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1. MERIP is hiring for a new social media coordinator! https://mailchi.mp/0efa0abac2b3/merip-is-hiring?e=88dd2708f5
2. The Politics of Engaged Gender Research in the Arab Region
Feminist Fieldwork and the Production of Knowledge
S Joseph, et al., eds.
IB Tauris, 2022
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/politics-of-engaged-gender-research-in-the-arab-region-9780755645220/
Enter the code BTU22UK at the checkout for 25% off
3. Call for Applications for Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2023/2024
The Dan David Society of Fellows aims to support outstanding postdoctoral research in the study of the past. The Society’s two-year postdoctoral fellowship provides generous funding for international and Israeli scholars, to pursue innovative research at the highest level while enjoying the professional mentorship of faculty members at Tel Aviv University. Candidates who have completed their PhD in any discipline involved in the study of the human past, including but not limited to history, archaeology, history of the arts, history of education, history of science and medicine, physical anthropology, literature, philosophy and digital humanities are eligible to apply.
Researchers who have completed their PhD at Tel Aviv University are not eligible for the Fellowship. Candidates must have their PhD degree in hand no earlier than October 1, 2018 and no later than September 1, 2023. (applicants who were on maternity leave are entitled to add an extra year for each child born since receiving the PhD degree). The fellowship will be awarded without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender or age.
Up to four fellowships will be awarded for a maximum of two years each, beginning October 1, 2023. Those accepted to the program must commit to completing a full two-year term. Fellows will be asked to spend at least three days a week at Tel Aviv University and be active members of the university’s scholarly community. They will be required to fully participate in the activities of the Dan David Society of Fellows, including a twice-monthly seminar dedicated to cutting-edge methodologies and historiographic approaches, and to present their research to the other fellows once a year. The program’s academic activities will all be conducted in English.
Fellows will receive an annual scholarship of $40,000. Non-Israeli fellows will also be eligible to partially subsidized on-campus housing.
Applications should include the following documents in English: CV (including a list of publications and a list of research languages); a statement of research plans (max. 5 pages); summary of PhD dissertation (max. 1 page); and 2 letters of recommendation (one from the applicant’s doctoral supervisor)
The deadline for applications for the 2023/2024 academic year is December 1, 2022.
4. 2023 Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship, Durham University, call for applications
Applications for the 2023
The Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship is hosted by Durham University and is awarded to early career (post-doctoral) or established scholars. The Mohamed Ali Foundation is a UK charity whose aims include advancing the education of the public in the history of the Islamic World, of Egypt and of the Mohamed Ali Family in particular, especially the period of the reign of Khedive Abbas Hilmi II (1892-1914).
In June 2018 the Mohamed Ali Foundation announced the launch of this Fellowship Programme, and which is established to devote scholarly attention to the Abbas Hilmi II Papers held at Durham University and to make the collection’s strengths more widely known to scholars. It is hoped that the fellows’ work will foster deeper understanding of an important period of Egyptian history, and of a transformative era in East-West relations.
The fellowship programme is based at Durham University and managed by an international Advisory Panel comprising academic subject specialists. The programme began in 2019 with the residency of the first fellow Dr Pascale Ghazaleh of the American University in Cairo: her inaugural lecture is now available online. Fellowships will be awarded over the next 5 years. An Advisory Panel, chaired by Professor Anoush Ehteshami will appoint one or two fellows each year.
Fellows will be early career (post-doctoral) or established scholars. The nature of the collection will often require good reading knowledge of Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, French, and English. The online catalogue of the collection indicates the languages of each file of material.
Fellows will research the Abbas Hilmi II Papers, on an agreed topic, and deliver a lecture at Durham University. Each lecture will ultimately form a chapter in a volume of high quality and original research to be edited by Dr Ghazaleh. In the interim the lectures will be published in the university’s Middle East Papers series. The breadth of material in the Abbas Hilmi II Papers will reward an interdisciplinary approach. In order to guide candidate fellows an outline of the collection’s subject strengths is now provided in the fellowship application documentation. This is not intended to be prescriptive and the Advisory Panel will consider alternative suggestions so long as they are well-grounded in the Abbas Hilmi II Papers and this is evidenced in the application proposal.
The Fellowship, tenable in the Institute for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, entitles the holder to full access during their residency to departmental and other University facilities such as Computing and Information Services and the University Library. Accommodation is provided at Durham during the Easter term (late April-late June), but fellows may request to reside elsewhere for the duration of the fellowship. All fellows will visit Durham, if only briefly, in order to deliver their lecture. Lectures and other activities elsewhere during the fellowship will be encouraged.
Fellows who do reside at Durham will also be encouraged to take a full part in academic and collegiate life, delivering the already mentioned lecture and perhaps also contributing to seminars.
Fellows will be awarded an honorarium and accommodation and all meals will be provided for the duration of the fellowship; a research travel grant is also available to each fellow.
Applicants are advised to familiarise themselves with the online catalogue of the Abbas Hilmi II Papers, or the collection itself, and to review the outline of the collection’s subject strengths provided below. More detailed information on the fellowship programme is also provided.
Applicants for the 2023 Fellowship (24 April-23 June 2023) should send a CV (of no more than 2 pages), a two to three-page outline of their proposed research and contact details for two referees, preferably by e-mail, by Tuesday 1 November 2022 to:
The Secretary
Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship programme
Durham University Library
Palace Green
DH1 3RN
United Kingdom
Email: maf.fellow@durham.ac.uk
For further details please see the online notice
5. DePaul University – The Department of Religious Studies at DePaul University invites applicants for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning July 2023. We are looking for a candidate who specializes in Contemporary Islam in the Americas.
Full info at: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63947
For full consideration please upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a research statement, a recent writing sample, one sample syllabus, and the names and addresses of three referees by October 15, 2022.
6. University of Pittsburgh – Assistant Professor, Modern Islam, and Race
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63916
In order to ensure full consideration, applications should be received by October 24, 2022.
7. Tenure Track Professor of Iranian-Persian Linguistics and Literature, Open Rank
The Department of Central Eurasian Studies in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington announces an Open Rank, Tenure Track search for a Professor of Iranian-Persian Linguistics and Literature focusing on Persian (Farsi) and its historical developments.
Applicants should be capable of conducting research and teaching on topics relating to the literatures and linguistics of Persian or its earlier versions. Candidates should demonstrate commitment to excellence in research, teaching, public engagement, and program development of Iranian-Persian Studies within Indiana University’s world-class Central Eurasian Studies faculty as well as within the Hamilton Lugar School. Candidates are expected to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels as determined by the department. The appointment begins August 1, 2023.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled, with all applications received by October 11, 2022 being assured full consideration.
Interested candidates should review the application requirements and submit their application at: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/13663
Departmental Contacts for Questions:
Professor Jamsheed Choksy
Interim Chair and Distinguished Professor
Department of Central Eurasian Studies
jchoksy@indiana.edu
Ms. April Younger
Administrative Assistant to the Chair
Department of Central Eurasian Studies
ayounger@indiana.edu
Fuller information:
8. The Association for Iranian Studies (AIS) is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief for its flagship journal, Iranian Studies: Journal of the Association for Iranian Studies. This multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal is dedicated to the study of all aspects of Iran and the Persianate world from the pre-Islamic period to the present. As the official publication of the Association for Iranian Studies, it has served as the leading forum for the exchange of ideas and promotion of discipline-based and interdisciplinary research in all fields of Iranian Studies since 1967.
The Editor-in-Chief oversees the journal’s online peer review and editorial processes and gives strategic direction to the journal. As an officer of the Association for Iranian Studies, the Editor-in-Chief receives, annually, an honorarium of $10,000 USD, funding up to $10,000 for two course releases, support for travel to the AIS biennial conference, and a $10,000 USD operating budget to support the editorial process with the expectation of additional support from the scholar’s home institution. The position is a five-year appointment and renewable for a second term.
Applicants should be active and published scholars in fields covered by the journal; demonstrate an interest in, and ability to work with, a diverse team of editors and AIS council members; and build relationships with researchers in the field of Iranian Studies. Some previous editorial work and familiarity with digital media are preferred. We especially welcome applications from tenured mid-career scholars and institutional applications from scholarly research centers. The disciplinary field and period of scholarly concentration of the Editor-in-Chief remain open. We also invite inquiries from members of underrepresented groups in the field.
The deadline for applications is October 15. Applications should include a CV and a letter of intent explaining your vision for the journal and the resources your home institution can provide to support your efforts for augmenting the operating budget. Please send application materials to Sussan Siavoshi (Chair, Iranian Studies Search Committee) at ssiavosh@trinity.edu . Informal queries are welcome and encouraged.
9. Call for Contributions to the 8th IDHN Conference
The 8th IDHN Conference which will take place on Thursday, November 17, 2022.
We are now calling for contributions from both members and guests, who are developing or deploying digital methods and tools in the study of Islam and Muslim communities and languages. Our conference is open to participants from both humanistic and scientific disciplines. We would also like to encourage Master’s and PhD students to share their Digital Humanities research with our forum.
If you wish to participate in the conference, please send an email to team@idhn.org with a preliminary title, abstract (150-300 words), and your academic affiliation by Thursday, October 13, 2022.
We will select four to six presentations for our conference. Each presentation will be 20 minutes long, followed by Q&A for 10 minutes. We will hold the meeting online on ZOOM; the access code and link will be sent to you in the network’s newsletter. We will schedule our conference to accommodate presenters from all time zones. This schedule will correspond with the morning hours in the Americas and evening hours in Europe and the Middle East.
With warm wishes,
Irene Kirchner (Georgetown University)
10. On-line Wed 21 Sep, 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Book Launch: Rethinking Islam and Space in Europe
(Dr Tobias Muller (Woolf), Prof. Esra Özyürek (University of Cambridge) Prof. Sarah Bracke (University of Amsterdam
Centre of Islamic Studies
University of Cambridge
11. CFP/Institute for Mediterranean StudieS: Dictionary of Mediterranean Inter-Civilization Exchanges
We are writing to find authors for the second edition of the Dictionary of
Mediterranean Inter-Civilization Exchange.
Its first edition was published in 2020, demonstrating its academic
significance by being awarded as “Achievement of Excellence” by the Ministry
of Education in Korea.
And in the year 2022, we would like to expand the authors to scholars and
institutes of international society, who are interested in civilization
exchange based on their relationships.
If you are interested, please feel free to contact us by Oct, 31st, 2022.
(We do have a guide and reference for your understanding)
Thank you. We hope you all the best.
