EURAMES Info Service 30/2014 Dear Madame, dear Sir, dear colleague and friend, Please find below the following announcements: CONFERENCES 1. International Conference: "Undisciplined: German Jewish Studies Today", Leo Baeck Institute London, 14-15 September 2014 --------------------------- 2. International Workshop: "In Motion: Movements, Crossings & Transfers in Turkey. From Prehistoric Heartlands to the Modern Nation-State", Ankara, 26-27 September 2014 ---------------------------- 3. VIIe édition des Rencontres internationales des doctorants en études byzantines, Paris, 3-4 octobre 2014 ----------------------------- 4. The Sixth International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) Conference: "Writing Semitic: Scripts, Documents, Languages in Historical Context", Munich, 7-10 October 2014.
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Prof. Dr Barbara Michalak-Pikulska Professor of Arabic Literature, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies The Head of the Department of Arabic Studies Jagiellonian University in Krakow ul. Podwale 7 31-118 Krakow, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Colloque: ”Les Villes Arabes”, Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 23 October 2014 6. Qatar Annual Research Conference (ARC’14), Doha, 18-19 November 2014 7. Third Islamic Economics Workshop: “Labor in Islamic Economics”, Istanbul, 3-5 April 2015 8. Panel: "Slave Narratives from the Mediterranean and Middle East", Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association, Toronto, 30 April - 3 May 2015 9. Symposium: "Sharing the Holy Land Perceptions of Shared Sacred Spaces", London, 12-13 June 2015 and Leeds, 6-9 July 2015 POSITIONS 10. PhD Scholarships for Research in Jewish, Christian and Muslim Relations, Woolf Institute Cambridge, UK 11. Positions in American Universities OTHER INFORMATION 12. MA in Mediterranean Studies, University of the Peloponnese, Greece 13. Call for Papers: "The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire" for Special Issue of "Journal for Genocide Studies" 14. Call for Papers: "History and Civilization of the Byzantine or the Eastern Roman Empire" for Special Issue of "History Studies" 15. Call for Entries in "Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia" (4 Volumes) ______________ If you want to distribute an announcement via EURAMES Info Service (more than 5000 recipients, only English and French announcements), please apply the usual format of the text with no more than 100 words and no attachment. Please send only the most important information and refer to further details with a link to the respective website or an email address. Best regards, Guenter Meyer, Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, Germany _____________ CONFERENCES 1. International Conference: "Undisciplined: German Jewish Studies Today", Leo Baeck Institute London, 14-15 September 2014 The conference aims to represent and reflect on the diversity of German Jewish studies. It will bring together scholars working within a variety of disciplines and on a wide range of topics, periods and communities, in an attempt to rethink and radically expand the borders of the field. We will explore new and often unfamiliar points of entry into a rich and complex, but also poignant history of languages, emotions, bodies, and beliefs. Reservation required. Information www.leobaeck.co.uk/archives/4523 _______________ 2. International Workshop: "In Motion: Movements, Crossings & Transfers in Turkey. From Prehistoric Heartlands to the Modern Nation-State", Ankara, 26-27 September 2014 ‘In Motion’ opens a cross-disciplinary dialogue between Archaeology and Archaeology-related disciplines, History, Political Science, Sociology and Social Anthropology to explore diverse itineraries across temporal, geographical and cultural borders in Turkey. Researchers from both Turkish and international institutions will present recent and unpublished work on a variety of themes relating to the conditions and regimes that facilitated, permitted and enforced the movement of people, things and ideas. Online registration required. Information http://inmotionworkshop2014.wordpress.com/ ______________ 3. VIIe édition des Rencontres internationales des doctorants en études byzantines, Paris, 3-4 octobre 2014 Organisées sur deux jours, ces Rencontres internationales ont pour but de rassembler des étudiants de troisième cycle, français et étrangers, travaillant sur la civilisation byzantine. Quels que soient le champ de recherche et le domaine de spécialisation (histoire, histoire de