Shii News – Academic Items
1.ONLINE International Workshop “(Islamic) Reform and Iǧmāʾ in Ignaz Goldziher’s Oeuvre” by Dr. Katalin Franciska Rac (University of Florida), Dr. Aysun Yaşar (University of Basel), Moderated by Dr. Katja Thörner (EZIRE, University Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2 March 2023, 16:00-18.00 CET
The workshop analyzes the concepts of reform and Iğmāʾ in the works of the Hungarian Jewish Orientalist Ignaz Goldziher. The two speakers propose a historical reading and offer a theological reading of Goldziher’s selected works.
Registration: https://unibas.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Arf-GgrDMsGNLkfWIj4KoEJuCn0KsZhe20
2. HYBRID Lecture “Beyond Sectarianism: Rural-Urban Relations and the Future of the Syrian Conflict” by Dr. Wassim Naboulsi (University of Sussex), Middle East and North Africa Centre at Sussex (MENACS), 15 March 2023, 17:00-18:30 GMT
The lecture will show how Syrian society is far more dynamic and diverse than its stereotypically sectarian representation in Western discourse that is often based on an Orientalist understanding of the region. Dr Naboulsi will explore the importance of unpacking the multiple socio-economic cleavages in the country to better understand the Syrian crisis as he focuses on rural-urban tensions and grievances explaining why they should be considered in any future settlement of the Syrian conflict.
Information and registration: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/anthropology/about/newsandevents/events/?id=60095
3. ONLINE Webinar “Women`s Worlds in Qajar Iran” by Afasamej Najmabadi (Harvard University), Universities of Toronto and Oxford, 20 April 2023, 12:00 pm Toronto Time
This is part of the monthly seminar Series “Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents” convened by Arezou Azad & Mohamad Tavakoli
Information and registration:
https://iranianstudies.utoronto.ca/event/rethinking-history-returning-to-archives-and-documents/
4. ONLINE Presentation “Tell Me Everything” by Homeira Qaderi, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, 17 May 2023, 12:00 pm ET
Homeira Qaderi is an Afghan writer, activist, and educator. She is writing a novel, based on her lived expe-rience, that covers the last three decades of political turmoil, military invasions, and social upheaval in Afghanistan.
Information and registration:
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2023-homeira-qaderi-fellow-presentation-virtual
5. Conference “Women and the Politics of Translation in/of the Middle East”, University of Leuven, Date to be Announced
This conference will provide a scholarly forum to discuss how on the one hand, women in the Middle East fulfill their transformative roles as authors, translators, publishers, and/or social (political) activists by means of translation, and on the other hand to reflect on the (mis)representation of Middle Eastern women in Western media (i.e. news, literature, movies, etc.).
Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2023. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/02/24/women-and-the-politics-of-translation-in-of-the-middle-east
6. HYBRID Session on “Migration, Religion, and Religious Groups” at “The Migration Conference”, Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg, 23-26 August 2023
Main topics: Migration and Religion in Theoretical Approaches. – Migration and Religious Ritual Changes. – Transnational Religious Groups. – Religious Minorities and Migration. – New Religious Movements. – Religious Organizations. – Religious Conflicts and Religious Radicalization. – Religious Diversity. – Religion, Migration and Pluralism, etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2023.
Information:
7. HYBRID International Conference “Emerging Historical Perspectives on Christian-Muslim Interactions in and around the Mediterranean (c. 630–1614)”, University of Konstanz, 21-23 March 2024
By exploring Christian-Muslim relations through the changing lens of methodologies, this conference aims to foster an interdisciplinary debate that, through comparison and collaboration between scholars from different fields, bridges rigid geographical and temporal frameworks. Main themes: Innovative approaches to the source material. – Revised, new, experimental methodologies. – Macro-historical perspectives.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2023.
8. PhD Student, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies (ISNO), University of Bern
The doctoral student will write a dissertation within the framework of the interdisciplinary project “The Flow” and will work with a corpus of Arabic legal sources from Harar (Eastern Ethiopia) from the late 19th century. Candidates must hold an excellent MA degree or equivalent in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies, or in History or similar Humanities with an emphasis on Islamic or Middle Eastern Studies.
