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1.CfP: Empires: Towards a Global History
The proposed conference is premised on the idea that empires drew their strength from a global systemic architecture of hegemony and dominance. The objective of the conference is designed to emphasize how imperial interactions served to reinforce empires within their global scaffolding. “Towards a Global History of Empires” seeks to delineate different strands and interconnected themes that explain both empires’ persistence as well as their mutations over time.
The themes that we propose for the conference shall include:
- Political construction of empires and their dissolution
- Circulation within and between empires of ideas, techniques, institutions
- Circulation of goods and trade links between empires
- Movement of people within and between empires
- Empires as discursive formations
- Plural cultures and imperial centers
- Micro history and empire
We invite papers addressing the above themes from all periods of history. We are looking for work that looks at empire from a global history approach that emphasizes connections and encourages comparisons. Advanced research students as well as senior scholars are invited to apply for the conference.
Coordination:
Department of History, University of Delhi, India
Weatherhead Initiative on Global History, Harvard University, USA
Support: Department of History (UGC-Centre of Advanced Study), University of Delhi; Volkswagen Foundation , Germany; and Weatherhead Initiative on Global History, Harvard University.
Contact Info:
Jessica Barnard
Program Administrator, Weatherhead Initiative on Global History
Harvard University
Contact Email:
wigh@fas.harvard.edu
URL:
2. The Problem of Evil: Ibn Sina’s Theodicy
By Shams Inati
Hardback, 201 pp.
978-1-4632-0654-3
Website: https://www.gorgiaspress.com/the-problem-of-evil-ibn-sinas-theodicy
3. Open Rank Faculty Position in Islamic Studies, Stanford University
The successful applicant must demonstrate substantial evidence of creativity and excellence in research and scholarship as well as a commitment to excellence in teaching and advising students at both graduate and undergraduate levels. The appointment would begin 1 September 2018.
Deadline for application: 15 September 2017. Information: http://mesana.org/professional-opportunities/employment.html#Stanford-IslamicStds
4. The 5th Perso-Indica Conference
Science and Philosophy: Translation, Transmission and Interaction between Persianate and Hindu Traditions
The Fifth Conference of Perso-Indica (see: www.perso-indica.net) looks at the forms of interaction and translation between Persian and Hindu cultures in the scientific and philosophical fields. Persian scientific studies in South Asia acquired important distinctive features compared with the treatises produced in Iran and the rest of the Muslim world during the post-Abbasid period. In the multicultural context of South Asia, where Muslims remained a minority of the population, a number of treatises dealing with Indian scientific materials were written in Persian: Persian language and texts became new means of expression and transmission of Hindu scientific knowledge and practices, allowing them to circulate beyond the networks of Hindu scholars. Persian translations of Sanskrit sources appeared from the Sultanate period, especially from the early 14th century, and the production of these texts lasted until the colonial period. Many of them were compiled by and for the Muslims; however, from the Mughal period onward, Persian scientific texts — dealing with both Hindu and Greco-Arabic materials — were also written by Hindu scholars and for Hindu noblemen. Certain sciences seem to have fulfilled specific demands of the ruling elite: such as astrology, prognostication and the treatises on the horse. Differently, the large amount of Persian texts dealing with Ayurveda and pharmacology chiefly emerged and developed outside the courts. The production of these texts does not seem to have been a homogeneous trend but rather a polycentric phenomenon in which the regional spaces occupied a key role.
In the scope of this conference we aim to explore especially the following topics:
Which were the common cross-disciplinary aspects and practices of scientific translation, and which were the non homogeneous features that characterized the reception of different Indian sciences in the Persianate environment, either from an historical, geographical or social perspective?
Which were the historical, geographical, regional and dynastic contexts in which these scientific studies emerged and developed?
Which were the symmetric features of these interactions? How did Hindu scholars assimilate scientific notions drawn from Muslim sources? Did Muslim scientific materials circulate through translations and become incorporated into Sanskrit sources, and which disciplines were concerned? How and to what extent did Persian-speaking Hindu scholars appropriate Muslim sciences by reading the sources in the original languages?
Which genres of Persian texts on Indian sciences were produced, and how did the role of different types of texts evolve or change according to the requirements of different disciplines? What was the influence of direct translations from Sanskrit and other Indian languages and what was the role of new Persian treatises on Indian sciences? Moreover, how were Indian notions and practices incorporated and transmitted in Persian works which dealt chiefly with Greco-Arabic knowledge?
How were the source terms and notions translated in the lexicon and the concepts of the target culture? Which Indic terms were incorporated in Persian texts? Did their transliteration into Persian script follow common patterns or evolve? What was the role of intermediate translations in vernacular languages in the production of these Persian texts, and how did this influence translation?
Which were the non textual, oral and social aspects of the interaction? How was knowledge taught and transmitted between masters and students of different religious groups and networks of scholars, and how did these interreligious pedagogical interactions emerge and develop?
What were the impact and the legacy of these interactions and of the corpus of Persian texts for Indian sciences? Did these studies propose conceptual changes compared to the Greco-Arabic tradition? Did they have a reflexive impact that could redefine certain concepts of the target culture which were involved in translation? In a wider perspective, did these Persian studies circulate also outside South Asia, and into which languages were they translated?
Date: 1st and 2nd February 2018.
Venue: Friedrich-Wilhelm University Bonn, Germany
Scientific coordination: Eva Orthmann (Friedrich-Wilhelm University, Bonn) – Fabrizio Speziale (Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris)
Contact for information: Soraya Khodamoradi: skhodamo@uni-bonn.de
Deadline for submission of abstract proposals: 1st August 2017, abstract proposal must be sent to: skhodamo@uni-bonn.de. The abstracts will be assessed by peer review.
Web page: http://www.perso-indica.net/events-news/31
5. The Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations based in London (AKU-ISMC) is inviting experienced scholars to join the Institute as a visiting scholar within the 2017-2018 academic year.
We are looking to host two categories of visiting scholars. Between September and December 2017 we would be open to hosting scholars from one to three months. We are also looking to host one or two visiting scholars for periods of three to twelve months throughout the academic year.
The Institute aims to focus on issues of relevance to Muslim societies and is seeking to attract voices from Muslim contexts through its visiting scholars programme. The Institute focuses on three broad research themes:
The Construction of Knowledge about Muslim Cultures and Societies
Understanding the Processes of Social Change in Muslim Cultures and Societies
Governance for the Public Interest in Muslim Contexts
A key outcome of the visiting scholars programme will include the organisation of a public event or workshop which will be funded by the Institute. Other expected outcomes will depend on the duration of the visit and may include:
Public lecture(s)
Research workshop(s)
Teaching within the Institute’s Masters’ and/or Professional Programmes
Publication (for longer term positions)
Visiting scholars would also be expected to engage in discussions about their work and that of colleagues at the Institute as well as dialogue through seminars with students.
