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Call for applicants

Interdisciplinary masterclass on:
Shiism, Death and Funerary Material Religion: cemeteries, tombstones and burial ceremonies

Conveners:
Pedram Khosronejad (Associate Director of Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies, Oklahoma State University)
Asghar Montazerolghaem (Director of Safavid Studies Center, University of Isfahan)

On the occasion of the International Conference on Safavid Studies, which will be held in the city of Isfahan in May 2019, the Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) program of Oklahoma State University, with the collaboration of the Safavid Studies Center of the University of Isfahan, will organize an interdisciplinary masterclass on Shiism, Death and Funerary Material Religion: cemeteries, tombstones and burial ceremonies which will be held a week before the main conference.
The aim of this masterclass is to introduce participants to the principal elements of studying death and dying from the viewpoint of Iranian Shiism since the Safavid period. During the six-day program (30 h) participants will be introduced to:
– The history of death and dying in Shiite Iran;
– Methodologies of studying cemeteries and their funerary landscape;
– Saints, saints’ shrines and sacred topography;
– Funerary epigraphy and the methodology of analyzing tombstone texts and symbolic images.
The entire masterclass will be organized under the governance of the University of Isfahan and will primarily be held in the cemetery of Takht-e Foulad and its tombstone museum. The Takht-e Foulad complex is one of the biggest cemeteries of the Shiite world which holds not only the tombs of many scientists, philosophers, and theologians since the medieval period, but also contains the shrines, Tekiyeh and funerary complex of Ulema, Sufi masters, and mystic leaders of the Islamic periods of Iran.
Complementary to the theory classes and fieldwork will be the visitation of other Abrahamic saints’ shrines, churches, synagogues and cemeteries of the city of Isfahan for further comparative studies.
Participants:
This program is only open to university-based scholars, registered students, and official researchers (e.g. museum curators). A selected group of participants will present the results of their work in the form of a special panel during the main conference. The conference fee will be waived for the selected participants.
Visa:
The University of Isfahan will issue an official invitation for all participants, who should apply for their own visas individually. The University of Isfahan has no responsibility in this regard and cannot guarantee the result of related applications.
Accommodation:
For the duration of the masterclass (not the main conference), all participants will stay in the university campus inside the city of Isfahan.
The registration fee (including: program fee, accommodation, food, and transportation for the duration of the masterclass)
– Registered students: $ 600
– University scholars and researchers: $ 1000
* The registration fee should be paid in cash during the first day of arrival at the university campus.
*If any participants wish to join the main conference, they should pay separately for their conference registration and accommodation fees.
Deadline for preliminary registration:
October 2018.
For further enquiries, to complete your preliminary registration and reserve your place, please contact Dr. P. Khosronejad (Pedram.khosronejad@okstate.edu).
For further enquiries regarding the main conference, please visit (www.safavica.ir) or contact (info@safavica.ir).

 

1.The University of Edinburgh seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Arabic and Middle Eastern Cultures, based in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) (http://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/islamic-middle-eastern) and teaching within IMES.

The lecturer will provide teaching and dissertation supervision at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and will commence on 1st September 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate will have expertise in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies.

This is a full-time, 35 hours, open-ended position.
Salary: £39,992 to £47,722 per annum.

The closing date for receipt of applications is no later than 5pm (GMT) 19th July 2018. We anticipate presentations and interviews will be held on 21st August 2018.

Informal queries are welcome and should be sent via email for the attention of Dr Nacim Pak-Shiraz, Head of Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, to llc@ed.ac.uk.

 

For further details please see below:

 

https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=044183

 

 

 

2. Demographics : Middle East & North Africa
Authors:     Thomas Schrott; Wolfgang Taucher; Peter Webinger; Alexander Schahbasi; Mathias Vogl
Publisher:     Vienna: Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior,
Date: 2018.
Series:     Regiones et res publicae : country analysis reports, 6

37 pages, maps
ISBN:      9783903109094

Table of contents:
Preface 5
North Africa 6
Morocco 8
Algeria 10
Tunisia 12
Libya   14
Egypt   16
Middle East 18
Turkey 20
Syria  22
Jordan 24
Iraq   26
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28
Afghanistan 30
Pakistan    32
Sources     35
Imprint     37

 

See: http://www.bfa.gv.at/files/broschueren/publicae_demographics_neu_WEB.pdf

 

 

 

3. Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Persian and Arabic Manuscripts 

The Alwaleed Centre at the University of Edinburgh (www.alwaleed.ed.ac.uk) seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, on a fixed term, non-renewable three year basis, to commence in September 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter (subject to negotiation).

The appointment will be in the field of Islamic Civilisation, more specifically manuscript studies. The post will be based in the Centre for Research Collections in the University of Edinburgh’s Main Library. Objectives will be jointly set by the Alwaleed Centre and the Centre for Research Collections (CRC).

This is a full-time (35 hours per week) position on Grade UE07 and attracts a salary from £32,548 to £38,833 per annum.

The closing date for receipt of applications is no later than 5 pm (GMT) Monday, 23rd July 2018 . We anticipate interviews will be held on 22nd August 2018.

Informal queries are welcome and should be sent via email for the attention of Mr Tom Lea, Alwaleed Outreach and Projects Manager, to llc@ed.ac.uk.

The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to addressing an equalities, diversity and inclusion agenda.

Further information and details on how to apply can be found at the following link: https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=044243

 

 

 

4. Open Access Newspaper Archive: الهدى = al-Hoda = al-Hudá = Jarīdat al-Hudá [1898-1904]

الهدى = al-Hoda = al-Hudá = Jarīdat al-Hudá
Publisher:     Philadelphia, Pa. : N.A. Mokarzel,

http://amirmideast.blogspot.com/2018/06/open-access-newspaper-archive-al-hoda.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AccessToMideastAndIslamicResourcesamir+%28Access+to+Mideast+and+Islamic+Resources+%28AMIR%29%29

 

 

 

5. Annoncer l’ouverture de CartOrient, atlas numérique de l’Asie occidentale, du Caucase et de l’Asie centrale www.cartorient.cnrs.fr.

 

CartOrient propose :

• Un atlas interactif comprenant des cartes commentées
• Des atlas thématiques
• Une collection de cartes et d’atlas numérisés

 

CartOrient est une publication scientifique (ISSN : 2557-1818) : un comité de rédaction évalue l’ensemble des cartes et des textes avant leur publication. CartOrient est développé au sein du laboratoire « Mondes iranien et indien », avec le soutien de l’USPC, du CNRS et de l’INALCO et le concours de « Résurgences ».

 

Nous vous en souhaitons une bonne lecture.

 

(also in English: http://cartorient.cnrs.fr/?lang=en )

 

 

 

6. Teaching Fellow in Religion, Augustana College, Illinois

We seek a candidate with expertise in Islam. Additional expertise and focuses might include one or more of the following: Muslim-Christian interactions, Inter-faith dialogue, Gender and Religion, and contemporary Islamic movements within and beyond North America and Western Europe. Candidates should have graduate-level training in theories and methods pertaining to the study of religion.

Position open until filled. Information: http://www.augustanafaculty.org/career_positions.php?cat=3&id=208

 

 

 

7. Second Annual Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium: “Islam in Modern Regional Contexts”, George Mason University, 11 October 2018

The Colloquium invites advanced graduate students in social sciences and humanities to present book reviews of recent noteworthy publications in the broader field of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies. Each colloquium participant will be reimbursed up to $600 to cover travel and accommodation costs.

Deadline for applications: 30 June 2018. Information: https://www.themaydan.com/2018/06/cfp-second-annual-graduate-student-book-review-colloquium-islamic-middle-eastern-studies-deadline-june-30-2018/

 

 

 

8. BORDER CROSSING
Historians of Islamic Art Association 2018 Biennial Symposium
October 25-27, 2018

Yale University

New Haven, CT

The 2018 HIAA symposium will bring together an international group of established and emerging scholars of Islamic art and architecture to present new research on the theme of “Border Crossing.” Very often the field has been defined as one centered on select regions of the Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia, and focusing on traditional media and categories, such as the decorative arts, manuscript studies, and architecture. Less attention has been paid to regions on the so-called peripheries, including, for example, Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, or to disciplines that are not often associated with the field, such as film and anthropology.

