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1.ONLINE Lecture by Prof. Abbas Amanat (Yale University): “Kings and Clerics in Modern Iranian History”, Department of Middle East Studies, USC, 13 March 2021, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm PST
This is a part of the Iranian Studies Initiative Annual Distinguished Lecture Series arranged by the USC Department of Middle East Studies.
Information and registration: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yCHea1iwRly2ToYcyGp27g
2. ONLINE Workshop on “What Does Decolonizing Kurdish Studies Mean?”, Middle East Studies at Yale University and Brown University, 9 April 2021
Proposal should engage with the themes of decolonizing epistemologies and methodologies and its implications in the field of Kurdish studies. We welcome novel approaches, creative strategies, and emerging scholarship informed by first-hand data that brings in “the Kurdish voice and perspective” into discussion.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2021. Information: https://cmes.macmillan.yale.edu/events/decolonizing-kurdish-studies-initiative
3. ONLINE 54th Seminar for Arabian Studies, International Association for the Study of Arabia (IASA), Casa Arabe, Cordoba, Summer 2021 (Date to be Announced)
This is the only international forum that meets annually for the presentation of the latest academic research in the humanities on the Arabian Peninsula from the earliest times to the present day or, in the case of political and social history, to the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922).
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2021. Information: https://mailchi.mp/d561f3a9ad87/reminder-call-for-papers-2021-seminar-for-arabian-studies?e=18cf0337f7
4. International Conference: “Musical Sources and Theories from Ancient Greece to the Ottoman Period”, Ruhr-University Bochum, 10-12 June 2021
Papers will focus on Arabic, Persian and Byzantine music theory, instruments and ways of transmission, with their roots in Ancient Greece and an outlook onto Ottoman and Safavid music. Call for Papers closed. Guests are welcome!
Information: https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/orient/aktuelles/index.html.en
5. International Colloquium: “Itinerant Prophets – Rewritings, Appropriations and Metamorphoses of Prophetic Figures in the Religious, Literary and Historiographical Texts of Pre-modern Islam”, Paris, 16-18 Septembre 2021
This colloquium will seek to grasp the itinerant figures: the prophets of the pre-modern Arab world, between Judaism, Christianity and Islam, between sacred model and familiar figure of popular literature, between mythical authority and historical hero. It will welcome proposals devoted to Islamic Studies, literary or historiographical approaches, as well as those that explore the continuities and discontinuities between these different fields.
Deadline for abstracts in French, English or Arabic: 26 March 2021. Information: https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1460/files/2021/01/LES-PROPHETES-ITINERANTS-Appel-a-contributions.pdf
6. Third NEHT Workshop on “Environmental Histories of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman World: The Anthropocene: From Empire to Nation-States”, University of Vienna, 16-18 September 2021
The workshop will discuss the ways of integrating the concept of the Anthropocene into the field of Ottoman/post-Ottoman environmental history. It will open a space for analysing the role of human activities in transforming the Ottoman/post-Ottoman landscapes in the age of the Anthropocene.
Information: https://orientalistik.univie.ac.at/en/disciplines/turkish-studies/events/neht-2021/
7. International Workshop: “Religion as an Object of Historical and Social Scientific Study: Global Perspectives (Including Middle East)”, University of Leipzig, 4-5 November 2021
We are especially interested in the global presence and characteristics of religion as an object of study in the History of Religion; Comparative Religious Studies; Sociology; Anthropology and Political Science (excluding Theology and Philosophy). Central questions concern the place, status and history of research on religion in these disciplines.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2021. Information: https://multiple-secularities.de/events/event/religion-as-an-object-of-historical-and-social-scientific-study-global-perspectives/
8. International Workshop: “Religion as an Object of Historical and Social Scientific Study: Global Perspectives (Including Middle East)”, University of Leipzig, 4-5 November 2021
We are especially interested in the global presence and characteristics of religion as an object of study in the History of Religion; Comparative Religious Studies; Sociology; Anthropology and Political Science (excluding Theology and Philosophy). Central questions concern the place, status and history of research on religion in these disciplines.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2021. Information: https://multiple-secularities.de/events/event/religion-as-an-object-of-historical-and-social-scientific-study-global-perspectives/
9. W1 Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor) with a W2 Tenure Track for “Islamic Philosophy”, Centre for Islamic Theology (CIT), University of Münster
The candidate must hold a university degree in Islamic theology or Islamic studies, pedagogical aptitude and special ability at pursuing advanced, independent research which is substantiated by a subject-relevant, above-average doctoral degree. Research and teaching experience in the field of Islamic philosophy with a focus on Islamic ethics and very good, subject-specific Arabic skills should be proven.
Deadline for applications: 19 February 2021. Information: https://universitoxy.com/juniorprofessur-fuer-islamische-philosophie,i10659.html
10. Post-doctoral Researcher for Project “The European Qur’ān: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion (1150-1850)”, University of Nantes
Each candidate should propose an original, innovative research project on an important aspect of the role played by the Qur’ān in Medieval and Early Modern European culture and should be fluent in English and French and have strong skills in other languages appropriate to their research topics.
Deadline for applications: 31 March 2021. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/postdoc-european-qurn-nantes?e=82aeb6c61d
11. Post-Doctoral Fellowship (History, Arabic, Islam Studies) in the Program “ReLRace – Religions, Lignages et ‘Race’”, Le Mans University
Qualifications: PhD in history (preferably) but also sociology, anthropology, Arabic philology; proficiency in Classical Arabic; good knowledge of ancient and contemporary Muslim sources; French and English fluent.
Deadline for applications: 5 January 2022. Information: https://relrace.hypotheses.org/post-doctoral-fellowship-2
12. Online 4-Week Course: “Christian-Muslim Relations”, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, Commencing 15 February 2021
You’ll explore some of the key historical moments, compare the teachings of both the Bible and the Qur’an, will learn about the everlasting theological debates that concern the study, and will also decipher how politics and societies have been directly impacted by Christian-Muslim relations.
Information: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/christian-muslim-relations.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5myqlYXPPM
13. ONLINE Course: “Manuscripts in Arabic Script: Introduction to Codicology”, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London, 23-24 April 2021, 11:00 am – 15:00 pm GMT
This introductory course is intended for students, researchers and librarians who are working in the field of manuscript studies. The lecturers will cover a wide range of aspects for those who are acquiring basic knowledge in this field.
14. ONLINE Course: “Manuscripts in Arabic Script: Introduction to Codicology”, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London, 23-24 April 2021, 11:00 am – 15:00 pm GMT
This introductory course is intended for students, researchers and librarians who are working in the field of manuscript studies. The lecturers will cover a wide range of aspects for those who are acquiring basic knowledge in this field.
15. Chapters for Edited Book on “Muslims and Societies in Africa” (Including Arab Muslims of North Africa), University of Abuja
To what extent has the Muslim life been resilient or influenced by colonialism and globalisation? What is the extent of conformism or dissonance from the various constructs that determine Muslim identity. How does being a Muslim matter in the social, political and economic spheres of African societies.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 April 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7149932/muslims-and-societies-africa
16. Chapters for Edited Book on “Übersetzerforschung in der Türkei II” for Series “Germanistik in der Türkei”
In the chapters the life and / or works of translators who translate from Turkish to a foreign language or from a foreign language to Turkish are discussed.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7175074/cfp-%C3%BCbersetzerforschung-der-t%C3%BCrkei-ii
17. A call for submissions: Journal of Arab & Muslim Service, Tourism and Hospitality Research (https://www.jamsthr.com/) is a multidisciplinary, free of charge, peer-reviewed academic journal aiming at publishing a large variety of articles focused on consumer and organizational behavior in the Arab and Muslim world. JAMSTHR accepts qualitative and quantitative, theoretical and applied, articles focused on themes pertinent to the understanding of business and consumer phenomena related to Service, Tourism, Hospitality and related fields from the supply and demand perspective. The Journal also publishes case studies, literature reviews, and opinion pieces. The journal encourages researchers and academics to share their work and contribute to building a knowledge base focused on this important and yet invisible and misunderstood consumer and business market. Descriptive/exploratory and explanatory papers are welcome.
The Journal’s website: https://www.jamsthr.com/
Send your paper (and/or) interest to join our Editorial Board to:
Editor-in-Chief Dr. Omar Moufakkir at: moufakkir.o@gust.edu.kw
Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait.
18. Women of Faith and the Quest for Spiritual Authenticity
Comparative Perspectives from Malaysia and Britain
Sara Ashencaen Crabtree
Routledge 2021
19. Events at Cambridge this week:
Wed 3 Feb
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Qatari Women and the Labour Market- Towards an Empowering Alternative
(Dr. Mawahib Abubakr (Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics))
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Equality and difference: some reflections on religion, ethnicity and the pandemic in South Asia
(Radhika Coomaraswamy (Former Under-secretary General of the United Nations))
7:00pm – 8:30pm – A Christian Insurgency in Islamic Syria: The Jarajima (Mardaites)between Byzantium and the Caliphate
(Christian Sahner (University of Oxford))
Fri 5 Feb
5:00pm – 6:30pm – The Place of Religion After the Uprisings
(Shadi Hamid (Brookings) and Nadia Oweidat (University of Kansas) Chair: Dr Usaama Al-Azami (Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford))
- February 02, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Half-day workshop on Islam in Southeast Asia (Wednesday March 3rd, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm)
The Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World (University of Edinburgh)
Please join us at the Alwaleed Centre for this special half-day workshop on Islam and Inter-Religious Relations in Southeast Asia, which will comprise an opening plenary lecture on the history of Islam in the region, by Professor Michael Feener of Kyoto University, followed by a panel event showcasing some of the interesting and creative Islamic thought in the region on the themes of The Study of Religion, Gender, and the Environment.
2. As part of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies’ Wednesday Seminar Series for Hilary Term 2021, we’re delighted to be joined by Professor Scott Redford (Nasser D. Khalili Professor of Islamic Art & Archaeology, SOAS) and Professor Sussan Babaie (Professor in the Arts of Iran and Islam, The Courtauld Institute of Art):
Wednesday, 3 February 2021 at 5pm GMT: Scott Redford, Writing as Talisman in Medieval Islamic Art
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 at 5pm GMT: Sussan Babaie, Isfahan and Istanbul: European views before the long shadow of ‘Orientalism’
Talks will take place via Zoom. Please register here. All welcome!
