Shii News – Academic Items
1.Heshmat Moayyad Lecture Series talk with Prof. Olga Merck Davidson,
Thursday, November 10 at 5:00-7:00 CT
Please join us for the third lecture in the Heshmat Moayyad Lecture Series by Prof. Olga Merck Davidson next Thursday, November 10 at 5:00-7:00 CT in the Social Science Building, Room 122. You can also join us in the zoom meeting below. The topic of Prof. Davidson’s talk is “Is Poetry Superior to Prose in the World View of Ferdowsi?”.
https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudOGvqDgiGNVP5C11sGjxNC4GZGZ6VNFL
2. A Nook in the Temple of Fame: French Military Officers in Persian Service, 1807–1826
D T Potts
3. The Islamic College – MA Islamic Studies & MA Islamic Law (Distance Education) Open Day
11.11.22
On Zoom
More information:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/de-open-day/
4. ‘Notes on the Aesthetics of Medieval Islamic Art—and of Medieval Persian Painting’
Robert Hillenbrand,
5. The Latin America & Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 1 – October 2022
Editor-in-Chief Ken Chitwood | Associate Editor Rahma Maccarone
** Letter from the Editor
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Welcome to the first edition of LACISA’s third volume. Two years ago, when we sent out our very first edition (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=1d11b1537b&e=f70992245e) , we hoped to connect persons with an interest in the study of Islam and Muslim communities in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the networks that exist across, between, and beyond the American hemisphere.
Two years later and we have a network of more than 300 people across our platforms sharing knowledge, promoting new research, and encouraging further scholarship on the subject.
This latest edition is a celebration of this increasing interconnection and collaboration, featuring contributions from members across the globe.
First, we have a review of Manifold Destiny: Arabs at an American Crossroads of Exceptional Rule (Vanderbilt University Press) and an interview with the author, John Tofik Karam (University of Illinois).
Second, we are excited to announce that Karam will be headlining our second annual LACISA colloquium: Muslim Philanthropy in Latin America and the Latinx U.S. (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=5b05c69045&e=f70992245e)
You can read more about the full line up, which features research on Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, the U.S., and the Tri-Border area between Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
We are also proud to feature a podcast episode featuring our very own Lucas Vicente (Translation Assistant, Portuguese) and Rahma Maccarone (Associate Editor).
In addition to the above, we also have numerous Member Notes, featuring events, new publications, additional podcast episodes, calls for submissions, essays, and other opportunities in, or related to, our field.
In particular, I’d like to personally invite network members to a meet-up on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. For those attending the meeting and interested in connecting, please e-mail me directly at lacisanews@gmail.com.
Otherwise, on behalf of our entire LACISA team (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=96330d0b81&e=f70992245e) , I thank you for reading our latest newsletter and celebrating our second anniversary! All the best in your own research, writing, and work in the public sphere.
6. Al-Mahdi Institute: Call for Papers – “The Nature of Soul and Death” IRS Workshop
Since 2018, the Inter-Religious Symposia (IRS) platform has been successful in bringing together representatives from the three Abrahamic faiths, to appreciate each other’s perspectives on various theological issues.
The Annual IRS Academic Workshop seeks to advance these discussions further into the academic arena, delving into the theological topics that are of shared concern.
- Workshop date is Thurs 16thMarch 2023
- Deadline for abstracts from CfP respondents is Monday 12thDec 2022.
More information at:
https://www.almahdi.edu/call-for-papers-soul-death-irs
7. 2e séance du séminaire mensuel de recherche organisé par le CeRMI (2022-2023) – 17 novembre 2022
La deuxième séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le jeudi 17 novembre 2022 (de 17h à 19h, salle 5.28).
Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Viola Allegranzi (Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences) pour une conférence intitulée : “Les gunbads de Chisht-i Sharif : nouvelles perspectives sur un site méconnu et sur l’histoire des Ghourides en Afghanistan (moitié xiie – début xiiie siècle)”.
Résumé
Chisht-i Sharif (aussi connu comme Khwāja Chisht, ou, simplement, Chisht) est un village situé sur la rive nord du Hari Rud, à environ 140 km à l’est de Hérat, en Afghanistan. Dans ce lieu, le maître sufi Abū Isḥāq Shāmī (m. 328/940) aurait fondé la Chishtiyya, une confrérie qui prit son essor en Inde à partir du XIIIe siècle. Le site est aussi connu pour la présence de deux structures à coupole (gunbads) en brique cuite, datant de l’époque du sultanat ghouride (544-612/1149-1215). Bien que tombés en ruine dès l’époque des premières prospections au XXe siècle, ces monuments révèlent les traces d’un riche décor architectural en brique cuite et en stuc, et de plusieurs inscriptions en arabe et en persan, de styles et de contenus variés. La fonction originelle des deux gunbads reste incertaine : si leur forme s’apparente à celle des mausolées à coupole répandus dans la région, les enquêtes de terrain et les photos aériennes suggèrent qu’ils faisaient partie d’un même complexe architectural, jamais investigué archéologiquement.
Les deux monuments sont mentionnés dans nombre d’ouvrages consacrés à l’architecture islamique et leurs inscriptions ont été en partie publiées. Cependant, plusieurs questions restent ouvertes et certaines sources utiles à leur étude n’ont pas été pleinement exploitées jusqu’à présent. Dans cette communication, nous allons analyser dans une perspective comparative le décor architectural et, en particulier, les inscriptions des deux gunbads. Une révision globale de leur programme épigraphique, y compris le déchiffrement de plusieurs textes inédits, a été rendu possible grâce à l’étude des photos prises par Josephine Powell vers 1960. La présence de plusieurs versions de la titulature du sultan ghouride Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Sām (r. 558-599/1163-1203), de passages coraniques et formules religieuses liées aux pratiques rituelles, ainsi que le caractère très ornemental des styles graphiques font des inscriptions des Chisht-i Sharif un témoignage majeur sur la tradition épigraphique de l’Iran pré-mongol. En nous appuyant sur les comparaisons avec d’autres monuments ghourides — parmi lesquels le célèbre minaret de Jam, situé à une courte distance du site — ainsi que sur les informations dérivées des sources manuscrites et des monnaies, nous offrirons des perspectives nouvelles sur la chronologie et la fonction originelle des monuments, et, plus largement, sur l’histoire des Ghourides dans la région.
