Categories : Academic items

1.Gender, Authority, and Epistemology in Islamic Medical Ethics

Talk by Zahra Ayubi
Jan 31, 2023, 5:00 PM EST
Gender Performance in Islamicate Contexts Speakers Series
Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University
Registration: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpdeuvpjsvE9BbbjPs87rUYYYUG0l0g_sP

 

 

 

 

2. New York University Abu Dhabi, Film, New Media, and Digital and Interactive Media Studies

Professor of Film and New Media Program, Tenured/ Tenure Track (Open Rank)

Closing date: 29.4.23

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64951

 

 

 

3. Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Call for application for 16 post-doc fellowships

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64921

 

 

 

 

4. The Journal of Semitic Studies is seeking a new Assistant Editor to start work in March 2023.

The journal is published by Oxford University Press, on behalf of the University of Manchester. The Assistant Editor is paid by Oxford University Press on an hourly basis. The work required amounts to roughly a half-time (0.5 FTE) position and is paid at a rate equivalent to a Grade 7 Research Associate according to the UK university system. This amounts to £22,000–£23,000 per annum.

The main focus of the journal is research on Semitic languages of all periods. There is a large Editorial Board with whom the Assistant Editor works.

Tasks carried out by the Assistant Editor and qualifications needed:

Should have the ability to work collaboratively with editors and authors.

Uses the journal’s electronic submission system – ScholarOne – for most administrative tasks on a day-to-day basis, liaising with editors and coordinating the review process. Assistant editor is responsible for all correspondence between the journal and authors.

Needs copy editing and typesetting skills for the preparation of final copy for production. An advanced knowledge of Word is helpful.

Has some knowledge of Semitic languages and working with right to left scripts electronically.

Is responsible for scheduling and sending manuscripts to production, distributing proofs and collating corrections on pdf files, all to a tight timetable.

Assembles the two volumes of the journal each year and the Index in the Autumn.

Is responsible for flagging books for review, inviting reviewers and organising the despatch of books from publishers.

Is the public face of the journal and handles all email queries to the journal office.

If you are interested in the position, please contact Geoffrey Khan (gk101@cam.ac.uk).

Geoffrey Khan

Regius Professor of Hebrew

University of Cambridge

Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge CB3 9DA, UK

 

 

 

5. Hybrid event – Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Research Seminar, University of Edinburgh

This semester’s Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Research Seminar at the University of Edinburgh.

The seminar takes place on Tuesdays, 16:10 GMT at the School of Divinity (New College, Mound Pl, Edinburgh EH1 2LX). The talks are online and in person. Those wishing to attend online should contact srassi@ed.ac.uk or use the QR code in the programme poster.

The schedule is as follows:

31 Jan — Althaus-Reid Room

Dr Nora K. Schmid (University of Hamburg) 

‘Asceticism in Sermons of Kharijites and Islamic Renunciants’

14 Feb — Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Room

Prof Andrew Peacock (University of St Andrews) 

‘Translating the Bible in Mongol Tabriz: Persian Manuscripts, Syriac Translators and European Patronage’

21 March — Althaus-Reid Room

Dr Neelam Hussain (Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts)

‘Manuscripts, Readers & Reading Communities: Tracing the Career of the Sirr al-Asrār through Time and Space’

4 April — Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Room

Dr Hilary Kilpatrick (independent scholar)

‘What is al-Shābushtī’s (d. c. 999) Kitāb al-Diyārāt (The Book of Monasteries) Really 6. About?’

 

 

 

6. Hybrid event – The Jackson Lecture in Byzantine Art

Dr. Andrea Myers Achi
“Byzantium and Africa (4th—15th centuries CE)”
Friday, February 3, 2023, 3:30 PM EST

Dr. Andrea Achi will speak on the art and visual culture of Africa and Byzantium, the topic of her upcoming 2023 exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The talk is free and open to the public.

This event is hybrid: it will take place in person at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University (Arch Room 104), and simultaneously be streamed via Zoom.  An in-person reception will follow the lecture. Zoom registration is required for virtual attendees: Register here

Andrea Achi is Assistant Curator in the Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Jackson Lecture in Byzantine Art is generously sponsored by Lynn Jackson. Additional support comes from the University General Activities Fund (GAF), Temple University

 

 

 

 

7. VIRTUAL EVENT
A Moment in Time:
Egyptian Antiquities and the Early 20th Century
Tuesday, January 31 12–1:15 p.m. ET Online
Register in advance (required)
Between 1906 and 1909, Charles Lang Freer visited Egypt three times. Freer perceived and experienced Egypt differently than other contemporaneous collectors did, as he had decided to collect objects from diverse mediums to study and compare with his East Asian collection. Though Freer’s interest in Egypt was rather brief, it coincided with a period when the field of Egyptology was taking shape and new discoveries were being made. Wealthy foreign tourists and collectors included Egypt in their world tours and assembled antiquities during their travels. Cairo, with its lavish hotels and traveling agencies that facilitated trips along the Nile, became a favorite destination for affluent travelers.
This webinar brings together experts to contextualize Freer’s time and interest in Egypt by exploring some of the events that shaped the field of Egyptology, the role of dealers and collectors who helped build ancient Egyptian collections, and the establishments in which foreigners sojourned.

 

 

8. Call for papers for MIISSC (McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Student Council) Graduate Student Symposium to be held April 27-8, 2023

Full information at:

https://www.miisscsymposium.com/current-meeting-2023

 

1.Upcoming Majlises in the Monday Majlis series from tomorrow the 23rd of January to the 29th of May (Centre for the Study of Islam, Exeter)

The complete list of Monday Majlis series (Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter).  You can watch the recorded events of the series here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-

The recordings, however, are not meant to replace but to complement being present at the live events. Given the sensitivity of the topics, not all Majlises will be recorded, some of the recordings are edited, and we don’t record the Q&A to allow the discussion to be free. So please register and try to come to the live event :  )

In the spirit of the label ‘Majlis’ and also to make the talks even more interesting, we are experimenting with a new format presenting the topic discussed by our speaker as embedded in their own research journey. Please come and enjoy the talks and the discussions. If you’d like to be included in the CSI (Centre for the Study of Islam (Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter) mailing list, please contact the CSI Manager: Sarah Wood (s.a.wood2@exeter.ac.uk).

Below is the list of the upcoming Majlises.

Spring term:

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 16 January. Hugh Kennedy, Revisiting an old friend: a new translation of al-Balādhurī’s Futūḥ al-buldān

Past event, recording at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 23 January. Neda Darabian, Accusations of Magic against the Religious ‘Others’ in the Late Antique Persianate World

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdOCqqj0qGdL5OIBXrvM3TRIAw-4-P_nA

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 30 January. Massimo Ramaioli, Salafism: The Vanguard of the Islamic World?

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpf-CprjIpH9xMN-urOeEGhkni-n7SL2aq

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 6 February. Livnat Holtzman, How Sunni was the Qadiri Creed? An Alternative Reading in the Sources

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tf-uorj8iGdF6bzewG1quOEMRDromNwPO

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 13 February. Beatrice Gruendler, Miscarriage of Justice and Dissenting Re(d)actions in Kalīla wa-Dimna

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpfumgpz4uH9AISXD1LNhhORsOB6xXsvOl

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 20 February. Johannes Stephan, Kalīla and Dimna and the Anthological Epistemology of adab

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvcu6tpjIrGNaR3pbVlEAFi4dyJL3Kp0Uo

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 27 February. Theodore Samuel Beers, Prosimetrum in Naṣr Allāh Munshī’s Kalīla and Dimna

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtdeCsqzkvGtB7DmNKhMzVIfdzfgH5xD-5

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 6 March. Dwight Reynolds, Behind Enemy Lines: Muslim and Jewish Musicians in post-Reconquista Christian Lands

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwuduyvpj0uH9ZKuOHbtAunOmik5qDxg4qX

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 13 March. Elizabeth Urban, The Challenges of Studying Slavery in Early Islamic History

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sdu2orzIsHNH2Ath4aUiUlFj1LEtzWY7-

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 20 March. Dunja Rašić, Music of the Spheres in Akbarian Sufism

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqfuqspjkoEtzAqcRCIMAE45m3Zb0Nytym

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 27 March. Hayrettin Yucesoy, Abbasid Political Thought: Religious and Secular Discipline of Power 

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldeqtqTsiGNNdscoDYkgpa7kECJxwhrbz

 

Summer term:

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 8 May. Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer, Neither Victim, Nor Accomplice: The Qizilbash and the Notion of Subjecthood in Ottoman-Safavid Rivalry

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpcOisqD0uH9Dab7LA1ZW9ctfryCusfoTF

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 15 May. Han Hsien Liew, The Role of Emotions in Islamic Political Thought: A Late Abbasid Mirror for Princes by Ibn al-Jawzi

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsc-qrqDkqGdc8tYZ3dG-cN1yzZgjZx2g6

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 22 May. Steven Judd, The Umayyad Problem in Arabic History/Historiography

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvceyrrz4rGdetqFtI0H_54FGrpAImfSzo

17:00-18:30 (UK time) Monday 29 May. Helen Pfeifer, An Ottoman Majlis

Registration is required. Register please on this link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqdO2hqzkjHN12WMVd_NIT7EqbrJFDbjrv

 

 

2. HYBRIDE Séminaire de recherche « Islams et musulmans de France: nouveaux terrains, approches et paradigmes », MMSH/IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence, 25 janvier 2023, 11h-13h

Simona Tersigni (Université de Paris-Nanterre, SOPHIAPOL): « Islam(s) en/de France au prisme des travaux sur femmes et genre ». Loïc Le Pape (Université Paris 1, Sorbonne): « Étudier l’islam en France par celles et ceux qui y adhèrent. Retour sur la sociologie des conversions religieuses ».