Sincerely,
Institute for Mediterranean Studies
Institute for Mediterranean Studies,
Busan University of Foreign Studies
E-mail : icims@ims.or.kr/imsmr@ims.or.kr
Phone : + 82-51-509-6695
11. Ibn Arabi PhD Scholarship
Monash University in Australia is hiring a PhD student who will specialise in Ibn Arabi (1165-1240), his work, heritage, later influence, and/or reception. You can find the call here: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/640536/phd-scholarship-in-islamic-intellectual-history-through-the-lens-of-sufism-global-dissemination-of-knowledge-in-islam
Deadline: Sunday 16 October 2022, 11:55pm AEDT
Enquiries: aydogan.kars@monash.edu
13. In-Person Lecture – “The Külliye as Hypotext: A New Reading of Histories of Imperial Mosques and Tombs,” Nebahat Avcıoğlu – October 25
Lecture by Nebahat Avcıoğlu, Hunter College and Graduate Center/CUNY
Date: October 25th 2022, 6:15 to 8:00 pm
Place: Columbia University, 612 Schermerhorn Hall
The Külliye as Hypotext: A New Reading of Histories of Imperial Mosques and Tombs
Universally described as a ‘city of mosques and minarets’, Istanbul is invariably symbolized in literature and visual arts by its Ottoman skyline as a means to make people see and imagine the glorious or oppressive histories and cultures of the empire. Nowhere are these two classic city-features, urban landscapes and iconic shapes, so tightly knit than in Istanbul. But when and how exactly did this form—the mosque—, once an integral part of a building complex commonly known as külliye, the Ottoman version of an urban unit combining three key functionalities for nomadic conquerors—the spiritual (a praying room), the practical (lodgings for travellers and sufis) and the communal (soup-kitchen)—become the sum and substance of an entire city? By the end of the eighteenth century, külliyes were everywhere and everything to the city, however, the proliferation of this ideal type, highly codified, could not be replicated without modification or distortion. As ‘Istanbul’ became the key-metonym of the Ottoman empire itself, its cityscape and urban fabric evolved into the new scale of the külliye-practice, and came to be reimagined mostly through self-standing singular buildings amidst growing neighborhoods and ceremonial sites, with the mosque and the tomb in particular becoming separated and made self-sufficient. Focusing on imperial complexes exemplary of Istanbul’s urban expansion from the conquest to the Tanzimat, this talk will make use of Gérard Genette’s theoretical toolbox and show how this process of reduction took place through excision, condensation, and concision of the original külliye prototype. In turn, this methodology activates a critical paradigm of Istanbul as palimpsest.
14. Fellowships – American Research Institute in Turkey, Fellowships for 2023-2024 – Due November 1
The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to announce 2023-2024 fellowship programs for graduate students and scholars based in the U.S. and Canada:
ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey support projects in ancient, medieval, or modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Post-doctoral and doctoral dissertation fellowships may be held from one month to one academic year.
ARIT / National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships for Research in Turkey cover all fields of the humanities, including prehistory, art, archaeology, anthropology, literature, and linguistics as well as all aspects of history. The fellowships support applicants who have completed their academic training, for terms ranging from four months to one year.
Applications for ARIT and ARIT-NEH fellowships must be submitted by November 1, 2022.
ARIT Summer Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language offer intensive advanced study at Bogazici University in Istanbul during the summer 2023. Partiipants must have two years of Turkish language study or its equivalent. The application deadline will be in early February 2023. The fellowships provide airfare, application and tuition fees, and a maintenance stipend.
Additional information at https://aritweb.org/fellowships/
15. 2022 Riggsby Lecture: “A Mediterranean Divide: Islamic versus Christian Experiences of the Black Death”, 22 September 2022 – Monica H Green
The lecture will be virtual and open to the public. It will be held at 5pm Eastern Time (US) on Thursday, 22 September. Here is the link for further information and registration: https://marco.utk.edu/riggsby-lecture/.
Monica H. Green, PhD
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-8978-9631
Fellow, Medieval Academy of America
Independent Scholar
https://independentscholar.academia.edu/MonicaHGreen
Twitter: @monicaMedHist
16. 14th Annual International Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Conference (IRTP) on 21st June – 24th June 2023 Medjugorje/Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
All detailed information about the Conference can be found at our web site: www.irtp.co.uk
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.CFP: The Quest for Modern Language between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, University of Chicago, April 2023
Language ideologies were an important component of modern nationalism, and figured prominently in the cultural and political discourses of modernity and modernization in and around what came to be known as “the Middle East” in the 19th and early 20th centuries. We invite submissions for a two day workshop, to be held at the University of Chicago on April 13-14, 2023, which seeks to bring together scholars across humanistic and social scientific disciplines (such as History, Literary theory, Linguistic and Anthropology) to explore the articulation, circulation, and mobilization of ideas about language death and revival, language reform, and language modernization in the contexts of empire, emerging nationalisms, and a modernized / quickly modernizing world.
Invited speakers:
Dima Ayoub, Middlebury College
Johann Strauss, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg
Some of the topics we hope to see addressed include:
(a) What does / did it mean for a language to be or become a modern language within the relevant discourses?
(b) How does multilingualism and translation figure within projects of language modernization in the relevant geopolitical contexts?
(b) How, if at all, did developments in linguistics, philology, and adjacent disciplines inform and shape ideas about “modern language” and related ideas such as “modern / national literature”?
(c) How do notions of native tongue, language family, vernacular dialect or register interact with concepts such as empire, nation, motherland?
(d) How does the relation between language and the body figure in projects of (re)generation of modern polities and individuals?
1-page abstracts for a 30 minute presentation should be sent to ifrancez@uchicago.edu
Submission deadline: December 15th, 2022
Notification of acceptance: January 2022
2. Call for Papers
Proposal for Special Issue of Critical Comparative Studies, Edinburgh University Press
Iranian Comparative Literature: Between Chaos and Discipline
This special issue is building on two panels organized in the XXIII Congress of International Comparative Literature Association in Tbilisi, Georgia, in July 2022. The issue seeks two aims: a historical and a methodological. First, to study the development of Comparative Literature in institutional settings during the past two decades in order to critically review the current state of the discipline as it is practiced in Persian and other Iranian languages, in Iran and diasporic locations. Second, to investigate the impact of comparative methodologies that have contributed to the formation of modern literary studies – in particular Orientalism and Eurocentric knowledge – and to examine the effects of this (comparative) literary studies as a “local” form of knowledge in Iranian academia.
Historically, the study of modern foreign literatures was part of the curriculum at the first modern Iranian university (i.e. University of Tehran) in the 1920s, but a department of Comparative Literature proper did not – and does not – exist in Iranian academia. During the past two decades, the discipline has been developed as a subfield under the department of national literature, i.e. Persian Language and Literature. It is probably in response to this change that there has been a sharp increase in the number of books on Comparative Literature translated into Persian, as well as in the number of academic journals published in Persian with “comparative” as part of their titles. Outside Iran, the majority of students and scholars who contribute to the field have conventionally been located in Area Studies departments, engaging, and oftentimes extending, the legacies of Orientalism.
On the methodological side, this issue seeks to discuss the disciplinary adjustments needed for the practice of Comparative Literature – or rather comparative literary studies – in the Iranian context. The structures of knowledge formulated during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were based on two fundamental postulates: the centrality of capitalism and secularism as the defining essence of modern culture; the history of European cultural development as the norm against which other cultural histories would be assessed. In this structure, Area Studies was created in Europe for introducing non-European literatures – placed outside capitalism – to European readers.
As a result, the study of modern Iranian literatures in Iran, positioned on the margins of capitalism, via Eurocentric knowledge would encounter deep epistemological and, subsequently, methodological problems: Orientalism places – via cliched images constructed through romanticist interests – the “golden age” of literary creativity in the past, consistently positioning modern Persian as an outsider to modern literary studies; energized by romantic nationalism, it has failed to consider and incorporate the diversity of Iranian literatures beyond Persian in the body of literary knowledge; it assesses a culture that has developed in the periphery of capitalism with the norms suitable to evaluating European literature and, therefore, cannot account for formal innovations and developments, if form is understood as the literary effect of negotiations between multiple cultural forces. In short, it is not clear what methodologies would be suitable to the study of Iranian literary traditions in a comparative setting.
As a result of these concerns, in order to integrate Persian in comparative literary practices, a number of changes are needed to formulate the critical position(s) and priorities of the discipline. First, disentangling the history of Iranian cultural development from the global history of colonialism, particularly European modern history. The normative assumptions of the discipline must be dealt with as fluid frames that essentially fall short of describing the peripherality and diversity of the Iranian condition. This critical perspective must extend to a critical review of Area Studies and the Orientalist knowledge it produces. Second, the problem of a temporal lag in a context that has been on the margins of the modern world, hence a latecomer to both capitalism and disciplinary knowledge, must be tackled, too; this temporal lag is most evident in the way Comparative Literature subfields have been formed, and journals founded, without having developed a linguistic pedagogical program or a clear research method.
Approaching Comparative Literature as a transdisciplinary field, with a Eurocentric and colonial history, this special issue takes into account contemporary questions and lived experiences that engage and promote the causes of comparative literary studies within and beyond Persian – as Iran’s lingua franca. Given the modern history of the nation, and the academic system, can Comparative Literature be practiced at all as a discipline in the Iranian context? What new theoretical interventions are essential to render the discipline not only productive but also critically relevant? This special issue invites researchers to share their thoughts and research on the state of the discipline. Topics of interest are – but not essentially limited to – the following:
– The history of modern (foreign) literary studies at Iranian universities
– The legacies and limits of Area studies and Orientalist knowledge
– “Internal colonialism” and non-Persian Iranian languages and literary traditions
– Being/becoming World Literature: peripherality and universality
– Formulating the condition: Is combined and uneven development sufficient?
– The “literary” and comparatism: discipline building and curriculum development
– Conceptualizations of translation, imitation, and adaptation in a romanticist culture
– Disciplinarity and the question of visual cultures, digital literatures and future research.
Please send a 300-word abstract to both Omid Azadibougar omid.azadi@hunnu.edu.cn and Laetitia Nanquette l.nanquette@unsw.edu.au by 31 January 2023.
Timeline:
Abstract submission deadline: 31 January 2023
Notification of acceptance: 28 February 2023
Paper submission deadline: 31 December 2023
Paper acceptance notification: 30 June 2024
Publication: December 2024
3. ONLINE Turkish, Hebrew, Persian and Arabic Roundtables “Lexicons of Race Projects”, Middle East Studies Association (MESA), 12-15 September 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
When and where are racial histories and hierarchies embedded in languages of the Middle East and North Africa? How do vocabularies of race, Blackness, and minoritization travel across languages? What are the intellectual and political benefits of centering Blackness in Middle East Studies?
