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1. ONLINE Webinar “The Kurdish Nobility in the Ottoman Empire: Loyalty, Autonomy, and Privilege”, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 9 February 2024, 12:00 am – 1:00 pm ET
In this webinar, Nilay Özok Gündogan will analyze the history of one noble Kurdish family based in the emirate of Palu, a fortressed town in the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire, between 1720 and 1895.
Information and registration:
https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2023/nilay-ozok-gundogan-kurdish-nobility
2. 18th Great Lakes Ottoman Workshop (GLOW), Binghamton University, SUNY, 3-4 May 2024
GLOW has three broad themes this year: “Translation in Ottoman Studies”, “Nature and Natural Histories of the Ottoman Empire”, and “Ottoman Migrations.” Each theme will have at least one panel associated with it. Abstracts and prearranged panels not related to these themes are gladly accepted on any topic related to Ottoman studies
Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2024.
3. HYBRID 45th Conference of the Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), Aga Khan Library, London, 14-17 May 2024
Deadline for abstracts: 28 January 2024. Information: https://melcominternational.eu/index.php/forthcoming-conference/
4. Conference “Animals in Anatolian and Turkish History”, Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koç University, Istanbul, 16-17 May 2024
The conference’s goal is to explore how animals shaped the human experience in Anatolia and Turkey over time, and how Anatolian and Turkish societies (in turn) have altered the past and present of different animal groups.
Deadline for abstracts: 6 February 2024.
5. Cercec / Cetobac International Graduate Conference in Area Studies “Modernities Debated. Crossed Perspectives from Russian, Soviet and Ottoman (Post-)Imperial Spaces: Central and Eastern Europe, Balkans, Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasus and Central Asia”, EHESS, Paris, 21-23 May 2024
The aim of this conference is to explore how the idea of modernity has been produced in situ by past and present actors in the areas under study. By focusing more closely on the way in which the internal dynamics of the geographical and social spaces of interest produce modernity, this conference aims to continue the work undertaken by areal studies on how modernity is conceptualised and actualised.
Deadline for abstracts: 23 February 2024. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2024/01/AAC-Journees-doctorales-CETOBAC-CERCEC-Modernites-en-debat.pdf
6. ONLINE Workshop “Medieval Middle Eastern Diversity” Organized by Thomas A. Carlson (Oklahoma State University) and Reyhan Durmaz (University of Pennsylvania), 20 May 2024
This one-day workshop invites scholars to discuss diversity, with any thematic focus, within the temporal scope of the “medieval” period (roughly 600-1500) and the Middle Eastern region. Any scale of work, from broad theoretical inquiries to granular micro-historical analyses, is welcome.
Deadline for abstracts: 23 February 2024. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-medieval-middle-eastern-diversity-workshop-20-may-remote?e=82aeb6c61d
7. Pre-doc Scholarship (36 Months) for Dissertation Project in the Field of “History of Islam in the Eastern Mediterranean”, University of Mainz
Prerequisites: An outstanding Master degree obtained within the past 24 months in a relevant discipline; proficiency in English and German and/or willingness to acquirerelevant language skills as soon as possible after the start of the scholarship.
Deadline for applications: 29 February 2024. Information: Contact urban-difference@uni-mainz.de
8. 130 Fully-funded Scholarships (4 Years) for the Doctoral Programmes in Economics, History, Law, and Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2024. Information: https://www.eui.eu/en/services/academic-service/doctoral-programme#msdynttrid=1BEWQW9wyUn_v4KXPzeGI9LB7DgjSyosZqILpMnXTI0
9. Tenure-track Position in Medieval History (500-1500 CE), Tel Aviv University
The position is open to PhD holding candidates at all levels of their careers. We seek in particular researchers who focus on one of the following areas and/or on interactions between them: History of Western Christianity, History of Eastern Christianity, Mediterranean History, History of the Crusades and Crusader Kingdoms.
Deadline for applications: 17 March 2024. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/job-zvi-yavetz-school-of-historical-studies-tel-aviv-university?e=82aeb6c61d
10. Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in History of Islamic Art and Architecture (4 Years), American University in Cairo
The Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations invites applications from a historian of art and architecture with a primary focus on the study of the Islamic world before 1800 for an open-rank appointment that will begin in the fall of 2024.
Deadline for applications: 30 January 2024. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2024/01/16/assistant-associate-or-full-professor-in-history-of-islamic-art-and-architecture
11. Résidences islamologiques de l’Ifpo, Amman (mars – decembre 2024)
Il sera attendu des chercheures et chercheurs dont le projet aura été sélectionné de : donner au moins une conférence ouverte au public sur l’un de leurs sujets de recherche; – rencontrer des enseignantes-chercheures et des enseignants-chercheurs de Jordanie impliqués sur des thématiques communes de recherche; – rédiger et soumettre un article scientifique pour publication à un numéro du Bulletin des études orientales (BEO) dans un délai de 12 mois après la résidence; etc.
Le dossier de candidature est à envoyer avant le 31/01/2024.
Information : https://www.ifporient.org/residences-islamologiques-2024/
12. Articles on “AI in Muslim and Islamic Contexts” for a Special Issue of the “Journal of Islamic Studies” Edited by Dr Cherry Muslim
This special edition specifically aims to explore the evolving role of AI in various aspects of Islamic and Muslim life, from religious knowledge dissemination to educational settings, and from the issuance of fatwas to the enhancement of religious rituals. The adoption of AI in Islamic settings presents both challenges and oppor-tunities, raising questions about the ethical and theological dimensions of these advancements.
Deadline for submissions: 30 May 2024.
Information: https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/JIS/announcement/view/142
13. University of Utah,
Post Doctoral Fellow in Arabic
Closing date: Feb 15, 2024
14. The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) – Fellowship Applications 2024-2025
Applications for CASA I, II, and III are due on Thursday, February 1st 2024.
For more information, please visit: https://arabicspecialprograms.arizona.edu/
CASA I offers a 9-month advanced level training in Arabic language and culture Fellowship program to qualified American undergrad and graduate level students at the Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman, Jordan or the Arab American Language Institute in Morocco (AALIM) in Meknes.
CASA II offers a 5-month (Spring 2025 semester) language and research support Fellowship program for graduate students (priority given to PhD students) in MENA Studies (any area of specialization pertaining to the MENA region) through the Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman, Jordan.
CASA III offers a 5-month (Spring 2025 semester) language and research support Fellowship program for faculty and postdoctoral fellows in all areas of specialization pertaining to the MENA region through AALIM (Arab American Language Institute in Morocco) in Meknes, Morocco. The application requires that all applicants take the ACTFL exam for Reading, Listening and Oral proficiency.
Deadlines / Exam Dates: Application deadline is February 1, 2024 Exam deadline (reading, listening, OPI) is February 15, 2024
15. CeRMI is pleased to invite youto thenext sessionof the seminar “Societies, Policies and Cultures of the Iranian World”, which will be held on Thursday, February 8 , 2024, 5-7 p.m., in room 3.15 at INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII,3rd floor).
We are pleased to welcome Ms. Arezou Azad, Director of the ERC project “Invisible East” and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, appointed to the Junior Professor Chair “Arts and Heritage of Afghanistan” at Inalco , for a lecture entitled: The Bamiyan Notebooks: Reading and Interpreting the Persian Documents of Medieval Afghanistan“.
Summary
This lecture examines Afghan documents written in thetwelfth andthirteenth centuries AD (“the Bamiyan Notebooks”), currently under study by the “Invisible East” program team. These are essentially administrative and legal documents from the archives of a state warehouse dealing with tax collection and tax management. An exceptional aspect of these documents is that they reflect the views of lower- and middle-level administrators, and sometimes even rural farming communities and peasants. This session will focus on the methods developed for deciphering and reading these documents, as well as their use as historical sources on rural administration. My talk will highlight the importance of these documents, which are still largely underused, although available in open access, for understanding the development of language and writing, documentary culture and history (social, economic and political).
