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1.Conference: “The Early Islamic Empire at Work” for ERC Project “The Early Islamic Empire at Work – The View from the Regions Toward the Center”, University of Hamburg, 11-13 October 2018
The conference discusses the reach of law, Islamic and other, for the integration and functioning of the em-pire, as well as its role in the development of Islam as an ‘imperial’ religion. To what extent did ‘Islam’ serve as an integrating force, even if only for the imperial elite?
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2018. Information: https://www.islamic-empire.uni-hamburg.de/en/news-and-events/conferences/reach-of-empire.html
2. International Conference and Collective Volume: “(Im)Mobility and the (Re)Combination of Knowledge in the Mamluk Period – Towards a Conceptual Intellectual History”, University of Bonn, 6-8 October 2019
The aim of the conference and the edited volume is to bring together a number of case studies which illustrate how the social context of a given author influences knowledge production. Papers are welcome that address the social context of authors and their intellectual outcome in general, and how their (im)mobility lead either to the specialization or hybridization of knowledge.
Deadline for proposals: 15 September 2018. More information: https://www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/mamluk-events/cfp-immobility-and-the-re-combination-of-knowledge-in-the-mamluk-period.pdf
3. Study Program: “One Land, Two Peoples and Three Religions”, Galilee Institute, Israel, 27 Decem-ber 2018 – 8 January 2019
The programme focusses on the Jewish/Christian/Islamic religions, their roots in the region and their rela-tionship around the conflict. It is designed for all students, faculty members and professionals who wish to take a deeper look at the diverse groups living in Israel/Palestine.
Deadline for applications: 27 October 2018. Information: https://www.gal-ilcol.ac.il/Courses/235/One_Land,_Two_Peoples_and_Three_Religions
4. 15 Scholarships for MA in Modern Turkish Studies, Istanbul Sehir University
The Center for Modern Turkish Studies invites you to study issues of Turkey and its surronding with unique interdisciplinary and flexible curriculum for our M.A Program.
Deadline for application: 31 August 2018. Further info http://cemts.sehir.edu.tr
5. Call for Papers
International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK, 1st-4th July 2019
Caucasian Connections: Beyond Liminality
The relationship between the Caucasus and the outside world has been deeply implicated in its cultural development and structures of authority from the Maikop Culture onwards. Just as outside empires sought to control the Caucasus, its peoples and strategic routes and resources, so indigenous Caucasian elites sought the favour of outsiders in their struggles for power. At the same time, the Caucasus maintained a distinctive set of cultural traditions. This tension between access to the outside world and indigenous ‘Caucasian civilisation’ has been a central theme of scholarship on the region.
In order to promote interdisciplinary dialogue on these issues, we propose to organise one or several panels at the International Medieval Studies- the world’s second-largest gathering of medieval scholars and the largest in Europe. We welcome papers from the disciplines of History, Art History, Archaeology, Medieval Studies, Literature or Historical Linguistics on the cultures of the Caucasus (broadly defined), its relationship with the surrounding areas, or outside attitudes to the region. In particular, we seek papers that can address the material culture aspects of these relationships, given the overall conference theme of ‘materiality’. Possible subjects may include, but are not limited to:
– material cultures of the Caucasus and its neighbours;
– economic, social or cultural connections within or beyond the Caucasus;
– the (un)importance of the outside world in the formation of Caucasian culture, society or identity;
– outsider perceptions of the Caucasus.
For further information, please see the full conference CFP at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/imc2019_call.html. Small travel bursaries may be available from the conference, although these should not be relied upon as a source of support. Further travel support may be available for scholars from outside the UK, with priority given to scholars from the Caucasus and CIS countries.
Expressions of interest should be sent to John Latham Sprinkle at 580698@soas.ac.uk by 10th September 2018. Please send a paper title and a brief description of your proposed topic. Please also indicate whether you will require travel funding in order to attend, and if so, approximately how much you estimate will be necessary.
6. The Ira Brind and Stacey Spector Assistant/ Associate Curator of South Asian Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
For more information and to apply, please visit:
https://philamuseum.applytojob.com/apply/ZOMnEB9IKm/The-Ira-Brind-And-Stacey-Spector-AssistantAssoc
- August 20, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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1.6th International Conference on “Islam & Liberty – Building an Islamic Case for Open Markets”, Islamabad, 14-15 November 2018
The conference brings together academics and researchers to present and discuss papers on the current discourse on Islam, society and the world at large under the over-arching theme of Islam and liberty. The Conference is an attempt to re-discover the original tenets of economic freedom as propounded by the Quran and Sunnah
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2018. Information: http://islamandlibertynetwork.org/blog/2018/06/01/building-an-islamic-case-for-open-markets/
2. Workshop: “The ‘Ethical’ and the ‘Everyday’: Interrogating Analytical Turns for/in the Study of Islam and Muslims in Europe”, University of Cambridge, 29-30 November 2018
This workshop seeks to provide a forum for critically engaging with the analytics of the “ethical” and the “everyday” in the study of Islam and Muslims in Europe. What is, we ask, the analytical purchase of these turns within the study of Islam and Muslims in Europe? What, furthermore, might escape our attention while preferring one turn among the other?
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2018. Information: https://bit.ly/2MnuFnN
3. Visiting Research Fellowships, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin
The call is open to senior researchers and recent postdocs in the humanities and the social sciences. Slots are available throughout the year with the exception of July and August 2019. We therefore ask applicants to state their preferred month(s) of stay while indicating alternative dates.
Deadline for applications: 17 August 2018. Information: https://www.zmo.de/Ausschreibungen/calls%20for%20papers/CfP%20-%20Visiting%20Research%20Fellowships2018.pdf
4. Scholarships for 75 Master’s Programs at the Goethe University Frankfurt
Applicants must hold an excellent Bachelor’s degree from a university outside of Germany. Awardees are provided with a monthly stipend of 1,000 EUR and other benefits to help them develop their career.
Information: www.uni-frankfurt.de/masterstip
5. The journal Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (ACME) is looking to recruit a new Book Review Editor and a new Film Review Editor, with the first contributed work to appear in Volume 5(1), Summer 2017/18.
