissement d’appartenance, puis de cliquer sur le montant de votre inscription (rubrique “Participant”) :
– chercheurs non-membres de la SEMOMM : 30 euros
– doctorants non-membres de la SEMOMM : 10 euros
– adhérents de la SEMOMM (Société des études sur le Moyen-Orient et les mondes musulmans) à jour de leur cotisation : https://www.semomm.fr/adherer/ Exonération des frais d’inscription
NB: les étudiants (en licence et master) qui souhaiteraient assister à un atelier pourront le faire, avec inscription obligatoire sur place.
Nous vous rappelons que le transport ne pourra pas être pris en charge, en revanche, un déjeuner (sandwichs et salades) vous sera proposé les 3 et 4 juillet (dans la limite des stocks disponibles) et un buffet sera organisé le 5 juillet.
Les pauses café et le cocktail inaugural sont compris dans l’inscription.
La participation sera libre pour le concert du jeudi 4 juillet, les fonds récoltés seront reversés à des associations humanitaires.
Nous vous remercions très vivement pour votre participation et votre collaboration, en souhaitant à tous un excellent congrès.
—
Cyrielle Michineau
Secrétaire générale du GIS Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans
email : cyrielle.michineau@ehess.fr
contact.gis@ehess.fr / direction.gis@ehess.fr
http://majlis-remomm.fr/
English version : http://majlis-remomm.fr/en/
https://www.facebook.com/GISMoyenOrient
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