Categories : Academic items

1. Part-time Urdu lecturer, U of Chicago

The Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations invites applications for a part-time lecturer in the Urdu language program for the Autumn, Winter, and Spring Quarters of the 2023-24 academic year. Responsibilities include preparing and teaching Urdu language courses at the introductory, intermediate, and/or advanced levels. Depending on the curricular needs of the department, the successful candidate may teach up to three courses per academic year. In 2023–24, the per-course minimum salary is $7,538. This position is not benefits eligible.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications are a master’s degree or equivalent in Urdu or a related field, advanced mid proficiency in Urdu according to ACTFL guidelines or equivalent language competency, and at least one year of experience teaching at the college or post-secondary level.

Application Instructions

To apply for this position candidates must submit their application through the University of Chicago’s Academic Recruitment jobs board at: http://apply.interfolio.com/128948.

 

 

 

2. Call for Abstracts. Conference: Perfume Production in the Ancient World.

6-8 November 2023. Prague.

Call for Abstracts.

Department for the Study of Ancient and Medieval Thought

Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences

Prague, Czechia

Website: https://www.alchemiesofscent.org/conference-2023

Part of Alchemies of Scent, a research group in the history of science funded by the Czech Science Foundation.

Confirmed Speakers

Maria Rosaria Belgiorno (CNR)

Roberto Dario (Treviso)

Eduardo Escobar (Bologna)

Barbara Huber (Tübingen / MPI Geo-anthropology)

Anya H. King (Southern Indiana)

Giacomo Montanari (Bologna)

Klara Ravat (Berlin)

Jay Silverstein (Nottingham-Trent)

Giuseppe Squillace (Calabria)

Laurence Totelin (Cardiff)

Problems and Aims

The topic of this conference is the production of scented materials (“perfumes”) in the ancient world from multiple perspectives: historical, archaeological, natural scientific, artisanal, cultural, religious. We intend the temporal scope of “ancient” to be fuzzy. The central question of the conference is this: how do we, and how should we, describe and trace the ways perfumes were made within and across cultures of the ancient world?

Specific guiding questions include:

Do familiar linguistic, ethnic, and religious categories used to delineate traditions of ancient perfume production and use—“Egyptian,” “Greek,” “Arabic,” “Buddhist,” “Christian,” “Chinese,” etc.— accurately distinguish such traditions and cultures? To what extent can we speak of, for example, “Roman” perfumery, or are there rather many “Roman” traditions across different times, regions, and intentions?

Are there correlations between the manufacture of scented materials and other goods? How were those correlations categorized and understood, e.g., luxury goods, medical, magical, divine, etc.?

Were natural scents compared with, even opposed to, artificial or synthetic ones?

Can we demarcate traditions of ancient perfumery by means of trade networks, equipment, manufacturing techniques? Did know-how and theories of perfume production travel along trade networks?

Did the introduction of new botanical, animal and mineral goods, like musk, camphor, ambergris, etc., coincide with different production techniques?

What do approaches like practical exegesis or experimental archaeology and digital humanities contribute to these questions in a way that might complement traditional ones found in archaeology, archaeometry, philology, classics, history and philosophy?

For this call, we are especially interested in work on scented materials and manufacturing in traditions beyond Europe and the Mediterranean shores. We also believe such a project would benefit immensely by engaging practitioners of perfumery, scent and the senses. For this reason, we are opening the call to scholars, perfumers, artists, and practitioners alike.

Format

The conference will be in-person. Sessions will be 30 minutes: 20 minutes presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. Speakers are expected to be present, as the conference will involve practical exegesis and demonstrations. Hybrid will only be possible in exceptional circumstance. Talks will be broadcast online.

A conference fee of 1.000 CZK (~40 EUR) will be used to cover materials, lunches, and a conference dinner. Unfortunately, we are unable to cover travel and accommodation costs for all participants, but we are happy to help find possible funding sources, especially for graduate students and early career researchers.

Output

The output of this conference will be an edited volume with provisionally titled, Perfume Production in the Ancient World. The 2023 conference is being organized as the first stage of this process. Participants will present an initial draft / talk of their work. Selected participants will then revise their papers to approximately 7–10.000 words (max), and we will come together again (in person or in a hybrid session) in late 2024 or early 2025 to present final drafts. These will be assembled and reviewed by the editors and submitted for publication in late 2025.

Submission Details

To apply, send an abstract of 300 to 500 words prepared for blind review to the organizers at alchemiesofscent@flu.cas.cz before the submission deadline.

Dates

Submission Deadline: 30 August 2023

Reviewers’ Decision: 7 September 2023

Arrival and Registration: 6 November 2023

Conference: 7–8 November 2023

The Organizers

Heike Wilde (Prague / Heidelberg)

Laurence Totelin (Cardiff)

Sean Coughlin (Prague)

 

 

 

3. ‘Do discriminatory laws have societal origins? The diffusion of anti-Ahmadiyah regulations in Indonesia’

M Buehler,

Politics and Religion, 2023

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/politics-and-religion/article/do-discriminatory-laws-have-societal-origins-the-diffusion-of-antiahmadiyah-regulations-in-indonesia/C9336EE2262060876F561ACDE4D4AE90?WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

 

 

 

 

4. ‘Military Medicine in the Islamicate World’

Zsuzsanna Csorba

https://www.societyancientmedicine.org/the-rootcutter/military-medicine-in-the-islamicate-world

https://www.societyancientmedicine.org/home

 

 

 

5. CFP – Symposium of Shahnama in the International Culture and Art, Istanbul – Deadline: August 31, 2023

Shahnama, which has numerous copies in various collections, either  illustrated or non-illustrated, is considered one of the greatest  works of world classics. Written by the poet Ferdowsi to be presented  to Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna, Shahnama is an epic that blends the  mythical and real history of Iran from the creation of the first human  being to the domination of the Arabs.
Speculations about this work, which also attracts attention in the  West, have been examined by researchers working in different  disciplines and have been the subject of many studies, each of which  has brought new evaluations. Thus, the idea of organizing a symposium  and exhibition to discuss the phenomenon of Shahnama in the history of  culture and art has emerged. The first event, titled “Symposium and  Exhibition of Shahnama in the International Culture and Art,” will be  held in Istanbul in collaboration with Istanbul University, Isfahan  University, and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University from October  17th to 19th, 2023.
Researchers from various fields can participate in the symposium with  papers aiming to examine Shahnama under headings such as Literature,  History, Art History, Cultural History, and Art, to discuss it  critically and to evaluate it from different perspectives.
The symposium aims to provide a free discussion environment for new  research and monographic studies on Shahnama. In addition, the  symposium is open to oral history studies, intangible cultural  heritage elements, and projects that utilize technology (such as  artificial intelligence, 3D works, virtual reality, augmented reality,  etc.).
Details about the symposium are as follows:
• The language of the symposium is Turkish, English, and Persian.  Simultaneous translation will be provided in all three languages.
• The duration of presentations is 20 minutes.
• Abstracts can be directly uploaded to  https://shahnamehsymposium.fsm.edu.tr/Sempozyum-Basvuru
• Abstracts should be between 250-500 words. The abstract should  include the title, the aim and scope of the topic, references to the  main sources, the research problem, and 3-6 keywords.
• The deadline for abstract submission is August 31st, 2023.
• Accepted papers will be announced on the symposium website on  September 11th, 2023, and participants will be notified by email.
• The registration fee for the symposium is 100 TL for Turkish  citizens (students), 250 TL for academics and researchers; and €25 for  foreign participants (students), €125 for academics and researchers.  The registration fee includes symposium materials, refreshments, and  lunch. If the abstract is accepted, the registration fee should be  transferred to the following account:
TR 1400 2100 0000 0021 4530 0001 – TL
TR 0300 2100 0000 0021 4530 0102 – €
• Accommodation, transportation, and daily expenses are the  responsibility of the participants.
• Selected papers are planned to be compiled in a book.
We look forward to your contributions to our symposium. Thank you for  your interest.
Symposium Scientific Committee
https://shahnamehsymposium.fsm.edu.tr/
shahnamehsymposium@fsm.edu.tr

 

 

 

6. New journal, Manuscript and Text Cultures, from the Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures, Oxford: https://cmtc.queens.ox.ac.uk/.  The Centre is an academic hub for interdisciplinary activities related to the study of pre-modern manuscript and epigraphic traditions from around the world.

Issues 1 & 2 of the journal are now available.  Issue 2, Navigating the Text: Textual Articulation and Division in Pre-Modern Cultures can be read online at:   https://mtc-journal.org/index.php/mtc

This peer-reviewed, open access journal is actively seeking submissions, particularly encouraging those dealing with comparative research and innovative approaches to the digital presentation of manuscript materials:  see the website for more information.

The Centre and Journal are supported by The Queen’s College, Oxford, the Clay Foundation, and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Oxford.

 

 

 

7. The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to announce 2024-2025 fellowship programs for students and scholars based in the U.S. and Canada: https://aritweb.org/fellowships/

ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey support research in ancient, medieval, or modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences.  Post-doctoral and doctoral dissertation fellowships may be held from one month to one academic year.

ARIT / National Endowment for the Humanities Advanced Fellowships for Research in Turkey cover all fields of the Humanities, including prehistory, art, archaeology, anthropology, literature, and linguistics, as well as all aspects of history.  The fellowships support applicants who have completed their academic training, for terms ranging from four months to one year.

Applications for ARIT and ARIT-NEH research fellowships must be submitted to ARIT by November 1, 2023.

ARIT Summer Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language offer intensive advanced study at Bogazici University in Istanbul during the summer 2024.  Participants must have completed two years of Turkish language study or equivalent.  The application deadline will be in early February 2024.  The fellowships cover airfare, application and tuition fees, and a maintenance stipend.

Contact Information

Nancy Leinwand, American Research Institute in Turkey

Contact Email

leinwand@sas.upenn.edu

URL

https://aritweb.org/fellowships/

 

 

 

8. The Cluster of Excellence ‘Understanding Written Artefacts’ (Universität Hamburg) is glad to announce its main conference ‘Studying Written Artefacts: Challenges and Perspectives’.

