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1.CfP: The Primacy of Form
Brown University, Friday, October 25 – Saturday, October 26, 2019
This exploratory conference proposes that the vast diversity of ideas and practices associated with Islam deserve investigation through presuming continuities and divergences between forms. In the prevailing contours of Islamic studies as an academic field, pride of place is given to genealogies of ideas, theological precepts, and practices. What if we stand apart from problems of coherence and incoherence of ideas, or the effort to seek logics of practice?
What can be said to support, or contest, the notion that forms articulate Islam? How might we address forms, for example those embodied in structures and genres, with due attention to historicity and without presuming Islamic universals? Forms do not bind to permanent ideological investments, allowing us to explain Islam’s sociohistorical unboundedness. Forms that predate the mention of Islam become Islamic through particular historical processes. Forms identified with Islam can shed their Islamicness and acquire new coordinates in other contexts. Such transitions explicate the significance, yet permeability, of all boundaries, challenging Islam’s exceptionality. In the longue durée, forms can explain diachronic continuities. When observed turning into vessels for new ideas, forms index processes of change and transformation. Identified as literary genres and bureaucratic procedures, forms signify processes of authorization and exclusion.
We invite papers that reflect on the topic of forms from any perspective, pertaining to all time periods and geographical areas. Topics may be archival, conceptual, or comparative, addressing structure, anti-structure, and everything in between. Examples include, but are not limited to, arenas such as embodiment (dress, ritual, gender, etc.), discourse (names, hadith, tabaqat, qasida, ghazal, love tale, epics, etc.), philosophy and law (fatwa, syllogism, dialectic, guidebook, defters, identity papers, visas and passports, etc.), and art and architecture (visual design, album, muqarnas, minaret, repetition, graffiti, musical maqams and ragas, etc.). In selecting papers, we will give priority to conceptual innovation tied to exploration of specific questions and materials.
Practical Information:
Colleagues are requested to submit a 250-word proposal using the web form by January 30, 2019. We will not read beyond 250 words when evaluating proposals. Selected authors will be informed by March 30, 2019. Participants will be asked to submit drafts of their papers two weeks before the conference.
See here to submit proposal:
https://form.jotform.com/83406297122152
We will cover the cost of transportation to Providence, Rhode Island, and a stay of up to three nights.
This conference is sponsored by Islam and the Humanities at Brown, a project aimed at forging deliberate connections between the study of Islam and Muslims and topics engaged by scholars in the humanities in general. Through collective effort, the event hopes to stimulate new thinking on Islamic forms while, simultaneously, suggesting that Islam is an exceptionally good venue to query the very concept of form.
2. The Department of Religious in the School of International and Public Affairs of Florida International University is pleased to announce a search for a faculty colleague with a specialization in Islam of the late medieval or early modern period, preferably with a focus on the Ottoman Empire. Candidates should be competent in either Turkish, Arabic or both. They should be able to teach at the undergraduate and graduate level, as well as supervise and mentor students in the graduate program. A Ph.D. is required. FIU is a Carnegie R1 research institution with substantial research expectations of its faculty.
The department, with fourteen full time members, offers B.A. and M.A. degrees, and is located within FIU’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). The ideal candidate will be able to make contributions to SIPA’s Muslim World Studies Program as well.
See: https://facultycareers.fiu.edu/?posting=516574
Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply and attach a cover letter, curriculum vitae, course syllabi (if available), and writing sample-submitted online through the FIU HR portal (see link above). The writing sample can be either a published article or a thesis chapter. Sealed transcripts should be sent to Dr. Iqbal Akhtar, Islam Search Committee Chair,Department of Religious Studies, DM 302, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199. Candidates will be requested to provide names and
contact information for at least three references who will be contacted if advanced by the search committee. To receive full consideration,
applications and required materials should be received by January 31,2019. Review will continue until position is filled.
3. Full Professor of Pre-Modern Studies
The Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) invites applications for a tenured position in pre-modern (pre-1500) studies. The search is at the rank of Professor, and applications from all humanities disciplines are welcome. The successful candidate will bring a distinguished record of innovative research and publication, a record of leadership in the field, and must hold a Ph.D. degree in an appropriate field of study. Experience in organizing research initiatives, institutes, or centers is preferable. We expect that the successful candidate will take a leading role in the establishment of a new center for the study of the pre-modern world.
Interested candidates should provide a letter of application and a curriculum vitae. Application materials must be combined into and uploaded as one PDF document. In order to be considered for this position, all candidates must apply via the “Apply” link at the top or bottom of this page. Applications will begin to be reviewed on January 15, but the position will remain open until filled. Inquiries may be directed to the search chair, Professor Lisa Bitel (bitel@usc.edu).
https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/full-professor-of-pre-modern-studies/1209/10236329
4. L’Iran en transition : de la révolution constitutionnelle à la fin de l’ère qajare
Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université de Téhéran
17 et 18 décembre 2018
Déjà au cours des deux guerres irano-russes (1804-13, 1826-8), les élites iraniennes se trouvèrent confrontées au défi de la modernisation. Accompagnée d’un profond sentiment d’humiliation, la frustration de défaite stimula l’intérêt des hommes d’État et des intellectuels iraniens pour l’Europe. Ceci se matérialisa initialement sous la forme de traductions en persan d’ouvrages en langues européennes et de l’envoi de premières missions d’étudiants iraniens en Europe. Le règne de Nâser al-Din Shâh (1848-96) fut témoin de l’accélération de l’ouverture de l’Iran vers l’Occident, qui était due à l’évolution de la conscience politique des élites iraniennes et à l’intégration internationale de l’Iran. Or, la société iranienne ne connut qu’une transition radicale qu’à partir de la révolution constitutionnelle (1906-1911). Résultant de la convergence de plusieurs forces sociales et discours politiques, l’adoption de la constitution en 1906 fut un tournant radical dans l’histoire de l’Iran. Les deux dernières décennies du règne des Qajars furent marquées par l’influence décisive du constitutionnalisme dans l’ensemble des domaines (politique, social, économique et culturel) tandis que l’hégémonie anglo-russe était toujours plus contestée par une volonté d’émancipation et un nationalisme naissant. La transition du « traditionnel » au « moderne », modelée en grande partie par le triomphe symbolique du constitutionnalisme, était pourtant un processus non-linéaire, nourri à la fois par le dynamisme interne et par les influences extérieures. En dépit du déclin du mouvement constitutionnel au début des années 1910, les transformations subies par la société iranienne étaient irréversibles et l’héritage de la lutte constitutionnaliste continuait de se manifester dans la politique du gouvernement iranien, dans les pratiques administratives et dans l’activisme révolutionnaire populaire. L’ascension de Rezâ Khân (m. 1944) et l’établissement de la dynastie Pahlavi (1925) changèrent considérablement le lien discursif entre les perceptions iraniennes de la modernité et les modes d’expression politique – les idéaux constitutionnalistes n’étaient plus prioritaires dans l’agenda dominant de modernisation. Ainsi, la fin de l’ère qajare coïncida avec l’affaiblissement des forces démocratiques, et cela même si l’héritage du constitutionnalisme demeura incontestable tout au cours de l’histoire contemporaine de l’Iran.
Comité de coordination scientifique
Denis Hermann, directeur de l’Institut français de Recherche en Iran (IFRI)
Ali Shahidi, Université de Téhéran, département d’Études iraniennes
Sadeq Heidarinia, directeur de l’Institut Negarestan-e Andisheh
Alisa Shablovskaia, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, Paris
Contact
Secrétariat de la coopération académique et des conférences
No 10, Azin St., Qods St., Enqelab St. Tehran
Téléfax : 02166978881-02166435423-02166435416
www.cins.ir – Email : info@cins.ir
Lien vers le site de l’IFRI : http://ifriran.org/2018/12/17/liran-en-transition-de-la-revolution-constitutionnelle-a-la-fin-de-lere-qajare/
5. International Conference: “Immortality of the Soul in Islam and Christianity”, Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy (ISCA), Iran, 4-5 March 2020
Topics of interest: The concept of death; The concept of immortality; The criteria of personal identity; Postmortem survival Life after death.
Deadline for abstracts: 16 March 2019. Information: http://seminars.ir/soul2/en/
6. Posts:
a) Professorship (W2) in Islamic Law, Oriental Institute, Leipzig University
The professorship addresses both the teaching and research in the field of Islamic Law within a context of historic, social, religious and cultural representations. It also considers the law of Arabic and Islamic countries that is based on secular, non-Islamic sources. Aspects of Islamic law related to issues of migration and integration shall be potential prospects of the portfolio.
Deadline for applications: 18 January 2019. Information: http://www.orient.uni-leipzig.de/aktuelles/newsdetails/artikel/7/job-advertising-professorship-w2-in-islamic-law
b) Fellowships for PhD Students at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, 2019-2022
Doctoral students are invited to analyze political, social and economic developments in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and link this knowledge to questions of global significance.
Deadline for applications: 1 February 2019. Information: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/sites/default/files/md_pdf/GIGA-19-01_DP_CfA_external_funding.pdf
c) Fellowships at the American Research Center in Egypt, Cairo
Applications are invited to conduct independent humanities research in Egypt. Doctoral, postdoctoral, early career and senior humanities scholars are eligible to apply. Most awards require American citizenship.
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2019. Information: https://www.arce.org/fellows
d) Postdoctoral Fellow in Levantine Studies, Humanities Research Center, Rice University, Houston, TX
Renewable one-year appointment in the theory, geography, history, and/or practice of Spatial Studies, with an emphasis on the Levant, broadly construed. The fellow will develop or continue his or her own research project in spatial studies. Applicants from any humanistic discipline or interdiscipline are eligible to apply and must have received a PhD between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2019.
Deadline for applications: 22 February 2019. Information: https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/17762
e) Imam Ali Chair for Shi‘i Studies and Dialogue among Islamic Legal Schools, Hartford Seminary
The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in Shi‘i Islam and its relation to other traditions of Islam, Christianity and other religious traditions, and may be grounded in one of a number of academic disciplines.
Deadline for applications: 15 February 2019. Information: Contact Scott Thumma, sthumma@hartsem.edu
f) Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics/Middle East/North Africa, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
This position will begin August 10, 2019. Required qualifications: A Ph.D. in Political Science or a closely related field is required by the time of appointment. Candidates must have a research focus that involves comparative political analysis in the MENA region and demonstrated excellence in research.
Review of applications starts 22 January 2019. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58021
g) Grants and Fellowships of the University of Notre Dame
Research priorities include
- “Immigration and the Challenge to National Identities”. The arrival of migrants from the Middle East and Africa directly fueled the rise of right-wing populist leaders throughout Europe. How can such challenges be met both effectively and in a way that respects human dignity?
- “Islamophobia, “Christian” Identity, and the Secular State”. How have definitions of religious identity affected definitions of political identity, and what can be done to defuse such tensions?
Information: https://nanovic.nd.edu/grants-fellowships
7. Articles for Collection on “Sacred Troubling Topics in Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Qur’an”
The collection seeks to address topics overlooked, erased, romanticized, and ignored in academic as well as non-academic education and conversation related to collection sections of Gender & Sexuality, Body & Appearance, Women & Feminism, Death & Mourning, Life & Humor, Crime & Disobedience.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3344864/sacred-troubling-topics-hebrew-bible-new-testament-and-quran
8. CALL FOR PAPERS
McGill University’s Institute of Islamic Studies
Graduate Student Symposium
April 4-5, 2019
The organising committee of the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Graduate Student Symposium welcomes abstract submissions to their ninth annual symposium, to be held on April 4-5, 2019 at McGill University.
