Shii News – Academic Items
1.Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice
Call for Papers (Deadline 30/06/2022)
The Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice (MJTILP) is pleased to announce the call for papers for its forthcoming Volume 18, 2022.
The MJTILP is a peer reviewed journal and indexed on SCOPUS. The journal is available at the www.electronicpublications.org and can also be accessed on HeinOnline. The journal welcomes submission of articles that meet its objectives for consideration with a view to publication.
The journal comprises of three sections:(1) Articles; (2) Recent Developments; and (3) Book Reviews.
The normal word length for articles is between 5000-15000 words including footnotes. The journal also welcomes shorter contributions (between 2000 to 3000 words) for its ‘Recent Developments’ section. The MJTILP is not restricted to any specific field of law and aims to cover a wide range of subjects relevant to Islamic law and practice. Topics of particular interest include: transnational forms of Islamic law; constitutional developments, law reform and application of international lawin the Muslim world; application of Sharia in Muslim or non-Muslim States; accommodation of Muslims in non-Muslim State; comparative practices of Muslim majority States; and intersections between Islamic law and international law or other religious and secular legal systems. For detailed aims of the MJTILP, please visit the journal’s website: https://www.electronicpublications.org/catalogue/46
The journal also welcomes reviews of monographs and edited collections published recently on any of the above topics. For book review enquiries, please get in touch with our Book Review Editor Dr Khaled Bashir (khaled.bashir@abdn.ac.uk ).
All submissions must be original, unpublished works, and not under consideration elsewhere. All publications are subject to transfer of copyright to the publisher. We are happy to discuss permissions to authors on justifiable grounds.
Submissions: Editorial correspondence, including submissions to the journal should be made electronically to Editor-in-Chief of the Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice Dr Ahmad Ghouri via email: a.a.ghouri@outlook.com .For further information, including submission criteria and style guidelines please refer tothe journal website: http://www.electronicpublications.org/catalogue.php?id=46 .Advance Publications: Accepted manuscripts may be first published online as ‘Advance Publications’. All Advance Publications will be included in the subsequent Issue/Volume of the Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice.
2. Applications are now open for a National Endowment for the Humanities training institute on digital publishing that will be held in hybrid format at the Brown University Library in July 11-29, 2022.
This is meant for scholars interested to learn more about digital publishing, including matters such as conceptualization, design, available platforms (Manifold, Scalar, WordPress), budgeting, and funding sources. Presenters will include authors who have published digital books or are writing them now, university press editors and directors, designers, and technological specialists.
The application is open to scholars of all ranks, including university faculty and adjuncts, postdoctoral researchers, and independent scholars. Applicants must have a Ph.D.
Applicants based in any country are welcome, though the NEH Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities (IATDH) program focuses on scholars currently studying or employed at institutions in the U.S. Thus, U.S. citizens and/or U.S.-based scholars will be given priority. International applicants and/or persons without a current U.S. visa should note that, if selected and if an in-person meeting is possible, a visa cannot be guaranteed.
Closing date: 15 March, 2022
For details and the application, please visit:
https://library.brown.edu/neh-institute-born-digital-scholarly-publishing/
3. ONLINE Webinar: “Schooling Egypt’s New Elite: Class and Belonging in Cairo’s International Schools” with Noha Roushdy (CEDEJ/Boston), CEDEJ/IFAO, Cairo, 21 February 2022, 4:00 pm EET
Discussant: Daniele Cantini (University of Halle).
