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1.ONLINE Conference: “The Qur’ān and the Turkic World: Context and Interpretation”, Center for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University, Sydney, 5 February 2025
Main themes: Transmission and Translation of the Qur’ānic Text among the Turkic World. – The Qur’ān’s Impact on the Development of Islamic Culture and Identity in the Turkic States. –The Qur’ānic Interpretive Methodology (Hermeneutics) and Frameworks in the Turkic World.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2024.
Information: https://arts-ed.csu.edu.au/centres/cisac/research/the-quran-and-the-turkic-world
2. Assistant Professor of Arabic (Tenure-Track), Department of Classical Mediterranean and Middle East, Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota
Candidates should demonstrate passion and ability for teaching Modern Standard Arabic at all levels, conversance with Arabic dialects, as well as research and teaching interests in the literature, history, cultures, and/or societies of the classical Arab world.
Deadline for applications: 1 October 2024. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28020
3. NYUAD Winter Writing Retreat at the New York University Abu Dhabi, 6-24 January 2025
this retreat aims to foster a scholarly community for up to 6 scholars from around the world and to advance research projects in all areas of the Humanities related to the study of the Arab world, its rich literature and history, its cultural and artistic heritage, and its manifold connections with other cultures. Scholars will have the opportunity to work on any type of academic writing, including a research article, book manuscript, chapter or essay.
Deadline for applications: 30 September 2024. Information and registration: http://apply.interfolio.com/146981
4. Postdoctoral position in ERC project “ALiDiM” on Classical Arabic @ Ca’ Foscari
We are currently seeking to fill a postdoctoral position in the ALiDiM project at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. The position is scheduled to start on November 1, 2024. The contract (“assegno di ricerca”) will be initially issued for one year with the possibility of renewal for up to two additional years.
The successful candidate will contribute to the work package on the specialized linguistic lexicon in early Arabic linguistic works. Further information on the position is available at this link. The application deadline is September 20, 2024, 12:00 CEST.
Please check the call for applications published on the university website for details on the application and selection process.
5. Workshop – Arabic Calligraphy Workshop with Hatem Arafa (Online) – September 15– October 2
The Digital Lab for Islamic Visual Culture & Collections (DLIVCC), University of Edinburgh will be hosting an online Arabic Calligraphy Workshop with Hatem Arafa.
A calligrapher with a degree from the Traditional Islamic Arts Faculty at FSMV University in Istanbul, Arafa’s projects include interior calligraphy for the Cary Mosque, USA (2022), commemorative coins for Djibouti (2023) and Qatar’s World Cup (2022), and the logo and interior calligraphy artworks for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Mirage (2023).
- Duration: 3 weeks, with two 2-hour lessons per week (total of 6 lessons)
- Schedule: 15 September – End: 2 October. Each 2-hour session will be held Sundays/Wednesdays between 7-9pm BST.
- Format: Online on Zoom
- Focus: Teaching Diwani calligraphy, starting from individual letters to forming words and sentences
- Places are limited
For details and registration link please visit our website.
Questions? info@digitallabivcc.com
Contact Information
Digital Lab for Islamic Visual Culture & Collections (DLIVCC)
School of History of Art
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Contact Email
URL
https://digitallabivcc.com/calligraphyworkshophatemarafa/arabic-calligraphy-wor…
- August 27, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.The Virtual Islamic Art History Seminar Series (VIAHSS) is pleased to announce our Fall 2024 program. Please note that all talks will now take place on Tuesdays instead of Fridays at 12 noon EST/5PM UK/7PM Turkey (unless otherwise noted). Registration links for individual events will be sent out approximately one week before the program.
To receive these links, please sign up for our mailing list at www.viahss.org .
Fall 2024 Presentations
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Özlem Yıldız (Temple University)
Bringing the Heavenly Down to Earth: Nature, Bodies, and Objects as Symbols of the Divine in the Illustrated Qisas al-AnbiyaManuscripts from the Sixteenth-Century
Tuesday, September 17, 204
[Please note this talk will be one hour earlier than usual, at 11:00 am NYC]
Muhammad Hadi bin Osni (Community Researcher, My Community Limited)
Positioning Singapore’s Early Modernist Mosques in Southeast Asia Architectural History (1977-1981)
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Heba Mostafa (University of Toronto)
Architecture of Anxiety: Body Politics and the Formation of Islamic Architecture
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Cailah Jackson (Independent Scholar)
Mevlevi Manuscript Culture in the Late Medieval Period
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Mahnam Najafi (Shahid Beheshti University)
The Evolution of Squares in Qajar Tehran: A Study of Urban and Social Changes
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Sinem Casale (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Gifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500-1639
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Amber Elisabeth Peters (Ca’Foscari University)
The Ocean in Early-Modern South Asian Art
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Ahmad Rafiei (Toledo Museum of Art)
Beyond Allegory to Prosody: Unraveling Reza Abbasi’s Artistic Odyssey Through Yul Quli Beg’s Influence
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 [postponed from August 20]
Caroline Angle Maguire (University of Maryland, College Park)
Ashley Miller (University of Michigan Museum of Art)
Elizabeth Rauh (American University of Cairo)
A Roundtable Discussion:
Exhibiting MENA Cultural Heritage: Post-colonial Interventions
As always, you can find a full schedule of upcoming talks and register for our list-serv on our website at www.viahss.org. Although not every talk is recorded, we also have recordings of several recent talks available on the VIAHSS Vimeo page at www.vimeo.com/viahss. Lastly, you can follow us on X at @viahss and on Instagram at @theviahss to stay up to date on upcoming events!
Contact Information
Dr. Alexander Brey and Rachel Winter
Contact Email
URL
https://viahss.org/upcoming-talks/
2. Princeton University – Assistant Professor in South Asian Art History (tenure-track)
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67461
Closing date: Jan 15, 2025
3. Italy and the Islamic World,
From Caesar to Mussolini
Ali Humayun Akhtar
Edinburgh, 2024
‘To celebrate the publication of this essential volume, we are offering £10/$10 off until the end of September.’
Visit our website to order your copy – no code needed!
4. ONLINE Webinar “Global Islamophobia and the Rise of Populism” by Ivan Kalmar & Audrey Truschke, „Democracy and Ethnonationalism Lecture Series”, Rutgers Law School, 15 October 2024, 12:00 pm EDT
Information and registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ThhPNVrQSO2SPM9NIcXkUA#/registration
5. International Conference on ‘Qur’anic Readings in AI Era’, Kerala, India, 20 October 2024
Themes: • Qur’anic Guidance for Human Life in the Age ff AI. • AI and Social Justice in the Light of the Qur’an. • Relevance and Authenticity of Interpretations of Qur’an. • Perfection of Holy Qur’an throughout Centuries. • Legal and Regulatory Aspects of AI in Islamic Jurisprudence. • Quranic View on Ethical Framework of AI. • Areas of Engagement with Islamic Law.
Deadline for abstracts: 5 September 2024.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/system/files/attachments/seminar-brochure-1.pdf
6. Postdoctoral research fellow (m/f/d), with expected full-time employment, limited to max. 3 years – E 13 TV-L HU
Your profile: Doctoral degree in Islamic Theology or Islamic Studies with excellent grades; advanced knowledge of German, English, and Arabic; knowledge of Turkish is preferred; experience in research and teaching, as well as aptitude and motivation for independent interdisciplinary work.
Deadline for application: 4 September 2024; Information:
7. PhD Candidate Related to the Project “The Conceptual History of Ethics in Modern Arabic”, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherland
Profile: MA in Islamic Studies, Arabic, History, Philosophy, or another discipline related to your project; demonstrated interest in conceptual history or Arabic intellectual history; knowledge of conceptual historiographical theory and method and other background knowledge necessary to complete your proposed project; excellent command of written and spoken English, written Arabic, and preferably command of additional languages relevant to the field.
Extended deadline for applications: 1 September 2024. Information:
8. International Winter School “Outer Space Cooperation in the Middle East”, Institute for International Cooperation, Technological Diplomacy and Communication, UN City of Bonn, 6-8 December 2024
The international Winter School offers students from the Middle East and Germany a platform for exchange on space cooperation in the Middle East. High-ranking international experts provide participants with input so that they can then develop innovative approaches to cooperation potential in workshops. A UN simulation offers the opportunity to put theoretical knowledge into practice. All costs are covered by the ICI.
Deadline for applications: 31 August 2024.
