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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.
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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
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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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Shii News – Academic Items
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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1.Call for Chapters: The Making of Contemporary Saudi Arabia
“The Making of Contemporary Saudi Arabia: From Social Salafism to the search of Liberalism”
Editors:
Mahjoob Zweiri & Farah AlQawasmi
The Book, “The Making of Contemporary Saudi Arabia: From Social Salafism to the search of Liberalism” will capture the evolvement of the Saudi state during the 21^st Century. The main aim of the book is to capture the two major shifts that occurred in Saudi Arabia in recent years, and that would be the shift in the authoritarian political regime, as well as the shift that occurred on a social level, taking the Saudi society from Salafism to liberalism. The two shifts in the political regime and the Saudi society branched out to further evolvements and developments that will be presented through a group of academic chapterswill be covering issues of history, governance, foreign policy the Islamic state, political economy, energy, society and gender issues and more.
The book will start by paving the way for the development of a historical understanding of the contemporary Saudi Arabian State, and its relationship with its society. The relation between the Saudi State and Society is the focal point of the case study at hand, and it is the first step into understanding the being of this unique state. This book will contextualize and present an understanding of the application of historical and political trends and the current deterrence of them in search for a contemporary ideology for the Saudi State . Following on from that, the book will offer the reader a section on governance, which will demonstrate the evolvement of the policies applied by the Kingdom’s monarchy in regards to the evolving regional and international events. Subsequently, the book will ensure categorizing the remaining chapters into a political category that will present chapters on the governance, the role of the Islamic state within the greater Saudi Arabian State, and the role of the Saudi Arabian foreign policy, and possible military application and practice, on neighboring states, such as Pakistan, Yemen and the GCC states.
The book will investigate the local, regional and international factor that played a role on the development of the Saudi political, regime, society and the Saudi Arabian economy. Furthermore, book will combine prestigious scholarly work from a group of the top academics on the region from within the region. Finally, this book will not cover one category or area of research; instead, it will take an interdisciplinary approach, and offer the reader a cohesive understanding on a number of the most significant pillars to that make up today’s Saudi Arabia.
General Information:
Chapter Abstract _due on the30th of August 2021, and can be sent to GSPublications@qu.edu.qa_
First draft of the paper: 6000- 8000 words is due on the 30th of January, 2022
Final Draft: 10,000 word chapter due on the 27th of March, 2022
The Gulf Studies Center has selected Springer to be the publisher of the book.
2. Colloque international en présentiel : « Les prophètes itinérants – Réécritures, appropriations et métamorphoses des figures prophétiques dans les textes religieux, littéraires et historio-graphiques de l’Islam prémoderne », Institut du monde arabe (16 sept. 2021) et Sorbonne Université (17-18 sept. 2021)
Organisation : Mehdi Azaiez (UC Louvain), Rémy Gareil (Université Lyon 2, CIHAM), Iyas Hassan (Sorbonne Université, Orient & Méditerranée).
Information : http://ciham.msh-lse.fr/node/1926
3. Conference: “Narrating Exile in and between Europe and the Ottoman Empire/Modern Turkey”, University of Amsterdam, 11-12 November 2021
The conference seeks 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. We welcome papers by historians, art historians, political scientists, ethno-musicologists, sociologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and literary scholars.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2021. Information: https://www.turkeystudiesnetwork.org/events/cfp-interna-tional-conference
4. Workshop on “Typologies in the Islamic Ethical Discourse”, Orient-Institut Beirut & American University of Beirut, 10-11 March 2022
Through discussions on how exemplary and stereotypical characters are used, modified and redefined in pre-modern Islamic texts, this workshop aims to investigate a range of typologies in the ethical discourse in light of its historical and intellectual developments across all relevant genres.