“Border Crossing” is an invitation to rethink the field of Islamic art and architecture by interrogating the ideas of translation, transmission, and transgression that are suggested by the theme. Among the questions that may be asked are: How can this lens help us rethink works that form the “canon” of Islamic art? What is at stake in crossing disciplinary borders? What is lost and what is gained in abandoning traditional academic parameters? What may be learned through literal border crossings, whether they are by conservation authorities or refugees? As the works of several contemporary artists show, border crossings are ultimately ethical positions taken to evince the human condition itself. They thus provide potential to rethink the arts and cultures of the Islamic world, as well as the ways in which we study them today.

Kishwar Rizvi and Alex Dika Seggerman, co-organizers
Christiane Gruber, Yael Rice, and Ünver Rüstem, committee members

 

For complete program and to register, please visit https://hiaa2018.yale.edu/

 

1.CfP: Great Lakes Adiban Workshop, Chicago 2018

The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) invites submissions for its second annual workshop, scheduled to take place at the University of Chicago, October 6–7, 2018. We particularly welcome papers that are works in progress and would benefit from extensive discussion and feedback.

The Society hopes to provide a regional forum for scholars of Islamicate adab, particularly of the medieval and early modern periods, to meet and share their work. We leave our parameters intentionally broad in order to invite as wide a collaboration as can be useful, but we are basically engaged with the literatures of the broad complex of premodern Muslim societies from the Danube to the Deccan. This naturally includes the major Islamicate languages of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu, as well as others (Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, Spanish, etc.) that participate in similar literary conventions. We welcome and encourage scholars working in any of these languages to consider participating!

Those who wish to participate in the workshop should fill out our online application (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbHLf4yncTKDdvp1W7WafNX-I2rCOfWu98FgoYt1aJHpFQfg/viewform) by August 15, 2018. Please note that each accepted paper will be given 45 minutes for presentation and discussion; because of this, we have limited space on our schedule and may have to turn down some submissions if get too many. In such an event, preference will generally be given to scholars in the Great Lakes region, per the mission (https://greatlakesadiban.github.io/about/) of this organization.

Graduate students note: we have some funding to help offset at least part of your travel costs! If you would like to apply for this additional aid, there is a space to do so on the application form.

If you have any questions, please feel free to write Cameron Cross at kchalipa [at] umich.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!

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2. The deadline for the “25th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)” in Frankfurt on 4-6 October 2018 has been extended until 1 July 2018. For further information see http://www.ffgi.net/en/davo-25.html and for information on open panels see http://www.ffgi.net/files/davo-25/davo-Open_Panels.pdf

 

 

 

3. International Conference: „Islam and Belonging“, Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Roma, 26-28 June 2018

The notion of belonging offers the double advantage of being less unyielding than the concept of identity and closer to the phenomena of “recompositions”. The second International Conference of PLURIEL deals with the plurality of belongings and opinions within Islam. Referring to citizenship, territories, and communities in Islam, it scrutinizes the theses that plurality is not the privilege of modernity only.

Information: http://evenement.pluriel.fuce.eu/en-/

 

 

 

4. Workshop: “Uses of the Past: Islamic International Law and the Problem of Translation. Concepts and Applications”, Göttingen University, 28-29 June 2018

The workshop deals with Islamic legal narratives and practices of international law. It is combined with: Double Talk “Female Judges – Experiences, Successes and Challenges in Palestine and Germany” on 27 June 2018. Female Shari’a Judge Somoud al-Damiri (Palestine) and Prof. Dr. Maria Wersing (Germany) will assess the role of female judges in their legal orders and the question of anti-discrimination for women.

Information: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/24588.html

 

 

 

5. Workshop: “Transactions and Documentation in the Persianate World”, Exeter, 13-14 July 2018

This workshop assembles scholars to investigate traditions of legal documentation related to trade and other transactions related to property in a vast but under-studied commercial sphere – the Persianate world.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 July 2018. Information: https://lawforms.hypotheses.org/conferences/workshop-transactions-2018

 

 

 

6. Conference: “Religion and Secularism on Campus: The Changing Dimensions of the University Experience”, SOAS, University of London, 6-7 September 2018

This two-day international conference will explore the diversity of ways in which religious and non-religious identities are experienced, encountered and catered for on higher education campuses in the UK, Europe and beyond. We invite proposals for papers that explore any dimension of religion or non-religion on campuses in any geographical context, focusing on a particular tradition, group or movement or on the interactions between different parties, or on broader cultural or political changes impacting upon how religion is expressed within campus contexts.

Deadline for abstracts: 6 July 2018. Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/representingislamoncampus/conference/

 

 

 

7. PhD Position in the History of the Middle East, University of Oslo

The Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo announces a PhD position in the social and cultural history of the twentieth-century Middle East, with a focus on Egypt or the Levant (fulltime research fellowship plus completion grant).

Deadline for applications: 1 September 2018. Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/148187/middle-east-history

 

 

 

8. Prize of the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) for the Best Article 2018

The award will recognize excellent research and scholarship that will advance our understanding of the Levant region. The article will be published in the journal Contemporary Levant and will received the amount of £100.

Extended deadline for submission: 31 July 2018. Information: http://cbrl.org.uk/news/item/name/call-for-papers-for-the-2018-cbrl-prize-for-best-article

 

 

 

9. Two positions for research associates related but not restricted to Iranian Studies at the Center for Religious Studies at the Ruhr-University of Bochum.

https://ceres.rub.de/en/news/job-offer-research-associate-west-asian-history-religions/

 

https://ceres.rub.de/en/news/job-offer-research-associate-jewish-christian-relations-persianate-world-jewseast/

 

 

 

10. The 2019 Sir William Luce Fellowship at Durham University

The residential fellowship (Apr-June 2019) carries a grant, accommodation and meals, and is a valuable research and publication opportunity for post-doctoral scholars, diplomats, politicians, or business executives, working on Iran, the Gulf states, South Arabia and Sudan: more details are provided in the notice. The application deadline is Friday 7 September 2018.

The Sir William Luce Papers series (https://www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/research/fellowships/) has been well served by the breadth of expertise and variety of experience past fellows have brought to the post.

 

For further information, see https://www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/research/fellowships/

 

 

 

11. The Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Virginia invites applicants for a full-time, non-tenure track instructional position to teach undergraduate and graduate content courses in South Asian studies in the fall 2018 and spring 2019 semesters.

The anticipated start date is August 25, 2018.

Field of specialization in South Asian studies with a special emphasis on South Asian literatures, cultures, diaspora, comparative and/or gender studies. Subfield of specialization open. Evidence of excellent teaching and commitment to interdisciplinary work are required. The successful candidate must have native or near-native fluency in Hindi/Urdu and English. PhD strongly preferred, ABD considered.

Candidates who hold a PhD in South Asian studies or a related field by the time of appointment will be considered for the rank of Assistant Professor, General Faculty. ABDs in South Asian studies or a related field, by the time of appointment, will be considered for the rank of Lecturer.

To apply, candidates must submit a Candidate Profile through Jobs@UVa (https://jobs.virginia.edu), search on posting 0623430 and electronically attach the following: Curriculum Vitae, cover letter describing scholarly accomplishments and teaching experience, and a recent article or book chapter in English (attach to Writing Sample 1). Also, under separate cover by mail or e-mail, please arrange for two (2) confidential letters of reference to be sent to:

Jean Blackwell
Department of Middle East Languages and Cultures
P.O. Box 4000781
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4781
jb8yf@virginia.edu

Questions regarding the application process in Jobs@UVa should be directed to:

Jean Blackwell
(434) 982-2665
jb8yf@Virginia.EDU 

Review of applications will begin July 8, 2018; however, the position will remain open until filled.

 

 

 

1.Open call: Modeling Travels in History: an ORBIS-esque Hackathon @ Uni Vienna (July 18-20, 2018)

Everyone is familiar with Google Maps—all of us are using it on a daily basis. In 2012 a group of researchers at Stanford (led by Walter Scheidel), developed Orbis (http://orbis.stanford.edu/)[1], which, one may put, applied the same geographical principles to a particular historical context. Dubbed “a Google Maps for the Roman Empire”[2], this model became a popular historical online resource and an object of envy for scholars working in other historical contexts.

