Shii News – Academic Items
1.The Islamic College – Distance Education Virtual Open Day
MA Islamic Studies & Islamic Law
Monday 21st of March 2022
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm (London Time)
on Zoom
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/de-open-day/ \
2. SUNY Buffalo
Clinical Assistant Professor, Arabic Language
See https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/33104
Open Until Filled
3. Exhibit & Catalogue on Assyrian letters & archives
A cache of letters received over a hundred years ago forms the basis of an exhibit called “From Qarajalu (Persia) to Santa Clara County: An Assyrian Family’s Multiple Atlantic Crossings in Search of a Home at the turn of the Century.” The focus on the letters written in vernacular neo-Aramaic developed in Urmia, allows an understanding of cultural conditions from 1887 to 1923, a period of great educational and literary advances as well as war and displacement
Location: Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum, Sunnyvale, CA
Dates: April 3 to June 5, 2022 (open Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays)
A Catalogue of the exhibit is available for purchase, the four lectures in conjunction with the exhibit are open to the public and all but one will be in English. The other will be delivered in Assyrian neo-Aramaic, almost mutually intelligible to Aramaic speaking Jews originating from Urmia, Sanandaj and so forth and now mainly living in Israel. This may be one of the few times that scholars and the general public will be able to hear a non-religious presentation in this living but endangered language.
April 3, 2022, 1pm “New Urmia in Place of the Old
May 1, 2022, 1 PM “Joseph D. Joseph, MD: A Link in the Assyrian Chain of Medicine”
May 15, 2022 1 pm “Sources and selected details of the life of Dr. Joseph D. Joseph, a son of Qarajalu, a man of Santa Clara County”
June 5, 2022, 1 pm “Reflecting on the Old Country: The Assyrians of the Urmia Region”
4. The International Journal of Islamic Architecture and the Award Jury is pleased to announce the 2022 winners of the Professor Hasan-Uddin Khan Article Award.
Award Winner
Laura Parodi, ‘Kabul, a Forgotten Mughal Capital: Gardens, City, and Court at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century’, Muqarnas 38, 2021, pp. 79-119.
Honourable Mention
Mikael Muehlbauer, ‘From Stone to Dust: The Life of the Kufic Inscribed Frieze of Wuqro Cherqos in Tigray, Ethiopia’, Muqarnas 38, 2021, pp. 1-34.
In honour of Professor Hasan-Uddin Khan’s contributions to the field of Islamic architecture, the International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) is pleased to offer this award in recognition of ground-breaking scholarship on the subject published in peer-reviewed journals. The Award winner will receive a cash prize of $1000 and a 2-year subscription to IJIA, and the honourable mention winner will receive a 2-year subscription to IJIA. We are extremely grateful to the members of the 2022 jury, Professors Renata Holod, Abidin Kusno, and D. Fairchild Ruggles, for their time and expertise in judging submissions for the inaugural award, and to the chair of the Award committee, Mehreen Chida-Razvi.
The Professor Hasan-Uddin Khan Article Award will be offered every two years. Papers published in English in a peer reviewed journal in 2022 or 2023 will be eligible for the 2024 award. For the criteria by which papers will be judged and the submission process, see our website.
5. The East India Company in Persia
Trade and Cultural Exchange in the Eighteenth Century
P. Good
6. Virtual 2-day Conference
Forms and Functions of Islamic Philosophy
with keynote sessions by Dr. Lara Harb
Thursday, March 31, 2022 — Friday, April 1, 2022
Online Event
“Forms and Functions of Islamic Philosophy” seeks to highlight how Islamic philosophy (falsafa/ḥikma) was practiced “in conversation”—between scholars, with various audiences, and with different disciplines, approaches, and rhetoric. Islamic philosophy was composed not only in traditional forms of treatises and commentaries but also through narratives written in poetry and prose. For example, Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī penned a panegyric poem written in Persian in praise of logic, physics, and metaphysics, alongside his many philosophical prose treatises. Ibn al-ʿArabī’s philosophical mysticism includes prose that reads as Aristotelian commentary alongside succinct poems highlighting his key philosophical concepts through mystical metaphors. In reference to Ibn Sīnā’s allegorical treatise, Ibn Tufayl’s famous Ḥayy Ibn Yaqẓān provides an intriguing narrative and philosophical thought experiment. What do story-telling, poetry, narrative, metaphor, and allegory reveal about the nature and purpose of philosophy?