Requirements:
The Institute invites applications from experienced scholars and researchers with an international reputation and strong academic knowledge who will offer distinctive perspectives on a particular area of study relevant to the Institute’s research interests.
Candidates should have:
A PhD linked to one of the areas of interest to the Institute
Extensive scholarly publications and experience within the field
Demonstrated research and teaching experience within Muslim majority contexts
Proficient communication skills in English
Salary level
Depending on the candidate’s academic profile, the Institute will pay gross salaries based on its current scales ranging from £50,000 to £65,000 per annum pro rata. Where applicable, an economy class return flight will be paid. Please note that accommodation in London will need to be independently organised by the researcher(s). Other benefits include: office space, access to computer facilities and access to the Library.
Application Procedure
Interested candidates should send their CV and a proposal for a public event/workshop (maximum 2 pages) to ismc.personnel@aku.edu
The proposal should include a timeline for the public event/workshop, potential participants, budget and outputs.
Application Deadline: 15th June 2017
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend interviews (either in person or online, as appropriate) during the month of July 2017.
More information about AKU-ISMC’s research themes can be found on our website.
Note: We will only contact candidates short-listed for interview. If you have not heard from us within four weeks after the closing date, please presume that your application has not been successful.
By submitting an application to AKU-ISMC you provide your consent to the Institute under the Data Protection Act 1998 for the Institute to share the contents of your application with relevant colleagues based at other locations of the University (including in Pakistan and East Africa), and with its nominated agents for the purpose of completing this recruitment exercise.
Apply through: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BBQ150/call-for-visiting-scholars-2017-18/
6. Announcement and Call for Applications: Iran Graduate Student Workshop
May 25, 2017
To build bridges across Persian and Iranian Studies programs, scholars
from New York University’s Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Department
and the Gallatin School (ISI-NYU), Princeton University’s Center for
Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, and the University of Pennsylvania’s
Middle East Center announce the */Iran Graduate Student Workshop
/(IGSW)*. The workshop will provide a valuable venue for academic
exchange and production, giving distinguished young scholars of the
field an unrivalled opportunity to present and promote their research.
On *_May 4-5, 2018_*, the University of Pennsylvania will host the
second gathering of this joint workshop, to be followed by similar
meetings at the other campuses every two years. This second workshop in
2018 will consist of PhD students that are near ABD status and preparing
their dissertation proposals (i.e., typically in their 2nd or 3rd year
of graduate work). In addition, the first cohort will participate again,
as discussants, in the 2018 workshop, as they approach the end of their
graduate work.
Applicants for the second round, in 2018, must focus on modern Iran
(roughly 18^th -20^th centuries), other countries of the Persianate
world, or diasporas, or conduct relational histories and comparative
work; and will be drawn from disciplines and programs in the humanities
and social sciences, including anthropology, art history, economics,
history, literature, politics, sociology, and related fields.
* *
*IGSW Purpose:*
• To provide graduate students with intellectual feedback on their
research, encompassing both
area studies and disciplinary critiques,
twice in their graduate student careers.
• To ensure that graduate students of Iran are aware of, and make
their work accessible to,
scholars from other parts of “their” area
(i.e., the Middle East broadly defined) as well as from
their own
discipline, whether it be history, literature, or the social sciences.
• To use the above points to make sure that graduating scholars who
focus on modern Iran will
continue to be placed, if not more frequently
placed, in both area studies and disciplinary
departments.
• To help doctoral students improve skills in scholarship and teaching.
To apply, please send the materials below by */_August 15, 2017_/*//to
igsw2018@gmail.com <mailto:igsw2018@gmail.com>:
• One letter of recommendation from an advisor or committee member
supporting the research project and attesting to the student’s good
standing in their program of study.
• Curriculum vitae
• Research proposal of 1,000 words on argument, methods, and evidence
to be used in
dissertation
Decisions on applications will be sent out
by */_September 30, 2017_/*. If selected by the IGSW committee,
participants will be expected to attend workshops in years 2018 and
2020. Travel and accommodation for accepted applicants will be provided
by the IGSW.
7. Call for application: Summer School Reading and analysing Ottoman manuscript sources
Summer School
Beirut, Lebanon, 27th to 30th of August 2017
Description
The French Institute of the Near East (Ifpo), the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB), the University of Balamand, the Lebanese University (Doctoral School of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences), the Center for Turkish, Ottoman, Balkan and Centralasian Studies (CETOBaC), the Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi, the İbn Haldun Üniversitesi, and the Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies (JaCMES) with the support of the Open Jerusalem project are organising a summer school devoted to reading and analysing Ottoman manuscript sources. This is the second edition, following the summer school of 2016 in Amman, Jordan.
During the four-day programme we will introduce young researchers (mostly MA and PhD candidates, but postdocs may also apply) to reading, combining and analysing manuscript sources from various archives of the Ottoman era, produced at local, provincial and imperial levels. We concentrate mainly on materials from the 16th and 20th centuries, but welcome also explorations into earlier archives. Our summer school offers future researchers introductory presentations of the archival situation, various types of sources and basic research tools and workshops with a focus on the actual work with texts. The aim is to overcome the initial difficulties researchers often face when working with archival material from the Ottoman period, one of which is an administrative terminology no longer in use today.
For more info: http://www.ifporient.org/node/1935
- June 01, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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1.Jobs:
Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
The scholar will be expected to teach two classes (Middle Eastern History) per semester in the Department of History. Qualifications: Ph.D. in Middle Eastern History; experience as a teaching assistant or instructor; etc.
Deadline for application: 22 May 2017. Information: https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/85717
Columbia University – Lecturer in Arabic Language
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54920
2. MESA Graduate Student Paper Prize
Graduate student research papers on any aspect of post 600 CE Middle East studies are sought for this blind review. Winner is awarded $250.
Deadline for application: 15 August 2017. Information: http://mesana.org/awards/student-paper-prize.html
3. Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
Students completing their dissertations between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017 may submit entries for this award. The competition is to recognize exceptional achievement in research and writing for/of dissertations in Middle East studies. Winner in each category (social sciences and humanities) is awarded $1000.
Deadline for submissions: 1 July 2017. Information: http://mesana.org/awards/malcolm-kerr-dissertation.html
4. Articles for the “Australian Journal of Islamic Studies (AJIS)”
Contributions for this double-blind peer-reviewed journal are encouraged in Islamic theology, philosophy, sociology, jurisprudence, contemporary studies, comparative religion, spirituality, Qur’anic and Sunnah studies, history and art.
