Shii News – Academic Items

1.Annual Congress of the Middle East Studies Association of North America: “MESA 2023”, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2-5 November 2023

The preliminary program includes over 350 sessions on a wide range of topics. It is now available and search-able at https://my-mesa.org/program

 

 

 

2. 31st I.R. “Iran`s World Book Award”

Books to be considered can be in any language, while need to be on either Islamic Studies or Iranian Studies. They also have to be published (in their first edition) outside of Iran in 2022.

Deadline for scholars, writers, translators, and publishers to nominate book(s) for consideration: 22 October 2023. Information:

http://www.bookaward.ir/NewsDetails-En/2059/Call-for-The-31st-I-R–Iran%60s-World-Book-Award-issued

 

 

 

3. CfP, IFPO: Pour une histoire sonore des sociétés de l’islam médiéval/ A sound history of medieval Islamic societies

The aim is to bring together contributions on social and political history, on the history of the senses and the sensible, on anthropology, literature, law, philosophy, art history, musicology, etc. This allows an exploration of subjects as diverse as commercial communication, social conflicts, spatial and social control, political com-munication, urban expansion, rituals, revolts and war, from a new angle and at different scales.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2023. Information: https://www.ifporient.org/beo-71/

 

 

 

 

4. AIS (Association for Iranian Studies) Conference 2024 Announcement

The AIS 2024 Conference site is now open on the AIS website. You can now submit your Independent Paper/Panel/Roundtable/Special Session abstracts for the AIS 2024 Conference at the National Autonomous University of Mexico from Aug 12 to 15, 2024. Just login to the AIS website https://associationforiranianstudies.org/conferences/2024 and follow the instructions for submission and conference pre-registration.

 

 

 

5. Zoom – Invisible East

The Village and the Archive: On Documents in Iranian Languages, 11th-13th century

Thursday 20 July 2023, 12:00 PM Toronto Time / 5PM UK Time

For more info and to register:

https://invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk/event/the-village-and-the-archive-on-documents-in-iranian-languages-11th-13th-century

 

 

 

6. UCLA – Pourdavoud Center

Achaemenid Workshop 1 Videos Available!

We are pleased to share with you the recorded lectures from the First Achaemenid Workshop, Identity, Alterity, and the Imperial Impress in the Achaemenid World, hosted at UCLA on April 12–14, 2023.

https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/videos/

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