Shii News – Academic Items
1. Iridescent Kuwait: Petro-Modernity and Urban Visual Culture since the Mid-Twentieth Century
Laura Hindelang
Open Access e-book
2. The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University presents
Spring 2022 AKPIA Lecture Series
A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture
Held via Zoom Webinar
February 24, 2022. 6:00pm EST
“Emperor Shāh Jahān: The Gardener (chaman-pera) of a Vast Garden (bāgh wa būstān) called Hindustan”
Gulfishan Khan, AKPIA Associate; Professor of Medieval Indian History, Chairperson of the Centre of Advance Study, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
Registration: https://bit.ly/akpiagkhan
March 10, 2022. 6:00pm EST
“A Thousand Futures: Negotiating Urban Transformation in Early Republican Istanbul (1923-1949)”
Ümit Fırat Açıkgöz
AKPIA Fellow; Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Design, American University of Beirut
Registration: https://bit.ly/thousandfutures
March 24, 2022. 12:00 noon EST *
“On Polychromy, Polysemy and Whiteness in Islamic Art”
Alain Fouad George
I.M. Pei Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Director of Graduate Admissions, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford
Co-sponsored with the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies at Harvard University
*special early start time
Registration: https://bit.ly/akpiageorge
April 21, 2022. 6:00pm EST
“Documentary Life: Sketch as Chronicle in Shah Abbas’ Iran”
Kishwar Rizvi
AKPIA Fellow; Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Department of the History of Art, Yale University
Registration: https://bit.ly/documentarylife
Lectures are held via Zoom webinar; time listed is Eastern Standard Time; registration is required.
We anticipate that all lectures will be recorded and made available at the AKPIA website, after the event date.
THE AGA KHAN PROGRAM FOR ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Website: https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/news-events
Email agakhan@fas.harvard.edu
3. ONLINE Lecture “Muslim Bioethics Reimagined: Towards an Islamic Feminist Practice” by Ruaim Muaygil (College of Medicine, King Saud University), University of Manchester, 2 February 2022, 1:00 pm GMT
This paper argues that Islamic bioethics must shift from its predominant practice of unreflective scriptural application to a more contemplative and re-interpretative understanding of Islamic texts in order to right these healthcare injustices. It proposes an alliance with Islamic feminism as an alternative method of examining the moral foundations of Islamic jurisprudence.
Registration: https://zoom.us/j/97710007495
4. ONLINE Book Presentation: “Islam and the Arab Revolutions — The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy” by Usaama al-Azami, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 7 Febru-ary 2022, 5:00 pm CET
The author traces the public engagements and religious pronouncements of prominent ulama, including Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Ali Gomaa and Abdallah bin Bayyah, to explore their role in either championing the Arab revolutions or supporting their repression. While a minority of noted scholars have enthusiastically endorsed the counter-revolutions, their approach is attributable more to their distinctly modern commitment to the au-thoritarian state.
Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/islam-and-the-arab-revolutions-the-ulama-between-democracy-and-autocracy
5. ONLINE Book Introduction: “Development, Architecture, and the Formation of Heritage in Late Twentieth-century Iran” by Dr Ali Mozaffari, Manchester University Press, 10 February 2022, 1:00 am – 12:00 pm GMT
In this lecture, using Iran as an example, the author will draw upon case studies to demonstrate how archi-tecture became a conduit for the production of heritage at large in a modernizing Muslim society, and how it has been entangled with development and intellectual debates before and after the Islamic Revolution.
Information and registration: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/development-architecture-and-the-formation-of-heritage-in-late-twentieth-century-iran/
6. ONLINE Lecture: “Early Cities in Iran” by Prof. Dr. Barbara Helwing, Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 17 February 2022, 6:30 pm CET
The lecture presents the current state of knowledge of archaeological research on the first cities in the Iranian highlands and takes a look at the imaginative imagery of the surviving finds.
Information and registration:
-Modern Art in Iran | Ina Sarikhani
Thursday, 24 February 2022, 6:30 pm (CET)
Webex link: https://spk-berlin.webex.com/spk-berlin/j.php?MTID=m353ad99b63c0b6df0144a8f0a710698b
Language: English
-Kashan – Crossroads of Commerce and Culture | Prof. Dr. Roy Mottahedeh
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 6:30 pm (CET)
Webex link: https://spk-berlin.webex.com/spk-berlin/j.php?MTID=mdd136325730ab0ebe56f35650d3ad67e
Language: English
-The Rituals of the Zoroastrians from Antiquity to the Present Day | Prof. Dr. Alberto Cantera
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 6:30 pm (CET)
Webex link: https://spk-berlin.webex.com/spk-berlin/j.php?MTID=mc5c488d74435198e43428e2f45f9dc8c
Language: English
–Gärten in Iran – Einst und jetzt | Prof. Dr. Peter Heine
Donnerstag, 17. März 2022, 18:30 Uhr (MEZ)
Webex-Link: https://spk-berlin.webex.com/spk-berlin/j.php?MTID=mc0d1c7f633c50302f9902fb9c1b8258c
Sprache: Deutsch
7. Junior Professorship for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Focus on Pre-modern History of the MENA Region (W1 with Tenure-track to W2), Department of Oriental and Asian Studies, University of Bonn
Qualification: Mastery in Arabic and at least one other languages of the region; specialization in history, literature, history of science, philosophy, law, or adjacent fields with experience in historical, cultural, and/or sociological approaches. Excellent oral and written English is required and relevant teaching experience is expected. Knowledge of German is desirable, but not a requirement.
Deadline for application: 13 March 2022.
8. Research Fellowship in the Study of Muslims in Britain (2 Years, Commencement April 2022), Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Applications are invited for a Research Fellowship which will co-ordinate and develop the Centre’s research interest in the study of the experience, aspirations and challenges faced by British Muslims.
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2022.
Further information: www.oxcis.ac.uk/vacancies
9. Academic Director, Cambridge Muslim College
The successful candidate will be a senior academic with academic management experience who can assume responsibility for all aspects of academic programming and research.
Deadline for applications: 2 March 2022. Information: https://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/ad22/
10. Qatar Digital Library is free to use and reuse.
This growing archive covers modern history and culture of the Gulf and wider region, available online for the first time.
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- February 01, 2022
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