This is an in-person event. The conference will take place over three days of panel presentations structured in three parallel sessions, on 27–29 September 2023. It will provide a unique forum for sharing experiences and views among the international community working on written artefacts, showcasing pioneering research, and developing new ideas.

Mirroring the multifaceted research of the Cluster and encouraging a comparative perspective in geographical and chronological terms, the conference will draw attention to emerging research topics and innovative methodological approaches from within the humanities and natural and computer sciences. Contributions will focus, for instance, on the study of creation, transmission, and archiving of written artefacts; on single written artefacts important for their revealing features or their challenging typology and categorisation; on small and large scale theoretical reflections on written artefacts; on the ethical aspects of research on written artefacts.

The full programme and the link for registration can be found here: https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/uwa2023.html

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us (giulia.dovico@uni-hamburg.de).

 

 

 

 

9. ONLINE Discussion “W’OTSAp in Ottoman and Turkish Studies? Digital Ottoman Studies”, Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, 17 August 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Information and registration: https://www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/wotsap-upcoming-events/

 

 

 

 

10. HYBRID Lecture “Envisioning Oman: Orientalism in Art” by Hilal al-Hajri, 12 September 2023, 5:00 pm

Taking its cues from Orientalist theory of Edward Said, the lecturer`s project deals with oriental themes implied by Western drawings and paintings related to Oman, as a place, people, and culture. The goal of this project is to explore the images of Oman developed within the works of Western artists.

Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/envisioning-oman-orientalism-in-art

 

 

 

 

11. ONLINE Webinar “New Insights on the Major Libyan Tribes from Antiquity to the Middle Ages” by Ahmed M’Charek (University of Tunis), 20 September 2023, 18:00 CET

This is the first session of the conference cycle “Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries) – Sources, Analyses, Projects ” in which we will continue to explore the sources available to the historians to write, reshape and reconsider the history of medieval Libya. A special emphasis will be put on new corpuses, especially material documentation.

Link on demand at: libyemedievale@gmail.com . Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-revisiting-the-history-of-medieval-libya-7th-16th-centuries-monthly-zoom?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

 

12. ONLINE Webinar “Cyrenaica on the Eve of the Islamic Conquest through Epigraphy and Numismatics” by Khaled Elhaddar (University of Benghazi, Libya), 18 October 2023, 18:00 CET

This is the second session of the conference cycle “Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries) – Sources, Analyses, Projects ” in which we will continue to explore the sources available to the historians to write, reshape and reconsider the history of medieval Libya. A special emphasis will be put on new corpuses, especially material documentation.

Link on demand at: libyemedievale@gmail.com . Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-revisiting-the-history-of-medieval-libya-7th-16th-centuries-monthly-zoom?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

 

13. Annual Congress of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2-5 November 2023

The searchable program is available at https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/program

 

 

 

 

14. International Conference “Fiqh and Justice in An ‘Abnormal’ Context: Connecting Islamic Tradition to Contemporary Challenges”, Depok, Indonesia, 7-9 November 2023

Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Islam has been largely seen as a problem that we need to study, analyze and resolve. Instead, the objective of this conference is to place Islam in conversation with various global challenges. Rather than perceiving Islam as a problem, the conference seeks to highlight the potentiality of Islam in inspiring creative ways to address a global issue like justice.

Deadline for applications: 10 August 2023.

Information: https://fis.uiii.ac.id/activities/events/call-for-paper-1047/

 

 

 

 

15. ONLINE Webinar “The Emirate of the Banū Tellīs in the 15th c. CE” by Zakia ELGOUD (University of Benghazi, Libya), 22 November 2023, 18:00 CET

This is the third session of the conference cycle “Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries) – Sources, Analyses, Projects ” in which we will continue to explore the sources available to the historians to write, reshape and reconsider the history of medieval Libya. A special emphasis will be put on new corpuses, especially material documentation.

Link on demand at: libyemedievale@gmail.com . Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-revisiting-the-history-of-medieval-libya-7th-16th-centuries-monthly-zoom?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

 

16. ONLINE Webinar “Shedding Light on Some Islamic Sites and Buildings in Cyrenaica” by Zuha Sad AL-SADIQ (Omar al-Mukhtar University, El-Beyda, Libya), 20 December 2023, 18:00 CET

This is the third session of the conference cycle “Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries) – Sources, Analyses, Projects ” in which we will continue to explore the sources available to the historians to write, reshape and reconsider the history of medieval Libya. A special emphasis will be put on new corpuses, especially material documentation.

Link on demand at: libyemedievale@gmail.com . Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-revisiting-the-history-of-medieval-libya-7th-16th-centuries-monthly-zoom?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

 

17. 3rd Meeting “Ottoman Ego-Documents: Inventory, Analysis (1500-1800)”, Organized by Istan-bul Medeniyet University etc., Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, 24-26 May 2024

Priority will be given to texts that can be considered self-contained ego-documents from cover to cover. Such texts, in which the author’s primary motivation is self-expression, have always drawn our interest the most. Hence, we prefer detached texts written as diaries, memoirs, or autobiographies. In addition, autobiographies presented as a cohesive part of a more extensive work are highly welcomed.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2023.

Information: https://benanlatilari.medeniyet.edu.tr/en/skopje-2024/home-page-uskup-2024

 

 

 

 

18. Andreas Tietze Memorial Fellowship in Turkish Studies 2024 (1-3 Months), Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna

The fellowship is open to advanced doctoral candidates and postdoctoral/early stage researchers in Turkish studies. We welcome projects that require a (research) stay in Vienna and expand the current research focus of the Department (i.e. environmental history, history of technology, digital humanities, consumption history, history of tourism, and cultural heritage).

Deadline for applications: 30 September 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcemen ts/20001508/cfa-andreas-tietze-memorial-fellowship-turkish-studies-2024

 

 

 

 

19. Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship for Mediterranean Studies (2024-26), Center for Mediterranean History, Haifa

If you are studying any aspect of Mediterranean history and would like to develop your work at the HCMH during 2024-6, please send your brief CV and 1-page research plan to Ms. Ornit Tsoury at hcmh@univ.haifa.ac.il .

Deadline for application: 15 September 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/apply-azrieli-international-postdoctoral-fellowship-in-israel-2024-26?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

 

20. Open Rank (Assistant / Associate / Professor) Teaching Faculty Position in Middle Eastern History (Focus on Gender), Georgetown University Qatar

The successful candidate is expected to hold a PhD in Middle East history at the time of the appointment and to be able to teach required undergraduate courses in introductory and regional history, as well as upper-level electives in the candidate’s area of research specialization. The initial academic appointment is for a 3-year term, and is renewable.

Deadline for applications: 1 October 2023. Information:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/347699/teaching-faculty-position-in-middle-eastern-history-open-rank-assistant-associate-professor-/

 

 

 

 

21. Open Rank (Assistant / Associate / Professor) Teaching Faculty Position in Middle Eastern History (Focus on Gender), Georgetown University Qatar

The successful candidate is expected to hold a PhD in Middle East history at the time of the appointment and to be able to teach required undergraduate courses in introductory and regional history, as well as upper-level electives in the candidate’s area of research specialization. The initial academic appointment is for a 3-year term, and is renewable.

Deadline for applications: 1 October 2023. Information: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/347699/teaching-faculty-position-in-middle-eastern-history-open-rank-assistant-associate-professor-/

 

 

 

 

22. Assistant Professor (Tenure-track) in the History of the Nineteenth-Century Middle East, Department of History, Yale University

We encourage applications from scholars working in any area of the Middle East, including the Persianate world, excluding Egypt. Applicants must have expertise in, and be able to teach, the long nineteenth century in the modern Middle East including knowledge of the relevant languages and societies.

Deadline for applications:1 October 2023. Information:

https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/08/03/assistant-professor-history-of-the-nineteenth-century-middle-east

 

 

 

 

23. Student Paper Prize 2023 of the Middle East Section of the “American Anthropological Association”

Both undergraduate and graduate students (who have not defended at time of submission) are eligible. The winner will receive a prize of $500, plus a chance to summarize the award-winning paper at the 2023 AAA meeting in Toronto and in Anthropology News. Papers should be no longer than 10,000 words and must have been completed no earlier than 1 January 2022.

Deadline for submissions: 30 August 2023. Information: https://mes.americananthro.org/2023/07/24/call-for-submissions-2023-mes-student-paper-prize/

 

 

 

 

24. Articles for the “Syrian Studies Association Bulletin”, Fall 2023 Issue

We invites feature, news, and research article proposals, as well as book reviews, for its forthcoming Fall 2023 issue, covering issues of contemporary or historic interest in Bilad al-Sham and modern Syria, including sociology, religion, journalism, history, anthropology, international relations, archeology, media studies, en-vironmental studies, music / art studies, etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 August 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20002030/2nd-cfp-syrian-studies-association-bulletin-fall-2023-issue

 

 

 

 

25. Articles for the New Journal “Interdisciplinary Studies on the Mediterranean”

Interdisciplinary approaches from humanities, social sciences, media studies and other fields of research are pivotal. Any historical period of reference is welcome, though we would strongly encourage authors to look at the region’s current complexities

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2023.

Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/submission-is-med-interdisciplinary-studies-on-the-mediterranean?e=82aeb6c61d

 

1. Conference “Perceptions of Justice in the Christian and Islamic Mediterranean (500-1200)”, Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, Madrid, 14-15 March 2024

Submissions that address issues surrounding the various theoretical notions of justice that occurred in any geographical scenario in the Christian and Islamic Mediterranean between 500-1200 will be considered, especially: Religion, theology and justice. – Justice and political culture. – Discourses and literature on justice. – Cross-cultural influences on justice.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 November 2023.

Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfpperceptions-of-justice-in-the-christian-and-islamic-mediterranean-500-1200-14-15-march-madrid?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

 

2. Conference of the Asian Federation of Mediterranean Studies Institutes (AFOMEDI): “Spaces of Familiarity, Spaces of Difference in the Mediterranean”, Academia Sinica, Taipeh, 18-19 March 2023

Scholars based in East Asia and around the world working in all disciplines, thematic fields, and time periods related to the Mediterranean are welcome to present at this conference. The theme encourages scholars to analyze how peoples interacted with the sea basin in their political, social, economic, cultural, and religious activities and exchanges.

Deadline for abstracts: 8 September 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-asian-federation-of-mediterranean-studies-institutes-taipei-18-19-march?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

 

3. Panel S15 on “Architecture, Villages, and their Entangled Histories: Rural-urban Encounters in the Islamic World” During the Conference “Cities at the Boundaries”, University of Ostravia, Czech Republic, 4-7 September 2024

Papers may focus on a single village, planning or design of a building complex in a particular village, or any other topic relevant to rural-urban architectural interactions in the Balkans, Middle East and parts of Africa and Asia. Papers could clarify the impact of cultural, political, economic, and physical context on the develop-ment and transformation of villages; the spatial dynamics of local societies and their interrelations with the larger world; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2023.

Information: https://eauh2024ostrava.osu.eu/guidelines-for-participants-and-authors/

 

 

 

 

4. “Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship” (April-June 2024), Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Durham University

This residential fellowship carries a grant, accommodation and meals, and is a valuable research and publication opportunity for early career (post-doctoral) or established scholars working on the modern history of Egypt and the wider region.

Application deadline: 20 October 2023.

Information: https://mohamedalifoundation.webspace.durham.ac.uk/about-the-fellowship-programme/

 

 

 

 

5. “Averroes/Ibn Rushd Chair for Mediterranean Islam”: 5 Months Residency in the Institute for Advanced Study of Aix-Marseille University, Marseille

The Averroes Chair aims to foster new forms of understanding of Muslim religious phenomena and Islamic practices in the Mediterranean, in relation to other religions of the Mediterranean region (Judaism, Christianity).

Deadline for applications: 16 October 2023.

Information: https://www.imera.fr/en/averroes-chair-2024-2025-conditions/

 

 

 

 

6. Articles for „Nazhruna: Islamic Education Journal”

This is a double-blind peer-reviewed international journal published by Perkumpulan Dosen Tarbiyah Islam Indonesia (PDTII). The journal publishes research articles, conceptual articles, reports on field studies, and book reviews of Islamic studies (See Focus and Scope). The articles of this journal are published every six months (2 issues per year)

Information: https://dirasah.pdtii.org/index.php/i/index

 

 

 

7. Book Manuscripts for “Academica Press”, London and Washington, DC

This award-winning independent non-fiction publisher seeks manuscripts from dynamic scholars across fields and at all career stages. Academica publishes actively in political science, international relations, history, literature, linguistics, religion, philosophy, cultural and regional studies, the arts, anthropology, law, and other fields.

Information: https://www.academicapress.com/node/474

 

 

 

 

8. Rethinking Gender, Ethnicity and Religion in Iran

An Intersectional Approach to National Identity

Azadeh Kian,

I B Tauris, 2023

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rethinking-gender-ethnicity-and-religion-in-iran-9780755650255/

 

 

 

9. Assistant Professor in Islamicate South Asia, The University of Chicago: Humanities Division: Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations

Deadline 

Oct 25, 2023 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time 

Description

The Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in the study of Islamicate South Asia to begin July 1, 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. Research expertise may be in any period between the tenth century and 1947, and may focus on any region of South Asia, including Afghanistan.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will demonstrate a wide-ranging familiarity with Islamic textual traditions and be knowledgeable in the cultural history of Islam in the subcontinent. Applicants are expected to have expertise in at least one relevant South Asian language, such as Urdu, and a solid command of Arabic and/or Persian. They will have an active research agenda leading to publication in leading venues in their area of specialization, be able to teach undergraduate and graduate level classes in English, and to teach advanced reading classes in their language(s) of expertise. Candidates must have completed all requirements for receipt of a PhD in a relevant field by the start date of the appointment.

Application Instructions

Application materials must include:

• a cover letter
• a curriculum vitae
• a research statement
•      a teaching statement
• a writing sample (article/dissertation or book chapter)
• the names and contact information for three recommenders

To apply for this position, please submit your application through the University of Chicago’s Academic Recruitment website at http://apply.interfolio.com/129027. All applicant materials must be received by 11pm Central Time/Midnight Eastern Time on October 25, 2023. For questions about the position, please contact salc@uchicago.edu . Position contingent on final budgetary approval.

https://apply.interfolio.com/129027?fbclid=IwAR3svXnTUB59O8UzmfuIiUGACiS-oFMqQlbnc3qX8zrYpT8JT1bDYXXbd9g

 

 

 

 

10. Epidemics and their determinants: Past and present 

Call for papers

Barcelona, February 8 – 9, 2024

COVID-19 has shown that epidemics are not solely relics of the past, nor are they exclusive to low-income countries. Consequently, there has been a surge of academic interest in studying contemporary and historical epidemics. Despite efforts to reference and employ historical epidemic management measures such as cordons sanitaires or quarantines, historical epidemics have rarely been used as a testing ground to advance our understanding of present and future outbreaks or as a foundation for future preparedness.

This workshop aims to create a platform for interdisciplinary debate bridging the gap between past and present epidemics. It aims to bring together historians, demographers, epidemiologists, geographers, and related disciplines that deal with the study of infectious diseases. The workshop will focus on epidemics and their dynamics, both past and present. Possible topics to be addressed are:

– Socioeconomic and environmental determinants in the spread of epidemics.

– Role of non-pharmaceutical interventions on health and economic outcomes.

– Long term consequences for socioeconomic status, health and well-being.

– Marginalized groups as risk factors.

– New and old theoretical approaches to epidemics.

– Methodological contributions will be welcomed.

Please submit your abstract (300 – 500 words) to jpujadasmo@uoc.edu by December 1, 2023. Accepted proposals will be notified by December 15, 2023.

1. Sasanian Persia, The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Touraj Daryaee

2^nd edition,

I B Tauris, 2023

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sasanian-persia-9780755618415/

 

 

 

 

2. A History of the Tajiks, Iranians of the East

Richard Foltz

I B Tauris, 2023

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/history-of-the-tajiks-9780755649655/

 

 

 

 

3. ‘Scientific Knowledge and Religious Milieu in Qajar Iran: Negotiating Muslim and European Renaissance Medicine in the Subtleties of Healing’

Hermann, D, and F Speziale,

IRAN, 61/1, 2023

https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WJ56P7IIAPVPDZRPC9RW/full?target=10.1080/05786967.2020.1857939

 

 

 

 

4. Medica: the Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Agesis soliciting paper proposals for the 2024 Leeds International Medieval Congress on July 1-4 which has the special thematic strand of “crisis.”

Exploring Medieval Health Crises: Authority, Practice, & Knowledge:

From epidemics and famine to barber surgeons and midwives, healing during the Middle Ages represented the ultimate response to social and personal crises. While the medieval medical experience was often a tale of hardship and loss, historians of medicine continue to demonstrate that healing knowledge and practice in this period also revealed remarkable resilience, practicality, and innovation. In these sessions, Medica hopes to explore how society and individuals coped with health crises and the healing interventions that resulted from these events. We, therefore, invite papers that explore the many varied types of crises found within the scope of medieval health and healing. Topics to be addressed include but are not limited to:

• Conflict and change within the profession of healers, midwives, barber surgeons, and/or physicians
• Approaches to epidemics and famine
• Emotional, physical, or mental responses to a crisis of personal health
• Gendered approaches to health crises
• Responses to medical crisis within medieval society including treatments, techniques, and remedies
• Governmental and Church reactions to health crises
• Health crises and healing in visual or material culture
• Interdisciplinary studies in premodern healing

Please send your proposals of 250 words to Medica: the Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages at medievalmedica@gmail.com before 15 September.

Nichola Harris, Ph.D.

President, Medica: the Society for Healing in the Middle Ages

Professor of European History

Department of History

SUNY Ulster

(845) 687 1577

 

 

 

 

5. Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Astong University

The Politics, History and International Relations (PHIR) Department are looking to make one appointment from 1 January 2024 at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level. You will be able to contribute to the teaching of various sub-disciplines within International Relations and, ideally, have an area studies specialism in either Africa or the Middle East.

Deadline | 10 August 2023

More information

 

 

 

 

6. Research Associate in the Department of Music (Literary Studies, including Comparative Literature, with Medieval Arabic and/or Hebrew)
King’s College London

The Music Department invites applicants for a 3-year position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work with Professor Emma Dillon and two further PDRAs on the project Musical Lives: Towards an Historical Anthropology of French Song, 1100-1300 [MUSLIVE] (a UKRI Frontier Research Grant, previously ERC). For this post we seek a candidate with background in literary studies, including comparative literary studies, or related fields. The candidate should have experience working with medieval Arabic and/or Hebrew literature.

Deadline | 21 August 2023

More information

 

 

 

 

7. Lecturer in International Relations (Education and Research)
University of Exeter

The Department for Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology (SPSPA) invites applications for this full-time permanent post. Though the thematic, theoretical, and methodological specialisations for the position are open, we would be particularly interested in candidates with expertise in International Relations in the specific regional areas of East Asia, the Asia-Pacific region, South Asia, or the Middle East.

Deadline | 18 September 2023

More information

 

 

 

 

8. Call for Papers – Conceptualizing Sacred Languages and Their Visual Inimitability
AGYA Conference | SOAS, University of London | 7-8 December 2023

This conference explores the dynamic relationship between sacred languages and their visual elements, highlighting the interplay between language, writing, and spirituality. It focuses on the shapes of letters and patterns created by word arrangement, shedding light on how these writing systems evoke a profound sense of awe and reverence. The organisers welcome contributions exploring languages in the Middle East and beyond.

Deadline for Abstracts | 31 August 2023

More information

 

 

 

 

9. Call for Papers – Sustainable Water Management: Learning from the Past to Inform the Future

Conference | British International Research Institutes (BIRI) | London, 15-16 March 2024

The world is facing an unprecedented water crisis due to increasingly extreme weather patterns, unsustainable water management practices, overuse of available resources, and exponential population growth. In order to bring scholars from different disciplines working on similar topics together to share results and learning and form collaborative networks for the future, BIRI are inviting papers for this 2-day interdisciplinary conference.

