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1.Counter/Argument: Episode 1 “Middle East Art is Not Calligraphy” with Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
Crown Center for Middle East Studies <crowncenter@brandeis.edu>
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Now Streaming: Episode 1 “Middle East Art Is Not Calligraphy”
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When you think of the Middle East, chances are that modern art is not the first thing that comes to mind. In our first episode of /Counter/Argument: A Middle East Podcast/, we speak with the founder of the Barjeel Art Foundation <https://t.e2ma.net/click/kz6htf/07bopb/kjqqor>, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, who argues that modern art is a key component of protest movements across the contemporary Middle East. Join host Naghmeh Sohrabi as she and Al Qassemi discuss misconceptions surrounding the link between politics and art, the significance of modern art in the Middle East, and the history and role of women artists in the region.
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2. Webinar – British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)
‘Agreeable News from Persia: What 18th and early 19th century American newspaper readers knew about contemporary events in Iran’
With Daniel T. Potts
22 February 2023, 5PM GMT
Full information and registration at:
https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/agreeable-news-potts/
3. Durham University
Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Ann Lambton Lecture Series
Upcoming Lecture
Modern Iran: A global history “from below”
Stephanie Cronin
Elahe Omidyar Mir-Djalali Research Fellow at St Antony’s College
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 3:00pm – 5.00pm
Room 406, Calman Learning Centre
Further details of the lecture can be found at the following link Ann Lambton 2023 Lecture
4. The Gibb Memorial Trust offers two annual scholarships to students undertaking doctoral research in the field of the Trust’s activities.
The Gibb Memorial Trust’s Centenary Scholarship of up to £2,000 is available to postgraduate students at an advanced stage of their doctoral research in any area of Middle Eastern Studies (7th century to 1918) at a British university.
Centenary Scholarship application form & past recipients
The A. H. Morton Memorial Scholarship for Doctoral Research in Classical Persian Studies is for a maximum of £3,000 and can be applied to any year of a course of doctoral study at a British university, including for an approved period of study abroad.
H. Morton Scholarship application form & past recipients
Applicants may apply for only one of the scholarships in any one year. Previous winners may not re-apply for the same scholarship.
Full information at:
https://www.gibbtrust.org/scholarships/
5. UCSB Iranian Studies Initiative’s online lecture series “Persian and Iranian Literature as World Literature.”
Please join this online event on Saturday, February 18th, at 11 am (PST).
At this event, Dr. Amir Ahmadi Arian will be delivering a lecture on the Iranian realism of Ahmad Mahmoud.
Admission is free for everyone; however, it requires registration. Please register here to receive the Zoom link to the event.
6. The Center of Islam and Global Challenges (IGC) at Faculty of Islamic Studies (FIS) is pleased to invite applications for the Center 2023 fellowship.
The accepted fellows are expected to reside in UIII campus for 3-5 months, work on papers related to the Center area of interest, and engage effectively with the academic life at Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia including, giving public lectures, attending seminars, and participating in the academic events.
The position is most suitable for people who have just finished their PhDs and seek to use the fellowship to publish a paper based on their dissertations, or scholars who hope to do fieldwork in Indonesia during the time of the fellowship. Also, we are happy to consider applications for the position of associate fellows by MA holders. The center provides housing, return ticket, and a monthly allowance to cover the cost of living in Indonesia. PhD holder will receive 15,000,000 Indonesian rupiah per month while MA holders get 10,000,000 monthly.
Applications can be sent to Dr. Haula Noor at haula.noor@uiii.ac.id. The reviewing of applications will begin immediately and continue until 28, February 2023.
The application should include:
- A cover letter (explaining why you would like to stay at the Center and how you would contribute to the intellectual life at FIS). The name of your cover letter should be containing your name and qualification (example: your name_MA/PhD)
- A CV (max. 4 pages)
- A research proposal (1000-1500 words, including the abstract)
- Two referees.
If you need further information, please, do not hesitate to contact us at haula.noor@uiii.ac.id
7. Encyclopaedia Iranica Fascicle 3 of Volume 17 Published
We are delighted to announce that the third fascicle of Volume XVII of /Encyclopaedia Iranica/, the Yarshater Center’s flagship publication, is now published. The printed Fascicle 3 of Volume XVII contains entries from “King of the Benighted” to “Kokand Khanate.” It also includes a series on “Kingship,” the concept and institution in the Iranian world. For the full table of contents, please see https://cfis.columbia.edu/news/encyclopaedia-iranica-fascicle-3-volume-xvii-published <https://cfis.columbia.edu/news/encyclopaedia-iranica-fascicle-3-volume-xvii-published>
Copies are available from Brill Publishers at https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/62997 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__brill.com_edcollbook_title_62997&d=DwMFaQ&c=009klHSCxuh5AI1vNQzSO0KGjl4nbi2Q0M1QLJX9BeE&r=UC3zf50f-FbpUjOIniaLkzqWZBPSayaDTDNHicDn15coOLNGk_N0WJ4udaGqM4wt&m=Mc4YSJMtMRnx–O6zrwjZtI4jzYQ3QVMXX49GvGzKvzJQHkEToyKqcln6Nsfq_Vv&s=TPAkpevKRPv8WG7wYUoFTVLrdOFTWDWn0WvrdA3QFhE&e=>
New articles outside of the printed alphabetical range are also continually being added to the*/ /*/Encyclopaedia Iranica Online/ website at www.brill.com/eiro <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brill.com_eiro&d=DwMFaQ&c=009klHSCxuh5AI1vNQzSO0KGjl4nbi2Q0M1QLJX9BeE&r=UC3zf50f-FbpUjOIniaLkzqWZBPSayaDTDNHicDn15coOLNGk_N0WJ4udaGqM4wt&m=Mc4YSJMtMRnx–O6zrwjZtI4jzYQ3QVMXX49GvGzKvzJQHkEToyKqcln6Nsfq_Vv&s=cp0DNB66wKlNhnLuk72Km5hi23M_s0r10XQYXiWSQUM&e=>. This open-access website is free to use with no log-in required. It is the official website and the exclusive source for new articles and the most up-to-date content from the /Encyclopaedia Iranica./ We encourage you to visit the site often for the latest entries.
Sincerely,
The staff and editors of the Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies
Columbia University
8. Nasser Rabbat, “A Shared Heritage? Classicism in Islamic Architecture” – March 10
Dr. Nasser Rabbat will be giving a lecture titled “A Shared Heritage? Classicism in Islamic Architecture” at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles on March 10th from 12:15 – 1:15 PM. Please find information about this event and the link for registration below.
https://cal.lmu.edu/event/kaleidola_guest_speaker_series_dr_nasser_rabbat
9. Refuge at Risk: Concepts, Infrastructures, Futures
Feb 16–Feb 17, 2023
University of California Humanities Research Institute, UC Irvine
In person and on-line.
For further information:
https://uchri.org/events/refuge-at-risk-concepts-infrastructures-futures/
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