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1. “14th Annual Gulf Research Meeting (GRM)”, Gulf Research Centre Cambridge, 9-11 July 2024
GRM workshops cover a wide range of topics in the fields of politics, economics, gender, culture, energy, security, and the social sciences as they relate to the GCC states and wider Gulf region.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2023. Information: https://gulfresearchmeeting.net/
2. Assistant Professor, Instructor or Associate Professor in Arabic Language, Literature & Culture (1 Year), Grinnell College, Iowa
Candidates should be able to teach at all levels of a rigorous, undergraduate curriculum, including Intro-ductory and Intermediate Arabic language and be passionate about teaching in a liberal arts setting. Research and teaching interests might include Arabic film, popular culture, and literature. The successful candidate must be capable of offering engaging courses that meet the students’ curiosity about the multiplicity of cultures in the contemporary Middle East.
Deadline for applications: 16 February 2024. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/12/15/arabic-language-literature-culture-1-year-start-fall-2024
3. Assistant Professor in Religious Studies (Focus Islamic Studies), University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
We are particularly interested in applications from Islamicists. Qualifications: PhD in Religious Studies or other relevant field with training in the methodologies of the History of Religions; Record of excellence in undergraduate teaching and an active research agenda that complements existing faculty strengths, with a strong preference for interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching.
Deadline for applications: 1 January 2024. Information: https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37551965/updated-assistant-professor-tenure-track-philosophy-and-religious-studies-20282
4. GINGKO Awards Grants to Support Academic Research into the History, Art History and Religions of MENA
The grants support also interfaith/intercultural encounters that bring together people from MENA and the West.
Deadline for applications: 6 April 2024. Information: https://www.gingko.org.uk/conferences/
5. Mediterranean Spring School for Advanced BA Students: “Empires, Religions, Mobilities”, University of Konstanz, 19-21 March 2024
This Spring School brings together researchers and students (History, Islamic, Jewish or Ottoman studies, Arabic or Romance studies) from Konstanz and abroad. Starting with key note lectures by distinguished experts of individual epochs (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Early Modern Period, 19th-21st century), we will analyse crucial problems of Mediterranean history on processes of imperial expansion and techniques of imperial governance, the emergence and relationship of monotheistic religions etc.
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2024.
Information: https://www.geschichte.uni-konstanz.de/studium/ba-spring-summer-schools/
6. Articles on “Muslim Women in the 21st Century: Agency, Influence, and Lived Experience” for a Special Issue of the Journal “Religions”
Themes: The experiences of Muslim women in education and the workplace; women’s leadership roles in business, community, faith, politics and more; negotiating religious and cultural expectations; Muslim women’s spirituality; contending with patriarchal interpretations of sharia and fiqh in either majority or minority contexts; addressing stereotypes, discrimination and Islamophobia; and the complexity around hybrid and transnational identities.
Deadline for manuscripts: 31 December 2023.
Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/9PFUWU5WIA
7. Royal Society for Asian Affairs’ Travel Awards 2024.The awards are open to applications from anyone aged 21-28 and support practical projects and research including, but not limited to, post-graduate degrees, journalism and travel writing.
Travel Award applications may relate to any aspect of contemporary Asia and its recent history, but in the current round the Society will particularly welcome applications relating to:
- Colonialism and its Legacies – the study of the cultural, political, and economic experiences and legacies of colonialism and imperialism in Asia.
- Exploration – the geographical, environmental, cultural, or historical exploration of countries, regions, or peoples of post-1900 Asia.
- Technology and the State – studies of technological advancement and its applications in infrastructure, surveillance and communication (including social media) in contemporary Asia.
Applications close on 31 January 2024. Please find the full details and an application form on our website – https://rsaa.org.uk/awards/the-rsaa-travel-awards/
8. The Islamic College
Arabic Online Language Course
Course Length: 12 Months (3 Levels)Tuesdays & Sundays 4 hours (2 sessions of 2 hours each week)
Course Fee: £100/Semester
Registration Deadline: 1st January 2024
https://islamic-college.ac.uk/study/short-courses/learn-arabic/
9. Fall 2024 Adjunct position in Arabic Literature
The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Middle Eastern Studies seeks
an Arabic literature temporary Assistant Professor of Instruction without
tenure to teach three courses during the Fall 2024 semester. The position is
not renewable.
Applicants should hold a PhD in Arabic, Comparative Literature, or a related
discipline and be able to teach courses on topics such as Arabic literature
and film, modernity, and Islam in the Middle Eastern context. Successful
candidates will have a strong record of working with undergraduate students
from varying backgrounds and be willing to contribute to the intellectual
culture of the Department during their appointment.
Please submit a cover letter, CV, sample syllabi, and names of two referents
to Interfolio (https://apply.interfolio.com/134821). Review of applications will start
on January 15 2024 and continue until the position is filled.
For questions, please contact Dr. Levi Thompson
(levi.thompson@austin.utexas.edu ).
10. British Library and National Trust doctoral fellowships
The National Trust has just posted a call for applications for two National Trust-British Library Doctoral Fellowships offered for 2024. One of the fellowships is focused on researching the provenance of Arabic manuscripts at three NT properties and at the British Library.
More information on the fellowships, eligibility, and application methods can be found at the link below:
Applications close on 25 January 2024.
11. CFP – 8th Islamic Archaeology Day, London, March 9, 2024
12. “The ‘Iran’ Curtain: the historiography of Abu’l-Khairid (Shaybanid) arts of the book and the ‘Bukhara School’ during the Cold War”,
Jamie Comstock-Skipp
in ‘A Historiography of Persian Art: Past, Present and Future’, Journal of Art Historiography, Number 28 (June 2023), guest-edited by Yuka Kadoi and András Barati. https://arthistoriography.wordpress.com/28-jun23/
13. January 17, 2024 NES Lecture: Martino Diez, Boundary crossings in the pre-modern Islamicate world: The “Universal History” of al-Makīn Ibn al-`Amīd, 12pm EST
Martino Diez (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan)
Online event, pre-registration is required: https://bit.ly/3RvHvVb
- December 19, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Open Access – Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650–1461
Rustam Shukurov
Routledge, 2024
https://www.routledge.com/Byzantine-Ideas-of-Persia-6501461/Shukurov/p/book/9781032070674
2. Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture
Edinburgh University Press is proud to announce the launch of a major new journal that will build upon EUP’s long-established reputation in the field of Islamic studies.
It will take its place as the only European journal devoted exclusively to topics related to the art and architecture of the Islamic world, and will therefore complement existing journals covering Islamic material culture and Islamic archaeology. The field it covers has grown exponentially in the last twenty years, with increasing numbers of active scholars, permanent academic positions, and far more PhD programmes. Yet the number of dedicated journals has not increased, making it more and more difficult for scholars at all levels to publish outstanding research in a leading subject-specific journal. This increasingly wide gap between demand and supply highlights the need for a new top-flight journal in the field.
The Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture embraces a broad chronological scope from the 7th to the 19th century but not generally thereafter; modern Islamic art is a separate and highly specialised field with its own outlets for publication. This peer-reviewed journal, with its two issues per year, aims to encourage and promote the study of art and architecture from across the Islamic world in its widest sense. Published papers will reflect a wide range of scholarly perspectives, a diversity of approaches, and the full chronological and geographical scope of the field. It will be dedicated to publishing in English the most intellectually rigorous and original papers by scholars from across the world.
Issues will appear in hardback form (244x172mm) in April and October and contain a range of articles up to 8,000 words per article, with up to 20 colour images each, with a typical total of some 64,000 words and 128 pages. Following standard EUP practice, there will be no transliteration apart from distinguishing ‘ain from hamza. The individual price for each volume will be around £50 for a print and online subscription. The aim is to create a leading journal, with articles of major significance which together demonstrate a wide diversity of material and approaches. In addition to studies of traditional media and regions, innovative and ground-breaking research that addresses new or unusual material, areas and approaches will be included in the journal.
The Editorial Board will consist of the founder editor (Robert Hillenbrand) and three lead editors: a managing editor (Richard McClary) and two associate editors (Francesca Leoni and Yusen Yu). This editorial board will decide on journal strategy and act as executive decision-makers. An international advisory board will aid commissioning and perform peer-review tasks. The journal will have a designated permanent copy/desk editor.
Considering the large volume of submissions expected, all potential authors will be required to submit abstracts of up to 250 words. That length will enable them to set out the core content of their proposed article, and will also demonstrate their capacity to write clearly and to structure their material. Our emphasis on initial abstracts is intended to speed up the winnowing process and to save editorial time and energy. But it will leave the editors room, via a comments box on a carefully designed assessment form, for commentary and feedback. This will ensure that authors will receive feedback, including reasons for rejection, for both abstracts and full text submissions.
The three lead editors will act as gatekeepers to select articles which will constitute the primary peer review process, with support as required from the advisory board. The lead editors will issue a call for abstracts every six months and usually work at least one issue in advance. The three lead editors, having considered the abstracts submitted, will then select a number of articles to be submitted in full for peer review, considering carefully the number of articles required per issue.
Peer review for each short-listed article will be anonymous, allowing the journal to be indexed as an academic journal and listed on key Indexing sites such as Web of Science. The peer review process will be managed by the managing editor and the two associate editors, with input from members of the advisory board as required, and anonymity will be retained by submissions first going to the journal administrator, who will anonymise them and add them to a drive that the editors can access. A rubric form will be supplied to all peer reviewers, in order to streamline the process and avoid delays in peer-reviewing.
This announcement doubles as the first call for abstracts. We invite these to be sent to jiaa.submissions@gmail.com by the closing date of March 1st 2024. The intention is that the first issue will appear in August 2025.
3. The Eleventh Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies (SMRS), June 10-12, 2024, is a convenient summer venue in North America for scholars to present papers, organize sessions, participate in roundtables, and engage in interdisciplinary discussion. The goal of the Symposium is to promote serious scholarly investigation into all topics and in all disciplines of medieval and Renaissance studies.
The plenary speakers for this year will be Cynthia J. Hahn, of Hunter College and the City University of New York, and John Witte, Jr., of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University.
We invite proposals for papers, complete sessions, and roundtables. Any topics regarding the scholarly investigation of the medieval and early modern world are welcome. Papers are normally twenty minutes each and sessions are scheduled for ninety minutes. Scholarly organizations are especially encouraged to sponsor proposals for complete sessions, and organizing at least two sessions in coordination with each other is highly recommended. All sessions are in-person.
Mini-conferences hosted by societies or organized around a theme occur in the context of the SMRS. Paper submitters are welcome to submit their paper for general consideration at the Symposium or for one of the mini-conferences. This year’s mini-conferences are the 49th Annual St. Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, Boethius 2024: The 1500-Year Memorial Conference, and The 2024 Conference on John Milton.
For more information or to submit your proposal online go to: https://www.smrs-slu.org/. The website has separate submission portals for the SMRS Conference and each of the mini-conferences. The deadline for all submissions is December 31, 2023. Decisions will be made by the end of January and the final program will be published in March.
Contact Information
Courtney Knight – Graduate Assistant for the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Saint Louis University
Contact Email
URL
4. The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce its 2024–2025 grant competition.
Mary Jaharis Center Co-Funding Grants promote Byzantine studies in North America. These grants provide co-funding to organize scholarly gatherings (e.g., workshops, seminars, small conferences) in North America that advance scholarship in Byzantine studies broadly conceived. We are particularly interested in supporting convenings that build diverse professional networks that cross the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines, propose creative approaches to fundamental topics in Byzantine studies, or explore new areas of research or methodologies.
Mary Jaharis Center Dissertation Grants are awarded to advanced graduate students working on Ph.D. dissertations in the field of Byzantine studies broadly conceived. These grants are meant to help defray the costs of research-related expenses, e.g., travel, photography/digital images, microfilm.
Mary Jaharis Center Publication Grants support book-length publications or major articles in the field of Byzantine studies broadly conceived. Grants are aimed at early career academics. Preference will be given to postdocs and assistant professors, though applications from non-tenure track faculty and associate and full professors will be considered. We encourage the submission of first-book projects.
Mary Jaharis Center Project Grants support discrete and highly focused professional projects aimed at the conservation, preservation, and documentation of Byzantine archaeological sites and monuments dated from 300 CE to 1500 CE primarily in Greece and Turkey. Projects may be small stand-alone projects or discrete components of larger projects. Eligible projects might include archeological investigation, excavation, or survey; documentation, recovery, and analysis of at risk materials (e.g., architecture, mosaics, paintings in situ); and preservation (i.e., preventive measures, e.g., shelters, fences, walkways, water management) or conservation (i.e., physical hands-on treatments) of sites, buildings, or objects.
The application deadline for all grants is February 1, 2024. For further information, please visit the Mary Jaharis Center website: https://maryjahariscenter.org/grants.
Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center, with any questions.
