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1. An in-depth look at the British Library’s collection of Arabic manuscripts from West Africa
2. Open Access – Abstracta Iranica
http://abstractairanica.revues.org/
3. New display of Dara Shikoh Album in Treasures Gallery
Regular visitors to the Treasures Gallery of the British Library will know that the wall case displaying Indian book arts has recently had a change of display. On exhibition are eight folios from the Dara Shikoh Album (Add.Or.3129), one of the great treasures of the Asian and African department, which are discussed in this blog. The album is known to have been compiled by Dara Shikoh (1615–59), the eldest son and heir of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, from the inscription in the prince’s hand on folio 2 dated 1056/1646–47. The inscription records the gift of the album to his wife Nadira Banu Begam, his cousin and the daughter of Sultan Parviz, whom he had married in 1633.
4. Washington and Lee University – Assistant Professor in the study of Islam
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53211
5. The British Library is advertising for a part-time permanent curator of its Turkish and Turkic collections.
https://britishlibrary.recruitment.northgatearinso.com/birl/pages/vacancy.jsf?latest=01000899
6. International Conference: “Revisiting the Practice of Islamic Law: Ideas and Institutions”, Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 11-13 November 2016
The scope of the conference will include studies related, but not limited, to the complexities of law, legal actors and legal activities in many corners of the world.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 September 2016. Information: http://aljamiah.or.id/index.php/AJIS/announcement/view/2
7. Jobs:
Assistant Professor in Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The tenure track appointment will begin in Fall 2017. The successful candidate is expected to teach undergraduate courses on the Modern Middle East, including upper-level courses for History majors and Middle East Studies majors.
Deadline for application: 14 October 2016. Information: https://umass.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=74277
Assistant Professor in the History of the Modern Middle East, West Virginia University
The position is beginning 16 August 2017. Required qualifications include a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in History or a closely related field at time of appointment.
The screening process will begin on 28 October 2016. Information: https://wvu.taleo.net/careersection/faculty/jobdetail.ftl?job=03725
Adjunct Professor in Modern History of the Middle East, Washington, D.C. Campus of Pepperdine University
Minimum qualifications are a M.A./M.S. degree in a relevant field and 3 years of professional experience, and the preferred qualification is a Ph.D. in a relevant field. The successful candidate will teach one semester-long course in Fall 2016.
Information: www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53203
Tenure-track Position in Modern Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (19th-21st Centuries), Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rank to be determined according to the candidate’s qualifications. The language of instruction is Hebrew.
Deadline for application: 26 September 2016. Information: www.hum.huji.ac.il/new.php?cat=5369
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.International Conference: “Geographies of Arab and Muslim Identity through the Eyes of Travelers”, Bucharest, 15-16 September 2016
This conference is held on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Arabic Department at Bucharest University.
2. 12 PhD & 1 Postdoc Position, Graduate School Global Intellectual History, Freie Universitaet Berlin
Successful candidates will develop a PhD dissertation/postdoc project in the field of global intellectual history (18th to 20th century) and contribute to the activities of the program in the form of seminars, workshops and summer schools.
Deadline for application: 15 September 2016. Information:
* http://www.global-history.de/gih/positions/predoc/index.html and
* http://www.global-history.de/gih/positions/postdoc/index.html
3. Assistant/Associate Professor for Islam and Gender in the Social Sciences, Stanford University
A candidate with a focus on the Middle East and/or Southeast Asia is preferred. The appointment can be in Anthropology, Communication, Political Science, or Sociology.
Deadline for application: 3 October 2016. Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7445
4. Articles on “Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Mysticisms” for Journal “English Language Notes” (Winter 2018)
Contributions are invited on mystical practices and beliefs, mystical writings, the culture of mysticism, and mystics themselves. We are especially interested in contributions that address the ways in which the mystical traditions of one monotheistic religion intersect with and/or speak to others.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2016. Information: http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=063718b209&e=82aeb6c61d
5. A permanent Research Fellow post below at Newman University, Birmingham, UK. For further details please follow this link:
http://www.newman.ac.uk/jobs/4656/qualitative-social-science-research-fellow?1=m
Another fixed term position linked to the same project is being advertised at Hampshire College in the US:
https://jobs.hampshire.edu/index.cgi?&JA_m=JASDET&JA_s=503
See below:
REF: NU3216
Salary scale: £31, 656 – £35, 609 per annum
Closing date for applications: 09/08/2016
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Fellow to work within the Centre for Science, Knowledge and Belief in Society (CSKBS) at Newman University. Up until September 2017 the post holder will work principally on the development of a large-scale project on ‘Establishing a framework for a multidisciplinary study of science in Muslim societies’. Beyond 2017 it is expected that the post holder will work on subsequent phase 2 grant delivery and contribute to the development of the ‘Science across diverse societies’ research theme within CSKBS.
‘Establishing a framework for a multidisciplinary study of science in Muslim societies’ phase 1 project overview: There is a significant gap in scholarly understanding of how Muslims living in majority and minority contexts perceive science and the role it plays in the construction of both their religious and secular worldviews. The primary aim of this planning project is to begin to build the capacity and networks necessary to conduct a larger scale research study to address this gap. This longer term research will seek to develop a more comprehensive picture of how differing groups along a spectrum of worldviews, within Muslim majority and minority contexts, relate to and form public domain narratives surrounding ‘science’ and ‘religion’.
The Centre for Science, Knowledge and Belief in Society (CSKBS) is a multidisciplinary Research Centre that fosters open-minded social science and humanities based research on: the public understanding and communication of the relationship between science and religion, research into the sociology and psychology of religion, and the role of science, knowledge and belief in diverse societies. For further details, please go to:
/research-centres/2371
This project will be undertaken in partnership with Dr. Salman Hameed at the Center for the Study of Science in Muslim Societies (SSiMS) at Hampshire College, US. For further details, please go to:
https://www.hampshire.edu/faculty/salman-hameed
Research Fellow candidates should expect to undertake and play a significant role in the development of the ‘Establishing a framework for a multidisciplinary study of science in Muslim societies’ project, and to contribute to project publications and the development of future research within the research CSKBS. Therefore, they are expected to have a relevant disciplinary background and an interest in/enthusiasm for the subject matter of the project and the Centre’s wider research.
We welcome applications from experienced, enthusiastic and creative early career researchers with backgrounds in:
- science and technology studies
- Sociology of religion/sociology of Islam
- qualitative sociology
- Human Geography
- related areas of social scientific research
You will hold a relevant doctoral qualification. You will have a record of research activity commensurate with your career stage. It is essential of the post holder to have some experience working on postdoctoral qualitative research projects. Language skills in French, Arabic or Turkish are desirable but not essential. Where relevant mentoring and support will be provided.
The post is expected to start in September 2016.
Informal enquiries regarding the above post may be made with, Dr, Fern Elsdon-Baker, F.Elsdon-Baker@newman.ac.uk, 0121 476 1181 Ext 2415.
Further particulars can be obtained by emailing: recruitment@newman.ac.uk or telephone 0121 476 1181 ext 2398.
6. THE ELEVENTH ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT CONFERENCE: SUFISM AND ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT CULTURE
13–15 September 2016, Magdalene College, Cambridge, UK
Organised by The Islamic Manuscript Association
Registration now open.
For further information, to view the programme, or to register, see our website at www.islamicmanuscript.org
7. New Book Series: Islam and International Relations
The book series is a partnership between Co-IRIS and Gerlach Press. Co-IRIS is an organization that promotes and advances research on Islam and International Relations. Gerlach Press is an academic publisher specialized on the Middle East and Islamic Studies.
Series Editors: Deina Abdelkader, Nassef Manabilang Adiong, and Raffaele Mauriello.
The series addresses the role of Islam in the study and practice of the ‘international’, in terms of both conventional relations among modern states and a broader view on interactions among humans and their societies that go beyond their locality. It aims to provide a platform for advancing research on Islam and the ‘international’ with the aim to develop and sustain a body of knowledge that addresses the theories and practices of the Islamic civilization and of Muslim societies as regards international affairs, and hence enriches and diversifies the disciplines of International Relations and Geopolitics with contributions from Islamic history and thought.
We welcome book proposals in areas such as:
Islamic theories of international relations • Islam in International Relations theories • Islamic Studies and International Studies • Islamic Studies and Area Studies • Islamic approaches to world politics • Islam and foreign policy • Islam and diplomacy • Islam and geopolitics • Islam and Security Studies • Islam and post-colonial international relations • Islam and global development studies • Islam and international law • Islam and international political economy • Islam and international political sociology • Islam and human rights • Islam and international organizations
Submission
Please email your book proposals to info@coiris.org and include carbon copies to deina_abdelkader@uml.edu, contact@nassef.info, and raffaele.mauriello@me.com.
All book proposals should include the following:
• A title of the book.
• A description of the book (between 400 and 700 words) and its relation to competing works.
• A table of contents.
• An estimate of page length.
• One or two sample chapters.
• A curriculum vitae of the author(s).
• A proposed deadline for submission of the final manuscript.
8. Workshop: “A Century of Youth Engaging Politics in the Arab World”, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 16-19 May 2017
This workshop seeks papers that will present nuanced explorations of the history of politically-motivated youth movements in the Arab world since the First World War.
Deadline for abstracts: 23 September 2016. Information: http://jenniferdueck.com/index.php/call-for-papers-youth/
9. Articles for Edited Book on “End of the Arab Spring? Reflections on Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Politics in the Arab World” by Springer International Publishing
Articles are still required that critically examine the role of the military, mainstream media (Al-Jazeera), Turkey/Israel, and sectarianism/tribalism on the Arab Spring.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 August 2016. Contact Gamal Selim gmselim@gmail.com
10. The International Society for Iranian Studies is pleased to announce, for the first time, the live video streaming of parts of its upcoming 11th Biennial Conference, held in Vienna, Austria, 3-5 August 2016.
Starting at noon Austrian time on Wednesday, the Society will make available, free of charge and through Youtube, the live streams of the plenary panels and the Opening Ceremony, which also features an awards ceremony and a musical performance by Sima Bina.