Our aim is to provide an opportunity for graduate students based in various parts of the world and approaching the study of Islamicate thought and life across time and space through a multiplicity of disciplinary and methodological approaches to share their work with the Institute’s faculty and students in an atmosphere of constructive and supportive criticism. We are pleased to invite graduate students at all stages of research and dissertation-writing related to Islam and Islamicate communities anywhere in the world (East Asia, South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East) to submit proposals for individual paper presentations.
Reflecting our department’s primary research areas, the symposium’s themes include but are not limited to:
- theology, philosophy, mysticism, and jurisprudence
- history, political science, and anthropology
- Urdu, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish literature
We are honoured that our keynote speaker this year will be Dr. SherAli Tareen from Franklin & Marshall College. Dr. Tareen’s work centres on Muslim intellectual thought in early-modern and modern South Asia with a focus on intra-Muslim debates and polemics over critical questions of law, ethics, theology, and politics among major Muslim scholars
An abstract of 250-500 words and a one-page résumé should be sent electronically to miisscsymposium@gmail.com by December 30, 2018. Please include a tentative title for your paper and two or three keywords describing its regional and disciplinary focus, as well as your name, programme of study (MA, MPhil, or PhD), and departmental and institutional affiliation. Applicants will be notified of a decision by January 15, 2019. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with any other queries.
- December 18, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Starting from 2016, Koç University’s Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research Center and the University of Cambridge’s Skiliter Centre for Ottoman Studies agreed to start a joint three year project on the Socio-Economic History of Anatolia in the Ottoman Period. The Project consists of three symposiums on three themes; Disease and Disaster (both man-made and natural disasters), Trade and Production and Social and Cultural Life.
The first symposium was held at University of Cambridge on 18-19 March 2016. The second thematic symposium Trade and Production in Ottoman Anatolia was held in Ankara by Koç University VEKAM and the final thematic symposium on Social and Cultural Life in Ottoman Anatolia will be held on Decemver 12-13, 2018 at the premises of VEKAM in Ankara Turkey.
We are pleased to announce the symposium and believe that it will be helpful to researchers, academicians and interested people.
For details, see: https://vekam.ku.edu.tr/sites/vekam.ku.edu.tr/files/program_4.pdf
2. L’institut Français de Recherche en Iran (IFRI) propose pour l’année 2019 des bourses d’aide à la mobilité internationale destinées : à des jeunes chercheurs, doctorants et post-doctorats inscrits dans un établissement français d’enseignement supérieur ou de recherche.
Ces bourses, d’une durée d’un à trois mois, visent à couvrir les frais de transport et de séjour de doctorants (allocation mensuelle de 800 €, à laquelle s’ajoute le cas échéant le remboursement – plafonné à 600€ – des frais de transport) ou de chercheurs détenteurs d’un doctorat, âgés de moins de 35 ans (allocation mensuelle de 1000 € plus, le cas échéant, des frais de transport – plafonné à 600 €-) et poursuivant des recherches sur le monde iranien.
See: http://ifriran.org/ifri/aides-a-la-mobilite-scientifique/
3. Open Access Database: Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative (ISMI)
https://ismi.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/
4. BRAIS 2019
The Sixth Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies
15 April – 16 April 2019
(Arrival and Registration from 14 April)
University of Nottingham
The deadline for abstracts has been extended until 6 January 2019
Call for panels and papers
Following BRAIS’s successful conferences in Edinburgh (2014), London (2015 and 2016), Chester (2017) and Exeter (2018), the organisers invite proposals for whole panels or individual papers for the Sixth Annual Conference of BRAIS. Islamic Studies is broadly understood to include all disciplinary approaches to the study of Islam and Muslim societies (majority and minority), modern and premodern.
Plenary sessions at the conference
The conference committee is very pleased to announce that plenary lectures at the conference will be delivered by Maribel Fierro (CSIC, Madrid) on ‘Rulers as Authors in the Medieval Islamic West’; Khaled Fahmy (University of Cambridge) on ‘Implementing Shari’a in Modern Egypt: A Medical Perspective’, and Alison Scott-Baumann (SOAS, London) and the ‘Re/presenting Islam on Campus’ team.
Abstract Deadline: Sunday 6 January 2019.
For details on how to submit an abstract, see:
http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-2019-call-for-papers
5. We are writing to invite you to contribute a chapter to our co-edited volume
titled, Sex and Marriage in the Medieval Islamic World: Women, Family, and
Love, under contract with I. B. Tauris. This is the second of six volumes in
the book series, Sex, Marriage and the Family in the Middle East.
In this volume, we hope to explore the dynamics of family life, the
institution of marriage, and the significance of love in the Medieval Islamic
era. Your chapter may address any variety of topics related to these broad
subject headings—sex, marriage, gender, family, and love—such as divorce,
widowhood, inheritance, concubinage, polygamy, procreation and birth control,
and the nature of social hierarchies in marital relations, life experiences of
children, romantic love, gender norms and transgression, spousal rights and
responsibilities, domestic violence, marriage to non-Muslims, advice on
choosing a spouse, court cases involving spouses, masculinities, etc. Our aim
is to publish a volume wherein scholars explore the complex and multifaceted
phenomena related to these normative practices across the Islamic world during
the medieval period. Further reflecting this diverse approach, we also welcome
contributions utilizing interdisciplinary methodologies, including
Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science, History, Religious Studies, Gender
Studies, Literature, Philosophy, and Media Studies.
If you are interested in contributing to this volume, we ask that you submit a
brief abstract of your proposed chapter to us by January 31, 2018. Please give
your proposed chapter a title and provide a 300 – 500 words long abstract
explaining the general scope of your chapter and the methodologies you will
employ. Completed chapters (7000 words) will be due to us on April 1, 2019.
All chapters will undergo a blind peer-review process conducted by the
publisher before they are published.
We very much hope that you accept our invitation. If so, please send us a note
at yaghoobi@email.unc.edu stating your intention to contribute to the volume
at your earliest convenience. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely.
Claudia Yaghoobi and Aisha Musa, Co-editors
6. Open Access newspapers: Ankara University
http://gazeteler.ankara.edu.tr/
7. Applications for HIAA’s Grabar Travel Grants and Post-docs are due on Saturday 15 December. Please check the HIAA website for details on the awards, including eligibility and how to apply.
https://www.historiansofislamicart.org/opportunities/hiaa-prizes/grabar-grants-and-fellowships
8. The Textile Museum at The George Washington University is excited to announce the publication of volume 45 of The Textile Museum Journal.
Titled Draping the Middle Ages and guest edited by Patricia Blessing, assistant professor of Medieval and Islamic Art History at Pomona College, The Textile Museum Journal 45 focuses on the mobile nature of textile patterns in the East and West during the Middle Ages and investigates the question of cultural specificity in the use of textile imitations in a range of media. As coveted objects of trade and diplomatic gift exchange, textiles were widely distributed using the cross-cultural networks between Byzantium, the Islamic world, and East Asia. Within this broader world of medieval textile exchange, the notion of textile patterns that are adapted in architecture, ceramics, metalwork, and manuscripts stand at the center of the four articles in this volume:
- Draping, Wrapping, Hanging: Transposing Textile Materiality in the Middle Ages by Patricia Blessing, Pomona College
- Painted Silks: Form and Production of Women’s Court Dress in the Mongol Empire by Eiren L. Shea; Grinnell College
- Gems in Cloth and Stone: Medium, Materiality, and the Late Antique Jeweled Aesthetic by Elizabeth Dospěl Williams, Dumbarton Oaks Museum
- Put a Bird on it: What an Aviary Preoccupation Reveals about Medieval Silks by Meredyth Lynn Winter, Harvard University
For subscriptions to the The Textile Museum Journal 45 and access to earlier issues, please visit https://museum.gwu.edu/tmjournal/subscribe. For submissions, more information, or questions, please check https://museum.gwu.edu/tmjournal or contact The Textile Museum Journal editorial team at tmjournal@gwu.edu.
9. The Mawlana Rumi Review (MRR) is an annual academic journal (est. 2010) devoted to the poetry, life, thought, and legacy of Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273), the Islamic Sufi poet who authored some 60,000 lines of poetry, lectures, sermons, and letters in Persian and Arabic, and founded the Mevlevi (Mawlawiyya) dervish order.
The Mawlana Rumi Review was founded in 2010 as a publication of the Rumi Institute of Near East University, Cyprus, and the Rumi Studies Group of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. Eight issues of MRR have appeared to date, edited by the late and much missed Leonard Lewisohn (1953-2018) of Exeter University, advised by an international board of scholars and editors, and published by Archetype.
The editorial board of the Mawlana Rumi Review is now calling for submissions for Issue 10 (edited by Franklin Lewis) and beyond. MRR publishes original articles, translations of Rumi’s poetry done from the original languages, book reviews, and reports. The editors welcome articles in English, as well as in French, and from Issue 10 will also entertain submissions in Persian or Turkish. Topics covered in MRR include: Historical biography of Rumi and his circle, based on original sources; analysis and interpretation of Rumi’s poetry; his adaptation of the literary and Sufi traditions; his narratology and story-telling techniques; hermeneutics; theology and prophetology; theosophy and mysticism; spiritual psychology; erotic spirituality; metaphysics and cosmology; epistemology; ethics; pedagogy; the history of the Mevlevi order; the commentary and interpretative tradition on his works (The Masnavī, Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīz, Fīhi mā fīh and Majālis al-sabʽa ; and the reception and translation of Rumi’s thought in modern and medieval literary history and thought.
To submit an article for consideration or to contact the editors, please write to: Mawlanarumireview@protonmail.com and for submissions of translations of Mawlana Rumi’s poetry, please write the Poetry Consultant, Paul Losensky, at: Poetry-MMR@protonmail.com .
10. VEKAM- Symposium on “Social and Cultural Life in Ottoman Anatolia”, Ankara, 12-13 December 2018
Symposium on the intellectual and cultural life, material culture, representations, order and violence in Ottoman Anatolia. See program at https://vekam.ku.edu.tr/en/content/social-and-cultural-life-ottoman-anatolia-symposium (English program at the end; simultaneous translation Turkish-English available)
11. International Conference: “Claiming and Making Muslim Worlds: Across and Between the Local and Global”, ZMO, Berlin, 3-5 April 2019
The conference concludes the 12-year research program: “Muslim Worlds – Worlds of Islam?”
See program at http://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/2019/Conferences/ConferenceProgramme_ClaimingAndMakingMuslimWorlds_Final.pdf; for registration contact MuslimWorlds2019@zmo.de
12. International Symposium: “The Ottoman World during the Reign of Fatih Sultan Mehmet”, Fatih Sultan Mehmed Vakif University, Istanbul, 12-13 April 2019
A series of symposiums is aiming to reveal the period of Fatih Sultan Mehmed in every aspects from the texture used to the currency, from the problems of the public to their entertainment, from benevolentness to stinginess, from warfare to peace, from the religious life to the daily life, and from its institutions to its legislation.
13. International Workshop: “Gender, Fashion, and Embodiment in Islam”, University of Hamburg, 29-30 June 2019
The aim is to bring together research on the changing practices of gendered clothing in Muslim contexts. We want to compare the dynamics in the so-called “Islamic center” (the Arabian Peninsula) with developments in the “Muslim Periphery” and problematize the lived interactions between gender, fashion, spirituality, religion, class, and ethnicity.