Deadline for submissions: 1 September 2017. Information: http://www.ajis.com.au/
5. LC Offers Largest Release of Digital Catalog Records in History
The Library of Congress announced today that it is making 25 million records in its online catalog available for free bulk download at loc.gov/cds/products/marcDist.php. This is the largest release of digital records in the Library’s history.
The records also will be easily accessible at data.gov, the open-government website hosted by the General Services Administration (GSA). Until now, these bibliographic records have only been available individually or through a paid subscription.
6. Director of the HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World
Vacancy Ref: : 039922
The University of Edinburgh is seeking to appoint an outstanding Director of the HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World.
The HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World (www.alwaleed.ed.ac.uk) is a Centre within the University of Edinburgh, established in 2010, devoted to research, outreach and knowledge transfer, in the field of Islamic Studies. It is part of a network of Centres established by the HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation, currently two in the United States (Harvard and Georgetown), two in the United Kingdom (Edinburgh and Cambridge), and two in the Middle East (the American University of Beirut and the American University in Cairo), which are devoted to the improvement of mutual understanding between the Muslim World and the West. Further details of the Objectives, Staff, and activities of the Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre can be found at www.alwaleed.ed.ac.uk.
As Director, and in consultation with Head of College and Head of School and other stakeholders, you will set a strategic vision for the Centre’s development covering research, outreach and impact to raise the Centre’s international profile, build research and teaching partnerships across the University, and creatively engage with a broad range of external individuals and organisations.
A successful track record of leadership, strong intellectual credentials, and the ability to command credibility amongst senior figures in academia and beyond is essential. A successful candidate for this position will be appointed, if suitably qualified and as appropriate, to a Chair at the University at the same time.
For a confidential discussion, please contact Professor Jeremy Robbins, Head of School, Literatures, Languages and Cultures – Tel: +44 (0)131 650 3638.
This is a full time, open ended position based on 35 hours each week. Salary will be negotiable depending on track record and experience.
Closing date: 5pm (GMT) Wednesday 14th June 2017.
Further information and details on how to apply can be found at the following link: https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=039922
- May 25, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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1.The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme is an international researcher mobility programme offering 10-month residencies in one of the 19 participating Institutes: Aarhus, Amsterdam, Berlin, Bologna, Budapest, Cambridge, Delmenhorst, Edinburgh, Freiburg, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Paris, Uppsala, Vienna, Warsaw, Zürich. The Institutes for Advanced Study support the focused, self-directed work of outstanding researchers. The fellows benefit from the finest intellectual and research conditions and from the stimulating environment of a multi-disciplinary and international community of first-rate scholars.
EURIAS Fellowships are mainly offered in the fields of the humanities and social sciences but may also be granted to scholars in life and exact sciences, provided that their proposed research project does not require laboratory facilities and that it interfaces with humanities and social sciences. The diversity of the 19 participating IAS offers a wide range of possible research contexts in Europe for worldwide scholars. Applicants may select up to three IAS outside their country of nationality or residence as possible host institutions.
The Programme welcomes applications worldwide from promising young scholars as well as from leading senior researchers. The EURIAS selection process has proven to be highly competitive. To match the Programme standards, applicants have to submit a solid and innovative research proposal, to demonstrate the ability to forge beyond disciplinary specialisation, to show an international commitment as well as quality publications in high-impact venues. The EURIAS Consortium welcomes applications from scholars at risk.
For the 2018-2019 academic year, EURIAS offers 54 fellowships (26 junior and 28 senior positions).
All IAS have agreed on common standards, including the provision of a living allowance (in the range of € 26,000 for a junior fellow and € 38,000 for a senior fellow), accommodation (or a mobility allowance), a research budget, plus coverage of travel expenses.
Application period
5 May – 7 June 2017
Application
* Applications are submitted online via www.eurias-fp.eu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__AsianStudies.hosted.phplist.com_lists_lt.php-3Ftid-3DLU5UVFENXlheAhkNAgFTGlcCUgNLVQACWh9UUFtdUg9QBFYBUAtEDFQBBglUBlQaB1FXUEsAVlMIHw9TDg9MDwNUXAkCCAwLUVwARVNQBQRVVVJQS1IADQ8fA1FdDUwAVFEBHFdaXVhXUwZaAFcBUg&d=DwMFaQ&c=lhMMI368wojMYNABHh1gQQ&r=2c_2rNSmRvqc9lubXXiZdA&m=OZuK0xEwdd-fFWoAVUPRGTUdmFHgx1UoHm5k4stVJSM&s=e9k7AtOkGzEBXWa9xURG3SJ9TChHNqZ4oc4kT87uK2Q&e=>, where, you will find detailed information regarding the content of the application, eligibility criteria, and selection procedure.
* Application period: May 5th, 2017 → June 7th, 2017 (4pm GMT)
* Late applications will not be considered.
Selection procedure
* Scientific assessment by two international reviewers
* Pre-selection by the international EURIAS Scientific Committee
* Final selection by the IAS Academic Boards
* Publication of results: January 2018
Contact & information
For any question related to the application procedure or eligibility send a mail directly to programme.officer@eurias-fp.eu
For further information on the Programme, please consult the above website.
2. 8th Conference on Ibadi Studies: “Local and Global Identities. Social Change and Diaspora in the Ibadi Communities,” The University of Tokyo, Sultan Qaboos Chair in Middle Eastern Studies, Tokyo, 20-23 May 2017
The panels will include four major sections: Identity, Social Change and Diaspora: Theoretical Considerations; The Formation of Ibadi Identity; Ibadi Identity in Modern Times; Expressions of Ibadi Identity.
Information and program: http://www.ibadistudies.org/
3. Conference: “The Dynamics of Change in the Pakistan Afghanistan Region: Politics on Borderland”, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 20-22 August 2017
In order to gain a more holistic view of the dynamics of change in the Pakistan-Afghanistan region, the Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar and the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad are jointly organizing this conference.
The deadline for papers has already passed. Information: http://www.uop.edu.pk/events/?q=143
4. Jobs:
Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Stockholm University
The applicant must have demonstrated teaching proficiency, gained from teaching Middle Eastern and North African studies, and have a doctoral degree in Social Sciences and/or History within Middle Eastern and North Africa Studies is also required for the position. The Senior Lecturer is expected to master modern Arabic. Other well-developed language skills are also qualifying.
Deadline for application: 5 June 2017. Information: http://www.su.se/asia/english/avalible-job-senior-lecturer-in-middle-eastern-and-north-african-studies-1.330184
Professor of Arabic, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding scholar to the Chair in the Department of Arabic and Persian with a start date of 1 September 2017, or as soon as possible thereafter. Requirements: an internationally-recognised research record in Arabic literatures and cultures; a willingness and proven capacity to teach Arabic language at all levels; etc.
