Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE Seminar “Why Failed Protests are Politically Significant: Insights from Jordan” with Jillian Schwedler in Conversation with Daniel Neep, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, 1 March 2023, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm EST
Prof. Schwedler will explore the political effects of routine protests on state and society in Jordan, drawing from her new book, “Protesting Jordan: Geographies of Power and Dissent”.
Information and registration: https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IlKr94YWSqaNeSpaPvNWog#/registration
2. International Conference “Succession in Islamic Law”, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, 30-31 March 2023
The conference brings together scholars and researchers from various fields of social sciences, the humanities and law to share and exchange their experiences and research results with respect to the intergenerational transfer of property in Muslim jurisdictions. We are looking forward to offering new perspectives on the role of succession law in Muslim communities in the past and in the present, looking as well at its role for future generations.
Deadline for registration: 20 March 2023.
Information and program: https://www.mpipriv.de/1602926/30-03-2023-succession-in-islamic-law.html
3. Conference “Decolonising Gender and Sexuality: Learning from Other Voices”, University of Zurich, 11-12 May 2023
This conference will explore the theme of decolonisation through different modalities of learning from and generating knowledge with communities located in former colonies of the Global South.
Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2023. Information: https://www.decolgender.uzh.ch/en.html
4. Conference “Confronting Feminist Co-optation and Backlash: Colonial Legacies, Imperial Neoliberalism, and Antifeminisms”, Birzeit University, 17 June 2023
Papers are invited for the sessions: 1) Embedding feminism within globalized discourse and practice. 2) Possibilities of liberatory feminist popular mobilization. 3) Liberatory feminist visions and models.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2023. Information: Contact women-inst@birzeit.edu
5. Conference “Iran’s Look East Policy”, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, 14-15 August 2023
The conference will explore the policy’s origins, implications, challenges, and opportunities, as well as Iranian and other perspectives on the Islamic Republic’s international relations with countries to its geographic east and in the global south more broadly.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/02/09/call-for-papers-annual-conference-of-the-iranian-studies-unit-irans-look-east-policy
6. Postdoc, History of the Middle East (3 Years +), Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern
The postdoc will devote 50% of her/his time to one`s own research, on any topic related to the modern or contemporary history of the Middle East (particularly its social, political or economic dimensions). The rest of the postdoc’s time will be devoted to supporting the activities of the Institute with teaching and administration.
Deadline for application: 20 March 2023. Information:
https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/cc402f32-0ed4-4616-a4d2-af0ea17afce8
7. Professor OR Reader in Arabic Studies, Department of Arabic and Persian, School of Modern Languages, University of St Andrews, Scotland
Applications are invited from outstanding Arabic studies scholars with an international research reputation for this high profile position. Candidates must have a proven track record of securing significant grant funding and leading high quality externally funded research projects.
Deadline for application: 10 March 2023. Information: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/5541/0/380458/889/professor-or-reader-in-arabic-studies-ac7974sb
8. Assistant Teaching Professor (Full Time, 3 Years), Arabic Language, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University
Ph.D. in hand by Summer 2023 is preferred. Applicants should have native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and an Arabic dialect; thorough grounding in classical Arabic language (including syntax and morphology) and culture; and experience in proficiency-based, communicative methods of teaching Modern Standard Arabic. Experience in proficiency testing is a plus.
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2023. Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/121369
9. Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023-2024, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Harvard University
AKPIA Fellows are a full-time, immersion research appointment, to result in a lecture delivered to the AKPIA community, and a submission to the journal Muqarnas (published by Brill).
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2023. Infor mation: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65075
10. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History, Loyola University, New Orleans
Contemporary Middle Eastern history (Twentieth Century to the Present) is preferred; however, applicants must be able to teach both parts of the Middle Eastern History Survey as well as a Global History survey. Applicants with research and teaching specialties that would contribute to our international studies concen-tration are strongly encouraged to apply.
Deadline for applications: 1 March 2023. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65062
11. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of the Asia and Global History, Loyola University, New Orleans
Applicants must be able to teach a variety of courses on Asia and courses relevant to the applicant’s area of expertise. Applicants with research and teaching specialties that would contribute to our international studies concentration are strongly encouraged to apply, particularly applicants with experience in diplomatic history from an Asian point of view are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65063
12. Faculty Fellow (Non-Tenure Track) in Islamic History before 1850, New York University
The successful candidate should have a demonstrated record of teaching and research in history, Islamic Studies, religious studies, or other related fields. Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. no earlier than five years before the date of appointment and have a strong commitment to teaching.
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/120687
13. Zoroastrianism Summer School: “Zoroastrianism as a Religious Minority in Modern and Contemporary Iran”, SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies, Norwegian Institute, Rome, 26-30 June 2023
This course is a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in the study of Zoroastrianism. Students will be given an intensive learning experience consisting of lectures, discussions and interactive workshops. The course will be delivered by leading academics from Norway, the UK and the US.