Information et inscription : https://iremam.cnrs.fr/fr/seminaire-de-recherche-islams-et-musulmans-de-france-nouveaux-terrains-approches-et-paradigmes-0

 

 

 

 

3. HYBRID Book Talk “Empire of Salons: Conquest and Community in Early Modern Ottoman Lands” with Helen Pfeifer, Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative, NYU, 10 February 2023, 12:30 am EST

Empire of Salons (Princeton University Press, 2022) explores gentlemanly salons in which the elite men displayed their knowledge and status. These salons both contributed to the empire’s political stability as much as any formal institution and played a central role in Syria and Egypt’s integration into the empire after the conquest of 1516–17.

Information and registration: https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEuc-6hpjMiE92SUNAE9klZ7hxEWMYO

 

 

 

 

4. HYBRID International Conference “Measuring Muslim Publics: Curves, Columns, Spheres and Squares”, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 23-24 February 2023

This conference investigates who is ‘the public’ in public opinion? What effect does it have on politics? These questions have received a great deal of attention by scholars of American and European contexts where their contributions have taken on a universalistic overtone. Are these generalized assumptions valid in other societies – notably in Muslim-majority contexts?

Information and registration: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/conference/

 

 

 

 

5. “Arabic Literature PhD Scholars Colloquium”, Stanford University, California, 7 April 2023

The goal of this 1-day colloquium is to bring together current doctoral students in Arabic literature to share ongoing research, dissertation chapters or ideas, and thoughts about the present state and future of the field. Stanford will cover travel and accommodation costs for colloquium attendees.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2023. Information: Anna Galietti (ag12@stanford.edu)

 

 

 

 

6. HYBRID “First Symposium on Middle Eastern, North African, and Central Asian Dances: New Paradigms, New Directions”, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, 13-16 April 2023

Themes include: Dance historiography; Dance, activism and social movements; Dance and colonialism; Strategies for decolonization and antihegemonic approaches; Postcolonial and transnational feminisms; Resilience and Radical Care; Orientalism, neo-orientalism and auto-orientalism; Cultural appropriation and misrepresentation; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 29 January 2023. Information: https://menaca2023.wixsite.com/website

 

 

 

 

7. “Conference I – Early Modern Ottoman Studies [EMOS]”, Hacettepe University & Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, 12-15 July 2023

The conference invites researchers studying the early modern Ottoman lands, their surroundings and the Mediterranean world (between 1500 and 1800), including all fields of history and related fields of social sciences and humanities. The conference aims to bring to the discussion new approaches, new perspectives and alternative sources in the context of the “Early Modernity” in the Ottoman Empire and the world around it. Selected papers are to be published in an edited volume.

Deadline for abstracts of papers: 1 February 2923. Deadline for abstracts of panels: 15 February 2923.

Information:  https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12207290/extended-deadli%CC%87ne-call-papers-early-modern-ottoman-studies

 

 

 

 

8. ONLINE “Migration Matters Conference: Networks and Institutions of Technology Transfer in the Early Modern World”, Northumbria University, Newcastle, 24-25 July 2023

This conference will explore the networks that facilitated migration and integration in the period 1500-1800. The focus will be on the transfer of technology and knowledge, especially forms of embodied or tacit knowledge. In doing so the conference will explore questions such as: How did networks facilitate the transfer of knowledge and technology? What types of networks were most conducive to migrant knowledge integration and assimilation in the host environment?

Deadline for abstracts: 27 February 2023.

Information: https://www.migration-innovation.org/news/migration-matters-conference-call-for-papers

 

 

 

 

9. “21st International Conference on Turkic Linguistics”, University of Mainz, 2-4 August 2023

We are inviting proposals for papers on all fields of Turkic linguistics, including but not limited to historical and comparative linguistics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, language contact, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, etc. Conference languages are English and Turkish.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2023. Information: https://ictl.uni-mainz.de

 

 

 

 

10. “56th Seminar for Arabian Studies”, Aarhus University, Denmark, 4-6 August 2023

This conference is the only international forum that meets annually for the presentation of the latest academic research in the humanities on the Arabian Peninsula from the earliest times to the present day or, in the case of political and social history, to the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922). The Proceedings of the conference are published the following year in time for the next Seminar.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2023. Information: https://iasarabia.org/the-seminar/

 

 

 

 

11. “3rd Biennial Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies”, University of Tehran, 5-6 November 2023

Panel proposals and abstracts related to all major fields of Iranian studies in four general categories of politics, sociology, culture and economics are welcome. The themes include but are not limited to contemporary history, sociology, political science, religions and theology, art, international relations, new media and communication studies, and Diaspora studies.

Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/01/19/3rd-biennial-conference-on-contemporary-iranian-studies

 

 

 

12. Assistant Professor in Politics of the Middle East, University of Groningen

Applicants should have expertise in Politics of the contemporary Middle East and a particular focus on the Arab world, a promising research agenda, and a teaching portfolio in the modern Middle East. Candidates with a background in Middle Eastern Studies, political science, international relations and related fields are especially encouraged to apply; candidates specializing in environmental politics are especially encouraged.

Deadline for applications: 15 February 2023.

Information: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S0009UFP

 

 

 

 

13. Two PhD Studentships in Islamic Studies (any Sub-field and Thematic Area), 4 years, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Sweden

Deadline for applications: 15 February 2023.

Information: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:584711/type:job/where:4/apply:1

 

 

 

 

14. Four Fellowships (2 Years) for Advanced Studies on “Slavery, Ethnicity and Race in the Mediterranean. Ideas and Attitudes from Homer to Columbus,” 2020 Fondazione 1563, Turin

Candidates holding a doctorate in History or in any discipline in the Humanities are invited to propose projects dealing with any aspect of the cultural implications and consequences of enslavement for ideas and concepts of otherness, seen in terms that may be more easily categorized as racial or as ethnic depending on the discursive context.

Deadline for application: 30 January 2023. Information:

https://www.fondazione1563.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/THP-Call-for-applications-2022.pdf

 

 

 

 

15. Chapters for Edited Volume “Centering the Margins: Reimagining the Field of Arab American Studies”

The volume invites essays that focus on under-represented communities such as Algerian, Djiboutian, Egyptian, Khaliji, Libyan, Iraqi, Mauritanian, Moroccan, Somali, Sudanese, Tunisian, and Yemeni Americans. We also welcome essays that reimagine the field of Arab American Studies in terms of relationalities, both to other communities and other areas of study.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2023. Information:

https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/01/18/cfp-centering-the-margins-reimagining-the-field-arab-american-studies

 

1.Harb al-Basus Seminar Invitation

Online Seminar:

Harb al-Basus wa-l-Zir Salim

We are thrilled to invite you to attend the online Harb al-Basus Seminar scheduled for February 17-19, 2023.

The story of the Basus War is a classic topos in Arabic Literature which has generated many versions of itself in numerous genres across the ages of Arabic Culture to this day.   We hope to explore this literary constellation in our little seminar.

The seminar is composed of nine papers by scholars from all over the world, spanning ten time zones! Each day of the seminar will have just one two and a half hour session scheduled from 1600 until 1830 UTC with three papers, and time for discussion.

Please register for the conference, the registration link is HERE  so we may send you the zoom link in due course.

Please contact us with any questions or concerns.

harbalbasus@gmail.com

burt@usna.edu

j.k.weststeijn@gmail.com

Your conveners,

Clarissa Burt    and    Johan Weststeijn

 

 

 

2. CSIS Event Invite: The Kurdish Roots of Iran’s Freedom Movement

Join the Middle East Program for a conversation with Jason Rezaian, Behrouz Boochani, and Tara Azizi.‌ ‌ ‌
<https://pardot.csis.org/webmail/906722/1376028856/6212eff1be60b9e09cfb89c238bdd0ed031bbfe2e7fe2461954241d858519263>.
*The Kurdish Roots of Iran’s Freedom Movement*
Thursday, January 26, 2023
3:00-4:00PM ET
Hybrid – Livestream / In-Person
1616 Rhode Island Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Register Here <https://pardot.csis.org/e/906722/h-roots-irans-freedom-movement/3k78wv/1376028856?h=b2qBFtxM_MqBN5lSAcTmRNYkhag22SBHLRePHBaSEfs>

 

 

3. Translating Rumi into the West

A Linguistic Conundrum and Beyond

A Sedaghat

Routledge, 2023

https://www.routledge.com/Translating-Rumi-into-the-West-A-Linguistic-Conundrum-and-Beyond/Sedaghat/p/book/9780367744526

 

 

 

4. UCLA’s Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series with Anahita Mittertrainer

Symbols of Royal Authority? Early Sasanian Cityscapes in Southwestern Iran

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:00am Pacific via Zoom

Registration Required

 

 

 

5. New Approaches to the History of Plague in Late Antiquity

3 Feb 2023

The following one-day colloquium will be held both online and in person on 3 February 2023. Here’s the link with details: https://standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2023/01/18/new-approaches-to-the-history-of-plague-in-late-antiquity/

New Approaches to the History of Plague in Late Antiquity

Workshop: Friday 3 February 2023
School 2, St Salvator’s Quad, University of St Andrews

Hosted by the Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies and the Centre for Late Antique Studies

This will be a hybrid event. All are welcome!

• If you are interested in attending in person please contact Jason König (jpk3@st-andrews).
• If you want to attend online, join the CAES mailing list. Email selby-sympa@st-andrews.ac.uk, and put “subscribe caes-network” in the subject line.
  Links for online attendance will be circulated a few days in advance via the mailing list.

Schedule

9.00-9.05: Introduction

9.05-9.50: Peter Sarris (Cambridge): Why Historians of the Justinianic Plague need to know more about the Black Death

9:50-10:35: Gunnar Neumann (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig): Archaeogenetic Insights into Yersinia pestis from the First Plague Pandemic

10:35-11 Coffee

11.00-11:45: Scott Johnson (Oklahoma) and Kyle Harper (Oklahoma): Eyewitness to Mass Mortality: John of Ephesus, the Ecclesiastical History, and the Plague of Justinian

11:45-12:30: Helen Foxhall-Forbes (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice): Science, Society and the Environment: Approaches to Change in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

12:30-1:15 Lunch

1:15-2:00: David Orton (York): What Zooarchaeology can tell us about Rats in Late Antiquity and Beyond: Introducing the RATTUS Project

2:00-2:45: Elena Xoplaki (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen): Climate over the Greater Eastern Mediterranean during the 6th-8th centuries AD simulated with the fully forced COSMO-CLM

2:45-3:30: James Palmer (St Andrews): Pandemic and the Medicalisation of Religious Culture in the West (c. 540-c. 740)

3:30-4:00 Coffee

4.15-5.45: Kyle Harper: The Long First Plague Pandemic: A View from Italy (Annual Lecture for the Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies) (School 2)

 

 

 

 

6. Full-time tenure track open rank position at Department of Arabic Language and Culture, National Chengchi University (ROC/Taiwan)

Job Description

The Department of Arabic Language and Culture at National Chengchi University invites applications for one full-time tenure track open rank position in Arabic/Arab/Middle East/Islamic studies, starting on 1 August 2023. The deadline for the application is 2023 March 25.

