Shii News – Academic Items
1. CFP: Project Conference: ESRC Digital British Islam
The ESRC Digital British Islam research team is delighted to announce our project conference. Over the last two years we have been using a variety of methods to collect data on how Muslims in Britain use cyber Islam environments. Our conference is an opportunity for you to engage with our research findings, as well as to showcase cutting edge research in this field from across the world.
Details of the call for papers are available on our project website (link below). The conference will be held on 5th and 6th February at Coventry University and the deadline to receive abstracts is 15th July 2024. Please submit your abstract via the online form.
We look forward to hearing from you and ultimately welcoming you to the conference.
With best wishes
The ESRC Digital British Islam team
Professor Gary Bunt, Professor Frederic Volpi, Professor Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Dr Sadek Hamid, Dr Khadijah Elshayyal, Dr Alamgir Ahmed and Dr Laura Jones
2. The Latin America and Caribbean Islamic Studies Newsletter
Vol. 4, no. 2 | Spring 2024
Note:
Colloquium: Muslim Philanthropy in Latin America & the Latinx U.S. – May 29-30, 2024 – Online via Zoom
Deadline for Registration: May 27, 2024
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3. Mevlevi Manuscripts, 1268–c. 1400: A Study of the Sources
by Cailah Jackson
The e-book will shortly be available at the following link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-48367-7.
Hard copies will be available from June 2024.
4. ONLINE Muslim Worlds Network Seminar Series: “The Foreignness of Writing Recon-textualizing the Anthropology of Islam” by Emilio Spadola (Colgate University), European Association of Social Anthropologists, 8 May 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm CET
Drawing on my current book project, this talk revisits the decade from the Iranian Revolution to the end of the Cold War, a key period of Islamic revival and expanding global commerce and communications, on the one and, and anthropologists’ theorization of Islam’s modernity and conceptual incorporation of Islamic texts, on the other.
Registration: https://univr.zoom.us/j/89405417840 ; Meeting ID: 894 0541 7840
5. International Conference “Postcolonial, Decolonial, Postimperial, Deimperial” (Including Ottoman and Islam Studies), University of Rijeka, Croatia, 15-17 May 2024
6. “Second Kurdish Studies Conference”, LSE and University of Sheffield, Sheffield, 22-23 May 2024
Deadline for registration: 10 May 2024.
7. “DAVO-Werkstattgespräche” to Promote Young Scholars during the “Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)”, University of Goettingen, 26-28 September 2024
Young scholars will have the chance to present their scientific theses (Master thesis, PhD) in progress in German or English language. Since the general idea of the workshop is not to present finished works, young scholars are explicitly invited to contribute their projects in an early stage of conception or implementation.
Deadline for proposals: 15 May 2024.
Information: Contact Dr. Tobias Zumbrägel (tobias.zumbraegel@uni-heidelberg.de )
8. HYBRID Workshop “Iran and China: Common Heritage and Contemporary Relations”, University of Groningen, 27-28 September 2024
Themes: Books, manuscripts, art works and first hand materials about Iran and China produced in either countries. – Travelogues, diaries, and cultures of travel. – The historical position of Iran on the Silk Road and its connection to China. – Emigration and immigration of Iranian and Chinese communities across Central Asia. – Contemporary mobilization of these themes in international relations, public discourse, and academic debates. Etc.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2024.
9. Colloque international « Sur les routes d’Arabie : itinéraires terrestres et maritimes », Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 12-14 décembre 2024
Le colloque a pour objectif d’étudier les routes de la péninsule Arabique, qu’elles soient terrestres ou maritimes, et les échanges qu’elles ont favorisés via l’archéologie, les sciences historiques, philologiques et religieuses mais aussi les sciences de la vie. Cette approche s’effectuera sur la longue durée, depuis l’âge du Bronze jusqu’à la période islamique.
Date limite : 17 Mai 2024.
10. PhD Position in the Project “ALiDiM – Arabic Linguistic Discourse in the Making”, Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca` Foscari University of Venice
Applicants should hold a master’s degree in a field pertinent to the PhD program and possess a keen interest in Arabic linguistics and text analysis. A background in Arabic studies and knowledge of Arabic and English are essential, while additional experience in linguistics, philology and DH is advantageous. Candidates shall submit a proposal for research that they aim to pursue.
Deadline for applications: 23 May 2024.
11. Postdoctoral Fellowship (1 Year) on “Primary Sources in Early Arabic Grammatical Texts”, Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca` Foscari University of Venice
Using a text-based approach, the project will study key Arabic linguistic works from the 7th to the 10th century, considering both local Arab-Islamic frameworks and external influences. Ultimately, the project seeks to develop a new understanding of the origin and formation of the Arabic linguistic tradition, tracing origins and reception of the linguistic themes and identifying the factors that contributed to the process of language standardization of Classical Arabic.
Deadline for applications: 21 May 2024.
12. Chapters for Edited Volume “A Critical Reader on Translating Cultures”, UNESCO Chair in Translating Cultures, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS), Saudi Arabia
This reader aims to reconceptualize the history and processes of translation by starting from Arabic and the Middle East, rather than Europe. This approach seeks to move beyond a Western-centric research paradigm, advancing South-South cultural and conceptual exchanges and uncovering concepts and discussions previously overlooked in Anglo-centric translation studies.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2024.
- May 04, 2024
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