Shii News – Academic Items
1.Call for Submissions – HIAA Winter Newsletter – Member News (Due December 3)
Please remember to submit entries (recent publications, exhibitions, new positions, and honours) for the Member News section of our upcoming Winter newsletter.
The winter newsletter also includes a section for dissertations in progress in Islamic art.
We highly encourage all graduate students to share their information. Dissertation supervisors are requested to share this information with their students regardless of membership status.
For your convenience, we have created a form in which all this information can be compiled: https://forms.gle/3AHFBrfZY3L1CEsD9
We request that you complete this form by Friday, December 3, 2021 to ensure its inclusion in the newsletter
2. EuQu Panels on ‘The Turkish Wars and the Study of Islam in Early Modern Europe’
A Series of Panel Discussions
Organized by Paul Babinski, Asaph Ben-Tov, and Jan Loop
Mondays from 15 November to 6 December; 17.00 to 19.00 CET
Sign up: https://teol.ku.dk/afd/the-european-quran/conference-2021/
This series of panel discussions examines the nexus between wars with the Ottoman Empire and the study of Islam and the Qur’an in early modern Europe. It sketches a broad historical trajectory from the fall of Constantinople into the eighteenth century, tracing how conflict informed popular views of Islam and impacted the material conditions and practices of orientalist scholarship, through looted orientalia (manuscripts, coins, textiles, metalwork) and prisoners who assisted orientalists as scribes and amanuenses. Each panel focuses on a particular stage of conflict, with papers exploring the interrelations between knowledge production and armed conflict from a variety of perspectives. Following these moments over time, we will consider how intensifying coordination between the agents of orientalist scholarship—those who procured, copied, collected, and interpreted the objects of orientalist interest – contributed to shifting views of Islam across Europe.
See also:
https://euqu.eu/2021/10/04/the-turkish-wars-and-the-study-of-islam-in-early-modern-europe/
3. Full-time open-rank faculty positions at the Department of Comparative Literature, Koç University
Koç University
College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Department of Comparative Literature
The Department of Comparative Literature at Koç University invites applications for several full-time open-rank faculty positions to begin September 2022. We are particularly interested in candidates with comparatist research profiles in the following areas:
- Early modern Turkish literature;
- Modern Turkish literature, preferably with a focus on gender;
- Turkish folk and popular literatures, period open.
The successful candidates will have active research agendas and demonstrable records of original research in their fields. The candidates are expected to engage in the intellectual life of our Department with diverse theoretical, methodological, and linguistic interests, and to teach broadly on the Department’s curriculum as appropriate.
Junior appointments are at the rank of Assistant Professor and initially for a period of four years with opportunities for renewal and advancement. The teaching load is four courses per year. ABD candidates must be on track to complete their PhD before the start date.
The Department of Comparative Literature is expanding and has launched an MA program in 2021. Therefore, the successful candidates are also expected to complement the Department’s existing strengths and actively participate in further curriculum development. For more information, please visit the Department’s website: https://cssh.ku.edu.tr/en/education/comparative-literature/about/
Located in Istanbul, Turkey, Koç University is an internationally recognized, English-instruction research university. The university actively supports faculty members who apply for European Union and TÜBİTAK research grants, and it offers a competitive benefit package (e.g., housing support, private insurance, K12 package, research funding).
Interested applicants should submit the following documents online at this website: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/20440
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- Research statement
- Writing sample (no more than 30 pages)
- Two sample course syllabi
- Three letters of reference
The deadline for the application is December 29, 2021.
Informal inquiries about the position may be directed to the search coordinators:
Dr. C. Ceyhun Arslan (cceyhunarslan@ku.edu.tr) or Dr. Meliz Ergin (mergin@ku.edu.tr)
Inquiries concerning the application procedure and related matters may be made to the faculty administrator Ms. Merve G. Dalyaprak (mdalyaprak@ku.edu.tr)
4. The Routledge Companion to the Qur’an
Edited By George Archer, Maria M. Dakake, Daniel A. Madigan
5. Call For Pitches – Manuscripts and Material Culture (Hazine)
Why are manuscripts critical to Islamic and Islamicate studies, and how do they impact pedagogy? How does material culture help us venture into the past, and how do manuscripts affect religious practice, be it Muslim, Coptic, Armenian, etc? Hazine is seeking 3-4 pieces on manuscripts and material culture from the Mashriq, Maghreb, East Africa, West Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Greece, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean broadly that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Miniatures, calligraphy, and other forms of Islamicate art
- Talismans, amulets, and other items from the occult sciences
- New findings that challenge established notions, such as variant readings
- Technical aspects of handling and preserving manuscripts; innovations in the field of conservation and preservation
- Efforts on decolonizing western manuscript collections, including archive reviews
Send pitches to hazineblog[at]gmail.com. This is an open-ended call.
Pitches should be no longer than 300 words and should be accompanied by a few sentences telling us who you are. Pitches (and pieces) are accepted in English; we accept essays and are open to different forms such as resource guides, archive reviews, as well as creative formats like zines and comics. We welcome different forms of style as we expand the essay category of the site but do have a look at the essays we’ve run previously, like this one on typography and this one on archivy, because they demonstrate what we’re really looking for: a strong point of view. Completed essays –if accepted– will be 2000 words or less. Deadlines for completed pieces are flexible. Each piece is paid at least 100 USD upon publication; we are in the process of adjusting our fees.
