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1.Announcement – Course Registration Open: Introduction to Islamic Codicology, Cambridge University Library, 4-8 September 2017

Registration Open: Introduction to Islamic Codicology Course

4-8 September 2017

Cambridge University Library

The Islamic Manuscript Association—in partnership with the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation, Cambridge University Library, and the University of Cambridge’s HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies and Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies—announces its eleventh annual Cambridge-based Introduction to Islamic Codicology course, which will be held from 4 to 8 September 2017.

This intensive five-day course will introduce the study of Islamic manuscript codices as physical objects, or the archaeology of the Islamic book. Daily illustrated lectures will provide an overview of writing supports, the structure of quires, ruling and page layout, bookbinding, ornamentation, tools and materials used in book making, and the palaeography of book hands. Participants may choose to register for hands-on sessions during which they will examine Islamic manuscripts from Cambridge University Library and complete a series of practical exercises on manuscript description.

The course will be taught by Professor François Déroche, holder of the Chair of History of the Qur’an, Text and Transmission at the Collège de France, and Professor Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz, Professor of the Codicology and History of the Manuscript Book in the Islamicate World, École Pratique des Hautes Études, both leading scholars of Islamic codicology and palaeography.

All instruction will be in English. The course does not require a knowledge of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, or other languages spoken in the Muslim World, and is suitable for art historians, bookbinders, codicologists, conservators, curators, and anyone else working with Islamic manuscripts.

The full course, including lectures and hands-on sessions, is limited to twelve persons for conservation and security reasons.

Further details, including the programme, fees, and registration form, can be found on the Association’s website, http://www.islamicmanuscript.org/courses/introduction-to-islamic-codicology,-cambridge,-2017.aspx

For more information, one may also contact Davidson MacLaren, executive director of The Islamic Manuscript Association, at davidson@islamicmanuscript.org.

2. Title:  Synagogues of the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity
Edited by Mohammad Gharipour

Publisher:  Edinburgh University Press, 2017
ISBN13: 978-1474411714

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/synagogues-in-the-islamic-world-9781474411714?cc=us&lang=en&

3. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg Fall School in

“Science and Technology in the Islamic Middle Periods”

Each fall the Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg offers, at no cost, an intensive, five-day course to Mamluk scholars (and those in related fields) at the doctoral and post-doctoral level on topics of mutual interest.

The traditional model for such courses has been group work on medieval Arabic texts. The past two years, however, the Kolleg has innovated with course delivery and themes, to cultivate interdisciplinarity and expand and enrich our methodological approaches. The theme of the Fall School 2017 is “Science and Technology in the Islamic Middle Periods”. The Islamic Middle Periods (roughly 12th-16th centuries) witnessed a shift to mass production and the development of new technologies and crafts. To evaluate the contributions of this period in the development of science and technology in general is one goal of this course.

This Fall School will be taught as a webinar, which allows students (and instructors) to log in from anywhere in the world and meet one another in a virtual classroom in real time.  The webinar format was chosen as an appropriate venue for technological experimentation and to create an environment fostering scientific exchange.

The course runs September 25-29, 2017. There will be generally two, two-hour seminars each day, each taught by a different instructor (or pair of instructors), who are leading scholars in their field.  The seminars combine powerpoint lectures, group discussion of secondary readings, group work with period manuscripts (on science), and hands-on (online) exercises to develop knowledge about a range of technologies and sciences developed during the Middle Islamic Period. Daily seminars will cover the following topics:

• engineering and technology of warfare
• industry, production, and transfer of trade knowledge
• pharmacology and medicine
• water technology and agrarian science
• astronomy and mapping

The language of instruction is English. Applicants will be scholars of medieval Islamic history (or related fields) at the doctoral or post-doctoral level. All participants need dependable internet access and a Skype account, and agree to be available the entire week during the times scheduled for the daily seminars. To apply, send a statement of interest and CV to Dr. Abdelkader Al Ghouz (aalghouz@uni-bonn.de) by August 15, 2017.

4. Ghent University – postdoctoral research fellows in Arabic
historiography
https://www.ugent.be/en/work/vacancies/scientific/post-doctoral-researcher-fellowship-in-arabic-vugno

5. Iranian Studies Summer School

11-17^th September, 2017

Sofia – Bulgaria

Contact for more information and registration:

Centre for Iran, Balkans and Central European Studies – IBCE

www.cibce.org

address: Bulgaria, Sofia, blv. Evlogi Georgiev № 101, fl.2

mob. tel. +359 8 77 55 45 62, +359 8 85 04 17 23

e-mail: office@cibce.org

IBCE – Executive Director: Alireza Pourmohammad

e-mail: alireza.purmohammad@cibce.org

6. The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML),  holds the world’s largest collection of resources for the study of manuscript cultures both East and West. Since 1965, HMML has been preserving and sharing the world’s manuscript heritage. Now, scholars have free, online access to manuscripts and research resources on vHMML, <http://www.vhmml.org/>.

As of today, vHMML Reading Room, the sophisticated catalog database component of vHMML, reached a benchmark of 20,000 records available for research – and more are added every day.

About half of the manuscripts on vHMML belong to collections from the Middle East and Africa. There are currently over 10,000 records in Arabic, Syriac, and Garshuni, dating from the fifth century CE to modern times. High-resolution digital images of these manuscripts are available for viewing on vHMML, and the catalog information is searchable.

Registration on vHMML is open to anybody who has a scholarly interest in the manuscripts. Go to <http://www.vhmml.org/> and click on “Register” at the top right.

HMML is located at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. While a modest collection of physical manuscripts and rare print books resides at HMML, most of our online offerings are from manuscripts that were photographed onsite in countries around the world. The photography is done by local teams outfitted and trained by HMML, and the manuscripts remain in the possession of their owning institutions. This work has preserved, in digital form, thousands of manuscripts that have since gone missing or been destroyed due to political upheaval.

David Calabro, PhD
Lead Cataloger, Eastern Christian and Islamic Manuscripts
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
2835 Abbey Plaza
PO Box 7300
Saint John’s University
Collegeville, MN 56321-7300, USA
<dcalabro001@csbsju.edu>.

7. Stanford University, Art and Art History, Music, Theater and Performance
Studies, Comparative Literature

Islam and the Arts
Assistant Professor/Associate Professor,

Tenure Track Faculty

Stanford University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant  Professor or a tenured Associate Professor faculty position in Islam and
the Arts. The search is open to scholars focused on Islamic religious
arts and performance; non-religious artistic and literary productions of
the diverse cultures of Islamic societies; and scholar/artist
practitioners. The applicant must have a conferred terminal degree in
his/her field by September 1, 2018. The appointment can be in one of the
following departments in the School of Humanities and Sciences: Art and
Art History, Music, Theater and Performance Studies, or Comparative
Literature.

The successful candidate will be based in a humanities department but is
also expected to contribute to the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies’
curricular and outreach efforts. Candidates should demonstrate interests
that afford effective interactions with a broad range of colleagues and
the ability to teach and mentor a diverse student body. Teaching
responsibilities will be determined by the home department.

Applicants should provide a cover letter including a brief statement of
research interests, a curriculum vitae including list of publications,
and one recent writing sample or, in the case of an arts practitioner, a
link to the applicant’s website. Assistant level and untenured
applicants should arrange to have three letters of reference submitted
to AcademicJobsOnline.org. Currently tenured applicants should submit
the names of three references. For full consideration, materials should
be received by October 2, 2017.

Please use the following link to apply:
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9281

Contact:
Zack Al-Witri, Ph.D.
Associate Director
The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies
Stanford University
zalwitri@stanford.edu

1.Call for Papers: Conference on “Ideas of Harmonious Coexistence: Religions and Philosophies of India,” 27-28 December 2017, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, in collaboration with and sponsored by the “Taqreeb Conference Series” of the Qutbi Jubilee Scholarship Program (QJSP), Mumbai, invites the submission of abstracts for a conference on ideas of harmonious coexistence in the religions and philosophies of India. The purpose of the conference is to bring together scholars and community leaders to explore notions of communal harmony in India, as theorized and practiced, historically and today. The conference would create a platform to connect these notions to contemporary challenges to peace and pluralism.

Please send your 500 word (English) abstract by filling the online abstract submission form available on http://taqreeb.org/call-for-papers/ by 5 August, 2017. Selection decisions will be emailed by September 1. The program sponsors are pleased to offer transport within India and New Delhi, as well as meals and accommodation for all invited participants.

For further information on the sponsors, venue, and conference topic, please see attached document.

Please address any correspondence to contact@taqreeb.org

2. Conference: “Islam and Modernity”, Essaouira, Morocco, 14 September 2017

This conference is sponsored by the Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation, the International Council for Middle East Studies (ICMES) with the collaboration of the Association Essaouira Mogador.