Inspired by Orbis, the Uni-Wien DH Team is organizing a three-day hackathon at the University of Vienna on the theme of map visualisations for historical data. One specific objective of the hackathon will be to build a sort of “Orbis-in-a-Box”—an open-source platform that would allow others to model movements of people and objects in different historical and cultural contexts. (For more details on this particular idea, see: http://kgeographer.com/orbis-in-a-box/).

We are inviting interested digital humanists with an inclination for coding to partake in this 3-day event in Vienna. We are able to offer small bursaries to offset traveling costs.

If you would like to attend, please send a message to maxim.romanov@univie.ac.at with “ORBIS-esque Hackathon” in the subject by 30 June 2018, stating your current institutional affiliation (if any) and your motivation for participating in the hackathon. Please also specify whether you are applying for a bursary.

Yours truly,
Uni-Wien DH Team
Tara Andrews, Mária Vargha, and Maxim Romanov
http://ifg.univie.ac.at/en/about-us/staff/digital-humanities/ 

Links & Notes
[1] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bult.2015.1720410206
[2] https://io9.gizmodo.com/5911640/behold-orbis-a-google-maps-for-the-roman-empire 

 

 

2. Vatican Library makes 15,000 manuscripts available online for free

https://aleteia.org/2018/06/02/vatican-library-makes-15000-manuscripts-available-online-for-free/

 

 

 

3. Ernst Herzfeld Society, 14^th Colloquium: The History of Material Cultures and Visual Arts in Islamic Lands: Current State of Research & New Perspectives (Strasbourg, July 5–7, 2018)

https://networks.h-net.org/node/7636/discussions/1920457/14th-colloquium-ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft

 

 

 

4. BRAIS Workshop Grants 2018

Following the success of its 2016/17 Workshop Grants scheme, BRAIS will be offering two further grants of up to £1000 in 2018.

The grants aim to provide opportunities to develop original research ideas in any area of Islamic Studies, to disseminate and increase the impact of current cutting-edge research, and to engage early career academics and post-graduate students based in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. For more information about previous workshops, see: http://www.brais.ac.uk/resources/grants/2016-17-winners

All documentation should be submitted in .pdf or .doc files to brais@ed.ac.uk by 5 pm GMT, Friday 14th September 2018.

For more info: http://www.brais.ac.uk/resources/grants

 

 

 

5. Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship at the British Library
The British Library announces the call for applications to the Charles
Wallace India Trust Fellowship 2018-19. Awarded by the Charles Wallace
India Trust (CWIT), the fellowship will be offered to an early to
mid-career India-based scholar to work at the British Library. This
Fellowship opportunity will involve working with the British Library’s
collections from and relating to South Asia. A team of specialist curators
work on this internationally-important collection of South Asian books,
manuscripts, archives, and visual arts. The Fellowship offers an
opportunity to be based with the curators to learn more about the work of
the British Library. It also provides the chance for hands-on experience
with the collection, to develop curatorial skills.

This year we are inviting applicants who are in the early stages of their
career or who have recently completed their postgraduate studies. There are
five possible themes, outlined below (see website). The best applicant will be selected from across all of them. Whichever their preferred project, the Charles
Wallace India Trust Fellow will get a real sense of the work of the British
Library, and their contribution will make a difference to the delivery of
the Library’s plans for engagement with South Asian collections and
audiences.

The Fellowship will be for a period of three months, to be completed on or
before 30 April 2019. Funding from the Charles Wallace India Trust will
consist of a contribution of £600 towards international fares and a monthly
living grant of £1500 for accommodation and living costs in London.

The closing date for applications is 13th July.
Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed via Skype.
Please email your documents to Azadeh.shokouhi@bl.uk
More information is listed on the Charles Wallace website. See: https://www.britishcouncil.in/study-uk/scholarships/charles-wallace-trust/visiting-fellows

 

 

 

6. CIWAS MA in Islamic and West Asian Studies

Call for Applications

Applications are invited for a new MA programme in Islamic and West Asian Studies at Royal Holloway University of London. The programme is a joint initiative of the History Department and the School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy, and is attached to Royal Holloway’s Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS).

Royal Holloway, University of London is based in Egham, Surrey in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London. The MA in Islamic and West Asian Studies is a 12-month taught postgraduate programme designed for students interested in the Islamic and West Asian world, as well as those wishing to pursue either a career in international affairs or further research on Muslim and West Asian communities.

The programme consists of core and methods courses, as well as optional courses offered by the History Department and the School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy. Students have access to a wide range of postgraduate activities, as well as the many events and facilities that London has to offer, including access to University of London Libraries and the British Library.

Some fee-waiver and maintenance grant scholarships are available. Those wishing to be considered for these should complete their online application, and send a CV and Statement of Purpose (maximum two pages) to ciwas@rhul.ac.uk by 15 July 2018.

For more information about the programme, entry requirements, and the online application please visit:

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-here/postgraduate/politics-and-international-relations/islamic-and-west-asian-studies/

For inquiries about scholarships please contact: ciwas@rhul.ac.uk

 

 

 

1.The editors of PLSJ: Persian Literary Studies Journal are pleased to announce the call for papers for an upcoming special issue (Vol. 8) on cinema in Iran to be published in 2019. We welcome article submissions (5000-8000 words) addressing the following topics:

1. Film in Popular Culture
2. Literature and Film (Film Adaptation)
3. Gender Studies
4. Iranian Cinema in International Realm
5. Social Issues (War, clash of classes,…)
6. Children’s Movies and Animated Cartoons
7. Ecofilms and Ecocritical Perspectives
8. Movie Business and Studios

Deadline for submission of papers is November 2018.

PLSJ is an interdisciplinary, refereed journal published by Shiraz University listed in MLA and Index Islamicus.

Papers must be uploaded to http://plsj.shirazu.ac.ir/

The Editor of the drama special issue is Dr. Azra Ghandeharion, Assistant Professor of English Literature and Cultural Studies at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.

 

 

 

2. The editors of PLSJ: Persian Literary Studies Journal are pleased to announce the call for papers for an upcoming special issue (Vol. 7) on drama in Iran to be published in December 2018. We welcome article submissions (5000-8000 words) addressing the following and other related topics:

• Pre-Islamic theater
• Traditional Iranian theatrical forms: shabih khani, Ta’zieh, siah-bazi, etc
• Postmodern drama
• Women in Iranian Drama: female playwrights, female characters, etc
• Critical studies of significant Iranian playwrights: Bahram Beyzayi, Akbar Radi, Farhad Nazer-zadeh Kermani, Abbas Na’lbandian, Mohammad Yaghoubi, etc
• The future of Iranian drama
• A study of the winners of the Best Playwriting Award of Fajr International Theater Festival in the last few years: trends, themes, techniques …
• Adaptation
• International reception of Iranian drama
• Critical reviews of significant books on Iranian drama

Deadline for submission of papers is September 30, 2018.

PLSJ is an interdisciplinary, refereed journal published by Shiraz University listed in MLA and Index Islamicus.

Papers must be uploaded to http://plsj.shirazu.ac.ir/

The Editor of the drama special issue is Dr Mona Hoorvash, assistant Professor of English Literature at Al-Zahra University.

 

 

 

3. The Fourth Round (2019) of the BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World is now accepting submissions (deadline: 1st October 2018).

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.

The award includes publication of the winning manuscript and a prize of £1,000, and it will be officially presented at the Annual Conference of BRAIS. The selection process will be undertaken by a seven-member prize committee comprising established academics from across the field.

