Categories : Academic items

1.Call for papers for 2023 BRISMES Conference ‘Ecology, Crisis and Power in the Middle East’

The deadline for the call for ‘Ecology, Crisis, and Power in the Middle East’ is 7 December 2022.

The event will be held in person at the University of Exeter on 3-5 July 2023.

For a full exploration of the theme please read here: https://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference

And

https://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/call-for-papers

 

 

 

2. UCLA’s Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World

Video Library Announcement: The World of Ancient Iran and the West Panel II Now Available

We are pleased to share with you the recorded lectures from the first panel of the conference, The World of Ancient Iran and the West, “Achaemenid Persia and the West II,” hosted at UCLA on May 19, 2022.

The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World and the J. Paul Getty Museum convened an international symposium on the exchanges between ancient Iran and the Classical world. Held at UCLA over two days (May 19 and 20, 2022), it marked the launch of the exhibit, Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, at the Getty Villa in the spring of 2022. The symposium included invited speakers, UC faculty, and Getty scholars, whose research pertains to the nexus between ancient Persia and the West. The overarching themes covered by the symposium were: Achaemenid Persia and the West; Iran and the Hellenistic World; and Eastern and Western Entanglements in the Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods.

https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/videos/

 

 

3. Perspectives on Early Islam, Dec 9 at 11:00am, EST

 

The Circle for Late Antique and Medieval Studies presents:

Prof. Fred M. Donner, University of Chicago Prof. Garth L. Fowden, University of Cambridge Prof. David S. Powers, Cornell University”Perspectives on Early Islam”Join us on 09 December at 11:00 am EST. The event will be held virtually.   Register here for the event!

 

 

 

 

4. Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Translation (with Arabic)
Queen’s University Belfast
The School of Arts, English and Languages is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Translation (with Arabic). The successful applicant will undertake research in line with the School’s research strategy, to teach primarily at postgraduate level, to undertake doctoral research supervision (where appropriate), and to contribute to School management, administration and outreach.

Deadline | 12 December 2022

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5. World Cultures Curator (Arabic and Persian)
University of Edinburgh
We are looking for a curator to oversee the curatorial management and understanding of the University’s collections that have come from the Islamicate world and South East Asia, researching into their provenance and contexts including languages. The postholder will work with archivists, librarians, curators to improve finding aids and contextual information about holdings. It will also develop relationships with academic and local communities to disseminate research findings, scope out work required for further understanding these collections and lay foundations for future activity.

Deadline | 16 December 2022

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6. Call for Applications – Visiting Fellowship
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

The Bodleian Libraries are now accepting applications for Visiting Fellowships to be taken up during academic year 2023-24. Fellowships support periods of research in the Special Collections of the Bodleian Libraries, across a range of different subjects including the Bahari Visiting Fellowships in the Persian Arts of the Book.

Deadline | 2 December 2022

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7. Call for papers – “Once again – Where are the women?”: Economic sanctions through the lens of gender, race, sexuality, and class
Workshop | University of Warwick | Spring 2023

This workshop aims to bring together feminist, queer, and post/decolonial scholars working on sanctioned countries to discuss various ways in which economic sanctions work through and reproduce the gendered, racialised, classed, and sexualized relations of power within and among nation-states.

Deadline | 15 December 2022

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8. Call for Contributions – Decolonising Knowledge and Practice
Journal | Gender & Development

This issue of Gender & Development will examine the colonial and patriarchal power dynamics that undergird our knowledge and research institutions, publishing realm, development policy and practice and our everyday lives. We invite research articles, shorter practice-based essays as well as critical and innovative methodologies in the ‘global South’ and ‘North’ which could include photo-essays, illustrations, short audio and video submissions, as well as poetry and stories that offer a feminist decolonial/post-colonial analysis of these institutions and practices and propose creative solutions or ways ahead to tackle institutionalised colonialism, casteism, racism and patriarchy in knowledge production, dissemination and practice.

Deadline | 15 January 2023
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9. A Political Theory of Muslim Democracy
Book Talk | 1 December 2022, 17:30 | The Alwaleed Centre, University of Edinburgh

In this special public lecture, Dr Ravza Altuntaş-Çakır will provide an overview of her monograph A Political Theory of Muslim Democracy (Edinburgh University Press) which offers a conceptualisation of Muslim democracy based on pluralist principles.

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10. Networks of Trade, Mocha to Asia

Online Talk | 12 December, 18:00 | British Yemeni Society In this talk Dr Um will reflect on the Yemeni port city of Mocha and its history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, drawing on the research that she conducted for her book, The Merchant Houses of Mocha: Trade and Architecture in an Indian Ocean Port (University of Washington Press, 2009). She will also share new findings and interpretations that have emerged since its publication. More information

 

 

 

 

11. Patriarchal Hierarchy: Market Capitalism and Production in Afghanistan
Book Talk | 10 January, 18:00 | Institute of Middle Eastern Studies
The book is the product of Dr Rafi’s nearly four years of research which analyses extensive empirical data gathered in the field during a year in Afghanistan in 2018. The book’s theoretical contribution takes aim at the methodological foundations of market-led economic policy. This approach to economic development has been advocated by international financial institutions since the 1970s-80s, and was implemented in Afghanistan as part of the state institution (re-)building during 2001–2021.

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12. 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

 

 

 

 

13. ATINER’s 2023 Mediterranean Studies Conference in Athens Greece

I would like to bring to your attention the organization of the 16th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 3-6 April 2023, Athens, Greece. You are more than welcome to submit a proposal for presentation by 5 December 2022. As we did last year, we will accept both remote (online or pre-recorded) and onsite presentations. If you need more information, please let me know, and our administration will send it to you including the conference website and abstract submission form.

My best regards,
Nick
Dr Nicholas Pappas

atiner@atiner-conferences.gr

 

 

 

14. A treasure saved and to be explored: The Mohamed Tahar Library in Timbuktu, Mali. Monday Majlis with Martin Nixon, the 5th of December. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)

Martin Nixon

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ocOirqDMvHdfsKHkG6aAJkE2lSIEUx9Pb

 

 

15. Gender and Number Agreement in Arabic

Simone Bettega and Luca D’Anna

Brill, 2022

https://brill.com/display/title/63560

 

 

16. The American University in Cairo

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Middle East History

Close: Dec 2, 2022

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64636

 

1.ONLINE Colloquium: “The Trajectory of Islamization of Knowledge Movement: Its Past and Relevance Today” by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Imtiyaz Yusuf (Kuala Lumpur), Centre of Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University, Australia, 24 November 2022, 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm AEDT

This colloquium contains also a presentation by Omar Mohamed on “Political Islam Through Muslim Brotherhood” from 13:00 – 13:45 pm AEDT.

Information and registration: https://www.isra.org.au/events/cisac-islamic-studies-research-colloquium/

 

 

 

 

2. ONLINE Webinar “A Conversation on Sextarianism: Sovereignty, Secularism, and the State in Lebanon” with Maya Mikdashi (Rutgers University), Center of Islamic and Middle Eastern Stud-ies, University of Oslo, 25 November 2022, 14:15 pm – 15:30 pm CEST

Drawing on court archives, public records, and ethnography of the Court of Cassation, the highest civil court in Lebanon, Mikdashi shows how political difference is entangled with religious, secular, and sexual difference. She presents state power as inevitably contingent, like the practices of everyday life it engenders, focusing on the regulation of religious conversion, the curation of legal archives, state and parastatal violence, and secular activism.

Information and registration: https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/center/islamic-and-middle-east-studies/events/thursday-friday-seminar/2022/a-conversation-on-sextarianism-sovereignty-secular.html

 

 

 

 

3. ONLINE Third Research Forum of the Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO): “Towards #KnowledgeJustice? Addressing Asymmetries in Global Know-ledge Production”, Bonn, 30 November 2022, 15:00-17:00 CET

The Forum discusses the underrepresentation of the so-called Global South in global knowledge production. Which persisting asymmetries of knowledge production prevail? How can these inequalities in the system of global knowledge production be reduced or even eliminated? And what is the role of different actors from different world regions in this process towards knowledge justice?

Information and registration: https://carpo-bonn.org/en/towards-knowledgejustice-addressing-asymmetries-in-global-knowledge-production/

 

 

 

 

4. Conference “Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage in MENA”, Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, Doha, 7-8 March 2023

Papers are invited on the following themes: protection and rebuilding of built heritage; cultural management in post-conflict settings; re-production and promotion of cultural memory; silenced and marginalized narra-tives and contested memories; reconciliation, transitional Jusic and prosecuting heritage criminals; impact of reconstruction on refugees, etc. Travel expenses will be covered.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2022. Information: https://chs-doha.org/en/News/Pages/Call-for-Pa-pers-Post-Conflict-Reconstruction-of-Cultural-Heritage-in-MENA-.aspx

 

 

 

 

5. Workshop “Diasporic Legacies of the Mediterranean (Focus North Africa and Near East)”, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 27-28 April 2023

Questions: How does the Mediterranean past – real and imagined – shed light on contemporary concerns around immigration, citizenship, and the allocation of natural resources? How are diasporas such as those caused by the expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609 remembered? What impact do they continue to have in the modern era?

Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-di-asporic-legacies-of-the-mediterranean-university-of-minnesota-twin-cities-27-28-april-2023?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

 

6. “Mamluk Symposium II: Science, Thought, Art and Institutions”, Istanbul University, 1-2 June 2023

The rich endowments established by the Mamluks and the institutions and activities those endowments sup-ported played an essential role in developing the scientific and intellectual heritage of Islam across the Muslim world. We invite scholars to present papers on this legacy, on the intellectual and artistic activities of the Mamluk lands and their effects on other regions and later periods. Financial support for travel and accommo-dation.

Deadline for submission of papers in Turkish, Arabic, or English: 1 December 2023. Information:

https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/11339358/cfp-mamluk-symposium-ii-science-thought-art-and-institutions

 

 

 

 

7. Panel on “Place of No Place: Utopias between Europe and the Middle East” during the 6th Conference of the European Academy of Religion, St Andrews, Scotland, 19-23 June 2023

The panel through historical and sociological lens aims at assessing the meaning of utopia and its implications for the relationship between the Islamic world and Europe. It analyses utopias either from the viewpoint of Muslims or European intellectuals who have developed nostalgic images of the Other.

Deadline for abstracts: 29 January 2022. Information and contact: Minoo Mirshahvalad mirshah-valad@fscire.it . See also https://it.europeanacademyofreligion.org/conference-schedule

 

 

 

 

8. Panel on “Religious Conversions in Multicultural Societies” during the 6th Conference of the European Academy of Religion, St Andrews, Scotland, 19-23 June 2023

The panel aims to be a venue for encounter between different disciplines. This encounter is fundamental to create new theories suitable for understanding the complexity and variety of conversion trajectories. Studies of this phenomenon from psychological, historical, ethnographic, textual, and theological perspectives are welcomed. Reflections should be based on case studies.

Deadline for abstracts: 29 January 2022. Information and contact: Sebastian Rimestad sebastian.rime-stad@uni-leipzig.de . See also https://it.europeanacademyofreligion.org/conference-schedule

 

 

 

 

9. Ibrahim Dakkak Award for Outstanding Essay on Jerusalem

It is awarded to an outstanding submission/nomination (in English or Arabic) that addresses either contem-porary or historical issues relating to Jerusalem. The author will be awarded a prize of U.S. $1,000, and the essay will be published in the Jerusalem Quarterly.

Deadline for submissions: 15 January 2023. Information: https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/jour-nals/jq/Ibrahim-Dakkak-Award

 

 

 

 

10. New Online Portal “Islamic·Art“ at the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin

The Museum für Islamische Kunst (Museum of Islamic Art) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin has published its online portal „Islamic·Art“. It is the first digital platform in the German-speaking world that presents Islamic cultures in a technically sound, innovative and entertaining manner. The online portal is now available free of charge in German, English and Arabic.

Information: https://islamic-art.smb.museum/?lang=en

 

 

 

 

11. Dual Degree Master’s Program of Islamic Studies and Muslim Cultures, Columbia University/New York and Aga Khan University/London

During this unique program students focus on the critical academic study of Islamic religious and intellectual traditions and on the diverse regional histories, cultures, and social formations of Muslim communities around the world.

