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1.37^th Annual Symposium of the Association for the Study of Islam and Middle East Law (RIMO): “Informal Dispute Resolution and Islam”, Leiden, 4 July 2019

See program at http://www.verenigingrimo.nl/

2. International Conference: “Global Islamism 2019 – Phenomena, Interdependencies, Prevention”, Potsdam, 15-17 October 2019

The conference will feature discussions along the entire spectrum of transnational Islamism, from legalistic Islamism all the way to violent Jihadism. Besides providing a platform for analysing the phenomena as such, the conference will bring together experts from Germany and around the world to exchange notes on prevention strategies.

Deadline for registration: 27 September 2019. Information:

http://www.bpb.de/veranstaltungen/format/kongress-tagung/290378/glocal-islamism-2019

3. International Conference: “The Qur’an in its Milieu of Origin: Possibilities of the Historical Reconstruction of the Qur’anic Revelation”, Muenster, 8-10 November 2019

This conference is particularly dedicated to the context of the Qur’an in its milieu of origin. We are looking for contributions concerning the following questions: do we have enough authentic Islamic and non-Islamic historical sources to reconstruct the historical context of the Qur’anic revelation? Which sources, studies and academic researchers could be employed to contextualize the Qur’an historically? Etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2019. Information: https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/zit/veranstaltungen/cfp_quran_conference2_2019.pdf

4. Humanities Multi-Year Research Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)

While open to scholars working in all areas of the Humanities, the program aims in particular to build a center of outstanding research capacity in areas of the Humanities that are relevant for the study of the Arabic world. Eligible candidates for the senior fellowships have an outstanding scholarly accomplishment. Mid-career scholars with strong publication records and exceptional scholarly promise may be considered in this category. Eligible candidates for the research fellowships, which are intended especially for young scholars who wish to turn their doctoral dissertations into book manuscripts publishable with major academic presses, have received their PhD within the previous five years and have a strong record of scholarly accomplishment.

Deadline for applications: 1 September 2019.

Information: https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/centers-labs-and-projects/humanities-research-fellowship-program.html

5. Islamic Studies Tenure Track Position, Harvard Divinity School

We are interested in a candidate with scholarly expertise either in: Islam in the Americas, Islam in Southeast Asia, or Quranic Studies. The candidate should be competent in the appropriate research languages and conversant with the broader, global history of Islamic religion and culture.

Deadline for applications: 30 June 2019. Information: http://academicpositions.harvard.edu

6. Cape Town Summer School: “Critical Muslim Studies (CMS): Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies”, 8-15 January 2020

CMS is inspired by a need to open up a space for intellectually rigorous and socially committed explorations between decolonial thinking and studies of Muslims, Islam and the Islamicate. CMS does not regard Islam only as a religio-spiritual tradition, or a civilization, but also as a possibility for a decolonial epistemic perspective that suggests contributions and responses to the problems facing humankind today.

Deadline for applications: 30 June 2019. Information: https://criticalmuslimct.com/

7. Articles on “Contemporary Politics of the Middle-East and North-Africa” for Special Issue of the Journal “Societies”

Articles are invited that deal either with internal political considerations and the governmental systems of one of the countries in the region, or comparisons between different countries or focusing on the international relations of any of the countries.

Deadline for manuscripts: 30 September 2019. Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/societies/special_issues/contemporary_politics_

8. Research and Publications on “Power and Institutions in Medieval Islam and Christendom”

This is a cooperative effort led by a team that consists of medievalists specialising in Western, Byzantine and Islamic history tackling a vital historical question: Why did the Christendom government and society develop certain processes of institutionalisation that did not characterise the Islamic world, considering that the early medieval situation might have suggested otherwise?

Information: http://pimic-itn.eu/what/

9. CfP: Colophons in Middle Eastern Manuscripts Workshop

Kiraz, George A.; Schmidtke, Sabine

Abstract:

The colophon, the ultimate or “crowing touch” paragraphs of a manuscript, provides readers with a the historical context in which the scribe produced the manuscript. At its basic essence, the colophon gives us the “metadata” of the manuscript: who was the scribe? When and where was the manuscript pro-duced? For whom was it produced and who paid for it? But colophons are far more rich. They are literary works on their own right, having a style and rhetoric independent of the main literary text of the manuscript. In addition, colophons provide historical facts otherwise lost to histories: wars, earthquakes, religious events, etc.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together scholars from various disciplines to study colophons in Middle Easter manuscripts in various languages, including, but not limited to, Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian,* Hebrew, Persian, and Syriac. Scholars interested in participating may send via email a proposal between 750 and 1,000 words. Pro-posals are to focus on the colophon (i.e. not a study of the main literary text of the manuscript). Com-parative analyses across traditions is encouraged but not required.

Submission deadline is January 15, 2020. Submissions are to be sent via email directly to George A. Kiraz at gkiraz@ias.edu.

Scholars are expected to fund their travel to/from and accommodation in Princeton. The Institute will provide meals and a conference celebratory dinner. Speakers will be invited to contribute to a collected volume on an agreed-upon theme.

https://albert.ias.edu/handle/20.500.12111/7776

10. BRAIS – DE GRUYTER PRIZE 2020

The Fifth Round of the BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World is now open for submissions.

The British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) and De Gruyter are delighted to announce the fifth round of the BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World. This international prize will be awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis or unpublished first monograph based on a doctoral thesis. English-language submissions on any aspect of the academic study of Islam and the Muslim world, past and present, including Muslim-minority societies are accepted. Applicants can be based in any country, and manuscripts will be assessed on the basis of scholarly quality and originality.

Documents must be submitted to prize@brais.ac.uk by 5.00 pm GMT, 1 October 2019.

For full details, see https://www.brais.ac.uk/prize

11. We are pleased to announce the upcoming international conference “There was one, there wasn’t one”: Modalities and challenges of the narrative in the Persianate world, in memory of our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Marina Gaillard (1955-2015), in Paris next week.

A prominent specialist of medieval Persian narrative, Marina Gaillard was a member of the “Mondes iranien et indien” CNRS research team and associate faculty member at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO, Paris). Her work on prose narrative, and particularly on the modalities of the “semi-popular” romance in medieval Iran, constitutes a major contribution to our understanding of pre-modern Persian literature. Interrupted by her untimely death, her pioneering research continues to nourish and inspire much of our own work.

The conference will be held June 27-28, 2019 at the Auditorium du Pôle Langues et Civilisations (Inalco, Paris).

Attached, please find the conference program, with full description and abstracts.

The program is also available online from the CNRS research team “Mondes iranien et indien”: https://www.iran-inde.cnrs.fr/scientific-events/events-2019/there-was-one-there-wasn-t-one-modalities-and-challenges-of-the-narrative-in.html?lang=en

The event is free and open to the public. Please consider joining us if you are in Paris next week.

12. CALL FOR PAPERS

Global Technology in Local Contexts: Lithography in Asia

A two-day international workshop at the University of Chicago Center in Delhi

16–17 March 2020

Workshop conveners

Prof. Ulrike Stark, Dept. of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago

Prof. Thibaut d’Hubert, Dept. of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago

Prof. Abhijit Gupta, Dept. of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

The year 2022 will mark the bicentenary of the arrival of lithography in India, a watershed moment in the history of printing in South Asia. In anticipation of this anniversary, the University of Chicago Center in Delhi will host a two-day workshop on 16–17 March 2020. We invite scholars working on various aspects of lithography in Asia to submit proposals for papers. We especially welcome proposals from scholars based in South Asia and from early career researchers.