Information: http://www.tresculturas.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/07/ICMES-programa-1-1.pdf
 

3. Workshop: “Maslaha, Siyasa and Good Governance: Shari’a and Society”, Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bergen, 19-20 April 2018

This workshop will explore the use of the classical fiqh concepts of “maslaha”, “siyasa” and “maqasid” in contemporary debates. Are such terms used only for reformist rhetoric, or are the classical discussions relevant for legal actors of the modern period? The workshop is part of the EU/HERA project: “Uses of the Past: Understanding Shari’a”.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2017. Information: https://goo.gl/cikwG6 or mailto:knut.vikor@uib.no
 

4. Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowships: “InterAsian Contexts and Connections”, University of Göttingen, 15 April – 15 July 2018

Invitational priorities for the 2018 Global Summer Semester Residencies include Movements of Knowledge, Transregional Populisms, Religious Networks.

Deadline for application: 27 September 2017. Information: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/transregional-research-fellowship

5. Jobs:

James A. Bellamy Professorship in Pre-Modern Arabic Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
We seek to hire an innovative scholar with a specialization in law, theology, or philosophy, or any combination of those fields. Preference will be given to candidates working on questions of social history, gender and sexuality, or critical theory. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. at the time of the appointment, and have native or near-native proficiency in English and Arabic.
Deadline for application: 15 October 2017. Information: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55131
 

Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies, Williams College, Massachusetts
Beginning July 2018. Specialization open, PhD in hand by September 2018 expected. Excellent training and experience in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers are essential.
Deadline for application: 20 September 2017. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/43331

Two Visiting Assistant Professors, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University (near New York), Mid-August 2017 – Mid-May 2018
The scholars are expected to teach from one or more of the following areas: 1) research methods;  2) international security; 3) international law; 4) international relations theory; and 5) current global issues including the Middle East, negotiation, and political economy.
Deadline for application: 26 June 2017.  Information: http://jobs.shu.edu/cw/en-us/job/492929/visiting-assistant-professor-1-year

Assistant Professor for Contemporary International History: “Asian or Middle Eastern Transnational”, University of Toronto and Trinity College, Toronto
This position provides a platform for examining the history of recent global processes and transnational relations with attention to Asia and/or the Middle East.
Deadline for application: 28 September 2017. Information: https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10050/jobdetail.ftl?job=1701097

6. MESA Graduate Student Paper Prize Competition
The author of the winning paper will be presented with a certificate and $250 cash award at the Awards Ceremony at MESA’s annual meeting. In addition, the paper can be submitted for publication in the “Review of Middle East Studies”.
Deadline for papers: 15 August 2017. Information: http://mesana.org/awards/student-paper-prize.html
 

7. The University of Texas at Austin: College of Liberal Arts : Department of Middle Eastern Studies

Associate or Full Professor of Arabic

Location: Austin, Texas

Closes: Sep 29, 2017 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
(GMT-4 hours)

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenured position as an Associate or Full Professor of Arabic Studies. The position will begin in Fall 2018.

Duties include directing the Arabic Flagship Program, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses, directing graduate research, and assuming a leadership role in the graduate program. As a member of the faculty, the successful hire will be expected to maintain an active, strong record of research and publication and to engage in service to the Department, College, University and the profession. The Department places a high premium on collegiality and maintaining a diverse and hospitable working environment.  Salary and rank are dependent upon experience and qualifications.

Qualifications

All applicants must have a Ph.D. in hand in Arabic Studies or in a discipline where their expertise falls within the field of Middle Eastern Studies. Applicants must have at least ACTFL Superior-level proficiency in Arabic and pedagogical expertise that is relevant to the goals of the Arabic Flagship. While discipline and research specializations are open, prior engagement with an Arabic program is essential. A successful candidate should demonstrate an established record of managing or running an academic unit and successful grant application(s), as well as scholarly activity and excellence in teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
In line with our effort to strengthen the Department’s regional profile, preference will be given to candidates who can demonstrate research and/or teaching ability in any of the other established departmental programs: Persian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew, Islamic Studies, or the Ancient Near East.

Application Instructions

To apply, please submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, one sample publication, a teaching dossier including sample syllabi (both graduate and undergraduate), student evaluations (both graduate and undergraduate) and the names and contact information for three professional referees. Electronic submissions only (through Interfolio). All materials should be submitted by September 29, 2017 and review of applications will begin October 2, 2017. We intend to conduct preliminary Skype interviews in late October 2017.

For Further Info:
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/ 
512-471-3881
Or:
Esther Raizen, Search Committee Chair and Senior Associate Dean for Research
Email: raizen@austin.utexas.edu

1.Catholic Orientalism, Portuguese Empire, Indian Knowledge (16th-18th Centuries)

Ângela Barreto Xavier and Ines G. Županov

OUP, 2015

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/catholic-orientalism-9780199452675?cc=gb&lang=en&

2. Governance and Islam in East Africa: Muslims and the State.

Date: January 17-18, 2018​

Location: Aga Khan University, Nairobi.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: August 31, 2017

The Conference
The Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (ISMC) and East African Institute (EAI) seek to bring together academics, civil society actors and policy-makers to explore the relationship between governance and Muslims in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Recent studies of Muslims in East Africa have tended largely to explore two main approaches. The focus has been either to study Muslims in relation to security issues, or to explore the reforms attempted within the communities and their implications for Muslim theology, rituals and general welfare.

However, a third approach, which has hitherto received less attention, is the relationship between Muslims and the governance of the countries in which they reside as citizens or residents. Such an approach, inclusive also of the other two dimensions, permits us to view the attitudes and activities of Muslims both in relation to themselves and to the various challenges they face in common with their fellow compatriots and citizens.

This approach will be addressed through the broad themes of Institutions, Law, and Politics and discussed in keynote conversations convened by among others Farouk Topan, Alex Awiti, Erin Styles, Hassan Mwakimako, and Kai Kresse.

We welcome paper submissions on a broad range of topics under these themes – see details on the conference web page.

Submission of Proposals
Papers are invited within the conference themes and accepted papers will be grouped into panels, with each speaker having 20 minutes to present their paper. Interested individuals should submit proposals to ismc.governance@aku.edu by August 31, 2017. There is no conference fee and all conference meals will be covered. We will inform you of paper acceptance by end September 2017.

See: https://www.aku.edu/govprogramme/conferences/Pages/home.aspx

3. The newly-formed Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) is holding its first annual workshop on literatures of the Islamicate world (Arabic, Bengali, Kurdish, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, etc.) and related on 30 September to 1 October at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo:

https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/adiban/

4. The Fifth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies will be held at Ghent University (Belgium) from July 5-7, 2018.
The conference will be conducted in two parts and will be preceded by a three-
day intensive course on Digital Islamic (Mamluk) Humanities from July 2-4,
2018.
The first day of the conference, July 5, will be themed. The theme of this
part of the conference will be Historiography/Adab. The following two days of
the conference (July 6 and 7) will be structured in pre-organized panels.
For more information, please visit the SMS webpage at
http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/school-of-mamluk-studies.html

5. Open Call: The 2018-2019 Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship

DEADLINE: 15 NOVEMBER 2017

Darat al Funun-The Khalid Shoman Foundation is pleased to announce the open call for its 2018-19 dissertation fellowship. The fellowship was established in 2011 to encourage research on modern and contemporary art of the Arab world. The fellowship provides financial support of up to ten thousand US dollars to Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences. One to two fellowships will be granted each year. The fellowship duration must range from 4-6 months of residency at Darat al Funun in Amman.

Fellows are expected to pursue their own research, give at least one public lecture, and participate in Darat al Funun’s cultural and artistic activities. Upon completion of the fellowship, fellows are required to submit a five to seven page research report that will be made available on Darat al Funun’s website.

Fellowship funding is intended to compensate all travel and stipend expenses. Darat al Funun will in addition provide housing and office space. Fellows are responsible for their own health insurance.

Darat al Funun is a home for the arts and artists from the Arab world, housed in six renovated historical buildings from the 1920s and 30s, with a restored archaeological site in the garden. We aim to provide a platform for contemporary Arab artists, to support art practices and artistic exchange, to stimulate critical discourse, and to research, document and archive Arab art. Our specialized arts library includes Arabic and English resources and an archive of video and photographic documentation of Darat al Funun’s activities and files on Arab artists. In addition, Darat al Funun hosts artworks from The Khalid Shoman Collection.

For specific questions about the fellowship contact fellowship@daratalfunun.org

Applications are welcome in Arabic or English by 15 November 2017 with notice of award by 15 March 2018. Applicants should send a research proposal, also specifying their desired period of stay during the academic year 2018-19, two letters of recommendation, a writing sample, C.V., and official transcript. Priority will be given to proposals that indicate the role of Darat al Funun’s archive.

