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1.Reconsidering Kharijism – CfP for panel at DOT 2017 (Jena/Germany)
The deadline for panel submissions is end of March, contact hannah-lena.hagemann@uni-hamburg.de and/or tb31@soas.ac.uk as soon as possible.
2. Research Colloquium: “Arabic Popular Culture”, Department of Arabic Studies, Bamberg University, 5-6 May 2017
The colloquium addresses academics working on Arabic popular culture. Languages of discussion are German, Arabic, and English.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 March 2017. Information: http://bit.ly/2mSCDfw
3. Lecturer in the History of the Modern Middle East, King’s College London
The successful candidate will have trained in some aspect of the modern or contemporary history of the region. The candidate will be skilled in the use of a regional language, and offer some geographic breadth to our current expertise. S/he will teach and supervise BA students and contribute to the full range of the Department’s clearly defined activities in postgraduate teaching and PhD supervision, research, and administration
Deadline for application: 9 April 2017. Information: www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=75326
4. Three-year PhD Scholarship for Research on “Late Antiquity and Early Islam”, University of Groningen
The PhD student is expected to have graduated with excellent results in a research-based MA thesis in Theology/Religious Studies, History, Islamic Studies or another relevant discipline; to have an advanced level of Arabic or other relevant linguistic skills, so as to be able to read primary sources; to be fluent in English (both oral and written); etc.
Deadline for application: 2 April 2017. Information: www.rug.nl/education/phd-programmes/phd-scholarship-programme/phd-scholarships?details=00347-02S0005CFP
5. Postdoc Position, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Applicants must hold a PhD, and they must have documented research qualifications within the study of religion in the Middle East. The postdoc position is not tied to a specific, ongoing research project. Preferred start up is early autumn 2017.
Deadline for application: 29 March 2017. Information: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/135324/postdoc-position-at-the-department-of-philosophy-and-religious-studies
6. Articles on “Before Archaeology. The Meaning of the Past in Classical and Pre-modern Islamic Thought” for Volume of the “Atlas of the Ancient Near East Project”
This is a research program funded by Sapienza-University of Rome, aimed at the description, display and analysis of cultural heritage and landscapes in the ancient Near East.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2017. Information: www.academia.edu/31426127/CALL_FOR_PAPERS
7. The Journal of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (ACME) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the anthropological studies of all societies and cultures in the Middle East and Central Eurasia.
http://www.easaonline.org/networks/amce/index.shtml
Its scope is to publish original research by social scientists not only in the area of anthropology but also in sociology, folklore, religion, material culture and related social sciences. It includes all areas of modern and contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, China) including topics on minority groups and religious themes. The journal also will review monographic studies, reference works, results of conferences, and international workshops. ACME also publishes review essays, reviews of books and multimedia products (including music, films, and web sites) relevant to the main aims of the journal. All submissions for articles are peer-reviewed.
ACME is published with the financial support and collaboration of Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) program at the Oklahoma State University.
Founder&Chief Editor-Pedram Khosronejad- Oklahoma State University, USA; Assistant Editor- Leonardo Schiocchet, Institute for Social Anthropology (ISA) Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Book Review Editor- Brian Callan- Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.; Film Review Editor-Michael Abecassis, University of Oxford, UK.
For general enquiries and Instructions for Authors, please visit:
http://www.seankingston.co.uk/publishing.html
8. The 25th European Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS) is scheduled for 24-27 July 2018 at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, (54 and 105, Blvd. Raspail, 75006 Paris). It is organized by the Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud (UMR 8564, CNRS-EHESS).
The call for panels is now open and will close on 30 April 2017.
If you would like to convene a panel at this conference, please submit your proposal via the online form: https://portal.smart-abstract.com/ecsas2018<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__portal.smart-2Dabstract.com_ecsas2018&d=DwMFAw&c=lhMMI368wojMYNABHh1gQQ&r=2c_2rNSmRvqc9lubXXiZdA&m=t-8Fzex-lKuknbJfwV0kHylxTy20nrXqwu77gxTFBlA&s=llkhJJtoqKque3nPb_zVe9-O_uCGFNGILCIWJWFz20Q&e=>
How to proceed?
Proposals should consist of:
* panel title
* name of panel convenor or convenors
* short panel abstract of fewer than 300 characters
* long panel abstract of about 1750 characters, preferably including names of tentative panelists.
Rules for convening a panel at ECSAS 2018
EASAS membership required
All proposed panel convenors must be members of EASAS at the time of submission of the panel proposal
One panel and paper per conference
Panel convenors may present a paper during the conference, either in their own panel or another. Due to the ‘competition for time’ within such a conference, colleagues are allowed to convene no more than one panel and present only one paper during the conference. This does not prevent potential participants from making several proposals, but in the case of multiple acceptances the convenor and/or panelist will be asked to choose only one.
All panels with an open call
ECSAS requires all accepted panels to be open to paper proposals through the website: proposed panels cannot be ‘closed’ to further papers from the outset.
Composition of panels
EASAS appreciates a well-balanced composition of convenors and panelists within a panel (by gender, with an international mix of participants, and senior and junior scholars) but the main criterion will be the high academic quality of the panel. We also strongly encourage young researchers to contact panel convenors to be considered for inclusion in their panel; young researchers are also encouraged to propose panels themselves.
One convenor per panel must be based in a European institution. The conference organizers will also seek to ensure that the wide range of disciplines usually represented at the conference finds adequate coverage, both separately and in interdisciplinary panels.
No panel may run for more than 4 sessions of 90 minutes.
Convenors and presenters at the 25th ECSAS must be members of EASAS through 2017 & 2018 or 2018 & 2019 and then pay conference registration fees. Only members will be able to attend the conference.
It is easy to join EASAS through the following link:
http://www.easas.eu/become-member<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.easas.eu_become-2Dmember&d=DwMFAw&c=lhMMI368wojMYNABHh1gQQ&r=2c_2rNSmRvqc9lubXXiZdA&m=t-8Fzex-lKuknbJfwV0kHylxTy20nrXqwu77gxTFBlA&s=L0TyOFvrd2YfrfYWZUvVDwZ8cySXae_ZIIE19pamFvA&e=>
9. A Brief History of the Ismailis in Canada
Canada’s Ismaili Muslim community was thrust into the spotlight recently following Justin Trudeau’s New Year’s getaway to a private island in the Bahamas owned…
http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/march-2017/a-brief-history-of-the-ismailis-in-canada/
10. The Delightful World of Qur’anic Recitation
By Sayed Jalal Masoomi
Tuesday 28 March 2017
3 pm – 5 pm
The Islamic College, London.
http://us14.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7bf8b394c447f9bd7e13d9c79&id=e149791e09&e=7f88246b73
- March 14, 2017
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Conference: “Scripts and Scripture: Writing and Religion in Arabia, ca. 500-700 CE”, University of Chicago, 18-19 May 2017
The conference deals with Arabian epigraphy and religious traditions and their relation to the emergence of the Qur’ān. It aims to explore the question “How is it that a sacred scripture, the Qur’ān, coalesced in a region that apparently lacked an established script?”
