Shii News – Academic Items

1.ONLINE: Annual Meeting of the “International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA 2020)“, Boston, MA, 30 November – 3 December and 7-10 December 2020

Program Units include: The Qur’an: Manuscripts and Textual Criticism; Linguistic, Literary, and Thematic Perspectives on the Qur`anic Corpus; The Societal Qur`an; Qur`anic Studies: Methodology and Hermeneutics; etc.

Information: https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/call-for-papers-iqsa-annual-meeting-2020/

2. Call for Participation: Workshops on “Research Ethics in MENA”, Middle East Institute at Columbia University

Individuals are invited to participate in an interdisciplinary project exploring the ethical, political and economic challenges to conducting research responsibly in the Middle East and North Africa.

If you would like to learn more, or think you have something to contribute to the project please respond to the call for participation by 9 November 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/10/07/call-for-participation-workshops-of-research-ethics-in-mena

3. Post-doctoral Researcher in 15^th-century Arabic Historiography, Ghent University

The candidate should have a PhD in the ﬁeld of Arabic, Islamic Studies, (Middle East) History, Arabic Literature, Arabic Linguistics, or equivalent, and a promising track particularly regarding the historiography of al-Biqāʿī or Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, as demonstrated by relevant papers, publications, and conference participations.

Deadline for applications: 16 October 2020. Information: https://en.academicpositions.be/ad/ghent-university/2020/post-doctoral-researcher-in-arabic-historiography-16247-languages-and-cultures/148825?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=Job+alerts

4. Postdoctoral Research Associate (12 Months) for Iran and the Persian Gulf Studies (19^th – 21^st Century), Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University

The goal of the program is to support outstanding scholars of Iran and the wider Persianate world at an early stage of their careers and thus to strengthen the field of Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies in the United States and abroad.

Deadline for applications: 18 December 2020.

Information: https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=17821

5. 20 Fellowships at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem

Fellowships are 1-4 months and come with a stipend and room/board at the Albright. Fellowships are open to students and scholars in Near Eastern studies from prehistory through the Ottoman period, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, biblical studies, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology, religion, and related disciplines. All nationalities, and students and scholars at all levels, are eligible for at least some of the fellowships.

Deadline for application: 15 October 2020.

Information: https://mailchi.mp/aiar/apply-for-a-fellowship-at-the-albright-2324341?e=4b7f78b915

6. 2020 Lebanese Studies Association Book Award

Books must be non-fiction scholarly monographs based on original research published in English between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019. Subject matter can be on any aspect of the territories, populations (including diasporic), society, and cultures of present-day Lebanon from ancient times to the present, and as addressed by the disciplines of history, anthropology, sociology, political science, literature, art, science, etc. Yet the purview of the work should be clearly that of a scholar of Lebanon.

Deadline for nominations: 1 November 2020. Information: https://lebanesestudies.org/call-for-nominations-2020-lebanese-studies-association-book-award/

7. 2020 Lebanese Studies Association Book Award

Deadline for nominations: 1 November 2020. Information: https://lebanesestudies.org/call-for-nominations-2020-lebanese-studies-association-book-award/

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