Shii News – Academic Items
1.New Podcast – ART Informant: A Podcast on Islamic Art History
Dear Colleagues,
I am glad to introduce a new podcast dedicated to the actuality of Islamic Art History.
Every other Mondays, I welcome historians, curators, conservators, experts and other actors of Islamic Art History, who made this field so vibrant and dynamic.
You can already listen to four episodes on Spotify, Amazon music, Apple music, and via the link below.
In the latest episode, I welcome Dr Negar Habibi, lecturer in Iranian art history at the University of Geneva and who recently started the huge task of cataloguing Jean Pozzi’s collection of Islamic art, supported by a fellowship of the Soudavar Foundation.
If you are interested in this new format, please consider subscribing on your favourite podcast platform, and share to help grow the ART Informant community!
Listen to the ART Informant here.
Isabelle Imbert
2. IHU Summer Language School 2022 program (Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, and Spanish)
27 June – 19 August 2022, IHU Campus
27 June – 19 August 2022, Online via Zoom
The Ibn Haldun University (IHU) Summer Language School Program offers intensive instruction in Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, and Spanish for students and professionals. This is a full Summer Term that over seven weeks offers the transferable credits. A wholly immersive experience is designed to comprise co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as conversation tables and study hours, seminars by top scholars on history, politics, literature, and arts, cultural events including movie screenings and field trips to historical sites and archives.
- Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced levels are available
- 20 hours per week for 7 weeks (140 class hours) – Fully credit-transferable, equivalent to two normal semesters
- 10 hours per week for 7 weeks (70 class hours) – Fully credit-transferable, equivalent to a normal semester
For information on fees, financial aid and housing you canvisit our website: summer.ihu.edu.tr
To apply, please fill out the online application form, submit the following documents, and pay the application fee via credit cards at https://iber.ihu.edu.tr/PrivatePay.
- CV
- Copy of an official transcript (signed or with barcode), if you are still a student
- Copy of passport ID page
- A passport size photo
- A recommendation letter (if you are planning to apply for a tuition fee discount)
The IHU Summer School Language Program is coordinated and developed in collaboration with the IHU School of Languages and the Department of History.
If you have questions about the program, please feel free to e-mail the IHU Summer School Deputy Directorate at summerschool@ihu.edu.tr
3. Launch of ‘The Dinner Table Prejudice: Islamophobia in Contemporary Britain’, 25 January, 6pm GMT
In ‘The Dinner Table Prejudice: Islamophobia in Contemporary Britain’ Stephen H. Jones (University of Birmingham) and Amy Unsworth (University College London) present the findings of one of the most detailed surveys conducted on Islamophobia and other forms of racism and prejudice in modern Britain. Uniquely, the research investigates both prejudice against Muslims as a group of people and Islam as a belief system, and shows how these two varieties of Islamophobia appear differently in British society. The report speaks directly to questions about racism, religion, free speech and discrimination, and will be a vital resource for anyone interested in prejudice and how to counter it.
At this event, the lead author will discuss the survey findings and their implications for British public policy and politics. The event will be chaired by Professor Peter Morey and will feature a response by Zara Mohammed, the General Secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).
4. AKU-ISMC
1-22 March 2022 The Qur’an in Muslim Practice – Online short course
How do Muslims use the Qur’an?
The course attempts to answer this question by exploring the use of the Qur’an in various Muslim contexts, both religious and social. The course will be delivered over four weeekly online sessions using zoom.
The introductory session will discuss the Qur’an as a religious text, situating it within the contexts of Muslim beliefs and perceptions. Its recitation and writing will be explored in the second session, focusing on the culture of writing the Qur’an (including the skill and art of calligraphic writing). The third session will consider activities that draw on the Qur’an as a source of comfort, healing, protection, divination and ritual. The final session will examine Sufi beliefs and practices as derived from the Qur’an. The course convenors are Dr Walid Ghali and Professor Farouk Topan.
The course will be delivered online via zoom. Log in details and reading lists will be shared on registration.
The course will not be recorded.
Date and Time
1, 18, 15 and 22 March 2022, 1:00-3:00pm (London Time).
