Shii News – Academic Items
1. Online – Iranian Armenian Ancestral Continuity – by Claudia Yaghoobi – April 8, 11am PT
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2. ONLINE Study Presentation “Thinking the Re-Thinking of the World: Decolonial Challenges to the Humanities and Social Sciences from Africa, Asia and the Middle East”, Leibniz Zentrum moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, 13 March 2023, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Experienced authors, from the regions concerned, along different disciplinary lines, and with a focus on different historical timeframes, sketch out their perspectives of envisaged transformations. Taking a critical stance on the ongoing dominance of Eurocentrism in academia, the authors present their contributions in relation to current decolonial challenges.
Information and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/thinking-the-re-thinking-of-the-world
3. HYBRIDE Séminaire de recherche “Arabité et arabisation”, Université Lyon 2, 14 mars 2023, 18h00-19h30 Nous écouterons : “Que saurait-on des Arabes de l’Arabie préislamique sans la contre-offensive anti-Šu‘ūbiy ya conduite par les auteurs du IIIe/IXe siècle ?” avec TESRIF Mustapha (U. Lyon 2 / CIHAM); et “Enseignants arabes dans la décolonisation : la coopération interarabe dans les politiques d’arabisation du Maghreb” avec COURREYE Charlotte (U. Lyon 3/IETT). Inscription : https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3alFgmHDyH2TepWKryeiHrX_T_g646e65BkzZoz8kXQe01%40thread.tacv2/1677520518270?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22a51a6642-5911-4306-a13c-f4731ab9c63f%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%221b0488ed-20b9-411c-b17b-0310d7e8212a%22%7d
4. HYBRIDE Table ronde CETOBaC « Soulèvement populaire et crise de pouvoir », Campus Condorcet Aubervilliers, 16 mars 2023, 11h – 13h
Six mois après le déclenchement de la révolte « Femme, Vie, Liberté », les mobilisations semblent ralentir. Cela ne signifie pourtant pas un retour à la normale. La tension est toujours palpable et une étincelle peut à chaque moment faire tout exploser.
Information et inscription : https://iismm.hypotheses.org/81094
5. ONLINE Webinar “Narratives of Exile and Migration: Kurdish Women’s Political Struggles in Europa” by Nisa Göksel (Arizona State University), Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, 17 March 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
Based on interviews and participant observations in Germany and France, Nisa Göksel will examine the political subjectivities and activities of Kurdish women from a transnational perspective by considering the question of how they strive to sustain their political ties and agency despite the daily difficulties of migrant/exile life.
Information and registration: https://watson.brown.edu/cmes/events/2023/nisa-goksel-narratives-exile-migration
6. Annual Conference of the Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS): “Political Economy of the Muslim World”, Stanford University, 7-8 April 2023
Deadline for pre-registration: 3 April 2023. Program: https://aalims.org/aalims-stanford-conference-on-the-political-economy-of-the-muslim-world-3/. Contact: Roula Khaled roulak@stanford.edu
7. Graduate Conference “Humans and Nature in the Mediterranean Landscape”, Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Central European University, Vienna, 30-31 May 2023
Environmental history inspired scholars working on a broad range of topics related to the history of the Mediterranean. Papers are not limited to Anthropology, Archeology, Art History, Classics, Environmental Science and History, Gender Studies, History, Languages and Literatures, Medieval Studies, Early Modern Studies, Philosophy, Religion, and Theology.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 April 2023. Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-humans-and-nature-in-the-mediterranean-landscape-30-31-may-vienna?e=82aeb6c61d
8. PhD Position (4 Years) in History of the Islamic Indian Ocean World, University of Bergen
The successful applicant’s research project will explore transregional connectivities and local developments in those parts of the Indian Ocean World that have been shaped by Islamic cultural and religious currents.
Deadline for application: 11 April 2023. Information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/241547/phd-position-in-history-of-the-islamic-indian-ocean-world
9. Visiting Assistant Professor (Social Sciences) in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (1 Year), Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
The position is open to any social science discipline with the exception of history, and the geographical focus is open to any part of the Muslim world, broadly defined.
Deadline for application: 31 March 2023.
Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/24496
10. Introductory Course in “Islamic Ornamentation and Calligraphy”, Interdisciplinary Research Center Islam and Muslims in Europe, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, 3-7 April 2023, 9h-18h
This intensive course will provide an introduction to geometric Islamic art. Starting with a theoretical aware-ness, practical exercises are also offered to learn the traditional art techniques of calligraphic writing and ornamentation. A special focus will be on the geometric alphabet script “Kufi” as well as on the practice of geometric patterns and shapes.