Applicants must have advanced to candidacy by the start of the fellowship. Applications are welcome from students enrolled in any university worldwide.

Application materials should either be emailed (in PDF or Word format, with each document clearly labelled with your name) to fellowship@daratalfunun.org or posted to:

Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship
Darat al Funun-The Khalid Shoman Foundation
P.O. Box 5223
Amman, Jordan 11183

6. Conference: “Arab Traditions of Anti-Sectarianism”, Rice University, Houston, 1-2 December 2017

This conference seeks to bring together scholars whose work reflects on different facets of Arab anti-sectarianism. How did Arab political, revolutionary, and intellectual movements, parties, and figures challenge and contest sectarianism? Etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2017. Information: http://antisectarianismconference.blogs.rice.edu/
 

7. IX Islamic Law and Society Conference, International Society of Islamic Legal Studies, Helsinki & Tampere, Finland, 6-9 June 2018

The conference will be divided into two parts. In the first, which will take place in Helsinki, a keynote address and an invited panel of five speakers will present on “Islamic Law and the Relationship between Ruler and Ruled.”  The second part, which will take place in Tampere over two-and-a-half days, will consist of presentations; preference is given to discussions based on primary text analysis or fieldwork.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2017.  Information: http://www.isils.net/conferences

8. James A. Bellamy Professorship in Pre-Modern Arabic Culture, Department of Near Eastern Studies (NES), University of Michigan

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. at the time of the appointment, and have native or near-native proficiency in English and Arabic. It is expected that they will have experience in curriculum development and will be committed to maintaining and enhancing the long-standing excellence of Arabic Studies at the University.

Deadline for application: 15 October 2017. Information: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55131

9. Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Islamic Studies, Stanford University, CA

The successful applicant must demonstrate substantial evidence of creativity and excellence in research and scholarship as well as a commitment to excellence in teaching and advising students at both graduate and undergraduate levels. PhD required.The term of appointment would begin September 1, 2018 or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Deadline for application: 15 September 2017. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/42228
 

10. Post-doc to Analyze Medieval Arabic / Persian Historical Materials on China and its Neighboring Areas, Nanjing University, China

The project will fund three to four months to work in Nanjing University. The qualified international scholars may speak English and should have a good knowledge of Arabic / Persian languages.

Information: Professor Hua Tao huat@nju.edu.cn

11. Brill’s Middle East and Islamic Studies Early-Career Paper Prize 2017

The Paper Prize is open to students who are currently registered for doctoral research at a higher education institution, or have obtained their doctoral degree after 1 September 2014.

Deadline for submissions: 1 October 2017. Information: http://www.brill.com/brills-middle-east-and-islamic-studies-early-career-paper-prize-2017
 

12. Jobs:
Qatar Museums – Curator for Turkey & Central Islamic Lands
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55125

Qatar Museums – Curator for 2019 (EMU) Project
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55126

Qatar Museums – Curator for Central Asia & Iran
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55119

13. CfP: “Material Culture Methods in the Middle Islamic Periods”

Sponsor: Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, University of Bonn

Venue: Bristol Hotel, Bonn

8-10 December 2017

Deadline for application: 8th September 2017

This year’s international conference is devoted to the study of material culture in the Middle Islamic periods, namely the era of the Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman Sultanates and their contemporaries, with a special emphasis on the Mamluk era. Material culture includes the things that people have made and the relationships between people and those things. It is most informative about the realities of daily life, social and economic networks, and the spatial setting of social activities. Rather than focusing on the formal qualities of objects or their “materiality” (dating, provenance, material composition), the conference’s aim is to facilitate the expansion of the kind of questions we can ask about the societies of the Mediterranean in the 12th-16th centuries, through reference to the material record, including “archaeological texts” (papyri, paper documents, and inscriptions recovered from archaeological contexts). The geographical focus of the conference is the Mediterranean and its hinterland.

Participants are challenged to address the explore ways in which “things” fashioned by human hands defined, molded, and reconstituted relationships: the relationships between craftsman and consumer, patron and client, and within social or intellectual groups, for example. What about the relationships between “things”? When objects gained a second life – through reuse, recycling, as spolia – how did these relationships change? How were relationships consolidated or transformed through consumption (or performance), display, or disappearance from public view? What can we learn about the societies of the day in this manner?

We invite both senior researchers and junior scholars using material culture methods in Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman Studies to share and reflect perspectives related to the conference’s topic and aim. Please submit your abstract (no longer than 500 words) and a short vita to Dr. Abdelkader Al Ghouz (aalghouz@uni-bonn.de) before September 8th 2017. Successful applicants are expected to submit a draft paper by November 24th, 2017.

Speakers agree to publish their papers in a conference volume after a review process and confirm that they have not been previously published. For accepted papers, accommodations will be provided and travel costs will be covered. The language of the conference is English. The conference proceedings will be published in a peer-reviewed volume. The publication is planned for October 2018.

For more information, please contact Dr. Abdelkader Al Ghouz.

1.13 July, Film Screening – The Past and Present of a Sufi Order: the Qalāndariyya and Sehwa,

Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations

210 Euston Road

Room 2.3

London

NW1 2DA

Webinar access also available:

See https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-screening-the-past-and-present-of-a-sufi-order-the-qalandariyya-and-sehwan-tickets-35958388508

2. Conference: “Ethnicity, Faith and Communal Relations in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean”, University of Colorado, Boulder, 3-4 November 2017

We invite abstracts of in-progress drafts of articles or book/dissertation chapters on any aspect of ethno-religious identity, heterodoxy, inter- and intra-faith relations, minority-majority relations, conversion, missionizing, and related topics in the pre-Modern Mediterranean, broadly construed.

Deadline for abstracts: 21 July 2017. Information: http://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-ethnicity-faith-and-communal-relations-mediterranean-seminar-fall-2017-workshop-3-4-november-boulder-920661?e=82aeb6c61d
 

3. 1st Global Conference: “Migration and Diasporas”, Progressive Connections, Vienna, 2-3 December 2017

Our conference seeks to create a lasting network of professionals in all fields related to this topic, to isolate, discuss and explore the main issues, pressing matters and recent developments in this field of research and activity, to identify areas to be subsequently explored in further depth and to generate collaborative action that will lead to lasting change in the way migration and migrants are perceived and approached.

Deadline for abstracts: 4 August 2017. Information: http://www.progressiveconnexions.net/interdisciplinary-projects/cultures-and-societies/migration-and-diasporas/conferences/

4. International Conference: “Rethinking Halal: Genealogy, Current Trends, and New Interpretation”, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 24-25 April 2018

For this conference, we invite scholars and researchers to speak on the genealogy of halal since Muslim religious scholars started to instruct a written knowledgeable debate on “halal” and to unravel Muslim social practices towards halal.

Deadline for abstracts: 8 January 2018. Information: https://de.scribd.com/document/344316016/Halal-International-Conference-on-23-25-April-2018-at-UCL-Louvain-la-Neuve-Belgium
 

5. Colloque international : « Pluralisme religieux, sociétés plurielles : les religions dans l’espace public européen », Nantes, 3-5 Octobre 2018

Au cours de ce colloque, nous étudierons l’héritage religieux dans les sociétés européennes et dans leurs espaces d’influence, de contacts et d’échanges à travers cinq sessions académiques sur des thèmes clés en privilégiant des approches favorisant le dialogue entre les disciplines.

Les propositions devront être envoyées avant le 1er septembre 2017. Information: http://ipra.eu/fr/2017/05/03/colloque-international-pluralisme-religieux-societes-plurielles-les-religions-dans-lespace-public-europeen/
 

6. Post-doctoral Researcher on “Islamic Activists in Exile: Europe, Middle East and South-Asia”, CEFRES, Prague

Candidates for this two years position are expected to have conducted their doctoral research in one of the regions covered by the project (The Gulf, Turkey, South-Asia), to be proficient of one of its languages (Turkish, Arabic, Malay), and have an important knowledge of the fieldwork.

Deadline for application: 23 August 2017. Information: http://www.cefres.cz/en/6214

7. CfP: Emergent Religious Pluralism(s)
April 16th & 17th 2018, The Woolf Institute in Cambridge

We invite 250-word abstracts for an interdisciplinary conference on
thetheme of ‘Emergent Religious Pluralism(s)’. The event will be held at
the Woolf Institute in Cambridge, in April 2018 and will include a keynote
talk from Professor Nasar Meer (University of Edinburgh). Please submit
your abstracts to John Fahy (jef96@georgetown.edu ) by August 15th 2017.