Tickets and Booking
Tickets: £75 professionals | £45 students, AKU alumni and staff.
For more information and to book, see:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-quran-in-muslim-practice-short-course-tickets-232079464927
5. Call for Papers :
Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture
Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture is a peer reviewed international scholarly journal. The journal is dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of Islam and of the Islamic world. Particular attention is paid to works dealing with history, geography, political science, economics, anthropology, sociology, law, literature, religion, philosophy, international relations, environmental and developmental issues, as well as ethical questions related to scientific research. The journal is committed to the publication of original research on Islam as culture and civilization. It particularly welcomes work of an interdisciplinary nature that brings together history, religion, politics, culture and law. The Journal has a special focus on Islam in Africa, and on contemporary Islamic Thought. Contributions that display theoretical rigor especially work that link the particularities of Islamic discourse to the enterprise of knowledge and critique in the humanities and social sciences, will find Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture to be receptive to such submissions.
The journal is published by the American Research Institute for Policy Development that serves as a focal point for academicians, professionals, graduate and undergraduate students, fellows, and associates pursuing research throughout the world.
The interested contributors are highly encouraged to submit their manuscripts/papers to the executive editor via e-mail at editor@aripd.net, editor.aripd@gmail.com
Please indicate the name of the journal (Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture) in the cover letter or simply put ‘Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture’ in the subject box during submission via e-mail.
The journal is Abstracted/Indexed in CrossRef, CrossCheck, Cabell’s, Ulrich’s, Griffith Research Online, Google Scholar, Education.edu, Informatics, Universe Digital Library, Standard Periodical Directory, Gale, Open J-Gate, EBSCO, Journal Seek, DRJI, ProQuest, BASE, InfoBase Index, OCLC, IBSS, Academic Journal Databases, Scientific Index.
E-Publication FirstTM
E-Publication FirstTM is a feature offered through our journal platform. It allows PDF version of manuscripts that have been peer reviewed and accepted, to be hosted online prior to their inclusion in a final printed journal. Readers can freely access or cite the article. The accepted papers are published online within one week after the completion of all necessary publishing steps.
DOI® number
Each paper published in Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture is assigned a DOI® number, which appears beneath the author’s affiliation in the published paper.
JISC is inviting papers for Vol. 10, No. 1. The online publication date is February 28, 2022. Submission Deadline: January 31, 2022.
For any additional information, please contact with the executive editor at editor@aripd.net, editor.aripd@gmail.com
Regards,
Dr. Mohammad Reza Iravani, Azad University of Khomeinishahr & Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr branch, Khomeinishahr, Esfahan, Iran.
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture
Website: www.jiscnet.com
Email: editor@aripd.net, editor.aripd@gmail.com
6. “On Pedagogy: Islamic Art and Architecture in the Classroom,” International Journal of Islamic Architecture Dialogues Series – January 21
Join the International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) for its Dialogues Series, an annual webinar that brings together scholars and practitioners from across varied disciplines for a discussion of critical contemporary issues that interrogate the boundaries between architecture, art, anthropology, archaeology, and history. Just in time for the beginning of the spring semester, the 2nd annual session, “On Pedagogy: Islamic Art and Architecture in the Classroom,” features series host, Emily Neumeier, joined by Christiane Gruber, Stephennie Mulder, and Fernando Luis Martínez Nespral for a virtual discussion (via Zoom) on a number of pressing issues surrounding the teaching of Islamic art in a wide range of classroom settings, including:
- The impact of the pandemic and frequent pivoting between online and in-person instruction,
- The demands for anti-racism and DEI initiatives within the field and intersections with decolonial studies
- And what’s on the horizon for new and ongoing pedagogical initiatives such as Khamseen, the #StudentsofIslamicArt Wikipedia edit-a-thon, and GAHTC (Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative).
Date and Time: Friday, January 21, 2021, 12:00-1:00 pm US EST
Register in advance for this session: https://temple.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErde2orTkrGtyn2BG5bvkVVij_WrjJvxxa
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the session. The discussion will appear in print as part of the journal’s new “Dialogues” section.