Deadline for application: 23 May 2017. Information: http://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/welcome.aspx
Teaching Assistant Professorship in Arabic, Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University
The three-year position is affiliated with the Arab and Islamic Studies program, and involves teaching Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and at least one Arabic dialect.
The appointment begins on 1 August 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Deadline for application: 4 June 2017. Information: http://www.au.dk/en/about/vacant-positions/scientific-positions/stillinger/Vacancy/show/907849/5283/
Assistant Professor in Ottoman History, University of Pennsylvania
We welcome a range of scholarship in Ottoman history, including transnational and imperial perspectives as well as approaches that address the political, ethnic, and religious diversity of the Ottoman world.
Review of applications will begin 15 September 2017. Information: http://facultysearches.provost.upenn.edu/postings/1146
Post-Doctoral Teaching Scholar in the History of the Modern Middle East, North Carolina State University
We seek applicants who specialize in any aspect of the history of the modern Middle East. Requirements: Ph.D. in Middle Eastern History, experience as teaching assistant or instructor, etc.
Review of applications will begin 22 May 2017. Information: https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/85717
History 3/4 Time Position, Ottoman History or Modern Middle East, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
The specialist will teach a course in “Historical Methods” and preferably “World History since 1500”. This is a one-year position for the 2017-2018 academic year with a possible extension for at least two more years. The successful candidate should have a Ph.D. degree by the time of employment and evidence of college teaching experience.
Deadline for application: 10 June 2017. Information: https://rowanuniversity.hodesiq.com/jobs/3-4-time-faculty-history-glassboro-new-jersey-job-5447103
Assistant Teaching Professor of Arabic, Georgetown University
The position is starting in August 2017, on a three-year contract. Ph.D. in hand by summer 2017 is required. Applicants should be experienced in proficiency-based, communicative methods of teaching Modern Standard Arabic and spoken Arabic at all levels, and are expected to have a solid grounding in classical Arabic language and culture.
Review of applications will begin 25 May 2017. Information: http://www.linguisticsociety.org/job/assistant-teaching-professor-arabic-georgetown-university
5. Contributions for “Middle East Studies Center Working Paper Series”
This is a platform for individual scholars and contributes to international social science and humanities scholarship on the Middle East, and wider Islamic world, from the seventh century to the present.
Rolling deadline. Information: http://schools.aucegypt.edu/GAPP/mesc/Pages/Working%20Paper%20Series.aspx
6. Articles on “Understanding Muslim Mobilities and Gender” for Special Issue of Journal “Social Sciences”
We are particularly interested in works that incorporate historical and socio-political understandings of Muslim pilgrims, tourists and migrant mobility and settlement.
Deadline for manuscripts: 15 June 2017. Information: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci/special_issues/muslim_mobilities_gender
7. CFP – Symposium: “Naẓar: Ways of Seeing in Islamic Cultures,” 10 October 2017
A one-day symposium will be held on the theme of Naẓar: Ways of Seeing in Islamic Cultures at the University of Adelaide, Australia, on Tuesday 10 October 2017.
This is being co-ordinated by Prof. Samer Akkach and Perri Sparnon, and more information is available here: https://ilm-in-islam.org/portfolio/announcing-2017-symposium/
Please submit 200-word proposals by Friday 16 June 2017 to perri.sparnon@adelaide.edu.au
(This is envisioned as a follow-up to the ‘Ilm: Science, Religion and Art in Islam conference of July 2016)
8. Reconstruction of a Source of Ibn Isḥāq’s Life of the Prophet and Early Qurʾān Exegesis
A Study of Early Ibn ʿAbbās Traditions, Harald Motzki
- May 18, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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1.US Citizens, Arabic Funding
* Each year, Industry Arabic will award scholarships of $2,000 to
support tuition and living expenses for 1-2 students pursuing advanced,
immersive Arabic study.
* Scholarship funds may be used for private study or applied to a
program (eg CASA, Middlebury, etc) and may be combined with other
funding sources.
* Eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens who are currently enrolled
in an undergraduate or graduate degree program that incorporates
advanced Arabic language skills (a major / concentration in Arabic
language is not necessary).
* The program aims to support the next generation of superior Arabic linguists regardless of field (linguistics, area studies, literature,
anthropology, political science, etc).
* Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of practical skill as
demonstrated in the sample translation, as well as overall academic merit.
For more details and how to apply, visit:
http://www.industryarabic.com/scholarship
2. Lecturer in Persian (part-time)
Job Description http://www.mena.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/faculty-search.html
The Middle East and North African Studies Program (MENA) at Northwestern University invites applicants for a position of Lecturer in Persian language. This is a part-time, non-benefits-eligible position starting September 1, 2017. Duties include teaching language courses in first- and second-year Persian, altogether six quarter-length courses, over one academic year. This is a non-tenure-line position, with an initial contract of one year, renewable based on performance.
For fullest consideration, application materials must be received by May 19, 2017. Applications are considered on a rolling basis, and the position is open until filled.
3. Assistant Teaching Professor of Arabic
The Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University invites applications for the position of Assistant Teaching Professor of Arabic, starting in August 2017, on a three-year contract, pending satisfactory review after the first year. Ph.D. in hand by Summer 2017 is required.
Applicants should be experienced in proficiency based, communicative methods of teaching Modern Standard Arabic and spoken Arabic at all levels, and are expected to have a solid grounding in classical Arabic language and culture.
Preferred areas of specialization: Modern or Classical Arabic and Islamic humanities, including linguistics, literature, and cultural studies. Experience in proficiency testing is a plus. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three letters of references to: Arabic Search, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Poulton Hall 201, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057-1046, or via email to Ms. Meriem Tikue mmt43@georgetown.edu. The department will start reviewing the applications on May 25th, and will continue to receive applications until the position is filled.
Georgetown University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are especially invited to apply.
- May 13, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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1.International PhD Students Workshop, Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Pisa, 30 November – 1 December 2017
This workshop is open to PhD students working on research projects dealing either with Middle East and North Africa countries, or nearby areas inhabited by Muslim populations, such as the Horn of Africa and Western India, or regions characterized by immigrants coming from those countries.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 May 2017. Information: http://www.sesamoitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Workshop-internazionale-dottorandi_ENG.pdf
2. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2017/18, Orient-Institut Beirut (Max Weber Foundation)
The fellowship will be granted for up to 12 months, beginning 15 September 2017 (or later this year). Requirements: Excellent research project; PhD in a region related discipline; excellent command of Arabic and English; etc.