Deadline for abstracts: 26 September 2021. Information: https://www.orient-institut.org/events/event-de-tails/call-for-papers/
5. Conference of the Maghreb Review and the Maghreb Studies Association: “Empire in the Middle East and the Maghreb: The Shaping of Hopes and Perspectives”, Oxford, 28-29 March 2022
The aim of this conference is to examine how European colonialism and great power rivalry in the Middle East and North Africa have shaped the perspectives of the peoples in these countries and their hopes for their future. Special significance should be given to the means by which Muslims affirmed in this period their attachment to Islamic norms and pride in Islamic civilisation.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 December 2021. Information: https://www.maghrebreview.com/en/home.html
6. Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies (W3), Oriental Institute, University of Leipzig
We are looking for an internationally renowned scholar with extensive teaching and research experience. The prerequisite is outstanding expertise in the study of the Arab-Islamic world with a focus between the 18th and 21st centuries from a literary, philological and/or cultural studies perspective with a strong interdiscipli-nary and transregional comparative focus.
Deadline for application: 20 August 2021. Information: https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/university/working-at-leipzig-university/job-opportunities/detailed-view-job-description/artikel/professur-fuer-arabistik-und-islamwissenschaft-w3-2021-06-21-1/
7. Program Officer Working on Religion and Mediation, Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
The successful candidate will have a relevant MA degree and a minimum of two years of work experience related to mediation or conflict transformation. She or he has expertise relevant to peace mediation and ideally a background in religious studies, sociology of religion, or similar. Experience in working on conflicts with religious dimensions is an asset. Excellent English and working knowledge of French or German is required.
Deadline for application: 10 August 2021. Information: https://www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_ethz_ri08jnsnb0PBWPoX4i?mw_source=academicpositions
8. PhD Student in Turkic Languages, Focusing on Linguistic Turcology, Department of Linguis-tics and Philology, Uppsala University
We are seeking a candidate with a solid background in Turkic Studies (hold a master’s degree or equivalent in Turkic languages), who is highly motivated and interested in theoretical and/or descriptive linguistics.
Deadline for application: 30 August 2021. Information: https://professorpositions.com/phd-position-in-turkic-languages,i23719.html
9. Chercheur.euse au sein du Département des études arabes, médiévales et modernes (DEAMM) à l’Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo) – antenne de Beyrouth
Conditions particulières d’exercice : Forte disponibilité, très bonne capacité d’organisation et d’animation scientifiques, capacité à conduire ses propres recherches tout en souciant du collectif du centre d’accueil. Bonne connaissance de la recherche et des réseaux universitaires et scientifiques au Proche Orient, en France et à l’international.
Date limite de candidature : 23/08/2021. Information : https://www.ifporient.org/appel-a-candidature-cher-cheuse-chercheur-deamm/
10. James A. Bellamy Professorship, Department of Middle East Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
We seek a professor or advanced associate professor with a substantial publication record in the fields of early Arabic language or literature, textual traditions and Islamic culture, starting at Fall 2023.
Deadline for applications: 1 November 2021. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/90190
11. Grant for Academic Study Related to Yemen by the British Yemeni Society
Applications for the £500 grant annually are invited from anyone carrying out research in, or on Yemen, at a British or Yemeni University. Applicants’ nationality is irrelevant. Applications may be made to assist with study in any subject or field, so long as it is concerned with Yemen, and is for a specific qualification (e.g. BA, MA, PhD etc.).
Deadline for application extended to 15 August 2021. Information: http://b-ys.org.uk/activities/bys-academic-grant
12. Visiting PhD Scholarship for Research on a Project Relating to Mediterranean History, University of Haifa
The scholarship criteria are as follows: A. The student is enrolled in a doctoral degree program at a non-Israeli accredited institution of higher education. The scholarship will be open to students from all countries. B. The student has completed their first year of doctoral studies successfully. An approved PhD prospectus is recommended.