Information: https://www.ici-institute.de/winter-school-2024-outer-space-cooperation-in-the-middle-east
9. Residence Program in “Advanced Arabic Language and Social Studies”, Language Center at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar, 12 January – 1 May 2025
Deadline for applications: 1 September 2024. Information: https://dilc.wufoo.com/forms/mkvqolg1id49pf
- August 24, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Spring 2025 Workshop of the Mediterranean Seminar: “The Multilingual Mediterranean”, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 28 February 28 – 1 March 2025
Our theme encompasses such topics as language contact zones, multilingual art forms and media, and the relationships between language and identity. Our hope is to attract contributions from scholars working on several geographical contexts and historical periods in the Mediterranean world. We also hope to encourage contributions from a diverse range of disciplinary perspectives – including the interplay and intersection of visual, musical, and material “languages” in the Mediterranean world.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2024. Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSZBJaWnpb6Bd1gHNyzfAMhgQbM9mJvfRLsBPPY4PPYiOM7Q/viewform
2. Research Fellow for Project “Encounters and Mixing between the Red Sea and Asia Regions (1800-2000s)”, Department of Historical Studies, University of Turin
Qualifications: MA or PhD in one of the following fields: History of Africa, History of Asia, History of International Relations, or other related areas. They should also have a suitable scientific/professional track record. In addition to English and possibly a second European language, knowledge of a language from the Red Sea region or Asia appropriate to the case study to be investigated within the project is also required.
Deadline for applications: 23 September 2024. Information: https://www.asaiafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Contatti-e-ascendenze-miste-tra-Mar-Rosso-e-regioni-asiatiche.pdf
3. Research Fellow for Project “Towards a Digital Archive of Mixedness in the Red Sea (1800-2000)”, Department of Historical Studies, University of Turin
Qualifications: MA or a PhD in one of the following fields: History, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Digital Humanities, Digital Engineering, or other related areas. They should also have a suitable professional track record. In addition to an excellent knowledge of English, knowledge of other European languages is required, while knowledge of non-European languages is highly valued.
Deadline for applications: 23 September 2024. Information: https://www.asaiafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Verso-un-archivio-digitale-della-mixedness-nel-Mar-Rosso.pdf
4. Postdoctoral Researcher (80 %) for the Project “Participation in Islamic-Social-ethical Reflec-tions”, Swiss Centre for Islam and Society (SCIS), University of Fribourg/Switzerland
Requirements: Doctorate in Islamic Studies, Islamic Theological Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology or anothersocial/cultural science discipline; • Research interest in the topic of the project; • In-depth knowledge of relevant research methods; • Knowledge of German and/or French.
Deadline for applications: 30 August 2024.
Information: https://www.unifr.ch/webnews/content/159/attach/12508.pdf
5. ONLINE Fall Semester 2024 in Arab Studies, University of Birzeit, 16 September – 10 December 2024
Courses: 1. Colloquial Arabic. – 2. Standard Arabic. – 3. The Palestine Question. – 4. Modern & Contemporary Arab Thought.
Deadline for applications: 5 September 2024.
Information: https://pas.birzeit.edu/news-events/call-application-online-fall-semester-2024-2025
6. Proposals for Books in the Lexington Series on “Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Arab World”
Topics in the series include, but not limited to, queerness in the Arab novel, political violence in the context of gender, how gender relations are affected by displacement, encampment and return, the interaction between violence and its gendered representations in cinema, and the portrayal of gender in graphic novels. The series welcomes contributions of monographs and edited volumes from various disciplines related to women, gender, and sexuality in the Arab world.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2024/08/13/calls-for-book-proposals
7. Articles on “Mediterranean Food” for the New Journal “I.S. Med: Interdisciplinary Studies on the Mediterranean”
Submissions are invited on the topic of food and hospitality in and of the Mediterranean from interdisciplinary perspectives (humanities, social sciences, international law, media studies, art, and other fields of research). Any historical period of reference is welcome though we strongly encourage presenters to focus on the early modern to contemporary times.
Deadline for abstracts: 14 September 2024. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/submissions-interdisciplinary-studies-on-the-mediterranean-mediterranean-food?e=82aeb6c61d
8. Chargé de mission “chercheur” (F/H) – Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) – Antenne de Beyrouth – Liban
Compétence : Titulaire d’un diplôme de doctorat dans l’une des disciplines des études arabes, médiévales et modernes d’un établissement d’enseignement supérieur français, d’un autre pays de l’Union européenne. – Expérience dans le monde de la recherche en archéologie et histoire. – Bonne capacité d’organisation et d’animation des réseaux scientifiques, et capacité à conduire ses propres recherches et à rédiger les textes de présentation de ses travaux et d’expertise.
Date limite de candidature : 26 aout 2024.
Information: https://emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/54db82cf-1403-4010-9f2c-a065f55666d4
9. Chargé de mission “chercheur” (F/H) – Institut français d’études anatoliennes (IFEA) à Istanbul – Turquie
Date limite de candidature : 28 aout 2024
https://emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/93ec8c46-bf0d-4b26-9b06-06d1ad485a30
10. United States Naval Academy – Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern history
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67483
Applications will be reviewed beginning September 30, 2024, but applications will be accepted after that date and until the position is filled.
11. Bates College – Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (Islam)
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67490
Close: Oct 14, 2024.
12. “Craft Geographies: Unravelling Material Cultures and Communities in South and Central Asian History,” at the 52nd Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin–Madison, on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Please find our flyer attached here.
Speakers:
Amanda Lanzillo (University of Chicago) :: “Listen O Muslims, Especially You Blacksmiths”: Craft knowledge and Pashtun labour migration in the early twentieth century
Ping-hsiu Alice Lin (Harvard University) :: Tacit Knowledge and Moving Artisans in South Asia
Mohit Manohar (University of Chicago) :: Formal Convergences and Iconographic Ambiguities at the Tombs of Bukhara and Mandu
Benjamin James Nourse (University of Denver) :: Tibetan Woodblock Printing: Craft, Craftspeople, Networks, and Identity in 17th and 18th-century Inner Asia
Pranav Prakash (University of Oxford) :: An Inquiry into the Transregional Imagination of Book Arts in Persianate Societies (12th–15th Centuries)
Fatima Quraishi (University of California–Riverside) :: Crafting a Vision of Kashmir: Painting and Stitching Place in the Nineteenth Century
Amanda Respess (Ohio State University) :: Beyond the River and Below the Wind: Contextualizing Early Epigraphic Ceramic Production along the Medieval Islamicate Trade Routes
Megan Eaton Robb (University of Pennsylvania) :: Respecting the Writing, Respecting the Writer: Inheritors of Calligraphy Respectability Texts in Colonial India
Respondents:
Shah Mahmoud Hanifi (James Madison University)
Benjamin Hopkins (George Madison University)
Sylvia W. Houghteling (Bryn Mawr College)
Ron Sela (Indian University Bloomington)
If you are planning to attend the conference, please consider attending our symposium. Please contact Pranav Prakash (pranav.prakash@chch.ox.ac.uk ) and Amanda Lanzillo (amandalanzillo@uchicago.edu ) for additional information, including the full schedule.
- August 20, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture
Call for Abstracts for Volume 2
With the first issue of the Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture moving towards publication, it is time to call for abstracts for the second issue.
The Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture embraces a broad chronological scope from the 7th to the 20th century. This peer-reviewed journal, with two issues per year, aims to encourage and promote the study of art and architecture from across the Islamic world in its widest sense.
Published papers will reflect a wide range of scholarly perspectives, a diversity of approaches, and the full chronological and geographical scope of the field. It is dedicated to publishing in English the most intellectually rigorous and original papers by scholars from across the world.
Issues appear in April and October and contain a range of articles up to 8,000 words in length and up to 20 colour images each.
Following standard EUP practice, there will be no transliteration apart from distinguishing ‘ain from hamza.
The journal includes articles of major significance which together demonstrate a wide diversity of material and approaches. In addition to studies of traditional media and regions, innovative and ground-breaking research that addresses new or unusual material, areas and approaches will be included.
The Editorial Board consists of the founder editor (Robert Hillenbrand) and three lead editors: a managing editor (Richard McClary) and two associate editors (Francesca Leoni and Yusen Yu). An international advisory board aids in commissioning and performing peer-review tasks. The journal also has a designated permanent copy/desk editor.
All potential authors are requested to submit abstracts of up to 250 words that sets out the core content of their proposed article.
The three lead editors will consider the abstracts submitted, then select a number of articles to be submitted in full for peer review, considering carefully the number of articles required per issue.
Peer review for each short-listed article is anonymous, and the journal will be listed on key indexing sites such as Web of Science.
We invite abstracts to be sent to jiaa.submissions@gmail.com by the closing date of November 1st 2024, with the final articles to be submitted by March 31st 2025. The second issue is due to be published in April 2026.
2. The Art History Department at the CUNY Graduate Center invites you to attend a panel featuring the authors of two groundbreaking monographs on Mughal painting, both published in 2023: The Brush of Insightby Dr. Yael Rice and Faces of Godby Dr. Murad Khan Mumtaz.
The authors understand paintings to have been portals for dreams, visions, and sacred presence, and to have invited spiritual insight. With innovative interpretations grounded in close looking, Rice and Mumtaz deepen our understanding of Mughal visuality. Each explores the provocative question: what do Mughal paintings do? Additionally, the authors significantly advance the study of artists, patronage, and artistic processes. The panel offers a chance to learn about Indo-Muslim ontologies, the power of gazing, especially on beauty, and the expressive sophistication of Mughal pictures. We invite colleagues outside Mughal art history to engage with what these scholars have to teach us about images. Specialists are welcome too! Graduate-student organized, discussion oriented.
