Categories : Academic items

1.HYBRID “22nd Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium”, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 29 February – 2 March 2024

We seek graduate student paper presentations of 15-20 minutes that foreground the social, cultural, and political implications of space and place in histories of women, gender, sexuality, and/or queerness. Alter-native presentations (e.g. film, poetry, art) are welcome so long as they fit within the symposium’s format.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2023. Information: https://wghistory.web.illinois.edu/

 

 

 

 

2. “10th School of Mamluk Studies Conference”, Kuwait University, 5-7 March 2024

The conference will be conducted in two parts (5-7 March 2024), and will be preceded by a three-day (2-4 March 2024) intensive course on Mamluk archaeological material taught by Professor Bethany Walker, Uni-versity of Bonn. The preorganized panels may focus on any aspect of the intellectual, political, social, econo-mic, and artistic life of the Mamluk period.

Extended deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2023.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/group

 

 

 

 

3. Colloque « Apocalypse Now ? Attentes des derniers jours dans le judaïsme, le christianisme et l’islam (du Moyen Age aux temps contemporains) », Strasbourg, 18 et 19 mars 2024

Le premier axe s’intéresse aux transferts des idées apocalyptiques dans le judaïsme, le christianisme et l’islam. Le second se penchera sur les mouvements messianiques et apocalyptiques dans une période de tensions extrêmes. Le troisième axe aborde la question des prophètes et du prophétisme. Aujourd’hui, l’image actuelle du prophète est assez floue.

Propositions de communisation: 27 novembre 2023. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2023/11/Appel-a%CC%80-communication-Apocalypse-Now-.pdf

 

 

 

 

4. International Conference “Voices that Matter: Gender in Times of Crises and Natural Disasters”, Errachidia, Morocco, 20-21 May 2024

Given the critical role of gender in crisis and disaster management and its significant influence on Sustainable Development Goals, this conference seeks to address the health, social, economic, natural, and political dimensions of crises and disasters. It also aims to question why gender inequalities are magnified in such contexts and what actions should be taken by various actors to mitigate their impact and achieve gender justice. In collaboration with the “International Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies: Contemporary Medusa”.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 December 2023.

Information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19-pIXz_xVTmwA9YJeqDKtaCIZ4uLckPQ/view?fbclid=IwAR1Kx3L_zr6quXB_Y_RqJLrQFjfOQ3329GbSgsJXXkqf1QmBHBAN3KPj1W8

 

 

 

 

5. ONLINE Graduate Student Workshop of the Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS), 8-9 June 2024

The workshop is open to all graduate students currently in the writing/revisions stage of their PhD dissertations, writing in English. Students working in all disciplines and chronological periods are encouraged to apply, as are scholars looking at connections between the Gulf, Arabian Peninsula, and other parts of the world. Each graduate student will have their chapter discussed in depth by a senior scholar.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2024.

Information: https://agaps.org/call-for-agaps-graduate-student-workshop/

 

 

 

 

6. Visiting Doctoral Fellowships (6-12 Months) at the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB)

The visiting fellowships are beginning no later than 1 March 2024 for doctoral candidates engaged in out-standing research projects in the humanities and social sciences. We invite applications across disciplines, time periods, and geographic coverage outlined in our mission statement. Proposals are encouraged to articulate the contemporary stakes of the research project, encompassing historiographical, cultural, religious and/or political dimensions.

Deadline for applications: 10 December 2023.

Information: https://www.orient-institut.org/support/fellowships/doctoralfellowships.html

 

 

 

 

7. Visiting Doctoral Fellowships (6-12 Months) at the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB)

The visiting fellowships are beginning no later than 1 March 2024 for doctoral candidates engaged in out-standing research projects in the humanities and social sciences. We invite applications across disciplines, time periods, and geographic coverage outlined in our mission statement. Proposals are encouraged to articulate the contemporary stakes of the research project, encompassing historiographical, cultural, religious and/or political dimensions.

Deadline for applications: 10 December 2023.

Information: https://www.orient-institut.org/support/fellowships/doctoralfellowships.html

 

 

 

 

8. Post-doctorant (24 mois) dans le champ aréal “Sociétés et cultures de l’Afghanistan”, Campus CNRS Ile-de-France, Villejuif

Compétences: Diplôme de doctorat dans une discipline des sciences humaines et sociales, avec une compétence sur l’aire culturelle de référence. – Productions scientifiques régulières (communications et publications, autres que la thèse). Compétences linguistiques : maîtrise indispensable d’au moins une des langues de l’aire culturelle de référence ; maîtrise de l’anglais; pour les candidats étrangers, compréhension du français souhaitée (B1); Qualités rédactionnelles, capacité à formuler un projet scientifique, à publier et valoriser ses recherches; etc.

Date d’embauche prévue : 5 décembre 2023. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/92309

 

 

 

 

9. Research Groups at the “Israel Institute for Advanced Studies” 2025-2026, Hebrew University in Jerusalem

The IIAS invites scholars from Israel and abroad to submit Research Group (RG) proposals for the 2025-2026 academic year. Research proposals may be submitted by initiator(s) affiliated with any academic institution in Israel or abroad. Proposals may cover any research topic from all disciplines including interdisciplinary research, and must seek to be innovative with potential impact on their research field.

Deadline for proposals: 1 December 2023. Information: https://iias.huji.ac.il/rgopencall

 

 

 

 

10. Individual Fellowships at the “Israel Institute for Advanced Studies” 2025-2026, Hebrew University in Jerusalem

The IIAS invites scholars from Israel and abroad to submit proposals for an individual fellowship at the IIAS for the 2025-2026 academic year. Topics may cover any research area from any discipline and must seek to be innovative, with the potential to impact research in the field. Two or three scholars who collaborate on the same project should apply individually and state clearly that they wish to work together.

Deadline for proposals: 1 December 2023. Information: https://iias.huji.ac.il/open.call.individual.fellowship

 

 

 

11. Mellon Post-doctoral Fellowship (2 Years) in Near Eastern Studies, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University

We invite applications from candidates whose scholarship focuses on questions of decoloniality/decolonial methods, environmental humanities, and / or migration studies. Temporal and regional focus is open, and we are especially interested in conceptually oriented work that critically reexamines and considers the Middle East beyond area studies.

Deadline for applications: 5 January 2024. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25799

 

 

 

 

12. Post-doctoral Research Associates (1-3 Years) in Studies on Iran and the Persian Gulf (19th – 21st Century), Sharmin & Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University

The full-time position is open to scholars of all academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

Deadline for applications: 10 January 2024.

Information: https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=32581

 

 

 

 

13. Visiting Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies (2 Years), University of Rochester, NY

Qualifications: A Ph.D. in Religion or a related field is required. Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level and with demonstrated potential and/or excellence in research and publications in the candidate’s field.

Deadline for applications: 25 November 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/135710

 

 

 

 

14. Stage Intensif de Langue Arabe, Spécialisation Golfe, Niveau B2, CEFREPA-Koweit, 7-16 jan-vier 2024

Les cours d’arabe standard sont accompagnés d’immersions et de pratiques en dialectal du Golfe et d’un cours de sciences humaines et sociales (histoire, géopolitique, patrimoine archéologique et artistique). Il est destiné à des stagiaires (étudiants en master, doctorants, chercheurs, professionnels des entreprises et administrations françaises dans la région) ayant déjà acquis le niveau B1.

Date de application : 27 novembre 2023. Information : cefrepa@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

15. Stage Intensif de Langue Arabe, Niveau C1, CEFREPA-Koweit, 21-30 janvier 2024

Les cours d’arabe standard sont accompagnés d’immersions et de pratiques en dialectal du Golfe et d’un cours de sciences humaines et sociales (histoire, géopolitique, patrimoine archéologique et artistique). Il est destiné à des stagiaires (étudiants en master, doctorants, chercheurs, professionnels des entreprises et administrations françaises dans la région) ayant déjà acquis le niveau B2.

Date de application : 27 novembre 2023. Information : cefrepa@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

16. Articles for the Eighth Issue of the “Oxford Middle East Review”

We invite authors to reflect on the role of the MENA’s people, civil societies, and governments as a driver of local, regional, and global transformations. We encourage submissions to explore change from below or from above and to question what continuities persist during moments of sudden change or during periods of gradual transformation.

Deadline for submisstions: 10 December 2023.

Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/11/13/the-herbert-scoville-jr.-peace-fellowship-program

 

 

 

 

17. Articles for the Journal “Sociology of Islam (SOI)”

SOI provides an international scholarly forum for research related to the religion and culture of Islam, Muslim societies, and social issues related to Muslims in socio-political context. SOI publishes multiple issues per year containing original peer-reviewed articles and book reviews on the sociological, political, anthropolo-gical, historical and other aspects of Islam and Muslim societies across all times and places

Information: https://brill.com/fileasset/downloads_products/Author_Instructions/SOI.pdf

 

 

 

 

18. Washington University in St. Louis – The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics seeks applications from junior scholars and recent Ph.D. graduates for up to two postdoctoral fellowships in residence at Washington University in St. Louis.

Applicants should hold a doctorate in religious studies, politics, anthropology, law, philosophy, theology, American studies, history, Jewish studies, Islamic studies, sociology, or another relevant field. Scholars should be engaged in projects centrally concerned with religion and politics in the United States, historically or in the present day.

Closing date: Jan 8, 2024
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66503

 

 

 

 

19. ONLINE Webinar: ‘Uncovering Dr Hans E. Wulff Collection: A Life Contribution to the Study of Iran and Iranian Studies’

with Pedram Khosronejad

British Institute of Persian Studies, 06 December 2023, 5PM (UK time).

On Zoom.
This paper will present the life and research conducted by Hans E. Wulff in Iran between 1936-1941 and in 1964-65 and discusses the significance of his archive and collection for the study of the traditional craft, art, technology, and science of Iran.

Register here.

 

 

 

 

20. Thinking and Believing: al-Jāḥiẓ on Religious Knowledge

Hussein Abdulsater

Thinking and Believing: al-Jahiz on Religious Knowledge | IIS lecture series

This talk, which forms part of the Islamic History and Thought Lecture Series, presents an overview of the intellectual project of al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 868-9) as an introduction to the worldview of the Epistemists, while touching on their rise and fall as a theological trend. It also seeks to situate them in the formative ʿAbbasid moment of Islamic history.
Date: 30  November 2023
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Venue: Online (Zoom)

Registration required (follow the link above)

 

 

 

21. In a change to the original programme

‘Empire, Sultanate, and the Boundaries of the Persianate world in South Asia.

with Roy Fischel,

British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)

27 November 2023, 7pm (UK time)

The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

This is an in-person only event, which will take place at the British Academy. Registrations for the event are currently closed: people booked on the lecture by Prof Frankopan have been contacted to confirm their attendance. Should there be available places, these will be open for booking early next week. 

Please check the website above.

 

 

1. Sufis in Medieval Baghdad

Agency and the Public Sphere in the Late Abbasid Caliphate

A. Muhammad

Bloomsbury, 2023

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sufis-in-medieval-baghdad-9780755647583/

 

 

 

 

2. CfP: EuQu (The European Qur’an) International Workshop at UCPH

Interreligious Connectivity – Digitally Explored

Location and date: University of Copenhagen, 17–19. April 2024

Organizers: Jacob Langeloh and Jan Loop

In person/online

https://euqu.eu/2023/11/07/euqu-international-workshop-at-ucph-interreligious-connectivity-digitally-explored/

Closing date: Dec 7, 2023

 

 

 

3. The Medieval Persian Gulf

Brian Ulrich

ARC, 2023

https://www.arc-humanities.org/9781802700046/the-medieval-persian-gulf/

 

 

 

4. Open Access: MIDEO 38 (2023).

This special issue, edited by Abdessamad Belhaj (Leuven) and Haoues Seniguer (Lyon), focuses on the topic of Islamic Theologies of Disasters / Théologies islamiques des catastrophes / فقه الكوارث في الإسلام. All papers are freely available online on OpenEdition Journals.

 

 

 

5. Re)envisioning Ancient Worlds

A Forum for Exchanges on Ancient Studies at UCLA

December 5–6, 2023 | Royce Hall 306

Global Antiquity is convening a workshop titled (Re)envisioning Ancient Worlds. This event, held at UCLA over two days, December 5–6, 2023, will include invited speakers from the University of California and the greater Los Angeles area whose research focuses on the ancient worlds.

For more info and to register:

https://globalantiquity.ucla.edu/workshop/

 

 

 

6. “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien”, Jeudi 07 décembre 2023, 17h, INALCO salle 5.21 (5e ét.)

Le CeRMI a le plaisir de vous convier à la prochaine séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien”, qui se tiendra le jeudi 7 décembre 2023, 17h-19h, en salle 5.21 à l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII, 5^e étage).

Nous sommes heureux d’accueillir Mme Alka Patel, Professeur en Histoire de l’Art à l’Université de Californie à Irvine, et chercheuse invitée à l’Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art à Paris, pour une conférence intitulée: “Architectural Epigraphy: Ornament, Ideology and Empire“.

Résumé

The shortlived Ghurid-Shansabani empire (c. 1145-1215 CE) at its height extended from modern western Afghanistan, through the Indus’s alluvia and the Ganga-Yamuna duab, to western Bangladesh. As such, this political-cultural formation furnishes promising entrées for analyses of the aforementioned regions’ historical pasts, opening vistas on such macro processes as pre-modern state-building and Islamization, as well as granular phenomena such as the impacts of theological and juridical debates on the very mechanics of empire. This presentation plumbs the informative potential of the Ghurid-Shansabanis’ architectural patronage and its inseparable epigraphic programs for elucidating the realities of multiple societal strata, and their variegated participation in the imperial project.

Orientations bibliographiques

– Z.A. DESAI. “A New Inscription of Muhammad Bin Sam.” Epigraphia Indica-Arabic and Persian Supplement, 1968, p.1–3.

– J.  HOROVITZ. “The Inscriptions of Muhammad Ibn Sam, Qutbuddin Aibeg and Iltutmish.” Epigraphia Indo-Moslemica 12, 1911, p.12–34.

– A. PATEL. “Transcending Religion: Socio-Linguistic Evidence from the Somanatha-Veraval Inscription.” In Carla M. Sinopoli, Grant Parker (eds.). Ancient India in Its Wider World. Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 2008 , p.143–164.

– A. PATEL. Iran to India: The Shansabanis of Afghanistan, c. 1145-1190 CE. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Pour rappel, vous retrouverez le programme 2023-2024 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” sur le site du CeRMI :

https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2023-2024/

Au plaisir de vous retrouver à l’occasion de ces séances, qui se déroulent en présentiel sur le site de l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII).

 

 

 

7. Symposium – Islamic Art History Network (IAHN), Lectures and Initial Meeting – November 24-25

Online then inperson

the initial meeting of the Islamic Art History Network (IAHN) on 24 and 25 November 2023. The first day will be online. The second day will be held at the Centre for Medieval Studies, Kings Manor, University of York (UK) and will feature in-person and online talks. The zoom links for both days are provided in the schedule. We have also scheduled two discussion sessions, one on each day, in order to facilitate the sharing of ideas from participants and audience members about the priorities of the IAHN as it develops over the coming years. The core activity of the IAHN will be the organization of an annual two-day event highlighting current research in all areas of Islamic art history.

Richard McClary

Marcus Milwright

Department of History of Art, University of York

richard.mcclary@york.ac.uk

marcus.milwright@york.ac.uk

Islamic Art History Network (IAHN)

Islamic Art History Days 2023

Day 1

November 24^th (online on Zoom) 14:30 to 19:00 UK time

https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91979993532?pwd=S2YxajAra3RTSkFqOFhlU3FvaEEyZz09

14:30-15:00    Ana Marija Grbanovic

Medieval Wall Paintings in Iran, 10-14th Centuries Art Historical Research of Vanishing Cultural Heritage

15:00-15:30    Viola Allegranzi

Inscribing Authority: Fresh perspectives on monumental epigraphy from Central Asia (10^th-13^th century)

15:30-16:00    Bahar Özdemir

The Use of Glaze in Shah-i Zinda Tiles

16:30-17:00    Hassan Moradi

Stucco Splendours of Siraf: Exploring the Artistic Legacy of an Ancient Commercial Port

17:00-17:30    María Marcos Cobaleda

Challenge of Islamic Art History Research: The Application of New Methodologies to the Study of the Artistic Exchanges

17:30-18:00    Hala Qasqas

Coffeehouses of Damascus: Unveiling the Architectural and Historical Narratives

18:00-18:30    Gül Kale
Architect’s Tools: Items in Museum Collections in Turkey and Canada

18:30-19:00    Network Planning Discussion

Day 2

November 25^th (in-person in York) 9:45 to 15:10 UK time

The Huntington Room, King’s Manor

https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92019971752?pwd=REJtdlJkWEFhZ2lYemVlZ2RNVkVnUT09

10:00-10:30    Yui Kanda

Legacy of Shāh ʿAbbās’s Charitable Acts: Kufic Qurʾāns with alleged Twelver Imām signatures

10:30-11:00    Leila Danesh

The Concealed Mihrab at the Masjid-i Malik Zuzan

11:00-11:30    Zahra Kazani

Visual Analogies and the Imagination in Medieval Islamic Aesthetics

13:00-13:30    Network Planning Discussion

13:30-14:00    Mehreen Chida-Razvi

Political Identity and Power in the Architectural Layers of Lahore

14:00-14:40    Andrea Luigi Corsi & Valentina Laviola

A New Study on the Endangered Late-Ottoman City of Hodeida (Yemen) and its Architectural Decoration

14:40-15:10    Atri Hatef Naemi

On the Periphery of the Ilkhanate: Provincial Architecture in Post-Conquest Iran

 

 

 

8. Hybrid lecture – Tanzanian Heritage, Sites, and Museums, Aga Khan Center, London – December 7, 2023

Following the success of our exhibition Black Monuments Matter in 2020, the Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations is proud to announce a public talk on Tanzanian Heritage, Sites, and Museums: pilot projects on the Swahili Coast: Zanzibar, Kilwa and Mafia Islands. This event coincides with the celebration of the opening of a new site museum in Tanzania on the Island of Mafia.

