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1.On November 4th-5th, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park will host the “Manuscripts in the Digital Age Workshop,” which is co-sponsored by Tufts University’s Perseids Project, UMD’s Arts and Humanities Center for Synergy, UMD’s School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (SLLC), and Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science).

It will bring together researchers, curators, librarians, and technical specialists from the Perseus Digital Library, Library of Congress, Digital Latin Library, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (UPenn), Freer & Sackler Galleries, and Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities to discuss the technical challenges for the creation of an integrated online “manuscript workspace.”

The technical participants in this workshop want to better understand the needs and types of functionality that scholars, students, citizen scientists, and those working in the GLAM sector would ideally like to see in such a workspace. For this reason, we are asking any of you who work on manuscripts to consider taking this very brief questionnaire (http://kentstate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9F8TmPXVOAZ1GHH) s about what types of features and functionality you would like to see developed for digital manuscript studies: http://kentstate.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9F8TmPXVOAZ1GHH

Sincerely,

Bridget Almas, Perseids Project, Tufts University

Emad Khazraee, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University

Matthew Thomas Miller, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, University of Maryland

Joshua Westgard, University of Maryland Libraries

Matthew Thomas Miller, Ph.D.
Roshan Institute Research Fellow
Associate Director, Roshan Initiative in Persian Digital Humanities (PersDig@UMD)
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies
University of Maryland, College Park

2. College of Liberal and Creative Arts

San Francisco State University

San Francisco State University, College of Liberal and Creative Arts, invites applicant for the Neda Nobari Distinguished Chair and Director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies.

The University seeks a senior scholar to serve in an academic leadership position as the founding Neda Nobari Distinguished Chair and Director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies. The individual will be a senior scholar who will hold faculty rank and tenure in one of the academic units in the College of Liberal & Creative Arts.

The Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, established by a generous gift from alumna Neda Nobari, will make visible, give voice to, and forge connections across the evolving Iranian diasporas in the United States and beyond. Its interdisciplinary focus will create opportunities for research, outreach, and campus/community programming in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences as well as across all of the colleges at the university. The Center will develop collaborative opportunities for faculty and students to engage in research and scholarship on Iranian diasporas with a focus on transnational movements and migration patterns of Iranian communities around the globe, particularly in California, the United States, North America, and Europe. It will promote intellectual engagement and conversations with local, regional, national and global communities.

Qualifications: Candidates should have:

A terminal degree (M.F.A or Ph.D.) in an arts, humanities or social sciences field and achieved tenure and at least the rank of Associate Professor at a comparable institution
a nationally recognized record of performance, publication, or creative works in matters pertaining to Iranian diasporas and/or Diaspora Studies.
oral and written communication skills in the English language at a level that comprehends and conveys information to and from students, colleagues, and others in an effective manner
awareness of and engagement with critical concerns in their discipline and capacity to continue to produce original work
a proven record of excellence in management and administrative duties and success in obtaining external funding
experience engaging with community organizations and external constituencies
the ability to communicate fluently in Persian across diverse diasporic communities preferred

Responsibilities:

The Director will engage and convene academic forums and cultural programs, distinguished guest speakers, and research exchanges with scholars and students locally, nationally, and internationally.

The Director will also work to build collaborative relationships and programs with members of the Iranian diaspora both locally and nationally.

The Director will engage the campus and community in developing a strategic plan for the Center, build a supportive advisory board, and establish a sound resource base through philanthropic and grant-based funding.

The Director will teach one course per semester at the undergraduate or graduate level in on of the departments or schools of the college and will maintain an active research agenda his/her field of expertise.

Rank and Salary: Associate or Full Professor. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. The CSU provides generous health, retirement and other benefits.

Application Process: Submit a letter that explains your interest in and vision for the Center, a current CV, and names and contact information of three references. For full consideration, submit your application to the Chair of the Hiring Committee, Prof. Maziar Behrooz at mroozbeh@sfsu.edu by December 15, 2016.

San Francisco State University is a member of the California State University system and serves a diverse student body of 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The University seeks to promote appreciation of scholarship, freedom and, human diversity through excellence in instruction and intellectual accomplishment. SFSU faculty are expected to be effective teachers and demonstrate professional achievement and growth through research, scholarship, and/or creative work.

San Francisco State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity. We welcome applicants of all ethnic, racial and gender identities, sexual orientations as well as people with disabilities. We particularly encourage those who may be from historically underrepresented groups.

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.

3. The Mercantile Effect: On art and exchange in the Islamicate world during 17th ̶18th centuries
Conference to be held at the Barenboim-Said Akademie, 33d Französische Strasse, Berlin, 18–19 November 2016

Registration now open:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-mercantile-effect-on-art-and-exchange-in-the-islamicate-world-during-17th-18th-centuries-tickets-24843495564

4. Power and Protection: Islamic Art and the Supernatural

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University

20 October 2016 – 15 January 2017

Predicting, understanding, and controlling the range of occult forces believed to influence human existence were constant preoccupations in the pre-modern world. Islamic material culture, ranging from humble, hard stone amulets inscribed with pious invocations to elaborate talismanic shirts to be worn in battle, and sophisticated instruments for astrological and geomantic calculations, suggests widespread and sustained practices calling for supernatural assistance and divine protection. Showcasing over a hundred spectacular objects spanning the 12th to the 20th century, Power and Protection: Islamic Art and the Supernatural is the first major exhibition to explore these themes. Amongst the displays are astrological charts, dream-books, talismanic clothing and jewel-encrusted amulets, many of which have never been seen in public before.

For more information on the exhibition, please visit: http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/powerandprotection/

For associated lectures and events, please visit: http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/powerandprotection/events/

A microsite for the exhibition is also available at the following link: http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/powerandprotection/exhibition/

5. Call for submissions – This American Muslim

This American Muslim leverages the media and the arts to establish platforms that empower American Muslims to share their stories and voices. This American Muslim welcomes art and writing submissions, created exclusively by American Muslims to be featured in a juried, traveling art exhibition and a published book.

PURPOSE
To challenge Islamophobia and celebrate the diversity and beauty of our American Muslim communites. Spark dialogue and empathy, and shift the focus, from American Muslims as objects of study and scrutiny, to people with voices, hearts, and dreams, Insha’Allah.

SUBMISSIONS

Writers/Poets: – Submit your poetry, short stories or creative writing for a published book.
Artists/Photographers – Submit 2-D art (photography, digital art, paintings, drawings, etc.) for a juried, traveling art exhibition and other educational initiatives. We will cover any costs incidental to the printing, framing, exhibition and distribution of the selected art as part of the “This American Muslim” traveling collection in public galleries across the country. One artist will receive a $1,000 cash award. We will generate exposure for selected art/artists. We will not handle original work and we will not sell artwork

DEADLINE
The deadline to submit is January 2, 2017.

CONTACT INFORMATION
This American Muslim
submissions@thisamericanmuslim.org
projectprism.submittable.com

6. Call for Papers/ Conference: Crisis and Conflict in the Agrarian World, Sciences Po, Paris 1-3 March 2017
The Kuwait Chair at Sciences Po invites to an academic conference on the
topic of Crisis and Conflict in the Agrarian World: An Evolving
Dialectic, in cooperation with the American University of Beirut and
CIDOB, the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs. The conference
will be held on 1-3 March 2017 in Paris.

Conference proceedings will be published towards the end of 2017 in an
edited volume of CABI Publishers, a leading academic publisher on
development, agriculture, food security and health issues.

The organizers invite abstracts or preferably detailed proposals with a
short CV and list of publications. They should be submitted
electronically to Eckart Woertz eckart.woertz@sciencespo.fr
<mailto:eckart.woertz@sciencespo.fr> and Rachel Anne Bahn
rb89@aub.edu.lb <mailto:rb89@aub.edu.lb> until 30 November 2016. Authors of selected papers will be notified by 2 December 2016 and should submit their papers by 1 February 2017.

The papers should have a length of 7,000 words and represent original
research not presented or published elsewhere. All costs for travel and
accommodation will be covered according to Sciences Po travel policy.

Texts can deal with a variety of crises and their impact on agriculture
and food security, such as politically-driven violence and dispute, as
well as crises stemming from natural disasters or other phenomena
(earthquake/tsunami, drought, flooding, climate change, and disease
epidemics). Case studies will explore the relationship between
agriculture and conflict/crisis before, during, and after crisis periods.

