Shii News – Academic Items
1. Centre for the Study of Islam at Exeter’s Summer Monday Majlis Programme
Monday 9th May, 1600-1730: Professors Yasmin Amin and Nevin Reda (Cairo and Toronto) will talk about their new book: Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice: Processes of Canonization Subversion
Registration link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpduqprzsjHdyhJnu6QAjW7pxOEnn8MgMr
Monday 16th May, 1600-1730: Professor Anna Bigelow (Stanford University) will talk about her research around “Islam through Objects”
Registration Link:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrfu2hrTMoHNDzetH1TwEPrUJPEv77OEYb
Monday 23rd May, 1600-1730: Professor Konrad Hirschler (University of Hamburg) will present on “’Material turn and Islamic Studies: Manuscript studies as an example”
Registration link:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtdOurrjouH9Yhd1LIHbsS4ZeC_tAlgC_z
Monday 30th May, 1600-1730: Dr Usaama Al-Azami (University of Oxford) will talk about his latest research and his recent book: Islam and the Arab Revolutions (OUP, 2021).
Registration Link:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlduiqqDotH9HXXB_YvnRc4nSZ_9PZNnwu
Monday 6th June, 1600-1730: Professor Sean Anthony (Ohio State University) will talk about his recent research including his most recent book, Muhammad and the Empires of Faith
Registration Link:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/j/97925220332?pwd=L2F3TmhQbU5TR0FzZ25QTkNTVzNsdz09
Monday 13th June, 1600-1730: Professor Nada Moumtaz (University of Toronto) will present on “Gucci and the Waqf” looking at the post-war reconstruction of Beirut, and the role played by Islamic endowments (waqfs)
Registration Link:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqde2qrDIiH9ZIh_peJ7O0PXaCVBWU3xTo
2. CfP: Muslims in the Uk and Europe 2022
The University of Cambridge Centre of Islamic Studies invites applications from current Masters and PhD candidates to present their research on issues pertaining to Muslims in the UK and Europe, from any discipline. This postgraduate symposium, taking place on Tuesday 5 July 2022 at the Moller Centre in Cambridge, will be a platform for students to present and exchange current research on any topic in this field in a dynamic forum. While historical or theoretical context is valuable, we invite papers also to present, analyse or interpret research findings, data or material. Participants are expected to attend the keynote speech and all sessions.
To apply please submit a 500-word abstract, with curriculum vitae outlining current research interests, to cis@cis.cam.ac.uk by 2 June 2022.
Successful candidates will be notified by 8 June 2022 and invited to submit draft papers of no more than 3000 words by 29 June 2022.
Click here to read about the Annual Muslims in the UK and Europe Postgraduate Symposium.
3. Reconstructing the Earliest Islamic History Writing from the 2nd Hijrī Century: The Case of the First Arabic Annals
Speaker: Edward Zychowicz-Coghill
Date/time: 5th May at 5.15pm UK time
Description
Study of the historical origins of Islam and the caliphate has been dogged by one major problem. The earliest Arabic texts which produce our most detailed descriptions of these events were compiled in the 3rd hijrī century, some 200 or more years after the events they describe. Sceptics have argued that these texts are unreliable, reflecting later political and religious debates rather than genuine historical memory.
One key to unlocking this problem is understanding the nature of the sources used by these 3rd century historians. This talk argues that we can identify one genre of texts, brief annalistic histories, which were being compiled as early as the first half of the 2th hijrī century (c. 710-760 CE) and which were then incorporated into the great later compilations like al-Ṭabarī’s (d. 310 AH/923 CE) History of Prophets and Kings. It proposes a method for reconstructing one of these, a history written by the Egyptian jurist al-Layth b. Saʿd in the 120s AH/740s CE. By inspecting the kind of information al-Layth’s recorded and assessing it alongside al-Layth’s connections, we can identify the political and intellectual contexts in which the earliest formal collection of Islamic historical record was cultivated. This reveals an origin for Islamic annalistic history writing tied to the development of the Islamic state, likely produced in conversation with Christian officials who worked in the state administration and the models of Greek and Syriac historical recording which they transmitted from the late antique world.
All talks are free to attend and start at 5.15 (Zoom open at 5.00)
In-person at the Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA
On Zoom: https://bit.ly/3qFSBXi
4. ONLINE Conference “The Turk-o-Tajik World: Coalescence of Turkic, Arabic, and Persian Spheres c. 900–1900”, SOAS, University of London, 4-5 May 2022
This conference will explore the symbiosis of Turkic, Arabic, and Persian cultures across the Islamicate world, from the medieval to the modern period. Our contributors will discuss various aspects of these cultural symbioses, and continuums, which formed the bedrock of a flourishing ‘Turk-o-Tajik’ civilisation. This cultural coalescence is explored in a variety of settings, including sufism, sexuality, literature, religious discourse, and politics.
