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1.Conférence – Être femme et peintre sous les Taliban : Le cas des femmes artistes à Herat (Afghanistan) aujourd’hui, Mardi 15 nov 2022, Inalco
Conférence
INALCO – Fondation INALCO
Être femme et peintre sous les Taliban :
Le cas des femmes artistes à Herat (Afghanistan) aujourd’hui
par Nazir Rahguzar
(Chaire de préfiguration Art et Patrimoine afghans, INALCO / CeRMI)
mardi le 15 novembre 2022, 17h-18h30, salle 5.12
INALCO, 65 rue des Grands Moulins, 75013 Paris / www.inalco.fr
La conférence sera donnée en persan, avec traduction simultanée
Contacts:
2. Oxford:
| Associate Professorship in Islamic Studies and Law |
| Asian and Middle Easterns Studies, Pusey Lane, Oxford |
| We are seeking an outstanding scholar and teacher who studies Islamic thought, literature and/or practice in the pre-modern period (up until c. 1800 CE), based on primary sources in Arabic and other languages if appropriate. The successful applicant will have strong expertise in Islamic law. In addition, the postholder will have further expertise in Sufism, the hadith literature or Shi’i Islam. This is an exciting and demanding post in which you will conduct advanced research; give lectures, classes and tutorials; supervise, support and examine students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Islamic studies; and play a part in the administrative work of the Faculty and College. |
The start date for this vacancy will be: 1 October 2023
Interviews expected to take place on 13th & 14th March 2023
For more information:
3. Programs at Hikmat for 2023
Registration for Hikmat Learning Tours for the spring of 2023 is now open. These unique tours are a combination of sightseeing and touring and informative meetings and workshops.
Like the previous tours, the seats on these special tours are extremely limited and registration is based on a first come, first served basis.
In addition to our classic Hikmat tour that will be held in April 2023, we will also have a tour to the west of Iran for the first time. On this tour you can see and experience some of the most beautiful natural, historical, and cultural sights of the western parts of Iran.
To learn more about the dates, itinerary, testimonials from the past participants and other details of the tours, please visit Hikmat website at the address below:
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us any time at info@hikmat-ins.com
4. SULTAN WALAD: In The Footsteps of Rumi and Shams
Authors: Hülya Küçük, Ibrahim Gamard, Omid Safi
Editor: Ibrahim Gamard
Translator: Hülya Küçük
Fons Vitae 2022
https://fonsvitae.com/product/sultan-walad-in-the-footsteps-of-rumi-and-shams/
5. BRISMES lecture
Rethinking the Empirical Reality of Statehood in the MENA Region
Date: 23 November 2022, 16:00-18:00 (GMT)
This panel examines how post-colonial states in the Middle East became a site of hybrid sovereignties, porous borders, identity politics, and liminality impacting everyday life. Informed by ethnographic data collected from fieldwork in the region, the panel members will draw attention to the empirical reality of statehood in the region affecting everyday life and to the role of particularity (empirical) in drawing the horizon of the politics in the contemporary MENA region. Please note that this event is a research development seminar and will be open to BRISMES members only.
More information and registration: www.brismes.ac.uk/events/outreach-and-pedagogy/empirical-reality-of-statehood
6. Online Lecture: Dynastic Change, Family Networks and Female Genealogies in Medieval Armenia (11th–13th c.)
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | 12:00 PM EST | Zoom
Dynastic Change, Family Networks and Female Genealogies in Medieval Armenia (11th–13th c.)
Zara Pogossian, University of Florence
This lecture will focus on a period of medieval Armenian history – eleventh to late thirteenth centuries – that was characterized by a gradual deterioration and break-down of its until then traditional social structure based on land-holding military families known as nakharars. In this context a number of new military men, mostly with no illustrious lineage and/or previous connection to certain specific regions, rose to power. As they sought ways of legitimizing their control of recently conquered land and resources in various parts of historical Armenia, marriage alliances and, hence, the building of new family networks via women acquired increasing importance. This is especially true in the case of wives that came from older, prestigious dynasties which had lost or were about to lose their significance. There are also cases of women who were themselves from ‘new families’ but who played a key role in entering local networks of power in different ways. These general considerations will be illustrated on specific cases bringing to the audience’s attention the significance of women from (new or old) élite families, particularly from the end of Bagratid rule, and through Seljuk and Mongol (particularly Ilkhanid) periods. The inter-religious aspects of such family networks will be equally highlighted. Although the talk will address various regions of historical Armenia, greater attention will be paid to Syunik‘, reflecting my on-going research-in-progress.
Zara Pogossian is a specialist in medieval Armenian history, culture and religion, especially in relation to other peoples, cultures and religions in the Near East and Asia Minor. She is Associate Professor of Byzantine Civilization at the University of Florence, and the Principal Investigator of the ERC Project ArmEn: Armenia Entangled: Connectivity and Cultural Encounters in Medieval Eurasia 9th–14th Centuries.
Advance registration required. Register: https://eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-events/
Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture with any questions.
7. Online Lecture: “The Egyptian Delta Between Revolt and Allegiance” (15 Nov)
You are cordially invited to the second talk of the winter 2022/23 term of our online lecture series ‘Rethinking Social Contention’, which will take place on 15 November 2022 at 4:00 pm CET. Noëmie Lucas (Edinburgh) will present a paper on “When the Arabs Refused to Pay Taxes. The Egyptian Delta Between Revolt and Allegiance in the Abbasid Period”. We hope to see many of you there!
To register and receive the Zoom link, just send an email to score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. The full programme for the winter 2022/23 term can be found here: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score/news/2022-06-14-lecture-series-ii.html. And finally, if you’d like to read more about our research group, ‘Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period’ (SCORE), please visit https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score.html.
8. Lecture (in person) – “Exploring Recreative Practice Methodologies in Islamic Art: Writing on Stone at the Frontiers of the Islamicate World” (Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris) – 23 November
Exploring Recreative Practice Methodologies in Islamic Art – Writing on Stone at the Frontiers of the Islamicate World
Elizabeth Lambourn (De Montford University), Nuria Garcia Masip (Sorbonne Université – Observatoire des Patrimoines)
Time : 5:00 PM, 23 November 2022
Venue : Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, 2 Rue Vivienne, 75002, Paris. Salle Walter Benjamin.
Abstract :
Recreative practice – the process of re-making an object or image – is widespread in the arts and humanities as a technique for retrieving haptic and tacit forms of knowledge or lost technologies. Nevertheless, it is dress and fashion historians who have led the field in the development of clear methodologies of recreative practice and sophisticated reflection on the merits and pitfalls of such an approach. This paper presents the early stages of a collaborative project between Elizabeth Lambourn, a historian of material culture, and Islamic calligrapher Nuria Garcia Masip which was sparked by contact with this practice and the resulting literature. Building on the pioneering work of dress historians Jane Malcolm-Davies (University of Copenhagen) and Jenny Tiramani (The School of Historical Dress, London) our project explores the way that these now well-articulated and theorised approaches might be translated to the study of Islamic calligraphy on stone. This project focuses on calligraphic panels on marble produced at the port of Khambhat (Cambay) in Gujarat during the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries CE but offers the potential for much wider application.
9. University of Manchester: Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series (AMES)
Empowering Muslim Women in History, Literature, and the Arts (EMWHLA)
Thursday 17 November 2022, 17:00 UTC/GMT on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/97038599926
Lecture 3: Fictive and non-Fictive Life Writings of Muslim Women: Solidarity for Strength and Survival
Professors Feroza Jussawalla & Dr Doaa Omran
University of New Mexico USA
10. American University in Cairo
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations
Annual History Seminar
3-4 March, 2023
Cities in Context(s)
One of the often-repeated statements about Islamic history is that this was very much an urban civilization. Since the Arab conquests of the seventh century, Muslim rulers and regimes often established and confirmed their power through urban projects. Urban expansion and the establishment of new cities were a main way in which regimes practiced their power. These urban centers were in turn loci of cultural and economic production, creating new hubs in various regions and establishing connections beyond their hinterland. These networks and connections would change over different periods of history. With modernization, cities were among the first areas to experience sharp change both in their scales, expansion, development as well as in their connections with the worlds beyond them. New cities were built to serve new functions and new classes reflecting the change both within and without. Despite this, cities and neighborhoods within them are sometimes studied in isolation as coherent but self-contained entities.
This round of the Annual History Seminar aims to focus on studying cities and urban centers in their relation with their wider contexts; their environs, hinterland, trade networks and imperial contexts.
The Annual History Seminar meets at the Oriental Hall of the Tahrir Campus of the American University in Cairo. Participants should plan to present their research, in either English or Arabic, in 15-20 minutes to allow time for discussion. Young scholars, including graduate students and doctoral candidates, are encouraged to apply. The seminar particularly encourages multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to history, so scholars from disciplines other than history are also welcome to participate.
Interested scholars should send an abstract of around 300 words in English or Arabic, no later than 1 December, 2022. Participants will be informed by early January 2023.
For more information please contact: Professor Nelly Hanna Email: nhanna@aucegypt.edu
Or Dr Amina Elbendary Email: abendary@aucegypt.edu
11. Le Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CNRS, Sorbonne nouvelle, EPHE, INALCO)
a le plaisir de vous convier au colloque
Arts et patrimoine de l’Afghanistan
Cent ans de recherches archéologiques (1922-2022)
18 – 19 novembre 2022
Auditorium du musée Guimet
6, place d’Iéna, 75116 Paris.
Dans le cadre de la chaire de préfiguration « Arts et patrimoine de l’Afghanistan » mise en œuvre par la Fondation Inalco, dont le CeRMI est partenaire, la Fondation Inalco et le musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet, en collaboration avec la Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan (DAFA), organisent le colloque Arts et patrimoine de l’Afghanistan, Cent ans de recherches archéologiques (1922-2022).
Ce colloque est placé sous le patronage du ministère de la Culture.
Organisation
Sandra Aube (chercheuse au CNRS, CeRMI/Fondation INaLCO)
Nicolas Engel (conservateur des collections Afghanistan-Pakistan, MNAAG)
Philippe Marquis (directeur de la DAFA)
Programme et information sur le site du CeRMI
Nous vous invitons également à réserver vos places (gratuites, bien sûr) depuis le lien suivant : https://www.guimet.fr/event/colloque-arts-et-patrimoine-de-lafghanistan/
12. “WORKING METALS, MOVING BODIES: MORTARS AND DRUMS FROM AFGHANISTAN TO ANATOLIA IN THE 12THAND 13THCENTURIES
Persis Berlekamp, University of Chicago
Webinar, Wednesday, November 16th, 12:30pm EST
Part of the NYU Silsila Fall 2022 Series, Body and Senses
Pre-modern bronze production depended not only on specialized technical knowledge, but also on access to ores with chemically viable combinations of metals. Accordingly, areas with rich mines, such as Afghanistan and Anatolia, held special importance for the history of medieval Islamic bronze. In the turbulent twelfth and thirteenth centuries, contact between these very regions intensified as waves of refugees flooded westwards. What implications did this have for the facture, form, and function of bronze objects? Considering surviving mortars and drums in relation to the bodies that effected them, as well in relation to the bodies effected by their use, yields a multivalent, yet socially situated view of bronze, foment, and resonance in a turbulent era.
Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee either online or in person can be found at:
Only registered attendees will be able to access this even
13. The previous five Monday Majlis-es at the Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter have been recorded and are now available online. We have not recorded and we will not record, however, the discussions following the talks, as we want these to remain free, without the pressure of being recorded. So, while the recording will be accessible, please still come and attend the Majlis-es live : )
The five recorded Majlis-es are:
- Mehdy Shaddel, Universal Empire, Supersessionist Ideology: The Emergence of Islam in Umayyad Syria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7jJSoH_zEs&list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-&index=1
- Rahim Gholami, The Hermeneutics of Nāṣir-e Khusraw’s Esoteric Guidance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE-TRJ3uMhs&list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-&index=2&t=2s
- Isabel Toral, Jens Scheiner, Baghdad: Insights into a city and the making of a book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_IxyyzIQxQ&list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-&index=4&t=3749s
- Alexandra Hoffmann, What makes a man a man? Neẓāmi’s Majnun in a network of masculinities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79MHgPFbL_s&list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-&index=4&t=1639s
- Nikola Pantic, Is It Religion or Magic, and What Is Between Them?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwxfagqAPPQ&list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-&index=5
The titles are abridged, but the original titles are in the descriptions.
Enjoy the talks and attend the coming ones if you can: )
If you would like to be included in the CSI mailing list, please contact the CSI Manager: Sarah Wood (s.a.wood2@exeter.ac.uk).
- November 12, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Conference “Ibn Taymiyya`s Thought: Corpus, Reception and Legacy”, Aix-en-Provence, 9-10 November 2022
This conference seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the “Ibn Taymiyya phenomenon” by providing a platform for specialists in the field to present and share their latest findings. The frame of the conference is widely defined and may include papers on Ibn Taymiyya himself, his students and followers, or the influence of his intellectual legacy in later times.
Program: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2022/10/Final-programme.pdf
2. ONLINE Book Talk on “Architecture and Material Politics in the Fifteenth Century Ottoman Empire” with Prof. Patricia Blessing, New York University, 18 November 2022, 12:30 EST
Analyzing how trans-regional exchanges shaped building practices, Prof. Blessing examines how workers from Anatolia, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and Iran & Central Asia participated in key construction pro-jects. She specializes in the art and architecture of the Islamic world, with a focus on the eastern Mediterra-nean from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/11470806/book-talk-patricia-blessing-architecture-and-material-politics
3. HYBRIDE Séminaire de recherche « Islams et musulmans de France: nouveaux terrains, approches et paradigmes », Paris, 29 novembre 2022, 10h – 13h
Samia Langar (ISPE) : « Des enseignants face aux fait religieux. Le cas de l’ islam. Que faut-il exactement comprendre sous la notion de “fait religieux” ? ». – Diane-Sophie Girin (GSRL, EPHE) : « L’impossible “normalisation” des écoles musulmanes au prisme de la contractualisation ». – Samim Akgönül (Université de Strasbourg) : « L’islam turc, un frein à la construction d’un islam de France ? ».
Information et registration: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/72299
4. Early Post-doc (15 Months, 80 %) to Support the Preparation of a Grant Application on “Islam, Popular Culture and Education in the MENA Region”, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern
Requirements: Outstanding PhD (not older than 3 years) in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies. – Interest in social science, historical or political approaches. – Previous expertise in the field of educational media analysis, in historical and sociological perspectives, and a focus on education in at least one Middle Eastern country. – Experience in preparing grant applications is welcome. – Excellent spoken and written English and proficiency in Arabic language.
Deadline for applications: 15 December 2022.
Information: https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/a35613f8-4c42-4332-bf99-21b6a62ad2a9
5. Doctoral Student for Research on Muslim Societies in the Field of Education in the Middle East, North Africa and Beyond, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern
Requirements: Excellent MA or Equivalent in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies, or in Humanities or So-cial Sciences with Emphasis on Islamic or Middle Eastern Studies; proficiency in spoken and written English and very good knowledge of Arabic language; etc.
Deadline for application: 15 December 2022. Information and application : https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/0069c29e-1fc2-489c-a605-cb2d1024bfdd
6. Doctoral Student for Research on Muslim Societies in the Field of Education in the Middle East, North Africa and Beyond, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern
Requirements: Excellent MA or Equivalent in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies, or in Humanities or So-cial Sciences with Emphasis on Islamic or Middle Eastern Studies; proficiency in spoken and written English and very good knowledge of Arabic language; etc.
Deadline for application: 15 December 2022. Information and application : https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/0069c29e-1fc2-489c-a605-cb2d1024bfdd
7. Al-Qasimi Professor of Islamic Studies, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter
The Professor will have an established international reputation in the field of Islamic Studies. Any area of the study of Islam will be considered. We would particularly welcome candidates in the study of the history of medicine or science in Islam. We are also particularly committed to decolonial approaches to the study of Islam and committed to ensuring that our procedures reflect our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusivity.
Deadline for applications: 7 December 2022. Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CUR572/al-qasimi-professor-in-islamic-studies . For informal inquiries contact Professor Sajjad Rizvi s.h.rizvi@exeter.ac.uk.
8. Assistant Professor of History, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco
Areas of specialization may cover any period or region. In addition, we seek candidates whose teaching and research interests include North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and cognate maritime histories.
Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
Information: https://www.higheredjobs.com/international/details.cfm?JobCode=178154734&Title=History
9. Assistant/Associate Professor of History, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI), Qatar
Candidates are expected to have: Doctoral degree in History; experience in graduate student supervision, and with a good record of publications; be fluent in both Arabic and English.
Deadline for application: 16 January 2023.
Information: https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Careers/Pages/Apply.aspx?JobId=DIAC_2022_009
10. West Virginia University – Assistant Professor of History, Modern Middle East
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64456
Opens 12 December, 2022 until filled.
11. Four Postdoctoral Research Associates in Religion and Politics (1-2 Years), Washington University in St. Louis
Qualifications: Applicants should hold a doctorate in religious studies, politics, anthropology, law, philosophy, theology, American studies, history, Jewish studies, Islamic studies, sociology, or another relevant field. Scholars should be engaged in projects centrally concerned with religion and politics in the United States, historically or in the present day.
Deadline for applications: 5 January 2023.
Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/114752
12. Kuwait Chair of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs and Professor/Professor of Practice of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington DC
Applicants must have either a PhD in a relevant field by the date of appointment and a demonstrated track record of high-quality research and publications on the Gulf, or possess practitioner experience in the Gulf region at the equivalent level of expertise.
Deadline for applications: 2 December 2022.
Information: https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/97447
13. Articles for „The Journal of Digital Islamicate Research (JDIR)” – New Journal by Brill
The Journal aspires to adjust the computational, visualization and big data methods for the exploration of contemporary and historical cultures (also known as Cultural Analytics, CA) to the emerging field of Middle Eastern and Islamic Digital Humanities, and apply these methods to it.
Information: https://brill.com/view/journals/jdir/jdir-overview.xml?rskey=yeG37d&result=10
14. Articles for “Hamsa. Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies, # 9 (2023)”
For this volume, we particularly welcome proposals offering original analysis on the broad subject of Judaic and Islamic studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2023. Information: https://journals.openedition.org/hamsa/2982
15. Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (WOW) 2022 @ UCLA | 11/18-19
I am pleased to announce that the Western Ottomanists’ Workshop 2022 will be held in-person at UCLA and on Zoom on 18 and 19 November 2022 (Fri/ Sat). The Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (WOW) was founded in 2010 to bring together scholars and researchers based in the Western regions of the United States who are working to advance the study of the Ottoman Empire and its interactions with the wider world from the period of the late thirteenth century up until the early decades of the twentieth century.
WOW 2022 features participants from 18 universities in the US, Japan, and Canada, many of whom received funding for travel and accommodation to attend the workshop in person. We invite you to join us online (via Zoom) to listen to the newest research in the world of Ottoman history by graduate students and their dialogue with individually-assigned discussants.
Zoom details :
Meeting ID: 961 6052 0266
Passcode: amasya
16. Beyond the chessboard: adventures in Abbasid literature and historiography. Monday Majlis with Letizia Osti, the 14th of November. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
We’d like to invite you to the online Monday Majlis of the Centre for the Study of Islam taking place on Monday the 14th of November. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
Letizia Osti, Beyond the chessboard: adventures in Abbasid literature and historiography
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIscuypqTgtGdQ39iF_RFiK3HCg77PluVAt
Abstract: Abu Bakr al-Suli (d. 335/947) was an Abbasid polymath and table companion, as well as a legendary chess player. He was perhaps best known for his work on poetry and chancery, which would have a long-lasting influence on Arabic literature. His decades of service at the court of at least three caliphs give him a unique perspective as an historian of his own time, although he is often valued as an observer rather than an interpreter of events for posterity. In History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate: Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature, I attempted to illustrate how investigating the life, times and works of such a complex individual can serve as a fil rouge for tackling broader, contested concepts, such as biography, autobiography, court culture, and written culture. The result is an exploration of the ways in which the Abbasid court made sense of the past and, in general, of what ‘historiography’ means in a medieval Arabic context.
17. Historicizing Sunni Islam in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1450-c. 1750
Tijana Krstić, Derin Terzioğlu, eds.
18. Webinar – “BLEEDING FINGERS AND FAILING EYES: LOCATING THE BODY OF THE ARTISAN IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ART” (Silsila NYU) – November 9
Part of the Silsila Fall 2022 series, Body and Senses
Wednesday, November 9nd 12.30-2.30 EST
Online and In Person at New York University (Room 222, 20 Cooper Square, NY 10003)
In his description of the splitting of reeds for the making of mats in the Iraqi village of Agga, Gavin Maxwell (d. 1969) expresses surprise that even experienced practitioners of the craft would often end up cutting their hands. Other writers have noted the harmful effects of factors such as poorly ventilated work spaces, toxic materials, and noise. Observations like these are an important reminder of the impacts that register on the body as the result of repetitive and arduous tasks conducted in challenging environments. Finished objects can bear subtle traces of the bodies of their makers, from finger prints in fired clay to the characteristic slant and width of marks made by a brush or pen. This talk will question what can be learned in art historical terms through a focus on the bodies of those who have specialized in traditional modes of manufacturing across the Middle East from the seventh century to the present. Evidence will be drawn from extant objects in museum collections and from excavations, as well as pre-modern written sources, photographs, and ethnographic studies.
Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee either online or in person can be found at:
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.
19. Research Fellowships – Ralph C. and Mary Lynn Heid Rare Materials Research Fellowship – Applications open now through February 1
The University of Michigan Library invites applications for fellowships for research in residence.
The Ralph C. and Mary Lynn Heid Rare Materials Research Fellowship is open to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections, including the Islamic Manuscripts Collection held in the Special Collections Research Center.
Our fellows are awarded:
$1,500 for a project requiring a residence of one week or more
$3,000 for a project requiring a residence of three weeks or more
The current application cycle is open from November 1, 2022 through February 1, 2023, with the residency period and award to be used between May 1, 2023 and August 16, 2024. For more information, including eligibility requirements and instructions for applying, please visit this page:
Special Collections Research Fellowships >> How to Apply
Questions? Contact Martha O’Hara Conway at moconway@umich.edu.
20. Online Lecture – “Basra- Iraq’s Southern Metropoli”, by Andrew Petersen – 9th November 5PM GMT + 3
As part of the webinar series Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Ottoman period, the Ifpo, the CEFREPA and Udine University are pleased to announce the second series of meetings that will focus on Iraq and Arabian Peninsula and will take place online from November, 2022, to July, 2023.
First online lecture:
November, 9 – 5pm (GTM +3) “Basra- Iraq’s Southern Metropoli” by Andrew Petersen (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
Although the significance of Basra to early Islamic civilization is well known the physical remains of the site and its location are poorly understood despite extensive historical information and considerable archaeological fieldwork carried out at the site. There are many reasons for this situation including in recent times the conflicts surrounding the Iran-Iraq war, the 1990 Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq all of which had a significant impact on Basra. Other reasons for the limited understanding of the site include the relatively small number of historical standing buildings and the complex topography of the site. Despite these problems there is now a considerable amount of data which can provide the basis for understanding the origin and development of this remarkable city. This talk will review the results of three seasons of fieldwork in Basra using archival research, aerial photogrammetry, surface survey and geo-archaeological investigations. The research provides a number of valuable insights into the development of the early Islamic city although it also highlights dangers to the city through rapid development over the site of the early Islamic city.
