Categories : Academic items

1.Islamic Sensory History Volume 2: 600–1500

C Lange and A Bursi, eds.,

Brill, 2024

https://brill.com/display/title/62333?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=meis&utm_term=bsl-meis&utm_content=240806_paul_62333

 

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

humblegeoff@gmail.com

 

 

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!

Caliphal Finances – The Finances of the Caliphate: Abbasid Fiscal Practice in Islamic Late Antiquity (ed.ac.uk)

Contact Email

caliphalfinances@ed.ac.uk

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

https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/book/10.1484/M.ADARG-EB.5.135309?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2o9HtmJHjkAXVHZGTLqJbICxv6twoM9LdfWUgRfGBBZkeoTWXysMIX-5c_aem_Ae7tXxgYXz1aH6PD1IyOvFdl-9iSIvis1fae-JX79cQcAFkW8UxW4Xhz3HB-7L0v-vAB9fRctsnEsF51fYcOO8jb

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

1.Book talk:

Ibn Arabi’s Religious Pluralism: Levels of Inclusivity 

F Abdel-Hadi

https://www.routledge.com/Ibn-Arabis-Religious-Pluralism-Levels-of-Inclusivity/Abdel-hadi/p/book/9781032776408

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:

https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/fellowships-school-for-historical-studies-princeton?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

 

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)

 

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.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arabic-transliteration-for-academics-publishers-and-librarians-tickets-946568972277?aff=oddtdtcreator

 

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

More information

 

 

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

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

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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www.zabanshenasitarikhi.ir
https://chat.whatsapp.com/IvyUpqDXcKWAtIz2yxLwu6

 

 

 

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

1.Mediterranean Seminar Winter 2025 Workshop: “The Multilingual Mediterranean”, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 28 February – 1 March 2025

The theme encompasses such topics as language contact zones, multilingual art forms and media, and the relationships between language and identity. We invite contributions from scholars working on several geographical contexts and historical periods in the Mediterranean world – including the interplay and inter- section of visual, musical, and material “languages” in the Mediterranean world.

Deadline for applications: 15 October 2024. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-the-multilingual-mediterranean-mediterranean-seminar-winter-2025-workshop-28-february-1-march-urbana-champaign?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

2. National Museum of African Art – Contract Provenance Researcher
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67354

 

 

3. Conference – ‘Objects of Law in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds’, University of Bern, August 29-30

The international conference “Objects of Law in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds” proposes to reflect on the artistic practices that shaped the materiality, iconography, and texts of legal objects in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. What forms did these objects take? How did they confer authenticity and legal authority? What education and knowledge are evident in the objects? The conference seeks an interdisciplinary dialogue among scholars from art history, legal history, history, archaeology, and related disciplines who engage with legal objects.

Organized by Corinne Mühlemann (University of Bern) and Fatima Quraishi (University of California, Riverside).

Location: Institute of Art HIstory, University of Bern, Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern, Room 120, First Floor

For registration, please contact: janina.ammon@unibe.ch
The conference will be held in person.

PROGRAM

THURSDAY | August 29th, 2024
9:00-9:30 ARRIVAL | COFFEE

9:30-10.15 Introduction by Fatima Quraishi and Corinne Mühlemann

10:30-12:00
PANEL 1 | FORMATIONS OF AUTHORITY
Moderated by Omar Anchassi, University of Bern, SNSF Project “Trajectories of Slavery in Islamicate Societies”

Zahir Bhalloo (University of Hamburg)
Social and Spatial Dynamics of Bukharan Fatwas as Written Artefacts

Stella Wisgrill (University of Cambridge)
Testing Virtue, Forging Nobility: Emperor Frederick III’s 1462 Augmentation of Arms for the Margravate of Moravia and the Performance of Legal Authority

12:00-13:30 LUNCH

13:30-15:00
PANEL 2 | CIRCULATION AND FORMATION OF LEGAL KNOWLEDGE
Moderated by Irina Dudar, Institute of Art History, University of Bern

Phillipa Byrne (Trinity College, Dublin)
The Materiality of Medieval Judicial Ordines

Niko Munz (Oxford University)
Bildnisrecht: Legal Aspects of Early Portraiture

15:00-15:30 COFFEE

15:30-17:30
PANEL 3 | MULTIPLE MATERIALITIES
Moderated by Corinne Mühlemann, Institute of Art History, University of Bern

Subah Dayal (New York University)
From Golkonda to Siam: Secret Letters, Envelopes, and Governing Freight Trade in the Mughal Port-city

Masha Goldin (University of Basel)
Weapon of Justice? Medieval Swords as Objects and Images

Nino Zchomeldise (John Hopkins University)
Aesthetics of Illusion and Authenticity in Ottonian Legal Documents

19:00 DINNER

FRIDAY | August 30th, 2024
8:30-10:30
PANEL 5 | LEGAL PERFORMANCE
Moderated by Fatima Quraishi, University of California, Riverside

