Shii News – Academic Items

1.The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) are searching for a part-time Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to the project: ‘Digital British Islam: Digital British Islam: How do Cyber Islamic Environments impact everyday lives’.

You can view the full job advert here: https://jobs.uwtsd.ac.uk/JobDescription/ON287itY–o?&mId=txVlKFaFAVc

This is a three-year project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). UWTSD is the lead institution, collaborating with the Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University and the Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World at the University of Edinburgh. The post holder will work with a multi-disciplinary team led by Principal Investigator Prof. Gary R. Bunt (UWTSD), Co-Investigator Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor (Coventry) and Prof. Frédéric Volpi (Edinburgh). The team also includes two research fellows, Dr Khadijah Elshayyal (Edinburgh) and Dr Sadek Hamid (UWTSD) and two Post-Doctoral Researchers.

The closing date for applications is the 1^st September 2022.

 

 

 

2. 21 September 2022 Event – The Aga Khan University Research Day

Aga Khan Centre (1st floor)

10 Handyside Street

London

N1C 4DN

The programme includes:

• An overview of AKU research.
  • A lecture on water resources in Gilgit with the latest results of the British Academy project.
  • An introduction to the Aga Khan Library research resources.
  • A presentation of Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Passion and Play, a new exhibition at the Aga Khan Centre.
  • Panel discussions about AKU-ISMC’s most recent research on digital humanities, historiography, and arts and popular culture.
  • A book exhibition of AKU-ISMC research.
  • Viewing of the exhibitionFootball and Religion: Tales of Hope, Passion and Play.
  • Refreshments.

Booking

The event is free, but booking is essential:

To attend in person, resgiter via Eventbrite.

To attend online, register via Zoom.

 

 

 

3. Persian through Khayyam’s Rubaiyat – Online course

https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-through-omar-khayyam-rubaiyat

3 weeks, from Oct 10, 2022 to Oct 27, 2022

Online from Yerevan, Armenia

Apply by Sep 21, 2022

Price: $990

 

 

 

4. The Islamic College: Postgraduate Studies Certificate in Islamic Philosophy (online)

Three Semesters (full-time) & Six Semesters (part-time)
18:00 -20:30 (London Time)
Starting: 14 November 2022
Application Deadline: 15 October 2022

Fees: £1500 (All students are eligible for a scholarship of up to 50%)

More information: https://www.islamic-college.ac.uk/psc-islamic-philosophy/

 

 

5. ATINER’s 2023 Mediterranean Studies Conference in Athens Greece

Dear Colleague,

I would like to bring to your attention the organization of the 16th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 3-6 April 2023, Athens, Greece. You are more than welcome to submit a proposal for presentation by 31 August 2022. As we did last year, we will accept both remote (online or pre-recorded) and onsite presentations. If you need more information, please let me know, and our administration will send it to you including the conference website and abstract submission form.

My best regards,
Nick
Dr Nicholas Pappas
Vice President of Academic Conferences and Meetings
Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER)

atiner@atiner-symposiums.com

 

 

 

6. AKU-ISMC 1 September 2022 Event – Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Play and Passion

Join us on Thursday 1 September for a panel discussion on our upcoming exhibition Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Play and Passion. The event will take place at the Aga Khan Centre, London, as well as online and will be followed by a viewing of the exhibition.

The event is free, but booking is essential.

For more information and to register:

To attend in person, register via Eventbrite.

To attend online, register via Zoom.

 

 

 

7. The Department of History at Dartmouth College invites applications for a historian of the Early Islamic period (600-1400), to be appointed at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2023.

We are especially interested in applicants whose research and teaching engages the Central Islamic lands (the Middle East, North Africa, Indian Ocean), and whose research includes Arabic language sources. Qualified candidates should be able to teach courses on early Islamic history and the development of the Islamicate world in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as upper-level topics courses and specialized seminars. Qualified candidates should show promise of outstanding scholarly achievement and a commitment to classroom teaching at the undergraduate level.

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in History or a closely related field, or be ABD with degree in hand by the start date. For a complete position description, see Interfolio search apply.interfolio.com/111262 .

Review of applications will begin September 16, 2022 and continue until the position is filled.

 

 

 

8. CFP: The School of Mamluk Studies (June 8-10, 2023)

We are pleased to announce the Ninth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, which will be held at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island (USA) from June 8-10, 2023. The conference will be conducted in two parts and will be preceded by a three-day intensive course on the history of the Arabic language during the Mamluk period.

Themed day: The Languages of the Mamluk Sultanate (June 8, 2023)

The first day of the conference will be devoted to the theme of language in the Mamluk sultanate. We invite papers that treat the phenomena of multilingualism, translation, orality and literacy, vernaculars and cosmopolitan languages, sociolects, and other topics related to the history of language during the period. The languages explored may include any relevant to the sultanate including but not limited to Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hebrew, Coptic, Greek, Latin, and Mongolian. A maximum of twelve to fifteen paper proposals will be selected. The time allotted to each paper will be twenty minutes, plus ten minutes for discussion.

Panels (June 9-10, 2023)

The following two days of the conference will be structured in panels, which may focus on any aspect of the intellectual, political, social, economic, and artistic life of the Mamluk period. Panels will be composed of three to four papers, of twenty minutes each. Discussion will follow the presentation of each panel’s papers.
Please note that if more than half of the participants on a panel withdraw, the entire panel must be withdrawn from the program.
The language of the conference is English.

