Shii News – Academic Items
1.2022 Spring Meeting: Travel, Mobility, and Cultural Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
April 9-10, 2022
For more information and to register, click “REGISTER HERE” through the following link, then pay a 15$ fee via Paypal at the bottom of the page:
https://sites.google.com/su.edu/sermeiss/meetings_1/spring-meetings?authuser=0
The Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society (SERMEISS) Spring 2022 workshop is being held April 9-10, 2022 at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. The workshop will focus on “Travel, Mobility, and Cultural Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa” and is being organized by a committee chaired by Dr. Waleed Hazbun (University of Alabama). Papers presented at the 2022 workshop will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Tourism History.
We are planning an in-person workshop and will follow CDC safety guidance and the University of Alabama policy which requires masks inside all academic buildings. We recommend that all attendees be fully vaccinated and boosted.
2.Call for Applications: Harvard University AKPIA 2022-23 Fellowships and Associateships
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63028
Deadline: 1 April, 2022
3. Doctoral Scholarship in Islamic Art, University of Oxford
The Khalili Research Centre is offering a scholarship for a student of exceptional promise to undertake a DPhil in Islamic Art and/or Architecture at the University of Oxford. The scholarship will cover fees and maintenance for 3 years starting in October 2022. The successful candidate will have a fully-formed project with the requisite language and research skills already in place. Preference may be given to students working on one of the following fields: Umayyad art and architecture; Abbasid art and architecture; early Qur’ans; Ottoman art and architecture; the history of Islamic calligraphy before 1900.
How to apply
All candidates who apply for the DPhil at the University of Oxford with a supervisor at the Khalili Research Centre by 12 noon on 1 March 2022 will be considered for this scholarship:
https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/dphil-oriental-studies
There are no restrictions of nationality. Candidates are advised to contact a prospective supervisor before applying.
The Khalili Research Centre
The Khalili Research Centre (KRC) is the University of Oxford’s centre for research into the art and material culture of the Islamic societies of the Middle East and of their non-Muslim members and neighbours. It brings together staff, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students specialising in Islamic art and architecture in a dedicated building at the heart of Oxford. The Centre benefits from the exceptional concentration of expertise in related fields at the University of Oxford, as well as the world-class library resources and object collections of the Bodleian Library, Ashmolean Museum, and further institutions in Oxford. For more information, please visit: https://krc.web.ox.ac.uk/homekrc
Contact:
Prof. Alain George (alain.george@orinst.ox.ac.uk)
4. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor – The Humanities Collaboratory at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor invites applicants to a one-year postdoctoral fellowship dedicated to the study of the Mongol empire and its northern frontiers.
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62969
Deadline: 25.2.22
5. HIAA Writing Groups – Sign up by February 21
HIAA Writing Groups
The HIAA board is pleased to announce a new matching service that will connect members seeking peer-review. Participants in HIAA Writing Groups will share, read, discuss, and gain productive feedback on their works in progress.
Who is in each Writing Group?
Each writing group will have 3–4 members. Participants will be matched based on their career stage. For example, doctoral students who have just begun their dissertation will be matched with other doctoral students who are in the same stage of their research. And, junior scholars working on their first book will be matched with other junior scholars who are working on their first books. To ensure diverse feedback and to avoid overlap, participants may have different research languages, different geographies of focus, and different time periods of expertise.
What do Writing Groups entail?
Participants will commit to meeting at least once every other week for a single two-hour meeting on Zoom (the precise schedule to be arranged between members). The first 90 minutes of each meeting will be a discussion of one participant’s in-progress writing (to be circulated and read before the meeting). The last 30 minutes of the meeting will be reserved to discuss each participant’s weekly writing plan and goals.
How do I participate in HIAA’s Writing Groups?
If you are interested in participating in a HIAA Writing Group, please fill out this form by February 21, 2022. Group assignments will be announced on February 28th.
6. The HIAA-Sponsored panel at CAA will be held virtually on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 3:30 pm (EST). For full details of how to register and access the recording (available till April 14, 2022), please visit the CAA website. Details of the panel below:
The Racialized Figure in Islamic Art & Culture
Organized by Holley Ledbetter (chair) and Christiane Gruber (discussant), University of Michigan
* Holley Ledbetter (University of Michigan), “Making Race Visible: Racialized Automata at the Fatimid Court”
* Negar Habibi (University of Geneva), “Moon-Faced Idols and Slim-Waisted Women: Racialized Gender in Safavid Painting”
* Mira Xenia Schwerda (University of Edinburgh), “Ma’sumah Nizam Mafi and Her Unnamed Ladies-in-Waiting: Photography and the Politics of race in Qajar Iran”
* Sascha Crasnow (University of Michigan), “Can the Master’s Tools be Remade?: Nour Ballout’s Queer Muslim Archive”
The HIAA Majlis will be held virtually on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EST). Please register at: https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqf-mtrzgrHtPVW2NX0b0U0w4JfoAvfg0C
The Majlis will feature the following papers:
* Srinanda Ganguly (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), “Gender and Patronage at the Tombs of Khusrau Bagh, Allahabad”
* Sylvia Houghteling (Bryn Mawr College), “Figures Rendered in Dyes: Representations of the Deccan on Painted Cotton Textiles from Seventeenth-Century South Asia”
* Atri Hatef Naiemi (University of Victoria), “In Search of Blessing: The Veneration of the Tomb of Ghazan Khan from the Ilkhanid Period to the Present”
* Sylvia Wu (University of Chicago), “Domes and Minarets: The Self-Destructive Portrayal of China’s Recent Mosques
* Meredyth Winter (Colgate University), “Mixed Messages” Mapping Class and Ethnicity within the Medieval Mosques of Qazwin”