Shounak Ghosh (Vanderbilt University)
Epistolary Texts as Legal Objects: Querying the Mughal Farmān in Diplomatic Contexts

Daniela Maldonado Castaneda (Queen’s University, Canada)
Between Sacred and Script: Examining Legal Objects in Promises, Vows, and Oaths as Defined by Alfonso X in The Seven-Partidas

Jordan Skinner (Princeton University)
The Medieval Curfew Bell: Sonority and the Voice of Law

10:30-11:00 COFFEE

11:00-12:30
PANEL 5 | LONGUE-DURÉE STUDIES
Moderation TBA

Krisztina Ilko (Queens College / University of Cambridge)
The Chess-Knight Seal

Heba Mostafa (University of Toronto)
“God Protect us from One Finger under Twenty!” The Abbasid Nilometer Column as a Legal Object

12:30-14:00 LUNCH

14:00-15:30
PANEL 6 | EVERYDAY LAW
Moderated by Moïra Dato, Institute of Art History, University of Bern

Gül Kale (Carleton University, Toronto)
The Material and Social Implications of Measuring Tools in Ottoman Legal History

Lorenzo Paveggio (University of Padua)
What Does a Bribe Look Like? Carolingian munera in Literary Texts

15:30-16:00 COFFEE

16:00-17:30
PANEL 7 | OBJECTS IN COURT
Moderated by Carlos Rojas Cocoma, Institute of Art History, University of Bern

Nathalie Miraval (Yale University)
The Sacred Suspended: Martha, Law, and Image in the Early Modern Spanish Atlantic

Linda Mueller (Bibliotheca Hertziana Rome/Harvard University)
Drawings, Courtroom Practices, and Juridical Decision-Making at the Edges of the Spanish Empire

17:30-18:00 CLOSING REMARKS

Contact Email

janina.ammon@unibe.ch

 

4. CFP – ‘Making the Subject of Portraiture in a Trans-Asian Context ca. 1000-Present Day’, SOAS London, December 5-6, 2024

Dates

Call for Papers Deadline: 29 July 2024

Conference: 5-6 December 2024

 Portraits have commonly been understood as naturalistic likenesses of human beings, centred on the face. The work of scholars such as Jean Borgatti, Richard Brilliant (1990) and Joanna Woodall (1997) opened the field in conceptualising portraiture as a truly multi-local genre, foregrounding relational and performative processes. Following their research, this symposium defines portraiture as a process where subjectivities are constructed as a result of the collaboration between artists, patrons, subjects, and viewers living in a specific time and space, This call for papers therefore is addressed to scholars of art, cultural, visual and material culture but also anthropology and literature at any career level who explore how notions of subjectivity are constructed in text and images created roughly between the fifteen century and the present day in Asia and its diasporas. The symposium organisers will consider papers analysing literary and pictorial processes of embodiment through the production of objects and artefacts such as paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures, ceramics, jewellery, and currency; and of designed spaces including gardens and architecture.

Portraits have long been studied as documents or biographies of a person that once existed. Without denying the capacity of a portrait to index a living person, the symposium wishes to address the varied performative elements that portraits display in the Asian context. These performances reveal the enactment of class, gender and race of specific societies and cultures of Asia and its diasporas. The performative function of portraiture in Asia, we argue, reveals important cultural, social, religious, and philosophical ideas to understand the region.

The symposium focuses on the portraiture of Asia with two specific purposes in mind. First, to decentre studies of Asian portraiture from Eurocentric conceptions of subjecthood and thus to expand the field of portraiture studies; second, to foreground the connections, transfers and tensions articulated by portraiture within the trans-Asian context. The focus on Asia should not be read as exclusionary, but rather as the intent to initiate a dialogue with existing research on the portraiture of other regions such as Africa and Europe. Thirty-five years after Borgatti, Brilliant and Woodall’s contributions to the field of portraiture studies, the symposium ‘Making the Subject of Portraiture in a Trans-Asian Context ca. 1000-Present Day’ proposes to take stock of a changing field by contributing the scholarship of art, cultural and literary historians, anthropologists and specialists in gender and critical race theory whose research interests focus on the embodiment of selfhood in portraiture from Asia. We therefore invite papers which develop our core concern with ‘Making the Subject’ and with the performative dimensions of portraiture in Asia.

Suggested topics (but not limited to):

• Dimensions of reality in portraiture
• Issues of re-/presentation
• Issues of materiality, style and making
• Portraiture and authority: imperial, monastic, patriarchal or cultural
• Cults of personality
• Portraiture and changing notions of beauty
• Religious and philosophical dimensions of portraiture, including rituals and ceremonies
• Issues of display and viewing – notions of theatricality and performance
• Gendered dimensions of portraiture, including theorisations of gender performance
• Self-portraiture of female and male artists
• Race and ethnicity in portraiture
• Portraiture as currency and commodities
• Fashion and material culture in embodied images
• Non-anthropomorphic portraiture, such as sacred geographies, depictions of nature,
  non-human subjects, and gardens
• Cross cultural exchange – i.e. portraits of Asians by non-Asians and vice versa, and similarly     within the Asian region.