Deadline for application: 9 February 2023. Information: https://www.mei.columbia.edu/dual-masters-degree

 

 

 

 

12. Chapters for Edited Book on “Family and Social Change in the Global South: A Gendered Perspective” by Aylin Akpinar and Nawal Ammar (Emerald Publisher)

Contributions must examine changes in gendered family context in relation to different dimensions such as: technology, economy, migration, climate, war/political violence, religion, generations, sexuality/reproduction, social care & networks as well as other emerging themes in the context of social change in different regions in the Global South.

Deadline for abstracts: 29 May 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announce-ments/11741952/family-and-social-change-global-south-gendered-perspective

 

 

 

13. Applications Open for the MA in Muslim Cultures

Applications are welcome for the MA in Muslim Cultures at the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC)​ in London.

​​​​Application Deadlines:

Applications for full and part time study are open from the beginning of September to the last Friday in January for admission in the autumn semester. Applications for part time study only are also open in the spring from April to the last Friday in June.​

Find out more about the MA: www.aku.edu/ismc/ma

Education Office: ismc.admissions@aku.edu​

 

 

 

 

14. CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOK PROPOSALS: I.B.Tauris and the British Institute at Ankara are seeking book proposals for the Contemporary Turkey academic book series.

The Contemporary Turkey monograph series is a joint initiative by the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA), internationally renowned for its support of independent academic research, and leading publisher of Middle East and Turkish Studies I.B. Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury Academic.

The series publishes cutting-edge research monographs and edited collections from a new generation of scholars working on modern Turkey across the social sciences and humanities. In bringing to light new data and insights directly from the field, this series is distinguished by its emphasis on innovative approaches that challenge established ways of examining Turkey.

Key areas of focus include (but are not limited to):

• Society and politics
• Political economy
• Alternative histories
• Gender studies
• Contentious politics and social movements
• Nationalism and politics of identity

Find out more about the BIAA at www.biaa.ac.uk, and their joint series with I.B. Tauris at www.bloomsbury.com/biaa-series and https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/contemporary-turkey/.

If you have a book project or idea that you’d like us to consider for the series, please contact the lead editor Dr Ceren Lord at the University of Oxford, UK – ceren.lord@politics.ox.ac.uk , or Rory Gormley, Commissioning Editor at I.B.Tauris – rory.gormley@bloomsbury.com – both of whom will be pleased to give you feedback on your idea.

1.Online Seminar – “Rare and Complex Wares: A Study of Vessels and Sherds Decorated with both Mina’i and Lustre Techniques,” Research Seminar in Islamic Art, SOAS (ReSIA) – November 24

The seminar will be delivered by Dr Richard Piran McClary.

ReSIA – Research Seminar in Islamic Art, convened by Professor Anna Contadini, will be presented on Zoom on Thursday 24^th November at 6pm (UK time). Please register with Matty Bradley on mb@royalasiaticsociety.org by 23^rd November to receive the link to the talk.

 

 

 

2. Publication – Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan

To commemorate its bicentenary, the Royal Asiatic Society has commissioned a limited edition re-issue of Lt.-Col. James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han, with a new Companion Volume by Norbert Peabody (to be co-published by the Society and Yale University Press in Summer 2023). The two volumes of his now classic text remain essential reading for anyone interested in the history and culture of Rajasthan and the early colonial encounter in India. Tod was a founding member of the Society and its first librarian. While librarian, he completed his Annals (originally published in 1829 and 1832), which was the literary fruit of his 23-year East India Company career, during which he served as the first Political Agent to the Western Rajput States of Rajasthan (1818–22).

One of the principal contributions of the Companion Volume lies in its exploration of how Tod’s Annals is a vibrantly collaborative text in which his authorship is continuously supplemented, and not infrequently destabilised, by the voices of his numerous Indian informants and interlocutors. The resultant cacophony renders Tod’s text surprisingly multivalent and discrepant in its significance and potential uses. In re-articulating the variety of Indian voices that simultaneously inhabit Tod’s Annals, the Companion Volume makes a larger argument for a conjunctural, contingent, and open-ended reading of colonial history.

We are delighted to offer the opportunity to subscribe to the anniversary re-issue in advance of its publication for the discounted price of £725 (the standard list price will be £850). To qualify for the reduced price, full payment must be received by 16 December 2022. Subscribers will have their names published (if they so wish) in the List of Subscribers that will appear in the Companion Volume. More information may be obtained from the link below.

https://royalasiaticsociety.org/tod-subscription-2023-2/

Key Features of the Re-issue

• a complete restoration of the two volumes of Tod’s original text and the 80+ original copperplate engravings, woodblock prints, and lithographs to its first edition state. All the illustrations have been digitally restored from proof prints in the RAS. Reproductions of five additional, previously unpublished engravings from the Tod collection supplement the restored text.
• a third, companion volume including a preface, two introductory essays, 125,000 words of annotations, a full bibliography, and an extensive glossary of Indian terms used by Tod.
• high quality colour reproductions of approximately 130 Rajasthani paintings and drawings and 25 European watercolours of Rajasthan from the Tod collections in the RAS, the BL, the BM, and the V&A. This visual material is supplemented with reproductions of other Rajasthani paintings that have a direct bearing on Tod’s life in and writings on Rajasthan. A significant amount of this material has never been reproduced before.
• over-sized,  fold-outs of  maps (including a full-size reproduction of Tod’s historically important, hand-coloured map of Rajasthan), tables, and an additional reproduction of one of the engravings.
• Edition limited to 750, each hand numbered

 

 

3. UCLA’s Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World

Video Library Announcement: The World of Ancient Iran and the West Panel I Now Available

We are pleased to share with you the recorded lectures from the first panel of the conference, The World of Ancient Iran and the West, “Achaemenid Persia and the West,” hosted at UCLA on May 19, 2022.

The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World and the J. Paul Getty Museum convened an international symposium on the exchanges between ancient Iran and the Classical world. Held at UCLA over two days (May 19 and 20, 2022), it marked the launch of the exhibit, Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, at the Getty Villa in the spring of 2022. The symposium included invited speakers, UC faculty, and Getty scholars, whose research pertains to the nexus between ancient Persia and the West. The overarching themes covered by the symposium were: Achaemenid Persia and the West; Iran and the Hellenistic World; and Eastern and Western Entanglements in the Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods.

https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/videos/

 

 

4. Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research 15.2 is out now

https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-arab-muslim-media-research

 

 

 

 

5. The Qur’an in Europe

A new 5-day short course by the Warburg Institute, University of London

16 – 20 January 2023: 11:00am – 1.00pm

Venue: Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU [please note, this course will not be available online]

Tutor: Prof. Alastair Hamilton (Senior Research Fellow, Warburg Institute)

Guest Lecturer: Prof. Jan Loop (University of Copenhagen)

Details and booking: https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/short-course-quran-in-europe

 

 

 

6. INVITATION: Muslim Philanthropy in Latin America & Latinx U.S\

The second annual LACISA colloquium, in partnership with the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative.
** REGISTER: Muslim Philanthropy in Latin America & the Latinx U.S.
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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.
The presentations below — and the resulting special edition of the Journal on Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=23d1e84f8e&e=f70992245e)  — will help move research on the intersections between these fields that much further.
We welcome you to REGISTER (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=10a743c1d5&e=f70992245e)  and join us for the following events. A specialized Zoom link will be sent ahead of the event for all those who register.
NOTICE: All times are Central European Time (GMT +1). Please adjust for your own time zone.

** Day One (December 7, 2022):
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Introduction & Welcome Lecture (5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Central European Time)
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* Ken Chitwood (Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, IUPUI) – Introduction and Survey of Muslim Philanthropy in Latin America & the Latinx U.S.
** Panel One (6:00 pm – 7:30 pm CET)
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* Steven James (University of Denver, Iliff School of Theology), “Cultural Identity Reconstruction, Religious De-Centering, and Rhetoric in Latinx Perspectives of Dawah”
* Waqas Halim & Asad Ahmad Khan (IT University Lahore), “Unpacking Structuration of Identity, Worldviews and Strategies of Islamic Philanthropic Missions in the Caribbean”
* Hazel Gómez (Rabata Org.), “Promoting Positive Cultural Change through Creative Educational Experiences, Spiritual Upbringing, and Community Care.”
** Day Two (December 8, 2022):
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Lecture (5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CET)
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* John Tofik Karam (University of Illinois) – “Muslim Beneficence at a Hemispheric Crossroads of Authoritarian and Counterterrorist Rule.”
** Panel Two (6:00 pm – 7:30 pm CET)
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* Baptiste Brodard (International Islamic University Malaysia), “Islamic organizations and welfare social services in Colombia: Dawah or philanthropy?”
* Odette Marie Yidi David (Universidad del Norte, Colombia), “Bogotá, Barranquilla, and Maicao: Living, teaching, and giving ‘the Islamic way.’”
* Diogo Bercito (Georgetown University), “Remembering al-Zikra: Early Arab Migration to Brazil and Muslim Philanthropy.”
Register for the Colloquium Here (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=4a7a0ca280&e=f70992245e)

 

 

 

 

7. Lecturer in Arabic Language

Columbia University in the City of New York: Arts and Sciences Core – Academic: Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies

Closing date Jan 14, 2023

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64468

 

 

 

 

8. The American University in Cairo

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Middle East History

Close: Dec 12, 2022

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64636

 

 

1.El-Shakry, O., ‘Rethinking Arab Intellectual History: Epistemology, Historicism, Secularism’, Modern Intellectual History (2021), 18, 547–572.

 

 

 

 

2. HYBRID Book Talk “About Ummah: A New Paradigm for a Global World” by Katrin Jomaa, Brown University, Providence, RI, 15 November 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Jomaa examines the moral, political, and spiritual understanding of the Qur’anic term “ummah”. Drawing on theology, history, philosophy, and political science, Jomaa argues that ummah, while often defined as a group of people united by ethnicity or religion, is, in its ideal sense, a community that demands active commitment and a conscious and continuous dedication to the highest moral ideals of that community.

Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2022/katrin-jomaa-ummah

 

 

 

 

3. Journée d’étude « Femmes musulmanes engagées dans la cité : prédicatrices, aumônières et imames », MMSH Aix-en-Provence, 15 novembre 2022

En quoi les femmes musulmanes engagées dans le champ religieux, prédicatrices, aumônières et imames participent elles aux mutations sociales et politiques du champ islamique contemporain ? Cette journée d’étude se propose d’apporter quelques éclairages à cette question brûlante en analysant l’insertion au sein d’organisations religieuses de femmes musulmanes impliquées dans le culte musulman, qu’elles soient sa-lariées ou bénévoles.

Information et programme: https://iremam.cnrs.fr/fr/journee-detude-femmes-musulmanes-engagees-dans-la-cite-predicatrices-aumonieres-et-imames

 

 

 

 

4. ONLINE Lecture “How to Conquer a Province: Salons and the Incorporation of Ottoman Arab Lands (16th Century)”, SOAS, London University, 16 November 2022, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm GMT

In 1516-7, Ottoman armies conquered large parts of the Arab Middle East. In the wake of this conquest, the Ottomans faced an administrative challenge as the new territories had to be incorporated into the imperial bureaucracy. This talk examines interactions between Ottoman elites and Arab notables as they occurred in informal gentlemanly gatherings in salons.

Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/how-conquer-province-salons-and-incor-poration-ottoman-arab-lands-16th-c

 

 

 

 

5. ONLINE Webinar “Fictive and non-Fictive Life Writings of Muslim Women: Solidarity for Strength and Survival” by Professors Doaa Omran and Feroza Jussawalla (University of New Mexico, USA), University of Manchester, 17 November 2022, 17:00 UTC

The speakers illustrate that Muslim women are empowering figures socially, politically, and academically. While Doaa will base her critique on a selection of work by Arab authors, Feroza will explore how the recent Iranian women’s movement shows that when women come together to support each other, their chances of survival and empowerment are greatly strengthened.

Registration: https://zoom.us/j/97038599926

 

 

 

 

6. ONLINE Lecture “Multilingualism and Language Planning in the Period of the Late Ottoman Empire and the Early Turkish Republic” by Dr. Nevry Lischewski (University of Munich), Ori-ent-Institut Istanbul, 17 November 2021, 7:00 pm Turkish Time

The Ottoman Empire was a fundamentally multilingual society. In the course of the late Ottoman and early Republican period, certain policies, rules and practices were introduced in order to influence the linguistic situation and to establish the dominant language in the society, without a perspective for maintaining its linguistic diversity. The speaker introduces a conceptual framework of language planning.