3. Roundtable on the 100th Anniversary of the 1921 Coup and Reflections on the Reza Pahlavi Period
Monday, February 22, 2021 at 10:00am Pacific via Zoom
https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pahlavi-workshop-panel-1/
The first panel of the Iranian Studies workshop, “History and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran, 1921-1979: A Workshop” will feature a round table discussion centered on the 100th anniversary of the coup that initiated the Reza Pahlavi Period in Iran.
This panel will be chaired by workshop organizer Dr. Robert Steele, the Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Post-Doctoral Fellow in Iranian Studies at UCLA.
Featured panelists of the round table discussion include:
Camron Michael Amin, Professor of History, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Ali Ansari, Professor of Iranian History, University of St Andrews and Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Stephanie Cronin, Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Research Fellow, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Afshin Marashi, Professor of Middle Eastern History, University of Oklahoma
To register for this event and receive the Zoom webinar information, please click here.
4. Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World invites submissions for the forthcoming volume 39, to be published in 2022.
Muqarnas is a scholarly journal that publishes articles on art, architectural history, and archaeology, as well as all aspects of Islamic visual and material cultures, historical and contemporary. Full-length articles are accompanied by shorter submissions grouped under a separate section titled “Notes and Sources,” for which we particularly welcome studies that introduce textual and visual primary sources.
Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2021.
Manuscripts should be submitted by email to the Managing Editor of Muqarnas at muqarnas@fas.harvard.edu.
A complete submission includes five elements:
- Microsoft Word document of the main text file. Submissions should be double-spaced throughout in 12-point typeface. Use endnotes rather than footnotes; no bibliography is required. Articles should be no longer than 50 pages (not including endnotes).
- Images. All submissions must be accompanied by images, with an upper limit of approximately 30. Low-resolution images are acceptable for initial consideration, with the expectation that authors will provide high-resolution TIFFs or JPEGs (at least 300 dpi at 4 x 6 inches) and secure all necessary permissions if the article is accepted for publication.
- Captions file. Each image should be clearly labeled and have a corresponding caption that provides identifying information and appropriate image credits.
- Abstract and keywords. Submit a 150- to 200-word abstract and 12 keywords for publication in the online version of the journal.
- CV, stating the author’s institutional affiliation (if any), mailing address, phone number, as well as academic status and a list of publications.
Any submission that does not include these five elements will be returned to the author, as will articles that do not conform to the Muqarnas style sheet.
Articles must present original research that has not been published in any language previously. Authors must properly credit previous scholarship on the subject and cite the source of each quotation, with full bibliographic details given in the endnotes (no additional bibliography is required).
All articles are subject to review by the Editorial Committee and anonymous external readers, whose comments will be sent to the author only if the article is accepted for publication. Authors may be expected to make revisions based on the feedback of the readers and editors.
Muqarnas follows the most recent edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. For further specifications on preparing text and images for publication, see the Muqarnas style sheet (available to download from our website: https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/submission-guidelines).
Contact Info:
Managing Editor, Muqarnas
History of Art and Architecture Department, Harvard University
485 Broadway, Office 411
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Phone: 617-495-3774
E-mail: muqarnas@fas.harvard.edu
5. Spring 2021 AKPIA Lecture Series – A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture
The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University presents
February 4, 2021, 5:30pm
“The Intellect of the Hand: Making and Thinking the Medieval Islamic Art of the Object”
Margaret Graves
Associate Professor of Islamic Art, Department of Art History, Indiana University
Co-sponsored with the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies at Harvard University
March 25, 2021, 5:30pm
“The Visual and Material Culture of Rayy, as Revealed through the Excavations Headed by
Erich Schmidt in the Late 1930s”
Renata Holod
College of Women Class of 1963 Professor in the Humanities, History of Art Department; Curator, Near East Section of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania
April 22, 2021, 5:30pm
“Imagining a World: Selfhood and Empire in Safavid Iran”
Kishwar Rizvi
Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Department of the History of Art, Yale University
Lectures are held via Zoom session; time listed is Eastern Standard Time; registration is required. Register here: https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/news-events. All lectures will be recorded and made available from the AKPIA website, after the event date.
THE AGA KHAN PROGRAM FOR ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
For further information, email agakhan@fas.harvard.edu, or visit https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/news-events
Contact Info:
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
Harvard University
Sackler 415
485 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Tel 617-495-2355
https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/news-events
6. An Online Course in Persian Calligraphy
Nasta’liq Script
12 February – 16 April, 2021
The Iran Heritage Foundation is delighted to offer once again a course in Persian Calligraphy, with teaching provided online.
This ten-week exercise-based course is suitable for all levels, from beginners to advanced. It is based on a one-to-one teaching method, so everyone will be given the instructions based on their own level and previous experience.
You will learn the writing techniques of the Nasta’liq script during the course, and the first session will start with a general introduction to the traditional tools, materials, and various Islamic calligraphy styles.
Although previous knowledge of Persian language is not necessary, you will enjoy the course more if you have familiarity with the alphabets and particularly the language, as the materials are constantly engaged with Persian language and literature.
The course will be taught online and remotely. Each week the student will submit photographs of their practice; the teacher will record personal videos of comments and advice, along with further practice. For those requiring materials, a special pack including a traditional reed pen cut and prepared by the teacher, paper and ink, can be posted to the student at an additional charge of £25 for UK and £35 for International shipment.
Keramat Fathinia is a Persian calligrapher born in Iran who has been teaching calligraphy for over 17 years. He received a distinguished certificate in both Nasta’liq and Shikasteh Nasta’liq styles from the Iranian Calligraphers Association (ICA) in Iran, and has had several exhibitions, workshops, and demonstrations in both Iran and London, including at SOAS, Cambridge University, BIPS (British Institute of Persian Studies), and the Courtauld Gallery.
Price: £300 for ten classes
Pack of materials (sent by post): £25 UK, £35 International
To register click here. The registration deadline is Friday 12 February 2021
For any enquiries please contact leonard@iranheritage.org, Tel: 020 3651 2124
Organised by: Iran Heritage Foundation.
Forthcoming Events
7. The Indo-Persian Confluence Symposium Three:
“Indo-Persian Musical Hybrids in Afghanistan”
Sunday, January 31, 2021
10am PST, Zoom
RSVP: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpcuutrjIiHdV4WsLZhCyRQGsssq-uH1Fk
Join us for our third event in the Indo-Persian Musical Confluence series, featuring a panel of eminent ethnomusicologists on Indo-Persian musical hybrids in Afghanistan and a performance by Homayun Sakhi on the rubab.
Panelists
John Baily (Goldsmith University of London)
Lorraine Sakata (UCLA)
Mark Slobin (Wesleyan University)
Chair and Discussant
Richard Wolf (Harvard University)
Performance: Indo-Persian music on the rubab by the renowned Afghan musician Homayoun Sakhi
https://festival.si.edu/2016/sounds-of-california/homayoun-sakhi/smithsonian
For more information on The Indo-Persian Music Confluence project:
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/indo-persian-musical-confluence
Details of subsequent events will be forthcoming soon.
Project leader: Mohsen Mohammadi
Event Sponsors:
UCLA Mohindar Brar Sambhi Chair of Indian Music
UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology
UCLA Center for Musical Humanities (Robert U. Nelson Fund)
UCLA Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies
UCLA Iranian Studies program
UCLA Center for India and South Asia (CISA)
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies (CNES)
8. Waikato Islamic Studies Review – Call for Papers
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/UWISG/review.shtml
On behalf of the University of Waikato Islamic Studies Group, I warmly invite submissions of papers which examine Islam in the widest sense to the Waikato Islamic Studies Review for publication consideration.
Articles can be as short as 2000 words and up to a maximum of 5000. For full details regarding paper guidelines and submissions and the Waikato Islamic Studies Review please see:http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/UWISG/review.shtml
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me asap if you think that you might like your work considered; the next edition is due for publication in March 2021.
Kind regards,
Abdullah Drury
Editor: Waikato Islamic Studies Review
Email: abdullah@xtra.co.nz
9. Call for Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS: JOURNAL OF THE CONTEMPORARY STUDY OF ISLAM
The newly established, fully open-access Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam is now accepting submissions.
The Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam was launched by the Institute for the Contemporary Study of Islam, based in the UK, to promote and disseminate research related to Islam and Muslims in the contemporary world. Although we may consider any submissions that fall within the scope of JCSI, we are keen to publish research articles that deal with some of the most pressing issues that Muslims face in the contemporary world, such as new approaches to Islamic law, new religious trends in the Muslim world (e.g. new atheism, deism, and agnosticism), Islam and politics, sectarianism in the Muslim world, Islam and social change, Islam and human rights, Islamophobia, Muslim-Christian relations, new methodological developments in Quranic studies, and hadith studies.
JCSI aims to reach a wider readership beyond academia, and thus we suggest authors use accessible language in their submissions. The journal is open-access, free of cost for authors and readers alike, and provides unrestricted online access to its readers.
JCSI is a member of Crossref, an independent membership association for building shared technologies. Crossref was launched in early 2000 as a cooperative effort among publishers to enable citation linking in journals using the Digital Object Identifier, or DOI. Our DOI prefix is 10.37264 and our ISSN is 2633-7282 (online). We are in the process of applying for membership to the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and CLOCKSS archival service.
JCSI has a prestigious advisory board and will be covered by the leading relevant indexing services.
Interested scholars are invited to submit their articles for consideration at https://contemporarystudyofislam.org/index.php/jcsi/about/submissions
Manuscripts will undergo a process of blind peer review. Author guidelines are available at https://contemporarystudyofislam.org/index.php/jcsi/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
10. Harvard University – NELC – TENURED PROFESSOR IN ARMENIAN STUDIES
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60958
11. CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA)
Special Issue: Rupture and Response
Thematic volume planned for July 2023
Abstract submission deadline: April 5, 2021
This special issue of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture addresses urban and architectural responses to rupture. Prompted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this issue understands and investigates rupture as a state of emergency which may reveal systemic inequalities through the moment of crisis. Such rupture can be caused by events including epidemics, explosions, fires, episodes of armed conflict, and earthquakes or other natural disasters – events which all have myriad and wide-reaching effects on buildings, cities, urban environments, and the communities that inhabit them. While not directly addressing the current pandemic disrupting many of our lives, this special issue aims to explore moments like these and responses to them through built environments. In line with the mission of the IJIA, which aims to encourage dialogue between practitioners and scholars, this special issue hopes to be strongly interdisciplinary. Contributions will be drawn from fields ranging from urban design, history, architecture, planning, and art and architectural history.