Information: https://cmes.uchicago.edu/page/scripts-and-scripture-language-and-religion-arabia-circa-500-700
2. Jobs: University Professor of Turkish Studies, Institute for Oriental Studies, University of Vienna
In its main research fields, the chair is to cover the development of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey (18th century to the present) within the framework of history and in addition cultural studies or literary studies.
Deadline for application: 31 March 2017. Information: https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/fuer-mitarbeiterinnen/professorinnen/job/english/singleview/article/at-the-faculty-of-philological-and-cultural-studies-of-the-university-of-vienna-the-position-of-a-un-3/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=11945&cHash=44008a637a5ba9f6fd57d5a8d7d022f9
Assistant Professor in Social and Cultural History and/or Anthropology of the Middle East (from ca. 1800 to the present day), University of Ghent, Belgium
The applicant should have a proven track record of research and publications in the afore-mentioned academic field. The position will start on 1 October 2017.
Deadline for application: 24 March 2017. Contact Professor Andreas Niehaus, andreas.niehaus@ugent.be
One-Year Visiting Position, Modern Middle East, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
The Department of History at Franklin & Marshall College invites applications for a one-year visiting position in the history of the modern Middle East, beginning Fall 2017. The rank will be Visiting Assistant Professor or Visiting Instructor depending on qualifications; candidates should have or be close to completing the Ph.D. Teaching experience is required.
Deadline for application: 20 March 2017. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/40797
Lecturer in Politics (Focus Middle East), Bates College, Lewiston, ME
The Department of Politics invites applications for a one-year visiting position focusing on Comparative Politics with a specialty in politics of the Middle East starting in the fall of 2017. Candidates should have a Ph.D. completed or nearly complete.
Review of applications will begin 10 March 2017 and continue until position is filled. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/40843
Andrew W Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in History (Middle East or North Africa), Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
The two-year position will begin July 1, 2017. Preference is given for candidates who can offer curricular coverage of the twentieth century.
Review of applications will begin 10 March 2017. Information: https://careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/3823
Instructor for Arabic Language and Muslim Cultures (Tenure-Track), University of Calgary, Canada
The successful candidate will have a PhD or MA in Arabic Language, Linguistics or Literature, with expertise in language pedagogy and native or near native fluency in Arabic. The ideal candidate will also show evidence of excellent achievement in teaching. An ability to teach other languages of the Muslim World would be considered an asset.
Deadline for application: 15 March 2017. Information: http://mideast.unc.edu/university-of-calgary-instructor-arabic-language-and-muslim-cultures-tenure-track/
3. Open Access Book:
The Teaching and Learning of Arabic in Early Modern Europe
Editors: Jan Loop, Alastair Hamilton and Charles Burnett
Subjects: Middle East and Islamic Studies
Keywords: scholarship; Arabic; Koran; Bible; poetry; orientalism; learning; Qur’an; Erpenius; Islam; mission; grammar; Golius; teaching; textbooks
Publication Year : 2017
Book DOI: 10.1163/9789004338623
E – ISBN : 9789004338623
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789004338623
4. Kamran Djam Scholarships
Deadline: 3 May 2017
There are a number of Kamran Djam scholarships available for UK/EU and Overseas fee-paying SOAS students, providing a contribution towards fees of up to a maximum of £13,000 each year for the duration of the award. The MPhil/PhD scholarship is paid for 3 years. The MA is paid for one year (or two years if part-time). The Undergraduate scholarship is paid for one year.
https://www.soas.ac.uk/registry/scholarships/kamran-djam-scholarships.html
5. The Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg “History and Society during the Mamluk Era (1250-1517)” (https://www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/ ) has opened the call for applications for three PhD scholarships and three junior fellowships (Post-Doc scholars) with a prospective start date of October 2017.
Furher information at: https://www.mamluk.uni-bonn.de/mamluk-events
6. Architecture and Landscape in Medieval Anatolia, 1100-1500, eds. Patricia Blessing and Rachel Goshgarian, Edinburgh University Press, 2017:
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-architecture-and-landscape-in-medieval-anatolia-…
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/architecture-and-landscape-in-medieval-anatolia-11…
7. CFP – “Evidence of Power in the Ruler Portrait, 14th – 18th Centuries” (Munich, 1-2 Dec., 2017)
Munich / München, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, 01. – 02.12.2017
Deadline: Apr 30, 2017
Head and Body: Evidence of Power in the Ruler Portrait Between the 14th
and 18th Centuries
Kopf und Körper: Evidenzen der Macht im Herrscherporträt des 14.-18
Jahrhunderts
8. Princeton University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies invites applications for a one-year full-time position in modern Iranian studies at the rank of Lecturer. The appointment is from September 1, 2017 to July 1, 2018. We welcome applications from early career historians and social scientists of modern Iran. Research expertise and teaching interests may concern any aspect of modern Iran, from the 19th century to the present. The successful candidate will be expected to teach a total of four courses in this field, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
To apply, please complete an online application at https://jobs.princeton.edu. Applications must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, at least one course syllabus, and a paper or chapter of published writing or work-in-progress. Applicants must supply the names of three referees and their contact information in their online application. For any questions, please contact Karen Chirik (kchirik@princeton.edu).
Review of applications will begin March 27, 2017. Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable EEO and affirmative action regulations.
This position is subject to the University’s background check policy.
- March 09, 2017
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1.8th International Conference on Popular Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa – “Popular Culture between Site and Flow”, Tbilisi, Georgia, 28-30 September 2017
In what ways can or should the idea of popular culture be adapted to account for the significant patterns of contemporary movement of MENA peoples? In what ways are the spectacular demographic flows towards, through, and away from the region leading to the fetishization of movement, hybridity, and exchange in MENA cultural production? Etc.
Extended deadline for paper and panel proposals: 15 March 2017. Information: https://menapoptbilisi.wordpress.com/
2. Associate Professor of Ottoman History, University of Oxford
With a doctorate in the field of Ottoman history, the successful applicant will have an outstanding record of internationally excellent publication and research in Ottoman history of the period. She/he will have an excellent command of Ottoman Turkish, being able to carry out research using primary sources in that language, and to teach it to students; a working knowledge of Arabic and/or Persian is also necessary.
Deadline for application: 24 March 2017. Information: www.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/academic/index/ac23361j/
3. Gibb Memorial Trust
A.H. Morton Scholarship for Doctoral Research in Classical Persian Studies
The Gibb Memorial Trust is pleased to announce an Annual Scholarship in memory of Alexander (Sandy) Morton for doctoral research in the area of classical Persian Studies. Sandy Morton (1942-2011) worked at the British Museum and as Senior Lecturer in Persian at the London School of African and Oriental Studies. His interests ranged widely over the field, from glass weights and numismatics to Persian literature and the history of Iran from the Saljuqs to the Safavids. He was a long-standing Trustee of the Gibb Memorial Trust.