Deadline for abstracts: 19 January 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3132582/call-papers-international-workshop-%E2%80%9Cgender-fashion-and
14. Conference: “Rethinking Genre in the Islamicate Middle East”, Asia-Africa-Institute, University of Hamburg, 5-6 September 2019
The conference aims to bring together scholars with expertise in Arabic, Persian and Turkish narrative traditions who are interested in the manifold facets of the history, sociology and poetics of genre and generic structures underlying the literary production of the respective traditions.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3284420/cfp-%E2%80%9Crethinking-genre-islamicate-middle-east%E2%80%9D
15. Posts:
a) Full Professorship for “Islamic Intellectual History of the Post-Classical Period (1200-1800)”, Humboldt University Berlin
Position is starting 1 October 2019 and initially limited to a 5-year contract. The successful candidate will focus on the significance of the post-classical intellectual history in his or her research and teaching, especially in the areas of Kalām, philosophy and mysticism, with a special emphasis on different doctrinal currents (especially Sunna and Shia).
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2019. Information: https://www.personalabteilung.hu-berlin.de/stellenausschreibungen/full-professorship-for-islamic-intellectual-history-of-the-post-classical-period-1200-1800-201d-w3
b) Full Professorship for “Comparative Theology from an Islamic Perspective”, Humboldt University Berlin
Position is starting 1 October 2019 and initially limited to a 5-year contract. The successful candidate will focus on the relationship between Muslim religiosity and other religious communities and worldviews in his or her research and teaching. He or she will undertake research in entangled history, particularly with respect to Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and will compare the interaction of actors of various religious origins with regard to religious doctrine and practice.
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2019. Information: https://www.personalabteilung.hu-berlin.de/stellenausschreibungen/full-professorship-for-comparative-theology-from-an-islamic-perspective201d-w3
c) Postdoctoral Fellows at the American University of Beirut
The positions are open to recent recipients of the PhD degree whose research and teaching interests involve one or more of the following disciplines: Arabic (Mamluk or Ottoman Arabic Literature); Philosophy (Ancient Philosophy, Islamic Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy); History and Archaeology (Prehistory of the Levant, Islamic Archaeology, Egyptology)
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2019. Information: https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1460/files/2018/10/CAH_Postdoctoral_Fellows_2019.pdf
d) Assistant Professor of Health Studies in the Middle East and North Africa, University of Arizona
We are interested in a broad range of historical and/or social scientific approaches to the study of health and health care in the Middle East and North Africa. Proficiency in at least one Middle Eastern language is highly desirable (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish or a related language).
Review of applications begins 21 January 2019. Information: https://uacareers.com/postings/34011
e) Assistant Professor of the History of the Islamic World (non-Western), Texas A&M University
The successful candidate must possess a PhD in History with a specialization in the Islamic World, any period or region, and must demonstrate experience teaching in higher education.
Deadline for application: 22 January 2019. Information: https://tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TAMUC_External/job/Commerce-TAMUC/Assistant-Professor_R-014623
16. New Online Database to Facilitate Research in the History of the Exact Sciences in the Islamic World
The Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative (ISMI) website at https://ismi.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de covers the period to ca. 1350 CE. The mission is to make accessible information on all Islamic manuscripts in the exact sciences (astronomy, mathematics, optics, mathematical geography, music, mechanics, and related disciplines), whether in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, or other languages.
17. Job Opportunity: Project Officer for Support to the Yemeni Peace Process – Constitutional Dialogues
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide. International IDEA’s mission is to support sustainable democratic change by providing comparative knowledge, and assisting in democratic reform, and influencing policies and politics.
International IDEA develops, shares and enables the use of comparative knowledge in its key areas of expertise: electoral processes, constitution-building, political participation and representation, democracy and development and democracy assessments.
As part of International IDEA’s Africa and West Asia Region, the Tunis sub-regional office has been implementing a project since 2016 to provide support to Yemen’s peace negotiations. From 2016 to October 2018, the project mainly consisted of dialogue sessions and expert meetings, and focused on Yemen’s constitutional future.
International IDEA is looking to recruit a project officer to support this work in Yemen. The position is full time, and based in the Tunis office, working very closely with the project team.
The deadline to apply is 17 December 2018. For full project details, terms of reference, and directions to apply, visit: https://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/tenders/EOI%20Reference%20No%20258-18-106-%20%20%20TOR%20Final.pdf
- December 12, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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1.Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship is now available for the study of Kurdish (sorani) language – 1st year and 2nd year – in the 2019 summer Language Workshop at Indiana University-Bloomington. Please announce this to your students and colleagues who might be interested.
IU Summer Language Workshop:
https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship:
2. Islamic school of art has announced its next year’s short courses next year:
1. Colors & Pigments:
10-17 March 2019
Come and join us in a weeklong workshop in which natural handpicked organic and mineral objects will be processed into paints. At the end of the course, participants will bring home their own set of handmade watercolors.
2. Islamic calligraphy:
9-14 April 2019
Let the most acclaimed calligraphy masters teach you “NASTALIQ” calligraphy, this sacred and exquisite art as you immerse yourself in the holy city of Qom, a cradle of Islamic-Persian art and architecture
3. Persian-Islamic geometric patterns:
April 26th – May 1st, 2019
This course will give you the opportunity to learn, understand and draw different Islamic geometric patterns with a traditional approach and study its impact on Islamic culture.
ISOA is the leading private school teaching Islamic art in Iran and has the privilege to be a partner of some great universities in the world.For more information please visit our website:
http://www.isoacourses.com/
or contact s.soltanpour@isoa.ir
+98-25-37830834
WhatsApp: +989112162404
3. The Kurds : history, religion, language, politics
Author: Wolfgang Taucher
Publisher: Vienna : Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior, [2015] ©2015
ISBN: 9783950364361
184 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps.
Title: Atlas Afghanistan
Authors: Wolfgang Taucher – Mathias Vogl – Peter Webinger
Publisher: Vienna: Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior,
Date: 2018
75 pages, maps.
See: http://amirmideast.blogspot.com/
4. Women’s Studies Course, University of Religions and Denominations, Iran
The University of Religions and Denominations (Qom, Iran) is an experienced university in performing academic short courses in cooperation with other institutions.
This course will be held in March 2019 in Iran in Tehran and Qom.
Course dates: 2-7th March 2019
Application deadline: 20th January 2019
American passport holders: 1st January 2019
Early registration deadline: 30th November
For information regarding course fees, topics, other information and to apply, please visit the following website: https://iiws.urd.ac.ir
You can follow us at the following links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ws.qom.90
Twitter: https://twitter.com/studies_s
Instagram: http://instagram.com/studies_of_women/
LinkedIn:
Academia: https://urd.academia.edu/WomensStudies
5. Sheikh Zayid Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies, American University of Beirut
Candidates for the Sheikh Zayid Chair are required to have made highly distinguished and internationally acclaimed contributions in one or more academic fields of Arabic and Islamic Studies as conceived broadly (encompassing: philology and critical editions of Arabic texts, classical literature, intellectual history; civilization studies; etc).
New deadline for applications: end December 2018. Information:
http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/Pages/academic-employment.aspx#Link24
6. The Islamic Painted Page website
A huge free database of references for Persian paintings, Ottoman paintings, Arab paintings and Mughal paintings. This site enables you to locate printed reproductions, commentaries and weblinks for thousands of Islamic paintings, including illuminated “carpet” pages, decorated Quran pages, and book bindings from over 230 collections all over the world.
http://www.islamicpaintedpage.com/
Dear Colleagues,
We have the pleasure to announce the publication of a new volume in our digital collection.
The articles forming the volume Forms and institutions of justice. Legal actions in Ottoman contexts aim to contribute to the rich and evolving historiography on the multiplicity of the actors and the institutions of Ottoman legal system. As the title of the volume suggests, “forms” and “institutions” of justice are a common thread in the contributions. Each article concentrates on a specific historical moment and context in order to chart the articulation of different forms of Ottoman justice.
This volume has emerged as an outcome of a workshop organized by Işık Tamdoğan (CNRS/CETOBAC, Paris – IFEA, Istanbul) and Yavuz Aykan (University Paris 1 Sorbonne) at the French Institute of Anatolian Studies (IFEA) on January 6-7, 2012, in Istanbul.
The book is available from OpenEdition Books. The contents of the book are available free of charge in HTML and can be quoted, printed or embedded on external sites. PDF and ePub formats are on sale from digital bookstores. They are also available from subscribing libraries.
https://books.openedition.org/ifeagd/2316
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Yavuz Aykan & Işık Tamdoğan
Introduction
Işık Tamdoğan
The Ottoman political community in the process of justice making in the 18th-century Adana
Nil Tekgül
Some comments on the role of the Ottoman “Eyalet divanı” in the classical period
Zouhair Ghazal
Case-histories from the “Egyptian” consultative majlis of Aleppo in the mid-1830s: Fiscal patrimonialism in light of the hermeneutics of regional adjudication
Panagiotis Krokidas
Love in Crete in the time of Mehmet Ali, 1830–1834
Alp Yücel Kaya
The Müvella and the Adjudication of Property Conflicts in the Ottoman Empire (1874-1914)
Martha Mundy
On reading two epistles of Muhammad Amin Ibn ‘Abidin of Damascus
Yavuz Aykan
From the Hanafi Doxa to the Mecelle
The Mufti of Amid and genealogies of the Ottoman jurisprudential tradition
8. Arabic Ontology الأنطولوجيا العربية
The Arabic Ontology
An Arabic Wordnet with ontologically-clean content.
Classification of the meanings of the Arabic terms, based on state-of-art science, rather than on speakers’ naïve knowledge.
150 Dictionaries
Multilingual dictionaries were digitized and integrated. Only the semantic features (definitions, synonyms, translations) are currently displayed, soon the morphological features.
9. Conference: “Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses: The Concept of History and the Concept of Time in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”, University of Erlangen, 12-14 December 2018
Deadline for registration: 5 December 2018. Program: https://www.kcid.fau.de/files/2018/11/Concepts20in20Interreligious_Discourses_Folder_4.pdf
10. Qur’an Conference of the International Qur´anic Studies Association, University of New England, Tangier, Morocco, 25-26 July 2019
The main theme is “Reading the Qur’an in the Context of Empire”. We are particularly interested in papers about how rulers, politicians, religious figures and later colonial officers and European travelers contributed to the production, distribution and reception of Scriptures in general and the Qur’an in particular.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2019. Information: https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/international-meeting-2019/
11. Posts:
a) University Assistant (post doc) in Islamic Theology with Focus on Fiqh and Usul al-fiqh, University of Vienna
Profile: PhD in Islamic Theology or comparable discipline; familiarity with the observational history and genesis of Islamic Jurisprudence, in classic, modern and current methodical approaches, etc.
Deadline for application: 13 December 2018. Information:
https: https://bit.ly/2ADOcvB
b) Position in Persian and Iranian Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Successful candidates must hold a Ph.D. and are expected to actively engage in research, supervise graduate students, and take part in academic activity in the Department of Middle East Studies, in addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on Iranian studies covering various periods. Candidates must be qualified to teach in Hebrew.
Deadline for applications: 24 february 2019. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2018/11/28/full-time-tenure-track-position-in-persian-and-iranian-studies
c) Faculty Position in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, American University of Kuwait
Candidates should have a Ph.D. in anthropology. The specialization is open but priority is given to Africa, East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East.
The position will remain open until filled. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2018/11/26/faculty-position-in-socio-cultural-anthropology
d) Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, University of North Carolina
Candidates should have broad training in their field(s) of expertise, the relevant linguistic competencies, a commitment to interdisciplinary work, and a willingness to engage with broad theoretical issues in the study of religion. The successful candidate is expected to have a Ph.D. in hand by the time the appointment begins, July 1, 2019.
Deadline for applications: 5 January 2019. Information: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/151991
12. Doctoral Spring School: “Patronage and Clientelism in the Muslim World”, Granada, 18-22 March 2019
Initiated by Prof. Albrecht Fuess (University of Marburg) etc. PhD candidate students and advanced MA students, whose research focuses on the study of Muslims, Muslim societies and Islam, in the broadest sense of the word, are invited to apply for participation.