The streams will be accessible through the Society’s home page, http://www.societyforiranianstudies.org and through the Society’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/InternationalSocietyForIranianStudies/ .
The full schedule and content of the live streams is as follows:
Wednesday, 3 August, 12:30pm CET (Central European Time):
IRAN AND THE FUTURE OF OIL:
Convenor: Bijan Khajehpour | Managing Partner, Atieh Group
Featuring:
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani | Professor of Economics, Virginia Tech University
Helmut Lananger | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Serinus Energy
Jafar Haghpanah | University of Tehran
Javad Yarjani | Former National Representative of Iran
at OPEC
Bijan Khajehpour | Managing Partner, Atieh Group
Wednesday, 3 August, 18:00 CET
OPENING AND AWARDS CEREMONY – Featuring a Musical Performance by Sima BIna
Thursday, 4 August, 12:15 pm CET
VIENNA NUCLEAR TALKS: 1 YEAR LATER
Convenor: Mehrzad Boroujerdi | Syracuse University
Chair: Touraj Atabaki | International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam
Featuring:
Roham Alvandi | London School of Economics and Political Science:The United States and the Shah’s Nuclear Programme
Mohsen Milani | University of South Florida: The Impact of the Nuclear Deal on Iran’s Regional
Policies
Seyyed Kazem Sajjadpour | School of International Relations, Tehran: Iranian Diplomacy and the Nuclear Negotiation
Mehrzad Boroujerdi | Syracuse University: Reception of the Nuclear Deal in Iran
Friday, 5 August, 12:15pm CET
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES IN IRAN
Convenor: Nayereh Tohidi | California State University
Northridge & Ata Hoodashtian | Umef University
Chair: Touraj Atabaki | International Institute of Social
History, Amsterdam
Featuring:
Hassan Yousefi Eshkevari | Independent Scholar: Is Islamic Science Possible?
Nayereh Tohidi | California State University, Northridge: Women’s Studies in Iran’s Universities: A Display of the Paradox of Islamic Republic
Ata Hoodashtian | Umef University: Human Science, Critical Thought, and Iran
Saeed Paivandi | University of Lorraine: The Meaning and Trajectory of Islamization of the
Humanities in Iran
Mohammad-Reza Nikfar | Independent Scholar: On Fortunate and Unfortunate Aspects of Social Sciences and Humanities in Iran
Sadegh Zibakalam | University of Tehran: Some First-Hand Experiences and Observations on Challenges Facing Social Sciences in Iran
11. York Islamic Art Circle is launching on Thursday 13th October 2016. With Professor Robert Hillenbrand presenting “Story-telling in the Great Mongol Shahnana”. At the Ron Cooke Hub, York University (UK). 6-8pm (talk starts at 6:30pm) For further info and to book a place at the launch please email islamic-art@york.ac.uk
12. Call for Papers – International Conference
From Malacca to Manchester: Curating Islamic Collections Worldwide
23-24th February, 2017
Proposal deadline: Sunday, 25th September 2016
Proposals for papers are welcome for the two day conference From Malacca to Manchester: Curating Islamic Collections Worldwide, to be held at Manchester Museum on the 23rd and 24th February, 2017. The conference is part of a wider project to catalogue and research collections of Islamic art and material culture across the Manchester Museums and Galleries Partnership (MMGP), and is supported by the John Ellerman Foundation.
In the UK there is a need to better understand the rich and complex traditions of the Islamic world. A 2010 YouGov survey commissioned by the Exploring Islam Foundation revealed that the British public know relatively little about Islam and tend to problematise it as a consequence of exposure to negative media stereotypes. In an attempt to counteract this, UK museums and galleries are using collections of Islamic art and material culture to increase understanding and challenge misconceptions. In Manchester specifically, work on the Islamic collections will inform an exciting series of events and exhibitions in 2017 to mark UK-India Year of Culture, and a permanent South Asia gallery due to open at Manchester Museum in 2020.
Concurrently, across the UK and Europe high-profile museums such as the Louvre, the British Museum, and the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, have embarked upon or completed major re-installations of important Islamic art collections. At the same time, smaller and regional museums are developing new ways to work with existing collections. The role of the curator is changing, and previously underrepresented voices are increasingly given space to express personal responses to material cultures. All such projects represent critical opportunities to present the complexity of Islamic art in innovative new ways, reach out to new audiences and utilise the richness of Islamic material culture to promote social cohesion and understanding.
This conference will explore and appraise current and developing practices in the curating of museum collections of Islamic art and material culture across the world, in Europe and in the UK. A keynote address by Dr Stefan Weber, Director of the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin, will be complemented by a series of presentations, panel discussions, practical workshops, and visits to collections in Manchester including the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester Museum, The John Rylands Library (Special Collections), and Manchester Art Gallery. The conference’s aim is to offer a vibrant and challenging perspective on the field, review ongoing projects and public and scholarly engagement, and explore professionals’ aspirations for the future developments of collections of Islamic art and materials culture.
Original proposals are welcome from British, European, and international museum professionals, rising and established academic scholars, and graduate students. Submissions are invited on topics including, but not limited to:
- Recent and continuing developments in the organisation and display of museum collections of Islamic art and material culture.
- The conceptual understanding of these collections (both ‘Islamic’ and ‘art’ as concepts).
- The representation of faith in the museum.
- Presenting cultural complexity engagingly.
- Islam in Europe: in the museum.
- How museum education and volunteer programmes are engaging with this field.
- Outreach and education involving both Muslim and non-Muslim groups.
- Particular challenges faced by non-specialists working with these collections.
- Addressing the longstanding scholarly exclusion of certain regions from the traditional consideration of ‘Islamic world’ (i.e. parts of South and South-East Asia).
- Migration of artistic techniques and transregional interconnection between cultures.
- Approaches to the museum presentation of Islamic artistic traditions alongside those of non-Islamic cultures which are related temporally, geographically, or stylistically.
Guidelines for paper proposals:
Papers will be 20 minutes in length with an additional 10 minutes for questions. Proposals for presentations or panels of up to four participants should be emailed to Jenny Norton-Wright and Stephen Terence Welsh by 25th September 2016, using the following email address: malaccatomanchester@gmail.com.
Proposals should include the presenter’s name, position and institutional affiliation, the paper’s title, an abstract of up to 250 words, a biography of up to 200 words (written in the third person), and a contact email address. Panel proposals should include the above for each speaker, plus a paragraph of up to 250 words describing the panel’s rationale. Informal enquiries in advance of this deadline are welcome.
13. The Fifth Annual AGAPS Dissertation Award and Graduate Paper Prize
competition is upon us!
The Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS)
wishes to recognize exceptional scholarship on the region, from
across the disciplines and a variety of perspectives.
The guidelines and application are available at
http://agaps.org/agapsmesa/mesa-awards/. The deadline for complete
application packets is August 31st.
Please share this widely in your networks, and encourage your
students to apply.
Crystal A. Ennis, Leiden University
Email: c.a.ennis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | Twitter: @Crystal_Ennis
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. CfP: The 13th International Conference of Mahdaviat Doctrine, May 2017, Qom.
Abstract and cv due by 20.11.16.
See http://mahdaviat-conference.com/images/docs/files/000001/nf00001217-1.pdf
2. On July 19th, an exhibition of “Islamic Art at the Art Institute: A Century of Exhibitions and Acquisitions” will be open at the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries of Chicago. The exhibition consists of eight cases carrying rare books and archival materials related to the advent and presence of Islamic and Oriental art in Chicago area.
The exhibition continues by September 26th, 2016 and tours by the curator are set for August 4th and 25th. For more information please visit: http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/islamic-art-art-institute-century-exhibitions-and-acquisitions or contact: kmaleki@artic.edu
3. Professeur-e associé-e en Etudes Islamiques au Centre Suisse Islam et
Société de l’Université de Fribourg auprès de la Faculté des lettres à
partir du 1.1.2017. Expertise en Etudes Islamiques ou dans le domaine
Islam et Société avec une approche interdisciplinaire requise. Le/la
futur-e titulaire doit lier les traditions de savoirs islamiques
pluriels avec des questions philosophiques, éthiques et sociétales
dans un contexte contemporain. Des intérêts pour la recherche
appliquée (p.ex. pédagogie ou travail social) sont souhaitables ainsi
que des connaissances de didactique universitaire dans le domaine de
la formation continue. De très bonnes connaissances de la langue
française ou allemande avec des connaissances de base de l’autre
langue et la volonté d’enseigner dans les deux langues à plus long
terme sont nécessaires.
Les informations détaillées concernant ce poste et les documents
demandés se trouvent sous http://lettres.unifr.ch/fr/services/job/
Les dossiers de candidature devront être adressés avant 15 septembre
2016 uniquement sous forme électronique à szig@unifr.ch .
4. The Five College Arabic Language Initiative and the Program in Middle East Studies at Smith College invite applications for a full-time one-year lecturer position in Arabic Language, which will be based at Smith College beginning July 2016. Applicants must have native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic, English, and at least one Arabic dialect. Master’s degree or above in Arabic Language, Literature, Linguistics, Culture, Arabic Studies, or a relevant field is required.
The successful candidate will teach five courses each academic year, typically teaching on at least two campuses. Candidates should have demonstrated experience and excellence in teaching Arabic language with the proficiency-communicative approach at all levels at the college level.
Located in Northampton, MA, Smith College is the largest women’s college in the country and is dedicated to excellence in teaching and research across the liberal arts. A faculty of outstanding scholars interact with students in small classes, as advisors, and through student-faculty research projects. The Five College Consortium, comprised of Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Hampshire Colleges and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, provides a rich intellectual and cultural life. Details about the Five College Arabic Language Initiative can be found at https://www.fivecolleges.edu/arablanguage . Details about the Middle East Studies Program at Smith can be found at http://www.smith.edu/mes/index.php.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Submit application at http://apply.interfolio.com/36046 with a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, three recent teaching evaluations, and contact information for three references (formal letters will be required at the finalist stage). In addition, we will request samples of teaching materials (e.g. syllabus, teaching plans, exams, handouts, etc.) from selected finalists. Review of applications will begin July 11, 2016.