ABOUT THE DISCUSSANTS
Christiane Gruber is Professor and Chair of the History of Art Department at the University of Michigan.
Stephennie Mulder is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.
Fernando Luis Martínez Nespral is Professor of Architectural History and a Researcher at the American Art and Aesthetic Studies Institute, based in the School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Emily Neumeier is Assistant Professor in the Art History Department at Temple University.
7. Launch of the Khamseen Graduate Student Presentation Award
Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online offers short-form presentations and glossary term definitions to support teaching, learning, and research in Islamic art and related fields. Since the website’s launch in Fall 2020, we have regularly added new presentations. While the PhD has been a requirement for submission until now, Khamseen is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative: the Khamseen Graduate Student Presentation Award.
We invite PhD candidates (ABD) to submit short (10-12 minute) video presentations for consideration. The winning applicant(s) will work with our team to revise and publish their short video presentation(s), which then will be featured on the Khamseen website. In addition, each awardee will receive a $500 honorarium upon the presentation’s official launch. Applications are due March 1, 2022 and decisions will be announced on April 1, 2022.
Submission Guidelines:
Applications due: March 1, 2022
Notification of decisions: April 1, 2022
Eligibility: PhD candidates (ABD) enrolled in a degree-granting program in Islamic art and allied fields. We do not accept applications from undergraduate or Masters students.
Application procedures: Candidates submit a short-form presentation, whose format must follow the production guidelines provided here. Additionally, applications should include: a 3-5 sentence summary, a 2-page CV, and a note of support from a PhD advisor or dissertation committee member.
Please submit the short-form presentation as an MP4 and the application materials as a single PDF to TeamKhamseen@umich.edu; notes of support by advisors and queries by candidates also should be sent to TeamKhamseen@umich.edu.
Sincerely,
Team Khamseen
8. UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series – The Collective for Black Iranians
On the Importance of Centering Erased Black and Afro Iranian Histories from Iran and the Diaspora
Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom
Panel in Persian
9. 2-Year Visiting Assistant Professor of Islamic Art http://apply.interfolio.com/101082
Washington and Lee University: Art and Art History Department
Open Date
Jan 11, 2022
Description
The Art and Art History Department of Washington and Lee University invites applications for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor position in Islamic Art (July 1st, 2022-June 30th 2024). Area of specialization is open. This position carries a 6-course teaching load distributed over Fall and Winter terms (12 weeks each), and the University’s signature 4-week Spring Term. The course load will be 2-3-1 or 3-2-1, depending on the needs of the department in a given academic year. The successful candidate would teach an introductory course that emphasizes the trans-regional interactions of the Islamic world, several intermediate courses (focused on theme, period, and/or region), and upper-level course/s related to the candidate’s specialization. The candidate’s course offerings and research would benefit from and contribute to Washington and Lee University’s rich disciplinary focus on Islamic cultures as demonstrated through the Middle East and South Asia program, Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, Religious Studies, and Politics Department. Of particular interest are candidates whose teaching can support other dynamic interdisciplinary programs such Africana Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Candidates will also demonstrate an ability to support the University’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
W&L is ranked among the top liberal arts institutions in the U.S. and the Art and Art History Department is one of the largest in the College. The University promotes a dynamic and inclusive environment that allows students and employees of multiple backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to learn, work, and thrive together. Successful candidates will contribute to that environment and exhibit potential for excellence in teaching and scholarship. In keeping with the University Strategic Plan, we welcome applications from underrepresented minority candidates and members of other communities that are traditionally underrepresented in academia. The University’s commitment to supporting faculty research will provide the successful candidate the opportunity to apply for summer research and conference funds.
Qualifications
A PhD in Art History or Visual Studies at the time of appointment is preferable.