Rupture can take the form of a physical rending, manifesting itself in the tearing apart of our built environment. For example, an earthquake might tear down a building important for the social life of a community or level a town. In the first instance, therefore, such moments of rupture themselves may have an effect on the built environment – they may cause direct damage or other change to buildings. However, such an event might also rend the social, economic, or political structures around it. All too often, the damage done by events such as epidemics, natural disasters, or explosions is exacerbated by, while also exacerbating, pre-existing social inequalities. Such moments can place extra strain on political, social, economic, and personal crises. In addition, aspects of culture, such as the production of art or the performance of music and theatre, are also impacted, as they are often deemed secondary needs and neglected at such times of crisis. These two aspects – the urban/architectural and the social/cultural – are, thus, frequently affected in parallel. A moment of sudden disruption might be made manifest in the built environment, as well as the social structures which inhabit and support it.
Further, subsequent to these initial moments of change, the urban and built environment is a medium in which responses to rupture are frequently made material. The environment we build around us is so often the space on and in which we make our preoccupations manifest. The buildings affected by moments of rupture are in many ways extensions of the people who call them home, and the economic and social structures which shape their lives. In light of this, contributors are encouraged to approach these moments as catalysts for architectural and urban change, but also for other, wider forms of change within society. Moreover, as this special issue will have a focus on the built environment, it may also address acts of commemoration and the architectural memorialisation of the loss of life that is often a consequence of the moments investigated by this special edition.
Indeed, rupture and the response to it can take myriad forms and the past year provided many examples. In 2020, the world has been unexpectedly disrupted in many ways by the spread of COVID-19. Iran, for example, one of the countries dramatically impacted by the pandemic, has already seen effects caused by this outbreak made manifest on its architecture and urban environments. Many of the most significant religious sites in the country have had their doors shut for months, with the shrine of Shah Abdol-Azim in Rayy even being repurposed as a mask factory. The past year also saw the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020 which devastated the city and its inhabitants in many ways, one of which was the widespread damage to the urban fabric. Homes, work spaces, places of worship, museums, and many other sites felt the full force of the blast. In the days that followed, many of the responses were embedded within and emerged from the damaged cityscape, whether in the shape of the clean-up effort or anti-government protests.
The changes that take place after rupture affect not only physical spaces, but also social relationships. In response to COVID-19, for example, buildings are used differently and space is managed in new ways. Interior spaces look different – they bear the paraphernalia of social distancing enforcement and increased sanitisation. Many of us are inhabiting spaces differently – frequenting them less; distancing ourselves from others when we do. In addition, new technologies might be developed to guard against further damage. Legislative adjustments, as well as changes to social norms brought about in response to the moment of rupture will have their own effects on the built environment. Thus, the changes can range from repurposing or renovation to reconstruction or relocation. Through studies of the manifestation of rupture and such responses to it in architecture and the wider built environment, this issue aims to explore not only the rending of urban, but also social, fabrics and the conjunction between these two aspects.
Paper proposals should work from the framework outlined above and offer insights relevant to the IJIA’s remit, which is defined broadly as ‘the historic Islamic world, encompassing the Middle East and parts of Africa and Asia, but also the more recent geographies of Islam in its global dimensions’. In this vein, we encourage contributors to address Islamic architecture in less-frequently represented geographies such as sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas. Equally, papers addressing groups often under-represented in the study of Islamic architecture such as women, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with disabilities are very welcome. Papers can address past or present moments of rupture and the responses to it.
Contributors might range from an architectural historian investigating a mosque built in the early-modern period to commemorate the damage wrought by a fire, or an historian working on the impact of pandemics on hospital design, to an urban planner designing a new town in southern Iran after a major earthquake, or an entrepreneur trying to design a prototype shelter for Syrian refugees in Iraq, etc. Contributions are welcomed from individuals at any stage of their careers, and advanced graduate students are encouraged to submit proposals. Questions that might be addressed by contributors to this special issue are unlimited but could include:
- How are the social and political ramifications of these events reflected in architecture? After rupture, how are new and changing societal or political needs expressed through art, architecture and urban design?
- In what ways are societies’ responses to rupture reflected in the worlds they build around them? Are there responses which are distinctive to particular regions? How do religious practice and cultural traditions play a role in the response? Have marginalised communities produced distinctive responses through architecture?
- What role do architecture, urban design, planning etc. play in recovery from rupture? How is architecture used to mend tears in the social fabric?
- What are the consequences of the lack of an architectural response to rupture?
- What effect do such moments have on social justice and disparity? How do they exacerbate pre-existing patterns of inequity and marginalisation? How can responses to these moments build toward a more equal society?
- How might architectural studies help us understand moments of rupture more clearly? What are the benefits or challenges of working with buildings as sources in these cases?
- How have planners, architects, and designers understood their role in providing responses to pandemics, earthquakes, etc.?
- How is architecture used to memorialise such moments? How are urban spaces used for the making of memory? In what ways does damaged or otherwise altered architecture stand in testament to the moment of rupture?
Articles offering historical and theoretical analysis (DiT papers) should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words, while those on design and practice (DiP papers) between 3,000 and 4,000 words. Urbanists, art historians, anthropologists, geographers, political scientists, sociologists, and historians are also welcome. Practitioners from all relevant fields (i.e., architecture, urban planning, landscape design, art) are welcome to contribute insofar as they address the critical framework of the journal. Please send a title and a 400-word abstract to the guest editor, Fuchsia Hart, University of Oxford (ijia.rupture@gmail.com), by April 5, 2021. Authors of accepted proposals will be contacted soon thereafter and will be invited to submit full papers by January 2022. All papers will be subject to blind peer review. For author instructions, please consult: www.intellectbooks.com/ijia.
12. Research Fellow, ‘Science and the Transmission of Islamic Knowledge in Britain’, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham
Part time 80% FTE, fixed term for 24 months
This position is for a post-doctoral Research Fellow to work on the new Templeton Religion Trust-funded research project, ‘Science and the Transmission of Islamic Knowledge in Britain’. This project will investigate how the relationship between Islam and science is understood and discussed by those involved in the transmission of Islamic knowledge and the establishment of Islamic authority in Britain. It will examine: if, and how, scientific concepts are used by Muslim religious leaders to legitimise their arguments; if Islamic education centres and religious leaders oppose any scientific theories, and if so what movements influence them; and how Muslim leaders’ answers to questions about science and Islam are affected by UK policy context and Muslims’ position within British society. It will provide one of the first in-depth portraits of whether, when and how Muslim religious leaders interact with scientific concepts and popular narratives about science.
The post holder will work with the Principal Investigator and external Co-investigator to conduct ethnographic observation of women’s and co-educational Islamic educational institutions as well as interview research with current and in-training Muslim religious leaders. They will also assist in research by carrying out literature reviews, conducting data analysis and writing up research findings. The post holder will be expected to engage in, and support, aspects of project dissemination, team meetings and international networking activities, including contributing the project-related websites, workshops and seminars. They will also be expected to effectively contribute to the presentation and dissemination of research outputs, including developing academic and non-academic publications/presentations.
Some of the responsibilities of this role are outlined below.
- With the PI and Co-I, negotiate access to research sites and interviewees.
- Conduct ethnographic and interview research at two case study sites, as well as interviews at a variety of settings around the UK.
- Undertake research administration and support the PI and Co-I in research management.
- Analyse and interpret data gathered for the project.
- Co-ordinate the collaborative preparation of findings for dissemination to academic and non-academic audiences both in the UK and internationally.
- Present research outputs at UK-based and international conferences and contribute to academic publications.
- Actively contribute to public reports based on the data collected and related public/media engagement activity.
- Work with Muslim educational and community organisations to set up forums for the discussion and dissemination of the research.
- Provide guidance to support staff and any students and colleagues who may be assisting with research.
For informal inquiries, please contact Dr Stephen Jones (PI) at s.h.jones@bham.ac.uk.
As this vacancy has limited funding, the maximum salary that can be offered is Grade 7, salary £30,942.
Closing date: 24th Feb 2021 Reference: 12098
- January 30, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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1. Online Indian Ocean Studies Conference , 28-20 January, 2021
As the new field of Indian Ocean Studies grows in both scope and ambition,
we would benefit from a regular conference – in part to foster
collaborations between different scholars working on the area and in part
for all us to see how the field is growing and changing. To this end, as
scholars of the region, we announce an inaugural meeting to take stock and
look ahead. Bringing together scholars at various stages in their careers,
including doctoral students, the sessions of this conference are meant to
allow us to develop collaboratively a sharper sense of what the stakes are
in our shared enterprise as researchers and teachers.
The meeting will take place between January 28-30, 2021 on Zoom, and will
feature a series of roundtables on the state of the field in various
thematic areas, along with more informal breakout sessions following each
roundtable. Registration is open to anyone interested in participating.
Details and registration links can be found at http://iowconference.org/ .
We look forward to what will be a stimulating conversation, and the first
of many more to come.
Fahad Ahmad Bishara
Associate Professor of History and of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies
University of Virginia
Ananya Chakravarti
Associate Professor of History
Georgetown University
2. Historians of Islamic Art Association at the College Art Association’s Annual Conference, February 10-13, 2021
The schedule for the HIAA Business Meeting and Majlis, held in conjunction with CAA Annual Conference next month:
The HIAA Business Meeting will be virtually on Thursday, February 11 at 12.30pm (EST). To register for the meeting, please sign up here: https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEufuihqDkoH9H8pZ-g2v6Dmev6szJI0Sv2
The HIAA Majlis, will take place virtually as a webinar on Thursday, February 11 from 3:30 to 5:30 pm (EST). To attend, please register using the following link: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OLkc7lbMTgiuwIat8hCCMw
** Andrea Luigi Corsi, Sapienza University of Rome, “The Development of Stucco Decoration During the Early Abbasid Period: the ‘Miniaturistic Style’ as a Transregional Artistic Koine.”