Join us as we delve into African cultures and heritage. The speakers will present Africa’s contribution to world history by exhibiting World Heritage Monuments, Museums, and architectural treasures from Tanzania. Sites and monuments are physical representations of history, heritage, and development in society. But art, architecture, sites, and monuments are more than material culture, they are an integral part of our social environment, past and present.

Our event aims to show the diversity and richness of Tanzanian cultures as part of world history through the study and conservation of African monuments, bringing awareness and pride of African roots and contributions to other cultures. During the evening, we will explore how various groups and identities shaped the Swahili culture.  We hope to contribute to both awareness of Swahili identity and African heritage by making them visible, assessable, and known to as many people as possible.

Facing poverty, social challenges, and economic crisis, but also climate challenges with global warming and coastal erosion, the speakers will address the multifaceted challenges faced by Tanzanian national authorities and international NGOs to protect, restore, and promote Swahili sites. Experts will discuss tourism-heritage links and business strategies, stakeholder engagement, cultural heritage/museum management, changing heritage narratives in tourism discourse, and cultural sustainability, and what people think and feel about these conservation projects, from local communities to intellectuals and scholars
At the Aga Khan University, we recognise and promote the work of national and international organisations committed to the support of African heritage. We believe in the importance of education for the understanding and appreciation of world cultures. The African sites and monuments presented during the evening are protected by UNESCO and have been given world heritage status. These sites are protected and supported by Tanzanian authorities and international NGOs such as the World Monument Fund and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.

Programme 

• 17:30–17:40 | Stephane Pradines: Welcome and introduction of speakers.
• 17:40–18:10 | Noel Lwoga: Tanzanian Heritage and Culture
• 18:10–18:25 | Revocatus Bugumba: Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
• 18:25–18:40 | Abel Albert: Kua, Mafia Island
• 18:40–19:00 | Stephane Pradines: AKTC & AKU in Tanzania.
• 19:00–19:30 | Discussion with audience.
• 19:30–20:30 | Drinks and nibbles.
• 21:00| End of programme.

Speakers 

• Dr. Noel Lwoga: Director General of the National Museum of Tanzania, Senior Lecturer at UDSM, Tourism/Heritage Specialist, researching tourism and stakeholder engagement in heritage conservation, leveraging heritage values for sustainability; heritage representation.
• Revocatus Bugumba: Director, Monuments and Sites , National Museum of Tanzania, archaeologist, Heritage management, community engagement, strategic planning in heritage, communication, and built heritage conservation.
• Albert Abel: Heritage Conservation Architect |Technical Monument Consultant NMT, Site Architect at Ancient Swahili Town of Kua Archaeological site, Juani Mafia World Monument Fund
• Stephane Pradines: Archaeologist and Professor at the AKU-ISMC, researching Indian Ocean trading networks, Islamisation in East Africa and Muslim Material Cultures of War in Egypt and Pakistan.

Join us for an enlightening discussion on the intersection of African monuments, Muslim world, and Indian Ocean cultures. Together, let’s explore world heritage sites and vibrant African cultures.

December 7, 2023

5:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Location: Aga Khan Centre, London

Hybrid Event: Zoom link will follow.

Contact Information

Professor Stéphane PRADINES (he/him/his)

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ​​Journal​​ of Material Cultures in the Muslim World

The Ag​a Khan University​ | Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations

Aga Khan Centre, 10 Handyside Street, London, N1C 4DN, United Kingdom

Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean

Contact Email

stephane.pradines@aku.edu

URL

https://www.aku.edu/ismc/events/pages/event-detail.aspx?EventID=2461&Title=Tanz…

 

 

 

9. CFP – 25 Years After Hillenbrand: New Approaches to Sources, Translation and Perspectives

Date: 10-12 October 2024
Location: University of Groningen
Deadline: 11 April 2024

Carole Hillenbrand’s seminal work, The Crusades Islamic Perspectives was published 25 years ago. In the time since its publication, Islamic experiences of the crusading phenomenon have been repositioned as a central element of crusader studies. Yet questions remain about how the field moves onwards from here.

We aim to gather leading experts and early career researchers in the field of crusader studies (broadly defined) including specialists on Islamic written and material sources, and other linguistic traditions (Latin, Old French, Iberian dialects and vernaculars, Syriac, Greek, Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, and Armenian) to discuss emerging research pathways. The workshop will highlight and further develop the latest advances in the study of materiality, objects and artefacts, art history, intellectual history, historiography, translation studies, the history of emotions, digital humanities, memory and remembrance, and medievalism.

The organisers plan to publish the conference proceedings either in an edited volume with a top tier publisher, or as part of a special collection in a leading journal. A limited contribution towards travel and subsistence costs is available. This will be considered on a case-by-case basis, with priority being given to early career researchers and scholars from the Global South.

Contact Information

Mohamad El-Merheb (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), m.elmerheb@rug.nl, and James Wilson (Universität Konstanz) james.wilson@uni-konstanz.de

Contact Email

james.wilson@uni-konstanz.de

URL

https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/news/2023/1113-cfp-hillenbrand-new-approaches

 

 

10. Extended: Call for the Ernst Herzfeld Award for MA Theses in Islamic Art History and Archaeology

The Ernst Herzfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology is pleased to announce the 2023/24 call for the Ernst Herzfeld Award for Master Theses in Islamic Art History and Archaeology. The aim of the Award is to encourage and support emerging scholars in Europe who are working on visual and material culture of Islamic countries in the fields of Art History, Archeology, and Historical Building Research. The Ernst Herzfeld Award highlights the diversity and innovation of current research in these growing fields. The successful candidate is honored at the annual colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society, offered a full travel grant to present her/his master thesis at the colloquium, and is granted publication of the presented paper in the series of the Society, Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie (BIKA).

Eligibility: – Outstanding master thesis (MA, Master, M.phil., and similar) on a topic situated within the research fields of History of Islamic Art and Architecture, Islamic Archeology, or Historical Building Research on Islamic Architecture.- The thesis must have been written and supervised at a European university. Reviewing and grading the thesis must have taken place within the last two years, between January 1, 2021 and November 13, 2023. – Accepted languages of the thesis are: German, English, French, Italian, and Spanish. – A thesis can be submitted only once to an Award Call.

Application procedure: An applicant is proposed by the supervisor of the MA thesis.

Applications include: 1) the complete MA thesis as it was submitted to the university (PDF); 2) a summary in English (5 pages); 3) the recommendation form filled out by the proposing supervisor in English; and 4) the original official review/evaluation of the thesis for/by the university, at which it was submitted.

Review Procedure: – The review procedure is jointly organized by the Award and the Steering Committees as well as the Advisory Board of the Ernst Herzfeld Society. – Proposing supervisors are excluded from the review procedure and the peer-review. – Applications fulfilling the criteria of eligibility will undergo peer-review by the Award committee and by external reviewers.

Submission: Please send the complete application by November 30, 2023 (deadline extended) to award@ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.com The recommendation form to be filled out by the proposing supervisor is available here: https://ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.com/wpcontent/uploads/2023/10/EHG_Award_Supervisor_Recommendation_Form_2023_updated.docx

Contact Email

award@ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.com

URL

https://ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.com/en/ernst-herzfeld-award/

 

 

 

 

11. Now Hiring: Stanford Iran 2040 Program Manager

The Stanford Iranian Studies Program is seeking a Project Manager to administer, support, and manage the Stanford Iran 2040 Project. The Stanford Iran 2040 Project is an academic initiative that serves as a hub for academic researchers all around the world, particularly Iranian diaspora scholars, to conduct research on issues related to the future of the Iranian economy and evaluate their possible implications in a global context.

This position will be responsible for identifying relevant speakers and collaborators, organizing an annual conference, overseeing the annual Moghadam Award call for applications and recipient selection process, and managing the relevant project databases and web pages. The successful candidate should exhibit the ability to practice sound judgment and decision-making, effective written & oral communication, strong attention to detail and respectful relationship management. This position must also exhibit knowledge of the field of modern Iranian economics, politics, public policy, as well as Persian language fluency.

 

Learn more and apply

 

 

 

12. Stanford: Zahedi Family Fellowship

Full information at:

https://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/research/zahedi-family-fellowship

Application Deadline: December 8, 2023

 

 

 

13. Virginia Wesleyan University – Assistant Professor of History with emphasis in African, Asian, or Middle Eastern History

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66427

 

 

 

 

14. The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University are pleased to announce the next lecture in the 2023–2024 East of Byzantium lecture series.

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | 12:00 PM (EST, UTC -5) | Zoom
Language Care and Community: The Fashioning of Middle Armenian into a Courtly Vernacular
Michael Pifer, University of Michigan

Contact Information

Brandie Ratliff, Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture

Contact Email

mjcbac@hchc.edu

URL

https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/language-care-and-community-the-fas…

 

 

 

15. “Sickness and Healing in Byzantium” – CSMBR Forthcoming Webinar: 5 December 2023

Sickness and Healing in Byzantium

From the Imperial Court to the City Hospitals

Irene Calà

5 December 2023 – 5 PM (CET)

Greek medicine has come to us through the Byzantine civilization, as evidenced by the numerous medical works produced throughout the history of the Eastern Roman Empire.

This lecture aims at providing an overview of the medical practices offered to the citizens of Byzantium, the role of hospitals and their connection with religious and political institutions, as well as the care provided by physicians at the imperial court.

Indeed, body integrity was not only about medicine, but has deep social and political implications, the sacredness of the emperor’s body being a central theme in Byzantine medicine.

In this lecture, I shall therefore also address the question as to how medical theory and practice were transmitted and used in Byzantium. In so doing, I will use different sources, from medical manuscripts used to encode traditions into current practice to the medical works produced in Byzantium, especially the surgical work of Paul of Egina (625-690 AD) and its reception.

As well as medical texts, I will discuss a number of episodes drawing from historical works and epistolary letters, such as the historical work of John Skylitzes (1040-1101 AD), including an analysis of the illuminated manuscript from Madrid. In the final part of my lecture, I will highlight the role of the doctor in manipulating the body of the sick person, with an emphasis on anatomical knowledge and surgical operations, including mutilations and autopsy cases.

To register for this event: https://csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/online-lectures/sickness-and-healing-in-byzantium/

 

1.Screening of the documentary film about the UNESCO World Heritage Site / Sasanian fortifications of Darband (Derbent) in Spain:

23rd International Archaeological Film Festival of the Bidasoa

Info & Trailer:

https://derbentonline.com/doducmentary-film/

 

 

 

 

2. ONLINE Webinar “The Invention of the Maghreb”, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 15 November 2023, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm ET

A lecture with Abdelmajid Hannoum, professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas, and Brian Meeks, professor of Africana Studies at Brown University.

Information and registration:

https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2023/abdelmajid-hannoum-invention-maghreb

 

 

 

 

3. ONLINE Presentation “Birthing Dynasties: Concubinage and Race in Medieval al-Andalus” by Stacey Murrell, Medieval Studies Program, Emory University, 17 November 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST

This chapter examines the racialization of enslaved women and its impact on mother-child relations in the medieval Islamicate Mediterranean. In order to grapple with the anonymity and violence of enslavement and its archive, at times I mark the absence of the numerous majority of enslaved women, while at others I imagine their figures onto the page.

Information and registration: https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/raceandgenderglobalmiddleages/

 

 

 

 

4. HYBRID Conference “Faith and the Environment: Muslims and Christians Responding to or Impacted by Environmental Issues”, Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies, Oxford University, 1 March 2024

The conference will focus on Muslim and Christian perspectives on the environment from environmental, theological and practical points of view, and abstracts are welcomed from both those with a confessional standpoint and those with none. The scope of the conference encompasses all topics and disciplinary ap-proaches relating to the study of Islam and Christianity and their encounter around the environment as a shared natural resource.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2023. Information: https://www.cmcsoxford.org.uk/environment

 

 

 

 

5. Interdisciplinary Workshop “Stages of Performing in Pahlavi Iran (1925-1979)”, Munich, 11-12 April 2024

In the context of global theatre histories, understood as historiography of connections, interweavings, exchange and disconnections, the workshop seeks proposals on the following sub-topics: Transnational influences on the performing arts in Pahlavi Iran and transregional exchanges of stages; the impact of other countries and regions of the Persianate world (theatre in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and the Caucasus); performing arts and political propaganda; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2023.

Information: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/iranistik/aktuelles/nachrichten/theatre-workshop

 

 

 

 

6. Workshop “Misattributions and Forgeries in Middle Eastern Manuscript”, Vienna, 16-17 May 2024

The purpose of this workshop is to study misattribution of content in and forgeries of Middle Eastern manuscript cultures as intellectual history. This cross-discipline workshop aims to cover manuscripts in various languages, including, but not limited to, Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Hebrew, Persian, and Syriac, in addition to the ancient languages of Egypt and Mesopotamia. All time periods are of interest.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2023. Information: https://www.ias.edu/hs/islamic-world/memat

 

 

 

 

7. Full Professor of Cultural and Intellectual History of the Islamic World, University of Vienna

The applicant`s research focus should be on the cultural and intellectual history of the Arab-Islamic world from Early Modern Age to the present and should include the source language Arabic (and possibly Persian). In teaching, a focus on the post-classical period to the present is expected.

Application deadline: 15 January 2024. Information: https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/en/jobs-recruiting/professorships/detail-page/news/cultural-and-intellectual-history-of-the-islamic-world/

 

 

 

 

8. 130 Fully-funded Scholarships (4 Years) for the Doctoral Programmes in Economics, History, Law, and Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, San Domenico di Fie-sole, Italy

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2024. Information: https://www.eui.eu/en/services/academic-service/doctoral-programme#msdynttrid=1BEWQW9wyUn_v4KXPzeGI9LB7DgjSyosZqILpMnXTI0

 

 

 

 

9. Various Fellowships from the Emirates Leadership Initiative: “Leadership in Today`s Middle East”, Harvard Kennedy School

The Emirates Leadership Initiative (ELI) provides the critical opportunities needed for emerging leaders from the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East to confront the region’s public policy issues in question through a multi-pronged approach, including: a research fund supporting pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and faculty research; student degree fellowships; an on-site learning experience in the UAE; and Executive Education programs.

Information: https://www.belfercenter.org/project/middle-east-initiative#!emirates-leadership-initiative

 

 

 

 

10. Visiting Fellowships 2024-2025 in the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, Harvard Law School

We are particularly interested in applicants whose work focuses on constitutional law, human rights, women’s rights, children’s rights, minority rights, animal welfare and rights, food law, environmental law and climate change, migration and refugee studies, LGBTQ issues, and related areas. We welcome applications from scholars who have completed an advanced degree (e.g., PhD, SJD, JD, LLM, or other comparable degree).

Deadline for applications: 15 February 2024. Information: https://plsmw.law.harvard.edu/fellowships/

 

 

 

11. Faculty Leave Residential Fellowship (9 Months) for Scholars of the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University

The fellowship is open to all disciplines – particularly politics, economics, history, religion, sociology, or an-thropology. The 2024-2025 fellowship is open to all faculty members, tenured and non-tenured, in the ranks of assistant, associate, full, andemeritus professor (or equivalent) who work on the contemporary Middle East and North Africa.

Deadline for applications: 1 January 2024.

Information: https://academicprogramsonline.org/ajo/fellowship/26475

 

 

 

 

12. Ernest R. May Fellowship in History and Policy (10 Months, Focus on Islamic and Middle East History), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, MA

The May Fellowship aims to help build the next generation of scholars who will bring professional history to bear on strategic studies and major issues of international affairs. The program supports resident pre- and post-doctoral historians, who are expected to complete a book, monograph, or other significant publication during their period of residence.

Deadline for applications: 30 January 2024.

Information: https://www.belfercenter.org/fellowship/ernest-may-fellowship-history-and-policy

 

 

 

 

13. Book Award of the Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University

The book award (1000) is given for for the best scholarly monograph on topics in history, society, politics, economics, and cultures related to modern Iran and the Persian Gulf, broadly defined. Nominations are ac-cepted for scholarly monographs published in English between January 2021 and April 2024.

Deadline for nominations: 1 April 2024. Information: https://cipgs.princeton.edu/funding/book-award

 

 

 

14. Invisible East:

‘Dynamics of Human Occupation in Khorasan during the 1st millennium CE’

with Rocco Rante

Wednesday, 15 November 2023, 4PM UK

Basement Teaching Room 1, AMES, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE
In Person.

 

 

 

 

12. Reading across Borders

Afghans, Iranians, and Literary Nationalism

by Aria Fani

U Texas Press, 2024

https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477328811/

(advance sales 40% discount, with code…see above website)

 

 

 

 

16. ‘On the Methodological Significance of a Less Known Treatise of Ibn Arabi on Irfan (Mysticism)’

A Talk by Professor Ali Paya
Friday, 8 December 2023

6 pm – 7:30 pm (London time)
Venue: The Islamic College. 133 High Road London NW10 2SW

Register at:

https://islamic-college.ac.uk/monthly-talk-treatise-of-ibn-arabi/

 

 

 

 

17. The Iranian Studies Initiative at UCSB and Farhang Foundation present

‘I Speak from the Edges of the Night

Translating Forugh Farrokhzad’s Collected Poems’

a free live lecture event by Dr. Domenico Ingenito

18.11.23, 11 am PT

Register at:

https://farhang.org/workshops-lectures/translating-forugh-farrokhzad-s-collected-poems

 

 

 

 

18. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Curatorial Fellow, Art of the Islamic Worlds

1-year appointment with a one (1) year renewable option
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66460

 

 

 

 

19. Spaces and Frontiers of Islamic Art and Archaeology

Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2023

Brings together papers delivered at the 15th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society. The ten essays explore diverse aspects of geographic, confessional, political, and theoretical liminality spanning from Early Muslim Arabia to contemporary Islamic art.