Information and registration: https://www.oiist.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/oiist_language_book-let_web.pdf

 

 

 

 

7. HYBRID International Conference on “Islamic Trust Studies: Translation and Transformation in Muslims’ Connectivity”, Osaka University, 26-27 November 2022

The conference examines the connectivity of Muslim behavior, particularly through law and human relations. How do Muslims interpret and prescribe the relationship between people and the state according to the law, human relations within the family, and the relationship found in gender in Islamic education, and what wisdom is used to enable strategic responses in doing so.

Deadline for registration: 20 November 2022.

Information and program: https://connectivity.aa-ken.jp/en/activity/874/

 

 

 

 

8. ONLINE 17th AATT Graduate Student Pre-Conference in Turkish and Turkic Studies, Stanford University, 27 November 2022, 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST

Information, program and registration: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/11/11/17th-aatt-graduate-student-pre-conference-in-turkish-and-turkic-studies

 

 

 

 

9. HYBRIDE Rencontre Revue de l’histoire des religions avec Christian Müller, Ismail Warscheid et Rainer Brunner, autour du livre “Recht und historische Entwicklung der Scharia im Islam”, Collège de France, Paris, 2 décembre 2022, 16h30 – 18h30

Cet ouvrage de référence change radicalement notre perception d’une immuable « charia », Loi sacrée de l’islam, et de son rôle dans l’histoire du monde musulman. Pour ce faire, cette synthèse mobilise notions sociologiques (droit, système des règles), histoire (ordres juridiques en terre d’Islam), études biographiques et juridiques pour terminer, sous un angle sociétal, par les domaines du droit couverts par la normativité islamique.

Information et registration: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/71969

 

 

 

 

10. HYBRID International Conference “The Qurʾān and Syriac Christianity: Recurring Themes and Motifs”, Religionswissenschaft und Judaistik, Universität Tübingen, 5-7 December 2022

This conference pioneers in its focus on the relationship between the Qurʾān and pre-Islamic Syriac Christianity. By taking recurring themes and motifs as a starting point, the conference emphasizes differences be-tween the Qurʾān and Syrian Christian traditions as well. The conference seeks to investigate how the Qurʾān reacts to pre-Islamic Syrian Christian traditions.

Information, program and registration: https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/evangelisch-theologische-fakultaet/lehrstuehle-und-institute/religionswissenschaft-und-judaistik/religionswissenschaft-und-judais-tik/quran-project-erc/events/05-07122022-conference-the-qur%CA%BEan-and-syriac-christianity-recurring-themes-and-motifs/

 

 

 

 

11. Inaugural “Kurdish Studies Conference”, Middle East Centre, London School of Economics (LSE), 24-25 April 2023

Papers are invited with social sciences approaches to any aspect of Kurdish studies: History; political movements; social movements; gender; political representation; governance; displacement; anthropology; nationalism; ethnography, ecology, political economy; international relations; diaspora; security; religion etc. A travel fund is available for those whose papers are selected for presentation.

Deadline for abstracts: 16 December 2022.

Information: https://www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-centre/assets/documents/CFP-KSS-Conference.pdf

 

 

 

 

12. 4th International Congress of PLURIEL: “Islam and Fraternity: Impact and Prospects of the Abu Dhabi Declaration for the Living together of Christians and Muslims”, Abu Dhabi, 2-6 February 2024

The Congress aims to provide a forum for the discussion and evaluation of the reception of the Document on Human Fraternity on the occasion of its 5th anniversary. What has been the impact so far of the Document on Human Fraternity concerning the coexistence of Christians and Muslims around the globe? The Congress will be held in English, Arabic and French.

Deadline for abstracts: 23 January 2023. Information:

https://pluriel.fuce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Call-for-papers-Islam-and-Fraternity-Abu-Dhabi-2024.pdf

 

 

 

 

13. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of the History of the African Diaspora with a Specialization in Migration and/or Refugee Studies (Focus Middle East), Townson University, MD

Qualifications: PhD in History or related fields required. Research specialization in migration and/or refugee studies of the African Diaspora; i.e. forced migration from African countries to Egypt and Israel; issues of race and racism in the Middle East etc.

Deadline for applications: 3 January 2023.

Information: https://www.towson.edu/provost/prospective/assistant-professor-cla-3620.html

 

 

 

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

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

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

 

 

 

15. British Institute of Persian Studies

Hybrid Lecture: Rivalling Rome: Parthian coins and culture

with Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis

Monday, 28 November 2022, 6.30-7.30 UK time

This is a hybrid event, which will take place in person at the British Academy and online on Zoom. Please register for either of the two modes, in advance, at:

https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/bips-agm-lecture-2022/

 

 

 

16. Colloque international LACIM 2022

1er Colloque International sur les Langues de l’Aire Anatolie-Caucase-Iran-Mésopotamie (LACIM 2022), organisé par le réseau européen LACIM (https://en.lacim.net/), qui aura lieu du 16 au 18 novembre, à l’Inalco (65, rue des Grands moulins, 75013 – Paris).

Le site web du colloque : https://www.lacim.net/event-details/lacim-2022

Le colloque se tiendra en mode hybride. Voici les liens de connection pour chaque jour :

16 novembre (mercredi): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtceygqDIoGNX-E0f-FXWkLijrjdQmkjG-

17 novembre (jeudi): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkduqhqjMtHNdtkeka69Z7DMqNcS2-rQc2

18 novembre (vendredi): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkduyrrDwjE9PxgljRq3OlB8KG9WRPtTjQ

 

 

 

 

17. Presentations from the “Demons: Good and Bad” conference (TCD, October 2022) are now available online, via the following link: 

Demons Online – Recordings from “Demons: Good and Bad” conference (TCD 2022)

This interdisciplinary conference included a fair share of Islam-related presentations (about one third), which might be of interest to some.

 

 

 

 

18. Harvard:

Tenure-Track Professor of Persian Literature and Cultures

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations seeks to appoint a tenure-track professor in Persian literature and cultures. While the specific area of specialization is open, the candidate must have a thorough knowledge of classical Persian literature from the eleventh century to the seventeenth century. In addition, the candidate should show some familiarity with the broader historical and cultural contexts within which classical Persian literature developed, both within and beyond Iran. The candidate will be expected to engage in teaching topics related to Persian literary cultures to a broad range of students, including undergraduates. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2023. The appointee will teach and advise both undergraduate and graduate level students. Applications from historically excluded and marginalized groups are strongly encouraged.

Doctorate required by the time the appointment begins.

Please submit the following materials through the ARIeS portal

https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/11808

no later January 6, 2023

1. Cover letter
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Teaching/advising statement (describing teaching philosophy and practices)
4. Research Statement
5. Writing sample, either an article or a chapter of a dissertation or book.
6. Statement describing efforts to encourage diversity, inclusion, and belonging, including past, current, and anticipated future contributions in these areas.
7. Names and contact information of 3-5 referees, who will be asked by a system-generated email to upload a letter of recommendation once the candidate’s application has been submitted. Three letters of recommendation are required, and the application is considered complete only when at least three letters have been received. At least one letter must come from someone who has not served as the candidate’s undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral advisor.

See the above site for further information.

 

 

 

19. Le Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CNRS, Sorbonne nouvelle, EPHE, INALCO)

a le plaisir de vous convier au colloque

Arts et patrimoine de l’Afghanistan
Cent ans de recherches archéologiques (1922-2022)

18 – 19 novembre 2022

Auditorium du musée Guimet

6, place d’Iéna, 75116 Paris.

Dans le cadre de la chaire de préfiguration « Arts et patrimoine de l’Afghanistan » mise en œuvre par la Fondation Inalco, dont le CeRMI est partenaire, la Fondation Inalco et le musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet, en collaboration avec la Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan (DAFA), organisent le colloque Arts et patrimoine de l’Afghanistan, Cent ans de recherches archéologiques (1922-2022).

Ce colloque est placé sous le patronage du ministère de la Culture.

Organisation

Sandra Aube (chercheuse au CNRS, CeRMI/Fondation INaLCO)

Nicolas Engel (conservateur des collections Afghanistan-Pakistan, MNAAG)

Philippe Marquis (directeur de la DAFA)

Programme et information sur le site du CeRMI

Nous vous invitons également à réserver vos places (gratuites, bien sûr) depuis le lien suivant : https://www.guimet.fr/event/colloque-arts-et-patrimoine-de-lafghanistan/

 

 

 

1.Conférence – Être femme et peintre sous les Taliban : Le cas des femmes artistes à Herat (Afghanistan) aujourd’hui, Mardi 15 nov 2022, Inalco

Conférence

INALCO – Fondation INALCO

Être femme et peintre sous les Taliban :

Le cas des femmes artistes à Herat (Afghanistan) aujourd’hui

par Nazir Rahguzar

(Chaire de préfiguration Art et Patrimoine afghans, INALCO / CeRMI)

mardi le 15 novembre 2022, 17h-18h30, salle 5.12

INALCO, 65 rue des Grands Moulins, 75013 Paris / www.inalco.fr

La conférence sera donnée en persan, avec traduction simultanée

Contacts:

salome.kierbel@inalco.fr

isabelle.konuma@inalco.fr

francoise.robin@inalco.fr

 

 

 

2. Oxford:

Associate Professorship in Islamic Studies and Law

Asian and Middle Easterns Studies, Pusey Lane, Oxford

We are seeking an outstanding scholar and teacher who studies Islamic thought, literature and/or practice in the pre-modern period (up until c. 1800 CE), based on primary sources in Arabic and other languages if appropriate. The successful applicant will have strong expertise in Islamic law. In addition, the postholder will have further expertise in Sufism, the hadith literature or Shi’i Islam. This is an exciting and demanding post in which you will conduct advanced research; give lectures, classes and tutorials; supervise, support and examine students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Islamic studies; and play a part in the administrative work of the Faculty and College.

The start date for this vacancy will be: 1 October 2023

Interviews expected to take place on 13th & 14th March 2023

For more information:

https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=161778

 

 

 

3. Programs at Hikmat for 2023

Registration for Hikmat Learning Tours for the spring of 2023 is now open. These unique tours are a combination of sightseeing and touring and informative meetings and workshops.
Like the previous tours, the seats on these special tours are extremely limited and registration is based on a first come, first served basis.
In addition to our classic Hikmat tour that will be held in April 2023, we will also have a tour to the west of Iran for the first time. On this tour you can see and experience some of the most beautiful natural, historical, and cultural sights of the western parts of Iran.
To learn more about the dates, itinerary, testimonials from the past participants and other details of the tours, please visit Hikmat website at the address below:

https://hikmat-ins.com/tours/

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us any time at info@hikmat-ins.com

 

 

 

 

4. SULTAN WALAD: In The Footsteps of Rumi and Shams

Authors: Hülya Küçük, Ibrahim Gamard, Omid Safi

Editor: Ibrahim Gamard

Translator: Hülya Küçük

Fons Vitae 2022

https://fonsvitae.com/product/sultan-walad-in-the-footsteps-of-rumi-and-shams/

 

 

 

5. BRISMES lecture

Rethinking the Empirical Reality of Statehood in the MENA Region

Date: 23 November 2022, 16:00-18:00 (GMT)

This panel examines how post-colonial states in the Middle East became a site of hybrid sovereignties, porous borders, identity politics, and liminality impacting everyday life. Informed by ethnographic data collected from fieldwork in the region, the panel members will draw attention to the empirical reality of statehood in the region affecting everyday life and to the role of particularity (empirical) in drawing the horizon of the politics in the contemporary MENA region. Please note that this event is a research development seminar and will be open to BRISMES members only.

