Shii News – Academic Items
1.Two Upcoming Classical Persian Courses
Two upcoming courses on Classical Persian historical texts and manuscript studies organized by the Ferdowsi School of Persian Literature:
The first course, starting on October 21st and running for three weeks, focuses on the Classical Persian of historical texts. It’s designed to familiarize participants with the classical historical tradition, exploring the style, grammar, and essential tools needed to critically read and analyze historical texts. This course, as well as the next one are suitable for Masters’ or PhD students of Persian and Iranian studies.
Course Title: Classical Persian through Historical Texts: From Naršaxī to Juwaynī
The second course, starting on November 11th and lasting for two weeks, is specifically aimed at developing techniques for reading Classical Persian manuscripts. Throughout the course, we’ll read and analyze a variety of manuscripts—both prose and verse—and practice the skills needed to work with them. We might also dedicate some time to exploring manuscripts participants are currently working with.
Course Title: Classical Persian through Living Books: Unlocking the Persian Manuscripts
Ruben Nikoghosyan
Yerevan, Armenia
Website: www.ferdowsi.org
2. Orsatti, Paola. “Persian Language in Arabic Script: The Formation of the Orthographic Standard and the Different Graphic Traditions of Iran in the First Centuries of the Islamic Era”.Creating Standards: Interactions with Arabic script in 12 manuscript cultures, edited by Dmitry Bondarev, Alessandro Gori and Lameen Souag, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2019, pp. 39-72. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110639063-002
The paper is available for download here (open access): Persian Language in Arabic Script: The Formation of the Orthographic Standard and the Different Graphic Traditions of Iran in the First Centuries of the Islamic Era (degruyter.com)
3. British Colonial Policy and Intelligence Files on Asia and the Middle East, c. 1880–c. 1950
Brill
We are excited to introduce our new online resource, British Colonial Policy and Intelligence Files on Asia and the Middle East, c. 1880–c. 1950. India Office Political and Secret Files and Confidential Print.
The series comprises fourteen collections of historical British government documents related to intelligence gathered on countries in Asia and the Middle East, including India, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and more. The original documents are part of the Oriental & India Office Collections at the British Library in London. The collection will be hosted on the new De Gruyter Brill platform.
4. Jobs:
Indiana University – Bloomington – Roger E. Covey Professor of Silk Road Studies, Open Rank, Tenure Track
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67817
New York University Arts and Science – Tenure Track Position in 18th and 19th Century Middle Eastern History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67805
5. Indiana University’s Summer 2025 Language Workshop is now accepting applications for its intensive online Kurdish program!
- Learn 1 year of language in 2 months
- Enjoy 18 hours of live instruction per week, plus cultural activities
- Combine the effectiveness of intensive study with the convenience of an online class
- Speed your learning by studying alongside enthusiastic and talented language learners
Funding Opportunities
- Explore available funding options here: https://languageworkshop.iu.edu/funding
Priority Application Deadline
- December 6, 2024
Learn more and apply here: https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/kurdish
Questions? Email the Language Workshop at languageworkshop@iu.edu or join virtual office hours.
6. Indiana University’s Summer 2025 Language Workshop is now accepting applications for its intensive online Turkish program!
- Learn 1 year of language in 2 months
- Enjoy 18 hours of live instruction per week, plus cultural activities
- Combine the effectiveness of intensive study with the convenience of an online class
- Accelerate your learning with daily 1-on-1 skills training
- Speed your learning by studying alongside enthusiastic and talented language learners
Funding Opportunities
- Explore available funding options here: https://languageworkshop.iu.edu/funding
Priority Application Deadline
- December 6, 2024
Learn more and apply here: https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/turkish
Questions? Email the Language Workshop at languageworkshop@iu.edu or join virtual office hours.
NEW RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS, 2025-2026
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan is proud to announce the launch of a new fellowship program for scholars of all academic ranks.