Every application will be considered upon submission. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneansemi-nar/visiting-phd-scholarship-mediterranean-history-university-of-haifa?e=82aeb6c61d
13. Chapters for Book on “Social Change in the Gulf Societies: Social, Economic, and Political Dimensions”, edited by Mizanur Rahman and Amr Al-Azm, Qatar University (Springer Nature Gulf Studies Book Series)
This book attempts to document how economic transformation, educational reforms, social media, rapid urbanization, and a growing expatriate population have brought about deep changes in Gulf societies of the GCC, Iran, Iraq, and Yemen, focusing on their directions, magnitudes, and appropriate policy options.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 July 2021. Information: rmomani@qu.edu.qa
14. Re-launching of Book Series: “Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam” (SLAEI), Editors Jens Scheiner, Lawrence I. Conrad, Robert G. Hoyland (Gerlach Press)
Works are invited on the political history of the Middle East and North Africa, on social history, history of culture, ideas or economics, as well as on archaeology, numismatics or papyrology in the period in question. In addition to monographs, anthologies, conference proceedings, editions, translations, commentaries or reference works are planned.
Information: https://www.gerlachpress.com/index.php?p=29&h=23
- July 20, 2021
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1.Conference programme and registration links: comparative literary practice in the multilingual Islamic world(s), 22-24 July, 2021
The final programme of the conference: “Pre-modern comparative literary practice in the multilingual Islamic world(s)”. The virtual conference is co-organized by Huda Fakhreddine (University of Pennsylvania), David Larsen (New York University), and Hany Rashwan (University of Birmingham), with a special thanks to Rawad Wehbe (University of Pennsylvania). The conference is hosted by the Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation Research Centre (OCCT), University of Oxford, 22-23-24 July 2021.
We are honoured to announce our two keynote speakers who will open and close the conference.
Professor Fatemeh Keshavarz, Maryland University: “Multilingual Poetry: the Information Superhighway of the Medieval Muslim World” on Thursday, July 22, 2021.
Professor Michael Cooperson, The University of California, Los Angeles: “Learning Arabic in Pre-Modern Times” on Saturday, July 24, 2021.
Please ensure to register for the conference three days, so you can receive the zoom link of each day.
Registration Guidelines:
For the convenience and security of our participants and attendees, we will be hosting the conference panels using passcode protected Zoom meetings. We kindly ask you all to register for each individual session prior to the respective dates.
Day 1 (Thursday 22 July) Registration
Day 2 (Friday 23 July) Registration
Day 3 (Saturday 24 July) Registration
Programme at:
https://www.occt.ox.ac.uk/pre-modern-comparative-literary-practice-multilingual-islamic-worlds
2. AMBULO – Arabic Manuscripts in the Bologna University Library Online
Project of the King ‘Abdulaziz Chair for Islamic Studies – University of Bologna (Italy)
3. Browsing through the Sultan’s Bookshelves, Towards a Reconstruction of the Library of the Mamluk Sultan Qāniṣawh al-Ghawrī (r. 906–922/1501–1516)
Kristof D’hulster
Bonn, 2021
4. In the Sultan’s Salon: Learning, Religion, and Rulership at the Mamluk Court of Qāniṣawh al-Ghawrī (r. 1501–1516) (2 vols)
Christian Mauder
Brill, 2021
https://brill.com/view/title/58288
5. Princeton-UCLA Arabic Manuscripts Workshop: Webinar Signup
23–27 August 2021
This week-long workshop will be taught by leading authorities in the historical, philological and material study of Arabic manuscripts.
Co-organized by Princeton and UCLA, which house the two largest repositories of Islamicate manuscripts in North America, the workshop will equip emerging scholars with the basic tools to conduct research using original handwritten texts in Arabic script.