Information and registration: https://mailchi.mp/mesana/lexicons-of-race-virtual-roundtables-in-arabic-hebrew-persian-and-turkish?e=6c5710e83c
4. HYBRID Third JaNeT Workshop “Janissaries in Ottoman Port-Cities: Muslim Financial and Political Networks in the Early Modern Mediterranean”, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 14-15 September 2022
JaNet investigates the economic and sociopolitical role of the Janissaries in the 18th and early 19th centuries through their examination as a complex of interconnected networks in the Mediterranean. By studying the Janissary corps, the project brings forward a radically new historical analysis concerning the role of Muslims in the Ottoman and wider Mediterranean commercial economy.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/10812519/third-ja-net-workshop-14-15-september-2022-istanbul
5. HYBRID Third JaNeT Workshop “Janissaries in Ottoman Port-Cities: Muslim Financial and Political Networks in the Early Modern Mediterranean”, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 14-15 September 2022
JaNet investigates the economic and sociopolitical role of the Janissaries in the 18th and early 19th centuries through their examination as a complex of interconnected networks in the Mediterranean. By studying the Janissary corps, the project brings forward a radically new historical analysis concerning the role of Muslims in the Ottoman and wider Mediterranean commercial economy.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/10812519/third-ja-net-workshop-14-15-september-2022-istanbul
6. Section « L’islam dann la culture populaire : reconfigurations et nouvelles visibilités » dans le cadre du treizième congrès des francoromanistes, Universität Wien, 21-24 septembre 2022
Information, programme et abstracts: https://frankoromanistentag.univie.ac.at/fr/sections/etudes-culturelles/
7. Conference “The Middle East in Myth and Reality”, 2022 Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies Conference, University of Iceland, 22-24 September 2022
Program: https://conference.hi.is/nsmes2022/files/2022/08/Nordic-Middle-Eastern-Conference-Program-.pdf
8. ONLINE Webinar “Struggling for Reproductive Rights: Perspectives from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East”, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Provi-dence, RI, 30 September 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET
Information and registration: https://brown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0fmbG0nyR7uTXb6hc1vtxA
9. HYBRID Conference “Faith Saving Water: Muslims, Christians and the Environment”, Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies, Oxford, 28 November 2022
The conference will focus on Muslim and Christian perspectives on water from environmental, theological and practical points of view. The scope of the conference encompasses all topics and disciplinary approaches relating to the study of Islam and Christianity and their encounter around water as a shared natural resource. The main case study for the conference will be the water crisis in Jordan.
Deadline for abstracts: 7 October 2022. Information: https://www.cmcsoxford.org.uk/cmcs-news/faith-saving-water-conference-28th-november-2022-call-for-papers
10. “3rd Mediterranean Studies Symposium”, Centre for Mediterranean Studies (CMS), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 29 June – 1 July 2023
Interdisciplinary approaches from humanities, social sciences, media studies, and other fields of research are pivotal. Any historical period of reference is welcome, though we would strongly encourage presenters to look at the region’s current complexities.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 November 2022.
11. Doctoral or Post-Doctoral Position (3 Years, TV-L 13, 65%-100%) for Research on “Jews and Christians in Arabia: Between the Qur’an and Early Islam”, University of Tuebingen
Holding at least an MA or a PhD, the successful candidate will possess a very good command of Arabic and detailed knowledge of the early Islamic tradition. In addition, the candidate should have good knowledge of the disciplines of historiography and Qur’anic Studies. They must be able to work with further late antique Jewish and Christian primary sources relevant to the study of early Islam.
Deadline for application: 30 September 2022.
12. Assistant or Associate Professorship of the Arab American Educational Foundation, History Department, Rice University, Houston, TX
The Department seeks a historian of the modern Arab World who has an outstanding record of research, competence in the Arabic language, demonstrated expertise in Arab culture and history, and proven excellence in teaching.
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/112001
13. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor for Comparative Literature of the Early Global South (1000 – 1600 C.E.), University of California, Los Angeles, CA
The ideal candidate should work in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, or the Americas. Applicants should have a PhD in Comparative Literature or a related field. The candidate will show broad and sophisticated theoretical competence. We seek the potential for exceptional research and excellence in teaching.
Deadline for application: 30 November 2022. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/job-assistant-professor-early-global-south-comparatist-comp-lit-ucla?e=82aeb6c61d
14. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of International Relations and Global Studies, West Chester University, PA
Qualification: Experience teaching courses in International Relations, Comparative Politics, and/or Global Studies. Experience teaching specialized courses in Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and/or transnational issues.
Deadline for applications: 1 November 2022.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/09/08/tenure-track-faculty-position
15. 3 and 10 November 2022 Short Course – Arabic Transliteration for Academics, Publishers and Librarians
AKU- ISMC
More information at:
https://www.aku.edu/ismc/study/Pages/short-courses.aspx
16. CFP – Interiors Reconfigured: Changing Materiality and Craftsmanship in the Decorative Arts of the Middle East and North Africa (18th-20th centuries) – Due October 15
Vitrocentre Romont, November, 3-4, 2023
Organizers: Francine Giese and Sarah Keller (Vitrocentre Romont), Mercedes Volait (CNRS / InVisu)
Keynote Speaker: Stefan Weber (Museum for Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin)
Call for papers
Deadline for submissions: October 15, 2022
Notification of acceptance: November 30, 2022
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for an international conference dedicated to the decorative arts of the Middle East and North Africa with a special focus on material aspects and local practices. The 19th century witnessed an unprecedented disassembly of historical interiors in the cultural centers of the region, be it Cairo, Damascus or Istanbul. Dismounted architectural elements such as wood panels, ceilings, domes, marble incrustations, tiles, stucco glass windows or textiles reached the West via collectors or the art market, leaving behind a fragmented cultural heritage. This trend followed profound changes in the countries of origin since the 18th century, in the course of which local tastes and craftmanship began to mutate under Ottoman and Western influence.
The conference is jointly organized by the Vitrocentre Romont and the CNRS (InVisu research center in Paris), and will address the growing importance of material-based analysis in the field of Middle Eastern and Maghrebi décors. The starting point are the interiors of residences and palaces in the above-mentioned region, which have been extensively documented and described by Western architects, artists, and travelers. Some have undergone substantial restorations in recent times that have erased their most modern layers. Their exploration has so far often been limited to what they can tell about domestic architecture at the time of their building, or more recently with questions dealing with provenance, art market or cultural appropriation, without their original material composition being investigated by means of micro-analyses. When non-invasive analyses are possible, they may help to collect reliable data on the different components of a historical interior, with the aim of virtually reconstructing their furnishings and the changes undergone during their period of existence.
The organizers welcome proposals on the following topics:
- Case studies of the different materials used in interiors of the mentioned period
- Transformation of interiors across time: reuse, substitution and reassembly
- Material characterization and technical analysis of the different components of interiors
- Local versus global manufacturing practices, including all the range of hybridisations
- The potential of virtual 3D reconstructions for art historical research
The presentations should be max. 20 minutes and may be given in French or English. Please submit a proposal of maximum 300 words and a brief curriculum vitae by October 15, 2022 to franziska.niemand@vitrocentre.ch.
Accommodation and meals during the conference will be covered. Participants are expected to pay for their own transportation.
For further information, see www.vitrocentre.ch
17. Webinar – Ditch the Negativity and Transform Your Relationship With Writing – September 28
During her first year as an assistant professor, Jane Jones, developmental editor, academic book coach, and founder of Up In Consulting, found it challenging to navigate her tenure-track responsibilities. She ultimately decided to leave this career path to become a writing coach and developmental editor. Jane decided to make it her mission to help other scholars achieve access to proper support, feedback, and mentorship and, ultimately, restore their faith in their work.
Join us as Jane shares what scholars, like you, can do to best mitigate these challenges in order to positively transform your relationship with writing. You will learn how to:
- Schedule and plan your writing process from the outset
- Overcome the magnitude of the task and find joy in writing
- Identify writing communities that support and hold you accountable
September 28 at 4:30 PM Israel time / 1:30 PM GMT / 9:30 AM EDT on Zoom
The ‘Publication Success Interview Series’ offers unique insights into the publishing world through in-depth conversations with leading editors, publishers, and other influential figures in the industry. Through exploring relevant topics, the interviews address and answer pressing issues in order to make the publishing process more accessible to authors.
- September 13, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Au coeur du harem
Les princesses ottomanes à l’aune du pouvoir (XVe-XVIIIe s.)
J Dumas
Brill, 2022
https://brill.com/view/title/61197
2. The Land between Two Seas: Art on the Move in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea 1300–1700
A Payne
Brill, 2022
https://brill.com/view/title/61882
3. AKU-ISMC: 28 October 2022 – ‘Sisters in Resilience: Women’s Movements in Muslim Contexts’
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4. Language Position at US Naval Academy
POSITION TITLE: Instructor (Senior Lecturer) in Foreign Languages and Cultures
LOCATION: Languages and Cultures Department, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402
APPLICATION TIMELINE: Review of applications will begin on 01 October 2022 and continue until the position is filled.
POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Languages and Cultures Department invites applications for the position of Instructor (Senior Lecturer) in Foreign Languages and Cultures, beginning as early as spring semester of 2023. This is a three-year renewable (non-tenure-track) teaching position. The anticipated teaching load is four courses per semester. The successful candidate should have expertise in foreign language pedagogy, second language acquisition, literature, cultural studies, or a related field. Candidates should be able to teach at least two of the seven languages offered in the department – Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish – across all levels of proficiency. The successful candidate will be expected to collaborate with faculty colleagues in support of the departmental and institutional educational mission.
Please visit https://www.usna.edu/HRO/jobinfo/Instructor-LCD-2022.php for more information about the position and instructions on how to apply.
5. The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford is delighted to announce a conference on the intersection of faith and the ecological environment with particular focus on water as a constituent element of creation.
The event on 28 November 2022 will be the first in-person conference for over two years (with the possibility to join online). We look forward to reconnecting with colleagues and friends in the beautiful surroundings of Oxford. We now invite proposals for individual papers from postgraduate students, early career and established academics, as well as from professionals who have specialist expertise or unique insights into water management and religious responses. https://www.cmcsoxford.org.uk/cmcs-news/faith-saving-water-conference-28th-november-2022-call-for-papers
Abstract deadline: Friday 7 October 2022
6. The Invisible East Project:
Afghanistan: from Buddhism to Islam (8th to 13th century)
15 September 17:00 to 13 October 17:00
Zoom webinar
Full details at:
https://invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk/event/mooc-afghanistan-from-buddhism-to-islam
7. “Olfaction in the Medieval Islamic World: Perfumes, Incense, and Material Culture” [Silsila Fall 2022 Series]
Sterenn Le Maguer-Gillon, CEFREPA/Institut Catholique de Paris
Wednesday, September 14th, 12:30pm EDT
[Webinar] Silsila Fall 2022 Lecture Series, Body and Senses
Fragrant substances such as musk or camphor appear several times in the Qur’an. In addition, the use of perfumes and scented smoke is recommended for purification before prayer in some hadiths attributed to the Prophet collected by authorities such as al-Bukhari. This lecture will shed light on the use of perfumes and incense in medieval Arab society between the 7th and the 15th centuries.
Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee can be found at:
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.
8. Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to announce the release Podcasting the Ottomans series entitled “Navigating ‘the Book of Navigation’.” (on SoundCloud and Apple Podcasts). The series was produced by Boston College undergraduates.
