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1.The Grimwade Centre for Cultural MaterialConservation,
School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
From Melancholy to Euphoria:
The materialisation of emotion in Middle Eastern Manuscripts Symposium
7-8 February 2018, The University of Melbourne
CALL FOR PAPERS
This Symposium will examine the relationship between text, manuscript production (calligraphy and illumination) and the elicitation and excitation of emotions in this form of transmission of knowledge and beliefs. This symposium is made possible by support from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions. The Middle Eastern Manuscript Collection in the University of Melbourne Library comprises works in Arabic and Persian, as well as Turkish, Urdu, Ethiopic, Syriac, Hebrew, Sanskirt, Pushtu, Prakit and Mongol scripts. The texts include Islamic religious texts, with Qur’ans and commentary on the Qur’an, as well as significant poetic works, educational textbooks and writing on history, biography, astrology, mathematics, philosophy and weaponry. In particular, the collection contains a number of significant Persian texts that examine heightened religious and secular emotional states within literary and visual material culture. These texts provide both an immersive emotional experience for those reading or performing the words, and a translational experience for readers of both the text and images where the beauty of the illumination and calligraphy acts as a catalyst for admiration, veneration and contact.
This symposium will examine the relationship between materiality (the constructed form of the manuscript), the textual content, and the emotional resonance that is elicited by those engaging with the texts. Taking the various manifestations of love, both religious and secular, depicted within these texts, and linking these to the great Persian stories told in text and music, this seminar will explore how a deep understanding of the text and the depiction of the stories within traverses an emotional continuum from melancholy to euphoria.
The symposium program includes four high profile keynote speakers including national and international academics and artists. The two-day symposium includes a public lecture, manuscript exhibition, workshops, and cultural events (Persian traditional music and Sufi dance).
This call for paper invites academics, researchers, industry professionals, post graduate students and scholars to elaborate on the various aspects of the subject by presenting a single 20-minute paper on your nominated topic.
Papers are accepted with a focus on emotions, projected within the stories and poetries of Islamic manuscripts as well as emotions which are excited during the process of manuscript production; calligraphy, painting, book binding, decorating etc.
The emotions include but are not limited to the following:
Melancholy
Fear
Anger
Remorse
Longing
Awe
Ecstasy
Keynote speakers:
Professor Robyn Sloggett AM – Director,
Grimwade Centre for Cultural Material Conservation, University of Melbourne
Dr Stefano Carboni, Director, Art Gallery of Western Australia
Professor Mandana Barkeshli (Malaysia)
Professor Amir Zekrgoo (Malaysia)
Call for Papers
Please send your proposal to Sophie Lewincamp at lews@unimelb.edu.au by the deadline on Saturday 14 October 2017. The submission must include: full name, your title and affiliated institution, a one page bio, proposal title plus up to 600 word abstract with up to one page of references. Short listed papers will be invited to provide their full 2,500 word presentation. Confirmed participants may be invited to submit a full paper (up to 6,000 words with images) for publication in a special edition of the AICCM Bulletin with guest editor Professor Robyn Sloggett.
The paper must be presented in person at the two-day symposium held at the University of Melbourne on 7-8 February 2018.
CALL FOR PAPERS – DUE DATE Saturday 14 OCTOBER 2017
2. Conference: “Gender and Sharia in Muslim Legal Theory and Practice”, Göttingen University, 13-14 October 2017
The Conference is organized by Prof. Dr. Irene Schneider, Göttingen University. It starts on 12 October, 6.00 pm, with an opening lecture by Joseph Massad on “Traditionalising Modernity”.
For further information contact Dr. Nijmi Edres:nijmi.edres@uni-goettingen.de
3. Conference for “Arab Doctoral Students Based in the West”, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, 24 – 26 March 2018
The conference will provide Arab doctoral students in the social sciences and humanities based at Western universities an open space to present papers rooted in their graduate studies and to benefit from discussions with their peers and with established Arab academics. Participants will also gain the opportunity to have their work published in Arabic, through one of the ACRPS’ publication channels.
Information: http://www.dohainstitute.org/en/News/Pages/ACRPS_Conference_for_Arab_Doctoral_Students_Based_in_the_West.aspx
4. International Conference: „Philosophical Hermeneutics in the Islamicate Context“, Center for Phenomenological Studies, Higher Institute of Philosophy, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), 9-11 May 2018
This conference aims at putting the universality of hermeneutics to the test of the Islamicate context in interpretative, comparative, and creative dimensions. Conference languages are English and French.
Deadline for abstracts: 5 January 2018. Information: http://cep.ophen.org/2017/10/03/new-cfp-philosophical-hermeneutics-in-the-islamicate-context/
5. International Workshop on Post-Orientalism, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 21-22 September 2018
In the spirit of “Orientalism’s“ 40th anniversary, this workshop seeks to unite scholars from Canada and around the world to critically reflect upon both the origins and travels of “Orientalism”, as well as their places in various parts of world and their relations to decolonization.
Deadline for proposals: 1 November 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8378/discussions/335618/cfp-international-workshop-post-orientalism-21-22-sept-2018
6. Altaf S. Al Sabah Visiting Chair in Women and Societal Development Studies, American University Beirut
The Chair is to begin on August 15, 2018. It is expected to lead efforts to strengthen AUB’s capacity in the field of women’s studies. Additionally, this Chair would also build and expand on the ongoing Women and Gender Studies (WGS) initiative that offers a multidisciplinary undergraduate minor in Women and Gender Studies.
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2017. Information: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/fas_home/academic-employment/Pages/academic_positions.aspx#9
7. Articles for the “2017 European Islamophobia Report”
Articles are invited for the following countries: Long report (6.000 words): Germany, Netherlands, Russia, United Kingdom. Short report (3.000 words): Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Kosovo, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia. Professional fees (1000 € / 500 €) are offered.
Deadline for application: 15 October 2017: Information: http://www.islamophobiaeurope.com/call-for-reports/2017-2/
8. Chapters for Edited Volume: “Civil Society and Social Movements: Challenges and Opportunities”
This volume seeks to examine the roles and contributions of civil society and social movements in terms of women and youth empowerment, freedom of expression, conflict resolution, human rights and community peace-building in different conflict areas around Middle East, Africa and Latin America in particular
Deadline for abstracts: 30 October 2017. Information and contact Dr Ibrahim Natil, mailto:dr.natil59@gmail.com
9. Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham.
Teaching Associate – Theology and Religious Studies (fixed-term)
Reference ARTS365217
Closing Date Wednesday, 8th November 2017
Job Type Research & Teaching Support
Department Theology
Salary £29799 to £38833 per annum, depending on skills and experience (minimum £29799 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance
Applications are invited for the above post based in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham.
The primary duties of the person appointed will be to teach, assess and administer three undergraduate modules and supervise undergraduate dissertations in the area of Islamic Studies. One module will be the introductory ‘Interpreting Islam’ at level 1. The other two modules will be for advanced undergraduates (levels 2 and 3 together) and cover two different topics in Islamic Studies suited to the post holder’s areas of expertise. Example topics include Islamic theology and philosophy, Islam in Britain, Islam and politics, Sufism, Qur’anic studies, Islamic ethics, and Muslim relations with Christians and/or Jews. Other teaching, pastoral and administrative duties commensurate with the post-holder’s experience and expertise will be arranged with the Head of Department.
Candidates must have a PhD successfully completed or near completion in relevant subject area, previous teaching experience at Higher Education level, and the ability to teach two different topics in Islamic Studies at the advanced undergraduate level. Ability to engage and teach texts in religious traditions other than the Islamic is desirable.
This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 13 months to 31 January 2019. Hours of work are full-time. Interviews will held on Monday, 20 November 2017.
Applicants are invited to upload a current CV and covering letter in application for this post.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Jon Hoover or email Jon.Hoover@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.
The University of Nottingham is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
For further details and to apply online, see https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/ARTS365217
10. The latest volume of Studies and Sources on Islamic Art and Architecture: Supplements to Muqarnas (vol. 13, Brill, 2017), edited by Gülru Necipoğlu.
This collective study, titled The Arts of Ornamental Geometry: A Persian Compendium on Similar and Complementary Interlocking Figures, focuses on a unique medieval document in Persian. It is the only known Islamic primary source (datable to ca. 1300) featuring geometrical drawings of ornamental patterns that are accompanied with step-by-step textual instructions (Fī Tadākhul al-ashkāl al-mutashābiha aw al-mutawāfiqa, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ms. Persan 169, fols. 180r–199v). The present volume includes a facsimile of this fascinating manuscript, along with its transcription and translation into English (by Wheeler M. Thackston), and analytical drawings made by the late Alpay Özdural (d. 2003). Selections from Özdural’s unpublished work on the Paris manuscript (made available in the Brill online website) are complemented in this volume by interpretative essays by Jan P. Hogendijk, Elaheh Kheirandish, and Gülru Necipoğlu.
For more information:
- October 10, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Information on ESRC MSc/PhD studentships in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, the University of Edinburgh, for an October, 2018 start can be found at:
Information on eligibility is available at:
http://www.socsciscotland.ac.uk/studentships/eligibility
2. A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture, edited by Finbarr Barry Flood and Gülru Necipoğlu has just been published by Wiley-Blackwell in their Blackwell Companions to Art History series. The two-volume set contains over fifty especially commissioned essays, many written collaboratively, by seventy authors.