Deadline | 15 September 2023

More information

 

 

 

 

10. Call for Proposals – 2024 Travel Research Engagement Grants

The Project on Middle East Political Science has announced a call for proposals for POMEPS Travel – Research – Engagement (TRE) grants for 2024. Awards of up to $3,000 will be offered to support research travel to the broader Middle East in support of an ongoing academic research project or the development of new research projects. Given the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and the unusual difficulty of conducting research in the region, they will continue to consider proposals for research which does not involve travel to the Middle East.

Deadline | 30 September 2023

More information

 

 

 

 

11. Upcoming Short Courses with AKU-ISMC
Registration is open for following short courses:

• Introduction to Arabic Translation (Arabic to English)
  3-31 October 2023 (Online)
• Manuscripts in Arabic Script: Introduction to Codicology
  4-5 October 2023 (Online)

More information

 

 

 

12. 2024 Sir William Luce fellowship: call for applications

The Sir William Luce Memorial Fund welcomes applications for the 2024 Sir William Luce Fellowship, 22 April-21 June 2024.

The Sir William Luce Fellowship is awarded annually to a scholar at post-doctoral level, diplomat, politician, or business executive, working on those parts of the Middle East to which Sir William Luce devoted his working life (the Gulf states, South Arabia, Iran and Sudan and South Sudan). The fellowship is hosted by Durham University during the Easter term of each academic year. Recent fellows have included Professor Mark Katz, Edward Thomas, Helen Lackner, Richard Barltrop, Ambassador John W. Limbert and Dr Leben Moro.

The Fund is looking for research proposals that provide fresh perspectives on urgent regional issues that particularly affect the Gulf States, South Arabia and Iran. The Fund notes that the University holds several collections relating to the MENA region, including the Gulf, and also the Sudan Archive; applicants are encouraged to reference these historical collections in their research proposals. The Committee administering the Sir William Luce Memorial Fund reserves the right not to make an appointment to a Fellowship.

The Fellowship, tenable jointly in the Institute for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies and Trevelyan College, entitles the holder to full access to departmental and other University facilities such as Computing and Information Services and the University Library. The Fellowship also carries a grant, accommodation and all meals for the duration of the Fellowship. Fellows reside at Trevelyan College and are warmly encouraged to take a full part in the life of the Senior Common Room during their residence.

The Fellow is expected to deliver a lecture on the subject of his or her research which will be designated ‘The Sir William Luce Lecture’, and should be cast in such a way as to form the basis of a paper to be published in a special edition of the Durham Middle East Papers series.

Applicants for the 2024 Fellowship (22 April-21 June 2024) should send a CV (of no more than 2 pages), a two to three-page outline of their proposed research and contact details for two referees, preferably by e-mail, by Monday 16 October 2023 to:

The Honorary Secretary
Sir William Luce Memorial Fund
Durham University Library
Palace Green
Durham
DH1 3RN
United Kingdom

Email: luce.fund@durham.ac.uk

Call for applications: https://libguides.durham.ac.uk/asc-sudan-archive/blog/Call-for-applications-2024-Sir-William-Luce-fellowship-Institute-for-Middle-E

Past Sir William Luce papers: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/school-government-international-affairs/research/fellowships/william-luce-fellowship/visiting-fellows-and-sir-william-luce-papers/

 

 

 

 

13. Four Central Asian Shrines

A Socio-Political History of Architecture

R.D. McChesney

Brill, 2021

https://brill.com/display/title/59906

 

 

 

14. The Mamluk Sultanate : a history

Carl Petry, Carl

Cambridge, 2022

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/mamluk-sultanate/48BF079B3C0D6661BC028DAF070BADF6

 

 

 

 

15. Assistant Professor in Arab Studies (Tenure-track), Davidson College, North Carolina

We seek applications from candidates who research and teach one or more aspects of Arab culture, with preference given to candidates focused on the modern period. We welcome applications from candidates whose work falls within any field in literary, cultural, and/or media studies. Native-level fluency in Arabic is required. Research proficiency in a second language spoken in the Middle East is desirable.

Deadline for applications: 15 September 2023. Information:

https://employment.davidson.edu/en-us/job/494523/assistant-professor-in-arab-studies-tenuretrack

1. ONLINE Interdisciplinary Symposium: “Druze Studies – Past, Present, and Future”, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 15-16 November 2023

We seek submissions of original, unpublished research projects that focus on the Druze as a whole, a specific Druze community or communities, or a comparison between the Druze and others. Presentations can be from a discipline-specific approach or those who employ an interdisciplinary approach. Panels and papers can be in English or Arabic.

Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2023. Information: https://druze.ku.edu/symposium-2023-cfp

 

 

2. Conference “Order Contestation in the Eastern Mediterranean: Causes, Nature, and Consequences”, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel, 12-13 December 2023

The Conference will examine how, to what extent, and why the liberal script is challenged and contested in the Eastern Mediterranean, and to what effect. It seeks to examine variations on these questions both among the countries of the region, as well as between this region and other regions.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 August 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/07/18/cfp-order-contestation-in-the-eastern-mediterranean

 

 

 

 

3. ONLINE Symposium: “Muhammad Iqbal: The Relevance of a Legacy”, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, 9-10 February 2024

The intellectual legacy of the “Indian-Pakistani” philosopher Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) stands as a landmark in modern Islamic thought. The aim of this symposium is to bring together junior and senior Iqbal scholars in order to revisit his intellectual legacy and investigate the potentials in his thought for new philosophies and theologies from an Islamic perspective and in conversation with other non-Islamic intellectual traditions.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2023. Information:

https://mohammedhashas.com/call-for-papers-muhammad-iqbal-the-relevance-of-a-legacy-symposium/

 

 

 

 

 

4. HYBRID Kentucky Foreign Language Conference “Research on Arabic and Islamic Studies”, Lexington, Kentucky, 18-20 April 2024 Abstracts are invited in all areas and aspects of Arabic and Islamic Studies, including Arabic Literature, Film, and Culture • Arab Mythology and Folklore • Gender and Women’s Studies • Arab History and Thought • Arabic Language Pedagogy • Islam in America • Islamic History, Culture, and Thought • Islamic Law.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 November 2023.

Information: https://kflc.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/2023-06/AIS%20CFP%202024.pdf

 

 

 

 

5. Interdisciplinary Conference “Personal Stories from the Literary Landscapes of the Agitated (Post-)Byzantine World (13th to 16th c.) – Intercultural Perspectives”, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 17-19 April 2024

This conference aims to look at texts telling personal stories from the later Middle Ages, taking as its starting point the (formerly) Byzantine territories in the European East and Anatolia. This conference thus has a deeply interdisciplinary focus and intends to include papers on a wide range of languages (such as Greek, Persian, Arabic, Ottoman Turkic, Latin, Romance languages, Armenian, Georgian, Slavonic languages, He-brew.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 August 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/07/19/call-for-papers-personal-stories-from-the-literary-landscapes-of-the-agitated-post-byzantine-world-13th-to-16th-c.-intercultural-perspectives

 

 

 

 

6. Symposium on Fakhr al-Din al-Razi”, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, 26-28 April 2024

Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s (d. 606/1210) position as a preeminent figure of Postclassical Islam was influential in nearly all areas of knowledge, this symposium welcomes proposals for presentations on any of the fields to which Rāzī dedicated himself, e.g., philosophy, logic, the sciences, magic and sorcery, theology, Qurʾānic exegesis, and jurisprudence. Presentations may also focus on Rāzī’s life and legacy.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 August 2023. Information:

https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/05/15/symposium-on-fakhr-al-din-al-razi

 

 

 

 

7. 2 Fellowships in Political Economy (1 Senior Research Fellow and 1 PhD student) for Research Project “Economic and Political Self-determination in the Global South”, Bard College Berlin

The research project studies the history and present of attempts at structural economic transformation after colonialism, anti-imperialism in theory and practice and contemporary organizing around socio-ecological transformation, reparations and delinking.

Deadline for application: 15 August 2023. Information: https://berlin.bard.edu/about-us/employment/

 

 

 

 

8. Junior Professor Chair (5 Years): “Arts and Heritage of Afghanistan”, University of Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), Paris

Key words: Afghanistan (ancient, medieval, modern); tangible and intangible heritage; area studies; endan-gered languages and dialects / linguistic identities.

Deadline for applications: 23 August 2023. Information:

http://www.inalco.fr/concours-recrutement/chaire-professeur-junior-arts-patrimoine-afghanistan

 

 

 

9. Website Manager and Publicity Officer for the “Persian Manuscripts Association” (Unpaid)

The PMA is a new international academic membership organization that aims to support and promote re-search on Persianate manuscript studies. The Association hopes to organize regular events, publish new research and facilitate increased communication and cooperation across its membership base.

Deadline for applications: 30 July 2023. Information: https://persianmanuscripts.org/news/

 

 

 

 

10. Oman Research Grant for Visiting Research Fellowships in Fields Related to Omani Studies, Three Months at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin

The Grant comprises funding for a research stay in Berlin of up to 3 months in 2024 at ZMO, as well as travel costs to Berlin, for the successful candidates. We are seeking to attract outstanding postdoctoral scholars at junior or senior levels of their career who are engaged in projects in research fields related to Omani Studies.

Deadline for applications: 15 September 2023. Information:

https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/Ausschreibungen_2023/CfP_Oman_Research_Grant_2024.pdf

 

 

 

 

11. Articles on “Contemporary Challenges in Islamic Studies” for First Issue of the New “Islamic Studies Journal”

Articles on “Research methods, objectivity, and change in renewing Islamic Studies” and “Challenges caused by specialization in terms of affiliation, academic discipline, discourse narrative or divergent worldviews” are invited for initial issues of this journal published in cooperation with Brill and Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Humanities, Abu Dhabi.

