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1.ONLINE Conference on New Report: “Conflict Trends in the Arab World, 1946-2019”, Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) and Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), 25 August 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm AST
Scholars will discuss and shed light on conflict trends in the Arab region and contextualize it comparing to global conflict trends. A wide range of issues at the heart of conflict and peacemaking in the region will be highlighted and discussed.
Registration: https://dohainstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yoHIfcOwTkqXxqvbbAeFYQ
2. Colloque : « Femmes et religions en Méditerranée », École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, 9 septembre 2021, 9:30h – 22h CEST
Une journée de colloque pour partager les fruits d’une recherche de deux années sur les évolutions passées et les transformations présentes affectant les femmes méditerranéennes en particulier lorsqu’elles sont liées, d’une manière ou d’une autre, aux convictions et aux prescriptions religieuses.
Information et inscription: https://www.ephe.psl.eu/agenda/femmes-et-religions-en-mediterranee
3. Conference: “Narrating Exile in and between Europe and the Ottoman Empire/Modern Turkey”, University of Amsterdam, 11-12 November 2021
The conference will present original contributions that unsettle traditional narratives on exilic experiences: how to narrate refugee flows, which stories do we tell, which voices remain unheard? Our focus is on exile between Europe and (in) the (post)Ottoman lands. Historians, art historians, political scientists, ethnomusi-cologists, sociologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and literary scholars will participate.
4. International Workshop: “The Relationship between State and Religion in the Arab and Islam-icate Contexts. Civil State, Secular State, Religious/Islamic State”, University of Leipzig, 9-10 December 2021
The workshop aims at discussing the actual and/or potential forms of the relationship between state or politics and religion in Arab and Islamicate contexts. It will bring together case studies and theoretical reflections and discussions on the concepts of ‘civil state’, ‘secular state’ and ‘religious/Islamic state’ in different disciplines and academic and political contexts.
Information: https://www.multiple-secularities.de/media/cfp_state_and_religion.pdf
5. ONLINE International Migration Conference on “Global Migration on Trans-cultural, Trans-disciplinary and Intersectional Perspectives”, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, 9-10 February 2022
Topics include: Methodology and new approaches in trans-cultural, trans-disciplinary and intersectional mi-gration research; Rights, norms, ethics and migration; Gender/sexuality and migration; Religion and migra-tion; Culture/origin/race/ethnicity/colour and migration; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2021.
Information: http://www.awr-int.de/en/call-for-papers-2/
6. Second International Congress: “Dynamics of South-South Relations. Permanence and Evolution of the Political Alliances of the Global South (1810-2022)”, Autonomous University of Madrid, 22-23 February 2022
The objective of this Congress is to deepen understanding of the political, economic, and cultural ties estab-lished between the nations of the Global South by reflecting on the transformations, continuities and breaks that South-South ties have experienced from the decolonization processes to the present day.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2021. Information: https://redessursur.wordpress.com/2021/07/16/cfp-ii-congress-south-south
7. International Conference on “Race and Islam: Global Histories, Contemporary Legacies”, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 23-25 March 2022
The conference aims to explore the ways Islam has encountered, engaged with, and reflected particular understandings and experiences of race. How being or becoming a Muslim has been defined and constructed vis-à-vis particular racial discourses and praxes.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2021.
Information: https://islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/events/12490
8. Fellowships for Postdocs for Research Projects on “European History in Its Relation to the Wider World (Middle East) and Religious History (Islam)”, Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz
Applicants must have completed their doctorate no more than three years before taking up the fellowship. We expect proficiency in English and a sufficient command of German to participate in discussions at the Institute.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2021. Information: https://www.ieg-mainz.de/en/fellowships/funding/postdoc_fellowships
9. The University of Tübingen invites applications for two Assistant Professors in the social sciences with a focus on ‘Global Encounters’ to commence on or after April 1, 2022. The contract is initially for four years, is extended by another two years following a positive interim evaluation. After these six years, there is a final evaluation, and based on its recommendation, the University can offer a permanent position.
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2021. Information: https://professorpositions.com/assistant-profes-sorships-in-global-encounters,i24717.html
10. Tenure-Track Position on “History of the Jews in Muslim Countries from the 19th Century to the Present”, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The position is open to all candidates who have attained a Ph.D. degree. The primary language of instruction is Hebrew. Candidates whose Hebrew proficiency is such that they would not be comfortable teaching in Hebrew will be encouraged to sufficiently master the language during the initial years following their appoint-ment.
Deadline for applications: 31 August 2021. Information: https://hum.huji.ac.il/applications-tenure-track-0
11. Assistant Professor of Teaching in Arabic Language and Culture (Tenure-Track), University of British Columbia
Requirements include: advanced proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic; a Ph.D. in Arabic Language, Arabic Applied Linguistics, Arabic language pedagogy, or a closely related field; exceptional organizational and leadership skills; etc.
Deadline for applications: 24 September 2021. Information: https://asia.ubc.ca/job-opportunities/assistant-professor-of-teaching-in-arabic-language-and-culture-tenure-track/
12. Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) for Modern Middle Eastern/North African History, University of Chicago
Focus an the history of the 18th-20th centuries, starting on or after 1 July 2022. Candidates must have earned the PhD degree prior to the start of the appointment.
Deadline for applications: 1 September 2021. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/91017
13. Assistant, Associate or Full Professor for Middle Eastern Politics, Princeton University
Well-qualified individuals are invited for this tenured or tenure-track faculty position which involves teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels. We seek faculty members who will create a climate that embraces excellence and diversity, with a commitment to teaching and mentoring.
Deadline for applications: 13 September 2021. Information: https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=21662
14. Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) of Human Rights in the Middle East & North Africa, University of Arizona
Candidates will be expected to have a PhD in Political Science or a closely related discipline. The position requires the ability to design and teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Middle Eastern and North African Studies and in Political Science, and the ability to mentor students.
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2021. Information: https://cmes.arizona.edu/assistant-professor-human-rights
15. Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) of Environmental Justice and/or Development Studies (Including Middle East Studies), University of Washington, Seattle
We encourage applications from scholars who work on areas that include but are not limited to climate change and its effects; resource management and policy; migration and urbanism; or intersecting inequalities in the Global South.
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2021. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/91165
16. Oman Research Grant for a Visiting Research Fellowship Related to Omani Studies (3 Months 2022), Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
The Grant comprises funding for a research stay in Berlin of up to 3 months in 2022 at ZMO, as well as travel costs to Berlin, for the successful candidate. We are seeking to attract an outstanding postdoctoral scholar who is engaged in projects in research fields related to Omani Studies.