Deadline for applications: 24 March 2023. Information: https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/e596f0ed-4899-43a1-8f64-1ceea5ed3621
9. Assistant Professorship in Islamic Studies, Ghent University, Belgium
The postholder will be expected to contribute to academic teaching, research, service, and outreach in the field of Islamic Studies, especially of the intellectual and social history of Islam and being Muslim in the modern Middle East.
Deadline for application: 20 March 2023. Information: https://career012.successfactors.eu/career?company=C0000956575P&career_job_req_id=25519&career_ns=job_listing&navBarLevel=JOB_SEARCH
10. Tenure-Track Position for International Studies (Focus Middle East), Centre College, Danville, KY
The ideal candidate will demonstrate an ability to offer an introductory International Studies course and upper level thematic, regional, and interdisciplinary courses. The committee will prioritize candidates with expertise in the Middle East.
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2023. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/121557
11. Instructor for (Military) History of the Middle East (2 Years), United States Air Force Academy
U.S. applicants should possess and demonstrate the ability to teach in one of the core (general-education) military and world history courses offered to all USAF Academy students.
Deadline for applications: 30 March 2023. Information: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/706208700
12. British-Yemeni Society Research Grant
As part of its educational mission, the British-Yemeni Society (http://b-ys.org.uk/) offers a of up to £1,000 annually to assist with academic study related to Yemen. Applications are invited from anyone carrying out research in, or on Yemen, at a university, preferably one that is based in Britain or Yemen. Applicants’ na-tionality is irrelevant.
Applications at any time. Contact the Secretary of the Society at sec@b-ys.org.uk
13. Bourse pré-doctorale ou doctorale Idéo-Ifao 2023-2024
L’Institut français d’archéologie orientale (Ifao) et l’Institut dominicain d’études orientales (Idéo) s’associent pour financer une bourse pré-doctorale ou doctorale de 10 mois, du 1er septembre 2023 au 30 juin 2024. Cette bourse inclut également la résidence à l’Idéo et des cours d’arabe à raison de deux heures de cours particulier par jour, cinq jours par semaine, au cours de cette période.
Le dossier de candidature devra être envoyé pat courriel avant le 30 avril 2023.
Information : https://www.ifao.egnet.net/annonces/emplois/
14. Awards of the “Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies” for Books, Dissertations, Graduate Student Papers, and Graduate Student Travel
Submissions open for the 2023 AGAPS Biennial Book Award (May 15), Gwenn Okruhlik Dissertation Award (July 15), Graduate Paper Prize (July 15), and Student Travel Award (Sept. 1). Work must primarily focus on the Arabian Peninsula but can be inclusive of the transnational flows of people, material and ideas across the Gulf, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean.
Information: https://agaps.org/agaps-awards
15. History Graduate Symposium, Bilkent University, 4-5 May 2023
We welcome diverse, innovative, and creative approaches to Byzantine, European, Ottoman, American, and Global History, with no chronological limits. We particularly encourage an interdisciplinary approach to the topics in question.
Extended deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2023. Information:
16. Fall Semester 2023 – 2024 Residence Program in Advanced Arabic Language and Social Studies, Language Center, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
A limited number of merit-based tuition waiver and housing support is available.
Deadline for applications: 30 March 2023. Information: https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Academics/LanguageCenter/Programs/arprog/Pages/Doha-Residence-Program.aspx
17. SHARIAsource Lab :: Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes
On Saturday March 4, 2023 at 11:00AM-4:00PM US EST at the Program in Islamic Law’s office in Austin Hall, our SHARIAsource Lab will lead a Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes event. Join us for a chance to help write the next chapter in the history of the Arabic script where we bring our efforts together to finally develop a dependable program that will allow texts using Arabic script to be machine readable. This work in checking and reviewing documents will allow scholars to access, search and explore historical and contemporary documents like never before. No knowledge of coding or programming is needed but knowledge of Arabic script is a must to train the machine learning program to recognize them. Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP. Drop by for however long you can to meet, chat, and transcribe!
