Shii News – Academic Items
1.RECENT PERSPECTIVES OF CEREMONIES, RITUALS AND FESTIVALS
IN THE OTTOMAN WORLD
An International Symposium
13-15 April, 2017
See programme at: http://macmillan.yale.edu/event/conference-recent-perspectives-ceremonies-rituals-and-festivals-ottoman-world
2. I.B.Tauris invites submissions for inclusion in its academic monograph series, The Early and Medieval Islamic World. Led by series editor Professor Roy Mottahedeh (Harvard University), the series promotes innovative research on the period 500–1500 AD with the Islamic world, as it ebbed and flowed from Marrakesh to Palermo and Cairo to Kabul, as the central pivot.
Thematic focus within this remit is broad, from the cultural and social to the political and economic, with preference given to studies of societies and cultures from a socio-historical perspective. It aims to foster a community of unique voices on the medieval Islamic world, shining light into its lesser studied corners.
Key areas of focus are:
- Transition to the ‘medieval’ world, especially archaeological approaches
- Close textual readings and translations
- Trade and the economy
- Travel and exploration
- Government and warfare
- Societies and communities
- Material culture and art
- History of ideas
- Inter-religious contact, conflict and exchange
- Prominent and influential figures
Tom Stottor, Editor tstottor@ibtauris.com
Guidelines for submitting proposals are on our website at: www.ibtauris.com/Publish.
3. Global Nodes, Networks, Orders:
Three Global History Workshops on Transformative Connectivity
University of Leiden, 20 – 22 April, 2017
4. Workshop: “Violence in Sharīʿa and its Contemporary Implications”, Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, UK 6-7 July 2017
We invite paper proposals engaging with the methodological questions involved in justifications for both traditional and alternative perspectives on fiqhī (juristic) readings of matters related to any aspect of the regulation or use of violence in Sharī ͑a with contemporary implications.
Deadline for abstracts: 8 May 2017. Information: http://almahdi.edu/forthcoming-workshop-the-status-of-non-muslims-in-shari-a
5. Panel on “Trade and Material Culture in the Medieval Mediterranean” at the 2018 Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, Emory University, Atlanta, 1-3 March 2018
We are interested in papers from any relevant disciplines and approaches, including economic, social, and institutional history, art and cultural history (including music and literature) that examine the trade and material culture in the medieval Mediterranean in relation to the formation of religious, ethnic, linguistic and cultural identities.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 April 2017. Information: http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1ae5bef9757e58afec01a89a&id=6175c82979&e=82aeb6c61d
6. Visiting Professor at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna
Successful candidates will have the following qualifications: PhD and post-doctoral experience at a university or other research institution; outstanding research and publication record; experience in university teaching, and willingness and ability to teach at all curricular levels, etc.
Deadline for application: 2 May 2017. Information: https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibung-flow?_flowExecutionKey=_cAAC711CD-CC28-9FAE-FF85-68E6D4304812_k6C7C57FA-485F-8257-0819-B5A9CD0B59FF&tid=62258.28
7. GTOT Prizes 2018 for Outstanding Theses and Dissertations in the Fields of Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies
The Society for Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies (GTOT) is inviting applications from anyone who completed her/his thesis/dissertation in these fields between 1 September 2016 and 1 May 2018. Papers in German, English and French are accepted.
Deadline for application: 1 May 2018. Information: http://gtot.org/files/GTOT-Preis-Ausschreibung_03042017_eng.pdf
8. Call for Contributions: Minorities and Identity Formation in Iran: From the Achaemenids to the Islamic Republic
Dear Collegues,
Together with Josef Wiesehöfer I am planning to edit a volume on Minorities and Identity Formation in Iran. I organized a conference workshop in Vienna last year bearing the same title and was approached by I. B. Tauris to edit a volume. If you are interested in contributing an article, please read the attached abstract carefully. Contributions have to refer to the theoretical frame established in the abstract. Please be so kind to send your requests and abstracts to the following e-mail address:
Thank you!
Looking forward to your proposals, A. Pistor-Hatam
Prof. Dr. Anja Pistor-Hatam
Seminar für Orientalistik der Christian-Albrechts-Universität Leibnizstr. 10 24118 Kiel
9. The Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Leiden, is looking for two PhD candidates in Central Asian / Middle Eastern Studies. Applications must be received no later than 30 April 2017. For details see:
http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/phd-posities/17-050.html
10. Islamic School of Art has organized three ten-days of academic holiday courses on “The Heritage of Islamic Persian Architecture” on July 2-11, 2017, “World of Persian Carpet” on 25 July – 3 August, 2017, “Philosophy of Islamic Art” on 24 August – 2 September, 2017, in Iran. It is our great pleasure to invite you to join us in any or all three courses.
These courses are going to be held in five cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Kashan, Yazd and Qom.
For more detailed information about the program and the fees see http://www.isoacourses.com/
11. Negotiating Ethnic & Religious Identities
Midwest Association for Middle East and Islamic Studies 2017 Annual Conference
http://www2.indstate.edu/mameis/
April 21, 2017
University of Louisville
Shumaker, Rm. 139
9-10:30 Muslim Identity in the Spiritual Realm
Bradley Bowman, University of Louisville
From Acolyte to Ṣaḥābī: The Curious Conversion of Salmān al Fārisī and the Monks Who Guide Him to Islam
Matthew Niemi, Indiana University-Bloomington
Judging by what God has Revealed: Din in 7th-century Arabia
Gregory S. Hutcheson University of Louisville
Negotiating the Multiconfessional in Medieval Iberian Law
10:30-11:00 Coffee/Tea Break
11:00-12:30 Identity and Empire in Iran
Marian Smith, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
‘Abd Allah Hātifī’s Tīmūr-nāma: Observations on the Dispersed Manuscript Corpus of a Late Timurid Epic
Rosemary Stanfield-Johnson, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Storytelling and Identity in Safavid Iran
James Gustafson, Indiana State University
The Ecology of Empire in Qajar Iran
12:30-1:30 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Exploring Turkish Identities during Empire and Republic
Brian Van Wyck, Michigan State University
Transmitting Turkishness in the Diaspora: Turkish Teachers and Imams in Germany, 1961-2017
Gül Aldıkaçtı Marshall, University of Louisville
Negotiating Transnational Feminist Activism: The Significance of Multiple Platforms for Turkish Feminists
3:00-3:15 Coffee/Tea Break
3:15-4:15 War, Displacement, and Relocation: Identity in Transition
James Tallon, Lewis University
Albanian Identity at the End of Empire
Jusuf Salih, University of Dayton
Catholicism, Islam and Albanianess as Collective Queries Among Kosovars
4:15-4:30 Closing Remarks
James Tallon, Lewis University
James M. Gustafson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History – Modern Middle East
Association for Iranian Studies Council, 2017-19
Faculty Senator, 2016-18
Indiana State University
621 Chestnut St., Terre Haute, IN 47809
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