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1.Arabic Teaching Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, part of the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, seeks to appoint a Teaching Fellow in Arabic to teach within the framework of the School’s courses in undergraduate and postgraduate Arabic. This will primarily involve teaching and assessment on the undergraduate Arabic programmes, especially course organising and teaching on Intensive and Advanced Arabic. Other tasks, such as design of teaching materials, assessment and marking in both the undergraduate and postgraduate Arabic programmes, and supervising Arabic Research Reports will also be required.
The successful candidate will have experience in the design and delivery of language teaching within the higher education sector, and the ability to deliver courses and assessment in colloquial and Modern Standard Arabic language. They will be also expected to contribute to the administration of the subject area, including course organisation.
This fixed-term post is available from January to May 2019 and is offered on a full-time basis (35 hours per week).
Informal queries can be sent via email for the attention of Dr Nacim Pak-Shiraz, Head of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, to llc@ed.ac.uk .
Salary: £33,199 to £39,609 per annum.
The closing date for applications is no later than 5.00pm (GMT) on 22nd October 2018. It is anticipated that interviews will be held as soon as possible following the closing date (interview date to be confirmed).
Full details at: https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=045535
2. ESCAS 2019 Exeter: The Globality of Central Asia
Held at the University of Exeter (UK), the theme for the 16th conference is The Globality of Central Asia. We invite proposals for papers, panels, roundtables and sessions in non-traditional formats covering all aspects of Central Asian Studies across the humanities and social sciences.
We particularly encourage proposals which link Central Asia to its global context, historically and contemporaneously. We encourage studies of this geography which engage both territory, space and place. These may include the studies of Central Asia’s migrations and diaspora, its ethnic minority populations, its offshore and extraterritorial spaces, and its place in global and imperial histories. This globality may be visible in archaeologies, cultural studies and pre-modern histories, as well as in modern social, economic and political patterns across borders.
Our conference will assess globalizations from below as well as those from above; we therefore invite papers addressing the interpellation of localities and globalities: How are the individuals and communities of Central Asia related to global processes?
Submission of proposals
The online portal on this website opened on 18 July 2018 and will close on Wednesday 31 October 2018 (midnight GMT)
http://www.escas.org/next-conference/
3. University of Wisconsin-Madison – Assistant Professor, History of
South Asia since 1500
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57405
4. BRISMES CONFERENCE 2019
University of Leeds, 24 – 27 June 2019
JOINING THE DOTS: INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES
The 2019 BRISMES Conference seeks to celebrate interdisciplinarity as vital in understanding the interconnectedness of the social, cultural, political and economic structures and conditions throughout the Middle East and North Africa, and to explore how disciplinary silos can be overcome in favour of communication between the humanities, social sciences and language studies on the region.
Proposals for complete panels or individual presentations are welcome, and we particularly encourage panels which involve participants or collaborations with those working outside of academia. In addition, we warmly invite paper proposals on any topic related to Middle Eastern Studies.
Call for papers http://www.brismes.ac.uk/conference/call-for-papers-2019/
Deadline for submissions: 17:00 (GMT) on Thursday 8 November 2018
5. ANNOUNCEMENT OF AMERICAN CENTER OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH IN AMMAN FELLOWSHIPS 2019–2020
ACOR fellowship opportunities for the 2019–2020 cycle are now online and the application portal is open. ACOR promotes study, teaching, and increased knowledge of Middle Eastern studies. We encourage you to share this information widely within your networks. Complete information about all ACOR fellowships is available online at: https://www.acorjordan.org/2019-20-acor-fellowships/
Deadline for the following fellowships is February 1, 2019
NEH Fellowship: One award of six months for a scholar who has a Ph.D. or has completed their professional training. Fields of research include: modern and classical languages, linguistics, literature, history, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, comparative religion, ethics, and the history, criticism, and theory of the arts. Social and political scientists are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals living in the U.S. three years immediately preceding the application deadline. The award for six months is $25,200. Award must be used between May 15, 2019 and June 30, 2020 and the Fellow must reside at ACOR.
ACOR-CAORC Post-Graduate Fellowship: Two or more two- to six-month fellowships for post-doctoral scholars and scholars with a terminal degree in their field, pursuing research or publication projects in the natural and social sciences, humanities, and associated disciplines relating to the Near East. U.S. citizenship required. Maximum award is $32,400. Awards must be used between June 15, 2019 and December 31, 2020 and Fellows must reside at ACOR. Funding for this fellowship provided by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
ACOR-CAORC Fellowship: Two or more two- to six-month fellowships for masters and doctoral students. Fields of study include all areas of the humanities and the natural and social sciences. Topics should contribute to scholarship in Near Eastern studies. U.S. citizenship required. Maximum award is $23,800. Awards must be used between June 15, 2019 and December 31, 2020 and Fellows must reside at ACOR. Funding for this fellowship provided by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Jennifer C. Groot Memorial Fellowship: Up to three awards of $1,500 each to support beginners in archaeological fieldwork who have been accepted as team members on archaeological projects with ASOR/CAP affiliation in Jordan. Open to undergraduate or graduate students of U.S. or Canadian citizenship as well as individuals who graduated less than 12 months before February 1st, 2019 and/or have been accepted to a Graduate program for Fall 2019.
Bert and Sally de Vries Fellowship: One award of $1,500 to support a student for participation on an archaeological project or research in Jordan. Senior project staff members whose expenses are being borne largely by the project are ineligible. Open to enrolled undergraduate or graduate students of any nationality except Jordanian citizens.
Harrell Family Fellowship: One award of $2,000 to support a graduate student for participation on an archaeological project or research in Jordan. Senior project staff members whose expenses are being borne largely by the project are ineligible. Open to enrolled graduate students of any nationality except Jordanian citizens.
Pierre and Patricia Bikai Fellowship: Two awards for one month each or one two-month award for residency at ACOR in Amman. It is open to enrolled graduate students of any nationality, except Jordanian citizens, participating in an archaeological project or conducting archaeological work in Jordan. The fellowship includes room and board at ACOR and a monthly stipend of $600.
Burton MacDonald and Rosemarie Sampson Fellowship: One award for either eight weeks residency at ACOR for research in the fields of Ancient Near Eastern languages and history, archaeology, Bible studies, or comparative religion, or a travel grant to assist with participation in an archaeological field project in Jordan. The ACOR residency fellowship option includes room and board at ACOR and a monthly stipend of $400. The travel grant option provides a single payment of $2,000 to help with any project related expenses. Both options are open to enrolled undergraduate or graduate students of Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status.
Kenneth W. Russell Fellowship: One award of $1,800 to support a graduate student participating on an archaeological project or pursuing independent research in Jordan. For the 2019–2020 cycle, the Russell fellowship is only open only to enrolled graduate students of non-Jordanian nationality.
James A. Sauer Fellowship: One award of $1,250 toward educational assistance for a Jordanian student enrolled in an archaeology or cultural heritage degree program in any country. For the 2019–2020 cycle, the Sauer fellowship is only open to enrolled graduate students of Jordanian nationality.
Frederick-Wenger Memorial Endowment: Two awards of $1,500 to assist a Jordanian student with the cost of their education. Eligibility is not limited to a specific field of study, but preference will be given to study related to Jordan’s cultural heritage. Candidates must be Jordanian citizens and currently enrolled as undergraduate or graduate students in a Jordanian university.
Jordanian Graduate Student Scholarship: Four awards of $3,000 each to assist Jordanian graduate students with the annual costs of their academic programs during the period May 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020. Candidates must be Jordanian citizens and currently enrolled in either a Master’s or Doctoral program in a Jordanian university. Eligibility is limited to students in programs related to Jordan’s cultural heritage (for example: archaeology, anthropology, linguistics/epigraphy, history, conservation, museum studies, and cultural resource management related issues). Awardees who demonstrate excellent progress in their programs will be eligible to apply in consecutive years.
Please Note: NEH, CAORC, MacDonald and Sampson (residency option), and Bikai Fellows will reside at the ACOR facility in Amman while conducting their research.
Deadline for the following fellowship is October 22, 2018.
Apply online for this fellowship https://orcfellowships.fluidreview.com/
ACOR-TWL Publication Fellowship: One award for six months of $25,200 for a recent Ph.D or a Ph.D student who will have submitted the dissertation by December 31, 2018. Award must be used between January 15, 2019 and September 30, 2019. Open to all citizens with a strong research background in Nabataean archaeology or the Classical Near East. The selected fellow is expected to help assess the archive and related artifacts from the Temple of the Winged Lions (American Expedition to Petra and TWLCRM Initiative), carry out a bibliographical review of the Temple of the Winged Lions, and prepare a report that draws upon key research questions associated with the site. This is a residential fellowship and residency at ACOR is required.
Deadline for the following scholarship is February 1, 2019.
See the application instruction for this scholarship:
Jordanian Travel Scholarship for ASOR Annual Meeting: Two travel scholarships of $3,500 each to assist Jordanians participating and delivering a paper at the ASOR Annual meeting in mid-November in the United States. Academic papers should be submitted through the ASOR’s website (www.asor.org/am) by February 1, 2019. Final award selection will be determined by the ASOR program committee.
Deadline for the following scholarship is February 15, 2019.
See the application instruction for this scholarship:
ACOR Fellow MESA Award: One award of $1,000 to a former ACOR Fellow of any nationality for participation in the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) annual meeting. Eligible applicants are anyone who had previously been awarded any ACOR Fellowship (including the named fellowships and former CLS students) and their abstract has been submitted for presentation at the 2019 MESA annual meeting. The awardee mention the award and ACOR in the text of paper, in addition to including ACOR’s logo on the “Thank You” slide. A check for $1000 will be mailed before the meeting takes place. To apply, please submit the abstract, CV, and cover letter to acor@bu.edu by February 15, 2019. For more information about the MESA annual meeting, please check MESA’s website: https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/
Further information can be found at ACOR Fellowships 2019–20. Applications should be submitted on-line at https://orcfellowships.fluidreview.com/
6. Symposium: “Arab Women and Transgression: At the Boundary of Good and Bad”, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, 14 October 2018
Women’s transgressive behaviors and perspectives are challenging societal norms in the Arab world, giving rise to anxiety and public debate. How do both intentional and unintentional transgressions illuminate the social and cultural constructs that define proper and improper behavior? How do they expose the social and political policing of gender, racial, and class divisions?
Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/2618816/tokyo-symposium-women-and-transgression-arab-world
7. Workshop: “The Senses in the Qur’an and in Early Islam”, Utrecht University, 26 October 2018
The workshop’s aim is two-fold: first, to unearth the roots of the Qur’anic/early Islamic sensorium in Late Antique culture, and secondly, to examine the processes of sensory disambiguation of “Muslim” identity from other identities (Christian, Zoroastrian, etc.) in the formation of Islam.
Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/32205
8. Fellowships for Max Weber Programme (MWP), European University Institute, Florence
The MWP is open to eligible applicants who are within 5 years from the completion of their PhD, from any-where in the world, regardless of nationality and including non-EU citizens. Preference is given to applicants who have only just completed their doctorate and have not had a post-doctoral fellowship before. The Pro-gramme awards 1, 2, and exceptionally 3 year long fellowships according to departments.
Deadline for applications: 18 October 2018. Information: https://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/Academ-icService/Fellowships/MaxWeberFellowships
9. Assistant Professor of Arab Studies (Working Title: Jordan Family Fellow in International Stud-ies), University of Northern Carolina
Position will start at July 1, 2019. The Department of Asian Studies seeks a promising scholar and teacher who will actively contribute to the intellectual mission of a research institution. Duties will include teaching, research, and service. A doctoral degree (or foreign equivalent) in Middle Eastern studies, literature, anthro-pology, history, or a related field with a focus on Arab cultures is required by July 1, 2019.
Review of applications start: 5 November 2018. Information: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/148855
10. Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies and Arabic Studies, University of Ken-tucky
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures invites applications for this ten-ure-track position to begin Fall 2019. Applicants must have a PhD in hand by August 2019 in French and Francophone Studies, Near Eastern Studies, or a related field.
Deadline for applications: 19 November 2018. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis-play.php?id=57417
11. Summer School: “Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies”, Granada, 16-22 June 2019
The course covers several topics such as Introduction to Critical Muslim Studies, Islamic Theology of Liber-ation, Islamic Decolonial Pedagogy, Inter-Faith Dialogues, Women and Islam, and Islamic Spirituality. The focus of the course is to inquire into Islam as a postcolonial/decolonial perspective.