It is available for purchase with Reichert Publishers: https://reichert-verlag.de/buchreihen/kunstgeschichte_reihen/kunstgeschichte_beitraege_zur_islamischen_kunst_und_archaeologie/9783752007527_beitraege_zur_islamischen_kunst_und_archaeologie-detail

 

 

 

 

20. Back in Print.

Surveyors of Persian Art:

A Documentary Biography of Arthur Upham Pope &

Phyllis Ackerman.

Compiled and Edited by:

Jay Gluck and Noel Siver

http://www.mazdapublishers.com/book/surveyors-of-persian-art

and

Also of Interest:

A Survey of Persian Art: From Pre-Historic Times to the Present.

http://www.mazdapublishers.com/book/survey-of-persian-art

 

 

 

21. Invisible East:

Zoom: ‘In Search of Urban Geopolitics: Deep Mapping Tehran’s Lalehzar District, 1880-1960’

with Ida Meftahi
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 5PM BST/12PM Toronto time

Registration required.

 

 

 

1. ONLINE Conference “Zoom with Journalists in Afghanistan”, Media in Cooperation & Transi-tion (MiCT), 16 November 2023, 4:30 pm Afghanistan Time

Despite widespread censorship and the exclusion of women from public life, it has been possible to maintain a certain representation of women in public spaces in some provinces. Against this background, we invite you to a dialogue with local media professionals from various parts of Afghanistan.

Information and registration:

https://mailchi.mp/25d71841a7fd/invite-west-africa-sudan-afghanistan?e=7d0e3dbb9c

 

 

 

 

2. Conference “Postcolonial, Decolonial, Post-imperial, De-imperial”, Centre d’études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques (CETOBaC), Paris, 15-17 May 2024

We welcome contributions from a host of disciplines, including Anthropology, Art History, Comparative Liter-ature, Gender Studies, History, International Relations, Memory Studies, and Sociology – focussing on the collective memories and ongoing legacies of three empires, the Habsburg, the Ottoman and the Romanov.

Deadline for abstracts: 17 November 2023. Information:

https://www.ehess.fr/fr/appel-communication/call-papers-postcolonial-decolonial-post-imperial-imperial

 

 

 

 

3. 4th Mediterranean Studies Symposium “Feeding the Mediterranean: Culinary (Re-)Inventions, Legacy and Hospitality”, University of Palermo, 13-16 June 2024

We are seeking papers on the topic of food and hospitality in and of the Mediterranean from interdisciplinary perspectives (humanities, social sciences, international law, media studies, art, and other fields of research). Any historical period of reference is welcome though we strongly encourage presenters to focus on the early modern to contemporary times. Presentations of recently published books on the Mediterranean are also welcome, if related to this year’s topic(s).

Deadline for abstracts: 25 November 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/2 0011367/call-papers-mediterranean-studies-symposium-june-2024-deadlinenov-25

 

 

 

 

4. Eighth International Conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean: “Being Human: Rhythms, Actions, Interactions in the Medieval Mediterranean”, Edinburgh, 24-27 June 2024

We invite papers that examine the theme from different disciplinary perspectives, including History, Archae-ology, Literature, Linguistics, Art History, Religious Studies/Theology, among others. We welcome research papers that apply innovative approaches and stimulate debates that will enhance our understanding of indi-vidual and collective perceptions and experiences of human interactions in and across the medieval Medi-terranean.

Deadline for abstracts: 14 January 2023.

Information: www.societymedievalmediterranean.com/2024-edinburgh

 

 

 

 

5. Two PhD-Positions (50 %) in the Field of Middle Eastern Pictorial Satire, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Qualification: Above-average degree (Master′s) in Islamic Studies, Arabic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies or History with special interest in working with multi-graphic sources (caricatures, cartoons, pictorial satires in journals) and in interdisciplinary collaboration. Very good reading knowledge of Arabic (position 1) or Per-sian (position 2). For the Arabic language region, knowledge of dialectal language forms is advantageous; knowledge of other languages of the region is of advantage.

Deadline for applications: 11 December 2023. Information:

https://adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FDB$.startup?MODUL=LS&M1=1&M2=0&M3=0&PRO=33959

 

 

 

6. Chapters for Edited Volume on “Transit Migration: States, Migrants, and the GCC”

Using a multidisciplinary field approach to migration studies, we invite scholars from sociology, political science, anthropology, economics, and other disciplines to contribute to this edited volume in order to critically examine the GCC states’ growing economic role in shaping multiple economic regions in the Global South-North/Global South-South debates.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2023. Information: Contact Dr. Omar Bortolazzi, obortolazzi@aud.edu

 

 

 

 

7. Articles on “Religious Charisma in the MENA and Its Diasporas: Authority, Succession, and Devotion” for a Special Issue of the Journal “Antropolitica”

We invite papers with ethnographic approaches to charismatic authority and/or community in religious con-texts in the MENA and its diasporas that refine our understanding of the variety of forms of religious commit-ment and belonging, as well as emotional attachment to a religious leader, community or movement, in order to establish a productive dialogue between the various perspectives and ethnographic contexts.

Deadline for abstracts: 24 January 2023.

Information: https://periodicos.uff.br/antropolitica/announcement/view/812

 

 

 

 

8. HISTORY OF THE BOOK AND BOOK PRINTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST

– The Research Library of Dr. Geoffrey Roper (Cambridge) on Sale

Approx. 900 titles, some multi-volume, in various languages, principally English, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, French, German and other European languages. They are mainly on book history with a focus on printing and publishing history in the languages and countries of the Middle East and Islam. The collection also covers the history of book printing in Arabic in other parts of the world. Mostly publications of the last 50 years, but a few are older (19th century).

Information: https://gerlachbooks.com/index.php?art_no=COL_144

 

 

 

9. Building an Electronic Syriac Corpus using OCR: Preserving and Digitizing Cultural Heritage

Launch of Simtho III

Friday, November 10 from 12 to 3:00 pm

Sponsored by: Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton and Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute.

Conveners: Sabine Schmidtke, George A. Kiraz and María Mercedes Tuya

The digitization of cultural heritage materials plays a crucial role in preserving and making accessible historical and linguistic resources. The Simtho corpus is a result of constructing an electronic Syriac corpus through the application of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology and correcting the OCR results in collaboration with young women and men in the Middle East who make up Beth Mardutho’s Meltho Lab team. Syriac, an ancient language with a rich literary and religious tradition, presents unique challenges due to its complex script. The proposed approach involves a multi-step process: digitization of physical books and manuscripts (by third parties), training custom OCR models for Syriac script recognition, and creating an annotated corpus for linguistic research. This project presents the culmination of this work, a 16 million-word corpus of Syriac texts. The resulting electronic corpus provides a digital repository of Syriac texts, enabling scholars, linguists, and historians to access, study, and analyze these valuable resources.

For further info and for pre-registration, required, please visit: https://bit.ly/Simtho3

 

 

 

10. Islamic Art and Science in European Museums: A Conversation’ – Sunday 19 November, 2pm GMT online via Zoom

To celebrate UNESCO’s International Day of Islamic Art,  the Alwaleed Cultural Network is hosting a special LIVE online conversation between Professor Stefan Weber (Director, Museum of Islamic Art at he Pergamon Museum, Berlin) and Dr Silke Ackermann (Director, History of Science Museum, University of Oxford) reflecting on the ways in which their museums acquire, categorize and curate their collections of Islamic Art and Science. This unique conversation will be chaired by Abeer AlFouti, Executive Manager, Global Initiatives, Alwaleed Philanthropies.

This event is free to attend but registration is essential. For further information and to register for free, click here: https://www.alwaleedculturalnetwork.org/en/events/islamic-art/

The Alwaleed Centre at the University of Edinburgh has two additional events on the horizon which may also be of interest:

Can English convey my Islamic experience? Reflecting on the presence of English in the South African madrasa

Wednesday 15 November, 5:30pm GMT in-person (50 George Square) and online via Zoom

Featuring Yasmin Ismail (Leiden University) and Jeremy Dell (University of Edinburgh).

Further information and tickets here: https://www.alwaleed.ed.ac.uk/events/can-english-convey-my-islamic-experience

Book launch: Benoît Challand discusses violence and representation in Tunisia and Yemen

Monday 20 November, 50 Geroge Square Room 1.06, 5:10pm – 6:30pm (in-person only – no booking necessary)

An in-person book launch of ‘Violence and Representation in the Arab Uprisings’ by Dr Benoît Challand (The New School for Social Research) with a response from Dr Nida Alahmad (University of Edinburgh). Further information here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/islamic-middle-eastern/events/book-launch-benoit-challand

 

 

 

11. Journées d’étude/Workshop : Cultures orales à l’écrit : regards sur l’aire iranienne / Oral cultures in writing (16-17 novembre 2023)

Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter aux journées d’étude “Cultures orales à l’écrit : regards sur l’aire iranienne / Oral cultures in writing” qui se tiendront les 16 et 17 novembre 2023 dans les locaux de l’INaLCO :

65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII^e

– Le 16/11 : salle RJ 24 (dans la bibliothèque, rez-de-jardin)

– Le 17/11 : salle 3.11 (3e étage)

Veuillez trouver en fichier joint le programme et les résumés des interventions.

Inscription et accès aux locaux

L’INaLCO a mis en place des mesures supplémentaires d’accès au bâtiment (voir les détails : http://www.inalco.fr/actualite/communique-inalco-passe-posture-vigipirate-urgence-attentat)

Toute personne extérieur à l’établissement, devra se munir d’une carte professionnelle (la carte lecteur de la Bulac est également valable), et présenter le programme imprimé (et la page de titre de la brochure) à l’accueil si nécessaire.

Le 16/11 les interventions auront lieu dans une salle *située à la bibliothèque*. Les agents à l’accueil de la bibliothèque seront informés pour autoriser l’accès aux locaux aux personnes inscrites à la journée et qui ne possèdent pas de carte lecteur.

Inscription : Pour assurer votre accès aux locaux, vous êtes invités à vous inscrire en écrivant à agnes.korn@cnrs.fr *avant le 15/11, 23h59*.

La liste des inscrits sera communiquée à l’accueil du bâtiment de l’INaLCO et à l’accueil de la Bibliothèque pour faciliter l’accès des participants.

 

 

 

12. New Issue Alert – al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā 31 (2023)

We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā, the only open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the medieval Middle East. In addition to the five research articles we have published over the course of the year, the new issue features remarks by the recipient of Middle East Medievalists’ 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award, our first ever pedagogy file entitled “Textile Mobilities across Afro-Eurasia,” three conference reports, and five book reviews. Table of Contents and downloadable PDFs (as well as all back issues) can be found here: https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/index

URL

https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/index

 

 

 

13. University of Rochester – Visiting Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66395

Close: Dec 15, 2023

 

 

 

14. National University of Singapore – Assistant Professor and Associate Professor (Malay World Studies)

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66416

Close: Dec 31, 2023

 

 

 

15. Ralph C. and Mary Lynn Heid Rare Materials Research Fellowship

The University of Michigan Library invites applications for fellowships for research in residence.

The Ralph C. and Mary Lynn Heid Rare Materials Research Fellowship is open to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections, including the Islamic Manuscripts Collection held in the Special Collections Research Center.

Our fellows are awarded:
$2,000 for a project requiring domestic travel to Ann Arbor MI
$3,000 for a project requiring international travel to Ann Arbor MI
Individuals who live within a 100-mile radius of Ann Arbor, Michigan, will not typically be granted a fellowship.
The current application cycle is open from 1 November 2023 through 1 February 2024, with the residency period and award to be used between 6 May 2024 and 15 August 2025. For more information, including eligibility requirements and instructions for applying, please visit this page:
Special Collections Research Fellowships >> How to Apply
Applications are due 1 February 2024.
Questions? Contact Martha O’Hara Conway at moconway@umich.edu

 

 

 

16. CFP: Empire: In Theory and in Middle East History

American University in Cairo

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations

Annual History Seminar

8 & 9 March 2024

Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square Campus

Call for Papers

EMPIRE: In Theory and In Middle East History

For most of recorded history, empires and imperial regimes have existed in one form or another and have shaped the lives of peoples of the Middle East. And yet the concept of Empire is often assumed to be clearly defined, almost eternal, even though empire took different shapes across history, including the history of the Middle East. Furthermore, current theories of empire tend to be Eurocentric and to focus on contemporary power structures in the post-colonial and post-modern period, with less reference to historical empires.

This coming session of AUC’s Annual History Seminar aims to look more carefully at empire as a theoretical concept and its changing definitions, and how it shaped and was shaped by interactions with peoples. How do these concepts apply to medieval, early modern of modern empires? How do they apply to world empires that ruled the Middle East?

We invite abstracts of around 300 words in either English and Arabic for presentations that would revolve around the theories and concepts of Empire as they relate to different empires with particular interest in studies, comparative or otherwise, that relate to Middle East history.

The themes that the seminar aims to tackle include:

• What is Empire? Are there features that are common to all empires?  Is Empire as a concept or category of analysis useful to studying the history of the Middle East? How can we classify empires? What forms of Empire can historians distinguish in the history of the Middle East? To what extent were tributary,  commercial or colonial empires different in their relations with their subject populations?
• Empire and Power: Where does imperial power lie; in the center, in capital cities, or is it more diffuse?  Power within empires and the use of violence.  How do empires control resources? Do power and agency lie squarely with certain elites?
• Empire and Time: How did empires change and transform over time? What influenced such changes? What role did technologies, including military technologies, play in such transformation? How do empires maintain longevity?
• Empire and Religion: Did empires impose religions? How did they make political use of Religion?
• Empire and Culture: Can we speak of imperial culture? How far did empires impose cultural change and to what extent were they themselves shaped by culture?
• Why Empire? What were the objectives behind the formation of empires, and the historical circumstances that allowed and shaped their development?
• Can Empires be compared? To what use? Many theories and studies of empire tend to be Euro-centric. Can they still shed light on historical experiences of empires based in the Middle East?
• Empire and Population/Demography: One criterion often used in defining empires is that they contain diverse populations of various backgrounds and ethnicities that are often controlled by a dominant group. Does this offer an angle into studying Middle East empires?

The sessions of the seminar are scheduled for Friday 8 and Saturday 9 March, 2024 at Oriental Hall, Tahrir Square Campus of the American University in Cairo. Participants should plan to speak for around 20 minutes in either English or Arabic. Abstracts of around 300 words, in either language, are expected by 1 December, 2023. Graduate students and PhD candidates are encouraged to apply. Participants will be informed by late December 2023. Please send abstracts to aric@aucegypt.edu with carbon copies to the organizers.

Inquiries can be directed to either of the organizers:

Dr Nelly Hanna nhanna@aucegypt.edu

Dr Amina Elbendary abendary@aucegypt.edu

 

 

 

 

17. Under the Adorned Dome, Four Essays on the Arts of Iran and India

Yves Porter

Brill, 2023

 

 

 

 

18. At the Roots of Causality
Ontology and Aetiology from Avicenna to Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
Francesco Omar Zamboni

Brill, 2023

 

 

 

 

19. Making Islam Work
Islamic Authority among Muslims in Western Europe
Thijl Sunier

Brill, 2023

 

 

 

 

20. Iran in Irish-nationalist historical, literary, cultural, and political imaginations from the late 18th century to 1921

Mansour Bonakdarian

Anthem, 2023

https://anthempress.com/eirinn-iran-go-brach-pdf

 

 

 

21. The Institute of Archaeological Sciences at Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, seeks to fill in a PostDoc-position in Islamic Archaeology (part-time, 50%, TV-GU-E13) to the next possible date.

The position is for three years with a possible extension after positive evaluation.

We expect from you:

To conduct independent research in the field of Islamic archaeology and to develop your own research project, including the acquisition of third-party funding, with the aim of a Habilitation.

To teach in the BA/MA program in the Institute of Archaeological Sciences one course per year.

To participate in the activities of the Institute of Archaeological Sciences.

Your profile

You have completed a scientific university degree (diploma/master) as well as a doctorate in one of the following fields: archaeology (with a focus on Islamic archaeology), architectural history/historical building research or Art history (with a focus on Islamic art history) or Islamic Studies / Islamic Studies (with a focus on Material culture of Islam).

Your doctorate was defended on, or later than, 15.11.2020. You are scientifically active and enthusiastic to support in shaping a new field of research. You have a very good command of English; knowledge of German is advantageous.

To apply

Please send your application by email until 21.11.23 as a single PDF file (max. 10 MB) to junior professor Dr. Hagit Nol (nol@em.uni-frankfurt.de and arch.institut@uni-frankfurt.de)

The application should include:

• curriculum vitae,
• certificates of academic diplomas,
• list of publications,
• an outline for a future project or research strategy

Contact Information

Hagit Nol

Contact Email

nol@em.uni-frankfurt.de

 

 

 

22. ‘Cosmopolitan Artefacts, Artists, and Intellectuals across the Global Muslim World’, The Journal of Transcultural Studies Vol. 13 Nos. 1-2 (2022)

Guest-editor: Yuka Kadoi

The Journal of Transcultural Studies (uni-heidelberg.de)
Yuka Kadoi
Transcultural Mobility: Cosmopolitan Artefacts, Artists, and Intellectuals across the Global Muslim World

Nikolaos Vryzidis
Of Texts and Objects: Perceptions of “Persian” Art from Later Byzantium to Modern Greece

Alberto Saviello
Inter-pictorial Religious Discourse in Mughal Paintings: Translations and Interpretations of Marian Images

Yuka Kadoi
Embracing Islam: Okakura Tenshin at the Limits of His Alternative Orientalism

Simone Wille
The Significance of Mobility and the Artistic Practice of Zahoor ul Akhlaq

Contact Email

yuka.kadoi@univie.ac.at

URL

https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/transcultural/index

 

 

 

23. Conference – The Golden Horde: Art, Material Culture, and Architecture, Max Planck Institute in Berlin – December 7,8

This is an announcement for the conference The Golden Horde: Art, Material Culture, and Architecture, which will take place in Berlin on December 7 and 8.  https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/golden-horde-art-material-culture-and-architecture

If you would like to attend in person, please send an email to Qiao Yang at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin qyang@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

The link to attend online (via WebEx) is on the conference program website. No advance registration is required.