The conference is organized in conjunction with the “Islamic Philosophy in Conversation” working group. The conference aligns itself with the goals of the working group, and therefore seeks to highlight the work of a diverse group of scholars, including emerging scholars of Islamic philosophy, as well as those who identify as female, non-binary, or as belonging to a historically-marginalized group.
For the full conference schedule, and Zoom links for public events, see https://www.bard.edu/islamic-philosophy
7. Applications for IIS Doctoral Scholarship Now Open
The IIS is pleased to announce that applications for the Doctoral Scholarship are now open. The deadline for applications is 31 March 2022.
The IIS awards Doctoral Scholarships each year to suitable candidates who are interested in pursuing research at PhD level on a topic related to any of the Institute’s core research areas. The most relevant to the Institute’s research needs are:
- Ismaili studies
- Wider Shiʿi studies
- Qurʾanic studies
- Islamic law
- Education
- Manuscript studies
The scholarship is also open to any areas in which Islam can be analysed in one of its various manifestations (historical, theological, philosophical, legal, educational, political, ritual, cultural, etc.).
The Institute’s Doctoral Scholarships programme was established in 1997. Since then, more than 52 scholarships have been awarded. The Doctoral Scholarships are a vehicle for intellectual advancement, career progression and human resources development.
To apply, please download and complete the application form and submit it together with the required documents to scholarships@iis.ac.uk by 31 March. All documents must be submitted in PDF format.
The application form must be accompanied by:
- Cover letter
- Updated CV
- Personal Statement of Commitment
- Copies of graduate-level academic transcripts, including a copy of your Master’s diploma
- Copy of letter of acceptance to doctoral programme
- Three letters of recommendation
- Writing sample
- Doctoral research proposal
The IIS Doctoral Scholarships are available to Ismaili students from around the globe. Further information on eligibility can be found here.
8. BRISMES Early Career Development Prize
Deadline: 30 April 2022
9. Event Postponed: Getting Published in an Academic Journal
The second BRISMES-CBRL joint mentoring event, Getting Published in an Academic Journal, has been postponed and will now take place on 6 April 2022. This event features a line-up of academic journal editors from diverse disciplinary backgrounds providing insight and feedback on the process of getting published in today’s competitive academic environment.
This event is open to members of BRISMES or CBRL only
10. Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)
CBRL seeks a Communications Officer to play a key role within the charity’s London office. Strong communication and organisational skills are required, and familiarity with the charity or higher education landscape and the Levant will be useful.
Deadline | 25 March 2022
11. LSE Middle East Centre
The LSE Middle East Centre seeks a Research Officer to contribute to research activities on the environmental geography/political ecology of the Middle East and to produce independent research. Candidates should have social sciences training, including a relevant PhD; a strong record of research and publication on the Middle East; and excellent organisation and communication skills
Deadline | 28 March 2022
12. University of Exeter
The College of Social Sciences and International Studies wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Science study of the Middle East and a Managing Editor of MERIP. MERIP is a 50-year old publication that provides critical, alternative reporting and analysis, focusing on state power, political economy and social hierarchies in the Middle East. As part of a new partnership, the IAIS will host and edit MERIP and work closely with the board.
Deadline | 31 March 2022
13. Aga Khan University (International) in the UK
The Aga Khan Library is looking for a full-time Assistant Librarian – Digital Resourcesto oversee our library systems and online services and help us continue offering high-quality services to our lively community of international students, academics, and researchers. The ideal candidate will have previous experience implementing and managing library technologies and good knowledge of modern integrated library management systems and metadata formats.
Deadline | 10 April 2022
14. University of St Andrews
The School of Modern Languages is seeking to appoint a Professor of Arabic within the Department of Arabic and Persian. In your position as Professor of Arabic you will provide leadership to an established department and will oversee the delivery of both a full four-year undergraduate degree and a postgraduate programme. Applications are invited from candidates with a specialist research interest in any area of Arabic literary/cultural studies (including, but not limited to, literary studies, film and media studies, and cultural/intellectual history).
Deadline | 18 April 2022
15. Youth activism, leadership and civic engagement for the climate and sustainability in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa region
Coventry University
As part of a large investment by Coventry University to support research, the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CPSR) has a range of fully funded PhD Studentship opportunities available starting September 2022. These studentships come with a full Stipend, all tuition fees, plus a generous allowance towards training and development costs. The studentships are fully funded for a 42 month period which includes a writing-up stage.
Deadline | 28 April 2022
16. University of Exeter
The Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) at the University of Exeter and the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) at Tsinghua University, are collaborating on a research project with the aim of creating a Digital Archive of the Middle East (DAME). As part of DAME, three fully-funded PhD studentships have been created, one each in Archaeology, Gulf Studies, and Kurdish Studies to use these collections.