7. Intellect is pleased to announce that Performing Islam 9.1-2 is out now!
For more information about the journal and issue click here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/performing-islam
Aims and Scope
Emerging from an international network project funded by the British Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economics and Social Research Council, and research collaboration between academics and practitioners, Performing Islam is the first peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal about Islam and performance and their related aesthetics. It focuses on the socio-cultural as well as historical and political contexts of artistic practices in the Muslim world. The journal covers dance, ritual, theatre, performing arts, visual arts and cultures, and popular entertainment in Islam-influenced societies and their diasporas. It promotes insightful research about performative expressions of Islam by performers and publics, and encompasses theoretical debates, empirical studies, postgraduate research, interviews with performers, research notes and queries, and reviews of books, conferences, festivals, events and performances.
This journal, which is rigorously peer-reviewed, pursues the methods and methodologies by which we attempt to approach original research in Islam in performance studies, and the study of the performativity inherent in Islam-related cultural production. Contributions that share research interests and experiences in interrelated areas of performative, homeland and diasporic negotiations, and the complexities of contemporary Islam are particularly welcomed.
Issue 9.1-2
Extended Article
The sonic performance of Islamic congregational prayer: Ṣalāh in mainstream Egyptian practice
MICHAEL FRISHKOPF
Article
Domestic Tension: Representation of Muslim artist’s body in online performance
SEYED JAFAR HEJAZ
8. Upcoming Event: Getting Published in an Academic Journal
BRISMES and CBRL are pleased to announce their second joint mentoring webinar for members. Targeting postgraduate students and early career researchers, these on-line events offer practical advice and support from specialists, equipping the next generation of Middle East scholars with the insights needed to get ahead in their research and careers.
This event brings together editors from the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (BJMES); Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (CSSAAME); Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies (JMEWS); and Contemporary Levant (CL). Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions specific to these journals and their respective processes.
Date: Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Time: 4:00PM (UK time)
Location: Zoom
https://www.brismes.ac.uk/events/graduate-section/getting-published
9. Kuwait Project Coordinator
LSE Middle East Centre
The LSE Middle East Centre seeks to hire an enthusiastic and proactive professional to coordinate the work of the Kuwait Programme, a major research programme involving multiple activities. The post holder will provide comprehensive administration for all Kuwait Programme activities, including projects, finances, HR, and communications. The Programme Coordinator will manage the completion of research commitments and expand networks among the Kuwait research community.
Deadline | 27 February 2022
10. Research Associate (Fixed Term)
University of Cambridge
The Centre for Geopolitics (CfG), a research centre within the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, invites applications for three two-year, fixed-term post-doctoral Research Associates. The successful candidates will be responsible for conducting research on any area of geopolitics, past and present. Preference may be given to candidates researching peace-making in Middle East, the Indo-Pacific and the formation of the United Kingdom.
Deadline | 28 February 2022
11. Associate Professor
University of Warwick
The Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD) is looking for an enthusiastic, committed and collegial individual who will develop their own research portfolio in the area of global sustainable development and complement the institute’s existing research streams. IGSD is seeking candidates with a research interest that is geographically focused in the Global South, and in particular in Africa, South America or the Middle East.
Deadline | 28 February 2022
12. Fellowship Opportunity x2
Sectarianism, Proxies and De-Sectarianization (SEPAD)
SEPAD is looking for two fellows to join their team for 6 months. Candidates must hold a PhD or be close to completion, be able to work collaboratively and have a robust research agenda in Middle East Studies. Please note that this is a non-resident and unpaid fellowship to be undertaken remotely, designed to help with professional development and networking.
Deadline | 28 February 2022
13. Call for Papers – XV Conference of SeSaMO
Conference | University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’ | 22-24 of June 2022
Papers are invited for the annual conference of the Italian Society for Midde Eastern Studies (SeSaMO), “Explaining Crisis, Beyond Chaos. The Middle East and North Africa in Global Change”. Please click on the link below for a list and brief description of the selected open panels.
Deadline | 13 March 2022
More information
14. Mohammed Al Fahim Scholarship
LSE Middle East Centre
LSE Middle East Centre has recently announced a new scholarship opportunity for applicants from the Middle East or North Africa who are interested in pursuing postgraduate education at the London School of Economics. Three scholarships will be awarded, one per academic year, from 2022/23 entry onwards. The scholarship will support the costs for any taught master’s programme.
Deadline | 28 April 2022
More information
15. AIS Conference to Journal Paper Award
Association for Iranian Studies (AIS)
The AIS Conference to Journal Paper aims to recognize AIS members who are either PhD students or early career scholars and support them in the development of peer-reviewed work. The award winner will receive $300 and will be mentored through the review process at the Iranian Studies journal by a senior member of the AIS academic community. The applicant must be a current AIS member, have registered for Salamanca 2022, and have a paper accepted to the conference, although they do not need to be present at the time of the award announcement.
Deadline | 1 May 2022
More information
16. Call for Proposals – The Global Qur’an
Book Series | Open Book Publishers
The Global Qur’an is a new book series that looks at Muslim engagement with the Qur’an in a global perspective. The editors particularly encourage comparative studies, investigations of transregional dynamics, and interactions between local and global contexts. Contributions from scholars outside Western Europe and North America are especially welcome.
- February 19, 2022
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