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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies – Opportunities for Scholars 2017-2018, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52830
College of Charleston – Visiting Assistant Professor, field open
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52955
Preference is for candidates who can teach the pre-modern courses, but applicants in all fields are welcome.
2. British Museum, Middle East
Curator: Islamic Collections
Full time
Fixed Term: 6 months in duration
£27,905 per annum pro-rata
Ref: 1555788
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52961
3. International Workshop: “Authority in Islam: Dialectics of Fragmentation & Plurality in Muslim Eurasia”, Indiana University, Bloomington, 24-25 March 2017
The workshop is part of an ambitious long-term initiative that aims to assess and analyze the causes, spectrum, and consequences of (seemingly) increasingly diverse, decentralized and disjointed practices of religious authority in Muslim societies, both regionally and comparatively.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2016. Information: https://authorityinislamblog.wordpress.com/contact/
4. University Lectureship in Classical Arabic Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge
The lecturer will be required to deliver lectures, hold classes and give seminars in Classical Arabic Studies, and to supervise graduate and undergraduate dissertations. The position is to begin 1 September 2016. This appointment is fixed term for one year.
Deadline for application: 12 June 2016. Information: http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/faculty/jobs/classical_arabic-lecturer
5. “The Ninth Festival for the Selection of the Best Book of the Year on Imam Reza (A.S.)”
On the auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of Alim Aal i-Muhammad[The Most Learned in the Family of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.)] Hadrat Imam Ali Bin Musa-ar-Reza (A.S.) and Hadrat Fatima Masumah (S.A.), sister of Imam Reza (A.S.), which is celebrated as ‘The Ten Days of Generosity’, the Organization of Libraries, Museums and Center of Deeds of Astan Quds Razavi with the cooperation of the Imam Reza (A.S.) Cultural and Artistic International Foundation will conduct
“The Ninth International Festival for the Selection of the Best Book of the Year on Imam Reza (A.S.)”
Compilations, Translations and Dissertations with the subject of Imam Reza (A.S.) and His Family
This event will be the part of the programs of the Fourteenth International Festival on Imam Reza (A.S.).
Goals
—- Dissemination and promotion of the radiant culture of Imam Reza (A.S.).
—- Expanding the scientific, artistic and research activities related to the life and different dimensions of the personality of Imam Reza (A.S.), the Eighth Shining Star in the Sky of Imamat (Divine Leadership).
—- Recognizing, commending and supporting the creators and producers of the distinguished cultural and artistic works on the culture of Imam Reza (A.S.) and helping in the extensive publications of these works.
Sections of the Festival
Section One, Best Book
The themes for the selection of the ‘Best Book of the Year’ on Imam Reza (A.S.)
–The sciences and learning of Imam Reza (A.S.).
–The life and history of Imam Reza (A.S.).
–The Ziyarah (Pilgrimage) of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.).
— The medicinal system prescribed by Imam Reza (A.S.).
–Poems
–Anecdotes
–Children and youth
–Translation
–Foreign languages
For every winner in the above-mentioned sections will be awarded with the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Section Two, Best Digital Book
First Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Second Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Third Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Section Three, Best Thesis
First Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Second Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Third Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Section Four, Best Publisher
First Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Second Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Third Rank: Awarding the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes.
Section Five, The works deserved to be published
For the winners in the above-mentioned section the plaque of the festival, appreciation certificate and exquisite prizes will be awarded. The Secretariat of the Festival will make the efforts to publish these selected works.
– The exquisite prizes include paying all the tour expenses to perform the Umrah and pilgrimage to the holy places in Iraq and the holy city of Mashhad.
-All the winners will be accepted as the guests of the secretariat of the festival. Specialized sessions and educational workshops will be conducted on the sidelines of the festival with the presence of the guests and distinguished scholars.
Transport, boarding and lodging expenses of the guests will be borne by the Secretariat of the Festival.
Events Dates
Last date of sending the work: July 6, 2016
Date of conducting the festival in the Holy City of Mashhad: August 8, 2016
Examining
Examining of the works will be done by the experienced scholars of the Islamic seminaries and universities.
Conditions
—-The works sent to five sections will be accepted for selection in the below-mentioned two subjects:
A-Works with the subjects related to Imam Reza (A.S.).
B- Works with the subjects related to the family of Imam Reza (A.S.) [Imam Muhammad Taqi al-Jawad (A.S.), Hadrat Husain Bin Musa al-Kazim (A.S.), Ahmad Bin Musa al-Kazim (A.S.)[Shah Chiragh] and Hadrat Fatima Masumah (S.A.).
—- The works sent with the subjects related to Imam Reza (A.S.) should have been published in the years 2015 and 2016.
—-The works can be sent in Farsi (Persian) and all other foreign languages.
—-Every applicant should send one copy each of the work to the secretariat.
—-The works sent to the Secretariat will not be returned.
—-More than one work from a person will be accepted.
Permanent Secretariat of the Festival
Central Library of the Astan Quds Razavi
Shaykh Tousi Sanctuary (Bast)
The Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.)
Holy City of Mashhad
Islamic Republic of Iran
P.O. Box No: 91735-177
Tele-fax: 0098-51-32235441
Telephone: 0098-51-32232004-8
Website: http://www.library.aqr.ir, http://library.aqr.ir/ketabsal ,
Email: info.lib@aqr.ir , ketabsal@aqlibrary.ir ,
Application Form
The works related to the subjects of “The Eighth Festival for the Selection of the Best Book of the Year on Imam Reza (A.S.)” can be registered by filling the ‘Application Form’
Best Book Best Digital Book Best Thesis Best Publisher The works deserved to be published
Title of the Work: Name and Surname of the Author: Year of Publication: Copies: Print: Subject of the Work:
Telephone No: Email: Fax:
Address:
Last date of sending the work: July 6, 2016
6. Eurasian Empires Program – Leiden University Institute for History, June 15-17, 2016
On 15-17 June, the final conference of the Eurasian Empires Program will take place in Leiden. Leading scholars in the field from all over the world will participate in five themed panels.
There will be two keynote speakers, the first of whom is Gülrü Necipoglu on Wednesday 15 June, with a lecture entitled ‘Transregional Connections: Architecture and the Construction of Early Modern Islamic Empires.’ On Friday 17 June, Nicola Di Cosmo will conclude the conference with his lecture ‘Climate and Eurasian Empires: What to Make of Proxy Data and their Historical Relevance.’
Besides international scholars, many of the group’s members will participate in the conference, either as presenters or in the role of chair and/or discussant.
The panels are entitled, respectively:
– Methodology, Theory, Approaches
– Dynastic Change and Legitimacy
– People of the Pen
– People of the Sword
– Gender and Power
Interested members of the public are most welcome to attend the lectures and panel sessions.
The full program and abstracts for all talks can be found here:
http://hum.leiden.edu/history/eurasia/news/final-conference.html
7. Call for Papers
Global Reformations: Transforming Early Modern Religions, Societies, and Cultures: An international, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary conference, 27-30 SEPTEMBER 2017
Sponsored by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria College, at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
150 WORD ABSTRACTS DUE: 31 MAY 2016
What is Reformation, and where? Who does it impact, and how? This conference invites a sustained, comparative, and interdisciplinary exploration of religious transformations in the early modern world. Scholars who once confidently framed the Reformation as a sixteenth-century European Protestant phenomenon now look expansively across different confessions, faiths, time periods, and geographical areas.
The early modern world saw a great increase in contacts between religious traditions and their believers. Many meetings were fraught with the tensions of alterity. All contacts generated new forms of accommodation, exclusion, communication, exchange, and transformation. Our interdisciplinary conference will explore the resulting cultural, historical, art historical, literary, and intellectual disruptions and convergences. We will probe the inter-actions that developed across confessional lines, and the unanticipated consequences that ripple out across the globe from the religious schisms in Europe. Many of these inter-faith contacts are driven by dynamics arising directly from the Reformation, and this is the theme we plan to explore in the conference.
We aim to bring together scholars researching art, architecture, theatre, music, literature, religion, book history, print culture, as well as intellectual and social history. Together we will explore how the transmission and translation of material, textual, and cultural practices create identity and cross-cultural identifications in contexts that are animated by the effort to reform, purify, or convert others.
For further information, including an initial list of possible themes, or to submit a proposal (no more than 150 words, together with a brief biography and contact information) please see: crrs.ca/globalreformations
Heather Coffey
Assistant Professor of Art History
OCAD University
8. CFP – Middle East Librarians Association (Boston, 15-17 November 2016)
Partnerships: Enhancing opportunities is this year’s theme for the annual Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) meeting. The meeting will be hosted by the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT, and will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, 15-17 November 2016.
Middle East librarians, and more generally Area Studies librarians, have a long history of cooperation and partnerships. Indeed, it is through partnerships that programs such as the Middle East Cooperative Acquisitions Program (MECAP), and the Center for Research Libraries’ (CRL) Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) developed. These programs have been instrumental for our communities, the research being conducted, and highlight some of the larger initiatives that have taken place over the years. Other large scale projects have made collections available digitally encouraging and enabling new avenues of scholarship. The profusion of digital humanities projects being created highlights the ever-changing ways in which scholars interact with each other, scholarship is produced, and is providing enhanced opportunities for long-distance and international partnerships.
Partnering with institutions to further our goals as a community is essential; we invite papers of no more than 20 minutes exploring historical and contemporary partnerships. Preference will be given to partnerships with libraries (or museums) in the MENA region.
Presentations dedicated to investigating, analysing, and discussing the opportunities, challenges, and experiences with all types of partnerships are welcome, including but not limited to:
Community building
Collection development
Rights, rules, and regulations of multi-party ownership
Resource sharing
Digitization practices
Documentation practices
Negotiating standards
Enhancing metadata for accessibility across platforms
Reciprocal agreements for shared materials
Submission guidelines
• Proposals should be a maximum of 250 words.
• Please send your proposals to vice-president@mela.us in a word document.
• Proposals will be reviewed by the Program Committee.
• Proposals must include a title and clearly demonstrate relevancy to this year’s theme, Partnerships: Enhancing opportunities.
• Submission deadline is 31 August 2016.
• Session format is a 30 minute presentation (20 minute presentation with 10 minutes for questions).
Notification
• All submitters will be notified by 21 September 2016.
• All presenters will be asked to submit a brief biography (max 100 words), a photograph, and an abbreviated abstract to be published in the program and posted on the MELA website.
• All presenters will be asked to make their presentation available on the conference website.
While MELA is not in a position to pay honoraria or provide financial support for travel and lodging, we will waive program registration fees for presenters. Presenters are expected to be full paid MELA members.
