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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

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/

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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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May 14, 2019
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Shii News – Academic Items

1.Arabian Gulf Digital Archive
(collaboration between the UK National Archives and United Arab Emirates)
https://www.agda.ae/en/
“The Arabian Gulf Digital Archive (“AGDA”) is an online archive that has been created to showcase historical and cultural material that tells the story of the rich, intriguing and complex history of the Arabian Gulf.

An accessible resource, it serves to offer digital material that spans two centuries, documenting events and personalities that have shaped and defined the region. The contents offer an insight into the past with some material previously unseen by the general public.

AGDA contains, among other things, letters, memos, transcripts, photos and official correspondence from leaders and governments that shaped the events of their time. It’s a free and open resource for students, researchers, enthusiasts and anyone who is curious to explore the rich and varied past of the Arabian Gulf.”

2. Manuscripts of the Muslim World project made recently available digital copies of 208 manuscripts. The goal of the project is to provide digital
editions of more than 500 manuscripts and 827 paintings from the
Islamicate world broadly construed. Together these holdings will
represent in great breadth the flourishing intellectual and cultural
heritage of Muslim lands from 1000 to 1900, covering mathematics,
astrology, history, law, literature, as well as the Qur’an and Hadith.
The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts in Arabic and
Persian, along with examples of Coptic, Samaritan, Syriac, Turkish, and
Berber.
The primary partners are Columbia University, the Free Library of
Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania with significant
contributions from Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College.
This project is funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources.

The collection is available here:
http://openn.library.upenn.edu/html/muslimworld_contents.html
These 208 online manuscripts come from the following institutions:
37 manuscripts from the Free Library of Philadelphia
45 manuscripts from the University of Pennsylvania
127 manuscripts from Columbia University
1 manuscript from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

New content is added regularly so please check the site often.
Eventually the manuscripts housed there will also be available in more
public-friendly page-turning format but the OPenn raw files will remain
the canonical source. In addition, the local library catalogs at
Columbia, the FLP, and Penn will contain links to the digitized
facsimiles as well as to other manifestations differing by institution
(Columbia for instance will link to Internet Archive e-book versions).
Please do let us know about any interesting finds in the digitized corpus.
Kelly Tuttle, the cataloger for the project has recently begun tweeting
images from the project at https://twitter.com/MmwProject

3. “Dear Iranian Studies and Iranian Diaspora Studies Scholars,

The proposal submission website will open on May 15. As you draft your proposals and organize your panels, you can also take two additional steps today:

1) Register for the conference:https://associationforiranianstudies.org/conferences/2020/registration.

2) Review submission guidelines: https://associationforiranianstudies.org/conferences/2020/submission-guidelines

If your membership needs to be updated, you can take care of that too: https://associationforiranianstudies.org/membership.

We are looking forward to your participation in AIS 2020 at the University of Salamanca in Spain. For more information on the conference :https://associationforiranianstudies.org/conferences/2020 ”

4. Workshop on the History of Arabic Logic

May 7 – May 8

St Andrews, UK

Further info and the programme may be accessed at:

https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/workshop-on-the-history-of-arabic-logic/

5. 1st Islamic Perspectives on Ethical Issues Workshop.

The first workshop in the series is entitled: “Islamic Perspectives on Organ Donation after Death”

3^rd – 4^th October 2019

Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, UK.

Proposals for a single presenter should include the following:

Contact information and a brief bio of presenter(s),
Tentative title(s),
Abstract(s) (300- 500 word).

The deadline for submission of proposals is 26^th July 2019. Successful applicants will be notified by 2^nd August 2019.

The workshop will be hosted at Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham. Accepted applicants from within the E.U. will be supported for their travel and hospitality during the workshop, with a further limited number of travel bursaries available for those applying from outside the E.U.

Further info at: https://www.almahdi.edu/call-for-papers-islamic-perspectives-on-organ-donation-after-death/

6. Islamic Manuscript Association’s Introduction to Islamic Codicology course on 23–27 September 2019 at Cambridge University Library, Cambridge.

This intensive five-day course will introduce the study of Islamic manuscript codices as physical objects, or the archaeology of the Islamic book. The lectures will provide an overview of writing supports, the structure of quires, ruling and page layout, bookbinding, ornamentation, tools and materials used in book making, the palaeography of book hands, and writing Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) manuscript descriptions. During hands-on sessions, participants will examine Islamic manuscripts from Cambridge University Library’s collections and complete a series of practical exercises on codicological description.

If you are interested then please contact the Association or apply via their website: http://www.islamicmanuscript.org/courses/introduction-to-islamic-codicology,-cambridge,-2018/course-fees-and-registration.aspx

7. L’inscription du troisième Congrès des études sur le Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans est désormais ouverte et le restera jusqu’au 1er juin 2019.

Le Congrès se tiendra les 3, 4, 5 juillet 2019 à l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, centre Panthéon.

