Shii News – Academic Items
1. Mirzā ʿAli-Qoli Khoʾi: The Master Illustrator of Persian Lithographed Books in the Qajar Period
Ulrich Marzolph and Roxana Zenhari
2 volumes (Brill, 2022)
https://brill.com/view/title/60564
https://brill.com/view/title/60936
2. Post: Collections Curator, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT
Closing date: June 1, 2022
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63415
3. HYBRID “10th Islamic Legal Studies Conference”, International Society of Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS), Aga Khan Centre, London, 19–21 May 2022
Information, program and registration: https://isils.net/isils/conferences/the-10th-islamic-legal-studies-conference-london-19-21-may-2022/
4. HYBRID Conference on “Labor in the Late Antique and Medieval Islamic Near East (ca. 300-900 CE),” University of Chicago Center in Paris, 27-28 May 2022
The papers in this conference-workshop examine the question of labor in the Late Antique and medieval Islamic Near East especially from the perspective of documentary sources–papyri, documents from the Cairo geniza, and archaeological remains—rather than from literary sources, which formed the basis for most earlier work, including M. Shatzmiller’s magisterial Labour in the Medieval Islamic World (Brill, 1994).
Information and registration: https://centerinparis.uchicago.edu/events/labor-late-antique-and-early-islamic-near-east
5. ONLINE Book Lunch Anti-Veiling Campaigns in Turkey: State, Society and Gender in the Early Republic (I.B. Tauris) by Dr Sevgi Adak (Aga Khan University), 6 June 2022, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST
Adak reveals how the interwar period marks a moment that the way women’s dress turned into an issue of national mobilisation. She uncovers the complexities of the Kemalist modernisation project by presenting unpublished archival data and investigating how women responded to anti-veiling campaigns.
Information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-sevgi-adak-anti-veiling-campaigns-in-turkey-tickets-327923316467
6. 20th LMU Media Workshop: “Arab Cultural Studies and the Concept of Experience” with Tarik Sabry (University of Westminster), London, 23-24 June 2022
The aim of this workshop is to continue the inquiry into knowledge production within the field of Arab Cultural Studies. Tarik Sabry, editor of the volume Arab Cultural Studies. Mapping the Field (2012), invites us to think about possible objects of research and practices to be studied in relation to the concept of experience. This also includes a critical reading of British Cultural Studies.
Deadline for application: 20 May 2022. Information:
https://www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosaminstitut/veranstaltungen/20mws/index.html
7. Lecturer in Islamic History, School of History, Queen Mary University of London
The successful candidate will have a PhD in Islamic History or in a relevant field, experience of teaching at undergraduate and /or postgraduate level, and a track record of high-quality research or subject-specific pedagogical work published in appropriate renowned outlets. Higher education teaching accreditation is desi-rable.
Deadline for applications. 19 May 2022.
Information: https://ig24.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_QMUL01.asp?newms=rf&ID=QMUL28627
8. Associate Professor in the History of the Middle East and Muslim Africa, University of Bergen, Norway
The research expertise of the applicant may lie within all or parts of the Middle East and Muslim Africa. Both modern and pre-modern history is relevant. The successful applicant must be able to teach and supervise students at all levels in the history of the Middle East, from the rise of Islam to the present day. Among recent research focuses in the department are Islamic organization and Islamic law, textual traditions and ritual practice.
Application deadline: 12 June 2022. Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/226232/associate-professor-in-the-history-of-the-middle-east-and-muslim-africa
9. Mellon Fellowship Program to Support Emerging Displaced Scholars Working in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences, Columbia Global Centers, Amman
Eligible candidates are scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who have been forcibly uprooted from their home countries and respective academic institutions. They could be graduate students who have had their education disrupted or post-doctoral scholars in the early stages of their careers. Creative writers, artists, and curators may also apply.
Application deadline: 2 July 2022.
Information: https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/mellon-fellowship-program-0
10. GTOT Award 2023 for Outstanding Theses and Dissertations in the Field of Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies
Anyone who completed his or her thesis/dissertation in the fields of Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish studies between 1 May 2020 and 21 December 2022 is eligible to apply. Theses in German, English and French from all European and Turkish Universities are accepted.
Deadline for applications: 31 December 2022. Information: http://www.gtot.org/award/cfa_2023/?lang=en
11. ONLINE Academic Summer School “The Middle East in Global Politics”, SOAS, University of London, 27 June – 8 July 2022
How should we go about studying the political agency and aspirations of almost half a billion people? To what extent are their fates tied to great power politics, and how can we account for phenomena of cooperation and solidarity in their regional affairs? This course will help students deliberate these questions, by placing the modern Middle East in its global context without losing sight of local and regional dynamics, cultures, and political traditions.
Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/summerschool/subjects/the-middle-east-in-global-politics/
12. Articles for Journal “YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies” 4 (2022) and 5 (2023)
Submissions of original research articles, opinion pieces and visual essays (Meclis), book and exhibition reviews in Turkish or English are accepted by researchers working on any period of the city through the lens of history, history of art and architecture, archaeology, sociology, anthropology, geography, urban planning, urban studies, and other related disciplines in humanities or social sciences.
Deadline for submissions: 15 June 2022. Information:
https://en.iae.org.tr/call-for-papers/20
13. CfP: Media & The Environment
Issue 34, Summer/Fall 2022 on “Media & the Environment ”
Arab Media & Society, the biannual journal of the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo, is seeking submissions for our next issue on “Media & the Environment.”
With the heightened risks of water insecurity, the inequitable distribution of resources, and the continuous and increasing rate of climate displacement, accurate reporting on climate change has become imperative. Several Arab states have begun to prioritize environmental issues through the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and national strategic plans, such as Vision 2030. As Egypt prepares to host the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (UNFCCC COP 27), the environment has also received more attention in academic circles and media. This includes climate change’s effect on energy resources, migration, and even war and insecurity in the region. Owing to the importance of mitigating climate risks by raising awareness, and in light of COP27, Arab Media & Society has decided to focus on the environment in its upcoming issue 34 (summer/fall 2022).
Papers may address (but are not limited to) the suggested subtopics below:
- Media and communication perspectives on climate change
- Coverage of climate change and conflict/civil war
- Analysis on media and pollution (water, plastics, air, etc.)
- Reporting on water issues/crises
- Reporting on the environment in an era of warfare/turmoil
- Media laws and regulations relating to climate change and the environment
- Public awareness of climate and environmental issues
- Social media and the natural environment
- Media’s role in rallying support for climate change efforts
- Climate skepticism and the media
- Politicization of the environment in the media
- Media and climate activism
- Media and the SDGs/Vision 2030
- Media and communication perspective on sustainability and renewables
- ICT’s use for environmental issues/climate change mitigation
While we welcome submissions from diverse disciplines and perspectives, articles should relate in some way to the Arab world and its diaspora, and media or communication technology. Submissions for peer-review consideration should be received by August 1st, 2022; and all other submissions, including book and conference reviews, shorter research papers, and columns, should be received by August 15th, 2022. Submissions should conform to the Chicago Manual of Style and may be up to 10,000 words, including footnotes, and citations (author-date). All submissions should be sent as .doc or .docx files, and should include the author’s name as it will be published, their affiliation, and a brief abstract of no more than 150 words. Send articles and ideas to editor@arabmediasociety.com.
For more information on our publishing policies please visit www.arabmediasociety.com/publishing-policies/.
14. AKU-ISMC 25 June and 2 July 2022 Event – Islam in the RE Classroom
This two-day online conference aims to enhance the quality of learning and teaching about Islam in secondary schools in the UK. It engages with both the academic-theoretical and practical-pedagogical aspects of Religious Education.
On one hand, the conference aims to make teacher-practitioners more confident in teaching about Islam in mainstream secondary schools in the UK. On the other, it aims to initiate dialogue between the key stakeholders (include curriculum designers, researchers, PGCE RE faculty and trainee teachers) to ensure that Islam is represented with greater complexity in textbooks and the classroom.
Sessions in the conference, which will include academic papers and classroom case-study presentations, will invite discussion of Islam in different cultural contexts: instead of seeing Islam as the automatic or inevitable product of a scripture, we will consider how different Islams were produced in different environments, and how these environments invited different interpretations of scripture or led certain parts of scripture to be prioritised over others.
Presentations will consider the role of hermeneutical approaches to scripture in the classroom; the role of music and art in teaching about religion and the handling of controversial material in a classroom setting. They also engage with sociological questions: the self-identity of Muslim students; of debates about radicalisation and the state’s response and the different kinds of Islamophobias that students might encounter in Britain. Speakers will also engage with recent developments in British RE that position religion as a worldview and the possibilities of exploring different disciplinary lenses within the RE classroom itself.
Organisers
The conference is jointly hosted by the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC), London, and The Ismaili Tariqah and Religious Education Board (ITREB) for UK.
Registration
This event is free but registration is essential. Register via Zoom.
15. POMEPS Studies 46: Environmental Politics in the Middle East and North Africa
In February 2022, POMEPS convened a virtual workshop bringing together interdisciplinary contributions from anthropology, public health, political science, history, and human geography. Their geographic scope includes Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, Kuwait, and other Gulf countries. The papers grapple with the complexity and diversity of environmental politics and issues across the Middle East. In doing so, they contribute to important trends that have emerged in international and comparative environmental politics more broadly. Many of the papers highlight the importance of field-based research in producing insightful analyses, and all raise important and innovative questions that should inform future research in this area.
16. Open Access – The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire
Roger Matthews, Hassan Fazeli Nashli, Amy Richardson
Routledge 2022
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