Contact Information
Brandie Ratliff, Director, Mary Jaharis Center
Contact Email
URL
https://maryjahariscenter.org/grants
5. Virtual Book Launch & Discussion: Designing & Developing an Arabic Lexicon for Teachers & Translators, CoronaVirus Lexicon (2023)
To Celebrate the UN World Arabic Language Day on 18th Dec 2023, Mosaic Tree Press (@mosaictreepress) and BATA (British Association of Teachers of Arabic) would like to invite you to join us on a virtual book launch and discussion of the newly published title “CoronaVirus Lexicon: A Practical Guide for Arabic Learners & Translators” written by Dr. Mariam Aboelezz and Mourad Diouri. To book your place, go to: https://bit.ly/3tbjtp5 . To find out more about the publication, go to: bit.ly/3Nb7Nt7
- Date: 4-6pm, Monday 18th Dec 2023 (World Arabic Language Day)
- Chair: Prof. Mustapha Lahlali (BATA), University of Leeds
- Authors/Speakers:Dr. Mariam Abolezz (University of Liverpool) & Mourad Diouri (University of Edinburgh)
- Discussant:Dr. Muntasir Al-Hamad (University of Qatar)
- Platform:TEAMS (Further details will be sent following your registration)
- Organisers:MOSAIC TREE PRESS & BATA
6. Editor for the British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS) Publication:
Studies in the History and Culture of the Persianate World
The British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS) is one of the British International Research Institutes (BIRIs) of the British Academy. In addition to its journal, IRAN, published twice-yearly by Taylor & Francis, it has two other publications: the Archaeological Monograph Series, published by Oxbow, and the Studies in the History and Culture of the Persianate World, published by I.B. Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury.
BIPS is looking for a scholar with an established reputation in the field of Iranian Studies and prior editorial experience as well as extensive knowledge of Persian and Iranian studies, broadly defined, to take responsibility for editing the Studies in the History and Culture of the Persianate World. The aim is to publish two volumes a year. Details of the series can be found on the BIPS website at this link. The editor will receive an honorarium of £1,000 per annum subject to review by the Council.
The editor will encourage intime submission of manuscripts; manage the first communications with authors; liaise with Bloomsbury over reviewers, publicity, and costing (for colour plates, if necessary); report to BIPS trustees and the Honorary Treasurer as required; work with and attend meetings of the Research and Publications Committee (four times per year); and coordinate with other BIPS editors. An important requirement is the review of volumes submitted for publication for consistency in transliteration. The editor must therefore have a thorough knowledge of Persian and its transliteration conventions. The editor will be expected to review thoroughly all manuscripts accepted for publication and to ensure they are commensurate with the scholarly standards BIPS expects. Copyediting will be provided by Bloomsbury. The editor should be a member of BIPS. It is expected that the editor will currently be based at a UK higher education institution.
Interested applicants should send a CV, with a covering letter detailing their experience and interest in the role, together with details of two referees.
There are two volumes currently in production; the new editor would be responsible for starting work on future publications.
Deadline: 31 January 2024, 5PM. Please send applications to bips@thebritishacademy.ac.uk.
For formal inquiries, please contact Research Director and Chair of the Research and Publications Committee, Dr Shabnam Holliday.
7. Social Media and Impact Officer
17064BR
Cardiff School of History, Archaeology and Religion
Managerial, Professional and Specialist Staff – MPSS
Advert
Social Media and Impact Officer
School of History, Archaeology & Religion
The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, based in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, wishes to appoint a Social Media and Impact Officer. The postholder will lead on the design, delivery, and evaluation of communications about Islam-UK Centre activities and research via social media and other communications channels. They will also lead on supporting the evaluation and promotion of research impact within the Centre and the broad field of British Muslim Studies. They will also work closely with Centre colleagues and other relevant University staff.
This post is part-time (17.5 hours per week), fixed-term and available for an immediate start.
Salary: £39,347 – £44,263 per annum, pro-rata for hours worked (Grade 6). New appointments are usually made at the bottom of the salary scale.
Interested applicants are invited to contact Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray Gilliat-RayS@cardiff.ac.uk for further information.
Date advert posted: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Closing date: Tuesday, 23 January 2024
8. 2024 BRISMES Annual Conference
Lancaster University, Lancashire • 1-3 July 2024
Submission deadline extended to 21 December, at 11.59 PM (UK time)
https://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/for-delegates/instructions-for-submissions
9. We invite you to join us in London on Saturday, 9th March 2024 for the 8th annual Islamic Archaeology Day jointly organized by SOAS and UCL and announce the call for papers.
There are increasing numbers of us working in Islamic archaeology in the UK. We are, however, scattered through a number of different institutions and we rarely have an opportunity to come together and discuss our work and other matters of mutual interest. The purpose of this in-person day is to provide such an opportunity and to encourage collaboration across regional and period boundaries.
As in previous years, the 2024 meeting will feature around 12 papers of 20 minutes on recent work on the archaeology and heritage of the Islamic world (broadly construed) by established and early career scholars. We are particularly keen to have papers that share the results of new research or fieldwork. If you would like to propose a paper, please send the title to Corisande Fenwick (c.fenwick@ucl.ac.uk) as soon as possible.
The meeting will take place in the ground-floor lecture theatre at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL in central London between 11-6pm on Saturday, March 9th 2024 followed by a reception and an optional dinner at a local restaurant. There will be a small charge to cover food, tea and coffee and the reception. Registration details will be sent out when the programme is announced. All are welcome!
Finally, please do forward this invitation to others who may be interested in attending and offering a paper, especially early career scholars.
Corisande Fenwick (UCL) (c.fenwick@ucl.ac.uk)
Hugh Kennedy (SOAS/UCL)
Veronica Occari (UCL)
Scott Redford (SOAS)
Viva Sacco (UCL)
Paul Wordsworth (UCL)
Contact Information
Prof. Corisande Fenwick, UCL Institute of Archaeology
Contact Email
10. The Islamic College Interfaith Series: The Birth of Jesus in the Gospel and Qur’an: An Exercise in Intertextuality?
A Talk by Dr Dwight Swanson
Friday 22 December 2023
6.00 P.M. – 7.30 P.M. (LONDON TIME)
Zoom ID: 828 0588 4738, Passcode: 409441
HOSTED BY: The Islamic College, London, UK
Register at:
- December 16, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ASPIRANTUM offers three enriching online courses designed to immerse you in the beauty and complexity of the Persian language and Iranian linguistics.
Here are the details of the courses:
Learn Persian through Saadi’s Golestan: This three-week course, running from February 12, 2024, to March 1, 2024, allows you to learn Persian through the exploration of Saadi’s Golestan.
https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-through-saadi-golestan
Introduction to Iranian Languages: This two-week course, from March 4, 2024, to March 15, 2024, provides a comprehensive overview of the Iranian languages.
https://aspirantum.com/courses/introduction-to-iranian-languages
Learn Persian Through Rumi’s Masnavi: This three-week course, running from March 18, 2024, to April 5, 2024, offers an engaging way to learn Persian through the study of Rumi’s Masnavi.
https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-through-rumi-masnavi
2. ONLINE Seminar “Americans’ Technological Empire in Arabia” by Karine Walther (Georgetown Qatar), Centre for Gulf Studies, Exeter, 23 January 2024, 17:00 – 18:30 h, GMT
This talk examines the role that Western technology, in the forms of medicine, industrial development, agricultural training, and military weaponry and training, played in advancing American interests in Saudi Arabia in the period between 1889 and 1952, as differing groups of Americans helped forge the United States’ “special relationship” with the kingdom.
Information and registration: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/events/details/index.php?event=13315
3. ONLINE Seminar “Narratives of Protection: Gendered Power Structures and Statecraft in Qatar and the UAE” by Dr Haya Al-Noaimi (Northwestern Qatar), Centre for Gulf Studies, Exeter, 6 February 2024, 17:00 – 18:30 h, GMT
The talk challenges modern Emirati and Qatari notions of ‘security’, analyzing instead moments where the provision of protection operates as a ‘racket’ in and through nation-building processes. Gender, acting as a vehicle and crucial link, can help us understand how narratives of protection translate into political and security conditions and why they become weaponized by the state whenever the trajectory of state development is faced with potential disruption.
Information and registration: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/events/details/index.php?event=13316
4. ONLINE Book Talk “Provincial Jews and Ottoman Power” by Orit Bashkin (University of Chicago), Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 29 February 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
This talk seeks to understand the ways in which Jewish communities commented on the politics, histories, and religions of the Ottoman Empire. Bashkin looks at Jewish communities in the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire, where many Jews, she argues, not only favored Ottoman and autonomous and semi-autonomous Arab rule, for geopolitical reasons but also perceived Muslim military victories as components of a Jewish Divine plan.
Information and registration:
https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2024/orit-bashkin-provincial-jews-ottoman-power
5. Conference of the “Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS)” on the “Political Economy of the Muslim World”, Harvard University, 19-20 April 2024
Nominations for presentations by advanced PhD students can be made up to 31 January 2024.
Program: https://aalims.org/aalims-harvard-conference-on-the-political-economy-of-the-muslim-world-2024/
6. PhD Research Grants for Research in Turkey (10-12 Months, 2024/25) to PhD Candidates not Living in Turkey, Orient-Institut Istanbul
Prefered themes: Musicological research on the Ottoman Empire and Turkey. – Narrative sources on Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire. – Past and contemporary forms of religious expression in the regions investigated at the OII (since the 11th century). – Turkology (Linguistics and Literary Studies), – Iran. – Entanglements between Turkish or Ottoman society, culture and literatures on the one, and the Mediterranean, Iran, etc. on the other side. – Ottoman modernities.
Deadline for applications: 2 January 2024. Information: https://www.oiist.org/en/scholarship/
7. PhD Candidate for Study on “Migrant Muslim Foodways”, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
How does food mediate social encounters in diverse migratory contexts? And how do such exchanges impact Muslims’ practices and beliefs? Under this framework, we invite you to identify your own research questions, theoretical lens, methodological tools, and case studies. Profile: You have an MA degree in religious studies, anthropology, migration studies, or another discipline related to your project. You have a demonstrated inter-est in food and food-related practices.
Deadline for applications: 26 February 2024. Information:
https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-candidate-migrant-muslim-foodways
8. Fellowships in Jordan and the Middle East of the “American Center of Research (ACOR)” for Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, and Postdoctoral Researchers
– ACOR-Jordanian Graduate Student Fellowships:
https://orcfellowships.smapply.org/prog/acor_-_jordanian_graduate_student_fellowships/
– ACOR Named Fellowships: https://orcfellowships.smapply.org/prog/GkH7nSD7mWw75Mf7wc69/
– ACOR-NEH Fellowship: https://orcfellowships.smapply.org/prog/G4z5kMr2fCZmVdBcCS6f/
– ACOR-CAORC Pre-Doctoral Fellowship: https://orcfellowships.smapply.org/prog/NpTdQGNWxsk6D65pgKxV/
Deadline for application: 15 February 2024
9. Fellowship for Scholars of the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
The fellowship is open to all disciplines – particularly politics, economics, history, religion, sociology, or anthropology – for the 2024-2025 academic year. Successful applicants must be tenure track or tenured professors (or equivalent) with a well-established publication record seeking a faculty leave appointment and interested in engaging in a substantive research or book project, mentoring the Center’s junior research fellows, and contributing to the Center’s publications.
Deadline for applications: 1 January 2024.
Information: https://academicprogramsonline.org/ajo/fellowship/26475
10. Senior Lecturer in Language and Culture Studies (Arabic), Trinity College, Hartford, CT
We are seeking candidates with a PhD in Arabic Language, Literature and culture studies, Music and Art in the Middle East and North Africa, or another related field (degree received by the time of appointment) with an excellent record in undergraduate teaching (minimum of five years of teaching experience), native or near-native fluency in Arabic and English, and experience in the use and implementation of classroom technologies.
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2024. Information: https://trincoll.peopleadmin.com/postings/3177
11. Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic (Modern Languages and Literatures), Swarthmore College
We encourage applications from candidates with expertise in cinematic and cultural productions addressing diverse issues in the Arab world, war narratives, refugee literature, and other significant subfields of modern and contemporary Arabic literature and culture. Successful candidates must be able to teach at all levels in our language sequence, including advanced content courses in Arabic literature and culture in the target language, as well as courses in English.
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2024. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/136156
12. Prix de thèse “Islam, Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans”, GIS Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans. 2024-1
Sont éligibles des travaux soutenus en français ou en France entre le1er janvier 2022 et le 31 décembre 2023, dans toutes les disciplines des lettres et sciences humaines et sociales. L’organisation de ces prix de thèse entend distinguer des travaux de recherche portant sur l’Islam, le Moyen-Orient et les mondes musulmans, caractérisés par leur excellence et leur caractère particulièrement innovant en sciences humaines et sociales.
Envoyer un dossier complet au plus tard le s12 janvier 2024.
Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2023/11/Appel-prix-de-these-2024-1.pdf
13. Articles on “Middle East Critique: Situating the Gulf’s Anti-Imperialist Currents in History and Theory” for a Special Issue of the Journal “Middle East Critique”
Deadline: 15 September, 2024
14. Articles for New Journal Transmediterranean History
This open access journal publishes articles with a keen focus on source material covering various aspects of transmediterranean history in the period between c. 600 and 1650. The contributions provide access to excerpts of primary sources in their original language alongside translations and commentaries on the author and their work;. etc.. Additionally, each entry gives revised bibliographies of editions, translations, and secondary literature. The anthology appears biannually in German, English, and Arabic.