The award is for a maximum of £3,000 and can be applied to any year up to the final completion of a course of doctoral study at a British university, including for an approved period of study abroad; it will be paid at the start of the academic year in question, up to the submission of the dissertation.
Deadline: 30 April
http://www.gibbtrust.org/Scholarship.html
4. Mardin Artuklu University
Faculty of Literature Position Advertisement Anthropology
Closing date for applications: April 15th 2017
The Department of Anthropology at Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey, invites applications for full-time positions at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor with a specialization in the field of Socio-Cultural Anthropology. We are seeking creative thinkers with intellectual interests in the issues related to the Middle East, North Africa and Balkans. Positions are available for candidates at all ranks beginning in September 2017 or earlier. Successful candidates, once hired, are expected to fulfill their respective Department’s requirements with regard to teaching, research, record of publications, and service to the institution. Junior candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. at the time of appointment. All candidates should have an excellent command of English or Turkish and a strong commitment to teaching and research.
Mardin Artuklu University (ARTUKLU) is a newly founded, public university which has put forward a vision of research and teaching in social sciences, humanities and architecture. ARTUKLU aims to be a leading research university in especially the Middle East region. The medium of instruction is English and Turkish. The campus is located in Mardin, south east region of Turkey.
Please submit an application file that includes information about your research and teaching interests, your curriculum vitae, one sample of written work and names of three references or three letters of recommendation (for junior candidates) via e-mail to:
Assist. Prof. Süleyman Şanlı, suleymansanli@hotmail.com
Short-listed candidates will be individually informed of their selection for formal interviews.
Mardin Artuklu University: www.artuklu.edu.tr
5. XIXème Journée Monde Iranien
17 mars 2017
Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations (BULAC)
Auditorium du Pôle Langues et Civilisations
65, rue des Grands Moulins 75013, Paris
Organisation : Florence Jullien et Pollet Samvelian
6. Jobs:
Tufts University – Lecturer part-time in Middle Eastern History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54572
University of Glasgow – Lecturer in Medieval Transcultural History
(Grade 7 or 8)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54631
University of Glasgow – Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Global History
(Grade 7, 8 or 9)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54633
7. The Seventh issue The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences (JRISS) Vol. 7, No. 1, 2016 focuses on themes such as philosophy, epistemology, study of religion and comparative studies while taking a critical-analytical approach to the most important contemporary theoretical issues and questions. We invite scholars from all over the world to submit their articles to JRISS.
For more information please click the link here: https://www.jriss.nl/
8. 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
9. New Book Series – The Material Culture of Art
New Book Series, Bloomsbury Academic
Series Editor: Michael Yonan, University of Missouri
The Material Culture of Art is devoted to scholarship that brings art history into dialogue with interdisciplinary material culture studies. The material components of an object – its medium and physicality – are key to understanding its cultural significance. Material culture has stretched the boundaries of art history and emphasized new points of contact with other disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, consumer and mass culture studies, the literary movement called “Thing Theory,” and materialist philosophy. The Material Culture of Art seeks to publish studies that explore the relationship between art and material culture in all of its complexity. The series is a venue for scholars to explore specific object histories (or object biographies, as the term has developed), studies of medium and the procedures for making works of art, and investigations of art’s relationship to the broader material world that comprises society. It seeks to be the premiere venue for publishing the growing scholarship about works of art as exemplifications of material culture.
The series encompasses material culture in its broadest dimensions, including the decorative arts (furniture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles), everyday objects of all kinds (toys, machines, musical instruments), and studies of the familiar high arts of painting and sculpture. The series welcomes proposals for monographs, thematic studies, and edited collections.
Please direct inquiries and proposals to both:
Michael Yonan, series editor, yonanm@missouri.edu
Margaret Michniewicz, Visual Arts Acquisitions Editor, Margaret.Michniewicz@bloomsbury.com
10. The Historians of Islamic Art Association invites proposals from junior scholars (advanced graduate students or those within 3 years of completion of the PhD) to present at its Majlis, to be held at the Middle East Studies Association Meeting, November 18-21, 2017, in Washington DC.
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. We invite proposals for 20-minute papers on current research focused on any topic, time period or region related to Islamic art.
Proposals should be submitted by email to Amanda Phillips at sec.hiaa@gmail.com as a two-part attachment and should include:
- a cover sheet with your name, academic status, contact information (postal address, e-mail address, telephone number/s) and title of proposed presentation; and
- an abstract of no more than one page.
Proposals are due by April 15, 2017.
Please note that all those selected to present at the Majlis must be current members of HIAA.
- March 04, 2017
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1.Call for chapters for a new anthology ‘Islamophobia in Muslim Societies’
http://jahrbuch-islamophobie.de/konferenzen/
2. The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) is pleased to announce that it will be offering its intensive summer Arabic programs in Beirut between June 21 and August 9, 2017. CAMES offers two separate programs.
The application deadline is April 12, 2017.
Please visit the website to learn more about the programs: http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/cames/sap/
And/or contact them at cames@aub.edu.lb.
3. The Arab Studies Institute (ASI) and AUB’s Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES)are pleased to announce the second Doctoral Dissertation Summer Institute on Lebanon, to be held 12-23 June 2017. The program aims to provide a framework for facilitating and advancing rigorous inter-disciplinary doctoral dissertation research on Lebanon. A cohort of PhD students, representing an array of disciplines, research agendas, and institutional affiliations, will be chosen from an open pool of applicants through a competitive selection process. By bringing together PhD students of various disciplinary training and topical foci, this program creates a space to interrogate, modify, and develop critical approaches to the study of Lebanon. Central to this process is increasing students’ familiarity with the contours of knowledge production as well as field research in Lebanon.
Application Deadline: 5 March 2017
Contact Email:
Lebanon.Dissertation@gmail.com
URL:
http://lebanondissertation.weebly.com
4. Unlocking the Medinan Qur’an
19–21 March 2017
International workshop held at Pembroke College, Oxford
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK
Attendance of the workshop is free, but prior registration is required: medinanquran@orinst.ox.ac.uk. All papers will be c. 25–30 minutes in length, followed by 15 minutes of discussion. The workshop is convened by Nicolai Sinai.
5. CFP – Mediterranean diasporas in the early modern Italy (15th-19th century)
We welcome contributions that investigate the role played by diasporas in state-promoted internal colonizations, in the building of institutional, social and geographical spaces and, finally, in the making of the concepts of “nation”, “foreigner” and “tolerance.” Papers discussing methodological aspects and/or carried out through digital humanities will be also appreciated.
Paper proposal should contain a title, a short abstract (max. 2000 characters) and a brief CV. (for more details, see: http://www.storiaurbana.org/)
Contact Email:
URL:
6. The Roshan Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Persian and Iranian Studies is a newly established program at the University of Arizona. The Persian program will be admitting a very limited number of graduate students at the MA and PH.D level for the 2017-2018 academic year. To apply and for more information about the program and availability of financial support please see www.persian.arizona.edu. For more information, please contact Mariam Hawatmeh at mariamh@email.arizona.edu.