9. Call for papers: Conference “Spatial Thought in Islamicate Societies, 1000–1600: The Politics of Genre, Image, and Text”, University of Tübingen, Germany, 30 March–1 April 2017
Place and space are now increasingly understood as invented reference systems that are entangled with political, religious, cultural, and intellectual history. This conference explores the ongoing shift of the history of geography and cartography to a diversely linked spatial history of the Islamicate world. Special emphasis is placed on genre, authorship, theme, and reception.
Deadline for registration: 30 June 2016. Information: http://www.spatial-thought.uni-tuebingen.de
Kurt Franz (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen)
Zayde Antrim (Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.)
Jean-Charles Ducène (École pratique des hautes études, Paris)
10. Workshop: Structural Dividers in Qur’anic Material
Dates: 3-4 June 2016
Location: Centre of Islamic Studies, SOAS, University of London
Registration: A limited number of free places are available, by application. Precedence will be given to university staff and to graduate students. Please contact Marianna Klar on mk81@soas.ac.uk to register.
11. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 26 – Issue 1-2 – January 2016
SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE
The Mongols and Post-Mongol Asia: Studies in Honour of David O. Morgan
is available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=JRA&volumeId=26&seriesId=0&issueId=1-2&etoc=Y
- May 24, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize
The 2017 round is now open. The BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize will be awarded
to the best English-language doctoral thesis or unpublished first
monograph based on a doctoral thesis on any aspect of the academic
study of Islam and the Muslim world, past and present.
Applicants can be based in any country, and manuscripts will be assessed on the basis
of scholarly quality and originality.
The award includes publication of the winning manuscript and a prize of £1,000.
The submission deadline is 1 September 2016.
Full details are available here:
See http://www.brais.ac.uk/prize/2016 for details of the winner for 2016.
2. International Conference on Amulets and Talismans in the Muslim World | Leiden University | 19-20 May 2016
See for more info:
https://www.facebook.com/ConferenceAmulets/
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2016/05/amuletten-en-talismans-in-de-moslim-wereld
3. The East & Europe, 24-25 June, University of Amsterdam
More information and registration via http://artes.uva.nl/news-and-events/events/events/events/content-3/folder-2/conferences/2016/06/the-east–europe.html
4. Call for Papers for Open Panels During the Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) in Tuebingen on 6-8 October 2016
Papers are invited for the following open panels (see also the complete announcement with the panel abstracts at http://davo2016.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Call-for-papers-for-open-panels.pdf).
Please send your abstracts (up to 300 words) to the panel convener(s) and to Amke Dietert (amke.dietert@googlemail.com) before 15 June 2016. Papers can be presented in English or German. Please fill in the form for contributions which is available on the Congress website at http://davo2016.org/registration
1) Current Re-Configurations of the Urban in the MENA Region
Organizers: Christian Steiner, Catholic University Eichstaett (Christian.steiner@ku.de) and Steffen Wippel, Philipps-University Marburg (steffen.wippel@uni-marburg.de), DAVO Working Group “Middle Eastern Economies”
2) Urban Policy Making and Implementation in the Arab World
Organizer: Mennatuallah Hendawy, Cairo (mennatuallah.hendawy@eng.asu.edu.eg)
3) Visions of the State: People’s Perception of State Responsibilities in the MENA Region and Beyond
Organizer: Tina Zintl, University of Tuebingen (tina.zintl@uni-tuebingen.de)
4) Arabellion: Social Change in the Context of Uprise and Violence
Organizer: Helmut Dietrich, Rabat (he.di@gmx.net )
5) Beyond Oil: The Politics of Energy in the MENA Region
Organizer: Marie Duboc, University of Tuebingen (marie.duboc@uni-tuebingen.de)
6) Social Movements on the “Move”: Lessons from South Africa for the Palestinian BDS Movement
Organizer: Sara El-Madani, University of Flensburg, sara.el-madani@uni-flensburg.de
7) Studying Palestine in Germany – an Inventory
Organizers: Sarah El Bulbeisi (sarah.elbulbeisi@gmail.com) and Amir Hamid (amirh@lmu.de), University of Munich
8) Women`s Rights in Iran: Flexibility in Religious Legal Opinions
Organizer: Golrang Khadivi, University of Hamburg (golrang.khadivi@gmail.com)
9) Ritual and Politics in Turkey
Organizer: Charlotte Joppien (charlottejoppien@hotmail.com)
Deadline for abstracts of other papers and panels is 20 June 2016. See Congress website at http://davo2016.org/
5. International Conference: “Trans-L-Encounters: Religious Education and Islamic Popular Culture in Asia and the Middle East”, University of Marburg, 26-28 May 2016
This conference of the Research Network Re-Configuration aims to take a closer look at the transregional and translocal developments in Asia and the MENA, specifically focusing on the interrelated phenomena of religious education and Islamic popular culture.
Information and program: www.uni-marburg.de/cnms/forschung/re-konfigurationen/aktuelles/news/2016-05-trans-l-encounters
6. Fifth International Bara Gali Conference: “The Dynamics of Change in the Pakistan-Afghanistan Region: Politics on Borderland”, University of Peshawar, 29-31 August 2016
The conference will focus on a number of political concepts and predicates—the tribe and the state, security and phenomenology, nomos and human rights, subjectivity and discourse, and religiosity and egalitarianism.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 May 2016. For information contact Dr. Muhammad Zubair: mzubairzaib@gmail.com
7. Two Lecturers in International Relations, University of Edinburgh
While all sub-fields of International Relations will be considered, preference may be given to those with research and teaching specialisms in International Development with regional specialisms in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Closing date: 26 May 2016. Information: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANO176/lecturer-in-international-relations/
8. Autumn School: “Reading Fatwas”, Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, University of Bonn, 8-12 August 2016
The purpose of this Fall School is to introduce participants to the methods, sources, and lines of inquiry in studying medieval fatwas. Fatwas are an invaluable window on legal institutions, conflict resolution on the local level, relations of “state and society”, and local values and ethics.
Extended deadline for application: 30 May 30. Information: www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/mamluk-events
9. CfP:
The 3rd Middle Eastern Congress on Politics and Society, organized by the Middle East Institute at Sakarya University will take place in Sakarya, Turkey, between 11 and 13 October 2016. Over two years following the second congress in 2014, significant political developments have been observed in the Middle East. This year’s congress aims to bring together a number of new perspectives on the new political and social developments in the region.
The opening speech of the congress will be delivered by Rachid Ghannouchi the leader and founder of Al-Nahda movement in Tunisia.
Other confirmed speakers include such distinguished scholars known for their studies on the Middle East as Abdullah Al-Arian, Ibrahim Awad, Youssef Choueiri, Katerina Dalacoura, Burhanettin Duran, Michael M. Gunter, Steven Heydemann, Mustafa Kibaroglu, Abdel Aziz Sager, Emad Shahin, Karen E. Young.
The Middle East Institute at Sakarya University invites scholars, experts, policy makers and activists to participate in panels and meetings for strengthening our understanding of the new dynamics in the region.
Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent to middleeastcongress@gmail.com by 30 June 2016. Please include in the body of the email your contact details and a short bio.
For further information and announcements please visit www.ormer.sakarya.edu.tr. Paper presentations are expected to be about the topics shown in below panel contents.
- May 17, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Two lectureships, the University of Stirling.
One is a ‘Lectureship in Religion and International Politics’ (job number SCH00612) and the other is a ‘Lectureship in International Politics’ with a special focus on the Middle East (job number SCH00610).
The deadline for applications for both positions is 31st May 2016.
More information about these positions can be found at http://www.stir.ac.uk/about/jobs/
2. Research Associate Genealogies of Knowledge, University of Manchester
https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=11422
Closing date : 29/05/2016
Reference : HUM-08115
Faculty / Organisational unit : Humanities
School / Directorate : School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Division : –
Employment type : Fixed Term
Duration : Available from 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2020
Location : Oxford Road, Manchester
Salary : £30,738 to £37,768 per annum
Hours per week : Full Time
3. Lecture – Nasrin Askari, ‘Elite Folktales: A 16th-Century Collection of Persian Stories in the Bodleian Library’ (Cambridge, UK, 12 May)
Cambridge Lectures in Islamic Art:
‘Elite Folktales: A 16th-Century Collection of Persian Stories in the Bodleian Library’
Dr. Nasrin Askari (Bahari Visiting Fellow in the Persian Arts of the Book, Bodleian Library)
Thursday, 12 May 2016, 5.30 pm
Thomas Gray Room, Pembroke College, Cambridge
Free and open to all.
http://persian.pem.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/cambridge-lectures-islamic
4. Conference, May 4, 2016, Cultural and Social Encounters in Islamic Asia, c. 1600-c. 1800, Nehemia Levtzion Center for Islamic Studies, Mount Scopus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
programme at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/250465101956618/
5. On line sources:
Syria Studies, the official online journal of the Centre for Syrian Studies (CSS) at the University of St. Andrews.
https://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/syria
6. al-Raqmiyyāt: Digital Islamic History
Chronological Coverage of an Arabic Corpus
An Experiment with Date Statements
Posted by Maxim Romanov on March 29, 2016
(on Coding, Corpora, Methods, and Historical Texts)
http://maximromanov.github.io/2016/03-29.html
7. Jobs:
Full-Time Term Faculty Position: Arab World Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies – American University, Washington DC: www.american.edu/cas/crgc/
Assistant Professor without Review in Islamic Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
The successful candidate must hold a Ph.D. and be able to teach Classical Arabic at all levels, and courses on topics such as Introduction to Western Religions, Classical Islam, Modern Islam, and/or another area of specialization.
Deadline for application: 6 June 2016. Information: www.facultycareers.ubc.ca/23357
8. The treasures of Arabic, Persian and Turkish tales in the 15 volumes of the
extraordinary Enzyklopädie des Märchens (1).
Enzyklopädie [Enzyklopaedie] des Märchens [Maerchens]:
Handwörterbuch [Handwoerterbuch] zur historischen und vergleichenden
Erzählforschung [Erzaehlforschung], ed. Rolf Wilhelm Brednich et al. 15
vols. Berlin, etc.: de Gruyter, 1977-2015, also available online.