Deadline for abstracts in Arabic or English: 1 September 2023.

Submissions and contact: Islamic.journal@mbzuh.ac.ae .

 

 

 

 

12. Articles for “Journal of Islamic Studies”, University of South Africa

Articles are invited on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world. Articles on Islam in Africa and contemporary Islam are especially welcomed.

Deadline for articles: 30 September 2023. Information. https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/JIS/an-nouncement/view/142

 

 

 

 

13. Articles for “Diyâr 5.1: Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies”, 9th Issue, Spring 2024

We welcome original and as yet unpublished contributions from all research areas of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies. Papers should not exceed a length of 60,000 characters (including spaces and foot-notes). Diyâr accepts contributions in German, English, and French.

Deadline for submissions: 15 September 2023. Information: https://www.nomos.de/en/journals/diyar/

 

 

 

14. The Fintry Trust

Al-Ghazali

Major Muslim Intellectual of the Middle Ages

with Professor Carole Hillenbrand

Friday 29^th September 2023 6.00pm –7.15pm(London)

This session on the eminent Muslim philosopher al-Ghazali will begin with a brief survey of his life. Wewill discuss his early years in Iran, his education and his celebrated career in Baghdad and then his later life back home in Iran. Al-Ghazali wrote about many aspects of the Muslim faith:-Islamic law, theology, philosophy, ethics, statecraft, political thought and Sufism. In short, he was a polymath.Professor Hillenbrandwill talk about his works, in both Arabic and Persian,on these crucial topics.

Speaker Professor Carole Hillenbrandwas educated at Cambridge, Oxford and Edinburgh and she spent most of her career teaching Arabic and Islamic History at Edinburgh University. She has published seven books and fifty-five articles.One of her major scholarly interests is the life and work of al-Ghazali. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 2019she received, with her husband Robert, the medal of the Royal Asiatic Society, the Society’s highest award. The Queenawarded her an OBE for her services to higher education in 2009 and a CBE for promoting a better understanding of Islam in 2018.

Tickets: £12 for an invitation on Zoom Book online on the Fintry Trust website: https://thefintrytrust.org.uk/events/al-ghazali

www.thefintrytrust.org.uk

 

 

 

 

15. CFP: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF EARLY ISLAMIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE:

Panel at College Art Association Annual Conference in Chicago Feb. 14-17, 2024.

Deadline for submission: August 31, 2023 (Please use link below to submit a proposal)

Panel Abstract:

With the passing of fifty years since the initial publication of Oleg Grabar’s The Formation of Islamic Art, this panel invites/presents papers that reflect on the recent developments in the history of early Islamic art and architecture from the time of the Prophet through the “Age of the Caliphates” (ca. 650–1050 CE). Significant archaeological discoveries, a broader geographical range, and the introduction of new methodological and theoretical approaches have expanded, challenged, or otherwise engaged Grabar’s pioneering synthesis of debates about the first four centuries of Islamic art and architecture. This is a field that was and, in many ways, still is defined by a series of binaries including courtly/religious, continuity/change, public/private, and aniconic/figural. We invite papers that seek to reconsider or deconstruct these dichotomies. Topics may include processes of adaptation from various visual practices of Late Antiquity; new chronological frameworks based on material/socio-technical regimes; new areas of inquiry, including the performative object, space, or gaze; alternative ways of thinking through materiality, spectacle, audience, and authorship; as well as the complicated legacies of colonialism within the field. This panel offers a chance to evaluate how the study of early Islamic visual and material culture have changed since The Formation of Islamic Art and map out new futures for the field.

https://caa.confex.com/caa/2024/webprogrampreliminary/Session12698.html

Contact Information

Theodore Van Loan

Visiting Assistant Professor of Islamic Art

Washington and Lee University

Contact Email

tvanloan@wlu.edu

URL

https://caa.confex.com/caa/2024/webprogrampreliminary/Session12698.html

 

 

1.CFP – Sohbat-Yaji-Gathering: On the Frontiers of Asian Arts, Graduate Students Symposium, Yale University – deadline: September 15, 2023

Sohbat-Yaji-Gathering: On the Frontiers of Asian Arts

Call for Papers | Graduate Students Symposium | Department of the History of Art

Yale University

The Second Biennial Graduate Student Sohbat-Yaji (i.e., gathering), to be held at Yale University on January 19-20, 2024, invites submissions from graduate students working on all areas of Asian art (for example, but not limited to Islamic, Buddhist, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese) and their diasporas (for example, in Al-Andalus, North and East Africa, Oceana) that focus on sites, materials, and histories, and engage with new and underrepresented geographies, archives, and methodologies. We intend to bring together graduate students at any level of their study to connect and share their research and ask them to consider critically in their submissions the structural biases, canons, and disciplinary boundaries imposed upon the study of Asian art by colonial/Euro-American modes of knowledge. Interested participants should submit a working title and a maximum 250-word abstract by Sept 15, 2023, to: singleslidesohbat@gmail.com.

Logistics

• The symposium will provide meals and two nights of accommodation; travel subsidies are possible depending on funding availability. We encourage students to apply for additional funding from their institutions for expenses related to travel.
• Each student speaker will present their paper for 15 minutes. There will be time for Q&A in each panel.

Submission Guidelines

Please send your abstract (250 words), a working title, CV, and the images of two artworks related to your proposed paper to singleslidesohbat@gmail.com by 11:59 PM on September 15, 2023. Please title your email “Submission.” Please send inquiries and submissions to singleslidesohbat@gmail.com.

Symposium Organizers

Graduate Student Organizers: Ankush Arora, David Cambronero Sanchez, Yagnaseni Datta, Sharon Mizbani, Hasan Nisar, and Julia Qingye Wang.

Faculty Advisors: Quincy Ngan and Kishwar Rizvi

 

 

 

2. The San Diego Museum of Art – Research Assistant for South Asian and Islamic Art

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65586

Department:                Curatorial Affairs

Reports To:                 Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art

Classification:             Full-Time, Non-Exempt (1-year Assignment)

Position Summary

The Research Assistant for South Asian and Islamic Art’s primary responsibility will be to assist the Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art in implementing the September 2024 exhibition, Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World with exhibition administration and related programming. In addition, the Research Assistant will assist the Curator with ongoing duties related to the SDMA South Asian and Islamic collections, including gallery rotations, updating database records, acquisitions, and upcoming projects. Working closely with and coordinating between the curator, other museum staff, and external stakeholders, this is an opportunity to gain firsthand experience in exhibition planning and general curatorial practice, including methods of display and interpretation, as well as knowledge of object storage, handling, installation, and conservation techniques.

Duties and Responsibilities

Assisting Lead Curator with the following: 

• Managing exhibition checklist.
• Administration of loans and exhibition-related travel.
• Conducting research on objects and themes for display.
• Organizing the accompanying publication.
• Organizing and participating in workshops and meetings with other departments, academic committee, and external consultants.
• Developing public programming and liaising with community stakeholders.
• Writing labels/didactic text.

Qualifications

• MA in Art History, History, History of Science, Islamic or Middle Eastern Studies, or related field.
• Reading knowledge of Arabic and/or Persian preferred.
• Knowledge/background in the histories of Islamic art and material culture, literature, or science.
• Two years museum experience preferred, with some experience of exhibitions or collections administration.
• Excellent organizational skills, detail oriented.
• Eagerness to work both independently and collaboratively in an innovative manner.
• Ability to take initiative, work well under pressure, and manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to be culturally sensitive and respectful of diversity.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and in writing. At ease corresponding with multiple individuals representing American and international private and public collections or research institutions.
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and collections databases (i.e., EmbARK, TMS, etc.).

Physical Requirements

• 75% time spent sitting at the computer.
• The position requires time working outside the Museum; may involve considerable time sitting or standing; and some climbing of stairs and reaching.
• Daily walking, which includes stairs.

Work Environment

• Ability to work remotely if necessary.
• Office space may be shared.
• Noise level in office ranges from quiet to moderately noisy.

Salary: $23.00 per hour

APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 15, 2023

Contact Information

Call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.

Contact Email

jobguide@mail.h-net.org

URL

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/

 

 

 

 

3. Postgraduate Studies Certificate in Exegesis and Quranic Sciences
Three Semesters (full-time) & Six Semesters (part-time)
In-house
Venue: The Islamic College 133 High Road London NW102SW
18:00 -20:30 (London Time)

Fees: £1500 (Limited scholarship is available)
Starting: 6 November 2023
Application Deadline: 15 September 2023

https://islamic-college.ac.uk/study/psc/exegesis-and-quranic-sciences/

 

 

 

4. UNCG (University of North Carolina Greensboro) has a position available for an Arabic instructor to teach Arabic 101 in Fall 2023.

The class meets M/W/F 10-10:50 and can be taught in person or likely via zoom. Applicants should apply ASAP to the Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Dept at UNCG, with attention to the Department Head, Dr. Mariche Bayonas, megarcia@uncg.edu.

 

 

 

 

5. The Islamic College

Traditional Hawza Programmes

Hawza Study – Full Time (4 years)/Part Time (5-6 years)

Pre-Hawza Study – Saturday (1 year)
Starting: 20 September 2023 

https://islamic-college.ac.uk/study/traditional-hawza-programmes/

 

 

 

6. The Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, are pleased to invite abstracts for the next Studying East of Byzantium workshop: Studying East of Byzantium IX: Communities.

Studying East of Byzantium IX: Communities is a three-part workshop that intends to bring together doctoral students and very recent PhDs studying the Christian East to reflect on how to reflect on the usefulness of the concept of “Community” in studying the Christian East, to share methodologies, and to discuss their research with workshop respondents, Michael Pifer, University of Michigan, and Salam Rassi, University of Edinburgh. The workshop will meet on November 17, 2023, February 9, 2024, and June 6–7, 2024, on Zoom. The timing of the workshop meetings will be determined when the participant list is finalized.

We invite all graduate students and recent PhDs working in the Christian East whose work considers, or hopes to consider, the theme of communities in their own research to apply.