Deadline for applications: 13 September 2021. Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karri-ere/Ausschreibungen_2021/CfP_Oman_Research_Grant_2022.pdf
17. ONLINE Master of Arts in Iranian Studies and Teaching Persian to Non-Persian Speakers, University of Tehran
This internationally recognized degree is an intensive two-year program consisting of rigorous coursework and research that will be offered in Persian. The flexible online design makes it easy for students to follow the courses in their home country and even to combine them with other studies or work. Starting course: 1 October 2021.
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2021. Information: ialit@ut.ac.ir
18. Articles on “When Options are Limited: Youth in the Middle East and North Africa in the Mist of Displacement, Unemployment and COVID19” for Special Issue of the “Journal for Refugee Studies”, Guest Editor Oroub El-Abed
The issue is concerned with the experiences of refugee youth, their trajectories, their narratives and their navigations encountering the limited options in their livelihoods. It welcome the contribution of researchers, especially local researchers from MENA region to submit their work with a theoretical analysis or an empirical reflection of the refugee youth encounters.
Deadline for abstracts: 27 August 2021. Information: Oroub.elabed@lebanesestudies.com
19. Chapters for “The Routledge Handbook of Translation, Interpreting and Crisis” (Including Crisis in the MENA Region)
The Handbook aims to collate contributions by academics, but equally welcomes co-authored papers where practitioners or members of organisations and institutions are involved (with a focus on translation and inter-preting).
Deadline for abstracts: 17 September 2021. Information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R0Ou-LaHJ34DsjB6yhFZLoiRAHDk4mlm1/edit
20. Catch-up: Histories and Archives of Arabic Publishing
The British Library
21. Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World 15.1-2 is out now! (Special Issue: ‘Shifting Terrains: Art, Environment and Urbanism in Iraq’)
(Formerly published as International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, 2007–2018)
For more information about the journal and issue click here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-contemporary-iraq-the-arab-world
- August 24, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ALCHEMIES OF SCENT. Reconstructing the Practices of Ancient Greco-Egyptian Perfumery: An Experimental Approach to the History of Science (Alchemies of Scent) is a new, 5-year interdisciplinary research project that seeks to deepen our understanding of our olfactory heritage and of the connections between art, science and medicine in the ancient world.
The project is funded by the Junior Star initiative of the Czech Science Foundation and is hosted by the Institute of Philosophy, in partnership with the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague.
As part of this project, we are offering a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Egyptology beginning October 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The successful candidate will be part of an interdisciplinary team working together to produce a historical and lexical survey of the ingredients and methods of the art and science of perfume production in Greco-Roman Egypt, and to replicate, test and analyze the techniques of ancient perfumery in a controlled laboratory setting. The candidate will focus on perfumery in Egyptian sources (hieroglyphs, Hieratic, Demotic), in particular on documentary, medical and magical papyri of the relevant period(s).
The fellowship is hosted at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy, and the salary is CZK 540.000 / year. The position can be held for a maximum of 5 years, subject to annual review.
Application deadline is 14 September 2021.
For details visit:
https://www.alchemiesofscent.org/postdoctoral-fellowship-in-egyptology
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2. Motherhood: A Form of Emancipation in the Turkish Minority Press in Bulgaria (1878-1944)
The British Library
- August 21, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Conference: “Recovery of Aleppo – Law, Architecture and Geodata Management to Revive War-Torn Cities”, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, 19-20 November 2021
The conference would like to provide interdisciplinary interested architects, archaeologists, (urban) planners, lawyers and geospatial data managers with approaches for thinking and acting to what extent cooperation possibilities and fields of activity are possible for the recovery in Aleppo and other war-ravaged cities in Syria and beyond.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2021. Information: https://vgdh.geographie.de/veranstaltungen/2021/16063/
2. International Conference: “Media Aesthetics of Occidentalism”, Centre for Near and Middle East Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, 26-28 January 2022
The conference pursues the central question “How do media aesthetic qualities contribute to the constitution of Occidentalist discourses?”
3. 15th Annual Conference of the Muslim Studies Program on “Belong Nowhere: States of Statelessness in the Muslim World”, Michigan State University, 24-25 February 2022
Abstracts are welcome which reflect a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds—including (but not limited to) refugee studies, sociology, history, anthropology, psychology, political studies, law, and religious studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2021. Information: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/conference
4. Tenure Track Professorship (W1 Tenure Track to W2) in Media Studies (Focus on Transcultural Media Cultures in the MENA Region), Institut für Medienwissenschaft, CNMS, Philipps-University Marburg
Qualification: Outstanding doctorate on a topic within media (cultural) studies; media studies research focus on the MENA region, as evidenced by the dissertation or further publications; very good active language skills in one of the main languages of the CNMS (Arabic, Persian, Turkish); broad knowledge of media studies in teaching, and experience in/ability to teach in German and/or English.
Deadline for applications: 20 August 2021. Information: https://www.uni-mar-burg.de/de/universitaet/administration/verwaltung/dezernat2/personalabteilung/bewerber/stellen/professuren-stellen/fb09-prof-w1ttw2-medienwissenschaft-mds-transkulturelle-medienkulturen-130821-engl.pdf
5. Assistant Professor for Asian Religions Including Islam, Missoury State University
Candidates are required to have the Ph.D. in Religious Studies or a related field completed by August 1, 2022. They must demonstrate strong potential in research and have successful teaching experience. The successful candidate must be able to teach courses at the undergraduate and master’s level in Asian religions, including Islam, and the department’s world religions survey course.
Deadline for applications: 13 September 2021. Information: https://jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/54824
6. Award by the Early Career Grant Scheme of Regional Studies Association (RSA)
This award of up to £10,000 is open to applicants in their early career (five years maximum after the date of their PhD certificate). Applicants must be based within an eligible higher education institution and must be a member of the RSA (applicants may apply for membership at the same time as applying for the grant).