CUNY Graduate Center, Martin E. Segal Theatre
365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, United States
Friday, September 6, 2024; 5:30 PM
Contact Information
Gilad BenDavid
Contact Email
3. Southern Methodist University – Lecturer in South or Southeast Asian Islam
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67458
Closing date: Nov 15 2024
4. Arab World English Journal for Translation and Literary Studies welcomes the submission of papers for the October Issue 2024.
The submission deadline is September 5, 2024. The issue publication date is October Issue 2024.
For more details, click here.
Please send your submission as an attachment to TLS@awej.org
We have the pleasure of sending the full issue of AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies Volume 8 Number 2. May 2024
For individual papers, click here.
With our best wishes,
Kind regards,
AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies
https://awej-tls.org/
5. Grant – 2024 Canadian Friends of Sufi Arts, Culture, and Knowledge Research Awards Program
Subject Fields
Architecture and Architectural History, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies and Theology
CFSACK™ 2024 Research Awards is open for applications!
The Research Awards Program is dedicated to advancing the study and appreciation of Sufi arts, culture, and knowledge by offering financial support to students and scholars affiliated with Canadian higher educational or cultural institutions to advance their research on Sufi Arts, Culture, and Knowledge.
Grants are available to support a range of academic activities, such as fieldwork, archival research, and organizing conference or workshops. Undergraduate and Master’s students are eligible for up to $2,000 CAD, while PhD and Post-Doctoral fellows may receive up to $5,000 CAD. This opportunity offers significant support for advancing your research and enhancing the understanding of Sufi art and culture.
Subject areas eligible for the CFSACK Research Awards are wide-ranging and include any research project related to Sufi Art, Culture and Knowledge in fields including, but not limited to, art history, art, fine arts, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, classics, cultural studies, ethnomusicology, history, literature, philosophy, psychology, religious studies, and sociology. This diversity reflects the program’s commitment to fostering a comprehensive understanding of Sufi culture across various disciplines.
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Application Opens: August 15, 2024
- Deadline to Apply: October 15, 2024
- Awards Commencement: January 2025
AWARD HIGHLIGHTS:
- Purpose: To advance the study and appreciation of Sufi arts, culture, and knowledge by supporting research activities such as travel for conferences or fieldwork, archival research, and organizing conferences or workshops.
- Eligibility: Students and scholars affiliated with Canadian higher educational or cultural institutions.
- Exclusive Opportunity: Awarded candidates may gain exclusive access to the Musée d’Art et de Culture Soufis MTO™ in Chatou, France, including complimentary admission, consultation with curators and researchers, and privileged access to the museum’s collections.
For more details, FAQs, and application guidelines, visit our website here: https://www.cfsack.org/research-awards
Contact Information
Nooshin Esmaeili – Chair of the Research Awards Committee – nesmaeili@cfsack.org
Shahed Ejadi – Director – sejadi@cfsack.org
Canadian Friends of Sufi Arts, Culture, and Knowledge (CFSACK)™
Contact Email
URL
https://www.cfsack.org/research-awards
6. CFP – Ars Orientalis 56 – deadline: September 1
Ars Orientalis invites submissions of innovative articles on the arts of the broad geographic area of Asia, from the ancient period to the contemporary. We seek original, previously unpublished work that reflect insightful interventions, including but not limited to comparative or interdisciplinary approaches, multi-media content, and digital humanities methods.
Ars Orientalis is a digital publication with a print-on-demand option. Manuscripts should be 8,000 to 12,000 words (including endnotes).
Please refer to the submission and style guide for additional guidelines.
To submit or request more information, please email ArsOrientalis@si.edu.
Articles must be received by September 1, 2024, to be considered for AO 56.
Contact Information
Judy Lee
Scholarly Programs and Publications Specialist, National Museum of Asian Art
Contact Email
URL
https://asia.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AO-Style-Guide-2024.pdf
- August 17, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track ) in Anthropology or Sociology for Research on the Modern Arab Middle East, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Applicants must have training, linguistic expertise, and research and teaching interests in the region. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in hand when the appointment begins.
Deadline for applications: 31 October 2024.
Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo?joblist—1664-27902
2. NYUAD Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World, Abu Dhabi, 6-24
January 2025
This inaugural writing retreat aims to foster a scholarly community for up to 6 scholars from around the world and to advance research projects in all areas of the Humanities related to the study of the Arab world, its rich literature and history. Scholars will have the opportunity to work on any type of academic writing, including a research article, book manuscript, chapter or essay.
Deadline for applications: 30 September 2024. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/146981
3. Articles for the “Journal of Ankara Studies”
The peer-reviewed journal, published twice a year, includes original research articles that reveal and discuss the historical, cultural, political, and economic development, geological transformation, and current urban problems of Ankara with the scientific methods and approaches of different disciplines. Adopting an open access policy, the journal is indexed in various indexes and databases.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2024. Information: https://ankaradergisi.org/eng/
4. Articles for the “Journal of Religious Minorities under Muslim Rule” (Brill)
Articles are invited that examine religious minorities (such as Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Hindus, and other minoritarian Muslim groups) under majoritarian Muslim rule. The journal covers the period from 7th century Arabia to 1922 (the end of Ottoman rule), in addition to a large geographic area from North Africa and al-Andalus in the West to Iran, some Central Asian lands, well into Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia in the East.
We receive manuscripts on a rolling basis, and we publish two issues per year.
Information: https://www.editorialmanager.com/rmmr/default.aspx
5. Arab Studies Journal volume 32, no. 1 (Spring 2024) is now available.
https://tadweenpublishing.com/collections/peer-reviewed-journals
6. 4th INEKAS Summer School | 2024
“Islamic & Biblical Traditions: Sacred Texts, Contexts, and Intertexts”
In collaboration with the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter (UK)
19 presentations, 14 in English and 5 in Persian, in 6 days
August 29th, 30th, and September 5th, 6th, 12th, and 13th
From 11:30 to 18:00 BST (6:30 to 13:00 EDT)
An opportunity for students interested in Islamic or Christian-Jewish studies
A glimpse into recent scholarship on:
Methodological Considerations
Quranic and Biblical Intertextuality
The Quran and Post-Biblical Literature
Theological and Historical Contexts of the Quran and Bible
Interfaith Relations: Muslims, Christians, and Jews
Deadline for Registration: August 28th
Deadline for Early-Bird Registration: August 18th
See the Program booklet here.
For more information and registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/985853282707
- August 13, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Issues
1.Islamic Sensory History Volume 2: 600–1500
C Lange and A Bursi, eds.,
Brill, 2024
2. The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to announce 2025-2026 fellowship programs for students and scholars based in the US and Canada.
ARIT Fellowships are offered for research in ancient, medieval, historical to modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Post-doctoral and advanced doctoral fellowships may support research project tenures from one month to one academic year.
Applications must be submitted by November 1, 2024
Please see https://aritweb.org/fellowships
The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to announce 2025-2026 fellowship programs for students and scholars based in the US and Canada.
ARIT Fellowships are offered for research in ancient, medieval, historical to modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Post-doctoral and advanced doctoral fellowships may support research project tenures from one month to one academic year.
Applications must be submitted by November 1, 2024
Please see https://aritweb.org/fellowships
3. To encourage the integration of Byzantine studies within the scholarly community and medieval studies in particular, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 2024 International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, July 7–10, 2025. We invite session proposals on any topic relevant to Byzantine studies.
The thematic strand for the 2025 IMC is “Worlds of Learning.” See the IMC Call for Papers (https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2025/) for additional information about the theme and suggested areas of discussion.
Session proposals must be submitted through the Mary Jaharis Center website (https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/imc-2025). The deadline for submission is September 9, 2024.
If the proposed session is approved, the Mary Jaharis Center will reimburse a maximum of 4 session participants (presenters and moderator) up to $800 maximum for participants traveling from within Europe and up to $1400 maximum for those coming from outside Europe. Funding is through reimbursement only; advance funding cannot be provided. Eligible expenses include conference registration, transportation, and food and lodging. Receipts are required for reimbursement. Participants must participate in the conference in-person to receive funding. The Mary Jaharis Center regrets that it cannot reimburse participants who have last-minute cancellations and are unable to attend the conference.
For further details and submission instructions, please visit https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/imc-2025.
Please contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture with any questions.
URL
https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/imc-2025
4. WHOME Annual Best Graduate Article Awards 2024 Call for Nominations
We are pleased to announce the call for submissions for the following two prizes written by graduate students (Masters or PhD) who were identified as female at birth or who identify as female at the time of application: 1) best published or forthcoming (post-proof stage) article about Middle Eastern history and 2) best non-published (including not yet submitted, submitted, and under review) article about Middle Eastern history. For either prize, the journal article (not to exceed 8,000 words, including citations and bibliography) must be in English or translated into English; it may be about any period in Middle Eastern history and may address any subfield in the discipline of history. Submissions will be evaluated on their originality, use of primary and secondary sources, argumentation, and contribution to the field. The applicant must not have been awarded an MA or PhD prior to October 1, 2023.