The podcast is about the Book of Navigation (Kitab-ı Bahriye), an atlas of the Mediterranean composed by the Ottoman navigator, cartographer, and pirate-turned-admiral, Piri Reis (d. 1553). We used the images of the marvelous manuscript copy (ms. W.658) preserved at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Thank you,
Dana Sajdi, Boston College
9. The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University presents
Fall 2022 AKPIA Lecture Series
A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture
(All lectures are in person, in Cambridge MA)
October 13, 2022, 6:00pm
“The Textility of the Alhambra”
Olga Bush
Visiting Scholar, Vassar College
November 10, 2022, 6:00pm
“Islamic Architecture for Wisdom: Looking Back on the Classical Legacy”
Susana Calvo Capilla
AKPIA Fellow; Titular Professor, History of Art Department, Complutense University of Madrid
November 17, 2022, 6:00pm
“The Extraordinary Architectural Patronage of a 13th Century Sultan-Queen: Shajar al-Durr of Egypt”
Fairchild Ruggles
Debra L. Mitchell Chair in Landscape Architecture; Director of the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Co-Sponsored with the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies at Harvard University
The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University
Lectures are open to the public and held Thursdays, 6:00-7:30pm,
at 485 Broadway (Basement Auditorium), Cambridge, MA.
For further information, call 617-495-2355 or email agakhan@fas.harvard.edu
Visit the website: https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/news-events
We anticipate that the Calvo Capilla and Ruggles lectures will be recorded and made available at the AKPIA website, after the event date.
10. Online Workshop
HIAA Workshop: Applying for Museum Jobs
Panelists: Ladan Akbarnia (San Diego Museum of Art), Mariam Rosser-Owen (Victoria & Albert Museum), Laura Weinstein (Boston Museum of Fine Arts)
Friday, September 16, 2022
12 pm EDT on Zoom
Register here
This event will not be recorded
- September 10, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. HYBRID International Workshop “Travelling Matters: Rereading, Reshaping, Reusing Objects across the Mediterranean”, Haifa Center for Mediterranean History, University of Haifa, 8 September 2022, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm IST
The workshop intends to tackle objects as sources and subjects of the history of cross-cultural encounters in innovative ways focusing on the “second-handedness” of displaced objects across the Mediterranean with a broad chronology, extending from antiquity to the present-day intersecting different time frames.
Program and registration: https://hcmh.haifa.ac.il/2022/06/30/travelling-matters-rereading-reshaping-reusing-objects-across-the-mediterranean/
2. 3rd Network for the Study of Environmental History of Turkey (NEHT) Workshop: “Environmental Histories of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman World – The Anthropocene: From Empire to Nation-States”, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna, 8-10 September 2022
The workshop will discuss the ways of integrating the concept of the Anthropocene into the field of Otto-man/post-Ottoman environmental history. It will open a space for analysing the role of human activities in transforming the Ottoman/post-Ottoman landscapes in the age of the Anthropocene.
Information and program: https://orientalistik.univie.ac.at/en/disciplines/turkish-studies/events/neht-2022/
3. ONLINE Webinar “A Persianate Japanology? The Reach and Limits of Inter-Asian Exchange” by Nile Green (Professor of History at UCLA), British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS), London, 21 September 2022, 6:00 pm GMT
In the wake of the Japanese defeat of Russia in 1905, intellectuals from Iran, India, and Afghanistan looked to Japan as a model for achieving military and industrial modernization without adopting Western culture. Probing the secrets of Japan’s success, they wrote poems, travelogues, and histories of Japan in Persian.
Information and registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2916534763519/WN_BdqxsryTQ5O53W0ymUkbYQ
4. “Workshop on the Heritage of Indigenous Knowledge for the Persian Qanat (Aqueduct)”, Institute of Geography, University of Tehran, 12-15 October 2022
In addition to teaching the basic concepts of aqueduct and Qanat construction in Iran and studying the geography of the desert, the participants will visit the Qanat rehabilitation methods in Ardestan, Ardakan, Meybod, Zarch, Yazd and Bayazeh.
Deadline for registration extended to 15 September 2022.
5. “56th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA)”, Denver, Colorado, 1-4 December 2022
The preliminary program is now available with over 250 sessions on a wide range of topics, a number of roundtables, and several special sessions.
Deadline to pre-register: 8 November 2022. After that date, individuals must register on-site at the higher, on-site rate starting 1 December 2022.
Program: https://mesana.org/pdf/MESA2022_preliminaryprogram_FINAL.pdf
6. Visiting Research Fellowship for Omani Studies (3 Months), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
The Grant comprises funding for a research stay in Berlin of up to 3 months in 2023 at ZMO, as well as travel costs to Berlin, for the successful candidate. We are seeking to attract an outstanding postdoctoral scholar who is engaged in projects in research fields related to Omani Studies.
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2022. Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/Ausschreibungen_2022/CfP_Oman_Research_Grant_2023.pdf
7. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, Stanford University
We seek candidates specializing in pre-modern Islam (7th–15th centuries), with a preference for the early period. Regional focus and disciplinary approach are open. A PhD is required at the time of appointment.
Deadline for applications: 30 September 2022.
Information: https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job/493443/assistant-professor-in-islamic-studies
8. Program Officer Iraq, National Endowment for Democracy, Washington DC
Qualifications: B.A. in international affairs, politics, or a related discipline required; Master’s level education or equivalent knowledge is desired; 2+ years of living or working in the Iraq/MENA region; 2+ years of experience in democracy-related work is required; fluent Arabic (reading, writing and speaking) is required.
Information: https://www.ned.org/about/jobs/#op-487262-21157-program-officer-iraq
9. New Publication – Scenes From The 16th Century Ottoman Empire Vol. 2 COECKE VAN DER AELST Moeurs et Fachons des Moeurs Turcz
SOTA PUBLICATIONS / SOTA YAYINLARI
CORPUS OF TURKISH ISLAMIC INSCRIPTIONS nr.51
SAMPLE PAGES: https://www.academia.edu/86084014/Coecke_brochure
FOR ORDERING AND MORE INFO WRITE TO: sotapublishing@gmail.com
NORTHERN EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND TURKISH IMAGE
This second volume of our series “Scenes from the 16th Century Ottoman Empire” collects some of the very early illustrations of Ottoman Empire and its people by Northern Artists. (Netherlandish, Flemish, German, Austrian and Swiss) It consists of 4 main parts with in every part an art object or an artist. We have given this volume the name of Coecke van der Aelst because his Customs of fashions of Turks is the main object of this book.
The four objects are accompanied by earlier published articles by different authors.
- Mercenaries and Turks 1530 (Museum Booijmans van Beuningen)
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has since 2010 exceptional set of prints from 1530 called “Landsknechten en Turken” or in english Mercenaries (lansquenets) and Turks, In terms of subject, the lansquenet set (20 woodcut prints) and the Turks is a set of 18 prints. (16 Turks and 2 Muscovites)
We will repint in this book the complete Turkish set with additional few specimens of
Lansquenets. This chapter is introduced by an article by Peter van der Coelen who is curator of Prints and drawings of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam:
- Jan Swart van Groningen, Süleyman and His Cortege, 1526
Second chapter of the book consists of 4 drawings made by Jan Swart van Groningen Netherlandish, ca. I500-ca. 1560. - Pieter Coecke van Aelst Customs and Fashions of Turcs and (1553)
The set of Turks from Museum Booijmans van Beuningen, meanwhile, has a splendid counterpart in Pieter Coecke van Aelst’s 1553 frieze, more than four metres wide, depicting the customs and practices of the Turks.4. The Wall map of the Turkish Campaign of 1529 - The Wall map of the Turkish Campaign of 1529
The last work of art we present in this volume is a Map of an Ottoman Campaign. This map by Johann Haselberg (1514-1537) is a very remarkable map which was recently discovered wall map by swiss artists which is now housed in England is our closing.
- September 06, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Call for Papers: Seminar on Harb al Basus and its Offspring
Call for papers to an online small online conference dealing with literary and cultural productions related to the Arabic source texts on the War of al-Basus and/or the saga of al-Zir Salim. We hope to pique your interest in joining this gathering to discuss works related to Harb al-Basus/ al-Zir Salim with others who also delve into this material from a variety of perspectives. Presentations may be in either Arabic or English.
We call for abstracts of contributions to be submitted to us by October 23rd, 2022. Please submit abstracts to harbalbasus@gmail.com .
2. University of California – Berkeley – Assistant Professor – Modern Arabic Literature and Islamic Culture
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63830
Application deadline: October 15, 2022
3. University of Tennessee – Knoxville – Assistant Professor of Premodern Islamic History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63825
Closing date: October 26, 2022
4. ERC EuQu Upcoming events
Article about the Qur’an heritage in Europe in CSIC review
CSIC Investiga. Revista de Ciencia. Número especial
July 2022 – https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/14696
This special issue of ‘CSIC Investiga. Journal of Science’ shows the performance of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) within the EU R&D framewok programme Horizon 2020. It presents reportages on various research projects and on the Qur’an heritage in Europe, among others.
The QUR’AN, in the heart of Europe
Article by Esther M. García Pastor
In this article, Mercedes-García Arenal, who is leading an ambitious project funded with almost ten million euros by the European Commission to investigate the Qur’anic legacy in Europe, explains the role played by the Islam’s sacred text in European culture from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.
You can read it online (p7-9 of the PDF) : https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/275159
5 septiembre – 7 septiembre de 2022
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas, CONICET
Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Medievales
John Tolan, participará en la conferencia plenaria en el marco de las XVII Jornadas Internacionales de Estudios Medievales y XXVII Curso de Actualización en Historia Medieval, organizados por el Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas (IMHICIHU) del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y la Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Medievales (SAEMED), que se llevarán a cabo los días 5, 6 y 7 de septiembre del 2022.
John Tolan « Leer el Corán en Europa cristiana en la edad media »
7 de septiembre de 2022
17h00 a 18h00
IMHICIHU – CONICET
Saavedra 15, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Histories of Knowledge: Political, Historical and Cultural Epistemologies in Intellectual History
12 September – 15 September 2022
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
Keynotes: Vera Keller (University of Oregon) and Shaul Bassi (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Two of our PhD students working within our ERC Project EuQu are going to participate in the conference :
- Loriana Salierno (Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale) : «The Qur ʾāninto Latin: the Translation of Ludovico Marracci »
- Javier de Prado (Nantes Université) : «The Qur’an and the Propaganda Fide. Shared themes in the De procuranda salute omnium gentium (1613) and the Apologia pro christianareligione (1631) »
https://isih.history.ox.ac.uk/?page_id=6723
6. BRISMES-Balfour Project Event: Peace Advocacy Fellowship Presentation and Q&A
Date: Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Time: 18:00-19:00 (BST)
Location: Online via Zoom (registration required)
Register to Attend: tinyurl.com/BPfellowship
This event is an opportunity for students who have already read about the Balfour Project Peace Advocacy Fellowship to meet the team, learn about the fellowship and ask questions about it.