Deadline for applications: 25 January 2019. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/37857
13. Ph.D. Research Grants of the Orient-Institut Istanbul
The grants support field research in Istanbul by Ph.D. students not living in Turkey in one of the research areas of the Institute:
- Musicological research on the Ottoman Empire and Turkey 2. Narrative sources on Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire 3. Historic and contemporary forms of religious expression in Anatolia since the 11th century 4. Manuscript cultures in the Ottoman Empire and Iran 5. Human, medicine, and society. The award consists of a monthly stipend of € 1,100 for up to six months the reimbursement of travel expenses. Start of the scholarship should be at latest 1 November 2019.
Deadline for applications: 7 January 2019. Information: https://www.oiist.org/en/stipendien/
14. Book Award, Dissertation and Graduate Student Paper Prizes by the Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS)
AGAPS invites proposals for the book award for those published between 1 May 2017 and 30 April 2019, an award for PhD dissertations accepted between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019, and an award for graduate student papers written between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019.
For more information and to see the previous winners, please visit: https://agaps.org/agapsmesa/mesa-awards/
15. The Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona
is pleased to host the
Second North American Conference in Iranian Linguistics (NACIL2)
April 19 – 21, 2019
And
A Workshop on Complex Predicates in Iranian Languages
April 18, 2019
https://sites.google.com/view/nacil2
16. CALL FOR PAPERS | SYMPOSIA IRANICA
FOURTH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON IRANIAN STUDIES
Hosted by the University of Cambridge at St John’s College, Cambridge, UK, 9-10 April 2019
***Deadline: 13 January 2019***
We welcome proposals that engage with any aspect of Iranian studies within the arts, humanities and social sciences. These include but are not limited to prehistory through to the ancient and post-antique, modern, and contemporary histories; historiography; art and architecture history; anthropology; archaeology; cultural heritage; film and cinema; music and musicology; new media and communication studies; the performing arts; poetry and literature; languages and linguistics; Diaspora and migration studies; diplomatic studies, international relations and political science; social and political theory; law and legal studies; economics, philately and numismatics; sociology; philosophy; religions and theology.
Comparative themes and interdisciplinary approaches are also very welcome.
SUBMISSIONS
Proposals are open to early career scholars at postgraduate and post-doctoral levels from any disciplinary background within the arts, humanities and social sciences:
- Postgraduate students (MA, MPhil, MSt, etc. who are currently enrolled or who graduate/d in 2019 or 2018);
- PhD students and PhD candidates at any stage of their degree; and
- post-docs who graduated within the last three years (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015).
Persons falling into any of these categories are eligible to submit a proposal for an individual paper or pre-arranged panel. Submission is conducted electronically through the website. For any questions, please email us at office@symposia-iranica.com.
The language of the conference is English. All submissions undergo double-blind peer review.
ABOUT US
Symposia Iranica is Iranian studies’ leading forum for early career scholars. A dedicated, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed platform open to emerging scholars working on any aspect of Iranian or Persian Studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences, our three previous conferences were hosted by the University of St Andrews at St Mary’s College in 2013 and the University of Cambridge at Downing College in 2015 and Pembroke College in 2017.
The full call for papers is on our website: symposia-iranica.com
Updates will be posted to our Facebook page: facebook.com/SymposiaIranica
A virtual preview of our programme is at: symposia-iranica.com/preview
Highlights from all three conferences to-date: symposia-iranica.com/past
PARTNERS
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge; St John’s College, Cambridge; Trinity College, Cambridge; British Institute of Persian Studies; Iran Heritage Foundation; Soudavar Memorial Foundation; Ancient India and Iran Trust; Institute of Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews; Pembroke College, Cambridge; Brill Publishers; I.B. Tauris Publishers; Edinburgh University Press; and the German Oriental Studies Trust.
With thanks,
Armin Yavari, Founding Chair
Michael Pye, Co-Chair
17. Research Assistant
Are you interested in British Islam and its interactions with UK state and society? Do you have experience of working with Muslim organisations, editing reports and websites, as well as organising events, promoting research and gathering feedback? Would you like to work on a collaborative project which aims to have a positive impact on the UK Hajj pilgrimage sector?
You will provide flexible research assistance to Professor Seán McLoughlin, who is working with the Council of British Hajjis to consult pilgrims, Hajj organisers and UK governance authorities as part of the process of writing the first independent report on the Hajj pilgrimage sector in the UK. This effort to develop impact from Prof. McLoughlin’s research is supported by the Leeds Social Sciences Institute (LSSI) with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
You will hold an honours degree in the social sciences or arts and humanities or a comparable subject. A higher degree with a research component is also desirable. You will have first-hand research or other related experience of engaging with British Muslim communities and organisations, as well as a sound understanding of their relations to UK state and society. You will have strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing, and have the capacity to judge/vary what is required to connect with different audiences and influencers. Strong interpersonal skills and self-motivation are also essential, together with the ability to work independently and flexibly to deadlines as part of a small team. Competence in a community language (e.g. Urdu, Panjabi, etc) is also desirable.
You will need to have the flexibility to work more/less intensively at times but will be able to negotiate working patterns with Prof. McLoughlin. Working from home will sometimes be appropriate. Some limited, fully-funded travelling out of office hours and at weekends e.g. to meet community partners and/or to help at events in the North of England and the English Midlands will also be necessary, as will two overnight stays in London. The position is available immediately.
To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:
Seán McLoughlin, Professor of the Anthropology of Islam (Muslim Diasporas)
Email: s.mcloughlin@leeds.ac.uk
Full details of how to apply at: http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCPR1021
| Location: | Leeds – Main Campus |
| Faculty/Service: | Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Cultures |
| School/Institute: | School of Philosophy, Religion & History of Science |
| Category: | Research |
| Grade: | Grade 6 |
| Salary: | £27,025 to £32,236 p.a. pro rata |
| Working Time: | 30% of full time |
| Post Type: | Part Time |
| Contract Type: | Fixed Term (until 31 July 2019) |
| Closing Date: | Thursday 13 December 2018 |
| Reference: | AHCPR1021 |
- December 03, 2018
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1.Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies 2nd Annual Conference
Call for Papers
Islam, the West, and Radicalism
20 February 2019
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham, Surrey UK
The Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (Royal Holloway, University of London) and the Imam Sadr Foundation (Lebanon) invite proposals for the 2019 Annual Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS) Conference on ‘Islam, West, and Radicalism’.
Today, more than in any age and area, the role of Islam in societies across the world is being shaped by the political, economic, and cultural dynamics of West Asia. While many are celebrating the imminent demise of ISIS, acute observers express concern that the persistence of the West Asian socio-political context in which radical ideologies and movements have emerged will generate new radical movements in the region and beyond.
The CIWAS 2019 Annual Conference seeks to address the conference theme by considering a broad range of issues; and we are particularly interested in panel and paper proposals that offer original and under-researched approaches to them. The various issues that might be addresses, include, but are not limited to:
- Islam and the West (the Muslim diaspora, its coexistence with ‘others’ in the West) Islamic responses to radicalism
- Islam and ethics (human rights, ethics, medical ethics and Islamic jurisprudence, women’s rights)
- Spirituality in Islam (Islamic arts, rituals)
- Islamic authority in an age of Western dominance
Paper title and abstract (maximum 250-words) and contact details should be sent by email attachment to ciwas@rhul.ac.uk by 5pm (UK time), Friday 14 December 2019. You will receive an email notification confirming receipt of your form.
2. 2019. 16th Symposium
Fantasy and Imagination in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age: Projections, Dreams, and Illusion (also: Monsters and Monstrosity).
For more information see, https://aclassen.faculty.arizona.edu/content/2019-16th-symposium.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 31, 2018, but feel free to send an inquiry even after that date, to aclassen@email.arizona.edu
3. International Conference: “Hadith and Inner-Islamic Pluralism: The Origin and Development of the Prophetic Tradition as a Trans-denominational Phenomenon”, University of Tuebingen, 7-8 December 2018
See program at https://bit.ly/2P4SVvO; for registration contact hossam-mohammed-mohammed.ouf@student.uni-tuebingen.de
4. Posts:
a) Professorship (Tenure Track) for the History and Culture of Islam in the Eastern Mediterranean (W 1), University of Mainz
The junior professor should represent the entire field in research and teaching. Knowledge of Arabic is required, that of Ottoman Turkish is also desirable. The candidate should either possess or be willing to develop a research focus on gender relations and roles from a historical perspective. Competencies in the field of visual and material culture are preferable.
Deadline for application: 27 December 2018. Information: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/354794
b) PhD Position (E 13 TV-L / 50%) for Islam Studies, University of Bayreuth
The successful candidate will work part time (until 30 September 2022) in a research group addressing questions of religious difference, sectarianism or sectarian indifference among Muslims in the European diaspora and in the respective countries of origin. Especially welcomed are projects on Shiis or Alevis, dealing with contemporary issues or topics of modern history, thereby focusing either on the diaspora or on the Near and Middle East.
Deadline for application: 17 December 2018. Information: https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-universitaet/stellenangebote/doktorandenstellen/KW-1/index.html
c) University Assistant (post-doc) at the Department of Islamic-Theological Studies, University of Vienna
Reference No. 9110. Job-Description: Participation in research, teaching and administration at the Institute for lslamic-Theological Studies for four years. Profile: PhD in lslamic studies, lslamic theology, legal science; relevant knowledge of lslamic theology with a focus on Fiqh and Usul al-fiqh or in a similar discipline.
For information contact Prof. Dr. Ebrahim Afsah: ebrahim.afsah@univie.ac.at.
d) Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, University of AlbertaThe Faculty of Arts invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, with a starting date of July 1, 2019. Applicants must hold a PhD in a humanities or social science discipline with a research focus on Islamic Studies, or have a strong expectation of completing such a PhD before July 1, 2019.
Review of applications start on 2 January 2019. Information: https://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/A107337623/
e) Lecturer in Arabic Language and Middle Eastern Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University
The School of World Studies invites applications for a non-tenure-track position at the instructor level. Requirements: PhD in hand by August 2019 in Arabic studies or closely related field with preference given to specialists in Arabic language acquisition, linguistics, applied linguistics, Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, etc.
Deadline for applications: 10 January 2019. Information: https://www.vcujobs.com/postings/84511
f) Granada ENI Spring School 2019 on “Patronage and Clientelism in the Muslim World”, Granada, 18-22 March 2019
We invite doctoral students and Early Stage Researchers working on or being interested in aspects of patronage and clientelism in the Muslim world from different disciplines in humanities and social sciences (history, anthropology, sociology, economics, cultural studies, political sciences, religious studies) to explore and present the relevance of these concepts for their work.
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2019. Information: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/islamwissenschaft/aktuelles/nachrichten/granada-enis-spring-school-2019-on-patronage-and-clientelism-in-the-muslim-world
g) Articles for Edited Book with Brill on “Ḥadīth and Ethics: Concepts, Approaches and Theoretical Foundations”
Full papers will be discussed in a seminar at the Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) in Doha, 7-5 May 2019 (travel expenses will be covered).
Deadline for proposals: 15 December 2018. For information contact Dr. Mutaz al-Khatib: malkhatib@hbku.edu.qa.
- November 27, 2018
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1. Tenure-track post in Islamic Studies at Trinity College Dublin
See: https://jobs.tcd.ie and choose ‘academic vacancies’ or search for key word ‘Islam’.
