Shii News – Academic Items
1.Call for Papers:
Muslims in the UK and Europe
Postgraduate Symposium 6-7 June 2019
Organised by the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge Centre of Islamic Studies invites applications from current Masters and PhD candidates to present their research on issues pertaining to Muslims in the UK and Europe, from any discipline. The postgraduate symposium, taking place from 6-7 June 2019, will be a platform for students to present and exchange current research on any topic in this field in a dynamic forum. While historical or theoretical context is valuable, we also invite papers to present, analyse or interpret research findings, data or material.
The symposium will take place at The Moller Centre, Cambridge. Accommodation will be covered by the Centre of Islamic Studies and bursaries will be available for travel within the UK.
To apply please submit a 500-word abstract, with curriculum vitae outlining current research interests, to cis@cis.cam.ac.uk by 22 March 2019.
Successful candidates will be notified by 29 March 2019 and invited to submit draft papers of no more than 3000 words by 26 May 2019.
Click http://www.cis.cam.ac.uk/activities/conferences/annual-graduate-symposia/ to read about the Annual Muslims in the UK and Europe Postgraduate Symposium.
For more information on the Centre of Islamic Studies see:
2. Persian and Iranian Studies in memory of Heshmat Moayyad (1927-2018)
A two-day Conference on 8th and 9th March 2019 at the University of Chicago which brings together 16 of Prof. Moayyad’s former students or colleagues whose work intersected in various ways with his own.
Professor Moayyad was one of the early founders of Iranian Studies in
North America; he established the teaching of Persian literature at the University of Chicago, inaugurated and directed for decades our weekly Persian Circle (anjoman-e soxan) and sponsored a literary “mahfel” in Persian for the Iranian community — a series of Poetry and Short Story evenings (shab-e she`r) at the University of Chicago.
This conference recognizes, celebrates and evaluates his legacy; remembers his gentleness and humor, and focuses attention on many of the scholarly topics with which he passionately engaged.
The program details can be found here:
https://cmes.uchicago.edu/page/persian-and-iranian-studies-honor-professor-heshmat-moayyad
3. Vacancy: Research Associate at the Orient-Institut Istanbul – Standing Working Group Iran and Beyond: Breaking the Ground for Sustainable Scholarly Collaboration (IRSSC)
The Orient-Institut Istanbul is currently seeking a doctoral or postdoctoral researcher to work on a project in the framework of the
Standing Working Group Iran and Beyond: Performance of Culture, Religion and Body as Strategies of Self-Empowerment in the Islamic Republic Iran
for the following position, available immediately (April, 1 2019):
Research Associate (90%), 37 hrs / week for 36 months (salary based on the salary scale of German institutions in Turkey for locally hired personnel; currently about 6,375 TL net per month)
About the project
The Standing Working Group IRSSC, funded by a grant of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, seeks to explore possibilities and limits of cooperation of German and Turkish scholars with Iranian colleagues and academic institutions by employing innovative research topics in an interdisciplinary framework. Cultural, social and religious connections in the transregional continuum stretching from Anatolia to Iran and beyond to Pakistan are in the focus of attention. Creative appropriation of practices and discourses under the conditions of an authoritarian state aiming at social and individual self-assertion happens in a relationship of tension and in reciprocity with hegemonically enforced norms and practices. These are for example related to Shiite Islam, e.g. concerning body habitus, religious ritual, gender roles as well as active and passive access to music. Conditions of modern-day mediality and the multiplication of social interaction caused by it help create a larger, internally more differentiated and hybrid repertoire of behavior in dealing with ruling institutions as well as with an international public, e.g. via social media. These questions will be investigated with methods of cultural and social studies in relation to the cultural areas of music, religion and (body-modifying) therapeutic and non-therapeutic medicine. One of the chief aims of the Standing Working Group is to set up an international research network integrating scholars from the region, especially from Iran, into international processes of scholarly communication and production.
Requirements
Applicants are expected to hold a master degree (PhD preferred), ideally in social sciences or humanities. Those interested in or working on issues of Sociology of Medicine, Medicine, Science and Technology Studies, Ethnomusicology or Cultural Anthropology/Cultural Studies (with a focus on religious topics) in Iran or Pakistan are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates have to be willing and able to conduct ethnographic fieldwork in Iran.
Candidates from Medicine, Science and Technology Studies or Sociology of Medicine, should have an interest in conducting a comparative analysis of the human genome project in Turkey and Iran, in particular its bio(geo)political factors and impacts on health policies.
