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1.BIPS (The British Institute of Persian Studies) is currently accepting applications for the April 2020 round of research and travel grants.
Prospective grant applicants will be able to find details on the application process at the BIPS’ website at: https://www.bips.ac.uk/bips-april-2020-21-grants/.
The deadline for applications is Tuesday 31 March at 6pm.
NB: Applicants must be affiliated to a British higher educational institutionto be considered for a BIPS grant.
2. Middle East Librarian at Georgetown University
- March 07, 2020
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. The Latin Qur’an Workshop
9-11 March, 2020
Sala de Graus
Facultat de FilosoÞa i Lletres
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB
Programme at: https://euqu.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/829/2020/01/EuQu-Latin-Quran-Workshop-Brochure-Barcelona-March-2020.pdf
2. International Conference: “Eastern European-Ottoman-Persian Mobility Dynamics”, University of Giessen, 21–23 May 2020
See program at https://www.transottomanica.de/activities/conferences/21-23-may-giessen
3. Monographs and Edited Books on the MENA Region for the Peter Lang’s Series “Global Politics”
We invite scholarly monographs authored by academics on topical questions in international relations and the modern and contemporary history of the Middle East and North Africa. The aim is to promote deeper knowledge of emerging issues and trends. Publications include original monographs and edited volumes which combine a grasp of the past, an understanding of present dynamics, and a vision about potential futures.
Information: lorenzo.kamel@unito.it; https://www.peterlang.com/abstract/serial/GPS
4. The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS) at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries is accepting applications for its 2020-2021 Visiting Research Fellowship program. Guided by the vision of its founders, Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, SIMS aims to bring manuscript culture, modern technology, and people together to provide access to and understanding of our shared intellectual heritage. Part of the Penn Libraries, SIMS oversees an extensive collection of premodern manuscripts from around the world (https://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/medren), with a special focus on the history of philosophy and science, and creates open-access digital content to support the study of its collections. SIMS also hosts the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts (https://sdbm.library.upenn.edu/) and the annual Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age (http://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/ljs-symposium).
The SIMS Visiting Research Fellowships have been established to encourage research relating to the premodern manuscript collections at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, including the Schoenberg Collection. Affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, located near other manuscript-rich research collections (the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Science History Institute, and the Rosenbach Museum and Library, among many others), and linked to the local and international scholarly communities, SIMS offers fellows a network of resources and opportunities for collaboration. Fellows will be encouraged to interact with SIMS staff, Penn faculty, and other medieval and early modern scholars in the Philadelphia area. Fellows will also be expected to present their research at Penn Libraries either during the term of the fellowship or on a selected date following the completion of the term.
Applicants can apply to spend 1 month (minimum of 4 work weeks) at SIMS between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021. Applications are due May 15, 2020. For more information and to apply, please visit: https://schoenberginstitute.org/visiting-research-fellowships-2/
- March 03, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. The British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS) will agan offer its Persian Miniatures Course in partnership with the Centre for Iranian Studies (SOAS). The course will run on Monday evenings from 20 April to 22 June 2020 inclusive.
Please note the deadline for registration is 13 April 2020. BIPS members are offered a 10% discount on the course fee.
See https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/persian-miniatures-course-2/ for further information.
2. Lecturer in History, SOAS University of London
The School of History, Religions and Philosophies invites applications for a three-year fixed-term lectureship in history starting in July 2020. The preferred candidate will engage in language-based scholarship on the history of the Middle East, with a demonstrated openness to transnational and interdisciplinary approaches. We particularly welcome applicants working on histories of gender, migration and diasporas, and the environment. The periodic focus is open.
Closing Date | 27 March 2020
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BYX316/lecturer-in-history-3-year-ftc
3. Call for Contributions: Protecting Religious Freedoms and Minorities in MENA
Rowaq Arabi
Rowaq Arabi, an electronic magazine specialising in human rights studies in the Middle East and North Africa, is calling for contributions under the theme of ‘Protecting Religious Freedoms and Religious Minorities’. Submissions can include papers, analyses, and book reviews, and are accepted in Arabic or English.
Deadline for submissions | 31 March 2020
https://rowaq.cihrs.org/protecting-religious-freedoms-and-minorities/?lang=en
4. CfP: “Diasporic Political Communication: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives”
TIMETABLE
15 April 2020: Deadline for abstracts (approx. 500 words, to be sent to this email: mediasp@hum.ku.dk)
1 May 2020: Editors’ response to abstracts.
1 October 2020: Deadline for full chapters (8,000 words).
15 November 2020: Authors receive reviews.
15 December 2020: Deadline for revised chapters.
Spring 2021: Publication of edited book.
For further information contact the email address above.
5. The interdisciplinary Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz on “Early Concepts of Humans and Nature” invites applications for five doctoral positions, starting at October 1st, 2020. The disciplines cooperating in this programme are Classical Archaeology, Classics (Greek and Latin), Byzantine Studies, Egyptology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Pre- and Protohistorical Archaeology (Pleistocene Archaeology), Near Eastern Archaeology and Medieval German Studies.
Please submit your complete application in electronic form (pdf) no later than April 30th, 2020 to the Research Training Group’s spokesperson Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tanja Pommerening (grk1876@uni-mainz.de ).
For all information, see the webpage: https://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb07-grk-man-nature/available-positions/
6. Arizona State University seeks a faculty associate to teach elementary or intermediate intensive Persian in its 2020 summer Critical Languages Institute. Candidates must have a Master’s degree or higher in philology, linguistics, language teaching or a closely related field by the time of appointment; possess native proficiency in Persian; and have at least one year’s experience teaching Persian at the university level to non-native speakers. Strong preference will go to candidates who have successfully taught in intensive language programs, to candidates with experience teaching independently, and to candidates with high levels of proficiency in English. The successful candidates will teach Persian 4 hours a day, five days a week, for eight weeks and will contribute to cultural programming.
Information on the ASU summer Persian program is available at http://cli.asu.edu/Persian
Compensation for the 7-week 2020 program consists of a salary of $8960, housing in Tempe (a taxable benefit), and reimbursement for air/ground travel of up to $500.
The application package must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and a teaching portfolio (recent syllabi and teaching evaluations). Materials should be emailed to: cli@asu.edu.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. Please see ASU’s complete non-discrimination statement at: http://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd401.html and https://www.asu.edu/titleIX/.
7. Open Letter of Support for the Recognition, Preservation and Preparation for Study of Historical Texts from Ghur, Afghanistan – invitation for signature
We are writing to you as a scholar working on Afghanistan’s history or related fields to ask for your support for an open letter urging the Afghan authorities to safeguard a set of more than ninety 11th and 12th century manuscripts of texts cared for by a local resident in Ghur province, Afghanistan. The details are spelled out in the letter.