The upcoming anniversary provides a timely moment to review the history of lithography in its technological, sociocultural, economic, and aesthetic dimensions, and from both local and transregional perspectives. Rather than focusing on India alone, the workshop aims to look at the rise of lithography across Asia, from Teheran to Shanghai, and to address the impact of a global technology that bridged traditional and modern practices of textual production from a variety of disciplinary lenses, languages, and local contexts. The workshop will bring together junior and senior scholars from the US, Europe, India and other Asian countries to discuss approaches to the study of lithography in light of recent interest in material cultures, entangled histories, and the circulation of knowledge and technologies. We will explore new lines of inquiry into the relationship between manuscript and print production and the competition between lithography and typography. Possible topics of discussion may include: the social history of lithography; lithography’s trajectory from the sphere of artistic book production to commercial mass printing, lithography as a religious technology, lithography as an art form, the democratizing effect of lithography, lithography and community formation, lithography and the rise of vernacular journalism, global flows of technology and expertise, missionary uses of lithography, lithography in graphic design and advertising.

The workshop will be free and open to invited guest participants. We are unable to cover travel costs for international presenting participants from outside South Asia, but will cover two nights of accommodation in Delhi as well as refreshments and meals for the duration of the workshop. For speakers based in South Asia, we will cover two nights of accommodation and travel expenses (domestic economy round-trip travel).

Proposals

We invite proposals for papers of 30-minute duration. Proposals should be submitted no later than 15 August 2019 and must include:

An abstract of no more than 350 words outlining your research presentation
A current CV
A completed contact information form. A copy of the form can be accessed at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAcDs3P9MOeaI04gBtCuL5H8ojY85lFOZsy88fYaVcMQlYqQ/viewform

Please email these materials to Shruti Brar at shrutibrar@uchicago.edu

Proposals may also be sent via mail to the following address:

University of Chicago Center

Attn: Shruti Brar

DLF Capitol Point

Baba Kharak Singh Marg

New Delhi, India 110001

—

Thibaut d’Hubert
Bengali language and Bengal studies
South Asian Languages and Civilizations
The University of Chicago
http://salc.uchicago.edu/faculty/d-hubert
https://chicago.academia.edu/ThibautdHubert

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June 18, 2019
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1.ISLAMIC PAINTED PAGE DATABASE – EXTENSION

The University of Hamburg’s Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures and Islamic Painted Page are pleased to announce the launch of a new version of the Islamic Painted Page website, www.islamicpaintedpage.com.

The website exists to help users locate reproductions, commentaries and online images for tens of thousands of Persian, Ottoman, Arab, Mughal, Sultanate and other paintings, bindings, illuminations, and decorated Qur’an pages up to c.1900 CE. It is also a signposting site, providing item-specific onward links and references to authoritative online and print publications.

As well as some refinements to the site, we are proud to report the database is now expanded to 42,000 references, of which 21,000 now include images.

Very grateful acknowledgement is made to the Smithsonian Freer Sackler Galleries; The Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Harvard Art Museums; Copenhagen David Collection; the Geneva Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, and Chester Beatty Library, for permission to include images from their collections on this latest version of the database. Together with previous permissions and Creative Commons policies, this enables the database to display images for items from twenty of the world’s most important collections so far.

As a result, the database now covers works from over 270 collections worldwide, with image facilities and direct collection weblinks for 50% of the content. Everything is fully searchable by picture description as well as by place, date, accession number and other metadata, and supportive item-specific links are also provided to VIAF, WORLDCAT and FIHRIST.

The Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures aims to enable the continued development of the Islamic Painted Page database, and the site is now hosted and supported by the University of Hamburg, although the database ownership and maintenance remain unchanged.

We hope that users will find the site increasingly useful, and warmly welcome feedback and any suggestions for future developments.

Stephen Serpell

Islamic Painted Page & Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), University of Hamburg

e-Mail: stephen.serpell@uni-hamburg.de

2. ASPIRANTUM -School of languages and cultures invites international participants to apply and take part in Armenian, Persian and Russian language winter schools from December 1 till December 21, 2019 in Yerevan, Armenia.

You can read testimonials of our alumni here: https://aspirantum.com/testimonials

You may find the details about Persian language winter school here: https://aspirantum.com/topics/persian

You may find the details about Russian language winter school here: https://aspirantum.com/topics/russian

You may find the details about Armenian language winter school here: https://aspirantum.com/topics/armenian

3. Colloque international

Jeudi 27 & vendredi 28 juin 2019

INaLCO, Auditorium de la BULAC (65 Rue des Grands Moulins, 75013 Paris)

« Il y avait quelqu’un, il n’y avait personne »

Modes et enjeux de la narration dans le monde persanophone

Colloque international dédié à la mémoire de Marina Gaillard (1955-2015)

En 2015 disparaissait, fort prématurément, notre chère collègue et amie, Marina Gaillard, spécialiste de littérature persane classique, enseignante à l’INaLCO et membre de l’équipe CNRS « Mondes iranien et indien ». Son travail sur le récit en prose, et en particulier, sur les modalités du roman « semi-populaire » dans l’Iran médiéval, constitue une contribution majeure à notre connaissance de la narration persane pré-moderne. Auteur d’une œuvre pionnière, trop tôt interrompue, elle continue de nourrir nos recherches et d’inspirer nombre de nos travaux. Ce colloque est dédié à sa mémoire.

Du pouvoir salvateur des contes de Schéhérazade au mordant des récits de Hedayat et de Golshiri ; de l’épopée mythique de Ferdowsi aux romances médiévales en vers et en prose ; des anecdotes édifiantes de Sa‘adi à l’humour illustré de Marjane Satrapi ou au cinéma de Kiarostami et de Farhadi : autant de récits qui ont fasciné et continuent de fasciner le public persanophone aussi bien qu’étranger, en offrant un accès privilégié au monde dont ils sont issus, à ses croyances, à sa culture et sa pensée.

Y aurait-il donc un mode spécifique du récit « à la persane » ? Un rapport particulier à l’auditoire ? Une façon de raconter, héritage de pratiques ancestrales, qui aurait perduré à l’époque moderne ? Se pourrait-il que ces récits, dans leurs formes et dans leurs visées, voire dans leurs publics, se soient développés sinon indépendamment, du moins parallèlement aux formes connues du monde occidental ? L’attrait persistant qu’exerce, à ce jour, la narration persane sur un vaste auditoire, mérite que l’on s’attarde sur ces questions.

Comité d’organisation

Amr Ahmed, Maître de Conférences en langue et littérature kurdes sorani, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, “Mondes iranien et indien” (FRE2018, CNRS-Sorbonne Nouvelle-INaLCO-EPHE)

Julie Duvigneau, Maître de Conférences en langue et littérature persanes, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, “Mondes iranien et indien” (FRE2018, CNRS-Sorbonne Nouvelle-INaLCO-EPHE)

Yassaman Khajehi, Maître de Conférences en Études Théâtrales, Université Clermont Auvergne, Centre d’Histoire “Espaces et Cultures” (CHEC)
Justine Landau, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University

Programme et Information sur le site web de l’Inalco et de « Mondes iranien et indien »

INALCO : http://www.inalco.fr/evenement/avait-quelqu-avait-personne-modes-enjeux-narration-monde-persanophone

Mondes iranien et indien : https://www.iran-inde.cnrs.fr/evenements-scientifiques/colloques-et-conferences-2019/il-y-avait-quelqu-un-il-n-y-avait-personne-modes-et-enjeux-de-la-narration-dans.html

4. 1st Annual Muslim Minorities and Human Rights Conference – London

This conference aims to encourage academic and quality research on Muslim minorities’ issues, and trying to provide academic and practical solutions to the problems and challenges of social, political, educational aspects that are faced by Muslim minorities in Britain. Aiming also to create a forum of dialogue on related issues for researchers and stakeholders.

Centre for Arab Progress – London is pleased to invite researchers and academics to participate in the 1st Annual Conference, to be held on (5th September 2019), entitled: “Islam, Muslims in Britain: radicalisation, deradicalisation, islamophobia and human rights”.