Application deadline: 19 March 2022.
Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/zoroastrianism-summer-course
14. HYBRID Summer Language School 2023, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, 3 July – 18 August 2023
The Program offers intensive instruction in Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian, and Chinese students and professionals. A wholly immersive experience is designed to comprise co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as conversation tables and study hours, seminars by top scholars on history, politics, literature, and arts, and cultural events including movie screenings, and field trips to historical sites and archives.
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2023. Information: https://summer.ihu.edu.tr/en
15. Summer Internship Opportunities at the Arab Center Washington DC, May – August 2023
We currently offer four paid internship opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent college graduates. Each intern will be considered for one of four available positions: Congressional Affairs Intern; Editing Intern; Research Intern; Multimedia Intern.
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2023.
Information: https://arabcenterdc.org/about/acw-careers/internship-opportunities/
16. Articles on “Amazigh Orality in Contemporary Production” for a Special Issue of the “Journal of Amazigh Studies (JAS)”
Orality, that is, the culture of the spoken word, is a central feature of Amazigh everyday life, history, and linguistics, and communal knowledge. This issues will engage the whole sweep of Amazigh orality, with issues and examples drawn from (oral) literature, social media, films, music, and then, literacy in general. JAS is trilingual (French, English, and Tamazight).
Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12347750/amazigh-orality-contemporary-production
17. HIAA Symposium Details – March 2-4
See below for details of the upcoming HIAA Biennial Symposium, co-hosted by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Rice University, from March 2-4, 2023.
The symposium will be streamed live via Zoom. Please find links to register for and access the Zoom webinars below:
Thursday, March 2, and Friday, March 3: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-dmTMqWnRJKKGUCzIAMuPQ
Saturday, March 4: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nX7EP7_SRieMGTDKsGRatQ
The full schedule of the symposium can be accessed here: https://arthistory.rice.edu/hiaa-symposium-2023-program.
While the symposium is free and open to the public, we ask that all in-person attendees register for the conference here: https://arthistory.rice.edu/hiaa-symposium-2023-registration.
We look forward to seeing you in March!
Aimée Froom and Farshid Emami, HIAA Biennial Symposium 2023 Co-organizers
Julie Timte, HIAA Biennial Symposium 2023 Managing Organizer
18. Lecturer in Comparative Literature
University of St Andrews
The School of Modern Languages invites applications for the position of Lecturer in Comparative Literature. You will be a scholar with a growing international research reputation in comparative literature, as well as a commitment to delivering high quality teaching. Ideally, your comparative research will include expertise in studies relating to at least one of the eight languages taught in the School (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Persian, Russian, and Spanish).
Deadline | 8 March 2023
19. CBRL Grant Applications 2023/2024
Funding | Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)
CBRL is happy to announce their 2023-24 call for grant applications. Grants available:
- Project grants, up to £10,000.
- Residential fellowships at CBRL’s Jerusalem and/or Amman institutes, up to 3 months of accommodation, plus travel and subsistence costs.
- Travel grants, up to £1,200.
- Research support grants, up to £1,200 for selected costs associated with research for a post-graduate thesis.
Deadline | 10 March 2023
20. Call for Papers – The Qur’an and Late Antiquity
Annual Meeting | 18-21 November 2023 | San Antonio, Texas
For the 2023 SBL / International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, the Qur’an and Late Antiquity program unit invites proposals that utilize various types of material or evidence—be that literary, documentary, or epigraphic—to illuminate the historical context in which the Qur’an was revealed and the early Islamic polity emerged. We are especially interested in papers that present and discuss new and comparative methodologies to approach the interplay between Late Antique phenomenon and the Qur’an.
Deadline | 14 March 2023
21. The Mosque of the Prophet and the Palace: Urbanism and Architecture in Early Islamic Medina
Online Lecture | 7 March 2023, 17:30 | London Society for Medieval Studies
By applying a focus on topography, geography and architectural history to the study of the source material on Medina, this lecture will provide a comprehensive picture of the urban landscape of the Prophet’s City in the early Islamic period with particular emphasis on the Mosque of the Prophet and its surrounding area.
22. MLA 2024 Calls for Papers: CLCS Global Arab and Arab American
Disease and Health in the Global Arab Imaginary
Healing rituals and embodied wellness practices, celebrations of health and death, representations of illness (Covid, plagues, etc.) in literary and artistic works from the Arab region and global Arab diaspora. 250-word abstract & CV.
Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Anna Ziajka Stanton, Penn State U, University Park (azstanton@psu.edu)
Reimagining the Field of Arab American Studies
Reimagining Arab American studies via relationalities to other communities/areas of study: e.g., Arab American history as narrative of settler colonialism and enslavement, Arabness in relation to American Latinx, Indigenous, Muslim cultures. 250-word abstract & CV.
Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Anna Ziajka Stanton, Penn State U, University Park (azstanton@psu.edu) & Danielle Haque, Minnesota State U (danielle.haque@mnsu.edu)
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