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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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Shii News – Academic Items
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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Shii News – Academic Items
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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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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Shii News – Academic Items
1. “24th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)” combined with the “33rd Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT) / German Oriental Studies Conference of the German Oriental Society (DMG)” at the Friedrich Schiller-University in Jena on 18-22 September 2017.
31 March 2017 is the deadline for the registration of papers and panels. This is also the deadline for the individual registration of participants at a reduced fee.
For further information and registration see www.dot2017.de/en.
2. Islamic Art and Architecture (Zurich, Schaffhausen, 4-6 Jun 17)
Zurich and Schaffhausen, May 4 – 06, 2017
Registration deadline: Apr 30, 2017
A l’Orientale – Collecting, Displaying and Appropriating Islamic Art
and Architecture in the 19th and early 20th centuries
International conference
Organizers:
Prof. Dr. Francine Giese (University of Zurich),
Prof. Dr. Mercedes Volait (CNRS/InVisu),
Dr. Ariane Varela Braga (University of Zurich)
Cooperations:
Museum Rietberg Zürich,
Moser Familienmuseum Charlottenfels der Heinrich und
Henri Moser Stiftung in Neuhausen bei Schaffhausen
Keynotes Speakers:
Kjeld v. Folsach (The David Collection, Copenhagen),
Yannick Lintz (Musée du Louv-re, Paris), Tim Stanley (Victoria and
Albert Museum, London),
Stefan Weber (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin)
Registration open:
http://www.transculturalstudies.ch/en/index/conferences/display-conference/registration.html
3. Workshop: “Eternal World and God’s Free Will in Islam – A Diachronic Perspective”, Yale University, New Haven, USA, 31 March – 1 April 2017
This workshop will focus on thinkers who write after al-Ghazali’s landmark criticism of Avicenna’s position on the subject and go from there into the 20th century.
Information: http://cmes.macmillan.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Eternity0331.pdf
4. Muslim Studies Program Tenth Annual Conference: “Islam, Muslims, and US Politics”, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 12-14 April 2017
Information: http://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/other-do-not-delete/events/?department=11
5. Postgraduate Workshop: “Producing Knowledge on Islam in Europe: Epistemology, Methodology, Reflexivity”, Cambridge Muslims in Europe Postgraduate Forum, Cambridge, 25 April 2017
This workshop addresses the related themes of epistemology, methodology, and reflexivity, which have frequently arisen when problematizing our respective productions of academic knowledge, such as the multiple forms of insider-outsider negotiation for both Muslim and non-Muslim researchers, various issues of access, trust and representation, and the politicization of the Muslim subject in a security-saturated cultural context.
Information: www.eventbrite.com/e/producing-knowledge-on-islam-in-europe-tickets-32317669018
6. Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History/Political Science, Rhode Island College
Ph.D. in History or Political Science and college level teaching experience are required as well as research specialization in Middle Eastern History and/or Political Science with a focus on the region.
Position is open until filled. Information: https://employment.ric.edu/postings/2856
7. The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University presents
Thursday, April 6, 2017
“The Madrasa in Iran and Baghdad under the Saljuqs”
Maryam Kamali
Harvard AKPIA Associate
Lectures are free and open to the public.
They are held Thursdays, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., at the Arthur M. Sackler Building,
Room 318, Harvard University, 485 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138.
For further information, call 617-495-2355 or
email agakhan@fas.harvard.edu or
visit http://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/
View our previous lectures:
http://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k69205&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup125394
and
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWrCLOybqB5FJ-Cj9wxE8vQ/videos
8. Lecture – Dr. P. Khosronejad, “Iranian Shiism, Persian Material Culture and Visual Piety”
The University of Tulsa
The Department of Religion and Anthropology
Chapman Hall Auditorium.
April 3, 2017, 4 P.M.
9. The University of Exeter is looking for a strong academic in History
of the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula to assist in the delivery of an
exciting new strategy for Gulf Studies at Exeter. In this role you will
contribute to further enhancing the research profile of the Centre for
Gulf Studies and of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies,
particularly in areas related or complementary to the history of the
modern and contemporary Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.
