Shii News – Academic Items
1.„Berlin meets Parviz Tanavoli. Tandis Tanavoli and Dr. Gisela Fock“
Thursday, June 16th 2022 at 6:30 pm (CET)
Webex link: https://spk-berlin.webex.com/spk-berlin/onstage/g.php?MTID=e7c556401527d2dd09f9b49996e01bd9e
Language: English
The focus will be on the sculptor Parviz Tanavoli, whose work “HEECH” has been on display at the Museum for Islamic Art (Pergamon Museum) since 2020.
Parviz Tanavoli is one of Iran’s most outstanding artists alive, whose work spans over six decades now. Venturing the popular aesthetics in his native country, he bridged European style modernism, U.S. Pop art, and many more inspirations into a uniquely modern as well as recognisably Iranian art form.
By some regarded as his most outstanding series Heech iconises an elegantly curved Nastaliq script in three dimensions. Since 1964 the Farsi word that translates as “nothingness” forms one of Tanavoli’s central occupations and he processed it in painting to sculpture, as an almost hidden inclusion into other works or as grand scale stand-alone script statues.
Sitting on the Tandem-Sofa will be Tandis Tanavoli, film producer and daughter of the artist, and Dr. Gisela Fock, who did her doctorate on Parviz Tanavoli and has been studying Iranian modernism for 25 years. Prof. Dr. Stefan Weber, Director of the Museum for Islamic Art, will speak about the “HEECH” in Berlin as an introduction, followed by an insight by Tanavoli and Fock into the works and its meanings.
Registration is not required.
2. ONLINE Webinar “Making Genealogies, Creating Pasts: Shajre-nasb as an Alternative Archival Practice in Kashmir” by Idrees Kanth (Leiden University), Trinity College Dublin, 14 June 2022, 17:00-18:00 h
Shajre nasb can be described as a mapping exercise that provides a genealogical account of a particular khandan (clan). It is an old practice that has usually involved the Syed families of Kashmir who claim to have descended directly from the family of the Prophet Muhammad.
Information and registration: https://apcairogenizah.com/events .
Zoom: https://tcd-ie.zoom.us/j/94790996814?pwd=dk1ZQUIxdUVlRlh1VFI0U3ZkM1lWZz09
3. ONLINE Research Workshop “Egypt’s Football Revolution: Emotion, Masculinity, and Un-easy Politics” by Carl Rommel, CDEJ, Universitè Paris 1, 15 June 2022, 4:00 pm CEST
Information and registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDfcVJPHUElQ45E61OeZB-_r_OeZqDEKOFi5M6Zc-fASHr_w/viewform
4. ONLINE “Mediterranean Studies Virtual Symposium”, Auburn University, 17-18 June 2022
The emphasis is on women and women’s issues. There will be 24 presenters and a social hour included in the program.
Information, program and registration: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-mediterranean-stud-ies-symposium-17-18-june-2022-zoom?e=82aeb6c61d
5. International Conference: “The Final Chapters: Twentieth Century Jewish Communities in the Muslim World. Comparative Perspectives”, Munich University, 21 – 22 June 2022
The Conference brings together scholars from Europe, the US and Israel, who work on Jewish communities in the Muslim world in the 20th century.
Deadline for registration: 17 June 2022. Information and program: https://www.jgk.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/termine/konferenz-mahla/index.html
6. Conference “Multilingualism, Translation, Transfer: Persian in the Ottoman Empire”, Gotha Research Library, 27–29 April 2023
The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars with expertise in Persian and Ottoman Turkish language contacts who are interested in the fields of language, literature, and history, and to explore the role of multilingual practices – especially translation – which are an essential part of knowledge production in the respective traditions.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2022. Information: philip.bockholt@uni-leipzig.de
7. World Congress “Comparative Empire: Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation, 1750-1914”, Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies, Singapore, 19-22 June 2023
We welcome proposals for papers and panels that consider forms of interimperial exchanges between empires during this period.
Deadline for abstracts of panels: 25 July 2022; for papers 1 October 2022.
Information: https://www.sgncscongress.com/
8. Panel “Perspectives of Political Islam in the MENA Region”, 5th GIS MOMM Congress, University of Lyon, 11-13 July 2023
This panel discusses the Islamists’ political professionalization in the MENA region facing the sanitary crisis, protest movements (Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria), election loss and fragmentation (Morocco, Tunisia), or polit-ical marginalization (Tunisia) and repression (Egypt), based on their interactions with social and political ac-tors and resulting public policies.
Deadline for proposals (En/Fr): 10 July 2022. Contact: anca.munteanu@univ-lyon2.fr
9. Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship (1 Year) in Arabic, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Native or near-native fluency in English and Arabic and familiarity with a dialect are required. Experience in Arabic language instruction preferred. Possible research areas include literature, cinema, linguistics, and cultural studies.
Deadline for applications: 24 June 2022. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportuni-ties/2022/06/08/andrew-w.-mellon-postdoctoral-fellow-in-arabic
10. Croft Visiting Assistant Professor (1 Year) of Anthropology & International Studies (Focus on Contemporary Middle East & North Africa), University of Mississippi
The successful candidate will be able to teach courses with a focus on the contemporary Middle East & North Africa and have a strong commitment to teaching excellence and a pedagogy that values diversity and inclusivity. Preference is for candidates with an active program of scholarly research and language proficiency to conduct original research in Arabic.