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119068665.html
3. The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill invites applications for an Arabic language instructor for the spring 2018 semester. We are seeking a skilled language instructor with a commitment to a proficiency-based approach to language teaching. This instructor may teach introductory through advanced Arabic classes. Other responsibilities will include holding office hours, organizing cultural enrichment activities, and participating in program development. The pay is $5500-6500 per course section. The position may be for one to three course sections, depending on enrollment needs. This is a temporary position that carries no benefits. Classes meet 3 or 4 days a week for 50 minutes.
https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/128641
4. U of Michigan (Islamic Arts) LECTURER I – RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE: ARTS AND IDEAS PROGRAM
How to Apply
Combine into one document a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy and contact information for two references. All applicants must upload the document to UM career website.
Course Description
The Residential College Arts and Ideas in the Humanities major program, http://www.rc.lsa.umich.edu/, is seeking to hire a full time Lecturer I to teach courses starting in the Fall 2018 semester. The courses should focus on the scholarly study of Islamic arts, including the visual arts, music, dance, theatre, film, or literature. We expect this person to have a Ph.D. in the scholarly study of one of these art forms, with expertise in any part of the world outside of North America where Islamic arts are practiced. This position will be a 100% position for teaching three courses in the fall semester and three courses in the winter semester.
Responsibilities*
The primary focus for this position is to be able to teach in the Residential College Arts and Ideas Program, though other program teaching may be available depending on the candidate. Although the Residential College is open to applications from a range of disciplines and specialties, of particular interest would be a specialist in art or music, such as an art historian or ethnomusicologist. The latter could specialize in either music or dance. Though we will prioritize scholars of the modern period, we expect the candidate to have a deep understanding of the historical and cultural context of the art form, and its development over time. Ideally the candidate will be a scholar familiar with large temporal and geographical relationships, and the histories of dialogue, exchange and influence between North and South, East and West. The candidate should also be willing to conduct conversations concerning struggle, misunderstanding, and the imbalances of power. The courses envisioned should encompass a complex and varied field, not limited to a single religion or art form. A multidimensional perspective would demonstrate how Islam has interacted historically with other religious or cultural traditions. The candidate should be prepared to integrate at least two art forms (e.g. literature and painting) in at least one course.
Teaching in the First Year Seminar writing program is also highly desired. The primary purpose of the FYS is to prepare students for expository writing at the college level. A further aim of the FYS is to introduce students to the intellectual life of the university through small class size and emphasis on discussion.
The successful candidate will find a vibrant scholarly community within the university dedicated the Islamic Studies. The RC, in seeking to broaden its curricular offerings, remains committed to being an active participate in that campus community.
The candidate will provide instruction for classes of approximately fourteen undergraduates in an interdisciplinary liberal arts program. Additional duties include participation in college- and program-wide activities, including attending student exhibitions and program meetings. The instructor will provide written evaluations for Residential College students enrolled in the course.
Required Qualifications*
PhD. with a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching.
Desired Qualifications*
Previous teaching experience is highly desirable.
Additional Information
100% appointment for Fall and Winter semesters
Union Affiliation
This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Lecturers Employee Organization, AFL-CIO, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.
Background Screening
The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Mission Statement
The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future. The University of Michigan is committed to foster learning, creativity and productivity, and to support the vigorous exchange of ideas and information, not only in the classroom but in the workplace by:
- Creating a work environment in which people treat each other with respect and dignity, regardless of roles, responsibilities or differences.
- Providing support, direction and resources enabling us to accomplish the responsibilities of our jobs and to reach the goals that are set for professional and personal growth.
Selection Process
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled.
U-M EEO/AA Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
5. Conference: Venice Biennale and the Arab World
October 19-20, 2017
Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy
The 2-day conference ‘Venice Biennale and the Arab world’ will be held at the Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice (Italy) on the 19th and 20th October 2017. The conference will bring together an international group of academics, artists and professionals and will feature Prof. Silvia Naef (University of Geneve) as keynote speaker. The conference wants to investigate where contemporary art from the Arab world is heading to and the role played by Venice as a long-term showcase for the international art scene. Placing the Biennale at centre-stage and taking the artworks and installations of artists from the Arab world as a source of inspiration, the purpose of the conference is to create an intellectual platform. The conference will take place in Venice, a city whose past has been deeply intertwined with the Arab world and whose present, and perhaps future, still is.
Among the cases to be considered are Collecting Arab art; Art and Politics; Critical analysis of artworks by a single artist and/or a group of artists and Artistic movements in the Arab world; Modern Art at the Biennale and Arab women artists and the international scene.
Please join us to be part of this important event. Attendance is free, but registration is essential.
You can register at venicebiennale.arabworld@unive.it
More information about the conference programme and the full list of speakers and their bios at: http://www.unive.it/data/agenda/4/10495
6. Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies
The Department of Classical, Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures at Queens College, the City University of New York (CUNY), invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment in Arabic at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin in the fall semester of 2018.
Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate Arabic language and literature courses at all levels, courses in Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Studies, and contributing to Queens College’s liberal arts curriculum. Applicants must provide evidence of an active research program. The successful candidate will also be expected to share responsibilities for departmental activities.
Our department offers a wide variety of undergraduate courses. In addition to language courses in ancient Greek, Latin, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Hebrew, we offer courses, taught in English, on both ancient Western and non-Western classics and on modern Asian and Middle Eastern cultures and literatures.
A flagship college of the CUNY system, Queens College is an urban school that offers a rigorous education in the liberal arts and sciences to a large and diverse student body.
QUALIFICATIONS: A Ph.D. degree in Arabic literature, Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Studies or comparative literature is required. Also required is native or near-native competency in Arabic and English. Preference will be given to applicants with a Ph.D. in hand at the time of application.
COMPENSATION: CUNY offers faculty a competitive compensation and benefits package. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Benefits include health insurance, pension and tax-deferred retirement savings plans and paid parental leave. We also provide mentoring and support for research, scholarship, and publication as part of our commitment to ongoing faculty professional development
HOW TO APPLY: Please follow the instructions below:
– Go to www.cuny.edu and click on “Employment”;
– Click on “Search Job Postings”;
– Click on “More Options To Search For CUNY Jobs”;
– Enter the Job ID 17425 in the box for “Job Opening ID” and click on “Search”;
– Click on the “Posting Title,” then on “Apply Now” and follow the instructions.
The candidate must upload his/her cover letter, CV, writing sample into CUNYfirst in any of the following formats: .doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf, or text format. (Please use simple names for the documents you upload, for example, JDoeResume. Documents with long names cannot be parsed by the application system.)
Important Note: You need to provide three reference letters. Please ask your references to send their letters to Yunzhong Shu (yunzhong.shu@qc.cuny.edu) by the closing date of November 19th, 2017.
7. Poste de Maître de Conférences (Assistant Professor Position – for French-speaking candidate)
Histoire des mondes musulmans (mondes ottomans, turcs et iraniens) du XVIe au milieu du XXe siècle à la Faculté des Sciences Historiques de l’université de Strasbourg, dans le cadre de la nouvelle Licence « Histoire et Civilisation des Mondes musulmans ».
Date limite de candidature: 9 octobre 2017 à 16h.
Informations sur: https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/ListesPostesPublies/FIDIS/0673021V/FOPC_0673021V_4427.pdf
8. The deadlines for proposals for the Fifth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Ghent, July 2018, are fast approaching:
(themed day: deadline 31 October, and panels: deadline: 30 November).
Please see the conference website:
http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference.html.
9. The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago seeks to appoint a distinguished senior scholar of Ancient Iranian Studies to begin in the autumn quarter of 2018 or as soon thereafter as feasible. The exact specialization is open as long as the candidate focuses on the pre-Islamic cultures of Iran; the successful candidate may concentrate on the archaeology, languages, religion, art, or history of ancient Iran, or a combination of these. This is a tenured faculty position and will entail a joint appointment in the Oriental Institute and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Applicants are encouraged to submit materials as early as possible. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2017, and will continue until the position is filled.
For details, please see: https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp
- October 07, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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1.Technologies of the Image: Art in 19th-Century Iran
August 26, 2017–January 7, 2018, University Research Gallery, Harvard Art Museums
This exhibition brings together four principal art forms—lacquer, lithography, photography, and painting and drawing on paper—to explore their separate and intertwined histories, contexts of production, and means of dissemination across sectors of society ranging from the courtly elite to the citizenry at large. The almost 80 works in the exhibition, most of which have never before been exhibited, include illustrated books, album folios, pen boxes, mirror cases, single-sheet painted and printed images, and photographs. Several of the objects are on loan from collections within Harvard University and from private and public collections in the United States and abroad. Many of the Qajar era’s most interesting and accomplished artists are represented in the exhibition, including Abu al-Hasan Ghaffari Saniʿ al-Mulk, Antoin Sevruguin, Mubarak Mirza b. Mahmud, Mirza ʿAli Quli Khaw’i, Muhammad Ismaʿil, Muhammad Riza al-Imami, and members of the Najaf ʿAli circle of lacquer artists.
The accompanying exhibition catalogue features essays by co-editors David J. Roxburgh and Mary McWilliams as well as by Farshid Emami and Mira Xenia Schwerda, Ph.D. candidates at Harvard University and collaborators on the project.