More information and registration: www.brismes.ac.uk/events/outreach-and-pedagogy/empirical-reality-of-statehood

 

 

 

6. Online Lecture: Dynastic Change, Family Networks and Female Genealogies in Medieval Armenia (11th–13th c.)

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | 12:00 PM EST | Zoom
Dynastic Change, Family Networks and Female Genealogies in Medieval Armenia (11th–13th c.)
Zara Pogossian, University of Florence

This lecture will focus on a period of medieval Armenian history – eleventh to late thirteenth centuries – that was characterized by a gradual deterioration and break-down of its until then traditional social structure based on land-holding military families known as nakharars. In this context a number of new military men, mostly with no illustrious lineage and/or previous connection to certain specific regions, rose to power. As they sought ways of legitimizing their control of recently conquered land and resources in various parts of historical Armenia, marriage alliances and, hence, the building of new family networks via women acquired increasing importance. This is especially true in the case of wives that came from older, prestigious dynasties which had lost or were about to lose their significance. There are also cases of women who were themselves from ‘new families’ but who played a key role in entering local networks of power in different ways. These general considerations will be illustrated on specific cases bringing to the audience’s attention the significance of women from (new or old) élite families, particularly from the end of Bagratid rule, and through Seljuk and Mongol (particularly Ilkhanid) periods. The inter-religious aspects of such family networks will be equally highlighted. Although the talk will address various regions of historical Armenia, greater attention will be paid to Syunik‘, reflecting my on-going research-in-progress.

Zara Pogossian is a specialist in medieval Armenian history, culture and religion, especially in relation to other peoples, cultures and religions in the Near East and Asia Minor. She is Associate Professor of Byzantine Civilization at the University of Florence, and the Principal Investigator of the ERC Project ArmEn: Armenia Entangled: Connectivity and Cultural Encounters in Medieval Eurasia 9th–14th Centuries.

Advance registration required. Register: https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/

Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture with any questions.

 

 

 

7. Online Lecture: “The Egyptian Delta Between Revolt and Allegiance” (15 Nov)

You are cordially invited to the second talk of the winter 2022/23 term of our online lecture series ‘Rethinking Social Contention’, which will take place on 15 November 2022 at 4:00 pm CET. Noëmie Lucas (Edinburgh) will present a paper on “When the Arabs Refused to Pay Taxes. The Egyptian Delta Between Revolt and Allegiance in the Abbasid Period”. We hope to see many of you there!

To register and receive the Zoom link, just send an email to score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. The full programme for the winter 2022/23 term can be found here: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score/news/2022-06-14-lecture-series-ii.html. And finally, if you’d like to read more about our research group, ‘Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period’ (SCORE), please visit https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score.html. 

 

 

 

 

8. Lecture (in person) – “Exploring Recreative Practice Methodologies in Islamic Art: Writing on Stone at the Frontiers of the Islamicate World” (Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris) – 23 November

Exploring Recreative Practice Methodologies in Islamic Art  – Writing on Stone at the Frontiers of the Islamicate World

Elizabeth Lambourn (De Montford University), Nuria Garcia Masip (Sorbonne Université – Observatoire des Patrimoines)

Time : 5:00 PM, 23 November 2022

Venue : Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, 2 Rue Vivienne, 75002, Paris. Salle Walter Benjamin.

Abstract :

Recreative practice – the process of re-making an object or image – is widespread in the arts and humanities as a technique for retrieving haptic and tacit forms of knowledge or lost technologies. Nevertheless, it is dress and fashion historians who have led the field in the development of clear methodologies of recreative practice and sophisticated reflection on the merits and pitfalls of such an approach. This paper presents the early stages of a collaborative project between Elizabeth Lambourn, a historian of material culture, and Islamic calligrapher Nuria Garcia Masip which was sparked by contact with this practice and the resulting literature. Building on the pioneering work of dress historians Jane Malcolm-Davies (University of Copenhagen) and Jenny Tiramani (The School of Historical Dress, London) our project explores the way that these now well-articulated and theorised approaches might be translated to the study of Islamic calligraphy on stone. This project focuses on calligraphic panels on marble produced at the port of Khambhat (Cambay) in Gujarat during the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries CE but offers the potential for much wider application.

 

 

 

 

9. University of Manchester: Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series (AMES)

Empowering Muslim Women in History, Literature, and the Arts (EMWHLA)

Thursday 17 November 2022, 17:00 UTC/GMT on Zoom:   https://zoom.us/j/97038599926

Lecture 3: Fictive and non-Fictive Life Writings of Muslim Women: Solidarity for Strength and Survival

Professors Feroza Jussawalla & Dr Doaa Omran

University of New Mexico USA

 

 

 

10. American University in Cairo

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations

Annual History Seminar

3-4 March, 2023

Cities in Context(s)

One of the often-repeated statements about Islamic history is that this was very much an urban civilization. Since the Arab conquests of the seventh century, Muslim rulers and regimes often established and confirmed their power through urban projects. Urban expansion and the establishment of new cities were a main way in which regimes practiced their power. These urban centers were in turn loci of cultural and economic production, creating new hubs in various regions and establishing connections beyond their hinterland. These networks and connections would change over different periods of history. With modernization, cities were among the first areas to experience sharp change both in their scales, expansion, development as well as in their connections with the worlds beyond them. New cities were built to serve new functions and new classes reflecting the change both within and without. Despite this, cities and neighborhoods within them are sometimes studied in isolation as coherent but self-contained entities.

This round of the Annual History Seminar aims to focus on studying cities and urban centers in their relation with their wider contexts; their environs, hinterland, trade networks and imperial contexts.

The Annual History Seminar meets at the Oriental Hall of the Tahrir Campus of the American University in Cairo. Participants should plan to present their research, in either English or Arabic, in 15-20 minutes to allow time for discussion. Young scholars, including graduate students and doctoral candidates, are encouraged to apply. The seminar particularly encourages multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to history, so scholars from disciplines other than history are also welcome to participate.

Interested scholars should send an abstract of around 300 words in English or Arabic, no later than 1 December, 2022. Participants will be informed by early January 2023.

For more information please contact: Professor Nelly Hanna Email: nhanna@aucegypt.edu

Or Dr Amina Elbendary Email: abendary@aucegypt.edu

 

 

 

11. Le Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CNRS, Sorbonne nouvelle, EPHE, INALCO)

a le plaisir de vous convier au colloque

Arts et patrimoine de l’Afghanistan
Cent ans de recherches archéologiques (1922-2022)

18 – 19 novembre 2022

Auditorium du musée Guimet

6, place d’Iéna, 75116 Paris.

Dans le cadre de la chaire de préfiguration « Arts et patrimoine de l’Afghanistan » mise en œuvre par la Fondation Inalco, dont le CeRMI est partenaire, la Fondation Inalco et le musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet, en collaboration avec la Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan (DAFA), organisent le colloque Arts et patrimoine de l’Afghanistan, Cent ans de recherches archéologiques (1922-2022).

Ce colloque est placé sous le patronage du ministère de la Culture.

Organisation

Sandra Aube (chercheuse au CNRS, CeRMI/Fondation INaLCO)

Nicolas Engel (conservateur des collections Afghanistan-Pakistan, MNAAG)

Philippe Marquis (directeur de la DAFA)

Programme et information sur le site du CeRMI

Nous vous invitons également à réserver vos places (gratuites, bien sûr) depuis le lien suivant : https://www.guimet.fr/event/colloque-arts-et-patrimoine-de-lafghanistan/

 

 

 

 

12. “WORKING METALS, MOVING BODIES: MORTARS AND DRUMS FROM AFGHANISTAN TO ANATOLIA IN THE 12^THAND 13^THCENTURIES
Persis Berlekamp, University of Chicago
Webinar, Wednesday, November 16th, 12:30pm EST
Part of the NYU Silsila Fall 2022 Series, Body and Senses

Pre-modern bronze production depended not only on specialized technical knowledge, but also on access to ores with chemically viable combinations of metals. Accordingly, areas with rich mines, such as Afghanistan and Anatolia, held special importance for the history of medieval Islamic bronze. In the turbulent twelfth and thirteenth centuries, contact between these very regions intensified as waves of refugees flooded westwards. What implications did this have for the facture, form, and function of bronze objects? Considering surviving mortars and drums in relation to the bodies that effected them, as well in relation to the bodies effected by their use, yields a multivalent, yet socially situated view of bronze, foment, and resonance in a turbulent era.

Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee either online or in person can be found at:

https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/silsila/events/2022-2023/working-metals–moving-bodies–persis-berlekamp.html

Only registered attendees will be able to access this even

 

 

 

13. The previous five Monday Majlis-es at the Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter have been recorded and are now available online. We have not recorded and we will not record, however, the discussions following the talks, as we want these to remain free, without the pressure of being recorded. So, while the recording will be accessible, please still come and attend the Majlis-es live :  )

The five recorded Majlis-es are:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7jJSoH_zEs&list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-&index=1

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE-TRJ3uMhs&list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-&index=2&t=2s

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_IxyyzIQxQ&list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-&index=4&t=3749s

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79MHgPFbL_s&list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-&index=4&t=1639s

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwxfagqAPPQ&list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-&index=5

The titles are abridged, but the original titles are in the descriptions.

Enjoy the talks and attend the coming ones if you can:  )

If you would like to be included in the CSI mailing list, please contact the CSI Manager: Sarah Wood (s.a.wood2@exeter.ac.uk).

 

 

 1.Conference “Ibn Taymiyya`s Thought: Corpus, Reception and Legacy”, Aix-en-Provence, 9-10 November 2022

This conference seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the “Ibn Taymiyya phenomenon” by providing a platform for specialists in the field to present and share their latest findings. The frame of the conference is widely defined and may include papers on Ibn Taymiyya himself, his students and followers, or the influence of his intellectual legacy in later times.

Program: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2022/10/Final-programme.pdf

 

 

 

 

2. ONLINE Book Talk on “Architecture and Material Politics in the Fifteenth Century Ottoman Empire” with Prof. Patricia Blessing, New York University, 18 November 2022, 12:30 EST

Analyzing how trans-regional exchanges shaped building practices, Prof. Blessing examines how workers from Anatolia, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and Iran & Central Asia participated in key construction pro-jects. She specializes in the art and architecture of the Islamic world, with a focus on the eastern Mediterra-nean from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries.

Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/11470806/book-talk-patricia-blessing-architecture-and-material-politics

 

 

 

 

3. HYBRIDE Séminaire de recherche « Islams et musulmans de France: nouveaux terrains, approches et paradigmes », Paris, 29 novembre 2022, 10h – 13h

Samia Langar (ISPE) : « Des enseignants face aux fait religieux. Le cas de l’ islam. Que faut-il exactement comprendre sous la notion de “fait religieux” ? ». – Diane-Sophie Girin (GSRL, EPHE) : « L’impossible “normalisation” des écoles musulmanes au prisme de la contractualisation ». – Samim Akgönül (Université de Strasbourg) : « L’islam turc, un frein à la construction d’un islam de France ? ».

Information et registration: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/72299

 

 

 

 

4. Early Post-doc (15 Months, 80 %) to Support the Preparation of a Grant Application on “Islam, Popular Culture and Education in the MENA Region”, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern

Requirements: Outstanding PhD (not older than 3 years) in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies. – Interest in social science, historical or political approaches. – Previous expertise in the field of educational media analysis, in historical and sociological perspectives, and a focus on education in at least one Middle Eastern country. – Experience in preparing grant applications is welcome. – Excellent spoken and written English and proficiency in Arabic language.

Deadline for applications: 15 December 2022.

Information: https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/a35613f8-4c42-4332-bf99-21b6a62ad2a9

 

 

 

 

5. Doctoral Student for Research on Muslim Societies in the Field of Education in the Middle East, North Africa and Beyond, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern

Requirements: Excellent MA or Equivalent in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies, or in Humanities or So-cial Sciences with Emphasis on Islamic or Middle Eastern Studies; proficiency in spoken and written English and very good knowledge of Arabic language; etc.

Deadline for application: 15 December 2022. Information and application : https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/0069c29e-1fc2-489c-a605-cb2d1024bfdd

 

 

 

 

6. Doctoral Student for Research on Muslim Societies in the Field of Education in the Middle East, North Africa and Beyond, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern

Requirements: Excellent MA or Equivalent in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies, or in Humanities or So-cial Sciences with Emphasis on Islamic or Middle Eastern Studies; proficiency in spoken and written English and very good knowledge of Arabic language; etc.

Deadline for application: 15 December 2022. Information and application : https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/0069c29e-1fc2-489c-a605-cb2d1024bfdd

 

 

 

 

7. Al-Qasimi Professor of Islamic Studies, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter

The Professor will have an established international reputation in the field of Islamic Studies. Any area of the study of Islam will be considered. We would particularly welcome candidates in the study of the history of medicine or science in Islam. We are also particularly committed to decolonial approaches to the study of Islam and committed to ensuring that our procedures reflect our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusivity.