11. Six Scholarships for Binational Master`s Program “Middle Eastern Sociology / Anthropology & History” (MESH) at the University of Erfurt, Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut) and Université Saint-Esprit De Kaslik (Jounieh)
The one-semester study phase in Lebanon provides knowledge of the sociology / anthropology of the Middle East. It is embedded in the anthropological and global-historical study of history at the University of Erfurt. The teaching languages of the MA program are English, French and German, and special attention is also paid to the acquisition of Arabic language skills.
Deadline for applications: 15 July 2022.
12. Chapters for Edited Book on “Arts and Politics Between the Arab World and Latin America, 1920s-1970s” (Edinburg University Press)
How have artistic networks taken shape between the Arab world and Latin America? To what extent, and how, have cultural institutions and individual agents such as literary translators, poets, novelists, painters, or editors related to key political issues both in the Arab world and in Latin America? How have Arab and Latin American states themselves mobilized art and culture in their foreign policy toward each other, and for what purposes?
Deadline for announcing interest in writing a chapter: 30 June 2022.
Information: laureguirguis1205@gmail.com and eugenia.palieraki@cyu.fr
13. Open Access – Methodos 22: Argumentation and Arabic Philosophy of Language
We are very pleased to announce publication of the latest online, open access
issue of Methodos, dedicated to “Argumentation and Arabic Philosophy of
Language,” co-edited by Shahid Rahman and Walter Edward Young, with chief
editor Leone Gazziero and editorial secretary Anne Dourlens.
The issue includes an introductory essay by Rahman and Young, followed by ten articles
by authors in relevant fields—one of which includes a first-time critical
edition of an intriguing text on dialectic.
Link to the issue: https://journals.openedition.org/methodos/8605
14. St Andrews: Alternative Paths in Iranian Cultural Production 20 June 2022
(Online and in Person) 12-5pm.
12- 13: Persian Poetry
Vahid Davar: Nezami, an Equal of Kings, a Giver of the Means of Reigning
Dr Farshad Sonboldel: Verse-essay in Modern Persian Poetry: the Return of Didactic Literature
13-13.30: News Media
Mahtab Saadatmandi: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of the Persian News Bulletins of The Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN), BBC Persian and Iran International Television
13.30-14.30: Buffet Lunch
14.30-15.30: Fiction
Parviz Jahed: The Literary Style of Ebrahim Golestan’s Short Stories
Fatemeh-Mehr Khansalar: The Tale of that Distant, Foggy Landscape”: An Ecocritical Reading of Houshang Golshiri’s “Naqāsh Bāghāni” (The Painter of Bāghān)
15.45-17: Drama and Cinema
Dr Saeed Talajooy:From Mehrin Negār to Tārā: The Evolution of Female Protagonists in Bahram Beyzaie’s The Snake King (1966) and The Ballad of Tārā (1979)
Dr Nahid Ahmadian:Indigenizing Shakespeare: Revisiting Iranian theatrical forms in Seh Bāz’khāni
For Abstracts and Bios, see https://forumfortheculturalstudiesofiran.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022-2/symposium-2022-alternative-paths-in-persian-cultural-production/
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81765628186?pwd=bkc2TllMTStuL05GcS9PbzV0bE4wdz09
Meeting ID: 817 6562 8186
Passcode: 2CF7YU
In Person Venue: 216 Buchanan Building, University of St Andrews
Further Information: Dr Saeed Talajooy (st83@st-andrews.ac.uk )
15. Journée d’étude “Dans l’objectif d’Henry Viollet. Les monuments islamiques à travers un fond d’archives inédites (1904-1913)”
Dans le cadre du projet CollEx-Persée EpiPOM (BULAC/CeRMI), nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer l’organisation de la journée d’étude qui se déroulera les 23-24 juin à l’auditorium de la BULAC (65 rue des Grands Moulins, 75013 Paris) :
“Dans l’objectif d’Henry Viollet. Les monuments islamiques à travers un fonds d’archives inédites (1904-1913)“.
Retrouvez le programme complet en cliquant ici et la présentation de l’exposition-dossier organisée à la BULAC à l’occasion.
N’hésitez pas à faire circuler l’information !
En espérant avoir le plaisir de vous revoir à cette occasion,
Sandra Aube Lorain & Martina Massullo
16. BA Taster Course – The Islamic College
- Considering a BA degree in Islamic Studies? Attend our taster course where you can attend taster class sessions and meet some of our staff.
- BA degrees in Islamic Studies and Islamic Law
- Full-time and Part-time options
- Degrees validated by Middlesex University, UK
- Study under eminent academics, Islamic scholars, and specialists
- Be part of a vibrant, knowledgeable student community
DATE: 5th July 2022
TIME: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (London time)
HOSTED BY: The Islamic College, London, UK, degrees validated by Middlesex University, UK
https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/study/ba-taster-course/
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