Outline

The concept of religious pluralism has been at the centre of major
political developments and discourse in recent years. The rise of the Hindu
right in India has contributed to an increasing sense of marginalisation
amongst non-Hindu minorities, and Muslims in particular. Donald Trump’s
divisive rhetoric and persistent attempts to impose a Muslim travel ban
have similarly left Muslim minorities in the U.S. feeling targeted. In war
torn countries throughout the Middle East, the place of the dwindling
Christian communities looks ever more precarious, and the rich tradition of
pluralism seems to be disappearing. Across Europe controversial attempts,
both legal and political, to manage the challenge of religious diversity
have led to heated debates on how to deal with difference. At the heart of
these developments, the very ideal of religious pluralism itself is being
contested. But how have changing realities on the ground informed the ideal
of religious pluralism itself in different parts of the world?

Religious pluralism has often been defined in relation to, but as
distinct from, religious diversity. David Machacek defines pluralism as
“meaningful diversity” (2003) while in Diana Eck’s (2006) words “pluralism
is not diversity alone, but the energetic engagement with diversity”. It is
not just tolerance, Eck writes, but “the active seeking of understanding
across lines of difference”. The ideal of religious pluralism in the
American context, at least, connotes integration, and not segregation. More
than the merely descriptive diversity, it implies both evaluation and
engagement. It is, in other words, a moral response to the existential fact
of diversity.

That such definitions of religious pluralism can encompass the broad
range of ways in which the challenge of religious diversity can (or should)
be managed has been problematised. Taking account of the myriad social,
political and historical factors that shape the kinds of religious
pluralism that have emerged throughout the world, and throughout history,
some now prefer to speak of ‘pluralisms’ (Marty 2007) or ‘modes of
religious pluralism’ (Riis 1999). Such modes of religious pluralism are not
simply alternative approaches to a common ideal, but constitute complex
political responses to particular socio-historical challenges.

But what kinds of challenges elicit what kinds of responses? How is the
ideal of religious pluralism conceived, constructed and contested in
different parts of the world? Are there identifiable approaches to
religious pluralism within or between different religious traditions? How
might we describe the various ways in which the challenge of religious
diversity is being responded to today, and who is responding? What is the
relationship between everyday experiences of diversity, on the one hand,
and ideals of religious pluralism, tolerance and coexistence, on the other?

This conference looks to explore the emergent conceptions of, and
commitments to, the ideal of religious pluralism in different parts of the
world. We invite submissions that engage with one or more of the following
questions:

– How are the ideals of religious pluralism changing in light of recent
social and political developments? Are there identifiable ‘modes’ of
religious pluralism emerging in different parts of the world? Do we find
broader trends that transcend particularities of national (and
nationalistic) political discourses?
– In what ways can the history of religious pluralisms throughout the
world, and across religious traditions, inform our understanding of recent
developments? Is there anything new about how religious difference itself
is being constructed and contested?
– What is the relationship between religious pluralism and broader
strategies for managing difference, such as multiculturalism? To what
extent do ideals of religious pluralism reflect those of other pluralisms,
for example, cultural, ethnic or national?
– What kinds of responses are being offered to the challenge of
religious diversity by both state and non-state institutions and actors?
How is the challenge itself being articulated, and by who? How do the
ideals of religious pluralism, tolerance and coexistence relate to the
everyday experience of diversity?
– What role do religious actors play? How are theological resources
being mobilised to address the challenge of religious diversity, for
example, through interfaith dialogue?
 

8. Call for Papers Historians of Islamic Art Association Biennial Symposium
“Border Crossing” Yale University, October 25-27, 2018
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 consrvation 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.

There are three categories of submission: Pre-arranged panels (4 papers and a discussant); individual papers; graduate student papers. Please submit your abstract/s and a brief curriculum vitae to presidentelect.hiaa@gmail.com by September 7, 2017.

The 2018 Symposium Committee:
Christiane Gruber
Yael Rice
Kishwar Rizvi
Ünver Rüstem

9. THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

DEPARTMENT OF NEAR EASTERN STUDIES

PRE-MODERN ARABIC TENURE-TRACK POSITION

The Department of Near Eastern Studies (NES) at the University of Michigan invites applications for the James A. Bellamy Professorship in Pre-Modern Arabic Culture at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (with tenure) beginning September 1, 2018. This is a university-year (nine-month) appointment.

We seek to hire an innovative scholar with a specialization in law, theology, or philosophy, or any combination of those fields. Preference will be given to candidates working on questions of social history, gender and sexuality, or critical theory. For a department that prides itself on collaborations across disciplinary, chronological, and linguistic boundaries we seek a colleague who can complement existing faculty strengths in Middle Eastern Studies, history and literature in NES and at the University of Michigan.

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. at the time of the appointment, and have native or near-native proficiency in English and Arabic. It is expected that they will have experience in curriculum development and will be committed to maintaining and enhancing the long-standing excellence of Arabic Studies at the University. Candidates must produce evidence of substantial, innovative research in their fields of specialization. The successful candidate will offer undergraduate and graduate courses in their area of specialization, and be prepared to also teach content courses in Arabic. Salary will be commensurate with the candidate’s training and experience.

Please submit a cover letter with a statement of teaching philosophy and experience, a statement of current and future research plans, evidence of teaching excellence, samples of syllabi and publications, and curriculum vitae. In addition, candidates should send three letters of recommendation.

Application materials must be submitted electronically. Please go to https://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/Apply/1079 to apply.

To be assured consideration, applications must be received by October 15, 2017.  The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The University is supportive of the needs of dual career couples.  All applications will be acknowledged.

10. Kalamazoo College – Assistant Professor, Medieval or Early Modern
Mediterranean History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55099

1.Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships 2017
Aga Khan University (International) in the UK

Location: London
Salary: Not specified
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed on: 29th June 2017
Closes: 20th July 2017
The Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London, United Kingdom (“the Institute”) is currently inviting expressions of interest for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships. Holders of Fellowships will have the opportunity to pursue research within a stimulating and supportive environment by playing an active role in the intellectual life of the Institute. The Institute does not itself award the Fellowship but supports selected applications to the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme.

The Institute aims to focus on issues that are relatively unexplored within contemporary Muslim societies. In particular, it concentrates on two broad research themes:

The Construction of Knowledge about Muslim Cultures and Societies
Understanding the Processes of Social Change in Muslim Cultures and Societies
The Institute is also building several research programmes and projects, two in particular which might benefit from a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow:

Governance for the Public Interest in Muslim Contexts (with a focus on constitutional law in Muslim contexts)
Digital Humanities – KITAB, a project which undertakes a far-reaching evaluation of the classical Arabic textual tradition (750–1200) for the purpose of understanding how cultural memory was negotiated and shaped by authors when they created books. Its ingenuity derives from the application of text reuse methods, which detect the copying of texts into other texts and thus enable study of the form and content of the textual tradition.
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) provide grants for all stages of researchers’ careers and encourage transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. Individual Fellowships – European are 1-2 years in duration and provide opportunities to acquire and transfer new knowledge and to work on research in a European context (EU Member States and Associated Countries). The scheme particularly supports the return and reintegration of researchers from outside Europe who have previously worked here. It also develops or helps to restart the careers of individual researchers that show great potential, considering their experience.[1]

For further information, see
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h2020-msca-if-2017.html#c,topics=callIdentifier/t/H2020-MSCA-IF-2017/1/1/1/default-group&callStatus/t/Forthcoming/1/1/0/default-group&callStatus/t/Open/1/1/0/default-group&callStatus/t/Closed/1/1/0/default-group&+identifier/desc

Those applicants whom we wish to support will be contacted by 31 July 2017.

2. CfP:Iinaugural conference of the Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS).

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/nceis/news-and-events/islam-and-justice-aaims-inaugural-conference-on-the-study-of-islam-and-muslim-societies

Abstracts (100- 200 words) with a brief bio (50-100 words) to be sent to Dr Joshua Roose: nceis-office@unimelb.edu.au

Abstract submission closes 11 August 2017.

3. What was Philology in Arabic?

Arabic-Islamic Textual Practices in the Early Modern World

Freie Universität Berlin, 13-15 July.

For a list of participants, abstracts and conference schedule see: http://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/semiarab/arabistik/whatwasphilology/index.html 

4. PhD Fellowship, Faculty of Theology (Qur’anic Studies), University of Copenhagen

A three-year PhD scholarship will be available from October 1st 2017. To be considered, applicants must have a Master’s degree in Islamic studies or any other relevant Master’s degree or similar qualifications. Experience in or knowledge about digital humanities is considered an asset.