Contact Email

sheaeire@grinnell.edu

 

 

 

24. Production, Transmission & Interpretation

An interdisciplinary conference on Islamic Art, Architecture and Archaeology

14th and 15th March, 2024

University of York

With keynote addresses by Professor Robert Hillenbrand and Professor Marcus Milwright

Islamic time begins with the Hijra; the integral responsibilities of every Muslim include the Hajj; and studies of Islamic history have traditionally followed military marches and commercial/cultural corridors that enabled the creation of the great gunpowder empires. More recently, mobility has also been manifested in the Islamic world in the fall of these empires, movement of their materials through loots and repatriations, and voluntary and forced migrations. Until recently, these themes have been predominantly researched divorced from Islam through incongruous positivist lenses and euro-centric canons, and often with underlying colonial agendas.

It is with the aim to intervene within and disrupt this context that the Department of History of Art and the Department of Archaeology at the University of York present Production, Transmission, & Interpretation, a conference on Islamic Art, Architecture and Archaeology. Foregrounding the voices of the historically marginalised, founded in material cultural narratives, and focussed on new sources and methodologies, this conference will bring together the latest research from scholars – doctoral to emeriti – and draw upon a range of cognate disciplines across the arts, humanities, and social sciences, to consider 1400 years of the Islamic world and society.

Submission Guidelines 

We welcome abstract submissions intended to culminate into the standard format of 20-minute in-person academic paper presentations and invite applications from across disciplines, including art and architectural history, archaeology, conservation, heritage management, curation, museum studies and cultural studies, on themes that may include

Islamic heartlands, hinterlands, and frontiers

Art and architecture of mobility, routes, travels, and transfers

Patronage – imperial, sub-imperial, male, female, and non-binary

Agency of architects, artists, and craftspersons

Sources – oral histories, local archives, epigraphy, calligraphy, endangered languages

Archaeological material, bioarchaeological approaches, and conservation

Islamic approaches past and present to nature, culture, environment and sustainability

Conflicts, occupations, appropriations and adaptations

Islamic art markets – auctions, ethics, legislations

Abstracts should be limited to 250 words, indicate the target thematic cluster, and be accompanied by the researcher’s name, institutional affiliation and stage of study, location, and a brief biography not exceeding 100 words.

Deadline for abstract submission is 31 December, 2023.

All abstracts should be sent as pdf attachments to hist592@york.ac.uk

If you have any questions, please email Parshati Dutta (parshati.dutta@york.ac.uk) or Nausheen Hoosein(nausheen.hoosein@york.ac.uk).

Conversations are underway with leading university presses to publish a thematic edited volume of papers presented, therefore please declare if the material has been used before, and if not, whether you would be interested in publishing with us.

 

 

 

 

 

25. A pre-Mongol New Persian legal document from Islamic Khurāsān dated ah 608/1212 ce

Z Bhalloo,

BSOAS, 2023

 

1. The conference Perfume Production in the Ancient World will take place 7-8 November 2023 at the Vila Lanna of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague.

The conference’s aim is to challenge familiar ideas of ancient perfumery cultures (“Egyptian”, “Mesopotamian”, “Roman”) and explore (a) how ingredients and methods of using scented materials were transmitted across cultures, and (b) how perfumery and the production of scented materials varied within the same culture across place and time. It is a multidisciplinary conference with talks from historians, scientists, perfumers and olfactory artists.

Organized as part of Grant 21-30494M, “Alchemies of Scent,” a research group in the history of science, funded by the Czech Science Foundation and coordinated by the Research Team for Ancient Thought of the Department for the Study of Ancient and Medieval Thought at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Additional financial support comes from a generous Subject Development Award from the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry.

Programme

Tuesday 7 November 2023

09:00. Welcome and Introduction. Sean Coughlin, Heike Wilde, Laurence Totelin.

Part 1. People of Perfumes

09:15. Giuseppe Squillace (Calabria): Perfumers in the ancient world. Techne and professional secrets.

10:15. Laurence Totelin (Cardiff): ‘Plunge the jar in a well of cold water for 40 days’: Greek and Roman medical authors on perfume manufacture.

11:15. Break.

11:45. Roberto P. Dario (perfumer): From “Myrepsos” to modern “Noses”: knowledge, techniques and perfumery evolution.

12:45. Lunch.

Part 2. Tools and Techniques

13:45. Maria Rosaria Belgiorno (ISPC-CNR): “Eau de B.C.”, perfumed, alcoholic, intoxicating spring of human pleasure. (Mesopotamian and Aegean origins of Mediterranean distillation).

14:45. Bastien Rueff (École française d’Athènes): Was the firebox an incense burner? Preliminary Research on Minoan Perfumery.

15:15. Break.

15:30. Laura Prieto (FLU / IOCB Prague): The Influence of Modern Chemistry on the Development of Fine Fragrance.

16:00. Eduardo Escobar and Giacomo Montanari (Bologna): The “First” Perfume Recipe: Why Water Matters in Ancient Assyrian Perfumery.

17:00. Break.

17:15. Andrea Salayová (Masaryk): Castoreum and its uses through times: from perfumes to medicine.

17:45. Anya King (Southern Indiana): Innovation and Heritage in Early Islamicate Perfumery.

Wednesday 8 November 2023

Part 3. Novel Methods for the Study of Perfumery’s History

09:00. Jay Silverstein (Nottingham Trent) and Robert Littman (Hawaii Manoa): Making the Mendesian: The Hellenistic Perfume Industry at Tell Timai.

10:00. Alice Capobianco (Genova): Ethnoarchaeology as a tool for understanding the production cycle of scented ointments in the Roman period.

10:30. Marie Theres Wittmann (Oxford): The Price of Smell: An Economic Approach to the Economy of Perfume in Pompeii.

11:00. Break + Discussion. Coughlin (FLU): Digital Approaches to Studying Perfume Recipes.

11:30. Béatrice Caseau (Sorbonne): Christian perfumes: incense and liturgical Myron, sources to understand how perfumes were created.

12:00. Klara Ravat (olfactory artist): Working creatively with raw materials: naturals vs. synthetics.

13:00. Lunch.

Part 4. Cultures of Scent

14:00. Miguel Matos (author / perfumer): Against All Odds: On Becoming a Self-Taught Perfumer While Developing Personal Composing Methods and Techniques.

15:00. Barbara Huber (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology): Arabian “Perfumes”.

16:00. Break.

16:20. (via ZOOM) Mohammadreza Jalali (independent scholar): The Persian Scents of Antiquity: A Cultural History of Ancient Iranian Perfumes.

16:50. (via ZOOM) Katarzyna Gromek (independent scholar): Introducing xiāng: the reconstruction of the olfactory landscape of early China in practice.

17:20. Break.

17:30. Heike Wilde (FLÚ): Sources for Perfumery and Scent in Ancient Egypt.

18:00. Demi Lizzann Williams (Worcester Polytechnic Institute): African Ritual Aromatics and Cosmetics. Exploring Cultural Significance and Global Impact.

18:30. Closing discussion.

More information is available at our website: https://www.alchemiesofscent.org/perfume-production-in-the-ancient-world

 

 

 

2. J.B. Harley Research Fellowships – applications deadline extended to 1 DECEMBER 2023

In light of the cyber incident affecting the British Library from Saturday 28 October 2023, which has rendered the Harley Trust’s principal contact and applications email address temporarily inaccessible, the deadline for applications to the J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography has been extended from 1 November to 1 December 2023.  

We would like to reassure anybody who has applied or sent a question to the Harley Trust on or after 27 October that their contact will be acknowledged or answered as soon as possible.

Thank you for your understanding,

Tom Harper, Hon. Secretary. J.B. Harley Research Fellowships Trust,

Lead Curator of Antiquarian Mapping, The British Library

Contact Email

tom.harper@bl.uk

URL

https://www.maphistory.info/application.html

 

 

 

3. Call for Submissions: Princeton University’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center 2024 Book Award

Books must be received before April 30, 2024.

For more information:

https://cipgs.princeton.edu/funding/book-award

 

 

 

 

4. Historical and Contemporary Migrations of Central Asian Muslims: History, Culture and Identity

Central Asian Studies Unit, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 3-5 April 2024

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for our upcoming conference on Central Asia (CA), a vast geographical area stretching from Western China to Caucasus in the west and from Kazakhstan to Afghanistan in the south. The conference aims to bring together scholars from various disciplines to discuss and exchange ideas on a wide range of topics related to the historical and contemporary regional and transnational migrations of Central Asian Muslims.

Migration is a complex, multi-layered, multi-generational, and meta-territorial phenomenon which is triggered and influenced by multiple factors including personal and family decisions, socio-economic and political conditions in the lands of origin and destination, and international rules and regulations. Migration acquires various forms and often leads to the formation of diaspora, with its own case-specific dynamism rooted in the history, contextual realities and culture of the migrant communities. Central Asia has witnessed intense movements of people in the course of history which shaped the cultural composition of Central Asian nations with their dominant Muslim population. In contemporary period the outward migration has become an important characteristic of the developments in the region. The conference aims to explore and analyse the trends, the forms and the transformations experienced by the Central Asian migrant communities in various contexts and their influence on the homeland.

We invite the submission of original research papers that contribute to the advancement of knowledge and to our deeper understanding of the migration in its various manifestations. The exchange of ideas and research findings by scholars from different disciplines will result in new insights into historical and contemporary regional and transnational movements of Central Asian Muslims.

The conference will cover a broad spectrum of subjects, including but not limited to:

Historical and Contemporary Cases of Central Asian Regional and International Movements

• The socio-economic, political and ecological factors which contribute to migration from Central Asia;
• The region’s history of colonization and Soviet influences;
• Regular and irregular migration from CA countries.

Forced Migration and its Consequences for Migrant Communities

• Refugee, asylum and immigration laws and policies in host countries;
• Inclusion and exclusions (citizenship, social mobility);
• Support networks (friends, family, and communities) during separations and reunions.

Transforming Identities of Migrant Communities

• Preservation of ethnic, national, and religious identities and cultural practices (language, food, music, clothes, and art) in the host country;
• Migratory transformations in host and migrant communities;
• Formation of diasporas and organisation of migrants;
• Gender, marriage, educational opportunities, and multi-/bi-cultural identity.

This will be a hybrid event and the papers accepted can be presented on-line or in person.

Important dates:

Abstract deadline: Authors are expected to submit their abstract (up to 500 words) by 15 December 2023 to hcmcamconference@iis.ac.uk

Notification of accepted abstracts: Submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure the quality and relevance of accepted papers. Accepted papers will be notified by 10 January 2024.

Dates of the Conference: 3-5 April 2024

 

 

 

5. Assistant Professor of Persian Literature and Culture, University of Virginia

Tenure Track Position

The Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Virginia invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Persian Literature and Culture.

We seek scholars who draw on deep training in the history of Persian literature to engage with contemporary forms of cultural production, especially as embedded in their political and cultural contexts, inorder to broaden understanding of our globalized world. We encourage application from those who work on literature in any part of the Persian-speaking world, including transnational and diasporic locations, and those whose work brings them into conversation with emerging trends within theoretical paradigms, such as: translation studies, migration and diaspora studies, disability studies, sexuality and gender studies, or democracy and human rights.

Preference will be given to candidates who can teach undergraduate and graduate-level courses in both Classical and Modern Persian literature, as well as to those who can contribute to the intellectual community of a department diverse in language and discipline.

Review of applications will begin 5 January 2024 and continue until the position is filled.

We seek scholars with an active program of research and publication in Persian literature, cinema, or related specialty, and with a commitment to excellence in teaching.

The successful candidate must have a PhD completed by the time of appointment, 25 August 2024, and must have native or near-native fluency in Persian and English.

Application Instructions : Visit http://apply.interfolio.com/130434 to apply.

Attach the following to your application:·

Curriculum vitae including the names of three referees;

• Cover letter addressing your research trajectory, areas of scholarly and teaching interest, potential collaborations at UVa or beyond, and how your skills and experiences could advance the University’s ambition to cultivate the most vibrant community in higher education in order to prepare students to be leaders in a diverse and globally connected world;

A sample of your scholarly writing.

Please direct any questions about the position to: Farzaneh Milani atfmm2z@virginia.edu .

For question about the application process, contact Melanie Sponaugle, Academic Recruiter atunw5dq@virginia.edu .

 

 

 

6. UCLA, IRANIAN STUDIES OUTREACH, BILINGUAL LECTURE SERIES

 

Rethinking Gender, Ethnicity and Religion in Iran

Azadeh Kian

 

Monday, December 4, 2023 at 2:00pm Pacific Time via Zoom

For more info, and to register (required):

https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-rethinking-gender-ethnicity-and-religion-in-iran/

 

 

 

7. Call for Papers: Forgotten Voices from Mongol Eurasia

International Conference,  Ewha Womans University, Seoul, June 25-26, 2024
Conveners: Michal Biran, Jong-kuk Nam, Dongkyung Shin

Deadline: December 1, 2023

At its height the Mongol Empire (1206-1368) ruled over two-thirds of Eurasia. Connecting
east, west, north, and south, the Mongols integrated most of the Old World. Mobilizing
people, ideas and artifacts in an unprecedented scale, the Empire promoted cross-cultural
contacts, triggered the reshuffle of religious, ethnic, and geopolitical identities, and opened a
new chapter in world history.

While the study of the Mongol Empire has made tremendous strides in the last decades,
enabling us to portray the contours of the Empire’s political history and the Chinggisid
exchange, there are still many voices that are yet to be heard. These are mainly the voices of
the common people (nomads, farmers, sailors, slaves, women, artisans..), lesser elites, or
people living at the empire’s peripheries. New sources (e.g. inscriptions, manuscripts),
innovative techniques (e.g. micro-archaeology, aDNA) as well as a fresh look on our sources
or new combinations of them, can now allow us to broaden and deepen our understanding of
the Mongols and the life under their rule.

Our conference aims to shed light on people, ideas and artifacts that have so far received less
attention from historians or have been barely discovered, and yet can illuminate the economic
and cultural exchange that took place under Mongol rule or the daily life of the Mongols and
their various subjects. By “Voices” we mean not only people (including diasporas, border
communities, commercial or intellectual networks of various scales), but also cultural
commodities (texts, images, paintings), as well as specific artifacts or trade goods (including
plants, animals, slaves). We hope that such heretofore forgotten voices will enable us to get a
“thicker description” of life under Mongol rule.

We especially welcome papers dealing with (but not limited to):
Micro-history
Cultural biographies of objects or sites
Slaves and slave trade
Daily life in the Mongol Empire- archaeological, visual or literary perspectives
Migrant and border communities

We plan to publish a selected number of the papers in an edited volume.

Practical details:
The conference will be held on June 25-26, 2024 in the Department of History at Ewha
Womans University, Seoul and hosted by the Ewha Frontier 10-10 Project “Research in
Global History for Peaceful Coexistence.” The hosts will provide three-nights’
accommodation (June 24-26) near Ewha Womans University, one of the most beautiful
campuses in South Korea located in central Seoul. We also hope to be able to offer partial or
full refund of airfare travel (economy ticket) to some of the presenters. if you wish to be
considered for funding, please state so when submitting the abstract.

We welcome proposals of panels and/or individual papers. Please send abstracts (up to 250
words) together with a short (maximum 1 page) CV for individual papers in one file. Panel
proposals should also include an abstract of the panel’s theme (up to 250 words) as well as
abstracts of each paper, and CVs of the organizer/s and each panelist, all in one file.
Abstracts and CVs should be sent to: ewhahistory1010@gmail.com  by December 10, 2023.
For question please contact ewhahistory1010@gmail.com or Michal Biran at
biranm@mail.huji.ac.il
Presenters will be notified of acceptance no later than February 1, 2024.

Contact Information

Michal Biran

Contact Email

biranm@mail.huji.ac.il

URL

https://www.academia.edu/107823900/CFP_Forgotten_Voices_from_Mongol_Eurasia_Seo…

 

 

 

8. Upcoming online short course on Warfare in Muslim Material Cultures: From Egypt to Bilad al-Sham

Course name: Warfare in Muslim Material Cultures: From Egypt to Bilad al-Sham

Course registration link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/warfare-in-muslim-material-cultures-from-egypt-to-bilad-al-sham-tickets-528327741497?aff=oddtdtcreator

Course dates:

04 December| 13:30 – 16:00 (London time)

11 December | 13:30 – 16:00 (London time)

Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
The Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom

 

 

1.HYBRID Lecture “Invisible Hands: Forgery and Finance in a Colonial Art Market” by Margaret Graves, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 9 November 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

This project re-encounters ceramics faking and forgery in the Middle East during the late 19th-/early 20th-century as an economically logical, indigenous form of skilled craft participation in modern global capitalism, where the structures of antiquities collection derive ultimately from colonial-era resource extraction and inter-national banking.

Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2023/margaret-graves-invisible-hands

 

 

 

 

2. ONLINE Seminar “Constructing Culture: Art and Racial Capitalism in the Gulf” by Maia Holtermann Entwistle (QMUL), Centre for Gulf Studies, Exeter, 14 November 2023, 17:00 – 18:30, GMT

Since the early 2000s, a bumper crop of new or transformed museums, commercial galleries, art fairs, herit-age sites, arts festivals, and cultural districts have opened their doors to the public. Artists, curators, cultural institutional managements, and dealers working in the Gulf are keenly aware of how the cultural production occurring across these new spaces is shaped by censorship and underpinned by the exploitation and dis-possession of migrant construction workers.