2. The /Journal of Arabian Studies/ and the Center for International and
Regional Studies are pleased to announce that the special issue on “Art
and Cultural Production in the GCC” is now online:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjab20/current
ARTICLES:
1. Introduction: Art and Cultural Production in the GCC by SUZI MIRGANI
2. Authenticating an Emirati Art World: Claims of Tabula Rasa and
Cultural Appropriation in the UAE by ELIZABETH DERDERIAN
3. Of “Gray Lists” and Whitewash: An Aesthetics of (Self-)Censorship
and Circumvention in the GCC Countries by NANCY DEMERDASH
4. Utopian Ideals, Unknowable Futures, and the Art Museum in the
Arabian Peninsula by KAREN EXELL
5. Contemporary Art and Global Identity in the Arabian Peninsula and
Azerbaijan by LESLEY GRAY
6. Reflections on Public Art in the Arabian Peninsula by NADIA MOUNAJJED
7. Contemporary Art and Migrant Identity “Construction” in the UAE and
Qatar by SARINA WAKEFIELD
REVIEWS:
1. KHALID AL-GHARABALLI, “Poor Image” exhibition at the Sultan
Gallery, reviewed by ABDULLAH AL-MUTAIRI
2. ANTHONY DOWNEY, (ed.), /Future Imperfect: Contemporary Art
Practices and Cultural Institutions in the Middle East/ (2016), reviewed
by KATARZYNA FALECKA
3. Architecture and Urbanism in the Gulf: A Conversation with Atlas
Bookstore’s Fatma Al Sehlawi by MATT HALL
4. NADIA MOUNAJJED, (ed.), /Visual Culture(s) in the Gulf: An
Anthology /(2016), reviewed by UZMA Z. RIZVI
This special issue is the result of a two-year research initiative
undertaken by the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS)
at Georgetown University in Qatar. Directed by Mehran
Kamrava, the project was developed and supported by the CIRS team: Zahra
Babar, Elizabeth Wanucha, Islam Hassan, Jackie Starbird, Misba Bhatti,
Mohammed Al Jaberi, Waleed Zahoor, and Haya Al-Noaimi, former CIRS
research analyst. This special issue would not have been possible
without the meticulous guidance of James Onley, Editor of the /Journal
of Arabian Studies/, and Laurence Goodchild, Managing Editor of Area
Studies at Taylor & Francis Group. A very special thanks goes to Fatemeh
Teimoorzadeh, Lindy Ayubi, and Jessica Jacobs who diligently worked on
the technical side of these articles.
3. A Judeo-Persian epic, the Fath Nama (Book of Conquest)
While art historical research has focussed on the beauty and splendour of Persian miniature paintings, the study of Judeo-Persian manuscript art has lagged behind, receiving only more recently the attention and recognition it deserves. These paintings form part and parcel of manuscripts that have been copied in Judeo-Persian, that is a dialect or dialects of Persian heavily influenced by Hebrew and Aramaic and written in Hebrew script. The major obstacles to studying these significant hand-written books have been a lack of knowledge of the language, unfamiliarity with the Persian and Judeo-Persian literary traditions, and also with the history of Persian manuscript art in general.
Composed around 1474, Imrani’s epic Fath Nama (Book of Conquest) is a poetical paraphrase of narratives from the biblical books of Joshua, Ruth and Samuel, consisting of about 10.000 verses. Imrani endeavoured to uplift the biblical story to the level of the Persian epic, combining in his works Jewish and Islamic legendary and literary material.
4. Classical Islamic World Book Prize
2017 winners:
1st Place: Manolis Ulbricht
2nd Place: Mehmetcan Akpinar
3rd Place: Ahmad Sukkar
See: https://www.gorgiaspress.com/classical-islamic-world-book-prize
The deadline for submissions for the 2018 prize will be Monday 19th February 2018 (midnight). For more information about the CIW, the submission guidelines and criteria, and the judging process, please contact Gorgias Press’ Islamic Studies editor: adam@gorgiaspress.com.
5. University of Texas – Austin – Advanced Associate/full Professor
position in Ottoman History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55623
University of British Columbia – Assistant Professor, History of
South Asian Art, Architecture and Visual Culture
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55598
6. 44th Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, 13–14 October 2017
Vatican Film Library, Saint Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri
Organized annually since 1974 by the Vatican Film Library, part of the Saint Louis University Libraries Department of Special Collections, this two-day conference features papers on a wide variety of topics in medieval and Renaissance manuscript studies — paleography, codicology, illumination, book production, texts and transmission, library history, and more.
See: http://lib.slu.edu/special-collections/programs/conference
7. The Department of Historical Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville invites applications for a tenure-track position field in the History of Medicine or Science with a non-US focus. We emphasize innovation in our undergraduate courses by highlighting historical thinking skills including primary source analysis in history “labs,” applied historical methods, interdisciplinary courses, and opportunities to collaborate with professional schools. Teaching responsibilities in the 3/3 load include introductory survey courses in World History or Western Civilization, service courses for majors on historical research or careers in history, and upper-level, including graduate, courses in the candidate’s field of expertise and broader non-US teaching fields. The candidate is also encouraged to teach interdisciplinary courses with faculty in CAS as well as with our professional schools, such as Nursing, Pharmacy, and Engineering. Faculty who can foster collaborative interdisciplinary research and apply for external funding are highly desirable.
A PhD in History, or closely related discipline, is required at the time of employment beginning in August 2018. Persons who have not completed all degree requirements by August 2018 maybe considered for a one-year appointment at the rank of instructor. College-level teaching experience and grant-writing experience is preferred.
Interested applicants should email a single pdf of materials to historysearch@siue.edu, containing: a letter of application identifying their research and teaching expertise, a CV, a statement of teaching philosophy, a writing sample, and sample syllabi. Please send separately three letters of recommendation with your name as the subject to historysearch@siue.edu .
Review of completed applications will begin on October 15, 2017 and will continue until the position has been filled.
See: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55627.
8. Symposium: “Arab Migration to Latin America: Migratory Dynamics and their Impact on Societies”, 56th International Congress of Americanists, University of Salamanca, Spain, 15-20 July 2018
Proposals are invited that include theoretical and methodological reflections, and / or case studies related to some of the following questions of analysis: causes and dynamics of the population movements from Arab countries towards Latin America; Arab diasporas in Latin America; transnational activism of Arab communities based in Latin America; elites of Arab origin and political participation in Latin American countries; Arab migration and its cultural influence in Latin America.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 October 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8382/discussions/317804/cfp-conference-arab-migration-latin-america-migratory-dynamics-and; http://ica2018.es/home/
9. Jobs:
Sheikh Zayid Chair of Islamic and Arabic Studies, American University of Beirut
Candidates are required to have made distinguished contributions in one or more fields of Islamic Studies. Priority will be given to specialists in Islamic jurisprudence, Prophetic tradition, speculative theology (kalam), Qur’anic studies, and Islam and Muslims in the modern and contemporary world.
Deadline for application: 15 November 2017. Information: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/academic-employment.aspx
Alfred H. Howell Endowed Chair, One-year Visiting Professorship 2018-2019, Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut
The applicant will be a recognized senior academic specializing in Modern Middle Eastern History and/or Islamic History. This position is also open for senior archaeologists.
Deadline for application: 30 November 2017. Information: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/academic-employment.aspx
Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut
The applicant will be a junior scholar specializing in a field(s), ideally with a Middle East emphasis, not currently covered by the department, including: the prehistory of the Ancient Near East/Eastern Mediterranean, Egyptology, Islamic archaeology, environmental archaeology, ethno-archaeology, heritage studies, and numismatics. Applicants who have experience in teaching archaeological methodology and theory are particularly welcome.
Deadline for application: 30 November 2017. Information: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/pages/academic-employment.aspx
Lecturer/Assistant Teaching Professor in Arabic, Pennsylvania State University
Deadline for application: 1 December 2017. Information: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55621
Assistant Professor in Ottoman History, New York University
Applicants’ research may focus on any period or aspect of Ottoman history, but we are particularly interested in candidates specializing in the pre-1800 period. Applicants must have the Ph.D. in hand by the time of appointment and be prepared to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and to supervise doctoral dissertation research.
Deadline for application: 31 October 2017. Information: http://careers.historians.org/jobs/10318561/assistant-professor-ottoman-history-departments-of-history-and-of-middle-eastern-and-islamic-studies
Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies (Focus on Iran), Johns Hopkins University
Candidates who combine their work on Iran with an interest in international security, international law, conflict management, international development, foreign policy, or domestic politics are particularly encouraged to apply.
Review of applications started on 1 October 2017. Information: SAISMESProfSearch@jhu.edu
Three Research Internship Positions (2017-2018), Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), Athens, Greece
The interns will be supervised by senior associates and will be dealing with the study and analysis of ongoing events. Applicants have to be either postgraduate students or hold a postgraduate degree.
Deadline for application: 15 October 2017. Information: http://www.cemmis.edu.gr/index.php/en/publications/item/533-research-internship-positions-2017-2018
10. Grants from the “Endangered Archives Programme” of the British Library.
The archival material (including rare printed books, newspapers and periodicals, audio and audio-visual materials, photographs and manuscripts) should relate to a ‘pre-modern’ period of a society’s history (any period before industrialisation). It should be acutely threatened by a natural or man-made disaster and needs immediate action to safeguard it.
Deadline for preliminary grant applications: 17 November 2017. Information: http://eap.bl.uk/
11. Visiting Scholar Grants, Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, Raleigh
Grants provide funding for researchers working on early Arab diaspora and migration to work at the Khayrallah Center for a period of 1 to 2 weeks. Researchers will have access to resources available at the Khayrallah Center’s archive.
Deadline for grants in Spring 2018: 1 January 2018. Information: http://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/apply-visiting-scholar-grants-khayrallah-center-for-lebanese-diaspora-studies-raleigh?e=82aeb6c61d
12. Summer Institute Workshop: “Political Economy of the Middle East”, George Mason University, June 2018
The workshop is both to provide graduate level engagement and instruction as well as to connect doctoral students and independent researchers with mid-career and senior scholars working in the field of critical political economy.
