Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Book Talk: “The Better Story: Queer Affects from the Middle East” by Dina Georgis (University of Toronto), Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1 December 2021, 12:00 pm – 1:00pm ET
Georgis turns to story as a method for thinking about how those affected by colonial traumas and losses narrate their survival. Her method in the concept of the “better story” offers an emotional lens through which to think about how the past is narrated and how collective histories and identities are shaped by and are a response to difficult and traumatic experiences.
Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2021/dina-georgis-better-story
2. ONLINE Introduction of the “Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures Open Access Series” and Launch of “A Handbook and Reader of Ottoman Arabic”, Open Book Publishers, 1 December 2021, 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm GMT
This volume is the first linguistic work to focus exclusively on varieties of Christian, Jewish and Muslim Arabic in the Ottoman Empire of the 15th to the 20th centuries, and present Ottoman Arabic material in a didactic and easily accessible way. Split into a Handbook and a Reader section, the book provides a historical introduction to Ottoman literacy, translation studies, vernacularisation processes, language policy and linguistic pluralism.
Information and registration: https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4KlVCw4oQ3W4-JC2XjlyyQ
3. ONLINE Symposium: “From Representation to Inspiration: The Ottoman Empire in the 18th Century”, Ankara, 1-2 December 2021
Inspired by the painting “View of Ankara”, academic lectures will enlighten the different aspects of the painting (social life, women, trade and transportation) and give a general insight on the illustrated historical time period. The symposium will pave the way for the new discussions, studies and collaborations.
Information and registration: https://vekam.ku.edu.tr/en/events/fromrepresentationtoinspiration/
4. ONLINE Book Launch: “A Companion to Early Modern Istanbul”, Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative at NYU, 10 December 2021, 12:00 pm EST
This edited book (Brill, 2021) is the first collective effort to explore Istanbul, capital of the vast polyglot, multiethnic, and multireligious Ottoman Empire and home to one of the world’s largest and most diverse urban populations, as an early modern metropolis. This event brings together the editors, as well as a number of contributors, of the volume to discuss also the field of urban studies within Ottoman history.
Information and registration: https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpd-6vqToqHNbAfK8D5pKY8SSht99dPKx-
5. Conference: “What Makes a Pilgrim a Pilgrim? Conceptualising Pilgrims and Pilgrimage, c. 300-1600?” (Focus Muslim Pilgrims), Manchester Metropolitan University, 13-14 July 2022
Conference themes: Varieties and definitions of Medieval Pilgrimage; All ‘pilgrimage’ traditions including Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, and Pagan; Terminologies (past and present) used to describe Medieval Pilgrims; Comparative approaches to Medieval pilgrimage; Anthropological and interdisciplinary approaches to Medieval pilgrimage.
Deadline for abstracts: 17 December 2021.
Information: https://adterramsanctam.files.word-press.com/2021/11/pilgrimage-conference-cfp.pdf
6. Assistant/Associate Professor of Middle East History before 1800, The American University in Cairo
Applicants must have a PhD in Islamic History, Middle East History, Arabic Studies, or a related discipline from a reputable university by 1 September 2022, preferably with a record of an active research agenda and teaching experience.
Deadline for applications: 31 December 2021.
7. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI
Applications are open to candidates from across the social sciences, who are conducting research related to the Middle East and its diasporas on issues that can be understood in a comparative global context.
Deadline for application: 24 January 2022.
Information. https://apply.interfolio.com/98927
8. Islamic Studies MA and Dual Degree MA in Islamic Studies and Muslim Cultures at Columbia University (New York) and Aga Khan University (London)
The Islamic Studies Master’s Program focuses on the diverse regional histories, cultures, and social formations of Muslim communities around the world.
Information: https://www.mei.columbia.edu/ma-program.
Information on the Dual Degree Program: https://www.mei.columbia.edu/dual-masters-degree .
Application deadline: 17 February 2022.