** Ariel Fein, Yale University, “Kufic Epigraphy between Ifriqiyya and Norman Sicily.”
** Holley Ledbetter, University of Michigan, “Gender, Race, and ‘Ajab: Automata of the Enslaved in al-Afdal’s Drinking Room.”
** Alison Tendrup, Boston University, “Picture-in-Picture: Representations of Ottoman-Balkan Princely Identities in Nineteenth Century Portraiture.”
** Amanda Lanzillo, Princeton University, “Electroplating as Alchemy: Making metalsmithing Islamic in colonial India, 1870-1920.”
The live Q&A for HIAA’s sponsored panel at CAA will be held on Friday, February 12 at 4:00 pm (EST). Please see the CAA website for attendance details.
Digital Humanities + Islamic Visual Culture
** Lyla Halsted, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, “Animating an Amulet: 3D Modeling, Materiality, and a Medieval Arabic Amulet Scroll.”
** Hussein Keshani, The University of British Columbia, “Soft Eyes: Software’s Visualities and Islamic Art History in the Digital Age.”
** Yasaman Lotfizadeh, The University of British Columbia, “Visualizing Creative Collaboration in the Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh.”
** Michael A. Toler, Aga Khan Documentation Center, MIT Libraries, “Digital Sustainability in DH Projects: The Case Study of Archnet.”
There are a number of other panels and single papers for those interested in Islamic Art and material culture, the most relevant of which are listed below. Note: this is not an exhaustive list.
For a full schedule of the conference, please see: https://caa.confex.com/caa/2021/meetingapp.cgi
Please note that registration is required to attend CAA. There are several options: https://www.collegeart.org/programs/conference/conference2021/registration
3. Ceramics of Iran: Islamic Pottery in the Sarikhani Collection,
by Oliver Watson with contributions by Moujan Matin and Will Kwiatkowski.
Yale, October 2020; 528pp.; £50 / $60
https://yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780300254280
4. ONLINE National Conference on “Rahma and Karuna – Compassion as Common Ground for Building Understanding between Islam and Buddhism”, International Islamic University Malaysia, 27 January 2021, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm (GMT+8)
Registeration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVpwHoAe3Vd08o70jFdXyh7OJq-j6IrOEGlSCyyyIgmj_wFA/viewform
5. ONLINE Seminar: “The Bitter Harvest of Lebanon’s Sectarian Politics”, Arab Center Washington DC, 2 February 2021, 10:00 am – 11:30 am ET
Speakers will discuss the serious problems inherent in Lebanon’s politics and will consider the chances for a breakthrough from the current stalemate, including the prospects for compromise. They will explore how political paralysis affects the country’s economy and development.
Information and registration: http://arabcenterdc.org/events/the-bitter-harvest-of-lebanons-sectarian-politics/
6. ONLINE Seminar by Aili Mari Tripp (University of Wisconsin): “Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights”, SOAS Middle East Institute, 9 February 2021, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm GMT
Aili Mari Tripp explains why autocratic leaders in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria embraced more extensive legal reforms of women’s rights than their Middle Eastern counterparts. The study challenges existing accounts that rely primarily on religiosity to explain the adoption of women’s rights in Muslim-majority countries.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/09feb2021-seeking-legitimacy-why-arab-autocracies-adopt-womens-rights.html
7. ONLINE Seminar by Aili Mari Tripp (University of Wisconsin): “Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights”, SOAS Middle East Institute, 9 February 2021, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm GMT
Aili Mari Tripp explains why autocratic leaders in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria embraced more extensive legal reforms of women’s rights than their Middle Eastern counterparts. The study challenges existing accounts that rely primarily on religiosity to explain the adoption of women’s rights in Muslim-majority countries.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/09feb2021-seeking-legitimacy-why-arab-autocracies-adopt-womens-rights.html
8. Postdoctoral Position (Kurdish Studies) and Doctoral Position (Berber/Amazigh Studies), Heidelberg University
We are looking for candidates with a background in Political Science / Middle East Studies with a particular focus on modern Kurdish or Berber/Amazigh politics. For the position as postdoctoral researcher, spoken and written Kurdish is required; for the position as doctoral researcher, a Berber/Amazigh language is required (knowledge of the neo-Tifinagh script is an advantage).
Deadline for applications: 15 February 2021. Information: https://adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FDB$.startup?MODUL=LS&M1=1&M2=0&M3=0&PRO=29731
9. Arcapita Visiting Professor Modern Arab Studies, Middle East Institute, Columbia University
This is a one-semester position for the fall 2021 or spring 2022 semester. We are interested in candidates whose field of research and teaching is in history, culture, or social sciences of the modern Arab world.
Application deadline: 21 April 2021. Information: https://pa334.peopleadmin.com/postings/6940
10. Books for New Series “Unsettling Colonialism in Our Times” (I.B.Tauris)
This is the principal venue for research at the intersection of settler colonialism studies, decolonization, and critiques of neoliberalism. . It provides a framework for experts to deconstruct history and present contemporary struggles for freedom and human rights in new ways. Series editors: William Gallois (Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies) and Ilan Pappe (Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies), both at the University of Exeter.
Information: Contact Sophie Rudland sophie.rudland@bloomsbury.com
11. New Website Launched: “Digital Ottoman Studies Platform”
This website is designed as a hub for digital projects, tools, events, publications, and platforms to contribute to Digital Humanities from the perspective of Ottoman and Turkish Studies.
Information: https://www.digitalottomanstudies.com/
12. Researchers, teachers and librarians at Leiden university joined forces to create this very innovative free online ‘ textbook’.
Mouse&Manuscript is a collection of interactive lessons on codicology and oriental manuscripts. Its aim is to stimulate teaching on codicology in and outside of the classroom, and to contribute to the disclosure of Leiden University’s rich collection of oriental manuscripts. The lessons are centered around fully digitalised manuscripts from the oriental collection of Leiden University Libraries. They include samples in Arabic, Persian and Coptic, from cultures ranging from the Maghrib to Mughal India. The lessons can be read in any order.
With lock-downs around the world and teachers struggling to give shape to their teaching online, this tool could not have been more timely:
https://mouse.digitalscholarship.nl/
https://mouse.digitalscholarship.nl/lessons
13. CfP : We invite submissions for an international conference on the language of kinship in Islamic(ate) societies before the modern period (622–1500 CE).
The Embedding Conquest (EmCo) team has been investigating the social, political, administrative, religious, and economic ties that sustained strategies and mechanics of protection and dependency in the early Islamic empire, contributing to shaping imperial rule under the Umayyads and the Abbasids. As part of our project, we study how writers and document producers expressed vertical and horizontal relationships, including the use of family terms. We now invite other researchers to join in our conversation focusing on relational ties that were expressed primarily through or as kinship. This international meeting will be a venue for presenting new studies about practices, categories, and discourses through which kinship might
(i) connect individuals and groups to one another
(ii) contribute to binding an empire (or other large political entity) together.
For the full description of the conference and details on sending in your proposal, please check the upcoming events page on our website: https://emco.hcommons.org/events/event/call-for-papers-ties-of-kinship-and-the-early-islam…
N.B. Note that this is a different conference from the one advertised on H-net several weeks ago by the Embedding Conquest research team and for which we are still accepting proposals as well.
For additional information/ questions you can contact us at emco@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- January 26, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.As part of the webinar series Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Ottoman period, the Ifpo is pleased to announce the first series of meetings that will focus on Lebanon and Jordan and will take place every two weeks during the year 2021 (January-July & September-December).
The goal of this series of conferences is to bring together specialists working on a broad region extending from North Africa to the Middle East and focusing on the period from Late Antiquity to Modern era. As the current pandemic is forcing us to reinvent ways of communicating and sharing our work, a webinar would be an opportunity to reconnect the academic community of researchers working on this field. It is open as widely as possible and aims to gather together archaeologists working on this large area as well as students.
While other regions will be addressed in the following cycles, this first series focuses on archaeology and material culture of Lebanon and Jordan. These meetings will present, on the one hand, ongoing projects and, on the other hand, comparative data and synthesis studies, which will allow to frame this region into a broader historical and geographical context.
https://www.ifporient.org/archaeology-mena/
2. The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, presents Honoring Esin Atılon Saturday, February 20, 2021, 9 am – 1 pm EST.
Scholar, curator, teacher, mentor, and trail blazer, Esin Atıl (1937–2019) was all of that and more. Her groundbreaking exhibitions and publications covered a wide range of topics and set new standards in the field of the arts of the Islamic world for their content, design, and presentation. This gathering of leading international art historians will reflect on the remarkable career of one of the first female curators in her field of expertise and assess her success in bringing unrivaled attention to the arts and cultures of the Islamic world.
Speakers include:
Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Professor Emeritus, SOAS University of London
Walter Denny, University Distinguished Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Oya Pancaroğlu, Professor, Boğaziçi University
Julian Raby, Director Emeritus, Freer and Sackler
Günsel Renda, Professor, Koç University
Marianna Shreve Simpson, Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania
Zeynep Simavi, Director, Istanbul Branch at American Research Institute, Turkey
Zeren Tanındı, Professor, Uludağ University
Facilitator:
Massumeh Farhad, Senior Associate Director for Research, Chief Curator, and The Ebrahimi Family Curator of Persian, Arab, and Turkish Art
Register for the event here: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xX6VJnoVTrSHZfpKLEWDgg
Find more information here: https://asia.si.edu/events-overview/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D150315890
Questions can be directed to:
Lizzie Stein, Scholarly Programs and Publications Specialist, AsiaScholarlyProgram@si.edu
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art
3. Near Eastern Studies and Digital Scholarship @IAS Joint Lecture
February 3, 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
THE HISTORY OF THE ARABIC BOOK: A NEW CHAPTER
Mathew Barber (The Aga Khan University, KITAB), Lorenz Nigst (The Aga Khan University, KITAB), Sarah Bowen Savant (The Aga Khan University-ISMC), Peter Verkinderen (The Aga Khan University, KITAB). Hosted by Sabine Schmidtke (School of Historical Studies, IAS) and María Mercedes Tuya (Digital Scholarship, IAS).