The Fellowship is open to final year undergraduate and postgraduate students based in the UK who are committed to the Balfour Project Approach. As a fellow, you will be given the opportunity to make a tangible contribution to the work of the Balfour Project by campaigning for peace on the basis of the charity’s approach within your academic institution and more generally. To find out more about the content and expectations for the 2022/23 Fellowship programme, please read the Balfour Project Call for Fellows. Applications for the 2022/23 Fellowship close on Friday, 16th September at 5PM (UK time).
Please feel free to share the details with any students who may be interested in attending this event.
Best wishes,
Amy
Amy Brickhill
Manager, BRISMES
Email: office@brismes.org
Website: www.brismes.ac.uk
7. Contemporary Arabic Literature and Literary Translation
Date: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Time: 16:00-18:00 (BST)
Location: Online via Zoom
Register to Attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvce2orTwoH9SjXV5MIpb0_8cSKkEJQrCN
This panel will discuss contemporary Arabic literature and literary translation published in the last dozen years, particularly following the onset of the ‘Arab Spring’. Distinguished international writers, translators and researchers within the Arabic literary (translation) field will discuss and reflect on recent developments as well as publishing trends and practices. The panel will situate these developments within the changing socio-cultural and political contexts of the Arab world and reflect on the extent to which these contexts and events have affected the production, distribution and reception of Arabic literature in translation. The panel will also examine some of the recently published translated Arabic literature, survey its predominant contemporary narratives and showcase their own recent award-winning novels, plays and research projects. Additionally, the speakers will share their inspirations and motivations as well as discuss the social, cultural and political contexts informing their particular work. Panel members will also discuss their writing experience, the challenges they face and the reception of their work in the Arab and Western worlds.
Chair: Dr Hanem El-Farahaty (Associate Professor of Arabic Translation and Interpreting, University of Leeds and BRISMES Council Member)
Discussant: Dr Abdel-Wahab Khalif (Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting, Cardiff University)
Speakers:
- Leila Aboulela (Fiction Writer, Essayist, Playwright)
- Prof Reem Bassiouney (Professor of Linguistics, American University in Cairo)
- Alice Guthrie (Translator, Editor, Curator)
- Prof Wen-chin Ouyang (Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, SOAS University of London)
- Yussef El Guindi (Playwright)
The event is free to attend and open to all, but registration is essential. Please do share the details with any colleagues who may be interested in attending.
8. Symposium – Shifting the Paradigm: New Studies in Islamic Art and Architecture in Honor of Prof. Gülru Necipoǧlu – September 8 & 9
The event program can be found here: https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/events
The event is open to the public and is sponsored by the Norma Jean Calderwood University Professorship in Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College and the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University. Please contact Emine Fetvacı, Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art, Boston College at fetvaci@bc.edu
9. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, History
History of the Middle East, Assistant Professor
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63863
closing date 1/11/22
10. Washington University in St. Louis, Jewish Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Race and Ethnicity in the Middle East
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63859
closing date: 28/11/22
11. Call for Articles: Alif 44 (2024)
Food as Culture: Literary and Artistic Approaches
Abstract deadline: October 1, 2022
Article submission deadline: May 1, 2023
Food is the center of our lives. Beyond being the most basic means of survival, it is also a communal activity. Cultural and religious practices are suffused with food preparation rituals, and social gatherings inadvertently revolve around food or drink. While food enriches social bonds, it can also deepen social and cultural rifts. In the words of Guatemalan activist and Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchú, “We only trust people who eat what we eat.” While the delight of an exquisite meal can lead to a heightened state of almost spiritual ecstasy, it can also expose grave inequalities, with the excess of ancient Roman feasts as a striking example. Food can create a sense of cultural belonging, but it can also be used as a form of obliteration/discrimination and appropriation/exclusion. A simple meal consumed contains layers of history, social commentary, and memory.
The centrality of food has made it inevitably present in works of literature and art since antiquity. This interest in the significance of food is evidenced in the upsurge in culinary studies in recent academic scholarship. This issue of Alifseeks to contribute to this scholarship from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It welcomes original articles on the varied representations and meanings of food and invites contributors to explore how literature and art expand our relationship to food and what questions they raise about it.
Article topics might include, but are not restricted to, the following:
- Food, history, and memory
- Food and hunger: adequacy and scarcity
- Mythological representations of food
- Anthropological approaches to food
- The psychology of food: eating disorders, self-images and so on
- Food and emotional bonding, sensuality, and eroticism
- Food and gender
- The economy of food distribution and access
- The future of consumption, the environment, and animal rights
- Food media: cooking shows, cookbooks, and social media
- Food in/as visual art
- Cannibalism and violence
Key Dates
| Deadline for submission of abstract (300 words) | October 1, 2022 |
| Deadline for submission of full articles | May 1, 2023 |
| Publication date | Spring 2024 |
Alif is a refereed, annual, multi-lingual, and multi-disciplinary journal published by the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the American University in Cairo. Each issue revolves around a theme or a problem, bringing together the views and approaches of scholars from all over the world.
Alif is electronically available on JSTOR and indexed on a number of prestigious databases including Scopus, MLA International Bibliography, SAGE, Index Islamicus, EBSCO, Project MUSE, and Literature Resource Center (Gale).
Submission instructions: An initial 300-word abstract should be submitted by 1 October 2022, accompanied by the author’s email address, telephone number, and postal address. Articles based on accepted abstracts should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words and may be submitted in Arabic, English, or French by electronic mail to alifecl@aucegypt.edu, together with an abstract of 100 words and a 50-word biographical note on the contributor. Authors should consult the MLA Handbook (9th edition) for style in preparing their manuscripts.
Only original articles that do not duplicate previously published work, including the authors, and are not under review by another journal or collection will be considered.
Correspondence
Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, Dept. of English and Comparative Literature
American University in Cairo
113 Kasr Al Aini Street, PO Box 2511
Cairo 11511, Egypt
t: +2.02.2797.5107
alifecl@aucegypt.edu
To visit the website, click here.
12. Chapter proposals are invited for A Cultural History of Reproduction in the Early Modern Age (1500 – 1765) under contract with Bloomsbury for their Cultural History Series.
This volume will form part of a 6-volume series that covers the history of reproduction from antiquity to the present. We seek authors for the following thematic chapters focusing on the early modern period:
- Legal and Political Contexts
- Beliefs and Rituals
- Science and Medicine
- Materialities and Technologies
- Spaces and Practitioners
- Fertility Control
- Experiences and Emotions
- Meanings and Representations
This volume takes a thematic and transnational approach to the history of reproduction, with synthetic chapters addressing the above themes. Rather than addressing reproduction from a single perspective (such as medicine, culture, religion, etc.), the aim of this series is to emphasize the ways reproduction brings into focus the intersections between areas like science and medicine, law, cultural representations, lived realities, popular culture and so forth. This collection highlights both a global perspective and newer research themes in the history of pregnancy and birth, such as LGBTQ+ lives, disability, the senses, bodily experiences such as pain, and emotions. Although grounded in historical research and historiography, the series hopes also to feature the essential interdisciplinary scholarship in the field, including Archaeology, Religious Studies, Public Health, Anthropology, and Science and Technology Studies (STS).
The particular focus of each chapter within the general themes outlined above is up to the individual author, but topics covered may include fertility (including attempts to promote fertility, infertility, and fertility control), abortion, pregnancy and birth, the post-partum period, and/or infant care and feeding. Each chapter should provide an overview for readers of the key issues, problems, questions, methodologies, and debates in the field. If/when appropriate, each chapter also will survey the available primary sources and discuss a sample of these sources. This volume focuses on the Early Modern Period (from about 1500-1765), and it takes a global view; scholars who propose chapters centering comparative and transnational history and engaging with the Global South are particularly welcome. Chapters may adopt a global and comparative focus or may focus on one or two regions while making reference to global developments. Proposals from scholars who live and work in the Global South are encouraged. If a proposal is accepted, completed chapters of between 8,000 and 10,000 words will be due on August 15, 2023.
Interested authors should submit short proposals of 500 words and a CV by November 1, 2022 to Jennifer Kosmin at jfk0027@auburn.edu. Inquiries may also be addressed to jfk0027@auburn.edu.
13. The Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature at the University of Washington
The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures is thrilled to launch the Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature. This prize has been established in partnership with the Mo Habib Memorial Foundation and Deep Vellum Press to enable the publication and dissemination of Persian literary works that stand on their own in engaging English translation. It seeks to expand the readership of Persian literature in English, beyond academic audiences.
We anticipate that there will be multiple cycles. For its inaugural cycle, we welcome submissions in modern Persian fiction (novel and short story collection) from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Iran, and their diaspora. The winning translation will receive a prize of $10,000 ($2,000 once the award is announced in July 2023, and $8,000 once the work is turned in by the deadline May 2024). This prize comes with a commitment by Deep Vellum to publish the translated work. Please submit the following materials in a single PDF file by March 1, 2023:
- A one-page cover letter that describes the work to be translated, and speaks to its larger import
- An up-to-date CV (no more than 3 pages)
- A bilingual sample of the proposed translation (no more than 20 pages, double spaced, in both languages)
- Proof of copyrights (if applicable)
Fuller info at:
- September 03, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Andreas Tietze Memorial Fellowship in Turkish Studies (1-3 Months), Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna
The fellowship is open to advanced doctoral candidates and postdoctoral/early stage researchers in Turkish studies. We welcome projects that require a (research) stay in Vienna and expand the current research focus of the Department (i.e. environmental history, history of technology, digital humanities, consumption history, history of tourism, and cultural heritage).
Deadline for applications: 31 October 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/10730863/cfa-andreas-tietze-memorial-fellowship-turkish-studies-2023
2. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor for Comparative Politics/International Relations (Africa, Including North Africa), Department of Government and Law, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in political science. They should be specialised in African politics and topical specialization in one or more of the following: political economy and development; ethnic conflict, transitional justice, and post-conflict processes; migration, immigration, and diaspora studies; and/or post-colonial studies and state building.
Deadline for application: 26 September 2022. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/112095
3. Tenure Track Assistant Professor for Research on Race and Ethnicity in the Middle East, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
We are seeking an excellent scholar who engages race, structural racism, and racial disparities and inequities. The successful candidate will complement the interdisciplinary nature of the department with strong disciplinary (or multi-disciplinary) training, native or near-native fluency in at least one language of the Middle East, passion for teaching, and a commitment to forging alliances within the department, university, and the larger community.
Deadline for applications: 3 October 2022. Information: https://provost.wustl.edu/2022-cluster-hire/
4. Assistant or Associate Professor for the History of the Modern Arab World, Arab American Educational Foundation (AAEF), Rice University, Houston, Texas
Candidates must have a PhD in History or related field. They may work in a variety of geographic regions within the modern Arab world, broadly defined, from North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, the former territories of the Ottoman Empire, and the eastern Mediterranean countries of the Levant, including Palestine.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/112001
5. Network for the Documentation, Preservation and Enhancement of Monuments in the Euro-Mediterranean Area (Including Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt): “Egeria – Mediterranean Medieval Places of Pilgrimage”
The project focuses on pilgrimage sites, the immovable and movable pilgrimage monuments that are interspersed in the Mediterranean landscape but also in time, from antiquity to the present. The main objective of the project is the establishment of a network of cooperation for the documentation, preservation, enhancement and promotion of pilgrimage monuments.