The Wallenberg Institute fosters the values embodied by Raoul Wallenberg—empathy, tolerance, and leadership—by studying hatred directed against religious and ethnic communities, fostering cross-cultural understanding, and elevating civic discourse. Through teaching, research, and public engagement, the institute will develop strategies to combat antisemitism, divisiveness, and discrimination.
The Wallenberg fellowships will support original research, scholarship, and public-facing or community-based projects that support the mission of the Institute. Fellows will have the time and resources to work on their own projects while contributing to the university community. Research fellowships are renewable on an annual basis for up to a total of three years, contingent on satisfactorily meeting the terms of the fellowship. Fellows who extend to second and third years will be required to either teach one course per year (in years two and three) or contribute equivalent service (such as curatorial work, student engagement, or public outreach). Scholars are also welcome to apply for single semester or single year fellowships. We are looking for a diverse range of scholars and practitioners to create a dynamic and innovative environment of research and collaboration.
Eligibility:
- This open-rank fellowship is intended for scholars and practitioners from any relevant discipline.
- Applicants must have successfully defended their PhD by August 1, 2025.
- Applications are open to scholars regardless of citizenship or permanent residency status.
Terms:
- Fellowships are renewable for up to a total of three years. Starting annual salary for fellowships is $68,000 and will be commensurate with experience. All fellows will be eligible for university benefits and will be provided with a research budget to be used during the tenure of the fellowship.
- Fellows are required to be in residence and will be provided workspace at the Wallenberg Institute.
- Fellows are expected to participate in weekly Wallenberg Fellows’ workshops and engage in the University’s intellectual community. They may be invited to present their work at the Institute, give guest lectures in classes, or mentor students.
Requirements for Application:
- Applications should be submitted through Interfolio: apply.interfolio.com/156501
- Proposal of no more than 1000 words describing your project, your relevant competencies and skills, how a Wallenberg fellowship will assist in its completion, how your project will advance the goals of the institute, and the particular ways in which you propose to contribute to the campus community (ie. teaching, student engagement, curatorial work, etc.).
- Curriculum vitae
- Writing Sample of approximately 30 pages.
- Names and contact details of two references (contacted for finalists only).
Timeline:
- Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year will be open in October.
- Deadline for applications for the 2025-2026 academic year is December 8.
- Offers for Wallenberg Fellows for the 2025-2026 academic year will be extended in Spring 2025.
Questions about the fellowship program may be directed to Dr. Miriam Mora.
Contact Information
Miriam Eve Mora, PhD
Managing Director, Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan
Office Phone: (734) 763-1734
Mailing Address:
3246 LSA Building
500 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382
Contact Email
URL
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67900
8. CALL FOR PAPERS: The Tenth Biennial Convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies ASPS/Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies
August 12-16, 2025 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) is pleased to announce its Tenth Biennial Convention, to take place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, August 12-16, 2025. Our meeting will be hosted by Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies.
The Deadline for Submission of Abstracts is October 31, 2024.
Please note that those wishing to submit an abstract must be a current (2024) ASPS member. Otherwise your submission will not be considered. You must be a 2025 member to register and participate in the conference. To become a new member or renew your ASPS membership please proceed to our membership page. We will likely have a limited number of fellowships available for participants from Afghanistan and Central Asia, and for graduate students from the US. Further details regarding application procedures for travel fellowships will be announced later.
Submissions in all humanities and social science disciplines related to Persianate Societies are welcome. Pre-organized panels are strongly encouraged. Submissions for pre-organized panels must include a panel abstract of no more than 300 words plus individual abstracts of no more than 300 words for each panelist. Panels must be limited to a minimum of three panelists and a maximum of four.
Submissions for pre-organized panels and individual papers can be made by clicking here. For questions, please contact the Chair of the Convention and ASPS Secretary, Rob Haug at haugrt@ucmail.uc.edu.