l’art, archéologie, philologie, etc.), il s’agit de partager les recherches des doctorants en études byzantines ou de disciplines proches (Moyen Âge occidental, monde islamique, peuples des steppes, etc.), les interactions étant toujours fructueuses. Information http://www.aembyzantin.com/ _____________ 4. The Sixth International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) Conference: "Writing Semitic: Scripts, Documents, Languages in Historical Context", Munich, 7-10 October 2014 Participation with no lecture: Please send a notice of intent to participate to Dr. Kathrin Müller (pap@semphil.badw.de) asap. Information http://www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/isap/isap_conference_2014/index.html ______________ 5. Colloque: ”Les Villes Arabes”, Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 23 October 2014 L'inscription pour le public est obligatoire à l'adresse suivante : inscriptions.ccmo@gmail.com; information et programme: http://www.medea.be/2014/08/colloque-les-villes-arabes-23-octobre/ _______________ 6. Qatar Annual Research Conference (ARC’14), Doha, 18-19 November 2014 The deadline for abstract submission in in English or Arabic has been extended to 10 September 2014. Information www.qf-arc.org ___________ 7. Third Islamic Economics Workshop: “Labor in Islamic Economics”, Istanbul, 3-5 April 2015 ILKE Association for Science Culture and Education; Scientific Studies Society (İLEM); and Association of Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics (İGİAD) will together be organizing the workshop in collaboration with Istanbul Commerce University. This year a high level of international participation is expected for the workshop. Transportation and accommodation will be covered. Deadline for abstracts 30 October 2014. Information www.islamiceconomy.org ___________ 8. Panel: "Slave Narratives from the Mediterranean and Middle East", Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association, Toronto, 30 April - 3 May 2015 This panel seeks to explore various slave narratives in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures and literatures. Panel topics include, but are not limited to, slave narratives in Ottoman Empire, Greece, and Egypt. We will explore multiplicity of slave voices and experiences and ask how slavery was maintained as a social, economic, and cultural institution. We will examine how these narratives are represented, documented, transmitted, and remembered. Abstract deadline: 30 September 2014. Information http://https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html#cfp15275 __________ 9. Symposium: "Sharing the Holy Land Perceptions of Shared Sacred Spaces", London, 12-13 June 2015 and Leeds, 6-9 July 2015 The first part will be held at The Warburg Institute in London, featuring keynote speakers, Prof. Bernard Hamilton, Prof. Benjamin Kedar, and Prof. Ora Limor. Following on this, three sessions are being organized for the International Medieval Conference to be held at Leeds addressing how both Western pilgrims, and the indigenous Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Levantine populations perceived the sharing of religious shrines with other faiths during c.1000 to c.1500. Deadline for proposals: 12 September 2014. Information http://humweb.ucsc.edu/mediterraneanseminar/news/index.php?id=348 __________ POSITIONS 10. PhD Scholarships for Research in Jewish, Christian and Muslim Relations, Woolf Institute Cambridge, UK Scholars will be selected from amongst applicants in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Their research must be relevant to the focus of the Woolf Institute - the multi-disciplinary study of relations between Jews, Christians and Muslims. Each scholarship will cover the full cost of studying for a PhD at the University of Cambridge. Deadline for application: 2 December 2014. Information: http://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/), contact Dr Emma Harris at eth22@cam.ac.uk __________________ 11. Positions in American Universities - Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, Washington University in St. Louis - http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=49382 - Assistant Professor in Modern Middle East Studies and Jewish History, Pennsylvania State University - http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=49359 - Assistant/Associate Professor in Comparative and International Education (relevant to educational reform in the Middle East), American University in Cairo - https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=49401 __________________ OTHER