Deadline for applications: 7 December 2022. Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CUR572/al-qasimi-professor-in-islamic-studies . For informal inquiries contact Professor Sajjad Rizvi s.h.rizvi@exeter.ac.uk.

 

 

 

 

8. Assistant Professor of History, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco

Areas of specialization may cover any period or region. In addition, we seek candidates whose teaching and research interests include North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and cognate maritime histories.

Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Information: https://www.higheredjobs.com/international/details.cfm?JobCode=178154734&Title=History

 

 

 

 

9. Assistant/Associate Professor of History, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI), Qatar

Candidates are expected to have: Doctoral degree in History; experience in graduate student supervision, and with a good record of publications; be fluent in both Arabic and English.

Deadline for application: 16 January 2023.

Information: https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Careers/Pages/Apply.aspx?JobId=DIAC_2022_009

 

 

 

 

10. West Virginia University – Assistant Professor of History, Modern Middle East
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64456

Opens 12 December, 2022 until filled.

 

 

 

11. Four Postdoctoral Research Associates in Religion and Politics (1-2 Years), Washington University in St. Louis

Qualifications: Applicants should hold a doctorate in religious studies, politics, anthropology, law, philosophy, theology, American studies, history, Jewish studies, Islamic studies, sociology, or another relevant field. Scholars should be engaged in projects centrally concerned with religion and politics in the United States, historically or in the present day.

Deadline for applications: 5 January 2023.

Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/114752

 

 

 

 

12. Kuwait Chair of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs and Professor/Professor of Practice of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington DC

Applicants must have either a PhD in a relevant field by the date of appointment and a demonstrated track record of high-quality research and publications on the Gulf, or possess practitioner experience in the Gulf region at the equivalent level of expertise.

Deadline for applications: 2 December 2022.

Information: https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/97447

 

 

 

 

13. Articles for „The Journal of Digital Islamicate Research (JDIR)” – New Journal by Brill

The Journal aspires to adjust the computational, visualization and big data methods for the exploration of contemporary and historical cultures (also known as Cultural Analytics, CA) to the emerging field of Middle Eastern and Islamic Digital Humanities, and apply these methods to it.

Information: https://brill.com/view/journals/jdir/jdir-overview.xml?rskey=yeG37d&result=10

 

 

 

14. Articles for “Hamsa. Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies, # 9 (2023)”

For this volume, we particularly welcome proposals offering original analysis on the broad subject of Judaic and Islamic studies.

Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2023. Information: https://journals.openedition.org/hamsa/2982

 

 

15. Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (WOW) 2022 @ UCLA | 11/18-19

I am pleased to announce that the Western Ottomanists’ Workshop 2022 will be held in-person at UCLA and on Zoom on 18 and 19 November 2022 (Fri/ Sat). The Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (WOW) was founded in 2010 to bring together scholars and researchers based in the Western regions of the United States who are working to advance the study of the Ottoman Empire and its interactions with the wider world from the period of the late thirteenth century up until the early decades of the twentieth century.

WOW 2022 features participants from 18 universities in the US, Japan, and Canada, many of whom received funding for travel and accommodation to attend the workshop in person. We invite you to join us online (via Zoom) to listen to the newest research in the world of Ottoman history by graduate students and their dialogue with individually-assigned discussants.

Zoom details :
Meeting ID: 961 6052 0266
Passcode: amasya

 

 

 

16. Beyond the chessboard: adventures in Abbasid literature and historiography. Monday Majlis with Letizia Osti, the 14th of November. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)

We’d like to invite you to the online Monday Majlis of the Centre for the Study of Islam taking place on Monday the 14^th of November. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)

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

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIscuypqTgtGdQ39iF_RFiK3HCg77PluVAt

Abstract: Abu Bakr al-Suli (d. 335/947) was an Abbasid polymath and table companion, as well as a legendary chess player. He was perhaps best known for his work on poetry and chancery, which would have a long-lasting influence on Arabic literature. His decades of service at the court of at least three caliphs give him a unique perspective as an historian of his own time, although he is often valued as an observer rather than an interpreter of events for posterity. In History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate: Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature, I attempted to illustrate how investigating the life, times and works of such a complex individual can serve as a fil rouge for tackling broader, contested concepts, such as biography, autobiography, court culture, and written culture. The result is an exploration of the ways in which the Abbasid court made sense of the past and, in general, of what ‘historiography’ means in a medieval Arabic context.

 

 

 

17. Historicizing Sunni Islam in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1450-c. 1750

Tijana Krstić, Derin Terzioğlu, eds.

Brill, 2021 Open Access

 

 

 

18. Webinar – “BLEEDING FINGERS AND FAILING EYES: LOCATING THE BODY OF THE ARTISAN IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ART” (Silsila NYU) – November 9

Part of the Silsila Fall 2022 series, Body and Senses

Wednesday, November 9nd 12.30-2.30 EST

Online and In Person at New York University (Room 222, 20 Cooper Square, NY 10003)

In his description of the splitting of reeds for the making of mats in the Iraqi village of Agga, Gavin Maxwell (d. 1969) expresses surprise that even experienced practitioners of the craft would often end up cutting their hands. Other writers have noted the harmful effects of factors such as poorly ventilated work spaces, toxic materials, and noise. Observations like these are an important reminder of the impacts that register on the body as the result of repetitive and arduous tasks conducted in challenging environments. Finished objects can bear subtle traces of the bodies of their makers, from finger prints in fired clay to the characteristic slant and width of marks made by a brush or pen. This talk will question what can be learned in art historical terms through a focus on the bodies of those who have specialized in traditional modes of manufacturing across the Middle East from the seventh century to the present. Evidence will be drawn from extant objects in museum collections and from excavations, as well as pre-modern written sources, photographs, and ethnographic studies.

Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee either online or in person can be found at:

https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/silsila/events/2022-2023/bleeding-fingers-and-failing-eyes–marcus-milwright.html

Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.

 

 

 

19. Research Fellowships – Ralph C. and Mary Lynn Heid Rare Materials Research Fellowship – Applications open now through February 1

The University of Michigan Library invites applications for fellowships for research in residence.

The Ralph C. and Mary Lynn Heid Rare Materials Research Fellowship is open to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections, including the Islamic Manuscripts Collection held in the Special Collections Research Center.

Our fellows are awarded:

$1,500 for a project requiring a residence of one week or more

$3,000 for a project requiring a residence of three weeks or more

The current application cycle is open from November 1, 2022 through February 1, 2023, with the residency period and award to be used between May 1, 2023 and August 16, 2024. For more information, including eligibility requirements and instructions for applying, please visit this page:

Special Collections Research Fellowships >> How to Apply

Questions? Contact Martha O’Hara Conway at moconway@umich.edu.

 

 

 

20. Online Lecture – “Basra- Iraq’s Southern Metropoli”, by Andrew Petersen – 9th November 5PM GMT + 3

As part of the webinar series Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Ottoman period, the Ifpo, the CEFREPA and Udine University are pleased to announce the second series of meetings that will focus on Iraq and Arabian Peninsula and will take place online from November, 2022, to July, 2023.

First online lecture: 

November, 9 –  5pm (GTM +3) “Basra- Iraq’s Southern Metropoli” by Andrew Petersen (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)

Although the significance of Basra to early Islamic civilization is well known the physical remains of the site and its location are poorly understood despite extensive historical information and considerable archaeological fieldwork carried out at the site. There are many reasons for this situation including in recent times the conflicts surrounding the Iran-Iraq war, the 1990 Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq all of which had a significant impact on Basra. Other reasons for the limited understanding of the site include the relatively small number of historical standing buildings and the complex topography of the site. Despite these problems there is now a considerable amount of data which can provide the basis for understanding the origin and development of this remarkable city. This talk will review the results of three seasons of fieldwork in Basra using archival research, aerial photogrammetry, surface survey and geo-archaeological investigations. The research provides a number of valuable insights into the development of the early Islamic city although it also highlights dangers to the city through rapid development over the site of the early Islamic city.

For more information and registration: 

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

 

 

 

21. The following is a panel proposal for the 10th European Conference of Iranian Studies(21-25 August 2023, Leiden University, Netherlands)which aims to focus on Sufism and material culture in the Persianate world.

If you have a paper related to this topic and are willing to participate in this panel, please contact salimehhosseini1@uchicago.edu by November 14th.

Sufism as a major contributor to the formation of the Islamic culture from the early Islamic centuries to the modern day has had huge impacts on the production, circulation, and reception of material culture in the Persianate world. Many Sufis and individuals with mystical inclinations have been patrons, artists, builders, and consumers themselves. Unfortunately, the study of Sufism and material culture has long suffered from essentialist readings which fail to historicize and socially contextualize this major trend. This panel seeks to instigate alternative scholarship by shedding light on Sufism as a set of ideologies, practices, and institutions in relation to the material culture of the Persianate world. Scholars in the fields of art history, history, archaeology, anthropology, and literature of Iran, and by extension, the Persianate world are welcome to submit their papers, preferably case studies focusing on or tangentially speaking to the following questions:

1. How might Sufism’s rich textual tradition help us to understand and contextualize the production and reception of material culture in the Persianate world?
2. Can we talk about “Sufi material culture” as an analytical category without falling into the traps of essentialism, generalization, and anachronistic analyses?

 

 

 

 

22. Carleton University – Tenure Track, Assistant Professor, History of the Middle East
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64442

Closing date: Nov 30, 2022

1.Heshmat Moayyad Lecture Series talk with Prof. Olga Merck Davidson,

Thursday, November 10 at 5:00-7:00 CT

Please join us for the third lecture in the Heshmat Moayyad Lecture Series by Prof. Olga Merck Davidson next Thursday, November 10 at 5:00-7:00 CT in the Social Science Building, Room 122. You can also join us in the zoom meeting below. The topic of Prof. Davidson’s talk is “Is Poetry Superior to Prose in the World View of Ferdowsi?”.

https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudOGvqDgiGNVP5C11sGjxNC4GZGZ6VNFL

 

2. A Nook in the Temple of Fame: French Military Officers in Persian Service, 1807–1826

D T Potts

Mage, 2022

 

 

 

 

3. The Islamic College – MA Islamic Studies & MA Islamic Law (Distance Education) Open Day

11.11.22

On Zoom

More information:

https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/de-open-day/

 

 

 

4. ‘Notes on the Aesthetics of Medieval Islamic Art—and of Medieval Persian Painting’

Robert Hillenbrand,

JRAS, online, 26.10.22

 

 

 

5. The Latin America & Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 1 – October 2022

Editor-in-Chief Ken Chitwood | Associate Editor Rahma Maccarone
** Letter from the Editor
————————————————————
Welcome to the first edition of LACISA’s third volume. Two years ago, when we sent out our very first edition (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=1d11b1537b&e=f70992245e) , we hoped to connect persons with an interest in the study of Islam and Muslim communities in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the networks that exist across, between, and beyond the American hemisphere.
Two years later and we have a network of more than 300 people across our platforms sharing knowledge, promoting new research, and encouraging further scholarship on the subject.
This latest edition is a celebration of this increasing interconnection and collaboration, featuring contributions from members across the globe.
First, we have a review of Manifold Destiny: Arabs at an American Crossroads of Exceptional Rule (Vanderbilt University Press) and an interview with the author, John Tofik Karam (University of Illinois).
Second, we are excited to announce that Karam will be headlining our second annual LACISA colloquium: Muslim Philanthropy in Latin America and the Latinx U.S. (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=5b05c69045&e=f70992245e)
You can read more about the full line up, which features research on Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, the U.S., and the Tri-Border area between Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
We are also proud to feature a podcast episode featuring our very own Lucas Vicente (Translation Assistant, Portuguese) and Rahma Maccarone (Associate Editor).
In addition to the above, we also have numerous Member Notes, featuring events, new publications, additional podcast episodes, calls for submissions, essays, and other opportunities in, or related to, our field.
In particular, I’d like to personally invite network members to a meet-up on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. For those attending the meeting and interested in connecting, please e-mail me directly at lacisanews@gmail.com.
Otherwise, on behalf of our entire LACISA team (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=96330d0b81&e=f70992245e) , I thank you for reading our latest newsletter and celebrating our second anniversary! All the best in your own research, writing, and work in the public sphere.