It is an exciting time to be thinking about Arabic book history, as many questions are now being re-framed and addressed in ways that speak to a wider field of scholarly investigation. These questions concern, for example, the arguably scant material evidence for books up until roughly the eleventh century C.E., the non-survival of books treating important topics, the great variability of witnesses to individual works, and the ways that recycling of parts of prior books operated across time and place. Such questions, which query the very nature of ‘the book’, are relevant for the first four Islamic centuries, but also for later periods. This jointly delivered lecture will present the KITAB project – a collaboration between historians and computer scientists that addresses these major questions. We have assembled a corpus of 1.7 billion words of Arabic texts, and are seeking specifically to understand transmission practices (ca. 700-1500), with a special focus on how authors recycled earlier works and how they cited their predecessors. Through this lecture, we hope to describe the frontiers of knowledge, the challenges and promises of our data, and what listeners themselves might now do with it. (KITAB is a European Research Council Consolidator Grant project funded under Horizon 2020 and also has received funding from the Qatar National Library and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.)
Register in advance for this webinar here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Near Eastern Studies Lecture
February 10, 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
THE EUROPEAN QUR’AN: THE QUR’ĀN IN EUROPEAN RELIGIOUS AND
CULTURAL HISTORY
Mercedes García-Arenal (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [CCHS-CSIC], Madrid), Jan Loop (Københavns Universitet), John Tolan (Université de Nantes) and Roberto Tottoli (Universita degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale). Hosted by Sabine Schmidtke (School of Historical Studies, IAS).
“The European Qur’ān” (EuQu: https://euqu.eu/) is an ongoing project funded by a Synergy Grant of the European Research Council (ERC), dedicated to the important place of the Muslim holy book in European cultural and religious history. From the 12th century to the 19th, European Christians read the Qur’ān in Arabic, translated it into Latin, Greek and various vernacular languages, refuted it in polemical treatises, and mined it for information about Islam and Arab history. The “European Qur’ān”, in its various manifestations (Arabic editions, Latin and vernacular translations) should be conceived as scholarly efforts to understand Islam; as weapons in polemical exchanges between divergent versions of Christianity; as financial ventures on the part of printers and publishers; and as tools for the understanding of Semitic languages, Arab history and culture, and the history of monotheism.
The team that leads the project—Mercedes García-Arenal, John Tolan, Roberto Tottoli, Jan Loop—with their respective units in Madrid, Nantes, Naples and Copenhagen, will be dealing with various aspects of the transmission, translation, uses and study of the Qur’ān in Europe, on the role the Qur’ān played in debates about European cultural and religious identities, and more broadly about the place of the Qur’ān in European culture.
Register in advance for this webinar here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
4. The latest issue of al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā, the open-access, peer-reviewed journal of Middle East Medievalists has been published. TOC and downloadable PDFs of the entire 485-page issue (and all back issues) can be found here: https://www.middleeastmedievalists.com/al-usur-al-wusta/current-issue/
Contents
- Introduction Leonardo Capezzone; 2. Ptolemy’s Place Names of Mesopotamia. Change and Persistence Lamberto Lesti – Cosimo Palagiano; 3. Manāzil Sulaymān: Solomonic Memory and the Islamic Empire in the Early Abbasid Period Michelina Di Cesare; 4. The Past before their own Past. Time, Otherness and the Remains of pre-Islamic Civilizations as seen by medieval Muslim authors Giovanna Calasso; 5. Tradition and re-elaboration of a Shiʿite account on the prophet Idrīs Laura Bottini; 6. Inscriptions and portraits from the past: a fictional temptation in al-Mas‘ūdī’s Murūj al-Dhahab Leonardo Capezzone; 7. The Last Years of the Sasanid Empire as Reflected in the Persian Romantic Narrative Tradition Paola Orsatti; 8. The Journey of Wisdom. Al-Fārābī on Philosophy before the Greeks and the Development of Knowledge Federico Stella; 9. Quoting the Shāhnāma in Monumental Epigraphy. Literary Culture and Legitimisation Strategies across the Persianate World (5th/11th-7th/13th C.) Viola Allegranza; 10. The Roman Past in 7th/13th-century Ḥamā (Syria): A Brass Cast with the Portrait of Nero in the Treasure Of al-Malik al-Manṣūr II Arianna d’Ottone, Erika Zwierlein-Diehl and Hadrien J. Rambach; 11. Beyond Recovery Towards Continuity in the Qajar Perception of the Past: the Case of Āthār-e ʿAjam (Antiquities of the Persians) by Forṣat al-Dowla Shirāzi Simone Cristoforetti; 12. The re-Orientalisation of the Myth of Adonis in ʿAshtarūt wa-Adūnīs by Ḥabīb Thābit Arturo Monaco
5. Before Archaeology, The Meaning of the Past in the Islamic Pre-Modern Thought (and After)
Edited by Leonardo Capezzone
Sapienza-University of Rome, 2020
https://www.artemide-edizioni.it/prodotto/before-archaeology/
6. Invitation: How Do Publishers ‘Really’ Decide Whether to Publish Your Book Manuscript?
The first interview of our ‘Publication Success Interview Series’, where we will discuss how publishers really decide whether to publish your manuscript.
I will be speaking with Katie Chin, Acquisitions Editor at Brill Publishers, about why she accepts or rejects manuscripts, and about practical tools for increasing scholars’ chances of being published – and quickly.
Join us for the interview on January 26 at:
4:30 PM IST / 2:30 PM GMT / 9:30 AM EST
For further info, see: Registration
Attendance is free of charge, and there is a registration link above. If you are interested but can’t attend, you can register and we will send you a recording.
7. The Indo-Persian Confluence Symposium
“Indo-Persian Confluence: Indo-Persian Musical Hybrid in Afghanistan”
Sunday, January 31, 2021
10am PST, Zoom
RSVP: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpcuutrjIiHdV4WsLZhCyRQGsssq-uH1Fk
The third event in the Indo-Persian Musical Confluence series, featuring a panel of eminent ethnomusicologists on Indo-Persian musical hybrid in Afghanistan and a performance by Homayun Sakhi on the rubab.
Panelists
John Baily (Goldsmith University of London)
Lorraine Sakata (UCLA)
Mark Slobin (Wesleyan University)
Chair and Discussant
Richard Wolf (Harvard University)
Performance: music on the rubab
Homayun Sakhi
For more information on The Indo-Persian Music Confluence project: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/indo-persian-musical-confluence/
Details of subsequent events will be forthcoming soon.
Project leader: Mohsen Mohammadi
Event Sponsors:
UCLA Mohindar Brar Sambhi Chair of Indian Music
UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology
UCLA Center for Musical Humanities (Robert U. Nelson Fund)
UCLA Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies
UCLA Iranian Studies program
UCLA Center for India and South Asia (CISA)
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies (CNES)
8. Iraq Heritage Stabilization Program
Iraq is home to an ethnically and religiously diverse population and a rich cultural heritage. However, decades of conflict and instability have torn at Iraq’s social fabric, weakened its institutions, and damaged its cultural property. The rise of ISIS and the atrocities perpetrated by the group—including genocide and cultural cleansing—have heightened tensions between different Iraqi communities even further and left much of the cultural heritage in the areas formerly under its control in ruins.
IHSP believes that the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage can contribute to reconciliation and peacemaking within societies affected by communal violence, especially when part of wider humanitarian efforts in post-conflict environments. Our projects in Iraq seek to mitigate the effects of genocide, cultural cleansing, and conflict through the maintenance and promotion of cultural memory, identity, diversity, and freedom of expression. To achieve this goal, we work closely with Iraqi government and civil society groups that are engaged in the protection and preservation of built heritage, particularly in communities directly affected by ISIS and the battle to defeat the group.
IHSP’s projects aim for the following qualities:
- Close work with local stakeholders and employment of local contractors
• Historically accurate conservation and restoration of built heritage for use by living communities
• Action-oriented plans and rapid results
• Cost effectiveness and low operating costs
History
IHSP was founded in 2018 through a $2 million award from the U.S. Department of State to preserve ethnic and religious minority heritage in northern Iraq. The program is based in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
IHSP is built upon the foundations of earlier projects dedicated to the support of Iraq’s cultural heritage and cultural heritage professionals. IHSP’s staff have collaborated closely with Iraqi heritage professionals in Mosul and the Nineveh Plain since 2012 through training workshops and scholarly exchanges facilitated by Boston University’s Mosul Archaeology Program. More recently, many of IHSP’s staff worked on Iraqi cultural heritage issues as part of the American Schools of Oriental Research’s Cultural Heritage Initiatives.
9. The Beginnings of Modern Medicine in Iran
W Floor, Mage, 2020
10. CFP: Innovative Practices and Pedagogies for Teaching Undergraduate International Development Studies
To strengthen the educational practices of international development studies faculty, the Tobias Center for Innovation in International Development at the Hamilton Lugar School for Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington will hold a two-day, virtual workshop on June 7-8 from 10am-3pm ET. entitled “Innovative Practices and Pedagogies for Teaching Undergraduate International Development Studies.”
This workshop will include interactive and engaging presentations that share new and innovative approaches to teaching development studies to undergraduate students. Potential topics could include:
– Best practices for online learning
– Decolonizing your pedagogy
– The possibilities of virtual exchanges
– Bringing reflexive practices into the classroom
– Bridging theory and practice in the field of IDS
– Employing partnerships with development organizations in the classroom
– Case studies of different approaches to teaching development studies
Workshop participants are expected to both present at the workshop and attend all sessions, and they will receive a stipend of $750.00 for their participation. Participation will be capped at 20 people.
For more information and to apply, please click here. Please contact Elisheva Cohen at ellcohen@iu.edu with any questions.