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2021. Information: https://www.regionalstudies.org/funding/early-career-grant-scheme/#
7. Articles on “Islamicate Fictionalities” for Special Issue of the Journal “postmedieval”
Papers are invited on medieval fiction outside of the West, in Islamicate contexts that span from Morocco to Indonesia, and in comparison with the literatures of their borderlands in Central Europe, East Africa, South/east Asia, and the Western Mediterranean. We seek projects that explore fictionality in ways particular to the Islamicate sphere.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 August 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/8038115/cfp-islamicate-fictionalities
8. Articles on “Visions of Constantinople: The City and its Peoples” for Special Issue of the Journal “Hiperboreea”
We are calling for papers on any topic from any period, from 330 CE until 2021 CE about what Constantinople or Istanbul has meant to those who have encountered it, for good or ill, and to those who lived there; and how Constantinople has impacted on the religious, cultural, and political landscape over the centuries.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2021. Information: https://www.balkan-history.com/cfp-visions-of-constantinople-the-city-and-its-peoples/
9. Articles on “From the School Door to the Classroom: School Life in the Arab and Muslim Worlds” Proposed by Chloé Pellegrini for Special Issue of “Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée (REMMM)”
Topics: School materialities and sensorialities; Teaching practices and knowledge construction in the classroom; Language practices at school; Religious and civic education at school.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2021. Information: https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/15093#tocto2n10
10. Articles on “Muslims and COVID-19: Everyday Impacts, Experiences and Responses” for Special Issue of the Journal “Religions”
This issue invites articles discussing the interplay of ethnicity, religion, and deprivation in negotiating the particular challenges of living through COVID-19. It will include a range of epistemological positions and disciplinary standpoints and will explore dimensions of Muslim identity/lived experiences in relation to the pandemic, lockdown, and subsequent socioeconomic implications of COVID-19.
Deadline for manuscripts: 15 November 2021. Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Muslims_Responses#editors
11. Articles for “Diyâr 6: Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies”
We welcome original and as yet unpublished contributions in German, English, and French from all research areas of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies. Reviews can also be submitted at any time.
Deadline for articles: 15 February 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7844858/cfp-diy%C3%A2r-journal-ottoman-turkish-and-middle-eastern-studies
12. The Department of History at Loyola Marymount University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in sub-Saharan African History or Middle Eastern history, chronological focus open, at the rank of assistant professor beginning August 2022. The successful candidate will be expected to teach lower-division courses in African or Middle Eastern history and world history, as well as upper-division courses in the area of specialization. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to one or more of the following History Concentrations: Law, Politics, and Society; Environment, Science, and Technology; Public and Applied History; Race, Gender, and Culture; and Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange.
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=61695
- August 17, 2021
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Fellow in Contemporary Muslim Societies in a Globalised World, Alwaleed Centre, University of Edinburgh (two-year fixed term post, January 2022 start)
The Alwaleed Centre is looking for an Early Career Fellow in Contemporary Muslim Societies in a Globalised World, for a January 2022 start.
This is a two-year fixed-term opportunity for a person recently qualified to PhD level in a relevant subject. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the development of the Alwaleed Centre’s research profile as well as its teaching and outreach activities.
Further information can be found here: Fellow in Contemporary Muslim Societies in a Globalised World at The University of Edinburgh (jobs.ac.uk)
The deadline for applications is Thursday 16th September.
2. ASPIRANTUM Persian Language Winter School, Yerevan, Armenia
4 weeks (or 2-3 weeks), from November 28, 2021, to December 24, 2021.
From November 28, 2021, to December 24, 2021, we organize 4 weeks of Persian language winter school in Yerevan.
Applicants may also choose and apply for a 2 or 3 weeks long course.
The details of the winter school are available here: https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-winter-school
3. In case you missed the “Iranzamin Symposium – Curating Persian arts in 21st Century: challenges and practices – July 30th, 2021” on this link you have access to the full recording online:
SPEAKERS
– Introduction by Dr Jacqui Strecker (Head of Curatorial, Powerhouse) and Prof Pedram Khosronejad (Curator of Persian Arts, Powerhouse)
– Keynote presentation by Prof Christiane Gruber (Chair, History of Art, University of Michigan, USA)
– Dr Mahroo Moosavi (Lecturer, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney)
– Dr Michael Chagnon (Curator, Aga Khan Museum, Canada)
– Prof Pedram Khosronejad (Curator of Persian Arts, Powerhouse)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=0mVnVs2XSbw
- August 14, 2021
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Workshop: “The Morisco Diaspora and Morisco Networks across the Western and Eastern Mediterranean”, Organised by the Projects “Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750) and “The European Qur’an”, Amsterdam, 16-17 September 2021
This workshop aims to bring together scholars who work on the migrations (forced and non-forced) of Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula to other parts of Europe and the MENA Region between the fall of Granada (1492) and the first half of the seventeenth century.
2. ONLINE or IN-PERSON Workshop: “Lived Citizenship, Uprising and Migration: Everyday Poli-tics, Imaginaries and Contestation”, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (MPI-MMG)/ SOAS/AUC, Berlin, 30 September – 1 October 2021
The workshop invites contributions based on field research in the Arab region or among Arab populations, virtually and across the world. Through the theme of lived citizenship, it explores how people experience and shape the everyday realities of socio-economic, political and spatial governance, contestation and legitima-tion in the Arab region and along journeys of migration.
Information: http://www.mmg.mpg.de/638078/2021-09-30-cfa-workshop-lived-citizenship
3. International Conference: “Islamophobia and/in Post-Secular States”, University of Alberta, 12-14 November 2021.
This conference will develop a more comprehensive understanding and theorization of the pervasiveness of Islamophobia. Papers will explore any dimension of Islamophobia, that measure its effects, and that develop recommendations to address it. Information: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=ANTHROPOLOGY-MATTERS;2cec0ea0.2106
4. ONLINE Conference: “Migration Methodologies: Challenges, Innovations and Conceptual Implications for Asian Migrations”, National University of Singapore, 20-21 January 2022
We invite papers that focus on innovative methodological approaches while drawing on substantive findings relevant to “Asian migrations” (broadly defined to refer to migration flows within, as well as in and out of Asia) in order to grapple with the challenges and possibilities in conducting migration research.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2021. Information: https://ari.nus.edu.sg/events/mime/
5. International Conference: “Body, Medicine, and Feminism: The Life and Work of Nawal El Saadawi”, Duke University, 21-22 March 2022
Papers are invited on the role of the body and medicine in Dr. El Saadawi’s oeuvre, but also papers dedicated to the spirit of her work and thought. A special issue of the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies will be devoted to the memory of Dr. El Saadawi.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2021. Information: https://middleeaststudies.duke.edu/call-papers-nawal-conference-2022
6. ONLINE or IN-PERSON “15th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies”, Center for European & Mediterranean Affairs (CEMA), Athens, 11-14 April 2022
Deadline for abstracts: 13 September 2021. Information: https://www.atiner.gr/mediterranean
7. International Conference ““Ruling the Waves”: Transnational Radio Broadcasting in the Mid-dle East and the Mediterranean between Production and Reception”, 1920-1970, German His-torical Institute etc., Rome, 22-24 June 2022
The conference re-examines the history and experiences of transnational radio broadcasting by analyzing its production, reception, and impact in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean regions between the early 1920s and 1970.