L’inscription est obligatoire et sachez qu’il ne sera pas possible de vous inscrire au moment du Congrès.

La liste des ateliers est disponible à cette adresse, rubrique “Ateliers” https://congres-gismomm.sciencesconf.org/

L’inscription au Congrès se fera sur le site https://congres-gismomm.sciencesconf.org/register , rubrique “inscription”.

Pour ceux qui disposent déjà d’un compte sur HAL, les identifiants et mots de passe sont les mêmes que ceux de HAL. Les autres doivent se créer un identifiant et un mot de passe.
Le formulaire d’inscription est pré-rempli avec le nom et le prénom, il vous suffit de compléter le laboratoire et l’établissement d’appartenance, puis de cliquer sur le montant de votre inscription (rubrique “Participant”) :
– chercheurs non-membres de la SEMOMM : 30 euros

– doctorants non-membres de la SEMOMM : 10 euros

– adhérents de la SEMOMM (Société des études sur le Moyen-Orient et les mondes musulmans) à jour de leur cotisation : https://www.semomm.fr/adherer/ Exonération des frais d’inscription
NB: les étudiants (en licence et master) qui souhaiteraient assister à un atelier pourront le faire, avec inscription obligatoire sur place.

Nous vous rappelons que le transport ne pourra pas être pris en charge, en revanche, un déjeuner (sandwichs et salades) vous sera proposé les 3 et 4 juillet (dans la limite des stocks disponibles) et un buffet sera organisé le 5 juillet.

Les pauses café et le cocktail inaugural sont compris dans l’inscription.

La participation sera libre pour le concert du jeudi 4 juillet, les fonds récoltés seront reversés à des associations humanitaires.

Nous vous remercions très vivement pour votre participation et votre collaboration, en souhaitant à tous un excellent congrès.
—
Cyrielle Michineau
Secrétaire générale du GIS Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans
email : cyrielle.michineau@ehess.fr

contact.gis@ehess.fr / direction.gis@ehess.fr

http://majlis-remomm.fr/
English version : http://majlis-remomm.fr/en/

https://www.facebook.com/GISMoyenOrient

https://soundcloud.com/iismm

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May 11, 2019
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Shii News – Academic Items

1.The Department of Middle Eastern Studies in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a lecturer position in Arabic starting in fall 2019. This position is expected to teach Arabic language courses at all levels (including advanced content courses) for an average of twelve hours per week according to the needs of the program. This position is renewable annually; contingent upon budgetary funding and performance. Security sensitive position; background check conducted on applicant selected.

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will be a native or near-native speaker of Arabic and hold an MA in teaching Arabic as a foreign language (TAFL) or a related field. Experience teaching for the Arabic Flagship Program is preferred. Applicants should have at least three years’ university teaching experience and experience teaching in an intensive program integrating the teaching of both standard and spoken Arabic. The successful candidate should have experience in coordinating multiple sections of a course.

Application Instructions:

Applicants should submit a letter of application indicating interest in the position, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, formal student evaluations, and statement of teaching philosophy.

More info: https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/1771395/2019-20-lecturer-of-arabic/

Close Date:
May 23, 2019

2. The Persian Heritage Foundation (New York) and SOAS are pleased to invite you to four lectures on Artists, Paintings and their Publics: Safavid Albums in the Seventeenth Century by Dr Massumeh Farhad, Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Instituton, Washington, D.C.

Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS University of London
Russell Square WC1H 0XG

Admission Free – All Welcome

16, 17, 20 and 21 May

Lecture programme available here

3. Two PhD positions at the University of Bologna (Department of Philosophy and Communication studies), fully funded for 3 years in the framework of the ERC project: “Alchemy in the Making: From ancient Babylonia via Graeco-Roman Egypt into the Byzantine, Syriac and Arabic traditions (1500 BCE -1000 AD)”, Acronym: AlchemEast.

For a full description of the ERC project, please visit www.alchemeast.eu

Applicants are expected to submit a research project (max. 20.000 characters with spaces) on any aspect of the ancient alchemical tradition. The submitted project can either focus on a selection of primary sources (depending on the period of interest, Greek, Syriac or Arabic alchemical texts) or propose a broader and more transversal investigation of issues related to ancient alchemical science and its relationship with adjacent areas, such as natural philosophy and medicine.

The posts will be based in Bologna. Deadline for applications: May 15th, 2019

For further information, please feel free to contact: matteo.martelli@unibo.it

Applications can be submitted only via the on-line system at the links

(Eng) https://www.unibo.it/en/teaching/phd/2019-2020/philosophy-science-cognition-and-semiotics-pscs

(Ita) https://www.unibo.it/it/didattica/dottorati/2019-2020/philosophy-science-cognition-and-semiotics-pscs-1

The two positions are part of the PhD programme: “Philosophy, Science, Cognition and Semiotics”. For a complete description of the programme and the required documents to be uploaded, please look at the PHD PROGRAMME TABLE available in the application webpage.