If you would like to sign, please click on this hyperlinked Google document and add your name. Alternatively, if you are unsure about how to do it, just send us an email and we will add your name for you. We will keep the letter open for signature for the next nine days until Sunday, 8th of March 2020 (international women’s day) at 23:59, after which we will issue it to the Afghan authorities.
It would be wonderful to have your support!
With best wishes,
Jawan Shir Rasikh (Visiting Research Associate, University of Toronto)
Arezou Azad (Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford)
- February 29, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Ten student travel grants of 100€ to attend the Avicenna Study Group.
This group will come together for its third meeting from 03–05 June to discuss the relations between and among Avicenna’s eight main works. The conference bears the title “Surveying the summae: Comparisons and Contrasts among Avicenna‘s Eight Main Works” at Trier University, Germany.
Ten travel grants of 100€ each will be given to interested BA, MA or PhD students to support them and cover some of the costs to attend the Avicenna Study Group meeting.
Interested students are asked to submit a short letter of motivation of 200-300 words together with a CV via email to lammer@uni-trier.de by 28 February 2020. Selected students will be informed by 01 March 2020.
Fourteen papers will cover different philosophical disciplines (e.g., logic, physics, psychology, metaphysics) across the eight main works of Avicenna (al-Ḥikma al-ʿArūḍiyya, ʿUyūn al-ḥikma, al-Hidāya, al-Šifāʾ, al-Naǧāt, Dānešnāme-ye ʿAlāʾī, al-Ḥikma al-mašriqiyya, al-Išārāt wa-l-tanbīhāt).
They will investigate and asses the relations between these eight works, their intended readership and Avicenna’s intentions in them alongside his style, terminology, and arguments as well as his personal and scientific development.
The confirmed speakers are: Asad Q. Ahmed, Tommaso Alpina, Silvia Di Vincenzo, Dimitri Gutas, Jules Janssens, Yuta Komura, Olga Lizzini Wahid Amin, Amos Bertolacci, Nadja Germann & Mostafa Najafi, Shahrzad Irannejad, Dustin Klinger, Alexander Lamprakis and Jon McGinnis
2. CfP: 2nd Symposium on Translation
Friday November 6, 2020
The Iranian Studies Initiative
University of California, Santa Barbara
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Franklin Lewis
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
The University of Chicago
This symposium looks at the role of translation in bridging the growing political gulf between the Middle East and the United States. Our goal is to create a transnational conversation between the two regions, specifically translations of texts from Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, and Kurdish into English, and the reverse. Although in recent years, border politics have been restricting the physical movements of people, as Lovejoy has stated, “Ideas are the most migratory things in the world.” In the age of Internet and Facebook, images, beliefs and speeches have become more mobile than ever before and no border or boundary can reverse this process. We welcome a wide array of papers across all relevant disciplines that would shed light on the ways in which the act of translation has become a radical project, building bridges between people and not “walls.” The symposium is interested in papers that would explore the following issues:
- How have major historical events of the 20th and 21st centuries impacted the choice of texts to be translated?
- Is translation a political and/or literary act?
- How has globalization impacted the choice of texts for translation?
- How has migration, and the creation of Middle Eastern diaspora communities, impacted the reception of translated texts?
- Do translators create a utopian vision of the unseen culture through their work?
- What role does ideology play in selection of texts for translation?
- Do the tastes and needs of an American audience impact the choice of texts to be translated? If so, how does a translator address this issue?
Please send a 250-word proposal for a 20-minute individual presentation exploring one or more of the above issues. Please send your abstracts to translationucsb2020@gmail.com by April 15, 2020. Include the title of your presentation, any academic affiliation, and a brief (100-150 words) bio.
3. Conference: “Iraqi Studies: Past, Present, and Future“, Columbia University, New York, 28-29 February 2020
See program at http://cih.columbia.edu/iraqi-studies-past-present-and-future/
4. Graduate Student Conference of the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, Columbia University, 5-6 March 2020
The conference brings together graduate students working on the social and intellectual traditions of those three regions related to political economy and social history; study of mysticism; devotional traditions; imperialism and colonialism; law and political structures; etc.
5. 2nd Mid-Atlantic Ottoman Studies Workshop on “Global Ottoman Empire”, Hagop Kevorkian Center for the Near Eastern Studie, New York University, 27-29 March 2020
The workshop will emphasize the connectivity not only between the Ottoman Empire and the surrounding polities, but also among communities, individuals, and many other groups within and beyond its imperial boundaries. Submissions are from history, literary studies, manuscript studies, art & architectural history.
6. Conference: “The Influence of Islam in Politics and Society: Civic Engagement, Social Inclusion and Political Participation”, American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS), Villanova University, PA, 27-28 March 2020
The conference puts particular emphasis on socio-political dimensions of Islam and covers a vast range of topics and areas from Sufism, the so-called apolitical dimension of the faith to economic and financial aspects of Islam, both in Muslim and non-Muslim societies.
Information: https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/publications/jsames/acsis/conference.html
7. 11th Western Ottomanists’ Workshop, California State University Sacramento, 10-11 April 2020
Scholars and graduate students interested in Ottoman studies will present work in progress, and engage in broad dialogue with colleagues in different fields and disciplines.
8. 16th Convention of the “Great Lakes Ottomanist Workshop”, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal, 25-26 April 2020
See program and abstracts at
https://www.mcgill.ca/islamicstudies/files/islamicstudies/glowprogramabstracts.pdf
9. Academic Roundtable: “Jerusalem in Memory and Eschatology: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visions of the Past and Future of Jerusalem”, Swedish Theological Institute, Jerusalem, 25-28 May 2020
This conference will reflect on how Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions of the religiously remembered past and the religiously anticipated future shape understandings of Jerusalem within each tradition. It also aims to apply these reflections to an analysis of current views of Jerusalem within diverse religious traditions, through an investigation of how these sacred histories and eschatologies shape the way that Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities understand the significance of the complex and conflicted city of Jerusalem today.
10. 42nd Annual Conference of Middle East Librarians (MELCom International), University of Marburg, 26-28 May 2020
The local convenor is Dr Susanne Saker. Papers focus on: Librarianship, collection development and acquisition policies of Middle Eastern collections as sources for area studies; Cataloguing policies and practices; Current issues in information studies on the Middle East, etc. An excursion will also take place on 29 May.
Information: http://www.melcominternational.org/; Contact: melcomintl.secretary@gmail.com
11. 4th International Conference on Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter, 18-20 June 2020
Thematic areas include Kurdish literature, women’s participation in politics, cultural production, history, political international relations, governance, civil society, civil rights, diplomacy, conflict and democratization, forced displacement, internal and external interference, internal colonialization and rewriting Kurdish history.