Information and registration: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/events/details/index.php?event=13228

 

 

 

 

3. ONLINE Lecture “Brigand Poets (Sa’ālīk) in Ancient Arabia: Social Outcasts and Ascetic Rebels” by Nora Schmid (University of Hamburg), SCORE Lecture Series, Hamburg, 12 December 2023, 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm CET

Information and registration:

https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score/news/lecture-series/winter-term-2023-24.html

 

 

 

 

4. Professeur-e ordinaire, professeur-e associé-e en études arabes

de la période moderne (18e siècle à nos jours)

Le/la candidat-e idéal-e sera spécialisé-e dans le monde arabe depuis le 18e siècle, idéalement en histoire intellectuelle et/ou en productions culturelles (arts, littérature, cinéma) ainsi qu’avec une expertise sur les questions de religion, globalisation, immigration/émigration, ou minorités, et pouvant faire état d’une excellente maîtrise de l’arabe, attestée notamment par des travaux et publications sur la base de sources dans cette langue.

Délai d’inscription : 30 novembre 2023.

Information : https://jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=1&p_web_page_id=62210

 

 

 

 

5. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of the History of the Middle East/North Africa, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

We invite applications from scholars with disciplinary backgrounds in History or historically-informed scholars working in the fields of Anthropology or Middle East Studies – especially in the history of the modern or early modern Middle East, North Africa, or the Persian-speaking or Turkic-speaking worlds. We welcome applica-tions from scholars working on a broad range of thematic and topical areas, including the history of science, technology, environment, or medicine in the region.

Deadline for applications: 1 December 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/134185

 

 

 

 

6. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art/Architecture of the Middle East, North Africa, and Iberia, 600-1500 CE, Northwestern University, Illinois

We particularly welcome scholars whose work engages with transregional and intercultural contexts within and beyond the Islamic world; visual and material culture; architecture, urbanism, and the environment; ar-chaeology, heritage, and preservation; or technical art history.

Deadline for applications: 15 November 2023.

Information: https://arthistory.northwestern.edu/about/open-positions/index.html

 

 

 

 

7. Tenure-track Assistant Professor in International and Global Studies (Focus Middle East), University of the South, Sewanee

Areas of expertise could include (but are not limited to): the capitalist world system, international media and the arts, migration, postcoloniality, transnational social movements, urbanization, environment and sustaina-bility, and digital and technology studies. We have a preference for individuals who work on Asia or the Middle East but are excited to consider anyone who works in a non-US field and is committed to interdisciplinarity.

Deadline for applications: 10 November 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/10/23/international-and-global-studies-assistant-professor

 

 

 

8. ‘The Natural World and the Making of the Modern Middle East’

with Peter Frankopan,

British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)

27 November 2023, 6pm-7pm (UK time)

The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

This is an in-person only event.

Please register in advance, at:

https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/natural-world-and-the-making-of-modern-middle-east/

 

 

9. CfP: 2024 BRISMES Annual Conference

Lancaster University, Lancashire • 1-3 July 2024

Submissions are now open for our 2024 Annual Conference – Proliferating Entanglements: Matter and Meaning in the Middle East

Recognising the challenges of these devastating times, we remain steadfast in our commitment to the value of knowledge sharing and community building, which our annual conference has long championed. With this commitment in mind, we announce that submissions for the 2024 BRISMES conference, hosted by the Richardson Institute, SEPAD, and the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, are now open. Please take a look at our full call for papers and submit an abstract for an individual presentation, panel and/or roundtable by 14 December 2023. BRISMES warmly welcomes submissions on any topic or area related to the MENA region. In addition to the main theme and focus of the conference, which changes annually, areas of relevance to BRISMES include (but are not limited to): politics, culture & society, language, literature, history, linguistics and translation studies, in and related to the MENA region.

More info at:

https://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/for-delegates/call-for-papers

 

 

 

10. Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK), Hamburg, Germany – Full-time Curator for the East and South Asia Collections

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66360

Closing Date: Dec 4, 2023.

 

 

 

11. Meriem Ben Ammar (University of Cagliari) will present “The Study of the Sābāt in the Islamic City: Relationships between Architecture and Jurisprudence,” Nov 3, 2023

The next VIAHSS lecture will take place on Friday, November 3, 2023. Please note the time carefully!

Due to the time change in Europe, this talk will take place at noon EDT/4PM UK/5 pm France/7PM Turkey.

Meriem Ben Ammar (University of Cagliari) will present “The Study of the Sābāṭ in the Islamic City: Relationships between Architecture and Jurisprudence.”

To attend, please make sure to register in advance here: https://wellesley.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkdu2tqz8pG9yy15JOtkAh9_V8UC_XJVur
Upon registration, you’ll receive the link to access the lecture.

As always, you can find a full schedule of upcoming talks and register for our list-serv on our website at viahss.org. Although not every talk is recorded, we also have recordings of several recent talks available on the VIAHSS Vimeo page at vimeo.com/viahss. Lastly, you can follow us on X at @viahss and on Instagram at @theviahss to stay up to date on upcoming events!

Contact Information

Dr. Alexander Brey and Rachel Winter

Contact Email

winterr6@msu.edu

URL

https://viahss.org

 

 

 

 

12. CFP – Creating Holiness: Books, Scrolls and Icons as Carriers of Sacredness, Interdisciplinary Conference in Mainz – deadline: December 15

Every written culture has its sacred texts. Through the regular reading of these texts, which is usually guided by a fixed rite in the same direction, a group of people reassures themselves of their community and constructs a place of cultural identity beyond the profane. The sacred text not only defines the respective beliefs, but also represents the physical expression of divine revelation, and is often itself revered as a representative of the divine in ritual. Such a text has a special quality as a manuscript, since its value can be increased not only by the high quality of the material and decoration, but also by the extraordinary virtues of the scribe and the circumstances of the act of writing itself. There are notions of what requirements such a scribe should fulfill and what rituals writing itself is subject to. The process of writing becomes a sacred act, a divine service, or an ascetic practice.

This conference will address the questions of what turns a book – or an icon of the Eastern churches – into a sacred object in Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist cultures, and how is sacredness connected to the material.

• Are there material elements – writing surfaces, inks, colors, letterforms – that are preferred in the making of the sacred artifact? What expectations, memories, or theological concepts are associated with the material?
• Is the manufacturing process subject to ritual rules? What requirements are imposed on the scribe? Is the scribe distinguished by a certain way of living or a special position within society?
• What does the special handling of the sacred writings and icons, their veneration and performative choreography within the liturgy or prayer tell us about their functions within the religious community?
• How are the sacred artifacts received? Are there legends about the scribes and the documents they produced? How are narratives about the magical potential of sacred objects to be assessed?

Please send your abstract (150-200 words) to PD Dr Annett Martini by December, 15th 2023. (see contact address below)

Travel and accommodation costs can be covered by the organizers on behalf of the ToRoll project.

Visit our website for more information about the research project ToRoll: Materialized Holiness

Contact Information

ToRoll: Materialized Holiness (Freie Universität Berlin)

Principal investigator: Annett Martini

Contact Email

amartini@zedat.fu-berlin.de

URL

https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/materialisierte-heiligkeit/index.html

1. CFP : Mediterranean Review Vol.16, No.2 (Extended)
Mediterranean Review, issued by the Institute for Mediterranean Studies,
Busan University of Foreign Studies, is calling for papers.
Mediterranean Review (MR) is an official journal of Asian Federation of
Mediterranean Studies Institutes (AFOMEDI), and the Association of History,
Literature, Science and Technology (AHLiST).
MR widens the scope of Mediterranean Studies by publishing academic articles
on the diverse ‘mediterraneans’ distributed all around the world where
civilization exchange occurs, including the Baltic Sea, the Yellow Sea, or the
Caribbean Sea area.
We welcome the submission of articles that covers all fields of the
Humanities, Social Sciences as well as Science and Technology Studies in
relation to a Mediterranean setting.
A special emphasis is on the past and present modes of interactions and
exchange in global mediterraneans.
* Date of Submission : November 15th, 2023. (Wednesday)
* Address to submit : imsmr@bufs.ac.kr
* Date of publication:
No.1) 30th of June
No.2) 31st of December
Before submitting your paper, please refer to our code of research ethics as
well as to the text formatting and citation rules on our website:
http://www.imsmr.or.kr.
– Published Articles :
http://imsmr.cafe24.com/go/bbs/board.php?bo_table=Articles (click to move)
– Submission Guide :　http://imsmr.or.kr/go/bbs/content.php?co_id=Guidelines
(click to move)
– Code of Ethics :
http://imsmr.cafe24.com/go/bbs/content.php?co_id=Code_of_Ethics (click to
move)
– Please notice that we only accept manuscripts in the English language.
– All submitted papers will be evaluated under a strict and fair peer review
process.
– Please notice that there is no guarantee for a submitted article to be
published.
The Editorial Board, Mediterranean Review
Institute for Mediterranean Studies
Busan University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea
Institute for Mediterranean Studies
Busan University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea
65, 485-beon gil, Geumsaemro, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
Tel) +82-51-509-6695
E-mail) imsmr@bufs.ac.kr

 

 

 

2. The Circle for Late Antique and Medieval Studies
is pleased to present:

Fiscal Regime and Social Conflict
in the Early Islamic Near East:
Or, a New History of the Abbasid Revolution 

A lecture by:
Mehdy Shaddel
Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
Aga Khan University London

Wednesday, November 8, at 12:00 pm EST.
The event will be held virtually only.

This talk maps out the outlines of a research project to revisit the nature of the fiscal regime and social change in the early Islamic Near East. Bringing together untapped literary, papyrological, and other evidence, it argues that the seventh-century conquerors who established themselves in garrison towns all across the territories of the Caliphate self-identified as members of a new ruling elite who called themselves muhājirūn and inscribed themselves as such in registers called dīwān for the purpose of receiving stipends. Over time, however, this initially workable system became increasingly imparticable as growing numbers of converts demanded to join the ranks of the conqueror class but were turned away by the government. The failure of successive attempts at reform (notably by the caliphs Sulaymān and ʿUmar II) left these converts a constituency to be courted by the opposition, and many of them were recruited into various rebel causes, including the Hashemite movement that brought down the Umayyad regime in 750. Having attained power with the help of this constituency, the Abbasids saw to a revision of the fiscal system whereby it was Muslimness (rather than muhājir status) that entitled one to membership of the ruling classes and taxes were assessed on the basis of religious status, thus giving shape to classical Islamic fiscal law as we know it.
Register here!

 

 

 

3. 10th IDHN Conference on November 9, 2023.

We will hear four exciting presentations:

Joshua Little (Independent): Revolutionising Hadith Diagrams: A New Resource for the Field

Ali Aghaei (Paderborn University): Digital Edition of Early Quranic Manuscripts: Methodological Considerations from the Irankoran Project

Ali Cebeci (Georgetown University): Do Transmitters Leave Fingerprints? Profiling Hadith Transmission through Mass-Data Analysis

Salwa Alahmari (University of Leeds): ChatGPT for identifying Saudi Dialects

In order to attend the conference please register at: https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpdeCoqzksHdXWpday6cDQsnsnVJFJfERc

 

 

 

4. CallFront Seminar, Calligraphy on the Frontiers of the Islamic World, Umberto Bongianino – November 8

We are pleased to welcome Umberto Bongianino (Oxford University) for the next session of the seminar CALLFRONT Calligraphy on the Frontiers of the Islamic World, which will take place on November 8th, 2023, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (Paris), salle Walter Benjamin :

“De la calligraphie à l’uranographie : concevoir et dessiner le firmament au Maghreb médiéval” – Umberto Bongianino (Oxford University)

Abstract : Deux manuscrits peu connus du Kitab Suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Livre des étoiles fixes) de Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi nous permettent de réfléchir sur la façon dont les constellations ptolémaïques étaient représentées au Maghreb médiéval, au confluent de diverses traditions iconographiques asiatiques et européennes. De plus, la haute qualité calligraphique et artistique d’un de ces manuscrits, achevé en 1224 à Ceuta pour un savant philanthrope d’origine andalouse, révèle plusieurs aspects fascinants de la culture bibliophilique de l’époque.

Zoom available

Contact Email

callfront@inha.fr

URL

https://callfront.hypotheses.org/4669

 

 

 

5. JOB – University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Assistant Professor, East Asian or South Asian Art History

University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Assistant Professor, East Asian or South Asian Art History

The Department of Art & Art History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professorship in East Asian or South Asian Art History. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. by the start date of July 1, 2024. We seek a dynamic scholar with a strong commitment to teaching and research in either East Asian Art History or South Asian Art History who will contribute to our vibrant academic community while expanding our current fields of art historical expertise. A demonstrated engagement with evolving directions in the field will be of particular interest. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses in East Asian or South Asian art; to maintain an active and productive research profile; and to contribute to departmental and university service. The University of North Carolina has substantial resources to support this position including the extensive collection in the Ackland Art Museum, one of the strongest collections of Asian art in the southeast, the Sloane Art Library, the Carolina Asia Center, and the academic programs in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. The teaching load for tenured and tenure-track faculty members is two courses per semester. Our service responsibilities include membership of departmental committees, advising, and participation in shared governance.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Art History or closely related field with a specialization in East Asian or South Asian art.
• Demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching and a commitment to innovative and inclusive pedagogical practices.
• A strong research profile with a record of, or clear potential for, scholarly publication and presentation.
• Ability to contribute to the department’s interdisciplinary and collaborative research environment.

Required materials

• Applicants must apply online at https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/267491
• Cover letter detailing your specific interests and qualifications for the position.
• c.v.
• One recent publication or similar writing sample
• Sample syllabi for two courses on Asian art that you have taught or would like to teach.
• Statement of research interests
• Statement of teaching philosophy
• Contact information for four academic references.

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66313

Closing date: Nov 16, 2023

 

 

 

6. JOB – Northwestern University, Assistant Professor of Art/Architecture of the Middle East, North Africa, and Iberia, 600-1500 CE

Northwestern University

Closing date 1.1.24

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66334

 

 

 

7. Le CeRMI a le plaisir de vous convier à laprochaine séancedu séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien”, qui se tiendra le vendredi 10 novembre 2023, 17h-19h, en salle 3.03 à l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII, 3^e étage).

Nous sommes heureux d’accueillir Mme Maryam Nourzaei, chercheuse rattachée au Département de Linguistique et de Philologie à l’Université d’Uppsala, pour une conférence intitulée: “Mamabies ritual tradition among African diaspora in Balochistan“.

Résumé

The goal of this presentation is to examine the content and themes found in the ritual Mamaby songs performed within the Afro-Baloch communities residing along the coast in Sistan and Balochistan. The term “Afro-Baloch” refers to individuals of African descent who were brought to Balochistan from Africa. Over time, they abandoned their original language and adopted Balochi. What sets them apart from other regional groups is their practice of unique traditions (Nourzaei, in print and prep).

The term “Mamabies” (coined for this study) pertains to songs sung by women specifically for a pregnant women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. The data used for this study is derived from a growing collection of songs performed by four elderly Afro-Balochi female singers from the towns of Dashtiyari, Chabahar, Negor, and Konarak. These singers range in age from 38 to 80 years and have not received formal education. The ritual songs are characterized by their brevity and frequent repetition, and they are exclusively sung by women. Typically, a group consists of one lead singer and seven ordinary women.

The data reveals that the forms and themes of these ritual songs have become entirely intertwined with their Balochi counterparts.

Pour rappel, vous retrouverez ci-joint le programme 2023-2024 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” au format pdf. Pour plus de détails, veuillez vous reporter au site web du CeRMI :

https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2023-2024/

Au plaisir de vous retrouver à l’occasion de ces séances, qui se déroulent en présentiel sur le site de l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII).

 

 

 

 

8. Call for Applications: 2 Year Postdoc in South Asian Literary Cultures at Hamilton College

2 year postdoc in the field of South Asian Literary Cultures and their Languages at Hamilton College starting 1 July 2024. The search is particularly interested in teacher-scholars whose research and teaching engages with Persian, Hindi, and/or Urdu. Candidates should also indicate their experience in language instruction. For application details please see this link.

Candidates should submit (1) a cover letter, (2) CV, (3) a writing sample, and (4) at least one course syllabus (for a course already taught or for a proposed course) via interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/132491. Questions regarding the search may be directed to Abhishek Amar, Search Committee Chair, at aamar@hamilton.edu.

The review of applications will begin on December 15, 2023.

 

 

 

 

9. Qur’ān Translation as a Modern Phenomenon

El-Hussein A.Y. Aly

Brill, 2023

https://brill.com/display/title/62095

 

 

 

10. The Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World at the University of Edinburgh seeks to appoint a Fellow in Contemporary Muslim Societies in a Globalised World.

This is a three-year, fixed term position ideal for a scholar who is established in their field and looking to further develop their research, teaching and outreach skills and experience.

