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Shii News – Academic Items
1. 9 May 2023 Event – The Ubiquitous Muslim by Professor Aaron Hughes
AKU-ISMC (London)
17.30 BST
Further information at:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ubiquitous-muslim-tickets-560344564677
2. Splendours of Uzbekistan’s Oases with Rocco Rante
Spalding Room, FAMES, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE
13 March 2023
3. The University of Manchester
Lecture 7 of the “Empowering Muslim Women in History, Literature, and the Arts” series, on Wednesday 08 March 2023, 17:30 GMT in Samuel Alexander A102 , and on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95149569936
Iraqi Women’s Stories: pathways of activism in para/translation
Dr Ruth Abou Rached
University of Manchester, UK
4. UCLA – Pourdavoud Center
Identity, Alterity, and the Imperial Impress in the Achaemenid World
The Inaugural Symposium of the Achaemenid Workshops Series
April 12–14, 2023
314 Royce Hall, 10745 Dickson Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
(with a live stream option for hybrid attendance)
Morning refreshments and check-in begin at 8:00 am.
5. ‘Christian-Muslim Relations: Past, Present and Future’: Conference for PhD students and early career scholars
The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford invites doctoral students and early career researchers in the field of Muslim-Christian relations to present their research at a conference, June 30th-July 2nd 2023, in Oxford and online. Details are here:
https://www.cmcsoxford.org.uk/next-generation-researchers
6. The Islamic College (London)
Beauty in Sufism: The Teachings of Ruzbihan Baqli
A Talk by Dr Kazuyo Murata
Thursday 16 March 2023
6 pm – 8 pm (London time)
Venue: The Islamic College London 133 High Road London NW102SW
https://islamic-college.ac.uk/monthly-seminar-beauty-in-sufism/
in person and live access
7. Roshan Institute for the Spring 2023 Yarshater Speaker Series
featuring Dr. Paul Losensky.
This event will be held on Sunday, March 5 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. EST.
More information:Website: https://sllc.umd.edu/events/who-am-i-judge-literary-counter-culture-sixteenth-century-iran-and-biographer-taqi-al-din
Facebook Event: https://fb.me/e/2EfbSFz9w
Zoom Link: http://bit.ly/taqi_din_kashi
8. IHF: OF KINGS AND PAINTINGS is a documentary presenting the history of the luxurious art that was commissioned during the Qajar Dynasty (1785 – 1925), and explores the world in which it was created. Through interviews with history and art experts, the film traces the trajectory of Qajar art and its evolution from the traditional world of its early period under Fath ʿAli Shah to its later Europeanized conception in the Nasiri era influenced by the arrival of modernity in the form of photography. Weaving together art and history, the film looks deeply at the art and culture of an era that until recently lacked prominence. It further allows the viewer to see many hard-to-access artworks from over 200 years in all their lavish glory.
Learn more about the film here.
The streaming is a collaboration between Iran Heritage Foundation and Homa Films.
The film will be available to stream online from March 14th 11 PM – March 20th 11 PM GMT, at which time the “watch film” button will be activated and seen on the event page. This would be a button in addition to the “watch trailer” button.
No registration is required. For help and further information please contact mehran@homafilms.com.
9. The Indiana University Department of Central Eurasian studies is seeking a Sorani Kurdish instructor for a three-year term beginning August 2023
Jobs@IU
link: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/16936
For best consideration: apply by March 16, 2023
10. Hybrid Lecture – Bernard O’Kane, STARS AND SYMMETRY: THE NAME OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD IN ARCHITECTURAL INSCRIPTIONS – March 8th, 12:30pm EST @ NYU
“STARS AND SYMMETRY: THE NAME OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD IN ARCHITECTURAL INSCRIPTIONS”
Bernard O’Kane, The American University in Cairo
Wednesday, March 8th, 12:30pm EST
Silsila Spring 2023 Program
Online and in person at New York University, Room 222, 20 Cooper Square, New York, 10003
This talk examines the architectural representations of the name of the Prophet Muhammad, and in particular a frequently occurring variety in which the name is repeated in star and polylobed shapes. These have a surprising number of overlapping resonances, from intercession, light and the roseate qualities associated with the Prophet to, where hexagrams are concerned, connections with the apotropaic qualities of the prophet Solomon, and his wisdom.
This event will take place as a live webinar at 12:30pm EST (New York time). To register as an online attendee, please use the following link:
https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GrN0ybbSQKyxwNxlHfhgaw
This event will also be held in person at NYU in room 222, 20 Cooper Square, NY 10003. In accordance with university regulations, visitors must show a valid government-issued photo ID (children under 18 can provide non-government identification).
Please use the following link to rsvp as an in-person attendee:
https://forms.gle/1ZaKLy2VTYwybupL9
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event online or attend in person.
11. The Bruce D. Craig Prize for Mamluk Studies, deadline March 31
The editors of Mamlūk Studies Review invite submissions for:
The Bruce D. Craig Prize for Mamluk Studies
The Bruce D. Craig Prize, carrying a cash award of $1,000, is given annually by Mamlūk Studies Review for the best dissertation on a topic substantially focused on the Mamluk Sultanate submitted in English to any university during the preceding calendar year [note the expansion of eligibility]. In the event no dissertations are submitted, or none is deemed to merit the prize, no prize will be awarded.
To be considered for the 2022 Prize, dissertations must be defended by December 31, 2022, and submitted to the Prize Committee by March 31, 2023. Submissions should be sent electronically to Marlis J. Saleh, Editor, Mamlūk Studies Review, at msaleh@uchicago.edu.
12. New Publication: Scenes From The 16th Century Ottoman Empire Vol. 3
Codex Vindobonensis 8626
Bilder aus dem türkischen Volksleben
(1589-1590)by Hendrowski, Heinrich [Propably Painter]Rudolf, Heiliges Römisches Reich, Kaiser, 1552-1612
ISBN: 978-90-6921-049-0
Yüzyıl Osmanlı İmparatorluğundan Manzaralar 3
Edited by / Yayına hazırlayan: Mehmet Tütüncü & Ömer Erdem
CORPUS OF TURKISH ISLAMIC INSCRIPTIONS nr: 46
For ordering and more info about published volumes please visit the next page and download sample pages:
https://www.academia.edu/96894792/
13. CfP: Muslims in the UK and Europe 2023 – at the Centre of Islamic Studies, Cambridge
We are delighted to invite applications from current Masters and PhD candidates to present their research on issues pertaining to Muslims in the UK and Europe, from any discipline. This postgraduate symposium, taking place on Thursday 22nd to Friday 23rd June 2023 at the Moller Centre in Cambridge, will be a platform for students to present and exchange current research on any topic in this field in a dynamic forum. While historical or theoretical context is valuable, we invite papers also to present, analyse or interpret research findings, data or material. Participants are expected to attend the keynote speech and all sessions.
To apply please submit a 500-word abstract, with curriculum vitae outlining current research interests, to cis@cis.cam.ac.uk by 31 March 2023.
Successful candidates will be notified by 7 April 2023 and invited to submit draft papers of no more than 3000 words by 11 June 2023.
14. ‘Studying Global Muslim Mobilities: Approaches and Experiences’: Tuesday 14 March, 1pm GMT, online via Zoom
You are warmly invited to a special online seminar organised by the Alwaleed Centre at the University of Edinburgh and the International Islamic University of Indonesia – supported by the British Council. Further details below:
Studying Global Muslim Mobilities: Approaches and Experiences
Tuesday 14 March, 1pm GMT, online via Zoom
In this special online seminar, panelists will discuss various approaches to analysing transnationalism, migration, and the global interconnectivity of the globalised Muslim World, and how they intersect with authorities, orthodoxies, identities, nationalities, gender, and social class.
For further information and free registration click here: https://global-muslim-minorities.eventbrite.co.uk
15. Journée d’etude internationale ” LA REVOLUTION DES FEMINISMES MUSULMANS” – Université Saint Louis à Bruxelles – 18.3.2023
Nous avons le plaisir de vous convier à la journée d’étude internationale à l’occasion de la parution du prochain ouvrage de Malika HAMIDI intitulé “La révolution des féminismes musulmans : Elaborations théoriques et agir féministe ( 2004 – 2014)” qui aura lieu le 18 mars 2023 de 10h à 17h30 à l’Université Saint-Louis-Bruxelles.
En ce mois de mars, c’est avec cette journée d’étude que nous souhaitons saluer le dynamisme, la pugnacité et l’énergie de toutes les femmes du monde investies dans différentes sphères : sociale, politique, universitaire, culturelle et économique.
Nous remercions très chaleureusement l’ensemble des intervenants qui nous honorent de leur présence à la fois physique et virtuelle, à commencer par Amina Wadud ( On line), la prof. Fabienne BRION, Dr. Maryam Kolly, Prof. Nadia Fadil,Layla zzouzi, Prof. Margot Badran ( On line), Prof.Ramon Grosfoguel, Nadine plateau, Dr. Kim Lecoyer, Hakima Elbouri, Ouardia Derriche, Dr. Sara Borillo et Dr. Fatiha AJBLI.
Vous aurez l’occasion de précommander l’ouvrage sur place à un tarif préférentiel.
Cette journée d’étude internationale organisée par Plurivers’Elles ETUDES et FORMATIONS est soutenue par le centre de recherche C.E.S.I.R de l’Université Saint Louis à Bruxelles ainsi que du L.A.S.P.A.D de l’ UNIVERSITE Gaston Berger à Saint Louis du Sénégal.
Nous restons bien sûr à votre disposition pour toutes informations complémentaires. Vous trouverez en PJ le programme détaillé du colloque.
Inscriptions obligatoires ici :
https://my.weezevent.com/la-revolution-des-feminismes-musulmans
16. CFP for MLA 2024 in Philadelphia: The Returns of Philology
MLA annual convention, 2024, Philadelphia, PA
https://www.mla.org/Convention/MLA-2024
The Returns of Philology
Philology is back. This panel invites submissions that reflect on the discipline and practice of philology, “making sense of texts,” in Middle Eastern and South Asian literary traditions. Please submit 250 word abstract and brief bio to Alexander Jabbari, University of Minnesota (ajab@umn.edu)
Deadline for submissions: Friday, 10 March 2023
https://mla.confex.com/mla/2024/webprogrampreliminary/Paper23045.html
17. Call for Papers. Women and Islam: Agency in Francophone and Italophone Autobiography (abstract deadline 15 May)
Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing
INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES, CULTURES AND SOCIETIES
School of Advanced Study • University of London
Call for Papers. Women and Islam: Agency in Francophone and Italophone Autobiography
Abstract deadline: 15 May 2023
Conference: 27 October 2023
This one-day event will feature a dialogue with author Shirin Ramzanali Fazel (Lontano da Mogadiscio, 2017) on her personal and literary experience regarding the themes discussed during the conference.
Please send a 500-word abstract and a short bio to the conference organisers: Dr. Maria Morelli (Maria.Morelli@guest.unimi.it) and Dr. Oliver Brett (ob49@leicester.ac.uk) by 15 May 2023.
18. Postdoc position at Institute of Iranian Studies, Vienna
The Institute of Iranian studies (IFI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Austria’s leading non-university research and science institution, carries out scholarly research on all aspects of Iranian and Persianate cultures and societies in Asia. It advances cutting-edge research in Iranian studies on a philological and historical basis. The core research projects aim to explore in an exemplary way cultural process in Iranian and Persian cultures in Asia. The institute is offering a
POSTDOC POSITION (F/M/X)
(full-time / 40 hours per week)
for a duration of 36 months.