Please send a 300-word abstract plus a short bio (150 words max) for 20-minute presentations to the organisers: Mariana Zegianini – mz15@soas.ac.uk and Conan Cheong – 656531@soas.ac.uk, by Monday 29 July 2024.

Limited funds are available to sponsor train and bus journeys within the UK and they will be allocated on a first come first serve basis after the CfP deadline. A selection of the conference papers will be included in a proposal for a peer-reviewed edited volume. Further details will be announced at the conference.

1. PhD position vacancies at Leiden University

Two PhD positions for ‘Entangled Universals of Transnational Islamic Charity’, funded by an ERC Consolidator grant. One PhD position is for research in India, and the other for research in Tanzania. The candidates will be based at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology & Development Sociology at Leiden University.

The deadline for applications is 10 September.

Full information at:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2024/q3/15023-phd-position-in-social-anthropology

 

2. University of Maryland – College Park – Postdoctoral Positions in Islamic/ate Art and in Multiple Fields (Two Positions)
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67338

 

3. Library of Congress – Paid Research Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67174

 

4. Fellowship for translators of Persian literature

https://melc.washington.edu/news/2024/07/16/alta-offer-translator-persian-literature-prestigious-fellowship

Applications will be open September 1 – November 30, 2024 and the program will begin in February 2025. Please look out for the call for applications on ALTA’s website and its social media accounts

https://www.literarytranslators.org

 

 

5. Residence Program in Advanced Arabic & Social Studies

Spring Semester 2025

A number of merit-based tuition waiver and housing support

The Language Center at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI) is pleased to announce its Spring semester 2025 Residence Program in Advanced Arabic Language and Social Studies.

The Program is a unique forum for academic and cultural exchange between the DI’s predominantly native Arabic- speaking graduate students and faculty (from across the Arab world) and their international non-native or heritage peers.

The Residence Program is offered for one semester on site in Doha. It meets the language, culture, and academic needs of advanced non-native and heritage graduate students who wish to strengthen their language and cultural skills, as well as prepare for specific challenges related to their academic areas of expertise. The Program is delivered entirely in Arabic and consists of a twin advanced language-training and academic components.

The language-training component prepares students to function professionally in Arabic and offers dedicated courses in language, translation, and content-based instruction. The program adapts to the academic needs of students as a base for linguistic and cultural acquisition, emphasizes productive and presentation skills, and develops higher levels of proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, writing, and translation.

The academic component gives fellows the opportunity to take advantage of the wide array of unique graduate-level courses the DI distinguished faculty teach in Arabic through its academic units: The School of Social Sciences and Humanities and the School of Public Administration and Development Economics. For more detailed information about the DI, please go to:

https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Pages/default.aspx

The Residence Program is an important part of the DI’s mission to establish, maintain, and nurture intellectual links and two-way dialogues between its students, faculty, and the international learning and research community.

The DI aims to create an enduring legacy of intellectual innovation and education within the Arab world and beyond. It assumes and promotes the Arabic language as a tool of scientific inquiry, an official language in public discourse, and a primary language for teaching and research.

To Apply to the Doha Residence Program, click on the link below:

https://dilc.wufoo.com/forms/mkvqolg1id49pf/ 

Semester Program Features:

• 6 credits of Intensive Arabic,
• A language partner,
• Option to audit graduate academic courses taught in Arabic if eligible,
• Option to have an academic partner,
• Access to the DI and Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies rich conferences, symposia, and guest lectures.

Admission Requirements:

• Advanced level in Arabic,
• Tuition fees: 9,000 QAR (approximately 2,250€ or 2,465$),
• Housing: 11,000 per semester (approximately 2,650€ or 3,000$).

Program Dates:

• Application Deadline: September 1st, 2024
• Start of Classes: January 12, 2025
• End of Program: May 1st, 2025

* Midterm Break: 23-27 February, 2025

**Eid El-Fitr holidays: 31 March – 03 April, 2025

 

6. Lecturer in Middle East Politics and International relations.

Fixed term position in Exeter, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies from 1st October 2024 until 31 March 2026

https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=171839ediw&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=086218kPMh

Apply by 8.8.24

 

7. DFDS 4th Int. Con. (DFDS 2024) on: Islamic historical theology (IHT) as a link between local(Muslim) and orientalists
♻️ with the participation of:
– DFDS Discussion Forum on Scriptures
– IQP Independent Int. Parliament of the Holy Qur’an
Simultaneously with:
1. QSCT(Int. Scientific-Cultural Quranic Tourism) 2end Course
2. Unveiling of the Con. Book
⬅️ The Con. themes:
conceptual and theoretical framework of IHT,
Exegetical basics of IHT,
Historical foundations of IHT,
Local (Muslim) basics and Methodology of IHT,
Oriental basics and Methodology of IHT.
⏰ – Nov. 5-6, 2024
– In person and virtual
– University of Tehran, Tehran, I.R. Iran,
• Abstracts Deadline: Sep.5, 2024
• Announcement of accepted articles: Sep.23, 2024
• Full articles Deadline : Oct.21, 2024
Submit articles:
info@zabanshenasitarikhi.ir
Conference website address:
www.zabanshenasitarikhi.ir
Independent International Council for the Holy Quran
Ind. Int. Quranic Parliament (IQP)
https://chat.whatsapp.com/IvyUpqDXcKWAtIz2yxLwu6