Information: http://www.egeriaproject.net/main_network.aspx
6. MIAS Ibn ‘Arabi Translation Prize
Entries should be in the form of original translations of the works of Ibn ‘Arabi, either of complete minor works or of key sections or chapters from major works. Where possible, translations should be based on critically edited Arabic texts already in print. The winner will be awarded a cash prize of 3000 USD, and their translation will be published in the “Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society”.
Deadline for entries: 1 September 2022.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/06/27/final-call-ibn-arabi-translation-prize
7. Online Workshop – Applying for Academic Jobs
Panelists: Hala Auji (Virginia Commonwealth University), Finbarr Barry Flood (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University), Marcus Milwright (University of Victoria)
Friday, September 9, 2022
12 pm EDT on Zoom
Register here
This event will not be recorded
Hala Auji recently joined Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts in Richmond as the Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair for Islamic Art. Previously she was at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Her research explores the visual dimensions of modernity in the eastern Mediterranean, including print culture, book history, and museum practices. She is the author of Printing Arab Modernity: Book Culture and the American Press in Nineteenth Century Beirut (Brill, 2016), and currently serves as the HIAA Board’s International Representative.
Finbarr Barry Flood is director of Silsila: Center for Material Histories and William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of the Humanities at the Institute of Fine Arts and Department of Art History, New York University. His most recent publications include Technologies de dévotion dans les arts de l’islam: pèlerins, reliques, copies (Musée du Louvre/Hazan, 2019) and Archives of Flotsam – Objects and Early Globalism, co-written with Beate Fricke, University of Bern, to be published by Princeton University Press.
Marcus Milwright is professor and department chair in the Department of Art History and Visual Studies, University of Victoria. He has created the Crafts of Syria and Crafts of Iraq websites. His books include: Islamic Arts and Crafts: An Anthology (Edinburgh, 2017); and The Queen of Sheba’s Gift: A History of the True Balsam of Matarea (Edinburgh, 2021).
8. We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the symposium Advances and New Perspectives in Central Asian Archaeologyas part of the SAA 88th Annual Meeting, taking place in Portland, Oregon, from March 31- April 2, 2023.
This symposium will bring together researchers who focus on the wider Central Asian space, including the five post-Soviet Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan), Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Xinjiang, and Mongolia, as well as the Volga-Ural region to discuss current approaches and questions in Central Asian archaeology. By addressing a wide range of topics that are relevant to Central Asia, we aim not only to connect scholars working across Central Asia, but also highlight the work of new researchers and methodologies being employed in the region. We welcome papers that approach Central Asian archaeology from a variety of perspectives and methodologies that focus on archaeological research from across all periods of our human past.
If your research relates to this theme, you can contribute to this session with a 15-minute oral presentation in English. In order to participate in the session you must pay a conference registration fee and be a member of SAA during 2023. Current members must renew their memberships for 2023 by January 30, 2023, and nonmembers must join the Society no later than November 15, 2022. For details of these fees, you can consult the information on the SAA website.
If interested, please reach out to the organizers – Catherine Klesner (klesnerc@nyu.edu) and Ann Merkle (ammerkle@wustl.edu) – for instructions on submitting to the session. Abstracts are due by September 8th, 3 pm EST to the SAA portal, so please reach out no later than September 4th for information and instructions for abstract submissions to this organized session. Research on any material, period, or region within Central Asia is most welcome! If you have any questions, please direct them to klesnerc@nyu.edu.
We look forward to receiving your proposals!
All the best,
Catherine Klesner
Ann Merkle
9. World Premiere of the Documentary Film
“Derbent: What Persia Left Behind”
Biennial of the Iranian Studies Association
1 Sep. 2022, 9:30 AM, University of Salamanca
The film explores the unique history and architecture of the 6th-century fortification system which is considered the largest defensive structure of the Sasanian Empire in the Caucasus.
Watch trailer here:
https://derbentonline.com/doducmentary-film/
Directed by Pejman Akbarzadeh
Funded by Persian Heritage Foundation and Soudavar Memorial Foundation
- August 30, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.A new journal by Brill: The Journal of Digital Islamicate Research (JDIR)
https://brill.com/view/journals/jdir/jdir-overview.xml?rskey=yeG37d&result=10
2. The eminent Armenologist and Byzantinist Prof. Nina G. Garsoïan passed away on August 14. She broke a number of glass ceilings in academia, both as a woman and as a specialist in Armenian Studies.
More about here life history and achievements may be accessed here: http://www.mazdapublishers.com/book/de-vita-sua
3. Postdoctoral or advanced PhD position, Aristotle’s ‘On the Soul’ in Arabic (Tuebingen, Germany)
A position for a postdoctoral or an advanced PhD researcher is available at
the University of Tuebingen (Germany). The vacancy is connected to the award
of an ERC Advanced Grant, entitled “TIDA – Text and Idea of Aristotle’s
Science of Living Things” directed by Prof. Klaus Corcilius (Dept. of
Philosophy). The researcher will be working with Klaus Corcilius and with me
(Dept. of Oriental and Islamic Studies).
The period of employment will be for 2 years, beginning in January 2023.
Review of the applications will begin on November 1, 2022, and continue until
the position is filled.
information in the link below:
https://uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/stellenangebote/newsfullview-stellenangebote/article/postdoctoral-or-advanced-phd-researcher-m-f-d-75-e13-tv-l/
Applications should be sent to klaus.corcilius@uni-tuebingen.de . If you have
any questions, please feel also free to contact:
(heidrun.eichner@uni-tuebingen.de ).
4. Call For Proposals – Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Politics
Series Editors: Jocelyne Cesari and Mirjam Künkler
This series of monographs provides a platform for the burgeoning scholarship on religion and politics from either religious studies, political science, or the social sciences in general. Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Politics
seeks to examine topics that are intensely debated in the public space such as violence and politics, human rights, or democracy and secularism from multidisciplinary theoretical and data-driven perspectives.
The series welcomes manuscripts based on recent original research (whether involving fieldwork, archival work, surveys, or other methods) in a particular national or regional setting or in a comparative way across religions or political contexts. Manuscripts typically range from 35,000 to 40,000 words, but could also extend to 80,000 words. The book series does not publish edited volumes.
All proposals must contain an overview of the work and a description of its contribution to existing scholarship, as well as a description of the prospective readership of the work.
Proposals should be sent to the series editors:
Jocelyne Cesari, University of Birmingham, UK, and Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA: jcesari@hds.harvard.edu
Mirjam Künkler, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala, Sweden: mirjam.kuenkler@gmail.com
For more information, please contact Brill’s Acquisitions Editor for Religious Studies, Laura Morris: laura.morris@brill.com
5. Senior Lecturer in the Politics and International Relations of the Middle East
Keele University
The School of Social, Political and Global Studies is currently recruiting a Senior Lecturer in International Relations. The successful candidate will be a multi-faceted academic with an interdisciplinary politics and international relations specialism in the Middle East across teaching, research, media impact, and outreach.
Deadline | 5 September 2022
6. Lecturer in Translation Studies (Arabic)
University of Strathclyde
As part of a wider collaboration between the University of Strathclyde and the Middle East University (Amman, Jordan), a new MSc Applied Translation will launch in October 2022. The School of Humanties seeks to appoint a Lecturer to join the Translation and Interpreting subject team, on a full-time open-ended contract. The post holder will teach primarily on the MSc Applied Translation programme and will be located at MEU in Amman during the teaching semesters.
Deadline | 5 September 2022
7. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Middle East Studies
University of Oxford
The Oxford School of Global and Area Studies invites applications from candidates in a social science discipline with reference to countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), for a fixed-term postdoctoral position, funded by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) for 24 months commencing 1st January 2023.
Deadline | 9 September 2022
8. Lectureship in the History of the Global South
Aberystwyth University
The Department of History and Welsh History invites applications for a full-time Lectureship in the History of the Global South (nineteenth and/or twentieth centuries), tenable from 1 September 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter. We will be particularly interested in applicants who specialise in one or more of: East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, or Latin America.
Deadline | 15 September 2022
9. Assistant Professor in Islamic Civilisations
Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies (SLLCS) warmly welcomes applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Islamic Civilisations based in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies. The successful candidate will be a specialist in an aspect of Islamic Civilisations, particularly Islamic culture in the Middle East, and will have a PhD in a cognate discipline, relevant teaching experience and a publication track-record appropriate to an appointment at this level.
Deadline | 23 September 2022
10. Call for Proposals – Urban Politics in the MENA
Workshop | Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) | Beirut | 17 February 2023
Political and social scientists have increasingly turned to the study of urban politics, with a growing literature on local and regional governance and institutions, political geography and territoriality, the politics and processes of spatial production, urban infrastructural politics and the role of urban space in political mobilization. To explore these issues, POMEPS invites proposals for short papers (approximately 2,500 words) exploring urban politics in the MENA region.
Deadline | 26 September 2022
11. AKU-ISMC – 6-8 October 2022 Event – Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiographies
Full info at:
12. U of British Columbia call for Applications in Classical Persian Lit. & Culture
The Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia (Vancouver campus), invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field of Classical Persian Literature and Culture. Applicants with expertise in the history and practice of classical Persian literature and culture are welcome to apply; applicants with a commitment to the broader notion of ‘Persianate’ literary culture are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants are expected to have full professional proficiency in English and in Persian, and proficiency in at least one other language of the Persianate cosmopolis. A strong track record of participation in team work and program affairs, and experience in community outreach and program building is a plus.
Candidates must have a Ph.D. in a relevant field or expect to have successfully defended the dissertation before July 1, 2023. The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate excellence in research and undergraduate and graduate teaching, and to maintain an active program of research, publication, teaching, graduate supervision, and service. The successful candidate will be expected to work closely with tenure-stream Asian Studies faculty in South Asian and Persianate and Islamic history and culture, and with any future hires in the area of Persian/Iranian Studies. Further information about the Department can be found on its website, www.asia.ubc.ca.
The application dossier should include:
- a letter of application;
- a curriculum vitae;
- a 1-page statement identifying the applicant’s contributions, or potential contributions, to diversity, and ability to work with a culturally diverse student body;
- one writing sample (maximum 30 pages);
- two sample course syllabi, preferably one at the undergraduate-level and one at the graduate-level;
- evidence of teaching effectiveness; and
- names and contact information of three referees who could provide confidential letters of recommendation should the candidate be long- or short-listed.
The deadline for receipt of complete applications is October 7, 2022. The anticipated start date of employment is July 1, 2023.
This position is subject to final budgetary approval. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
All application materials should be submitted electronically through the Department’s careers website, https://asia.ubc.ca/department/careers/ by October 7. Inquiries may be sent to asia.jobsearch@ubc.ca.
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.