Deadline for abstracts: 12 October 2017. Information: http://www.politicaleconomyproject.org/pesi-2018.html
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1.The Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida State University invites applications for a full-time Visiting Teaching Faculty I in Arabic for the academic year 2018-2019. This position is for one year with the possibility of renewal.
QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants should be able to teach Arabic at all levels (including advanced content courses) for an average of twelve hours per week according to the needs of the Arabic Division. Applicants should have university teaching experience and experience in integrating both standard and spoken Arabic (preferably Levantine Arabic) into their teaching. The successful candidate will work closely with other faculty members in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, assist in program coordination in collaboration with program faculty; and perform service to the department, college, university, and the profession. The successful candidate will be a native or near-native speaker of Arabic and will have a MA or PhD in teaching Arabic as a foreign language or a related field. Interest in film and cultural studies is a plus.
INSTRUCTIONS
The application deadline is November 1, 2017. Evaluation of applicants will commence immediately thereafter and will continue until the position is filled. Possibility of a preliminary interview at MESA, November, 18-21 in Washington, D.C.
The Florida State University takes online applications at https://jobs.fsu.edu (Job ID: 42365). To apply, submit an application package that should include: a letter of interest with a section addressing the candidate’s approach to Arabic language teaching and his/her prior experience teaching Arabic at the university level, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, statement of teaching philosophy, and formal student evaluations. All documents should be uploaded as a single PDF. The three required recommendation letters should be requested through our system at http://jobs.fsu.edu.
Inquiries regarding this position should be directed to Dr. Zeina Schlenoff at zschlenoff@fsu.edu
FSU is an Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action/Pro Disabled & Veteran Employer. FSU’s Equal Opportunity Statement can be viewed at: http://www.hr.fsu.edu/PDF/Publications/diversity/EEO_Statement.PDF
2. The Beinecke Rare Books Library at Yale University offers a number of visiting fellowships. Details can be found here: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/fellowships.
3. Workshop: “Rulers as Authors in the Islamic World. Knowledge, Authority and Legitimacy”, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, University Hamburg, 18-19 December 2017
The workshop is organized by Sonja Brentjes (Max Planck Gesellschaft, Berlin), Maribel Fierro (ILC-CSIC, Madrid), Tilman Seidensticker (CSMC, Hamburg).
Information on the programme: http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/cal-details/2017_12_18%20CMSC%20WS%20Rulers%20as%20Authors%20Programme.pdf
4. Assistant or Associate Professorship in the Study of Religion (Focus on Islam), Aarhus University, Denmark
Qualification: Knowledge of formative, classical or medieval Islam; Knowledge of contemporary and lived Islam and of modern Arab and Islamic societies and their history and culture; The ability to work in Quranic and classical Arabic as well as Modern Standard Arabic.
Deadline for application: 3 October 2017. Information: http://mideast.unc.edu/aarhus-university-assistant-or-associate-professorship-in-the-study-of-religion/
5. Two PhD Students with a Focus on “Middle Eastern and North African Studies” and with a Focus on “Turkish Studies”, Stockholm University
The positions will be associated with the department’s aim to become a research hub dedicated to Middle Eastern and North African Studies as well as to Turkish Studies. All proposals are welcome which fall within the range of our expertise.
Deadline for application: 16 October 2017. Information: http://www.su.se/english/about/working-at-su/jobs?rmlang=UK&rmpage=job&rmjob=3878
6. Three Post-Doc Positions in the Project “The Origin and Early Development of Philosophy in Tenth-Century al-Andalus: The Impact of Ill-Defined Materials and Channels of Transmission”, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
The positions of three years each (to start from 2 January 2018) are offered in relation with the following sub-projects: 1) the Ikhwān al-Ṣafā’, 2) Ibn Waḥshiyya and the Nabatean Corpus; 3) Ibn Masarra. Qualifications: PhD in Islamic Studies, in Middle Eastern Studies, or related fields; excellent command of Classical Arabic (ancient Greek, Latin and in particular Hebrew is considered an advantage); etc.
Deadline for application: 10 November 2017. Information: http://calenda.org/416228
7. Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
We encourage applicants whose specializations relate to early and classical Islam up to the early Ottoman era (strong preference for research proficiency in Persian and/or Ottoman Turkish). Applicants should have a PhD on hand by June 2018.
Deadline for application: 15 October 2017. Information: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF03055
8. Open-Rank, Tenure-Track Professor of Islamic Studies, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania
The ideal candidate will be an expert in Islam as a global religious tradition, with interdisciplinary research that highlights trans-regional or trans-national connections between the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, or beyond. Ph.D. in Religious Studies/Islamic Studies is required by start date.
Deadline for application: 1 October 2017. Information: http://jobs.bucknell.edu/cw/en-us/job/493822/openrank-tenuretrack-professor-of-islamic-studies
9. Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, Queens College, the City University of New York (CUNY)
A Ph.D. degree in Arabic literature, Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Studies or comparative literature is required. Also required is native or near-native competency in Arabic and English.
Information: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DAH/CMAL/Documents/Arabic_Advertisement.pdf
10. Junior Research Fellow 2018-2020 at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, MA
This two-year fellowship is offered to outstanding scholars of Middle East politics, economics, history, religion, anthropology, or sociology. The fellowship is targeted at junior scholars with PhD in hand and not yet tenured.
Deadline for application: 31 October 2017. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9758
11. Associate or Full Professor in the Sociocultural Anthropology of the Middle East, Brown University, Rhode Island
We are looking for a scholar whose work addresses on one or more of the focal areas: security (studies of violence, war, policing, military policy, and borders), development (inequality, gender, humanitarianism, ethical dimensions of intervention), and governance (ethnographic study of states, transnational governance, civil society, policy, social movements, NGOs, human rights).
Deadline for application: 15 October 2017. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/43477
12. Assistant or Associate Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder
Qualification: PhD in History or a related discipline such as Jewish Studies or Middle Eastern Studies; Proficiency with Hebrew and Arabic.
Deadline for application: 16 October 2017. Information: https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=10192
13. Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies (tenure-track), Emory University, GA
Qualifications: PhD in Arabic Studies or related field; native or near native proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic as well as fluency in one or more dialects; documented excellence in teaching Arabic language, literature, and culture at the undergraduate level.
Deadline for application: 27 October 2017. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/43881
14. New Survey: “Research in Arabic-speaking Countries: Funding Competitions, International Collaboration, and Career Incentives”
Bruce Currie-Alder, Rigas Arvanitis and Sari Hanafi analysed the expansion of research funding in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Qatar. Published: 8 September 2017.
See article at: https://academic.oup.com/spp/article/doi/10.1093/scipol/scx048/4107903/Research-in-Arabicspeaking-countries-Funding
15. Call for Papers
Representing Religion
Boston College Biennial Conference on the History of Religion
March 23-24, 2018
From illuminated manuscripts to Buddhist stupas to the Pope’s twitter account, the representation of religion has taken many forms over time. Further, the question of who represents religion — lay people or priests, men or women, believers or non-believers — has been a central debate. This conference seeks to explore the varied formats, means, and meanings behind how religion is represented in art, culture, the media, and practice. By exploring themes ranging from authority and politics to pedagogy, reception and format, this conference will examine the history of religious representation in public and private spheres from the medieval to the modern period.
We are particularly interested in paper or panel proposals from the field of public history. How is religion represented through museums, monuments, and historic sites? How have authors or directors crafted their representations of religion in popular books or movies? How do different religions represent their own histories, through their digital presence?
We welcome proposals for individual papers and full panels, from both established scholars and graduate students in all academic disciplines, on topics that consider the representations of religion throughout history. We hope to include papers that explore these questions in Christian and non-Christian contexts alike, and encompass a wide geographic scope. Suggested themes for papers include, but are not limited to,
-Secular representations of religion
-Religious art and architecture
-Visual and written interpretations of other religions
-Public history and pedagogy
-Material culture
-Race and religion
-Gender and sexuality
-Politics and the public sphere
-Religious and secular media
-Religious practice and ritual
Individual paper proposals should include a 300-word proposal, paper title, and a one-page CV. Panel proposals for two to three presenters should include a 250-word panel abstract (including panel title), a 300-word proposal for each individual paper (including paper title), and a one-page CV for each presenter.
The deadline for submission is November 15, 2017.
Please submit your proposals to the conference committee at bchistoryofreligion@gmail.com. Further conference details including a schedule, registration form, and travel information will be available at a later date.
- September 25, 2017
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1.The department of Religion at Colgate University invites applications for a tenure-stream position in Islamic Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning fall semester 2018. Ph.D. degree is expected prior to or shortly after the start date. Candidates with expertise in Islam in any period or region are encouraged to apply. Familiarity with the wider discipline of Religious Studies and issues in the Study of Religion is desirable.
All Colgate University faculty are also expected to maintain an active research agenda and participate in all-University programs, which include the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum. Many faculty also serve in off-campus study and interdisciplinary programs, such as Middle East and Islamic Studies, Asian Studies, Africana and Latin American Studies, Film and Media Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, LGBTQ Studies, Women’s Studies, among others. An annual five-course teaching assignment may include an introductory course in Religion and a course in the Core Curriculum.
A cover letter, CV, three current reference letters, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and a writing sample must be submitted through: http://academicjobsonline.org/.
Preliminary interviews will be held at the American Academy of Religion / Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting in Boston, November 18-21, 2017, or via remote technologies, as needed.