 

8. HYBRID Interdisciplinary Workshop on “Islamophobia Beyond Borders”, University of Aberdeen, 22-24 July 2024

The workshop, organised by Professor Nadia Kiwan (University of Aberdeen) and Dr Jim Wolfreys (Kings College London) explores Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism across France, England and Scotland.

Information, programme, abstracts of papers and registration: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sll/news/23340/

 

9. German-Japanese Bilateral Conference: “Textual Transmission in the Islamic Manuscript Age:

On the Variance, Reception, and Usage of Arabic and Persian Works from the Middle East to the Indian Subcontinent”, University of Münster, 5-7 September 2024

The case studies to be discussed include texts from various regions of the Near and Middle East, the majority of which were written or handed down between c. 1300 and 1800, highlighting the roles of authors, copyists, and recipients in adapting texts to new contexts and needs. Key questions include: What content changes occurred and why? Who were the involved actors? How was knowledge transmitted through collected manuscripts, abridged versions, or additions? Etc.

Information and programme:

https://www.uni-muenster.de/ArabistikIslam/translapt/events/textual_transmission.html

 

10. HYBRID “10th International Congress on Turkology”, Research Institute of Turkology, Istanbul University, 12-13 November 2024

The primary objective of the congress is to evaluate the scholarly and institutional trajectory of Turkology studies while reflecting on the past century of the institution.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2024.

Information: https://turkiyat.istanbul.edu.tr/en/content/turkology-congress/about-congress

1.International Conference on “Philosophy, the Political, and Politics of Translation in the Modern Islamic World”, Scholarly Network Philosophy in the Modern Islamic World (DFG), Berlin, 10-13 March 2025

We are looking for proposed contributions on philosophy, translation, and the political, especially with regard to particular concepts in translation, translation as a historical phenomenon, translations and teaching, and philosophical reflections on the practice of translation. Researchers in early phases of their academic career and/or from the MENA region are especially encouraged to apply.

Deadline for proposals: 25 August 2024.

Information: https://philosophy-in-the-modern-islamic-world.net/intern-conf-philosophy-political-politics-call

 

2. 59th International Conference of the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on “Orientalism and the Levant during the Second Half of the Second Millenium (1500-2000)”, University of Oxford, 6-8 July 2026

The Levant includes Iraq and Iran and the entire coastlands from Asia Minor to Egypt. All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial review.

If you wish to participate in the conference, please contact aram@ames.ox.ac.uk

 

3. 60th International Conference of the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on “Educational Western Missions in the Levant 1300-1918 AD/CE”, University of Oxford, 8-10 July 2027

The Levant includes Iraq and Iran and the entire coastlands from Asia Minor to Egypt. All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial review.

If you wish to participate in the conference, please contact aram@ames.ox.ac.uk

 

4. Articles for Journal “Forum Islamic-Theological Studies”

Papers in English and German are invited in the following areas: – Qur’anic Studies and Qur’anic Exegesis (tafsīr) – Hadith Studies – Sufism – Islamic Legal Theory and Hermeneutics (fiqh) – Islamic Ethics – Islamic Philosophy – Systematic-Discursive Theology (kalām) – Islamic Religious Education – Sociology of Religion on Muslims in Europe or the West – Contributions on current discourses on Islam and Muslims in Europe –Islam and Pluralism, Islam in Europe – etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2024. Information: https://ojs.nomos-journals.de/index.php/fits/CfP

 

5. Article pour Revue Annales Islamologiques 61, 2027 « Aspects pluriels de l’écriture de soi dans l’adab prémoderne (IIIe/IXe-XIIe/XVIIIe siècles) »

Les articles figurant dans ce volume concerneront des textes d’adab au sens large de ce terme (incluant aussi bien les textes historiographiques que littéraires), qui comportent une composante autobiographique et/ou qui relèvent de l’ego-document et qui ont été produits en langue arabe dans l’aire culturelle arabo-musulmane entre le IIIe/IXe et le XIIe/XVIIIe siècles, quelle que soit leur nature générique.

Les propositions doivent être envoyées avant le 30 septembre 2024.

Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/104325

 

6. New Journal: “Rivista di Studi storici del Mediterraneo” – International Review of Mediterranean Historical Studies

This journal promotes a global perspective on the historical dynamics of the Mediterranean, transcending geographical boundaries. Contributions are invited about topics that transcend any conventional periodization in order to investigate the complex network of relations and influences relating to different Mediterranean contexts and foster historical knowledge of the Mediterranean.