Diversifying the student body, faculty, administration, staff, and curriculum is at the heart of our mission and vision for the College. We are committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in the application process for individuals with disabilities and encourage applicants to request any needed accommodation(s). We value and are committed to a host of diverse populations and cultures, including, but not limited to, those based on ability, age, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, and veteran status.
Smith College is an EO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer. Women, underrepresented racial groups, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
5. ‘The 5th International Conference on Contemporary Philosophy of Religion’ will be held in Tehran, Iran, Faculty of World Studies at the University of Tehran at January 24-25, 2017. Please do join us for this event.
Every year we hold this conference to establish the unique ground for dialogue and mutual understanding among the very influential community of Philosophy of Religion from both West and East, with the hope to make a bridge from the abstraction to action.
With regard to the great success of four past conferences, the fifth conference is organized by Iranian Association for Philosophy of Religion (IAPR), with cooperation of Faculty of World Studies at the University of Tehran.
Please forward the following call to whom you think might be interested;
You can have access to further details via the conference’s website:
Sincerely yours,
Conference Secretariat
6. Translation and Religion: Interrogating Concepts, Methods and Practices
University of Edinburgh, 1-3 September 2016
What is the relationship between ‘translation’ and ‘religion’? While all ‘religions’ travel and engage in translation of one kind or another, what gets translated? How do the different components of what is currently understood as ‘religion’—texts, practices, experiences, inner faith or belief systems—translate differently? How can we analyze such commonly held beliefs that some languages simply are sacred and should not be translated? And what are the implications of such questions for understanding religious conversion? What can translation concepts and methods tell us about the way religions and the study of religions are constructed?
While both disciplines have evolved and grown rapidly over the past half century, each has also engaged, in the past few decades, in a re-evaluation of its basic ideas and terms, including fundamental categories such as ‘religion’ and ‘translation.’ It can no longer be taken for granted that there is one definition for what comprises the ‘sacred’ or indeed a ‘correct’ or ‘good’ translation. Such re-assessment provides an excellent context within which to creatively engage the two to generate forward-looking theoretical perspectives.
This three-day AHRC-funded conference aims to bring together scholars from the two disciplines to investigate theories, concepts and methods with comparative and critical tools in order to evaluate areas of mutually creative overlap.
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Alan Williams, University of Manchester
From Oceanography to Fillet-O-Fish®. The Spectrum of Translation of the Poetry of Rumi
Professor Arvind Pal Mandair, University of Michigan
Complicating Contact Zones: Translation as Practice of Creating Concepts and Self-Differentiation
For further details and a full conference programme please see http://www.ctla.llc.ed.ac.uk/conference-draft/. Enquiries should be addressed to Dr. H. Israel at H.Israel@ed.ac.uk .
7. Call For Papers: Rethinking Late Ottoman Civilization
March 24-25, 2017
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Middle Eastern Studies
Keynote Speaker: Suraiya Faroqhi
Program Committee: Samy Ayoub, Jeannette Okur, and Firdevs Canbaz Yumuşak
The Ottomans encountered the word civilization in the early 19th century, and the Ottoman version of this word, medeniyet, was coined thereafter. Both ‘civilization’ and ‘empire’ refer to comprehensive manifestations of power, culture, and ideas. This symposium will explore the artifacts of Ottoman modernization and intellectual history, and encourage careful examination of the late Ottoman discourse on “civilization”. As is well known, many Ottoman intellectuals, in their conceptualization of civilization, aimed to reconcile the material achievements of European civilization with Ottoman-Islamic morality and aesthetics. Even so, historiographies in the post-Ottoman sovereign states have often equated modernization with de-Ottomanization, a notion which excludes the Ottoman period as a legitimate setting for the study of modernity. This symposium encourages new scholarship that will further legitimize the study of Ottomans’ engagement with modernity’s social, political, economic and aesthetic implications.
We invite advanced graduate students and established scholars to submit paper proposals for this two-day interdisciplinary symposium to be held at the University of Texas at Austin on 24-25 March, 2017. We will welcome papers from the disciplines of history, law, literature, architecture, art, and music. We especially encourage papers on the following subtopics:
Possible subtopics include (but are not limited to):
– Daily Life in the Empire
– Justice
– Aesthetics of Love (Aşk)
– Family
– Politics
– Minority Communities
– Trade and the Economy
Potential participants should submit an abstract (up to 250 words) and a brief curriculum vita by October 31, 2016. Please include the words “Late Ottoman Civilization Symposium” in the subject line. Also, please provide your institutional affiliation, as well as a mailing address and telephone number where you may be reached. Funding for lodging and meals may be available for participants.
Applicants will be notified of acceptance by November 14, 2016 and completed papers from accepted applicants will be due for pre-circulation on March 1, 2017. Please send all submission materials to sayoub@austin.utexas.edu
For further information, please contact: Dr. Samy Ayoub at sayoub@austin.utexas.edu
8. CFP – Light and Darkness in Medieval Art, 1200–1450 (ICMS, Kalamazoo, May 2017)
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 11-14 May 2017
Sponsored by the International Centre of Medieval Art.
Convenors: Stefania Gerevini and Tom Nickson
Light has occupied an increasingly prominent role in medieval studies in recent years. Its perceptual and epistemic significance in the period 1200-1450 has been scrutinized in several specialised research projects, and the changing ways in which light and light-effects are rendered and produced in the arts of the Middle Ages, particularly in Byzantium and Islam, are routinely evoked in literature. However, scholarship on these topics remains fragmented, especially for the Gothic period, and comparative approaches are seldom attempted. New technologies of virtual reconstruction and changing fashions of museum display make it an opportune moment to consider these issues in a more systematic manner.
These two sessions will investigate how perceptions of light and darkness informed the ways in which art across Europe and the Mediterranean was produced, viewed and understood in the period 1200–1450. In the late 12th century a key set of optical writings was translated from Arabic into Latin, providing new theoretical paradigms for addressing questions of physical sight and illumination across Europe. At this time theologies of light also gained renewed popularity in the eastern Mediterranean – particularly as a result of the Hesychast controversy in Byzantium, and in connection with Sufi notions of divine illumination in Islam. What correlations can be traced between theories of optics, theologies of light, practices of illumination, and modes of viewing in the Middle Ages? Are there similarities in the ways different religious or cultural communities conceptualised light and used it in everyday life or ritual settings?
These sessions invite specialists of Christian, Islamic and Jewish art and culture to explore the status of light in broader discourses around visuality, visibility and materiality; the interconnections between conceptualizations of light and coeval attitudes towards objectivity and naturalism; and the ways in which light can articulate political, social or divine authority and hierarchies. The session will also welcome papers that address such broad methodological questions as: can the investigation of light in art prompt reconsideration of well established periodizations and interpretative paradigms of art history? How was the dramatic interplay between light and obscurity exploited in the secular and religious architecture of Europe and the medieval Mediterranean in order to organise space, direct viewers and convey meaning? How carefully were light effects taken into account in the display of images and portable objects, and how does consideration of luminosity, shadow and darkness hone our understanding of the agency of medieval objects? Finally, to what extent is light’s ephemeral and fleeting nature disguised by changing fashions of display and technologies of reproduction, and – crucially – how do these affect our ability to apprehend and explain medieval approaches to light?
Proposals for 20 min papers should include an abstract (max.250 words) and brief CV. Proposals should be submitted by 10 September 2015 to the session organizers: Stefania Gerevini (stefania.gerevini@unibocconi.it) and Tom Nickson (tom.nickson@courtauld.ac.uk). Thanks to a generous grant from the Kress Foundation, funds may be available to defray travel costs of speakers in ICMA-sponsored sessions up to a maximum of $600 ($1200 for transatlantic travel). If available, the Kress funds are allocated for travel and hotel only. Speakers in ICMA sponsored sessions will be refunded only after the conference, against travel receipts.
9. Islamic World Research Associate (Fixed Term) (Cambridge, UK)
Applications are sought for a Research Associate who will be one of four postdoctoral researchers on the ERC funded ‘Impact of the Ancient City’ project led by the Principal Investigator Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.
The project will re-examine the impact of the ancient, Greco-Roman city on subsequent urban history in Europe and the Islamic world, investigating both the urban fabric and urban ideals. Bringing together researchers trained in historical, archaeological and literary analysis, the project spans the entire Mediterranean region from Greco-Roman antiquity to the present day.
The research team will investigate case histories in the western and the eastern Mediterranean, and pose a set of questions about how urban forms responded to changing social needs.
Closing date
12 September 2016
- July 25, 2016
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1. University of California – Berkeley – Temporary Part time Lecturer Pool – Arabic
2. Call for Expressions of Interest in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships 2016
The Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London, United Kingdom (“the Institute”) is currently inviting expressions of interest for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships. Holders of Fellowships will have the opportunity to pursue research within a stimulating and supportive environment by playing an active role in the intellectual life of the Institute. The Institute does not itself award the Fellowship but supports selected applications to the European Commission’s programme.
Details at: https://www.aku.edu/ismc/research/fellowships/Pages/home.aspx
3. Open Access:
Onomasticon Arabicum (OA) is a long-living database project. This new online-version informs on more than 15000 scholars and celebrities from the first Muslim millenary. Its entries in Arabic are compiled from ancient biographical dictionaries, a veritable treasure of Islamic culture. Crossed search allows separate interrogation on any of the different elements of the Arabo-Muslim names, dates and places, reconstructing the identity of a person, trace ways of knowledge transmission and frame historical contexts.
See http://onomasticon.irht.cnrs.fr/
4. A website whose main purpose is to solve illegible words in Ottoman Turkish which is especially critical for those dealing with archive documents.
5. AIMA V – FIRST CIRCULAR
International Association for the Study of Middle and Mixed Arabic
Fifth International Symposium (University of Strasbourg 20-23 March 2017)
Middle and Mixed Arabic in the History of the Arabic Language and Today
The objectives of the Fifth Symposium are the same as those of the four preceding ones, i.e. to study written varieties of Middle Arabic and varieties, particularly oral, of contemporary Mixed Arabic. The proposed subject of the Symposium is: “Middle and Mixed Arabic in the History of the Arabic Language and Today”. The conference theme will deal with questions such as: How is MMA used in contemporary forms of written Arabic? What was the role of Middle Arabic in the evolution of the Arabic Language? What is the role of Mixed Arabic in the contemporary Arabic Language? How is the Arabic continuum used? How is MMA used in literary classical and modern texts?