Information: https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/index.php/tmh/index
15. AKU-ISMC: 13 Dec 2023 Virtual Open Day
Join AKU-ISMC students, staff and academics online for a Virtual Open Day on Wednesday 13 December 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-741533455527?aff=oddtdtcreator
16. Islamic Art Circle at SOAS
10 January 2023
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
Islamic Art Circle
at SOAS
7 February 2024
Courtly mediators: Italian, Ottoman, and Mamluk gift
exchanges
Dr Leah Clarke
Kellogg College/Associate Professor in History of Art, Director of Studies,
History of Art, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford
13 March 2024
The Hadassah and Daniel Khalili Memorial Lecture
in Islamic Art and Culture
The role of the architect in designing spaces for women
in mosques
Professor Bernard O’Kane
American University of Cairo
24 April 2024
Legacies of art, architecture and culture in historic Mosul:
A story of resistance and resilience in the context of
adversity
Prof. Mohammed Gamal Abdelmonem
Chair in Architecture & Director, Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and
Global Heritage. Nottingham Trent University
8 May 2024
Image and frame in Late Antiquity and early Islam: An
exploration of visual strategies
Dr Marcus Milwright
British Academy Global Professor in the Department of History of Art,
University of York and Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology at the
University of Victoria, Canada
12 June 2024
The iconography of Qajar As Nas cards
Dr Natasha Morris
Lecturer in Islamic Art
School of Arts, SOAS
All lectures start at 1900 hours and will be held in the Khalili
Lecture Theatre (KLT), under the Library in the Phillips
Building
17. Indiana University’s summer 2024 Language Workshop is accepting applications for its intensive Arabic immersion program.
Based on the principles of the National Arabic Flagship Program, Indiana’s program offers 3 levels of intensive Arabic, featuring 20 hours of instruction a week plus daily one-on-one skills training, tutoring, daily cultural events, Arabic-only dorm living, and opportunities to specialize in Darija, Shami, or Masri, in addition to Fusha.
Funding is available. See http://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/funding for details.
Eligibility: IU and non-IU students; undergraduates, graduates, postgraduates, scholars, faculty, lifelong learners, and others aged 16+.
Special in 2024: Qatar Foundation Scholarships for high-school students embarking on Arabic majors in college.
Application deadline is 2024 FEBRUARY 2 and Winter Break is an ideal time to apply for summer study!
Courses are proficiency oriented and intensive, providing 2 semesters of instruction in 2 months, and feature regular cultural enrichment activities.
Course details and application forms are at http://languageworkshop.indiana.edu
Mail questions to languageworkshop@iu.edu or visit Virtual Office Hours.
See https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/about/VirtualOfficeHours.html for link and schedule.
Contact Information
Kathleen Evans, Director, Indiana University Language Workshop
Contact Email
URL
http://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/arabic
18. Indiana University’s summer 2024 Language Workshop is accepting applications for an online summer course in Professional Academic MSA. Led by Dr. Attia Youseif, the course is aimed at very advanced speakers and heritage speakers wishing to improve their command of formal, academic Arabic.
Funding is available. See https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/languages/online-hybrid/arabic for details.
Eligibility: IU and non-IU students; undergraduates, graduates, postgraduates, scholars, faculty, lifelong learners, and others aged 16+.
Application deadline is 2024 FEBRUARY 2 and Winter Break is a perfect time to apply.
The course is intensive, providing 2 semesters of instruction in 2 months, and features regular cultural enrichment activities.
Course details and application forms are at http://languageworkshop.indiana.edu.
Mail questions to languageworkshop@iu.edu or visit Virtual Office Hours.
See https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/about/VirtualOfficeHours.html for link and schedule.
Contact Information
Kathleen Evans, Director, Indiana University Language Workshop
Contact Email
URL
http://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/arabic
19. Indiana University’s summer 2024 Language Workshop is accepting scholarship applications for Online Intensive SORANI KURDISH, PERSIAN (FARSI), and TURKISH until February 2, 2024. Please remind your colleagues and students that Winter Break is an ideal time to apply for summer funding.
For scholarship details, see http://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/funding .
Eligibility: IU and non-IU students; undergraduates, graduates, postgraduates, scholars, faculty, lifelong learners, and others aged 16+.
Application deadline is 2024 FEBRUARY 2.
Courses are proficiency oriented and intensive, providing 2 semesters of instruction in 2 months, and feature regular cultural enrichment activities.
Course details and application forms are at http://languageworkshop.indiana.edu
Mail questions to languageworkshop@iu.edu or visit Virtual Office Hours.
See https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/about/VirtualOfficeHours.html for link and schedule.
Contact Information
Kathleen Evans, Director, Indiana University Language Workshop
Contact Email
URL
http://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Articles of interest in the 50th volume of The Textile Museum Journal, now available through https://museum.gwu.edu/subscribe-journal.
‘Two Velvet Letter Pouches and Their Role in Safavid Diplomacy’ by Anna Jolly and Corinne Mühlemann
‘Professor Wace’s Turkish Sampler: Ottoman Women Embroiderers and Continental Collectors of Woven Archaeologies’ by Deniz Türker
‘Yusuf and Zulaikha in Sufi Poetry and Safavid Silks’ by Nazanin Hedayat Munroe
For subscriptions to The Textile Museum Journal 50 and access to earlier issues, please visit https://museum.gwu.edu/subscribe-journal. For submissions, more information or questions, please contact The Textile Museum Journal editorial team at tmjournal@gwu.edu or check https://museum.gwu.edu/textile-museum-journal.
2. British Library Endangered Archives Project:
Iranian Performance Arts Journals Pre-1979 (EAP1200)
The journals scanned in Tehran as part of the British Library Endangered Archives Project are now accessible on the British Library Endangered Archives Project site at: https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1200.
We have also begun uploading these journals in an indexed fashion on the Golistan Project site in the printed matter section at: https://www.golistan.org/collection/?type=Read&sub_type=Journals.
3. Thijl Sunier, author of the recently published Making Islam Work, is giving a lecture at Leiden University on Islamic authority among Muslims in Western Europe.
The lecture is part of the ‘What’s New?!’ lecture series, organized by LUCIS and the department of Middle Eastern Studies to focus on current research on Islam and the Middle East. Sunier will present his new book and discuss how Islamic authority plays a role in public debates about (sometimes) controversial issues related to the presence of Muslims in Europe.
Thursday 14 December 2023; 17:15 – 18:15; Lipsius Building
Find out more and register here.
4. Governing the Frontiers in the Ottoman Empire
Notables, Tribes and Peasants of Muş (1820s-1880s)
Gülseren Duman Koç
Brill, 2023
5. The Book of the Cow
An Early Qur’ānic Codex on Papyrus (P. Hamb. Arab. 68)
Mathieu Tillier and Naïm Vanthieghem
Brill, 2023
6. 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:
1. IQP (Int. Qur’anic Parliament) members can join QSCT 2024 program and receive exclusive member benefits. To become IQP member you can join us via:
http://zabanshenasitarikhi.domainuser.ir/c/main.php
2.Applicants can apply for the 7-day 2024 Spring period
3.Applicants can send their application attached with a short cv to: ahmadi_mh@ut.ac.ir
4.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 Qur’anic / Islamic studies
3) PhD students in Qur’anic / Islamic studies
4) Hafiz (Memorizer) / reciter of the Holy Quran
5) Qur’anic activists
أمانة تأسيس المجلس الدولي المستقل للقرآن الکریم
Ind. Int. Quranic Parliament (IQP)
7. Online Event ~ TRANSNATIONAL PERSIAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE
13.12.23
The MESA Global Academy
and
The History Department of the
University of Pennsylvania
present
Dr. Nasir Ahmad Arian
Penn State University
and
Dr. Khalilullah Afzali
UCLA
Moderated by Dr. Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet
University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, December 13
Noon Eastern
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/mrfjc96h
Please email mimi@mesana.org to receive the Zoom passcode for the event
8. 5th Spatial Humanities conference will be held in
Bamberg on September 25th to 27th 2024.
Abstract submission deadline: 15th Feb 2024
Spatial Humanities 2024 welcomes submissions on all aspects of using geospatial
technologies in humanities research, methodological innovations, and applied research that
develops our understanding of the geographies of the past. We welcome contributions from
anyone working on computational approaches to spatial questions in the humanities and
arts. These disciplines include, but are not limited to, history (including fields from social
history such as historical demography and environmental history), archaeology, heritage and
conservation studies, literary studies, classics, linguistics, art history, anthropology and
religious studies, as well as from interdisciplinary and/or technical fields including GIS, digital
humanities, computational linguistics and computer science. Abstracts should be between
750–1000 words for full papers and 500–750 words for posters.
This year the conference will take place in Bamberg, Germany, a UNESCO World Heritage
Site. Accordingly, the conference will feature a special session with a focus on Spatial
Humanities and Heritage. Heritage has spatial dimensions and heritage processes are
linked to place: architecture and urban conservation, the listing of historic buildings, sites,
cultural landscapes or heritage districts. Maps of heritage ‘assets’ and archaeological sites
shape the way we perceive and understand places, as well as their cultural identity. How can
these be studied to reveal cultural boundaries and exclusivity in heritage discourses? How can
innovative multi-layered maps show alternative and diverse aspects of heritage?
We are delighted to announce that this year’s keynote speakers will be Francesca Ammon
(University of Pennsylvania) and Ross Purves (University of Zurich).
Themes
Proposals are welcomed on, but not limited to, the following themes:
– Gazetteers, e.g. urban, regional, national and international
– Artificial intelligence, e.g. computer vision, NLP, deep learning, etc.
– Spatial explorations of narratives, literary and imaginary places
– GIS and spatial analysis including 3D modeling and spatial statistics
– Deep mapping, experiences of places
– Territorial representations, transgressions, subalternity and boundaries
– Mapping mobility, spatial connections and networks
– Linking the map and the text: mixed-method approaches
– Geospatial ‘collections as data’, enrichment and annotation
– Historical maps and georeferencing
– Environmental humanities: landscapes, waterscapes and the blue humanities
– Linked Open (Geo)Data
– IIIF applications for maps and spatial data
– Labs notebooks, workflows and infrastructure
– Data mining, visualisation and the challenges of geolocation
– Building, mapping and spatially analysing heritage inventories
Venue
:Bamberg University, Markusstraße 8a, D-96047 Bamberg, Germany. The conference will be
held in person.
Early Bird Rates
Full registration costs 170 €, reduced to 120 € for students including teas & coffees and
lunches days. The conference dinner can be booked in addition.
Student Bursaries
To help support PhD students attend the conference we will be offering fee waivers to the
three abstracts judged by the organisers to be the best. If you would like to be considered for
this please mark this in the appropriate place on your submission. Note that we may require
proof that when the abstract was submitted that you were registered as a PhD student.
We plan to offer a childcare service.
For further information see https://spathum.uni-bamberg.de/
Email of the conference: spathum@uni-bamberg.de
Organisers
The Spatial Humanities Conference Association
Institutions organizing: Bamberg University, Centre for Heritage Conservation Studies and
Technologies (KDWT), Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities, Lancaster University Centre for
Digital Humanities, Digital Humanities Lab, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Northumbria
University Architecture & Built Environment and the UrbanMetaMapping consortium.
9. Call for Proposals
‘Women in Religious and Civic Leadership’
AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies Annual Conference
George Mason University
April 25-26 | Fairfax, VA
Recent decades have witnessed the increasing presence and prominence of Muslim women in a variety of civic and professional contexts, as well as in charitable, educatonal, and culturalorganizations. At the same time, explicitly religious roles for Muslim women, as religious scholars, mosque leaders, chaplains, and legal authorities also continue to expand in number, scope, and influence.
This year, the AbuSulayman Center’s annual conference will bring together both scholars and practitioners for an extended discussion of the many ways in which Muslim
women are leading, shaping, and supporting their communities. It will examine the challenges they face in these leadership roles in a world where Muslim women continue to struggle against both patriarchal and Islamophobic assumptions about their agency and influence. What are the structural and cultural obstacles they navigate in these roles, and how do these obstacles vary across different Muslim contexts? What are the religious, intellectual, ideological, or practical developments that have encouraged or facilitated the expansion of women’s engagement in public leadership roles? How has women’s leadership changed the communal dynamics, social expectations, and cultural landscape of different Muslim contexts? Are there important historical precedents for women’s leadership in premodern Muslim communities, and what is the importance of those precedents in contemporary Muslim contexts?
We invite proposals from scholars and advanced graduate students that explore the leadership
roles of women in either majority or minority Muslim communities, engaging the questions and issues raised above. We also invite presenta=ons from Muslim women community leaders, activists, and practitioners currently serving in either religious or civic roles.
Those interested should submit:
- a 300-word abstract describing their proposed presenta=on
- a brief CV/Resume (2 pages max)
Please submit your abstract to avacgis@gmu.edu by January 9, 2024.
Selected proposals will be announced by January 30, 2024.
The AbuSulayman Center will cover travel and accommodation expenses for all selected conference presenters.
10. CSMBR Winter School – early bird deadline is 12thof December.
Studiolo: Digital Humanities Lab
12-15 February 2024
Organised by
Fabrizio Bigotti and Manuel Huth
Studiolo Digital Humanities Lab is a new Winter School format designed to meet the needs of those who, both inside and outside of academia, are faced with the digital revolution and want to make the most of it.
Its interdisciplinary format allows participants to get a feel for the potential of new media, while acquiring basic coding skills, knowledge of 3D modelling, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and key concepts in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLM), as well as tools for communicating with experts in the field.
INFO AND REGISTRATION AT
https://csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/studiolo-digital-lab-2024/
Should you have any queries as to the registration process or the organisation of the event do not hesitate to make them known.
Kindest regards,
Andreas Hylla
Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance (CSMBR) – Assistant Coordinator
Domus Comeliana, Via Cardinale Maffi 48, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Tel.: +39.02.006.20.51 – Mobile: +39.333.13.12.203
Email: ah@csmbr.fondazionecomel.org
11. Reading visual devices in early books
International conference in Turku, Finland / 15-17 May 2025
Visual or graphic devices, such as images, diagrams, charts and tables, often operate between visual and verbal modes to convey information. In books these devices may be used, for example, to illustrate and expand upon the text, to support or distract from the message conveyed by the text, or to aid in the comprehension of complex concepts which would be difficult to express through words alone. Although graphic devices may also communicate through textual elements, their main communicative tools are structure, symbolism, and cultural imagery.
