Shii News – Academic Items
1. Short Courses:
Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
The Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom
The Challenges of Development in Muslim Societies
The Qur’an in Muslim Practices
Cities of the Muslim World(s)
2. Call for Papers: Islamic Archaeology Conference 202407-09. November 2024
Goethe-University Frankfurt (Germany)
Islamic Archaeology as a discipline has seen a spectacular growth in complexity and amount of themes in the last two decades. After a long period in which Islamic Archaeology was considered a field of Art History in the Middle Eastern and North African countries, the discipline has found a new life in the 21st century by adopting new perspectives and expanding to new research areas. The materials that constitute its subject of study and the groups of researchers that address it are spread worldwide, and therefore a range of points of view and expectations from different archaeological traditions have been developed. It is a good time now to address this variety in the discipline in search of common trends and interests.
Islamic Archaeology Conference 2024 invites scholars, researchers, and professionals worldwide to participate in a comprehensive exploration of the material culture of the Early and Middle Islamic periods (600-1500 AD) and in analyzing historical narratives and syntheses that the discipline contributes to. This conference aims to provide a platform for contributions from diverse groups of people and for exchanging ideas, methodologies, and discoveries in Islamic archaeology.
We invite submissions on a wide range of topics related to the archaeology of the Islamic world during the 7th to 15th centuries, including but not limited to:
- Archaeological Fieldwork: recent archaeological results.
- Urban and Rural Landscapes: the organization and development of cities and rural settlements.
- Built Environments: structures, water installations, and architectural elements.
- Burial and Off-Site Archaeology
- Mobile Artifacts: studies on ceramics, metalwork, glass, textiles, and other objects and raw materials.
- Trade, Exchange and Networks.
- Cultural Interactions.
- Methodological and Theoretical Advances: New approaches and technologies in Islamic archaeology.
Submission Guidelines
– Abstracts: Submissions should include a 300-word abstract outlining the research objectives, methodologies, and preliminary findings.
– Formatting: Abstracts should be submitted in Times New Roman, 12-point font, and include a title, author(s) name, affiliation, and contact details.
– Language: The submission language is English.
– Deadline: The deadline for abstract submission is 31. March 2024.
The conference fees for speakers are: 25€ for Professionals; Free for Students
Important Dates
– Abstract submission deadline: 31. March 2024
– Notification of acceptance: 15. May 2024
– Fee payment deadline: 1. July 2024
– Conference dates: 07-09. November 2024
Contact Information
For inquiries and abstract submissions, please contact Abed Taghavi at isac.arc2024@gmail.com and Hagit Nol at h.nol@em.uni-frankfurt.de.
We look forward to your participation in this exciting and intellectually stimulating event on Islamic Archaeology.
Contact Information
For inquiries and abstract submissions, please contact Abed Taghavi at isac.arc2024@gmail.com and Hagit Nol at h.nol@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Contact Email
URL
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/131497284/Islamische_Arch%C3%A4ologie_und_Kunstges…
3. The HIAA board is pleased to share the Winter 2024 HIAA Newsletter. Please access the latest newsletter through the HIAA website: https://www.historiansofislamicart.org/
4. Middle East Centre Librarian
University of Oxford
St Antony’s College invites applications for the post of Middle East Centre Librarian. The MEC Librarian’s responsibilities are to provide the optimal library resources for students, Fellows and guests of the MEC, and to plan for the development of the library resources in the context of the Centre’s academic requirements as they evolve. Main duties will include collection development, reader services, and book acquisition budget management.
Deadline | 8 February 2024
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5. Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the Minerva Global Security Programme (Middle East)
University of Oxford
The Blavatnik School of Government is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for Minerva Global Security Programme. We work across different levels of analysis ranging from the local, and national, to the transnational and global level, with a particular focus on Ukraine/Russia, South Asia, the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, the Andean Region, and the Golden Triangle. The role would suit a researcher with regional expertise in the Middle East and an excellent grounding in security studies.
Deadline | 12 February 2024
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6. Al-Qasimi PhD Studentship in Arab and Islamic Studies, Middle East Politics, Ethno-Political Studies, Kurdish Studies or Palestine Studies
University of Exeter
The Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies is seeking applications for two PhD studentships for excellent doctoral students whose area of specialisation fits and complements the research interests of our academics. We are looking for PhD proposals in humanities and social sciences with reference to the Middle East and the Islamic world. This can cover Anthropology, Archaeology, Gender Studies, History, Islamic Studies, International Relations, Literature, Political Science and other relevant fields.