Deadline for abstracts: 13 September 2021. Information: http://dhi-roma.it/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf-da-teien/Veranstaltungsprogramme/2021/CfP_Ruling-the-Waves_20220622-24.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2bQcjUNGKGsOu0qF-fd_IDj4aAVZWDx1qFQC82MQySyfyRJ7RbaTb2PxQ
8. Workshop: “Slavery and Other Forms of Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies in Ottoman South Eastern Europe”, by the Research Group “The Ottoman Europe: Methods and Perspectives of Early Modern Studies on Southeast Europe”, Bonn, 23-24 June 2022
Fields of inquisition range from memory of slavery and strong asymmetrical dependency in Near Eastern and East European societies and historiography to transformations of slave status, peasants or slaves obtaining slaves, forms of sale, patterns of distribution and enslavement, norms and practices in court, slaves in cities, in crafts and households.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2021. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announce-ments/7987353/cfp-slavery-and-other-forms-strong-asymmetrical-dependencies
9. Azrieli Post-doc Fellowships, Haifa Center for Mediterranean History
Invitation for scholars who are studying any aspect of Mediterranean history and would like to develop their work at the HCMH during 2022-24.
Deadline for applications: 1 September 2021. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/azrieli-post-doc-fellowships-at-haifa-center-for-mediterranean-history?e=82aeb6c61d
10. New Open Access Resource: ‘Memoirs of the Middle East & North Africa’
This is an ongoing collaborative effort to compile a list of memoirs penned by historical figures in the region. Operating through a Google Sheets document, the project includes the names and descriptions of each author, the title of their memoirs, and whether the documents are available online. The focus is initially centered on 20th century political and military figures, but it is open to all disciplines and can accommodate information on memoirs from any figure and any time period.
Information: https://salahbenhammou.wordpress.com/memoirs-of-the-middle-east-north-africa/
11. POS: Cataloguer, Ottoman Manuscripts, British Library
For more details and the full ad, see here: https://britishlibrary.recruitment.zellis.com/birl/pages/vacancy.jsf?latest=01002501
The British Library is seeking an individual to fill the fixed-term role of Cataloguer, Ottoman Manuscripts. The successful candidate will be responsible for the review and editing of catalogue information regarding the Library’s recent acquisitions of Ottoman Turkish Manuscripts, as well as the entry of this information into the online cataloguing system. The Cataloguer will work closely with the Curator, Turkish and Turkic Collections as well as colleagues throughout the Collections and Curation Department with respect to the cataloguing of West Asian materials. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to contribute to the British Library’s Asian and African Studies blog and other social media and engagement endeavours with respect to their work on the Library’s holdings of Ottoman Turkish manuscripts.
The successful candidate will have an excellent knowledge of Ottoman Turkish and contemporary Turkish, with a good knowledge of Arabic, Persian, Kurdish and/or Uyghur/Chagatai seen as an asset. They will have an understanding of Ottoman manuscript, literary, and/or creative culture as well as library or archival cataloguing, with experience in working with library or archival catalogues seen as an asset. They will be experienced in the use of the Microsoft Office suite of applications. The successful candidate will have good time management skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, and an ability to work independently. Experience in authoring popular or scholarly works on Ottoman history, literature, and/or culture will be seen as an asset.
In return we offer a competitive salary and a number of excellent benefits. Our pension scheme is one of the most valuable benefits we offer, as our staff can become members of the Alpha Pension Scheme where the Library contributes a minimum 26.6%. Another significant benefit the Library provides is the provision of a flexible working hours scheme which could allow you to work your hours flexibly over the week and to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3 month period. This is on top of 25 days holiday from entry and public and privilege holidays.
More about the British Library
As one of the world’s great libraries, our duty is to preserve the nation’s intellectual memory for the future. At the moment we have well over 150 million items, in most known languages, with three million new items added every year. We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents. We operate the world’s largest document delivery service providing millions of items a year to customers all over the world. What matters to us is that we preserve the national memory and enable knowledge to be created both now and in the future.
For further information and to apply, please visit www.bl.uk/careers quoting vacancy ref: 03747
Skilled worker sponsorship
We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role, as it does not meet the eligibility criteria required for this immigration route.
Closing Date: 25 August 2021
Interview Date: 8 September 2021
12. Mejlis Institute Fall 2021 Immersive Persian Courses
Mejlis Institute, Armenia-based NGO, is happy to announce the launch of new semester-long immersive Persian courses for Beginner/Lower Intermediate and Upper Intermediate/Advanced level students. The courses, lasting between September 13 and December 17, 2021 are designed for students who would like to make fast progress in Persian and become acquainted with different aspects of Iran’s modern and contemporary culture through literature and cinematography. Upper Intermediate/Advanced students who use Persian in their studies and research will also be given an opportunity to receive individual help in working with particular types of literary and/or historical sources. Both courses will have sequels in Spring 2022, and interested students will be able to continue their studies in the second semester.
Application deadline: August 20, 2021
Course fees: $2800 (Upper Intermediate/Advanced), $2600 (Beginner/Lower Intermediate), need-based partial waivers available upon request
For more information, please visit https://mejlisinstitute.org/semester-persian-courses.
13. CFP for IMC Leeds 2022 on Medieval Borders
Conflict and Integration: Crossing Medieval Borders
International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 4-7 July 2022
Organisers: Dr Elisa Ramazzina (University of Oxford and Queen’s University Belfast); Professor Karen Pinto
Borders are difficult to define, yet they have tangible resonance at various levels. Their function is ambivalent as they allow both alienation and integration. In the Middle Ages the situation was even more intricate, so much so that there are scholars who even deny the existence of boundaries in this era. Nevertheless, the role of borders in shaping particular critical events, such as political-religious conflict, the development of national kingship and the spreading of disease, is undeniable. It is also evident how these events have, in turn shaped or modified such borders.
This Call Papers aims at putting together a series of interdisciplinary sessions that will examine the ambivalent function of borders, how they worked, what they implied, how they were created, (trans)formed and moved. The sessions will foster a cross-disciplinary approach and will follow three interconnected main thematic strands examining different kinds of borders:
Geographical borders which include concepts such as insularity; periphery; regional networks; continents; regional boundaries; feudalism; the rising of national identities and national kingship; invasions; conflict and integration; development of social, ethnic and national identities; hybrid frontier cultures and languages; multilingualism and multiculturalism; the symbolic function of borders; moral, cultural and social barriers; etc
Permeable and moveable borders include travel, pilgrimage, migration; the function of small islands as borderlands with a pivotal role in migration, conquest and integration; the role of geographic, socio-political and cultural borders in the spreading of epidemics;
Intellectual borders include the social significance of knowledge (literary, scientific, medical, etc) as an element of cross-border integration and as a way to understand cross-cultural and trans-border relations, as well as the role of borders in its circulation; textual transmission and manuscript circulation; how borders influence the production, distribution and use of knowledge, trans-border relations among monastic centres and scriptoria.