Beside cross cutting and methodological explorations on topics like
political ecology, gender, health, climate change, land grabs or
ethnography we are interested in case studies of specific countries,
particularly from Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.
We look forward to receiving your abstracts or proposals.

Further details about the call for papers you can find here:
http://www.sciencespo.fr/psia/sites/sciencespo.fr.psia/files/Call_for_Papers_Agriculture_and_Conflict_2017.pdf

7. University of California, Los Angeles – Assistant Professor in Art History/Arts of the Islamic World

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54027

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October 29, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items

1.International Conference: “The Mercantile Effect: On Art and Exchange in the Islamicate World during the 17th-18th Centuries”, Barenboim-Said Akademie, Berlin, 18-19 November 2016

From Agra to Aleppo, Cairo to Canton, Goa to Zanzibar; peoples as diverse as Armenians, Chinese, Arabs, Persians and Europeans, traversed long distances moving art things and their attendant ideas, ideals, and technologies. This conference will explore the development of global trade routes and the emergence of new methods of exchange.

Information and registration: http://www.gingkolibrary.com

2. Workshop: “Regions, Networks, and Institutions in Mongol Eurasia: A Meso-Historical Analysis”, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 17-18 May 2017

We are looking for papers dealing with regions, networks and institutions in Mongol Eurasia which are based on close reading in primary sources (literary, archaeological, visual). The workshop aims at using the meso-history framework- the one between micro and macro – for illuminating the meaning and characteristics of the proto-globalization in Mongol Eurasia (13th-14th centuries).

Deadline for abstracts: 25 November 2016. Information: http://mongol.huji.ac.il/news-and-activities/cfp-meso-historical-analysis-regions-networks-and-institutions

3. 33rd German Oriental Studies Conference (DOT) / 24th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO), University of Jena, 18-22 September 2017

The range of disciplines encompasses the Ancient and Modern Middle East, including North Africa, as well as all of Asia, with particular emphasis on Central, South and South East Asia.

Deadline for abstracts: January 2017. Information: www.dot2017.de/en/

4. Full-Time, One-Semester Assistant Professor in Modern Middle Eastern History, Southern Connecticut State University

Proficiency in a language such as Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish required. The courses include one section of World Civilization II, 1500-present; two sections of Modern Middle East at the general education level; and one upper division topics course such as the Ottoman Empire, the Arab-Israeli Conflict, or Gender and Islam.

Review will begin on 15 October 2016. Information: Dr. Katherine Hermes: hermesk@ccsu.edu.

5. Two Carnegie Fellowships in Support of Arab-Region Social Science, University of North Carolina

Applications are invited from social scientists affiliated with universities in the Arab world for semester-long fellowships in Fall 2017. Early-career scholars, including advanced doctoral candidates or faculty members within five years of their Ph.D., may be given preference.

Deadline for application: 4 January 2017. Information: http://mideast.unc.edu/jobs/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-carnegie-fellowships-in-support-of-arab-region-social-science/

6. New Blog “Subaltern States”

This blog is about the domestic politics of states around the world from comparative politics or international studies perspectives. It centers on case study analysis using qualitative, culturalist, historicist, political-sociological, and/or interpretive approaches. “Subaltern” refers to brief analyses and commentaries that address the less powerful or marginalized of states, peoples, movements, or ideas within their domestic or regional contexts, or within the international system. The latest article focuses on “Times of Tumult: Discussing Islam and Feminism”.

Information: www.e-ir.info/category/blogs/subaltern-states/. Contact with blog curator at pjwoods@ufl.edu

7. job opportunity at Deakin University, Australia

Deakin University Strategic Plan

School/Centre :Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation

Faculty/Institute/Division: Faculty of Arts and Education

Classification : Level A, , Research Only

Responsible to: Research Chair, Islamic Studies and Intercultural Dialogue

Hours of Duty: Full

–

time (36.75 hours per week)

and fixed term for three years

Location of Work: Melbourne Burwood Campus

Vacancy reference number :160543

More information

Cayla Edwards Tel: +61 3 9244 6658, Email:

cayla.edwards@deakin.edu.au

8. Syria’s Art and Architecture: A Multicultural History

The Aga Khan Museum, Toronto

October 29–30th 2016

https://networks.h-net.org/node/7636/discussions/149804/symposium-syrias-art-and-architecture-multicultural-history

9. ICONOCLASM: BEELDENSTORM AND BEYOND

SYMPOSIUM, AMSTERDAM, 9-10 DECEMBER 2016

This year marks the 450th anniversary of the Beeldenstorm, the wave of iconoclasm that swept over the Low Countries in 1566. This defining moment in Netherlandish history will be commemorated with a two-day symposium ICONOCLASM: BEELDENSTORM AND BEYOND, which will consider the Beeldenstorm in relation to iconoclasm as a global phenomenon.

The symposium will be held on 9 and 10 December 2016, in the auditorium of the Rijksmuseum and the aula of the University of Amsterdam. The program and registration are now online:

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/iconoclasm

ICONOCLASM: BEELDENSTORM AND BEYOND will seek to deepen our understanding of the ideological and systematic destruction of art under different historical and cultural configurations. The symposium will bring together an international group of scholars who will offer the latest insights on the hostility towards images in the Habsburg Netherlands, the Byzantine world, Islam, Colonial America, China, (Early) Modern Europe and, presently, in the Middle East, and on iconoclasm in contemporary art.

10. Journées Internationales de sciences Po Grenoble sur la Méditerranée et le Moyen Orient

Iran les défis du retour”

17 et 18 novembre 2016

Le programme des Quatrièmes Journées Internationales « Iran le défi du retour » est sur le site de Sciences Po à l’adresse suivante :

« Iran, les défis du retour », colloque les 17 et 18/11 à Sciences Po Grenoble | Sciences Po Grenoble

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October 25, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items

1.The “Dangerous Classes” in the Middle East and North Africa

Conference

26 January 2017

St Antony’s College, University of Oxford

Attendance is free. For the programme and to register go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-dangerous-classes-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-conference-tickets-28223362838 .

2. New book series: Sex, Marriage and Family in the Middle East.

Please send me abstracts of your forthcoming monographs and edited volumes for consideration.

Series Editors: Janet Afary (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Claudia Yaghoobi (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Series scope: Marriage and family remain fundamental institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). However, when people think of marriage in the MENA cultures, they tend to assume that many existing practices were originated with the birth of Islam and without subsequent interactions with other religions and cultures of the East or the West. This innovative series will explore the connections and influences among ancient, early Islamic, medieval, early modern, and contemporary marriage practices and traditions of the region. Through the lens of marriage laws and practice, we can see how these communities interacted, or resisted interacting with one another, in order to strengthen communal identities or secure communal boundaries. The series will examine a diverse set of issues such as various types of matrimonial bonds, the status of women in marriage, slavery, concubinage, divorce, polygamy, widowhood, parenting, pilgrimage rituals, and rules of property and inheritance for women, among others. This inter-disciplinary series, will include both edited volumes and monograms, and welcomes contributors from various disciplines such as Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science, History, Religious Studies, Gender Studies, Literature, and Media Studies.

——-

Claudia Yaghoobi, PhD

Roshan Institute Assistant Professor in Persian Studies

Persian Program Coordinator

Office: 134 E. Franklin St., 218A

Department of Asian Studies

The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

http://claudiayaghoobi.com

3. 20 Years of Iran and the Caucasus: A Breakthrough, 21-23 October, 2016 Aghveran, Armenia

The Conference is organised by the International Journal Iran and the Caucasus (BRILL, Leiden-Boston) in the Framework of the Celebration of its 20th Anniversary, in cooperation with Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies, Yerevan; Russian-Armenian State University, Yerevan; Institute of Autochthonous Peoples of the Caucasian-Caspian Region, Yerevan; and ARMACAD.

Conference venue: Aghveran Crystal Resort hotel, Aghveran, Armenia

PROGRAMME is available here: http://armacad.info/confprog-20-years-of-iran-and-the-caucasus-a-breakthrough-21-23-october-2016-aghveran-armenia

4. Beyond Borders: Mutual Imaginings of Europe & the Middle East (800-1700)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2016
BARNARD HALL
CONFERENCE
The 25th biennial conference of the Barnard Medieval & Renaissance Studies Program brings together scholars whose work challenges the stark border between Europe and the Middle East during the long period between 800-1700. Rather than thinking of these areas in isolation, this interdisciplinary conference reveals the depth of their mutual influence, exploring how trade, war, migration, and the exchange of ideas connected East and West during their formative periods. Distant worlds were not only objects of aggression, but also, inextricably, of fantasy and longing, as Jewish, Muslim, and Christian thinkers looked to each other to understand their own cultural histories and to imagine their futures. Plenary speakers are Nabil Matar of the University of Minnesota and Nancy Bisaha of Vassar College.