Further information about the role, including how to apply, can be found here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDL185/alwaleed-fellow-in-contemporary-muslim-societies-in-a-globalised-world

Closing date: 10 Nov 2023

 

 

11. Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation:

The Translation Movement Between East and West

29.11.23

For information and to register:

https://al-furqan.com/events/translation-movement-between-east-and-west/?mc_cid=979f8fa0d3&mc_eid=97e989224a

 

 

 

12. 14th Jaleh Esfahani Poetry Prize

Jaleh Esfahani Foundation and SOAS Iranian Society in association with the Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS

14th Jaleh Esfahani Poetry Prize

2.30pm-5.30pm, Sunday 29 October 2023

The Persian language bonds the three neighbouring countries of Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan and the Diaspora. Young poets, under the age of 30, from the region and all over the world, compete annually for this reputable prize.
The winners will be announced at the event and read their poems, while talks by famous speakers from the three countries, intertwined with music and dance from their countries will inform and entertain the audience.
Please note that all of this event’s proceedings are in Persian language.
For further information please email:

• fsp@parand.co.uk

 

Further Information

 

 

 

13. Figurations and Sensations of the Unseen in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Contested Desires

Birgit Meyer and Terje Stordalen (eds)

Bloomsbury, 2016

Now available open access:

https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9781350078666&st=9781350078666

 

 

 

14. The SCORE research team at Hamburg is delighted to announce the CfP for our second conference, which will take place at the University of Hamburg (Germany) on 12-13 September 2024! The conference theme is ‘How Rebellion Ends’, and we aim to bring together scholars of late antique and early Islamicate societies for a fruitful interdisciplinary engagement with (shared?) cultures of conflict resolution.

Interested parties should submit an abstract (300 words) and a short biography to hannah-lena.hagemann@uni-hamburg.de  by 15 December 2023. We welcome submissions from established as well as junior scholars, advanced PhD students, and independent researchers. Travel and accommodation will be covered.
You can find all the details, including a broad range of research questions we hope to address over the course of the conference, in the CfP on our website: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score/news/conferences/conference-2024.html.  If you’d like to know more about our research group, please visit www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/score.

 

 

 

15. ACP is the first open-access project aimed at unlocking the potential of Arabic audition certificates (سماع, طبقة السماع or إجازة) for our research community. ACP 1.0 has now been launched, https://www.audition-certificates-platform.org/, and will be regularly updated. The data set underlying ACP is available open access in the Research Data Repository at Universität Hamburg, https://www.fdr.uni-hamburg.de/record/13525. The data set is published under a CC BY 4.0 license allowing it to be reused for other projects.

 

 

 

16. Call for Papers: International Workshop for Early Career Researchers

Decline and Transition in the History of the Fourteenth Century’s Chinggisid Khanates

University of Bonn, Department of Sinology

Friday-Saturday, 7-8 June 2024

Convener: Dr. Ishayahu Landa

We are happy to announce the convening of an international workshop, dedicated to the transition and decline periods in the history of the Chinggisid Khanates of the fourteenth century. The primary aim of the workshop is twofold. On the one hand, the goal of the workshop is to highlight the various aspects of the mid-fourteenth century’s transformation of Eurasia under the Mongol rule, known otherwise as the “Great Chinggisid Crisis”. We invite papers in all fields of research, encouraging early career researchers in the fields beyondthe “classical” text-oriented humanities corpora (e.g.numismatic, climatic research, history of medicine, archaeology etc.) to submit their proposalsas well. On the other hand, this workshop is explicitly thought to engage early career researcherfrom all over the field and give them an opportunity to share their findings and approaches.

Thus, beyond one or two keynotes of senior scholars, to be announced later, all participants of the workshop should belong to this target group.

Practical details: Please send the abstract of individual papers (up to 250 words) along with a short (1-2 pages) CV by 1 December 2023. The abstracts and the CV must be sent to Dr. Ishayahu Landa (ilanda@uni-bonn.de ).

Participants will be notified of acceptance not later than 1 January 2024.

Remote participation is not possible.

Accommodation and transportation: Accommodation in Bonn will be covered for up to max. 3 nights, meals during the two days of the conference will be also completely covered. Unfortunately, our funding is limited. However, we will be able to offer at least a partial refund for the transportation to some or to most of the guests (depending on the way of traveling and the number of participants).If you wish to be considered for travel funding, please state so when submitting the abstract.For queries, please contact Dr. Ishayahu Landa (ilanda@uni-bonn.de ).

 

 

 

17. The Virtual Islamic Art History Seminar Series (VIAHSS) is pleased to announce the launch of our Call for Proposals for the 2024 program of VIAHSS.We are now inviting proposals for paper presentations on topics related to the history of art, architecture, and visual culture of any time period from the Islamic world for spring and fall of 2024. We welcome submissions from current graduate students, faculty, curators, and independent scholars.

The virtual seminar series will take place on Zoom from mid-January onwards. Each session will include a 20-30 minute presentation followed by a 20 minute discussion in a constructive and friendly manner. In addition to individual proposals we are also open to workshop proposals, which might include moderated discussions of pre-circulated papers, roundtables, discussions with practicing architects or artists, or other formats.
If you are interested, please send an abstract detailing your topic (not more than 500 words) and your CV or resume by Friday, December 1, 2023,to Dr. Alexander Brey (alexander.brey@wellesley.edu) and Rachel Winter (winterr6@msu.edu) with the phrase “VIAHSS 2024 proposal” in the subject line. Please include information about your location and time zone in your email as we will have to find a time that works well for most participants. You may also express a preference or dispreference for a specific month based on your anticipated activities in the spring.

About VIAHSS:

Founded at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in May 2020, the Virtual Islamic Art History Seminar Series (VIAHSS) has brought together a diverse community of researchers from around the world through its virtual seminars and workshops, thereby filling a new niche in academic discourse.

While travel has resumed and in-person events have begun again, the need for a forum which brings together international and intergenerational audiences in an inclusive and supportive fashion still continues to exist. We believe that this is the time to encourage researchers to connect in different ways and to include and pay attention to voices that have been heard less.

We hope to expand our understanding of Islamic art history and discuss those geographical areas and time periods that have previously been defined as marginal.

Contact Information

Dr. Alexander Brey (alexander.brey@wellesley.edu) and Rachel Winter (winterr6@msu.edu)

Contact Email

winterr6@msu.edu

URL

https://viahss.org/

 

 

 

18. Online: Yale Persian Writers’ Conversation: Homeira Qaderi and Aliyeh Ataei, Nov. 15, 11:30am EST

For further information and to register:

https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J9VbNtN2Ro2mDhSeXjC7rA#/registration

 

 

19. The Islamic College:

Monthly Seminar: Mohammad’s Message for the 21^st Century

A Talk by Professor Juan Cole

Wednesday, 8 November 2023,

 6 pm to 7:30 pm UK time

on Zoom

Meeting ID: 885 5362 5514

Passcode: 797518

Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88553625514?pwd=cKlE0M3udJ9bvTLTNiSYMylL8s6hee.1

Register at: https://islamic-college.ac.uk/event-registration/

 

 

 

 

20. The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures and the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago invite applications for a Professorship in Ancient Near Eastern Art, with appointment beginning July 1, 2024, or July 1, 2025.

For information, and to apply, visit:

https://apply.interfolio.com/135096?fbclid=IwAR0ysB4l6PjhUH87bR-mrQKPZxvX766AHkK-Z2WxmM9yuz93CCEn8PyXQF4
Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2023.

1. ONLINE Book Introduction “The Power of the People: Everyday Resistance and Dissent in the Making of Modern Turkey, 1923-38” by Murat Metinsoy (İstanbul University), Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, 26 October 2023, 12:00 EDT

The co-winner of the 2022 OTSA Book Prize will introduce his book. Burak Gürel (Koç University) will be the discussant and James Ryan (Foreign Policy Research Institute) will moderate the session. This text reveals a historian who seemed to conceive of the historical Egypt as a core territory of the Roman empire by virtue of the province’s role in Christian history.

Information and registration: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvdeyupj0rGdabaMGF7XE8G7KXkDRG9F7N#/registration

 

 

 

 

2. “6th World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES-6)” Hosted by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre in Cooperation with New York University Abu Dhabi, American University of Beirut and University of St Andrews, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 17-21 February 2025

The International Advisory Council of WOCMES has just decided that the next World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies will take place in Abu Dhabi. By planning other conferences, the organisers should avoid the period 17-21 February 2025 when up to 3500 scholars of Middle Eastern Studies are expected in Abu Dhabi.

The Call for Papers with detailed information is expected in early 2024.

 

 

 

 

3. University Assistant (PhD Position), Department of Islamic Theology and Religious Education, University of Innsbruck

Main tasks: Dissertation in the field of Islamic religious education; independent research in the field of Islamic religious education; independent teaching; training and further education; administrative tasks. Required qualifications: completed relevant Master’s degree; please include written reflections on your dissertation project (max. 5 pages) with your application; ability to work in a team. Language skills German C2 is required.

Deadline for applications: 22 November 2023.

Information: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/karriereportal.details?asg_id_in=13806

 

 

 

4. Instructional Professor in Northwest Semitics, University of Chicago

We invite applications for appointment as Instructional Professor (open rank) in Northwest Semitics, particularly Aramaic, Biblical Hebrew, Syriac, and related dialects/languages.

Deadline for application: 1 November 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/131663

 

 

 

5. Articles for “Al Noor, the Undergraduate Middle Eastern Studies Journal of Boston College”

We are accepting submissions for the Fall/Spring 2023-2024 issue. We are looking for original research papers about the politics, history, culture, religion, or art of the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa. Academic papers should typically be approximately 8,000 words. We will also consider features and photo essays with a word count of approximately 1,500.

Deadline for submissions: 3 November 2023.

Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/10/12/call-for-submissions

1. Free online course “Learn Persian through Qabus-Nameh,” offered by the Armenian School of Languages and Cultures – ASPIRANTUM. This course will start on February 5, 2024, and run until February 9, 2024. The application deadline for this free course is October 31, 2023.
For more details and to apply, please visit https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-through-qabus-nameh

 

 

2. The submission process for themed day papers for the 10^th School of Mamluk Studies Conference in Kuwait has closed; we are extending the deadline for panel submissions to October 31.

Reminder – the deadline to register for the Intensive Course: To What Degree Can Mamluk Artifacts be Interrogated? is November 30.

We are pleased to announce The Tenth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies that will be held at Kuwait University, Kuwait, March 5-7, 2024.

The conference, which will be exclusively in person (no online presentations will be accepted), will be conducted in two parts (March 5-7, 2024), and will be preceded by a three-day (March 2-4, 2024) intensive course on Mamluk archaeological material taught by Professor Bethany Walker, University of Bonn.

Paper Panels: The remaining two days of the conference (March 6-7) will be structured in preorganized panels, which may focus on any aspect of the intellectual, political, social, economic, and artistic life of the Mamluk period. The panels will be organized into presentations of three to four papers of twenty minutes each. Time allotted to each paper will be twenty minutes with a discussion at the end of each panel. Panel proposals must be made by a representative, who will be responsible for the panel’s organization. Please note that in case of cancellation of two papers out of the three (or three out of the four) composing the panel, the panel will have to be withdrawn from the program.

Language: The official languages of the conference will be English and Arabic.

Proposals: Panel proposals must be submitted electronically through the conference webpage (http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/school-of-mamluk-studies.html) by October 31, 2023. No proposal will be accepted after the deadline. Those who would like to express their intention to attend the conference as listeners must fill in the registration form by October 31, 2023.

Paper proposals require the name and a one-page CV of the speaker, a provisional title, and an abstract of a maximum of 300 words per paper. Panel proposals must be submitted as such, including the relevant information for each component paper as well as the name of the panel’s chair (the chair can be one of the panelists).

Acceptance: Panel proposals will be peer-reviewed. A first circular will be sent by December 2023 to those whose proposals have been accepted, and to those who have expressed interest in attending the conference as listeners.

Fees: The conference registration fees will be $60 for all participants and attendees. A farewell dinner will take place on the last day (March 7) at a cost to be determined. Payment of the fees (registration and farewell dinner) must be received by January 15, 2024 (information on the method of payment to be used will be provided in the first circular, which will be sent in December 2023).

Cancellations received in writing by January 31, 2024, will secure a full refund, minus 20% of the registration fee. Refunds of fees (registration and farewell dinner) will not be made under any circumstances for cancellations after January 31, 2024. Participants must make their own travel arrangements; information and suggestions for accommodation will be provided in the first circular.

Publication:

1. Themed Day: the papers will be published in a volume of proceedings. Further details will be announced in due course.
2. Panels: selected papers will be published in Mamlūk Studies Review.

Intensive Course: To What Degree Can Mamluk Artifacts be Interrogated?

A three-day intensive course in Mamluk archaeology intended for advanced graduate students and other qualified participants will be offered by Professor Bethany Walker (University of Bonn) and will be held immediately before the tenth conference of the School of Mamluk Studies at Kuwait University, in collaboration with Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (March 2-4, 2024). The course will serve as an introduction to what is now a mature discipline within Mamlukology: Mamluk Archaeology. It is also a venue for exploring ways in which archaeology could serve as a primary source for historical studies during the Mamluk period. Participants will be exposed to both theory and methods, and emphasis is placed on “learning by doing”, making use of the Mamluk-era holdings of the unique al-Sabah Collection of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah and artifacts from excavations.

Since the number of the participants will be limited (a maximum of 20), those who desire to take part in the course are requested to submit a CV, a statement of purpose, and a letter of recommendation by someone familiar with your work to the following email address: sms10kuwait24@ku365.onmicrosoft.com by November 30, 2023. Those who are selected for the course will be notified by the end of December 2023, at which time information about the method of payment for the course fees will be provided.

The course fee is $350, which also includes the registration fee for the subsequent conference (March 5-7). The fees must be paid by January 15, 2024. Registration and participation will not be confirmed until payment is received. Cancellations received in writing by January 31, 2024, will secure a full refund, minus 20% of the course fee. Refunds of course fees will not be made under any circumstances for cancellations received after January 31, 2024.

Participants must make their own travel arrangements. Information and suggestions for accommodation will be provided in the first circular.

We look forward to meeting you in Kuwait.

Amenah Abdulkarim, Kuwait University (local organizer) – sms10kuwait24@ku365.onmicrosoft.com

Frédéric Bauden, Université de Liège

Antonella Ghersetti, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice

Marlis Saleh, University of Chicago

Contact Information

Amenah Abdulkarim, Kuwait University (local organizer)

Contact Email

sms10kuwait24@ku365.onmicrosoft.com

URL

https://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference.html

 

 

 

 

3. CFP: The Female Voice in Philosophical Conversations

Location: Australian Catholic University’s Rome Campus (Villa Maria)

Dates: May 30-June 1, 2024

Confirmed Speakers: Virginia Cox (Cambridge), Jana Matuszak (University of Chicago), Katarzyna Jażdżewska (Warsaw), Julia Hairston (Rome)

Organizer: Dawn LaValle Norman (Australian Catholic University)

At various times and places in history, it was attractive to write philosophy as a conversation between characters. Only very rarely are any of the philosophical speakers female. When the female voice was used by male or female authors, it frequently leaned on gendered associations, such as women’s expertise in certain ‘female’ topics such as love and reproduction.

Yet, the story is not always so simple. This conference will explore when the female voice was used, how it was deployed, and what it can illuminate about changing gender norms and views about the definition and limits of philosophy.

The conference will bring together scholars on philosophical dialogues (as either genre or discourse mode within other genres) from various time periods and languages, from the 2^nd millennium BCE to the modern day, who are working on theoretical issues around the use of the female voice in philosophical discussion and drama. The concept of a philosophical dialogue is meant to be an inclusive one, encompassing conversational literature dedicated to intellectual inquiry and wisdom across cultures and periods.

We welcome papers dealing with the use of the female voice in philosophical dialogues especially outside of the area of Classical and Renaissance literature, for which we already have some coverage (although abstracts about these areas will certainly be considered). Non-western topics are especially welcome, as are papers dealing with the 18^th century and later.

We expect to be able to cover housing and meal costs during the conference for accepted participants but are unable to subsidize travel to Rome. We hope to gather approximately fifteen scholars together for the workshop, and plan to publish the papers as a special issue of a journal, subject to peer review.

This conference is sponsored by Dawn LaValle Norman’s Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) on ‘The Female Voice in Ancient Philosophical Dialogues’.

For consideration, please send your name, affiliation, and a 200-300 word abstract to dawn.lavallenorman@acu.edu.au by Dec. 15^th.

Contact Information

Professor Dawn LaValle Norman

Contact Email

dawn.lavallenorman@acu.edu.au

 

 

 

4. Call for Papers for an upcoming edited volume, “Latin and Eastern Catholicism in Ottoman Anatolia: social, economic, and religious inquiries from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries.”

While recent years have seen an increase in scholarly interest towards the history of Catholicism in the European provinces of the Ottoman Empire, with emphasis on Hungary, Bosnia, Istanbul, and the Greek Archipelago, Anatolia (Asia Minor) remains a less explored setting. With the forthcoming 300^th anniversary of the Melkite Catholic Church of Antioch, it is time to examine more closely the history of Catholicism in places such as Antakya, Iskenderun. This is also a perfect occasion to examine the history of Catholic Churches and communities across Anatolia, from Izmir to Trabzon, and from Mersin to Samsun across the longue durée. With original and innovative interdisciplinary perspectives from established as well as early-careers scholars and postgraduate researchers, this volume will go beyond a simple positivist history of the Communion of Eastern Churches with Rome and to provide in-depth social, economic, and religious inquiries into the Catholic communities of Asia Minor from the late Byzantine to the early Republican periods.

We invite contributions from a variety of perspectives and fields that include but are not limited to:

• The evolution of ecclesiastical organisation of Anatolia across the centuries
• Its interaction with Ottoman local and central authorities
• The impact of the Ottoman conquest of Anatolia on local Catholic communities
• The perception of the Ottoman administration of Catholic communities in Anatolia in relation to those in other provinces
• The impact of foreign missionaries and the Communion of Eastern Churches with Rome on the local Catholic communities
• Relations between different Catholic communities and with their Orthodox counterparts
• Muslim intellectuals and religious scholars’ interest in polemics between Catholics and Eastern Christians
• Support received by Catholic communities in Anatolia from Western European powers and its connection to their commercial interests in the area
• The role of women within Catholic ecclesiastical and lay communities of Anatolia
• The impact of late-Ottoman and early Republican conflicts and forced migrations
• The status and preservation of former Catholic Church properties in Anatolia.
• Catholic churches as shared spaces.