The conference aims to become an important academic and research platform in the UK on Islam and Muslim minorities and related matters. In addition, the papers that are accepted and presented in the conference will be published as hard copy and in electronic format.

For further information on the conference please visit the conference website on the following link: http://mmhrc.co.uk/

5. Call for papers:

*AFGHANISTAN IN THE WORLD: 100 Years of Independence
*SOAS, University of London*
*18-19 October 2019*

https://afgacademia.wixsite.com/afgindependence

*Deadline: June 30, 2019*

*Subject Fields: *Anthropology, Archaeology, Asian History / Studies,
Geography, Humanities

2019 marks one hundred years since the signing of the Anglo-Afghan Treaty
of 1919. This monumental event resulted in the United Kingdom formally
recognising Afghanistan’s independence, yet at present Afghanistan’s
sovereignty is still being contested. In a year when multiple events will
be taking place globally to celebrate the country’s independence, we seek
to critically engage with the notion of independence in a two-day workshop
marking the centenary of the modern state of Afghanistan with our Keynote
Speaker cited above.

We welcome PhD students and early-career researchers to submit abstracts of
200 words on any of the following themes:

1. Colonialism and imperialism
2. Society, borders and mobility
3. Histories and historiography
4. Insider-outsider perspectives
5. Decolonisation, resistance and resilience

For further details about the workshop and information on applying please
refer to:
*https://afgacademia.wixsite.com/afgindependence/call-for-papers

Completed abstracts should be e-mailed to afg1919soas@gmail.com

*Deadline for abstract submission:* *30th June 2019*

*The workshop will take place on Friday the 18th of October and Saturday
the 19th of October 2019 at SOAS, University of London.*

This workshop is supported by the generosity of the SOAS Early Career
Development Fund and the Association for Central Asian Civilizations & Silk
Road Studies – UK.

*Conveners*: Rabia Khan (SOAS) – Florence Shahabi (SOAS)

*Contact Info: *Florence Shahabi

*Contact Email: afg1919soas@gmail.com

*URL:* http://bit.ly/2HGwc7x

6. MA Iranian Studies: Iran in Antiquity and Late Antiquity

For the autumn 2019/20 (“Wintersemester”) at the Institute of Iranian Studies,

Freie Universität Berlin. This two year (four semesters), full-time study programme

is convened in English , leading to an internationally recognised Master of Arts in

Iranian Studies.

See: https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/iranistik/studium/master/index.html

7. « Current Perspectives on Ibn ʿArabī and ‘Akbarī’ Thought »

June 24-25, 2019

UCLouvain | Salle du Sénat académique (Halles universitaires, Place de l’Université 1) – Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

9:30 — 17:30

PROGRAM.pdf

Keynotes:

Claude Addas | Denis Gril | James W. Morris

Participants:

José Bellver (UCLouvain) | Nicholas Boylston (Harvard) | Stephen Hirtenstein (MIAS)

Giovanni Maria Martini (L’Orientale) | Michele Petrone (UCLouvain) | Ali Reza Pharaa (Stony Brook)

Sophie Tyser (EPHE/Uni. Bonn) | Gregory Vandamme (FNRS/UCLouvain) | Cornelis van Lit (Utrecht)

Organisers:

Cécile Bonmariage & Gregory Vandamme

UCLouvain

Institut supérieur de philosophie (Centre De Wulf-Mansion)

Partners:

RSCS | INCAL

Ecole des Sciences philosophiques et religieuses (USL-B)

F.R.S.-FNRS

https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/isp/evenements/current-perspectives-on-ibn-arabi-and-akbari-thought.html

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June 15, 2019
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1.Part-Time Lecturer in Arabic

The University of Chicago: The College: Humanities Collegiate Division

Location: Chicago, IL

Open Date: Jun 7, 2019

Deadline: Jul 10, 2019 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Humanities Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago are accepting applications for a part-time benefits-eligible Lecturer in Arabic language for a one-year renewable term, starting September 1, 2019.

Required is a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Arabic language or a related field and proficiency at the Superior Level (as defined by the ACTFL) in Modern Standard Arabic. Specialized training in second-language acquisition, second-language pedagogy and/or assessment is highly desirable.

The teaching load will include four classes of various levels (elementary, intermediate, and/or high intermediate) of Arabic over three quarters of the academic year.

To apply for this position candidates must submit their application through the University of Chicago’s Interfolio jobs board at apply.interfolio.com/63890 Applicants must upload a current CV; a cover letter of interest that addresses professional and teaching experience, and discusses approaches to pedagogy; sample syllabi; and the names and contact information for three references. Optionally, course evaluations (if available) may be uploaded.

Application deadline is July 10, 2019. Only complete applications will be considered. For further questions about this position, please contact Amanda Young, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, amanday@uchicago.edu

This position will be part of the Service Employees International Union.

This position is contingent upon budgetary approval.

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June 11, 2019
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1.Call for submissions, Verge 8.1: Indian Ocean Studies, Afro-Asian Affinities

Edited by Emmanuel Bruno Jean-Francois (Penn State) and Neelima Jeychandran (Penn State)

Submission Deadline: November 1, 2020

All submissions and inquiries should be sent to verge@psu.edu

While the longue durée history of the Indian Ocean involves the constant movement of peoples, tracing such migration has often undervalued the dynamic commercial, cultural, and religious exchanges between Asia and Africa over extended historical periods. Indeed, many sites of the Indian Ocean World (including coastal belts and their hinterlands and myriad islands) evidence the cross-pollination and transformation of cultural performances, modes of being, and ways of knowing—many of which have traditionally been assigned to specific “source” cultures or geographies. Expressions of transoceanic consciousness—visible through hybrid architectural structures, material cultures, cuisines, sacred geographies, literatures, music, and linguistic traditions—point to the prevalence, within the oceanic scape, of fluid localities and practices. These localities are constantly redefined by unscripted processes and transversal ontologies that transfigure subjects, spaces, cultures, and ecosystems by disrupting the fixity of established cartographies and ascribed identities. In Indian Ocean studies, while much attention has been devoted to studying mobilities, commercial and kinship networks, and religious exchanges, artistic transactions, shared affinities, and transcultural expressions remain under-researched.

This issue of Verge thus invites original essays that pay special attention to alternative narratives, uncharted networks, and invisible cartographies of the Indian Ocean World that call for a re-assessment of localities, idioms, and scapes. Building on new scholarly frameworks—such as Indian Ocean Studies, Afro-Asian Studies, and theories of the Global South—that have expanded the perspectives through which we define and theorize relations beyond the inherent tension of postcolonial studies, we solicit work that maps the dissemination of indigenous knowledge and related practices between Afro-Asian geographies to understand how older frameworks of knowing generate eclectic projections and renderings about Africa in Asia and vice versa. We are particularly interested in considering how vernacular or so-called local expressions and ontological narratives of mobilities foreground complex histories of exchange that construct and disseminate the idea of transcultural consciousness differently. Engaging with the arts, literatures, performances, popular cultures, diasporic narratives, new media, and cinema from both Asia and Africa via the transoceanic circuit of the Indian Ocean, we ask: How do communities construct and reinvent the Indian Ocean as a space of transcultural assemblage? How do creative and expressive cultures reactivate or present occluded (his)stories of shared affinities, ontologies, and knowledge? Topics of interest may include (but are not restricted to): littoral imaginings, navigating languages, performative historiographies, and artistic and bodily practices.

Essays (between 6,000-10,000 words) should be prepared according to the author-date + bibliography format as outlined in section 2.38 of the University of Minnesota Press style guide. More editorial information can be found on the journal’s website. : https://www.upress.umn.edu/journal-division/journals/verge-studies-in-global-asias

2. An international conference on Islamic Studies Today

celebrating the 30th anniversary of the publication of the

Journal of Islamic Studies

Friday 27th and Saturday 28th of September 2019 at the
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road, Oxford OX3 0EE

Registration for the conference is required. Please register at:

https://www.oxcis.ac.uk/events/jis-conference

Further programme details will follow in due course.