Deadline for registration: 5 February 2019. Information: http://www.dialogoglobal.com/granada/
12. Graduate Programs in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, USA & Canada
This project will be useful for multiple audiences interested in Islamic/Middle Eastern Studies.
Information: https://www.themaydan.com/2018/10/graduate-programs-islamic-middle-eastern-studies-us-canada/
13. AGAPS Graduate Student Travel Prize 2018
Papers must primarily focus on the Arabian Peninsula but can be inclusive of the transnational flow of people, goods and ideas across the Gulf, Red Sea and Indian Ocean. AGAPS welcomes submissions from all disci-plines.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2018. Information: https://agaps.org/agapsmesa/mesa-awards/
14. The Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a non-tenure-track appointment as Instructor in Hindi/Urdu Language to begin August 2019.
Requirements include at least an MA in Hindi or Urdu language, pedagogy, or related discipline. One year of experience in teaching Hindi/Urdu language at the university level is
required; teaching experience gained during graduate studies will be
considered. Job duties include teaching courses in Hindi/Urdu language to
undergraduate and graduate students and service to the University.
Applicants must create and complete an online application at
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs, posting number 13601
- October 09, 2018
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.The Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature at Florida Atlantic University invites applications for a tenure-line Assistant Professorship in Comparative Literature with a specialization in comparative approaches to Arabic cultural studies and literature. The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Arabic Studies, or a closely related field by time of appointment. Superior oral and written proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic and English required; command of another major language offered in the department highly desired. Typical teaching load is 2/3. Applicants’ research and teaching should engage the Arab world broadly writ and demonstrate an ability to cross regional and national boundaries. Comparisons of the Eastern Mediterranean basin, North Africa, or the Arab diaspora, with sub-Saharan African, Europe, Southeast Asia, or the Americas are encouraged. Of particular interest are theoretical approaches related to social and political change, gender studies, film studies, transnationalism, or identity. The chosen candidate will be responsible for leading the Arabic Studies program at all levels: teaching lower-division Arabic; supervising GTAs and adjuncts teaching Arabic; developing the upper-division curriculum; and building bridges to other programs both inside and outside the college. Applications completed and submitted in full by October 20th will receive full consideration; position open until filled. First-round interviews will be conducted via Skype.
All applicants must apply electronically to the currently posted position Assistant Professor on the Office of Human Resources’ job website (https://fau.edu/jobs) by completing the required online employment application and submitting the related documents. When completing the online application, please upload the following: a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy accompanied by recent student evaluations of teaching and copies of official transcripts scanned into an electronic format.
Candidates must also arrange to have three confidential letters of recommendation sent directly to Dr. Carla Calargé, Search Committee Chair (ccalarge@fau.edu) / Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature / CU-97 Suite 232 / Florida Atlantic University / 777 Glades Road / Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991.
A background check will be required for the candidate selected for this position. This position is subject to funding.
For more information and to apply, visit www.fau.edu/jobs and go to Apply Now REQ04666.
2. The American University in Cairo is seeking an Instruction / Reference Librarian who is passionate about teaching information literacy, and interested in working abroad in a multicultural environment!
The Instruction / Reference Librarian will participate in collaborative library services that facilitate and encourage research and learning at the university. Major job duties include working with other librarians in the development and delivery of an undergraduate course in information literacy, an essential part of AUC’s Core Curriculum; teaching “one-shot” library instruction sessions for undergraduate and graduate courses; providing research services to students and faculty, and offering liaison and collection development services to targeted academic departments.
A graduate degree in Library / Information Science from an ALA-accredited institution (or equivalent) required.
Relocation assistance provided.
New graduates encouraged to apply.
For more information, please visit: http://aucegypt.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=102851
3. “Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the Middle East”
Helsinki, Finland, 14–16 August 2019
The Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSM) (http://thenordicsociety.se), the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Institute in the Middle East (http://www.fime.fi/) are pleased to announce the call for papers for the Eleventh Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies. The conference is the 20th anniversary celebration of NSM, which is an independent non-profit association for scholars in the Nordic countries working on the Middle East. It covers all subjects in the humanities and social sciences, from antiquity to the present day. The NSM conference takes place every third year in one of the Nordic countries, and is also open for participants beyond the Nordic countries. This time the theme for the multidisciplinary conference is “Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the Middle East”.
The Middle East and North Africa have been going through a tumultuous process of change since the uprisings of 2011. In the process, many old social, political and even physical boundaries have been crossed, broken or re-created. The concept of “boundaries” now plays a significant role in social sciences and humanities. In addition to actual physical boundaries, the concept is also related to the study of identity, religion, gender, immigration, minorities and many other phenomena. Paper proposals are encouraged to explore and discuss the social, political, geographical, religious boundaries from all fields and disciplines of the Middle Eastern studies, including – but not limited to – the following fields: Middle Eastern history, anthropology, religion, politics, sociology, language, and literature. Also papers on other relevant themes pertinent to current Middle Eastern Studies are welcome.
Keynotes
The confirmed keynote speakers are Professor Sari Hanafi (The American University of Beirut) and Professor Lara Deeb (Scripps College).
Abstract Submission
The deadline for submitting proposals for a roundtable or a pre-organized panel is 15 January 2019.
For a roundtable, please submit a proposal comprising an abstract of about 150 words on the theme as well as the names and institutional affiliations of convener, chair, and panelists. For pre-organized panels, please submit a proposal comprising the names and institutional affiliations of convener, chair, and panelists, as well as title and abstract of about 150 words for the panel itself and for each paper presented. A pre-organized panel consists of a chair plus 3-4 panelists with single papers.
The deadline for submitting proposals for individual papers and posters is 15 February 2019. Please submit your name, institutional affiliation and the title and abstract of your paper not exceeding 150 words.
4. Jobs:
Wellesley College – Assistant Professor of Islamic Art
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57386
Hampden – Sydney College – Assistant Professor of History – Islamic
World or Middle Eastern prior to 1600 (medieval)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57393
5. The Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University invites applications for a full-time position of Assistant Teaching Professor of Arabic, starting August 2019, on a three-year non-tenure line contract.
Ph.D. in hand by Summer 2019 is preferred; advanced ABDs will also be considered. We seek a dynamic individual committed to innovative methods of teaching Modern Standard Arabic in the context of Arab-Islamic culture. Preferred fields of specialization are the Modern or Classical Islamic humanities, including literature, history, linguistics, and cultural studies. Applicants should have native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and an Arabic dialect; thorough grounding in classical Arabic language (including syntax and morphology) and culture; and experience in proficiency-based, communicative methods of teaching Modern Standard Arabic. Experience in proficiency testing is a plus.
Please send letter of application, teaching statement, writing sample, curriculum vitae, and names of three references via email to Ms. Meriem Tikue mmt43@georgetown.edu or to Arabic Search Committee, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Poulton Hall 201, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057-1046.
The department will start reviewing the applications on November 2, 2018 and will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.
6. CALL FOR Papers RESET
Religious Practices and the Internet
Deadline for abstract submissions: OCTOBER 18th, 2018
Special issue edited by Fabienne Duteil-Ogata (Clare EA4596, Université Bordeaux-Montaigne / IIAC [EHESS/CNRS]) and Isabelle Jonveaux (CéSor, EHESS)
For more information:
Editorial board reset@openedition.org
Coordinators:
fabienne.duteil-ogata@u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr
7. Call for Papers: Strictly observant religion, gender and the state
Conference held at the Woolf Institute, Cambridge
March 25-26, 2019
Details and more information:
Name, Institution/affiliation, short-biography, contact details must be submitted along with abstracts (max 300 words). All abstracts should be sent by October 20, 2018 to Tobias Müller (tm498@cam.ac.uk) and Ed Kessler (edk21@cam.ac.uk). Applicants will be notified by November 1st about the outcome of their submission. The format will involve sending the workshop paper (2000-3000 words) to the relevant discussant three weeks ahead of the workshop (March 4, 2019). Participants will be asked to prepare a presentation of 15 minutes to leave ample time for discussion. Following the workshop, participants will be invited to submit developed and revised papers for a special issue of a top journal or an edited volume of a leading publisher.
8. UNC: Assistant Professor of Arab Studies (Working Title: Jordan Family Fellow in International Studies)
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Asian Studies (http://asianstudies.unc.edu ) invites applications for a tenure-track position: Assistant Professor of Arab Studies (Working Title: Jordan Family Fellow in International Studies), to begin July 1, 2019. The Department seeks a promising scholar and teacher who will actively contribute to the intellectual mission of a research institution. Duties will include teaching, research, and service. Participation in the continued development of the Department’s program in Arab studies is expected.
A doctoral degree (or foreign equivalent) in Middle Eastern studies, literature, anthropology, history, or a related field with a focus on Arab cultures is required by July 1, 2019. Native or near-native fluency in Arabic and English is required. Candidate’s ability to mentor diverse students and engender a climate that values and uses diversity in all its forms will be considered.
Qualified applicants should submit an online application at http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/148855 . Application materials should include a detailed letter, CV, sample syllabi, and a writing sample. Paper or email applications will not be accepted.
Applicants will be required to identify the names, titles, and email addresses of four professional references at the time of application. Recommenders identified by the applicant will be contacted via email with instructions for uploading their letters of recommendation.
Review of applications will begin on November 5, 2018. The search will remain open until the position is filled.
9. The Webinar Initiative in Islamic Material Culture offers a webinar:
“State Authority, Administrative Structures and Its Reflection on Coinage”
Prof Stefan Heidemann
Bi-weekly, Wednesday, 4.00 to 6.00 pm CET
First session: Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Last session: Wednesday, January 23, 2019
For the period prior to the fifteenth century, historians of Islamic societies have few primary documents or archives at hand, and even less for the first three centuries of the Empire. Most documents are coming from Egypt and more and more are discovered in Khurāsān. But for the rest of the early Islamic world these documents are largely missing. Islamic coins are the most prolific epigraphic sources for pre-1500 history in the Middle East. Nevertheless, their potential for understanding history is often neglected. Islamic coins as bearers of texts – there can be up to 150 words on one coin – are unique in the history of civilization. They offer the often needed primary independent evidence for administrative practices and state authority produced in the course of events. Their design includes numerous hints, which have to be decoded. The coin is able to serve different historiographic fields such as political, economic, industrial, social and legal history as well as Islamic art and material culture. As groups, coins constitute a source of their own – a sequence of changing texts generated from coins over the decades from a single mint can serve as narrative for local and imperial history.
For more information and how to apply see:
https://www.islamic-material-culture.uni-hamburg.de/en/current-webinar/admin-structures-2018.html
10. Conference: “‘Islam’ as an Epistemic Field: Imperial Entanglements and Orientalism in the German-Speaking World since 1870”, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 11-12 October 2018
First, the conference is to further develop a postcolonial perspective on the production of “Islam” as an epistemic field in German-speaking settings since 1870. Second, the conference asks about the emergence of the epistemic field “Islam” to provide an important methodological contribution to existing interdisciplinary research in this field.
Deadline for registration: 10 October 2018. Information: https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/termine-38233 . Program: https://bit.ly/2NdeiKi
11. Workshop: “The Revolutionary Sixties in the Mediterranean and the Middle East”, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin, 11-12 October 2018
Organizers: Leyla Dakhli, Nazan Maksudyan, Jakob Krais.
12. Conference: “Untangling Popular Power: Rhetoric, Faith, and Social Order in the Middle East”, Columbia Global Center in Amman, Jordan, 2-3 March 2019
The conference will consider various forms of popular power in the Middle East and North Africa by examining how populism is defined, the role of modern populist movements like anti-colonial struggles or popular anti-regime uprisings, how the use of religious identity has shaped these movements, and the relationship be-tween populist ambitions and various media platforms, from print to broadcast to digital.
Deadline for abstracts: 22 October 2018. Information: https://ircpl.columbia.edu/2018/09/07/call-for-papers-untangling-popular-power-rhetoric-faith-and-social-order-in-the-middle-east-amman-jordan/
13. Posts:
Tenured Professorship (W3) in Islamic Studies, Institute of Islamic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Successful candidates will have a focus on modern and contemporary developments in the history, culture and religion of the Arab world and are experienced in historical, cultural or social sciences. They will have study and/or research experience in Arab countries or other countries of the Islamic world. A second regional research focus besides the Arab world is desirable.