Of course, this theme is only indicative and proposals of papers on other topics will be accepted, provided they fit into the general theme of Middle / Mixed Arabic. You will find a list of other possible themes hereunder in document 2.
Colleagues and researchers who plan to attend the Symposium are kindly requested to fill up and to send back the Answer form upon receipt of this circular to the following address :
Dr Julien DUFOUR
If you are planning to attend the Symposium, please let us know before 2 September 2016 (and send your provisional title if you are intending to give a paper).
Participants who wish to give a paper are also requested to send an abstract (maximum half a page), as well as their academic affiliation and complete contact information, by e-mail, not later than 1 October 2016. Title and abstract will be passed on to the Scientific Committee which is expected to give you its definite answer before the end of November 2016. Papers may be given in Arabic, English or French and should not exceed 20 minutes. Every paper is planned to be followed by a 10 minutes discussion.
6. Open Access Manuscript Collection: Koç University Manuscript Collection
http://digitalcollections.library.ku.edu.tr/cdm/landingpage/collection/MC
7. AIIS Book Prize Competition
In order to promote scholarship in South Asian Studies, the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) announces the award of two prizes each year for the best unpublished book manuscript on an Indian subject.
– The Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities
– The Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences
+ $2500 Subvention for the press publishing the manuscript.
+ Junior scholars who have received the PhD within the last six years (2009 and after) are eligible.
+ Must be the first book by the author.
+ Unrevised dissertations are not accepted.
+ There is no designated press for publication.
+ Applicants need not have held any AIIS fellowship nor studied in an AIIS language program
+ Manuscripts under review or under contract with a press are eligible.
Send ONE pdf and ONE paper copy of your manuscript,
postmarked NO LATER THAN September 30, 2016, to:
Anand Yang
Chair, Department of History
College of Arts & Sciences
Term Professor of International Studies and History
Box 353650, Henry M. Jackson School
University of Washington
Seattle, Wa. 98195
8. International Journal of Islamic Architecture 5.2 (July 2016): Special Issue – Heritage and the Arab Spring
Special issue on Heritage and the Arab Spring (Vol. 5, Issue 2). This is the tenth of a bi-annually published peer-reviewed journal on architecture, urban design, planning, and landscape architecture. IJIA aims to encourage dialogue between practitioners and scholars and enhance appreciation for the urban heritage in the region and pioneering design work. The journal is committed to inviting new research on understudied topics and reaching out to a broad international readership.
This volume contains an editorial essay by the guest editor, Dr. Heghnar Watenpaugh, book and exhibition reviews, conference précis, and articles that treat issues connected to heritage preservation, social changes, documentation of war damage, and urban development in Egypt, Syria, Turkey, the West Bank, and Yemen.
The tenth issue of the IJIA is available in print and online. Please click on the link below to preview the sixth issue abstracts:
www.intellectbooks.com/ijia
9. Open Access Exhibition: Identities: Understanding Islam in Cross-Cultural Contexts
http://marb.kennesaw.edu/identities/
10. First online URDU THESAURUS and mobile app launched
Author and translator Musharraf Ali Farooqi is the editor of the first online Urdu Thesaurus (www.urduthesaurus.com) and its free mobile app, developed and launched through the publishing house KITAB.
The Urdu Thesaurus welcomes data licensing and data download queries at info@urduthesaurus.com
11. Visiting Research Fellowship 2017, Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies and Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
We are interested in attracting outstanding researchers who are engaged in research projects that are relevant to the respective research profiles at the BGSMCS and at the ZMO.
Deadline for applications: 14 August 2016. Information: www.bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de/en/studies/cfa_visiting_research_fellowship_2017.html
12. Professeur-e associé-e en Etudes Islamiques au Centre Suisse Islam et Société de l’Université de Fribourg
Expertise en Etudes Islamiques ou dans le domaine Islam et Société avec une approche interdisciplinaire requise. Le/la futur-e titulaire doit lier les traditions de savoirs islamiques pluriels avec des questions philosophiques, éthiques et sociétales dans un contexte contemporain.
Les dossiers de candidature devront être adressés avant 15 septembre 2016. Information: http://www3.unifr.ch/lettres/fr/assets/public/files/pdf/faculte_postes%20vacants/160707_annonce_etudes_islamiques_fr.pdf
13. Funded PhD Studentship, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow, Scotland
PhD studentship in history/archive studies, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, investigating the capture, transfer, and reconstitution of Iraqi archives in the USA, commencing Oct. 2016. Open to UK and EU students.
Deadline: 29 July 2016. Information: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/arts/graduateschool/fundingopportunities/leverhulmetrustscholarships(scroll down); contact: benjaminthomas.white@glasgow.ac.uk
14. Farsi/Persian Language Speaker and Researcher within the Business Intelligence Services Team in Beirut and Dubai
Deloitte’s Business Intelligence team is seeking a young graduate (0-3 years work experience). The candidate will conduct research on MENA-based entities in English and Farsi and produce business intelligence reports. A qualification in Business, Economics, Political Science, International Relations, Middle Eastern Studies is preferred.
Information: mailto:mkasdano@deloitte.com.
15. Free Two-month Professional Training for Arabic and Farsi Speaking Journalists Who Have Fled to Berlin in the Last 2-3 Year
After the workshop – starting on 26 September and organized by the Protestant School of Journalism – the participants will form the editorial board for a mobile based news service to provide the growing Arabic and Farsi speaking community with news from the German capital.
Information: https://amalberlin.net/. Contact: julia.gerlach@ev-journalistenschule.de
- July 18, 2016
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1. International Tashkubrīzādah Symposium, which will be organized in November 18-20, 2016 by Scientific Studies Association (ILEM), Istanbul Medeniyet Univeristy and the Foundation for Science, the Arts, History and Literature (ISTEV), aims to introduce a sixteenth century scholar, Abū al-Khayr ʿIsām al-dīn Aḥmad Tashkubrīzādah, one of the most important figures in Ottoman intellectual tradition, to local and international scientific milieus, as well as to discuss his contribution to Islamic philosophy-science tradition.
Although Tashkubrīzādah is the author of nearly two hundred works from a variety of topics including philosophy, politics, kalām, mathematics, astronomy, fiqh, linguistics, Sufism, tafsīr, the classification of sciences, and history, with a few exceptions, they are yet to be edited, thereby unknown in the scholarly milieu. For almost three years, some of Tashkubrīzādah’s ouevre have been edited and translated into Turkish by more than twenty scholars. This symposium, which will be a fruit of this three-year-preparation, aims to unfold Tashkubrīzādah’s world of thought on the basis of his works prepared for publication, as well as to shed light on Ottoman world of thought in the sixteenth century with reference to him. The publication of Tashkubrīzādah’s almost thirthy works before the symposium, as well as with the outcomes of the symposium will make a substantial contribution to studies on Islamic philosophy after Ibn Sīnā, and on Ottoman thought.
The organizing commitee invites scholars to participate in the symposium with their papers, thereby to contribute to studies on Tashkubrīzādah.
See: http://taskopruluzade.org/en/
2. Call for Papers
Society for the Medieval Mediterranean conference – Ghent University, Belgium, 10-12 July 2017
“Communities, Imaginations and Emotions in the Medieval Mediterranean”
Topics of the conference include, but are by no means limited to:
- Emotional and imagined communities
- Selfing and othering
- Identity and alterity, senses of belonging, ties that bond
- Memory, nostalgia and the imagined or idealized past
- Mirabilia, wonders and magic
- Worldviews and other social schemata
- Mobility across borders
- Emotional and communal dimensions to identity
- Honour and shame, social codes and values
- Emotions bodily felt, orally expressed
- Reading and sharing emotions
- Methodological problems when inquiring emotions and imaginations
Abstract: We invite 200-300 word abstracts for individual 20-minute papers relating to the conference theme (including name, title, affiliation, most important publications, keywords). Participants are encouraged to submit proposals for panels of 3 papers – in this case, the panel proposer should collate the three abstracts and submit them together, indicating clearly the rationale behind the planned panel.
Deadline: Abstracts for individual papers and proposals for panels should be emailed to the conference email address (smm2017@ugent.be) by Monday 31st October 2016. Applicants will be notified regarding the acceptance of their panel or paper by January 2017.
Postgraduate student bursaries: We will offer up to 10 bursaries for MA and PhD students who are interested in presenting at the Conference. The bursaries, which will cover the Conference fees, will be assigned to those proposals, which best fit the theme of the Conference.
Publication: Presenters will be invited to submit their papers for publication in the Society’s journal, Al Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean (http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/calm20/current#.U9TZnONdXng), published by Taylor and Francis. Previous conferences have resulted in the publication of special issues of the journal as well as individual articles.
Queries: Specific questions about the conference can be directed to the conference organizers, Professor Jo Van Steenbergen, Dr Kristof D’hulster and Dr Joachim Yeshaya at the conference email address (smm2017@ugent.be).
Conference website: http://www.smm2017.ugent.be
3. Intelligence mapping of British East Africa: a new online resource from the British Library
With generous funding from the Indigo Trust the British Library has published online over 550 colonial-era military intelligence maps relating to the former British East Africa: modern-day Kenya and Uganda, and adjacent parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, DR Congo, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia. The sheets were created between 1890…
4. Call for Papers: Ways of Knowing 2016 Conference
The Science, Religion, and Culture (SRC) Program at Harvard Divinity School announces the 5th annual “Ways of Knowing: Graduate Conference in Religion,” to be held October 27-29, 2016, on the campus of Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, MA.
Last year, 128 students and early career scholars representing over 60 graduate programs worldwide gathered to present their research. Following the success of our previous conferences, we invite graduate students and early career scholars to submit paper proposals from of a variety of theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary perspectives. This year is a particularly momentous year as the conference will celebrate its fifth anniversary alongside the bicentennial of Harvard Divinity School.