Enquiries: jis.conference@oxcis.ac.uk

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June 08, 2019
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1. Call for Papers
American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS) invites scholars and academics for a two-day conference to be held on 27-28 March 2020 at Villanova University.
Villanova University is located at: Garey Hall, Villanova University,
800 E. Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA 19085 USA

The theme of the conference: “The influence of Islam in politics and society: civic engagement, social inclusion and political participation”.
January 24 is due date for the abstracts of no more than 250 words.
The abstracts should be sent to this address: l.chamankhah@gmail.com
We recruit new members. In the ACSIS website < acsis.villanova.edu > you will find more information about membership.

2. Journées doctorales sur “Dynamiques des identités arabes et musulmanes”, La Halqa, association des doctorant-e-s en sciences sociales sur les mondes musulmans modernes et contemporains, MMSH à Aix-en-Provence, 6 et 7 juin 2019

En créant un espace aux doctorant-e-s pour présenter leurs travaux, les Journées de la Halqa permettent d’échanger sur des problématiques communes par-delà les barrières disciplinaires des sciences sociales, de confronter leurs méthodes et leurs approches tout en proposant un état des lieux de la recherche en France sur les mondes musulmans modernes et contemporains. La Halqa accueille les doctorant-e-s de toutes écoles, universités et institutions françaises et étrangères.

Programme : https://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1460/files/2019/05/programme_halqa_2019.pdf

3. Workshop: “African Responses to European Colonial Occupation in Western Africa through Arabic and Ajami Texts”, Château des Ducs de Bretagne, Nantes, 25-26 June 2019

See program at https://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1460/files/2019/05/Programme_CLQ-25-26-JUIN-web-v1-1.pdf

4. Conference of the International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA): “Reading the Qur’an in the Context of Empire”, Tangier Global Forum of the University of New England, Tangier, 25-26 July 2019

Participants are encouraged to exchange views on the relationship between the Qur’an and other religions. The conference will unveil new research on the Qur’an, and create a platform for connecting other religions to Qur’anic studies. The sub-themes of the conference are as follows: the Qur’an and Other Religions; Tafsir and the translation of the Qur’an; Qur’anic Manuscripts; the Qur’an and Mysticism; etc.

See program at https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/international-meeting-2019/

5. 26^th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) combined with the Conference of the Section for Islam Studies of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG), Hamburg, 3-5 October 2019

The deadline for abstracts of papers and panels has been extended until 30 June 2019. Please send your abstracts to the Secretary General of the Congress, amke.dietert@googlemail.com. Further information: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/en/voror/veranstaltungen/2019-davokongress.html

6. Roundtable Workshop: “Post-Sectarian Politics in the Middle East”, University of Cambridge, 24 January 2020

The objective of this workshop is to bring together scholars and specialists to offer comparative perspectives on the evolution of sectarian politics, including modes of resistance and re-signification in the Middle East and, through comparative analysis, in other parts of the Muslim world. We aim to produce a special journal issue of scholarly research developed from papers presented at the workshop as a well as a short podcast series.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2019. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2019/05/01/call-for-papers-post-sectarian-politics-in-the-middle-east-university-of-cambridge

7. Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in Middle Eastern and Islamic History, c. 600-1700, University of St Andrews

Tenable from 1 September 2019 for a period of one year. The successful candidate will join a distinguished cluster of scholars working on aspects of Middle Eastern history. S/he must have a command of classical Arabic and/or Persian. Candidates should be able to contribute to the activities of the Institute of Iranian Studies and the Centre for Anatolian and East Mediterranean Studies (http://caems.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ ).

Deadline for applications: 14 June 2019. Information: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/J/3297/19/230619/889/associate-lecturer-education-focused-in-middle-eastern-and-islamic-history-c-600-1700-aoac1954rxhm

8. Lecturer in Contemporary Islamic Studies, University of Oxford

The post will specialise in Modern Islamic Thought and Political Islam. The successful applicant will hold a doctorate in a discipline relevant to modern Islamic Studies, and will demonstrate a depth and breadth of knowledge of Arabic sources and current debates sufficient to teach and carry out research in these areas to a very high standard.

Deadline for applications: 7 June 2019.

Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BSC243/departmental-lecturer-contemporary-islamic-studies?fbclid=IwAR05SbLP1xfltNqhnHgq6QxkFoAddirWTuOuy0mRYFWifpPj0Bl2ff0x8J0

9. École d’été : “Sources et méthodes pour l’étude du phénomène missionnaire au Moyen-Orient (fin XIXe-nos jours)”, EFR Rome, 3-7 juin 2019

Écrire l’histoire des missions orientales à partir des archives romaines. Centralisation, classification, conservation?

Programme : http://iremam.cnrs.fr/IMG/pdf/prog-ed-062019-d.pdf

10. Session intensive de formation: “Muḥammad, Prophètede l’islam”, Institut Catholique de Paris, 12-14 juin 2019

Cette session s’attachera à découvrir qui est Muḥammad ? Que sait-on de lui ? Un prophète, un chef de guerre, un mystique, le fondateur d’une civilisation ? Cette session de trois jours conduite sous la direction du frère Emmanuel Pisani, Directeur de I`ISTR, réunira des chercheurs de renommée anisi que plusieurs chercheurs d’une nouvelle génération d’islamologues français.

Information: https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-muhammad-prophete-de-lislam-session-intensive-de-formation-58797059588

11. Articles for Journal “Contemporary Arab Affairs (CAA)”

The editors of this peer-reviewed journal published by the Centre for Arab Unity Studies and University of California Press, invite authors to submit original multidisciplinary articles on the Arab World (5,000-7,000 words) to the editor at caa@caus.org.lb.

Deadline for manuscripts: 31 December 2019. Information: http://caa.ucpress.edu/content/submit

12. Call for applications

PhD research contract in Iranian linguistics (French National Center for Scientific Research)

Organization: French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)

University : Sorbonne Nouvelle University – “Languages Sciences” Doctoral school

Scientific Responsible: Pollet SAMVELIAN

Job Location: Paris / Ivry-sur-Seine

Web address for applications:

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctorant/FRE2018-POLSAM-001/Default.aspx?lang=EN

Type of Contract : PhD Student contract / Thesis offer

Contract Period : 36 months

Start date of the thesis : 1 October 2019

Proportion of work : Full time

Remuneration : 2 135,00 € gross monthly

Deadline for applications : 22 June 2019

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June 04, 2019
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1. Université Sorbonne nouvelle – Paris 3

Département d’Etudes Arabes, hébraïques, indiennes et iraniennes (EAHII)

invites applications for a 2-year M.A. degree in Persian Studies (études iraniennes),

including courses on the literature, history, religions, cultures and societies of the Persianate world during the mediaeval, early modern, and modern periods

Information: Professor Oliver Bast (oliver.bast@sorbonne-nouvelle.fr)

Start of the academic year 2019-2020: 16 September 2019

www.univ-paris3.fr/etudes-iraniennes

2. The “Averroes Edition” Project is offering a 3-year PhD position in Arabic Philosophy in Cologne.

Further details can be found on the website of the project: https://averroes.uni-koeln.de/job-posting-3yr-phd-position-in-arabic-philosophy/.