7. University of Calgary
The Faculty of Arts, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures (SLLLC) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Instructor in the area of Arabic Language and Muslim Cultures, effective July 1, 2017.
We are seeking a candidate who is focused on teaching and teaching innovation. The successful candidate will have a PhD or MA in Arabic Language, Linguistics or Literature, with expertise in language pedagogy and native or near native fluency in Arabic. The ideal candidate will also show evidence of excellent achievement in teaching. An ability to teach other languages of the Muslim World would be considered an asset.
The expectations of the position are to teach seven (7) courses per academic year, contribute to curriculum development, build student engagement in the new program, commit to School and University service, and engage with the local community.
The School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures is a newly formed unit whose faculty research and teach Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish languages and related cultures as well as Linguistics. The latest addition has been the introduction of the program in Arabic Language and Muslim Cultures (ALMC). The School considers this an area that will grow in the coming years, and is looking for an energetic individual who can contribute to the evolution of ALMC. For more information about the School, please visit http://slllc.ucalgary.ca/.
Applications in PDF format should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy (including potential courses to be taught), previous course syllabi, teaching evaluations (if available) and three confidential letters of recommendation (with at least one letter addressing teaching ability).
To ensure full consideration, complete applications (including all reference letters) must be submitted by March 15, 2017.
Dr. Cheryl Dueck, Search Committee Chair
School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures
Faculty of Arts
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4
Email: slllc@ucalgary.ca
The deadline for applications is March 15, 2017.
- February 25, 2017
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1.You are kindly invited to participate in the “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.
All forms for the registration of your participation as well as your papers and panels are now available on the website of the DOT (www.dot2017.de/en). Please register your accommodation during the Congress as soon as possible because some of the hotels are already completely booked (www.dot2017.de/en/travel-hotels/hotels/).
Scholars interested in presenting a paper in one of the Open Panels should contact the specific organizer(s) of the panel by e-mail until 28 February 2017. The abstract of your proposed paper should not exceed 200 words.
All other scholars who want to present a paper or who have organized a closed panel should meet the following deadline:
– Until 31 March 2017: Registration of the abstracts of all papers and panels via the website of the DOT www.dot2017.de/en. This is also the deadline for the individual registration of participants at a reduced fee.
Best regards, Guenter Meyer
2. CFP – Ernst Herzfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology – Reassessing Nineteenth-Century Art in Islamic Countries
University of Vienna, Department of Art History, July 6/7–8, 2017
For your paper (20 mins in German or English), please submit an abstract (300 words maximum, plus a
one-page abbreviated CV) before March 1, 2017 to Dr Maximilian Hartmuth:
maximilian.hartmuth@univie.ac.at. Acceptance and a preliminary programme will be announced in early April. The conference is scheduled to start the evening of July 6 and to end July 8. Optional fieldtrips to Islamic art in Vienna are planned for July 9. The conference fee of 50/25 EUR is waived for members of the Society.
3. The University of Leuven, Belgium, is one of the oldest European research universities (founded in 1425). The Faculty of Arts is currently offering an open rank professorship in the field of politics, culture and society of the contemporary Middle East. A PhD must be in hand when the appointment begins. The successful candidate must be prepared to provide instruction in the field of politics, culture and society of the contemporary Middle East as well as participate in the language acquisition of Modern Standard Arabic at all levels of the teaching program. The teaching load is approximately 40%. At the University of Leuven, the teaching language is Dutch. A candidate who does not know Dutch must reach the EFR C1- level within three years (after commencement of the appointment). In the meantime, teaching in English is allowed.
For the full text of this open rank professorship, please see http://icts.kuleuven.be/apps/jobsite/vacatures/54048847. For more information, please contact the current Chair of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Prof. Gino Schallenbergh (Gino.Schallenbergh@kuleuven.be ) or the current Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof. Jo Tollebeek (Johan.Tollebeek@kuleuven.be ).
4. Jobs
Aga Khan Museum – Director of Collections and Public Programs
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54498
University of Pennsylvania – MIDDLE EAST STUDIES LIBRARIAN
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54485
5. The Second International Conference on the Need for Dialogue in Humanities: Globalizing Humanities and Social Sciences
Conference Issues:
The differences between global, international and local social sciences and humanities
The relation between global social sciences and humanities and Iranian social sciences and humanities
Capacities of Iranian social sciences and humanities in order to produce local, native and global science
Concepts, theories and discourses of global social sciences and humanities
Methodology of global social sciences and humanities
Actors of global social sciences and humanitiesEffective forces on formation of global social sciences and humanities
Venue: Kharazmi University, 49 South Mofatteh Ave, Tehran, 15719-14911, I. R. Iran
Date: April 26-27, 2017
Tel: +98(21)86072789
For more information visit: http://icgssh.khu.ac.ir/en
Abstract submission deadline: Sunday, March 05, 2017
6. Colloquium: “History, Memory, Identity”, Diyanet Islamic Research Institute, Lanham, MD, 8 April 2017
To further the conversation among increasingly specialized and differentiated research interests in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, the colloquium will address three broad themes: history, memory, and identity. Graduate students who are engaged in innovative research with interdisciplinary perspectives are particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline for abstracts: 24 February 2017. Information: http://diyanetinstitute.org/
7. Conference: “Qur’anic Manuscript Studies: State of the Field”, Central European University, Budapest, 4-6 May 2017
The conference hopes to consider the new directions provided to the field of Qur’anic studies by the digital revolution, in terms of access to the manuscripts and tools for editing their texts, and by the new understanding of philology accruing from digital philology.
Information: https://religion.ceu.edu/quranic-manuscript-conference-may-4-6-2017
8. Conference: “Religion and Division: Causes, Consequences and Counters”, Association for the Sociology of Religion, Montreal, 13-14 August 2017
This meeting is open to all topics within the sociology of religion, focusing on any aspects of religion and division, conflict, or violence; religion and unity, peace, justice, and other social movements.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2017. Information: www.sociologyofreligion.com/annual-meeting/
9. International Conference: “Religion(s) and Power(s)”, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania, 5-6 October 2017
The Lithuanian Society for the Study of Religions in cooperation with Latvian Society for the Study of Religions and Estonian Society for the Study of Religions invites proposals for this conference.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 April 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/165267/cfp-religions-and-powers
10. Lectureship in Middle Eastern Studies, Leiden Institute for Area Studies
We are interested in scholars with a PhD in Comparative Middle Eastern Studies, Modern Middle Eastern History, Cultural Studies, Politics, or Sociology and with a specialization in the Mashriq region and knowledge of Arabic (Vacancy number 17-021).
Deadline for application: 1 March 2017. Information: http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/wetenschappelijke-functies/17-021-lectureship-in-middle-eastern-studies.html
11. Assistant Professor in Arabic, American University of Kuwait
Candidates should have native or near-native fluency in Arabic. They should be familiar with the Gulf region and with teaching experience in language and literature. PhD required. Position Code No. 17- 401- MESA 01.