Information and registration: https://www.soas.ac.uk/history/conferences/the-turk-o-tajik-world/
5. ONLINE Annual Lecture of the Zahra Institute “Ziya Gökalp’s Turkism and the Kurdish Question” by Fuat Dündar (TOBB-ETU University, Ankara), Chicago, 5 May 2022, 2:00 pm EST
Popularly known as the theorist of Turkish nationalism, Mehemed Ziya (Gökalp) was also the first Ottoman-Turkish Kurdologist. This lecture explores the intellectual transformations of Ziya Gökalp with respect to the Kurdish question.
Information and registration: https://www.zahrainstitute.org/news_and_events.html
6. HYBRID Webinar “Recognizing Sacred Scriptures – the Qur’an and the Bible”, New York University at Abu Dhabi, 5 May 2022, 10:00 am – 5:30 pm, and 6 May 2022, 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
The project aims to further a conversation about intellectual, legal, theological, and spiritual processes and concepts at work when members of religious communities interact with each other.
In this event, we will explore how Christians, Muslims, and Jews engage with each other’s ‘Sacred Scriptures’ – from philosophical and historical perspectives.
Information and registration: https://www.hrf-arabworld.org/events/2022/recognizing-sacred-scriptures-the-quran-and-the-bible
7. ONLINE “Virtual Coffee Meeting of Early Career Researchers (ECH), London, 11 May 2022, 10:00 am GMT
Interested in social policy in the MENA? Working as an early career researcher or practitioner and wanting to meet like-minded people? Join us for a relaxing moment to network and to discuss interesting books and recent developments with regard to social policy in the region. We would love to hear your thoughts and ideas, and take a moment to get to know each other.
Information and registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pceyprzosGdHiUEs0Q35CM0344uYMIqCX
8. ONLINE Book Launch and Discussion “Governance and Domestic Policymaking in Saudi Arabia”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 8 June 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Singapore Time
This public discussion examines the progress made in Saudi Arabia’s economic transformation efforts, their implications for state-society relations, and the economics of the rentier social contract, among other issues.
Information and registration: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/event/book-launch-governance-and-domestic-policymaking-in-saudi-arabia/
9. CEST Symposium 2022, “Limits of Autocratisation: Actors and Institutions of Democratic Resilience (Focus Turkey)”, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 18 – 20 November 2022
The Symposium seeks to discuss challenges to authoritarian structures in Turkey with a comparative lens on inter alia Eastern Europe, Latin America and South Asia. We seek to understand the potential of political parties, trade unions, bureaucracies, civil society and social movements in challenging the authoritarian incumbent.
Deadline for abstracts: 23 May 2022. Information: http://cest-turkey.org/cest-symposium-2022/?fbclid=IwAR3dRjJPO9SPWPJUYSxOqAUU49mon-m5ekgxzB8v73srhw_WUnc413mrPEM
10. International Conference “The Qurʾān and Syriac Christianity: Recurring Themes and Motifs”, ERC Project “The Qurʾān as a Source for Late Antiquity” (QaSLA), University of Tuebingen, Germany, 5-7 December 2022
The event will bring together an international group of specialists in Syriac Christianity as well as scholars of the Qurʾān to explore how the Qurʾān reacts to Syrian Christian traditions and the extent of which it serves as a historical witness to Syriac Christianity in Arabia.
Deadline for abstracts: 6 May 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/9908397/call-papers-early-career-scholars-%E2%80%9C-qur%CA%BEa%CC%84n-and-syriac
11. Research Award for Islamic Studies by the Annemarie Schimmel-Foundation
Eligible for the award are outstanding research contributions (usually in the form of a dissertation) in the field of Islamic Studies which were published after 31 May 2017. The awardee will be received for ceremony at the Deutscher Orientalistentag 2022 in Berlin and will be issued with a 5000 Euro prize.
Deadline for applications: 31 May 2022.
Information: https://www.menalib.de/files/2021/10/annemarie-schimmel-foundation-award-2022.pdf
12. ONLINE CICW Graduate Student Institute “Islam in the Contemporary World”, Shenandoah University, Virginia, 1-13 August 2022
The objective is (1) to provide graduate students with foundational instructions in Islamic studies with a focus on contemporary issues, and (2) to have discussions about the lived experiences of Muslim graduate students, especially as they pertain to issues of wellness, equity, and belonging. By combining academic and mentoring sessions, we aim to provide a rounded approach to Islam in the contemporary world. There is no tuition fee.
Deadline for application: 31 May 2022. Information: https://www.contemporaryislam.org/graduate-student-institute-2022.html
13. Master of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies (2 Years), Lund University
The English programme trains students in critical thinking and gives them the ability to apply this to current events and debates in and about the region. The programme also aims to educate students in social sciences theories and various research methodologies, as well as provide opportunities for the application of methodological skills.