We are seeking a junior or senior scholar with an excellent track of research in one (or more) of the following fields:

Arabic linguistics

Arabic literature

Arabic language teaching

Islamic studies

Middle Eastern studies

Candidates with experience in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers at beginner level or specialised subjects such as Arabic syntax, Arabic morphology, Arabic literature, or history of Arabic literature will be preferred.

The ideal candidate will have active research agendas and a remarkable record of publications in her or his field after the appointment. The candidate will contribute to Arabic teaching in accordance with the teaching guideline of the Department, or teach the courses on the Department’s curriculum. He or she will have to teach 6 hours per week in one semester, which usually comprises 18 weeks, and two semesters per year. In addition, the candidate is expected to share the administrative responsibilities, engage in the intellectual activities of the Department, and take part in students’ activities. The candidate must be able to communicate in English and/or Chinese with the faculty members and the administrative staff.

Employer: National Chengchi University

Location: Taipei, Taiwan (ROC)

Starting Date: 1 August, 2023

Deadline for Applications: March 25, 2023 (GMT +8). Review of applications will begin immediately after the deadline.

Qualification: Applicants must have a PhD in Arabic Studies, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern studies, or a related discipline, preferably with a record of an active research agenda and teaching experience.

Application Instructions and Procedures

All applicants complete the application form and submit the required documents (listed below) via the link below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciRVlVXlFC6jx7sWngE7pkFUuVBpvhrABqdduQf0hGlYx32w/viewform

Enquiries concerning the application and related matters may be directed to the Department’s secretary, Ms. Wei (arabic@nccu.edu.tw), or the Head of the Department, Dr. I-Wen Su (isu@nccu.edu.tw).

After the first round of review, which will take about two weeks, the shortlisted candidate will be invited to online or in-person interview and to deliver an open lecture to the faculty members and students. Further details and schedules will be announced in the due course.

Required Documents

All applicants must submit the following documents via email to: arabic@nccu.edu.tw and isu@nccu.edu.tw

1. An updated C.V.
2. A cover letter, a statement of teaching, and a statement of research (each no more than two pages)
3. D. dissertation and the publications of the past five years
4. A scanned copy of Ph.D. degree or any document certifying that the candidate will be awarded Ph.D. degree before the date of the appointment (the copy must be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China, or its representative division)
5. Scanned copies of the transcriptions of M.A. and Ph.D. degrees (the copies must be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China, or its representative division)
6. Two sample syllabi for two courses: one on the subject of the applicant’s choice and the other on one of the following: Arabic syntax, Arabic morphology, Intermediary Arabic or Advanced Arabic
7. Contact information of two referees
8. Any other supporting documents or material, e.g. demo teaching video

Please name your files (in Word or PDF) with the numbers given above, the type of document, and your last name, for example, ‘1-cv-last name’. Application that does not provide the first seven documents/information or does not adhere to the given format will not be considered.

Contact Information

Department of Arabic Language and Culture, National Chengchi University

Address: No.64, Sec.2,Zhinan Rd.,Wenshan District,Taipei City 11605,Taiwan (R.O.C)

Tel:886-2-29393091(63400 or 63401)

Fax:886-2-2938 7074

E-mail: arabic@nccu.edu.tw; isu@nccu.edu.tw

Website: https://arabic.nccu.edu.tw

 

 

 

7. International Journal of Islamic Architecture 12.1 is out now

https://www.intellectbooks.com/international-journal-of-islamic-architecture

 

 

 

8. Recorded Webinar – “How to use your research question as a catalyst for publication success”

In order to develop a reputation as a respected authority in your field, you need a deep understanding of how to formulate a compelling research question that fills a critical knowledge gap. By investing time in developing a smart research question at the outset, you can increase your chances of producing novel and impactful research.

In this pre-recorded webinar, run by ALE in collaboration with Edanz, global publishing expert Dr. Julian Tang gives actionable tips on how to take your research question to the next level.

You will learn:

• The crucial – and often overlooked – key steps required to formulate an innovative research question
• Characteristics of research questions that impress reviewers (and why they are effective!)
• The secret to identifying gaps in the existing literature and maximizing upon those gaps for your own future research question

Access the recording now!

 

 

 

 

9. Online Course – Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa – January 27

Upcoming online specialist art short course: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa begins next Friday 27^th January. This course is run by SOAS University of London’s Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art.

Convened by Dr Natasha Morris (co-convenor of the Islamic Art module of the Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art and associate lecturer in the arts of Iran and Islam at the Courtauld Institute) this course features eight online lectures delivered via Zoom, every Friday at 13.00 (UK time). Each lecture is followed by an extended Q&A and all sessions will be recorded and made available for registrants to view in their own time for a limited period, so if you can’t attend live, you can catch up at your leisure.

Each of the lectures approaches an introductory case study from a different region within the MENA. Beginning by asking “how can we approach this young, underexplored but vital branch of art history?”, the course brings together leading experts from the worlds of academia, curation, and the art market. We are also excited to be spotlighting the voices of contemporary artists themselves. Curator-led discussions of themes such as artist books and calligraphic abstraction will be framed by the collections of modern and contemporary material within both the British Museum and the Tate Modern. You will gain diverse and nuanced understandings of both eminent and up-and-coming artists, key works, and regional art movements.

For more information, please visit our website at this link.

https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/contemporary-art-middle-east-and-north-africa

This course is available at our new lower price point of £375.

For more information, and to book your place, please click here.

If you have any questions, or require any further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us on asianart@soas.ac.uk.

 

1.ONLINE Lecture “Conduits and Politics: The Water Supply of Damascus in the Umayyad Period” by Edmund Hayes (Radboud Universiteit), RomanIslam, Hamburg University, 18 January 2023, 6:00-7:00 pm German Time

Information and registration:

https://attachment.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/8b856123/Invitation—Cities-and-their-Hinterland.pdf

 

 

 

 

2. HYBRIDE Atelier-rencontre avec Pierre Lory autour de l’ouvrage de Michel Dousse “La figure d’Abraham dans la Bible et le Coran”, IISMM, Paris, 19 janvier 2023, 10h-12h

Information et inscription : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/74287

 

 

 

3. HYBRID Interdisciplinary Conference “The Middle East in/and Latin America”, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 21 April 2023

Scholars are invited to submit panel proposals or apply individually with a paper proposal. We encourage related topics from a variety of fields and disciplines, including religious studies, political science, history, economics, sociology, anthropology, social and cultural studies, film studies, literature, architecture, immi-gration studies, and geography.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2023.

Information: http://www.global.ku.edu/Middle-East-Latin-America-Conference

 

 

 

 

4. XXVe Rencontres Dīwān – avec comm. des doctorantes et doctorants, Lyon, 15-17 juin 2023

Date limite: 24 fevrier 2023

Information: https://diwan.hypotheses.org/24960

 

 

 

 

5. CfP: Panels at “6th Conference of the European Academy of Religion”, St Andrews, Scotland, 19-23 June 2023

Panel on “Religious Conversions in Multicultural Societies”

Deadline for abstracts: 29 January 2023. Information and contact: Sebastian Rimestad sebastian.rimestad @uni-leipzig.de. See also https://it.europeanacademyofreligion.org/conference-schedule

Panel on “How to Name Contemporary Islam?”

Deadline for abstracts: 20 February 2023. Information and contact: Bochra Kammarti, bochra.kammarti@gmail.com. See also https://it.europeanacademyofreligion.org/conference-schedule

Panel on “The Dynamics of Modern Pilgrimages from the Inside”

Deadline for abstracts: 25 January 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcemen ts/12159549/panel-dynamics-modern-pilgrimages-inside-euare2023

 

 

 

 

6. Workshop “Bridging the Gap – Texts, Commentaries and the New Audience” (Focus on the Pro-modern and Modern Muslim World), Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 27-30 July 2023

Papers are welcome on a commentary or a commentary tradition consisting of several commentarial writings (sharḥ, ḥāshiya, nukat). They should highlight the role of the commentator as the intermediary between the base text and the changed audience. The conference is open with regard to Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh), ḥadīth, Qurʾān commentaries (tafsīr), Grammar, Medicine, Philosophy, Logic, Kalām, Ṣufism etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/01/12/cfp-bridging-the-gap-texts-commentaries-and-the-new-audience

 

 

 

 

7. 57th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2-5 November 2023

MESA is primarily concerned with the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab world (and their diasporas) from the seventh century to modern times. Other regions, including Spain, Southeastern Europe, China and the former Soviet Union, also are included for the periods in which their territories were parts of the Middle Eastern empires or were under the influence of Middle Eastern civilization.

Deadline for abstracts: 16 February 2023.

Information: https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers

 

 

 

8. 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

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in

(salary level TV-L E 13)

at the earliest possible date. We are offering a fixed-term part-time position (65%) for 3 years. Qurʾanic Exegesis (Tafsīr) as an Expression of the Inner-Islamic Transfer of Knowledge in the Eastern Mediterranean between 1400–1750“. 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

 

 

 

 

9. Two Postdoctoral Scholars in “Arab Media” and “Digital Media in the Global South”, Northwestern University in Qatar

We welcome applications from scholars who would have completed their PhD by summer 2023.

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2023.