Information and registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScevAFGG6HDzydBlhDwZqY5UzMfBxtKBJuI4r5uS9PtmDsuFg/viewform
4. ONLINE Webinar on “Nursing, Empire, & Mobility: American Mission Nurses in Iran & Iranian Nurses in the U.S., 1907-1979” by Lydia Wytenbroek, Bishop`s University, Canada, 23 February 2022, 2:30 pm ET
Information and registration:
5. ONLINE Seminar on “The Cunning of Gender Violence: Geopolitics and Feminism”, by Hammami, Abu-Lughod and Shalhoub-Kevorkina, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 25 February 2022, 12:00 pm – 01:30 pm ET
This seminar is based on the findings of a three-year collaborative research project between feminist scholars of the Middle East and South Asia that explored these questions across a range of intersecting local, national, and global contexts, in the process uncovering the ways in which religion and racialized ethnicity, particularly “the Muslim question,” run deeply through the international governance structures of GBVAW, even when insistently disavowed.
Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2022/gender-violence-geopolitics-and-feminism
6. ONLINE Webinar: “Establishing Jordan’s First Online LGBTQ Magazine” by its Founder Khalid Abdel-Hadi, , Brown University, Providence, RI, 3 March 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET
Information and registration: https://brown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iJlr7Wq_TSi0gYnQEwI3Wg
7. ONLINE Webinar: “The Kurdish Women’s Freedom Movement: Gender, Body Politics and Militant Femininities” by Isabel Käser, Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 11 March 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET
Information and registration: https://brown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LALHmlxMR6ixDBiTO8Rtzw
8. Panel on “Is an Alternative World Possible? Beyond Neoliberalism: Mapping Alternative Visions and Practices from the MENA Region”, during the 15th Conference of SeSaMO, Naples, 22-24 June 2022
The panel aims at exploring alternative practices to neoliberalism from the MENA region, with the objective to provide a space for academic reflection. It is open to alternative discourses to neoliberalism by scholars, protest movements and civil society organizations as well as concrete bottom-up local initiatives, experiments and projects that provide examples of more sustainable economies.
Deadline for abstracts: 13 March 2022
Information: http://www.sesamoitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/30.-Paciello.pdf
9. Workshop: “Reckoning with God: Divine-Human Relations after the Arab Spring”, Orient-Institut Beirut, 30 June – 2 July 2022
The organizers seek contributions which foreground the figure of God and divine-human relations in the contemporary Arab world, across religious traditions and from numerous disciplines—particularly anthropology, sociology, history, and religious studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 9 March 2022. Information: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dq21g3b007sy6w6/Reckoning%20with%20God%20CFP.pdf?dl=0
10. Conference on “Contemporary Forms of Racism and Discrimination (Focus MENA Region)”, Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR), University of Ghent, PhD Pre-Conference 18-19 September 2022, Main Conference 19-21 September 2022
We strongly welcome empirical and theoretical contributions reflecting on the processes of racism, discrimi-nation and exclusion in the Global South. We also particularly welcome contributions aiming to bridge race and migration studies in Europe.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2022. Information: https://www.ugent.be/cessmir/en/conference-2022#Call-forcontributions
11. Conference: “30 Years after Richard M. Frank: Al-Ghazali and Avicenna in Post-Classical Islam”, Yale Department of Religious Studies, 7-8 April 2023
Contributions are invited on the impact of al-Ghazālī and Avicenna on post-classical Arabic and Islamicate intellectual history, especially within the domains of falsafa and kalām and their intersection with Sufism, the natural and occult sciences, and the philosophy of law (uṣūl al-fiqh).
Deadline for submissions: 15 April 2022. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/02/17/call-for-papers-30-years-after-richard-m.-frank-al-ghazali-and-avicenna-in-post-classical-islam
12. International Conference: “Religious Renewal in Times of Crisis” (Focus Middle East and Islamic History), University of Nebraska Omaha and Tantur Ecumenical Institute, Jerusalem, Postponed until 24-28 April 2023
The scope of this academic event is the study of religious renewal movements and their emergence in times of crisis across the world and history – with a special focus on how they have impacted the three Abrahamic religions and the city of Jerusalem.
Deadline for abstract: Fall 2022. Information: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/religion/research/religious-renewal-in-times-of-crisis-conference.php
13. Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Culture Studies, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Candidates must have native or near-native fluency in Arabic and English and will have a record of excellence in language instruction. They must hold a Ph.D. in Arabic language and literature, translation, media studies, applied linguistics, second language acquisition, language education, or another related field.