Publication

1. a) Themed day: The conference organizers expect that a selection of papers from the themed day will be published in a volume of proceedings, pending interest from scholarly publishers.
2. b) Panels: Selected papers will be published in Mamlūk Studies Review.

Proposals

Scholars who wish to give a paper on the themed day must submit a paper proposal electronically (see link below) by October 31, 2022. Paper proposals must provide the name and a one-page CV of the speaker, a provisional paper title, and an abstract of a maximum of 1500 characters (about 300 words).

Panels must be pre-organized and proposals must be submitted by November 30, 2022. A panel may include 3 or 4 papers. The proposal should provide the following information for each paper in the panel: the name and one-page CV of the author, a provisional paper title, and an abstract (maximum of 1500 characters, or about 300 words). Panel proposals must also identify the panel’s chair (who may be one of the panelists). The organizer of a panel should have all information about the panel members and their papers before beginning the proposal submission.

To submit a paper proposal, complete the form at http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms2023paperproposal.html.

To submit a panel proposal, complete the form at http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms2023panelproposal.html.

Paper and panel proposals will be peer-reviewed. A first circular will be sent by January 2023 to those whose proposals have been accepted, and to those who have expressed interest in attending the conference as listeners.

Fees

The conference registration fees will be $50 for participants and attendees. For those interested, there will be a farewell dinner at a local restaurant, at a cost to be determined. Payment of the fees must be received by April 30, 2023, and information on the method of payment to be used will be provided in the first circular.

Participants must make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. Information and suggestions for accommodations will be provided in the first circular.

Intensive course: Arabic in the Mamluk Period

Prior to the conference, Professor Marina Rustow (Princeton University) and Professor Phillip Stokes (University of Tennessee) will offer a three-day intensive course (June 5-7) on the history of the Arabic language during the Mamluk period. The course will present an overview and history of the different varieties of Arabic attested in Mamluk-era sources, with a focus on Judeo-Arabic, Christian Arabic, and other forms of Middle Arabic.

Students will be introduced to the major repositories of documents that are sources for the linguistic history of this period, such as the Cairo Geniza, Saint Catherine’s Monastery, and the Haram al-Sharif documents. The course is intended for advanced graduate students and other qualified participants, and will combine lecture and discussion with hands-on investigation of Mamluk-era materials. Advanced proficiency in Classical Arabic is required, but no other specialized training is necessary to attend.

Since the number of the participants will be limited (a maximum of 10), those who desire to take part in the course are requested to submit a CV, a statement of purpose, and a letter of recommendation to the following email address: schoolofmamlukstudies2023@gmail.com by the end of January, 2023. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by the end of February 2023.

The course fee is $300.00, which also includes the registration fee for the subsequent conference (June 8-10). The fees must be paid by April 30, 2023. Participants must make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. The local organizer will provide suggestions for lodging at an affordable price.

Please contact Elias Muhanna with any questions: schoolofmamlukstudies2023@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

9. Lexicons of Race Virtual Roundtables in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish

When and where are racial histories and hierarchies embedded in languages of the Middle East and North Africa? How do vocabularies of race, Blackness, and minoritization travel across languages? What are the intellectual and political benefits of centering Blackness in Middle East Studies?   MESA’s newly launched Lexicons of Race Project seeks to answer these questions and more with a cluster of four online roundtables, September 12-15 (Noon-1:30pm EDT). This is the first step in an ongoing examination of the vocabularies of race and Blackness in the Middle East. The roundtables will be an exciting opportunity for intellectual exchange beyond our Annual Meeting and outside the constraints of the English language. Recognizing that the complexities of race are often lost in translation, each of the four roundtables will be conducted in a major language of the Middle East: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish.   Roundtables are open to the public, however registration is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Turkish Roundtable Monday, September 12 Türkçe Ezgi Cakmak, University of Pennsylvania Deniz Duruiz, Carleton University Mostafa Minawi, Cornell University Heather Hughes, University of Pennsylvania, Moderator Hebrew Roundtable Tuesday, September 13 עברית Reut Reina Bendrihem, Technion Israel Institute of Technology Basma Fahoum, Stanford University Bryan Roby, University of Michigan Efrat Yerday, Tel Aviv University Adane Zawdu, Polonsky Academy, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Moderator  Nimrod Ben-Zeev, Polonsky Academy, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Moderator Persian Roundtable Wednesday, September 14 فارسی Alex Eskandarkhah, Collective for Black Iranians Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda, Collective for Black Iranians Beeta Baghoolizadeh, Princeton University, Moderator Arabic Roundtable Thursday, September 15 العربية Sinan Antoon, New York University Isma’il Kushkush, Freelance Journalist Afifa Ltifi, Cornell University Maha Marouan, Penn State University Sherene Seikaly, UC Santa Barbara, Moderator We anticipate that roundtable presenters and attendees will claim a range of racial identities, with varying degrees of experience in reflecting upon their positionality. Our aim is to inspire a constructive conversation while upholding the well-being of all participants. Abusive, derogatory, or diminishing language will not be tolerated. We hope you will join us in these important conversations. For more information on the roundtables, please contact Marie Grace Brown atmgbrown@ku.edu. For questions on registering, contact Sara Palmer at sara@mesana.org.

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