Shii News – Academic Items
1.CfP: ‘Sectarian Identity and Community Formation in Islam’
The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Group
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 22nd
Symposium Date: October 26-27, 2018
Read more at: https://shii-studies-sites.uchicago.edu/
2. The University of Copenhagen announces a position as associate professor under the study programme “MIDDLE EASTERN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY (BA & MA STUDY PROGRAMMES), with focus in Modern Israeli historical and cultural studies. The closing date for applications is 21 August 2018, 23:59 CET.
For more information see: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=1307&departmentId=18985&ProjectId=147660&MediaId=5&SkipAdvertisement=false
3. Full professorship at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Asian and African Studies for “Transregional Central Asian Studies”
“The position has its sociocultural and linguistic focus on Central Asia. Teaching and research are supposed to cover not only Central Asia but also connections to other regions represented at the Department of Asian and African Studies. The thematic focus is on contemporary social developments in the fields of Islam, Muslim identities and migration. The successful applicant is supposed to study the linkages between Asia and Africa in these fields.”
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56933
4. Doctoral Workshop: “Digital Media, Islamism, and Politics in the Middle East”, Basel, Switzerland, 28-29 September 2018
This two-day workshop immerses students in comparative studies of Islamist politics in the Middle East and North Africa through the lens of how violent and non-violent Islamist state and non-actors, as well as their opponents, use and manipulate digital and social media to further their goals. The workshop is specifically interested in exploring themes in how the region’s religious, political and social forces interact and mobilize in digital space, including their competing organizational networks and narrative claims.
Deadline for applications: 6 August 2018. Information: https://nahoststudien.philhist.unibas.ch/de/doktorat/mubit/annual-doctoral-workshops/
5. Iran: Resources
As part of our programme promoting Iranian contemporary literature and culture in the UK and encouraging the advancement of high quality Persian – English translation we have been researching related networks, contacts and study centres. Below are some useful links and resources, which we hope will help contribute to bringing about an increase in publications, translations and literary exchange to positively impact on Iranian literature, as well as on literary exchange with the UK and elsewhere.
We hope that you might find this useful and are grateful to those who have contributed to it so far. We welcome your suggestions/ amendments for this evolving list. The sections are currently:
- Interesting Reading
- Networks
- Foundations/ Charities/ Organisations
- Publications/ Resources
- Publishers/ Book Fairs/ Prizes
- Study/ Research/ Support Centres
- Translators (Persian to English, English to Persian or both)
- Recommended works for translation
If you have any suggestions for the lists please contact sophia@visitingarts.org.uk
6. Mapping Islamophobia – Visualizing Islamophobia and Its Effects
“Mapping Islamophobia is a project headed by Grinnell College history and religious studies professor Caleb Elfenbein, with contributions from a number of Grinnell College students and technical support from Mike Conner. The project utilizes a series of powerful interactive maps that document incidents of violence, discrimination, and bias targeting Muslim individuals and communities in the United States. One such map, along with an accompanying interactive timeline, allows visitors to view the prevalence of Islamophobia between the years 2011 and 2018. In addition, these maps allow visitors to investigate Islamophobic incidents by incident type (including legislation, public campaigns, and crimes against people) and the gender of the targeted individual. The team behind Mapping Islamophobia collected information about these incidents from a variety of “media outlets with clear editorial oversight.” By selecting individual pins on these maps, visitors can learn more about specific incidents and news sources. The Mapping Islamophobia project also contains Countering Islamophobia, an interactive map that documents “how American Muslim communities have responded to the increasing presence of anti-Muslim hostility in American public life over time.” This map highlights community outreach activities, interfaith initiatives, and more.”
http://mappingislamophobia.org/
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- July 19, 2018
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