Information: http://auk.edu.kw/careers/career_faculty_cas.jsp
12. Part time Post at University of Edinburgh
https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=038899
13. University of California, Davis
Lecturer in Arabic
The University of California, Davis Arabic Program announces a lecturer position to teach Arabic. The lecturer will teach six-eight courses over three quarters, with the possibility of renewal. Applicant must have native or near-native proficiency in Arabic. Applicant must have a BA or MA in Arabic, another field of languages and literatures, or another field of Arab Studies in the humanities; college level teaching experience in Modern Standard Arabic as a second language; and the ability to teach one colloquial dialect of Arabic. Please apply online at:
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF01457
The application should include a letter of application indicating the texts and methods that you have used in Arabic instruction, a c.v., two sets of student evaluations, sample tests and quizzes, and contact information only for three people who can provide a letter of recommendation. Review of applications will begin on April 10, 2017.
14. Muslims in the UK and Europe
Postgraduate Symposium, University of Cambridge, 12-13 May 2017
Organised by the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge Centre of Islamic Studies invites applications from current Masters and PhD candidates to present their research on issues pertaining to Muslims in the UK and Europe, from any discipline. The postgraduate symposium, taking place from 12-13 May 2017, will be a platform for students to present and exchange current research on any topic in this field in a dynamic forum. While historical or theoretical context is valuable, we invite papers also to present, analyse or interpret research findings, data or material. The symposium will take place at The Moller Centre, Cambridge. Accommodation will be covered by the Centre of Islamic Studies and bursaries will be available for travel within the UK.
To apply please submit a 500-word abstract, with curriculum vitae outlining current research interests, to cis@cis.cam.ac.uk by 13 March 2017.
Successful candidates will be notified by 20 March 2017 and invited to submit draft papers of no more than 3000 words by 5 May 2017.
http://www.cis.cam.ac.uk/activities/annual-graduate-symposia/
15. Special Issue of New Media & Society:
Media, Identity, and Online Communities in a Changing Arab World[1]
Co-edited by Aziz Douai, Eid Mohamed, and Adel Iskandar
Objective and Significance
This special issue will examine the role of new media in the construction of online communities in the Arab world. It is important to understand how user-generated content empowers these new publics and the novel communities established by user comments on social media and news websites. Specifically, there is a need to research these online communities and their perceptions of the role of user-generated content to contribute to politics, and potentially engage other citizens in the public debate. For these reasons, this special issue seeks to answer the following questions: What characterizes these online users’ communities? What are their motivations? How do they perceive the role of news websites’ commenting functions in promoting political engagement? The editors welcome contributions that are theoretically informed and empirically rigorous, employing qualitative and/or quantitative research methods.
Proposed Topics:
The following is a list of suggested topics for analysis. Articles could develop a subject in connection to any of the following themes:
– Theorization of the Online Arab Public Sphere
– User-generated Content and Participatory Cultures
– New Media and Social Movement Theory in the Context of the Arab Uprisings
– Arab Spring and the Mobilizing Potential of New Media
– Media Convergence and Citizen Journalism after the “Arab Spring”
– The Political-Cultural Division in the Public Sphere
– Network Cultural Production in the Digital age
– Digital Divide and Participation in the Public Sphere
– New Media and the Construction of New Arab Identities
– Regulation Policies and Standardization Processes, and Their Impact on Institutional and Individual Uses of Technology
Theoretical contributions in the fields of new media and the public sphere, presentation of ongoing research and empirical studies are welcome along with any of the abovementioned (but not limited to) themes.
Submission:
Proposals should include the author’s name and affiliation, title, an abstract of 250-300 words, and 3 to 5 keywords, and should be sent to the e-mail address tiproject@dohainstitute.edu.qa no later than March 25th 2017. Selected submissions will be due 30 September 2017 and will be submitted directly to the submission site for New Media and Society: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nms where they will undergo peer review following the usual procedures of New Media & Society. Note therefore that invitation to submit a full article does not therefore guarantee acceptance into the special issue. The special issue will be published in early 2018.
Tentative Timeline:
– Abstract Submission Deadline: March 25, 2016
– Proposal Selection Notification: April 15, 2017
– Initial Article Submission Deadline: September 30, 2017
- February 14, 2017
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1.Workshop: “Building Confessional Identities in the Ottoman Empire (16th–18th Centuries)”, École française de Rome, Italy, 6 February 2017
The aim of this workshop is to carry on in a comparative way a reflection upon the progressive construction of confessional identities within the communities of the Ottoman Empire.
Information: www.efrome.it/fileadmin/res/PDF_Flyers_Affiches_Programmes/Moderne/SANTUS_JDE_2017_flyer.pdf
2. Conference: “Islamophobia and the End of Liberalism”, University of California, Berkeley, 21-23 April 2017
This conference provides an inter-disciplinary platform to reflect and respond to the crisis of post-Cold war liberal order by exploring the relationship between Islamophobia and the reshaping of Western societies.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2017. Information: https://irdp.submittable.com/submit/74104/islamophobia-and-the-end-of-liberalism
3. International Conference: “Popular Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa: Popular Culture between Site and Flow”, Tbilisi, Georgia, 28-30 September 2017
Organized by the Giorgi Tsereteli Oriental Institute at Ilia State University in collaboration with the University of Vienna and Al Akhwayn University (Morocco). We invite papers which address aspects of cinema, film, street theatre, comedy, poetry, press, digital media, dance, games, folklore, music, storytelling, and television of the MENA region and its diasporas.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2017. Information: https://menapoptbilisi.wordpress.com/
4. Associate Professor in the Study of Religions with a Specialization in Islam, University of Bergen, Norway
The perspective of this study is crosscultural and comparative, including both the history of religions as well as the systematic study of religion. The successful applicant should have research competence in at least one source language relevant for the study of Islam.
Application deadline: 1 March 2017. Information: Professor Jan Heiret: jan.heiret@uib.no
5. Research Scholar on “Islamic Definition of the Nuclear Family in the Wake of Modern Biomedical Technology”, Georgetown University in Qatar
The position will be based in Doha for the period of 8 months on a full time basis. It is scheduled to begin by September 1, 2017. The successful candidate will possess sufficient knowledge and expertise in the social sciences with a particular focus on the Muslim world or Muslim populations. PhD in hand or expected by the start date is required. Proficiency in Arabic language is strongly desired.
Information: https://georgetown.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Georgetown_Qatar_Careers/job/Qatar/Research-Scholar_JR00843
6. Four Postdoctoral Fellowships (2017-2018) in Studies on Jewish or Middle East History, Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv University
All candidates must have received their PhD at an accredited institution of higher learning no earlier than 1 October 2012 and no later than 1 October 2017. Holders of PhD degrees from Tel Aviv University are not eligible for this fellowship.
Deadline for application: 1 March 2017. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/162502/zvi-yavetz-school-historical-studies-four-post-doctoral
7. Research Fellowships 2017/2018, Yale Law School for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization, New Haven, CT
The Abdallah S. Kamel Center is seeking scholars from diverse backgrounds and academic disciplines who have completed or are near completion of an advanced degree (e.g., Ph.D., J.S.D., D.Phil.) and whose work engages with the intellectual and social history of Islam, Islamic legal and political theory, or law in contemporary Muslim societies.