11. Amuletic Archives: Writing Magico-Material Histories of the Middle East
What amulets tell us about the past
Historiography of the Middle East
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
3:00 PM (Pacific Time)
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
10:00 AM (Pacific Time)
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
13. Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice Processes of Canonization, Subversion, and Change
Edited by Nevin Reda and Yasmin Amin,
McGill, 2020
https://www.mqup.ca/islamic-interpretive-tradition-and-gender-justice-products-9780228001638.php
ZOOM DISCUSSION ROUNDTABLE
Jan 30, 2021
12:00 PM EASTERN TIME5 PM GMT7 PM CAIRO TIME
Zoom link: https://fordham.zoom.us/j/82757414650
14. Saintly Spheres and Islamic Landscapes: Emplacements of Spiritual Power across Time and Place, ed. Daphna Ephrat, Ethel Sara Wolper, and Paulo G. Pinto
Brill, 2020
https://brill.com/view/title/59199?rskey=58MEKF&result=1
- January 23, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Seminar of Zeynep Kaya (SOAS): “Mapping Kurdistan: Territory, Self-Determination and Nationalism”, London Middle East Institute, 26 January 2021, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm GMT
The author builds on her book Mapping Kurdistan to show how a focus on self-determination, territorial identity and international norms helps analyse how imaginations of homelands have been socially, politically and historically constructed (much like the state territories the Kurds inhabit), as opposed to their perception of being natural, perennial or intrinsic.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/smei/events/cme/26jan2021-mapping-kurdistan-territory-self-determination-and-nationalism.html
2. ONLINE Conference: “Transformations of Arabic Literary Theory”, Columbia University, Preliminary Virtual Discussion Panel: 19 March 2021; First in-person Session in Paris: 27-30 June 2021, Second in-person Session in New York: 1-3 December 2021.
The focus is on Arabic literary theory, engaging with its development from the pre-modern era up to the present. Literary Theory is not limited to the classical or premodern reading of poetics and adab, but also inclusive, and very strongly, of transformations since the late nineteenth century.
Extended deadline for abstracts: 11 February 2021. Information: https://icls.columbia.edu/news/cfp-transformations-of-arabic-literary-theory/
3. ONLINE Symposium: “Muslim Philanthropy in a Canadian Context”, University of Toronto, 27 March 2021
This symposium addresses a simple, yet underexplored, question: How is Muslim philanthropy developing in a secular liberal democracy such as Canada? The symposium will be a pioneering event bringing together scholars from a variety of disciplines and practitioners working in the non-profit/charitable sector.
4. Conference on “Translation and Transfer” of the Network “Eastern European-Ottoman-Persian Mobility Dynamics”, University of Marburg, 6–9 October 2021
The conference will stress the pragmatic implications of the translation of texts in its narrower sense and the translators involved in activities across or within the Transottoman focus region. For a closer look at this and the multiple projects within this framework, please visit our website at www.transottomanica.de.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2021. For further information, contact florian.riedler@uni-leipzig.de.
5. ONLINE International Conference on “Canon and Censorship in the Islamic Intellectual and Theological History”, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 8-10 October 2021
Muslim societies and theologies did not witness the emergence of a single institution that establishes a binding canon for everyone who adheres to Islam. Instead, the constitutional positions are (re)negotiated constantly in a scholarly discourse. Against this backdrop, the conference focuses on the question of how certain texts and positions evolve to a canon while others get lost in time.
6. 3rd ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian National University, Canberra, 8-10 December 2021
The aim of this conference is to explore the various phenomena related to religion and migration; the political and social transitions impacting upon the transnational religiosity of contemporary communities.
Deadline for abstracts: 21 May 2021. Information: https://hrc.cass.anu.edu.au/events/religion-and-migration-culture-and-policy-0#acton-tabs-link–tabs-0-middle-1
7. Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
We are looking for candidates with broad expertise of the contemporary Middle East with a particular focus on politics and culture. S/he should be proficient in Modern Standard Arabic and preferably also Hebrew. Candidates with a background in Middle Eastern Studies, Arabic Language and Culture, (contemporary) History, Political Science, and related fields are especially encouraged to apply.
Deadline for applications: 18 February 2021. Information: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S00082BP
8. Post-doctoral Position for Research on Race and Racialization in the MENA Region and Middle Easterners in the USA, Graduate Center, City University of New York
The successful applicant must have the doctorate in hand by the start of the fellowship (25 August 2021), but be no more than seven years beyond the granting of the PhD.
The deadline for applications: 1 March 2021. Information: https://home.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/cnyepprd/GUEST/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=22123&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1
9. Post-doctoral Position for Research on Race and Racialization in the MENA Region and Middle Easterners in the USA, Graduate Center, City University of New York
The successful applicant must have the doctorate in hand by the start of the fellowship (25 August 2021), but be no more than seven years beyond the granting of the PhD.
The deadline for applications: 1 March 2021. Information: https://home.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/cnyepprd/GUEST/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=22123&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1
10. Chapters for Edited Collection on “The Arab World as Ghurba: Citizenship, Identity and Belonging in Literature and Popular Culture”, University of Warwick
The aim of this edited collection is to investigate the cultural implications of different kinds of movement and migration to and within the Arabic-speaking world.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7093745/call-book-chapters-arab-world-ghurba-citizenship-identity-and
11. New Book Series “Critical Studies on Islamism” Published by I.B.Tauris & Bloomsbury
Books are welcomed from political science, sociology, religious studies, history, political economy, sociolinguistics, media and cultural studies, and international relations. The geographical scope is global and it covers the nature, dynamics, and evolution of Islamism at different contexts and regions.
Information: Contact Khalil al-Anani, Ph.D., kalanani@gmail.com
The Gombroon (Bandar-e ʻAbbas) Factory was established in 1623 to represent the interests of the East India Company (EIC) on the southern coast of Persia (Iran) and the Gulf. It soon became the centre of British trade and political activities following the expulsion of the Portuguese from Hormuz and Bahrain. A Chief Agent headed the Factory’s decision-making ‘Council’. The Council members coordinated with Sub-Agents, Brokers and local partners at the rest of the British establishments in Persia, primarily in Esfahan, Kerman and Shiraz.
13. On-line event: Numerals and Their Alternatives in the Middle East and Europe: A Reckoning, Dr Stephen Chrisomalis
London, Agha Khan University
4 February 2021, 18:00 – 20:00
Synchronous and interactive participation via Zoom and simultaneous livestreaming on AKU-ISMC’s Facebook page (@akuismclondon).
To join via Zoom, register in advance for this event by clicking here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.
14. The San Diego Museum of Art – Research Assistant
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60919
APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28, 2021
15. Séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien”, jeudi 21 janvier 2021
Nous avons le plaisir de vous convier à la prochaine séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” organisé par le CeRMI, qui aura lieu le jeudi 21 janvier 2021 de 17h15 à 19h en visioconférence.
L’intervention de Denise Aigle, intitulée : “Chiraz, citadelle des saints et capitale du Fars”, doit malheureusement être reportée. Nous vous remercions de votre compréhension, et ne manquerons pas de vous faire connaître dès que possible la date de ce report.
Nous serons heureux d’accueillir au cours de cette séance Martina Massullo (Université de Lille), pour une conférence intitulée :
“Le patrimoine funéraire islamique de Ghazni d’après les archives de la Mission Archéologique Italienne en Afghanistan”
Résumé :
Au sein de la documentation collectée à Ghazni par la Mission Archéologique Italienne en Afghanistan (1957-1978), le patrimoine funéraire occupe une place de premier plan. En effet, de nombreuses structures funéraires se dressent autour de la ville. Ces espaces sacrés, mausolées où enclos, présentent une grande variété de styles architecturaux et ils recèlent un nombre exceptionnel de tombeaux en marbre datant du Xe au XVIIe siècle, ainsi que d’éléments remployés relevant du décor architectural des palais et d’autres vestiges ghaznévides de la ville. Cette documentation, partiellement inédite, témoigne de l’occupation continue de ces sites au fil des siècles et de leur valeur sacrée. Un poème mystique en persan confirme ce constat, et révèle qu’au XVIIe siècle ces espaces funéraires devinrent partie d’un circuit de pèlerinage à l’échelle locale, selon une pratique attestée en Asie Centrale et dans les territoires iraniens. Néanmoins, les nombreux remaniements qui ont touché ce patrimoine funéraire, ainsi que la nature fragmentaire des photographies conservées dans les archives italiennes, compliquent l’analyse et la reconstitution chronologique de ces structures et appellent à un travail de réorganisation et d’exploitation de l’ensemble de cette précieuse documentation.
Orientations bibliographiques :
- Massullo, M., “Epigraphic Survey on the Mausoleum of Muḥammad Šarīf Ḫān at Ghazni (Afghanistan)”, Bulletin d’études orientales, 67, 2020, p. 159-184.
- Massullo, M., “Marble Tombs from Ghazni (Fifteenth-Eighteenth Centuries): Morphological and Epigraphic Remarks”, Eurasian Studies, 13, 2015, p. 54-67.
- Szuppe, M., « Une description des lieux de pèlerinage (ziyāratgāh) autour de Ghazna, Afghanistan (fin du XVIIe s. ?)», dans M. Bernardini et N.L. Tornesello (éd.), Scritti in onore di Giovanni M. D’Erme, Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Series Minor, 68, 2005, p. 1167-1200.
Lien de connexion :
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16. Webinar: “On Ruins: The Contemporary Politics of Heritage Preservation and Reconstruction,” International Journal of Islamic Architecture Dialogues Series
Join the International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) for its Dialogues Series, an annual webinar that brings together scholars and practitioners from across varied disciplines for a discussion of critical contemporary issues that interrogate the boundaries between architecture, art, anthropology, archaeology, and history. In the inaugural session, “On Ruins: The Contemporary Politics of Heritage Preservation and Reconstruction,” series host, Hala Auji (Beirut), is joined by video artists and filmmakers Ali Cherri (Beirut/Paris) and Panos Aprahamian (Beirut) for a virtual discussion (via Zoom) on the intersections between video art, film, and architectural preservation in relation to the socio-political constructs of heritage in Syria, Palestine, Iraq, the Gulf, and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
Date and Time: Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 6:00-7:30 pm (Beirut)
Register in advance for this session:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvcOGopzksGN1LarCNSZf0ZZWZACDuXFak
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the session. A recording of the event will be posted on the IJIA website and Facebook page. The discussion will also appear in print as part of the journal’s new “Dialogues” section.