For further information and to register, see

https://medren.barnard.edu/

5. 2015 – 2016 AKPIA Lecture Series, A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture

The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University presents

Thursday, November 3

“Sensing the City: Public Spaces and Urban Experience in Safavid Isfahan”

Farshid Emami, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University

Lectures are free and open to the public. They are held Thursdays, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., at the Arthur M. Sackler Building, Room 318, Harvard University, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138.

For further information, call 617-495-2355, email agakhan@fas.harvard.edu or visit: http://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k69205&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup104234

6. Fellowships – ACOR 2017-2018

See https://networks.h-net.org/node/7636/discussions/148357/fellowships-acor-2017-2018

7. Exhibition & Symposium – Freer|Sackler: The Art of the Qur’an

In recognition of one of the world’s extraordinary collections of Qur’ans, the Freer and Sackler is hosting a landmark exhibition, the first of its kind in the United States. Some fifty of the most sumptuous manuscripts from Herat to Istanbul is featured in The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, opening this weekend on October 22. Celebrated for their superb calligraphy and lavish illumination, these manuscripts—which range in date from the early eighth to the seventeenth century—are critical to the history of the arts of the book. They were once the prized possessions of Ottoman sultans and the ruling elite, who donated their Qur’ans to various institutions to express their personal piety and secure political power. Each manuscript tells a unique story, which will be explored in this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition.

In conjunction with The Art of the Qur’an exhibition, Freer and Sackler is organizing a symposium, The Word Illuminated: Form and Function of Qur’anic Manuscripts, on December 1, 2 and 3, 2016 in Washington, DC.

The symposium focuses on luxury copies of the Qur’an made between the eighth and the seventeenth centuries from Herat to Istanbul and investigates their materiality, from the use of costly paper, special scripts, intricate illumination, to finely tooled bindings. These characteristics lend the Qur’ans their unique visual characteristics and set them apart from other copies. The speakers will examine the volumes in their historical, cultural, and artistic contexts and discuss their use as potent symbols of piety, political, and religious authority. As Qur’ans changed ownership, they also acquired a complex and layered after-life, which has further enriched their identity well into the present.

For the symposium program, abstracts and speaker bios, please visit: http://www.asia.si.edu/research/symposia/art-of-the-quran/default.php

For more information on the exhibition, please visit: http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/art-of-the-quran/default.php

For related programs, please visit: http://www.asia.si.edu/events/allevents.asp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Dseries%26seriesid%3D1327296

8. Conference – Khurasan from Early Islam to the Mongols and beyond (Stuttgart, 3-4 Nov.)

Heartland of Islamic Art and Culture: Khurasan from Early Islam to the Mongols and beyond

International Conference, Linden-Museum Stuttgart, 03.-04. November 2016

https://networks.h-net.org/node/7636/discussions/148960/conference-khurasan-early-islam-mongols-and-beyond-stuttgart-3-4

9. Job: Reader/Senior University Lecturer in Classical Arabic
Studies, University of Cambridge.

http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/10938/

10. ‘The Qur’an: Text, Society And Culture’ Conference
Thursday 10 – Saturday 12 November 2016
SOAS, University of London

Convenors: Prof. M.A.S. Abdel Haleem and Dr Helen Blatherwick

Thursday 10 November
(Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS main building)

If you would like further information on the conference series, please visit the conference website at https://www.soas.ac.uk/quran-2016/. This will be updated on an ongoing basis.

For general enquiries, please contact the conference administrator at quran.conference@soas.ac.uk. For academic enquiries only contact Helen Blatherwick at hb20@soas.ac.uk.

Venue: Khalili Gallery (Thurs) and Brunei Lecture Theatre (Fri and Sat), SOAS, University of London, Russell Square, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG

No registration is required for this conference and all are welcome to attend.

11. 8^ème Conférences d’études iraniennes Ehsan et Latifeh Yarshater

7, 9, 10, 14 et 16 novembre 2016
Organisées par Mondes iranien et indien

Lieu : Collège de France, 11, place Marcelin-Berthelot, 75005 Paris

http://www.iran-inde.cnrs.fr/evenements-scientifiques/colloques-et-conferences/8eme-conferences-d-etudes-iraniennes-ehsan-et-latifeh-yarshater.html?lang=fr

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October 21, 2016
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1.Studentships to be awarded for a Masters by Research Degree Programme in Islamic and West Asian Studies

Applications are invited for six studentships to be awarded for a Masters by Research Programme in Islamic and West Asian Studies. These studentships are attached to a newly-established Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS) at Royal Holloway, University of London, which is located within the Department of Politics and International Relations. Royal Holloway, University of London is based in Egham, Surrey in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.

Closing date: Wednesday 26 October 2016

Full details at:

https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=0916-307

2. Call for Papers: BRISMES 2017 Movement and Migration in the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux

In collaboration with Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies invites proposals for its 2017 Annual Conference on the theme of ‘Movement and Migration in the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux’.

http://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/cfp2017

3. Crown Center for Middle East Studies
<https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3l8u/07bopb/0z9oye>

JUNIOR SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIP <https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3l8u/07bopb/gsapye>

The Crown Center for Middle East Studies is offering one-year
fellowships to outstanding scholars of Middle East politics, economics,
history, religion, or social developments for the 2017-2018 academic
year. This fellowship can be either a post-doctoral position for new
PhDs or a research fellowship for assistant professors during a year off
from teaching. It would allow junior scholars the flexibility and means
to advance a specific research project related to the contemporary
Middle East.

About the Crown Center
The Crown Center’s research interests encompass the twenty-two members
of the Arab League, stretching from Morocco to Iraq, as well as Israel,
Turkey, and Iran. The Center’s research focus extends well beyond
Arab-Israeli tensions to include Middle East politics and history,
Islamic studies, economic and social developments, and regional security
and arms control.

The Center’s research staff reflects its broad geopolitical focus.
During its ten years of operation, experienced researchers with
high-level expertise about Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Turkey, Iraq, Iran,
GCC and Saudi Arabia have conducted research for the Center. In addition
to hosting conferences, seminars, and workshops, the Center has created
tools for “real-time” distribution of analyses regarding current
developments and events in the Middle East with its “Middle East Brief.”
The Center also publishes a Working Paper series to promote young
scholars’ opportunities to publish in peer-reviewed journals.
Additionally, the Center’s faculty teaches undergraduate- and
graduate-level courses at Brandeis University.

Eligibility
The 2017-2018 Junior Research Fellowship is open to both recent PhDs (as
a post-doctoral position) and assistant professors in Middle East
related fields. PhD must be completed by September 1, 2017.

Terms
This fellowship is a one-year appointment beginning September 1, 2017
and ending June 30, 2018. The stipend for these 10 months will be
$48,000. In addition, $3,000 in funding is available for research,
travel, and related expenses. Fringe benefits will be available during
the appointment period.

Fellows are expected to be in residence at the Crown Center during the
tenure of the fellowship. During their residence, fellows are required
to write a Middle East Brief and participate in all Crown Center
seminars, conferences and other events, and may produce a Working Paper
related to his/her research project.

Deadline
October 31, 2016 – Apply Here
<https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3l8u/07bopb/wkbpye>!

Notification
January 31, 2017

For further information regarding the position and the Center, please
visit the Crown Center website
<https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3l8u/07bopb/cdcpye>.

4. The Druze Heritage Foundation

Announcement of Research Awards

The Druze Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce a Research Award Program offering a number of graduate research awards to doctoral students in selected universities who are writing or planning to write their dissertations on topics relating to the history, culture and society of the Druze or other religious communities of Fatimid provenance. The awards are meant to encourage research in these areas by providing financial support (up to $10,000) to students as they seek to fund their research needs or travel. Awards will be allocated by the Foundation’s Academic Advisory Committee upon the recommendation of the applicant’s dissertation adviser.

Applications may be received at any time and should include the following documents:

Cover letter by the applicant
Applicant’s CV
Graduate academic transcript
Dissertation outline
Letter of recommendation by the dissertation adviser

The Foundation expects to receive a copy of the dissertation subsequent to the granting of degree. The Foundation may later consider publishing the dissertation if this is mutually agreed by it and the author.