Articles may be submitted by the author (self-nomination) or as nominations by academic advisors, professors, or journal editors; journal editors may nominate up to three articles. (Authors must confirm by email that they accept the nomination before the submission deadline.) Jointly published articles are accepted for submission, but both authors must be graduate students; the co-author may be male. Articles that have appeared in collections will be considered but only if the articles were published for the first time in the year prior to the application deadline; reprints will not be considered. Winners will be notified by November 1, 2024 and will be publicly acknowledged in an official announcement through WHOME. The winning authors will also receive a $250 monetary award.
Applications are due by 11:59 PST on September 15, 2024.
Questions? Please contact contactwhome@gmail.com
Contact Information
Tsolin Nalbantian, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Modern Middle East History
Department of Middle Eastern Studies
Leiden University
t.nalbantian@hum.leidenuniv.nl
department webpage
5. The Institute of History of Mediterranean Europe (ISEM) of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), in collaboration with the IN-HOPPE network (International Network–Historical and osteoarchaeological Past Populations Exploration), is organising a congress on reactions and emotions in the face of epidemics in the pre-industrial age. This will be held in Naples, 4-6 June 2025.
A flyer describing the conference’s ambitions and goals can be found here: https://www.academia.edu/122177429. The conference organizers welcome interdisciplinary approaches to the topic of epidemics before the era of modern bacteriology. Papers may be presented in English, Italian, Spanish or French.
The Scientific Committee consists of Isabella Cecchini (CNR-ISEM), Idamaria Fusco, (CNR-ISEM), Geraldine Granados Vasquez (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico), Monica Green (independent scholar), Geltrude Macrì (CNR – ISEM), Isabelle Séguy (Institut national d’études démographiques, France).
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 November 2024. Notification of acceptance will be made by 15 January 2025.
Those wishing to participate can send a title and an abstract (500-800 words) by 1 November 2024 online via the submission form or by sending to following e-mail address: epidemie.napoli2025@isem.cnr.it .
6. Call for Papers Learning of Eurasian Worlds: Chinggisid Encounters in Information, Culture and Practice, International Medieval Congress, Leeds 7-10 July 2025
The theme for IMC 2025 is ‘Worlds of Learning’. After successful sessions in 2023 and 2024 we invite paper proposals interrogating a broad conception of learning, exchange, influence and transmission (and their limits) across periods affected by Chinggisid rule across Eurasia. Imperial Mongol institutions were closely involved in the filtering, spread and transmission of information, technology and languages. This included, but extended well beyond, interaction and influence between steppe-nomadic, sedentary and mixed societies and economies, implicating numerous populations, including Uyghurs, Kitans, Eastern Christians, Rus’, Mamluks, Armenians and even the Nivkh of distant Sakhalin.
Possible themes include, but are not limited to:
- Categorisation, hybridity, selectivity and rejection
- Ornament, design and art
- Ritual in rulership, funerary and marital practices
- Resource management techniques
- Gendered patterns of activity, dress and mobility
- Translations, (mis)understandings and language movement
- Narrative memories of conquest and trauma
- Marriage, lineage and status
- Religion and cosmology; tolerance, patronage and persecution
- Chancellery practice, recording cultures, lists and libraries
- Forms of regional governance; darugha, basqaq, taishi, etc.
- Ortaq, partnership and mercantile capital
- Postal relay and imperial infrastructure
- Divination, exorcism and occult practices
- Medicine, science and technology
- Maritime technology and fleet development
- Strangenesses from biji and zhiguai to aja’ib and marvels
- Dress, fashion and fabric
- Slavery and forced migration
- Archaeology, linguistics and traces of contact
We are keen to involve PhD students and early career scholars, but senior scholars are also very welcome, and we are always seeking external moderators and round-table participants. The IMC is a hybrid event, and we welcome proposals for virtual attendance. You can find the IMC Call for Papers, with links to practical information on session submission and attendance, at https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2025/.
Contact Information
Please contact Geoff Humble with proposals (of around 100 words) by 15 August 2024.
Contact Email
7. The Finances of the Caliphate: Abbasid Fiscal Practice in Islamic Late Antiquity (2021-2026) is a five-year project funded by the European Research Council and led by Marie Legendre, Senior Lecturer in Islamic History at the University of Edinburgh.
Our blog will be your go-to source for everything related to the project, our team members, and their research. We will frequently share updates on our events, collaborations, and conversations with other researchers and research teams, along with other exciting news. Additionally, we will regularly highlight specific documents, objects, or issues we are currently exploring. We invite you to visit our blog and join us on this fascinating journey!
Contact Email
URL
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/
8. We are pleased to announce the publication of volume 54 of Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam (JSAI). This peer-reviewed academic journal covers a range of subjects related to classical Islam, Islamic religious thought, Arabic language and literature, and the interaction between Islam and other civilizations. This honorary volume is presented to Moshe Sharon of the Hebrew University and includes papers that highlight his diverse fields of academic interests.
As the flagship project of the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation is dedicated to providing high-quality research and analysis on the subject of Islam and Arabic studies. We are proud to have published 54 volumes of JSAI to date and we are confident that the latest addition will be of great interest to academics and researchers worldwide.
We invite you to visit our website at https://jsai.huji.ac.il/publications to learn more about JSAI.
9. Fallacies in the Arabic, Byzantine, Hebrew and Latin Traditions (Ad Argumenta, Quaestio Special Issues 4), a first-of-its-kind edited volume, is now available, open access, thanks to the patient, hard work of Leone Gazziero and his fellow editors Laurent Cesalli, Charles Manekin, Shahid Rahman, Tony Street, and Michele Trizio.
Contributions to this unique volume include the following:
Sten Ebbesen, Are the Fallacies Topoi?
Costantino Marmo, The Fallacia Consequentis between Term Logic and Sentence Logic in its Medieval Reception
Leone Gazziero, “Qui imperitus est vestrum, primus calculum omittat”. Aristotelis Sophistici Elenchi 1 in the Boethian Tradition
Irene Caiazzo, Theology, Fallacious Reasoning and Heresy on the Borders of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Some Remarks on the Fallaciae in theologia and Amalricians
Melpomeni Vogiatzi, Byzantine Treatments of Fallacy: The Reception of Aristotle’s Account
Shahid Rahman & Walter Edward Young, Outside the Logic of Necessity: Deontic Puzzles and ‘Breaking’ Compound Causal Properties in Islamic Legal Theory and Dialectic
Hassan Rezakhany, A Forgotten Mereological Paradox
Charles H. Manekin, Fallacies and Biblical Exegesis – The Case of Joseph ibn Kaspi
Aviram Ravitsky, Fallacies in Rabbinical Thought, in Medieval Jewish Philosophy, and in the Treatise on Talmudic Methodology by Abraham Elijah Cohen
Yehuda Halper, Are Zeno’s Paradoxes of Motion Fallacies? Evidence from the Hebrew Aristotelian Logical Tradition
URL
https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/book/10.1484/M.ADARG-EB.5.135309?fbclid=IwZXh…
10. Mevlevi Manuscripts, 1268–c. 1400: A Study of the Sources
Cailah Jackson
(Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).
The e-book will shortly be available at the following link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-48367-7.
11. CFP – “Everyday and the Expression of Modernity: 19th-century Architecture and Urbanism in the Islamic World”, CAA 2025
Call for Papers for CAA 2025 Session (sponsored by the Historians of Islamic Art Association)
Chairs: Samira Fathi and Maryam Heydarkhani
The entanglement between everyday life and Islamic architecture and urbanism has long been established, yet the 19th-century transformations of this phenomenon remain understudied. Following Westernization and reforms that changed the appearance of cities in the Islamic world, monumental and royal architecture, as the backbone of early modern architecture, was replaced with traces of the mundane and ordinary. This drastic shift has generated divergent narratives linked to the notion of modernity during this period. However, one narrative that holds sway in scholarship is grounded in the civilizational paradigm and overlooks the everyday and the local in favor of the monumental.
This session aims to respond to the recent interest of emerging scholars in offering alternative narratives that shed light on the possibilities of everyday life. It considers the everyday as an analytical framework to trace substantial transformations in the social and political order and their implications on the built environment. This investigation offers an opportunity to delve into the transition of Islamic architecture and urbanism to the modern era by looking at everyday practices beyond Orientalist and essentialist perspectives.
Through interdisciplinary research and examination of rituals, practices, and social dynamics within Islamic architecture, this session aims to deepen our understanding of the lived experiences of individuals and communities across time and space. Session organizers welcome papers that explore the profound connection between everyday life and Islamic architecture through case studies and theoretical analyses.