Closing date of 3.12.18
2. Middle East Studies at Brown University invites applications for a two-year position as Visiting Assistant Professor in Iranian Studies. The position is open to all disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences. We especially welcome candidates who have wide knowledge of Iranian history and civilizations, thrive in an interdisciplinary environment, are interested in comparative and global perspectives, and have experience teaching and supervising undergraduates. The successful candidate will teach three classes a year and is expected to actively cultivate broad interest in Iranian Studies at Brown and to contribute to the intellectual life of the university. Additional funding for programming and research expenses will be considered.
For further information, please visit the Middle East Studies website (http://www.middleeastbrown.org/). On the post, see: https://watson.brown.edu/mes/news/2018/visiting-assistant-professor-iranian-studieshttps://watson.brown.edu/mes/news/2018/visiting-assistant-professor-iranian-studies .To contact the department, send an email to mes_director@brown.edu.
3. The Khalili Research Centre (University of Oxford) is offering a fully-funded graduate scholarship from the beginning of the academic year 2019–2020 for a student undertaking either doctoral research or a combined four-year programme consisting of a Master’s course proceeding to a D.Phil.
The Scholarship is awarded on the basis of academic merit and potential. The Scholarship will cover full course fees, and maintenance costs equivalent to the U.K.national minimum doctoral stipend.
Applicants should first consult the Further Particulars that may be downloaded at: https://krc.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/krc/documents/media/impei_grad_2019.pdf Applicants, whether internal or external, should then apply to the University under the standard procedures for graduate degrees. The University’s application procedures are described at http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate.
Applications should be made on-line (www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/applyonline) and submitted before 12:00 noon on Friday 11 January 2019.
Applicants to the M.St., M.Phil. or D.Phil in Islamic Art and Archaeology at the Khalili Research Centre may also be considered for other fully-funded scholarships. For further details, please visit: https://krc.web.ox.ac.uk/article/courses
4. New Research Network: “Categories of Religion and the Secular in Islam” (CRSI)
CRSI is an interdisciplinary network for scholars interested in critical approaches to ‘religion’ and ‘the secular/non-religious’ as discursive categories in Islamic contexts. We have created a community email list for discussion of these themes and circulation of academic notices, calls, publications, etc. Look out for notice of our first workshop, to be held at Oxford in Spring 2019, supported by the British Association for Islamic Studies.
Contact Alex Henley (alex.henley@theology.ox.ac.uk) to join our listserv, which is open to academics and graduate students working on any period or region.
Further details here: https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/categories-religion-and-secular-islam-crsi
5. CFP – Inscriptions from the Islamic World (American University in Cairo, 6-8 September 2019)
Inscriptions in Arabic, Persian and Turkish constitute a remarkable source for the history of the Islamic world. The earliest Arabic inscriptions represent some of our earliest firmly dated Muslim sources for Islamic history, while in later periods inscriptions often constitute unique contemporary evidence for not just the building activities sponsored by rulers and high officials, but also raw historical data such as dates of rulers and events.
Even where such events are otherwise attested, the inscriptions offer us an insight into rulers’ self-representation through the titles and epithets they use, and thus into contemporary discourses about political legitimacy. Furthermore, Islamic inscriptions are not merely historical sources, but also represent one of the great achievements of Islamic art, adorning both major and minor buildings as well as other media such as gravestones and ceramics.
The field of Islamic epigraphy, despite great progress in the 19th and early 20th centuries, has been rather neglected in recent years, although individual scholars have continued to make significant contributions. Moreover, work has tended to focus mainly on Arabic inscriptions, with those in Persian and Turkish comparatively neglected; the earliest Arabic-script Turkish inscription has only recently come to light. Moreover, although historically the literary and epigraphic traditions in all three languages were closely intertwined, today they continue to be studied in isolation from one another.
The aim of this conference is to give a new impetus to the study of Islamic inscriptions by bringing together leading scholars from the fields of history, art and language. In addition to the issues raised above, contributions will consider how inscriptions convey meaning through their placement, script, language, and quotations from textual sources ranging from the Qur’an to poetry. It will also consider the purpose and characteristics of bilingual inscriptions.
This conference is organised jointly by the AUC’s Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, and the Centre for Anatolian and East Mediterranean Studies at the University of St Andrews. It will be held at AUC’s Tahrir Campus in downtown Cairo on November 6 – 8, 2019. The conveners intended to publish selected contributions as edited volume.
6. Workshop on Scriptural Hermeneutics and Exegesis was held in Paderborn University on 16-17 November 2018
At the kind invitation of Zentrum für Komparative Theologie und Kulturwissenschaften (ZeKK), the Workshop on Scriptural Hermeneutics and Exegesis was held in Paderborn University on 16-17 November 2018 under the high patronage of the Dean of Zentrum für Komparative Theologie und Kulturwissenschaften (ZeKK), Prof. Klaus Von Stosch. This workshop was attended by Professors from Germany and Iran.
For further details and panel synopses, see:
http://zabanshenasitarikhi.ir/p/37/Workshop-on-Scriptural-Hermeneutics-and-Exegesis/
7. Conference: “Pilgrimage and the Senses”, University of Oxford, 7 June 2019
This interdisciplinary conference hosted at the University of Oxford aims to shed light on how sensory perception shapes and is shaped by the experience of pilgrimage across cultures, faith traditions, and throughout history.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 January 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3112523/cfp-pilgrimage-and-senses-conference-oxford-7-june-2019
8. 26th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) in Cooperation with the Section Islam Studies of the DMG, University of Hamburg, 3-5 October 2019
Mind the date! Website with detailed information will soon be available.
Deadline for abstracts of panels on 15 February 2019 and papers on 30 April 2019. Information: davo@geo.uni-mainz.de
9. Fellowship on Gender, Human Rights and Refugees in the Middle East, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
Position for a Fellow whose work is at the intersection of gender, human rights, and refugees in the Middle East. This is an endowed position with primary responsibility in conducting policy-relevant research on these topics.
Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Information: https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/16664
10. Assistant Professor with Expertise in East or Southeast Asia or the Middle East, Department of Historical and Political Studies, Arcadia University
Thematic specialization in one or more of the following areas is desired: international political economy, global governance, conflict management, or environmental politics and sustainable development. We welcome candidates with training in Political Science, History, Anthropology, and other related disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields.
Consideration of applications will begin 14 December 2018. Information: https://faculty-arcadia.icims.com/jobs/2352/assistant-professor-in-the-department-of-historical-%26-political-studies/job
11. 8 PhD Scholarships in Cultural Studies at the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), University of Giessen, Germany
The GCSC encourages applications which make a significant contribution to the study of culture in various historical contexts, including contemporary phenomena. An international research perspective, i.e. international study experience, is an advantage. Scholarships are offered for one year with the possibility of two extensions, each of one year.
Deadline for applications: 1 February 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3112516/8-phd-scholarships-cultural-studies-gcsc-giessen-university
12. Funding Opportunities for 2019-2020 and Research Awards by the “Council of British Research in the Levant”
CBRL offers research grants for fellowships, project awards and travel grants.
Information: http://cbrl.ac.uk/news/item/name/we-are-now-accepting-applications-for-funding
13. American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) offers a Mughal Persian summer program for students interested in reading texts from the 16th through 18th centuries. The program is designed for students and scholars interested in the Mughal Empire, Comparative Empire Studies, and the larger Persianate World—encompassing Persia, Ottoman Empire, Mughal India, Afghanistan and Central Asia. The program lasts for two months from June to August 2019. For the summer of 2019, AIIS is holding a special Mughal Persian archival workshop for students and scholars—including scholars from local Indian educational institutions, libraries and archives—at the conclusion of the program. Students should have the equivalent of one year (or an intensive summer program) of prior Persian, Urdu or Arabic by the time the program starts.
Summer students should apply for FLAS or other funding if available at their institutions to cover the costs of the program. AIIS has some funding available for summer students who cannot procure their own funding. This funding is allocated on the basis of the language committee’s ranking of the applicants. The application deadline is December 31, 2018. Applications can be downloaded from the AIIS web site at www.indiastudies.org. For more information: Phone: 773-702-8638. Email: aiis@uchicago.edu.
- November 21, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.ESRC MSc/PhD studentships in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, the University of Edinburgh
ESRC Scottish Doctoral Training Programme MSc + PhD studentships for 2019 are available for students of Language-Based Area Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Starting date October 2019. Applicants must apply for admission with us by Dec 3rd
For further information and eligibility criteria, see: https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/graduate-school/fees-and-funding/funding/masters-students/other-funding/esrc-msc-phd-studentships
2. PhD Scholarship in Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh,
Starting 2019.
The Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to invite applications for one PhD scholarship in any area within its expertise.
The scholarship will be funded by IMES and will cover tuition fees for the PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.
Applications for both the Scholarship and the PhD must be made by 12th December 2018.
For more information, see: https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/graduate-school/fees-and-funding/funding/phd-students/imes-phd-scholarship
3. Bibliography of the Arabic Bible: A Classified and Annotated History of Scholarship
4. Jobs:
Lebanese American University – Visiting Faculty, History of Islamic Art and Architecture
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57754
The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, University of Washington in Seattle, WA, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies, to begin September 2019. This is a full-time, 9-month position.
Open Date: Nov 2, 2018
Link for information and applications: https://apply.interfolio.com/57250
2019-20 Lecturer of Arabic
Department of Middle Eastern Studies – College of Liberal Arts – The University of Texas at Austin
Location: Austin, TX
Open: Oct 26, 2018 Close: Dec 7, 2018
Description
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.
For further information and to apply: https://facultyjobs.utexas.edu/position/40223.
The Bodleian Libraries are now accepting applications for Visiting Fellowships to be taken up during academic year 2019-20. Fellowships support periods of research in the Special Collections of the Bodleian Libraries, across a range of different subjects. Of particular interest might be the Bahari Visiting Fellowships in the Persian Arts of the Book.
Fellows are hosted in the Visiting Scholars’ Centre at the Weston Library, where they join a lively research environment.
Details of the Fellowship terms and application process can be found on our Fellowships webpage: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships.
A list of current Visiting Fellows and Affiliated Scholars in academic year 2018-19 can be found at: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/current-and-past-fellows/2018-19-visiting-fe….
Applications for these Fellowships should be made by the deadline of midnight, Friday, 30 November 2018.
For further information, please email: fellowships@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
5. The American Institute of Indian Studies welcomes applications for its summer 2019 and academic year 2019-2020 language programs.
Programs to be offered include Hindi (Jaipur), Bengali (Kolkata), Punjabi (Chandigarh), Tamil (Madurai); Marathi (Pune), Urdu (Lucknow), Telugu (Hyderabad), Gujarati (Ahmedabad), Kannada (Mysore), Malayalam (Thiruvananthapuram), Mughal Persian (Lucknow), Sanskrit (Pune) and Pali/Prakrit (Pune). We will offer other Indian languages upon request. All academic year applicants should have the equivalent of two years of prior language study. For summer Sanskrit, we require the equivalent of two years of prior study; for summer Bengali, Hindi and Tamil we require the equivalent of one year of prior study. For summer Urdu, we require the equivalent of one year of either Hindi or Urdu. We can offer courses at all levels, including beginning, in other Indian languages for the summer. Summer students should apply for FLAS or other funding if available at their institutions to cover the costs of the program.
Funding for Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu may be available through the U.S. State Department’s CLS program (see www.clscholarship.org). AIIS has some funding available for summer students who cannot procure their own funding. This funding is allocated on the basis of the language committee’s ranking of the applicants. AIIS will award language fellowships, on a competitive basis, to academic year and fall semester students, which would cover all expenses for the program. AIIS offers Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Urdu and other languages at all levels for the fall, although fellowships would only be available for students who will have had the equivalent of two years of prior language study by the beginning of the program. AIIS will offer funding to masters students to complete a capstone project of their choosing upon completion of the summer program. There will also be a special Mughal Persian archives workshop at the end of the summer 2019 Mughal Persian program in Lucknow.