Colgate strives to be a community supportive of diverse perspectives and identities. Candidates should describe in their cover letter how their teaching and scholarship might support the university’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2017, and continue until the position is filled. Applicants with dual-career considerations can find postings of other employment opportunities at Colgate and at other institutions of higher education in upstate New York at http://www.upstatenyherc.org .
Colgate is a highly selective liberal arts university with an ambitious study-abroad program. It comprises 2900 students and is situated in rural New York state. Colgate faculty are committed to excellence in both teaching and scholarship. Further information about the Religion department can be found at http://www.colgate.edu/.
2. After a hiatus of more than 10 years, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum is pleased to announce the relaunch of the Textile Museum Journal. Returning November 7, 2017, the journal’s publication is made possible by generous support from the Markarian Foundation.
Learn more at http://museum.gwu.edu/tmjournal
Table of Contents
The Textile Museum Journal, Volume 44
Toward a Grammar of Textiles: A Reconsideration of Medieval Textile Aesthetics and the Impact of Modern Collecting
Arielle Winnik
Nomad Textile Bags from Central Asia in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Geographic Distribution, Decoration, Semantics
Irina Bogoslovskaya
Through the Renaissance Frame: Carpets and the Beginnings of ‘Islamic Art’ in Nineteenth-Century Vienna and Berlin
Denise-Marie Teece
Pope Innocent VIII’s Mamluk Carpets from Cairo in Context: Their Manufacture and Acquisition
Rosamond E. Mack
Rethinking Mamluk Carpet Origins
Gerald Pollio
Book Reviews
Tentage at the Calico Museum and its Patterns, by Peter Alford Andrews and Mugul Andrews
Mattiebelle Gittinger
Imprints of Culture, by Eiluned Edwards
Sarah Fee
Pattern and Loom, by John Becker
Ruth Barnes
Textiles of the Banjara, by Charllotte Kwon and Tim McLaughlin
Cristin McKnight Sethi
3. Bibliography Among the Disciplines, a four-day international conference to be held in Philadelphia from 12 to 15 October 2017, will bring together scholarly professionals who are poised to address current problems pertaining to the study of textual artifacts that cross scholarly, pedagogical, professional, and curatorial domains. The conference will explore theories and methods common to the object-oriented disciplines, such as anthropology and archaeology, but new to bibliography. The Bibliography Among the Disciplines program, supported by Rare Book School and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, aims to promote focused cross-disciplinary exchange and future scholarly collaborations. The project will culminate in 2019 with a volume of essays contributed by conference participants. Both the conference and subsequent volume will seek to build on the ongoing series of symposia conducted by Rare Book School’s Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography, established in 2012 through funding from the Foundation.
Among the panels is this plenary session featuring François Déroche and Anthony Grafton:
Historicizing Critical Bibliography
Friday, 13 October, 8:30–10:00 a.m.
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
“Bio-Bibliography in Early Modern Europe: Towards a History of Practice”
François Deroche (Chair in the History of the Qur’an, Text and Transmission, Collège de France)
“From One Giant to Another: Bio-Bibliographical Practice in the Islamic World (10th–17th Centuries)”
Session Organizers: Vera Keller (University of Oregon), Yael Rice (Amherst College)
For more information, including registration details and the full conference schedule: http://rarebookschool.org/bibliography-conference-2017/
4. Comparative Persianate Aesthetics Symposium
Boston University
September 28-29, 2017
154 Bay State Road, Second Floor Ellis Room
Free and open to the public
Middle Eastern and South Asian studies in the last decade have been energized by the idea of the “Persianate” cultural realm in which the Persian language and courtly conduct (adab) played a central role in societies from the Balkans to Bengal, giving rise to a transnational Muslim cosmopolitanism. This intellectual framework has enabled scholars to examine modes of cultural exchange between powerful polities such as Ottoman Turkey, Safavid Iran and Mughal India, as well as with Europe. Gift-giving between the different courts resulted in a unprecedented movement of objects in this cultural region. Until today important paintings and manuscripts of literary and historical works are preserved in far-flung libraries from Sarajevo to Patna as scholars retrace their early modern itineraries.
Our symposium will focus on the changing relationship that literary and historical texts and paintings had to Persian cosmopolitan models in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, and how they themselves became starting points for distinctive traditions that drew inspiration from local and regionally-specific cultural practices, including the non-courtly. We will also examine the ways in which vernacular production in turn transformed Persian culture. We will approach this topic through a variety of conceptual frameworks: translation, imitation, hybridity, and innovation, across various humanistic disciplines. Individual papers will discuss textual genres such as epic and love lyrics, images in illustrated manuscripts and albums, practices and performances, in their cultural contexts, but also comparatively.
Program
Thursday, September 28, 2017 (4-5 pm)
KEYNOTE:
Poetics of Influence: Diverse Origins and Diverging Paths of Persianate Cosmopolises / Selim Kuru (University of Washington)
Friday, September 29, 2017
Panel 1 (9:30-10:30 am)
Persianate Royal Biographies in Verse / Sunil Sharma (Boston University)
Heroic Verse and History-Writing in the Deccan: Nusrati Responses to the Shahnamah / Subah Dayal (Tulane University)
Coffee break (10:30-10:45 am)
Panel 2 (10:45 am-1 pm)
Safavid Shahrashub: Literary Form and City Experience in Seventeenth-century Isfahan / Farshid Emami (Oberlin College)
The Persianate in Paris: Mughal Manuscript Culture and French Knowledge Production in the Eighteenth Century / Chanchal Dadlani (Wake Forest University)
Branding Iran: Persian Art and Culture in the Age of Global Early Modernity / Kishwar Rizvi (Yale University)
Lunch (1-2:15 pm)
Panel 3 (2:15-3:15 pm)
‘Calligraphers Renowned in the Lands of Rum and Ajam’: Ottoman nastaliq in the Seventeenth Century / Emine Fetvaci (Boston University)
Two Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Sakinames in Persian / Sooyong Kim (Koc University)
Panel 4 (3:30-4:30 pm)
The Persian Sources of Mem û Zîn the First Kurdish Love masnavi / Amr Ahmed (Harvard University)
Dastan literature in late Mughal Bengal: Shah Garibullah’s Dobhashi Amir Hamjar puthi / Thibaut d’Hubert (University of Chicago)
5. The Institute of Ismaili Studies cordially invites you to attend the lecture Pluralism and Perennialism: A Historical Investigation of Two Key Concepts
By: Professor Mark Sedgwick, Arab and Islamic Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Date: Thursday, 15th June
At: 16:00 (GMT)
To attend the event or view the live webcast, please ensure you pre-register by clicking on : http://iis.ac.uk/events/pluralism-and-perennialism-historical-investigation-two-key-concepts
For further information, email: nshariff@iis.ac.uk
Pluralism and Perennialism: A Historical Investigation of Two Key Concepts
Approaches to the plurality of religions vary from exclusivist monism to all-inclusive universalism.
Mark Sedgwick will examine these approaches from a historical perspective. He will discuss perennialism, an approach that in the West has its origins in the Renaissance concept of the prisca theologia, an ancient universal revelation.
Sedgwick will follow the development of perennialism alongside other approaches such as Deism and Pantheism during the Enlightenment, through the nineteenth-century, to the modern perennialism of René Guénon and Aldous Huxley and thence into contemporary Traditonalism, in and beyond Islam.
He will close with a comparison between these forms of perennialism and contemporary universalism.
6. A team is coming together to translate and edit an Ottoman sourcebook of readings in Ottoman History.
We have our editors set, but there are specialized texts that we would welcome the help of contributors with, with no commitment needed to the more extensive responsibilities of editorship. Those able to fluently translate texts bearing upon Ottoman history from less-commonly used languages among Ottomanists, such as Bulgarian, Romanian, Hungarian, Armenian, the Balkan languages, Georgian, Farsi, and Russian are particularly sought after. The general chronological division of the work is likely to be 1300-1520, 1520-1699, 1699-1837, and 1837-1923.
Those interested in joining the team should contact matthew.lubin@email.unc.edu or ldarling@email.arizona.edu by December 1.
7. The Department of History at Stony Brook University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of late antique or medieval history. Our search encompasses all fields and areas of medieval European, Mediterranean, and/or Near Eastern history, ca. 200 – 1400 CE.
Position starts August 2018.
Preferred qualifications: ability to teach a range of undergraduate lectures and seminars in late antique and/or medieval history, as well as contribute to one or more of our graduate program thematic clusters (Global connections, empire, capitalism; Health, science, environment; Race, citizenship, migration; Religion, gender, cultural identity; States, nations, political cultures). We also welcome interdisciplinary candidates whose historical work addresses social, cultural, economic, and/or political processes; who engage with material and/or visual cultures; and/or who can participate in Stony Brook’s Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations. Required Qualifications: Ph.D. (in hand or expected by August 2018) in late antique or medieval history, medieval studies, or related field.
Application Procedure: Interested individuals should apply through Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9802.
A complete application consists of the following:
1) cover letter,
2) curriculum vitae,
3) teaching statement,
4) research statement,
5) three letters of reference, and
6) a completed State employment application form.
Inquiries may be directed to Prof. Sara Lipton (sara.lipton@stonybrook.edu)
To receive consideration, applications must be received no later than December 1, 2017.
Sara Lipton
Professor of History
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4348
8. Starting from 2016, Koç University Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research Center and the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, University of Cambridge agreed to start a joint three year project on the Socio-Economic History of Anatolia in the Ottoman Period.
The Project consists of three symposiums on three themes, Disease and Disaster (both man-made and natural disasters), Trade and Production and Social Life. The first symposium was held at Newnham College, University of Cambridge on 18-19 March 2016. The second symposium, Trade and Production in Ottoman Anatolia will be held on September 28-29, 2017 at the premises of VEKAM in Ankara Turkey.