For more information and registration:
https://www.ifporient.org/archaeology-mena-2/
21. The following is a panel proposal for the 10th European Conference of Iranian Studies(21-25 August 2023, Leiden University, Netherlands)which aims to focus on Sufism and material culture in the Persianate world.
If you have a paper related to this topic and are willing to participate in this panel, please contact salimehhosseini1@uchicago.edu by November 14th.
Sufism as a major contributor to the formation of the Islamic culture from the early Islamic centuries to the modern day has had huge impacts on the production, circulation, and reception of material culture in the Persianate world. Many Sufis and individuals with mystical inclinations have been patrons, artists, builders, and consumers themselves. Unfortunately, the study of Sufism and material culture has long suffered from essentialist readings which fail to historicize and socially contextualize this major trend. This panel seeks to instigate alternative scholarship by shedding light on Sufism as a set of ideologies, practices, and institutions in relation to the material culture of the Persianate world. Scholars in the fields of art history, history, archaeology, anthropology, and literature of Iran, and by extension, the Persianate world are welcome to submit their papers, preferably case studies focusing on or tangentially speaking to the following questions:
- How might Sufism’s rich textual tradition help us to understand and contextualize the production and reception of material culture in the Persianate world?
- Can we talk about “Sufi material culture” as an analytical category without falling into the traps of essentialism, generalization, and anachronistic analyses?
22. Carleton University – Tenure Track, Assistant Professor, History of the Middle East
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64442
Closing date: Nov 30, 2022
- November 08, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Heshmat Moayyad Lecture Series talk with Prof. Olga Merck Davidson,
Thursday, November 10 at 5:00-7:00 CT
Please join us for the third lecture in the Heshmat Moayyad Lecture Series by Prof. Olga Merck Davidson next Thursday, November 10 at 5:00-7:00 CT in the Social Science Building, Room 122. You can also join us in the zoom meeting below. The topic of Prof. Davidson’s talk is “Is Poetry Superior to Prose in the World View of Ferdowsi?”.
https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudOGvqDgiGNVP5C11sGjxNC4GZGZ6VNFL
2. A Nook in the Temple of Fame: French Military Officers in Persian Service, 1807–1826
D T Potts
3. The Islamic College – MA Islamic Studies & MA Islamic Law (Distance Education) Open Day
11.11.22
On Zoom
More information:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/de-open-day/
4. ‘Notes on the Aesthetics of Medieval Islamic Art—and of Medieval Persian Painting’
Robert Hillenbrand,
5. The Latin America & Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 1 – October 2022
Editor-in-Chief Ken Chitwood | Associate Editor Rahma Maccarone
** Letter from the Editor
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Welcome to the first edition of LACISA’s third volume. Two years ago, when we sent out our very first edition (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=1d11b1537b&e=f70992245e) , we hoped to connect persons with an interest in the study of Islam and Muslim communities in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the networks that exist across, between, and beyond the American hemisphere.
Two years later and we have a network of more than 300 people across our platforms sharing knowledge, promoting new research, and encouraging further scholarship on the subject.
This latest edition is a celebration of this increasing interconnection and collaboration, featuring contributions from members across the globe.
First, we have a review of Manifold Destiny: Arabs at an American Crossroads of Exceptional Rule (Vanderbilt University Press) and an interview with the author, John Tofik Karam (University of Illinois).
Second, we are excited to announce that Karam will be headlining our second annual LACISA colloquium: Muslim Philanthropy in Latin America and the Latinx U.S. (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=5b05c69045&e=f70992245e)
You can read more about the full line up, which features research on Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, the U.S., and the Tri-Border area between Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
We are also proud to feature a podcast episode featuring our very own Lucas Vicente (Translation Assistant, Portuguese) and Rahma Maccarone (Associate Editor).
In addition to the above, we also have numerous Member Notes, featuring events, new publications, additional podcast episodes, calls for submissions, essays, and other opportunities in, or related to, our field.
In particular, I’d like to personally invite network members to a meet-up on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. For those attending the meeting and interested in connecting, please e-mail me directly at lacisanews@gmail.com.
Otherwise, on behalf of our entire LACISA team (https://fu-berlin.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=218987e5c8b20ce72c5e7da24&id=96330d0b81&e=f70992245e) , I thank you for reading our latest newsletter and celebrating our second anniversary! All the best in your own research, writing, and work in the public sphere.
6. Al-Mahdi Institute: Call for Papers – “The Nature of Soul and Death” IRS Workshop
Since 2018, the Inter-Religious Symposia (IRS) platform has been successful in bringing together representatives from the three Abrahamic faiths, to appreciate each other’s perspectives on various theological issues.
The Annual IRS Academic Workshop seeks to advance these discussions further into the academic arena, delving into the theological topics that are of shared concern.
- Workshop date is Thurs 16thMarch 2023
- Deadline for abstracts from CfP respondents is Monday 12thDec 2022.
More information at:
https://www.almahdi.edu/call-for-papers-soul-death-irs
7. 2e séance du séminaire mensuel de recherche organisé par le CeRMI (2022-2023) – 17 novembre 2022
La deuxième séance du séminaire “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” aura lieu le jeudi 17 novembre 2022 (de 17h à 19h, salle 5.28).
Nous serons heureux d’y accueillir Viola Allegranzi (Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences) pour une conférence intitulée : “Les gunbads de Chisht-i Sharif : nouvelles perspectives sur un site méconnu et sur l’histoire des Ghourides en Afghanistan (moitié xiie – début xiiie siècle)”.
Résumé
Chisht-i Sharif (aussi connu comme Khwāja Chisht, ou, simplement, Chisht) est un village situé sur la rive nord du Hari Rud, à environ 140 km à l’est de Hérat, en Afghanistan. Dans ce lieu, le maître sufi Abū Isḥāq Shāmī (m. 328/940) aurait fondé la Chishtiyya, une confrérie qui prit son essor en Inde à partir du XIIIe siècle. Le site est aussi connu pour la présence de deux structures à coupole (gunbads) en brique cuite, datant de l’époque du sultanat ghouride (544-612/1149-1215). Bien que tombés en ruine dès l’époque des premières prospections au XXe siècle, ces monuments révèlent les traces d’un riche décor architectural en brique cuite et en stuc, et de plusieurs inscriptions en arabe et en persan, de styles et de contenus variés. La fonction originelle des deux gunbads reste incertaine : si leur forme s’apparente à celle des mausolées à coupole répandus dans la région, les enquêtes de terrain et les photos aériennes suggèrent qu’ils faisaient partie d’un même complexe architectural, jamais investigué archéologiquement.
Les deux monuments sont mentionnés dans nombre d’ouvrages consacrés à l’architecture islamique et leurs inscriptions ont été en partie publiées. Cependant, plusieurs questions restent ouvertes et certaines sources utiles à leur étude n’ont pas été pleinement exploitées jusqu’à présent. Dans cette communication, nous allons analyser dans une perspective comparative le décor architectural et, en particulier, les inscriptions des deux gunbads. Une révision globale de leur programme épigraphique, y compris le déchiffrement de plusieurs textes inédits, a été rendu possible grâce à l’étude des photos prises par Josephine Powell vers 1960. La présence de plusieurs versions de la titulature du sultan ghouride Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Sām (r. 558-599/1163-1203), de passages coraniques et formules religieuses liées aux pratiques rituelles, ainsi que le caractère très ornemental des styles graphiques font des inscriptions des Chisht-i Sharif un témoignage majeur sur la tradition épigraphique de l’Iran pré-mongol. En nous appuyant sur les comparaisons avec d’autres monuments ghourides — parmi lesquels le célèbre minaret de Jam, situé à une courte distance du site — ainsi que sur les informations dérivées des sources manuscrites et des monnaies, nous offrirons des perspectives nouvelles sur la chronologie et la fonction originelle des monuments, et, plus largement, sur l’histoire des Ghourides dans la région.
Orientation Bibliographique
- Blair, Sheila S.. « The Madrasa at Zuzan: Islamic Architecture in Eastern Iran on the Eve of the Mongol Invasions », Muqarnas 3, 1985, p. 75-91.
- Flood, F. Barry. « Ghurid monuments and Muslim identities: Epigraphy and Exegesis in Twelfth-century Afghanistan », Indian Economic and Social History Review 42/3, 2005, p. 263-294.
- Le Berre, Marc. « Chisht » in Warwick Ball (en collaboration avec Jean-Claude Gardin), Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan: Catalogue des sites archéologiques d’Afghanistan. Paris: Recherche sur les civilisations, 1982, vol. 1, p. 76, no
- Maricq, André & Wiet, Gaston. Le Minaret de Djam : La découverte de la capitale des Sultans Ghorides (XIIe–XIIIe siècles). Paris: C. Klincksieck, 1959.
- Patel, Alka. Iran to India. The Shansabānīs of Afghanistan, c. 1145-1190. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
- Powell, Josephine. « Josephine Powell photographic archive (1951-1975) », Harvard University Library, Fine Art Special Collections (AKP187): http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990119685550203941/catalog.
Au plaisir de vous retrouver à l’occasion de cette séance, qui se déroulera en présentiel sur le site de l’INaLCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris).
Ci-joint le programme 2022/2023 du séminaire mensuel de recherche “Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien” en format pdf. Retrouvez également les détails sur le site web du CeRMI : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/seminaires-de-recherche/societes-politiques-et-cultures-du-monde-iranien-2022-2023/
8. 2023 Critical Language Scholarship Program Application Now Open!
We are delighted to announce that the application for the U. S. Department of State’s 2023 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is now open! We welcome [you/your students] to apply now to learn a critical language on a funded virtual or overseas summer program. The application is available at https://clscholarship.org/apply . The application deadline is 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
The CLS Program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains. Depending on language and level, U.S. students can either apply for the overseas CLS Program or the virtual program, CLS Spark. The CLS Program offers in-person cohort-based programs at partner institutions abroad that provide instruction at various levels for U.S. graduate and undergraduate students in 14 critical languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu. CLS Spark provides virtual instruction to U.S. undergraduate students at the complete beginning level of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian, specifically targeting students who do not have access to studying these languages at their home campus. More information on eligibility is available at: https://clscholarship.org/applicants/eligibility . [Ed note: You must Be a U.S. citizen or national at the time of application.]
The CLS Program will host frequent webinars, Q&A sessions, and alumni panels for students and advisors throughout the fall. A full calendar with these events and corresponding registration links is available at: https://clscholarship.org/events .
The CLS Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government and supported in its implementation by American Councils for International Education. It is part of a wider government initiative to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security and economic prosperity.
If you have any questions, please contact the CLS Program team at: cls@americancouncils.org .
Esha Bera (she/her)
Program Officer, Critical Language Scholarship Program
American Councils for International Education
phone: (202)-833-7522
email: ebera@americancouncils.org
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
9. Edinburgh Alwaleed Early Career Fellow: Authority in the Globalised Muslim World
The Alwaleed Centre is looking for an Early Career Fellow to join its academic team.
The post-holder will conduct research into contemporary issues relating to authority in Muslim states, societies or online spaces. Applications from candidates whose work engages with transnational, international or global contexts would be particularly welcomed. The post-holder will also be expected to contribute to the Alwaleed Centre’s teaching activities, develop online teaching material, and engage with the Centre’s outreach and public engagement programme.
This is a two year, full-time position and FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING HERE.
The deadline for applications is 28 November 2022 at 5pm GMT.
10. ‘Pashtun homelands in an Indo-Afghan hagiographical collection’
M Pelevin
11. New address: CeRMI UMR 8041 du CNRS
Cher.ère.s collègues, cher.ère.s ami.e.s,
J’ai le plaisir de vous informer que, depuis le 28 octobre dernier, notre unité de recherche, CeRMI UMR 8041 du CNRS, a emménagé dans de nouveaux locaux sur le campus CNRS de Villejuif.