We seek papers that explore religious practices and modes of knowing, especially in relation to this year’s central theme, “Religion and Time”. We welcome the use of all sorts of theoretical tools, including discourse analysis, gender theory, race theory, disability theory, postcolonial theory, performance theory, and ritual theory. Papers may focus on any period, region, tradition, group, or person. They may address a set of practices, texts, doctrines, or beliefs. Projects that are primarily sociological, anthropological, theological, ethical, textual, historical, or philosophical are welcome, as are projects that draw on multiple disciplines.
Proposals for papers and pre-organized panels are now being accepted. For more information about the sorts of papers invited, please visit:
http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/gradreligionconference/general-call-papers
http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/gradreligionconference/special-call-papers
Proposals are due by July 17, 2016.
Inquiries can be directed to Khytie Brown or H. McLetchie-Leader, Conference Coordinators, at wokconference.harvardsrc@gmail.com.
5. Two full-time PhD positions in Semitic Languages at the Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, are open for applications.
For full details, see: http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=104778
6. Workshop: “Key Concepts in Interreligious Dialogue: The Concept of Revelation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam” (KCID), University of Erlangen, 21-22 July 2016
The conference is hosted by the “Lehrstuhl fuer Orientalische Philologie und Islamwissenschaft” and the Eugen-Biser-Stiftung. The conference unites innovative studies to important concepts and metaphors of the three monotheistic religions. See the program at http://www.orientalistik.uni-erlangen.de/KCID/Revelation/the-concept-of-revelation_folder_web.pdf
7. Conference: “Media in Muslim Contexts – Inventing and Re-Inventing Identities”, Aga Khan University, London, 3-4 November 2016
The conference seeks to bring together academics and media professionals to discuss the central role of mass media in the contemporary Muslim World.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2016. Information: http://www.aku.edu/events/pages/event-detail.aspx?EventID=362&Title=Media
8. International Seminar: “The Other Europe. Eastern Europeans and Safavid Communities in Spain and Its Wider World (State of the Art and Lines of Research)”, University of Alicante (Spain), 10-11 November 2016
The concept of Eastern Europeans here is meant to be understood broadly and the session hopes to have a wide range of languages represented in order to promote discussion of this field and its future.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2016. Information: http://web.ua.es/es/iranian-studies-seminar/anuncios/the-other-europe-eastern-europeans-and-safavid-communities-in-spain-and-its-wider-world-state-of-the-art-and-lines-of-research.html
9. Workshop: “Transnational Relations between Eastern Europe/Russia-USSR and the Middle East, Late 19th Century to 1991”, Princeton University, 10-11 February 2017
Part of a Université de Genève/Princeton University partnership grant co-directed by Sandrine Kott (UNIGE) and Cyrus Schayegh (PU).
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2016. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/132448/transnational-relations-between-eastern-europerussia-ussr-and
10. International Workshop: “Rethinking Islam at the Turn of the 21st Century: Liberal Trends, Agents of Change and Reassessments of Islamic Traditions”, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 5-7 June 2017
The workshop will explore the ideas and forces that aspire to bring about change in Muslim societies, with special emphasis on liberal trends.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2016. For information contact Dr. Muhammad Al-Atawneh: mailto:alatawnh@bgu.ac.il
11. PH.D. Grant to Prepare a Doctoral Thesis in Pre-modern Islamic History (Diplomatic Relationships), University of Antwerp
This full-time position to prepare a doctoral thesis is funded for four years.
Deadline for application: 15 August 2016. Information: www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vacancies/ap/2016bapdocproex184/. Contact: Malika.Dekkiche@uantwerpen.be
12. Sir William Luce Fellowship on Middle Eastern Studies, Term 24 April – 23 June 2017, Durham University
The Fellowship is awarded annually to a scholar at post-doctoral level, diplomat, politician, or business executive, working on those parts of the Middle East to which Sir William Luce devoted his working life (Iran, the Gulf States, South Arabia and Sudan).
Deadline for application: 6 October 2016. Information: www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/imeis/lucefund/fellowship/
13. 5th Annual Dissertation Award and Graduate Paper Prize of the Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS)
AGAPS seeks to recognize exceptional scholarship on the Gulf. These awards really boost the visibility of young scholars on the job market.
Deadline for submissions: 31 August 2016. Information: http://agaps.org/agapsmesa/mesa-awards/
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1. GRABAR TRAVEL GRANT
The Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA) has established a permanent fund in
memory of Professor Oleg Grabar and in support of the annual award of a program of
Grabar Grants and Fellowships. These competitive awards are intended to encourage
and further the professional development of graduate students (Ph.D. candidates) and
post-doctoral scholars in all areas of the history of Islamic art, architecture and
archaeology and are open to all nationalities.
Applicants must be HIAA members in good standing at the time of application.
Membership status will be verified by the HIAA Secretary, as necessary.
Applicants from outside the United States are responsible for meeting the requirements
for and obtaining any visas necessary for visits to or residence and research in the
United States. Upon request, HIAA will supply documentation of the grant and/or
fellowship award, the dates of the award, and financial support.
The Grabar Grants and Fellowships are administered by HIAA’s Grants and Fellowships
Committee, chaired by Prof. Avinoam Shalem, Riggio Professor of the History of the Arts
of Islam, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University.
GRABAR TRAVEL GRANT
This competition is open to graduate students (doctoral candidates) who have been
invited or accepted as participants in a scholarly conference or other professional
meeting for the purpose of presenting papers, chairing sessions or moderating
discussions.
The maximum amount of the award is $700 US.
Applications are accepted for two deadlines each year: August 1 and December 15 . Notification will be sent within six weeks of the application deadline. Grabar Travel
Grants must be used within 12 months of the award date.
Further info: https://networks.h-net.org/node/7636/discussions/132307/funding-opportunity-grabar-travel-grant-deadline-1-august
2. The Islamic Manuscript Association is recruiting a Programmes Coordinator and a Membership and Grant Schemes Coordinator to its team in Cambridge, UK. The Programmes Coordinator’s role will focus on the organisation of the Association’s courses, conferences, symposia, lectures, annual general meeting, and other events. The Membership and Grant Schemes Coordinator’s role will focus on the management of the Association’s membership records, the development of members’ resources, the coordination of the Association’s grant schemes, and Arabic-language support for the office.
See: http://www.islamicmanuscript.org/home.aspx
For questions, contact Armin Yavari, Assistant Director at
armin@islamicmanuscript.org
3. Workshop: “Debates within Iranian Socialism: Historiography, Ideology and Praxis from the Ferqeh-ye Demokrat to the Organisation of the Iranian People’s Fadai Guerrillas”, University of Manchester, 19 July 2016
Papers are in both Persian and English. Each panel will include at least one paper in either language. Attendance is free.
Information: http://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:qdp-iq2df02r-9s004s
4. Interdisciplinary Workshop: “Courts, Religion, and Politics in Contemporary Muslim States”, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, 4-5 November 2016
Bringing together scholars working in the fields of Islamic studies, law and society, and judicial politics, this workshop will explore the interaction of state judiciaries and religious politics in contemporary Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 July 2016. Information: jsachs@sfu.ca
5. Conference: “Medicine, Environment and Health in the Eastern Mediterranean World, 1400-1750”, University of Cambridge, 3-4 April 2017
Taking as our focus the politically heterogeneous southern Europe and eastern Mediterranean, the Mamluk Kingdom, and the Ottoman Empire, we aim to reconstruct the healthscape of this region in the early modern period, exploring its medical unity and disunity and the human and environmental factors that played a part in it.
Information: http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=4eba999427&e=82aeb6c61d
6. Seminar: “Islamic Ethics and the Genome Question” (leading to publication with Brill), Doha, Qatar, 3-5 April 2017
For those who will be invited to present their papers during the closed seminar the costs for travel and accommodation and for the translation of the submitted paper into Arabic or English will be covered.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2016. Information: www.cilecenter.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Genomics-Background-Paper-English.pdf
7. Faculty Positions in Classical and Modern Turkish Literature at Istanbul Şehir University
Applications are invited for two full-time faculty positions. One of these positions is in Classical Turkish Literature and the other in Modern Turkish Literature.
Deadline for application: 20 July 2016. Information: edebiyat@sehir.edu.tr
8. Association for Middle East Anthropology Graduate Student Paper Prize 2016
The Prize will be publicly announced at the AMEA Annual Meeting at MESA. The winner will receive a $100 cash award and a certificate. The winner will also be invited to submit the paper for publication in the journal “Anthropology of the Middle East”.
Submissions must be sent to Shively@kutztown.edu before 1 August 2016. Information: https://arabamericanstudies.org/2016/05/11/association-for-middle-east-anthropology-graduate-student-paper-prize/
9. Inviting Applications for Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award, 2016
Deadline for Submissions is August 15, 2016.
The Foundation for Iranian Studies invites applications for its annual award of $1000 for the best Ph.D. dissertation in a field of Iranian Studies. Students completing their dissertations between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016 are eligible to apply for the 2016 award.
Dissertations must be nominated by the author’s advisor and be accompanied by the Dissertation Committee’s letter of acceptance. Both documents may be emailed provided they contain appropriate official insignias and signatures.
Applicants for the 2016 award should submit a digital copy of the dissertation, either mailed on disc to
Secretary
Foundation for Iranian Studies
Bethesda, MD 20814
USA
Or emailed to
or
For further information about the award, selection criteria, and previous winners consult the Foundation for Iranian Studies Website at www.fis-iran.org, Programs, Dissertation Awards. Inquiries should be emailed to fis@fis-iran.org.
Gholam Reza Afkhami
Chair
Dissertation Award Committee
10. The role of mass media in the contemporary Muslim World
Date: November 3-4, 2016
Location: Aga Khan University (International) in the UK, London
Deadline for submission of abstracts: July 31, 2016
The Conference
The Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (ISMC) and Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC) seek to bring together academics and media professionals to discuss the central role of mass media in the contemporary Muslim World. Issues to be addressed include changes in media technology, identity formation, heritage destruction, resistance movements and censorship. We welcome paper submissions on a broad range of topics under these themes.