Deadline for application: 15 June 2017. Information: http://www.orient-institut.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Ausschreibung_017.pdf
3. Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Middle Easter and North African Studies, Stockholm University
In order to qualify the applicant must have demonstrated teaching proficiency, gained from teaching Middle Eastern and North African studies, and have a doctoral degree in Social Sciences and/or History within MENA Studies. Good knowledge of modern Arabic is a requirement. Other well-developed language skills are also qualifying.
Deadline for application: 5 June 2017. Information: http://www.su.se/english/about/vacancies/vacancies-new-list?rmpage=job&rmjob=3311&rmlang=UK
4. 40 Fellowships in the School of Historical Studies (Focus Islamic World), Princeton, Academic Year 2018/2019
Scholars focused on intellectual inquiry are free from teaching and other university obligations. Each year scholars from around the world apply to come to the Institute to pursue their own research.
Deadline for application: 1 November 2017. Information: http://www.hs.ias.edu/mem_announcement
5. Gerda Henkel Foundation Research Scholarships: “Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements”
Applications are invited by German and foreign academics in the fields of historical humanities who are Postdocs or scholars with Post Doctoral Lecture Qualification and who will work on a specific project on her/his own. The funding period is generally between one and 24 months.
Deadline for application: 24 May 2017. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/26154
6. Call for Abstracts for the Routledge “International Handbook of Religion in Global Society”
This book will capitalise on the emergence of a new paradigm, which considers religion in the 21st century as globally interconnected and mediated by new geopolitical and market logics. This volume will showcase new approaches to religion, which work across boundaries of religious tradition, academic discipline, and region.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2017. Information: https://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1545/files/2017/04/Religion-in-Global-Society-Call-for-Abstract-Final-May-2017.pdf
- May 09, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Stanford University, Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies/Mediterranean Studies Forum
Associate Director
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54884
2. Curator of Islamic Collections, Chester Beatty Library
https://h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54881
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 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 Cordoba (prov.) 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.
Applications are now open! The application period is from April 15th to May 31st! Please follow the link in the attached call for application.
For more information: www.ihiw.de/master
For direct enquiries: ieiw@geschkult.fu-berlin.de
4. SÉminaire ‘SociÉtÉs, politiques et cultures
du monde iranien’
Jeudi 4 Mai 2017, 17h-19h
Alexandre Papas, chargé de recherche au CNRS, CETOBAC
« Nouvelles recherches sur l’hétérodoxie soufie en Asie centrale du XVe au XXe siècle »
Je présenterai un ouvrage en cours d’achèvement intitulé Ainsi parlait le derviche. Islam, langue et marginalité en Asie centrale (XVe-XXe siècle). Autour de la figure du marginal à la fois social et religieux, le livre étudie cinq cas qui se suivent dans le temps : les milieux interlopes à Hérat au XVe siècle à partir d’un portrait de la ville en turc oriental ; une communauté soufie rurale à Khotan au XVIe-XVIIe siècle décrite dans une hagiographie manuscrite ; un poète nihiliste d’Aksu au XVIIIe siècle connu grâce à un unique recueil de vers vindicatifs ; des anachorètes tardifs cachés dans des grottes à Samarcande, au Manguistaou et dans le Fergana, dont les traces subsistent sur le terrain et au détour de quelques sources persanes ; les groupes de chantres itinérants (maddahs) sur les routes d’Ouzbékistan et du Xinjiang au XIXe et au début du XXe siècle, documentés par des enquêtes ethnographiques ou philologiques russes et ouïgoures. Outre les aspects propres à la mystique musulmane, une attention particulière est portée à la question de la langue, notamment argotique, et des différents régimes linguistiques appliqués par les derviches sur le temps long. Plus largement, l’étude cherche à expliquer comment et pourquoi des formes hétérodoxes de soufisme se sont maintenues en Asie centrale bien au-delà de l’époque médiévale à laquelle elles sont souvent reléguées.
Marc Toutant, chercheur post-doctoral, CETOBAC
« Mīr ‘Alī Shīr Nawā’ī. Interprète et passeur du legs persan classique »
Mīr ‘Alī Shīr Nawā’ī (Hérat, 1441-1501) est l’une des plus grandes figures du monde turco-iranien. Homme d’État et littérateur timouride, son œuvre résume le legs de la civilisation turcopersane et n’a cessé d’irriguer les belles lettres, la pensée religieuse et, plus largement, la culture comme la langue turque d’Asie centrale. Si son œuvre reste aujourd’hui encore méconnue en Occident, l’influence qu’elle a pu exercer à l’époque sur les littérateurs des autres cours (moghole, safavide, et ottomane notamment) est encore moins étudiée. Il faut cependant rappeler, par exemple, que ses poèmes composés en persan ont été pris comme modèles par les sultans ottomans pour la composition de leurs propres divans persans. C’est cette figure de « passeur », mais aussi d’« interprète » de la tradition religieuse et littéraire persane, que cette présentation s’attachera à mettre en avant à l’occasion de l’exposé des dernières avancées de la recherche sur l’interprétation et la réception de son corpus.
Lieu : INALCO, 65 rue des Grands Moulins, salle 5.12, 75013 Paris.
Organisateurs :
Matteo De Chiara (INALCO), Denis Hermann (CNRS), Fabrizio Speziale (Paris 3 Sorbonne nouvelle), Julien Thorez (CNRS).
5. Arabic Codicology: the Islamic Manuscript Heritage in the El Escorial Collection (3-7 July: El Escorial)
A new summer course on Arabic Codicology: the Islamic Manuscript Heritage in the El Escorial Collection will be offerd inSan Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain) from 3-7 July 2017.
International researchers, MA and PhD students, professionals related with the Arts, the History and the libraries can attend to acquire or improve their codicological skills with a practical approach studying the most important collection of Arabic Manuscript in Spain.
Web: http://arabiccodicologycourse.weebly.com/
Email: mss.arabicscript@gmail.com
6. Lecture – “Spices, Silks, and Slaves: Travel by Land in the Medieval Islamic World” – York Islamic Art Circle, 9 May
by Fozia Parveen
York Islamic Art Circle “Spices, Silks, and Slaves: Travel by Land in the Medieval Islamic World” with Professor Scott Redford (SOAS) on Tuesday 9th May 2017 from 6:30pm – 8:00pm at the Bowland Auditorium (Berrick Saul Building), University of York, UK
In the 13-14th centuries, the central Islamic lands witnessed a resurgence in the building of caravanserais. Going well beyond the functional accommodation of humans, their beasts of burden, and their cargos, these caravanserais are splendid manifestations of the power of the state projected into the countryside. This talk will examine caravanserais, and other examples of the architecture of travel like bridges and roads, along with the mechanics of medieval Islamic travel. Entry is by free ticket only available at https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/public-lectures/summer-2017/spices-silks/
7. Workshop: “The Concept of Freedom and the Concept of Justice in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, 10-12 May 2017
Registration: Contact Dr. Katja Thörner (katja.thoerner@fau.de). Information: http://www.orientalistik.uni-erlangen.de/veranstaltungen/kcid-the-concept-of-freedom-and-the-concept-of-justice.shtml
8. International Conference: “Rethinking Halal: Genealogy, Current Trends, and New Interpretations”, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 24-25 April 2018
We invite scholars and researchers to speak on the genealogy of halal since Muslim religious scholars started to instruct a written knowledgeable debate on “halal” and to unravel Muslim social practices towards halal.
