Week of Events
Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages
This international workshop is part of the ERC-funded research project "Problematizing 'Muslim Marriages': Ambiguities and Contestations." With "multiple materialities" we revisit and bring together two fields of anthropological research. On the one hand, we engage with a research tradition that investigates the conclusion of marriages as part of processes of production and reproduction. On the … Continue reading Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages
Cambridge Course: Introduction to Islamic Codicology
The Islamic Manuscript Association—in partnership with Cambridge University Library, the University of Cambridge's HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, and the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation—announces its thirteenth annual Cambridge-based Introduction to Islamic Codicology course, which will be held from 23 to 27 September 2019. This intensive five-day course will introduce the study of … Continue reading Cambridge Course: Introduction to Islamic Codicology
Call for Applications: University of Southern California: Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Middle Eastern Studies
The Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles invites applications for a one-year post-doctoral fellowship in Middle East Studies. Researchers with training in Environmental Studies, anthropology, political economy, urban studies, and geography are particularly welcome to apply. This fellowship is renewable for a second year contingent upon administrative … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Southern California: Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Middle Eastern Studies
Call of Applications: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action: Early Stage Researcher, Mediating Islam in the Digital Age
The MIDA-project rests on the premise that digitisation and technological innovations have a tremendous impact on Islam, the effects of which are diverse and ubiquitous. They include first and foremost modes of expression and communication of religious messages and traditions and modes of engagement with society. Digitisation and concurrent innovations as they emerged in the past … Continue reading Call of Applications: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action: Early Stage Researcher, Mediating Islam in the Digital Age
Call for Papers: Association for the Study of Persianate Societies Ninth Biennial Convention
The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) calls for the participation of its members in its Ninth Biennial Convention, to take place in New Delhi, India, March 11-13, 2020. Our meeting will be hosted by the University of Chicago Center in Delhi. (Please note that you must be a current ASPS member.) All … Continue reading Call for Papers: Association for the Study of Persianate Societies Ninth Biennial Convention