More information on
http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~enzmaer/vorstellung-engl.html
9. CFP
Beyond The Mosque: Diverse Sites of Muslim Prayer (Universities Art Association of Canada/ Association d’art des universités du Canada, Montreal, Canada, October 27-30, 2016)
Conference session to be held at the Université du Québec à Montréal
http://www.uaac-aauc.org/montreal-2016
Chaired by: Angela Andersen
Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria
The purpose-built, monumental mosque is often presented as the primary site of Islamic congregational worship. However, the Quran provides virtually no instructions regarding the appearance or configuration of such a site, and many Muslims engage in individual and congregational prayer in a variety of settings. A room in the home, a rug, a clean piece of cloth or a line in the sand can demarcate prayer space just as the declaration of the intent to pray itself can establish parameters. This panel will explore the great architectural diversity of Muslim places of prayer and worship, inclusive of art-historical, religious studies, anthropological, sociological and lived experience perspectives. Historical and contemporary studies of women and the elderly in Islam, Sufi orders, marginalized and sectarian movements, rural assembly sites, migrant communities, Muslims in predominantly non-Muslim surroundings, syncretic traditions, and the contemporary workforce seeking prayer and worship accommodations are but a few examples of welcome subjects.
Please submit proposals directly to Angela Andersen ala@uvic.ca by June 24, 2016.
Proposals for 20 minute papers should include:
name and email address
institutional affiliation
paper title
abstract (150 words maximum)
brief bio (150 words maximum)
According to the regulations of the Universities Art Association of Canada, “proposals may be submitted by current members or non-members of UAAC. Non-members must become members of UAAC and pay registration fees in order to present a paper at the conference. Membership dues and registration fees must be received by October 1, 2016. MA students are not permitted to give papers at the conference.”
10. CFP for volume entitled
Transcultural Identity Constructions in a Changing Arab World
11. The University of Religions and Denominations (Qom, Iran) is pleased to offer the 3rd short-term course of Shi’a Islamic Studies on August 22, to September 1, 2016.
This 10-Day English program mainly focuses on Shia Islamic beliefs and practices, as well as Shiite authority, rituals and ceremonies in the contemporary Iran. The program includes guided visits to the local and cultural sites of Qom, Isfahan and Tehran in order to provide a view of day-to-day life in Iran. All faculty, students and researchers in related fields are invited to apply.
The normal fee for the course is $1300 including all local costs. There are some fellowships available for applicants whose competency will be approved.
You can find more information on our website at: http://shiacourse.urd.ac.ir/.
Please don’t hesitate to email us via shiacourse3@gmail.com with any questions.
12. Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, UK
Now enrolling for Islamic Studies & Arabic
available to study Full-time and Part-time starting in September 2016
See: http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6e9fdbb4ef3ba3047cbc8ea43&id=525919b8bd&e=73b327db99
13. Symposium – Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs (Met Museum, 10–11 June)
14. Call for Submissions: Persian Passages (Special issue of Southerly)
Persian speakers from Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan have influenced Australian culture in many ways. What are the evocations of Persian themes in Australian writing and culture? What are the contemporary heirs to Judith Wright’s poem ‘Hafiz of Shiraz’? And what is the image of Australia in contemporary Persian texts? Guest editors Laetitia Nanquette and Ali Alizadeh are calling for submissions of poems, stories, non-fiction and literary papers for a special issue of Southerly focusing on literary transactions between Australian and Persian cultures. The editors are also interested in writings from Iranian, Afghan and Tajik writers engaging with Australia in any way.
As the Persian-speaking community is becoming stronger in Australia and its cultural production diversifies, this issue aims to offer to an Australian audience a rich sample of texts and perspectives focusing on Australian-Persian perspectives
The CFP can be seen online at this address: http://southerlyjournal.com.au/2016/05/12/call-for-submissions-persian-passages-special-issue-of-southerly/
- May 12, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Postdoctoral Researcher
SOAS, University of London – Faculty of Languages and Cultures – Centre of Islamic Studies
Postdoctoral Researcher to work as part of the ‘Re/presenting Islam on campus’ project, a major research project funded by AHRC and ESRC, based in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures and the Centre of Islamic Studies and led by Professor Alison Scott-Baumann. This appointment will commence in mid-June or shortly thereafter.
See: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANN005/postdoctoral-researcher/
Closes on 9 May, 2016
2. Princeton Workshop on the History of Christianity in the Middle East: May 6-7, 2016
3. Lectureship in the History of the Middle East and/or the Islamic World, University of Bristol – School of Humanities
| Location: | Bristol |
| Salary: | £35,609 to £40,082 |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Contract Type: | Permanent |
| Placed on: | 21st April 2016 |
| Closes: | 23rd May 2016 |
| Job Ref: | ACAD101977 |
The University of Bristol invites applications to a permanent Lectureship (Lecturer B) in the History of the Middle East and/or the Islamic World. Candidates who can demonstrate excellence in research and teaching in any aspect of this topic are invited to apply.
The successful candidate will have a PhD (or completion by August 2016), a record of publication or well-developed plans for publication, and clear potential to achieve international excellence in research.
S/he will be expected to develop further an established research profile through publication, bidding for external research funding, and presentations at national and international conferences in order to play an active role in maintaining and enhancing the research profile of the department of History. S/he will also be expected to supervise postgraduate research students.
For further information about the department, see http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/
Contact for informal enquiries:
Dr Josie McLellan josie.mclellan@bristol.ac.uk
Rosanne Jacks r.jacks@bristol.ac.uk Tel. +44 (0)117 331 7982
Timescale of appointment:
Long-listed candidates will be notified on or about Friday 3 June 2016. They will be required to submit a sample of their work (in English, not more than 10,000 words) as soon after notification as possible but no later than Wednesday 8 June 2016.
Short-listed candidates will be notified on or about Friday 17 June 2016 and invited to interview. They will be required to submit brief outlines for 3-4 units they might teach (see department website for unit types http://www.bris.ac.uk/history/)
Interview date: Week of 27 June 2016
Anticipated start date: September 2016
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4. The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the College of William and Mary invites applications for a non-tenure track instructor position in Arabic language and cultures, that will begin August 10, 2016. We seek a professional, skilled instructor who can teach at all levels of the curriculum, both Arabic language and Arabic/Middle-Eastern cultures courses. The former require implementation of innovative pedagogical techniques. The latter require a strong theoretical background to teach cultural studies courses. This instructor should also be able to function well in the WM classroom environment where students expect a high level of give and take, and interactive, organized learning.
The successful candidate will be expected to be an effective teacher and will have a 3-3 teaching load. Information on the Arabic Studies program in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the College of William & Mary may be found at http://www.wm.edu/as/modernlanguages/arabic/index.php.
Job information can be found at:
https://jobs.wm.edu/postings/24012
5. U of Chicago Summer Arabic program, please click the following link:
http://summerlanguages.uchicago.edu/page/summer-arabic-2016
6. Persian summer program
Institute of Indo- Persian Studies (IIPS) in New Delhi, India,
Program Directors: Syed Akhtar Hussein (IIPS) & Pardis Minuchehr (George Washington University)
Program Description: In the course of this residential summer program, students attend individualized Persian language and culture sessions in an immersion setting five days a week. Classes concentrate on modern Persian language proficiency, and familiarizing students with the rich cultural heritage of Persian language and culture in India.
Students are able to register in one of three program options below.
Immersion program dates:
Dates: June 20th- August 1st, 2016
(Application fees waived until April 30th. The application fee will be $35 after April, 30th, 2016.)
For more information contact Professor Syed Akhtar Hussein; sahusain2000@yahoo.co.in, or Professor Pardis Minuchehr, minucher@gwu.edu
http://goo.gl/forms/LXVarFD5Xl
7. 5th European Congress on World and Global History on “Ruptures, Empires and Revolutions”, Central European University Budapest, Hungary, 31 August – 5 September 2017
With the focus on Colonial and Post-Colonial History as well as Immigration & Migration History etc., we hope to attract colleagues particularly from and/or working on Europe and the Middle East/Western Asia.
Deadline for proposals: 15 June 2016. Information: http://research.uni-leipzig.de/eniugh/congress/
8. Conference: “The Future of Minorities in the Middle East”, Christopher Newport University, Virginia, 24 September 2016
The conference will address issues related to Minorities and the Mapping of History, Culture, Literature, Gendered Peace-building, Language, Politics, and Identities, Global Structure and Local Practices, Migration, Role Minorities play in their marginalization etc.
Deadline for proposals: 1 June 2016. Information: https://cnu.irisregistration.com/Form/FutureofMinoritesintheMiddleEast
9. Two research positions about Islamic thought – International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Herndon, VA:
www.iiit.org/research-grants.html
10. Winter School: “Media Activism and Postcolonial Futures”, C-Centre, University of Hong Kong, 16-21 January 2017
This event is intended to support PhD Students or advanced masters’ students with professional experience (such as experience in the field of journalism). All applicants must be working on original research projects that engage with the Winter School theme, especially related to the Middle East.
Deadline for application: 13 June 2017. Information: http://iias.asia/masterclass/general-information-winter-school-2017
11. University Teacher in Islamic Studies (University of Glasgow)
Part time (20 months from 1 September 2016, grade 7)
For further details: http://jobs.gla.ac.uk/fe/tpl_glasgow01.asp?s=4A515F4E5A565B1A&jobid=89033,3948250223&key=183146083&c=23463533363436&pagestamp=sepsjvaneguptddxkt
- May 02, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship is now available for the study of Kurdish (Sorani) language -1st and 2nd year- in the Summer Language Workshop at Indiana University, Bloomington. Please announce this to your students and colleagues who might be interested.
IU Summer Language Workshop:
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships:
http://sgis.webhost.iu.edu/flas/
2. The Department of Middle Eastern South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University invites applications for adjunct faculty to teach three Persian language courses per year and perform other duties associated with the Persian Language Program. Appointment is from September 1, 2016 and ends on May 31, 2017. We are seeking a professional language teacher with a serious commitment to teaching languages for academic purposes. This is a part-time position.
Preference will be given to applicants who have a Ph.D., but those with a Master’s degree and at least 1 year of language teaching experience are also encouraged to apply. Native or near-native fluency in Persian and English, foreign language instruction experience on a collegiate level, and an oral proficiency based approach are required.
All applications must be submitted online and must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching evaluations, statement of teaching philosophy and methodology, and three letters of recommendation. For more information and to apply, go to:
academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=62525
Applications will be reviewed starting 05/01/2016.
3. MA Intellectual Encounters of the Islamicate World
The aim of the MA Intellectual Encounters of the Islamicate World is to provide international graduate students with a thorough understanding of the deep and diverse links between the Muslim, Jewish and Christian intellectual contributions during the medieval period. The program is characterised by a strongly research-driven, interdisciplinary and interreligious approach with an emphasis on primary texts in the original language (Arabic). Students will be trained and mentored by internationally renowned guest lecturers who are counted among the leading experts in their respective fields of research.