12. 4th Australasian Conference on Islam: “Muslim Youth in the West: Social, Religious, Political Challenges and Opportunities”, Deakin University, Melbourne, 9-10 July 2020
This conference aims to explore the social, religious and political challenges affecting Muslim youth in Western societies and the ways in which Muslim youth have responded to these issues.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 March 2020. Information: cisac@csu.edu.au
13. Annual Conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington, DC, 10-13 October 2020
MESA is primarily concerned with the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab World from the 7th century to modern times. Other regions including Spain, Southeastern Europe, China and the former Soviet Union, also are included for the periods in which these territories were parts of the Middle Eastern empires or under the influence of Middle Eastern civilization.
Information: https://mesana.org/
14. Conference: “Knowledge Systems and Ottoman-European Encounters: Spatial and Social Dynamics”, University of Zurich, 21-23 January 2021
The conference will focus on knowledge from or about the Ottoman Empire in the early modern period, addressing two questions: from a spatial perspective, how can the Ottoman Empire be included into a European history of knowledge? From a social viewpoint: how was knowledge inside or about the Ottoman Empire organized and what kind of social functions can there be distinguished?
15. Full PhD Scholarship (Fees and Maintenance) in any Area of Law, Politics, or International Relations, Dublin City University
Outstanding PhD candidates will be offered a fee waiver and a tax-free scholarship of €16,000 per annum for four years. The School operates a full-time four-year PhD programme with a range of taught courses in the first year and further professional training offered in other years. The school provides a supportive atmosphere for research postgraduates with dedicated supervisory teams, weekly research seminars in both law and politics, and opportunities to teach.
Deadline for application: 29 March 2020. Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BYR192/phd-research-in-any-area-of-law-politics-or-international-relations
16. Invitation for New Members of the “Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA)”
Excellent young scholars (3-10 years after PhD) from Germany and all Arab countries are invited to apply for membership in AGYA.
Deadline for application: 29 March 2020. Information: www.agya.info/cfm2020
17. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Curatorial Assistant, Art of the Islamic Worlds
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59954
| Closing Date | 05/19/2020 |
18. University of Southern California – Postdoctoral Scholar – Teaching Fellow in Middle East Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59955
| Closing Date | 05/19/2020 |
19. CfP | Second Annual Armenian International Congress on Oriental Studies – ACOS’20
The Department of Oriental Studies at the Yerevan State University (Armenia) invites you to the Second Annual Armenian International Congress on Oriental Studies – ACOS’20 – to be held on October 23-24, 2020 in Yerevan (Armenia). The First Congress was held in 2018 and around 70 scholars and researchers participated from more than 10 countries.
The Armenian International Congress on Oriental Studies is a bi-annual conference, which aims to provide a unique platform to discuss the most critical problems of contemporary studies in the broad field of Middle Eastern studies.
We invite proposals for papers and pre-arranged panels from graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars working on the Middle East from the ancient times to the present day, including but not limited to history, religious studies, geography, anthropology, political science, literary studies, linguistics, philosophy, art history, and media studies.
Theme. We also encourage submissions related to the theme of this year’s conference, Sovietization of the Caucasus and the Greater Middle East. Questions of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Consequences of the Sovietization of Southern Caucasus: demographic change, formation of identity, cultural transformations, new border identity.
- Communism in the Middle East in 1920s: from internationalism to nationalism?
- The perception of the sovietization of South Caucasus in the Middle East: a threat, an inspiration or ideological transformations?
Application. Please send submissions electronically to orientconference@ysu.am, no later than Friday, July 31, 2020. Please include each presenter’s name, institution, and position, as well as a separate file including a 250-word abstract with a tentative title. For pre-arranged panels, please send a single email with an overall panel description plus individual paper abstracts. The best abstracts will summarize the paper’s topic, its relationship and contribution to the existing scholarship and preliminary conclusions. Abstracts will be evaluated anonymously by the organizing committee; therefore, please do not include names or any identifying information in the abstract. Please feel free to email us for any inquiry at the above address. Accepted abstracts will be announced by August 17, 2020. Accepted papers should be sent by September 25, 2020.
Best papers will be published in the special issue of the “The Problems of Oriental Studies”.
A limited number of funding is available for accommodation in Yerevan (based on needs).
Please circulate widely!
For questions and accessibility concerns, please write to orientconference@ysu.am. Further information can also be found at our website – acos.ysu.am.
20. Roshan Lecturer in Persian Studies
College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Maryland seeks applications for a position as a full-time lecturer, professional track, beginning Fall 2020. Candidates should have a track record in teaching Persian language as well as the ability to offer undergraduate courses taught in English in one or more of the following areas: Iranian art, society and culture, and social media. Through teaching both upper- and lower-division language and culture courses, the Roshan Lecturer will play a key role in attracting talented undergraduates to UMD’s Persian program and familiarizing them with contemporary Iran. Applicants must have a commitment to excellence in teaching; native or near-native fluency in Persian and English; and a Ph.D. in hand by August 2020. Experience with fundraising is a plus.
To apply, please submit a copy of your CV, personal statement, and two syllabi (one for a language course, and one for a content course) designed, and preferably already taught, by the applicant, along with contact information for three references who will be asked to provide a confidential letter of recommendation, all through the University of Maryland online employment application system at: https://ejobs.umd.edu.
Priority will be given to applications received by March 27, 2020. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. This position is contingent on the continued availability of funds.
The School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures seeks to investigate and engage with the linguistic, cultural, cinematic, and literary worlds of speakers of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish, as well as questions surrounding language learning itself. Its 15 units are organized into 7 Departments (Arabic; East Asian Languages and Cultures; French and Italian; Germanic Studies; Persian; Russian; Spanish and Portuguese); 4 independent programs (Central European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies; Film Studies; Hebrew; Second Language Acquisition); the Center for East Asian Studies; Roshan Institute for Persian Studies; the Language House Living-Learning Program, and the Summer Institute. To learn more about the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, please visit our website at: www.sllc.umd.edu.
The University of Maryland is an EOE/AA Employer Minorities, Women, Protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities are Encouraged to Apply.
- February 25, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Arab Diaspora Conference 2020: “Reclaiming the Public Narrative, Voices of the Middle East“, University of Ottawa, 24 February 2020
This is a unique gathering that brings together around 30 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) human rights and democracy defenders from the MENA region. Defenders will present on public panels with participants invited from the public sector, academia, civil society and activist communities in Canada.
Information and registration: https://uocal.uottawa.ca/en/node/24419
2. Conference: “Acts of Excommunication in the Late Antique and Early Islamicate Middle East”, University of Leiden, 12-13 March 2020
This conference aims to bring together both senior and junior scholars to present research which illuminates the dynamics implicit in the act of excommunication and associated practices: ostracism, anathema, and other forms of religio-social exclusion, among the major religious communities of the Islamicate world, 600-1200 CE: including various Christian and Jewish denominations, Sunni, Shiʿi, ‘Khārijī’ and other groups within Islam; Zoroastrians and other relevant groups.