Given the uncertainty caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, applicants must be prepared to conduct interviews remotely if circumstances require. A successful applicant may be asked to consider an offer containing a deadline without having been able to make an in-person visit to campus if travel and other restrictions are still in place.
- August 27, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Novel Workshop of the South West Asia North Africa (SWANA) Feminist Working Group, 27-30 October 2022, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
This novel workshop aims to provide participants with various methodological tips and tools that focus on fostering genuine researcher/participant relations that are meaningful and respectful from the conception of the research design to the research output and beyond.
Deadline for registration: 15 September 2022. Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1V-ETeRAy88dT4oItQvWnT0JZ2_mh4gMZCrDsoslWQdc/viewform?edit_requested=true
2. Session on “Piracy and Captivity in the Medieval Mediterranean”, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, 11-13 May 2023
Mediterranean Studies is helping the field think more comparatively and bring into dialogue scholars working in many fields from Spanish, French, Arabic and Italian. This panel aims to explore how medieval Mediterranean authors crafted the image of the pirate – as well as the journey of their captives – and made sense of this dangerous and ubiquitous enterprise.
Deadline for abstracts: 9 September 2022.
Information: https://events.tc.umn.edu/premodern-studies/event/8467-1
3. Session on “Translation in Islamicate Contexts: Portals, Frames, and Epistemes (ID# 3707)”, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, 11-13 May 2023
When – and when not – to translate? This panel intends to explore these complex dynamics by posing the notion of translation as the transmutation of epistemological, corporeal, and literary frames between worlds and ways of knowing.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2022.
Information: https://icms.confex.com/icms/2023/paper/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=3707
4. Session on “Prosimetrum in Islamicate Literatures: Bridges, Representations, and Dialogues, (ID#3711), International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, 11-13 May 2023
Islamicate prosimetra constructed productive and complex links between poetics and politics and across visual and textual registers to structure memory, community, and civic life. This panel seeks papers that both unpack the interaction of prose and poetry and consider the broader uses of prosimetrum among single works, scribal traditions, and performative settings.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2022.
Information: https://icms.confex.com/icms/2023/paper/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=3711
5. Tenure-Track Position on Governance and Humanitarian Crisis in the Middle East, American University (AU), Washington, DC
We welcome applicants who work at the intersection of governance, human rights, and humanitarian crisis in the Middle East. We are especially interested in candidates who work on gender and sexuality; forced and irregular migration; political economy, social mobilization, and community development; political and state responses to crisis and conflict; and environmental and climate change.
Deadline for applications: 10 October 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/109607
6. Josephine Hildreth Detmer & Zareen Taj Mirza Tenure-Track Professorship in Islamic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
The ideal candidate will be an expert in Islam as a global religious tradition, with interdisciplinary research that highlights trans-regional or transnational connections between the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, or beyond. Some undergraduate teaching experience and a record of scholarship are considered strengths.
Deadline for applications: 31 August 2022. Information: https://careers.bucknell.edu/en-us/job/497122/josephine-hildreth-detmer-zareen-taj-mirza-professorship-in-islamic-studies
7. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Arabic and Islamic Studies in the MENA Prior to 1800, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
We particularly welcome applicants whose work is innovative and interdisciplinary. Discipline open.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2022. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22309.
8. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor for History of the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean World, Seattle University
The ideal candidate will have a primary teaching and research field in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean World (ca. 500-1600) broadly defined. The candidate must have a Ph.D. in History at time of appointment.
Deadline for applications: 1 October 2022. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/job-medieval-and-early-modern-mediterranean-world-university-of-seattle?e=82aeb6c61d
9. 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 important 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
10. 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.
11. Registration is now open for the Muslims in Britain Research Network annual conference.
Wed, 14 Sep 2022, 10:30 –Thu, 15 Sep 2022, 16:00 BST Cardiff University.
The conference explores more than 50 years of British Muslim Studies. We reflect on the contributions of scholars who laid the foundation for this discipline. And we consider the future – what new areas of scholarship are being explored and what new frontiers does the discipline need to delve into.
To register please use this link – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-muslim-studies-at-fifty-retrospect-and-prospect-tickets-388878364657
12. HIAA Events & Opportunities – CFP Sponsored Panel at CAA 2023 & Online Workshop on Applying for Fellowships
CFP: HIAA Sponsored Panel at CAA
Deadline: August 31, 2022
Challenges and Opportunities for the the Study of Islamic Art and Architecture – Round Table Discussion
Political sanctions, travel bans, and racial profiling often define the experience of those working in and on the Middle East and Islamic world. Compounded to that have been recent restrictions in movement imposed by the global pandemic. Under such severe conditions, how have scholars and students negotiated doing fieldwork and getting access to archives? What are the implications for the discipline, which has in recent years attempted to expand its geographical borders beyond West and South Asia, even as movement has been harshly curtailed? And most importantly, in what ways have historians of Islamic art and architecture found ways to not only produce new scholarship, but to create a global community? The aim of the roundtable is to share experiences and also strategies for doing research, even as states and geopolitical realities impose limitations on what is possible.
Session chair: Kishwar Rizvi (kishwar.rizvi@yale.edu)
Interested applicants should follow the instructions on the CAA website to submit a proposal
13. Zellige: The Tilemaker of Granada
Cultural Preservation as Game Wins GEE Learning Awards
London – The developing indie PC game, Zellige: The Tilemaker of Granada, won the 2022 GEE Learning Awards bring attention to the hidden art of Islamic tilemaking.
In an endeavour to revive the long-admired tradition of Islamic Art that has permeated many architectural and artistic designs all over the world, independent game developer Louis Torres and his team managed to bring the experience of being a tilemaker during 14th Century Al-Andalusia to your PC. Zellige: The Tilemaker of Granada is a meditative and artistic 3D PC game in which the player is tasked to design a single tile for the nobleman’s palace and the game engine tessellates the player’s original design into the walls of the palace.
“When I first thought of the idea of the game, I was very intrigued by the notion of tessellation that tilemakers implemented back then. I wanted to learn as much as I can about it and see if I can make it a game function. I never thought back then that my own desire to learn would earn me an educational game award,” said Torres.
The title of the game, Zellige, refers to the name of a specific type of geometric mosaic designs found across Southern Spain and Morocco. “The seeds for Zellige were first planted when I visited Granada and its palaces as a kid with my parents. I was utterly fascinated with the elegance and vibrance of the mosaic designs that adorn the Alhambra’s walls. A few years later, having researched the art style further, I realised that the intricate and skilled work required to create these designs could make for a great game, especially if one were to lean into the physicality and tactility of this art form. It’s this artisan’s work that I wanted to celebrate and recreate virtually in the game,” said Torres.
The developing team have gone to launch their Kickstarter campaign in order to release the game by the end of the year. Afnan Linjawi, Marketing & PR Manager, recounts that “the team was formed as part of a graduate student collaborative project. We displayed the games in a number of exhibitions in London and saw wide reception of the game. That’s when we knew that we had to try our best to actually bring the game to market.”
Zellige: The Tilemaker of Granada ticks a number of categories in that it’s a cultural, meditative and artistic game. “I wanted to do my part as a fan of the artform and have people discover the tile designs they can create from the simple tools that were used back then. Everything from the palace itself, to the characters and colour palettes is inspired by the history of the Andalusian era and what it left behind,” said Torres.
Game producer Jean De Wilde explained that “we wanted to create a wholesome game that motivates your creativity. It doesn’t matter whether you were a good artist or a mere scribbler because the goal of the game is to make your own designs. It was also important for us to add the meditative element. Our hope is that people will see it as a way of getting away from the daily grind, of letting their minds wander as their eyes and hands create something new and unique to them.”
To know more about Zellige: The Tilemaker of Granada, you can follow their Twitter handle where they post all their updates regarding the game: @ZelligeGame
14. #DisMed at Leeds IMC 2023
Medievalists with Disabilities Roundtable IMC 2023
After five successful roundtables bringing up issues around disability in Higher Education, we propose another roundtable for IMC 2023.
We invite abstracts for 5 minute talks for the roundtable. We understand disability in the broadest sense, incorporating visible and invisible impairments, chronic illness and mental health, to name but a few.
Topics might include:
· Your own circumstances in a HE institution
· Pinpointing a particular issue that needs addressing
· Highlighting an example of good practice in your own institution
· Issues of intersectionality: how disability might interact with other factors that have an impact on marginalized people e.g. gender, class, sexuality, and/or race
You can participate in a roundtable as well as presenting a paper, so please do consider submitting an abstract for this roundtable if you’re already planning to present. You don’t have to identify as disabled to participate, for example if you’d like to share an example of good practice, but priority will be given to disabled scholars.
Please submit a title for your talk as well as a brief summary (no more than 150 words) to Alex Lee (al6598@nyu.edu) by Friday 16 September 2022.
We are also seeking a chair for the session, so please let me know if you’d like that role.
You can watch last year’s video here: https://mymedia.leeds.ac.uk/Mediasite/Play/ee5aaa926dcd42b998c7dbd36852980f1d
15. The Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, are pleased to invite abstracts for the next Studying East of Byzantium workshop: Studying East of Byzantium IX: Networks.
A three-part workshop that intends to bring together doctoral students and very recent PhDs studying the Christian East to reflect on how to reflect on the usefulness of networks in studying the Christian East, to share methodologies, and to discuss their research with workshop respondents, Zara Pogossian, University of Florence, and Joel Walker, University of Washington. The workshop will meet on November 18, 2022, February 17, 2023, and June 12–13, 2023, on Zoom. The timing of the workshop meetings will be determined when the participant list is finalized.
We invite all graduate students and recent PhDs working in the Christian East whose work considers, or hopes to consider, the theme of networks (microregional, regional, transregional, global, etc.) in their own research to apply.
Participation is limited to 10 students. The full workshop description is available on the East of Byzantium website (https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/). Those interested in attending should submit a C.V. and 200-word abstract through the East of Byzantium website no later than September 19, 2022.
For questions, please contact East of Byzantium organizers, Christina Maranci, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, THarvard University, and Brandie Ratliff, Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at contact@eastofbyzantium.org.
EAST OF BYZANTIUM is a partnership between the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA. It explores the cultures of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire in the late antique and medieval periods.
- August 23, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) are searching for a part-time Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to the project: ‘Digital British Islam: Digital British Islam: How do Cyber Islamic Environments impact everyday lives’.
You can view the full job advert here: https://jobs.uwtsd.ac.uk/JobDescription/ON287itY–o?&mId=txVlKFaFAVc
This is a three-year project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). UWTSD is the lead institution, collaborating with the Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University and the Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World at the University of Edinburgh. The post holder will work with a multi-disciplinary team led by Principal Investigator Prof. Gary R. Bunt (UWTSD), Co-Investigator Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor (Coventry) and Prof. Frédéric Volpi (Edinburgh). The team also includes two research fellows, Dr Khadijah Elshayyal (Edinburgh) and Dr Sadek Hamid (UWTSD) and two Post-Doctoral Researchers.
The closing date for applications is the 1st September 2022.
