Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Lecture “Conduits and Politics: The Water Supply of Damascus in the Umayyad Period” by Edmund Hayes (Radboud Universiteit), RomanIslam, Hamburg University, 18 January 2023, 6:00-7:00 pm German Time
Information and registration:
https://attachment.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/8b856123/Invitation—Cities-and-their-Hinterland.pdf
2. HYBRIDE Atelier-rencontre avec Pierre Lory autour de l’ouvrage de Michel Dousse “La figure d’Abraham dans la Bible et le Coran”, IISMM, Paris, 19 janvier 2023, 10h-12h
Information et inscription : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/74287
3. HYBRID Interdisciplinary Conference “The Middle East in/and Latin America”, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 21 April 2023
Scholars are invited to submit panel proposals or apply individually with a paper proposal. We encourage related topics from a variety of fields and disciplines, including religious studies, political science, history, economics, sociology, anthropology, social and cultural studies, film studies, literature, architecture, immi-gration studies, and geography.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2023.
Information: http://www.global.ku.edu/Middle-East-Latin-America-Conference
4. XXVe Rencontres Dīwān – avec comm. des doctorantes et doctorants, Lyon, 15-17 juin 2023
Date limite: 24 fevrier 2023
Information: https://diwan.hypotheses.org/24960
5. CfP: Panels at “6th Conference of the European Academy of Religion”, St Andrews, Scotland, 19-23 June 2023
Panel on “Religious Conversions in Multicultural Societies”
Deadline for abstracts: 29 January 2023. Information and contact: Sebastian Rimestad sebastian.rimestad @uni-leipzig.de. See also https://it.europeanacademyofreligion.org/conference-schedule
Panel on “How to Name Contemporary Islam?”
Deadline for abstracts: 20 February 2023. Information and contact: Bochra Kammarti, bochra.kammarti@gmail.com. See also https://it.europeanacademyofreligion.org/conference-schedule
Panel on “The Dynamics of Modern Pilgrimages from the Inside”
Deadline for abstracts: 25 January 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcemen ts/12159549/panel-dynamics-modern-pilgrimages-inside-euare2023
6. Workshop “Bridging the Gap – Texts, Commentaries and the New Audience” (Focus on the Pro-modern and Modern Muslim World), Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 27-30 July 2023
Papers are welcome on a commentary or a commentary tradition consisting of several commentarial writings (sharḥ, ḥāshiya, nukat). They should highlight the role of the commentator as the intermediary between the base text and the changed audience. The conference is open with regard to Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh), ḥadīth, Qurʾān commentaries (tafsīr), Grammar, Medicine, Philosophy, Logic, Kalām, Ṣufism etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/01/12/cfp-bridging-the-gap-texts-commentaries-and-the-new-audience
7. 57th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2-5 November 2023
MESA is primarily concerned with the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab world (and their diasporas) from the seventh century to modern times. Other regions, including Spain, Southeastern Europe, China and the former Soviet Union, also are included for the periods in which their territories were parts of the Middle Eastern empires or were under the influence of Middle Eastern civilization.
Deadline for abstracts: 16 February 2023.
Information: https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers
8. The interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics: Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation” (sub-project “Arabic-Ottoman translations of works of Qurʾanic exegesis (Tafsīr) as an expression of the inner-Islamic transfer of knowledge in the Eastern Mediterranean between 1400–1750”) at the University of Münster (WWU), Germany, is offering a position as a:
Doctoral Research Associate
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in
(salary level TV-L E 13)
at the earliest possible date. We are offering a fixed-term part-time position (65%) for 3 years. Qurʾanic Exegesis (Tafsīr) as an Expression of the Inner-Islamic Transfer of Knowledge in the Eastern Mediterranean between 1400–1750“. Good reading skills in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish are essential. The position is thematically linked to the Emmy Noether Junior Research Group TRANSLAPT (https://go.wwu.de/translapt).
Application deadline: 9 February 2023.
Information: https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/arabistikislam/translapt/cfa_en.pdf
9. Two Postdoctoral Scholars in “Arab Media” and “Digital Media in the Global South”, Northwestern University in Qatar
We welcome applications from scholars who would have completed their PhD by summer 2023.