L’adresse postale du CeRMI ainsi que les coordonnées téléphoniques de son secrétariat sont désormais les suivantes :
Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI) – UMR8041 CNRS
Campus CNRS Ile-de-France Villejuif
7, rue Guy Môquet
94800 Villejuif – FRANCE
Tél. : +33 (0)1 49 58 37 86
Courriel : cermi@cnrs.fr
Site web : https://cermi.cnrs.fr/
À cette adresse, nos locaux sont situés au 4ème étage du bâtiment D.
Noter par ailleurs que cette nouvelle localisation du siège de notre UMR entraîne une modification des coordonnées téléphoniques des postes fixes installés dans les bureaux.
Bien amicalement,
______
Maria Szuppe (CNRS)
Directrice de l’UMR 8041 Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien (CeRMI)
12. AKU-ISMC
Book Launch: Islam and Modernism by Rasheed Araeen
Tuesday 6 December 2022, 18:00 – 20:00 (London)
Venue
Aga Khan Centre (Atrium Conference Room),
10 Handyside Street,
London N1C 4DN
Booking
The event is free, but booking is essential:
To attend in person, register via Eventbrite.
To attend online, register via Zoom.
For more information:
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE “6th Annual Symposium on Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society”, Indiana University, 31 October – 4 November 2022
Information and registration: https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/machform/view.php?id=312627
2. ONLINE Lecture “Violence and Care: The Basij and Disabled Afghan Foreign Fighters in Iran”, Iranian Studies Initiative, New York University, 3 November 2022, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Drawing on long-term ethnographic research with paramilitary members of the Basij as well as Afghan disabled in low-income neighborhoods of Iran, in this talk Ahmad Moradi maps out the ways in which people solicit the very techniques of power to seek legibility, care and recognition.
Information and registration: https://as.nyu.edu/neareaststudies/events/fall-2022/Nov.html
3. HYBRID Book Presentation “Les études sur les domaines turc, kurde et ottoman en France”, CNRS-GIS MOMM (Scientific Interest Group on the Middle East and Muslim Worlds), Paris, 9 November 2022, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Paris Time
The book was written by written by Élise Massicard, Alexandre Toumarkine and Julien Boucly. The authors will be present.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/11378517/presentation-event-november-9th-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%9Cturkish-kurdish-and-ottoman
4. HYBRID Conference “Decolonial Thinking and Revolutionary Events”, University of London, 8-9 March 2023
How does coloniality pathologize experience? How does it use trauma to silence revolutionary experience? Does the movement of liberation away from coloniality imply a reversal of speech from a logic of the traumatic to the somatic? What is this unactual that events speak in their actual? How does revolutionary temporality de-envelop itself from coloniality and its repressive function?
Deadline for abstracts: 17 December 2022.
Information: https://postcolonialpolitics.org/decolonial-thinking-and-revolutionary-events/
5. Early-Career Scholars Workshop “Researching Forced Migration in the Middle East,” University of Glasgow, 23-24 March 2023
The workshop will provide an opportunity to early career scholars to present, discuss, and receive critical feedback on their research projects with senior academics in the field. In addition to focused discussions on each paper, the workshop will address strategies and advice for publishing on forced migration in peer-reviewed international journals.
Deadline for abstracts: 11 November 2022. Information:
https://cbrl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CBRLGlasgow-Workshop-March-2023-Updated-Call.pdf
6. Conference “Early Modern Ottoman Studies (EMOS)”, Hacettepe University & Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, 12-15 July 2023
The conference invites researchers studying the early modern Ottoman lands, their surroundings and the Mediterranean world (between 1500 and 1800), including all fields of history and related fields of social sciences and humanities.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2023.
7. Part-Time (0.8FTE) Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David
Applicants should have a further specialisation in another field relevant to the study of the Muslim World. We are particularly keen to receive applications from those able to teach and research in the field of Islamic Philosophy, particularly its relevance to intercultural and interfaith dynamics in the contemporary world.
Deadline for applications: 2 November 2022.
Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CUH141/lecturer-in-islamic-studies
8. Fellowships for Students and Scholars of the Near East (Prehistory – 21st Century), W.F.Albright Institute of Archaelogical Research, Jerusalem
Awards are one to four months and come with a stipend and board at our institute in the heart of Jerusalem. Applications are open to students and scholars in Near Eastern studies, including archaeology, assyriology, anthropology, biblical studies, art history, epigraphy, historical geography, literature, religion, museum studies, cultural heritage, and preservation, pursuing projects that focus on contemporary engagement with the pre-modern past.
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2022. Information: www.aiar.org/fellowships
9. Assistant/ Associate Professor of History, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Applicants should be specialized in medieval Islamic history. Priority is given to those interested in the history of the Arabian Peninsula and to candidates who are proficient in the Arabic language and/or have a special interest in research and practice in the Arab world.
Deadline for applications: 16 January 2023.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64397
10. Assistant Professors in Arabic / Islamic Studies, American University of Sharjah, UAE
A PhD in Arabic Studies, Islamic Studies or related areas is required. The willingness and ability to teach entry-level Arabic heritage classes is essential. Successful applicants will have native or near-native proficiency in Arabic and English. Familiarity with Western models of higher education is preferred.
Deadline for applications: 20 November 2022. Information:
11. Tenured/Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor of Iran Studies, University of Oklahoma
Qualifications: Full research proficiency in Persian/Farsi. – Ph.D. by the time the appointment begins on August 16, 2023. – Active and dynamic research agenda on Iranian politics / US-Iran relations. – Evidence of teaching excellence / experience.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2022. Information:
12. Zahedi Family Fellowship in Iranian Archive Studies (12 Weeks), Stanford University
The fellowship is open to scholars and artists working on the modern history of Iran, particularly the period of 1941 to 1979. Preference will be given to scholars who have worked on aspects of modern Iranian foreign policy, history, and culture.
Deadline for applications: 2 December 2022.
Information: https://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/research/zahedi-family-fellowship
13. Manuscripts and Book Proposals for “The Ottoman Empire and the World Series” under New Editorship and Advisory Board (I.B.Tauris)
The series welcomes work which transcends the traditional boundaries between approaches, including those between political history, gender studies, social history, Islamic studies, environmental history, and literary studies to understand how the empire worked and how it fit in a wider world.
14. Chapters for Edited Book on “Archaeologies of Displacement: Heritage, Memory, Materiality” (Focus MENA), Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
This edited book aims to understand how and why the voices of displaced people are so often forgotten in the narratives of globalisation. We will focus on how the trauma of forced migration creates interconnections between material objects, memories, oral histories and people and explore the potential for creating sustain-able archaeologies of displacement.
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/10/27/archaeologies-of-displacement-heritage-memory-materiality
15. Chapters for Edited Book on “Technologies and Digital Activism in Authoritarian Contexts” (Focus Egypt, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey), Deakin University, Australia
Questions: How do technologies affect the prospects of democracy and authoritarianism? How do current and emerging technologies facilitate or challenge democracy? How do political activists and organizations devise strategies to circumvent the suppression from authoritarian regimes mediated by technologies? How do the concept and practice of digital authoritarianism evolve in response to the rising authoritarian power?
Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2022. Information: http://www.mesf.org.au/call-for-book-chapters/
16. Articles on “Islamic Leadership: Towards a New Paradigm” for Special Issue of the “Australian Journal of Islamic Studies”
Questions: Is contemporary Islamic and Muslim crisis a crisis of Islamic leadership? Do Muslims need a new leadership to bring them and their societies out of crisis? Why is new Islamic leadership paradigm so impor-tant in the modern world? Are there role model Muslim leaders that stand out as an exception to the crisis we are seeing in the Islamic leadership?
Deadline for submissions: 30 December 2022.
Information: https://ajis.com.au/index.php/ajis/announcement/view/13
17. AKU-ISMC
Wednesday 30 November is the closing event of Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Play and Passion exhibition.
The event will include a panel discussion about football and religion with a particular emphasis on women’s football. The event will take place at the Aga Khan Centre, London, as well as online and will be followed by a viewing of the exhibition.
18. The Journal of Islamic Law invites papers that explore encounters between Islamic law and other legal traditions from the 18th through mid-20th centuries.
Scholarship on encounters mostly focuses on colonial history, presenting a defeating view of shari’a, seen as having “died” against the intruding forces of colonialism. Indeed, European colonialism greatly affected the operation of Islamic law. Colonial officials, targeting the ulema and the courts, transformed the foundational practices and institutions on which the Islamic legal tradition rested. Yet, it is worth revisiting how Islamic law operated given its flexible nature and the agency of its actors. For example—with some exceptions—we know little about processes of negotiation, dependence, borrowing, jurisdictional jockeying, forum shopping, and entanglements between Islamic legal practices and those of other legal systems. Furthermore, a scholarly understanding of encounters between Islamic law and other legal traditions would greatly benefit from explorations of other regional and temporal spaces—and not just European colonialism—where legal encounters unfolded. This special issue is interested in hosting works on such legal encounters broadly from the 18th to the mid-20th century. Thematically, it seeks to present scholarship that looks at metamorphosis, borrowing, and dialogue between Islamic law or shari’a and other legal traditions in the context of foreign/external influences, colonial powers, and imperial interactions.
We seek articles of up to 25,000 words. To signal interest, please submit a proposed title and abstract of 250-500 words by November 18, 2022, using our online submissions portal. Once accepted, soon thereafter, the deadline for the submission of full drafts is February 1, 2023, after which we will go through a process of peer review, a final decision on acceptance, and editing and publication. This special issue of the Journal of Islamic Law is edited by Dilyara Agisheva (dagisheva@law.harvard.edu ), Research Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Program in Islamic Law, and will be published in Spring/Summer 2023. For further questions, please contact us at pil@law.harvard.edu .
19. Join the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) for its Fifteenth Annual Conference taking place in Washington, D.C. on November 5 – 7, 2022.
We will host a dynamic crowd of academics, scholars, and policymakers from around the globe. View our schedule of events and list of paper presentations.
The 2022 Conference will feature:
- Opening remarks by H.E. Shaikh Abdulla Bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States.
- Networking cocktail reception.
- Special Session: “When Magic Failed: The Life and Legacy of Prof. Fouad Ajami.”
- Keynote: “A Conversation on the State of Middle East Studies Today” led by Dr. Martin Kramer.
- Book Discussion: Prof. Jeffrey Herf, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, will talk about his recent publication, Israel’s Moment.
- Awards banquet luncheon.
- Awards ceremony and reception for the 2022 Bernard Lewis Prize.
- Roundtable: “Edward Said and the Colonization of Western Middle Eastern Studies.”
- Panel sessions including: Colonial and Postcolonial Africa: Nationalism, Urban Spaces, Womanhood and Science; Arabic Poetry Fragments in the Cairo Genizah: Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Analysis; Security Issues in the Middle East and Africa; Narratives and Ethos in the Middle East: Similarities and Differences; A Hundred Years of States and Minorities in the Middle East: What Has Gone Wrong?
Register now to attend!
Feel free to contact ASMEA at info@asmeascholars.org with any questions.
20. West Virginia University – Assistant Professor of History, Modern Middle East
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64456
Closing date: Jan 24, 2023
21. UCLA Iranian Studies
Women in Iran: Past, Present, and Future
A Double Book Talk with Mahnaz Afkhami and Mona Tajali
Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom
Discussion in Persian
For more information:
22. Monday the 7th of November. 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
Nikola Pantic, Is It Religion or Magic, and What Is Between Them? New (Old) Approaches to Ottoman Institutional Sunnism (1600-1800)
Register in advance for this meeting: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocOmsrDIoHdS1MGcJFfNI0oMSanzYoLna
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.The first international Islamic Art and Culture Digital Festival happening online on 28 & 29 November.