Proposals for this session and accompanying materials should be submitted by August 29 via this link: https://caa.confex.com/caa/2025/webprogrampreliminary/Session14845.html
Before submitting, please read CAA’s submission and conference participation guidelines: https://caa.confex.com/caa/2025/webprogrampreliminary/meeting.html
12. International Workshop on “Women’s Knowledge Production in Qur’anic Exegesis”, Berlin
Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10-11 October 2024
The international workshop, organized by the Chair for Islamic Textual Studies (Qur’an and Hadith), aims to illuminate the often overlooked contributions of women to the field of Qur’anic exegesis. It seeks to delve into the role of women in generating exegetical knowledge, both historically and in contemporary contexts.
Information: www.islamische-theologie.hu-berlin.de/de/workshop-womens-knowledge-production-in-quranic-exegesis
13. Conference “The East – Near and Far: Texts, Societies and Cultures”, Department of Arabic and Semitic Studies, Sofia University, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 28-30 November 2024
Focusing on the Arab world, the conference seeks to analyze the wider MENA region against the backdrop of Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia as well as South, East and Southeast Asia in the following thematic Scopes: 1) Centers and Peripheries. 2) Religion and Culture; Religion and Politics. 3) Normative Text and Socio-Cultural Context; Norm and Practice. 4) Language and Literary Traditions; Literature and Fiction. 5) Spiritual and Material Culture. Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2024.
Information: Asst. Prof. Dr. Stoyan Doklev doklev@uni-sofia.bg
14. Postdoctoral Researcher (E 13 TV-H) in Political Science, Project “Extractivism in Latin America and the Maghreb”, Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Marburg
Your profile: Above-average doctorate in political science or a related social science discipline; very good active knowledge of German, French and English; ability to work in a team and presence in Marburg; interest in German and European raw materials policy is an advantage.
Deadline for applications: 25 August 2024.
Information: https://extractivism.de/en/activities/calls-en/job-position-postdoctoral-researcher-at-the-university-of-marburg/
15. Visiting Fellowship in the History of Islam in South Asia, 13th-18th Century, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
The successful candidate will normally be at a post-doctoral level. The Visiting Fellowship would be tenable for eight months from January 2025. It will carry a stipend of £8,000.
Deadline for applications: 2 September 2024.
Information: https://www.oxcis.ac.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/Visiting%20Fellowships%20Atlas%20Poster%202024-v2.pdf
16. Assistant Professor for a Full-Time Teaching Stream Position in Turkish Language, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
Applicants must have earned a PhD in Linguistics, Modern Turkish Language and Literature, or a related field by the time of appointment, or shortly thereafter. We seek candidates whose teaching interests complement our existing departmental strengths. Candidates must possess a demonstrated commitment to excellent pedagogical practices.
Deadline for applications: 1 October 2024. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2024/08/05/assistant-professor-teaching-stream-turkish-language
17. Assistant Professor in Assyriology (3 Years), Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
Candidates must have earned a PhD degree in Assyriology by the time of the appointment. We are seeking a candidate who specializes in the Akkadian language and written culture, with a focus on the later periods of Mesopotamian civilization (late second and first millennium BCE). We seek candidates whose research and teaching interests complement and advance our existing departmental strengths.
Deadline for applications:1 October 2024.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2024/08/06/assistant-professor-assyriology
- August 10, 2024
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Book talk:
Ibn Arabi’s Religious Pluralism: Levels of Inclusivity
F Abdel-Hadi
Date: Friday, 30th August
Time: 6:00 PM UK time
Format: Online event (via Zoom)
Dr. Abdel-Hadi’s talk will be followed by a panel discussion featuring:
Sajjad Rizvi
Amina Inloes
Frank Gelli
Sohail Hanif
Farhana Mayer
Mukhtar Ali
To participate, please register to receive the Zoom link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7bKjYXafUaHZmjk0LLODGK3GkLvpFILCphLLJ0uYBCRgHyA/viewform?usp=sf_link
2. Conference “The Concept of Wealth and the Concept of Poverty in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”, Bayrisches Forschungszentrum für Interreligiöse Diskurse (BaFID), Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 25-27 September 2024
Programme and registration: https://www.bafid.fau.de/files/2024/08/Program_KCID_09.24.Werbung.pdf
3. Conference “Perspectives on the Development of Islamic Law: Philosophy of Law & Islamic Medical Ethics”, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 8–9 November 2024
The international conference addresses contemporary developments in the field of Islamic Law from an interdisciplinary perspective. It sheds light on theory-centred approaches to the study of Islamic Law as well as the practical implementation of Islamic Law and Islamic Ethics.
Deadline for registration: 18 October 2024.
Programme and further information: https://hu.berlin/perspectives-islamic-law
4. Workshop Discussions of Young Researchers on Islamic Philosophy of Law or Islamic Medical Ethics, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 8 November 2024
As part of the international conference “Perspectives on the Development of Islamic Law: Philosophy of Law & Islamic Medical Ethics” (8–9 November 2024), young researchers working on Islamic Philosophy of Law or Islamic Medical Ethics will have the opportunity to present their current research project. The papers can be presented in German or English.
Deadline for abstracts and registration: 18 October 2024.
Information: https://hu.berlin/perspectives-islamic-law
5. Session on “Byzantine Engagement with Islam (7th-15th): Actors, Sources, and their Impact on the Western View of Islam”, 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo MI, 8-10 May 2025
The session aims at examining actors and sources in Byzantium engaging with Islam and translations of the Quran, and their impact on the Western knowledge of Islam. Papers studying specific texts, argumentation, or contexts are welcome in order to shed further light on the field of Byzantino-Islamica and the Latin-Byzantine relations.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2024. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-byzantine-engagement-with-islam-icms-kalamazoo-8-10-may?e=82aeb6c61d
6. Directeur d’établissement de recherche, Centre français de recherche de la Péninsule arabique (CEFREPA), Koweït
Compétences :Titulaire d’un doctorat d’un établissement d’enseignement supérieur français ou d’un autre pays de l’UE. HDR souhaitée. Maîtrise orale et écrite de l’anglais indispensable, arabe vivement recommandé. La connaissance de la région constituerait un atout.
Date limite de candidature : 26 août 2024.
Information : https://emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/ae60091e-dc79-4718-8b47-9dab59ba76d1
7. Assistant Professor in Middle East Politics (Tenure-Track), University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Preference will be given to candidates who have a Ph.D. in political science or international politics, or will have a Ph.D. in hand by August 2025. Applicants must provide evidence of a focused, ambitious research agenda and a commitment to excellent undergraduate teaching.
Deadline for applications: 20 September 2024.
Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/150619
8. Fellowships for Historical Research on the Islamic World, School for Historical Studies,
Princeton University, NJ
The School embraces a historical approach to research throughout the humanistic disciplines, from socioeconomic developments, political theory, and modern international relations, to the history of art, science, philosophy, music, and literature. Accepted Members receive access to the extensive resources of the Institute. The only obligation is to pursue one’s research.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2024. Information:
9. Chapters for Book on “Exploring the Halal Industry and Its Business Ecosystem Prospects”, Published by IGI-Global
This book aims to uncover recent developments in the global halal industry and its business ecosystem. It covers a multidisciplinary range of topics, including economics, management, technology, marketing, strategy, and social aspects, providing comprehensive information about the halal industry and its business ecosystem. The book addresses the latest advancements in the halal industry and its global business landscape.
Deadline for abstracts: 25 August 2024.
Information: https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/7875
10. Intellect is pleased to announce that Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World 18.2-3 is out now!
Special Issue: ‘The US War Against Iraq: More than 20 Years Later’
These articles provide insight into the distinctive harms resulting from intervention and occupation in Iraq and deserve close attention by anyone concerned with US foreign policy towards Iraq, the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.
For more information about the journal and issue click here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-contemporary-iraq-the-arab-world
Aims & Scope
The Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of the contemporary Middle East and Arab public sphere. Publishing works in both English and Arabic, the journal engages arts and culture, politics, history and economics as they address real world problems across the modern states and mosaic of cultures connected to the Middle East region. JCI&AW works to provide a platform by conveying prominent and emergent new voices in the field as well as by highlighting the relevance of evolving topics and questions of research in the scholarship of Middle Eastern and Iraq Studies.
This title is indexed with Scopus.
11. Association for the Study of Persianate Societies Virtual Graduate Student Conference (Oct. 23, 2024
The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies(ASPS) is pleased to announce its First Biennial Virtual Graduate Student Conference, to take place online, October 23, 2024. The conference will be hosted by the Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University.
The Deadline for Submission of Abstracts is August 23, 2024.
Please note that those wishing to submit an abstract must be a current (2024) graduate student and ASPS member. Otherwise your submission will not be considered. To become a new member or renew your ASPS membership please proceed to our membership page at https://www.persianatesocieties.org/membership-form/. The ASPS offers reduced student memberships. There will be no registration fee for participating in the conference.
Submissions in all humanities and social science disciplines related to Persianate societies are welcome. Pre-organized panels are encouraged. Submissions for pre-organized panels must include a panel abstract of no more than 300 words plus individual abstracts of no more than 300 words for each panelist. Panels must be limited to a minimum of three panelists and a maximum of four.