Deadline for applications: 1 February 2023.
Information: https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/research/ias_nuq/call-postdoctoral-scholars.html
10. Ehsan Yarshater Post-Doctoral Associate in Iranian and Persian Studies for 2023-2024, Yale University
Applicants in all fields of humanities and social and political sciences who have recently received their PhDs or are in the early stages of their academic career may apply.
Review beginning in January 2023 (and continuing until the selection is final).
Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/118245
11. Contributions for the “Bulletin of the Society for Arabian Studies – IASA Bulletin”, Spring 2023
This journal compiles notices on research, publications, fieldwork, museum updates, societies, conferences and events in the Arabian Peninsula as well as feature articles and book reviews.
Deadline for contributions: 12 February 2023.
Information: https://mailchi.mp/c3ef89d4c827/call-for-submissions-for-the-spring-bulletin?e=18cf0337f7
12. IJIA Dialogues Series (Webinar): “Forms of Protest: Political Art in the Digital and Urban Realm”
Join the International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) for its Dialogues Series, an annual webinar that brings together scholars and practitioners from across varied disciplines for a discussion of critical contemporary issues that interrogate the boundaries between architecture, art, anthropology, archaeology, and history. In this session, “Forms of Protest: Political Art in the Digital and Urban Realm,” series host, Eliana Abu-Hamdi is joined by Middle East Scholars Jillian Schwedler, Deen Sharp and Kyle Craig for a virtual discussion (via Zoom) on the intersections of art, urban politics and protest in the Middle East (broadly defined) in the form of public display of sculpture and art (graffiti), especially as is related to issues of displacement, dispossession, diaspora and national identities. The conversation also extends to digital media and hashtag culture/activism and virtual identities.
Date and Time: Monday, February 6, 2023, 11:00am-12:30 pm US EST
Register in advance for this session: https://syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X_89nPCdQBCzA_yPlEWDcw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the session. A recording of the event will be posted on the IJIA website and Facebook page. The discussion will also appear in print as part of the journal’s new “Dialogues” section. For any questions, please contact ijia@intellectbooks.com.
13. The National Museum of Asian Art has announced its 2023 recipients of the Freer Medal, a lifetime achievement award that honors individuals who have substantially contributed to the understanding of the arts of Asia throughout their career.
This year, the institution’s centennial, the honor will go to Vidya Dehejia, the Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University, and Gülru Necipoğlu, the Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University’s History of Art and Architecture Department. They will be honored for their lifetime work in South Asian art and arts of the Islamic world, respectively. The medal will be presented to Dehejia April 28 and to Necipoğlu Oct. 27.
14. The Gulf Research Center is pleased to announce that we are accepting abstract applications for the 13th annual Gulf Research Meeting (GRM), an annual academic conference highlighting critical issues of importance to the Gulf region and providing a basis for undertaking and engaging in academic and empirical research. GRM 2023 will take place from July 11-13, 2023.
This year’s GRM workshops will cover a wide range of topics in the fields of politics, economics, gender, culture, energy, security, and the social sciences as they relate to the wider Gulf region (GCC countries in addition to Iraq and Yemen).
More information on the GRM and full descriptions of workshops can be found on the Gulf Research Meeting website at https://gulfresearchmeeting.net/ <https://gulfresearchmeeting.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0fb4e4f66740367d2023bea93&id=5d6e3180e7&e=0cdea062eb>
The deadline for abstract applications is *February 24* and all applications should be submitted at https://www.gulfresearchmeeting.net/register-paper-user
Please do not hesitate to contact Layla Ali (laila@grc.net) and/or Christine Williams (christine@grc.net) should you have any questions.
15. Neda Darabian, Accusations of Magic against the Religious ‘Others’ in the Late Antique Persianate World. Monday Majlis on the 23rd of January, 17:00-18:30 (UK time).
Registration is required. Register please on this link:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdOCqqj0qGdL5OIBXrvM3TRIAw-4-P_nA
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