The Druze Heritage Foundation is a trusteeship registered in the United Kingdom whose principal function is to promote the scholarly study of the Druze, their history, society and culture and related topics. The Foundation has thus far published over 25 titles in the last several years, in both English and Arabic. (The books may be consulted in our website www.druzeheritage.org). The Foundation has also organized and funded two scholarly conferences in Oxford, U.K., in collaboration with the Middle East Centre, Saint Anthony’s College, Oxford University.
Award applications should be emailed to druzeheritage@hotmail.com

Contact Email:

r_ghusayni@hotmail.com

URL:

http://www.druzeheritage.org

5. The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is currently accepting applications for the 2017-2018 Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources. The deadline for submission of application materials is 5:00 pm Eastern time, Friday, December 2, 2016.

The purposes of this fellowship program are to:

help junior scholars in the humanities and related social science fields gain skill and creativity in developing knowledge from original sources;
enable dissertation writers to do research wherever relevant sources may be, rather than just where financial support is available;
encourage more extensive and innovative uses of original sources in libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and related repositories in the U.S. and abroad; and
provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed for access most helpfully in the future.

The program will be offering about fifteen competitively awarded fellowships in 2017. Each provides a stipend of $2,000 per month for 9–12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $1,000 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting an acceptable report to CLIR on the research experience. Thus the maximum award will be $25,000.

Fellowship stipends will support research beginning between June 1 and September 1, 2017, and ending within 12 months of commencing. Fellowships will not be renewed or extended. Fellows are expected to devote full time to their dissertation research without holding teaching or research assistantships or undertaking other paid work. Fellows may use stipends to meet living expenses, travel costs, and other expenses that enable dissertation research to be carried out, but not to defray tuition.

Applicants do not have to be U.S. citizens, but must be enrolled in a doctoral program in a graduate school in the United States. Please visit CLIR’s website for additional information and a link to the online application.

Contact Info:

Council on Library and Information Resources
1707 L Street, NW, Suite 650
Washington, DC 20036

Contact Email:

mellon@clir.org

6. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Berlin are inviting applications for another workshop in the series Scriptorium: Workshops on the study of Oriental manuscripts

Turkish Manuscript Studies: An Introduction

The workshop will be conducted by:

Prof. Dr. Claudia Römer (Universität Wien, Institut für Orientalistik):

(Ottoman Manuscript Tradition)

Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Baldauf (Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften):

(Turkish Manuscripts from Central Asia)

Complementary lectures are given by other scholars.

Venue: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Potsdamer Straße 33

Date: 27 March – 1 April 2017

Further information and conditions:

http://blog.sbb.berlin/turkish-manuscript-studies-an-introduction/

7. International Conference: “The Religious and Ethnic Future of Europe”, Åbo Akademi University, Turku/Åbo, Finland, 12-13 June 2017

This expert symposium will gather internationally leading experts to discuss the cultural, ethnic and religious aspects of this ongoing demographic shift.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2016. Information: http://www.abo.fi/refe/

8. International Conference: “Religious Dynamics in Contemporary Egypt”, Cairo, 3-5 September 2017

By applying a resolutely multidisciplinary approach, we intend to look at the full complexity of the role and impact of the religious in the life of Egyptians, whether in its political dimension or in its social and cultural organisation.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2016. Information: www.academia.edu/28799095/Call_for_papers_RELIGIOUS_DYNAMICS_IN_CONTEMPORARY_EGYPT

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October 17, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items

1. Faculty position: Modern Arabic Literature and Literary Theory

The Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages at the American University of Beirut seeks applicants for a faculty position in the field of modern Arabic literature and literary theory to begin August 15, 2017.

The position is at the assistant professor level. The Appointment is for an initial period of four years with opportunities for renewal and advancement. The usual teaching load is not more than 5 course a year. The language of instruction in this department (and only in this department) is Standard Arabic (fuṣḥā), but mastery of English is an essential requirement.

Applicants should be well versed in both Arab and Western classical heritages, including Western literary theory. A reading knowledge of French and/or German is highly desirable.

Applicants must have completed their PhD by August 2017. They must be able to teach, in Arabic, service courses in Arabic grammar and modern Arabic thought to native speakers of Arabic. Solid knowledge of the Arabic language and heritage and training in modern Western methodologies are essential.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, a CV, and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to:

Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Dean
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
American University of Beirut
c/o 3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10017-2303, USA

Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Dean
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
American University of Beirut
P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El-Solh
Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon

Electronic submissions are highly encouraged and may be sent to:as_dean@aub.edu.lb

For best consideration, please submit all required credentials by the early deadline of October 31, 2016. Visiting scholars will be considered.

2. New book:

Pedersen, Claus V.The Rise of the Persian Novel

From the Constitutional Revolution to Rezâ Shâh. 1910-1927 is out:

http://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/category_328.ahtml?NKLN=86_B

3. Call for Papers

Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture

ISSN: 2333-5904 (Print) 2333-5912 (Online)

Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture is a peer reviewed international scholarly journal. The journal is dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of Islam and of the Islamic world. Particular attention is paid to works dealing with history, geography, political science, economics, anthropology, sociology, law, literature, religion, philosophy, international relations, environmental and developmental issues, as well as ethical questions related to scientific research. The journal is committed to the publication of original research on Islam as culture and civilization. It particularly welcomes work of an interdisciplinary nature that brings together history, religion, politics, culture and law. The Journal has a special focus on Islam in Africa, and on contemporary Islamic Thought. Contributions that display theoretical rigor especially work that link the particularities of Islamic discourse to the enterprise of knowledge and critique in the humanities and social sciences, will find Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture to be receptive to such submissions.

The journal is published by the American Research Institute for Policy Development that serves as a focal point for academicians, professionals, graduate and undergraduate students, fellows, and associates pursuing research throughout the world.

The interested contributors are highly encouraged to submit their manuscripts/papers to the executive editor via e-mail at editor@aripd.org. Please indicate the name of the journal (Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture) in the cover letter or simply put ‘Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture’ in the subject box during submission via e-mail.

The journal is Abstracted/Indexed in CrossRef, CrossCheck, Cabell’s, Ulrich’s, Griffith Research Online, Google Scholar, Education.edu, Informatics, Universe Digital Library, Standard Periodical Directory, Gale, Open J-Gate, EBSCO, Journal Seek, DRJI, ProQuest, BASE, InfoBase Index, OCLC, IBSS, Academic Journal Databases, Scientific Index.

E-Publication First^TM

E-Publication First^TM is a feature offered through our journal platform. It allows PDF version of manuscripts that have been peer reviewed and accepted, to be hosted online prior to their inclusion in a final printed journal. Readers can freely access or cite the article. The accepted papers are published online within one week after the completion of all necessary publishing steps.

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Each paper published in Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture is assigned a DOI^® number, which appears beneath the author’s affiliation in the published paper.

JISC is inviting papers for Vol. 4, No. 2. The online publication date is December 31, 2016. Submission Deadline: October 31, 2016.

For any additional information, please contact with the executive editor at editor@aripd.org

4. Two 2-year Post-Doctoral Religious Studies Research Fellowships in the Project “Striking from the Margins: Religion, State and Disintegration in the Middle East”, Central European University, Budapest

The fellowships will be offered to young researchers who wish to conduct original research and who have already extensive experience with and in the region. Eligible applicants should have held a doctoral degree for a period of less than five years.

Deadline for application: 1 November 2016. Information: https://hro.ceu.edu/vacancies/two-2-year-post-doctoral-research-fellowship-positions; contact Esther Holbrook, Coordinator (HolbrookE@ceu.edu)

5. National University of Singapore:

a) Tenured Associate or Full Professorship in the Political Economy of the Middle East, National University of Singapore
Advanced Assistant Professors are also welcome to apply. Expertise in the relations between business and politics, and their ramifications in the wider society, is especially welcome.

Deadline for application: 30 November 2016. Information: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/index.php/web/new-job-opening_tmpl/tenured-associate-or-full-professor-in-the-political-economy-of-the-middle

b) Tenured Associate or Full Professorship in Legal Pluralism and the Middle East, National University of Singapore
Our interest is in appointing a scholar whose work focuses on the interaction between different legal systems, traditions or norms, whether in 1) colonial, national, customary, guild, tribal non-state, sub-state and state contexts; or 2) supra-state or global ones such as Islamic law and global finance etc. would be a distinct advantage.