Application deadline: 19 March 2023. Information; https://www.sfu.ac.at/en/event/ifime-course-islamic-art-introductory-course-in-islamic-ornamentation-and-calligraphy/
11. Intensive, Eight-Weeks Summer Language Programs in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Languages Institute (MEDLI), University Wisconsin, Madison, 19 June – 11 August 2023
In addition to the intensive language classes, MEDLI students can participate a full array of cultural activities, including workshops (cooking, art, dance, calligraphy, etc.), a film series, lectures on Middle East Studies and regional topics, conversation clubs, and have access to language tutors and network with other scholars of Middle East Studies.
Deadline for priority application: 15 March 2023. Information: https://medli.wisc.edu/
12. Max Planck Summer School for “Women in Political Economy”, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG), Cologne, Germany, 11-14 September 2023
The Summer School is intended to be an inclusive event and explicitly welcomes women, non-binary people, and all people of marginalized genders. It is open to current PhD students or recent PhD graduates who work in Comparative and International Political Economy or related fields. It will bring junior scholars together with established scholars in the field who will act as the main instructors.
Deadline for applications: 15 March 2023. Information: https://www.mpifg.de/1182893
13. International MA in Mediterranean History, University of Konstanz, Germany
The globally unique study program provides BA graduates in history and cultural studies with in-depth know-ledge of the history, cultures and languages of Mediterranean societies.
Information: https://www.geschichte.uni-konstanz.de/en/study/ma-mediterranean-history/prospective-students/ , Zoom information events: 30 March 2023, 1:30 pm, and 20 April 2023, 3:00 pm CET
14. Monographs and Edited Volumes for New Series “Middle East Environmental Histories” from Late Antiquity to the Present (Leiden University Press)
This series will examine the Middle East in its global context while always keeping the particularities of the Middle East and its multiple environments in focus – the region’s historic role as the crossroads of trade be-tween the Mediterranean and Asia, its cultural and religious diversity, the place of Islam, the balance between settled and sown, and the role of oil, to name a few.
Information: https://www.lup.nl/series/middle-east-environmental-histories/
15. Various Intensive Arabic Programs “Arabic Language & North African Studies”, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, Summer 2023
Deadline for applications: 1 May 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/25688/discussions/12527274/summer-arabic-north-african-studies-program-aranas-ma-names
16. Symposium & Exhibition
German WWII Internees from Persia and their Fate in Australia
Convenor of Symposium and Curator of Exhibition
Prof. Pedram Khosronejad
School of Social Science, Western Sydney University
Saturday 4-5th March 2023
For some of the national reports and interviews of this program:
17. Online Conference – Prayer Carpet Colloquium (Turkish and English) – March 21-22
Held in conjunction with the exhibition Prayer and Transcendence, this two-day virtual event will bring into conversation scholars and other leading voices to explore the role and iconography of classical prayer carpets from across the Islamic world, as well as design comparisons from the Jewish tradition.
Two keynote lectures will feature Walter B. Denny, Distinguished Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Idries Trevathan, curator of Islamic art and culture at Museum at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Saudi Arabi, with other panelists joining from around the world.
The colloquium will be translated in English and Turkish. To join us, please register online to reserve your space. Once you have registered, we will email you links and details for joining each day on Zoom. We will also email registered participants a full program with a detailed schedule. Participation is free of charge.
18. Call for Papers: International Journal of Islamic Architecture (Special Issue: ‘The Urgency of the Digital’)
Thematic volume planned for 1 July 2025
Proposal submission deadline: 1 June 2023
View the full CFP here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/international-journal-of-islamic-architecture#call-for-papers
19. Science Communication, Islam and Muslim Communities: 27 April, Euston, London
A lecture on Muslim perceptions of science by Stephen H. Jones and Saleema Burney.
While there have long been lively discussions about gender and racial inclusiveness in science communication, Muslims, one of the UK’s most marginalised populations, have largely been ignored. This is despite Muslims being a group whose members are often described as being especially resistant to science, with news media regularly claiming they stand in opposition to everything from evolution to COVID regulations.
In this public lecture, Stephen H. Jones and Saleema Burney will use a range of data to look at what British Muslims really think about science and at the question of whether, and how, science communicators should engage Muslim members of the public. Drawing on a new research project hosted at the University of Birmingham, ‘Science and British Muslim Religious Leadership’, the lecture will offer particular insight into Islamic authorities’ role in arguing for and against scientific theories and how they approach issues such as human origins, organ donation, and engaging with secular society.
This lecture is free to attend and you can register at the following link:
20. UN Day to Combat Islamophobia Event, 15 March 5-7pm, University of Oxford
To mark UN International Day to Combat Islamophobia, which is being observed for the first time ever this year on 15 March, we have organised a panel event at Mansfield College, Oxford, in partnership with the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights. The UN Special repertoire for Freedom of Religion and Belief, Professor Nazila Ghanea, will be taking part as a panel member, along with Professor Tariq Modood, and Lord Wajid Khan.
Further information and a link to register can be found here: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/event/islamophobia-discourse-debates-and-future-directions
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