How are graphic devices used, framed and understood? How were innovations and conventions of data visualization transmitted across texts and languages? How did the diachronic or geographical spread of graphic devices progress in different parts of the world?
The Early Modern Graphic Literacies (EModGraL) project organises an international conference on the study of visual/graphic devices in late medieval and early modern books in May 2025. We invite contributions from book studies, philology and historical linguistics, textual scholarship, literary studies, history of science, art history, and other related fields, including interdisciplinary approaches.
Relevant topics and themes include:
* Graphic devices (e.g. images, tables, and diagrams) and their design and use (as part of text/supplementing text)
* Emerging practices and changing conventions: aesthetics, design, technologies
* Paratext and metatext: linguistic framing and presentation of graphic devices
* Visualising knowledge and information
* Different audiences, readers, and literacies: lay/professional, learned/vernacular
* Use of graphic devices in different domains and genres: instructional and technical writing, literature, scientific writing, popular texts, religion
* Late medieval and early modern manuscripts and printed books, including various physical formats (also broadsheets, pamphlets, scrolls, letters), also early books from non-European regions and languages
* Theoretical and methodological approaches to visual devices: opportunities and challenges (including digital humanities approaches)
Early Modern Graphic Literacies (EModGraL) is a four-year research project funded by the Research Council of Finland (2021-25) and based at the Department of English, University of Turku, Finland. The project maps the use of graphic devices in early English printed books (1473-1800) to study the development of vernacular graphic literacies and early strategies of data visualization.
Stay tuned for the Call for Papers, which will be circulated in Spring 2024.
For more information, please email us at VisualBookConf@utu.fi .
Best wishes,
Early Modern Graphic Literacies Project
Matti Peikola, Mari-Liisa Varila, Aino Liira & Sirkku Ruokkeinen
12. Exhibition – Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting, LACMA – Dec. 17, 2023-Aug. 4, 2024
Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), is on view from December 17, 2023 to August 4, 2024. The exhibition then travels to the Detroit Institute of Art, where it will be on view from September 22, 2024 to January 5, 2025.
This is the first exhibition to explore Islamic art in the context of its associated culinary traditions. Featuring some 250 works from 30 public and private collections across the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East, the exhibition celebrates how gustatory discernment was a fundamental activity at the great Islamic courts. We are also unveiling for the first time in the United States our 18th-century reception room from Damascus. The exhibition features as well a newly commissioned multimedia installation by Sadik Kwaish Alfraji recalling his mother’s homemade bread.
The multi-author exhibition catalogue is available here. More information about the exhibition can be found on the exhibition webpage or contact ame@lacma.org.
Contact Email
URL
https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/dining-sultan-fine-art-feasting-0
- December 09, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.HYBRID Seminar “Crossing Ancient Sacred Landscapes: Contacts and Continuities in the Ancient Desert Cults and Beliefs of Northern Arabia and the Arid Southern Levant”, University of Oxford, 5-6 December 2023
This seminar aims to study the sacred landscapes of northern Arabia and the southern arid margins of the Levant in ancient times throughout the longue durée, adopting an interdisciplinary approach at the intersec-tion between archaeology, history, epigraphy, rock art research, and digital humanities. Scholars will present several case-studies with synchronic and diachronic analyses of the cultic and mortuary traditions of the region from the Neolithic to the Early Islamic period.
Information, program and registration: https://www.ames.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/crossing-sacred-landscapes-1.pdf-0
2. HYBRID Lecture “What Language Tells Us about Communal Interactions in Medieval Egypt” by Dr Miriam Wagner (St Edmund’s, Cambridge), Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Exeter, 6 December 2023, 6:00 pm GMT
Information and registration: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-what-language-tells-us-about-communal-interactions-in-medieval-egypt-6-december-exeter-zoom?e=82aeb6c61d
3. Journée d’études : “Rituels en islam/Islam”, Institut d’islamologie de l’Université de Stras-bourg, 8 decembre 2023, 8h30 – 18h00 CET
Information et programme : https://evenements.unistra.fr/agenda-unistra/detail-evenement/22301-journee-detudes-rituels-en-islam-islam
4. Winter Workshop “Intermediaries, Middle Grounds, Middle Sea”, Mediterranean Seminar and UCLA Center for Early Global Studies, 9-10 February 2024
Information and program: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-intermediaries-middle-grounds-middle-sea-mediterranean-seminar-2024-winter-workshop-9-10-february-ucla?e=82aeb6c61d
5. Islamic Studies Conference: “Muslim Debates and Contestations”, Princeton University, 5-6 April 2024
Proposals covering different time periods and employing a variety of disciplinary and methodological per-spectives are welcome from graduate students and early-career scholars. Proposals approaching the cate-gory of debate in an expansive way and across its social, historical, religious, political, and other registers are encouraged to apply. We are also particularly interested in proposals that contribute more broadly to methods and approaches in the study of Islam and Muslim societies.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2023. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20013964/princeton-islamic-studies-conference
6. ONLINE Event “Erasures in Iraq”, Institute for Middle East, Central and Caucasus Studies, University of St Andrews, 15 April 2024
The objective is to highlight under-researched, under-assisted, and under-recognised communities in con-temporary Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. We are open to presentations or discussions surrounding any communities and any themes. ‘Communities’ and ‘erasure’ can be broadly defined.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2023.
Information: https://cmr.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/call-for-papers-and-contributions-erasures-in-iraq/
7. International Conference “Creating Holiness: Books, Scrolls and Icons as Carriers of Sacredness (in Muslim Cultures)”, Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz, Germany, 17-20 June 2024
This conference will address the questions of what turns a book – or an icon of the Eastern churches – into a sacred object in Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist cultures, and how is sacredness connected to the material.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2023. Information: https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/materialisierte-heiligkeit/News/CfP_-Creating-Holiness_-Books_-Scrolls-and-Icons-as-Carriers-of-Sacredness.html
8. “3rd Annual Critical Muslim Studies Conference: ReOrienting the (Global) South”, University of Leeds, 24-26 June 2024
This conference seeks to explore the intricate intersections between anti-colonialism, ethno-nationalism, and the emergence of Muslim political identities following the de facto abolition of the Caliphate in 1924. The conference seeks to investigate the processes that have firmly positioned Muslimness and the Muslim Ques-tion as a critical aspect of the global South.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2024. Information: https://criticalmuslimstudies.co.uk/project/3rd-interna-tional-conference-on-critical-muslim-studies/
9. Conference of Early Modern Ottoman Studies (EMOS): “Institutions, Networks, and Economic Change in the Early Modern Ottoman World”, Sabancı University, Istanbul, 27-28 June 2024
Scholars, historians, and researchers are invited to contribute papers that shed light on the economic dy-namics from the 16th to the 19th century. This conference aims to gather a diverse range of perspectives, methodologies, and scholarly research to foster a comprehensive understanding of the Ottoman economic landscape during this period.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2024. Information: https://historiansnet.com/call-for-papers-emos-2024/
10. 2nd International Conference on “Digital Archiving in the Arab World (DAAW)”, Sorbonne University in Abu Dhabi, 29-31 October 2024
We aspire to address the suject through the more focused standpoint of the digital management and preser-vation of data and documents, without foregoing a broader reflection, concerning both historical and future documents and data in danger whether physical or natively digital.
Deadline for abstracts: 18 February 2024.
Information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TwMxdXGdz5eumFI6yS-4KWyUI1EpJLY4/view
11. Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowships (6-12 Months) at the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB)
The visiting fellowships are beginning no later than 1 March 2024 for junior scholars in the early stages of the postdoctoral research, in support of excellent projects in the humanities and social sciences. Proposals are encouraged to articulate the contemporary stakes of the research project, encompassing historiographical, cultural, religious and/or political dimensions. Applicants must demonstrate how their projects will benefit from an extended stay in the region and contribute to the institute’s overall research environment.
Deadline for applications: 10 December 2023.
Information: https://www.orient-institut.org/support/fellowships/doctoralfellowships.html
12. 2 Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellowships in Armenian Studies (2024-25) at the Center for Armenian 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
13. University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point – Assistant Professor of History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66554
Including Middle East
Closing date: Jan 4, 2024
14. CfP for a special edition of Religions entitled Muslim women in the 21st Century: Agency, influence, lived experience.
Religions is a Q1-ranked, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, and we feel your contribution to the series would be particularly beneficial.
Muslim women are often portrayed monolithically in popular as well as political discourse. Even the academe has, at times, been dominated by an Orientalist gaze that exoticises the “Muslimwoman” to use miriam cooke’s neologism. This special edition aims to challenge this homogenizing discourse by featuring a range of diverse voices and perspectives.
Eager to move beyond the dichotomy of the pitiably oppressed or apologetically elevated “Muslimwoman”, this special edition explores the lived realities of Muslim women in majority or minority contexts, and the intersection of faith, culture, and agency (or lack thereof) that Muslim women negotiate in myriad ways.
Possible themes include, but are not limited to, the experiences of Muslim women in education and the workplace; women’s leadership roles in business, community, faith, politics and more; negotiating religious and cultural expectations—be it in national, ethnic, faith, or family contexts; Muslim women’s spirituality; contending with patriarchal interpretations of sharia and fiqh in either majority or minority contexts; addressing stereotypes, discrimination and Islamophobia; issues for Muslim women of colour within the ummah; and the complexity around hybrid and transnational identities.
We are committed to publishing an edition that amplifies the diverse voices of Muslim women and showcases the richness and complexity of their experiences. We welcome research paper submissions from the humanities and social sciences, law, medicine, education, economics, business, technology, and beyond.
If you are interested in submitting a paper to this special edition, please let us know by emailing us. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind, peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page.
If, after peer-review, your paper is approved for publication, there is an open-access publishing fee payable to Religions journal, however, we are able to waive the fee for some ECRs and contributors from lower-income countries at our discretion.
Prof Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Coventry University, Email Website
Dr Susan Carland, Monash University, Australia, E-Mail Website
Dr Rachel Woodlock, The University of Melbourne, Australia, Email Website
15. Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Research Scholar in International Relations
The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at the School of International and
Public Affairs, Columbia University, will fund one postdoctoral research scholar position in
international relations during the 2024-25 academic year. Preference will be given to
backgrounds in national security, intelligence studies, or cyber and conflict studies. We
encourage applications from historically underrepresented groups including women, BIPOC, and first generation scholars.
The position will be based in New York City, within the Saltzman Institute at Columbia
University, for a 12-month term from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025,
encompassing the 2024-2025 academic year. To be eligible, applicants must have received and
be able to document their Ph.D. degree prior to August 31, 2024.
The position is funded by the Saltzman Institute’s Emerging Voices in National Security and
Intelligence Program, which is directed by Senior Research Scholar Peter Clement. The
postdoctoral research scholar will be expected to dedicate the majority of their time to the
completion of substantive work such as a book, article(s), or other significant publication while in residence; and to assist the Director with proposal preparation and other research projects.
They will teach one undergraduate level course in the areas of national security, intelligence
studies, or cyber and conflict studies; and will be expected to attend and participate in
Institute-sponsored events including public and private seminars, panels, conferences, research
colloquia, and meetings.
Applications from both U.S. and foreign students will be considered. The position will be
compensated at an annual salary of $76,000 plus benefits.
Application materials should include a cover letter, research statement, CV, one letter of
recommendation sent directly to us by your recommender, and a list of two additional academic references whom we will contact. Please list the name and email address of your recommender in your cover letter. Application materials may be sent via email to siwps.apply@gmail.com.
Questions may be directed to Assistant Director Ingrid Gerstmann at ig79@columbia.edu.
Review of applications will begin Monday, January 8, 2024; the posting will remain open
until filled.
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.University of Kansas – Assistant Professor, Islamic Studies in Africa
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66536
Closing date: Jan 15, 2024
2. HIAA ONLINE WORKSHOPS
Researching and Publishing Provenance Information for Islamic Art
January 5, 2024
8–9:30 PST / 11–12:30 EST / 16–17:30 GMT / 17–18:30 CET
To register: https://temple.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAscu2upzkjG9Fmb4rPQIMC4VumEC_rXNGA
Moderator: Elizabeth Dospěl Williams (Dumbarton Oaks)
Panelists: Inês Fialho Brandão (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian), Martina Rugiadi and Anne Dunn-Vaturi (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Amanda Phillips (UVA), and Eiren Shea (Grinnell College)
Provenance research is a specialized skill usually gained through firsthand experience in museum collections and archives, yet its findings have legal, ethical, and scholarly implications well beyond the institutions where such work is generally carried out, including topics related to teaching, art historical research, and cultural property. Provenance research and publishing is, furthermore, a rapidly developing field, meaning that its contours can be intimidating to those not regularly working in this discipline.
This workshop is envisioned as an introduction to researching and publishing the provenance histories of art from the Middle East and Central Asia. While it is intended as a basic account of resources and best practices for those not in museum settings, its focus on future directions means it can also serve as a point of discussion for those already specialized in these fields.
After a brief overall introduction, the workshop will offer three concurrent Zoom Room panels addressing topics including the state of the field for provenance research on Islamic art, important resources for Islamic art provenance research, and emerging best practices for publishing provenance research.