INFORMATION 12. MA in Mediterranean Studies, University of the Peloponnese, Greece Collaborative Postgraduate Program Master of Arts (M.A.) for the Academic year 2014/2015 by the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of the Peloponnese in partnership with Universities in Italy, France, Turkey and Cyprus. The program covers a wide variety of issues and problems across different disciplines (i.e., Political Science, International Relations, Cultural Studies, and Economics). Deadline for application 24 September 2014. Information http://humweb.ucsc.edu/mediterraneanseminar/news/index.php?id=349. _____________ 13. Call for Papers: "The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire" for Special Issue of "Journal for Genocide Studies" The "Zeitschrift für Genozidforschung" is published twice a year by the Institute for Diaspora and Genocide Studies (IDG) at the University of Bochum, Germany. Submissions that focus on one of the following issue areas are particularly welcome: local and regional implementation structures of genocidal policies; specific actors or groups of actors directly involved in acts of genocide; the attitudes and reactions (or non-reactions) of international actors; gender-specific aspects of the violence and its experience; the Armenian genocide in discourses of international law. Deadline for submissions: 31 December 2014. Information http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=215991 __________ 14. Call for Papers: "History and Civilization of the Byzantine or the Eastern Roman Empire" for Special Issue of "History Studies" We welcome articles from a wide array of disciplines covering history, geography, and theology, archeology, and art history, law and architecture of the Byzantine Empire. The special issue will primarily include articles focusing on the history and civilization of Byzantine in Anatolia but articles covering the history and civilization of the Byzantine Empire outside Anatolia will also be considered for publication either in the special issue or in the subsequent issues. Deadline for papers: 15 April 2015. Information http://www.historystudies.net/English/Defaultx.aspx?ID=165 ______________ 15. Call for Entries in "Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia" (4 Volumes) This is a call for entries for a major reference work on Islamic faith contracted with ABC-CLIO. Inquiries should be addressed to Editor, Dr. Cenap Çakmak, at cenapcakmak@yahoo.com. Potential authors are kindly requested to send a brief CV indicating their areas of expertise and major scholarly works. Entry list will be subsequently sent to the interested parties for selection. Information http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=215955Writing Semitic: Scripts, Documents, Languages in Historical Context The Sixth International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) Conference Munich, 7-10 October 2014
Conference website: www.naher-osten.lmu.de/isap_vi
Participation with no lecture: Please send a notice of intent to participate to Dr. Kathrin Müller (pap@semphil.badw.de) asap. There will be no conference fee charged. Yet, participants will be asked, on spot, to be or become members of ISAP. Information on membership can be found on the ISAP website (www.naher-osten.lmu.de/isap).
Program
Tuesday, October 7th
BAdW (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) 09:00 – 11:00 Registration 11:00 – 13:00 Opening
Address of welcome by the BAdW and the ISAP Opening lecture – Manfred Krebernik, Jena: The Genesis and Early History of the Alphabet - New Perspectives and Problems Opening lecture – Hartmut Bobzin, Erlangen: The Qur'an and Semitic Studies
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch 15:00 – 16:30 Session 1: Administration of Empires
Chair: to be confirmed Respondent: Ursula Bsees Petra M. Sijpesteijn, Leiden: Networks of Dependency: Requests and Petitions on Papyrus Dieter Weber, Berlin: Reading History Anew: Pahlavi Documents from Early Islamic Times Peter T. Daniels, New York: Aramaic Documents from Achaemenid Bactria: Connections to the West – and the East Response by Ursula Bsees Discussion
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break 17:00 – 18:00 Session 2: Geniza Documents seen by new Perspectives
Chair: to be confirmed Respondent: Oded Zinger Tonio Sebastian Richter, Leipzig: Coptic Magic in the Cairo Geniza Munther al-Sabbagh, Santa Barbara: Suhba Response Oded Zinger Discussion
19:00 – 20:30 Evening Lecture and Reception in the Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität München (LMU)