We are pleased to announce the sympoisum and believe that it will contribute to new research on Ottoman Studies.
for detailed information please see https://vekam.ku.edu.tr
9. University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa – Associate/Full Professor, Middle
Eastern Culture and Islamic Religious Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55533
Connecticut College – Assistant Professor, Continuing Part-time,
Mughal India and the Islamic World
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55536
American University – Beirut – Assistant/Associate Professor of Media Studies – Arab Media Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55432
University of California – San Diego – Assistant Professor: Early Modern Mediterranean and the World
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55454
10. The School for Advanced Research Seeks Nominations for the Linda S. Cordell Prize for Outstanding Books in the Field of Archaeology
This award recognizes innovative books in archaeology or anthropological archaeology that best exemplify excellence in writing, significantly advance archaeological method, theory, or interpretation, and inform other subfields of anthropology or related disciplines.The research approach may be grounded in archaeology or another field where archaeological data, method, and theory are brought to bear on a broader anthropological problem.
Past awardees are Dr. Julia A. Hendon for her book, Houses in a Landscape: Memory and Everyday LIfe in Mesoamerica; and Dr. Scott G. Ortman for his book, Winds from the North: Tewa Origin and Historical Archaeology.
Deadline for the 2019 prize is January 15, 2018
Go to sarweb.org for more information on this program, including eligibility criteria and nomination guidelines.
11. The Margaret B. Ševčenko Prize in Islamic Visual Culture
Submission deadline: December 15, 2017
The Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA) is pleased to invite submissions for the 2018 Margaret B. Ševčenko Prize for the best unpublished article written by a junior scholar (pre-dissertation to three years after the Ph.D. degree) on any aspect of Islamic visual culture. Awarded annually by HIAA, this prize is named in memory of Margaret Bentley Ševčenko, the first and long‐serving Managing Editor of Muqarnas, a journal devoted to the visual culture of the Islamic world and sponsored by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard and at MIT. Papers should not exceed 7000 words in length and can be accompanied by 15 low-res illustrations maximum.
The competition is open to HIAA members only. As well as receiving an award of $500, the recipient of the prize will be announced at HIAA’s next business meeting in 2018. The winning essay will also be considered for publication by the Muqarnas Editorial Board.
Submission must include the paper in both Word and PDF format, and a separate sheet with the author’s contact information (address, telephone number, and email address). A letter of recommendation for the paper should be sent separately by the author’s adviser or referee.
All materials (under 5 Mb) should be submitted by email to mercedes.volait@inha.fr by December 15, 2017. Files exceeding 5 Mb should be transfered by FTP.
- September 23, 2017
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1.BRAIS 2018 CfP
The call for papers for BRAIS 2018 is now online. The conference will be hosted by the University of Exeter, UK; the deadline for abstracts is midnight (UK time) on Sunday 3rd December.
Following BRAIS’s successful conferences in Edinburgh (April 2014), London (April 2015 and April 2016) and Chester (April 2017), the organisers invite proposals for whole panels or individual papers for the Fifth Annual Conference of BRAIS. Islamic Studies is broadly understood to include both Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority contexts as well as historical, textual, and contemporary anthropological and sociological approaches.
Pre-arranged panels are particularly welcome on themes within the subject area, such as:
- Qur’anic studies
- Sociology of Islam
- Law
- Muslims in Britain/Europe/North America and other minority contexts
- History, Medieval and Modern
- History of Science
- Philosophy and Theology
- Muslims in Africa and Asia
- Intellectual History
- Islamic Art and Architecture
- Diversity within Islam
- Economics and Finance
- Education
- Gender Studies
- Islam in the Media
- Interreligious Relations
Individual proposals will also be considered, and, if accepted, will then be grouped with similar submissions by the conference organisers.
See: http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-conference-2018
2. The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College, Columbia University, seeks a full-time tenure-track teacher and scholar for the Moinian Professorship in Pre-modern Middle Eastern Cultures and Civilizations, starting July 1, 2018. Preference for candidates with a strong record of teaching and research and a mastery of the languages relevant to their specialization. Candidates should demonstrate a broad interest in the history, cultures, and/or literatures of the Middle East and related regions; discipline and geographic area of specialization are open. Teaching responsibilities will include undergraduate general education courses such as “Middle Eastern Civilizations” and “Asian Humanities: Colloquium on Major Texts of South Asia and the Middle East,” as well as more specialized undergraduate and graduate courses. The successful candidate will be responsible for helping to build a Program in Middle Eastern Studies at Barnard, and for coordinating with the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University. Ph.D. required.
Application, including a curriculum vitae, a writing sample, and the contact information for three references, to be sent directly to: http://careers.barnard.edu/postings/3023.
Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2017, and continue until the position is filled.
Barnard is an independent college of liberal arts and sciences for women that is affiliated with Columbia University. Barnard College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is actively committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community. We especially encourage women and candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.
3. Call for Abstracts for a seminar on humor in the Middle East and North African Modernities to be held on March 29 until April 1, 2018 at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Scholars interested in participating in this seminar are invited to submit their 250-word
abstracts via the ACLA portal, which will open Sept. 1 and close Sept. 23, 2017. Please
contact Mostafa Abedinifard for questions, comments, and your proposal ideas:
m_abedinifard@yahoo.com
4. Iran Heritage Foundation’s programme of grants for the year 2018 session is now open
Applications are accepted for both categories of Academic and Contemporary Arts
Deadline for receipt of applications is October 31, 2017
See further: http://www.iranheritage.org/grants.html
5. The Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor of Modern Arabic Literatures and Cultures to begin August 2018. Candidates should have a PhD in Arabic literature or a related field, as well as a minimum of one year of research experience in one or more of the following areas: Arabic fiction, drama/theatre, film, poetry. Research expertise may have been obtained during doctoral studies. ABD candidates will be considered. However, if the PhD degree is not conferred by August 20, 2018, the candidate will be appointed initially as an Instructor. Job duties include teaching courses in Arabic literature and culture to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as service to the university.
Applicants must apply online at www.cu.edu/cu-careers, job number 10162 to create and complete the online application. Please include a letter of application, current CV, writing sample, and copies of syllabi of courses taught or proposed. You will receive a confidential email requesting contact information for three references.
Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2017 and will continue until the position is filled. The University of Colorado is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. The appointment will be contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a criminal background check as required by the University.
6. The History Department at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville invites applications for a tenure-track position field in the History of Medicine or Science with a non-US focus. Faculty in the Department of Historical Studies teach three courses per semester. The Department emphasizes innovation in our undergraduate courses by highlighting historical thinking skills including primary source analysis in history “labs,” applied historical methods, interdisciplinary courses, and opportunities to collaborate with professional schools. Teaching responsibilities in the 3/3 load include introductory survey courses in World History or Western Civilization, service courses for majors on historical research or careers in history, and upper-level, including graduate, courses in the candidate’s field of expertise and broader non-US teaching fields. The candidate is also encouraged to teach interdisciplinary courses with faculty in CAS as well as with our professional schools, such as Nursing, Pharmacy, and Engineering. Faculty who can foster collaborative interdisciplinary research and apply for external funding are highly desirable.
Additionally, the Department offers an MA degree and a PhD in History through our cooperative doctoral program with Southern Illinois University Carbondale, as well as a post-baccalaureate certificate in museum studies. The History Department at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a dedicated group of teacher-scholars who value both teaching and research excellence.
Minimum Qualifications
A Ph.D. in History or closely related discipline is required at the time of employment beginning in August 2018. Persons who have not completed all degree requirements by the beginning of the contract period (ABD) may be considered for a one-year term appointment at the rank of instructor until the degree is completed. College-level teaching experience and grant-writing experience is preferred.
See: http://www.siue.edu/employment/employmentopportunities/cas/FY18-030.shtml.
7. Conference: “Orientalism, Neo-Orientalism and Post-Orientalism in African, Middle East, Latin and Central American, Asian/Chinese Studies”, Center for Global Studies, Shanghai University, 17-18 May 2018
On the occasion of the 15th Anniversary of Memory of Edward Said (1935-2003) and 40th Anniversary of His Book (1978).
Deadline for abstracts: 29 February 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/22055/discussions/229960/cfp-orientalism-neo-orientalism-and-post-orientalism-african
8. Senior Lectureship or Readership in Arabic, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
The position will start 1 January 2018. Applicants should possess native or near-native language skills in Arabic and English and will be expected to demonstrate the ability to attract grant funding and lead high quality externally funded research projects.
Deadline for application: 21 September 2017. Information: Catherine Cobham arabhod@st-andrews.ac.uk
9. Tenure-Track Position in History of the Modern Muslim World/Middle East (post-1500), University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
Position begins in Fall 2018. We are looking for a scholar-teacher who is committed to excellence in undergraduate teaching and who can demonstrate scholarly productivity and promise for ongoing research in their field. Ph.D. in History or a related field required or alternatively, ABD candidates will be considered. All applicants must have demonstrable skills necessary for excellence in teaching.
Deadline for application: 16 October 2017. Information: www.Click2apply.net/txx7sr4dht7tz2tc
10. Faculty Position in World Literature (Focus Middle East), Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
This is a full-time, tenure-track position beginning in Fall 2018. Candidates will have a PhD in English, Literature, or Comparative Literature with a regional specialization including, but not limited to African, Caribbean, Latin American, Middle Eastern, Oceanic, or South/South East Asian literary traditions by the date of appointment.