Deadline for application: 30 November 2016. Information: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/index.php/web/new-job-opening_tmpl/tenured-associate-or-full-professor-in-legal-pluralism-and-the-middle-east

c) Professorship in Middle East-Asia Studies at any rank, National University of Singapore
We are interested in scholars whose work connects the Middle East with any other part of Asia, in any field or discipline (e.g., history, geography, anthropology, literature, sociology, economics, religion). Knowledge of two or more countries, regions or languages in the Middle East and Asia would be a distinct advantage.

Deadline for application: 30 November 2016. Information: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/index.php/web/new-job-opening_tmpl/open-rank-up-to-tenured-full-professor-in-middle-east-asia-studies

6. Papers for Special Issue: “Theory and Practice: How Islam Alters the Modern World”, Journal of Political Theory and Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies

Whether or not cultures can coexist, the cause(s) of terrorism, whether religio-national identity can change and adapt, are key questions that this issue will analyze. The scope looks at the interactions between different types of peoples (as a product of migration) through a theoretical lens.

Deadline for submissions: 10 February 2017. Information: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2016/09/28/call-for-papers-special-issue-theory-and-practice-how-islam-alters-the-modern-world

7. Papers for Special Issue on: “Installing Islamic Art: Interior Space and Temporal Imagination” for International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA)

Papers are invited that explore the history, culture and politics of the interior space in the field of Islamic art and architecture from the eighteenth century to the present, as well as to those that extend discussion into the future.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/7636/discussions/143810/cfp-installing-islamic-art-interior-space-and-temporal-imagination

8. ARIT Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Turkey, 2017–2018

The fields of study cover all periods of history in the general range of the humanities and include humanistically oriented aspects of the social sciences, prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics, as well as interdisciplinary aspects of cultural history.

Information: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/NEHFellowships.html

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9. BIPS Mailing List

10. CALL FOR PAPERS | SYMPOSIA IRANICA

THIRD BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON IRANIAN STUDIES

Hosted by the University of Cambridge at Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK, 11-12 April 2017

***Deadline: 2 December 2016***

We welcome proposals that engage with any aspect of Iranian studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences. These include but are not limited to prehistory through to contemporary history; historiography; art and architecture history; anthropology; archaeology; cultural heritage; film studies; music; new media and communication studies; the performing arts; poetry and literature; languages and linguistics; Diaspora studies; international relations and political science; social and political theory; law and legal studies; economics; sociology; philosophy; religions and theology. Comparative themes and interdisciplinary approaches are also very welcome.

SUBMISSIONS

Proposals are open to postgraduate students and early career post-doctoral researchers from any disciplinary background:

Postgraduate students (MA, MPhil, MSt, etc. who are currently enrolled or graduated in 2016);
PhD students/candidates at any stage of their degree; and
post-docs subject to graduation within the last three years (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016).

Persons falling into any of these categories are eligible to submit proposals for an individual paper or pre-arranged panel. PDF forms can be downloaded from the website.

The language of the conference is English. All submissions will undergo double-blind peer review.

ABOUT US

Symposia Iranica is Iranian studies’ leading forum for early career scholars. A dedicated, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed platform open to emerging scholars working on any aspect of Iranian or Persian Studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences, our two previous conferences were hosted by the University of St Andrews at St Mary’s College in 2013 and the University of Cambridge at Downing College in 2015.

The full call for papers is on our website: symposia-iranica.com

Regular updates will be posted to our Facebook page: facebook.com/SymposiaIranica

SPONSORS

We gratefully acknowledge the continued support of principal sponsors the British Institute of Persian Studies and the Soudavar Memorial Foundation, and of Pembroke College, Cambridge, the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and the Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies at the University of Cambridge, and The Islamic Manuscript Association.

11. Old Dominion University – Islamic World – Assistant Professor of History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53795

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October 11, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items

1.Call for Papers, 2^nd workshop

RECOVERING ‘LOST VOICES’:

THE ROLE AND DEPICTION OF IRANIAN/PERSIANATE SUBALTERNS FROM THE 13TH CENTURY TO THE MODERN PERIOD

A multi-year research project funded by the British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS).

The second of four workshops – on subalterns across the entire Persianate world in the Safavid and Afsharid periods – will be held at the University of Edinburgh, UK, on 19-21 May, 2017.

Shii News – Academic Items

1.The Department of Comparative Literature and Middle East/South Asia Studies Program at the University of California, Davis invite applications for the Bita Daryabari Presidential Chair in Persian Language and Literature at the Associate or Full Professor level, effective 7/1/2017.

For full consideration, complete applications should be received no later than November 1, 2016.

For more information and to apply, see

https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF01059

2. CNRS: Mondes iranien et indien

Atelier

Vendredi 7 octobre, 9h-12h, salle 3.15

INaLCO, 65, rue des Grands Moulins PARIS

« Etymologie et emprunts dans l’histoire des langues iraniennes »

Interventions de

Agnes Korn : « Noms de parenté en baloutchi : une famille recomposée »

Thomas Jügel : « Calquing the Iranian verbal system: the case of Neo-Aramaic »

Sebastian Heine : « Influence of other languages on Kurdish »

Johnny Cheung : « Shedding light on the history of the speakers of Kurdish »

Matteo De Chiara : « Recherches sur la lexicologie et la lexicographie du pashto »

3. Open Access Journal

Mizan, Journal for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations

A Bi-Annual, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access Journal of Islamic Studies Border Graphic

E-ISSN 2472-5919

http://www.mizanproject.org/journal/

4. Ebooks from the American Numismatic Society,

http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/results?q=genre_facet:%22e-books%22

5. Séminaire ‘Sociétés, politiques et cultures
du monde iranien’

Séance du 6 octobre 2016, 17h-18h30

Sebastian Heine, Bonn University

« Pashto Influence on the other Indo-Iranian languages in Afghanistan »

Persian and Pashto are the most important Iranian Language in Afghanistan, and also the two official languages of the country. While the deep impact of Persian Loans on the rest of the Iranian Group is evident, from a phonological, lexical as well as from a morphological point of view, until now lesser attention has been paid to the role of Pashto as a contact language with the remaining of the Indo-Iranian languages, i.e. languages belonging to the three subgroups of the Iranian languages, Indo-Aryan languages and Nuristani languages.
On the basis of some selected examples, Pashto influence on several dialect groups (Ormuri, Parachi, Yidgha-Munji, Pashai, Nuristani) will be explained.

Lieu : INaLCO, 65 rue des Grands Moulins, salle 3.03 (3e étage), 75013, Paris.

Organisateurs :
Matteo De Chiara (INaLCO), Denis Hermann (CNRS), Fabrizio Speziale (Paris 3 – CNRS), Julien Thorez (CNRS).

6. The Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (ISMC) and Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC) will be holding an academic conference entitled, Media in Muslim Contexts: Inventing and Reinventing Identities, at its London campus (210 Euston Road, NW1 2DA) on Nov 3-4, 2016.

There is no registration fee but places are limited.

https://www.aku.edu/ismc/research/activities/Pages/Media-in-Muslim-Contexts.aspx

7. The Margaret B. Ševčenko Prize in Islamic Visual Culture

Submission deadline: November 15, 2016
The Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA) is pleased to invite submissions for the 2017 Margaret B. Ševčenko Prize for the best unpublished article written by a junior scholar (pre-dissertation to three years after the Ph.D. degree) on any aspect of Islamic visual culture. Awarded annually by HIAA, this prize is named in memory of Margaret Bentley Ševčenko, the first and long‐serving Managing Editor of Muqarnas, a journal devoted to the visual culture of the Islamic world and sponsored by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard and at MIT.
The competition is open to HIAA members only. As well as receiving an award of $500, the recipient of the prize will be announced at HIAA’s annual business meeting. The winning essay will also be considered for publication by the Muqarnas Editorial Board.
Submission must include the paper in both Word and PDF format, and a separate sheet with the author’s contact information (address, telephone number, and email address). A letter of recommendation for the paper should be sent separately by the author’s adviser or referee.
All materials should be submitted by email to urustem@jhu.edu by November 15, 2016.

