Shii News – Academic Items
(Ed note: – Apologies, but some technical issues have kept us off-line for a few days.)
1. The Emmy Noether research group on “Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period” based at Hamburg University (2020-2026) invites applications for 2 PhD positions, to commence on 1 April 2021.
The positions will be for an initial two years, to be extended for another two years pending successful evaluation of the first project phase. Both positions are part-time (75%). The successful applicants will work on a specific sub-project each, either on rebellions by tribal notables or on rebellions in the name of Ali’s family. The application deadline is 31 December 2020.
Please share widely with colleagues and students. For further information, please contact the research group leader at hannah-lena.hagemann@uni-hamburg.de or have a look at the preliminary website at https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score.html .
2. 4th Fourth Islamicate Digital Humanities Conference,
Wednesday, November 18th from 10 am to 12.30 pm EST.
We have four exciting presentations:
Suphan Kirmizialtin (NYU Abu Dhabi): Handwritten-Text-Recognition for Arabic Script: A Case Study in Ottoman Turkish
Sofia Tsourlaki (University of London): When digital forms of information become a reliable source of academic research
Ken Chitwood (Freie Universität Berlin): The #AmericasMuslimsMap: Using Digital Visualization to Help Expand our Notion of “Global Islam”
Mehdy Sedaghat Payam and Marjan Moosavi (University of Maryland): A Comparative Quantitative Analysis of the Concept of “Love” in Hafez’s Ghazals and Shakespeare’s Sonnets
In order to join us, please simply follow this link at the time of the meeting: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/92629137582. You are welcome to share the program and invite interested colleagues and students.
Best wishes,
Irene Kirchner (Georgetown University)
3. Khalifa University of Science & Technology invites you to the following Public Webinar
Scepticism and Tolerance: A Case from Pre-Modern Arabic-Islamic Thought
Lecturer: Ayman Shihadeh, Senior Research Fellow at New York University and Reader in Arabic Intellectual History at SOAS-London
Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
Time: 3p – 4p (UAE) / 11a – 12p (London)
Link: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/62b638b842d0465eb88a3ef85ef5c634
4. Arabic, Brigham Young University
Desired start date: August 2021
Posting close date: December 15, 2020
5. November 22 at 10:00am (PST): “Indo-Persian Musical Connections: Persian Poetry in Indian Music”
RSVP: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0uceugrTsrGNziG7al6gsXM3NwdMad-juc
The second event in the Indo-Persian Musical Confluence series features a panel that considers Persian poetry in Indian Music. The panel is followed by a performance by The Khusro Circle.
Abstracts for panel presentations: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/indo-persian-musical-connections-persian-poetry-in-indian-music/
Panelists
Suresh Chandvankar (Society of Indian Record Collectors, Mumbai), “Persian Literature and Gramophone Recordings From India”
Anoushka Deb (University of Delhi), “A Rendezvous Between Languages: A Look at the Convergence of Sanskrit and Persian In Early Modern North India”
Syed Yaster Ali (Independent Scholar), “Zehaal-e-Miskin: Understanding Amir Khusrau’s 13th Century Multiculturalism & Its Relevance Today”
Pushpita Mitra (JNU-India), “Bengali Ghazals and the Persian Imagery of Kazi Nazrul Islam”
Chair and Discussant
Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (UCLA)
Performance: Indo-Iranian Music
The Khusro Circle, Pallabi Chakravorty (Swarthmore College)
For more information on The Indo-Persian Music Confluence project, including link to RSVP: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/indo-persian-musical-connections-modal-negotiations/
6. ONLINE Webinar Series “COVID-19 and Muslim Religiosity”, Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, George Mason University, 17 November 2020 – 12:00 PM EDT
Günhan Börekçi (Central European University), “Long before COVID-19: The Socio-economic Effects of Contagious Diseases and Epidemics in the Ottoman World (1500-1800).” This lecture will discuss the question of how millions of Muslim and non-Muslim people once lived in the Ottoman Empire had experienced the outbreaks of various contagious diseases between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries.
Information: https://islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/events/11063.
