Shii News – Academic Items
1.Online program: Cinema in India and Iran, joint project of the Iranian journal Mardom-nameh and Ahmedabad University, India
Online series organized by the Persian Journal Mardom-name (People’s History Journal) and the Center for Inter-Asian Research, Ahmedabad University, India. All are welcome to join the talks next week via Zoom (see below) This week’s program is on cinema in India and Iran by Indian scholar Ashsish Rajadhayaksha, and Claire Cooley – at Tufts university.
26 MAY
2022 | 6 pm IST | 5 pm IRDT
Zoom ID:946 0475 8003
Passcode: 330514
2. ONLINE Conference “From the Divine to the Human: New Perspectives on Evil, Suffering, and the Global Pandemic” (Focus Islamic Philosophy), University of Cincinnati, 28-30 June 2022
This conference seeks to reinvigorate the study of the global philosophy of religion by utilizing the rich and unique resources of the Islamic intellectual tradition as well as contemporary Muslim philosophers’ creative engagements with these materials.
Information and registration: https://www.sufferingpandemicconference.org/
3. Inaugural Conference of the International Islamophobia Studies Research Association (IISRA) on “States of Islamophobia (Studies)”, Istanbul, 14-16 July 2022
The conference seeks papers that examine how the Muslim subject is constructed in public discourses, the distinct periods (historical or contemporary), and the regional specificity of such framings.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 May 2022.
Information: https://irdp.submittable.com/submit/225879/cfp-states-of-islamophobia-studies
4. International Research Seminar “Wilāya and Islamic Ethics”, Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Doha, 20-23 February 2023
The Seminar will be convened by Dr. Mohammad Fadel, University of Toronto. The proceedings of the Seminar will be published as a special issue in the peer-reviewed and open-access “Journal of Islamic Ethics” or as an edited volume in the book-series “Studies in Islamic Ethics”, both published by Brill.
Deadline for abstracts: 25 June 2022. Information: https://www.cilecenter.org/resources/news/call-research-papers-cile-international-seminar-wilaya-and-islamic-ethics#
5. 3 German and 3 Egyptian Internships for “Cultural Heritage in Cyberspace: Education, Preservation, and Access” (1 Month), Germany and Egypt
The German-Egyptian DAAD-funded project seeks interns for the year 2022. We encourage students in Islamic Studies, Arabic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Heritage Studies, and Digital Humanities to apply for one of the internships. By augmenting their technical and professional abilities, prospective interns can enhance their qualifications for academic careers and other professions relating to manuscripts and cultural heritage. Grants for flights and other expenses.
Deadline for applications: 31 May 2022.
6. Visiting Full-Time Faculty Position (1 Year) in Modern Middle Eastern History, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Candidates must demonstrate commitment to, and excellence in, undergraduate teaching as informed by current practice and scholarship in the field. The successful candidate will be expected to teach the modern Middle East surveys (19th-21st centuries) and two to three courses of their choice,
Deadline for applications: 30 June 2022. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/107175
7. Grants for the Translation of Arabic Books into World Languages from the Sheikh Zayed Book Award
A maximum of approximately US$ 38,000 per title is available for the translation plus specific promotion and production costs. The applicant must be a publisher in a country other than the Middle East.
Applications are accepted all year round.
Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/05/20/translation-grant
8. Chapters for Edited Volume “Becoming Ottoman. Converts, Renegades and Identity in Early Modern and Modern Context”, I.B. Tauris
The volume examines the role of Europeans who settled in the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 19th centuries and assumed “Ottoman identity”, be it by way of conversion to Islam and assimilating to the host society or by becoming citizens/loyal servants of the Ottoman state, identifying themselves as Ottomans, but retaining their faith.
Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2022. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/10262004/cfp-edited-volume-becoming-ottoman-16th-18th-century
9. Articles on “Islamophobia in the Aftermath of Christchurch & the Covid-19 Era” for Special Issue of the “Australian Journal for Islamic Studies”
This special issue will explore: Islamophobia in the aftermath of Christchurch attacks; Islamophobia and Covid 19 pandemic (and lockdowns); Interaction between online and offline (physical) Islamophobia; Far-right populism and Islamophobia; Islamophobia on the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2022. Information: s.poynting@gmail.com
10. Islamicate Digital Humanities Network
Recording of 7th IDHN Conference
The recording of the 7th IDHN Conference on May 5, 2022 is online: https://youtu.be/t67NVO9nz9M
It is also posted on the IDHN forum:
https://idhn.org/forums/topic/7th-idhn-conference-recording/
11. New Publication – The Khalili Collection: Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage
Nasser David Khalili, Qaisra M. Khan
Assouline, 2022
https://eu.assouline.com/products/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage
12. The full programme for the Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS), in Edinburgh, is available to view HERE.
Even if you are not planning to attend the whole conference, the keynotes maybe of interest. See below on registering for these, and for the special evening performance bringing together the Sufi traditions of North Africa and Turkey which has been organised by Ezgi Guner and which will bring the conference to an end.
Opening Keynote: Professor Salman Sayyid (University of Leeds) ‘Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonizing the Islamicate?’
Monday 6 June, 10am-11:15am, 50 George Square
Follow the link for further information and tickets: https://salman-sayyid-brais.eventbrite.co.uk
Closing Keynote: Journalist and Author Fatima Manji: ‘Hidden Heritage: Rediscovering Britain’s Lost Love of the Orient’
Tuesday 7 June, 4:30pm-6pm, 50 George Square
Follow the link for further information and tickets: https://fatimamanji.eventbrite.co.uk
Sema: Movements of the Soul and Sound
Tuesday 7 June, 7pm-9pm, University of Edinburgh Chaplaincy, Bristo Square
Follow the link for further information and tickets: https://souldandsound.eventbrite.co.uk
13. EuQu International Summer School
The Qur’an in inter-Christian polemic
14-17 June 2022
Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Ange Guépin
5 allée Jacques Berque
Nantes France
Theme:
How have Christian authors in Europe used and appropriated the Qur’an? We are interested in how the Qur’an was used as a historical and linguistic archive, as a mine of heretical ideas and as a tool used in confessional rivalries. Our focus will not be restricted to the main confessional camps, Roman Catholic and Protestant, but will also include the many ways in which groups of the so called radical Reformation (Socianians and other anti-Trinitarian movements), different groups inside the Roman Catholic world, as well as Deist, Muslim and Jewish authors in Europe, used the Qur’an in their polemical writings. We will also study how translations of the Qur’an were deployed as argumentative weapons for preaching the superiority of Christianity to Mudejars and Moriscos in Spain. Additionally, the question of nationalist motivations in the collecting and translating of the Qur’an will also be taken into consideration: beginning in the late 17th century, various European countries vied with one another to produce the best translation of the Qur’an made directly from the Arabic. We will further investigate if and how polemical and historical uses of the Qur’an changed in the late 17th and 18th century and early 19th century. The Qur’an continues to play an important role in polemical writings, in political as well as religious domains.
Programme available at:
https://euqu.eu/2022/05/18/summer-school-the-quran-in-inter-christian-polemic-june-2022/
Organized by ERC project “The European Qur’an” (https://euqu.eu).
- May 24, 2022
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