Information: https://rivistastoricadelmediterraneo.it/en/the-mediterranean-world/#more-117

 

7. Ibn Arabi’s Religious Pluralism: Levels of Inclusivity

F Abdel-hadi

Routledge, 2025

https://www.routledge.com/Ibn-Arabis-Religious-Pluralism-Levels-of-Inclusivity/Abdel-hadi/p/book/9781032776408

 

 

8. IHF Academic Committee Announcement

The second cycle of the Iran Heritage Foundation’s 2024 grant programme, with the deadline of August 31^st, 2024 is now open for receipt of application.

With the overall aim of fostering knowledge and appreciation of Iran’s rich cultural heritage research grants in various academic disciplines are awarded.  The particular emphasis (in alphabetical order) is on archaeology, arts, history, linguistics, and literature, though applications from other disciplines will also be considered.

Projects to be supported may include the most various academic initiatives, from fieldwork to workshops to building databases and digitising images, and will – as previously – privilege new research such as editions and translations of key texts.  In order to support multiple initiatives grants of up-to a maximum of £3,000 will be considered.

In this second cycle, the Committee will also award two book prizes; one in memory of Iradj Bagherzade, the late founder of I.B. Tauris Publishing (now a subsidiary of Bloomsbury Publishing), as an enabling prize to defray some of the costs of a book still to be published; and the other for an already published book making a significant contribution to the world of Iranian studies.

The application process and conditions for the grants as well as book prizes can be viewed on our website.

To apply please click  here.

For Terms and Conditions please click here

 

9. 2025 Mohamed Ali Foundation fellowship programme: call for applications

This residential fellowship (Apr-June 2025) carries a grant, accommodation and meals, and is a valuable research and publication opportunity for early career (post-doctoral) or established scholars working on the modern history of Egypt and the wider region: more details are provided in the online notice.

The application deadline is Tuesday 1 October 2024.

Past fellows’ papers are available online:https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/school-government-international-affairs/research/fellowships/the-mohamed-ali-foundation-fellowship-programme/visiting-fellows-and-mohamed-ali-foundation-fellowship-papers/

Further information at:

https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/school-government-international-affairs/research/fellowships/the-mohamed-ali-foundation-fellowship-programme/

 

 

10. Call for Chapter Abstracts:

Two Handbook Projects on Iranian and Iranian Diaspora Studies

Overview of the Project

Bloomsbury Academic has approved a proposal for two handbook projects: The I.B. Tauris Handbook of State and Society in Modern Iran, and, The I.B. Tauris Handbook of Iran and Iranians in the Modern World.

State and Society in Modern Iran will highlight current and critical approaches to a classic subject in the field: the modern emergence of Iran as a nation-state since ca. 1800.  Iranians in the Modern World will highlight scholarly trends that situate Iran in modern regional and global contexts and explore the transnational experiences of diverse groups with heritage ties to Iran.

The development timeline aims for the publication of both books by the winter of 2026 so they can join the catalog of I.B. Tauris Handbooks.

Authors of approved abstracts will be entitled to a copy of the book upon completion and have opportunities to participate in workshopping events with fellow authors and editors via Zoom.  For fullest consideration, please send your abstracts to Camron Michael Amin at camamin@umich.edu by September 7th, 2024 (sooner is always better).  Reach out any time if you have questions about this opportunity.  I will note that the publications will be peer-reviewed.  Chapters can be either traditional research presenting new findings or different forms of engaged scholarship (review essay, annotated translations of texts, annotated field notes or essays on research methodology).  The essential criteria is for contributions to serve as both a guide to the state of the field and as a platform for further inquiry.

Chapter abstracts should be no more than 1000 words and clearly indicate which book and section the contribution is intended for.  Each book has two sections (described in more detail below), and we anticipate approving 10 chapters for each section.

Looking forward to seeing your chapter abstracts!  If you want to chat informally, please reach out to me at camamin@umich.edu to schedule a Zoom (or, better yet, let’s connect at the AIS Conference in Mexico City).

Camron Michael Amin

Professor of Middle East and Iranian Diaspora Studies

Coordinator of Middle East Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Research Director for the Inclusive History Project-Dearborn

Contributing Editor-in-Chief

More Detail on the Handbooks

Book I: I.B. Tauris Handbook of State and Society in Modern Iran

Section 1.  Society, State and the Spaces in Between

Scholars have long described the gradual but inexorable rise of a modern state in Iran since 1800 with ever-increasing powers over individuals and groups. More recently  there has also been a growth in scholarship about the role of  non-state institutions, market forces and informal networks that coexist with and complicate the power of the state.

Potential subjects for this section include but are not limited to:  Iran’s press and mediascape, Iran’s shifting demographics, Iran’s banking system, Iran’s labor movement(s), digital resistance and authoritarianism, Iran’s technocracy, evolving state and dissident ideologies, education and society, the military and society, Iran’s parliaments, municipality-level politics, Iran’s constitutions and legal reform/practice, and how different segments of society have experienced the state.