The Future of Islamic Art & Culture Digital Festival is a virtual global gathering, with performances, online exhibitions and conversations.
We hope you can join us at this unique online event.
2. We invite you to attend our 8th IDHN Conference which will take place on Thursday, November 17, 2022.
We will hear four exciting presentations:
Maya Shatzmiller (University of Western Ontario): Measuring the Medieval Islamic Economy: New perspectives on evaluating economic performance
Moneerh Aleedy (Leeds University): Parallel Sentences Alignment Using SentencesTransformers: A Case Study on English-Arabic Non-Parallel Corpus
Jonas Müller-Laackmann (SUB Hamburg); Theo Beers (FU Berlin) and Xenia Kudela (FU Berlin): Closing the Gap – A collaborative project database on Non-Latin Script-based research
Alireza Shahbazi (Iran University) and Mohammad Reza Moini (University of Tehran): Employing Semantic Web Tools for Reconstructing and Analyzing the Personal Relationships in Rijāl al-Najāshi
To attend this online conference, please register at https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckc-ChrTIrEtUev9h3Qc1FpkLjNXGu6AG0. We eagerly look forward to your attendance and participation in the conference.
3. We have the pleasure to invite you to lecture 2 of Round 2 of the ‘Women and Gender Forum’ run by the University of Manchester: Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series titled, Empowering Muslim Women in History, Literature, and the Arts
Tuesday 1 November 2022,
5:00 PM (17:00) GMT, 8:00 PM Saudi Time
on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95985097918
Women’s Art, Women’s Stories from Pakistan: An Alternative Lens
Professor Shirin Zubair
The Polish Institute of Advanced Studies
4. Video Library Announcement: Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series with Robert Rollinger Now Available
We are pleased to share with you the recorded lectures of Professor Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck) for the Biennial Eshan Yarshater Lecture Series. He presented a series of four lectures in a series titled “The Achemenid Persian World Empire” for the Pourdavoud Center in April 2022
https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/videos/
5. 2022 Kamran Djam Biennial Lectures at SOAS
7 and 8 November, 2022
After a pause due to lockdown, the Centre for Iranian Studies is delighted to invite you to the 2022 Kamran Djam Biennial Lectures at SOAS on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 November 2022.
Our speaker this year is Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA, University of St. Andrews, who, will give two lectures on The Great Mongol Shahnama, a long-awaited major work on one of the most magnificent illustrated Persian manuscripts of all time, dating to 1330s. Hali Publications Ltd., the UK publishers of this splendid book, have kindly agreed to bring several advance copies of the book for your perusal before its imminent availability in the UK. Please see below for details of the lectures.
Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA, University of St. Andrews
What Problems Does the Great Mongol Shahnama Pose?
5.30pm, Monday 7 November
(followed by a reception at 7.00pm in G3 Suite)
What Makes the Great Mongol Shahnama Great?
7.00pm, Tuesday 8 November
Venue: Djam Lecture Theatre
SOAS, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
Admission Free – All Welcome
6. The Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles invites applications for a one-year Farhang Foundation Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in Iranian Studies. Researchers with training in cultural studies, film, and literature are particularly encouraged to apply.
Postdoctoral Scholar in Iranian Studies (mesana.org)
Review of applications will begin December 1, 2022; the position will remain open until filled.
7. Annual Lampeter Interfaith Colloquium: 1st-2nd December 2022
We are pleased to announce that the 7th Annual Lampeter Interfaith Colloquium will be held on 1st -2nd December 2022.
Our theme for this year’s conference is ‘Inter-religious Relations in Contemporary Societies’ and we’re delighted to have Rev. Dr Muthuraj Swamy (Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, Cambridge university) and Prof. Patrice Brodeur (University of Montreal) as our keynote speakers.
After two years of this event being held solely online, this year’s Colloquium will be a hybrid event, available for international attendees to virtually participate alongside those in Lampeter. Commencing at 1pm on Thursday December the 1st (GMT), the Colloquium will be brought to a close at 2pm on Friday December 2nd.
There will be more information to follow, however, please do get in touch with us with any initial queries via interfaith@uwtsd.ac.uk .
8. Drawing Syria from Afar. An event in honour of Syria
Thursday 3 November 2022: 6.00-7.30pm [GMT]
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Presented by the Institute of Classical Studies and the Warburg Institute, University of London.
A panel discussion to mark the donation of The Destruction of Palmyra by Deanna Petherbridge (Warburg Associate Fellow) to the Warburg Institute and its hanging in the Institute of Classical Studies. A panel of speakers from the fields of art and architecture, archaeology and heritage studies will discuss the ancient and contemporary history of Tadmor-Palmyra, the impact of the destruction of home and heritage in conflict, and what might constitute restorative architectural and archaeological reconstruction
Speakers: Dr Ammar Azzouz, Professor Jen Baird, Frances Carey, Dr Zena Kamash.
Simultaneous translation into Arabic will be provided.
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9. New York University, Silsila: Center for Material Histories
“THE SOUNDS OF THE DALĀ’IL AL-KHAYRĀT AND ITS HARAMAYN IMAGES”
Sabiha Göloğlu, University of Michigan & University of Hamburg
Part of the Silsila Fall 2022 series, Body and Senses
Wednesday, November 2nd 12.30-2.30 EDT
The Moroccan Sufi saint Sulayman al-Jazuli’s (d. 870/1465) Dalā’il al-Khayrāt (Proofs of Good Deeds) was widely recited and read in public and private spheres across the Ottoman Empire. Whether in writing or in sound, the Dalāʾil al-Khayrāt, via private ownership and book and recitation endowments, reached many at homes, Sufi convents, madrasas, and mosques from Medina to Istanbul. The majority of Ottoman Dalā’il al-Khayrāt copies that are preserved in collections are illustrated with various compositions. Among these compositions, the Mecca and Medina couples are significant in that several of them had an audible component, as suggested in the marginal inscriptions. This talk will focus on the multisensory experiences of texts and images that arose from both recitations of the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt and the verbal formulas attached to its Haramayn depictions.
Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee can be found at:
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.
10. The Islamic College – MA Islamic Studies & Islamic Law Taster Course
Considering a MA degree in Islamic Studies or Islamic Law? Attend our taster course where you can attend taster class sessions and meet some of our staff.
- MA degrees in Islamic Studies and Islamic Law
- 1-year or 2-year options
- Degrees validated by Middlesex University, UK
- Study under eminent academics, Islamic scholars, and specialists
- Be part of a vibrant, knowledgeable student community
- Aimed at researchers, prospective PhD students, religious leaders, or anyone wanting to study Islam in-depth
- In-house and distance education options
DATE: 7 November 2022
TIME: 6:00-9:00 pm (London time)
HOSTED BY: The Islamic College, London, UK,
degrees validated by Middlesex University, UK
More information at:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/taster-course/
- October 29, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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1.Baghdād, From Its Beginnings to the 14th Century
Volume Editors: Jens Scheiner and Isabel Toral
2. ECIS 10 – Tenth European Conference of Iranian Studies, Leiden University, 21-25 August 2023
ECIS is one of Europe’s largest conferences in Iranian Studies. It is held every four years and organized by the Societas Iranologica Europaea (SIE). ECIS 10 will cover a wide range of topics related to Iranian Studies
including philology, linguistics, literature, history, religious and cultural studies, art and architecture, archae-ology, philosophy and anthropology.
Deadline for abstracts of panels and individual papers : 1 December 2022.
Information: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/ecis10/
3. ONLINE Webinar Book Launch: “Public Freedoms in the Islamic State” by Rached Ghannouchi, Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Geogetown University, 27 October 2022, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tunis Time
Rached Ghannouchi has long been known as a reformist or moderate Islamist thinker. In his most influential book, he argues that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should be widely accepted by Muslims under the correct interpretation of Islamic law and theology. Under his theory of the purposes of Shari‘a, justice and human welfare are not exclusive to Islamic governance, and the objectives of Islamic law can be advanced in multiple ways.
Information and registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_djQoiGTQT_azER6vpwh8Kg
4. HYBRID Session on Islam during the “66th International Congress of Phenomenology: Eco-Imagination for a Sustainable Future”, IULM University, Milan, Italy, 27-29 October 2022
Papers: Cornelis van Lit: Imagination as a Cure Against the Boredom of Science: Ibn Arabi’s Path towards Self-Realization. – Hamidreza Ayatollahy: Divine Ownership and Resourcefulness as Basic View of Islamic Eco-Imagination. – Taghrid Elhanafy: Recycled Imaginations, Resource and The One According to Ikhwan Esafa. – Konul Bunyadzade: Eco-Imagination and Sufi Phenomenology.
Information, program and registration: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61fc317a001a71712c19193d/t/634a219f461c9a5780d090ac/1665802657488/Milan-2022-Program+001.pdf; http://phenomenology.org
5. HYBRID Workshop “Religion and Secularism as Problem Space in Postcolonial Occidentalist Discourses within the MENA Region”, Institute for the Study of Religions, Leipzig University, 3-4 November 2022
The workshop aims to discuss the question of religion and secularity/secularism in (postcolonial) Occidentalist discourses and their critiques in the MENA region. We seek to bring together empirical case studies on particular Occidentalist debates, including their historical trajectories with theoretical reflections on Occidentalism and Orientalism in the MENA region.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/11350485/international-workshop-religion-and-secularism-problem-space
6. HYBRID Roundtable „Writing Social Theory in Arabic“ and Workshop (in Person), Institute of Islamic and Middle East Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, 3-5 November 2022
The Roundtable “Global Social Theory” is moderated by Florian Zemmin (FU Berlin). Participating in the discussion are Mohammed Bamyeh (University of Pittsburgh; President of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Council of the Social Sciences), Claudia Derichs (HU Berlin) and Sari Hanafi (American University Beirut; President of the International Sociological Association).
Deadline for registration: 31 October 2022.
Program: https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/islamwiss/aktuelles/Workshop-Writing-Social-Theory.html
7. Asst. Prof. Social Psychology of Religion (Focus on Islam or Muslim Societies), Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul
Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Psychology or related field. We seek a candidate who has a research focus on Islam or Muslim societies, and a strong track record of blind peer-reviewed publications in internationally-reputed journals. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop and maintain an active, extramurally funded research program.
Deadline: Open until position filled. Information: Prof. Dr. Üzeyir Ok, uzeyir.ok@ihu.edu.tr.
8. Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia
You will be a highly qualified and engaging educator with demonstrated specialisation in Islamic politics and/or another area of interest to the program such as gender studies, Islam in minority contexts, interreligious relations and modern Islamic thought. You have a strong record in research with a developing publication profile, and the potential to attract competitive research grants and consultancies.
Deadline for applications: 10 November 2022. Information:
9. Visiting Assistant Professor in Islam Studies (1 Year), Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
We seek a broadly trained scholar of religion who can teach Islam in a range of historical and geographic contexts engaging with material culture, textual analysis, and/or ethnography.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2022.
Information: https://careers.kenyon.edu/en-us/job/492899/visiting-assistant-professor-in-islam
10. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature / Modern Arabic Literature, Brown University, Providence, RI
The field of specialization within modern Arabic literature is open, though we especially encourage applications from candidates whose work is comparative in nature, engaging with literary texts and traditions in addition to Arabic.
Deadline for applications: 1 November 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/110013
11. Fellowship (9 Months) in Druze and Arab Studies of the American Druze Foundation (ADF), Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, Washington DC
The purpose of the ADF Fellowship is to promote research on the Druze and Arab minorities with a concentration in the political, economic, and social history of the Druze. Applicants must have a record of relevant research in the disciplines of history, political science, sociology, economics, anthropology, and archaeology.