The primarily web-based MA program also includes three face-to-face sessions in Istanbul and Berlin per academic year during which the students and teachers will actually come together for discussion, teaching and examination. Freie Universität Berlin offers this one-year, full-time MA program of 60 ECTS to an expected number of 20 students, many of whom are from the region of the Middle East. The language of instruction is English.
Application period for the academic year 2016/17 is open from 15 April until 31 May 2016.
For more information: www.ihiw.de/master
For direct enquiries: ieiw@geschkult.fu-berlin.de
4. Middle East Summer School at SOAS – 20 June-21 July 2016
An intensive five-week summer school programme which includes a choice of courses from the following:
- Beginners Arabic (Level 1)
- Beginners Arabic (Level 2)
- Beginners Persian (Level 1)
- Government and Politics of the Middle East
- Culture and Society in the Middle East
Students would normally take either one of the Arabic modules or the Persian module, which take place in the morning, and either ‘Government and Politics of the Middle East’ or ‘Culture and Society in the Middle East’, both of which run in the afternoon. Students may, however, choose to take any combination of the courses offered eg. Government and Politics of the Middle East & Culture and Society in the Middle East with or without Arabic or Persian.
See http://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/summerschool/
5. The Centre for Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter is seeking to
recruit one excellent doctoral student whose area(s) of specialisation
fit(s) and complement(s) the research interests of our academics. This
prestigious award covers: direct payment of tuition fees for 3 years;
maintenance allowance for accommodation and living expenses of around
£13,863 per annum.
The studentship is open to *Home/EU and International students*.
Application deadline: *29 May 2016*.
More information: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=2162
6. The latest news from the Islamic Reformulations project at: http://www.islamicreformulations.net/
7. Book Series: Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies
The Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies Series publishes new and original scholarship on various aspects of literature, history, geography, sociology and anthropology, religion, cinema and visual studies. The series will be published in English and French and intends to present research monographs, reviewed theses, and original reference works.
The series is financed and hosted by ”Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS)” at the Oklahoma State University.
Editor-in-Chief
Pedram Khosronejad (Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies, School of International Studies, Oklahoma State University, USA)
http://www.lit-verlag.de/reihe/irastu
8. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
5 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/17
(Location: Berlin / Closing Date: May 9, 2016)
The Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien invites scholars to apply for five postdoctoral fellowships for the research program
Europe in the Middle East—The Middle East in Europe (EUME).
EUME seeks to rethink key concepts and premises that link and divide Europe and the Middle East. The program draws on the international expertise of scholars in and outside of Germany and is embedded in university and extra-university research institutions in Berlin. It supports historical-critical philology, rigorous engagement with the literatures of the Middle East and their histories, the social history of cities and the study of Middle Eastern political and philosophical thought as central fields of research not only for area or cultural studies, but also for European intellectual history and other academic disciplines. The program explores modernity as a historical space and conceptual frame.
The program puts forward three programmatic ideas:
1) supporting research that demonstrates the rich and complex historical legacies and entanglements between Europe and the Middle East; 2) re-examining genealogical notions of mythical ‘beginnings’, ‘origins’, and ‘purity’ in relation to culture and society; and 3) rethinking key concepts of a shared modernity in light of contemporary cultural, social, and political entanglements that supersede identity discourses as well as national, cultural or regional canons and epistemologies that were established in the nineteenth century.
http://www.eume-berlin.de/de/call-for-application-ausschreibung.html
9. Seminar: “Ijtihad (Juristic Deduction) in Contemporary Context: Concept, Functions and Methods”, Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics, Doha, 27-29 September 2016
Approved research papers written in Arabic or English will be published by the Center through the prestigious “House of Brill”. The Center will host the authors of the most distinguished papers, and will assume their travel expenses and accommodation during the days of the symposium.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 May 2016. Information: http://www.cilecenter.org/en/news/call-for-research-papers-ijtihad-in-contemporary-context-concept-functions-and-methods-27-29-september-2016/
10. Workshop: “Islamophobia in the East of the European Union”, Prague, Czech Republic, 23-24 October 2016
The workshop is focusing on the History and Present of Attitudes to the Other; National and EU Politics; the Lived Experience; Theory and Methodology etc.
Deadline for submission: 15 May 2016. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/120889/cfp-workshop-islamophobia-east-european-union
11. Conference: “Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Diversity in Islamic Thought and Praxis”, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 11-13 November 2016
Conference to address the developments of Classical Islamic discourse about sexuality and human dignity. While the main focus will be challenging homophobia by promoting human dignity, all discussions about sex and sexuality that engage Islamic primary sources will be of interest in this forum.
Deadline for submission: 31 May 2016. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/120653/sex-sexuality-and-sexual-diversity-islamic-thought-and-praxis
12. International Workshop: “Left-Wing Trends in the Arab World (1948-1979): Bringing Transnational Back in”, Orient-Institut, Beirut, 12-13 December 2016
This workshop aims at shedding light on the transnational dynamics in which Arab left-wing trends have been embedded, especially during the 1960-70s, the glorious period of left-wing revolutionary movements throughout the world, in one word: the Tri-Continent moment.
Deadline for abstracts in English or Arabic: 26 June 2016. Information: http://www.orient-institut.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ARAL-CFP.pdf
13. Research Associate for the Project: “COBHUNI – Contemporary Bioethics and the History of the Unborn in Islam”, University of Hamburg
For the analysis of commentary traditions within one work-package of the Project, a set of 11th to 13th century authors have to be situated in their time by a doctoral researcher. M.A. in Islamic studies preferred; knowledge of Spanish obligatory. The 50% position commences on 1 September 2016 for a period of three years.
Deadline for application: 31 May 2016. Information: http://www.uni-hamburg.de/uhh/stellenangebote/wissenschaftliches-personal/fakultaet-geisteswissenschaften/31-05-16-137.pdf
14. Summer Program: “Expressions of Diversity: An Introduction to Muslim Cultures -Knowledge, Power, and Identity in Muslim Contexts”, SFU-Vancouver, 11-15 July 2016
The 2016 program features international scholars with Islamophobia and orientalism as a form of knowing; knowledge and governance in the Ottoman empire; knowledge, power, and identities in Iranian Shi’ism; Islamic finance as knowledge and practice; interfaith interactions in early modern history; and questions of community in the interpretation of the Qur’an.
Information: http://www.sfu.ca/ccsmsc/summer-programme/2016isp2.html
15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Visual Resources Librarian
for Islamic Architecture
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52866
New York University Arts and Science – FACULTY FELLOW, CONTEMPORARY
MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52868
Newcastle University, UK – Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in History (Middle East/Ottoman Empire)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52875
- April 26, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.PhD Studentship in Anthropology and Textiles
The Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews is offering an AHRC funded doctoral studentship for the Burkett and Beyond (https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/anthropology/news/?newsid=264) project. The project offers a doctoral student the unique opportunity to work with Dr Stephanie Bunn at the University of St Andrews and Dr Fiona Kerlogue at the Horniman Museum on an exceptional collection of felt textiles gathered by curator and traveller Mary Burkett in the 1960s and 1970s from the Middle East and Afghanistan and housed at the Museum.
The aim is to contextualise this collection in light of events in the subsequent 40 to 50 years. Focusing on Iranian felt textile practices, it is anticipated that a doctoral student will bring Burkett’s research up-to-date, ascertaining links between the Horniman collection and felt’s place in the cultural heritage, memories and life-worlds of people in the Iranian region today, including exploring the impact of events such as revolution and war on domestic production of these textiles. The student will be encouraged to adopt innovative methods in conjunction with their study of the collection.
The research will be both field-based and archival and involve a 12 month fieldwork period in Iran. The studentship covers fees and a stipend over 3 years. The successful candidate must hold a good degree in Social Anthropology, Iranian Studies, Textile History, or similar fields. We are particularly interested in candidates with background in one or more of the following: Textile History, Ethno-history, Social Anthropology or Iranian Studies. It is anticipated that the student may have some knowledge of Persian.
The application process is in two stages: In the first instance, you will have to apply to the University of St Andrews (http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/pg/) as soon as possible. You should be offered a place to be able to proceed to the next stage. You should then send a letter of application, outlining your qualifications for the research, with an example of your work and a short proposal for conducting the research in Iran (before end of May 2016). The start date for the studentship is October 2016. You will have the necessary English language qualifications.
Informal enquiries can be sent to Dr Stephanie Bunn (sjb20@st-andrews.ac.uk).
2. The Eighth Biennial Convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS)
ASPS/Shiraz 2017
March 9-13, 2017
Shiraz, Iran
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) calls for the participation of its members in its Eighth Biennial Convention, to take place in Shiraz, Iran, March 9-13, 2017. The deadline for submission of abstracts is June 20, 2016. Please note that you must have valid ASPS membership for 2016 in order to submit your abstract and for 2017 in order to participate in the conference. In order to become a new member or renew your ASPS membership, please proceed to our membership page at (http://persianatesocieties.org/index.php/membership). We will likely have a limited number of fellowships available for participants from Central Asia, Afghanistan, and the Caucasus. Scholarships for U.S. graduate students are subject to availability.
All humanities and social science disciplines related to Persianate Societies are welcome. In addition to individual paper submissions, we strongly encourage pre-organized panels. Submissions for pre-organized panels must include a panel abstract of no more than 300 words plus individual abstracts of no more than 300 words for each panelist. Panels must be limited to a minimum of three panelists and a maximum of four. Submissions for pre-organized panels and individual papers should be made here [http://persianatesocieties.org/index.php/asps-2017-abstract-submission].
3. Applications for Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award, 2016
Deadline for Submissions is August 15, 2016.
The Foundation for Iranian Studies invites applications for its annual award of $1000 for the best Ph.D. dissertation in a field of Iranian Studies. Students completing their dissertations between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016 are eligible to apply for the 2016 award.
Dissertations must be nominated by the author’s advisor and be accompanied by the Dissertation Committee’s letter of acceptance. Both documents may be emailed provided they contain appropriate official insignias and signatures.
Applicants for the 2016 award should submit a digital copy of the dissertation, either mailed on disc to
Secretary
Foundation for Iranian Studies
Bethesda, MD 20814
USA
Or emailed to
For further information about the award, selection criteria, and previous winners consult the Foundation for Iranian Studies Website at www.fis-iran.org, Programs, Dissertation Awards. Inquiries should be emailed to fis@fis-iran.org.