Welcome Evening lecture – Peter Stein, Jena: Writing Semitic on wooden sticks: The manuscript tradition of pre-Islamic South Arabia Reception and buffet
Wednesday, October 8th
Carl Friedrich von Siemens-Stiftung 09:30 – 11:00 Session 3: Literature and Documents
Chair: to be confirmed Respondent: W. Matt Malczycki
Daniel Potthast, Munich: Parallel transmissions of documents: On the value of the inshāʾ-literature for Arabic papyrology Ursula Bsees, Vienna: Early evidence for the second source of Islam: A preliminary study of four ḥadīth papyri from the Austrian National Library Abdulmalik Ahmad Essayed Shetewy, Riyadh: Sharḥ Ghunyat al-Kuttāb fī l-Khaṭṭ by Abi Baqr bin Shihāb ad-Dīn Aḥmad bin al-Himsīya Response by W. Matt Malczycki Discussion
11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break 11:30 – 13:00 Session 4: Business and Daily Life according to Documents
Chair: Petra M. Sijpesteijn Respondent: Marina Rustow
W. Matt Malczycki, Auburn: Using Papyri to Determine the Purchasing Power of a Dinar in Early Islamic Egypt Oded Zinger, Princeton: Patronage in the Legal Arena according to Geniza Letters Sobhi Bouderbala, Tunis: The waqf system in Early Islam and its Characteristics based on Documentary Evidence Response by Marina Rustow Discussion
13:00 – 15:30 – Lunch and Visit to Nymphenburg Castle Park 15:30 – 17:00 Session 5: Inputs from Neighboring Fields
Chair: to be confirmed Respondent: Ahmad Al-Jallad
Shamsiddin S. Kamoliddin, Tashkent: Medallion of Mansur Ibn Nuh: Historical Interpretation AbdulSalam Eleasely, Riyadh: Tools and Techniques for the documentary Evidence of Early Arabic Paper Manuscripts: Discovered complementary Proofs under the written Arabic Scripts Mohamed Ahmed Abd Ellatif Ibrahim, Cairo: Archaeological and Cultural Study for Three Tombstones Newly Discovered in Elephantine Island in Aswan Response by Ahmad Al-Jallad Discussion
17:00 – 17:30 – Coffee break 17:30 – 18:30 Session 6: Documents from Bilād al-Shām
Chair: to be confirmed Respondent: Lucian Reinfandt Ronny Vollandt, Berlin: The Non-Muslim Fragments from the Qubbat al-Khazna of the Umayyad Mosque at Damascus Mohamed Nasr Abdelrahman, Cairo: Marriage and Divorce Contracts from the Mamluk Jerusalem Response by Lucian Reinfandt
Discussion
18:30 – 19:30 - Snack 20:30 – 23:00 – Evening Tea in the Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten
Thursday, October 9th
BAdW (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) 09:30 – 11:00 Session 7: Language and Formulae
Chair: to be confirmed Respondent: Andreas Kaplony
Craig Perry, Atlanta: The Practice of Domestic Slavery in Medieval Egypt: an analysis of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic bills of sale from the Cairo Geniza Hazem Hussein Abbas Ali, Beni-Suef: Words and Phrases of Arabic Papyri: Are they Systematic? Lucian Reinfandt, Vienna: Arabic papyri, elite migration, and the Persianisation of Egypt in the 9th century AD Response by Andreas Kaplony Discussion
11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break 11:30 – 13:00 Session 8: New Documents from Egypt
Chair: to be confirmed Respondent: Petra Sijpesteijn Mohamed Mohamed Morsy, Cairo: Two Unpublished Arabic Papyri from the Dār al-Kutub al-Miṣrīya Ayman Aly Shahin, Bamberg: Three Arabic letters Ahmed Nabil, Sadat City: Fāṭimid letter of designation related to Alexandria Response by Petra Sijpesteijn Discussion
13:00 – 15:00 - Lunch 15:00 – 16:30 Session 9: Multilingualism, Arabicization, and Cultural Transfer
Chair: to be confirmed Respondent: Daniel Potthast Lajos Berkes, Heidelberg: The Archive of the Fayum Pagarchy in the 8th century Maher Eissa, Fayoum/Anne Boud’hors, Paris: The Coptic Papyri in the Egyptian Library and Archives Alia Hanafi, Cairo: Treatment of Conjunctivitis in the Light of P. Grenf. I 52, P. Princ. III 155 and Arabic Manuscripts Response by Daniel Potthast
Discussion
17:00 – 18:00 – Presentation of Oriental Manuscripts in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek 19:30 – 22.00 – Dinner
Friday, Oktober 10th
BAdW (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) 09:30 – 11:00 Session 10: Signs, Numerals, and Orthography
Chair: Andreas Kaplony Respondent: Jessica Goldberg Johannes Thomann, Zurich: Arabic Abjad Numerals: Origin, Usage and Form Saied Maghawry Mohammed, Cairo:Numerals and Signs in Arabic Papyri Ahmad Al-Jallad, Leiden: The phonetic Origins of Arabic Orthography Response by Jessica Goldberg Discussion
11:00 – 11.30 – Coffee break 11:30 – 13:00 – General Meeting of the ISAP 13:30 – 20:00 – Excursion with dinner (optional)
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