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June 01, 2019
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1.The University of Hamburg is hosting a summer course from August 14th to 18th for graduate students and researchers who work with manuscript materials in Arabic script and want to learn how to apply digital technology in their research. It includes both theoretical and practical sessions on digital encoding and editing of manuscript texts, data annotation, search and visualization.
There is no registration fee, but advanced registration is compulsory for the selection process as the number of participants is limited to twenty. The application deadline is the 24th of June, 2019.
For further details, please visit the website:
https://www.cobhuni.uni-hamburg.de/en/news-and-events/summerschool19.html or contact Alba Fedeli at alba.fedeli@uni-hamburg.de

2. Islam and Society: Challenges and Prospects. AAIMS Second Conference on the Study of Islam and Muslim Societies.

Hosted by the School of Social Sciences and Psychology at Western Sydney University, in partnership with Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University.

30 September and 1 October 2019

Western Sydney University Parramatta South Campus, Female Orphan School

We are pleased to announce confirmation of our international keynote speaker, award winning scholar and activist Deepa Kumar from Rutgers University in the United States. She will be speaking on: Terrorcraft: The Making of the Racialized Terrorist Threat.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The two leading nodes in Australian scholarship of race and ethnic studies are combining to offer the second Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS) Conference. After the successful inaugural conference, the second conference will further represent the depth and breadth of scholarship in Australia and internationally. It will showcase and reflect upon the range of Muslim experiences across many countries from multi-disciplinary perspectives. The conference will bring together scholars from such disciplines as law, politics, sociology, religious studies, geography, philosophy and theology. The conference will feature international and local keynotes who are leading scholars in their fields.

In addition to papers, we are calling for convenors and participants for conference panels on cutting edge topics that fit within the broad theme of the conference.

We strongly encourage Higher Degree by Research students to attend and the conference program will include networking, feedback and mentoring sessions. HDR students are eligible for a discounted fee.

Topics for presentation might include (but are not limited to) the following:

Geopolitics of Islam
Islam in an era of populism
Countering Violent Extremism
Islam and women
Muslim organisations, politics and volunteering
Islamophobic ideologies, manifestation, impact and response

Refugees and Islamophobia
Youth and Islam
Islam in the spaces of education
Law and religion
Muslim popular cultures and new media
Islam in Indonesia
Converts, reverts and apostates

Application Process Abstracts (100-200 words) Brief bio (50-100 words)

Participants are expected to organise and financially cover their own travel and accommodation expenses. Advice will be later provided on registration options and suitable accommodation.

Please send abstracts to:

Mehrnosh Lajevardi Fatemi (M.lajevardifatemi@westernsydney.edu.au) by Friday 14 June, 2019

Queries can be directed to Professor Linda Briskman (l.briskman@westernsydney.edu.au) or Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh (shahram.akbarzadeh@deakin.edu.au).

3. Islamic Manuscript Traditions”: A talk by Sabine Schmidtke at the occasion of the spring meeting of the IAS Board of Trustees (May 2019). Please check out one of the following links:

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/tYAr2jZQDsA
IAS Videos page link: https://video.ias.edu/sabine/2019/0521-SabineSchmidtke

4. Associate Professorship in Arab and Islamic Studies, Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University

We are looking for scholars with a strong research profile in the modern or contemporary Arab or Islamic world, and with a research record that includes research focusing on some aspect of Shia Islam in the Arab world. Research related to globalisation, transnationalism or transregionalism which includes aspects of Islam would also be an advantage.

Deadline for applications: 13 June 2019. Contact: Marianne Birn (mbb@cas.au.dk)

5. Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Ottoman History, University of California, Los Angeles

This position at the rank of assistant professor in 16^th through mid-19^th century Ottoman history will begin on 1 July 2020. All candidates should have completed their PhD in history no later than 30 June 2020.

Deadline for applications: 15 October 2019. Information: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF04522

6. Short-Term Research Grants, Center for Islam in the Contemporary World, Shenandoah University

Applications are invited for short-term research grants for Summer and Fall 2020. Maximum amount for short-term research grant is $2,500 for faculty/post-doctoral applicants and $2,000 for graduate students. These grants are meant to support research and writing by individual scholars and advanced graduate students in the US and Canada. Grants could include funding for travel, research support, publication and dissemination of results.

Deadline for applications: 31 December 2019. Information: https://www.contemporaryislam.org/research-grants.html

7. Grant for Academic Study Related to Yemen, British-Yemeni Society

Applications for this £500 grant 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 applications: 31 May 2019. Information: http://b-ys.org.uk/activities/bys-academic-grant

8. The Editorial board of the Journal of “Journal of Iranian Islamic Period History” would like to invite lecturers and academics to submit their articles in English for the future winter issue. All submitted articles should be original and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Articles can be sent anytime via: https://tuhistory.tabrizu.ac.ir/contacts?_action=loginForm

Any inquiries, please contact Dr Alireza Karimi, Editor in Chief. ali_karimi@tabrizu.ac.ir, alireza.karimi.46@gmail.com

9. The University of Religions and Denominations (Qom, Iran), as the sole specialized university of interreligious dialogue in Iran, has been active for more than two decades with the goal of creating tolerance, peaceful coexistence and mutual understanding and dialogue among the followers of all religions, in cooperation with several institutions and universities across the world.

The International Department of the university has a successful history of organizing academic conferences and short courses in which many professors and students have participated from all around the world.(For more information regarding the university please visit the following site: www.urd.ac.ir/en)

The International Intensive Courses of the department organizes academic programs twice a year, in summer and winter.

Having all mentioned above, hereby we are proud to invite you to attend the following courses for summer 2019 (and winter 2020: at the end of the paper):

2019 Summer Courses
The 1^st International Intensive Course Introducing Moderate Islam and Takfiri Islam	12-16 August 2019
Cultural Tour	17-20 August 2019
The 9^th International Intensive Course on Shi’a Studies: the Status of Seminary and Clergymen in Shi’ite Thought	21-25 August 2019
The 2^nd International Intensive Course on Women’s Studies in Islam and Iran	21-25 August 2019

For further information and how to apply:

Send your personal photo, passport copy, resume and the application form to us through:

Email: shortcoursesurd@gmail.com

What’s App or Telegram: +98 919 351 70 50

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May 28, 2019
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1.3rd Annual Edinburgh International Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies

Historical discourse has long concerned itself with patterns of change and discontinuity to demonstrate and validate models of periodisation and the compartmentalisation of the wider historical field. Building on these themes, this conference has chosen to focus on the opposing view by concentrating on inertia – how history, material culture, ideas and communities can be seen to maintain a stayed course or deviate if a significant force is exerted upon it. Inertia, a concept that has yet to be applied to mainstream Late Antique studies, introduces perspectives and frameworks that permit new approaches to traditional processes.

This conference will be hosted by the Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Society of the University of Edinburgh on the 22-23 November 2019 and will tackle the notion of inertia and the implications accompanying it for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine history from 500-1500 CE. Confirmed speakers include: Prof. Dame Averil Cameron (Oxford), Dr. Yannis Stouraitis (Edinburgh), Dr. Lucy Grig (Edinburgh) Prof. Eberhard Sauer (Edinburgh) and Dr. Paul Reynolds (Barcelona).

The organising committe particularly encourages contributions on the following topics:

Dynastic and Political Changes: Patterns of continuity across ruling classes, court-life and dynastic succession.
A View from Below – Story of the Common Masses: The role of perceived ‘minority’ groups (religious, ethnic or cultural) that constituted the numerical majority of the population but are ignored or omitted in sources written for/by the dominant group.
Patterns of Trade and Economic Infrastructure: ‘domestic or foreign’.
Forms of Expression and Transmission: Listening through language, art and ideas.
Frontiers (and beyond): Military, diplomatic or cultural interactions across linguistic and political delimitations.

Also, papers from postgraduate students and early career researchers from all disciplines (Archaeology, Art History, History, Theology etc.) which take advantage of interdisciplinary source-critical approaches are strongly encouraged.

Poster presentations

There will be a special poster session held during the conference of 1 hour, which will take place on Saturday afternoon, allowing for discussion with the authors. The posters will be left up for the duration of the conference so they can also be visited during the breaks and during the reception.