The application deadline is December 31, 2018. Applications can be downloaded from the AIIS web site at www.indiastudies.org. For more information: Phone: 773-702-8638. Email: aiis@uchicago.edu.
6. Grabar Grants and Fellowships
These competitive grants and fellowships, established in memory of Professor Oleg Grabar and supported by the Oleg Grabar Memorial Fund, are intended to encourage and further the professional development of graduate students (Ph.D. candidates) and post-doctoral scholars in all areas of the history of Islamic art, architecture and archaeology. The number and amount of the grants and fellowships will be announced annually in accordance with available funds. The Grabar Grants and Fellowships are administered by HIAA’s Grants and Fellowships Committee, chaired by Professor Scott Redford
See: https://www.historiansofislamicart.org/opportunities/hiaa-prizes/grabar-grants-and-fellowships
7. UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE, DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES, CLASSICS, AND PHILOSOPHY
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE EMBASSY OF I.R. OF IRAN
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO CELEBRATE THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR WOMEN
Date: 01 MARCH 2019
Venue: UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE
Theme: Dialoguing Women in Christianity, Islam and African Traditional Religions
For further information, see :
http://harare.icro.ir/index.aspx?fkeyid=&siteid=198&pageid=11688&newsview=715025
8. Two-day workshop: The Ḥanafī School: History, Transformations, and Future
3-4 December 2018
The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS)
This workshop explores how Ḥanafīs articulate a history of the school and pinpoint milestones of its transformation under Muslim rule, with a special emphasis on the madhhab as a fulcrum for Ḥanafī legal continuity. The workshop will also examine Ḥanafī controversies, relationship to political power, and development of state judiciary, international relations, governance, interfaith relations, and women issues. We also encourage papers that assess contemporary discussions about reviving Islamic legal school and the role of fiqh in Muslim societies today.
Paper abstracts available at:
https://nias.knaw.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/WS-29-Final-Workshop-Program-DvM.pdf
9. Workshop: “On the Way into the Unknown? Comparative Perspectives on the ‘Orient‘ in (Early) Modern Travelogues”, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 28-29 November 2018
We invite you to discuss perceptions of the ‘Orient‘ (especially the Ottoman and Persian Empires) in travelogues from the 16th to the 19th centuries. To obtain a comprehensive understanding, the travellers will originate in as many as possible different cultures. Among others, non-European perspectives are particularly welcome, especially on travels within the Orient.
Deadline for abstracts: 7 January 2019. Information: http://www.travelogues-project.info/cfp/
10. Articles on “Islam in Europe, Religious Pluralism, Immigration” for Special Issue of “Religions”
Articles on Islam and political movements, social trends, Islamic authority, new media, gender, Islamic culture and branding Islam as well as keeping into account historical background and emerging trends of the presence of Islam in Europe will be particularly welcome.
Deadline for manuscripts: 31 January 2018. Information: Contact the Special Issue Editor Prof. Dr. Stefano Allievi at stefano.allievi@unipd; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions
- November 12, 2018
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Assembling the Tropics
Science and Medicine in Portugal’s Empire, 1450–1700
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Online publication date: August 2018
- Print publication year: 2018
- Online ISBN: 9781108164856
- https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108164856
2. Reception, Appropriation, and Innovation:
Byzantium between the Christian
and Islamic Worlds
2ND ANNUAL EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL
GRADUATE BYZANTINE CONFERENCE
30th November – 1st December 2018
3. CALL FOR PAPERS
McGill University’s Institute of Islamic Studies
Graduate Student Symposium
April 4-5, 2019
The organising committee of the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Graduate Student Symposium welcomes abstract submissions to their ninth annual symposium, to be held on April 4-5, 2019 at McGill University.
Our aim is to provide an opportunity for graduate students based in various parts of the world and approaching the study of Islamicate thought and life across time and space through a multiplicity of disciplinary and methodological approaches to share their work with the Institute’s faculty and students in an atmosphere of constructive and supportive criticism. We are pleased to invite graduate students at all stages of research and dissertation-writing related to Islam and Islamicate communities anywhere in the world (East Asia, South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East) to submit proposals for individual paper presentations.
Reflecting our department’s primary research areas, the symposium’s themes include but are not limited to:
- theology, philosophy, mysticism, and jurisprudence
- history, political science, and anthropology
- Urdu, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish literature
An abstract of 250-500 words and a one-page résumé should be sent electronically to miisscsymposium@gmail.com by December 30, 2018. Please include a tentative title for your paper and two or three keywords describing its regional and disciplinary focus, as well as your name, programme of study (MA, MPhil, or PhD), and departmental and institutional affiliation. Applicants will be notified of a decision by January 15, 2019. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with any other queries.
4. Conference: “Law, Islam & Anthropology”, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, GAIR and RIMO, Halle/Saale, 9–10 November 2018
The discussion will range from the traditional domain of family-related regulations regarding commercial transactions to the perception of ethical norms in daily life. Questions such as actor-driven social distinctions and cross-societal processes of interpreting and applying Islamic texts and tradition will be emphasized.
Registration until 6 November via islamiclawconference2018@eth.mpg.de. Program at http://www.eth.mpg.de/de/events?url=7166%2Fevent_details_1510566232.html
5. Conference: “Mapping the Role of Intellectuals in Iranian Modern and Contemporary History”, Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS University of London, 1 December 2018
Forty years after the Revolution, how can we evaluate the role of Iranian intellectuals in the history of Iranian modernity and in the process of the Iranian democratic debate? This question and many others are some of the key points this one-day conference will explore.
6. Colloque : “Islamisme et violence : débats et enjeux”, Université de Montréal, 25-26 mars 2019
Le colloque analysera différentes approches théoriques qui se sont développées depuis un demi-siècle, en milieu tant musulman que non-musulman, pour tenter d’expliquer ou de comprendre ce phénomène de l’islamisme et de ses rapports à différentes formes et degrés de violence, à la fois au sein de la diversité islamique et musulmane.
Date limite pour la soumission d`une candidature : 15 novembre 2018. Information: https://cerium.umontreal.ca/nouvelles-et-evenements/nouvelles/une-nouvelles/news/appel-a-contributions-islamisme-et-violence-de-47069/
7. Professorship in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bern
Depending on his or her formal qualifications, the successful applicant will be employed as assistant professor with tenure track, as associate professor or as full professor. An assistant professorship requires an outstanding PhD and a second, advanced research project. Candidates for an associate or full professorship are required to have a habilitation thesis or equivalent qualifications.
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2018. Information: http://www.philhist.unibe.ch/about_us/now_happening/ausschreibung_islamwissenschaft/index_eng.html
8. Visiting Fellowship in Islamic Finance, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Applicants must be specialists in Islamic Finance and/or a closely related discipline, preferably with practical experience of policy-making with an international or comparative component. The fellowship will start in October 2019.
Deadline for application: 4 February 2019. Information: https://www.oxcis.ac.uk/sites/www.oxcis.ac.uk/files/inline-files/Visiting%20Fellowship%20in%20Islamic%20Finance%202019.pdf
9. Assistant Professor in Islam Studies, Augustana College
We seek a candidate who specializes in the study of Islam. Additional specializations might include one or more of the following: Gender and Religion, contemporary or historical Islamic movements in Southwest Asia and beyond, Muslim-Christian interactions, and Inter-faith dialogue.
Deadline for applications: 7 November 2018. Information: www.augustanafaculty.org/career_positions.php?cat=3&id=218
10. Assistant Professor in Contemporary and/or Modern Judaism, Syracuse University
This is tenure-track position to begin August 2019. We seek a colleague with a specialization in contemporary and/or modern Jewish religion and culture with possible areas including but not limited to America, Israel, and/or Europe. Candidates should demonstrate Jewish Studies research and teaching interests at any variety of possible intersections such as the arts, science, history, ethnicity, race, gender, politics, and/or sexualities.
Deadline for applications: 13 November 2018. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57680
11. Assistant Professor in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, Croft Institute for International Studies, University of Mississippi
The position will start in August 2019. We are seeking an anthropologist of the Middle East. Preference will be given to critical medical anthropologists and/or engaged cultural anthropologists who work with refugee/migrant populations. Ph.D. in Anthropology is required by the time of appointment.
Deadline for applications: 20 November 2018. Contact: Vivian Ibrahim vibrahim@olemiss.edu. Information: https://careers.olemiss.edu/job/University-Croft-Assistant-Professor-of-Anthropology-and-International-Studies-MS-38677/514002600/
12. Summer School (Arabic Program and MENA Area Studies), International University of Rabat, 1-26 July 2019
The Arabic program includes 24 in “Moroccan Spoken Arabic” out of 69 hours. MENA Area Studies Program aims to introduce international students to the region through a cross-cultural study of its history, society, literature and politics.
Deadline for applications: 19 May 2019. Information: http://www.uir.ac.ma/en/summer-program
13. Article sur “Iǧtihād et taqlīd dans l’islam sunnite et šīʿite” pour Revue MIDÈO
Date limite : 15 janvier 2020. Information: https://www.ideo-cairo.org/fr/2018/10/i%C7%A7tihad-et-taqlid-dans-lislam-sunnite-et-si%CA%BFite/
14. DRUGS IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD (ca. 1050–ca. 1400)
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/event-story.aspx?id=585af024-781c-4eab-9892-1ad9bcc4ec5d
7-8 December 2018, King’s College London
Sponsored by the Wellcome Trust and supported by the Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies (CLAMS) at King’s.
15. Call for Papers for our one-day conference on the theme of ‘Leadership, Authority and Representation in British Muslim Communities’ to be held at Cardiff University on 21 January 2019. More information below. Please note the deadline for abstract submission which is 3pm on 7 December 2018.
This one-day conference brings together academics and activists to explore issues of leadership, authority and representation in British Muslim communities. Who speaks for British Muslims? How is authority construed, constructed and exercised in an age of mass media and the Internet? What internal and external factors shape leadership structures and modalities of representation for British Muslims living as a minority in a culturally Christian but largely secular social context? Where do leaders come from in a decentralised religious tradition lacking a priestly hierarchy? How do government discourses and media representations impact upon dynamics of leadership and authority in British Muslim communities?
For more information, including how to submit your abstract, visit:
16. The Judeo-Persian manuscript collection in the British Library
17. Fully funded Phd opportunity at the University of Bristol Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship for a resident citizen of the Palestinian Territories.
Possible topics might include (but are not limited to):
- Issues relating to racism and discrimination.
- National narratives that create second-class forms of citizenship.
- Majority/minority relations in Israel/Palestine.
- A comparative study of Islamophobia and antisemitism, paying attention to particular national contexts e.g. comparing Israel/Palestine and the UK.
- Obstacles to progress into higher education or the labour market that are connected to race/ethnicity.
Full details at:
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/fees-funding/awards/hespal/
18. The University of Hamburg has 55 vacant positions (research associates) for the Cluster of Excellence ‘Understanding Written Artefacts’. The aim of the research of the cluster is to establish a unified, comparative and comprehensive approach for studying how the production of written artefacts has shaped human societies and cultures, and how these in turn have adapted written artefacts to their needs. The Cluster’s approach is structured into five Research Fields which unfold major aspects of the Cluster’s research. Since the material object is the starting point for the Cluster’s research, the scientific methods of material analysis will constitute the first field (Research Field A). In contrast to this field, but closely connected to it, the remaining four fields address cultural practices.