Deadline for applications: 18 October 2018. Information: https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/service/stellen/prof/in-dex.html
Five Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Positions in Politics and/or International Relations, University of Birmingham
The Department of Political Science and International Studies is inviting applications from outstanding individuals for these positions in any specialist area within politics and international relations, including Middle East Politics. Requirement for a Lecturer is a higher degree (usually a PhD) relevant to the research/teaching area and for a Senior Lecturer an international reputation for research and scholarship with a track record of publications, grants and PhD supervision.
Deadline: 31 October 2018. Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BMN902/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-poli-tics-and-or-international-relations
Faculty Position in Middle Eastern and World History, American University of Sharjah, UAE
The position is beginning in Fall 2019. Candidates must be willing to teach a range of courses in their field as well as survey courses in world history. Successful candidates will have a PhD in History, a record of excellent teaching, a proven record of scholarship and an active research agenda.
Priority given to applications before 1 November 2018. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis-play.php?id=57398
Lecturer in Arabic Language and Literature, University of Cape Town
This is a full-time 3-year contract. Applicants should possess native or near-native fluency in Arabic and proficiency in English. Candidates should have at least a Master’s degree in Arabic or related field and expe-rience in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers. Duties include teaching and administration of courses at all levels.
Deadline for applications: 5 October 2018.
Information: http://www.staff.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/HUM_E18337_LecturerArabic%20_SLL.pdf
Assistant Professor in Modern non-Western History, Chapman University
The History Department seeks a tenure track Assistant Professor (senior-level assistant professors may be considered) in modern non-western history (North Africa, the Middle East, Asia, or Latin America). A Ph.D. from an accredited institution, whose scholarly work promises to make a significant contribution, evidence of effective and innovative teaching, and commitment to a student-centered learning environment and cultural diversity are required.
Information: https://webfarm.chapman.edu/jobs/job.aspx?id=966
Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern History, Boise State University
We seek to appoint a faculty member with expertise in Middle Eastern History. All research specializations, geographic areas, and secondary fields will be considered. An earned Ph.D. in History or Middle Eastern Studies is required by the beginning of the appointment on August 14, 2019. Preferred Qualifications: Can-didates who can contribute to one or more of the department’s current strengths in environmental, gender, military, public, and religious history are strongly encouraged to apply.
Deadline for applications: 1 November 2018. Information: https://careers.historians.org/jobs/11518980/assis-tant-professor-middle-eastern-history
Assistant Professor in Arabic, Virginia Tech
This is a tenure-track position in Arabic to begin August 10, 2019. Requirements include: 1) PhD by time of appointment in Arabic Language or related field; 2) native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic, at least one Arabic dialect, and English; 3) an active research agenda; etc.
Review of appication start: 26 October 2018. Information: https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/90263
Ten Grants and Places in the Doctoral Program of the “Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies”
The Graduate School investigates the plurality, changeability, and global connectedness of Muslim cultures and societies. Applications with a focus on strategies of negotiating diversity, difference, and distinction, both among Muslims and between Muslims and non-Muslims are especially encouraged.
Deadline for applications: 5 November 2018. Information: http://www.bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de/en/Bewerbun-gen/index.html
- October 01, 2018
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1.The Department of History at the University of Utah seeks to appoint a tenure-track Assistant Professor in World History before 1500. The region of specialization is open. Applicants must have a research and teaching profile that demonstrates a commitment to the study of comparisons or connections between major world regions (the Mediterranean, western Asia, the Indian Ocean world, sub-Saharan Africa, eastern Asia, Australasia, Oceania, or the Americas). Thematic areas of particular departmental interest in this period include but are not limited to comparatives empires, comparative slavery, the history of trade, religion, the environment, technology, migrations, and health, medicine, and disease. The successful candidate will be able to teach World History before 1500, participate in World History curriculum development, and offer courses in the field of specialization at all levels of the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. PhD by July 1st, 2019 is preferred. Application should be completed online by November 2nd, 2018.
2. OPEN RANK TENURE LINE POSITION IN ARABIC STUDIES (University of Texas at Austin)
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for an open-rank tenure line position in Arabic Studies. The position will begin in August 2019.
The position will focus on either Modern or Medieval Arabic Studies. While disciplinary specialization is open, preference will be given to literature and culture, broadly defined. The ability to work across language and cultural boundaries, such as Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish, while not required, are strongly preferred.
Duties include teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses, and serving in the doctoral programs in Arabic Studies, and other related programs like Comparative Literatures and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. All faculty, in the Department Middle Eastern Studies are expected to pursue a strong record of research and publication, while also engaging in service to the Department, College, University, and profession. The Department places a high premium on collegiality and maintaining a diverse and hospitable working environment. Salary is dependent upon position and qualifications. As per university procedures, background and academic credential checks are conducted as appropriate.
QUALIFICATIONS
The successful candidate should have at least near-native fluency in Arabic, and must demonstrate excellent in research and publication, as well as teaching. They must also have the ability to train and supervise graduate students. Applicants should also be able to effectively teach large undergraduate classes. Relevant program-building experience and leadership in the field will also be given significant weight in the evaluation process. All applicants must have had their Ph.D. in hand prior to August 2016.
The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
To apply, please submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, teaching dossier including sample syllabi (both graduate and undergraduate), a statement about your philosophy regarding language teaching pedagogy, student evaluations (both graduate and undergraduate) and three letters of recommendation. Electronic submissions only (through Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/54800). All materials should be submitted by October 29, 2018. Review of applications will begin October 29, 2018.
For Further Info:
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/
512-471-3881
Or:
Kamran Scot Aghaie, Search Committee Chair
Email: kamranaghaie@austin.utexas.edu
3. CALL FOR PAPERS
Department of Iranian Studies at Sofia University ‘’St.Kliment Ohridsky’’
and Center for Iran, Balkans and Central European Studies
In cooperation with Allameh Tabataba’i University of Tehran
and University of Guilan
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Iranian Studies at the University of Sofia
Announce the International conference
‘’Iran and the World in the Mirror of History’’
February 11th -12th , 2019 at Sofia University, Bulgaria
Please send your abstract of about 500 words in English, Bulgarian or Persian to the following address:
Deadline: November 30th , 2018
4. Aux origines du classicisme. Calligraphes et bibliophiles au temps des dynasties mongoles (Les Ilkhanides et les Djalayirides, 656-814 / 1258-1411)
By: Nourane Ben Azzouna
Publisher: BRILL
Series: Islamic Manuscripts and Books, Volume: 17
ISBN: 978-90-04-36978-8
eBook: EUR 135,00 €USD 162,00 $
Hardback: EUR 149,00 €USD 179,00 $
Aux origines du classicisme. Calligraphes et bibliophiles au temps des dynasties mongoles explores a pivotal period in the history of the book in the Islamic world and Iran, i.e. the Mongol period viewed in a long-term perspective, under the Ilkhanid and the Djalayirid dynasties. It examines the issue of the maturation of classical Arabic calligraphy through the life and work of Yāqūt al-Mustaʿṣimī, which are for the first time subjected to a systematic analysis, highlighting the importance of his school and the Baghdadi masters for the arts of the book of the following decades. The study also looks at the manuscripts of the Muslim Ilkhans and the Vizier Rashīd al-Dīn in the context of the birth of the kitābkhānah and the rise in the status of calligraphers and painters under the last Ilkhanids and the Djalayirids.
For more information and the table of contents, please see https://brill.com/view/title/35848.
5. CALL FOR PAPERS
The Society of Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies (GTOT, http://gtot.org) proudly presents DİYÂR – The New Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies!
DİYÂR is a new, interdisciplinary and interregional academic journal edited by GTOT. It deals with Turkey, the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, Iran, Central Asia and the Caucasus. It also publishes research on the languages, cultures and history of various Turkic and Iranian- speaking groups, dynasties and states as well as of other ethno-linguistic and religious groups living in these countries until the present day.
DİYÂR publishes original and as yet unpublished contributions from the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences with emphasis on the fields of history, literary studies, sociolinguistics, political science, sociology, economics, cultural anthropology/ethnology, religious studies, music studies, cultural geography, education and law.
Through its focused content and high peer-review standards, DİYÂR intends to be a leading international academic periodical on Turkic and Iranian research.
For the first issue of DİYÂR, to be published in July 2019, GTOT welcomes proposals for papers. Please submit your article (max. 10,000 words, footnotes included) and an abstract (150-200 words) with a list of keywords (up to 6) by 17th Dec, 2018. DİYÂR accepts contributions written in German, English and French.
For more information, see: https://www.diyar.nomos.de
6. 2nd International Conference: “The Muslim Ummah – Fault Lines and Perils Facing Muslim Societies”, Istanbul Zaim University, 14-16 October 2018
The conference will discuss the challenges of sectarianism, secularism, nationalism, colonialism, and the role of religion in society, especially in light of the retreat of the Arab Spring phenomenon.
Information: https://twitter.com/adammehmetbulut?lang=de
7. International Workshop “Approaches to the Qur’an” for Doctoral Students and Postdoctoral Research-ers, Centre for Islamic Theology, University of Muenster, 5-6 November 2018
Researchers are invited who work on the following topics: methodological emphases such as the interpretation of the Qur’an and its revelation, exegetical methods, the relationship of the exegesis of the Bible with Qur’anic exegesis as well as Islamic Studies approaches to the Qur’an, and thematic emphases with application relevance such as women in the Qur’an, violence in the Qur’an, prophets in the Qur’an, the relationship with non-Muslims in the Qur’an, or others.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2018. Information: Prof. Dr. Mouhanad Khorchide: prof.m.khorchide@uni-muenster.de
8. Four Visiting Fellows for Political Research 2018-2019, Brookings Doha Center
Visiting Fellows (9-12 months) are expected to complete (1) a policy briefing and (2) an original research project, in the form of an analysis paper, a book, or an edited volume or some other format that the author might wish to propose.
Deadline for applications: 1 October 2018. Information: https://careers-brookings.icims.com/jobs/1732/visiting-fellow%2c-brookings-doha-center/job
9. AUB posts:
Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor in Modern Middle East/Arab History, American University of Beirut
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2018. Information: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/Pages/academic-employ-ment.aspx#Link5
Assistant Professor in Anthropology, American University of Beirut
Deadline for application: 15 October 2018. Information: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/Pages/academic-employ-ment.aspx#Link10
10. Post Doctoral Fellow in the Study of Islam and Muslims, University of Toronto
Deadline for application: 1 October 2018. Information: https://islamicstudies.artsci.utoronto.ca/call-for-applica-tions-post-doctoral-fellow-in-the-study-of-islam-and-muslims-in-canada/
11. Princeton Posts:
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral or more senior research position in the history, politics, economics, religion, and/or culture of Iran and the Persian Gulf region in the 20th and/or 21st century, starting in September 2019.
Deadline for application: 31 October 2018. Information: https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/applica-tion.xhtml?listingId=8366
Professional Specialist, Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University
Applications are invited for a Professional Specialist to help design and implement an independent research project created by an associate researcher of the Center. This specialist will be involved in all phases of project design and implementation from research assistant training, data collection and analysis, to the writing process.
Deadline for application: 31 October 2018. Information: https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/1596256/profes-sional-specialist/
12. Assistant or Associate Professor of Arabic Language, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
The candidate’s qualifications should include (1) the PhD in Arabic or related field, with native or near-native fluency in both Modern Standard Arabic and at least one Arabic dialect; (2) an excellent scholarly trajectory as relevant to rank; (3) documented evidence of successful teaching.
Deadline for application: 5 November 2018. Information: https://modlangs.gatech.edu/node/196
13. Assistant Professor in Arabic Language and Literature, Swarthmore College, PA
We seek candidates specializing in Arabic Language and Literature with a focus on Arabic literature in diaspora, modern Arabic poetry, the Arabic novel, or another relevant sub-field. Secondary specialization(s) may include Comparative Literature, Gender and Sexuality Studies, or Language Pedagogy.
Deadline for application: 19 October 2018. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/54583
14. Assistant Professor for Critical Security Studies of the Middle East; Department of Global and Inter-cultural Studies, Miami University
Candidates should have Middle East regional expertise, relevant language ability, and field work experience.
Deadline for application: 8 October 2018. Information: https://miamioh.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=6314
15. Ehsan Yarshater Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Iranian and Persian Studies, Yale University (2019-20, Renewable for One Year)
The Post-Doctoral Associate will teach one course during the year, either in the Fall or the Spring semester, pursue his/her own research, and participate in the activities of the Iranian Studies Program and Council on Middle East Studies.