Topics of Interest include but are not limited to:
- All the fields of Germanic Philology, including Old and Middle English, Old Norse, Icelandic, Lombard, Gothic, etc;
- Celtic Studies;
- Medieval Islamic Studies
- Geography and Cartography;
- History of Science and History of Medicine; Landscape Epidemiology;
- Sociology; Anthropology; Human Geography.
Please, send abstracts of 250-300 words to elisa.ramazzina@ell.ox.ac.uk by the 5th of September 2021.
See also https://www.academia.edu/50102184/CALL_FOR_PAPERS_IMC_LEEDS_2022
14. The British Library
The art of small things (3): Surah headings in Qur’an manuscripts from Southeast Asia
15. The Islamic Texts Society is pleased to announce that ‘Abd al-Razzaq al-Kashani’s A Sufi Commentary on the Qur’an: Volume I is now available. One of the masterpieces of Sufi exegesis, the ITS’ publication of A Sufi Commentary on the Qur’anis the first translation into English of this seminal work; it is a complete commentary on every chapter of the Qur’an (Vol. I incudes chapters 1 to 18).
https://its.org.uk/catalogue/a-sufi-commentary-on-the-quran-1/
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1. Representing Iran in East Germany : ideology and the media in the German Democratic Republic
Edgar Klüsener
2. Announcement of 2021 Virtual Conference: Arabic-Script Manuscripts in Africa, 12-16 September 2021, Remotely via Zoom from Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Bibliotheca Alexandrina and The Islamic Manuscript Association—in partnership with the library’s Manuscripts Center and the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation—are delighted to announce the conference Arabic-Script Manuscripts in Africa, which will be held remotely via Zoom at Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt from 12 to 16 September 2021.
The conference will comprise five panels featuring original, current research on the Arabic-script manuscript cultures of North and Sub-Saharan Africa and the care and management of manuscript collections across the continent:
- Historical Traditions of Arabic-Script Manuscripts in Africa
- Manuscript Libraries and Manuscript Heritage Centres in Africa
- African Arabic-Script Languages
- Cataloguing, Editing, Research, and Publishing
- Preservation, Conservation, and Digitization
Each panel will include four papers: one presented by an invited keynote speaker and three presented by persons selected through a call for papers. Additionally, the conference will include six workshops corresponding to the themes of the panels. The languages of the conference will be Arabic, English, and French; and simultaneous interpretation will be available throughout the event. All panels and workshops will be held on Eastern European Time (EET). Subsequent to the conference, the organizers will publish its papers in an edited volume of proceedings.
Registration for the event in advance is required via the online registration form. Registration is free of charge, and will be open until 5 September 2021. A link to access the online event will be sent two days prior to the event to the email address associated with the registration form.
Persons wanting to attend a workshop must meet any prerequisites for participation and complete the separate online workshop application form. The application period will also be open until 5 September 2021. A link to each workshop will be sent to the selected participants two days prior the event to the email address associated with the application form.
For more information, please visit the conference’s webpage and see its facebook and twitter accounts.
3. UCF: Elementary Kurdsh
ONLINE | AUG 23 – DEC 11 |OPEN TO ALL
The University of Central Florida’s Department of Modern Languages and Literatures & Kurdish Political Studies Program.
UCF students, guidance concerning registration, overrides, and lateadd/swap can be found at https://sciences.ucf.edu/cosas/current-students/registration-overrides/
For non-UCF and International Students, please review the guidance for Transient Students: https://registrar.ucf.edu/transient-students/
and the guidance for Online Students : https://www.ucf.edu/online/student-resources/online-student-guidelines/
For ALL inquiries about registration, fees, and credits, please contact the UCF Registrar, https://registrar.ucf.edu/contact/
For inquiries about the course, materials, etc. please contact Dr. Haidar Khezrivia hkhezri@ucf.edu
4. POS: Assistant Professor, Historian of Early Islam (until 1250), NELC, University of Chicago
Assistant Professor – Historian of Early Islam until 1250
Description
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago invites applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in the History of the Middle East in the Early Islamic Period until the Mongols (i.e., until circa 1258 C.E.) with an expected start date of July 1, 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Qualifications
The successful candidate should have a demonstrated ability and/or potential to carry out original independent research and publication on the social, political, and economic history of early Muslim/Islamic societies; be able to teach a wide range of courses from surveys to advanced seminars; be able to supervise theses and, in time, Ph.D. dissertations; and have a strong command of classical Arabic. Knowledge of an additional relevant language desirable.
Candidates must have completed all requirements for receipt of a Ph.D. in a field related to the search prior to the start of the appointment.
Application Instructions
To apply for this position, candidates must submit their application through the University of Chicago’s Academic Recruitment site at http://apply.interfolio.com/91641.
The application must include:
- a cover letter,
- cv,
- a published article or a dissertation chapter,
- a research statement,
- and three letters of recommendation.
All materials from the applicant must be received by 11pm central time on November 1, 2021. Letters of recommendation must arrive by November 15, 2021. Only complete applications can be considered.
For information on the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, please go to https://nelc.uchicago.edu. For further questions about this position, please contact Amanda Young, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, amanday@uchicago.edu
This position is contingent on final budgetary approval.
- August 07, 2021
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1.Annual Workshop on “Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiographies”, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London, 7-8 October 2021
Papers are invited on methodologies, research agendas, and case studies that investigate history writing in the Middle East and North Africa in any period from the seventh century to the present. We are interested in papers that consider the practical and conceptual challenges of working on history writing in the region.
2. ONLINE Journée d’études EPHE « La liberté humaine en islam classique : approches plurielles » 7 et 21 octobre, 4 et 18 novembre 2021
Dans une approche islamologique pluridisciplinaire, cette journée d’étude proposera quelques éclairages sur les sens qu’a pu revêtir la notion de liberté pendant la période dite de l’islam médiéval (VIIe-XVe siècle).
Information et inscription: https://www.ephe.psl.eu/agenda/La%20libert%C3%A9%20humaine%20en%20is-lam%20classique%20%3A%20approches%20plurielles/la_liberte_humaine_en_islam_classique.pdf
3. Seminar on “Reassembling Creation: Green Ethics (GE) and the Scholarly Disciplines in the Islamic Tradition”, Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Doha, 12-14 Oc-tober 2021
The seminar is convened by Dr. Birgit Krawietz (Freie Universität Berlin) in collaboration with Dr. Mohammed Ghaly (CILE). The papers will be published as part of a thematic issue of the “Journal of Islamic Ethics (JIE)” and/or an edited volume in the peer-reviewed book-series “Studies in Islamic Ethics”, both published by Brill.