4. Six Postdoctoral and One PhD Positions, Project: “Thinking through Translocal Entanglements: Perspectives from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East” (2020-2024) at the Leibnitz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin

Specialists from History, Islam Studies, Anthropology Political Science, Sociology, Cultural Geography, and Economic History / Economic Anthropology are encouraged to apply.

Deadline for applications: 2 June 2019. Information: http://www.zmo.de/Ausschreibungen/Ausschreibung_ResearchProgramme2020_postdoc_phd.pdf

5. Two Two-Year Postdoctoral Fellowships for the Project „Refugees and the Arab Middle East: Protection in States Not Party to the Refugee Convention (REF-ARAB)“, University of Oslo, Norway

Requirements: PhD or equivalent academic qualification with a specialization in the Middle East, refugee studies, legal history, sociology of law, sociolegal studies, legal anthropology and/or a related discipline; fluent oral and written communication skills in English; knowledge of Arabic is strongly desirable. Experience from the Middle East and/or refugee studies is desirable.

Deadline for applications: 24 May 2019. Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/168961/1-2-post-doctoral-research-fellowships

6. Senior Lecturer in Islamic Economic and Finance, Al-Maktoum College, Dundee, Scotland

The successful applicant will have proven research and teaching expertise and be able to contribute to teaching in any relevant areas, including to Islamic Moral Economy and Finance, Islamic Capital Markets, Islamic Commercial Law and Financial Transactions, Applied Islamic Banking and Insurance, etc. Fluency in English is essential and the knowledge of one or more languages of Islam, preferably Arabic, is desirable for the post.

Deadline for applications: 13 May 2019.

Information: https://d1ssu070pg2v9i.cloudfront.net/pex/almcollege/2019/04/10154932/SL-R_Islamic-Finance_May-2019_Further-Particulars.pdf

7. Lecturer in Islamic Economic and Finance, Al-Maktoum College, Dundee, Scotland

The successful applicant will be able to contribute to teaching in any relevant areas, including but not restricted to Moral Economy and Finance, Capital Markets, Commercial Law and Financial Transactions, Applied Banking and Insurance, Accounting and Auditing, and Risk Management in Banking and Finance. Fluency in English is essential and the knowledge of one or more languages of Islam, preferably Arabic, is desirable for the post.

Deadline for applications: 13 May 2019. Information: https://d1ssu070pg2v9i.cloudfront.net/pex/almcollege/2019/04/10155042/Lecturer-Islamic-Finance_May-2019_Further-Particular.pdf

8. 15 Early Stage Researcher Positions in the Marie Skłodowska Curie Action, Innovative Training Network MIDA: “Mediating Islam in the Digital Age”, IISMM, Paris

The project is to train 15 creative, entrepreneurial, and innovative researchers in social and human sciences through an interdisciplinary research programme, whose main objectives are to understand the tremendous influence that digitisation and technological innovations have on Islam. The location is depending on which project the candidate applies for.

Deadline for applications: 1 June 2019. Information: https://www.itn-mida.org/callforposition

9. Assistant Professor or Associate Professor for the History of the Ottoman Empire, University of Virginia

This is a one-year salaried part-time appointment (renewable for up to one additional year), starting 25 August 2019, through 24 May 2021.

The position will remain open until filled. Information: Karen Parshall (khp3k@virginia.edu)

10. Postdoctoral Fellowships (1-2 Years) and Visiting Scholarship (One Month – 2 Semesters) in Modern Turkish and Middle East Studies, Center for Global Governance, Shanghai University, 2019-20

Deadline for application: 26 May 2019. For information and application contact Prof. Tugrul Keskin (tugrulkeskin@t.shu.edu.cn)

11. Middle East and North Africa Mobility Grants for Young Researchers

The aim of this call for projects is to fund research stays between Switzerland and the following countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.

Deadline for applications: End of December 2019.

Information: http://cefas.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article672&lang=fr

12. Applications for Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award, 2019

Deadline for Submissions is August 15, 2019.

The Foundation for Iranian Studies invites applications for its annual award of $1000 for the best Ph.D. dissertation in a field of Iranian Studies. Students completing their dissertations between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019 are eligible to apply for the 2019 award.

Dissertations must be nominated by the author’s advisor and be accompanied by the Dissertation Committee’s letter of acceptance. Both documents may be emailed provided they contain appropriate official insignias and signatures.

Applicants for the 2019 award should submit a digital copy of the dissertation, either mailed on disc to

Secretary

Foundation for Iranian Studies

Bethesda, MD 20814 USA

Or emailed to

fis@fis-iran.org or

gafkhami@fis-iran.org

For further information about the award, selection criteria, and previous winners consult the Foundation for Iranian Studies Website at www.fis-iran.org, Programs, Dissertation Awards. Inquiries should be emailed to fis@fis-iran.org.

Gholam Reza Afkhami

Chair

Dissertation Award Committee

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