If you are interested, please forward a copy of your curriculum vitae, along with a brief statement about your interest in the position and an example of your professional writing to:
Dr. Pedram Khosronejad (Chief Editor)
Farzaneh Family Scholar
Associate Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies
School of International Studies
Oklahoma State University
E-mail: Pedram.khosronejad@okstate.edu
6. The Second International Conference on Islamic Civilisation (ISIC 2019):
The Movement of Population, Objects, and Ideas in the Pre-modern and Modern Muslim World
Call for Papers
Abstract Submission Deadline: October 15th, 2018
Conference Dates: February 12th–13th, 2019
Venue: National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taipei, Republic of China (details to be confirmed)
Muslim world, covering a vast geographical area, is characterised by its ethnic, linguistic, and cultural multiplicity. Its diversity is precisely captured by Dale F. Eickelman: ‘The main challenge for the study of Islam is to describe how its universalistic or abstract principles have been realized in various social and historical contexts without representing Islam as a seamless essence on the one hand or as a plastic congeries of beliefs and practices on the other.’ (1987) However difficult it may be to describe such rich human/social/cultural phenomena, the pluralistic ideas and practices in Muslim world result from the interaction, violent or non-violent, between Muslims and other communities, and between Muslims themselves, the exchange and transmission of ideas, objects, and techniques, through various media, over the past fourteen centuries. How and why do/did people, ideas, and objects move from one place to another? Through what agencies do/did people, ideas, and objects travel? How did/does such movement impact upon other communities, their social and cultural dynamics? We welcome contributions from scholars and postgraduate students concerned with these questions from any relevant scholarly discipline, including history, anthropology, sociology, linguistics, area studies, politics, (comparative) literature, and religious studies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Migration of tribes, Sufi orders, refugees, or any distinctive group in pre-modern and modern contexts
- Transmission or translation of ideas, artistic or literary motifs, or texts
- Travel & travelogues
- Exchange and interaction through commerce (e.g. slave trade)
- Spread of techniques or objects (e.g. introduction of paper)
Each presentation will last 20 minutes, including Q&A session. Abstracts between 300–400 words along with a one-page CV should be sent to Dr. I-Wen Su at isu@nccu.edu.tw, by 5.00 pm, October 15th, 2018, with ‘ISIC 2019’ in the subject line. The presenters whose papers are accepted will be notified in late October and early November, and asked to submit the full papers by January 10th, 2019. The papers, which pass the double-blind review, will be published.
7. 32 Fellowships at the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem
The fellowships are open to students and scholars in Near Eastern studies from prehistory through the Islamic periods, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology and religion and related disciplines.
Deadline for application: 31 August 2018. Information: http://www.aiar.org/fellowships/?mc_cid=a57d843a2b&mc_eid=4b7f78b915
8. Tenure Track Position in any Discipline on Islam in Asia, Asian Studies Program, Hamilton College, New York
The position on Islam in Asia includes Iran/Persia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, to begin July 1, 2019. Mastery of a relevant Asian language is expected.
Application deadline: 5 October 2018. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56980
9. Advanced Assistant/Associate Professor, Inayat and Ishrat Malik Professorship in Islamic Studies, University of Cincinnati
Minimum Qualifications: A Ph.D. is required, as well as prior teaching experience and evidence of scholarly excellence. The successful candidate is expected to engage in research, to teach on the graduate and undergraduate levels in their area, and to contribute, via interdisciplinary education and as appropriate, to undergraduate certificate programs in such areas as Religious Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Arabic Studies, Asian Studies, Security Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2019. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57031
10. Project: Education and Childhood Studies Digital Resources for Afghanistan
The aim of the project is to produce digital resources on education in Afghanistan as part of the Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies – an authoritative digital resource on the state of the education system as well as the nature of childhood and youth experience in Afghanistan.
- August 13, 2018
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1.De-centering the Global Middle Ages
February 8-9, 2019, University of Michigan
The Department of History and Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program at the University of Michigan invite proposals for a February 8-9, 2019 symposium, “De-centering the Global Middle Ages.”
This symposium will contribute to the burgeoning body of scholarship on the meaning of the “medieval” and “Middle Ages” in increasingly interdisciplinary and cross-regional conceptions of the premodern world.
This symposium invites researchers to consider scholarly perspectives of the “global Middle Ages” by presenting research and resources that address the connectivity and mobility of the globe c. 500-1600 CE. What work does the idea of “the Middle Ages” do in our scholarship, and what do we gain from a shared or comparative notion of the medieval? Papers and presentations will aim to contribute to a more inclusive view of the premodern world that de-centers European interpretations of the Middle Ages and recognizes dynamic globalisms. A keynote address will be delivered by Valerie Hansen (Stanley Woodward Professor of History, Yale University), specialist in premodern China and Silk Road Studies, whose current book project is entitled: The World in the Year 1000: When Globalization Began.
Faculty and graduate students are welcome to apply to deliver a lightning talk + complementary paper and/or a primary source-based research presentation. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words.
Lightning Talks
The symposium will hold two panels of lightning talks (8 minutes each) based on short, pre-circulated papers (approx. 4 pages) summarizing current work on globalized conceptions of and connections within the medieval world. Lightning talks will engage field- or region-specific conceptualizations of “the medieval/Middle Ages.”
Roundtable discussions with respondents will follow.
Primary Source-based Research Presentations
Submissions will also be accepted for 15- to 18-minute research presentations, each focused on a particular medieval primary source (text, image, object, etc.) that is useful for thinking in comparative or global perspectives. The source (an image or a selection from the source) should be pre-circulated to attendees.
Each talk will be followed by a moderated discussion.
All presenters are asked to submit a brief bibliography (5-10 entries) on resources related to their lightning talks or research presentations. After the symposium, these bibliographies will be uploaded to the Global Middle Ages Project website (http://globalmiddleages.org/, University of Texas at Austin) and contribute to the development of a canon of literature on the global Middle Ages.
Deadline: September 17, 2018
How to Apply:
Applications should be submitted in PDF form to conference organizers Paula R. Curtis (prcurtis@umich.edu) and Amanda Respess (arespess@umich.edu by September 17. Those submitting both lightning talks and primary source presentations should prepare separate abstracts. Please include the following information:
Name:
Affiliation:
Faculty/Graduate Student/Independent Scholar:
Field:
Regional Specialization:
Proposed Format (Lightning Talk/Primary Source Presentation):
Abstracts of no longer than 300 words.
Notifications of acceptance will be made by no later than October 15, 2018.
This symposium is made possible by the generous support of the University of Michigan Department of History, Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, History of Art Department, Department of English Language & Literature, Asian Languages and Cultures Department, Slavic Languages & Literatures Department, Near Eastern Studies Department, Center for Japanese Studies, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Forum on Research in Medieval Studies, and the Japanese Studies Interdisciplinary Colloquium.
Contact Email:
2. CfP: Empires of Pleasure across Eighteenth-Century Cultures Chair: Dipti Khera – New York University
Chair: Meredith S. Martin – New York University
Email: dipti.khera@nyu.edu, msm240@nyu.edu
Now one of art history’s most vibrant subfields, the eighteenth century has played a key role in the discipline’s global turn and in re-thinking conventional histories of art, empire and Orientalism. By tracing the increased circulation of people and objects in different parts of the world, scholars working on this period have highlighted new conceptions of knowledge, aesthetics, power and sociability. Furthermore, they have ensured that formerly devalued concepts tied to eighteenth-century practices and patrons – among them luxury, pleasure, leisure, femininity, sensuality, wonder, hybridity, and consumption – be taken seriously. Yet while the physical exchanges of eighteenth-century artworks, peoples, and things from around the globe has been the subject of recent scholarly inquiry, less attention has been paid to conceptualaffinities – notably a mutual emphasis on pleasure and decline – that existed between disparate geographical and cultural locales. For instance, how might we enrich or complicate the story of eighteenth-century art and culture by putting Indian or Chinese paintings of palace gardens in dialogue with French fêtes galantes? Our contention is that these kinds of global comparisons will not only yield a richer formal and conceptual understanding of each type of artwork, but will also enable us to ask larger theoretical and methodological questions related to the common grounds they share. By examining how intertwined histories of pleasure and power were mediated across local, trans-regional, or intercultural contexts, we hope also to contribute to scholarly debates beyond art history and to encourage new research projects and teaching agendas.