3. Note Date: Post-doctorant (24 mois) dans le champ aréal “Sociétés et cultures de l’Afghanistan”, Campus CNRS Ile-de-France, Villejuif
Compétences: Diplôme de doctorat dans une discipline des sciences humaines et sociales, avec une compétence sur l’aire culturelle de référence. – Productions scientifiques régulières (communications et publications, autres que la thèse). Compétences linguistiques : maîtrise indispensable d’au moins une des langues de l’aire culturelle de référence ; maîtrise de l’anglais; pour les candidats étrangers, compréhension du français souhaitée (B1); Qualités rédactionnelles, capacité à formuler un projet scientifique, à publier et valoriser ses recherches; etc.
Closing date 2 December 2023
Date d’embauche prévue : 5 décembre 2023. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/92309
4. Teti, A., & Abbott, P. (2023). Scholarship on the Middle East in Political Science and International Relations: A Reassessment. PS: Political Science & Politics,56(2): 259-264. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049096522001378(free online)
5. New Podcast
Dr. Claudia Yaghoobi – Women’s Rights in Iran: Challenges, Achievements, and Misconceptions
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In this episode, Dr. Yaghoobi explores the shifting dynamics of sexuality in Iran across a span of nearly two centuries. She examines the intersectionality of gender and sexuality, discussing how gender rights have fared better than sexual rights. She discusses sexual mores in Iran and the non-linear trajectory of Iran towards modernization. Furthermore, she delves into the notion of “acceptable” sexuality and draws comparisons between Iranian and Western sexual norms.
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6. Volume 4 of Scenes from the 16th-Century Ottoman Empire
This is a facsimile of an album in the Austrian National Library Codex Vindobonensis nr. 8615
Illuminierte Turkenbuch [Illuminated Turks Book] (1573-1578)by David Ungnad von Sonnegg (gest. 1600) andHieronymus Beck Von Leopoldsdorf’sBildnisse Orientalischer Herrscher Und WürdenträgerI
formerly attributed to Johannes Lewenklau:[Bilder Türkischer Herrscher, Soldaten, Hoffleute staedte u.a.]
ISBN 978-90-6921-050-6
Edited by / : Mehmet Tütüncü & Ömer Erdem
with contributions: Rudolf H. W. Stichel and decipherment of German captions by Paul Brood and Jan van den Broek
Graphic Designer: Omer Erdem: omerdem@me.com
CORPUS OF TURKISH ISLAMIC INSCRIPTIONS nr: 47
TÜRK İSLAM KİTABELERİ DİZİSİ no:
This book is a convolut with 3 parts that have been assembled.
The first part consists of 18 portraits of Ottoman sultans and viziers and other notables.
This part is part of a greater Portraitsbook so called Lamberger portraetbuch consisting of 240 portraits. This book which the owner was Hieronymus Beck von Leopoldsdorf (1525-1596) and is in 1973 obtained by KunsthistorischesMuseum of Vienna. This portraits were long time considered as work of Johannes Löwenklau (1541-1596). But as prof. Stichel has shown in the article this part of the codex with Portraits belonged to Beck on Leopoldsdorfs album.
Second part 9fo. 32-121) of scenes and dressings of Ottoman citizens, soldiers, officers and other personalities and•
third part (fol. 122-143) gives an insight in the architecture of the Palace and the etiquette and hierarchy which is depicted with careful drawings and inscriptions.
The album It was long time considered as an album that belonged to Lowenklau. the main part of the album 8615 is a copy of the lost Illumnierte Turkenbuch von David Ungnad vonSonnegg (gest. 1600), because it follows mainly the illustration of Dresden book of Zacharias Wehmr for the Kurfurst August von Sachsen. Ungnad was between 1573 and 1578 an envoy in Istanbul.
Of all Habsburg the albums, this one is the most prestigious and professionally prepared.
For sample pages, more information and how to order please follow the next link.
7. Ordering Imperial Worlds: From Late Medieval Spain to the Modern Middle East,
edited by Susan Slyomovics, Edinburgh University Press, November 2023. See https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-ordering-imperial-worlds.html
This volume of original essays invites 10 preeminent scholars to think through a rich corpus on cities, empires, images and archaeological sites produced by the distinguished architectural historian Zeynep Çelik. Awarded the prestigious 2019 Giorgio Della Vida medal for excellence in Islamic studies by the University of California, the occasion allowed researchers from various universities, countries and disciplines to reflect on her rich body of work. Inspired by Çelik’s works, chapters travel between Muslim and Christian Spain, the Ottoman Empire and France, Europe and its overseas empire in North Africa, and more.
8. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC is now accepting applications for the Ebrahimi Fellowship for Persian Art.
The Ebrahimi Fellowship promotes excellence in research and publication on Persian art from the ancient to the contemporary period. Research proposals are evaluated in terms of merit, originality, methodology, and potential for significant publication that will advance scholarly and public understanding of Persian visual arts. Interdisciplinary proposals with a primary focus on Iranian visual arts will be considered.
The Ebrahimi Fellowship is intended to provide an environment conducive to research, writing, and collegial discourse. Fellows are expected to devote themselves full-time to the proposed project, to participate in the museum’s scholarly community and programs, and to present a research-in-progress seminar during the period of the appointment.
Scholars of all nationalities are welcome to apply. Meeting the requirements and obtaining the required visas for residence and research in the United States are the responsibilities of the applicant. If necessary, the Smithsonian will review the individual for participation in an Exchange Visitor Program and will support the individual, if eligible, in their application for a J-1 Visa. This fellowship is offered in partnership with the American Institute for Iranian Studies.
Doctoral candidates, early career scholars, and senior scholars are all encouraged to apply.
Term
Awards will be made for a period of up to three months and are not renewable. Appointments must take place in 2024-2025.
Stipend
The maximum stipend is $15,000. It will be prorated for shorter terms (approximately $5,000 per month). Additional support not to exceed $4,000 may be provided for approved research and travel expenses.
Application Deadline
The application deadline is February 1, 2024. Notification of awards will be sent by early March.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted in English and must include:
- Curriculum vitae with contact information and complete list of publications
- Research proposal consisting of a précis (150 words) and a narrative (maximum length 1,500 words). The proposal should address previous relevant research and published results, the significance and originality of the current project to the study of the arts of Iran (from ancient to contemporary) or related disciplines, methodology, bibliography, and the projected schedule of research and writing.
- List of up to 5 objects you would like to view at NMAA, including an explanation of why they are important to your research and the links from https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/. If you are interested in the Archives, please list particular areas of focus with justification.
- Detailed budget and justification for projected research expenses not to exceed $4,000.
- Two letters of recommendation emailed to AsiaScholarlyProgram@si.edu. Reviewers should comment on the merits of the proposal and the feasibility of the research plan as well as the candidate’s potential for original contribution to the field of art history.
The finalists may be invited to participate in Zoom interviews.
View the fellowship page on our website: https://asia.si.edu/about/jobs-opportunities/ebrahimi-fellowship-for-persian-art/
For more information or to submit application materials, please email our Scholarly Programs and Publications Department: AsiaScholarlyProgram@si.edu
Contact Information
Lizzie Stein, Scholarly Programs and Publications
National Museum of Asian Art
9. The next VIAHSS lecture will take place on Friday, December 1, 2023, at 12:00 NYC/17:00 London/18:00 Vienna/20:00 Istanbul.
Veronika Poier (University of Vienna) will present “Mediation between Architecture, Word, and Image: The Inscriptions of the Green Complex (1419-1424) for Sultan Mehmed I in Bursa.”
To attend, please make sure to register in advance here: https://wellesley.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwuc-GurDMsE9QGxI29-SUoscofbiCUKGpX
Upon registration, you’ll receive the link to access the lecture.
As always, you can find a full schedule of upcoming talks and register for our list-serv on our website at viahss.org. Although not every talk is recorded, we also have recordings of several recent talks available on the VIAHSS Vimeo page at vimeo.com/viahss. Lastly, you can follow us on X at @viahss and on Instagram at @theviahss to stay up to date on upcoming events!
Contact Information
Dr. Alexander Brey and Rachel Winter
Contact Email
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10. Online: Join the National Museum of Asian Art on Tuesday, December 5, 12–1 p.m. EST for the online lecture Crafting Luxury: Dress in Ancient Persia with Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, professor of ancient history at Cardiff University, Wales.
In conjunction with the British Museum’s recent exhibition Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece, it was decided to attempt to create the types of garments worn by the elite of the Persian court in the Achaemenid period (559–330 BCE). Dress played a role in the Persian concept of luxury, and although textiles have not survived in the archaeological record, careful research into the representations of clothes in Achaemenid art and the traditional dress styles in the Iranian world has made recreations of court clothing possible. This talk explores the design and symbolism of Achaemenid dress and highlights the methods undertaken to recreate Persian costumes for the British Museum exhibition.
A leading expert in ancient Persian history and culture, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones has served as the director of the ancient Iran research program for the British Institute of Persian Studies and is the author of many books, including Persians: The Age of the Great Kings, which has been translated into fifteen languages.
This lecture is generously supported by the Tina and Hamid Moghadam Fund.
Register here: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nf5Jhr0HQXu-RCl60dNxOg#/registration
Visit the event page here: https://asia.si.edu/whats-on/events/search/event:169639739/
Contact Information
Lizzie Stein, Scholarly Programs and Publications
National Museum of Asian Art
Contact Email
URL
https://asia.si.edu/whats-on/events/search/event:169639739/
11. Islamic Ecumene: Comparing Muslim Societies
Edited by David S. Powers & Eric Tagliacozzo
https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781501772399/islamic-ecumene/
Receive a 20% discount online*: LLF23
*Valid until 11:59 GMT, 30th June 2024. Discount only applies to the CAP website.
12. AKU ISMC
‘Celestial & Maritime Grids & Circles: Digitising Cosmographical Manuscripts’
Monday 4 December 2023, 17:30- 19:30 (London).
Venue
Aga Khan Centre ,
10 Handyside Street,
London N1C 4DN
Booking
The event is free, but booking is essential. Book your ticket now to join us in person.
13. Call for Submissions | 2024 BRAIS Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World
The British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) is delighted to announce the 2024 round of the BRAIS Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World. This international prize is awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis or unpublished first monograph based on a doctoral thesis. English-language submissions on any aspect of the academic study of Islam and the Muslim world, past and present, including Muslim-minority societies are accepted. Applicants can be based in any country, and manuscripts will be assessed on the basis of scholarly quality and originality.
Deadline | 12 January 2024
14. Webinar | Persian Qutbshahi Documents from India
With Eva Orthmann
In this talk, Eva Orthmann discusses bilingual and trilingual inscriptions from India and the Qutbshahi dynasty.
Event organised by the Invisible East Programme.
14 December 2023, 5PM GMT. On Zoom. Information and registrations at this link.
15. Instructional professor (open rank) in Urdu language
The University of Chicago: Humanities Division: Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
Location
Chicago IL
Open Date
Dec 01, 2023
Deadline
Jan 04, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description
The Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College of the University of Chicago seek an experienced teacher of Urdu language to help grow its existing offerings in South Asian languages. We invite applications for a position as an Instructional Professor (open rank) in Urdu language. The position begins in academic year 2024-25, with a start date of September 1, 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. The selected candidate will be appointed at the rank of Assistant Instructional Professor, Associate Instructional Professor, or Instructional Professor, depending on qualifications and educational background. The initial appointment will be for a minimum of two years, with longer initial terms possible depending on previous experience and initial rank, with review and progression schedule determined by a collective bargaining agreement between the University and the Service Employees International Union.
Responsibilities include both teaching and service duties. Teaching normally consists of seven courses across three quarters, at least 6 of which are Urdu language courses, at all levels of the language. One additional course may include non-language offerings in the College Core or in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, to be determined in consultation with the Department and College. Service duties may include advising undergraduate theses, creating and overseeing Urdu placement exams and graduate language exams, teaching independent studies, and engaging in outreach, or other program-specific duties. Instructional Professors of all ranks are required to engage in regular professional development.
Qualifications
Applicants are required to have at least one year of previous experience teaching Urdu at the college or post-secondary level, preferably at a North American institution. An M.A. degree or equivalent is required. A Ph.D. in a related field is desirable. Applicants must demonstrate sufficient language ability for teaching Urdu in a university context. Preferred qualifications include:
- Experience teaching students with differing experience and goals, e.g., heritage and non-heritage learners, undergraduate and graduate students
- specialized training in second language acquisition, second language pedagogy, and/or assessment
- proficiency with digital pedagogical tools and methods.
Application Instructions
To apply for this position, please submit your application through the University of Chicago’s Academic Recruitment website at http://apply.interfolio.com/137341. An application must include:
- a cover letter
- curriculum vitae
- a teaching statement
- one sample syllabus for Introductory Urdu
- a second sample syllabus for a non-language course
- the names and contact information for three recommenders.
Application deadline: All applicant materials must be received through the application system by 11pm Central Time/Midnight Eastern Time on Jan 4, 2024. Candidates may be asked to submit additional material following the initial review of applications.
This position is contingent upon budgetary approval. The terms and conditions of employment for this position are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the University and the Service Employees International Union. For information on the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, please go to https://salc.uchicago.edu/.
For questions about the position, please contact Isaac Rainey at idr@uchicago.edu.