4. International Symposium: “Yavuz Sultan Selim and His Era”, Turkish Historical Society, Istanbul University, 4-6 November 2021 Sultan Selim I was son of Sultan Bayezid II. He ruled the Ottoman Empire until 1520 when he died. During his reign, the territories of the empire expanded; and Yavuz became the leader of Islamic world. In addition to military-political affairs throughout his rule, public works, architecture, cultural-literate activities developed, too. Information: https://tamga.gov.tr/UluslararasiYavuzSultanSelimVe-DonemiSempozyumu2021
5. “Third International Conference on Teaching Persian”, University of Cambridge, 13-14 December 2021
This third conference addresses teachers and lecturers of Persian and examines developments and innova-tions in Persian language and literature teaching and particularly focuses on the importance of using Persian literature and culture in teaching Persian language.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/06/29/third-international-conference-on-teaching-persian
6. ONLINE Conference “The Madrasah and the Modern Academy: Convergences, Departures and Possibilities for Collaboration”, Markfield Institute of Higher Education (MIHE) and University of Johannesburg, 14-15 December 2021
Papers are invited which engage with questions surrounding the teaching of Islam in either/both the Mad-rasah and the University setting: Pedagogical approaches utilized in Madrasah teaching and in the University setting; Navigating faith and criticality in the study/teaching of Islam; Curriculum Developments in the Madrassa and in the Academy; Future of ‘Islamic Education’; Meanings of Collaboration between the Mad-rasah and the University.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2021. Information: https://tumarandishe.ir/fa/wp-content/up-loads/2021/07/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%81%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84-8.pdf
7. International Workshop: “The World since World War II (Focus Middle East)”, St Aloysius College, Mangalore, India, 7-9 January 2022
By the participation of international experts, this workshop will look from various fields at ‘The World since World War II’ aimed at benefiting undergraduate and postgraduate teachers/scholars of Social Sciences and Humanities belonging to the Asian region. This would help the teaching community to enlighten themselves and to form new syllabi and eventually help this knowledge percolate down the student community.
8. Part-time (65 %) Research Fellow Position (DFG Project “Explaining Middle-Power Engage-ment in External Regions”, Work Package Iran), German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg Contract of three years, preferably starting 1 January 2022. The salary is commensurate with EG 13 TV-AVH / TVöD. The successful candidate will work in the project on comparing Iranian, Saudi, and Turkish Sub-Saharan Africa policiesm, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Closing date for applications: 31 August 2021. Information: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/karriere/job-re-search-fellow-work-package-iran/
9. Part-time (65 %) Research Fellow Position (DFG Project “Explaining Middle-Power Engagement in External Regions”, Work Package Turkey), German Institute for Global and Area Stud-ies, Hamburg
Contract of three years, preferably starting 1 January 2022. The salary is commensurate with EG 13 TV-AVH / TVöD. The successful candidate will work in the project on comparing Iranian, Saudi, and Turkish Sub-Saharan Africa policies, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Closing date for applications: 31 August 2021. Information: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/karriere/job-re-search-fellow-work-package-turkey/
10. Academic Director for College of Islam Studies, University of Cambridge (UK)
Ideal candidates will possess a good mix of expertise in research and academia. You will be a specialist in teaching Islamic courses and already be working at Associate professor or Senior lecturer level.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2021/07/27/academic-director
11. Humanities Research Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World, NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute
Applications are invited from scholars working in all areas of the Humanities related to the study of the Arab world, its rich literature and history, its cultural and artistic heritage, and its manifold connections with other cultures. This includes Islamic Intellectual History and Culture, and any areas of particular relevance to the MENA region.
Deadline for applications: 1 October 2021. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportuni-ties/2021/07/26/humanities-research-fellowships-for-the-study-of-the-arab
12. Articles for Journal “Waikato Islamic Studies Review”, New Zealand
The journal invites submissions on any topic or theme, including religion, philosophy, history, politics, sociol-ogy, culture, and law, within the broad field of studies on Islam and Muslim societies.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 August 2021. Information: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/UWISG/review.shtml
13. Articles on “Imperialism and Resistance in Middle East and North Africa” for Special Issue of the “Journal of Labor and Society”
Themes include: The relevance and/or limitations of classical and new theories of imperialism in engaging with the current constellation in MENAM; World (dis)order and rise of regional powers; The struggle over MENA: Transatlantic relations, rising powers and (decline of) American hegemony; Arab (counter)revolutions and external interventions; Militarization, insecuritization and sectarianization; Specific country case-studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 4 October 2021. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportuni-ties/2021/07/28/special-issue-call-for-papers-journal-of-labor-and-society-imperialism-and-resistance-in-middle-east-and-north-africa
14. Publications for Book Series “Critical, Connected Histories (Focus Middle East)” from Leiden University Press
The series seeks to explore unfamiliar social, cultural, and political issues that connect people of Asia, the Middle-East, Africa, Americas, and Europe in the modern age (since 1700). In addition to manuscripts we also accept edited volumes.
15. Proposals for New Book Series on “Refugees and Migrants within the Middle East”, American University of Cairo Press
This series explores new research on refugees and migrants within the Middle East and North Africa, drawing largely from Anthropology, History, Geography, Sociology, and Political Science. It targets work on the lega-cies of migration on the region, the agency and humanity of refugees, and their resistance to silencing. Edited by Dawn Chatty, Stacy D. Fahrenthold, and Annika Rabo.
Information: https://stacyfahrenthold.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RefugeesMigrantsSeries.pdf
16. Research Assistant (Praedoc) (m/f/d) with 65%-part-time job limited to 31.07.2024, Department of History and Cultural Studies – East Asia and the Near East Institute for Iranian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Qualification: Completed MA-level university degree in Iranian Studies or a related discipline. Desirable: Ex-cellent knowledge of Avestan and Pahlavi; Capacity of transliterating Avestan and Pahlavi manuscripts; Knowledge of Zoroastrianism and Zoroastrian liturgies; Good knowledge of New Persian is welcome. Deadline for applications: 16 August 2021. Information: https://www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet/beruf-karri-ere/jobs/english/GK-GeschKult-Iranistik-WiMi-CAB-2021.html
17. The Islamic College Presents:
FUNDAMENTAL MODERN QUESTIONS AND CHALLENGES
10 Nightly Zoom Sessions Dealing with Challenges Faced by Muslims in the West
30 Aug – 10 Sept 2021 (6 pm – 8 pm, London Time)
Each Online Short Course Will Be Followed by a Q&A Session
*FREE FOR ALL*
To register please complete this form or contact the Short Course Department by email: shortcourses@islamic-college.ac.uk
- August 03, 2021
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1.The British Association for Islamic Studies is looking for a BRAIS Projects Coordinator to help drive forward its work over the coming year. The post would be ideal for a UK-based PhD student whose academic interests intersect with any aspect of Islamic Studies, broadly understood.