Deadline | 8 April 2024
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7. Call for Applications | Editor of Studies in the History and Culture of the Persianate World
The British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS) is looking for a scholar with an established reputation in the field of Iranian Studies and prior editorial experience as well as extensive knowledge of Persian and Iranian studies, broadly defined, to take responsibility for editing the Studies in the History and Culture of the Persianate World. The aim is to publish two volumes a year. The editor will receive an honorarium of £1,000 per annum subject to review by the Council.
Deadline | 31 January 2024
8. Call for Nominations | BISA Annual Prizes
The British International Studies Association welcomes nominations for its annual prizes. In addition to long-standing prizes, including the Susan Strange Best Book Prize, Distinguished Contribution, and teaching prizes for all career stages, there are three exciting new prizes for 2024 – a Master’s dissertation prize sponsored by both BISA and the British Council, a Working Group of the Year Prize, and an EDI prize.
Deadline | 12 February 2024
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9. Call for Applications | Malek Sghiri Scholarship for Arabic Studies
Applications are invited for the Malek Sghiri Scholarship for the summer of 2024 at the Taa Marbouta Language Centre in Tunis. This scholarship covers all tuition costs for summer-long Arabic language courses and for students at all levels. Open to all aged 18-35 from any country, with a demonstrable interest in human rights, anti-corruption & civil society.
Deadline | 31 March 2024
10. ARMACAD is pleased to announce scholarships for eligible students in Iranian Studies and associated disciplines to attend ASPIRANTUM’s 2024 summer school for the Persian language.
Deadline: February 1, 2024
For more details, please visit: https://aspirantum.com/scholarships/scholarships-for-persian-language-courses-from-armacad
Students pursuing Undergraduate (BA), graduate (MA), and postgraduate (Ph.D.) programs, as well as researchers in Iranian Studies and related fields who are enrolled in universities or academic institutions in the countries specified below, can apply for the ARMACAD scholarship. The ideal candidates will be 19 – 39 years old by the program’s start.
This scholarship is only available to citizens of the following countries.
Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America.
For more details, please visit: https://aspirantum.com/scholarships/scholarships-for-persian-language-courses-from-armacad
11. Call for Papers for MESA 2024: Panel Title:
Early Modern Persian Majmū‘a(s): Historical, Philological, and Art-Historical
Processes of Realisation
Convenors:
Mahroo Moosavi (Max-Planck-Institute, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz)
Denise-Marie Teece (New York University Abu Dhabi)
We invite paper proposals for the session “Early Modern Persian Majmū‘a(s):
Historical, Philological, and Art-Historical Processes of Realisation” at the
58th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), November 11
– 19, 2024, online.
Deadline: 6 February 2024.
The archives of Persian manuscripts held in libraries across the world include
an extensive number of late medieval/early modern book compilations, often
catalogued under the comprehensive, yet not exhaustive, title of majmū‘a.
These collections, mainly dating to the 13th to the 18th centuries, comprise a
wide range of genres and themes and materialise them in manners which have
rarely been studied. These themes and genres include chancellery inshā,
personal epistles, royal decrees, seals, contracts, occult texts, drawings,
paintings, diagrams, charts, poetry, non-chancellery prose, tales, riddles,
treatises on art, medical texts, cooking recipes, dream interpretations and
much more. This panel focuses on collections known by several taxonomic
terminologies, including jung, safīne, bayāż, kashkūl, zanbīl, chante, daftar,
dastak, jarīde, ṣaḥīfe, dastūr, hizārpīshe, ganjīne, gulchīn, khirqe, shahr-
āshūb, and muraqqa‘ and investigates these works in terms of their historical,
philological, and art-historical aspects in a cross-disciplinary and
interdisciplinary manner.
The panel is particularly concerned with identifying and discussing potential
methodologies through which this corpus may be approached, analysed, and
studied. How and why were these texts/images collected, curated, and assembled
in such compilations? Since many of these compilations were created through a
process of recycling and reuse of previous textual and visual material, under
what possible mechanisms and inner/outer logics did this de- and re-
materialisation of the source material function? What was the potential agency
and role of the compiler/editor [jāmi‘] in substantiating a majmū‘a? And, to
what extent did the virtual and actual properties of the compilations connote
a form or forms of intellectual-artistic subjectivity? In other words what do
these mechanisms of book assembly and production reveal about the psychology,
religio-polity, and culture within Iranian and broader Persianate societies?