Your tasks:
- Research and publications on the cultural/social history of Iran in the 20th century
- Participation in international workshops and conferences
- Taking an active part in the conceptual development of modern Iranian historical studies within the research program of the IFI
Your profile:
- PhD degree with excellent scores in Iranian Studies or a closely related field
- PhD dissertation with a focus on the cultural or social history of modern Iran
- Degree date 2018 or later. Candidates who have defended their dissertation between 2018 and 2021 are expected to have at least one international peer-reviewed publication
- Excellent knowledge of modern Persian
- Fluency in English (written and spoken)
- Willingness to cooperate and to work in a multi-disciplinary research team
Our offer:
- Responsible and independent research in an institute dedicated to top-level multi-disciplinary research on Iranian and Persianate cultures and societies
- Work in an international, diverse and dynamic research environment in the center of Vienna
We offer an annual gross salary of € 54.018,02 according to the collective agreement of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Please send your application including a CV, a letter of motiviation, a one-page outline of research topic, a writing sample (dissertation chapter or accepted/published paper), relevant certificates and transcripts and contact details of at least two academic referees via e-mail to iran.office@oeaw.ac.at (mentioning Job ID: IFI016PD123).
We will schedule online interviews starting from March 15th, 2023. Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) pursues a non-discriminatory employment
19. Women’s Learning Partnership
10 March, 2023 WLP and our partners will participate in the United Nation’s 67th Commission on the Status of Women by hosting events on women’s leadership, supporting gender equality in Afghanistan and Iran, and harnessing technology to advance women’s rights. This year you can attend WLP’s CSW67 parallel event both in-person and online via livestream.
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE International Workshop “(Islamic) Reform and Iǧmāʾ in Ignaz Goldziher’s Oeuvre” by Dr. Katalin Franciska Rac (University of Florida), Dr. Aysun Yaşar (University of Basel), Moderated by Dr. Katja Thörner (EZIRE, University Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2 March 2023, 16:00-18.00 CET
The workshop analyzes the concepts of reform and Iğmāʾ in the works of the Hungarian Jewish Orientalist Ignaz Goldziher. The two speakers propose a historical reading and offer a theological reading of Goldziher’s selected works.
Registration: https://unibas.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Arf-GgrDMsGNLkfWIj4KoEJuCn0KsZhe20
2. HYBRID Lecture “Beyond Sectarianism: Rural-Urban Relations and the Future of the Syrian Conflict” by Dr. Wassim Naboulsi (University of Sussex), Middle East and North Africa Centre at Sussex (MENACS), 15 March 2023, 17:00-18:30 GMT
The lecture will show how Syrian society is far more dynamic and diverse than its stereotypically sectarian representation in Western discourse that is often based on an Orientalist understanding of the region. Dr Naboulsi will explore the importance of unpacking the multiple socio-economic cleavages in the country to better understand the Syrian crisis as he focuses on rural-urban tensions and grievances explaining why they should be considered in any future settlement of the Syrian conflict.
Information and registration: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/anthropology/about/newsandevents/events/?id=60095
3. ONLINE Webinar “Women`s Worlds in Qajar Iran” by Afasamej Najmabadi (Harvard University), Universities of Toronto and Oxford, 20 April 2023, 12:00 pm Toronto Time
This is part of the monthly seminar Series “Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents” convened by Arezou Azad & Mohamad Tavakoli
Information and registration:
https://iranianstudies.utoronto.ca/event/rethinking-history-returning-to-archives-and-documents/
4. ONLINE Presentation “Tell Me Everything” by Homeira Qaderi, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, 17 May 2023, 12:00 pm ET
Homeira Qaderi is an Afghan writer, activist, and educator. She is writing a novel, based on her lived expe-rience, that covers the last three decades of political turmoil, military invasions, and social upheaval in Afghanistan.
Information and registration:
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2023-homeira-qaderi-fellow-presentation-virtual
5. Conference “Women and the Politics of Translation in/of the Middle East”, University of Leuven, Date to be Announced
This conference will provide a scholarly forum to discuss how on the one hand, women in the Middle East fulfill their transformative roles as authors, translators, publishers, and/or social (political) activists by means of translation, and on the other hand to reflect on the (mis)representation of Middle Eastern women in Western media (i.e. news, literature, movies, etc.).
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/02/24/women-and-the-politics-of-translation-in-of-the-middle-east
6. HYBRID Session on “Migration, Religion, and Religious Groups” at “The Migration Conference”, Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg, 23-26 August 2023
Main topics: Migration and Religion in Theoretical Approaches. – Migration and Religious Ritual Changes. – Transnational Religious Groups. – Religious Minorities and Migration. – New Religious Movements. – Religious Organizations. – Religious Conflicts and Religious Radicalization. – Religious Diversity. – Religion, Migration and Pluralism, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2023.
Information:
7. HYBRID International Conference “Emerging Historical Perspectives on Christian-Muslim Interactions in and around the Mediterranean (c. 630–1614)”, University of Konstanz, 21-23 March 2024
By exploring Christian-Muslim relations through the changing lens of methodologies, this conference aims to foster an interdisciplinary debate that, through comparison and collaboration between scholars from different fields, bridges rigid geographical and temporal frameworks. Main themes: Innovative approaches to the source material. – Revised, new, experimental methodologies. – Macro-historical perspectives.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2023.
8. PhD Student, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies (ISNO), University of Bern
The doctoral student will write a dissertation within the framework of the interdisciplinary project “The Flow” and will work with a corpus of Arabic legal sources from Harar (Eastern Ethiopia) from the late 19th century. Candidates must hold an excellent MA degree or equivalent in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies, or in History or similar Humanities with an emphasis on Islamic or Middle Eastern Studies.
Deadline for applications: 24 March 2023. Information: https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/e596f0ed-4899-43a1-8f64-1ceea5ed3621
9. Assistant Professorship in Islamic Studies, Ghent University, Belgium
The postholder will be expected to contribute to academic teaching, research, service, and outreach in the field of Islamic Studies, especially of the intellectual and social history of Islam and being Muslim in the modern Middle East.
Deadline for application: 20 March 2023. Information: https://career012.successfactors.eu/career?company=C0000956575P&career_job_req_id=25519&career_ns=job_listing&navBarLevel=JOB_SEARCH
10. Tenure-Track Position for International Studies (Focus Middle East), Centre College, Danville, KY
The ideal candidate will demonstrate an ability to offer an introductory International Studies course and upper level thematic, regional, and interdisciplinary courses. The committee will prioritize candidates with expertise in the Middle East.
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/121557
11. Instructor for (Military) History of the Middle East (2 Years), United States Air Force Academy
U.S. applicants should possess and demonstrate the ability to teach in one of the core (general-education) military and world history courses offered to all USAF Academy students.
Deadline for applications: 30 March 2023. Information: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/706208700
12. British-Yemeni Society Research Grant
As part of its educational mission, the British-Yemeni Society (http://b-ys.org.uk/) offers a of up to £1,000 annually to assist with academic study related to Yemen. Applications are invited from anyone carrying out research in, or on Yemen, at a university, preferably one that is based in Britain or Yemen. Applicants’ na-tionality is irrelevant.
Applications at any time. Contact the Secretary of the Society at sec@b-ys.org.uk
13. Bourse pré-doctorale ou doctorale Idéo-Ifao 2023-2024
L’Institut français d’archéologie orientale (Ifao) et l’Institut dominicain d’études orientales (Idéo) s’associent pour financer une bourse pré-doctorale ou doctorale de 10 mois, du 1er septembre 2023 au 30 juin 2024. Cette bourse inclut également la résidence à l’Idéo et des cours d’arabe à raison de deux heures de cours particulier par jour, cinq jours par semaine, au cours de cette période.
Le dossier de candidature devra être envoyé pat courriel avant le 30 avril 2023.
Information : https://www.ifao.egnet.net/annonces/emplois/
14. Awards of the “Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies” for Books, Dissertations, Graduate Student Papers, and Graduate Student Travel
Submissions open for the 2023 AGAPS Biennial Book Award (May 15), Gwenn Okruhlik Dissertation Award (July 15), Graduate Paper Prize (July 15), and Student Travel Award (Sept. 1). Work must primarily focus on the Arabian Peninsula but can be inclusive of the transnational flows of people, material and ideas across the Gulf, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean.
Information: https://agaps.org/agaps-awards
15. History Graduate Symposium, Bilkent University, 4-5 May 2023
We welcome diverse, innovative, and creative approaches to Byzantine, European, Ottoman, American, and Global History, with no chronological limits. We particularly encourage an interdisciplinary approach to the topics in question.
Extended deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2023. Information:
16. Fall Semester 2023 – 2024 Residence Program in Advanced Arabic Language and Social Studies, Language Center, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
A limited number of merit-based tuition waiver and housing support is available.
Deadline for applications: 30 March 2023. Information: https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Academics/LanguageCenter/Programs/arprog/Pages/Doha-Residence-Program.aspx
17. SHARIAsource Lab :: Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes
On Saturday March 4, 2023 at 11:00AM-4:00PM US EST at the Program in Islamic Law’s office in Austin Hall, our SHARIAsource Lab will lead a Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes event. Join us for a chance to help write the next chapter in the history of the Arabic script where we bring our efforts together to finally develop a dependable program that will allow texts using Arabic script to be machine readable. This work in checking and reviewing documents will allow scholars to access, search and explore historical and contemporary documents like never before. No knowledge of coding or programming is needed but knowledge of Arabic script is a must to train the machine learning program to recognize them. Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP. Drop by for however long you can to meet, chat, and transcribe!
18. Publish your critical edition and/or translation with MIDEO
MIDEO — the Miscellanies of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies — is accepting, in addition to articles and book reviews, critical editions of primary texts in Arabic, Persian, and other languages relevant to understanding the intellectual history of Islamicate societies throughout the centuries. We also accept translations of such works into English or French.
As a non-commercial, internationally peer-reviewed research journal of Islamic studies, we consider critical editions and/or translations of any length, i.e. also those that might be either too long for commercial journals or too short for a book project. The deadline for submission for the next issue of MIDEO is June 30, 2023.
We would be delighted to receive your proposal. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
With best wishes,
Dr. Dennis Halft, OP
Directeur de la publication / Editor / رئيس تحرير المجلّة
MIDEO (Miscellanies of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies)
Secrétariat | 1 street al-Ṭarābīchī | ʿAbbāssiyya P.O.B 18 |
11381 Cairo |Egypt
19. Seminar – CALLFRONT Calligraphy on the Frontiers of the Islamic World, Finbarr Barry Flood – March 14
We are pleased to welcome Finbarr Barry Flood for the next session of the seminar CALLFRONT Calligraphy on the Frontiers of the Islamic World, which will take place on March 14th, 2023, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (Paris), salle Vasari :
Par-delà la lecture : médias et médiations dans l’épigraphie islamique
Finbarr Barry Flood (Silsila: Center for Material Histories, New York University)
Organization : Eloïse Brac de la Perrière, Maxime Durocher
Abstract : La lecture et l’interprétation des inscriptions ont été fondamentales pour écrire l’histoire de l’architecture islamique médiévale. Dans quelle mesure le “tournant matériel” dans les sciences humaines et l’intérêt pour les questions de médiation, ouvrent-ils de nouvelles perspectives pour comprendre les multiples registres par lesquels les inscriptions véhiculent du sens dans ce contexte précis ? Remettant en question la dichotomie moderne entre la forme matérielle et la signification immatérielle, cette conférence discutera de la nécessité d’une approche qui met en évidence la matérialité des inscriptions et leur capacité à engager le spectateur, au-delà du regard et de la lecture.
Contact : callfront@inha.fr
20. Call for Contributions to our 9th IDHN Conference
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are excited to announce our 9th IDHN Conference which will take place on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
We are now calling for contributions from both members and guests, who are developing or deploying digital methods and tools in the study of Islam and Muslim communities and languages. Our conference is open to participants from both humanistic and scientific disciplines.
If you wish to participate in the conference, please send an email to team@idhn.org with a preliminary title, abstract (150-300 words), and your academic affiliation by Wednesday, April 19, 2023.