Participation is limited to 10 students. The full workshop description is available on the East of Byzantium website (https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/). Those interested in attending should submit a C.V. and 200-word abstract through the East of Byzantium website no later than September 13, 2023.

For questions, please contact East of Byzantium organizers, Christina Maranci, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Harvard University, and Brandie Ratliff, Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at contact@eastofbyzantium.org

 

 

 

 

7. Iznik Ceramics at the Benaki Museum

By John Carswell and Mina Moraitou

with Melanie Gibson

Published 19 June 2023 by GINGKO 

https://www.gingko.org.uk/publishing/books/benaki-iznik/

 

 

 

8. New Issue Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World

an open access publication of the Aga Khan University and the Aga Khan Museum, in partnership with Brill.

https://brill.com/view/journals/mcmw/mcmw-overview.xml?language=en

 

 

 

 

9. HYBRID International Conference „Bridging the Gap – Texts, Commentaries and the New Audience”, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology (BIT), Humboldt-University Berlin, 27-29 July 2023

The study of commentaries (sharḥ, ḥawāshī, nukat) has steadily increased in recent years. The conference looks into the role of the commentator as mediator who keeps a text relevant, both by commenting on it and adding to it, and by connecting that text to the ever-changing environment that studied it.

Information, program and streaming link:

https://www.islamische-theologie.hu-berlin.de/de/international-conference-bridging-the-gap-27-30-july-2023

 

 

 

 

10. Tenure-track Position in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies: “The Late Medieval and Early Modern Islamic World (ca. 1000-1700)”, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The position is open to highly qualified scholars with expertise in the political, social, intellectual, cultural, and religious history of the Islamicate world in the relevant historical periods. Candidates are expected to have high research proficiency in the Arabic language. Knowledge of additional languages, such as Persian and Ottoman Turkish, is an advantage.

Deadline for applications: 12 August 2023. Information: https://en-hum.huji.ac.il/tenure-track-positions#

 

 

 

 

11. Articles for the Project “Foundations for a New Afghan Social Contract”, Institute for Law and Society in Afghanistan, Paderborn University

What direction is Afghanistan and its people taking? How can Afghans overcome the divisions of the past? How can they act together in the face of the challenges the nation is faced with? We invite Afghans aged up to 25 years to share their views, hopes and demands. Please send your essay in Dari, Pashto or English to info@ilsaf.org. We will not publish your name if you prefer so. The best contributions will be awarded (10.000 AFN).

Deadline for submissions: 31 July 2023. Information: https://www.ilsaf.org/projects/#Foundation

1. Religion and Secularism in Turkey: Problems and Prospect

A Talk by Dr Caroline Tee 

Thursday 21 September 2023

6 pm – 8 pm (London time)
Venue: The Islamic College London 133 High Road London  NW10 2SW

Register:

https://islamic-college.ac.uk/monthly-seminar-religion-and-secularism/

 

 

2. Ibn Khaldun in the 21st Century: Is He Still Relevant?

A Talk by Dr Farid Al-Attas

Thursday 2 October 2023

6 pm – 7:30 pm (London time)

Venue: The Islamic College London 133 High Road London  NW10 2SW

https://islamic-college.ac.uk/monthly-seminar-ibn-khaldun/

 

 

3. 10 Scholarships to Learn Persian in Winter 2023, Yerevan, Armenia

ARMACAD is pleased to announce scholarships – https://aspirantum.com/scholarships/scholarships-for-persian-language-courses-from-armacad for eligible students in Iranian Studies and associated disciplines to attend ASPIRANTUM’s winter school for the Persian language, which lasts for 4-8 weeks.

The scholarship:

ARMACAD offers up to 10 scholarships to eligible students interested in learning Persian in Armenia. Please have a look at the criteria below to determine if you qualify. The cost of the Persian Language course ranges from $3490 to $5490 depending on the duration, which can be between 4 to 8 weeks. The fee for 8 weeks is $5490, 7 weeks is $4990, 6 weeks is $4490, 5 weeks is $3990, and 4 weeks is $3490.

If the student is awarded the ARMACAD scholarship, they will receive a $1200 discount on the course fee, which means they will have to pay $1200 less than the original cost.

Who is eligible?

Only apply for this scholarship if you satisfy the eligibility requirements.
Students pursuing Undergraduate (BA), graduate (MA), and postgraduate (Ph.D.) programs in Iranian Studies and related fields, who are enrolled in universities or academic institutions in the countries specified below, can apply for the ARMACAD scholarship. The ideal candidates will be 19 – 39 years old by the program’s start.

This scholarship is only available to citizens of the following countries.

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America.

If you have already received funding from other sources, please refrain from applying for this scholarship.

Deadline to apply:

Please apply for this scholarship by July 31, 2023.

Application:

To apply, please go to this scholarship announcement on ARMACAD’s webpage and fill in the online application form there.
Before applying, please make sure you have already applied to winter school for the Persian language.

Before you apply, you can check the testimonials of ASPIRANTUM language school alumni.

Contact Information

For questions and inquiries, please get in touch with khachik@aspirantum.com or WhatsApp Dr. Khachik Gevorgyan at +374-91-557978

 

 

 

4. Nigāristān by Mu‘īn al-Dīn Mu‘īnī Juvainī: A Facsimile Edition. 

Edited by Gregory Maxwell Bruce

Mazda, 2023

http://www.mazdapublishers.com/book/nigristn-a-facsimile-edition

For futher information, see the above link.
Abstracts of 150-200 words should be submitted to Dr. Carl Pearson by email, pearsonc@iu.edu, by August 1, 2023.
Accepted authors will be notified by August 31, 2023, and are expected to submit a full paper by October 30, 2023.
Papers should not exceed 6,000 words (including references) and should be formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition).

1. The Art of Iran in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries; Tracing the Modern and the Contemporary,

Hamid Keshmirshekan

Edinburgh University Press, 2023

https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-art-of-iran-in-the-twentieth-and-twenty-first-centuries.html

 

 

 

2. Call for Nominations: The Best Article Award in Kurdish Studies

This award, sponsored by Kurdish Political Studies Program at the University of Central Florida, recognizes the best article in Kurdish Studies by a rising scholar during the previous calendar year. For this award cycle, articles published in 2022 will be considered. All articles published in English language peer-reviewed journals addressing questions and covering issues related to Kurdish politics, broadly defined, will be considered for the award. The award is open to all disciplines under social sciences and humanities. The primary author of the article needs to be an untenured scholar (graduate student, post-doc, independent scholar, assistant professor or equivalent) at the time of the publication. The winner will be awarded $800. The awardee will be announced by November 2023.

An electronic copy of the nominated article should be sent to kurdish@ucf.edu. Self-nominations are welcome.

Deadline for nominations: Friday, September 8, 2023

Award Committee:

• Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, University of Central Florida
• Ekrem Karakoc. Binghamton University
• Nikola Mirilovic, University of Central Florida

 

 

 

3. AMECYS Call for Papers: Graduate Student Paper Prize

AMECYS Call for Papers:

Graduate Student Paper Prize

Submission deadline:  September 1, 2023

The Association of Middle East Children’s and Youth Studies (AMECYS) calls graduate students engaged in the study of children and youth in the region to submit papers to the AMECYS graduate student paper prize. A cash prize of $100 will be awarded to the winner at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) of North America’s annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November  2-5, 2023

Papers can be submitted in any capacity that aligns with AMECYS’ mission statement:

The AMECYS is a private, non-profit, international association for scholars with an interest in the study of children and youth in the Middle East, North Africa and their diasporic communities. Through interdisciplinary programs, publications, and services, AMECYS promotes innovative scholarship, facilitates global academic exchange, and enhances public understanding about Middle Eastern children and youth in diverse times and places. 

Requirements for submission:

• Papers should be original scholarship. However, papers readying for journal submission are acceptable (i.e., not yet submitted for publication or published).
• No more than 7,500 words (excluding endnotes and bibliographies)
• Standard font, Double-spaced, 1” margins, IJMES standards for endnotes and transliteration
• AMECYS membership in good standing
• Proof of registered graduate student enrolment for the 2023-2024 academic year may be requested at a later date

AMECYS graduate student representatives Atacan Atakan, Reda Rafai, and Melis Sulos will review all papers submitted by members of AMECYS that are received by the deadline of September 1.

Send submissions as a pdf or word doc to dylan.baun@uah.edu.

For any queries, email AMECYS program chair at dylan.baun@uah.edu.

 

 

 

 

4. One Year CEDEJ Fellowship to a PhD Student Working on Contemporary Egypt from a Humanities or Social Science Perspective (September 2023 – August 2024), Cairo

The fellow will reside in Egypt, participate in the academic life of CEDEJ, receive office space and be granted full access to the library. The monthly stipend is 25,000 EGP. Applications will include: A Curriculum Vitae, a cover letter, a research project (2,000 words maximum), including a note on methodology.

Please email your application in one single PDF file before 31 July 2023 to communication@cedej-eg.org

 

 

 

 

5. Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Middle East History, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

We are interested in candidates whose research and teaching focus on the history of the Middle East (broadly conceived) working in the Early Modern to Modern era. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Empire (Mediterranean), Global History of the Middle East, Intellectual History, Cultural History, Gender, Religion, Political Theory, History of Science, Economic History

Deadline for applications: 30 October 2023. Information:

https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/07/13/assistant-professor-in-middle-east-history

 

 

 

 

6. International Winter School “Reading and Analysing Ottoman Manuscript Sources”, Organized by the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology (IFAO), with University of Halle-Wittenberg, Ifpo, CETOBaC, IREMAM, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Heidelberg, ASBÜ An-kara, Orient Institut Beirut, Cairo, 18-23 February 2024

The programme will introduce young researchers (mostly MA and Ph.D. candidates, though postdocs may also apply) to reading, combining and analysing manuscript sources from various archives of the Ottoman era. Materials from the 16th through the 20th centuries will receive most of our attention, but explorations into earlier archives are welcome. No tuition fees; selected students will be offered full coverage of the winter school costs.

Deadline for application: 31 August 2023.