- January 19, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Call for Papers: The Study of Islam and Muslims in the shadow of the “War on Terror”: Complexity, Reflexivity and Decolonising Methodologies
The Alwaleed Centre is delighted to be co-hosting a major online conference later this year entitled The Study of Islam and Muslims in the shadow of the “War on Terror”: Complexity, Reflexivity and Decolonising Methodologies.
Delivered in partnership with the Moray House School of Education and Sport, The Centre for Education for Racial Equality Scotland & RACE.ED, this conference invites academics to critically explore the politics of engaging in research and teaching on Islam/Muslims at British universities through an exercise of self-reflection on their own research and teaching practises.
Please note that paper abstracts must not exceed 250 words, and must be submitted to: idil.akinci@ed.ac.uk and ibtihal.ramadan@ed.ac.uk by 7th February 2021 in order to be considered.
For further information and to submit your abstract, follow this link: www.alwaleed.ed.ac.uk/conference-june-2021
With warmest wishes for 2021,
The Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam
in the Contemporary World
University of Edinburgh
16 George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9LD
0131 650 4615
thealwaleedcentre@ed.ac.uk
2. Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam
by Rachel Harris
Indiana University Press, 2020
https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9780253050205/soundscapes-of-uyghur-islam/
3. “Extended grammars”: descriptive models of Persian
International workshop
19th November 2021, Paris
Call for submissions
Organisation:
Pollet Samvelian (Université Sorbonne nouvelle, CeRMI & Labex EFL)
Pegah Faghiri (University of Amsterdam)
A great number of the languages of the world have been described based on grammatical categories initially developed for other languages. Thus, the grammatical tradition of a small set of languages, namely Arabic, Chinese, Greek and Sanskrit, has played a key role in the development of the grammatical descriptions of many thousands of languages known in the world. The transfer of the Latin grammatical model onto European vernaculars and “exotic” languages –called “Extended Latin Grammar” by Sylvain Auroux is one of the best studied cases in the domain.
Modern Persian is an interesting case of study in this respect, since various paradigms have been used for its grammatical description, as noted by Windfuhr (1979: 9) “The two main paradigms with which Persian grammar has been studied and described are the ‘Muslim/Near Eastern and the ‘Western’ paradigm. (A third paradigm, that of Indian (Sanskrit) grammar, is said to have been applied in some grammars of Persian written in India during the time of Akbar)”.
We invite contributions on various aspects of the use of exogenous grammatical traditions for the description of Modern Persian including, but not limited to: the inventory of the parts of speech and grammatical functions (dependency relations), morphological analysis, history of Persian grammars.
The workshop is a part of the Labex EFL workpackage “Extended Grammars”. Selected contributions will be published as a special issue of the Histoire Épistémologie Langage (HEL) journal.
Timetable:
Deadline for abstracts: 18th June 2021
Notification of acceptance: 10th July 2021
Submission specifications:
All abstracts, in English or in French, should be submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=egpersian1 ). Please submit an abstract of no longer than 500 words.
Presentations will be allotted 30 minutes, with an additional 10 minutes for questions and discussion.
4. Digital Catalogue of a Photographic Archive of Cairo – The Photographs of Beniamino Facchinelli (1839-1895)
Note the release of the digital catalogue of views of Cairo’s monumental heritage taken by Italian photographer Beniamino Facchinelli (1839-1895) after his settling in 1875 in the Egyptian capital, where he died twenty years later. The catalogue currently features 726 high-definition reproductions of images identified among the holdings of six libraries and museums across the globe; it is designed to incorporate further ones as they appear in collections willing to share their content in full Open Access mode.
It is estimated that Facchinelli produced about 1200 topographical views during his stay in Egypt, of which 900 have been already listed and located, though not all copyright-cleared yet. All images are authenticated through cross-referencing, and their original captions are listed in the entries, as well as the albums and publications where they were reproduced. The whole represents a unique documentation on buildings which have either disappeared since then, or been radically transformed in course of restoration; it also includes rare views on their furnishings. Because the photographs of the reconstructed corpus were often commissioned by dedicated preservationists and inserted in their publications (although without any credit to their author), one can closely follow through them how a vanishing architectural, visual and material culture was then viewed, valued and defended.
The catalogue can be accessed at:
http://facchinelli.huma-num.fr/
5. Instructional Professor (open rank) in Persian
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Humanities Division
Chicago, IL
Jan 11, 2021 – Feb 11, 2021
Description
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the College of the University of Chicago invite applications for appointment to an open-rank position as Instructional Professor in modern Persian. Start date of the appointment will be September 1, 2021. Appointment will be made at the rank of Assistant Instructional Professor, Associate Instructional Professor, or Instructional Professor, depending on qualifications and educational background.
Responsibilities include both teaching and service duties. Teaching consists of six courses in Persian language across three quarters, both elementary and intermediate, as well as a seventh topical Advanced Persian course (Persian of the Media, modern Persian fiction or poetry, Iranian History, etc.). Service duties may include assistance with student placement, programmatic assessment, coordination of the Persian Language Circle, Conversation Table, or other program-specific duties. Instructional Professors of all ranks are required to engage in regular professional development.
Qualifications
Applicants should demonstrate previous language teaching experience at the college or post-secondary level. An M.A. degree or equivalent is required. Candidates with specialized training in second language acquisition, second language pedagogy, and/or assessment are especially encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to candidates whose pedagogy integrates multimedia and other modern pedagogical tools in the classroom. Applicants must demonstrate sufficient language proficiency for teaching Persian in a university context, e.g. through an ACTFL-certified result at the Superior level or higher, or through receipt of an advanced degree earned in a Persian-language context.
Application Instructions
To apply for this position, please submit your application through the University of Chicago’s Academic Recruitment website at http://apply.interfolio.com/82699. An application must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement, one sample syllabus for elementary or intermediate Persian, and the names and contact information of three potential recommenders. Applicants may be asked to provide additional materials following the initial review.
Application deadline: All applicant materials must be received by February 11, 2021 at 11pm central time.
This position is contingent upon budgetary approval. The terms and conditions of employment for this position are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the University and the Service Employees International Union. For information on the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, please go to https://nelc.uchicago.edu. For questions about the position, please contact Amanda Young at amanday@uchicago.edu.
- January 16, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. ONLINE Séminaire IISMM « Orient-Littératures » – Thème : “L’image du Monde arabe dans la littérature européenne du XIXe siècle. Anthologies, différences et influences”, Paris, 14 janvier 2021, 11:00-13:00 h CET
Intervenant : Valerio Vittorini, Chercheur associé à l’ Université Côte d’Azur, Centre Transdisciplinaire d’Épistémologie, de la Littérature et des Arts vivants.
Prière de vous inscrire auparavant à l’adresse : https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0RIR2TDmS-mZndSB0puccQ. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/49853
2. ONLINE Roundtable “New Voices in Middle East Studies”, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), 13 January 2021, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, GMT
Yara Hawari, Marc Oven Jones, Kamran Matin and Mezna Qato will reflect on the legacies of the revolts and the opportunities and obstacles for meaningful social, political, and economic transformation in MENA.
Information and registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ode6vrDMoGNZIdRbLJn5qZrFB6-1CoJqA
3. ONLINE Book Presentation by Malte Fuhrmann: “Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean. Urban Culture in the Late Ottoman Empire”, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 18 January 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm CET
This study examines changes in the histories of space, consumption, and identities of Constantinople, Smyrna, and Salonica in the nineteenth and early twentieth century while the Mediterranean became a zone of influence for European powers.
Please register at registration@zmo.de.
4. ONLINE Workshop: “The Making of Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa: Objects, Images, Spaces”, UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, Part 1: 5 March 2021, 9:00 am PT; Part 2: 12 March 2021, 2:00 pm PT
This two-part workshop addresses minorities and minority-formation in the art, architecture, and urbanism of the Middle East and North Africa through time. A major goal is to consider the role of visual, spatial, and material cultures in mediating minor cultural formations. Another aim is to recognize the complex, varied terrain of interactions between minorities and majority cultures: to emphasize instances of transfer, exchange, and participation that challenge the binary of assimilation and opposition.
Information and registration: Part 1 https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/01/08/the-making-of-minorities-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-objects-images-spaces-part-1;
5. Maghreb Review and Maghreb Studies Association Conference: “Empires in the Middle East and the Maghreb: The Shaping of Hopes and Perspectives”, Oxford, 13-14 September 2021
Papers should deal with various aspects of the question of how colonial rule, and its demise, has shaped the perceptions of one another held by the colonial powers and the colonised peoples of the MENA region, including debates and conflicts that came to the fore in the post-colonial period. The conference will be in English or French. Papers will be published in “The Maghreb Review”.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2021. Information: maghreb@maghrebreview.com
6. Assistant Director, Arabic Program, University of Arizona, Tucson
Qualification: Master’s degree in Arabic Linguistics, Applied Linguistics or related. Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience required.
Open until filled. Information: https://arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/3818?c=arizona
7. Articles on “New Media and National Identity” for Special Issue of the “Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research”
This special issue of JAMMR aims at enriching the debate on media, identity and cultural formation. It seeks to critically address this ever-growing area of enquiry and revisit the field from various theoretical and empirical multi-disciplinary dimensions.
Deadline for abstracts: 25 January 2021. Information: https://www.intellectbooks.com/asset/54399/1/JAMMR_CFP_jan2021.pdf
8. New Entries in the Mediterranean Syllabi Index: “The History of the Early Modern Mediterranean (1450-1789)” and “The Mediterranean World, 1450-1750”
The Mediterranean Syllabi Index is an open-access resource for instructors developing or teaching undergraduate and graduate courses relating to Mediterranean Studies topics in disciplines including History, Art History, Material Culture, Archaeology, Literature and Language, Music, Culture and the Social Sciences from Antiquity to the present.
See complete list of courses at http://www.mediterraneanseminar.org/syllabus
9. As part of the efforts of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) to raise the profile of medieval studies at MESA, the MEM Board of Directors announces our 2021 call for panel sponsorship.