Deadline for application: 1 February 2017. Information: www.law.yale.edu/centers-workshops/abdallah-kamel/opportunities
8. Research Fellow for Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC
This position is for a one-year project with possible renewal for a second year. While a PhD is desired, a candidate with a Master’s degree and approximately five years of related experience would also be considered. The position requires the ability to carry out research interviews in either Arabic or French as well as native or near-native English language skills.
Deadline for application: 7 February 2017. Information: https://carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com/jobs/517239.html
9. Articles for “Islamology: New Journal for Studies of Islam and Muslim Societies”
The first issue in 2017 will be dedicated to anthropology, sociology and political science of the Muslim societies.
Deadline for papers: 31 March 2017. Information: http://islamoved.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Islamology_-en_Call_for_papers-1.pdf
10. ‘’Center for Iran, Balkans and Central European Studies’’
with cooperation with Bulgarian National Library ‘’ St, Cyril and Methodius’’ and
Department of Iranian Studies at Sofia University ‘’St. Kliment Ohridski’’
“Allameh Tabataba’i University” “Society of Persian Language and Cultures Friends in Republic of Bulgaria”
Announces the International conference:
’’Persian Manuscripts in Balkans and Central Europe’’ 23-24 February 2017,
Bulgarian National Library ‘’ St, Cyril and Methodius’’- Sofia University‘’St. Kliment Ohridski’’
persianmanuscripts@cibce.org
Participation fee for speakers:
50 Euros online payment
60 Euros on the spot.
There is no participation fee for members of IBCE (For membership please visit www.cibce.org)
11. Eight Scholarships Available for 2017-18 International Peacemaking Program
12. University Assistant (Prae Doc), Institut fuer Islamisch-theologische Studien, University of Vienna
Profile: PhD in Islamic Theology / Islamic Studies or equivalent disciplines with emphasis on the Sciences of the Qur’an (Ulûm al-Qur’an) or Qur’an Exegesis (Tafsir); high command of written and oral English, Turkish and Persian skills are an advantage.
Deadline for application: 28 February 2017. Information: https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibung-flow;jsessionid=B544470BCE47CFF35EF328BE109A6BAE?_flowExecutionKey=_c486B23D2-E33C-5DBA-35ED-ACBC9B51C21D_kFBA8E8E9-7665-2FB1-36AF-C8EFB622FABC&tid=60695.28&_language=en
13. Post-doctoral Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies, Georgetown University
The purpose of the fellowship is to promote specialized social scientific research on the Druze communities centrally and primarily, and on collective political and cultural identities in the Arab world more generally.
Deadline for application: 1 March 2017. Information: www.fundit.fr/fr/node/3291
- February 04, 2017
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Marc Toutant, Un empire de mots – Pouvoir, culture et soufisme à l’époque des derniers Timourides au miroir de la Khamsa de Mīr ‘Alī Shīr Nawā’ī, Peeters, 2016.
http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=9977
2. The Diez Albums: Contexts and Contents edited by Julia Gonnella, Friederike Weis and Christoph Rauch (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2016).
With contributions by Serpil Bağcı, Barbara Brend, Massumeh Farhad, Julia Gonnella, Claus-Peter Haase, Oliver Hahn, Robert Hillenbrand, Yuka Kadoi, Charles Melville, Gülru Necipoğlu, Bernard O’Kane, Filiz Ҫakır Phillip, Yves Porter, Julian Raby, Christoph Rauch, Simon Rettig, David J. Roxburgh, Karin Rührdanz, Zeren Tanındı, Lâle Uluç, Ching-Ling Wang, and Friederike Weis.
http://www.brill.com/products/book/diez-albums
3. Asli Niyazioglu, “Dreams and Lives in Ottoman Istanbul: A Seventeenth-Century Biographer’s Perspective” (Routledge: 2016).
Abstract: Dreams and Ottoman Lives explores biography writing and dream narratives in early modern Istanbul. It shows how the narration of dreams provided biographers with a means to form learned communities in a politically fragile landscape and gave them the space to debate the correct career paths in early seventeenth-century Istanbul. Recent studies have examined the shared political and economic rhythms between Habsburg Spain, Safavid Iran, Mughal India, Ming China and the Ottoman Empire, and there is now a strong interest in comparative approaches that examine cultural lives in the early modern world. This first English-language monograph on Ottoman dreamscapes builds upon this comparative work and introduces a world where dreams changed lives; the dead appeared in broad daylight; and biographers invited their readers to the gardens of remembrance.
https://www.amazon.com/Dreams-Lives-Ottoman-Istanbul-Seventeenth-Century/dp/1472472292
4. THE AGA KHAN PROGRAM FOR ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE (AKPIA) AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATESHIP PROGRAM FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-2018.
- January 28, 2017
- by Andrew Newman
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1.The Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) is pleased to announce its 2017 Travel and Research Grant Programs in conjunction with its Tenth Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. to be held October 19 – 21, 2017. Grant awards range from $500 to $2500.
The deadline to submit a grant application is March 31, 2017.
Below is select guidelines for the 2017 program, visit the ASMEA website for further details and rules:
- Applicants must be current members of ASMEA and engaged in ongoing study of the Middle East or Africa.
- Applications must be accompanied by a paper proposal that represents new and un-published research relevant to ASMEA’s areas of study
- Applicants to the Research Grants Program must submit a brief letter of reference from their department chair. For student applicants, a letter from a dissertation advisor is acceptable.
- Successful Research and Travel Grant Program applicants will be required to present their research at the Tenth Annual ASMEA Conference on October 19-21, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
- Research grants may be used to cover any costs associated with conducting research for the specified proposal. Travel grants may be used to cover any costs associated with attending the conference.
https://asmea.nonprofitcms.org/c/conferences/5/pages/grantprograms
For questions, please contact Emily Lucas at info@asmeascholars.org.
2. CFP: Migrations in Mongol Eurasia: People, Ideas, Artifacts
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
International Conference, December 18-20, 2017
3. Call for contributions: The history of books and collections through manuscript notes (Journal of Islamic Manuscripts, 2018)
4. Stanford University – 2017-19 Postdoctoral Fellowship on Islam in North America
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54414
5. Conference: “Qurʾanic Studies : Methods, Contexts and Interpretations”, International Qur’anic Studies Association & Beit al-Hikma, Carthage, Tunisia, 4-6 July 2017
The symposium will focus on methodologies of qurʾanic analysis from traditional qurʾanic sciences or from the latest developments in qurʾanic studies.
Information: https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/meetings/im2017/
6. Workshop: “Electoral Frameworks, Party Systems and Electoral Outcomes: Comparing Elections in the Gulf”, Gulf Research Meeting, Cambridge, 1-4 August 2017
Directors: Luciano Zaccara (Qatar Univ.); Kristin Smith Diwan (AGSIW). This workshop examines the transformation of Gulf representative politics through the study of elections.