Deadline for applications: 14 March 2022. Information: https://trincoll.peopleadmin.com/postings/2533
14. Lecturer of Arabic at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Qualifications: MA degree and a minimum of one year of teaching experience; a native or near-native lan-guage fluency, demonstrate excellence and experience in language instruction at the college level and be familiar with effective application of current technologies to foreign language learning.
Deadline for applications: 1 March 2022. Information: https://careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Lafayette-Arabic-Lecturer-IN-47906/844426800/
15. CALL FOR PAPERS
Shams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, one of the leading figures of the renewal period, is a scholar renowned for his works in the fields of kalam, mathematics, astronomy, and logic.
On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Samarqandī’s passing we are inviting researchers to submit articles on Shams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, one of the leading figures of the renewal period and a scholar renowned for his works in the fields of kalam, mathematics, astronomy, and logic.
Deadline for contributions: 31 May 2022. Information:
https://nazariyat.org/en/special-issues/semseddin-es-semerkandi-ozel-sayisi
16. Proposals for New Book Series “South-South Migration” (Springer Nature)
The book series encompasses distinct fields such as international migration, internal migration, remittances, migrant entrepreneurship, diaspora philanthropy, social cost of migration, political and environmental refu-gees, gender and migration, labor migration, migration policy, the political economy of migration, migrants’ rights, and other migration-related issues in the global South.
Information: https://www.springer.com/series/16846
17. 1 year Visiting Assistant Position: Asian Islam (Hamilton College)
Hamilton College: Hamilton College Faculty
Location
Clinton, NY
Open Date
Jan 21, 2022
Deadline
Mar 05, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description
The Asian Studies program of Hamilton College invites applications for a one-year visiting position in any discipline on Islam in Asia, including Iran/Persia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, to begin on July 1, 2022. Mastery of a relevant Asian language is expected. Teaching expertise should include an introductory course on Islam, a survey on the history of Islam in Asia, and an upper-level course based on the successful candidate’s area of specialization. Ph.D. by the time of appointment is preferred, but ABDs nearing completion of the dissertation will be considered. Teaching load is five courses for the year, including an introductory course on Islam, a survey of Islam in Asia, and courses in the candidate’s discipline and area of specialization.
Candidates should submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, and two course syllabi to Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/101756. The applicant’s cover letter should address the ways in which they would further the College’s goal of building a diverse educational environment. Candidates should address correspondence to Professor Thomas Wilson, Director of Asian Studies, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323.
Application deadline is March 5, 2022.
Hamilton (www.hamilton.edu) is a residential liberal arts college located in upstate New York. Applicants with dual-career considerations can find other Hamilton and nearby academic job listings at https://www.hercjobs.org/regions/higher-ed-careers-upstate-new-york/, as well as additional information at https://www.hamilton.edu/dof/faculty-development/resources-for-prospective-or-new-faculty/opportunities-for-spouses-or-partners (Opportunities for Spouses or Partners). Hamilton College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in all areas of the campus community. Hamilton provides domestic partner benefits. Candidates from underrepresented groups in higher education are especially encouraged to apply.
18. ZOOM – ‘All World Is My Home: The Depiction of Migration in Modern Iranian Media’ – B Tabarraee (Chicago, 5pm, 24.2.22)
The Persian Circle at the University of Chicago
https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/persiancircle/
You can join on zoom at the following URL: https://tinyurl.com/persiancircle.
19. Wagner College – Visiting Assistant Professor – History of Africa, the Middle East or South Asia and the History of Islam
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63043
Closing date : June 1, 2022
20. Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Three Postdoctoral Researchers – Islam & Vision
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63029
Deadline for application is March 15, 2022.
21. Harvard Art Museums – Norma Jean Calderwood Associate Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63065
Closing date: 19.3.22
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