18. Publish your critical edition and/or translation with MIDEO
MIDEO — the Miscellanies of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies — is accepting, in addition to articles and book reviews, critical editions of primary texts in Arabic, Persian, and other languages relevant to understanding the intellectual history of Islamicate societies throughout the centuries. We also accept translations of such works into English or French.
As a non-commercial, internationally peer-reviewed research journal of Islamic studies, we consider critical editions and/or translations of any length, i.e. also those that might be either too long for commercial journals or too short for a book project. The deadline for submission for the next issue of MIDEO is June 30, 2023.
We would be delighted to receive your proposal. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
With best wishes,
Dr. Dennis Halft, OP
Directeur de la publication / Editor / رئيس تحرير المجلّة
MIDEO (Miscellanies of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies)
Secrétariat | 1 street al-Ṭarābīchī | ʿAbbāssiyya P.O.B 18 |
11381 Cairo |Egypt
19. Seminar – CALLFRONT Calligraphy on the Frontiers of the Islamic World, Finbarr Barry Flood – March 14
We are pleased to welcome Finbarr Barry Flood for the next session of the seminar CALLFRONT Calligraphy on the Frontiers of the Islamic World, which will take place on March 14th, 2023, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (Paris), salle Vasari :
Par-delà la lecture : médias et médiations dans l’épigraphie islamique
Finbarr Barry Flood (Silsila: Center for Material Histories, New York University)
Organization : Eloïse Brac de la Perrière, Maxime Durocher
Abstract : La lecture et l’interprétation des inscriptions ont été fondamentales pour écrire l’histoire de l’architecture islamique médiévale. Dans quelle mesure le “tournant matériel” dans les sciences humaines et l’intérêt pour les questions de médiation, ouvrent-ils de nouvelles perspectives pour comprendre les multiples registres par lesquels les inscriptions véhiculent du sens dans ce contexte précis ? Remettant en question la dichotomie moderne entre la forme matérielle et la signification immatérielle, cette conférence discutera de la nécessité d’une approche qui met en évidence la matérialité des inscriptions et leur capacité à engager le spectateur, au-delà du regard et de la lecture.
Contact : callfront@inha.fr
20. Call for Contributions to our 9th IDHN Conference
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are excited to announce our 9th IDHN Conference which will take place on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
We are now calling for contributions from both members and guests, who are developing or deploying digital methods and tools in the study of Islam and Muslim communities and languages. Our conference is open to participants from both humanistic and scientific disciplines.
If you wish to participate in the conference, please send an email to team@idhn.org with a preliminary title, abstract (150-300 words), and your academic affiliation by Wednesday, April 19, 2023.
We will select four to six presentations for our conference. Each presentation will be 20 minutes long, followed by Q&A for 10 minutes. We will hold the meeting online on ZOOM; the access code and link will be sent to you in the network’s newsletter. We will schedule our conference to accommodate presenters from all time zones. This schedule will correspond with the morning hours in the Americas and evening hours in Europe and the Middle East.
Please share our announcement with your colleagues and students, and please forward this call to your networks and listservs as well.
With warm wishes,
Irene Kirchner (Georgetown University)
21. CFP: The Urgency of the Digital (IJIA special issue) – Deadline: June 1, 2023
Please see (linked here) a Call For Papers for “The Urgency of the Digital,” a special issue of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture to be published July 2025. We welcome submissions from practitioners, urbanists, art historians, specialists in literary and religious studies, archivists, librarians, data scientists, software developers, anthropologists, geographers, sociologists, and historians whose work resonates with the topic. Proposal submissions (due by June 1, 2023) and queries should be sent to IJIA25Digital@gmail.com.
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA)
Special Issue: The Urgency of the Digital
Thematic volume planned for July 1, 2025
Proposal submission deadline: June 1, 2023
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