Bibliographic References
- Azad, Arezou and Pejman Firoozbakhsh. ‘No One Can Give You Protection’ – The Reversal of Protection in a Persian Decree Dated 562/1167. In Acts of Protection in Early Islamicate Societies. Paris: Annales islamologiques, 2020: 125-38.
- Haim, Ofir. “‘What Is the “Afghan Geniza”? A Short Guide to the Collection of the Afghan Manuscripts in the National Library of Israel, with the Edition of Two Documents.’ Afghanistan 2, no. 1 (2019):70-90.
- Irani, Nafisa and Ali Saffari Aq-qal’a. Kuhantarīn farhangnāma-yi fārsī-yi dānish-i istīfāʾTehran: Mīrāth-i Maktūb, 1395/2016-17.
- Lambton, Ann K.S. Continuity and Change in medieval Persia: Aspects of Administrative, Economic and Social History, 11th-14th Century(London: I.B. Tauris, 1988).
- Rustow, Marina. The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020.
- Scott, James C. Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. Yale: Yale University Press, 1985.
- Shaked, Shaul. “Early Persian Documents from Khorasan,” Journal of Persianate Studies6 (2013): 153-62.
Online Resources
https://invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk
As a reminder, you will find the 2023-2024 programof the monthly research seminar “Societies, Policies and Cultures of the Iranian World” attached, and on the CeRMI website:
16. The next online Monday Majlis of the Centre for the Study of Islam, Exeter:
Monday, the 29th of January, 17: 00-18:30 (UK time). Stefan Karmola, All under the Heavens… and the Heavens, Too: Universal History and Astrology in Mongol Iran
Registration is required. Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkdOyorz4vGdOViDJWtUkyQdC1XwV_iAnl
- January 23, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.History of the Caucasus. Volume two, In the shadow of great powers
Baumer, Christoph, author.
London : I.B. Tauris; 2024
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/history-of-the-caucasus-9780755636280/
2. UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
A Celebration of 100 Years of the Towfigh Satirical Magazine
Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 4:00 pm, Royce Hall 314
Alternate live stream on Zoom:
3. The Middle East Institute at Columbia University invites applications for an appointment as Arcapita Visiting Professor of Modern Arab Studies for a one-semester position for the fall 2024 or spring 2025 semester.
The position may be filled at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor, Visiting Associate Professor, or Visiting Professor. We are interested in candidates whose field of research and teaching is in history, culture, or social sciences of the modern Arab world. The incumbent will be expected to teach one course, participate in the activities of the Middle East Institute, and give a brown bag lecture and other such public lectures as may be appropriate.
_Qualifications__ _
Ph.D., record of scholarly publications, and proven teaching experience in English are required by the beginning of the appointment.
For more information and to apply: http://apply.interfolio.com/139252 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__apply.interfolio.com_139252&d=DwMFAg&c=009klHSCxuh5AI1vNQzSO0KGjl4nbi2Q0M1QLJX9BeE&r=PnZrXAvwTBIA2A2VJjlOh8T2_17BrGfb44kdry7yJTE&m=bG7MnPK0L6xaa2RC6uX0Ywr5gG4PWc7SPMk8dGpE05odcagFVcxXeyiECrRZw0aL&s=XCo5rSNgGmtYMUxPRZJPIm8Asd442JeYQd2s7KpWlig&e=>
4. UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open access book that may be of interest to list subscribers: Shopping with Allah: Muslim pilgrimage, gender and consumption in a globalized world, by Viola Thimm. Download it free: https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3S1QTir&data=05%7C02%7CAndrew.J.Newman%40ed.ac.uk%7Ca2ca5bb0f3ab4dc240c708dc17475091%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C1%7C0%7C638410842410604727%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=X%2Bq6WV9PNBQCdyNR57LiVhhOUFDQsk%2B33YFSCdZ6eiY%3D&reserved=0
5. 18th-Century Persian (Blue) Mosque in Yerevan (Armenia):
6. We extend a warm invitation to all those with a keen interest in exploring the fascinating intersection between the Bible and the Qur’an to consider submitting a paper to the Qur’an and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective Unitat the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature(https://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_CallForPaperDetails.aspx?MeetingId=44&VolunteerUnitId=518).
The conference is scheduled to take place from 28 July to 1 August 2024, in the enchanting city of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The deadline for paper or session proposals is 13 February 2024.
We warmly encourage submissions from individuals representing a diverse spectrum of voices and at various levels of their careers, including graduate students.
If you possess insights into the hermeneutical connections or intertextuality between Biblical or extra-Biblical texts and the Qur’an or Islamic tradition, this is an opportunity to share your knowledge and perspectives with and get some feedback from a wider academic community.
7. Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy: new Persian language pedagogy webinar of 2024-2025
We are pleased to announce the new Persian language pedagogy webinar of 2024-2025, titled, “Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy,” co-organized by UChicago’s NELC/CMES and the University of Toronto’s Elahe Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies.
This webinar runs from January 2024 to December 2025, and all the lectures will be on zoom and on a Saturday once a month during the academic year. The poster of each lecture will be distributed in advance.
Zoom Registration Link:
https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kc-ihqDsiHdyCV9jJswo_b4rGF_2f2UeI#/registration
Saturday, 27 January 2024, 4:00 PM
How to Teach a Persian Poem?
Multiple Approaches to Persian Poetry
Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab
Utrecht University
Saturday, 16 March 2024, 12:00 PM
Literary Translation in Persian Language Courses
Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi
University of Chicago
Saturday, 6 April 2024, 12:00 PM
Flames, Flowers, and Butterflies: Interpreting the Literary Language
Pardis Minuchehr
University of California, Santa Barbara
Saturday, 4 May 2024, 12:00 PM
Reading What They Speak: Learning Persian through Eulogiesa and Accolades
Yass Alizadeh
New York University (NYU)
8. Apply Now: The Tenth Yemen Exchange Conference (Virtual)
An Intensive Online Course on Yemen
22 April – 3 May 2024
https://sanaacenter.org/event/the-tenth-yemen-exchange
deadline: 15 March 2024
9. Lecture – How Jerusalem Became an Islamic City, Nasser Rabbat, AUC, Cairo, January 27
The Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations (ARIC) at the American University in Cairo (AUC), in coordination with the AUC Bookstores, is honored to host this upcoming lecture by Professor Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Professor Rabbat will deliver a lecture on “How Jerusalem Became an Islamic City” on Saturday 27 January, 2024, at 6.00 pm at Hill House, Room 602 (6th Floor), AUC Tahrir Square Campus.
This is an in-person public lecture, no prior registration is required. Visitors might be requested to show a photo ID at the AUC campus gates.
Please join us!
For more information, please email: aric@aucegypt.edu
10. Call for papers – EAA ANNUAL MEETING, Rome, August 2024
Session #676 “Pots in Transition: Resilience, Change, and Revival in Central Asia and Its Neighbourhood from the Perspective of Ceramics Research”.
We invite all colleagues and students interested in any of the following topics on Central Asian ceramics to contribute to this session at the 30th EAA Annual Meeting in Rome to be held from 28 to 31 August 2024.
Deadline: 8 February 2024. https://submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/
Here you can find the abstract:
“Central Asian ceramics, of both pre-Islamic and Islamic date, are a very vast field of study, where many different areas of scholarly expertise, methodological approaches, and academic traditions converge. Indeed, the pottery itself is highly diverse, but at the same time many links and correspondences are traceable through time and space across assemblages of different periods and regions. Therefore, comparative analysis and data sharing between ceramic corpora of different sites are fundamental to a better understanding of such complex and multifaceted dynamics. The lack of common standards and methodology in ceramic processing and data collection, however, often inhibits any comparative approach.