Submission Guidelines and Deadlines

• Abstract submission in English, French, or Italian (250 words) & biography (150 words):  01 December 2023
• Notification of acceptance or rejection: 15 January 2023
• Workshop (hybrid in English): March 2024
• Full text submission (English, French, or Italian): 30 June 2024
• Publication (The Isis Press): December 2024

Contact Information

Vanessa R. de Obaldía, MAMEMS – JGU of Mainz

Radu Dipratu, Institute for South-East European Studies

Anaïs Massot, EHESS, Casor

Padraic Rohan, Quincy University

Contact Email

catholicism.anatolia@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

5. Registration Open: Online Workshop, ‘Armenian Society under Caliphal Rule’, 7–8 December 2023
Dear colleagues, the Emmy Noether Junior Research Group ‘Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period’ (SCORE) at the University of Hamburg is delighted to announce that registration is now open for the online workshop ‘Armenian Society under Caliphal Rule’, 7–8 December 2023.
This workshop will consider the social history of Armenia in the period between the first Muslim invasions and the establishment of the Bagratuni Kingdom, i.e. seventh to ninth centuries AD/first to third centuries AH. Contributions will cover a diverse range of topics including church councils, epigraphy, the environment and cross-cultural marriage.
Confirmed participants include Stephanie Forrest (Cambridge), Tim Greenwood (St Andrews), Ani Honarchian (Saint Louis), Nik Matheou (Edinburgh), Leone Pecorini Goodall (Edinburgh/St Andrews) and Johannes Preiser-Kapeller (Vienna). Each talk will be followed by a response from a dedicated discussant and a public Q&A.
To register, please contact the convener, Alasdair Grant, at alasdair.grant@uni-hamburg.de . Registration will be open until the end of the event, but advanced registration is encouraged. The workshop will be hosted on Zoom and will take place in the afternoon only (CET). The finalised programme will be published soon.
For more information on our research group, please visit http://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/score

 

 

 

6. Medieval Academy Summer Research Program for graduate students (deadline: 22 Jan 2024)

About: The Medieval Academy of America (MAA) is excited to announce the 2024 Summer Research Program for PhD-track students. Organized by the MAA’s Mentoring Program Committee, the Summer Research Program is designed to foster the growth of essential skills and mentorship relationships and improve educational experiences and outcomes for graduate students in fields intersecting with Medieval Studies. Our primary goals are to facilitate the development of successful dissertation projects, foster networking and community-building, and improve competitiveness for grants and academic positions. Format: The 2024 Summer Research Program will convene via Zoom over the course of six weeks in June, July, and August and culminate in a hybrid event in early August. Participants will learn about the range of available grants, develop successful strategies for securing these funding opportunities, and begin to work with mentors and one another to produce their own grant proposals (with specific attention on identifying the broader contributions of their research, developing budgets, and proposing viable schedules). In the latter sessions, participants will break into two cohorts, and leaders will help them each develop a targeted written work relating to their dissertation project: ideally a dissertation prospectus, a grant proposal, or an introduction to an article addressing and contextualizing the broader goals of the project. The workshop series also will feature guidance on library and archival research, writing strategies and techniques, networking, community-building, and other vital professional skills. The in-person event for US, Canadian, and Mexican participants will take place at the University of California at Berkeley on August 1-4. During this long weekend, participants will continue their collaborations, meet and learn from mentors and other invited experts, and finalize and ultimately present the work they have been developing and sharing virtually in their workshops. Participants from other countries will attend this event virtually. Eligibility: We seek twelve graduate students who are currently enrolled in U.S., Canadian, or Mexican PhD programs, and five graduate students from other countries, who will have finished their second year but not yet completed or defended their dissertations. There are no disciplinary or geographical limitations. The only restriction is that the applicant’s research project intersects somehow with Medieval Studies. The MAA seeks to incorporate and enable access to resources for people from underrepresented groups. We especially encourage applicants from communities and backgrounds that have been traditionally underrepresented or marginalized within Medieval Studies. Preference will also be given to applicants who do not already have access to the resources this program provides. Funding: Participants from the US, Canada and Mexico will receive a stipend of $1000 and reimbursement for round-trip travel costs up to $500 to attend the in-person culminating event. Those from other countries attending only via Zoom will also receive a stipend of $1000. All participants will receive a one-year free membership to the MAA. Application: Applications are due by January 22, 2024. Use this link to access and submit the application. Applicants will be notified of decisions via email by April 1, 2024. For help with any questions or further information, please email maamentorship@gmail.com.

 

 

 

7. The Allard Pierson has launched a new fellowship programme to promote academic research into the unique and extensive collections of the University of Amsterdam, including its very rich collection of maps and atlases. As of 2024, the Allard Pierson will be offering several stipends each year for national and international researchers, for a maximum of three months. Applications for the year 2024 are now open; the closing date is 1 December 2023.

Please feel free to contact one of the members of the Explokart research group if you would be interested to apply for an Allard Pierson fellowship. It replaces the former Explokart fellowship, whose call is now closed.

Guidelines and application form can be found here.

URL

https://allardpierson.nl/en/research/fellowships/

 

 

 

 

8. Call for Papers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to People, Power, and Place

Thursday 18th – Friday 19th April 2024

The world of Antiquity is vast. It encompasses Greco-Roman, Near Eastern, Asiatic, African, and ‘Celtic’ cultures, across centuries of history, spanning geographical regions traditionally stretching from the western Mediterranean to the far reaches of China. It is therefore critical that historians do not limit themselves to understanding it through a single perspective.

For this reason, the organising committee is looking for papers that tackle the topics of people, power, or place ranging from the Archaic period until the end of Late Antiquity.

Possible topics might include, but are not limited to:

• Reception of People, Power, and Place

• Archaeological Approaches to People, Power, and Place (Art, Architecture, Epigraphy, Rock Reliefs)

• Political and Military History (Rulers, Elites, Generals, etc.)

• Literary Approaches to People, Power, and Place (Biography, Criticism, Traditions)

• Narrating People, Power, and Place through Gender and Sexuality

• Religious Outlooks within the Ancient World

• Identifying Ethnicity and Mobility in Antiquity

• International Relations and Geopolitics

• Social Constructs of People, Power, and Place

• Beyond Greece and Rome

Those wishing to have a paper considered, please send a title, 300-word abstract, short bio, and their institution to ampahconference@gmail.com by Friday 1st December 2023.

As with previous conferences, selected papers will be published in an edited volume. Submissions should aim to be as close to the theme as possible in their abstract and paper. Nevertheless, all submissions are warmly invited.

​The conference will have a hybrid format, with papers delivered at the Cardiff University John Percival Building and livestreamed for a remote audience. Online papers will be accepted.

Keep up to date:

Website: https://ampahconference.wixsite.com/annual-meeting-of-po

Twitter/X: @AMPAHistory

 

 

 

9. Fellowship – Grabar Post-doctoral Fellowship, HIAA – deadline: December 15, 2023

Grabar Post-doctoral Fellowship
Deadline: December 15, 2023
The Grabar Post-doctoral Fellowship is intended to support post-doctoral scholars at an early stage of their careers in advancing their research. Fellowship funds may be used in one of two ways:
* To spend up to two months in residence as a visiting professor or fellow/research scholar at a university, museum, research institute or similar institution outside their usual country of residence or employment.
* To support additional research to aid in preparing the dissertation for publication.
Applicants should have completed their Ph.D. within the last five years or have submitted their dissertations by the start of the fellowship.
The Grabar Post-doctoral Fellowship will provide up to $2000 US per month, for a maximum of two months. An additional $1000 may be requested for travel or for supplies.
All materials should be submitted by email to the chair of the Grabar post-doctoral fellowship committee chair (grabar.hiaa@gmail.com) by December 15, 2023. Files exceeding 5 Mb should be transferred by FTP.
For further details and to apply, please visit: https://www.historiansofislamicart.org/opportunities/hiaa-prizes/grabar-grants-and-fellowships

 

 

 

10. Award – The Margaret B. Ševčenko Prize in Islamic Art and Culture Deadline, HIAA – deadline: December 15, 2023

The Margaret B. Ševčenko Prize in Islamic Art and Culture
Deadline: December 15, 2023
Every year the Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA) sponsors a competition and awards the Margaret B. Ševčenko Prize for the best unpublished essay written by a junior scholar (pre-dissertation graduate student to three years after the Ph.D. degree) on any aspect of Islamic visual culture. This competition is open to HIAA members only. The Ševčenko Prize recipient receives an award of $500 and a citation, generally presented at HIAA’s annual business meeting. The Prize is named in memory of Margaret Bentley Ševčenko, the first and long-serving Managing Editor of Muqarnas, a journal devoted to the visual culture of the Islamic world and sponsored by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard and at MIT. The winning essay will be considered for publication by the Muqarnas Editorial Board.
Submissions must include the paper in both Word and PDF format, and a separate sheet with the author’s contact information (address, telephone number, and email address). Papers should not exceed 10,000 words in length (including footnotes) and can be accompanied by up to 15 low-res illustrations.
Please note that submissions cannot be in press or under review with any publisher.
A letter of recommendation for the paper should be sent separately by the author’s adviser or referee.
All materials should be submitted by email to the Ševčenko committee chair (sevcenko.hiaa@gmail.com) by December 15, 2023. Files exceeding 5 Mb should be transferred by FTP.
For further details, please visit: https://www.historiansofislamicart.org/opportunities/hiaa-prizes/the-margaret-ševčenko-prize-in-islamic-art-and-culture

 

 

11. Association of Iranian Studies (AIS)

First AIS Online Symposium

21 – 22 October 2023

The Association of Iranian Studies (AIS) is holding its inaugural online symposium this weekend, which a number of colleagues at SOAS are participating in.
Please note that registration is only open to members of the AIS, and that the Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS is not involved in this event.
Please contact symposium@associationforiranianstudies.org for any queries about the symposium.

 

Programme

 

Further Information

 

 

 

 

12. Lecturer (Education and Research) in Arabic Studies
University of St Andrews

The School of Modern Languages is seeking to recruit a Lecturer in Arabic Studies. You will be a scholar with a growing international research reputation and commitment to delivering high quality in Arabic language studies and the broader field of Arabic literary and cultural studies. The position is available for a period of 3 years to cover a staff secondment.

Deadline | 2 November 2023

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13. Research Fellowships
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies invites applications for up to two Research Fellowships open to post-doctoral candidates in any area of the arts, humanities or social sciences which contribute to a more informed understanding of the Islamic world – its history, economy, politics, culture and contemporary life.

Deadline | 30 November 2023

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14. Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud Professorship for the Study of the Contemporary Arab World
University of Oxford

The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) and Magdalen College intend to appoint to the Khalid bin Abdullah al Saud Professorship in the Study of the Contemporary Arab World with effect from 1 October 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. This post is a statutory professorship, which is the most senior academic grade at Oxford.

Deadline | 4 December 2023

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15. Call for Applications | BIAA Study, Research and Large Research Grants

The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) is offering a range of grants for UK Higher Education Institution-affiliated scholars at all stages of their career from postdoctoral researcher to senior academic:

• BIAA Study Grants (up to £2,000) enable researchers to undertake short periods of study in Türkiye and the Black Sea region.
• BIAA Research Grants (up to £5,000) co-finance research projects relating to all historical periods up to and including contemporary Türkiye, with a particular focus on comparative and cross-disciplinary approaches.
• BIAA Large Research Grants (up to £10,000) are aimed at directors of large-scale research projects.

Deadline | 29 October 2023

 

 

 

 

16. CBRL Andrea Zerbini Awards 2023-24

CBRL is delighted to announce the call for applications for CBRL Andrea Zerbini Awards. Applications are invited for grants of up to £4,000 from registered doctoral students (up to a maximum of 12 years since the completion of their Master’s degree) at EU and UK Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) to travel to the countries of the Levant. Two awards are available in 2023/24.

Deadline | 31 October 2023
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17. Call for Leadership Proposals – 2024 APSA MENA Workshop

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is pleased to announce a call for proposals from political scientists interested in serving as co-leaders for the 2024 MENA Workshop program. This research development workshop will be a 6-day in-person program held in the MENA region in summer 2024.

Deadline | 5 November 2023

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18. Call for Proposals – International Writing Workshops

Funding | British Academy

The British Academy is inviting proposals for Writing Workshops in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries. These workshops should aim to develop the skills of early career researchers, including supporting and promoting the uptake of their research in journals and publications.

Deadline | 6 December 2023

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19. 2024-2025 Tanya Baker-Asad Scholarship for Palestinian Women Pursuing PhDs

The Palestinian American Research Center announces the inauguration of The Tanya Baker-Asad Scholarship for Palestinian women pursuing PhDs in the humanities and social sciences. The Scholarship was established in honor of the late Tanya Baker-Asad, an anthropologist, a feminist, and a strong supporter of the Palestinian cause.

Deadline | 08 January 2024

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20. Nahrein Network-UCL Graduate Studentship

The Nahrein Network is pleased to announce our next fully funded MA/MSc + PhD studentship for Iraqi nationals, to be held at University College London in the Department of History, the Institute of Archaeology, or the Bartlett Institute for Sustainable Heritage. The scholarship covers full university tuition fees plus an annual maintenance grant of £23,995.00 and access to research funds.

Deadline | 15 January 2024

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21. Autumn School – Arab World Institute
Workshops | Arab World Institute (IMA) | 23-27 October 2023

The Arabic Language and Civilization Center (CLCA) of the Arab World Institute (IMA) is organizing its first Autumn School, EDIMA, a series of conferences and workshops around didactics and teaching Arabic as a foreign language. The Autumn School’s full content will be given in Arabic.

More information

 

 

 

22. Iran’s Struggle for Sovereignty, 1828-1928

Gholam-Reza Nikpay Lecture | LSE International History Department | 26 October 2023

This year’s speaker will be Professor Houchang Chehabi. This talk will explore questions like: Was Iran a fully sovereign country in the age of empires? How did the Iranians preserve their independence when much of Asia was colonised?
More information

 

 

 

 

23. New Area Studies: Under Construction
Symposium | University of East Anglia | 8 November 2023

This one-day conference will bring together international leaders of the discipline to spark an important discussion about New Area Studies, how we understand and conceptualise the field in theory and action, and how we imagine it will evolve in coming decades.
More information

 

 

 

24. Assistant Professor of Literature

New York University: NYU – NY: Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Location New York; Open Date: Oct 17, 2023
Description
The Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University (NYU) invites applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Literature focusing on the literary cultures of global antiquity in periods before approximately the 7th century CE, including the literatures of Ancient Iran, South Asia, Central Asia, and the Tibetan Himalayas. Linguistic expertise could include Sanskrit, Old Tibetan, Old and Middle Persian, or Iranian languages such as Bactrian, Saka, and Parthian. Successful candidates for this position will present strong evidence of excellence in interdisciplinary teaching and research and will have the Ph.D. in hand by the start date of September 1, 2024.
We seek a scholar with a Ph.D. in Literature or a related discipline committed to teaching and studying works across genres—epic, drama, oral literature, commentaries, or sacred texts—and across languages, traditions, and historical contexts.
The teaching load for this position is four courses per year (two in the fall and two in the spring). Additionally, faculty carry an advising load up to 20-25 students. Successful applicants will have evidence of an ongoing research program, teaching effectiveness, and commitment to increasing diversity and fostering inclusion in academia.
Candidates must be eager to teach courses in the literature of ancient cultures that encourage students to engage with these topics and to guide them in thinking about how studying this literature can historically and globally deepen their individual and interdisciplinary concentrations.
Founded in 1972, NYU Gallatin is a liberal arts college of 1,600 undergraduate students and 160 graduate students who are part of New York University. Its innovative B.A. and M.A. Programs in individualized study encourage students to develop an integrated, interdisciplinary program of study that combines courses taken in the various schools of NYU with independent studies, internships, and Gallatin’s own interdisciplinary seminars, writing courses, and arts workshops. The School emphasizes excellent teaching, top level faculty research, intensive student advising and mentoring, and a unique combination of program flexibility and academic rigor. To learn more about the Gallatin School, please visit our website at gallatin.nyu.edu.
In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $70,000 to $110,000.
Review of applications will begin on November 10, 2023, and will continue until the position is filled.
For questions, please contact Gallatin Human Resources at gallatin.hr@nyu.edu.
Qualifications
Candidates should have a comparative and interdisciplinary research program, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and a commitment to increasing diversity and fostering inclusion in academia.
Application Instructions
Applicants should include a CV, a cover letter that outlines their research, teaching, and service experience, a research statement of no longer than two pages, and a list of three referees. Applicants should upload material to the Interfolio link by November 10 (https://apply.interfolio.com/134353) to receive full consideration. We will ask selected candidates for further material including a writing sample, a description of three dream courses, teaching and diversity statements, and reference letters. For questions, please contact Gallatin’s Office of Human Resources at gallatin.hr@nyu.edu, or the chair of the search committee, Professor Gregory Erickson, at gte1@nyu.edu.

 

 

 

25. The Pourdavoud Center, UCLA

Legacies of Ancient Persia: New Episode Available

We are excited to announce the release of a new podcast episode of Legacies of Ancient Persia! A legacy consists of three critical elements: a past, a present, and a future. Join the Pourdavoud Institute as we explore elements of the many legacies of ancient Persia and their relevance to global patrimony. Learn how the ancient Iranian civilization impacted its neighbors and how the interconnectivity of ancient cultures influenced Persia. Featuring interviews with thought leaders in academia, conversations with specialists in the entertainment industry who reimagine ancient worlds for modern society, and round-table discussions that bring together a multiplicity of perspectives, we highlight Persia’s interactions with the wider ancient worlds and explore how this entangled history is received in the modern era.

Episodes will air bimonthly on Thursdays, and are available wherever you listen to podcasts, including Apple and Spotify.