3. 3rd Islamicate Digital Humanities Conference (Online Conference) of the Islamicate Digital Humanities Network (IDHN), 29 April 2020
We are calling for contributions from scholars employing digital methods in their research within the Islamicate Studies and related fields in the Humanities, as well as from our colleagues in Linguistics and Computer Science. We will have 4-6 presentations of 20 minutes each in which you can introduce your project and share your expertise and questions with the network.
To contribute, send an email to info@idhn.org with a description of your presentation. Information https://idhn.org/conferences/ and join the network at https://idhn.org/contact/.
4. 10 Postgraduate Bursaries for the MA Programme at the Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies, Royal Holloway University of London
The bursaries will reduce tuition fees by between £500 and £5000.
Deadline for application: 30 March 2020.
Information: https://bit.ly/37tQgFh; contact: ciwas@rhul.ac.uk
5. GTOT Grant for Innovative Projects by Young Scholars – Funding Period: 2020, Society for Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies
All proposals aiming at supporting young scholars and/or Turkology as a study program will be considered.
Extended deadline: 21 February 2020.
Information: http://www.gtot.org/news/gtot-call/?lang=en
6. Intensive Ottoman Summer Program, Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED), Istanbul, 6 July-14 August 2020
The program aims to develop the students’ reading and comprehension skills and expertise on a variety of Ottoman sources including archival documents, manuscripts, and epigraphic material. The material will accordingly present a wide array of content and narrative types.
Deadline for application: 9 March 2020.
Information: https://anamed.ku.edu.tr/en/summer-programs/ottoman-summer-program/
7. CFP: Ceramics from Islamic Lands – V&A, Dec. 3-5
International conference:
Ceramics from Islamic Lands
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
3 to 5 December 2020
Organised by Mariam Rosser-Owen (V&A) and Leslee Michelsen (Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art)
The V&A proposes to hold a conference on the theme of ceramics from Islamic lands. Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers on any theme, including but not limited to: significant bodies of archaeological material, ceramic imports into the Islamic world, trade with China, Europe and the Americas, ceramics produced in South and South-East Asia under Muslim rule, object-focused and art historical studies, studies in conservation or restoration, scientific analysis, technology and technique, architecture, epigraphy, historicism and revival (in particular within the region), the formation of private and public collections from the 19th century to today, continuity and change under colonialism, modernism, contemporary artistic practice, and contemporary craft traditions.
Please send abstracts of 250 words to ceramicsfromislamiclands@gmail.com by 30th April 2020. We aim to contact those selected to participate by the end of June. We plan to cover speakers’ travel and accommodation costs for the duration of the conference. We also hope to provide fellowships to support the travel of a limited number of colleagues and students from under-represented institutions and countries who wish to attend the conference. Further information on these will be announced later in the year.
This conference is being organised to coincide with two exhibitions taking place at the V&A this autumn: Epic Iran (17 October 2020-3 May 2021) and Contemporary Ceramics from the Middle East (8 June 2020-31 January 2021). The backdrop to the conference will be one of the greatest collections of ceramics in the world. The V&A’s holdings include examples of the earliest type of glazed wares made in the Middle East as well as pieces from the 19th century, and they range across all the geographies encompassed within the discipline of ‘Islamic art’, with particularly large and significant groups of ceramics from medieval and Safavid Iran and the Ottoman world. The Museum also holds important European material inspired by Islamic designs. Today its curators are actively bringing these collections into the 20th and 21st centuries.
For further information, please contact the organisers on the above email address.
8. Aga Khan Museum Collection Online
The Aga Khan Museum is proud to announce that 500 artworks in our collection are now available online, where they can be studied by researchers and enjoyed by the general public.
The Museum launched this digitization project in 2017, three years after opening. At the outset of the project, we focused on digitizing the majority of our Shahnameh paintings, most of them dispersed; our Tiraz textiles; and our Iranian ceramics from different eras. In 2018, we turned our attention to manuscripts, other paintings, and drawings; and last year, artworks in different media were our primary focus.
I would like to acknowledge and thank all of you—including more than 30 scholars worldwide and Aga Khan Museum staff—who have devoted time and expertise to this ambitious endeavour. The digitization of the collection is an ongoing project, and, in time, we aim to provide free online access to our entire collection.
Please visit us at agakhanmuseum.org to explore our collection. To view a selection of published artworks, see AKM165, AKM673, AKM289, AKM646, AKM386,AKM809.
9. Call for Applicants – An Introduction to Islamic Manuscript Culture Workshop, University of Michigan Library – 28-29 Oct.
An Introduction to Islamic Manuscript Culture
Workshop with curator and manuscript specialist, Evyn Kropf
28-29 October 2020, Special Collections Research Center, University of Michigan Library
Offered in conjunction with the HIAA 2020 Biennial Symposium “Regime Change” at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, this intensive workshop will provide participants with a broad introduction to the study of Islamic manuscript cultures and will feature exemplars from the Islamic Manuscripts Collection preserved in the University of Michigan Library.
The workshop will be structured around lectures interspersed with hands-on sessions presenting fundamental elements of Islamic manuscript studies with a focus on codicology & palaeography. The following topics will be covered:
-An introduction to codicological studies
-Writing material: parchment and paper
-Structures: the codex & beyond
-Bindings
-Layout / ruling, media and ornament
-Scripts & hands
-Paratexts, annotations, marks of ownership, etc
-Overview of describing manuscripts
Attendance will be capped at fifteen participants. Priority will be given to graduate student attendees of the symposium, but applications from postdocs and established scholars will also be considered.
Through generous grants from the U-M History of Art Department and University Library, fees will be waived, and selected participants will be offered two nights’ accommodation (Tuesday 27 October and Wednesday 28 October) as well as refreshments and lunch each of the workshop days. Participants will be expected to cover their own travel and dinners.
Interested applicants should submit this form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1qDF0JlNSRQkg6ZOo5YiXqvXRBlqGmF3xzl_IEYtzzsUTJA/viewform) and email a copy of their CV to ekropf@umich.edu.
Applications will remain open until 15 March 2020.
Selected participants will be notified by 15 April 2020.
Feel free to contact ekropf@umich.edu with any questions.
10. Umayyad Art Re-examined: A New Attitude to Images and Discourse in Visuality
with Dr Valerie Gonzalez, Research Associate, SOAS
on Thursday 27 February 2020 from 5.30 pm to 7 pm
SOAS, 10 Thornhaugh St, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0XG Room 4426 (4th floor, Main Building)
Convenor: Professor Anna Contadini
This seminar will re-examine the established scholarly findings of Umayyad art as a transitional production essentially anchored in the Western and Eastern Late Antique traditions that have inspired it. It will be argued instead that the Umayyads brought about an aesthetic revolution laying out the fundaments of what has become known as ‘Islamic ornament’, a predominantly aniconic form of visual expression. For beyond the adaptive borrowing of pre-existing forms, the Umayyads redefined the art’s condition of meaning based on an unprecedented attitude to images and visual discourse informed by Islamic ontotheology and metaphysics.