As scholars working in this field, we feel the need to set the state of the art and shape a new agenda in Central Asian ceramic and material culture studies.
Many issues are still to be thoroughly investigated; among them, we have chosen particularly stimulating topics that are deemed to raise lively debates:
– the complex issue of the transition between the pre-Islamic and the Islamic periods as visible in ceramics: cut or continuity;
– the revival of past fashions, techniques, styles, colours, etc. in ceramics;
– communal uniqueness (unique technology, unique use of specific raw materials, unique style, etc) of ceramic productions, how to interpret them? local response/originality or contacts with distant cultures that are not otherwise evident;
– towards a common agenda and a minimum standard for recording and classification of Central Asian pottery: proposals and case studies.
Speakers are welcome to present data from their archaeological or art history projects, but at the same time are very much encouraged to pay attention to the methodological aspect of their research work, aiming for a final discussion on new standards, shared analytical approach, online platforms, and meeting places for interchanging news, projects, ideas.”
For further information, visit the page https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2024/Programme.aspx?WebsiteKey=20b5538d-68f8-4056-9596-1ae1ce0ead47&hkey=fe6595a9-39e9-47f1-8159-520091f89dfa&Program=3#Program
Agnese Fusaro – University for Foreigners of Siena – International University (Italy); agnese.fusaro@unistrasi.it
Gabriele Puschnigg – Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Austria); Gabriele.Puschnigg@oeaw.ac.at
Jacopo Bruno – Sapienza University of Rome (Italy); Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Austria); jacopo.bruno@uniroma1.it
Contact Information
Agnese Fusaro
Contact Email
11. Virtual Islamic Art History Seminar Series: Spring 2024 Speakers
The Virtual Islamic Art History Seminar Series (VIAHSS) is pleased to announce an exciting roster of talks for Spring 2024! All talks are presented via Zoom on Fridays at noon EST/5PM UK/7PM Turkey (unless otherwise noted). These lectures are free and open to all audiences.
Friday, January 26, 2024
Marianna Shreve Simpson (Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania)
Master of the Minute: ʿAbdullah al-Shirazi, Artistic Identity and Art Historical Perception
Friday, February 9, 2024
Mogheesa Hasnain Rajput (Independent Researcher)
Captive Memories: The Mosque of Wünsdorf
Friday, February 23, 2024
Mira Xenia Schwerda (Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Edinburgh)
Intimate Strangers: Visual Arts and the Emergence of Print-Based Celebrity Culture in 19th-Century Iran
Friday, March 8, 2024
Mikael Muehlbauer (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Fatimid Mausoleum at Qus (Upper Egypt) and Antiochene Cosmography
Friday, March 22, 2024
Elizabeth Rodini (Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities, New York Public Library)
As the World Turns: The On-Going Geopolitics of Gentile Bellini’s Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II
Friday, April 5, 2024
Farshid Emami (Rice University)
Inhabiting a Cosmopolis: Urban Quarters and Civic Selves in Safavid Isfahan
Friday, April 19, 2024
Haleh Hajyasini (Art University of Tehran)
Digitizing the Adel Farhangi Photographic Archive of Iran’s Historical Monuments
Friday, May 3, 2024
Mahroo Moosavi (Max-Planck Institute, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz; Museum of Islamic Art, Pergamon Museum, Berlin)
The Garden of Laylī-u-Majnūn’s Phantasma: Temporal Architectonics in the Illustrations of a Bodleian Copy of the Khamsa of Niẓāmī
Friday, May 17, 2024
Sarah Slingluff (University of Edinburgh) and Deniz Vural (University of Edinburgh)
Can Scholars of Islamic Art Help Decolonize Video Games?: The Case of Assassin’s Creed Mirage
To attend our inaugural event on January 26, please make sure to register in advance here:
https://wellesley.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMudeqvqD0tHdfaln6Wv89mhdXBg_EQD3By Upon registration, you’ll receive the link to access the lecture.
As always, you can find a full schedule of upcoming talks and register for our list-serv on our website at viahss.org. Although not every talk is recorded, we also have recordings of several recent talks available on the VIAHSS Vimeo page at vimeo.com/viahss. Lastly, you can follow us on X at @viahss and on Instagram at @theviahss to stay up to date on upcoming events!
Contact Information
Dr. Alexander Brey and Rachel Winter
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- January 20, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Acdemic Items
1.55th International Conference of the Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on “Orientalism and Western Travellers to the Levant, 1500-1950”, University of Oxford, 8-10 July 2024
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2024. Information: https://www.aramsociety.org/conferences/current-conferences/
2. 56th International Conference of the Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on “Trade Routes & Seafaring in the Ancient Near East”, University of Oxford, 15-17 July 2024
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2024.
Information: https://www.aramsociety.org/conferences/current-conferences/
3. 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships for the Research Project “Iran Beyond Iran: Diasporic Politics, Transnational Entanglement and Digital Publics”, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen
We are seeking two postdoctoral fellows for a two-year fixed-term position who will carry out independent research that fit the overall framework of this research project which focuses on Iranian diaspora politics in Western Europe by investigating the specific entanglements of the diaspora with homeland, host country and geopolitics. We invite candidates with a PhD degree in Middle Eastern Studies or Iranian Studies, in socio-logy, anthropology, or with related social science background with experience in conducting online and/or traditional fieldwork.
Deadline for application: 9 February 2024.
Information: https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=160738
4. ARCE-CAORC Research Fellowships in Egypt
Applicant need not be American citizens but must be at a U.S. university in the U.S. Fields of Study: Anthro-pology, Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Art History, Comparative Literature, Coptic Studies, Economics, Egyptology, Ethnomusicology, Gender Studies, History, Humanistic Social Sciences, Islamic Studies, Litera-ture, Music, Political Science, and Religious Studies.
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2024.
Information: https://arce.org/fellowship/arce-caorc-research-fellowships/
5. Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Middle East Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Researchers with training in Environmental Studies, anthropology, political economy, urban studies, and geography are particularly encouraged to apply. This fellowship is renewable for a second year contingent upon administrative approval.
6. ONLINE Mediterranean Skills Seminar “Reading Arabic Manuscripts”, 24-27 June 2024
The Course will build participants’ ability to read handwritten Arabic manuscripts and documents, primarily those written before the twentieth century. It is designed with academics in mind, particularly graduate students, postdocs, and professors working in disciplines such as history, literature, and religious studies. All interested parties with at least two years of Arabic language training are welcome to apply.
Deadline for applications: 28 April 2024.
Information: https://www.mediterraneanseminar.org/overview-reading-arabic-manuscripts-2024
7. Articles and Guest Editors for the “Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World”
The Journal is a world reference and a leader in Europe for field archaeologists, (art) historians, anthropo-logists, curators, scholars, and students of the archaeology, architecture, anthropology and ethnography of the Muslim world. The journal aims to inform (other) disciplines and historiographies, for example by also including archaeological field surveys. The journal also focuses on un(der)explored Muslim regions outside of the Middle East and North Africa.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/system/files/attachments/mcmwcall-papers-2024.pdf
8. Sufi Civilities
Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan
Annika Schmeding
https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781503637535/sufi-civilities/
Receive a 20% discount online*
LLF23
*Valid until 11:59 GMT, 30th June 2024. Discount only applies to the CAP website.
9. Francis Marion University and the History Department invite applications for a tenure-track historian specializing in Asia. While the subfield is open, preference will be given to those candidates whose courses complement those currently offered by the department. The successful candidate will also teach lower-level sections of Introduction to Modern World History.
Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. in hand by the start of the appointment (those who are considered ABD, and nearing the completion of their degree will be considered), teaching experience, and research in his or her field of expertise is strongly desired. The successful candidate is required to support an undergraduate research program and must engage in scholarly and university committees and service. The successful candidate will be expected to assist in the recruitment of history majors and participate in the ongoing development of the history program.
FMU has been named a “Great College to Work For” since 2013 as determined by the Chronicle of Higher Education-sponsored survey of higher education institutions. In addition, it has been recognized for its excellence in education by several national ranking agencies, among them the US News and World Report survey, which has named FMU as one of its top regional universities in the south for more than a decade.
Francis Marion University (FMU) is a state-supported, regional university located in Florence, South Carolina. Candidates will find Florence, South Carolina to be an excellent place to live. Florence enjoys award winning schools, affordable cost of living, excellent healthcare, and robust recreational programs including sports, community events and festivals. Florence is a growing city with a vibrant arts culture. Within a few-hour drive are several metropolitan areas, including Columbia, South Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina; Savannah, Georgia, and less than an hour drive to the beach. Florence’s thriving downtown was recently awarded the prestigious Great American Main Street Award, which recognizes communities for their excellence in comprehensive preservation-based commercial district revitalization.
Application Materials:
- Letter of Interest (Referencing Position Number 24-27).
- Copies of unofficial graduate transcripts (official transcripts will be required of the successful candidate).
- Curriculum Vitae.
- Three letters of reference (may be sent separately); and
- FMU Faculty Application.
To obtain a copy of the faculty application, please click here.
Review of applications will begin on February 28, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.
For more information:
10. Spring 2024 Kurdish Language Instruction (KLI) Program
Interested in learning Kurdish? As a key part of our humanistic approach to Kurdish studies, Zahra Institute is committed to offering Kurdish language instruction. We aim to tailor our offerings to student needs and interests while maintaining the highest academic standards.
Students can enroll in our Kurdish language offerings (Kurmanji and Sorani) as standalone courses or take them as electives in our MA and Certificate programs. Application deadline is extended to January 18 and financial aid is still available. To apply, scan the QR code on the flyer or visit our webpage: https://www.zahrainstitute.org/KLIOverview.html
Zahra Institute’s Kurdish Studies’ Lecture Series for the Spring semester is open to the public and will be given via Zoom. You can access the Spring 2024 Kurdish Studies’ Lecture Series via our website: https://www.zahrainstitute.org/
11. The next online Monday Majlis of the Centre for the Study of Islam, Exeter:
Monday, the 22nd of January, 17:00-18:30 (UK time). Neguin Yavari, Sufi Movements and Contestable Periodization Schemes.
Registration is required. Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkcu6qrzgrGt0d9hS1QBUjvIFWUybj78Y_
- January 16, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Conference – ‘The other narratives of early Islam’, Frankfurt, Germany – March 22-23
The conference aims at allowing a direct dialogue between the various semi-disciplines of early Islamic history (the 7th to 9th century). For that purpose, it brings together scholars who study early Islam either through contemporary sources or through a critical reading of later texts. One objective is to introduce the different methodologies and discuss their merits and flaws. As part of the first objective, we hope to advance the use of both archaeological methods and archaeological theory in Islamic history in general and in discussions about early Islam in particular. The second objective is to examine which kind of historical questions can be answered by contemporary sources – fragmentary and local as they are. The third objective is to encourage students to use contemporary sources and critical methods by highlighting their advantages and slightly breaking the central position of the later narrative texts.
THE CONFERENCE TAKES PLACE IN FRANKFURT, in person.
First day: Friday March 22nd
10:00-10:50 registration
10:50-11:00 A very brief introduction: Hagit Nol
11:00-12:30 The Qur’an and Qur’an manuscripts, chair: Serap Ermis
Guillaume Dye, Université libre de Bruxelles
What is the Qur’an’s representative potential?
Alba Fedeli, Universität Hamburg
Reading the manuscript text as a system to find its narrative: methodologies and criticism of early Qur’anic manuscript studies
12:30-13:30 lunch
13:30-15:00 Manuscripts and narratives in Syriac, chair: Nathan Gibson
Adrian C. Pirtea, Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna
Monastic book culture in Syro-Palestine and Sinai. Syriac and Christian Arabic manuscripts as sources for early Islamic history
Marianna Mazzola, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
A critical reading of Christian sources on the surrender agreements during the Arab Conquest
15:00 coffee break
15:30-17:00 Poetry, chair: Bekim Agai
Adam Talib, The American University in Cairo
The taphonomy of early Arabic poetry
Kirill Dmitriev, University of St. Andrews
The poetry of al-Walīd Ibn Yazīd (709–744), methodological approaches in recent scholarship
17:00 coffee break
17:30-19:00 Isnad-cum-matn applications, chair: Mark Chalîl Bodenstein
Jens Scheiner, Universität Göttingen
Isnad-cum-matn-analysis: chances and limitations
Marjan Asi, University of Edinburgh
Hadiths and isnad-cum-matn: tools for Islamic ideological history
19:00 reception
Second Day: Saturday March 23rd
9:30-11:00 Texts: narratives and papyri, chair: Hartmut Leppin
Hagit Nol, Goethe-UniversitätFrankfurt
‘Big Data’, patterns and contexts: examining the terminology used for early mosques
Lajos Berkes, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Navigating Greek, Coptic, and Arabic papyri from early Islamic Egypt
11:00 coffee break
11:30-13:00 Documents: papyri and coins, chair: Hagit Nol
Arietta Papaconstantinou, Aix-Marseille Université
Do papyri only allow a ‘micro’ economic history?
Stefan Heidemann, Universität Hamburg
Reconstructing historical evidence (coins)
13:00-14:30 lunch
14:30-16:00 Inscriptions and excavations, chair: Sepideh Maziar
Ilkka Lindstedt, University of Helsinki
New inscriptions, old poems: pre-Islamic waṣiyyas on stone and in verse
Alison Gascoigne, University of Southampton
Digging in and for dirt: archaeology, interpretation and story-telling
16:00 coffee break
16:30-18:00 Laboratory archaeology, chair: Astrid Stobbe
Vladimir Dabrowski, University of Créteil
Sowing the seeds of archaeobotany: variety of disciplines, methodological challenges and application to the early Islamic Arabia
Marcos García-García, Universidad de Alicante
Putting flesh on the bones: archaeo(zoo)logical approaches to the study of al-Andalus
18:30 dinner
Registration: by 10.3.24.
Contact Information
Hagit Nol, Goethe-University Frankfurt
Contact Email
URL
https://www.academia.edu/109546060/The_other_narratives_of_early_Islam_contempo…
2. Persian Summer School 2024 in Yerevan
We are pleased to announce some updates to the schedule of ASPIRANTUM’s Persian Language Summer School 2024. Originally, the program was set to run from July 7 to August 30, spanning 8 weeks. However, in response to feedback from students whose university classes commence in mid-August, we have decided to offer more flexible start dates.
Students now have the option to begin the program on June 23, June 30, or July 7, and can choose to participate in a 4 to 10-week course. This adjustment allows students who start the summer school on June 23 to complete an 8-week (160-hour) course by August 16.
More details about the course below.
To apply, please visit: https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-summer-school
10 weeks – 200 contact hours (1 hour = 60 minutes)
9 weeks – 180 contact hours
8 weeks – 160 contact hours
7 weeks – 140 contact hours
6 weeks – 120 contact hours
5 weeks – 100 contact hours
4 weeks – 80 contact hours
The deadline to apply to the 4-10 weeks 2024 Persian language summer school is May 15, 2024.