11. Open Rank Faculty Position in Anthropology of Islam and Muslim Societies, Stanford University
The successful candidate will be appointed in the Anthropology Department and is also expected to contribute to the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies’ curricular and outreach efforts.
Deadline for application: 3 November 2017. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9609
12. Zahedi Family Fellowship, Stanford University
This is a twelve-week residential fellowship focusing on the new Zahedi Archive. The fellowship is open to scholars working on the modern history of Iran, particularly the period of 1941 to 1979. Preference will be given to scholars who have worked on aspects of modern Iranian foreign policy, history, and culture. Fluency in Persian is required.
Deadline for application: 20 October 2017. Information: http://web.stanford.edu/~rparhad/zahedifellowship.fb
- September 18, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.3rd Conference of Central Asian Language and Linguistics
Call for Papers (Submission Deadline: November 3, 2017)
This fall, the Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) will be hosting the 3rd Conference of Central Asian Language and Linguistics (ConCALL-3) at Indiana University March 2-4, 2018.
Keynote Speakers for the conference include leading names in Turkic and Iranian linguistics, as well as second language acquisition and heritage language learning:
- Jason Rothman, Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Florida
- Vera Gribanova, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University
- Pollet Samvelian, Professor of Linguistics, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
- Mehmet Yavas, Professor of Linguistics, Florida International University
We are now accepting submissions for 20-minute paper presentations (with 10 minute post-presentation questions and discussion) on topics related to Central Asian languages and linguistics, including both the Altaic and Eastern Indo-European languages spoken in the region (among others), a diverse range of languages such as Azerbaijani, Dari, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Pashto, Persian, Tajiki, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Uyghur, Uzbek, and more.
Submissions can include, but are not limited to:
– Formal linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics, as well as their interfaces)
– Acquisition (first and second language acquisition)
– Language education/pedagogy, as related to Central Asian languages
Each abstract will be anonymously reviewed by a panel of scholars on a basis of interest, originality, timeliness, and relevance to the field, as well as reviewing the methodology and data collection methods and overall clarity and organization of ideas.
Submission should consist of an anonymous titled abstract of no more than 500 words (not including examples and references) submitted via EasyAbs (http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ConCALL3) by Friday, November 3, 2017.
Questions regarding submissions may be directed to Amber Kennedy Kent at akkent@indiana.edu.
Questions regarding the conference may be directed to Dr. Öner Özçelik (Director, CeLCAR) at oozcelik@indiana.edu.
For more information, please visit our conference website at http://www.iub.edu/~concall.
Proposal Submission Deadline: Friday, November 3, 2017
Acceptance Notification: Friday, December 22, 2017
Early Registration Deadline: Friday, January 26, 2018
Conference Date: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday March 2-4, 2018
2. The Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at UVic offers fellowships ($5000 plus a private office for a year) to people in the thesis or dissertation phases of their graduate programs. Visits of less than a year are also possible.
These fellowships will allow students to be part of a vital interdisciplinary intellectual and social space in which they can focus on their writing. Over the last 25 years, we have been fortunate to host visiting graduate students from many other universities. Now, we are able to offer some funding to help support visiting students interested in completing their writing within a unique scholarly environment.
Most applicants would already have external funding from SSHRC or their home university. So, our funding would not cover all expenses, but it should make a significant contribution. The deadline for applications is the middle of November, 2017 and the fellowships would begin sometime after spring, 2018.
Please see:
http://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/csrs/fellowships-awards/apply/graduate/index.php
Students interested in this opportunity should contact me (bramadat@uvic.ca), or my colleague Sally Lin (csrsadmin@uvic.ca).
Paul Bramadat
Professor and Director
Centre for Studies in Religion and Society
University of Victoria
http://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/csrs/
3. ‘The Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London invites proposals for the 2018 Annual CIWAS Conference on the theme of ‘Islam, the West, and Radicalism’. 14-15 February 2018; Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey UK’
For further information, see ciwas.royalholloway.ac.uk
4. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Curatorial Assistant, Art of the Islamic Worlds
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54873
5. Please consider submitting your work to the academic, peer-reviewed journal Archiv Orientalni/Oriental Archive (ArOr) published by the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences three times a year.
Archiv Orientalni welcomes the submission of articles and book reviews on the anthropology, economy, history, language, politics and society of the Near and Middle East, Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Far East.
Articles between 6,000 and 12,000 words and book reviews up to 1,500 words can be sent to: aror@orient.cas.cz
Archiv Orientalni is listed in Scopus, Thomson Reuters and ERIH Plus databases and accessible via ProQuest and EBSCO.
More information can be found at: http://aror.orient.cas.cz/
Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions.
Many thanks,
Kevin L. Schwartz
— Iran Research Fellow Oriental Institute Czech Academy of Sciences https://www.kevinschwartz.org/https://loc.academia.edu/KevinSchwartz
6. University of California, Berkeley – Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor Modern Middle East/Arab World – Department of History
The Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a full-time faculty appointment, open rank, in the History of the Modern Middle East/Arab World, with an expected start date of July 1, 2018.
The search is open to scholars of all regions and thematic interests in Modern Middle East history, with an emphasis on the history of the Arabic-speaking world.
Basic Minimum Qualifications: Completion of all Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree requirements except the dissertation at the time of application.
Additional Qualifications: A Ph.D. or equivalent degree is required by date of hire.
All application items must be submitted electronically by October 2, 2017. Rank will be determined based on qualifications and experience.
Assistant Professor Applicants (including current advanced Assistant Professors):
To apply please go to the following link: http://apptrkr.com/1073075 and submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, one to five pieces of published and/or unpublished scholarly work ready for examination (such as dissertations or dissertation chapters, a book or book manuscript, articles, and book chapters), and three letters of reference.
Associate and Full Professor Applicants (individuals currently holding a tenured or equivalent position):
To apply please go to the following link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01474 and submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, one to five pieces of published and/or unpublished scholarly work ready for examination (such as a book or book manuscript, articles, and book chapters), and the names and contact information of three references. Letters may be solicited for candidates under serious consideration (the committee will seek candidates’ permission before soliciting letters of recommendation from references).
All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html) prior to submitting their letters.
Questions may be addressed to Mark Peterson, Chair, Department of History, 3229 Dwinelle Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-2550. Questions about the application process can be directed to Kim Bissell, Academic Personnel Coordinator, at history-ap@berkeley.edu
7. The History Department of Washington and Lee University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in Mediterranean history, 500-1500 C.E., beginning September 2018.
Special consideration will be given to candidates who can situate Mediterranean history in a global context by contributing to the Africana Studies, Middle East and South Asia Studies, and/or Medieval and Renaissance Studies Programs. Candidates whose research focuses on issues such as, but not limited to, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, cross-cultural contact, religious cooperation and conflict, urbanism and/or empire are particularly encouraged to apply. Successful applicants will be expected to teach introductory surveys as well as intermediate and advanced undergraduate courses related to their areas of specialization.
For details and how to apply, see: https://apply.interfolio.com/44623
8. Jobs:
University of California – Riverside – Assistant Professor of Art and
Material Culture of the Islamic World
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55394
9. From the University of Arizona Libraries –
Digitization of the Shorish Collections has been completed! It consists of materials from the personal archives of M. Mobin Shorish, an Afghan-American scholar and advocate for the rights of the Afghan people during almost 40 years of uninterrupted conflict.
This is part of a larger project between the Libraries and the Afghanistan Center at Kabul University to preserve and create access to literature from the Jihad Period.
For more information about this collection see:
http://afghandata.org/
10. Stanford Iranian Studies Program Fellowship
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for new fellowship open to scholars and artists working on the modern history of Iran, particularly the period of 1941 to 1979. Preference will be given to scholars who have worked on aspects of modern Iranian foreign policy, history, and culture. Fluency in Persian is required.
20 October deadline.
See: https://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/research/zahedi-family-fellowship
- September 11, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – ‘Qur’anic Sciences and Shi’i Exegesis’
Qur’anic Sciences and Shi’i Exegesis
£20.00 Authors: Various Editor: Abbas Bahmanpour Cover: Paperback In stock The current work provides a comprehensive vista on the sciences of the Qur’an as developed in the Shi’i context. It is a systematic presentation of Shi’i literature on various aspects of Qur’anic exegesis.
- September 05, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Chevening Fellowship at the British Library: Exploring and enhancing the British Library’s Turkic-language collections
Application window now open – deadline: November 7th
The British Library is delighted to partner with Chevening, the UK Government’s international awards scheme, to host year-long professional development projects for emerging global leaders. Chevening Fellowships offer dynamic training, professional development and other opportunities for individuals to spend time in the UK, researching subject matter that is relevant to their professional interests as well as to the UK’s international strategic priorities. At the British Library, each Chevening fellowship takes the form of a unique project-based placement that supports British Library staff to capitalise on the breadth and depth of our collections and expertise, enable new types of research, inform strategy and foster international collaboration. Upon completion of their projects, British Library Chevening fellows join the highly regarded global network of Chevening alumni.
This 12-month project will start at the British Library in London in September 2018.
Applications are welcome from candidates from the following countries: Azerbaijan; China; Iran; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Moldova; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan.
For a detailed overview of this and other opportunities for Chevening Fellowships at the British Library, and instructions on how to apply, visit:http://www.chevening.org/programme/british-library
For information about current Chevening Fellowships at the British Library, visit: https://www.bl.uk/projects/chevening-fellowships
2. BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize in Islamic Studies
The British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) and De Gruyter are delighted to announce the third round 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.
Entries will not be accepted after the 1st October, 5pm (GMT).
