Shii News – Academic Items

1.ONLINE Book Talk “Language and Ecology in Southern and Eastern Arabia” by Prof. Janet Watson, Prof. Dawn Chatty, Dr Jack Wilson, British-Yemeni Society, Warrington, 26 April 2023, 17:30 h GMT

The edited book explores the way in which indigenous languages reflect the close relationship between peo-ple and their environment. It presents case studies dealing with language, gesture and ecology, the signifi-cance of naming, the role of narratives in the language-ecology relationship, and the conservation and revi-talisation of bio-diversity in Arabia. They will look at the central role that language plays in facing the chal-lenges and threats to bio-cultural diversity.

Information and registration: http://b-ys.org.uk/event/language-and-ecology-southern-and-eastern-arabia.

 

 

 

 

2. Conference: “Multilingualism, Translation, Transfer: Persian in the Ottoman Empire”, Gotha Research Centre, Germany, 27-29 April 2023

The conference will provide a forum for discussion and collaboration between scholars of Ottoman, Iranian and Arabic studies and beyond, who are concerned with the interactions of the three languages in the Ottoman Empire (elsine-i s̱elās̱e) and examine their functions as well as the interrelationships between lan-guages, (literary) genres and disciplines.

See conference brochure with the detailed program at https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/arabistikislam/translapt/multilingualism__translation__transfer_gotha_april_2023_brochure.pdf

Information: https://www.uni-muenster.de/ArabistikIslam/translapt/news/index.html

Registration: veranstaltungen.fb@uni-erfurt.de

 

 

 

 

3. HYBRIDE Séminaire “Quelle est la place de la falsafa dans le kalām tardif ? Faḫr al-dīn al-Rāzī comme étude de cas” avec Mohammed Essadki (Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdalla, Fès), Centre Jacques Berque, Rabat, 28 avril 2023, 16h

Information:

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=597503159079790&set=a.545005850996188

Inscription : https://zoom.us/j/99515073675

 

 

 

 

4. Special Session on “Shifting Perspectives on Muslimness and Islam in Contemporary Fiction” during the PAMLA Conference, Portland, OR, 26-29 October 2023

The panel invites papers discussing texts that shape the perception and representation of Muslimness and/or Islam in contemporary literature. Global, transnational, and comparative perspectives are welcome.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 May 2023. Information: https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/18844

 

 

 

 

5. University Assistant (PhD Position, 4 Years), Department of Islamic Theology and Religious Education, University Innsbruck, Austria

Main tasks: Dissertation in the field of Islamic religious education; independent research in the field of Islamic religious education; independent teaching; training and further education; administrative tasks. Required qualifications: completed relevant Master’s, Magister or Diplom degree; please include written reflections on your dissertation project (max. 5 pages) with your application; ability to work in a team.

Deadline for applications: 1 May 2023

Information: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/karriereportal.details?asg_id_in=13411  (EN)

 

 

 

 

6. Coordinator of the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in the Humanities or Social Sciences with a substantive background in Muslim studies, and four years of experience in budget management, event management, outreach and engagement, or additional graduate training.

Deadline for applications: Open until filled. Information:

https://tre.tbe.taleo.net/tre01/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=SIMOFRAS&cws=37&rid=5046

 

 

 

7. ONLINE Short Course “Introduction to the Study of Islam and Muslims” by Prof. Philip Wood (AKU-ISMC), Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, 24, 25, 26 April 2023, 14:30 – 16:30 GMT

This course aims to give an overview of some important moments in medieval and modern Islamic history and in different theoretical approaches to the study of Islam and Muslims, such as the works of Edward Said and Talal Asad. It focuses on the Middle East and South Asia. It aims to introduce key concepts and events that will be of relevance for anyone studying or teaching Islam. The course takes a social scientific perspec-tive and does not assume any prior knowledge.

Information and registration:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-the-study-of-islam-and-muslims-tickets-526545460647

 

 

 

 

8. HYBRID Summer Language School (Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian), Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, 3 July – 18 August 2023

The program is designed to comprise co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as conversation tables and study hours, seminars by top scholars on history, politics, literature, and arts, and cultural events includ-ing movie screenings, and field trips to historical sites and archives. The scientific directors are Jun.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Henning (JGU Mainz), Dr. Andreas Helmedach (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) and Prof. Dr. Johannes Pahlitzsch (JGU Mainz).