Information: http://grm.grc.net/index.php?pgid=Njk=&wid=MTI4&yr=2017
7. International Conference: “Transnational Sufism in Contemporary Societies”, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 9-11 November 2017
This conference aims to gather researchers from around the world to develop reflections on Sufism and Islamic spirituality in contemporary societies, in its ethical, philosophical, theological, social, and political manifestations.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2017. Information: www.cini.it/en/news/call-for-papers-transnational-sufism-contemporary-societies-international-conference
8. Research Associate (Post-Doc) for the Project “The Early Islamic Empire at Work – The View from the Regions toward the Center”, Hamburg University
The term is fixed until 31 March 2019. The project studies the political and economic workings of the the Islamic Empire (660-940 CE) from the Atlantic to the Hindukush. Requirements: A PhD degree in a relevant field of Middle Eastern history and culture; excellent Arabic reading skills, experience working with Arabic historical primary sources, excellent knowledge of English, and reading French is required.
Deadline for application: 15 Feb. 2017. Information: www.islamic-empire.uni-hamburg.de
9. Conference – The Origins of the Islamic State (16–17 Feb., London)
This is a free event sponsored by an British Academy BARSEA award and open to all who have registered via Eventbrite. We ask that you register by Sunday 12th February to ensure that we order sufficient refreshments.
Venue: UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY
10. International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) 6.1 (January 2017).
Please click on the link below to preview the sixth issue abstracts:
www.intellectbooks.com/ijia
11. On behalf of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project at Columbia University, we would like to invite to attend our two-day workshop (Feb. 16-17) on our collections held at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML) at Columbia University in the City of New York.
The workshop keynote will be delivered by Professor Sabine Schmidtke from the Institute for Advanced Study. The keynote, titled “Preserving, Democratizing, and Studying the World Heritage of Islamic Manuscripts, will take place on Thursday, February 16, 2017 from 4:30pm-6:00pm.
We are eager to host the myriad prestigious academics, scholars, and intellectuals who will be participating in our workshop, and likewise look forward to you joining a conversation at the crossroads of a deep intellectual tradition, medieval paleography and codicology, and contemporary digital humanities.
Further info and registration information at: https://networks.h-net.org/node/7636/discussions/162926/workshop-rediscovering-words-worlds-arabic-script-collections
Co-hosted by Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Middle East Institute.
- January 23, 2017
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. The Middle East Institute and the Department of Middle Eastern, South
Asian and African Studies at Columbia University invite applications for
an appointment as Arcapita Visiting Professor of Modern Arab Studies for
a one-semester position for the fall 2017 or spring 2018 semester. The
position may be filled at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor,
Visiting Associate Professor, or Visiting Professor. We are interested
in candidates whose field of research and teaching is in history,
culture, or social sciences of the modern Arab world. The incumbent will
be expected to teach two courses in this field, to participate in the
activities of the Middle East Institute and to give a brown bag lecture
and other such public lectures as may be appropriate. The position
offers competitive remuneration.
All applications must be made through Columbia University’s online
Recruitment of Academic Personnel System (RAPS)
https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1484177521091
DEADLINE 4/4/2017
For inquiries about the position, please contact Astrid Benedek at
amb49@columbia.edu
2. Lecturer in Arabic Language and Culture
This position is full-time academic year, limited to 06-24-2018 with extension contingent upon funding approval. The Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures at the University of Rhode Island invites applications for a renewable Lecturer in Arabic Language and Culture beginning academic year 2017-2018. URI’s Arabic program is communicative, proficiency-oriented and integrates the teaching of spoken colloquial Arabic (currently Levantine Arabic) with the teaching of Modern Standard Arabic. The program currently offers a minor with a major in Arabic Language and Culture in development. Teach a total of 12 credits per semester, typically in the form of 3 four-credit courses, and will assist the Arabic section with program development, program promotion, course coordination and extra-curricular activities. Lecturer will teach undergraduate courses at all levels, from beginning language courses to advanced content courses taught in the Arabic language, and potentially English-language content courses on cultural topics in the Arabic-speaking world depending on qualifications.
Visit the URI jobs website at: https://jobs.uri.edu to apply and view complete details for job posting (F00024). Application Deadline: This is an open until filled search. First consideration will be given to applications received by February 10, 2017. Second consideration will be given to applications received by February 25, 2017. Applications received subsequent to second consideration date (February 25, 2017) may not be given full consideration.
3. The South Asian Muslim Studies Association (SAMSA)
invites you to share your research findings on SAMSA-organized panels at two conferences, the first is at the 46th Annual Conference on South Asia, organized by the Center for South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 26-29, 2017 (the deadline for the submission of proposals is ten weeks away—April 1, 2017), and the second conference is not scheduled until March of next year (2018) but the proposal deadline will be early August 2017. It is the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies and it will be held in Washington, DC, March 22-25, 2018.
At Madison, SAMSA will be applying once again to host a Pre-Conference to be held on Thursday, October 26, 2017. This year the theme for the proposed Pre-Conference is “Postcolonial Scholarship at 70: Seven Decades of Research on South Asian Muslims 1947-2017.” If approved by the Center for South Asian Studies the Pre-Conference it will be held at the Concourse Hotel, Madison, Wisconsin.
We would like to invite you to present your research on any theme related to South Asian Muslim studies from a historical to a contemporary perspective and from any disciplinary viewpoint. We seek papers from established scholars and from doctoral candidates. We would also like to invite you to submit papers to be published in its “SAMSA Collected Papers” series. The theme for Volume 1 is the same as the proposed Pre-Conference: “Postcolonial Scholarship at 70: Seven Decades of Research on South Asian Muslims 1947-2017.” Even if you are not planning on presenting your research at Madison or Washington, you are still invited to submit a chapter for the volume.
Please send us a tentative title and a one-paragraph abstract for either of the conferences or for Volume 1 of the “SAMSA Collected Papers” series. The Pre-Conference Program Co-Chairs are Roger D. Long, Eastern Michigan University (Rlong@emich.edu), M. Raisur Rahman, Wake Forest University (rahmanmr@wfu.edu ), and Sanaa Riaz, Metropolitan State University, Denver (sriaz1@msudenver.edu ).
In addition, SAMSA organizes panel proposals for the Madison conference held on the three days following the pre-conference, that is, on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If you have an individual paper or a panel proposal related to any aspect of South Asian Muslim studies that you would like to be on the conference program on the Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, please contact us. The SAMSA President, Laura Dudley Jenkins, University of Cincinnati (Laura.Jenkins@uc.edu ), coordinates these panel proposals.
The second conference for which SAMSA will be submitting panel proposals is the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies. It will be held in Washington, DC, March 22-25, 2018. If you have an individual paper or a panel on any theme related to South Asian Muslim studies, SAMSA would like to hear from you. The SAMSA President, Laura Dudley Jenkins, University of Cincinnati (Laura.Jenkins@uc.edu ), will also be coordinating SAMSA panel proposals for the AAS Annual Meeting.
For all queries and expressions of interest please contact Roger Long at Rlong@emich.edu .