For instructions to submit paper abstract (250 words), see, http://www.collegeart.org/programs/conference/cfp
You may contact panel chairs for any questions. Deadline: August 6, 2018
3. The Royal Lens: Naser Al-Din Shah’s Photography of His Harem (July 2018)
By Pedram Khosronejad
Hardcover: 352 pages
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.1 x 8 inches
Khosronejad’s unique collection provides us with a treasure trove of images focusing on the daily life of Naser al-Din Shah, his wives, concubines, and slaves of both sexes.
Janet Afary, Mellichamp Professor of Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara.
Pedram Khosronejad has provided invaluable new information about the history of photography in Iran during the 19th-century Qajar period. In particular he has carefully researched the photographs taken by Naser al-Din Shah, perhaps the Qajar monarch most fascinated by Western technology. These intimate photographs of his own harem are unique and highly informative, not just for their intrinsic value in a period in which human images were disapproved of, but also for what they reveal about Naser al-Din Shah, his self-image, his household and his court.
William Beeman, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/099948012X?ref=cp_d_n_u
4. From the Understanding Sharia (www.usppip.eu) project:
- USPPIP Autumn School (Leiden, 11-17 November) applications: The USPPIP project held a successful “Uses of the Past in Islamic Legal Thought and Practice” summer school held in Exeter (8th-14th July – report to follow). To follow up on this, the project will be holding a second “Autumn School”, to be held at Leiden University, 11th-17th The format will be the same (peer review of chapters/articles and collaborative translation of primary source texts). The deadline for applications is quite soon, Wednesday 5th September 2018.
- “Uses of the Past in Islamic Law” Project Conference, 27th-29th September, Exeter, will be held in Exeter, . A list of panel titles and a preliminary programme is available and the final list, with all the participants and titles of papers will be available in late August.
- HERA fellow Judge Samoud al-Damiri and workshop on Islamic International Law: There was a very successful series of lectures and a workshop at the University of Göttingen, including the presentations of the HERA fellow Samoud al-Damiri, a Palestinian judge, and the workshop on Islamic International Law – 26th-29th Report (with pictures!) can be found here.
See http://www.usppip.eu/ for further information.
- USPPIP Postdoctoral Fellow Success: It is with great pleasure we announce that two of our post-doctoral fellows have recently been appointed to academic positions, following on from their work with USPPIP: Dr Omar Anchassi has been appointed as the Early Career Fellow in Islamic Studies in the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. Dr Eirik Hovden has been appointed Lecturer in Arabic at the University of Bergen. Congratulations to them both.
USPPIP Project Director:
Robert Gleave
Professor of Arabic Studies
Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam
E-mail: r.gleave@exeter.ac.uk
- August 04, 2018
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1.Channels of Transmission:
Family and Professional Lineages in the Early Modern Middle East
Eurasian Studies 15/2 (2017), special issue (pp. 177-377)
(guest edited by Sandra Aube and Maria Szuppe, with the collaboration of Anthony T. Quickel)
distributed by Brill: [brill.com/eurs]brill.com/eurs
The volume brings together eight papers focusing on family structures and their self-definition, as well as their dependence on geographical, temporal, and cultural factors in the process of developing strategies of transmission of authority and knowledge. It originates with joint French-German research project on Dynamics of Transmission: Family, Authorithy and KNowledge in the Early Modern Middle East, 15-17th c. (DYNTRAN, CNRS-Marburg University) sponsored by the ANR and the DFG. For more information on DYNTRAN, see: https://dyntran.hypotheses.org/
2. Oxford’s Faculty of Oriental Studies has just announced two four-year postdoctoral positions in Qur’anic Studies, as part of an ERC-funded research project entitled “Qur’anic Commentary: An Integrative Paradigm”. We are looking for two scholars who will produce monographs on the Islamic reception history of surahs 1–4 and on Qur’anic law in its late antique context. More details can be found at the links below. I am happy for prospective applicants to contact me with queries.
Best wishes,
Nicolai Sinai
(nicolai.sinai@orinst.ox.ac.uk)
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Dr Nicolai Sinai
Professor of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
Fellow of Pembroke College
New book: The Qur’an: A Historical-Critical Introduction
3. Call for applicants: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Isfahan, Iran (Fall Semester 2018)
I am writing to kindly inform you that the University of Isfahan is seeking outstanding postdoctoral candidates for Fall semester 2018. You may see the attached recruitment notice for other details.
As you are well aware, the University of Isfahan is one of the leading universities in Iran, which is a public comprehensive university with a good position in both national and international university rankings. The University of Isfahan provides a wide variety of choices in educational programs and offers various high quality facilities to its students. The university is also renowned for its pioneering research and education.
The proposed postdoctoral positions can provide the eligible candidates with a very good chance to increase their expertise and knowledge in their fields.
It will be highly appreciated if you kindly inform the potential candidates. I do thank you for considering this request.
If you have any inquires, do not hesitate to contact us at: postdoc@res.ui.ac.ir.
Sincerely,
Neda Naderi
Scientific Coordinator
International Scientific Cooperation Office
University of Isfahan
University St,
Isfahan 81746-73441, Iran
Tel: +98 313 7932039
Fax: +98 313 6682910
Email: isco1.ui@gmail.com
4. Call for participants in an upcoming workshop entitled “Ibadi Manuscripts and Manuscript Cultures” to be held from 5-6 April 2019 at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco. Arabic, English, and French versions of the call for participants are available here on Academia.edu (https://www.academia.edu/37032158/Call_for_Workshop_Participants_English_French_Arabic_Ibadi_Manuscripts_and_Manuscript_Cultures_5-6_April_2019_Al_Akhawayn_University).
Proposals are due 1 December 2018 and any questions can be directed to the workshop organizers: Paul Love (p.love@aui.ma) or Soufien Mestaoui (smestaoui@ibadica.org).
5. PhD candidate in Iranian Studies/History of Religions (2 positions), University of Leiden
Vacancy number 18-308
Project description
The PhD candidate will carry out research in the framework of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) funded project, Keepers of the Flame: The Reconfiguration of the Zoroastrian Priesthood in Sasanian and Early Islamic Times, led by Professor Albert de Jong. This project examines the history of the Zoroastrian priesthood in two periods of transformation: the Sasanian Empire and the early Islamic period. The project as a whole aims to answer the question how Zoroastrianism survived the loss of its empire. The project will study the build-up and transformation of the Zoroastrian priesthood in the context of innovative theorizing about longue durée history of religion, the transformation of Iranian identity, and the role of religious specialists.
Appointment
The appointment will initially be for 12 months and if evaluated positively, with an extension of 3 years and must lead to the completion of a PhD thesis. The salary range for a PhD student is from €31,624 to €40,430 gross per year (pay-scale P) based on a full-time appointment.
Applications must be received no later than 7 September 2018.
6. The Faculty of Humanities at Tübingen University invites applications for the position of a Professor (W 3) for Islamic History and Culture in the Department of Asian and Oriental Studies
The applicant should be able to cover a broad spectrum of research and
instruction in this subject area. She/he should have a research focus either
on Islamic history or on literary and/or cultural studies. Good knowledge of
Arabic and a second source language is expected.