 

 

 

6. Al-Mahdi Institute: Call for Papers – “The Nature of Soul and Death” IRS Workshop

Since 2018, the Inter-Religious Symposia (IRS) platform has been successful in bringing together representatives from the three Abrahamic faiths, to appreciate each other’s perspectives on various theological issues.

The Annual IRS Academic Workshop seeks to advance these discussions further into the academic arena, delving into the theological topics that are of shared concern.

• Workshop date is Thurs 16^thMarch 2023
• Deadline for abstracts from CfP respondents is Monday 12^thDec 2022.

More information at:

https://www.almahdi.edu/call-for-papers-soul-death-irs

 

 

 

7. 2e séance du séminaire mensuel de recherche organisé par le CeRMI (2022-2023) – 17 novembre 2022

La deuxième séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le jeudi 17 novembre 2022 (de 17h à 19h, salle 5.28).

Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Viola Allegranzi (Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences) pour une conférence intitulée : “Les gunbads de Chisht-i Sharif : nouvelles perspectives sur un site méconnu et sur l’histoire des Ghourides en Afghanistan (moitié xii^e – début xiii^e siècle)”.
Résumé

Chisht-i Sharif (aussi connu comme Khwāja Chisht, ou, simplement, Chisht) est un village situé sur la rive nord du Hari Rud, à environ 140 km à l’est de Hérat, en Afghanistan. Dans ce lieu, le maître sufi Abū Isḥāq Shāmī (m. 328/940) aurait fondé la Chishtiyya, une confrérie qui prit son essor en Inde à partir du XIII^e siècle. Le site est aussi connu pour la présence de deux structures à coupole (gunbads) en brique cuite, datant de l’époque du sultanat ghouride (544-612/1149-1215). Bien que tombés en ruine dès l’époque des premières prospections au XX^e siècle, ces monuments révèlent les traces d’un riche décor architectural en brique cuite et en stuc, et de plusieurs inscriptions en arabe et en persan, de styles et de contenus variés. La fonction originelle des deux gunbads reste incertaine : si leur forme s’apparente à celle des mausolées à coupole répandus dans la région, les enquêtes de terrain et les photos aériennes suggèrent qu’ils faisaient partie d’un même complexe architectural, jamais investigué archéologiquement.
Les deux monuments sont mentionnés dans nombre d’ouvrages consacrés à l’architecture islamique et leurs inscriptions ont été en partie publiées. Cependant, plusieurs questions restent ouvertes et certaines sources utiles à leur étude n’ont pas été pleinement exploitées jusqu’à présent. Dans cette communication, nous allons analyser dans une perspective comparative le décor architectural et, en particulier, les inscriptions des deux gunbads. Une révision globale de leur programme épigraphique, y compris le déchiffrement de plusieurs textes inédits, a été rendu possible grâce à l’étude des photos prises par Josephine Powell vers 1960. La présence de plusieurs versions de la titulature du sultan ghouride Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Sām (r. 558-599/1163-1203), de passages coraniques et formules religieuses liées aux pratiques rituelles, ainsi que le caractère très ornemental des styles graphiques font des inscriptions des Chisht-i Sharif un témoignage majeur sur la tradition épigraphique de l’Iran pré-mongol. En nous appuyant sur les comparaisons avec d’autres monuments ghourides — parmi lesquels le célèbre minaret de Jam, situé à une courte distance du site — ainsi que sur les informations dérivées des sources manuscrites et des monnaies, nous offrirons des perspectives nouvelles sur la chronologie et la fonction originelle des monuments, et, plus largement, sur l’histoire des Ghourides dans la région.

Orientation Bibliographique

• Blair, Sheila S.. « The Madrasa at Zuzan: Islamic Architecture in Eastern Iran on the Eve of the Mongol Invasions », Muqarnas 3, 1985, p. 75-91.
• Flood, F. Barry. « Ghurid monuments and Muslim identities: Epigraphy and Exegesis in Twelfth-century Afghanistan », Indian Economic and Social History Review 42/3, 2005, p. 263-294.
• Le Berre, Marc. « Chisht » in Warwick Ball (en collaboration avec Jean-Claude Gardin), Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan: Catalogue des sites archéologiques d’Afghanistan. Paris: Recherche sur les civilisations, 1982, vol. 1, p. 76, n^o
• Maricq, André & Wiet, Gaston. Le Minaret de Djam : La découverte de la capitale des Sultans Ghorides (XIIe–XIIIe siècles). Paris: C. Klincksieck, 1959.
• Patel, Alka. Iran to India. The Shansabānīs of Afghanistan, c. 1145-1190. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
• Powell, Josephine. « Josephine Powell photographic archive (1951-1975) », Harvard University Library, Fine Art Special Collections (AKP187): http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990119685550203941/catalog.

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/

 

 

 

8. 2023 Critical Language Scholarship Program Application Now Open!

We are delighted to announce that the application for the U. S. Department of State’s 2023 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is now open! We welcome [you/your students] to apply now to learn a critical language on a funded virtual or overseas summer program. The application is available at https://clscholarship.org/apply . The application deadline is 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.

The CLS Program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains. Depending on language and level, U.S. students can either apply for the overseas CLS Program or the virtual program, CLS Spark. The CLS Program offers in-person cohort-based programs at partner institutions abroad that provide instruction at various levels for U.S. graduate and undergraduate students in 14 critical languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu. CLS Spark provides virtual instruction to U.S. undergraduate students at the complete beginning level of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian, specifically targeting students who do not have access to studying these languages at their home campus. More information on eligibility is available at: https://clscholarship.org/applicants/eligibility . [Ed note:  You must Be a U.S. citizen or national at the time of application.]

The CLS Program will host frequent webinars, Q&A sessions, and alumni panels for students and advisors throughout the fall. A full calendar with these events and corresponding registration links is available at: https://clscholarship.org/events .

The CLS Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government and supported in its implementation by American Councils for International Education. It is part of a wider government initiative to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security and economic prosperity.

If you have any questions, please contact the CLS Program team at: cls@americancouncils.org .

Esha Bera (she/her)

Program Officer, Critical Language Scholarship Program

American Councils for International Education

1828 L Street NW., Suite 1200

Washington, DC 20036

phone: (202)-833-7522

email: ebera@americancouncils.org

www.americancouncils.org

www.clscholarship.org

 

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

 

 

 

 

9. Edinburgh Alwaleed Early Career Fellow: Authority in the Globalised Muslim World

The Alwaleed Centre is looking for an Early Career Fellow to join its academic team.

The post-holder will conduct research into contemporary issues relating to authority in Muslim states, societies or online spaces. Applications from candidates whose work engages with transnational, international or global contexts would be particularly welcomed. The post-holder will also be expected to contribute to the Alwaleed Centre’s teaching activities, develop online teaching material, and engage with the Centre’s outreach and public engagement programme.

This is a two year, full-time position and FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING HERE. 

The deadline for applications is 28 November 2022 at 5pm GMT.

 

 

 

 

10. ‘Pashtun homelands in an Indo-Afghan hagiographical collection’

M Pelevin

Modern Asian Studies, 2022

 

 

 

11. New address: CeRMI UMR 8041 du CNRS

Cher.ère.s collègues, cher.ère.s ami.e.s,

J’ai le plaisir de vous informer que, depuis le 28 octobre dernier, notre unité de recherche, CeRMI UMR 8041 du CNRS, a emménagé dans de nouveaux locaux sur le campus CNRS de Villejuif.

L’adresse postale du CeRMI ainsi que les coordonnées téléphoniques de son secrétariat sont désormais les suivantes :

Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI) – UMR8041 CNRS

Campus CNRS Ile-de-France Villejuif

7, rue Guy Môquet

94800 Villejuif – FRANCE

Tél. : +33 (0)1 49 58 37 86

Courriel : cermi@cnrs.fr

Site web : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/

À cette adresse, nos locaux sont situés au 4ème étage du bâtiment D.

Noter par ailleurs que cette nouvelle localisation du siège de notre UMR entraîne une modification des coordonnées téléphoniques des postes fixes installés dans les bureaux.

Bien amicalement,

______

Maria Szuppe (CNRS)

Directrice de l’UMR 8041 Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI)

 

 

 

12. AKU-ISMC

Book Launch: Islam and Modernism by Rasheed Araeen

Tuesday 6 December 2022, 18:00 – 20:00 (London)
Venue

Aga Khan Centre (Atrium Conference Room),
10 Handyside Street,
London N1C 4DN
Booking

The event is free, but booking is essential:

To attend in person, register via Eventbrite.

To attend online, register via Zoom.

For more information:

https://www.aku.edu/ismc/events/pages/event-detail.aspx?EventID=2227&Title=Book%20Launch:%20Islam%20and%20Modernism%20by%20Rasheed%20Araeen

 

1.ONLINE “6th Annual Symposium on Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society”, Indiana University, 31 October – 4 November 2022

Information and registration: https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/machform/view.php?id=312627

 

 

 

 

2. ONLINE Lecture “Violence and Care: The Basij and Disabled Afghan Foreign Fighters in Iran”, Iranian Studies Initiative, New York University, 3 November 2022, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EST

Drawing on long-term ethnographic research with paramilitary members of the Basij as well as Afghan disabled in low-income neighborhoods of Iran, in this talk Ahmad Moradi maps out the ways in which people solicit the very techniques of power to seek legibility, care and recognition.

Information and registration: https://as.nyu.edu/neareaststudies/events/fall-2022/Nov.html

 

 

 

 

3. HYBRID Book Presentation “Les études sur les domaines turc, kurde et ottoman en France”, CNRS-GIS MOMM (Scientific Interest Group on the Middle East and Muslim Worlds), Paris, 9 November 2022, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Paris Time

The book was written by written by Élise Massicard, Alexandre Toumarkine and Julien Boucly. The authors will be present.

Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/11378517/presentation-event-november-9th-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%9Cturkish-kurdish-and-ottoman

 

 

 

 

4. HYBRID Conference “Decolonial Thinking and Revolutionary Events”, University of London, 8-9 March 2023

How does coloniality pathologize experience? How does it use trauma to silence revolutionary experience? Does the movement of liberation away from coloniality imply a reversal of speech from a logic of the traumatic to the somatic? What is this unactual that events speak in their actual? How does revolutionary temporality de-envelop itself from coloniality and its repressive function?

Deadline for abstracts: 17 December 2022.

Information: https://postcolonialpolitics.org/decolonial-thinking-and-revolutionary-events/

 

 

 

 

5. Early-Career Scholars Workshop “Researching Forced Migration in the Middle East,” University of Glasgow, 23-24 March 2023

The workshop will provide an opportunity to early career scholars to present, discuss, and receive critical feedback on their research projects with senior academics in the field. In addition to focused discussions on each paper, the workshop will address strategies and advice for publishing on forced migration in peer-reviewed international journals.

Deadline for abstracts: 11 November 2022. Information:

https://cbrl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CBRLGlasgow-Workshop-March-2023-Updated-Call.pdf

 

 

 

 

6. Conference “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.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2023.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/11409161/call-papers-early-modern-ottoman-studies-emos-%E2%80%93-conference-i

 

 

 

7. Part-Time (0.8FTE) Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David

Applicants should have a further specialisation in another field relevant to the study of the Muslim World. We are particularly keen to receive applications from those able to teach and research in the field of Islamic Philosophy, particularly its relevance to intercultural and interfaith dynamics in the contemporary world.

Deadline for applications: 2 November 2022.

Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CUH141/lecturer-in-islamic-studies

 

 

 

 

8. Fellowships for Students and Scholars of the Near East (Prehistory – 21st Century), W.F.Albright Institute of Archaelogical Research, Jerusalem

Awards are one to four months and come with a stipend and board at our institute in the heart of Jerusalem. Applications are open to students and scholars in Near Eastern studies, including archaeology, assyriology, anthropology, biblical studies, art history, epigraphy, historical geography, literature, religion, museum studies, cultural heritage, and preservation, pursuing projects that focus on contemporary engagement with the pre-modern past.

Deadline for applications: 15 November 2022. Information: www.aiar.org/fellowships

 

 

 

9. Assistant/ Associate Professor of History, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Applicants should be specialized in medieval Islamic history. Priority is given to those interested in the history of the Arabian Peninsula and to candidates who are proficient in the Arabic language and/or have a special interest in research and practice in the Arab world.