Additionally, coordinating and organizing skills are beneficial. Academic Turkish and English skills are required, Persian is preferable. Workplace of the project will be at the Orient-Institut Istanbul, Beyoğlu.
The Orient-Institut Istanbul is an independent turcological and regional scholarly research Institute of the Max Weber Foundation. Much of our work is conducted in cooperation with universities and independent academic institutions, both in Turkey and abroad. The Institute also contributes to the scientific exchange between Germany and Turkey.
The Orient-Institut Istanbul is committed to raising the number of women in research. Female researchers are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants with disabilities are treated with preference given comparable qualification.
Application
Applications should be submitted as one single pdf document including a letter of motivation, the outline of a proposed project (one page), academic CV and certificates. Please include the contact information for two academic referees.
Application deadline: March 18, 2019
Please submit your complete application to:
Prof. Dr. Raoul Motika
Director of the
Orient-Institut Istanbul
Susam Sokak 16 D.8
34433 Cihangir-Istanbul
Turkey
For any question about the application, please contact:
PD Dr. Judith Haug at haug@oiist.org (Musicology)
PD Dr. Rober Langer at langer@oiist.org (Religious Studies)
Dr. Melike Şahinol at sahinol@oiist.org (Human, Medicine and Society)
4. PRIX MICHEL SEURAT
APPEL À CANDIDATURES 2019
Sociétés contemporaines du Proche-Orient
et du Maghreb
Le Prix Michel Seurat a été institué par le CNRS en juin 1988 pour « honorer la mémoire de ce chercheur du CNRS, spécialiste des questions islamiques, disparu dans des conditions tragiques.
Ce programme vise à aider financièrement chaque année un jeune chercheur, ressortissant d’un pays européen ou d’un pays du Proche-Orient ou du Maghreb, contribuant ainsi à promouvoir connaissance réciproque et compréhension entre la société française et le monde arabe ».
Depuis 2017, l’organisation du Prix a été déléguée au GIS « Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans », en partenariat avec l’IISMM-EHESS et Orient XXI.
D’un montant de 15 000 € en 2019, le Prix est ouvert aux titulaires d’un master 2 ou d’un diplôme équivalent, âgés de moins de 35 ans révolus et sans condition de nationalité, de toutes disciplines, travaillant sur les sociétés contemporaines du Proche-Orient et/ou du Maghreb.
Il a pour vocation d’aider un (ou une) jeune chercheur (ou chercheuse) à multiplier les enquêtes sur le terrain, dans le cadre de la préparation de sa thèse.
Les enquêtes doivent avoir lieu sur le terrain. La maîtrise de la langue du pays concerné est une condition impérative.
Date limite de dépôt des candidatures :
Lundi 15 avril 2019 (minuit, heure de Paris)
Constitution du dossier impérativement en langue française :
- un plan et un projet de recherche détaillés précisant de manière claire les enquêtes qui seront menées sur le terrain (10 pages maximum) ;
- un curriculum vitae ;
- une copie des diplômes obtenus, assortie le cas échéant de leur traduction en français ;
- une ou plusieurs attestations de personnalités scientifiques : attestations récentes et en rapport avec la candidature au Prix.
Adresser votre dossier uniquement par voie électronique impérativement aux deux adresses suivantes :
Règlement du 30 janvier 2018 à consulter, en annexe.
Conformément au Règlement européen général sur la protection des données (RGPD/GRPD) qui est entré en vigueur le 25 mai 2018, nous vous confirmons que vos données personnelles ne seront en aucun cas délivrées à des tiers et que la gestion se fait uniquement en interne.
Nous vous rappelons qu’il vous est possible de vous désabonner en nous envoyant un simple courriel à cyrielle.michineau@ehess.fr
—
Cyrielle Michineau
Secrétaire générale du GIS Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans
email : cyrielle.michineau@ehess.fr
contact.gis@ehess.fr / direction.gis@ehess.fr
http://majlis-remomm.fr/
English version : http://majlis-remomm.fr/en/
https://www.facebook.com/GISMoyenOrient
5. La direction de Mondes iranien et indien a le plaisir de vous inviter à la XXIème Journée Monde iranien. En espérant vous y retrouver nombreux …
XXIème Journée Monde Iranien
22 mars 2019
Auditorium du Pôle Langues et Civilisations
Inalco, 65 rue des Grands Moulins 75013, Paris
Organisation
Oliver BAST (Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 / Mondes iranien et indien)
For full information, see:
6. Loyola University – Maryland – Visiting Assistant Professor/Lecturer
in Middle Eastern/North African History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58322
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