Shii News – Academic Items
1.Au coeur du harem
Les princesses ottomanes à l’aune du pouvoir (XVe-XVIIIe s.)
J Dumas
Brill, 2022
https://brill.com/view/title/61197
2. The Land between Two Seas: Art on the Move in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea 1300–1700
A Payne
Brill, 2022
https://brill.com/view/title/61882
3. AKU-ISMC: 28 October 2022 – ‘Sisters in Resilience: Women’s Movements in Muslim Contexts’
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4. Language Position at US Naval Academy
POSITION TITLE: Instructor (Senior Lecturer) in Foreign Languages and Cultures
LOCATION: Languages and Cultures Department, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402
APPLICATION TIMELINE: Review of applications will begin on 01 October 2022 and continue until the position is filled.
POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Languages and Cultures Department invites applications for the position of Instructor (Senior Lecturer) in Foreign Languages and Cultures, beginning as early as spring semester of 2023. This is a three-year renewable (non-tenure-track) teaching position. The anticipated teaching load is four courses per semester. The successful candidate should have expertise in foreign language pedagogy, second language acquisition, literature, cultural studies, or a related field. Candidates should be able to teach at least two of the seven languages offered in the department – Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish – across all levels of proficiency. The successful candidate will be expected to collaborate with faculty colleagues in support of the departmental and institutional educational mission.
Please visit https://www.usna.edu/HRO/jobinfo/Instructor-LCD-2022.php for more information about the position and instructions on how to apply.
5. The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford is delighted to announce a conference on the intersection of faith and the ecological environment with particular focus on water as a constituent element of creation.
The event on 28 November 2022 will be the first in-person conference for over two years (with the possibility to join online). We look forward to reconnecting with colleagues and friends in the beautiful surroundings of Oxford. We now invite proposals for individual papers from postgraduate students, early career and established academics, as well as from professionals who have specialist expertise or unique insights into water management and religious responses. https://www.cmcsoxford.org.uk/cmcs-news/faith-saving-water-conference-28th-november-2022-call-for-papers
Abstract deadline: Friday 7 October 2022
6. The Invisible East Project:
Afghanistan: from Buddhism to Islam (8th to 13th century)
15 September 17:00 to 13 October 17:00
Zoom webinar
Full details at:
https://invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk/event/mooc-afghanistan-from-buddhism-to-islam
7. “Olfaction in the Medieval Islamic World: Perfumes, Incense, and Material Culture” [Silsila Fall 2022 Series]
Sterenn Le Maguer-Gillon, CEFREPA/Institut Catholique de Paris
Wednesday, September 14th, 12:30pm EDT
[Webinar] Silsila Fall 2022 Lecture Series, Body and Senses
Fragrant substances such as musk or camphor appear several times in the Qur’an. In addition, the use of perfumes and scented smoke is recommended for purification before prayer in some hadiths attributed to the Prophet collected by authorities such as al-Bukhari. This lecture will shed light on the use of perfumes and incense in medieval Arab society between the 7th and the 15th centuries.
Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee can be found at:
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.
8. Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to announce the release Podcasting the Ottomans series entitled “Navigating ‘the Book of Navigation’.” (on SoundCloud and Apple Podcasts). The series was produced by Boston College undergraduates.
The podcast is about the Book of Navigation (Kitab-ı Bahriye), an atlas of the Mediterranean composed by the Ottoman navigator, cartographer, and pirate-turned-admiral, Piri Reis (d. 1553). We used the images of the marvelous manuscript copy (ms. W.658) preserved at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Thank you,
Dana Sajdi, Boston College
9. The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University presents
Fall 2022 AKPIA Lecture Series
A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture
(All lectures are in person, in Cambridge MA)
October 13, 2022, 6:00pm
“The Textility of the Alhambra”
Olga Bush
Visiting Scholar, Vassar College
November 10, 2022, 6:00pm
“Islamic Architecture for Wisdom: Looking Back on the Classical Legacy”
Susana Calvo Capilla
AKPIA Fellow; Titular Professor, History of Art Department, Complutense University of Madrid
November 17, 2022, 6:00pm
“The Extraordinary Architectural Patronage of a 13th Century Sultan-Queen: Shajar al-Durr of Egypt”
Fairchild Ruggles
Debra L. Mitchell Chair in Landscape Architecture; Director of the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Co-Sponsored with the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies at Harvard University
The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University
Lectures are open to the public and held Thursdays, 6:00-7:30pm,
at 485 Broadway (Basement Auditorium), Cambridge, MA.
For further information, call 617-495-2355 or email agakhan@fas.harvard.edu
Visit the website: https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/news-events
We anticipate that the Calvo Capilla and Ruggles lectures will be recorded and made available at the AKPIA website, after the event date.
10. Online Workshop
HIAA Workshop: Applying for Museum Jobs
Panelists: Ladan Akbarnia (San Diego Museum of Art), Mariam Rosser-Owen (Victoria & Albert Museum), Laura Weinstein (Boston Museum of Fine Arts)
Friday, September 16, 2022
12 pm EDT on Zoom
Register here
This event will not be recorded
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