For further details, including information about how to submit an entry, please see:

http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize

 

 

 

4. Workshop: “Conceptualizing Sectarianization”, University of Bern, 6-8 September 2018

Our workshop invites scholars to revisit the analytical validity of sectarianism which has remained to be taken as either a self-evident category to discuss the region of the Middle East and North Africa or an explanatory framework. Rather, we would like to address specifically what “sectarianization” actually means and discuss possible definitions to the term.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2018. Information: http://www.islamwissenschaft.unibe.ch/ueber_uns/aktuelles/workshop/index_ger.html

 

 

 

5. International Seminar on “Identity, History, and Narrative in Contemporary Afghan”, Gauhati University, India, 6-8 February 2019

We invite papers that look into the complex cultural, historical and political contexts that underpin the literature emerging from both within Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora since the last two decades.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2018. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/1880122/international-seminar-identity-history-and-narrative

 

 

 

6. Posts

Bourse postdoctorale en doctrines de l´islam classique, l´Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique

Le montant mensuel de la bourse (variable selon la situation administrative) est de l’ordre de 2300 € (net) par mois. La bourse de post-doctorat est exonérée d’impôts, mais est assujettie à la sécurité sociale des travailleurs salariés. Le·La candidat·e devra avoir obtenu, depuis moins de 6 ans un doctorat portant sur les doctrines de l’Islam clas-sique. Il·Elle devra être capable de s’exprimer, au moins oralement, en français. Le·la candidat·e (belge ou non belge) devra avoir résidé plus de 12 mois hors de Belgique durant les trois dernières années qui précèdent le début de cette bourse.

Date limite de application : 15 juin 2018.

Information : https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1460/files/2018/03/AppelBoursePostDocIslam-final.pdf

 

 

Fellowship for Historical Research on the Islamic World (2019-2010), School of Historical Studies, Princeton, New Jersey

Candidates of any nationality may apply for a single term or a full academic year. The only other obligation of the fellows is to pursue their own research.  The Ph.D. (or equivalent) and substantial publications are required.

Deadline for applications: 15 October 2018. Information: https://www.hs.ias.edu/mem_announcement

 

 

 

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Carleton College, Minnesota

The Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in International Relations with expertise in security and with significant research interest or field experience in the Middle East and North Africa. Candidates with a scholarly focus on Sub-Saharan Africa will also be considered. PhD or its imminent completion is required. The appointment will begin September 1, 2019.

Deadline for applications: 14 September 2018. Information: https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000427970-01

 

 

 

7. Articles on “Pilgrimage and Diversity in the Information Age” for Special Issue of “International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion (IJIDI)”

Focusing on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the Hajj etc. in order to enrich our understanding of the pilgrim’s journey and it complexities through the lens of information and media practices, embodied experiences, memory work, discourses and practices around diversity, curation practices, and community building in a global and digital world.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 August 2018. Information: https://publish.lib.umd.edu/IJIDI/pages/view/CFP

 

 

 

1.Ignaz Goldziher’s Correspondence Archive

http://real-ms.mtak.hu/view/collection/Goldziher_bequest.html

 

 

2. Interdisciplinary Workshop on Afghanistan, SOAS, London, 7 September 2018

The workshop seeks to exchange ideas that contribute towards the academic discourse on the country. A desired outcome of the workshop is a network of young scholars and professionals with ideas on how to foster dialogues and collaborations that will further ‘Afghanistan Studies’
Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2018. Information: http://afgacademia.wixsite.com/workshop/call-for-papers

 

 

 

3. Conference: “Sharia and the Secular”, SoCal Islamic Studies Graduate Student Consortium, University of California, 19-20 October 2018

We are interested in papers that interrogate how Sharia and the realm of the non-shar’i has been constructed historically and how the practical application of Sharia reflects the non-shar’i domain. Papers that address shar’i and non-shar’i themes pertaining to the economy, medicine, society, public policy, and family life are especially welcome.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 July 2018. Information: http://www.cmes.ucsb.edu/IS_Grad_Conference.html

 

 

 

4. Conference: “Sharia and the Secular”, SoCal Islamic Studies Graduate Student Consortium, University of California, 19-20 October 2018

We are interested in papers that interrogate how Sharia and the realm of the non-shar’i has been constructed historically and how the practical application of Sharia reflects the non-shar’i domain. Papers that address shar’i and non-shar’i themes pertaining to the economy, medicine, society, public policy, and family life are especially welcome.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 July 2018. Information: http://www.cmes.ucsb.edu/IS_Grad_Conference.html

 

 

 

5. Workshop: “Professional Mobility in the Islamic Lands (900-1600):ʿulamāʾ, udabāʾ, and Administrators”, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 20-21 March 2019

This workshop is interested in papers that consider the following questions: How and when did themadrasasstart producing bureaucrats?What did getting close to political authority entail for the ʿulamāʾ? How did offers for higher appointments travel in Islamic lands? How did the competition between ruling elites and households impact this professional mobility? Etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2018: Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/30535

 

 

 

6. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Islam and Sustainable Development, Markfield Institute of Higher Education (MIHE)

The Institute’s Centre of Islam and Sustainable Development (CISD), in partnership with Penny Appeal (a sector leading UK charity), is seeking to appoint one full-time or two part-time lecturers with interests in any of the following areas: sustainable development theory and practice, role of civil society in sustainable development, building peace and security, effective governance, youth development, women empowerment and capacity building of communities.

Deadline for applications: 16 June 2018. Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BJX087/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-islam-and-sustainable-development/

 

 

 

7. Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Islam and Women Studies, University Brunei Darussalam

The Centre is looking for candidates with a good track record in supervision of doctoral students and high quality publications in the mentioned area of study. The successful candidate is expected to provide academic leadership both in doctoral supervision and group research projects.

Deadline for applications: 31 July 2018. Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BJJ876/professor-associate-professor-senior-assistant-professor-assistant-professor-lecturer-islam-and-women-studies/

 

 

 

8. Assistant Teaching Professor in Islamic Studies, Georgetown University

The successful candidate will teach a 3-3 teaching load during the 2018-2019 Academic Year. 3 of these courses will be The Problem of God, the Theology Department’s core curricular course taken by most undergraduates; the other 3 courses will be in Islam, including a graduate level seminar. Start date is August 2018.

Deadline for applications: 18 June 2018. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11193

 

 

 

9. Articles for Special Issue on Iran for the Journal of “Sociology of Social Institutions”

The submissions should focus on Iran from a sociological perspective, while comparative studies between Iran and other countries are also acceptable. Topics include social institutions, social capital, family, social deviances, gender, population, migration, youth, etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 25 June 2018. Information: http://ssi.journals.umz.ac.ir/; e-mail: aliverdinia@umz.ac.ir

 

 

 

10. Articles on “Women in Islam” for Special Issue of MDPI Open Access Journal

This peer-reviewed special issue invites submissions focusing on women’s understanding, interpretation and lived experience of Islam with attention to women’s agency. Possible fields of inquiry include: 1. How Muslim women talk about and find meaning in Islam as a source of identity and belonging; 2. How Muslim women engage their faith as a belief system and how they choose to express that faith in both personal and public life; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2018. Information: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/societies/special_issues/Women_in_Islam

 

 

 

11. The Muslims in Britain Research Network, in collaboration with the University of Manchester, is very pleased to announce that it will hold a free forum for doctoral students and early career researchers in the field of British Muslim studies on the 18^th July 2018.

Through talks, open discussions and group workshops, this forum aims to inform early career researchers of potential career paths, how best to pursue them, and how to address each stage of this process. Sessions and keynotes will cover the place of the study of Islam and Muslims in UK higher education, as well as the nature of higher education employment. Participants will also be given the opportunity to share and discuss their research with other academics working in the field.

Whether pursuing careers within or outside of academia, this forum will give guidance on the options available and how best to engage with them, with advice and guidance both from well-established academics and other early career researchers. There will be the opportunity to network frequently throughout the day, with coffee and lunch provided.

Speakers will include (more TBC):

• Dr Shuruq Naguib, University of Lancaster
• Dr Carl Morris, University of Central Lancashire
• Dr Jawiria Naseem, University of Birmingham
• Dr Stephen H. Jones, Newman University

This event is provided free to charge by the Muslims in Britain Research Network and the University of Manchester, but all attendees need to register here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/studying-muslim-britain-a-forum-for-early-career-researchers-tickets-46737447965

We will also be making some travel bursaries available nearer the date. If you are interested in receiving one of these please email muslimsinbritainrn@gmail.com.