For further inquiries, contact Dr Tanja Tolar on tt30@soas.ac.uk.
- February 18, 2020
- by Andrew Newman
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1.The Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice (formerly the Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law) is pleased to announce the call for papers and book reviews for its 2020 Issue.
MJTILP is a peer reviewed journal and can be accessed on HeinOnline. The journal welcomes submission of articles that meet its objectives for consideration with a view to publication. The journal comprises of three sections: (1) Articles, (2) Recent Developments, and (3) Book Reviews. The normal word length for articles is between 5000-8000 words (10000 including footnotes). The journal also welcomes shorter contributions (between 2000 to 3000 words) for its ‘Recent Developments’ section.
The MJTILP is not restricted to any specific field of law and aims to cover a wide range of subjects relevant to Islamic law and practice. Topics of particular interest include: transnational forms of Islamic law; constitutional developments, law reform and application of international law in the Muslim world; application of Shariah in Muslim or non-Muslim States; accommodation of Muslims in non-Muslim State; comparative practices of Muslim majority States; and intersections between Islamic law and international law or other religious and secular legal systems.
The deadline for submissions for the 2020 Issue is June 30th, 2020. The Issue will be published by the end of October 2020.
Please get in touch with the Editor-in-Chief Dr Ahmad Ghouri (a.a.ghouri@sussex.ac.uk ) if you have any questions with regards to MJTILP or would like to discuss your paper submission.
2. The Graduate Student Group of Northwestern University’s Middle East and North African Studies Program is pleased to announce a one-day graduate student symposium, “Locating the Field: New Directions in Middle East and North African Studies,” on Friday, May 22nd in Evanston, Illinois. We welcome contributions from graduate students across the humanities and social sciences.
Symposium Theme:
Recent scholarship has challenged canonical geographical, political, and sociocultural constructions of the Middle East and North Africa, detailing otherwise silenced histories, and theorizing possible future directions for the field. This symposium welcomes papers that challenge, expand, or dismantle the physical and symbolic boundaries of MENA–both as place and as discipline–through critical, interdisciplinary scholarship. Given recent and ongoing developments throughout MENA, there is a heightened need to further our understanding of the relationships between people, the spaces they inhabit, and the places they move through. Through this symposium, we will explore several topics and provide different lenses for locating and (re)imagining MENA. We hope to generate debate across universities about the troubled legacies and potential futures of area studies in the context of ongoing movement and change.
Possible topics for submissions:
We are looking for papers that include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Incorporating diasporic communities and their ongoing circulations: How does the movement of people and the circulation of commodities and ideas reframe our understanding of the region? What role do diasporic communities, transnational migrants, and refugees of various conflicts play in shaping home- and host-lands? How are migrant lives shaped by labor demands, institutional pressures, and state policies? In turn, do migrants’ day-to-day practices and movements disrupt academic categorizations? And what about internal migration?
- Frustrated uprisings, derailed revolutions: In the aftermath of the 2011 uprisings, how does MENA fit within/diverge from global resistance? Are emergent patterns around counter-revolutionary effort and the securitization of governance rooted within and/or beyond MENA? How do we address the interrelations of militarized police forces, securitized governance, the global arms industry, and the proliferation of conflict zones – territorial and transborder?
- MENA and the environment: What are locally grounded visions for social, cultural, political sustainability, and where does environmental sustainability figure? How do the legacies of resource extraction, expansionary capitalism, and the lack of sustainability efforts affect communities in the present moment, and in the near and distant future? Are we seeing new efforts or old patterns in indigenous and minority populations’ advocacy for land rights and sustainable development?
- MENA and the production of knowledge: How have recent developments in the field changed the relations between academics and their sites of study? Where have scholars located MENA within studies of the global (world history, international studies, world literature)? How can MENA studies respond to calls to decolonize knowledge production? In what ways can postcolonial, feminist, queer, Marxist, or other critical theoretical approaches contribute to this process?
Logistics:
To submit a paper proposal, please send a title and an abstract of ~250 words to northwesternmena@gmail.com by March 15th. All applicants will be notified about the status of their submission by early April. Accepted applicants will submit a full paper (8-10pp) in mid-May for the symposium. We can help coordinate the pairing of presenters for hotel or other accommodation upon request, though the program cannot cover travel to, or lodging at Northwestern. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided for all presenters on the day of the symposium. Attendees will also have a chance to engage with Northwestern’s MENA faculty and will receive substantial feedback from graduate student respondents on their submitted papers.
Please direct any questions to the emails provided below. We look forward to hosting you on the banks of Lake Michigan!
Northwestern MENA Graduate Group Co-Presidents: Nicholas Bascuñan-Wiley: nickbw@u.northwestern.edu
Matthew Randle-Bent: matthewbent@u.northwestern.edu
- February 15, 2020
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1.Séminaire « Altérités religieuses en questions : chrétienté(s) et islam(s) : du moyen âge jusqu’à l’époque coloniale », l’Université de Nantes, 20 février 2020
2. International Conference: “Hermeneutics of Quranic Norm Change“, University of Erlangen, 15-16 April 2020
See program at https://www.dirs.phil.fau.de/files/2020/01/Korankonferenz_4S_web.pdf. For registration contact Hadil Lababidi (hadil.lababidi@fau.de).
3. International Doctoral Conference in Religious Studies: “Resistance to Order and Authority in Religion“, Central European University, Budapest, 25-27 June 2020
The conference invites contributions studying the conceptualization, management and instrumentalization of religious ideas and beliefs with regard to past and contemporary resistance movements.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2020.
Information: https://religion.ceu.edu/crs-elte-masaryk-phd-conference-25-27-june-2020
4. Joint Chair in Area Studies (Middle East Studies), University of Exeter and Tsinghua University
The holder of the post will be based at the University of Exeter but will spend one semester of every year at Tsinghua University. The position is primarily research-focused. Qualifications: the successful candidate should have a research profile concentrated in the anthropology, history, social sciences or cultures of the Middle East with a particular preference for expertise in Palestine Studies, Gulf Studies, or the Politics and International Relations of the Middle East.
Deadline for applications: 27 February 2020. Information: https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=860223RifK&WVID=3817591jNg&LANG=USA
5. Book Award Competition 2020, the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS)
Nominations are accepted for any book published in 2019 on women, gender, sexuality and feminism in the Middle East, North Africa, and among diasporic communities from the MENA.