Information: https://www.ifao.egnet.net/recherche/manifestations/ma1542/

 

 

 

 

7. “OTSA Award for Digital Ottoman and Turkish Studies”, Ottoman & Turkish Studies Association

This award is meant to support work by promising advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and schol-ars who have completed their Ph.D. within the last three years. The award will be given to the applicant who can best demonstrate potential for a major scholarly contribution using available tools and methods of digital Ottoman and Turkish Studies.

Deadline for applications extended to 1 August 2023.

Information: https://www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/awards-prizes/#jump06

 

 

 

8. Photo Contest of the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association

We encourage submissions from anthropologists especially from the MENA region. Each person is limited to one submission of five photographs. We ask that those submitting be members of the Middle East Section, except for students, non-tenure track faculty or scholars in the Global South if membership imposes a signif-icant hardship.

Deadline for submissions: 31 August 2023.

Information: https://mes.americananthro.org/2023/07/04/call-for-submissions-for-mes-photo-contest/

1.The Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics

January 2024 Meeting, Call for Papers

Submission Deadline August 4

(Re-)imagining Muslim Ethics in Times of Transformation

We welcome paper, panel, or roundtable proposals dealing with all aspects of Muslim/Islamic ethics broadly defined. Areas of interest include but are not limited to Islamic/Muslim ethics of science, politics, gender and sexuality, economics, race, bioethics, medicine, animals and the environment, and recently published books on any of these topics.

Information: www.SSMEthics.org

Graduate students and early career scholars are encouraged to submit proposals.

 

 

 

 

2. 4th Biennial Conference for Arabic Teaching & Learning in Higher Education: “Linguistic Diversity & Translanguaging in Arabic Language Teaching”, University of Cambridge, 18 April 2024

We are inviting the submission of evidence-based abstracts for papers, panels and workshops relating to the conference theme, but not limited to the following sub-themes: Perceptions of Translanguaging – The varieties we teach – Approaches to assessment.

Deadline for abstracts: 14 July 2023. Information: https://www.cis.cam.ac.uk/call-for-papers-4th-biennial-conference-for-arabic-teaching-learning-in-higher-education/

 

 

 

 

3. Researcher in Middle East Politics (18 Months), Middle East Studies Programme, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, Oxford

We welcome applications from early career researchers who have completed a first degree and/or a PhD/DPhil in a relevant subject area, with experience of collecting data from the MENA region. The ideal candidate will use the data collected to advance their own research agenda. Knowledge of Arabic-language OCR engines and the R/Python programming languages is desirable, although training can be provided.

Deadline for applications: 31 July 2023.

Information: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=165199

 

 

 

 

4. Fully Funded COSIMENA Summer School “Cross-cultural Communication: How Can We Understand Each Other?” Organized by DAAD Egypt, Freie Universität Berlin and Ahram Canadian University, Cairo, 10-17 September 2023

Junior researchers from the MENA region as well as from Germany are invited to apply, with the aim of achieving regional diversity and fostering intercultural cooperation between the two regions. Disciplines include: Mass communication – Cultural Studies – History – Political sciences and economics – Sociology – Film Studies – Middle East Studies – Information technology, and other fields related to the topic.

Deadline for applications: 20 July 2023. Information and applications: https://www.daad.eg/en/2023/07/03/c osimena-summer-school-2023-on-cross-cultural-communication-how-can-we-understand-each-other/

 

 

 

5. Online Program “Master of Arts in Kurdish Studies” (2 Years), Zahra Institute, Chicago

The program highlights: A unique focus on the humanities aspects of Kurdish Studies including literature, music, visual arts, and cinema. – Covers a topic area long overlooked by traditional Middle Eastern Studies programs. – Gain access to the language and culture of approximately forty million people. – Flexibility of an on-line program with the highest American academic standards.

Deadline for applications: 12 August 2023. Information: www.zahrainstitute.org

 

 

 

 

6. Articles for “Afkaruna: Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Islamic Studies”, Issue De-cember 2023

Afkaruna aims to promote excellent articles on Islam that present original findings, new ideas or concepts that result from contemporary research projects in Islamic studies, area studies (especially Southeast Asia and the Middle East), social sciences, and humanities.

Deadline for articles: 15 October 2023. Information: https://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/afkaruna

 

 

 

7. CfP: Great Lakes Adiban Society Workshop, Oct 2023

The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) invites submissions for its seventh annual workshop, scheduled to take place in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on October 7-8, 2023. We welcome works in progress that would benefit from extensive discussion and feedback, and especially encourage graduate students to participate.

The Society aims to provide a regional forum for scholars of Islamicate adab, particularly of the medieval and early modern periods, to meet and share their work. We leave our parameters of language and genre intentionally open in order to invite as wide a collaboration as can be useful, but as a group we are generally interested in the literary production of the broad complex of premodern Muslim societies across the Eastern Hemisphere. This naturally includes the major Islamicate languages of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu, as well as many others (Armenian, Kurdish, Georgian, Hebrew, Spanish, etc.) that participate in similar literary conventions.

Those who wish to participate can apply by filling out our online application by August 30, 2023. Please note that each accepted participant will be given 45 minutes to present and discuss their work; because of this, we have limited space and may have to turn down some submissions if we receive too many. In such an event, preference will generally be given to graduate students, junior scholars based in the Great Lakes region, and works in progress. All participants should plan to cover their own costs.

All applicants can expect to hear back from us by early September.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at greatlakesadibansociety@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

 

 

 

 

8. WHOME (Women Historians of the Middle East) 2023 Graduate Student Article Prize Call for Nominations

2023 Call for Nominations 

We are pleased to announce the call for submissions for our annual prize for the best article about Middle Eastern history written by a female-identifying or gender non-conforming graduate student (Masters or PhD). The award aims to highlight  the innovative scholarship women and gender non-conforming students are producing in the field. The journal article (not to exceed 8,000 words, including citations and bibliography) can be published, under review, or submitted to a peer-reviewed journal. The article must be published in English or translated into English; it may be about any period in Middle Eastern history and may address any subfield in the discipline of history. Submissions will be evaluated on their originality, use of primary and secondary sources, argumentation, and contribution to the field. The applicant must not have been awarded a doctorate prior to October 1, 2022.

Articles may be submitted by the author (self-nomination) or as nominations by academic advisors, professors, or journal editors; journal editors may nominate up to three articles. (Authors must confirm by email that they accept the nomination before the submission deadline.) Jointly published articles are accepted for submission, but both authors must be graduate students; the co-author may be male. Articles that have appeared in collections will be considered but only if the articles were published for the first time in the year prior to the application deadline; reprints will not be considered. Winners will be notified by October 26, 2023 and will be publicly acknowledged in an official announcement at the WHOME meeting at the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting. The winning author will also receive a $250 monetary award.

Applications are due by 11:59 PST on August 31, 2023. To apply, please follow the following link:

Questions? Please contact contactwhome@gmail.com

 

 

 

9. SCORE lecture series: “Christian Rebels in Syriac Sources, 750-850”

11 July, 4 pm CEST, Philip Wood (Aga Khan University) will discuss “Christian Rebels in Syriac Sources, 750-850”.

To join via Zoom, simply send an email to score.aai@uni-hamburg.de and you’ll receive the access details.

 

 

 

 

10. An Afterlife for the Khan: Muslims, Buddhists, and Sacred Kingship in Mongol Iran and Eurasia

Jonathan Brack

University of California Press, 2023

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520392908/an-afterlife-for-the-khan

Discount flyer (30%): https://www.academia.edu/98957250/An_Afterlife_for_the_Khan_Muslims_Buddhists_and_Sacred_Kingship_in_Mongol_Iran_and_Eurasia_30_discount_

 

 

 

11. CfP: Online Conference and Special Issue on Isnad-cum-Matn analysis (ICMA)

This is a call for papers for an online conference (hosted by Charles Sturt University and Georgetown University) followed by a journal special issue (in Comparative Islamic Studies) on Isnad-cum-Matn analysis (ICMA) as a Method in Contemporary Hadith Studies.

The organising committee invites papers from a range of scholarly perspectives to address this significant and contested area of study. The overall aim is to provide a ‘state of the art’ appraisal of ICMA within hadith studies and related academic disciplines.

Papers are requested on topics addressing questions such as:

• How has ICMA been received in hadith studies in the past three decades?
• What is the epistemic status of ICMA analysis?
• What does ICMA reveal about the common links of hadith?
• What are the advantages and limitations of the technique, and the scope of its application?
• Are there similar techniques to the ICMA in classical Muslim scholarship and have they yielded the same results?
• What are the challenges of conducting ICMA and can technology, such as electronic databases and AI generated tools, contribute to the development of reliable tools?
• How does ICMA relate to the historiographical reception of hadith in academic circles and the hadith canon in Islamic religious tradition?

The full background to the conference and how to submit an abstract can be found at: https://arts-ed.csu.edu.au/centres/cisac/research/icma-conference. Details about attendance will be publicised at a later date.

 

 

1.Ben-Gurion University of the Negev – Iranian studies or Gulf studies

The position will begin on 1 October 2024. The deadline for application is 8 October 2023.
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65522

 

 

 

2. Late Antique Responses to the Arab Conquests
Edited by Josephine van den Bent,
Floris van den Eijnde and
Johan Weststeijn

Brill, 2022

 

 

 

 

3. A Bibliography of Islamic Criminal Law
Olaf Köndgen

Brill, 2021

 

 

 

4. CfP: Al-Karmil

Editor-in-Chief: Roy Vilozny,

Editors: Arin Salamah-Qudsi, Reuven Snir,
and Yehudit Dror,

Managing Editor: Rawand Sliman-Baraky

A forum for the study of Arabic language and literature as well as Islamic civilization in general, from the pre-Islamic period to the present. Al-Karmil: Studies in Arabic Language and Literature welcomes contributions in Arabic or in English.

 

 

 

5. New Brill series: Iran and the Caucasus Monographs is a double-anonymous peer-reviewed book series that covers recent findings in Irano-Indian, Caucasian, Near-Eastern, Armenian, and Turkic studies. The focus will be on linguistics and philology, history, archaeology, anthropology, history of religions, art history, as well as ethnopolitical and security issues concerning the said regions.