ARMACAD Scholarships
Eligible candidates can apply for ARMACAD Scholarships. Please see the details here: https://aspirantum.com/scholarships/scholarships-for-persian-language-courses-from-armacad
To apply for summer school, please visit https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-summer-school
3. Job advertisement – Lecturer in Modern Islam
The University of Chester is recruiting a 0.5FTE Lecturer in Modern Islam for three years; subject specialism is open. The closing date is 12 February. Please circulate to any potential candidates, and I’m very happy to answer any queries!
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFE449/lecturer-in-modern-islam-05fte-ftc-until-march-2027
4. Intellect is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural issue of Journal of Gulf Studies! The issue is out now and available to read freely via the Discover platform.
See: https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/jgs
The first volume of JGS will offer refreshing perspectives on a number of topics that will set the scene for further academic debate. This volume features articles spanning from Gulf foreign policies to education, the role of scent and perfumery and the scholarship on Gulf studies in India.
For more information about the journal and issue click here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-gulf-studies
5. The Doha Residence Program in Advanced Arabic & Social Studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies for the Fall semester 2024-2025.
Application is now open!
Residence Program in Advanced Arabic & Social Studies
Fall Semester 2024
A limited number of merit-based tuition waiver and housing support
The Language Center at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI) is pleased to announce its Fall semester 2024 – 2025 Residence Program in Advanced Arabic Language and Social Studies.
The Program is a unique forum for academic and cultural exchange between the DI’s predominantly native Arabic- speaking graduate students and faculty (from across the Arab world) and their international non-native or heritage peers.
The Residence Program is offered for one semester on site in Doha. It meets the language, culture, and academic needs of advanced non-native and heritage graduate students who wish to strengthen their language and cultural skills, as well as prepare for specific challenges related to their academic areas of expertise. The Program is delivered entirely in Arabic and consists of a twin advanced language-training and academic components.
The language-training component prepares students to function professionally in Arabic and offers dedicated courses in language, translation, and content-based instruction. The program adapts to the academic needs of students as a base for linguistic and cultural acquisition, emphasizes productive and presentation skills, and develops higher levels of proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, writing, and translation.
The academic component gives fellows the opportunity to take advantage of the wide array of unique graduate-level courses the DI distinguished faculty teach in Arabic through its academic units: The School of Social Sciences and Humanities and the School of Public Administration and Development Economics. For more detailed information about the DI, please go to:
https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Pages/default.aspx
The Residence Program is an important part of the DI’s mission to establish, maintain, and nurture intellectual links and two-way dialogues between its students, faculty, and the international learning and research community.
The DI aims to create an enduring legacy of intellectual innovation and education within the Arab world and beyond. It assumes and promotes the Arabic language as a tool of scientific inquiry, an official language in public discourse, and a primary language for teaching and research.
To Apply to the Doha Residence Program, click on the link below:
https://dilc.wufoo.com/forms/zk8g94411azft3/
Semester Program Features:
- 6 credits of Intensive Arabic;
- A language partner;
- Option to audit graduate academic courses taught in Arabic if eligible;
- Option to have an academic partner;
- Access to the DI and rich conferences, symposia, and guest lectures.
Admission Requirements:
- Advanced level in Arabic;
- Tuition fees: 9,000 QAR (approximately 2,250€ or 2,465$)
- Housing: 11,000 per semester (approximately 2,650€ or $3000)
Program Dates:
- Application Deadline: March 15, 2024
- Start of Classes: August 18, 2024
- End of Classes: November 30, 2024
6. The Latin America and Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter
Vol. 4, no. 1 | Winter 2023/24
https://mailchi.mp/53804d626df4/latin-america-caribbean-islamic-studies-newsletter-vol4-no1
- January 13, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1.HYBRID Book Launch “Thinking with the South. Reframing Reseearch Collaboration amid Decolonial Imperatives and Challenges” by Andrea Fleschenberg, Kai Kresse and Rosa Cordillera A. Castillo, Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), FU Seminar Centre, Berlin, 24 January 2024, 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm CET
This volume brings together a series of discussions by scholars from a range of disciplinary, (trans)regional and epistemic perspectives that came out of the Berlin-based “co2libri” networking initiative, with long-standing collaborative partners based in the global South. The book launch is part of the Berlin Anthropology Seminars.
Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/launch-thinking-with-the-south-reframing-research-collaboration-amid-decolonial-imperatives-and-challenges
2. HYBRID Lecture “Material Life in Mid-Nineteenth Century Damascus: Christian Compensation Claims After the 1860 Massacres” by Eugene Rogan (University of Oxford), Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 25 January 2024, 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm CET
In July 1860, a violent mob destroyed the Christian quarters of central Damascus killing an estimated 5,000 people and razing hundreds of houses, businesses and religious structures. Thanks to the intervention of a small core of the city’s Muslim notables, some 85% of the Christians survived the massacre. This lecture examines the claims of Damascene Christians for compensation for their destroyed houses and the material life of nineteenth century Syrians.
Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/material-life-in-mid-nineteenth-century-damascus-christian-compensation-claims-after-the-1860-massacres
3. 38th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference: “The Middle East from the Margins: Geographic, Temporal, Linguistic, and Cultural Boundary Crossers”, University of Chicago, 4-5 May 2024
We invite historians, linguists, anthropologists, literary scholars, sociologists, musicologists, scholars of reli-gion, and political scientists whose work engages with a broad geography, including but not limited to, the Mediterranean, North and West Africa, and South and Central Asia, from Late Antiquity and the advent of Islam to the present.
Deadline for abstracts: 26 January 2024. Information: https://theoknights.com/mehat/2023/12/13/annual-middle-east-history-and-theory-conference-call-for-papers.html
4. “2024 Bilkent History Graduate Symposium”, Bilkent University, 9-10 May 2024
We welcome diverse, innovative, original, and creative approaches to American, Byzantine, European, Ottoman and Global History, with no chronological limits.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2024. Information: https://history.bilkent.edu.tr/graduate-symposium-2024/
5. 7th Finnish Colloquium of Middle East and North African Studies: “Decolonizing Middle Eastern Studies – Critical Perspectives and Emerging Debates”, Tampere, 10-11 June 2024
We encourage proposals for panel sessions, roundtables and individual papers that break boundaries be-tween research traditions, challenge prevailing points of view, and experiment with new topics and ways of giving a conference presentation. We welcome proposals on both the historical and the contemporary Middle East – including presentations that challenge our whole conceptualization of the limits and boundaries of the ‘Middle East’ itself.
Deadline for abstracts: 21 January 2024. Information: https://www.fime.fi/call-for-papers-panels-and-roundtables-decolonizing-middle-eastern-studies-critical-perspectives-and-emerging-debates/
6. 34th Exeter Gulf Conference: “Lifeworlds of Energy and Environment in the Gulf”, Center for Gulf Studies, University of Exeter, 27-28 June 2024
Themes: In what ways have fossil fuels shaped everyday life in the Gulf? – How do we understand forms of artistic production, political mobilisation, and labour protests in petroleum producing countries of the region? – How do we understand the emergence of new energy technologies in a time of transition? – What is the politics of infrastructure construction and use in times of climate change? – How does ecological crisis shape gender, class and racial relations?
Deadline for abstracts: 19 January 2024. Information: https://arabislamicstudies.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/instituteofarabandislamicstudies/centres/gulfstudies/conference/2024_-_V2_Exeter_Gulf_Conference_CfP_V2.pdf
7. ONLINE 58th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), 11-16 November 2024
MESA is primarily concerned with the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab world (and their diasporas) from the seventh century to modern times. Other regions, including Spain, Southeastern Europe, China and the former Soviet Union, also are included for the periods in which their territories were parts of the Middle Eastern empires or were under the influence of Middle Eastern civilization.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2024. Information: https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers
8. Colloque « Sur les routes d’Arabie ; itinéraires terrestres et maritimes ». Appel à communication
Paris, 12-14 décembre 2024.