9. CfP: TRANSLATION AND MULTILINGUALISM IN MONGOL AND POST-MONGOL EURASIA
Workshop co-organised between
TRANSLAPT (University of Münster) & NoMansLand (IFI – ÖAW)
4-6 June 2025, University of Münster, Germany
Abstract submission deadline: 15 November 2024
Full information at:
https://www.uni-muenster.de/ArabistikIslam/translapt/call_for_papers/index.html
10.Zoom: Zahra Institute Speaker Event on Oct. 23 with Dr. Michael Chyet
We are excited to invite you to our next Fall Speaker Series event taking place on Wednesday, 23 October. Our speaker, Dr. Michael Chyet (Missouri State University), will present on, “Managing Variation: A Methodology for Standardizing Kurdish.”
Dr. Chyet recently retired (June 2024) from his position as Cataloger of Middle Eastern languages at the Library of Congress. Formerly he was Senior Broadcast Editor of the Kurdish Service of the Voice of America, and professor of Kurdish at the University of Paris and at the Washington Kurdish Institute. Dr. Chyet currently teaches Kurdish via Zoom for Missouri State University (MSU). He is working on a third, expanded edition of his Kurdish-English dictionary, Ferhenga Birûskî.
𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: Managing Variation: A Methodology for Standardizing Kurdish
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: 12:00 pm Central /1 pm Eastern, Wednesday, October 23
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: Zoom, https://zoom.us/j/93793822840?pwd=pxFUOJfxlj73aaYeD5HaFfrETX6kga.1
For Zoom link and more information, please see the event flyer below and visit our website: https://www.zahrainstitute.org/. Feel free to share with your networks.
11. Job: Political Science Endowed Chair position at Texas Christian University (TCU)
Texas Christian University invites highly qualified candidates to apply for the Herman Brown Endowed Chair of Political Science. The ideal candidate will have an exceptional record of nationally and internationally recognized research and a demonstrable aptitude for, and commitment to, effective undergraduate teaching. We welcome applicants at the rank of Professor or senior Associate Professor, and from all subfields of Political Science. Nominations are welcome. We seek an individual who will contribute intellectual and programmatic leadership in a large and thriving undergraduate department.
Full review of applications begins on November 1 and will continue until the position is filled.
Full information at:
12. Rethinking Contemporary Islamic Movements – a podcast series
Announcing the podcast series ‘Rethinking Contemporary Islamic Movements‘ on our (Cambridge) website (and that of our partners at the Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre). This podcast series seeks to advance comparative analysis of wider patterns of change, continuity, similarity, and difference across diverse contemporary Islamic movements operating within and across Europe and the Middle East and North Africa.
It came out of a joint project – Rethinking Transnational Islamic Movements within & across the Middle East & Europe– between Iman Dawood (Cambridge) and Guy Eyre (Edinburgh).
13. Call for Assistant/Associate Professor; Farzanah Family Assistant/Associate Professor of Iranian Studies University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus.
The David L. Boren College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma seeks applicants for a full-time Farzaneh Family Professor of Iranian Studies, at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure-track or tenured), with a start date of August 15, 2025.
The College encourages applications from all interested and qualified parties. Our mission statement and other information can be found at www.ou.edu/cis. We seek a scholar of Iranian Studies working in the Political Science subfields of International Relations and/or Comparative Politics. While the position is open with respect to substantive specialization within these subfields, we have particular interest in candidates with research interests in comparative and/or international political economy, political/economic development, international trade, natural resource economies, or economic inequality.
The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and MA-level courses in Iranian Studies, as well as courses within their areas of specialization, particularly as they relate to Iran and the broader Persian Gulf region. The College has particular teaching needs in the subjects of the politics and economics of Iran, US-Iran relations, as well as international political economy, political economy of development, and international trade. The successful candidate will also be expected to develop and maintain a consistent research agenda leading to high-quality academic publications and will have an opportunity to take an engaged role in the Farzaneh Family Center for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (https://www.ou.edu/cis/research/farzaneh-family-center).
For information about The Boren College of International Studies: (https://www.ou.edu/cis).
Required Qualifications:
• Ph.D. in Political Science or International Relations in hand or expected by time of appointment.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct high-quality research in their areas of expertise related to Iranian / Persian Gulf Studies.