Submissions for pre-organized panels and individual papers can be made here: https://www.persianatesocieties.org/abstracts-form-graduate-student-conference/.
Submissions in all humanities and social science disciplines related to Persianate societies are welcome. Pre-organized panels are encouraged. Submissions for pre-organized panels must include a panel abstract of no more than 300 words plus individual abstracts of no more than 300 words for each panelist. Panels must be limited to a minimum of three panelists and a maximum of four.
Submissions for pre-organized panels and individual papers can be made here: https://www.persianatesocieties.org/abstracts-form-graduate-student-conference/.
For questions, please contact the ASPS Secretary, Rob Haug at haugrt@ucmail.uc.edu.
12. Les études sur l’Asie centrale : pluridisciplinarité et connexions d’un champ
mercredi 11 et jeudi 12 décembre 2024
INALCO, Auditorium Dumézil, 2 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris
Cette journée d’étude est organisée dans le cadre des activités du GIS Moyen-Orient et Mondes musulmans, en partenariat avec l’Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO), l’Institut français d’études sur l’Asie centrale (IFEAC) et le Centre de recherche sur le Monde iranien (CeRMI). Elle fait suite à la rencontre qui s’est tenue en février 2023 intitulée « Les études sur l’Asie centrale : dynamiques scientifiques, nouveaux contextes de recherche ».
Dans la perspective de renforcer la structuration du champ, la journée d’étude a pour ambition de promouvoir les études centrasiatiques en rendant compte de leur dynamisme et de leur diversité, de mettre en relation ses différentes disciplines et composantes, et de proposer un moment d’échanges entre les collègues impliqué-e-s dans les travaux sur la région. L’Asie centrale est entendue dans une acception géographique large, s’étendant de l’Iran à la Mongolie et de l’Afghanistan à la Russie.
Cet appel s’adresse aux chercheuses et chercheurs de tout statut qui travaillent dans le large spectre des SHS, de l’Antiquité jusqu’à nos jours, sur des thématiques aussi diverses que le patrimoine, le religieux, le pouvoir, le territoire, les rapports sociaux, les circulations, le numérique, le changement climatique, les approches critiques, etc. La journée pourra également aborder les conséquences des crises géopolitiques actuelles sur les terrains et le champ de recherche centrasiatiques.
Les doctorant-e-s sont fortement incité-e-s à soumettre une proposition de communication.
Les propositions de communication devront comprendre un titre, un résumé de 200 mots, ainsi que le nom et l’affiliation de l’auteur/autrice.
Les propositions de posters devront comprendre un titre, un résumé du projet de recherche soulignant ses points importants, ainsi que le nom et l’affiliation de l’auteur/autrice. Les posters seront affichés sur le lieu de l’événement.
Merci d’envoyer votre proposition à l’adresse asiecentrale2024@gmail.com avant le 15 septembre 2024. Une réponse sera transmise au 30 septembre 2024.
Des financements sont possibles pour les participant.e.s ne résidant pas à Paris et ne disposant pas de ressources de leur institution.
Comité d’organisation :
Juliette Cleuziou, anthropologue, Université Lumière Lyon 2, LADEC
Adrien Fauve, politiste, Université Paris-Saclay, IEDP
Svetlana Gorshenina, historienne, CNRS, Eur’Orbem
Isabelle Ohayon, historienne, CNRS, CERCEC
Catherine Poujol, historienne, INALCO, CREE
William Rendu, archéologie, CNRS, ZooStan
Camille Rhoné-Quer, historienne, Aix-Marseille Université, IREMAM
Julien Thorez, géographe, CNRS, CeRMI
Organisation :
GIS MOMM (Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans)
INALCO (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales)
IFEAC (Institut français d’études sur l’Asie centrale)
CeRMI (Centre de recherche sur le Monde iranien), UMR 8041 (CNRS, Sorbonne Nouvelle, INALCO, EPHE)
- August 06, 2024
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.CfP: session on Labor and Power in Global Context at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 2025
The Great Lakes Adiban Society would like to invite abstracts for the session we are sponsoring, “Labor and Power in Global Context,” at the 60th annual meeting of the International Congress on Medieval Studies to be held May 8-10th 2025 in Kalamazoo, MI. Paper proposals are due by September 15th.
We invite proposals that consider labor as an aspect of the Global Middle Ages including:
1) History literary or other representations of labor, as well as labor itself, in the medieval world, especially from regions outside of Western Europe or via comparative approaches with Western Europe
2) The relationship between labor and geography, including labor as an aspect of the geographical imaginary, as in the figure of the Chinese artificer in Persian epic poetry, or the relationship between labor and travel, such as depictions of the travails of pilgrimage to Jerusalem or Mecca, or the role of commercial agents in transregional commerce.
Through these two topics we hope both to expand the geographical scope of the history of labor and to incorporate greater cognizance of labor into our understanding of medieval globality (or transregionality). Thus, this session can accommodate a great variety of understandings of and approaches to labor, including economic history and history of work, productive suffering, spiritual athleticism, and “greater” (inner) or “lesser” (outer) jihad (struggle), or labor as a constitutive element of social and political hierarchy.
To submit your paper proposal, go to ICMS’s website https://icms.confex.com/icms/2025/cfp.cgi , open the Sponsored and Special Sessions of Papers menu, find our panel, “Labor and Power in Global Context” and click the Begin a Submission button.
Paper proposals require the author’s name, affiliation and contact information; a title and an abstract (300 words) for consideration by session organizer(s); and a short description (50 words) that may be made public, if the proposal is accepted. A full guide to paper proposals is available at the website.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at greatlakesadibansociety@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
2. Feudal Relations in Iran, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, 1500–1900
Ilya P Petrushevsky (Author), Willem M Floor (Author)
Mage, 2024
https://magepublishers.com/feudal-relations-in-iran-azerbaijan-armenia-1500-1900/
3. CfP: The panel “The Art of Porous Borders from Eurasian Antiquity to the Mongol era” is open to submissions for the 2025 CAA Conference in New York City.
You can find the full panel abstract here:
https://caa.confex.com/caa/2025/webprogrampreliminary/Session14425.html
Should you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the panel chair Dr. Petya Andreeva at pandreeva@vassar.edu.
The submission deadline is August 29.
4. Zoom – Arabic Transliteration for Academics, Publishers and Librarians 2024
5 December, 2024
AKU-ISMC’s new Centre for the Languages of the Muslim World is delighted to offer this short course as part of its Professional Development series. Arabic Transliteration for Academics, Publishers and Librarians is aimed at professionals, scholars and students who work with Arabic text and would like to acquire knowledge of transliteration systems and gain or improve their practical transliteration skills under the guidance of experienced tutors.
5. CFP: Presents and Futures of Islamic Philosophy at UC Berkeley
Thursday, April 3 and Friday, April 4 2025
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Zahra Ayubi (Dartmouth College)
General Description: In a world in which the humanities are increasingly marginalized, what is the importance of the study of Islamic philosophy? How might traditional texts speak to present crises and concerns? How do contemporary, new ventures within the field engage in the present moment? How does Islamic philosophy serve not only as an object of study, but also as a living tradition and repertoire of wisdom in our contemporary age? Furthermore, how do we, as scholars of the 21st century, wield the ways in which we have been shaped by our own circumstances to grant us insights into this medieval tradition, and how might we navigate the many prejudices that color our readings?
Recognizing and asserting the dynamism of Islamic philosophy, in both historical and lived forms, this conference seeks to explore its capacity to serve as a resource for thinking through and responding to modern concerns, to shape moral imagination, and to encourage innovative, embodied, or humanitarian scholarly methods. In so doing, we seek to consider and cultivate the future directions of a rapidly diversifying field.
The conference is organized in conjunction with thslamic Philosophy in Conversation” working group, led by Dr. Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed (UC Berkeley) and Dr. Elizabeth Sartell (Lewis University). While all paper submissions will be given equal consideration, the conference aligns itself with the goals of the working group. We therefore encourage submissions from a diverse group of applicants, especially emerging scholars of Islamic philosophy who identify as female, non-binary, or as belonging to a historically-marginalized group.
Conference Structure: The conference will include two traditional panels (15-20 minutes per presenter) as well as longer sessions workshopping the papers of two emerging scholars. Additionally, we will engage in a discussion of a primary text in translation, as well as a keynote lecture, both led by Dr. Zahra Ayubi.
Please note that we plan to publish the proceedings of this conference as a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal. All participants should be open to submitting their papers as part of this issue. Participants should therefore present work that is in-progress rather than already published.
Logistics: The conference will be held at the University of California, Berkeley on Thursday, April 3 and Friday, April 4, 2025.
Funding: The conference will fund round-trip economy travel for all presenters to Berkeley, CA. The conference will also provide lodging for graduate student and non-tenure track faculty presenters. Tenured and tenure-track faculty without access to institutional funding may request lodging as well; requests will be evaluated based on need and availability.