- Media and the invention of history: the invention and reinvention of national pasts; the creation of romantic visions of history through media, especially through film and television.
- Media as vehicles of resistance: media and popular resistance; construction of communities through social media.
- Iconoclasm and the Image Wars: questions of iconoclasm, heritage destruction and preservation; their coverage in international media, as well as the material rewriting of history.
- The Power of Satire: Humour and satire as instruments of dissent and dialogue; censorship and violent reaction; satire directed at Islam and Muslims and satire by Muslims directed at regimes, religious movements and other targets.
Submission of proposals
Papers are invited within the conference themes and accepted papers will be grouped into panels, with each speaker having 20 minutes to present their paper. Interested individuals should submit proposals to ismc.research@aku.edu by July 31, 2016.
Proposals should include the following information:
- Name, institutional affiliation, and email address
- Paper title
- Abstract (of no more than 250 words)
Some conference participants may join via webinar and proceedings will be recorded and made available on the Institute’s website. For all inquiries, please contact ismc.research@aku.edu
- July 06, 2016
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1.Grants for Research on “Mobility, Displacement and Forced Migration in the Middle East”, Georgetown University, Qatar
The maximum amount per grant award is US $25,000 to be used over the course of a one-year research progression based on fieldwork in one or more countries in the Middle East.
Deadline for proposals: 15 September 2016. Information: https://cirs.georgetown.edu/node/41561
2. The Department of Classical, Middle Eastern, and Asian Languages and Cultures at Queens College (CUNY) is currently seeking applicants for the position of Visiting Lecturer in Islamic Studies for 2016-2017, beginning mid-August.
Responsibilities include teaching courses in Islamic civilization, revivalism and reform in Islam, Islamic intellectual history, Islamic literature, and advanced Arabic. The lecturer will also be responsible for supervising Arabic placement for the department.
University level teaching experience and an advanced proficiency level in Arabic (or near-native or native fluency) are required. Preferred applicants will have a PhD or ABD in Middle East and/or Islamic Studies or a related field. Salary is approximately $45K . Please email a letter of interest as well as a CV to the department chair, Prof. Miryam Segal at Miryam.Segal@qc.cuny.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and remain open until the position is filled.
3. Conference: “Regional and Transregional Elites – Connecting the Early Islamic Empire”, University of Hamburg, 7-8 October 2016
Preliminary program and further details:
www.islamic-empire.uni-hamburg.de/en/news-and-events/conferences/elite-conference.html. Deadline for registration: 31 August 2016 via email to katharina.mewes@uni-hamburg.de.
4, International Conference on Islamic Jurisprudence (ICIJ2016), Krabi, Thailand, 29 October 2016
The conference aims to exchanging ideas and views regarding issues of Islamic Law in order to inculcate corpus of ideas among researchers, lecturers, administrators and post graduate students. The conference is open to any topic in the field of Islamic jurisprudence and any related current issues.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2016. Information: http://ukmsyariah.org/en/international-conference-on-islamic-jurisprudence-2016-icij2016/
5. Post-doc Fellowship at the Jewish Museum Berlin
The candidate’s subject area should fall within the framework of the “Jewish-Islamic Forum”, which includes the history of Jews in the Arab-Muslim world. The scholarship will be granted for one year, with the possibility of an extension of one further year.
Deadline for application: 31 July 2016. Information: http://www.jmberlin.de/main/EN/Pdfs-en/About-the-Museum/Jobs/Postdoc_WMBlumenthal-Stipendium_EN.pdf
6. Masters in “Islamic Studies – Systemic Approach”, Mustafa International University, Tehran Campus
The University is going to admit international students for its MA program in Islamic Studies. Prospective students must hold a Bachelor’s Degree. Deadline for application: 31 July 2016. Information: http://en.tehran.miu.ac.ir/index.aspx?fkeyid=&siteid=195&pageid=38420&newsview=73127
7. 2èmeSymposium international sur les langues iraniennes en danger
8-9 Juillet 2016
Maison de la Recherche
Salle Athena
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
4, rue des Irlandais
75005 Paris
Paris, France
UMR Mondes iraniens et indien (CNRS, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Inalco, EPHE), Paris
Département de linguistique empirique, Goethe-Universität, Francfort
Labex EFL
Organisatrices : Saloumeh Gholami (Goethe-Universität) et Pollet Samvelian (Sorbonne nouvelle – UMR Mondes iranien et indien)
8. The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations
https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Muslim-Jewish-Relations/Meri/p/book/97
9. Lecturer (temporary full time) wanted to teach courses on the history of
the Middle East and North Africa: FALL 2016-SPRING 2017
The Department of History and Philosophy at State University of New York
Old Westbury is looking to appoint a full time Lecturer level for fall
2016 and spring 2017 to teach courses on the history of the Middle East
and North Africa and on Islamic history and culture.
This is a one-year non-renewable appointment. Candidates for this
temporary position will be asked to teach 4 (4-credit) courses per
semester: 4 in the fall semester and 4 in the spring. Regular attendance
at department meetings and help with departmental events and with
student advising will also be expected.
Courses for the spring semester will be determined in consultation with
the appointee. For fall 2016, the courses to be taught will be:
1/ HI2511 World History I: Non-Western (two sections). This is a
freshman/sophomore level semester long course in world history focusing
on the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
2/ HI3835 Islamic Cultures. A sophomore/junior level introduction to
Islam as a religion and way of life and to its institutions and culture,
beginning with the socio-economic background of pre-Islamic Arabia and
exploring the transforming message of the Quran and the role of Muhammad
as spiritual and political leader.
3/ HI4308 A History of the Middle East and North Africa in the Modern
World. This course studies the development of Middle Eastern and North
African Islamic civilizations from the 18th century to the present.
We are a small 4-year liberal arts college within the SUNY system. Our
department offers a B.A. in history and a separate B.A. in the combined
areas of philosophy and religion. We also offer content courses in our
School of Education’s Master of Arts and Teaching degree in Adolescence
Education Social Studies
Requirements for Temporary Instructor Position
* Masters in History or ABD in History focusing on the region of the
Middle East and North Africa. Teaching experience in the history of the
Middle East and North Africa and Islamic civilization is desirable but
not required.
Send letter and copy of CV to walshj@oldwestbury.edu or to History and
Philosophy Department, c/o Chair, SUNY Old Westbury, 223 Storehill Road,
Old Westbury, NY 11568.
- June 29, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Regionality: Looking for the Local in the Arts of Islam
HISTORIANS OF ISLAMIC ART ASSOCIATION Fifth Biennial Symposium: 20 – 22 October, 2016
All panels and keynote talks will take place at the Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre (KCLT) at the Courtauld Institute of Art.
The Fifth Biennial Conference of the Historians of Islamic Art Association celebrates the European ‘roots’ of the study of the arts that fall under the cultural umbrella of Islam, and the formation of the important early collections and exhibitions that launched its scholarship. Those early, mostly connoisseurial categories of regional types and styles – the “Moresque”, Persian painting, Turkish tiles, Indian decorative arts – formed the foundations from which universalizing narratives of “Islamic” arts emerged, especially in the period after the Second World War. Some fifty years later, we are witnessing a resurgence of the study of regional specificities, augmented with deeper research into the diverse facets of any given locality or artistic form, and a greater commitment to the linguistic and cultural particularities that shaped the arts, architecture and archaeology in a specific locale. Rigorous application of trans-disciplinary research strategies have contributed to the deepening of our understanding of the arts of Islam in local terms, and have allowed us to embrace broader historical trajectories to include the modern and contemporary in our field.
The conference is organised by Sussan Babaie and the Historians of Islamic Art Association.
The conference program consists of 6 panels, an object-handling session. In addition, there are four keynote speakers:
Finbarr Barry Flood, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University: Prescriptive piety as material practice in Islamic art.
Jeremy Johns, University of Oxford: ‘Fings ain’t wot they oughto be’: making things & the art history of early & medieval Islamic societies.
Talinn Grigor, University of California Davis: Modernism as (a)politics: religious minorities and the discourse on architecture in Pahlavi Iran.
Mary Roberts, University of Sydney: Leighton House, Islamic Art and Collector-dealer Networks.
£35 general admission / £25 students and concessions: Book Now
2. University of Exeter
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Understanding Shari’a: Present Imperfect, Past Perfect. The Understanding Shari’a: Present Imperfect, Past Perfect (USPIPP) project, a collaboration between Robert Gleave and Professors Leon Buskens (Leiden), Irene Schneider (Gottingen) and Knut Vikor (Bergen) is advertising a two-year, fixed term Postdoctoral fellow who will work with Robert Gleave at Exeter. The applicant should be an expert in Islamic law with particular reference to Muslim legal discussions around the legitimacy of violence. An ability to work across time periods is crucial, as is the ability to conduct research using primary sources.
See: http://www.islamicreformulations.net/resources/USPPIP%20Res%20Fellow.pdf
Law and Learning in Imami Shi’ite Islam (LAWALISI) – This is an early notification that in the near future (hopefully by the end of July 2016), we will be announcing two postdoctoral fellowships linked to the LAWALISI project, to start 1st April 2017; one in “Legal Theory/Legal Doctrine” and the other in “Fatwas and Fiqh”. Whilst open to scholars in any area of these specialisms, the focus of the research will be on the development of Imami Shi’i legal thought.
See http://www.islamicreformulations.net/resources/LAWALISI%20summary.pdf
Lecturer in Islamic Studies (Islamic Law), University of Exeter – This 2year fixed term lectureship position will give an early career scholar the opportunity to teach in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, and do research alongside Rob Gleave and the USPPIP and/or LAWALISI project teams. Closing date 18th July,
3. CALL FOR PROPOSALS
IRAN IN WORLD POLITICS
Edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh
ABOUT THE SERIES
Iran in World Politics is committed to showcasing cutting-edge research
on the place of Iran in the world. The changing regional and
international environment have presented new challenges and
opportunities for Iran. These relate to diplomacy and trade, strategic
alliance-building, and networks of cultural and religion. How Iran
responds to these challenges and opportunities, and how other states
reciprocate, is influenced by a range of factors, including threat
perceptions. Domestic politics have a direct bearing on Iran’s external
relations and this publication series is keenly aware of this nexus.