4. Conference: “Islam ‒ Knowledge ‒ Power. Interactions from a Theological and Historical Perspective”, Swiss Centre for Islam and Society, University of Fribourg, 22-23 February 2017
The conference aims to reflect on the development of Islamic knowledge and its relationship with the discursive and political order. In doing so, both historical and contemporary issues are raised.
Deadline for registration: 14 February 2017. Information: http://www.unifr.ch/webnews/content/159/file/A6-5_Tagung_IKP(1).pdf
5. 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.
Application period for the academic year 2017/18 is from 15 April until 31 May 2017.
For more information: www.ihiw.de/master
For direct enquiries: ieiw@geschkult.fu-berlin.de
6. ARTS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD. The Department of Art History, University of California, Los Angeles, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in the arts of the Islamic world, to start July 1, 2017. We seek a scholar whose work emphasizes methodological innovation as well as connections between Islamic and other traditions, and who is interested in cross-field collaboration within the department and the university. Ph.D. in hand at time of appointment required. We welcome candidates whose experience in teaching, research, or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence.
Please submit letter of interest, curriculum vitae, sample publication, and names and contact information for three referees online at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF02631. For more information, contact Prof. Dell Upton (dupton@humnet.ucla.edu), Chair, Search Committee. Application deadline: December 15, 2016.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy (http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct)
7.Rum Seljuq Architecture, 1170-1220
The Patronage of Sultans
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-rum-seljuq-architecture-1170-1220-hb.html
8. Registration for the upcoming conference From Malacca to Manchester: Curating Islamic Collections Worldwide(Manchester Museum, UK, 22-24 February 2017) is now open. For more information and to book please follow this link: http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/events/malaccatomanchester/.
9. Summer School: The Arabic Manuscript: Codicology, Palaeography, and History
Tunis, National Library, July 10-15, 2017.
The number of participants is limited. Preregistration is compulsory. Masters’ students, PhD
candidates, librarians and researchers working on Arabic manuscripts will be given priority. Please send a short CV and cover letter to manuscritarabetunis@gmail.com before April 30, 2017.
10. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute:
Beyond East and West: Exchanges and Interactions across the Early Modern World (1400-1800)
Application Deadline: March 1, 2017
Institute Dates: June 19 – July 7, 2017
Host Institution: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN USA
11. International Conference on Interdisciplinary Qur’anic Studies, 6th and 7th March, 2017, at Tehran (Iran). The deadline for submitting paper(s) is 3th February, 2017.
For more information about the conference, please visit our website at http://muslimstudents.ir/en-research or connect us by our e-mail address: Iqsc2017@gmail.com . You may also connect shaghayegh.ebrauhimie@gmail.com.
telegram channel: @quran_indisciplinary
Conference Experts
- Arabic expert: Mrs Dr. Saeedeh Birjandy, sabirjandi@gmail.com
- Persian expert: Ms Reyhaneh Kazemi. kazemi502@gmail.com
- English expert: Ms Shaghayegh Ebrauhimie, ebrauhimie@gmail.com
- January 18, 2017
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Kishwar Rizvi, “It’s harder than ever to teach Islamic art — but never more important” (6 Jan. 2017, Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/01/06/its-harder-than-ever-to-teach-…
2. “The ‘Dangerous Classes’ in the Middle East and North Africa”, University of Oxford, 26 January 2017
This conference takes as its central theme this notion of the “dangerous classes” and invites abstracts examining its explanatory power when applied to the Middle East and North Africa in the period from around 1800 to the present.
Information: http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/events/%E2%80%9Cdangerous-classes%E2%80%9D-middle-east-and-north-africa
3. International Workshop: “The Ibāḍīyya in the Context of Early Islamic Theology and Law”, Orient-Institut Beirut, 27 January 2017
This workshop will attempt to situate the Ibāḍī case in the wider context of theological and legal thinking and its articulation in different kinds of writing during the early period (2nd/ 8th century).
Information: www.orient-institut.org/events/event-details/the-ibadiyya-in-the-context-of-early-islamic-theology-and-law/
4. Gerda Henkel Foundation Research Scholarships: “Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements”
A research scholarship is usually applied for by one scholar who will work on a specific project on his own. The simultaneous receipt of salary or retirement pension and a research scholarship is not possible. The funding period is generally between one and 24 months.
Deadline for application: 25 April 2017. Information: www.fundit.fr/en/calls/research-scholarships-islam-modern-nation-state-and-transnational-movements?utm_content=bufferf2a6b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
5. Researcher in the Field of Modern and Contemporary History of Islam, Czech Academy of Sciences
This position is open to researchers with a PhD degree in Iranian Studies, Middle Eastern History, Islamic Studies or a related field. The candidates must hold their PhD degree at the time of applying for the position or guarantee that they will receive it before the beginning of the position.
Deadline for application: 13 January 2017. Information: www.orient.cas.cz/miranda2/export/sitesavcr/data.avcr.cz/humansci/orient/akce/aktuality/2016/Research-position_modern-and-contemporary-Iran.pdf
6. Session for Doctoral Studies : “Islam, the Body and the Self”, Institut d’études de l’Islam et des sociétés du monde musulman (IISMM), Sarajevo, Bosnia, 13-17 March 2017
We invite researchers explicitly working on the body, but also those not explicitly addressing the body, to explore the relevance of the body and the self in their work.
Deadline for application: 15 January 2017. Information: https://iismm.hypotheses.org/25918
7. Articles for Second Issue of “Middle East Review”
Papers will be considered for the research section (presenting original material from any discipline that engages critically with Middle East and/or North Africa affairs, issues, or the study of these regions) and the policy section (influencing contemporary debate or policy making).
Deadline for papers: 23 January 2017. Information: https://omerjournal.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/call-for-papers-ht17.pdf
8. Appel à contribution : « MIDÉO » 33 (2018)
Le MIDÉO 33 (2018) accueille la publication d’articles ou d’éditions de texte qui permettent de contribuer à la mise en perspective d’une théologie musulmane des religions.
Date limite : 1 avril 2017. Information : www.ideo-cairo.org/fr/2016/07/theologie-musulmane-des-religions/
9. Articles for Open Access Journal “Contemporary Levant”
Open call for submissions of articles grounded in original research on contemporary politics, society and culture in the Levant region, its diasporas and neighbouring countries that have a clear relevance to it.
Information: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ycol20/current
- “Dreams, Dice and Divination: Islamic Art and the Supernatural”
with Dr Francesca Leoni (Ashmolean Museum)
on Tuesday 31st January 2017
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building, University of York (UK)
Entry is by free ticket only available at www.york.ac.uk/tickets
11. Workshop – Islamic Archaeology Day (28 Jan., London)
We invite you to register online at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/islamic-archaeology-day-2017-tickets-2953…. The registration fee of £10 (£5 for students) will cover lunch, refreshments and a wine reception. We would be very grateful if you could register as soon as possible and before Friday, January 20th so we can order the appropriate amount of sandwiches in time!
- January 11, 2017
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