Le colloque a pour objectif d’étudier les routes de la péninsule Arabique, qu’elles soient terrestres ou maritimes, et les échanges qu’elles ont favorisés via l’archéologie, les sciences historiques, philologiques et religieuses mais aussi les sciences de la vie. Nous adressons un appel à communication aux archéologues, historiens, historiens de l’art, épigraphistes, céramologues, philologues, ethnologues, anthropologues, biolo-gistes, archéozoologues, etc. Les communications peuvent être proposées en anglais ou en français.
Date limite : 17 Mai 2024. Information : https://www.orient-mediterranee.com/activity/colloque-sur-les-routes-darabie-itineraires-terrestres-et-maritimes-appel-a-communication/
9. Prix Michel Seurat 2024 (15 000 €), CNRS
Le Prix est ouvert aux titulaires d’un master 2 ou d’un diplôme équivalent, âgés de moins de 35 ans révolus et sans condition de nationalité, de toutes disciplines, dont la recherche doctorale en cours porte sur les sociétés contemporaines du monde arabe, domaine envisagé comme ouvert et en interaction avec d’autres contextes et traditions intellectuels.
Date limite de dépôt des candidatures : 13 avril 2024.
Information : http://majlis-remomm.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Appel-Prix-Seurat-2024.pdf
Ebru Turan
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 86 / Issue 3, October 2023, pp 447 – 464
11. A note on Pahlavi lexicography: Middle Persian hassār, hassārīh
Marco Fattori
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 86 / Issue 3, October 2023, pp 511 – 522
doi: 10.1017/S0041977X23000757 Published Online on 16 October 2023
12. Qur’anic Scientific Cultural Tourism (QSCT) 2024 Spring Program
http://zabanshenasitarikhi.ir/p/62//
QSCT program welcomes those interested in Qur’anic Academic tourism in QSCT network of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, India, and Turkey
Notes:
- IQP (Int. Qur’anic Parliament) members can join the QSCT 2024 program and receive exclusive member benefits. To become an IQP member, you can join us via:
http://zabanshenasitarikhi.domainuser.ir/c/main.php
- Applicants can apply for the 14-day 2024 spring period
3.Applicants can send their application no later than Jan. 23 ,2024 attached with a short cv to: ahmadi_mh@ut.ac.ir
- The results of approval of applications will be announced by the end of February 2024
For more information
http://zabanshenasitarikhi.ir/
Program type (A, B, C, D)
- A) Visiting of Qur’anic Scholars
- B) Visiting of Qur’anic Academic centers
- C) Candidate delivering academic lectures in Qur’anic academic centers
- D) IQP special program for IQP members
Candidates:
1) Full professor in Qur’anic / Islamic studies
2) Assistant/associate professor in Qur’anic / Islamic
studies
3) PhD. students in Qur’anic / Islamic studies
4) Hafiz (Memorizer) / reciter of the Holy Quran
5) Qur’anic activists
13. PhD studentship on contextual and material study of Islamic amulets at Queen Mary University of London
We invite applications for a collaborative doctoral award, based at the School of History, Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with the Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Cambridge. The studentship is for three and a half years, starting from September 2024. Description of the project is below, and further details are here Collaborative Doctoral Awards – Projects available – LAHP.
Successful applicants will have proficiency in Arabic and will hold MA in Islamic studies or Islamic history by the start date of the studentship. Experience in working in a museum environment or community engagement is desirable.
The deadline for applications is 26th January 2024.
Islamic amulets abound from across Dar al Islam, a testimony to a buzzing religious and commercial creativity. This project will put their materiality centre-stage by exploring production and use, elements rarely addressed in research. It will analyse amulets to learn of the craftspeople and users who had left little record in written narratives. Shedding light on little explored Islamic collections at MAA, it will develop new means for their analysis. This will put centre-stage marginalised people and collections, while employing innovative technologies to redress the imbalance of research. The proposed project will combine MAA’s extensive collections with world-leading expertise in religious and digital history at Queen Mary University of London, to add to our understanding of a key element of Islamic culture and religion. It will put these objects centre-stage, combining the examination of their materiality with documentary evidence for their production, dissemination and use. Beyond Magic will be supported by expertise from the Hidden in Plain Sight research team, who will provide a range of innovative scientific technologies, including 3D microscopy, CT scanning and ancient DNA to facilitate the student’s exploration of Islamic amulets. Results of the project will engage faith-groups and academic audiences alike.
Yossef Rapoport (y.rapoport@qmul.ac.uk) and Eyal Poleg.
Yossef Rapoport
Professor of Islamic history
Queen Mary University London
14. AKU-ISMC: 11 January, 2024 Virtual Open Day
Join AKU-ISMC students, staff and academics online for a Virtual Open Day on Thursday 11 January at 12:00 -14:00 (London Time) to learn about our MA in Muslim Cultures, find out about admissions, quiz current students on academic life, and have the opportunity to ask your own questions.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aku-ismc-virtual-open-day-tickets-777066455687?aff=oddtdtcreator
15. Poisons, Antidotes, and Emergent Properties
in the Early Modern Period
23 January 2024 – 5 PM (CET)
For more info, and to register:
https://csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/online-lectures/poisons-antidotes-and-emergent-properties/
- January 09, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1.The Islamic College
Monthly Talk: “Belief, Law and Politics: What Future for Muslims
A Talk by Professor Jorgen Nielson
Tuesday, 9 January 2024
6 pm – 7:30 pm (London time)
Venue: The Islamic College 133. High Road London NW102SW
Register at:
https://islamic-college.ac.uk/monthly-seminar-belief-law-and-politics/
2. A virtual roundtable “Book-Objects at the Crossroads of Bibliography and Philology” that will take place on January 19, 2024 (9:00 PST / 12:00 EST / 17:00 GMT / 18:00 CET / 20:00 AST). This event is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography, Rare Book School, University of Virginia.
Speakers will be Theodore S. Beers (Freie Universität Berlin), Andrew Hui (Yale-NUS College), Cat Lambert (Cornell University), and Nur Sobers-Khan (Saudi Museums Commission).
Please register for the roundtable using the following link: http://tinyurl.com/bdfmdefs.
The roundtable will discuss how the “material turn” in the humanities has impacted the fields of bibliography and philology across the world. Insofar as bibliography and philology both exhibit deep-seated interests in the study of book-objects, how have these two disciplines been influenced by the “material turn”? By reappraising the philosophical outlook and transformative potential of the “material turn” in the humanities, we are keen to interrogate the political and ethical possibilities of critical inquiry in bibliography and philology.
3. Le CeRMI a le plaisir de vous convier à laprochaine séancedu séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien”, qui se tiendra le jeudi 18 janvier 2024, 17h-19h, en salle 3.15 à l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII, 3e étage).
Nous sommes heureux d’accueillir M. David Durand-Guédy, historien, chercheur associé à l’Université de Hambourg, pour une conférence intitulée: “La littérature d’inshāʾ de l’Anatolie pré-ottomane (12e s.-14e s.). État de la recherche et nouvelles sources“.
Pour rappel, vous retrouverez le programme 2023-2024 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” ci-joint, et sur le site du CeRMI :
4. Call for Session Proposals
Medieval Technologies of Knowledge/Medieval Knowledge through Technology
2025 AHA Annual Meeting, New York City
The Medieval Academy of America (MAA) cordially invites proposals for sessions at the forthcoming annual meeting of the American Historical Association in New York City, January 3-5, 2025.
