Shii News – Academic Items

1.Winter/Spring 2023 Virtual Lecture Series on Persian Language Pedagogy: New Trends and Innovations

Sponsored jointly by The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies at the University of Toronto, The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Chicago. This lecture series will run through the 2023 winter and spring quarters. The second part of the lecture series will be in 2023 fall quarter.

Saturday, 14 January 2023, 12:00 PM Eastern Time

Linguistic Data-Driven Approach to Persian Language Pedagogy: Practical Application to Compound Verbs

Karine Megerdoomian, Georgetown University

Saturday, 11 February 2023, 12:00 PM Eastern Time

Grammaticalisation of “Dāshtan”

Mahbod Ghafari, University of Cambridge

Saturday, 11 March 2023, 12:00 PM Eastern Time

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Language Classroom: Towards Critically Engaged Practices in Teaching Persian as an Additional Language

Nahal Akbari, University of Maryland

Saturday, 8 April 2023, 12:00 PM Eastern Time

Leaky Grammars and Language Pedagogy

Masoud Jasbi, University of California Davis

Saturday, 13 May 2023, 12:00 PM Eastern Time

Acquisition of Persian Differential Object Marker “Râ”:  A Challenge for the Second Language Learners and Heritage Speakers

Azita H. Taleghani, University of Toronto

Zoom Registration

https://utoronto.zoom.us/…/tZAtfu2qqjkvHdYeuES1McyTARE2…

 

 

 

 

2. Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Modern Middle East History, American University of Beirut

The position is open to scholars of all sub-regions and thematic interests. The department especially welcomes applications of candidates working on questions of social, intellectual, or economic history in the Arabic speaking world.

Deadline for application: 31 January 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/12/06/faculty-position-in-modern-middle-east-arab-history-AUB

 

 

 

 

3. Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Early Modern and Modern Middle East History, American University of Beirut

The department especially welcomes applications of candidates working on the Arabic speaking world in its Mediterranean context particularly in such areas as the history of trade, migration studies, as well as cultural and intellectual exchange.

Deadline for application: 31 January 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2022/12/06/faculty-position-in-early-modern-modern-history-of-the-mediterranean-world

 

 

 

 

4. Associate Professor/Professor of Sociology of Development with a Specialization in Development Policy, University of Sharjah, UAE

Qualification: PhD in Sociology of Development from an English-speaking University, specializing in Devel-opment Policies. – Consistency in the academic field of the earned university degrees. – Published peer-refereed research. – Ability to teach courses and supervise theses in Arabic and English. – Distance-learning and blended-teaching skills.

Deadline for applications: 19 December 2022. Information: https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37351414/associ-ate-professor-professor-of-sociology-of-development-with-a-specialization-in-development-poli/

 

 

 

 

5. Ehsan Yarshater Post-Doctoral Associate in Iranian and Persian Studies, Yale University, New Haven CT

Applicants in all fields of humanities and social and political sciences who have recently received their PhDs or are in the early stages of their academic career may apply.

Deadline for applications: 9 January 2023. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=64721

 

 

 

 

6. Chapters for “Routledge Handbook on LGBTQI+ in West Asia and North Africa (WANA)” Edited by Serena Tolino and Arash Guitoo

This book shall primarily address the academics and university students of different levels as well as NGO-workers who are interested in LGBTQI+ issues in the WANA region. The aim is to provide the readers with an overview of both the current social and legal situation and the historical development of treatment and reception of non-heterosexual non-cis-gendered identities (or acts) in the WANA societies

Deadline for abstracts: 28. February 2023. Information: Arash Guitoo (guitoo@islam.uni-kiel.de ).

 

 

 

7. Positiones_Research Assistants_Iranian Studies_Uni Bamberg

Two research positions have become available for the project The Grand Narrative of the Holy Defense: Dynamics of Representation and Subversion in Iranian War Literature at the department of Iranian Studies of the University of Bamberg. The Project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and directed by me. The applicants should be doctoral candidates or postdocs with a research focus on contemporary Persian/Iranian literature. For more information, please see the extended job announcement here.

 

Best wishes,

Goulia Ghardashkhani

Dr. Goulia Ghardashkhani-Otter

Akademische Rätin (Senior Lecturer)

PI of the DFG-Project The Grand Narrative of the Holy Defense: Dynamics of Representation and Subversion in Iranian War Literature

Otto-Friedrich-Universität-Bamberg
Institut für Orientalistik
Lehrstuhl Iranistik
Schillerplatz 17
96047 Bamberg

Webpage: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/iranistik/team/dr-goulia-ghardashkhani-otter

 

 

 

8. Oldest Known Malay Mirror for Princes from Persian at Cambridge University Library

The Malay translation of Akhalq-e Mohseni by the famous Persian thinker and polymath, Vaiz Kashifi has been identified at Cambridge University Library. This is now the first and oldest known Malay “Mirror for Princes” from the 16^th century.

Here is my article about this manuscript:

https://specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=23968

Dr. Majid Daneshgar

Munby Fellow

Cambridge University Library and St John’s College

University of Cambridge

 

 

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