Orientation Bibliographique
- Blair, Sheila S.. « The Madrasa at Zuzan: Islamic Architecture in Eastern Iran on the Eve of the Mongol Invasions », Muqarnas 3, 1985, p. 75-91.
- Flood, F. Barry. « Ghurid monuments and Muslim identities: Epigraphy and Exegesis in Twelfth-century Afghanistan », Indian Economic and Social History Review 42/3, 2005, p. 263-294.
- Le Berre, Marc. « Chisht » in Warwick Ball (en collaboration avec Jean-Claude Gardin), Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan: Catalogue des sites archéologiques d’Afghanistan. Paris: Recherche sur les civilisations, 1982, vol. 1, p. 76, no
- Maricq, André & Wiet, Gaston. Le Minaret de Djam : La découverte de la capitale des Sultans Ghorides (XIIe–XIIIe siècles). Paris: C. Klincksieck, 1959.
- Patel, Alka. Iran to India. The Shansabānīs of Afghanistan, c. 1145-1190. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
- Powell, Josephine. « Josephine Powell photographic archive (1951-1975) », Harvard University Library, Fine Art Special Collections (AKP187): http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990119685550203941/catalog.
Au plaisir de vous retrouver à l’occasion de cette séance, qui se déroulera en présentiel sur le site de l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris).
Ci-joint le programme 2022/2023 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” en format pdf. Retrouvez également les détails sur le site web du CeRMI : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2022-2023/
8. 2023 Critical Language Scholarship Program Application Now Open!
We are delighted to announce that the application for the U. S. Department of State’s 2023 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is now open! We welcome [you/your students] to apply now to learn a critical language on a funded virtual or overseas summer program. The application is available at https://clscholarship.org/apply . The application deadline is 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
The CLS Program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains. Depending on language and level, U.S. students can either apply for the overseas CLS Program or the virtual program, CLS Spark. The CLS Program offers in-person cohort-based programs at partner institutions abroad that provide instruction at various levels for U.S. graduate and undergraduate students in 14 critical languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu. CLS Spark provides virtual instruction to U.S. undergraduate students at the complete beginning level of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian, specifically targeting students who do not have access to studying these languages at their home campus. More information on eligibility is available at: https://clscholarship.org/applicants/eligibility . [Ed note: You must Be a U.S. citizen or national at the time of application.]
The CLS Program will host frequent webinars, Q&A sessions, and alumni panels for students and advisors throughout the fall. A full calendar with these events and corresponding registration links is available at: https://clscholarship.org/events .
The CLS Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government and supported in its implementation by American Councils for International Education. It is part of a wider government initiative to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security and economic prosperity.
If you have any questions, please contact the CLS Program team at: cls@americancouncils.org .
Esha Bera (she/her)
Program Officer, Critical Language Scholarship Program
American Councils for International Education
phone: (202)-833-7522
email: ebera@americancouncils.org
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
9. Edinburgh Alwaleed Early Career Fellow: Authority in the Globalised Muslim World
The Alwaleed Centre is looking for an Early Career Fellow to join its academic team.
The post-holder will conduct research into contemporary issues relating to authority in Muslim states, societies or online spaces. Applications from candidates whose work engages with transnational, international or global contexts would be particularly welcomed. The post-holder will also be expected to contribute to the Alwaleed Centre’s teaching activities, develop online teaching material, and engage with the Centre’s outreach and public engagement programme.
This is a two year, full-time position and FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING HERE.
The deadline for applications is 28 November 2022 at 5pm GMT.
10. ‘Pashtun homelands in an Indo-Afghan hagiographical collection’
M Pelevin
11. New address: CeRMI UMR 8041 du CNRS
Cher.ère.s collègues, cher.ère.s ami.e.s,
J’ai le plaisir de vous informer que, depuis le 28 octobre dernier, notre unité de recherche, CeRMI UMR 8041 du CNRS, a emménagé dans de nouveaux locaux sur le campus CNRS de Villejuif.
L’adresse postale du CeRMI ainsi que les coordonnées téléphoniques de son secrétariat sont désormais les suivantes :
Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI) – UMR8041 CNRS
Campus CNRS Ile-de-France Villejuif
7, rue Guy Môquet
94800 Villejuif – FRANCE
Tél. : +33 (0)1 49 58 37 86
Courriel : cermi@cnrs.fr
Site web : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/
À cette adresse, nos locaux sont situés au 4ème étage du bâtiment D.
Noter par ailleurs que cette nouvelle localisation du siège de notre UMR entraîne une modification des coordonnées téléphoniques des postes fixes installés dans les bureaux.
Bien amicalement,
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Maria Szuppe (CNRS)
Directrice de l’UMR 8041 Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI)
12. AKU-ISMC
Book Launch: Islam and Modernism by Rasheed Araeen
Tuesday 6 December 2022, 18:00 – 20:00 (London)
Venue
Aga Khan Centre (Atrium Conference Room),
10 Handyside Street,
London N1C 4DN
Booking
The event is free, but booking is essential:
To attend in person, register via Eventbrite.
To attend online, register via Zoom.
For more information:
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- November 05, 2022
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