Submission deadline: 15 May 2020. Information: https://amews.org/amews-book-award/
6. Graduate Student Workshop: “Networking and Mentoring Workshop in the Humanities and Social Sciences for at-Risk Ph.D. Students”, University of Leipzig, 14-15 May 2020
We invite current and prospective Ph.D. students who have experienced difficulties in pursuing or continuing their dissertations due to political reasons and who have therefore left their country of origin, or are considering doing so. A group of senior academics will offer participants an opportunity to think about future academic possibilities. Travel and accommodation expenses for invited participants will be covered.
Deadline for applications: 29 February 2020. Information: https://www.uni-leipzig.de/veranstaltungsdetail/artikel/networking-and-mentoring-workshop-in-the-humanities-and-social-sciences-for-at-risk-ph-d-students/
7. Graduate Workshop on Diversity in the Medieval Middle East, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK: 18-22 May 2020)
This workshop invites early graduate students to discuss the place of medieval diversity in the region and consider topics which cross the communal and linguistic boundaries imposed on premodern history by graduate-level specialization in single medieval languages or subfields.
Deadline for application: 15 February 2020. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/call-for-participation-graduate-workshop-on-diversity-in-the-medieval-middle-east-stillwater-ok-18-22-may?e=82aeb6c61d
8. Intensive Seminar: “Venice, Cyprus and Trade with the Mamlukes“, Nicosia, 29 June – 1 July 2020
This course will survey a wide range of Venetian sources related to maritime trade in the Mamluk sultanate and to the role of Cyprus in this regard. It will be conducted by Professor Benjamin Arbel of Tel Aviv University.
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2020. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/seminar-venice-cyprus-and-trade-with-the-mamlukes-nicosia-29-june-1-july?e=82aeb6c61d
9. Culture Made in Arabia
The Arabian Peninsula as a new major player on the Arab cultural scene
International Conference
CEFAS / Sorbonne Abu Dhabi / New York University Abu Dhabi
Conveners : Laure Assaf, Clio Chaveneau, Frédéric Lagrange October 31st – November 1st, 2020
Since the turn of the 21st century, the Arabian Peninsula has been both a major producer of cultural goods and a hub of cultural presentation, exchange and commerce. From book fairs to highly coveted literary and translation prizes, from upscale art galleries to ground-breaking museums, from literature to music and poetry, from “starchitecture” to the preservation of traditional material and intangible heritage, culture has become an asset and a stake in the growing influence of the Arabian Peninsula in the Arabic speaking world. State-sponsored as well as private sector and individually driven endeavors have moved the Arabian Peninsula from the margins of contemporary Arabic culture towards the center, where it competes for prestige and soft power with the traditional beacons of urban cultural hegemony, such as Egypt and the Levant. With the help of considerable capital and heavy investment in education and multimedia platforms, cultural productions are not only showcased for local consumption but also exported throughout the Arabic-speaking world. Works of literary fiction, poetry, theater, music, cinema, television programs and fine arts, from high-end productions to commercial pop culture, thus shape a Khaleeji identity in contemporary Arabic culture. This conference aims to stimulate discussion of the Arabian Peninsula as a new contender on the regional cultural scene, from state-led cultural policies to the development of a Khaleeji “pop culture”, understood both as commercial entertainment and as the grassroots cultural forms produced by local youth and by diverse migrant communities. Papers are welcome on all aspects of cultural production and policy in the Arabian Peninsula. Topics may fall under (but are not limited to) one of the following axes:• Cultural policies between nation-branding, regional ambitions, and global pursuits:As countries of the Arabian Peninsula seek to forge a cultural identity that will put them on the global map, papers might examine how they navigate the interplay between local concerns for the preservation of the region’s oral history and craftsmanship, and globalized standards of cultural legitimacy such as universal museums, arthouse cinemas, and iconoclastic artworks. How do they reconcile modes of cultural production and exhibition formed elsewhere with local cultural practices?Contributors might also address the regional and international ambitions of these policies. How are these cultural policies received by competing centers of Arab culture? How is the shaping of a cultural identity informed by economic, diplomatic, and political dynamics?• Production, reception and meanings of an Arabian “pop” culture:Are we witnessing the birth of a new “pop culture” in the Arabian Peninsula? As cultural productions made in Arabia take the front stage, contributors are invited to explore the relation between the fields of entertainment, mass consumption, and the media, in a region where the latter is often state-owned. Is pop culture merely a mass product channeling commercial strategies and dominant representations, or does it have the potential to challenge cultural hegemony? In short, is there a possibility for a “counterculture” in the Arabian Peninsula?Papers might also examine the relationship between contemporary pop culture and traditional local “popular cultures” in the folkloric sense. What does the multiplication of TV shows, artworks, or clothing that repackage the national lore in a parodic and desirable version tell us of the relationship between pop and popular culture, and between local youths and national or regional identity? • Social, ethnic, and gender identities of cultural producers and consumers in the Arabian Peninsula:As this regions’ states are some of the most diverse in the world, papers may look at the respective roles of nationals and immigrants in the cultural industry. Papers will pay a specific attention to the way social, gender, and ethnic perspectives inform the production and reception of cultural goods. Who produces and consumes the contemporary culture of the Arabian Peninsula? How do these productions address the Khaleeji self and its various others?Papers may also question the potential of these cultural productions to forge various communities along ethnic of generational lines. As these productions circulate along migration routes and through diverse media, can they become shared references across the Arabic-speaking world and in neighboring countries whose immigrants form the bulk of foreign residents? Does the inherently referential nature of culture contribute to form a common identity among generations who share a same set of cultural codes? At a time when cultural actors and goods in the Arabian Peninsula are leaving the margin to become mainstream cultural elements of the 21st century, this conference seeks to gather scholars, cultural entrepreneurs, and practitioners, to analyze cultural policy and the emergence of new cultural productions in the region.
Proposals should be between 250 and 350 words and sent to : Laure Assaf (lsa6@nyu.edu), Clio Chaveneau (clio.chaveneau@psuad.ac.ae), Frédéric Lagrange (frederic.lagrange@psuad.ac.ae)
The deadline for proposals is April 15, 2020.
10. Bugis flower power: a compendium of floral designs
The collection of Bugis and Makassar manuscripts in the British Library, which has now been fully digitised, covers a wide range of genres from court diaries to literature, treatises on a range of sciences, and religious works on Islamic law and Sufism. Most of the manuscripts are sober textual documents, carefully and neatly written in Bugis/Makassar (lontaraq) or Arabic script, but – save for one compendium of poems – with few formal decorative elements. On the other hand, many manuscripts also contain notes, calligraphic pen trials and doodles, which often include sketches, primarily of a floral nature. This text-light but picture-heavy blog post has brought together all the floral drawings discovered in these manuscripts from south Sulawesi, presented here as a sourcebook for Bugis floral designs in the late 18th century. In each case, the manuscript shelfmarks are hyperlinked to the full digitised manuscript page, so that the sketches can be seen in context.