Review of applications begins in December 2018. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/55263
16. Music in Islam, On-line Journal ‘Occhialì. Rivista sul mediterraneo Islamico’
Articles are welcome in Italian, English, French and Spanish on: Musical languages, traditional music, instruments, Music in Islam and in other religious tradition within the Islamic world; Ritual music; music and society, Music and jihadism; Musical subcultures; Music and politics.
Full paper submission deadline is 30/11/2018. Information: http://phi.unical.it/wp34/occhiali/files/2018/07/call-sulla-musica_midenglish.pdf
- September 24, 2018
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Tracing Poetics Beyond the Eurocentric Tradition (Arabic, Chinese, Sanskrit, Persian, Turkish,…)
Panel for the 2019 ACLA conference in Georgetown. Deadline for submission is 20 September
2. Call for Papers:
The International Center for the Developing Peace, Culture and Rationality in order to promote peaceful coexistence, will hold the first International Peace Studies Conference in 1st MARCH 2019 and intends to gather together scholars and researcher for having a better explanation of peace and reconciliation.
Peace is one of the categories that mankind has been considering since the beginning of creation, and has always been wishing to be in a calm condition and reconciliation; However, in the different ages, human being has suffered because of the lack of peace.
Today, with regard to the complexities of human life and the disruptions in political and social interactions, nations are increasingly aware of the importance of peace and coexistence. The importance of this item can be found in the works of scholars, philosophers and sociologists; as they have considered it in designing Utopia. Accordingly, it is possible to explain peace in different ways, due to cultural, religious, and social beliefs and ideas.
Important dates:
Abstract deadline: 22 Oct. 2018
Full paper deadline: 20 Jan. 2019
Conference day: 1st MARCH 2019
for more information, please refer to https://icpcr.com/en/adm/conference.html
3. The Uses of the Past: Past Perfect Imperfect Present project (www.usspip.eu) is holding its major conference:
Uses of the Past in Islamic Law
27th-29th September 2018
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
University of Exeter
The Programme is available here:
http://www.usppip.eu/news-events/
N.B. Those who would like to attend:
The conference is free to attend but registration is necessary.
Please register by sending an email to usppip@exeter.ac.uk detailing which days/sessions you will be attending. Registration is open until 1300 UK time on Friday 21st September. Those attending from outside Exeter can accompany the participants at the evening meals (for which there will be a charge); whilst we cannot arrange accommodation for attendees, we can advise on convenient local hotels. As places are limited, allocation will be on a first-come-first-served basis.
4. The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University seeks to fill the following two positions:
*Assistant or Associate Professor of Comparative Politics*
The Department of Political Science seeks to hire an Assistant or Associate Professor in Comparative Politics for a tenure-track or tenured position beginning in Fall 2019. We seek candidates whose teaching and research focus on political development and political economy, especially with regards to developing countries. Particular areas of interest include human security, health and well-being, global cities and urban politics, environment, and other public policy issues related to citizenship and governance in the Global South.
The political science department is housed within the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, which is committed to citizenship education at the undergraduate level and to graduate education in public affairs and the social sciences. We seek candidates who complement the broader Maxwell mission and have interdisciplinary interests. Successful candidates also may be invited to affiliate with the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs or one of Maxwell’s other interdisciplinary centers (http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/centers/), and contribute to undergraduate and graduate programs in International Relations.
*Associate Professor with Tenure – International Relations*
The Department of Public Administration and International Affairs (PAIA) seeks to hire an Associate Professor (with tenure) in International Relations/International Affairs beginning in fall 2019. We are interested in attracting a leading scholar in the areas of international political economy, development or security studies. The successful candidate will primarily support our professional Master of Arts in International Relations (MAIR) program. This individual would hold a joint appointment with the department of Political Science. Successful candidates also may affiliate with one of Maxwell’s Centers.
For both jobs, see https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/psc/Faculty_Position_Listings/
5. Sixth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies Conference, Tokyo, June 2019
Call for Papers
We are pleased to announce the Sixth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies which will be held at Waseda University in Tokyo from June 15 to 17, 2019.
The conference will be conducted in two parts, and will be preceded by a three-day intensive course on Mamluk archival material from June 12 to 14, 2019, to be conducted in Arabic (see below).
The first day of the conference, June 15, will be under the theme “The Sacred in Mamluk Society”. Under this overall rubric, the sacred may be interpreted in a variety of ways, from spaces that were believed to be sacred to those which had any relationship with the sacred, as well as the rituals and/or practices that enabled and maintained the sacred. More concretely, this theme may include anything related to Sufism, the cult of the saints, Sharifism, the history of Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem, the Hajj, the sacred among Christians and/or Jews, and Mawlids and other social events and practices, amongst other topics. In addition, by including “society”within this theme and by reconsidering the relationships between any of these elements and Mamluk society itself, as well as their roles within that society, we hope to widen the range of Mamluk studies, going beyond the boundaries between academic fields such as historical studies, religious studies, and anthropology. We look forward to papers that will expand the scope of this theme and enrich its content.
A maximum of 12 to 15 paper proposals will be selected. Should a greater number of proposals be received, the authors of those which are not selected for the conference may be offered the possibility to publish their contribution in the proceedings. Time allotted to each paper will be twenty minutes, plus ten minutes for discussion.
The following two days of the conference (June 16 and 17) will be structured in panels, which may focus on any aspect of the intellectual, political, social, economic, and artistic life of the Mamluk period. The panels will be organized into presentations of three to four papers of twenty minutes each. Panel proposals must be made by a representative, who will be responsible for its organization. Please note that in case of cancellation of two papers out of the three (or three out of the four) composing the panel, the panel will have to be withdrawn from the program. Time allotted to each paper will be twenty minutes. Discussion will take place at the end of each panel.
Language: The official language of the conference will be English.
Fees: The conference registration fees will be 7000JPY (approximately US$63) for participants and attendees. A farewell dinner will take place on the last day (June 17) at a cost to be determined. Payment of the fees (registration and farewell dinner) must be received by April 30, 2019 (information on the method of payment to be used will be provided in the first circular, which will be sent in January 2019). Participants must make their own travel arrangements; information and suggestions for accommodations will be provided in the first circular.
Proposals: Paper proposals for the themed day must be submitted electronically through the School of Mamluk Studies webpage (http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/school-of-mamluk-studies.html) by October 31, 2018. (The website will be open to accept proposals after October 1). Panel proposals must be submitted in the same manner by November 30, 2018. The paper proposals should provide the name and a one-page CV of the speaker, a provisional title, and an abstract of a maximum of 1500 characters (about 300 words) per paper. Panel proposals must be submitted as such, including the relevant information for each component paper as well as the name of the panel’s chair (the chair can be one of the panelists).
Acceptance: Paper and panel proposals will be peer-reviewed. A first circular will be sent by January 2019 to those whose proposals have been accepted, and to those who have expressed interest in attending the conference as listeners.
Publication:
- a) Themed day: the papers will be published in a volume of proceedings.
- b) Panels: selected papers will be published in Mamlūk Studies Review.
Intensive course: Mamluk Archival Material
A three-day intensive course on Mamluk archival material, intended for advanced graduate students and other qualified participants, will be offered by Professor Emad Badr al-Din Abu Ghazi (Cairo University). This will be held at Waseda University on June 12-14, 2019, immediately before the sixth conference of the School of Mamluk Studies. The course will enable students to develop reading skills in Arabic archival material related to the study of the Mamluk period and provide related contextual knowledge. It will deal with various types of archival material, including waqf-related documents, the Ragusa/Dubrovnik documents, Ottoman land registers (which include Mamluk land records), and diplomatic documents, among others. Please note that the course will be taught in Arabic.
Since the number of the participants will be limited (a maximum of 12), those who desire to take part in the course are requested to submit a CV, a statement of purpose, and a letter of recommendation by someone familiar with your work to the following email address: sms2019tokyo@gmail.com by the end of January, 2019. Those who are selected for the course will be notified by the end of February, 2019, at which time information about the method of payment for the course fees will be provided.
The course fee is 35000JPY (approximately US$315), which also includes the registration fee for the subsequent conference (June 15-17) and the fee for the farewell dinner (June 17). The fees must be paid by April 30, 2019. Registration and participation will not be confirmed until payment is received. Participants must make their own travel arrangements. The local organizer will provide suggestions for lodging at an affordable price.
We look forward to meeting you in Tokyo, Japan.
Tetsuya Ohtoshi, Waseda University (local organizer)
6. Posts:
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities – Assistant Professor – Arab
Middle Eastern Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57226
Illinois College – Tenure-Track Position in Asian Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57230
University of Chicago – Assistant Professor of South Asian Humanities
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57253
Iowa State University – Indian Ocean World PhD Fellowship
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57213
Duke University – OPEN RANK Asian Religions
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57260
Assistant Professor of History on the 20th Century Arab World, University of Wisconsin-Madison
We have a particular interest in the history of modern Arab politics and society, including the interaction between religion, culture, and politics. We will consider applicants specializing in any area of the Arab world.
Deadline for application: 1 November 2018. Information: http://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/cw/en-us/job/498753/assistant-professor-of-history-cluster-hire
7. The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington is seeking to fill the following position.*
*Position Title*: Senior Resident Scholar (Political Economy)
*Department/Team*: Research
*Location*: Washington, DC
*About AGSIW:*
The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW), launched in 2015, is an independent, nonprofit institution dedicated to providing expert research and analysis of the social, economic, and political dimensions of the Gulf Arab states and how they impact domestic and foreign policy. AGSIW focuses on issues ranging from politics and security to economics, trade, and business; from social dynamics to civil society and culture. Through programs, publications, and scholarly exchanges the institute seeks to encourage thoughtful debate and inform the U.S. policy community regarding this critical geostrategic region.
*Position Overview:*
One of three senior resident scholars, this position at AGSIW oversees the political economic portfolio at the institute. (S)he is responsible for producing regular high-quality, written analyses of key economic, trade, and financial developments in the Gulf region, and their broader geopolitical implications. Senior resident scholars are recognized experts in their field and will be expected to draw upon an extensive network of professional contacts to recruit participants for AGSIW public programs and private roundtables, and will themselves serve as panelists or moderators for these programs. (S)he also will recruit non-resident experts who can contribute written analyses on economic issues for publication by AGSIW. The senior resident scholar supervises one research associate and assists with mentoring of interns. Senior resident scholars report to the executive vice president.
*Responsibilities:*
§Author timely and relevant analyses of important trends in the Gulf region. Senior resident scholars are expected to produce one full-length issue or policy paper, and at least three to four shorter blog posts, per quarter, including material suitable for AGSIW’s blog Market Watch.
§Maintain AGSIW’s online Gulf Economic Barometer to ensure it reflects the latest events impacting ongoing economic reform efforts in the Gulf region.
§Work closely with the Programs and Outreach team to develop concepts for AGSIW’s programing and participate as program moderator or panelist. Help recruit guest panelists for AGSIW’s public programs and private roundtables.
§Work with the Publications and Digital Media team in developing compelling multimedia content, including participating in and conducting interviews for videos and podcasts.
§Promote the AGSIW brand, and his/her own professional reputation, by contributing to scholarly publications and regional and international media outlets, and participating in conferences and seminars on relevant issues, both in the United States and abroad.
§Actively recruit subject-matter experts, both in the United States and the Middle East, with an eye toward building a cadre of non-resident fellows who can contribute to AGSIW publications and programs.
§Participate actively in AGSIW’s annual strategic-planning process.
§Travel to the region to establish/maintain relationships with individuals and institutions and to conduct research, in support of AGSIW’s overall mission.
§Identify and assist with recruitment of visiting scholars from the region.
§Identify, recruit, and supervise one part-time research associate.
§Mentor interns.
*Qualifications:*
§Applicants should hold a PhD and have 8 to 10 years of research and/or academic experience with a focus on the political economy of the Middle East. A specific focus on these issues as they impact the Arab Gulf states is highly desirable.
§The ideal candidate must have exceptional oral and written communication skills and must have held positions that required significant writing, publishing, and public speaking.
*How to Apply:*
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and cover letter that explains their interest in joining AGSIW and how they expect to contribute to its mission to jobs@agsiw.org <mailto:jobs@agsiw.org> by September 28.
AGSIW is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, or other factors protected by law. No phone calls please.
8. Colgate University (Hamilton, New York) seeks a Lecturer in Arabic Studies. I would be grateful if you would share this email with with any interested candidates and your organization’s members.