The committee strongly encourage submissions from undergraduate as well as graduate students. The poster size cannot exceed 70cm (width) x 100cm (height)

Deadlines

Deadline for abstracts is 3 June and notification of acceptance will be confirmed by mid-June. Please submit your abstract of no more than 300 words, and a 100-word professional biography to edibyzpg@ed.ac.uk. Please indicate on your abstract if you are submitting for poster or paper, and submissions from individuals or groups are welcome. There will be a small registration fee of £15 and lunch will be provided on both days. The committee aims to publish a selection of the papers in a peer-reviewed volume that will bring together the strongest contributions in each area to produce an edited volume of high-quality, deep coherence and rich variety.

The organising committee: P Harrison, A Nayfa, S Nwokoro, L Pecorini Goodall and A Stockhammer.

2. The Seas and the Mobility of Islamic Art
8th Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art

November 10-11, 2019 in Doha, Qatar

Conference registration is now open at www.islamicartdoha.org.

From medieval trade routes to the contemporary migrant crisis, the seas have served as both connective tissues and barriers between intellectual, political, and artistic traditions. Nowhere, perhaps, is this dual role more evident than within the visual cultures of the Islamic world. Stretching from centers around the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean, to the coasts of Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and with tendrils extending across the Pacific and Atlantic, these ethnically, linguistically, and socially variegated traditions were both united and divided by the seas and those who crossed them.

Inspired by Qatar’s distinctive location as part of international trade routes linking the Central Islamic lands, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean, the eighth biennial Hamad Bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art, to be held in Doha November 10-11, 2019, will foster a lively, engaged, and critical discussion touching upon some of the most vital questions raised by these vibrant and rich interchanges of the arts. How did exposure to imported materials and ideas transform formerly local artistic traditions? What role did travel, diplomacy, and gift-giving play in crafting seemingly discrete forms and practices? How are the movements of people, shifting markets for labor, and the uneven distribution skills and techniques, bound up with the formation and metamorphosis of styles? How did the shipment of commodities and curiosities from distant places shape and change social, cultural, and religious institutions? What role do the objects created from such interactions have in enhancing cultural understanding or generating enmity and mistrust? And how has the ever-increasing pace of globalization effected such developments?

Panels will explore these themes, with an eye to interconnectivity across geographic boundaries both within the world of Islam and beyond, embracing the full span of their visual and material cultures. For more information, write to Marisa Brown at mabrown@vcu.edu.

Conference Co-chairs

Radha Dalal, Assistant Director of Art History and Assistant Professor of Islamic Art, VCUarts Qatar

Sean Roberts, Interim Director of Art History and Associate Professor of Pre-Modern Mediterranean Art, VCUarts Qatar

Jochen Sokoly, Associate Professor of Islamic Art, VCUarts Qatar

3. Conference: “The Near Eastern Saddle Period: The Formation of Modern Concepts in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian”, University of Bern, 12-14 June 2019

Deadline for registration: 31 May 2019. Information & program: http://www.islamwissenschaft.unibe.ch/unibe/portal/fak_historisch/dkk/islamwissenschaft/content/e101652/e784868/e800167/TheNearEasternSaddlePeriod_Programme_ger.pdf

4. “Congrès des études sur le Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans”, SEMOMM, IISMM, GIS MoMM, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, 3-5 July 2019

Les thèmes proposés peuvent relever d’un ou plusieurs domaines des sciences humaines et sociales (anthropologie, archéologie et histoire de l’art, droit, économie, géographie, histoire, islamologie et sciences religieuses, linguistique, littérature, philosophie, sociologie, science politique), dans une perspective globale ou régionale (Maghreb, Proche-Orient, Turquie, Iran, Asie Centrale, Islams en Asie, Afrique, Europe et Amérique), historique et/ou centrée sur le contemporain.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2019. Information: https://www.semomm.fr/congres-gis-moyen-orient-mondes-musulmans-2019-appel-a-contributions/

5. Workshop: “Islamic Perspectives on Organ Donation after Death”, University of Bedfordshire, 3-4 October 2019

The workshop welcomes and encourages proposals for papers dealing with issues pertaining to organ donation, including but not limited to: the perceptions and opinions of Muslims regarding organ donation; the determination of death in Islam and its implications for both heart-beating donation and donation after controlled and uncontrolled cardiac death; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 26 July 2019.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/4114264/cfp-%E2%80%9Cislamic-perspectives-organ-donation-after-death%E2%80%9D

6. 10^th Annual Conference “Diversities of the Arab World”, during the Arab Week in Mexico, Mexico City, 19-25 November 2019

We encourage submissions on research projects focusing on the Middle East and North of Africa from all disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, in English or in Spanish. The overarching conference theme will be Gender and Sexuality, though submissions on other topics are also welcome.

Deadline for abstracts: 14 July 2019. Information: https://www.cide.edu/semanaarabe/en/

Link for submitting abstracts: https://www.cide.edu/semanaarabe/en/registro/

7. Lecturer in Arabic Language, University of Bayreuth, Germany

75%-position commencing on 15 October 2019. Candidate profile: native or near-native proficiency in Arabic; knowledge of German or English/French; A. degree or higher in Arabic language and/or linguistics; specialization or certificates in TAFL (Teaching Arabic as a Second Language) are especially welcome; university-level teaching experience.

Deadline for applications: 15 June 2019. Information: https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-universitaet/stellenangebote/nicht-wissenschaftliches-personal/SZ-1undengl_/index.html

8. Lecteur de langue arabe à l’Université de Lorraine, Nancy

L’arabe doit être la langue maternelle du candidat ou une langue qu’il pratique à l’égal de sa langue maternelle. Les candidats aux fonctions de lecteur de langue étrangère doivent justifier d’une année d’études accomplie avec succès après l’obtention d’un titre ou d’un diplôme français ou étranger d’un niveau équivalent à celui du diplôme national de licence (Bac+4).

Dossier de candidature à envoyer avant le 15 juin 2019 par mail à laurence.denooz@univ-lorraine.fr

9. Enseignant contractuel de langue arabe à l’Université de Lorraine, Nancy

Le candidat sera détenteur de préférence d’un doctorat français d’études arabes (civilisation, littérature, linguistique ou langue) ou au moins d’un niveau master. Il devra faire la preuve de sa maîtrise de la langue arabe et de la langue française.

Dossier de candidature à envoyer avant le 15 juin 2019 par mail à laurence.denooz@univ-lorraine.fr

10. 1st Annual Muslim Minorities and Human Rights Conference

Centre for Arab Progress – London is pleased to invite researchers and academics to participate in the 1st Annual Conference, to be held on (5th September 2019), entitled: “Islam, Muslims in Britain: radicalisation, deradicalisation, islamophobia and human rights”.

For further information on the conference please visit the conference website on the following link: http://mmhrc.co.uk/

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May 21, 2019
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1. Arabeya Arabic Language Center in Cairo, Egypt still has spots open in for the upcoming Summer Intensive Arabic Program.

We offer customized, intensive Arabic classes taught by native-speakers, and provide students with accommodation, excursions and cultural immersion.

We are looking for professor recommendations for students who are passionate about studying Arabic and are interested in immersing themselves in Egyptian culture for the summer.

Check out more information about our program: Summer intensive program.

For more information please contact us directly at info@arabeya.org

2. The DH Training Workshop: Digital Methods for Linguistic Investigation will take place November 13-15, 2019 at Freie Universität Berlin.

The event is organized by Simona Olivieri, Humboldt Research Fellow at Seminar für Semitistik und Arabistik, Freie Universität Berlin, with the support of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

The workshop will bring together 20 trainees together with experts to share experiences, methods and techniques for the creation, management and use of linguistic data.