We will select four to six presentations for our conference. Each presentation will be 20 minutes long, followed by Q&A for 10 minutes. We will hold the meeting online on ZOOM; the access code and link will be sent to you in the network’s newsletter. We will schedule our conference to accommodate presenters from all time zones. This schedule will correspond with the morning hours in the Americas and evening hours in Europe and the Middle East.
Please share our announcement with your colleagues and students, and please forward this call to your networks and listservs as well.
With warm wishes,
Irene Kirchner (Georgetown University)
21. CFP: The Urgency of the Digital (IJIA special issue) – Deadline: June 1, 2023
Please see (linked here) a Call For Papers for “The Urgency of the Digital,” a special issue of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture to be published July 2025. We welcome submissions from practitioners, urbanists, art historians, specialists in literary and religious studies, archivists, librarians, data scientists, software developers, anthropologists, geographers, sociologists, and historians whose work resonates with the topic. Proposal submissions (due by June 1, 2023) and queries should be sent to IJIA25Digital@gmail.com.
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA)
Special Issue: The Urgency of the Digital
Thematic volume planned for July 1, 2025
Proposal submission deadline: June 1, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Leiden Summerschool on Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World 2023
We are announcing the fifth Leiden Summerschool on Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World, from August 21 to September 1, 2023. The course is meant for graduate students (MA and PhD) and researchers. The programme will be published later. This is just to let you know that the deadline for application is Friday June 16, 2023. For more information about the application and the possibility of scholarships you can already send an e-mail to Fons ‘t Hooft, a.p.c.hooft@hum.leidenuniv.nl.
2. Call For Contributions: “Medieval Borders and the Environment”
Proposals for essays in English (c. 8000-12000 words) are warmly welcomed on the topic “borders, the elements, and the environment”.
This volume, provisionally titled Medieval Borders and the Environment, will be submitted to Brill to be included in the new series “Elements, Nature, Environment: Multidisciplinary Perspectives from the Ancient to the Early Modern World” edited by Dr. Marilina Cesario and Dr. Andreas Lammer. The volume’s goal is to provide a venue for interdisciplinary research on the time period between about 500 and 1500 or slightly later. It intends to promote study on underrepresented parts of the medieval world, broadly construed, as well as articles that examine interconnections across regions and cultures.
The volume aims at covering topics from the following regions, broadly intended: Europe, including Northern and Eastern Europe Central Asia, South Asia, India, Japan, China, North and South Africa, East and West Africa, Oceans and Seas, the Americas, Australia, and Oceania.
The book aims to respond to the following questions:
What fundamental characteristics did borders have during the Middle Ages?
What did the word “boundary” mean in general?
Were boundaries separating one thing from another real or imaginary?
How did borders affect the environment? What effects did boundaries have on the local environment, as well as the cultures and people that inhabited it? And how have borders changed or been defined in relation to the environment?
Have toponymy and borders been influenced by elemental theory, or vice versa?
What impact had the environment on the spread of epidemics? Did it promote its expansion or serve as a barrier? And how did disease affect borders?
What effects have the environment and borders had on culture, the dissemination of knowledge (including that pertaining to science, engineering, and currents in the arts and architecture), dietary customs, clothing, trade, and movement in general?
All other contributions have been confirmed, and they include real and imaginary borders in medieval Rus’, the transmission of the Old Norse materia medica between Scandinavia and the continent, material mobilities within commercial markets as political and cultural boundary crossings between medieval Korea and Mongolia, and the spread of iconographic motifs with artistic, magical, and political purposes in the Baltic Sea region, among others. Final contributions will be due in May 2024.
Proposals might include but are not limited to:
– Border Studies;
– Old and Middle German Studies;
– Lombard language, history and culture;
– Gothic language, history and culture;
– Celtic Studies;
– Medieval Romance Studies (including French);
– Medieval Islamic Studies;
– Pre-Columbian cultures;
– Geography and Cartography, including Human Geography;
– Toponymy (especially in connection with environmental features and elemental theory);
– History of Science;
– Landscape Epidemiology;
– History of Medicine;
– Environmental History;
– Sociology;
– Anthropology;
– Etc.
Please send a 200-300 word abstract of your proposed essay, and a brief introduction of yourself, to the editor: Dr. Elisa Ramazzina (elisa.ramazzina@unipv.it). The deadline for the submission of proposals is March 15, 2023.
3. Harvard Art Museums – Calderwood Curatorial Fellow in South Asian or
Islamic Art
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65102
Closing : April 3, 2023.
4. The Poetics of Spiritual Instruction: Farid al-Din ʿAttar and Persian Sufi Didacticism,
Edinburgh University Press, 2023
Austin O’Malley
5. Turcica 53/2022 (new issue)
https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=issue&journal_code=TURC&issue=0&vol=53
CONTENT
Articles:
Whitehead (Christopher), The Reluctant Pasha: Çerkes Dilaver and Elite Localization in the Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Empire
Whaiton-Durgaryan (Alyson), Armenian Elites, Architectural Transference, and Restoration of Order in the Civil Architecture of Post-Massacre Bitlis and Erzurum
Special Feature:
-The ‘Ahdnâme “Revisited:” Some New Approaches and Perspectives
(Articles by P. Guena, I. Hathaway, G Işıksel, A. Sekulic, T. Steffini)
-Pour une histoire des émotions dans L’Empire ottoman
(Articles by H.G. Özkoray, M. Sariyannis, N. Vatin, C. Römer, M. Ursinus)
Notes and Documents:
-Vatin (Nicolas), Hayr Ed-Dîn Barberousse, Zorzi Gritti et les relations franco-ottomanes en août 1533 : une « Lettre d’amitié » du Grand Vizir Ibrâhîm Paşa
6. Nahyan Fancy, Depauw University
Annual Dr. Martin A. Entin Lecture in the History of Medicine
McGill, Dept of Social Studies of Medicine
March 15, 2023, 4.30 – 6pm
Arabic Writings on Plague: Revising the Chronologies of the First and Second
Plague Pandemic Using Evidence from Islamic Societies
Further info at:
https://www.mcgill.ca/ssom/upcoming-events
7. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani. Merits of the Plague, introduction, edition, translation, and notes by Joel Blecher and Mairaj Syed
(New York: Penguin-Random House, 2023),
8. Deadline for Panels and Papers for DAVO Congress in Vienna 28 February 2023
Please note that the panels and papers for the next DAVO Congress – which will be combined with the “Turkologentag 2023” at the University of Vienna on 21-13 September 2023 – have to be registered until the deadline of 28 February 2023.
Please register via the Website of the “Turkologentag 2023” at https://turkologentag2023.univie.ac.at.
The organizers of every panel are kindly requested to enter the names of all presenters of papers and the abstracts of their papers (up to 300 words) and keywords in the registration form for the specific panel.
In addition, all paper presenters of a specific panel are kindly requested to register individually. Please include the paper abstract (up to 300 words) plus keywords and add the name of the panel in the field “Remarks” (Part of Panel).
For paper presenters especially from the Middle East and North America, who have no chance to attend the conference in person, the Congress organizers will try to arrange some hybrid panels with online presentations.
Papers are invited for the following open panels:
1) Social and Labour Market Policies in the MENA: Strong Enough to Cushion Global Economic, Health and Climate Crises?
2) Nation Building across Religious and Continental Boundaries: (Counter-) Islamic References in Print, Diasporic Networks, and Communal Formations
3) Extractivism and Natural Resource Degradation in MENA: Drivers of Change for State-Society Relations?
4) The Diaspora as a Transformative Experience: Critical Engagement of Kurdish Women Activists Moving between Different Countries
Please see the summaries of these panels in the attachment. If you want to present a paper in these panels, please send the abstract of your proposed paper to the organizer of the specific panel until 26 February 2023.
These are the registration fees for different groups of participants:
– 50 € for regular members of DAVO
– 10 € for members of DAVO who are students, unemployed or registered as low-income members
– 100 € for non-members of DAVO
– 40 € for students who are non-members of DAVO
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After 1 May 2023 the registration fee will rise according to the list at https://turkologentag2023.univie.ac.at/registration/.
9. Webinar – British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)
An Ugly, Lovely Town’: Dylan Thomas in Tehran (and beyond)
with Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Part of ‘Wales Week/Iran’
1 March, 2023 5pm UK time
For full information and to register:
https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/iran-and-wales/
10. Spring 2023 AMECYS Graduate Student Discussion Series
The Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies (AMECYS) welcomes you to listen and engage with graduate students who will present on their research on young people in the Middle East and North Africa, and its diasporic communities. The format of the sessions is thirty minutes of presentation by the speaker followed by thirty minutes of discussion and Q&A with the audience. The AMECYS Graduate Student Discussion Series is intended to be a space for graduate students to share their cutting-edge research as well as workshop their dissertation material.
Friday March 3rd, 11 am CST
Reda Rafei, Texas Tech University
The Winner of the 2022 AMECYS Graduate Student Paper Prize
“Ottoman Children and Dhurri Waqf : A Legal and Gendered Perspective”
Friday May 12th, 11 am CST
Eyüp Ensar Dal, Middle East Technical University
“Single Motherhood and Childcare in Early Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Üsküdar”
Friday June 9th, 11 am CST
Nour Mohamad J Hodeib, The Graduate Center – CUNY
“By Songs and Fire; Counterculture, Rock’n,Roll, and the Lebanese Left during 1970s.”
Please RSVP to Dylan Baun to attend (djb0035@uah.edu) and receive the zoom link
11. The Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)is offering multiple grant and award opportunities in conjunction with its Sixteenth Annual Conference taking place in Washington, D.C. on November 4 – 6, 2023.
Now in its tenth year, the ASMEA Research Grant Program seeks to support research on topics in Middle Eastern and African studies that deserve greater attention. Applicants may submit paper proposals on any topic as long as it constitutes new and original research and is relevant to the five qualifying topic areas:
- Minorities and Women
- Military History
- Governance and Economy
- Faith
- Iran
Grants of $2500 will be awarded. Successful research grant applicants are required to present their research at the Sixteenth Annual ASMEA Conference. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2023.
ASMEA is also offering Travel Grants of up to $750 which can be used towards the costs associated with attending the Annual ASMEA Conference in Washington, D.C. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2023.
The 2023 Bernard Lewis Prize is awarded to scholars or practitioners engaged in the study of issues on antisemitism that were of great importance to our founding chairman, Prof. Bernard Lewis. Four winners will be announced at the Annual Conference and awarded $2500 each. The deadline to submit is June 30, 2023.
In addition, we have issued our general Call for Papers and Panels and Call for Poster Proposals.
Grant and award opportunities are open to members only. For information on how to become a member and full guidelines on each program, visit our website at www.asmeascholars.org.
Feel free to contact ASMEA at info@asmeascholars.org with any questions
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1.ONLINE Seminar “Why Failed Protests are Politically Significant: Insights from Jordan” with Jillian Schwedler in Conversation with Daniel Neep, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, 1 March 2023, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm EST
Prof. Schwedler will explore the political effects of routine protests on state and society in Jordan, drawing from her new book, “Protesting Jordan: Geographies of Power and Dissent”.
Information and registration: https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IlKr94YWSqaNeSpaPvNWog#/registration
2. International Conference “Succession in Islamic Law”, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, 30-31 March 2023
The conference brings together scholars and researchers from various fields of social sciences, the humanities and law to share and exchange their experiences and research results with respect to the intergenerational transfer of property in Muslim jurisdictions. We are looking forward to offering new perspectives on the role of succession law in Muslim communities in the past and in the present, looking as well at its role for future generations.
Deadline for registration: 20 March 2023.
Information and program: https://www.mpipriv.de/1602926/30-03-2023-succession-in-islamic-law.html
3. Conference “Decolonising Gender and Sexuality: Learning from Other Voices”, University of Zurich, 11-12 May 2023
This conference will explore the theme of decolonisation through different modalities of learning from and generating knowledge with communities located in former colonies of the Global South.
Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2023. Information: https://www.decolgender.uzh.ch/en.html
4. Conference “Confronting Feminist Co-optation and Backlash: Colonial Legacies, Imperial Neoliberalism, and Antifeminisms”, Birzeit University, 17 June 2023
Papers are invited for the sessions: 1) Embedding feminism within globalized discourse and practice. 2) Possibilities of liberatory feminist popular mobilization. 3) Liberatory feminist visions and models.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2023. Information: Contact women-inst@birzeit.edu
5. Conference “Iran’s Look East Policy”, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, 14-15 August 2023
The conference will explore the policy’s origins, implications, challenges, and opportunities, as well as Iranian and other perspectives on the Islamic Republic’s international relations with countries to its geographic east and in the global south more broadly.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/02/09/call-for-papers-annual-conference-of-the-iranian-studies-unit-irans-look-east-policy
6. Postdoc, History of the Middle East (3 Years +), Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern
The postdoc will devote 50% of her/his time to one`s own research, on any topic related to the modern or contemporary history of the Middle East (particularly its social, political or economic dimensions). The rest of the postdoc’s time will be devoted to supporting the activities of the Institute with teaching and administration.
Deadline for application: 20 March 2023. Information:
https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/cc402f32-0ed4-4616-a4d2-af0ea17afce8
7. Professor OR Reader in Arabic Studies, Department of Arabic and Persian, School of Modern Languages, University of St Andrews, Scotland
Applications are invited from outstanding Arabic studies scholars with an international research reputation for this high profile position. Candidates must have a proven track record of securing significant grant funding and leading high quality externally funded research projects.
Deadline for application: 10 March 2023. Information: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/5541/0/380458/889/professor-or-reader-in-arabic-studies-ac7974sb
8. Assistant Teaching Professor (Full Time, 3 Years), Arabic Language, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University
Ph.D. in hand by Summer 2023 is preferred. Applicants should have native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and an Arabic dialect; thorough grounding in classical Arabic language (including syntax and morphology) and culture; and experience in proficiency-based, communicative methods of teaching Modern Standard Arabic. Experience in proficiency testing is a plus.
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2023. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/121369
9. Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023-2024, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Harvard University
AKPIA Fellows are a full-time, immersion research appointment, to result in a lecture delivered to the AKPIA community, and a submission to the journal Muqarnas (published by Brill).
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2023. Infor mation: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65075
10. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History, Loyola University, New Orleans
Contemporary Middle Eastern history (Twentieth Century to the Present) is preferred; however, applicants must be able to teach both parts of the Middle Eastern History Survey as well as a Global History survey. Applicants with research and teaching specialties that would contribute to our international studies concen-tration are strongly encouraged to apply.
Deadline for applications: 1 March 2023. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65062
11. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of the Asia and Global History, Loyola University, New Orleans
Applicants must be able to teach a variety of courses on Asia and courses relevant to the applicant’s area of expertise. Applicants with research and teaching specialties that would contribute to our international studies concentration are strongly encouraged to apply, particularly applicants with experience in diplomatic history from an Asian point of view are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65063
12. Faculty Fellow (Non-Tenure Track) in Islamic History before 1850, New York University
The successful candidate should have a demonstrated record of teaching and research in history, Islamic Studies, religious studies, or other related fields. Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. no earlier than five years before the date of appointment and have a strong commitment to teaching.
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/120687
13. Zoroastrianism Summer School: “Zoroastrianism as a Religious Minority in Modern and Contemporary Iran”, SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies, Norwegian Institute, Rome, 26-30 June 2023
This course is a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in the study of Zoroastrianism. Students will be given an intensive learning experience consisting of lectures, discussions and interactive workshops. The course will be delivered by leading academics from Norway, the UK and the US.
Application deadline: 19 March 2022.
Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/zoroastrianism-summer-course
14. HYBRID Summer Language School 2023, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, 3 July – 18 August 2023
The Program offers intensive instruction in Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian, and Chinese students and professionals. A wholly immersive experience is designed to comprise co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as conversation tables and study hours, seminars by top scholars on history, politics, literature, and arts, and cultural events including movie screenings, and field trips to historical sites and archives.
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2023. Information: https://summer.ihu.edu.tr/en
15. Summer Internship Opportunities at the Arab Center Washington DC, May – August 2023
We currently offer four paid internship opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent college graduates. Each intern will be considered for one of four available positions: Congressional Affairs Intern; Editing Intern; Research Intern; Multimedia Intern.
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2023.
Information: https://arabcenterdc.org/about/acw-careers/internship-opportunities/
16. Articles on “Amazigh Orality in Contemporary Production” for a Special Issue of the “Journal of Amazigh Studies (JAS)”
Orality, that is, the culture of the spoken word, is a central feature of Amazigh everyday life, history, and linguistics, and communal knowledge. This issues will engage the whole sweep of Amazigh orality, with issues and examples drawn from (oral) literature, social media, films, music, and then, literacy in general. JAS is trilingual (French, English, and Tamazight).
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12347750/amazigh-orality-contemporary-production
17. HIAA Symposium Details – March 2-4
See below for details of the upcoming HIAA Biennial Symposium, co-hosted by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Rice University, from March 2-4, 2023.
The symposium will be streamed live via Zoom. Please find links to register for and access the Zoom webinars below:
Thursday, March 2, and Friday, March 3: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-dmTMqWnRJKKGUCzIAMuPQ
Saturday, March 4: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nX7EP7_SRieMGTDKsGRatQ
The full schedule of the symposium can be accessed here: https://arthistory.rice.edu/hiaa-symposium-2023-program.
While the symposium is free and open to the public, we ask that all in-person attendees register for the conference here: https://arthistory.rice.edu/hiaa-symposium-2023-registration.
We look forward to seeing you in March!
Aimée Froom and Farshid Emami, HIAA Biennial Symposium 2023 Co-organizers
Julie Timte, HIAA Biennial Symposium 2023 Managing Organizer
18. Lecturer in Comparative Literature
University of St Andrews
The School of Modern Languages invites applications for the position of Lecturer in Comparative Literature. You will be a scholar with a growing international research reputation in comparative literature, as well as a commitment to delivering high quality teaching. Ideally, your comparative research will include expertise in studies relating to at least one of the eight languages taught in the School (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Persian, Russian, and Spanish).
Deadline | 8 March 2023
19. CBRL Grant Applications 2023/2024
Funding | Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)
CBRL is happy to announce their 2023-24 call for grant applications. Grants available:
- Project grants, up to £10,000.
- Residential fellowships at CBRL’s Jerusalem and/or Amman institutes, up to 3 months of accommodation, plus travel and subsistence costs.
- Travel grants, up to £1,200.
- Research support grants, up to £1,200 for selected costs associated with research for a post-graduate thesis.
Deadline | 10 March 2023
20. Call for Papers – The Qur’an and Late Antiquity
Annual Meeting | 18-21 November 2023 | San Antonio, Texas
For the 2023 SBL / International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, the Qur’an and Late Antiquity program unit invites proposals that utilize various types of material or evidence—be that literary, documentary, or epigraphic—to illuminate the historical context in which the Qur’an was revealed and the early Islamic polity emerged. We are especially interested in papers that present and discuss new and comparative methodologies to approach the interplay between Late Antique phenomenon and the Qur’an.
Deadline | 14 March 2023
21. The Mosque of the Prophet and the Palace: Urbanism and Architecture in Early Islamic Medina
Online Lecture | 7 March 2023, 17:30 | London Society for Medieval Studies
By applying a focus on topography, geography and architectural history to the study of the source material on Medina, this lecture will provide a comprehensive picture of the urban landscape of the Prophet’s City in the early Islamic period with particular emphasis on the Mosque of the Prophet and its surrounding area.
22. MLA 2024 Calls for Papers: CLCS Global Arab and Arab American
Disease and Health in the Global Arab Imaginary
Healing rituals and embodied wellness practices, celebrations of health and death, representations of illness (Covid, plagues, etc.) in literary and artistic works from the Arab region and global Arab diaspora. 250-word abstract & CV.
Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Anna Ziajka Stanton, Penn State U, University Park (azstanton@psu.edu)
Reimagining the Field of Arab American Studies
Reimagining Arab American studies via relationalities to other communities/areas of study: e.g., Arab American history as narrative of settler colonialism and enslavement, Arabness in relation to American Latinx, Indigenous, Muslim cultures. 250-word abstract & CV.
Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Anna Ziajka Stanton, Penn State U, University Park (azstanton@psu.edu) & Danielle Haque, Minnesota State U (danielle.haque@mnsu.edu)
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1.Free online conference: Relating Islam and Science: Frameworks and Methodologies, 3-4 April 23
Details below of an upcoming two-day online conference organised jointly by the University of Chester, University of Birmingham and Cambridge Muslim College.
The event is free to join and you can register here:
2. Society for the History of Discoveries 2023 Conference
Worlds of Exploration
The James Ford Bell Library, with its extensive collection of rare books, maps, manuscripts, and archival collections, documenting the history and impact of trade and cultural exchange before the 19th century, offers an ideal venue to host the 2023 SHD conference. This year’s conference locale aligns with the global breadth of the Society’s mission by supporting research into the expeditions, biographies, history, cartography, as well as the technologies of travel, the impact of travel and cultural exchange, and other aspects of geographic discovery. With its expansive resources, the James Ford Bell, and other collections associated with the University of Minnesota’s libraries, offers members of the Society and presenters an ideal opportunity to conduct research prior to and after the conference. The rich and fascinating collections emboldens the inspiration for our conference.
The Society for the History of Discoveries invites papers, 20 minutes in length, on all points of view of this theme, Worlds of Exploration, including: “discovery,” encounter, exploration, conquest, resistance, settlement, economy, daily life, and all aspects of socio-cultural and political encounter, as well as on the teaching of the history of exploration, broadly defined.
SHD welcomes submissions from graduate students, emerging and independent scholars, as well as established scholars and members of the Society. Presenters are encouraged to use images (maps, paintings, photographs, etc.). For the benefit of the audience, all visuals have to be presented as PowerPoint-compatible projection. The audience at SHD meetings is diverse and includes academics and members of various professions.
Where: Minneapolis-St-Paul, Minnesota
When: 21 September – 23 September, 2023 (With an optional excursion on Sunday, 24)
Venue: James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota
Please provide a proposal that includes the following components:
- the title of the presentation
- the author’s name and address, including email address and affiliation
- an abstract summarizing the paper’s scope and conclusions (maximum of 500 words)
- a statement about the originality of the contents of the paper: how much is new, unpublished material, based on research in primary sources, etc.
- a statement indicating whether PowerPoint or other digital media will be used and whether internet access is necessary for the presentation
- a brief biographic sketch of the author(s)
Paper proposals are due 17 April 2023, and must be submitted via the SHD website – an online submissions portal.
Inquiries via Dr. Lydia Towns, SHD secretary: lydia.towns@sfasu.edu
3. La cinquième séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le jeudi 2 mars 2023 (de 17h à 19h, salle 3.15).
Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Francis Richard (BULAC) pour une conférence intitulée : « Le roi et sa cour dans l’iconographie des manuscrits du Shāhnāmeh »
Résumé
Le Shāhnāmeh a une grande importance dans tout le monde iranien. Il transmet notamment, par son texte même, une image de la royauté qui a exercé une grande influence dans l’imaginaire des peuples de culture persane mais a peut-être aussi contribué à élaborer au travers des différentes figures de souverains une image de la souveraineté qui s’est répandue sur une très vaste aire géographique. Certains des souverains iraniens préislamiques ont fourni des modèles ou un idéal pour différents peuples iranisés. Transmis par de nombreux manuscrits, le texte de l’épopée a été illustré dès le milieu du xiiie siècle dans beaucoup d’exemplaires destinés à des amateurs illustres ou fortunés. Parmi les miniatures, réalisées en différents endroits et dans des styles divers, un nombre important montrent des souverains trônant dans leur palais, rendant la justice, guerroyant ou chassant.