She/he will contribute to the department’s curricula (BA, MA) as well as
supervise PhD candidates. We also expect an interest in joining the
interdisciplinary research activities within the department as well as with
other departments at the university.
Requirements for appointment are: Professorship status or an equivalent
qualification as well as extensive teaching experience.
Tübingen University is particularly interested in applications from female
candidates for this position and therefore strongly encourages women to apply.
Applications from disabled candidates will be given preference if the
qualifications of these candidates are identical to those of a non-disabled
candidate. In line with its internationalization agenda, the university
welcomes applications from researchers outside Germany.
Applications with the usual documents (Curriculum Vitae, references, list of
publications and teaching experience, overview of research covered, authored
books, up to 5 articles) should be sent to: Dean of the Faculty of Humanities,
Prof. Dr. Juergen Leonhardt, Keplerstrasse 2, D-72074 Tuebingen
(bewerbung@philosophie.uni-tuebingen.de)
Enquiries may also be directed to the Dean.
The closing date for applications is August 31, 2018.
7. 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
The conference aims at bringing the debate on the paths and forms of resistance, which developed in the MENA region over the centuries, and soliciting different theoretical and disciplinary approaches. The official languages are Italian, English and French.
Deadline for open and closed panel proposals: 5 September 2018. Information: http://www.sesamoitalia.it/convegno-2019-torino-2019-conference-turin/call-for-panels/ (English version at the end)
8. Articles on “Islam and the Category of ‘Religion’” for Summer 2019 Issue of the “Pakistan Journal of Historical Studies”
The journal is published by the Indiana University Press (Bloomington). It aims to develop critical ideas on less explored and innovative themes in social, cultural, art, architectural, political, and economic histories. Scholars engaged with current historical debates about any region and period can submit articles on a particular theme thus initiating a dialogue on theoretical and methodological issues.
Information: http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/pages.php?cPath=4&pID=97
- July 30, 2018
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1.The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) invites submissions for its second annual workshop, scheduled to take place at the University of Chicago, October 6–7, 2018. We particularly welcome papers that are works in progress and would benefit from extensive discussion and feedback.
The Society hopes to provide a regional forum for scholars of Islamicate adab, particularly of the medieval and early modern periods, to meet and share their work.
We leave our parameters intentionally broad in order to invite as wide a collaboration as can be useful, but we are basically engaged with the literatures of the broad complex of premodern Muslim societies from the Danube to the Deccan. This naturally includes the major Islamicate languages of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu, as well as others (Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, Spanish, etc.) that participate in similar literary conventions. We welcome and encourage scholars working in any of these languages to consider participating!
Those who wish to participate in the workshop should fill out our online application (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbHLf4yncTKDdvp1W7WafNX-I2rCOfWu98FgoYt1aJHpFQfg/viewform ) by August 15, 2018. Please note that each accepted paper will be given 45 minutes for presentation and discussion; because of this, we have limited space on our schedule and may have to turn down some submissions if get too many. In such an event, preference will generally be given to scholars in the Great Lakes region, per the mission (https://greatlakesadiban.github.io/about/ ) of this organization.
Graduate students note: we have some funding to help offset at least part of your travel costs! If you would like to apply for this additional aid, there is a space to do so on the application form.
If you have any questions, please feel free to write Cameron Cross at kchalipa [at] umich.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!
2. Workshop: “Professional Mobility in the Islamic Lands (900-1600): ʿulamāʾ, udabāʾ, and Administrators”, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 20-21 March 2019
This workshop is interested in papers that consider the following questions: How and when did the madrasas start producing bureaucrats? What did getting close to political authority entail for the ʿulamāʾ? How did offers for higher appointments travel in Islamic lands? How did the competition between ruling elites and households impact this professional mobility? Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2018: Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/30535
3. Posts:
Research Associate for Analysis of Historical Arabic Texts, Asia-Africa Institute, Hamburg University
4 year full-time position. Duties include conceptualization and implementation of a web-based tool for the analysis of text variants in historical Arabic texts.
Deadline for applications: 1 August 2018. Information:
Assistant Professor in the History of the Modern Middle East & North Africa, Stanford University
The Department of History seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor in the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa, with an emphasis on the Arab world from the late nineteenth century to the contemporary era. Applicants will be expected to teach courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2018. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11423
4. Session de formation doctorale en droit musulman, Villejuif, France, 3-7 décembre 2018
Ils participeront à une série d’ateliers pratiques centrés sur les sources primaires et consacrés aux différents aspects du droit en Islam. Les interventions se feront en français et en anglais à partir de la lecture de textes en arabe. Aucune participation financière n’est demandée aux étudiant.e.s, et celles ou ceux qui le souhaitent peuvent candidater à une aide financière.
Date limite : 31 juillet 2018. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/30693
5. Articles on “Women in Islam” for Special Issue of MDPI Open Access
This call for papers invites submissions focusing on women’s understanding, interpretation and lived experience of Islam with attention to women’s agency.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2018. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/30730
6. W Floor, Studies in the History of Medicine in Iran, Mage, 2018
http://magepublishers.com/studies-in-the-history-of-medicine-in-iran/
7. The Idea of Iran: The Safavid Era
Date: 27 October 2018 Time: 9:45 AM
Finishes: 27 October 2018 Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: London, SOAS, Brunei Gallery
Room: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
For more information:
https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cis/events/idea-of-iran/27oct2018-the-idea-of-iran-the-safavid-era.html
8. Gulf History content specialist at the British Library (Full Time, Fixed Term to 31 December 2021):
See
https://britishlibrary.recruitment.northgatearinso.com/birl/pages/vacancy.jsf?latest=01001581
- July 25, 2018
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1.CfP: ‘Sectarian Identity and Community Formation in Islam’
The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Group
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 22nd
Symposium Date: October 26-27, 2018
Read more at: https://shii-studies-sites.uchicago.edu/
2. The University of Copenhagen announces a position as associate professor under the study programme “MIDDLE EASTERN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY (BA & MA STUDY PROGRAMMES), with focus in Modern Israeli historical and cultural studies. The closing date for applications is 21 August 2018, 23:59 CET.
For more information see: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=1307&departmentId=18985&ProjectId=147660&MediaId=5&SkipAdvertisement=false
3. Full professorship at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Asian and African Studies for “Transregional Central Asian Studies”
“The position has its sociocultural and linguistic focus on Central Asia. Teaching and research are supposed to cover not only Central Asia but also connections to other regions represented at the Department of Asian and African Studies. The thematic focus is on contemporary social developments in the fields of Islam, Muslim identities and migration. The successful applicant is supposed to study the linkages between Asia and Africa in these fields.”
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56933
4. Doctoral Workshop: “Digital Media, Islamism, and Politics in the Middle East”, Basel, Switzerland, 28-29 September 2018
This two-day workshop immerses students in comparative studies of Islamist politics in the Middle East and North Africa through the lens of how violent and non-violent Islamist state and non-actors, as well as their opponents, use and manipulate digital and social media to further their goals. The workshop is specifically interested in exploring themes in how the region’s religious, political and social forces interact and mobilize in digital space, including their competing organizational networks and narrative claims.