• Demonstrated ability or potential to teach courses in Iranian Studies, International Relations and/or Comparative Politics.
Preferences (Not Required):
• One or more publications in relevant peer-reviewed outlets and additional ongoing research.
• Research expertise in comparative and/or international political economy, political/economic development, international trade, natural resource economies, or economic inequality.
• Demonstrated ability or potential to generate external research funding.
• Demonstrated ability or potential to participate in the programming activities of the Farzaneh Center.
• Working proficiency in Persian.
• Excellence in teaching and in supporting student success.
Application Instructions:
Applicants are invited to submit a cover letter, current C.V., writing sample, and list of three potential academic references to http://apply.interfolio.com/156855. The cover letter may address examples of the candidate’s approach to teaching, inclusive excellence, research, service, and student mentorship. Additional materials may be requested at a later date. The search will remain open until filled. The search committee will begin reviewing applications on November 18, 2024.
14. UCLA: IRANIAN STUDIES & YARSHATER CENTER
Symposium & Workshop:
Nezāmi and the Iranian World
November 21 – November 22, 2024
A symposium and workshop convened by
Domenico Ingenito (University of California, Los Angeles)
Morning Refreshments at 8:30am
Conference beings at 9:00am
Full information at:
15. HYBRIDE Conférence “La Muqaddima d’Ibn Khaldûn, une oeuvre multidimensionnelle et uni-verselle” avec Abdelhamid Larguèche (université Tunis-Manouba) et Gabriel Martinez-Gros (université de Nanterre), Centre arabe de recherches & d’études politiques, Paris, 22 octobre 2024, 18h30
Cette conférence se propose d’explorer les multiples facettes de ce grand penseur, qui fut à la fois historien, économiste, sociologue, et peut-être même visionnaire. Nous examinerons en particulier sa théorie de l’‘Um-ran et discuterons de la manière dont son oeuvre résonne encore aujourd’hui avec notre modernité. Quels enseignements La Muqaddima peut-elle nous offrir sur notre existence actuelle et les défis de notre société contemporaine ?
Information et inscription: https://www.carep-paris.org/prochain-evenement/la-muqaddima-dibn-khaldun-une-oeuvre-multidimensionnelle-et-universelle/
16. Assistant Professor for Modern Middle Eastern and North African History, Department of Mid-dle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC), Indiana University, Bloomington
We seek a scholar with research and teaching experience specialized in the contemporary MENA region, and with a substantive focus in one or more of the following areas: States and societies – Religion – Immi-gration and displacement – Water or fossil fuel resources – Human security (civil conflict).
Deadline for applications: 30 October 2024. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities /2024/08/29/assistant-professor-of-modern-middle-eastern-and-north-african-history-1
17.Tenure Track Assistant Professor in the Modern Arab Middle East, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
Candidates in Anthropology or Sociology. Applicants must have training, linguistic expertise, and research and teaching interests in the region. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in hand when the appointment begins.
Deadline for applications: 31 October 2024. Information: https://www.brandeis.edu/crown/grants/index.html
18. Lecturer in South or Southeast Asian Islam, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Qualification: Ph.D. in Religious Studies or related field; ability to teach courses on Islam in Asia across all periods, Islam and empire, contemporary Islam, and courses that would contribute to the minor in Asian Studies; experience mentoring culturally diverse students.
Deadline for applications: 1 November 2024. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/150783
19. ONLINE Course “Introduction to Arabic Translation” (10 Hours), Centre for the Languages of the Muslim World, Aga Khan University, London, 31 October, 7, 14, 21, 28 November 2024, 14:00 – 16:00 London Time
Aims of the course: Study a selected range of Arabic texts in order to comparatively analyse competing translations of each, via exercises in contrastive stylistics. – Identify and discuss typical rhetorical features of Arabic and English. – Facilitate an understanding of key issues in Arabic-to-English translation. – Introduce the underpinnings of translation methodology.
Information:
https://www.aku.edu/ismc/events/pages/event-detail.aspx?EventID=2595&Title=Introduction%25
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