- February 11, 2020
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1.The French National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations (Inalco, Paris) organises its first Summer School of Arabic and Kurdish Dialects (June 2nd – July 10th 2020).
Inalco, the university of world languages has a two century long experience in teaching more than a hundred languages as well as social sciences. Our professional instructors will accompany you throughout your journey and help you develop all language skills, whether you are a beginner or already well-versed in Arabic or Sorani. All courses are credited (ECTS).
Paris is a historical and vibrant center of Maghreb culture with a large Arabic-speaking community.
The Inalco Campus is located in downtown Paris.
Doing fieldwork in the Arab world requires a good command of colloquial Arabic.
Come and develop your proficiency in one of the Arabic dialects people speak in the following countries:
Morocco • Algeria • Libya • Egypt • Syria / Lebanon (Levantine)
Interested in Kurdistan and Kurdish studies? Curious to know more about the Kurds in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and / or Iran? Come and learn Sorani or Kurmandji at Inalco!
Kurmandji: Turkey, Syria
Sorani: Iran, Irak
The Summer School includes 20 contact hours a week, 5 hours alternative language activities: movies, music and online learning, conferences and cultural activities. 10 students per class.
For more information:
http://www.inalco.fr/en/study/summer-school/arabic-dialects/kurdish
2. The Zahid Ali Fellowship 2020
Award Amount: £5,000
Application Deadline: 1 April 2020
The Institute of Ismaili Studies is pleased to invite applications for the Zahid Ali Fellowship 2020.
The Zahid Ali Fellowship is awarded every 5 years to an internationally renowned scholar working in the field of Classical Arabic Literature who will use the award to publish research on a topic of relevance to Ismaili Studies.
Click here to see a list of previous recipients.
To apply, please submit the following to scholarships@iis.ac.uk:
- Covering Letter
- CV
- Writing Sample (preferably a publication)
- Research Proposal (max. 2000 words)
The Zahid ‘Ali Fellowship was established in 1997 by the Institute of Ismaili Studies in the name of Professor Zahid ‘Ali (1888-1958), a pioneer of modern Ismaili Studies, at the bequest of Professor Zahid ‘Ali’s son, the late Professor Abid ‘Ali, and his family.
Belonging to a prominent Bohra Ismaili family of India, Professor Zahid Ali was educated at Oxford University, and later taught at the Nizam College in Hyderabad. He produced the first modern studies of Ismaili history and Ismaili doctrines, based on primary Ismaili sources; these works were published in Urdu in 1948 and 1954.
Professor Zahid Ali had also inherited an important collection of Ismaili manuscripts, which had been acquired by several generations of his ancestors. This collection was also bequeathed to the Institute by the late Professor Abid ‘Ali and his family.
The Zahid ‘Ali Fellowship, in the amount of £5000, is awarded once every five years to an internationally renowned scholar working in the field of Classical Arabic Literature who will use the award to publish research on a topic of relevance to Ismaili Studies.
3. The recently published A Literary History of Medicine: The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah. Edited and translated by Emilie Savage-Smith, Simon Swain and Geert Jan van Gelder, with Ignacio Sánchez, N. Peter Joosse, Alasdair Watson, Bruce Inksetter, and Franak Hilloowala. [Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 1, The Near and Middle East, Vol. 134] Leiden: Brill, 2020. (3 in 5 volumes)
Is now available through the Open Access portal of Brill Publishing, at the following address:
https://brill.com/view/db/lhom
4. The University of Edinburgh: Teaching Fellow in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.
https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=051334.
The successful applicant will be required to teach within the framework of the School’s courses in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching duties in the department. At undergraduate level, this will include, among other duties, the large core survey course “Islamic History”, which covers the history of the Middle East from 500-1100 CE. The post holder will also course organise other relevant history courses. At postgraduate level, this will include, among other duties, the joint-taught Critical Readings MSc core course, which provides a seminar-based introduction to Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies for MSc Students.
The successful candidate will have experience in the design and delivery of teaching units within the higher education sector, and the ability to deliver courses at high level. They will be also expected to contribute to the administration of the subject area, including course organisation.
Closing date: 5.00pm (GMT) on 20th February 2020.
Interviews will be held on 18th March 2020.
- February 08, 2020
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1.Conference: “The Concept of Good, and the Concept of Evil, in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”, Chair of Oriental Philology and Islamic Studies, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 12-14 February 2020
See program at https://www.kcid.fau.de/die-forschungsstelle/aktuelles-und-ankuendigungen/. Registration: katja.thoerner@fau.de
2. Annual Meeting of the “International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA 2020)“, Boston, MA, 20-23 November 2020
Program Units include: The Qur’an: Manuscripts and Textual Criticism; Linguistic, Literary, and Thematic Perspectives on the Qur`anic Corpus; The Societal Qur`an; Qur`anic Studies: Methodology and Hermeneutics; etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 11 March 2020.
Information: https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/call-for-papers-iqsa-annual-meeting-2020/
3. Conference: “Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond. Al-Ṣafadī and his Pairs”, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, 10-12 December 2020
At the end of a research project on al-Ṣafadī’s working method, his scholarly network, his habits as a reader and as a scholar in the extremely rich context of the beginning of the Mamluk period the conference will broaden the scope by confronting these results to other situations: other authors, other periods, other places.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2020.
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/user/login?destination=node/5782352
4. Graduate Assistant in Studies of Islam in South Asia, University of Lausanne
Start date: 1 August 2020. Length of contract: maximum 5 years. Work rate: 80%. Profile: M.A. in Language and Cultures of South Asia or a related discipline. Interest to write a doctoral thesis in the cultural, social, and political histories of Muslim societies in South Asia. Knowledge of Urdu is necessary. A good knowledge of French and Persian will be an advantage.
Deadline for applications: 1 May 2020. Information: https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?career_ns=job_listing&company=universitdP&navBarLevel=JOB_SEARCH&rcm_site_locale=fr_FR&career_job_req_id=15317&selected_lang=fr_FR&jobAlertController_jobAlertId=&jobAlertController_jobAlertName=&_s.crb=6lIl/EOPiPI94hnrY7In+JKHNjE=
5. Doctoral Scholarships in Research Project “The European Qur’an: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion (1150-1850)”, University of Kent
The project studies the ways in which the Islamic Holy Book is embedded in the intellectual, religious and cultural history of Medieval and Early Modern European Christians, Jews, freethinkers, atheists and Muslims. Candidates should have a recent master’s degree (or equivalent) in the humanities, with a specialisation related to the themes of EuQu. They should have a high level of competence in the necessary languages (in particular Arabic or Latin, depending on the thesis topic).