Deadline for application: 12 December 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/115602
12. Qatar Post-Doctoral Fellowship (1 Year), Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington DC
The fellowship supports a recent Ph.D. working on the topic of Arab Studies, U.S.-Arab relations, or Islamic Studies.
Deadline for application: 3 January 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/115601
13. Award for a European Ph.D. Thesis in Iranian Studies
The Societas Iranologica Europea (SIE) invites applications and nominations for the Fifth Round of the “European Award of Iranian Studies”. With this Award the SIE recognizes outstanding theses in any field of Iranian Studies defended at European universities. The award is given every four years and conferred during the European Conference of Iranian Studies (ECIS).
Deadline for nominations/applications: 15 January 2023.
Information: https://www.societasiranologicaeu.org/ph-d-thesis-award/
14. Entries for Dictionary on “The Everyday Politics of Language in Humanitarian Practice: An Arabic-English Glossary”, Edited by Estella Carpi and Lama Mourad
This dictionary aims to document the humanitarian experience as lived by local populations, who have used the English language to deal with aid donors, international partners, or, at times, even to access aid. We intend to (re)collect the human experience with these terms and the ways in which such experiences reveal alternative or contested meanings in Arabic in countries that have turned into “areas of humanitarian intervention” during or after war.
Deadline for entries: 30 October 2022. Information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOlhz29PIUWHxRP7IzvTVJLGieKZPIWI/view?usp=sharing
15. Monographs and Edited Volumes for New Book Series “Encounters in the Middle East & Asia” by Edinburgh University Press and Archiv Orientalni
This series fosters a new understanding of ‘Oriental Studies’ by publishing works of an interdisciplinary nature in which the non-Western world takes centre stage. “Encounters” include cultural, economic, intellectual, linguistic, literary and political exchanges between, and within, the Middle East and wider Asia, and presents a more nuanced perspective on global thought, artistic currents and financial flows.
Information: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-encounters-in-the-middle-east-and-asia
16. CfP Forming Words, Forming Things (2-3 March 2023, Cambridge and Online)
Forming Words, Forming Things: Changeable Forms across the Mediterranean, 500-950
A Postgraduate and ECR Conference and Workshop
2-3 March 2023, University of Cambridge and Online via Zoom
From 500 to 950 CE, the Mediterranean witnessed extensive political, religious, and demographic shifts which allowed for new modes of interaction. As a result, populations gained access to and developed previously unfamiliar written and material forms. Deviations from what we view as typical uses of form can help us understand the dynamics and impact of demographic change, but the characterisation of what made a form ‘typical’ in the first place is questionable.
This conference aims to question the limits and flexibility of written and material form. We invite papers which discuss use of form and challenge our perspectives and assumptions regarding form from 500 to 950 CE. The conference will ask why a certain form is available to one person and not to another, and to what extent societal markers of identity impact one’s use of and access to poetic, prosaic, and artistic forms. What happens when these boundaries and our understanding of them are transgressed? Are certain forms afforded more flexibility in practice?
The first day of the conference will address the questions above in a panel format and the second day will be in a workshop format with pre-circulated discussion papers. The workshop aims to question our scholarly engagement with the sixth to tenth century. There is a tendency to see form as static: if a literary form moves from one language to another, for instance, it is assumed stable at the point of origin. Yet many of these boundaries are constructed and projected by modern scholars in attempts to categorise. Who defines the terms on which a form may be used and how is a form made exclusionary? How are these boundaries created in and across varied disciplines?
We invite abstracts for papers of 15 to 20 minutes and for workshop papers of 3000 to 6000 words. Graduate students and early career researchers (within four years of receiving a PhD and without a permanent position) are welcome to apply. We especially encourage those working on topics which cross multiple boundaries to apply, along with those working on North Africa and West Asia.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Peculiarities of form across spatial and linguistic boundaries
- Form and representation, particularly of underrepresented groups in the source material
- Popularisation of form and barriers to access
- The impact of physical movement and transport of materials on form
- The use of the same or a similar form in two or more languages or geographic locations
- Critical or theoretical writing from the sixth to tenth century which attempts to define a form
- Modern scholarly efforts to understand and define form
Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words and brief biographical details to fwft2023@gmail.com by 28 October 2022. Limited funds are available to facilitate participation; please see our website to apply for a travel bursary.
17. Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism
Nora Derbal
Cambridge, 2022
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/charity-in-saudi-arabia/72E41BE24D7D8ACA80EDEBDE1084938F
18. National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution – Ebrahimi Fellowship for Persian Art
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64352
Closing date: Dec 1, 2022
- October 25, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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1.Nezami Ganjavi and Classical Persian Literature: Demystifying the Mystic
by Kamran Talattof
2. Reorienting Modernism in Arabic and Persian Poetry
Levi Thompson
3. America’s Arab Nationalists: From the Ottoman Revolution to the Rise of Hitler
A Berman
4. Call for Papers: 2023 Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London, 15 & 16 May 2023
The 2023 Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies will be hosted in the stunning surroundings of the Aga Khan University’s Institutite for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London, on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th May 2023.
The Call for Papers is now live and can be viewed here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-2023-call-for-papers
We welcome proposals for individual papers or whole panels from across the many sub-disciplines of Islamic Studies and look forward to welcoming you all to what promises to be a very memorable two days of presentations and conversations.
The deadline for submissions is Thursday 5th January 2023, and please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or require any guidance on submitting your proposal.
5. Research Associate in Islamic History & Civilisation
The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, based in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, wishes to appoint to a 3-year fixed-term post in the field of Islamic History and Civilisation. Applicants will be working on a project entitled ‘Legacies of Learning’ which explores the Islamic educational and intellectual tradition.
This is a full-time post, fixed-term for 3 years. For further details, click here. Vacancy reference number: 15372BR
Salary: £35,333 – £42,155 per annum (Grade 6)
Closing date: 11th November 2022
Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray OBE FLSW
Director, Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK
School of History, Archaeology and Religion
John Percival Building
Cardiff University
Colum Road
Cardiff
CF10 3EU
Tel: 02922510830
Ext. 10830
Mobile: 07702 345342
Email: Gilliat-RayS@cardiff.ac.uk
6. Hybrid Workshop – “BODY AS MACHINE: MECHANICAL DEVICES IN ISLAMIC LANDS” Silsila Fall 2022 Series, Body and Senses, event co-sponsored by NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center.
Full details can be found on the Silsila website:
This event will take place as a live Webinar on 28 October at 12:30pm EST (New York time). To register as an attendee, please use the following link:
https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ad7GxfXlSrSS6dkKidbXCw
This event will also be held in person at the Hagop Kevorkian Centre for Near Eastern Studies, 50 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012.
7. New Exhibition – “Science, Nature and Beauty: Harmony and Cosmological Perspectives in Islamic Science” (October 19th, 2022- March 3rd, 2023), Columbia University
Opening of Exhibition “Science, Nature and Beauty: Harmony and Cosmological Perspectives in Islamic Science”
Date: October 18, 2020 at 6 PM
Place: Columbia University, Butler Library (Rare Collection), sixth floor
Exhibition: “Science, Nature and Beauty: Harmony and Cosmological Perspectives in Islamic Science” (October 19th, 2022- March 3rd, 2023) at the Rare Collection at Butler Library, Columbia University. This exhibit showcases over 90 manuscripts, instruments and objects from the Muslim World Manuscript collection which are housed in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML), at the Columbia University Libraries (CUL). This exhibit is a collective curatorial effort that has involved many students, faculty members, librarians and library staff working hand-in-hand to exchange ideas and to select, research, engage with, and mount the items.
The curatorial team consisted of the following members: Kaoukab Chebaro (Global Studies, Columbia University Libraries), Olivia Clemens (PhD candidate, Art History Department), Arwa Palanpurwala (Islamic Studies, MA Student, Middle East Institute GSAS), Prof. A. Tunç Şen (History Department), Prof. Marwa El Shakry (History Department), Prof. Avinoam Shalem (Riggio Professor, Art History Department), Julia Tomasson (PhD candidate, History Department), Yusuf Umrethwala (Islamic Studies, MA Student, Middle East Institute GSAS), and Navid Zarrinnal (PhD graduate, MESAAS).
The E-Catalogue of this exhibition (circa 120 pages, colored illustrated) can be downloaded from https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/vrpk-3269. Includes bibliographical references.
8. Made for the Eye of One Who Sees: Canadian Contributions to the study of Islamic Art and Archaeology
Edited by Marcus Milwright and Evanthia Baboula.
McGill-Queens University Press and the Royal Ontario Museum, 2022.
https://www.mqup.ca/made-for-the-eye-of-one-who-sees-products-9780228012047.php
9. Archaeology of Iran panel at ASOR
The annual conference of The American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) will host a panel entitled “Archaeology of Iran” on October 23, from 10 to 11 a.m. EDT. The organizers would like to encourage all interested individuals to attend, especially Iranians. ASOR will be able to provide one-day access to Iranian scholars who would like to watch the presentations (in advance) and attend the session. Interested person can access the appropriate form at this link: Archaeology of Iran – Interest Form.
10. Saison afghane au Musée Guimet, 26/10/22-06/02/23
Le Musée Guimet présentera prochainement deux expositions sur l’Afghanistan (26/10 au 06/02, https://www.guimet.fr/event/la-saison-afghane/),
accompagnées d’une série de films
(https://www.billetweb.fr/lafghanistan-dans-le-7eme-art) et d’un concert (https://www.guimet.fr/event/musique-afghane-trio-ghani/).
- October 22, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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1.ONLINE Lecture “The Amazigh Indigenous Library and the Future of Amazigh Studies” by Brahim El Guabli, Social Justice Committee of the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA), 26 October 2022, 12:00 pm ET
This talk will contextualize the revitalization of Amazigh language and culture through the multipronged efforts of the Amazigh Cultural Movement, between 1966 and the present, focusing on the challenges the profusion of cultural production in Tamazight might create for the librarian of Tamazgha and the Middle East.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/25688/discussions/11234749/upcoming-lecture-1026-amazigh-indigenous-library-and-future
2. HYBRID Lecture “Medieval Melting Pot? Group Formation and Maintenance in the Abbasid Caliphate, 750-1000” by Prof. Philip Wood, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London, 29 November 2022, 18:00 – 19:00 h, GMT
Philip Wood sets out his plan for his new research project on “Group Formation in the Abbasid Caliphate”. It aims to compare Jewish, Christian and Muslim populations across Iraq and the Levant to isolate the factors that allowed some groups to survive and flourish while others did not.
Information and registration: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/11232164/medieval-melting-pot-group-formation-and-maintenance-abbasid
3. Workshops for the 13th Gulf Research Meeting (GRM), Cambridge, UK, 11-13 July 2023
The Gulf Research Centre Cambridge welcomes any innovative proposal in the social science field dedicated to a better understanding of developments in the Gulf region. In addition, the organizing committee would like to receive proposals for particular topics.
Deadline for workshop proposals and paper abstracts: 11 November 2022.
Information: https://gulfresearchmeeting.net/documents/GRM2023CallforWorkshopProposal.pdf
4. Professorship (W3 or W2 with Tenure-Track to W3) in Islamic Studies, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Candidates are expected to represent the field of Islamic Studies in both research and
teaching in an appropriate breadth, and to have excellent national and international credentials. His/her research can focus on contemporary as well as historical topics of the Arab-Islamic world and should include work with Arabic as a source language. Course language is German.
Deadline for applications: 24 November 2022. Information: https://www.berufungsportal.uni-jena.de/
5. Full Professorship in Post/Decolonial Theories and Literatures with a Focus on the Global South, University of Amsterdam
Qualification: You have a PhD in Comparative Literature, Literary Studies, Post/Decolonial Studies or a related discipline, and your research is clearly focused on the Global South and non-Anglophone literature; you have an excellent international academic reputation and publication track record; etc.