Applying: To apply, email your C.V. as well as a title and abstract of 500-750 words to FalsafaInConversation@gmail.com by October 1, 2024. Additionally, kindly indicate if you prefer to present on a traditional panel (15-20 minute presentation) or to workshop your paper. Participants will be notified of their acceptance in November 2024.
6. 2024 BRISMES Annual Lecture with Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah
We are very pleased to announce that Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah will deliver the 2024 BRISMES Annual Lecture. Dr Abu-Sittah is a British-Palestinian plastic and reconstructive surgeon who is known for providing medical assistance as a surgeon in conflict zones, most recently in the Gaza Strip. He is also Rector of the University of Glasgow. The BRISMES Annual Lecture provides an opportunity for members and non-members to hear from a distinguished scholar or expert within the field of Middle Eastern Studies and is a major event in the BRISMES calendar. The event is free to attend and open to all.
This year, we are planning a hybrid lecture at Queen Mary University of London on the evening of 29 November 2024, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The event is co-sponsored by QMUL’s International State Crime Initiative and The Centre for the Study of Race, Class and Empire and we will send an email to all BRISMES members when registration opens.
7. 2024 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize Winners
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize for the best PhD dissertation on a Middle Eastern topic in the Social Sciences or Humanities awarded by a British University between 1 January and 30 September 2023. This prize was established jointly in 1986 by the Leigh Douglas Memorial Fund and BRISMES in memory of Dr Leigh Douglas who was killed in Beirut in 1986.
Details at:
https://www.brismes.ac.uk/awards/ldmp
8. Submissions Open for BRISMES Conference Student Paper Prize
Submissions are currently open for this year’s BRISMES Conference Student Paper Prize. Established in 2021, this prize aims to support BRISMES student members in the development of peer-reviewed work. If you are a student member of BRISMES and presented a paper at the conference, please do consider making a submission!
Deadline | 17:00 (UK time) on Tuesday, 1 October 2024
9. Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (Two Posts)
University College London
UCL Urban Laboratory is seeking an appointment for part-time Postgraduate Teaching Assistants for four EISPS modules (ESPS0032 Global Politics ESPS0045 Politics of the Middle East ESPS0047 Topics in Global South Politics and Policy ESPS0049 Racial Capitalism and the Political Economy of the Middle East) for the 24/25 academic year.
Deadline | 12 August 2024
More information
10. Teaching Fellow in Security (Middle East)
University of Leeds
The School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) invites applications for this fixed term post. You will provide effective and innovative research-led teaching in the area of Security and associated research methods, and contribute to existing modules in your specialist field working both independently and in collaboration with established staff.
Deadline | 12 August 2024
More information
11. Call for Applications | New Directions in the Study of the Arab World
Graduate Student Workshop, NYU Abu Dhabi, 24-26 February 2025
The NYU Abu Dhabi Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program invites applications for its 4th Annual Graduate Student Research Workshop. Applications are welcomed from international doctoral students who are currently in the writing stage with the opportunity to present and thoroughly discuss their PhD projects. The Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World program will cover travel costs to and from Abu Dhabi, accommodation, and meals during the three-day workshop.
Deadline | 16 September 2024
12. 22 August: Hybrid Colloquium on preindustrial public health, 1100-1800
Monash University
A showcase of research by our team of historians, (bio)archaeologists and religionists unearthing preindustrial public health attitudes and practices of diverse groups (miners, pilgrims, courts) across Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, and South Asia.
For more info, including list of speakers, and to register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOE8hSiUoYhNoHfau2EsHPFbFV66rR2l6lWKosutIClvah3Q/viewform
13. Postdoctoral Research Position (Focus Middle East), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin
Qualification: • PhD degree in history, social and cultural anthropology, sociology, religious studies or related disciplines), with a focus on the Muslim world from the 1800s to the present. • Excellent command of English is required; German is desirable but not mandatory. • Excellent communication and team skills. • Knowledge of language(s) of the region of research. We encourage projects involving Digital Humanities.
Deadline for applications: 31 August 2024.
Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Ausschreibung_Postdoc_2025_Contested_Religion_and_Intellectual_Culture.pdf
- August 03, 2024
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.HYBRID Lecture “The Concept of Sympathy in Greek Heritage” by Dr Maria De Cillis, Institute for Ismaili Studies, Aga Khan Centre, London, 24 October 2024, 17:00 BST
The speaker will look at the Stoic and Neoplatonic notion of sympátheia. Within Islamic traditions, the notion was adapted, inter alia, in the intellectual systems of Abū Maʿshar (d. 886) and al-Kindī (d. 873); traditions “sympathy” was employed by Fatimid scholars such as Ḥamīd al-Dīn al-Kirmānī (d. c. 1021), who integrated it into the concept of “The Balance of Religion” (mīzān al-diyāna).
Information and registration: https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/the-concept-of-sympathy-in-greek-heritage/
2. Workshop “Friends, Enemies, Frenemies: Ambivalences of Jewish-Muslim Relations”, Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies, 26-28 January 2025
We invite contributions that cover a wide regional focus of Jewish-Muslim relations, including the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and the various diasporic settings, especially in Europe and North America. In which contexts did Jews portray Muslims as role models? When and how did Muslims learn from Jewish culture or attempt to emulate it? How did political conflicts shape the dynamics of learning about the respective “other”?
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2024. Information: https://www.hfjs.eu/en/university/profile/events/friends-enemies-frenemies-ambivalences-of-jewish-muslim-relations-workshop-at-the-hfjs.html
3. Conference “Aesthetics of Solidarity by Arab American and Arab/SWANA Diaspora Artists in the US, 1948 – Present”, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 9-12 April 2025
This conference interrogates the way that Arab American and Arab/SWANA diaspora artists use their work to highlight contemporary injustices and show solidarity with those facing sociopolitical challenges. Specifically, we consider solidarity from an aesthetic perspective while redefining solidarity within a creative, transnational context.
Extended deadline for abstracts: 30 August 2024. Information: https://forms.gle/uCBie7ERuomhBwAH9
4. Book Manuscripts for New Book Series “Gender and Islam: Critical Approaches to History, Society and Culture” (Bloomsbury / IB Tauris)
The Series Editors Nadia Al-Bagdadi (Central European University), Randi Deguilhem (National Institute of Scientific Research) and Bettina Dennerlein (University of Zurich) encourage contributions from all relevant disciplinary backgrounds to stimulate new and cutting-edge debates on gender, sex and sexuality across historical, linguistic and geographic boundaries.
Information: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/gender-and-islam/ .
Contact: Gender_and_Islam@ceu.edu
5. 4th European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA) Conference
Call for Papers
8–13 September 2025
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Deadline for submissions: 15 October 2024
Notification of acceptance: 31 January 2025
Further information: https://ea-aaa.eu/4th-conference-lisbon/
The Board of the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA) is pleased to announce a call for papers for the 4th EAAA Conference to be held at the School of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon (Portugal) between 8 and 13 September 2025. The 4th Conference is jointly organised by the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA), the UNIARQ – Centre for Archaeology (School of Arts and Humanities), the CH-ULisboa – Centre for History of the University of Lisbon, ARTIS-Institute of Art History and ACN-Asia Collections Network. The School of Arts and Humanities – University of Lisbon is the largest scientific school of Arts and Humanities in the country and has the only existing first cycle programme in Portugal dedicated to the study of Asia as a whole.
6. A short course on:
Islimi (Arabesque) Designs (inhouse)
11th September – 13th November 2024
Wednesdays (10 sessions): 6pm – 8pm
Registration Deadline 25th August 2024
Venue: The Islamic College 133 High Road London NW102SW
Information at:
https://islamic-college.ac.uk/study/short-courses/islimi-arabesque-designs/
7. Virginia Military Institute – Assistant Professor of Middle East/North African History (tenure-track)
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67388
Applications will be accepted until Close of Business, 1 October, 2024
8. Extended Deadline for Applications: 15.08.2024 (US style dates)
Exploratory Workshop
Diaspora as a (Re)Source
Interactions and Interdependencies between Arab Diaspora Communities in Latin America and their Communities/Countries of Origin
Convenors: Katrin Köster, Roberto Cruz Romero
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Lily Pearl Ballofet (UC Santa Cruz)
Date: 01.+02. November 2024
Format: Hybrid
Location: Research Centre Global Dynamics, Leipzig University (and Zoom)
Context
Latin American countries and especially the Arab diaspora communities in these countries are an important political, socioeconomic, and cultural resource for Arab communities in the Levant and the wider Middle East. In recent months, the world has been reminded of this by the numerous Latin American expressions of solidarity with Gaza. Similarly, during the past few years, Arab diaspora communities have rallied to support Syrian refugees and economically drained Lebanese communities. These acts of solidarity are not singular in nature, but are part and parcel of long-lasting and deep-rooted ties between Middle Eastern and Latin American communities.