Nombre d’études concernent l’iconographie du Shāhnāmeh. On voudrait simplement ici montrer certaines de ces miniatures en tentant de s’interroger sur les attitudes plus ou moins stéréotypées que les peintres adoptent pour figurer les rois, sur la façon dont leur personne est mise en valeur et sur les attributs du souverain (couronne, vêtement, etc.). Le roi combat-il personnellement ? La cour est souvent représentée ; son étiquette varie-t-elle d’une époque à l’autre ? Qu’en est-il des différents dignitaires ? Quelle est la façon de rendre la justice ?
Les rois président des célébrations de fêtes (Nowrūz, Mehregān) et on peut parler parfois de « figure sacrée du souverain », mais cela apparaît-il dans les images produites par les peintres ?
Le palais ou le jardin sont les lieux de réception royale. Beaucoup de scènes de réception d’ambassadeurs ou parfois des délibérations d’un roi avec ses généraux sont présentes dans les manuscrits. Au-delà des stéréotypes qui sont fréquents, certaines scènes sont des allusions aux évènements contemporains de la réalisation du manuscrit et représentent de la manière la plus glorieuse possible le souverain dédicataire du manuscrit. On pourra dès lors essayer de comprendre pourquoi les différentes dynasties se sont approprié le Shāhnāmeh et ses images pour y trouver une représentation idéale de la royauté correspondant aux aspirations des populations familières des récits épiques iraniens.
Orientations bibliographiques
- Barbara Brend ; Charles Melville (éd.), Epic of the Persian Kings. The Art of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, London / New York, I. B. Tauris, 2010.
- Anna Caiozzo. Le roi glorieux. Les imaginaires de la royauté d’après les enluminures du Shāh Nāma de Firdawsī aux époques timouride et turkmène, Paris, Geuthner, 2018.
- Pierre Lecoq (trad.), Shâhnâmeh. Le Livre des Rois, Paris, Les Belles Lettres / Geuthner, 2019.
- Shahnama project : https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/shahnama/1
- Stuart Cary Welch, (ed.), A King’s Book of Kings: the Shah-nameh of Shah Tahmasp, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976 (en ligne sur Google Books)
Au plaisir de vous retrouver à l’occasion de cette séance, qui se déroulera en présentiel sur le site de l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris).
Ci-joint le programme 2022/2023 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” en format pdf. Retrouvez également les détails sur le site web du CeRMI : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2022-2023/
4. The Latin America & Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 2 – February 2023
https://mailchi.mp/e0a54b6d9be6/latin-america-caribbean-islamic-studies-newsletter-vol3-no2
5. 27 April 2023 Event – Book Launch: Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean
AKU-ISMC
To celebrate AKU-ISMC’s publication of Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean: Diversity and Pluralism, Past and Present, please join Professors Stéphane Pradines and Farouk Topan and their guests Dr Farah Faizal, High Commissioner of the Republic of the Maldives, and Dr Annabel Teh Gallop, Head of Southeast Asia at the British Library, for a discussion of this rich crossroads of Muslim cultures.
Date and Time
Thursday 27 April 2023, 17:30 – 19:00 (London).
Venue
Aga Khan Centre (Atrium Conference Room),
10 Handyside Street,
London N1C 4DN
Booking
The event is free, but booking is essential. Book your ticket now and join us in person.
6. Registration: 2023 Islamic Archaeology Day, March 11th, London@UCL
We are delighted to announce the programme for the 7th annual Islamic Archaeology Day co-hosted by SOAS and UCL and held at the UCL Institute of Archaeology on Saturday March 11th 2023 between 11 and 6pm.
We invite you to register online at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/islamic-archaeology-day-2023-tickets-539224654457. Please make sure that you register before February 24th as there is an early-bird registration fee of £18 (£12 for students – limited numbers). Registration will cover a sandwich lunch, refreshments and a wine reception.
There will be a dinner afterwards at the Life Goddess on Store Street for anyone who would like to attend at a cost of £45pp (including 3 courses, plenty of wine) so please indicate on the registration form if you are interested in joining us. We’ll confirm final numbers and the main course options with all those interested in late February.
Finally, please do pass this onto others who may be interested in attending. Everyone is welcome!
All best wishes,
Corisande Fenwick (UCL) c.fenwick@ucl.ac.uk, Tom Fitton (UCL), Hugh Kennedy (SOAS/ UCL), Scott Redford (SOAS), Aila Santi (SOAS), Paul Wordsworth (UCL)
All imformation is at the above site.
7. British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World: 2023 round open for submissions
We are delighted to announce that the 2023 round of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World is now open for submissions.
This international prize is awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis or unpublished first monograph based on a doctoral thesis. The award includes a cash prize of £1000 which will be officially presented at the Annual Conference of BRAIS.
The deadline is Tue 28 February 2023, 5pm GMT.
For further information about the Prize, including all terms and conditions, click here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize/brais-prize-2023
For any queries, please email brais.prize@ed.ac.uk .
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.HYBRID Lecture “Between Religion and Literature: Reimagining Muhammad Abduh’s Religious Thought in Arabic Literature “, by Dr. Zahiye Kundos; Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für die Erforschung der Aufklärung (IZEA), Universität Halle, 16 February 2023, 18:15 – 19:45 Uhr CET
By evaluating the specific modes in which the distinguished religious thinker Muhammad ʿAbduh (1849-1905) was embraced, after his demise, in secular literary texts it will be possible to acknowledge the complex situation of living and writing in a colonial situation, and thus to reconsider the modern Arab renaissance (al-Nahda) beyond the conflict between the religious and the secular.
Registration: https://lmu-munich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtdOiurz8qGNPLAIQ7oHaG1mMwU7o2J5ix
2. ONLINE Book Talk “The Sea in the Middle: The Mediterranean World, 650–1650”, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, 22 February 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
The authors Thomas Burman (Notre Dame), Brian Catlos (CU Boulder) and Mark Meyerson (U Toronto) will talk with John Esposito on the subject of their new text book. This book is for the diverse student bodies of the twenty-first century, and provides a complete package for college and university professors how wish to engage with this perspective in their teaching.
Information and registration: https://georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I68R_-TtQiuPAcFJrfPYbQ
3. International Conference on “Jerusalem – From the Umbilicus Mundi to the Four Corners of the Earth and Back”, Yad Ben Zvi Institute, Jerusalem, 11-14 July 2023
The conference will focus on three main topics: Jerusalem as Umbilicus Mundi in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions; the influence of the city in wide circles throughout the world, and external influences on the city over time.
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-jerusalem-from-the-umbilicus-mundi-to-the-four-corners-of-the-earth-and-back-11-14-july-jerusalem?e=82aeb6c61d
4. Section S19 “Islam as the New Normal in the Study of the ‘International’” at the 16th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Potsdam, Germany, 5-9 September 2023
The section aims to offer a broad understanding of the role of Islam in world affairs by presenting case studies of the worldview of Muslim thinkers and practitioners, the Islamic polity and governance, transnational Islamist movements, Islamic approaches to International Relations Theory, global Islamic governance and institu-tions, the Islamic polity and governance, Islam and Foreign Policy Analysis, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2023. Information: http://pec2023.eisa-net.org/section-list
5. HYBRID Conference “Colonialism, Slavery, and Local Histories in Early Modern Asia”, Växjö, Sweden, 15-16 September 2023
This conference aims to bring together scholars working on early modern (local) histories of slavery, and slave trade, including related forms of forced labour and relocation in the wider Indian Ocean region, from Cape Town to Tokyo. We invite contributions that address these themes from a (structured) data perspective, or as new and starting research projects, or from a broader theoretical and connective angle.
Deadline for abstracts: 3 April 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12288459/colonialism-slavery-and-local-histories-early-modern-asia
6. Postdoctoral Fellowships (2023-25) for Historical Studies of the Pre-Modern Mediterranean in Haifa and Israel, Haifa Center for Mediterranean History
We are looking for candidates who demonstrate academic excellence in their respective fields of expertise, together with an extensive background in Mediterranean studies. We encourage applications from candidates working in all related fields. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. by the beginning of the fellowship tenure period, and no longer than five years.
Deadline for applications: 15 April 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/post-docs-haifa-center-for-mediterranean-history-2023-25?e=82aeb6c61d
7. Visiting Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies (1 Year), Department of Religious Studies, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
We envision a colleague with demonstrated experience in religious studies as an academic discipline. Te Area of specialization is open but the successful candidate will teach “Introduction to Islam” and “Islam in the Americas” in the fall semester and three courses in the winter semester for a total of five courses. The position is beginning in August 2023.
Deadline for application: 8 March 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/121113
8. Articles on “Queer Turkish and Ottoman Literature” for Special Issue of the Journal “Culture, Theory and Critique”
Main objectives: 1) to talk about proto-queer novels and stories written in Ottoman/Turkish; 2) to discuss whether Queer Theory can speak, not for, but about Ottoman/Turkish literature; 3) to show when Ottoman/ Turkish literature is proto-queer and how it can subvert the current, ossified articulations of queerness an-chored around LGBTI+ politics.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12299414/special-issue-queer-turkish-and-ottoman-literature
9. MESA 2023 Call for Papers Extended
The Middle East Studies Association continues to welcome proposals from our members for the 57th MESA Annual Meeting, scheduled for November 2-5, 2023, in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
The MESA community has watched with horror and sorrow the images of tragedy and destruction coming from Turkey and Syria after the earthquakes. Our hearts have broken with the news of so much loss. We extend our deepest condolences to all of our members who have lost loved ones, and will stand with them as the grieving continues. There really are no words that can express the magnitude of such pain.
Recognizing the impact on many of our members and sharing their concerns for loved ones and friends, we are therefore extending the deadline for submissions by an additional week for anyone who needs it.
The deadline for all proposals is now February 23, 2023 (11:59PM EST).
Read 2023 Submission Instructions
All submissions must be made through myMESA, MESA’s membership and submissions system. Questions on proposal submissions can be sent to meeting@mesana.org.
MESA membership is required to submit a proposal. To renew your 2023 membership, please login to myMESA. Questions about membership can be sent to the MESA Secretariat: secretariat@mesana.org.
As a reminder, the 2024 MESA Annual Meeting will be held virtually, so we encourage anyone preferring to present in-person to submit your proposal this year for the 2023 meeting in Montréal.
Calls for Participation by Session Organizers
If you are organizing a panel and you want to issue an open call for participants, you may submit a call on MESA’s website (here).
10. « Iran : après une révolution culturelle irréversible. Quelles perspectives géopolitiques ? »,
Conférence par Bernard Hourcade,
Directeur de recherche émérite au CNRS.CeRMI Centre de recherche sur le Monde iranien
Société de géographie,
184 Boulevard Saint Germain Paris 6
Jeudi 16 février 2023 à 18h30, Grand Amphithéâtre, Entrée libre.