For previous sessions see https://vimeo.com/islamicstudies/
7. ONLINE Webinar Series “COVID-19 and Muslim Religiosity”, Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, George Mason University, 17 November 2020 – 12:00 PM EDT
Günhan Börekçi (Central European University), “Long before COVID-19: The Socio-economic Effects of Contagious Diseases and Epidemics in the Ottoman World (1500-1800).” This lecture will discuss the question of how millions of Muslim and non-Muslim people once lived in the Ottoman Empire had experienced the outbreaks of various contagious diseases between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries.
Information: https://islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/events/11063.
For previous sessions see https://vimeo.com/islamicstudies/
8. ONLINE 2020 Conference of the European Network for the Study of Islam and Esotericism (ENSIE): “Islamic Esotericism in Global Contexts”, 3-5 December, 2020
The conference examines Islam and esotericism, from Sufism and dreams to sorcery and magic, in al-Andalus, the historical and contemporary Middle East, Africa, and the West.
Program at: http://ensie.site/2020conference.html
Free registration at: https://doodle.com/poll/ahvdmz9airifz933
9. ONLINE: International Conference on Gender Studies: “Mapping Gender”, Cambridge, UK, 5-6 December 2020
The conference seeks to explore the past and current status of gender identity around the world, to examine the ways in which society is shaped by gender and to situate gender in relation to the full scope of human affairs. Online participation is available. Presented papers will be published in a post-conference volume.
Information: https://genderstudies.lcir.co.uk/home/
10. ONLINE: 18th Annual Islamicate Graduate Students Association Conference on “What Does Race Have to Do with Religion? Racialization and Worldwide Islam”, UNC-Duke, 20-21 February 2020
We are seeking submissions from fields inclusive of, but not limited to: Religious Studies, Political Science, Sociology, History, Art History, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Philosophy, Asian Studies, African American Studies, Geography, Women and Gender Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, American Studies, and African Studies.
11. ONLINE Papers on “What Does Diaspora Mean in the 21st Century” during the “12th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 12)”, Kyoto, 24-27 August 2021
The conference will explore the meaning of diaspora in the 21st century. The diasporic discourse is at risk of becoming teleological as a means of articulation, and, thereby, masking the very real struggles that may only eventually produce collectiveness. Or, does this disavow any room for dynamics within diasporic studies? The globalisation also brings with it a whole new set of parameters for perspectives on belonging.
Deadline for abstracts: 11 December 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6752090/icas-conference-diaspora-call-papers
12. Positions :
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2 Years) for Project “Warnings from the Archive: A Century of British Intervention in the Middle East”, University of Exeter
This is a systematic archive-based comparison of two official inquiries into British military intervention in Iraq: the Mesopotamia Commission (1917) and the Iraq Inquiry (2016). Qualification: PhD in a related field of study, including Political Science, International Relations and History; knowledge of the broad history of the British state and government with reference to imperial/foreign policy in the 20th century; extensive archival experience; etc.
Deadline for applications: 19 November 2020. Information: https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=563699UG5t&WVID=3817591jNg&LANG=USA
Assistant or Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
The candidate must have a PhD in Comparative Literature. Please note that the Ph.D. requirement must have been fulfilled by 1 September 2021. Preference will be given to female candidates with specializations in literary theory, approaches to World Literature and the new comparative literature, and with demonstrable expertise in Arabic literature and an Asian, African or Latin American literature.
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/11/09/assistant-or-associate-professor-of-comparative-literature
Two Positions in International Relations at Assistant or Associate Professor Levels, American University in Cairo
A PhD is required at the time of appointment. Successful candidates should have an ongoing research and publication program and teaching experience. In addition to research and teaching, responsibilities include service to the Department and the University.
Priority will be given to applications received by 15 December 2020. The position is open until filled. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/11/13/pols-international-relations
Full Time Faculty Position in Sociology, American University in Cairo
A PhD in sociology or a related discipline with the ability to teach and publish within the discipline of sociology. Commitment to teaching and engagement of students, as well as service to the university, particularly the sociology program and the department, are necessary, as well as an active research agenda.
Deadline for applications: 10 January 2021. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/11/13/full-time-faculty-position-in-sociology-fall-2021
13. Articles from Scholars of the Middle East and North Africa for “Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES)”
The Digest’s primary focus is on contemporary policy-relevant issues. DOMES primarily aims to receive submissions from disciplines in Social Sciences. Submissions for special issue are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/11/13/cfp-digest-of-middle-east-studies-domes
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