Shii News – Academic Items
1.HYBRID Seminar “Crossing Ancient Sacred Landscapes: Contacts and Continuities in the Ancient Desert Cults and Beliefs of Northern Arabia and the Arid Southern Levant”, University of Oxford, 5-6 December 2023
This seminar aims to study the sacred landscapes of northern Arabia and the southern arid margins of the Levant in ancient times throughout the longue durée, adopting an interdisciplinary approach at the intersec-tion between archaeology, history, epigraphy, rock art research, and digital humanities. Scholars will present several case-studies with synchronic and diachronic analyses of the cultic and mortuary traditions of the region from the Neolithic to the Early Islamic period.
Information, program and registration: https://www.ames.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/crossing-sacred-landscapes-1.pdf-0
2. HYBRID Lecture “What Language Tells Us about Communal Interactions in Medieval Egypt” by Dr Miriam Wagner (St Edmund’s, Cambridge), Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Exeter, 6 December 2023, 6:00 pm GMT
Information and registration: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-what-language-tells-us-about-communal-interactions-in-medieval-egypt-6-december-exeter-zoom?e=82aeb6c61d
3. Journée d’études : “Rituels en islam/Islam”, Institut d’islamologie de l’Université de Stras-bourg, 8 decembre 2023, 8h30 – 18h00 CET
Information et programme : https://evenements.unistra.fr/agenda-unistra/detail-evenement/22301-journee-detudes-rituels-en-islam-islam
4. Winter Workshop “Intermediaries, Middle Grounds, Middle Sea”, Mediterranean Seminar and UCLA Center for Early Global Studies, 9-10 February 2024
Information and program: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/attend-intermediaries-middle-grounds-middle-sea-mediterranean-seminar-2024-winter-workshop-9-10-february-ucla?e=82aeb6c61d
5. Islamic Studies Conference: “Muslim Debates and Contestations”, Princeton University, 5-6 April 2024
Proposals covering different time periods and employing a variety of disciplinary and methodological per-spectives are welcome from graduate students and early-career scholars. Proposals approaching the cate-gory of debate in an expansive way and across its social, historical, religious, political, and other registers are encouraged to apply. We are also particularly interested in proposals that contribute more broadly to methods and approaches in the study of Islam and Muslim societies.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2023. Information:
https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20013964/princeton-islamic-studies-conference
6. ONLINE Event “Erasures in Iraq”, Institute for Middle East, Central and Caucasus Studies, University of St Andrews, 15 April 2024
The objective is to highlight under-researched, under-assisted, and under-recognised communities in con-temporary Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. We are open to presentations or discussions surrounding any communities and any themes. ‘Communities’ and ‘erasure’ can be broadly defined.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2023.
Information: https://cmr.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/call-for-papers-and-contributions-erasures-in-iraq/
7. International Conference “Creating Holiness: Books, Scrolls and Icons as Carriers of Sacredness (in Muslim Cultures)”, Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz, Germany, 17-20 June 2024
This conference will address the questions of what turns a book – or an icon of the Eastern churches – into a sacred object in Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist cultures, and how is sacredness connected to the material.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2023. Information: https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/materialisierte-heiligkeit/News/CfP_-Creating-Holiness_-Books_-Scrolls-and-Icons-as-Carriers-of-Sacredness.html
8. “3rd Annual Critical Muslim Studies Conference: ReOrienting the (Global) South”, University of Leeds, 24-26 June 2024
This conference seeks to explore the intricate intersections between anti-colonialism, ethno-nationalism, and the emergence of Muslim political identities following the de facto abolition of the Caliphate in 1924. The conference seeks to investigate the processes that have firmly positioned Muslimness and the Muslim Ques-tion as a critical aspect of the global South.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2024. Information: https://criticalmuslimstudies.co.uk/project/3rd-interna-tional-conference-on-critical-muslim-studies/
9. Conference of Early Modern Ottoman Studies (EMOS): “Institutions, Networks, and Economic Change in the Early Modern Ottoman World”, Sabancı University, Istanbul, 27-28 June 2024
Scholars, historians, and researchers are invited to contribute papers that shed light on the economic dy-namics from the 16th to the 19th century. This conference aims to gather a diverse range of perspectives, methodologies, and scholarly research to foster a comprehensive understanding of the Ottoman economic landscape during this period.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2024. Information: https://historiansnet.com/call-for-papers-emos-2024/
10. 2nd International Conference on “Digital Archiving in the Arab World (DAAW)”, Sorbonne University in Abu Dhabi, 29-31 October 2024
We aspire to address the suject through the more focused standpoint of the digital management and preser-vation of data and documents, without foregoing a broader reflection, concerning both historical and future documents and data in danger whether physical or natively digital.
Deadline for abstracts: 18 February 2024.
