Shii News – Academic Items
1. The Islamic College
Arabic Online Language Course
Beginners: Every Sunday 3:00 – 5:00 pm (London time)
15 May – 24 July 2022 (10 sessions)
Intermediate: Saturday 3:00 – 5:00 pm (London time)
14 May – 23 July 2022
Advance: Friday 6:00 – 8:00 pm (London time)
13 May – 22 July 2022
Course Fee: £50/Semester
For more information and to register:
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/short-courses/learn-arabic/
2. Persia Portrayed: Envoys to the West, 1600–1842
D.T. Potts
3. The British Library
4. Aga Khan Library launches new website
Explore our growing library catalogue and digital resources, services, news, blogs and events, manage your library account, and much more on the newly refreshed Aga Khan Library website.
The Aga Khan Library is the product of a collaboration between the IIS and the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC). It houses the largest collection in Europe for the study of Ismaili communities, their history and their beliefs. It also offers a vast range of sources on Shia Islam, Quranic literature and other core issues of Islamic studies.
5. SHD Free Online Lecture “Empire and History, Maps and Discovery, 1775–1860”
Society For the History of Discoveries Lecture Series
Matthew H. Edney
Osher Professor in the History of Cartography, University of Southern Maine
Director, History of Cartography Project, University of Wisconsin–Madison
SHD Fellow
Empire and History, Maps and Discovery, 1775–1860
The systematic study of map history first emerged in Paris in the 1830s as an extension of the history of geography and discovery, a field that had itself cohered in its modern form only after 1775. This presentation explores the use of early maps by early historians of geography, such as James Playfair (1808) and Conrad Malte-Brun (1810), and how scholars such as Alexander von Humboldt, Ramón de la Sagra, Edme François Jomard, and the visconde de Santarém had by 1840 turned a sporadic interest in early maps into l’histoire de la cartographie.keel
Date: 21 April 2022
Time: 2:00 PM CST (US and Canada)
To Register for this free event please use the link below
https://discoveryhistory.org/event-4780730
6. POS: Collection Assistant for Middle Eastern and Islamic Materials (UCLA)
Closing date April 27, 2022
The complete postings, which include the position descriptions, complete qualifications and application procedures, are available on both the UCLA Career Opportunities Website at: https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu and on the UCLA Library Employment Webpage, Jobs@UCLA Library, http://www.library.ucla.edu/about/jobs-ucla-library.
7. Call for Papers: British Muslim Studies at 50 – Retrospect and Prospect
14th & 15th September 2022
A conference organised by the Muslims in Britain Research Network
& the Islam-UK Centre, Cardiff University
Though still in its infancy as a sub-field, the academic study of British Muslims in UK institutions of higher education is now over five decades old. Since the 1960s/1970s, research and teaching about Britain’s Muslims has developed and expanded – advancing our understanding and knowledge of Britain’s diverse and dynamic Muslim population in myriad disciplines – including but not limited to sociology, history, religious studies, Islamic Studies, geography, politics, and their various intersections.
Over the past decade or so, British Muslim Studies (BMS) has seen the emergence and flourishing of successive cohorts of scholars from within Muslim communities – complicating and enriching the field by interrogating definitions, concepts and parameters of understanding. This, coupled with the long tradition of engagement and partnership with community institutions, practitioners and grassroots spaces means it is an exciting time for BMS and an apt moment to cast a retrospective glance over the past 50 years, while looking ahead towards future prospects.
This conference will examine some of the main contributions to BMS, including a specific focus on research institutes and centres. It will also pay tribute to two recently departed pioneers of BMS: Professors Mohammed Anwar and Ataullah Siddiqui.
We invite abstract submissions for papers, which showcase emergent research topics and directions in British Muslim Studies. We are keen to receive abstracts from PhD scholars and early career academics and are particularly interested in proposals corresponding to the following themes:
- Co-production/collaboration between researchers and communities
- Synergies (or tensions) between academe and practitioners
- Innovative research methods and interrogation/problematisation of extant methods
To submit a proposal:
- Please submit a title and abstract of no more than 300 words together with names and short biographies (150 words) of the presenter/s, institutional affiliation/s (if relevant), and contact details.
- We welcome proposals from postgraduate researchers, independent scholars and practitioners.
- Proposals should be sent to MuslimsinBritainRN@gmail.com
- Academic enquiries should be sent to Dr Khadijah Elshayyal, ke3@soas.ac.uk
- Deadline: 5pm on Wednesday 15th June 2022
- Successful presenters will be notified by Thursday 30th June 2022
8. The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 48th Annual Byzantine Studies Conference to be held at the University of California, Los Angeles, November 3–6, 2022. We invite session proposals on any topic relevant to Byzantine studies.
Session proposals must be submitted through the Mary Jaharis Center website (https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/48th-bsc). The deadline for submission is April 22, 2022.
If the proposed session is accepted, the Mary Jaharis Center will reimburse a maximum of 5 session participants (presenters and chair) up to $600 maximum for scholars based in North America and up to $1200 maximum for those coming from outside North America. Funding is through reimbursement only; advance funding cannot be provided. Eligible expenses include conference registration, transportation, and food and lodging. Receipts are required for reimbursement. For scholars participating remotely, the Mary Jaharis Center will reimbursement participants for conference registration.
For further details and submission instructions, please visit https://maryjahariscenter.org/sponsored-sessions/48th-bsc.
Please contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture with any questions.
9. BIPS Research & Travel Grants and Research Assistant Grants
The British Institute of Persian Studies invites applications for Research and Travel Grants and for Research Assistant Grants.
Funding is available to cover costs associated with developing or executing research projects in any field related to the wider Persianate world. There is funding available for travel for students based at a UK Higher Education Institution (HEI), either for research or to attend conferences. We invite applications for Research Awards and for Research Assistant Grants, in order to support scholars to develop or complete projects.
Awards of up to £1,200 will be considered for Student Travel Awards. Grants of up to £5,000 for Research Awards and Research Assistant Awards are invited, from PIs associated with a UK based HEI.
Please contact the relevant programme leader prior to submitting your application (Ancient: Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Medieval: Professor Andrew Peacock, Modern: Dr Shabnam Holliday).
You must be a member of BIPS to apply.
The deadline for submitting applications is Monday 16th May 2022.
For more information and to download the application form, visit our Grants page.
10. The Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles invites applications for a one-year Farhang Foundation Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in Iranian Studies. Researchers with training in cultural studies, film, and literature are particularly encouraged to apply. This fellowship is renewable for a second year, contingent upon approval.
In addition to research, the successful candidate is expected to teach 3 courses per academic year and to participate in the intellectual life of the department and other units on campus. This person will receive a stipend of $65,000 plus benefits. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. within the last five years or at the latest by August 16, 2022, the start date of the position. In addition to the letter of application, applicants should include their curriculum vitae, a writing sample, and sample syllabi (attach all as one PDF document during the application process). Three letters of reference will be asked of finalists. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. In order to be considered for this position, all candidates must submit an electronic USC application. Review of complete applications will begin immediately.
Further information is available by contacting Professor Ramzi Rouighi (rouighi@usc.edu).
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