Deadline for application: 1 September 2017. Information: http://jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=145413

5. Jobs:

Lecturer in Arabic, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Selection Criteria: Postgraduate qualification in one or more of: Second Language Acquisition, Arabic Linguistics, Teaching Arabic as a Second Language; Native proficiency in written and spoken Arabic; Experience and demonstrated excellence in teaching Arabic preferably at tertiary level; etc.
Deadline for application: 31 July 2017. Information: http://cml.soh.ntu.edu.sg/aboutUs/Pages/Job-Openings.aspx

Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Politics, Claremont McKenna College, CA
The Department of Government invites applications for a tenure-track position beginning July 1, 2018. A qualified candidate, with PhD in hand or a nearly completed doctoral dissertation, would have research experience on the domestic politics or policy of one or more Middle Eastern countries, as well as expertise on the international issues that these countries face. The candidate would have sufficient mastery of one or more Middle Eastern languages to engage in the research.
Deadline for application: 1 August 2017. Information: https://webapps.cmc.edu/jobs/faculty/faculty_opening_detail.php?PostingID=16021

6. 2018/19 Civil Society Leaderships Awards, Durham University and Open Society Foundation
The awards provide fully funded Master’s level scholarships for individuals who demonstrate both academic and professional excellence and have the potential to become civil society leaders in their home communities.  Applicants from Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, etc. are eligible to apply for these awards.
Deadline for application: 15 July 2017. Information: http://www.dur.ac.uk/postgraduate/finance/scholarships/csla/

7. “Coercion and Responsibility in Islam”, Mairaj Syed

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/coercion-and-responsibility-in-islam-9780198788775?cc=gb&lang=en&

8. Asma Hilali, The Sanaa Palimpsest: The Transmission of the Qur’an in the First Centuries AH

(Oxford: Oxford University Press in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2017), 271 pp. ISBN: 9780198793793.

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-sanaa-palimpsest-9780198793793?q=asma%20hilali&lang=en&cc=us

9. Dans le cadre du 2ème Congrès du GIS “Moyen-Orient et Mondes musulmans”, nous sommes heureux de vous convier à l’atelier “Familles, autorité et savoir dans l’espace moyen-oriental (XVe-XVIIe s.)” qui se tiendra le samedi 8 juillet de 9h à 15h30, à l’INALCO (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris 13e) en salle 3.01.

Vous trouverez le programme de cet atelier en pièce-jointe, et toutes les activités du programme de recherche DYNTRAN sur le site : http://www.dyntran.hypotheses.org/

1. Call for Papers for an Academic Workshop:
“Diasporas and Challenges to Statehood in the Middle East and North Africa”
This workshop is organized as part of a larger conference “Diasporas and
Contested Sovereignty: Lessons Learned about Transnational Diaspora
Mobilizations in Europe” on 28-29 September, 2017 at Warwick University,
and is sponsored by the European Research Council.

Abstracts of 300 words by 10 July, 2017 to Dr. Maria Koinova, PI of the ERC project
“Diasporas and Contested Sovereignty” at m.koinova@warwick.ac.uk

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/researchcentres/cpd/diasporas/news/erc_diasporas_and_middle_east_workshop.pdf
 

2. New deadline for applications for post in Islamic art – now 11 July

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Islamic Art

University of Edinburgh – History of Art

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BBX765/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-islamic-art/

3. Sorbonne nouvelle Paris 3 // Recrutement ATER – 2017

du 26 juin 2017 au 5 juillet 2017
date d’ouverture : 26 juin 2017 à 9 heures
date de fermeture : 5 juillet 2017 à 23 heures

L’Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 recrute des Attachés Temporaires d’Enseignement et de Recherche (ATER) en vue de la rentrée 2017,

parmi lesquels:

• Section 15 – Langues et littératures arabes, chinoises, japonaises, hébraiques, et d’autres domaines linguistiques

ATER support MCF 0840 – Etudes iraniennes

Les modalités de constitution des dossiers de candidatures et de dépôt sont indiquées au:

http://www.univ-paris3.fr/recrutement-ater-2017-424317.kjsp?RH=1338198827321

4. New Issue: Nazariyat Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences (3/2, 2017)

Nazariyat’s new issue has been released. All articles and reviews can be downloaded via the following link.

http://www.nazariyat.org/en/latest-issue/

ARTICLES
• Upholding God’s Essence: Ibn Taymiyya on the Createdness of the Spirit, Mohamed A. Moustafa
• An Early Attempt at Unifying the Universe: Suhrawardī’s Concept of Miqdār, İshak Arslan
• Arithmetical Algebra in the Islamic History of Mathematics and Its Peak in the 9th/15th Century: Ibn al-Hāʾim’s al-Mumtiʿ, Elif Baga

REVIEW ARTICLES
• A Response to Nahyan Fancy’s Review Article, Ahmed Ragab

REVIEWS
• Dāyirihā-yi Mīnā-ī: Pajūhash-ī dar Tārikh-i Kayhān Shināsī dar Tamaddun-i Islāmī [Enamel Circles: A Survey of the History of Cosmology in Islamic Civilization], Amir Mohammad Gamini (by Kaveh Niazi)
• Arap Ahlâkî Aklı [The Moral Reason of the Arabs], Muhammed Âbid el-Câbirî (by Hümeyra Özturan)
• The Light of the World: Astronomy in al-Andalus, Joseph ibn Naḥmias, Robert G. Morrison (ed.), (by Ruth Glasner)
• Mulla Ṣadrā and Eschatology: Evolution of Being, Eiyad S. Al-Kutubi, (by Sümeyye Parıldar)
• Al-Ḥasan İbn Mūsā al-Nawbaḫtī, Commentary on Aristotle “De generatione et corruption”, Marwan Rashed (by Issam Marjani)
• Molla Fenârî’de Tasavvuf Metafiziği: Misbâhu’l-üns Üzerine Bir İnceleme [Sufi Metaphysics in Mulla Fanārī: A Study on Miṣbāḥ al-uns], Muammer İskenderoğlu (by Sema Özdemir)

5. Job – Curatorial Assistant, Art of the Islamic Worlds, Houston

Title:                 Curatorial Assistant, Art of the Islamic Worlds
Reports To:      Curator, Art of the Islamic Worlds
Pay Type:         Full-Time, Regular, Exempt, 35 hrs/week
Salary:              Commensurate with Experience and Education
Benefits:            Group Medical and Dental Insurance, Life and Long Term Disability Insurance, Retirement Plan, Flexible Spending Plans, Paid Time Off, Reserve Time Off, Holiday Pay, Museum Membership and Discounts
Work Schedule:   Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
Work Location:    Beck Building, a non-smoking facility

Responsibilities:
• Provides curatorial assistance to Curator of Art of the Islamic Worlds
• Collection management: on-going collection research; research of new acquisition proposals; creation and maintenance of collection files
• Exhibition and catalogue project: research and documentation of objects; creation and maintenance of checklists; interdepartmental coordination (Registrar, Conservation, Photography, etc.)
• Schedules and coordinates permanent collection rotations, including research and label-writing
• Coordinates travel arrangements for visiting speakers, artists, collectors
• Assists with research and writing grant proposals
• Performs other duties as necessary to support the curator with correspondence, reports, scholarly articles, lectures, catalogue manuscripts, collection-based support and general office responsibilities
• Library: works with Library staff to create library checklist of books needed for department library; checks out books from Library for curator

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
• Broad knowledge of art history, particularly of Islamic art
• Sophisticated research and writing skills essential
• Writing sample required
• Excellent organizational and computer skills, including Microsoft Office, TMS (The Museum System)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Foreign language skills: Persian, preferred, or Arabic

Education and Experience:
• Minimum of BA in Art History required
• MA or PhD in Art History with emphasis on Islamic Art, preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of museum experience in a curatorial or research area desirable

How to Apply:
Send resume to Human Resources, Job 17-148CUR, P.O. Box 6826, Houston TX 77265-6826;
Fax 713-639-7597 or email: jobs@mfah.org or apply at http://mfah.org/about/careers

1.Call for Papers
The Changing Nature of Family and Marriage in Contemporary Iran:
Friday November 3, 2017
Loma Pelona Center, University of California – Santa Barbara

Over the past few decades, Iran has experienced a dramatic change in courtship practices and in the institution of family. The Changing Nature of Family and Marriage in Contemporary Iran is a conference devoted to an exploration of the latest findings in this area. Papers will examine a variety of issues such as marriage and divorce laws vs. actually existing power and decision-making processes in the family, the role of the extended family, definitions of masculinity and femininity vs. the lived experience of individuals; gender disparity, variations in religious communities, such as in the Sunni, Baha’i, Jewish, and Armenian families, family economics, especially unemployment, underemployment, and female employment, and social justice. Papers will also look at the growing rates of street children (both Afghan and Iranianchildren) and child prostitution, the changing nature of temporary marriage, marital commitment, cohabitation (white marriages) and grey marriages (separated couples living together).

The conference is an international interdisciplinary venue open to all academics and researchers. We do encourage graduate students to submit abstracts. Papers can be from a variety of disciplines such as History /Sociology, Gender Studies, Psychology, Economic, Media and Performance Studies, and Religious Studies.
Abstracts should be in English, 1-2 page maximum (500-650 words). Please also include a short CV or Bio.

We will provide meals for all participants at the conference and local transportation. Priority will be given to individuals whose research was conducted in Iran in the last two decades. There may also be an all-Persian workshop, depending on the abstracts received.