This year, the Medieval Academy aims to co-sponsor sessions that gravitate around the timely theme of “Medieval Technologies of Knowledge/Medieval Knowledge through Technology.” This theme is envisioned to be broad and inclusive, sparking interest among MAA members and a wider audience. We are particularly interested in panels that explore various facets of this theme, such as:
- Technologies of Knowledge in the Middle Ages: Investigating lesser-known or emerging technological advancements of the medieval period. Understanding the role and conception of technologies in medieval societies. Delving into the methods and tools used for knowledge dissemination and storage in medieval times.
- Understanding the Middle Ages Using AI and Other Technologies: Understanding the Middle Ages using current technological advancements. Exploring innovative ideas and perspectives that challenge traditional understandings of the era. Evaluating how new technologies will impact the future of the field.
We are open to various forms of session programming and encourage members to think beyond traditional paper panels. Proposals for roundtables, lightning talks, workshops, digital labs, working sessions, and other innovative and inclusive formats of knowledge-sharing are highly welcomed.
We particularly encourage session proposals from scholars across diverse identity positions and academic ranks and affiliations, including graduate students and independent scholars. Proposals that focus on sources, geographies, and populations under-represented in traditional medieval studies are also highly encouraged.
The committee is available for feedback on draft session proposals. Please contact us at ahacommittee@themedievalacademy.org. Additionally, MAA members can receive feedback on proposals during the review process.
How to Submit a Session Proposal
Session proposal submissions for MAA and AHA co-sponsorship involve a two-stage process:
1) Members of the Medieval Academy submit session proposals to the MAA’s AHA Program Committee via the online submission form by 11:59 p.m., February 1, 2024.
2) Upon approval by the MAA’s AHA Committee, session organizers will be notified by February 11 and will then be responsible for submitting the proposal to the AHA before the deadline of 11:59 p.m., February 15, 2024, indicating that the session has the sponsorship of the Medieval Academy of America.
For more details, please refer to FAQ: Organizing MAA/AHA Sessions
5. Intellect is pleased to announce that International Journal of Islamic Architecture 13.1 is out now!
For more information about the journal and issue click here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/international-journal-of-islamic-architecture
6. Associate Professor / Full Professor in Comparative Literature, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar
The candidate must have a PhD in Comparative Literature. Preference will be given to candidates with spe-cializations in literary theory, approaches to World Literature and the new comparative literature, and with demonstrable expertise in Arabic literature and in Asian, African or Latin American literature.
Deadline for applications: 20 January 2024. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/11/20/associate-professor-full-professor-comparative-literature
7. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Arabic, University of Connecticut
Preferred qualification: A track record of program building, innovation, and community outreach; Demon-strated ability to teach both modern and classical Arabic literature (in Arabic) in advanced undergraduate classes and graduate seminars; Demonstrated ability to teach a large range of classes related to Arabic cultural production, media, and film studies; Demonstrated ability to teach introductory courses on Islam and Islamicate cultures broadly construed.
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2024. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26825
8. 2 Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellowships in Armenian Studies (2024-25) at the Center for Arme-nian Studies, University of Michigan
Eligibility: PhD required. Research and proposed courses should be related to Armenian Studies (literature, culture, visual arts, and politics).
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2023.
Information: https://ii.umich.edu/armenian/manoogian-fellowships.html
9. The Centre for the Study of Islam, Exeter:
Monday, the 15th of January, 17:00-18:30 (UK time). Zoltán Szombathy, Islamic Discourses in a Local Context: A Traditional Ritual in Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Registration is required. Register please on this link:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMscOCrpjIsHNHyVMhnulD8W3-L8gEsCv3O
- January 06, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1. The Islamic College
Enrol now in Traditional Hawza Programmes
Hawza Study – Full Time (4 years)/Part Time (5-6 years) Pre-Hawza Study – Saturday (1 year)
Starting: 22 January 2024
https://islamic-college.ac.uk/study/traditional-hawza-programmes/
2. OFFRE D’EMPLOI
L’Unité support aux études aréales (UAR2999) recrute un(e) chargé(e) d’appui scientifique et technique au pilotage pour le consortium Huma-Num DISTAM (Digital Studies Africa, Asia, Middle East), sur vacations, à raison de 60 heures/mois pendant 6 mois. Le détail des missions est précisé dans le document accessible sur le site : https://etudes-areales.cnrs.fr/elementor-1138/. Les candidatures sont à soumettre avant le 15 janvier 2024 à l’adresse distam-contact@cnrs.fr, et en copie à sandra.aubelorain@cnrs.fr ; elles seront examinées au fil de l’eau.
Sandra Aube Lorain
Directrice de l’Unité Etudes aréales (UAR2999)
Directrice adjointe du GIS Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans
Campus Condorcet, Bâtiment Recherche Sud (bureau 2.099)
5 Cours des Humanités, 93322 Aubervilliers cedex
Chargée de recherche au CNRS
Centre de recherche sur le monde iranien (CeRMI, UMR 8041)
https://cermi.cnrs.fr/membres/aube-lorain-sandra/
https://cv.archives-ouvertes.fr/sandra-aube
- January 02, 2024
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor – Postdoctoral Fellowships In Armenian Studies & Armenian History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66703
Closing date: January 15, 2024.
2. A buyer is sought for a buyer for around thirty boxes of books about the Middle East and Islam.
The volumes represent the library of the former Österreichische Orient-Gesellschaft Hammer-Purgstall (ÖOG, Austrian Orient Society). The ÖOG was founded in 1958 and closed in 2020. Its rich library includes titles in Arabic, English, German, Persian and Turkish, among other languages. If you are interested in acquiring the books or receiving further information, contact Herbert Kratky, a respected and experienced dealer in antiquities, via email: herbert.kratky@aon.at
3. Women’s Fiction Literature in the Context of Socio-Political Developments in Afghanistan
Sarwerasa Rafizada and Nasrin Rahimieh
Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 4:00pm, Royce Hall 314
Alternate live stream on Zoom:
https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99816401692
(No need to register in advance, just click the link at 4:00pm on January 28 to join.)
4. 2024 BRISMES Annual Conference
Lancaster University, Lancashire • 1-3 July 2024
Submission deadline extended to 12 January, at 11.59 PM (UK time)
You can read the conference’s main theme here; additionally, we encourage proposals on any topic related to the Middle East and North Africa. Areas of relevance to BRISMES include (but are not limited to) politics, culture and society, language, literature, history, linguistics and translation studies in and related to the MENA region. We also welcome panel/roundtable proposals in non-English languages spoken in the MENA region.
BRISMES will operate a Solidarity Fund for colleagues without institutional funding or facing financial hardship. So please apply if you need additional funds to support your attendance. The application will be made available with the opening of the registration period.
For those in secure positions, please donate to the fund to ensure your colleagues in more precarious jobs can join us in Lancaster.
Please take a look at the instructions for submission and submit your individual/co-authored paper, panel or roundtable by the deadline.
We hope to see many of you in Lancaster in July 2024.