Over the course of four days, participants will learn the basics of codicology, palaeography, and manuscript production and circulation, and receive exposure to an expansive vision of current debates in Arabic manuscript research. Topics include:
- anatomy of the codex
- text blocks, colophons, audition notes, owners’ notes, readers’ notes
- supports, inks, bindings
- scribes and other craftspeople
- scripts, canonical and informal; strategies for decipherment
- technical terminology
- transmission practices and patterns
- digital collections; contemporary ethics and best practices
Organizers: Marina Rustow (Princeton) and Luke Yarbrough (UCLA)
Sponsors: UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies; UCLA Islamic Studies; UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures; UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Manuscript, Rare Book and Archive Studies Initiative at Princeton; Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University; Firestone Library, Princeton University; UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Schedule and registration links
Aug 23, 2021 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Evyn Kropf | Introduction to Arabic Manuscripts: Overview, Terms, Methods, Special Challenges
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N7PHRtV2RFSYBxrYyNvhgA
Aug 23, 2021 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Nur Sobers-Khan | Manuscripts Remote and Digital: What to do with Digital Manuscripts?
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KNEA3VDNRJ2G6ITyGSWJ4A
Aug 24, 2021 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Nuria de Castilla | The Importance of Codicology: Manuscript Production, Support & Bindings
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-TnT4_EqTT-X0VSOuhyIeA
Aug 24, 2021 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
François Déroche | Codicological Structures: Pages & Quires
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Bl1yhkWERquf8yof-khp9Q
Aug 25, 2021 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Konrad Hirschler | Transmission of Arabic Manuscripts: Production & Usage Contexts, Transmissions/Ownership Notes & Readers’ Notes
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mBkDqT5eRyGEUhkufvOUzQ
Aug 25, 2021 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Kristina Richardson | Formal & Informal Copies: Commissioned, Personal, Ordinary & User-Produced Manuscripts
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VzwRWZJlTy6l9tk4rgbM_g
Aug 26, 2021 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Alain George | Scripts & Styles: Canonical Scripts, Informal Scripts & Limit-Cases
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_shQPDvdMQ42EAd0VjJc0Iw
Aug 26, 2021 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Naïm Vanthieghem | Paleography & Documentary Hands: Strategies & Resources for Decipherment
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qwy5_VI5QfWwbaAdgpecng
Aug 27, 2021 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Jan Just Witkam | From Codicology to the History of the Islamic Book
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tq_rQh9USx2xI7NMj7OZNQ
6. ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY – VIRTUAL LECTURE
by Professor Roger D. Long
Liaquat Ali Khan, Jinnah’s “Right Hand”: Politics and the Creation of Pakistan, 1895-1947
20th July 2021 at 6.30pm
If you would like to attend, please contact Matty Bradley by e-mail:
and the Zoom link will be provided.
7. The Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS), Busan University of Foreign
Studies (BUFS), Republic of Korea.
IMS is looking for a presenter of the 2021 International Mediterranean
Conference. The conference will be hold from 1st-2nd of October, 2021, with
title of “Renaissance and the Civilizational Exchange in the Central
Mediterranean ”. For further information, please refer below.
“2021 International Mediterranean Conference”
▶ Title : Civilization-Exchange in the Central Mediterranean and the
Renaissance
▶ Topic : General topics relevant to the central Mediterranean region
▶ Date : 1st-2nd of October, 2021. (Korean Standard Time)
▶ Venue ( Adjusted) : BUFS (Busan University of Foreign Studies)
▶ Host : Institute for Mediterranean Studies,
Busan University of Foreign Studies
▶ Application : Please send abstract within 200 words to icims@ims.or.kr by
30th of July (Fri), 2021
▶ IMS provides 1night of accommodation for foreign presenters
▶ Informations will be keep updated on IMS website
(http://www.ims.or.kr/icims.html)
▶ Please note that this conference may change into blending conference
according to pandemic situation.