4. PhD position on the Urban History of the Middle East.
The research institute for Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies (HLCS), Faculty of Arts, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, offers a PhD position in the context of a project about governance and experience of urban public space in the Middle East between the 7th and the 15th century. For details, go to
http://www.ru.nl/werken/details/details_vacature_0/?recid=577519
5. Conference: “Islamophobia: Has a Tipping Point been Reached?”, University of California, Berkeley, 22-23 April 2016
The conference’s theme is both a question for researchers and a statement reflecting the pervasiveness of bigoted discourses that problematize the category, Muslim and Islam in civil society. Speakers will examine Islamophobia from multi-disciplinary and transnational perspectives, so as to bring a more holistic understanding of the phenomena and the forces acting to sharpen the ongoing otherization of Muslims as a class.
Information: http://crg.berkeley.edu/content/irdpconf2016
6. Workshop: “Muslim Responses to Gender: Representations, Discourses, and Realities”, Durham University, UK, 7 May 2016
The workshop is intended to bring together scholars from different disciplines who share an interest in the role of gender in Islam and for Muslims. It is hoped that the multi-disciplinary context will enable researchers to gain greater understanding of their field and facilitate future cross-pollination in this area.
Deadline for abstracts: 22 April 2016. Information: http://www.dur.ac.uk/conference.booking/details/?id=598
7. Conference: “Environmental Approaches in Pre-Modern Middle Eastern Studies”, Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, University of Bonn, 5-7 December 2016
This conference is meant to be a forum for exchange of ideas about environmental history, and methods and theories, by scholars engaged in the study of the pre-modern Islamic world. Papers from the fields of history, historical geography, archaeology and art history, natural sciences, and historical anthropology are most welcome, as well as studies of a more theoretical (but historically grounded) nature.
Deadline for application: 15 June 2016. Information: http://www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/mamluk-events
8. Symposium: “Ottoman Fiqh: Scholars, Works, and Problems”, İstanbul Araştırma ve Eğitim Vakfı (İSAR), Istanbul, 24-25 December 2016
Starting with the establishment of the Ottoman state until the Majallah, the discussed fiqhi problems during this time frame, the penned works in this area, and the emerging establishments and Ottoman fiqh scholars of the time will be among the main issues to be addressed at the symposium.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2016. Information: http://www.sempozyum.isar.org.tr/tr
9. Three Tenure-track Posts in Economic and Early Modern History of the MENA Region, University of Sussex, UK
1) Lecturer in Economic History
2) Lecturer in Early Modern History
3) Research Fellow in History
Deadline for applications: 26 April 2016. Information: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/linking/university-of-sussex/
10. Master in History and Oriental Studies – Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
The new Master in History and Oriental Studies at Bologna University is a 2-year (120 ECTS credits) multidisciplinary degree programme. In the International Curriculum in Global Cultures, lectures are entirely held in English. International students who apply for the curriculum in Global Cultures can benefit from tuition fee waiver.
Deadline for tuition fee waiver: 29 April 2016. Information: http://corsi.unibo.it/2cycle/GlobalCultures/Pages/how-to-apply.aspx
11. Grants for Faculty/Researchers and PhD Students, International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
1) Faculty/researchers (post-PhD) grants – http://www.iiit.org/short-term-grants.html
2) Grants for PhD students – http://www.iiit.org/doctoral-grants.html
12. Postdoctoral Fellowship 2016/17 for Research on the MENA Region in Humanities and Social Sciences, Orient-Institut Beirut
The fellowship will be granted for up to 12 months, beginning with September 15 2016 (or later this year). The stipend amounts to € 1900 per month. We may further support up to two travels abroad for active participation at conferences and the like.
Deadline for applications: 31 May 2016. Information: http://www.orient-institut.org/index.php?id=42
13. Gulf Studies at the College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University is
pleased to announce that their international MA and PhD programs are
open for admission for the year 2016/17.
The M.A. and PhD in Gulf Studies at Qatar University (also offered as a
dual degree with Durham University, UK) offers a unique
interdisciplinary opportunity to study the Gulf while living in the
region itself, learning the language and immersing in the local culture.
The in-depth and interdisciplinary curriculum, taught in English,
provides a holistic examination of the region that includes topics such as:
• Anthropology and History
• Politics and society
• Economics and development
• International relations
• Security and Foreign Policy
• Energy and Environment
• Literature and Culture
In addition, the program consists of evening classes to allow students
to continue their professional careers. Financial assistance and
academic assistantships are available on a competitive basis.
For more information about the program and the application process
please visit our website at: http://www.qu.edu.qa/artssciences/gulfstudies/
Deadline for admission to the program is May 10th , 2016.
14. The Roshangar: Roshan Undergraduate Persian Studies Journal is proud to announce the publication of its first issue! This issue features pieces of scholarship from a wide range of disciplines and from an international group of students. The journal is available for free download here: http://www.roshangarumd.com/#!the-journal/jyxq3
Roshangar is a biannual academic publication featuring undergraduate research on topics related to Persianate world. The student-run journal serves to inspire original research as well as to promote a broader interest in Persian Studies within the academic community.
We are currently accepting submissions for the second issue now. Information on article submissions can be found here: http://www.roshangarumd.com/#!journal-submission/kbpfn
15. Transcultural Relations, Global Biographies – Islamic Art? New exhibition trail at the Museum of Islamic Art Berlin
A new exhibition trail in the Museum of Islamic Art Berlin traces the paths by which a wide range of objects migrated cross continents and the ways in which motifs, shapes, and production techniques reveal a network of relationships between differing cultures – cultures which are not necessarily associated with “Islamic art” today. Thus the trail questions modern assumptions about cultural boundaries, and with them, the notion of “Islamic art” as a separate category.
The exhibition trail was developed by the “Objects in Transfer” project in a collaboration between the Collaborative Research Center “Episteme in Motion” (at the Freie Universität Berlin) and the Museum of Islamic Art.
Opening: 28th of April 2016 6.30 pm. For a required RSVP, please send a message with your name to isl@smb.spk-berlin.de by April 26th.
More information about the project: http://www.objects-in-transfer.sfb-episteme.de/#/about Museum für Islamische Kunst – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Pergamonmuseum, Museumsinsel Berlin Bodestraße, 10178 Berlin
16. University of Kansas – Arabic Language, Full-time Lecturer
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52847
- April 19, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Special issue of al-Masāq
Special Issue: Constructing the Umayyads: from Mecca to Madīnat al-Zahrā
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/calm20/28/1
| 2. The British Library’s oldest Qur’an manuscript now online
The British Library’s oldest Qur’ān manuscript, Or.2165, dating from the eighth century, has now been fully digitised and is available on the British Library’s Digitised Manuscripts site. Among the most ancient copies of the Qurʼān, containing over two-thirds of the complete text, it is one of the largest of known… |
3. The Islamic Manuscript Association, in cooperation with Cambridge University Library and the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation, is pleased to announce an advanced short course in manuscript studies, entitled Scholars, Scribes, and Readers: An Advanced Course in Arabic Manuscript Studies, which will be held at Cambridge University Library from 6 to 10 June 2016.
This intensive five-day course is intended for researchers, librarians, curators, and anyone else working with Islamic manuscripts. As an advanced course, it is particularly aimed at those who already have some experience in Islamic codicology and palaeography and all participants must have a good reading knowledge of Arabic. The course will focus on Arabic-language manuscripts from various regions, including historical Turkey, Iran, and India. It is hoped that this advanced course will allow participants to gain greater exposure to and familiarity with the vast array of practices encountered in Arabic manuscripts.
The workshop will consist of three days of illustrated, interactive lectures on selected manuscripts and two days of hands-on sessions focusing on a selection of manuscripts from the Cambridge University Library collection. The manuscripts selected for presentation by the instructor cover the whole range of scribal practices encountered in a variety of subjects/genres, geographical regions, and historical periods (see the programme for details).
The course will be led by Adam Gacek, a retired faculty lecturer and former head of the Islamic Studies Library, McGill University, who is the author of a sizeable corpus of publications on Islamic manuscripts, including The Arabic Manuscript Tradition: a Glossary of Technical Terms and Bibliography (2001, 2008 – Supplement), and Arabic Manuscripts: a Vademecum for Readers (2009).
For further details, to view the programme, or to register, please visit our website at www.islamicmanuscript.org
4. The Department of Near Eastern Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University, invites applications for a temporary position as a Teaching Associate in Persian language for one semester, August 16 – December 31, 2016. The successful candidate will teach two courses: Elementary and Intermediate Persian/Farsi. Minimum requirements are: a Masters’ Degree in a related field such as Persian Literature, Linguistics or Comparative Literature; experience teaching Persian language at the university level; and demonstrated commitment to innovative methods of language instruction. Please submit letter of application, curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of three references via Academic JobsOnline
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7198
The application deadline is May 22, 2016. Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage. We’re an employer and educator recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities. We actively encourage applications of women, persons of color, and persons with disabilities.
5. What is Islam? A Symposium in Memory of Shahab Ahmed (1966-2015)
What is Islam? A Symposium in Memory of Shahab Ahmed (1966-2015) will take place on April 29, 2016 from 1-6:30pm in Boylston Hall at Harvard University. The symposium will feature Michael Cook, Noah Feldman, Cemal Kafadar, Gülru Necipoğlu, Parimal Patil, and Nicholas Watson, who will discuss the ways in which What is Islam? speaks to, affects, and/or challenges their respective fields of study.
The symposium is sponsored by The Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, the Mahindra Humanities Center, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, the Committee on the Study of Religion, with support of the Rabbi Joseph S. Shubow Memorial Fund, the South Asia Initiative, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, and the Islamic Legal Studies Program.
Please contact Nora Lessersohn, noralessersohn@g.harvard.edu, with any questions.
http://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k69205&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup105011
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10587.html
6. Job opening: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow – SESRI, Qatar University
A new Post-Doctoral Research Fellow position with the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) at Qatar University. The position is attached to SESRI’s Policy Unit (headed by Justin Gengler) and is open to recent PhDs working on a wide range of policy areas relevant to the Gulf.
The full advertisement is available at the following link, and materials
can be sent to pdsearch@qu.edu.qa :
http://sesri.qu.edu.qa/sites/default/files/SESRI_PolicyFellow.pdf
Review of applications begins May 1.
7. Conference: “The Dynamics of Change in the Pakistan-Afghanistan Region: Politics on Borderland”, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 29-31 August 2016
The conference will to reflect on the changing geostrategic reality, state discourses, and border-making practices as well as the ethical and normative aspects of the border control regimes and focus on the practices of commuting, crossing, and transgressing the physical, cultural, and normative border.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 May 2016. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/118506/dynamics-change-pakistan-afghanistan-region-politics-borderland
8. ERiC Summer School on Problems of Studying Inter-religious Relations on a Global Scale, Center for Religious Studies (CERES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, 25 July – 3 August 2016
Aimed at doctoral and advanced masters’-level students, ERiC encourages students from around the world to consider religious studies from multiple political and cultural standpoints, giving them the opportunity to create an international network of like-minded junior scholars.