Abstract submission: July 31, 2017
Conference paper submission: October 15, 2017
A selected number of papers will be considered for an edited volume by the conference organizers
Please send your abstracts and a CV to Jesilyn Faust, Conference Coordinator at ISUCSB17@gmail.com

2. Call for papers: Central Asia as a Civilizational Crossroad through Numismatics’ Lenses: 9th-15th Centuries. In memoriam Boris D. Kochnev (1940-2002). Israel, 23-24 May 2018.

The 14th Conference of Asian Studies in Israel (ASI 2018), May 23-24, 2018

In memoriam Boris D. Kochnev (1940-2002)

Call for applications

The coins, possibly the most valuable exchange medium in human history until the modern age, are important primary source for historical research. Of special interest are numismatic remains from border and crossroad areas, either contested by the different powers or located on major trade and migration roots. One of the most important areas of this type on the Eurasian continent is Central Asia, a vast geographical region boarded by the Caspian Sea on the west and today’s Xinjiang in the east, north Kazakhstan in the north and south Afghanistan in the south.

This call for application invites scholars to submit their proposals for the memorial session for the late Dr. Boris D. Kochnev (1940-2002), one of the leading scholars of the pre-Mongol numismatic research of Central Asia. The session will include either one or two panels and will be held during the 14^th Conference of Asian Studies in Israel at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (May 23-24, 2018).

The session under the working title Central Asia as a Civilizational Crossroad through the Lenses of Numismatics: 9th-15th Centuries is being organised in order to discuss and highlight the impact and the contribution of numismatics for the historical research of Central Asia during its pre-Mongol (starting with the 9th century – the early Karakhanid rule), Mongol and Temürid periods of its history. The proposals should address Central Asia not as a static geographic entity, but one involved in constant dynamic relations with the areas and cultures outside the region, as well as its own cultural, religious and ethnic diversity.

The proposed presentations can deal with, but are not limited, to the following issues:

• interrelations of the numismatic remains and the historical sources
• contribution of numismatics to the analysis of the political and the economic history
• contribution of numismatics to the analysis of the history of cross-Eurasian migrations of humans, technologies and diseases
• digital technologies in contemporary numismatic research

Technical information

Presentations. Scholars are expected to give a presentation of 15-20 minutes. The working language of the session is English.

Time, location and accommodation. The conference will take place on May 23-14  2018 in Jerusalem,. The participants will be provided accommodation (2 nights). Yet, the transportation expenditures are on the participants. If you need an invitation letter for the visa to Israel, please contact the organisers in time.

Deadline. Please send your proposals (title and a short abstract up to 300 words) to Mr. Ishayahu Landa, the convener of the memorial session, until 15 September 2017. The information on the selection of the speakers will be sent until 30 September 2017.

Publications. The publication of the papers in a memorial volume or journal section is under consideration.

Contact information. Please send your abstracts as well as any questions to Mr. Ishayahu Landa via ishayahu.landa@mail.huji.ac.il.

ASI 2018. For the general CfP for the ASI 2018 see http://bit.ly/2tncXaU.

3. University of California – Santa Barbara – Postdoctoral Scholar and
Lecturer in Arabic Language and Literature, 2017/18

4. The 2018 Sir William Luce Fellowship at Durham University to members of the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW). The residential fellowship (Apr-June 2018) carries a grant, accommodation and meals, and is a valuable research and publication opportunity for post-doctoral scholars, diplomats, politicians, or business executives, working on Iran, the Gulf states, South Arabia and Sudan: more details are provided in the notice.

The application deadline is Friday 8 September 2017.

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

For further information, contact:

Francis Gotto
Honorary Secretary, Sir William Luce Memorial Fund

+44 191 334 1218
francis.gotto@durham.ac.uk

5. CfP: Conference: “The emergence of the Ḥadīṯ as the authority of knowledge  (4ᵗʰ/10ᵗʰ‒8ᵗʰ/14ᵗʰ centuries),”

Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO), Cairo, 11-13 January 2018

One of the questions raised today by some Egyptian religious authorities is on the lawfulness and relevance of using intellectual tools foreign to the Islamic tradition to read and interpret the Qurʾān and texts of the classic Islamic heritage. Is it permissible and appropriate to use contemporary human sciences to study the texts of the Arab-Islamic patrimony or should it be limited to the Ḥadīṯ? IDEO would like to contribute to this debate by studying the emergence of the Ḥadīṯ as the authority of knowledge in the Islamic sciences.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2017. Information: https://www.ideo-cairo.org/en/2017/06/the-emergence-of-the-%E1%B8%A5adi%E1%B9%AF-as-the-authority-of-knowledge-4%E1%B5%97%CA%B010%E1%B5%97%CA%B0%E2%80%928%E1%B5%97%CA%B014%E1%B5%97%CA%B0-centuries/

6. University of Exeter (UK)

Lecturer in Arabic

This post is available from 1 September 2017 or 1 January 2018 and is a permanent appointment.

https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=771924IwPT&WVID=3817591jNg&LANG=USA

7. Conference: “Cinema of the Arab World”, American University in Cairo, 3-4 March 2018

Papers are welcome which problematize contemporary scholarship on cinema of the Arab world by offering critiques of colonized theory or by offering new lines of inquire which carry the discourse beyond prevailing tendencies.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/15766/discussions/181615/call-abstracts-cinema-arab-world
 

8. Summer School on Ibadism: “Understanding Diversity within Islam”, Volos, Greece, 3-9 September 2017

The Summer School is co-organized by the University of Naples L’Orientale, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the College of Islamic Law of the Sultanate of Oman and the Department of Interfaith Studies of Volos Academy for Theological Studies

Deadline for application: 30 June 2017. Information: http://www.ibadistudies.org/
 

9. Summer School on Sufi Studies: “Foundations of Islamic Spirituality”, Tamacine, Algeria, 5-12 September 2017

The Summer School in the heart of the Algerian desert is organized by association Perennia Verba (Parma, IT) in collaboration with the Istituto per l’Oriente Carlo Alfonso Nallino (Rome, IT) and the Officina di Studi Medievali (Palermo, IT).

Deadline for application: 10 July 2017. Information: http://www.academia.edu/33617420/Summer_School_on_Sufi_Studies_Temacine_Ageria_Sept_2017_.pdf

10. Les voix du pouvoir : souverains, poètes, artisans
dans le monde musulman oriental, X^e – XIV^e siècles

J’ai le grand plaisir de vous inviter à l’atelier de recherche international intitule

Les voix du pouvoir : souverains, poètes, artisans
dans le monde musulman oriental, X^e – XIV^e siècles

qui aura lieu le samedi 8 juillet 2017, de 9h30 à 12h, dans la salle 3.02 de l’INALCO (65, rue des Grands Moulins, Paris 13ème).

Cet atelier s’inscrit dans la continuité de la journée d’étude Les Ghaznavides et leurs voisins (resp. M. Szuppe et V. Allegranzi, Ivry-sur-Seine 26 février 2016) et se déroulera dans le cadre du 2ème Congres du GIS MOMM (Paris, 5-7 juillet 2017 <http://majlis-remomm.fr/programme>), grâce au soutien de l’équipe de recherche UMR 7528 Mondes iranien et indien.

Nous aurons le plaisir d’accueilir de specialistes de plusieurs disciplines – Gabrielle van den Berg (Leiden University), Valentina Laviola (Ca’ Foscari, Venice), Camille Rhoné-Quer (Aix-Marseille Université), Eloïse Brac de la Perrière (Université Paris-Sorbonne) – et chercherons à ouvrir un espace de dialogue autour des sources écrites et matérielles qui servent à éclairer certains aspects de l’histoire culturelle de l’Iran oriental (Xe-XIVe siècles).

Vous trouverez en pièce jointe le programme de la matinée.
Attention : l’inscription au Congrès est obligatoire pour participer à la séance.

Dans l’attente de vous retrouver, je reste à votre disposition pour tout renseignement

Viola Allegranzi – viola.allegranzi@gmail.com

doctorante Paris 3 – “L’Orientale” (Naples)
UMR 7528 Mondes iranien et indien

1.  A new academic monograph series, Written Culture and Identity, devoted to new research on the literature and culture of the Middle East.

Book proposals are welcomed that explore the relationship between politics, gender, class, sexuality, ethnicity, identity and the literature and cultural production of the contemporary Middle East in the broadest sense.