For the five clusters (including Inscribing Spaces and Archiving Artefacts), see https://www.written-artefacts.uni-hamburg.de/en/research-fields.html
For the vacant positions, see https://www.written-artefacts.uni-hamburg.de/en/vacant-positions.html
- November 06, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Mughal Occidentalism: Artistic Encounters between Europe and Asia at the Courts of India, 1580-1630, Mika Natif
For more information, see:
https://brill.com/abstract/title/38485
2. Call for papers for a special edition: Fashion/Religion Interfaces
The complex interconnections between religious beliefs and fashion in clothing have been increasingly recognised by researchers, journalists and fashion producers. At the same time, fashion has begun to be a force that can shape religious communities and create debates, often of a controversial nature, within and between faiths. This special issue will explore these matters, focusing on sartorial fashion/religion interfaces in their diverse and multiple forms across the world today.
Fashion scholarship has long claimed that no-one exists fully outside of fashion systems. Yet many religious believers, especially those with more conservative mindsets, think that they are not influenced by secular and commercial fashion trends. So, who is right? At the same time, some religiously-oriented individuals may embrace fashion fully, while others might seek to balance fashionability with religious precepts and forms of conduct. Which sorts of balancing and mediating are occurring across the world today, among different religious groups in diverse locations? Which social and cultural forces and contexts shape these balancing acts? What are the differences between religiously-oriented dress practices in ‘home’ countries and in diasporic contexts? How are these matters bound up with globalization processes?
Most scholarly attention on fashion/religion interfaces has been on women’s dress practices, but what about men? In what ways do dynamics to do with sexualities, ethnicities, classes, disabilities, and other social factors impact on religiously-aware dress choices?
While the major scholarly and political focus has recently been on the relations between Islam and fashion, especially in terms of veiling, people with other religious affiliations must also make choices regarding fashion and dress issues. Papers focusing on any religion and belief system, and on any geographical (and/or virtual) location, are welcomed for this special edition. Articles comparing different religious and/or sectarian groups are also invited.
Contributions are sought from diverse disciplinary and inter-disciplinary backgrounds across the social sciences and humanities. Papers which report novel empirical findings, and innovate in theoretical and methodological terms, are particularly encouraged.
Special issue website with submission instructions: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/fashion
Submission deadline: 1 April 2019
3. CfP: The 6thInternational Islam & Liberty Conference on “Building an Islamic Case for Open Markets” in Islamabad, Pakistan on 14-15 November, 2018. The details of the conference are as follows:
Venue:International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), Pakistan
Date: 14 – 15 November 2018
Time: 8.00 am – 5.00 pm
Fees: PKR 100/ only
*Registration is compulsory. Places are limited. Do register now!!!
There are 20 speakers from various countries such as United Arab Emirates, Sweden, United Kingdom, France, Finland, Malaysia, Lebanon, Algeria, Iran, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Indonesia, Bangladesh as well as Pakistan.
See: http://islamandlibertynetwork.org/blog/2018/06/01/building-an-islamic-case-for-open-markets/
4. A Photographic Tour of the Persian Gulf and Iraq, 1906
5. Visiting Instructor of Arabic
Washington and Lee University
Deadline: 19 November 2018
The Department of German and Arabic at Washington and Lee University invites applications for a one-year visiting instructor of Arabic, beginning 1 July 2019. This position carries a 2-3 teaching load over two, 12-week terms (Fall 2019 and Winter 2020). Duties include teaching all levels of Arabic (first-, second-, and third-year), as well as advanced Arabic language courses that focus on media, conversation and composition, or topics in Arab literature, culture, and film. In addition to teaching responsibilities, the successful candidate will be expected to assist in developing WLUArabic and to contribute to the dynamic, interdisciplinary program in Middle East and South Asia (MESA) Studies.
Qualifications: Candidates must have completed at least an M.A. in Arabic Language (TAFL or a related field (e.g., second language acquisition, comparative literature, Middle Eastern Studies)). Preferred qualifications include ABD status or a Ph.D. Qualified applicants will have comprehensive mastery and fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and a dialect. The competitive applicant will have demonstrated experience in Arabic language pedagogy using the integrated approach in a North American or liberal arts context.
Review of applications will begin 19 November 2018. Interviews will be conducted through Skype in December. The position will remain open until filled. To apply, applicants should submit the following documents to Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/57066
- Cover letter
- C.V.
- Graduate transcript(s)
- Teaching portfolio (to include sample syllabi and teaching evaluations, if available)
- Three confidential letters of recommendations
Questions may be addressed to Professor Anthony Edwards, at EdwardsA@wlu.edu.
6. Elizabeth A. Lambourn, Abraham’s Luggage. A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018). ISBN 9781107173880
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abrahams-luggage/8F3D72E6FF9FA6B47C016A9B9799FD0F
From a single merchant’s list of baggage begins a history that explores the dynamic world of medieval Indian Ocean exchanges. This fresh and innovative perspective on Jewish merchant activity shows how this list was a component of broader trade connections that developed between the Islamic Mediterranean and South Asia in the Middle Ages. Drawing on a close reading of this unique twelfth-century document, found in the Cairo Genizah and written in India by North African merchant Abraham Ben Yiju, Lambourn focuses on the domestic material culture and foods that structured the daily life of such India traders, on land and at sea. This is an exploration of the motivations and difficulties of maintaining homes away from home, and the compromises that inevitably ensued. Abraham’s Luggagedemonstrates the potential for writing challenging new histories in the accidental survival of apparently ordinary ephemera.
Table of Contents
- Introduction. A list of luggage from the Indian Ocean world
2. From Ifriqiya to Malibarat – introducing Abraham Ben Yiju
Part I. A Mediterranean Society in Malibarat:
3. Making homes and friends: on shopping and suhba
4. Making a meal of it: on food cultures
5. A Jewish home: on ritual foods
Part II. A Mediterranean Society at Sea:
6. The ‘simple’ bare necessities: on water and rice
7. ‘Things for the cabin’: inhabiting the ocean
8. The balanced body: on vinegar and other sour foods
9. From Malibarat to Misr and beyond – afterlives
Appendix: Abraham’s list of luggage.
7. Conference: “National Pluralism in the Middle East: Towards a Common ‘Civilizational Framework'”, Qatar University in Doha, 26 March 2019
This conference will shed light on “nationalism” in terms of its interaction with other nationalities and ethnic groups in the Middle East, analyze the political and ideological attempts to exploit national pluralism, and the prospect of reconciling between the Arabs, Turks, Persians and Kurds. The Ibn Khaldon Center provides travel and accommodation costs for researchers with approved research.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 November 2018. Information: IbnKhaldon@qu.edu.qa
8. Biennial Conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean (SMM): “Movement and Mobility in the Medieval Mediterranean (6th – 15th Centuries)”, Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, 8-11 July 2019
How and to what extent did multiple agents, phenomena and factors interact to shape and intertwine the multidimensional spheres of the Mediterranean? We welcome papers from all disciplines that study movement and mobility from different perspectives in and across the medieval Mediterranean and its extensions, both physical and imagined.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2018. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-movement-and-mobility-in-the-medieval-mediterranean-6th-15th-centuries-barcelona-8-11-july?e=82aeb6c61d
9. Biennial Conference of the International Qur’anic Studies Association: “Reading the Qur’an in the Context of Empire”, University of New England, Tangier, 25-26 July 2019
The conference will unveil new research on the Qur’an, and create a platform for connecting other religions to Qur’anic studies. Further attention will be paid to the important contribution of North African scholars to the emergence and flourishing of methods in the study of Qur’an, tafsir and translation.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2018. Information: https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/international-meeting-2019/
10. Articles on Special Issue “Women, Gender and Politics in Muslim Societies: A New Historiography?” for Journal “Genre & Histoire”
We want to explore the heterogeneity of women’s stories in the Muslim world from the end of the First World War to the present day, in order to deconstruct the social and symbolic meanings associated with this cate-gory.
Deadline for proposals: 15 November 2018. Information: https://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/3610
11. Articles on Special Issue “Islamic Foundations of Social Policy and Welfare” for “International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy”
The focus of this special issue will be on issues surrounding social welfare concepts from a Muslim per-spective, addressing the status and role of Islamic teachings in social policy.
Deadline for submissions: 30 November 2018. Information: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=8013
12. Articles on Special Issue “Religion and Violence in Africa” for Journal “Religions”
We seek studies that examine the relationship between religion and violence throughout Africa and welcome articles that explore the impact of extra-continental actors on religion’s role in either alleviating or exacerbat-ing violence in African societies. Also of interest is the relative absence of violence between and within vari-ous religious communities in Africa, as well as violence related to sorcery and witchcraft and religion’s nego-tiation thereof.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 July 2019. Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Religion_Violence_Africa
13. Posts:
Adjunct Faculty Position in Comparative Politics of the Middle East, American University in Cairo
Position is starting Fall 2019. It is on a five-year fixed-term contract. Responsibilities will also include admin-istering the Joint MA program in Comparative and Middle East Politics and Society (CMEPS) between AUC and the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tubingen in Germany.
Deadline for application: 30 November 2018. Information: https://aucegypt.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=100472
(Senior) Research Fellow for Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore
The successful applicants participate in current cluster projects and are encouraged to lead a project. Both appointments last two years and require a PhD from a reputable university.
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2018. Information: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/MEI-2019-Job-Advertisement-SRFRF.pdf
Research Associates / Assistant for Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore
Associates require a BS/BA or MSc/MA degree in business or economics. The position provides an oppor-tunity to develop subject expertise in finance, energy and policy analysis, and regional expertise in the Mid-dle East and Asia. The Assistant supports the work of the Director. We seek a candidate who is curious, analytical, organized.
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2018. Information: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MEI-2019-Job-Advertisement-Research-Associates-and-Assistants.pdf
Professor in Sephardi Studies, Harvard University
This specialization is defined broadly to encompass not only Iberian Jewry, pre- and post-Expulsion, but also Jews in the Islamic world more generally as well as in the Ottoman Empire and in Western Europe in the medieval, early modern, and modern periods. The appointment is expected to begin on or after July 1, 2020. Fluency in Hebrew and a Doctorate or equivalent terminal degree in Jewish studies or related disci-pline is required.
Review of applications start: 15 November 2018. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57657
Assistant Professor in Social Theory of Islam, University of Alabama
Though the specialized focus or specific region/national setting is open, the position will enhance the De-partment’s international reputation in the critical study of religion while a portion of the person’s service time will go toward helping to establish an interdisciplinary Center for Middle East Studies. A Ph.D. is required but ABD applicants who are about to defend and complete their degree will be entertained.
Review of applications start: 15 November 2018. Information: https://facultyjobs.ua.edu/postings/44043
- October 29, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.W.M. Watt Annual Lecture 2018
University of Edinburgh
Dr Linda Komaroff , Curator of Islamic Art and Department Head, Art of the Middle East, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Wed 28 November 2018
17:30 – 20:30 GMT
Dining with the Sultan: Reflections on the Fine Art of Feasting at the Islamic Courts
Further information and tickets at:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wm-watt-annual-lecture-2018-dr-linda-komaroff-tickets-51513354831
2. Three Assistant / Associate Professors in Comparative Study of Modern Arab Politics and Society, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The faculty members will conduct research and teach courses in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. Preference will be given to applicants with area expertise who conduct research using Middle East languages, particularly Arabic. The faculty member will be part of an interdisciplinary group affiliated with the Arab Politics and Society cluster hiring initiative.
Information: https://facstaff.provost.wisc.edu/cluster-hiring-initiative/
3. Assistant Professor in Middle East Studies and Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Wis-consin-Madison
Ph.D. in a social science or humanities discipline with a specialization in Middle East Studies and/or North African Studies and Gender/Women’s Studies is required by the start of the appointment in August 2019.