Deadline for applications: 6 August 2018. Information: https://nahoststudien.philhist.unibas.ch/de/doktorat/mubit/annual-doctoral-workshops/
5. Iran: Resources
As part of our programme promoting Iranian contemporary literature and culture in the UK and encouraging the advancement of high quality Persian – English translation we have been researching related networks, contacts and study centres. Below are some useful links and resources, which we hope will help contribute to bringing about an increase in publications, translations and literary exchange to positively impact on Iranian literature, as well as on literary exchange with the UK and elsewhere.
We hope that you might find this useful and are grateful to those who have contributed to it so far. We welcome your suggestions/ amendments for this evolving list. The sections are currently:
- Interesting Reading
- Networks
- Foundations/ Charities/ Organisations
- Publications/ Resources
- Publishers/ Book Fairs/ Prizes
- Study/ Research/ Support Centres
- Translators (Persian to English, English to Persian or both)
- Recommended works for translation
If you have any suggestions for the lists please contact sophia@visitingarts.org.uk
6. Mapping Islamophobia – Visualizing Islamophobia and Its Effects
“Mapping Islamophobia is a project headed by Grinnell College history and religious studies professor Caleb Elfenbein, with contributions from a number of Grinnell College students and technical support from Mike Conner. The project utilizes a series of powerful interactive maps that document incidents of violence, discrimination, and bias targeting Muslim individuals and communities in the United States. One such map, along with an accompanying interactive timeline, allows visitors to view the prevalence of Islamophobia between the years 2011 and 2018. In addition, these maps allow visitors to investigate Islamophobic incidents by incident type (including legislation, public campaigns, and crimes against people) and the gender of the targeted individual. The team behind Mapping Islamophobia collected information about these incidents from a variety of “media outlets with clear editorial oversight.” By selecting individual pins on these maps, visitors can learn more about specific incidents and news sources. The Mapping Islamophobia project also contains Countering Islamophobia, an interactive map that documents “how American Muslim communities have responded to the increasing presence of anti-Muslim hostility in American public life over time.” This map highlights community outreach activities, interfaith initiatives, and more.”
http://mappingislamophobia.org/
- July 19, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1.The University of Florida Libraries are currently recruiting for an
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Librarian, a tenure track faculty
position that provides leadership and services in support of the
University’s academic programs in these areas.
Our vision is for a knowledgeable and enthusiastic librarian to support the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, as well as interdisciplinary programs such as the Center for Global Islamic Studies. A detailed description of the duties and qualifications for this position can be
found at http://library.ufl.edu/pers/FacultyPositions.html.
The position closes on Monday, July 16.
*Bonnie Smith*
*Assistant Program Director for Human Resources*
University of Florida
George A. Smathers Libraries
352.273.2603 | bonniesmith@ufl.edu <mailto:bonniesmith@ufl.edu>
2. Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg – Up
to 25 Junior and Senior Fellowships, all disciplines
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56907
3. Temporary Part time Lecturer Pool – Arabic, Persian, Turkish – Near Eastern Studies
U C Berkeley
Job #JPF01783
- College of Letters & Science – Near Eastern Studies
Recruitment Period
Open date: July 2nd, 2018
Next review date: July 17th, 2018
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: June 28th, 2019
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Description
The Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley is generating an applicant pool of qualified part time, temporary instructors to teach Arabic, Persian, or Turkish language courses during the fall, spring, or summer sessions, should an opening arise. The number of positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the Department. These Lecturer appointments are typically part-time, are made at the beginning of the semester, and may be renewable depending on need, funding, and job performance. The pool will remain in place for one calendar year. The final date for applicants will be June 28, 2019.
Minimum full-time annual salary is $53,402. Salary is commensurate with experience and education. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to): teaching one or more sections of elementary, intermediate, or advanced Arabic, Persian or Turkish; holding office hours; attending weekly meetings with the relevant language program coordinators; consulting individually with the language program coordinator; preparing course materials, and assigning grades.
Minimum Basic Qualifications (by time of application):
The successful candidate must have B.A./B.S. (or equivalent international degree) in a relevant language: Arabic, Persian, or Turkish or in a Humanities field.
Additional Qualifications (by start date):
S/he must possess native or near-native competence in speaking, listening, writing, and reading Arabic, Persian, or Turkish; English fluency.
Preferred qualifications (by start date): Experience teaching Arabic, Persian, or Turkish in college; experience in communicative language learning; an M.A. in the Teaching of Arabic, Persian, or Turkish as a Foreign Language, Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, or the equivalent. Experience with computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and language instructional software is desirable.
Document Requirements:
Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V. Cover Letter
Statement of Teaching
Complete teaching evaluations for 2-4 courses, including at least one course from your most recent semester of teaching
Reference Requirements:
3 references (only contact information).
All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html) prior to submitting their letters.
For those who are not US citizens or permanent residents, a legal permit that allows work in the United States (such as a US visa that allows employment) is required by the start date of the position. The department is unable to provide a visa/work permit.
Applicants should submit the following materials at https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01783.
Please direct questions to nes@berkeley.edu.
4.Muslim Women’s Religious Leadership and Authority in Europe and North America
University of Edinburgh: Thursday 13th – Friday 14th September 2018
We are delighted to now share the provisional programme for ‘Muslims women’s leadership and religious authority in Europe and North America’ which is available along with further information here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/alwaleed/muslims-in-britain/muslim-women-s-religious-leadership-and-authority
The registration link is now open, and you can register at: https://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/college-of-humanities-and-social-science/school-of-literatures-languages-and-cultures/literatures-languages-cultures/muslim-womens-religious-leadership-and-authority-in-europe-and-north-america . We can offer a discounted rate on accommodation at the University for those of you who are interested. Please book here:http://www.book.accom.ed.ac.uk/ , selecting your preferred option and using the promotional code: ENJOY.
DATES: 13th September 2018 – 14th September 2018
VENUE: The conference will take place at 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JU.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to welcoming you to Edinburgh.
Best wishes,
Conference Organisers
5. Call for papers:
“Society and Culture in the Muslim World” (SCMW)
Allameh Tabataba’i University (ATU) as a leading centre for Humanities and Social Sciences in Iran is planning to publish the first issue of “Society and Culture in the Muslim world” (SCMW) in 2018. The editorial board invites all academics, researchers and scholars interested to submit their unpublished original work for inclusion in this issue. Covering a wide range of issues related to sociocultural dynamics of the Muslim communities throughout the world and following a multidisciplinary approach, SCMW welcomes theoretical, research as well as empirical papers addressing contemporary issues and particularly encourages papers advancing local knowledge and theorising on the Muslims ways of life.
Areas of interest for coverage include, but are not limited to:
- Identities, Values and Social Changes
- Globalisation and Modernity
- Indigenous social sciences
- Sects, Denominations and Interfaith Relations
- Diaspora, Migration and Refugees
- Children, Youth and Generational issues
- Media and representations
- Gender and Ethnicity
- Popular Culture and Lifestyle
- Social Movements and Civil Societies
For more information and to submit your paper please visit: http://scmw.atu.ac.ir
6. British Muslims and health: addressing inequalities and promoting access
A one-day Muslims in Britain Research Network conference organised in partnership with Bradford University and the Born in Bradford project
University of Bradford, 12 September 2018
Numerous studies have shown that British Muslims suffer from chronic diseases such cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, childhood obesity and genetic and mental health conditions at a significantly higher rate than the wider UK population. Typically, the reasons for these inequalities are described in terms of the higher levels of poverty and deprivation among the British Muslim population. However, the phenomenon of health inequalities is more complex than that. Lower levels of physical activity, dietary practices, gendered notions of fitness and taboos around certain activities all raise questions and require open and informed discussion between academic researchers, clinicians and those active within British Muslim communities. Such questions are often drowned out, however, by more post-9/11 narratives about British Muslims in society.