8. Fashioned from Holy Matter.
A cross-cultural workshop on the semantics of image-making

Call for Papers
Deadline: 30 November 2016

Florence, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut
6–7 July 2017

This workshop draws attention to a particular type of image, which has not been studied yet as a group: images that were made of or shaped from holy matter, such as earth, stone, blood, sweat or wood. These materials might have been used as a support for painting, colour itself, as a modelling substance or as building material. The image-relic relationship—in particular, the insertion of relics into images/icons or reliquaries—and the miraculous properties of images in general have been the subject of sustained scholarly interest. In addition, the material properties of images and materiality, more broadly, are now major areas of study in both art history and a number of related disciplines. Yet little work has been devoted to the creative use of matter already perceived as holy or, vice versa, the later attribution of holiness to the substance of images.

The workshop seeks to explore from a cross-cultural and interreligious perspective how holy material becomes semantically charged and/or redefined through the process of artistic creation. How is meaning attained through the interaction between holy substance and image and how is the value of the holy matter communicated to various audiences (through inscriptions or legends for instance)? Does the image authenticate its holiness and, if so, what visual strategies were used? How might written descriptions or representations of images also make this holy presence known? A related objective of the workshop will be to analyse the implications of meaning: how does it contribute to the function, use and activation of such images—in both sanctioned and unofficial devotional and ritual practices—, which might be informed by possible transcultural and transhistorical dynamics. Further, how might the meanings ascribed to fashioned matter express apotropaic, pharmacological or other concerns?

Papers from all fields, from earliest to contemporary times, are welcome.
Please send proposals of max. 500 words and a short Curriculum vitae by 30 November 2016 to the organisers:

hoffmann@khi.fi.it and jessica.richardson@khi.fi.it

9. Conference: “Envisioning a Post-Crisis Regional Order in the Sharq Region – Sykes Picot 100 Years”, Istanbul, 8-9 October 2016

Registration and Program: http://sharqforum.org/events/envisioning-a-post-crisis-regional-order-in-the-sharq-region/

10. Colloque annuel du Cercle des Chercheurs sur le Moyen Orient (CCMO) : « Complots, mukhabarats, conspirationnisme : le Moyen-Orient du secret », Hôtel de Ville de Paris, 26 octobre 2016

Inscription obligatoire à inscriptions.ccmo@gmail.com. Information: https://cerclechercheursmoyenorient.wordpress.com/

11. International Conference: “Religion: Bridging Gaps and Breaking Paths – Contemporary Approaches towards Discourses of Religion and Knowledge Production in Transdisciplinary Perspective”, Berlin, 2-4 February 2017

This conference is hosted by the Doctoral Program “Religion – Knowledge – Discourse” of the Humboldt-University.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2017. Information: http://www.rwd.hu-berlin.de/de/aktuelles/cfp-conference

12. Tenure-track Position in Sociology, American University in Cairo

The position is beginning in the fall of 2017. Candidates with a PhD in sociology and any area of expertise are welcome to apply, while a focus on the Middle East and/or community development would be an asset.

Deadline for application: 10 November 2016. Information: http://www.aucegypt.edu/faculty/services/faculty-vacancies

13. Arabic Language Teaching & Learning in UK Higher Education

Tuesday 28^th March 2017

Call for Papers

The purpose of the conference is to bring together academics and language teachers working in UK Universities to discuss the nature and challenges presently faced in the field. This is in the context of a recent rapid growth of demand for Arabic language learning, in particular across University Wide Language Programmes. There are now (2016) almost 60 UK Universities teaching Arabic language, including 12 who offer degree programmes (single or joint honours, undergraduate or postgraduate) in Arabic Studies. The Conference intends to:

Provide a forum for all teachers of Arabic in Higher Education in the UK to come together, and to act as a catalyst for collaboration across all institutions
To support the closer integration of the teaching & learning of Arabic with the teaching & learning of other languages in UKHE
To provide a forum for development of collaborative ideas amongst participants, leading to collaborative projects through external funding

The conference will include two external keynote speakers, and will close with a panel discussion. There will also be parallel sessions to receive presentations on topics of principal interest, a small exhibition and a space for posters. The focus will be towards Arabic teaching and learning in UK universities, submissions from outside the UK will be accepted. We now invite abstract submissions and/or posters that relate to the following sub-themes:

Pedagogical Approaches to Arabic Diglossia and Language Variation: This may include research findings, presentations on the integrated approach and the questions of MSA versus Dialect.
Arabic Language Resources, Technology and Innovation: This would allow discussions on textbooks and technology T&L resources.
Approaches to Assessment and Proficiency Level Bench-marking: This can include discussions on proficiency scales for Arabic language, assessment of the different language skills and the different Arabic varieties and the use of innovative approaches to assessment.
Arabic Students and Teachers Aspirations: This can include learning motivations as well as opportunities for teacher training and professional development.

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

Zeinab A. Taha, American University in Cairo

Munther A. Younes, Cornell University

Abstract Submission

Papers are allotted thirty-minute slots followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Please submit your abstract (In English, 250 words maximum) to ArabicConference@leeds.ac.uk, by 9^th December 2016. A scientific committee will review the abstracts and acceptance will be confirmed by 13^th January 2017.

Key Dates:

Abstract submission deadline: 9^th December 2016
Notification of acceptance: 13^th January 2017
Registration opens: 16^th January 2017.
Registration deadline: 13^th March 2017.

For more information, please contact ArabicConference@leeds.ac.uk

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Shii News – Academic Items

1.Ottoman Monuments and Persian Poetry: A Case from Istanbul in the 1540s

Lecture by Dr Tim Stanley

London, 5 Octobver, 2016, 6.30 pm

For further information, and ticket details, see

http://www.iranheritage.org/05Oct16/default.htm

2. Washington University in St. Louis – Postdoctoral Fellow in Islamic

Art or Art of the Ancient Americas

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53566

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities – Two Tenure-Track Assistant
Professor positions, specializing in 1) Qur’anic Studies and 2) Muslims in America
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53591

University of Southern California – Assistant Professor, Islamic Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53539

Washington University in St. Louis – Postdoctoral Fellow in Islamic Art or Art of the Ancient Americas
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53566

Yale University – Henry Chauncey Jr. ’57 Postdoctoral Associate
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53582

Assistant Professor in Medieval Mediterranean/Islamic Art History, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Research focus in Islamic art. Creative cultural interactions between global Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern Studies and contemporary issues encouraged.
Review of applications will begin 1 January 2017. Information: ggorse@pomona.edu

Assistant Professor of Arabic, Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina
The position is to begin fall 2017. A Ph.D. in Arabic is required.
Deadline for application: 21 October 2016. Information: www.wofford.edu/modernlanguages/arabicSearch/

3. Trading Communities Conference: 2 – 4 October 2016

Merchants and trading communities in early Islam (800 – 1000)

St Andrews, 2-4 October, 2016-09-22

http://tradingcommunitiesconference.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/

4. Borders, Itineraries on the Edges of Iran

a cura di Stefano Pellò
Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia 2016
pello@unive.it

Open Access, at:

http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni/libri/978-88-6969-101-0/

5. The School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENAS) at the University of Arizona invites applications for a tenure-track position in Persian and Iranian Studies at the Assistant Professor level, to begin in the fall semester 2017.

For a full copy of the job ad as posted on the University of Arizona Human Resources website and application form, please see: https://uacareers.com/postings/13768

6. International Conference: “Heidegger in the Islamicate World”, University of Bern, 2-4 November 2016

This conference explores various aspects of the reception of Heidegger in the Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish intellectual context. The contributions of established scholars and junior researchers introduce and discuss approaches to Heidegger’s philosophy that operationalize, recontextualize, or review it critically in the light of Islamic and Islamicate traditions.

Information: www.islam.unibe.ch or: HeideggerConferenceBern@gmail.com

7. 8th Annual Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, 1-4 August 2017

Scholars are invited to apply to direct a workshop focusing on political, economic, security or social issues of the Gulf region. Any proposals dedicated to the study of the Gulf region within the context of the social sciences are welcome.

Deadline for proposals: 10 October 2016. Information: http://grm.grc.net/upload2016/Poster.pdf

8. 50-60 Max Weber Post-doctoral Fellowships & up to 20 Jean Monnet Fellowships at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy

We offer 50-60 fully funded 1 and 2 year postdoctoral fellowships to applicants in the fields of economics, history, law and social and political sciences. The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies offers Fellowships for the academic year 2017/18 for scholars who have obtained their doctorate more than 5 years prior to the start of the fellowship.