Podcast Linktree

 

 

 

 

26. Workshop | Persian Manuscripts between East and West
| 3 November 2023; from 9AM |

Ancient India and Iran trust, Cambridge

This workshop, financed by BIPS with the support of the Sufi Manuscript Cultures research project, is part of the project Persian Manuscripts between East and West: Britain, India and the Circulation of the Persianate Literary Heritage led by Prof Andrew Peacock, Dr Ursula Sims-Williams and Dr Mahmood Alam.
More information about the project and the workshop, including how to register, can be found at this link.

Register by 30 October 2023.

 

1. HYBRID International Conference “The Sanctuary of the Kaʿba and Its Symbolism”, MMSH, IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence, 19 October 2023, 9h – 17h

This workshop will demonstrate that it is possible to sketch an intellectual landscape by taking the sanctuary of the Kaʿba and its sacredness as entry points. Theoretical approaches, particularly symbolic ones, contributing to the sacralization of the sanctuary of the Kaʿba will be discussed. This hallmark of Islamic identity is indeed the locus of esoteric, occult and/or metaphysical speculations stemming from various intellectual cur-rents in Islam, among which Sunnism, Sufism, and Shiisms (“exaggerating” Shiism (ghulāt), Ismailism, Nuṣayrism).

Information, program and registration: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/87534

 

 

 

 

2. ONLINE Workshop “Creative Ethnographic Methods in the Middle East”, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 20 October 2023, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET

Hosting four panelists working with different communities of the Middle East, this webinar will unravel diverse uses of creative and experimental methods in anthropology beyond the conventional modes of academic writing – such as poetry, graphic novel and documentary. Through examples from the panelists’ works, the webinar will explicate how using such methods facilitate and complicate ethnographic knowledge production. It will also provide insights to people interested in utilizing creative methods in their analytical thinking.

Information and registration:

https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2023/panel-creative-ethnographic-methods

 

 

 

 

3. HYBRID Conference “Iberian History as Global History”, American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain (AARHMS) and CMRS Center for Early Global Studies (CEGS), Los Angeles, 20-21 October 2023

Our participants will consider how the Global Middle Ages paradigm might inspire new inroads for exploring the interrelationship of variegated societies and cultures within the Mediterranean context. Pushing beyond geographical boundaries in this way and eschewing Eurocentrism implicitly destabilizes ingrained periodizations, such as medieval/early modern and premodernity/modernity.

Information, program, abstracts and registration:

https://cmrs.ucla.edu/conference/the-western-mediterranean-and-the-global-middle-ages/

 

 

 

 

4. HYBRID Lecture “Catalin-Stefan Popa: Syriac Christianity and the Holy City of Jerusalem: En-tangled Histories in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages” by Catalin-Stefan Popa (Romanian Academy), Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Princeton, NJ, 25 October 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

The lecture introduces the process of interaction of Syriac Christianity with the Holy City and the Holy Land. At the end of Late Antiquity and beginning of the Middle Ages, the Holy City acted in Syriac Christian canon as a matrix for encountering holiness, and a standardized process of pilgrimage became part of a recurrent devotional custom of monks and lay people.

Information and registration: https://www.ias.edu/hs/islamic-world/events

 

 

 

 

5. ONLINE Webinar: “The Challenges of Universal Fraternity”, PLURIEL University Platform for Research on Islam, Lyon, 27 October 2023, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CET

In 2019, Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmad al-Tayeb signed the Document on Human Fraternity and the coexistence between Christians and Muslims. The webinar is designed as an introduction to the international conference in Abu Dhabi (4-7 February 2024) on the socio-legal and geopolitical impacts of the document. Speakers are Laurent Basanese (Rome), Wael Saleh (UAE), Franziska Honsowitz-Friessnigg (Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

Information and registration: https://pluriel.fuce.eu/27-october-2023-at-3pm-the-challenges-of-universal-fraternity-webinar__trashed/?lang=en

 

 

 

 

6. HYBRID Conference: “Islam and Fraternity”, PLURIEL University Platform for Research on Islam, Abu Dhabi, 4-7th February 2024

The 4th international PLURIEL congress examines the impacts and prospects of the Document on Human Fraternity, signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmad al-Tayib in February 2019. The congress features three main areas of analysis: The socio-legal impacts of the document, its geopolitical aspects, and the consequences for coexistence and dialogue between Christians and Muslims. A focus will be on the question of citizenship in multicultural and multi-religious societies, with particular emphasis on the legal protection of religious minorities.

Information, program and registration: https://pluriel.fuce.eu/du-4-au-7-fevrier-2024-congres-islam-et-frater-nite-a-abu-dhabi/

 

 

 

 

7. ONLINE Book Talk “Arabic Printing for the Christians in Ottoman Lands. The East-European Connection” by Ioana Feodorov, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, 10 November 2023, 4:00 pm, Romanian Time

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88213965766?pwd=dWV2QUh4cnJsODY3U25FczJFeFV6dz09

 

 

 

 

8. Conference “Being Muslim in Europe – Orienting Oneself in the Context of “Good” and “Bad” Diversity”, Academy for Islam in Research and Society, Goethe University Frankfurt, 17-18 November 2023

Looking at discourses on diversity and orientation in the fields of public discourse, education and youth as well as Islamic theology the aim of the conference is to discuss the questions of how diversity is constructed in present time, what allocations are attributed from internal and external perspectives and along with this what boundaries and belongings are constructed. PhDs and Postdocs can apply for travel-accommodation funds by emailing ahmed@aiwg.de by 18 October.

Information and program:

https://agenda.unifr.ch/e/download.php?id=14141&tg=18380d2b4b3c111ffac575a0137eb383547c663a

 

 

 

 

9. Atelier international « La protection diplomatique et consulaire en Méditerranée moderne, XVIe-XVIIIe siècle », Institut National Universitaire Jean-François Champollion, Albi, 20-21 sep-tembre 2024

L’atelier entend aborder les multiples questions liées à la protection, à travers des études de cas clairement situées dans l’ensemble de l’espace méditerranéen. Les contributions prendront en compte les dimensions politiques, économiques, sociales, matérielles et institutionnelles de la protection, dans une perspective qui favorise les comparaisons et les échanges entre les différents terrains.

Date pour propositions : 15 janvier 2024. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/91026

 

 

 

10. Hybrid Conference: ‘Rethinking Texts and their Contexts in Muslim Societies: Interrelations between Textual Practice, Human Agency and Technological Shifts’

23rd and 24th October at Aga Khan Centre, London.

The conference seeks to explore the diverse trajectories and contexts of texts
in Muslim societies from oral cultures to the digital age. Over two days,
scholars from a variety of disciplines will discuss how texts have shaped
knowledge production, dissemination, and consumption in Muslim societies. The
conference will feature a keynote address by Professor Wendy Doniger, a
leading scholar of the history of religions.
For registration to attend in-person and online, please visit:
https://www.iis.ac.uk/events/rethinking-texts-and-their-contexts-in-muslim-societies/

 

 

 

 

11. Announcing the BRAIS 2023 Prize Winner & Honorable Mentions – 2024 Prize now open for submissions

The British Association for Islamic Studies is delighted to announce that Dr Naz Yücel (George Washington University) has been awarded the 2023 BRAIS Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World.

Dr Yücel’s submission ‘Sustaining the Empire: Transformation of Property Regime in the Late Ottoman Empire, 1876-1913’ was praised by the Prize committee and reviewers as a truly outstanding study. We offer our sincere congratulations to Dr Yücel and wish her well as she prepares her manuscript for publication.

You can read more about Dr Yücel’s winning submission here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize/brais-prize-2023/brais-2023-winner

We would also like to congratulate this year’s two honorable mentions: Dr Dominik Krell for his submission ‘Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia: Concepts, Practices and Developments’ and Dr Meia Walravens for her submission ‘Networked Diplomacy: Maḥmūd Gāwān’s Bahmani Sultanate and the Fifteenth-century Islamic World’.

We received a record number of submissions for the 2023 Prize and would like to offer our sincere thanks to all those who reviewed submissions and the Prize Committee who gave so generously of their time. A particular thanks to Prize Chair, Dr Saeko Yazaki, and Prize Coordinator, Adam Ramadhan, for overseeing the process.

BRAIS PRIZE 2024 NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS

The 2024 round of the BRAIS Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World is now open for submissions and further information can be found here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize/brais-prize-2024

Please do circulate the call to anyone who might wish to submit their manuscript and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions at all. The deadline for submissions is 5pm GMT on Friday 12 January 2024.

 

 

 

12. Christelle Jullien, Les liens du sol. Images du pouvoir et identités des chrétiens sous Khusrō I^er, collection des Cahiers de Studia Iranica n° 63, VI^e volume de la sous-série “Chrétiens en terre d’Iran”, Leuven: Peeters, 2023, 348 p.  ISBN: 9782910640491.

https://www.peeters-leuven.be/detail.php?search_key=9782910640491&series_number_str=63&lang=fr

 

 

 13. Worldview and the Theory of Knowledge: An Islamic Perspective

Saeid Sobhani

CTP, 2023

https://contemporarythoughtspress.com/product/worldview-and-the-theory-of-knowledge-an-islamic-perspective

 

 

 

 

14. Assistant Professor, Full-Time Tenure Track

New York University: NYU – NY: Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS): Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Closing date: 12.1.23

https://apply.interfolio.com/134031

 

 

 

15. Online Lecture – The Glory of European Narratives and Themes in Qajar Tiles from Nineteenth-Century Palaces of Tehran, Kianoosh Motaghedi, VIAHSS – October 20

The next VIAHSS lecture will take place on Friday, October 20, 2023, at noon EST/5PM UK/7PM Turkey/7:30PM Tehran. Kianoosh Motaghedi (Independent Scholar, Tehran) will present “The Glory of European Narratives and Themes in Qajar Tiles from Nineteenth-Century Palaces of Tehran.”

To attend, please make sure to register in advance here:
https://wellesley.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvdOmtrz0tH9JDoeNLjH1NdlIthiTo3t4Z

Upon registration, you’ll receive the link to access the lecture.
You can find a full schedule of upcoming talks on our website. You can also follow us on X at @viahss and on Instagram at @theviahss. Although not every talk is recorded, we also have recordings of several recent talks available on the VIAHSS Vimeo page.

 

 

 

16. Award – Call for the Ernst Herzfeld Award for MA Theses in Islamic Art History and Archaeology – deadline: November 13

The Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft für Islamische Kunst und Archäologie | Ernst Herzfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology is pleased to announce the 2023/24 call for the Ernst Herzfeld Award for Master Theses in Islamic Art History and Archaeology.

The aim of the Award is to encourage and support emerging scholars in Europe who are working on visual and material culture of Islamic countries in the fields of Art History, Archeology, and Historical Building Research. The Ernst Herzfeld Award highlights the diversity and innovation of current research in these growing fields.

The successful candidate is honored at the annual colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society, offered a full travel grant to present her/his master thesis at the colloquium, and is granted publication of the presented paper in the series of the Society, Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie (BIKA).

Eligibility: – Outstanding master thesis (MA, Master, M.phil., and similar) on a topic situated within the research fields of History of Islamic Art and Architecture, Islamic Archeology, or Historical Building Research on Islamic Architecture.

– The thesis must have been written and supervised at a European university. Reviewing and grading the thesis must have taken place within the last two years, between January 1, 2021 and November 13, 2023.

– Accepted languages of the thesis are: German, English, French, Italian, and Spanish. – A thesis can be submitted only once to an Award Call. Application procedure: – An applicant is proposed by the supervisor of the MA thesis.

– Applications include: 1) the complete MA thesis as it was submitted to the university (PDF); 2) a summary in English (5 pages); 3) the recommendation form filled out by the proposing supervisor in English; and 4) the original official review/evaluation of the thesis for/by the university, at which it was submitted.

Review Procedure: – The review procedure is jointly organized by the Award and the Steering Committees as well as the Advisory Board of the Ernst Herzfeld Society.

– Proposing supervisors are excluded from the review procedure and the peer-review.

– Applications fulfilling the criteria of eligibility will undergo peer-review by the Award committee and by external reviewers. Submission: Please send the complete application by November 13, 2023 to award@ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.com The recommendation form to be filled out by the proposing supervisor is available here: https://ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.com/wpcontent/uploads/2023/10/EHG_Award_Supervisor_Recommendation_Form_2023_updated.docx

Contact Email

award@ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.com

 

 

 

17. Lecture – National Museum of Asian Art: Freer Medal Honoring Gülru Necipoğlu – October 27

Join the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC on Friday, October 27, 6–8 p.m. for The Charles Lang Freer Medal lecture and award ceremony honoring Gülru Necipoğlu.

The Freer Medal is a lifetime achievement award that honors individuals who have made substantial contributions to the understanding of the arts of Asia throughout their career. This fall, the honor will go to Gülru Necipoğlu, the Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University’s History of Art and Architecture Department, for her lifetime work in the arts of the Islamic world. The lecture and award ceremony will be held in the Meyer Auditorium. A reception in the Freer courtyard will follow.

Gülru Necipoğlu earned her doctorate from Harvard University in 1986 and has served there as the Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture since 1993. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Wesleyan University and a master of arts degree from Harvard University. Necipoğlu specializes in the arts and architecture of the pre-modern Islamic lands, with a focus on the Mediterranean world and the cross-cultural and artistic exchanges between the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Grounded in rigorous archival research, her multidisciplinary studies have addressed the aesthetic interconnections of Byzantium and Renaissance Europe, pre-modern architectural practices, and the role and function of ornament in the Islamic world and beyond, offering new and highly original perspectives on the arts and architecture of the region. Throughout her illustrious career, Necipoğlu has also trained and mentored numerous students who have continued to transform the field.
Since 1993, Necipoğlu has also served as editor of Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World and its supplements, the preeminent publication in the field, which has transformed the study of the arts and architecture of the Islamic world. Her own publications comprise a range of subjects, from studies in monumental architecture to intricate designs on portable objects, and have changed the understanding of the arts of the Islamic world. They include Architecture, Ceremonial, and Power: The Topkapı Palace (1991), The Topkapı Scroll–Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture (1995), The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire (2005, 2011), Treasures of Knowledge: An Inventory of the Ottoman Palace Library (1502/3–1503/4) (2 vols, coedited by Cemal Kafadar and Cornell H. Fleischer, 2019), The Arts of Ornamental Geometry: A Persian Compendium on Similar and Complementary Interlocking Figures (2017), A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture, in the Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Art History (coedited by F. Barry Flood, 2017), and Histories of Ornament: From Global to Local (coedited by Alina Payne, 2016).

In recognition of her distinguished scholarly career, Necipoğlu is an elected member of the British Academy, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio in Vicenza, Italy.

Register here

Visit the event page and award page for more information.

Contact Information

Lizzie Stein, Scholarly Programs and Publications

National Museum of Asian Art

Contact Email

AsiaScholarlyProgram@si.edu

URL

https://asia.si.edu/whats-on/events/search/event:164268011/

 

 

 

18. Call for applications – Bahari Visiting Fellowship in the Persian Arts of the Book at the Bodleian Library

The Bodleian Libraries are now accepting applications for Visiting Fellowships to be taken up during academic year 2024-25. Fellowships support periods of research in the Special Collections of the Bodleian Libraries, across a range of different subjects. Of particular interest might be the Bahari Visiting Fellowship in the Persian Arts of the Book

Details of the Fellowship terms and application process can be found on our Fellowships webpage: Bodleian Visiting Fellowships | Bodleian Libraries (ox.ac.uk).

Applications for these Fellowships should be made by the deadline of Friday 1 December 2023, 5pm GMT. 

For further information, please email: fellowships@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

 

 

19. Open Access: New Publication: Living Communities and Their Archaeologies in the Middle East

Helsinki University Press is pleased to announce the publication of ‘Living Communities and Their Archaeologies in the Middle East’, edited by Rick Bonnie, Marta Lorenzon, and Suzie Thomas. The book is freely available in open access: https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-19

 

 

 

 

20. CfP: Objects of Law in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds

Proposals Due: November 1, 2023

International Conference at the University of Bern, Switzerland, August 29-30, 2024

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

Materials and texts function in a variety of ways in legal contexts, they forge diplomatic ties, grant gifts of land, levy taxes, and regulate markets. In the medieval and early modern worlds, these objects took on many different guises. Some were highly ornate objects, such as Fatimid marriage contracts where text was embroidered on woven silk, or tablets of authority produced in gold, silver or wood which allowed travelers to cross the Mongol Empire with ease, or wax seals imprinted with imperial images protected in textile bags. Other objects facilitated the execution of law in everyday life; glass weights, stamps for marking loaves of bread, length standards embedded in architecture, volume standards, etc. The connection between the materiality of these artefacts and the law are multiple, their very nature conveyed information, performed authority, and communicated authenticity.

Legal objects fall between disciplinary categories and their texts have been the main subject of scholarship. The conference, Objects of Law, proposes thinking more deeply about the artistic practices that shaped the materiality, iconography, and texts of legal objects in the medieval and early modern period. What forms did these objects take? How did their form confer authenticity and legal authority? What training or knowledge are evident in the objects? Objects of Law seeks dialogue between scholars working in art history, history, archaeology, legal history, and related disciplines that deal with legal objects. We welcome contributions from all geographical regions that relate to the medieval and early modern period. We invite contributions that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• The role of objects in legal practices
• The aesthetics of objects of law
• The artistic practices of crafting legal objects

Proposals should consist of an abstract in English for 30-minute papers (max 2000 characters incl. spaces) and a brief biography (max 1500 characters incl. spaces) in a single document (pdf or word). They should be submitted to: Corinne Mühlemann (corinne.muehlemann@unibe.ch) and Fatima Quraishi (fatimaq@ucr.edu) by November 1, 2023. Graduate students are highly encouraged to apply. Conference participants will be provided with accommodation in Bern for 3 nights and some travel expenses will be covered.