11. The Alwaleed Centre at the University of Edinburgh is hosting two in-person events in early March which we hope will be of interest to. Further details below:
Narrating the Pilgrimage to Mecca as a Sensational Form
Friday 3 Maarch, 17:30, 50 George Square, Edinburgh
The Alwaleed Centre is delighted to be welcoming Professor Marjo Buitelaar (University of Groningen) for a special public talk inspired by her new edited volume ‘Narrating the Pilgrimage to Mecca: Historical and Contemporary Accounts’. Chaired by Alwaleed Lecturer in the Globalised Muslim World, Dr Kholoud Al-Ajarma, this event is free to attend and refreshements will be available. For further information and free tickets click here: https://narrating-pilgraimage.eventbrite.co.uk
Book Launch: ‘Islamophobia and Lebanon: Visibly Muslim Women and Global Coloniality’
Friday 10 March, 17:30, Institure for Advanced Study in the Humanities 2 Hope Park Square Edinburgh
Former IASH-Alwaleed Fellow, Dr Ali Kassem (National University of Singapore), returns to Edinburgh to launch his new book ‘Islamophobia and Lebanon: Visibly Muslim Women and Global Coloniality’ published by I.B. Tauris. Tickets are very limited so book early to avoid disappointment. Further information and free tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-islamophobia-and-lebanon-by-dr-ali-kassem-tickets-518605311447
The Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam
in the Contemporary World
University of Edinburgh
16 George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9LD
0131 650 4615
thealwaleedcentre@ed.ac.uk
12. Symposium & Exhibition
German WWII Internees from Persia and their Fate in Australia
Convenor of Symposium and Curator of Exhibition
Prof. Pedram Khosronejad
School of Social Science, Western Sydney University
Saturday 4-5th March 2023
- February 14, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Counter/Argument: Episode 1 “Middle East Art is Not Calligraphy” with Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
Crown Center for Middle East Studies <crowncenter@brandeis.edu>
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Now Streaming: Episode 1 “Middle East Art Is Not Calligraphy”
<https://t.e2ma.net/click/kz6htf/07bopb/4qpqor>
When you think of the Middle East, chances are that modern art is not the first thing that comes to mind. In our first episode of /Counter/Argument: A Middle East Podcast/, we speak with the founder of the Barjeel Art Foundation <https://t.e2ma.net/click/kz6htf/07bopb/kjqqor>, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, who argues that modern art is a key component of protest movements across the contemporary Middle East. Join host Naghmeh Sohrabi as she and Al Qassemi discuss misconceptions surrounding the link between politics and art, the significance of modern art in the Middle East, and the history and role of women artists in the region.
Find us on Apple podcasts <https://t.e2ma.net/click/kz6htf/07bopb/0brqor>, Spotify <https://t.e2ma.net/click/kz6htf/07bopb/g4rqor>, Google podcasts <https://t.e2ma.net/click/kz6htf/07bopb/wwsqor>, Stitcher <https://t.e2ma.net/click/kz6htf/07bopb/cptqor>, and wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe, review, rate, and share this episode!
Listen to Episode 1 <https://t.e2ma.net/click/kz6htf/07bopb/shuqor>
2. Webinar – British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)
‘Agreeable News from Persia: What 18th and early 19th century American newspaper readers knew about contemporary events in Iran’
With Daniel T. Potts
22 February 2023, 5PM GMT
Full information and registration at:
https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/agreeable-news-potts/
3. Durham University
Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Ann Lambton Lecture Series
Upcoming Lecture
Modern Iran: A global history “from below”
Stephanie Cronin
Elahe Omidyar Mir-Djalali Research Fellow at St Antony’s College
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 3:00pm – 5.00pm
Room 406, Calman Learning Centre
Further details of the lecture can be found at the following link Ann Lambton 2023 Lecture
4. The Gibb Memorial Trust offers two annual scholarships to students undertaking doctoral research in the field of the Trust’s activities.
The Gibb Memorial Trust’s Centenary Scholarship of up to £2,000 is available to postgraduate students at an advanced stage of their doctoral research in any area of Middle Eastern Studies (7th century to 1918) at a British university.
Centenary Scholarship application form & past recipients
The A. H. Morton Memorial Scholarship for Doctoral Research in Classical Persian Studies is for a maximum of £3,000 and can be applied to any year of a course of doctoral study at a British university, including for an approved period of study abroad.
H. Morton Scholarship application form & past recipients
Applicants may apply for only one of the scholarships in any one year. Previous winners may not re-apply for the same scholarship.
Full information at:
https://www.gibbtrust.org/scholarships/
5. UCSB Iranian Studies Initiative’s online lecture series “Persian and Iranian Literature as World Literature.”
Please join this online event on Saturday, February 18th, at 11 am (PST).
At this event, Dr. Amir Ahmadi Arian will be delivering a lecture on the Iranian realism of Ahmad Mahmoud.
Admission is free for everyone; however, it requires registration. Please register here to receive the Zoom link to the event.
6. The Center of Islam and Global Challenges (IGC) at Faculty of Islamic Studies (FIS) is pleased to invite applications for the Center 2023 fellowship.
The accepted fellows are expected to reside in UIII campus for 3-5 months, work on papers related to the Center area of interest, and engage effectively with the academic life at Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia including, giving public lectures, attending seminars, and participating in the academic events.
The position is most suitable for people who have just finished their PhDs and seek to use the fellowship to publish a paper based on their dissertations, or scholars who hope to do fieldwork in Indonesia during the time of the fellowship. Also, we are happy to consider applications for the position of associate fellows by MA holders. The center provides housing, return ticket, and a monthly allowance to cover the cost of living in Indonesia. PhD holder will receive 15,000,000 Indonesian rupiah per month while MA holders get 10,000,000 monthly.
Applications can be sent to Dr. Haula Noor at haula.noor@uiii.ac.id. The reviewing of applications will begin immediately and continue until 28, February 2023.
The application should include:
- A cover letter (explaining why you would like to stay at the Center and how you would contribute to the intellectual life at FIS). The name of your cover letter should be containing your name and qualification (example: your name_MA/PhD)
- A CV (max. 4 pages)
- A research proposal (1000-1500 words, including the abstract)
- Two referees.
If you need further information, please, do not hesitate to contact us at haula.noor@uiii.ac.id
7. Encyclopaedia Iranica Fascicle 3 of Volume 17 Published
We are delighted to announce that the third fascicle of Volume XVII of /Encyclopaedia Iranica/, the Yarshater Center’s flagship publication, is now published. The printed Fascicle 3 of Volume XVII contains entries from “King of the Benighted” to “Kokand Khanate.” It also includes a series on “Kingship,” the concept and institution in the Iranian world. For the full table of contents, please see https://cfis.columbia.edu/news/encyclopaedia-iranica-fascicle-3-volume-xvii-published <https://cfis.columbia.edu/news/encyclopaedia-iranica-fascicle-3-volume-xvii-published>
Copies are available from Brill Publishers at https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/62997 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__brill.com_edcollbook_title_62997&d=DwMFaQ&c=009klHSCxuh5AI1vNQzSO0KGjl4nbi2Q0M1QLJX9BeE&r=UC3zf50f-FbpUjOIniaLkzqWZBPSayaDTDNHicDn15coOLNGk_N0WJ4udaGqM4wt&m=Mc4YSJMtMRnx–O6zrwjZtI4jzYQ3QVMXX49GvGzKvzJQHkEToyKqcln6Nsfq_Vv&s=TPAkpevKRPv8WG7wYUoFTVLrdOFTWDWn0WvrdA3QFhE&e=>
New articles outside of the printed alphabetical range are also continually being added to the*/ /*/Encyclopaedia Iranica Online/ website at www.brill.com/eiro <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brill.com_eiro&d=DwMFaQ&c=009klHSCxuh5AI1vNQzSO0KGjl4nbi2Q0M1QLJX9BeE&r=UC3zf50f-FbpUjOIniaLkzqWZBPSayaDTDNHicDn15coOLNGk_N0WJ4udaGqM4wt&m=Mc4YSJMtMRnx–O6zrwjZtI4jzYQ3QVMXX49GvGzKvzJQHkEToyKqcln6Nsfq_Vv&s=cp0DNB66wKlNhnLuk72Km5hi23M_s0r10XQYXiWSQUM&e=>. This open-access website is free to use with no log-in required. It is the official website and the exclusive source for new articles and the most up-to-date content from the /Encyclopaedia Iranica./ We encourage you to visit the site often for the latest entries.
Sincerely,
The staff and editors of the Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies
Columbia University
8. Nasser Rabbat, “A Shared Heritage? Classicism in Islamic Architecture” – March 10
Dr. Nasser Rabbat will be giving a lecture titled “A Shared Heritage? Classicism in Islamic Architecture” at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles on March 10th from 12:15 – 1:15 PM. Please find information about this event and the link for registration below.
https://cal.lmu.edu/event/kaleidola_guest_speaker_series_dr_nasser_rabbat
9. Refuge at Risk: Concepts, Infrastructures, Futures
Feb 16–Feb 17, 2023
University of California Humanities Research Institute, UC Irvine
In person and on-line.
For further information:
https://uchri.org/events/refuge-at-risk-concepts-infrastructures-futures/
- February 11, 2023
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Webinar “Gendered Perspectives on Culture? Creativity, Art, and Culture in the Arab Countries of the Gulf” by Alia Al-Senussi, Brown University, Providence, RI, 10 February 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Recent spasms of activism and massive governmental reform has brought great change to the GCC countries in the creative sectors in terms of trying to breach the gap of representation, recognition, and value, as well as in terms of openness, conversations, and communications. How have these changes impacted the cultural ecosystem and specifically the art world?
Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2023/webinar-alia-al-senussi-gendered-perspectives-culture
2. ONLINE Seminar Series “Medieval Archaeology in Egypt”, Centre for Islamic Archaeology, IAIS, University of Exeter, 15 February and 1 March 2023, 16:00 – 17:00 GMT
15 Feb.: “Sherds and the City: Pottery Production, Society and the Changing Urban Fabric of Fustat” by Alison L. Gascoigne (Prof. of Archaeology, University of Southampton);
1 Mar.: “The Excavation of Sheikh Al-Arab Hammam in Upper Egypt” by Ahmed Al-Shoky (Prof. of Islamic Archaeology, Ain Shams University).
Information and registration: https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcuugrTMiG9GV_fp2YxZfQWvNsMjKbHQj
3. ONLINE Lecture “The Politics of the Poor in Egypt – Analytical Reflections and Empirical Findings” by Cilja Harders (ZMO), Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 27 February 2023, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CET
This event is part of the lecture series “The Historicity of Democracy Seminar” which is organized within the framework of the HISDEMAB international and collaborative research programme of the Leibniz-Association (ZMO-ZZF-IEG) in collaboration with IFPO and Manouba University.
Information and registration:
Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/the-politics-of-the-poor-in-egypt
4. Panel on “The Limits of Toleration: Ethno-Religious Integration in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean” during the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, San Francisco, 4-7 January 2024
Papers are sought that explore the limits of “tolerance” within and along ethno-religiously diverse societies with an aim to considering what the limits of this so-called toleration were. Under what circumstances were integration, cultural exchange, or social or economic alliances with out-groups seen as non-threatening and beneficial, and under what circumstances were they seen as threatening or undesirable? “Pre-Modern” runs from 500 to 1650 CE.
Deadline for abstracts: 12 February 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-the-limits-of-toleration-ethno-religious-integration-in-the-pre-modern-mediterranean-4-7-january-san-francisco-aha?e=82aeb6c61d
5. Arcapita Visiting Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Middle East Institute, Columbia University
This is for a one-semester position for the fall 2023 or spring 2024 semester. The position may be filled at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor, Visiting Associate Professor, or Visiting Professor. We are interested in candidates whose field of research and teaching is in history, culture, or social sciences of the modern Arab world. Experience teaching at a university in the Middle East highly preferred.
Deadline for applications: 30 April 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/120234
6. Sabbatical Fellowship 2023-24 at the Institute for Middle East Studies, George Washington University, Washington, DC
We encourage applications from scholars working on topics such as environment and sustainability; urban studies; migration/displacement; critical security studies; agriculture and food security; race and spatial justice and other topics aligned with the broad field of critical geography.
Deadline for applications: 15 February 2023. Information: https://imes.elliott.gwu.edu/news/knowing-the-world-sabbatical-fellowship-call-for-applications/
7. ONLINE “Working Group on Race & Gender in the Global Middle Ages”, Emory University and the Medieval Academy of America, 17 February 2023 and once per Month, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
The aim is to bring together scholars from various disciplines (history, art history, and literary studies) who work on Europe and the Mediterranean, the Islamic world, Africa, and Asia to discuss works-in- progress that deal with race and gender from 500 CE to 1600 CE. The working group is open to all medievalists, including graduate students.