Through what collective memory and creative networks do these diverse,
seemingly unrelated, and at times fragmentary book materials intersect? And,
finally, is it possible to use these earlier majmū‘a assemblies of textual and
visual materials as models for new methods, modes, and manners in the curation
of Perso-Islamic textual and material culture in contemporary museum
discourse?
Through focusing on such topics and elaborating on questions outlined above
and beyond, the panel aims to trigger further historical, philological, and
art-historical scholarly discussion concerning Persian book compilations and
to move such discourse beyond its normative frameworks.
We invite proposals for presentations of 20 minutes, followed by a rigorous
discussion. Proposal abstracts should be between 250 and 400 words and may
respond to the questions raised above, and/or propose new readings of these
materials.
Proposals (accompanied with a short CV including the title/status and current
institutional affiliation of the speaker) must be submitted by 6 February 2024
to the panel convenors at:
mahroo.moosavi@khi.fi.it
dmt230@nyu.edu
12. The Islamic College:
Monthly Talk: On Writing a Historical-Critical Tafsīr
A Talk by Professor Nicolai Sinai
Tuesday 13 February 2024
6.00 P.M. – 7.30 P.M. (LONDON TIME)
Zoom ID: 834 4933 6884 Passcode: 931992
HOSTED BY: The Islamic College, London, UK
https://islamic-college.ac.uk/monthly-seminar-writing-tafsir/
13. The Annemarie Schimmel Memorial Lecture—“I Saw My Lord in the Form of a Beardless Youth”: Images of Devotion in a Mughal Princely Album
Monday, January 29, 2024
6–7 pm
The Met Fifth Avenue
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education
Murad Khan Mumtaz, Assistant Professor, Williams College
As a young prince, Dara Shikoh (1615–1659), heir to the Mughal throne, compiled an album for his fiancée, Nadira Banu Begum. The album celebrates the theme of union through various visual and literary metaphors, including the conspicuous presence of dervishes shown viewing princes and princesses in idyllic garden settings. In this talk, join Murad Khan Mumtaz, Assistant Professor, Williams College, to explore how depictions of Muslim ascetics in this album aided in constructing the courtly persona of Dara Shikoh as a locus of godly manifestation within Indo-Muslim devotional culture.
The lecture series is made possible by The Norbert Schimmel Trust.
Free, though advance registration is required. Please note: Space is limited; first come, first served.
Use the street-level Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education entrance at Fifth Avenue and 81st Street.
14. Invitation: Pourdavoud Lecture Series with Elspeth Dusinberre
The Collapse of Empire
Gordion’s Transition from the Achaemenid to the Hellenistic World
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 4:00pm Pacific
Royce Hall 306
Hybrid Zoom Option Available
15. SOAS University of London is delighted to announce a brand new online short course: An Introduction to the arts of the Islamic World, which will run 23 February – 22 March 2024.
This course features five pre-recorded lectures and five interactive seminar sessions, delivered live via Zoom, and is available for just £135.
The course is convened by Ms Chiara De Nicolais (co-convenor of the Arts of the Islamic World module of the SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, which runs 22nd April to the 10th July 2024).
The course begins with a guided tour of the new Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic world at the British Museum led by Dr Venetia Porter (Senior Curator for Islamic and Contemporary Middle East art at the British Museum (1989-2022), now Honorary Research Fellow) and is followed by four lectures dedicated to more in-depth topics, such as the history of blue and white ceramic production in the Near East and Central Asia and its links with China; the revolutionary developments of Qur’anic manuscripts between the 8th and 12th century, the history of museum display and how excavated textiles are been shown within a museum setting, and Qajar era masculinities in Iran in the 19th century.
Through these five pre-recorded lectures, you will be introduced to the wonders of “Islamic” art, and you will discover how the production of such works of art was deeply influenced by neighbouring countries in Asia. Each Friday of the course will then feature an hour-long seminar, convened by Ms Chiara De Nicolais, where each lecture topic will be discussed further in a lively, interactive setting.
The course is accessible from anywhere in the world and all sessions will be recorded and made available for you to view in your own time for a two-month period.
We very much hope you’ll join us for this immersive introduction to the arts of the Islamic World. For more details or to book your place, please click here.
If you have any further questions that we can assist with, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Patrick Monger
Programme Manager
SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art
SOAS University of London
Room 472
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
www.AsianArtDiploma.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7898 4445
pm50@soas.ac.uk
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