All pitches will receive a response.
https://hazine.info/call-for-pitches-manuscripts-and-material-culture/
6. Scenes From the 16th-Century Ottoman Empire, Book 1
Türkische Manierenbuch From Kassel University Library 40 Ms. Hist. 31
ISBN: 978-90-6921-30-8,
Edited by: Mehmet Tütüncü & Ömer Erdem with contributions from Magnus Reesel (Frankfurt) & Zeynep Öztürk (Istanbul) and Paul Brood (Groningen) Graphic Designer: Omer Erdem
© Copyright 2021, SOTA Haarlem, 366 pages, 21×27 cm full colour.
Sample pages: https://www.academia.edu/59941085/
7. Virtual Conference – The II International Conference on the History and Culture of Perfume – Open Registration
The II International Conference on the History and Culture of Perfume will be held from December 1 to 3, 2021, entirely in virtual format through the Microsoft Teams platform.
The celebration of the II International Conference on History and Culture of Perfume aims to continue the work begun with the previous edition and expand the scope of its objectives: the vindication of perfume as an object of study in the Humanities, the interdisciplinary and international exchange of research results related to perfume and smell, as well as the growing expansion of the field of sensory studies, beyond visuality. This conference will bring together academic contributions from a range of specialists from different areas of knowledge, together with the invited intervention of professionals from outside the field of research, but linked to the professional development of perfume and associated artistic manifestations.
The central thematic axis will be based on academic reflection on the cultural values of perfume—historical, artistic, scientific, technological, experiential, social…—through which it is intended to build a multidisciplinary identity with which to approach this current object of study.
Keynote speakers: David Howes (Concordia University), Annick Le Guérer (Independent), Mª. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual (Universitat de València), Cecilia Bembibre (University College London), María del Rosario Caballero Rodríguez (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha) and Héctor Manuel Enríquez Andrade (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia).
Registration open until: November 30th.
Reduced fees by early registration until: November 20th.
Check the conference programme and the reduced and special fees through the following link: https://www.ucm.es/capire/perfume21
8. ASPIRANTUM – Armenian School of Languages and Cultures
Learn Persian through Saadi’s Golestan
3 weeks, from Jan 10, 2022 to Jan 28, 2022
Online from Yerevan, Armenia
Apply by Dec 15, 2021
Price: $900
https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-through-saadi-golestan
This course will be organized on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays each week (4 days each week, 12 days over three weeks) and will include 42 hours of intensive Persian teaching (3.5 hours during each day).
In addition to reading and discussing the Golestan every day, students will read an article in Persian by an Iranian scholar about a unique aspect of the Golestan. These readings are available in our syllabus. Every day the class will start with a discussion of the homework and the mentioned article. Following this, students will read, interpret and decipher one or several stories from the Golestan. Finally, each day’s class will end with a discussion and questions.
9. American University – Sharjah – Faculty | The Ahmed Seddiqi Endowed Chair in Gulf and Middle Eastern Studies
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62425
The application deadline is December 10, 2021.
10. The Visual Arts Working Group for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley is pleased to invite colleagues to attend an upcoming online lecture by Prof. Margaret S. Graves (Indiana University): ‘Abbasid Painting as Process: The Shifting Status of the Image.
We will convene at 4 pm pst on November 18.
To register:
https://berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tdu-pqzsiHNbFE2b8S8nfxCcLSDkAFEJc
Abstract
The invigorated Arabic and Persian textual traditions of the tenth to early thirteenth centuries have left us a small but important collection of descriptions of image-making, often framed within legends of painterly prowess. Images in these textual descriptions are durational, cumulative and often—though not exclusively—produced through competitive performances involving multiple artists. These medieval records of the image have often been absorbed into transhistorical theories of Islamicate image reception. However, I suggest that there is in fact a shift in the status of the image that takes place on the eve of the early modern period, prior to which we can trace a medieval fascination with image-making as process and performance that is equal to—or even exceeds—the beholder’s share of witness and wonder at the painting as a completed artefact. Bringing together textual sources, the eight known manuscript images of the famous Nizami story of the Greek-Chinese painting competition, and objects that attest to other ontologies of the pre-modern image, this lecture goes looking for the ephemeral acts that constituted the medieval image in word and deed.
11. ‘Mosque: Innovation in Object, Form and Function,’ that will take place at the King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in November 24-25 2021.
Here is the link for getting access to the event by registration, and for the programme and list of speakers: https://www.ithra.com/en/programme/2021/mosque-innovation-object-form-and-function/
12. Two opportunities provided by Oxford’s Bodleian Library for Afghan scholars and/or scholars of all nationalities working on Afghanistan-related topics:
- Bodleian Afghan Scholars programme (paid)
The Bodleian Library has just announced a new call for Afghan scholars to apply for project funding. There are two strands of funding, one of which is working with a programme at Oxford, such as our own. Applications are taken on a rolling basis. Details can be found here: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/afghan-scholars-programme
- Bodleian Bahari Fellowships (paid)
The new call has just been announced as well. These fellowships are given for up to 6 months for scholars to work on any of the Persian rare books and manuscript holdings in the Bodleian. They are open to scholars of all nationalities. This year, applications are especially invited for research connected to the study of Afghanistan and its history, culture and literature. Eligibility and application details can be found here: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
13. The Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Dept. I: Near Eastern and Classical Archaeology, at the Faculty of Linguistics, Cultures and Arts of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main invites applications for the following position as civil servant or public employee starting at the earliest possible date:
Professorship (W1 with Tenure Track)
for Islamic Archaeology and Art History
Deadline for applications: 10 December 2021.
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