Deadline for application: 25 October 2016. Information on the Max Weber Program at www.eui.eu/ProgrammesAndFellowships/MaxWeberProgramme/ApplytotheMWP/Why-Apply-Index.aspx and on the Jean Monnet Postdoctoral Fellowships at www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/Fellowships/JeanMonnetFellowships/Index.aspx

9. 2 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships 2017-18: “Muslim Converts and the Formation of Islamic Civilization”, University of Haifa

Preference will be given to candidates who are well immersed in Islamic history and
proficient in at least two Near Eastern languages, especially, but not exclusively, Arabic, Classical Armenian, Classical Greek, Hebrew, Middle Persian, and Syriac.

Deadline for application: 1 February 2017. Information: http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=1da2af8942&e=82aeb6c61d

10. Mary Fox Whittlesey Visiting Professorship in Sociology, American University of Beirut

Position with specific emphasis on the Arab world, to begin 15 August 2017.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until 15 November 2016. Information:
www.aub.edu.lb/fas/fas_home/academic-employment/Pages/academic_positions.aspx#10

11. Call for Papers

Ottoman and Turkish Studies Seminar, Columbia University

“Visual Sources in Late Ottoman History”

Date: April 20, 2017; 10:00am-6:00pm

Organizers: Zeynep Celik (zc2162@columbia.edu) and Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular (la2142@columbia.edu), Seminar co-chairs

This conference aims to examine and problematize the use of visual sources of late Ottoman history in an interdisciplinary context. As images become more and more accessible, they are integrated in myriad ways into writing history–political, cultural, social, environmental, urban, art, architectural, and even economic. If they constitute primary documents for art and architectural historians, they enhance textual primary documents in other areas by giving them visual representation. However, the dialogue between disciplines provokes serious methodological issues, ranging from excessive interpretation based solely on a single visual document (typically in art history) to the reduction of images as light distraction (as observed in social and political history).

The goal of our conference is to identify and discuss key methodological issues in the use of visual documents in an interdisciplinary manner, drawing from new research. The themes we hope to discuss include:

How to combine visual and textual materials to re-construct buildings and urban forms which no longer exist or which are severely transformed?
Social and political history’s use of photographic data. What are the precautions that need to be taken?
How does the authorship of visual documents affect the messages they convey? Who are the authors? What was the original purpose? What are the ways to read them against the grain?
How to illustrate a historic event with a small number of photographs and convey an argument? How can the problem of flattening be avoided?
How does visual material allow for readings that are not textually explicit? How can they be interpreted to do that?
Use of maps and plans? New technologies?

PdD students and emerging scholars are invited to submit 300-word abstracts and short CVs. Transportation, accommodation, and meals will be provided. The deadline for applications is November 15, 2016. Please send the abstracts and CVs to the seminar rapporteur, Zeinab Alsadat Azarbedegan (zaa2117@columbia.edu)

12. Position in modern Arabic literature: The Department of Arabic and Translation Studies in the American University of Sharjah (AUS) invites applications for a faculty position in Arabic Studies at the rank of Assistant or Associate professor to begin in the Fall 2017. A Ph.D. in Arabic studies is required, with a focus on a genre of or regional focus in modern Arabic literature, preferably the Arabic literature of the Gulf or women’s literature or both. The willingness and ability to teach entry-level Arabic heritage classes is essential. Successful applicants will have native or near-native proficiency in Arabic and English. The language of instruction at AUS is English, however, candidates able to teach courses in both Arabic and English are preferred. Strong scholarly record/potential and relevant teaching experience are expected.

AUS is located in the emirate of Sharjah, adjacent to Dubai, UAE. Founded in 1997 by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qassimi, AUS is an independent, not-for-profit coeducational university in the Gulf, serving some 6,000 students of more than 90 nationalities. The American University of Sharjah (AUS) is accredited by the Commission of Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Applicants should have experience in and/or familiarity with the North American higher educational system, and experience in dealing with cultural and educational needs of a linguistically and culturally diverse student population. The ability to contribute to other courses offered by the Department will be a distinct advantage.

Interested applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement of research, a statement of teaching philosophy, and a list of at least three referees to: Dr. Mahmoud Anabtawi, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, e-mail: cashr@aus.edu

For full consideration, applications must be received by 24 October 2016.

For information about the American University of Sharjah (AUS), please visit:www.aus.edu

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September 26, 2016
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Shii News – Carnegie Grant for Shii Studies

School of Historical Studies Receives Grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Shii News – Academic Items

1.Call For Papers

The Stony Brook Linguistics First North American Conference in Iranian Linguistics (NACIL1) http://www.stonybrook.edu/nacil/

Stony Brook, NY

April 27-30, 2017.

Deadline for abstract submission: November 30, 2016 Decisions on submitted abstracts: February 10, 2017 Conference program posted online: April 20, 2017

*CONTACT:* nacil1@stonybrook.edu

*Call for Papers*

We warmly welcome abstracts on all topics related to Iranian languages and linguistics. Submissions are invited for 20-minute talks (plus 10 minutes for discussion) and/or posters (posters should measure approx. 3ft x 4ft or 90cm x 120cm) on any aspect of Iranian Linguistics.

Abstracts are invited from all areas of grammar (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics) and their interfaces. Abstracts on language acquisition, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, sociolinguistics and computational linguistics are also encouraged.

We strongly encourage contributions exploring approaches to language diversity and typological works (including but not limited to sign languages, under-represented languages and comparative studies).

To propose a paper/poster for presentation at *NACIL 1*, upload an abstract conforming to the guidelines below to the EasyAbs site:

http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/nacil

*Abstract guidelines*

In order to be eligible for consideration, abstracts should conform to the following requirements.

Abstracts, including references and data, must not exceed two A4

pages in length, have 2.5 cm (1 inch) margins on all sides, and be set in

Times New Roman with a font size no smaller than 11pt.

Examples, tables, graphs, etc. must be interspersed into the text of

the abstract, rather than collected at the end.

The submission must not reveal the identity of the author(s) in any

way.

Submissions are limited to two per author, with at most one paper

being single-authored.

Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format through EasyAbs by *Wednesday,

November 30, 2016, 11:59pm EST*.

2. The Classical World in Context: Persia (Villa)

2017/2018

The Getty Scholars Program at the Villa for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 terms will address the political, intellectual, religious, and artistic relations between Persia, Greece, and Rome from the ninth century BC to AD 651. The Greeks regarded Media in western Iran as one of the great kingdoms of the East, but it was the Persian Empire, forged by the Achaemenid Dynasty (sixth to fourth century BC), that became their principal adversary. Reaching from the borders of Greece to India, the Persian Empire was viewed by the Greeks as a vastly wealthy and powerful rival and often as an existential threat. When the Macedonian king Alexander the Great finally defeated the Persians in 331 BC, Greek culture spread throughout the Near East, but native dynasties—first the Parthian (247 BC–AD 224) and then the Sasanian (AD 224–651)—soon reestablished themselves.

The rise of the Roman Empire as a world power quickly brought it, too, into conflict with Persia, despite the common trade that flowed through their territories. The 2017/2018 scholar year is the first of two that will be devoted to this theme. Priority will be given to research projects that are cross-cultural and interdisciplinary, and that utilize a wide range of archaeological, textual, and other evidence.

http://www.getty.edu/research/scholars/years/future.html

3. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, 701 McClung Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996

Assistant Professor

The Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Tennessee is seeking applications for a tenure-track position in Arabic at the rank of assistant professor, to begin fall 2017. Ph.D. required (or ABD with promise of completion by August 2017), with native or near-native fluency in Arabic and English essential. Demonstrated research excellence or promise of research and teaching excellence is expected. Preference will be given to candidates who could teach one undergraduate course in French per year, along with three in Arabic. Specialization is open, but those with expertise in linguistics, pedagogy, classical Arabic, medieval studies, or global studies are especially encouraged to apply. Faculty from this and other departments are in the process of creating a new Middle East Studies interdisciplinary program offering an undergraduate major and minor beginning Fall 2017. Salary competitive. Review of applicants will begin November 1, 2016, and continue until the position is filled. The Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee is seeking candidates who have the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the diversity and intercultural goals of the University. Please send a cover letter, CV and transcripts to http://apply.interfolio.com/37597 In addition, applicants should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to the above site by the same deadline.

4. CfP:

Seminar on “Modern Iranian Literature: Struggles in Memory and Identity” at the annual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association with whoever might be interested.