▶ Online Registration (by 30th, July) : https://forms.gle/1hPLyBFq7vsWkySp8
(click to move)
* Please do note that online registration should be completed in advance of
submitting paper
* Online Registration will no longer be accepted after 30th of July (Fri),
2021
* For further information, please contact to : icims@ims.or.kr
8. The Military-Peace Complex, Gender and Materiality in Afghanistan
Hannah Partis-Jennings
Edinburgh, 2021
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-military-peace-complex.html
- July 17, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Conference: “Studying Islam and Muslims: Trajectories and Futures of South African Scholarship”, University of Cape Town, 13-15 July 2021
The aim of this conference is to trace past and potential trajectories of Islamic studies scholarship in Southern Africa. It also seeks to honour the associated scholarly legacies that have developed in the last 40 years.
For information and program contact rafudma@unisa.ac.za. Registration: https://forms.office.com/pages/re-sponsepage.aspx?id=jIuayqM-mUekPlUQOY56O3ILwTEa18pPlyQUTiom31BUR-jNHRDA0MjFSNkE3Nk5KUFFHR1ZTNVdSMC4u
2. ONLINE Lecture: “From Neighbors to Foreigners: Iranians in Bahrain in the Early 20th Cen-tury”, Arab Center Washington DC, 15 July 2021, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
This talk by Lindsey Stephenson will discuss some of the ways that economic and political transformations of the early 20th century changed the meaning of itinerancy in the Gulf. It will look specifically at the position of Iranians in Bahrain to explore the unfolding of new conceptions of space, identity, and belonging.
Information and registration: https://dohainstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/regis-ter/WN_VSv53shtQ0WjtTTiGLnFvw
3. International Colloquium: “Rewritings, Appropriations and Metamorphoses of Prophetic Figures in the Religious, Literary and Historiographical Texts of Pre-modern Islam”, Paris, 16-18 September 2021
This colloquium (in French, English and Arabic) will seek to grasp these itinerant figures, from the spaces in-between: the prophets of the pre-modern Arab world, between Judaism, Christianity and Islam, between sacred model and familiar figure of popular literature, between mythical authority and historical hero.
Information: prophetes.itinerants@gmail.com
4. ONLINE and In-Person: International Conference on “Hermeneutics of Quranic Norm Change”, Department of Islamic-Religious Studies, Erlangen, 14-15 October 2021
Information and program: https://www.dirs.phil.fau.eu/2021/07/07/international-conference-on-the-herme-neutics-of-quranic-norm-change-14th-15th-october-2021/
5. Professorship for Islamic Studies (Open Rank), Institute for Islamic and Middle Eastern Stud-ies, University of Bern
Qualification: Ability to cover in German the entire field in teaching. A research profile situated within the fields of history, cultural or social studies with a temporal focus on the 20th and 21st centuries. The geographical focus should lie on the Arab world. Required are excellent knowledge of Arabic, familiarity with current theo-retical approaches and research stays in the region.
Deadline for applications: 19 September 2021. Information: https://www.phil-hist.unibe.ch/about_us/now_happening/call_for_applications_islamic_studies/index_eng.html
6. Arabic Course Program by the “Département des Études Arabes, Médiévales et Modernes”, l’Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo) in Amman, Beirut or Online, October 2021 – June 2022
The program offers in-depth language and cultural training to trainees (students or non-students) who have already completed Modern Standard Arabic (MSA/fuṣḥā). The classes are taught in Arabic by Lebanese, Syrian and Jordanian professors.
Deadline for applications: 10 September 2021. Information: https://www.ifporient.org/stage-annuel-2021-2022-a-beyrouth-amman/
7. Chapters for: The making of contemporary Oman: The Sultan, the People and the Legacy of Peace
The book will capture the unique identity of the existing state, and the state-society dynamics through a group of critical chapters, each representing a piece of the puzzle. The book chapters will be covering issues of history, governance, foreign policy, political economy, energy, society and gender issues and more.