5. CFP – Phanariot Materialities: Aspects of Domestic Architecture, Urban Culture, and Social Mobility, Istanbul, June 2024
Phanariot Materialities: Aspects of Domestic Architecture, Urban Culture, and Social Mobility
Fenerlilerin Maddi Dünyası: Evin Mimarisi, Kent Kültürü ve Sosyal Hareketlilik Üzerine
Istanbul, 29–30 June 2024
Application Deadline: 30 January 2024
Submissions and queries: phanar.mater@gmail.com
The Research Center of Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED), in collaboration with Meşher and Sismanoglio Megaro, welcomes submissions from scholars at any stage in their careers to an international symposium on Phanariot material culture to be held in Istanbul on 29–30 June 2024. As part of an overarching three-year research program entitled “Phanariot Materialities,” scientifically led by Namık Günay Erkal, Firuzan Melike Sümertaş, and Haris Theodorelis-Rigas, the symposium will focus on the material and social history of the Phanariots, the Greek-Orthodox Christian notables of Ottoman Istanbul. It aims at facilitating interdisciplinary discussion on Phanariot material culture, with a particular focus on residential architecture, urbanism, family and households, communalities, neighborhoods, domesticity, etiquette, and performativity. In this light, Phanar may be approached not only as an urban neighborhood or ecclesiastical center but also as the heart of a spatial network extending far beyond Istanbul and even beyond the former Ottoman territories.
The symposium is a follow-up event from an online international workshop series that took place in spring 2023 and will pave the way for a collaborative exhibition planned for fall 2025 in Istanbul and other cities. Papers admitted to the symposium will be reviewed for inclusion in a publication planned for late 2025.
6. UCLA Iranian Studies
Alborz: We Climb Mountains
A Film Screening
Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 4:00pm Pacific Time | Royce Hall 314
https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/iranian-studies-alborz-we-climb-mountains-film-screening/
- December 30, 2023
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Fellowships for Post-Docs (2-8 Months) for Research at the “RomanIslam Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies” (Early Islam), University of Hamburg
Annual themes comprise: Imperial Structures and Representations; Imperial Religion versus Local Beliefs; Transforming Cities; and Architecture and Materials of Prestige. A particular accent on theoretical or meth-odological issues that can foster comparison between the Late Roman and Early Islamic empires is also appreciated.
Deadline for applications: 12 January 2024.
Information: https://www.romanislam.uni-hamburg.de/documents/cfa-fellows-2024.pdf
2. Tenure-track Assistant/Tenured Associate Professor of Media Studies, American University of Beirut
The Program is especially interested in recruiting an expert in digital media and culture, with a preference for applicants who focus on the Global South. Applicants should demonstrate thorough grounding in the field of media studies and a clear engagement with recent debates in digital media studies. This position requires a PhD in media studies or a related discipline.
Deadline for applications: 2 January 2024. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/134830
3. Fellowship of the American Center of Research in Amman in the Fields of Ancient History, Anthropology, Middle East History / Studies and Political Science (2024–2025)
Extended deadline for applications: 15 February 2024. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/group/an-nouncements/20016945/call-applications-american-center-research-amman-2024-2025-fellowships
4. Three Fellowship Programs of the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) 2024-2025
Deadline for applications: 1 February 2024.
5. Book Proposals for Series “The Gulf States in International Affairs” (Lexington Books)
This series focuses on the contemporary Gulf region with special reference to its politics, economics and international relations, as well as its projection of influence and engagement with influences from around the world. Books might include research on foreign policy analysis; ethno-religious conflict; economic and mili-tary interventionism; energy politics; alliance patterns; nationalism, regionalism and the Gulf milieu; rentier, late-rentier and post-rentier models; etc.
Information: https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/LEX/LEXGIA
6. Chapters for Book on „Beyond the Digital Divide: Ordinary Modes of Surveillance and Empowerment in the Arabian Gulf Region” Edited by Corina Lozovan (Catholic University of Lisbon) and Marion Breteau (American University of Kuwait)
Themes: Economic, political, and social factors of the digital divide. – Consumerist attitudes toward technol-ogies. – Informal activism and political awareness. – Work relations. – Internet and the perception of space. – Generational and family relationships, mating, and parenting. – The relationship between the Internet and gender roles.- Migration, racial, ethnic, religious, and national hierarchies. – Leisure practices, education, knowledge acquisition, and artistic expression. – etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 January 2024. Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-n4Sba1Gcw5uMQ7IubOY4TAZ-yYyxGweR49uJhVrhiJqQaw/viewform
- December 26, 2023
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.EMSE 2024: Early Modern Sensory Subjectivities
6-7 June 2024, University of Oxford
The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH, The University of Oxford) and the Open University invite papers for the annual interdisciplinary Early Modern Sensory Experiences (EMSE) workshop.
Interest in sensory experiences of the past has grown in recent years, with scholars engaging with interdisciplinary approaches in order to better understand historical lived experiences. This annual conference explores the visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory and/or olfactory experiences across the globe between c.1400 and c.1700.
This year’s conference, ‘Sensory Subjectivities’, welcomes papers that consider sensory experiences as instances or reflections of identity and alterity and which discuss possible methodologies and approaches to this particular subject. Papers may engage with the following questions, amongst others:
- What role do the senses play in subjectivities, positionality and alterity?
- How did sensorial experiences identify and articulate ethnicity, race and gender?
- How were the senses an important factor in the formation of prejudice as well as building communities?
- How did the senses feature in collective as well as individual identity and world-making?
Papers are invited from scholars working in any discipline, including musicology, art history, cultural and/or social history, religious studies, and book history, on any geographic region between c.1400 and c.1700.
While we understand that scholars may naturally place emphasis on a particular sense or source as a reflection of their own disciplinary background, we encourage speakers to work across senses, sources and disciplines.
Speakers are encouraged to present work in progress and/or address methodological challenges faced in their research.
Please send a 150-word abstract along with a short biography on a Word document to Leah Clark (leah.clark@conted.ox.ac.uk) and Helen Coffey (helen.coffey@open.ac.uk) by 1 February 2024.
The conference will take place at the University of Oxford, on 6-7 June 2024.
We place emphasis on building a friendly workshop environment, with plenty of time for conversations. We therefore encourage speakers to attend both days to foster that environment. All speakers will also be expected to give their papers in person: unfortunately we are unable to facilitate online presentations. Please note that we will not be able to cover travel or accommodation costs for speakers.
https://www.open.ac.uk/arts/research/medieval-and-early-modern-research/sensory-experiences
https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/sensory-subjectivities-identities-and-alterity-in-the-early-modern-world
2. Hybrid:
J Michael Rogers Memorial Lecture
Sovereignty materialized: Sartorial presence and perpetuity in Ottoman kingship
Dr. Ünver Rüstem, Second Decade Society Associate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at Johns Hopkins University.
Wednesday, 10 January 2024, at 19:00 UK time
Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT), SOAS, LG/F Phillips Building
This is a hybrid event; to join online, contact rw51@soas.ac.uk.
3. Hybrid event:
Pourdavoud Lecture Series with Neville McFerrin
An Entangled Empire: Dress, Reciprocal Construction, and the Experience of Kingship at Persepolis
Jan 24, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Pacific Time
306 Royce Hall, 10745 Dickson Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
For more info and to register:
https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-lecture-series-neville-mcferrin/
4. Applications are now open to become the next executive director of MERIP. MERIP is looking for an experienced nonprofit professional with proven fundraising abilities and a knowledge of MERIP’s content and politics. This part-time position offers exciting strategic challenges, collegial collaboration with editorial counterparts and incredible flexibility. For more information, including how to apply, please click the button below:
Full information is found here: https://merip.org/merip-executive-director/ <https://merip.org/merip-executive-director/>
5. Arab Studies Journal volume 31, no. 1-2 (Fall 2023)
https://www.arabstudiesjournal.org/
6. Foroutan, Y. (2023), “Demographic and Social Analysis of Minorities in the Islamic Republic: The Visibility Question”, International Journal of Islam, Vol. 1, Issue 3.
7. List of 2023 Map History Books (and some from 2021–22)
https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2023/12/21/map-history-books-of-2023
- December 23, 2023
- by Andrew Newman
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