Here is a link to the job ad and application instructions:
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11825
Nominations may be sent to ncatgenova@colgate.edu.
9. Jews in the Islamic World (Emory)
The Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies and the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University, Atlanta, GA invite applications for the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Jews in the Islamic World. Applicants must have Ph.D. in hand by August 1, 2018. Disciplinary, geographical, and chronological focus open. Applicants should be able to teach survey courses in both Jewish studies and Middle Eastern Studies as well as more specialized courses in their area of expertise. We expect the successful applicant, whatever the area of specialization, to demonstrate a broad knowledge of the cultural and historical context of Jewish-Islamic interactions across time and space and to have excellent relevant language skills. The successful applicant will demonstrate an excellent record in scholarship, ability to teach undergraduates, and capacity to guide graduate students in Jewish Studies and Islamic Civilizations Studies. The candidate will be expected to participate actively in the life of both the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies and the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies.
Interested candidates should submit a statement of interest, a c.v., two sample course syllabi, a writing sample, and a statement in which the candidate reflects upon his or her experience and vision regarding the teaching and mentorship of students from diverse backgrounds. Candidates should request three recommenders to submit letters on their behalf. All application materials should be submitted via Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/54503
We will start reviewing applications November 9, 2018 and continue until the position is filled. Applications received up to 30 days after review begins will be given full consideration.
10. 25th International Congress of DAVO
Frankfurt, 4−6 October 2018
Preliminary Program (16 Sept. 2018)
http://www.ffgi.net/en/davo-25.html
11. First International Conference on “Imam Reza (AS) and Dialogue of Religions”, Isfahan, 30-31 January 2019
Deadline for abstracts: 7 October 2018. Information: https://adyan.aqr.ir/en/
12. Five full-time Research Associate and Visiting Faculty Positions in the Women’s Studies in Religion Program 2019-20, Harvard Divinity School
Proposals for book-length research projects using both religion and gender as central categories of analysis are welcomed. They may address women and religion in any time, place, or religious tradition, and may utilize disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches from across the fields of theology, the humanities, and the social sciences.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2018. Information: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/apply
13. NISIS Autumn School: “Travelling Muslims”, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, 15-18 October 2018
We investigate how various kinds of travel have informed Muslims religious views, practices, and different senses of belonging. In particular, we will look into three, often interrelated kinds of travel: pilgrimage, migration, and ‘holidaying’ & travelling to gain knowledge. PhD candidates, research master students and advanced MA students are invited.
Deadline for application: 24 September 2018. Information: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2018/10/nisis-autumn-school-2018
- September 17, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.The Islamic Manuscript Association—in partnership with the Orient-Institut Istanbul, the Bibliotheca Arabica Projectat the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, and the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation—is pleased to announce that it will hold a part-day symposium entitled New Research on Ottoman-Era Manuscript Libraries at the Orient-Institut Istanbul on Saturday, 8 September 2018 from 13.00 to 17.00.
The symposium’s speakers are Prof. Dr. Hans Georg Majer, emeritus chair of Turcology and the history and culture of the Near East at Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich; Dr. Konrad Hirschler, professor of Islamic studies at the Free University of Berlin; Dr. Boris Liebrenz, research fellow with the Bibliotheca Arabica Project at the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig; and Dr. Berat Açıl, associate professor in the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at İstanbul Şehir University. The symposium’s programme, papers’ abstracts, and speakers’ biographies are available on the Association’s website.
The symposium will be followed by the Association’s 2018 annual general meeting, which will only be open to Association members who have paid their fees for the 2018 membership year.
Admission to the symposium is free of charge, but registration is essential. Please register via the Eventbrite widget at: http://www.islamicmanuscript.org/symposia/new-research-on-ottoman-era-manuscript-libraries.aspx
Please note that the symposium is an English-language event: neither English-Turkish nor English-Arabic interpretation will be available.
The address of the symposium venue, the Orient-Institut Istanbul, is Susam Sok. No. 16, Apt. 8, Cihangir, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Association via admin@islamicmanuscript.org if you have any queries about the symposium or our organization.
2. Call for Submissions: Muslim-American Writers at Home
We all possess plural self-identities. North American Muslims are, however, increasingly viewed by their co-citizens through a biased lens in which ‘American’ and ‘Muslim’ are plotted as diametrically opposed to each other. And yet for Muslims, whether newly arrived or having immigrated in an earlier century (or converts), the United States or Canada represent at least one pole of what “home” is. For a projected anthology, we are looking for submissions of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, or memoir that address themes of “identity” and “home” from North American writers who fully self-identify as Muslim. Themes could include, but are not limited to, topics like:
How you experience your Muslim American identity.
How you or your ancestors made your home in America.
How your Muslim beliefs and practices are integrated into your life here.
What connects you with the home your family migrated from.
How/when you have felt the most welcome here.
How/when you have felt the most misrepresented or misunderstood here.
What you would most like for other people to know about your culture, your beliefs, your journey, etc.
Please send 3-5 poems or prose up to 3500 words to the editors Kitty Costello and Valerie Behiery at muslimamericansathome@gmail.com before October 1st, 2018 (Extended to 15th). Authors will receive a response by the selection committee (Kitty, Valerie, and Hanan) by December 30th 2018 and hopefully earlier.
About the editors:
Kitty Costello is a poet, writing facilitator, and psychotherapist who uses writing as a tool for insight and healing. Her recent poetry book is entitled Upon Waking. She has served for nearly 30 years on the editorial board of Freedom Voices Publications, which publishes works that speak to and from communities on the margins.
Valerie Behiery, Ph.D., is an arts writer specializing in contemporary culture related to the Muslim World. Dedicated to healing social divisions, her writing has been published in academic journals, art catalogues, and freelance publications like Intense Art Magazine, Azizah, Tribe, Nafas, or esse. She has taught at universities in Canada, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia.
Hanan Hazime is a multidisciplinary artist, community arts educator, and writing facilitator. She has a M.A. in English Literature & Creative Writing. Hanan’s writing aims to empower Muslim women and other individuals who have experienced mental health issues. Her debut poetry chapbook “Aorta” was published by ZED Press in April 2018. She is currently working on her first novel.
3. Call for Papers: “From the Ruins of Preservation” A symposium on rethinking heritage through counter-archives, to be held in London, 11-12th July 2019
Colonial legacies in heritage preservation have intersected and clashed with local realities since their inception. Heritage sites have often been created by way of processes which segregate them both temporally and geographically from the contemporary world, and the people who live with and amongst them. This might result in restrictions of habitation and cultivation, religious and ritual practice, and the removal of entire local settlements from inside and around natural and cultural heritage sites. Individuals and communities, however, have always had their own ways of preserving and engaging with material and immaterial significances. Objects, places and landscapes were and are embedded and reactivated in the domains of contemporary life. These realities defy and challenge the disciplinary baggage, canons and categories as well as prevailing methods, discourses, concepts and practices of heritage studies, which in many cases have proved unhelpful in engaging such records outside of “the archive” as it is conventionally understood.
The problem of adequately engaging the histories of these intersections has been exacerbated by methodological challenges. Historians have long ignored the gaps and unspoken emotions and bodies in written and visual archival sources. Visual analyses often lack the methods to engage with different iterations of the diverse and heterogenous agencies of both humans and nonhumans outside of the scope of official archives—the locals going about their lives in ancient ruins; the workers who labour on archaeological excavations; those often nameless individuals who serve as human scales next to an excavated building; the local guides who help “open up” landscapes to preservationists; or the agencies and affordances of forms of material culture themselves. Due to a turn against the forms of authority empowered in conventional archival sources, critical heritage studies have largely denied the usefulness and significance of archives for the study of such non-official forms of heritage preservation, which has led to the de-privileging of historical and visual analysis. This frustration has resulted in a general turning away from such sources by researchers within heritage studies to focus on contemporary issues, and their accompanying methods, especially “oral history” and ethnography. However, this move has frustrated historians who have seen heritage studies as a field in which the historical contexts of the contemporary phenomena which such scholars study has been effectively written out of the picture.
In order to address these issues, we are seeking contributions for a symposium (to be held at the German Historical Institute London) and linked edited volume that aims to reconstruct new histories and viewpoints in order to re-examine the “ruins of preservation” and to rethink the varied agencies—both human and non-human—which surround both natural and cultural heritage preservation practices through new conceptual and methodological approaches. We expect such papers to engage with a range of alternative sources and counter-archives (neglected aspects of photography; engagement with more-than-human agents; rethinking objects, landscape and built environment as archives), and/or to discuss new approaches to oral and public history. Re-engaging such histories is not only important in building a new historical approach to heritage, but will also help researchers to reconceptualise and recontextualise contemporary heritage phenomena. By re-centring the discourse about “heritage” to examine specific non-state practices (or conflicts between state and non-state practices) through such methods we also seek a more nuanced and effective understanding of how preservation has been determined over time and from different perspectives. Papers should thus present a methodological intervention into reductionist preservation histories by developing a new diachronic, more diverse vocabulary and directions for future research in and on this field.
CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann, Assistant Professor of African Studies, Hampshire College
Trinidad Rico, Director of Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies, Rutgers University
Karen Salt, Director of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R), University of Nottingham
Please send abstracts of 300-400 words and queries to: fromtheruinsofpreservation@gmail.com
DEADLINE: November 1, 2018. Speakers will be notified in late November. We have a modest budget to cover travel for participants who require this; please indicate whether you would need to have your travel covered when you send your abstracts, and where you would be travelling from. All accepted participants will have their accommodation covered in London for three nights.
Co-organized by Mirjam Brusius (Research Fellow in Colonial and Global History) German Historical Institute London and Rodney Harrison (AHRC Heritage Priority Area Leadership Fellow/Professor of Heritage Studies at the UCL Institute of Archaeology).
Visit the conference site at GHIL https://www.ghil.ac.uk/from_the_ruins_of_preservation/
4. Call for Papers
(Deadline Sept. 19th, 2018)
Summer Doctoral School
“Religion and Atheism in Pluralist Societies”
Nantes, 17-19 June 2019
The Institut du pluralisme religieux et de l’athéisme (IPRA ; www.ipra.eu) is organizing a summer school on religion and atheism in pluralist societies. We seek to bring together doctoral students in different disciplines (history, religious studies, sociology, law, art history, anthropology, etc.). Presentations may be given in English or in French. Participants should be able to understand both languages. We seek in particular to bring together doctoral students from Iran, France, other European countries and the USA.
Eligibility:
The summer school is open to doctoral students enrolled in any country, in any discipline, as long as their dissertation subject, and the proposed talk, are related to the theme of the summer school.
Costs:
The summer school will be financed by IPRA and the University of Nantes and will be free of cost to the students accepted. Participants will be lodged in student housing at no cost. Lunch will be provided free to participants. Travel to Nantes will not be paid by IPRA, and participants should seek funding from their home institutions.
Format:
The summer school will take place 17-19 June 2019. Doctoral students will each make a 20-minute presentation; faculty from IPRA and other partner institutions will chair the panels and give their reactions to student presentations.
For more information, please visit:
Students from Iran should contact pedram.khosronejad@okstate.edu.
5. Panels on Sixth Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS 2019), University of Nottingham, 15-16 April 2019
The organisers invite proposals for whole panels or individual papers. Islamic Studies is broadly understood to include all disciplinary approaches to the study of Islam and Muslim societies (majority and minority), modern and premodern.
Deadline for proposals: 30 November 2018. Information: http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-2019-call-for-papers
6. Conference: “Religion and Resistance”, American Academy of Religion Western Region (AARWR), Arizona State University, 2-3 March 2019
The Islamic Studies Section invites papers and panels focusing on the main theme of the conference addressing questions such as: how might resistance best be understood within Islam and Islamic traditions theologically and/or culturally? How have the different forms of resistance in Islam changed throughout history? Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2018. Information: https://www.aarwr.com/call-for-papers.html
7. Conference: “Global Islam in the Interwar World”, University of Leuven, 27-29 March 2019
We are seeking contributions from different disciplines by junior and senior researchers dealing with the Muslim global history of the period 1914-1945 in the wider sense. We aim to discuss new methodological perspectives about how intellectual Muslim networks and figures (including minor or less prominent figures) tried to position themselves and their actions in the world history of that era.