Information: https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/research/ias_nuq/call-postdoctoral-scholars.html

 

 

 

 

10. Ehsan Yarshater Post-Doctoral Associate in Iranian and Persian Studies for 2023-2024, Yale University

Applicants in all fields of humanities and social and political sciences who have recently received their PhDs or are in the early stages of their academic career may apply.

Review beginning in January 2023 (and continuing until the selection is final).

Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/118245

 

 

 

 

11. Contributions for the “Bulletin of the Society for Arabian Studies – IASA Bulletin”, Spring 2023

This journal compiles notices on research, publications, fieldwork, museum updates, societies, conferences and events in the Arabian Peninsula as well as feature articles and book reviews.

Deadline for contributions: 12 February 2023.

Information: https://mailchi.mp/c3ef89d4c827/call-for-submissions-for-the-spring-bulletin?e=18cf0337f7

 

 

 

 

12. IJIA Dialogues Series (Webinar): “Forms of Protest: Political Art in the Digital and Urban Realm”

Join the International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) for its Dialogues Series, an annual webinar that brings together scholars and practitioners from across varied disciplines for a discussion of critical contemporary issues that interrogate the boundaries between architecture, art, anthropology, archaeology, and history. In this session, “Forms of Protest: Political Art in the Digital and Urban Realm,” series host, Eliana Abu-Hamdi is joined by Middle East Scholars Jillian Schwedler, Deen Sharp and Kyle Craig for a virtual discussion (via Zoom) on the intersections of art, urban politics and protest in the Middle East (broadly defined) in the form of public display of sculpture and art (graffiti), especially as is related to issues of displacement, dispossession, diaspora and national identities. The conversation also extends to digital media and hashtag culture/activism and virtual identities.

Date and Time: Monday, February 6, 2023, 11:00am-12:30 pm US EST

Register in advance for this session: https://syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X_89nPCdQBCzA_yPlEWDcw

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the session. A recording of the event will be posted on the IJIA website and Facebook page. The discussion will also appear in print as part of the journal’s new “Dialogues” section. For any questions, please contact ijia@intellectbooks.com.

 

 

 

13. The National Museum of Asian Art has announced its 2023 recipients of the Freer Medal, a lifetime achievement award that honors individuals who have substantially contributed to the understanding of the arts of Asia throughout their career.

This year, the institution’s centennial, the honor will go to Vidya Dehejia, the Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University, and Gülru Necipoğlu, the Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University’s History of Art and Architecture Department. They will be honored for their lifetime work in South Asian art and arts of the Islamic world, respectively. The medal will be presented to Dehejia April 28 and to Necipoğlu Oct. 27.

https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonians-national-museum-asian-art-awards-lifetime-achievement-medals

 

 

 

14. 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).
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=5d6e3180e7&e=0cdea062eb>
The deadline for abstract applications is *February 24* and all applications should be submitted at https://www.gulfresearchmeeting.net/register-paper-user
Please do not hesitate to contact Layla Ali (laila@grc.net) and/or Christine Williams (christine@grc.net) should you have any questions.

 

 

 

15. Neda Darabian, Accusations of Magic against the Religious ‘Others’ in the Late Antique Persianate World. Monday Majlis on the 23rd of January, 17:00-18:30 (UK time).

Registration is required. Register please on this link:

https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdOCqqj0qGdL5OIBXrvM3TRIAw-4-P_nA

1.Critical Pakistan Studies

• Editors: Matthew A. Cook North Carolina Central University, USA, Kamran Ali UT Austin, USA, Michel Boivin CNRS-CEIAS, France, and Amina Yaqin University of Exeter, UK
• Editorial board

Critical Pakistan Studies publishes primary source interpretive social science and humanities research that, in addition to Pakistan and Pakistanis, tackles broader interdisciplinary issues (e.g., colonialism, nationalism, integration, marginalization, devotion, institutionalization, vernacularism, cosmopolitanism, development, environment, popular culture, diaspora, gender, representation, and others). The journal’s interdisciplinary approach pushes beyond the nation-state, security, Islam, extremism, and other topics that narrowly define the study of Pakistan. It analyzes, discusses, and seeks to understand the varied and multilayered contexts that constitute Pakistan and its people (both past and present and in South Asia and the wider world).
Critical Pakistan Studies is published in partnership with the American Institute of Pakistan Studies.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/critical-pakistan-studies?WT.mc_id=MGH-ScholarOne-AREA-CPS-Submissions+2022+-+20221021

Paper submissions via:

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cpstudies?j=8462765&sfmc_sub=1015515047&l=834443_HTML&u=226623050&mid=1423905&jb=0&WT.mc_id=MGH-ScholarOne-AREA-CPS-Submissions+2022+-+20221021

 

 

 

2. Call for Papers ISIC 2023

Islamic Civilisation and Water

Existence and prosperity of the mankind depend on water, the access to which is essential to any sustainable civilisation. Islamic civilisation is no exception. Comprising an expansive geography approximately equal to a third of Asian and two thirds of African continents, Islamic world covers a wide range of bodies of water, including Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. The great rivers, such as the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates, irrigate a vast area of arable lands and sustain urban populations, facilitating the development of complex social, religious, and political systems characterising Islamic civilisation. Trade or travel by water, with its relatively low cost, not only prompts economic prosperity but also strengthens the trans-regional and inter-continental connections between various Muslim societies throughout Islamic history. Today, airlines and railways complement instead of replacing maritime transportation, as sea shipment is indispensable to the global economy, whereas travel via sea routes is undertaken by tourists as well as refugees.

ISIC 2023, co-organised by Department of Arabic Language and Culture, National Chengchi University (R.O.C), School of Liberal Studies, Institute of Islam Hadhari, and Faculty of Islamic Studies, UKM (Malaysia), invites researchers from all disciplines to explore the theme of its forthcoming conference, ‘Islamic Civilisation and Water’. We welcome articles addressing one of the following topics:

*River, sea and ocean in Islamic scriptures, law, doctrines, etc.

*The connections of Islamic societies through river, sea and ocean

*Water and Islamic architecture and art

*The urban life on the river banks or coastal regions of Islamic world

*The oversea trade or travel in Islamic world

*The strategic importance of inland and sea ports in the pre-modern and modern Islamic world

*Water in the literature of Islamic world

*Any topic relevant to relationships between Muslim societies and water

ISIC 2023 is planned to be held online, on 17-18 March 2023. Under- and post-graduate students are highly encouraged to submit their works-in-progress.

For your paper to be considered, please send a 300-word English abstract along with your details using the form available via the link below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzisNNbMwFJZCW-KlzLvNxgANPGjtN-L9f07AjuFzBdH1TPQ/viewform?usp=pp_url

The deadline for paper and panel submissions is 20 Feb 2023.

Questions and queries may be forwarded to Dr. I-Wen Su (isu@nccu.edu.tw) and Dr. Pei-Chen Tsung (tsungpc@nccu.edu.tw).

 

 

 

3. The Journal of Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society (JMPCS) seeks papers on Muslim philanthropy in Latin America & the Latinx U.S.

After the success of our recent colloquium (December 7-8, 2022), we are seeking original contributions on the subject of Muslim philanthropy in Latin America and the Latinx U.S.
The deadline for submissions (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=4e39a3c0cb&e=f70992245e) is just over a month away: February 15.
While the literatures on Muslim philanthropy and on Latinx philanthropy are continuously expanding, they lack perspectives on how Latinx Muslims and Muslims in Latin America are part of a wider matrix of generosity, volunteering, and mutual aid within, and beyond, both constituencies. On the one hand, Muslims give to organizations and participate in philanthropic activism at local, national, and global levels, hoping to make the world a better place in accordance with Islam. On the other hand, people who identify as Latinx or who live in Latin America have historically engaged in acts of solidarity and mutual assistance among vulnerable populations, addressing issues related to poverty, education, health, and culture.
This special issue of the Journal on Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=9c8757e9ae&e=f70992245e)  will help move research on the intersections between these fields that much further.
The issue’s guest editor Ken Chitwood invites submissions based on original research that speak to how Muslims in Latin America and Latinx Muslims in the U.S. are engaging in a wide range of philanthropic activities, contributions to civil society, and activism to address what they see as critical issues facing the world and which they view as aligned with their faith.
Submissions (read submission guidelines (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=c9b035aef6&e=f70992245e) ) can cover a broad scope of Muslim philanthropy and contributions to civil society, including nonprofit, philanthropic, and voluntary action. All the constituent terms (e.g., Muslim, philanthropy, civil society, Latinx, Latin America, etc.) are broadly defined and open for discussion, interpretation, and interrogation.
The editors seek submissions from across disciplines (Anthropology, Art, History, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, Public Affairs, Nonprofit Management, Business, Philanthropy, etc.) in this emerging field.
Along with standard research papers, the editors also welcome commentaries and analysis from practitioners doing work on the ground in the realm of philanthropy and/or through contributions to civil society. The latter could also include in-depth interviews with, or oral-histories from, Muslim philanthropists with a commitment or connection to Latin America or the Latinx U.S.
Potential papers could address a variety of questions or points related to the above themes, including:
* What philanthropic activities are undertaken by Muslims in Latin America? By Latinx Muslims in the U.S.?
* What themes, issues, or people groups are Muslims focusing on and whatkinds of institutions and organizations are they creating (e.g., hospitals, nonprofit newspapers and publications, disaster relief programs, refugee and migrant aid, etc.)?
* At what levels is this philanthropic activity carried out on: the local, national, regional, or trans- national/regional? What intrafaith, interfaith, or other partnerships between Muslims and other actors in civil society are being created through shared philanthropic action?
* At what levels are these partnerships engaged: the local, national, regional, or trans national/regional
* Does dawah count as philanthropy? Does philanthropy count as dawah? How are these terms used and applied among Muslims in Latin America or Latinx Muslims in the U.S.?
* How do Muslims in the Latinx U.S. and in Latin America mix, combine, or remix classic notions of giving, charity, and aid from both Latinx and Islamic cultures and histories?
* How are concepts like zakat/fitrana, sadaqa, and waqf interpreted and applied in Latin America or by Latinx Muslims in the U.S.? Are there any accents or emphases that are unique to, or particularly pronounced among, Latinx Muslims or Muslims in the region?
**Submissions (read the submission guidelines (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=3ba02ecd62&e=f70992245e) ) are due February 15, 2023.**
Remuneration is available for those articles accepted for publication after the double-blind review process.
Questions, comments, or other queries can be made to Ken Chitwood at lacisanews@gmail.com (mailto:lacisanews@gmail.com?subject=JMPCS%20Special%20Issue%20Query) .
You are welcome to share this call for submissions with colleagues or your own networks.
This special issue is being supported by the Latin America and Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter and its associated network (LACISA), with funding from the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative (MPI), part of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianaoplis, Indiana (IUPUI).