Information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TwMxdXGdz5eumFI6yS-4KWyUI1EpJLY4/view
11. Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowships (6-12 Months) at the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB)
The visiting fellowships are beginning no later than 1 March 2024 for junior scholars in the early stages of the postdoctoral research, in support of excellent projects in the humanities and social sciences. Proposals are encouraged to articulate the contemporary stakes of the research project, encompassing historiographical, cultural, religious and/or political dimensions. Applicants must demonstrate how their projects will benefit from an extended stay in the region and contribute to the institute’s overall research environment.
Deadline for applications: 10 December 2023.
Information: https://www.orient-institut.org/support/fellowships/doctoralfellowships.html
12. 2 Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellowships in Armenian Studies (2024-25) at the Center for Armenian Studies, University of Michigan
Eligibility: PhD required. Research and proposed courses should be related to Armenian Studies (literature, culture, visual arts, and politics).
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2023.
Information: https://ii.umich.edu/armenian/manoogian-fellowships.html
13. University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point – Assistant Professor of History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66554
Including Middle East
Closing date: Jan 4, 2024
14. CfP for a special edition of Religions entitled Muslim women in the 21st Century: Agency, influence, lived experience.
Religions is a Q1-ranked, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, and we feel your contribution to the series would be particularly beneficial.
Muslim women are often portrayed monolithically in popular as well as political discourse. Even the academe has, at times, been dominated by an Orientalist gaze that exoticises the “Muslimwoman” to use miriam cooke’s neologism. This special edition aims to challenge this homogenizing discourse by featuring a range of diverse voices and perspectives.
Eager to move beyond the dichotomy of the pitiably oppressed or apologetically elevated “Muslimwoman”, this special edition explores the lived realities of Muslim women in majority or minority contexts, and the intersection of faith, culture, and agency (or lack thereof) that Muslim women negotiate in myriad ways.
Possible themes include, but are not limited to, the experiences of Muslim women in education and the workplace; women’s leadership roles in business, community, faith, politics and more; negotiating religious and cultural expectations—be it in national, ethnic, faith, or family contexts; Muslim women’s spirituality; contending with patriarchal interpretations of sharia and fiqh in either majority or minority contexts; addressing stereotypes, discrimination and Islamophobia; issues for Muslim women of colour within the ummah; and the complexity around hybrid and transnational identities.
We are committed to publishing an edition that amplifies the diverse voices of Muslim women and showcases the richness and complexity of their experiences. We welcome research paper submissions from the humanities and social sciences, law, medicine, education, economics, business, technology, and beyond.
If you are interested in submitting a paper to this special edition, please let us know by emailing us. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind, peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page.
If, after peer-review, your paper is approved for publication, there is an open-access publishing fee payable to Religions journal, however, we are able to waive the fee for some ECRs and contributors from lower-income countries at our discretion.
Prof Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Coventry University, Email Website
Dr Susan Carland, Monash University, Australia, E-Mail Website
Dr Rachel Woodlock, The University of Melbourne, Australia, Email Website
15. Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Research Scholar in International Relations
The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at the School of International and
Public Affairs, Columbia University, will fund one postdoctoral research scholar position in
international relations during the 2024-25 academic year. Preference will be given to
backgrounds in national security, intelligence studies, or cyber and conflict studies. We
encourage applications from historically underrepresented groups including women, BIPOC, and first generation scholars.
The position will be based in New York City, within the Saltzman Institute at Columbia
University, for a 12-month term from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025,
encompassing the 2024-2025 academic year. To be eligible, applicants must have received and
be able to document their Ph.D. degree prior to August 31, 2024.
The position is funded by the Saltzman Institute’s Emerging Voices in National Security and
Intelligence Program, which is directed by Senior Research Scholar Peter Clement. The
postdoctoral research scholar will be expected to dedicate the majority of their time to the
completion of substantive work such as a book, article(s), or other significant publication while in residence; and to assist the Director with proposal preparation and other research projects.
They will teach one undergraduate level course in the areas of national security, intelligence
studies, or cyber and conflict studies; and will be expected to attend and participate in
Institute-sponsored events including public and private seminars, panels, conferences, research
colloquia, and meetings.
Applications from both U.S. and foreign students will be considered. The position will be
compensated at an annual salary of $76,000 plus benefits.
Application materials should include a cover letter, research statement, CV, one letter of
recommendation sent directly to us by your recommender, and a list of two additional academic references whom we will contact. Please list the name and email address of your recommender in your cover letter. Application materials may be sent via email to siwps.apply@gmail.com.
Questions may be directed to Assistant Director Ingrid Gerstmann at ig79@columbia.edu.
Review of applications will begin Monday, January 8, 2024; the posting will remain open
until filled.
- December 05, 2023
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