Accepted students will receive a round trip ticket from their home to Germany, accommodations, all lunches and two dinners. The summer school is free of charge.
Deadline for application: 1 May 2016. Information: http://eric.ceres.rub.de/en/
9. Apply for Fulbright Opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa
The 2017-2018 Fulbright U.S Scholar Program competition to the Middle East and North Africa is underway! Each year, U.S. scholars in a wide variety of academic disciplines teach and/or conduct research at educational institutions across the Middle East and North Africa. Beyond their specific research or teaching objectives, Fulbright Scholars to the region build relationships that serve as the foundation for future collaborations and increase mutual understanding across cultures. Applications for 2017-18 are currently being accepted from all levels of faculty, including early career, and professionals.
10. On line/Open Access Sources
Aligned corpus of Divan-e-Hafez, translated by H. Wilberforce Clarke. Calcutta, India. 1891.
http://perseids.org/sites/alignment-prototypes/hafez/index.html
Open Persian Project of the Open Philology Project
http://www.dh.uni-leipzig.de/wo/open-philology-project/open-persian/
11. From Fereydoun Ave to Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi:
Collecting Iranian Art at the British Museum
Lecture by Dr Venetia Porter
Wednesday 27th April 2016, 6.30pm
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
http://www.iranheritage.org/27April16/default.htm
12. Registration is now open for The Architecture of the Iranian World 1000–1250, which will take place at the University of St Andrews, Thursday 21 – Sunday 24 April 2016.
This conference is the first for more than a generation that has as its focus the architecture of the Iranian world in a golden age that set the parameters for centuries of future development. Classic forms were developed for mosques, minarets, madrasas, mausolea and caravansarais. The definitive choice of brick as the medium of construction and decoration changed the face of Iranian architecture in the Iranian world, leading to the creation of monumental dome chambers, spectacular developments in vaulting technique and an astonishing range of ornaments. New heights were attained in fields as disparate as architectural epigraphy and multi-layered carved stucco. The dimension of colour as a key element in the repertoire of decoration began to be seriously exploited. A building boom in the 12th century fostered the emergence of a series of local styles across the vast area between the Tigris and the Indus, the Persian Gulf and the Aral Sea. This period, then, consolidated the tentative experiments of the previous three centuries and embarked on a series of bold innovations that propelled this region into pole position in the architecture of the contemporary Islamic world.
The Organising Committee gratefully acknowledges the support of University of St Andrews, the British Institute of Persian Studies, and Iran Heritage Foundation.
Dates: Thursday 21 – Sunday 24 April 2016
Location: Parliament Hall, South Street, St Andrews, Scotland
Registration: A limited number of free places are available by application until 18 April 2016 – Please see the conference website for details and an application form:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/school/conferences/Iranian_Architecture.html
Speakers
Dr Alireza Anisi (Iranian Research Center for Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Tehran)
Mr Warwick Ball (Independent Scholar)
Professor Sheila Blair (Boston College, Massachusetts)
Professor Jonathan Bloom (Boston College, Massachusetts)
Professor Abbas Daneshvari (California State University, Los Angeles)
Dr Eisa Esfanjary (Art University of Isfahan, Isfahan)
Dr Abdullah Ghouchani (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Dr Joachim Gierlichs (Qatar National Library, Doha)
Professor Roberta Giunta (University of Naples)
Professor Robert Hillenbrand (University of St Andrews/ University of Edinburgh)
Professor Mohammad Khazaie (Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran)
Prof. Dr. Lorenz Korn (University of Bamberg)
Dr Richard McClary (University of Edinburgh)
Professor Marcus Milwright (University of Victoria, Canada)
Professor Bernard O’Kane (American University in Cairo)
Professor Mahnaz Shayestehfar (Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran)
Dr Paul Wordsworth (University of Oxford)
Mr Mustafa Tupev (University of Bamberg)
- April 13, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Conference ”Iran and Europe in the Mirror of History”, Sofia University, 2-3 June 2016
The Department of Iranian Studies, Sofia University ”St.Kliment Ohridsky”, and the Center for Iran, Balkans and Central European Studies are hosting this conference.
Deadline for abstracts: 8 April 2016. Information: http://www.cibce.org/
2. Conference: “Rethinking Social Movements in the Digital Age: Activism, Dissent and Rebellion in the Post-Arab Spring”, Orient-Institut Beirut, 29 July 2016
Theoretical contributions should examine the role of the digital in rethinking social movements and the changing nature of activism, (political) dissent, rebellion and revolutions. Empirical contributions should examine particular venues of the digital or case-studies across the Arab region.
Deadline for abstracts: 8 May 2016. Information: http://www.orient-institut.org/ (click on 29 July)
3. The Ezri Center for Iran & the Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa will be holding a conference on “Iran and Israel – Past and Present” on April 11, 2016.
The program of the conference could be seen in the following link:
Soli Shahvar
Director
The Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies
The University of Haifa
4. She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World
on view April 08–July 31, 2016
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
http://nmwa.org/exhibitions/she-who-tells-story
5. Transformed: Medieval Syrian and Iranian Art in the Early 20th Century
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, through July 17, 2016
http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2016/transformed
6. Department of Comparative Religion of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia and The Slovak Association for the Study of Religions are delighted to announce a conference titled
Minorities and Majorities in the Middle East and Asia
The conference shall be dedicated to the memory of Professor Rudolf Macúch and will take place in Bratislava on 14th and 15th September 2016.
The relations among majorities and minorities have to a great extent shaped the face of the Middle East and other parts of Asia for millennia. The aim of this conference is to take a closer look at this issue, reflect its current trends and attempt to conceptualize them in both theoretical and practical contexts. Therefore, we welcome contributions in the fields of Religious Studies, Anthropology, History, Oriental Studies and other human and social sciences presenting religious, ethnic or other minorities and majorities in the given context. Since the conference will be dedicated to the memory of world-class orientalist Professor Rudolf Macúch, one section shall focus on his life and work, especially his research of the Mandaeans. This panel will include lectures of invited European and Middle-Eastern experts as well as of Mandaean community itself. The communication languages of the conference are English, Slovak and Czech. Selected papers will be published both in the book which the organizers are currently preparing and the journal of the Slovak Association for the Study of Religions, Axis Mundi. Please fill out the attached registration form, including the abstract, and send it to majminconf2016@gmail.com by 15th May 2016. You will be informed about the acceptance of your abstract by the end of May 2016 and receive details about the method of payment of the conference fee and further details about the conference. The conference fee is € 40 (regular) and €20 (student). The conference is free for members of the Slovak Association for the Study of Religions.
For further information please contact Mgr. Katarína Šomodiová at ksomodiova@gmail.com or majminconf2016@gmail.com.
7. Workshop: “lslamophobia in the East of the European Union”, Prague, 23-24 October 2016
The purpose of the workshop is to lay the foundations for a possible longer term project that would explore Islamophobia in the countries of the Visegrád Group (the “Visegrád Four”, or “V4”) and in eastern Germany.
Information: mailto:i.kalmar@utoronto.ca
8. Fari Sayeed Visiting Fellow in Islamic Art, Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK
Applications are welcome from researchers in any field of Islamic Art, but an emphasis on work that might take advantage of Cambridge’s outstanding holdings of Islamic manuscripts and/or the Islamic collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum will be an advantage.
Deadline for application: 10 April 2016. Information: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANE925/fari-sayeed-visiting-fellow-in-islamic-art/
Research and Teaching Fellow, Middle East Politics, University of Warwick, UK
Candidates should have been or are close to being awarded a PhD in the field of Middle East politics/studies. They should have some teaching experience and experience of writing for publication in English. They must have a good proficiency in Egyptian Arabic and an interest in Egyptian popular culture.
Deadline for application: 6 May 2016. Information: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5062452&ownertype=fair&jcode=1546160
Post-doctoral Associate in Islamic Ethics, Yale University – http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52778
9. Fall School: “Reading Fatwas”, Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, University of Bonn, 8-12 August 2016
The purpose of this year’s Fall School is to introduce participants to the methods, sources, and lines of inquiry in studying medieval fatwas. It grows out of the Annual Programming Theme of the Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg in 2015-2016, which is Environmental Approaches to Mamluk Studies.
Deadline for application: 15 May 2016. Information: http://www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/mamluk-events/ask-fall-school-2016.pdf
10. MSc in “Political Islam”, Glasgow University
This one year course has been designed for those who wish to comprehend the main currents of Islamic thinking during the modern period. This will involve investigating a number of radical Islamic movements as well as alternative understandings of Islam. For applicants whose first language is not English, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level.
Deadline for international applications: 22 July 2016. Information: http://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/politicalislam/
11. Lecturer in Persian
The Roshan Institute for Persian Studies within the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Maryland seeks applicants for a position as a full-time (40 hours per week), 9-month lecturer, professional track, beginning Fall 2016. Contract is renewable contingent on performance and availability of funding.
This position will play an important role in the undergraduate program
and its management team. Along with teaching (6-8 credits per semester),
duties include developing and promoting cultural programs, serving as
Persian liaison to the Language House, designing and organizing “beyond
the classroom” activities for students of Persian, and supporting
recruitment efforts. Other duties as assigned.
For information on the mission, programs, and intellectual life of the
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, see http://sllc.umd.edu/persian.
Requirements include: successful teaching record in Persian in a UG
higher education setting (5 year minimum); successful record as
extra-curricular coordinator or other experience with student affairs in
a higher education setting; native/near-native fluency in Persian
language and culture and English. Experience with fundraising a plus.
Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
To apply, please submit a cover letter, CV, and the names of three
references through the University of Maryland online employment
application system at https://ejobs.umd.edu/.
For best consideration, materials should be received by April 10, 2016.
The University of Maryland is an equal opportunity employer.
Eighth and ninth century versions of the Rustam cycle
Stories of the hero Rustam and his trusty steed Rakhsh, immortalized by the tenth century poet Firdawsi in his epic poem the Shahnamah (ʻBook of kingsʼ), are among the best loved in the whole of Persian literature. Not so well-known, however, are unique versions of the same story dating from the eighth and ninth centuries which are currently on display in the international exhibition The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination at the National Museum, Delhi (More on this exhibition in my recent post Celebrating Noruz in Delhi with new ‘Everlasting Flame’).