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.HYBRID “Fifth Annual Islamic Philosophy Conference” of the American Society of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Harvard University, 1-3 December 2023
Panels will include presentations on Islam and AI, Postclassical Islamic Philosophical Debates, Kalām Jadīd from the Indian Context, the Divide between Shaykh Musṭafā Ṣabrī and the Akbarī School, Marjānī’s (1818-1889) Synthesis of Kalam and Falsafa, Ethics as Islamic Philosophy, and more.
Information and registration:
https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/11/22/fifth-annual-islamic-philosophy-conference
2. HYBRID Workshop “Muslim Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Western Countries: Obstacles and Regulation”, European University Institute, Florence, 15 December, 9:45 am – 14:30 pm CET
In some European and Western countries, religious concerns about interest-based financing prevent Muslim populations from engaging in business activities and restrict their ability to seek formal funding for their pro-jects. This workshop aims to explore the Shariah-compliant products available in Western countries and their regulations, with a particular focus on the Norwegian case.
Information, program and registration: https://www.eui.eu/events?id=559353
3. Workshop “Caricatures as a Sphere of Communication in the Late- and Post-Ottoman Context”, Istanbul, 25 March 2024
Organized by Dr. Veruschka Wagner (University of Bonn / Bilgi University Istanbul) and Prof. Dr. Anna Kollatz (University of Heidelberg). We believe that caricatures published in journals of different languages and from different parts of the region are a valuable source for gaining insights into different aspects of daily life. We are interested in the meaning of discourses on political, historical, and social questions, and also in national stereotypes and dealing with the “other”.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 December 2023. Information: https://www.ori.uni-heidelberg.de/md/ori/islamwissenschaft/veranstaltungen/cfp_caricatures_workshop_istanbul_2024_final.pdf
4. Assistant Professor / Associate / Professor open Rank-in the History of the Gulf, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar
Candidates specializing in the history of the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, and the broader Indian Ocean region are invited. Priority will be given to candidates who are proficient in the Arabic language and/or have a specific interest in research and practice in the Arab region.
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2024. Information:
https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/en/Careers/Pages/Job-Application.aspx?JobID=DIAC_2023_016
5. Assistant Professor / Associate / Professor Open Rank in the Medieval Islamic History, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar
Candidates specializing in medieval Islamic history are invited. Priority will be given to candidates who are proficient in the Arabic language and/or have a specific interest in research and practice in the Arab region.
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2024. Information:
https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/en/Careers/Pages/Job-Application.aspx?JobID=DIAC_2023_015
6. Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor and Endowed Chair in Kurdish Political Studies (9 Months), University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
The ideal candidate will have an established research program in Kurdish political studies with broader inter-ests in Middle Eastern and comparative politics or international relations. They will demonstrate strong po-tential for excellence in research with a focus on Kurdish politics, as well as a demonstrated record of teaching excellence, and leadership experience.
Deadline for applications: Open until filled.
7. Postdoctoral and Visiting Fellowship Program in Regional Political Economy, Princeton University
The program was created with the goal of developing a new generation of scholars able to analyze and make policy recommendations about the regional political economy in the Middle East, East, South or Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
– Postdoctoral Fellowship Program https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/30944
– Visiting Fellowship Program: https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/31262
Deadline for applications: 5 December 2023.
8. “Summer Seminars on Religion and Global Politics”, University of Notre Dame, Rome, 2-15 June 2024
This is a two-week program for graduate students, scholars and practitioners working at the crossroads of religion and global politics which is designed to draw on the unique religious and geopolitical resources of the city of Rome. The Seminars will begin with a 2-day policy dialogue for senior scholars and practitioners followed by a 10-day writing workshop for students. A limited number of scholarships is available.
Deadline for abstracts: 13 February 2024. Information:
- November 28, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.‘Marshall Hodgson’s ideas on cores and modernity in Islam: a critique’
R M Eaton,
JRAS, Series 3 (2023), 33, 1029–1039
2. UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series:
Rethinking Gender, Ethnicity and Religion in Iran
Azadeh Kian
Monday, December 4, 2023, 2:00pm Pacific via Zoom
3. Online/Inperson:
THE HISTORY OF ISLAMIC COLLECTIONS IN THE GEORGIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, Irina Koshoridze, Silsila, NYU – November 29, 6.30 pm EST
This lecture will focus on the history of collecting Islamic art in Georgia, which started in 1852 when the first museum institution, the Caucasian Museum, was established in Tbilisi. Important collections from almost all periods of Islamic art between the seventh to the twentieth centuries, and from various artistic schools, are preserved in Georgian museums. Their abundance is largely due to Georgia’s centuries-old political and cultural relations with the Islamic world. Among the highlights of the Georgian collections are one of the most extensive collections of Persian oil paintings of the Qajar period, along with unique examples of medieval Islamic ceramics, metalwork, and textiles. The lecture will introduce some of these materials, the circumstances in which they were collected, and discuss a forthcoming new catalogue, which will show highlights of Islamic materials in the collections of the Georgian National Museum.
For full details, including forms to register to attend online or in person, please visit the Silsila website:
Contact Email
URL
https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/silsila/events/2022-2023/from-the-history-o…
4. Tales Things Tell: Material Histories of Early Globalism,
Beate Fricke, Finbarr Barry Flood
Princeton University Press, 2023
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691215150/tales-things-tell
PUP have offered a 30% discount for a limited time – to obtain the discount, enter code P325 on the Princeton UP site at checkout.
5. Le CeRMI a le plaisir de vous convier aux séances du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien”, qui se tiendront le jeudi 14 décembre 2023, 17h-19h, à l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII, 5e étage).
Le jeudi 14 décembre 2023 à 17h (INaLCO, salle 5.28, 5e étage), nous sommes heureux d’accueillir Mme Mélisande Bizoirre, Docteure en histoire des arts de l’Islam, agrégée d’histoire et chargée de cours à l’INaLCO, pour une conférence intitulée: “Le manuscrit MS 363.2007 du musée d’art islamique de Doha : un exceptionnel exemple de Coran illustré”.
Résumé
Le Coran MS 363.2007 du musée de Doha pourrait être un exemple typique de production qājāre du milieu du XIXe siècle : un beau manuscrit richement enluminé, doté d’une reliure laquée, probablement fabriqué à Shirāz entre 1830 et 1860. Il présente pourtant une caractéristique très inhabituelle : cinq doubles pages sur lesquelles ont été ajoutées, à une date ultérieure à sa réalisation, des peintures en rapport avec le texte coranique. Cela en fait l’un des très rares exemples de Coran illustrés connus jusqu’ici.
Mais là n’est pas la seule spécificité de ce manuscrit illustré. Aux peintures en pleine page répondent des marges elles aussi figuratives, créant une disposition quasi unique dans les manuscrits du monde islamique. Un dialogue se noue donc entre plusieurs types d’images, créant des cycles iconographiques inhabituels.
Comment expliquer la présence de ces décors ? Quand, où et par qui ont-ils été réalisés ? Quelles étaient les intentions de l’artiste ? Faut-il y voir un simple faux destiné à en augmenter le prix, ou une réalisation artistique à part entière ? Quel lien avec des manuscrits comportant des images à caractère religieux, comme les Qisas al-Anbiya, ou les Falnama ? Autant de questions auxquelles l’histoire de l’art ne peut répondre qu’en partie, par l’observation de la stratigraphie des interventions, le décryptage de l’iconographie et l’analyse stylistique. .
Orientations bibliographiques
– Richard GOTTHEIL, « An illustrated copy of the Koran », Revue des études islamiques, 5, 1931, p. 21-24 et pl. I-VI.
– Manijeh BAYANI, Anna CONTADINI, Tim STANLEY, The Decorated Word : Qur’ans of the 17th to 19th centuries, London/Oxford: The Nour Foundation, Azimuth, Oxford University Press, 1999.
– Axel LANGER, « Safavid Revival in Persian Miniature Painting. Renewal, Imitation and Source of Inspiration », À l’Orientale. Collecting, Displaying and Appropriating Islamic Art and Architecture in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries, Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2020, p. 15-27.
– Rachel MILSTEIN, La Bible dans l’art islamique, Paris : PUF, 2005.
– Nabil SAFWAT, Golden pages: Qur’ans and other manuscripts from the collection of Ghassan I. Shaker, Oxford University Press pour Azimuth éditions, 2000.
Pour rappel, vous retrouverez le programme 2023-2024 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” sur le site du CeRMI :
6. DEADLINE EXTENDED – In the Burrow: Critical Approaches to Infrastructure Studies [Announcement]
Do you study the premodern world? Do you consider subaltern perspectives, labor, the environment, ecology, or non-human life? Is infrastructure the object and method that you work with – perhaps in conjunction with ecocritical approaches? If the answer to any two of these questions is ‘yes,’ then this in-person conference would benefit from hearing about your work! The deadline to submit abstracts to In the Burrow: Critical Approaches to Infrastructure Studies has been extended to December 1, 2023, and scholars of the premodern (ancient, medieval) and early modern world are specially invited!
In the Burrow: Critical Approaches to Infrastructure Studies
Dates: March 8th & 9th 2024
Place: University of California—Irvine (IN PERSON)
Keynote Speakers: Dr. John Hopkins (NYU: IFA+ISAW) & Dr. Lisa Parks (UCSB: FMS)
This work is a rhizome, a burrow…We will enter, then, by any point whatsoever; none matters more than another, and no entrance is more privileged even if it seems an impasse, a tight passage, a siphon.
— Deleuze & Guattari, Toward a Minor Literature
This conference seeks to bring together early career scholars (graduate students and postdoctoral scholars are particularly encouraged) to encounter one another’s infrastructural interests and perspectives. Papers which take an infrastructural approach to the ancient and premodern technologies are especially welcome, alongside those on modern and contemporary material. Authors who take up infrastructure as object, method, both, or otherwise in their work on archaeology or media archeology, art history, classics, anthropology, and literary studies, as well as other fields in the humanities and social sciences are all encouraged to participate.
Burrowing describes a laborious process of moving through a dense medium — a somatic confrontation with the world rooted in mundane materiality. The burrow maps the void left by an organism through time within a subterranean, subaltern, or otherwise subliminal environment. Burrowing requires the adoption of an infrastructural disposition towards the world. It is a point of entry into the subaltern lived experience.
From a desertified minor literature to the phatic labor of human speech acts to water conduits and digital media, the study of infrastructure has drawn upon, brought together, and absorbed a wide variety of discourses across the humanities and social sciences. Infrastructure encourages perspectives ‘from below,’ it excavates subsumed and alternative landscapes; it sublimates parallel biological and material worlds, giving breath to their underlying possibilities for life. As aqueducts, drains, roads, fiber optic cables, and the labor attendant upon these — as minor literatures, artifacts, and temporalities — infrastructures offer us conceptual burrows with which to overhaul and undermine scholarly perspectives and methods which are often rooted in the nodes and networks articulated from positions of power and historical privilege.
Papers might address topics ranging from (but not limited to):
– Premodern economies, gift exchange
– Premodern archaeologies: beyond empires and networks
– Subaltern studies and critical approaches ‘from below’
– The living body as landscape; the urban landscape as body; body politic
– Sublimated material relations, labor
– Word of mouth, gossip, and hubbub
– Practices of minor mapping
– Making and growing: living infrastructures
– Environmental time in the premodern cultural landscape
Send 250-500 word abstracts to uciinfrastructure2024@gmail.com by 12/01/2023. Please direct any questions to the above email as well. We hope to return decisions by 12/15/2023. Written papers (20 minute presentations) will be due a week prior to the conference. Panels will be assembled by theme rather than by discipline, and will be chaired by UCI faculty respondents who will facilitate discussion across talks within a panel. Organizers have a preliminary agreement with the editors of AfterImage: the Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism to construct a special issue based on the presentations made at this conference.
Contact Information
Nastasya Kosygina, nkosygin@uci.edu , PhD Candidate in Visual Studies, University of California, Irvine; she/her/hers
Alexander Rudenshiold, PhD Candidate in Film and Media Studies, University of California, Irvine; he/him/his
Contact Email
uciinfrastructure2024@gmail.com
7. Join Georgetown’s Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies for our ongoing Theology in Arabic seminars. These seminars are intended to foster a deeper understanding of theology directly from works in Classical Arabic:
- “Epistemology and Theology in a Later Work of Ibn al-ʿArabī (1165-1240): Kitāb al-Ifāda.”
Dr. Aydogan Kars, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies, Monash University .
Zoom seminar: Monday Nov. 27 4PM EST / 9PM GMT ( = Tuesday Nov. 28 8AM AEDT):
RSVP to receive Zoom Link on Day of Event
8. Hybrid: ‘Persian Tales of Love and Friendship’
‘Persian Tales of Love and Friendship’ is the Leicester Lit and Phil’s Arthur and Jean Humphreys Lecture on Monday 4th December.
Professor Christine van Ruymbeke, the Ali Reza and Mohamed Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies, University of Cambridge will tell of how the medieval Persian authors and their patrons described the dangers of love and the lure of friendship by spinning attractive, magical tales that concealed grim warnings.
Christine van Ruymbeke is Professor of Persian Literature and Culture at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Cambridge, and is a literary critic of Persian literature specialising in non mystical narratives of prose or verse written during the long medieval period.
The lecture is at 7.30 pm at the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, New Walk.