Rory Gormley

Head of Academic Publicity and Editor

I.B.Tauris Publishers | Philip Wilson Publishers

6 Salem Road

London W2 4BU

T: +44 (0)20 7243 1225

E: rgormley@ibtauris.com

2. MIDDLE EAST STUDIES LIBRARIAN

Brown University Library seeks collaborative and innovative candidates for the position of Middle East Studies Librarian. As part of the Library’s Research and Outreach Services Department, the Middle East Studies Librarian serves as the library’s liaison to Brown’s Middle East Studies Program and to other departments appropriate to the candidate’s qualifications. The Middle East Studies Librarian teaches research skills and strategies, offers instruction sessions in individualized or in group settings, responds to reference inquiries, collaborates with other library staff on digital projects, and continues to build outreach efforts to un-tenured and tenure-track faculty, and to postdocs. The Middle East Studies Librarian will work a 75% time schedule and the initial appointment is for a fixed 3-year period with the possibility of an extension.

The position is responsible for collection development, through purchase and gift, in designated subject areas and in all formats, with emphasis on vernacular language materials, in accordance with collection guidelines, curriculum alignment, and budgetary resources.

Required Qualifications:

• • Graduate level degree in Middle East Studies, or related field (e.g. CompLit, Archaeology, Anthropology, History. Master of Library Science or Ph.D. in subject field preferred.)
  • 3-5 years of related experience.
  • Fluency in Arabic.
  • Knowledge of the scholarly communications process (publishing, copyright, repositories, illustration sources).
  • Experience with library research tools and resources relevant to the assigned subjects.
  • Ability to work with researchers in a rapidly changing environment.
  • Ability to work in a complex library organization with a strong service orientation.
  • Knowledge of various software packages: MS Office; ArcGIS; Endnote (or other citation management software).
  • Bibliographic knowledge of Persian, French, and Turkish.

To Apply: please visit Brown University’s career opportunities website at:https://brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/staff-careers-brown/jobs and reference REQ134333. Complete an application online, attach documents, and submit for immediate consideration. Documents should include cover letter, resume, and the names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three references. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

3.  Emory University is still searching for a Middle East and Islamic Studies Librarian.

 https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?PageType=JobDetails&partnerid=25066&siteid=5449&areq=72531br#jobDetails=undefined

4. Symposia Persica

First International Biennial Conference and Graduate Workshop on

The Persianate World and Central Eurasia

Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS)

School of Global Studies and Partnerships

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

February 21-24, 2018

Conveners: Dr. Anne-Marie Condacse (Dept. of Music), Dr. Pedram Khosronejad (School of Media & Strategic Communication), Dr. Reuel Hanks (Dept. of Geography)

The Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies program at the Oklahoma State University invites scholars pursuing research in any of the humanities and social sciences to submit abstracts for individual papers or complete panel proposals. Panel proposals should feature 3-4 paper presentations, with a chair and discussant, and should offer a title that reflects the panel theme.  Abstracts should be between 150-200 words in length and include a title, 4-5 keywords, and the author’s name and affiliation. Four of the papers presented will be selected for publication in the journal of Anthropology of Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia. A $200 prize will be awarded to a student whose paper demonstrates significant research contribution to the Persianate World and/or Central Eurasia Studies.

The program concludes with a half-day workshop for graduate students pursuing research in this area on any topic in the social sciences or humanities. The workshop will include panels and discussions on conducting both field and archival research methods, publication strategies and relationships with publishers, networking among scholars in the region, and grant writing and funding opportunities.

The Fourth Middle East and Central Eurasia Ethnographic Film and Media Program of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) will take place during the conference and all participants are invited to attend.

For more information, please visit:

https://www.iranian-persiangulf.org/symposia-persica

5. Conference: “Representations of the Other in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia”, Australian National University, Canberra, 23-24 November 2017

This two day interdisciplinary conference is open to scholars, students, professionals, and the general public with an interest in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia.

Deadline for abstracts: 24 July 2017. Information: http://cais.anu.edu.au/events/words/in-their-words-in-our-words
 

6. 9th Islamic Legal Studies Conference, International Society of Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS), Universities of Helsinki and Tampere, Finland, 6-9 June 2018

The conference will be open topic – presentations on all aspects of Islamic law, from earliest to most recent times, are welcome.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2017. Information: http://www.isils.net/conferences

7. Full-time Lecturer in Arabic, Starting 1 August 2017, Indiana University, Bloomington

The successful candidate must have a M.A. and will preferably have a Ph.D. in Arabic language, linguistics, applied linguistics, or a related field, and is expected to be competent in the use of instructional technology and communicative, standards-based teaching methodologies.

Deadline for application: 7 July 2017. Information: mailto:zmuller@indiana.edu
 

8. Arabic Language and Literature Postdoctoral Fellowship for Five Months, Washington and Lee University

Applicants must have a Ph.D. by start of appointment (1 January 2018). Area of sub-specialization open; Ph.D. in Arabic language or related fields (e.g. comparative literature or NELC) preferred.

Review of applications will begin 1 August 2017. Contact: Professor Anthony Edwards, edwardsa@wlu.edu

9. Conference: “Locating Muslim Cinema(s): The Politics of Culture and Identity”, Michigan State University, 12-13 April 2018

The conference will focus on three questions: Is there a discrete and coherent esthetic enterprise called “Muslim cinema”? If so, does it possess any unique and defining characteristics? And how does it differ from other types of cinema based not on national provenance, but emerging from a diverse set of global religious communities?

Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2017. Information: http://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/conference/

10. Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies, the University of Chester, UK:

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BCB226/senior-lecturer-in-islamic-studies/

1.The European Muslim Network is organizing a 5-Day Intensive Summer School in Frankfurt ( GERMANY) from 11th  till 15th of September 2017.

“Re-envisionning European Islam : past, present and future”

With Ahmet Alibasic ( Bosnia), Karen Armstrong ( UK), Fabienne Brion

( Belgium), Malika Hamidi ( Belgium) and Tariq Ramadan ( UK) among others…

This Summer School is open to the civil society, researchers, students, academics, activists …

The detailed programme, entry requirements, fees and registration deadline are available on the website of European Muslim Network via : http://eumuslim.net/fr/2017/05/24/emn-summer-school/

Please register here: https://www.inscription-facile.com/form/uLJqwEESU1UFGRzOtft5

2. The Universities of Bamberg and Erlangen will be offering a new bilingual Elite Master’s Programme in „Kulturwissenschaften des Vorderen Orients/Cultural Studies of the Middle East”, being introduced in the 2017/18 winter semester.

Our programme will focus on diversity and historical change in the cultures of the Middle East. It is Germany’s first elite course of study in this field and a wonderful opportunity for highly motivated students to prepare for their PhD and make an early start for a professional career in an academic setting.

For more information, including details about how to apply, please check out our website www.culturalstudiesmideast.de

3. Washington and Lee University invites applications for a five-month postdoctoral fellowship in Arabic language and literature, beginning 1 January 2018. This opportunity invites recent recipients of the Ph.D. to develop their research and teaching alongside faculty of the MESA (Middle East and South Asia) Teacher-Scholar Cohort. Applicants must have a Ph.D. by start of appointment. Area of sub-specialization open; Ph.D. in Arabic language or related fields (e.g. comparative literature or NELC) preferred. Comprehensive mastery and fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and a dialect required. The successful applicant will have demonstrated success in teaching in a North American or liberal arts context.

The postdoctoral fellow is expected to teach 1–2 courses in the winter 12-week term, and 1 course in the spring 4-week term. Up to 2 of these courses are expected to be new courses developed by the postdoctoral fellow to enrich the university curriculum and contribute to the diversity and excellence of the MESA Teacher-Scholar Cohort on campus. This is a temporary appointment.

Review of applications will begin 1 August 2017. Interviews will be conducted through Skype. The position will remain open until filled. To apply, applicants should send a cover letter, C.V., graduate transcript, a sample syllabus from a previously taught course, and teaching evaluations to MESA@wlu.edu. Three reference letters should be directed by recommenders to the same address. Questions may be addresses to Professor Anthony Edwards, at edwardsa@wlu.edu.

4. The Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Leiden offers a lectureship in Persian (language acquisition). This is a part-time (30,4 hours per week), fixed-term post for the period of 2 years starting on 1 September 2017. Applications must be received no later than 4 July and should be submitted at vacatureslias@hum.leidenuniv.nl. For more details see:

http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/wetenschappelijke-functies/17-245-lectureship-in-persian.html

5. The George Washington University Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations invites applicants for a full-time one-year position of Visiting Assistant Professor and Acting Coordinator of Persian, commencing with the 2017 Fall semester. The successful candidate is expected to teach the Persian language at all levels of proficiency. Basic Qualifications:Native or near native fluency in Persian, excellent command of English and; Ph.D. in Persian or related field; experience in teaching Persian at college level and use of technology in language.