Deadline for applications: 29 November 2022. Information: Prof. Judith Rispens, j.e.rispens@uva.nl
6. Lecturer in Contemporary Art History (1980 – Present Day; Asia, Middle East, North Africa), University of St Andrews, UK
Candidates should already have, or be close to completing, a PhD in Contemporary Art History of Asia/the Middle East/North Africa and demonstrate evidence of, or of the capacity to produce, excellent research outputs.
Deadline for applications: 17 November 2022.
7. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in History (Professorship in the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
The geographic area of specialization is open and not limited to the Middle East. Knowledge of one or more regional research languages is required.
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2022. Information: Dr. Thomas Kuehn, thomas_kuehn@sfu.ca
8. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Cultural Anthropology (Focus Middle East), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Qualifications: Ph.D. in Anthropology by August 1, 2023; active research program focused on the Middle East; Areas of theoretical and methodological expertise that complement existing faculty strengths.
Deadline for applications: 7 November 2022. Information: https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UASYS/job/Assistant-Professor-of-Cultural_Anthropology_R0024091
9. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Regional concentration and disciplinary approach are open, but may include areas such as Islamic philosophy, theology, and/or ethics. Demonstrate creativity and excellence in research and scholarship, engagement with the broader concerns of Islamic and Religious Studies, and dedication to teaching students at the undergraduate level.
Deadline for applications: 21 November 2022.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/10/12/assistant-professor-islamic-studies
10. Exhibition Announcement – Islam in Europe, 1000–1250
Exhibition: September 7, 2022–February 12, 2023
Grand Special Exhibition at the Hildesheim Cathedral Museum to Shed Light on a Shared Cultural History in the Middle Ages
The treasuries of European churches, including the Hildesheim Cathedral Treasury (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), preserve numerous artefacts from regions where the Islamic faith exercised a formative influence. Based on these objects, the grand special exhibition “Islam in Europe, 1000–1250” at the Hildesheim Cathedral Museum sheds light on shared achievements and cultural entanglements. With outstanding and rarely seen works on loan from international lenders, including pieces from Florence, London, Paris, and Vienna, it offers visitors a unique opportunity to explore a history that has direct bearing on contemporary concerns.
Medieval Córdoba, Palermo, Cairo, and Constantinople were gleaming metropolises where business and trade, the sciences and the arts flourished. Precious rock crystal vessels, silken fabrics, carved ivories, and translations of scientific literature reached Central Europe from areas where Islam was the dominant faith. This migration of objects and transmission of knowledge and technology resulted in an interweaving of cultures. It forged connections across boundaries of creed and language and vast geographical distances, from today’s Iraq and Iran through North Africa and Spain all the way to Central Europe. Preserved in church treasuries, the objects bear witness to how much the diverse cultures had in common in the era between 1000 and 1250.
The exhibition at the Hildesheim Cathedral Museum sheds light on this multifaceted history in a series of chapters dedicated, for instance, to the integration of precious stones with Arabic inscriptions, chess figures, or fabrics into works of European treasury art. Some objects from Islamic regions also reflect Christian iconography, and with others we cannot even say with certainty where they were made; such cases are striking illustration of how closely interwoven the cultures were. The transfer of knowledge by way of translations of scientific literature from Arabic to Latin is the subject of another chapter in the exhibition. The section “Contemporary Laboratory” builds on this shared history to invite visitors to grapple with questions of today’s society and culture: materials in a range of media, including literature, music, and films, provide in-depth information and prompt searching reflections.
The exhibition is flanked by an extensive program of events, including guided tours in Arabic, German, and Turkish. Special emphasis is placed on educational formats and workshops designed for children and teenagers such as school projects in conjunction with the exhibition; their output and findings will become part of the “Contemporary Laboratory.” Other event formats range from live performances, including by “Songs of Gastarbeiter,” to literary readings and a conversation with Thomas Bauer (professor of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) and Felix Körner (Nicolaus Cusanus Chair of theology of religions, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).
A richly illustrated catalogue (in German) with contributions by Silvia Armando, Thomas Bauer, Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie, Stefan Heidemann, Theresa Jäckh, Lothar Lambacher, Jenny Rahel Oesterle-El Nabbout, Joanna Olchawa, Marcus Pilz, and Regula Schorta will be released by Verlag Schnell & Steiner in conjunction with the exhibition.
The exhibition is supported by: Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation, Stiftung Niedersachsen, Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung, Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse für die Region Hildesheim, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States, VGH Stiftung, NORD/LB Kulturstiftung, Dombauverein Hohe Domkirche Hildesheim e.V., Landschaftsverband Hildesheim e.V., Friedrich Weinhagen Stiftung, Johannishofstiftung, Landschaft des vormaligen Fürstentums Hildesheim.
Hildesheim Cathedral Museum
Domhof, 31134 Hildesheim
Hours
Tuesday through Sunday, 11am–5pm
The Cathedral Museum is closed on December 24 and 31.
Admissions
Adults: €6 per person
Free admission for anyone under 25
Free admission for everyone on the first Tuesday of each month
Groups of 10 or more, students, severely disabled visitors and welfare recipients (with identification): €4 per person
Press contacts
Volker Bauerfeld, press office, Diocese of Hildesheim:
volker.bauerfeld@bistum-hildesheim.de, +49 5121 307822, +49 170 7842593
Denhart v. Harling, segeband.pr: dh@segeband.de, +49 179 4963497
11. Webinar – “The Sensescape of Ottoman Tombs” NYU Silsila – October 19
“THE SENSESCAPE OF OTTOMAN TOMBS”
[Silsila Fall 2022 Series]
Nina Macaraig, Independent Scholar
Wednesday, October 19th, 12:30pm EDT
[Webinar] Silsila Fall 2022 Lecture Series, Body and Senses
While Ottoman tombs have been thoroughly surveyed in terms of their formal and ornamental characteristics and therefore in their visual aspects, neither their aural dimensions in the form of Qur’anic recitation and prayer, nor the customary deployment of fragrances by means of incense burners within their spaces have received much attention.
Drawing on sensory anthropology and soundscape studies, this lecture will examine the interplay between the visual, the aural, and the olfactory in Ottoman tombs, by means of examples in Istanbul and other major cities of the empire. It will argue that Ottoman tombs presented a sensory environment that could be manipulated for the purpose of propagating specific political messages and programs, while simultaneously hinting at Paradise—as described in the hadith and the paradise narrative genre—where the deceased were hoped to reside and where visitors could imagine themselves in the Afterlife.
Full details of the event and a link to register as an attendee can be found at:
https://as.nyu.edu/silsila/events/2022-2023/the-sensescape-of-ottoman-tombs–nina-macaraig.html
Only registered attendees will be able to access this event.
12. University of California – Los Angeles – Assistant Professor, Ancient Iranian Archaeology and Art History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64263
Closing date: Jan 5, 2023
13. University of Illinois – Chicago – Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64305
Closing date: Dec 1, 2022
14. South Asian Muslim Studies Association (SAMSA)
SAMSA will have a panel as well as our annual business meeting at the Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI 2022.
Oct 21-22, 2022
Full info at:
https://samsaweb.org/symposium/
- October 18, 2022
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.An Encounter with Dylan Thomas,
by Ebrahim Golestan ed. Abbas Milani
2. UCLA Iranian Studies Program
Panel Discussion on the Roles of Gender & Women in the Current Protests in Iran
Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom
Discussion in Persian
3. The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Invites you to attend a memorial service in honor of Franklin D. Lewis
Friday, October 28th, 2022
4:30pm Central Time
Breasted Hall, The Oriental Institute 1155 E58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Or via Zoom: https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrcOChrzMoHNOtAl3ombp0u8NnwheK2F5s Reception immediately following in the Oriental Institute galleries
Please RSVP no later than Friday, October 21st
4. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the 2023 Virtual Language Workshop, a professional development forum tailored to the needs of post-secondary Middle East language educators.
March 2-3, 2023
Featuring sessions about aspects of Middle East language teaching and program administration in higher education settings, the workshop aims to enhance the quality of language programs and to provide opportunities for inter-institutional collaboration.
Proposals are invited for presentations describing research and descriptive reports on Middle East language learning and pedagogy as well as undergraduate and graduate program innovations. We welcome presentations on:
- strategies for student recruitment and retention
- approaches to curriculum development including multi-literacies, intercultural communicative competence, open pedagogy, experiential learning, and language for specific purposes
- integration of heritage learners
- TA training and instructors’ professional development
- inter-institutional collaborations and exchanges
- testing and assessment
Other topics of relevance to Middle East language teaching and program administration are also welcome.
Deadline and Notification of Acceptance: The deadline for the submission of abstracts is Monday, November 11, 2022.
All abstract proposals should be submitted via the 2023 ME NRS Virtual Language Workshop Abstract Submission Survey.
Notifications of acceptance will go out in late December 2022.
Questions? Write to Olla Al-Shalchi (olla@austin.utexas.edu ) or Jeannette Okur (jeannette.okur@austin.utexas.edu ).
5. BRISMES event:
What is Transnational Feminist Solidarity Today? A dialogue with and of Iranian feminists
17 October 2022, 17:00-18:30 (BST) on Zoom
6. Isabelle Eberhardt: A Western Woman’s Empowering Journey through Islam
We have the pleasure to invite you to lecture 1 of Round 2 of the ‘Women and Gender Forum’ run by the University of Manchester: Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series titled, Empowering Muslim Women in History, Literature, and the Arts
Tuesday 18 October 2022, 17:00 GMT on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93989064958
7. The Roshan Institute for Persian Studies in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Maryland, College Park, seeks to hire an Assistant Research Professor to serve as the Assistant Director of a 3-year, Mellon Foundation-funded Open Islamicate Texts Initiative Arabic-script OCR Catalyst Project Phase II (AOCP Phase II). This individual will be a scholar practitioner of digital humanities who will provide operational and intellectual leadership to the Open Islamicate texts Initiative (Open ITI) and Arabic-script OCR Catalyst Project (AOCP) Phase II. The initial 12-month appointment period, beginning preferably in January 2023 but possibly later, with a salary of $80,000 (plus benefits, as described here:
https://uhr.umd.edu/benefits/), will be renewable across two additional years.
The Assistant Director will work closely with Principal Investigator (PI) Matthew Thomas Miller on ensuring smooth implementation of the AOCP Phase II plan at an operational level. In this leadership role, they will also function as a bridge to the broader digital humanities community and help cultivate AOCP Phase II’s relationships with other projects.
Applicants with a PhD in humanities, social sciences, or library/information sciences who have extensive experience in Digital Humanities will be preferred. All applicants must have demonstrated capacity to co-lead projects and programming. Applicants with expertise in text encoding will be especially welcomed, as they will be collaborating on developing Handwritten Text Recognition workflows and OpenITI mARkdown/TEI adaptations for manuscripts and digital text dissemination.
Post is open until filled.
Full info at:
https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/100180
8. CIRCLE FOR LATE ANTIQUE AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES PRESENTS: “From Ancient Seaport to Medieval Crossroads: One Era Passes, Another Begins” A lecture by: Richard Bulliet Professor Emeritus, Middle Eastern History Columbia University
October 27 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
“From Ancient Seaport to Medieval Crossroads: One Era Passes, Another Begins”
Segal Theater The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
via Zoom webinar and in person at the Graduate Center, CUNY, at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
For more info:
9. History of Paper in Iran, 1501–1925
Willem Floor, Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes
10. A handbook of Persian calligraphy and related arts
by Hamid Reza Ghelichkhani ; translated by Rebecca Stengel ; edited, revised and extended by Shervin Farridnejad.
11. The School of Modern Languages at the University of St. Andrews warmly invites applications to the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities AHRC DTP studentship competition for 2023 entry. Successful applicants will receive home tuition fees and stipend at UKRI rates (£4,596 and £ 17,668 in 2022-23.) Full details are available on the SGSAH website.