 

 

4. The February 1, 2023 deadline to apply for fellowships with The American Center of Research (Jordan) is rapidly approaching!

Established more than fifty years ago and situated in the heart of the Jordanian capital, Amman, the American Center has awarded more than 1,000 fellowships to American, Jordanian, and other scholars conducting research on Jordan and the wider region. The center maintains a vibrant fellowship program that funds students and academics to research, publish or present their findings, and participate in archaeological or ethnographic fieldwork in Jordan and other countries in the region. We encourage you to share these opportunities widely with your networks. Complete information about all the ACOR Fellowships is available at https://acorjordan.org/fellowships-2/.

We wish to highlight two opportunities in particular, a 4-month NEH fellowship for postdoctoral researchers, and 2–6 month fellowships for graduate students:

NEH Fellowship 2023*: One award of four months for use in 2023, for a scholar who has a PhD or has completed their professional training. Fields of research include but are not limited to: modern and classical languages, linguistics, literature, history, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, heritage studies, comparative religion, ethics, and history, criticism, and theory of the arts. Social and political scientists are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals living in the U.S. three years immediately preceding the application deadline. The award will be for four months and is $20,000, of which $12,800 is for stipend and travel and the remainder is for room and board at the American Center of Research. Residency at the American Center of Research is required. The award must be used between March 1, 2023, and November 30, 2023. Funding for this fellowship is provided by the National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutes (FPIRI).

ACOR-CAORC Fellowship: Two or more two- to six-month fellowships for master’s and doctoral students. Fields of study include all areas of the humanities and the natural and social sciences. Topics should contribute to scholarship in Middle East studies. U.S. citizenship required. Maximum award is $27,600. Awards must be used between June 1, 2023, and June 1, 2024, and fellows must reside at the American Center of Research. Funding for this fellowship is provided by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Visit orcfellowships.smapply.org/ to apply. Please contact fellowships@acorjordan.org with any questions.

 

 

 

 

5. BRISMES – CBRL Mentoring Event: Conducting Field Research in the Middle East

Date: 25 January 2023, 16:00 GMT

Location: Online via Zoom (registration required)

More information and registration: www.brismes.ac.uk/events/graduate-section/conducting-field-research

Please note, this event is open to members of BRISMES or CBRL only.

The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) together with the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) are pleased to announce their third joint mentoring webinar for members.

Targeting postgraduate students and early career researchers, these on-line events offer practical advice and support from specialists, equipping the next generation of Middle East scholars with the insights needed to get ahead in their research and careers. This event will focus on the subject of “Conducting Field Research in the Middle East” and will feature a diverse line-up of academics from different disciplinary backgrounds who also utilize different methodological research techniques in their work.

Field research in the Middle East has become increasingly complicated and restrictive, while the praxes of previous generations of scholars have also created problematic legacies and expectations. This webinar seeks to dive into all aspects of field research in the Middle East so that you can get the most out of your time in the field, while doing so in an ethical and safe manner.

 

 

 

6. We have updated our list of “Iranian Studies Journals”. Previously the list had only 33 journals in European languages. The updated version now has 46 journals in European languages and 34 in Persian (80 journals altogether).

Please look at the list and if you know about any other journals that are not included in this list, let us know, and we will update the list immediately.
https://aspirantum.com/blog/iranian-studies-journals

Khachik Gevorgyan
Director
ASPIRANTUM – Armenian School of Languages and Cultures
m:	+37491557978
w:	aspirantum.com  e: khachik@aspirantum.com

 

 

 

 

7. We are seeking nominations for the Executive Committee of the CLCS Global Arab and Arab American Forum at the MLA. We are also seeking nominations for a representative to the MLA Delegate Assembly on behalf of the CLCS Global Arab and Arab American Forum. Both appointments would begin after the MLA Convention in 2024. Please email all nominations (self-nominations also welcome) to azstanton@psu.edu by Jan. 20th.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Only current MLA members are eligible for appointment. Seven convention years must elapse before an individual can serve another term on the same executive committee. No member may serve on more than one executive committee at a given time. More information about the responsibilities of executive committee members can be found here.

DELEGATE ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVE:

• Must have been an MLA member between 15 January 2022 and 14 January 2023, unless the nominee is a student, in which case we only require that they be a current member.
• Cannot already be serving on the Delegate Assembly, unless their term ends in 2024.
• Cannot already have served two successive terms on the Delegate Assembly.

Please note that the delegate’s main responsibility is to attend meetings of the assembly, which are held during the MLA Annual Convention. Since an elected delegate who cannot attend may not be represented by proxy, the forum’s delegate should be willing and able to attend the meetings of the assembly in 2024, 2025, and 2026. (The January 2024 convention will be held in Philadelphia; the January 2025 convention will be held in New Orleans; the January 2026 convention will be held in Toronto).

 

 

 

8. The Cooing of the Dove and the Cawing of the Crow: Late `Abbāsid Poetics in Abū al-`Alā’ al-Ma`arrī’s Saqṭ al-Zand and Luzūm Mā Lā Yalzam

Stetkevych, Suzanne P.

Brill, 2022

https://brill.com/display/title/61169

 

 

1.CfP: The Journal of Religious Minorities under Muslim Rule provides a primary venue for scholarly studies that examine religious minorities (such as Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Hindus, and other minoritarian Muslim groups) under majoritarian Muslim rule. The journal covers a large temporal period, spanning from 7th century Arabia to 1922 (the end of Ottoman rule), in addition to a large geographic area from North Africa and al-Andalus in the West to Iran, some Central Asian lands, well into Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia in the East. The focus includes minority-minority, minority-majority, and minority-state relations. In addition to its broad temporal and geographic reach, this is an interdisciplinary journal which will appeal to those working in specific disciplines, including history, religious studies, literature, legal studies, and archaeology.

https://brill.com/view/journals/rmmr/rmmr-overview.xml

We would like to invite all authors to submit their papers directly to the editors-in-chief, Abbas Aghdassi (aghdassi@um.ac.ir) & Aaron W. Hughes (aaron.hughes@rochester.edu). If you have any questions before submitting, please contact us.

 

 

 

2. Armenian School of Languages and Cultures – ASPIRANTUM invites you to apply to the “Learn Persian through Early Classical Persian Prose” online course. This online course will start on March 6, 2023, and last till March 24, 2023.

https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-through-early-classical-persian-prose

The three weeks “Learn Persian through Early Classical Persian Prose” online course offers 60 hours of intensive Persian language classes from Monday to Friday each week during 15 days of teaching. Every day the participants will receive Persian language instruction through Classical Persian prose for 4 hours.
Texts to be read during the course:
Muqaddama-yi Šāhnāma-yi Abu-Mansuri
Tarjuma-yi Tafsir-i Tabari
Tarjuma-yi Tārix-i Tabari (Tārix-i Bal’ami)
Hudud-al-‘Ālam
Tārix-i Baihaqi (Muhammad b. Husein Baihaqi)
Tārix-i Sistān
Dānišnāma-yi ‘Alāyi (Avicenna)
Qābus-nāma (Keykavus b. Iskandar)
Bayān ol-adyān (Abu al-Ma’ali Mohammad b. Ne’mat Alavi Balkhi)

For more details and to apply, please visit: https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-through-early-classical-persian-prose

 

 

 

3. Hugh Kennedy, Revisiting an old friend: a new translation of al-Balādhurī’s Futūḥ al-buldān. Monday Majlis on the 16th of January, 17:00-18:30 (UK time).

Zoom registration at:

https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElfuGpqjsiEtUyOrNh03xzLCScdqk18MZ2

 

 

 

 

4. La quatrième séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le jeudi 26 janvier 2023 (de 17h à 19h, salle 3.15).
Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Meryem Sebti (Directrice de recherche, CNRS, Centre Jean Pépin, UMR 8230) pour une conférence intitulée : « Des récits philosophiques de Sohravardi à la poésie de Saadi : l’influence de la doctrine avicennienne de

l’imagination. »

Orientation Bibliographique

• Meryem Sebti, « Le statut ontologique de l’image dans la doctrine avicennienne de la perception », Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, 2005, p. 109-140.
• Fazlur Rahman, « Dream, Imagination and ‘ālam al-mithāl », Islamic Studies, vol. 3, juin 1964, p. 167-180.
• Roxanne Marcotte, « Suhrawardī’s Realm of the Imaginal », Ishraq: Islamic Philosophy Yearbook, 2011, p. 68-79.
• Nicolai Sinai, « Al-Suhrawardī on Mirror Vision and Suspended Images (Muthul Mu‘allaqa) », Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, vol. 25, 2015, p. 279-297.
• Lambertus W. C. Van Lit, The World of Image in Islamic Philosophy. Ibn Sīnā, Suhrawardī, Shahrazrī, and Beyond, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2018.
• Domenico Ingenito, Beholding Beauty. Sa‛di of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry, Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures, Leyde, 2020.

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. HYBRIDE Rencontres & débats : “Quel avenir pour les Kurdes ?”, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 11 janvier 2023, 19h

Comment expliquer la montée de la violence à l’égard des Kurdes ? Quelle est l’histoire de ce peuple, et quelles sont ses revendications ? Quel avenir au Moyen Orient ?