 

 

 

 

6. New Methodological Perspectives in Islamic Studies

Volume Editors: Aaron W. Hughes and Abbas Aghdassi

Brill, 2023

https://brill.com/display/title/64129

 

 

 

7. Sufis and Their Lodges in the Ottoman Ḥijāz

Ḥasan b. `Alī al-`Ujaymī’s (d. 1113/1702) Khabāyā al-zawāyā “Secrets of the Lodges” & Risāla fī ṭuruq al-ṣūfiyya “Treatise on Sufi Orders”

Naser Dumairieh

Brill, 2023

https://brill.com/display/title/63423

 

 

8. Chaire Professeur Junior “Arts et patrimoine de l’Afghanistan”, recrutement INaLCO

Information: Recrutement Chaire Professeur Junior “Arts et patrimoine de l’Afghanistan”, INaLCO

Appel aux candidatures: clôture le 27/08/2023

Mise en place par la loi de programmation pour la recherche, la chaire de professeur junior (CPJ) constitue une nouvelle voie de recrutement permettant d’accéder à un emploi de titulaire dans le corps des professeurs de universités et assimilés ou de directeurs de recherche. Le recrutement s’effectue sur un projet de recherche et d’enseignement porté par un titulaire de doctorat ou de diplôme équivalent.

Chaque lauréat signera une convention de recherche et d’enseignement avec l’établissement ainsi qu’un contrat de pré-titularisation dont la durée ne peut être inférieure à trois ans et ne peut être supérieure à six ans.

https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/cand_CPJ.htm

Profil du poste CPJ “Arts et patrimoine de l’Afghanistan” (réf. Galaxie 4225):

https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/ListesPostesPublies/FIDIS/0753488J/FOPC_0753488J_4225.pdf

=>Contrat de pré-titularisation de 5 ans (procédure de titularisation selon les conditions spécifiées dans le profil du poste)

=>Prise de fonction: le 01/12/2023

Détails (FR/ENG):

http://www.inalco.fr/concours-recrutement/chaire-professeur-junior-arts-patrimoine-afghanistan

Attention:

! Le dépôt de candidature se fait uniquement par voie électronique sur la plateforme Galaxie des personnels du supérieur:

https://galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/antares/can/index.jsp

 

 

 

9. Sacred Signs: How Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visual Symbols Draw from the Same Well

Oxford Interfaith Forum

We are deeply honoured to welcome Professor Ori Soltes from the Center for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University, USA, to lead a session of the International Interfaith Reading Group on ART in Interfaith Contexts. 

Topic: Sacred Signs: How Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visual Symbols Draw from the Same Well

Abstract: This image-rich talk will introduce some of the many examples of how symbols in the visual art of the Abrahamic traditions draw from a pagan vocabulary that precedes all of them as well as from each other; how they converge and diverge across history and geography; and how they continue to appear in the modern and contemporary art of a world that often defines itself to be secular.

Speaker: Professor Ori Soltes, Centre for Jewish Civilization, Georgetown University, USA.

Chair: Revd Canon Dr Joanna Collicutt, King’s College London, UK. Revd Canon Dr Joanna Collicutt is a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, an associate lecturer at Ripon College Cuddesdon, and an associate priest in an Oxfordshire parish.

Date: 10 July, 2023

Time: 18:00-19:00 BST | 19:00-20:00 CEST | 10:00-11:00 PDT | 13:00-14:00 EDT

Venue: Online

For registration, please, go to: https://www.oxfordinterfaithforum.org/thematic-international-interfaith-reading-groups/art-in-interfaith-contexts/sacred-signs-how-jewish-christian-and-muslim-visual-symbols-draw-from-the-same-well/

 

 

 

10. Cartography in the European Enlightenment — NOW ONLINE FOR FREE ACCESS

The History of Cartography Project at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Chicago Press are pleased to announce the online publication of Cartography in the European Enlightenment, edited by Matthew H. Edney and Mary S. Pedley, volume 4 of The History of Cartography (Chicago, 2019). The Press has added the volume — all 1,764 pages with 1,000,000 words and 984 full-color illustrations, in 479 entries written by 214 experts — to the other volumes of the series already online for free public access (1–3 and 6).

Goto https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/index.html to access all the volumes; the links to each volume, with volume 4 newly added, are at left.

Cartography in the European Enlightenment explores all aspects of mapping in the long eighteenth century, approximately between 1650 and 1800, give or take a decade as necessary, in Europe, Europe’s overseas empires and trading companies, in Russia, and in the Ottoman Empire. It is arranged by major mapping practices (geographical mapping, property mapping, marine charting, etc.) and by major communities of map consumers (military, civil government, the emergent public). It is the starting point for anyone seeking to learn more about mapping at a time when maps served as a foundational metaphor for the organization of knowledge.

Enjoy! And please share this FREE resource across other intellectual and social media!

Contact Information

Matthew Edney

Director, History of Cartography Project

Contact Email

edney@wisc.edu

URL

https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/index.html

 

 

 

 

11. The Islamic College – Open Evening

https://islamic-college.ac.uk/study/open-evening/

Date: 14th July 2023

Time: 6:30 pm – 9 pm

Venue: The Islamic College, 133 High Road, Willesden, London, NW10 2SW

 

 

 

12. With Brush and Qalam; Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin – July 2023 to October 2023

With Brush and Qalam
Chinese Arabic Calligraphy by Haji Noor Deen

06.07.2023 to 22.10.2023
Pergamonmuseum

With the solo exhibition of the most important contemporary representative of Sini calligraphy, the Museum für Islamische Kunst (Museum for Islamic Art) is showing selected works by Haji Noor Deen in Berlin for the first time.

Sini calligraphy is the artistic script used by the Muslim minority in China. Its history reaches back to the 14th century. The distinctive feature of Sini calligraphy is the melding of techniques and styles from the Arabic and Chinese lettering traditions.

Arabic calligraphy follows a centuries-old tradition involving strict rules with precisely defined proportions for the letters. Sini calligraphy, on the other hand, is completely free of rules. The top priority is the perceived beauty and balance of the composition. Even the direction of the writing can be freely chosen, either from top to bottom, as in Chinese, or from right to left, as in Arabic.

Haji Noor Deen is a master of Sini calligraphy. Inspired by calligraphic traditions from China to Istanbul, the artist creates works with expressive lines that at first glance appear Chinese, but on closer inspection go far beyond that.

The artist’s painting tools reflect this diversity. Haji Noor Deen paints the Arabic letters with a brush that is characteristically used for Chinese calligraphy. He equally appreciates the qalam, the reed pen of Arabic calligraphy. He also uses completely new tools, such as cloth-covered wooden spatulas that he produces himself. With masterly skill, he creates artworks of great aesthetic power that surprise and affect the viewer.

A special exhibition of the Museum für Islamische Kunst – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Link tot the exhibition https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/with-brush-and-qalam/

 

 

 

13. CFP – The Materiality of Pious Texts: The Qur’an and Devotional Manuscripts, CIHA, Lyon, France – June 23 – 28, 2024

We invite paper proposals for the session “The Materiality of Pious Texts: The Qur’an and Devotional Manuscripts” at the 36th Congress of the Comité international d’histoire de l’art (CIHA), June 23 – 28, 2024, in Lyon, France.

Both the Qur’an and Islamic devotional manuscripts have traditionally been studied as texts and artistic achievements, but rarely as material objects. Concerns about how to handle and dispose of Qur’anic matter – how to use the manuscript, where to place it, when to touch it – or whether it is permissible to perfume it, ingest it or sell it, were among the anxieties of the first centuries of Islam. Formative to the Qur’an’s physical manifestation as codices, scrolls or inscribed artefacts, these debates shaped its sacrality in the material realm and affected the use of Islamic devotional manuscripts in which passages of the Qur’an appear next to other pious texts, prayers or illustrations of holy places. Art history has been rarely concerned with such phenomena, or with the corporeality of sacred and pious texts in general.

This session aims to interrogate the materiality of pious texts and the roles they played in shaping artistic forms embedded in a diverse range of practices, at the time of their production or in their afterlives: Qur’anic calligraphy, calligrams, and emblematic inscriptions in books and scrolls, but also on tablets and panels of various materials, interspersed or combined with devotional texts and images presented in diagrammatic or iconified forms. By moving away from archaeological taxonomies and the study of styles and repertoires, we hope to create space for approaching pious texts through their materiality, their use, and the range of physical reactions they elicited. Meanings – whether religious, political, or aesthetic – can be found not just in how texts looked, but also in how they functioned, and it is through the lens of materiality that previously neglected ideas and behaviors can be examined.

With that in mind, we call for papers that explore the materiality of pious texts of any kind, focusing on how they were shaped, what aesthetic ideas were embedded in them, and what kind of engagement their forms triggered, be it at the time of their making, consumption, alteration, or reuse. As their meanings shifted throughout their spatial and temporal circulation, within and beyond Muslim communities, these texts projected multifaceted statements of faith and efficacy that are yet to be unpacked. Later interventions such as manipulations of their constitutive elements, amendments to their illustrations, or smudging and erasures, also reflect practices and beliefs, often echoing ideologies. In no way limited to these aspects, this session seeks papers that re-instate the role of makers, beholders and users of texts within art history. As such, it encourages cross-disciplinary research – bridging religious studies, anthropology and visual culture – to re-establish the relation between art history, material culture and religion.

Submission:

Please submit your proposal by 15 September 2023 via this link: https://livebyglevents.key4register.com/key4register/AbstractList.aspx?e=148

• Title of the proposed paper (concise and reflecting the contents of the paper).
• Paper Proposal: An abstract of 350 to 500 words, in English or French, including 4 to 6 key words and a possible short bibliography.
• CV of 500 characters with first name, last name, title, status, institution of affiliation and the link to the personal or professional page.

Funding:

Applicants are responsible to secure their own funding. Please consult this page regularly: https://www.cihalyon2024.fr/en/call-for-grants