MEM is a MESA affiliate and thus may sponsor up to three panels at each annual meeting. We cannot offer financial support, but selected panels will appear as MEM-sponsored panels on the MESA program. We will also publicize MEM-sponsored panels to our membership and highlight them in MEM’s annual “Medieval MESA” circular. We urge medievalists organizing panels for MESA 2021 to send us all the relevant material, including titles, abstracts, and the names of participants, by February 5, 2021, so the MEM board may consider them for sponsorship before the MESA submission deadline. Please email your materials and/or any questions to Zayde Antrim (zayde.antrim@trincoll.edu).
10. As promised in our July 2020 Statement on Anti-Racism, the Board of Directors of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to announce the launch of a new fellowship to support graduate students of color in medieval studies who wish to attend the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA).
We expect to award up to $1500 to offset the costs of attending the 2021 meeting for successful applicants. We will open a first round of applications as soon as MESA issues its program decisions to help graduate students of color who are formally participating in the meeting pay the registration fee. Details about our simple, needs-based application process will be forthcoming, but we wanted to make the announcement now, in conjunction with MESA’s 2021 call for papers, in order to encourage those who might otherwise opt out of the conference due to cost. We would like to express our gratitude to the anonymous donor who enabled us to launch this fellowship. We plan to fundraise for this fellowship in order to offer it every year.
11. The Friday Mosque in the City: Liminality, Ritual, and Politics
Editor A. Hilâl Uğurlu and Suzan Yalman
Intellect Books, 2020
https://www.intellectbooks.com/the-friday-mosque-in-the-city
- January 12, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. The Mu`allaqat for Millennials, Pre-Islamic Arabic Golden Odes, is available open access here and published by the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) in cooperation with the AlQafilah Magazine, both initiatives of Saudi Aramco.
Aiming to make the mu`allaqat known to new readers, the project gathers a team of eight commentators and translators. They include Abdallah S. Alroshaid, Professor of Arabic Literature at Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud University; Saudi writer and physician Adi Alherbish; New York University Clinical Associate Professor David Larsen; Huda J. Fakhreddine, Associate Professor of Arabic Literature at the University of Pennsylvania; Kevin Blankinship, Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature at Brigham Young University; Saleh Said Alzahrani, Professor of Rhetoric and Criticism at Umm al-Qura University; Sami Abdulaziz AlAjlan, Assistant Professor of Literary Criticism at Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud University; and Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University.
At the helm are Hatem Alzahrani, Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature at Umm al-Qura University, and Bander Alharbi, editor-in-chief of AlQafilah Magazine. You can read Professor Alzahrani’s published introduction here, a report by the King Abdulaziz Center here, and news coverage here (English) and here (Arabic). Enjoy and thanks for your attention.
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Assistant Professor, Arabic Language and Literature
Brigham Young University, 3058 JFSB
Provo, UT 84602 | (801) 422-4684
kevin_blankinship@byu.edu | Homepage
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2. A collection of 40 Ḥadīth related to the pandemic. Published by MT Karaan, Strand, Cape Town, South Africa.
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/65163171/fleeing-from-fate-to-fatedocx
3. Position of a post-doctoral research fellow – ZMO (Berlin)
Ausschreibung_Age_Gen_Postdoc_1.pdf (zmo.de)
Application Date: 15 February, 2021
4. MESA Call for Papers
The Middle East Studies Association calls for proposals from our members for the 55th annual MESA meeting, which is currently scheduled for October 28-31, 2021 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. (Meeting safely in person is of course contingent on governmental regulations, among other critical factors. As with last year, we will continue to be as flexible as possible in response to changing circumstances, within the bounds of MESA’s contractual obligations.)
All submissions must be made through myMESA, MESA’s membership and submissions system. The system is now open.
All submissions must be submitted by midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on February 18, 2021.
Please see the detailed guidelines on submitting proposals. Questions about the submission process can be sent to Kat Teghizadeh at kat@mesana.org.
MESA membership is a requirement to submit a proposal. To renew your 2021 membership, login to myMESA or use this form. Contact Sara Palmer at sara@mesana.org with questions about membership.
- January 09, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.International Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī Symposium, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, 20-22 May 2021
Topics include: • Linguistics • Logic • Tafsīr • Astronomy • Mathematics • Medicine • Geography • Philosophy • Illuminationism • Sufism • Kalām • Music • Ethics and Political Theory • Shīrāzī in Manuscripts and Book Culture Studies • Commentaries (Shurūḥ, ḥawāshī, taʻlīqāt) • Scholarly Networks and Ijāzatnāmas • Urban Studies; etc.
Information: http://kutbuddinsirazi.cumhuriyet.edu.tr/en/index.php
2. ONLINE Special Panel on “Religion and International Studies: An Outdated Topic or a Topic in Fruition?” during the “International Conference of the British International Studies Association [BISA]”, 21-23 June 2021
We welcome submissions from politics, religious studies, anthropology, sociology, security studies, geopolitics, area studies, and related fields on any country or region. Our working group seeks to bring together scholars working in this field to examine all aspects of the crossroad of religion and international studies.
Deadline for abstracts extended to 22 January 2021. Information: https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers and www.hahellyer.com/RAISCall
3. Associate Professorship in Comparative Culture Studies (Focus Middle East), Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen
Qualifications: Disciplinary background in a field concerned with cross-cultural comparison and social and cultural theory (ethnography or anthropology for example); Strong expertise in one or more of the following regions covered by the department: Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Middle America, Asia or the Arctic; Long-term ethnographic field experience and the ability to teach fieldwork methods.
Deadline for application: 20 January 2021. Information: https://socioloxy.com/associate-professorship-in-comparative-culture-studies,i7882.html
4. Tenure Track Position in Mediterranean History, Haifa Center for Mediterranean History, University of Haifa
We encourage applications from candidates with distinct interests in medieval and/or early modern Mediterranean history and with proven academic excellence in their fields of expertise, together with an extensive background in Mediterranean studies, and a fully-developed Mediterraneanist approach guiding their research. The candidate should be firmly rooted within the historical discipline, with openness to other fields of knowledge in the social sciences.
Deadline for applications: 31 July 2021. Information: https://hcmh.haifa.ac.il/index.php/opportunities-for-researchers/tenure-track-positions
5. Spring School on “Spoken Images of/in Islam: Languages and Translations in Texts and Images”, Innovative Training Network “Mediating Islam in the Digital Age” (MIDA) and European Network for Islamic Studies (ENIS), Catania (Sicily), 5 – 9 July 2021
The main objective is to investigate the image–text relations in Muslim traditions by applying to different genres of images and texts and by thinking about how they are affected by translation or interpretation. The Summer School will bring together advanced academics and lecturers from different disciplines with doctoral and MA students.
Deadline for application: 1 April 2021. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/49942
6. Articles on MENA Migrants and Diasporas in 21st-Century Media for Special Issue of “Mashriq wa Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies”
This special issue seeks scholarly contributions that engage with questions related to the main theme through analyses of representations in local, national, or transnational contexts, both in the Global North and South. We welcome topics including but not limited to examinations of otherness, statelessness, self-representation, cultural citizenship, diasporic activism, and aesthetics of representation.
Deadline for articles: 15 March 2021.
Information: https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/announcement/view/23
7. Articles for Edited Volume on “Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and Archaeology”
An international round table organized on 4 and 5 May 2019 at the University of Salahaddin (Erbil, Iraq) highlighted the interest for a collective work that will address the question of Christianity in Iraq at the turn of Islam. Les Presses de l’Ifpo is now calling for papers related to this theme. Convenors: Kinga Dévényi (Budapest), Sebastian Günther (Göttingen), Sabine Schmidtke (Princeton).
Deadline for articles in French, English or Arabic: 28 February 2021. Information: https://www.ifporient.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Christianity_in_Iraq_at_the_turn_of_Islam_Call_for_Papers.pdf
8. IDHN (Islamicate Digital Humanities Network) is organizing the first conference on Digitial Hadith Studies on January 27, 2021.
Mairaj U. Syed, Danny Halawi, Nazmus Saquib, Shuaib Choudhry, and Mohamed Alkaoud will be presenting the latest development of their pioneering research in Digital Hadith Studies. And we will also present a new software designed by Maroussia Bednarkiewicz and Stefan Wezel to automate the drawing of isnad trees.
In order to attend the conference please register as a member at https://idhn.org/contact/ or send us an e-mail to info@idhn.org and request guest access
Maroussia Bednarkiewicz (University of Tübingen)
Irene Kirchner (Georgetown University)
Pranav Prakash (Windgate Fellow, Center for the Book, U-Iowa)
9. The spring 2021 program of Silsila, NYU’s Center for Material Histories. The theme for spring 2021 semester isTranslations.
Due to the ongoing effects of the pandemic, this will be online.
The semester’s program consists of both lectures and more extended presentations and discussions, all open to the public. The lectures will continue to take place on Wednesdays 12.30-2.30 ET (New York time), but we will also have some workshop-type events that will take place on Friday afternoons 12.00-2.30 ET (New York time). For details of each event, please consult the schedule below – further details of each event are posted on our website.
Links to register are available on the relevant web pages for each event (https://as.nyu.edu/silsila/events.html). Once you register, you will then receive a link enabling you to access the event as an attendee. Only registered attendees will be able to access the event.
- January 05, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE 4th International Conference on “Arabs’ and Muslims’ History of Sciences: Scientific Legacy and its Contemporary Impacts”, University of Sharjah, 4-6 April 2021
Scholars, researchers in higher educational institutions and research centers, museums and heritage foundations, and postgraduate students are cordially invited to submit their recent research findings to be presented and published at this conference.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2021. Information: https://www.sharjah.ac.ae/en/Media/Conferences/ICHS21/Pages/default.aspx
2. ONLINE Doctoral Workshop of the “Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO)”, Bologna, 20-21 April 2021
The workshop is open to PhD students in Italian universities and working on research projects dealing with the MENA region and the Muslim population in other countries. Italian PhD students working abroad and foreign doctoral candidates enrolled in double-degree programmes between foreign and Italian Universities are also encouraged to participate.
Information: http://www.sesamoitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Workshop-Dottorale-SeSaMO-2021-CfPs-It-En-Fr.pdf
- December 29, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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