This conference seeks to create a space to present new research and debate issues relating to health and health inequalities among British Muslims. It will cover:
- How the concept of disease is negotiated within British Muslim communities in personal, cultural and religious terms vis-à-vis Islamic narratives on the body and health;
- The structural dimensions of the health inequalities among British Muslims, covering the effects of migration, ethnicity, everyday life and government on health issues;
- The possible role of Islamic religious settings and leaders in responding to the challenges of health inequalities among British Muslims.
The conference is being organised by the Muslims in Britain Research Network in partnership with the Born in Bradford (BiB) project (https://borninbradford.nhs.uk/). BiB is a cohort study examining the reasons for high rates of illness among children, adults, families and communities, by exploring ethnic dimensions of health and illness. It involves a multi-disciplinary team of researchers. As part of BiB study, Dr Sufyan Abid Dogra is exploring how Islamic religious settings can be used for health promotion in the UK, funded by National Institute for Health Research.
Abstracts are invited for papers addressing any of the themes listed above, or other subjects related to Muslims and physical or mental health. We are happy to receive submissions from academic researchers and community and health workers.
Participants will be asked to present their research in a short format as part of a panel. To participate please send a 250 word abstract to the email address below by 3rd August 2018 along with a biographical note of no more than 50 words.
Abstract submissions and any general questions should be sent to the conference organisers at MuslimsinBritainRN@gmail.com.
7. Conference: “The Reach of Empire” for ERC Project “The Early Islamic Empire at Work – The View from the Regions Toward the Center”, University of Hamburg, 11-13 October 2018
The conference discusses the reach of law, Islamic and other, for the integration and functioning of the empire, as well as its role in the development of Islam as an ‘imperial’ religion. To what extent did ‘Islam’ serve as an integrating force, even if only for the imperial elite?
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2018. Information: https://www.islamic-empire.uni-hamburg.de/en/news-and-events/conferences/reach-of-empire.html
8. Posts:
Arabist (Post Doc) for Project Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich
This is a full-time position for a period of 3 years, with possible extension up to 5 years pending positive evaluation and budget leeway. The position is expected to commence on 1 January 2019, or as soon as possible thereafter. Qualifications and skills: applicants must hold a PhD in an area relevant to the Project, have an excellent knowledge of Arabic philology as well as experience with manuscripts and editing Arabic texts
Deadline for applications: 1 September 2018. Information: http://ptolemaeus.badw.de/jobs
Assistant (Post Doc) for Alevi Religious Studies, Department of Islamic-Theological Studies, University of Vienna
Duration of employment: 4 years. Profile: Doctoral degree/PhD degree in the field of “History”, “Religious Studies”, “Islamic Studies” or an equivalent discipline. The successful applicant has research competences on Alevi religion and Alevi texts, knowledge of hermeneutical methods; Arabic, Turkish and Persian skills, etc.
Deadline for applications: 10 July 2018. Information: https://academicpositions.co.uk/ad/university-of-vienna/2018/university-assistant-post-doc-at-the-department-of-islamic-theological-studies/115618?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=Job+alerts
Assistant (Post Doc) for Turkish Studies, Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz
This is a one-year fixed position. Your profile: PhD in the humanities or social sciences on a theme related to Turkey’s politics and society; Master education politics or international relations, history, sociology, cultural studies, or anthropology, etc.
Deadline for applications: 18 July 2018. Information: http://jobs.uni-graz.at/en/MB/107/99/4266
Instructor in Arabic, Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
We are looking for two committed and highly effective Instructors in Arabic, to commence on 1 October 2018. One post is permanent, while the other is a five year fixed term position covering the secondment of a colleague to a major research project. The successful candidates will have a native or equivalent command of Arabic and an equivalent command of English.
Deadline for applications: 1 August 2018. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56898
Associate Professor in International Relations, Gedik University Istanbul
The university is establishing a new master program in Middle East Studies and International Relations in the next Spring 2019.
For more information contact Professor Süha Atatüresuha.atature@gedik.edu.tr. Website of Department: https://www.gedik.edu.tr/akademik-birimler/fakulteler/iktisadi-idari-ve-sosyal-bilimler-fakultesi/uluslararasi-iliskiler
Assistant/Associate/Professor for Department of Turkish Language and Culture, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Required Qualifications: Native or near-native proficiency in English or Turkish. Earned PhD degree in Turkish, Turkology teaching, or related fields. Applicants should be able to offer Turkish, English, or Chinese taught courses.
Deadline for applications: 17 September 2018. Information: https://turkish.nccu.edu.tw/news/news.php?Sn=548
9. 2nd Summer School on Ibadism, Procida Island (Naples), 8-13 October 2018
The Summer Schools on Ibadism examine and present the fundamentals of Islam and Ibadism through a historical, juridical, literary and religious overview. MA and PhD Students of all over the world are encouraged to participate. All teaching, course materials and coursework will be in English. Students are required to have at least an intermediate level knowledge of English.
Deadline for application: 25 July 2018. Information: https://ibadistudies.org/index.php/summer-school
- July 09, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
- 0 Comment
Shii News – Academic Items
1.The Faculty of Arts (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-arts) of the University of Helsinki is Finland’s oldest institution for teaching and research in the humanities and the largest in terms of the structure and range of disciplines. It is also a significant international community fostering research, education and cultural interaction.
The Faculty of Arts invites applications for the position of
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / PROFESSOR IN ISLAMIC AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
Due date
28.08.2018 23:59 EEST
2. The ERC-funded research project “Stories of Survival: Recovering the Connected Histories of Eastern Christianity in the Early Modern World” at the University of Oxford is currently advertising three one-year positions for postdoctoral Research Associates. The postholders will contribute to building a database of Syriac and Arabic manuscripts so excellent knowledge of at least one of these languages is essential. The application closes on Monday, 9 July at noon British Summer Time (1 pm Central European Summer Time). Further information as well as access to the online application form is available at https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form.
The project’s principal investigator, Dr John-Paul Ghobrial (john-paul.ghobrial@history.ox.ac.uk), will be happy to answer informal questions about this role.
3. Monarchy and Modernity since 1500
University of Cambridge
8-9 January 2019
[The conference announced on the cfp below was originally designed for Europeanists, but was opened up to all world areas following multiple requests by non-Europeanists to participate. The cfp has therefore been revised and the deadline extended to August 15, 2018. Applications from anthropologists, legal scholars, political scientists and above all non-Europeanists are especially welcome. Please note that all proposals previously submitted remain valid.]
