Shii News – Academic Items
1. Journée d’étude (Conférence bilingue, français et anglais): « La Patrimonialisation du Religieux dans le Monde Méditerranéen », Sciences Po Paris, 22 juin 2023, 9h30 – 19h30
Programme : https://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/lab/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/22062023_prog.pdf
2. Two German-Yemeni Workshops for German and Yemeni Students on “Science Communica-tion for Social Cohesion in Yemen”, Amman, 14-18 August & 23-26 October 2023
This is a joint project of Sana´a University and the “Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient” (CARPO) in Bonn funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The workshops will bring together German and Yemeni students with a civil society background, representatives of civil society organizations from Germany and Yemen, as well as Yemeni artists.
Deadline for application: 30 June 2023.
Information: https://carpo-bonn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Ausschreibung-Artists-Yemen.pdf
3. Workshop “The Urban and Local Dimensions of Political Violence in Syria and the Middle East”, SUR-Project and the Alliance of Civilizations Institute (MEDIT), Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, 27-29 October 2023
The workshop seeks to understand how political violence becomes “urbanized” and transformed within cities in the Middle East. The organizers are hosting a workshop for postgraduate students and young scholars to present and develop their research using georeferenced datasets. The workshop will include training on mapping and visualization skills, provided by Beirut Urban Lab.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 July 2023. Information: https://sur-project.com/workshop
4. 50% Acting Professor in Islamic Studies for History and Culture of the Pre-Modern Middle East (Oct. 2023 to March 2024), University of Hamburg
The successful applicant is expected to have international research experience. The University places particular emphasis on the quality of teaching and therefore requests applicants to provide details of their teaching experience and objectives.
Deadline for applications: 13 July 2023. Information: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=05443483922c241098ece0df46a5d39a6b0b2bb5
5. Teaching Fellow in Religious Studies and Islam (1 Year), University of Leeds
You will have submitted your PhD thesis (or be very close to submitting it) in Religious Studies, Islamic Studies or another demonstrably relevant area and have relevant subject expertise and teaching experience in the areas of the sociology and anthropology of Islam and Muslim religion, culture, politics and society, especially in the UK context, and Religious Studies more broadly.
Deadline for application: 30 June 2023. Information: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=AHCPR1057
6. PhD Fellowship (3 Years) at EHESS (Paris) and IFEA (Istanbul) for Research on the 19th-Century Ottoman Translation Bureaus
The PhD research will focus on the archives of the “translation bureaus” (tercüme odaları) established within the Ottoman administration of the time, both in the provinces and in the capital. Language requirements: Proficiency in Ottoman Turkish and French (or another working language used in Ottoman archives) must be demonstrated by certificates, transcripts or own publications.
Deadline for application: 14 July 2023.
Information: https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctorant/UMR8032-MARAYM1-001/Default.aspx
7. Continuing Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the Political Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies with a Focus on the Arabic Speaking World, Australian National University
Research rooted in the political sociology of religion and intellectual/social trends and movements in the Arabic Speaking World, as well as informed by fieldwork and linguistic competence is highly desirable.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/06/15/lecturer-senior-lecturer
8. Assistant Professor on Contemporary Islam, Department of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
We seek a scholar with preferred subspecialties in any of the following: Islam and racial identity; Islam and gender/sexuality; Islam in the US; Islam and Migration; Transnational Islam; Islamic Thought; Qur’anic Her-meneutics; Islam and new technologies; Digital Islam; and Islam and non-profit leadership. Our preferred time frame is the 20th and 21st centuries.
Deadline for applications: 16 August 2023. Information: https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/515244/assistant-professortenure-system
9. Arab Language and Political/Social Sciences Courses, Palestine and Arabic Studies Program, Birzeit University, 3 July – 31 August 2023
The courses offer international students the opportunity to combine the study of the Arabic language with social sciences courses about Palestine and the Arab World, with immersion in the culture.
Deadline for applications: 26 June 2023. Information: pas-isp@birzeit.edu.
Registration: https://ritaj.birzeit.edu/be1/en/admission/international-students/pas
10. Articles for New “Druze Studies Journal (DSJ)”
DSJ is an open-access interdisciplinary journal that aims to advance scholarly understanding of the Druze communities, including their history, society, and faith. We seek submissions that focus on the Druze as a whole, or on specific Druze communities, or include a comparison between the Druze and others or a com-parison between several Druze communities.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2023. Information: https://journals.ku.edu/druze/announcement/view/124
11. Articles on “75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: What Are the Trajectories of Human Rights Movements Amid Changing Global Dynamics?” for Journal “Rowaq Arabi”
This peer reviewed journal of human rights studies, calls for submissions of abstracts of original research articles that discuss the trajectories of human rights in the region 75 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Relevant articles (English or Arabic) from all disciplines of social sciences, humanities and law are welcome, and will be financially compensated.
No deadline, submissions are processed until the issue is complete. Information:
12. Islamic Texts Society – Hajj Discount 2023
In celebration of the Hajj and the Eid al-Adha, the Islamic Texts Society would like to offer readers a 15% discount on all titles*. In order to take advantage of this offer, please visit our website https://its.org.uk and enter the coupon code, HAJJ23, on the purchase page.
The offer is valid from 19th June to 2nd July.
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- June 20, 2023
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