Deadline for abstracts: 8 August 2021. Information: GSPublications@qu.edu.qa
8. Chapters for Transnational Generations in the GCC Countries and Beyond
The project elaborates how migrants’ multiple belonging, orientations, and strategies give birth to today’s migration phenomenon in the Gulf. This project intends to understand and explicate the phenomenon of migration in the Gulf from the Gulf perspective with its probable complexities and varieties.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2021. Information: Contact Kyoko Matsukawa (kyoko@konan-u.ac.jp)
9. CFP, UPDATED – Monsters, Hexes, Nightmares: An Exploration into the Dark Side of Islamic Art, RSA 2022 Sponsored Session – Deadline August 5
This panel invites papers that investigate the visualizations of horrors, terrors, and malevolence in early-modern Islamic art (c. 1400-1800). From individual depictions of various “monsters” (jinns, divs, Iblis, etc.) to narrative cycles, from treatises on the occult to astronomical texts, a darker realm lurked in the arts of the Islamic world. Although not necessarily produced to evoke fear, nor defined and understood as dark, images of this invisible and other dimension had a potent presence that operated at the juncture of religion, science & medicine, superstition, and fantasy. Rather than descriptive accounts, the panel seeks papers that employ theoretical lenses (monster theory, affect theory, philosophy of horror, posthuman / inhuman studies, etc.) and innovative methodologies, addressing questions beyond style, genre, taxonomy, and representation. If a jinn from pre-Islamic Arab mythology could find its way simultaneously into the Quran, and into a constellation drawn from Greek mythology, all normative categories and modes of analyses fail. Hence, the primary aim of the panel is to highlight how images from / of the “dark side” performed in their individual contexts, what affects they activated, what boundaries they crossed, and what worlds they connected. Particularly welcome are comparative (within and beyond the Islamic world) and/or multidisciplinary studies, and papers that work across media.
Please submit a title, a 150-word abstract, a current CV, PhD or other terminal degree completion date (past or expected), and primary discipline (as listed at https://www.rsa.org/page/DisciplineReps) to Saygin Salgirli (saygin.salgirli@ubc.ca), by August 5, 2021.
10. The British Library
The art of small things (2): Text frames in Qur’an manuscripts from Southeast Asia
11. The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity to support public-facing historical projects related to the theme of “Turning Points” in history.
The Center will fund up to 5 projects that creatively engage with how the study of past turning points have affected the course of history, and how historical study can further public understanding of the present times.
We welcome applications that are original and imaginative in content and form. Proposals can include (but are not limited to) a series of blog posts, a series of podcast conversations, digital and in-person exhibits, an oral history project, an initiative with a local newspaper to write a series of op-eds, a mapping project, a multimedia resource, and other creative ideas.
Each grantee will receive up to $5,000 depending on the scope, size, and need of the proposal. The deadline for submissions is August 31, 2021, at 11:59 pm (EST).
Visit our website for more information about eligibility and requirements. https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/lepage/resources/turning-poi…
12. AMECYS Early Career Article Award Call for Submissions 2021
The Association for Middle East Children and Youth Studies
invites nominations for the 2021 AMECYS Early Career Article Award
The AMECYS is a private, non-profit, international association for scholars with an interest in the study of children and youth in the Middle East, North Africa and their diasporic communities. Through interdisciplinary programs, publications, and services, AMECYS promotes innovative scholarship, facilitates global academic exchange, and enhances public understanding about Middle Eastern children and youth in diverse times and places.
The recently established AMECYS Early Career Article Award recognizes and promotes good scholarship of young researchers for their exceptional contribution to the study of children and youth in the Middle East, North Africa and their diasporic communities.
Both self-nominations and nominations of others will be accepted. Each candidate should submit only one article that should meet the following criteria:
- By August 2021, the recipient must be within six years of having earned the doctoral degree (i.e., must have received his/her degree in 2015 or later).
- The articles (either in a periodical or a chapter in an edited book) must be scholarly, non-fiction, based on original research and published in English.
- Articles must have been published in the last three years (date of, 2019, 2020 2021).
- The subject matter must deal with the study of children or youth – broadly defined – in the Middle East, North Africa and their diasporic communities.