Non-members may attend either on Zoom or in-person on payment of £5 (student non-members £3) by booking through EventBrite:
Zoom: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/675994145687
In-person: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/676003493647
For Further Information: www.leicesterlitandphil.org.uk
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.HYBRID “22nd Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium”, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 29 February – 2 March 2024
We seek graduate student paper presentations of 15-20 minutes that foreground the social, cultural, and political implications of space and place in histories of women, gender, sexuality, and/or queerness. Alter-native presentations (e.g. film, poetry, art) are welcome so long as they fit within the symposium’s format.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2023. Information: https://wghistory.web.illinois.edu/
2. “10th School of Mamluk Studies Conference”, Kuwait University, 5-7 March 2024
The conference will be conducted in two parts (5-7 March 2024), and will be preceded by a three-day (2-4 March 2024) intensive course on Mamluk archaeological material taught by Professor Bethany Walker, Uni-versity of Bonn. The preorganized panels may focus on any aspect of the intellectual, political, social, econo-mic, and artistic life of the Mamluk period.
Extended deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2023.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/group
3. Colloque « Apocalypse Now ? Attentes des derniers jours dans le judaïsme, le christianisme et l’islam (du Moyen Age aux temps contemporains) », Strasbourg, 18 et 19 mars 2024
Le premier axe s’intéresse aux transferts des idées apocalyptiques dans le judaïsme, le christianisme et l’islam. Le second se penchera sur les mouvements messianiques et apocalyptiques dans une période de tensions extrêmes. Le troisième axe aborde la question des prophètes et du prophétisme. Aujourd’hui, l’image actuelle du prophète est assez floue.
Propositions de communisation: 27 novembre 2023. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2023/11/Appel-a%CC%80-communication-Apocalypse-Now-.pdf
4. International Conference “Voices that Matter: Gender in Times of Crises and Natural Disasters”, Errachidia, Morocco, 20-21 May 2024
Given the critical role of gender in crisis and disaster management and its significant influence on Sustainable Development Goals, this conference seeks to address the health, social, economic, natural, and political dimensions of crises and disasters. It also aims to question why gender inequalities are magnified in such contexts and what actions should be taken by various actors to mitigate their impact and achieve gender justice. In collaboration with the “International Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies: Contemporary Medusa”.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 December 2023.
5. ONLINE Graduate Student Workshop of the Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS), 8-9 June 2024
The workshop is open to all graduate students currently in the writing/revisions stage of their PhD dissertations, writing in English. Students working in all disciplines and chronological periods are encouraged to apply, as are scholars looking at connections between the Gulf, Arabian Peninsula, and other parts of the world. Each graduate student will have their chapter discussed in depth by a senior scholar.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2024.
Information: https://agaps.org/call-for-agaps-graduate-student-workshop/
6. Visiting Doctoral Fellowships (6-12 Months) at the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB)
The visiting fellowships are beginning no later than 1 March 2024 for doctoral candidates engaged in out-standing research projects in the humanities and social sciences. We invite applications across disciplines, time periods, and geographic coverage outlined in our mission statement. Proposals are encouraged to articulate the contemporary stakes of the research project, encompassing historiographical, cultural, religious and/or political dimensions.
Deadline for applications: 10 December 2023.
Information: https://www.orient-institut.org/support/fellowships/doctoralfellowships.html
7. Visiting Doctoral Fellowships (6-12 Months) at the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB)
The visiting fellowships are beginning no later than 1 March 2024 for doctoral candidates engaged in out-standing research projects in the humanities and social sciences. We invite applications across disciplines, time periods, and geographic coverage outlined in our mission statement. Proposals are encouraged to articulate the contemporary stakes of the research project, encompassing historiographical, cultural, religious and/or political dimensions.
Deadline for applications: 10 December 2023.
Information: https://www.orient-institut.org/support/fellowships/doctoralfellowships.html
8. Post-doctorant (24 mois) dans le champ aréal “Sociétés et cultures de l’Afghanistan”, Campus CNRS Ile-de-France, Villejuif
Compétences: Diplôme de doctorat dans une discipline des sciences humaines et sociales, avec une compétence sur l’aire culturelle de référence. – Productions scientifiques régulières (communications et publications, autres que la thèse). Compétences linguistiques : maîtrise indispensable d’au moins une des langues de l’aire culturelle de référence ; maîtrise de l’anglais; pour les candidats étrangers, compréhension du français souhaitée (B1); Qualités rédactionnelles, capacité à formuler un projet scientifique, à publier et valoriser ses recherches; etc.
Date d’embauche prévue : 5 décembre 2023. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/92309
9. Research Groups at the “Israel Institute for Advanced Studies” 2025-2026, Hebrew University in Jerusalem
The IIAS invites scholars from Israel and abroad to submit Research Group (RG) proposals for the 2025-2026 academic year. Research proposals may be submitted by initiator(s) affiliated with any academic institution in Israel or abroad. Proposals may cover any research topic from all disciplines including interdisciplinary research, and must seek to be innovative with potential impact on their research field.
Deadline for proposals: 1 December 2023. Information: https://iias.huji.ac.il/rgopencall
10. Individual Fellowships at the “Israel Institute for Advanced Studies” 2025-2026, Hebrew University in Jerusalem
The IIAS invites scholars from Israel and abroad to submit proposals for an individual fellowship at the IIAS for the 2025-2026 academic year. Topics may cover any research area from any discipline and must seek to be innovative, with the potential to impact research in the field. Two or three scholars who collaborate on the same project should apply individually and state clearly that they wish to work together.
Deadline for proposals: 1 December 2023. Information: https://iias.huji.ac.il/open.call.individual.fellowship
11. Mellon Post-doctoral Fellowship (2 Years) in Near Eastern Studies, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University
We invite applications from candidates whose scholarship focuses on questions of decoloniality/decolonial methods, environmental humanities, and / or migration studies. Temporal and regional focus is open, and we are especially interested in conceptually oriented work that critically reexamines and considers the Middle East beyond area studies.
Deadline for applications: 5 January 2024. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25799
12. Post-doctoral Research Associates (1-3 Years) in Studies on Iran and the Persian Gulf (19th – 21st Century), Sharmin & Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University
The full-time position is open to scholars of all academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.
Deadline for applications: 10 January 2024.
Information: https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=32581
13. Visiting Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies (2 Years), University of Rochester, NY
Qualifications: A Ph.D. in Religion or a related field is required. Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level and with demonstrated potential and/or excellence in research and publications in the candidate’s field.
Deadline for applications: 25 November 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/135710
14. Stage Intensif de Langue Arabe, Spécialisation Golfe, Niveau B2, CEFREPA-Koweit, 7-16 jan-vier 2024
Les cours d’arabe standard sont accompagnés d’immersions et de pratiques en dialectal du Golfe et d’un cours de sciences humaines et sociales (histoire, géopolitique, patrimoine archéologique et artistique). Il est destiné à des stagiaires (étudiants en master, doctorants, chercheurs, professionnels des entreprises et administrations françaises dans la région) ayant déjà acquis le niveau B1.
Date de application : 27 novembre 2023. Information : cefrepa@gmail.com
15. Stage Intensif de Langue Arabe, Niveau C1, CEFREPA-Koweit, 21-30 janvier 2024
Les cours d’arabe standard sont accompagnés d’immersions et de pratiques en dialectal du Golfe et d’un cours de sciences humaines et sociales (histoire, géopolitique, patrimoine archéologique et artistique). Il est destiné à des stagiaires (étudiants en master, doctorants, chercheurs, professionnels des entreprises et administrations françaises dans la région) ayant déjà acquis le niveau B2.
Date de application : 27 novembre 2023. Information : cefrepa@gmail.com
16. Articles for the Eighth Issue of the “Oxford Middle East Review”
We invite authors to reflect on the role of the MENA’s people, civil societies, and governments as a driver of local, regional, and global transformations. We encourage submissions to explore change from below or from above and to question what continuities persist during moments of sudden change or during periods of gradual transformation.
Deadline for submisstions: 10 December 2023.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/11/13/the-herbert-scoville-jr.-peace-fellowship-program
17. Articles for the Journal “Sociology of Islam (SOI)”
SOI provides an international scholarly forum for research related to the religion and culture of Islam, Muslim societies, and social issues related to Muslims in socio-political context. SOI publishes multiple issues per year containing original peer-reviewed articles and book reviews on the sociological, political, anthropolo-gical, historical and other aspects of Islam and Muslim societies across all times and places
Information: https://brill.com/fileasset/downloads_products/Author_Instructions/SOI.pdf
18. Washington University in St. Louis – The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics seeks applications from junior scholars and recent Ph.D. graduates for up to two postdoctoral fellowships in residence at Washington University in St. Louis.
Applicants should hold a doctorate in religious studies, politics, anthropology, law, philosophy, theology, American studies, history, Jewish studies, Islamic studies, sociology, or another relevant field. Scholars should be engaged in projects centrally concerned with religion and politics in the United States, historically or in the present day.
Closing date: Jan 8, 2024
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66503
19. ONLINE Webinar: ‘Uncovering Dr Hans E. Wulff Collection: A Life Contribution to the Study of Iran and Iranian Studies’
with Pedram Khosronejad
British Institute of Persian Studies, 06 December 2023, 5PM (UK time).
On Zoom.
This paper will present the life and research conducted by Hans E. Wulff in Iran between 1936-1941 and in 1964-65 and discusses the significance of his archive and collection for the study of the traditional craft, art, technology, and science of Iran.
20. Thinking and Believing: al-Jāḥiẓ on Religious Knowledge
Hussein Abdulsater
Thinking and Believing: al-Jahiz on Religious Knowledge | IIS lecture series
This talk, which forms part of the Islamic History and Thought Lecture Series, presents an overview of the intellectual project of al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 868-9) as an introduction to the worldview of the Epistemists, while touching on their rise and fall as a theological trend. It also seeks to situate them in the formative ʿAbbasid moment of Islamic history.
Date: 30 November 2023
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Registration required (follow the link above)
21. In a change to the original programme
‘Empire, Sultanate, and the Boundaries of the Persianate world in South Asia.
with Roy Fischel,
British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)
27 November 2023, 7pm (UK time)
The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
This is an in-person only event, which will take place at the British Academy. Registrations for the event are currently closed: people booked on the lecture by Prof Frankopan have been contacted to confirm their attendance. Should there be available places, these will be open for booking early next week.
Please check the website above.
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Sufis in Medieval Baghdad
Agency and the Public Sphere in the Late Abbasid Caliphate
A. Muhammad
Bloomsbury, 2023
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sufis-in-medieval-baghdad-9780755647583/
2. CfP: EuQu (The European Qur’an) International Workshop at UCPH
Interreligious Connectivity – Digitally Explored
Location and date: University of Copenhagen, 17–19. April 2024
Organizers: Jacob Langeloh and Jan Loop
In person/online
Closing date: Dec 7, 2023
3. The Medieval Persian Gulf
Brian Ulrich
ARC, 2023
https://www.arc-humanities.org/9781802700046/the-medieval-persian-gulf/
4. Open Access: MIDEO 38 (2023).
This special issue, edited by Abdessamad Belhaj (Leuven) and Haoues Seniguer (Lyon), focuses on the topic of Islamic Theologies of Disasters / Théologies islamiques des catastrophes / فقه الكوارث في الإسلام. All papers are freely available online on OpenEdition Journals.
5. Re)envisioning Ancient Worlds
A Forum for Exchanges on Ancient Studies at UCLA
December 5–6, 2023 | Royce Hall 306
Global Antiquity is convening a workshop titled (Re)envisioning Ancient Worlds. This event, held at UCLA over two days, December 5–6, 2023, will include invited speakers from the University of California and the greater Los Angeles area whose research focuses on the ancient worlds.
For more info and to register:
https://globalantiquity.ucla.edu/workshop/
6. “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien”, Jeudi 07 décembre 2023, 17h, INALCO salle 5.21 (5e ét.)
Le CeRMI a le plaisir de vous convier à la prochaine séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien”, qui se tiendra le jeudi 7 décembre 2023, 17h-19h, en salle 5.21 à l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII, 5e étage).
Nous sommes heureux d’accueillir Mme Alka Patel, Professeur en Histoire de l’Art à l’Université de Californie à Irvine, et chercheuse invitée à l’Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art à Paris, pour une conférence intitulée: “Architectural Epigraphy: Ornament, Ideology and Empire“.
Résumé
The shortlived Ghurid-Shansabani empire (c. 1145-1215 CE) at its height extended from modern western Afghanistan, through the Indus’s alluvia and the Ganga-Yamuna duab, to western Bangladesh. As such, this political-cultural formation furnishes promising entrées for analyses of the aforementioned regions’ historical pasts, opening vistas on such macro processes as pre-modern state-building and Islamization, as well as granular phenomena such as the impacts of theological and juridical debates on the very mechanics of empire. This presentation plumbs the informative potential of the Ghurid-Shansabanis’ architectural patronage and its inseparable epigraphic programs for elucidating the realities of multiple societal strata, and their variegated participation in the imperial project.
Orientations bibliographiques
– Z.A. DESAI. “A New Inscription of Muhammad Bin Sam.” Epigraphia Indica-Arabic and Persian Supplement, 1968, p.1–3.
– J. HOROVITZ. “The Inscriptions of Muhammad Ibn Sam, Qutbuddin Aibeg and Iltutmish.” Epigraphia Indo-Moslemica 12, 1911, p.12–34.
– A. PATEL. “Transcending Religion: Socio-Linguistic Evidence from the Somanatha-Veraval Inscription.” In Carla M. Sinopoli, Grant Parker (eds.). Ancient India in Its Wider World. Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 2008 , p.143–164.
– A. PATEL. Iran to India: The Shansabanis of Afghanistan, c. 1145-1190 CE. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022.