Europe’s past is overwhelmingly monarchical, yet the monarchies that remain in place today hardly resemble those that governed Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. Modernity has transformed monarchy from a matter of unquestioned and often sacred fact to a matter of largely secular and usually democratic choice. If the words remain the same – along with many of the families, their titles, properties and places of residence – their meaning has changed profoundly over time and across countries, so much so that, along the centuries, the working mechanisms, functions and powers of European monarchy have been transformed. The academic literature, however, seldom measures this distance between monarchy’s various historical meanings and its surprisingly frequent manifestations today.
In theoretical and speculative disciplines, the lack of inquiry into monarchy’s significance is due partly to disciplinary divisions. Political theorists, intellectual historians, experts in jurisprudence and art and literary critics rarely delve into the subject of monarchy, while historians of monarchy tend to focus on chronology rather than concepts. Monarchy’s own nature has helped determine these divisions.With its providentialist, semi-magic and mysterious foundations in the divine right of kings, monarchism is a double paradox, a form of political theory that is at once anti-political and anti-theoretical. Innovatively, this conference seeks to break disciplinary barriers by combining the outlooks of monarchical specialists on the one hand, and of social, cultural, literary and political theorists on the other.
Proceeding from the premise that the nature of things is best known, and their development most determined, during critical times, this conference centers on three (long) key moments in the history of modern European monarchy: the English Revolution, the French Revolution, and the mainstreaming of republicanism during the first half of the twentieth century. These moments, however, are only referential, and presentations studying the reinvention, representation and conceptualisation of monarchy during other modern periods, from 1500 to the present, are also welcome, with Renaissance subjects possibly serving as introits and contemporary ones as epilogues to the conference.
The main lines of inquiry are twofold, one directed at monarchy’s political-legal significance, and the other at its socio-cultural, psychological, religious, literary and spiritual roles. The political-legal line of inquiry can include – without being limited to – European monarchy’s historical relationship to legislation and the administration of justice, as well as democratic, republican, and aristocratic traditions. The theological/sociological/anthropological perspective is instead concerned with monarchy as a series of rituals, processions, celebrations and formal procedures that represent sovereignty, organise time and relationships, lend nations a sense of identity, and connect individuals emotionally with sacred spaces and powers.
Studies of non-European monarchical traditions are likewise accepted, preferably with reference to European ones.
Contributions may address one or more of the following themes but are not limited to them:
- Monarchy in political thought
- Monarchy and constitutionalism
- Monarchy in its relation with religion, theology and spirituality
- The relationship between spiritual and temporal powers
- Royalism vs. monarchism
- National and sovereign representation
- The royal imaginary, including literary representations of monarchy
- Monarchy and property
- Monarchy and material culture: art, fashion and the built environment
- Royal feasts, rituals, processions and celebrations
- Women and monarchy
- Non-European monarchical traditions, preferably with reference to European ones.
We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations, which will be revised subsequently for publication in a peer-reviewed collective volume. Graduate students are welcome to participate, and papers in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish are accepted, although English is encouraged to facilitate communication. The conference will be held at the University of Cambridge on 8-9 January 2019. Please email a 200-word abstract and one-page CV to Carolina Armenteros (cra22@cam.ac.uk) by 15 August 2018.
4. International Conference: “Sources of Pluralism in Islamic Thought”, Casablanca Seminars, Casablanca, 9-11 July 2018
As a global religion, Islam and its jurisprudence have offered heterogeneous responses to a range of questions facing different faiths and communities. Modernity imposed new questions upon religious scholars, theologians and philosophers, demanding of them a new version of pluralism in the theological and political arenas.
Program: https://www.resetdoc.org/event/program-casablanca/
5. Assistant Professor in the History of the Modern Middle East, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
The successful candidate will show outstanding potential as an innovative scholar and researcher, as evidenced by their record of intellectual engagement, published work, and/or work in progress. A strong commitment to teaching excellence at both the graduate and undergraduate level is also required.
Deadline for applications: 1 September 2018. Information https://www.hr.ubc.ca/jobs/faculty.php?job_id=30298
6. Assistant Professor in Gender and Social Movements in the Islamic World, Queen´s University
We welcome applicants whose research examines the rise of diverse social movements that have challenged authoritarian states, ailing development models, and cultural and political norms around gender and sexuality throughout the Islamic World. The geographic focus is open. The preferred start date is July 1, 2019.
Deadline for applications: 31 August 2018. Information: https://www.queensu.ca/devs/gender-and-social-movements-islamic-world-tenure-track-position-applications-due-31aug2018
7. Articles on “Popular Culture” for “Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies”
Competitive manuscripts: 1) substantiate a thesis based on original scholarship; 2) are conceptually coherent and clear; 3) are grounded in primary sources (literary, visual, archival, textual, ethnographic, artistic, legal, and so on); and 4) engage with pertinent questions that emerge from region-focused or transnational feminist and sexuality scholarship.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 July 2018. Information: http://jmews.org/call-papers-popular-culture/
8. Association for Middle East Anthropology Graduate Student Paper Prize
The AMEA Graduate Student Paper Prize will be publicly announced at the AMEA Annual Meeting at MESA. The winner will receive a $100 cash award and a certificate. The winner will also be invited to submit the paper for publication in the journal “Anthropology of the Middle East”.
Deadline for submissions: 20 July 2018. Please send your submissions to to Shively@kutztown.edu.
9. Association for Middle East Anthropology Dissertation Award
The AMEA Dissertation Award will be given to the author whose work is judged to provide the most significant and potentially influential contribution to Middle East anthropology. Books of exceptional courage and potential impact beyond the field will be given special consideration. The AMEA Dissertation Award will be publicly announced at the AMEA business meeting at the MESA annual meeting in 2018. The winner will receive a $200 cash award and a certificate.
Deadline for submissions: 20 July 2018. Please send your dissertation to Shively@kutztown.edu.
- July 02, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Shiism, Death and Funerary Material Religion (Isfahan, May 2019)
Call for applicants
Interdisciplinary masterclass on:
Shiism, Death and Funerary Material Religion: cemeteries, tombstones and burial ceremonies
Conveners:
Pedram Khosronejad (Associate Director of Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies, Oklahoma State University)
Asghar Montazerolghaem (Director of Safavid Studies Center, University of Isfahan)
On the occasion of the International Conference on Safavid Studies, which will be held in the city of Isfahan in May 2019, the Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) program of Oklahoma State University, with the collaboration of the Safavid Studies Center of the University of Isfahan, will organize an interdisciplinary masterclass on Shiism, Death and Funerary Material Religion: cemeteries, tombstones and burial ceremonies which will be held a week before the main conference.
The aim of this masterclass is to introduce participants to the principal elements of studying death and dying from the viewpoint of Iranian Shiism since the Safavid period. During the six-day program (30 h) participants will be introduced to:
– The history of death and dying in Shiite Iran;
– Methodologies of studying cemeteries and their funerary landscape;
– Saints, saints’ shrines and sacred topography;
– Funerary epigraphy and the methodology of analyzing tombstone texts and symbolic images.
The entire masterclass will be organized under the governance of the University of Isfahan and will primarily be held in the cemetery of Takht-e Foulad and its tombstone museum. The Takht-e Foulad complex is one of the biggest cemeteries of the Shiite world which holds not only the tombs of many scientists, philosophers, and theologians since the medieval period, but also contains the shrines, Tekiyeh and funerary complex of Ulema, Sufi masters, and mystic leaders of the Islamic periods of Iran.