Our aim is to present a sketch of different methodologies for the digital treatment of languages and linguistic information, and to give an overall view of the benefits of applying digital methods to investigate humanities research questions.

Ideal trainees will be students, PhD students and postdocs from linguistic disciplines interested in digital treatment of languages, e-lexicography and creation of digital resources.

The training will focus on standards-compliant representations of texts in digital form, and sessions will be organized in hands-on slots on data modeling and managing.

Main instructors will be Laurent Romary (Directeur de Recherche, Inria, Team ALMAnaCH, France), Toma Tasovac, (Director of the Belgrade Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)/Director of DARIAH-EU), and Giuliano Lancioni (Roma Tre University).

The workshop will also feature public lectures to present Digital Humanities projects on Arabic and Syriac. Keynote lectures will be given by Simona Olivieri (FU Berlin) and Giuliano Lancioni (Roma Tre University), Karlheinz Mörth (Director of the Austrian Center for Digital Humanities – Austrian Academy of Sciences), and George Kiraz (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton / Beth Mardutho).

Applicants should submit their bio and a short proposal presenting their background and interest in the field. The description of a concrete project involving linguistic data that they would like to work on during the training sessions will also be considered in the selection. All documents should be sent as a single PDF-file attachment labelled as “Last Name_DHWorkshopFU.pdf” to Dr. Simona Olivieri simona.olivieri@fu-berlin.de by July 15, 2019.

Attendees will be required to bring their laptops and sample data to the training sessions, so to be able to work on the application of the methodologies presented by the instructors.

Participation is free of charge.

Important dates:

May 15, 2019 First call for participation

June 24, 2019 Second call for participation

July 15, 2019 Deadline call for participation

July 28, 2019 Notification of acceptance

November 13-15, 2019 Workshop dates

Further inquiries can be sent to simona.olivieri@fu-berlin.de

Shii News – Academic Items

1. Postdoctoral Scholar – Teaching Fellow, Middle East Studies

University of Southern California

The Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles invites applications for a one-year post-doctoral fellowship in Middle East Studies. Researchers with training in Environmental Studies, anthropology, political economy, urban studies, and geography are particularly welcome to apply. This fellowship is renewable for a second year contingent upon administrative approval.

In addition to research, the successful candidate is expected to teach 3 courses per academic year and to participate in the intellectual life of the department and other units on campus. This person will receive a stipend of $65,000 plus benefits. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. within the last five years or at the latest by August 15, 2019, the start date of the position. Review of complete applications will begin immediately. Further information is available by contacting Renee Almassizadeh (almassiz@usc.edu) or Ramzi Rouighi (rouighi@usc.edu).

USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring ordinance.

In addition to the letter of application, applicants should include their curriculum vitae, a writing sample, three recommendation letters, and sample syllabi. Position will remain open until filled. In order to be considered for this position, all candidates must apply via the “Apply” link at https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/postdoctoral-scholar-teaching-fellow/1209/11742439.

2. U of South Carolina, Instructor of Arabic position (fall 2019)

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of South Carolina invites applications for a full-time Instructor of Arabic starting fall 2019. This position is renewable annually, contingent upon satisfactory performance, departmental needs, and the availability of funding.

Advertised Job Summary:

Teach introductory through advanced Arabic language courses and possibly occasional culture courses (four classes per semester); prepare course syllabi and handouts; evaluate and grade student class work, assignments and papers; maintain required records including student attendance and grades; maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students; participate in program and departmental meetings and activities. The successful candidate may also be assigned service duties, including running the Arabic program and/or placement, dependent upon the applicant’s experience and departmental needs.

Required Education and Experience:

A Master’s degree in Arabic or a related field is required and must be in hand by August 1, 2019. Evidence of successful teaching experience at the collegiate level of Arabic as a foreign language, native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic, at least one Arabic dialect (with a preference for Egyptian), and English are expected.

Preferred Qualifications:

A Ph.D. in Arabic or a related field. Ability to teach an additional language a plus.

Deadline:

June 14, 2019

Required Applicant Documents:

Cover Letter
Curriculum Vitae
List of References and Contact Information

For more information and to apply:

https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/56060

3. International bilingual summer school, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 17–19 October 2019

Mapping the Urban: Cities in Arabic Literature, Culture, and Society

Which role do cities play in Arabic literature, culture, and society? How is urban space represented, negotiated and performed in premodern and modern texts? And how do new theories and methods, like those related to the “spatial turn” and “urban studies”, help us to “map the urban”?

The Call for Applications is addressed to outstanding junior scholars from Arab and European universities who are active in the field of Arabic Studies and would like to present their current research project. The research may take its orientation from a variety of disciplines (Literature, Art History, Cultural Studies, the Social Sciences or History) and should be related — at least in partial aspects — to cities, urban space and urbanity. Competence in Arabic and English is required. Please see the Call for Applications for further information.

The summer school is part of the research activities of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) and is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research.

Application deadline: 15 June 2019

For the application and further information, see:

http://arabic-philologies.de/en/venice2019.html

4. Alexander von Humboldt Final Year Dissertation Write-Up Fellowships in Thirteenth to Sixteenth Century Islamicate Intellectual History

Applications are invited for Final Year Dissertation Write-up Fellowships at the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg for the Islamicate Intellectual History of the Later Middle and Early Modern periods at the University of Bonn, to commence on 1 October 2019 for nine months. Three grants are available for doctoral candidates who are in the process of completing a dissertation on a topic relevant for the thirteenth to sixteenth century Islamicate intellectual history (Philosophy, Theology, Sufism, legal theory, the history of science as well as the so-called occult sciences, political thought, historiography, and adjacent areas). The Fellowship provides a stipend that is intended to permit full-time work on the dissertation, without reliance on part-time employment. Fellows will be expected to deliver a termly presentation on their research in progress at the Alexander von Humboldt colloquia at the University of Bonn as part of a research group under the leadership of Professor Judith Pfeiffer.

Candidates must have, by the time of the appointment, completed all course work (ABD) and must have sufficiently advanced in researching their thesis in a relevant field of study to be able to complete the dissertation during the nine months of their fellowship.

The Fellow will have a strong command of at least one of the languages Arabic, Persian, or Turkish, and reading knowledge of a second, and should preferably have a reading knowledge of at least one European language other than English; a thorough understanding of the social and political history of the period; sufficient palaeographical skills to work with Islamic manuscripts; good written and oral communication skills; good skills and experience in teamwork; and good planning and time management skills. The criteria for selection are outstanding performance and scholarly promise, and the likelihood that the candidate will complete his/her dissertation within 9 months of the start date of the fellowship.Applications are welcome from students both at Bonn University and at any other accredited international institution of higher education. The working language at the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg is English. Applicants from other institutions may apply for a recognized student status at Bonn University, but will continue to work with their main supervisor and dissertation committee throughout the fellowship, and will submit their thesis to their home university. As per the stipulations of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Fellowship holders are required to acknowledge the support of this grant appropriately in their dissertation and ensuing publications.

All candidates are expected to pay student fees at the regular rates. Successful non-Bonn candidates will be required to pay the relevant fees (currently 287 € per semester/six months), and international students must be able to obtain a student visa, for which they will receive support from the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg. These fellowships cannot be held in conjunction with DAAD, DFG, AHRC, or equivalent grants.

Grant value: 1.350,– Euro/Month, plus travel support.

Start date: 1 October 2019.

Fellows are expected to reside in Bonn for the duration of the fellowship.

To apply for this Fellowship, please submit the application material listed below to fellowships@avh-islamicate.uni-bonn.de.

– Curriculum vitae;

– Cover letter with a research proposal;

– Title and Table of contents of the thesis with a proposed timeline indicating which chapters will be completed during the tenure of the Fellowship;

– 2 letters of reference, one of which must be by the main thesis supervisor. The letter of the main supervisor ought to comment on the current state of the thesis, and the dates by when it is expected to be completed, as well as the date when it is expected to be defended.