Information et inscription : https://www.imarabe.org/fr/rencontres-debats/quel-avenir-pour-les-kurdes

 

 

 

 

5. HYBRIDE Séminaire “Droit et développement historique de la charia en islam”, Christian Mül-ler (CNRS, IRHT), Paris, 9 février 2023, 10h-12 h

Christian Müller est Directeur de recherche au CNRS, Responsable de la section arabe de l’Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes (IRHT).

Inscription pour visioconférence : https://bbb.ehess.fr/b/fra-lzk-hvs-wue

 

 

 

 

6. HYBRIDE Séminaire “Les mobilités entre Venise et l’Empire ottoman dans la seconde moitié du XVe siècle : des déplacements humains aux adaptations du cadre légal”, Pauline Guena (CNRS, UMR 7303 Telemme), Sorbonne, Paris, 13 février 2023, 17h-19h

Le séminaire « Méditerranée médiévale » réunit des chercheurs spécialistes des mondes grecs, latins et musulmans du Moyen Âge, dans une perspective d’étude des relations en Méditerranée et de comparatisme. À raison d’une séance par mois, il alterne des présentations de travaux en cours liés à l’actualité de la recherche, et des séances consacrées à la question de la construction de normes partagées en Médi-terranée.

Inscription : https://pantheonsorbonne.zoom.us/j/97713251308?pwd=ZDk5UkpyVWd5U1VqTjlVWWY2TEE5QT09#success

 

 

 

 

7. HYBRIDE Séminaire “Normes partagées ou infrastructures en conflit ? À la recherche d’une bonne « formule » pour aborder les ambiguïtés dans les relations entre chrétiens et musulmans dans l’espace méditerranéen médiéval”, Daniel König (University Konstanz), Sorbonne, Paris, 27 Mars 2023, 17h-19h

Le séminaire « Méditerranée médiévale » réunit des chercheurs spécialistes des mondes grecs, latins et musulmans du Moyen Âge, dans une perspective d’étude des relations en Méditerranée et de comparatisme. À raison d’une séance par mois, il alterne des présentations de travaux en cours liés à l’actualité de la recherche, et des séances consacrées à la question de la construction de normes partagées en Méditerranée.

Inscription : https://pantheonsorbonne.zoom.us/j/97713251308?pwd=ZDk5UkpyVWd5U1VqTjlVWWTEE5QT09#success

 

 

 

 

8. HYBRIDE Séminaire “Autour de la question de compétence : principes et pratiques des rela-tions judiciaires entre Byzantins, Génois et Vénitiens (XIIIe-XVe siècle)”, Romain Goudjil (UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée), Sorbonne, Paris, 19 juin 2023, 17h-19h

Le séminaire « Méditerranée médiévale » réunit des chercheurs spécialistes des mondes grecs, latins et musulmans du Moyen Âge, dans une perspective d’étude des relations en Méditerranée et de comparatisme. À raison d’une séance par mois, il alterne des présentations de travaux en cours liés à l’actualité de la recherche, et des séances consacrées à la question de la construction de normes partagées en Médi-terranée.

Inscription : https://pantheonsorbonne.zoom.us/j/97713251308?pwd=ZDk5UkpyVWd5U1VqTjlVWWY2TEE5QT09#success

 

 

 

 

9. International Workshop “Positionality in the Study of Islamic Theology”, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology and Freie Universitaet Amsterdam, September 2023

The scope of the workshop encompasses both 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 includes history, literature, and anthropology etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12159796/call-paper-international-conference-%E2%80%9Cpositionality-study

 

 

 

 

10. “Annual Conference of Ibn Khaldon Center on Interdisciplinary Research”, Qatar University, 30 September 2023

Themes include “Islamis Sciences and Natural Science”. This theme seeks to create connections between natural knowledge and Islamic sciences, and to use Islamic text to frame related natural sciences’ topics. Integrating Islamic sciences with natural sciences can offer significant intellectual gains in terms of getting new perspectives and methodological insights. The Center will reimburse authors with accepted manuscripts for their travel expenses and accommodation.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2023.

Information: conf-IbnKhaldon@qa.edu.qu

 

11. Symposium “The Western Mediterranean and the Global Middle Ages”, The American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain, UCLA, Los Angeles, 20-21 October 2023

What sorts of alternative frameworks can enhance scholarly assessment of the intertwined histories of the individuals, groups, institutions, and political entities active within the Western Mediterranean and beyond? How can global approaches help scholars resist the deep-seated, largely Euro- or Christo-centric legacies that have long influenced work on the Iberian Peninsula, Maghreb, and broader Western-Mediterranean environment?

Deadline for abstracts: 19 February 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-the-western-mediterranean-and-the-global-middle-ages-20-21-october-los-angeles?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

12. Cluster of Excellence for Doctoral Researchers: “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS), Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies (BGTS)

The BGTS offers a rigorous and dynamic English-language PhD programme for exceptionally talented and motivated graduate students in the field of global and transregional studies, bringing together a broad spectrum of disciplines and methodological approaches.

Deadline for application: 28 February 2023. Information:

https://www.scripts-berlin.eu/about-us/jobs-grants/anhaenge/221219_BGTS-2023_Pre-announcement.pdf

 

 

 

13. 12 PhD Positions in Islamic Studies, Stockholm University and other Swedish Universities

The doctoral students will be admitted within one of the following research subjects: Religious Studies, History of Religions, Subject Didactics and Systematic Theology.

Information: https://lnu.se/en/research/PhD-studies/religion/graduate-school-in-islamic-studies/

 

 

 

 

14. PhD Research Grants for 2023/2024, Orient-Institut Istanbul

The purpose of the grants is to provide support for research in Turkey to PhD candidates not living in Turkey. If the fellowship is not, or only partially, spent in Istanbul, a close connection to the institute is required. Upon consultation this may also be arranged through supervision by members of the Orient-Institut’s Scientific Advisory Board or other scholars associated with the institute.

Deadline for applications: 22 January 2023. Information: https://www.oiist.org/en/scholarship/

 

1.British Institute for Persian Studies webinar

‘Making and Unmaking Community: Urban Life in Persianate Rajasthan’

with Elizabeth Thelen

Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 5pm UK Time

Register to attend at:

https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/urban-life-in-persianate-rajasthan-thelen/

 

 

 

2. University of Florida, International Studies Program

Lecturer, Non-Tenure Track, International Studies (Middle East/North Africa)

Closing date: Feb 6, 2023

 

 

 

3. New funded PhD on Arab cultural and intellectual history at the University of Northumbria (UK) under Dr Peter Hill.

‘While Dr Hill is an expert on nineteenth-century Ottoman Syria and Egypt, and this studentship is associated with his AHRC RDE Fellowship project ‘Reason and Religion in Ottoman Syria’, the focus of the proposed PhD need not fall within these areas. Any historical period from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, and any subject area involving substantial use of Arabic-language sources will be considered. The project must demonstrate an original contribution to knowledge. Projects which evidence methodological innovation are encouraged. Preference will be given to candidates who already possess a good level of linguistic competence in Arabic.’

For full information, see:

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/arabic-cultural-and-intellectual-history-17th-20th-centuries-rdf23-humanities-hill/?p151714
Starts October 2023.

The deadline to apply is 27 January 2023.

 

 

 

4. CFP: Panel on scientific manuscripts (deadline: 28 Feb 2023)

Frank Coulson and I are putting together the 48th Annual Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, to be held at Saint Louis University June 12–14, 2023. In addition to the Call for Papers posted online [https://www.smrs-slu.org/manuscript-studies-mini-conference.html ] we are currently soliciting 20-minute papers for a panel(s) on ancient, medieval, and renaissance scientific manuscripts—that is, Western and non-Western copies that expound on topics including astronomy, cosmography, mathematics, medicine, natural history, cartography, agriculture—often accompanied by visual components such as maps, diagrams, charts, and other types of illustrations.

Please send titles and abstracts to susan.lengle@slu.edu and coulson.1@osu.edu , as well as posting your proposals online at https://www.smrs-slu.org/submit-511920-494771.html . We would appreciate your forwarding this email to other colleagues of your acquaintance with expertise in the same fields. The deadline for submitting proposals is 28 February 2023, although there may be some flexibility in this date. For any questions about the conference or panels, do not hesitate to write to us.

 

 

 

5. CfP: 2nd AMI Graduate Conference

Following the success of the inaugural Al-Mahdi Institute Graduate Islamic Studies Conference, the second conference will be held between Saturday the 6^th and Sunday 7^th May 2023. The conference is aimed exclusively at students studying for a masters degree (taught or research) in any discipline and at any university or institution who are working on any topic in Islamic studies, broadly conceived as the study of Islam and Muslim societies. Recent graduates who are not yet enrolled on a doctoral programme are also encouraged to submit abstracts.

The deadline for submissions is 23.59 GMT on the 6^th of March 2023.

Further information can be found here: https://ami.is/gc23.