Complementary to the theory classes and fieldwork will be the visitation of other Abrahamic saints’ shrines, churches, synagogues and cemeteries of the city of Isfahan for further comparative studies.
Participants:
This program is only open to university-based scholars, registered students, and official researchers (e.g. museum curators). A selected group of participants will present the results of their work in the form of a special panel during the main conference. The conference fee will be waived for the selected participants.
Visa:
The University of Isfahan will issue an official invitation for all participants, who should apply for their own visas individually. The University of Isfahan has no responsibility in this regard and cannot guarantee the result of related applications.
Accommodation:
For the duration of the masterclass (not the main conference), all participants will stay in the university campus inside the city of Isfahan.
The registration fee (including: program fee, accommodation, food, and transportation for the duration of the masterclass)
– Registered students: $ 600
– University scholars and researchers: $ 1000
* The registration fee should be paid in cash during the first day of arrival at the university campus.
*If any participants wish to join the main conference, they should pay separately for their conference registration and accommodation fees.
Deadline for preliminary registration:
October 2018.
For further enquiries, to complete your preliminary registration and reserve your place, please contact Dr. P. Khosronejad (Pedram.khosronejad@okstate.edu).
For further enquiries regarding the main conference, please visit (www.safavica.ir) or contact (info@safavica.ir).
- June 29, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.The University of Edinburgh seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Arabic and Middle Eastern Cultures, based in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) (http://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/islamic-middle-eastern) and teaching within IMES.
The lecturer will provide teaching and dissertation supervision at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and will commence on 1st September 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate will have expertise in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies.
This is a full-time, 35 hours, open-ended position.
Salary: £39,992 to £47,722 per annum.
The closing date for receipt of applications is no later than 5pm (GMT) 19th July 2018. We anticipate presentations and interviews will be held on 21st August 2018.
Informal queries are welcome and should be sent via email for the attention of Dr Nacim Pak-Shiraz, Head of Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, to llc@ed.ac.uk.
For further details please see below:
https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=044183
2. Demographics : Middle East & North Africa
Authors: Thomas Schrott; Wolfgang Taucher; Peter Webinger; Alexander Schahbasi; Mathias Vogl
Publisher: Vienna: Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior,
Date: 2018.
Series: Regiones et res publicae : country analysis reports, 6
37 pages, maps
ISBN: 9783903109094
Table of contents:
Preface 5
North Africa 6
Morocco 8
Algeria 10
Tunisia 12
Libya 14
Egypt 16
Middle East 18
Turkey 20
Syria 22
Jordan 24
Iraq 26
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28
Afghanistan 30
Pakistan 32
Sources 35
Imprint 37
See: http://www.bfa.gv.at/files/broschueren/publicae_demographics_neu_WEB.pdf
3. Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Persian and Arabic Manuscripts
The Alwaleed Centre at the University of Edinburgh (www.alwaleed.ed.ac.uk) seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, on a fixed term, non-renewable three year basis, to commence in September 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter (subject to negotiation).
The appointment will be in the field of Islamic Civilisation, more specifically manuscript studies. The post will be based in the Centre for Research Collections in the University of Edinburgh’s Main Library. Objectives will be jointly set by the Alwaleed Centre and the Centre for Research Collections (CRC).
This is a full-time (35 hours per week) position on Grade UE07 and attracts a salary from £32,548 to £38,833 per annum.
The closing date for receipt of applications is no later than 5 pm (GMT) Monday, 23rd July 2018 . We anticipate interviews will be held on 22nd August 2018.
Informal queries are welcome and should be sent via email for the attention of Mr Tom Lea, Alwaleed Outreach and Projects Manager, to llc@ed.ac.uk.
The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to addressing an equalities, diversity and inclusion agenda.
Further information and details on how to apply can be found at the following link: https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=044243
4. Open Access Newspaper Archive: الهدى = al-Hoda = al-Hudá = Jarīdat al-Hudá [1898-1904]
الهدى = al-Hoda = al-Hudá = Jarīdat al-Hudá
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : N.A. Mokarzel,
5. Annoncer l’ouverture de CartOrient, atlas numérique de l’Asie occidentale, du Caucase et de l’Asie centrale www.cartorient.cnrs.fr.
CartOrient propose :
- Un atlas interactif comprenant des cartes commentées
- Des atlas thématiques
- Une collection de cartes et d’atlas numérisés
CartOrient est une publication scientifique (ISSN : 2557-1818) : un comité de rédaction évalue l’ensemble des cartes et des textes avant leur publication. CartOrient est développé au sein du laboratoire « Mondes iranien et indien », avec le soutien de l’USPC, du CNRS et de l’INALCO et le concours de « Résurgences ».
Nous vous en souhaitons une bonne lecture.
(also in English: http://cartorient.cnrs.fr/?lang=en )
6. Teaching Fellow in Religion, Augustana College, Illinois
We seek a candidate with expertise in Islam. Additional expertise and focuses might include one or more of the following: Muslim-Christian interactions, Inter-faith dialogue, Gender and Religion, and contemporary Islamic movements within and beyond North America and Western Europe. Candidates should have graduate-level training in theories and methods pertaining to the study of religion.
Position open until filled. Information: http://www.augustanafaculty.org/career_positions.php?cat=3&id=208
7. Second Annual Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium: “Islam in Modern Regional Contexts”, George Mason University, 11 October 2018
The Colloquium invites advanced graduate students in social sciences and humanities to present book reviews of recent noteworthy publications in the broader field of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies. Each colloquium participant will be reimbursed up to $600 to cover travel and accommodation costs.
Deadline for applications: 30 June 2018. Information: https://www.themaydan.com/2018/06/cfp-second-annual-graduate-student-book-review-colloquium-islamic-middle-eastern-studies-deadline-june-30-2018/
8. BORDER CROSSING
Historians of Islamic Art Association 2018 Biennial Symposium
October 25-27, 2018
Yale University
New Haven, CT
The 2018 HIAA symposium will bring together an international group of established and emerging scholars of Islamic art and architecture to present new research on the theme of “Border Crossing.” Very often the field has been defined as one centered on select regions of the Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia, and focusing on traditional media and categories, such as the decorative arts, manuscript studies, and architecture. Less attention has been paid to regions on the so-called peripheries, including, for example, Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, or to disciplines that are not often associated with the field, such as film and anthropology.
“Border Crossing” is an invitation to rethink the field of Islamic art and architecture by interrogating the ideas of translation, transmission, and transgression that are suggested by the theme. Among the questions that may be asked are: How can this lens help us rethink works that form the “canon” of Islamic art? What is at stake in crossing disciplinary borders? What is lost and what is gained in abandoning traditional academic parameters? What may be learned through literal border crossings, whether they are by conservation authorities or refugees? As the works of several contemporary artists show, border crossings are ultimately ethical positions taken to evince the human condition itself. They thus provide potential to rethink the arts and cultures of the Islamic world, as well as the ways in which we study them today.
Kishwar Rizvi and Alex Dika Seggerman, co-organizers
Christiane Gruber, Yael Rice, and Ünver Rüstem, committee members
For complete program and to register, please visit https://hiaa2018.yale.edu/
- June 28, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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