Deadline for abstract submission is September 23. The 2017 Annual Meeting will take place at Utrecht University in Utrecht, the Netherlands July 6-9, 2017.

Description:

More than three decades after the revolution, issues of reading and revising public memories in Iran remain urgent, incomplete, and contentious. This panel seeks innovative papers that generally pertain to matters of national, ethnic, religious, or gender identity within the broad sphere of Iranian literature, both domestic and diasporic. The papers are expected to contribute to the ongoing scholarly debates about modern and contemporary literature of Iran, which can include, but is not limited to, modern and postmodern poetry, memoirs of wars, revolutions, and civil strives in the past century, and contemporary political fiction. Studies relevant to the crises of memory and identity during and after the revolution of 1979 and the rise of the Islamic Republic are particularly welcome.

More Info:

http://acla.org/modern-iranian-literature-struggles-memory-and-identity

5. Webinar in Islamic Material Culture
“Communication in Public and Domestic Spaces”
The Social Use of inscriptions and Epigraphy in the Islamic World

5 lectures – Thursday, 4-6 pm CEST – Starting October 27, 2016

Islamic Material Culture

The webinar is part of the ‘Webinar Initiative in Islamic Material Culture’ jointly organized by The Universität Bonn (Bethany Walker), the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (Andreas Kaplony), The Bard Graduate Center in New York (Abigail Balbale), and Universität Hamburg (Stefan Heidemann).

More information under

https://www.islamic-material-culture.uni-hamburg.de/en/current-webinar.html

6. Conference: “Islam and the Role of Intellect”, Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation, Seville, 28-29 September 2016

Detailed Program: http://www.tresculturas.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ICMES-DRAFT-22-8-16.pdf

7. 10 Fellowships for Experienced Researchers, Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt

The fellowships will be awarded to experienced researchers who are conducting advanced interdisciplinary research in cultural and social studies (especially in sociology, economics, religious studies, law, philosophy, history and theology) for the period 1 September 2017 – 31 August 2018 with the possibility of extension for another year. All experienced researchers regardless of seniority are invited to apply.

Deadline for application: 1 October 2016. Information: http://www.uni-erfurt.de/max-weber-kolleg/projekte/kooperative-projekte/mwk-fellows/call-application/

8. M.S. Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies, Ohio State University, Columbus

The preferred field of specialization of the Associate or Full Professor is pre-modern Arabic Islamic texts and traditions or classical Arabic language and literature. Areas of expertise may include Qur’an and tradition literature, pre-Islamic poetry, philosophy, Islamic theology, belles-lettres, and Arabic grammar and lexicography, among others.

Deadline for application: 1 November 2016. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7874

9. Open Rank Position with Specialty in Islam, Iowa State University, Ames

The position will begin 16 August 2017. The successful applicant will be expected to teach sections of an introductory World Religions course and/or Religion in America in addition to courses in his/her specialty.

Deadline for application: 24 October 2016. Information: http://www.iastatejobs.com/postings/21158

10. Four Research Internship Positions, Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), University of Peloponnese

The internships are on a voluntary basis for the 2016-2017 academic year. The interns will be supervised by senior associates and will be dealing with the study and analysis of ongoing events.

Deadline for application: 2 October 2016. Information: http://www.cemmis.edu.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=638%3Adokimoi-2016-2017&catid=71%3Aanakoinoseis&Itemid=67&lang=en

11. Grants for Doctoral Program in the History of 19th and 20th Century Middle East, Department of History, George Washington University

The program will start in the Fall of 2017. Candidates with interests in the history of the Ottoman and twentieth century Fertile Crescent are encouraged to apply. Successful candidates will receive a 5-year package consisting of full tuition, stipend etc.

Application deadline: 2 January 2017. Candidates should apply at https://history.columbian.gwu.edu/graduate-admissions

12. On behalf of the South Asian Muslim Studies Association (SAMSA) please find attached [not attached – contact the sender, below, for details – ed.] the Program of the SAMSA Third Pre-Conference to be held at the Concourse Hotel, Madison, Wisconsin as part of the 45th Annual Conference on South Asia hosted by the Center for South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. The Pre-Conference is scheduled for Thursday, October 20, 2016.

In the program on page 31 you will find the Call for Contributors to the first volume of the “SAMSA Collected Papers” series. We invite contributions in any area of South Asian Muslim studies in any of the countries of South Asia, in any discipline, and from a historical or a contemporary perspective.

Finally, on page 32 you will find a Call for Papers for the 4th SAMSA Pre-Conference we hope to host at Madison in 2017. In commemoration of the seventieth anniversary of independence we have titled the pre-conference “Postcolonial Scholarship at 70: Seven Decades of Research on South Asian Muslims 1947-2017”. Please contact us if you are interested in presenting your research at this pre-conference.

Please get in touch if you have any questions or comments.

Thank-you.

With regards,

Professor Roger D. Long, Ph.D, FRAS, FRHistS
Department of History and Philosophy
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Rlong@emich.edu
Rogerlong1@gmail.com
Phone: 734-484-4424; Cell 734-635-6038
Fax: 734-487-6835

13. I’m happy to inform you that my dissertation
Architektur Osmanischer Karawanseraien. Stationen des Fernverkehrs im Osmanischen Reich (Architecture of Ottoman Caravanserais. Stations for Long-Distance Traffic within the Ottoman Empire), Technische Universität Berlin, is available now as an Online Digital Resource. You can find the two volumes, and If interested download, here:

https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/5872

Robin Wimmel
Berlin / Germany
robbyn1@gmx.de

14. Call for Papers

Muslim cultures of the Indian Ocean

International Conference

The Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations

Aga Khan University, London

18-21 September 2018

Rationale:Over the past couple of decades, significant new research has been undertaken across East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent leading to fresh insights on a number of facets of Indian Ocean Cultures. Our objective is to study these multiple facets through the prism of one religion, Islam. How did one religion managed to unite different people from different area with different cultures? Since the Prophet, Islam was a mercantile religion par excellence and was favored through trade all over the Indian Ocean. As it was defined by Fernand Braudel for the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean became a “Muslim Mare Nostrum”.

This conference aims to understand the development of Muslim cities and states related to port areas as places of exchange, but also through time and competition as places of conflict. Understanding the relationship between ports, travel, economy and religion requires an in depth examination of archaeological remains and written sources, but also knowledge on existing populations. It’s striking to see that Islam until very recently was considered by some scholars as a kind of foreign and coercive influence, sometimes associated with a kind of proto-colonialism, especially in Africa. These observations and theories were done mainly by archaeologists and some historians ignoring all the data provided by the ethnography and social anthropology.

Instead of trying to divide cultures and people, the objective of this conference is to bring together experts of Muslim cultures around the Indian Ocean. We are not seeking nationalism, regionalism and differences but we are looking for diversity and cultural exchanges. We particularly intend to draw specialists from the following geographic areas: Africa, Arabia, Persia and India. These specialists will be from different backgrounds to stimulate debate amongst archaeologists, historians and anthropologists. In recognition of the multidisciplinary nature of the endeavour, the conference will include papers on history, material culture and social anthropology. Accordingly, the conference aims to bring together specialists as well as emerging scholars in the discipline to deliberate on issues related to culture as well as to elicit new approaches to its growing field of study.

This conference is convened to provide a platform for sharing the recent learnings on Indian Ocean Cultures in Muslim Context and mark the coming of age of a reconnaissance of Muslim Cultures as a vital area of study, through the publication of select proceedings of the conference.

Planning & Organisation

The opening call for paper proposals starts the 1^st October 2016.

Proposed papers (title and abstract of 250-500 words) should be sent before 1^st June 2017 to the following:

Dr. Stephane Pradines (stephane.pradines@aku.edu)

Associate Professor, Ismc, Aga Khan University

London, United Kingdom

Papers will be reviewed and selected by a scientific committee and authors of the accepted papers will be informed in October 2017.

The final conference programme will be announced in January 2018.

The conference will be held over 4 days in September 2018, at a central London location; in the new building of the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in Kings Cross.

We hope to have up to 30 participants comprising of specialists as well as young scholars emerging in the field of Muslim Indian Ocean Cultures.

The participants will be required bear their own costs for travel, accommodation and subsistence. However, there will be no registration fee for the participants. Plus we will provide a limited number of travel grants to those who have the competence to participate but lack the financial means to do so. Our priority will go first to PhD students and researchers from the Indian Ocean world.

Language of the Conference: English

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September 19, 2016
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