Deadline for abstracts: 26 October 2018. Information: http://www.muslims-in-interwar-europe.com/CallForPapers.html
8. Director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program, Hartford Seminary
Preference will be given to candidates whose work exhibits appreciation for contemporary significance and relevant methods. The successful candidate must be able to teach at the introductory and advanced graduate levels, and must be able to guide and advise students within the Islamic Chaplaincy Program, including field placements and CPE settings. Rank is open; Ph.D. or suitable equivalent degree strongly preferred.
Review of applications start: 1 October 201. Information: http://mideast.unc.edu/hartford-seminary-director-of-the-islamic-chaplaincy-program/
9. Islamic Studies Position, Bard College
This is a full-time, tenure-track position in the area of Islamic Studies, to begin September 2019. Applicants should possess a strong foundation in the formative or classical traditions and literatures of Islam, with appropriate language proficiency such as Arabic and/or Persian, and an understanding of later and contemporary developments within Islamic societies.PhD or near completion is required.
Deadline for applications: https://apply.interfolio.com/54151 . Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/54151
10. Lecturer in Arabic Language, Columbia University
The position is at the rank of Lecturer in Discipline and beginning July 1, 2019. We are seeking a professional language teacher with a serious commitment to teaching languages for academic purposes while developing pedagogical materials and incorporating technological innovations into the curriculum. Preference will be given to applicants who have a Ph.D., but those with a Master’s degree and considerable language teaching experience are also encouraged to apply.
Review of applications start: 1 October 2018. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57205
11. Assistant Professor in the History of the Modern Middle East, Texas Tech University
Candidates who have very strong records of scholarship supported by extramural funding and who have the proven capacity or clear potential to bring externally sponsored research to Texas Tech University are encouraged to apply. Service duties include program-building, as well as commitment to extra-curricular activities. Service to the department, college, university, and community is expected. Applicants should have completed a PhD in modern Middle Eastern history at the time of the appointment.7
Review of applications start: 15 October 2018. Information: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25898&siteid=5637#jobDetails=414845_5637
12. Persian Language Winter School 2018, Yerevan, Armenia, 2-22 December 2018
This 14 or 21 days’ winter school offers participants to master skills in written and oral modern Persian, reading and interpreting Persian texts from different periods as well as rapidly deepening their knowledge in colloquial Persian. This school is designed for students, at least 18 years-old, who want to make well-grounded progress in their knowledge of the Persian language, deepen their knowledge of Persian Grammar, colloquial speech and literary language.
Deadline for registration: 10 October 2018. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/2319313/persian-language-winter-school-2018-yerevan-armenia
13. Training Course on the Study of Oriental Manuscripts: “Codicological and Paleographical Aspects of Islamic Manuscripts, with a Special Focus on Manuscript Notes”, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, 25-29 March 2019
The training course is intended for advanced MA and doctoral students as well as other junior researchers in the fields of Oriental Philology, Islamic Studies, Ethnography or Comparative Manuscript Studies.
Deadline for registration: 30 November 2018. Information: http://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/die-staatsbibliothek/abteilungen/orient/aktuelles/
- September 11, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Call for Papers
Cities of the Arab World: Theory, Investigation, Critique
February 14-16, 2019
Global Urban Studies Program
Michigan State University
Contemporary Arab cities are dynamic entities within and through which larger national, regional and global political-economic, technological and cultural forces interact. Global discourses of urban development and redevelopment, for example, contribute to traumatic dislocations in predictable ways, but also open new pathways to power and new dynamics of place- and community-making as local forces turn such discourses to their own purposes. Social conflict and war, too, have their own political economies and logics of creation and destruction, as politicians and profiteers speculate, and rebels and refugees improvise and innovate survival strategies and new forms of self-government. Reconstruction further reorganizes urban space and economic opportunity, as it gives rise to new and innovative approaches to urban planning, architecture and heritage preservation. Burgeoning creative scenes introduce new aesthetics and make possible new identities and forms of resistance. At the same time, they commodify culture and anchor emergent art markets with increasingly global connections. Just as Kurds, Copts, Armenians and Chaldeans have contributed to the creative flux of Arab cities, contemporary migrants from the Arab world have created hybrid cultural and political formations and new linguistic landscapes as migrants adapt to and alter metropolitan spaces around the world.
This conference seeks papers that explore the complexities and contradictions of Arab cities and Arab urban communities around the world. Organizers seek theoretically driven, holistic and historically grounded individual and comparative studies that explore both significant challenges and the creative resilience in meeting those challenges in Arab cities and communities. Through concrete case studies, comparisons and ethnographies, participating scholars are asked to attend to the discourses, power structures, institutions, technologies, and strategies shaping Arab cities and communities, as well as the political-economic and socio-cultural forces that drive, benefit from, resist, or are produced by them.
We are particularly interested in papers that focus on the following issues:
- The impact of war, occupation and/or reconstruction on Arab cities.
- Political economies of urban development and redevelopment in Arab cities. Who “owns” the city and with what political, economic or cultural effect?
- Minority communities and their contributions to or marginalization within Arab cities.
- Youth culture, gender, or fashion in Arab cities.
- Climate change and environmental challenges and Arab Cities, including, but not limited to: supply of potable water and sanitation; waste management; transportation; energy consumption; air pollution; and uncontrolled urban growth.
- Linguistic landscapes and hybridities in the Arab world and Arab communities around the world.
- Arab migration and diaspora communities: Identity -, city- and community- making outside the Middle East.
- Representation of Arab cities and urban life in literature and film.
- The city or the urban in Arab political thought and subaltern movements.
We intend to publish conference papers in special issues (or special sections) of peer-reviewed journals and a peer-reviewed edited volume. We ask that participants supply draft papers for circulation by February 2, 2019 for circulation amongst panel participants as a first step in the peer review process.
Transport, accommodation, and meals during the conference will be subsidized by the organizers.
Please submit abstracts for papers (max 300 words) and a CV to Dr. Najib Hourani at houranin@msu.edu with the subject line “Arab Cities 2019 Abstract.”
The deadline for abstract submission is October 5, 2018.
2. Submissions are being accepted for the Fourth Round of the BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World.
The British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) and De Gruyter are delighted to announce the fourth round of the BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World. This international prize will be awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis or unpublished first monograph based on a doctoral thesis. English-language submissions on any aspect of the academic study of Islam and the Muslim world, past and present, including Muslim-minority societies are accepted. Applicants can be based in any country, and manuscripts will be assessed on the basis of scholarly quality and originality.
The award includes publication of the winning manuscript and a prize of £1,000, and it will be officially presented at the Annual Conference of BRAIS. The selection process will be undertaken by a seven-member prize committee comprising established academics from across the field.
Submission deadline: 5pm (UK Time) 1 October 2018
For details of how to submit an entry see http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize
If you have any questions, please send an email to prize@brais.ac.uk
3. International Conference: “Innovative Approaches in Islamic Sciences and Education”, Institute for Islamic Theology, University of Osnabrück, 20-22 September 2018
Conference Management: Prof. Dr. Bülent Uçar.
Deadline for registration: 8 September 2018. Program: https://www.iit.uni-osnabrueck.de/fileadmin/documents/public/Plakate_Brosch%C3%BCren/2018-Innovative_Approaches.pdf
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4. Posts:
Full Professorship in “Islamic Text Studies” (Koran and Hadith), Humboldt-University Berlin
Position is starting 1 October 2019. The teaching and research focus of this professorship is on the Koran, as well as on the traditions of the Prophet’s teachings and life (Hadith and Sira). Both the historical contexts of the texts and their traditions of interpretation, as well as their conveyance and interpretation with respect to the present-day realities of Muslims’ lives, are to be the subject of research.
Deadline for applications: 27 September 2018. Information: https://www.personalabteilung.hu-berlin.de/stellenausschreibungen/full-professorship-islamic-text-studies201d-koran-and-hadith-w3
Full Professorship in “Islamic Religious Education and Practical Theology”, Humboldt-University Berlin
This position is starting 1 October 2019. The successful candidate’s research work and teaching will focus on the diversity of religious practices in the context of our constantly changing modern world. This professorship will be responsible for the training of teachers of religious education and, to this end, takes into account the diversity of religious experiences on the part of Muslim children and young adults, as well as the plurality of Islamic concepts of identity.
Deadline for applications: 27 September 2018. Information: https://www.personalabteilung.hu-berlin.de/stellenausschreibungen/full-professorship-islamic-religious-education-and-practical-theology201d-w3
Full Professorship in “Islamic Law in the Past and Present”, Humboldt-University Berlin
This position is starting 1 October 2019. This professorship addresses religious jurisprudence (Fiqh), the methodology of law (Usul al-fiqh) and the philosophy of law in the classical canon of Islamic theology. It considers not only jurisprudence in the narrower sense, but also the general life orientation in accordance with religious values. Legal norms and their traditional sources and theoretical foundations will be contextualised and problematised in teaching and research with respect to the conditions of a society in a global context.
Deadline for applications: 27 September 2018. Information: https://www.personalabteilung.hu-berlin.de/stellenausschreibungen/full-professorship-islamic-law-in-the-past-and-present201d-w3
Junior Professorship in “Islamic Philosophy and the Foundations of Belief”, Humboldt-University Berlin
This is a tenure track position. This professorship focuses on three key fields of Islamic scholarship. In his or her research and teaching, the successful candidate will address the historical contextualisation of various mystical, philosophical and doctrinal currents (in particular Sunna and Shia), including the reception of classical and late antique sciences, especially Aristotelian and neo-Platonic thought.
Deadline for applications: 27 September 2018. Information: https://www.personalabteilung.hu-berlin.de/stellenausschreibungen/junior-professorship-for-islamic-philosophy-and-the-foundations-of-belief201d-with-tenure-track-w1
Teaching-Track Lecturer in Beginning through Advanced Arabic, University of Southern California
The Department of Middle East Studies in the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences has a need in the Spring 2019 semester for a full-time, teaching-track lecturer position to teach beginning through advanced Arabic. Requirements: Native or near-native fluency in Arabic; demonstrated excellence in the teaching of Arabic language at the college level; M.A. or Ph.D. in Arabic.
Information: https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/full-time-lecturer-in-arabic-language/1209/8911545
Assistant/Associate Professor in International/Comparative Political Economy, Naval Postgraduate School, CA
This is a tenure track position. Specialists with regional expertise in Europe or the Middle East and/or with a relevance to national security affairs, defense policy, or maritime policy are especially encouraged to apply. Relevant expertise might include international economic negotiations, global/regional economic regimes, comparative economic policies, trade sanctions, and the political economy of violence.
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2018. Information: https://main.hercjobs.org/jobs/11417081/assistant-or-associate-professor-international-comparative-political-economy
Assistant Professor of Modern Middle East History, Smith College, Massachusetts
The Program in Middle East Studies at Smith College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin July 1, 2019. Candidates engaged in research that challenges existing periodizations of modern Middle East history, contributes to rethinking the geographies and transregional
flows that shaped territorial spaces within the Middle East over time, and/or engages creatively with underrepresented subjects, geographies, and themes are especially welcome to apply.
Review of applications will begin on 1 November 2018. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/53879
Norma Jean Calderwood University Professorship in Islamic and Asia Art, Boston College
The appointment will be made at the rank of full Professor, with a preferred start date of July 1, 2019. The appointee will teach introductory courses in Islamic art and architecture, and upper-level courses and research seminars in his or her areas of specialization.
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2018. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/53626
Lecturer in Discipline, Arabic Language, Columbia University, NY
Position is beginning July 1, 2019. We are seeking a professional language teacher with a serious commitment to teaching languages for academic purposes while developing pedagogical materials and incorporating technological innovations into the curriculum.
technological innovations into the curriculum.
Review of applications start: 1 October 2018. Information: https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1535888830549
Visiting Assistant Professor for Arabic Language Flagship Program, University of Mississippi
Beginning January 2019; the professor will teach all levels of Arabic following the program’s curriculum and must have substantial experience in teaching Arabic to American university students, a Ph.D. in Arabic or a related field and native or near-native proficiency in Arabic.
Position open until filled. Information: https://careers.olemiss.edu/job/University-Visiting-Assistant-Professor-%28Arabic-Flagship%29-MS-38677/500962800/
5. Articles on Special Issue “Salafism in the West: Major Issues and Debates” for Journal “Religions”
This special issue specifically aims to identify and discuss the major themes and debates that are commonly associated with the discussions of Salafism in the West either in the context of specific nation states or thematically.