Deadline for applications: 30 April 2023. Information: https://summer.ihu.edu.tr/en

 

 

 

 

9. Articles on “Contemporary Changes and Transformations in the Islamic World” for Special Issue of the Open-Access Academic Journal “Religions”

The goal of this issue is to present readers with multidisciplinary scholarship, utilizing approaches from the humanities and social sciences to provide a deep understanding of contemporary developments in the Islamic World and, by extension, minority Muslim communities in the West. The participant authors can be specia-lized in religious studies, sociology, history, political science, law, media studies, or other disciplines.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2023.

Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_ issues/M0G655E4F3

 

 

 

10. In-person conference, UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies

April 28-29, 2023

Nexus of Knowledge: Science, Medicine, and Technology on the Silk Roads

https://events.berkeley.edu/ieas/event/128257-nexus-of-knowledge-science-medicine-and-technology

 

 

 

11. Podcast: Muslim Subjectivity in Soviet Russia

The Memoirs of ‘Abd Al-Majid Al-Qadiri

Alfrid Bustanov and Vener Usmanov

Brill 2022

https://newbooksnetwork.com/muslim-subjectivity-in-soviet-russia

 

 

 

12. Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther,

Achaemenid Court Culture in the Hebrew Bible

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

I B Tauris, 2023

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ancient-persia-and-the-book-of-esther-9780755603022/

 

 

 

13. LSE Master’s Mohammed Al Fahim Scholarship – deadline 27/4/2023

The LSE Middle East Centre is offering a full (£33,333) scholarship for a national of the Middle East or North Africa (Arab League member states, Iran, Israel and Turkey) to support the costs for any taught LSE Master’s degree programme in the 2023/24 session. The applicant’s undergraduate degree should have been taken in a MENA state, an element of the Master’s programme should be relevant to the study of the MENA region, and the applicant must be accepted to the programme to be eligible for funding.

for more information, visit https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/fees-and-funding/Mohammed-Al-Fahim-Scholarship

 

 

 

14. NYUAD Travel Grant – Arab Heritage and Gulf Crossroads collections

The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program, in collaboration with the Archives and Special Collections of the NYUAD Library, is awarding a limited number of travel awards to scholars interested in research within the Arab Heritage and Gulf Crossroads collections along with the relevant thematic holdings of the NYUAD Library.
These travel grants may be used for research for Ph.D. dissertations, MA and undergraduate theses, publications, and other research projects.
Grant awards include travel (airfare – up to $1500), accommodation funding up to $100 per day, and a $100 per diem for days spent conducting research at the NYUAD Library. Applications must include an estimated cost of travel (airfare), the number of days required for research at the NYUAD Library, and the total number of days for research and travel for a maximum of two weeks. Airfare should be based on the most economical fare available. The amount awarded cannot be increased after the recipient receives the notification of the grant, and grants are not awarded retroactively for research already completed.
Prior to submitting a grant proposal, applicants must contact the NYUAD Library’s Archives and Special Collections department (nyuad-asc.group@nyu.edu), and consult the library’s Arab Heritage and Gulf Crossroads department’s website at https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/library/collections/archives-and-special-collections/arab-heritage-and-gulf-crossroads.html, to ensure the availability of the documents and their relevance to the research project. The Reading Room is open for research Monday through Friday by appointment and is closed on public holidays. Both in their application and outreach to Archives & Special Collections, applicants should state clearly and precisely how the book, map, and archival holdings of the NYUAD Library will contribute to the completion of the proposed project.
Required materials are to be sent to nyuad.humanities.fellowships@nyu.edu
Resume: a maximum of 2 pages that include current and past positions, education and degrees, relevant awards and honors, up to 5 publications, other relevant professional activities and accomplishments, and level of competence in relevant foreign languages.
Research proposal: a maximum of 4 double-spaced pages that include (1) the title of the project; (2) a brief description of the project, including scope, objective of the research, methodology, and possible conclusions or results; and (3) relation of the NYUAD Library holdings to your research.
List of three references and their contact information.
Spring Term: September 1 – December 15, 2023. The application deadline is May 15, 2023.