The ties between these two world regions go back to the late nineteenth century, the era of worldwide labor migration to the Americas. Impoverished Arabs, predominantly Christians but also Druze, Alawis, and Sunni Muslims from the Levant, migrated to the Americas, especially drawn to Latin America. During the 1920s and 1930s, they were joined by a second wave of migrants dominated by intellectuals fleeing from oppression and censorship. Today, particularly Argentina and Brazil, as well as some smaller Latin American countries, are home to huge Levantine Arab communities who have great influence on political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in both their “new” and “old” home countries.
The ways diaspora communities have influenced and continue to influence their Arab communities or countries of origin are varied and manifold. For instance, politicians try to rally diaspora communities to affect election outcomes at home or international politics pertaining to developments in the Middle East, while Arab intellectuals in the diaspora frequently make decisive contributions to discourses in the region. The economic solidarity of diaspora communities has often played a significant role in softening the hardship of economic crises for specific communities and villages, and mahǧar (diaspora) literature and diaspora film productions have profoundly influenced the Arab cultural scene. Furthermore, sociocultural practices like St. Mary’s shrines, Salsa music, and first and foremost Mate tea consumption enjoy immense popularity in Arab countries, especially the Levant.
Existing Research
The past few decades have seen increased scholarly interest in Middle Eastern migration studies in general and Arab diaspora communities in Latin America in particular. This interest was primarily kindled and stoked by the works by Akram Khater, Reem Bailony, Lily Pearly Ballofet, Roberto Khatlab, Stacy D. Fahrenthold, and John Tofik Karam as well as the Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, which is edited by Fahrenthold and Khater and published by the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies. Additionally, individual studies, for example by Ottmar Ette and Frederike Pannewick, have highlighted literary entanglements between the Americas and the Middle East. Most of the existing studies, however, pertain to one of these three areas of research: connections between diaspora communities and their home countries during the first decades of the migration movement (i.e., the late nineteenth and early twentieth century up the 1940s), the significance of diaspora literature for Arab language literature, and diaspora communities within the context of their “new” home countries. Significantly less has been published on the interactions and interdependencies between Arab diaspora communities in Latin America and their communities/countries of origin during later decades of the twentieth century and the early twenty-first century.
Workshop Design
This workshop sets out to explore these interactions and interdependencies on the personal, political, social, economic, and cultural level, with a focus on the time period from the 1940s to the 2020s. We are especially interested in investigating how these various kinds of entanglements have been influencing and shaping Middle Eastern communities and countries and how diaspora communities function as a catalyst or as (re)sources for political, socioeconomic, and cultural transformations in the Arab world.
Possible research topics and questions include but are not limited to:
- Latin American Arab diasporas as a resource in times of political and economic crises,
- Latin American Arab diasporas as advocates of Arab interests within international politics,
- Economic entanglements and trade connections between Latin America and the Middle East,
- Intellectual and cultural transfers between Latin America and the Middle East, and
- Cold War solidarities and Peronism’s influence on Nasserism
In the course of the workshop, we would also like to discuss the specifics of research on Arab diasporas in Latin America and their entanglements with their respective communities and countries of origin. In how far does this research relate to diaspora studies in general and in how far can it open up new avenues of investigation and/or contribute to existing research on a theoretical and methodological level?
This workshop is designed as an exploratory workshop and intends to bring together scholars who want to further research on Latin American–Middle Eastern entanglements. The workshop is also designed as a first step in a longer process and therefore primarily serves to set the stage for future empirical and theoretical research by shaping the research parameters and developing methodological approaches appropriate for investigating Latin American–Middle Eastern entanglements.
Application and Funding
If you are interested in participating in our workshop, please send a short abstract (250–350 words) and a short biography (max. 100 words) to Katrin.koester@uni-leipzig.de by 1 August 2024. Early career scholars are especially invited to apply.
Participants are expected to attend the entire workshop (either online or in person) and give a 20-minute presentation on a research topic related to the themes of the workshop. Presentations in English, Arabic, and Spanish are welcome, but we kindly ask you to provide an English abstract.
Limited funding is available for this workshop. We will organize accommodation at a nearby hotel for the participants for the duration of the workshop and will cover transportation costs as far as possible.
Please indicate in your application whether you want to participate online or in person and, in the latter case, from where you will be travelling to Leipzig. This will not have any effect on the selection process but will facilitate the workshop logistics.
Schedule and Further Plans
15.08.2024 Deadline for applications
22.08.2024 Notification of accepted applicants
11.10.2024 Deadline for extended abstracts
01.+02.11.2024 Workshop
01.08.2025 Deadline for finalized papers
10–12.09.2025 Second Meeting in the form of a panel at the 8th European Congress on Universal and Global History in Växjö, Sweden (attendance is self-funded by participants, online attendance is possible)
2026 Publication of a special issue
9. UCLA Pourdavoud Center:
Video Library Announcement: Achaemenid Workshop 2 Day 3 Videos Now Available
We are pleased to share with you the recorded lectures from the third day of the Second Achaemenid Workshop, The Achaemenid Persian Empire and Imperial Transformations in the Ancient Near East, hosted at the University of Innsbruck and co-sponsored by the Pourdavoud Institute in Obergurgl, Austria on July 3–7, 2023.
All videos at:
https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/videos/
10. Kurdish Language Instruction: Deadline Extended for Fall 2024
Fall 2024 Kurdish Language Instruction Program
Interested in learning Kurdish? As a key part of our humanistic approach to Kurdish studies, Zahra Institute is committed to offering Kurdish language instruction. We aim to tailor our offerings to student needs and interests while maintaining the highest academic standards.
Students can enroll in our Kurdish language offerings (Kurmanji and Sorani) as standalone courses or take them as electives in our MA and Certificate programs.
Application deadline is extended to August 15 and financial aid is still available. To apply, visit our webpage: https://www.zahrainstitute.org/KLIOverview.html
- July 30, 2024
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Qur’anic Scientific-Cultural Tourism for 2024 Summer course (QSCT3rd)
Iraq- August 20 – 25, 2024
The Int. Ind. Parliament of the Holy Quran (IQP), holds the 3rd of Qur’anic Scientific-Cultural Tourism(QSCT) program joint with The Arbaeen Int. Festival in Iraq. All applicants must apply no later than August 4, 2024 via sending their application including the CV to the following email address:
info@zabanshenasitarikhi.ir
Notes:
• The approved applicants will be announced by August 11, 2024.
• All expenses of this program (QSCT3rd) are covered by IQP for IQP members. To join IQP, follow the below link:
http://zabanshenasitarikhi.ir/?142-Join-Us/
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2. Call for Papers Medievalists with Disabilities Roundtable Leeds IMC 2025
We invite abstracts for 5 minute talks for the roundtable. We understand disability in the broadest sense, incorporating visible and invisible impairments, chronic illness and mental health, to name but a few.
Topics might include:
· Your own circumstances in a HE institution
· Pinpointing a particular issue that needs addressing
· Highlighting an example of good practice in your own institution
· Issues of intersectionality: how disability might interact with other factors that have an impact on marginalized people e.g. gender, class, sexuality, and/or race
· Interactions between your scholarly interests as a medievalist and modern representations of disability
You can participate in a roundtable as well as presenting a paper, so please do consider submitting an abstract for this roundtable if you’re already planning to present. You don’t have to identify as disabled to participate, for example if you’d like to share an example of good practice, but priority will be given to disabled scholars.
Please submit a title for your talk as well as a brief summary (no more than 150 words) to Alex Lee (al6598@nyu.edu) by 13 September 2024.
We are also seeking a chair for the session, so please let me know if you’d like that role.
You can watch 2023’s video here: https://mymedia.leeds.ac.uk/Mediasite/Play/ee5aaa926dcd42b998c7dbd36852980f1d
Dr Alex R. A. Lee (she/her) FHEA FRHistS
Liberal Studies Lecturer, New York University London
3. ONLINE Conference “Agricultural and Administrative Reforms in Ottoman Syria and their Impact on the City of Salamiyya and its Ismaili Population” (in Arabic), Institute for Ismaili Studies, Aga Khan Centre, London, 6 August 2024, 16:00 BST
We will examine the agricultural reforms represented by the Land Code of 1858 (Arazi Kanunnamesi), the land registration law of 1861 known as the tapu, and others. We will explore how these laws played an important role in the expansion of the agricultural area in Salamiyya and its surroundings, land ownership and the types of crops that were grown there, in addition to other contributions that helped making Salamiyya a distinct town in Ottoman Syria in the last decade of Ottoman rule.
Information: https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/agricultural-and-administrative-reforms-in-ottoman-syria/
4. Tenure Track Position in International Relations (Focus Middle East), Government Department, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
The rank will be Assistant Professor or Instructor depending on qualifications. Applicants should possess or be close to completing a doctorate degree. The position is in international relations and we are particularly interested in candidates whose scholarship and teaching combine that expertise with a regional focus on the Middle East.
Deadline for applications: 7 October 2024. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/149720
- July 27, 2024
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