This is a Guaranteed Hours post available from October 2021 for a period of one year, working a minimum of 250 hours over the fixed-term period (more hours may be available by negotiation).
Further details, including how to apply, can be found here: http://www.brais.ac.uk/home/brais-projects-coordinator
Location
The post holder can be based anywhere in UK. Work will be undertaken remotely, with meetings and catch-up taking place online.
How to Apply
Applications should be submitted via email to BRAIS Secretary, Tom Lea (brais@ed.ac.uk), by 5pm on Friday 3rd September 2021.
2. Persian Language Course – Starting: 20th Aug 2021
Mondays & Wednesdays
The Islamic College has organized a Persian Language Course for those who want to learn modern Farsi. The Course has three semesters.
This course offers an excellent opportunity to master a very important language which provides an entry into a rich and diverse culture. Since Persian has not changed significantly in over a millennium, the basic grammar for the classical and modern forms of the language is virtually the same and is relatively easy to learn.
One of the benefits of learning Farsi is the ability to access a huge body of literature and sources of Islamic knowledge.
The Course Registration Fee is £50/semester.
The registration deadline is 20th Aug 2021.
An attendance certificate would be granted at the end of the course.
To register please complete this form or contact the Short Course Department by email: shortcourses@islamic-college.ac.uk
3. The Great Lakes Adiban Societyseeks papers for two sponsored sessions at the International Congress for Medieval Studies to convene online, May 9–14, 2022.
We welcome any scholars engaging all manner of traditions and texts from across the pre-modern Islamicate world. Abstracts are due Sept. 15, 2021 via the ICMS submission portal.
Please see our brief panel descriptions below, and for further details and directions on how to apply, follow this link.
Panel 1: Sociability between Justice and Tyranny
This panel considers Islamicate ambivalences toward sociability and despotism to better understand the competitive nature of friendship and the seductive pull of absolutist rule by closely reading and contextualizing a wide variety of pre-modern texts.
Panel 2: Medieval Islamicate Paratexts in Contexts
This panel will explore the nature of the paratext in the lettered traditions of the medieval Islamicate world and ask how developments in textual technology (manuscript, lithograph, print, digital) as well as practices of reading and editing have changed how such works are understood and valorized.
Please feel free to widely circulate this CfP and remember to apply for our regional conference coming up this fall.
4. Arabic Online Language Course
Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced
Tuesdays & Thursdays
Starting: 9th September 2021
The Islamic College has organized an Arabic Course for those who want to learn the language of the Islamic revelation.
The course has three semesters which are designed to prepare students with no previous knowledge of Arabic to read and understand Quranic and classical Islamic texts.
At the end of the course, students would have developed the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and grammar. Students who successfully complete the course will be awarded an Islamic College Certificate of attendance.
What will you learn?
This course focuses on the Arabic language which is ideal for anyone interested to learn how to read, write and speak Arabic. The course dives deep into Classical Arabic vocabulary and basic grammar rules. It’s designed to provide a solid foundation of the most common vocabulary and will enable you to go through daily life, navigate a variety of situations, and have significant conversations with speakers of Arabic.
We will start with learning the alphabet and how to read and write the letters with their different shapes. You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the basics, including word and sentence formation, and how to use and form pronouns, verb patterns and tenses, adjectives, and plurals.
You’ll learn how to ask questions, use common greetings, talk about your family and introduce yourself. You’ll also learn essentials such as using numbers, telling the time, and setting dates.
You’ll be introduced to the language from the ground up and work your way to being capable to read and write basic Arabic texts and feeling comfortable having a simple conversation with native Arabic speakers.
There will be weekly Kahoot activity, homework, and translation time which can solidify and enrich your ability to talk Arabic confidently.
To register please complete this form or contact the Short Course Department by email: shortcourses@islamic-college.ac.uk
5. Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Exeter
The College wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in the Writing the Future project, which has explored metadiscourse in Arab students writing in both English and Arabic. It is a corpus study, creating a unique Arab-English corpus of writing, and complemented by interviews with the authors. The post will include preparing the corpus for archiving on a website, literature reviewing, as well as general research duties linked to the final year of the project, such as assisting with conference presentations and publications, as appropriate.
Closing date for applications | 6 August 2021
Further information
6. Decades of Fire: A Special Issue on Middle East and North Africa
Call for Submissions | The Michigan Quarterly Review
The Michigan Quarterly Review (MQR) is seeking contributions to a special issue on the Middle East and North Africa focused on the region’s political, social, and cultural transformations in the last three decades. MQR invites articles, essays, memoirs, fiction and poetry in English translation that examine the impact the multiple tensions and conflicts of the last three decades have had on the people of the Middle East and North Africa. Submissions are encouraged from migrant voices in the region, LGBTQIA+ voices, and writing from voices typically underrepresented in anthologies on the Middle East and North Africa.
Deadline for Submissions | 1 November 2021
7. 22 and 29 October 2021 Short Course – Religious Cultural Heritage: Concepts and Issues in the Modern Middle East – Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
This is a two-day introductory course on the theme of religious cultural heritage (RCH) in the Middle East. It aims to contextualise RCH as the living cultural heritage of its community of users. In addition, the course attempts to present RCH as a contemporary construct of its socio-political and religious context through its connections to ethnicity, gender, nationalism, as much as religion.
Read and download course structure.
Date and Time
22 and 29 October 2021, 13:30 – 16:00 (London Time).
Tickets and Booking
Tickets: £75 professionals | £45 students, AKU alumni and staff. Book as soon as possible.
*The course will be delivered via Zoom. Readings and further details will be provided later upon registration.
*The course will not be recorded.
- July 31, 2021
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1. Colloque : « La formation des imams, des aumôniers et des islamologues : état des lieux, en-jeux et perspectives », Strasbourg, 8-9 October 2021
Nous avons privilégié trois axes : Etat des lieux des formations et des acteurs; Enjeux; Perspectives.
Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/files/2021/04/Colloque-AFPI-Strasbourg-octobre-2021.pdf
2. Coordinateur/trice d’activités archéologiques de l’Institut français d’études anatoliennes, IFEA Istanbul
Le coordinateur/trice sera amené à travailler avec le directeur de l’IFEA, la responsable des publications de l’institut et les autres collègues, mais aussi en coordination avec les autres établissements du dispositif fran-çais basés en Turquie.
