Shii News – Academic Items
1.Fall 2025 Kurdish Language Instruction Program
As a key part of our humanistic approach to Kurdish studies, Zahra Institute is committed to offering Kurdish language instruction. Students can enroll in our Kurdish language offerings (Kurmanji and Sorani) as standalone courses or take them as electives in our MA and Certificate programs. Application deadline is 15 July and financial aid is available. To apply, visit our webpage: https://www.zahrainstitute.org/KLIOverview.html.
2. Available online: Arabic, Persian, and Turkic Poetics: Towards a Post-Eurocentric Literary Theory,
Hany Rashwan, et al, eds.
Oxford University Press, 2024
https://academic.oup.com/british-academy-scholarship-online/book/60334
3. Ars Orientalis invites submissions of innovative articles on the arts of the broad geographic area of Asia, from the ancient period to the contemporary.
We seek original, previously unpublished work that reflect insightful interventions, including but not limited to comparative or interdisciplinary approaches, multi-media content, and digital humanities methods. Manuscripts should be 8,000 to 12,000 words (including endnotes).
Ars Orientalis is a digital publication with a print-on- demand option. The digital volume also allows for the incorporation of other media, such as video, sound, and 3D models. Visual material must include permissions for print and online reproduction.
To submit or request more information, please email ArsOrientalis@si.edu .
We are currently accepting submissions for volume 57 to be published in December 2027. Articles must be received by September 1, 2025 to be considered.
For more contributor guidelines, please visit: https://asia.si.edu/research/publications/ars-orientalis/submit-research/ .
URL
https://asia.si.edu/research/publications/ars-orientalis/submit-research/
4. Gazing at Mecca and Medina: Premodern Representations of the Ḥaramayn
Series: Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World, Volume: 23
Volume Editor: Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya
Brill, 2025
This volume presents a comprehensive collection of studies centered on the depictions of Mecca and Medina across diverse media, historical periods, and geographical contexts. By covering such an extensive temporal and spatial range, it provides readers with fresh and engaging interpretations and brings forward of overlooked and understudied materials, such as Acehnese manuscripts or Bosnian wall paintings.
Contributors: Deniz Beyazit; Guy Burak; Sergio Carro Martín; Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya; Haris Dervišević; Nicoletta Fazio; Barry Flood; Sabiha Göloğlu; Nurul Iman Rusli; Marika Sardar; Avinoam Shalem.
URL
https://brill.com/display/title/69107?srsltid=AfmBOordaNde-gbid83wbapgjdnarp1ZI…
5. Invisible East
Invisible Treasures – in person event, 1 July, 2025
Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, Weston Library, Oxford, OX1 3BG
Join us for a screening of the short film Striking Gold: The Discovery of Medieval Documents from Afghanistan & a panel discussion on the ethical and practical challenges facing scholars and heritage institutions today.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/invisible-east/invisible-treasures-in-person-event/e-qdddxe
6. Institute of Ismaili Studies (London)
Dissertation Writing Scholarship
https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2025/june/dissertation-scholarship-2025/
Closing date: 30 September, 2025.
7. CFP – Global Histories – Heritage(s) 2026: Conference in Istanbul. Deadline: July 30
Conference dates: 6-8, July, 2026. Abstracts due: July 30, 2025 (Early); Dec 15, 2025 (Round One).
Place: Istanbul (+ virtual).
Definitions of heritages, cultural pasts and urban futures are intrinsically linked. They cross disciplines, geographies and times. They can be complex, contradictory and often contested. As a result, when we think about heritage we must think holistically. UNESCO is explicit about this. Heritage is related to place and the traditions of its peoples. The future of a city is connected to the history on which it was built. Questions of contemporary culture are always aligned with their past, and their future. In this context, heritage, culture and place are all entwined. To understand this interconnection requires historical knowledge, social context and an awareness of art and design, whether that be related to a community narrative or a global movement. It needs to be viewed through artworks, buildings, cities and objects, both ‘universal’ examples of architecture and sculpture, and more understated design vernaculars and local crafts. It needs to be seen as something ‘intangible’ – a sense of place and identity or the meaning ascribed to a city, neighborhood or local artwork. In short, it needs to be examined across disciplinary boundaries and scales. Seeking to engage with the varied ways in which we understand heritage, cultural pasts and urban futures then, this conference asks how we interpret these themes locally, regionally and internationally. It does so while seeing the host city, Istanbul, as a place that typifies the varied questions at play.
Visit the website: https://amps-research.com/heritages-global-histories/. See the announcement: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20067340/cfp-global-histories-heritages-2026-conference-istanbul
URL
https://amps-research.com/heritages-global-histories/.
8. CFP – Travel Writing, Knowledge-Making and Ignorance in the Early Modern Period – Deadline June 30
9. Call for Proposals – Online Workshop, Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA), Deadline: July 15
Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA) is pleased to announce a call for Online Workshop proposals on diverse topics pertaining to our field, encompassing scholarship, teaching, and professional development.
These workshops will provide opportunities for members to engage in conversations on pressing issues that have bearing on the study of Islamic art and contribute to the advancement of the discipline and our community. HIAA will assist the workshop organizers in designing, staging, and promoting the event. Any current HIAA member in good standing may submit a proposal. The workshops will be held online. Proposals may encompass conventional panel-style workshops, but we also encourage our members to propose workshops in alternative formats. Resources from previous workshops can be found on the HIAA website.
Required Documents: Title & Description, a 150-word description outlining the workshop’s content, objective, and format; Potential Discussants (when relevant to the format), a list of 4-5 potential discussants; and Curriculum Vitae, a 2-page CV of the organizer.
Please submit your proposal to HIAA Secretary Emily Neumeier at sec.hiaa@gmail.com
Contact Email
10. Postdoctoral Research Fellowships on “Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions”
British International Research Institutes (BIRI)
We welcome scholars from history, anthropology, archaeology, art history, literary studies and related fields who are committed to innovative research on Ottoman mobilities in their diverse forms. We particularly welcome applications with an interest in the long nineteenth century, with preferred focus on Türkiye, the Middle East/West Asia, Greece, North and East Africa.
Deadline for applications: 14 July 2025. Information:
11. Ijtihad Journal for Islamic and Arabic Studies
Information: https://journal-ijtihadcenter.com/index.php/ijias/index
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