9. New Publication –
The Louvre Museum and the Institut français d’Archéologie orientale are pleased to announce the publication of the book :
GASTON WIET ET LES ARTS DE L’ISLAM (GASTON WIET AND ISLAMIC ART)
edited by Carine Juvin – Louvre Museum
(IFAO/ Musée du Louvre, 2021, ISBN: 9782724708028, 1 vol. 248 p.)
Gaston Wiet (1887-1971), an outstanding historian of medieval Islam, was also a prominent figure of the French scientific presence in Egypt. A perfect Arabist, he was interested in many aspects of Egyptian history and culture. His work at the head of the Arab Museum in Cairo (now the Museum of Islamic Art) between 1926 and 1951 was decisive for the enrichment, publication and outreach of its collections, and led him to become one of the best connoisseurs of Islamic art of the first half of the 20th century. Moreover, his membership of the Comité de conservation des monuments de l’art arabe further enhanced his interest in the architecture from the Islamic period. This book, copublished with the Louvre Museum, and the support of the Museum of Islamic Art (Cairo), focuses on Gaston Wiet’s decisive contribution to the study of Islamic art by addressing, beyond his career and his personality, his work at the Arab Museum and the Comité, as well as the wide extent of his research and curiosity, from Persian art and textiles to the productions of modern Egypt, while also underlining his particular passion for epigraphy. This volume brings together the contributions of French and Egyptian specialists and intends to recall, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his passing, the essential contribution of this eminent scholar and friend of Egypt.
Table of contents :
– Gaston Wiet (18 décembre 1887 – 20 avril 1971), d’Égypte et de France
Carine Juvin
-Le Musée arabe : un directeur, une collection
Mohamed Ahmed Abd el-Salam, Étienne Blondeau
– L’engagement d’un savant dans la politique de « conservation des monuments de l’art arabe »
Dina Ishak Bakhoum
– Gaston Wiet et l’art du monde iranien
Judith Henon-Raynaud
– Les arts de l’Islam par l’épigraphie
Carine Juvin
– Des Fatimides à la dynastie khédiviale, une histoire de l’Égypte islamique incarnée par ses monuments, ses objets, ses images
Mercedes Volait
10. International Symposium: “Cappadocia through Time: From Byzantium to the Ottoman Empire”
Conveners: P. Androudis, P. Papadopoulou, A. Tantsis
Program: Eastern European Time (EET)
Saturday 4 December
14:45 Welcome
16: 50 Pagona Papadopoulou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Cappadocia through Time: An Introduction
Cappadocia, A Byzantine Province
17:00 Robert Ousterhout (University of Pennsylvania)
Imagining a Cappadocian Future
17:30 Anastasios Tansis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Architectural Planning in the Built and Rock-cut Churches of Cappadocia: Construction and De-construction
17:50 Break
18.10 Andrea De Pascale, Andrea Bixio, Roberto Bixio (Centro Studi Sotterranei di Genoa)
Hypogeal Works of Defence Among the Rock-cut Churches of Göreme
18.30 Andrea De Pascale, Andrea Bixio, Roberto Bixio (Centro Studi Sotterranei di Genoa)
Updated Report on Hydric Facilities in the Rocky Cappadocia
18.50 Sophia Germanidou (Newcastle University)
Covering Subsistence Needs in Byzantine Cappadocia: Comments on Its Agro-pastoral Products
19.10 Discussion
Sunday 5 December
Medieval Cappadocia: Between Two Worlds
17.00 Scott Redford (SOAS University of London)
The Human Geography of Medieval Cappadocia
17.30 Oya Pancaroğlu (Boğaziçi University)
New Institutions for Ancient Topographies: Danishmendid Architectural Ventures in Twelfth-Century Caesarea/Kayseri
17.50 Suzan Yalman (Koç University)
Of Saints and Fairies: A Seljuk Queen Mother’s Patronage in Cappadocia
18.10 Paschalis Androudis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
In Search of Greek and Greek-Origin Patrons, Painters and Craftsmen in Thirteenth-Century Seljuk Cappadocia
18.30 Sara Nur Yıldız (Università degli studi di Firenze)
Mongol Qishlaqs in the Cappadocian Steppe
18.50 Discussion
Zoom link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/97406174472
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