- Works not eligibleinclude multiple-author papers, proceedings of symposia, encyclopedic entries, bibliographies, dictionaries, textbooks, fiction, translated papers, and surveys.
- Nominations must be made by August 1st, 2021 for articles to be eligible for the competition.
Nominations must include an up-to-date CV and a one-page summary of the contribution written by the nominee. The summary of the contribution would ideally address the following areas: (1) quality of research; (2) relevance / contributions of research to child and youth studies in the Middle East, North Africa and their diasporic communities. All materials should be sent in one email to the committee chair Fruma Zachs (fzachs@research.haifa.ac.il ). The articles and submitted materials will be reviewed by three scholars. Materials must be received by August 1st, 2021.
The author of the AMECYS Early Career Article Award will receive $150 and a certificate of award. In the event of co-winners, prize money will be divided evenly among the winners. Honorable mentions also receive a certificate of award. Winners will be announced at the 55th MESA Annual Meeting. The results will also be posted on the AMECYS and MESA website and in other publications, as deemed appropriate by AMECYS.
*** No additional materials will be considered as part of the submission.
Reviewers
- Fruma Zachs (University of Haifa)
- Dawn Chatty (University of Oxford)
- Kathryn Libal (University of Connecticut)
13. CERAMICS FROM ISLAMIC LANDS CONFERENCE
Hosted by the Victoria and Albert Museum – taking place online!
19-23 JULY
https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/ZXZZjyXo/islamic-ceramics-online-conference-july-2021
The conference is free to attend.
Conference papers will be available to view to conference attendees from two weeks before and two weeks after the conference. The conference will then take the form of live online panel discussions, in the mornings and afternoons of 20th-23rd July, with the keynote lecture a live event on the evening of 19th July. All times are in BST.
14. The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies Presents:
The Unsung Poetry of Kurdish Women
Dr. Farangis Ghaderi, University of Exeter
Friday July 16, 4:00 P.M. EDT
Zoom Registration: https://bit.ly/3hjVoEo
- July 13, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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1. Call for Paper Proposals: The 5th Great Lakes Adiban Workshop in Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) invites submissions for its fifth annual workshop, scheduled to take place at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, on October 9–10, 2021. We welcome works in progress that would benefit from extensive discussion and feedback, and especially encourage graduate students to participate. This workshop might also prove beneficial for those planning to present at the MESA conference on October 28–31.
The Society aims to provide a regional forum for scholars of Islamicate adab, particularly of the medieval and early modern periods, to meet and share their work. We leave our parameters of language and genre intentionally open in order to invite as wide a collaboration as can be useful, but as a group we are generally interested in the literary production of the broad complex of premodern Muslim societies across the Eastern Hemisphere. This naturally includes the major Islamicate languages of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu, as well as many others (Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, Spanish, etc.) that participate in similar literary conventions.
In light of the continued travel restrictions imposed by the pandemic, the Workshop will take place in a hybrid format: scholars who can make the trip to Ann Arbor are encouraged to do so, but those who cannot may participate remotely via Zoom. Applicants may indicate their preference on the application below.
Those who wish to participate can apply by filling out our online application by August 16, 2021. Please note that each accepted participant will be given 45 minutes to present and discuss their work; because of this, we have limited space and may have to turn down some submissions if we get too many. In such an event, preference will generally be given to graduate students, regional scholars, and works in progress. All in-person participants should plan to cover the costs of travel and lodging, but graduate students should note that we may (funding permitting) be able to offer small grants to help offset these expenses.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at greatlakesadibansociety@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
2. International Conference on Literature and Humor: The Trickster and His Subversive Tales
We are pleased to invite you to attend the online International Conference on “Literature and Humor: The Trickster and His Subversive Tales,” on November 4-7, 2021. The conference is organized by the Journal of Arabic and World Literature: Comparative and Multidisciplinary Perspectives (AWL), published at Andromeda Publishing and Academic Services, UK (http://journals.andromedapublisher.com/index.php/AWL).