 

 

 

6. Journée d’étude ‘Nouveautés sur les manuscrits philosophiques et scientifiques grecs et arabes’

On behalf of Jawdath Jabbour and Aude Cohen-Skalli (CNRS, TDMAM, Aix Marseille Université):

Lundi 23 janvier 2023, De 9h30 à 18h
Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l’homme (salle Duby)
5 rue du Château de l’Horloge, 13100, Aix-en-Provence
JOURNÉE D’ÉTUDE
Journée inaugurale de l’équipe « Manuscrits d’Orient et d’Occident » du TDMAM
NOUVEAUTÉS SUR LES MANUSCRITS PHILOSOPHIQUES ET SCIENTIFIQUES
GRECS ET ARABES
Organisation Aude Cohen-Skalli et Jawdath Jabbour
9.30-9.45 | OUVERTURE Emmanuèle Caire (Aix Marseille Université, CNRS) – Aude Cohen-Skalli (CNRS, TDMAM, Aix Marseille Université) – Jawdath Jabbour (CNRS, TDMAM, Aix Marseille Université)
MATINÉE : MANUSCRITS GRECS
PRÉSIDENCE : Anne Balansard, Aix Marseille Université, TDMAM, CNRS
9.45-10.30 | Inmaculada Pérez Martín, CSIC Madrid
Vers une typologie des manuscrits philosophiques byzantins
10.30-11.00 | discussion
11.00-11.30 | Pause café
PRÉSIDENCE : Sabine Luciani, Aix Marseille Université, TDMAM, CNRS
11.30-12.15 | Victor Gysembergh, CNRS, Centre Léon Robin, Sorbonne Université / Emanuel Zingg, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Centre Léon Robin
Fascination palimpseste : nouveaux textes scientifiques et philosophiques grecs et « Nouvel Apulée » de Vérone
12.15-12.45 discussion
13.00-14.45 | DÉJEUNER
APRES-MIDI : MANUSCRITS ARABES
PRÉSIDENCE : Julien Loiseau, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IREMAM
14.45-15.30 | Silvia Di Vincenzo, IMT Lucca
La philosophie dans les marges : l’enseignement et l’apprentissage de la logique aristotélicienne dans les marginalia d’Avicenne
15.30-16.00 discussion
16.00-16.30 Pause café
PRÉSIDENCE : Christian Boudignon, Aix Marseille Université, TDMAM, CNRS
16.30-17.15 | Teymour Morel, FNS, Université de Genève
Les copies de la Logique de Buṭrus al-Tūlāwī (1657-1746) : réflexions sur l’approche stemmatique des manuscrits arabes à grande diffusion
17.15-17.45 | discussion
17.45-18.00 | CONCLUSION DE LA JOURNÉE
Avec la participation de l’équipe Manuscrits d’Orient et d’Occident du TDMAM
Téléchargez le programme
https://cpaf.cnrs.fr/IMG/pdf/je-ms-orient-occident-23-01-22_prog.pdf
Organisation
Aude Cohen-Skalli & Jawdath Jabbour, TDMAM, CNRS, AMU
Contacts / Inscriptions : skalli@phare.normalesup.org / Jawdath.jabbour@cnrs.fr

 

 

 

7. The Islamic College (London)

Online Postgraduate Studies Certificate programme in Exegesis and Quranic Sciences
Three Semesters (full-time) & Six Semesters (part-time)
18:00 -20:30 (London Time)

Fees: £1500 (Upto 50% scholarship is available)
Starting: 20th March 2023
Application Deadline: 15 February 2023

Information at:

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

 

 

 

8. The Islamic College (London) Monthly Seminar: 

Building the “Silk Road” From Below: Arab Traders Between East and West Asia
A Talk by Dr Paul Anderson
Tuesday 10 January 2023
6 pm – 8 pm (London time)

Venue: 133 High Road, The Islamic College London

Information and register at:

https://islamic-college.ac.uk/monthly-seminar-new-silk-road/

 

 

 

9. Richard Talbert has prepared an online exhibition for Princeton University Libraries:

Late Ottoman Turkey in Princeton’s Forgotten Maps, 1883-1923

Its origin lies in Prof. Talbert’s interest in the historical mapping of ancient and medieval Asia Minor by Heinrich Klieppert, which were based on travels in the region by Klieppert and others. The exhibition continues with later German mapping of Asia Minor, including WWI operations map by the German general staff. The coda provides a freely accessible link to Prof. Talbert’s explanatory essay on the collection and its significance.

Overall, it provides a great example of the kinds of work produced by German geographers at the height of their powers prior to WWI.

The large images link to the Princeton Library catalog and IIIF viewer.

If the embedded link above fails, try https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/3afc128a641e47eb90b3268c5ffb8d54

 

 

 

 

10. Online Lecture – “Islamic Archaeology in context: Occupation, Territories, and Material Culture in the piedmont of Zagros mountains in Northern Iraq (Sulaymaniyah province as an example)” – January 11 3PM (Rome), 4PM (Iraq)

For further information: 

https://www.ifporient.org/archaeology-mena-2/

For registration:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsdemurT8uGt0pMq3C9hhlo6ht8enLN7rs?_x_zm_rtaid=3a-ZJ6a8…

 

 

 

11. Recordings of Exeter Majlis

Therecording of the last Monday Majlis of 2022:

Kamran Talattof, Demystifying the Mystic: Nezami Ganjavi and Classical Persian Literature is at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqv85Pxlttk&list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-&index=9&t=10s

You can watch the recordings of all the CSI Monday Majlises of the autumn at this playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-

including

Mehdy Shaddel, Universal Empire, Supersessionist Ideology: The Emergence of Islam in Umayyad Syria

Rahim Gholami, The Hermeneutics of Nāṣir-e Khusraw’s Esoteric Guidance

Isabel Toral, Jens Scheiner, Baghdad: Insights into a city and the making of a book

Alexandra Hoffmann, What makes a man a man? Neẓāmi’s Majnun in a network of masculinities

Nikola Pantic, Is It Religion or Magic, and What Is Between Them?

Letizia Osti, Beyond the chessboard: adventures in Abbasid literature and historiography

Aurora Magliozzi, Love for Beardless Boys in the Erotic Arabic Literature

Martin Nixon, A Treasure Saved and to Be Explored: The Mohamed Tahar Library in Timbuktu, Mali

 

 

 

12. UCLA’s Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series with Anne Hunnell Chen

Dislodging Disciplinary Silos at Dura-Europos

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 4:00pm Pacific

Royce Hall 314

Hybrid Zoom Option Available

Registration Required

1.Narrating the pilgrimage to Mecca, Historical and contemporary accounts

Edited by Marjo Buitelaar and Richard van Leeuwen

Brill, 2023

 

 

 

2. ONLINE Lecture “Race and Islam in Historical Perspective” by Professor Chouki El Hamel (Ar-izona State University), Middle East Studies Program, UW Madison, 3 February 2023, 12:00 pm CT

Professor El Hamel discusses the emergence and evolution of ideas of race and color in the Middle East and North Africa. This lecture is mainly interested in racial constructs built around notions of color and lineage. It traces distinct genealogies of race and racism to the beginning of the Islamic empire.

Information and registration: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsdOuurT8vEtf-ZAJCqOftqIBjDxPFqu4D

 

 

 

3. Roundtable “Gender, Race, Religion, and Ethnicity in North Africa: Ongoing Issues, Future Challenges” at the “European Conference on African Studies (ECAS)”, University of Cologne, 31 May – 3 June 2023

Dans le cadre des mouvements sociaux du XXIe siècle, la table ronde a pour but d’interroger et débattre au sujet des dynamiques et des enjeux liant le genre, la race, la religion et l’ethnicité à la fois à des processus de minorisation et des revendication de pluralité dans l’espace nord africain.

Deadline for abstracts: 23 January 2023.

Information: https://ecasconference.org/2023/programme#12481

 

 

 

 

4. “29th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)” in Co-operation with the “Turkologentag 2023 – Forth European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies”, University of Vienna, 21-23 September 2023

The host of this joint conference is Prof. Dr. Yavuz Köse, Chair of Ottoman and Turkish Studies of the University of Vienna. See https://turkologentag2023.univie.ac.at  for further information on the joint conference.

Deadline for abstracts of open panels: 31 January 2023.

Deadline for abstracts of papers and closed panels: 28 February 2023.

Information:

https://davo1.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Invitation-29th-DAVO-Congress-Vienna-2023.pdf

 

 

 

 

5. Full-Time Clinical Assistant Professor (Non-Tenure Track) in Arabic Language Instruction, New York University, NY

We seek a scholar whose teaching and research will strengthen our Arabic language curriculum ranging from Elementary to Advanced levels, while also complementing and enhancing the department overall. A suc-cessful applicant will demonstrate experience in and commitment to innovative pedagogical practices and developing an inclusive classroom.

Deadline for applications: 10 February 2022.

Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/117980

 

 

 

 

6. New Book Series “Studies in Pre-Modern Arab History and East-West Encounters”, Edited by Ahmed M. A. Sheir and Amar S. Baadj

This new book series is broadly concerned with the political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual history of the Arabs and the Arab World, as well as the relations of the Arabs with others from Antiquity up to the Early Modern period.

Information: https://trivent-publishing.eu/81-studies-in-pre-modern-arab-history

 

 

 

 

7. Chapters on “Arabic Language Teaching in the Arabic-Speaking World” for Edited Book on “The History of Arabic Language Teaching”

Topics could include government policies on Arabic language teaching, historical studies on pedagogy, work on language manuals/phrasebooks, etc. Other contributions to the volume span periods from the late 18th century to the present day and consider teaching of Arabic both in the Arabic-speaking world and in colonial countries.

Deadline for abstracts: As soon as possible.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/25688/discussions/12057989/short-deadline-chapter-arabic-language-teaching-maghrib-sought

 

 

 

 

8. Articles on “The Political Economy of Authoritarianism in the Arab Region” for a Special Issue of the Journal “Rowaq Arabi”

Articles should discuss the intersection between political economy and the sustainability of authoritarianism in the Arab region. Relevant articles from all disciplines of social sciences, humanities and law are welcome, and will be financially compensated.

Deadline for full manuscripts: 13 February 2023.

Information: https://rowaq.cihrs.org/call-for-papers-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-in-the-arab-region/?lang=en

 

 

 

 

9. Death and Disease in the Medieval and Early Modern World

Perspectives from across the Mediterranean and Beyond

Edited by Lori Jones and Nükhet Varlık

York Medieval Press, 2022

https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781914049095/death-and-disease-in-the-medieval-and-early-modern-world/

including:

‘Knowing the Signs of Disease: Plague in the Arabic Medical Commentaries between the First and Second Pandemics’ N. Fancy;

‘Colours of Disease and Death in the Early Modern Ottoman Cultural Imagination’ N. Varlik

1.Invisible East (Oxford)

Programme Finance Co-ordinator

Closing date: 20.1.23

Full information at:

https://invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk/work-us

 

 

 2. Islam in the classroom: Diversity instead of stereotypes!

The Museum für Islamische Kunst (Museum for Islamic Art – State Museums Berlin) is now launching a wide range of digital and analogue educational materials free of charge for schools and extracurricular places of learning. These offers aim to sensitise teachers, youth workers ad pupils, as well as editors of educational media, to stereotypes and facilitate a diversity-oriented and professionally sound presentation of topics related to Islam in educational media and the classroom.