Deadline | 3 May 2022
17. University of Exeter
The Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies is seeking applications for three PhD studentships for excellent doctoral students whose area of specialisation fits and complements the research interests of our academics – PhD Studentship in Arab and Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Middle East Politics, Ethno-Political Studies, Kurdish Studies or Palestine Studies.
PhD proposals in humanities and social sciences with reference to the Middle East and the Islamicate world are invited.
Deadline | 3 May 2022
18. Call for Papers – BATA 2nd Annual Conference
Hybrid Conference | British Association of Teachers of Arabic (BATA), 30 June – 1 July 2022
Abstracts are invited for this conference is designed to offer a platform for teachers, students and research scholars of Arabic language, culture, literature, linguistics and translation from the United Kingdom and beyond, to exchange ideas, share good practice and disseminate their scholarship and research to a wider audience.
Deadline | 30 March 2022
19. Association for Middle East Anthropology (AMEA)
AMEA is accepting nominations for its bi-annual book award. This award is given to an anthropological work that features creative ethnographic writing, innovative data collection strategies, and sophisticated analysis. The committee welcomes books that make significant contributions to anthropological knowledge and that advance our understanding of the complex forces that shape life in the Middle East and North Africa. Books submitted for the 2022 award must have a publication date in 2020 or 2021.
Deadline | 15 May 2022
More information
20. Senior Bibliographic Specialist, Persian and Arabic, Princeton University Library
21. Webinaire de l’IFRI (IFRI Webinar SERIES) 3ème séance – 29/03/22
Nous avons le plaisir de vous convier à la prochaine séance du Webinaire de l’IFRI (IFRI Webinar SERIES) :
Regards sur les arts du monde iranien / Insights into the Art of the Persianate Societies, coorganisé par l’Institut Français de Recherche en Iran (IFRI) et le Centre de recherche sur le Monde iranien (CeRMI) qui aura lieu le :
mardi 29 mars 2022, de 15h à 17h (heure de Paris) / 17h30-19h30 (heure de Téhéran).
Cette troisième séance s’articulera autour du thème « Regards sur la céramique, 2 / Insights into ceramic arts, 2 », avec les interventions suivantes :
– Patterns of production of Kashan ceramics (late 12th-mid 14th c.)
par Yves Porter (Aix Marseille University/IUF/ LA3M, UMR 7290)
– Luster ceramic and lâjvardina
by Anaïs Leone (PhD, Aix Marseille University/LA3M, UMR 7290)
Discussion : Delphine Miroudot (Sèvres, Manufacture et Musée Nationaux)
Pour suivre cette séance online (sur Skyroom), s’inscrire avant le 23 mars sur le lien suivant :
https://webquest.fr/?m=116547_regards-sur-la-ceramique-2
>> Pour plus d’informations sur le Webinaire
Nous vous remercions de bien vouloir faire circuler l’information.
Au plaisir de vous retrouver nombreux
Sandra Aube (CNRS, CeRMI)
pour le comité d’organisation
22. Le Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI, UMR8041 du CNRS) a le plaisir de vous annoncer la tenue de la XXIIIème Journée Monde Iranien, le vendredi 1er avril 2022de 9h30 à 18h dans l’Auditorium du Pôle Langues et Civilisations de l’Inalco, 65 rue des Grands-Moulins, 75013 Paris.
Nous vous prions de bien vouloir trouver le programme complet de cette Journée, en pièce-jointe. Vous pouvez également consulter les détails de cette Journée sur le site du CeRMI : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/xxiiie-journee-monde-iranien/
Nous vous rappelons que le port du masque dans les espaces clos reste fortement recommandé et qu’il sera donc nécessaire de le porter lors de cette Journée et en particulier dans l’Auditorium. Nous espérons vivement que cette contrainte ne vous découragera pas d’assister en présentiel à cet événement.
Toutefois, pour celles et ceux qui le souhaitent, la Journée Monde iranien pourra être suivie en distanciel (via la plateforme Zoom). Vous recevrez très prochainement le lien vers un formulaire d’inscription qui vous permettra de recevoir les codes d’accès.
Au plaisir de vous retrouver toutes et tous pour cette XXIIIème Journée qui cette année est organisée par notre collègue Julien Thorez.
Maria Szuppe
Directrice de recherche CNRS
Directrice du Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI)
CeRMI – CNRS UMR 8041Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien—-27 rue Paul Bert – 94204 Ivry-sur-Seine – Francecermi@cnrs.fr – https://www.cermi.cnrs.fr
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