Pour rappel, vous retrouverez le programme 2023-2024 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” sur le site du CeRMI :
Au plaisir de vous retrouver à l’occasion de ces séances, qui se déroulent en présentiel sur le site de l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris XIII).
7. Symposium – Islamic Art History Network (IAHN), Lectures and Initial Meeting – November 24-25
Online then inperson
the initial meeting of the Islamic Art History Network (IAHN) on 24 and 25 November 2023. The first day will be online. The second day will be held at the Centre for Medieval Studies, Kings Manor, University of York (UK) and will feature in-person and online talks. The zoom links for both days are provided in the schedule. We have also scheduled two discussion sessions, one on each day, in order to facilitate the sharing of ideas from participants and audience members about the priorities of the IAHN as it develops over the coming years. The core activity of the IAHN will be the organization of an annual two-day event highlighting current research in all areas of Islamic art history.
Richard McClary
Marcus Milwright
Department of History of Art, University of York
Islamic Art History Network (IAHN)
Islamic Art History Days 2023
Day 1
November 24th (online on Zoom) 14:30 to 19:00 UK time
https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91979993532?pwd=S2YxajAra3RTSkFqOFhlU3FvaEEyZz09
14:30-15:00 Ana Marija Grbanovic
Medieval Wall Paintings in Iran, 10-14th Centuries Art Historical Research of Vanishing Cultural Heritage
15:00-15:30 Viola Allegranzi
Inscribing Authority: Fresh perspectives on monumental epigraphy from Central Asia (10th-13th century)
15:30-16:00 Bahar Özdemir
The Use of Glaze in Shah-i Zinda Tiles
16:30-17:00 Hassan Moradi
Stucco Splendours of Siraf: Exploring the Artistic Legacy of an Ancient Commercial Port
17:00-17:30 María Marcos Cobaleda
Challenge of Islamic Art History Research: The Application of New Methodologies to the Study of the Artistic Exchanges
17:30-18:00 Hala Qasqas
Coffeehouses of Damascus: Unveiling the Architectural and Historical Narratives
18:00-18:30 Gül Kale
Architect’s Tools: Items in Museum Collections in Turkey and Canada
18:30-19:00 Network Planning Discussion
Day 2
November 25th (in-person in York) 9:45 to 15:10 UK time
The Huntington Room, King’s Manor
https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92019971752?pwd=REJtdlJkWEFhZ2lYemVlZ2RNVkVnUT09
10:00-10:30 Yui Kanda
Legacy of Shāh ʿAbbās’s Charitable Acts: Kufic Qurʾāns with alleged Twelver Imām signatures
10:30-11:00 Leila Danesh
The Concealed Mihrab at the Masjid-i Malik Zuzan
11:00-11:30 Zahra Kazani
Visual Analogies and the Imagination in Medieval Islamic Aesthetics
13:00-13:30 Network Planning Discussion
13:30-14:00 Mehreen Chida-Razvi
Political Identity and Power in the Architectural Layers of Lahore
14:00-14:40 Andrea Luigi Corsi & Valentina Laviola
A New Study on the Endangered Late-Ottoman City of Hodeida (Yemen) and its Architectural Decoration
14:40-15:10 Atri Hatef Naemi
On the Periphery of the Ilkhanate: Provincial Architecture in Post-Conquest Iran
8. Hybrid lecture – Tanzanian Heritage, Sites, and Museums, Aga Khan Center, London – December 7, 2023
Following the success of our exhibition Black Monuments Matter in 2020, the Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations is proud to announce a public talk on Tanzanian Heritage, Sites, and Museums: pilot projects on the Swahili Coast: Zanzibar, Kilwa and Mafia Islands. This event coincides with the celebration of the opening of a new site museum in Tanzania on the Island of Mafia.
Join us as we delve into African cultures and heritage. The speakers will present Africa’s contribution to world history by exhibiting World Heritage Monuments, Museums, and architectural treasures from Tanzania. Sites and monuments are physical representations of history, heritage, and development in society. But art, architecture, sites, and monuments are more than material culture, they are an integral part of our social environment, past and present.
Our event aims to show the diversity and richness of Tanzanian cultures as part of world history through the study and conservation of African monuments, bringing awareness and pride of African roots and contributions to other cultures. During the evening, we will explore how various groups and identities shaped the Swahili culture. We hope to contribute to both awareness of Swahili identity and African heritage by making them visible, assessable, and known to as many people as possible.
Facing poverty, social challenges, and economic crisis, but also climate challenges with global warming and coastal erosion, the speakers will address the multifaceted challenges faced by Tanzanian national authorities and international NGOs to protect, restore, and promote Swahili sites. Experts will discuss tourism-heritage links and business strategies, stakeholder engagement, cultural heritage/museum management, changing heritage narratives in tourism discourse, and cultural sustainability, and what people think and feel about these conservation projects, from local communities to intellectuals and scholars
At the Aga Khan University, we recognise and promote the work of national and international organisations committed to the support of African heritage. We believe in the importance of education for the understanding and appreciation of world cultures. The African sites and monuments presented during the evening are protected by UNESCO and have been given world heritage status. These sites are protected and supported by Tanzanian authorities and international NGOs such as the World Monument Fund and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
Programme
- 17:30–17:40 | Stephane Pradines: Welcome and introduction of speakers.
- 17:40–18:10 | Noel Lwoga: Tanzanian Heritage and Culture
- 18:10–18:25 | Revocatus Bugumba: Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
- 18:25–18:40 | Abel Albert: Kua, Mafia Island
- 18:40–19:00 | Stephane Pradines: AKTC & AKU in Tanzania.
- 19:00–19:30 | Discussion with audience.
- 19:30–20:30 | Drinks and nibbles.
- 21:00| End of programme.
Speakers
- Dr. Noel Lwoga: Director General of the National Museum of Tanzania, Senior Lecturer at UDSM, Tourism/Heritage Specialist, researching tourism and stakeholder engagement in heritage conservation, leveraging heritage values for sustainability; heritage representation.
- Revocatus Bugumba: Director, Monuments and Sites , National Museum of Tanzania, archaeologist, Heritage management, community engagement, strategic planning in heritage, communication, and built heritage conservation.
- Albert Abel: Heritage Conservation Architect |Technical Monument Consultant NMT, Site Architect at Ancient Swahili Town of Kua Archaeological site, Juani Mafia World Monument Fund
- Stephane Pradines: Archaeologist and Professor at the AKU-ISMC, researching Indian Ocean trading networks, Islamisation in East Africa and Muslim Material Cultures of War in Egypt and Pakistan.
Join us for an enlightening discussion on the intersection of African monuments, Muslim world, and Indian Ocean cultures. Together, let’s explore world heritage sites and vibrant African cultures.
December 7, 2023
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Aga Khan Centre, London
Hybrid Event: Zoom link will follow.
Contact Information
Professor Stéphane PRADINES (he/him/his)
Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World
The Aga Khan University | Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
Aga Khan Centre, 10 Handyside Street, London, N1C 4DN, United Kingdom
Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean
Contact Email
URL
https://www.aku.edu/ismc/events/pages/event-detail.aspx?EventID=2461&Title=Tanz…
9. CFP – 25 Years After Hillenbrand: New Approaches to Sources, Translation and Perspectives
Date: 10-12 October 2024
Location: University of Groningen
Deadline: 11 April 2024
Carole Hillenbrand’s seminal work, The Crusades Islamic Perspectives was published 25 years ago. In the time since its publication, Islamic experiences of the crusading phenomenon have been repositioned as a central element of crusader studies. Yet questions remain about how the field moves onwards from here.
We aim to gather leading experts and early career researchers in the field of crusader studies (broadly defined) including specialists on Islamic written and material sources, and other linguistic traditions (Latin, Old French, Iberian dialects and vernaculars, Syriac, Greek, Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, and Armenian) to discuss emerging research pathways. The workshop will highlight and further develop the latest advances in the study of materiality, objects and artefacts, art history, intellectual history, historiography, translation studies, the history of emotions, digital humanities, memory and remembrance, and medievalism.
The organisers plan to publish the conference proceedings either in an edited volume with a top tier publisher, or as part of a special collection in a leading journal. A limited contribution towards travel and subsistence costs is available. This will be considered on a case-by-case basis, with priority being given to early career researchers and scholars from the Global South.
Contact Information
Mohamad El-Merheb (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), m.elmerheb@rug.nl, and James Wilson (Universität Konstanz) james.wilson@uni-konstanz.de
Contact Email
URL
https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/news/2023/1113-cfp-hillenbrand-new-approaches
10. Extended: Call for the Ernst Herzfeld Award for MA Theses in Islamic Art History and Archaeology
The Ernst Herzfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology is pleased to announce the 2023/24 call for the Ernst Herzfeld Award for Master Theses in Islamic Art History and Archaeology. The aim of the Award is to encourage and support emerging scholars in Europe who are working on visual and material culture of Islamic countries in the fields of Art History, Archeology, and Historical Building Research. The Ernst Herzfeld Award highlights the diversity and innovation of current research in these growing fields. The successful candidate is honored at the annual colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society, offered a full travel grant to present her/his master thesis at the colloquium, and is granted publication of the presented paper in the series of the Society, Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie (BIKA).
Eligibility: – Outstanding master thesis (MA, Master, M.phil., and similar) on a topic situated within the research fields of History of Islamic Art and Architecture, Islamic Archeology, or Historical Building Research on Islamic Architecture.- The thesis must have been written and supervised at a European university. Reviewing and grading the thesis must have taken place within the last two years, between January 1, 2021 and November 13, 2023. – Accepted languages of the thesis are: German, English, French, Italian, and Spanish. – A thesis can be submitted only once to an Award Call.
Application procedure: An applicant is proposed by the supervisor of the MA thesis.
Applications include: 1) the complete MA thesis as it was submitted to the university (PDF); 2) a summary in English (5 pages); 3) the recommendation form filled out by the proposing supervisor in English; and 4) the original official review/evaluation of the thesis for/by the university, at which it was submitted.
Review Procedure: – The review procedure is jointly organized by the Award and the Steering Committees as well as the Advisory Board of the Ernst Herzfeld Society. – Proposing supervisors are excluded from the review procedure and the peer-review. – Applications fulfilling the criteria of eligibility will undergo peer-review by the Award committee and by external reviewers.
Submission: Please send the complete application by November 30, 2023 (deadline extended) to award@ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.com The recommendation form to be filled out by the proposing supervisor is available here: https://ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.com/wpcontent/uploads/2023/10/EHG_Award_Supervisor_Recommendation_Form_2023_updated.docx
Contact Email
award@ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.com
URL
https://ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.com/en/ernst-herzfeld-award/
11. Now Hiring: Stanford Iran 2040 Program Manager
The Stanford Iranian Studies Program is seeking a Project Manager to administer, support, and manage the Stanford Iran 2040 Project. The Stanford Iran 2040 Project is an academic initiative that serves as a hub for academic researchers all around the world, particularly Iranian diaspora scholars, to conduct research on issues related to the future of the Iranian economy and evaluate their possible implications in a global context.
This position will be responsible for identifying relevant speakers and collaborators, organizing an annual conference, overseeing the annual Moghadam Award call for applications and recipient selection process, and managing the relevant project databases and web pages. The successful candidate should exhibit the ability to practice sound judgment and decision-making, effective written & oral communication, strong attention to detail and respectful relationship management. This position must also exhibit knowledge of the field of modern Iranian economics, politics, public policy, as well as Persian language fluency.
12. Stanford: Zahedi Family Fellowship
Full information at:
https://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/research/zahedi-family-fellowship
Application Deadline: December 8, 2023
13. Virginia Wesleyan University – Assistant Professor of History with emphasis in African, Asian, or Middle Eastern History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66427
14. The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University are pleased to announce the next lecture in the 2023–2024 East of Byzantium lecture series.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | 12:00 PM (EST, UTC -5) | Zoom
Language Care and Community: The Fashioning of Middle Armenian into a Courtly Vernacular
Michael Pifer, University of Michigan
Contact Information
Brandie Ratliff, Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture
Contact Email
URL
https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/language-care-and-community-the-fas…
15. “Sickness and Healing in Byzantium” – CSMBR Forthcoming Webinar: 5 December 2023
Sickness and Healing in Byzantium
From the Imperial Court to the City Hospitals
Irene Calà
5 December 2023 – 5 PM (CET)
Greek medicine has come to us through the Byzantine civilization, as evidenced by the numerous medical works produced throughout the history of the Eastern Roman Empire.
This lecture aims at providing an overview of the medical practices offered to the citizens of Byzantium, the role of hospitals and their connection with religious and political institutions, as well as the care provided by physicians at the imperial court.
Indeed, body integrity was not only about medicine, but has deep social and political implications, the sacredness of the emperor’s body being a central theme in Byzantine medicine.
In this lecture, I shall therefore also address the question as to how medical theory and practice were transmitted and used in Byzantium. In so doing, I will use different sources, from medical manuscripts used to encode traditions into current practice to the medical works produced in Byzantium, especially the surgical work of Paul of Egina (625-690 AD) and its reception.
As well as medical texts, I will discuss a number of episodes drawing from historical works and epistolary letters, such as the historical work of John Skylitzes (1040-1101 AD), including an analysis of the illuminated manuscript from Madrid. In the final part of my lecture, I will highlight the role of the doctor in manipulating the body of the sick person, with an emphasis on anatomical knowledge and surgical operations, including mutilations and autopsy cases.
To register for this event: https://csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/online-lectures/sickness-and-healing-in-byzantium/
- November 18, 2023
- by Andrew Newman
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