Deadline for abstracts: 8 January 2018. Information: https://de.scribd.com/document/344316016/Halal-International-Conference-on-23-25-April-2018-at-UCL-Louvain-la-Neuve-Belgium
9. Open Rank Professorship in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bern
In terms of research, the candidate should demonstrate at least two historically informed areas of work, one of which should be devoted to present day societal issues and at least one of which should focus on the MENA region.
Deadline for application: 21 May 2017. Information: http://www.jobs.ch/de/stellenangebote/detail/7490023
10. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2017/18, Orient-Institut Beirut
Requirements: Excellent research project; PhD in a region related discipline; excellent command of Arabic and English, basic command of German; research design must convincingly project results within the prospected period.
Deadline for application: 15 June 2017. Information: http://www.orient-institut.org/main/announcement-detail/post-doc-fellowship-2017/
11. Middle East Summer School at SOAS
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
https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/summerschool/
- May 04, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Workshop: “The Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiographies”, Aga Khan University & SOAS University of London, 6 October 2017
This year’s exploratory and informal workshop will reflect on methodologies, research agendas, and case studies for investigating history writing in Arabic in the Middle East and North Africa in any period from the seventh century to the present. As in previous years, the emphasis will be on informal discussion and exchange of ideas.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2017. Information: http://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/participate-arabic-pasts-histories-and-historiographies-6-october-london?e=82aeb6c61d
2. Visiting Faculty of Arabic Language and Cultures or Interdisciplinary Middle East Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
This position begins in August 2017, includes full-time professorial appointment, and is renewable for up to two years. Minimum requirements include native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and at least one Arabic dialect; scholarly and program building achievements commensurate with title and rank; documented evidence of successful teaching, etc.
Deadline for application: 18 May 2017. Information: https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000365513-01
3. Open-Rank Professorship for the Master of Arts in “Women in Society and Development Program”, College for Humanity and Social Sciences, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
The successful candidate will ideally be a distinguished scholar in the areas of Middle Eastern Studies/ Women’s and Gender Studies/ Political Science or closely related fields with a strong record of publications with international exposure.
Positions will be open until filled. Information: http://tii.qa/en/college-humanities-and-social-sciences-openings
4. Open-Rank Professorship in “Digital Humanities and Societies” (Focus on Socio-cultural Studies and Digital Technologies), College for Humanity and Social Sciences, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
The college seeks candidates that may address interrelations and interconnectivity of studies in culture, film and media, journalism, religions, history and philosophy, gender, geo-politics and the built environments of the MENA region through digital forms and interpretations.
Positions will be open until filled. Information: http://tii.qa/en/college-humanities-and-social-sciences-openings
5. Summer Intensive Program: “Living Islam in the 21st Century and Beyond”, Ibn Khaldun University, Istanbul, 30 July – 25 August 2017
The program aims to connect scholars of the Islamic tradition with young students and professionals from a variety of disciplines to study the role of Islam in the modern world and develop perspectives and approaches rooted in the Islamic tradition to tackle the pressing issues of our time.
Deadline for application: 28 April 2017. Information: http://ihsan.academy/
6. Yale University – Postdoctoral Fellowship on the Racialization of
Islam
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54750
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Curatorial Assistant, Art of the
Islamic Worlds
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54873
7. The Department of Middle Eastern South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University invites applications for adjunct faculty to teach three Persian language courses during the academic year. Appointment is from September 1, 2017 and ends on May 31, 2018. 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.
For more information and to apply, please go to:
academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=64488
8. Summer Online Persian
This summer the University of Texas at Austin will be offering a three-credit intermediate/advanced Persian course online. This is a wonderful opportunity for students who want to maintain or improve their Persian skills over the summer break. The course, called “Media Persian,” will focus on the use humor in various media and will be taught by Babak Tabarraee, a PhD student in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at UT Austin. The priority deadline for applying is May 1, 2017.
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin has been offering intermediate- and advanced-level Persian classes online since 2012 and has become a leader in developing online pedagogies for this critical language. For more information, including details about how to apply, please check out our website: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/languages/persian/online_persian.php.
- April 27, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.RECENT PERSPECTIVES OF CEREMONIES, RITUALS AND FESTIVALS
IN THE OTTOMAN WORLD
An International Symposium
13-15 April, 2017
See programme at: http://macmillan.yale.edu/event/conference-recent-perspectives-ceremonies-rituals-and-festivals-ottoman-world
2. I.B.Tauris invites submissions for inclusion in its academic monograph series, The Early and Medieval Islamic World. Led by series editor Professor Roy Mottahedeh (Harvard University), the series promotes innovative research on the period 500–1500 AD with the Islamic world, as it ebbed and flowed from Marrakesh to Palermo and Cairo to Kabul, as the central pivot.
Thematic focus within this remit is broad, from the cultural and social to the political and economic, with preference given to studies of societies and cultures from a socio-historical perspective. It aims to foster a community of unique voices on the medieval Islamic world, shining light into its lesser studied corners.
Key areas of focus are:
- Transition to the ‘medieval’ world, especially archaeological approaches
- Close textual readings and translations
- Trade and the economy
- Travel and exploration
- Government and warfare
- Societies and communities
- Material culture and art
- History of ideas
- Inter-religious contact, conflict and exchange
- Prominent and influential figures
Tom Stottor, Editor tstottor@ibtauris.com
Guidelines for submitting proposals are on our website at: www.ibtauris.com/Publish.
3. Global Nodes, Networks, Orders:
Three Global History Workshops on Transformative Connectivity
University of Leiden, 20 – 22 April, 2017
4. Workshop: “Violence in Sharīʿa and its Contemporary Implications”, Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, UK 6-7 July 2017
We 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 any aspect of the regulation or use of violence in Sharī ͑a with contemporary implications.