13. Dānesh Institute
Call for Proposals
Iranians in Diaspora: Ethnic and Religious Diversity
Friday, October 21, 2016
Indiana University–Indianapolis
A Conference Sponsored by DĀNESH Institute
Hosted by Indiana University School of Social Work
Historians agree that one of the principal characteristics of enduring civilization of Iran has been cultural and religious diversity of its people. Of the present Iranian population, almost one-half is of Persian origin, while the other half represents several ethnic groups such as Armenians, Azaris, Kurds, Lurs, and Turkmans. The vast majority of Persians as well as Azaris are Moslem Shi’ite. The others are Moslem Sunni, Jewish, Baha’i, Christian, and Zoroastrian. This ethnic and religious diversity is particularly evident among Iranians in diaspora. While sharing many of Persian cultural practices, these diverse groups adhere also to their unique cultures. Thus, the primary focus of this year’s DANESH conference is to recognize and understand the Iranian diverse ethnic and religious groups in diaspora, particularly in the United States.
The Planning Committee for this conference invites submission of proposals for papers and panels related to the above conference theme. Papers may include empirical or conceptual studies, and panels may focus on a single topic or a range of related topics. Paper or panel proposals should include the following information:
- Name, institutional affiliation, postal address, e-mail address, and phone number(s) of the paper’s author(s) or panel chair;
- A concise professional biography of the paper’s author(s) or panel chair;
- The title and an abstract of the paper or of the panel.
The deadline for submissions is August 12, 2016. Proposals should be sent to
Dr. Irene Queiro-Tajalli at itka100@iupui.edu or via U.S. mail addressed to her at Indiana University School of Social Work, 902 West New York Street, ES bldg. Indianapolis, IN 46202-5156.
For information regarding DĀNESH Institute, please visit: http://www.daneshinstitute.org.
Planning Committee Members: Cyrus Behroozi, Ebrahim Fakouri, Mohammad Kaviani, Shamsi Javaheri Mansoori, Irene Queiro-Tajalli, Sholeh Shahrokhi, and Bita Zakeri
14. “Contemporary Urban Landscapes of the Middle East,” Mohammad Gharipour (ed.), New York: Taylor and Francis, 2016 (ISBN-13: 9781138849594, 316 pages).
The role of urban landscape projects in the cities of the Middle East has grown in prominence since the mid-twentieth century, with a gradual shift in emphasis from private sphere to projects with an increasingly more public function. The contemporary landscape projects, either designed as public plazas or public parks, have played a significant role in transferring the modern Middle Eastern cities to a new era and also in transforming to a newly shaped social culture in which the public has a voice. This book considers what ties these projects to their cultural and political context and what regional and local design elements and concepts have been used in their development. The book chapters discuss modern and contemporary urban landscapes in Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Pakistan, Israel, UAE, Oman, and Qatar.
The following is the table of contents:
1 Urban landscape: public space and environment in cities of the contemporary Middle East by MOHAMMAD GHARIPOUR
2 Between garden and geography: landscape as an emergent concept in the wider Middle East by JAMES L. WESCOAT JR.
3 In pursuit of a European city: competing landscapes of Eskis¸ehir’s riverfront by KIVANÇ KILINÇ AND DUYGU KAÇAR
4 Inventing the seashore: the Tel Aviv-Jaffa promenade by ELISSA ROSENBERG
5 Sculpted landscape: the unbuilt public square of Islamabad by FARHAN KARIM
6 Paradise reconsidered: the early design history of Pardisan Park in Tehran by KATHLEEN JOHN-ALDER
7 Aspiring masonry: design thinking of experimental vernacularism by HOOMAN KOLIJI
8 Cairo’s urban parks: space, place, and meaning by AKEL ISMAIL KAHERA
9 Beyond greening: approaches to the contemporary landscape in the United Arab Emirates by KEVIN MITCHELL
10 Contemporary landscape as urbanism: emergent ecologies of the Doha Corniche by ANNA GRICHTING
11 The sovereign global city: Omani post-traditional landscape urbanism by HALA F. NASSAR AND ROBERT HEWITT
12 Epilogue: urban landscapes and future sustainable urban qualities in Middle Eastern cities by ASHRAF M. SALAMA
- April 06, 2016
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1.Call for Panels and Papers: 23rd International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association, University Tuebingen, 6-8 October 2016
The annual congress of DAVO is hosted by the University of Tuebingen. It is organized by Prof. Dr. Oliver Schlumberger (Institute of Political Science) and Prof. Dr. Johann Buessow (Department for Oriental and Islamic Studies) with the support of Ms. Stephanie Wagner. The conference will take place in cooperation with the Tuebingen Arabic Film Festival.
Scholars from all fields of the humanities and the social sciences dealing with the contemporary history, culture, society, politics and economics of the Middle East and the Islamic World are cordially invited to participate with panel presentations, papers and posters.
Panels may be offered with a closed selection of presentations or as an open forum for individual papers. Each presentation should not exceed 20 minutes, allowing 10 minutes for discussion. They can be held in German, but English is preferred.
Please note the following submission deadlines:
– Open panels by 30 April 2016 (abstracts up to 100 words);
– closed panels, individual papers and posters by 20 June 2016 (abstracts up to 300 words, see attached form and website).
– Early registration of individual participants at a reduced fee until 31 July 2016 (see attached form and website).
Contact the General Secretary of the Congress, Amke Dietert (amke.dietert@googlemail.com); further information: http://davo2016.org/
2. Conference: “The Future of Scholarship on the Quran”, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, 9-10 April 2016
What does it mean to study the Quran? The conference will explore the relationship of traditional Islamic scholarship to Western academic study, how the Quran is interpreted, and how scholarship can inform public conversation on the Quran.
Information: http://holycross.edu/faith-service/mcfarland-center-religion-ethics-and-culture/conferences/future-scholarship-quran
3. Conference: “Democratization, Authoritarianism, and Radicalization: Exploring the Connections”, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Washington, DC, 21 April 2016
Panels are: Countering Extremism, Promoting Democracy; Strategizing Democratization; Islam, Moral Authority, and Political Rights; and the Future of Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring.
Deadline for registration: 8 April 2016. Information: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/csid-17th-annual-conference-pre-registration-tickets-23900888200
4. Conference: “State, Society and Democracy in the Postcolony”, American Institute of Pakistan Studies, Lahore, Pakistan, 4-6 August 2016
This conference will focus on the impact of neoliberalism on state, society and democracy in the postcolonies, particularly Pakistan. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, we specifically seek to interrogate transformations in the structure of the state and its relations with society.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 April 2016. Information: http://www.pakistanstudies-aips.org/content/state-society-and-democracy-postcolony
5. Conference: “War and Peace in Islam”, North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies, Cambridge, MA, 8 October 201 This conference hopes to shed light on the role of religion in general, and Islam in particular, toward war and peace, militant sectarianism and political violence in Muslim-majority nation.
Deadline for abstracts: 28 March 2016. Information: https://naaims.org/uploads/45th_Call_for_Papers_2016_-_Harvard.pdf
6. International Conference: “Heidegger in the Islamicate World”, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2-4 November 2016
We invite senior researchers and junior scholars working on Heidegger reception in the Islamicate world as well as recipients of Heidegger from the Islamicate world to share and reflect perspectives related to the conference’s topic.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2016. Information: https://edit.cms.unibe.ch/unibe/portal/fak_historisch/dkk/islamwissenschaft/content/e101652/e411606/cfp_HeideggerintheislamicateWorld_ger.pdf
7. a) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Arabic Literature and Culture, Washington University – http://mesana.org/professional-opportunities/employment.html#WUSTL
b) Visiting Assistant Professor in History & Humanities, Reed College, Portland – http://apply.interfolio.com/34488
c) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University, Doha
Full-time position for a period of one year, with the possibility of a one-year renewal. We are especially interested in persons with knowledge and experience in the field of marriage and family, migration, economics and political economy, education, environment, energy and water, health, or public administration.
Application until the position is filled. Information: http://sesri.qu.edu.qa/sites/default/files/SESRI_PostDoctoralFellow.pdf
d) Three Faculty Positions in International Relations, Media and Cultural Studies, and Journalism at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar
A. International Relations: http://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/En/Careers/Pages/Apply.aspx?&JobId=DIHR007
B. Media and Cultural Studies: http://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/En/Careers/Pages/Apply.aspx?&JobId=DIHR006
C. Journalism: http://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/En/Careers/Pages/Apply.aspx?&JobId=DIHR005
Deadline for application: 16 May 2016.
e) Lecturer of Arabic AFL and Academic Arabic for Graduate Studies, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI), Qatar
Educated native / near native mastery of MSA, an M.A. in TAFL or related field from a reputable university, a proven record of accomplishment in teaching Academic Arabic at the graduate level, and academic familiarity with one or more of the DI’s academic disciplines are required. Successful candidates are expected to take up the post in September 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Deadline for application: 20 April 2016. Information: http://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/En/Careers/Pages/Apply.aspx?&JobId=DIHR004
8. Short-term Course of Wisdom of Islamic Art in Collaboration with the University of Religions and Denominations of Qom, Iran, 22-31 August 2016
The program focuses on Islamic Arts (Miniature, Architecture, Calligraphy, Music, Ta’zieh…), discusses their philosophical foundations and entails visiting the most important Islamic architectures in the three cities of Tehran, Qom and Isfahan. All professors, researchers, students and artists in related fields are invited to apply.
Information: http://art.urd.ac.ir/
9. Articles on Multifaceted Aspects of the Internet and New Media in the Middle East for Journal “CyberOrient”
CyberOrient is a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Anthropological Association, in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. This issue of CyberOrient aims to bring together the state of the art research dealing with the multifaceted social, cultural, and political aspects of the internet and new media in the Middle East.
Deadline 30 August 2016. Information: http://www.cyberorient.net/detail.do?articleId=3682
10. A.H. Morton Scholarship for Doctoral Research in Classical Persian Studies
The Gibb Memorial Trust is pleased to advertise the Annual Scholarship in memory of Alexander (Sandy) Morton for doctoral research in the area of classical Persian Studies. Sandy Morton (1942-2011) worked at the British Museum and as Senior Lecturer in Persian at the London School of African and Oriental Studies. His interests ranged widely over the field, from glass weights and numismatics to Persian literature and the history of Iran from the Saljuqs to the Safavids. He was a long-standing Trustee of the Gibb Memorial Trust.
The award is for a maximum of £3,000 and can be applied to any year up to the final completion of a course of doctoral study at a British university, including for an approved period of study abroad; it will be paid at the start of the academic year in question, up to the submission of the dissertation.
The Gibb Memorial Trust http://www.gibbtrust.org was founded in 1902 to commemorate Elias John Wilkinson Gibb. He devoted his life to researching the history, literature, philosophy and religion of the Turks, Persians and Arabs and the objectives of the Trust are to promote the study and advancement of these topics.