Deadline for manuscripts: 31 January 2020. Information: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/salafism
6. Excellent AGAPS Country Research Resource Guides on Kuwait and the UAE
Members of the Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS) are working to develop research resource guides for countries in the region. If you are someone who could help AGAPS prepare similar guides on other countries, or you would like to add to our existing guides, please contact okruhlik@msn.com and alsumait.f@gust.edu.kw.
See the Kuwait and UAE Guides: https://agaps.org/member-area/country-guides/
- September 03, 2018
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Furman University – Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57109
2. Scribal Cultures Across Eurasia
Princeton’s Program in Medieval Studies seeks proposals for 20-minute papers that will explore scribal cultures in different parts of the world between the 5th and the 15th century. Scribal cultures across the Eurasian continent are often more connected than is usually recognized. The long shadow of the Achaemenids can be traced in Demotic papyri and Bactrian inscriptions; Khotanese legal documents from Dunhuang used Indian and Chinese bits of formulary; Latin scribes and scholars of the late Antique and medieval West built upon forms and formularies that once belonged to the much wider world of the later Roman empire. Throughout the Middle Ages, connections to these wider horizons persisted, linking different scribal cultures, framing new conversations between them, and inspiring new scripts, vocabularies, and literatures. We welcome proposals from a broad range of disciplines and approaches that will address the documents themselves, discourses on documentary, scribal or legal cultures, and/or representations/ruminations of/on all of the above in literature, art, architecture, music, history of science, etc. This session will be an extension of the 2018-2019 programming at Princeton on this topic, which is part of an ongoing Princeton initiative seeking to connect not only divergent parts of medieval worlds but also this initiative with similar interests and projects at other research institutions and by other scholars.
The Princeton medieval studies community is deeply committed to inclusivity. Graduate students, contingent faculty, early-career medievalists, women, persons with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply. Interested persons should send a short cv and a one-page abstract of their paper by September 15, 2018 to:
Prof. Sara S. Poor
Princeton University
Department of German
203 East Pyne
Princeton, NJ 08544
3. Yale University’s Program in History of Science and Medicine seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor with expertise in transnational or cross-cultural history of science, technology, health, or the body, to begin July 1, 2019. As a member of the Program in the History of Science and Medicine, the successful candidate will be appointed fully in the Department of History.
The search is open to scholars studying any era and any region, with a preference for scholarship that ranges beyond Europe and the United States. Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, underrepresented minorities, protected veterans, and persons with disabilities. Applicants should submit a letter of application, C.V., statement of research interests, a teaching statement or sample syllabus, a chapter length writing sample prepared for anonymous reading, and three letters of reference at http://apply.interfolio.com/52990 Review of applications will begin September 15, 2018 and continue until a suitable candidate is found. Questions can be addressed to Erica Lee, erica.lee@yale.edu.
4. Lives of the Prophets: The Illustrations to Hafiz-i Abru’s “Assembly of Chronicles”
By: Mohamad Reza Ghiasian
Publisher: BRILL
Series: Studies in Persian Cultural History, Volume: 16
Extent: xvi + 344 pp.
ISBN: 978-90-04-37722-6
Hardback: EUR €132.00 | USD $159.00
E-Book: EUR €120.00 | USD $144.00
In Lives of the Prophets: The Illustrations to Hafiz-i Abru’s “Assembly of Chronicles” Mohamad Reza Ghiasian analyses two extant copies of the Majmaʿ al-tawarikh produced for the Timurid ruler Shahrukh (r. 1405–1447). The first manuscript is kept in Topkapı Palace and the second is widely dispersed. Codicological analysis of these manuscripts not only allows a better understanding of Hafiz-i Abru’s contributions to rewriting earlier history, but has served to identify the existence of a previously unrecognised copy of the Jamiʿ al-tawarikh produced at Rashid al-Din’s scriptorium. Through a meticulous close reading of both text and image, Mohamad Reza Ghiasian convincingly proves that numerous paintings of the dispersed manuscript were painted over the text before its dispersal in the early twentieth century.
For more information and the table of contents, please see https://brill.com/view/title/38932
5. The Department of Politics at Princeton University seeks to hire an Outreach Associate (Senior Research Specialist) in support of a project titled, “Understanding Marginalized Communities in the Arab World Through Social Science Research: Gaining Insight, Enhancing Capacity, Building Collaborations, Contributing to Solutions.”
Required: A Master’s degree (Ph.D. preferred) in political science, sociology, economics, or another social science, and 2-3 years of related experience. Excellent knowledge of, and applied experience with, quantitative research methods. Knowledge of a statistical language such as SPSS, Stata or R. Strong experience documenting, analyzing and disseminating data. A history of being organized, resourceful, and attentive to detail. Supervisory and financial management experience. Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects at once, take initiative, prioritize work, and meet deadlines. Superior written and oral communication skills in Arabic and English. Excellent interpersonal skills. Comfortable working both individually and as part of a team.
Preferred: Prior experience with comparative research or international collaborations. A knowledge of French is desirable.
See: https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/1583764/senior-research-specialist-i/
6. 11th Al-Jami’ah Forum & Conference: “Southeast Asian and Global Perspectives”, Jambi, 13-15 No-vember 2018
The forum will be dedicated to the wide and general issues of Islamic studies in Southeast Asia and there-fore accept articles from various fields in Islamic studies. Promising papers after the process of peers re-views will be published in Al-Jami’ah: Journal of Islamic Studies (Scopus Q3) or JSEAIS: Journal of South-east Asian Islam & Society.
Deadline for abstracts: 18 September 2018. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announce-ments/2221659/11th-al-jamiah-forum-conference-islamic-studies-update
7. Workshop: “Religion, Economy, and Value: Histories of Religious Fundraising”, University of Copenhagen, 17-18 December 2018
This workshop aims to bring together scholars working across a variety of religious, geographical and cul-tural contexts and historical periods to discuss what religious fundraising practices can tell us more broadly about economic thinking and conceptions of the social god.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2018. Information: https://centerforcontemporarybuddhiststud-ies.wordpress.com/2018/08/20/cfp-workshop-on-religion-economy-and-value-histories-of-religious-fund-raising/
8. Visiting Professor for Kuwait Program of Sciences Po, Paris School of International Affairs
This opportunity is open to both professors and practitioners, specialists of the Middle East and North Africa. Individuals of all nationalities may apply. Applicants must be full-time faculty members of professorial rank. Candidates on sabbatical or on leave will be preferred. Applications from all social sciences and humanities are welcome, with a preference for experts on human development policies, political economy, or urbanism in the Middle East.
Deadline for applications: 2 September 2018. Information: https://www.sciencespo.fr/kuwait-program/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Call_KSP_Visting_Faculty_
9. Research Fellowship for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University
The Fellow will be expected to: (1) produce a deliverable (e.g., a research paper) on their fellowship topic acknowledging the fellowship scheme at AKU-ISMC; (2) organise a research workshop which will be an opportunity to bring together other academics working on their topic; (3) engage in discussions about their work and that of colleagues at AKU-ISMC; and (4) possibly delivering lectures and seminars in the MA programme in Muslim Cultures. Candidates should have a PhD in the Humanities or Social Sciences
Deadline for applications: 21 September 2018. Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BLV449/call-for-re-search-fellowship
10. Assistant Professor in International Studies with Expertise in the Middle East, University of San Francisco
We are seeking applications from candidates with a Ph.D. in International Studies or related field. Prefer-ence will be given to applicants whose work centers on one or more of the following areas: diplomacy, human rights, indigeneity and race/intersectionality in a global perspective.
Deadline for applications: 5 October 2018. Information: https://www.usfjobs.com/postings/14445
11. Humanities Research Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World, New York University Abu Dhabi
While open to scholars working in all areas of the Humanities, the program aims in particular to build a center of outstanding research capacity in areas of the Humanities that are relevant for the study of the Arabic world, its rich intellectual, religious, and scientific history, its cultural and artistic heritage as ex-pressed in traditional and new media, and its interaction with other cultures in the past and present.
Information: https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/centers-labs-and-projects/humanities-research-fellowship-program.html
- August 27, 2018
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1.Conference: “The Early Islamic Empire at Work” for ERC Project “The Early Islamic Empire at Work – The View from the Regions Toward the Center”, University of Hamburg, 11-13 October 2018
The conference discusses the reach of law, Islamic and other, for the integration and functioning of the em-pire, as well as its role in the development of Islam as an ‘imperial’ religion. To what extent did ‘Islam’ serve as an integrating force, even if only for the imperial elite?
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2018. Information: https://www.islamic-empire.uni-hamburg.de/en/news-and-events/conferences/reach-of-empire.html
2. International Conference and Collective Volume: “(Im)Mobility and the (Re)Combination of Knowledge in the Mamluk Period – Towards a Conceptual Intellectual History”, University of Bonn, 6-8 October 2019
The aim of the conference and the edited volume is to bring together a number of case studies which illustrate how the social context of a given author influences knowledge production. Papers are welcome that address the social context of authors and their intellectual outcome in general, and how their (im)mobility lead either to the specialization or hybridization of knowledge.
Deadline for proposals: 15 September 2018. More information: https://www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/mamluk-events/cfp-immobility-and-the-re-combination-of-knowledge-in-the-mamluk-period.pdf
3. Study Program: “One Land, Two Peoples and Three Religions”, Galilee Institute, Israel, 27 Decem-ber 2018 – 8 January 2019
The programme focusses on the Jewish/Christian/Islamic religions, their roots in the region and their rela-tionship around the conflict. It is designed for all students, faculty members and professionals who wish to take a deeper look at the diverse groups living in Israel/Palestine.
Deadline for applications: 27 October 2018. Information: https://www.gal-ilcol.ac.il/Courses/235/One_Land,_Two_Peoples_and_Three_Religions
4. 15 Scholarships for MA in Modern Turkish Studies, Istanbul Sehir University
The Center for Modern Turkish Studies invites you to study issues of Turkey and its surronding with unique interdisciplinary and flexible curriculum for our M.A Program.
Deadline for application: 31 August 2018. Further info http://cemts.sehir.edu.tr
5. Call for Papers
International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK, 1st-4th July 2019
Caucasian Connections: Beyond Liminality
The relationship between the Caucasus and the outside world has been deeply implicated in its cultural development and structures of authority from the Maikop Culture onwards. Just as outside empires sought to control the Caucasus, its peoples and strategic routes and resources, so indigenous Caucasian elites sought the favour of outsiders in their struggles for power. At the same time, the Caucasus maintained a distinctive set of cultural traditions. This tension between access to the outside world and indigenous ‘Caucasian civilisation’ has been a central theme of scholarship on the region.
In order to promote interdisciplinary dialogue on these issues, we propose to organise one or several panels at the International Medieval Studies- the world’s second-largest gathering of medieval scholars and the largest in Europe. We welcome papers from the disciplines of History, Art History, Archaeology, Medieval Studies, Literature or Historical Linguistics on the cultures of the Caucasus (broadly defined), its relationship with the surrounding areas, or outside attitudes to the region. In particular, we seek papers that can address the material culture aspects of these relationships, given the overall conference theme of ‘materiality’. Possible subjects may include, but are not limited to:
– material cultures of the Caucasus and its neighbours;
– economic, social or cultural connections within or beyond the Caucasus;
– the (un)importance of the outside world in the formation of Caucasian culture, society or identity;
– outsider perceptions of the Caucasus.
For further information, please see the full conference CFP at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/imc2019_call.html. Small travel bursaries may be available from the conference, although these should not be relied upon as a source of support. Further travel support may be available for scholars from outside the UK, with priority given to scholars from the Caucasus and CIS countries.
Expressions of interest should be sent to John Latham Sprinkle at 580698@soas.ac.uk by 10th September 2018. Please send a paper title and a brief description of your proposed topic. Please also indicate whether you will require travel funding in order to attend, and if so, approximately how much you estimate will be necessary.
6. The Ira Brind and Stacey Spector Assistant/ Associate Curator of South Asian Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
For more information and to apply, please visit:
https://philamuseum.applytojob.com/apply/ZOMnEB9IKm/The-Ira-Brind-And-Stacey-Spector-AssistantAssoc
- August 20, 2018
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1.6th International Conference on “Islam & Liberty – Building an Islamic Case for Open Markets”, Islamabad, 14-15 November 2018
The conference brings together academics and researchers to present and discuss papers on the current discourse on Islam, society and the world at large under the over-arching theme of Islam and liberty. The Conference is an attempt to re-discover the original tenets of economic freedom as propounded by the Quran and Sunnah
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2018. Information: http://islamandlibertynetwork.org/blog/2018/06/01/building-an-islamic-case-for-open-markets/
2. Workshop: “The ‘Ethical’ and the ‘Everyday’: Interrogating Analytical Turns for/in the Study of Islam and Muslims in Europe”, University of Cambridge, 29-30 November 2018
This workshop seeks to provide a forum for critically engaging with the analytics of the “ethical” and the “everyday” in the study of Islam and Muslims in Europe. What is, we ask, the analytical purchase of these turns within the study of Islam and Muslims in Europe? What, furthermore, might escape our attention while preferring one turn among the other?