Deadline for abstracts: 8 May 2017. Information: http://almahdi.edu/forthcoming-workshop-the-status-of-non-muslims-in-shari-a
5. Panel on “Trade and Material Culture in the Medieval Mediterranean” at the 2018 Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, Emory University, Atlanta, 1-3 March 2018
We are interested in papers from any relevant disciplines and approaches, including economic, social, and institutional history, art and cultural history (including music and literature) that examine the trade and material culture in the medieval Mediterranean in relation to the formation of religious, ethnic, linguistic and cultural identities.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 April 2017. Information: http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=6175c82979&e=82aeb6c61d
6. Visiting Professor at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna
Successful candidates will have the following qualifications: PhD and post-doctoral experience at a university or other research institution; outstanding research and publication record; experience in university teaching, and willingness and ability to teach at all curricular levels, etc.
Deadline for application: 2 May 2017. Information: https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibung-flow?_flowExecutionKey=_cAAC711CD-CC28-9FAE-FF85-68E6D4304812_k6C7C57FA-485F-8257-0819-B5A9CD0B59FF&tid=62258.28
7. GTOT Prizes 2018 for Outstanding Theses and Dissertations in the Fields of Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies
The Society for Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies (GTOT) is inviting applications from anyone who completed her/his thesis/dissertation in these fields between 1 September 2016 and 1 May 2018. Papers in German, English and French are accepted.
Deadline for application: 1 May 2018. Information: http://gtot.org/files/GTOT-Preis-Ausschreibung_03042017_eng.pdf
8. Call for Contributions: Minorities and Identity Formation in Iran: From the Achaemenids to the Islamic Republic
Dear Collegues,
Together with Josef Wiesehöfer I am planning to edit a volume on Minorities and Identity Formation in Iran. I organized a conference workshop in Vienna last year bearing the same title and was approached by I. B. Tauris to edit a volume. If you are interested in contributing an article, please read the attached abstract carefully. Contributions have to refer to the theoretical frame established in the abstract. Please be so kind to send your requests and abstracts to the following e-mail address:
Thank you!
Looking forward to your proposals, A. Pistor-Hatam
Prof. Dr. Anja Pistor-Hatam
Seminar für Orientalistik der Christian-Albrechts-Universität Leibnizstr. 10 24118 Kiel
9. The Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Leiden, is looking for two PhD candidates in Central Asian / Middle Eastern Studies. Applications must be received no later than 30 April 2017. For details see:
http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/phd-posities/17-050.html
10. Islamic School of Art has organized three ten-days of academic holiday courses on “The Heritage of Islamic Persian Architecture” on July 2-11, 2017, “World of Persian Carpet” on 25 July – 3 August, 2017, “Philosophy of Islamic Art” on 24 August – 2 September, 2017, in Iran. It is our great pleasure to invite you to join us in any or all three courses.
These courses are going to be held in five cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Kashan, Yazd and Qom.
For more detailed information about the program and the fees see http://www.isoacourses.com/
11. Negotiating Ethnic & Religious Identities
Midwest Association for Middle East and Islamic Studies 2017 Annual Conference
http://www2.indstate.edu/mameis/
April 21, 2017
University of Louisville
Shumaker, Rm. 139
9-10:30 Muslim Identity in the Spiritual Realm
Bradley Bowman, University of Louisville
From Acolyte to Ṣaḥābī: The Curious Conversion of Salmān al Fārisī and the Monks Who Guide Him to Islam
Matthew Niemi, Indiana University-Bloomington
Judging by what God has Revealed: Din in 7th-century Arabia
Gregory S. Hutcheson University of Louisville
Negotiating the Multiconfessional in Medieval Iberian Law
10:30-11:00 Coffee/Tea Break
11:00-12:30 Identity and Empire in Iran
Marian Smith, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
‘Abd Allah Hātifī’s Tīmūr-nāma: Observations on the Dispersed Manuscript Corpus of a Late Timurid Epic
Rosemary Stanfield-Johnson, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Storytelling and Identity in Safavid Iran
James Gustafson, Indiana State University
The Ecology of Empire in Qajar Iran
12:30-1:30 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Exploring Turkish Identities during Empire and Republic
Brian Van Wyck, Michigan State University
Transmitting Turkishness in the Diaspora: Turkish Teachers and Imams in Germany, 1961-2017
Gül Aldıkaçtı Marshall, University of Louisville
Negotiating Transnational Feminist Activism: The Significance of Multiple Platforms for Turkish Feminists
3:00-3:15 Coffee/Tea Break
3:15-4:15 War, Displacement, and Relocation: Identity in Transition
James Tallon, Lewis University
Albanian Identity at the End of Empire
Jusuf Salih, University of Dayton
Catholicism, Islam and Albanianess as Collective Queries Among Kosovars
4:15-4:30 Closing Remarks
James Tallon, Lewis University
James M. Gustafson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History – Modern Middle East
Association for Iranian Studies Council, 2017-19
Faculty Senator, 2016-18
Indiana State University
621 Chestnut St., Terre Haute, IN 47809
- April 20, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.MScT Scholarship in Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh
The Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to invite applications for a fees only MSc Taught degree scholarship for any of its programmes (IMES, Middle Eastern Studies with (Advanced) Arabic, Advanced Arabic, Persian Civilisation).
Application Deadline: 2 May 2017.
For more information: http://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/graduate-school/fees-and-funding/funding/masters-students/imes-msct-scholarship
2. Sultan Qaboos Chair of Modern Arabic Studies in the University of Cambridge
Informal enquiries about this Professorship may be directed to Dr Amira K. Bennison, Co-Chair of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Cambridge, telephone +44 (0)1223) 335115 or email knb21@cam.ac.uk.
Applications, consisting of a letter of application together with a statement of current and future research plans, a curriculum vitae and a publications list, along with details of three referees should be made online no later than 28 April 2017.
3. University of Oxford – Lecturer, Islamic Art and Architecture
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54801
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities – Assistant Professor of South Asian Art History (tenure track)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54797
Chair in Islamic Studies (Ottoman History and Culture), Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Deadline for application: 21 September 2017. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9011
Assistant Professor of Persian Literature and Digital Humanities, University of Maryland
Experience in scholarship and teaching in the areas of Comparative Literature, Islamicate Sexualities, and Persian Digital Humanities are preferred.
Deadline for application: 1 May 2017. Information: https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/50664
4. International Symposium: “Avicenna Reloaded. Analyzing a Muslim Polymath from a Present View”, Osnabrück University, 12-13 May 2017
Panels cover: Avicenna and Medicine; Avicenna’s Philosophy and the Reception of Avicenna.
Deadline for registration: 30 April 2017. Information: http://www.islamische-theologie.uni-osnabrueck.de/fileadmin/documents/public/Plakate_Brosch%C3%BCren/Brosch%C3%BCrenentwurf_Avicenna_Reloaded_3-Seitig.pdf
5. Senior Research Fellow / Research Fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg
Your profile: Doctorate in political science, economics, or a cognate discipline; profound knowledge of political, economic, and/or social developments in countries of Africa, Asia, Middle East.