Deadline for applications extended to 31 May 2022. Information: https://www.graduateschool.sam.lu.se/academics/interested-pursuing-masters-programme-graduate-school/master-arts-middle-eastern-studies ; registration: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lubas/i-uoh-lu-SAMES/18435#apply
14. Articles on “Learning from Asian Islam: Perspectives for the Wider Field of Islamic Studies” for Special Issue of a Journal Specializing in Islamic and Asian Studies
Co-editors: Jaclyn Michael (University of Tennessee) and Verena Meyer (Columbia University).
Questions of inquiry include: What approaches to the study of Islam have been developed in the Asian context and are relevant for Islamic Studies more broadly? How can Asian case studies help to shed light on questions that are currently debated in the wider field? How does material from Asian Muslim communities extend scholarly conceptions of the scope, character, and conclusions of Islamic studies as a field?
Deadline for abstracts: 25 May 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/10171693/cfp-learning-asian-islam-perspectives-wider-field-islamic
15. Arab World English Journal for Translation & LiteraryStudies(AWEJTLS) welcomes the submission of papers Special Issue on Literature and Medicine. We have the honor to announce that the guest editor for this issue is Dr. Shadi S. Neimnehfrom Hashemite University, Jordan. The issue publication date is November 2022. The deadline for the manuscript submissions is July 31, 2022.
Please, before sending your paper, please read the submission and Manuscript Guidelines for AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies. Please submit your paper online or send it as an attachment to: Info@awej.org
Kind regards,
Arab World English Journal
for Translation & Literary Studies
https://awej-tls.org/
16. The Mediterranean Review issued by the Institute for Mediterranean Studies at Busan University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea, is calling for papers.
The journal addresses Mediterranean regional affairs and discusses crucial
developments in culture and politics. It addresses global issues such as the
Mediterranean influence on international affairs and its multi-cultural
dimensions. We welcome the submission of manuscripts dealing with the fields
of History & Humanities as well as Social Sciences.
Subjects for paper: politics, economics, history, archaeology, literature,
languages, arts, society etc. regarding the Mediterranean
* Date of Submission : May 15th, 2022 (Sunday)
* Address to submit : imsmr@ims.or.kr
* Date of publication
No.1) 30th of June
No.2) 31st of December
Before submitting your paper, please refer to our code of research ethics as
well as to the text formatting and citation rules on our website:
http://www.imsmr.or.kr.
– Published Articles :
http://imsmr.cafe24.com/go/bbs/board.php?bo_table=Articles (click to move)
– Submission Guide : http://imsmr.or.kr/go/bbs/content.php?co_id=Guidelines
(click to move)
– Code of Ethics :
http://imsmr.cafe24.com/go/bbs/content.php?co_id=Code_of_Ethics (click to
move)
Please notice that we only accept manuscripts in the English language.
All submitted papers will be evaluated under a strict and fair peer review
process. Please notice that there is no guarantee for a submitted article to
be published.
The Editorial Board, Mediterranean Review
Institute for Mediterranean Studies,
Busan University of Foreign Studies
65, Geumsaemro 485 beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea.
(46234)
Tel) +82-51-509-6695 / +82-51-509-6670
E-mail) imsmr@ims.or.kr / imsmr@bufs.ac.kr
Website) www.imsmr.or.kr
17. Zoom – British Institute of Persian Studies
Persianate Aspects of the Malay-Indonesian World: Rare Manuscripts
with Dr Majid Daneshgar
| 25 May 2022, 5PM BST |
This presentation addresses the question of whether Persian was a part of the lingua franca in Thailand, Arakan, Burma, Aceh and Malacca from the 15th to the 19th century and discusses to what extent Malays were familiar with the Persian language, literature and even music. This presentation will focus on the Malay-Indonesian manuscripts which have not been examined [thoroughly] so far.
Register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6316498583210/WN_JEbQha8bT7eA0vZq4aLhvw
18. Postdoc opportunity in Islamic history and culture
Postdoctoral Research Fellow position
The Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies, and Religion
invites applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position in the field of
Islamic history and culture, relating to the topic of Islamic text
circulation and usage in the Swahili coastal region. The position is
part of the research project «MPrinT@East_AFRICA. Islamic Manuscript,
Print and Practice: Textual adaptation in East Africa» financed by the
Norwegian Research Council.
The MPrinT project (2021-2025) will explore a core hypothesis that
reforms in Islamic textual tradition and ritual practice during the 19th
and 20th centuries took place within existing authority structures and
led to a series of adaptations rather than breaks from tradition. To
this end, the project will document, catalogue, and analyze Islamic
textual material from the manuscript-to-print transition period in
coastal East Africa (the Swahili coastal region). The project will also
investigate how these texts have been used in ritual practice and
education from ca. 1950 to the present, and how this usage has varied
across locations, generations, and gender. This part of the project will
be based on interviews and studies of ritual practice.
For further details,
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/224988/postdoctoral-position-in-islamic-history-and-culture
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