Section 2:  Social Complexity Inside a Changing Iran

With the initial expansion of the state in the 19th century came simultaneous efforts to regulate it and to make it more responsive to society’s priorities.  The  emergence of Iran’s modern legal system as a site of social-political contestation provides a way to understand and historicize the practical implications of competing political ideologies and social movements in Iran.

Potential subjects for this section include but are not limited to: Intersectionality and Women.Life.Liberty, Iranians and courts, LGBTQ+, consumer culture, changes in urban and rural life, mobility, non-profit and private institutions, censorship and the arts, the domestic economy (energy and non-energy sectors), popular religion and religious diversity in Iran.

Book II: The I.B. Tauris Handbook of Iran and Iranians in the Modern World

Section 1:  Iran as a Regional and Global Actor

For all the nuance scholars have added to the narrative of the expansion of the power of the Iranian nation-state, one feature of Iran’s modern experience is its official integration into regional and global diplomatic and economic frameworks.  This section explores both state and non-state influences on Iran’s image and impact on the world stage.

Potential subjects for this section include but are not limited to: The GCC and Iran, Iran and BRICS, Iran and OPEC, Iran and UN, Iran’s soft power initiatives, Iran’s foreign policy establishment, Iran’s proxies and clients, state and dissident efforts to influence global opinion, Iran and tourism, Iran as refuge for and exporter of asylum seekers, “Iran” as a brand in the global culture, and Iran’s influence on transnational shi’ism.

Section 2:  Iranian Expatriate Communities and Diasporas

There’s no understanding Iran’s modern experience without considering its transnational aspects.  Decades before the revolution of 1979 generated a growing global Iranian diaspora, Iranian expatriate communities were influencing politics and culture in Iran itself and formed an essential dimension of Iran’s participation in global and regional trade. The exact number of Iranians in diaspora is unknown.  However, it is estimated that since the 1979 Iranian revolution between 5 to 8 million Iranians have left Iran legally and illegally.  Given the relatively large number of Iranians in diaspora, the research on Iranian diaspora has predominantly been US-centered and scholars have paid less attention to Iranian immigrants in other regions.

Potential subjects for this section include but are not limited to: Iranian communities in the Middle East, The Iranian diasporas in the Americas, The literary cultures of the diaspora , second-generation Iranians in diaspora, Iranian women in diaspora , comparative transnational family dynamics, the influence of expatriate Iranian communities on domestic Iranian politics and culture, recreating Iran in the diaspora, pluralism in the Iranian diaspora, and interactions between Iranian and other global diasporas.

 

 

11. UCLA Pourdavoud Institute:

Achaemenid Workshop 2 Day 1 Videos Available!

We are pleased to share with you the recorded lectures from the first 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.

The first workshop, hosted at UCLA in Spring 2023, introduced a new series of symposia, dubbed Achaemenid Workshops (AchWorks), which, building on the strength of Achaemenid studies in the past decades, seek to revisit and reassess the state of Achaemenid scholarship over the coming years with a dozen workshops hosted at leading institutions of ancient studies around the globe. Coordinated by the Pourdavoud Institute in conjunction with AchWorks’ Organizing Board, the workshops aspire to become an intellectual hub for Achaemenid studies, while also affording an institutional framework to foster future generations of scholars working on the Achaemenid world.

On July 3-7, 2023, the second Achaemenid Workshop titled “The Achaemenid Persian Empire and Imperial Transformations in the Ancient Near East (7th – 2nd c. BC),” took place in the alpine settlement of Obergurgl, Austria. In addition to being part of AchWorks, the conference was embedded in the context of the Austrian Academy of Science commission “Transformation Processes and Empire in the Ancient Worlds of Afro-Eurasia.” The talks and program focused on the emergence, fall, and transformation processes of the Achaemenid empire (6th–4th century BCE), contextualized by preceding developments in the period of the Neo-Assyrian empire under the Sargonids (7th century BCE) and by an outlook on the early Seleucid period (3rd–2nd century BCE).

The Third Achaemenid Workshop will be hosted by Columbia University in New York and co-sponsored by the Pourdavoud Institute and Yarshater Center at UCLA on February 21–22, 2025. The Institute shall record this workshop, with lecture videos to be include in our Online Video Library.