 

1.International Conference: “Jihadi Audiovisualities”, Department of Anthropology and African Studies, University of Mainz, 4-5 October 2018

We want to bring together experts and colleagues from multiple disciplines to foster multifarious exchanges, which will allow us to assess Jihadi audio-visuals in all their complexity. We will explore the acoustic dimension of jihadi videos, focus on cinematic means and the creative power involved in Jihadi audio-visuals, and examine activist modes of engaging with these communicative offers.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/1836988/jihadi-audiovisualities-university-mainz-germany

 

 

 

2. Conference: “Turkey and Surrounding World, History and Present Perspectives”, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China, 12-15 October 2018

The papers sought for the conference will be expected to cover aspects of Turkey’s role in and impact on the West and Central Asian region, with links to the East and South Asian regions also. Concern is both with the historical background in Ottoman times, and with current policy and practice. Papers on other subjects related to Turkey may also be considered.

Deadline for abstracts: 25 July 2018. For information contact s.saeed@exeter.ac.uk

 

 

 

3. 4th Meeting of the Society of Iranian and Turanian Studies: “Genealogy, Transmissions and Prosopography”. Autonomous University of Barcelona, 19-20 November 2018

The organizing team of the fourth meeting has taken the decision to ask for papers on the theme of genealogy, transmissions and prosopography of Iran and the Eurasian steppes in the ancient and medieval periods. This theme is of great importance for political history, the history of traditions, technology and science, diplomatics, literature and mythology.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 May 2018. Information: http://grupsderecerca.uab.cat/fonteseurasiae/sites/grupsderecerca.uab.cat.fonteseurasiae/files/4th_meeting_seit.pdf

 

 

4. Research Assistant (PhD Position): “The Cold War`s Clash of Civilizations (in the Middle East)”, Arbeitsbereich Globalgeschichte, Freie Universität Berlin

Possible themes include Soviet-Kurdish relations; local actors’ response to the Islamic Revolution in Iran; or the foreign affairs of socialist states like South Yemen or Soviet-aligned states such as Libya or Syria, etc. Successful candidates will develop a PhD dissertation in the field of international history in the twentieth century as well as contribute to the activities of the research group more generally.

Deadline for application: 18 June 2018. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56767

 

 

5. Summer Intensive Course: “Women’s and Gender Studies”, Tehran, Iran, 25-28 August 2018

The study of gender and women in Islamic contexts, though has expanded rapidly in recent decades is complicated by the modern historicity of these concepts and the danger of projecting them onto contexts in which they did not exist as categories of thought. A further challenge is that there is no uniform referent for the concepts of gender and sexuality across Islamic contexts and within diverse Muslim societies.

Deadline for applications: 30 June 2018. Information: http://www.academia.edu/36680010/Summer_Course_on_Womens_and_Gender_Studies-_August_25-28_2018

 

 

 

6. Abstracts for Book “Understanding Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Turkey”

Editors: Anja Zalta (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) and Tahir Abbas (LSE, UK). The book aims to provide: 1) An historical and contemporary analytical perspective on the nature of ethnicity in ad migration to Turkey in shaping the Turkish national project; 2) How these perspectives have been shaped by recent periods of neoliberalism, authoritarianism and globalisation; and 3) The experience of minorities in Turkey in the context of the wider Middle East region.

Deadline for applications: 31 July 2018. Please submit your abstracts to anja.zalta@ff.uni-lj.si and t.abbas@lse.ac.uk

 

 

 

7. The International Center for the Developing Peace, Culture and Rationality (https://icpcr.com/en ) in order to promote peaceful coexistence, will hold the first International Peace Studies Conference in 1st MARCH 2019 and intends to gather together scholars and researchers for having a better explanation of peace and reconciliation.

Peace is one of the categories that mankind has been considering since the beginning of creation, and has always been wishing to be in a calm condition and reconciliation; However, in the different ages, human being has suffered because of the lack of peace.

Today, with regard to the complexities of human life and the disruptions in political and social interactions, nations are increasingly aware of the importance of peace and coexistence. The importance of this item can be found in the works of scholars, philosophers and sociologists; as they have considered it in designing Utopia. Accordingly, it is possible to explain peace in different ways, due to cultural, religious, and social beliefs and ideas.

Important dates:

Abstract deadline: 22 Oct. 2018

Full paper deadline: 20 Jan. 2019

Conference day: 1st MARCH 2019

for more information, please refer to https://icpcr.com/en/adm/conference.html

 

 

 

8. Electronic Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law

University of Zurich

http://www.ejimel.uzh.ch/en.html

 

 

 

9. Lecture – Caliphs, Popes and Gold: Money and Long-Distance Connections in the Early Middle Ages (York, 29 May 2018)

 

[This was received only on 29 May, 2018.]

“Caliphs, Popes and Gold: Money and Long-Distance Connections in the Early Middle Ages” (York Islamic Art Circle)

with Dr Rory Naismith (Kings College, London), on Tuesday 29th May 2018, from 6:30pm-8pm, at The Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building, University of York, YO10 5DD, UK.

Attendance is by free booking only https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/public-lectures/summer-18/popes-gold/

Abstract: One of the most celebrated Anglo-Saxon coins is a gold piece naming Offa, king of the Mercians (757-96), which closely imitates a gold dinar of the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur. It encapsulates a fascinating series of cultural interconnections which bound Anglo-Saxon England to the rest of mainland Europe and, ultimately, to the Muslim world. This talk will use the Offa dinar as its starting point, and explore other instances of money forming a visible and versatile point of contact between England, its Northern European neighbours and the Islamic lands to the east and south. These coins stand for a whole range of economic and cultural interactions, illuminated by other sources including narratives and manuscripts.

About the Speaker: Dr Rory Naismith completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2009, and has been a lecturer in medieval history at King’s College London since 2015. His interests are in the earlier Middle Ages, and especially in aspects of economic, social and cultural history.

1.Conference: “Multi-ethnic Cities in the Mediterranean World: History, Culture, Heritage”, Genoa, 4-5 June 2018

See program at  https://www.academia.edu/36600976/Multi-ethnic_Cities_in_the_Mediterranean_World_History_Culture_Heritage

 

 

 

2. JOB: Iran Heritage Foundation Curator for the Iranian Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

We welcome applications from international candidates for this role.

The V&A is seeking to appoint a specialist in Iranian art and design to curate our globally important collection in this field. In formation since the 1870s, the collection is notably strong in ceramics and textiles, and the Museum particularly welcomes candidates with expertise in carpets and textiles, or a desire to specialise in this area. Candidates will need museum experience, as well as language skills and academic training relevant to the post.

On appointment, you would join a team of curators with responsibility for the Museum’s Asian collections and the galleries and stores where they are kept. As curators, we create exhibitions and gallery displays, teach students at a variety of levels, organise and take part in Museum events, and publish electronically and in book and article form.

Closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday, 20 June 2018, by midnight

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 25 July 2018.

https://app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Careers/CareersPage.aspx?e=LMo8nnTwYNbp4FfUKtsCHKJ_j8713Lkvg3S5bpBEtx8v2QiP_9m4zjRrMWdMQ–a7laoprZKAbI&iframe=false&HideCareersLink=true

 

 

 

3. Photographic Archive: Manar al-Athar (http://www.manar-al-athar.ox.ac.uk)

The Manar al-Athar website, based at the University of Oxford, aims to provide free, downloadable, high resolution, searchable images for teaching, research, and publication. These images of archaeological sites, with buildings and art, will cover the areas of the former Roman empire which later came under Islamic rule, such as Syro-Palestine/the Levant, Arabia, Egypt, North Africa and Spain. The chronological range is from Alexander the Great (i.e., from about 300 BC) through, the Islamic period to the present. It is the first website of its kind providing such material labelled jointly in both Arabic and English. There are currently over 30,000 images online.

 

 

4. Call for Papers

Topic: Arabic as a language of knowledge transfer and production: A look into the future

There is a recent movement in the Arabic-speaking world to create an enduring legacy of intellectual innovation and education within the Arab world.  This conference aims to explore the theoretical and pragmatic issues relevant to (1) promoting the Arabic language as a tool of scientific inquiry, an official language in public discourse, and a primary language for teaching and research, (2) establishing, maintaining, and nurturing intellectual links and two-way dialogues between knowledge production in Arabic and the international learning and research community, and (3) affecting positively the status and quality of Arabic education domestically, regionally, and internationally.