Iran in World Politics promotes original and pioneering research on
urgent issues in Iran’s international relations.
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Prof Mohammed Ayoob (Michigan State University),
Prof Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University),
Prof Mehran Kamrava (Georgetown University),
Prof Mahmoud Sariolghalam (Shahid Beheshti University).
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh is Research Professor of Middle East and
Central Asian Politics, Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum and Deputy Director
(International) of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and
Globalization at Deakin University, Australia. He has an active research
interest in Iran, Central Asia, and the Middle East. He has held a
prestigious Future Fellowship with the Australian Research Council to
examine Iran’s foreign policy making and has developed a major
international research project on Iran’s regional relations.
PROPOSALS
If you would like to submit a proposal please contact the series editor
Shahram Akbarzadeh (shahram.akbarzadeh@deakin.edu.au
or consult the Palgrave
submissions page at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/why-publish/submit-proposal
4. Antisemitism Studies
Call for Submissions
Deadline for first issue: September 15, 2016
Deadline for second issue: December 15, 2016
The editor of Antisemitism Studies welcomes the submission of manuscripts that will contribute to the scholarly study of antisemitism. We will consider articles on specific antisemitic episodes, and their historical significance and impact on society, as well as more thematic and theoretical studies of the phenomenon. Authors may work from any disciplinary perspective, address any cultural, national, or religious context, and study any period of history, including the present. We are particularly interested in articles that appeal to a broad international audience of scholars in the humanities and social sciences.
For detailed information on manuscript preparation and to sign up to our email list please visit: antisemitismstudies.com.
Manuscripts should be submitted via the Indiana University Press website: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/ant/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions
Any questions about the journal or its submissions process may be directed to the editor: antisemitismstudies@icloud.com
5. Hands-on Cinema Verite
Academic Participation in The 10th Iran International Documentary Film Festival (Tehran, Iran, 4–11 December 2016)
The Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) program at the Oklahoma State University is presenting its first Hands-on Cinema Verite, an academic visiting program for participation in the 10th edition of Iran International Documentary Film Festival which will be held from 4-11 December 2016 in Tehran, Iran.
This program is open only to registered students (all around the globe) who are studying or carrying out research on any aspects of Iranian documentary film: history, production and industry, or practising filmmaking. You will join an exciting and creative arranged academic package which includes participation in the film festival and also academic activities organised by our program.
For further information and to register, please visit:
https://ipgs.okstate.edu/cinema-verite
6. Conference: “Re-Ordering the Middle East? Peoples, Borders and States in Flux”, University of Jordan, 18 July 2016
The conference consists of three sessions: the Collapse of Authority: Order in the Middle East?; State Vacuums and Non-State Actors; the Role of Economy and Global Issues.
Information: http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=0ff1600706
7. Third Conference of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences: “State, Sovereignty and Social Space in the Arab Region: Emerging Historical and Theoretical Approaches”, Beirut, 10-12 March 2017
The conference will be organized around three major axes: 1) Transformations of State and of Forms of Sovereignty – 2) Social Space and Power – 3) Political Geography of Refugees and Displaced Populations.
Deadline for proposals: 6 September 2016. Information: http://www.theacss.org/pages/third-conference
8. One-year Position Teaching Islamic Law, American University in Cairo
The deadline for application has been extended beyond the stated date. Information: https://aucegypt.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp;jsessionid=EF891FA4E1EBD3166D3E4E3A20580EF8;jsessionid=92912ADED964F7A0605F87B17E29CF0D;jsessionid=68C0BE9B8144D7753CE46DE359E55030?JOBID=71446
9. Open Access Digitised Manuscript: British Library’s Shāhnāmah manuscript (Add.5600)
British Library’s Shāhnāmah manuscript (Add.5600)
Date: late 15th century
Title: Shāhnāmah, by Firdawsī
Content : Firdawsī’s epic the Shāhnāmah ‘Book of kings’ with the older preface. Refurbished ca 1616 (f..274r) in the studio of ʻAbd al-Raḥīm Khān Khānān. Contains 90 overpainted mniatures by attributed Mughal artists.
- June 23, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items
1. Lecturer in Islam in South East Asia
The School of Divinity, History and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen seeks to make an appointment of a Lecturer in the field of Islam in South East Asia with a provisional start date of January 2017.
Applicants should have a proven research record in the relevant field and experience of teaching in higher education. This position will involve a commitment to undergraduate teaching, postgraduate supervision and research and will carry particular duties in the delivery of teaching and in the supervision of doctoral work.
The School offers a wide range of undergraduate courses leading to an MA (without honours) after three years or, more usually, a single or joint honours MA after four years. The School houses the largest body of postgraduate students within the University
The successful candidate will teach in the Religious Studies undergraduate programme, introduce and lead exciting and challenging courses in Islamic Studies at undergraduate and masters level, and provide postgraduate supervision within the field of their expertise.
College of Arts and Social Sciences
Divinity, History & Philosophy
Staff Category: Teaching
Position Type: Full Time
Closing Date: 04/07/2016
Ref No: DHP049A
For more details please visit:
https://www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/lecturer-in-islam-in-south-east-asia-267144.html
2. I.B.Tauris is currently inviting new proposals for the Islamic South Asia series.
http://www.ibtauris.com/islamic-south-asia
This series aims to:
- Explore and reconsider the role of Islam in South Asia, both historically and in a contemporary context
- Address current issues in response to modern contexts
- Encourage a forward-thinking and multi-disciplinary approach to South Asian and Islamic Studies
You can find full details on the series webpage: http://www.ibtauris.com/islamic-south-asia
Series Editor:
Professor Ruby Lal (Emory University)
Advisory Board:
Iftikhar Dadi (Cornell University)
Stephen F. Dale (Ohio State University)
Michael Fisher (Oberlin College)
Ebba Koch (University of Vienna)
David Lewis (London School of Economics)
Francis Robinson (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Willem van Schendel (University of Amsterdam)
Nira Wickramasinghe (Leiden University)
If you would like to submit a proposal or have any questions, please contact the Commissioning Editor at I.B.Tauris, Sophie Rudland, srudland@ibtauris.com
3. Le Département d’études persanes de l’Université de Strasbourg recrute un ATER pour l’année universitaire 2016-2017 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 au persan), 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 à tous les niveaux, de traduction (thème-version littéraire) et histoire de la littérature. Par conséquent, une solide maîtrise des deux langues (persane et française) est exigée.
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 cette adresse :
http://www.unistra.fr/index.php?id=19432
Ainsi que ces adresses concernant les postes publiés dans GALAXIE :
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4. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Artby Linda Komaroff, with contributions by John Hirx and Anke Scharrahs, and Sandra Williams, Manal Alghannam, and Keelan Overton (New Haven: Yale University Press and Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016). This illustrated volume features 150 works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s rich holdings of Islamic art, including numerous unpublished artworks from the collection such as a fifteenth-century ceiling panel from Spain and especially an eighteenth-century reception room from Damascus. Full-color plate images are accompanied by descriptions in both English and Arabic, organized chronologically and thematically.
See http://yalebooks.com/book/9781943042036/beauty-and-identity
5. Conference: “The Dynamics of Change in the Pakistan-Afghanistan Region: Politics on Borderland”, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 29-31 August 2016
This Fifth Bara Gali Conference invites papers that take up the common theme of “politics on border” along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in different ways. The conference aims to make a series of interdisciplinary forays in making the Pakistan-Afghanistan border more understandable.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 June 2016. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/128159/cfp-extended-fifth-bara-gali-conference-dynamics-change-pakistan
6. International Conference: “Regime Transformation and the Recomposition of Elites in the Arab World after 2010-2011: A Comparative Approach“, Tunis, 20-22 October 2016
The conference is jointly organized by the Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb contemporain (IRMC) and the Konrad‐Adenauer‐Stiftung (KAS). Working languages are French and English.
Deadline for proposals: 16 July 2016. Information: http://irmcmaghreb.org/images/pdf/call.pdf
7. Conference: “Global Muslim Encounters: Homogenisation and Diversity across Time and Space”, University of Cambridge, 9 – 10 December 2016
The interdisciplinary conference aims to investigate Muslim interactions and encounters in various spatial and temporal settings since ca. 1250. Historians, art historians, anthropologists, political scientists, and scholars of comparative literature and Islamic studies who work on Islamic communities all across the globe are invited.
Abstracts are due on 15 July 2016. Information: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/26819
8. Conference of ACLA: “Sacred Troubling Topics in the Tanakh, New Testament, and Qur’an”, Utrecht, Netherlands, 6-9 July 2017
Suggested troubling topics include racism, domestic violence, purity/impurity, polemics, figural readings, suicide, sexuality, unbeliever, LGBTQ, misogyny, trickster, humor, fallible prophet, good vs./and evil, self-denial, spying, deception.
Submission of proposals: 1-23 September 2016. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/128349/sacred-troubling-topics-tanakh-new-testament-and-quran-acla
9. Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Birmingham
Applications are welcome from scholars in Qur’an (including study of hadith or the history of tafsir), in classical Arabic texts, in Islamic law and jurisprudence.
Deadline for application: 29 June 2016. Information: http://tinyurl.com/gm4hgm2
10. Summer School: “Reading and Analyzing Ottoman Administrative Sources”, Amman, 31 August – 2 September 2016
During the program we will introduce young researchers (mostly MA and Ph.D. candidates, but post-docs may also apply) to reading and analyzing the various manuscript sources which have been issued by Ottoman administrative institutions at both provincial and imperial levels.
Deadline: 15 June 2016. Information: www.orient-institut.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Summer_school_Amman_CfA_English.pdf
11. Articles for “The Journal of Contemporary European Antisemitism”
This journal is the first of its kind and will cover all forms of anti-Semitism found in today’s Europe. We invite scholars from all relevant disciplines across the social sciences and humanities to send us their original research articles.
Deadline for submissions: 1 August 2016. Information: www.academicstudiespress.com/journals/jcea/
12. I invite you to visit Abadan:Retold (www.abadan.wiki): an innovative online
platform for documenting the social history of Abadan, Iran.