Information and registration: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/participate-working-group-on-race-gender-in-the-global-middle-ages-medieval-academy-of-america?e=82aeb6c61d
8. Cours “Introduction à la Codicologie Arabe”, EPHE, PSL, Paris, 6-10 March 2023
Le cours comporte des séances pratiques pour travailler directement avec des manuscrits originaux.
Inscrire avant 15 février 2023. Information : https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-introduction-a-la-codicologie-arabe-paris-6-10-march?e=82aeb6c61d
9. Ottoman Summer School, Istanbul Bilgy University, 3 July – 10 August 2023
The intensive program is designed to improve students’ reading and comprehension skills in Ottoman sources. The Ottoman language courses are complemented by Arabic, Persian and Modern Turkish classes, which are to be taken in line with students’ needs. In addition to in-class activities, a number of excursions aim to introduce the students to the collections of the Ottoman State Archives and the major manuscript libraries in Istanbul.
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2023. Information: https://ottoman.bilgi.edu.tr/
10. 2nd Beirut Summer Institute for Critical Development Studies: “The Sectarian Question”, American University of Beirut, 17-22 July 2023
The workshop is for early career scholars working on issues related to the “Sectarian Question.” Eligible candidates must be in the last year of their PhD or within the first 5 years post PhD. Submissions are open to early career scholars from sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, geography, development studies, etc., whose work is focused on the study of the sectarian question.
Deadline for abstracts: 25 March 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/02/03/cfp-the-sectarian-question-beirut-july-17-22-2023
11. Contributions with Focus on the Middle East for the Journal “Protest” (Brill)
“Protest” invites submissions that engage with the most recent theoretical, methodological, and empirical advances in the study of protest. It serves as a forum for capturing the expanding global phenomenon of protest. To this end, “Protest” invites contributors to interpret the evolving nature of power and power dynamics and relations across various terrains of protest.
Information: https://brill.com/view/journals/prot/prot-overview.xml?language=en
12. MESA CFP – Blurring Disciplinary Boundaries: Law and Literature in Middle East, 1200–1600
It has long been a scholarly truism that premodern scholars were adept intellectuals, polymaths trained in and conversant with many scholarly disciplines. This idea exists, in part, because of the range of books that scholars wrote and they variety of topics that they addressed. At the same time, this phenomenon has also been seen through the so-called “adabization” or “literarization” of intellectual production, in which writing generally takes on a kind of conspicuous literary character with particular attention to style. This panel seeks to interrogate these ideas in more detail by looking at the resonances, intersections, and echoes that the literary had on legal writing and that which the legal had on literary writing. How did adabization happen; can we detect a reverse phenomenon? We welcome papers that: compare one author writing in different disciplines; track one idea or concept as it travels across time, space, and scholarly disciplines; a synchronic analysis of one idea or concept in one region, or other studies that take seriously the processes and impacts of this intellectual process.
Please send an abstract (max 400 words) and a 50-word bio to sabaelia@grinnell.edu by February 12, 2023.
13. Invitation to attend the 2023 Consortium of Middle East National Resource Centers Virtual Language Pedagogy Workshop
You are cordially invited to attend the 2023 Consortium of Middle East National Resource Centers Virtual Language Pedagogy Workshop, titled “Resilient Middle East Language Programs; Globally Competitive Graduates”.
This year’s workshop is organized by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and is co-sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona, and the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan.
The 2023 ME NRC workshop will take place on Zoom on Thursday, March 2, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM CST, and on Friday, March 3, 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM CST.
Registration is free and the workshop is open to all interested foreign/second language educators in North America and abroad.
Day 1 Full Program and Zoom Registration Link:
Day 1 Keynote Address Details (and Zoom Registration Link):
Day 2 Full Program and Zoom Registration Link:
We look forward to seeing you there!
The 2023 ME NRC Workshop Organizing Committee:
- Riyad Alhomsi (University of Texas at Austin)
- Olla Al-Shalchi (University of Texas at Austin)
- Mira Angrist (Boston University)
- Jeannette Okur (University of Texas at Austin)
- Babak Tabarraee (University of Texas at Austin)
14. CAll FOR PAPERS – The Journal of Gulf Studies
This journal will be the first to create a solid academic platform for research on the Gulf region (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman) and its neighbouring countries, such as Yemen, Iraq and Iran. The journal will address four key areas of research on the region: History of the Gulf, Culture and Society, Politics and Security and Energy and Economics, in addition to the role of mass media in these four strands. Journal of Gulf Studies will set itself apart from mainstream academic approaches towards the Gulf region, which traditionally narrows the research by categorizing it into the outdated notion of oil revenues and the rentier state. This journal will yield a different approach by presenting contemporary interdisciplinary topics such as but not limited to the interaction between the Gulf States and society, the question of national identity, political reforms, globalization and foreign policy.
The first issue comesout by _April 202__4_, as the journal will be producing two volumes per year, in April and the second in November.
To submit your paper please visit this link: https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-gulf-studies <https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-gulf-studies>
Best Regards
Prof Mahjoob Zweiri
Professor in Gulf Studies & Iran
Director, Gulf Studies Center
College of Arts and Sciences
Qatar University
15. Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature
Please submit the following materials in a single PDF file by March 1, 2023:
- A one-page cover letter that describes the work to be translated, and speaks to its larger import
- An up-to-date CV (no more than 3 pages)
- A bilingual sample of the proposed translation (no more than 20 pages, double spaced, in both languages)
- Proof of copyrights (if applicable)
All further info at:
16. To attend in Cairo: Two Lectures by Christiane Gruber
The Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations at the American University in Cairo is looking forward to welcoming our Bayard Dodge Distinguished Visiting Professor for this year, Professor Christiane Gruber, in late February.
As part of this program, Professor Gruber will be delivering two public lectures. Professor Gruber is one of the leading scholars in Islamic Art today. Her scholarship and publications are among the most cutting edge in the field. For our graduate students, this will be an important opportunity to be exposed to and benefit from new topics and research methodologies, even if they are not part of your specializations. It is also an opportunity to get advice on other matters closer to your research topics and future plans. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the following events:
Public Lecture 1 (Open to the General Public and AUC Campus Community):
Title: “In Defense and Devotion: Affective Practices in Early Modern Islamic Manuscript Paintings ” (in English)
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Time: 1:00 p.m. Cairo Local Time
Place: Waleed P071, HUSS Building, AUC New Cairo campus
Abstract: While a number of studies have tackled the question of iconoclasm in Islam, extant paintings reveal that the practice of viewing and responding to images in Muslim lands are much more varied than previously thought. Pre-modern pictorial evidence instead suggests that there existed a range of motivations behind viewers’ engagement with and manipulation of pictorial images. Such interactions highlight the complex confluences between emotive and visual expressions during both the inception and afterlife of a painted image. From inserted iconographic motifs to the performance of symbolic destruction in premodern Islamic manuscript paintings, it becomes clear that affective engagements that eventually resulted in pigment damage could act as pictorially articulated responses in both defense of and devotion to figural representations. As a result, altered images invite us to radically rethink received scholarly paradigms so that evidence that is most frequently interpreted as a form of Islamic iconoclasm may, at least in some cases, provide clues to Islamic iconophilic practices instead.
Public Lecture 2 (Open to the General Public and AUC Campus Community):
Title: “Hima in the House: Avian Architecture across the Islamic World” (in English)
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2023
Time: 6:00 p.m. Cairo Local Time
Place: Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square Campus
Simultaneous Translation to Arabic will be provided.
Abstract: Through its recent ecological turn, the scholarly study of “Islamic” architecture has expanded to take into greater account both the animal and vegetal worlds. As nature’s most accomplished architects, birds have long contributed to the biomorphic landscape and built environment of the greater Middle East. Stretching from Morocco to India, houses made for birds, and made by birds, attest to the thriving of avian architecture across the centuries. Bird houses, whether impromptu or purpose-built, provide a type of sanctuary and refuge—or hima as conceptualized within Islamic philosophical and ecological traditions—dedicated to protecting avifauna and their related regions, the latter used as agricultural lands for human sustenance and/or as biodiversity reserves for non-human survival. Fluttering from nest and nook to tower and palace, this talk examines various types of bird houses, their architectonic language and creative forms, their intersections with vulnerable places and peoples, and their bio-material contributions to an integrated creaturely world.
17. CFP: ‘Positionality in the Study of Islamic Theology’
September 2023
Berlin Institute for Islamic Theoology
The scope of the workshop encompasses reflection upon the positionality of the researcher in their specific field of study, the place of researchers within the wider fields of Islamic theology and Islamic studies, as well as the wider discourse on disciplinary boundaries between Islamic theology and other fields of research and study. It is not only limited to Islamic studies, but includes history, literature, anthropology, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2023. Information:
https://www.islamische-theologie.hu-berlin.de/de/downloads/cfp_-workshop-positionality_hu-berlin.pdf
18. The Iranian Diaspora in Global Perspective Conference
UCLA
Feb 16-17, 2023
https://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/event/15895
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1.Cassettes and Mass Culture in Egypt with Andrew Simon – History Sounds Podcast
In the latest conversation of the Borderlines series History Sounds, Andrew Simon tells Olga Verlato about the history of cassette culture in Egypt, the “death” of public taste, and the advent of cassette piracy, introducing along the way the music of Ahmad Adawiya, Muhammad Abd al-Wahhab, Shaykh Imam and many others.
You can listen to the conversation here and find links to Spotify, Substack, and Apple.
Interview and sound design by Olga Verlato.
2. Scholarly Correspondences Among Orientalists during the Early and Late Modern Period as a Historical Source: A Series of Lectures.
You are cordially invited to join us for the third lecture of the series:
February 10, 9:00 am EST – Ernst Herb, Leo Strauss’s Letters to the Arabist Paul Kraus, between the Search of the Hidden Truth and Exile in Mizraim.
The German born American scholar Leo Strauss has become a lasting influence on US foreign policy as well as the ideological discourse of the Chinese Communist Party. But at his times he was in quest of classic political philosophy, by which he sought to overcome the moral relativity of modern society. One stepping stone to this ideal was medieval Muslim and Jewish philosophy. Letters written by him in the mid 1930s to Paul Kraus, a professor of semitic languages at Cairo University, give insight not only into their common search for underlying meanings in ancient manuscripts, but also his quest of the political refugee for exile in Egypt. While ultimately he would not migrate to Mizraim, his brother-in-law Kraus would stay on in Cairo, where the letters are kept till today in a private archive. The question of how the correspondence has ended up at the present location, is a journey to the lasting fascination of the West with ancient Egypt as well as a region that was already in the 1930s heading towards an ongoing internal and external strife.
Pre-register: http://bit.ly/3CrnUh6. After registering, you will receive an email containing information about joining the event.
The object of this lecture series is to bring together scholars and librarians engaged with collections of correspondences and/or include related projects that use appropriate digital tools to map and analyze such corpora. All lectures will be held online from 12-1 pm (EST) (except February 10 to be held at 9 am). It is hosted by Sabine Schmidtke (NES@IAS) and María Mercedes Tuya (Digital Scholarship@IAS).
For additional information about the upcoming lectures, please visit: https://albert.ias.edu/20.500.12111/8044
3. Zoom: UCLA Pourdavoud Center
Telling Tales: Constructing Sasanian History in the Landscape
Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Eve MacDonald
Friday, March 3, 2023 at 11:00am Pacific via Zoom
Register at:
https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-eve-macdonald/
4. The Iran Society present:
What have the Persians ever done for us?
with Ali Ansari and Tom Holland
16 February 2023, 7PM. Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS.
Buy your ticket on Eventbrite.
5. The Smithsonian Institution is pleased to announce a new Open Access publication:
Simon Rettig and Sana Mirza, eds., The Word Illuminated: Form and Function of Qur’anic Manuscripts from the Seventh to Seventeenth Centuries, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2023.