Themes: Role of language in knowledge transfer and production, Interrelationship of language and thought, Enforcement of language planning policies, Descriptive and analytical studies of native language proficiencies, Academic and intellectual requirements of knowledge processes, Academic language assessment tools, Realities of academic and language training in Arab universities, Socio- and Psycholinguistic parameters of knowledge, Role of heritage speakers, role of technology, and other themes that are of relevance.

Cost: Free registration, meals, and accommodation for international participants.

Dates: March 3-4 2019

Location: Doha, Qatar

Host: The Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Organizers: Alaa Elgibali and Rana Siblini

Abstract: deadline October 30, 2018.  A succinct abstract of up to 500 words.

Languages: Arabic and English

Publication: Selected papers will be published after a review process.

Contact: language.center@dohainstitute.edu.qa   Tel: +974 4035 – 6883

 

 

5. Cambridge, CIS:

The Centre of Islamic Studies is looking for two Post-Docs to work as Research and Outreach Associates in the Centre of Islamic Studies, to begin in September 2018.

The posts are two-year, fixed-term positions.

The successful candidates will each design and conduct independent and original research into themes relating to Islam in the global age. Proposals relating to Islam or Muslim life in Europe and the United Kingdom are particularly welcome. We are looking for applicants from across the world and can give advice on getting visas where these are applicable.

For more information and to apply for these great posts please see the university job site here: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/17228/

The closing date for applications is 20^th June and it is anticipated that interviews will be held by the end of July 2018.

Informal enquiries and requests for Further Particulars may be addressed to Dr Paul Anderson at the Centre of Islamic Studies: cis@cis.cam.ac.uk.

 

 

 

6. Workshop on Islamic Studies in the UK: Challenges, Opportunities and Emerging Agendas. The workshop is sponsored by the AHRC-funded project Representing Islam on Campus(https://www.soas.ac.uk/representingislamoncampus) and will be held on June 19^thin the Brunei Gallery at SOAS, London.

Islamic Studies is one of the key strands of the project and the overall aim of the day is to build on and reformulate discussions led by the Islamic Studies Network (2008-2012) about the role and place of Islamic Studies in Higher Education. We also aim to present our project findings on the teaching and learning of Islamic Studies at six university campuses. We will engage colleagues in the field in a conversation about some key project themes such as ‘Islamic Studies in the Age of Securitization’ and ‘Emerging agendas in research and teaching’.

We would be honoured and delighted if you can join us for the day. Workshop attendance is free, but registration is required due to limited places. Refreshments and lunch will be offered during the day.For more details of the programme, venue and registration information, please visit the Eventbrite workshop page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/islamic-studies-in-the-uk-challenges-opportunities-and-emerging-agendas-tickets-46217510819

 

 

 

7. The Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin now provides access to more than 11.000 objects online on its website. This is a fundamental milestone in the accessibility of the museum collection and would not have been possible without the generosity of Yousef Jameel, Hon. LHD, a private supporter of the arts, education, and research.

Yousef Jameel facilitated the development of a special project team of art historians, archaeologists, photographers and conservators who, alongside permanent museum staff, recorded, documented and photographed large parts of its collection between 2012 and 2017. They compiled important information about the objects including their dating, provenance, materials, and techniques. In addition, various views and interesting details of the artefacts were photographed.

After the successful conclusion of the project last year a huge selection of object information is now available online. This includes most of the museum’s famous carpets, three hundred examples of its little-published textiles, representative artworks from the ceramic, glass and metalwork and the ivory collection.

The complete digitization of two highlights of Shirazi book art are of particular note: the famous anthology of the Timurid prince Baisunqur from 1420 (I. 4628) in addition to the magnificent Koran from 1560-70 (I. 42/68).

Furthermore large parts of the museum’s excavations finds now feature prominently on the web. First of all Samarra, with more than 800 finds and Ctesiphon as well as Khirbat al-Minya/Tabgha with more than 900 finds are all online. More than 300 representative finds from al-Raqqah and 500 from Takht-e Soleiman emphasize the leading role of the Berlin museum in the field of Islamic archaeology.

The objects are available online at www.smb-digital.de. Please look for „Museum für Islamische Kunst“. Currently the descriptions are only available in German. However you may search the collection in a special search form („Advanced Search“) according to date, material, object/term and geographical reference and enjoy the multiple views of the objects featured under the headline „Multimedia“.

Link: http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&lang=en

 

 

 

8. Appel d’offre pour une bourse postdoctorale en doctrine de l’Islam classique à l’Université catholique de Louvain (Limite : 15 juin 2018)

La Faculté de théologie et l’Institut de recherche Religions, Spiritualités, Cultures, Sociétés (RSCS), de l’Université catholique de Louvain, soutenus par la Fondation Sedes Sapientiæ, proposent une bourse de post-doctorat en islamologie, d’une durée de deux ans.

See: https://diwan.hypotheses.org/10559

 

 

 

9. Appel à contribution pour le 2e Congrès du GIS Moyen-Orient et Mondes musulmans

Date limite pour les propositions pour les ateliers: le 1er juin 2018.

https://iismm.hypotheses.org/29395

 

1. Research Associate in British Muslim Studies, Islam-UK Centre, Cardiff University

Job code: 7269BR

Cardiff School of History, Archaeology and Religion

The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, based in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, wishes to appoint to a three-year fixed-term post in the field of British Muslim Studies.  Applicants will be expected to apply for and to conduct research in the field of British Muslim Studies and to support the public engagement activities of the Islam-UK Centre, leading to the publishing of work in high-quality journals and to pursue excellence in research. Preference may be given to those with a speciality in the sociology or anthropology of Muslim communities in Britain (especially method and theory); and/or Islam and Muslim communities in Wales.

This is a full-time post, fixed-term for three years.

Salary: £32,548 – £38,833 per annum (Grade 6)

Closing date: Monday, 4 June 2018

 

https://krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=30011&siteid=5460#jobDetails=1219589_5460

 

 

 

2. Call for Proposals

Persianate Literatures as World Literature

We are putting together a volume on Persianate Literatures as World Literature. The volume is intended for publication in the “Literatures as World Literature” series of Academic Bloomsbury Publishing (Series Editor: Thomas Oliver Beebee), estimated to be published in 2019.

The book will explore the connections between Persianate literary productions and those of the rest of the world; advance comparative studies of Persianate literatures; and/or reread Persianate literatures with respect to globalization, transnationalism, and world citizenry—all with the overarching aim of foregrounding the interdependencies, interrelations, connections, and flows that expand Persian literatures beyond their mere locality and showcase their possible connecting and influencing of other local and
translocal narratives. As such, the primary focus of Persianate Literatures as World Literature will be on rereading Persian literary texts and authors in their “worldly” dimensions, situating such readings within—and ideally contributing to—ongoing critical debates on “world literature.” With this all-embracing aim in mind, we would be happy to consider submissions focused on topics including, yet not limited to, the following:

• Reading instances of Persian literature in order to contribute to ongoing debates in “world literature”
• Persian literature and globalization, transnationalism, and/or world citizenry; re-reading Persian literature in search of global perspectives; impediments to Persianliteratures’ path to the global stage; problems of language and translation; the problematics of the periphery and the center in “world literature”
• Comparative studies of Persian literature situated within “world literature” debates; studying the processes, in Persian literature, of textual influence, transformation, and/or travel towards the worldly domain; connections between Persian literary production and that of the rest of the world
• Relations and communication amongst the Persian literary traditions and genres, and how such relations help produce new forms of knowledge to understand Persian literary traditions and societies, yet also world literature and the global phenomena in general
• Rereading the Persian literary, artistic, and philosophical traditions in search of alternatives to prevalent (“Western”) literary theory and literary modernisms; the potentials and pitfalls of indigenous epistemologies
• The cultural chauvinism of literary criticism in Persianate cultures; the decentering of national identity politics – particularly ethnocentric nationalism – in literature and criticism; critical perspectives on scholarly journals in literary criticism published in the Persian-speaking world; the prison house of “literary theory” application
• Digital humanities and Persian literatures: prospects, possibilities, and limitations

If you are interested in contributing a chapter to this project, please send your CV and a proposal of between 300 and 500 words, including a concise Working Bibliography, by June 20, 2018 to  mostafa.abedinifard@utoronto.ca, a.vafa@sheffield.ac.uk, and omid.azadi@shirazu.ac.ir We will notify authors of acceptance by July 5, 2018, and the authors will then have until 31 January 2

 

 

 

3. Michigan Quarterly Review is currently seeking submissions
on the theme of Iran — its literature, culture, and history, particularly
perspectives on the 1979 revolution written in Iran or in the Diaspora. The
issue seeks to present a collective of voices and reflections by a generation
born in the shadow of revolution. The journal especially encourages
translations from Persian, Kurdish, Armenian, and Azeri languages spoken in
Iran.