*See PDF link for the Arabic version of the call for applications

Documents & Links

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15. CFP: “Collaborations and Contestations: Interfaith Architectural Encounters in Egyptian Society”

Conference: “Collaborations and Contestations: Interfaith Architectural Encounters in Egyptian Society”

American University in Cairo (AUC)

July 25, 2023 (Deadline: May 15, 2023)

For many centuries in Egypt various religious groups and architectural sites have been in dialogue. We seek short papers for a workshop, particularly with regard to architecture from all periods (up to the present) regarding Christian, Jewish and Muslim (including Sunni and Shi‘a) interactions.

Topics might include but are not restricted to the following: mutual influence of Coptic and Islamic architecture; heritage preservation (especially perceived biases); shared sacred spaces; shared practices of worship; contestation of sites; use of spolia, architectural rivalry of churches and mosques.

Please submit a brief expression of interest by April 20 to bokane@aucegypt.edu and cc sandov65@msu.edu. A 200-word abstract and CV will be due on May 15, 2023.

https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/trt-conference-auc/

 

 

 

 

16. La 8^ème séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le jeudi 1^er juin 2023

17h à 19h, salle 3.15 à l’ INALCO 65, rue des Grands-Moulins 75013 Paris

Pour cette séance, nous recevons Jaroslava Obrtelovà (Uppsala University) pour une conférence intitulée :

« Linguistic means for expressing epistemological stance and perspective shifts in the Wakhi language »
Résumé :

Wakhi is one of the minority East-Iranian languages spoken in the remote areas of the high Pamir mountains. Analysis of the narrations collected among the Wakhi speakers in their natural environment revealed that expressing the speakers’ attitude towards knowledge and their stance in relation to what they tell is, if not more important, at least as important as expressing the temporal and aspectual properties of the narrated events.

For example, when telling a story, Wakhi narrators always choose between telling it either from the perspective of an eye-witness or from a non-witnessed perspective. The witnessed narrations are told exclusively in the past tense, while the non-witnessed narrations, be it a re-telling of past real events, fictional stories or even future events, are told in the non-tense/non-past. Thus, the choice of the verb form informs the listener/reader of the individual (subjective) speaker’s epistemological stance rather than the (objective) situation of the event on the time-line.

In addition to this ‘witnessed versus non-witnessed’ distinction, Wakhi speakers can further nuance their stance by either reinforcing or distancing themselves from the credibility claim. Different Wakhi speakers can narrate the same event or parts of it differently, depending on the speaker’s stance, which is reflected in the use of different linguistic means.

Orientation bibliographique
Mock, John Howard. 1998. The Discursive Construction of Reality in the Wakhi Community of Northern Pakistan . Berkeley: University of California PhD Thesis.

Obrtelová, Jaroslava. 2017. Narrative Structure of Wakhi Oral Stories (Studia Iranica Upsaliensia 32). Uppsala: Uppsala University, Department of Linguistics and Philology.

Obrtelová, Jaroslava. 2019. From Oral to Written: A Text-linguistic Study of Wakhi Narratives . Uppsala University, Department of Linguistics and Philology PhD Thesis.

Retrouvez les détails de cette séance et le programme complet du séminaire sur le site web du CeRMI : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2022-2023/

 

 

 

 

17. First AIS Online Symposium, 2023

The Association for Iranian Studies is the leading international scholarly association for the study of the culture, society, and history of Iran and the greater Iranian world. The Association is made up of a wide range of scholars from around the globe who contribute to the society’s  goals of promoting Iranian studies through their teaching and research. This includes presentations of their work at the Association’s biennial in-person conferences that have been held in various locations around the world, as well as the publication of their research in the Association’s official journal, Iranian Studies. However, due to personal and professional circumstances, some members of the AIS community have been prevented from participating in the biennial conference. As such, AIS is launching its first online symposium scheduled for the weekend of October 20-22, 2023.

This call for papers is open to all due-paying members of AIS from all disciplines who wish to submit panels or individual papers for consideration. The deadline for the submission of proposals is 15 June 2023. Proposals should be submitted through the AIS online Symposium submission portal. Individual proposals should be no longer than 300 words and proposals for prearranged panels should be no longer than 500 words.

A panel of AIS experts will read and evaluate the proposals and inform all applicants of the results by 31 July 2023. While the symposium is open to all themes and periods, the organizing committee has a special interest in panels and papers addressing the following themes as guiding criteria for the online symposium: environment and ecology, women and society, media and cultural production, identity and identity formation, and the study of pre-modern Persianate world. Panels incorporating one or more of these themes are particularly encouraged to apply.

 

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