The volume results from the symposium which was held in conjunction with the exhibition The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (part of the National Museum of Asian Art).
It is available for free download at: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.21948098
6. University of Manchester: Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series
Empowering Muslim Women in History, Literature, and the Arts
Wednesday 08 February 2023, 17:00 GMT in Samuel Alexander A102
and on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/92724461401
‘One of us will be next’: affect, territory and the (un)making of feminist subjects during the #Mahsa_Amini protests in Iran.
Dr Sara Tafakori
University of Leeds, UK
7. The Planetary King: Humayun Padshah: Inventor and Visionary on the Mughal Throne (Ahmedabad: Mapin in association with The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, 2022). ISBN: 978– 93 –85360 –88 – 6
Ebba Koch
https://www.mapinpub.com/products/the-planetary-king?variant=43461357207766
8. HIAA Events at CAA
See below for details of upcoming HIAA events during CAA 2023.
The full schedule of the conference can be accessed here.
We request that members RSVP for the Majlis by emailing sec.hiaa@gmail.com. Please note that all attendees must be in compliance with NYU’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements (fully vaccinated and boosted, once eligible and by NYU’s deadline) and be prepared to present proof of compliance. Please review the University’s COVID guidelines in advance of your visit.
Please note that registration is required to attend CAA, including the business meeting for which there is a no-cost registration option. To choose a registration option, go here.
The HIAA Majlis will be held in-person on Thursday, February 16, 7 – 9:30 pm (EST) at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU (1 East 78 Street, New York, NY). The panel will be followed by a reception.
The Majlis will feature the following papers:
** Janet Purdy (Art Institute of Chicago), “Sacred Homes: Recontextualizing Inscriptions on Domestic Doorways in Zanzibar.”
** Sarah Sabban (American University of Beirut), “A History of Arts and Crafts in Late Ottoman Beirut.”
** Saarthak Singh (Institute of Fine Arts, NYU), “The provincial mosque in Indo-Islamic architecture: Moti Masjid at Udaypur in the Malwa Sultanate.”
** Courtney Stewart (Bard Graduate Center), “Arabic and Indian Contributions to the Brilliant Cut Diamond.”
** Selin Ünlüönen (Oberlin College), “The Intelligence of the Page.”
The HIAA-Sponsored panel at CAA will be held in-person on Friday, February 17, 9 – 10:30 am (EST), Madison Suite (2nd floor), Hilton Midtown, New York.
Challenges and Opportunities for the Study of Islamic Art and Architecture – Round
Table Discussion
Chair, Kishwar Rizvi (Yale University)
** Gule Kale (Carleton University), “Islamic art and architecture in conversation with Indigenous, race, and gender studies.”
** Aparna Kuma (University College London), “Challenges and opportunities for the study of Islamic Art.”
** Jennifer Pruitt (University of Wisconsin), “Its fine, I’m fine. Everything is fine: Islamic fieldwork in the 2020s.”
The HIAA Business Meeting will be held in-person on Friday, February 17, 1 – 2 pm (EST), Madison Suite (2nd floor), Hilton Midtown, New York.
We invite HIAA members to join the discussion!
9. ISMC-AKU
Muslim Cultures and Societies: 2023 Online Short Course Series
https://www.aku.edu/ismc/study/Pages/short-courses.aspx
10. Inventing the Middle East: Britain and the Persian Gulf in the Age of Global Imperialism
Guillemette Crouzet,
Montreal/London: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2022
https://www.mqup.ca/inventing-the-middle-east-products-9780228014065.php?page_id=120834&
11. GRM 2023 CALL FOR PAPERS GRM 2023 CALL FOR PAPERS
The Gulf Research Center is pleased to announce that we are accepting abstract applications for the 13th annual Gulf Research Meeting (GRM), an annual academic conference highlighting critical issues of importance to the Gulf region and providing a basis for undertaking and engaging in academic and empirical research. GRM 2023 will take place from July 11-13, 2023.
This year’s GRM workshops will 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 wider Gulf region (GCC countries in addition to Iraq and Yemen).
GRM 2023 Workshops:
– Sustainable Development Financing and the Role of the Financial Sector in the GCC Region
– Circular Economy and Sustainable Development Model: Its Role in the GCC States’ National Visions
– Perspectives on Hard Security Issues in the Gulf
– Industrial Policies in the Gulf and the Middle East
– The Renewed & Expanded Role of the Gulf on the Global Energy Scene
– Recent Labour and Migration Reforms and Policies in the Gulf: Impact on Economies and Societies
– The Leading Role of Gulf Higher Education in Achieving Sustainability and Addressing Climate Change
– Cultural Heritage in the Gulf – Emerging Trends, Identity Politics Challenges and Concerns
– Women in the GCC: Negotiating Leadership, Power, and Change
– Israel and the Gulf Monarchies: A New Regional Security Complex or Just Complex Regional Security?
– The Future of the GCC as an Institution
– The Gulf and the Horn of Africa: Trans-Regional Competition and Cooperation
– Innovation and Development of Knowledge Societies – The transformational Impact of Intellectual Property on Knowledge based Economic growth with a focus on Frontier Technologies, Artificial Intelligence and IP financing
We welcome applications from both established academics/scholars as well as young and emerging researchers.
More information on the GRM and full descriptions of workshops can be found on the Gulf Research Meeting website at https://gulfresearchmeeting.net/. <https://gulfresearchmeeting.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0fb4e4f66740367d2023bea93&id=cc1bbd73c2&e=0cdea062eb> and you can download the poster _*here <https://gulfresearchmeeting.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0fb4e4f66740367d2023bea93&id=028726ed7b&e=0cdea062eb>The deadline for abstract applications is February 24 and all applications should be submitted at https://www.gulfresearchmeeting.net/register-paper-user. <https://gulfresearchmeeting.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0fb4e4f66740367d2023bea93&id=7cbdce9abe&e=0cdea062eb>
12. ‘From Yazd to Bombay—Ardeshir Mehrabān ‘Irani’ and the rise of Persia’s nineteenth-century Zoroastrian merchants’
| Nasser Mohajer, Kaveh Yazdani
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.HYBRID International Workshop “Jews, the Qur’an and Islam: Contacts and Influences”, EuQu, Copenhagen, 1-2 February 2023, 9:00 am CET
The workshop aims to explore how Jews approached the Qur’an and Islam from the Middle Age to the early modern period both in the lands of Islam and in Europe. Through various sources and textual genres ranging from polemics, exegesis to Qur’anic translations, we will discuss how Islam was perceived, how the Qur’an was used and how the Jews in some contexts were influenced by the material, textual and theological aspects of the Islamic tradition.
Programme: https://teol.ku.dk/arrangementer/arrangementer-2023/international-workshop-jews-the-quran-and-islam-contacts-and-influences/programme/;
Registration: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Iqf-mpqzMoH9dWwLM8o4Igqhe0447XpYHh
2. HYBRID Webinar “A Hidden Empire: Ibadi Control of the Trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean Slave Trades, c. 760-1055 CE” with Kristina Richardson, New York University, 8 February 2023, 6:30 pm EST
When Muhallabi governors simultaneously ruled the province of Sind, they deployed the same strategies of settlement, conversion, and economic expansion along the Swahili Coast, where they developed a lucrative trade in East African slaves. The early Islamicate history of Black African enslavement is largely an Ibadi story. These slave trades probably exceeded that of later European merchants in the early modern Atlantic.
Information and registration: https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3Wr-WWodS6ePWn40CCgbyg?fbcli d=IwAR0zMM90tdjF78hg_pS7_JD40IS8zyeNjaEjnmolbGANQ-5DGfvIdKQ2MVs
3. Colloque “Penser les sciences humaines et sociales dans les mondes arabes : productions, circulations et réceptions contemporaines des savoirs”, Collège de France, Paris, 8-9 février 2023
Depuis la fin du XVIIIe siècle, si on prend en compte le voyage en Égypte et en Syrie de Volney, les sciences humaines et sociales (SHS) en Occident s’intéressent au monde arabe. On trouve différentes approches que l’on peut définir soit comme une vérification sur le terrain d’hypothèses théoriques, soit au contraire la formulation d’hypothèses théoriques à partir de l’enquête de terrain.
Information et programme : https://www.college-de-france.fr/agenda/colloque/penser-les-sciences-humaines-et-sociales-dans-les-mondes-arabes-productions-circulations-et
4. HYBRID Discussion “Indigenising Islam as a Minority: A South African Community with Southeast Asian Origins, and the Case of Shaykh Seraj Hendricks”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 14 February 2023, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm SGT
Capetonian Muslims are indelibly impacted by South-east Asia, one of the main origins of Muslim South Africa, while deeply impacted by Western traditions. Shaykh Seraj Hendricks was a contemporary South African Sufi shaykh and Islamic scholar who drew from his own Western education and training from sages and savants in Mecca, many of whom also taught numerous South-East Asian Muslim religious authorities.
Information and registration: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/event/indigenising-islam-as-a-minority-a-south-african-community-with-southeast-asian-origins-and-the-case-of-shaykh-seraj-hendricks/
5. HYBRID 44th Annual Conference of the Middle East Librarians Commitee, MelCom Interna-tional, Koç University, Antalya, 25-27 April 2023
Topics will deal with library material from and on the Middle East: Librarianship, collection development and acquisition policies; Cataloguing policies and practices; Digital humanities & Middle Eastern collections; History of libraries, ownership and readership; Manuscripts, rare books and documents; Current issues of information science in Middle East area studies; The book market in the region; etc.
Deadline for registration: 5 February 2023.
Information: https://melcominternational.eu/index.php/forthcoming-conference/
6. 18th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society: “Islamic Art in Exchange”, Museum Five Continents, Munich, 6-8 July 2023
The Colloquium wishes to continue discussions around transregional and global aspects of exchange in the material culture of the Islamic world as well as reception of Islamic art in other cultures. Through case studies it aims to gain a better understanding of the state of the art and concepts of the Global in the field of Islamic Art History and Archaeology, pertinent research questions, and their place within the broader discussions following the decolonial turn.
Deadline for abstracts: 12 March 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12241500/cfp-islamic-art-exchange-18th-colloquium-ernst-herzfeld
7. Scholarships for Advanced Arabic Training at the American University in Cairo
Applications are open for serious, advanced Arabic language learners from the USA and ALL parts of the world. The program is open both to those who can pay tuition and to those who qualify for scholarships on the basis both of merit and of availability.
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/01/24/auc-scholarships-available-for-advanced-arabic-training
8. Palestine & Arabic Studies Program: “Arabic and Social/Political Courses”, Birzeit University
This program offers international students the opportunity to combine the study of the Arabic language with social science courses about Palestine and the Arab World. “Learn Arabic, live the culture”
Deadlines for application for Spring Term on 8 February 2023 and for Summer Term on 26 June 2023. Information: https://ritaj.birzeit.edu/be1/en/admission/international-students/pas
9. Doctoral Research Associate – The interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics: Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation” (sub-project “Arabic-Ottoman translations of works of Qurʾanic exegesis (Tafsīr) as an expression of the inner-Islamic transfer of knowledge in the Eastern Mediterranean between 1400–1750”) at the University of Münster (WWU), Germany, is offering a position as a
Doctoral Research Associate
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiterin
(salary level TV-L E 13)
at the earliest possible date.
We are offering a fixed-term part-time position (65%) for 3 years.
Good reading skills in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish are essential. The position is thematically linked to the Emmy Noether Junior Research Group TRANSLAPT (https://go.wwu.de/translapt).
Application deadline: 9 February 2023.
Information: https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/arabistikislam/translapt/cfa_en.pdf
10. Stateless: The Politics of Armenian Language in Exile
Talar Chahinian
Syracuse, 2023.
11. Call for Submissions:
Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS) 2023 Biennial Book Award
Deadline: May 15, 2023
Details at:
https://agaps.org/agaps-awards/
- January 31, 2023
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