Deadline for applications: 16 January 2023.

Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64397

 

 

 

10. Assistant Professors in Arabic / Islamic Studies, American University of Sharjah, UAE

A PhD in Arabic Studies, Islamic Studies or related areas is required. The willingness and ability to teach entry-level Arabic heritage classes is essential. Successful applicants will have native or near-native proficiency in Arabic and English. Familiarity with Western models of higher education is preferred.

Deadline for applications: 20 November 2022. Information:

https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/10/26/faculty-positions-in-arabic-islamic-studies

 

 

 

 

11. Tenured/Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor of Iran Studies, University of Oklahoma

Qualifications: Full research proficiency in Persian/Farsi. – Ph.D. by the time the appointment begins on August 16, 2023. – Active and dynamic research agenda on Iranian politics / US-Iran relations. – Evidence of teaching excellence / experience.

Deadline for applications: 1 December 2022. Information:

https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/10/28/assistant-associate-professor-of-iran-studies

 

 

 

 

12. Zahedi Family Fellowship in Iranian Archive Studies (12 Weeks), Stanford University

The fellowship is open to scholars and artists working on the modern history of Iran, particularly the period of 1941 to 1979. Preference will be given to scholars who have worked on aspects of modern Iranian foreign policy, history, and culture.

Deadline for applications: 2 December 2022.

Information: https://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/research/zahedi-family-fellowship

 

 

 

 

13. Manuscripts and Book Proposals for “The Ottoman Empire and the World Series” under New Editorship and Advisory Board (I.B.Tauris)

The series welcomes work which transcends the traditional boundaries between approaches, including those between political history, gender studies, social history, Islamic studies, environmental history, and literary studies to understand how the empire worked and how it fit in a wider world.

Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/06/23/call-for-book-proposals-the-ottoman-empire-and-the-world-series

 

 

 

 

14. Chapters for Edited Book on “Archaeologies of Displacement: Heritage, Memory, Materiality” (Focus MENA), Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

This edited book aims to understand how and why the voices of displaced people are so often forgotten in the narratives of globalisation. We will focus on how the trauma of forced migration creates interconnections between material objects, memories, oral histories and people and explore the potential for creating sustain-able archaeologies of displacement.

Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/10/27/archaeologies-of-displacement-heritage-memory-materiality

 

 

 

 

15. Chapters for Edited Book on “Technologies and Digital Activism in Authoritarian Contexts” (Focus Egypt, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey), Deakin University, Australia

Questions: How do technologies affect the prospects of democracy and authoritarianism? How do current and emerging technologies facilitate or challenge democracy? How do political activists and organizations devise strategies to circumvent the suppression from authoritarian regimes mediated by technologies? How do the concept and practice of digital authoritarianism evolve in response to the rising authoritarian power?

Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2022. Information: http://www.mesf.org.au/call-for-book-chapters/

 

 

 

 

16. Articles on “Islamic Leadership: Towards a New Paradigm” for Special Issue of the “Australian Journal of Islamic Studies”

Questions: Is contemporary Islamic and Muslim crisis a crisis of Islamic leadership? Do Muslims need a new leadership to bring them and their societies out of crisis? Why is new Islamic leadership paradigm so impor-tant in the modern world? Are there role model Muslim leaders that stand out as an exception to the crisis we are seeing in the Islamic leadership?

Deadline for submissions: 30 December 2022.

Information: https://ajis.com.au/index.php/ajis/announcement/view/13

 

 

17. AKU-ISMC

Wednesday 30 November is the closing event of Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Play and Passion exhibition.

The event will include a panel discussion about football and religion with a particular emphasis on women’s football. The event will take place at the Aga Khan Centre, London, as well as online and will be followed by a viewing of the exhibition.

 

 

 

 

18. The Journal of Islamic Law invites papers that explore encounters between Islamic law and other legal traditions from the 18th through mid-20th centuries.

Scholarship on encounters mostly focuses on colonial history, presenting a defeating view of shari’a, seen as having “died” against the intruding forces of colonialism. Indeed, European colonialism greatly affected the operation of Islamic law. Colonial officials, targeting the ulema and the courts, transformed the foundational practices and institutions on which the Islamic legal tradition rested. Yet, it is worth revisiting how Islamic law operated given its flexible nature and the agency of its actors. For example—with some exceptions—we know little about processes of negotiation, dependence, borrowing, jurisdictional jockeying, forum shopping, and entanglements between Islamic legal practices and those of other legal systems. Furthermore, a scholarly understanding of encounters between Islamic law and other legal traditions would greatly benefit from explorations of other regional and temporal spaces—and not just European colonialism—where legal encounters unfolded. This special issue is interested in hosting works on such legal encounters broadly from the 18th to the mid-20th century. Thematically, it seeks to present scholarship that looks at metamorphosis, borrowing, and dialogue between Islamic law or shari’a and other legal traditions in the context of foreign/external influences, colonial powers, and imperial interactions.

We seek articles of up to 25,000 words. To signal interest, please submit a proposed title and abstract of 250-500 words by November 18, 2022, using our online submissions portal. Once accepted, soon thereafter, the deadline for the submission of full drafts is February 1, 2023, after which we will go through a process of peer review, a final decision on acceptance, and editing and publication. This special issue of the Journal of Islamic Law is edited by Dilyara Agisheva (dagisheva@law.harvard.edu ), Research Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Program in Islamic Law, and will be published in Spring/Summer 2023. For further questions, please contact us at pil@law.harvard.edu .

 

 

 

 

19. Join the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) for its Fifteenth Annual Conference taking place in Washington, D.C. on November 5 – 7, 2022.

We will host a dynamic crowd of academics, scholars, and policymakers from around the globe. View our schedule of events and list of paper presentations.

The 2022 Conference will feature:

• Opening remarks by H.E. Shaikh Abdulla Bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States.
• Networking cocktail reception.
• Special Session: “When Magic Failed: The Life and Legacy of Prof. Fouad Ajami.”
• Keynote: “A Conversation on the State of Middle East Studies Today” led by Dr. Martin Kramer.
• Book Discussion: Prof. Jeffrey Herf, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, will talk about his recent publication, Israel’s Moment.
• Awards banquet luncheon.
• Awards ceremony and reception for the 2022 Bernard Lewis Prize.
• Roundtable: “Edward Said and the Colonization of Western Middle Eastern Studies.”
• Panel sessions including: Colonial and Postcolonial Africa: Nationalism, Urban Spaces, Womanhood and Science; Arabic Poetry Fragments in the Cairo Genizah: Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Analysis; Security Issues in the Middle East and Africa; Narratives and Ethos in the Middle East: Similarities and Differences; A Hundred Years of States and Minorities in the Middle East: What Has Gone Wrong?

Register now to attend!

Feel free to contact ASMEA at info@asmeascholars.org with any questions.

 

 

 

 

20. West Virginia University – Assistant Professor of History, Modern Middle East
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64456

Closing date: Jan 24, 2023

 

 

 

21. UCLA Iranian Studies

Women in Iran: Past, Present, and Future

A Double Book Talk with Mahnaz Afkhami and Mona Tajali

Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom

Discussion in Persian

Registration Required

For more information:

https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-women-in-iran-past-present-and-future-a-double-book-talk/

 

 

 

 

22. Monday the 7^th of November. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)

Nikola Pantic, Is It Religion or Magic, and What Is Between Them? New (Old) Approaches to Ottoman Institutional Sunnism (1600-1800)

Register in advance for this meeting: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocOmsrDIoHdS1MGcJFfNI0oMSanzYoLna

 

1.The first international Islamic Art and Culture Digital Festival happening online on 28 & 29 November. 

The Future of Islamic Art & Culture Digital Festival is a virtual global gathering, with performances, online exhibitions and conversations.

We hope you can join us at this unique online event.

 

 

 

2. We invite you to attend our 8th IDHN Conference which will take place on Thursday, November 17, 2022.

We will hear four exciting presentations:
Maya Shatzmiller (University of Western Ontario): Measuring the Medieval Islamic Economy: New perspectives on evaluating economic performance

Moneerh Aleedy (Leeds University): Parallel Sentences Alignment Using SentencesTransformers: A Case Study on English-Arabic Non-Parallel Corpus

Jonas Müller-Laackmann (SUB Hamburg); Theo Beers (FU Berlin) and Xenia Kudela (FU Berlin): Closing the Gap – A collaborative project database on Non-Latin Script-based research

Alireza Shahbazi (Iran University) and Mohammad Reza Moini (University of Tehran): Employing Semantic Web Tools for Reconstructing and Analyzing the Personal Relationships in Rijāl al-Najāshi

To attend this online conference, please register at https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckc-ChrTIrEtUev9h3Qc1FpkLjNXGu6AG0. We eagerly look forward to your attendance and participation in the conference.

 

 

 

3. We have the pleasure to invite you to lecture 2 of Round 2 of the ‘Women and Gender Forum’ run by the University of Manchester: Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series titled, Empowering Muslim Women in History, Literature, and the Arts

Tuesday 1 November 2022,

5:00 PM (17:00) GMT, 8:00 PM Saudi Time

on Zoom:   https://zoom.us/j/95985097918

Women’s Art, Women’s Stories from Pakistan: An Alternative Lens 

Professor Shirin Zubair

The Polish Institute of Advanced Studies

 

 

 

4. Video Library Announcement: Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series with Robert Rollinger Now Available

We are pleased to share with you the recorded lectures of Professor Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck) for the Biennial Eshan Yarshater Lecture Series. He presented a series of four lectures in a series titled “The Achemenid Persian World Empire” for the Pourdavoud Center in April 2022

https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/videos/

 

 

 

 

5. 2022 Kamran Djam Biennial Lectures at SOAS

7 and 8 November, 2022

After a pause due to lockdown, the Centre for Iranian Studies is delighted to invite you to the 2022 Kamran Djam Biennial Lectures at SOAS on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 November 2022.

Our speaker this year is Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA, University of St. Andrews, who, will give two lectures on The Great Mongol Shahnama, a long-awaited major work on one of the most magnificent illustrated Persian manuscripts of all time, dating to 1330s.  Hali Publications Ltd., the UK publishers of this splendid book, have kindly agreed to bring several advance copies of the book for your perusal before its imminent availability in the UK. Please see below for details of the lectures.

Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA, University of St. Andrews
What Problems Does the Great Mongol Shahnama Pose?
5.30pm, Monday 7 November
(followed by a reception at 7.00pm in G3 Suite)
What Makes the Great Mongol Shahnama Great?
7.00pm, Tuesday 8 November
Venue: Djam Lecture Theatre
SOAS, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
Admission Free – All Welcome

Register for the First

Register for the Second

 

 

 

 

6. The Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles invites applications for a one-year Farhang Foundation Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in Iranian Studies. Researchers with training in cultural studies, film, and literature are particularly encouraged to apply.

Postdoctoral Scholar in Iranian Studies (mesana.org) 

Review of applications will begin December 1, 2022; the position will remain open until filled.  

 

 

 

7. Annual Lampeter Interfaith Colloquium: 1st-2nd December 2022

We are pleased to announce that the 7^th Annual Lampeter Interfaith Colloquium will be held on 1^st -2^nd December 2022.

Our theme for this year’s conference is ‘Inter-religious Relations in Contemporary Societies’ and we’re delighted to have Rev. Dr Muthuraj Swamy (Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, Cambridge university) and Prof. Patrice Brodeur (University of Montreal) as our keynote speakers.

After two years of this event being held solely online, this year’s Colloquium will be a hybrid event, available for international attendees to virtually participate alongside those in Lampeter. Commencing at 1pm on Thursday December the 1^st (GMT), the Colloquium will be brought to a close at 2pm on Friday December 2^nd.

There will be more information to follow, however, please do get in touch with us with any initial queries via interfaith@uwtsd.ac.uk .

 

 

 

8. Drawing Syria from Afar. An event in honour of Syria

Thursday 3 November 2022: 6.00-7.30pm [GMT]

ONLINE VIA ZOOM

Presented by the Institute of Classical Studies and the Warburg Institute, University of London.

