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1.Harb al-Basus Seminar Invitation
Online Seminar:
Harb al-Basus wa-l-Zir Salim
We are thrilled to invite you to attend the online Harb al-Basus Seminar scheduled for February 17-19, 2023.
The story of the Basus War is a classic topos in Arabic Literature which has generated many versions of itself in numerous genres across the ages of Arabic Culture to this day. We hope to explore this literary constellation in our little seminar.
The seminar is composed of nine papers by scholars from all over the world, spanning ten time zones! Each day of the seminar will have just one two and a half hour session scheduled from 1600 until 1830 UTC with three papers, and time for discussion.
Please register for the conference, the registration link is HERE so we may send you the zoom link in due course.
Please contact us with any questions or concerns.
Your conveners,
Clarissa Burt and Johan Weststeijn
2. CSIS Event Invite: The Kurdish Roots of Iran’s Freedom Movement
Join the Middle East Program for a conversation with Jason Rezaian, Behrouz Boochani, and Tara Azizi.
<https://pardot.csis.org/webmail/906722/1376028856/6212eff1be60b9e09cfb89c238bdd0ed031bbfe2e7fe2461954241d858519263>.
*The Kurdish Roots of Iran’s Freedom Movement*
Thursday, January 26, 2023
3:00-4:00PM ET
Hybrid – Livestream / In-Person
1616 Rhode Island Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Register Here <https://pardot.csis.org/e/906722/h-roots-irans-freedom-movement/3k78wv/1376028856?h=b2qBFtxM_MqBN5lSAcTmRNYkhag22SBHLRePHBaSEfs>
3. Translating Rumi into the West
A Linguistic Conundrum and Beyond
A Sedaghat
Routledge, 2023
4. UCLA’s Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series with Anahita Mittertrainer
Symbols of Royal Authority? Early Sasanian Cityscapes in Southwestern Iran
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:00am Pacific via Zoom
5. New Approaches to the History of Plague in Late Antiquity
3 Feb 2023
The following one-day colloquium will be held both online and in person on 3 February 2023. Here’s the link with details: https://standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2023/01/18/new-approaches-to-the-history-of-plague-in-late-antiquity/
New Approaches to the History of Plague in Late Antiquity
Workshop: Friday 3 February 2023
School 2, St Salvator’s Quad, University of St Andrews
Hosted by the Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies and the Centre for Late Antique Studies
This will be a hybrid event. All are welcome!
- If you are interested in attending in person please contact Jason König (jpk3@st-andrews).
- If you want to attend online, join the CAES mailing list. Email selby-sympa@st-andrews.ac.uk, and put “subscribe caes-network” in the subject line.
Links for online attendance will be circulated a few days in advance via the mailing list.
Schedule
9.00-9.05: Introduction
9.05-9.50: Peter Sarris (Cambridge): Why Historians of the Justinianic Plague need to know more about the Black Death
9:50-10:35: Gunnar Neumann (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig): Archaeogenetic Insights into Yersinia pestis from the First Plague Pandemic
10:35-11 Coffee
11.00-11:45: Scott Johnson (Oklahoma) and Kyle Harper (Oklahoma): Eyewitness to Mass Mortality: John of Ephesus, the Ecclesiastical History, and the Plague of Justinian
11:45-12:30: Helen Foxhall-Forbes (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice): Science, Society and the Environment: Approaches to Change in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
12:30-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:00: David Orton (York): What Zooarchaeology can tell us about Rats in Late Antiquity and Beyond: Introducing the RATTUS Project
2:00-2:45: Elena Xoplaki (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen): Climate over the Greater Eastern Mediterranean during the 6th-8th centuries AD simulated with the fully forced COSMO-CLM
2:45-3:30: James Palmer (St Andrews): Pandemic and the Medicalisation of Religious Culture in the West (c. 540-c. 740)
3:30-4:00 Coffee
4.15-5.45: Kyle Harper: The Long First Plague Pandemic: A View from Italy (Annual Lecture for the Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies) (School 2)
6. Full-time tenure track open rank position at Department of Arabic Language and Culture, National Chengchi University (ROC/Taiwan)
Job Description
The Department of Arabic Language and Culture at National Chengchi University invites applications for one full-time tenure track open rank position in Arabic/Arab/Middle East/Islamic studies, starting on 1 August 2023. The deadline for the application is 2023 March 25.
We are seeking a junior or senior scholar with an excellent track of research in one (or more) of the following fields:
Arabic linguistics
Arabic literature
Arabic language teaching
Islamic studies
Middle Eastern studies
Candidates with experience in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers at beginner level or specialised subjects such as Arabic syntax, Arabic morphology, Arabic literature, or history of Arabic literature will be preferred.