The materials are available in German and conform to German school curricula. Discover the educational offers from the project „Shared Past – Shared Future“ now in the e-learning section of the museum‘s new digital platform Islamic·Art. The project „Shared Past – Shared Future“ is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

https://islamic-art.smb.museum/digitales-lernen

https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/museum-fuer-islamische-kunst/collection-research/research-cooperation/shared-past-shared-future-ii/

 

 

 

3. News for non-Latin script specialists: Archive.org will take advantage of new advancements in OCR to reprocess printed multi-script manuscript catalogues, which currently misinterpret non-Latin scripts as gibberish. They just reprocessed one volume of Rieu’s British Museum catalogue https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008986313 and Sachau and Ethé’s for the Bodleian https://archive.org/details/catalogueofpersi01bodluoft as well.

Should any encounter specific books that lack functional non-Latin script, write to support@archivesupport.zendesk.com , send them the URL along with any relevant 3-letter Library of Congress language codes https://www.loc.gov/marc/languages/language_name.html so they can drop that in and re-run OCR.

 

 

 

 

4. Queens and Prophets: How Arabian Noblewomen and Holy Men Shaped Paganism, Christianity and Islam

Emran Iqbal El-Badawi

Oneworld, 2022

 

 

 

 

5. From Samarqand to Toledo: Greek, Sogdian and Arabic Documents and
Manuscripts from the Islamicate World and Beyond,

eds., Andreas Kaplony and Matt Malczycki

Leiden: Brill, 2023

 

 

 

6. Koç University Libraries are organizing The 4th International Library Staff Week in Istanbul, between 8-12 May 2023. This event brings together professional Library staff with varied backgrounds working in universities or other research orientated libraries with an interest in sharing ideas and networking with colleagues.

The main theme of the 4th International Library Staff Week is Open Knowledge to Share: Access, Culture, Scholarship. Library and Information Science is a key sector that contributes to the development of open knowledge. Through this week, together we will investigate and analyze the following sub-themes, access, culture and scholarship.

During this week, library staff and visitors will have the chance to engage into fruitful discussions and exchange of professional and personal experiences, which will broaden their perspective on issues related to Information Science, strengthen their skills and hopefully plant the roots for future collaboration on joint projects.

You can find more information in the related Libguide.

To apply for the program, register here and pay here.

Find more about our past events in our Blog and Flicker.

Should you require any additional information, do not hesitate to contact us at intllibweek@ku.edu.tr.

http://staffmobility.eu/staffweek/4th-international-library-staff-week

 

 

 

 

7. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (WOW) Spring 2023
The Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (WOW) was founded in 2010 to bring together scholars and researchers based in the Western regions of the United States and Canada who work to advance the study of the Ottoman Empire and its interactions with the wider world from the late thirteenth century to the twentieth century.

Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) will host the Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (WOW) in Vancouver, Canada on April 28-29, 2023. Among other events, the workshop will include a keynote panel titled “The History of Ottoman Armenians Revisited” featuring Professors Elyse Semerdjian (Whitman College) and Richard Antaramian (University of Southern California). Some panels may be offered in hybrid form depending on the circumstances.

We are currently accepting submissions for the workshop. The organizers encourage interested graduate students with works in progress to apply using this form. Funding may be available to support graduate student participation.

University faculty and independent scholars interested in attending should also register using the same form: https://forms.gle/wzRWK6SsVvr4qLQ17

Deadline for Applications: January 26, 2023

Please direct all inquiries to Professors Thomas Kuehn (SFU) and Pheroze Unwalla (UBC) at thomas_kuehn@sfu.ca.

We urge all prospective participants from outside Canada to familiarize themselves ASAP with visa requirements to enter the country: https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/visa.asp

1. Turkologentag 2023 – “4th European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies” organised by the Chair of Ottoman and Turkish Studies, University of Vienna, 21-23 September 2023

Researchers are invited who work in the fields of history, linguistics, philology, literary studies, social sciences, anthropology, and political sciences in Turkey and the Turkic world.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2022.

Information: https://turkologentag2023.univie.ac.at/call-for-papers/

 

 

 

2. Five Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Program “Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe (EUME)”, Academic Year 2023/2024, Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin

Main themes: Travelling Traditions: Comparative Perspectives on Near Eastern Literatures; Cities Com-pared: Governance, Consultative Mechanisms, and Plurality; Tradition and the Critique of Modernity: Secu-larism, Fundamentalism and Religion from Middle Eastern Perspectives; Politics and Processes of Change, Archaeologies of the Present, and Imaginations of the Future.

Deadline for applications: 25 January 2023. Information: https://application.trafo-berlin.de/proce-dure/b14743f7-dad8-4b09-9054-749dd9f3991e

 

 

 

 

3. Two Research Assistants (Praedoc or Postdoc, 50 %, 13 TV-L, 12 Months), Department of Iranian Studies, University of Bamberg, Germany

Qualification: terminated or ongoing doctoral studies in the field of Iranian Studies; experience in the field of modern Persian/Iranian literature; strong skills in textual analysis and theoretical engagement with literary texts; very good knowledge of Persian and English; working knowledge of German is an advantage.

Deadline for applications: 25 January 2023.

Download further information (Eng and German) from:

https://www.uni-bamberg.de/iranistik/aktuelles/artikel/aktuelle-stellenausschreibung-wissenschaftliche-projektmitarbeiterin/

 

 

 

4. Fellowships at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem 2023-2024

The research base includes all aspects of Near Eastern studies, especially biblical studies as well as cultural, historical, philological, archaeological, and art-historical research in Israel and Palestine, including the pre-historic periods, Greco-Roman, Byzantine, early Islamic, and Medieval periods.

Extended deadline for applications: 10 January 2023. Information: https://aiar.org/available-fellowships/

 

 

 

5. Travel Awards for Scholars Interested in Research in the Arab Heritage and Gulf Crossroads Collections, Ney York University of Abu Dhabi, 1 March – 15 June 2023

These travel grants may be used for research for Ph.D. dissertations, MA and undergraduate theses, publications, and other projects.

Deadline for applications: 31 January 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/12/14/nyuad-humanities-research-fellowships-for-the-study-of-the-arab-world

 

 

 

6. Articles on “A Critique of the Modern Discourse of Maqāṣid” for Special Issue of the Journal “Religions”

This issue will critically examine, first, several modern discourses of maqāṣid in a variety of fields, such as politics, economics, health, family, etc., and second, the Šāṭibī’s concept of maqāṣid in its traditional textual, legal, and social contexts. The issue will raise some critical questions that concern several contradictions within the modern discourses of maqāṣid.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2022.

Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/CDRV61514K

 

 

 7. The Religious Studies Program at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities seeks a Lecturer for the spring 2023 semester to teach RELS 3704: Exploring the Qur’an, An Intellectual Odyssey with Islam’s Holy Scriptures.

This is a three credit, upper division undergraduate course. In addition to teaching, other duties include 1) holding office hours to assist and advise students, and 2) participation in department meetings and service to the department. This course may be taught in person or remotely (through zoom).  The salary for this course is $10,000 and does not include benefits.

Course description:

This course explores the contents of the Quran and probes its place in the history of human civilization. Students will learn about, and critically reflect on, the following subjects: 1) the Quran’s core ideas, stories, laws, parables, and arguments, 2) the historical context in which the Quran was first promulgated and codified, 3) the relationship between the Quran and the preceding literary traditions of the ancient world, in particular, the Bible and post-biblical Jewish and Christian writings, 4) Muslim utilization of the Quran towards intellectual, social, religious, cultural, and political ends, and 5) the pre-modern and modern scholarly traditions of interpreting the Quran.

For details and to apply, see Job ID number  352001 in the University of Minnesota’s employment system: https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/352001

Inquiries can be directed to Jeanne Kilde at jkilde@umn.edu

 

 

 

8. Save the dates for Scholarly Correspondences Among Orientalists during the Early and Late Modern Period as a Historical Source: A Series of Lectures. Spring 2023

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. It is hosted by Sabine Schmidtke (NES@IAS) and María Mercedes Tuya (Digital Scholarship@IAS).

January 20 – Sabine Schmidtke, Scholarly Correspondence: The Case of Oriental Studies During the Late 19th and Early 20th Century.  Pre-register: bit.ly/3Fnabbw.

January 27 – Rukayyah Reichling and Kotoz Abdelhafiz Ahmed, Goldziher between European Orientalism and the Arab Nahda: Digitally Mapping a Far-Reaching Network. Pre-register: bit.ly/3URpvmL.

February 17 – Stefan Dumont, CorrespSearch–Connect and Search Scholarly Editions of Correspondence. Pre-register: bit.ly/3YfkiI8.

March 3 – Kinga Dévényi, “So far away, yet so close”: The correspondence of Ignaz Goldziher between 1863 and 1922. Pre-register: bit.ly/3Hy66nE.

March 10 – Paul Babinski, A Taste for the Difficult and Abstruse: A Seventeenth-Century Paris Librarian and His Orientalist Network. Pre-register: bit.ly/3hcUFqY.

March 17 – Isolde Lehnert, The Life of Max Meyerhof through his correspondence. Pre-register: bit.ly/OrXJB.

March 31 – Gianni Celeste, A library lost in translation: Paul Sbath’s correspondence with Eugène Tisserant. Pre-register: bit.ly/3FKurFt.

April 7 – Garrett A. Davidson, The Correspondence between the orientalist and manuscript dealer Abraham Shalom Yahuda (d. 1951) and the Cairo-based publisher and manuscript dealer Mohammad Amin Khanji (d. 1938). Pre-register: bit.ly/3iP5WxP.

April 14 – Ahmed Khan, Orientalists and ‘Ulama’ in Egypt in the 20th Century. Pre-register: bit.ly/3YtrOPZ.

Additional information: https://albert.ias.edu/20.500.12111/8044

Sabine Schmidtke scs@ias.edu

María Mercedes Tuya ds@ias.edu

 

 

 

 

9. Women in the Ottoman Empire

S Faroqhi

Bloomsbury, 2023