How to Apply:
We welcome PhD applications in a wide range of research areas across our seven language departments (Arabic & Persian, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish) and Comparative Literature programme. We encourage you first to make contact with a potential supervisor within the School of Modern Languages, prior to applying. The application process involves several stages and we recommend that you contact us as early as possible to discuss your ideas.
Applicants to SGSAH must be nominated by their host institution.
To be considered for SGSAH/AHRC funding you must apply to the University of St Andrews by submitting the research application form before 5pm on 25 November 2022.
Please note this very early deadline
To facilitate our nomination process, we also ask you to complete the SGSAH pre-selection template available from the School of Modern Languages (modlangs@st-andrews.ac.uk) and submit it to us by the above date.
The School is also delighted to offer a range of other scholarship opportunities to support doctoral research including fee waivers.
Any general questions can be addressed to Professor Derek Duncan, Director of Postgraduate Research in the School of Modern Languages (langsdopgr@st-andrews.ac.uk).
12. Mediterranean Review, issued by the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies, is calling for papers.
Mediterranean Review (MR) is an official journal of Asian Federation of
Mediterranean Studies Institutes (AFOMEDI), and the Association of History,
Literature, Science and Technology (AHLiST).
Since the upcoming issue (Vol.15, No.2), MR widens the scope of Mediterranean
Studies by publishing academic articles on the diverse ‘mediterraneans’
distributed all around the world
where civilization exchange occurs including the Baltic Sea, the Yellow Sea,
or the Caribbean Sea area.
We welcome the submission of articles that covers all fields of the
Humanities, Social Sciences as well as Science and Technology Studies in
relation to a Mediterranean setting. A special emphasis is on the past and
present modes of interactions and exchange in global mediterraneans.
* Date of Submission : November 5th 2022 (Saturday)
* Address to submit : imsmr@ims.or.kr / imsmr@bufs.ac.kr (either)
* Date of publication:
No.1) 30th of June
No.2) 31st of December
Before submitting your paper, please refer to our code of research ethics as
well as to the text formatting and citation rules on our website:
http://www.imsmr.or.kr.
– Published Articles :
http://imsmr.cafe24.com/go/bbs/board.php?bo_table=Articles (click to move)
– Submission Guide : http://imsmr.or.kr/go/bbs/content.php?co_id=Guidelines
(click to move)
– Code of Ethics :
http://imsmr.cafe24.com/go/bbs/content.php?co_id=Code_of_Ethics (click to
move)
* Please notice that we only accept manuscripts in the English language.* All submitted papers will be evaluated under a strict and fair peer review
process.
* Please notice that there is no guarantee for a submitted article to b
published.
The Editorial Board, Mediterranean Review
Institute for Mediterranean Studies
Busan University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea
Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies
65, Geumsaemro 485 beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
(46234)
Tel) +82-51-509-6695 / +82-51-509-6670
E-mail) imsmr@ims.or.kr / imsmr@bufs.ac.kr
13. Le grand Satan, le shah et l’imam. Les relations Iran / États-Unis jusqu’à la révolution de 1979
Y Richard
14. The Islamic College, Monthly Seminar
Prophet Mohammad in the Eyes of Westerners
By Prof Ali Paya
Friday 21 October 2022
6 pm – 8 pm (London time)
133 High Road
Willesden
London
NW10 2SW
+44 (0) 20 8451 9993
info@islamic-college.ac.uk
- October 15, 2022
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.10th Ehsan and Latifeh Yarshater Distinguished Lectures in Iranian Studies in Paris
(Xe Conférences d’études iraniennes Ehsan et Latifeh Yarshater)
To be held on November 7, 9, 14, 16 and 21, 2022
at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales and the Collège de France
Our speaker this year, M. Rahim Shayegan (Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Professor of Iranian at UCLA, and director of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World) will deliver five lectures (in French) on the theme:
Achéménides et Sassanides: Continuités et ruptures
Attached, please find the invitation, together with the program and details regarding the time and venue for the lectures. This information is also available online at https://cermi.cnrs.fr/events/xeme-serie-de-conferences-detudes-iraniennes-ehsan-et-latifeh-yarshater/
Since 2001, the Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien is the recipient of an endowment provided through the Persian Heritage Foundation for a biennial lecture series in Iranian Studies – the Ehsan and Latifeh Yarshater Distinguished Lectures in Iranian Studies in Paris.
Information regarding past lectures can be found here: https://cermi.cnrs.fr/evenements-periodiques-du-cermi/conferences-detudes-iraniennes-ehsan-et-latifeh-yarshater/
2. HYBRID Seminar “Devotional Songs and Narratives in Iranian Khorasan” by Dr. Ameneh Yous-sefzadeh, Columbia University, 27 October 2022, 5:00 pm
Drawing on her ethnographic research, the scholar will focus on two important genres in the sung poetry of Khorasan: monājāt (to whisper or talk confidentially with someone; a sung prayer) and me‘raj (ladder, ascent; especially referring to the Prophet Mohammad’s ascension to heaven). There are many different ways of performing and listening to monājāt and me‘raj in the Islamic world, and they have many social settings and ceremonial uses.
Information: https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/islamicbooks/religionwriting
Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLfe3WP68n-BmnMySalD2KHpfCUCZhebv7Jf5XgRH6DiXKDA/viewform
3. Mediterranean Seminar on “From Mediterranean to Atlantic World”, University of Miami, 3-4 February 2023
We invite abstracts on any subject (historical, economic, cultural, literary, artistic, religious, or historio-graphical) relating to either the historical moment “From Mediterranean to Atlantic world” or to the historio-graphical advantages or disadvantages of either method – Mediterranean Studies/History or Atlantic Studies/History; including the Near East and North Africa and the Red Sea.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 November 2022.
4. Seminar “New Directions in Ottoman Studies: Comparativism, Translation, and Temporality”, Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, Chicago, 16-19 March 2023 This seminar seeks to understand how the histories, images, and legacies of the Ottoman Empire appear when perspectives from the Global South and the disadvantaged populations of the empire are foregrounded. How was the Ottoman rule experienced and evaluated by those who were at the margins of imperial power structures around the world? Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2022. Information: https://www.acla.org/new-directions-ottoman-studies-comparativism-translation-and-temporality
5. International Conference “Arabic in Africa: Historical and Sociolinguistic Perspectives”, Universität Bayreuth, 12-14 April 2023
“Arabic in Africa” will consider Arabic from different approaches, perspectives and disciplinary frameworks and in quite different sociolinguistic situations. Parameters include demographic weight (e.g. “national non-standard standard” or very local small variety), institutional status (e.g. official language, national language, minority with no state support) and historical provenance.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2022.
Information: https://www.arabistik.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumente/Arabic-in-Africa-2023-CFP2.pdf
6. Research Associate in Islamic Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, University of Hamburg
Requirements: A university degree in Islamic Studies or a related subject. Confident command of the English and Arabic language. French or Spanish as well as knowledge of GIS methods and familiarity with geographic approaches to history or Islamic material are an asset.
Deadline for applications: 21 October 2022. Information: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=5588d6d1c33258d3fdb96a047ad5933bab115434
7. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in International (Focus Middle East), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
We invite applicants with disciplinary training in History, Economics or Anthropology, and research focused on issues of security and conflict, governance, or development in the Middle East.
Deadline for applications: 1 November 2022.
8. Adjunct Assistant Professor in History: Jews in the Muslim World (1 Year), University of California, Irvine
Basic qualifications: Ph.D. in any relevant Humanities discipline or an interdisciplinary field. Applicants nearing completion of the doctorate (ABD) may be considered. Ph.D. must be completed by the date of appointment (July 1, 2023).
Deadline for applications: 23 October 2022. Information: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF07890
9. Omar Khayyam Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Iranian Studies (Maximum 2 Years), Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI
The position is open to all the humanities and social science disciplines. Scholars who received PhDs within three years of the application deadline are eligible to apply.
Deadline for applications: 5 December 2022. Information: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/news/2022/omar-khayyam-post-doctoral-research-associate-iranian-studies
10. IIMPOP Public Scholar Fellowship, Institute for Middle East Studies (IMES), George Washing-ton University, Washington DC
The Fellowship seeks to engage and inform the broader public about the contemporary Middle East. During the fellowship, scholars develop multimedia web pages to amplify and disseminate their work to a broader audience. This fellowship is open to both established scholars and emerging researchers.
Deadline for applications: 30 October 2022.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/10/07/iimpop-public-scholar-fellowship
11. 2023-2024 Middle East Initiative (MEI) Research Fellowships, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambrigde, MA
The Middle East Initiative is now accepting applications for one-year Emirates Leadership Initiative Fellow-ships for research related to governance and public policy in the Arab world and broader Middle East.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2022. Information: https://www.belfercenter.org/fellowship/middle-east-initiative
12. Chapters for the “Handbook of Chinese in the Middle East and Africa” Edited by Emilie Tran & Yahia H. Zoubir
This call for chapters is addressed primarily to academics at all levels, including PhD candidates, interested
in Chinese and MEA studies. Proposed chapters can deal with a general issue such as Chinese traders in North Africa; the life of Algerian Chinese mixed couples; intercommunal disputes between Chinese and locals; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 November 2022. Information: Emilie Tran (emilietran@hkbu.edu.hk )
13. New Journal “KESHIF: E-Journal for Ottoman-Turkish Micro Edition”, Institute for Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna
Ottoman Studies is a manuscript science, and all scholars who work on manuscripts know this situation: one “discovers” (Turkish keşif means “discovery”) accidentally short texts in manuscripts – single poems, letters, contracts and marginal notes of different, often private matters. Keshif is to provide a forum (and medium) for researchers to make these fragments accessible to a wider audience.
Deadline for articles: 5 December 2022. Information: https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/keshif
14. Demons: Good and Bad is an interdisciplinary conference that will take place in Trinity College Dublin on 28thand 29thOctober 2022.
Speakers include a number of Islamicists.
The conference is free yet registration is required. For details and registration, please visit:
https://www.tcd.ie/religion/conference-seminars/demons22/index.php
The Keynote Address (27.10.2022, 4.00–5.30pm Dublin Time) will also be livestreamed online. For free registration to this online event please visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-rule-a-magical-world-europe-14001700-tickets-423178828267
15. The Middle East in Cambridge
King’s Silk Roads – Persian Literary Culture and Book Exchange between Central Asia and Mughal India
Fri 14 Oct 2022 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Time zone: London)
https://teamup.com/event/show/id/Qs4djc4bZLNxgEPJAx8yQm1QFTGWrZ
for more info and Zoom link.
16. Webinar Series – From Konkan to Coromandel: Deccan Heritage, Art, and Culture is back by popular demand in October 2022. We are pleased to announce that the Deccan Heritage Foundation and the Centre of Islamic Studies, Cambridge are collaborating with the Museum of Art and Photography, Bangalore, and the Bangalore International Centre for these events. From Konkan to Coromandel presents the pioneering work of scholars in various fields of knowledge from both the Northern and Southern Deccan regions of India.
“Translating the New Taste: Rasa, Movement, and Multilingualism in Ibrahim Adil Shah II’s Kitāb-i nauras,” by Zoë Woodbury High (University of Chicago)
October 22, 2022, 2pm, London time
“A Missionary Enterprise: Old Goa’s Christian Religious Architecture (16th to 18th centuries),” by Sidh Losa Mendiratta (Universidade de Coimbra)
November 18, 2022, 2pm, London time
“The Qalamkari Textiles of Golconda: Searching for Histories of Production, Patronage, and Place,” by Sylvia Houghteling (Bryn Mawr College)
December 2, 2022, 2pm, London time
More information and our registration can be accessed here: https://www.deccanheritagefoundation.uk/events/webinars/about
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