The ideal candidate will have active research agendas and a remarkable record of publications in her or his field after the appointment. The candidate will contribute to Arabic teaching in accordance with the teaching guideline of the Department, or teach the courses on the Department’s curriculum. He or she will have to teach 6 hours per week in one semester, which usually comprises 18 weeks, and two semesters per year. In addition, the candidate is expected to share the administrative responsibilities, engage in the intellectual activities of the Department, and take part in students’ activities. The candidate must be able to communicate in English and/or Chinese with the faculty members and the administrative staff.
Employer: National Chengchi University
Location: Taipei, Taiwan (ROC)
Starting Date: 1 August, 2023
Deadline for Applications: March 25, 2023 (GMT +8). Review of applications will begin immediately after the deadline.
Qualification: Applicants must have a PhD in Arabic Studies, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern studies, or a related discipline, preferably with a record of an active research agenda and teaching experience.
Application Instructions and Procedures
All applicants complete the application form and submit the required documents (listed below) via the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciRVlVXlFC6jx7sWngE7pkFUuVBpvhrABqdduQf0hGlYx32w/viewform
Enquiries concerning the application and related matters may be directed to the Department’s secretary, Ms. Wei (arabic@nccu.edu.tw), or the Head of the Department, Dr. I-Wen Su (isu@nccu.edu.tw).
After the first round of review, which will take about two weeks, the shortlisted candidate will be invited to online or in-person interview and to deliver an open lecture to the faculty members and students. Further details and schedules will be announced in the due course.
Required Documents
All applicants must submit the following documents via email to: arabic@nccu.edu.tw and isu@nccu.edu.tw
- An updated C.V.
- A cover letter, a statement of teaching, and a statement of research (each no more than two pages)
- D. dissertation and the publications of the past five years
- A scanned copy of Ph.D. degree or any document certifying that the candidate will be awarded Ph.D. degree before the date of the appointment (the copy must be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China, or its representative division)
- Scanned copies of the transcriptions of M.A. and Ph.D. degrees (the copies must be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China, or its representative division)
- Two sample syllabi for two courses: one on the subject of the applicant’s choice and the other on one of the following: Arabic syntax, Arabic morphology, Intermediary Arabic or Advanced Arabic
- Contact information of two referees
- Any other supporting documents or material, e.g. demo teaching video
Please name your files (in Word or PDF) with the numbers given above, the type of document, and your last name, for example, ‘1-cv-last name’. Application that does not provide the first seven documents/information or does not adhere to the given format will not be considered.
Contact Information
Department of Arabic Language and Culture, National Chengchi University
Address: No.64, Sec.2,Zhinan Rd.,Wenshan District,Taipei City 11605,Taiwan (R.O.C)
Tel:886-2-29393091(63400 or 63401)
Fax:886-2-2938 7074
E-mail: arabic@nccu.edu.tw; isu@nccu.edu.tw
Website: https://arabic.nccu.edu.tw
7. International Journal of Islamic Architecture 12.1 is out now
https://www.intellectbooks.com/international-journal-of-islamic-architecture
8. Recorded Webinar – “How to use your research question as a catalyst for publication success”
In order to develop a reputation as a respected authority in your field, you need a deep understanding of how to formulate a compelling research question that fills a critical knowledge gap. By investing time in developing a smart research question at the outset, you can increase your chances of producing novel and impactful research.
In this pre-recorded webinar, run by ALE in collaboration with Edanz, global publishing expert Dr. Julian Tang gives actionable tips on how to take your research question to the next level.
You will learn:
- The crucial – and often overlooked – key steps required to formulate an innovative research question
- Characteristics of research questions that impress reviewers (and why they are effective!)
- The secret to identifying gaps in the existing literature and maximizing upon those gaps for your own future research question
9. Online Course – Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa – January 27
Upcoming online specialist art short course: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa begins next Friday 27th January. This course is run by SOAS University of London’s Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art.
Convened by Dr Natasha Morris (co-convenor of the Islamic Art module of the Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art and associate lecturer in the arts of Iran and Islam at the Courtauld Institute) this course features eight online lectures delivered via Zoom, every Friday at 13.00 (UK time). Each lecture is followed by an extended Q&A and all sessions will be recorded and made available for registrants to view in their own time for a limited period, so if you can’t attend live, you can catch up at your leisure.
Each of the lectures approaches an introductory case study from a different region within the MENA. Beginning by asking “how can we approach this young, underexplored but vital branch of art history?”, the course brings together leading experts from the worlds of academia, curation, and the art market. We are also excited to be spotlighting the voices of contemporary artists themselves. Curator-led discussions of themes such as artist books and calligraphic abstraction will be framed by the collections of modern and contemporary material within both the British Museum and the Tate Modern. You will gain diverse and nuanced understandings of both eminent and up-and-coming artists, key works, and regional art movements.
For more information, please visit our website at this link.
https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/contemporary-art-middle-east-and-north-africa
This course is available at our new lower price point of £375.
For more information, and to book your place, please click here.
If you have any questions, or require any further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us on asianart@soas.ac.uk.
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- January 21, 2023
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