2. 21 September 2022 Event – The Aga Khan University Research Day
Aga Khan Centre (1st floor)
10 Handyside Street
London
N1C 4DN
The programme includes:
- An overview of AKU research.
• A lecture on water resources in Gilgit with the latest results of the British Academy project.
• An introduction to the Aga Khan Library research resources.
• A presentation of Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Passion and Play, a new exhibition at the Aga Khan Centre.
• Panel discussions about AKU-ISMC’s most recent research on digital humanities, historiography, and arts and popular culture.
• A book exhibition of AKU-ISMC research.
• Viewing of the exhibitionFootball and Religion: Tales of Hope, Passion and Play.
• Refreshments.
Booking
The event is free, but booking is essential:
To attend in person, resgiter via Eventbrite.
To attend online, register via Zoom.
3. Persian through Khayyam’s Rubaiyat – Online course
https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-through-omar-khayyam-rubaiyat
3 weeks, from Oct 10, 2022 to Oct 27, 2022
Online from Yerevan, Armenia
Apply by Sep 21, 2022
Price: $990
4. The Islamic College: Postgraduate Studies Certificate in Islamic Philosophy (online)
Three Semesters (full-time) & Six Semesters (part-time)
18:00 -20:30 (London Time)
Starting: 14 November 2022
Application Deadline: 15 October 2022
Fees: £1500 (All students are eligible for a scholarship of up to 50%)
More information: https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/psc-islamic-philosophy/
5. ATINER’s 2023 Mediterranean Studies Conference in Athens Greece
Dear Colleague,
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 31 August 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
Vice President of Academic Conferences and Meetings
Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER)
6. AKU-ISMC 1 September 2022 Event – Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Play and Passion
Join us on Thursday 1 September for a panel discussion on our upcoming exhibition Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Play and Passion. 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.
The event is free, but booking is essential.
For more information and to register:
To attend in person, register via Eventbrite.
To attend online, register via Zoom.
7. The Department of History at Dartmouth College invites applications for a historian of the Early Islamic period (600-1400), to be appointed at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2023.
We are especially interested in applicants whose research and teaching engages the Central Islamic lands (the Middle East, North Africa, Indian Ocean), and whose research includes Arabic language sources. Qualified candidates should be able to teach courses on early Islamic history and the development of the Islamicate world in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as upper-level topics courses and specialized seminars. Qualified candidates should show promise of outstanding scholarly achievement and a commitment to classroom teaching at the undergraduate level.
Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in History or a closely related field, or be ABD with degree in hand by the start date. For a complete position description, see Interfolio search apply.interfolio.com/111262 .
Review of applications will begin September 16, 2022 and continue until the position is filled.
8. CFP: The School of Mamluk Studies (June 8-10, 2023)
We are pleased to announce the Ninth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, which will be held at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island (USA) from June 8-10, 2023. The conference will be conducted in two parts and will be preceded by a three-day intensive course on the history of the Arabic language during the Mamluk period.
Themed day: The Languages of the Mamluk Sultanate (June 8, 2023)
The first day of the conference will be devoted to the theme of language in the Mamluk sultanate. We invite papers that treat the phenomena of multilingualism, translation, orality and literacy, vernaculars and cosmopolitan languages, sociolects, and other topics related to the history of language during the period. The languages explored may include any relevant to the sultanate including but not limited to Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hebrew, Coptic, Greek, Latin, and Mongolian. A maximum of twelve to fifteen paper proposals will be selected. The time allotted to each paper will be twenty minutes, plus ten minutes for discussion.
Panels (June 9-10, 2023)
The following two days of the conference will be structured in panels, which may focus on any aspect of the intellectual, political, social, economic, and artistic life of the Mamluk period. Panels will be composed of three to four papers, of twenty minutes each. Discussion will follow the presentation of each panel’s papers.
Please note that if more than half of the participants on a panel withdraw, the entire panel must be withdrawn from the program.
The language of the conference is English.
Publication
- a) Themed day: The conference organizers expect that a selection of papers from the themed day will be published in a volume of proceedings, pending interest from scholarly publishers.
- b) Panels: Selected papers will be published in Mamlūk Studies Review.
Proposals
Scholars who wish to give a paper on the themed day must submit a paper proposal electronically (see link below) by October 31, 2022. Paper proposals must provide the name and a one-page CV of the speaker, a provisional paper title, and an abstract of a maximum of 1500 characters (about 300 words).
Panels must be pre-organized and proposals must be submitted by November 30, 2022. A panel may include 3 or 4 papers. The proposal should provide the following information for each paper in the panel: the name and one-page CV of the author, a provisional paper title, and an abstract (maximum of 1500 characters, or about 300 words). Panel proposals must also identify the panel’s chair (who may be one of the panelists). The organizer of a panel should have all information about the panel members and their papers before beginning the proposal submission.
To submit a paper proposal, complete the form at http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms2023paperproposal.html.
To submit a panel proposal, complete the form at http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms2023panelproposal.html.
Paper and panel proposals will be peer-reviewed. A first circular will be sent by January 2023 to those whose proposals have been accepted, and to those who have expressed interest in attending the conference as listeners.
Fees
The conference registration fees will be $50 for participants and attendees. For those interested, there will be a farewell dinner at a local restaurant, at a cost to be determined. Payment of the fees must be received by April 30, 2023, and information on the method of payment to be used will be provided in the first circular.
Participants must make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. Information and suggestions for accommodations will be provided in the first circular.
Intensive course: Arabic in the Mamluk Period
Prior to the conference, Professor Marina Rustow (Princeton University) and Professor Phillip Stokes (University of Tennessee) will offer a three-day intensive course (June 5-7) on the history of the Arabic language during the Mamluk period. The course will present an overview and history of the different varieties of Arabic attested in Mamluk-era sources, with a focus on Judeo-Arabic, Christian Arabic, and other forms of Middle Arabic.
Students will be introduced to the major repositories of documents that are sources for the linguistic history of this period, such as the Cairo Geniza, Saint Catherine’s Monastery, and the Haram al-Sharif documents. The course is intended for advanced graduate students and other qualified participants, and will combine lecture and discussion with hands-on investigation of Mamluk-era materials. Advanced proficiency in Classical Arabic is required, but no other specialized training is necessary to attend.
Since the number of the participants will be limited (a maximum of 10), those who desire to take part in the course are requested to submit a CV, a statement of purpose, and a letter of recommendation to the following email address: schoolofmamlukstudies2023@gmail.com by the end of January, 2023. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by the end of February 2023.
The course fee is $300.00, which also includes the registration fee for the subsequent conference (June 8-10). The fees must be paid by April 30, 2023. Participants must make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. The local organizer will provide suggestions for lodging at an affordable price.
Please contact Elias Muhanna with any questions: schoolofmamlukstudies2023@gmail.com
9. Lexicons of Race Virtual Roundtables in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish
| When and where are racial histories and hierarchies embedded in languages of the Middle East and North Africa? How do vocabularies of race, Blackness, and minoritization travel across languages? What are the intellectual and political benefits of centering Blackness in Middle East Studies? MESA’s newly launched Lexicons of Race Project seeks to answer these questions and more with a cluster of four online roundtables, September 12-15 (Noon-1:30pm EDT). This is the first step in an ongoing examination of the vocabularies of race and Blackness in the Middle East. The roundtables will be an exciting opportunity for intellectual exchange beyond our Annual Meeting and outside the constraints of the English language. Recognizing that the complexities of race are often lost in translation, each of the four roundtables will be conducted in a major language of the Middle East: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish. Roundtables are open to the public, however registration is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Turkish Roundtable
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- August 20, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. International Symposium on “The Politicization of Islam in East Asia, 1850-1950”, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, 18-20 August 2022
This symposium brings together scholars working on different aspects related to the politicization of Islam in East Asia to discuss research results and address open questions.
Program and registration: https://www.aoi.uzh.ch/de/institut/events/conferences/islameastasia.html
2. ONLINE Webinar Series “Voices of Emerging Scholars (in Ottoman-Turkish Studies)”, Columbia Global Center in Istanbul, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023
Advanced Ph.D. students and early-career researchers who have received their Ph.D. degrees after January 2018 are invited to present their Ottoman-Turkish studies on Wars, Diplomacy, and Empires; Legal History; Ethnicity and Identity Politics; Immigration; Intellectual History; Manuscript Studies; Visual Culture; History of Science, Medicine, Technology, and Occult; Life at Home; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2022.
Information: https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/news/voices-emerging-scholars-call-proposals-2022
3. CFP Online Symposium: “Turkish-German Relations in Literary History from the Fifteenth Through the Twenty-First Century“, 28.11.22
Contributions are invited on the long-term contacts and intensive cultural exchanges between the two cultures as well as on the specific stereotypes which developed and became the subject of German and Turkish literature, films, and media throughout the ages. We welcome papers in German and English.
Deadline for abstracts: 18 October 2022. Information: https://discourseanalysis.net/en/cfp-online-symposium-turkish-german-relations-literary-history-fifteenth-through-twenty-first
4. International Conference on the “Typologies of Western Islam in European Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries and Lexicons in the 18th and 19th Centuries”, University of La Réunion and Université de Lorraine, 16-17 March 2023
This conference will explore the conceptual and methodological modalities adopted in these scholarly books to describe Islam according to types determined by the choice of certain criteria and symbols.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2022.
Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2022/08/CFP_Conference_Nancy.pdf
5. Student Assistant (35 Hours/Month) for Research Project on “Dynamics of Climate Governance” (Transcription of Arabic Interviews), University of Hamburg
Profile: Completed the second year in a Bachelor studies program in Political Science, Geography or a related discipline in the Social Sciences; interest in climate governance, social movements, and climate research; excellent command of written and spoken English; Desired but not required: Knowledge of an additional language (esp. Arabic).
Deadline for applications: 22 August 2022.
Information: https://attachment.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/8c8af471/Call-Student-Assistant.pdf
6. Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (4 Years) in the History and Culture of the Countries of the Silk Roads 2023, King`s College Cambridge
The fellowship is for those who intend to pursue a research project on some aspect of the Silk Road countries, societies, and cultures. The research project may address Environmental History, Religion, Art, Maritime History, China before 1911, Ottoman Empire, and Russian Central Asia, etc.
Deadline for application: 19 September 2022.
Information: https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/research/research-fellowships
7. Poste de chercheur·e chargé·e de mission à l’Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb contem-porain (IRMC), Tunis
Date limite: 23 août 2022.
Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/69130
8. The Islamic College: Postgraduate Studies Certificate in Exegesis and Quranic Sciences
Three Semesters (full-time) & Six Semesters (part-time)
In-house
Venue: The Islamic College 133 High Road London NW102SW
18:00 -20:30 (London Time)
Fees: £1500 (All students are eligible for a scholarship of up to 50%)
*Free for Islamic college graduates, staff, and students*
Starting: 14 November 2022
Application Deadline: 15 October 2022
For more information:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/psc/exegesis-and-quranic-sciences/
- August 16, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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