The post is advertised at either Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level –
candidates who are suitable for either level can apply.
Salary for appointments at Lecturer level: £33,943 – 41,709 per annum
Salary for appointments at Senior Lecturer level: £41,709 – £55,998
per annum
Application deadline: *20April 2017*.
All information and details are available here:
http://bit.ly/1rU1fTJ
- March 29, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Annual Meeting of BRAIS
11-13 April, 2017
University of Chester
Programme available at:
http://www.brais.ac.uk/conferences/2017
2. CfP: Summer School – Theologies and Ethics of Justice: New Directions in 21st Century Islamic Thought, 26-29 July 2017, USA
http://www.iiit.org/2017—program-details-and-call-for-abstracts.html
3. The Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA) invites proposals from junior scholars (advanced graduate students or those within three years of completion of the PhD) to present at the Majlis to be held in conjunction with the College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference in Los Angeles, from February 21 to 24, 2018.
The HIAA Majlis, held periodically in conjunction with MESA or CAA, offers an opportunity for junior scholars in Islamic art to learn about their colleagues’ work and to connect with more senior scholars. It will take the form of a panel of four papers, followed by comments from more senior colleagues and discussion.
4. Le Département d’études persanes de l’Université de Strasbourg en France recrute un ATER (Attaché Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche) pour l’année universitaire 2017-2018 pour un service de 192 H / TD, réparties sur deux semestres et constituées de cours et de travaux dirigés en études persanes pour les niveaux suivants :
– DU (initiation à la langue) ;
– Licence (linguistique et histoire de la littérature) ;
– (et éventuellement) Master (analyse littéraire et traductologie).
L’ATER recruté devra donc être capable d’assurer des cours de langue, linguistique, traduction et histoire de la littérature. Par conséquent, une solide maîtrise des deux langues (persane et française) est exigée. Expérience dans l’enseignement est appréciée.
Pour toute information complémentaire, veuillez consulter la page « Attachés temporaires d’enseignement et de recherche (ATER) » sur le site Web de l’Université de Strasbourg à l’adresse suivante :
http://www.unistra.fr/index.php?id=19432
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5. CfP: Symposium: “Ottoman Sufism: Scholars, Works, and Problems”, Istanbul, 9-10 December 2017
This symposium focuses on the Ottoman period of Sufi history and aims to open up new viewpoints to the present scholarship. Languages: Turkish, English and Arabic.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2017. Information: www.isar.org.tr/en/announcements-news/ottoman-sufism-scholars-works-and-problems
6. Grants for Research Scholarships and Research Projects Provided by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung on “Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements”
The special programme takes a look at the dynamics between Islamic teachings, Islamism, nationalism and transnational orientations and environments.
Deadline for application: 24 May 2017. Information: www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/special_programme_islam
7. Gibb Centenary Scholarship in Middle Eastern Studies
Postgraduate students at an advanced stage of their doctoral research in any area of Middle Eastern Studies (7th century to 1918), and who are studying in a British university, are eligible to apply for scholarship of up to £2,000.
Deadline for application: 30 April 2017. Information: www.gibbtrust.org/Scholarship.html
8. Spatial Thought in Islamicate Societies, 1000–1600
The Politics of Genre, Image, and Text
Opening: Thursday, 30 March 2017, 19:00
Alte Aula, Münzgasse 30, Festsaal
Panels: Friday, 31 March and Saturday, 1 April 2017, 09:00
Hohentübingen Castle, Institute of Classical Archaeology, room 165
University of Tübingen
14 papers and 4 poster presentations examine how place and space have been conceived by writers and mapmakers in Islamicate parts of the world. Questioning the notion of genres, the conference explores the ways how spatial thought was entangled with political, religious, cultural, and intellectual history. The aim is to envisage a diversely linked spatial history, with new relevance for the study of Islamicate societies.
All information is also available at
- March 21, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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