We have just launched in beta version with interesting new articles and essays
by Willem Floor, Paul Schroeder, Mattin Biglari and yours truly. Over the
coming weeks, more texts will be added by Shireen Walton, Khodadad Rezakhani,
Touraj Atabaki, Kaveh Ehsani, Pamela Karimi and many more.
In the second phase, the website will contain an interactive map, connected to
an Abadan-wikipedia, oral history podcasts, photo galleries as well as other
features.
Please spread among your friends and in your networks – and let us know of
possible writers, academic and non-academic, for the platform.
Many thanks for your support.
Best regards,
Rasmus Christian Elling
Associate Professor
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
13. Position: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
Institution: Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen
Hours: Fulltime (regular weekly working time of 39,8 h per week)
Salary: According to TV-L 13
Start: 01.09.2016
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Professor Irene Schneider, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies of the Georg-August University of Göttingen, invites applications for a two-year
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant position
(Payment is based on the German salary scheme TV-L 13., with regular weekly working time of 39,8 h per week)
The successful candidate, beside some teaching, shall especially help building up and work in the project Understanding Shari’a: Past Perfect. Present Imperfect“ (USPPIP) which is a two-year project financed by Humanities European Research Area (HERA) (www.heranet.info), integrated in the HERA-Program: Uses of the Past. It is a joint project involving four European universities: University of Exeter (U.K.),University of Leiden (Netherlands), University of Bergen (Norway) and University of Göttingen (Germany). He/she shall investigate how concepts of the past affect the ongoing legal discourse and practice in Muslim societies today. Each of the four universities has its own focus: violence (Exeter), custom and practice (Leiden), role of the state (Bergen) and gender (Göttingen). Close collaboration with the project researchers in the other universities is a prerequisite.
The candidate is required to hold an excellent Ph.D. in Islamic Studies with a special focus on Islamic law and have profound knowledge in the area of gender studies. Other qualifications comprise high proficiency in Arabic, and if possible, good reading ability in another Islamic language as well as experience in publication procedures and teaching.
The position offers post-doctoral students the possibility of further qualification by habilitation. There is the option of job-sharing.
The University of Göttingen is committed to increase the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from thus qualified individuals.
Furthermore the University of Göttingen seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.
As the university regards itself as a family-friendly institution and supports the compatibility of science/ profession and family.
Please send your applications including the usual documents to Prof. Dr. Irene Schneider, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Seminar für Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen; E-Mail: sekretariat.schneider@phil.uni-goettingen.de before June 30, 2016.
For information please contact Prof. Dr. Irene Schneider, E-mail: ischnei@uni-goettingen.de
- June 14, 2016
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Shii News – Academic Items
1.Workshop: “Greek and Arabic in the Middle Ages: Projections and Reflections”, University of Athens, 9 June 2016
The workshop consists of four parts and discussions concerning the workshop’s topic.
Information: http://soscientgr.blogspot.de/2016/06/universite-nationale-et.html
2. Conference: “Arabic Studies and Islamic Civilization”, Quebec, 28-29 July 2016 The conference aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Arabic Studies and Islamic Civilization. Information: https://waset.org/conference/2016/07/quebec/ICASIC
3. Conference: “Islam and Democracy”, Vancouver, 4-5 August 2016
The conference aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Islam and Democracy.
Information: www.waset.org/conference/2016/08/vancouver/ICID
4. Workshop: “Left-Wing Trends in the Arab World (1948-1979): Bringing Transnational Back in”, Orient-Institut, Beirut, 12-13 December 2016
This international workshop aims at shedding light on the transnational dynamics in which Arab left-wing trends have been embedded, especially during the 1960-70s, the glorious period of left-wing revolutionary movements throughout the world, in one word: the Tricontinental moment.
Deadline for abstracts: 26 June 2016. Information: www.orient-institut.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ARAL-CFP.pdf
5. University of Pittsburgh – Assistant Professor, Islamic World History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53008
6. Le département des études iraniennes de la Philipps Universität Marburg (Allemagne) recherche :
un(e) chercheur(e) post-doc (22 mois)
dans le cadre du programme bi-national “Dynamics of Transmission: Families, Authority and Knowledge in the Early Modern Middle East (15th-17th centuries)“ financé par l’ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche) et la DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).
[See: https://dyntran.hypotheses.org/ ]
Les candidats sont invités à présenter un projet individuel centré sur l’histoire / l’histoire culturelle du monde iranien sur une période comprise principalement entre le XVe et le XVIIe siècle.
Informations et dépôts de candidature : chwerner@uni-marburg.de
La date limite de dépôt des candidatures est fixée au 1er juillet 2016.
7. Conference – Islamic Art at Cambridge: Lifting the Veil (Cambridge, UK, 20 June 2016)
On Monday 20 June 2016, a conference entitled ‘Islamic Art at Cambridge: Lifting the Veil’ will be held at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, with a visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum. Organised by Jean Michel Massing, Charles Melville, Firuza Melville, and Ünver Rüstem, the conference will highlight Cambridge’s burgeoning contributions to the field of Islamic art history, not only showcasing the University’s rich artistic holdings, but also presenting the latest research of current and former Cambridge-affiliated scholars. Papers will cover topics as diverse as album painting, ceramics conservation, architecture, and Orientalism.
For the full programme and further information, see http://persian.pem.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/conferences/islamic-art-cambridge-lifting-veil.
The event is free, but space is limited; those wishing to attend are therefore asked to pre-register by emailing islamic.art.cambridge@gmail.com.
8. CFP – Islamic Art & Architecture (Zurich, Schaffhausen, 4-6 May ’17)
Zurich and Schaffhausen, May 4 – 06, 2017
Deadline: Sep 25, 2016
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 (David’s Collection Kopenhagen),
Yannick Lintz (Musée du Louvre), Tim Stanley (V&A London),
Stefan Weber (Museum für Islamische Kunst Berlin)
The Swiss Orient traveler Henri Moser Charlottenfels (1844-1923) is
considered one of the pioneering 19th-century amateurs of Islamic Art,
because of his activity as collector and exhibitor. His continuously
growing collection had made Moser famous from 1876 onwards through
much-noticed traveling exhibitions in and outside of Switzerland. His
collection was later displayed permanently at the widely known private
museum he established in 1906 at the Charlottenfels Castle near
Schaffhausen. Through his 1914 donation to the Bern Historical Museum,
Moser assured that after his disappearance the Orientalische Sammlung
Henri Moser Charlottenfels (Oriental collection Henri Moser
Charlottenfels) of over 4000 objects would remain available to the
public in an exhibition hall specially built for that purpose.
The conference wants to present Henri Moser and his collection in an
international context. Does Moser’s activity of collecting and
exhibiting Islamic art reflect a widespread tendency of his period? How
have strategies of presentation, re-contextualisation and didactics
changed since the 19th century? To what extent have private collections
influenced the making of Islamic departments in national museums? And
which role did private collectors such as Moser play in transmitting
and appropriating Islamic art and architecture in the West during the
19th and early 20th century?
The conference will open on Thursday, 4th May 2017, with a first
section on „Displaying Islamic Art“ at the Museum Rietberg, with a
roundtable discussion with representatives of the most important
European collections of Islamic Art. The second day will take place at
the University of Zurich and will be dedicated to the section
„Appropriating Islamic Art and Architecture“. Finally, a third section
regarding „Collecting Islamic Art“, taking place on Saturday, 6th May
2017, will bring the topic to a close in Charlottenfels Castle.
We invite you to propose papers on the following topics:
– Moser and his collection
– Islamic art in European private collections in the 19th and early 20th centuries
– Mapping and classifying Islamic art through collections
– From Wunderkammer to modern exhibition – ways of presenting Islamic art
– Transmission of Islamic aesthetics through art exhibitions
– Strategies of appropriation in the West
– Neo-Islamic declinations of Islamic art and architecture
Each presentation will be of 20 minutes, and may be given in French,
English or German. Please submit a proposal of maximum 300 words and a
brief curriculum vitae by the 25th of September 2016 to the following
e-mail address: conference@transculturalstudies.ch
9. Announcement – Museum With No Frontiers project MWNF Galleries now online
The new Museum With No Frontiers project MWNF Galleries is now online.
MWNF Galleries invite exploration of the universal language of cultural heritage as the key for understanding and respect. A continuously growing Database feeds a constantly updated set of Galleries.
Artefacts contributed by partners from different countries and representing different civilisations are gathered in thematic collections, witnessing a great variety of artistic expressions and a multitude of perceptions.
Visitors are able to sort the artefacts on display according to different criteria and to carry out searches in the database of a specific Gallery or in the overall Galleries Database. Results will be listed chronologically.
I you wish to view the objects of a specific museums, go to ‘Partners All Galleries’, select the museum you are interested in and then click the ‘View Objects’ link. Links to relevant Galleries have been added to each database entry.
Also the MWNF Portal has been given a new look, with direct access to our Virtual Museums and to MWNF Galleries.
Background
MWNF Galleries build on and develop the Database of the MWNF Virtual Museums:
Discover Islamic Art & Explore Islamic Art Collections
The Discover Islamic Art Virtual Museum and Virtual Exhibitions present the Islamic heritage of the Mediterranean basin, alongside collections of Islamic art hosted by the participating museums. New partners continue to enrich the Discover Islamic Art Database by adding new items within the follow-up project Explore Islamic Art Collections.
Discover Baroque Art
The Discover Baroque Art Virtual Museum and Virtual Exhibitions explore the cultural environment of European Baroque, putting the spotlight on less familiar highlights of Baroque art and architecture, alongside universally known masterpieces.
Sharing History
The Sharing History Virtual Museum and Virtual Exhibitions address Arab–Ottoman–European relations in the 19th century from the specific perspectives of all parties, offering the first Database to document this period of common history.
We hope you will enjoy exploring MWNF Galleries and look forward to your feedback.
Eva Schubert
Chair and Chief Executive
Museum With No Frontiers (MWNF)
Non profit organisation
Email: management@museumwnf.net
- June 09, 2016
- by Andrew Newman
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