Currently edited by Khaled Mattawa, Michigan Quarterly Review is the flagship
literary journal of the University of Michigan, publishing each season a
collection of fiction, poetry, book reviews, interviews, and essays on
culture. The guest editor for the Iran issue will be Kathryn Babayan,
Associate Professor of Iranian History and Culture at the University of
Michigan, and will be published in the Spring of 2019.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.michiganquarterlyreview.com/2018/04/call-for-submissions-iran-issue/

 

 

 

4. The Centre for South Asian Civilizations at the University of Toronto invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow in South Asian Studies. The appointment will begin on September 1, 2018. The post is for a period of 2 years with the possibility of extension after successful review.

Candidates working in any field of South Asian Studies are encouraged to apply. The successful applicant will have demonstrated expertise in one or more research languages and be able to work with primary source archives.

The Centre for South Asian Civilizations is housed at the University of Toronto Mississauga and is dedicated to interdisciplinary and critical engagement with the languages, cultures, religions, and histories of South Asia. While the primary responsibility of the postdoctoral fellow is research, the fellow will also be involved in Centre for South Asian Civilizations programming and will help foster intellectual community at the University of Toronto Mississauga. The position also includes the teaching of one 12-week course per academic year. The salary will be $42,000, which includes the teaching stipend.

Applicants must have successfully defended their doctoral theses by the commencement of the post, and no earlier than 2015. Applicants cannot hold a tenure-track or continuing faculty position at a college or university. Applicants may be citizens of any country, and graduates from any university. Successful international applicants must meet all Canadian immigration requirements.

The application deadline is June 11, 2018. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed via Skype. Decisions will be made by July 2018.

For general inquiries, please contact csac@utoronto.ca

 

 

 

5. Location: Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford, Oxford.

Salary:  £31,604 p.a. (Grade 7.1)

Hours:  Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term until 30^th September 2020

Closes: 31st May 2018

 

Following the award of a European Research Council Advanced Grant, ‘Monumental Art of the Christian and Early Islamic East: Cultural Identities and Classical Heritage’, to Dr Judith McKenzie, the Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Islamic Monumental Art and Architecture to work on the project. This post will be fixed-term for 24 months until 30 September 2020, and it is anticipated that the appointee will start on 1 October 2018.

This project will analyse the monumental art (large decorative programmes of wall and floor mosaics, and wall paintings on buildings) of two areas of the former eastern Roman Empire which came under Islamic rule but which have never been the subject of an integrated comprehensive study: Egypt and Syro-Palestine (modern Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel/Palestine). It aims to determine systematically how the strength and nature of the local

Greco-Roman traditions and expressions of identities influenced monumental art in these regions during Late Antiquity (AD 250–750), the period of transition from paganism to Christianity and, in turn, to Islam. The project aims to define and distinguish between different strands of classical influence, both local and external (from the centres of Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria). For the early Islamic period, it will also include other, eastern, influences. By investigating the roles of local artists and artisans as creators rather than imitators, and continuities of local workshop traditions, this project will transform our understanding of the artistic culture of the late antique Middle East.

Reporting to Dr Judith McKenzie, the post holder will carry out research on early Islamic wall mosaics and paintings for the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant project, ‘Monumental Art of the Christian and Early Islamic East: Cultural Identities and Classical Heritage’.

Further Particulars (which all applicants must consult) are available throughhttps://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=134229

Applications should include a CV and a supporting statement explaining your suitability for the post. Candidates are asked to submit two article length samples of written work and requested to have two references submitted by the closing date.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 31st May 2018. Interviews are expected to be held in Oxford on 14^th June 2018.

 

 

 

6. Nous avons plaisir d’annoncer que le Prix de thèse des Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle 2017 a été décerné à une thèse soutenue dans le cadre de notre laboratoire Mondes iranien et indien:

Viola Allegranzi, “Les inscriptions persanes de Ghazni, Afghanistan. Nouvelles sources pour l’histoire culturelle et la tradition épigraphique ghaznavides (Ve-VIe/XIe-XIIe siècles)”

Ecole doctorale 268, en co-tutelle entre l’Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 et Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”, sous la direction de Maria Szuppe et Roberta Giunta.

Voir: http://www.univ-paris3.fr/prix-de-these-des-psn-9168.kjsp?RH=ACCUEIL

 

 

 

7. Call for papers

VIII International Congress of the Spanish Society of Iranian Studies (SEI) to be held in the University of Tehran on November 4-5, 2018.

We are pleased to announce that this year our Eighth Annual Congress will be held in the University of Tehran on November 4 and 5, 2018 in collaboration with the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, the Cultural Department of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Spain, the University of Tehran and the Iranian Society of Islamic History.

All members of the Spanish Society of Iranian Studies (SEI) are invited to attend as well as all experts and researchers in any field of Iranian and Persian studies throughout the world. The total number of speakers in this conference will be 30. Fifteen of them shall be chosen among outstanding Iranian professors and researchers living in Iran and the other fifteen shall be shortlisted from the foreign candidates. Each speaker will have 30 minutes to deliver the paper in any of the official languages for this Congress, i.e., English, Spanish and Persian.

Please send your abstract (max. 500 words) in any of the three abovementioned languages to the email address provided below. Please attach your CV. A scientific committee shall evaluate and shortlist the proposals. The deadline for sending your abstracts is JUNE 20, 2018. We strongly recommend that if you wish to participate in this international event, you should confirm your participation as soon as possible.

The sponsoring institutions in Iran have kindly offered to meet the accomodation costs  in Tehran, up to three nights (including full board). For non-Iranian participants, in consideration for the expenses incurred to travel to Iran, the sum of 150 euro (or its equivalent in Rials at the official exchange rate prevailing at the time) shall be paid to them. Kindly note that the airfare and visa fees are to be satisfied by each participant. If you wish to spend additional time in Iran, the organization will not be able to make any provisions in terms of lodging or travel.

In order to have your paper published in our Iranian Studies Journal, we shall contact each contributor at the end of the Congress and provide you with a timeframe to submit the final version of your paper for publication.

The email address for your abstracts are as follows:

If you live in Iran: info@isihistory.ir (Seyed Ahmad Reza Khezri, chairman of the Iranian Society of Islamic History).

If you live outside Iran: yamshid_2000@yahoo.es (Joaquín Rodríguez Vargas, secretary of the SEI).

http://iranologia.com/

 

 

 

8. Assistant/Associate University Librarian
University of Florida, Gainesville
“The Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Librarian [AMES Librarian] is a year-round (12 month) tenure-track library faculty position responsible for the overall development, management and coordination of the George A. Smathers Libraries resources in all formats for these subject areas. The position supports the University’s academic programs including the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLC), as well as interdisciplinary programs supported by the University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, such as International Studies and the Center for Global Islamic Studies. The AMES Librarian also liaises with the Harn Museum of Art in support of the Asian Collection. Responsibilities include analyzing the University’s programs in the LLC and International Studies, collaborating with librarians and academic faculty to establish collection profiles, selection guidelines, and preservation, location and cataloging priorities; and evaluating existing collection strengths and current collecting intensities. Collaborates with other subject librarians to provide support in religious studies and other interdisciplinary areas. This position manages specialized subject area reference services, library instruction, and online database services….”