Short-listed candidates will be asked to submit a piece of sample writing, which can be a published article, a chapter of the thesis, or another relevant writing sample.

For further information, see https://uni-bonn.academia.edu/JudithPfeiffer/Dissertation-Fellowships

Closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday, 3 June 2019.

Prior questions are welcome and may be directed to judith.pfeiffer@uni-bonn.de.

5. Workshop: “The Diplomatics of Ancient and Medieval Documents: Putting the Afghan Geniza into Diplomatic Context”, Freie Universität Berlin, 23 May 2019

At this workshop we will discuss and compare medieval legal-administrative documents from across the Islamic world, including Pahlavi, Afghan Geniza, Cairo Geniza and Damascus Qubba documents. All welcome.

Information: https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/islamwiss/Termine/Workshop-Azad.html

6. 3^rd International Congress of the University Platform for Research on Islam in Europe and Lebanon (PLURIEL): “Islam and Otherness”, Beirut, 14-15 April 2020

The conference aims to address this societal movement from the perspective of Islam and beyond identity-based resistance. It will thus focus on how Islam can be considered a ʻresource’ (Jullien) in order to approach the other in the globalized world. In this context, what is the other’s specific thought that is being expressed to ground and support the dynamics of postmodernity? Etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 10 September 2019. Information: https://pluriel.fuce.eu/call-for-papers-3rd-pluriel-international-congress-islam-and-otherness/?lang=en

7. Research Associate for Project “A Hermeneutics of Civic Engagement? Reading the Qur’an and Sunna in British Islam”, University of Chester

Requirements: the successful candidate will have experience and expertise in anthropological approaches to the study of Islam, preferably in a Western context, and will have a proven track record of conducting ethnography. S/he will hold a PhD in Social Anthropology or a cognate discipline (or will have submitted her/his thesis by the time of appointment). S/he will also have, or be establishing, a track record of publication.

Deadline for applications: 14 June 2019.

Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BSC087/researcher-ethnography-of-the-quran

Contact: Caroline Tee (c.tee@chester.ac.uk)

8. Full-time PhD Research Fellowship in Social Anthropology of the Middle East, University of Bergen

The position is for a fixed-term period of 4 years and will concern cultural heritage and conflict, focusing on a specific cultural heritage site. The PhD student will be expected to carry out anthropological fieldwork, with participant observation of social processes and conflict concerning social identity, religion and/or economy.

Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/168726/phd-position-social-anthropology

9. Summer Courses in Modern Standard Arabic, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane

Two semesters in eight weeks: 30 May-28 June 2019 (Session 1), 2-26 July 2019 (Session 2). Scholarships available.

Deadline for applications: 24 May 2019. Information: http://www.aui.ma/aranas/.

Contact: arabic@aui.ma

10. Contributions for “Bonn Oriental and Asian Studies – BOAS_insights”

This online, peer-reviewed, open-access journal covers a wide range of subjects and a large geographical scope within Asian and Middle Eastern Area Studies. The editors encourage multi-disciplinary approaches that incorporate diverse perspectives and bridge deeply specialized fields.

Deadline for full articles: 1 July 2019. information: https://www.boas-insights.uni-bonn.de/en

11. Intellect is excited to announce that the International Journal of Islamic Architecture8.2 is available! For more information about the issue, click here >> https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/ijia/2019/00000008/00000002

Special Issue: ‘Boundaries, Flows and the Making of Muslim Selves’

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) is intended for those interested in urban design and planning, architecture, and landscape design in the historic Islamic world, encompassing the Middle East and parts of Africa and Asia, but also the more recent geographies of Islam in its global dimensions. The main emphasis is on detailed analysis of the practical, historical and theoretical aspects of architecture, with a focus on both design and its reception. The journal is also specifically interested in contemporary architecture and urban design in relation to social and cultural history, geography, politics, aesthetics, technology, and conservation. Spanning across cultures and disciplines, IJIA seeks to analyze and explain issues related to the built environment throughout the regions covered. The cross-cultural and interdisciplinary nature of this journal will significantly contribute to the knowledge in this field.

Issue 8.2

Editorial Essay
Confining Contingency Farhan Karim

Design in Theory Articles

One House of Worship with Many Roofs: Imposing Architecture to Mediate Sunni, Alevi, and Gülenist Islam in Turkey
Angela Andersen

Housing Others: Design and Identity in a Bedouin Village
Noam Shoked

Staging Baghdad as a Problem of Development
Huma Gupta

Architecture of Exclusion: The Savujbulagh-i Mukri Garrison, Border-Making, and the Transformation of the Ottoman-Qajar Frontier
Nader Sayadi

Reconstructing the Muslim Self in Diaspora: SocioSpatial Practices in Urban European Mosques
Elisabeth Becker

Design in Practice Article

The Rome Mosque and Islamic Centre: A Case of Diasporic Architecture in the Globalized Mediterranean
Theodore Van Loan and Eva-Maria Troelenberg

Book Reviews

Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece, Devin E. Naar (2016) The Merchants of Oran: a Jewish Port at the Dawn of Empire, Joshua Schreier (2017) Jessica M. Marglin
The Construction of Equality: Syriac Immigration and the Swedish City, Jennifer Mack (2017) Dawn Chatty
Power, Patronage, and Memory in Early Islam: Perspectives onUmayyad Elites, Eds Alain George and Andrew Marsham (2018) Razan Francis
Affect, Emotion, and Subjectivity in Early Modern Muslim Empires:New Studies in Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Art and Culture, Ed. Kishwar Rizvi (2018) Aslıhan Gürbüzel
The Temptation of Graves in Salafi Islam: Iconoclasm, Destruction, and Idolatry, Ondrej Beránek and Pavel Tupek (2018) Ian Straughn
Italian Architects and Builders in theOttoman Empire and Modern Turkey:Design Across Borders, Eds Paolo Girardelli and Ezio Godoli (2017) Nicola Verderame

Exhibition Reviews

The World of the Fatimids, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada, March 10–July 2, 2018 Heba Mostafa
In the Fields of EmptyDays: The Intersection of Past and Presentin Iranian Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), May 6–September 9, 2018 Deanna Kashani Pre´cis
Synagogue, Church, Mosque: Connections and Conversions, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, Turkey, November 16–18, 2017 Nilgün Yüc

For more information about the issue, click here >> https://www.intellectbooks.com/international-journal-of-islamic-architecture

12. The Ninth Biennial Convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies

ASPS/Delhi 2020

(Revised Dates)

March 11-13, 2020

New Delhi, India

CALL FOR PAPERS:

The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) calls for the participation of its members in its Ninth Biennial Convention, to take place in New Delhi, India, March 11-13, 2020. Our meeting will be hosted by the University of Chicago Center in Delhi, 2020.

The Deadline for Submission of Abstracts is May 31, 2019.

Please note that you must be a current (2019) ASPS member in order to submit your abstract, otherwise your submission will not be considered and you must be a 2020 member to register to participate in the conference.

We will likely have a limited number of fellowships available for participants from Central Asia, Afghanistan, and for graduate students from the US. Details TBA.

All humanities and social science disciplines related to Persianate Societies are welcome. Pre-organized panels are strongly encouraged. Submissions for pre-organized panels must include a panel abstract of no more than 300 words plus individual abstracts of no more than 300 words for each panelist. Panels must be limited to a minimum of three panelists and a maximum of four.

For further information, visit: http://www.persianatesocieties.org/

13. Persian Language Summer School Organised by Allameh Tabataba’i University from June 25 to July 27, 2019.

For info please visit the website: ctpsol.atu.ac.ir (in Persian) or email your queries to ctpsol@atu.ac.ir.

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