We invite scholars to explore interdisciplinary themes related to multiple humorous and satirical narratives, presenting the various sets of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish treatment of the trickster character in order to identify cross-temporal and trans-local conceptualizations of the comic manifestation in samples of high literature as well as in folk narratives. Applying a comparative approach the conference aspires to facilitate a dialogue between classical and modern conceptualizations of the comic while questioning their boundaries.
Topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Modern Theories of Humor and Laughter.
- Humor in Middle Eastern Popular Culture: Juha in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Narratives.
- Juha and tricksters in European Oral Tradition and Literature.
- Puns and Word-Play: Linguistic Ambiguity in Humorous Narratives.
- Political Satire in Classical Arabic Literature and the Modern-day Satirical Works related to Juha.
- Juha, Our Contemporary: Juha and the Social Media.
- Humorous Narratives as Resistance to and Subversion of Social Norms.
- Gendered Approaches to Humor.
- The Challenges of Translating Humor
For more information, please visit:
http://conferences.andromedapublisher.com/Literature-and-Humor-AIC
We look forward to meeting you in the conference.
Best regards,
The Organizing Committee
3. Autofiction: A Female Francophone Aesthetic of Exile
Seminar
8 September 2021
12:00-13:30 BST
https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24520
Speakers:
Antonia Wimbush (Liverpool)
Leslie Barnes (Australian National University)
Amaleena Damlé (Durham)
Natalie Edwards (Adelaide)
Chair: Joseph Ford (IMLR)
All are welcome to attend this free conference, which will be held online via Zoom at 12:00 BST. You will need to register in advance to receive the online joining link: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24520
Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing
Institute of Modern Languages Research
School of Advanced Study | University of London
Room 239 | Senate House | Malet Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK
http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk | modernlanguages@sas.ac.uk
4. Grabar Travel Grant
Deadline: August 15, 2021
This competition is open to graduate students (doctoral candidates) who have been invited or accepted as participants in a scholarly conference or other professional meeting for the purpose of presenting papers, chairing sessions or moderating discussions.
The maximum amount of the award is $700 US.
Applicants must be HIAA members in good standing at the time of application. Grabar Travel Grants must be used within 12 months of the award date.
Applications must include the following five components and be submitted in a single pdf to the Grabar Travel Committee Chair, Matthew Saba (grabar.hiaa@gmail.com) by August 15, 2021:
- Application cover sheet, available here
- A cover letter explaining the applicant’s purpose in participating in the conference, the expected benefits of participation, and an itemized travel budget
- Curriculum vitae
- Letter of acceptance from the conference/session organizer(s).
- Abstract of the paper to be presented.
In addition, a letter of recommendation from the applicant’s primary supervisor should be sent directly to the Grabar Travel Committee Chair, Matthew Saba (grabar.hiaa@gmail.com) by the deadline.
Applicants from outside the United States are responsible for meeting the requirements for and obtaining any visas necessary for visits to or residence and research in the United States. Upon request, HIAA will supply documentation of the grant and/or fellowship award, the dates of the award, and financial support.
For further details and to apply, please visit: https://www.historiansofislamicart.org/opportunities/hiaa-prizes/grabar-grants-and-fellowships
5. Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661–1257
Taef El-Azhari
Edinburgh, 2021
6. Between Sea & Sky
Blue and White Ceramics from Persia and Beyond
Fine Arts Museum, Houston (TX)
BBC Persian TV’s Pejman Akbarzadeh reviews the exhibition (+ Interview with Gary Tinterow, director of the Fine Arts Museum, Houston and Aimée Froom, curator)
https://youtu.be/CH0CDX5X6KY (in Persian)
7. Revealed Sciences: The Natural Sciences in Islam in Seventeenth Century Morocco
Justin Stearns
Cambridge, 2021
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/revealed-sciences/097BF5B0D6CA2E83366034868638ECFD
- July 10, 2021
- by Andrew Newman
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