Application Instructions
Review of applications will begin February 1, 2022, and continue until the position is filled. To be considered, applicants should submit the following materials to the Interfolio portal: http://apply.interfolio.com/101082
- Cover letter describing their teaching interests and experiences, as well as addressing their recent research projects and agenda
- Sample Syllabus
- Curriculum vitae
- Three confidential letters of recommendation
Contact Information
For more information, please contact the head of the search committee, Prof. Melissa Kerin at kerinm@wlu.edu
Anthony Edwards, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Arabic
Middle East and South Asia Studies Program
**Check out @WLUMESA on Instagram**
Washington and Lee University
Center for Global Learning 238
204 West Washington Street
Lexington, Virginia 24450-2116
Email: EdwardsA@wlu.edu
Office Phone: 540.458.8396
10. 2 PhD Positions in Digital Islamic History, University of Hamburg
Dear colleagues, I am advertising for two PhD positions in my project “The Evolution of Islamic Societies (c.600-1600 CE): Algorithmic Analysis into Social History” (EIS1600). Each position is 2+2 years. The deadline for applications is March 31, 2022. Successful applicants will work on one of the case studies of the project and will write and defend a PhD thesis on the topic of their choice, within a selected case study. Descriptions of both positions and detailed information on the application process can be found at the following links: https://tinyurl.com/PhD01; https://tinyurl.com/PhD02. Feel free to email me, if you have any questions (maxim.romanov@uni-hamburg.de). The project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the framework of the Emmy Noether Program (https://tinyurl.com/EIS1600). It is hosted at the Institute of Asian and African Studies (Islamic Studies Division) of the University of Hamburg.
Best regards,
Maxim Romanov
Description of the EIS1600 project: Arabic chronicles and biographical collections preserve a plethora of information on long-term environmental and societal processes that shaped and molded Islamic society. Numerous and extensive, these written sources are the richest “mine” of information and are particularly valuable for the period before the 15th century, for which exceptionally few documents and archives are available. The EIS1600 project undertakes a study of “The Evolution of Islamic Societies (c. 600-1600 CE)” through the computational analysis of these historical texts, which will be treated holistically as a unified corpus of historical information (c.300 titles; 100 million tokens; c.500,000 biographical records). The project’s team will work on identifying and analyzing long-term historical trends through three closely connected case studies: 1) of major ethnic, religious, and professional groups—and how they shaped the development of local communities and fused them into what we call the Islamic world; 2) of dynastic cycles through the patterns of the rise and fall of regional powers, their conflicts with rivals, and interactions with local communities; 3) of environmental factors—plagues, famines, droughts, pest infestations, earthquakes, and climate change—and their effect on the life of local communities. These case studies will be the foundation for a robust synthesis of the evolution of the Islamic world over the period under study. In order to overcome the complexity and sheer volume of medieval Arabic historical sources, as well as to analyze them in an effective and reproducible manner, the EIS1600 project employs a series of advanced computational methods of text analysis and data modeling that are the key to discovering, evaluating, and modeling all relevant textual evidence at an unprecedented scale. Among other deliverables, the EIS1600 project will produce an open and expandable online research ecosystem, MasterChronicle, which will allow scholars in the field to engage in various modes of close and distant reading of the Arabic historical corpus.
11. New issue of Quaderni di Studi Arabi
Volume 16 (2021): Issue 1-2 (Dec 2021): Issue 1: History Writing as an Inter-confessional Enterprise, edited by Martino Diez
https://brill.com/view/journals/qsa/16/1-2/qsa.16.issue-1-2.xml
12. Lecture series: ‘Rethinking Social Contention’
We’re delighted to invite you to our new online lecture series, ‘Rethinking Social Contention: Rebellion, Banditry and Martyrdom in the Pre-Modern Islamicate World’. The series is organised by our Hamburg-based research group, ‘Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period’ (SCORE), and starts next Tuesday (18 Jan), 4 pm CET. Our first speaker is Andrew Marsham (Cambridge), who will talk about “Rebels, Rhetoric and Reality in the Umayyad Era: Violent Conflict and Contention in the Early Islamic Empire”.
The programme for the first term can be found here: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score/news/2021-12-lecture-series.html. To register and receive the Zoom link, simply contact us at score.aai@uni-hamburg.de. Please share widely with colleagues and students as well. We’re looking forward to ‘seeing’ you there, and to a lively, stimulating discussion!
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