A panel discussion to mark the donation of The Destruction of Palmyra by Deanna Petherbridge (Warburg Associate Fellow) to the Warburg Institute and its hanging in the Institute of Classical Studies. A panel of speakers from the fields of art and architecture, archaeology and heritage studies will discuss the ancient and contemporary history of Tadmor-Palmyra, the impact of the destruction of home and heritage in conflict, and what might constitute restorative architectural and archaeological reconstruction

Speakers: Dr Ammar Azzouz, Professor Jen Baird, Frances Carey, Dr Zena Kamash.

Simultaneous translation into Arabic will be provided.

PLEASE BOOK TO RECEIVE DETAILS

 

 

 

9. New York University, Silsila: Center for Material Histories

“THE SOUNDS OF THE DALĀ’IL AL-KHAYRĀT AND ITS HARAMAYN IMAGES”

Sabiha Göloğlu, University of Michigan & University of Hamburg

Part of the Silsila Fall 2022 series, Body and Senses

Wednesday, November 2nd 12.30-2.30 EDT

The Moroccan Sufi saint Sulayman al-Jazuli’s (d. 870/1465) Dalā’il al-Khayrāt (Proofs of Good Deeds) was widely recited and read in public and private spheres across the Ottoman Empire. Whether in writing or in sound, the Dalāʾil al-Khayrāt, via private ownership and book and recitation endowments, reached many at homes, Sufi convents, madrasas, and mosques from Medina to Istanbul. The majority of Ottoman Dalā’il al-Khayrāt copies that are preserved in collections are illustrated with various compositions. Among these compositions, the Mecca and Medina couples are significant in that several of them had an audible component, as suggested in the marginal inscriptions. This talk will focus on the multisensory experiences of texts and images that arose from both recitations of the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt and the verbal formulas attached to its Haramayn depictions.

Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee can be found at:

https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/silsila/events/2022-2023/the-sounds-of-the-dalil-al-khayrt-and-its-haramayn-images–sabih.html

Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.

 

 

 

 

10. The Islamic College – MA Islamic Studies & Islamic Law Taster Course
Considering a MA degree in Islamic Studies or Islamic Law? Attend our taster course where you can attend taster class sessions and meet some of our staff.

• MA degrees in Islamic Studies and Islamic Law
• 1-year or 2-year options
• Degrees validated by Middlesex University, UK
• Study under eminent academics, Islamic scholars, and specialists
• Be part of a vibrant, knowledgeable student community
• Aimed at researchers, prospective PhD students, religious leaders, or anyone wanting to study Islam in-depth
• In-house and distance education options

DATE: 7 November 2022
TIME: 6:00-9:00 pm (London time)
HOSTED BY: The Islamic College, London, UK,

degrees validated by Middlesex University, UK

More information at:

https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/taster-course/

 

 1.Baghdād, From Its Beginnings to the 14th Century

Volume Editors: Jens Scheiner and Isabel Toral

Brill, 2022.

 

 

 

 

2. ECIS 10 – Tenth European Conference of Iranian Studies, Leiden University, 21-25 August 2023
ECIS is one of Europe’s largest conferences in Iranian Studies. It is held every four years and organized by the Societas Iranologica Europaea (SIE). ECIS 10 will cover a wide range of topics related to Iranian Studies
including philology, linguistics, literature, history, religious and cultural studies, art and architecture, archae-ology, philosophy and anthropology.
Deadline for abstracts of panels and individual papers : 1 December 2022.
Information: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/ecis10/

 

 

 

 

3. ONLINE Webinar Book Launch: “Public Freedoms in the Islamic State” by Rached Ghannouchi, Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Geogetown University, 27 October 2022, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tunis Time

Rached Ghannouchi has long been known as a reformist or moderate Islamist thinker. In his most influential book, he argues that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should be widely accepted by Muslims under the correct interpretation of Islamic law and theology. Under his theory of the purposes of Shari‘a, justice and human welfare are not exclusive to Islamic governance, and the objectives of Islamic law can be advanced in multiple ways.

Information and registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_djQoiGTQT_azER6vpwh8Kg

 

 

 

 

4. HYBRID Session on Islam during the “66th International Congress of Phenomenology: Eco-Imagination for a Sustainable Future”, IULM University, Milan, Italy, 27-29 October 2022

Papers: Cornelis van Lit: Imagination as a Cure Against the Boredom of Science: Ibn Arabi’s Path towards Self-Realization. – Hamidreza Ayatollahy: Divine Ownership and Resourcefulness as Basic View of Islamic Eco-Imagination. – Taghrid Elhanafy: Recycled Imaginations, Resource and The One According to Ikhwan Esafa. – Konul Bunyadzade: Eco-Imagination and Sufi Phenomenology.

Information, program and registration: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61fc317a001a71712c19193d/t/634a219f461c9a5780d090ac/1665802657488/Milan-2022-Program+001.pdf; http://phenomenology.org

 

 

 

5. HYBRID Workshop “Religion and Secularism as Problem Space in Postcolonial Occidentalist Discourses within the MENA Region”, Institute for the Study of Religions, Leipzig University, 3-4 November 2022

The workshop aims to discuss the question of religion and secularity/secularism in (postcolonial) Occidentalist discourses and their critiques in the MENA region. We seek to bring together empirical case studies on particular Occidentalist debates, including their historical trajectories with theoretical reflections on Occidentalism and Orientalism in the MENA region.

Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/11350485/international-workshop-religion-and-secularism-problem-space

 

 

 

 

6. HYBRID Roundtable „Writing Social Theory in Arabic“ and Workshop (in Person), Institute of Islamic and Middle East Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, 3-5 November 2022

The Roundtable “Global Social Theory” is moderated by Florian Zemmin (FU Berlin). Participating in the discussion are Mohammed Bamyeh (University of Pittsburgh; President of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Council of the Social Sciences), Claudia Derichs (HU Berlin) and Sari Hanafi (American University Beirut; President of the International Sociological Association).

Deadline for registration: 31 October 2022.

Program: https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/islamwiss/aktuelles/Workshop-Writing-Social-Theory.html

 

 

 

 

7. Asst. Prof. Social Psychology of Religion (Focus on Islam or Muslim Societies), Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Psychology or related field. We seek a candidate who has a research focus on Islam or Muslim societies, and a strong track record of blind peer-reviewed publications in internationally-reputed journals. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop and maintain an active, extramurally funded research program.

Deadline: Open until position filled. Information: Prof. Dr. Üzeyir Ok, uzeyir.ok@ihu.edu.tr.

 

 

 8. Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia

You will be a highly qualified and engaging educator with demonstrated specialisation in Islamic politics and/or another area of interest to the program such as gender studies, Islam in minority contexts, interreligious relations and modern Islamic thought. You have a strong record in research with a developing publication profile, and the potential to attract competitive research grants and consultancies.

Deadline for applications: 10 November 2022. Information:

https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/10/19/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-islamic-studies

 

 

 

9. Visiting Assistant Professor in Islam Studies (1 Year), Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio

We seek a broadly trained scholar of religion who can teach Islam in a range of historical and geographic contexts engaging with material culture, textual analysis, and/or ethnography.

Deadline for applications: 1 December 2022.

Information: https://careers.kenyon.edu/en-us/job/492899/visiting-assistant-professor-in-islam

 

 

 

 

10. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature / Modern Arabic Literature, Brown University, Providence, RI

The field of specialization within modern Arabic literature is open, though we especially encourage applications from candidates whose work is comparative in nature, engaging with literary texts and traditions in addition to Arabic.

Deadline for applications: 1 November 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/110013

 

 

 

 

11. Fellowship (9 Months) in Druze and Arab Studies of the American Druze Foundation (ADF), Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, Washington DC

The purpose of the ADF Fellowship is to promote research on the Druze and Arab minorities with a concentration in the political, economic, and social history of the Druze. Applicants must have a record of relevant research in the disciplines of history, political science, sociology, economics, anthropology, and archaeology.

Deadline for application: 12 December 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/115602

 

 

 

 

12. Qatar Post-Doctoral Fellowship (1 Year), Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington DC

The fellowship supports a recent Ph.D. working on the topic of Arab Studies, U.S.-Arab relations, or Islamic Studies.

Deadline for application: 3 January 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/115601

 

 

 

13. Award for a European Ph.D. Thesis in Iranian Studies

The Societas Iranologica Europea (SIE) invites applications and nominations for the Fifth Round of the “European Award of Iranian Studies”. With this Award the SIE recognizes outstanding theses in any field of Iranian Studies defended at European universities. The award is given every four years and conferred during the European Conference of Iranian Studies (ECIS).

Deadline for nominations/applications: 15 January 2023.

Information: https://www.societasiranologicaeu.org/ph-d-thesis-award/

 

 

 

14. Entries for Dictionary on “The Everyday Politics of Language in Humanitarian Practice: An Arabic-English Glossary”, Edited by Estella Carpi and Lama Mourad

This dictionary aims to document the humanitarian experience as lived by local populations, who have used the English language to deal with aid donors, international partners, or, at times, even to access aid. We intend to (re)collect the human experience with these terms and the ways in which such experiences reveal alternative or contested meanings in Arabic in countries that have turned into “areas of humanitarian intervention” during or after war.

Deadline for entries: 30 October 2022. Information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOlhz29PIUWHxRP7IzvTVJLGieKZPIWI/view?usp=sharing

 

 

 

 

15. Monographs and Edited Volumes for New Book Series “Encounters in the Middle East & Asia” by Edinburgh University Press and Archiv Orientalni

This series fosters a new understanding of ‘Oriental Studies’ by publishing works of an interdisciplinary nature in which the non-Western world takes centre stage. “Encounters” include cultural, economic, intellectual, linguistic, literary and political exchanges between, and within, the Middle East and wider Asia, and presents a more nuanced perspective on global thought, artistic currents and financial flows.

Information: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-encounters-in-the-middle-east-and-asia

 

 

 

16. CfP Forming Words, Forming Things (2-3 March 2023, Cambridge and Online)

Forming Words, Forming Things: Changeable Forms across the Mediterranean, 500-950

A Postgraduate and ECR Conference and Workshop

2-3 March 2023, University of Cambridge and Online via Zoom

 

From 500 to 950 CE, the Mediterranean witnessed extensive political, religious, and demographic shifts which allowed for new modes of interaction. As a result, populations gained access to and developed previously unfamiliar written and material forms. Deviations from what we view as typical uses of form can help us understand the dynamics and impact of demographic change, but the characterisation of what made a form ‘typical’ in the first place is questionable.

This conference aims to question the limits and flexibility of written and material form. We invite papers which discuss use of form and challenge our perspectives and assumptions regarding form from 500 to 950 CE. The conference will ask why a certain form is available to one person and not to another, and to what extent societal markers of identity impact one’s use of and access to poetic, prosaic, and artistic forms. What happens when these boundaries and our understanding of them are transgressed? Are certain forms afforded more flexibility in practice?

The first day of the conference will address the questions above in a panel format and the second day will be in a workshop format with pre-circulated discussion papers. The workshop aims to question our scholarly engagement with the sixth to tenth century. There is a tendency to see form as static: if a literary form moves from one language to another, for instance, it is assumed stable at the point of origin. Yet many of these boundaries are constructed and projected by modern scholars in attempts to categorise. Who defines the terms on which a form may be used and how is a form made exclusionary? How are these boundaries created in and across varied disciplines?

We invite abstracts for papers of 15 to 20 minutes and for workshop papers of 3000 to 6000 words. Graduate students and early career researchers (within four years of receiving a PhD and without a permanent position) are welcome to apply. We especially encourage those working on topics which cross multiple boundaries to apply, along with those working on North Africa and West Asia.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Peculiarities of form across spatial and linguistic boundaries
• Form and representation, particularly of underrepresented groups in the source material
• Popularisation of form and barriers to access
• The impact of physical movement and transport of materials on form
• The use of the same or a similar form in two or more languages or geographic locations
• Critical or theoretical writing from the sixth to tenth century which attempts to define a form
• Modern scholarly efforts to understand and define form

Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words and brief biographical details to fwft2023@gmail.com by 28 October 2022. Limited funds are available to facilitate participation; please see our website to apply for a travel bursary.

 

 

 

17. Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism

Nora Derbal

Cambridge, 2022

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/charity-in-saudi-arabia/72E41BE24D7D8ACA80EDEBDE1084938F

 

 

 

18. National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution – Ebrahimi Fellowship for Persian Art

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64352

Closing date: Dec 1, 2022