Deadline for applications: 1 March 2020. Information: https://research.kent.ac.uk/euqu/wp-content/uploads/sites/829/2019/12/2020-EuQu-PhD-call-for-candidates.pdf
6. Post-doctoral Positions in Research Project “The European Qur’an: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion (1150-1850)”, University of Kent
The project studies the ways in which the Islamic Holy Book is embedded in the intellectual, religious and cultural history of Medieval and Early Modern European Christians, Jews, freethinkers, atheists and Muslims. Applicants should have a PhD in a discipline in the humanities by the time of application, or at least strong assurance that they will obtain the PhD by August 2020. Candidates should be fluent in English and have strong skills in other languages appropriate to their research topics.
Deadline for applications: 1 March 2020. Information: https://research.kent.ac.uk/euqu/wp-content/uploads/sites/829/2019/12/2020-EuQu-postdocs-call-for-candidates.pdf
7. Workshop: “Introduction to Arabic Manuscript Studies“, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1-5 June 2020
The course will provide basic introduction to paleography, codicology and philological practices; engage with printed and digital scholarly tools for the study of Arabic manuscripts; introduce participants to a range of Arabic manuscripts from West Africa and the Middle East, both Islamic and Christian.
Deadline for applications: 1 April 2020.
Information: http://hmml.org/hmml-offers-intro-arabic-manuscript-studies-course/
8. Cambridge Centre of Islamic Studies
Current Vacancies
Teaching and Outreach Associate
We are looking for an experienced professional to plan and deliver the Centre’s teaching programmes – namely, Arabic language courses for university students and modules on Islam for primary and secondary schools and other organisations. The deadline for applications is 24 February 2020.
Closing date – 24 February!
Research and Outreach Associate (Fixed Term)
The University of Cambridge is seeking to appoint a Research and Outreach Associate in the Centre of Islamic Studies, to begin in September 2020. The post is a three-year, fixed-term position.
Research Associate. Islamic Art (Fixed Term)
The University of Cambridge is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research and Outreach Associate to design and conduct original research into Islamic art, aesthetics and/or material culture in the Centre of Islamic Studies, to begin in September 2020. The post is a three-year, fixed-term position.
The closing date for these two roles in 19 April 2020.
9. Indigenousing Islam: Changing Dynamics of Islamic Authority in the West
4 March 2020
Masooda Bano, University of Oxford
Time and Venue
Wednesday 4 March 2020, 18.00-19.30
Atrium Conference Room,
Aga Khan Centre,
10 Handyside Street,
London N1C 4DN
Booking
This event is free but booking is essential:
To attend in person, please click here.
To attend online, please click here.
10. THE AGA KHAN PROGRAM FOR ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE (AKPIA) AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP/ASSOCIATESHIP PROGRAM FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021.
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 1, 2020.
The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture is pleased to invite applications for Harvard-funded Fellowships as well as self-supported (unfunded) Associateships, to conduct advanced historical research in Islamic art, architecture, material culture, and archaeology at Harvard University. AKPIA Fellowships and Associateships are intended preferably, but not exclusively, for overseas scholars from Muslim countries. Our program positions do not support professional design, conservation, or urban development projects, nor are they intended for research travel. AKPIA Fellows and Associates are expected to be in residence, except for one or two short research-related trips. Please note—we offer unfunded Associate positions, and a limited number of fully funded (or partially funded) Fellowships. We will consider applications of scholars who can provide partial funding, or who have no other outside funding. Application proposals may be for up to an entire academic year in duration (9 months), with a minimum of one semester (3 months).
AKPIA Fellowship and Associateship positions are full-time, immersion research appointments, to result in a lecture delivered to the AKPIA community, and a submission to the journal Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World (published by Brill). AKPIA Fellows and Associates are expected to meet with the Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, to discuss their research and to consider potential submission topics for publication. We do not allow scholars to take on any other major responsibilities during their time at Harvard, including any teaching jobs. AKPIA Fellows and Associates are expected to be active participants in the academic life of our program at Harvard University. They are encouraged to attend lectures hosted by AKPIA and HAA (History of Art and Architecture department), and to meet with faculty, students and other visiting scholars.
We welcome applications both from senior scholars and from recent graduates. AKPIA Fellows and Associates have an affiliation with Harvard University’s Department of History of Art and Architecture (HAA). They are free to pursue their own research; they are expected to present a public lecture on their research project as part of the AKPIA lecture series A Forum for Islamic Art and Architecture; they are also expected to submit an article based on their research at Harvard for consideration by the editor for publication in Muqarnas. AKPIA Fellows and Associates have access to all Harvard University libraries, museums, and facilities; they are also welcome to audit Harvard seminars or lecture courses, if they so choose.
Click here for a list of previous visiting Fellows and Associates and their topics of research.
For more information, visit the website.
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
Harvard University
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Cambridge, MA 02138
- February 06, 2020
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1.CfP: Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East. The Silk Roads and Beyond
Where: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
When: April 8th-10th, 2021
The conference examines the relationship between China and the Middle East, both ancient and modern. Papers that incorporate additional regions, such as Europe, Central Asia, or South/Southeast Asia are also encouraged, provided they are also incorporate both China and a country in the Middle East, broadly construed.
Please send abstracts (350 word limit) and a 1-page CV to
Deadline: 11:59 PM EST Monday, February 24th, 2020
(deadline extended0
2. Open Access Newspaper Archive: Baghdad News (1964-1967)
https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/?a=p&p=publication&sp=bagh
3. Columbia University Summer Persian Program – May 26 – Aug 14, 2020
4. Open Access Materials/newspapers
Akhbar (الأخبار) (Beirut, Lebanon)
https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/?a=p&p=publication&sp=akle
1958-72
Al-Iqbal (الإقبال) (Beirut, Lebanon)
https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/?a=p&p=publication&sp=aliq&e=——-en-25–1–img-txIN——–
1909-09
5. The Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre (ONGC) offers visiting fellowships for research into the history, languages and cultures of Azerbaijan, the Caucasus and Central Asia at the University of Oxford. Applicants should hold a doctorate or equivalent qualification and should not be members of the University of Oxford or ordinarily resident in Oxford or its vicinity. Upcoming deadlines for applications: 20 February 2020, 28 May 2020
https://www.rees.ox.ac.uk/article/ongc-visiting-fellowships-and-grants
6. The Central Asian Roots of Islamic Intellectual Traditions – Conference
Call for Papers
The Institute of Ismaili Studies is delighted to invite proposals for individual papers, or whole panels, for its forthcoming international conference The Central Asian Roots of Islamic Intellectual Traditions. Papers and panels may be proposed by senior and junior scholars.
Important Dates
Conference Dates: 24 – 26 February 2021
Conference Venue: Aga Khan Centre, London, UK
Abstracts Submissions: 30 April 2020 (midnight GMT)
Acceptance Decisions: 30 June 2020
Further info at: https://iis.ac.uk/events/central-asian-roots-islamic-intellectual-traditions
- February 01, 2020
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