To apply: send a letter of application, a statement of teaching philosophy and use of technology in teaching Persian, curriculum vitae, sample syllabi, tests and teaching materials, teaching evaluations, along with three confidential letters of recommendation (to be sent by the recommenders) to: Professor Mohssen Esseesy, Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The George Washington University, Rome Hall 655, 801 22nd Street, NW, Washington DC 20052. Review of applications is continuous until the position is filled. Only complete applications will be considered. The George Washington University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women, people of color, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

http://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu

6. Islamic Arts and Crafts: An Anthology (Edinburgh UP, 2017). This collection of written sources (dating from the seventh to the twentieth centuries) explores numerous aspects of the crafts of the Middle East from the processing of raw materials to the manufacture of finished artefacts. Among the topics covered are: the legal and ethical dimensions of the arts and crafts, the organisation of labour in urban and rural contexts, the everyday lives of artisans, the gendered dimensions of making things, and the impact of industrialisation upon traditional methods of manufacture. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-islamic-arts-and-crafts.html

7. Contextualizing History Writing in the Ottoman and Indian Worlds (C.1400-1850)

10-11 June, 2017

İstanbul Bilgi University Department of History

http://www.bilgi.edu.tr/en/news-and-events/news/7275/contextualizing-history-writing-in-the-ottoman-and-indian-worlds-c1400-1850/

8. The first volume of the special issue of Intellectual History of the Islamicate World on Medical Traditions (http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/2212943x/5/3 )

Introduction – Leigh Chipman, Peter E. Pormann, Miri Shefer-Mossensohn

On the problem of Syriac “influence” in the transmission of Greek science to the Arabs: the cases of astronomy, philosophy, and medicine – Siam Bhayro

A Syriac Medical Kunnāšā of Īšōʿ bar ʿAlī (9th c.): First Soundings – Grigory Kessel

The Enigma of Arabic and Hebrew Palladius – Peter E. Pormann, Samuel Barry, Nicola Carpentieri, Elaine van Dalen, Kamran I. Karimullah, Taro Mimura, Hammood Obaid

Transformation of Galen’s Textual Legacy from Classical to Post-Classical Islamic Medicine:  Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms – Kamran I. Karimullah

Book reviews by Tamar Herzog, Peter Adamson, Miriam L. Hjälm and Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala

9. Conference of the International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA), Beït Al-Hikma, Carthage, Tunisia, 4-6 July 2017

The meeting will focus on the following three areas: Epistemology: The Place of the Qurʾanic Studies in Islamic sciences; Methods and Tools (Presuppositions, Applications and Purposes); Themes and Interpretations: Qurʾanic polemics.

Information: https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/2017-international-meeting-tunisia/
 

10. Islamic Art – Edinburgh – Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Islamic Art

https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form

1.ISOA is a private academic art center which holds international training courses in order to familiarize artists, professors and students of all around the world with different fields of Islamic Persian art. In cooperation with University of Tehran, Collage of Farabi, ISOA is organizing two international courses for the summer 2017.  The courses would be thought in English and their themes and dates are as following:

1. World of Persian Carpet, 24 August- 2 September, 2017

http://www.isoacourses.com/2016/12/05/world-of-persian-carpet/

2. Philosophy of Islamic Art, 24 August- 2 September, 2017

http://www.isoacourses.com/2016/12/05/philosophy-of-islamic-art/

The Courses are going to be held in various cities of Iran including: Tehran, Qom, Kashan and Isfahan and aim to increase understanding of Islamic Persian culture by providing opportunities for their participants to study different historical and philosophical aspects of Iran’s traditional art as well as experiencing Iran’s traditional life through visiting bazaars, mosques, museums, religious centers, and historical sites of the cities.

For more detailed information about the programs see http://www.isoacourses.com/

2. The University of New South Wales, Sydney, offers a new PhD scholarship to research Iranian Diasporic Women Filmmakers. Applications are open to come and work with a supervisory team including Michelle Langford, Laetitia Nanquette and Jane Mills. Apply by 10 July for a 2018 start.

Here are more details about the project: http://www.2025.unsw.edu.au/apply/scientia-phd-scholarships/migrant-subjects-literary-work-and-literary-circulation-global-world

And more details about the Scientia fellowship: https://research.unsw.edu.au/unsw-scientia-fellowship-program

3. CfP: Gotha manuscript workshop: Alchemy in the Islamicate world – Gotha, 28./29.09.2018

Alchemy was a widespread practice in the Islamicate world that was taught from early on to the 19th/20th century. In spite of its popularity attested to by historical references as well as the wealth of alchemical manuscripts that have come down to us, the study of Arabo-Islamic alchemy has been neglected for the last decades. Only recently have we seen a renewed interest in the field, giving rise to a number of publications.

Among its extensive collection of Oriental manuscripts, Gotha Research Library also houses a significant number of alchemical manuscripts (for the Gotha alchemical manuscripts in Arabic see Siggel, Katalog der arabischen alchemistischen Handschriften Deutschlands, vol. 2, Berlin 1950). The workshop aims at bringing together established and younger scholars working on alchemy and providing them with the opportunity to engage directly with the alchemical manuscripts of the Gotha collection. The exploratory character of the workshop refers not only to the direct engagement with the Gotha collection, but also extends to the field of Arabo-Islamic alchemy more generally. Possible questions to be discussed are: Which aspects of alchemy have received significant attention, what aspects deserve to be addressed more in the future? Which theoretical assumptions and methods have guided the research on alchemy, what theories and methods are relevant for future research? What are the current challenges in studying the alchemy of the Islamicate world and how could they be overcome?

We invite papers from a variety of disciplines (for ex. philology, philosophy, history of science, history of religion, art history, paleography), on all aspects of alchemy, for example on

• the transmission of alchemical knowledge in different parts of the Islamicate world as well as between the Islamicate world and other regions
• the role of manuscripts for the transmission of alchemical knowledge
• codicological aspects of alchemical manuscripts
• questions of authorship and dating
• literary aspects of alchemical texts

To allow for a significant number of hands-on-sessions, preference will be given to papers dealing with Gotha manuscripts.

Please send a 400-word abstract to monika.hasenmueller@uni-erfurt.de not later than August 31, 2017.

The selected participants will be notified by October 30, 2017.

Costs for travel and accommodation will be covered, provided that external funding is granted.

The workshop is organized by the Gotha Research Library in collaboration with the project “Between Religion and Alchemy. The scholar Ibn Arfaʿ Raʾs (d. 1197) as a model for an integrative Arabic literary and cultural history”, University of Zurich.

Conference Conveners:

Monika Hasenmüller, Gotha Research Library, University of Erfurt

Prof. Dr. Regula Forster, University of Zurich

Contact:

Monika Hasenmüller

Forschungsbibliothek Gotha der Univ. Erfurt

Tel.: +49(0)361/737-5566

monika.hasenmueller@uni-erfurt.de

4. One-year Arabic Lang & Lit position at UC Santa Barbara , 2017/18

https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF0101

Recruitment Period

Open date: June 5th, 2017

Next review date: June 19th, 2017
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: October 31st, 2017
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.

5. BRAIS prize for 2017 and call for submissions for 2018

The results of the second (2017) round of the BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World – for the best English-language doctoral thesis or unpublished first monograph based on a doctoral thesis on any aspect of the academic study of Islam and the Muslim world, past and present – can be found at

http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize/2017-announcement

For the 2018 prize, applicants can be based in any country, and manuscripts will be assessed on the basis of scholarly quality and originality. The award includes publication of the winning manuscript and a prize of £1,000. The submission deadline is 1 September 2017. Full details are available here:
http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize

6. 11th Media Workshop “After the Internet – Television Today: Twenty Years of Al Jazeera”, Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Munich (LMU), 29-30 June 2017

Registration until 16 June 2017 via b.graef@lmu.de.  Information and programme: http://www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/forschung/massenmedien/archive/11-programm_engl.pdf
 

7. École doctorale: « Islam(s) en Europe : terrains, risques et pratiques de recherche », Islams et chercheurs dans la cité, Paris, 11-12 septembre 2017

Ces journées proposent aux doctorants, postdoctorants et jeunes chercheurs travaillant sur les sociétés et pratiques musulmanes en Europe de se rencontrer et d’échanger sur les modalités d’enquête, que celle-ci s’appuie sur des observations participantes, des documents archivés, des entretiens qualitatifs ou des questionnaires.

Date limite : 25 juin 2017. Information : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/27284
 

8. Colloque international: « Pluralisme religieux, sociétés plurielles : les religions dans l’espace public européen », IPRA-Alliance Europa, Nantes, 3-5 octobre 2018

Deadline for abstracts : 1 septembre 2017. Information : http://ipra.eu/fr/2017/05/03/colloque-international-pluralisme-religieux-societes-plurielles-les-religions-dans-lespace-public-europeen/

9. Articles for Journal “Hamsa. Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies”

For this volume, we particularly welcome proposals offering original analysis on the broad subject of Judaic and Islamic studies.

Deadline for proposals: 15 October 2017. Information: http://www.hamsa.cidehus.uevora.pt/callforpapers.html