For all videos, see:

https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/videos/

 

12. CALL FOR PAPERS

Iranian Masculinities Across Time: Historical Perspectives

University of California, Santa Barbara

This projected volume explores the diverse experiences, performances, and discourses involving men and masculinities in Iranian society and culture over a broad span of time, from antiquity to the present day. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Mapping historical and/or modern masculinities and institutions and various definitions of masculinities.
• Outsiders’ perceptions, stereotypes, and experiences of Iranian masculinity from the ancient Greeks to the modern period.
• How media ideals and ideologies of masculinity have changed through the 19th-21st centuries.
• Hegemonic and non-hegemonic masculinities; marginalized masculinities, outcast/pariah/abject masculinities; resistant masculinities; ethnic / non-urban / regional/ racialized/class-based masculinities.
• Masculinity and religion; religious and divine masculinities.
• Patriarchy and law.
• Man-making practices, places, and things; passages into manhood; masculine life stages: boyhood, manhood, fatherhood, etc. and life roles (work, volunteerism, parenthood, and more)
• Masculinity and the body; the manly/masculine body; masculinity and sports; masculinity and disability, sexual dysfunction, bodily non-normativity, and/or physical impairment
• Masculinity, same sex desire, and sexual orientation
• Challenges of studying Iranian men and masculinities
• Masculinities in sociopolitical movements
• Masculinities in the arts (including graphic arts, cartoons, cinema), architecture, material culture.
• Masculinities and musical performances
• Masculinities in children’s literature
• The effects of patriarchy on men and boys; the roles of men and boys in bringing about gender equality
• The unmanly; masculinity and women / the feminine
• Masculinity, violence, and emotions
• Male Advocates of Women’s Rights and Gender Equity in Modern Iranian history.
• newly emergent forms of masculinities for a more democratic Iranian society

Proposals/abstracts from all disciplines and all fields are welcomed. They may focus on Iran, the Iranian plateau and neighboring regions, or the Iranian diaspora, and may examine any period from the second millennium BCE up to the present.

Please send your proposal/abstract of no more than 300 words by September 15, 2024 to both Janet Afary (jafary@ucsb.edu) and John W. I. Lee (jwilee@history.ucsb.edu). Individuals whose proposals/abstracts are accepted will be invited to submit a paper (20-25 pages). Deadline for receipt of the paper will be in April 2025. A conference celebrating the authors and exploring the key themes of the projected volume will be held at UCSB in 2025-2026.

1.Waqfs in Colonial Bengal: History, Administration, Reformation

Mahboob Alam

Radiance, 2024

https://www.bagchee.com/books/BB138386/waqfs-in-colonial-bengal-history-administration-reformation

 

 

2. Liminal Minorities

Religious Difference and Mass Violence in Muslim Societies

G M Tezcür

Cornell, 2024

https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781501774683/liminal-minorities/

 

3. History of the Ganja Khanate

E Babayev, W Floor (transla)

Mage, 2024

https://magepublishers.com/history-of-the-ganja-khanate/

 

 

4.  Iranian Art from the Sasanians to the Islamic Republic: Essays in Honour of Linda Komaroff, edited by Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, and Sandra S. Williams

Edinburgh University Press, 2024.

The volume is available for preorder here: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-iranian-art-from-the-sasanians-to-the-islamic-republic.html.

Please feel free to use the discount code NEW30 for 30% off the list price.

 

5. Faculty Position in Islamic Ethics (Open Rank), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar

Qualification: Ph.D. degree in Islamic studies for conducting research and teaching in Islamic ethics. – Proficiency in both Arabic and English. – 5-10 years of relevant work experience commensurate with the rank applied for (assistant, associate, or full professor) at an accredited international university. – Proven record of research and publications as a leading author, demonstrating competence and adequacy relative to peers active in the same field at major research universities.

Applications immediately until the position is filled. Information:

https://www.cilecenter.org/public-outreach/announcements/faculty-position-islamic-ethics-open-rank

 

6. Assistant Professor for Modern Arabic Literature & Culture, University of Michigan

The successful candidate will teach a range of courses in modern Arabic literature (from the Nahda to the present), from introductory undergraduate lecture courses through graduate seminars; supervise doctoral dissertations; and participate actively in the programs of the department as well as in area studies initiatives within a larger university community that encourages interdisciplinary efforts.

Deadline for applications: 1 November 2024.

Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/148670

 

7. “2024 Suad Joseph Student Paper Award” of the “Association of Middle East Anthropology (AMEA)”

Eligibility: A graduate student at any stage in an MA or PhD program. Paper components: 15-35 pages long.

– Anthropological focus. – Regional focus on the Middle East and/or North Africa and/or diasporic communities. – Excellent standards of writing, argumentation, evidence, and ethnographic representation. – Significant contribution to knowledge production.

Deadline for paper: 1 September 2024.

Information: https://mideastanthro.com/suad-joseph-student-paper-award-2/

 

8. Articles on “Infidels, Enemies or Humanists? The European-Italian “Renaissance” and the Fictional Imaginary of the Muslim-Ottoman Turk” for a Special Issue of the Journal “Religions”

This issue focuses on the inter-connection between the Ottoman world and the Western Europe in the Quattrocento and Cinquecento; in specific, the idea is to work on the reciprocal imaginary that the Ottoman sultanate and the European-Italian potentates reciprocally played in this specific age. The argument is open to a multi-disciplinary approach able to consider the historical, religious, political, artistic, and literary approaches as international relations topics.

Deadline for manuscripts: 30 September 2024.

Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Z3H162B632

1.New series from Brill

Islamic Sources / Maṣādir Islāmiyya

مصادر إسلامية

We’re happy to launch a new book series: Islamic Sources / Maṣādir Islāmiyya (ISMI). This series will publish text editions of primary sources of the Arab-Islamic heritage, covering all periods and regions of the Islamic world. The series is open to works from all disciplines. All works will be preceded by a solid scholarly introduction in Arabic, English, French, German or Spanish. Authors are encouraged to submit editions of previously unpublished manuscripts, or new critical editions, annotations, and commentaries that provide significant new scholarly insights. If you are interested in submitting proposals for this series, please contact Abdurraouf Oueslati.

More info here.

 

2. Ethics in the Qurʾān and the TafsīrTradition
From the Polynoiaof Scripture to the Homonoia of Exegesis
Tareq Hesham Moqbel

Brill 2024

 

3. “6th Congress of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies”, University of Strasbourg, 25-27 June 2025

The panels may cover one or more fields of the humanities and social sciences (anthropology, archaeology and art history, law, economics, geography, history, Islamic Studies and religious sciences, linguistics, literature, philosophy, sociology, political science), from a global or regional perspective, in connection with the study of the Middle East and/or the Maghreb, the Muslim worlds in the broad sense, or Islam in the world.

Deadline for proposing panels: 15 September 2024.

Information: http://majlis-remomm.fr/wp-conten

 

4. Postdoc in Religious Studies: “Muslim Piety and Aesthetic Expressions” (2 Years), University of Copenhagen

We are looking for a post-doc researcher to study the emerging scenes for Islamic art in Scandinavia. It will identify how and where interaction takes place when artistic practices intersect with Muslim piety. The artistic practices can be visual arts, music, literature or performance and the scene can be performance stages, art galleries or literary forums as well as social media and websites. The project is not geographically limited to Denmark.

Deadline for applications: 11 August 2024.

Information: https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=161941

 

5. Professor/Lecturer for Islamic Legal and Ethical Tradition, Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Centre of Islamic Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Qualification: PhD in Islamic Studies or a closely related field (with a specialization in Islam, Technology, and Science) from an internationally recognized university. – Outstanding record of research productivity through research grants and publications, and teaching excellence in the above fields. – Experience in designing demand-driven programs for government and/or private sectors and conducting lectures for professional development programs in relevant areas of leadership.

Deadline for applications: 5 August 2024.

Information: https://ubd.edu.bn/job/academic-positions-at-sultan-omar-ali-saifuddien-centre-for-islami-studies-soascis/

 

6. “Mediterranean Seminar Prize for the Best Source Edition, Book Translation, or Essay Collection, 2025”

The Prize is open to books published from 2022 to 2024 inclusive. The committee is most interested in collections of essay that break new ground conceptually or methodologically, are comparative and/or interdisciplinary, that emphasize the intercultural/interregional/inter-religious contact, that are “of” rather than merely “in” the Mediterranean, and that are both internally coherent and comprehensive.

Deadline for applications: 31 December 2024.

Information: https://mediterraneanseminar.squarespace.com/book-prize-2025

 

7. SOAS Centre for Iranian Studies

Webinar | Beyond the screen: Critical thinking in creative film production

Beyond the screen: Critical thinking in creative film production

6.00pm, Thursday 11 July 2024

Join us for a talk by Dr. Hamideh Javadi on critical thinking in creative screen production, featuring her short films “Halftone” and “Wordfall.” Explore the intersection of critical theory and visual storytelling.
Dr. Hamideh Javadi holds a PhD in Cinematic Arts from Ulster University. Blending documentary, animation, and experimental film techniques, her work not only tells compelling stories but also galvanizes viewers to engage with pressing global issues. Hamideh has produced award-winning works that challenge conventional narratives.
Her short animation ‘Halftone’ and her recent work ‘Wordfall’ exemplify her approach to critical screen production research emphasizing the transformative potential of critical screen production.

Register at:

https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/beyond-screen-critical-thinking-creative-film-production

 

 

 

8. Soka University of America – Tenure-Track Faculty Position Assistant Professor of Middle East and North African (MENA) Studies
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67324

Closing date: 30.9.24

 

9. Ibn Rushd lecture 2024: Muslim Women in Britain: Muslim Institute

London,15 July 2024 6pm UK time

Professor Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor and her new book (edited with

Jamie Gilham)  Muslim Women in Britain, 1850-1950: 100 years of Hidden History  – https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/muslim-women-in-britain-1850-1950/

Information about the lecture and link to RSVP is available here – https://musliminstitute.org/events/monday-15-july-ninth-annual-ibn-rushd-lecture-2024-history-muslim-women-britain-professor

 

10. UCLA: Latino and Islamic Cultural Connections

An Evening of Exploration: Latino and Islamic Cultural Connections

Co-sponsored Event

Thursday, July 25, 2024

6:00 – 8:00 PM PST

The Fowler Museum

Details and registration:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-of-exploration-latino-and-islamic-cultural-connections-tickets-915636843447?aff=oddtdtcreator

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