Eligibility:
The award is open to all students undertaking doctoral research at a British university in the field of classical Persian studies, loosely defined to embrace Persian literature and history of the pre-modern era but not excluding other areas of study.
Recipients of the award will not be eligible to reapply another year. Those unable to take up an award will need to reapply.
Applications:
- Should be submitted in writing and sent by post or email to the address below;
- Should be received not later than 30 April for the academic year starting the following October;
- Should include proof of application or of acceptance to study on a course of doctoral research at a British university;
- Should contain a brief curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages) and description of the dissertation topic and intended use of the award (maximum 2 pages plus budget);
- Should be supported by two references from the dissertation supervisor(s) or persons familiar wth the student’s previous graduate or undergraduate work, to be sent separately to the Trust by the same deadline.
Applications will be reviewed by the Trustees and shortlisted applicants may be called for an interview in person, if in the UK or, if overseas, by Skype.
Awards will be announced by early June. They will be paid in two instalments, depending on the nature of the support requested. The first will be made on proof of commencement or continuation of the doctoral programme at the start of the next academic year; the second instalment will follow receipt of a satisfactory progress report supported by the dissertation supervisor(s), to be received by the 30 April following.
In the event of applications including an approved period of research abroad, the first instalment will be made on receipt of proof of travel arrangements and the second instalment on submission of a final report with proof of the expenditures borne. Money not spent within the academic year in question should be returned.
All recipients of the A.H. Morton Scholarship will be required to acknowledge this support in their dissertation and to write a final report on their grant and how it furthered their work, for publication on the website of the Gibb Memorial Trust.
Applications and enquiries for further information should be sent to
E J W Gibb Memorial Trust
14 Avalon Way
Trumpington
Cambridge CB2 9DX
United Kingdom
11. EASA’s (European Association of Social Anthropologists) call for funding applications to attend its biennial meeting (University of Milano-Bicocca 20-23 July, 2016) is now open.
For more information please visit:
http://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2016/funding.shtml
- March 30, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. BRAIS is proud to announce its provisional 2016 Annual Conference Programme. Please follow the link to see the programme and abstracts: http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/brais-conference-2016
You can now sign-up as a delegate for BRAIS 2016 online.
If you are giving a paper at the conference, the deadline for registration is Friday 11th March. For all other delegates, the deadline for registration is Friday 1st April.
Please note that the Alwaleed Centre at the University of Edinburgh is currently the administrative hub for BRAIS. Delegate fees are therefore being processed through the University of Edinburgh’s ePay system.
Members of BRAIS receive a substantial discount on delegate fees. We would therefore encourage you to sign-up as a BRAIS member before you register for the conference.
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Delegate fees for BRAIS 2016 are as follows:
| Delegate type | Two-day rate | One-day rate |
| Non-member | £95 | £60 |
| Full/Associate Member of BRAIS | £70 | £40 |
| Student non-member | £75 | £40 |
| Student Member of BRAIS | £60 | £30 |
Regards, the BRAIS team
2. Workshop: “The Status of Non-Muslims in Sharīʿa”, Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, 2-3 June 2016
We especially encourage, and invite, paper proposals engaging with the methodological questions involved in justifications for both traditional and alternative perspectives on fiqhī (juristic) readings of matters related to the status of non-Muslims in Islam.
Deadline for abstracts: 8 April 2016. Information: http://almahdi.edu/forthcoming-workshop-the-status-of-non-muslims-in-shari-a
3. PhD Research Fellowship in Contemporary Middle East Studies, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS), University of Oslo
Applicants must have completed a Master’s Degree or equivalent in Middle East studies or South Asia Studies with a Middle East/Islam orientation, or in a relevant discipline in social sciences or humanities.
Deadline for application: 11 April 2016. Information: http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/1586873/62042?iso=no
4. Editor of “Middle East Media & Book Reviews (MEMBR)”
The position requires institutional support for e-communication with reviewers, publishers of books/media on the Middle East and North Africa, receiving such publications from publishers, announcing/matching these books to the roster of current and potential reviewers, mailing out books, receiving, editing, and publishing online these reviews and notifying respective publishers of posted reviews of their books.
Information: mailto:aman@uwm.edu
5. Summer School: “The Political Economy of the Middle East: Resources, Strategies and Politics”, TOMidEast, Turin, 27 June – 1 July 2016
This is the first Summer School in Europe specifically focused on the Middle East politics, with international specialists of the area. The participation is open to students and professionals willing to critically explore the complex facets of the political dynamics of the Middle East. Scholarships are foreseen.
Deadline for application: 25 May 2016. Information: http://www.to-asia.it/to-mideast/
6. Call for Articles for New Journal “Contemporary Levant” of the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)
We are now accepting submissions for the second issue which will be published in September 2016. We welcome contributions from various disciplines including: anthropology, sociology, politics, religion and theology, cultural studies, modern history, social geography, media, film studies and literature.
Information: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=ycol20#.VurvqYyyNBc
7. Articles on “The Middle East after the Arab Spring” for Special Issue of “The Canadian Journal for Middle East Studies – The Researcher”
We particularly welcome contributions on: civil society after 2011 in the Arab World; democracy and democratization in the Arab World; women in politics in the Middle East; Gulf Countries as regional power; ethnic and religious minority issues in the Middle East; social movements in the Middle East; tribalism in the Middle East; conflict resolution; political Islam, democracy and governance etc.
Deadline for submission: 30 March 2016. Information: https://submissions.scholasticahq.com/sites/the-canadian-journal-for-middle-east-studies
8. Call for Book Proposals for Gerlach Press
We are pleased to have been able to publish more than 30 books in Middle East and Islamic Studies during the last three very successful years. We are now looking for authors and editors to contribute to our programme on the following topics: – Islamic Thought & Philosophy – Islamic Law – Quranic Studies – The Gulf Region / GCC. We are keen for our programme to include reference works and textbooks as well as research monographs and edited volumes. We would be very glad to hear from you about any book proposals, or series ideas, regarding the above-mentioned topics.
Contact: Kai-Henning Gerlach & Malcolm Campbell Publishers Berlin, http://www.gerlach-press.de
9. The Unthought in Islam: Gender Perspectives
Glasgow University (April 18-19th)
St Andrews Lecture Theatre 213
April 18th
Introduction
9.15-9.30 Lloyd Ridgeon (University of Glasgow)
9.30-10.30 Juliane Hammer (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
“Women in Prayer: American Muslim Negotiations of Gender, Practice, and Space.”
10.30-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.00 Maria Jaschok (University of Oxford)
“Women’s Mosques, women imams and the resurgence of an expressive culture in Hui Muslim communities in contemporary China”
12.00-1.00 Lunch
1.00-2.00 Zohar Hadromi-Allouche (University of Aberdeen)
The Good Wife: Eve as a paradigmatic feminine figure in Muslim tradition
2.00-2.30 Coffee
2.30-3.30 Samina Ansari (Amina – The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre)
Muslim women in Scotland – the reality on the ground
April 19th
9.30-10.30 Amanullah De Sondy (University College Cork)
“Scottish Islamic Masculinities: An Exploration”
10.30-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.00 Yafa Shanneik (University of South Wales)
“Re-thinking Women’s Empowerment? The Practice of self-flagellation among Shia Women between Europe and the Middle East”
12.00-1.00 Lunch
1.00 – Discussion
For further information, contact: Lloyd.Ridgeon@glasgow.ac.uk
10.THE CLARK’S RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC PROGRAM INVITES YOU TO:
OBJECTS OF ORIENTALISM
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 29 (1:30–5:30pm) & APRIL 30 (9am–1pm), 2016
Clark Art Institute
225 South Street
Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267
http://www.clarkart.edu/visit/directions
Convened by Mary Roberts and Marc Gotlieb, this symposium is designed to open a new dialogue around orientalist visual practice in the second half of the nineteenth century, and to continue the methodological conversation around contemporary valences of the term.
We will engage debates about ornament, cultural patrimony, and the role of artists as collectors and interpreters of Islamic art. Other topics include the poetics of Orientalism and the intersection of art and music. The symposium will also include a panel on curatorial practice and a gallery session in front of key works of art in the Clark’s collections.
This symposium is free and open to the public. For directions to the Clark, click here.
Participants include:
Timothy Barringer (Yale University), Orient and Ornament: India in British Art and Music, 1877-1914
Zeynep Çelik (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Beyond Orientalism?
Zirwat Chowdhury (Bennington College), The View of Counter-Insurgency
Holly Edwards (Williams College), Globalizing Orientalism
Edhem Eldem (Boğaziçi University), Text and Context in a Predominantly Visual Field
Luke Gartlan (University of St. Andrews),Beyond the Photobook: Orientalism, Bibliophilia, and the Reprographic Object
Marc Gotlieb (Williams College), Sand and Blood: On the Experience of Time in Orientalist Painting
Caterina Pierre (City University of New York),Sculpture, Materials, and Orientalism: The Case of Barrias
Mary Roberts (University of Sydney),Ornament, Object, Art? The Unstable Currency of Things in the Orientalist Interior
Ünver Rüstem (Johns Hopkins University),Dressing the Part: Ottoman Self-Representation in the Age of Orientalism
11. Lecturer in Persian (Full-Time)
The Department of Religious Studies at the University of California,
Santa Barbara invites applications for a one-year lecturer position in
Persian language beginning in the 2016-17 academic year. The position
is renewable based on performance and department needs.
Responsibilities include teaching three quarters of Persian annually
at the first- and second-year levels (six courses) plus two upper
division undergraduate courses in modern and classical Persian
literature in translation. We are especially interested in candidates
with specialization in modern and classical Persian prose literature
and/or poetry. The successful candidate will also be the assistant
coordinator of the Iranian internship program and have
responsibilities for assisting with related cocurricular programming.
Minimum Qualifications: MA or Ph.D. in relevant academic field; native
command of Persian and English; and excellent record of teaching
experience of undergraduates at the college level. Experience in
coordinating programs and institutions highly desirable.
The department is especially interested in candidates who contribute
to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through
research, teaching, and service. UCSB has recently been designated a
Hispanic serving institution under the U.S. Department of Education?s
guidelines (where total Hispanic enrollment constitutes a minimum of
25% of total enrollment). For information on our department please
visit our website at www.religion.ucsb.edu.
To ensure full consideration, please submit a cover letter, curriculum
vitae, and arrange to have at least three letters of recommendation
sent to UC Recruit, at https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF00706.
Complete applications received by May 31, 2016, will receive full
review. Inquiries about the position may be directed to Kathleen
Moore, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability
status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic
protected by law.
- March 26, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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