 

See for full information : http://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/cw/en-us/job/507315/asian-and-middle-eastern-studies-librarian

 

 

 

9. Panels during the “Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES)”, Seville, 16-20 July 2018

The preliminary program including all panels and papers is now available. See: http://wocmes2018seville.org/web/images/doc/programme/booklet-completo-V2.pdf

 

 

 

10. International Symposium: “Ottoman Tafsīr: Scholars, Works, Problems”, Istanbul Foundation for Research and Education (ISAR), Istanbul, 14-16 December 2018

This symposium aims to raise the issue of the contribution of Ottoman scholars to the tradition of interpretation. Works, discussions, and contributions in the field of tafsīr from the foundation of the Ottoman state to the Republican period constitutes the theme of the symposium.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2018. Information: https://www.isar.org.tr/en/duyuru-haberler/osmanlida-ilm-i-tefsir-sempozyumu

 

 

 

11. Prize: “2018 Middle East Medievalists Dissertation Prize”, San Antonio, Texas

In an effort to recognize excellent doctoral research in the field, Middle East Medievalists (MEM) will award its first biennial prize at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in San Antonio, Texas, in November 2018. Dissertations filed and defended between June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2018, will be eligible for this year’s prize.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 August 2018. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/prize-2018-middle-east-medievalists-dissertation-prize?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

12. Undergraduate Dissertation Prizes, Council for British Research in the Levant

We are pleased to announce two new undergraduate dissertation prizes in the field of Levantine studies for the academic year 2018: Levantine archaeology or history and Contemporary Levantine studies. The dissertation should be the best in the subject area (with a first-class mark), should focus on a topic relating to Levantine studies whether ancient or modern, should make an original contribution to research debates, and be of excellent quality.

Deadline for application: 30 July 2018. Information: http://cbrl.org.uk/news/item/name/new-undergraduate-dissertation-prizes-for-2018

 

1.Academy Colloquium “Whither Islamicate Digital Humanities? Analytics, Tools, Corpora”

International Conference

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Amsterdam (NLD), 13-15 December 2018

Funded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences & the Netherlands eScience Center

Hosted by the “Bridging the Gap” project, Utrecht University (NLD), and the Digital Islamic Humanities Project, Brown University (RI, USA)

“Whither Islamicate Digital Humanities? Analytics, Tools, Corpora” is a three-day international conference dedicated to the budding field of Islamicate Digital Humanities (IDH). In recent years, the number of projects, initiatives and research programs in this field has greatly increased. Recognition of these efforts has already resulted in the formulation of guidelines for the evaluation of digital scholarship by the Middle East Studies Association, as well as a recent proposal for a set of principles to guide scholarly corpus building (IJMES 50, “Roundtable”). These developments signal a field gradually coming of age. Yet, most scholars would also agree that much work remains to be done before a plug-and-play, one-click survey of the vast Islamicate textual heritage becomes even remotely realistic. This conference seeks to take stock and showcase efforts currently underway in global IDH text-mining and identify ways of promoting collaboration and synergy. PROPOSALS (< 500 WORDS) FOR 20-MINUTE PRESENTATIONS ARE SOLICITED BY 31 MAY, 2018.

Travel funding is available. Please consult the following website for details:

https://islamicdh.org/2018/05/04/whither-islamic-digital-humanities-cfp/

 

 

 

2. A Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship is now available for the study of Kurdish (Sorani) language -only 2^ndyear- in the Summer Language Workshop at Indiana University, Bloomington. Please announce this to your students and colleagues who might be interested.

IU Summer Language Workshop:

http://indiana.edu/~swseel/

 

 

 

3. Call for Papers

The journal of ‘Sociology of Social Institutions‘

http://ssi.journals.umz.ac.ir/

We are pleased to invite interested scholars to submit papers for possible publication in the journal of Sociology of Social Institutions (SSI). The journal of SSI is essentially in Persian language (Farsi) published by The University of Mazandaran, Iran. Detailed information of this journal is available at this link: http://ssi.journals.umz.ac.ir/

We plan to allocate one special issue of the SSI in English language. This will be a primary attempt for possibly further developments in future. The submissions to this special issue should focus principally on the context of Iran, while comparative studies between Iran and other countries are also acceptable. This special issue covers a wide range of topics from a sociological perspective. The topics, for instance, can include (but, not limited to) issues such as social institutions, social capital, family, social deviances, gender, population, migration, youth, etc. Again, the submissions need to have a central focus on Iran from a sociological perspective.

At this stage, we accept abstracts with maximum 500 words. The abstract should clearly indicate the aim, methodology, data, and key results. Also, a short bio of the authors with max 500 words including university affiliation and contact details need to be added into abstracts.

Abstracts Submission Deadline: May 30, 2018.

For more information and inquiries, please contact Dr Yaghoob Foroutan (y_foroutan@yahoo.com).

The authors of accepted abstracts will be notified and informed about the detailed instructions of full articles by June 20, 2018. The deadline for the submission of full articles will be August 30, 2018.

 

 

 

4. Journée d’études : « Histoire du droit islamique modern » – Université Paris Descartes, 17 mai 2018

Cette journée d’études porte sur les cultures et les patrimoines juridiques et normatifs des mondes musulmans et sur leurs transformations du XVIIIe siècle jusqu’à nos jours, suite à l’émergence et à l’universalisation d’un langage juridique positiviste particulier, sous l’effet de la pression impérialiste ou par un processus d’intégration volontaire.

Programme et Résumés : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/29961

 

 

 

5. POSTS:

 

Visiting Assistant Professor in Religion, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
This position is to begin in August 2018 for a one-year term. Goucher’s Religion Program provides an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach to the academic study of religion with a commitment to community-based and experiential learning experiences.
Information: https://goucher.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=96994

 

 

Visiting Assistant Professor in the History of Islam and the History of the Modern Middle East, Towson University, MD

Applications are invited for a full-time, non-tenure track, 10-month position beginning August 2018. Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.

Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56720

 

 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic, Middle East Studies Association, Tucson, AZ

We welcome applications from candidates with a research focus on Classical or Modern Arabic poetry; comparative Arabic-Hebrew, Arabic-Persian, Arabic-Urdu, or Arabic-Turkish training; storytelling and folklore; and/or translation studies. The position has a 3-3 teaching load, with the opportunity to contribute to the Arabic literature and culture curriculum, as well as to teach in First-Year Seminar.

Position open until filled. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2018/03/27/bard-visiting-assistant-professor-of-arabic

 

 

6. Master’s Program in Islamic Studies: “Islam in Europe”, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Master’s program in Islamic Studies is conceived as a response to the need for training in Islamic Theology in the European educational area.

Information: http://fin.unsa.ba/index.php/izdvojeno/4713-master-in-islamic-studies

 

 

 

7. Submissions for “Islam in World Literary Imaginations: A Multi-Volume”

Edited by Sarah R. bin Tyeer, Claire Gallien and Mohammad Salama. The volume is designed to incorporate a variety of themes, influences, ramifications, impressions, and representations of Islam in world literatures in classical, medieval, modern, and contemporary contexts.

Deadline for applications: 6 July 2018. Please send abstracts to: ​islamworldlit@gmail.com

 

 

 

8. Graduate Student Article Prize Announced by Women Historians of the Middle East (WHOME)

This annual prize is awarded for the best article about Middle Eastern history written by a female-identifying graduate student (Masters or PhD). The award aims to bring attention to the innovative scholarship women are producing in the field. The article (not to exceed 8,000 words) can be published, under review, submitted, or in the final stages of preparation for submission to a journal.

Deadline for applications: 31 May 2018. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/prize-whome-graduate-student-article-prize-call-for-applications-and-nominations?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

9. Prize of the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) for Best Article to be Published in “Contemporary Levante”
The award will recognize excellent research and scholarship that will advance our understanding of the Levant region. The article will be published in the journal and will received the amount of £100.
Deadline for submission: 11 June 2018. Information:  http://cbrl.org.uk/news/item/name/call-for-papers-for-the-2018-cbrl-prize-for-best-article