Deadline for application: 31 May 2017. Information: http://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/vacancies
6. Summer School: “Religion in the World: Beyond the Secular Paradigm”, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 3-7 July 2017
We will discuss the tension between religious identities and the modern state, and other recent controversies about religious diversity, as well as recent scholarly approaches to the study of ‘religion’ from a material and corporeal perspective. Experts of various religious traditions will offer you a broad overview of the history and current situation of religion in the West.
Deadline for registration: 1 June 2017. Information: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/culture/religion-in-the-world-beyond-the-secular-paradigm
7. Launch of the First Volume of the “Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association”
Potential English and Arabic contributions to JIQSA should be sent to the editors.
Information: https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/launch-journal-of-the-international-quranic-studies-associationvol-1-2016/
8. STUCCO REVETMENT IN IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE OF THE ISLAMIC PERIOD
with a Focus on Seljuk and Ilkhanid Dynasties (April 22-23, Kashan)
Conference and Workshop at the University of Kashan’s Department of Archaeology in collaboration with Otto Friedrich University, Bamberg, Germany. April 22-23, 2017.
In collaboration with Kashan Department of Cultural Heritage Handicrafts and Tourism Organization and supported by the Bumiller Art Foundation (Liechtenstein)
Venue: Auditorium of University of Kashan; Address: Ghotb-e Ravandi BLvd., Kashan State University, School of Architecture and Art Department of Archaeology
Conference Subject:
This conference is dedicated to current research of Islamic Stucco Revetments in Iran. The research presented in the conference covers numerous aspects of Stucco Revetment studies: Archaeometric, calligraphic, epigraphic, ornamental, craftsmanship and artistic techniques and aesthetics. The conference includes practical study workshops of traditional stucco revetment production techniques led by masters of stucco craftsmanship and visits to museum collections in Kashan.
Working Language: Farsi. All papers are going to be delivered and all discussions are going to be conducted in Farsi.
For conference attendance registration and further information, contact:
Convened by Dr. Majid Montazer Zohuri (University of Kashan) and Maryam Moeini (University of Bamberg) in the context of international collaboration between the University of Kashan, Iranian Cultural Heritage Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, University of Bamberg and the Bumiller Art Foundation.
For more information about this project and the workshop’s concept, see the following web page:
- April 11, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago announces a position for a full-time Lecturer in Arabic, for a one-year appointment, with the possibility of renewal. Lecturers teach two classes of various levels of Arabic in each of three quarters (Autumn, Winter, Spring) to both undergraduate and graduate students and are expected to contribute to the planning of the curriculum. Applicants must have native or near-native proficiency in Arabic and experience at the college level teaching Arabic as a foreign language. Preference will be given to candidates proficient in an Arabic dialect. A Ph.D. is desirable but not required.
To apply to this position you must submit a cover letter along with a brief description of teaching philosophy, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation. Supporting documents, including teaching evaluations and sample syllabi, may also be submitted, if available. All application items except letters of recommendation may only be submitted via the University of Chicago Academic Career Opportunities website at https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu for posting 03297. Letters should be submitted either through the Academic Career Opportunities website or via email to amanday@uchicago.edu.
Review of applications will begin on 28 April and will continue until the position is filled. This position is contingent on budgetary approval.
2. The Department of Art History at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities seeks candidates for the position of Assistant Professor of South Asian art (tenure track) beginning Fall 2017. We invite applications from scholars whose research focuses on any historical period and geographic area of South Asia, but especially welcome candidates specializing in the art, architecture or archaeology of ancient through early modern South Asia, particularly those that complement current faculty strengths in ancient Iran or the Ottoman and Safavid empires.
The deadline to apply for this position is April 14, 2017.
https://humanresources.umn.edu/jobs
3. The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is delighted to announce that the 2017 Harry W. Fowler Memorial Lecture will be presented by Phillip B. Wagoner, Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Wesleyan University. The lecture will take place on Monday, May 1, 2017 at the American Numismatic Society, 75 Varick Street, Floor 11, in New York City.
Prof. Wagoner will speak on “The Deccan as an Integrated Currency Zone: New Approaches to the Study of Peninsular Indian Coin Hoards (1347-1687).”
The lecture will be followed by a response from Finbarr Barry Flood, the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of the Humanities at the Institute of Fine Arts and Department of Art History, New York University.
The lecture will begin at 6:00 PM. It will be preceded by a reception at 5:30 PM.
RSVP Required to: membership@numismatics.or, or 212-571-4470 ext. 117.
Government issued photo I.D. required for entry.
4. On display in the Treasures Gallery: Humayun’s meeting with Shah Tahmasp
The British Library
5. PhD-candidate Researching the Contemporary Cultural Production of Lebanon, University of Zurich
The researcher should have a background (Master degree or equivalent) in French/Francophone studies, comparative literature, cultural studies or cultural history or any other comparable specialization with emphasis on the Middle East, in particular Lebanon. Excellent language skills in French, English, and Arabic required.
Deadline for application: 14 April 2017. Information: www.jobs.uzh.ch/jobDetail.php?jobID=7336
6. PhD-candidate in Central Asian/Middle Eastern Studies, Leiden University
We offer a fixed-term post from 1 August 2017 until 31 July 2021. Selection criteria: a MA degree in Central Asian, Iranian or Middle Eastern Studies; excellent command of Turkic, Arabic and Persian, fluency in English; etc.
Deadline for application: 30 April 2017. Information: http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/phd-posities/17-050.html
7. University Lectureship in Religion in International Relations, Leiden University
We offer a fixed-term post from July 2017 through June 2021 after which the position will be reviewed. Selection criteria: a PhD degree in the Study of Religion; a research and publication record commensurate with career stage; demonstrable specialist expertise in the broad and growing field of Religion in International Relations and a vision for the further development of that field; an excellent command of English, etc.
Deadline for application: 17 April 2017. Information: http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/wetenschappelijke-functies/17-095.html
8. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics of the Middle East and North Africa, SOAS, University of London
Applications are invited from scholars who combine a strong disciplinary background in Political Science with substantive regional engagement.
Deadline for application: 26 April 2017. Information: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AYH872/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-comparative-politics-of-the-middle-east
9. Articles on “Islam and Images” for Special Issue of “Cinema – Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image”
This issue aims at analyzing Islamic art and aesthetics, with a special focus on the “modes of sense perception” embodied in particular images, taken politically as forms of organization, encompassing forms of visibility, ways of doing and making, and ways of conceptualizing.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2017. Information: http://cjpmi.ifilnova.pt/cfp/
- April 04, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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