Candidature : Date limite 1er août 2021. Information : http://www.ifea-istanbul.net/index.php/fr/an-nonces/3306-offre-d-emploi-charge-e-de-mission-chercheur-e-pole-archeologie-crsp
3. Part-time (50%) Senior Academic Positions in Iranian History, Alliance Center for Iranian Studies (ACIS), Tel Aviv
The University is seeking research applicants for a part time faculty position in Iranian History and/or Persian-speaking world research track, within the following areas: society, culture, politics, religion, nationalism, minorities, economy, environment, and international relations.
Deadline for applications: 8 August 2021. Information: https://en-humanities.tau.ac.il/acis.kolkore-eng.june2021
4. Part-Time Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago
We seek applicants with prior teaching experience at the college or post-secondary level, preferably at a North American institution. Experience working with MA students or advising BA theses is desirable. Appli-cants are required to have completed a PhD in a field related to the history, literature, culture, linguistics, religion, or philosophy of the Middle East.
Review of applications will begin on 20 August 2021. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/90706
5. Assistant Professor of Human Rights in the Middle East & North Africa, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona
Candidates will be expected to have a PhD in Political Science or a closely related discipline. Exceptional ABD applicants nearing completion will also be considered. The position requires the ability to design and teach undergraduate and graduate courses in MENA Studies and in Political Science, and the ability to men-tor students. Target Hire Date: 15 August 2022.
Open until filled. Information: https://cmes.arizona.edu/assistant-professor-human-rights
6. Iran Deserts Summer School, Institute of Geography, University of Tehran, 30 August – 6 September 2021
This summer school intends to provide knowledge of human and physical geography (especially desert land-forms and landscapes) as well as some cultural aspects of Iran for international early career scientists (well-motivated advanced graduate students, PhDs, and post-docs) from the fields of geography, geomorphology, geology, archeology, geoarcheology, orientalism, etc.
Deadline for applications: 20 August 2021. Information: https://ut.ac.ir/en/news/18454/iran-deserts-summer-school-call-for-applications
7. Publications for the Book Series “Gulf Studies” (Springer Nature)
The series accepts proposals for monographs, edited volumes, and handbooks that provide an understand-ing of the Gulf societies’ contemporary social, economic, and political landscapes.The four main topics are: Social and Cultural Issues in the Gulf; Politics and Security in the Gulf; Energy and Economics in the Gulf; The GCC and the World. Information: https://www.springer.com/series/16417
8. Music and Musicians in the Medieval Islamicate World
A Social History
L.Nielson
9. The Hugh Goddard PhD Studentship, University of Edinburgh
The HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World at the University of Edinburgh is offering The Hugh Goddard PhD Studentship in Inter-Religious Relations in a Globalised Muslim World, for a January 2022 start. The studentship is named in honour of the Founding Director of the Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre in recognition of his ground-breaking work on Islam and inter-religious relations.
This is a fixed term, three-year studentship, ideal for students who have recently completed a Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Politics and International Relations, Area Studies, Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, Human Geography).
The theme of the research is contemporary interactions between Muslim religious actors, or Muslim communities more generally (be they the majority population or a minority), and other religious or non-religious actors or communities. We are particularly looking for projects that can link up local community dynamics to global, international or transnational actors, ideas or practices circulating in the contemporary context. The empirical cases and themes of the study are for you to chose and define.
The supervisory team will be led by Professor Frederic Volpi at the Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre with additional supervisors from other Schools and Departments with relevant expertise on the selected research project. The award of the Studentship is conditional on the successful candidate applying and being accepted onto a relevant PhD programme in the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences.
Award
The studentship will cover the required tuition fee and an annual stipend £15,690 for the 2021-2022 academic year, increasing in line with UKRI rates.
Eligibility
The award is open to UK and Overseas students commencing their studies in the 2021-2022 academic year, starting their programme of study in January 2022. The successful candidate will be expected to be Edinburgh-based and, in addition to undertaking their research, contribute to the full range of the Centre’s activities, including its outreach programme. Subject to satisfactory progress, the Studentship will be awarded for a maximum of three years.
Essential qualifications
- A UK 2:1 Honours degree and a Master’s degree in a relevant discipline, or their international equivalents
- Proven research skills
- Ability to undertake research which may involve both the study of texts and engaging with individuals and communities
- English proficiency: IELTS: total 7.0 (at least 6.0 in each module) or TOEFL-iBT: total 100 (at least 20 in each module)
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Diplomacy, including religious, cultural and political sensitivity
Desirable qualifications
- Knowledge of a relevant regional language
- Experience in explaining research to a wide variety of audiences
- Experience in designing material for websites
- Experience of working with the media
Applying
Applications should be submitted via email to thealwaleedcentre@ed.ac.uk by 5pm BST on Friday 3rd September 2021 and should include the following:
- A one page covering letter
- A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
- A research proposal of 2000 words (for guidelines see here)
- A sample paper of 2000 words (this can be excerpts from a thesis, article, blog post, etc.)
- Two references
- Academic transcripts
Candidates invited for interview will be required to make a 15-minute presentation on their proposed research project and also outline the wider contribution which they would hope to make to the Alwaleed Centre.
Notification
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 3 weeks of the application deadline. Applicants who have not heard from the Centre by this time can assume that their application was unsuccessful.
Informal enquiries may be directed to Mr Tom Lea, General Manager of the Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre.
Further Information
The HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Edinburgh associated to the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.
The Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre is committed to encouraging a better understanding of contemporary Islam and the globalised Muslim world through cutting edge research and innovative outreach projects. The Edinburgh Centre is part of a unique network of Centres at prestigious universities around the world; four in the UK and the USA (Edinburgh, Cambridge, Harvard, Georgetown) and two in the Middle East (Cairo and Beirut). For more information see here.
- July 27, 2021
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1. Sinews of War and Trade. Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula
Laleh Khalili
2. Asst Prof, Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Chicago
Description
The Department of History at the University of Chicago invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Modern Middle Eastern/North African History (loosely defined, 18th-20th centuries) to start on or after July 1, 2022. We welcome applicants with any specialization within that broader field.
Qualifications
Candidates must have earned the PhD degree prior to the start of the appointment.
Application Instructions
Applicants must apply online at the University of Chicago’s Interfolio website at http://apply.interfolio.com/91017 and include: 1) a cover letter, 2) a curriculum vitae, 3) a research statement, 4) a teaching statement, 5) a dissertation abstract, 6) an article or chapter-length writing sample, and 7) three letters of reference. Consideration of applications will begin on September 1, 2021.
- July 24, 2021
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