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2018. Information: https://bit.ly/2MnuFnN
3. Visiting Research Fellowships, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin
The call is open to senior researchers and recent postdocs in the humanities and the social sciences. Slots are available throughout the year with the exception of July and August 2019. We therefore ask applicants to state their preferred month(s) of stay while indicating alternative dates.
Deadline for applications: 17 August 2018. Information: https://www.zmo.de/Ausschreibungen/calls%20for%20papers/CfP%20-%20Visiting%20Research%20Fellowships2018.pdf
4. Scholarships for 75 Master’s Programs at the Goethe University Frankfurt
Applicants must hold an excellent Bachelor’s degree from a university outside of Germany. Awardees are provided with a monthly stipend of 1,000 EUR and other benefits to help them develop their career.
Information: www.uni-frankfurt.de/masterstip
5. The journal Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (ACME) is looking to recruit a new Book Review Editor and a new Film Review Editor, with the first contributed work to appear in Volume 5(1), Summer 2017/18.
If you are interested, please forward a copy of your curriculum vitae, along with a brief statement about your interest in the position and an example of your professional writing to:
Dr. Pedram Khosronejad (Chief Editor)
Farzaneh Family Scholar
Associate Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies
School of International Studies
Oklahoma State University
E-mail: Pedram.khosronejad@okstate.edu
6. The Second International Conference on Islamic Civilisation (ISIC 2019):
The Movement of Population, Objects, and Ideas in the Pre-modern and Modern Muslim World
Call for Papers
Abstract Submission Deadline: October 15th, 2018
Conference Dates: February 12th–13th, 2019
Venue: National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taipei, Republic of China (details to be confirmed)
Muslim world, covering a vast geographical area, is characterised by its ethnic, linguistic, and cultural multiplicity. Its diversity is precisely captured by Dale F. Eickelman: ‘The main challenge for the study of Islam is to describe how its universalistic or abstract principles have been realized in various social and historical contexts without representing Islam as a seamless essence on the one hand or as a plastic congeries of beliefs and practices on the other.’ (1987) However difficult it may be to describe such rich human/social/cultural phenomena, the pluralistic ideas and practices in Muslim world result from the interaction, violent or non-violent, between Muslims and other communities, and between Muslims themselves, the exchange and transmission of ideas, objects, and techniques, through various media, over the past fourteen centuries. How and why do/did people, ideas, and objects move from one place to another? Through what agencies do/did people, ideas, and objects travel? How did/does such movement impact upon other communities, their social and cultural dynamics? We welcome contributions from scholars and postgraduate students concerned with these questions from any relevant scholarly discipline, including history, anthropology, sociology, linguistics, area studies, politics, (comparative) literature, and religious studies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Migration of tribes, Sufi orders, refugees, or any distinctive group in pre-modern and modern contexts
- Transmission or translation of ideas, artistic or literary motifs, or texts
- Travel & travelogues
- Exchange and interaction through commerce (e.g. slave trade)
- Spread of techniques or objects (e.g. introduction of paper)
Each presentation will last 20 minutes, including Q&A session. Abstracts between 300–400 words along with a one-page CV should be sent to Dr. I-Wen Su at isu@nccu.edu.tw, by 5.00 pm, October 15th, 2018, with ‘ISIC 2019’ in the subject line. The presenters whose papers are accepted will be notified in late October and early November, and asked to submit the full papers by January 10th, 2019. The papers, which pass the double-blind review, will be published.
7. 32 Fellowships at the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem
The fellowships are open to students and scholars in Near Eastern studies from prehistory through the Islamic periods, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology and religion and related disciplines.
Deadline for application: 31 August 2018. Information: http://www.aiar.org/fellowships/?mc_cid=a57d843a2b&mc_eid=4b7f78b915
8. Tenure Track Position in any Discipline on Islam in Asia, Asian Studies Program, Hamilton College, New York
The position on Islam in Asia includes Iran/Persia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, to begin July 1, 2019. Mastery of a relevant Asian language is expected.
Application deadline: 5 October 2018. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56980
9. Advanced Assistant/Associate Professor, Inayat and Ishrat Malik Professorship in Islamic Studies, University of Cincinnati
Minimum Qualifications: A Ph.D. is required, as well as prior teaching experience and evidence of scholarly excellence. The successful candidate is expected to engage in research, to teach on the graduate and undergraduate levels in their area, and to contribute, via interdisciplinary education and as appropriate, to undergraduate certificate programs in such areas as Religious Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Arabic Studies, Asian Studies, Security Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2019. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=57031
10. Project: Education and Childhood Studies Digital Resources for Afghanistan
The aim of the project is to produce digital resources on education in Afghanistan as part of the Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies – an authoritative digital resource on the state of the education system as well as the nature of childhood and youth experience in Afghanistan.
- August 13, 2018
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1.De-centering the Global Middle Ages
February 8-9, 2019, University of Michigan
The Department of History and Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program at the University of Michigan invite proposals for a February 8-9, 2019 symposium, “De-centering the Global Middle Ages.”
This symposium will contribute to the burgeoning body of scholarship on the meaning of the “medieval” and “Middle Ages” in increasingly interdisciplinary and cross-regional conceptions of the premodern world.
This symposium invites researchers to consider scholarly perspectives of the “global Middle Ages” by presenting research and resources that address the connectivity and mobility of the globe c. 500-1600 CE. What work does the idea of “the Middle Ages” do in our scholarship, and what do we gain from a shared or comparative notion of the medieval? Papers and presentations will aim to contribute to a more inclusive view of the premodern world that de-centers European interpretations of the Middle Ages and recognizes dynamic globalisms. A keynote address will be delivered by Valerie Hansen (Stanley Woodward Professor of History, Yale University), specialist in premodern China and Silk Road Studies, whose current book project is entitled: The World in the Year 1000: When Globalization Began.
Faculty and graduate students are welcome to apply to deliver a lightning talk + complementary paper and/or a primary source-based research presentation. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words.
Lightning Talks
The symposium will hold two panels of lightning talks (8 minutes each) based on short, pre-circulated papers (approx. 4 pages) summarizing current work on globalized conceptions of and connections within the medieval world. Lightning talks will engage field- or region-specific conceptualizations of “the medieval/Middle Ages.”
Roundtable discussions with respondents will follow.
Primary Source-based Research Presentations
Submissions will also be accepted for 15- to 18-minute research presentations, each focused on a particular medieval primary source (text, image, object, etc.) that is useful for thinking in comparative or global perspectives. The source (an image or a selection from the source) should be pre-circulated to attendees.
Each talk will be followed by a moderated discussion.
All presenters are asked to submit a brief bibliography (5-10 entries) on resources related to their lightning talks or research presentations. After the symposium, these bibliographies will be uploaded to the Global Middle Ages Project website (http://globalmiddleages.org/, University of Texas at Austin) and contribute to the development of a canon of literature on the global Middle Ages.
Deadline: September 17, 2018
How to Apply:
Applications should be submitted in PDF form to conference organizers Paula R. Curtis (prcurtis@umich.edu) and Amanda Respess (arespess@umich.edu by September 17. Those submitting both lightning talks and primary source presentations should prepare separate abstracts. Please include the following information:
Name:
Affiliation:
Faculty/Graduate Student/Independent Scholar:
Field:
Regional Specialization:
Proposed Format (Lightning Talk/Primary Source Presentation):
Abstracts of no longer than 300 words.
Notifications of acceptance will be made by no later than October 15, 2018.
This symposium is made possible by the generous support of the University of Michigan Department of History, Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, History of Art Department, Department of English Language & Literature, Asian Languages and Cultures Department, Slavic Languages & Literatures Department, Near Eastern Studies Department, Center for Japanese Studies, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Forum on Research in Medieval Studies, and the Japanese Studies Interdisciplinary Colloquium.
Contact Email:
2. CfP: Empires of Pleasure across Eighteenth-Century Cultures Chair: Dipti Khera – New York University
Chair: Meredith S. Martin – New York University
Email: dipti.khera@nyu.edu, msm240@nyu.edu
Now one of art history’s most vibrant subfields, the eighteenth century has played a key role in the discipline’s global turn and in re-thinking conventional histories of art, empire and Orientalism. By tracing the increased circulation of people and objects in different parts of the world, scholars working on this period have highlighted new conceptions of knowledge, aesthetics, power and sociability. Furthermore, they have ensured that formerly devalued concepts tied to eighteenth-century practices and patrons – among them luxury, pleasure, leisure, femininity, sensuality, wonder, hybridity, and consumption – be taken seriously. Yet while the physical exchanges of eighteenth-century artworks, peoples, and things from around the globe has been the subject of recent scholarly inquiry, less attention has been paid to conceptualaffinities – notably a mutual emphasis on pleasure and decline – that existed between disparate geographical and cultural locales. For instance, how might we enrich or complicate the story of eighteenth-century art and culture by putting Indian or Chinese paintings of palace gardens in dialogue with French fêtes galantes? Our contention is that these kinds of global comparisons will not only yield a richer formal and conceptual understanding of each type of artwork, but will also enable us to ask larger theoretical and methodological questions related to the common grounds they share. By examining how intertwined histories of pleasure and power were mediated across local, trans-regional, or intercultural contexts, we hope also to contribute to scholarly debates beyond art history and to encourage new research projects and teaching agendas.
For instructions to submit paper abstract (250 words), see, http://www.collegeart.org/programs/conference/cfp
You may contact panel chairs for any questions. Deadline: August 6, 2018
3. The Royal Lens: Naser Al-Din Shah’s Photography of His Harem (July 2018)
By Pedram Khosronejad
Hardcover: 352 pages
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.1 x 8 inches
Khosronejad’s unique collection provides us with a treasure trove of images focusing on the daily life of Naser al-Din Shah, his wives, concubines, and slaves of both sexes.
Janet Afary, Mellichamp Professor of Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara.
Pedram Khosronejad has provided invaluable new information about the history of photography in Iran during the 19th-century Qajar period. In particular he has carefully researched the photographs taken by Naser al-Din Shah, perhaps the Qajar monarch most fascinated by Western technology. These intimate photographs of his own harem are unique and highly informative, not just for their intrinsic value in a period in which human images were disapproved of, but also for what they reveal about Naser al-Din Shah, his self-image, his household and his court.
William Beeman, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/099948012X?ref=cp_d_n_u
4. From the Understanding Sharia (www.usppip.eu) project:
- USPPIP Autumn School (Leiden, 11-17 November) applications: The USPPIP project held a successful “Uses of the Past in Islamic Legal Thought and Practice” summer school held in Exeter (8th-14th July – report to follow). To follow up on this, the project will be holding a second “Autumn School”, to be held at Leiden University, 11th-17th The format will be the same (peer review of chapters/articles and collaborative translation of primary source texts). The deadline for applications is quite soon, Wednesday 5th September 2018.
- “Uses of the Past in Islamic Law” Project Conference, 27th-29th September, Exeter, will be held in Exeter, . A list of panel titles and a preliminary programme is available and the final list, with all the participants and titles of papers will be available in late August.
- HERA fellow Judge Samoud al-Damiri and workshop on Islamic International Law: There was a very successful series of lectures and a workshop at the University of Göttingen, including the presentations of the HERA fellow Samoud al-Damiri, a Palestinian judge, and the workshop on Islamic International Law – 26th-29th Report (with pictures!) can be found here.
See http://www.usppip.eu/ for further information.
- USPPIP Postdoctoral Fellow Success: It is with great pleasure we announce that two of our post-doctoral fellows have recently been appointed to academic positions, following on from their work with USPPIP: Dr Omar Anchassi has been appointed as the Early Career Fellow in Islamic Studies in the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. Dr Eirik Hovden has been appointed Lecturer in Arabic at the University of Bergen. Congratulations to them both.
USPPIP Project Director:
Robert Gleave
Professor of Arabic Studies
Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam
E-mail: r.gleave@exeter.ac.uk
- August 04, 2018
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