For further details of the competition, including information on how to submit an entry, as well as material on previous winners, please see the following link:
3. CFP – Metropolitan Museum Journal
The Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed Metropolitan Museum Journal invites submissions of original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection. Starting with Volume 52 (2017), there will be two sections: Articles and Research Notes. Articles contribute extensive and thoroughly argued scholarship. Research Notes typically present a concise, neatly bounded aspect of ongoing investigation, such as the presentation of a new acquisition or attribution, or a specific, resonant finding from technical analysis. All texts must take works of art in the collection as the point of departure.
Articles and Research Notes in the Journal appear both in print and online, and are immediately accessible via MetPublications, JStor, and the website of the University of Chicago Press.
The deadline for submissions for Volume 53 (2018) is October 15, 2017.
Submission guidelines: www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/met/instruct
Please send materials to: journalsubmissions@metmuseum.org
4. Program of the International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) Combined which the “Deutscher Orientalistentag”, Jena, 18-22 September 2017
The program is now available at http://www.dot2017.de/en/programme/scientific-programme/
5. Workshop on “Ethnicity, Faith and Communal Relations”, University of Colorado, Boulder, 3-4 November 2017
The program consists of a series of related conversations, and participants are expected to take part in the entire program.
Deadline for registration: 20 October 2017. Information: http://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/participate-ethnicity-faith-and-communal-relations-fall-2017-mediterranean-seminar-workshop-3-4-november-boulder-co
6. Tenure-Track Professor of Arabic (Assistant or Associate Professor), San Diego State University, CA
The candidate is expected to have superior language proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic and native or near-native proficiency in at least one Arabic dialect. A Ph.D. in Linguistics, Arabic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies or a related field should be in-hand at the start of the appointment.
Deadline for application: 30 October 2017. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/44096
7. Assistant Professor for Critical Muslim Studies, University of California, San Diego
The applicants should be working in the area of Critical Muslim Studies and its intersections with race, gender, sexuality, decoloniality, Islamophobia and/or critical theory. We seek a colleague whose work theorizes the racialization of Muslims in the context of law, history, politics, science and/or culture. Scholars with multi-lingual facility are especially encouraged to apply.
Deadline for application: 6 October 2017. Information: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF01518
8. Assistant/Early Associate Professor of Arabic Culture, Duke University, Durham, NC
The successful candidate will demonstrate outstanding scholarship on the cultures of the Arab Middle East and North Africa, contextualize these within current theoretical frameworks, and have a proven record of teaching excellence. Native command of Arabic and English required. Competence in a second Middle Eastern language (Persian, Turkish, Hebrew, etc.) is welcomed but not required.
Deadline for application: 15 October 2017. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9604
9. Assistant Professor of History of the Modern Middle East/Arab World, University of California, Berkely
The search is open to scholars of all regions and thematic interests in Modern Middle East history, with an emphasis on the history of the Arabic-speaking world. Qualifications: Completion of all Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree requirements except the dissertation at the time of application.
Deadline for application: 2 October 2017. Information: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01473
10. Assistant Professor for Study of Muslims/Islam in North America, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Successful candidates will be expected to demonstrate a strong foundation in the academic study of religion and in their specific research area along with an ability to work across disciplinary boundaries.
Deadline for application: 15 October 2017. Information: https://cla.umn.edu/religious-studies/about/employment
11. Assistant Professor for Islam in the Modern Middle East and North Africa, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Candidates whose work is interdisciplinary, comparative, and expands the department’s existing strengths. Discipline open.
Deadline for application: 15 November 2017. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9624
12. Webinar (Winter Term 2017/2018): Persian Historical Travelogues, 11th to 19th c., University of Heidelberg
Iranians and other Persian speakers have traveled the world ever since, in all possible directions, and some of them recorded their experience. The aim of the webinar will be to critically assess Persian travelogues as historical primary sources. Good knowledge of Persian is required. The webinar is held in English.
Those wishing to participate should send a statement of interest and CV to Sarah Kiyanrad (kiyanrad@gmx.de ), by September 30, 2017. The number of participants is limited.
- September 04, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Williams College: Massachusetts: Arabic Studies
Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies
The Arabic Studies program at Williams College seeks to appoint a tenure-track Assistant Professor, beginning July 2018. Specialization open, PhD in hand by September 2018 expected. Excellent training and experience in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers are essential, as is a rigorous scholarly agenda. The teaching load is 2-2 plus a January course every other year. The college and the program value teaching and research equally highly, and will expect the new colleague to contribute to the ongoing process of building our vibrant Arabic Studies program.
Applications are due no later than September 20, 2017 and should include a cover letter, CV, and three letters of recommendation, at least one of which addresses the candidate’s promise as a teacher.
For further details about this job search and application instructions, please see:
https://apply.interfolio.com/43331
2. Religion and Law in Medieval Christian and Muslim Societies (RELMIN 8)
Religious Minorities in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Law (5th – 15th centuries)
J. V. Tolan, C. Nemo-Pekelman, N. Berend, Y. Masset (eds.)
454 p., 7 b/w ill., 156 x 234 mm, 2017
ISBN: 978-2-503-56571-2
http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503565712-1
3. Call for Papers: Beyond Bedouin and Bania: Arabia-South Asia Relations
SUBMISSION DEADLINE | 20 SEPTEMBER 2017
The Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore invites
papers for the conference Beyond Bedouin and Bania: Arabia-South Asia
Relations. This is the 4th Muhammad Alagil Arabia Asia Conference.
By dint of proximity and other reasons, Arabia and South Asia are
neighbouring regions which have been involved in each other’s affairs for
centuries. While their relations are not always the most visible, peoples
from the two regions enjoy a degree of familiarity and mutual knowledge
that defies conventional notions of cultural and religious difference.
This conference will explore and map the range of relations between Arabia
and South Asia in the present and the past through a number of topics such
as those below. Proposals are welcome for these topics as well as others.
Joint proposals for panels of 3-4 presenters are welcome as well; please
provide panel title, respective paper titles and abstracts.
In this conference, we seek to gain a better understanding of the following
themes:
Cities and Networks
Maritime Polities
Creole Scripts and Songs
Performing Arts
Migrant Labour
Mercenaries and Militaries
Trade Diasporas
Religious Networks
Consumption
Textiles
Food
Smuggling
Currencies
Legal Platforms (e.g. Islamic, English)
Princely States/Monarchies/Indirect Rule
Empire in the Gulf
Post-Imperial Legacies
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
Submissions should include a title, an abstract of no more than 300 words
and a brief biography including current affiliation, research interests,
and publications. Please note that only previously unpublished papers or
those not already committed elsewhere can be accepted. The organisers plan
to publish a special issue with selected papers presented in this
conference. By participating in the conference, you agree to participate in
the future publication plans (special issue/journal) of the organisers.
Please submit your proposal, using the provided proposal template
<https://ari.nus.edu.sg/Assets/repository/files/events/CFP_ProposalForm_Arabia%20South%20Asia(1).doc>
to Dr Nisha Mathew at meinmm@nus.edu.sg <arinmm@nus.edu.sg> and Sharon at
arios@nus.edu.sg by 20 September 2017. Notifications of acceptance will be
sent out by early/mid October 2017.
CONTACT DETAILS
Conference Convenors
Dr Nisha Mathew
Asia Research Institute, and Middle East Institute, National University of
Singapore
E | arinmm@nus.edu.sg ; meinmm@nus.edu.sg
Prof Engseng Ho
Asia Research Institute, and Middle East Institute, National University of
Singapore
Contact Info:
Miss Sharon Ong
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Contact Email: arios@nus.edu.sg
URL:
https://ari.nus.edu.sg/Event/Detail/0277b758-26c3-4601-9484-fdf960088152
4. Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, Haverford College, PA
The candidate is expected to maintain a strong research program that engages broad theoretical interests in religious studies and contribute to the Middle East and Islamic Studies concentration.
Deadline for application: 15 October 2017. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/44014
5. Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for the Study of Islamic Culture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Applicants should have at least a doctoral degree in Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, History or a related discipline; research capability in the studies of Islam in China, e.g. Islam and Chinese culture, Islam and Chinese society; good command of both spoken and written Chinese (Putonghua) and English, knowledge of Arabic will be an advantage.
Application as soon as possible. Information: https://cuhk.taleo.net/careersection/cu_career_non_teach/jobdetail.ftl?job=170001OB&tz=GMT%2B08%3A00
6. A Hindu munshi’s ‘Chain of Yogis’: a Persian manuscript in the Mackenzie Collection
7. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers teaching, research, or combination teaching and research award in over 125 countries for the 2018-19 academic year. We have extended the deadline for select opportunities for scholars of all disciplines with an interest of traveling to the Middle East. The complete awards catalog is available at http://awards.cies.org.
Jordan: All Disciplines (8358-JO): Scholars in any area of interest are welcome to apply. Applicants are encouraged to explore the award descriptions to Jordan to learn more about the grant experience and the exceptional support offered by the Fulbright Commission.
Jordan: Study of the United States (8359-JO): Scholars from a large range of disciplines, including American Literature and Political Science, are encouraged to apply.
Saudi Arabia: All Disciplines (8371-SA): Scholars in any area of interest are welcome to apply.
Applications are due September 12, 2017. For more information on program eligibility and how to submit a competitive application, visit www.cies.org or email MiddleEastNorthAfrica@iie.org with any questions. We’re happy to set up one-on-one phone consultations with prospective applicants.
8. Jobs:
Dartmouth College – HISTORY OF THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55364
University of North Texas – Tenure Track Assistant Professor,
Medieval History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55356
Royal Ontario Museum – Curator, Islamic Art & Culture
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55357
- August 29, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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