Position is open until filled. Information: http://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/cw/en-us/job/498609/professor-in-gender-and-womens-studies-cluster-hire
4. Assistant / Associate Professor in Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Preference will be given to applicants with area expertise who conduct research using Middle East languages, particularly Arabic. Ph.D. in Political Science with specialization in Middle East Studies and/or North African Studies is required by the start of the appointment at August 20, 2019.
Position is open until filled. Information: http://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/cw/en-us/job/498355/professor-in-political-sci-ence-cluster-hire
5. Assistant Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The successful candidate will teach courses in the contemporary history of the Arab world as well as intro-ductory courses on the modern Middle East, and perform department, university and community services as appropriate for faculty rank. Responsibilities include conducting research and teaching at all levels as well as service at the professional and university level. Anticipated begin date is August 19, 2019.
Deadline for applications: 1 November 2018. Information:
https://www.ohr.wisc.edu/weblisting/External/PVLSummaryPrint.aspx?pvl_num=94576
6. Assistant Professor of History, Pennsylvania State University
The History program at the Abington College applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position to begin fall 2019. We welcome applications from historians with a specialization in the Global South, any period. Candidates with a focus on the Islamic World or Latin American/Caribbean History are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates must have completed the Ph.D. in History, or expect to do so by the time of appointment.
Position open until filled. Information: https://psu.jobs/job/83308
7. Assistant / Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, University of Florida
The Department of Religion invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure track position for the Izzat Hasan Sheikh Faculty Fellowship, beginning August 16, 2019. Applicants should have a doctoral degree in Islamic studies, religious studies, or a closely related discipline by the time of appointment.
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2018. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/56497
8. Lecturer in Hebrew Language, Columbia University
The Department of Middle Eastern South Asian and African Studies announces an opening beginning July 1, 2019. We are seeking a professional language teacher with a serious commitment to teaching languages for academic purposes. Preference will be given to applicants who have a PhD in Hebrew literature, linguistics or related field, but those with a Master’s degree and considerable language teaching experience are also encouraged to apply.
Review of applications start: 3 November 2018. Information: https://pa334.peopleadmin.com/postings/1528
9. Fellow for the Middle East, Rice University
The position will be responsible for producing original, substantive, policy-relevant research to bring together diverse viewpoints addressing the issues of women, human rights and displaced people in the Middle East. PhD in a field related to the study of the Middle East, gender issues, or human rights issues such as political science, policy studies, gender studies or sociology.
Review of applications start: 15 November 2018. Information: https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/16664
10. Articles on “Reframing Islam in Southeast Asia” for Special Issue of Journal “Religions”
The history of Islam in Southeast Asia has been traditionally narrated as one derivative of the Middle Eastern experience and, oftentimes, as a reality that largely belongs to the majority areas of the Indo-Malay sphere. This Special Issue intends to challenge these narratives.
Deadline for manuscripts: 15 August 2019. Information: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/spe-cial_issues/ReframingIslamSA
11. CALL FOR PAPERS | SYMPOSIA IRANICA
FOURTH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON IRANIAN STUDIES
Hosted by the University of Cambridge at St John’s College, Cambridge, UK, 9-10 April 2019
***Deadline: 30 December 2018***
We welcome proposals that engage with any aspect of Iranian studies within the arts, humanities and social sciences. These include but are not limited to prehistory through to the ancient and post-antique, modern, and contemporary histories; historiography; art and architecture history; anthropology; archaeology; cultural heritage; film and cinema; music and musicology; new media and communication studies; the performing arts; poetry and literature; languages and linguistics; Diaspora and migration studies; diplomatic studies, international relations and political science; social and political theory; law and legal studies; economics, philately and numismatics; sociology; philosophy; religions and theology.
Comparative themes and interdisciplinary approaches are also very welcome.
SUBMISSIONS
Proposals are open to early career scholars at postgraduate and post-doctoral levels from any disciplinary background within the arts, humanities and social sciences:
- Postgraduate students (MA, MPhil, MSt, etc. who are currently enrolled or who graduate/d in 2019 or 2018);
- PhD students and PhD candidates at any stage of their degree; and
- post-docs who graduated within the last three years (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015).
Persons falling into any of these categories are eligible to submit a proposal for an individual paper or pre-arranged panel. Submission is conducted electronically through the website. For any questions, please email us at office@symposia-iranica.com.
The language of the conference is English. All submissions undergo double-blind peer review.
ABOUT US
Symposia Iranica is Iranian studies’ leading forum for early career scholars. A dedicated, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed platform open to emerging scholars working on any aspect of Iranian or Persian Studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences, our three previous conferences were hosted by the University of St Andrews at St Mary’s College in 2013 and the University of Cambridge at Downing College in 2015 and Pembroke College in 2017.
The full call for papers is on our website: symposia-iranica.com
Updates will be posted to our Facebook page: facebook.com/SymposiaIranica
A virtual preview of our programme is at: symposia-iranica.com/preview
Highlights from all three conferences to-date: symposia-iranica.com/past
SPONSORS
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies; Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; St John’s College, Cambridge; Trinity College, Cambridge; British Institute of Persian Studies; Iran Heritage Foundation; Soudavar Memorial Foundation; Ancient India and Iran Trust; Pembroke College, Cambridge; Brill Publishers; I.B. Tauris Publishers; Edinburgh University Press; and the German Oriental Studies Trust.
- October 22, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Emory University’s Islamic Civilizations Studies Ph.D. program is devoted to exploratory, problem-based interdisciplinary graduate education. ICIVS graduate students work with a faculty committee on specific research questions and theories of interpretation and are encouraged to conduct innovative and interdisciplinary research that highlights trans-regional and transnational connections between the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and beyond. Students accepted into the ICIVS Ph.D. program design their own programs of study under the guidance of faculty advisors. Along with language training that prepares them for textual or field research, they receive training in research methods, historiography, Islamic Civilizations Studies as a field of study, and the pedagogy of Islam and Islamic Civilizations.
Possible programs of study supported by ICIVS include (but are not limited to): Islamic Civilization in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Basins; Muslim and Jewish Iberia and North Africa; Islam in Classical and Modern Arabic Literatures; Islam in Indo-Persian and Urdu Literatures; Judeo-Arabic Language, Linguistics, and Literatures; Politics and Society in the Muslim World; Islamic Political Philosophy; Muslim and Non-Muslim Minorities in Muslim Societies (with special emphasis on Christian, Jewish and Hindu communities); Diaspora Communities from the Muslim World; Muslim Minorities in Non-Muslim Societies; Islamic Civilizations and Post-Colonial Studies; Islamic Hybridities; Gender and Society in the Muslim World; and Frontier Interactions Between States and Peoples in the Muslim World.
For additional information about the ICIVS Ph.D. please visit the program’s website: http://icivs.emory.edu/index.html
You can see current students’ profile here: http://icivs.emory.edu/people/current-students.html
The application due date is December 15, 2018.
2. The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Humanities Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago are announcing a position for a full-time Lecturer in Arabic, for a one-year, renewable, appointment. The successful candidate will typically teach a minimum of two courses of various levels of Arabic (elementary, intermediate, or high intermediate) in each of three quarters (Autumn, Winter, Spring) to both undergraduate and graduate students. Additional duties of the position for Academic Year 2019-2020 are contributing to program development through the organization and promotion of regular Arabic film nights.
The successful candidate must be able to function at the Superior Level of Modern Standard Arabic and have experience teaching Arabic as a foreign language at the college level. Preference will be given to candidates proficient in an Arabic dialect. A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline is required by the start date of the appointment; a Ph.D. is desirable.
Applicants must apply online at the University’s Academic Career Opportunities website, https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu, select requisition #03923, and upload the following materials: a cover letter, which includes a brief description of your teaching philosophy, a current curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three references whose recommendation letters will be solicited automatically by the Academic Career Opportunities application system. Supporting documents, including teaching evaluations and sample syllabi, may also be submitted. Review of applications will begin on November 7, 2018, and will continue until the position is filled or the search is closed. Only completed applications will be considered.
3. Posts:
Rice University – Assistant or Associate Professor, Art and
Architecture of the Islamic World
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57504
Sheikh Zayid Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies, American University of Beirut Candidates for the Sheikh Zayid Chair are required to have made highly distinguished and internationally acclaimed contributions in one or more academic fields of Arabic and Islamic Studies as conceived broadly (encompassing: philology and critical editions of Arabic texts, classical literature, intellectual history; civiliza-tion studies; etc).Deadline for applications: 15 November 2018. Information: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/Pages/academic-em-ployment.aspx#Link24
Mary Fox Whittlesey Visiting Professorship, American University of Beirut The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is inviting applications for appointment in the field of archaeology special-izing, in particular, in either Prehistory, Environmental Archaeology, or the archaeology of the Islamic or Ot-toman Period to begin August 15, 2019. The successful candidate is expected to teach two undergraduate or graduate courses per semester. The period of the visiting appointment is for one year.
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2018. Information: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/academic-em-ployment.aspx#Link23
Assistant Professor in Islamic Art/Architecture, Rutgers University The Department of Art History invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field of Islamic art and/or architecture, beginning Fall 2019. PhD in Art History, Middle Eastern Studies, or a closely-related field required by the start of the appointment.Priority will be given to applications received prior 1 November 2018. Information: https://jobs.rut-gers.edu/postings/74257
4. Every year HIAA sponsors a competition and awards the Margaret B. Ševčenko Prize for the best unpublished essay written by a junior scholar (pre-dissertation graduate student to three years after the Ph.D. degree) on any aspect of Islamic visual culture. The Ševčenko Prize recipient receives an award of $500 and a citation, generally presented at HIAA’s annual business meeting. The Prize is named in memory of Margaret Bentley Ševčenko, the first and long-serving Managing Editor of Muqarnas, a journal devoted to the visual culture of the Islamic world and sponsored by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard and at MIT.
The competition is open to HIAA members only, and the winning essay will be considered for publication by the Muqarnas Editorial Board.
The deadline is 15 November 2018. For details, please see the webpage:
https://www.historiansofislamicart.org/opportunities
5. Conference: “No Country for Anthropologists? Contemporary Ethnographic Research in the Mid-dle East”, University of Zurich, 1-3 November 2018
Bringing together anthropologists from Egypt, Europe, Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, Turkey, the United States, and other countries, this conference debates the following questions: What are the obstacles to do ethnog-raphy in the contemporary Middle East? What do they teach us about the current role and the future possi-bilities of anthropology?
Information: https://www.isek.uzh.ch/en/anthropology/nocountryforanthropologists.html
6. 14th Conference of the Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO): “Paths of Resistance in the Middle East and North Africa”, University of Turin, 31 January – 2 February 2019
Paper proposals must specify one of the 31 open panels for which they are intended and must be submitted by email to torino2019@sesamoitalia.it .
Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2018. Information: http://www.sesamoitalia.it/convegno-2019-torino-2019-conference-turin/call-for-panels/ including abstracts of 31 open panels.
7. 30th Сongress on “Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa”,
St. Petersburg State University, 19-21 June 2019
The biannual Congress is organized by the Faculty of Asian and African Studies
of St Petersburg State University. It is dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of the
Academician Vasily V. Barthold (1869-1930
Working languages of the Conference: Russian and English.
Time limit for papers: 15 minutes + 5 minutes discussion.
Deadline for abstracts in English or Russian: 31 January 2019.
For further Information: http://www.orienthist.spbu.ru/the-xxx-international-congress-on-historiography-and-source-studies-of-asia-and-africa/?lang=en
- October 16, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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